The Indianapolis journal., 1901-04-14
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Ruling of Interest to Letter Curriers'
Cuban Immigration.

The President to-day appointed John L.
Magoon 10 be law officer division OF insular
affairs, War Department.
Captain Pitcher. of the First Cavalry,
now stationed at the Presidio San Fran
cisco, is TO succeed Captain Good super
intendent of the Yellowstone Park.
The postmaster general has decided to is
an order permitting letter carriers
throughout the country to wear loose
fitting blouse, instead of a coat, when tne
heat of the summer warrants it,
Yesterdays statement of the treasury
balances in the general fund. exclusive of
the $3.50 900 gold reserve i'm the division
of redemption, shows: Available cash bal
ance. S152, ,S49,7 7S5; gold, SlOO,S6s,4 ,4S9.
F. E. Emery, formerly of the North
Carolina Agricultural Experimental Sta
ton. has been detailed by the secretary of
agriculture To visit China, Japan, the Phil
irpines and other Eastern countries. with a
view to extending the markets for Amer
lean oairy products.
Bids were opened at the bureau of yards
and docks. Navy Department, yesterday,
for the construction of an equipment build
ing at the Puget sound naval station The
lowest bid was that of X. A Griefen, of
Chicago, at Sl39 400. The contract has not
yet been awarded
General Greeley. chief signal officer. has
received, by the way of Seattle, dispatch
from ST. AIichaels, dated Feb 13. saying
that everybody was we'll in that part of
Alaska. This message was carried by cOur-
ier from St. Michael's TO Fort Egbert,
which accounted for the two months de-
lay.
The President has appointed the follow
ing board of visitors TO the West Point
Schofeld, retired: Maj. Gen. Daniel f..
Sickles, retired; st. Clair McKelway, New
York; Charles W. Elliott. Massachusetts;
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, California; William
II. Upman Wisconsin,; st. George X. Fitz-
hugh, Virginia.
The need recently. has been felt in the
Philippines for hospital ship of light
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harbors of the islands which the hospital
ship Relief cannot traverse. vessel OF
this character could not be obtained at
HongKong, so the matter was referred to
the War Department by General MacAr-
thur. and Secretary Root has authorized a
beard of officers to inspect the Terry. now
lying idle at the New York yard, and see II
she comes up to the requirements: If she is
found suitable she will be promptly sent 10
the Philippines.
The assistant attorney general for the
Postoffice Department has ruled that the
amendment attached TO the current APP
preparation act limiting the hours of work
for letter carriers throughout the cOun-
try to fOrty-eight hours a week expires
with the act itself on June 30 next After
that date the PostOffice Department will
Te-enact the rules Of the Postoffice De-
partment act of March 2S, 1898. The amend
nIent, at the time of its consideration in
Congress, was fought by the Association of
Letter Carriers, and the department found
t. expensive To enforce it. The eight-hOu1
law specifically provides for eight hours a
day, while the amendment allowed the av-
eraging of this amount of work To
keep within the limit of forty-eight hours in
tie six days of labor.
y statement setting forth the origin ana
extent of immigration at the port OF Ha-
vana for the last half of the calendar year
of 1900 has been made public by the division
of insular affairs of the War Department.
rne number of immigrants arriving at that
port during that period was 14,57S The
Chinese immigrants numbered 226-17 from
the United States. is from the United King
dom, 106 from China, 10 from British North
America 62 from Mexico and from South
America The Filipino contribution mum
bered IS from the United States and
from Spain. Six Japanese and three Ko-
reans arrived from the United States. The
most extensive immigration Spanish.
the total number of Spanish immigrants
being 12 935. of whom .0y4 were from Spain,
39e from Mexico and SAG from the United
States. The immigration from other of the
principal nations were as follows: English
l4S French 1876; Italian, 30i; Mexican, 225.
and German %