The Meeker herald., 1899-09-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Secretary Gage has decided = eps
pend the regulation requiring mastPr
Of vessels engaged In tra6lc betw3e
the United States and Canada en
the United States and Mexico 10 bl
tain bills Of health at foreign po}ti
The requirement was adopted 4uF3n
the cholera epidemic.
Hon. W. l.. Chambers, the ehief tuf
tice Of the Samoan islands, arrived b
Washington Saturday from his HON
In the South. While here he viii max
report to the President and the set
retary Of state of the recent hap
penings in the islands and Of the par
he took in the Affairs there.
The report of the commissioner
pensions shows that there are 7,4S
pensioners residing In Colorado, IL
whom was paid the sum Of &1.01O,13
last year. Wyoming has 2TD pension
ers and they drew $39, ,O5S during th,
year, and New Mexico contains 1,55
pensioners who drew <228, 775 drin;
the year.
The Quartermaster general Of tn
army has received the following dis
patch from Nagasaki. Japan, Stain,
that one of the government transports
carrying troops for Otis, had ron
aground. ''The Morgan City (trans
port struck. made water and was
beached at the eastern entrance OF thN
northern channel In the inland sea.
All are safe. The damage IL un-
known
The Interstate Commerce Commits
/ sion has announced Its decision in a
case involving relative rates on export
and domestic traffic In grain and grain
products. The commission holds that
| in the absence of some 5ustifying
reason it would not be right for Amer
lean railroads permanently to transact
business for foreigners at less rate
than that for which they render
corresponding service to American citi-
zens.
Senator Morgan of Alabama prophe-
sizes expansion will be the salvation OF
cotton and Is about to start a crusade
| in the South to spread the new gospel.
In his prophetic vision he sees Manila.
instead of Liverpool, the great cotton
market of the world. He predicts the
time is coming when Americans In an
American city, In the Pacific isles, will
handle two-thirds OF the cotton of the
world and save billions to the cotton
growers of America.
Trade relations between the United
States and Germany. which are Just
now the subject of considerable discus
sion do not appear to have been ser
iously affected up to the present time.
| II judged by the latest figures Of the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. These
show that in both Imports and exports
the commerce between the United
States and Germany IN the fiscal year
1899 was greater than in 1898, and that
the grand total of the commerce be-
tween the two countries In 1859 was
larger than in any preceding year.
John A. Logan has been appointed
major of the volunteers and Ii assigned
to the Thirty-secOnd infantry, and sent
| to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Major
| Logan was anxious to secure a lieuten-
! ant colOnelcy. and II is understood that
he at first declined his appointment a.
ma jOr, but upon further consideration
decided to accept. Major Logan was
captain in the volunteer army dur
ing the war with Spain and was as
sistant adjutant general on the stan
OF General Bates at Santiago. His
present appointment dates from July
5th.
The report that the joint high com
mission would meet this fall and reach
an agreement upon the Alaskan b0un-
Diary, free coal and lumber and all 9TH
er questions Irritating the relations be-
| tween the United States and Canada.
was obtained from source entirely
outside of the commission. The Amer
| lean commissioners are reticent and
have consistently refused to discuss
the outlook for the reassembling Of
the joint commission. The feeling
here In official circles Is that the joint
high commission will not reassemble.
SO much discouraged have the Ameri-
can commissioners become that they
are arranging to meet and prepare q
report for submission to Congress.
The War Department has given out
for publication an interesting state
ment of the financial condition of the
island Of Cuba. 1t shows that under
the management of the United States
government the receipts of the island
from January /. 1899. to June 3Oth Of
the current year. exceeded the expen-
ditures by $1.4SO,O21. This statement
probably Will be a surprise to many
persons who had thought that Cuba
under the military occupation of the
United States, was not self-sustaining.
During the period named the receipts
from all sources We're $6.9S2, ,01O; dis
bursements, $5.JOl 1888. The statement
of the receipts OF the Philippine islands
/ from the date of occupation by the
United States government to July 31st
last shows that the total receipts from
all sources for the period named was
$5,249,411.
II will not go to the penitentiary
alone" This IL the substance of 4
notice reported in official quarters to
have been served. or to be forthwith
served by Captain Carter on all his
confederates, whether In the engineer
department. among the contractors or
among the representatives and sena-
tors. Captain Carter's ultimatum
means that his co-cOnspirators in every
department must save him or he win
pull the wreck down on his pals"