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Show Father AIgu liri-.--.or of the Manila ob- I servatory. in.l i-"ath--r Jose Close, his as- I sistant. have just arrived in Washington. Tivey came to America on the invitation i , of our government with data on the 1'hii- j ! ippines and their p-npie. sufficient to ' i make twelve large volumes. This matter 1 will be translated and primed at the expense ex-pense of the government. General Otis. Commissioner Scaurman and Senator Beveridge suggesfd to President McKin-ley McKin-ley the a.lvisibility of having the work done. Fc.ther Algue also has with him tho original map. by which the Americans i opened their campalen in the Philippines, which he will present to Senator fiever- i idge. Fathers Algue and Close are c"n- I sidered the most burn' d men in the Phil- ' ippines. and are eminent authorities on typhoons, earthquakes and other phenom-ena. phenom-ena. i I |