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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
THE NEWS EPlTOMIZED
waaliin-ton Items.

In tho Senate Mr. Pettigrew's Philippine
resolution was tabled and an amendment
to the resolution OF Senator Hoar, calling
on the President to furnish copies OF the
instructions to the Peace Commissioners,
was defeated. The vote on the latter was
Al to 20.
The War Department reports that ex-
ports from the port OF Iloilo during the
months OF February. March and April,
1899, aggrated a549,3S7.
Tho House Committee on the Judiciary
fixed February IS as the date for general
hearing upon the proposed constitutional
amendment granting woman suffrage.
Representative Loud. OF California, has
reintroduced, In modified form, his bill in
reference to second-class matter.
Under a new ruling by the Secretary OF
War, officers and enlisted men may wear
the badges OF their military societies and
their medals OF honor on occasions OF cere.
mony. Insignia buttons are still barred.
Negotiations with other countries fol
reciprocity treaties have been suspended
by the administration because Of the pros.
pect that those already negotiated will NOT
be ratified by Congress.
John D. Rockefeller, In reply to inquiries
from the Industrial Commission, recon.
mends that trusts be created and regulated
by law. -r5T
General Otis reported to the War De-
partment the suicide, due to insanity, OF
First Lieutenant Bowman, OF the Thirty
seventh Volunteer Infantry.
Rear-Admiral Schley has cabled to the
Navy Department from Montevideo that
Lieutenant Commander F. E. Greene has
committed suicide. .'
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Foreign.

Tho epidemic Of Ic..Eepza in London IN:
been productive OF so many deaths thuI
the coifin factories are unable to keep ur
with their orders. The reserve stock OF
collins has been exhausted.
The steamship Laon XIII. arrived at Bar
celous, Spain, from Manila with swarm
OF Spanish prisoners. The men were IL
lamentuble plight. having been poorly feJ
and housed on the long voyage.
It is stated that Russia will soon occupy
the importuut port Of Burghas, en- the
Black Sea, taking 1t In lieu OF the none!
which Bulgaria owes rs her share OF the
Turkish War indemnity OF 1878.
The Portuguese Minister o; Foreign At
fairs, Senor Nelga Belrao, stated that Por
tugal would neither sell, cede, nor lease
any portion OF her colonies.
A petition bearing 44,7OO signatures has
been presented to President Loubet, II
Paris, asking for the reinstatement OF OK
Captain Dreyfus.
The Italian representatives in Abysslnia
telegraphs to the italian Government thai
King Menelek, who recently started fol
the border with alarge force, has refnrnaS
to his home andsd5smtssed his armysss; @
The French Chamber Of
assembled at Paris.
ubul VI luo
truce agreed to durIDRE h6 axposftton
year should be continued fhds 1nIteiy.
The Colonial party is intensely pleased
ut the news OF the French soccupn Of
the oasis oil Insalah, in the Sahnta, on the
southwestern Algerian frontier. q
The Russian Minister OF Finance, NC. de
Witte. In submitting his budget, stated
that Russia's gold reserve had been Idlmfn.
ished 81 500, 900 last year.
The first militia that have left England
since the Crimean war sailed from South.
ampton In the steamships Nile and Umbrla
They numbered $500.
The French Court Of Cessation has hand
ed down a decision making bull-hghtinG
illegal in France.
A plebiscite Of the citizens OF Mexico was
held regarding candidates for the Presi.
dency. A large majority OF the votes IA
vored the candidacy o' President Diaz.
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URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.

S750,OOO For Transporting Spanish Pri g.
cners From Manila to Spain.
WASHINGTON, D. G. (Speclal).-The Ur-
gent Deficiency Appropriation bill, the
first OF the important supply bills for the
Government, was reported to the House
by Chairman Cannon. 1t carries $50, ,l27,-
s4l, OF which s47 SOP 1892 is appropriations
for the military and naval establishments
and ss;525 500 direct appropriations.
The more important direct appropria-
tiors are: Treasury Department, S2,O69,-
G2i; War Department, Sls9,617; naval es-
tahlshment, S2,750,G00; Postal Service,
900. 1927; Paris Exposition, s169, 500; print
ing and binding, S27O,000; judgments, In
dian depreciation claims, S242. .1l2; iudg-
nents, Court Of Claims, S2,123, ,025,
The war and naval items were given in
detail when the deficiency estimates were
submitted The main changes are in add
ing 81, 900 900 to the Commissary- Generals
allowance and in providing S750,Ooo for
transporting the Spanish prisoners IN the
Philippines TO their homes.
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Ho,ninr Pigeons In the Navy.

There are 1000 homing pigeons on
the books of the British navy, ana
several times this number on the
books of the army. In the past ten
years the United States Army and
Navy Departments have been IN.
terested in the carrier pigeons, ana
we have posts established at dIterene
points throue hout the country. Their
services have been useful chiefly IN
ihe navy, and experiments are being
made constantly in communicating
oy this means between the shore and
,he ships.
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D0LNGS At The CAPITAL.
House Committee Unanimous That
Roberts is Proved PoIygamist.
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS
special House Committee Reports Against
the Seating OF Polygamist Roberts,
Treaties Favorably Reported to Senate
Socks For our Soldiers in the Philip.
pines-The Pensions Appropriation.

pines-The Pensions Appropriation.
WAsHISdToS, D. c. (speclaD. The spec.
lal committee Of the House Of Representa-
tires to investigate the case Of Brigham q.
Roberts, OF Utah, on Wednesday reached a
final conclusion. The committee was unani-
nous on the questions OF fact and also on
the ineligibilty OF Roberts to hold his seat
In the House. Seven OF them voted In ia
vor OF report to the effect that the House
was within its rights In stopping him at
the bar OF the House, and the other two in
favor OF report that he should have first
been seated and then expelled.
Those who voted for the majority report
are: Chairman Taylor, OF Ohio: Lands. OF
Indiana; Freer, OF West Virginia: Mcpher.
son, Of Iowa; Morris, ofMinnesota, Repub-
licans; and Miers, OF Indi4na, and Lanham,
OF Texas. Democrats. Represent atlve Lit.
tleteld, OF Maine, drew up the minority re-
port. which was also signed by Represen-
tative De Almond, OF Missouri. The llud-
ings on the fact are as follows:
"We find that B. q. Roberts was elected
as Representative to the Flfty.sixth Con-
eress from the State OF Utah, and was at the
date OF his election above the age OF twen-
ty-ave years: that he had been for more
than sevenGyenrs naturalized citizen OF
the UnitedStates and was an inhabitane of
the State OF Utah.
1--WE further find that about 1878 he mar
ried Louisa Smith, his first lawful wife
with whom he has ever since lived as such,
and who, since their marriage, has borne
him six children. 80
"That about 1885 he married as his plural
wife Celia Dibble, with whom he has ever
since lived as such, and who, since such
marriage, has borne him six children OF
whom the last were twins, born August II,
1897.
"That some years after his said marriage
TO Celia Dibble he contracted another
plural marriage with Margaret G.sShIpp,
with whom he has ever since lived In the
babit and repute OF marriage Your com
mittee is unable to fx the exact dafesof
this marriage. 1t does not appear that Yhe
held her out Us his wife before ;January,
1897, or that before that date she held him
out rs her husband, or that before that
date they were reputed to be husband and
wife.
"That these facts we're generally known
in Utah, publicly charged against him dur.
ing his campaign for election, and were
not denied by him. .n
tsThat the testimony bearing on these
facts was taken In the presence of Mr.. Rob-
erts and that he fully, CROSS examined the
witnesses, but decliuedto place hiEseifon
the witness stand. Pa ss ifftSS ~ {
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ing, at Iba, January G, and were driven
aud pursued with loss to them OF fifty
men. No casualties on our side. Schwan's
troops are east and south OF Santo
Tomas Bahamas. Yesterday Cheatham's
battalion Of the Thirty-seventh Infantry,
struck the enemy east OF Santo Thomas,
on the San Pablo road. The enemy left
Ave dead on the field, Cavalry soon ap-
pearlng pursued the force eastward; no re-
port OF result. Cheatham's casualties one
wounded. Anderson, Thirty-eighth In
fantry, en- route to Lipa yesterday, struck
the Insurgents few miles south OF Santo
Tomas aud drove them through Lipa
to Rosario. Enemy's loss twenty
dead and wounded; sixty Spanish
prisoners and $4,000 captured.
Schwan has liberated ubout two hundred
Spanish prisoners, who are now en- route
to Manila. Auderson's casualties yester-
day were one man killed and two wounded.
Wheaton's force is actively operating in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
QUESTIONS FOR THE FARMERS.
q Suggestion to Agriculturists by Census
Director Merriam.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (Special). ).-Director
of the Census Merriam suggests to the ag-
riculturists OF the country that thoy use
some OF their spare time between now and
next June In thoroughly preparing them.
selves to answer promptly and nc.
curately the questions relative to
the acreage, quantity and value OF
crops; the quantity and value OF all farm
products, animal and vegetable; the cost
OF fertilizers and farm labor, and, in fact,
all the items OF farm operations for the
calendar year 1899, Which the census
snumerators are by law compelled tc
ascertain. This, he says, will result in u
full and accurate census.
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The Labor World.

The wages Of Chinaman ut Annoy amount
to about S5 a month.
Waiter girls il Munich restaurants work
fourteen to sixteen hours a day without q
single holiday all the year round.
The japanese laborers In Hawaii live on
from "a to Sc per month, the Chinese on
from 50 to s11 and the Europeans s1l to
S1S.
The number OF unemployed men given
employment in Chicago last year was 292,-
900, an increase Of twenty-five per cent.
over 1898.
The wpges Of 25, 900 men in Pittsburgh,
Penn, have been advanced from five to ten
per cent, and - 1Qps aaaas even greater
percentage.
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Curious Chinese Rivers.

As every one knows who has studied
che geography of China, the rivers
have no fixed cham els; they move III
the impetuous floods that come pour
ing down from the mountains in the
rainy season, sometimes as much as
q hundred miles from their old beds,
leaving the intervening tracks buried
ieep under the sand, destroying lite,
making q desert of cultivated fields
over an area of many hundred of miles
and plunging the farming population
into terrible poverty and famine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Newsy GleanInCI.

Manlio Garlbaldi, son Of the Italian
patriot, is dead. 49,
The Eiffel Tower Is being put in readiness
for the Paris exposition.
The Grand Jury in Baltimore, Md. rec
,ommends the whipping-post for wife beat.
ers.
The growth OF golf among children is
on much larger scale than Is generally
credited.
The Sunday closing movement in Chicago
Is gaining ground, nearly all the grocery
stores und meat shops being closed Sun
days.
The price Of coal and the scarcity OF
The black diamonds In France at present
are creating considerable difficulty every
where.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Pony Express Pioneer Dead.

Alexander Majors, originator OF the pony
express and pioneer promoter OF the over.
land mail and freight business, died in
Chicago. He was eighty-six years old,
and nearly all his life had been spent on
the frontier, where his name became 70.
nous. Exit" Carson, William F. Cody
(Bufalo BilD, "Californiu Joe" and other
noted plainsmen secuted for him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
ATTEMPT TO KILL A JUDGE.
Man Who Lost a Case In St. Paul Court
Tried to Revenge Himself.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (specIaD.-James Welch
made q desperate attempt to essassinate
Judge William Lochren, of the Federal
Court. Welch had damage suit against
the Northern Pacific Railway for being
thrown of train at Mandan, n. D. After
Il trial lasting three days, Judge Lochren
took the case from the jury and delivered
u verdict for the defendant.
Welch appeared at Judge Lochren's
chambers and levied a revolver ut the
Judges head. Court Crier Conway, stand.
ing by, without hesitation attacked WEIGH
and bore him to tho floor. Welch was then
overpowered and dlsarmed. He IS par.
tlal paralytic, thtrty.three years old.
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN A BANK.
insane Cashier Kills Teller and Then
Shoots Himself.

COLUMBUS, Ga. Especially .--Captaia J. W.,
durphy, cashier OF the Third National
Bank, instantly killed the teller, P. T.
jhutze. and then committed suicide. The
murder and suicide occurred while the
>ank was filled with customers.
Murphy has been one Of the most prom
nent business men Of the city for num-
)er OF years, but in recent months has bean
Il i'll health, and has suffered two strokes
u paralysis. 1t Is believed that he was
insane when the shooting was done. ~
le and Shutze had been the closest OF
,rIendS,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Collins to Go to Manila.

SANTIAGO DE CUDA (By Cable) 1.-THE next
United States transport to leave Santiago
will carry 1000 collins, which will go to
Manila. Unfortunately. one OF these con-
:alns the body Of n soldier. AS it was not
marked, the coffin was mislaid, and 1t lis
now impossible to discover which one 1t IS,
as each box contains three cnskets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
To Prevent Hazinr at Yves. Point,

Representative Lloyd, Of Missouri, inTo-
duced bill in the House OF Representa-
tivos, Washington, to prevent hazing at the
Military Academy. The bill provides that
The form of oath for the cadets Is to be
changed 50 rs to Include provision that
they will not practice any form OF hazing
while members OF the Academy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
vo,,n-oar Caotoin Declines His Pay.

William E. English, n son OF the former
Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate
from Indiana, and Captain OF volunteers
in the war with Spain, has returned to tue
Treasury at Washington a check OF SITE
sent him for pay for his army, services
with the statement that he would not ac-
cept pay for service to his country il time
OF danger
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
A Machine That Melts Snow.

An improved snow-melting machine
has An air compressor operated by the
motion of the machine, to drive air
into contact with gas flame and COM
bine the two for increasing the heat
in the melting chamber, the gas being
formed from gasoline.
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Disastrous Earthquake in Sumatra.
There has occurred an earthquake in
.alembang, a Dutch province in the Island
II Sumatra. Fourteen villages were de-
itroyed and nineteen natives were killed.
Tuny houses were wrecked.
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"Women and CATS" said the youth
full boarder, "are alike" Wrong.
Young man." said the Cheerful Idiot,
"a woman can't run up telegraph
pole and cat cant run up millinery
bill ."-Indianapolis Press.
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A significant sign OF the part Japan
hopes to play in the future in Chlna is that
the japanese Government has definitely
offered to established Il military acauemy
at pekin to educate Chinese. under Japau.
ese officers. It IS believed CIIua Is faIor-
ably dIsuosed towarI this proposition,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
BANK ROBBERS GET $4,000. q
Safe Blown Open at Philippi, Wy yast
Robbers Escaped on a Hand Gsr&S'

PH1LIppr, ". Va. Special. The Tf8Sk
Valley Bank Building was entered
Wednesday morning by thieves. TheHe
was blown open by nitroglycerine andtl
tue money, except few stray cents and.a
few notes, which were blown to one side
By the concussion, was taken. The amount
was about $4,000.
No clues have been found. The hand
car OF the railroad company was stolen
and was f0und at Grafton. The explosive
used was in so large a quantity that the
heavy safe doors were thrown across the
rOonn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Hague Treaty is Favored.

WASHINGTON, D. c. .(Special The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to /
report favorably the convention known as
The Hague Treaty, negotiated last year. !
The treaty was not amended. The CONS
mistee also acted favorably upon the exc
tradition treaties With Peru and Argentine,
also the treaty to continue the MexicanJ
Boundary Commis sion. IL Ak
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
Orange Free State Invaded.

General Wood, Tor tue first time in the
South African campaign. has established
nost IN the eneny's country. With Il force
sf ali arms he took up position at Zeut-
nans Drift, on the north side OF tue Orange
River. in the Free Stnte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
neausy 10 BIooa Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy, Cathar>
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Purties from the b0dy Begin bschsysds tocsy 70
and that sicEly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c. 25c, 50c.
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Forty-five Years For Two Murders

Forty-five Years For Two Murders.
Frank Davie, charged with killing his
wife and sixteen-year-o girl, who were
encamped on the edge OF Murphysboro,
ILL.,, in u tent, was found guilty, the Jury
fixing the penalty ut forty-llve years In the
penitentiury. Da1te is ubou. thirty years
old
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
VIII Bring the Albany Home.

Captain Craig has been ordered by the
Navy Department, Washington, to go to
England to bring the cruiser Albany to the
Unitrd States. 1t will cost about $4,000 to
send crew OF officers to Newcastle-on-
Tyne, where the Albanyis now lying.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
EXPORT OF Spruce Prohibited.

An order in council prohibiting the ex.
port OF spruce wood cut from Crown lands
ment. Consequently all wood cut after
April 30 must be manufactured into,pulp
in Canada ,..
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400, 900 Socks For Our soidisrs

WASHINGTON. ID. G. (Speciall
Patton OF the Quarternnaster's Deulfke
of the Army has directed the shfpmenS
Manila OF 100000 pairs OF ltghtweight c
ton socks for the soldiers in}the Phtt5g3
pines - b I tlsss s9issal sll.s,zz
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3fsf4S.a45:asos
BenIserasins nIara1ihs7j

WASHINGTON, D. o. (spsslSij b
ments are now being made atthe sbgss
ton Navy Yard, under q plan proposedB By
near-Admiral O'Neil, for reirigefaflng
magazines Of battleships to minimi4
danger Of explosion through oyerheE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-31
BIG FIRE I'M DAWSON.
Business Part of Town Burned With
Loss of S5OO,OOO.

SEATTLE, Wash. (SpeciaD. steamer
Danube, at Victoria, from Siagway, brings
news that large part of the business por-
tion OF Dawson has been wiped out BY fire.
The loss will exceed s5O0,000.
There are no names Of the buildings or
losses. The SkaSway Operator said that
eroat suffering would undoubtedly follow
the fire, as the temperature at Dawson was
forty degrees below zero, with the wind
blowing. The city Is without the regula-
tlon water supply.
This is the third largo fire which has
n L. ikn nl,1 RI hiIthrI,
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lDOtne esGic.

The trainIng ship Dixie left Norfolk, Va,
Tor San Juan, Puerto Rico, whence she will
] 10 to the Mediterranean for cruise. She
.has5 nearly four hundred landsmen on
board, and the object OF the cruise Is to
stfainSthem for service on men -of-war. All
These sn are American citizens.
SsTf6 6amlet; OF iceland, Mich, with a
800 3Atfon OF 700; has raised $500 by popu.
! lar Inscription for Red Cross work among
$the Beers. SS
H sJoseph New, an artilleryman at Fort
Monroe, was murdered In Ph9bus, Va, Us
"a result ,oi row. sAfter IN early evening
COW had been quelled New and his COM
panions had O quarrel at the Indiana
House. When they left the place some one
lred from the house ard New fell dead.
The Iowa Legislature met in joint ses.
sion and reelected James Il. Gear to the
United States Senate. -
Jacob Crumbling, whose home is not far
from York, Penn, was fatally injured by
IN explosion OF dynamite. He put the
tuse in tho stove to thaw. 1t exploded,
blsw of one OF his arms, wrecked bis home
and set fire to 1T. Crumblins lad been
blasting rocks.
Mrs, George Sabal was boheaded at Vir.
len, ILL.,, by 4 passenger train. She had
Just arrived from Germany, and was met
by her husband and a number Of friends
ut the train. Husband and wife had not
seen each other for ten years. ..t
Felix Morris, the weIl.known actor, died
in New York City from pneumonia, after
weeks Illness.
N. Il. Goss, merchant OF Edenburg,
Ohio, was murdered by robbers. Goss
owned general store. The robbers, three
itn,number, escaped.
Miss Mary White and Mrs. Sarah Rue,
sisters, eighty and elghty-two years OF age,
,diedswithin twenty-four hours at Bristol,
Penn. Grief over the loss OF her sister
paused the death OF Mrs. Rue. They were
wealthy.
3 The State Teachers Association of Mis-
sissIppI by unanimous vote, has pro-
tested against the Universal Schoolbook
system, and has urged the Legislature not
tU change the existing law, which provides
for only county uniformity.
Jacob Shudin murdered his wife and
then killed himself at their home, six miles
from Knoxville, Tenn. The tragedy Is
supposed to have been due to domestic
troubles. =
WV. Gnge, cousin OF Lyman J. Gage.
died at Toledo, Ohio. Secretary Gage was,
notified. Deceased was consumptiyei
and died peuniless. .
Governor Leslie NJ. Shaw was inaugu
rated for a second term at Des sMoines.s
Iowa. ~. -; III
Tie Moody Memorial Fund Commit
at meeting in Northam pton Masssk55e
cided to continue the workottheege1ge
ist, and appeal to the people fora fnnd OF
$4,000, 900 to endow the three institutions
he was identified with.
Mrs. Mary Theobold. aged ftty-six, was
burned to death and her daughter, Lu
cinda. aged twenty-three, was fatally
burned ut their home in Louisville, KY.
Chicago people are clamorlng for pub
licatlon of the city pay-rolls. There Is
much tall: Of stuffed pay-rolls, but Mayor
Harrison says the city is so poor it cannot
pay $40, 900 year for printing the list.
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,.,, Editor Kllled by a Train.

Herbert II. Durham, the marine editor
q, the Boston Transcript, was killed by
train at somervllle, Mass. He was fifty.
ave years o, age. and leaves widow.
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German Exports to America.

Exports to America from the district en-
5raced in the United States Consular. ter
rltory Of Berlin. Germany, aggregated
Sl4,77O,2 ,2s7 in 1899, an increase over the
preceding year OF more than million.