The Lamar register., 1902-01-01

War Department has rendered the fol-
lowing opinion: "rhe lnsnrrection in
the Philippines against the sovereignty
of the United States and the author
ity Of the government of the Philip
pine islands is of such character and
extent as requires the United States to
! prosecute its rights by military force,
and, therefore, creates the condition
of war in said archipelago" The
claim in question is that of First Lieu
tenant Horton W. Sickle, corps of en-
gineers, for certain books thrown over
board in order To tighten the transport
Centennial wher II ran aground. Sec
retary Root has recommended to the
secretary of the treasury that Licuten-
ant Sticklcs claim be included in the
recommendations of Congress respect
ing the general deficiency bill.
1t is said at the Navy Department
that orders will go forward in IL few
days directing the cruiser Brooklyn,
the flagship of Rear Admiral Remey,
commanding the Asiatic station, which
is now Mt Nngasnkl, Japan, to proceed
home to the United States. The Rain
bow, now at New York. will leave
shortly for Cavite, where she is to take
the place of the Brooklyn as the flag
ship of the cOmmander-in-chief OF the
Asiatic station. On her way to Ca
will put ashore Il detachment of sea-
men drafted for service on the Eu-
roDean station. When Admiral Itcmey
leaves for home the command of the
Asiatic station will fall upon Rear Adj
mirnl frederick Rodgers. Admiral Re-
mey's departure will be followed ut
short interval by that of Rear Admiral
I<cmpff, Junior squadron commander
on the station.
The preliminary report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission on the in
come accounts of railways in the
United States for the year ended June
Both, 1901, shows returns of railway
companies operating 1921 miles of
line. The passenger earnings of these
railways were Sl269O0.210 and tgr
freight earnings $1,114,7i0,77o. The
total .Ioss earnings were S1,5IS.l l,f,-
2O5. or SSH per mile of line, against
81, 1,1I7, 7,0i4,Gl4 in 1900 Operating cx-
pcnses amounted to 81 OBJ, 15G2S or
S5,323 per mile of line, saking net
calhings of S555,O07 .92I, or S35.5.T.'is
I'm excess of the fiscal year 1900. The
amount of dividends declared during
the year were $121, ,1OS,G37, or S13,OOO.-
600 more than for the same roads in
1900. The surplus from operations was
81. ,544.7 .735. The complete report for
the preceding year showed n surplus of
$s7 ,657,033. The preliminary report is
confined to returns of operating roads.
The dividends paid by the operating
and leased lines annually include about
S3O, 100000 paid on the part of leased
lines.
The Navy Department has taken the
initial steps toward the adoption OF
wireless tclegraphy as n means of sig
mailing between warships at sea. To
nF H.
rcnu of Equipment has asked that the
| armored cruisers of the Pennsylvania
class have their masts and rigging so
arranged that the wireless system can
be introduced. This will necessitnte
the lengthcning Of the mnsts of the
ships and the Insulation of the metal
rigging by the use of hemp covering
for halyards. II is Intended to get
test sets of Instruments of the various
wireless systems new being operated.
These include the Marconi system.
Thus far, however, the Navy Depart
ment has not adopted definitely any
system. but the construction of the
new ships is regarded as II preliminary
to the adoption OF n system whenever
Its practicabllity Is established. The
British navy already has II number N
its ships equipped with the wireless
system. but this is the first move on
y
use of n wireless plan.
Senator Warren Is limited as n leader
in antagonizing the proposition to alter
the method of introducing bills in tho
Senate. Others named as opposed to it
are Allison, Hale, Gallinger and Proc
tor. They claim that the proposed
amendment will simply open the Hood
gates and swamp the committees and
the Senate itself In Il deluge of bills.
The amendment spoken of will be Of
fered by Senator Lodge. 1t will pro-
vide that all petitions, mculorials, bills
and resolutions may be introduced by
merely preparing the documents and
endorsing ihcm with the name of tho
maker and the title of the committee
to which they are to be referred. The
present method provides that the SEN
ators themselves must personally in
troduce all bills and resolutions, must
be recognized by the presiding officer,
and must have the bills read by title,
and the measures must be referred to
proper committees by the presiding
officer himself. The proposed amend
ment will do AWAY with the old order
of things, and is very Objectionable to
many of the more influential senators.
China will be relieved of the pay
ment of $1S,OOO,O0O of the S25, 100000
demanded by the United States as in
demnity for the outrages Derpetrated
upon American citizens during the
boxer revolt. The administration, af-
ter consideration OF all claims filed by
Americans who suffered injury, or
whose property was damaged and of
the expenses incurred by the army and
navy, has concluded that $7,OOO,OOO
will cover the American bill. Presi-
dent Roosevelt submitted to Congress