Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 February 1899 — Page 2

Slit gifee (County democrat M. MeC. STOOPS. Editor »od Proprietor. PT5TER>iliURO. : t INDIANA. All the surviving captains of Spanish war ships destroyed in the najral battles off Santiago de Cuba and in Manila bay by the American fleets will be court-martialed. -iNaval officials lament the loss, by fire, of the big machine shops at the N&w York navy yard as likely to retard important work already started or about to be begun. M. Francois Felix Fame, sixth president of the third republic of France, died, in Paris, after an illness of three hours of apoplexy, at ten o’clock on tbe night of the 16th, aged 58. On the 16th, the war department, honorably discharged Major-Generals Butler and Sumner and BrigadierGenerals Kline, McKee, Wiley, Lincoln and, Comba, all of the volunteer army. fOn the 16th F. E. Taft, of Newburyport, Mass., died suddenly while sitting at a table at tbe Mome Market club banquet in Boston, at which President McKinley was the guest of honor. - . The department of state has been informed in a cable from Consul-Gen-eral Gudger, at Panama, that a compromise has been effected with the strikers at Colon, and work on the canal has been resumed. Many Oklahoma farmers report that the large wheat crop of eastern Oklahoma was badly damaged by the late cold spell. Some put the damage at 25 per cent. In some instances wboie fields of wheat are killed.

Acting on advices received from Manila by cable, the California Red Cross society has decided to continue the maintenance of its hospital station in that city as long as the California volunteers remain in the orient. It is announced that the Turner Engineering Co., of Marion, O., is about to sell its patents and plant to an eastern syndicate for approximately $200,000. The-'- company manufactures a patent boiler and electrical appliances. • -—.— .* It waa decided at a Spanish cabinet council, held on the 17th, to liberate the Filipinos who had been deported to the Caroline and Ladrone islands, in order to influence the Filipinos to release the Spaniards they hold prisoners. In a!! the schools of New York city * the story of the blowing up of the Maine was told, on the 15th, and each teacher impressed on the youthful mind the importance of the event and the portentous happenings that followed. Hon. Lends Miller, of Akron, O., died in the Post Graduate hospital in New York city, on the 17th, as the result of an operation. Mr. Miller was at one time president pf the Chautauqua assembly, and, with Bishop Vincent, founded" it. Starvation in all its terrible forms threatens the • miners of the Lower Yukon, and it will only be by the most careful husbanding of supplies that the miners will pull through the long winter until the northern sun again opens the river. On April 14, next, all of the agricultural and mechanical colleges of the country will hold appropriate exercises in recognition of the distinguished sferviee of the late Senator Justin S. Morrill, of-Maine, in the ca u se of ed ucat ion. The graduation exercises of the first class of cadets took place in Memorial hall, West Point, on the 15th. Gen. Merritt, who was to deliver the diplomas, failed to reach there, and Col. Mills, superintendent of the academy, performed the duty. # Dead Man’s island, in BrnTard inlet, close to Stanley park, R. has been sold to a Mr. Ludgate, of Petersboro, Ont. The island is a part of the imperial government reserve, but the British authorities at Esquimalt decided the island was of no ause for military purposes. As a result of the death of PrefWent Faure, Frenchmen are asking each other what is tp happen next. The main question is who will succeed the dead man. A. name often mentioned is that of Waldeck-Rousseau. But another question asked many times is: “Shall there be another president?” Fire, on the night of the 16th, in Philadelphia, destroyed three sixstory business buildings and a number of smaller structures, entailing an ag^ gate loss little short of $400,000. The locality of the fire was only a few yards from Wanamaker’s big department store, which suffered somewhat by water.

Bishop Charles H. Foster, D. D., of Buffalo, deliv|red a new lecture on Gen. Grant to<an audience of 2,000 people In the Y. M. C. A. auditorium in Chicago 0k the 17th. During the lecture the biitiop referred to the statesmanship of President McKinley, and the speaker’s championship of expansion was vociferously applauded. The officers and men of the battleship Iowll were the guests of Mayor Phelan of San Francisco at the Orpheuin theater, on the night of the 17th, and after the performance the sailors were entertained at supper by the mayor. The sailors, wishing to reciprocate the courtesy of Mayor Phelan, arranged to give a vaudeville performance on board the Iowa on ^Washington** Wrthdax anniversary.

NEWS IN BBIEF. Compiled from Various Soanes. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. (8wob< Henlon.) In the senate, on the 14th. the McKnery resolution, declaring the purpose of the ratification of the tr* aty of peace was neither incorporation uor permanent an- : nexatlon, but to promote the Interests of the citizens of the United States and the Inhabitants of said Islands, was adopted. ...... In the house Mr. Hepburn (la.) offepred the Nicaragua canal bill as an I amendment to the sundry civil appropriations bill, and Its consideration developed a lively discussion, wnich was not concluded when the house adjourned. In the senate, on the 15th, a bill extending the cordial appreciation of congress to Miss Helen Miller Gould for her patriotic services during the recent war and providing that the president should present her with a gold medal, was passed .In the house the sundry civil bill was taken up, and about ten pages of It were disposed of. The house, in committee of the whole, sustained (he ruling of the chair that the Nicaragua, canal bill offered by Mr. Hepburn as an amendment to the sundry civil bill was out of. order. In the senate, on the 16th, the military academy appropriation bill was passed: the army reorganisation bill was reported from committee, and the naval personnel bill was taken up and read. The post office appropriation bill was then taken up and Its consideration occupied the greater part of the day, but'lt was not finally disposed of......In the house the paragraph in the sundry civil bill carrying the appropriation of $90,000,000 for the payment of Spain under the terms of the peace treaty, was stricken out under a point of order. Mr. Hepburn (la.) moved to recommit the bill with instructions to report It baok with the canal bill incorporated in it. On a want of Quorum the motion went over. In the senate, on the 17th, a resolution was adopted instructing the president of the senate to express to the government and the people of France the sympathy of the senate In the death of President Faure. The naval personnel bill was passed. Seventy-four private pension bills were passed, and the Alaska code bill was read.In the house the sundry civil appropriations bill was passed without the Nicaragua canal bill rider. The naval appropriation bill was taken up, and over half of It was completed. The bill carries $8,000,000 more than the largest naval bill heretofore passed.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. On the 15th the Colorado house of representatives rejected the majority report of the special committee appointed to investigate the condition of affairs at the state asylum for the insane, which exonerated, the superintendent, Dr. P. R. Thombs* and by a vote of 45 to 10 adopted the minority report, demanding the superintend-ent’s-removal. Col.‘Marcus P. Miller of the Third regiment of artillery has been nominated to be brigadier general in the regular army. Gen. Miller commanded the military forces which captured the city of Iloilo without the loss of a man, and his promotion is in recognition of meritorious services on that occasion. Charles Chapman Backus, one of the organizers of the American Express Co., died in NewYojrk city, on the 15th. aged 83 years. It has been decided in Madrid to postpone the sale of the floating dock at Havana, th.e offers received not being acceptable. The United States gunboat Princeton, from New York, January 11, for Manila, arrived at Suez on the 17th. On the 16th Frank Parker, ex-coun-ty treasurer of Vernon” county, Mo., was arrested on a charge of embezzling $40,000. Statement of the condition of the treasury issued February 16: Available cash balance, $272,400,190; gold reserve, $227,551,454. Brig.-Gen. Miller will be relieved from command of the American troops at Iloilo before his retirement next month, and Maj.-Gen. Lawton, now en ipute to the Philippines will, in all probability, be assigned to succeed him. ^

The Finnish professor of the Christiania (Norway) university has received a telegram from a friend in Krasnoyersk, which says that after thoroughly investigating the source of information he is convinced that there is no truth whatever in the report that the bodies of Andree and companions had been found. The administration has determined rapidly to extend the jurisdiction of the United States over the whole of the Philippine group, acting on the theory that delay in this case is dangerous and that anarchy and a genera! paralysis of such interests as the islands support will be brought about through a failure to act promptly. The transport Sheridan, in addition to about 1,500 regular troops, carries out to Manila a miscellaneous cargo calculated to advance the cause of civilization in the Philippines, among Other things a church organ, sent by the Wowan’s Army and Navy league at Washington, and a quantity of ammunition for quick firing guns. Emperor William of Germany, on the 17th, telegraphed his condolences to Mme. Faure, and directed the German ambassador at Paris, Count Von Munster-Lodenburg, to place a wreath on the dead president’s coffin and to announce that his majesty would send a special mission to represent him at the funeral. Linus W. Dexter, one of the wealthiest residents of Vineland, N. J., died from pneumonia at the age of 86. Dexter was the originator of angel cake. -He laid the foundation of his fortune In the confectionery and fancy bakery business in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore aqd Washington. While a dozen of firemen were at work in the ruins of the store of the F.merson Shoe Co., in Philadelphia, on the 17th, which was burned out the night before, a mass of iron and stone crashed down from the upper floors, burying the men beneath it. Three of the firemen were killed. < , The agent of the Adams Express Co. at Baldwin, 0., upon instructions from the company, opened a box that had lain in the office of the company, undelivered, for II months, to find that it contained a human body. The box was addressed to Dr. Enteric lc, who has not lived at Baldwin for a dozen years, and with whom communication has been lost. The coroner was notified. :

Gen. Gomez is ill in Cienfuegoa. > Be is reported to be in s serious condition, though the Cubans maintain that he is suffering only from a passing indisposition, and that in a few d*>’s the old soldier will be ready to resume his journey toward Havana. The Frtiit Growers’ union at Menlo. Ga.. states that the peach crop in that section has not been injured by the recent freeze and a full yield is expected. The statement from the state entomologist to the effect that the entire peach crop in Georgia had been ! destroyed did not apply to the moun-tain-protected Menlo fruit district ol northern Georgia. Damage suits aggregating from f3,< 000,000 probably will be brought against the city of Chicago on claims growing out of the riots ot 1894, as the result of a decision hunded down by the supreme court. All litiabeyance pending the ruling of the sugat ion,, however, has been held in prerne court in the case of the Manhattan Cement Co., which has bees ! affirmed.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. la the senate, on the 18th, after the passage of a number of bills of little public importance the consideration of the post office appropriation bill was resumed... .In the house several bills of minor importance were passed, af* ter which the house went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the nav^l appropriation bill. At two o’clock the committee rose, and the remainder of the session was devoted to eulogies of the late Representative Northway, of Ohio. * Mrs. Charles Fnhrenkamp, aged 33 years; her two children, Florence and \Yilliam, aged respectively ten and nitts years, and an unknown woman, aged about 35 years, were found dead, on the 19th, in a room in Mrs. Fahrenkamp’s home, 1416 North Fifty-second street, Philadelphia. The gas was turned on, and life had apparently been extinct several days. Harry A. Nut tall, of St. Louis, the grafter who turned state’s evidence before the Major committee against Boiler Inspector Price and H. H. Phil* per, members of the board of examining engineers, charging them with receiving bribes for engineer^’ licenses, has been charged with perjury in a warrant issued at the instance of H. H. Philper. * Ground was broken in Cincinnati, on the 20th, for the great, international saengerfest building. The centennial of which great organization will be celebrated there next June. The contractors are under bond of $10,000 to complete the building by June 10. The stage is to be ready for rehearsals June 1. David Bradley, president of the David Bradley Manufacturing Co., and proprietor of the first foundry established in Chicago, died, on the 19th, of old age. He was born in Groton, Y., in 1812, and went to Chicago 04 years ago. The sudden death of the president of the french republic has not affected the programme drawn up for Queen Victoria’s trip to the south of Franee. She will go to Cimiez unless civil discord breaks out. Prof. Stephens, who had been on trial for a week at Easton, Pa., charged with setting fire to Pardee hall, Lafayette college, was found guilty, on the 18th, the jury being out only an hour. » The Hungarian ministry has decided to resign aft£r the adjournment of the present parliamentary session.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS. . The last treadmill has disapjieared from English prisons. Five million women axe engaged in paid occupations in the British islands. An order expelling Asiatic traders from the Transvaal^witt b# put in force shortly. , Rochester has been admitted to the Eastern Baseball league, completing the circuit. Miss Helen Gould has read law extensively and did she so desif ? could practice in the courts of .New York. A telegraph line across Africa will soon be built, regardless of the success of the Cape-to*Cairo railway scheme. England is the only one of the great European states in which a career and /air treatment are open to a Hebrew. Ore staying 70 to 80per cent, copper and 950 ounces of silver to the ton is reported to have been found in Montrose county. Col. John W. Price, at the age of 83 years, walked out of the penitentiary in Baltimore a free man. Price has spent altogether 33 years behind prison bars. Consul McCook reports from Dawson City the discovery; of platinum in large quantities in the black sand that forms the beds of the streams in the Yukon district. . Lord Dufferin recently stated in a public address in London that excessive drinking and the use of stimulants to make toil easier had become the greatest curse of the age. The Nebraska house adopted a resolution indorsing the votes of Senators Allen and Thurston on the peace treaty and declaring McKinley the greatest president since Lincoln. Jesse H. Bunnell; who was in the United States military telegraph service during the civil war and who was widely known at that time as a “lightning’* sender, died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. The report that the Carnegie Steel company had purchased the railway and vessel interests of Johh D. Rockefeller on the great lakes, and that Mr. Rockefeller would ’■etire entirely from the lake business, is denied. Trolley ears are to invade the land of the Pharaohs. Negotiations hove been closed by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company in Pittsburgh for the equipment of 14 enrs of the ordinary trolley type for-use in the city of Cairo. 1

ALL OVEE THE STATE. Erenu tn Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire. flai m Good Time. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 18.—The largest audience ever in a theater in Terre Haute jelled itself hoarse over the contests of the old-time Adders who played for prizes which ranged from a set of furniture to a box of candy, in all nearly a car load. The contest was given by Post G of the Travelers* Protective association. The overture was “The Arkansas Traveler.” with 200 instruments, vigorously if not harmoniously scraped by as motley a.n orchestra as ever was seen. Some of the tunes on which there were contests were: “Pop Goes the Weasel.” “Arkansas Traveler,” “Well on the Wabash” and “Old Dan Tucker/’

Plied Ib Many Counties. Indianapolis, Ind,, Feb. 18. —A $6,000.000 mortgage on the property of the Central Union Telephone company in Indiana has been placed on record in 09 counties. The money derived from the boiuhf to be issued will be used in the extension and improvement of the company’s lines. The document bears $3,000 worth of war revenue stamps and the total cost of recording the mortgage in Indiana is over $5,000. Nataral Gan Explode*. Kokomo, Ind.. Feb. 18.—The central business ^section of Greentown. near here, w as wrecked by a natural gas explosion. Four stores were destroyed and three damaged and fire completed the devastation. The losers are the odd fellows, John Holliday. John Fell, John Martin. Oscar Willitts, Ilenly & W$11cuttsj John Smith. John Terrell. The loss Is about $20,000, with smatl insurance! ' , Rellp*ea -til Record*. Goshen, Ind., Feb. IS.—E. G. Chamberlain. aged 87. died here of old age. He was one of the most prominent figures in the city’s history. As justice bf the peace he had married Oder 1.000 couples. He had held several county offices and for 55 years had served as secretary of the local masonic lodge, which eclipses all .masonic records ol the kind in the country. Tempting: the Dynamiter*. Flora, Ind., Feb. 18. — George W. Black, of Burlington, has given notice that he will apply to the epunty board of commissioner^ for a license to retail intoxicants at that place. In views of the fact that-all former saloons in that village have come to a disastrous end by being blown up with dynamite, the outcome of Mr. Black’s efforts will be awaited with interest. Say* 1*’* Blackmail. Brasil, Ind., Feb. 18.—Edward Symonds, residing north of here, filed suit for $10,000 damages against Richard Componton, aged 70, charging him with alienating his wife's affections. Symondf resides on one of Componton’s farms. The defendant is one of the wealthiest farmers of the county. He claims the suit is blackmail. Combine Pall* Through. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 18.—It is reliably stated, through direct sources cf information that the attempt to eomoine the natural gas plants supplying Indiana, Ohio and Illinois cities with fuel from the Indiana territory, has failed. Seventeen companies wer& included ! and the capitalization wasyo be $60,000.000. i -f A Patal Year. * Jeffersonville, Ind., Feb. 18.—Marion Cardill. of this city, has just returned from Freetown, where he attended £he funeral of his mother, and received word announcing the death of !Rs father. In a year he has buried his wife, a brother, his mother, and now comes news of his father’s death. Paralysed. New Albany, Ind., Feb. 18.—Air Line ; Engineer John Keane, of this city, was stricken with paralysis at Huntingsburg. He was taken from his engine and brought to his home. The paralysis was caused by a blood clot on the brain, resulting from a severe attack of grippe. His condition is serious. 6 Had Three Disease*. Kokomo. Ind.. Feb. 18,—Four children of Jesse Hancock, four miles north of here, were attacked simultaneously with measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever, each of them having all three diseases at the same time. Daisy, a 14-vear-old daughter, is dead.

.Block Burned. Decatur, lnd.. Feb. 18.—At an early hour fire destroyed the Allisun-Stude-baker block. It was the work of an incendiary. and is the second fire in fhis block within the last month. It will be rebuilt. ’ Bovins n Hotel on ice. Wabash, lnd., Feb. 18.—The Lakeview hotel of 30 rooms at Lake Wauwassee is being moved across the ice bn the lake, a distance of two miles, by the use of sleds and windlasses. Panned Away. ' Lafayette, lnd., Feb. 18.—Dr. Edwin P- Powers, one of the oldest and beatknown physicians in this part of the state, died from a complication of diseases, aged 72. --- , ■ | Died of Old Aar*. Lafayette, lnd., Feb. 18.—Benjamin Holt, one of the oldest of Indiana printers, died at his home here, aged 82, from the infirmities of old age. Shot Himself. New Albany, lnd., Feb. 18.—William Ilerbst, 24 years old, attempted suicide by shooting himself. It is thought he will die. , New Courthouse. Lebanon,^Ind., Feb. 18.—The Boone | eounty commissioners have passed an I order for a new courthouse here- j

ram tfm M. Loubet, President of the Senate* Elected , by the Assembly at Versailles M. MELINE WAS HIS ONLY OPPONENT, The Latter Bad Withdrawn from th« Coo tost. Bat the Progressionists laaiated M Votlaf for Hint—X. Caraiput, Gee Janiont, Gen. Samtter and Other* Go Scattering Votes.," Paris, Keb.,19.—From an early honi stations of the railroad lines leading to Versailles were crowded with people gathered to witness the departurt of the deputies and senators. At | Deroulede arrived here by the Lyons railroad and was met by members o1 the Patriotic league. EX ROUTE TO VERSAILLES. Order prevailed at the stations, where, to all appearances, there were ne special police precautions taken. The first trains took an army of telegraphers and telephonists to- Ver afiilles, where the 'own hall was decorated with flags and draped^ with crepe. The lamps were lighted and veiled -with crepe. The members of Jthe national assem bly, namely senators and deputies, began fo assemble at ten o'clock and to select their seats.

ARRIVAL OF M. LOUBET. M. Loubet, president of the senate? and presiding officer, arrived ^n a car* riage at ten o'clock* FViends surrounded him when he entered the gallery of Busts apd he said: “If you love me, I hope you won’t vote for me.” Soon the scene became animated, crowds of people surrounded the door.i watching the arrival of members. The palace was closed to the public.„ Various political groups held meetings at noon and M. Cochery, announced that M Melirie had definitely withdrawn his candidacy. The nationalists and anti semites decided not to vote for M. j Loubet. THE ASSEMBLY MET.The assembly met at one oVlock. M. loubet declared the sitting open amid the-applause of the leftists, durwhicli M. Loubet proceeded, to draw j for tellers. The voting began with the letter MD,” and M. Dausette, moderate republican, representing* in the' cham- 1 ber of deputies the Fourth district of Lille, in the depyartment of the north, cast the first ballot. When M. Paul DeRoulede, organizer ' of the League of Patriots, and deputy representing the second districts of | Angouleme, voted, he attempted to speak from the tribune, where the urns were placed; but M. Loubet forbade him to do so, which called forth protests from the rightists and applause from the leftists. M. DeRoulede, however, persisted in speaking, and repulsed the ushers and Others who rushed up to expel him from the tribune, which he finally left. M. Dritmont, anti-Semite, representing in the chamber the First division of Algiers, also attempted to speak, and a great commotion followed, dui| ing which cries of “down with anarchy” were raised. ■ THE BALLOT COMPLETED. In the meantime, the voting oc.n-' .tinued, and at 2:40 p. m., the bailot was completed. While the checking was in progress, the members of the assembly left the hall and assembled in the galleries and corridors, where they discussed the chances of the, election. f M. Meline loudly announced that he i had voted for M. Loubet. The progressists insisted on voting for M. Meline, although he had withdrawn his candidature in favor of M. ' Loubet, which explains the vote cast J for him.

M. LOUBET ELECTED. The votes not given to M. Loubet of M. Meline were divided between M. Cavaignac, Ger,. Jamont, Gen. Saussier and others. V M. Meline received an ovation when he voted. It is officially announced that M. Loubet has received 483 votes, to 270 cast for M. Meline. The announcement of tlie result was greeted with prolonged applause^ mingled with violent protests from the rightists, and the leftists shouting “vive la republlque.” t M. CHauveau then declared the sitting closed. | A squadron of cuirassiers, which ar- j rived at the palace to escort the new i president, was greeted by the crowd , outside with cries of “vive l’armee.” Calm prevailed, although the crowds were increasing in sixe. Duke of Orleans on the Book TraU. Paris, Feb. 19.—The duke of Orleans seems to be going away from France, rather than coming to this country, j He arrived Friday night at Turin, \ from San Remo. Death of a Well-Known Brewer. Denver, Col., Feb. 19.—Philip Xang, the veteran brewer, died of dropsy, after two months’ illness. He was born in the neighborhood of Ashaffenburg, Bavaria, February 15, 1826. He cams to American in 1843, and began the brewing business first in Louisville, Tim Building* Burned nt Hunnewell, Ken Wichita. Kas., Feb. 19.—At mid* night, Friday, fire wiped out the business portion of Hunnewell, Kas. Tun b<>tidings with the contents went . bunted. Their loss is heavy, i

RETIRE TO SAN PEDRO MACAU W. Oop Troop* At » Warm Rwpptloa for m BapoaMit Tro«aM*i|'' Manila, Feb. 20.—The California volunteers abandoned Guadalupe church mt fire o’clock yesterday morning, which was afterward set on firrajnd retired to San Pedro Macati. The rebels still hold the country in the vicinity of Guadalupe, Pasig and Patero. despite the efforts of the gunboats to dislodge them from ' the' jungle on both sides of the rlveri|§§| 4 Th» Heat luteone and Increaeiae Dally. The heat is intense and js increasing perceptibly daily. Under present conditions it is impossible to provide shade for the troops in certain parts of the line, particularly McArthur’s division. King's brigade is also, ex-. posed from San Pedro Macati to Cttliculi. where it joins Ovensbine’a briAuslety for tho Fata of Earopeaa*. Mr. Higgins, the manager of ||1» Manila-Daguapan railroad, is believed to be safe at Bayamhang, although uc communication has been received from'him since February' 9. tlieu housed at Mr. Clarke's place, with his wife and family, and about six other Englishmen, some of whom sre accompanied by their wives. VVhile it is unlikely that the natives of the locality will harm them, it is feared that others from distant provinces might wreak vengeance at theire*penae. Preparing to Ulvo tho Rebel* * Reception. In view of the fact that the enemy were concentrating on the American right Hank, preparations were made tu give theih a warm reception in the event of an attack. Gen. Oyenshine's line, consisting originally of the North Dakota volunteers, Fourteenth infantry and two troops of the Fourth cavalry, stretching from the bea<^' at Camp Dewey to Gen. King's right, was reinforced by two battalions of Oregon volunteers and three troops of the Fourth cavalry as infantry.

Bombarded (be Rebels* Trenches. The- Buffalo's searchlight discoving the enemy unusually active about ten o’elock in the evening, signalled. the flagship for permission to lire upon them; and, this being granted, bombarded the enemy's trenches for 2C minutes. The only effect of thi^te was apparently to drive the rebels further inland. , • Scouts* Reports of Movement of Troop*. Scouts claim to have seen Gen. Fie del Pilar, who commanded the rebel* at Paco, with his arm in a sling; directing the troops. eommander-in-chicf. is reported to bt personally conducting the movements in front of Gen. King’s line at San Pedro Macati. ■ "Sill' The signal corps is arranging signals with the navy for future&Joperations on the left. With the exception of the port ol Iloilo trade with Philippine ports is still blockaded. . - London. Feb. 20.—In an with the corespondent of the press Robert Porter, who goes to Berlin today, explained at some length the objects of his mission, prefacing his remarks with the statement that since the war with Spain many continental countries had shown a disposition to make unfriendly discriminations against American products. Referring to the recent statement in the reiehstag by Count Von Posa-dowsky-Wehner, German imperial secretary of state for the; interior, subject of the trade development of the United States with Germany,, he said that a close study of the question aid not warrant theconclusions drawn by5, Count Posadowsky-Wehner. On the contrary It showed most satisfactory and profitable trade conditions so far as Germany was concerned. “In 1897,” said Mr. Porter, imports into the United States reached high water mark, £ 120,000,000, or £15,000,000 higher than any other year during the decade then ending. The decline for 1898 was almost wholly one to the decreased sugar -importation. Gen. 4 Montenegro, the Some Light Thrown Upon the Trade tween Germany and America— FeU Off Last Year.

The healthy feature of Amerieanlihports into Germany, in my opinion, lies in the fact that of the $150,000,000 in 1898 over half was composed of raw cotton, petroleum, tobacco, copper and the like, mostly for conversion info manufactured articles, giving employment to German labor, ' /• Large imports of raw material, especially when a country does not produce raw material itself, are a source of wealth rather than loss to a country like Qermany. There can be no commercial difficulty between the United States and Germany, because, apart from Great Britain, America is. knit more closely to Germany bonds of kindship or mutual interests than any other power. Individual interests may clash, but a fair analysis, of the balance sheets of the two nations shows a healthful condition of trade, which is a subject for rejoicing’ rather than alarm, on both sides.” & TWO PHILIPINO AGENTS. F. B. De Klo* sad St. Slten Em Rom$* t Montreal to Join AsobcUIo, Um Filipino Emissary. WkChicago, Feb. 29.—E. R. De Rios and Ml Rivera, who came to this country from the Philippine islands to join Agoncillo at Washington, passed through Chicago for Montreal. two travelers say they intend to continue the trip around the world and Igitate the insurgents’ cause in the European countries, and whereever they can obtain a hearing. Li.;.:- ' - :'' .V.- . : . - -