Gilpin observer., 1903-01-08

Formal orders have been issued by
the Navy Department detailing Rear
Admiral Glass as commander-in-ch1ef
of the Pacific station. He will succeed
Read Admiral Casey, who has been
placed on waiting orders.
Estimates of the sugar crop in San
tiago, Cuba, transmitted to the State
Department by Consul Holiday at that
city, place the crop for 1908 at 453.-
| 900 bags, an increase Of 72,215 bags
over the year now closing.
The quarterly report Of the value OF
| foreign coins issued by the director OF
the mint shows that for the three
months ending January l, 1903, there
had been decrease Of 0.03126 in the
value Of silver per fine ounce.
The Bolivian minister has received
cablegram saying that the Bolivian
| government has signed treaty for ar
bitration with the Republic of Peru to
settle the boundary question. The ar
bitrator selected is the Argentine gov
ernment.
The commissioner Of patents has
rendered a decision announcing that II
is against public policy for the office
| to lend its sanction to the use OF the
Presidents name by registering any
trade mark therefor without his ex-
press consent.
| The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close Of busi-
ness December 81, 1902, the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
| $947, ,164,679, decrease for the month
| of SIC, 1892, ,602. which is largely account
| ed for by an increase of nearly $10,-
| O00, 900 in the amount of cash on hand
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Association for the advancement OF
Science, Professor Willis l.. Moore, the
chief of the weather bureau said that
it costs $1,250,OOO a year 10 make the
forecasts; that the frost warnings OF
q few days ago in Florida saved mill
lions of dollars to the people OF that
state, and that the forewarning OF the
single cold wave recently saved ship
pers $4,000,000.
The committee on pensions will i'm
mediately take up the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
and 1t will be reported to the Senate as
soon as possible It is bill which
demands considerable investigation,
and 1t is not probable that 1t will reach
the Senate much before the middle OF
the month. When it is reported the
committee will seek to secure its i'm
mediate consideration.
The monthly circulation statement
issued by the comptroller OF the cur
rency shows that at the close of the
calendar year the total circulation OF
national bank notes was 1884 1923 ,7S4,
an increase for the year Of $24, $40 ,O5S,
and an increase for the month of $75,-
27O. The circulation based on United
States bonds amounted to 3342, ,127 ,844,
an increase for the year Of .53S.
and an increase for the month of ST.
OPT ,435.
The award of a contract for rapid
| FIRE six-inch type gun was made Decem-
bre 29th to the trustees Of the Brown
Segmental Wire Tube Gun by the chief
of ordnance of the army under an al
lotment of $41, 900 provided by the
board of ordnance and fortifcation.
Selection of the type Of gun above mem
toned is intended to determine the ell
gibility of the Brown wire system of
gun making for use in the coast de-
fenses of the United States.
The commissioner of navigation re-
ports 627 sail and steam vessels of Ill.,
| 500 gross tons built in the United
| States and oficially numbered during
| the six months ended December 81.
1902. During the corresponding six
| months ended December 81, 1901, TIT
sail and steam vessels Of 164,073 gross
tons were built. OF the tonnage built
] in the latter half Of 1902. 98.379 were
built on the Atlantic and Gulf, 20,039
on the Pacific, and 1874 tons on the
Great Lakes.
| Justice Shiras of the Supreme Court
of the United States will retire some
time during the present winter. The
date has not yet been fixed, and can
not be until certain cases have been
| argued and other cases which have
been set for re-argument have been
disposed of. Justice Shiras, however,
will retire during the present session
of Congress, in order that his sue.
| cessor may be confirmed before the
adjournment. Among the names pro-
posed as his successor is that Of VIII
liam H. Taft, civil governor Of the
| Philippines.
Robert B. Armstrong private secre-
tary to the secretary OF the treasury,
will be appointed assistant secretary of
the treasury on the reassembling of
| Congress to succeed General Spalding.
whose resignation has been in the
hands Of Secretary Shaw for some
time. Mr.. Armstrong comes from ILL
nois and his selection is q personal
! one with Secretary Shaw. He will
have charge of the customs branch of
the service. Mr.. Armstrong. who Is
twenty-nine years of age. II regarded
as a young man Of excellent ability
and has the entire confidence OF the
ofYicials Of the treasury department.
| Messrs. Rodey and Smith, delegates
| from New Mexico and Arizona. an
1 nounce that they will have a bill in
| troduced in Congress Immediately up-
upon its reassembling. providing that
new census be taken OF their territories
by the permanent census Office immedi-
ately. They assert that the recent CEN
sus did not obtain the full population
| raAurns of the ferrit0riea named and