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Thrfio dynamiters, charged with at
tempt in# to blow up t lie \\ elinnd canal,
have been sentenced to life imprison
ment at hard labor, a Canadian jury
passing' on the case. Canada is evident
ly a good place for dynamiters to keep
as far away from as they possibly
can,
A New York wheelman by the name
ol Brown —name sounds familiar—lin
islied a 2.000-mile wheel race against
time, he having wheeled off that dis
tance in a little less ihaii nine days, or
at a rate of more than 2-lXi miles per
day. The most interesting fact about
Brown is that three years ago he was
declared a consumptive. Did the
w heel restore his health?
Strange as it may seem, the birth
place of Admiral Farragut is not
known. A few days ago the chamber
of commerce of Knoxville, Tenn..
named a committee to ascertain the
real birthplace»of the old hero, and it
submitted two reports, part of the com
mittee stating that Farragut was born
at Lowe's Ferry and the rent maintain
ing that his birthplace way. Campbell's
Station.
The locomotive engineer who ran the
first railway train in this country, on
the trip made between Albany and
Schenectady on May 27. 1820. is living
in New York city, at the age of 93 years.
His name is Wood Benson, and his
health is still good. Seventy-one years
havepassed since he pulled out with the
historic train, among whose passengers
were Gen. Scott, Tliurlow Weed and
Commodore Yanderbilt.
Despite the fact that the I'arisian ex
position authorities some time ago pro
fessed to believe that the American
athletic teams were making tiiis eoun
try ridiculous by refusing to take part
in the athletic games and sports if the
latter were conducted on Sundays,
they have yielded their point and the
contests will be held on Saturdays.
Even Paris is beginning to recognize
that ridicule is not the fatal weapon
with Americans, where principle is con
cerned. that it seems to In with some
Parisians
Dispatches from London have men
tioned the sudden appearance and
enormous sales of pictures, buttons
and little flags in connection with the
recent popular demonstrations, and
now British commercial pride is
shocked to learn that they were im
ported from this country. The largest
London dealer says Birmingham man
ufacturers could not furnish them at
all. and in no other country were they
manufactured as neatly and cheaply
as in the I*nited States. Thus America
leads in small things as in great.
Francis liicknell Carpenter, the por
trait painter, who died in New York re
cently, aged TO years, had among his
sitters Presidents Fillmore. Lincoln,
Tyler and Pierce, William 11. Seward,
Charlt s Sunnier, George William Cur
tis, James Russell Lowell, Henry Ward
Beeeher, Horace (ireeley, Schuyler Col
fax. and John C. Fremont. In 1804 he
painted a large historical picture rep
resenting President Lincoln signing the
emancipation proclamation, and it now
hangs on the staircase of the 'liousi
of representatives. The latter attracts
the eyes of millions.
The election of Uev. Dr. David 11.
Moore as one of the new bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal church makes
the remarkable coincidence of four
bishops of that church natives of one
county and three of the same town,
viz.: Athens, (>. The first of the four.
Rev. Edward It. Ames, was born near
Athens in 1800 and elected bishop in
1852, serving till his death in 1870. Uev,
Charles C. MeCabe. born in Athens in
1830, was elected bishop in 1800. Rev.
Earl Cranston, born in Athens in 1840,
was elected bishop in IS'JO. Dr. Moore,
born in Athens in 1838.
A man can go without food, water
and light for a long time when he has
to. Advices from the orient iell of four
miners being entombed in Japan in the
big Matsuyasu colliery. The men were
without food for 12 days, had only wa
ter enough to moisten their lips four
or live times a day, and their light last
ed but twe llays, and yet it is stated
thut when they w re finally rescued
they were in comparatively good con
dition. It is an experiment that few
would want to try, and we are willing
to take their word for what happens to
a man under such circumstances.
The New York Sun added Mr. Upson
Downs, of Boston, to its collection of
freak names. A Boston paper mur
mured "Fake!" Then il looked into the
matter and discovered that a centle
man named Cpson Downs really and
truly lives in Bo«ton.
Pacific Railroad Settlements.
Washington, June 2.—"The settlement of
the Pacific, railroad Indebtedness must he
ranked as one ill the greatest achievements
of President AlcKlnley's administration,"
said Gen. Charles Dick, member of con
gress from the Nineteenth district of Ohio,
and secretary of the republican national
committee, to-day:
"All efforts either by congress or the
executive departments prior to 1X97, w. re
of little avail in protecting the govern
ment's Interests in these roads. In fact,
there were grave doubts whether the gov
ernment would succeed in being reim
bursed, even in part, the vast sum expend
ed by the United States in aid ol their con
si ruction. Hut the government has real
ized in cash or its equivalent, within two
years, the sum of $124,421,t>71 out of about
$130,000,000 that was due, and more than half
the money collected was for accrued In
terest that had not bee n paid.
"The discovery of gold in California: the
rapid increase in wealth and population in
the territory west of the Kocky mountains,
and a movement on the part of the older
slates to establish closer connections dur
ing the civil war with those outlying com
munities. led congress in 1562 »to authorize
the construction of a railroad to the Pacific
ocean. The direct benefit to be derived
by the government was its use for postal,
military and other purposes. The act of
July 1, ISH2, chartering the Union Pacific
ltailroad company, was not sufficiently lib
eral, and therefore nothing was accom
plished under its provisions. Though the
t'nion Pacific company was organized no
one was found who would venture money
In the construction of the road.
"On July 2. 1.M14, congress amended the
net of ISH2. by making provisions more
favorable to the companies. Tin net of
iw: . provided that the government should
have i first mortgage on the property of
the companv, while ihe net of IMM provided
substantially that, for the bonds the gov
ernment should issue in aid of the construc
tion'of Ihe road, il should take a second
mortgage. Two companies wer> organized
under tile provisions of the act of 1564.
; iid entered energetically upon the work
of construction. The road was built from
the California end eastward by the <\ n
tral Pacific Railroad company, and from
ihe Missouri river westward to the com
. uion meeting point at Ogdeti by the T'nion
' Pacific company.
"Their lines were united May 10. IMI9.
anticipating by more than seven years the
time required by congress. t'nion l'a
cifie company constructed 1,034 miles, and
lin Central Pacific 743 miles. The road
of'the latter company was subsequently
extended 140 miles, and the lines of the two
companies from the Missouri river to San
I Francisco represented a mileage of 1,917
miles.
"in aid of these roads and connecting
branches the United States Issued bonds V->
the amount of $t)4,t>23,512. Failing to be
reimbursed for the interest paid on these
bonds, it became necessary, in protection
of the Interests of the government, to pass
the uel of May 7. I(s7s, known as the
'Thurman act.' This act provided that the
whole amount of compensation which might
from time to time be due to the railroad
companies for services rendered the gov
ernment should be retained by the govern
ment, one-half to be applied to the liqui
dation of the interest paid and to be paid
by the United States upon the bonds issued
to. each of the companies, the other half to
be turned Into a sinking fund. But it soon
became apparent that, with the approach
ing maturity of bonds issued in aid of the
roads the provisions of the 'Thurman act'
were not adequate to the protection of the
government's Interests. Efforts were per
sistently made looking to a settlement
ot this vast indebtedness, but without suc
cess. So recently as the Kifty-fourth con
gress an attempt was made to pass a bill
to refund the debts of the Pacific Railroad
companies, but it was defeated in the house
by a vote of 1(17 rays and 102 yeas.
"On January 12. ls!>7," continued Gen.
Dick, "the day following the defeat of the
funding bill, Ihe attorney general was
informed by the president thai default had
occurred in the payment of the Union Pa
cific and the Kansas Pacific indebtedness to
tin* government, and he was directed to
make arrangements to secure, as far as
practicable, the payment of their indebted
ness. An agreement was entered into be
tween the government and the reorganiza
tion committee of the Union Pacific, rail
road, by which the committee guaranteed,
should the government undertake to en
force its lien by sale, a minimum bid for
the Union and Kansas Pacific lines that
would produce to the government, over
and above any prior liens and charges upon
the railroads and sinking fund the net sum
ot $45,701.059.99. in performance of this
agreement the bid was guaranteed by a
deposit of $4,500,000.
Hills were then filed In the United States
circuit courts for the foreclosure of the
government lien. The decrees entered
for the sale of the roads not being satis
factory to the government, papers were
prepared for an appeal. Then the re
organization committee came forward with
an offer to increase its bid to $50,000,(100
Instead of $15,754,0511.99. Subsequently, to
settle nil points In dispute, the reorganiza
tion committee decided to abandon this
second bid and to increase the minimum
amount to be offered for Ihe property to
$58,448,223.75. being the tibial amount due
the government on account of the T'nion
Pacific road, as stated by the secretary of
the treasury, including the sum of $1,549.-
"CS.2O cash in the sinking fund. Such an
amount was bid by the reorganization com
mittee on Novi mher 1, 1597. and the sale
was confirmed by the court on Novembers,
1897. After the confirmation of the sale
Ihe whole amount was paid into the treas
ury of the United States in convenient in
stallments. thus relieving the government
from anv loss whatever upon its claim for
principal and interest due upon its sub-
Amnunt 7>>tt thf Vuitfd States .1 fat
NAME OF lto.\n.
Central llranch Union Pacific
Sioux City and Pacific j
Total j
sidy, and bringing to a final and most satis
factory termination one of these long
standing and troublesome questions.
"In the case of the Kansas Pacific indebt
edness, by decree of the court an upset
price on the sale of the property was fixed
lit a sum which would yield to the govern
ment $2,500,000. The reorganization com
mittee in conference with the government
declared its purpose of making no higher
bid lhan that fixed by the decree of the
court, so that the government was con
fronted with the danger of receiving for its
total lien upon this line, amounting to near
ly $13,000,000, principal and interest, only
the sum of $2,500,000. Believing the interest
of the government required that an effort
should be made to obtain a larger sum, and
the government having the right tore-
prospective value of our new
possessions, from a commercial point
of view, has been a matter of doubt
and controversy. Yet even under the
disturbed conditions which prevail,
the exports to Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Hawaiian, Philippine and Samoan is
lands have almost doubled in 1800. as
compared with those for the year
preceding, and the outlook for the
future is promising. It follows, of
course, that with an increase of trade
will come increased opportunities for
employment and higher wages. The
great nations of the world are eager
J competitors for commercial suprem
j acy, and Ihis country must win a fore
most place or be content with condi
tions that invite national stagnation
and dec iy---Youth's Companion.
' IT7"Un:!l)le to meet the republican
party upon a square battle of nation
al issues, the Bryan press seizes upon
' the discovery of peculation in the Un
ban postal service with gleeful gloat
ing, a.s if it were unprecedented that
a public official prove, unworthy a
party trust. —-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900.
tlcfm ilu incumbrance:; upon ilic properly,
wlucli WI ie pi. or m tin. IK 11 UI H. Kovern
mciil «ue.:iny, u> ]>uyiii& ilu Minis luwiul
ly uue ill J'l.sptct I lie len 1 oui (u 1 lie U'eas
-1143* 1" 11 it' urnti 11 y, ilic president,
on I eoruary », j.vjei, autnurifccii ine seen -
tury ol tin tieasuiy to pay me amounts
lawfully title UJIOII their pnor Hiortguyes
upon ttie eastern and niiuuie divisions ol
saut roati.
• j iic 11 the reorganisation committee of
Uie Kansas l'acilie ollerttl In bni for the
road a sum which would realise to the gov
ernment the whole amount ol the prin
cipal of the debt. Sfi.ata.UUO. It was be
lieved that no better price than this could
be obtained at a later date if the sale should
be postponed, and it was deemed best to
permit the sale to proceed upon the guar
antee of a minimum bid which would real
-1 izij to tlie government the whole principal
of its debt. The sale thereupon took place,
and the property was purchased by 1 lie
reorganization committer. The sum yield
ed to the government was $M,303,U0U. It
will thus be perceived »hat the government
.M cured an advance of J3,Mi:i,UUO on account
.if its lien, over and above the sum which
the court had lixctl as the upset price, and
which the reorganization committee had
declared was I lie maximum which they
were willing to pay for the property.
"The result of these proceedings against
the I'nion l'acilie system, embracing tin
main line and the Kansas l'acilie line, is
that tin- government has received, on ac
count of Its subsidy claim, the sum of SH4,-
751,22!.75, which is an increase of sl\-
0y7.H13.78 over the sum which the reorgan
ization coimrittee first agreed to bid for
the joint property, leaving due the sum of
Interest on the Kan .1:: Pacific
subsidy. The prosecution of a claim for
this amount against thr receivers of the
I'nion l'acilie company in IXiIS resulted in
securing to the government the further
amount of $521.597.70.
"The indebtedness of the Central l'acilie
Railroad company to tin- government be
c.ijne due January 1. 1898. when default in
payment was made by the company. The
deficiency appropriation act of July 7. IX'.IS,
appointed the secretary of the treasury,
the secretary of the interior, and the at
torney general a commission with full
power to settle the indebtedness to the
government growing out of the issue of
bonds to aid in the construction of the
Central Pacific and Western Pacific roads,
subject to the approval if the president.
"An agreement for the settlement of
this indebtedness was entered into between
the commissioners and the railroad com
panies on February 1, 1899. The amount
then due to the United States for principal
and interest upon its subsidy liens upon
the Central Pacific and Western Pacific
railroads was 155.812.715.48, more than one
half of which was accrued interest upon
the principal debt. The agreement for set
tlement provided for the funding of this
amount into promissory notes bearing date
ol February 1. 1899, payable respectively on
or before the expiration of each successive
six months for ten years, each note being
lor the sum of $2,940,835.78, or one-twen
tieth of the total amount due. The rotes
bore interest at the rate of three per rent,
per annum, payable semiannually, and had
a condition attached to the effect that, if
default be made either in the payment of
principal or interest of either of said notes
or in any part thereof, then all of the notes
outstanding, principal and interest, imme
diately became due and payable, notwith
standing any other stipulation of the agree
ment of settlement
"it was further agreed that the pay
ment of principal and interest of the notes
should be secured by the deposit with the
United States treasury of $57,820,0(10 face
value of first refunding mortgage four per
cent, gold bonds, to be thereafter issued by
the Central Pacific or Its successor having
charge of the railroads then owned by the
company, such bonds to be part of an issue
of not exceeding $100,000,000 in all, anil to
be secured by mortgage upon all railroads,
equipments and terminals owned by the
Central Pacific Railroad company, the
mortgage being a first lien upon the prop
erty.
"In pursuance of another provision of the
agreement, the four earliest maturing notes
were purchased by Speyer & Co.. March in.
1S9!I ; anil the proceeds, amounting to sll,-
702,51.1.12. and accrued interest to the date
of payment, $35,771.02, in all $11,798,314.14,
were received by the treasury March 27.
11-99, as part payment of the indebtedness
of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific
Railroad companies. The properties of the
I various companies comprising the Central
Pacific system were subsequent 1 v convevi d
to a new corporation called the Central
Pacific Railway company, which latter ex
ecuted tin- mortgage and bonds provided
for by the agreement of settlement.
"fin October 7. 1599, bonds were delivered
to the treasury department bv the Central
Pacific Hallway company to secure the
outstanding notes hi Id ie,- the treasure
The I'nlted States, therefore, holds the
notes of the Central Pacific Railroad com
pany guaranteed by the Southern Pacific
Kail road company to the amount of $17,-
050.172.3fi, bearing interest payable semi
annually at the rate of three per cent, per
annum, and secured bv the deposit of an
equal amount of first mortgage bonds of
the Pacific Railway company, thus provid
ing, beyond any doubt, for the sure and
gradual payment of the whole of this sub
sidy debt, and providing In the meantime
for the payment of interest at the rate of
three per cent, upon the unpaid balances.
The Cnlted States, through the settlement
agreement thus entered Into will be re
imbursed the full amount of the principal
and Interest of the Central Pacific and
Western Pacific debt, aggregating 555.812,-
715.48.
"The amounts due to the I'nlted States
March 1, 1900. from Pacific railroads on ac
count of bonds issued in aid of their con
struction were as follows:
rch 1, 1900. from Pacific ftititrondn.
j PHINCII'AI,. | INTEHKST. I TOT At,.
fl.rtoo.om $2,152,54 s:i,7"i2.:kV>.M
j 1,f128,:i20 2,578,077 68 4,206,997 .118
3,228,320 , 4,731,037.22 7,059,357.22
"Kfforts ate now pending looking to the
collection of this indebtedness.
"Out of an indebtedness of about $130,-
000,000, more than one-half of which con
sisted of accrued Interest, the government
has realized in cash, or its equivalent, the
sum of $124,421,670.95, within a period of
less than two years. No other administra
tion in the history of the I'nlted States has
ever so quickly, so thoroughly and so sat
isfactorily enforced the settlement of large
claims held by the government against
business corporations, nor has any similar
settlement ever previously been made by
tlie government to such good financial ad
vantage. The claims were due. The presi
dent insisted upon their collection, and thiji
was done in a prompt and businesslike man
ner."
iryf'inned to a blanket recently pre
sented to Mr. Bryan in New .Mexico
was the following' note: "Under the I
republican administration the wool
in tliis blanket sells for 22 cents a
pound. Under the democratic admin
istration it sifld for six cents. Please
tell this to your constituents.-" At
! ! .st advices Mr. Bryan had not read
lie campaign tip from the platform.
—St. Louis G lobe-Democrat.
people will continue to toil
and spin, sow and reap, and gather
into liarns. These platform carpen
ters who live by polities may see in
that an oligarchy, but their food and
raiment would get. infrequent if 1 lie
people were not at work in com
merce lo produce the wherewithal
upon which the workers feed as well
as the non-producing- drones, like
Bryan. San Francisco ( ail.
US'What worries the democratic
leaders most is the country's prosper
ity. They can't ignore it and they
can't discredit it. Perhaps t'-cv may
discover that it is unconstitutional.—
' Kansas City Journal..
FIGURES THAT AM AZE
Proportion of Our Imports and Ex
ports in American Ships.
Attack Centered on Only
American l.ine in That Trnile
—Some Lliieiiiiek of Our
Shipping.
In an open letter addressed to Gen.
Charles 11. (irosvenor, chairman of tlie
house merchant marine anil fisheries
committee, Alexander B. Smith, of
New York, a former member of tlie
New York commerce commission, an
swers an attack on the ship subsidy
bill which has been favorably reported
to each branch of congress. Mr. I
Smith openly charges that the foreign I
shipping interests, aided by the free !
traders and other enemies of Ameri- j
can shipping-, are striving- with might 1
and main to destroy the one American 1
line now eng-aging in our trade with '
Europe.
In his letter Mr. Smith says in
part:
"Mr. Peabody's assertion that 'the j
cream of the subsidy is designed to j
fall to those vessels of the Interna- j
tional Steamship company,' is not
only erroneous, but seems purposely .
designed to prejudice the public :
against that line—the only line, by the i
way. engaged in our trade with Eu- I
rope under the American flag. This |
line has been singled out for the most I
virulent, malignant and frequent at- !
tacks ever since the shipping bill has •
been before the public. It has been I
asserted, but without a word of truth, '
that it is controlled by tlie Standard
Oil and the Pennsylvania Railroad
companies.
"That line lias been pictured as part
of a monopolistic trust, whereas it is
battling, single-handed and alone,
against the most powerful steamship
lines in the world. These other lines
—all under foreign flags—are
backed up with unlimited wealth and
the support of their several govern
ments to whatever extent may be nec
essary to enable them to successfully
compete for the trans-Atlantic trade.
"The American line in question is
struggling at considerable pecuniary
loss to succeed and to still further in
crease its tonnage under the stars and
stripes in the face of this coneen :
trated and united opposition. In doing
so it has oeen subjected to the un
bridled abuse of every free trader,
every free trade newspaper, every
enemy of American shipping, anc'
every defender of foreign shipping in
the United States.
"If the stockholders of this line are
ready to invest still further in Amer
ican ships, in the hope of ultimately
earning a profit, and are ready to sub
ject themselves to the fiercest and
most concentrated competition of the
most wealthy and powerful ships in
all the world under foreign flags, the
American people will applaud and
commend tliem.
"The ueadly purpose of this opposi
tion is manifest, when we study the
statistics of the United States for the
last fiscal year. Of the total foreign
I»ailc of the United States. 07.07 per
cent, is with Europe—more than two
tWrds of our total foreign trade is
with Europe. Of our imports from
Europe, valued at $353,884,534, only
$15,430,242, or 4..'15 per cent., was car
ried in American vessels. Of this, the
ships of the American line carried im
ports valued at $14,513,033. (if our ex
, ports to Europe, valued at $931>,G02,-
093, but $27.."i55.070, or 1.3(1 per cent.,
was carried in American vessels, lhn
ships of the American line carrying
exports to Europe valued at $25,077,-
749.
"The value of the imports and ex
ports carried in Ilie ships of this line
was $39,890,782. out of a total of SIOO,-
012.201) carried in all of the American
ships engaging in our entire foreign
trade. The. ships of this American line
carried within a fraction of 25 per
cent, of all of the imports and exports
of the United States that were car
ried in American ships. If, therefore,
the four steamships of the American
lint —which rendered such exception
al and invaluable auxiliary naval serv
ice to our government during llie war
with Spain—can be driven out of our
trade with Europe, the proportion of
our currying under the American flag
in our trade with Europe will drop
from Ihe present 2.15 per cent, of the
total to but 0.2 (two-tcntlis of one)
per cent. That is to say, the foreign
ships now monopolize 97.85 per cent,
of our carrying with Europe, and are
striving with all of ilie power and in
fluence at their command to increase
their proportion of our carrying to
90.8, leaving for the stray American
vessel that will dare to venture into
that trade the carrying of 0.2 of our
imports and exports! By driving
I these ships out of our foreign trade,
the proportion of the entire foreign
trade of tne United States carried in
American vessels would be reduced
from 8.9 to just seven per cent., leav
ing for foreign ships the carrying of
93 per cent, of our imports and ex
ports. and the estimated $200,000,000
in freight earnings that are taken
from the United States each year.
"No wonder," concluded Mr. Smith
in discussing this portion of his re
ply. "the foreign steamship lines, and
all other friends of foreign shipping,
and every enemy of American ship
ping concentrates his opposition on
the \merican line the single heroic
carrier of the American flag in our
1 rans-At.lantie trade."
£-?Tn four states carried by the
popocrats- Colorado, Idaho, Montana
and Wyoming—bank deposits in
creased from $15,000,000 in 1894 to
$33,000,000 in 1899. The voters of those
states must admit that, something was
wrong with their financial theories
in the last presidential campaign.—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
CARS RUN AT NIGHT.
St. I.UIIIM TranMt Co. Hake* IMMlnct
I'rogron* in Operating It* I.Sik-m.
St. bonis. June 5. Last, night by
the accidental discharge of a gun in
the bands of John A. cierncz. a mem
ber of the posse on guard fit the
power house of the Transit Co. at
I'roadway and Gasconade street.
Wade Sargent, a non-union man.was
shot in the right leg. His eotidilion
is serious and amputation will have
to lie resorted to. Sargent's home is
in Medina, O. lie came here two
weeks ago from Cleveland.
St. Louis, June 0. The strike situ
ation has assumed such a serious
phase that yesterday 50 prominent
citizens united in a telegram to Gov.
Stephens, asking him to call out the
militia for the protection of life and
property. Negotiations between the
I strikers and the Transit Co., looking
j to a settlement of the strike, are oft'
I for the present. From a rioting
standpoint the day was comparatively
! uneventful. Assaults on passengers
; continued.
St. Louis, June B.—Cars were run
'on one line of the St. Louis Transit
! system last night for the first time
j since the strike was begun. The line
j .elected to make the test is known as
the Liudell division and is about four
' miles long. Every ear carried a po
lice guard and in addition the thor
oughfares along the route were pa
trolled by police officers and compa
nies of tin- sheriff's pos;.., the latter
armed with shotguns,
j The number of deputy sheriffs has
grown to 1,200. The work of swear
| ing in deputies continues. Twenty
live sticks of dynamite were unearth
ed by the police yesterday. Five
j sticks were found buried under the
Kasion avenue ear tracks at Easton
' and Yandeventer avenues and 20 addi
tional sticks were found in an aban
doned shed at Kroadway and Gascon
ade street, in the neighborhood of a
power house. The dynamite found
on the Easton avenue tracks had been
made into a bomb and placed under
the rail. Had a car passed over it at
the time it probably would have been
j destroyed.
Gov. Stephens ni Jefferson City has
received many letters from St. Louis
threatening him if he docs not call
out the militia to suppress the riots,
ami others threatening him if he
does call out the militia. Yesterday
he received a note reading: "It you
do not call out the state militia in a
few days you will be shot."
Gov. Stephens says he has nor had
the support of .'lie press and citizens
of St. Louis in his efforts to preserve
order anil that these letters are the
natural result.
THE WORLD'S COMMERCE.
ICnjglaild 11 a* the l.ursral Share of It.
< lonely Followed by <»crmau)' and
the I lilted States.
Washington. June 4. —Of the $lB,-
000.000,000 worth of commerce done by
all the nations of the world, Eng
land's share is 18.3 per cent., Ger
many's 10 per cent., and 9.1 per cent,
falls to the lot of the United States.
So states I'nited States Consul Win
ter at Annaberg in a report to the
state department comparing the rela
tive positions of the three leading
countries in the markets of the
globe.
"Germany," he says, "has built, up
her foreign commerce at England's
expense; and the 1 nited States, just
entering the field, is building up a
great foreign trade at Ihe expense of
both England and Germany. In Aus
tralia. in Africa, in S< uth America
ami in China, the commercial re pre-,
sentniivcs of each nation are fencing
for vantage ground upon which to
build safe markets for home indus
tries."
Germany's success in competing in
the field of commerce with her
mightier rival, England, Consul Win
ter attributes to several conditions.
In the first place German manufac
tured goods are cheaper and in some
cases better. Then. too. German mer
chants adapt themselves entirely to
the wants of their customers, and in
dustrial commissions have been sent
to South America, South Africa, Mex
ico. Japan and China, to study and
report upon the needs of the people
of those countries. Again. German
traveling men are superior in the
technical knowledge of their various
branches and are familiar with more
languages than the representatives of
other nations. Their efficiency in
these lines is tine to their training in
!■ iceiiil institutions in Germany.
4o lo red I'coplc Swindled.
Washington, June 0. Representa
tive liansdcll, of Louisiana, and other
southern members of the house have
received of late many letters concern
ing tin- so-called slave pension organ
izations. I'ension Commissioner Ev
ans, to whom the letters were refer
red, says that certain agents of these
associations and other unauthorized
persons have made the introduction
of the various bills a medium of earn
ing' a living without honest labor.
"There can be no doubt," Mr. Evans
adds, "that the colored people of the
south have been victimized to the ex
tent of over $1,000,000 in connection
with ihis maticr."
I'ilteeil I'erMoiiN Injured.
Omaha, Neb.. June B.—Thursday af
ternoon as a passenger train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee <V St. I'aul was
running through IVria. la., the rear
eoacli. a diner, was derailed and
turned over. Five occupants of the
ear were seriously hurt and ten sus
tained slight wounds.
No American* or HI-UOJIK r:*cit|>cd.
London. June 5. The Daily Mail
has the following dispatch, dated
Mondav. from Shanguai: "Later re
ports from Tien Tsin show that no
British or American missionaries
were among the refugees who es
caped from I'ao-Ting-Ku. The safety
of Ihe seven foreigners still missing
is despaired of. Twenty-three of the
French and llelginn party arrived
wounded at Tien I sin. after terrible
suffering. \ppnreniiy Chinese ofli
eials w'.l! <' > nothing to prevent mas
saeres unless the powers take vig
ous action."
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