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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09

CattIe-Comparat1ve receipts:
Total for today Observation-Disclosures. 30
A week ago Observation-Disclosures. AZ
"A year ago ,...-....-....., 1S6
Quotations-Primeb butcher steers, S47
Q5.15; common to good, $425046 go; choice
cows and heifers, $4@4.5O; common to
feeding steers, $3.75G4. 10; common and
off-colored, So. 25q375; best stock heifers.
S:5OQ3.75; common and off-colored, S.. 256
S.59; young COWS, $2.75G3.25; best stock
calves, $4.25Q4.50; common, $375G4 Is:
best yearlings and Jtwos, So 75@4. 10; me-
dunn, So. 50qS: rs; tat hills, s. 25@3. IS; com
mon and killing bulls, $2.75@3.25; stock
bulls, $2.75Q3. IS; veal calves, $4,000; milk
ers and springers, $2G@40.
The run of cattle was light, with only
rev head of butcherstuff, which sold at
steady prices Stock cattle were dull with
but few offered. Representative sales:
RllfNhP1- an Lei e..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09

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The age-herald., 1899-01-07
AGONCILLO ASKS
 FOR RECOGNITION As Official Representative of the
 Filipino Republic. REQUESTS THE SAME RIGHTS That Are Accorded Other Diplomats of Sovereign Governments Serving
 as Ministers to the United
 States-Facts Set Forth.
REQUESTS THE SAME RICH TS

Washington, January 6.-Senor Agoncillo, who is in Washington as the representative of the Philippine government, has asked to be recognized by the United States as such and to be accorded the same rights as other diplomats.
 Accompanying a letter from Senor Agon- cillo to the secretary of state is memo randum setting forth the establishment of the Philippine republic and the prov!s on for a detailed system of government. 'From the facts submitted,' says Senor Agoncilo. ''it will appear that the Philippine govern ment is now, as it has been practically ever since June IS, 1898, substantially in full pos session of the territory of the people it rep- resents."
 The representatives of the Philippine gov ernment will now await action upon the request made today. It is their desire that the United States appoint commission to hold a conference for the purpose of dis cussing and settling the Philippine question
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
Leader Bailey Will be Upheld in His
 Contention.
NUMEROUS PRECEDENTS CITED
To Show the Justice of the Committees Report Standing in the Fifty Sixth Congress Not Affected
 by the Decision.
BY ARCHIBALD W. BUTT

Washington, January 6.-(SpeciaL)- house committee on judiciary will make a unanimous report in favor of declaring the seats of Representatives Wheeler of Ala bama Campbell of Illinois and Colson of Kentucky, vacant.
 The committee, with the exception of two members, will express the opinion that the acceptance of military commissions vacates the seats, and not having held commissions during the session of congress, their resfg- nations from the army would not en .e them to re-enter congress.
 The two members who differ from this view hold to the opinion that a member holding a commission has right to resume his seat upon resigning from the army. Tie committee has not taken official action, but I can say positively that Bailey will be up- held in his contention and that the above will be the action of the committee.
 The Precedents Cited
 There are these precedents cited, on which the committee will base its action and
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WILL BE DISBANDED.
Army Corps Organized During the War
 to Be Discontinued.

New York, January GA special from Washington says:
 'Secretary Alger will soon issue an order formally disbanding the seven army corps organized during the war.
 ''These corps are still in existence, but the dispatch of troops to Cuba and Porto Rico has reduced the force of several of them that only few regiments rep resent a corps. The Firsta59nd Seventh corps are now in Cuba but as the island has been subdivided into seven departments the corps are practically no long reeog- nzed as such. The Second and Fourth corps, whose headquarters are at Augusta, Ga, and Huntsville, Ala, are practically disbanded.
 Instructions have been given to all com manding officers of regiments to grant ,:is- charges to such enlisted men who request it and who enlisted in the regular army for one year.
 "The six regiments which are going to the Philippines are especially receiving the at- tention of the department in II IS respect, and tef) they start tn" COT. mands will be made up of men who have enlisted for three years. The officials have found that the men are making money by applying for discharges and then returning clothing and travel allowances. When discharged, and after the receipt of their allowances, they apply for re-enlistment for three years and obtain the advantage of increased pay
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man who mixed up the parable of the good Samaritan with the parable of the sower and in attempting to repeat the former said: A man went from Jerusa,sm to Jericho, and as he went he fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up and ehoked him.
 We entered the Spanish war as peace makers. Imperialists have an ndistinct recollection that a blessing has been prom ised to the peacemakers. and also to the meek, but their desire for more territory has perverted their memories so that as they recall the former it reads Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the earth
 Annexation cannot be defended upon the ground that we shall find a pecuniary profit in the policy. The advantage which may come to a few individuals who hold the offices who secure valuable fran chises cannot properly be weighed against the money expended in governing the Philippines. because the money expended will be paid by those who pay the taxes.
 Cannot Buy People
 we are not yet in position to estimate whether the people of the United States as whole will bring back from the Philippines as much as they send there. There is an old saying that it is not profitable to buy a lawsuit. Our na- tion may learn by experience that it is not wise to purchase the right to con- quer a people, Spain, under compulsion, gives us quit claim to the Phil ppines in return for $20, 000000 but she does not agree to defend our tie as against the Philip pines. To buy land is thing; to buy people is another. Land is inanimate and makes no resistance to the transfer of title; the people animate and sonnet mes de- sire voice in their own affairs. But whether measured by dollars and cents the conquest of the Philippines would prove profitable or expensive it will certainly prove embarrassing to those who still hold to the doctrine which underlies a repub- lc. Military rule is antagonistic to our theory of government. The arguments which are used to defend it in the Philip pines may be used to excuse it in the United States.
 Hinder military rule much must be left to the discretion of the military governor and ths can only be justified upon the the ory that the governor knows more than the people whom he governed, is better ac- quainted with their needs than they are themselves. is entirely in sympathy with them and is thoroughly honest and upself- ish in his desire to do them good. Such combination of wisdom, integrity and love is difficult to find and the republican party will enter upon hard task when 1t starts out to select suitable military governors for our remote possessions
 Sarcastic Shot at Hanna
 Even if the party has absolute conf- dence in it's great political manager, Sen ator Hanna, it must seem that the people
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MIR. DINGLEY IS
 MUCH WORSE Life of the Republican Leader Is
 Despaired of. POISON FROM HIS SICKNESS Has Permeated His Entire System and Decrease in Vitality Has Been Alarm ing-Patient Delirious and Radi-
 cal Change Is Expected.
POISON FROM HIS SICKNESS

Washington, January 6.-The condition of Representative Dingley, of Maine, who has been i'll with pneumonia for almost a wee' has undergone marked change for the worse, and tonight his physicians hold out little if any hope for recovery. Although the lung has improved considerably and the cough lessened, the effect of the pneumonia has so weakened the system to decrease the vitality to an alarming extent.
 The poison from the sickness has perme- ated the whole system, which renders it less potent to stand the terrible strain. Much of the day the patient was deirous and appeared to be uttering extracts from speeches he made on the tariff question in the house of representatives. He was con- scous only whe naroused. The physicians say there must be a radical change one way or another very soon.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
PROMISES TO
 GEN. AGUINALDO Wildman Nor Williams Offered Him
 Recognition. HE MADE ALL THE ADVANCES E Desired Nothing More Than to Be An
 American Citizen.
HE MADE ALL THE ADVANCES
SEEDS OF CORDIAL COOPERATION
We're Sown by United States Consuls, But Nothing Was Done to Com promise the Dignity of the
 Western Republic.

Washington, January 6.-The correspon- tence published officially in connection with the treaty contains much of interest from Consul Williams, who was stationed at Manila prior to the war. He was in con- stant communication with Aguinaldo for some time after the battle of Manila bay, and his letters throw much light upon the relations with the Philippine chieftain.
 As early as February 22 last MT. Will Hams wrote:
 "The governor-general, who is amiabe and popular, having resigned, wishes credit for pacifcation and certain rebel leaders were given a cash bribe of $1 ,650000 to con- sent to public deportation to China. This bribe and deporta tion,' he adds, "only null tiplied claimants and famed the fires of diseontent."
 "Aguinado told me today he writes on June 16, that his friends all hoped that the Philippines would be held as a colony of the United States" This was only four days after the first formation of a provis- ional government by the natives MT. Will Hams says he was invited to be present when this government was organized by
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
Fire at Charlotte

Charlotte, N. C.. January At midnight fire was discovered in the three-story build ing of the Shaw-Howell Harness company, in Fourth street, near the center of the business portion of the city. The fire had gained such headway when the alarm was sounded that the building was soon totally destroyed. The loss to the stock will reach $50 900, with 25,OOO insurance. An adjoining building occupied by the Liddell Machine company is a total wreck. and was valued at about $4,OO0. At 1:40 a. m. the fire is un- der control. The total loss will probably reach s65.OOO to $75,OOO.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
Articles orIncorporatlon

Trenton, N. J., January 6.-Articles of in corporation of the United Lighting and Heating company, with an authorized capi- tai of $12000, 900 were filed with the secre- tary of state today. The company is or ganized for the purpose of consolidating the oil lighting interests of the United States and the absorption of the big concerns, which furnish oil light The company is backed by the same syndicate that is be- hind the electric trust, incorporated yes terday and the gas trust which has been in existence for some time. The purpose is to operate the three systems of furnish ing light by electricity, oil and gas.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
 WORKING CONTROL SECURED OF TENNESSEE C0Rb G IRON GO.

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The age-herald., 1899-01-07
RACIAL WAR.
Dreyfus Prosecuted on Account of His
 Religion.

London, January 1.-The Daily News pub fishes this morning interview which a special correspondent in Holland has had with Major Comte Ferdinand Walsin Es- terhazy, author of the Dreyfus bordereau. The correspondent says:
 "Esterhazy declared that the Dreyfus af- fair is a bitter racial war, legitimate and natural. defense against the most terrible invasion which ever menaced Europe, ob- serving that unhappily the defenders were not agreed among themselves"
The age-herald., 1899-01-07

the Filpinos, but that he declined. For this he afterwards received a note of ap- proval from the state department.
 seeds of Cordial Co-Operation
 On August he wrote: "It has been my study to keep on pleasant terms with Aguinaldo for ultimate objects Admiral Dewey says l have planted the seeds of cordial cooperation. My agreement with Aguinado has been that the conditions of government by the United States in the Philippine islands would be vastly better for him and his people in honor, advance ment and profit than could exist under any plan fixed by himself and Filipinos. I have traversed the entire ground of gov ernment with him in council and he has called his officials from fifteen provinces to meet for their discussion, all stated as friendly but unofficial on my part"
 On July 16 Consul Williams wrote to the secretary of state expressing his views on the then reported policy of the United States government to allow the Philippines to return to Spain. Among other things he said:
 'I consider the forty or fifty Philippine leaders with whose fortunes l have been very closely connected, both the superiors of the Maays and the Cubans. Aguinaldo, Agoncillo and Sandico are all men who would be leaders in their separate depart ments in any country. In spite of state ments to the contrary, I know they are fighting for annexation to the United States first and for independence secondly.
 Wanted American Citizenship
 In fact I have had the most prominent leaders call on me and say they would not raise one finger unless I could assure them that the United States intended to give them United States citizenship if they wanted it.
 "There has been a Systmatic attempt to blacken the name of Aguinaldo and his cabinet on account of the questionable terms of their surrender to Spanish forces year ago. It has been said that they sold their country for gold, but this has been conclusivey disproved, not only by their own statements but by the speech of the late governor-general, Riveria in the Span ish senate. I was in Hong Kong in Sep tember, 1897, when Aguinaldo and his lead CTS arrived under contract with the Spanish government. They waited until the first of November for the payment of the money promised for the widows and orphans of the insurgents and the fulillment of prom ised reforms Only s4OO,OOO Mexican was ever placed to their credit"
 In conclusion, MT. Wildman says:
 T wish to put myself on record as stating
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
Potter to Be Ambassador

New York, January GA special from Washington says:
 "The president has practically selected William Pottetr, of Philadelphia, for ann bassador to Russia.
 William Potter, of Philadelphia, for am- Italy. having been stationed at Rome dur ing the Harrison administration
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
Severe Sentence Passed

Madrid, January 6.-Colone Julison San Martin, who was in command of the Span ish garrison at Ponce, Porto Rico, when the United States troops under General Miles landed in the island and who aban- doned the place without resistance. has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07
To Examine the Books

Boston, January 6.-Crediters of the Assa- bet company held a meeting here today and appointed committee to examine the af- fairs of the corporation.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07

We will repair your burst pipe promptly. Alabama Gas Fixture and Plumbing Co.
The age-herald., 1899-01-07

that the insurgent government of the Phil ippine islands canot be dealt with as though they were North American Indians, willing to be removed from one reservation to an- other at the whim of their masters. If the United States decides not to retain the Philippine islands it's 10.OOO,000 people will demand independence and the attempt of any foreign nation to obtain territory or coaling stations will be resisted with the same spirit with which they fought the Spaniards."
 Made No Pledges
 The correspondence shows that Mr. Wild man was warned not to make pledges or discuss policy with Aguinaldo and that he replied that he made him no pledges and exaeted from him but two, viz: To obey unquestionably the commander of the United States forces in the Philippine islands and to conduct his warfare on civ ilized lines.
 "Agunaldo," writes MT. Wldman, "has written me by every opportunity and I be- lieve he has been frank with me both re- garding his actions and his motives do not doubt that he would like to be pres ldent of the Philippine republic and there may be a small coterie of his native advs- CTS who entertain a like ambition, but am perfectly certain that the great ajority of his followers and all the wealthy and educated Filpinos have but one desire-to become citizens of the United States. As for the members of the educated classes they would be content under any rule save that of the frars."
 Consul General Pratt, stationed at Singa- pore, deta Is his last interview with Aguln- aldo saying that he enjoined upon the Filipino leader the necessity under Com modore Deweys directions, of assuming absolute control over his forces in the Phil ippnes, since no excesses on their part would be tolerated by the United States the president having declared that hostil formity with the principles of civilized war fare.
 Hope for Protection
 MT Pratt states, too, that this injunc- tion Aguinaldo expressed the hope that the United States would assume protection over the Philippines for at least long enough to allow the inhabitants to establish gov ernment of their own In the organization of which he would desire American advice and ass stance"
 Assistant Secretary Moore, in a memor- andum to the secretary, says:
 MT Pratt was instructed that it was proper for him to obtain the unconditional assurance of General Aguinaldo, but not to make any political pledges
 Writing June 16, to MT. Pratt, Secre- tary Day says:
 This government has known the Philip
 
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frame it's report: The first is the Vanne.s from New Yor.., appointed by Thomas Jefferson to an office in the District of Co., lumba Guard, with no salary attached In spite of this, the house by a unanimous vote declared the seat vacant. The next precedents are the Yell and Baker cases during the Mexican war, which have been cited before.
 The third and most important precedents are contained in the Blair and Chenk cases, found in the Congressional Globe of the first session of the Thity-eighth congress, beginning on page 1854. Blair entered the civil war as a major-general of volunteers He was elected in November, but resigned his commission in January to enter con- gress.
 Declared the Seat Vacant
 Congress declared, however that he had held his commission after the converting of congress; that he had vacated his seat the seat vacant
 The case of Chenk was similar to that of Blair, only with the difference that he resigned his army commission the day be- fore congress met On account of this he was permitted to assume his duties as congressman. The committee regards the Blair case as identical with that of General Wheeler, and in consequence will hold that the Alabama seat is vacant, and will im- press the opinion that even should General Wheeler resign he could not resume his seat.
 This will not affect his seat in the Fifty sixth congress should he decide to resign his commission before the first day of the first session of the Fifty-sixth congress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-07
Platform Declares For The Gold
Standard.
And Suppression Philip
pine Rebellion.
A Resolution Against Trust Also
Passed.

baltimore. September The Maryland
State Republican convention met here
today and nominated the following
ticket:
For Governor, Hon. Lloyd Lowndes.
For Comptroller, Philip La Colds
borough.
For Attorney General, ex-Cong ressman
John " L. Findley.
The nominations were all made by ac-
einmation.
Chairman George L. Wellin gtou Of the
state committee called the convention to
order. State Senator Stevenson A. Will
liams was chosen chairman. The pro-
ceedings were harmonious.
The platform, which was unanimously
adopted, in part says:
1--WE believe in the gold standard and
by iaw redesmable in gold coin at the
option of thS holder.
We continue to favor such system
Of import duties as shall protect Ameri-
can industries and provide sufficient rev.
enue for the expresses of government,
economically administered.
"We commend the record made by our
country in the late war with Spain.
While We deplore the insnrrection in the
Philippine islands, wherein by oession
from Spain we acquired the right of SOW
ereignty, duty demands that we retain
and pacify them and safeguard the inter
eats Of commerce until the problem Of
their final disposition ne solved In such
manner that the glory Of our dag be not
sullied, nor the liberty it stands for re-
strained. We repose our trust TOR such
solution of ths problem in our wise and
patriotic President and the Republican
majority in Congress.
Legitimate business interests. fairly
capitalized and honestly managed, have
built up our Industries at home. given
employment to labor as never before and
have enabled us to successfully compete
with foreign countries in the markets Of
struck down by legislation aimed at the
dishonesty organized trust which stiles
competition and oppressss labor.
'We are opposed to legislation merely
for popular effect in reckless disregard of
business revival after prolonged depres-
sion. We strongly favor laws to SUCCESS
fully suppress trusts and all oombina-
lions which create monopoly. Il was the
Republican party which passed the FEEDER
al law against trusts and which is snforc-
ing 1t SO far as state ri gifts permit -
The platform pledges the party to Il
non-paI tisan re-or sniz ton of the police
department of Baltimore by passing
law embodying the essential features of
the bills prepared BY the reform league
of baltimore. The convention adjourned
late this afternoon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-07
First Congressional District
Republican Convention.

The Republicans of the First Congress sional
District OF Maine are reque tied to send dele
gates to conventionto be he'd in City Hall,
Portland, ON Thursday. September 2s. 1899, at
1880 O'Clock a. M. for the purpose of nomn-
ating candidate for representative in Con-
gress, to I'LL the vacancy caused by tae resigna
ton of Hon. Thomas b. Reed. and transacting
any other business that may properly come be-
fore Ii.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: Each city and town will be emit led to
one delegate, and for each seventy-fve votes
cast for the Republican candidate for Governor
in 1898 an additional delegate. and Tor frac-
ton of forty votes in excess OF seyenty-hve an
addition delegate.
The district committee will be in session at
Reception Hall at nine O'Clock a. M, on the
day of the convention to receive the ereden-
tals of the delegates and to attend to such
other busins s. as may be necessary.
Per Order Republican District Committee,
WILFORD &. CHAPMAN, Chairman.
SAMUEL w. JUNKINS, Secretary
Sept. 90, 1893.
Towns are entitled to delegates as follows:
York County Cumberland County.