2
HEN REGENT
SIGNS TREATY
It Will be Forwarded to M.
Cambon,
HE MAKES THE EXCHANGE
SKMUMi TO M ADRIII ONE SIGN
ED BY PRESIDENT.
CAMBON CALLS AT THE DtPARTMEN.T
The Signing of the Treaty Coes Not Involve
the Immediate Discharge of all the
Volunteers. The Sta'us of
Spanish Prisoners.
Madrid, March 17. The (Jueeu Regent
lias signed the treaty of peace between
Spam and the United State.;..
Tlve signed treaty will be to. warded
so the French Ambassador a Washing
ton. M. Jolt's Cainboii ler 'exchange
"itli the one signed by President McKin
ley. No decree on the subjeet will lie
published in the official Gazette.
M*AK THX'HNICAU.V STILL ON.
Washington. March 17.—The first
news of the signing of the jieace treaty
by the (Jueen Regent of Spain, was con
veyed to Secretary nay and the officials
of the Administration through the exclu
sive bulletin of the .associated Press.
The Secretary was naturally gratified at
the action, which now makes it possible
to exchange the ratifications, and tints
complete the treaty, within the time set
by the treaty itself as the maximum.
Official news of the action at Madrid
was not conveyed to the State Depart-,
meat before the close of the Depart
ment for tin 1 day. M. t’ambon called
at the State Department about ten min- (
utes to four o'clock, and in the absence
ol' Secretary Hay called upon Assistant
Secretary Hill. He told the latter that
be believed the treaty bad been signed.
It seems now probable that to the Am
bassador will be committed the honor of
closing up the task he set about seven
months ago of bringing two great nations
then at war to a state of peace. Usually
the rule is for a nation situated as is
Spain to send a special envoy charged
with the special duty of exchanging the
ratifications. In this case the wish of
the United States Government will be
consulted, and there is little doubt in
view of the kindly regard entertained
for the Ambassador by the President
that he will elect to have M. Cambon
act for the last time as the representative
of the Spanish Government and make
the exchange.
A good reason also for accepting again
the Ambassador's offices in this last
function would be the saving of time.
The signiug of the treaty cannot in
any manner affect the status of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of Aguin
aldo. for the United States Government
is doing all that it can to secure their
release.
Contrary to an expectation that seem
ed to have obtained in some quarters,
the signing of the treaty to-day does not
involve the immediate discharge of all
tilt' volunteer soldiers. It was stated
positively at the State Department that
legally the treaty does not go into effect
until the ratifications ■ have been ex
changed. and it will further be necessary
for the President to proclaim it. before
the people of the United States includ
ing the soldiers can now officially say
that the war is over. In all other re
spects, however, the State Department
will treat the war as at an end.
DUSTER'S COTTON STATEMENT. '
New Orleans, March 17. —Secretary
Hester’s statement of the world's visible
supply of cotton shows a decrease for
the week just closed of 221,015 bales,
against a decrease of 1115,1115 bales a
year. The total visible is 4.307,(548 bales
against 4.588,(5(53 bales last week, and
4,170,278 bales last year. Os this the
total of American cotton is 4,04(5,(548 ,
hales, against 4,238,063 bales last week j
and 3.889.278 bales hist year, and of all
other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil,
India, etc.. 321,000 bales, against 349,-
000 bales last week, and 281,000 bales
hist year.
Secretary Hester's weekly statement
shows a decrease in the movement into
sight compared with the seven days end
ing this date last year in round figures
of 23,000 bales. For the 198 days of the j
season that have elapsed tin l aggregate '
is ltehind the 198 days of last year 27(5,-
000 bales, and ahead of the same days I
year before last 1,885,000 bales. The
total movement for the 198 days from
September Ist to date is 9,744,134 bales, I
against 10,020,037 bales last year; >
7,859,3155 bales year before last, and |
8.911,008 for the same time in 1895.
The movement since September Ist
shows receipts at all United States ports
7.453.859 bales, against 7,810.91(9 bales
last year; interior stocks in excess of
those held at the close of the commercial
year .350.244 bales, against 302.(575 bales
last year; Southern mill takings 813,-
280 bales, against 794,850 bales last
year. Foreign exports for the week have
been 73,301 bales, against 154,349 bales
last year, making the total thus far for
the season 0,0(50,310 bales, against
5,878,441 bales last year. The total
takings of American mills. North and
South and Canada thus far for the sea
son have been 2.724,£>75 bales, against
2.752.754 bales last year. Stocks at the
sealioard and the 29 leading Southern
interior centres have decreased during
the week 4.333 bait's, against a decrease
during the corresponding perior last sea
son of 47.434 bales, and are now 279,-
403 btiles smaller than at this date in
1898. Including stocas left over at ports
and interior towns from (be hist crop,
and the number of bales brought into
sight tints far for the new crop, the
supply to date is 10,011,72(1 bales,
against 10.137,191 bales for the same
period last year.
Probably the weather has something
to do with the madness of the M•• •• b
bare.
[fire AT CEAFLIN UNIVERSITY.
Students Eost Their All Several Pain
fully Burned.
Charleston. S. <’.. Marv.i 17. News
comes front Orangeburg that one of the
boys' dormitories and the pricing office
at ClafTliti University (McthoHs<i we <>
burned to the ground hist night. Aleut
fifty students were rooming in the build
ing. The majority of them lost ail they
owned. Pallets and cots are improvised
in the Impel. li was only the good
discipline of tile boys of Clattlin and the
State colored college, and the efficient
fire department of the city that saved
the main building from conflagration.
Several students were'painfully burned.
Chitlin is the oldest school for colored
youths in this section of the South. The
State colored college on the adjoining
lot was in danger for a while. The loss
is over 82.1H.Kt. and is probably covered
by insurance.
REED GOES TO JEKYL ISLAND.
Brunswick. Ga.. March 17. —lion.
Thomas B. Reed. Speaker of the House
of Representatives, passed through
Brunswick to-night on his way to Jekyl
Island.
REED AT BRUNSWICK
SA) S THEFE IS POLUICAL SIGNIFICANCE
IN 11> VISIU
, But Jrkyl Island May See a Meeting Between
Him and McKinley Within the
N< xt Few Oa)S.
Brunswick. Ga.. March 17. —Speaker
Thomas It. Reed and daughter arrived
to-day from Washington. Their coining
was unheralded. They reached Bruns
| wick on an accommodation train of
freight and passenger cars and were
eti route to Jekyl Island. Their s'ay
in this < ity was short. The Speaker
was asked by the Associated Press cor
respondent what was the purpose of Ins j
visit:
“Rest." simply said the speaker. Then
in a running talk of bri.f duration lie
gave out this statement:
“There is no |M>liticnl significance at
tached to my visit. I did not know
that my coming would attract any ..t‘ea
tion at this time. I did not stop at
Thojiiasv-ille. My stay will be for a
few days. There is no one in my party
except my daughter. There is not to
bn a gathering of men prominent in
national affairs on Jekyl Island during i
■the time I am there as far as I unow." j
The above was in substance answers i
to questions pr pounded and answered i
in a concise but not unfriendly man- i
tier.
W hen the subject of the r <**rtt New
York Bolden dinner was opened, he
stated that the affair was purely social.
At Jekyl Speaker Reed is the guest
of Mr. Joint G. Moore, of New York.
He will remain several days and will
not go before Tuesday next, if then.
The significance of Speaker Reed's
visit to Jekyl fit this lime is giving rise
to much speculation. Esiiecially >■ this
triii' in view of the fact that informa
tion through reliable channels has ben
received that the President. VSee-Pivsi
ilent llobart and Senator Hanna will ar
rive on Jekyl Island on Monday next,
during the time that Speaker Real is
on the island and that the Presidet.i's
party will be entertained bv Cornelius
Bliss.
The ext ready cautious manner ia
which Speaker Itecd reach'll Bruns
wick and the fact that it was ‘riven
out in New York on Thursday night that
he was en route to Maine after the
Bolden supper, coupled with the fa -t
that the dispatches from Tboinasviile
have said the Presidential party would
not leave for Jekyl until next Friday
■are regarded here as iwinting o ; n
nudist urged meeting between the Presi
dent and his managers and the Speaker,
with a view to arranging approach
ment.
Tilt re could be no finer retreat for : >!-
itieians and public men than Jekyl Is
land. It is situated in the Atlantic
ocean six miles from Brimswi k ,• mi
is mined by a dub whose exciusivem-s.s
is proverbial.
No one can go on the island witl oin
ti card as a guest, and newspaper men
are specially unprovided lor ‘.n this n>-
spect.
** Trust Not to •
Appearances. ”
Hhat which seems hard to
bear may be a great blessing.
Let us take a lesson from the
rough weather of Spring. It
is doing good despite appear
ances. Cleanse the system
thoroughly; rout out all
impurities from the blood
with that greatest specific ,
Hood s Sarsaparilla.
Instead of sleepless nights, with con
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tired feeling, you will have a tone and a
bracing air that will enable you to enter
into every day’s work with pleasure.
Remember, Hood’s never disappoints.
Scrofula Bunches -“ An operation
helped my sqn temporarily for scrofula
bunches on his neck, but Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla caused them to disappear entirely.”
Mrs. Lewis A. Carpenter, 51 Wadsworth
Street, Hartford, Conn.
Catarrh —“I have hail no return of the
catarrh which troubled me for years, since
Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured me.” Mrs. Joe
Martin, Washington St., Ogdensburg, N. V.
Dyspepsia “ Nothing relieved me of
my dyspepsia until I took Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla. It cured me and I can eat three good
meals every day. I give it to my children
every spring.” Fred Poeheer, 437 South
Penna Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
JfccdA Saidabmiffa
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only i nthartfe to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
THE .NEWS AND UfiSKHVKU. SATURDAY. MARCH IS, isaa.
DUN'S TRADE DEVIEW
Exports of Manufactured
Products for February.
A COMPARISON WITH ’92
| THE KNOki.uol'JS PAYMENTS
I'll ROI'GI I 'CLEARING HOUSES.
THE GOLO SUPPLY iS IN RCASING
In the Steel and Iron Pusiness Belated Buyers
Hi.ve to OfT-.r Manufic'urers Fancy
Prc n s to Get Their Orders
Accepted at all.
New York, March 17.—R. G. Dun A
Co.'s weekly review of trade will say
tomorrow:
In business, this year cannot be com
pared with any other. It can be said
that payments through the principal
clearing bouses for the past week have
been 57.4 per cent greater than in 1892.
and 45.9 per cent greater than in 1898.
but that exaggerates the gain in some
branches of the business, while in oth
ers ii falls far short of the gain. Thus
the February exports of manufactured
products have about doubled since 1892.
Omitting New York clearings, where
speculation in stocks is most active,
payments through the other principal
clearing houses for the same week show
increase of 37.(5 per cent over 1892, and
27.1 per cent over Inst year. But with
out regard to such details all realize that
the volume of business in all branches is
the greatest ever known.
The national prosperity rests on more
solid foundations. The exports of
breadstuff's, provisions, cotton and oil
in February showed it decrease of $(5,-
(ithumm*. hut other exports, mainly man
ufactured, were $3(5,40(5,943 in value
against $31,275,559(5 last year and were
sufficiently large to cover sixty per cent
of the entire imports. The merchan
dise exports exceeded imports for the
mouth $33.<524.117. the gold supply is
increasing, and there appears no occa
sion for monetary disturbances. The
treasury recorded its first payment of
$59,000,900 for the Central Pacific Rail
road. having previously received $59.-
000,000 for the Union Pacific and over
$(5.000,(HH) for the Kansas l’acitis.
Swiftly rising quotations for iron mil
its products would mislead if i; were not
kept in mind ihat more thun nine tenths
of the iron manufacturing capacity .'s
engaged, and will be until .1 illv or inter,
in the execution or orders taxed mouths
ago at low prices. If a million tons of
products go out this mouth. 900.000 ut
such prices as $lB to S'2*( iVr steel rails,
at which the entire output of the Illinois
Steel Company for this year was sold
some time ago. it hardly indicates the
true character of the iron business that
less than 100,(100 tons tire going out at
such prices as s2d to S2B per ton for
steel rails made here for small lots this
week. Belated buyers now have to pay
fancy prices to get orders accepted at
all. Withdrawal or postponement of
business because <>f high prices begins
to be a significant feature, and much for
eign business is evidently lost, though
there are still sales for export. 3,500
tons of pipe for South America, and 3,-
UOO tons bridge material for Bttrmah.
The Conn els vi lie Coke Works, with an
output of 1(57,240 tons weekly, and many
o|>eratiug Sundays to catch, up with or
ders. have advanced prices 15c. only.
Wool sales at the three chief markets
have been only 4.305.000 |Hiunds, of
which 2.761.9(10 were domestic, against
5,078.2(10 in the same week of 1892. of
which 3.507.200 were domestic; but
prices are soft, and some dealers tire said
to have yielded as much as 2 to 3 cents
per pound clean. Ixs-ause nobody can
guess what effect the new combinations
may have. Prices are largely nominal,
and yet there is a somewhat better de
mand for goods. Nor has the strong de
mand for cotton goods been bellied by
the weaker market for cotton, which
lias fallen to (5.37 c. in spite of a volume
of retiorts about the bad condition of
the late picked product. The price of
goods lias been strongly advanced and is
held, but yet depends on the price of
cotton.
The market which has lost most is that
which has least statistical reason to
lose, because no estimate of wheat in
farmers’ hands March Ist would pro
vide more than about last year’s exports
and domestic demand to July Ist. The
actual exports, Hour included, front
both coasts during the past two weeks
have been 7,95(5.938 bushels, against
7.3(57.892 bushels last year. But such
exports imply a foreign demand which is
not unlikely to exceed last years, and
the corn exports are also a little larger
than last year. The Western receipts
for the week have been 3,359,000 bush
els, against 2,557,6(50 bushels last year.
Failures for the week have been 189
in the United States, against 208 last
>ear, and 30 in Canada, against 2i last
yea r.
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Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen of
Hannibal. Mo., lately had a wonderful
deliverance from a frightful death. In
telling of it be says: “! was taken with
Typhoid Fever that ran into Pneumonia.
My lungs became hardened. I was so
weak I couldn’t even sit up in bed.
Nothing helped me. I expected to soon
die of Consumption, when 1 heard of
Dr. King’s New Discovery. One Kittle
gave great relief. I continued to use it,
and now am well and strong. I can’t
say too much in its praise.” This marv
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est cure in the world for till Throat and
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MURDERED NEGROES BURIED.
Palmetto. Ga., March 17.--The fu
nerals of the four negroes killed by the
mob of masked men early Thursday
morning were held today.
The town is still under a small guard
of militia, si portion of the Capital Cit\
Guards returning to Atlanta today. No
further trouble is anticipated.
IS IT MALARIA OR ALUM?
(Popular Science .Monthly.!
Languor, loss of appetite, indigestion
and often feverishness arc the common
symptoms of a physiological condition
termed "malaria.” All these symptoms
may be and frequently are the effect ot
the use of alum baking powders in food
making. There is no question about
the poisonous effect of alum upon the
system. It obstructs digestion, pros
trates the nerves, maculates and de
vitalizes the blood. All this lias been
made clear, thanks to physicians, boards
of health and food commissions. So
"highly injurious to the lcaltli of the
community" does the eminent bead ot
the University of Pennsylvania. Dr.
Barker, consider the alum baking pow
ders. that lie says "their sale should be
prohibited by law."
Under these eircumstuiiees it is worth
the while of every house-wife to em
ploy ttie very little care that is neces
sary to keep so dangerous an element
front the food of her family.
A pure cream of tartar baking pow
der. which is kind that should
be used, ought to cost about 4.> cents
t<> 50 cents a pound. Therefore, it you
are paying much less. something is
wrong: if you are paying 25 cents or
less per pound, the powder is eertainlj
made from alum.
Always bear these simple tacts in
mind when purchasing baking pow
der.
ACCIDENT A, ..I KILLED.
Macon. Ga.. March 17. A special to
tin* Telegraph from Albany. Ga.. says;
"This morning at about 10:30 at Camp
Churchman Lieutenant D. K. Bridges
while getting out of :• carriage struck
his pistol against a whe I of his car
riage and it was discharged, the bail
entered his left side. He Was dead
lief ore physicians could reach him.
Lieutenant Bridges was a member of
Company B. Third Mississippi volant, cr
am! had just been mustered out.
His remains will be shipped to Miss
issippi.
EASIER ON THE EXCHANGE.
Liverpool, March 17. Mic Cotton Ex
change will observe the Easter holidays
by closing March 31st, April Ist and 3rd.
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