The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-23
AFFAIRS OF STATE
DEPARTMENTAL AND ExEcu-
TIVE ACTIONS
MOytMfNTS or THE ARMY AND NAVY
transactions aud Happenings of More
Than Ordinary Interest to the
People OF America ACTIONS
which Make History.

which Make History.
The censorship ut Manila has been
removed. General Macarthur, how
ever. has issued directions TO the cable
companies ordering them to furnish
him with n copy of all press dispatches.
On Nov. Is President Mckinley re-
viewed the annual parade Of the police
aud fire department men of the Dis
trict of Columbia. About 500 men
were In line.
The population OF the state Of Mich
igan, rs announced officially by the
census bureau IL a,49O, 0s2. as against
2,O93, $50 in 1900. This Is an increase
Of 3@7 ,0o3, or 1919 per, cent.
burg, has informed the state depart.
ment at Washington that the ear Is
i'll from typhoid fever, but that his
condition Is not regarded as critical.
The Kentucky state board OF assess
mcnt and valuation has fixed the tax
valuation of whisky at $40 u barrel In
stead Of 81 u barrel. which has been
the assessment for several years past.
The New York police refused to al
low the Italian anarchists of the city
to give u play entitled "A Man with
our a Country" In the Germanic assem-
bly, rooms or the Bowery because the
Italians had neglected to get IA license.
A number Of persons claiming To be
American citizens have submitted To
the state department at Washington,
claims against the Beers for the de-
structiou Of their property and injuries
To their business In the late South
African republic and Orange Free
state. No decisions have been arrived
at rs to what disposition shall be- made
Of the cases.
Marcus Daily, one Of the leading
mine-owners Of the world, sixty years
old. died in his apartments in the Ho-
tel Netherlands, New York, November
IL. Utilization Of the heart and Bright's
disease Of the kidneys, with resultant
complications. were the immediate
auses of the death, though Mr.. Days
illness dated back several years. lie
had suffered severely the last two
months, but the end was painless.
Information has been received at
San Francisco that Brigadier General
James +. Smith of that city has been
appointed collector of customs ut Ma
Mia. The official announcement Of
the appointment will not be made, un.
I'll General Smith has been notified
and given n chance TO accept. General
Smith. who went to the Philippines AS
colonel Of the First California volun'
tcers, Ii now governor Of the island OF
Negros.
The comparative statement of esti
mates and appropriations for the navy
for the fiscal years Of 1901 and 1906
shows that the total appropriation
for 1901 were S65, 100, 0i6, and the tota
estimates for 1902 are Ss7, II? 1891. The
principal items in the estimates fol
1909 are as follows: Pay Of navy. Sl5,
l25,6s4; bureau of ordnance, 81 ,6Ol ,456
bureau of equipment. 81. 464, s02: public
works, yards and docks. Sl2, 303 $40
public works at naval academy. 81, 900,
600; supplies and accounts, S4,S43, $40
construction and repairs, IS, 07O. so4
steam engineering. s ,772. 900; marine
corps, 81, 1893 900; armor and armament
"a, 1000, 000; equipment $500 200; cmer
gency fund, $500, 900.
An FL Reno, Ok, dispatch says: TIL,
emergency ration lest has been abou'
completed and a report will be mad,
upon the experiment to the war de
partment. Captain 3. w. Fountain o
the eighth cavalry in charge Of tn
troops that made the test, says:
THE test will prove OF great valu'
in the future for army records. w,
started from FL Reno two weeks age
and marched across the Indian reserva
tions of the Kiowas, Comanches ant
|, Apaches to Fort Sill. During tn
march the men lived wholly upon tn
emergency ration. The food wen,
hard with the men for the first few
days, but after that time they SCENE
to enjoy IL. l think my report will
encourage the val department t, Il
adopt the emergency rations.
2 The government Of Morocco ha
2 again declined to meet the claims o
the United States for the payment o
3 an indemnity on account of the killing
: by a mob Of Marcus Essagin, a natur
allied American citizen. The last re
quest vas made by United States Con
2 sui GUNNER and the latest d~eclinatioi
of the government Of Morocco was nc
companied by an intimation of its free
5 dom from liability under the terms O
the convention between Morocco an,
I Spain. The state department has com
to the conclusion that the consul's rep
reservations will be more effective !
e he is supported morally by the pres
ence In Morocco waters Of a Unite,
: States warship, and IL IL probable h,
] will make his visit to Fee again h
present the ease as n passenger on
vessel to be selected by the navy de
partment for that purpose.