Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-27
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.
spEcIALcoR REspoNDENcE.

aisS mrs. Mayprick's Chances-Henry
White first secretary Of the United
tates embassy at London. has been
s4 recent caller on the president. In
x1Alking about the coming coronation
,shf the king and the possibility that
III large number of convicts will be
bardoned, he said there is no strong
#precedent which will require King
Edward to adopt such course. A
Recommendation of the home secre-
tary of the British government will
&be required in any event to secure Mrs.
N Maybrick pardon. Mr.. White eX-
4pressed the opinion that Mrs. May
SSbrick will eventually be released.
n Cubans May Accept-Senators
4 Proctor of Vermont and Cockrell of
Y Missouri have had talk with the
president about conditions In Cuba,
the purpose of their visit to the White
House being to give some results OF
their recent visit to the island. Both
! senators believe that the Platt amend
ment, prescribing that certain i'm
porant conditions be incorporated in
the Cuban constitution now pending
in Havana. will ultimately be adopted.
Senator Proctor thinks the visit of
the Cuban committee here next week,
far from being a futile mission, will
result in immediate good. Both ne
and Senator Cockrell are confident
M,H at hn aI1
to convince them that this govern.
ment is acting in good faith. and with
no idea of requiring more than 1t
should require in the way of specia!
4 constitutional provisions.
Il Newspaper Premiums-About a
4 hundred replies have been received at
the postofflce department to the circu-
lar letter sent to publishers of daily
n newspapers by the third assistant
postmaster general. In that letter the
n publishers were asked to state wheth-
n err rule excluding from the privi-
8f leges of second class postage all pub
s# lications that obtain circulation
Through premium offers would operate
~ to the disadvantage OF reputable pub
N lications with bona fde circulation
The replies so far received were evil
IDENTIFY sent Immediately on receipt Of
one circular. All but one are entirely
favorable. The exception comes from
religious journal that has hereto
Il fore given Bible with every sub
scription entered. But the almost gen
hn
pected promptness with which the re-
plies have been received lead the de-
partment to anticipate the hearty CO.
operation of newspaper publishers in
4 it's effort to amelorate the present
abuses of the second class privileges.
Distress in Porto Rico-Santiago
A iglesias, president of the Federation
of Workmen of Porto Rico has pre-
sented a petition to President Mckin-
h ley signed by 5000 Porto Ricans,
N praying for relief from distressing
II conditions which they say exist in the
island Mr.. Iglesias was accompanied
by Frank r. Morrison. secretary of
4 the American Federation OF Labor.
The petition begins as follows: THE
Undersigned, workers in Porto Rico
without distinction Of color. political
or religious creed. have the honor to
bring to your attention the following
Il facts; Misery, with all its horrible
consequences, Is spreading in our
homes with wonderful rapility. 1t has
n already reached such an extreme that
4 "A 90 ytpp 20 h
while many others that have not the
W courage to see their mothers. wives,
|# sisters and children perish of hunger
3& commit suicide by drowning them
selves In the rivers or hanging them
Z $e elves from branches OF trees The
M people of Porto Rico want work ant
H# nothing but work" tn petition says
n and the president is entreated to take
Il measures to relieve the situation.
a A Floating Exposition-The sugges
ton for floating exposition to enable
American manufacturers and export
ers to exhibit their goods at the door.
8 of the people to whom they desire tC
III sell them. recently made by the chic
M of the bureau Of statistics of the treas
A% ury department. is resulting in mucl
a# discussion of the subject not onl,
III throughout the United States. but il
n other parts of the world. The propo
4 stion as originally presented in tn,
n National Geographic Magazine and be
Il fore the National Board Of Trade b.
n the chief of the bureau Of statistic
n suggested that an exposition associa
81 ton might be formed by manufactul
"a ers and exporters which could Great
guarantee fund emitting the sub
scribers to a proportionate amount O
space in the vessel or vessels carry
ing the exhibit. this exhibit wheI
completed to pass from port to por
along the coast of South America
thence to the principal cities Of Asia
Oceania, Africa and Europe. an
II thence returning to the United States
Il occupying perhaps two years in tn
trip and visiting the principal cite
and countries of the world. A floatin
exhibition to visit the cities borderin
upon the Gulf OF Mexico and Caril
bean sea has been organized at But
falo. and will be made ready durin
the summer and leave in the autum
of the present year for that field. an
a number of other enterprises OF thi
Character have been suggested.
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