The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-06-06
WASHINGTON letter.
Trouble Over Japanese
second Lieutenant Nnc"ncies'
Name. on the civil List.

Assistant Secretary Taylor OF the
treasury department has dispatched
special agent to the Pacific coast Ior
the purpose of ascertainir- If possible
the cause Of the sudden INVASION VI
Japanese' ut San Francisco, Seat'@'
Tacoma. Port Townshcnd, vancouver
and Puget sound ports. AS mas peeh
stated already In dispatches from those
points, many thousands OF laDorers
have arrived from Japan WITHIN 'he
last few weeks, and every steamer
from the east Is loaded with them.
Thus far no satisfactory explanauor
has been offered. 1t is suspected tha'
the immigrants have either come as
contract laborcrs or have been Induced
TO leave their homes by the misrepresen-
tations Of steamship agents and emil
grafton companies or for fear OF being
conscripted into the armyin case of war
with Russia. The dispatches from ia
pan indicate that the second cause is
probably the true one and that many
thousand coolies have been enticed
away from their homes under delu-
sion that there Is a great demand In the
United States for laborers at hig gu
wages. There is no evidence thus far
to show that these people have come
under contract. There Is no great work
In progress which might justify their
emploE nent unless they are sent posi-
bly, ut the request Of TIE mine owners
}rY Idaho wbe have had'so much trouble
with s&rik<fs
The Uaited States sensuls in Japan
bave been Instructed to investigate the
causes Of the migration, and the Japa-
nese government is already doing SO.
There have been serious labor troubles
In Japan lately. Nearly all the trades
have organized unions and have been
striking for greater privileges and
wages, and 1t is possible that the immi-
grants have been thrown out OF en-
ployment during these troubles.
Second Lieutenant Vacancies.
There will be nearly 200 vacancies OF
the grade of second lieutenant Of the
line Of the army. There are many can
didates from civil life for these at
tractive places, but from present pros
poets few of the applications will Sc
cure commissions unless they COM
mand an unusual amount Of personal
and political influence. About GO of
the vacancies will be kept for the
graduates Of West Point, where there
are more than so members of the pres
ent first class who will be commission
al I'll will
be shown for noncOmmissioned officers
of regulars, men who have had ex-
Berience and who come within the re-
qulrements of age limit and service
qualifications. 1t Is expected there will
be at least 100 commissions remaining
after the West Pointers and the non
commissioned officers have been pro-
vided for. There are several hundred
young men in civil life who are anxious
TO get into the army, but they Will
stand poor chance while there are so
many enlisted men and young officers
Of volunteers who are in the Philip
pines or who saw service In Cuba.
Actual service during the late war will
count for much In selecting officers for
commissions.
Names on the Civil List.
Out of $1,000 civil employees of the
! government Of the United States whose
names appear in the blue book 2,5S2
bear the name of Smith and Ala the
name of John Smith. The Joneses are
next in number, l ,523 being on the pay
roll, with 1,1O2 Browns and 1904 John
sons. Eighteen people of the name Of
George Washington are serving their
country in official positions aud 80
ordinary WashingtoHs.
Two persons of the name of William
Mckinley are on Uncle Sans pay roll.
One draws a salary of 81, 1GG month
as president and the other 500 n
month as engineer in the Louisville
] custom house. There are. As organs,
and three Of them were christened
William. We used to have two GEover
Oaeyelands in the public service, but
only one now, who is assistant farmer
at Fort Peck Indian agency and re-
eeives a salary Of $3.50 month.
To Preserve Prehistoric Relies.
Representative Shafreth of Colorado
Is looking after the preservation of "a
Urge nunbeE Of MoNnaents and cliff
dwellings, witch fse' the work of pre-
KaoSie mnr,' in Utah, Colorado, Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. A bill was in
troduced some weeks ago by Repre-
sentative Dolliver of Iowa which went
before the committee on public lands
| and has now been reported back to the
house favorably.
Eve PROPOSE" said Mr.. Shafroth, ito
authorize the setting apart of reserva-
lions not exceeding 800 acres In any
one case where these prehistoric monu-
ments abound and to place them under
the care of the secretary of the interior,
so that excavations and investigations
may be made by competent archaeology
cal students. The bill If 1t should be-
come a law would not allow any one
who acquires possession Of one of these
relics on public reservation except
those authorized to do so to retain pos.
session Of the same"
Carried a Library With Him.
Senator Pettus of Alabama once
l
carried library with him. Among the
crop of stories that now flourish in con-
nection with his humorous speech on
Senator Beveridge of Indiana Is one
that Senator Kean of New Jersey tells
Senator Kean was congratulating the
Alabamlan on his effort.
81 did not know that you We're so ia
Miliar with the Bible" quoth Senator
Kean, having in mind the Scriptural
account of EnOn.
II went to California in 1S49," re
turned Senator Pettus, with a party
of my neighbors, and took complete
library along with me. 1t comprised
copies of the Bible, of Shakespeare and
of Bobbie Burns poems"
CARL ScHoFIELD.