V
JE WIG 10 SURRENDER.
FIGHTING FOR LADYSMITH.
trlllsh Advane'ng on Iht Boers Byond Iht Tin
gola Gatacre't Scoutt Are Repulsed
Withfeavy lor.
Dispatches from Natal, dated Satur
day, say: Tlic Boers, xvho had been re
inforced, made n Maud on Thur-day
nt Groblcrs Kloof ami im n range n(
hills running cast. Tliry liad been forc
ed from all their positions on tlie right.
Cien. Littleton's division on Thursday
advanced under cover of tlie kopjes.
The Boers fired a Oensot ami a "Long
Tom." The liiitish artillery was well
sheltered in the action at daybreak and
until late in the aucrnoon, when a heavy
nlle lire on both si. Us developed. The
British infantry had sidvamed a mile
and a half, and a continuous fire xvas
kepi up until after dark. Hie Boris
MM--!; to tluir positions. The British
nitillcrv lire was irreirttlar. A few sal
voes were sent toward the thickly wood
ed spois and names from which the
Boit lire was heaxicst.
The Boers sent shells into the head
quarters baggage, close to the hospital,
but no material damage xvas done,
(ien. Wynne xva slightly wounded.
Boer position are not considered
strong, xvith the exception of Groblcrs
Klooi. The hills eastward are not so
high, and cannot be intrenched so well
ns the mountains which the British
have taken.
The liritish crossed the Tugcla in
law nunibcrs, with cannon and over 60
wagons. They attacked the Frmelo
ami Middle Unrulier' commandoes, but
xvere forced to retreat under a heavy
Mauser fire. A renewed attempt to
Ktorm the Kriuelo men xxas made this
morning, but the liritish xvere again
driven off. The liritish losses were
very heavy. Eight ambulances xvere
employed in collecting the dead and
wounded.
A reconnaissance Saturday in force
under (ien. Gataerc. xvith eight guns,
found the Boers occupying a ridge
three miles beyond Moltcno in the
Stormbcrg direction. Montmorency's
scouts charged the Hoer. who crept
around the scouts' llank, pouring in a
deadly fire. The scouts xvere finally com
pelled to retire, having lost heavily.
Voiirleen arc missing. Capt. Mont
morency was killed.
The reconnaissance xvas valuable and
would have been most satisfactory had
it not been for the unfortunate disaster
to the scouts, xvith whom l.ieut. Col.
Hoslicr happened to be. Their loss
was four killed and many wounded and
missing.
The liritish are now within two miles
of being in touch xvith l.advsmith, but
the ground still covered is the hardest
part and sonic severe fighting must be
expected.
The campaign is noxv approaching a
most, interesting phase. In about a
fortnight the congress of the At'rikand
erbund Will meet, and it is rumored tint
Mr. Hof-.ncycr will then propose peace
terms on the basis of the republics re
taining absolute independence, but of
fering to disarm, If these terms arc
rejected it i.s understood that a mani
festo will boldly be issued to the Dutch
throughout South Africa, calling upon
them to throw off their allegiance to
Great Rritr.in.
Detail;, have arrived xvith respect to
the capture of the Iiriti-.li convoy at
Rict river. It appears the wagons xvere
laagered near the drift and that (he con
voy xvas attacked by 1.830 Boers xvith
four guns. The shelling continued all
day. Ortc hundred and eighty wagons
were captured containing provisions
and forage. Half the driver and lead
ers xvere killed or are missing.
Col. Plumcr sent Maj. Bird xvith 203
Colonials to attempt the capture of the
Boer !2-poumlcr on a kopje near Croc
odile pools. Maj. Bird met xvith such a
terrific ritlc and shell fire th.it he con
sidered the position too strong, and or
dered a retirement.
A dispatch from Mafcking says: "All
business here is being conducted un
derground. The resident commissioner
has sumptuous apartments in a subter
ranean bomb proof. The Cape police
have a large ball, with a piano. The
Mafcking hotel dining room seats 40.
All these have been dug out and are
Impervious to shells.
When the cruiser Charleston was
wrecked two months ago on a reef
north of Luzon, she carried twenty
thousand Mexican dollars and $400 in
gold in the safe, which had to bs aban
doned. PIONEERS IN EXPANSION.
America's First Settlers Wers Expansionists,
so Says Gov. Nash, ol Ohio.
Gov. George K. Nash, of Ohio,
speaking at the banquet of the Michigan
club at Detroit, Wednesday night, said,
in part:
"In these modern days we hear of
'expansionists.' What were the sturdy
pioneers, the patriotic soldiers and the
men who threw the comforts of civil
ization to the winds and built up this
great empire, other than expansionists?
They deprived the Indians of their
lands and their hunting grounds, and
made them a' part of the territory of
the United States. By this means bar
barism was destroyed and civilization
advanced. What our fathers did their
children have continued to do. In
great numbers they became pioneers,
liavo gone beyond the Mississippi riv
er and carried civilization to the Pa
cific ocean. We have been expansion
ists from the beginning and will con
tinue to be such as long as there re
mains savage peoples to whom we can
carry the benefits and blessings of civ
ilization. No power can stay our
hands. This is as it should be, for in
this way and in this way alone, can
freedom, religion and knowledge be
carried to the ends of the earth."
Action taken by the Chicago building
material trades council Sunday is ex
pected to result in extending the strike
of machinists to 3,000 men in other
trades and stoo work in brickyards,
where 10,000 brickmakers are employed.
Victor Hochenstein, of Spencer, Ind.,
has filed a claim for $200,000 against
the Spanish government for treatment
received from Spanish soldiers in Cuba,
while he was in the service of the Red
Cross Society. He publicly charged
in Havana that the Spanish blew up the
Maine and was confined in Morro cas-
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
St. John's Episcopal Church and fiar-
ish house at Franklin. l'a.. burned.
causing a loss of $48,000.
William E. Miller and Edward
Sehlcssingrr. of the Franklin syndicate,
xvere indicted in Nexv York Friday.
Another suit to enioin the collection
of duties cm goods from Puerto Rico
was commenced in Nexv York Friday.
It is feared that the xvar will serious
ly affect the big Christian Endeavor
convention to be held in London this
summer.
Twelve passengers in a street car at
Atlanta, (la.. Sunday morning, were
oioudy hurl bv the car rolling down
an embankment 15 feet.
I Me Kentucky Democratic Senate
Friday passed a bill making it un. awful
for co. porations to nl.eribc money
to political can'pa'eii funds.
Judt.e Woodward, of Luzerne coun
ty. 1 .1 . Friday deflated a recent arc of
the Li gUlaluif. classifying townships
into xo finises, uiH'on-tititlional.
W. C. P. llreekeuridge, of Kentucky,
received an enthusiastic ovation at the
Anglo-Saxon baii(i;et at Toronto, Out.,
ut which he responded to a toast.
Mrs. Amber Louise McLcllan, xvife
of (). I. McLcllan, a millionaire State
Senator of Louisiana, has. sued for di
vorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.
American officers returned front the
Philippine arc spreading a report that
Aguiualdo xxas once captured, but re
leased before bis identity xvas discover
ed.
Russian armv and navv commanders
arc gathering at St. Petersburg for a
conference. The crar ha ordered the
army reserves of the first clas called
out.
The French senate ha sentenced
DepiitvMascel-Habertto banishment for
five years (or inciting soldiers to insub
ordination at the tunc of I-aurc s fun
eral.
II. If. Hanna. chairman of the In
dianapolis monetary convention, while
declaring the compromise money' bill
not an ideal nuasurc, gives it his ap
proval. The Con olidated Kansas Citv Smelt
ing and Refining Company has filed, in
Albany, N. Y., a certificate of reduc
tion of capital stock from $4,503,000 to
f2.5co.ooo.
To Wing, a Chinaman, recently con
victed of murder at Binghampton City,
Ltah. and sentenced to be shot, com
mitted suicide Friday by hanging him
self in his cell.
The sight of Mrs. V. G. Tarker. of
Chicago, was restored by a remarkable
surgical operation, involving the remov
al of a tumor in the brain which affected
the optic nerves.
A diary kept by a correspondent dur
ing the siege of Kiniberley shows that
2.500 women and children were nightly
lowered into the mine for safety
against the bombardment.
Governor J. C. W. Beckham, of Ken
tucky, has entered suit for an injunction
to oust W. S. Taylor, the Republican
usurper. Taylor is the nlaintiff in a sim
ilar suit against Beckham.
A double force is to be put to work
in the issue division of the treasury de
partment printing $1. $2, $5 and $10
bills. Each day 48,000 sheets of four
notes each will be printed.
E. W. Bliss, president and chief
stockholder of the E. W. Bliss Manu
facturing Company, of Brooklyn, has
sidd out his steel tubins interest to
the Shelby tube combination.
Lilian Paimccfotc, daughter of Lord
Paitnccfote, liritish ambassador to the
United States, xvas married in Wash
ington ,D. C. Saturday to Robert
Bromley, of Stokchall, England.
France is making a popular hero of
Colonel Villcbois-Marcuil. who is Gen
eral Jouberl's chief of staff, and Repub
licans fear that the Nationalists xvill at
tempt to use him as another Boulanger.
Henry Wntterson, editor of the Louis
ville 'Courier-Journal," asserts that the
late William Gocbel, governor of Ken
tucky, xvas not only not the author of
the Gocbel election law. but had omios-
cd it.
At a dinner eiven bv the Plavers'
cluliHn New York, Raoul Pictct, a Sxviss
scientist, produced oxygen from air bv
a secret process, the first time the ex
periment has been performed in this
country.
The United States transnort Sedirudrtf
arrived at New York Sunday morning
from Matanzas, Cienfuegos and Ha
vana, with 27 cabin passengers, 46 dis
charged soldier. 54 soldiers' bodies and
$230,000 in specie.
Br lish Navy to Bs Increased.
The naval estimates of England for
1000-1901 total 27.s:22.6oo. an increase
of 028.000, providing for an increase
of 220 officers and 4,000 men for new
ships. It is proposed to build two new
battleships, six first-class armored cruis
ers, a second-class cruiser, txvo twin
scrcxv sloops, txvo gunboats and two
torpedo boats. Of the 108 destroyer
the turbincr Viper's preliminary trial
reached .15 knots. There xvill be under
construction in 1000 17 battleships. 20
armored cruisers, a first-class protected
cruiser, two second-class protected
cruisers, a third-class cruiser, eiaht
sloops, two gunboats, four torpedo
boats and 21 torpedo boat destroyers.
California Crud Oil.
According to late estimates the pro
duction of oil in California is now about
5.000 barrels a day. or nearly 6.000.000
barrels a year. Los Angeles contributes
about one-half of this amount, the re
mainder being distributed between the
other Southern California fields and
those recently loci'ted in the central part
of the State.
The engagement of Lieutenant W. W.
Fiscus, of the Nineteenth United State
infantry, now in the Philippines, to Miss
Annie Wheeler, youngest daughter of
General Joseph Wheeler, is announced.
Flva Killed b a Train.
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night the midnight express on the Le
high Valley railroad struck a carriage
containing seven persons at Tuttles
Crossing, about 25 miles east from Ho
Chester, instantly killinir five of the oe
cupants, fatally injuring another and
badly brusing the other. All were mem
bers ot a family.
Freezing temperature is reported as
far south as Tampa, Fla., and it is fear
ed orange and fruit trees have been
uamagea.
OLD TIME 80KT RACE ON 101
PASSENGERS TERRIFIED,
Crews ol the Boats Indulge fn Mlnialuro N
val Ballle While Their Crafts
Plunged Ahead.
One of the most exciting occurrence
that has taken place on the Ohio river
for years transpired Saturday. The Val
ley Belle and the Duffy, two steamboats
of great speed, started front Marietta,
().. on their way South, and when they
had reached just below the point of
Neals Island the steamers began a race,
the txvo boats belching huge billoxvs of
clouds in their efforts to gel axvay from
each other.
Finally, inter tbev xvere under full
headway, they came together, guard
aainsi uiiard. and held their places for
nearly 15 minutes. By this time the
rexvs of both boats had become work
ed up to such a pilch of excitement that
their anger got (he best of their com
mon sense.
They began hostilities, cursing, swear-
ina and shakinii fists nt one another.
one man of the Valley Belle's crexv be
coming so enraged that be drew a re
volver and fired at the fireman on the
Duffy, but missed him. T hen one of
the Duffy's crexv got hold of an ax and
made an attempt to sink it into the head
of one of the opposing crew. The pas
senger on both boats became frighten
ed and left the scene.
The dangerous state of affairs kept up
for ta miles, when the Duffy rapidly
drexv axvay from her adversary. The
affair is without parallel in the local
history of the Ohio river, and it was
undoubtedly only an accident that some
one xvas not killed, a the fight reached
such proportions that the crexv of both
boats deserted their station to take part
in it and only needed a leader to pre
cipitate a bloody encounter. Legal ac
tion will probably be taken in the mat
ter and some one xvill have to answer
before the Federal court for endanger
ing the live of passengers on the two
boats.
PHILIPPINE WAR ENDED.
Present Expedition ol Gen. Bales Closet Mill
Itary Operations Pollcs Work Next
According to information received at
the war department from Manila, with
the end of the present expedition of
Gen. Bates into the two province at
the extreme southern part of the island
of Luzon military operations in the
Philippine will close. Afterward, it is
said, there is nothing to do but to un
dertake to maintain order through a
police system. Attention is noxv being
given to that subject and step are be
ing taken to form a thoroughly mo
bile, lightly-armed gendarmerie, some
thing on the order of the Canadian
mounted police, to cover the islands at
all points and conserve the energies of
the regular troops.
The arrest of a Tagal on the charge
of being a guerrilla, a reported from
Manila Wednesday, it is said at the de
partment, mark the initiation of anoth
er policy toward the insurgents who
still remain under arm. A the sum
mary punishment of guerrilla cannot
be had until some action has been
taken to declare the termination of the
application of the rule of war, it is
assumed at the war department that
Gen. Otis had already issued some kind
of a proclamation or notice to the na
tives warning them that if they defy
the rules of xx'ar and pursue a predatory
warfare, they will be treated as guer
rillas when captured.
The president is devoting special at
tention to the formation of the new
Philippine commission, acting upon the
advice that the army has reached the
end of its functions in the islands and
that the time is ripe for the establish
ment of civil governments throughout
the archipelago. It is hoped that the
personnel can be completed before the
end of next week.
An Infant's Escapi.
A buggy containing W. Gilbert, wife
and- a sevcn-wecks-olcl baby, was struck
by the xvestbound Chicago and Erie
limited flt the famous Mercer street
crossing, Decatur, Ind., Sunday after
noon. Gilbert and his wife were thrown
100 feet and both badly injured. Mrs.
Gilbert may not recover. The fireman
or engineer did not know of the acci
dent until they reached the depot, three
squares distant, when the babe was
found lying on the pilot of the engine
uninjured. Gilbert is a farmer, and had
just started home from the city.
Battto at a Kentucky Ball.
A special from Whitesburg, Ky., tells
of a free fight near Pounds gap, in
which one person xvas killed and several
were injured. The trouble occurred
during a dance at the home of Bill
Mullins, a Virginia moonshiner. Pis
tols and knives xvere used in tho scrim
mage, which lasted until the place had
been cleared of all but the wounded.
John Newberry xvas shot and died
xvithin two hours. Ed Newberry, his
brother, was fatally wounded. Luclla,
the 18-year-old daughter of Mullins, was
stabbed three times with a dirk and can
not recover. Mrs. Mullins xvas severely
bruised, and one Keller, of Dickinson
county, was shot in the knee. Mullins
has been arrested and taken to the
county jail at Clintwood, where he is
under a heax-y guard to prevent lynch
ing. Cut Cfl Both Hands.
John Stenrn, a mill worker of Bridge
port, O.. while temporarily insane from
the grip, arose from his sick bed Sat
urday morning and went to Aetna stan
dard mill, where he stuck both hands
in the doubling shears. Both hands
were amputated. He said he had a
vision that if he had his hands cut off
he xvould EeMwcll.
Reduoing Cubin Troops.
It is understood to be the purpose of
the war department in carrying out its
already announced policy of reducing
the force of American troops in Cuba
to begin within six weeks the reduction
of the present force of 9,000 to about
5,ono, which limit will be reached by the
Beginning 01 tne summer.
The proposition is under considers
tion to organize three complete Cuban
regiments, witn Cuban olhcers, to re
place the United Stutes troons in Barri
son and to form the nucleus of the Cu
ban army which would exist when the
island passes from the United States'
control.
NO SECRET ALLIANCE.
Ex-Consul Never Reported lo 8late Department
Thai Nit Mall Was Tampered With
by British Officials.
The most important part of the re
ply of Secretary Hay to the House res
olution of impiiry concerning the alle
gations made by Charles E. Macrum,
formal consul at Pretoria, i contained
in the concluding paragraph, which is
as follows:
"The undersigned, secretary of state,
has the honor to say that there is no
truth in the charge that n secret alli
ance exists between tlie republic of the
United Stale and the empire of Great
Britain; that no form of secret alliance
is possible under the constitution of the
United States, inasmuch as treaties re
quire the advice and consent of the
Senate; ami finally that no sucret alli
ance, convention, arrangement, or un
derstanding exists between the United
States and nny other nation,"
As to Macrum's chaws that bis of
ficial mail was tampered xvith by the
British authorities, tlie reply says:
"The department of slate ha been in
regular communication by mail and tel
egraph xvith Charles E. Macrum, late
consul of the United States at Pre
toria, South African republic, since hi
entrance upon the duties of hi office.
Communications made to him have
been answered and the execution of in
structions sent ha been reported by
him. His dispatches to the department,
forwarded through the consulate at Lo
renzo Marques, have during that time
been regularly received. The only in
stance of complaint in respect to the
transmit of the mails for Lorenzo Mar
ques and Pretoria was in November
last, when a temporary stoppage of the
mails occurred at Cape Town, against
which Mr. Macrum and the consul at
Lorenzo Marques protested. Arrange
ments xvere made for the prompt deliv
ery of the consular mails to the United
States consul general at Cape Town,
by whom the mail for Mr. Hollis ami
Mr. Macrum xvas forwarded to Lorenzo
Marques. The delay lasted but a few
days, and has not recurred, so far as
the department is advised.
Since the reply xvas sent to Congress
it has been given out at the state de
partment that inquiries set on foot im
mediately after the publication of Ma
crum's first statement, developed the
fact that the British government had
no knowledge of any interference with
the correspondence of the United States
consulate at Pretoria, and that if any
such interference had taken place it was
contrary to instructions.
MUCH MONEY AT STAKE.
Suit In Which $12,000,000 It Involved Taken
lo Cour .
A suit for the infringement of pat
ent, which, if successful, xvill involve
over $12,000,000, was begun in the Unit
ed States circuit court before Judge M.
W. Achcson, Pittsburg, l a., rriclay.
The particulars of the case arc interest
ing. J lie plaintiff s claim that tlie al
leged infringements are on patents on
a friction clutch and compensating gear
of a traction engine, such as is used
to operate threshing machines. The
suit is brought by E. R. Bliss as trus
tee for the A very & Rouse Steam Trac
tion Company, of Peoria. HI., with head
quarters in C iucauo. and the Minnesota
Threshing Engine Copipany, whose
works are at Stillxvatcr, Minn.
The plaintiffs made no claim for a
snecified amount in their action, but
they arc claiming the profits on about
40,000 engines that have been made and
sold during the past to years under pat
ents that they say they own. Some 25
concerns arc made dclcndanls 111 tne
action, but the suit in Pittsburg is
brotmht anainst D. R. Breed, of Pitts
burg, wdio is the agent for the Garscott
Company. o Kicliniomi, inn., tne
H uber Company, of Marion, O., and
the Frick Company, of Waynesboro,
Pa., of which A. O. Frick is the presi
dent. It is said that the money for de
fending the suits is furnished by all the
traction manufacturers who have form
ed a pool for the purpose, and there arc
sonic IQ actions to oe (icierinmcci auer
this one is disposed of in Pittsburg.
Naturally all these companies arc inter
ested in the outcome of this suit, as it
is reearded a a test case on which
the others will depend for a settlement.
A breach of promise suit was filed at
East Livernool. O.. bv Zenora E. Hus
ton anainst Edward B. Toland. of Fred-
cricktown for $10,000 damage. She
says they were engaged for lour years
and lovers for twelve year.
ANARCHY OR IMPERIALISM.
Bourks Cochran, While Denouncing Expansion,
Wants No Chicago Platform.
W. Bourke Cochran, of New York,
and cx-Gov. George S. Bnutxvell, of
Massachusetts, championed the cause of
the anti-imperialists at a mass meeting
held in Fainted hall, Boston, Friday
night, and Boutwell vehemently argued
against the re-election of President Mc
Kinley. Cochran, while denouncing imperial
ism, said: "While we believe that the
Chicago platform was revolutionary, no
one ever doubted for a moment that the
candidate who stood upon it was ani
mated by the loftiest principles of pa
triotism. Indeed his virtues made his
candidacy doubly dangerous. Vicious
principles are never formidable when
supported by vicious men. It is only
when they arc championed by misguid
ed virtue that they become formidable
and the principles involved in the Chi
cago platform I do not hesitate to say
that I should pnrsue the same course
in '96, because, while I regard imperial
ism as fatal to this form of government,
I regard the Chicago platform as de
structive of all government, and I
should prefer some government to no
government."
Opposed lo Fortified Canal.
Regarding the contention that the
United States should not build the Nic;
aragua canal without erecting expensive
fortifications, Admiral Dewey is quot
ed as saying: "Fortifications? Why of
course not. As I understand it, the
canal is to be, and should be, a neutral
ized commercial pathway between the
two great oceans. Too fortify it would
simply result in making it a battle
ground in case of war. Fortifications
would be enormously expensive and
ought not to be erected. Our fleets
will be a sufficient guarantee of the neu
trality and safety of the canal in time of
war as well as in peace."
200 MEN SACRIFICED.
Bloodies! Ballle ot thaYaquI War Indians Usa
Maxim Guns With Telling Efl.ol
Town Relieved.
The Mcxicon troops under (ien. Tor
res have saved Guaymns from the
Ynquis, but by dint of the fiercest fight
ing of the xvar and at a sacrifice of 200
soldier. The town of Potam is filled
xvith wounded and nil the public build
ings arc utilized. The Indians were
accompanied by 10 miner and coxvboys,
who acted as commander of separate
companies of 40 men each. The Yaqiiis
hail also a Mexican gun, which was
manipulated, the Mexicans claim, by
txvo ex-rough riders. Torre reached
Potam Thursday afternoon and decid
ed to divide his army of 700 men into
two divisions.
The first nml strongest, flanked by
the gunboat Demoerata, left nt day
break Friday morning. The first inti
mation of tlie presence of the Yaqtli
was a withering fire from the Maxim
and of rille volleys from concealed for
tifications in a dense thicket. The first
division retreated in confusion to the
timber groxvth along the river. More
than loo men Mi nt this first fire. Late
in the afternoon hill signal showed the
waiting commanders of the first division
that the second detachment had reached
the neighboring hills to the southeast
in it llank movement. A simultan
eous attack was then made from the
front and flank and the Indian retreat
ed. Seventy-three Indians were found
dead.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Prices Aro Yielding Slock Orvclocmenls for
lha Hock Favorable Shipments
ol Grain.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: "Prices in materials arc
yielding. Industries could not long
prosper without reaction from the ex
treme prices caused by actual or sup
posed scarcity of materials last year.
The great iron industry has been em
barrassed by prices for pig and billet,
which were no longer sustained by the
gradually yielding prices of products.
Considerable transactions arc now re
ported at Philadelphia $t.oo to $1.50 per
ton below recent quotations; at ritts
burg 20,000 tons Bessemer have been
sold and 75,0.-10 tons billet, both iron
and steel being reported $1.00 per ton
lower. The new furnace supplying foun
dry iron have been competing sharply
at the East, and small sales of Bessemer
have been made for Pittsburg delivery
at 50 to 65 cent below previous Quota
tions. Sheets are strengthened there
by the nexv combinations, though it
does not embrace some large works, but
with this addition of 500.000 tons yearly
and its sales to the hoop and tin plate
companies, the National Steel Com
pany has secured large and rich mines
in Minnesota. Rail mill are full, but
have taken a small contract for export,
and better business enables tin plate
works, which have been idle, to resume.
At last it is admitted that the wool quo
tations so long held arc fully 3 cents
per scoured pound higher than prices
in large actual sales last xveck, and
since, the decline covering grade bc
twee.n one-quarter blood and loxver,
w hich is in demand and scarce, and fine
fleece graded XX or above. Failures
for the week have been in the United
States 201, and ,13 in Canada."
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregated 3.610.850 bit.,
against 3.834.060 bu. last week, 3.84I.S.VI
bit. in the corresponding week of iSoo,
3.722,460 bit. in 1808, 1.3716 bu, in
1807, and 2.206,771 bu. in 1K06.
Since Jul" 1 this season the exports
of wheat aggregate 130.507.241 bit.,
against 132.807.280 bu. last year and
161.204,750 bu. in 1807-08.
Corn Exports for the week aggre
gate 2.806,175 bu.. against 3.4'xi,33S hit.
last week, 2.871.057 bu. in this week a
year ago. 1.692.701) bu. in 1898. 4.744,858
bu. in 1807 and 3. 158.3 18 bu. in 1806.
Since Julv I this season corn exports
aggregate 138.003,284 hit., against 107,
711,173 bu. during the same period a
year ago and 114.256.045 bu. in 1807-98.
II. C. Frick. Henry Thipp. F. T. F.
Lovcjoy and John Walker, all of
whom are or have been partner in the
Carnegie Company, are about to erect
near Monongahela City the largest plant
in the world for the manufacture of car
axles, driving rods and similar products.
Mora Puerto Rico Troops.
TL .1 Iia. .1,.i,1rtt tn
1 IIC Will III llliv Ilk una . ,... ,-, v
form a second battalion of native Puerto
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Kicans lor service on inc isianu. 1 ins
l.nMftlinn will be mounted, while the
other will remain infantry. Puerto
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Kican norscs win oc useu, as 11 iui
been shown that American horses do
not stand the tropical climate well.
Maj. Joseph A. Buchanan, of the Fif
teenth infantry, has been nominated as
lieutenant colonel and xvill b'e placed
in charge of both battalions.
The additional use of native soldiers
is in the line of carrying out the plan
of the secretary of war to withdraw as
many American troops as possible from
Puerto Rico and Cuba. Gen. George
B. Davis, the military governor of
terms of the native troops on the island.
Chance lor Corn Growers.
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz has re
ported to the State department that ow
ing to lack of rain the corn crop has
been short in his district and corn
will have to be brought from other parts
of tlie country, as it is virtually the
staff of life for a large majority of the
inhabitants. He suggests that United
States exporters give the matter atten
tion. Germany Has a Surprise.
Germany is preparing to surprise the
world with her exhibits at the Paris
exposition, which it is said, will greatly
excel those of the United States and
England.
The German exposition commission
er, Herr Richter, declared in the reich
stag Saturday that the German exhib
itors would number thousands. They
xvould take a high rank in every group,
he said, and lead in many. "France has
fulfilled all our wishes," said Herr Rich
ter. "The French and German laborers
are working with the best understanding."
GAGE FULL OF HOPE.
The 8eorelary Predlosfet Iht Next Century Up.
it Iht Great Aohlevtmentt of
Iht Present
Secretary of the Treasurer Gage wa
the guest of honor at the dinner of the
National Association of Merchants and
Travelers at Chicago. Tuesday evening,
and made an address on "The Outlook.
Mr, tinge, after speaking of the present
wonderful prosperity of the country,
said that it might afford a basis for judg
ing of the future. Taking the period
between 1870 and 1809, he showed that,
the population had increased from 3,-'
558.000 to over 76,000,000; salaries in
public schools from $37,732,556 to $123,
8x).4i2: the number of newspapers and
periodicals from 5.87! to 21.178, the
number of postoffices from 28,4112 to 75,
000; postal receipts from $10,772,221 to
$95,021,384, and the number of miles ol
railway from 59.222 to 186.810. The
freight carried" one mile was in 1880,
39.302,209,249 tons, and in 1890, 1 14.
566.173,191 tons, xvJiile the cost of trans
portation fell 61 per cent. Corn pro
duction increased from 1.000,000,000
bushels in 1870 to more than 2.000,000,
000 in 189c), and wheat from 235,000.000
bushels to 547.000.000 bushels. The
production of pig iron increased from
1.665.179 tons in 1870 to 11.773,934 tons
in 1898, and steel from 68.750 tons to
8,932.857 tons; coal from 32,863.000 tons
to 196,405,95,1 tons; petroleum from 185,
ooo.ooo gallons to 2.325.000,000 gallon."
r.xport have increased from $.)92,77I,'
'jo m 1070 to $1,227,023,302 in
while imports have increased from
058.408 to $607.1 aH.aHo.
Mr. Gage referred to our failure
tne carrying trade upon the ocean
the only dark snot on the nation's 1
ord. He said that wacrrs nf labor Hnr.
mg the last half century have increased
something over 60 per cent., while the
general course of prices has been down
xvard. "Thei dawn of the next century
brings into view a nobler and a fairel
world than has yet been revealed to
the sons of men. Education is more un
iversal, the powers of the mind greatly
enlarged, the average of virtue higher,
the sense of human brotherhood great
er, xvar and cruelty more horrible in
their aspects, industry more inviting,
and peace more charming. Those of us
xvho are permitted to march in column
over that imaginary line which separ
ates the two centuries may well take
neart and nope and enter upon its un
disclosed mystery with faith in God,
and faith in man. determined each fot
himself that he will nobly strive to meet
as a man and a citizen of the republic
the higher career to which a kind dcs
tiny calls us."
Indians Fled In Terror
Details of the eruption of the Colims
volcano on the Pacific coast of Mexico,
recently reported by telegraph from
Guadalajara, Mexico, have been receix
ed. An immense river of lava ran ovel
the side of the volcano and threatened
to overwhelm three Indian villags neai
its base. The Indians fled to the Santa
Ana mine in the center of Colima cop
per region and sought safety by hiding
in the mine, leaving their women and
children to shift for themselves.
A company of Mexican troops drov
the Indians from the mine and sent
them back to their homes to protect
their families. One of the most serious
results of the volcanic disturbance is
the entire cessation of work on a tram
way now being built to connect the cop
per mine xvith the Port of Manzanillo.
The contractor xvere unable to restrain
the terrified Indians employed in the;
construction of the road. . Many ol
them hax-e gone to Michoacan and Jal
isco, and others have fled to the more
distant southern states of the republic.
One of the reasons for the fright of the
Mexican natives is that for many yearj
belief has prevailed that the close 01
this century xvould be marked by devas
tating Hoods and earthquakes.
Mrs. Ltw'on's Thanks. 1
Mrs. Lawton. widow of Gen, Lawton,
has sent Gen. Corbin the following let
ter of acknowledgment of the receipt
of the home fund: "Such kindness as
yours can never be repaid, and my heart
is very full when I try to thank you.
Words seem very poor at such a time.
Will you please beliex-e that I do ap-
fircciate it and all my life will find cont
ort in the remembrance? The univer
sal feeling, which prompted such won
derful generosity from the nation is so
beautiful to me, and so dear my grati
tude is inexpressibly profound. It has
rclicx-ed the anxious thought Henry
would have had and I do not know how
to thank you or the nation."
1899,
$435.'
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stei wireco's. Prows. -
The annual meeting of the stockhold- I
ers of the American Steel and Wire 1
Company, which controls 39 plants in 1
cities of the United States, and has a J
capital stock of $90,000,000, was held
Tuesday in Jersey City. Five directors J
xvere elected to serve three years, and
nexv powers were conferred upon thA
board of directors by amendments tov
the certificate of incorporation.
The first annual statement shows as
sets aggregating $106,161,947.78, accord
ing to the balance sheet struck on De
cember 31. Of this $79,629,512.72 is in ' '
real estate, buildings, plant and machin
ery, $3,235,393.43 in cash and the re
mainder in investments, inventories and
accounts receivable. The net profits,
including dividends and miscellaneous
income, after allowing for bad debts and
depreciation, were $13,162,529.73. The
allowance figured for depreciation is
$1,000000 and for bad debts $300,000,
but Mr. Gates' statement says that this
reduction was made for the purpose ol
conservatism and not because any de
duction xvas justified.
James Phillips, the original "noted
speller" in Edward Egglcston's novel,
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," is dan
gerously ill in Switzerland county, 111.
China Would Make War.
The empress of China has dispatched
a circular to the governors and viceroyt
of maritime provinces appealing to re
sist by force of arms all further aggres
sions by foreign powers on Chinese soil.
The empress says:
"It is our express command that shall
any high official find himself so hard
pressed by circumstances that nothing
short of a xvar would settle matters, he
is expected to set himself resolutely to
work out his duty to this end."
The Russian ministry of finance is
working 0111 a laxv 10 mane tins petrol-
cum utuu'jiry a siate monopoly.
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