Items of Interest

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A joint high commission to settle the entire Samoan question has practically been agreed upon by the United States, British, and German governments.
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The Queen Regent has affixed her signature to the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States.
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At the London Chamber of Commerce banquet recently, M.
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Information is received from Madrid that Senor Sagasta has handed the resignation of the ministry to the Queen Regent.
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The Independent contains an article written by Lord Charles Beresford on an Anglo-American alliance, in which he says, in part: —
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Saturday, February 18, M.
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Reports from Manila are to the effect that a battle was precipitated by the Filipinos on February 4.
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The Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association opened its thirtieth annual meeting in Boston Thursday, January 2, with Mrs.
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London, January 18, 1899.
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General Wood's visit to Washington has done much to elevate the Cubans in the estimation of the government.
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The Catholic priests of Cuban birth are going to send a petition to President McKinley, asking him to remove the Bishop of Havana, who is a Spaniard, and appoint a Cuban in his place.
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Word comes from Washington that General Otis has been cabled instructions to send troops from Manila to take possession of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, two hundred and fifty miles from Manila, the last Spanish stronghold in the Philippines.