, 1901-06-06
WASHINGTON s

That General Rosecrans conceived the
Diam for the relief of Chattanooga by
Military operations in Lookout valley
M October, 1868.
Colonel ~Youngblood of Alabama, au-
[litor of the treasury department, has
n the president appointed
3. A. Pierson, assistant auditor for he
same department, to succeed him.
Il The commissioner of the general land
q ofiice recently recommended that 2,934
x additional head of cattle and horses
be allowed TO Craze in the South Platte
Forest reserve, Colorado. and 36S addi-
fional head of cattle and 1913 horses in
The Pecos river forest reserve, New
*Nexico.
Secretary Root has decided that all
t.of the second lieutenants of cavalry
who We're such February Goth last and
al of the second lientenants of infant
ny who We're such Mt the date of the
8 Organization of the volunteer army in
1190O. shall be at once promoted to the
rank of first lieutenant.
DIR. Charles Edward Munroe, senior
dean of the Columbian University.
washington. has received n decoration
from the Sultan of Turkey, it being
thai of commandant of the order of
Medjidia. The order was founded in
honor of the father of the present Sui
fan. and 1t is the rarest honor of the
kind conferred by the Ottoman gov
Eminent.
4 A statement prepared at the treas
DRY department shows that the re-
I*ceipts from customs duties collected
upon articles imported into the United
States from the Philippine islands
from April /. 1899. to March 81. 1901,
We're S1,OO4,9 17. OF his AMOUNT $780,
pi2 came from sugar. S110.539 from
rigars N the remainder from miscel-
%laneous articles.
II Consul Skinner mt Marseilles, France,
reports that the French colonial sys-
ITEM has been developed so that France
Will soon be al exporter Of wheat, but
will continue to import a considerable
quantity of Texas wheat. which is re-
Equired there for the manufacture of
macaroni. He asserts that the acqui-
rsition of the Philippines puts the
United States in a position to control
the soap trade of the world.
The Supreme Court has confirmed
the action Of the Supreme Court of
Utah in the case of the Commercial
National Bank VS.. Alma ID. Chambers,
treasurer of Weber county, Utah. The
'H'Nf'o = pFNh " htut't llptI tht
banks assessment the tax on $4,000
\ worth of property in Idaho and Cali
fornia. The bank paid the real estate
tax and later secured a favorable de-
cree from-the trial court. which deci-
sion was reversed by the Supreme
\ Court Of Utah.
The annual report of Chief Examin-
er A. X. Servan of the civil service
commission shows that during the year
ended June 30. 1900. 1864 persons
took the competitive examinations for
original appointments to the classified
service. The report instances some
frauds discovered in the examinations
and says it is now well nigh impossi-
bic for collusiOn to occur without leav-
ing its ear marks and being followed
by summary punishment. A plea is
made for more examiners and for am
pie facilities TO renew the systematic
instruction of local boards of examin-
ers.
In order to prevent n judicial deter
mination of the cause of the destruc-
ton of the battle ship Maine the gov
eminent has taken advantage of n
te~chnicality to throw out the claim by
Harry $. Mccain. who was a sailor
on h battle ship when she was blown
up in Havana harbor. The govern
ment asked that his petition be dis
missed on the ground that it is not
within the terms of the treaty between
the United States and Spain or the act
of Congress organizing the Spanish
claims commission. The United States,
1t is further stated, has finally disposed
of the claim, and this disposition bars
the jurisdiction of the commission or
any other tribunal.
Natives of all the dependencies of the
United States are now serving as SOL
oilers and sailors under the American
flag. Commander Seaton Schroeder,
governor of Guam. has reported to the
Navy Department the enlistment of
seven natives for service as oarsmen
Pm the governors launch. Other ma
tiveS will be enlisted in the navy as
they are needed. Rear Admiral Remy
was recently authorized TO enlist o
Ftlipinos. and Commander Tilley of the
Tutuila naval station reports that he
has enlisted sixty natives of Tutuila
for service as policemen. A battalion
of Porto Ricans was enlisted and Or
ganized by the army more than a year
ago, and Is still in the service. Native
sailors and soldiers receive half the
pay Of Americans.
ne IuItlSdHS Oh huIllrHl StnleN are
likely to break out again when they
learn that the board appointed by the
secretary of the navy to select a de-
sign for n medal to be given to the
officers and sailors who participated in
the Spanish war have decided that 1t
shall bear the bust of Admiral Samp-
son in bold relief. This decision has
not yet been announced, hut will be
made public in n few days. writes
william Il. Curtis to the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald. The board consists of
three retired admirals, Luce, Benham
and Watson. Admiral Watson served
under Sampson during the war, al
though he was his superior in rank by
several numbers. If this medal il
adopted II recognizes Sampson as the
chief figure in the naval forces in the
Atlantic. but 1t is only following pre-
"cdent. for the medal granted to the
officers and sailors in the Pacific fleet
bears the bust of Dewey. According
10 h regulations of the navy these
medals are worn suspended from the