The Pensacola journal., 1906-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER
rsnAnial cotrespondencs.1

for China prescrtbes his duty under
the treaty granting extraterritoriaI ju-
risdiction.
This court, which will supplement the
consular courts, in existence since
1850. is to have exclusive jurisdiction
in all criminal cases involving more
than 500 fine or sixty days imprison-
ment and In all civil cases involving
IN amount greater than $500.
Court is to be held annually at
Shanghai in the east, Hankow in the
interior, Tientsin IN the north, Canton
in the south and in other consular ju-
risdictions If deemed advisable.
The Judge is to receive an appoint
ment for fifteen years at salary OF
$1,000 annually and expenses when on
circuit not to excead SO per day.
white House Expenses.
That there has been q considerable
increase in the cost Of running the
White House is shown by comparing
the appropriations for the fiscal year
1907 with those for the fiscal year
1900, the last Of Mr.. McKinley's ad-
ministration, and with 1896, the last
year Of the Cleveland administration.
The office of secretary to the presi-
dent will cost S66,a40 for the fiscal year
1907 against $44.34O in 1900 and $685.
200 in 1896. The contingent expenses
fund has been increased from $12,OOE
under the Mckinley and Cleveland ad-
ministrations to $4,000 a year. There
has been 100 per cent increase in the
item Of fuel for the mansion, green
houses and stable This now costs So
900 a year, while heretofore the appro-
priation has been $1,000 year.
Rubber Tires For Fire Engines.
Engines and the other apparatus OF
the fire department are to be equipped
with rubber tires. This will be done
gradually as the money becomes avail
able. Chief Belt believes these tires
will be less expensive in the end, con-
ducive to speed 5nd viii lessen acci-
dents. Commissioner Macfarland has
agreed that one engine shall at once
be equipped with rubber. The first
equipment will cost between $500 and
S4OO, but it is believed that when the
others are ready for equipment the
work can be done at a lower cost.
Uncle SANS Coast Line.
In the course Of recent speech Rep
resentative Ryan Of Buffalo said there
was a total Of 1880 nautical miles Of
coast lines in the United States the
year 1905, on which there are 1882
lights and so light vessels. The cost
Of their maintenance in 1905 amounted
to S3,7O4,451.24. In England, Scotland
and Ireland there were 5.464 nautical
miles of coast line on which there were
1,016 lights and 81 light vessels, cost
ing S2,569, ,699.75 to operate.
The Keep COHlmissiOn's Work.
It is oficiaIly stated that the Keep
commission hopes to make partial re-
port to the president as TO conditions in
the governmental departments some
time this summer. Just when it does
not know. The commission has small
size army Of government employees
busy along different lines. There are
subcommittee galore, with meeting
places and consideration Of everything
pertaining to their details.
Fine Church Planned.
The general conference Of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church South has de-
cided to erect at the national capital
a church to cost $275,OO0.
The plans for the erection Of a rep
resentative church of this denomina-
ton here, it is understood, involve the
abandoning Of the present Mount Yer
non Place church. The membership Of
this church will become the member
ship Of the new church. and in every
sense the entity of the Mount Vernon
place organization. will be retained.
1t is for these reasons that the Mount
Vernon church is asked to contribute
$4,000 toward the project. this being
the estimated value Of that church's
present holdings.
Representative Churches.
A church building costing S275,OO0
will be among the most costly ecclesi-
astical structures Of which this city
can boast and ought to be a magnif-
cent monument to Southern Method
ism at the national capital.
This movement on the part Of the
Southern Methodists is In line with a
Protestant Episcopal and a Presby-
terian movement for the erection Of
representative chlrches in this city.
In the former instance II takes the
form of a national Protestant Episco-
pal cathedral at St Adams, D. c., and
In the latter instance is manifested In
the recent union Of the New York
Avenue and Assembly Presbyterian
churches with a view to the develop |
ment OF great Institutional organiza- !
ton and house Of worship.
stature OF Army Omcers.
Five feet FIVE inches is the minimum
height for commissioned officers enter |
ing the army from civil life fixed by
a general order published by General |
Bell, chief Of staf Of the army. The !
provision applies 20 candidates for ap-
pOintment as commissioned officers
either in the line or the staff.