The Lamar register., 1902-08-13

War department mas received Il report
from the Board of Health CT the Phil
ipp;ne Islands and city of Manila, dated
May 10, 1902. Its principal interest
lies in the report Of Asiatic cholera
from the date of its first appearance in
Manila, March 20. 1902, to the date of
the report, which shows that during
that time 1,O05 cases of Asiatic cholera
have been reported in Manila, 500 of
whom have died and 205 recovered.
There Is no doubt, the report says, that
the ordinary house fly can transfer the
cholera spirilum from infected matter
to food as is the case with typhoid
fever. The Board of Health has begun
a crusade against flies by means OF fly
poison.
The following Is the schedule of
rates upon which permission to lay
cable to Honolulu and the Philippines
has been granted to the Pacific Cable
Company: "To 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
word for the transmission of messages
between San Francisco and Manila. To
charge not exceeding 81 per word Tor
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 readmisslon
to this country of articles of foreign
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. ut the custom house
on expectation and IA certificate Issued
to the owner. and on their return they
must be fully identified MS the articles
exported. The secretary has issued in
structions to the collector of customs
at New York in accordance with the
decision Heretofore the department
has held that no matter how many
times an article of foreign mnnufnc-
ture was brought into this country 1t
must pay duty each time.
All the prcliminarics have been ar
ranged at the state department for the
submission to arbitration ut The
Hague of the Plus fund claims case.
The arbitrators for the United States
are Sir Edward Fry of England. for
merly chief Justice of the Court OF
Appeals of England. and f. DE Mar
tens of Russia. the well known au-
thority on international law. Mexico
| has selected as her arbitrntors Pagnno
Guinas OF Chill. II judge of the Court
of Cessation of Italy. and Savornin
Lohmnn, judge of the highest court
| in Holland. These four men will Sc
lect an umpire to act in case of II tie.
| The arbitration tribunal will meet at
| The Hague September |. The .\mcri-
| can party will consist of Judge VIII
liam l.. Pentield. solicitor for the state
department. who will act as counsel for
the United States: Jackson II. I.alston.
agent for the United States; Walter :.
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.. y. Larkins.
stenogrnphcr.
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 a deter
minatIon of the ability of the new
Panama Canal Company to pass Il
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
on AS soon as practicable the question
| of time will he secondary to that of
certainty that the United States will
have no trouble with the stockholders
of the old Panama Canal Company, If
| the property and rights of the new
| company should be acquired by this
| country under the Spooner 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 We're pur-
| chased before it had been determined
iudicially that the company possessed
| the absolute right to convey IA clear
title 10 this country.
Arrangements have been completed
at the war department for the exam
| nation of civilians for appointment ns
second lieutenants in the army. The
| assignment of this years graduates
| of the military academy to stations
| and regiments has left about 13O va
| cancieS in the grade of second lieu
tenants in the army. These vacancies
will be filed by the promotion of com
petent enlisted men so far as practic-
able. and those remaining by appoint
| ment from civil life. 1t is calculated al
| the war department that about sixty