New-York tribune., 1900-05-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

The postofice trouble in Havana is greatly to
be regretted. said Hugh Mcclellan, of Chicago, at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday.
WORK OF The credit for the discovery Of
lNSCLAR the condition OF affairs, I told
BUREAUS In Washington, belongs to Lieu
CHIEF. tepant-Cofonel Clarence r. Ed
wards. Of the 47th Infantry. the
Chief of the Insular Bureau In the War Depart
ment. Colonel Edwards made the discovery. 1t Is
said, Incidental to other work he had
hand concerning Cuba and the tariff between that
island and the United States. Colonel Edwards.
who is son OF the late Colonel William Edwards.
OF Cleveland, graduated from West Point in
the class of So, being commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the sd Infantry His first service
In New-Mexico. and from there he transferred
TO bunalo and for two years he had charge Of the
tomb Of President Garfield at Cleveland. He then
went TO Fordham as Instructor In the military
academy there and from Fordharn TO Washington
vice IN connecfion with the RnreaIi Of MitaTx In
4SNetu oItiitsi-S
gain-d at this time doubtless have proved of great
value to Colonel Edwards in connection with his
present work He was serving with his regiment
VIZ We 80 -, al fort D 3iark Texas when the spanisl
and assistant adjutant-general OF volunteers. he
pnger. and served this capacity distinction
and ee11hcieney at New-oreans; Tampa Fernandina
Ecwards as one Of the abest officers in the ser
time and place.
When Mator-Genera Lawton was ordered to
the Philippines, at his request Major Edwards
companied him mis- chief OF
LAWTON'S staff, sailing from this city the
RIGHT HAND transport Grant. Colonel Edwards
MAN with General Lawron through
his operations the island Of
LuZon during the season of 1899. and assigned
by General Lawton TO command the centre of Gen
eral Kings brigade when that officer fell H. For
his services in this campaign Colonel Edwards was
made Northumberland of the 47th Infantry Sep
tember, 1893 addition being chief staff,
Colonel Edwards intimate personal friend of
and stood very close Lawton, who. in his turn,
recognized Edwards's capabilities and turned them
TO the utmost When Lawton his untimely
"a dSte e., ana aia down ms gallant life IN the pursuit @
his body back this country. Upon arriving in
Wa;sdhingt9n the Administration decided that ne
try for the tine being tn than IN the Phiippnes and
Edwards is thorough horseman and good all round
man. When at West Point he ranked as the best
boxer of his weight in the academy.
Colonel H. H Prettyman. of Ohio. In speaking Of
political affairs in the Buckeye State at the Wal
dorf-Astoria yesterday. said: Il
AN OHIO have been all Ohio within the
VIEW OF THE last two weeks, and in close
POLITICAL touch, therefore, with what
OUTLOOK. people thinking politically. OF
course every knows 1t is
William Mckinley to succeed himself and that he
will be renominated by acclamation. They also be-
lieve that Theodore Roosevelt will be on the same
ticket also nominated by acclamaton. and that. in
spite of his refusal TO allow his be consid-
cred when this great office rendered to Governor
Roosevelt and ii is borne in upon that II is un-
mistakably the will and the wish Of the people
that he be Vce-President his high sense of duty
and his patriotism will not admit of his refusing
! In the event of Roosevelt being nominated and
accepting we think that Woodruff will be noni-
mated for Governor of New-York. Everywhere in
| the West we are prosperous. the banks over
! flowing with money. and the present outlook for
this years crops is good. except in certain
sections. The wheat belt in Southern Indiana and
I q hell will IN
per cent, certainly not over GO per cent, of the
wheat il did in 1899. As indica ton this is
/ So have just ordered eleven hundred of
wheat pieughed up and the land sown again in oats
| and grass. And think. further. that wheat
! crop OF the country may be lighter than is ex-
! pected- But what we lose in wheat in Ohio we will
| make up in Ali the other crops however are
| good