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pines will take up the Philinnine torifr
question very soon, but there is vet no
| ihuication as to how much time the
| matter may consume in. committee.
liehce there Is no probability that the
senate Itself will be able to reach than
question for some time.
, The creation of another assistant
postmaster Generalship. to have charge
oI the Tree city and rural delivery
strNlce is contemplated in bill
shorty TO he introduced in the House
hy Representative Watson of Indiana.
The new officer. il the bill shall mass.
VIII be the fifth assistant postmaster
general
Ii is generally thought that Admiral
Dewey will be sent as the naval rep
| resentative to attend the coronation Of
hing Edward, and General Miles MS
| the representative of the army. Ad-
| miral Dewey. it is almost certain, will
go over in the Brooklyn. Schley's flag.
| snip. The representative from civil
Efe has not yet been chosen. Reports
| nave connected ex-senator wolcott and
eN-President Cleveland with the honor
Ihe latest report is that the President
may select Andrew Carnegie. The i'm
preston is that the man chosen must
be rich. There will probably be an
appropriation of $4,000 for the civil.
lans expenses. but it is said that this
II only a bagatelle compared with the
amount that could be and possibly will
be spent by the civilian who represents
this country.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered an opinion holding as
valid the state constitution of Ken
lucky concerning long and short hauls
by railroad companies and statutes
enacted under that provision of the
constitution. The case on which the
decision was rendered was a proceed
ing against the Louisville Il Nashville
Railroad Company, which company
was indicted under the law upon the
charge of making Il greater charge for
short than for long haul, and
fine assessed. Justice Shiras in his de-
cision said: "When citizens of Ken
lucky voluntarily seek and OBJ.
tain grant from the state
of n charter to build and main
tain public highway in the form
of a railroad. 1t would seem to be evil
dent that they take hold and operate
their road subject to the constitutional
inhibition we are considering, and are
without power to challenge it's valid
ity."
The United States Supreme Court
has refused to interfere in the case of
Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter. The de-
cision was rendered in the proceed
ings instituted by Captain Carter for
the purpose of securing Il writ of ha-
beas corpus that would release him
from prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.
The Court also affirmed the decision
of the United States Court for the
Southern District of New York in the
of Benjamin Greene and John f.
Gaynor, William Il. Gaynor and L. III.
Gaynor. Greene and Gaynor are
charged with being in completely with
Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter, now serv-
ing term in the United States prison
Mt Leavenworth, Kansas, on the
charge of defrauding the government
of large sum of money while super
intending public works at Savannah,
Georgia. Greene and Gaynor have
sought habeaS corpus proceedings in
New York to avoid being sent to
Georgia for trial. The New York
court refused to grant the writ, and
the opinion confirms that verdict.
There is much discussion in regard
to who will represent the army and
navy of the United States Mt King Ed
wards coronation. 1t is stated that the
navy department is devising plan by
which Rear Admiral Crowninshield
will be in command of the squadron
which will represent the United States
in the naval demonstration in honor OF
the coronation of King Edward. He
will not be the naval representative OF
the United States at the ceremony.
This plan is intended to remove the
objection which could exist If Grown.
inshield were put in snch position by
the navy department as that he musi
necessarily be the representative at the
coronation. II that scheme were
pushed the navy department knows
that the nomination would not be con.
firmed by the senate. SO far as can be
learned now, Admiral Crowninshield's
friends wish to get him In command OF
the European squadron, have him on
the scene without any friction, and
let him have the honor of being In
command of the squadron, even if he
does not appear at court.