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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12
Annual Volume of Trade of the Islands Is
Declining, but 1t Still Is More
Than $4,000, 900.
British Possessions Lead. but
Uncle Sam Retains a
Large Share.


~OMPLETE. reliable statistics regard
Ing the trade OF the Philippine ISL
a1ds are contained In an Important
handbook eiifel by Frank III. Hitcs-
cock, chief 81 the section % foreign Hsas~
kess. and just published b. the agricultural
department. There has beer much written
abcut the commerce OF that part OF the
Pacific. but Il Is believed the various phases
OF that commerce have never been set form
In newspaper completely az Is ex-
htbfsa6 - the accompanying :abisss CON-
piled frona Nr. :HiseBceck's report:
in 1921. tire latest year for which tie OH
cial Customs returns appear 10 have been
Issued, tbs imports INFO the Philippines
were valued At 81 z5es7iT. ard the exports
cent TO foreign markets az slg.y4i,s@2. max
Ing q total trade worth 80 1s-.5ss Bat
these figures appear 20 be comparatively
email: the average annual yasae % the
commerce enjoyed during the afteen years
1sso Istf reached as high as xs3,aSo,V1S. tac
imports averaging sis.ass.0t5, and tire ex-
ports 81 sss ssl. Many fluctuations occurred
during those years. but taking the pefioi
- . whole there vas a Noticeable decline
In the total value OF the trade. This fact
81 clearly shown by contrasting the aver
age yearly values for the three QainqaeE-
NAL periods issss H. fsss So. ard 1850 ~ The
annual average for the first Of the periods
amounted 10 tsa.sas. 59a tHas for The second
TO rs. 10 10. and that FOR the last 10 oniy
Sc. 5ss.ss
OF The fifteen years under consideration,
1850 was credited with the largest figures,
the total import aud export trade trans
acted during thai year attaining value or
144.0t2.si5 TIE imports were valued al 81
81. E5. ard The experts st 81. lea se. After
the rssarsss Of 1880. ths highest trade value
reported was that for 1855 amounting 20
z.E2s ass In fssa the experts had a value
OF 81. 81 sss and were the largest recorded
In lsHe-s4 The 1853 imports. although not
exceptionally large. we're considerably
above the average, having value OF W.
-. rs. The highest value attained by the
imports was that for 1880 During the years
following Iss0 there was rapid dscsine UNI
I'll 1851 when the Lowest value Of the period
was recorded. The lowest export OF tbs
fifteen years was that for 1894.
ALI IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
TIE following summary statement In
clades all the oifieiai statistics that could
Do coliated regarding the value Of the an
uual imports and exports OF the Philippine
aslands.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

Sslsse * sxeeehasafsse exclusive - gold
nsa sstVsg oala nua cs ls,t5sry tickets, i'm
ported ags3 sNportea as the Philippines
sgssrssg ssr.osh@ calendar wears
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fsss ~ ....ss... see6 Ia seies sse
TRADE ~ LOTTERY TICKETS.

The following table giyes the value % the
letters fckeSs Imported ars exported dur
sn2 saeh % tae years for which There are
statistic:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

Asas gsai average -slss> 80 S. sl&s~s1
In 1888 sne sapcets ef sfeFe eaash~e
sfsssssnse3 50 So ~ lss. and ia 1884 IS STA
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STATISTICS OF THE PHILIPPINES COMMERCE


I0.s@< -E.2sI.s9s sf,Ss.ss4
NON-AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS.
Value of n-agrics1iiI1rai imports into
the Philippines In the calendar year 1884
ard the annual average value during
isSs-ss.
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Totals 1880. AlS,-Zs.S- Sle,s-s.-e
PRODUCTS Exported. 1898.
Values Of Philippine products exported
10 various countries during the calendar
year iSs5:
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AGRICULTURAL. IMPORTS.

Quantity and y@ase og prsuosral articles
az lssgcllsgssssse imported saso the rhB;q-
pines IN tse calendar yea is2s. an3 aanua}
avsras~e qu1ai.ty ara >&iue dslr o@ 3>sa.-s'.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

history OF the islands These two prod
ncts are the TWO chief exports of the
islands;
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belonged to Sarah MeDonough. the well
known character who was sent TO the
asylum about month ago. The house
has been an eyesore 10 the neighborho
for years.
FISH would rather be caught with our
tackle. Spangcnberg els Second
The Thirteenth Pennsylvania has been
mustered out a, Augusta. Ga
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12
MERCHANDISE EXPORTED.

Quantity and value OF principal articles
OF merchandise exported from the Philip
rlEies Ia the calendar year 1924. and annual
average quantity and value during fss5-so:
Quantity Average
1874. Quantity
Manila hemp, tons 80. Sal ,s74 ss SOS
Sugar. lbs ..........4 si 80, 20 ISL e5s, s99
Copra and cocoanuts,
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Trad, 81 tAe Ssal s@t* ~ ~aestrsss.
ssmYsnx {ae calendar YEAR tSsl
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"BPIDGE OF SPAIN CIT MANILA.
c4 NATIVE EXPRESS.


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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12
ALI. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Tire following summary statement In
cledes all the ofiisIai statistics that could
DO coliated regarding the value OF the an
nuzl imports and exports OF the Philippine
asanfs:
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Annual average


80 Exfssrts ~ lottery tickets we're va.
:ra-.Aal..l Ln ne afy.e.al rntlrma aficr lNse.
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fiaess PITS ear. ssver sis she irritating ana
anty es1karsse - tAk- sgsh uasxas SAssapasss.a
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Garland County Grand Jury Orders
Participants in Hot Springs
Killings Discharged.
EVENTS OLA WEEK BRIEFLY CHRonlClED.
VIII Hardin, Whose Death Sentence Was
COMMITTED Last Week, Shot to Death
by n Mob-Big Manufacturing Plants
mt Helena and Little Rock Destroyed
by Fire.
business Mems Convention.

Over one thousand delegates from all
sections of the state, representing
every avenue of business. attended the
convention held in Little Rock April
18th, called for the purpose of taking
formal action on the effect of the anti
trust law. Speeches were made ny a
number of gentlemen prominent in the
affairs of Arkansas, and resolutions
were adopted praying the legislature
to either, amend the law, or adopt some
means defering the enforcement of that
part of it affecting fire insurance COM
panies. No ouncomplimentary remarks
were made about the members of the
general assembly, and the resolutions
same time pointing out the hardships
the law works on those compelled to
carry insurance. Attorney General jeff
Davis addressed the convention, taking
the position that the law is just one,
and should not be amended. Ex-Gov.
Clarke also addressed the convention,
taking the view that the law, in so far
as it meant to check the operations of
trusts and combines, was in the right
direction, but the speaker thought it
would have been better policy for the
encouragement to have given notice
that after reasonable time the law
would be enforced, thus giving the
business men and insurance companies
time to adjust matters in some way so
as to comply with the provisions of the
act.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
state Medical socle,x.

The Arkansas Medical Society will
meet in Little Rock May 10th, 1lth and
18th. The annual meetings of this
society are always largely attended.
There will be number of new and in
teresting features this year that will no
doubt make the session the most largely
attended Of any yet held in the state.
DIR. j. w. Hayes, president, is at work
stirring up interest and enthusiasm.
The following are some OF the officers
to whom requests for information or
titles Of papers may be sent: Drs. J. C.
Shenault, Helena; w. G. Cardwell, Car
rollton; J. b. Bolton, Eureka Springs;
G. A. Warren, Imboden; J. II. Cargile,
Bentcnville; NJ. A. Norwood, Lockes-
burgh. All are section officers, and
represent every part of the state.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21

snerins OF counties to bury dead bodies n, ner-
.ons Unknown or without friends and giving
the county Judge power to pay claim for sncb
expenses, failed to pass.
"A number OF unimportant local bills were
read third time and passed.
The conference committee,s ame,dror, a.
. H. l4o was adopted This is the Arkansas
Industrial University appropriation bill and
.ne amendment makes the provision forbid
ulhg tne employment Of relatives as teachers
Dy the board OF trustees imperative before
September /, 1900
senator Fitzhugh called up H. b. l24 Meal
oi era"iord), making principal bound by the
acts OF agents. The bill failed to pass
II. B La tGreer). limiting service OF grand
jurors to one term in one year and nettt ;nrors
10 one term In two years, was laid on table.
The House.
The resolutions adopted by the business
men convention imploring the general assem-
oly 10 amend the insurance clause of the anti
trust law. were presented by Mr.. Williams. OF
Pulaski On motion of Mr. Rector of Garland
the resolutions were received
Dill for the relief OF bondsmen OF w F.
werner, ex-collector OF Crittendea county
passed.
The branch normal appropriation bill passed.
>. b. w tBuekner), to exempt lands hereto
fore granted to levee districts from taxation
Senator Kimbells new state house bill was
the next order OF business
The house went into committee of the whole
to consider the bill
Amendments were offered, providing that
the new state house be built on the site of the
present capitol, instead OF on the penitentiary
site. and making the cost $4,000 instead of
u 600 600. Lost.
The committee reported the bill back with
out amendment.
Messrs Colquitt Neal. Henderson, Head
BROOKS and CHEW spoke against the passage OF
the bill as 1t came from the senate.
Mr. Nandeventer believed he was carrying
out the will of the people by advocating the
building OF new state house.
Mr Rector OF Garland pointed out the ad-
vantages OF building on the penitentiary site
where the state owned 63 acres of land, and
would derive half the cost OF the new capitol
from the sale OF lots not to mention the sum
the old state house site would bring.
The roll was called on the final passage Of
the bill. and the vote in detail was as follows
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
More Roads for Arkansas.

Says a dispatch from Hot Springs:
"Since the purchase of the Hot Springs
Little Rock & Texas railroad. better
known as the Lott railroad, by the For
dyce syndicate, Col. Fordyce has been
actively engaged in perfecting plans
for its completion. He has now gotten
matters in shape to complete the road
to connection with the Choctaw &
Memphis at or near Little Rock II
it is built President Green, of the Texas
Midland. will extend his road from
Paris, Tex, to Mena, Ark, in which
event q branch will be built from the
latter place to Hot Springs"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
NO. 80.
Another Opinion.

Attorney-General JEFF Davis has been
kept busy the past few weeks rendering
decisions on new laws and answering
questions put to him by officers and
citizens on matters of more or less I'm
portance. The other day the assessor
of Clark county addressed letter to
the attorney general, inquiring whether
life insurance policies with cash sur
render value should be assessed. The
answer follows:
In reply TO this statement beg to state that
what was known as the Collins insurance bill
sought to declare that to be the law but tho
same was defeated. / nevertheless contend
that under our constitution policies which
have cash surrender value are certainly tax
able, and shall contend this to be the law, II
q case OF that kind should arise.
p. S.-i advise you to list all such policies
for taxation, as there is no doubt In my mind
that they are taxable"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
Senate Proceedings.

Little Rock April 1l-After routine busi-
ness, Senator Buckner called up S. b. 294 to
provide for payment OF the court stenographer
oi the Eleventh judicial district. The bill
passed
s B, 2s3. regulating salaries OF certain off,
and passed
Inc blind school appropriation bill was
'aKen up and passed without debate.
senator kirby's bill. providing that inde-
pendent insurance companies may do business
"a this state and repeating sections 4l27 and
4iSo OF the digest, was called up
Senator Kirby urged the passage OF the bill,
~ relef to the present FIRE insurance situa-
uon Senators Kimbell and Hardy also spoke
u favor OF its passage.
senator Quarles was opposed to making any
mango IN present insurance laws.
oh motion OF Senator Collins, the bill was
indefinitely postponed.
. b. 2s3 Clark, to reorganize the law de-
artment OF the state university, was read
'Ilro time. II failed to passages l3, noes l3.
:, n D. Zo2 iBlalock), providing for the erec-
9. Son OF depot buildings at Colt and Wagner, in
o. Francis county. passed.
H. b. l49 tJones of Nevada), giving ex-Con-
aeuerate nate soldiers and sailors the right to ped
uie IN any county in the state without paying
Incense, passed.
Senator Wits bill defining the rights OF
married women. passed
c :, = D. 20, changing fees OF circuit clerks, and
.. % ~, TO consolidate elections, were in
uennitely postponed.
The House.
a a Dill appropriating s., 600 to pay contingent
~ Lpehses OF the general assembly, was read
'nIsd time and passed
He following measures passed:
d. IL (Parker). to tax gifts, legacies and
,,Auerltances in certain cases, and TO provide
'or collection OF the same.
~ ~ b. 2'3 henderson,, for the better protec-
s s,oh OF employees OF milling and manufacturing
Companies
c,. - d. So4 cfatum), changing time OF holding
county.
d, oo2 tCotton), to prevent hogs, sheep.
suals sa1l and geese from running at large and to
Ese - three-barged wire fence lawful in
anAHn county south of the Arkansas river
insane asylum appropriation bill.
Of ~ CLOCK the house went into committee
propriation bill
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21

Little Rock, April l5-The Mears bill. to
prevent partiality in the administration of
justice. was defeated.
Senator South introduced bill appropriat-
ing s. 600 for counsel TO assist the attorney
general, and pay costs In suits brought to en-
force the antitrust law
II. B. 225 (Steele). to amend the game law Of
Mississippi, Crittenden and Cross counties,
was read the third time and passed.
II. j. II. 81 Henderson,, to permit bond COM
panies to furnish bond for state and county
officers, was read third time and passed.
S c. r. is (McGehee) providing that after
the morning hour the last three days OF the
session shall be devoted by each house to the
consideration OF the business OF the other body,
was adopted.
S b. 4s Uankford). amending the laws in
reference to the granting of license to teach by
the superintendent of public instruction, was
read third time and passed.
The senate confirmed the appointment Of
the board of trustees OF the ex-Confederate
Soldiers Home-John C. Fletcher. T. j, Oil
phant, b. w. Green. Geo d. Murphy and J. F..
Richie.
S b. Ie7 (McMullin). to allow the peniten-
tiary board to establish a state cotton factory,
passed-ayes 10, noes
S b. 1s0 (Martin), to regulath the charges
made by railroad companies and other COM
panies or persons for delays in loading and un-
loading cars, passed
s. b. 2s5 (Ferguson) to prohibit the monop-
olizing of the pasturagc OF the prairie lands Of
the state passed-ayes l6 noes 6
The House.
The following house bills were read third
time and passed:
No. 227 Light providing for an equitable
assessment OF building and loan association
stock.
No. 2es (Beloate), amending 1905 of the di-
gest the ditch law.
No. 3s6 Grimm. amending section 1l76 of the
digest. so as to exempt Conway county from
the provisions OF the fencing law
No. 2s3 (Walker), providing that where q
number OF colored children or wards not ex-
ceeding 10 reside in particular school dis
trict, the county court shall have power upon
the petition of any person, TO transfer SAID
colored children to an adjoining district
No. 337, to prevent the adulteration OF spirit
uous liquors
No 2s3 CWallace), amending section 7Od2 OF
the digest.
s j. r. No 10. proposing an amendment to
the constitution giving justices OF the peace
original jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases. ex
elusive OF the circuit court. passed.
The blind school appropriation bill was read
third time and passed.
Senate business was taken up, and bill ap-
propriating s2li. Is to supply deficiency in the
water supply expenses at the deaf-mute In
stitute, was passed.
s. b. SO Douglass), giving hotel and board
ing house keepers lien upon baggage and
personal effects for board, was read third time
aud passed.
s. b. s22 CDouglsss). amending an act pre-
scribing conditions rpon which foreign cor
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
Hon. John ID. Steele.

Poinsett county's representative in
the house, Hon. John ID. Steele, died in
Little Rock Sunday of pneumonia. He
was a native of Tennessee, 40 years of
age and farmer by occupation. His
remains were accompanied to his home
at Bay Village by a legislative com
mittee. This is the third death among
the members of the general assembly
since it convened in Janaary-Senator
Douglass, of Crawford, and Represen-
tative Barker, of Clay, being the others.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21
BRIEF MENTION.

The Confederate monument at Van
Buren will be unveiled May 25th.
The Arkansas antitrust law has been
introduced in the Texas legislature.
Robert Garvin, young marble cut
ter, was found dead in his room at Tex
arkana
j. J. Bullock, aged 20 years, was ar
rested at Van Buren, on an old charge
of moonshining.
Berry pickers are in great demand 1T
Van Buren, and other berry-growing
sections of the state.
The wheat crop of northeast Arkan-
sas bids fair to be the largest ever
raised in that section.
The Eureka Springs city officials
were discharged in the Basing Springs
contempt controversy.
The Convention of Women's Clubs,
held at Helena on the 10Th and goth.
was attended by fully 200 delegates.
Two cases of smallpox at Texark-
ana were last week reported to the
president of the state board of health.
VIII Hall was appointed circuit clerk
OF Independence county, to fill the un-
expired term of G. E. Moore, deceased.
Bert Hulse, 6-year-old youth, while
playing about the freight depot at Fay
etteville, was struck by train and
killed.
Horace Payne. for the murder of e.
c. Dunham in Lee county in 1898, was
convicted and sentenced to 81 years in
the penitentiary.
new electric street-car line is being
constructed in Fort Smith. When COM
pleted that city will have two electric
lines under different management.
John Allen, visitor at Hot Springs,
suicided by taking laudanum because
he was sick, penniless and without
friends. His home was in st. Louis.
The large plants of the Little Rock
Oil and Delinting Company. and the
Aurora Manufacturing Company, at Lit
tie Rock, were destroyed by fire Sun
day night. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
s33 900.
Chas. Conran, convicted in Faulkner
county last July of slander and SEN
fenced to three years in the peniten.
tiary. was granted a pardon ON condi-
tion that he leave the state and never
return.
'Revenoos" have been operating in
Montgomery county lately, and as g,
result several plants for the manufac.
ture of mountain dew were rendered
useless and few operators deprived of
their liberty.
Adjt.-Gen. Neill recently wrote to the
war department asking if the men and
officers of the First Arkansas regiment
are entitled to an extra months paw
under the act of congress giving each
soldier and officer who served in the
Spanish war within the boundaries of
the United States an extra months
salary. The department replied that
they were not.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21

Little Rock. April IL S. b. 2ss (South). ap-
progriating 900 to aid the attorneys general
In prosecuting antitrust suits, was read third
time and passed.
House amendments to the blind school ap-
preparation bill were concurred in.
> Is. 2gS Clark, to prevent county officers
from specializing in county warrants or scrip.
was passed.
H. b. POI (Mears), giving workmen lien on
the land for rdigging wells and cisterns Tor
which they have not been paid. was passed.
IL B 2ol (Trice), requiring the sheriff to paw
judgments collected on bail bonds in the
county in which the indictment was found, was
passed
H. b. 379 (Neill Of Independence) was taken
up on motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill failed to pass. which motion prevailed.
1t provides that suicide shall not be bar to
collecting life insurance. The bill passed
H. H. 250 tGilD, prohibits sale of intoxicants
by agents or solicitors in prohibition districts
was read third time and passed.
At o'clock the president announced that
the hour set apart for memorial service in
honor OF Hon. j. X =. Douglass and Hon. W.
p. Grace. had arrived
Resolutions OF sympathy for the families and
relatives OF the dead senators were adopted.
The House.
Senator Douglass bill providing for transfer
OF the sixteenth section fund and for the pro
rata distribution Of the same was read third
time and passed
A bill to provide for the payment of the court
stenographer Of the Eleventh judicial circuit
passed.
Resolutions of respect on the death OF Hon.
j. ID. Steele, member from Poinsett, were
offered by Mr.. Colquitt and adopted.
The Confederate pension appropriation bill
appropriating $4,000 for pension purposes
for two years, passed.
). b. s. tSmith) amending the Bush bill
authorizing the building OF state railroads was
tabled by q vote OF 43 to AZ
Senator Halls bill granting lands to the
several counties, to be sold and proceeds used
for public improvements, was tabled.
s. b. 39s, appropriating s. 600 for employment
OF special counsel to assist in prosecution of
antitrust suits. was read first and second
times. A motion to table was defeated and
the bill made special order for the 18th
Senator Wilson's bill, for condemnation Of
lands for school purposes, was defeated.
Senator McGehee's bill, to amend section 70e
OF the digest, and to cure defective acknowl-
edgements heretofore taken in the Indian Ter
ritory, passed
Hon. r. l.. Lawrence, Of Pope county was
selected In senatorial caucus as president pro
tenn OF the senate, by virtue of which Office he
Is made lieutenant-governor OF the state to
serve two years. The other candidates were
Senators Haney and Buckner.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-04-21

porations may do business In this state passed
Senator Shackleford's bill, for the benefit Of
ex-Confederate soldiers. was read third time
and passed 1t provides for the granting os
pensions as follows: Those whose wounds
render them totally incompetent to perform
manual labor, 800 per annum; those who have
lost foot or hand, s75; those disabled other
wise or by old age or disease, not exceeding
e3S, to be determined by county boards; to all
lndigent widows of ex-Confederates whose
husbands died or were killed during the war,
and who have remained unmarried, SIS