The Elbert County tribune., 1902-09-11

ranging the Philippine islands Into
three departments The department OF
Luzon is to be commanded by Gen
James y. Wade: the department OF Vi
sayas by Gen Il. j. WInt. and the de
partment OF Nflndanao by Brig. Gen.
Samuel S. Sumner.
The receipts OF the Treasury Depart
ment for the month o. August ex-
ceeded the expenditures by s5o55.s12
an Unexpectedly large surplus The to-
tai receipts were SfS.005.S12 md the
expenditures $42 GO. 900. For the same
month OF Inst year the total receipts
We're $15,39i .12j. and the expenditures
$50. 9.351. .497, a surplus OF a little over
SG,000.000
Brig. Gen. William III. Forwood.
surgeon general Of the army retired
august 9th under the age limit. He will
be succeeded by Con. Robert NJ
O'Reilly. General O'Rellly was recent
ly In charge OF the medical department
corps OF the department OF California
and was the official White House ply
sician during the two terms Of Prcsl-
dent Cleveland.
United States Minister Bowen at Car
acns, has forwarded to the State De-
par:inent under date OF August 2nd n
plaintive plea for the poor people In
that capital, who are suffering great
misery as the result of the protracted
war now in progress. The special plea
is made by Rev T. S. Pond, the senior
! American missionary in Caracas. In
his appeal Mr.. Pond snys that in his
experience he has never known any
thing to compare with the widespread
and hopeless poverty of the present"
The monthly statement OF the public
debt shows that at the close OF busi-
ness August Both the debt. less cnsh In
the treasury, amounted TO SpGSO91 ,32I,
| n decrease for the month of S5,S1S,Gi6.
This decreasc is principally accounted
for by a corresponding increase In the
| cash on hand. The monthly statement
of the government receipts and expen-
ditures shows that for the month of
August the total receipts Were $751;
| COG S12, as follows: Customs G,5S1.-
231: increase ns compared with Au-
gust, 1901. nbout 81. 100000; Internal
revenue. SIT ,52J .3Gs, decrease $4,000
Z 900: miscellaneous, $1.1oS.213, increase
/ s., ,661 900. The expenditures for the
! month were Si3. IL. .610. leaving a sur
Plus for the month of S5.492, ,202.
The opportunities for the appoint
ment of women In the classified civil
service ms whole are not flattering.
The chief examiner says: "At present
hut few women are ordinarily appoint
ed to the general departmental and
government printing services, except
In the Indian service, the bureau Of en-
craving and printing and the position
of skilled laborer In the government.
printing office. However. small num-
ber of women clerks and stenograph-
ers and typewritcrs are appointed each
year. The opportunities for women ell
Ina. q
different kinds Of teachers lfshe In
! dian service are very good. Quite n
number of appointments are also made
in the Indian service from the trained
nurse and matron examinations"
The Navy Department had received
from Commander McCrca of the Mach
las mail report under date of Cape
Haytien. August 10th. setting out In
detail the steps taken by that officer to
prevent interference with the worlds
commerce as n result of the bitter in
surrectionary struggle now In progress
In Haytien waters. 1t appears from the
commanders report he took under his
charge the commerce OF nearly all of
the European countries. In addition to
that of his own. His attitude toward
Admiral I<illics. the insurgent COM
mander, as revealed in the report IS sig
nifcant as Indicating the adoption of
stronger policy than las been pursued
heretofore In the treatment of South
and Central American revolutions,
which injuriously affect the commerce
of the world.
!; In accordance with the suggestion of
Secretary Shaw, national banks In the
large cities are preparing to increase
their circulation by the deposit of
bonds Since few weeks ago, when
Secretary Shaw asked the banks To
prepare to meet any emergency by In
creasing their circulation, the banks
have notified the comptroller's office
that they want to stand ready for an
increase of $12,2J0,00O. A large por
ton of this currency Is now being
printed at the Burenu of Engraving
and Printing and will be ready for the
banks as soon as the deposit is made.
The increased circulation will not be
taken out Mt all unless the banks are
satisfied the money will be needed in
trade channels to relieve the situation
In New York or elsewhere. The S12,-
25O,O00 does not include the circulation
being taken out by new banks and by
regular banks In different parts of the
country. which have not been commun-
icated with.
1t is the opinion Mt the War Depart-
ment that Governor Tafts remarks at
the Board of Trade banquet In Manila
respecting the employment of labor on
plantations. will form the basis of a
suggestion to Congress at the next ses-
sion that the act extending the Chi
nese exclusion laws to the Philippines
be amended. II is contemplated TO re-
move the lronclad restrictions which
now exists. and clothe the Philippine
Commission with power TO regulate
the entrance Of Chinese labor. The
committee itself already has given
eome attpution IN This Subirct and IL