The true northerner., 1900-08-17
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PNED-
MATIC SYSTEM ORDERED.
AGUINaI.Do RfzpoRTfcD TO NC Lds-
ING IN CONSTANT PEAR
STATEMENT OF ExrORTs AND rss-
PORTS FOR JULY.

Washington. Aug. 1.-The postrnas-
ter-general has issued an order dlrec-
ting a general investigation as to fhe
cost OF construction, operation and ueff-
ity Of all pneumatic tube systems VOC
transmission OF mails and Including all
facts bearing upon their use. This IN
yestigation Is in accordance Win tns
requirements OF the hast postal appro-
priation act, and is designated 10 en-
able congress to determine whether the
pneumatic tube service should be OVID
ed, leased, extended or da~continued oy
the government, aald also ts dftefrnnT
the cost AT which the government may
ACQUIRE existing plants or necessary
patnuts. There Is an appropriation OF
$4,000 Cor tine Investigation, wuicn
VIII be- cfmducted in n few M the psfn-
cipai cit1es incfwiinlg, prcaoafsy, New
York. Chir-rp, Boston, Phiiadeipdrsi-
St. Louis, San Francisco and New Or-
leans The s4ries wiz be- decided ca
lafer. as win tne names Of the general
committee which win direGt the nVtS-
tigation. In each OF the critics 10 te
selected the postmaster, assisted oy the
superintendent OF Che rs1fway mani ser
vice. IN whose division the city ~ 10
Gated. via proceed at once TO "a careful
Investigation as TO the Necessity FOR n
pneumatic tube mail service, or for ex-
tension If any existing service.
lie LIVES In FeaE.
Comes ~ Manila papers received At
the war department cuutstn letter
purporting TO be from personal friend
OF AgBinalto, which state that the WI
pino chief does not take stbEautaSe of
the amnesty proclamation becsrSe
some time ago he gave orSs-rs To hrs
followers to break UP into guNxilfa
bands The amnesty order excerpts
those who violated the laws of war
and il states that Aguinaldo fears that
he would be in the excepted class,
should he undertake to suKreDsLer JHr
der the amnesty proclamation. The
letter is dated at Biac-no Bato, which
is said To he tine present provisional
headquarters of Aguinaitso. Ii stste<s
however, that Aguinatio never stays
more than one night In a g,lace and on
" few hours IN any one location. He
allows no one 10 come nesT m eX-
cept hts most intimate personal friends
A dispatch In one OF the IaperS dsrted
at San Pedro Macati states thxt Gen
Pho del Pillar, who recently surrender
ed. says he wishes % become - good
American citizen and irfeIafs TO ac~
cept the American terms offered 10 hrs
people. He said he wOtad like nothing
better than 20 raise "A regiment OF ma
tive Filfpinos tn serve in China
Imports and ~ ports.
The July statement of the imports
and exports OF the United States ~
sued by the bureaH OF statistics, shows
the imports of merchandise to frtve
been So, ,536, ,2S;3 OF which 81 JSS4. .0Ss
was free of Duty. The total amount n
over $2.OOo,OO0 IN excess of Jury, 1899.
The exports of merchandise during the
month aggregated S1O0.413-5tH, an IN
crease over the corresponding month
Hast year OF more than SoyO00.OO0. The
gold imports for the month were S4.-
944. 764, an increase OF about $2-UpO.st.
The exports OF gold amounted to 81
2G9, 159 an increase OF about $4,000.
The silver imports aggregated 23u,-
033, an increase Of about 10000. and
the exports $4913,G5S. an increase Of
100000. During the ltst seven months
the exports of merchandise exceeded
the imports by S7O0F3,T92.
Cruiser Newark.
The cruiser Newark. which was Adj
mirai Kempfs flagship while he was
I'm command of the feet In China. sail
ed Saturday from NaSasaki fo- Cavtte
laval station. II Is not known at tAe
navy department. whether the Newark
will resume her station in the Philip
pines permanently or viii return to
China As operations IN China are now
confined 10 the ms3rfa II ia possible the
Newark WIN remain ut Csvite unless
an emergency arises again requiring
her presence I'm the Chinese wates.
a.