Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-14

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In well in the Spanish artillery
quarters at Puerto Principe. the Amer
leans found 1000 charges for rapid rire
| guns 1000 shells, several million ma user
| cartridges and many sabres and Rem
| iugton rifles.
William Nathaniel Hammond, a per-
son of clerical appearance who came
| here after the blockade. reported that he
! vas bishop in Il Christian denomina-
ton and had been Il Roman Catholic
priest, spoke Spanish liuently and inn
| pressed prominent people with the truth
! OF his representations. was able to open
q soda fountain business. under the firm
name of Hammond & Co. On sunday
last he disappeared. 1t Is said that he
obtained a large sum of money, about
| $4,000 from a man named Barlow on rep
reservations which are alleged to have
! been false.
| London, Jan l2.--The Madrid corre-
| spondent Of The Times say: II is not
| to the advantage of Spain that a settle
ment in the Philippines is delayed. The
fact Is fully realized that Spanish ship
| ping is suffering from the uncertainty,
AS well AS the interests OF the religious
orders whose property is at stake and
many of whose members are prisoners.
| 1t is not true that the Spanish COM
| manders have been ordered to give the
Americans trouble. spain desires to
! bury the hatchet. A scheme is being
seriously discussed for the government
Of the Philippines by an international
| company, or three companies, like the
| British South Africa company, which
would be more acceptable to the natives
than the rule of the United States, and
| would enable Spanish investments, with
out loss of markets, in the archipelago.
Washington, Jan 12-Speaker Reed
has received from Ponce, =. r., petit
tiun from the American colony on the
island setting forth the dangerous tiuctu-
atiOns in the currency and asking the
carly retirement of Porto Rican cur
rency and the substitution of United
States legal tender money: also stating
that the tariff enforced by the military
authorities is causing great detrment
to trade and asking that all trade be-
tween the United States and Porto Rico
should be made open, free and unre-
stricted. The petition was presented to
the house and referred to the ways and
means committee.
Washington, Jan. 12.-General Wheel
er appeared before the house committee
on pensions yesterday and made n fer
vid appeal for a special pension bin. Civ
Ing to the widows and relatives of those
who fell at Santiago and other battles
of the Spanish war an amount commen-
Surate with the gallantry Of those who
lost their lives General Wheeler spoke
Of the sacrifices and hardships through
which our forces had passed. After
hearing General Wheeler the matter
was referred to a special committee to !
report a general plan of dealing with the |
subject.
London, Jan. 12.--The Mardid cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says: |
SenOr Sagasta denies that any negOtia- |
tons are in progress for the sale of the |
Carolines. remarking that the previous
consent of the cortes would be necessary. |
This is not to be taken, however, as Il |
denial of any intention to SELL The ,
premier intends to convOke the cortes as !
soon as the United States has approved
the peace treaty.
General Flagler chief of ordnance, is
slowly recovering from severe attack
Of the grip.
Paymaster General Stanton Of the
army. Is seriously i'll at his home here
with pneumonia, resulting e. ON the grip.
Representative Bull of Rhode Island
introduced a bill providing for the en-
rolnent Of United States naval re-
serve.
The navy department has ordered the
collier Caesar to be put out of commits
sion at San JUAN where she will serve
for the present as a coal hulk.
The banking and currency committee
of the house unanimously directed the
withdrawal of the bin revising the bank
ing and currency laws now on the house
calendar.
The condition OF John Russell Young.
librarian of congress, who has been seri-
ously III here for the past two weeks, has
shown gratifying Improvement in the
last two days
The rivers and harbors committee was
in extra session throughout yesterday
on their bill. The discussion before
the committee has led to u general un
derstandng that the total of the bill
will be about $1,000, 600 or $13, 100000.
At their own request Brigadier Gem
erals w. NJ. Gordon and w. c. Oates of
the volunteer army have been honoraby
discharged from the military service Of
the United States on the ground that
there is no further need Of their services.
At the annual election of the American
Society of Naval Engineers, held at the
navy department. the following officers
We're elected: President. Chief En-
gineer Harrie Webster; secretary and
treasurer. Chief Engineer A. b. Willitts.
Senator Hale introduced joint reso-
luton authorizing the secretary of the
navy to have bronze medals struck COM
memorating the naval battle of SANTA
go. and to be distribute tho m among the
officers and men Of the ships of the
North Atlantic squadron.
Captain Barker cabled the navy de-
rartment from Callao, Peru, that he
vas about to sail with the Oregon, the
Scindia and the Iris directly for Homo
lulu, on the way to Manila. The battle
ship Iowa started northward for San
Francisco, with the collier Justin and the
supply steamer Celtic.
Senator Teller introduced a bill for the
amendment of the war revenue act so
as to provide for a tax upon the actual
value or selling price instead of the
nominal value of certain stocks. The
bill is intended to relieve the cheaper
mining stocks from what is claimed to
be an onerous burden upon them.
Borrowed on Mythical Income.