Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-16

lished intended1o be bureau Tor
the Dr0nwdon OF matrimony, but a
Glance over its corr espondenceh les /
shows that it has been indirectly +
+ the cause Of marry marriages, and 4
Col Edwards, it's capable and cQur-
teous chiefs in doubt as to WsfRher .
he deserves praise OF condd Ltion |
/ for the unprecedented results. The
epidemic Of marriage was brought
about by the regulations adopted
/ bv the division for the transporta-
ton Of teachers for the public
schools in the Philippines, which
provided that the person directly
dependent upon the teacher might,
If practical. be furnished free trans
portation upon a government trans
port. That was enough al a hint
/ for a number Of bright Young fell
lows WHO had been appointed teach
ers. and the division was at once
overwhelmed with applications for
transportation for brides, as the
person directly dependent upon the
teacher. InasmuCh as the teach
ers alone were a severe tax upon
the Transportation facilities Of the
government this was decidedly EN-
: barrassing, but Col Edwards, who
! Is q svmpatheic man, was equal to
p the occasion. and no bride was left
behind. All records for the carry
ing Of brides were broken by the
transport which carried The bride.
S TO The Philippines, and Uncle san
a doesn t regret his bridal present O
e free passages, whatever some Of the
4 brides ~ do later, by the way
: It's officially announced that al
2 appointments OF teachers viii here
II after be made bv Mr.. Fred w. AT
r kinson, Superintendent of Pubic
- instruction in the Philippines
whose address is Manila The an
? nouncement was made to stop ap
plications being sent to the Wa
Department. There will be yer.
1T few more appointments, anyway
G. except to fill vacancies.
ID A late census bulletin shows tina
IL Michigan has L248,9o5 males
/. I,I72,o OF females, and s4o,653 for
'e eigu born residents; Minnesota
III 932, 400 males, SI8,9o4 females, an
&c o5.3I8 foreign born; Mississippi
NJ 78145I males, 769,6I9 females an
- 1901 foreign born. In the fr'
two states the colored populatio
= is less than ] per cent; in Missi
IT. sippi, it is just a little less tina
ire fifty-nine per cent.
or Once more the Treasurer Of Il
nc United States has denied one Off
periodical stories, usually origina
We ing abroad and used to defrat
sy those who can be duped into b
he lieving them, alleging -hat the o..
10 Treasury held a large sum in tru
- for the heirs of a man who dep0.
- ted it there. This time, the mar
i8s name was given as Dembitzky,
Pole, who was said to have depo
ted the money there just previo
lis to being killed while fighting
er- the Union army during the CT
ac- war. It is needless to say to tho
do who are acquainted with the pr
:, ciples under which our governme
X is run, that the United States Ire
lch ury is not and cannot act as a tn
= tee for private individuals; con
eat quently it holds no private fur
da in trust but the ignorant, and ey
some intelligent persons III our o
last country, do not know this, as Of
the as it has been stated in connect
men with this sort of thing, and nat
in ally a story Of this sort is read
-es+ accepted by the credulous III OF
countries, often to their cost
Out Under a decision Of the Cor
UGH troller Of the Treasury, Secret
rom Wilson can use iii his discreet
rail- an appropriation of $4,000 in
80 Agricultural bill for the cuu
fiscal year, to pay what will in
lcu- feet be an export bounty on Am
Just can fruits. in his efforts to build
mes, a foreign market for our fruits.
ous- money will be carefully spent o
,ooo plan that is yet to be perfected,
- will, it is believed demonstrate
gam a large and profitable export tt
the in American fruits can be built
rop- with a little intelligent effort