Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-21

will take place In Washington when the
magnificent sword voted to him BY Com
gress will be presented to the hero Of Ma
Mia bay on the steps Of the Capitol
There will be of1cial delegations from the
Senate aud House, under the leadership
Of Senator Proctor Of Vermont and Rep:
resentative David b. Henderson Of Iowa.
the next Speaker. Most Of the State
Governments will be represented of1ciaI1
ly. The ceremony OF presenting the SWORD
BY President Mckinley will take place on
the east front Of the Capitol, on the spot
where the Presidents are inauguratedy
and the plaza between the Capitol and
the Congressional Library will furnish
standing room for the thousands who are
expected as spectators. At night there
will be general illumination of the city
and a torchlight parade Of troops ana
civic organizations. The ceremony Will
take place Immediately after the reception
in New York.
An informal understanding has been
reached for q temporary agreement ON
the Alaskan boundary. The boundary
line Is to form temporary barrier only
and its location will not prejudice the
Government case of either country. The
podus vivendi provides for line rum
ming just northward Of Kluckwan, and
1t bars out Canada entirely from the Lynn
canal Arrangements of a temporary
character may yet be made, however, to
permit the Canadians to get their goods
across the border. but the protocol as now
drawn does not provide for such free
port. The boundary line under the modus
vivendi Is a slight concession to Canada,
but II Is still far inside Of the British
claim and is In substance the American
line. 1T
Chinese missionaries, some of them at
present at home, are back Of a scheme
to transplant q modern sawmill from
New York State to WI Hu, China. Amer
lean, English and Chinese residents Of
WI Hu are said to take kindly to the
proposition, and Ii Hung Chang is quot
ed as having given his consent, and along
with it check for $1,000 for stock in
the new enterprise. There is no modern
sawmill in all China, and lumber is saw
ed there by the most Anticipated methods.
1t Is said that the value of the proposed
mill as an object lesson for the natives
will be important, and that for this rea-
son the Government Is looking upon the
plan with favor.
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There was more gold in the treasury
Thursday than the Government has ever
had before at one time. The net gold
and bullion, including $100,O00.0OO re-
served for redemption of United States
notes, as reported at the Treasury De.
partment on that day was 1851 ,G1S, 1872.
The amount never reached 5000, 100000
until August last year, when 1t was q
little more than SILT 100000. The actual
amount of gold coin in the treasury Thurs
day was $195,S12. $40, and Of gold bull
lion $128, 004 ,321, making a total of S324,-
1891, against which gold certificates
to the value of $73.099,5 are outstand-
ing.
According to official reports at the
State Department, steps have been taken
to break down the quinine trust, organic
ed by German manufacturers Recently
some of the largest and most influential
planters in Java have organized to control
the supply in such a way as to keep the
raw material out Of the hands Of the SYM
dicote and have begun TO encourage direct
trade with the United States.
Factories have been established in
Java, and since last January, when the
new trade begun, 265,OO0 ounces Of sui
plate of quinine have been shipped direct
to this country.
The people of Florida and Georgia ara
urging very strongly upon the Secretary
of War the organization Of colored regi-
ments for service In the West Indies or
the Philippines, claiming that the black
race Is peculiarly fitted for service in the
hot countries. In Georgia alone II II
claimed that ten regiments Of colored
troops could be raised within twenty
days. United States Senators, members
of Congress and Governors Of States are
back Of the movement and have united
in a petition to the Secretary.
1t will take more than half a million
dollars to repair ships Of war during the
current fiscal year. The available appro-
priation amounts to $4,000, 900, and Rear
Admiral Hichborn, the chief constructor
of the navy, says that sum will not SUIT.
flee for longer period than six months.
He will endeavor to make it hold out
until Congress meets in December. when
the Navy Department will submit a de-
fciency estimate OF fully $3,000,000 to
carry the work on until July, 1000.
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When Gen. Shafter retires as a, .briga-.
der general in the regular army next
month he will be continued as a major
general Of volunteers as reward for his
services around Santiago. The vacant
brigadier generalship win probably go to
Gen. Lawton. Brig. Gen Anderson and
Mai. Gen. Merritt of the regular estab-
lishment will retire in the next siu
months. and this will make two new brig
adiers, who are likely to be Macarthur
and Wheaton.
The blanks for writing the names in
the Cuban census are twice as large as
the blanks for the same purpose in this
country. This grows out Of the fact that
the Spanish names are usually about
twice as long as American and English
names. In Spain 1t Is the general cus-
tom to give a child the surname Of his
father and Of his mother. and this GUS
tom has been followed In Cuba for a
great many years.
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ARRANGEMENTS have been made through
the regular diplomatic channels for the
resumption Of commercial relations with
Spain. To this end Minister Storer at
Madrid has been instructed to take such
steps as will lead to the usual CONNER
cial treaties between this country and