The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-04
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News,

Summary Of the Daily News,
WASHINGTON NOTES.
SENATOR ELKINs, of West Virginia,
discussing at Washington Secretary
Alger's retirement from the cabinet,
said that Secretary Alger was secre-
tary of war during the conduct of the
most successful war in the history of
the United States, but that he has been
compelled to endure a series of unde-
served, not to say brutal, assaults.
Senator Elkins said there would be a
reaction in Ayers favor.
POSTMASTER GENERAL SMITH has is
sued an order directing the rapid
transmission and forwarding from
place to place of all mail matter of any
kind addressed to persons connected
with the army, navy, marine corps or
other branch of the public service, serv-
ing in or en- route to or from Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam or the Phil
ippines, or to persons in the govern
ment service in the United States
whose change of address is caused by
official orders. No additional postage
is to be required.
The agricultural department at
Washington is in receipt of informa-
ton of threatened invasion of grass
hoppers in North Dakota and Mime
sofa. The insects are of migratory
species and breed in the Turtle noun
tains.
The rumor that Gov. Barnes, of Ok
lahoma, will soon be removed has been
actively revived. It is said that AS
sistant Attorney General Vandeventer
has rendered an opinion finding that
Gov. Barnes has violated the law in
number of measures which have figured
in the charges that have been pending
at Washington for some time.
OF the ten designs submitted by the
leading architects of the country for a
new department of justice building at
Washington three have been selected
naming seven have been rejected.
These designs will be elaborated and
when completed the attorney general
will select the one which he regards as
the most meritorious. The building
will be of white marble and will cost
81, 900 900.
THE secretary of the Dewey home
fund at Washington published a state
ment on the 2sth saying that the aggre
gate amount of cash actually received
by Treasurer Roberts up to date was
SIG, 700, from a total of over %, 900 sub
scribers, and that the $1,000 promised
some time ago by the New York Jour
nal would soon be forthcoming. Those
who want to contribute are urged to
forward their money at once.
A WASHINGTON special to the Chicago
Chronicle on the 3Oth was as follows:
at is said by those in the confidence of
the administration that the president
has not been moved by the protest of
certain western republican senator's
against the formal adoption of the
gold standard by the republican party
and that an unmistakable declaration
for it certainly will be put thro ugh
after congress meets"
ANY effort of foreign power to in
terfere in San Domingo will be resisted
by the United States and the Monroe
doctrine will be applied. Any force to
be used will be exerted by this coun-
try alone. It is not likely that other
nations will send warships to San
Domingo to look after their interests
there.
MRS. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE, wife OF
former governor of Rhode Island and
the daughter of the late United States
Chief Justice Salmon p. Chase, died at
her homestead 'Edgewood," in the
suburbs of Washington, on the S1st,
aged SO years.
THE statement of receipts and ex-
penditures for July of the federal gov
eminent showed a deficit for the month
of S,51S,741. Receipts were S4S, O54, $50
expenditures, $50, 57S, 600.
Mr.. RooT assumed control of the war
department at Washington on the LIST.
ONE of the last official acts of Score
tary Alger on the S1st was to issue a
statement covering several matters re.
garding the conduct of the war. He
said he made very few army appoint
ments and declared that not dollar
was misappropriated or embezzled out
of the millions expended by the wa,
department.
GENERAL NEWS.
AT a special meeting of the stock
holders of the Diamond Match com
pany held at Chicago on the S1st it was
unanimously voted to increase the cap