The Springfield herald., 1902-01-10

Seaton Schroeder, naval governor of |
Guam, acknowledging the receipt of
the official notice of the death of Pres
ident Mckinley and enclosing letter
of coincidence signed by the leading cit
iZens of Guam. Commander Schroeder
says that the officers, men and civil
ians in Guam unite in assuring the de-
partment of their profound sorrow for
the country's inestimable loss. A dep
utation of the Filipino prisoners of war
waited on the governor and expressed
sincere sorrow for the death of the
late President
The most positive denIals are given
of the story that +. ID. Coburn, secre-
tary of the State Board of Agriculture
of Kansas. is to succeed Secretary
Wilson. When the fact that Governor
Shaw had accepted the tender of the
treasury portfolio was made public,
the announcement was made that Sec
retary Wilson would remain In the
Cabinet and later the same statement
was reiterated at the White House In
the most emphatic manner. The Pres
ident is anxious that Secretary Wilson
should remain and the secretary has
informed the President he would be
glad to do so.
Adjutant General w. II. Whitcman
of New Mexico has drawn up pro-
posed act for Congress to reform the
present national guard system, placing
the militia of the different common
wealths upon n uniform footing and
upon the same plane as the United
States army, under the supervision or
the national government, but under
the control of each state or territory.
He has received replies from many ad-
jutants general approving of the pro-
posed legislation, and the national
guard journals are expressing them
selves strongly in its favor. 1t is be-
lieved that the convention of adJu-
tants general to be held at Washing
ton in January will approve the plan
and will urge Congress TO pass bill
framed upon those lines.
The monthly statement of the direc-
tor of the mint shows that the coinage
executed at the mints of the United
States during December, 1901, to have
been $14.G49,321, as follows: Gold,
$12 3O9.321; silver, $1,96G,514; minor
coins, S3734OO The total coinage for
the calendar year ended December 3lst,
1901. was $134, ,693, ,7TO. of which $1O1,-
73j 1877 was gold, $3O,S3S, AGO was sill
yer and 50. 120.122 was minor coins.
OF the years coinage, SG4, O.52O was
in double eagles S4G,03G, 100 in eagles,
$21 800, 200 in half eagles and S22S,3OI
in quarter eagles. OF the silver coined,
S22 5G6.S13 was in standard dollars,
So, ,119,92S in half dollars, $2,G4G, ,3O6 in
quarters and $2507 $50 in dimes. There
were also coined ,O1O in nickels
and $796, Ill in pennies.
A statement exhibiting the extent of
the cotton manufacturing industry in
the United States for the year 1900,
as compared with 1880, has been Is
sued by the census bureau. The state
ment places the total value of cotton
manufacturing products mt $336,974,-
$50, gain Of over twenty-five per cent.
since 1890 The number OF establish
ments in 1900 was 1,O51, n gain of six
teen per cent; the capital employed,
$467 ,24O, 157, j gain of thirty-twO per
cent: salaried officials, 1886, gain
of eighty-four per cent; amount paid
in salaries, 81. 535, ,129, gain of 117
per cent; average number of wage
earners, 802 ,S61, u gain of thirty-eight
per cent; total wages paid, $9O,3Si,-
$50, a gain of thirty-six per cent; cost
of materials used, $1I6,551, ,521, = gain
of fourteen per cent.
On leaving Washington December
27th, to return to Denver, W. Z. An
min, special agent in charge of the
western division of rural free delivery.
said: 1.-THE department has granted
our request which | have made, look
ing to more efficient service. Two
more clerks will be given to the head
quarters and two more agents granted
the division. In the matter of supplies
and office furniture, everything l have
asked for has been given me. There
is nothing in the report that division
headquarters are to be removed from
Denver. They are to be enlarged
rather than reduced. Efforts have
been made to have them changed to
other points, but they have not been
successful So far as the service is
concerned. 1t is to be greatly enlarged.
Every Colorado rural service has been
ordered established at an early date.
None will be later than March 1st."
Under a mistaken impression that
there will be a large balance remain
Ing of the So. 100000 indemnity fund
to be paid by China to the United
States after paying all legitimate
claims and the army and naval eX-
penses of the Chinese campaign, some
of the powers party to the Pekin pro-
tocol have intimated that they would
be glad to have the balance turned
over to them. The allegation is that
they have not claimed sufficient indem-
mites to reimburse them for actual ex-
penses and proper claims, and that
they have n right to regard the 4oo,-
100000 taels as properly divisible on
the basis of actual expenditures and
losses. 1t is not at all probable that
this point will be pressed, however, be-
cause the officials here are confident
that after we have betrayed our own
claims and expenditures there will be
little or no balance remaining of our
allotment
The dinner to the cabinet was given
| br tho Prnsilnnt and Mrs. RoOSeYelt