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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
Died in Hospitals.
The Enemy,s Loss Was Severe.

Manila, March l9.-The Filipinos in
force attacked company of the Washing
ton volunteers at Taguig last night, Two
companies of the Washington and Oregon
regiments were sent to the assistance OF
their comrades, and drove the rebels back
in front of the Twenty regulars,
who also engaged the enemy. Two Amer
lean soldiers were killed and an officer
and 10 privates wounded. The enemy s
loss was severe.
Cebu Under Lieut.. Col. Hammer.
Manila, March l9.-The island of Cebu
has been made subdistrict, under Lieu
tenant Colonel 7. r. Hammer of the First
Idaho volunteers. The other officers are
Captain w. T. Wood, Eighteenth regu'
lars, collector OF customs, and Lieutenant
Thomas F. Schley of the Twenty-third
port captain.
Ensign Everhart has been relieved as
port captain of Iloilo by Lieutenant vii
liam B. Hanna of the Montana volunteers
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
Cebu under LAent. col. Hnmmer.
Five Children Burned.

Hutchinson, Kans., March 2l-The
home of John Moore was burned to- the
ground yesterday and FIVE children rang,
ing in age from three to IL years lost
their lives.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

While from many sections the report is
received that the fruit crop is badly dam
aged, and in some instances total loss, a
very different condition prevails in Yak
ina. Unless the unexpected happens af-
ter this date the orchards of the Yakima
valley will yield one of the largest crops
ever known.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
handful RennIsed.

Manila, March 20.-The mountain ban
ditu of Panay island recently threatened
serious attack upon Iloilo, but they
We're repulsed with loss of 200 men by
General Miller.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
Mrs. Place Executed.

Sing Sing, March 20.-Mrs. Martha
Place was executed at ll:0l a. m. The
first shock lasted four minutes.
Mrs. Martha Place of Brooklyn was con
victed of killing her step-daughter Ida,
February Z, 1898.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
The Ceremony of Exchange.

Washington, March lS.-In the alb
sence of any direct communication be-
tween the United States and Spain, Sec
rotary Hay expects to receive his first
formal notice of the ratification o. the
peace treaty by the queen regent through
the medium of the French embassy here.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
VIC Treaty Is signed.

Madrid, March ls.-The queen regent
has signed the treaty of peace, and it will
be forwarded to the French ambassador OF
Washington for exchange with the one
signed by President Mckinley
No decree on the subject win be pub
lished in the official gazette.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

Man alone can present an ideal OF
beauty.-Kant.
Japan has 100 coal mines.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
Disaster at Cleburne.

Birmingham, Ala, March lS.-Advices
reaching here late tonight indicate a great
storm has passed over Cleburne county,
devastating a large section. Ten people,
it is reported, have been killed. Tele-
graph interrupted.
A passenger from Atlanta tonight con-
firms the news OF the cyclone. 1t was told
him by citizens of Edwardsvile. 1t is
said a house near there in which II per-
sons lived was wrecked and nine of them
killed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

Tobacco costs John Bull sl4,O00,000 a
year.
France makes aluminium violins
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

The German people spend sl,oOe,Ooo
daily for liquor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25
SEVERE STORM IN THE SOUTH
MANY LIVES WERE LOST.
A Tornado Swept all Before It-Every
Town Sunered-Loss of Life Was Large
Many Thousand Dollars Lost In Prop
erty-Disaster at Clsburne.

Memphis, Tenn, March lS-A series
OF windstorms swept through portions Of
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas yester-
day, DONG an Immense amount OF prop
crty damage and killing number of peo-
pie. The storms covered radius of sew
eral hundred miles, destroying telegraph
wires and cutting off communication with
a large section OF country. Cleburn coun-
ty, Alabama, seems TO have suffered the
most severely, the storm assuming the
proportions of tornado. The reports Of
fatalities in the county vary from six to
20 and many more are said to be injured.
AT Sellers and Luverne, Ala, much dam
age is reported and at Rob Roy, Ark,
one man was killed and several badly in
jured. Dumas, Ark, was nearly wiped
out of existence and several other towns
in the vicinity suffered severely. One per
son is reported killed at Hickory HAT,
Miss, and as the farmhouses in the vicin-
ity suffered heavily, it is not unlikely
many fatalities occurred which have not
yet been reported.
Reports from different points in Arkan-
sas, Mississippi and Alabama indicate that
in the storms which swept over those
states today Is persons We're killed out
right and Il injured, as follows: Ala
bama, 10 killed, 4 injured Arkansas,
killed, injured; Mississippi, killed, 10
injured. The property loss will run into
the hundreds OF thousands.
seven Were Killed.
Birmingham, Ala, March lS.-A cy-
clone passed through the country today
creating great havoc between Hehin and
Edwardsville 1t is known seven people,
members of the family of Mr.. Cotley, a
farmer, are dead, and it is thought many
others are injured, although on account
of damage by the storm to the telegraph
wires it is impossible to give details.
The house contained IL people when il
was struck by the storm. The building
, was demolished and seven inmates were
killed outright. The path of the storm
was about 25 miles wide and it tore ev-
erything to pieces that lay before it. TeIe
graph wires and poles are down every
where, trains are delayed greatly on &c
count of debris piled on the track and il
is thought great damage has been done
in the farming district.
Disaster At Cleburne.
Birmingham, Ala, March lS.-Advice
. reaching here late tonight indicate giea
storm has passed over Cleburne county
devastating a large section. Ten people
3 it is reported, have been killed. Tele
a graph interrupted.
4 nassen0er from Atlanta toniOht con
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

Virtue, though clothed in a beggaTs
garb, commands respect.-SchIler.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-25

Switzerland makes Photographic
watches.
Rockefeller's income is $4,000 a day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09

The appointment Of director general Of posts
OF Cuba was given to an expert VINO hao peen
chief postoftice inspector and assistant post
master general. and who united large expe-
rience with administrative capacity. For the
postmastership at Havana the range OF skilled
and available men were scanned, and tne
choice fell upon enc who had been twenty
years in the service as deputy postmaster ana
postmaster of a large city. This principle
American officials sent not only to Cuba but
to Porto Rico and the Philippines. and tneS
were instructed to apply 1t as far as pfactlca-
BILE.
In the Employment of Natives
to act as postmasters and clerks. The postal
system In Cuba, though remaining under the
general guidance Of the postmaster; a, vas sha ma'i Il
should not be made a burden on the postal
system Of the United States. and provision
was made that any deficit In the postal reve-
nues of the island.
Though Porto Rico and the philippines hau
a different relation to the United states, YET
for convenience of administration the same
principle of an autonomous system mas Deen
extended to them. The dssei sdps hsen OF ra 1hs
and successful. 1t has moved forward on
American lines with free delivery. money Or
people mail facilities far greater and more
reliable than any they have ever before en-.
joyed. 1t is thus not only a vital agency OF
industrial social and business progress. put an
important influence in difusinS a Just UNDER
standing of the true spirit and character OF
American administration.
The mest POstal Service
continues to grow with extraordinary rapidity.
The expenditures and revenues will each ex-
coed 500, 900, 900 during the current year.
Fortunately, since the revival OF prosperous
times, the revenues have grown much faster
than the expenditures, and there is every in
dication that a short period will witness the
obliteration Of the annual deficit. In this con-
nection the report of the postmaster general
embodies a statement Of some evils which have
grown up outside of the contemplation OF law
In the treatment Of some classes OF mail mat
ter which wrongly exercise the privilege OF
the pound rate, and shows that II this matter
had been properly classified and had paid the
postal deficit for the last fiscal year of $780,
900, there would have been on one basis a sur
plus Of SIT, 637, $40, and on another IS, 1916, e'O.
The reform thus suggested, in the opinion Ct
the postmaster general, would not only. put
the postal service at oEce on a self-sustainins
basis, but would permit great and valuable
improvements. and I recommend the subject
to the consideration of the congress.
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fes.o s.n Z . re eess q a'i Sf.4 aRs sss.sss + 1 promote
and il the interest Of public peace the sum
of SIS was paid to each Cuban soldier borne
a tSst h. sn shou sSte aepos,s his r srm. With WI eg the aa.
rho sum thus disblrsed aggregated 2,547: 75s:
provided by the act of Jan. s, 1899. for that
purpose.
out Of the Cuban island revenues during the
six months ending June 80. 1899. s.. Il. Oh 70
was expended for sanitation. $293, S8l.7O for
charities and hospitals and $ss,944.o3 for aid
Friendly Relations Restored.
Following the exchange of notifications of
the treaty of peace the two governments &C
ing to Washington the duke Of ARGOS, an emf
nent diplomatist, previously stationed in Mex
Madrid Hon. Bellamy storer. its minister at
Brussels. This was followed by the respective
appointment OF consuls. thereby fully resum.
addition to its consular representation In the
United States. the Spanish government has
administration of the affairs of the island.
Cuba and Porto Rico and of Spain has been
established as ovided by the treaty of peace.
The Cuban political prisoners imprisoned at
leased and returned to their homes in accord
ance with article VI. Of the treaty. Megotia-
ventional relations between the two countries.
which fall into allegiance by. reason Of the
war. I trust that those will include a favor
able arrangement for commercial reciprocity
under the terms of sections 3 and 4 of the
current tariff act. In these, as in all mat
tiers Of International concern, this effort will
be spared to respond to the good disposition OF
Spain and to cultivate in all practicable ways
the intimacy which should prevail between
two nations whose past history, has SO often
and in SO many ways been marked by sincere
/ would recommend appropriate Legislation
in order to carry into execution article W.
the United States assured the payment or
certain claims for Indemnity of its citizens
opofpst Snain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
AMERICAS NAVY.
ease Recommended by
Secretary Ii COmcurrcd In.

-
The navy has maintained the spirit and
high efficiency which have always character
lied that service and has lost none of the
gallantry in heroic action which has signal
ton has equal pride in its early and later
achievements. Its habitual readiness for every
emergency has won the confidence and ad-
mfration of the country. The people are. In
navy and will justify liberal appropriations
for its maintenance and Improvement. The
officers have shown peculiar adaptation for
the performance of new and delicate duties
which our recent war has imposed.
1t cannot be doubted that congress Will at
once make necessary provision for the armor
plate for the vessels now under contract and
building. Its attention is respectfully called
to the report of the secretary of the navy;
in which the subject is fully presented. 1
unite In his recommendation that the con-
gress enact such special legislation as may
be necessary to enable the department to mako
contracts early in the coming year FOR armor
of the best quality that can be obtained IN
this country for the Maine. Ohio ana Mis-
souri,; and that tha the provision o o. the e, a aIno OIL
TO $500 per ton be removed. ,.
In the matter of naval construction, italy
and Japan. of the great powers, laid Gown
try. and italy alone has less tonnage under
| construction.
L henrtily concur in the reconi-
mendatiOn for the increase OF II
! navy az suggested by the secretary
Of the navy.
Our future progress and prosperity depend
upon our ability to equal, II not sulpass osne,
! nations, in the enlargement amt advancement
Of science, industry and commerce. 70 III
! yention we must turn as one or the most pow
| erful aids to the accomplishment OF such a
result. The attention of the congress is dls
rected to the report of the commissioner or
patents In. which will be found Faiuao'e sus
| gestions ana recommendations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
BOYS.
Their Hard Work and. Great Sacrl-
fees Are Appreciated.

fees Are Appreciated
Since nv last annual message, and IN obedi-
ence to the acts Of congress of April 22 and &c.
1893, the available forces enlisted Tor tne
Spanish war, consisting of 34,s34 regulars ana
officers, has been discharged from the military
service. OF the volunteers, 667 officers ana
14,S31 men were serving IN tne pn'ippines;;
to be mustered out after the ratification OF
the treaty of peace. They voluntarily re,
NAMED at the front until their places could
be filled by new troops. They were returned
home in the order in which they went to
Manila, and they are now al OF them out g, OF
the service and in the ranks OF ctttzenship.
l re'o x spec snaf Ne fe1s. Of R GeSn,Se
for the volunteers. regulars, sailers and ma
tariiy remained in the service after their terms
of enlistment had expired.
By the act of March 2, 1893, congress gave
authority to Increase the regular army to q
maximum not exceeding IS. 900 enlisted men.
and to enlist a force Of 5000 volunteers to
virtue Of this authority the regular army has
listed men and 2,24s officers, and new volun-
ing SO. $50 enlisted men and 1924 officers. Two
Of these volunteer regiments are made up OF
colored men. with With col folor n,dol line e, o 3hess r.,, The
ing from the Philippines have been trans
ported to Manila to the number Of 581 officers
and b04 officers and 1888. enlisted men Of
the. new volunteer force. while 504 officers and
IA, 119 men, of the volunteer force are on the
ocean, en- route to Manila.
The Force Now in Manila
consists Of 9O5 officers and 30. 57S regulars and
584 officers and IL. 1888 of the volunteers. MAX
ing an aggregate of 1,499 officers and As. 966
men. When the troops now under orders shall
reach Manila. the force in the archipelago
The muster out of the great volunteer army
organized for the Spanish war and the crea-
tion Of 9. = new army. the transportation from
Manila to San Francisco of those entitled to
discharge and the transportation of the new
troops to take their places have been a work
of great magnitude. well and ably done. for
which too much credit cannot be given the
war department.
During the past year we have reduced our
force in Cuba and Porto Rico. In Cuba we
now have 334 officers and 10. Jog enlisted men:
men and a battalion of 400 men composed Of
native Porto Ricans; while stationed through
out the United States are 91O officers and
II, 317 men, and in Hawaii IL officers and ass
enlisted men.
The operations of the army are fully pre-
scented in the report OF the secretary of war.
I cannot withhold from officers and men the
highest commentator for their soldierly con-
duct in trying situations. their willing sac.
rifces for their country. and the integrity and
ability with which they have performed UNI
sions.
In the organization OF the volunteer regf-
ments authorized by. the act of March 2, 1899,
It was found that no provision had been made
for chaplains. This omission was doubtless
from inadvertanee. I the early au-
thorization for the appointment of one chap
lain for each Of said regiments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
RECIPROCAL TREATIES.
Some Important Conventions Have
Been Concluded.

The fourth section of the tariff act, approved
july "a. 1897, appears to provide e. only ta for COM tm1o
by the president and also satisfied by the SEN
ate within two years from its passage. owing
none Of the treaties inaugurated under tine
section could be concluded in time for rati.
fication BY the senate a1 MaI prior ,a to Its s aaoeof of ths
clusion at that time. and the resultant con-
potentiaries. Others within 10th the third and
fourth sections of the act are still under con,
sideration. Acting under r. the eoH ms .raat;ea
/ have deemed it my duty, while observing
the limitations Of concession provided by the
pending negotiations and submit them to the
senate for its advice, and consent. ..
a, Conventions tito eo Of rse,ProeIty re eexe S %ith s Greaa
Britain for the respective colonies Of British
Guiana. Barbados. Bermuda, Jamaica and
Turks and Caicos islands. and with the re;
Conventions have also been concluded with
France and with the Argentine republic.
Our Foreign Trade.
noted in the work Of the diplomatic and con-
sSlar Officers s,s In nc collecting nommsrd inf9 D, atbar as eeu1 to
tries and in the care and promptitude with
which their reports are printed and distrib-
increasingly valuable results in suggesting new
sources Of demand for American products and
e ea po' IN fsci HHa ins 9 3he remar ssai5 % ex ep nstaa
Of our foreign trade. It will doubtless be
gratifying to congress to learn that the vari-
GUS agencies of the department CT state are
cooperating in these endeavors with a zeal
and effectiveness which are not Only receiv-
ing the cordial recognition I. of our business
interests. but are exciting the emulation OF
other governments. In any Encouragement of
the great and complicated work Of obtaining Of
fetal data of an ectnf mic character which con-
Rress may undertake 1t is most important, in
my Judgment, that the results already secured
by the department Of state should lie carefully
considered, with q view to a j%udicious develop
ment and increased utility Of our import trade.
international UniOn.
The interest taken by. the various states
forming the international union Of American
republics in the work Of its organic bureau is
evidenced by tn efact that for tbs first time
since it's creation in 1880 all the republics
Of South and Central America are now repre-
The unanimous recommendation Of the in
ternational American conference provt ling
for the international union Of American repub-
ijcs stated that. It should stay in force dur
ing q term Of ten years from the date of its
origin and no country becoming q member Of
She union should cease to be q member until
tie end Of the said period Of ten years and
unless twelve months before the expiration OF
said period q majority Of the members OF the
union had given to the secretary OF state OF
the United States oficial1 notice of their wish
to terminate the union Ct the end Of its nrst
maintained for another period Of ten years and
eessive periods Of tan years each. - !.
$500 49, E0 @24 ~ % Er
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TREATY WITH sULU.
Consent to the Existence Of Slavery
In Withheld.

The authorities Of the sulu islands have
accepted the succession of the United states
to the rights OF Spain. and our nag floats
over that territory. On the 10th Of August.
1880. Brig. Gen. j. C. Bates. u: 3. NJ. nego.
tiated an agreement with the sulu chief and
But by Article A the sovereignty OF the
United States over the whole archipelago OF
Jolo and It's dependencies Is declared and ac-
knowledged.
The United States flag will be used In the
archipelago and its dependencies on land ana
agrees to cooperate heartily with the United
States authorities to that end and to- make
every possible effort to arrest and bring 70
justice all persons engaged in piracy. All
trade in domestic products or the nrcn'peiaso
OF Jolo will be carried on with any rart of the
Philippines, and under the American nag
shall be free, unlimited and undutiable. The
United States will give full protection 10 tne
sultan in case any foreign nation shouln ~.
tempt to impose upon him. The United states
island of the Jolo archipelago to any foreign
nation without the consent OF the sultan.
Salaries for the sultan and his associates III
the administrator OF the islands nave been
agreed upon to the amount OF SIU monthly;
Article X provides that any slave IN the
archipelago Of Jolo shall have the right to
purchase freedom by paying to the master inc
usual market value. The agreement by zen.
Bates was made subject to confirmation py inc
president and to future notifications py Che
consent Of the parties IN interest,". l nass eon
frmed said administration. subject 10 the az.
ton OF the congress, and. with the Reservations
which l have directed, 1t shall be mmu
Gated to the sultan at Jolo that thlh asie.-
ment is not to be deemed in any way 20 au,
thorize or give the consent OF tne ,ho snIu
archiDelago, l communicate these facts 10 VIC
congress- for its and action.
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The period for notification expired On July

The period for notification expired on July
Il. 1899. without any Of the members having
given. the necessary notice OF wtthdrawsI. ~
ten years. In view of this fact and of the nu-
merous' questions of general interest and COM
mon benefit to all Of the republics of America.
some Of which were considered by the first
International conference. but not finally set
tied. and others have since grown to Inn
portance, 1t would seem expedient that the
various republics constituting the union
should be invited to hold. at an early date.
the other countries other than the United
States. which has already enjoyed this honor.
work being done by the bureau and the .ap,,
probation Of Its value are further emphasised
by the active cooperation which the various
governments of the Latin-American republics
and their diplomatic representatives in tnls
capital are now exhibiting and the Jealous en-,
deavors they are making to extend Its HELD
Of usefulness, to promote through it com
mercial intercourse and strengthen the bonds
Of amity and confidence between its various
members and the nations of this continent.