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Show QUIET AT MANILA. ; Cabinet Hat Aililees That Are Yer) Orattflng, Washington, Jan. .;j-At thu recent cabinet meeting advices wero received from Manila that tho situation on tho Island Is very quiet., Tho dispatch was to the war dopurtmont" nnd, proved the most gratifying official news from that quarter rcculvcd slnco tho stato of nffatrs in tho archipelago recently assumed a serious phase. It announced that tho people who had moved out of thJ city of Manila owing to alarming but unfounded reports wcro quietly returning re-turning to their homes. President McKlnley announced during dur-ing tho session that he had finally passed on tho personnel of the commission commis-sion to visit and report on tho Philippines Philip-pines as follows: Messrs. Schurman, Dewey, Otis, Dcnby nnd Worcester. Their selection had already become known nnd official anuouncoinonr shortly will follow. |