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American isthmus during thel last fiscal
year is told with much detail in the re-
port of the Canal Commission. 1t
show that the total cost Of the canal
to date, including the $29,OOO,OOO appro-
printed for the year 1909, is S120,-
964,4GS With m average Of 43,OoI
workers on the pay roll, the death rate
per thousand was 1882, less han half
of the previous year. The decrease
was especially among the blacks, and
this t~estities to improved sanitation.
During the year 923 patients in the hos
pitfalls died out of 1883 treated. Ma
chinery in use at the end OF the year
included 1O1 steam shovels. 80 Ameri-
can and French locomotives, 3,45l
American cars and $50 French cars, 70
cranes, 80 unloaders, 9 track shutters,
1S pile drivers. % earth ~spreaders and
46 unloading plows. All the settlements
were supplied with electric lights. num-
bcring 1866 sixteen-candle lights.
The annual report Of Postmaster
General Meyer discloses Il deficit OF
Flo''l',-tc. Tx lEVSt III Nhr hASsoiS
of the department, the increase in reve-
nue. having been oaly half the ordinary
rate Of recent years. The chief cause
of the deficit is the large increase OF
the rural free delivery system. which
cost S34. 1861 400. TIL Postmaster Gen
eral recommends now a parcel post adj
dition to TIE rural delivery, believing
that it would be not only Of great ben
eft to the farmers. but would earn mill
ion for the postal service. Further
more, it is urged that such a service
would help the small local stores.
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A new counterfeit So silver certih
cate, Indian head, has been discovered
by the secret service officials, who de-
clare that it is a dangerous and decep-
tive counterfeit. It Is said to be par
ticularly deceptive by reason OF the
fact that it is painted on genuine paper,
which has been obtained by bleaching Il
note Of smaller denomination, probably
a 81 bill.
Captain Emmett Crawford, Of the
Third United States cavalry, who was
killed in the attempt to capture &c
ronimo twenty-five years ago, is to be
honored with a place in the National
cemetery. The remains have lain at
Kearney, Neb., since 1856. They will
be disinterred and transferred to Ar
lington cemetery, and there reburied
with military honors. .
Preliminary to making its report thu
national monetary commission held its
first formal meeting in Washington.
The decision was reached to draft a
set Of questions to be submitted to for
eign bankers and authorities, the an
swers to which it is expected will be
valuable in the preparation OF a general
financial measure for the United States.
The Navy Department has ordered
that the official address Of the naval
station at Guam hereafter h be In
the Marianne Stands instead OF the
Ladrone Islands, which they were
named under Spanish rule. Ladrone is
Spanish for robber, and the inhabitants
claimed that such a suggestive lame
did them injustice.
A grand total of $2,069, 2S9. 1876
worth of mineral products in the Unit
ed States during the past year is an
bounced by the geological survey. Of
this amount Sligo. 165, 191 were non.
metallic, $685. ,0O5 metallic, n
500, 900 not specified. The mineral
products for the previous year aggre,
gated 81, 9o4,OO7,O34.
The National CONGREGATIONAL Com.
mission, which grew out of the first
conference of governors and other not
able men at the White House last win.
ter, completed its inventory OF the ma.
tons resources, with the aid OF the
executive departments of the govern
ment, and these facts were reported at
q meeting of the commission.
49,
The total receipts of the Federal
Land office for the year were Sl2,715,-
7O9. an increase over the previous year
of 81, 1922 31. The total area Of and
originally entered during the year Is
10, 1856 acres, a decrease OF 10000
acres. as compared with 1907. The to-
tai area upon which final proof was
made is S,0GS,04 4 acres.
49,
General revision of h American
| financial system cannot be hoped for at
the coming session of Congress, but the
members Of the national monetary com.
mission expect there will be a law pass.
ed corrective Of some OF the developed
evils in the administrative features OF
banking.
The report of Second Assistant Post
master General Stewart tells of a big
saving to the government from the new
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