The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL GRIsT- !
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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turned to the line. and. In the case of
those below the rank of lieutenant col
onel, they must serve in the line for
two years before further stan duty.
Representative McCleary of Mime
sofa has presented Admiral Dewey
one of the most beautiful and UNIQUE
Of the many gifts he has received. 1t
| Is watch, paid for by penny contribu-
tions from 10000 school children in
Minnesota and the Dakotas, collected
by the Minneapolis Journal and 1856
| country dailies and weekly newspa-
pers. The idea was suggested and the
fund was started by Archie Cadzow, a
lad of sixteen living at Rosemont, Min
nesota, who has brought the watch to
Washington and assisted at the presen-
tation. The watch, chain and seal are
made of gold mined in the Philippines
| and gun metal taken from the tip of a
torpedo fired by the Spaniards at Dew
ey's flagship at the battle of Manila,
The case Is ornamented with an admi-
rails flag in blue and white enamel. In
place of the figures upon the dial are
| the letters G-E-O-R-G-E-D-E-W
and upon the lid of the case Is an in
| scription: Presented to Admiral
| George Dewey by $4,000 school chill
| dren of Minnesota and the Northwest,
no one of whom contributed more than
| a penny"
The naval board on construction has
| finally approved the plans of the three
| battleships authorized by the last Con-
gress and gave instructions to have the
specifications prepared at once prelim-
mary to calling for bids from the ship
builders. The ships will be enlarged
1owas in type with the same rectan-
gular superstructure and the two tur-
rets, bow and stern, on the main deck.
The turret guns will be twelve-inch cal
iber, like the Iowa's guns; there will
be turret at each corner of the super
structure, carrying two eight-inch guns
and twelve six-inch rapid tirers will be
disposed along the sides of the central
citadel. The ships will make nineteen
| knots speed and have displacement of
about 1880 tons, making these new
ships by far the largest in the United
States navy and as big as the largest
| type of British armored cruisers. As
the constructors are limited in the draft
by our shallow harbors to little over
twenty-five feet, and as seventy five
feet represents about the greatest beam
| consistent with speed, 1t will be neces-
sary to provide for the weights by CIV
Ing the ships more length than the
| Iowa class, and they will be almost
40 feet long. The secondary batteries
will be made up largely Of fourteen
Founders. Altogether the ships will be
more than equal to any warships of
their size in the worlds navies.
The report of the commissioner OF
internal revenue looks very much as If
we were becoming nation Of beer
drinkers, the increased consumption Of
malt liquors having been so rapid dur
ing the last forty years. In 1860, when
the population of the country was 3D.
100000. we consumed only about q
100000 barrels of beer, or an average
of one barrel to every sixteen people
In 1870, with poulation of IS, 500, 600
we consumed G,574,6 GIT barrels of beer
or an average of about one barrel to
every six people. In 1880 the popula-
ton had increased thirty per cent, but
the consumption Of beer was doubled,
and so, 1855, ,7S3 people consumed 13, ,347,
Ill barrels of beer. In 1890 the con-
sumption of beer had doubled again.
reaching total of 1851 ,944 barrels,
while the population had increased on
ly twenty-four per cent. to 62,662, $50
In 1895, when, according to the estI-
mates of the bureau of statistics, we
had 5000, 900 people, we consumed 49,
561, All barrels of beer, or about one
barrel for every two persons in the
whole community, and in 1899, with
10000, 600 people, we consumed 36,5S1,-
la barrels of beer. Thus the popula-
ton has increased 125 per cent and the
consumption Of beer 1900 per cent.
The increase in the manufacture of
whisky has not been SO rapid. In fact,
more whisky was produced in the
United States in 1864 than in 1890, the
total In the former year being 81, 1885,
1893 gallons, and In 1899 85, ,125 ,532 gal
Ions.
Secretary Gage has sent to the Sem
ate reply to the resolutions of the
Senate Of April Goth, in regard to the
amount Of revenues derived from the
so-called war revenue act with state
ment showing the total amount of such
receipts from June l3. 1893, to the 31st
ult. The statement is as follows:
Amount
Objects of Taxation. Collected.
Cigars ............................ 5,202 691
Slgarettes .......................-'. 2.tiZ0va9 va9
ppssfsse psssTs in sfisSi!ns issi 6taeeo sae smoking
Dealers in manufactured tobacco 30.637
Manufacturers of tobacco. 39.193
Manufacturers of cigars. 446. .72
Miscellaneous collections relat-
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Bankers capital not exceeding