The state herald., 1904-06-03


lief fund s150.OO0 to enable the Moros
to build roads through the Lake La
mao region.
Through our ministers abroad the
naval attaches of the United States
have been instructed to report upon
the number and the danger to neutral
| shipping from war mines floating OFF
| the Mancuran coast. This informa-
| tion will be placed in the hands of the
naval board. which will submit its
| views to the President and II occasion
| warrants 1t, representations will be
made to the belligerents.
The Postoffice Department has an
nounced that navigation on the iulna
| river in Alaska is reopened ami that
mail matter may be accepted by post
Offices for transmission to and iest-
nation in Alaskan territory. This also
includes Dawson and all other places
| In Yukon territory. The first trip up
the Yukon was made by the steamer
| Portland, which was equipped with an
| Ice prov and which caIxied approNi-
mately $4,000 pounds of mail matter.
! An order has been issued by the
( Postofiicc Department for the payment
of salaries of star route mail carriers
and mail messengers monthly, instead
| of every three months. The officials
1 hope to inaugurate the monthly pay
ments August LIST for salaries for July.
! There are 325 star route carriers in Col
orado and siXty-seven mail messen-
gers: New Mexico has lGl star route and
twenty-three mail messengers and wy
oming 1872 star route and nineteen mail
messengers.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the plan adopted by Commits
| sioner Richards of the General Land
/ Office for surveying and making
boundary line for distance OF 200
miles between Wyoming and South Da-
| kota and Wyoming and Montana. The
contract for the South Dakota-Wyom-
ing boundary survey will be given TO
| T. +. Stable of Cheyenne and of the
Montana Wyoming line to Deputy Sur
| veyor Peck of South Dakota. The
| boundary will be marked with iron and
granite monuments. There is $4,000
available for the work.
The Indian bureau has received the
official report on the water for domes-
d, tic purposes in the proposed 100000 In
Juan river near Pennington. New Mex
: leo. An analysis of the waters taken
from the San Juan and from well
mored 1000 feet away from that river
has been made by DR. r. H. Forbes of
! the Agricultural College at Tucson. DR.
Forbes favors well water for domestic
uses. The problem of getting health
ful and adequate wter supply has been
/ ha ri
Forbes report asserts there is plenty OF
pure water in the we'll The work of
preparing plans for the new Indian
school will be pushed TO completion.
Actual work will likely be commenced
before the close Of the present sumemr.
Governor Wright has cabled the
secretary OF war. making the follow
ing quotations from dispatch sent to
General Wright by General Wood:
No disturbance in Cottobato valley.
There was fight with band of out
laws under All. who is as much an
enemy of peaceful Mores as OF ours.
All Moros in valley are at work and
friendly, and. for the first time In his
tory, are taking out cedulas. Have Ia
ken out $500 in last two weeks. Not
the slightest cause of anxiety
General Wright does not anticipate
any serious trouble with the Moros
They have no chief of prominence
around whom they could gather. they
are divided into very small groups.
commanded by insignificant dattos. In
tensely jealous and at general war
with each other. The Moro act abol-
ishing slavery and establishing form
OF government wholly at variance with
what has existed heretofore naturally
has produced some dissatisfaction, but
he regards serious opposition as i'm,
probable, II not impossible.
The following is apropos to the ap-
polntmeat OF Secretary Cortelyou as
chairman Of the Republican national
committee: This is the day OF the
young man. George II. Cortelyou Is
about to step into the shoes worn by
Edwin D. Morgan Zach Chandler. II.
=. Jones. Matthew Stanley Quay and
Marcus A. Hanna. with the exception
Of Thomas II. Carter who was thirty
eight when chairman, he Is the young.
est man to become chairman OF ma.
tlonal committee and the manager OF
n national campaign. says the New
York Herald Mr. Cortelyou Is In his
forty.frst year William r. Harrlty
was forty.two when he took charge OF
the last successful fight the Democrats
made for the presidency In 1892, Ed.
win d. Morgan OF New York was forty.
three when he managed the first Of
the three campaigns which he con.
Quoted for the Republican party In
1856, 1860 and 1864 All Of these men
had participated In political afialrs MS
delegates TO conventions, and most Of
them would be regarded as practical
politicians. Mr., Cortolyou has not
been the first private secretary Of
President TO become n Cabinet minis.
ter. Daniel Lamont and John Hay
have preceded him, but he Is the first
private secretary who rose TO his pres,
ont position from n subordinate gov.
ornmont Job and who n to be advanced
to the cminonco Of titular head Of his
party.