The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-01
BANK FAILURES.
C0mpToNeF EeE5is Attaches Little
Significance to Them
MORE CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION.
Rules Made to Inelucs Federal PenItentiery
EmplOyes-Changesi H the Pension Law
-TsrIH Hesrmgs-yEaEning Against
q CounteEIelt-A Report Denied.

WASHINGTON Dee. S0-ComptrollsF
Of the Currency Eekels said yesterday
afternoon that he feels no apprehension
over the bank failures which nave oc-
Cured Of late. IAen asked By 8 rep
resentative Of the Associated press IS
to the general banking situation, he
said: "Of course bank failures are
more or less disquieting, but those
which have occurred recently have
little or no general signi6canee at
tached 10 them. They were due largely
to local causes wholly unconnected
with the general condition Of the banks
through the country at large. The
general condition of the banks is ex-
cellent The reports received under
the last call, that OF December II, are
uniformly favorable, and show an
average reserve held of considerably
above the 95 per cent required by the
law On the whole, it is evident that
the national banks to-day are as stable
as they ever were, and the sporadic
failure of a bank here and there,
through defects peculiar TO the fsiling
bank, is of small Importance wholly
without general significance,
MORE CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION
WASHINGTON, Dec S0-The president
has extended the civil service rules so
as to include all officers and employees
in the federal penitentiary service who
are by law subject to classification.
This principally affects the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenw0rth,
Kan, though it is TO apply to all such
government Institute and 70 all PEN
litenharies hereafter created immedi-
ately upon their establishment At
tofnsy-General Harmon is subjecting
the recent civil service schedule, as az
feeting the department Of justice, to q
rigid scrutiny. The present amend
ment is to overcome q defect in the
rules promulgated November 2.
Further amendments on similar lines
may be expected.
CHANGES IN THE PENSION LAW.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 30-TwO radical
changes in the procedure OF the PEN
sioa Office have been made All claims
for increase save in extraordinary
cases, hereafter will be sent direct 10
the medical division of the bureau
without having to be passed upon by
the board of review, as has been Gus
tomary for years This action Is taken
OF the ground that the bulk OF iu-
crease cases involve only medical ac-
ton, and that much routine detail ia
going through other channels Of re-
view will be saved. Another step in
the simplifcation and quicker adjudi-
cation of claims Is that hereafter there
will be no necessity for cases before
the board of review being passed upon
by thrse OF four examiners.
THE rAKIFF HEARINGS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 The ways and
| means committee devoted yesterday to
listening TO delegations interested in
the schedules relating to cotton manu-
/ features and silk goods. The attend
ance was not as isTge as Monday, and
the number who appeared TO make
oral arguments was much smaller,
/ The committee is encouraging the fill
ing OF briefs wherever possible The
feature of the day was a brief oral ar
pument made by E. c. Hovey, OF New
York, representing the Textile Manu-
facturers' association, in favor Of more
stringent regulations to prevent under
valuations aud fraud on the revenue.
WARNING AGAINST A eOUNTEBFEIE
WASHINGTON, Dec. SO--Chiet Hazen
of the secret service has issued a circu-
lar warning against q new counterfeit
SO national bank nots on the Union
national bank of Detroit, Mich. The
note is the product Of the sape hand
which produced the recent counterfeit
on the National Bank Of Commerce, OF
+ New York. One distinguishable iea-
ture is that the back Of the note is PIP
side down,
Is DENIED on ALL SIDES.
WASHINGTON, Dec 80 From official
0 sources a denial is made that Spanish
r Premier Canovas sent Secretary OiHey
r a communication accepting the media
ton of the United States in the carry
I ing out Of autonomy for Cuba II il
said no such letter has been sent mol
; has anything Of such a nature passed