The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The President has appointed John =.
Debolt judge at Honolulu, vice Abram
S. Humphreys, resigned. Mr.. Debolt
| is prominent member of the Honolu-
| lu bar.
The reports from Washington state
| shtow that the big fire near Enumclaw
is mostly on private lands, chiefly rail-
way lands, which in recent years have
been extensively numbered, the mills
being mostly located at Tacoma and
on the line of the Northern Pacific rail
| way.
In response to the kilograms from the
| governors of Wyoming and Colorado,
| the secretary of the interior has ordered
| Forest Superintendent Garbutt of Wyo-
ming to assist Superintendent Atherly
| of the Crow Creek reserve, in fighting
| the fire reported burning at Pearl, just
| south of the Medicine Bow forest re-
serve. They VIII employ large num-
ber of men to assist in the work. This
is the only action the department can
make. No request will be made of the
War Department for assistance.
Manila papers received at the War
Department contain reports from Min
danao regarding the Moro problem,
showing what the various sultans and
dattos are doing, together with CORE
sations that have occurred between
army officers commanding in that is
land and different chiefs. 1t appears
that the Moro chiefs were Informed by
Filipinos from Luzon that Russia and
Spain Were at war with the United
States. One of the sultans, when
asked why he would not be on friendly
terms with the United States authorl-
ties. said that the Moros We're all un-
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boul and they had been Informed that
there was enmity between the sultan
of Stamboul and the United States gov
ernment. Captain Pershing, in com
mand of the cavalry, told him that this
WAS entirely mistake. Another datto
made the claim that the Moros always
had been in undistufbed possession of
the Lake Lanao country. and that even
the Spaniards never had attempted to
interfere with them. and they did not
want the Americans to do so.
Secretary Hitchcock on the 10th inst. !
received dispatches from the COVER |
n0rs of both Colorado and Wyoming |
appealing for government assistance in
fighting terrific forNt fire that is i
raging on government timber lands !
along the Colorado-Wyoming boundary |
line near the southeast corner of Car |
bon county. Wyoming. The residents |
of that section, according to Governor
Richards of Wyoming, have exhausted /
both strength and means in fighting the
conflagration and are appealing for
help. The Interior Department officials |
are looking into the situate and call
ing for more specific Information from
the field. Every effort will be made to
do something to reinforce the fighters.
but 1t is not yet known what steps will
be taken. 1t is possible the War De-
partment will be called upon for as
sistance, though no such request has
yet ever been made. The department |
is crippled by the lack of special agents
to watch the government areas. includ-
ing those now involved in the destruc-
tive confagrations and has frequently
Intellectually appealed to Congress to
increase the appropria tons for this
purpose.
The following statement was issued
by the secretary of the treasury on the i
18th inst:
Secretary Shaw has made arrange
ments to release about S4,OOO,OOO of
treasury holdings. He has list pre-
pared of those national banks through
out the country which held free or
pledged bonds at the date of their last
report and had made inquiry for 9th
ers. After making allowance for the
changed conditions since last report, he
expects this will release at least S4,-
100000. He has sent notice to all such
that If they will send these bonds to
the treasurer of the United States, in
sums of $4,000 or more, they will be
designated as temporary repositories
and the face value of the bonds VIII
be deposited with them to the credit
of the treasurer of the United States
He has pursued this course in prefer
ence to designating repositories in the
ordinary way, which compels them to
buy bonds in the market at a large
premium, thus paying out more for the
bonds than they get from the govern
ment. The customs receipts are ex-
tremely heavy at this particular season
of the year and the cash balance of the
treasury has gradually increased. He
has also decided to anticipate the Oc-
tober interest. amounting to about ST.
100000, and with this in view, orders
have been issued to the various sub
treasures to cash such coupons as may
be presented them for payment and the
treasurer of the United States has been
instructed to mail checks for interest
on the registered bonds
A telegram from Batopilas. Mexico,
announces the death ON the 10Th inst.
of Alexander r. Shepherd. who was
vice president of the Board of Public
Works of the District of Columbia dur
ing the territorial government of the
district in 1871, and two years later
governor of the district. He was sixty.
seven years of age. The cause of death
was peritonitis brought ON by an attack
of appendicitis. Mrs Shepherd, accom-
panied by her son-n-law and daughter,
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Merchant. who re-
side in Washington, were Informed of