The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
MORE OF THE CENSUS
VOTING POPULATION OF
SEVERAL STATES
OPENING OF RESERVATIONS
Regulations Issued by the Interior
Department Governing the Sale
OF Lots in County Seat
TOyvnsiteS

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The census
Office today issued a statement giving
the statistics of the school, militia and
voting population of the states of Della
ware Florida, Georgia, Idaho and I'LL
nois, and the District of Columbia and
Hawaii, the results being as follows:
School age, Delaware. 1865; Districl
of Columbia, 1881; Florida, 49, 500.
Georgia. SS5.125; Hawaii, 3,114; Idaho,
54,S64; Illinois, i,5e9,Sl5.
Males of militia age, Delaware, 40,rZ7i
District of Columbia, 62.SSi; Florida,
114.5GJ; Georgia 400, 1856; Hawaii, Y, $50;
Idaho, 4, 753; Illinois, 1851 az.
Males OF voting age, Delaware, 54.llS;
District of Columbia no "a s3523 Flo % sd9
1S9.6N; Georgia, 09,725: Hawaii is'0oi;
Idaho, 1882; Illinois, 1,I0l, 400.
TERRITORY TOWN LOTS.
Tho regulations governing the dis
position of town lots in the wichita,
Kiowa, Apache and Comanche reser-
vations in Oklahoma, to be opened Aug
6. were issued by the interior depart
ment today. They direct Assistant Com
missioner Richards, of the general laud
Office, TO take charge Of and to super
intend the offering and sale Of town lots
in the county seat townsItes Of Lawton'
Anardarko and Hobart. The blocks IN
these townsites viii be divided into lots
OF twenty-five feet for business lots and
purchase more than one business and
one residential lot In the same townsite.
Town lots in each townsite will 9e
auctioned off to the highest bidder for
cash only. The sale will begin at 4.
N. Aug. and extend until all lots are
sold. but not beyond Aug. 81. The busi-
ness lots will be sold first.
The regulations require each commits
sioner to make daily remittances Of all
receipts TO the United States subtreaS-
ury at St. Louis. When these sales have
been approved by the secretary, patents
on them VIII be issued. Each of the
commissioners to be appointed will fur
nish 100000 bond, receive $50 per day
for the first twenty days Of the sale
and SO per day for the remainder or
the sale and while closing UP the ac-
counts. The expenses incident to the
sales will be betrayed from the pro-
ceeds of the lot sales.
Assistant Commissioner Richards IS
authorized to suspend the sales for any
necessary period, if it should become
apparent that bidders have entered into
2 combination to stIde competition Cr
for any other purpose, or raising any
disturbance or interfering in any way
with the proclamation opening the res
ervation
me official report on the oklahoma
hand registration as telegraphed to the
interior department today announced a
total 92,103 registrations up to this
morning at FL Reno and Fort Sill. Tho
Seg.strations at FL Reno yesterday were
II, 90, and at Fort Sill 14,0H.
THE NEW BATTLEsHEPs.
Admiral Bradford, of the naval board
Of construction, today submitted to Sec
Rotary Long minority report Of the pro-
posed new battleships. TIE report IA
vOrs six and e.ght-inch guns, instead OF
a seven-inch gun in broadside batteries, as
recommended by the majority report. Adj
miral Bradford also argues for the re-
tention OF the superposed turrets. He
cites the discussions leading up TO the
adoption Of plans for ships now building
10 show that the present majority plan is
not in line with the best judgment Of
naval experts.
PHILIPPINE IMPORTS.
Jewelry and manufactures Of gold and
silver to the value of s223, A3 were i'm
ported into the Philippines during 1890,
according to a statement made public to-
day by the division of insUiar affairs Of
the war department TIE imports Of this
sort for 1893 were valued az 4957. thus
showing an increase of sS8 per cent in
favor Of 1900.
States alone were imported TO the value
of S. SEQ in 1900 and S2,262 in 1899 The
Hons share came to the Philippines from
France last year, her contribution being
sat down at S166,503. Austria sent 50
worth.
TREASURY STATEMENT
The state of balances in the general
fund, exclusive of the $40, 900 gold re-
serve in the division Of redemption,
shows: Available cash balance, Sli3 994, 500;
gold, $s6l51 .459; silver, So. TT, 5e2; United
States notes, $i36,3122; treasury notes Of
1880 So, 500; national bank notes, s., So. G5s;
total receipts this day, 81 .409, 673; total re-
ceipts this month, s34. s66. 127; total receipts
this year. t34.55S,1T; total expenditures
this day. 81 sos. GG0; total expenditures this
month, SIS, 80. 0o0; total expenditures this
year SIS. 4S7, eco; deposited in national
banks. $104, .955.
LYNCHING OF ITALIANS.
Sisnor Caragani. the Italian charge,
called upon Acting Secretary of State
Hill today to prepare a note as to the
progress being made in the investigation
of the killing of the Italians at Erwin,
Miss, recently The charge mas not yet
been able to secure evidence to establish
the nationality Of the dead men, although
the Italian authorities originally rep ort-
co otherwise, and unless this shall be
forthcoming and II should be shown that
they were not naturaIized, there will bs
no further proceedings as far as the
state department is concerned.
MUST REMAIN PRISONERS.
In response to the Representations OF
the state department. the British gov
eFIlment has declined to release any OF
the Americans captured while serving IN
the Boer army. The only exceptions will
be IN cases of prisoners whose health is
such as to make their confinement dan
gerous. Some Americans are among the
military prisoners In Ceylon, and the
state department had special reference
10 their case in addressing the British
government IN this matter.
THE EADs JETTIEs.
Lieut.. Col. H, NJ Adams has made
report TO the chief of engineers upon the
Improvement of the south pass of the
Mississippi river, which was under the
Eads contract until Jan % 1901. when
the contract terminated The required
depth Of 26 fest and width of 200 feet
was maintained 1903 days. or twenty
years, from July 8. 1879. to the date of
expiration of the contract There were
deficiencies in depth or width 572 DAYS
during that period. Col Adams makes
no recommendation as TO the future of
the south pass. .sl-.s.ssSB
WASHINGTON NOTES.