The National tribune., 1907-01-17

and foundVallIabsolutely cor
rect. all money transactions properly
accounted for andsTthe disbursements
balanced to a cent. 81
This examination Of Maj. Evanss Of
fee completes an accounting Of 23k
years disbursements uf this officer.
amounting in total to $t90. 900, goo. and
at no time has an rerror been found
whereby the United States or the dis
bursting officer has lost oone cent Maj.
Evans entered the Department Of the
Interior In April. 1864. at the age of t6
years, as messenger1boy, appointed
on the special request OF President Lin
coin. Prior to hi; appointment he was
newsboy with the Army of the Poto-
mac. and saw much of the war. and
rendered good service to the troops in
ed under 16 Secretaries of the Interior.
The big ports of the country. where
the traffic Is heaviest, will receive the
largest share Of the improvements pro-
vided for in the River and Harbor bill,
which is reported to the House from
Chairman Burton's committee.
Nearly $20.0O0,000 is set aside for the
Atlantic Coast ports, about 100000
of which will be for a 35-foot channel
in Boston Harbor. Approximately s6.-
100000 will be reported for an addi-
tional lock in the 500 Canal, and So
500, 900 for an alternate channel in the
Detroit River. The Gulf ports of New
Orleans, Galveston. Pensacola, Mobile
and Gulfport will divide about $4,000
900.
Probably no provision will be made
for an addition to the present appro-
priation Of $2.000,000 for Mississippi
River levees and improvements. for the
project of q deep waterway from the
Lakes to St. Louis, and for 35-fOOt
channel at Philadelphia.
The bill contains appropriations
amounting to about sS0,o0o.0oo.
Here are some significant figures on
immigration:
The fiscal year ended June 80, 1906.
figures on the subject of immigration,
according to the annual report of Frank
P. Sargent, the Commissioner-Genera
of Immigration.
During that period, the report says
the population of the United States was
increased by the admission of 1,100,735
immigrant aliens, and 65,61S non-im-
migrant aliens entered at its ports
making the total admissions 1,166,353
The increase over last years record OF
1.059.755 U.026.499 aliens, plus 33,256
transits) was 106,59S. During the fis-
cal year 1905 11.480 aliens were re-
jected. and during the past year 12.432
OF the immigrant aliens, that Is, those
who intended settling in the United
States, there were 764,463 males and
336,272 females. The tendency Of i'm
migration during tine past few years
to gather its steady increase princi-
pally from the countries Of southern
Europe is referred to.
without exception" the report says
''the countries from which we former
ly obtained the greater part of oul
foreign population, and which are In.
habited by races nearly akin to Oul
own, have supplied us with smaller
numbers during the past stfyear than dur
ing 1905-Irelend, 1880; England, 49,
21S; Sweden, 3,23l;1 Germany. 800,
Denmark, 1929, and Scotland. LII
less. On the other hand, the four mos
considerable gains are: Italy, 5.165; Rus
sia, 20, 768; Greece, S,914, and Turkey
(in Europe and Asia), 5,165.
The Immigration from Austria Hun
gary amounted to r265,13S; - Italy, in.
Guiding Sicily and . Sardinia. 273, ,120i
Russian Empire and Finland. 215.665
China, 1,544; Japan, 1885; the Wes'
indies, 1856 9''
The immigration from southern and
eastern Europe, the Commissioner says
is result of general unrest existing
among the laboring classes of these sec.
tions, which Is encouraged or even fo-
mented by the agents of the transporta.
ton companies securing the country fol-
passengers and, the Commissioner says
more drastic measures are required tc
effect disccntinuance Of these steam
ship practises.
A statement issued Saturday by tht
Bureau of Statistics of the Department
| of Commerce and Labor announces thai
this country now ranks third In the
value of manufactures entering the
worlds international commerce, the
| amount Of its exports for the past veal
having aggregated more than $70e,
| 900. 900.
The exports have never approximatet
| those figures before, and the value Of
American trade in the foreign markets
the report adds, is twice as great nov
as eight years ago.
John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee
1.-The Handsome" and Mahon, of Penn.
| sylvania, 1.-The Homely." had a settle
| in the House the other day. or nearl,
so, somebody catching the coat tails o.
| Gaines just in time to prevent his be-
| ing crushed by his opponent before
the brilliant episodes of the week II
Congress. Mahon said that Gaines
| well. to be really parliamentary-ac
cused the Tennessee man Of telling ar
| untruth. Once upon a time Senator
ingalls,, Of Kansas, was flaying some
body alive In the Senate Chamber, anf
he said that IL he desired to be unpar
| liamentary, which he did not, he woult
| say that the Senator from So and 81
"lied,' but not desiring to use oppro
| brious epithets which would cause hin
| to be censured, he would not call tn,
| honorable gentleman a liar, but woul(
| just remark that he did not speak tht
| truth when it would answer his pur
pose better than a lie. Well, that l.
about what Mahon said to Gaines, anf
| Gaines wouldn't stand 1t. OF cours,
not. He Is a Southern gentleman. il
Gaines, and, furthermore. he is a gen
| tleman,- say what you please. and Ma
| hon had no business to speak as h
| did, and SO Gaines jumped for him
Fortunately friends held them apart
and later there were mutual apologies
| Mahon Is a great big loblolly sort of {
man, and Gaines Is 1.-the and slender.
The continued indisposition of Mrs
Fairbanks, wife Of the Vice President
| is causing her friends great alarm
| Mrs. Fairbanks Is a thoroly charmin,
| woman of many graces of mind ant
! character, and has always been deepl.
interested in all great charitable ant
| philanthropic movements, and has aid
| 10 md 1nvs nrayr