The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-05
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST To
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention of the Doinss o. the Ma
t'onal Congress, Departmental and Ex-
ecutive Official Actions, and Move meut.
of Army and Navy.
Friday. April FL.

fACClOnS, anu MOVemanfa
OF Army and Navy.
Friday. April FL.
The U. 5. transport Crook is expect
ed soon from Guantanamo. Cuba, with
Ala American dead.
On account of the failure of the
Pennsylvania legislature to pass GER
tain needed legislation, it is said an
extra session will be called.
Word has reached Washington that
the Detroit has reached Greytown for
an inquiry into the state of affairs
there before proceeding to Bluefelds.
After several conferences with the
minister from Venezuela. the United
States postotfice authorities have en-
tered into an agreement for a parcel
post treaty with Venezuela.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue shows
that during March. 1899. the total re-
receipts We're So. 3 s.441. an increase
over March, 1898, of S9.49l $40. For
the nine months of the present fiscal
year the total receipts were Sool .5a2.-
AL. an increase over the corresponds
ing period Of last year OF ST, 100. 400.
The most expert pathologist of the
agricultural department. Dir. Zwingle.
is low in Morocco on a mission which
the department hopes will launch a
new and profitable industry in the
most arid sections of the southwest.
He is making a close study Of the
African date palm, selecting the finest
varieties and IN effort will be made to
cultivate them in Arizon ma. 1t has
been found that date palms will grow
there with some irrigation.
Saturday. April :2.
United States Minister Bridgeman
has cabled the state department from
La Paz, Bolivia, that the revolution
there is ended and everything is quiet.
The president will in a few days is
sue a proclamation giving effect to
the new extradition treaty between
the United States and Mexico, Presi-
dent Diaz taking similar action in
Mexico.
Inquiry at the wal department elicits
the information that the First Nebras-
Ka may be expected to start home from
the Philippines about May 5. All the
volunteer regiments are to be returned
as rapidly as transports can be sent to
receive them.
The naval reserve association of
Illinois, veterans of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. has resolved to offer the gov
eminent $50 men for service in the
Philippines. Secretary Long of the
navy department will be advised of the
action of the association.
Shortly after noon Governor Stone
of Pennsylvania, appointed Matthew
Stanley Quay as senator to serve until
the next session of the Legislature.
The appointment is addressed to the
president Of the senate and it is stated
in the letter to be made under author
ity of clause 2 of section 3 of article l
of the constitution of the United
States.
Admiral Dewey has as yet not learned
the fate of the boat crew of fourteen
under Lieutenant Gilmore. The sup
position is that they were captured or
killed by the Spaniards or the 400 in
surgents who are besieging the Span
ish garrison. Admiral Dewey declined
to say what steps he would take toward
a punitive expedition.
Monday, April "a.
General Otis has informed the war
department that he is censoring cable
grams sent to the volunteers.
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan said
yesterday that while precedents Were
against seating Senator Quay. he was
inclined to think the precedent will
not be observed and that Senator Quay
will be seated.
Secretary Alger has received from
Major General Otis. commanding the
troops IN the Philippines. a report re-
garding the reasonable cOmmunica-
lions which. it has been asserted, have
passed between people in this country
and the soldiers. General Otis report
shows that one of the regiments under
his command received some cable
grams reading as follows: Don't IN
list. boys One or two of these were
signed '.Committec'' or 1.-The Commit
tee" while others had no signatures.
The secretary did not make public the
name of the organization to which the
dispatch had been sent. The whole
matter had been very much eNagger-
ated. and he said. as General Otis re-
ports showed. that it was only to the
above extent hat any communications
of the character indicated had passed.
He said he attributed them entirely to
the work of Observation-Disclosures. who, be-
cause of their cowardly spirit, had re-
fused to put their names to the dis
patches.
Tuesday. April 25.
DR.. Malcolm Stewart has been ap-
pointed a member of the board of pen.
sion examining surgeons at Tccunaseh.
The war department yesterday was
without adviccs from General Otis in
regard to the names of the killed and
wounded in the battle Of Quingua.
There have been twenty deaths from