PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA. The pedagogue's rule often wofka both ways. The medium should always be to good spirts. A sharp pencil is sure to make its mark in the world. Uusually the louder a man talks the less it amounts to. Wise is the baggage-smasher who wears a chest protector. St. Louis maidens are now adorning their hats with mistletoe. The polish on a man's coat doesn't help him to get into society. When some men make mistakes they repeat them by way of apology. Feminine complexions often re semble small boys they won't wash. The only way you can hurt some men is by striking them on the pocket book. This is the glad season of the year when the plumber gets square with the Ice man. It's a pity women can't strike out from the shoulder with her fist as well as with her tongue. Better fish remain in the sea than ever were caught. The bride never weds the "best mail." The man who has enough money to enable him to live in idleness won't and the poor man who would can't. A man seldom drops the coin of fairness into the slot of self-esteem for the purpose of ascertaining his moral avoirdupois. "I do not object," said a forbearing man to his daughter, "to your trying to make yourself look like a man, but it disgusts me to see the kind of man you succeed in making yourself resem ble." It is fortunate for the country that the founders of the republic left all it* honors open to the poor. Some of the men who have attained very high rank in statesmanship had no capacity to save money, and lived and died in poverty. There has been more than one great senator who never paid taxes on an assessment of $2,000, and who never owned a home. And there have been very few great statesmen In this country whose names graced the lists of heavy taxpayers. In refusing to pardon a city treas urer who violated his trust and was sent to the penitentiary, the governor of Washington lays down the propo sition that convicts should he pardon ed only when they are proven to have been innocent, when it is shown that the sentence was excessive, or when, while imprisoned, they are able to render the state some signal service. There may be other conditions that would warrant exercise of the pardon ing power but, leaving that out of the question, we are wholly in sympathy with a governor who declines to abuse it by freeing a man whose position, education and opportunities encour aged hica to be everything but a thief. The trusted official who sins "against light and knowledge," not because of t.he spur of need, is, of all criminals, the one to be punished. Clemency toward such an one brings the laws in to contempt. It generally supposed that thsl nuggets which are found in the riveii gravels of Klondike and other aurif-• erous regions have been brought down! by the rivers direct from the reefs in which x.he gold originally lay. Many, practical miners and scientific men, however, have long been of opinion! that this cannot be the case, for no] .masses of gold of so large a size wers ever found in the reefs themselves.' They believe, on the other hand, that the nuggets have grown where they, are now found, -just as a crystal ol: salt will grow in a strong brine but •with so insoluble a substance as gold it was difficult to understand how such growth could take place. Experiment" -carried out in Australia have shown! that decaying vegetable matter will. ~ause the deposition of gold from so-: ions of gold salts, but these salts' known to occur in reefs. The' now solved. A Slavonic' Zzigmody has just can exist in on a slight-' a gold salt letting the ,y'cceeded condl )le# in PITH OF THE NEWS DIGEST OF THE XEW'S FROM AO. PARTS OP THE WOULD. Comprehensive Itrvicw o( the Important llupprnliigH of (he l*«Mt Week Culled From Hie Tel­ egraph Report* The Rotable Event* at Home anl Abroad TUnt Have Attracted Attention. Crtnit* nnd Criminal*. Tho dead bodies of an aged couple nanwd Htisonbarger wore found in the vicinity of Glenwood. Ya. Fiyal play is suspected. Francis Brun tier. who was arrested Ida Trice was fatally burned in tier room in a flat at Cincinnati by having coal oil thrown over her clothing and then Jired. Iler screams brought help and the woman was taken to the hos pital where she died. She was able to say that William Kennedy, who was living with her. was the man who tried to burn her to death. I!e is under ar rest. Foreisn Note*. The French senate has re-elected Emil I.tuibet. president. The late Baron Ferdinand de ltoths cliild's bequest of art treasures to the British museum is valued at .MUO.OUO A traveler named Daniel Brunn is organizing at Copenhagen an expedi tion to start during the coming sum mer in search of traces of Prof. An riive in Eastern (!reenlaiv.l. The French mail steamship Tropic Bird brings news from Tahiti of the death at Papeete of Princess Tetua Mamma, hereditary princess of the isl ands. The Paris Figaro was confiscated by the police throughout Germany Sun day. on account of a caricature" which it contained, copied from Puck, repre senting Emperor William of Germany in the character of .a "despised ani mal." El Diaro de Barcelona urges such a modification of the customs dues as would allow Russian petroleum to compete with American. It also ill lists upon the necessity of the govern ment aiding the development of to bacco culture in Spain, as otherwise Spain will have to pay the United States for the tobacco she consumes. The death is expected of the Bavari an premier. Brestinburg. at fronton, X. J., on a charge of em- and marine corps who lost numbers by bezzlemeut. committed suicide in a cell of the Second Precinct police sta tion. 1'.runnel- handed himself by ty ing a handkerchief around his nock and fastening it to the iron bars of the cell door. He was not discovered until iife was extinct. pounos. The bill is intended to relieve the The admiralty has placed orders for two battleships of 14,000 tons each at I a cost of £1.000,000 with the Thames iron works. According to the Berlin correspond ent of the London Daily News an in teresting event is expected in the lius fiian family next. May. •5rent preparations are being made at Brecon. South Wales, for the mar riage of Mme. Patti .Ian. 25 to Baron Cederstrom. eldest son of the late Baron Claos Erdad Cederstrom. who, on Xov. 23. 1870. at Vii-seilles concluded the treaty by which Bavaria agreed to en ter the confederation of Northern Germany. immediately followed by the recognition of King William of Prus sia as the head of the new German empire. The Socialist annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Blanqui. in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise. Paris. led to riots be tween the rival partisans of Henry Uochefort, editor of the Intransigesan te. and M. .Tuares, editor of the Social ist Petite Iiepublique. Many were in jured. and the police made a number of arrests. The wreath intended for the tomb was trampled upon. At a, crowded meeting of the anti sugar bounty league, held in London, a. r» solution was unanimously adopt* demanding that the British govern ment should immediately conclud" a convention with Germany. Austria. Holland and Belgium to abolish boun ces and to guarantee producers secur ity in the open British markets against a e- ided •inlpet ition. Personal. William I.. Wilsr-n. ox-eon«rrossman and president, of the Washington and Lee university at Lexington. Va.. has been chosen president of the Yale col li ge. A IIei:ry Itundon. vice prcsi denr of the normal college, and one of the best, known educators in the coun try.- died at New York, aged si:ay seven years. lit. liev. Nicholas C. Mat?., bishop of the diocese of Denver, Colo., has sent his resignation to Konte. The congre gation of the propoganda decline to state officially how the resignation has been received, but it is believed that the bishop will be asked to withdraw it. C. Hermann Boppe of Milwaukee, Wis., prominently known as editor of Friedenjer, died after an illness of several months, aged fifty-eight. I-Ie was well known in turner societies throughout the country, and was the dress highly commending the senti prime mover and organizer of the ments expressed by him in his recent ••vmnastlc union normal school and Atlanta speech favoring government "N of the North American turn- care of the national Confederate ccme teries. -ounced at Princeton that Mrs. Amos Itusle filed a suit at In- of)0 to Princeton uni- ste hp will trfve ,s Ton a voc From Vaihlncloa. Second Assistant Engineer W. Sedgwick, of the revenue cutter ser vice, has been dismissed from govern inent service by order of the president Senator Morgan offered an amend' ment to the Indian appropriation bill appropriating 01,3a:*.,841 lor the Chero kce Indians, found due them by ac counting officers of the United States. The senate appropriations committee has reported the Indian appropriation bill. It contains a provision author izing a limited return to the contract system of Indian schools. Senator Pettigrew gave notice of ar amendment lie will offer to the sundrj civil bill extending the lish laws of the various states over the forest res ervations in the states and making it the duty of reservation superintend ents to enforce the laws. Senator Cliamller reported fronii the senate committee on' naval affairs a bill to restore to their original status as to promotion officers of the navy reason of the advancement of other officers for exceptional and meritori ous service during the war with Spain. Profiting by the experience of the recent war. Secretary Alger hats issued stringent regulations for the sanitary inspection, each Saturday, of all mili tary camps, including regimental, brig ade and division hospitals. A special medical inspection, also, is ordered on the last Saturday of each month. Mr. Andrew Carnegie lias offered to give $250,000 to erect a building for a public library for Washington provid ed congress would furnish a site and provide suitable maintenance, not less than $10,000 per annum. Steps will be taken at once to secure the needed legislation. Senator Teller introduced a bill for the amendment of the war revenue act so as to provide for a tax upon lit retual value or selling prices instead of the nominal value of certain stocks I *»rcr ra'nlnP *tocks f™m liun,ed to be au Otherwise. The directors of the General Elec tric company have declared a dividend of 11 .GO on the preferred stock. It is understood that the Cincinnati Northern road has made a long-time lease of the Detroit, Toledo & Milwau kee. and that Supt. J. E. Flanders of Toledo will be put in active operation of both roads. That, the system of gratuitous gov ernment relief to the poor in Cuba is not immediately to be abandoned is evidenced by orders issued by the war department to send the Comal back to Havana with more supplies as soon as she can land ou reaching Xew York. The imports of specie for the week at New York were $10,388 in gold and i?::2,7C(i in silver: dry goods and mer chandise. £!.SGt).2ri9. Exports of gold and silver from that port to all coun tries for the week aggregated $701). 200. L. L. Owenthal Sons & Co., whole sale clothiers at Evansville. Ind.. have failed. Assets are about $100,000. The company refused to give its liabilities. It employed over 100 hand. The cause of the assignment was inability to col lect outstanding debts. A combination of chewing gum man ufacturers of the United States was practically consummated at Xew lork when the last contracts necessary to amalgamation were executed. The capital involved in this combination amounts to $15,000,000. C. P. Perriu has floated bends for i.ooo in the Watts Steel plant at Middlehorougli, Ky., and the plant will resume at once. This is the largest basic steel works in the South, and em ploys 700 workmen. It was built in IX' and cost $750,000. .Iiul'-re Wheeler, in the United States circuit court at New York, has entered a demurrer in the suit brought by L. Vernier against Louis Fitzgerald and oilier members of the reorganiza tion committee of the Union Pacific railway. Advices received at the San Francis co er.sioni house from officials in the custom house at Manila, report that trade in the city lias received an im petus. since American occupation. The receipts at the Manila custom house during November averaged $20,000 a day in gold, nnd the report states that fhippin tile pes limited. is on the -ibilitios of inorea.ve and that commerce are un- Tin: Wilmington Tin Plate company has been incorporated by .Toilet pro moters and will be operated independ ently. Wilmington is twelve miles south of .Toliet. 111. The town lias do nated eighty acres of land for the new plant, which is to consist of six mills, to cost $150,000. to have an annual out put of 135,000 boxes and employ four hundred men. It is expected the plant will be in operation by June 1. Capt. James E. Graybill, a member of the Confederate Veteran Camp of Now York city, accompanied by Gen. .7oe Wheeler, an honorary member of the camp, called at the White House and presented to the president an ad- Jour, of the class of '77, aianapolig, in the superior court, against the famous ball player for di- -ir Ma classical depart- __ .-rsltv library For voice, and $5,000 alimony, alleging ex- 1 tremG -ts to 'tlier support of'the sa cruelty and drunkenness. She ys, Ul!fie '1 Erne-Armour came to 2*?®' '!1,400 tonhasicago four years Y°rth1* ywai' West Virginia. ously interpreted. MERRITT WILL what is onerous burden upon them. The Sixty-ninth Xew York regiment of volunteers will be mustered out of the service of the United States in Xew York, in accordance with a deci sion reached by Secretary Alger. This action is taken in response to the re quest of the citizens of New York and Gov. Roosevelt. who were anxious that I the men should return in a body and be accorded the honors due them. real bank and draWS A dispatch from Alexandria says •II get Id well of Parkers-1 that 250 men of the Irish fusileers nees his intention I have been ordered to Khartoum. As for the Republic- the Soudan has hitherto been guarded tion for United only by native troops the step is varl- BE PRESIDENT OCT All. ISSVEI* FOIl Till? 13 AG AN COIRT-MARTIAI.. The ConimlBwury General Will Be Tried by Hoard' of Thirteen Offi­ cer*, at the Head of Which In Gen. Merritt—•Ordered to Meet in Wash­ ington Jnn.'S.", or us Soon There­ after an Practicable—Gen. Corbin Refuse* to Make Any Statement Regarding the Form of Charges and Speeifieations to Be Brought Against Gen. Eagan, Washington, Jan. 19.—The detail for the court-martial which is to try Com missary General diaries P. Eagan on charges growing out of his statements before t'he war investigating commis sion last week in which he attacked Gen. Miles, was made public at the war department last night. The court is made up of thirteen army oflicers, of whom Maj. Gen. Merritt is at the head, and a. judge advocate, and it is to meet in this city Wednesday, the 25th inst., or as soon thereafter as practicable, this qualification being necessary because a number of the members are at distant points and will require some days to adjust their af fairs and reach this city. All the of ficers composing the court, save one, are from the regular army, a number of whom, however, during the war, accepted volunteer rank ami still hold these commissions. Maj. Gen. Itutler is the only one who is not connected wirti the regular army. Adjt. Gen. Corbin returned early in the evening from his trip to New York, where he went to witness the departure of the transport Grant for Manila, and came to the war department about N::-iO. lie then signed the formal order promul gating the detail for a. court, which is as follows: The Formal Order. "War Department, Adjutant General's Oflice, 'Washington, Jan. IS, 1 saa.—The following order is publisru for the in foima.tion and g-uidanco of all concerned: 'War Department. Washington. Jan. 18. IS!!!).—By direction ol' the president a general court martial is appointed to meet in this city at 10 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of January. 180'J, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of 13riff. Gen. Charles P. Eagan, commissary general of subsis tence, United States army, and such other persons as may be brought before it. Detail for the court: 'Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, United States army. "'Maj. Gen. James F. Wade. United States volunteers. 'Maj. Gen. Matthew C. I3utler, United States volunteers. 'Maj. Gen. Samuel B. Young. United States volunteers. 'Brig. Gen. Royal T. Frank, United States volunteers. 'Brig. Gen. Alexander MeW. Penning ton. Unite-d States volunteers. 'Brig. Gen. George M. .Randall, United States volunteers. 'Brig. Gen. Jacob Kline, United States volunteers. 'Brig. Gen. Richard Combs. United States volunteers. 'Col. Peter C. ITain^, corps of en gineers. 'Col. G. L. Gillespie, corps of en gineers. 'Col. Charles R. Suter, corps of en gineers. 'Col. Francis E. Guenthcr, Fourth ar tillery. 'lyieut. Col. George B. Davis, deputy judge advocate general, judge advocate of the court. 'The court is empowered to proceed with the business before it with any num ber of members not less than the mini mum proscribed by law. Upon the final adjournment of the court the members will return to their proper stations. 'R. A. Alger. 'Secretary of War. "The journeys reouiri of the members of the rourt in r-ompiyiufv with this order are necessary for the public service. By or.der of the secretary of war. —"IT. C. Corbin. Adjutant General." Eagan'# Susii risi:i:i Will Follow. Adji Gun. Cerbhi said the onl-r for court-martial would be delivered to Gen. Eagan cither to-night or to-morrow morn ing. Thus, it is said, will either be done by an otlicer or an employe t,t the adju tant general's office. This dune and the receipt by that officer will ir.- tantamount to a suspension from ofliei' of thai officer, lie. will turn over hi.s deius lo the secre tary of war or the ollie^r ru-xt in charge tile oflice. Lieut. Col. fa vis. one of the rourt members, is now on. duty in the commissary generai'.s e-lli.-e, and he may be delegated to take charge of the duties 'jI' the oitiee. JI\Y HE1.5J2VM Count)nlulintv May Re Courl Mnrtiiilcd and Dismissed. "W ashhigton, Jan. l'.l.—There is serious t:0k in administration circles as to the ady.-ubiiiiy of eou: t-rnariialing Maj. Gen. M::- s. or relieving him from duty as com manding g, e-rai of the army. It is manifest that the president and Secretary Alg are not yet done with -dik-s, and that it is proposed to tak-3 action of some kind against him, but what, its character will be will depend largely on the developments of the Eagan trial and the report of the war investiga tion commission. The administration is incensed at Gen. Miles because of the tenacity with which he continued the beef investigation, not wilhstaneling that tho war commission found as a result of Its investigation that the beef furnished to the army was good and had not undergone chemical treat ment. The beef packers and members of con gress are stiffening the backbone of the administration by use of their influence, and it would not surprise friends of Gen. Miles if t!he matter should culminate in his relief or court-martial. The administration also has not forgiv en the general for the Interview he gave upon his return from Porto Rico, and should he be court martial ed this may be a matter of charges. Her Rudder Damasred. Queenstown, Jan. 19.— The German steamer Alesia, which sailed from Hamburg on Dec. 27 for Boston, was Righted off Kinsaal, and signalled: that her rudder was damaged and that the vessel was working very badly. The captain asked for a tug and pilot. Mnnt Keep Out of Polltlca. Madrid, Jan. 19. The minister of war announces that he has ordered the captain general to rigorously apply the military law prohibiting officers from participating in politics. TUB MARKETS. Ijatent Quotation* From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Jan. 22. Wheat No. 1 Northern, G8 (tfti'Jc No. 2 North ern. 0G1-2 07c. Corn No. 3 yellow, 821-4@32 3-4c No. 3. 32W32 l-2c. Oats —No. 3 white, 28W281-4C No. 3. 27 3-4 @28e. Barley and Itye—Sample barley, 88@4Gc No. 2 rye, 531-2(5540: No. 3 rye, 51@52c. Dulutli. Jan. 22.—Wheat—('ash, No. 1 hard. 70 l-8e No. 1 Northern, 67e No. 2 Northern, (i.'t r-8e No. 3 spring, GOe: to arrive. No. 1 hard. 70 l-8e: No. 1 Northern. GS l-8e: January. No. 1 hard, 701-8c: No. 1 Northern, G7c May. No. 1 Northern. 0! ri-SftWD 3-4c: July. Xo. 1 hard. 7.1 3-4c No. 1 North ern. 69 3-4c. Oats. 28 3-4S/.2!) l-4c: rye, 55c barley. 3!) l-2(?£42c. Minneapolis, Jan. 22.—Wheat. Jan uary closed at GSe: May opened at G81-4c and closed at (IS l-4c: July opened at G9c and closed at. GOe. On track—No. 1 hard, G8 3-4e: No. 1 North ern. G7 3-4c: No. 2 Northern. G5 3-4c. Milwaukee, Wis.. Jan. 22. Flour is steady. Wheat lower: No. 1 Northern, GO l-2@70e: No. 2 Northern. (17 l-2o. Oats steady at 28 3-4W20 1 2c. Kye firm: No. 1. 57c. Barley lower: No. 2, 51 l-2c sample. 48(&51c. Chicago. Jan. 22.—Wheat -No. 2 red. 701-2c: No. 3. G81-2fjT»e: No. 2 hard. G0(f?07e No. 3. G4tffGc: No. 1 Northern spring*. G8(?ii01-2e: No. 2. GSrtfGS 1-4e No. 3. G4WG7 l-2c. Corn—No. 2. 35.'»-4o No. 3. 33 l-2(T/33 3-4c. Oats No. 2. 2G3-4W27c No. 3. 20 1 -2!/:2G 3 4c. Chicago. Jan. 22. Hogs Light, $.".5(W.'!,75 mixed. .$:.55f/3.80: heavy, $3.50(73.80: rough. $:-:.50(f/3.G0. Caitle —Beeves, $4 5.00: cows and heifers, $26/4.!0: Texas steers. $3.G0 (a 5 stockers and feeders. $3.20 4.G0. Sheep—Natives. .S2.75(V(4.25: Westerns, ?2.!i0(?/4.20 lambs. $3.75&M t)0. South St. raul. Jan. 22. Hogs $3.47 l-2(f3.52 1-2. Cattle—Bulls. $2.80 @3.35 oxen. J63.50: lieifers. $2.80/3-25 cows, .Sil.iHXWo.-iri: steers. $4.10: calves, $5.50: stockers. $3.ti.j(f/4.25. Sheep, $2.50tf)4.10. Sioux City. Iowa. .Tan. 22. Ilogs .%'!.4."(f/.'i.i0. Cattle—Beeves. $-l(fr5.20: cows and bulls, $1.75(174: stockers and feeders. $3.50ff/4.35: calves and year lings. $3.50@4-G5. SITl.YTHlX 1\IIA\ F,1. WI.NOtmsin Heimblicans 1'nalile to Asree l.'iion Candidate. .Madison. Wis.. Jan. 22- The situa tion in the great senatorial battle re mains unchanged, and the belief is prevalent, that the Republicans will make no caucus choice- before Tuesday noon. when, according to law. the leg islature must ballot for senator until one? is elected. Three fruitless ballots were taken this morning, it. being agreed among the leaders that no more should be taken if no choice was shown. The three ballots were identi cal and stood: Quarles. 41: Stephen son. 23 Cook. 18: Babcock. 1: Webb. 10. Two members were absent. Ad journment was taken until Monday evening. All the candidates save the indefatigable Babcock will make Hy ing visit home in the interim. Twen ty-two fruitless ballots in all have now been taken. A renewal of the strug gle comes Monday evening- A short journal session of the legislature will open half an hour before. Whether or not the caucus fails to make a selec tion Monday balloting for senator will commence in open session of the two houses Tuesday, continuing daily thereafter till a. choice is made. A.VCLO-niESCH THEATV. Document of (he [litilieKt Hl.storie Importaciee r«ler Way. London. Jan. 22.—The Paris corre spondent of the Diiil yChroiiicle says: "I am informed that Sir Edward Mun son (British ambassador to France), in an interview with M. Deliseassel. French minister of foreign affairs, lias virtually laid down the lines of negoti ation uiion all disputed points between France and (ireat Britain. The pro gramme so far points to an Anglo French treaty of the highest historic importance. In oiiicial circles tho ap proaching solution is foreshadowed rather cautiously, but while the ami cable explicit terms which have been hinted to me are scarcely realized as yet. they leave only one or two Mails of mutual compensation unsettled/' GEX. ".VKYLEll IS MOUI^ST. Given CotiiHlioiis l.'sul«»r Wliit'l lit Wil! Aroojit OJSUm*. Madrid. Jan. 22— (Jen. Weyler lias made an inipurtant declaration. We says lie is willing to accept 1 lie war oiiiee portfolio in a Liberal ealiinet ou two conditions. First, that ilie Lib eral party IK* reconstructed with iiis assistance and that of his military and political friends and allies. Senores Romo Itobicdn and .Tose (.'analejas and. second, that the Lib: nil policy be aimed chiefly at a prompt reeaguiiinii of the army and navy, giving saiis ffction to the legitimate aspirations of both, besides being inspired by such democratic principles as would win the support of nioderat'.: Uepublicans. IXCBKASBD PAY. Kree IJclivcry rrii-vs ?:.••, ve Their Salaries liaised. Washington. .Ian. 22.—The tirsi as sistant postmaster general has issued an order increasing the salaries of ail the regular free delivery carriers who provide? their own horses or other modes of conveyance from $,'it'll to $400 per annum, beginning from .Ian. 1 last, and is expected to meet the em barrassments caused by many faithful carriers threatening to resign because of insufficient pay. TelewraiiberH Not in It. Peoria. 111., Jan. 22.—W. V. Powell, chief of the Order of Railroad Tel egraphers. denied that the order will take part, in the congress of railroad men to be held in Chicago Feb. 8 un der the auspices of the lteilroad and Telegraphers' Political League. Bohemian Convention. Owatonna, Minn., Jan. 22.—Tin an nual state convention of the grand lodge of Bohemian C. S. P. 8. began a three days' session here yesterday. Prominent members from different parts of the state are present. Conductor Killed. Kagle (Jrove, Iowa, Jan. 22. The funeral of •Conductor A. E. Mote took place yesterday. He was killed at Alton, falling between the cars while in motion. He leaves a wife and two children. THE SAMOAN IMBROGLIO I GERMANY WILL ADHERE} TO THB TERMS OF THE TREATY. If the Uerman Consul Han Deviate*! From the Terma of the Tlienty He Will Be DlMvoired, If Not He Will Be Supported Connlderalile Ex­ citement at Ilerlin Over the Ind. I dent OfllelalH Say the Qnenttofll W ill Not Lead to Serious Come* queneeK CoiimuIh Evidently Loit Their Iieadn. New York. .Tau. 22—The Herald cor respondent at Berlin says: The newa of a sensational reporting that the Merman consul has been ousted from the courts of justice at Samoa by Ilia American and British colleagues of the Condominium has caused consid erable excitement here. The matter is also occupying the most, careful at tention of the government. Its main decision is that: (Jermany is firmly re solved in the solution of the matter to adhere strictly to the terms of the treaty of Berlin. Should it be found that, the German consul deviated from llie provisions of the treaty he will bo disavowed: if not, he will be support ed. The foreign office does not pos sess sufficient details to enable* it to form a. judgment, but two questions have come up already: Why was the' will of the majority opposed? Why. were the courts of justice closedV A' diplomatic personage, speakiug on tho subject, said: "According to my idea the question of Samoa is not one that can lead to serious consequences." A (jorman in high position said: "It looks as though the consuls, in the dif liculty of the situation, lost their heads. The matter will be arranged." Berlin'. .Tan. 22. The foreign otfioa informs the Associated Press corre spondent that the official reports re ceived from Samoa by the government tally with those received by the As sociated Press. In any event Germany will not. support any possible irregu larity inconsistent with the treaty, but the foreign office officials point, out it is not yet clear that the German con sul at Apia, lias been guilty of any ir regularities of that nature. On thei contrary, the foreign office insists it still remains to be explained why Matanfa's election was declared inval id as he was admittedly elected by an overwhelming majority. The foreign office admits that Germany lias long been dissatisfied with the Condomin ium. which, in its nature is provision al. "though, unfortunately, other pow ers. especially the Washington gov ernment. have thought otherwise." The foreign office officials say the cap tain of the German warship Fa ike, at1 Apia, does not attach much impor tance to the recent incidents, and hence the government does not intend to send additional warships to Samoa unless other powers do. AX EMERGENCY MEASURE Will He Anketl' for to Keep the Regu lar Army Strength at OO.OOO Men. Washington. Jan. 22. It is under stood to be the intention of the ad ministration iu the event that congress fails to act upon the army reorganiza tion bill after ratifying the peace treaty, to ask the passage of a joint resolution in the nature of an emergen cy measure, continuing the authority' conferred by the war legislation to keep the regular army up to a strength of t0.000 men. So far 8,000 men Have been gotten into the ranks of the reg ular army under the authority thus conferred. This force of UOJKJO would have imposed upon it the duties now performed by about 150.000 soldiers. The entire Second army corps now at Augusta. On., however, is for the time being idle, and indications are that the number of troops required to garrison Cuba will be much smaller than was anticipated. I'll II.II'I'IXE COMMISSION. Meiuliers Will Start for Manila Jan. ISO. Washington. Jan. 22.—Two members of the Philippine commission. Presi dent Scliunuan of Cornell and l'ro-f. Worcester of Ann Arbnr university,j will leave Vancouver. B. C-. Jan. :»0, for Manila. They will be followed1 about a fortnight later by Col. lenby, the remaining civilian member, who is still silting as a member of llie war investigating commission. At. Manila ihe three civilian members will be' joined by Admiral Dewey and Maj. (.'en. 'His, who will complete the com mission. Both President Schurman and Prof. Worcester have had their, litial interviews with the president and have received the instruciions which shall govern them in making their in vesications, and report as to the pol icy tu lie purpued by this government towards the islands. OR.ni?nS FOR THE OREGON. The n»ttleKlit| May He Sent From Hawaii Samcsn. San Francisco, Jan, 21.—The United States dispatch boat Iroquois has sailed for Honolulu. The vessel car ried a number of special dispatches, some for the battleship Oregon, due at' the islands, and some that are sup posed to relate to the sending of the Oregon to Samoa. The navy depart ment officials here are unable to say whether the oregon has leon ordered out, but it is thought that she has been, Wellington. N. S. W., Jan. 21.—The British third-class cruiser Tauranga has started for Samoa, Xew Mall Route. P.aylield, Wis., Jan. 22.—A new rail way mail route has been established over the Bayfield Transfer railway be tween this place and Red Cliff, 'wis. The service will consist of one mail each way six times a week. The Hancock Mine. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 22.—John D. Cudaby of Calumet has secured an op tion on the Hancock mine, and will go to Boston next week to organize a company to work the property on large scale.