The Dolores star., 1902-09-05

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| Guayra report that for two days they
! bombarded Ciudad Bolivar, after
which she Withdrew, having exhausted
1 their ammunition.
| An imperial order has been issued
! from Constantinople commanding that
| all the demands made by the United
1 States upon Turkey be conceded ana
i the relations between the porte and the
/ United States legation here have re
/ sumed their normal condition. United
/ States Minister Leishman and Robert
/ S. Mccormick. United States ambassa-
dor at Vienna, were present at Selam-
/ lik.
An official report OF the trial trip OF
the first-class battleship Maine over
the Cape Ann course, August 23rd, mas
been received at the Navy Department
from Captain Train. president OF the
trial board. II reads rs follows: The
trial of the battleship Maine success
fully completed. The mean speed, un-
corrected for tidal errors, was 1lW
knots 1t is stated at the Navy De-
partmcnt that the corrected igure for
tidal allowances may make slight
change, showing greater or less speed
Admiral Higginson will soon submit
to the Navy Department an elaborate
report on the results of the chase of
the white squadron by the North At
lantic squadron. which ended August
oath. For obvious reasons such parts
of this report as treat OF any imperfec-
tions developed probably will be with
held from publication. Meantime the
official report of the affair is confined
to the brief telegram already published
from Commander Pillsbury, announc'
ing his surrender and dispatch from
Admiral Higginson telling of the dis
position he had made of the vessels en-
gagged in the chase. Naval officers here
say that while the capture of the white
squadron seemed 10 be a fOregone con
clusion. owing to the discrepancy in
strength between the two squadrons,
yet this chase has had instructive and
important results.
The insular division of the War De
partment has just published its last
summary of the commerce of the is
land of Cuba. The summary shows
that the total value of imports into
Cuba during the military occupations
was SOD, ,I3T .135. and the exports were
S45,oOO0Oo less than the importations.
fact attributed to the destruction of
property and damage to agriculture
caused by the war The United States
furnished forty-three per cent. of the
imports and took scventy-tive per cent.
of the exports. Practically all the SUI
gar went to the United States. The
balance of trade was decidedly in fa.
vor of Cuba, though not so great as In
former years, and it is remarked that
the trade of the United States has not
kept pace in any the Latin-American
countries with its wonderful strides in
osAer parts of the world.
The War Department has received n
cablegram from General Chaffee at
Manila. reporting the occurrence of a
series Of earthquakes on the island of
Mindanao. Twenty people were killed
by falling walls. the victims all being
Moros. The upheavel occurred in the
country adjacent to Lake Lanao. in the
Moro section of the island, near Camp
Nickers, which is now the headquar-
tiers of the American forces stationed
in Mindanao General Chaffee's cable
gram says the mountains and rivers
and other streams We're greatly dis
turbed and great damage was done.
This is the first serious earthquake re-
ported during the American occupa-
tion of the Philippines. The most i'm
portant previous seismic disturbances
in MindanaO was the one that partly
destroyed Palak, CotaBatu and the
village on the banks of the river Min
danao in 1872. This phenomenon
closely followed the eruption of the
volcano of AIartutkin.
The Interior Department has issued
III nd In IN,
Lake park, Oregon, which was dedi-
Gated at the last session of Congress as
public pleasure ground. The regu
lations forbid the injury or destruction
of the natural curiosities or wonders
within the park. Disturbing the min
eral deposits in the reservation is pro
hibited except under certain conditions
The act of Congress providing for the
park does not extend the mining laws
to the reservation without limitation
but authorizes the location and work
ing of mining claims under regulations
prescribed by the secretary of the in
terror. 1t is forbidden to cut or injurt
any timber grown within the park eX
cept for use in the construction OF
places of entertainment and in connec
tion with the working of located min
ing claims. Hunting and fishing are
prohibited. The sale or use of intox
icating liquors on the government
lands in the park Is forbidden.
The Navy Department has made q
decision which affects the rank of ma
rine officers appointed from civil life
under the naval personnel act. Under
that act the President was authorizet
to fill vacancies in the marine corps
'from civil life, and several groups OF
appointments were made, the larges,
being eighteen, on May 81, 1900 The
appointces, after passing their exam
nations, We're commissioned by mum
bers and took rank according to theil
standing at the examinations. In thus
ranking these officers the Navy De
partment followed the law and prac
tice in the case of cadets graduating
from Annapolis. who rank according
TO standing. Recently one of the ma
rlne officers, Lieut.. Arthur l.. O'Leary
questioned the action OF the depart
ment, in view Of section 1909 OF the Re
n