The Dolores star., 1902-08-15

The Bureau of lnsuIer Affairs of the
war department has received a report
from the Board OF Health of the Phil
ippihe Islands and city OF Manila, dated
May 10, 1907 Its principal interest
lies In the report Of Asintic cholera
from the date OF Its first appearance in
Manila. March 20. 1902 to the date OF
tne report. which shows that during
that time 1,O05 cases of Asiatic ctolera
nave been reported in Manila. 500 of
whom have died and 2O5 recovered
ihere Is no doubt, the report says. thai
the ordinary house fly can transfer the
cholera spiiilum from infected matter
10 FOOD as Is the case with typhoid
! fever The Board of Health has begun
crusade against flies by means of Ii.
poison.
The following Is the schedule Of
rates upon which permission to lay a
cable to Honolulu and the Philippines
has been granted to the Pacific Gable
Company: ITO charge not exceeding
80 cents per word for the transmission
Of messages between San Francisco
and Honolulu, and to reduce such rate
to 30 cents per word within two years
| after the proposed cable between San
francisco and Honolulu is In opera
tion. To charge not exceeding 81 per
between San Francisco and Manila. To
charge not exceeding 81 per word for
the transmission of messages between
San Francisco and China. To be con-
tent to accept from the United States
| government half rates for the trans
mission of governmental messages"
Secretary Shaw has made an impor-
tant ruling relative to the readmissiOn
Tn rNf nv-ttn <>f
| production, which have once been i'm
ported and duty paid thereon at the
time of original importation. After
careful consideration, the secretary
has decided that the privilege of free
re-entry may be properly accorded to
all articles of foreign manufacture or
production under proper safeguards
for the protection of the revenues, pro-
vided the articles so admitted shall
not have been advanced in value or
| improved in condition while abroad.
| The articles should be registered with
full description, at the custom house
on expectation and a certificate issued
to the owner. and on their return they
must be fully identified as the articles
exported. The secretary has issued in
structions to the collector of customs
mt New York In accordance with the
| decision. Heretofore the department
has held that no matter how many
times an article of foreign manufac-
ture was brought into this country 1t
must pay duty each time.
| All the preliminaries have been mr.
| ranged at the state department for the
submission to arbitration at The
Hague of the Plus fund claims case.
The arbitrators for the United States
St,,V Il Il
merly chief justice of the Court of
Appeals of England, and +. De Mar
tens of Russia, the well known au-
thority on international law. Mexico
has selected as her arbitrators Pagano
Guinas of Chill, n judge of the Court
| of Cessation of Italy, and SavOrnin
Lohman, a judge of the highest court
/ in Holland. These four men will Sc
lect an umpire to act III case of tie.
The arbitration tribunal will meet at
| The Hague September /. The Ameri-
can party will consist of Judge Will
| liam l.. Penfield, solicitor for the state
department, who will act as counsel for
the United States: Jackson H. Ralston,
agent for the United States; Walter s.
Penfield and Henry V. Armes, assist
ant counsel for the United States; Miss
Margaret NJ. Hanna, private secretary
to Assistant Secretary Adee, translator
| of Spanish, and Miss L. =. Larkins,
stenographer.
1t is understood Attorney General
Knox will! sail shortly for Europe,
where, In France. he will devote some
personal attention to the Panama canal
question. 1t is quite probable now that
proceedings looking to n deter
mination of the ability of the new
|
clear title of the property to the United
States will be conducted In the French
courts. While the administration is
anxious to have the matter passed up
OH as soon as practicable the question
of time will be secondary to that of
certainty that the United States will
have no trouble with the stockholders
of the old Panama Canal Company, IL
the property and rights of the new
company should be acquired by this
country under the SpoOuer act. The
President, upon whom the RESPONSE
bility rests, will take no chances upon
the results of extended litigation in
which the United States might become
involved If the property of the new
Panama Canal Company were pur-
chased before 1t had been determined
judicially that the company possessed
| tHe uDSoiute right 10 convey ciear
title to this country.
Arrangements have been completed
at the war department for the exam
nation of civilians for appointment as
second lieutenants in the army The
assignment of this years graduates
of the military academy to stations
and regiments has left about 100 va
cancies in the grade OF second lieu
| tenants in the army. These vacancies
will he filed by the promotion Of COM
petent enlisted men SO far as practice
able, and those remaining by appoint
ment from civil life. 1t is calculated at
the war department that about sixty
of the men now In ranks will pass the
examination. thus leaving seventy COM
missions to be filled by appointments
from civil life. The examinations for