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 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 sequent irritableness and an undone, 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 Hood’s 4*l Its i-ure liverJlU. the noii-irritottng and 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. IDS LIFE WAS SAVED. 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 ellous medicine is the surest and quick est cure in the world for till Throat and Lung Troubles. Regular sizes •>() cents md SI.OO. Trial bottles free at all Drug Stores, every bottle guaranteed. 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. 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