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church and assured the President that
his polly regarding church affairs In
the archipelago met with the nplrovhi
of large majority OF the Catholics III
this country.
Corporal II. +. O'Iirlen. who was ar
rested at North Adams, Massachusetts,
on n charge OF perjury before the 'ni''
ed States Senate committee OF inquiry
into the war In the Philippines, was
ordered to bc delivered into the custo-
,dy OF the Washington authorities by
Judge Lowell OF the United States
Court. and was brought To Washington
at once.
Special agents OF the Interior De-
partmcnt arr now at the scene OF the
Wyoming forest fires In response To
the message OF Governor Richards OF
that state. and are provided with
funds to enable them To secure help
sufficient To check the iinIncs. II II be-
illcvcd that the iircs will soon In under
control and that no further fears need
be entertained.
Arrangements have been completed
by General ELL Torrance. commander
in-chIcf OF the u. 4. IT,. for opcnih.
general cncampmcnt headquarters,
where all applications for free quar-
tcrs hereafter VIII bc received. IL also
was announced that by direction OF the
president. NIL avaiiabl. regular troops
In the vicinity Of Washington Will par
ticipatc In the parade.
Count HirokIchi Matsu. recently mp
pointed first secretary Of the Inpihsro
legation, hns arrived In Washington.
He was presented To Acting Secretary
OF State Adcc by the JnIsncsc minis.
ter. MIR. Takahira. The new secretary
OF legation IL u son Of Count Maisu.
who was Japanese minister To the
United States In lsss.is:D. aud after
ward minister Of foreign affairs.
The Washington citizens committee
OF the u. A. Il have requested i'rtssi-
dent Roosevelt to Issue mn executive
order permitting pirinhcrs OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic cmplrycd
In the service Of the United States To nj
tend the cncampncni. II I'll" interests
OF tho public service VIII 81 permit,
without loss of pay or without hnviis
time so occupied deducted from tho an'
nunl leave.
Commissioner Ycriscs Of the Internal
revenue bureau has issued u circular
letter so collectors directing them 10 re-
port the names Of banks which have
not mndc complete. amended returns
for the year ending June ~. lisJs. anu
in case OF neglect or refusal To make
proper returns. collectors VIII report
them for assessment. II IN the int.n-
tion to collect taxes upon undivided
profits and profit aud loss accounts.
The celebrated Gardener invcstIga.
tion mt Manila has come To mn end and
IL Is stated tia the record and report
on the case will bc forwarded To WASH.
ington for consideration. General
Chafrcc would ordinarily he the review
ing authority. but his last reports TO
the War Department were to the effect
that he would review the case if pos
siblc within the time he had Mt his dis.
posal. He then had under considcra-
tion the Moro campaign. which was oc-
cupying his time. and he has probably
now forwarded the Gardener papers to
Washington.
Between June 18th and July 10Th
scStnty-two deaths occurred among
the enlisted men OF the division OF the
Philippines. or the total number OF
deaths, thlrty-fivc were due To Astntic
cholera. The War Department has re-
ceivcd this Information from General
Chnffec. at Manila. together with a lis;
OF those soldiers who have died. In nd.
dition to the thirty.iive who died OF
cholera. seventeen died OF dysenicry.
six OF malarinl fever and the remain.
der OF various other diseases. or those
who died OF cholera, nine were Philip
pine scouts and natives.
The State Department makes public
report from United States Consul
Winter at Annabcrg. dated July 10Th.
showing the commerce of the world for
1901. according to German statistics.
The total Import and export trade OF
nll countries is given as approximately
S23,SOO.O 100000. Great Britain and her
colonies head the list with the great
total OF nearly SI,OOO.OOOOOO. Ger
many Is placed second with S2GlS,O0O.-
900 and the United States third. with
S2,11S. 100000. According to United
States treasury figures the United
States share was S2,3i0.OOO.OOO.
A cable dispatch has been received
from General Chaffcc stating that In
his Judgment an active campaign
against the Moros In Mindanao was
necessary in order to curb the opposi-
ton that has been growing against
United States authority. The dispatch
was repeated to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay. General Cbaffcc has been
directed to use his own discretion In
the natter and will no doubt engage
In an aggressive movement against the
insurgent Moros. General Chaffee is
now Mt Mindanao. having left Manila
some days ago. II the campaign should
continue for some time he no doubt
will remain in the Philippines instead
of leaving on September 30th, as he
had planned.
The Navy Department will recon-
mend that Congress enact some legis-
lation which will clear up the anomal-
GUS situation which exists on the island
of Guam. The administration of jus.
tice Is one of the things which calls
most urgently for action. 1t is possi-
bic that way out of the difficulty
might be found by extending over the
island the provisions Of the act winch
extends the federal statutes over the
Guano islands and gives the United
States court, into whose Jurisdiction
an offender from those Islands Is first
brought jurisdiction over his case.
Legislative action is also needed to in
sure the stability of the tariff laws now
in force on the islands. This tariff was
created by an executive order Of Pres
ident Mckinley. and according to the
decision on insular cases is unconstitu-
tional The receipts from customs du-
ties have made the island sclf-support-
ing, but unless legislation is enacted |