WASHINGTON. 



AFRICA. 





planted in fruit In uiiual fruit 



tidii reached the value <f s-J.iiuo.non. Shipment- i.f 

 apples were mad-' t'rm Tae. ma to Japan <1; 

 and. as a new venture, to Uuia. 



Farm Animate. According to information fur- 

 nished by the United State- Department nl' Airri- 

 cultiire. the number and value of farm animals in 

 the Stare in IMi'i were: II. >r-es numlier. P.i-.J.H.'i.'i. 

 value. s5.574.'.i5li: nudes. 1.! ;; mileh 



eows. 117, ;er cattle. 381 



3.002; sheep. 75<>.:;4t>. si.:!ls.-lt;-,> : swine, 289,- 

 4 1:5. sl.<>41.16<.): total value, $16,385,416. 



Political. The State Democratic Convention 

 met in Taeoma on April 14 and chose delegates io 

 the National Democratic Convention. T: 

 ti"ii were uninstructed. but in the State conven- 

 tion a resolution was passed demanding t'r> 

 of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The platform con- 

 tained a plank differing with President Cleveland 

 in his financial policy, but otherwise approving his 

 administration. 



The Republican convention of the State, to send 

 delegates to the national convention, met in Ever- 

 ett on May 14. The money question was the prin- 

 cipal topic of discussion. By a vote of 2QO to 112 

 the convention refused to adopt a free-silver plank, 

 and later, by a vote of 213 to 178.it declined to 

 accept a platform compromise in preference to a 

 straight declaration for gold. The platform adopted 

 demanded a restoration of the Republican policy of 

 protection to American industries and labor, and of 

 the doctrine of reciprocity. It favored tl.e main- 

 tenance of the gold standard, and opposed the free, 

 unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. 

 It advocated, however, an international agreement 

 looking to the general use of both metals as n 

 at a fixed ratio, and commended the efforts in that 

 behalf of the last Republican administration. It 

 declared emphatically in favor of the nomination 

 f McKinley: expressed the < pinion that Congress 

 should enact strict laws to prevent immigration of 

 paupers, criminals, and other undesirable d; 

 favored protection to American shipbuilders, be- 

 lieving ''the time has come to return to the policy 

 of \Vashins:ton and Hamilton, which, by discrimi- 

 nating duties in favor of American bottoms, secured 

 HI per cent, of our carrying trade to American 

 ships, and which, if again restored, would revive 

 our shipping and cause American freights to be 

 paid to Americans": demanded a constitutional 

 amendment providing for the election of United 

 States Senators by popular vote: and. finally, op- 

 posed any union of church and State, favoring the 

 recognition of loyalty, intelligence, and honesty as 

 the main requirements of good citizenship, and de- 

 nouncing any attempt to create a religious qualifi- 

 cation for office as un-American, unjust, and uncon- 

 stitutional. 



The Free-Coinage Republican party was formally 

 organized on June oQ at Taeoma. if declared that 

 they were still true Republicans, but that on the 

 great question affecting the interests of the nation 

 and the State the old party had misrepresented the 

 people and betrayed their trusts. This revolt was 

 at first regarded with indifference by Republicans: 

 but finally it became a matter of serious ceneern. 



The returns of the election gave Brvan 51.646; 

 McKinley. 39.153: Palmer. 1.' ving. 968. 



Bryan's plurality over McKinley. 1'2.4!):!. The Pop- 

 ulists will have on ^oint ballot in the next Legisla- 

 ture, 56: Republicans, 26; Democrats. 15; Silver 

 Republicans. 14. 



The following State fusion ticket was elected: 

 Congressmen, James H. Lewis. Democrat, and W. 

 c. .Tones. Silverite ; Governor. John R. Rogers, 

 Populist : Lieutenant Governor. Thurstou Daniels, 

 Populist; Secretary of State. W. D. Jenkins, Popu- 



liM : Attorney-General. P. II. V. 

 Auditor. Neal Cheat ham. Populist; 

 W. Y.HIII'_'. Populi-t : ( 'oinn. 

 Land-. Robert Undoes. l'..pul. 

 John I!. !,' :r. ;-. I ). n 



Ilieks, Democ! ln- 



stnicti.'ii, F. J. Browne. Ml-. 



>VK>I \ I I.'H \. 

 and Hinterland of We-: Africa fr. 



to Togolalld. with the except ion of ll . 



ingthe British colonies of Garni 



the G'.ld ( 'oa>t. l'i>r; : ub- 



lic of Liberia. Beyond the German prot. 

 land, on t) . Br:':-!, | 



; the Oil Uivi-r?. broi ..'. 

 German Matins of Little I'opo and 

 extend to the German |-i 

 south of which the Gabun and French < 

 a continuous coast line reaching to the ii;< nth of 

 the Congo. An arrangement was mad' 

 France and Germany in 1M)4 whereby the //- 

 Iinul of Caniei 



sphere extends northward behind the boundary fixed 

 for the Canun in- and along the eastern bank of the 

 Shari to Lake Chad. Tl, .uththcf 



Free State mad.- on Feb. 5. l^s.j. and Aug. 4. 1MM. 

 give to France the right bank of 1 1 - far 



as the Mobangi. and the north bank of the M< bangi. 

 and all territories north of the Welle. In the ? 

 region the English and French spheres hav 

 been delimited except by the line fixed in the 

 _ '"-French agreement of Aug. 5. 1890. This 

 line is to he drawn from Say. on the Niger, to 

 Barrua. on Lake Chad, in such a manner , 

 comprise in the sphere of the Niger Coni[any all 

 that fairly belongs to the kingdom of Sokoto. The 

 agreement provided for the apj ointment of c i 

 sit ners to determine the line. The Anglo-German 

 agreement of August. 1886. defined the limit be- 

 tween the German sphere in Cameroons and the 

 territory of the Niger C< mpany as a line drawn 

 frcm the rapids on the Cross river, about 9 s 

 of Greenwich, to Mich a point on the River Benue 

 to the east of Y< la as may be found on examina- 

 tion to be practically suited for the demarcation of 

 a boundary. This p< int was fixed by the supple- 

 mentary agreement of Nov. 15. 1W3. about o<> miles 

 east of Tola and 3 miles below the confluence of the 

 Faro and the Benue. fr< m which point a line of de- 

 n.arcatii n has been drawn ton point on the s< uthcrn 

 shore of Lake Chad about 40 miles east of Kuka. the 

 capital of Bornu. Thus Germany has re.-ervcd a 

 strip of territory between this line and the Shari 

 for a trade route to Lake Chad. 



The British Niger Company's Territory. 

 The Niger Company, prior to the Anglo-French 

 agreement, claimed to have acquired Sokoto by a 

 treaty concluded with the Emperor of that co-un- 

 try. called the Great Fulah. who was stated to be 

 suzerain over the King of Gando and all the other 

 Fulah chiefs in the middle Niger valley. His do- 

 minions were said to cover an ana of 'Jlii.500 square 

 miles, with a population of 15. 11111.01 HI. extending 

 from Bornu. on the east, to the Borgu and M. ssi 

 countries on the wc-t. and from the Sahara 

 yond Adamawa on the south. The character of the 

 treaty, which was said to confer sovereign p. 

 on th mpany through a large part if this 



i and jurisdiction over foreigners in the other 

 part, was afterward questioned by the French and 

 Germans, and the power of the King of Sokot. 

 a large portion of the territory claimed was denied. 

 Germany has made a treaty with the King of Gando. 

 lieve to than that 



of the King "f Sokoto. and one with the Ki; 

 Gurma. The rider of Boii-sa. on the middle N 

 has made treaties successively with the French and 



