| Show I Credited to the time United r I Jan Jon 11 A statement compiled by b the tho bureau of ot Insular nf nr of or the war department from chi clil returns shows that during tInting tho the month of or September 1902 the Imports Import o merchandise Into the Philippines amounted td t nn pa Increase Ho of ot more than ft it 1 dollars over oer the thc th correspondIng month of or 1902 and considerably above the average month monthly ly Ii value for months of ot the tho cur current current rent t year Clr The Tire export trade of or ls Is the tho largest of oC any single singie ln IO month since American l i occupation tho tire exportation pf of 1 h mp nofle amounting to over oer 2 S practically of ot iichi wan lIal a sept to thu United Un 11 1 States and tobacco to nil all countries during the month aggregated 1 Tire The recent legislation favorable to the th direct rot f country is apparent beginning with the tho of ot May II in till cg nu I ii u t i ii 11 fe 1 Sept SO O ira Willi ns sos ds its compared with IK tir C r tire Iha corresponding period honed of ot 1001 1901 VV Imports of or merchandise during the tire theLine Line 1 mouths months Sept 30 were ve Clu a nod t at nt against for CIC time the same sante of o 1901 and amI Pi l In 1900 articles I to It i allO aho uj up U more tItan than half the I he purchases although ot of the cut curment rent nine nille months trade nearly worth of ot rice lice con can slats of foodstuff foodstuffs as ns compared with In the tire corresponding corre period of the tIre preceding year In which tire the ulue of rice 1141 approximate approximately ly Iy received show a 11 steady lIly growth The total value of ot for nine ended Sept 30 1902 1002 was wall I 19 as ns compared with dm dur durInA lag InA the previous year ca r and In 1900 1300 I OO or 01 worth of o the tho total export trade for tor lilli months of ot the current year Is credited l to te the this United States placing this coun country try tt It far tar in advance as the leading buyer It If Philippine products Hi III I I i ml I rim ris New York Jan Shep held heid n a carpenter of or Lynn while drell dredging ing Ins for tor stray pieces of ot eMi coal along the tho theater water ater front frolli says Fays a n Press dispatch front from Boston is said to have hn entire come aerate across a lump of or ambergris valued at nt nearly While hile at nt work with a long handled mice Shepherd espied e what shat he thought was a I lump of or bituminous coal eoal but hut It was not as ns heavy hell as ns coal A pleasant odor edna came from It II A seafaring acquaintance told him he lie had hind found and that It was sync VOl very valuable Shepherd returned to 10 the tire beach where when he found several pieces of the tunes mass malI that he Ire had thrown away Exports Experts say sa the pieces are genuine and that their value will vili In itt ti probability run up Into tho the thousands Fri For foreign MIssionary Worl ork Chicago Jan 12 Nearly 2000 was collected In the Episcopal Episcopu of at Chicago Sunday for local and foreign missionary ml work at nt the request of Qt Bishop McLaren The collection Is tho first result at ot t the meeting held nt lit the tho Auditorium last week we l under the auspices of ot the tire Church club At this meeting tire the clergymen anti and laymen lamen of ot the diocese decided that the tire work w rk of ot church extension should be this year rear Artilleryman St arts a is 1 How New York Jan 12 While a cake cakewalk walk was going on hete heto Sunday night says sas a Herald East Enst Chester N Y r Ills dis dispatch patch Tires Thos Evans a 11 big artilleryman front from Fort Slocum appeared on tIre floor nourishing a n knife declaring he could whip any nn man In tire the house Holt Half Holta Halfa a dozen lancers dancers made tactile for thin tho soldier other artillerymen went vent to his rescue r eue Tire The row that followed lasted about 10 minutes arid and an several women became u mixed up In It Evans received a thrust In time the stomach with a n long Ions hut pin William Smith another artiller man had hind lila his hl ear nr nearly cut off oft and nn an un tint unidentified identified man had hod hn his iris hand hantl cut by n a razor |
