Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Washington is planning to have a national exposition in 1900. General Thoipas Ewing fainted while making an argument before the Federal Supreme Court. —— _ The appropriation for the loss on the recoinage of worn and uncurrent silver coin for the current fiscal year is exhausted and the work will be stopped. The Secretary of the Treasury will not resume, for the present at least, the coinage of silver bullion purchased under the “Sherman act.” The New Orleans mint will be closed, but the Philadelphia and San. Francisco- mints will con tine to coin gold. The treasury flow’ holds of silver bullion purchased under the “Sherman act” 137,044,000 fine ounces. It is not thought that the coinnge of silver dollars will be resumed at the mint until there is some action by Congress on the currency question. The statistics of the mining regions, which will be included in the forthcoming report of the Department of" Internal Affairs, show the production of coal for 1894 in the anthracite and bituminous districts of Pennsylvania to have been 85,300,389 tons, a decrease of 5,295,072 tons from the production of 1893. The production of anthracite coal was 45,500,179 tons, as against 47,179,503 tons in 1893, a reduction of 1,073,384 tons. The bituminous production was 39,500.210 tons, as against 43,421,989 tons in 1893. a reduction of 3,021,179 tons. While the production shows this great falling off, the total number of employes in and about the mines hns increased. The number employed during 1894 was 226,872, against 219,821 in 1893, an increase of 7,051.

<T’be announcement that Rear Admiral fcifkland is to bo relieved of the command of the European squadron has caused a sensation in naval circles. For some time past it hns been rumored that Secretary Herbert was not pleased with the conduct of Admiral Kirkland. Dissatisfaction was first caused by the action of the admiral in sending a letter of eon; gratulation to' President Faure of France on his election. Secretary Herbert construed this as entirely wrong, holding that the official position of the admiral precluded him from making any comment whatever with reference to French politics, and sent a letter of reprimand. Admiral Kirkland responded by appealing to the President to overrule Secretary Herbert’s strictures on his conduct. He claimed in his own defense that he had known President Faure personally, and he had merely congratulated him iu a personal capacity and not ns an officer of the United States navy. It is not known what action the President took, but the detachment of the admiral indicates that the secretary was sustained by Mr. Cleveland. Admiral Kirkland next came into public notice through a newspaper interview in which he made somewhat insulting comments on the character of American missionaries in Syria, whither he had bees sent to give them protection during the Armenian troubles. .