The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-08
At Washington.

ously Ill for several years.
Secretary Hay is preparing a circular
note to the powers signatory to the
Hague convention, informing them of
the gratifying reception which his note
of Oct. %, inviting them to a second
peace conference, has met
The report of the department of agri-
culture, Monday, indicates a total pro-
duction of cotton in the United States
for the year 1904-1905, amounting to
Il, 282 TOO bales.
The estimates of appropriations re-
quired for the support of government
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1905,
were transmitted to Congress Monday,
by the secretary of the treasury. These
estimates aggregate 500, 500, 1852 as
| against $614 54S, 937 for the currest fiscal
| year.
| President Roosevelt has informed a
delegation representing the A malgama-
ted Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
] Plate orkers that he saw no way by
which be properly or legally could inter
fere to bring about settlement of the
strike of the union employees of the
/ Carnegie steel o, of youngstown and
Girard, Ohio, one of the Constituent
corporations of the United States steel
/ Corporation.
| Mr.. Hioko, the Japanese charged,
affaires, called at the state department,
Friday, and informed Assistant secre-
tary Loomis that the Japanese govern
ment had received the invitation of the
American government for second con-
ference at the Hague and the invitation
would be promptly presented to the
Diet The intimation is that the propo-
sition meets with Japanese favor
| The annual report of Commissioner
John ". Yerkes of the internal revenue
| bureau, shows that the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1904, the receipts of the bu-
reau were 1921, sos, 004, an increase of
81, 1885, 79 over the collections for the
year preceding. The cost of the COL
lection was 90 per cent as against OF
for the year 1903, and 2 81 per cent, the
average cost of collection since the
form alton of the bureau The estimated
receipts from all sources of internal
revenue for the fiscal year ended June
80 1906, are $3.50, 100000
Assistance was rendered to 1901 ves-
sells by United States life saving crews
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1905 according to the annual report of
the general superintendent of the life
saving service The lives of more than
$500 persons and property to the value
of nearly seven millipn dollars were in
VOWED In this work The crews also
rescued lob persons not on board vessel q
| from various perious situations, and
through signal warnings of the beach
patrols saved from possible disaster 16l
vessels in danger of stranding The YES
, aulu r I
tonnage.
Exports from the United States to
Canada during the year about to terml-
nate seem likely to exceed in total val ne
tn So of any earlier year The Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, through
the Bureau of Statistics, has just pre-
pared table showing the total COM
merce of the United States with Canada
! during the ten months ending with
October, also, the total imports into the
United Sta es from, and exports from
the United states to Canada, in each
fiscal year from 1850 to and including
| 1904 The former statement shows that
the total exports from the United States
! to Canada in the ten months ending
with October 1904 were GIG 775 $50,
against Sill S34, 763 in the correspond
months of 1903, and $93, 1872 304 in the
corresponding months, of 1902 The
| fiscal year statement shows that our i'm
ports from Canada grew from S33 264
403 in 1855 to $51, 400 POO in 1904 and
that our exports To Canada grew from
| S28, 800 402 in 1855 to $131. 274 346 in
1908 The more rapin growth in our
| exports to Canada has occurred during
recent years.
The differences between the United
States and Panama which made neces
sarY the visit of Secretary of War Taft
to the isthmus, have been settled, by
the issuance of statement by Taft for
| President Roosevelt and assented to in a
letter by President Amador of Panama
Representative Littlefeld of Maine on
| Tuesday introduced his bill rtqnriug
corporations make annual reports to
the commissioner of corporations, giving
a detailed statement OF their condition.
Representative Roberts of Massachu-
sets introduced a bnl, Tuesday, provid-
ing pension of Sl5 month for the
widows of union soldiers, sailors and
marines.
| Senator Thomas {. Plat of New York
has introduced bill providing for the
reduction of the representation of GER
tain States in Congress-, principally in
the South.
Major William Wirner of Kansas City,
Mo, United States attorney for the
western district of Missouri, was offered
the Office of commissioner of pensiono
and declined the proffer
A large batch of nominations were
sent to the Senate by the President,
| Tuesday, many of them recess appoint
ments, which included four cabinet pO-
sitions, Attorney general, William II.
Moody of Massachusetts,; postmaster
general, Robert J. Wynne of Pennsyl-
vania; secretary of the navy, Paul Nor
ton of Illinois; secretary of commerce
and labor, Victor b Metcalf of Cali
fornia. he post office appointments in.
cude the following: Maine, Freeman
d. Dearth. Dexter; Montrose E Hill,
Old Orchafd; Charles r Plumley, Lin
coin. In the naval promotions the fol-
I lowing we're nominated to be rear ad-
mirals: Captain William f. Foer Cap
tain Francis w. Dickens, Captain George
f. Wilde, Captain harles II. Davis,
Captain Charles :. Train, Captain
George w. Pigman, Captain George A.
! Converse
On Wednesday in the Senate, Mr..
! Plat, New York created something of
a stir by introducing the bill providing
for reduction Of the congre ssional rep
resentation of the southern states on
the ground that many of the citizens of
those states werA deprived of their right
to vote, and MI. colt plunged the SEN
ate into an exceptionally early debate
/ nv attpmutinp 10 secure the passage of