The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-01

81 .200, 900 will be received up TO p m'
January IL, and allotments VIII De
made February I, 1904.
Louis 4. Dent, registrar of WIS Tor
the District Of Colum bia. has resigned.
to take effect April l. II is under
stood that Corpora! James Tanner,
formerly commissioner of pensions, Is
to succeed Mr.. Dent.
Columbia Typographical Union has
appointed committee 10 go before
Congress and enter an earnest protest
against the installation of typesetting
machines in the government printing
Dffice. The claim is made that the ma
chimes cannot do the government work
Five hundred children. youthful sons
and daughters of members of the Cab
met. senator's. representatives, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, assistant
secretaries of departments. army and
navy officers and Washington -neWspa-
per correspondents. were the guests OF
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House on
the afternoon of December 26th.
The Navy Department is making ar
rangements for the better accommoda-
ton of enlisted men in the navy when
they are ashore. The English system
is being carefully considered and the
canteen looked into. The department
accounts for the many and frequent de-
sertions by fJack's" poor treatment
when ashore.
The postmaster general has award
ed the contract for leather straps for
letter carriers bundles, to Headley &
Farmer. of Newark, New Jersey, the
prices for the three sizes used being
4. and 6 cents each. or about one
third, it is stated at the Postoffice De-
partment, the amount paid for the
straps by A. w. Machen. former super
intendent of the free delivery system.
The brief of the state of Minnesota
In the suit of that state against the
Northern Securities Company has been
filed in the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States by Attorney General Doug
lass and Messrs. Mum and Wilson.
They contend that the merger of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
companies into the Northern Securities
Company was for the purpose OF sti-
fling competition.
The secretary of the treasury author
ICES the statement that the Philippine
land purchase bonds may be substitute
ed for government bonds now held as
security for public deposits on condi-
ton that the government bonds thus
released be used as security for addi-
tional circulation whenever in the
Judgment of the secretary of the treas
ury it is desirable to stimulate an in
crease in national bank circulation.
Rear Admiral Wise. commanding the
training squadron, has been ordered to
take his ships from New Orleans to
Pensacola, where they will spend some
time in exercises. The work of the
squadron has been interfered with by
the recent festivities in which 1t has
participated, and for that reason it has
been found necessary to decline the in
vitation from the city of Galveston for
the squadron to visit there In January.
In reference to the alleged interview
attributed to Maj. Gen. H. c. Merriam
to the effect that proposed promotion
of General Wood would be harmful to
the army, Secretary Root has received
a telegram from General Merriam,
dated Denver, in which he declares
that he has not authorized any. publi-
cations on any subject. 1t is under
stood that the generals statement
will be regarded as satisfactory at the
War Department.
The President has denied thirteen
applications for pardon. has granted
four pardons to restore civil rights,
and has exercised clemency in eleven
other cases. David V. Rieger, who
was convicted in Kansas City of mis-
applying certain credits of the Missou'
ri National bank of Kansas City, OF
which he was president. is pardoned
He was convicted in 1899 and sen
fenced to Imprisonment in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary for six years.
At the personal request of President
Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot and F. H
Newell, of the public land commission
will attend the conventions of the Ma.
tional Live Stock and National Woo
Growers associations. to be held ir
Portland, Oregon, January 18th to 18th
1t is the Presidents wish that Messrs
Pinchot and Newell obtain all inform.
alton possible from the discussions Of
forestry, irrigation and public lant
questions before the conventions, which
will be participated in by delegates
from western states. Land Commis
sioner Richards PRESIDENT of the com.
mission, is unable to attend the con
ventions by reason of pressure of du
ties in his department.
Frank NJ Higgins. chief examiner o
the Civil Service Commission, in his
annual report says that during the las
fiscal year there were 112.625 persons
examined for the classified service o1
the government and 40.423 appoint
ments to all branches of the service
OF the appointments twenty-four pei
cent. were purely clerical positions