The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-31

Dor recently, has found that no blame
attaches TO the officers or crew Ad.
mital Crownlnshicld approves the re
port.
The secretary OF the Interior has for
warded TO the bonrd OF health OF Hon
olulu samples OF nr alleged cure FOR
ieprosy submitted by Brooklyn ply
sicinn In behalf OF fellow practi-
TONER abroad. The board has agreed
to use the samples in its experimental
research. The boards OF health OF San
Francisco and New Orleans also viii
be asked to test the alleged cure.
The President has designated Col.
r. NJ. 0'Reilly to be surgeon general
Of the army 10 succeed General For
wood, who WIN retire September 9TH
next Colonel O'ieilly will have until
January. 1909. to serve as surgeon gen.
eral- He was appointed from Pennsyl-
vania ms medical cadet In 1884. He
is a graduate of the medica. depart
ment of the University Of Pennsylva-
mia.
| Some weeks ago Senator Penrose
filed papers with the President, which
he nsserted tended to substantinte the
charge made by Mr.. Mealey. the
| American who has been In trouole in
Mexico, against United States Ambas-
sador Clayton, to the effect that tlR
ambassador was directly Interested to
the extent OF 100 shares In n mining
corporation antngonistic to Mealey's
claims. The papers were referred 20
the State Department. and now the
senator has been Informed by Acting
Secretary HE that the President has
decided to send them 10 Mexico. invit-
ing Mr.. Clayton to examine them and
make n report. The case OF Mealey
was one OF the two referred to in the
stirring debate In the Senate in the last
session. involving an encounter be-
tween Senators Bailey and Beveridge.
In consequence Of the act passed by
the last Congress. amending the re-
yised statutes so as to permit the is
suance of passports to persons owing
allegiance to the United States, wheth-
er citizens or not. the secretary OF
state has drawn up rules under which
passports shall hereafter be granted
and has submitted them to the Presi-
dent who has approved and signed
them. Hereafter passports will be is
sued 10 loyal Filipinos. Porto Ricans,
etc. under rules prescribed by the
President, which are about to be sent
to Governor Taft and to other insular
governors. The effect of the new law
and of the rules now going into effect
will be to extend to loyal residents of
our insular possessions the same pro-
lection and the same passport that cit
liens of the United States now enjoy
In their travels.
Eighty miles in nm army wagon
drawn by regulation mules, over roads
that are not excellent at the best of
times, but were rendered almost i'm
passable in some places by heavy
downpours OF rain, was the experience
of Elihu Root, secretary of war, few
days ago. Mr.. Root said that he en-
joyed the trip Immensely. Maj. Gen.
Henry @. Corbin. the adjutant general
of the army, who was one of Mr..
Roots companions. said the same. In
addition to General Cotbin, the secrc-
tary asked Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood
and Col. Wallace Randolph. chief Of
artillery. to go with him. OF course,
they accepted. Colonel True, the army
depot quartcrmaster in Washington,
said he could get them from Wash
ington to Leesburg and back in Il sim
gle day, and he kept his word. The
distance from Washington to Leesburg
and back over the route taken by the
secretary's party is about ninety-four
miles. but part of 1t was made In the
secretary's carriage and in n trolley car.
The journey behind the mule team be-
gan at Cabin John bridge.
Through the United Stntes charge of
embassy at St Petersburg, Mr.. Riddle,
the State Department has just received
n copy of the Russian note touching
upon trusts. which has excited so
much comment in Europe. This note,
which takes the form Of n circular,
was Identical and was handed in st.
Petersburg to the representatives of all
the powers that participated In the
| Brussels sugar conference, and, in ad-
ditior to Mr.. Riddle for transmission
TO his government at Washington. Just
| why this was done, in view of the fact
that the United States government was
not represented at the Brussels con
ference can only be conjectured, and it
Is supposed that 1t was supplied as a
matter of Information and as a cour-
| tesy. Certain 1t Is that in the present
| view the United States executive can
not participate In such conference
as 1t described, even If there were no
other objections. From perusal of
the note. which is In official print, 1t
| appears that Its reference to trusts,
which are rather incidental and alter
native in character, have attracted the
principal share of public attention al
though the whole note appears to be
framed ms an argument In support of
the Russian system of regulating SUI
gar production and export. The ref
erence to an international trust confer
ence is actually therefore presented in
the shape of an alternative proposal.
or rather suggestion. only In case the
soundness of tse Russian contention in
support of its present system is sue
cessfrlly challenged
Secretary of War Root has issued an
order in regard to military education
In which he says: "Since the declara-
tion of war with Spain In April. 1895