The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.

vi llc W tSIllllSl lOu IliN y
yard has been announced at the Navy
Department.
The War Department shipped re-
Gently from San Francisco to Manila
on board an army transport whose
name is being kept secret. S1.500,000
III gold coin for the payment of the
troops in the Philippines. This makes
more than S9,OO0.OU0 which has been
expended in the islands for this pur-
pose during their occupation by the
American troops.
The effect of Captain Carriers
sentence will be most dsas-
trous to him. both from a
business and social standpoint.
1t will mean complete ostracism. The
law requires that his offense and sem
tence be published in the community
in which he resides. Any army officer
in speaking to him thereafter would
be violating the regulations Of the
army and would be subject to court
martial.
Fear is expressed by officers of the
war Department that there will be
considerable delay IN getting the ten
new volunteer regiments to the Phil
!pplnes. 1t is said the quartermaster's
department will be delinquent in fur
nlshlng equipment and supplies to the
soldiers. Recruiting for the new vol
Unteer regiments is going on at a rapid
pace, and reports show that 11O67
men have enlisted, of which 4S2 were
secured yesterday.
A statement of exports of mcrchan-
disc and gold coin at the port of Ha-
vana for the first eight months of
American occupation has been given
out by the War Department. This
shows that of the S1S9JS.5T0 worth
OF exports for the eight months the
United States took Sl3 ~, HI worth
Ihe gold coin amounted to $53O,37f
Spain took SS7J.O4O worth of mcrchan-
disc and S1,S03.429 in gold coin.
France took $913,9GO worth of mor-
chandise and SJ13,95O worth of gold
coin.
Bids will soon LIE opened for fur
nishng 100000 pairs of broad -soled |
russet shoes which are to be supplied |
to the troops in Cuba Porto Rico and |
the Philippines. The black shoes will |
be discarded, and the wearing of coats |
and susponders will also probably be !
done away with, belts and heavier |
shirts being Substitu ed in their pla- |
ces. Bids will also be opened for the |
supplying Of 10000 rubber ponchos,
which have proved 10 be of such Drac-
ticai use in the tropics during the raj
ny season.
Comptroller Dawes has given an alb
stract OF the reports of the condition
OF the six national banks in New Mex
lco, September I. AS compared with
the reports Of June 30. it shows an in
crease in total resources from S4.584.-
.'S3 to Sf9S3.642. Loans and discounts
increased from Sl,@o1 $40 to $1,994 26o.
the cash reserve decreased from 5000.
!O6 to S2GO, lS3 of which the gold hold
lngs advanced from Sl26. 722 to S130.-
975. individual deposits increased
from S2,S92, iGG to $3.259. go. and the
average reserve decreased from 81 to
29.41 per cent
Secretary Of War Root is seriously
considering action looking 10 the an
hlllinent OF the existing contract with
the Atlantic Contracting Company. on
the charges Of conspiracy. of which
Captain Carter. Il member of the COM
pany, was found guilty. This com
pany has contracts for making inn
provemcntS on the Savannah river and
Cumberland sound. and it is the be-
|
members are as guilty of fraud as
Captain Carter was. 1t is the intention
OF the government to crimnally pros
ecute the alleged co-c0nspirators of
Carter
President Mckinley is daily receiv-
ing letters, petitions and resolutions
from various parts of the country urg-
rng his mediation in behalf of Dreyfus
ana suggesting that he tender his good
sf1lces iii the pending dispute between
Great Britain and the TranSvaal
Ihese have come in such volume that
lhcre mas not been an acknowledgment
in many cases. All these commune
cations are being turned over to the
state department as they arrive. The
will take no action,
holding that unless the interests of the
United States or the rights of her citi-
zens are involved, it is not within the
province of this country to meddle in
the domestic or foreign affairs of other
The comparative statement Of the
receipts and expenditures of the
United States during the month of Sep
temher shows that the total receipts ;
were iJ,3}4, IA. and the expenditures
S37 ,519,372 which leaves a surplus for :
lhe Hloliti OF HN,Ioi.tI2. The receipts
from customs were Sl9,12O.3J7.
against Hlt,l19,DIl for September /
1898. Internal revenue. S24,364 ,591. {
against S2l.JJo.2S6 for September, {
1898; miscellaneous. S1,S49194
against 81 iG3. POI for September. 1898. t
For the last three months the rccciDts t
we're Sl2!. to1 ,SS'i. against S1S4.74S IA
or the same period in 1898. The ex- '
'enditIres charged against the War I
Department during September were
'lO,541 ,515, as compared with S24 .G43,- !
ia for September last year. Against @
he navy department, $4.T57 1913. as J.
against $7,2S3,2l9 for September last |
year. S
The monthly statement Of the public ,
lebt shows that ut the close Of busi- u
less September 30, 1899 the public II
lebt less cash in tho treasury amount l.
d to S1,14S,905. .S01. n decrease for the y
Month of IS, 400. 10. This decrease is II
,ccounted for by Il corresponding in -
IA N II I v