The Lamar register., 1899-04-12

W ilsstl NtlN etei~Trht th&NArh 5AS'N VIII
sus~.ed them. Both hrc ndsniratly
oUalifse.t Tor tho duty and such an ar.
rangrnent wnuid relieve The President
~ an embarrassment
The secretary Of state on Thursday
announced the membership 81 the
United States deirEatiun 10 ihe Dis
arinamcnt Congress. which - 10 meet
AZ The Hague In tbe izstcr part os
MAY. The delegation VII - as fal
iowa. Andrew u. White, unitrsI
Sta;c1 ambassador at Refiiu. Sianton
Newell. United States minister so the
Netherlands. Trrsidrnf seth Low of
Columbia University. New lcsk; Cap
tain CrnEier of the orinanrs Depart.
uienf. Ualtsd states array, Captain A.
T. Mahan. UElted States navy, retired.
Frederick uoit- af New York VIII he
secretary u the dsi'<siien-
The nnsnrial statement from sh~
treasury for the II; % .Anrii Shows .
rrlnnFxahie gain in the rscrtuts frpm
customs duTing the iass nins tnsnshs.
since the beginning - ths cuErcss a.
cal year on The 1T % July last the
duties oa fEaf-erfrsI SuDas under ihr
D,uEicy act have aInouuts-i 60 Ssh.
sionS7.2 - Fer the corresponding per
io3 uf the prexians year ihsy WrrW un.
ly xiV7 ,sSs. fss.tsS. thus shnutuE an IN.
rrrasr og s4ESS7 .azsasi The c0lier.
tiaus thus far IA nin. months rEcs~si
ty s.Bsto.ss tlie customs revenues for
the rnfise year ~ is1c they arr osIy
seoo.osp lsss tisaH for the cutire year
1884 Which gives tao advocates os thu
DinEi-y tarir law SFsai .arisfactian-
senator Falrtsanks % iu.llaua = hese
arranging for a tgurnsy a. Alaska With
,hs Ameriran ua~fais~rs - Tho high
i1iui cosnniis.ieu that has t-cn n-Eq-
'iatinE for = s~ttism~nt VI iise ai1er.
rncNs wifh Canada. ~ ihs boundary
hur h~iwern The i'inird Ssnf.w aud
Canada il The uscsi ssTieas salstcei In
controversy, he ihinks the Afnrriean
msfntzrs af the ro1nniissieu cagid
strenEfisch thcunssirss b. . prr-aslai
inrrs'izafina. lie snicuhs "a traws chs
caEo for san fganclsen shout ttir mid
do u Nay s-hAfer Fsuikusr AMI
Mr.. hsSssu hnsr airraiy =rss,d 10 eos
Representative Payne is sSg-sfiu< 10
toin them aud shsy isppe 10 I~rsussis
Mr.. coSiidEr also
Ti. Prs--aieut assi fiis- asisEais Al ~,
War nepaFim~at ar dsss.used 10 80
rrpt uifb sati-factiau iiis encouraging
adyiss- rs-Nsirsd frpra ges~rai utls.
They arr quite cVrtain tiahs is rnsicfs
stands tbs sifuatioa. and thai kis N
fernlatipn y reliai4e Il = the trss
sine be has eaVrvsez-i - positive an
opinsnp. ssd kaesiEe hiu 10 h. rsFy
conservative and careful man- Eaugr
rsllsnr~ i PLACED af-an H than u -sIats
epr % monr sanEnsnc di@pss-ifisfn had
sisusd fh~ usesrs<~, Now y y rzT-s';-
r'i that the Phgippine colnrni,sian,
vhirh consists u CalNnsl Dsuhy, I.r~~-
itient Srhufraau ard Professor War,pss-
ter uiil ~ aide 81 assist biu IN f--T-
sia,iinE fhc r-t-is TO lay dawu thc,r
nrsns. if AEuinziio c0usd b. captured
Or shot thw Usirisls think isr end I
would soon GOING
Resistant SECRETARY NaatlrtiiP hiss -
ssgssf prw regulations regarding civil
sfrvtcr appointments pu8lnotlnsi~ and
transfers "a the iuint- aud assay ON
60 af the Tuifsf Statex The Fss.i
iions are arranged under tive Sriisrai
S-'itsStuler scisntifie. clerical. ulsehani- (
czl trahr skilis,i. positions l-riuw 1
classification and uue Dfher not yrt pro
mulgRfesi The scientific Hnd eisrtcal I
positions win ie Allied sitter cwmIFsI /
tive examinations. hsri without Eest.
iIsiiaus, while ilir mechanical. trade 1
rr skilled positions win - filrt after ]
slight educational ia.si and a rrgistras !
firu examination The educational /
tcst vin be letter writing. arithmetic /
and plain copying, aud the registration 1
test win consist ~ rartag persons Ac.
cariing 70 age, character a. workmen /
and experience Physical quRiifca
th1ns viii also hs considered Credit I
uil b. given Tor apprenticeship and ]
work as tourneymen. Graduates q
technical schools win hc given credit /
"a ten uf an apprenticeship.
Having come from IinSileynie, Will |
isiia n MerTiam. iiir dITector OF the
census. gets very impatient when be
en counters she customs % this land Of /
deliherntion. The government clerks !
begin work al 2 o'clock IN the morning
and stop at I. with half.hour for
iig'Hheon. which are shorter hours than
Mr.. Merriam has been accustomed TO-
Trey are also IN the habit OF taking
tiilnEs in nn easy. happy go lucky
manner. and find that nurrying is apt
Ia put them out Of work When new
bureau Is organized the first persons
Ia get places are old-iimers. who have
lcst positions III other departments but
have lived 40 long Ia Washington that
tllry know the ropes. As usual. the
new census office got its share OF such
experienced people. who years ago ne
qulred the habits OF the circumiOcution
oiiice and have FOUND II impossible 70
get rid Of them When Mr. Merriam