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I'?' lW()flWV VWPP1p rjw 12 The Commoner. Vol. a, No, 42; pp-y.. be Hews of the Week fmmmmmmmfmNmmmmmmmmt An lnterestinsg roport pertaining to the postofflcos of the country was giv en out from Washington on October 20. It is said that a total of 2,370 presidential postmasters wero ap pointed last year, according to tho an nual report of J. L. Bristow, fourth assistant postmaster general. Tho to tal number of appointments of post masters of all classes was 15,970, an increase of 1,313. There were 3,058 postofflces established and 4,059 dis continued, tho latter attributable mostly to tho extension of the rural free delivery service and the consoli dation of postofflces) adjacent to largo presidential offices. Tho number of postofflces in tho United States Juno 30 was 75,824, of which 220 wero first class, 1,023 Becond class, 3,488 third class and 71,193 fourth class. There wore 1,746 robberies of postofflces, eleven robberies of mail trains, six teen robberies of mail passengers, star route carriers and wagons, and 4G5 of letter boxes. Of the 1,721 persons arrested for violating postal laws, 304 were connected with tho postal ser vice, including 112 postmasters. A glue corporation of Jersey City was incorporated on uctooer zy wun a capital stock of $6,000,000, divided into 2,000,000 shares, hearing 8 per cent cumulative dividends and $4,000, 000 common stock. fully acquainted Secretary Hay with tho negotiations leading up to the agreement to submit the question to arbitration, and as United States citi zens had similar claims to those of tho nations named, the Japanese gov ernment agreed to give them the ben efit of any decision of the arbitrators. President Roosevelt on October 29 issued the annual proclamation desig nating Thursday, November 27, as tho day of thanksgiving. Roports to Now York from Guate mala In Central America report very serious volcanic disturbances. Tho vol cano Santa Maria is in a state of vio lent' eruption, having already thrown a deep mantlo of ashes upon two towns near it. The disturbances have caused tho abandonment of villages and plan tations near the volcano and tho resi dents are seeking places of safety. tlon by Horr Bernstein and Horr Goth cin, tho house adjourned until Tuesday. A recent roport from Japan Days that the Japanese cabinet has adopted the proposed scheme for naval expan sion. It involves an annual expendi ture of $8,250,000 for ton years. The Japanese naval expansion scheme re ferred to Involves the building of four now battleships, six first class cruis ers, and various other craft The bat tleships aro to bo built in England, and tho cruisers in England, Franco and Germany. It has been decided to hold an inter national tournament of plympian games at Athens in 1904 in connec tion with tho archeological congress, to be held in celebration of tho com pletion of the restoration of the stadium. The state department has received a copy of the new tariff schedules adopted by China together with a copy of it special agreement entered Into by tho special commissioner from the United States and tho commissioners of tho Chinese empire. Under the terms of the agreement negotiations by Mr. Sharretts, flour, which is one of the principal Chinese imports from tho United States, Is to be admitted free of duty. This concession, is to bo made on all cereals, including bar lnv. Ttmlfifi. millet, oats, paddy, rice, wheat and florr'made therefrom; also buckwheat and. buclcwheat flour, corn flour and yellow cornmeal and rye flour, but it does not include arrow root and arrowroot flour, cracked wheat, germea, hominy, pearl barley, potato flour, shredded wheat, tapio ca, tapioca flour, and yam flour. The Nrate on kerosene in bulk per case of ten gallons ia l-29th of a tael. The struggle between the Morgan and Yerkes interests for the- right to build underground railways in Lon don goes on and it was reported from London on October 29 that the fight was to be discussed in the house of commons on that date when the Mor gan syndicate will try to secure the resclndment of the house report that their project has no-legal status. It was recently reported from York ton, Assinaboia, that the people of that town were greatly disturbed on-J account of the approach of 1,500 starv ing Dukhobors who were marching into the town. Reports as to these peo ple differ, some claiming that as they have laid up no provisions for the winter, they must starve unless aided, other reports claiming that they have provisions, but are on the way to seek a warmer climate. The annual report of Governor Dole of Hawaii has been transmitted to "Washington. -The report shows that the total cash on hand in the territor ial government on June 30, 1902, waB $287,131. The total amount of prop erty subject to ad valorem taxes, ac cording to assessment appraisements, -was $110,388,578. An income tax im posed by tho legislature of 1901 real ized $287,366 during tho fiscal year. The report submits the estimates for A Chicago report as to tho long talked of beef combination says that now two combinations are planned by the packers of the country. It is re ported that they will combine first and then effect a merger of all the stock yards in the country. The capi talization of the new concern will be about $600,000,000 and all or nearly all the larger cities of tho United States will be affected. On October 30 it was reported that the combine of the malleable iron plants in the country had been com pleted. The capital of the concern is placed at $20,000,000 and all the im portant iron plants in the country with the exception of three are entered in the trust It Is stated that Judge Gray and Max Pam, of New York, are the promoters. . A Washington disnatch under date appropriations by congress for the - - - - - ... .. j - -. -. of October 29 says: Governor Brodie next uscai year aggregating $1,106,000, A cablegram from Vienna, dated' October 30, reports that after an inter val of several weeks the migration of Roumanian Jews through this city for the United States has recom menced heavily. Two parties of emi grants, numbering 400 persons, were here last Tuesday and Wednesday.. The most remarkable feature of this revived movement is that half of the emigrants are men, 'whereas former parties were almost entirely composed of women and children. The men now emigrating are chiefly artisans. Tho seven coal strike commissioners appointed by President Roosevelt be gan their labors on Thursday, Octo ber 30. and on that day made a tour of a part of the coal fleld in the region affected by the strike in search of In- formation relating thereto. Most of the day -was spent in the mines and great interest was displayed as to the manner of working. On October 30 it was reported that the entire coffee zone of Guatemala had been destroyed by flames and smoke from tho volcano of Santa Maria. Tho coffee districts destroyed include the Costa Rica and the Costa Granda, which have been considered the finest plantations in the country, and the extent of the disaster may bo estimated when it is considered that seven feet of sand and ashes cover tho fields. A London cablegram under date of October 30 reported that it was offi cially announced that the purchase price of the White Star line (on its joining the International Mercantile company) Is $53,497,180, of which $15, 736,180 Is payable in cash, $25,174,000 in preference shares and $12,587,000 -in common stock. The stockholders thus received over $5,000 for each 1,000 shares. It was reported from Colon on Oc tober 31 that a detachment of govern ment troops had arrived there on boarn a French steamer. The detach ment numbered 1,300 men and will be used as reinforcements on the isth mus. It is also reported that the rebel generai of Colombia, General Uribe UTibe, is on the point of signing a treaty of peace. Recent reports from Manila give as surances of the speedy termination of hostilities as regards the insurgent Moro tribes. Many Moro chiefs have come in and pledged friendship to the Americans. A cablegram of October 31 reports: Twenty members of the native constabulary of the Island of Negros defeated seventy Ladrones near Turlca, Negros, yesterday. The Ladrones were intrenched and it took ' an hour's fierce fighting to dislodge them. Six of the bandits were killed and seven wounded. Their leader, Dalmacio, was wounded and captured. Two guides in the employ of the con stabulary were killed. A Springfield, 111., dispatch, under date of October 31, says: Five hun dred employes of the Wabash rail road shops here went on strike today in sympathy with the boiler makers who struck a week ago for a uniform increase In wages to' 30 cents an hour. Those who quit work today include blacksmiths, machinists, tinners and. of Arizona, In his usual report, re news the plea for statehood and makes tho following explanation: Under the Leland-Hansbrough act the claims of Arizona for government aid in irri gation to be fully carried out and ex tended so as to Inaugurate in the ter ritory the first of the great irrigation systems under that action, action to rejuvenate the depleted forest area; Increases in school facilities; in the salary of the governor; of tho appro priation for the Arizona national guard; appropriation to improve the Colorado river and construct a levee from Yuma to the Mexican lino; to prevent the overflow of cultivated land by tho annual freshets; and ap propriations for purchasing sites and erectings in Arizona. Tho governor places the total taxable property of the territory at $39,083,178. It is also reported from Washing ton that tho United States will par ticipate in any benefits that may be derived by Germany, Great Britain and France in tho arbitration an nounced In Paris by M. Delcasso of tho questions as to the foreign holdings of lands and property rights In Ja- of which $750,000 is for the construc tion of a breakwater at Hilo harbor, $250,000 for widening the channel of Honolulu harbor and dredging the channel entrance and harbor to a depth of thirty feet at low water, $22,- 000 for a postofflce and a customs house at Hilo and $78,000 for erection. A marked increase in the number of pupils In the schools has been made over those of ten years ago. It Is said In regard to the shipments of the isl ands that of the total value of ship ments, not including specie, from the territory during the past year of $24, 793,735, $38,813 represents the value of foreign merchandise shinned, as against a value of $24,754,922 of do mestic merchandise shipped. 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