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The law of May 17, 1898, and the Royal decree of August 9 provide that if the notes in circulation of the Bank of Spain exceed fifteen hundred millions, gold must be guaranteed to the half of the excess of circulation between fifteen hundred and two thousand, not the half of all the notes in circulation.
"Do you know Charles I. Fichter, cloak buyer for Gardner, Baum & Miller, in Seattle?" Abe nodded. He had been vainly trying to sell Fichter a bill of goods since 1898. "Well, Charlie and me was delegates to the National Grand Lodge of the Independent Order Mattai Aaron, and I nominated Charlie for Grand Scribe. The way it come about was this, if you'd care to hear about it."
In the "Umschau," No. 5, 1898, he discusses the "Present Status of Darwinism," and the conclusions he arrives at, are identical with mine.
There was a play of hers on the same subject as "The School for Saints," and another about Guizot. "February 11, 1898. "My very dear Nell, I should have to veil the identity slightly, and also make the story a husband and wife story it would be more amusing this way. It is comedy from beginning to end. Sir Henry would make a splendid Guizot, and you the ideal Madame de Lieven.
On September 1, 1898, the local presidente of the town of Mangatarem, writing to the head of the province, said that he had not furnished the estimates required because the elections provided for in "article 7 of the royal decree of the superior government, dated June 18 last," had not been approved.
Eight million seventy thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and forty-six cents was appropriated by the act of March 31, 1898, to cover deficiencies in army pensions, and repayments in the sum of $12,020.33, making a total of $148,082,892.79 available for the payment of pensions during the fiscal year 1898.
The declared value of reclaimed rubber exported from New York during July, 1897, averaged 12.6 cents per pound, while the value of exports for September averaged only 9.1 cents. The average value for the eight months ending February 28, 1898, was 10.08 cents per pound.
"E. J. McClernand, "Assistant Adjutant-General." Second Endorsement. "Office of the Ordnance Officer, "Lafayette Street Bridge, "Tampa, Fla., June 5, 1898. "Respectfully referred to Lieut. John H. Parker for his information. "Jno. T. Thompson, "1st Lieut., Ordnance Dept, U. S. A." It will be seen from the first endorsement that a certain amount of discretion was left to the detachment commander.
“A board has been ordered by the commander-in-chief to report in detail upon the stranded ships.” On the fifteenth of July Admiral Sampson made his official report, which is given in full: “U. S. FLAGSHIP NEW YORK, FIRST RATE, OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA, July 15, 1898.
Then there are several German descriptions of the Court, reliable enough in their way which is a dull one, to those who are not impassioned monarchists or hide-bound bureaucrats. In the category of works by unscrupulous writers that entitled "The Private Lives of William II and His Consort," by a lady-in-waiting to the Empress from 1888 to 1898, easily takes first place.
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