Morning Oregonian., December 01, 1900, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OKE(30OTA2J, SATUBDAY, DEOEMBEK 1', 190Q.
ROOT'S ARMY BILL
War -Department's Plan for
Reorganization.
IN HANDS OF HOUSE COMMITTEE
Elastic Arrangrenlent "by Whlbfi the
i'Treildpnjt, in His Discretion, Slay
Increase Its Strcnsth.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. The &Mlse
Committee on illjltary Affairs has made,
public a letter received from Secretary
Boot transmitting a draft of a bill pre
pared by the War Department for the
reprganlzatlon of the Army. ..
In the bill the minimum number of -men
is fixed for each organization, -with a
proviso that the President may in his
discretion increase the number of. enlisted
men in any troop, hattery or company,
provided that the total 'number of. en
listed men authorized for the Army by
Congress shall not at any time be ex
ceeded. The peace strength of each troop,
battery and company Is fixed in this bill
as now authorized by existing law.
The number of refctments has ""been in
creased by five of cavalry, five of Infantry,
numbers which would correspond to live
regiments of artillery and two battalions
of engineers. As the increase in the ar
tillery Is Intended for sea-coast defenses,
the only Increase of the rgular Army
for the field service will be 10 additional
regiments of cavalry and infantry and tho
two battalions of engineers.
The bill contains provisions for a better
distribution of Chaplains, tor authorizing
veterans of the war with Spain to wear
on occasions, of ceremoriy their uniform
similar to the authority given by Congress
to veterans of the Civil War; authority
for the retirement with an increased
grade of veterans of the two wars the
Civil War and the War with Spain; foe
the addition of a nurse corps, the neces
sity for whieh has been developed during
tho past two years for preliminary sur
veys for the establishment of camps for
the militia and Regular Army.
To replace the volunteers and regulars
who will be discharged prior to July 1
and give an army of sufficient size to
meet the exigencies now confronting It,
or such as may hereafter occur, provision
has been made so that the President may
Increase the number of enlisted men
without tho creation of new organiza
tions. Tho bill provides for a minimum and.
maximum organization as follows:
Fifteen regiments of cavalry, S03 each
minimum. 12,045; maximum, 18,525. , -
Artillery corps, 30 field, 126 coast mint
imum, l,920; maximum 18,920.
Thirty regiments infantry, 803 each
minimum 24.480; maximum, 55.0SO.
Three battalions engineers and band
minimum, 1231; maximum, 195L
Miscellaneous organization, including
guards for arsenals, "West Point detach
ments, non-commlsloned staff officers,
etc. minimum, 2215; maximum, 25S7,
Grand total minimum, 58,924; maximum,
86.76C.
The bill provides for a Lieutenant-General,
six ilajor-Generals and 15
Brigadier-Generals. The number of Cap
tains, First Lieutenants and Second Lieu
tenants of the cavalry and Infantry are
Increased from 12 to 15 for each regiment.
Three of the Captains shall be available
for detail as Adjutant Quartermaster
and Commissary; three First Lieutenants
lor squadron and battalion Adjutants and
three Second Lieutenants for squadron
Quartermasters and Commissary.
Provision for the discontinuance of the
artillery arm, as at present organized, is
made by organizing an artillery corps
known as coast artillery and field artil
lery. Officers of artillery are to be placed
on one list for promotion according to
seniority. The corps will have a chief
of artillery detailed from the Colonels,
and while serving in this capacity he
w 111 have the rank and pay of a Brigadier
General. There -Bill be in addition 13
Colonels, 13 Lieutenant-Colonel. 89 Ma
3Qrs, 1S2 Captains, 19S First Lieutenants
and 192 Second Lieutenants. The Cap
tains and Lieutenants when not re
quired for duty with batteries will be
available as staff officers during garrison.
Each battery of coast and field artillery
shall be organized as at present. The
increase in the artillery shall be 20 per
cent each year for five years until the
maximum of 1S.920 men Is reached.
The Adjutant-General will have the
rank of a Major-3neral, and his corps
Is Increased one Lieutenant-Colonel and
10 Majors.
The Inspector-General's Department Is
Increased one Lieutenant-Colonel and six
Majors. The Judge Advocate's depart
ment Is Increased one Colonel and three
Majors.
The Quartermaster's Department is In
creased twp Colonels end one Lieutenant
Colonel, four Majors and 4 Captains. To
fill the grade pf Captains, volunteers not
over 36 years of age may be appointed.
The Subsistence Oepartment is Increased
one Colonel, one LleulCnant-Colonel, one
Major aiyl 13 Captains.
The Medical Department is increased
two Colonels, two LleutenantColonels.
10 Majors, 117 Captains and First Lieu
tenants. The Pay Department Is Increased one
Colonel, one lieutenant-Colonel, and the
number of Majors Is fixed at "nine Instead
of 20. as at present, with 27 Captains.
The Majors in the Pay Department at
present will hold that rank, but no promo
tions are to be made until the number
of Majors is reduced below nine. To
Jill the vacancies of Captains, men serv.
lng as additional Paymasters not over
40 years may be selected.
The Engineer Cprps is Increased five
Captains. 14 First Lieutenants and 21
Second Lieutenants. Promotions are to
be made by seniority, and vacancies are
to be filled from the regular Army. The
Ordnance Bureau Is Increased one Lieutenant-Colonel
and seven First Lieuten
ants, The Signal Corps Is Increased two Ma
jors, four Captains, nine First Lieuten
ants, and, during the present emergency,
the President is authorized to continue
for tiie detail in the Philippines. 10 First
Lieutenants and 10 fjecond Lieutenants as
volunteer signal officers.
All tho promotions in the staff created
tmdor the act are to be made from the
present staff corps, and when vacancies
occur by retirement or otherwise, the pro
motions shall be made by seniority. Va
cancies that cannot bo filled by such pro
motions are to be filled from the detail
from the line of the Army, the detail
lasting four years, after which the offi
cer shall not be available for staff duty
until he has served two years In the line.
The provision for filling vacancies at
the head of the various staff corps is as
follows:
"That upon the occurrence of a vacancy
in the office of the Adjutant-General, Inspector-General,
Judge Advocate-General,
Quartermaster-General, Commissary-General.
Paymaster-General. Chief of Ord
nance or Chief Signal Officer, the Presi
dent may appoint the chief of any pf
the said departments or corps from the
officers of the Army at large not below
the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel. Pro
vided, that chiefs of staffs, corps or
departments shall be appointed for terms
to continue four years, unless sooner ter
minated by the President, and while fo
serving shall have the rank, pay and al
lowance now authorized for chiefs of said
qorps pr .departments, and provided., that
when any officer serving a detail as chief
of staff, corps or department, is retired,
he shall be returned with rank and pay
npw authorized for the chief of such itaff,
corps or department."
It is provided also that officers below
the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel, In any
of the above-named departments, si-all
tferve one year in the line but Khali not
lose their places In the staff corps.
Tho above-quoted provision is one of
the most Important andxadlcal of the
changes proposed by the bllL It xmounts.
In effect, to thB abolition of the 'staff
corps as a permanent institution, 5n vyhjch
officers now serve throughout iftelr mili
tary career. The proposition that I'ne
officer? be appointed to do staff duty for
a definite period, and at the conclusion
of that term return again to the line, has
been strenuously advocated by many of
the best military authorities in this coun
try for years. -It-is a. pet idea of ex
Secretary of War Proctor, now one of
the members of the Senate committee
on military affairs. According to the pro
vision as it now stands, tho full effect
of it will not bo worked out for several
years, as It Is not proposed tp make the
provision applicable to present members
of the staff corps above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
The provision for filing of vacancies
that may occur by reason of the promo
tion o? officers under the proposed act Is
as follows:
"That vacancies In the grade of field
officers and Captain created by this act,
in the cavalry, artillery and infantry,
shall be filled by promotion according to
seniority In each branch respectively.
UNITED STATES
ARTICLES EXPORTED.
Cattle, number
Hogs, number
Horses, number
Mules, number
Sheep, number ,
"Wheat, bushels
Wheat, flour, barrels .1
Salmon, pounds
Apples, dried, pounds
Apples, green or ripe, barrels
Prunes, pounds T..
Hops, pounds
Butter, pounds
Cheese, pounds
Eggs, dozens
Lumber, M., feet .
Wool, pounds .
34,06
1.H5
am
1.61
7.O0
H,WiV.i
5.122.434
452.17S
47,6
345,759
3,331.305
3,428,54
2S1.0S
S2.8Q0
223,300
Vacancies existing as the promotions havo
been made shall bo provided for as fol
lows: "A sufficient number shall be reserved
lor the next graduating class at the Unit
ed States Military Academy: officers now
holding commissions In the volunteer
Army and whose age does not exceed 32
years at the date of the passage of this
act, may be ordered before boards of of
ficers for such examination as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of War. Vol
unteer officers who established their fit
ness before these examining boards may
be. appointed to the grade of Second Lieu
tenant In the regular Army. Volunteer
officers so appointed to the grade of Sec
ond Lieutenant shall be arranged accord
ing to rank on a separata list. All va
cancies then existing in the grade of First
Lieutenant in each arm of the 'service
shall bo, filled from this list and the lin
eal lsts of Second Lieutenants, according
to seniority, as determined by length of
prior command service; but nothing here
in contained shall change the relative
rank of officers heretofore commissioned
as Second Lieutenants in regular Army.
"When the vacancies In tho grade of
First Lieutenant shall have been filled
from the two lists, the names of the re
maining Second Lieutenants shall then be
placed on one list la each branch, ar
ranged as to seniority, according to the
dates of their commissions, and promo
tions thereafter shall be made as pro
vided for in existing laws."
Provision Is made for the retirement of
any officer who has been suspended from
duty. This would apply to General Eagan,
Commissary-General.
The President is authorized to enlist
and organize natives of tho Philippines In
organizations similar to the cavalry and
Infantry to the number of 12,000, the offi
cers for such organization to be selected
from the regular Army. The highest offlr
cers In command of the natives shall be
Majors. When natives by their service
and character show fitness for command,
the President Is authorized to make pro
visional appointments In the grade ot
Second and First Lieutenants.
A regiment of Porto Rlcans Is also au
thorized. An official statement in connection with
Secretary Root's Army reorganization bill
was Issued at the War Department to-
day, as follows:
"There has been considerable difference
In the promotions of various staff corps
since the War of the Rebellion, which has
led from time to time to epeclal legisla
tion with a view to rectifying inequali
ties. In the new bill which has been pre
sented to Congress, the Secretary of War
has caused to be adopted a ratio as fol
lows: To each Colonel there shall bo one
half Heutenant-Colopel and three Ma
jors; and to each Major of staff three
Captains. This has been made to apply
to the departments except the engineers'
and medical departments. The engineers
already have a greater proportion, of
high-grade officers than would be au
thorized under this scheme, but no re
duction has been made In the corps. The
Increase has been made at the bottom.
The duties of the engineers are largely
connected with river and harbor Im
provements.0 HARRISOX WECL BE DROPPED.
Ex-President's Son Has Jfo Aptitude
lor the Army.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Lleutenant-Colouel Russell B. Harrison,
son of ex-President Harrison, will cease
to be an officer of the Army December 1.
Earnest representations of friends and
personal appeals made to the President
and Secretary of War have failed, and he
will be discharged in accordance with the
orders Issued while Secretary Root was in
Cuba.
This action Is taken In spite of the fa
vorable recommendation of Brigadler-lGen-eral
Cockridge, Inspector-General, who Is
chief of the corps of which Lieutenant
Colonel Harrison was a volunteer member,
and It Is understood that Lleutenant-Gen-eral
Miles favored his retention. The
President decided, however, that the ac
tion of the War Department was Justi
fiable, and Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison
must go.
In explanation ot the determination of
the President and the Secretary of War
to drop Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison from
the list, a high official of the War Depart
ment said that he had been in service
longer than any ot the other sons of the
noted men appointed, during and subse
quest to the war with Spain. James G.
Blaine, Stewart M. Brice and others Jof
prominent families were discharged
months ago.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison, It Is said,
has shown no special aptitude for the
Army, and as the Department of Porto
Rico, to which he was attached, was re
cently abolished, there was no further
need for his services.
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GOLD. IN THE TREASURY
STJEPBY 50W OJf RAX$ BREAKS ALL
RECORDS;
The Government's Accumnlatlon
Amounts to -Nearly Four-Huhirw4
and Seventy-Are Millions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. The largest
stock of gold and bullion ever held Jn the
United States is now accumulated in tho
Treasury and Its branches. The total has
been rising steadily during the whole of
the present year, and la now $474,10S,333.
or about 176,000.030 greater than at the
close of 1S99. This gbia IS not all the di
rect property Sf the United States, tiit is
held against outstanding gold certificates.
The amount of these, -less the amount In
the Treasury and its branches, was $230,
755.S09 Wjgancsgay., Jf-U the remaining
EXPORTS OF ARTICLES THAT OREGON PRODUCES.
September.
Nine
1599.
1900.
1S3S.
3 I
a
'3
:
R524.S20!
40.01'
$3,056,803
2.S00J
Z3,m
4G0.3S9
9.?6
9S3.943
KM.S03I
26,335
S.RT 5,754
6.B79.330
6.493
696,247
30,231
6.149
376,550
10.03S
156.002
10.326,OS5
7,S,olS
6.034.4&4
95,367.3(1
11.193.409
92,372,272
2.W7.GS1
50.7O).S6d
515,413
23.334
4.74L377
513.490
9.471.US2
S77.332
L0S9.4S8
187,520
9,426
17.3Jjl.M4
116.O04J
,&99
102.SK
.205.171
645,033
1S.7S2. 123,0S5
6.WS
S2.&49
243.224
3.990.005
247,5o
1,553,756
.1,692439
2.653.629
4S.570I
6S.DS9
10,214,751
10;633.S20
32,757,641!
&SS,iJZ
374,294
E0.5S3J
l,S92,953i
4.83S.0E5
524.695
S&U29
57,331
1,415,363,
65S.737
217,1371
10,107,446)
S.470
1,410,661
23,045
22.701
l,U,t
53,09S
gold, amounting to about $243,000,000, be
longs to the Treasury as a part of the
reserve fund of 3150,000,000.
Tho influx of gold into the Treasury
comes partly from the new gold from the
Klondike and other mines, but its reten
tion is due to the pressure for currency,
which leads to the acceptance of, gold
certificates and other paper money In
preference to coin. The Treasury recent
ly has been shipping small notes In, large
quantities to New Orleans and other
points upon deposits of gold In tho New
York Subtreasury by the New York re
serve agents of the Southern banks.
The fact that 1474,108,336 is thus accumu
lated in a sene under a single authority
enables an estimate to he made of some
of tho other visible gold resources of the
country. The National banks reported
gold holdings September E of about $132,
000,000, of which amount $115,013,140 was in
the gold certificates issued by the Treas
ury. The remainder, about $187,000,000, if
added to the visible gold In the Treasury,
makes a total In these two classes of
establishments alone of about $S70,0.000.
This Is more than the entire estimated
stock of gold in the D"nited States at the
close of 1E95L The gold supply of the
country the last day of 1896 was estimated
at $622,947,212. The estimated amount No
vember 1, 1900, was $1,080,027,407, and It is
probable that the report for December 1
win snow at least i,iiw,wu. ins i
Treasury officials are confident that the J
will show at least $1,100,000. itia
round sum of $475,000,000 In Treasury gold
holdings Kill soon be attained, and that
even $500,000,000 1b not beyorid reasonable
expectations.
SECRETARY WILSON'S REPORT.
Work of the Department of Agri
culture lor & Year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. The annual
report of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
states that during the quarantine season
of 1899 over 1,000,000 cattle were moved
under the supervision of the bureau dis
tricts Infected with the southern cattle
tick. The sheep Industry has suffered
greatly from sheep stab, and much time
and attention have been given to secur
ing jts control and eradication. Results
go far are encouraging, and the Secretary
believes that a few more years of earnest
work will effectually eradicate the dis
ease. The work of preparing serum for treat
ing hog cholera and swine plague and ex
periments in treatment therewith are con
tinued with encouraging results. Oyer
1,000,000 dozens of bhick-lec vaccine have
been distributed during the year. Sum
marized reports of 2000 cattle-owners tes
tify to its efficiency. Considerable space
Is given to the consideration of tubercu
losis, "the mose prevalent and destruct
ive disease affecting mankind and domes
ticated animals."
Experimental shipments of dairy prod
ucts aae still continued, and shipments. of
butter have been, extended to Cuba and
Porto Rico. The Secretary earnestly rec
ommends an Inspection ot dairy products
designed lor export.
National legislation on the question
of food adulterations is urged as essen
tial to supplement the work done by the
several states. Elabprate work In the In
vestigation of food adulteration has been
continued.
Most satisfactory reports are received
from California as to tho result of the
entomological work In the Introduction of
the Insect which fertilizes the Smyrna
fig. In one locality more than elx tons
of Smyrna figs have been produced.
An imported parasite has been Intro
duced to prey upon the olive scale so In
jurious to the olive growers of California.
Secretary Wilson cites the introduction
of wheat from Russia, Hungary and Aus
tria, greatly exceeding in yield our pres
ent Varieties, and points out that if as
the result of these introductions the wheat
yield of tho United States -should be In
creased by one bushel per acre this would
mean at the farm price for wheat In JSS9
an addition of $26,000,000 to the income of
our farmers.
As a result 6t experiments conducted In
Texas under the supervision of the divi
sion ot agriculture the" grazing pastures
have been so much improved that where
three years ago they were estimated as
capable ot supporting pne eteer to 16
acres, they will now maintain In g$d
qpndltion one steer to eight acres, a gain
of 100 per cent.
Warning Is given of the possible dangpr
of the Introduction and dissemination 'of
the Belgian hare, and the destruction of
prairie dogs has become a practical ques
tion of great Interest; to tho farmers, ,
The Secretary notes a keener and w4dr
public Interest in forestry. The total re
quests for working plans for forest pre
serves at the close of the year exceeded
50.000,000 acres, of which 2.500,000 were pri
vate land. Tree planting plana were made
for 59 applicants.
There is much Inquiry regarding better
roads and better methods of building
them, and much work has been done, in
the past year in building roads. Progress
Is noted in Alaska. It is admitted that
Alaska can never become an agricultural
country, but the problem the department
has undertaken to work out Is to deter
mine whether a sufficient agriculture
may be developed In Alaska to form an
Important subsidiary Industry to aid 1n
the development 6f the mining, fisheries
and lumbering.
Much consideration is lven In the- re
port to the Irrigation Investigations
which cover especially two general lines
of Investigation, namely, the study nf the
laws and institutions relating to irriga
tion in different regions, and secondly.
the determination, of the actual use made
of Irrigation waters. Eight typical s'trfeams
In different parts of Catffdrala have been
thoroughly studied' with reference to the
conditions under which watef for Irriga
tion is owned, distributed and uced. Sim
liar Inyestlgatl&ns on' a smaller scale have
been made In Utah. Colorado and else
where. Interest in the use of Irrigation to j'up;
Element rainfall in the arid regions Is
growing, and valuable investigations have
been undertaken In Missouri and Wiscon
sin. THE ISTHMIAN OAXAL.
President of the Panama Canal Com
pany Confers tVUU Hay.
WASHINGTON, NOV. SO. President Hu.
tin, of the Panama Canal Company, called
by appointment upon Secretary Hay today
and had a long talk with him pouching
the prospects of the Panama Canal aa af
fected by the probable legislation at
the approaching Congress.
The Panama Company has yet made no
official tender of the. property to the State
Department. It has, hoeyer given the
months ending September.-
1SS9.
1900.
313,909j23,S17,265
313,5501 ?34.S61,2S2
23.729
2G7.03S
4,502.279:
52S.3K
65,250
7,417,16
3,815,636
709.018
49.6S9.724
50,1-2,035
1,354,503
1087,293
503,855
10.201
92,704
1.913.S0Q
4,825,795
7.593
40,615
113.644
125.1S4
742,139
65.071,576
62,756,029
3&$o
S2.5S2.037
69,183,185
13.966,851
13.E53.778
13.202.313
2,7i?,'.KM
6,469,129
117,340,612
4S2J33
153.W&
1.706.121
106.S35
11.211.973
9.786.0S3
1.631.653
6,B53.J
24.4S5.060;
3.895.562
10,473,640
Z3,B68,13o
2,841,115
3,537.417
628.0S6
6"Jo,&3
13,001,858
4,862,511!
770,153
S48.164 14.742.176
2,140,8(5
au,!
30S.53SI 47,123
Isthmian Commission, of which Admiral
Walker Is president, a full statement of
the affairs Of ihe company and conditions
upon -which It might be -willing to pass
control of lt3 property to the United
States Government in the event that. the
Panama route should be chosen. The
commission will Include. Mr. Hutln's re
port; so that .Congress wilL have before
it material for exercising a choice be
tween: the NIcaraguan and tiie- Panama
routes. It Is probable, however, that be
fore ihe latter can be taken under.serious
consideration, a more definite proposition
as tor the exact terms under which the
Panama Company's right could be ac
quired by the United States will be re
quired. The Canal Commission is making a
strenuous effort to finish its preliminary
report, which, according to promipe, was
to ba delivered to tho President today,
It is now said that the document will be
sent to Congress as an accompaniment of
the President's message, and that mean
while It will probably be made public.
It Is evidently tho Intention of the Ad
ministration to press canal legislation up
on Congress earnestly and speedily from
the beginning of the session. It is ex
pected that before final action can be
had in the Senate upon the pending House
bill providing for the construction of the
Nicaragua Canal., the executive branch;
of the Government win havo succeeded in '
.- certain .obstacles whloh now,
" the wurse of the penX? Hay-
ng
Pauncefote- treaty.- and if this latter con
ventipn should jbe ratified thedmlnlstra-J
tion influence will bo cast Jn iavor oi tne
pending bill. ,
There have been several conferences of
late between Secretary Hay on one side
and Senors Qorea and Calvo, the Minis
ters for Nicaragua and Costa RlCa, re
spectively, and t Is believed that by way
of anticipating action upon the ray
Pauncefote treaty the bases have already
been laid for the treaties with the two
Isthmian republics which would he neces
sary to" give effect to the canal bill and to
sequre tor the United States the exclusive
right for the canal construction
THE JTAVAll Mn.ITTi..
Special Report of Llentenant-Com-mandcr
Soatkerland.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. Lieutenant
Commander W. H. Southerland, the offi
cer in charge of the Naval Militia, has
made a special report to the Navy De
partment upon the operations of that or
ganization during the past year. Twenty
states are shown to have organized naval
militia, comprising In all 57 officers and
5309 petty officers and enlisted men. The
naval appropriation act allotted the sum
Of $Ou.O0O for thd militia, ot which $57,000
had been distributed among the 20 state
organizations January 1 last. The Navy
Department assigned two vzzscis for the
practice cruises of the inllitla. the Prai-
rie on tlie Atlantic and the Michigan on
the Groat Lakes. Through lack of faclll
tl8f a vessel for the Pacific seaboard was
not assigned. Contingents from Louisi
ana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine
took snort cruises ot about a week's du
ration on the Prairie, and the organiza
tions of Ohio, Michigan and Illinois made
practice trips aboard the Michigan, These
cruises developed a deal of energy, abil
ity and zeal among the officers and a like
efficiency, together with a high atata of
discipline, among the enlisted men.
Lieutenant-Commander Southerland
sets forth an array of facts to make ob
vious the absolute necessity of a National
Naval Reserve, In addition ta the pres
ent military organization,, calling atten
tion to the fact that this innovation is
not suggested with any view Of displacing
the present naval mllltla. The General
Government of the United States, says
the Commander, has no direct control
whatever over these naVal mllltla bodies.
They are state orgamzations. pure and
staple, organized under state laws, and
thus it la that In the event of war, no
member is under any obligation to an
swer a call of the President for any naval
service. Then, too, it Is pointed out. that
our opponent, in a possible war of tno
future, may be a thoroughly equipped,
first-rate naval pewer, 4n striking con
trast to our 'adversary of 1899, and that,
therefore, it behooves the Navy Depart
ment to create some sort of reserve force,
organized undr the Federal law, under
the direct control of the Navy Depart
ment, ready at a moment's notice to tc
lnforce the regular fighting strength ot
the Navy. The status of the naval re
serve officer would be well defined. He
would hold a commission In the Navy,
signed by the President, and Ifis name
would be borne on the naval register. The
primary. In fact ther sole, object of the
first naval reserve would be the manning
of the fleet; tho overflow, which ywould
fqnn the second reserve, could be util
ized by the Navy Department on many
kinds of special duty.
Captain C. H. Stockton, president of
the Naval War College, haB submitted to
the Navy Department his annual report
of the work of that body during the year
ended October 30 last. Various problems
are dealt with, including naval tactics,
naval reserve and war preparations, the
personnel, the type of ship best suited for
the Navy and preparations of war charts.
Mrs. "McKlnley la Jfe-rr York.
NEW YORK, Nov. SOi-Mrs. McKlnley
and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart arrived in
New York this afternoon.
Steps tae Cengh sute! Warlcn OC the
Cold. .
Laxatlre Bromo-QulnLit Tablets cure n. cold
1 la erne day. No euro, no pay. Price, S5 cents.
PHILIPPINE ASSASSINS
MACARTHTJR COJiFIRMS SENTENCES
OF HANGING.
Four MuFderoas Bolomea to Be Ei-
ceniedTranHport Indiana. Sbc-
cc&sfnlly Floated.
MANILA? Nov, SO. General MacArthur
has confirmed the sentences of hanging
passed upon four natives recently con
victed of murder at Llngayen. The con
demned were -members of -the "Guardla
de Honor," a band of assassins whose vic
tims were 'kidnaped and bolaed. They
will be hanged December 21.
The cruiser Newark, under orders to
proceed to Guam to investigate the cir
cumstances of the disaster to thecrulser
Yosemlte, has not yet sailed.
The transport Indiana; which went
ashore on the Isla de Pollllo, oft the east
coast of Luzon, was successfully floated,
and arrived at Blnangonan Sound short
of coal. She transferred to the trans
port Pennsylvania the contingent of, the
Twenty-second Infantry and the supplies,
destined for Baler, and then proceeded
for Nueva Caceres. South Camarines.
"The Japanese Consul here," says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Dally
News, "acting under instructions from
Tokio, has withdrawn his assent to the
Consular proclamation forbidding the Im
portation of artloles. used in the manufac
ture of war materials, This action has
caused general surprise. It Is rumored
that tne Chinese are' aqtlvely purchasing
arms' and ammunition, "and that the cus
toms officials are conniving at the passage
of false declarations under -official in
structions." GUAM NEEDS IIEIiP.
Sohroetler Reports That There
Is
DnnKer of Starvation.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 50,-The Navy
Department has received the following
cablegram from Admiral Remey:
"Cavite, Noy. 30, 1D0O. Official report
from Guam Just received. Following men
drowned 13th: Joseph Anderson, coal
passer; Jacob LeRoy Mahaffey, appren
tice, first-class; George Aubel, seaman
William Frederick Davis, flreradn, first
class; Frank Swanson, coxswain. Two
bodies recovered were unrecognizable.
Governor reports danger of starvation.
Asks 65,000 pounds flour. 30,000 biscuit. 1000
sugar, 2000 salt pork. 20,000 rice, all for
destitute natives. Shall I send by our
cnilser? Brutus took ample stores for
the present. Newark, Guam.
"REMEY."
Secretary Long has dispatched that tha
supplies be sent.
Clilcf of Police Of Manila.
ST. LOUI&. Nov, ta The Post-Dispatch
today says:.
"Chief ot Police John "7. Campbel of
St, Lou(s, has been offered the position ot
Chief of Police of Manila under the civil
government now In course of formation,
and has accepted."
THS ABBOTT SOU).
Former Trotter Purchased fcy Fire
ComBiiaaloiier ScKanell.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3a At the Faslg
Tlpton auction sales of fine horses to
day. The Abbott, holder of the world's
trotting record, 2:03&t was sold for $28.
E00. The purchaser was Fire Commissioner
,John J. ScannelJ, of New York.
ox was tnougnt air. acanneu mignt nave,
purchased the. anlma for Richard Croker.
He 'announces, that he bought the Jiorse
- le announces, tnar. ne bougnt ne horse
'W(JU otfh use, and that The .Abbott
will ramaln'An the hands of Ed Gears
for further training;
. Dalyai Horses to Be Sold.
NEW YORK, .Nov. 30. The executors ot
Marcus. Daly's estate will sell Mr. Daly's
stable of thoroughbreds and breeding
horse& as soon as possible. These horses
cost Mr. Daly over $600,000. Among the
stallions are Hamburg. Tammany, Bath
amptnn, Isldor, Ogden and Inverness.
Over 100 broodmares will be sold.
SLr-Rounfl Draw.
MniWAUKEE. Nov. 30. Benny Yanger,
of Chicago, and Kid Herrick, of Brook
lyn, fought six rounds to a draw before
the Badger Athletic Club tonight Both
men wera on their feet and apparently
fresh at the end of the bout. There was
no knock-down. ,
Lost by Koallnj?.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30. Persistent fouling
lost DaVe Bulllvan, of New York, his fight
with Ole Oleson tonight at the Illinois
Athletic Club. After the first round, in
which he had decidedly the worst of it,
Sullivan resorted to choking and elbow
ing in the clinches'.
Lyons Defeated Kane.
DENVER, Nov- SO. Harry Lyons,, ot
Chicago, won from Jack Kane, of San
Francisco, in seven rounds of what was
to have been a 10-round go. before the
Colorado Athletic Association today,
Kane was very game, but was severely
punished
Receiver for Guardian TrH.it.
BT. LOUIS, Nov. 3a Judge Thayer in
the United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals, today rendered his decision on tne
appeal, of John W. Gates, et al for the
appointment of a receiver for the Guard
ian Trust Cotapany, of Kansas City, and
issued an order appointing Hon. Francl3
M. Black to the position, with a bond of
$100,000. -The court finds that for the pro
tection of all interests It is best to placo
the assets of the- trust company In the
custody of a competent receiver until a
final decree shall be rendered, or until
some arrangement shall be made among
the shareholders which will cnabje the
company to resume Its business with ade
quate capital and conduct It on proper
line.
A Short-Lived Republic
NEW YORK. Nov. 30. A, gpuclal to the
Times from Washington says:
With the announcement of th8 existence
of the Acre Republic, news of Its extinc
tion came almost simultaneously. It was
declared In December, 1S33, and It wa3
np.t crushed until August, 1S39. Frqm
time to time stray newspaper articles
have mentioned rumors that the people
ot Acre had declared a republic, but the
first positive news to that efiVct was con
tained in a recent Denver dispatch de
claring that Acre had sent a Minister to
this country. If the Minister has come
in. good faith, he Js doomed to disap
pointment. The Republic of Bolivia has
Headache
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DR. A. T. SANDEN
conquered his country .and wiped out Its
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The Bolivian army reached Acre In the
Summer and began the -work of retitorlns
the country to Its allegiance. Tfis wa3
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was entirely restored. Artea fled to Bra
zil, and the other leaders of the revolt
also made their escape, after offering
some ineffectual resistance to the Boliv
ians. Fire in Treasury Ballulns.
WASHINGTON, Nov. SO. At 11:30 today
fire was discovered In room 60, on the
third floor of the Treasury Department,
which is occupied by the auditors of the
Interior Department. It destroyed flomt
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The loss is small. The cause of the flrols
not definitely known, but is supposed ,to
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Canadians Complain.
OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 30. The Canadian
railway employee have complained to the
government against the Importation of
United States labor, while -"they are de
barred from entering the United. States.
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