Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Brig. Gen. John H. Patterson has beeu placed on the retired list. Senator W. N. Roach of North Dakota and Mrs. V. E. Pollock were married quietly nt Washington, D. C. The President on Friday transmitted to Congress a special message, urging action upon the laying of a cable under the Pacific ocean. President McKinley has issued the order for a court of inquiry to investigate the charges made by Maj. Gen. Miles regarding “embalmed beef.” Secretary Alger has directed that a contract be made with Louis Gathmann of Chicago for an 18-inch gun. The qrdnance officers had reported against it. President McKinley has received the report of the board that has been investigating the conduct of the war. It exonerates the subsistence officials of the army and says the beef furnished the troops was up to the ordinary trade standard.