Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The NahyxiDepartmeut has assigned Captain WifWam H. Whiting to the post of captaiubof the Norfolk navy yard, in p!ace of Captain Rockwell. Captain lk#T. Jobe, late of the Sixth United States volunteer infantry, has been arrested at Washington ou the charge Of thing War Department penalty envelopes for private letters. Rear Admiral Sampsou has retired from conmiajud of the North Atlantic squadron,, 4ud his Hag has been hunted down ffoin the cruiser New York. Admiral Farquhar has taken command. Gen." William It. Shufter, who for over a year lias Rold the position of brigadier general .hi the regular army and major geuerlit is now on the retired regular army. He will, however," remain in comriiand of ahe,.department of the Pacific., Sir LdHfs Henry Da vie*, Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, has given CaMUa’s' conseut to a temporary arl uugcmiutt of the Alaskan dispute. This has prsiOtifflafty settled the whole mailer for the,flint being, as the main features df were origiuaUy suggested by the United States. Secretary Root has been in receipt of a number of petitions respecting the

‘Commercial Cable Company, all iftpnff AJflKt/eragig.M allow the corporation to ftrCuba. The Secretary has aaJPwswer to these in a letter stating in substance that the War Departn»«gM had»»ftthipg jto do with the matter, itWf has' inry executive branch of the Government. Conjgreae, he'says, has prohibited the grantjjtt<^;»ny ? franchises in Cuba/ and -there if'DO resting in anyone without action to give the Commercial Cable Company the right to construct and operate a cable.