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should give its formal adherence to the Monroe doctrine. In the session of the Methodist Episcopal conference of Virginia, at Newport News, on the 20th, a memorial providing against admission to the church of those divorced en any but scriptural grounds was unanimously approved. Sir Frederick Trevas, surgeon to King Edward, when submitting the toast to the king at a banquet at Aberdeen, on the 20th. said it was pleasant to know that his majesty had never enjoyed such excellent health as at present. Gov. Hunt of Porto Rico says: "For the first time since the American auministration began, the last four months show a balance of trade in favor of the island. The people are not only acquiescing in American rule, but they are becoming enthusiastically American." The cabinet meeting, on the 19th, lasted about two and a half hours. The whole time was spent in the reading of the president's message and in commenting upon its various features. The message is long, in that respect at least, quite characteristic of President Roosevelt. The Metropolitan bank of Tacoma, Wash., failed, on the 19th, as a result of a run which started under a misunderstanding with regard to a suit filed against a defunct bank of similar mame. The deposits amounted to $500,000. Dwight Phelps was subsequently appointed receiver. President and Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by their children, left Washington, on the 22d, on the yacht Sylph for a brief cruise down the Potomac. A presidential salute of 21 guns was fired as the president went aboard the yacht. The president and his family will be gone a day or two. Mr. Dickinson, the diplomatic agent of the United States at Sofia, has gone to Constantinople, there to confer with Spencer Eddy, the secretary of the United States legation, as to the best means of hasteningasolution in the deadlock which has arisen in the negotiations for the release of Miss Stone. A large party of land and immigration agents left Chicago, on the 19th, for a tour of the southern states through which the I!!!nois Central railroad runs. The purpose of the trip, which will consume eight days, is to induce immigation to the south by showing its advantage to the homeseeker. Revenue Inspector Guy P. Cobb is in the Creek nation at the head of a strong force of Indian police, ejecting squatters and putting Creek citizens in possession of allotments as designed by the government. The squatters are angry and threatening, and in many instances force is necessary to elect them. The friends of Joseph Chamberlain, British colonial secretary, have for some time been concerned with regard to his health. On the 22d Mr. Chamberlain wrote to the Hansworth school, declining to distribute prizes at that institution, "because," as he said, "it is absolutely necessary for me to confine myself to public work." By a decision handed down by Justice Merwin, at Rome, N. Y., on the 22d, one-half of the estate of Mrs. Moses M. Davis, valued at $50,000, will go to the Christian scientists. The charge of manslaughter brought against members of the church for not allowing Mrs. Davis medical attention, the judge held, was too weak. The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue, made public on the 19th, shows that the total receipts for the year ended June 30, 1901, were $38,871,669, or $11,555,561 in excess of the estimates; about the same amount in excess of the receipts for the year ended June 30, 1900, and $33,000,000 in excess of the receipts for 1899. Another cablegram received from the United States consul general, Mr. Dickinson, at Sofia, on the 18th, indicated that while Miss Stone had not yet been ransomed, there was reason for feeling reassured as to her future. The dispatch furnished evidencé that Mr. Dickinson remained in indirect communication with the brigands or their agents. Mr. Dickinson, the diplomatic agent at Sofia, of the United States, has left that city for Constantinople. There was obviously no prospect of settlement with Miss Stone's abductors. The departure of Mr. Dickinsonis
