St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-11
GENERAL NEWS.
To Govern Philippines.

To Govern Philippines.
Judge Taft, president of the Philippine
commission, has cabled the war depart
ment from Manila announcing the ap-
| pointment and Inauguration OF DIR.
Pardo de Tavera and Benito Legardo as
members of the Philippine Commission.
He reported that it was decided several
weeks ago to appoint three FIipinos on
the commission, and that Jose Luzuriago,
the third member, was unable to be
present at the ceremonies owing to ILL
ness. This is another step toward the
formation of general civil government
in the Philippines.
The Philippine commission will do the
work of a national legislature, and will
be an advisory council to the govern
ment. The new government will be
formed on this basis, with Judge Taft as
governor general and the commission as
a mixed council, the three Filipinos just
appointed taking an active part in all its
| elaboration and having a vote the same
as the American members. This form of
government will continue under the
Presidents military power. until the
Supreme Court decides the remaining in
sular case relating to the Philippine
| Islands.
BattIeship Indiana Training Ship for
LandsmeR.
The navy department has decided to
assign the battleshp Indiana to duty as
"A training ship for landsmen, and she
will be fitted for that purpose at the
| League Island Navy Yard, where she ar
4 io.A ha
cadets from the Naval Academy. Another
battleship, probably the Massachusetts,
will be detailed for similar duty. Since
the navy department began training
landsmen on special ships, there has been
some criticism that those ships were OF
the old sailing type and were not fitted
| for instructng men in the duties which
would fall to them when serving on mod
ern armor clads. 1t is to meet this OBJ
| lection that the Indiana is to be trans
terred to the training service.
Public Debt Statement.
The public debt statement issued Sept.
by the treasury department shows
that in the month of August the debt of
the United States decreased SIS 460 696.
The Understanding debt decreased ST.
835 go, the debt on which interest
ceased decreased 81 200; the debt bear
ing no interest decreased SIS, 04S; while
the cash in the treasury increased ST.
6O2,479. The debt on Aug. 81 stood:
Interest. bearing debt, 1882, $40 900;
debt on which interest has ceased. ST.
393 $50; bearing no interest, $382,2S7,
All; total, 81, 1865, 1921, 121.
The cash in the Treasury is made up
of the following items: Reserve fund:
Cash, gold coin and bullion, $150,000,-
900, Trust funds, to redeem outstand-
ing certificates, gold coin, $29S, 81 8, $50:
silver dollars and bullion. $483, I'll 900.
General fund: gold coin, bullion and GER
ti6cates, $1OS, ASS, 1856; silver dollars,
bullion and certi6ca es, % 569,635;
United States notes, $12, 705, 492; other
depositaries, l03,035, 1884; total, ST.
los, S40,459
Against these there were outstanding:
Gold certificates, $296,318, $50; silver
certificates, $439, $4,000; treasury
notes of 1890, $44,433,000; miscellan-
eous liabilities, $S8. Ala; reserve
fund $150,00O,O00. leaving an available
cash balance of $179, 971, 1856.
Twelve of Banks Crew Dead.
The steamer Miowera, which has just
arrived, at Victoria, B. c., brings news
of the wreck of the bark Lizzie Bell, of
Liverpool, while bound from Wellington
to Newcastle, and of her crew of eighteen
men, six survive. Some were lost when
the boat in which they left the bark cap
sized. Two died in the boat, and two
others, who had just strength enough to
get ashore, were found dead on the rocks
when rescuers arrived. The Lizzie Bell
was of / 036 tons, and was owned in
Liverpool.
The report of the U. S. interstate rail-
way commission shows a gain of 4,051
miles of railroad in the country in the
last year. There are now 1913 900 miles
OF road. Illinois has the greatest num-
Der of miles OF road, over 11,000
Frederick Warren, Jr., of Boston, the
representative and one OF the owners of
the Warren Line Steamship company,
died Sept. 8, as a result of injuries suffer
ed in carriage accident at his summer
home, Beverly Farms, the night before.
He was son of the founder of the War
rem line and native of Liverpool.
Seizures of fishing craft suspected Of
violating the Canadian customs regula-
tons have begun. Seven vessels that
were seized last week are owned by
Grand Manan fishermen and are valued
at from $1,000 to $4,000 each, The prac-
tice of killing fish by dynamite, followed
so generally around Grand Manan, is to
be stopped, as the damage to the cod
and pollock fishery is extensive. Only a
small proportion OF the fish killed by the
shock is'secured.
At Coochs Bridge, September 8, the
monument marking the battlefield,
where it is said the Stars and Stripes
were first unturled in battle, was uu-
yelled. 1t was the anniversary of the
engagement in 1777 between the troops
of General Washington and Central
Howe, which was commemorated in the
exercises. The monument, which is o.
granite, is six feet high. The stone is
surrounded by four cannon, presented by
the government.