Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-10-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

versity OF Wise onsin. To he chief OF di.
vision In the bureau OF soils, Depart.
mcnt OF Agriculture.
Acting Secretary SpauldinG OF til,
treasury has approved n plan for n vel.
low fever Institute within the marin.
hospital service. whose object viii be
To collect facts and make investIgn-
iions OF the subject Of yellow fever.
The Treasury Department has issued
regular warning that u new counter
felt 81 silver certificate In In circula.
uon. II II OF the series OF 1s.s,. check
letter I'll" plate number thlrty-seven.
aud bcarS the portrait OF Indian chief
"One Papa" The counterfeit Is printed
from photo'ctchcd plates OF fair work.
manship on good quality paper. bear.
Ing lines in initiation.
The Interior Department is rapidly
completing plans for the opening OF the
Fort Hall. Idaho. Indian reservation.
nad II u expected that the reservation.
which contains 100000 acres. will bc
thrown open within u few weeks. The
guinanlt reservation In Washington.
comprising aDpcOD ncn-s, VIII probably
br thrown open rcSt spring. Commis-
sloncr Hermann OF Ill. general land
Office. said that II WIS probable the
old 'so1nrr" system would H. adopted
nj the opening of both reservations.
The japanese government hns i-cn
told conFtcousiy that the United
States officials had no Intention To dis.
crimlnatc. un acrcunt of race. in max
Ing the personal examinations In
quarantine at san Francisco aud Hon.
oluiu. which led To the fiiins Of r-mon.
.trnnccs by the former government.
Tile quarantine rules arc said to- have
i-rn based on purely geographic and
sanitary considerations and ar- not en-.
forced toward Japanese with greater
rigor than toward other peoples. IL u
believed that tile explanation viii Ia
satisfactory.
The forthcoming annual report OF the
postmaster general will show ihnt for
the fiscal year ending June :inlh last.
the sruss Frcripis OF the Denver post.
oiiicv wcn sisp.n.s. as compared To
sti5.5': the year previous. while the
gross r-,'ipis OF all presidential post.
oificv~ IN Colorado were <i.sp.i1s. ns
cpmpnrrd to ss;n.i5s In 1900. The
net warnings Of the Denver Office dur
Ing the past year amounted to ssopt..<sJ.
as ngains, S:,1.2sE: In ii.D. while all
pss-isicpffni osiisv. Ia the state show
a net rcycnti- Of ssSi;.s. In 1901. com.
raFri TO s:.s::.tsi Ia i;so.
At n r,rc-nt Cabinc; meeting the prin.
cipai subject discussed was tina, of the
cable 4. Hawaii. Guam and the rhii.
ippin-s- Propositions have been made
10 lay commercial cable from San
Francisco 10 connect these islands.
AMI the question under discussion was
whether under our peace treaty with
Spain the United States could author
la. or ia amy way encourage the laying
Of such cable 10y private parties. I'm.
der franchise obtained from Spain
some time before the late war. the cx.
elusive right to cable connections was
secured 10y n foreign corporation. Cn.
der the treaty OF Paris the United
States obligated itself to protect all
property rights In the archipelago. and
the question now at issuc IL whether
permission to land the proposed cable
Mt Manila or some other Philippine port
would hc violatioe OF the terms OF
the t'aris treaty. The attorney general
will prepare n statement for the Pres.
i,irnt covering all the questions In.
vulyci.
The comptroller Of the currency has
prepared summary OF returns rclnt-
Ing to the organization OF national
hanks under the provision Of the M.
iiuual currency law. Hs amended 10y
the act OF March II. 1900. statistics
hcing brought down to the close OF
September. 1901. During the eighteen
aud a half months ended September
10th there We're organized 81. banks.
with capital OF S;.J.oi:.upc. and with
q deposit Of bonds as securities for cir
culation OF S1u.isJGI51. In number OF
organizations the middle states lead.
with 22i. and capital OF Si.pt'.vv.
The western states organized 151. with
capital Of Si.snj.CJJ: the Pacific states.
Including Hawaii. twenty-five. with u
capitnl OF Si.Iaj.SD. In point OF mum.
her OF organizations Texas leads with
ninety hanks. Since March II. 1900.
the number OF banks in existence has
Increased from J.G1I to I.2Ji. the cap.
i;aI stock from SGiG.:ns.J.'5 TO S',i1..
s5i.El5: bonds deposited from Ssii..
Gii.5,u TO SEQ. III .D.Ip and circulation
secured by bonds and lawful money.
from ssJ. .I02. T:,o TO S:i5s.s:sp5is. or
n net Increase Of SiDi. i2I.slI.
Tie latest adviccs from the Philip.
mines Indicate that the military nu-
ihuriiics intend 20 take prompt meas
urcS for the suppression OF the insur.
rcction in the island OF Samnr. nnd
that attention will bc directed first to
the summary punishment of the
trcarhcruus natives who took part In
the massacre OF Company g OF the
Ninth infantry at Bnlangign. There
il. therefore. every prospect that the
island OF Samnr will I've the thcatcr OF
activc hUstilitics for some time to
come. as II is the purpose Of General
ChafIcc to teach the rebclllous inhnb-
itants II lesson and force them to
respect the power and sovereignty of
the United States. BY direction OF
Adiutnnt General Corlin. n report has
been prepared at the War Department,
briefly describing the island and It's
inhabitants. the military operations
that have already taken place there
for the pnciiicntion Of the people and
the establishment of good order ana
government. This report is OF timely
interest in view Of the aggressive mil
,,,tf,,x- 4, t,.s observed toward