The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

| iuiitof tildt tlie carter court maftla
findings have been approved: "AnC
the court does therefore sentence the
accused, Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter
corps of engineers. L. $. A.. to be dis
missed from the service of the United
States, to suffer Il tine of 5000, to bs
| confined at hard labor at such place
as the proper authorities may direct
| for five years. and the crime, punish
ment and place of abode of accused to
| be published in the newspapers and
about the station and state from which
| the accused came or where he usually
resides. The findings of the court
martial in the matter Of the foregoing
proceedings against Captain Oberlin
M. Carter, corps of engineers, u. s. A.,
| are hereby approved, as to all except
the following: Charge H.. specfica-
tions Z. 8. and 10 charge Ill, speci
cations 3. A. >. g. Z. O. I and %, which
are disapproved, and the sentence i'm
posed upon the defendant. Oberlin NJ.
Carter, Is hereby approved. Approved
and cOnfirmcd: William Mckinley. BY
direction of the secretary OF war Cap
tain Oberlin Nj. Carter. corps of engin-
GERS. ceases to he an army officer from
this date, and the United States peni-
tentiary at Fort Lcavenworth, Kansas,
is designated as the place of his CON
finement. where he will be sent by the
commanding general of the department
Of the east. under proper guard. BY
command of Major General Miles. II.
c. Corbin, adiutant general" Cap
tain Carter's case having been disposed
OF by the President, he has passed
through the court of last resort. I'm
less the President decides at some fu-
turc date TO pardon him, Carter will
serve out the sentence imposed by the
court martial
Secretary Gage has asked the attor-
ney general for legal opinion regard
ing the authority of the secretary of
the treasury to purchase silver bullion
for the purpose of increasing the vol
umc Of subsidiary coin. The act re-
Suining specie payments prescribed
that only S50.0OO,GOO in these coins
should be issued. but the law has once
been disregarded. Secretary FOlger
authorized the purchase Of 100000
ounces of silver at one time during his
term of office. for the purpose of in
creaSing the stock of small silver coins !
Secretary Gage believes this a precc-
dent which he may safely follow to
meet the present emergency. At the |
close of business Saturday the amount |
of fractional silver in the treasury was
only S2T14.4S1, and the demand for
this form Of money to meet the grow
Ing requirements Of trade throughout
the country is daily increasing At tho
beginning of the fiscal year, three
months ago, the amount of fractional
silver in the treasury vaults was about
Sl2,oU,0Oo, The amount of silver dol
lars also is depleted to such an extent
mat the demand for these coins. here
Io1ore regarded as incOnvcnient, can
lOt be supplied The san Francisco
mint has exhausted the supply avail
iblc for subsidiary coins under the
PRESENT law and as the demand for
lall-dollarS and quarters has been
greater east Of the Rocky Mountains
nan III the West. it is presumed that
he other mints are in similar condi.
ion touching their silver supply.
therefore the only way out of the pres
mt dearth of small change is for the
government to go into the market and
}uy the metal, relying on the next Con-
sresS for approval OF it's course. In
his connection those conversant with
mint affairs report that within the past
i've years. east of Chicago. there has
'een marked increase in the demand
or silver coins of lower denomination
han the dollar. In other words the
popularity of silver money has greatly
advanced and this is particularly true
II the region commonly designated as
he eastern states
The home coming on Monday of Ad
niral Dewey-for henceforth the ma
ional capitol is to be his hOme-was
made the occasion for the greatest trib
lte ever paid by Washington to any
Individual. After the preliminary wei
'ome IN New York, itself llns,lrpas ssed
II IT'S kind, it remained for the high
st ana greatest in the official world
o hold out the hand OF greeting to the
aIhous admiral, and to join with the
'eOple who are to be his fellow citizens
n bidding him welcome. The citizens
lau mace every preparation to make
ne occasion worthy of their hero The
Iecofa1lons were elaborate. Pennsvl-
anna avenue was one mass of colored
'untln@ along the entire line of march
rom the station to the White House
nd, not content with this. few private
itlZenS failed to make some displav
t color on their residences. Uniuue
esigns i'll fairy lamps dotted the hori
on; great Scarchlights threw broad
enms OF light across the blue sky on
clear October evening. and the state
capitol stood revealed in its uueen-
beauty in the powerful rays of
many concentrated lights. The same
evlce was used effectively in the case
I other public buildings which stood
iltlln the range OF vision of the dis
ngulshed party which stood to review
he great throng of people which
assed along beneath the prov of the
'hite Olympia much projected in bold
Hlief from the stand at the head of
ennsyivania avenue. wiereon stood
'eWey. the central figure Of the dem
istfation. ON the facade Of the new
completed government DOstottice
rlldlng names forth two inscriptions
1t III electric points. the one reciting
he famous message to the President
lrectlng Dewey, then thousands of
'iles away in the far East to 90 forth
destroy the Spanish fleet. and the
her setting out the famous admirars
rection to the lamented Gridley. "You I
ay fire when You are ready, Gridley a
hlch marked an epoch i'm tha bictn,, i