The Lamar register., 1903-12-30

Northern Securities Company mas Deen
filed in the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States by Attorney General Doug
lass and Messrs Mum and Wilson.
| They contend that the merger of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
| companies into the Northern Securities
| Company was for the purpose of sti-
| fling competition.
In reference to the alleged interview
attributed to Mai. Gen. ii. c. Merriam
to the effect that proposed promotion
OF General Wood would be harmful to
the army. Secretary Root has received
a telegram from General Merriam,
dated Denver, In which he declares
that he has not authorized any publi-
cations on any subject. 1t is under
stood that the generals statement
will be regarded as satisfactory at the
War Department.
The President has denied thirteen
applications for pardon, has granted
four pardons to restore civil rights,
and has exercised clemenc- in eleven
other cases. David Y. Rieger. who
was convicted in Kansas City of mis-
applying certain credits of the Missou-
ri National bank of Kansas City, of
which he was president. is pardoned.
He was convicted in 1899 and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary for six years.
The secretary of the interior to-day
refused the application of the city OF
San Francisco for permission to begin
the necessary construction toward OBJ
tanning a water supply from the
Yosemite National Park. The depart
ment's adverse action is based on the
fact that the organic act creating the
1t in its natural condition. The city
wished to build a dam at the head of
the Hetthettchy valley and convert
that valley into reservoir 1t was
proposed to dam IN the end of Lake
Elenor. The department holds that
such works would obliterate or deface
the natural wonders of the park.
Frank NJ. Higgins. chief examiner of
the Civil Service Commission. in his
annual report says that during the last
fiscal year there were 1892 persons
examined for the classified service of
the government and 40.423 appoint
ments to all branches of the service
OF the appointments twenty-four per
cent. were purely clerical positions,
three per cent. to professional. technic-
al or scientific positions. thirty-eight
per cent. to mechanical positions. re-
quiring no education at examination.
and seven per cent. to skilled labor po-
sitions not exactly mechanical in their
character, but requiring no education
al examination. OF all those exam
ined. nearly eighty per cent. passed and
thirty-six per cent. OF all examined
were successful in securing appoint
mert-
Tho War Department has made pub
r;N Iast
July 2S, 1908. in which he asks that
the charges made against him by
Major Runcie. in which he requests
that the matter he referred to the in
spector general Of the army for such
action as may be required under the
circumstances, or to anv other au-
thority which the War Department
may deem proper be further says:
Il enclose herewith statement of
the facts in the case. together with
true copies of letters, extracts from
letters. etc, bearing on the subject.
The statement enclosed gives the ad-
dresses of most of the persons who
have more or less knowledge of the
affair. 1t will be noted that many of
the letters are confidential in charas-
ter. the originals of which are in the
confidential official files Of the secre-
tary of war"
The Commission on International
Exchange has received from Professor
Jenks the conclusions of the monetary
commission of Japan regarding the
proposals of the American commission
for uniform coinage system based
upon the gold exchange standard for
China The resolutions declare that
the chaotic condition of the currency as
it now exists in China is disadvantage
Gus not to China alone but to those
countries that have commercial rela-
tions with her. and that a definite and
uniform currency system should be
speedily instituted and actually put into
operation throughout the whole empire
or at least in those parts of 1t that are
of commercial Importance. If possible
it is desirable that this system should
be on the single gold standard. Inas-
much as the currency reform cannot
be started on perfect system it is re-
garded as advisable to adopt the sug-
gestions of the American commission
as a matter of expediency. 1t is sug-
gested also that the ratio for China of
80 to | between gold and silver coins
should be adopted for other silver-us-
ing countries that may hereafter adopt
the gold standard.
particularly interested themselves in
the pending Wood nomination with an
eye especially to the protection of
some of the veteran army officers, the
President has expressed himself very
plainly to the effect that these Off
GERS have nothing to fear in the i'm
mediate future. AS it was pointed out
to him that there was considerable
apprehension among the friends OF
these army officers lest upon the re-
tirement of General Chaffee with the
rank of lieutenant general. the Presi-
dent might appoint Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood to be lieutenant general, involv-
ing the jumping of number of dis
tmguished officers who never would
have a chance to attain the highest
rank ty reason of General Woods in
cumbency in the place for fifteen
years. the President has explicitly de-
clared that he has no such intention.
incidentally that involved an under
taking on his part to promote some of
these general officers referred to after
General Chaffee's retirement. But he