Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-20
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

minister to Austria-Hungary. to be
ambassador to Russia, and Addison c.
Harris, of Indiana, as minister to Aus
ria-Hungary.
GEN. WHEELER appeared before the
mouse committee on pensions and made
. fervid appeal for special pension
DILL giving to the widows and rela.
lives of those who fell at Santiago
and other battles of the Spanish war
an amount commensurate with the
gallantry of those who lost their lives.
THE president on the 18th sent the
nomination to the senate of Joseph d.
choate. of New York, to be ambassa-
dor Extraordinary and plenipoten tiary
20 Great Britain.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. LIEBER,
IF the United States army, has decided
that soldiers of the war with Spain
may be buried in the national GENE
.ery at Gettysburg. Pa
CoMMIssARY GENERAL EAGAN ap-
peared before the war investigating
commission at Washington on the 12th
to meet the allegations against the
beef issues in the war. He denied
numerous statements of Gen. Miles.
charged that the latter's testimony
constituted severe reflections on the
tons and referred to him as "this
same commanding general, Nelson A.
Miles," and said whoever called the
beef furnished 'embalmed beef was
a ''liar."
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEIKLEJoHN
made pu bile on the 18th Father Thomas
f. Sherman's very interesting and in
structive report to Gen. Brooke Of his
recent tour through the island of
Porto Rico. Father Sherman says he
found the people of Porto Rico gentle,
docile and kindly and that the Span
iards living there rejoice with their
Porto Rico friends in the change of
sovereignty.
NELSON DINGLEY, of Maine, leader of
the repu blican side of the floor of the
house of represen natives and repre-
senting the Second congressional dis
trict of Maine in that body, died at
Washington on the 18th of heart fail
ure, resulting from extreme weakness
due to pneumonia
THE war investigation commission
on the 18th returned to Gen. Eagan
his statement denouncing Gen. Miles
as liar and requested that the objec-
tionable language be eliminated,
stating that it ought not to have been
made by a witness before the board.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY sent a letter
of coincidence to Mrs Dingley on the
death of her husband at Washington.
SENIOR AGoNOLLo, the representa-
tive of Gen. Aguinaldo and the Fill
pinos at Washington, has filed with
the state department a memorandum
setting forth the reasons why the
Philippine government should be re-
cognized by the United States.
IT was reported that the war inves.
LEGATION commission would soon make
a report blaming Secretary Alger for
weakness, but not making him respon-
sible for the camp horrors" censuring
Gen. Miles for making unfounded
charges that bad beef was supplied to
troops; finding that Gen. Shafter con-
Quoted the Santiago campaign as we'll
as could be expected; criticising Gen.
Brooke for conditions at Camp Thomas,
and blaming the medical department
for failure to carry out proper sanitary
regulations
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has decided to
send a commission to the Philippines
to make study Of the situation and
advise him of what the policy should
be in regard to the islands He has
asked Admiral Dewey to be president
of the commission.
THREE commissioners arrived at
Washington from Glasgow, Scotland,
to lay before President Mckinley and
his cabinet particulars regarding the
exhibition to be held in 1901 at Glas-
gov.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and Secretary
Alger had a conference over the Miles.
Eagan scandal Both realized that
the conduct of Gen. Eagan in using
vituperative language towards Gen
Miles could not be ignored and some
thing will be done in the matter. L.
seemed likely that a court of inquiry
will be decided on to determine
whether Gen. Eagan slandered Gen.
Miles and also whether Gen. Miles
slaudered the commissary department.
GENERAL NEWS
IN the mist and darkness of the