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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
OFFICERS BLAME,
SIGNIFICANT SPEECH OF ALcEk Al
CAMP POLAND.

commaudess as the Different Point.
Sent In Nothine but Good Report.
Had the Real situation Been Told Ac-
zion woald Have Been Taken-No
Reason why Other Thaa the Best
Possible Cosditlons Should Exist.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Sept 22.-The
secretary Of war. who inspected Camp
Poland and reviewed the enlisted men
encamped there. made speech to the
commanding officers at General Nc.
Kee's headquarters during the morn
ing in which he fixed the blame for the
sickness in the different camps
throughout the country on the COM
manding officers.
Secretary Alger was given an enthu.
siastic reception by the citizens of
Knoxville and by the commanding of.
ficers Of the camp on his arrival. He
went from the depot direct to the camp
and shortly afterwards rode over the
drill field and inspected the troops.
After making thorough inspection Of
the hospitals he congratulated General
Mckee on the splendid conditions ex-
isting and asked that the commanding
officers be gathered ut headquarters.
Arriving at General McKee's tent, and
surrounded by the Off GERS, the score.
tary, i'll delicate and careful manner
of speech, said:
Anxious to Learn Conditions.
came here to visit this camp for the
purpose of acquainting myself with the
conditions and to see for myself just how
the troops are faring and to hear from the
officers any recommendations which they
may think may benefit the camp.
Iwant to hear what the commanders
have to say about division hospitals, and
regimental hospitals, more especially
There has been great deal of talk about
the condition of the camp hospitals.
Iwant to say that had the war depart
ment been acquainted with the conditions
said to have existed at Chicknlnauga the
troops there would have been moved long
before they were. We
Received Only Good Reports
at Washington from the commanding
officers and it was supposed that the out
side reports were exaggerated.
The commanders of camps are respon-
sible for the conditian of their camps, and
If the men are not we'll cared for and if
the hospital and sanitary conditions are
bad the commanding officer must answer
forit.
The war department has been and ia
ready to supply the demands Of the troops
for medicine and sustcnance and there is
no reason why conditions other than the
best possible should exist.
Secretary Alger and rarty left for
Chattanocga at 4 o'clock.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
ss. Paul Union Stock Yard.

st. Paul Union Stock Yard.
SOUTH ST. PAUL. Sept 22
HOGS-Market sha le lower. Range
of prices, s3.7O@3 87H
CATTLE-Mark ket steady.
.a Sales ranged at g. ESQ 90 for stockers,
ts.35@3.25 for cows; 81. 10 for heifers;
$4,000 10 for steers.
SHEEP Market strong and active on
good stuff. common dragging.
Muttons, S3.6O; lambs, $4.65 $500.
. Receipts: Hogs l4O0; CATTLE 100; sheep
6OO; calves, 500.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Thursday. Sent. 22.

Admiral Cervera and other Spanish
naval prisoners have arrived in Spain.
Herman B. Dahle has been nomi.
mated for congress by the Republicans
OF the Second Wisconsin district
Former United States Senator Will.
lam Eaton died at Hartford, Conn.,,
from stroke of paralysis sustained
Sunday. He was 80 years old.
The Fosston branch of the Great
Northern was formally dedicated on
Wednesday, when large number Of
excursion trains were run to West Su-
Ierior aud Duluth.
A deal has been consummated at St.
Louis whereby the Brown Tobacco
company's plant becomes property Of
the American Tobacco company. The
price paid was 81, ,26O,O00.
Convicts at Cay enne, French Guiana,
murdered Their guards, attacked and
captured tho arsenal, and at Ia It &C.
counts were le.ieging the pr. ncipal
prison with ~ prospect Of liberating
1000 other c,nvicts.
~. q.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
THE SPANISH COMMISSION
Oniclal Gazette Publishes tho List Of Ap

Oniclal Gazette Publishes tho List Of Ap.
pointmentRs .
MADRID. Sept. 19.-The Official Ga
zette publishes the announcement Of
the appointment of Senior Montero
Rios, president Of the senate; Senior
Abruzzia, Senior Garniga, General
Cerero and Senior Villaurrutia, Spanish
peace commissioners. Seniors Du Bose
and Arranguren, formerly secretaries
to the Spanish legation at Washington,
have been transferred from st. Peters.
burg to Vienna.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24

Piers social season. She has been i'll
several weeks.
Miss Winnie Davis, the Daughter Of
the Confederacy," was born in the Con.
federate executive mansion at Richmond,
Va, in 1863. She was educated princi-
pally at home owing to the trouble sur
rounding her father and tho publicity
which attended oil movements Of the
Davis family. Miss Davis attained her
majority at Beauvoir, Miss. Here she
assisted her mother in various
ways and took her place in many
social functions of the place. She
was her fathers constant companion.
She assisted him in all his work and
much of the information which was re-
quired by Mr.. Davis in his writings was
secured for him by his daughter. She re-
ceived the name Daughter of the Con-
federacy" in 1888, when her father made
his famous trip through the South. Mr..
Davis being unable to appear Miss Win
ME was brought before tho thousands at
different points along the route and in
troduced as the Daughter of the Con-
for1arHCv ~
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24

resemble large sieve. Remarkable is
the fact that the three men in the bas-
ket at the time 1t was destroyed escaped
with but one slight injury. They were
Colonel Drew, chief Of engineers on.
General Shafter's, staff; Major J. e.
Max1eld Of the signal corps, and Ser
geant Thomas @. Boone, detached from
Company K Of the Second Massachu-
setts volunteers, as telegrapher in the
balloon detachment, Three Of the men;
holding the rope on the ground were
wounded. The balloon was finally land !
ed in the middle of a stream waist deep
just as the First and Tenth regiments
of cavalry, dismounted, were charging
a Spanish ambush in a field Of wild
corn on the west side Of the stream,
which for the terrible slaughter there Is
known as Hell's crossing.-Santiago
Letter In Springfield Republican.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24

J GAMBIA, Crete, Sept. 2o.-Edhem
Pasha, the Turkish governor, has just
had a proclamation publicly read, say.
ing that by order of the sultan, all
arms must be. surrendered to the com.
mission formed for that purpose. The
surrender has already begun There
Al no disorder.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Live stook PorIsha..

Fire at United States Marshal Hag.
gart's farm, four miles west of Fargo,
burned II horses, harness, a valuable
bull and calf. The loss is about $2,-
500, partly insured.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
An Editor IL Numad.

Z. N. Warren, editor of the La
Moure Chronicle, has been appointed a
member OF the Agricultural college
board by Governor Devine, vice A. q.
CLARK of Steele, resigned. Mr.. War.
rem is at present attending the law de.
partment OF the Minnesota university,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
WIN Soon he in the Flrst Cl..,.

The last quarters receipts came
within $2S of being the amount re-.
quired to make Jamestown a firstclass
postoffice, and it is expected that this
quarter will bring the amount to the
required figure.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
rromIneut Physician Dead.

DR.. John Harcourt, q prominent ply.
sician of Bismarck and high in Knights
of Pythias circles, died at St. Joseph's
hospital, St. Paul. following a danger.
ous surgical operation.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Saturday. Sent, II,


President Mckinley will visit In.
dianapolis on his way to Omaha and
make o short political address.
News has reached the war depart
ment Of the death of lieutenant J.
Michael O'Brien, Fifth infantry.
Secretary Wakefield of the Omaha
exposition officially announces that the
entire debt Of the exposition has been
lifted and that there remains in the
treasury about $4,000.
The Second Wisconsin district Dem.
ocratic congressional convention has
nominated James Edward Jones Of
Portage on the l40th ballot, after q
deadlock of two days.
Chauncey Fisher, manager Of tho St.
Joseph League Baseball club has been
suspended and fined heavily by own
ers of the franchise, for alleged negli.
gence of duty. Field Captain Roat
will succeed Fisher as manager.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
BLACK HILLS RESERVE.
Order by tho President Changing Its
Boundaries.

Order by tho President Changing Its
Boundaries.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The presi.
dent has signed petition relating to
the Black Hills forest reservation in
South Dakota. By it about 1900 acres
of land are taken from the southeast.
ern corner Of the reservation and 1885,.
900 acres from the southwestern cor.
ner. Additions are made, however, on
the east, north and west Of the reserva.
ton, to the extent Of 44S, 900 acres,
making the total area of the reserva-
ton 1911, 900 acres. This extends the
western boundary Of the reservation
into the state Of Wyoming and adds
large tracts Of densely wooded land to
the reserve in that section.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
sehoflsld Declines t. s.-v.

4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. --After half
hours conference with the president.
General Schofield announced that he
wor'd not serve ms a member Of the
can ,oiss,on to investigate the conduct
0l The wAr. &
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Engine Sets . Barn Aflre.

AS the westbound train was nearing
Lidgerwood, the fire from the engine
tgnited the prairie grass. The high
wind blowing carried the fire quickly
over to the farm of I. B. Smith, two
and half miles east, and burned up
his barn, with go tons of hay, 4 wheat
stacks and over 1000 bushes Of oats and
barley.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPoLIs Sept. "a
WHEAT-September closed at 6;xc;
December, 592sa6Oc; May. go.
On Track-No. hard, 66Ac; No.l North
ern 65Ac; No. 2 Northern, 6lkc.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
shipping Thousaud. Of C.tt1,

Large shipments Of cattle are now
being made from Dickinson. One cat.
tie company at that place is shipping
1000 beeves each week, and will ship
at tho same rate through this and next
month.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Rinedal for Coprress

FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Sept. 1.-THE
Democratic congressional convention
was held here and P. M. Ringdal was
nominated without opposition. At the
same time the Prohibitionists nomi.
mated E. E. Lobeck of Pope county for
congress-.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
LATE MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH. Sept ~.
WHEAT-Cash No. hard, 701So; No.
Northern, &c; No. . Northern, 62c;
To Arrive : No. hard, 6SNo; No.
Northern. zoo; Septe mber, 84Ac; De.
cember, 8l1so; October, 6Ao; May.62Nc
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Short Potato Crop.

A Fargo produce firm estimates that
the potato crop will be short this year
in North Dakota and advises farmers
to hold their potatoes for higher prices.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Drowned at West Superior.

Mrs. Emma Foley of Bismarck, wife
Of the city editor Of the Bismarck
Tribune, was drowned ut West Su.
perior, Wis, while on visit to friends.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Wednesday, Sept. FL.


Hon. John Sherman is i'll at Wash.
tngton of acute bronchitis.
1t is announced that Senator Kyle of
South Dakota has renounced Populism
and become Republican.
Alfred 8 Pinkerton of Massachusetts
has been elected grand sire by the SOY.
ereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
The First Minnesota district Popu.
list convention nominated Milo White,
tho Democratic nominee, for congress.
The secretary of the treasury has re.
ceived from Topeka, Kan, letter
signed IA Citizen" enclosing con.
science con r. button of $500.
One of the Red Cross officers has
been smuggling supplies into Cuba for
the starving. thus checkmating the
Span sh authorities who exaoted an ex.
tortionate duty.
Kid Mccoy refuses to hold any fur
ther communication with Corbett or
his manager regarding change Of
place OF date for their meeting.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Bayard Nearing the End.

DEDHAA, Mass, Sept. 2l.-Thomas
F. Bayard continually loses ground,
although his wonderful constitution
makes strong resistance The end is
looked for in the course Of few days.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
North pakota Roush Rlder Killed.

North Dakota Rough Rider Killed.
Private Albert Eckdahl, Troop Il Of
Colonel Grigsby's rough riders, was
killed by an electric car in Chicago. As
ne aliRhted from westbound car he
was struck by a car moving in the op.
posite direction. Eokdahl enlisted in
Colonel Grigsby's regiment from Lid.
gerwood, this state.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
PoultrY. Butter AM, Eec..

CHICAGO, Sept 20.
POULTRY-Market for live, firm.
Spring chickens, s@Jc; hons, &c; ducks,
&c; turkeys, 1850.
BUTTER Steady. Creamcries. 1870
20c; dairies, llH@l7c.
EGGS-Firm; fresh, l31<@l4c.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Monday, Sept. 10.

hOuuhys Sopks AOs
DR.. Elenters Betanis, the Cuban
agent in Paris, is dead.
A Chicago man has solved the prob.
lem Of color photography.
Details Of the evacuation of Porto
Rico have been practically settled.
A story is current in Paris that Zola,
the novelist. will become Catholic
priest.
1t is officially admitted that the new
Baltimore and Ohio deal contemplates
through line from ocean to ocean.
General Zurlinden, the French min.
lister for war, has rendered his resigna.
ton OH account of they Dreyfus agita-
ton.
The Spanish supreme council OF war
has decided to suspend Admiral Mon.
tejo and Major Siesto, director of the
Cadiz arsenal.
A Spanish rifle, which William
Hickey did not know was loaded, went
of while he was carrying it from the
transport Saratoga to Brooklyn dock,
and the man was killed.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CLOSING PRICES.

Chicago Grain and ProvIsIons.
CHICAGO, Sept. 80.
CLOSING PRICES.
WEEAT-September, 66hc; October,
6.Ac; December. $3.50; May, ,64N@643<c.
CORN September. s9Nc; December,
e9Ac; May, ,.lAc
OATS-September, sl1c: December,
aO21c; May, 22h@22%c. !.
PORK = September. $aO7; October,
ea17; December. esl7; January. e9.0d
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Reward For Inoendi.ries.

Barnes county farmers are after in.
cendiaries and offer q reward of 5000
for the arrest of the men who fred two
big barns there recently.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Paokiue Plaut R.sume,.

DEs MONIES, Ia., Sept. l7.-Early
this fall the Liverpool and Des Moines
Packing company, large plant in this
city, closed for several years, will be
opened with full force Of men.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Cron OF boa. OOO Bushels.

The Grandin farm at Mayville ex.
poets to yield 100000 bushels. There
are 4,5O0 acres of wheat on the farm.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
| NORTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS
DolNas OF THE WEEK FROM ALL
SECTIONS OF THE STATE.

The North Dakota rate case is now
practically closed and will go to the
United States circuit court, district Of
North Dakota, to be tried. Special
Master Lowell again received rebuttal
testimony from the general counsel and
officials Of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific at st. Paul in North.
ern Pacific head qarters, principally in
regard to the cost of construction,
equipment. ETC., of the roads and their
valuation.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24

A barber shop was raided at North.
wood and barrel of evidence was Sc.
cured. The proprietor Of the building
was made one Of the defendants in the
case.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24

NTANTED = SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w Persons in this state to manage our bust
ness in their own and nearby counties. It is
mainly office work conduoted at home. Salary
bonnfde no more no less @ saIaty. Montnly s7s,
References. Enclose self-addressed stamped
envelope, Herbert 3. Hess, Prest., Dept. N,
Chicago. 91O-6m.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
ToLEDo's ELEVATOR FIRE,
Thirteen PersoDs Dead ana .. Uuhuovn
5+ Number Missine 4

TOLEDO. Sept. Thirteen are dead
as result Of the fire aud explosion in
the Paddock, Hodge 8 90. elevator. In
additien to those already fonnd and
who have since died Of injuries, Frank
Perchinski. Hamilton Parks. son OF Su.
perintendent William ]. Parks, and
one unknown. who cannot be identi-
fed, are added to the list of fatalities.
The number Of missing is not yet posi-.
lively known.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
surronderine TIL he,r Arm..

T.. s.k..4aa.-.---sli..iiiiis.ii.Es Ut
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
INDICATES IMPROVEMENT.

Number OF Sick at saptiaeo Reduced
-Four Hundred.
WASHINGTON, Sept. %. - General
Lawton's 8 report Of the health condi.
ton of the American troops at San.
tiago indicates distinct improvement.
The number of sick has been reduced
more than 400 during the past few
days and only one death is reported.
General Lawton's dispatch is as fol.
lows: Sick, 758; fever, 434; new cases,
"; returned to duty. IS: deaths. l.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Rusy Day at Jamestown.

Twenty.one trains, aggregating
nearly 800 cars, arrived and departed
from Jamestown last Sunday.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Tuaaday. Sant. 20.

Auohuhys Cepss ~.
Louis P. Haupt, president of the
North American Insurance company
of Philadelphia, is dead.
Captain Capron, First artillery, and
one of the heroes Of Slntiago, is dead.
The captains son, Allyn K. Capron,
was killed in the first days fighting.
The general convention of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Of America is in session at New York.
More than 1000 delegates are in at
tendance.
An order by the postofice depart.
ment virtually makes all money order
offices postal savings institutions by
providing for the issue of.money orders
payable at their own offices.
Governor Tanner of Illinois has de.
cided that wine will be used to christen
the battleship Illinois. In reply to the
request of the w. @. Il. u. that water
be used, the governor replied that the
subject was unworthy of so much agi.
tation and that the old custom would
be followed.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1898-09-24
Spain is collecting great fleet Of:
hardships. - Galveston News.

The Spaniarda allege they are fortify-
/ ing the coast close to Gibraltar. This is
another big bluff. Philadelp elphia Times
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE ID VOTERS PRECINCT REGISTRATION.

Office of the Registrar of Voters of the
 City and County of San Francisco.
 Notice is hereby given that the Boards of Precinct Registration for the general election to be held on Tuesday. the Sth day of November A D. 1898, will meet In their respective precincts for the regis tration of voters and such other purposes as are prescribed by law, on Wednes- day, August 10, 1898, from g. o'clock a: m until 10 o'clock D. m. daily for five (5) days, until and including Monday. August 15, 1S99 on which day all registration closes.
 All electors who have not been regis tered for said general election are hereby invited to present themselves for regis tration. l
 The Boards of Precinct Registrationw will sit as above for the purpose of register ing all legal and qualified voters residing in their precincts who have not reg1st- cred at the office of the Registrar or Voters since June l. 1S9S-
 Any person who has not registered since June l. 1898. and fails to register at the Boards of Precinct Registration of the precinct In which he resides will be debarred the privilege of voting at such election.
 In accordance with section q of the "Act to Regulate the Registration of Voters" etc, the following places have been secured for the sessions of the Boards of Precinct Registrations:
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-04
LONG CHANGES FORMER PLANS Reorganizing the East
 ern Squadron. SCHLEY TO REMAIN AT HOME CRUISER NEWARK TO BE MADE
 HIS FLAGSHIP. Retention of Several Armor Clads In American Waters Considered
 Significant by Naval
 Officers.
specia, Dispatch to The Call.

 NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The Heraid s Washington correspondent telegraphs: Preparatory to its departure on US Il4s- sion abroad the Eastern squadron IS being reorganized by Secretary Long, The cruiser Newark, original fagshlp of the squadron. will be retained I'll north Atlantic waters and Will propa- bly, hecome the flagship of Commcdore Schley. The Massachusetts, Ne"SIN and Columbia are on their way to G'i- antanamo from Porto Rico. Upon the)r arrival the Columbia will be given or dfrs to assume such duty as may De designated by Rear Admiral Sampson, the Massachusetts will be attachsu tC Commodore Watsons command and the Newark will. It Is said tonight, rece,Vc the flag of Commodore Schley ihls means that Commodore Schley VIII rS, man at horne while the Brooklyn VIII bs attached to Commodore Watson command.
 It is expected that 1t will be necessary to make a. few repairs to the MassGchu- setts. and when these are completeo thc Eastern squadron will be ready 10 star abroad The retention of several arIrlor, :, clads in American waters is conSlHe: .i r-cst significant by naval officers with whom I talked to-day, especially when taken m conjunction with the repeated statements of Secretary Long ana other officials that the original orders to tlie fleet had not been modified. IT the ad- ninistration carries out its plan of dis natching strong endorsements to the Philippines 1t will be notice to all Europe that the United States does not propose to let any foreign complications grow out of the final settlement III re- gard to the islands.