Items of Interest

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By direction of the Secretary of War, and on behalf of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department has invited bids for three million dollars of the temporary certificates of indebtedness of the Government of the Philippine Islands.
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President Roosevelt sent to the Senate on the 29th ult.
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Following the exposures of the Postal Department come the astounding details of the methods followed by the ring which secured in the Northwest a million dollars worth of valuable public lands through forgery, bribery, and fraud.
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Emperor William dined with United States Ambassador and Mrs.
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The negotiations between the United States and other Powers, and Venezuela, growing out of claims against Venezuela, are nearly completed.
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Secretary Shaw has issued, for the use of travelers abroad, a convenient booklet containing information of interest concerning the customs duties.
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The first torpedo-boat flotilla, consisting of the destroyers Decatur, Chauncey, Dale, Bainbridge, and Barry, convoyed by the cruiser Buffalo, has arrived from San Juan in the West Indies at Las Palmas in the Canaries.
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The Germanic Museum of Harvard has received from a committee of German artists and scientists interested in the museum, the collection made in Germany of copies of the best work of Nuremberg and Augsberg goldsmiths and silversmiths from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
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In the decision rendered by Umpire Carroll D.
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The chief of the Insular Bureau of the War Department, has made public circulars calling for subscriptions for $7,000,000 Philippine land purchase bonds, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the purchase of the friars' lands.
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The Commission on International Exchange has received the conclusions of the Monetary Commission of Japan regarding the proposals of the American commission for a uniform coinage system for China.