The Lamar register., 1899-08-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Secretary Long has taken notice OF
some rather personal exchanges Of
opinion between the naval bureaus IN
the course Of official business. Before
h.. left the city on the LIST he addressed l
an identical note TO each of the bu-
reauS. construction. engineering ana
directing Alteration 20 csy-
tain extracts FROM official letters that
were not prapcr and warning the bu- I
r.au chiefs that comments similar TO
those contained in the extracts were
entirely unnecessary and tended 10 re
tard and prevent the transaction OF
business hy provoking retaliation
Director OF the Mint Roberts csti-
mates the gold output Of Australia Tot
the present year at sioe.,osp in er-
cess of that for lSsss. He says Austrsl-
in viii doubtless continue TO have trade
obligations TO settle with England
Since the prospects poin, TO a continu.
ancc Of the balance of trade between
this country and Europe being 70 our
favor, IL Is my opinion thai England
win go right along sending us cansicn-
mrnts OF Australian gold direct. We
shall have all the gold we need. Our
position h that % a creditor. hut u
the other countries arp willing IN make
IL worth our while, we may make other
terms
Major General I.awton Is TO have
command os all tho eayaiFy troops in
the Philippians whrn the acilye caul-
paign ui,ens In the fail The plan Of
campaign decided nIOu by Major ,sen.
ersi Otis cunteuplafrS n larger use of
cavalry than IN the last campaign He
Slrendy has In The Philippines the rn-
tirr FOURTH cavalry. lie ha- tssn au-
ihoriEri to organize enr of the pruvts.
loHai Tesimen,s In the Philippines a.
cavalry and eight cprnpsuiCS af ihr
Third cavalry srt> under ur,lerz far Ma.
Mia. II J. probable that othrr rcxi
men;s viii be s.-Ri out ~ - 10 give
General Lanfen a strong eavalry rogrc.
THREE urw c=ssss uf ysIlow fever IN
the SoidIsrs' Hcne st Hnmufcu and
osie DEATH i~ the Official tNEsart ~
rrsiyed 10y surrepn GeaeFat wyman
frvm Dr. wnssiin. the Setl0w FEVER ex
Trrt. on duty At the Institution Add
e,i 10 pr. waSdin's figures tsrfviouxiy
sent 10 Dr. Wymha. THIS makes up to
date forty cas.-S n all which have o..
Cured Al the home. of which elssii
have proved fatal Surgeon White tel
eEFaphed br. Myman that IN bis spln.
ion thcrc was little dautu that thcfr
had h,-cn some fever inl1cfian In m.
neighisarins vifizgr sf Plsorhts. hut
the surgeon general said Tonight that
this dispatch szd nus le,-n followed
by any evidence Of a positive character
from that piace-
Secretary Gage has under consider
alien tbs. question Of deciding GA the
proposals for building tbs. -npsrstrus,.
uf. and the interior ani~llinge uf tbs.
Cheyenne pubic buildings He Is In
denbI whether 10 rrj-ri the BIDS. an Of
which are higher Than ,lss aIpropsia.
tion, or 10 award the cun;rsct 10 The
lowest responsible bssidcr-.. ". Al.
Sinson a Sons Of Colorado Springs.
and rely on Congress 20 appropriate
the extra money needed Th. Treas.
ury Department. u seems. Tnlscalsu.
lated on the foundatios. which s,ss,
$1,000 more than the appropriation.
The last Congress was asked 10 make
good the deficit. and fAfied 10 do "a.
Therefore the secretary hs.sIfai--s 10
alton
OF the remarkable growth in our ..
fsorfatiOus Of MANUFACTURES during Inc
iiscal year just ended, thar uf the man.
ia5ures OF iron and sfe,,i Is the most
strikinE. The fogal incr.n%s. Ia aur OK,
ports OF manufactures during the year.
as shown by the figures VI tls treasury
bureau Of Statistics, is. 10 ISs.sss... sssss;.l-
ners. sss.sp-os. and ~ this lncrraS..
SSi!rrtoco is in manufactures OF iron
ana steel. The total exports OF iron
and steel snd manufactures thers-of in
tue hscal year 1859 were xaiTfs.95f
against S1o.so5.Ssl in isssS S.i- .sy7 {
~ In 1877. SfIIuST. IN fssni SEQ I
$3.50 In 1896. and 81. .2.2u 2sB4 In 1855 /
De imports OF manufactures Of iron
ana steel continue 10 fan. hayfus. ts,.u
during the year bu; Si2 COS 2sq nea,ns,
1891 's'- i'
The director of the mint has n..arI,
completed his estimate Of the vorld's .
gold production FOR III. year ISIS. Tn, 1
data NJ hand seem TO warran; th,, rn,,-
ciusion that the production Will ,rnorn, I
10 nt least s294 10000. and paSsyI,Iy 4
s2sN.t-s,WD. Africa leads nn otbay i
with SSO, ,;it'Oo osa. with Ans.
tralin second. with SS7 500 coo and ,bo
United States third with xa,l llel nnn
Russia Is credited with S25 GOO coo !
Mexico with Si000oOoo. and Canada
including the Kiondike. with SItOnO
100 of the Si4.OODnp0 credited H.
Canada In is9S about Sl0.oi,p COO earn, 4
1ut OF the klondike. and in the estItna-
uon OF the production Of the limited
states the last year s.. 254 600 came
rom Alaska. In 1896. and for nearly
ifty years previous, the United STATES
a.sgaYY Na.l . 0