The Elbert County tribune., 1902-08-07

business Jcly - lts-. t1e Nctt- Ae>>
cash IN TIE tf-sr1-g. aus7urret -
ss73s'fu. 80. which : M iecrssse, as
compared with J1ly ist- Of 81 -. i.1k
This Increase u arecunfed for ey the
reduction in tie zDSont CT cash on
haod- The deot i rs1apiluizs.-i IS fai-
lows. Interest tesr-ne ceh-. sci GU
$40. debt 90 ~a,ca iut=rsSt Sas e-,Ass1
since mAfuri .. Si37f sic. debt ts-z-in<
no Interest <Se5 a5s.sl6i Total. St.Sz7.-
ssf oG6L Tbs ezrue.- however. does
not include S>sl *, ls9. "a certificates
and treasury notes outstanding which
are Offset by an -qusJ sEnunt Of cash
on hlDd held fss their redemption
The cash IN th~ trszSusF Il CLASSIFIED as
follows: Gold reserve fund $1,000.
O.1: rrass fund. <s3i, ,9sSll0se. Eeneral
fund. Setss-514-ce I1-iuding SI26. i52--
o91 In national tsrk repositories To-
tails. <11-27s. .seS 5ss against which
there are demand liabilities outstHud-
ing amounting to <sle3- -Jo4- $50 leaving
n cash baisoee On hand 9f 1853 -a7 4.5sse.
II Is said In Washington that the
commercial treaty between Great
Britain and China. approved at a con-
ference At the London foreign office.
Is 10 serve as pattern for similar
treaties TO be negotiated by the other
powers with China. The revision
which Great Britain proposed to China
in the trade treaty. II Is said. extends
to nearly every point in which the
United States is interested. from the
registration and protection OF trade
marks. the creation OF a national cur
rency and the extension of the bonded
warehouse system to the reform Of the
Shanghai mixed court and the aboIi-
tion Of ali Internal taxation, whether
native or foreign or for import or ex-
port IL the provisions which will be
embodied In the British treaty as II is
finally concluded meet the views and
wishes of this government. the United
States may accept under the most
favored nation" clause. But II the re-
suits obtained by Great Britain fall
short of this governments expecta-
tions. then the United States may
push separate negotiations and con
ciude a treaty OF Its own.
United States Ambassador Clayton.
Mt Mexico. has succeeded in securing
restitution on one of the largest en-
bezzlement cases before the Mexican
state department. Some time ago
James Brown Potter. representing
large American and English interests
in the Tiahaulilo Mining Company of
Mexico, appealed to the State Depart
ment for Justice. claiming that by
fraudulent conspiracy some OF the di-
rectors OF the company had embezz,ed
funds TO the amount OF over $1,000. 900.
This. 1t was charged. was accomplished
by packed elections and the bestowaI
OF Illegal powers upon one of the direc-
tors of the company. The fact that
some inferior Mexican officials were In
-. 10 nj
most impossible to obtain justice by
the ordinary methods The State De-
partment referred the case to Ambas-
sador Clayton and he brought 1t 10 the
attention OF the Mexican government
and pressed it so vigorously that he rs
now able 10 report that the conspira-
tors have been Obliged 10 disgorge all
of the money and securities they had
obtained by their fraudulent opera
tions.
The action of General Chaffee in
reprimanding Captain Frederick S.
Wild. Thirteenth infantry, upon the
sentence of court martial. has been
received at the War Department. Cap
tain Wild was In command at Lingay-
an. where a cockpit was burned, TWO
soldiers of the commission having been
previously stabbed In the cockpit. 1t
was generally understood that the
cockpit was burned by the soldiers in
revenge. 1t was brought out in the tes-
timony that Captain Wild had been re-
quested by the civil authorities 10 place
a guard over the property after the
first attack. and failed TO do so. and a
second attempt at burning resulted In
its destruction. General Chaffee, in
carrying out the sentence of the court.
said. "The necessity for this trial is
based on the intention TO accentuate to
the accused that the existing order to
give complete and unqualified support
TO all branches of the civil government
in these islands must be complied
with, and to show by example that
nothing short of such support will be
accepted from officers on duty in this
division. Captain Wild's conduct is
but mildly punished by reprlmand. 1t
Is destructive TO the very foundc lions
of discipline and when considered In
connection with the duty which de-
volved upon him, is in the highest de
gree reprehenslble."
According TO present indications very
few, IL any, OF the national guard or
ganizations of the various states will
participate in the proposed extensive
maneuvers of the regular army at Fort
Riley. Kansas. TIE latter part of Sep
tember. Early in July Adjt Gen. Cor
bin addressed n letter to the governors
of the various states and territories
calling attention to the proposed ma
neuvers and suggesting the desirablli-
ty OF the participation therein OF the
national guard. A large number of re
plies have been received already out in
no single instance has there been
positive acceptance TO participation.
Montana and Nebraska said that the
governors were absent and that no
formal action had been taken on the
Invitation. The governor Of Iowa said
that the matter was still under consid-
Grafton by the state authorities. Posi-
tive declinations 20 attend We're re-
ceived from the governors of the fol