The Holly chieftain., 1901-10-11
WASHINGTON GUSSIP.

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| vision in the bureau of soils. Depart.
| ment of Agriculture.
| Acting Secretary Spa Ilding of the
4 treasury has approved plan for vel
| low fever institute within the marine
| hospital service, whose object will be
TO collect facts and make investlga-
tons of the subject Of yellow fever.
| The Treasury Department has issued
a regular warning that new counter
felt So silver certificate is in circula-
tion. II is OF the series of 1899, check
letter B." plate number thirty-seven.
and bears the portrait of Indian chief
"One Papa" The counterfeit is printed
| from photo-etched plates of fair work
manship on good quality paper, bear
| Ing lines in imitation.
The Interior Department is rapidly
! completing plans for the opening of the
Fort Hall. Idaho. Indian reservation,
and 1t is expected that the reservation,
! which contains 100000 acres, will be
thrown open within a few weeks. The
| Quinault reservation in Washington,
comprising 100000 acres. will probably
be thrown open EeXt spring. Commits
sioner Hermann of the general land
office, said that it was probable the
old sooner" system would be adopted
at the opening of both reservations.
The japanese government has been
told courteOusly that the United
States officials had no intention to dis
criminatc, on account of race, in max
ing the personal examinations in
quarantine at San Francisco and Hon
olulu. which led to the filing of remon-
Inv th.. fprtDar
The quarantine rules are said to have
been based on purely geographic and
sanitary considerations and are not en-
forced toward Japanese with greater
rigor than toward other peoples. 1t is
believed that the explanation will be
satisfactory.
The forthcoming annual report of the
postmaster general will show that for
the fiscal year ending June Both last,
the gross receipts Of the Denver post
office We're SiT9,025. as compared to
S4lI.oi2 the year previous. while the
gross receipts of all presidential post
offices in Colorado We're Sl,0O0477 as
compared TO SSJo,l37 in 1900. The
net earnings of the Denver office dur
Ing the past year amounted to $3u4 800,
as against S2Go,292 in 1900, while all
presidential offices in the state show
Il net revenue of S5SG.7TS in 1901, COM
pared to S522, ,GS3 in 1900.
AT recent Cabinet meeting the prin-
cipal subject discussed was that of the
cable 10 Hawaii. Guam and the Phil
ippines. Propositions have been made
to lay commercial cable from San
Francisco to connect these islands.
and the question under discussion was
whether under our peace treaty with
Spain the United States could author
izc or in any way encourage the laying
of such cable by private parties. I'm
der n franchise obtained from Spain
some time before the late war, the eX-
elusive right to. cable connections was
secured by foreign corporation. Uu-
der the treaty of Paris the United
States obligated itself to protect all
property rights in the archipelago, and
the question now ut issue is whether
permission to land the proposed cable
at Manila or some other Philippine port
would he Violation of the terms of
the Paris treaty. The attorney general
will prepare statement for the Pres
idcnt covering all the questions in
yolved.
The comptroller of the currency has
prepared a summary of returns relat-
ing to the organization of national
banks under the provision Of the ma
tional currency law, as amended by
the act of March II, 1900, statistics
being brought down to the close of
September. 1901. During the eighteen
and a half months ended September
Both there We're organized S15 banks,
with a capital of S36,512,OOO, and with
deposit of bonds as securities for cir
culation of S1O.5jG.75O In number of
organizations the middle states lead,
with 224, and capital of Sl2.OJ5, 900.
| The western states organized 151, with
| capital of 81 ,S95, 600: the Pacific states.
including Hawaii. twenty-five, with u
capital of $1,435.OOO In point of num-
| ninety banks. Since March IA, 1900,
| the number of banks in existence has
| increased from 3.G1T to 4,254; the cap.
ital stock from $6l63OS.095 to $GG1,-
S5l, $50: bonds deposited from $244,.
6l1,5I0 to $3.50, 72l 800, aud circulation
secured by bonds and lawful money.
from S25! ,402, 1870 to $35SS3O, ,54S, or
a net increase of $1O4, ,427,S17.
The latest advices from the Philip
pines indicate that the military au-
thorities intend to take prompt meas.
ures for the suppression of the insur-
rection in the island of Samar, and
that attention will be directed first to
the summary punishment of the
treacherous natives who took part in
the massacre of Company q of the