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AMERICAS CONVENTION.
The International Congress to Meet at
Washington.

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The delegates to the International Ameri-
can Congress at Washington assembled at
the State Department, and at 12 o'clock, by
appointment proceeded in body from =
waiting room to the diplomatic reception
room. Here they were presented to Secre-
tary Blaine. who delivered an address of well
come.
After the preliminary ceremonies at the
State Department the delegates were es-
corted to the White House, where they were
presented to President Harrison. Short
complimentary addresses were made by sew
eral of the delegates which were replied to
by the President in the same courteous tone.
The scope and purposes of the Congress,
as stated in the law passed May "a, 1883, are
to consider:
First-Measures that shall tend to preserve
the peace and promote the prosperity Of the
several American States.
Secondly-Measures toward the formation
OF an American Customs Union, under which
the trade Of the American nations with each
other shall. so far as possible and profitable,
be promoted.
Thirdly-The establishment of regular and
frequent communication between the ports
of the several American States and the ports
Of each other.
Fourthly-The establishment of uniform
system of customs regulations in each Of the
independent American States, to govern the
mode Of importation and expectation of mer:
chandise and port dues and charges, a uni
form method of determining the classifca-
tion and valuation Of such merchandise In the
ports of each country, and uniform system
of invoices: and the subject of the sanitation
of ships and quarantine.
Fifthly-The adoption Of uniform system
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the patent rights, copyrights and trade
| marks of citizens of either country in the
other, and for the extradition Of criminals.
Si1thly-The adoption Of common silver
! coin, to be issued by each government, the
same to be legal tender in all commercial
transactions between the citizens of all of the
American States.
| ommendation for adoption to their respec-
tive governments of definite plan Of arbi.
tration Of all questions, disputes and differ
ences that may now or hereafter exist be-
tween them, to the end that all difficulties
and disputes between such nations may be
peaceably settled and wars prevented.
Eighthly-And to consider such other sub
jects relating to the welfare of the several
States represented as may be presented by
any of said States
The countries represented and their dele
\ gates are as follows:
Argentine Republic-Vicente G. Quesada,
| Rogue Saenz Pena, Manuel Quintana. Bo-
| livia-Juan P. Velarde. Brazil-Lafayette
! Rodriguez Pereira, J. G. dc Amaral Valente,
J Salvador de Mendonca. Chili-Emilio G..
Varas. Jose Alfonso. Colombia-Jose NJ. Hur-
tado, Carlos Martinez de Silva, Cimaco Cal
deron. Costa Rica-Manuel Aragon. Ecuador
! Jose Maria Placido Caamano. Guatemala
Fernando Cruz Honduras-Jeronimo
Zelaya. Mexico-Matias Romero, J. N.
Navarro, Jose Y. Limantour. Nicaragua
San Salvador-Jacinto Castlelanos, Manuel
| Valdivieso. United States-John B. Hender-
son, Cornelius N. Bliss, Charles r. Flint,
Clement Studebaker, T. Jefferson Coolidge,
w. H Trescot, Andrew Carnegie, Henry G..
Davis, NJ. NJ, Estee, John F. Hanson. Uruguay
Alberto Min. Observation-Disclosures Bolet
| Peraza, F. A. Silva, Jose Andrade.