The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-10-10
Washington Notes.

rye leaders that 10 action by gun
boats by either side will be allowed in
the Bay of Panama, or within gunshot
OF the lines of transit of the isthmus.
The monthly coinage statement
shows that during September, 1902,
the market value of silver had in
creased .0017 per fine ounce. The val
ue OF foreign silver coins has increased
accordingly.
The monthly circulation statement
shows that at the close of business,
Sept. 30, 1902, the total circulation of
national bank notes was $3.50, 933, 59S,
an increase for the year of So, 163, 05O,
and an increase for the month of
$750,907.
The estimates of appropriations re-
quired for the department of agricul-
ture for the next fiscal year as com
pleted by Secretary Wilson, aggre-
gate almost $4,000, 900. The %appropria-
tons for the current year amounted to
$4,503, $50.
The quarterly estimate of the value
of foreign coins issued by the director
OF the mint shows that during the
quarter ended Sept. 80, 1902, the mar
ket value of silver has increased .0O17
per fine inc The value of foreign
silver coins has increased accordingly.
The order Of President Roosevelt
directing a census TO be taken of the
Philippine islands will be cabled to
Gov. Taft so that work in the islands
may begin at once. Arrangements
are being made by the bureau Of III
sular affairs to carry out the presi-
dents order.
After a conference with Supt.
Wainwright of the Naval academy, the
secretary of the navy issued orders for
the participation of the naval cadets
In the naval veterans parade which is
to occur in Washington as a part of
the Grand Army encampment exer-
cises.
The monthly coinage statement is
by the director of the mint
shows that during September, 1902,
the total coinage executed at the
minis of the United States was &c.
762,115, as follows: Gold, SO, 500, $50;
silver, ~$2,831,165; minor coins, $780,
O9O.
The monthly comparative state
ment of Cover nment receipts and ex-
penditures shows that for the month
of September, 1902, tn etotal receipts
were $4S,580,28 an increase of over
$4,000, DOC, as compared with Septem-
Der, 1901. The expenditures for Sep
TENDER were $37, 554, 1913, leaving a
surplus for the month Of Sill, OOO, 900.
The present financial condition of
Guatemala, due in part to the conse-
Quences OF the recent earthquakes and
also TO the low prices for coffee, the
principal export, has caused wide
spread commercial depression in that
country, according to a report to the
state department from Consul General
Mentally at Guatemala City, under
date Of Aug. 20.
The state department has been in
formed by United States Minister
Powell. at Port au Prince, that the
blockade decree, issued on Sept. Is by
the provisional government of Hayti
does not apply to Port de Paix. It
was at this point that the interests of
the American Fruit company were en-
dangered. Commander Patch, of the
Montgomery, will investigate the re-
ported disturbances.
Accidental Happenings.
George Gilmore choked to death
eating in a cafe at Livingston,
Mont. Doctors were called, but they
were too late to save his life.
D. Jide. a Black sea shipowner, in
vited a party of guests on board a new
yacht. The vessel was caught In a
squat and capsized, drowning twenty.
A severe typhoon swept along the
Japanese coast Sunday. A number of
Yokohama steamers were driven to
shore, and it is feared that there was
q great loss of life among the fisher
men.
Twenty-six persons we're killed and
twenty injured in a railroad wreck
Doual, France, due to the care
l~essness Of the switchman. The train
was an express running from Lille to
Chalons.
A w~est-bound passenger train on the
Wabash railway collided near La
Ind, with an east-Dound freight
train. The crews of both locomotives
jumped and escaped with minor inju-
ries. The combination baggage and
smoking al was ~telescoped, but none
of the passengers was injured.
The British ship Claverdon, which
arrived at San Francisco from Ham
burg, reports having passed through a
with a loss OF flvo OF her
crew. The storm was encountered
Aug. ~. Everything movable was
washed overheard. All tie sails With
the exception Of :ha lower mainsail
were carried away.
Sin and Sinners.
Miss Nellie Voss, sixteen years old.
was arrested near Freeport, ILL.,, &C
cused Of stealing horses.
The stage coach, Pioneer" which
makes daily trips between Warwick
and Goshen, N. Y, was held up and
by three masked horsemen.
Richard e. Murphy, thirteen years
old, of Jefferson, No., who gained con
siderable notoriety as the hoy edit
or" has been arrested at st. Louis for
forgery.
A standing feud between two rival
Chinese factions in New York came
to an open battle, terrorizing one Sec
ton OF the city and resulting in nu-
merous arrests.
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