The Dolores star., 1903-03-20

-ho participated In the war with Spain
a the suppression OF the boxer" up-
Ling in China. The department
ni.bes t,b to distribute 446.sS2 medals.
United States Consul John l.. Bitt-
,,eer at Montreal has been invited to
'.siru He will be succeeded by Major
" Edwards. North Dakota news
amer man. Consul Bittinger. while on
,.sve of absence at his home in ST.
yoseph talked freely of the relations
sstveen the United States and Canada
.nd criticised the cooks OF Montreal.
rhis was lily received in Canada and
,ss led to the present action.
Gov W. r. Merriam, director Of the
.snsus has placed his resignation in
No hands of the President 1t will take
.sect May 18th. Governor Merriam re-
lions to accept the vice presidency OF
,he International Mercantile Agency of
vsv York. and will remove from
Washington to that city. The Interna-
uoual Mercantile Agency is corpora
eon organized for the purpose Of rat
ng credits in the United States and
Canada.
Captain Barclays assignment to COM
nand the Puget Sound naval station
xill take effect June 1st. He will be-
eome a rear admiral soon after that
date. Captain Cook will be promoted
TO be an admiral upon the retirement
Of Admiral Crowninshield. March Goth.
Captain Harrington, who stands num-
Mr two on the list OF captains, has
been assigned to the Norfolk navy
yard and will become an admiral at
the same time as Captain Cook.
General Davis. commanding the
troops in the PHILIPPINES. cables that
the transport Thomas sailed from Ma
Mia March 9th for San Francisco. with
Brig. Gen. Frank d. Baldwin, Brig.
Cen Morris c. Foote. 5S2 enlisted men
Of the Twenty-fifth. Twenty-seventh,
Thirty-first and Thirty-sixth COM
panies, coast artillery. and the Four
tenth and Fifteenth batteries of field
artillery, thirty-six sick. 11S casuals,
three insane and 1873 discharged SCI
diers.
Justice Day. the newly appointed
member of the Supreme Court, Is suf-
fering from pneumonia. Justice Day
was suffering from slight cold when
be left Canton for Washington to take
the oath as a member of the Supreme
Court The bad weather of the past
week aggravated this cold into
severe attack of grip, followed by
pneumonia. The following statement
vas made March 18th: The friends
Of Judge Day are apprehensive con-
cerning his condition. His tempera-
lure to-day was high. running up to
the neighborhood of 1O5. He is not
man Of robust physique. but on the
contrary is of frail appearance and 1t
Is feared he may be unable to with
stand severe attack of illness.
At the opening of the Senate on the
llth inst. the President pro TEN called
the attention of senators to the fact
that under strict Interpretation of
the rules. only such business as prop
erly belongs to the matters under con-
sideration In executive session should
be presented at this extra session.
Ar. Allison Uowa) offered a resolu-
ton which he said he thought was
proper at this time, authorizing the
committee on rules to re-examine the
rules of the Senate with the view to
ascertaining what changes. II any. are
necessary and especially to make In
| curry whether 1t is expedient to in any
way limit debate in the Senate and If
SO to what extent. The resolution fur
ther provides that the committee is
authorized to sit during the recess OF
The Senate and is directed to submit
report to the Senate of its conclu'
sons as soon as practicable after the
beginning of the session next Decem.
Der. The resolution was referred to
The committee to audit and control
The contingent expenses Of the Senate.
In discussing the Cuban tseaty Sep.
ator Teller contended that 1t was
direct thrust at the sugar industry of
the United States and its effect would
be entirely In the interest of the sugar
trust, which he declared, would be
benefited to the extent of no less
than $6,000,000 annually by the reduc-
ton of the duties on raw sugar. He
also discussed at some length the
recommended by the COM
mittee on foreign relations which pro
rides that the reduction on Cuban SUI
gar during the life of the treaty shall
not be more than 20 per cent, and
that during this time there shall be no
on sugar imported from any
ioreign country. He ridiculed this
declaring that 1t had been
Inserted merely for the purpose of
the votes of senators from SUI
gar producing states. He asserted
that 1t could have no possis:o eject
In binding the government of the
United States, If its Congress should
decree otherwise. In other words, he
said, this enactment could be repealed
lust as any statute might be by Con
gress.
The Bureau of Insular Affairs. War
Department, has just published PAM
phlet Of forty-six pages giving the tel
graphic correspondence of Emilio Ag-
uinaldo from July Is. 1898, to Febru-
NY %. 1899. the period just preceding
the fall of Manila and following the
outbreak of hostilities between the
United States forces and the insurgents.
These kilograms were discovered by
captain John r. T. Taylor. Fourteenth
Infantry. among mass OF papers cap
tured from the so-called insurgent gov
eminent. They are sufficiently COM
plete to show that the insurgent leader
leaned strongly upon Others for advice
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