The Elbert County tribune., 1899-09-14

ninc general officers in the army res
Isfer Including himself, Merritt.
Brooke. Anderson and Merriam shouiu
go at once 10 Manila. The secretary
may adopt The plan win MIC
command. Merritt in charge OF ihe he''
and Brooke as governor OF M"N'''
General Corbin says that the war De
parfmeut has discontinued Inc re
cruiting of colored soldiers nj fort
Mcpherson and vicinity for the reason
that every one Of the colored Regiments
Ia the regul;.. service is full. ana so
far no orders have been given iot
the formation of any colored Noiuii,
teer regiments. The race question. ne
SAYS. has nothing to do with the stop
page of recruiting at Fort McPherson'
There seems 10 be no longer any
doubt that the official life of cassius
VI. Barnes governor or pklhholnh' WIZ
soon terminate. Secretary Hltchc3ch
of the Interior Department has nindc
thorough investigation of the charges
submitted against Governor Barnes,
and has prepared a report TO he SUB
mltted to the President. The charges
have reference TO the leasing OF schooi
lands. ..N
The postmaster general has ordered
that every postoffice In the niieu
States shall note the number of pieces
and character of mail matter handled
by 1t between October 3 and November
O. The execution of this order IN
wolves an immense amount OF laDor'
and is to he dane in order that an ac-
curate table of statistics may be pre-
pared. This is the first time in twenty
years that such an order has been IS
sucd, II is said. .at. ..
At the conclusion OF the Dewey celc-
br;ltion Mt New York. Admiral Samp-
son Will be relieved of the command
of the North Atlantic squadron ut his
own request lie has had much more
than his portion of sea service III
his grade. After short leave of alb
sence he will be assigned TO shore duty
probably In command of one OF the
navy yards. 1t is Indicated here that
either Admiral Farquhar Admiral
Schley or Admiral Remey is to succeed
Sampson.
1t is authoritatively stated that in
fhc coming slialseup Of warrior chief
tains resultant upon the retirement OF
several officers tlat Sbaftcr, Lnwton.
Macarthur ard Wheaton are To be re-
wnrded. The program as understood
is. Shafter Is To he retained as major
ment as reward FOR his services in
the Santiago campaign. Lnwton is TO
he made brigalier general M the reg
ulnr army upon the retirement Of
Shaficr. When General Anderson Is
relieved. Macarthur will become n brig
adler general of the regulars General
Wheaton win be- promoted upon the
retirement of General Merritt.
dcrs 10 the cruiser Detroit. which has
Just arrived nj Philadelphia from New
York to proceed mt once TO La Guayra.
Venezuela. She will coal and start
on the voyage in the course of two or
three days The Detroit should make
the run to La Guayra inside OF ten
days. The occasion for her presence
ut La Guayrn is u report TO the State
Department that there are signs of
grent unrest and excitement In the in
terror of Venezuela. and that the pres
ence Of an American wai'ship might
have u good effect in maintaining the
confidence of resident Americans and
other foreigners in Their safety.
Mr. kasson, the special reciprocity
commissioner. received from Minister
buchanan upon his return TO the
United States n reciprocity agreement
with the Argentine Republic under
which hides. dye woods and other
products of that milton will he ad
miitpd into the United Sii1rS nt n rc-
duccd duty. in exchange for conccs-
sions In favor of our manufactured
goods. especially agricultural machin-
cry Mr. Knsson will take up In Oc-
tober The reciprocity agreements with
Italy. Belgium and Holland. He says
the reciprocity treaty with Portugal.
ratified by that government. must he
revised because of clerical error
which gives the duties imposed upon
Portuguese products at lower rate
than that agreed upon.
Acting Secretary Allen has issued an
| order making important changes in
the navy yard apprentice system.
Heretofore there has been no rule for
the appointment and education of the
/ apprentices. Now coInmandants at
navy yards are instructed to receive
applications from likely candidates,
hold examinations and make M lists
of eligibles from which appointments
will lie made. The examinations will
not be severe except physically, the re-
uuirements being ability 10 read and
write aud knowledge of arithmetic up
to decimals. Candidates must be be-
tween the ages of IL and Ii years.
Once appointed. the boys will lie thor
oughly instructed in their trades and
/ examined from time TO time for pro-
motion 1t is hoped in this manner to
cure the ills of the present apprentice
/ system.
The correspondent of II Chicago paper
says: The Cabinet nj its meeting Tues
I day decided to suspend negotiations
i pine Commission and the commission
will hequickly dissolved. The President
and his cabinet advisers have reached
| the conclusion that 1t Is impolitic and
! unwisc TO maintain the commission
and attempt TO negotiate with the in
I surgents for surrender. An aggressive
] campaign has been ordered. reinforce
| ments have been provided for General
/ Otis and the army prepared to deal
I crushing blows. The military men of
the service viii he given full sway.
| Colonel DENLY and Professor Wor-
ccster the two civilian members of the
commission now in the Philippines. will
/ he promptly ordered home and the in
surgenis notified thar any communca-
/ tions they may have To make in the di-
4 rectlon of surrender must he addressed
TO General Otis.
The War Department has made pub
/ lie statement of the trade between
the United States and all of her colo.
nics under military control. and with
onha, as wei, for the seven months of
1880 ending July II. making comunr
ison with the year 1888. The exporfs
from the United Stntes TO Cuba for tho
seven months We're Sl4, l6.g93 in ISgg
against S4iS5.93I in 1888. The i'm
/ ports TO the United States from Cubn
| FOR the same period Were S19.916.g5G i'm
1889 against S12.I1l.TTO in 1898. The