PLOT 10 Ml ME 1110 MEL PATRICK PLANNED ALL Valet Jones Describes How tho Victim Woi Dcsod V.'lth OxHte Acid nnd Mercury. Val t Charles F. Jones toM on the witness stand Thursday nt New York tho ghastly story cf how ho murdered his h nclactor and employer. Million aire V. M. Rico, "Some tlnio In Au gust," Jones ra'd. "Patrick asked me ir I dirt not think Rico was living too long for onr own welfare. Hp thought It would bo a good thin!!; If we would put lilm out of the way. He said If I'd toll him Homo night, when Rice was sleeping soundly he'd roino up to do It If I would not. 1 asked why Dr. Curry would not do It. and ho replied that Dr. Curry drew 1 ho line there. Ho would do nnytlilnn that was wantod if it wa. not actually a crime. Chlo rol'nim was rngcrostcil. Pnt vlcli Baid that, would ho an easy way to put Mr. Uloo away. An article In a magazine Rave the Idea. Some thing was Mid about getting chloro form. I told Tat rick ho could leave that to me. I Kent my brother $" and lie sent r.ie chloroform In a four ounce bottle. Joi'.oh raid that Pat rick was anxious to hurry matters, and suggested Mercury. Jones pur Miartcd Hlce to take two mercureal pills which made him nick. On Wednes day and Thursday before his death Hire took one of the murcureul pills each day. Next day he was sick. Sntunliw Ulee was delirious. Dr. Curry vb.ltoil him and Rave him some r.ierlielne. He told Patrick over the 'plior.e what had occurred and biter met Patrick at a restaurant and told Mm a draft for $25.nil't had nrrivoi from the oil mill. Jones test Mod that Patrick fun;!:. lied him with a small licit! le or oxalic acid with in-mvuet'o-is for lis is' Monday, the (lav Hice dbl, Patrick nut Jones at tel'epiieii,. office, and Patrick Insisted that Hlce mun be put out of the way before Cr.pt a In ISaW shnul I arrive. .Touch Kays h" returned to the limine, made a cone of a tov.el, and saturated it wlt'ii chloroform, when the Invalid was steeping, he placed It over his lace. Hccoming frightened he took the towel fram Hire's face and burned It. Rice, won dead. He telephoned Patrick, na per agreement, that Hlee was seriously 111. Pal rick timed his coming so as to arrive at the time as Dr. Curry. Patrick went to the room whore tho dead man had kept his pa pers and took away with him nil the papers he could lind. Jours explained that previous to Rice's death he had Riven Patrick copies of nice's signa ture. NEW YORK HOTEL FIRE. Suspicion Prevails That Catastrophy Was Work cf Incendiaries. Eighteen persons were killed nnd 50 Injured In a fire in the Park Avenue Hotel, New York city. Saturday morn ing. The fire Is thought to have been caused by Incendiaries. It started in the Seventy-first Regiment Armory, completely destroying It. and is sup posed to have communicated to tho Park Hotel. The fire lasted five ,-hours, all the dead or Injured were guests of tho hotel; nil the dead but four, lost their Uvea In the midst of the flames, the others succumbed after a short time of Buffering In the hos pitals. The financial loss will ex ceed one million dollars. The Park Avenue Hotel was originally built by A. T. Stewart, for a working Oil Is Homo, after his death It was converted Into a hotel, and was supposed to be Are proof. First New York Carnegie Library. The contract for the first of the C3 Carnegie libraries to bo built in New York city was awarded Tuesday. The structure will bo erected In East Sov cny -ninth street and will cost $150,ooo. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOU Tho President Thursday appointed Elliott Woods superintendent of tho capitol and its grounds. The House Committee on Public Lauds Wednesday reported the bill jii.aktng a public reservation of the tract In Arizona, including tho petri fied forests. In point of derorations the banquet to bo given at tho White House, in honor of. Prince Henry, will be tho most elaborate of recent years. Secretary Long stated Friday that tho report that ho Intended leaving the cabinet was true. Ho has fixed upon no specific date for his leaving. Tho House committee on territo ries Friday unanimously voted to re port bills for tho admission of tho ter ritories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. United States Consul McWade. at Canton, has reported that tho plague Is increasing in Shantung Province. China. He says that there have been over 60 deaths. Ordora were Issued Wednesday by Lieutenant General Miles for the Second Battalion of tho Elevonth In fautry, stationed at Mayagucue and Ponce. Puerto Rico, to proceed to San Francisco, preparatory to servico Jn the Philippines. Commandant Jan Krige, of the Iloer army, is In Washington endeavoring to persuade tho authorities to insist on a more rigid enforcement of the laws of neutrality as he interprets them. He objects principally to the ship ments of mulos from New Oiieunn lor tho use of the British troops. The State Department has Issued a warrant for the surrender to the British government of Jeremiah Foley, a Corporal in tho British army, who -was held under commitment lu Chi cago. In accordance with a long time cus tom on Washington's birthday, the farewell address of Washington was read In the Senate Saturday, Immedi ately after the body convened, by Mr, Burrows. ' Associate Justice Horace Gray, aged 74, of the Supreme Court, has Buffered an attack of paralysis. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Conetwlse Navigation. The Senators Wednesday Agreed to vote on the Philippine bill next Mon day. Senators Rurrows and Tillman spoke on the bill, and Senator Mnllory made a speech In favor of having the coastwise navigation laws apply to vessels plying between the Philip nines, Guam and Hawaii and the con tinental I'nlted Sttes. Off and on Wednesday the House had Mr. Wheeler's attack on Friday on foreigners nnd the State Depart ment under consideration, with occa sional attention to the Indiana ap propriation bill, which was the real matter before the House. Mr. Ilrom well. Ohio, paid a high tribute to the (iermans, Indian Schools. The debate on the Philippine bill continued In the Senate Thursday. Senntor Patterson, of Cotorndo, made his first format speech on th,i bill. In the House Thursday the consid eration of the Indian appropriation bill was given consideration. Repre sentative Fitzgerald, of New York, created a sensation by moving to strike out the Item appropriating money to pay the salary of Superin tendent Nardln. of the Point Pleasant Indian School In Michigan. An amendment was adopted directing: the Indian Commissioner to Investigate the policy of schools on tho reserva tions. Eill Passed Finally. The Senate Friday resumed the consideration of the Philippine tariff bill. Mr. Hate. Tenn., delivered nn extended speech. He asset ted that the payment of S.'ii.iiiin.ooO for the Philippine Islands was a commercial rather than a sentimental transac tion. Mr. Si'.ooner and Teller also participated In the debate. The House Friday passed finally the Indian appropriation bill. D"bnt! Hcame Animated. In th" Senate Saturday during th" d"!ate on the Philippine tariff bill Senators Mcl.aurln and Tillman, of South Carolina, came to blows, and they were separated by other Senators. The Senate Immediately went into ex ecutive session. Alter two h inrs de liberation the doors were opened when both Senators apologized, but under resolution were prohibited from voting and speaking until the Committee on Election and Privileges, to whom the Infraction of the dignity of the Son Etc had been referred, makes a report. EUYS SITE FOR SHIPYARD. Hampton Roads Company to Build a Plant Near Norfolk. The Hampton Roads Shipbuilding nnd Dry-Pock Company, n new corpor ation, which has been capitalized at $2.0011,1)11(1, reports that It has obtained a site for n new shipbuilding yard at Sewall's Point, near Norfolk. Va. The new yard will cover an area of loi) acrc3, and the company has obtained lion acres of land Immediately adjoin ing It on which to erect homes for the workmen In the company's employ. The plant will bo equipped with ma rine railways, large enough to han dle csacls of l.iiiMi tons register. INSURGENTS QUIT. Biggest Band In Banan Surrenders When Near Starvation. What Is believed to have been the Inrgest existing band of Insurgents In Hatangns province, In the Philippines, has surrendered to Lieutenant Charles D. Rhodes, of the Sixth Cavalry, at Banan. Major Amoranto, two cap tains, six lieutenants nnd !S Phillppi no soldiers gave themselves up. They were virtually starved Into surrender. The skeletons of five soldiers of the Thirty-ninth Infantry, killed in No vember. 1'JnO, have been recovered. They will be shipped to tho United States. ROBBED THE ALTAR. Thieves Break Ir.to Crypt of Cathedral and Steal Gems. Seven of the precious stones In the altar of the Tiffany chapel, In the crypt of the Cathedral of St. John tho Divine In New York, were removed by thieve? Wednesday morning. The value of the stolen jewelry and partic ulars of the robbery arc withheld. After midnight Tuesday the- thieves, two In number, pained access to tho grounds from the entrance on One Hundred und Thirteenth street, op posite St. Luke's Hospital, and they had ;:o trouble in cocurir.g the gems. KELLOG SANITARIUM BURNS. Four Hundred Inmates Got Out Safely By Way of the Fire Escape. Tho Kcllng. or Seventh Day Advon tlut, sanitarium, at Huttle Creek, Mich., was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The loss $:ioo,m0 to $400,000. There was but one life lost among the 400 peo ple In the sanitarium although one or two persons are said to be missing. Tho flro started in tho bathroom. Tho water pressure was low, and this added to the handicap of the firemen, as the sanitarium stood on a hill. In two hours tho building was in ruins. Fort Named McKinley. The War Department has adopted the policy of renaming tho forts and batteries of the country after distin guished military men of tho United States. A general order made public by the department Tuesday gives a list of the newly-named batteries, in the list, is the namo of the late Presi dent McKinley, whose name is now given to the fortifications on Great Diamond Island, Portland, Me. A Memorial Day Proposed. At Friday's session of the connven tion of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution at Washington, D, C a resolution was passed recommend ing to congress that the Sunday fol lowing the birthday of the late Pres ident McKinley be set apart a a day of prayer. ? IERIM WELCOMES HIE PUCE NAVAL ETIQUETTE OBSERVED Brother of German Emperor Landing at New York 8alutea tht Start (rd Strlpea. Prince Henry, brother of tho Ger man Emperor, accompanied by a bril liant Blaff of otllcers hlRh In the Ger man army and navy, arrived on board the steamer Kroonprlnz Wllhelm nt the Thirty-fourth street pier, Nort't river. New York, at noon Sunday. His official welcome, which began with the firing of salutes by Fort Wndsworth by Admiral Robley D. Evans and bis staff, nnd snlutes of 21 guns each of the battleship Illinois and the cruisers Olympla. Cincinnati and San Francis co, was continued after the prince boarded the royal yacht Hohomollorn by a series of olllclnl calls from Mayor Low, Admiral Parker and his staff, General llrooke and staff and the Ger man ambassador and staff. Rear Ad miral Robley p. Evans, commander of the special squadron and honorary able to the prince, left the flagship Illinois in the naval tug Nina. With Captnin G. A. Converse, his chief of staff; Flag I. Untenant Frederick Chap In, Ensign Kvans' aide and Captain Von Hehnr Paschwltz. naval attache at the Washington embassy of tho German government In full dress uni form, met the Kronprlnz beyond Fort WadHWorth. Prince Henry, attired In the uniform of nn admiral of thn (rman navy and surrounded by his naval and military staff In brilliant uniforms, stood on the bridge of the liner. As the naval tug got nearer to the side of the steamship Prince Henry and Admiral Evami caught sight of each other and exchanged Informal salute. As the two vessels, with a flotilla of tugs and official craft, moved In past Fort Wailsworth tho II: st of the salute of 21 guns was fired. As the fr:-t gun sounded (he prince advanced to the end qf the bridge of the Kronprlnz Wllhelm nnd stood at attention. An he paused the big American Hag floating over the fort I flcnlfoiis ho touched his rnp In salute, nnd the members of bis suite did like wise. The flag at the Jnekstaff of the Kronprlnz was dipped and tho Ger man naval hand aoco.iipaning the prince played "The Star-Spangled Han nor." When that ceremony was over the Kronprlnz was stopped, ami the Nina hauled around to her port side and Admiral Kvans and his staff boarded her. Admiral Kvans was es corted forward at once he and the prince met. The prince came for ward, and taking the hand of the naval ofllcer, shook It warmly. "I am glad to nee you, sir." said tho admiral. "I-.veiybody In the United States la waiting to welcome you. It is my pleasure, sir, to formally greet you In their behalf." 1 thank you. sir, and through yon the people of your coun try," responded the prince. "I am very glad to be here. Tho Kmperor directed me to convey his compliments to you. admiral, and I do so with very Rreat pleasure." Prince Henry dis embarked at 12: ."i p. m. nnd walking down the decorated gangway from the Kronprlnz Wllhelm onto the elaborate ly decorated pier. lie then passed through on ornamental gangway and arch to the gangplank of the llohen zollern, which had been decorated In the German colors. The prince was met at tho bottom of gangplank by Ad miral von ISaudlssln. commander of the llohenzollers, and his officers. The prince, accompanied by the official committee left New York for Wash ington at midnight Sunday. 8HOT HI3 SWEETHEART DEAD. Then 19-Year-Old Boy Turned Revol ver on Himself. Confined to her bed with a badly Injured ankle, tho result of a fall, Miss Gertrude Gothic, 22 years old, was shot dead Thursday at Philadelphia, by her lover. George Sutton. 19 years old, who. with his mother, had gone to the young woman's homo In West Philadelphia to pay a visit. Still standing beside the bed Sutton sent a bullet into his own breast, but his nttempt to end his own life was de feated by hospital physicians, who say he will recover. Tho young cou ple had been friends for years, but differences In religion, youthfulneKS and parental objections prevented them from becoming married. Sut ton was placed In the hospital under F.urvtlkinre. . - SHORTAGE CAUSES SUICIDE. Nebraska Poctmanter, When Confront ed by Inspector, Shoots Himself, Louis P. Partridge, postmaster at Kenesaw, Neb., committed Buleldu Tuesday by shooting himself. A post office Inspector begun an Investigation of Partrldgo'g books and confronted tho postmaster with what he asserted was a defalcation of $1,500. Part ridge made no explanation or defense, but went directly to his home and shot himself. MR. KNOX WILL NOT RESIGN. Reports to the Contrary Are Contra dicted in the Capital. Reports having been rather widely circulated that Attorney General Knox had decided to resign from the Cabi net, it was given out authorltlvelv at Washington Thursday that there is absolutely no basis of fact for these reports. PRESIDENT PICKED HIS MAN. Son of 6enstor Piatt to Be District Judge of Connecticut The President Tuesday decided to appoint James P. Piatt, son of Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, to be Unltod States Judge for the district of Con necticut, in place of William K. Town send, promoted to Circuit Judge. At torney General Knox investigated the fltnesB of Mr. Piatt. It was satis factory and the President decided to appoint mm at once. TRADE INVASION OF EUROPE. United State Continues to Conquer Foreign Markets with Products of Ingenious Manufacture. The Review of the Foreign Com merce or thn United Siares in 1P1 says thnt tho report of our diplomatic and consular officers record continued grow'h In the sales of many lines of Aniprlcan mnnufartme.i In foreign markets nnd the Incrense of the gen eral concern throughout Europe as to tho possible results of our Industrial competition. Although the figures nhow a considerable lulling off In the total value of manufactured goods sent abroad, there seems to ho a steady and uninterrupted spread In the popularity of American novelties all over Kuropp, not only labor-saving Implements ami machinery which are strunge to most. Europeans, but a great variety nf articles of merchan dise, all of which pos.iosa distinguish ed points of excellence and relative cheapness. We are supplying Eu ropean nnt Ions with goods which have for years been distinctive of tho coun tries themselves, and which we used to Import from them.. We export Bilk to Franco, tin plate to Wales, cottons to England, and our California fruit Is making headway In Spain. The falling off In American exports is at tributed to business depression In Ku rnpe, affecting the purchasing power. During the calendar year there was a falling off of $2.ri!.",l!)4, compnred with the previous year, manufactures railing oft $til.22.ni2. but. being off set by a gnln In agricultural exports of $35.51,077. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Sophia Heach. the nineteenth victim or the New York fire, died In Dollevue Hospital Sunday. Charles C. York, of Wnterbmy, Conn., Is dead us the result of nn en counter with a crazed boar. The Attorney General Is preparing nn appeal In the Doming case, which Involves tho liberty of Captain J. C. Read. Wllllnm Kmerson Richmond, famil iarly known as "Hilly" Kmerson, the famous minstrel died Saturday at Hus ton, .Mass. The Maryland House of Delegates defeated by a tie vote the bill to pre vent, t runts from transuding business In that State. Delegates to the I'room Manufactur ers' Association at Chicago Wednes day raised the price of nil brooms 25 cents n dozen. Commander von Helstorff will travel In the United Stntes with Prince Hen ry's party, but be is not officially a member of It. Robert M. Snyder, of Kansas City, charged at St. Louis. Mo., with brib ery In Central Traction cases gave So.ooil ball Tuesday. During n service In Canterbury Cathedral, London Knglund, Sunday, Dean Farrar fell from a stall and sus tained a bad scalp wound. The President Wednesday sent the Senate the nominations of Captains Philip 11. Cooper and George H. Wad high, to be Rear Admirals. An enormous gns gusher, spouting nf the rate of approximately lri.iioo.oiio cubic feet of gas per 21 hours, has been struck on Splndletop, Tex. It la estimated that the Inmates of the sanitarium at ltnttle Creek, Mich., which was burned Tuesday, lost $oiio, ooo In Jewelry and other effects. Owing to the severe storm Friday Philadelphia. Pa., wus cut oil from telegraph and telephne cinniunlcatlon with tho outer world for 21 hours. Chief Postofllce Inspector Cochran at Washington was notified Wednes day that Hamilton Schuyler, postmast er at Hellevne, O., has absconded. The police department has taken ex traordinary measures to Insuro the safety of Prince Henry and staff on the occasion of his visit to the capital. The executive committee of the Hoard of Trustees of Northwestern University nt. Chicago, accepted the resignation of Prof. Charles W. Pear son. The Navy Department received a cablegram Tuesday from Rear Admir al Iligglnson. announcing tho arrival of the North Atlantic squadron the "Kearsnrge, Alabama, Massachusetts and Potomac at Cicnfucgos, Cuba. Reports show that our trade with Japan Is growing ut n moro rapid rate than that of any other country. The French government signed nn j arrangement Wednesday lor resump tion of diplomatic relations with Vene zuela, which Includes a commercial treaty. The repair shop, the machine shop and other buildings of tho Filth ove nue brunch of the P.rooklyn Klovated Railroad wore destroyed by lire; loss $2110,0110. Tho Inmates of tiio Isolation hospi tal at Philadelphia, are Importuning tho health authorities to take from tho Institution what they regard as a thirteen hoodoo. McKinley Memorial Association re ceived notification from Paris, Franco, Tuesday, that American residents in Paris will contribute 100,000 francs to the Canton fund. The United States Court of Appeals at St. Louis has decided that a mort gage Issued In one State is binding in any other Stnto or Territory and docs not have to be rcfllcd. Attorney W. A. Lewis was sen tenced to serve eight years and six months In tho penitentiary at Walla Walla, Wash., for stealing $223 be longing to ono of his clients. Threo children of John Thompson, of Owlngsville, Ky wore Instantly killed and another and the mother were fatally Injured by the explosion of a keg of blasting powder. The Missouri Supremo Court has ro fused tho writ of mandamus against tho State Hoard of Equalization, asked for by tho St. Louis School Hoard, to compel the taxation of public franchises at their total value. Fire Sunday at Portland, Ore., de stroyed every building except two In the block bounded by Front, Main and Madison streets, and the Willamette river. m ii in mm mm. PRESIDENT'S DECISION. Neither of the Admirals In Command at Santiago It Was a Cap tain's Battle, Yrcsldent Hoosevrlt mndn public Wednesday his decision In the Schley case. it takcB Issue with the opin ion expressed by Admiral Dewey that Hear Admiral Schley Is entitled to the credit of the victory of Santiago. The President hold: that, so far as the battle of Santiago Is concerned, neither Rear Admiral Sampson nor Rear Admiral Schley actually exer cised any ' commnnd. Technically. Sampson commanded the fleet and Schley tho western division. It was. however, a captain's fight. Admiral Hehely. the President snys. Is rightly en'ltled as In Captain Cook to the credit of what tho llrooklyn did In tho fight. On the whole, he says, she did wpII; but the loop seriously mar red the Hrnoklyn's othorwlso excel lent record, being. In fact, the one grave mistake madp by any Ampiican ship that day. The President as serts that the court did substantial Justice, but ho again differs with Ad miral Dewey on the effectiveness of the blockade at Santiago. Dewey said the blockade was effective; tho President says It was not. Hp ap proved generally of the findings of the court. The points made by Presi dent Roosevelt are: The unanimous decision of the court of Inquiry, crit icising Schley, Is Indorsed. The mi nority findings of Admiral Dewey In Schley's favor are disagreed to. Most of the acts for which the court cen sured Schley were condoned by Ad miral Sampson himself. Neither Schley nor Sampson exercised com mand nt the battle of Santiago. It wa.i a captain's battle. During tho battle both cnnimnnders are entitled to credit for what was done by their respective ships. The llrooklyn's "loop" was the only serious nilstnke committed by the American fleet dur ing the battle. All other maneuvers of the llrooklyn during the light merit prai;te. President McKinley and tho court of claims did substantial Justice to both admirals. The result of the Inquiry calls for no action, and the controversy should bo closed. TEACHERS FOR THE FILIPIN03. Two Hundred of Thorn Leave on tho Transport McClollan. The United States army transport McClollan left New York Sunday on her voyage' to Manila by way of Gib raltar and the Suez Cnnnl. On board the McClellnn are 2oo school teachers, most of whom come from the Middle States, nnd the South and West. Tho vessel also carries a quantity of sup plies to the quartermaster's depart ment at Manila. It is expected that the McClellnn. If oho shall meet with favorable weather on the voyage, will reach the Philippines sometime during the second week III April. MENACE EIGHTEEN OTHER3. Alleged Bribe Takers in St. Louis Make Threats. J. K. Murrell, former member of the house of delegntes, which parsed tho suburban franchise bill for $7o.ooo. It Is alleged, nnd who also is under in dictment for alleged bribery, and ex Councilman Charles KraU, who also Is under Indictment for alleged brib ery In connection with the same fran chise bill nt St. Louis, Mo threaten if they nre forced to trial to give evi dence that will Implicate eighteen persons. OBJECT TO THE TAX. Colorado Miners Threaten to Shut Down if Assessment is Increased. Tho proposed action of tho Legis lature taxing mines ut their cash val uation Instead of upon their annual output threatens to create a panic In Colorado. Lending mine owners say they will close down their proportion rather than submit to a nicasuro that will Incrense their taxable valiiution over 7o r cent. The bill M backed by the tanning element. The mines now nre taxed on a lnihls of one-third or leas of their nnnmil net earnings. Tho miners' association has taken steps to resist tho demand, and It their threat is carried Into execution 20,000 miners employed by tho associa tion will be made Idle, Water Company Bankrupt. Timothy E. Ryan, of Milwaukee, was appointed receiver of tho Watt Ucku Water Company by .luilgo W. II. Seamnn, of tho United States Dis trict Court. Creditors or tho com pany ai.ked tho court for its adjudi cation as on Involuntary bankrupt. Southern Train Held Up. A Virginia and Southwestern pas senger train was hold-up by unknown persons. Saturday, between Rig Stono Gap and Interment, Va.. tin miles northwest oof Bristol, Tenn. Tho men took $7U from a box In tho baggago car and ecsaped. New Disturbances at Shamaka. Cabling from St. Petersburg to Lon don a correspondent says tho seismic disturbances at Shamaka, Russia, have recommenced and that a fresh volcano began to erupt vigorously Wednesday. Cleveland Too III to Attend. F.x-PreBideiit Grover Cleveland has declined the Invitation of President Roosevelt to attend the banquet at tho White House In honor of Prince Honry, assigning as a reason Ill-health, Recommends Noyea Removal. Attorney Gonoral Knox has sub mitted to tho President his report and recommendations in the case of Judge Noyes, of the Federal Court of Alaska. DISTRIBUTION IMPEDED. Bank Clearings and Railway Earn. Ings Make a Fnvorablo Showing Advance In Pig Iron. R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review ol Trndo snys: Along the Atlantic coar.l business was temporarily checked by tho storm, and nonio Interior points also suffered from unfavorablo weath er, but consumptive: demands give nn evidence of abatement. Prices of per Ishnblo goods advanced slmrply; thn whole range of staple eomniodltien tended upward. Jobbing trndo In sining lines of wearing apparel Is of ample proportions and all heavy hard ware and products or Iron feel the pressure In that Industry. Piospeets are most eneournplng as to the Inbor iiituntlon. Hallway earnings thus far reported for February show n decrease of but 3.5 per cent from last year's figures, which Is fully explained by weather conditions, while compared with l!oo there Is an Incrense of 9.S per cent. Hunk exchange! for tho week at leading cities outside of New York show a gain or 15.5 per cent over last yent's, while the loss nt New York Is but 5.! per cent from the to tal In l!Mil, which Is m ire than ac counted lor by a decreased activity in the stock mnrket. More imports are rrported, but foreign markets are alno ndvaming now that there Is lesa prospect of American competition be cause of the unprecedented homo de mand. Railway supplies and struc tural material are still the most eagerly sought of finished steel prod ucts. Record-breaking building per mltn Indicate the business thnt will bo done by structural millu. Tho pres ence of numerous buyers In tho Bos ton footwear mnrket has not yet pro duced the desired volume of bii iiiess. Tho hide mn-liet Is weak and dull, with the quality of Chicago receipts deteriorating. Follov lug the advance in print cloths to Si ' j cepts there has been an equivalent gain In many di visions of the cotton gn'ids market. Exporters ni bidding for china, al though hoblcrs now i close to accept business on the terms they offered enrly In the month. Woolen and worsted fabrics for fall have received less attention, but sales are still fully up to tho Rverniv. Farm staolrs are well malninlne l nt the recent advance In quotations. Stock market quota tions were only of fair size and price changes small until Tliuisday, when n severe break occuri'"d on the an nouncement that the attorney general would proceed against the Northern Securities Company. Much time must now IntiMvene before the legal status Is decided, liabilities of commercial failures thus far reported for Febru ary aggregated iS'. 7M 1, of which S.'!.104.ti27 were In manufacturing, $!'.- 812.1 12 in trading and $!ni.H2 in other commercial lines. Failures for the week number 2M In the I'nlted States, against .".3 last year, and 31 In Canada, against .'10 list year. CABLE FLASHES. The latent news received at St. Petersburg from Yalta Is to the effect thnt Count Tolstoi la ut the point of dentil. An Important battle was fought Thursday between government troops nnd Insurgents at Agua Dolce, Colom bia. There were heavy losues on each side. Andrew A. White, In nn address In Rerlin, Germany, said the conduct of Germany toward the United States during the Spanish-American war "was excellent." The Italian cabinet has resigned, owing to the failure Friday of Slgnor Villa, tho government's candidate for the presidency of the Chamber of Dep uties, to secure his re-election. Tho donations of companies and In dividuals In Germany for working peo ple during the year litui reached 80, 000,000 marks, an increase of 20,000, 000 marks over the year 1000. A dispatch from Constantinople Wcdncsrlny says the reports of tho re leaso of Miss Stone ore absolutely without foundation, although her lib eration Is expected momentarily. Yunn-Shl-Kiil, the Governor of Chi LI, China, has memorized the throno lor a pardon for the reformers who advised the Kmperor to sign tho edict of 1MI8 which caused the coup d'etat. Thn government, of New South Wales Is considering nn offer for tho eslnbl'shnU'iit of great iron and steel wotka on the Paraniettn river for the manufacture of steel rails from New South Wales ore. When the negotiation' for tho Dan ish Wesit IndkM arc officially closed It Is likely that Samuel II. Home, of Wlusted, former coun.-'cl at St. Thorn as, will be the first American Gover nor of the Islands. The Pacific mail steampshlp Peru, from Hong Kong, China, brings news that the work of laying tno cable be tween New Zealand and Doubtless bay. Norfolk Island, will begin In the early part of March. A caucus of the party leaders In the second chamber of the Hessian diet hns requested the Grand Duko of Hease to comniunleato to them his reason for obtaining a divorce from the Grand Duchess. A Belgian official of King Leopold's household announces that while His Majesty has on several occasions ex pressed n desire to visit the United States, he has never reached the point of suggesting any date. Lord Kltehner reported Thursday that a detachment of Scot Greys has been cut up by tho Hoera at Kllpdam. Major C. W. M. Fellden and Captain Ii. Ussher were severely wounded. Two men were killed, six were wounded and 40 captured. Tho Captain General at Parcelona, Spain, has allowed tho rioters three days in which to deliver up all their arms. After the expiration of that tltiH! any person found in possession of arms will be tried by drum head court-martial. Forty farms on Lord DeFreyno's estate ill Roscommon county, Ireland, were sold by tho sheriff Wednesday, the tenant having refused to pay root. COSTLY SODA FOUNTAINS. ftome of (Inn Worth M,n(lO nt 40,000 f itiprnvrlnnnts tti Thm. "The groat majority of the finer soda fountains of today," snld a soda fountain ninniilaetiii'v. "aro built ol Mexican onyx. Nomr run In cost up to $15,000 or $20,000. "A $15,000 Boda foitnlaln would bo made of the finest materlnls and would be of great size, It might have 30 draft tubes and a hundred syrup cam, "Very beautiful onyx fountnlns of the dimensions moro commonly used, suy with 10 syrups and three draught tubes, (911 be bought for from $850 to $1200. In fact, a handsome onyx fountain can bo bought for $li00. "Hut everybody wants an onys fountain. There are yet purchasers who prefer ono of marble. A marble fountain with onyx trimmings could be had at nay $450. An old style marble fountain might bt) ha.l for $10(. "Fifty years ago or thereabouts soda water was drawn from a silver tuiia liHlng out of the ronntcr. Then ranm the first visible soda fountains small marble boxes placed on the counter. From theso developed tho clnborato and often costly fountains of marble that prereded the onyx fountain of tho present. "Ueautlftil nnd ccstly marble as brought from all parts of tho earth to be tised In tho construction of sod.i fountains. But now tho fashion la onyx, with a canopy or superstruc ture of wood. "Along with Its great development In beauty hnn crane R corresponding Improvement In the soda fountains working parts. The contemporaneous fountain Is far moro convenient nnd effhirnt In operation than its old tlmi predecessor. "A3 to tho consumption of soda water, it is far grontcr now than cvei before. Tins in due In very consid erable measure to tho wldeppread In troduction of Ice. ciflnm soda. It would probphly not bo unreasonabli to say thnt whero Ice cream soda la soli at a low price the sale of soda water has been, within 10 years, quad rupled. "At the name time somn shnro of the Increase mud bo attributed to ths far greater variety and attractiveness of the soda water and other beverage now supplied at tho soda water coun ter; to the great Improvement in 'the compounding, made poRslhlo by Im proved fountains, and to tho van Im provement In all tho appliances and utensils used about the fountain. "We export some soda fountains. In fact, wo have been sending come lo Kngland for the past 15 years, nt moro vIthln the past flvo years. Eng land Is great for bottled waters, but not for fountains, but It Is buying more fountains fhan it did. It lias, until recently, been taking fountains of marble; but It Is now beginning to buy onyx fountains. "Wo sell also soda fountains In 'he Knglish colonies, as In Australia, and somo In Germany and In France; with our exports of them, in general, In creasing." Sun. Mlltlnnnlrfm' Konn nnd Their JHIownoc). It is useless to try to conceal from Croesus, Jr., that he will lib rich, and, knowing that, his Impulso toward work Is, unless work is part of his inborn nature, rather a feeble one. The power possessed by all tho young of protect ing their Immature brains by refu&lug' to learn too much Is moro steadily ex erted than usual, and tho you-t Croe sus seldom becomes a scholar, more rarely a thinker, most rarely of all a man In whom the dominant habit is reflection. And then comes, more pressing than all, tho question whether it la better to keep tho lad of such vast expectations short of money, so that ho may value It moro even than other men do, or to accustom him from the first to Us possession, so that it may never bo to him on unexpected luxury. Is thn boy's allowance nt school or college to bo that of other boya of the samo age, or Is it to he more, much more, so that he shall always feel tha. It hi part of hla destiny to bo richer than lis nelshbors? Wo are told hy those who know more of thn subject than we can pretend to do that this question U very earnestly discussed between very rich parents and the tutors they employ, that there are vio lent differences of opinion on the aub Ject, nnd that In practice It lu settled, not by any appeal to principle fil mic, but according to a eort of tradi tion prevailing In eaih house. London Spectator. F:titinu frnUlu Snug. Perhaps tho best-known cradle sons Sn Englisii-tipeaklng countries U Lucy Larcom's "Itock-a-byo, baby, ou tha tree-top," though Eugene Field's child verses and the songs of Robert LooU Stevenson are likely to be as generally adopted by another generation. So far they have been impermanently coupled with tunes that are not suffi ciently Bimple, flowing, or musical, to bo taken up by the people. "Go to Bleep, my baby darling," familiarly known as Knimct's Lullaby, is perhaps . the most commonly sung in America of any late song of similar character. Earnby'a "Now the day Is over,' though generally associated with hymn collections, is, In fact, a lullaby only Becond to the same composer's "Sweet and Low." Sir Arthur S. Sullivan's "O hUBh thee, my babie!" Is another perfect cradle melody. The best muslo of this character lately produced is the "Dream" music In Hutnperdlniii's "Hansel und Grotel," which sooner or later la sure to be detached from tha work: Itself, and absorbed Into me ranks of affectionately held cradle songs. Harper'a Batsar. California has 42 national banks, with $74,72,680.68 In resources.
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