The Springfield herald., 1899-09-08

Secretary Gage has decided to sus-
| pend the regulation requiring masters
| of vessels engaged in traffic between
the United States and Canada and
the United States and Mexico to OBJ
tain bills of health at foreign ports.
The requirement was adopted during
the cholera epidemic.
Hon. w. l.. Chambers the chief JUS
tice OF the Samoan islands, arrived in
Washington Saturday from his home
in the South. While here he will make
a report TO the President and the sec
retary of state of the recent hap
penings in the islands and of the part
he took in the affairs there.
The report of the commissioner Of
pensions shows that there are T,43S
pensioners residing in Colorado. to
whom was paid the sum of S1.01O 1872
last year. Wyoming has 279 pension
ers and they drew S39,05S during the
year, and New Mexico contains 1859
pensioners who drew SOS. during
the year.
The quartermaster general of the
army has received the following dis
patch from Nagasaki Japan. stating
that one of the government transports.
carrying troops for Otis. had gone
aground. The Morgan City trans
port struck. made water and was
| beached at the eastern entrance of the
northern channel in the inland sea.
/ All are safe. The damage is un-
known
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has announced its decision in
/ case involving relative rates on export
and domestic traffic in grain and grain
| products The commission holds that
4 in the absence of some justifying
| reason it would not be right for Amer
/ lean railroads permanently 10 transact
business for foreigners at less rate
| than that for which they render a
| corresponding service TO American citi
Zens.
Senator Morgan of Alabama prophe-
sizes expansion will he the salvation of
cotton and is about to start 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
I
sion. do not appear to have been ser
iously affected up to the present time,
IL 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 lS9S. and that
the grand total OF the commerce be-
tween the two countries in 1899 was
larger than in any preceding year.
John A. Logan has been appointed a
major of the volunteers and Is assigned
to the Thirty-second infantry. and sent
10 Fort Sam Houston. Texas. Major
Logan was anxious TO secure n lieuten-
ant colonelcy. and it Is understood that
he at first declined his appointment as
ma jor. but upon further consideration
decided to accept. Major Logan was
a captain in the volunteer army dur
ing the war with Spain and was as
sistant adjutant general on the staff
of General Bates ut Santiago. His
present appointment dates from July
9TH.
The report that the joint high com
mission would meet this fall and reach
an agreement upon the Alaskan boun-
dary. 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 n
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. 10 June Both of
the current wear. exceeded the eNpen-
ditures by 81. l.4SO.o2l. This statement
probably will be 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 S6,9S2.010; dis
bursements. S5..Iol .9SS. 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
S5,249.+i1.
Il will not 20 to the penitenfiary
alone" This is the substance of
notice reported in official quarters 10
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 Carriers ulumatum
means that his co-conspra in every