The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-13

functions to restrain the postmaster
general from further refusing to trans
NIT at second-clasa rates certain pub
lications issued by the Bates Z Guild
company Of Boston and the Ho0ghton-
AiAlin company, also Of Boston.
The monthly comparative statement
Of the government receipts and expen-
ditures shows the total receipts for
February. 1903. to have been $43 02S. .1is'
and the expenditures $37 7.750.74s. leav-
ing 4 surplus for the month OF $5.277,-
430. ~ against 3z.6s0.449 surplus for
February, 1909.
Rear Admiral A. 8. Crowninshield,
commanding the European squadron.
has asked to be placed on the retired
list OF the navy under the provision
OF the personnel Law. Admiral Crown
inshield ID now No. 20 on the list OF
rear admirals and his retirement will
place him In the nrst grade. whore his
retired pay will be S5.625 per annum.
His retirement will promite Captains
Cook and Harrington to BE- rear ad-
mirais-
Gov. W. r. Merriam, director Of the
census has placed his resiknati0n In
the hands Of the President It will take
effect May 18th. Governor Merriam re-
signs to accept the vice presidency Of
the International Mercantile Agency of
New York, and will remove from
Washington to that city. The Interna-
uonAl Mercantile Agency Is corpora
ton organized for the purpose of rat
ing credits in the United States and
Canada.
Captain Barclays Assignment to COM
mand the Puget Sound naval station
will take effect June 1st. He Will be-
come . rear admiral soon after that
date Captain Cook will be promoted
to be an admiral upon the retirement
Of Admiral Crovninshield, March 20th.
Captain Harrington, who stands num-
Der tvo on the list of captains, has
been assigned to the Norfolk navy
yard and Will become an admiral at
the same time az Captain Cook.
General Davis. commanding the
troops in the PHILIPPINES. cables that
the transport Thomas sailed from Ma
Mia March 9Th for San Francisco, with
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin, Brig.
Gen. Morris c. Foote. $50 enlisted men
of the Twenty-ffth. Twenty-seventh,
Thirty-hrst azd Thirty-sixth COM
panies. coast artillery, and the Four
teenth and Fifteenth batteries Of field
artillery, thirty-six sick, 11s casuals.
three insane and 1873 discharged SOL
diers
The amendment to the sundry civil
: appropriation bill. providing for the
appointment by the President Of
commission or the use Of other means
to bring about an understanding be-
tween this country and the silver
standard countries as to an equitable
ratio between silver and gold monies, 4
remained on the bill and became q 4
law. It is generally understood that
the President will open negotiations
with the countries in question, with
view to getting them to go into such .
conference. The appointment of
commission will probably come later.
One hundred Thousand dollars Is ap-
propriated to defray the expenses Of
the investigations
The secretary of war has sent to the
Senate records of courts martial held in
the Philippines since the military oc-
cupation Of those islands by the United
States, including the cases OF General
Smith and Major Glenn. The tran
script also covers the opinion by the
attorney general In the case of Capt.
C. M. Browneil. Sixth infantry, charged
with ordering the punishment which
resulted In the death ut Banate Of Fa-
ther Augustin, in which the attorney
general found that Brownell could on
II have bean tried by c0urt-martial.
and that now that he IL out Of the SER
vice and peaea has been proclaimed in
the Philippines. he ID not subject to
trial by . court Of tlaat character.
A Sweds WHO saye his name a. z. Z
Berg OF Providence, Rhode Island.
tried for IN hour to see the President.
He was urged by the White House At.
taches to reduce his communication to
writing. This he endeavored to do,
but failed. One Of the secret service
ofIicers interviewed him and found
him possessed Of hallucinationa. Berg
said that several years ago he had In
formed the United States government
that the 6pan1ards had intended to
blow up one Of his battleships. and
wanted the President to see to 1t that
he received S1oo. 600 for the informa-
ton. Berg was persuaded to return to
Providence and there place his claim
in the hands Of . lawyer.
The number Of bills introduced DUR
ing the Ftfty-sevsuth Congress aggre-
gated 1880. Of which 3e1s were re-
ported and more than 1900 passed.
The House calendar ID clsarer ct the I
close o. this Congress than Il svor has
been before, only seventy y-eight bills