The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-11-04
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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sent 10 the dead letter once were Ssh
ssQuently deaivered to the owpsgb IN
ope0ed, and money, drafts. &C., found
In the dead mail aggregated faes val
~ Of u. 100000 III
Friends Of Admiral Dewey say that
bis refusal to visit Atlanta and Phila-
delphiA should NOT be taksn ~ N In
dicat3on that his health b sssiously i'm
paired, but that tho s1citaRsnt and
mental strain incident 10 the various
public functions In which 10 hes par
dcipated since his arrival In the Unlted
States have been % trying q y ron
der complete rest necessary. OmsaAl
Washington 10 very much intseestsd
In his sudden decision not 10 accept
any moro invitations. A number OF his
friends intimate that his alleged Illness
10 merely q subterfuge, the real reason
being that he IL anxious to 90 out OF
tho show business. II u understood
that day or two ago Admiral Dewey
got an inkling Of the intention OF At
lanta to run state fair and Philadel
phia q commercial expedition In con
nection with his reception. Until that
time the admiral was psrfsctiy limo
the committees representing these
cities to run him A. an attraction tot
money-making scheme. This IL prob
ably the cause Of his sudden illness
Admiral Watson has reported TO the
Navy Department that the rsconstruc-
ed Spanish gunboats Isla de
Cuba, Isla de Luxon and Don Juan de
Austria which were partially burned
and sunk by Dewey, win b. ready for
Dservice next month and men are need
ed to put them into commission. Dew
ey has told the naval authorities that
these vessels will be among the most
. valuable on the Asiatic station for
blockade work. Their rapid-hre bat
. teries are at Cavite, ready to b mount
: ed when the crews are at hand. To
provide necessary men. Secretary Long
, has practically decided to place tho
battleship Indiana out Of commission
at New York, transferring Captain
Dickens to the Texas In place Of Cap
tain Sigsbee, who has been ordered to
the Navy Department. This win re-
lease at least 400 men, who will be
sent across the Pacific on the Sohce
and Badger and on passenger stse uisfs
to join Watson's squadron. The
Indiana has fully three months
: repairs In view, and by the expiration
can be enlisted for her, willis the gun
} boats in the Phil ppines viii be manned
by her experienced sailors and ma
r1nes. {fi
!, The annual report OF COmmissioner
] General Powderly Of the bureau OF I'm
D migration, makes recommendation for
legislation Of comprehensive scope
( which will enable the bureau to e6ec-
] tually protect the citizens Of the Unit
. ed States from the evils Of iInmigra-
! lions of an indiscriminate character
! While the total arrivals are repoStsd TO
: reach the number Of 811 ,71h exceedinx
those reported for the precsding year
~ &,416, the opinion 10 expressed mat
Ct least 1000 were not listsd e Is "a
! law, ~ well a. an indetefminats nHHi
Der from Canada and Mexico. whid
, are not under existing regulations ~
i counted for. The increase over TN
figures for last year 10 representa-
largely by immigration from Europt.
specifically from Italy, Austria and
, Hungary and the Russian empire and
Finland. In addition to 788 pAupess
, and 808 alien contract laborers debar- |
red on the Canadian and Mexican Dor
ders, there were refused admission one
idiot, nineteen insane persons, 1850
paupers, or persons likely to become
public charges; 84S diseased persons
eight convicts, eighty-two assisted i'm
migrants and TAI contract Aborers,
making a total Of 3,796.
: The annual report of Auditor Henry
: A. Castle Of the Postonce Department
: for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1899,
has been transmitted to the secretary
Of the treasury and the postmaster
general. This bureau has the largest
accounting ONCE In the government or
perhaps in the world, since 1t is the
clearing house of the entire postal ser
vice. The report shows a volume of
: transactions aggregatins about sc4o,-
, 100000 for the fiscal year. The reve-
, nues of the postal service were $685.
. O21 1884; expenditures of the postal ser
vice 41O1, 832, 1871; volume Of money or
der transactions, $442, 4sB,3A There
has been an increase in each Of these
items and in each one Of the various
subdivisions thereof, showing, the
J auditor says, that the postal service Ia
Increasing in all Its parts, even keep
, ing in advance of the development OF
J the country In other respects. The de-
: felt in the postal revenues was $6,B1O,-
] 776-the smallest since 1892, and only
} one-half Of that OF 1897. The number
Of postoflces in the United States en-
! June Both was 74,384, and 27,627 Il
! these were doing money order bust
3 ness. The money order service Of the
government was conducted last year
) at loss of considerably over $4,000.
A special sent to the Chicago Times
.. Herald from this city says: The
, United States has demanded from
the governments of Russia, Ger.
many and France assurances that In
i their division of China into zones Of
political denomination or Of spheres
! OF influence. the trade rights Of citi-
Gems Of this country shall be fully re-
spected. These demands are pretty
I sure to be acceded to, and as soon as
the necessary correspondence can be
passed between Washington and the
three European capitals, 1t is not
doubted that the desired assurances
win be given by the governments