The Dolores star., 1902-09-12

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ranging the Philippine islands into
three departments The department OF
Luzon is To he commanded by Gen.
James +. Wade; the department OF vi
sayas by Gen. r. ]. wint. and the de
partment of Mindanao by Brig. Gen
Samuel s Sumner.
| The receipts of the Treasury Depart
ment for the month u August ex-
ceeded the expenditures by S.I,9oo. .Sl2,
an unexpectedly large surplus The to-
tai receipts were S4S.G0J.sl2 and the
expenditures $40 2G50. 600 For the same
month of last year the total receipts
We're Si5.39i .125. and the expenditures
S39.35l. .59T, surplus OF little over
$4,000 900.
4 Brig. Gen. William ii. Forwood.
surgeon general of the army. retired
August 9Th under the age limit. He will
be succeeded by Gen. Robert NJ.
o'Reiily. General o'1;eilly 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 Presi-
dent Cleveland.
United States Minister Bowen at Car
acas, has forwarded to the State De
plaintiye 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. I. $. Pond, the senior
American missionary in Caracas. In
his appeal Mr.. Pond says 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 bust
ness August both the debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to S96S, ,091 ,321,
n decrease for the month of SJ.sis,6i
This decrease is principally accounted
for by Il corresponding increase in the
cash on hand The monthly statement
of the government receipts and cxpen-
ditures shows that for the month of
August the total receipts were SiS,-
6o6,Si2. as follows: Customs. S2G,oS1,
231: increase as compared with Au-
gust, 1901. about S5.1o0.Oo0; internal
revenue, 1T,52J,3GS. decrease $4,000
600; miscellaneous, S4,49s.213, increase
S2,GG1.G coo. The expenditures for the
month were Si3. 113,GlO. leaving sur
plus for the month of So, 1872 ,202.
The opportunities for the appoint
ment of women in the classified civil
service rs a whole are not fattering.
The chief examiner says: AT present
but 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
prir1tin., Of oil
ber of women clerks and stenograph-
ers and typewriters are appointed each
year. The opportunities for women ELI
gihles from the examinations for the
different kinds of teachers in the In
dian service are very good. Quite a
number of appointments are also made
in the Indian service from the trained
nurse and matron examinations"
The Navy Department had received
from Commander McCrea of the Mach
las a mail report under date of Cape
Haytien, August 10th. seteing out in
detail the steps taken by that officer to
prevent interference with the worlds
commerce as result of the bitter in
surrectlonary 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 Killick. the insurgent com
mander, as revealed in the report. IS sig
nificant as Indicating the adoption of a
stronger policy than has been pursued
heretofore im 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 Il 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 au
increase of $12.25O, 600. A large por-
tion of this currency is now being
printed at the Bureau 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 at all unless the banks are
satisfied the money will be needed ip
trade channels to relieve the situation
100000 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 commuli,
icated with.
1t is the<oplnion 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 q
suggestion to Congress at the next ses.
sion that the act extending the Chi
nese exclusion laws to the Philippines
be amended. 1t is contempla ed TO re.
move the ironclad restrictions which
now exists, and clothe the Philippine
Commission with power to regulate
the entrance of Chinese labor. The
committee itself already has given
some attention TO this subject and II
Is believed that Professor jerks inves
legations into the labor problem in the
Straits Settlements and elsewhere ir
the Orient meet with its approval
Tho nropnca1 ruUttIottnpc n t, said