Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1900 — WASHINGTON GOSSIP [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

In the first eight months of this year the imports of raw materials for manufacturers aggregated $200,000,000 and the exports of manufactured goods amounted to $304,000,000, against $1(53,000,000 in the same time in 1896. The Navy Department announces that there will be no distribution of bounty money for the destruction of Cervera’s fleet oflrSantiago until the court of claims ehall decide disputed cases and Congress fehall make an appropriation. It is stated that the United States government is opposed to the French proposition for the interdiction of the importation of arms into China and the establishment of permanent legation guards in Pekin. Gen. Davis, commanding the department of Porto Rico, reports that the United States forces in the island may soon be safely reduced materially. He advocates the formation of native companies. The shipment of money from the Treasury Department for the movement of crops aggregated S4OO,(XX) Wednesday, a total so far this year of $10,880,000, against $5,425,000 last year. ’Hie extension of time for the completion of the twelve new torpedo boats has expired, and further extensions are necessary, Inability to secure the machinery has been the cause. The Imports of Cuba the first seven months of this year amounted to $43,469.055, of which,the United States furnished $22,391,511. The exports aggregated $19,955,492. Tlte revenues of the Philippine Islands the first seven months of this year aggre gated $4,782,080—an increase over the corresponding period of 1899 -of $2,095,338. Motions to advance the cases of C. F. W. Neely, the alleged Cuban postal funds embezzler, were made Monday before the United 1 States Supreme Court. The expenditure of the Postoffice Department the last fiscal year aggregated $107,249,298 and the revenues amounted to $102,354,579. Tlte woolen goods imports during the past eight months aggregated only $12.084,928, against $40,667,044 in the same time in 1895. State Department officials declare that there bqye been no recent developments in the United States claim against Turkey.