The Meeker herald., 1901-10-19
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


The Navy Department win soon
have IL portrait of John r. Kennedy
OF Maryland, who was secretary Of the
navy under President Fillmore.
The secretary of agriculture has APP
pointed DIR. +. H. King, now professor
q agricultural psychology in the Uni
vefsity Of Wisconsin,, to be chief OF d.
vision In the bureau Of soils, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Acting Secretary spaulding Of tho
treasury has approved plan for yell
low fever institute within the marine
hospital service, whose object will be
to collect facts and make inyestlga-
lions Of the subject Of yellow fever.
The Treasury Department has issued
. regular warning that new counter
felt IS silver certificate Is In circula-
ton. 1t 10 Of the series of 1859. 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.
IT, 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, win probably
be thrown open next spring. Commits
siOner Hermann of the general land
ONCE, said that 1t WINS 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
criminate, 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-
strances by the former government.
The quarantine rules are said to have
been based on purely geographic and
sanitary considerations and arc not en-
forced toward Japanese with greater
r1gor than toward other peoples. 1t Ii
satisfactory.
The forthcoming annual report Of the
postmaster general will show that for
the fiscal year ending June 3Oth last,
the gross receipts of the Denver post
office were $470,025, as compared to
$417,572 the year previous, while the
gross receipts of all presidential post
omces IN colorado weis, $l.UO,4N, as
compared 10 $so1iS1 IN lSG Inc
net earnings OF the Denver once our
Ivy .ne pas' s year o asn1 y, .an I'M. q;
., s atSras IN nc s..sa shor
pies 80. s.a o ~ Soc 7-a I j., ia"i s ,nro
49,. ~. ~ esS.s 600 no ~, loo - AA' w.
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At recent Cabinet meeting the prin-
cipai subject discussed was that OF the
cable to Hawaii, Guam and the Phii-
ippines. Propositions have been made
to lay commercial cable from San
francisco to connect these isiands'
ana the Questl0n under discussion was
whether under our peace treaty with
spain the United States could author-
~ or In any way encourage the laying
o. such caMe ~ private parues. IN
DER franchise obtained from spain
some time before the late war, tae II
einaive x1ghs 70 cable eonnsc1o1e EAs
eecnred ~ fcreagn cosposAtae1 Vn-
qef rs Ieaty Of Fans We unite1
DmAs obligated itself 70 protect Al
ptopefty rignts IN tne arcnipeia1N ana
the Question now at issue 10 whefner
pefnsslon 70 lana the proposed capie
1t Manila or some other Philippine port
Wousa pc VIOLATION OF the terms OF
the Paris treaty. The attorney general
VIII prepare statement FOR the Pres
1871 COVERING a'' e"e 4ues''o1s ~
so
Inc comptroller OF the currency mas
prepared summary OF returns reiat.
Ing 70 the ORGANIZATION OF national
Danke under the provision OF the ma
tionai currency law. az amended by
the act OF March IA, loO, STATISTICS
being drought down 10 the close OF
september, 1901. During the eighteen
ana half months ended september
sun there We're organised $40 banks.
with q capital OF $S6,ol2OOo: and with