The Elbert County tribune., 1899-06-15

manufacfurer- OF Milwaukee, to visit
that city In October.
The War Department will loan can,
non captured from the Spaniards' one
| gun to each state. 10 be cared ior =,
monument associations. q. A. H. posts
or corpornf;ons. II the states BORROWING
them will pay all transportation eN
penses.
After consultation with the secretary
Of the Interior. Commissioner Hernahii
/ Of the General Land Office has deciueu
| to refuse the request OF the wool grow
rrs of Utah for modification OF iis
former order prohibiting the grazinh ~,
OF sheep ON the Uintah reserNhtion ~
Utah.
The Navy Department has tendereu
the wives. mothers, children anu ncnl
relatives of the officers stnfloheu ~
Guam an invitation 10 take the trip
there on the transport Solaec, Wiicn
leaves San Francisco July LIST Win u
large amount of supplies for Guam ana
tle PHILIPPINES. No women or chill
drcn will be permitted to go to the lat
ter islands, however.
The regulations allowing the volun-
teers TO purchase the arms ana equip
ments which they carried during me
Spanish war will be continued In the
case of the volunteers returning from
Manila. They may purchase the
sprlngfied rifles at $40 each and the
revolver and equipments at the same
price. while the other portions of the
outfit are sold at cost.
The officials here are quite hopeful
that some good may come out OF the
Peace Conference Mt The Hague. The
ri, r.tnhnlffinn crfhfniftn1 nv
the United States has met with much
favor. and, although II may not be
adopted In the form 1t was proposed,
the officials here are confident that the
congress viii not adjourn without
adopting some sort of an arbitration
plan.
The coal production and eonsump-
tion of the world the past fifteen years
Is presented in tables Just prepared by
the treasury bureau of statistics. These
show that while the United Kingdom
is still the largest coal producer in the
world the United States Is close sec
ond If the present rate of gain Is con-
tinued this country will soon become
the leading coal producing country of
the world. The coal production of the
United Kingdom in 1897 was 202. .0O0,-
600; that of the United States 10000
600 tons; Germany. 01.00o,C0U tons, and
France, 30,00O,000 tons.
The secretary of state and Mrs. Hny
entertained the now Spanish minister
and Duchess DArcos Thursday night
at brilliantly appointed dinner. at
which were present several of the most
prominent members of the diplomatic
corps and n few personal friends of the
host and of the guests of hoLor. 1t
was the first appearance of the min
lister in official society since his an
pointment. and particular effort was
made that this initial entertainment
were In green and white an immense
bed OF orchids lilling the center of the
table.
The appointment of Gonzales de
Quesada, who has been the active man
of the Cuban junta in Washington, as
u representative OF the Cubans Mt tie
capital of the United States. Is gen
orally approved. His methods and
statements since he came to washing
ton ut the beginning of the Cuban re-
bellion have not always been In strict
accord with the highest ideals of NOR
ality, but he has worked with great
zeal and ability in behalf of his fellow
countrymcn. and since the surrender
of the Spnniards has rendered good
service In trying to reconcile them TO
the situation. He Is still capable of
rendering valuable assistance in the
trnnquilizatIon Of Cuba. and there is
no doubt of his loyalty TO the United
States.
Instructions have been sent to all re-
crniting officers in the United States to
enlist as many men as possible for ser
vice In the Philippines until further or
ders. Thanks TO the Interpretation of
the army reorganization law made by
the comptroller of the treasury. the reg
ular army has been unexpectedly in
creased by 2.600 men, and the Presi-
dent Is spared the necessity of calling
for volunteers or depicting the force
now maintained in Cuba and Porto
Rico. Under the decision rendered TO
the War Department by the comptrol-
Ter the hospital corps. heretofore count
ed part of the regular establishment,
Is not to he so considered. SO that its
1900 men. while still retained In SER
vice. create that number of vacancies
in the regular army, which will be
promptly filed.
Although the members of the COM
mission which was sent to Porto Rico
by the President were not unanimous
upon some important points, they
wisely decided not to submit minority
reports. but to omit entirely all refer
ence to matters upon which they did
not agree For this reason there is no
reference 10 the tariff In the report
submitted. nor is any permanent form
OF government recommended by them
Ihey keep their counsel very closely,
nut 1t is understood that each of the
three commissioners has his own no.
tons on The latter subject. which was
the most important submitted to them.
They decline TO be interviewed. but IT
Is believed one of them thinks Porto
Rlco ought TO have n form of govern
ment similar to that of our territories: I:
another advocates n system like that
or the District of Columbia, with three
commissioners. two from civil life and
one engineer from the army; while the
third believes 1t would be better TO
give the Porto Ricans the broadpst
Kind of home rule by filling all the Of
hees with natives under the direction
OF governor general appointed by the
President.
II Is expected here that motlus vi
vendi regarding the Alaska boundary
VIII be signed In day or two. Assum-
ing that the agreement is ON the exact
lines of the Instructions sent. tbe
modns viii fix the provisional bound
airy line between Alaska and Canada
AZ three points near the head of Lynn
canal. These will he sufficient. it is ex-
pecteh. to prevent any further con
niets. These points are as follows: On
ihe White Pass. at the old Canadian
custom house in the pass; ON the Chill
coot Pass, likewise at the Canadian
custom house. which has existed for
the past eighteen months: on the Dal-
ton trail, Just above the Indian village
OF hiuckwan. The first two points