The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-10-18
Washington Letter.
washington, october, is, 1900.

concerned. as past, In China, or that 1t is
Is shown by the withdrawal of American
warships from Northern Chinese waters,
In addition to the withdrawal Of our troops
from China. This indicates that the pur-
pose for which the recent ordering of the
battleship Kentucky and the cruiser Al
bany to Chinese waters was done has been
accomplished. The only two American
warships now remaining In northern
Chinese waters are the New Orleans, at
Taku, and the Monocasy in the Pei-Ho..
Those two will remain all the winter.
Admiral Remy aboard the flagship Brook
lyn, is on his way to Manila, which Is the
headquarters of the Asiatic squadron of
which he is commander. He will be In
easy reach of China If he is needed.
Hon. John G. Carlisle, who was Mr..
Cleveland's secretary of the treasury, said
while in Washington, a day or two ago,
that he did not intend to vote for either
Bryan or Mckinley, but he believed the
latter would win.
A delegation Of prominent dignitaries
Of the Catholic church, headed by Arch
Bishops Corrigan and Ryan, had an ex-
tended conference with the president to
discuss the status of their church In Porto
Rico and the Philippines. Members of
the delegation stated afterward that they
were satisfied with the presidents expla-
nation of the policy of this government
toward their church and its property In
the former Spanish possession.
The published story that Gen. Chaffee
captured $578, 800 In gold in Tein Tsin and
shipped it to Washington, is amusing to
official circles. Secretary Root was in
clined to be facetious about it when asked
whether the story was true. He said 81
never heard that Gen. Chaffee took any
gold at Tien Tsin. If the treasury people
got hCld of 1t, they took advantage OF my
absence. l wouldn't have let them have
1t had Ibeen here" The facts are ancient
news. Some money was captured by
Rear Admiral Remy's marines when Tien
Tsin was taken, and 1t was about the
amount mentioned. The other powers
made demand for the money, but Ad-
miral Remy declined to give it up and de-
posted 1t In his own name in an eastern
bank, subject to the order of the navy de-
partment, and 1t is there yet. This gov
ernment has not decided what will be
done with it, and it may be said to be held
in trust at present. The Chinese govern
ment has made no demand for it.
Although there are no party politics in
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, It was brought out at the celebration
OF the tenth anniversary OF the organize
ton, in Washington, several days ago,
that the leading candidates for presidents
to succeed Mrs. Daniel Manning, of New
York, whose reelection Is prohibited by
the constitution of the organization, and
whose time will expire Feb. %, 1901, are
Mrs. Bryan, wife of Hon. WI. Bryan, of
Nebraska, and Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of
Gov. Roosevelt, of New York. The
election will not take place until the 22d,
of February next. Both ladies have active
partisans. but the election for president
of the U. s. will probably be an import
ant factor In determining the winner, the
Daughters being fully aware of the social
and other advantages of electing either
the presidents or the presidents wife
to be president of their organization.
Acting Director Sullivan, of the bureau
OF engraving and printing says the series
of postage stamps to be issued in COM
memoration of the Pan American exposi-
tion, at Buffalo, will not only be different
from any ever issued, but will be the
handsomest work of it's class ever turned
out by the bureau. Each denomination
will have the body Of the stamp printed in
the color prescribed by law, while. 1t will
be surrounded by an artistic DO: der print
ed In contrasting color. They will be
the first stamps printed in two colors ever
issued by the government.
DR.. George E. Lane, of Portland, Me-,
who used to be an army surgeon, is In
Washington. He said on subject that
has been widely discussed: "Although
ours Is temperance state, more liquor
has been sold there In any other state of
Its size. The fees of the sheriff of Cum
berland county the past year amounted to
about $50, 900. The prohibition candidate
for sheriff, who was recently elected, and
will go into Office the first of the year,
has charge Of the city mission in Port
b.
giving him the largest vote cast In years,
because he announced that he would take
only So, 900 as his salary, turning the
other fees into the county coffers." DR..
Lane says prominent republicans are ad-
vocating legislation that will fix salary
for sheriffs and give the state a high
license liquor law.
Secretary Hay, who was one of Presi-
dent Lincoln's secretaries and joint author
Of voluminous life of Lincoln, declares
that language recently used In public
speech, by Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, and
said by him to have been a prediction Of
President Lincoln, as to the ultimate des-
truction Of our republic by the aggregation
of wealth in few hands, was never used
by Mr.. Lincoln, but was understood to
have been invented by spiritualistic
medium not long after Mr.. Lincoln's
death.
| IT HAPPENED IN DRUG SToRE.-"One
day last winter lady came to my drug
store and asked for brand Of cough
medicine that / did not have In stock, /"
says Mr.. =. r. Grandin, the popular drug
gist of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disap-
pointed and wanted to know what cough
preparation could recommend. l said
to her that / could freely recommend