The Dolores star., 1902-08-01

Illinois while entering Christiania har
bor recently. has found that no blame
attaches to the officers or crew. Ad
miral Crowninsheld approves the re-
port.
The secretary of the interior has for
wardcd 10 the board of health of Hon
olulu samples of an alleged cure fol
leprosy submitted hy Brooklyn ply
sician in behalf of fellow practi'
toner abroad The board has agreed
TO use the samples in its experimental
research. The boards OF health OF San
Francisco and New Orleans also will
be asked to test the alleged cure.
The President has designated Col.
T.. NJ. O'Reilly to be surgeon general
| OF the army TO succeed General For
| wood, who will retire September 9TH
next. Colonel o'Reilly will have until
January, 1909. to serve as surgeon gen
eral. He was appointed from Pennsyl-
vania as n medical cadet in 1864. He
| is a graduate of the medical depart
ment of the University of Pcnnsylva-
MIA.
Some weeks ago Senator Penrose
| filed papers with the President. which
he asserted tended TO substantiate the
charge made by Mr.. Mealey. the
| American who has been in trouble in
Mexico. against United States Ambas-
sador Clayton. to the effect that the
ambassador was directly interested to
the extent of 100 shares in mining
corporation antagonistic TO Mcalcy's
claims The papers were referred 90
| the State Department, and now the
senator has been Informed by Acting
Secretary Hill that the President has
decided to send them 10 Mexico, invit-
ing Mr.. Clayton to examine them ana
make report. The case of Mealey
was one of the two referred to in the
stirring debate in the Senate in the last
session. involving an encounter be
tween Senators Bailey and Bevcridge.
In consequence OF the act passed by
the last Congress. amending the re-
vised statutes so as TO permit the is
suance of passports to persons owing
allegiance to the United States. wheth-
er citizens or not. the secretary OF
state has drawn up rules under which
passports shall hereafter be granted
and ims submitted them to the Presi-
dent, who has approved and signed
them. Hereafter passports will be is
sued to loyal Filipinos. Porto Ricans.
etc. under rules prescribed by the
President. which are about To he sent
to Governor Taft and To other insillar
governors. The effect of the new law
and of the rules now going into effect
will be 10 extend to loyal residents of
our insular possessions the same pro-
lection and the same passport that cit
izens of the United States now enjoy
in their travels.
Eighty miles in an army wagon
drawn by regulation mules. over roads
that are not excellent at the best of
times. but We're rendered almost i'm
passable in some places by heavy
dOwnpours of rain. was the experience
of Elihu Root, secretary of war. few
days ago. Mr.. Root said that he en-
joyed the trip immensely. Maj. Gen
Henry c. Corbin. the adjutant genera
of the army. who was one of Mr.
Roots companions. said the same. 1r
addition to General Corbin, the secre
tary asked Brig. Gen. Leonard WOot
and Col Wallace Randolph. chief OF
artillery, TO go with him. OF course
they accepted. Colonel TrudDflie army
depot quartermaster in Washington
| said he could get them from Wash
ington to Leesburg and back in sin
gle day, and he kept his word. Th,
and back over the route taken by tn,
secretary's party is about ninety-fou
miles, but part of it was made in til,
secretary's carriage and in a trolley car
The journey behind the mule team be
gan at Cabin John bridge.
Through the United States charge o.
embassy at st: Petersburg. Mr.. Riddle
the State Department has just received
I ..f% Ia. IL.
upon trusts. which has excited $,
much comment In Europe. This note
which takes the form of a circular
was identical and was handed in ST
Petersburg to the representatives of al
the powers that participated in tn,
Brussels sugar conference. and in ad
dition to Mr.. Riddle for transmission
to his government at Washington. Jus
why this was done. in view of the fac
that the United States government wa
not represented at the Brussels con
ference can only be conjectured. and i
Is supposed that 1t was supplied as
matter of information and as a cOur
tesy. Certain it is that In the presen
view the United States executive can
not participate in such n conference
as it described, even IL there were IL
| other objections. From n perusal O
the note, which Is in official print.
appears that Its reference to trusts
which are rather incidental and alter
native in character, have attracted tn
principal share of public attention al
though the whole note appears to b
framed as an argument in support o
the Russian system of regulating su
gar production and export. The ref
erence to an internationa trust confer
ence is actually therefore presented ii
the shape of an alternative propOsa
or rather suggestion, only In case tn
soundness of the Russian contention Il
support of its present system is sue
cessfully challenged.
Secretary of War Root has issued n
order in regard to military educatio
in which he says: "Since the declarf
tion Of war with Spain in April, 1870,
there have been appointed in the lin
of the army 1,542 lieutenants, in add
tion to 2I6 appointed from the militar
academy. or these GIG were appointe
from officers of volunteers under tn