The National tribune., 1903-09-17
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: banks is scarcely % years of age, ant
!, there have been several rumOrs as to he
engagement, which have been so far vigor
Ously denied.
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, of the Cath
Ollie Diocese of South Dakota, recently
visited Washington. The Bishop was borr
in New England, but his family migrated
father of Archbishop Ireland settling ii
, st. Paul. Young Ireland and young
O'GOrman were boyhOod associates, and
together went to France to pursue their &c
clesiastical studies. The future Arch.
bishop came home first, being several
years older, and in time to render service
as Chaplain in the Union army.
Speaking of conditions in the Philippines,
of which he has made a study, Bishop
O'GOrman said: at is evident that the
policy of Rome touching our Philippine
possessions is one of cooperation with the
Administration ut Washington to the end
that the archipelago shall have the bless
ings of civilization and good government.
This is specially shown by the substitu-
ton of American Bishops for the church.
men who had been in the Islands under
the old Spanish regime"
President Roosevelt has finally declined
all the urgent invitations to meet the State
League of Republican Clubs of Pennsyl-
vania, at Wilkesbarre. They were very
anxious to have him there, and urged him
very strongly to come, but the President
wisely decided that he did not care to mix
up in any Pennsylvania contentious. nor in
the row that was going on between Sena-
tors Quay and Hanna as to the Chairman
ship of the Republican National Commit
tee. There was nothing to be gained by
going to Pennsylvania, and he had a good
excuse of needed rest for declining the i'll
vitatiOn.
Capt. l.. c. Schilling, of Washington,
has just returned from Il sOjourn of three
years in the. Philippines as Special
Agent for the Government. Capt. Schil-
ling is enthusiastic over the future of our
far-away possessions. He has been over
all the islands in the Philippine Archi-
pelago, and has also visited the Hawaiian
Islands, Cuba and Porto Rico. He says
these islands are not to be mentioned in
the same breath with the Philippines. He
declares they are not in the same class at
all.
Capt. Schilling declares that the Phil
| ippines will eventually prove a source of
greater riches to the United States than
India has proved to Great Britain. lie
says that the undeveloped mineral wealth
is enormous. The vast forests, he de-
clares, will furnish one of the principal in
dustries of the islands. while sugar raising
in the country and tea and coffee on the
! hillsides will make the islands a great ag-
ricultural country.
| He says that the hill country of the
Islands is delightful for residence, and as
soon as electric car lines are established
the dwellers in the cities will make their
homes in the country, and the health of
the islands will improve. Capt. Schilling
says that many of the young soldiers are
returning to the Philippines to make their
homes. They like the islands, the climate
and the people, and recognize the many
| opportunities to make money, but they will
have to he pioneers in every sense of the
word. Capt. Schilling declares that the
natives of the islands are well satisfied
under the American flag.
| Commerce between the United States
and its island possessions amounted to
over S100.000OOO in the fiscal year just
ended. This includes S5,000O0O in gold
bullion brought into the United States
| from Alaska. Excluding this. however,
and including only merchandise in the cal
culatiOn, the total amounts to $95,O00,0O0.
These figures are a,revelation to the most
pessimistic.
The Treasury Department has decided
to admit free of duty all philosophical and
scientific apparatus for use by certain
class of societies and institutions of learn
ing for the encouragement of fine arts.
Sextants, theodolites, and calculating
machines are illustrations of these instru-
ments.
1t has been ascertained that of the 337
employees in the Brooklyn Navy Yard all
but 10 are veterans of the war Of the re-
beliiOn.
Representative Frank Wachter. of
Maryland. has privately announced his in
tention of introducing at the next session
! of Congress q resolution calling for a
Congressional investigation of every De-
partment in the Government service. Mr..
Wachter expresses the opinion that the
service is permeated with grating and
filed with persons who do not attend to
their duties, and be believes that Congress
should take some action.
The 18th Annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Spiritualists Association of the
United States and Canada will be held in
Washington Oct. 20 to % inclusive. II. ID.
Barrett. who has been President of the
| Association since its organization, has an
nounced that he will not again accept the
Presidency, because of failing health. Ii
is thought that there will be spirited
contest for the office.
! Hon. Augustine Heard, formerly United
States Minister to Korea, contributes an
interesting view of the Oriental situation
Briefly stated. Mr.. Heard thinks there is
yellow Peril of vast proportions. Japan
has adopted the arts of Western civiliza.
ton for the qualification of her own ambi-
ton. and she now proposes to place herself
at the head of the Monaghan world, to
leaven the lump of China with her own
strenuous spirit, and to lead the cOnsoli-
dated yellow race in resistance to, if not
aggression upon, the white race. The
former Monaghan invasions of the West
are recalled. and the grim suggestion is
presented of another raid upon Europe by
millions of Chinese, differed and lead by
Japanese and equipped in the best manner
known to the military world.
| Despite the assertions Of Beavers's
friends that the Government did mt in
tend TO proceed with his trial for malfea-
1 sance as head of the Bureau of Salaries
and Allowances, 4 warrant was issued for