Items of Interest December 6, 1900 Issue

Items of Interest

The United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite was wrecked on November 15 as the result of a typhoon which swept over the island of Guam two days previously. After her cables had parted, on the 13th, she drifted on a reef near the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, and stove in her bottom. Five of the crew were lost; the rest were transferred to the collier Justin. The typhoon wrecked thousands of houses, among them being the headquarters of Governor Schroeder. The towns of Indrajan and Terrafero were swept a and it is estimated that hundreds of the native population in various parts of the island met their death. The cocoanut crops were rendered absolutely worthless and the vegetation of the island was killed by salt water.

Congress met on December 3 for the beginning of the short session. On December 3 the President's message was received. The leading Republicans of both houses have been conferring with one another and with the President and members of his Cabinet ever since election concerning legislation to be put through during the short term. Senator Aliison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, says there are three measures which must pass during the present session. They are the appropriation bills, an army reorganization bill, and a reapportionment bill. Under present statutes the volunteer army will be disbanded next July, leaving a regular army of only about twenty-seven thousand.

The largest stock of gold coin and bullion ever held in the United States is now accumulated in the treasury and its branches. The total has been rising steadily during the present year, and the amount is now $474,108,336. or about $76,000,000 greater than at the close of 1899. The increase up to June 30 was about $23,000,000, but since that time has been about $1,000,000 for July, $6,000,000 for August, $10,000,000 for September, $18,000,000 for October, and $17,000,000 in November.

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