The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-11-10
At W ashington.

The last of the census bulletins giving
the returns on cotton ginned for the
present yeer up to Oct Is asst, has been
issued. 1t shows the total number 4
running bales to be 1891, 179, as against
$500, 627 running bales for last year
Counting the round bales included IL
these totals as half bales. the balance for
1904 is reduced to G, All, 894
A telegram has been received al the
navy department, saying that the gun
boat Bancroft has left Puerto Plata,
San Domingo, for st. Thomas. This
movement is accepted at the department
to mean that affairs are quiet in san
Domingo, and that there Is at present no
occasion for the presence of a United
States warship
The state department has received
word from St. Petersburg indicating
that passports OF American Hebrew citi-
zens travelling in Russia were likely to
be recognized soon.
Members of tho House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce have
arranged to make trip to the Panama
Canal zone, starting from New York on
Nov. LIST for the purpose of acquiring in
formation as basis of legislation They
will be accompanied by their wives, by
other representatives, and also by sew
eral United states senators. The trans
port -umner will be placed at their dis
posal for the tour.
Rear Admiral c NJ Chester. chief of
the Naval Observatory, has submitted a
recommendation for provision for q
naval expedition in 1905 to observe the
total solar eclipse. He purposes to
select an observation station among the
high hills bordering on the Mediterran-
can, 10 work with some ship as a base.
and another station in the uplauds, with
headquarters on board vessel on the
northeast coast of spain.
Joseph q. stevens, American consu
at Plymouth, Eng, has just sent sig
nifcaut report 10 the Department If
Commerce und Labor explaining the
great food Of immigration TO this
country from England and Ireland
There is, it is asserted no greater men
ace to lreland's future than this appal.
ing drain 10y immigration. 1t is draw.
ing out OF the country the best of its
peasant classes for America. and leaving
the undesirables behind Never before
have the Irish people manifested such a
ueterm natlOu 10 lehNe iHtF country.
At present they are leaving at the rate
of 20O0 a week, aud no argument ad-
vanced to keep them on their island has
the slightest effect.
Overtures have been made by the State
department. on behalf of the ar de-
partment, To the governments of Japan
and Russia for the purposes Of securing
permission for the detail of medical Of
ticers of our army as military attaches in
the field with the armies Of those
1t is desired that opportunt-
ty be offered for experienced medical
efforts to observe the medical equipment
of the two armies. Our military OBJ
servers in the field have already report
ed many interesting facts concerning the
medical equipment of the beligerent
armies, and II is now considered advisa
Bile that further observations be made
by medical officers.
1t can be stated that Admirvl Dewey
will, of course, be given the refusal of
this mission and his acceptance will be
most agreeable 10 the officials. The adj
miral has given no intimation as To his
decision should the present program Of
the British government be carried out.