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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
LEGAL.
Notice of PubIIcatIon-Chanoery.
State of Illinois, lee
Rock Island County So


Rock Island County S.
In the circuit court, May term, A. d. 1899.
Rock Island Mutual Build ng Lo n and Savings
ASSOCIATION vs. William T.. Stevens, Lottie
E Stevens, James W. Atkinson, Thomas
LynesS and William ID. Stevens.
Affidavit of non-reSidence of the defendant,
William ID. Stevens, impleaded with the above
defendants. William T. Stevens. Lottie Z stew
ems. James W. Atkinson ana Thomas Lyness,
having been fled in the clerks ONCE of the cir
cult court of said county, notice is therefore
hereby given to the said nonresident defend
ant that the complainant fled its bill of COM
PLANT In said court, on the chancery side there
of. on the twenty-nini day of March, 1899, and
that thereupon summons issued out of said
court, wherein said suit is pending. re-
turnable on the first Monday in the month of
May next, is by law required Now,
unless you, the said nonresident defendant
above named, William ID. Stevens, shall
personally be and appear before said
circuit court, on the first day of the
next term thereof, to be holden at Rock Island
In and for the said county, on the bird Monday
In September next. and plead, answer or de-
muir TO said complainants bill of complaint
the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as confessed,
and a decree entered against you according
to the prayer OF said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Island, Illinois. July a. a. ID, 1899
f. H GUYER, Compliments Z olicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
Gomez yi.it audson. Mich.

Hudson, Mich, July 25.-Secretary
Hall, of the Free Street Fair associa-
ton has received letter from General
Gomez, of Cuba, saying that If his
health will permit he will be in at
tendance at the street fair here next
September. Hudson, together with a
number of other towns holding fairs,
sent the veteran fighter an invitation,
naming quite tempting financial in
ducement for him to visit their re-
sDectfye events
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

Springfield, Ills. July 25.-Lieuten-
ant Governor Northeott, who has been
al Lake Minnetonka. Mimi, for several
weeks with his family. arrived in
Springfield yesterday and assumed the
reins of government as acting govern
or. Senator Warder, who has been
acting governor. returned to Cairo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
Louisville Convention Invalid.

Lexington. KY, July 25.-Colonel w.
C. p. Breckenridge. in an editorial in
The Morning Herald, takes the position
that as the recent Democratic state
convention adopted the credentials
committee report by only AL votes in
a convention of / ,092 votes, that body
ceased to be a Democratic convention
and that its action was invalid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
ANNUAL OF THE BAPTISTS
County Association to Meet in Moline
Aug. 22.

The annual meeting of the Rock ISL
and County Baptist association will
open in Moline Aug. p. The associa-
ton is composed of Rock Island, Mer-
Ger and Henry counties, and delega-
items from each church throughout
the district will be in attendance.
The session will last two or three
days, and the program will include
addresses, reports on the program of
the denomination, papers, recitations
and a general good time together.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
Has President Kruger Resigned

Cape Town, July 25.-Advices have
been received here confirming the re-
port that President Kruger, of the
Transvaal, has resigned
Paris. July 25.-Dispatches received
here from Pretoria, South African re-
public, say that the absence of Presi-
dent Kruger from the meeting of the
executive council yesterday gave cur
rency to a report that he had resigned.
President Kruger, when seen last night
in regard to the matter, denied this ru-
NOR, stating positively that it was
without foundation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

plete without bottle of DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. Heals cuts. bruises,
stings. sprains. Monarch over pain.
For sale by Marshall IL Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

Immediate relief from summer
complaint and bowel troubles. Mull's
Lightning Specific. Doctors prescribe
it. It's guaranteed. % cents at L.
II. Thomas"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
Successor to Bishop verfin.

Marquette. Mich, July 25. - Rev.
Frederick Els has received papal bull
giving him the position of bishop of
the diocese Of Marquette and Sault Ste.
Marie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
NIighr BE Unpopular West.

Then, too, it is realized thatan agree
ment to arbitrate might be extremely
unpopular in the west, so that the Off
Gals will be glad to adjust the matter
without resort to arbitration, if posi-
BILE. This has caused a revival of the
project to allow Canada free port priv
ileges at some specified ports on the
Lynn canal, Dyea, Skaguay or Pyra-
mid harbor, perhaps, while allowing
sovereignty over them to remain in the
United States, and this is one of the
propositions that is now engaging at
tention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

For sores. ulcers, burns, gals, piles,
nothing so good as Banner Salve, the
most healing medicine in the world.
% cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
j. A. BALL, NJ. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

ONCE 1907 Second avenue. Residence 800
TEenty-fourth street. Telephone ITO. Once
hours from 10 TO IL q. m; 70 p. m; and to 8
y. NJ Sundays to 10 a. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
DR. S. II. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentlss,

All diseases of horses and cattle treated on
approved principles. Surgical operations per
formed In a scientific manner. Dogs treated.
All calls promptly attended to. Residence,
1925 Fifth avenue. Telephone 44Ol. ONCE
and infrnary, 1e15-16l7 Fourth avenue
(Maucker's stable), opposite No. 1 IRE house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE

StHICAGo, ROCK ISLAND Il PACIFIC RAIL
" way-Tickets can be purchased or BAGGAGE
checked at d Twentieth street depot, or
I D depot, corner Fifth a7sDue and Thirty
drst street, Frank 81 Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
Physicians.

once Tremann block. once hours TO Il
D. m, to and to Q p. m Phone No. 4O92
Rock Island, LII. Night calls answered from
once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
DIR. CORA EMERY REED,
Homeopathic Physician.

Special attention to diseases of women and
children, also diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throat. once hours-9:30 to IL q. M, 10 p.
m 81 Sixteenth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
c. T. FOSTER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
Twentieth street. once hours: to IL q M,
TO p. and to p. M Night calls from
once. Phone 1854.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

J.. n. BUHKHART, n.
MRS. HADA n. BURKHART, u. D.
DIS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
One Reason Against Arbitration.

In the first place our government, it
is commended, is absolutely certain of
the soundness of its claims in the mat
ter of the boundary. That would seem
to be a good reason for submitting the
matter to arbitration, on the ground
that good cause had nothing to fear
from fair arbitrators, but our govern
ment holds that arbitrator are almost
all subject to the fatal weakness of
compromising. In our case any COM
promise would amount to the loss of
our whole contention; for once Canada
is admitted to the Lynn canal we
would be deprived of the only weapon
which we now possess for the protec-
ton of our miners going into the Klon-
dixie from extortion and perhaps eSpul-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
PHYSICIANS.
F. H. FIRST, M. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

Phone 4 on 1867. once, 826 Twentieth
street once hours: 10 to 12 q m; 2 TO 4 and
. TO p. NJ. Sunday, $50 to $50 q. m; 1:5o to
p M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

Another trouble win the treaty.
Another point about which the treaty
is vague is that it says that a certain
line runs north up one of the canals,
and it is contended now that line
cannot run north at all up that partic-
ular canal. This gives the Canadians
the chance to claim that another canal
is intended, which would give them the
coveted harbor on the Pacific. Inas-
much as the Canadian officials have
laid stress upon the refusal of the
United States to accept fair arbitration
of the pending question it may be
proper to explain the reason for refusal
as pointed out yesterday by high OFF,
ciaI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

City attorney OF Rock Island. Room 4
Mitchell Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25
BOUNDARY OF ALASKA
Question That Seems TO Decline
- Stay Anywhere but
in Front.
SIR wILfR1D USES THE WORD WAR,

Which Causes the Sensationalist to Prick
Up His Ears-Some Facts to the Diff
cuIties of n Settlement Treaty Is
"Blind" in Two Important Points and
Both Parties to the Dispute Are Sure
They Are Right.
Washington. July 25.-There has
been a good deal of unnecessary fuss
made over a statement to the Dominion
parliament last week by Premier Lau-
rier regarding the trouble over the
Alaskan boundary. Laurier said that
negotiation had failed. and that the
only things remaining were arbitration
or war-but he added Immediately that
war was not to be thought of and that
arbitration was the thing hoped for. He
and Sir Charles Upper agreed that the
Canadians believed in the justice of
their claims in Alaska, and both held
that no further concessions could be
made by Canada. Laurier said the
treaty defining the boundary was not
clear-because it does not define what
is meant by the words coast or ocean
How the boundary Is Defined.
The boundary is defined in the
treaty as ten marine leagues from the
coast" or ocean" The question is
what is the coast or ocean. 1t is similar
to the question what is the coast of
New York-the shore of Long Island
sound or the outer shore of Long ISL
and; or what is the coast Of South
Carolina-the outside of the islands
lying thick. on that coast, or the place
where the water strikes the main land.
This question makes lot of difference
in Alaska. If the ocean" or coast
is outside the islands that are fringed
along the main land it would give Brit
ish territory up there an outlet in the
Pacific ocean. which it needs. AS
things are now the only way to reach
that territory without very long
journey is over what is held as United
States territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-25

Passenger trains leave @ II d moline
avenuoJ depot five % minutes earlier than time
giyen. Trains marked daily, al other trains
isiy except Sunday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
Monday, September

Br stmr Carmarthenshire, c. H.
BurCh, for San Diego.
Stmr.James Makee, Tullett, for Ka-
paa, 4 p. m.
Stmr. Kauai, Bruhn, for Lahaina and
Kanapali, p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVALS.

Saturday, September ..
Stmr. Claudine, Freeman, from Hilo,
August 81; o44 sacks potatoes, 100 sacks
corn, los bdls. hides, % head cattle, 30
hogs, l horse, 525 pkgs. sundries.
Am. stmr. City of Rio de Janeiro,
VIM. Ward, from Yokohama, August
49, 514O packages, $50 tons general mer-
chandIse, 6 CABIN passengers, 242 steer
gaze.
Sunday September 8.
Stmr. w. G. hail. Thompson, from
Nawiliwili, September g. 125 packages
sundries.
Stmr. Iwalani, Gregory, from Kukui-
haele, September 2; 55O7 bags sugar, I
head hogs, 3S packages sundries.
Stmr. James Makee, Tullett, from
Kappa, September 2; 1916 bags rice and
20 packages sundries.
Stmr. KIlohana, Thompson, from Wa
inca, September 2; 20 bags taro, 90
packages sundries, l bag coin.
Am. schr. Eric Roos, from Port
Blakeley, August Z; lumber for Oahu
b. q l.. Co.
Stmr. <ilauea Hou, Mitchell, from
Kukaiau, September 1 $500 bags sugar.
Stmr. Upolu, Henningsen, from Ko-
hala, August 81; 1876 head sheep, Is
cords firewood, SO bags charcoal, 10 bags
fish, so bags potatoes, 5 packages mer-
Chandise.
Stmr. Lehua Bennett, from Kauna-
kakai, September 2; LOO sneep, 25 head
of cattle.
Am. ycht Norma, w. j. Weaver, from
Yokohama, August 5.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
DEPARTURES.

Saturday, September 2.
Stmr. Mikaha.a, Thompson, for Ma
kaweH.
Sunday, September 3.
Am stmr. City of Rio de Janeiro,
Ward, for San Fl ancisco, 10 a. m.
Am. schr. Esther Buhne, Anderson,
for Port Townsend.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04

HOODS PILLS are the favorite fam
lily cathartic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
you MAY BEND THE SAPLING,
BUT NOT THE TREE"

When disease has b come chronic and
deep seate ii is often difficult to cure
it. That is the reason why it is best TO
take Hoods Sarsaparilla when disease
first shows itself-in pimples, head
aches, Indigestion, or other troubles
which tell of poor blood, weak stomach
or 'isordered liver or kidneys. This
great medicine regulates the whole
system. 1t never disappolnts.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
PASSENGERS.


Per stmr. Maui from Maui, Septembar
3 Il. Is. Kaiw.aea and wife, M.ss j..
KaWaiaea, MIS-. II. u. Baldwin and 2
children, w. II. Campbell and chill
dren, Miss c. Smith, f. s. Dunn, w.fe
and . daughters, Mss Lima, Mrs. Allen,
Master Allen, A Kanaliilli, Dr.. Won
He1ff, Mrs. Carley and child, r. Coan,
s. Bowen, j. b. a eXander b. f. Kru-
ger Masters Bolte (2), j. w. KeilIi and
w fe, NJ SIS DrummOnd, Miss +. Wither,
Miss c. Smith. Master Smith, Capt. H.
L. c. Meyer, N. w. Aluli, f. w. Gay,
Mrs. Fe' guson and chill Charles Healy,
j. Kirkland, Miss A eXander, Miss A.
Ka'au, Rev. S. Kanda, j. w. Smith,
Miss Meyer, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. H. w.
Mist, M'ss Freeth, j. j. Drummond, c.
HalVorsen, ChOng Chong and child,
Masters Desha (2), Master Dwight. D.
w. Naphaa, c. Hansen and child, w. j.
Lowrie, c. c. Biting. Wong Tai Poon,
A. Haneberg and wife, M. Mccain and
son and 50 deck passengers.
Per stmr. Claudine, from Hawaii and
Maui, September 2.-Volcano: w. B.
Jones, Mrs. j. w. CroXson, w. ]. john
son, Misses Lizzie Quincy, Clara Cur
ney, Fila Dayton Eva Dayton, May
We'r, Harry, Laughlin, Mabel Laughlin,
Carrie FOw'and, Mrs. Mary Graw, Mss
Frances A. Lennon. Way ports: H. L..
Huston, G. f. Deacon, w. MoChesney,
MIS. W. buIImann an chiId, wong Yet,
wife ard children, q. Cqtlos, w. Van
natto. ]. Vannatto, r. S. Thurston, Ar
thur Former, Mrs. Mary Brown and
child, f. Burke, f. Fnos Jr.. f. A Fra
ser, A. Fnos and wife. Master j. Fnos,
Father Matthias, Mrs. 8. A. Green. r. r.
Berg, Mrs. Mary Ailau and girl, w. F..
c. Hanson, s. M. Koaukai, Miss F.. p.
Gay, F. p. Posecrars. MISS NJ. Abbott,
j.. A. ThurstOn, Master G. Gum,
JUDGE G. K. W'1d-r. Mrs. f. M. Wake
field /. T. Grant. #. A. Simpson C. M.
lie RlOrd. Miss Pottie c Hawai-, MSS
Sarah ] lyman, Clearance Lyman. C. A.
Papa', Mrs. !. a. Cruzan. A. c. Robin
son, NJ. 4. PObins0n. T.. p Robinson
Mss 7. Wnl'a"rs, w. Thompson. MISS
y. MOa"auli. wv. Fvnon. Mrs. Alice
P'own, Manual M 8. p Woods. r D.
No'ler. Fr"ost Ak'ra. Arthur Akina,
Mrs. j. a. Na7orio ard children. L. A.
Continued to page y.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
HILO.

HILO.-Sailed, September 2, Am
bktn. Archer, Calhoun, for San Fran
cisco; about 2400 bags sugar.
Hi o. Arrived, September l. brig.
John ID. Spreckes, e w Christ sen
from San FRANCISCO, August 20; grain
and feed, groceries, machinery and
bricks.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
MAHuKONA-

MAHUKONA.-Arrived August 80,
Schr. Helen n. Kmbel', II L. Hansen
from Tacoma, August 2; cargo of lum-
Der.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-04
VESSELS TO SAIL TOMORROW

Am. S. S. Australia, Houdlette, for
San Francisco, p. m.
Stmr. Maui, Macdonald, for Maui, 5
p. m.
Stmr. Claudne, Freeman, for Hilo
and way ports, II noon.
Stmr. Mokolii, Dover for Molokai, s
a. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
OPEN DOOR IN CHINA A FACT
Az the European Governments. EN-
ccpt Russia. Grant Request OF
the United states.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S,-A special to the Rec
ord from Washington says: All of the
European governments, except Russia, have
notified the Department of state that they
are prepared to give in writing the guaran-
tees requested some weeks ago by the mer-
chants and manufacturers in the markets OF
China wherever their spheres of influence"
extend.
This is the most important commercial
proposition that has engaged the attention
of our diplomatic service for many years
and it is the first time the United States has
assumed or expressed a determination to
assert itself in Oriental affairs. 1t marks
one more departure in our diplomatic policy
and adds another to the long list of inno-
vations which has characterized the pres
ent administration.
In the partition of China we have taken
no part. England, France, Russia, Italy,
Belgium, Japan and other powers engaged
in a struggle for commercial and political
supremacy there, have divided the territory
among them and have agreed not to inter-
fere with each other in the commercial and
industrial development of the provinces they
have Selected. This allotment has been
recognized indirectly by the government Of
China in granting railway concessions.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
HOW THEY FLED FROM Beers
Former Nebraska Woman, Whose
Parents Live in Dendwood, Writes
from Durham, Natal.

DEADWOoD, S. d., Dec. 2S.--(Speclal)-
Mrs. Celia Rees, formerly Miss Bueter,
whose parents reside in this city, has writ
ten them from Durham, Natal, and she and
her husband, w. }. Rees. a diamond mine
operator of johannesburg, have fed from
their home to Durham, Natal, which is now
crowded with refugees from the South
African cities. She says:
I'VE had intended to take a trip to India,
but the war came on and we had to flee to
this place, leaving all of our household goods
at johannesburg. which is now only oc-
cupied by a few Dutch women, old men and
looting parties. We left a piano worth 5000.
a few paintings and odds and ends, Many
people had to leave with only the clothing
they wore. The Dutch say that If they lose
the day they viii burn johannesburg and
blow the mines to atoms. 1t Is all hub-bub
and war here"
Mrs. Rees was born and reared at Ne
braska City, Neb,, and she is an artist of
considerable renown.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
THINK THEY HAVE TlCRBORNE
Fnmous story of the
C,"im"nts is Revived by Adj
Vices from sidney, Australia.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 2S.-The famous
story of the Tichborne claimants is revived
by advicCs brought from Australia on the
steamer Aorangi. The government of New
South Wales is SO impressed with the prob
ability that an inmate of the Parramatta
Insane asylum, known as William Cress-
well, may be Sir Roger TichbCrne, that it
has appointed a committee to inquire into
the antecedents of Cresswell and to investi-
gate the circumstances connected with the
incarceration.
Popular opinion in Sydney is favorable
to the claim that Cresswell is really Itch
borne and some members of the committee
are strongly of the same belief. The re-
ports of Drs. Pickborn and Delvin, who
were deputed to examine William Cress-
well with a view to deciding whether he
bore marks known to have been on the
body of Sir Roger Tichborne, has been pre-
scented to the parliament of New South
Wales. Twenty-Five physical marks of the
real Roger Tichborne were enumerated eJr
the benefit of the examining physicians and
these two doctors found that Cresswell pos
sessed practically all of these marks and
characteristics.
There are only two circumstances in
which Cresswell fails to correspond with
the evidence of the doctors to signs which
are admitted to be borne by the missing
Tichborne, One of these is that there are
no marks as of bleeding cuts on CresswelIs
ankles, But the examining physicians point
out that such marks might easily have been
obliterated on tho legs after long years,
The other and apparently the more serious
discrepancy is that while Tichborne was five
feet eight and a half inches in height Cress-
we'll is five feet six and three-quarters
inches, but the physicians say Cresswell IS
now an old man and withered. The shrink
ing in height would be a natural result Of
senility, and probably fifteen years ago
Cresswell may have been five feet eight and
a half inches in height.
The tattoo marks which existed on Itch
borne do not exist on C%resswell, but there
is a wound in the exact locality, which
might be that of a cautery directed to the
extirpation of the t~atooing. The medical
experts say that 40 many marks Of similarity
could hardly be put down as a coincidence.
The investigation was incomplete when the
Aorangi sailed from sydney, December 3,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
TOUCH METHOD IS ENDORSED
Action Taken by Shorthand Teachers
in Session at Clicngo-0ther
Instructors Meetings.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Resolutions endors-
ing the touch method of typewriting as
opposed to the sight" method were adopted
at today's session of the National Shorthand
Teachers association. AS the shorthand
teachers represent a large number Of the
business schools of the country the action
of endorsing a particular system is regarded
as important. A number of interesting pa
pers were also read.
The Western Penmen's association and the
Public School Writing and Drawing
Teachers association held a joint session,
at which several papers were read. A SINH
lar program was carried out at the meeting
of the Business Teachers association. A
joint session of the various associations was
held in the afternoon, at which considerable
time was devoted to the discussion of the
advisability OF forming another organiza-
ton to be known as the School Managers
association, the member to be principals
or proprietors OF schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
FUNSTON TO JOIN MACARTHUR
Thought that Kansan Will Be Assigned to
Wheeler's Brigade,
BATES TO APPOINT CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
English Directors of Manila Hallway
company Claim United states IL
Liable for Guaranteed Interest
ON Prior Lien Bonds,

MANILA, Dec. 29.-S.25 a. m.-Gcneral
Frederick Funston will join General Mac
Arthur's command. His brigade has not
been designeted, but it is thought he will
be assigned to General Whceler's.
The order which has been issued opening
to trade the ports Of Zamboanga, Cottabato,
Davao and Isabella, will apply Professionally
to the Jolo and SLASH ports. General Bates
will appoint the customs officials.
The authorities have issued a ruling which
~lesalizes marriages performed by judges or
the clergy of any religious denomination
Under the Spanish regime only such mar
riages were recognized as legal as were
performed by Roman Catholic priests.
LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The directors of the
Manila Railway company. limited, announce
the suspension of interest on the prior lien
bonds. They point out that no revenue is
available, as the line has been in the pos
session Of the insurgents or the Americans
since February last. They also aver that
the United States government is liable for
the guaranteed interest, having assumed
sovereignty over the Philippines.
The company has claims aggregating G34,-
600 against the United States