Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-01
WHEELER'S WISH NET
GENERAL WILL PROBABLY SEE
SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES.
THE TOBACCO TRADE OF FORMOSA.
English Cigarettes There I'm better
shane Than Ours-NO support OF
Newport News Suggestion Anent
Federal Aid in Epidemics.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-(Speclal)-
General Joe Wheeler will, in all proba-
bility, see active service in the Philippines.
lie had a long talk with President Nc
Kinley yesterday. and IT is stated by a
gentleman who is in a position to speak
with authority, that in response to di-
rect question from the President General
Wheeler said he would be very glad TO
go to the Philippines and have an oppor-
tunity for active service. Thereupon, he
was assured by the President that he
would be appointed brigadier-general and
be sent to the islands.
TOBACCO EXPERT WANTED.
The position of tobacco expert at the
Agricultural Department, paying $1,000
per annum, is now open 70 some one who
can come up TO the requirements Of the
civil Service Commission. Applicants will
not be required to appear at any place
for examination, but the statements and
theses required may be prepared at
their homes upon forms which will be
furnished knowledge Of the tobacco in
dustry I'm Florida is one OF the principal
requirements. The examination will be
held May LIST. Further particulars may
be had by applying to the Civil Service
Commission.
TOBACCO IN FORMOSA.
Consul James w. Davidson, writing from
Tamsui, on the trade Of Formosa, says:
Tobacco, like milk, is rapidly falling
into the hands of our competitors, but
in this case 1t is due almost entirely 10
the method Of packing.
THE damp atmosphere Of FOrmOsa,
ike that of many other eastern cOun-
tries, is such that tobacco rapidly spoils
II il is not put up In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tins. American cigarettes, OF which there
was at one time considerable cOnsump-
ton, arrive in little pastebOard packets.
the cigarettes protected by wrapper Of
tin foil and in a very short time-a mat
Ter of "A few weeks Only-they turn green
and mOudly. and are practically worthless.
wills & Co., an English firm, pack their
cigarettes, which are advertised as being
made Of American tobacco In Found tin
cases holding fifty. BY clever arrange
ment a small blade can be brought into
position on the outer cover, and sim
Die twist of the wrist cuts circular hole
in the tin, and the contents or the pack
age are before you as fresh and fragrant
as the day they left the factory. The
total import OF foreign tobacco, excluding
cigars. is valued at H. i32 yen HJj, 7ls), or
which the United States has but l'li5 yen
N5I3)."
FEDERAL AID AND CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES
Inquiry at the Treasury Department
fails to elicit any confirmation OF the al
legged discovery Of Newport News law
yer that Congress passed an act to re-
munerate cities suffering from epidemics
OF contagious diseases brought In by
troops from Cuba and Porto Rico.
WHERE ARE THE CLAIMS?
The omnibus claims bill, which passed
the last Congress. contained provision
for the payment OF a large number of
claims allowed under the Bowman and
Tucker acts. and some individual claims.
A full list OF those accredited 20 Virginia
and North Carolina was published at the
time. IL is stated at the offices Of the
Auditor for the State and other depart
ments that few persons i'm either State
have taken steps TO collect their claims.
Is the inference to be drawn that money
IS so plentiful that none care to collect
what Is due them?
TEMPERATURES AT DAWSON.
The official record OF January tempera-
lures i'm Dawson shows that, compare
lively speaking. residents OF Virginia were
in the tropics. The highest temperature
was degrees above zero and
the lowest IS below.
ARMY ITEMS.
First-Lieutenant Richard c. Croxton.