The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-29

copal church and his wife has cul.
minated, 1t Is understood among theii
frieLds here. in permanent separation.
M. o of Buffalo, New York, Mrs,
Hursts brother, was in Washington
yesterday closing up financial matters
Tor his sister, who is wealthy. He ad.
mitted that his sister intended to sepa.
rate permanently from her husband
1t is reported that he engaged local at
torneys to institute proceedings fol
legal separation, but no papers, it ii
claimed, have yet been filed. Mrs
Hurst is the bishops second wife, and
is forty years his Junior.
The Duke of ARGOS, the new Spanish
minister, and his American wife are
passengers on the steamer Kaiser viii
helm, and are expected to come to
Washington Immediately after their ar.
rival. They will have a hearty wei.
come. The Duke of ARGOS was a very
popular member of society here when
ne was known as Jack Brunetti and
was an attache of the Spanish legation.
AS virginia Lowery the duchess was a
recognized belle, and her friends say
she once Tilted Admiral Dewey. 1t
was a happy idea of the Spanish gov
eminent to select the Duke of ARGOS to
reopen diplomatic relations between
the two countries, and he and the Ouch
ess will be conspicuous figures in
Washington society next winter.
The six protected cruisers author
lied for the new American navy, of
which the Denver is N will have no
superior as fighting machines. The de-
tails of the construction of these
swift, capacious, fire-proof fighting
machines have just been decided up
on by the naval experts. The act Of
authorization specifies ships of $500
tons displacement. They will be abso-
lutely fire-proof, an essential in mod
ern warefare. Another feature which
will make the ships unique is the
sheathing of the hull. The steel plates
of the hull will be covered with thin
planking, which will be sheathed with
copper. This will prevent the fouling
of the bottoms, and will preserve the
speed of vessels. Each ship will have
a bunker capacity of 100 tons, an item
which means a great deal in time of
war. The speed of the ships will be
sixteen and one-half knots. The
d1aught will be eighteen and one-half
feet, which Is somewhat less thai
ships of corresponding type, and a fea-
lOlC VI SIt1t oIlit IL lC mp ~
in shallow waters, as on the Asiatic
station.
All of the British colonies in Ameri-
ca are about to send agents to the
United States to negotiate reciprocity
treaties, and the first delegation is ex..
pected this week. The industrial and
commercial condition of the British
colonies is deplorable, particularly
those where sugar is grown, and that
is the staple of most of them. The
price paid by the sugar trust for raw
sugar after the tariff duty is deducted
is SO low that the planters cannot make
a profit, but if they did not have to pay
the duty sugar planting would pay.
They ship all their sugar to the United
States in the ray state, and the trust
is their only customer, therefore it can
regulate prices in a most arbitrary
manner: They cannot ship their prod
uct to England or other parts of Eu-
rope, because it is impossible to com
pete with the bounty-paid beet sugar.
Therefore they must sell in the United
States, and the only way they can
make money is to induce the sugar
trust to increase the price or Uncle
Sam to lower the duty. They natur-
ally consider the latter alternative the
more easy to accomplish, and are pre-
pared to offer concessions in the way Of
reduced duties on the goods they i'm
port from us as an inducement.
The State Department has made pub
lie an official abstract of the report of
the Nicaraguan canal commission as
presented by Admiral Walker, the
head of the commission. The report
| says that the surveys have in general
revealed better physical conditions
than were hitherto supposed to exist,
especially as to the amount of rock in
the upper river, whereby it is possible
to greatly reduce the estimated cost of
construction. To determine the proper
unit prices for excavation, the average
of prices actually paid to contractors
ON the Chicago drainage canal, which
represent cost of plant, prices paid for
work done and contractors profits,
were taken. TO these prices certain
percentages were added for the differ
ence in location, climate, etc. In OBJ
tanning the estimates for the cost of
locks the prices actually paid for build
ing the government locks at Sault Ste.
Marie were taken and 80 per cent. was
added for the difference of location.
After giving due weight to all the ele-
ments of this important question, and
with an earnest desire to. reach logical
conclusions based upon substantial
| !acts. the commission believes that a
canal can be built across the isthmus
on this route for not exceeding $11S,-
113,
1t is very gratifying to the friends of
| Sir Julian Pauncefote to learn that his
term of service as ambassador of her
British majesty at Washington has
been extended another year. This is
the second time such an honor has
been conferred upon Sir Julian. The
regulations of the British diplomatic
service require the retirement of a min
lister or ambassador at the age of 20
years, and orders were issued for the
appointment of Sir Edward Sanderson
as successor to Sir Julian when he
reached his 10th birthday, a year ago
last spring. But, owing 70 the com.
plicated questions in controversy be-
tween the United States and Canada
and the impending war between this
government and Spain, it was decided
TO waive the regulations and allow Sir
Julian to remain in Washington anoth-
or wear. That order has been repeated
and his term of service has been again
extended twelve months to enable him
to represent her maiesty's government
at the peace conference at The Hague.
Sir Julian is now more than II years
! old. He expects TO return to Washing
ton next fall and remain there during
the winter, but next spring, when he