Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

During August the public debt increased $34,780,711. President McKinley has appointed C. D. Woodward of Columbia University one of the American commissioners to the Paris exposition. Investigation of suspicious bids under the last call for subscriptions for Government bonds indicates that millions of dollars in bonds Were acquired by irregular means and that a number of New York bidders are involved in the cases. Ever since the printed reports of the sensational utterances of the naval chaplain. Joseph P. Mclntyre, reached the Navy Department at Washington the officials have been making a quiet inquiry into the accuracy of the newspaper publications. The chaplain, who was attached to the Oregon, and wits on hoard when the battle of July 3 was fought. Was credited with some savage criticism of Admiral Sampson, Captain Evans and various others of the officers of the American fleet, insisting that to the officers and men of the Oregon alone belonged the victory achieved over the Spanish squadron. lie was particularly severe on Captain Robley I). Evans, whom he charged with cowardice. Apparently the Navy Department has now satisfied itself that the chaplain really uttered the language ascribed to him, for it has Ordered his trial by court-martial on charges to the prejudice of good order and discipline and conduct upbecoming an officer. The chaplain is now on leave of absence in Denver.