The Iola register., 1901-08-23
AT THE
CAPITOL
What Washington is Doing
and Saying now
Europe Magnifies Americas
Interest in the Panama
Controversy
WORLDS FAIR PROGRESS
1t is to be the Greatest At
fair Ever Held
Weather Bureau Saved Much
Property and Many Lives
in Gulf Storms
WORLDS FAIR PROGRESS
1t is to be the Greatest At
fair Ever Held

Washington, Aug. 20.-European
press comments upon American policy
or what the European editors regard
as such are always more or less anus
ing, but those cabled over alleging
that the present revolution and war
between Columbia and Venezuela, it
seems to be combination of both, has
been instigated by the Government
of the U. s. for the purpose of open
ing the way for an excuse to take
furcible possession of the Isthmus of
Panama, are more than amusing: they
are ridiculous. The European editors
write of the gathering of great fleets
of American warships on both sides
of the Isthmus, when, as matter of
fact there isn't a single warship
within ten days sail of either the At
lantic or the Pacific side of the
Isthmus, and only three, two small
vessels and the battleship Iowa, have
been ordered 20 Panama waters, and
neither Secretary Hay, nor acting
Secretary Hackett, both of whom are
familiar with the situation on the 18TH
mus, has any idea that either of them
will have any serious work to do after
they get there, which will probably
not be before the first week in Septem-
Der. Publications in our own yellow
journals. are in measure response
BILE for the misinformation of Europe
an editors. Our own people know how
much their wild statements are worth;
the Europeans do not.
The latest story about the Schley
court of Inquiry, alleging that the
Navy Department would not furnish h
Schley with a list OF its witnesses, was
remarkable only for the ignorance it
showed concerning the methods of the
Department. 1t is the invariable rule
of the Department to furnish the officer
who asks 70" a Court of Inquiry with
a list of the witnesses summoned by
the Department, as soon as it is fully
made up, and the rule will not be de-
parted from in the Schleycase. Schley' S
three lawyers were at the Department
today. and submitted to Acting Secre-
tary Hackett, a complete list of the
witnesses chosen by Admiral Schley.
Hon. Thomas II. Carter, EX-Sena-
tor from Montana, and EX-Chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
,,l,1 l. NOM M tho hand of tho II <
Commission for the St. Louis eXposi.
tion, has been in Washington several
days, in company with Ex-Governor
Francis of Missouri, who is at the
head of the exposition organization,
looking after the foreign interests oI
the Exposition, and the forwarding
through the Department of State OF
the President 's7proclamation, inviting
the participation of all nations in the
Exposition. Speaking of the matter,
Mr.. Carter said: "The President will
issue the proclamation in few days
and the great exposition will then be
officially inaugurated. Everything
promises that theISt. Louis Exposition
will eclipse anything of the kind ever
held in the world. Close study of the
best points of every International FIX
position has been made and the bes
features of each adopted. There viii
be wealth of original conception
and a magnihcence of detail, together
with a general world represent alton
which will make the Louisiana pur
chase exposition worthy fof the neN
century and of the great territory
the acquisition of which has added s,
much to the wealth and prestige of The
country.
The statistics of the native popula
tion of Hawaii for the last half centur
present an interesting study, showing
a decrease so large and steady that
it be kept up another half century
there will be practically no natives o
descendants of natives, left on the is
land. In 1858, when the first authentic
Census was taken, there were II, ,0l
natives on the island. Each succeed
ing Census has shown a smaller nun
Der, the last showing only 29,834 ma
tives, and 7, 1885 part Hawaiians.
It is up to those who sneer at tn
weather bureau whenever it falls dow
in predicting the weather from day t
day to give it credit for having save
many thousands, possibly millions G
dollars worth of property in New O
leans and Mobile, by its timely war;
ing OF the approach of last week