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ODRGREATEXPORTTRilll ? . t r- .1 r- 1 \j I lOtaiS ror me riscai iear we Laigcj l Ever Recorded. U INCREASE IN FARM PRODUCTS The Total For the Paat Tear Reache 1,310,201,913, Largely Exceeding tli Becord-Breaking Figures of 1897?lu port* the Smallest Since 18S5, The; V?I-A n.in. Brtl RTI10 Our Export Record For 1898. I f ? Domestic exports $1,210,291,913 ; Domestic Imports i.'. 616,049,654 Agricultural exports.../* 853,507,942 * Agricultural Imports 314,291,796 j Excess of domestic exports ; over Imports 594,242,259 | Excess of agricultural ex! ports over imports 514,216,146 1 *70.93 per cent of all exports. Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?It is at Bounced, with figures to prove it, that tb year 1898 was the banner year In foreig trade for the United States. The export were the largest ever recorded for on jr?ar, and there was an extraordinary de erease In the imports. A report has jus been finished by Frank H. Hitchcock, Chie of the Section of Foreign Markets of th Agricultural Department. It is shown tha the total value of our foreign domestic ex ports reached the enormous sum of $1,210, 291,313, exceeding the record-breaking fig ores of 1897 by $178,284,310. On the other hand, the Imports durlni 1898 were the smallest since 1885, thai ' value being $616,049,654, a decline of $143, 680,758 from the figures of 1897. Broadly stated, for every dolor's wort! of foreign merchandise brougor into th United States two dollars' worth of ou products found a market abroad. Our do mestic exports, as compared with imports show an excess of $594,242,259, or mon than twice the excess for 1897, the larges previously reported. An interesting fact developed by the re port is the increase in the exports of agri cultural products, that being70.93 per cent of the total, or $858,507,942, a gain of near ly twenty-five per cent, over 1897. Our pur ohases of foreign agricultural products li 1898 amounted to only $314,291,796, as com pared with $400,871,468 in 1897, a decreas of $86,579,672, or about twenty-two pe cent. The value of the American farm produce sent abroad during 1898 was much mori than double that of our agricultural im nnrta tha HifTor?nfn AmOtintlnCT to $544, 216,146. In 1897 tbe excess on the side o the agricultural exports was only $288, 883,725, and in the years immediately pre ceding it was still smaller. i The total value of the breadstuff* sen abroad advanced from $197,857,219 in 189 to $333,897,119 in 1898. In wheat and flou alone tnere was a gain of nearly $100,000, 000. While these enormous gains resultei in part from the higher prices that pre vailed, there was at tbe same time an Jm portant increase in the quantity shipped The total wheat shipments were 148,231,26 bushels, nearly double tbe quantity ex ported in 1897. AveraRing the export pric at 98.3 cents per bushel, the value wa $145,684,659, a gain of $85,764,481 over 189*3 when the averaee Drlce was 75.3 cents pe bushel and the total value $59,920,179. TWO KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION. Twenty-three Injared and Many Build loci Wrecked In Philadelphia. Philadelphia (Special).?By the explo Ion of seventy-five gallons of benzol In th laboratory of Frank H. Fleer <fc Co., manu facturers of chewing gum, on Tuesdav Walter Manwarlng, assistant superintend ent, and Charles McKinley, engineer, wer killed, and Harry Randall, an employe, am Mrs. G.vlsion and her one-year-old chili were seriously injured. Twenty other were hurt by flying debris. The explosio: was terrific and for n time caused the wild * " i- a 1 j-/.j k?imln#.a 4 St escuemeat. uuo uuuuicu uunmu^ . the vicinity, most of them very small dwell logs, were damaged. The laboratory building was a two-storj structure. At the time of the explosion foui ' men were working in the building, prepar ing a mixture for the making of vaniline The doors of the room in which they wer< working were closed, but the fumes fron the benzol in some manner reaehed th< furnace in the next room and the explosioi followed. Walter Manwaring was instantl; killed, and Charles McKinley was so bndl; hurt that he died several hours later in i hospital. Mrs. Givison, with her child on her arm wa3 hurriedly leaviDg her home, which wa directly opposite the laboratory, when he dress caught fire from a Hying ember an she and the child were badly burned. The buiidiugs adjoining each side of th laboratory wero completely demolished WiDdows were broken, fixtures emashei and walls crackcd. Fire broko out in number of the places, but was quickly e2 tinguished. The score of persons injured were ten ants of the many dwellings and were in n way cuuimuieu nnu tuo muuiawi;. were severely cut by the glass, while man were struck by the flying debris. ?The money loss is; estimated to be coe siderably over $100,000. MURDERS HIS WIFE AND CHILD. New Jersey Man Stabs Them to Death an 0Tlion Cots His Throat. Cahdex, N. J. (Special).?Edward Oi wald, an instrument maker, aged twenty Ave years, early Tuesday morning stabbe to death his wife Mary, aged twenty-si yearp, and their six-year-old daughtei Gussle, at their home in Centreville, a su burb of this city. He then cut his ow throat and was taken to the Cooper Hospl tal. He will die. A neighbor heard Mrs. Oswald screai about two o'clock. She was hanging ha! way out of a window wich blood flowin from a wound in her breast, She said he husband had attacked her and her tw children with a bread knLfe, but that oe of the latter had escapeu. The door wn broken open and Mrs. Oswald ran out wit her dead child in her ar;ns and fell dead c the reached the sidewalk. Upon entering the house Orwald wt found under the bed with a wound I his throat. He resisted arrest and wt beaten into submission. It is believed h became suddenly insane during the nigh B* ; Givti 525,000 For Churcli Work. '^j.. . Ralph Voorhees, of'Ciinton, N. J., a nncle of Govornor Foster M. Voorhees, ha given $10,000 to the American Bible Si cietyof New York City, 310,000 more to tl Board ot Forelen Missions of the Reforme Churcb, and $5000 to the Board of Educi tion. Mr. Voorhees is President of ti Hunterdon County Bible Society. Kills Ills ISrother and Himself. Jame3 and Joseph Caldwell, brother who lived on a ranch near WilHnoisport.I D., quarreled n few days ago and Jams shot hi3 brother to death with a rifl?. H then committed suicide by drinking cai bolic acid. Confesses That He Killed His Annt. Henry Brunot and Frederick Sibley, wh with Brunot's raothor, were arrested i Pana, 111., charged with the murder of Ml Jane Brunot, a wealthy maiden woma the sister of Mrs. Brunot's late husban have confessed that they killed Miss Br not. They exonerated Mrs. Brunot, ac ?he has been released from custody. Tl murder occurred on the night of March 3 YouDg Brunot admits that ho killed h aunt, after which Sibley threw the boc into the old well where it was found. Canadian Government Estimates.The Canadian Government estimates f the next year show a decrease of abo' ,$1,500,000. - % J COGHLAn rouses kaisef J Words of the Raleigh's Captain Pro ;t voke a Formal Protest Secretary Hay Says That the Sp?echei Were Not Official, and That the Navy ^ Department is Compotent to Act. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Ger d man Government has entered a formal pro' test against the language used by Captain ? Coghlan of the Raleigh at the Union It League Club dinner in New York City The protest was lodged with Secretary Hay through the German Ambassador, Dr. von Holleben. Secretary Hay replied that the language nnnnnfflii to have been used at a dinner in a club, and so could not be regarded as an official or a public utterance in the sense that would warrant the State Department In acting. However, the Navy Department was fully competent to take such action is the case seemed to require. With this statement the Ambassador was content, {or the time at least, and will doubtless wait a reasonable length of time upon the Navy Department. The German Ambassador appeired at the State Department at noon on Monday lm for the purpose of making further representations to Secretary Hay touching the " jouduct of Captain Coghlan. Tbe utter0 ftuces of Captain Coghlan at the Army and ;e Navy Club, as published In the morning papers, which were a reiteration of his previous speech in so far as it related to the actions of the Germans at Maulla, it were regarded as an additional offense, ij In effort was made to ascertain whether the United States Government inteuded to 6 do anything officially, In view of subset quent developments in the case. - Secretary Hay has not changed his position in any degree. He deprecated the lack of tact and the bad taste shown by * Captain Coghlan, and he did uot hesitate to let that be known to the German Am? bnssador. But he still held that the case r wu3 one that required treatment by methods % of naval discipline only, with which tha State Department could not con1 cern itself. Tbe German Ambassadorcom9 munlcated the Department's view to the r Foreign Office at Berlin. The officials on both sides realize that this episode may > grow into a very great source of disoord, ? unless treated discreetly and coolly. CAPTAIN COGULAN'3 SPEECH. Admiral Dewey'* Plain Talk to Admiral on Dlederlcli at Manila. New York City (Special).?The portion a of Captain Coghlan's specch delivered be. fore the Union League Club In this city, e which has given offense to and caused the r German Government to enter a formal protest with the United States Government is i as follows: > d ''Our friend, Admiral von DIederich's of* . fleer, came down one day to make a com. plaint. It was ray pleasure to step out on ,[ the quarter deck just as ho came aboard. . It was partly by accident and partly by de. sign. I heard him tell the Admiral about his complaint, and I heard the Admiral ret ply: 'Tell yout Admiral those ships of his 7 must stop when I say so. I wish to make r the blockade of this harbor complete.' "The Germau officer replied, 'But we fly i the flag.' The reply of the Admiral was . just like Dewey. He said: 'Those flags . can be bought at half i dollar a yard anywhere. Tell your Admiral that the slighti est Infraction of any rule will mean but one . thing. That will be war. It will besoac 9 cepted and resented immediately. xr your s people are ready for war with the United f States, they can have it at any time.' j "I'm free to admit that that almost took my breath away. It came so suddenly. We had expected it all along, but things you hare been expecting always come unexpectedly. Even death comes that way sometimes. i- "As he left with a face about this long'1 ?indicating by holding his hands tar apart ?"the German said to me, 'I think your '* Admiral does not exactly understand.! 0 " 'Not only does he underssand,' I told hitn, 'but he means what he says, and you'd better look out.' ' " A ftf?r that thev didn't breathe more than " four times successively withour asking perf mission." J d LOSS OF THE CENERAL WHITNEY. 3 Fifteen Survivors Reach St. Aucustin< 1* iu au Open Boat. ? St. AcorsTiNE, Fla. (Special). ? The steamer General Whitney, Captain Haw ' thorne, sunk fifty miles east of Cape Cana[ veral. One boatload of sixteen men, attempting to land at the Mosquito Lagoon j House of Refuge, was upset and twelve x men, including the captain, were drowned, 3 Considerable excitement was created here a early Sunday afternoon by a small boat out y at sea, giving signals ot distress. Captain y Allen Immediately went to its assistence ic a the yacht Baldwin. Upon neuring the boal he found It to.be the missing lifeboat of the )( steamer General Whitney, which foundered a north of Cape Canaveral. r The story of the disaster was told bj d Mate Mattson and his men. One of the bulkheuds sprung a leak from the heavj e seas which were prevailing during the I. early part of Friday night. All "hands j were ordered to the pumps and worked a hard, but the holds soon began to All ir > spite of their efforts. The officers and men, realizing that the steamer was settling tnat nnfJ atiM frt fn?n tnnlc trt the twc o lifeboats. e Captain J. W. Hawthorne and fifteen mei v went In the first boat and were never ?-.gali seen by the remaining men. Shortly alter t. ward, Mate Mattson and the remainder o the crew, fo jrteen men, took to the seconc boat. They had a compass and began t( row for shore. A strong wind whs prevail ing, creating a heavy sea, and the men a) the oars could make no headway. " The men when they were landod wer< drenched to the skin and almost famished but warm food soon revived their spirits and they cheerfully narrated their experi r* eace. d j NINE SKELETONS IN A BOAT. r> Fate of a San Francisco Man and His Cowj" pMitons Who Disappeared. [- San Fbancisco (Special).?The first new: has just been received of the fate of L. W ? Maslin, of San Francisco, who left E g Trlumpbo in a boat on December 3, 189S ?r with eight companions, and of whom n< o trace could be found. The b6at was dls ia covered two weeks ago on the beach a few is li'les from Corrlnto with nine skeletons b stretched on the bottom. There remained is only bones, clothing and some Jewelry thai Wad belonged to Maslln. Vultures hat is stripped the skeletons. It Is believed tha in the men were blown out to sea, and having is no food or water aboard, perished, ani i0 that the boat was Anally washed upon th< t beach. Canadian* to Bull<| a Luke Fleet. D Application has been made to the Can l3 adlan Parliament for the Incorporation o 3- the Canadian Inland Transportation Com te pany. A number of Canadian capitalist !d propose to place on the upper lakes a flee a- of steel steamshlos to compete with Amer te ican curriers. Ten vessels wiil bo con structed, and two of these are already lal< down. Their capacity will be 78,000 bush els each. The compauy will also construc 9 its own elevators and terminal-". Larg ' return cargoes of freight for inland point ' caD be had from Montreal. The coinpan 13 also Intends to so largely Into the buslnes 0 of carrying ore from the head of Lukf r" Superior. '1 he capital stock is $4,000,000 C/cllne Note*, o. The National Wheelman's organizatioi aj of Germany has a membership of 43,000. ss Bicycles anil rubber-tired vehicles hav D" found their way to Honclalu, Hawaii, am d' are In popular favor. u' Wheelmen who are thinking of usinj id acetylene will be interested to know tha ie an ounce of carbide gives about an nour' 0. light. is One of the longest cycle paths In th ly world will soon connect Baltimore wit Washington, provided well-laid plans U not fall. A South Australian authority states tha ox the use of blcyoles by the South Australia) police force saves the police departmen ulJ "?? ?? ' HOME MLE FOB Mil The People, Not the Aristocracy, Now ^ .1 r- i i i .1 _ Uovern tne tmeraia isie. i WORKINGMEN ELECTED TO OFFICE John E. Redmond Wins a Great Victory For the Irish People ? Transfer of l Power From the Grand Juries to the District and County ; Councils?One Woman Elected In Limerick. Dublix (By Cable).?Home Rale began on Wednesday In Ireland. Not the Home 1 Rule that Gladstone so gallantly fought for in the House of Commons in | 1885, but the nearest approach to It that has ever been seen In the history of the Emerald Isle. In a word, the County and District Councils eleoted by the votes of ?A*?!nfrtvr?hora a a. lue youyio?urn iuo oiuiuvi?vj?? gamed their offices. The Grand Juries?bodies nominatod exclusively by the landlords which formerly governed the counties of Ireland?are institutions of the past. The counties are to be governed from now on by officers elected by the people and taken from the rank and tile. ' JOHN' E. REDMOND. (The Champion of Ireland's Rights.) The nrlstocracy have had to step down and out of the county governing business. The elections that have plucedthe people in command have wrought strange changes in all parts of- the Green Isle. Lnborers on the estates of the landlords are in many cases their official superiors to-day. Members of old titled families had to witness the election to office of men, and women, too?for they also had the privilege of the ballot?whom these titled ones had heretofore ruled with a rod of iron. 8tranger still?this upheaval, this victory of the masses over the classes?was due almost eatirely to Arthur J. Balfour, the Chief Secretary, who had to that moment, been regarded as a coercionlst. But the measure he Introduced in the House of Pnmmftna to rnnlafla the Government bv Grand Juries by one of County District Counolls, proved that be bad been making a close study of conditions In Ireland. He made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the measure, and representatives from all sections of Ireland bowed in acquiescence. The bill passed, and the first step toward Home Rule for Ireland had been tatien. It 1 was the first move toward the abolition of landlord ascendencv. As a sample of the sweeping victories everywhere of the labor party, William 8hSw, one of the wealthiest millers in Ireland, was defeated for Alderman by a draymen in his own employ whose weekly wage was 84.50. Maurioe Ltonard, agent of the Earl of Kenmore, a landlord and formerly I a dictator of the town, was obliged to yfeid 1 the first place on tfhe'ticket to one of his dny laborers, enrnlng $2.25 a week, i Several women were elected to office in Limerick, including Miss Charlotte Car* rington, daughter of a laborer. What Ireland Gain*. , Nationalists elected 544 officials as against 110 elected by the Unionists. County Councils control rent collecting i and expenditures. . . There are now six county boroughs, Ave municipal porougutt uuu aiAi^-iuico umuu districts. Property qualifications abolished and i poor have votes equal to the landlords. A i bricklayer, if elected, can now sit as Lord Mayor of Dublin. ) Chairman of County Councils are ex-of: flcio magistrates. ! ARMY BEEF INQUIRY. i Government Held Besponslble For Lobs I of 300,000 Ponnda. , Washikotos, D. C. (Special).?The board i convened by a special order to examine ' into and report upon the responsibility for ' the loss ol 300.000 pounds of refrigerated I beef sent to Porto Rico last summer has , submitted its report and findings. The beef was shipped on the transport Mani; toba, from Swift & Co., of Ohicago and J Kansas City. The board finds: "That the beef was good and fit for , issup upon its arrival at the port of Ponce August 10,1898, and was reported to the proper military authorities. That notl withstanding the time and labor involved I in unloading troops and animals from the 5 Manitoba and in cleaning the ship, up to and inoludigg August 16, 189S, due and t proper effort was not made to issue thi3 hnnf to thn nr>(?as<iible trooDS between that j date and August 25, 1898, the date of the departure of the Manitoba from Mayaguez. , "That this lack of effort was in the nature of tfn acquiescence in the arrangement already locally sanctioned for the purchase of native beef, but lay primarily In the lack of controlling authority and a responsible head of the Subslstance Department Jn Ponce. That the meat had not been subjected to any chemical pjo' cess whatever for Its preservation. That the loss of this beef was due to several j causes: Possible deterioration while the* refrigerating plant was interrupted > or disturbed, August 10 to August 14; : exposure to high temperature from the time of loading on the transport to the date r of issue at Mayaguez and after; improper ) handling and faulty protection after Issue; I dellclent transport to troops; prejudice t against its appearance under unfamiliar 1 conditions, and delay. That Swift & Co. t be reimbursed for the beef." Sacretary : Alaer has approved the llndlngs of the i Board and dlrectedfthat payment be made e to Swift & Co., In accordance with the report. Boy of Thirteen Gets Six Year* In Jail. . . Fred Limp, thirteen yeare old, was sentenced to prison for six years a few days 9 ago, by a jury in the Pike County Circuit, t Indiana. Limp was found guilty of manslaughter, having killed bis schoolmate, Dee Puterson, by cutting his throat with a i pocket knife while engaged In a light over the disputed ownership of a top. t e Anglo-American Concession In China, y , Valuable mining rights have been grant, s ed by tho Empress-Dowager to British and > Americans In Chlua. Odds and Ends of News. a A catalogue of the Vatican library in eleven volumes has been presented by the - Pope to the Geitnanlc Museum in Nurem d The Salvation Army has just dedicated a , worklngmon'9 hotel in Boston. The instit tution has accommodations for throe hun3 dredmen. Public opinion in Hnvana, Cuba, does e not sustain the obstruction Dy the Spanis h ti element of the proposed legal reforms on c the island. The French Ambassador at Tangier ha9 t succeeded, in view of the danger of import0 ing the plague, in enforcing an edict that t no ship with pilgrims from Mecca shall en* torn Moroccan port. 1 THE NEWS EPITOMIZED/' . ^ i Washington It?mi. The President has commuted thesentence of Robert W. Eaton, convicted in 1897 of violating the National banking laws by < fnlca Mlnrno in fh? Pnmntroller of the Currency, to two and a half years actual imprisonment. Eaton wa.s cashier of a bapk at Fayettevilie, N. Y., and Tras sen? tenoed for a term of &ve years. Secretary Alger has left here for a visit to Michigan. He will attend the meetiDg of the-Loyal Legion at Detroit^ and will address the Legislature at Lansing. The Secretary of the Treasury has drawn i his warrant for 4164,983 in favor of the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania in settlement of the claim of that State for expenses in raising troops for the war with Spain. The warrant was mailed to the Governor at Harrisbnrg. Lieutenant E. W. Perkins, Eighth Infantry, was found guiltj and sentenced to be dismissed by. a court-martial held in Hav- i ana. The President modified the sentence to forfeiture of one-third of his monthly , pay for twelve months. Tbe Navy Department has authorized ' the first payment to be made on account of < tne Dattiescip niame, now uuuuiuk ?i Cramps' yard, the amount being $96,166. Lieutenant Joseph 8. Herron, First Cavalry, now at Fort Niobrara, Neb., has been detailed for duty with the Cook's Inlet i (Alaska) exploring expedition, under command of Captain E. F. Glenn, Twenty-ttfth ( Infantry. Major John F. Clem, now In this city, has ( been assigned as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Porto Rico, relieving Major J. W. Pullman, Quartermaster. j Major Francis 8. Dodge, of the Pay Department, recently relieved from duty at | Denver, Col., has been selected by the War Department to disburse the $3,000,000 al- | lotted by the Government for the payment of the troops of the Cubah Army, as a con- i dltion of its disbandment. A cablegram received from Vera Cruz, Cuba,by tne Surgeon-General of the Mnrine i Hospital Service states that eight cases of yellow fever have developed there. The Postofflco Department is preparing to send a supply of stamps to the Director I of Pftsts for tuo Philippines, at Manila, for use in the islands, ana to replace the Spanish stamps. The stamps will be similar to 1 those used in this country, but will have 1 the word "Philippines" printed across the face. The following quantities will be forwarded: Two million ones, 4,000,000 twos, J 500,000 threes, 500,000 fives and 500,000 tens. The revenue cutters Morrill and Fessen- ( den have been ordered to participate in the ( cnrnlval at Milwaukee in June next. 1 The Secretary of the Treasury has dlrec- l ted customs officers to Impose a countervailing duty on sugars imported f wt "3elElum as follows: On'raw sugar per 100 kilograms; on refined suprar, *.b*. ^r 100 kilograms. This action is taken on account of bounties paldbytheBelglum Government on sugar exports. General A. W. Greely, Chief of the Signal Service of tha Army, went to New York to superintend the stowing away of the 250 miles of cable to be carried to Manila by the cable ship Hooker. The cable is intended to connect the important Islands of the Philippine group, aud to preserve it until Manila is reached it has to be carefully stowed away in tanks and kept under water the entlro length of the journey. Domestic. Policeman Jeremiah Dunham was killed a few days as;o by a fast passenger train at Rahway, N. J. He was on duty at the station, and had started to cross the tracks when the express bore down toward him, and before he could get out of the way was struck. The body went under the wheels and was cut to pieces. Dunham was fiftyfour years old and a veteran of the Civil War. nnlnnnl Frad D. Grant and his wlfo ar- L1 rived la New York City a few days ago from Porto Rico on the transport MoPherson. General Grant will leave In a few days for Manila. 1 Constantino N. Eauffmann, who came ! from England four years ago, was held for the Federal Grand Jury In New York City on a counterfeiting charge. He bad setup a plant for making English shillings. |The British Government has decided ia , contribute an-annual subsidy for the construction of a Pacific cable from British ; Columbia to Australia. ( It is reported in Shanghai, China, that ! Aguinaldo's agents in Japan have issued I a strong appeal for Japanese aid and sympathy, and are urging Japan to a ! friendly intervention with the United I States. I Three non-commissioned officers, an offi- 1 cerand four privates have been killed by a 1 gas explosion which occurred in one of 1 the barracks at Odessa, Germany. In addition, six men were injured. The civic elections took place a few da ys ago at Halifax, N. S. Mayor A lexander Stephens, candidate for a third term, was ] defeated by 800 majority. The n ew Mayor, James T. Hamilton, was defeated two v?nra ?i?n hp Ht-nnhang bv 353 maiorltv. Emperor Nicholas will bestow a dowry < of 3500,000 upon Duchess Augmta Char- J lotto Jutta, of Mecklenburg-Strelltz, on the , occasion of her marriage to Prince Danllo | Alexander, Crown Prince of Montenegro. | In order to develop the agricultural re- I sources of the Empire, the Sultan of Turkey i has consulted with the United States Minis- 1 ter, O. S. Straus, at Constantinople, In re- ] gard to securing the services of two Amerl- I can agricultural experts, who will be at- | tached to the Ministry of Mines, Agrlcul- I ture and Forests. 3 Colonol M. Lewis Clark, of Louisville, ' the well-known racing judge, committed suicide a few days ago at Memphis, Tenn., ' In his room at tho Gaston Hotel. Colonel J Clark bad been indisposed for several days ' and was suffering from melancholia. About i 9 o'clock a shot was heard from Colonel ; Clark's room, which was forced open, and ' tho turfman was found dying on hla bed. Captain John Dillon, of the Government transport Morgan uuy, nas Deen iouua | guilty at San Francisco, Cal., of cruelly beating a sailor on the high seas and fined 8350. Dillon almost killed a drunken sailor who struck him. ! The Sherbourne School, a boarding in- | solution for boys, located in the suburban town of San Rafael, Ool., was burned a few J days ago. * There were many daring tee- 1 cues. Charles Armstrong, the six-yenr-old j son of an army offioer now In Manila, [ rushed into the burning building and was ; lost. The lire originated in tbe furnace room, and is attributed to tlie carelessness of a servant. f Henry Mashero, former President of the Traders' Bank nnd the Mutual National ! Bank of New Orleans, La., both defunct, ' has gone into bankruptcy. Liabilities, , $101,834; asaets, $11,653. Lewis Honevman, a well-known farmer, | who resided at Mount Washington, in the town of Bath, N. Y., went to the barn a few | days ago to do his chores and about an j hour later was found dead by his wife, i Heart disease caused his death. He was \ Iorty years of age. I The five-story warehouse of the Kingman Implement Company.at Omaha, Neb., has been destroyed by fire. The loss Is $170,000; Insurance, $120,000. i A rich strike of gold ore Is reported from t Hamilton County, 150 miles southwest of j Dallas, Texas. A rush of excited fortune , hunters is in progress. Prices of land have 1 jumped up to fabulous figures. Governor Tyler, of Virginia, at the request of the State Board of Health and i local authorities in eastern Virginia, has nsked Surgeon-General Wyman at Washington, to designate a surgeon to go to ' Virginia and help fight the smallpox. There j are many cas es, but of a very mild form with fow deaths. 1 All the newspapers of San Francisco, Cftl., have refused to obey the new law, which requires that signatures of the writers be attached to all articles contain' 1 Iti -I .in / %? Ttflllph I iux uniiuisius ui imiu6 uicu v/i ? bring them Into discredit or shame. A boiler explosion occurred a few days j ago at a distillery occupied by B. F. Renfrow, near Woodland, N. C. Thomas < Jones, the United States Guager, and J Charles Obdam were killed. < l I Foreign. The Senatorial elections for the new Cortes were held in Spain, and passed off tranquilly throughout the country. They , resulted in glring the Government a larger [majority in the Senate than It had secured In Cha'mfcer ol DeputlM- - - BOID COUHTERFfilT PLOT. Eierht Men Captured For Making Bosus Silver Certificates. THE ARREST OF U, S, OFFICIALS. Former District Attorney Inrham and Deputy Revenue Collector Downey Charged With Aiding the Bad Bill Maker*?Wholesale Counterfeiting of Revenue Stamps?Scope of the Flot. T)?fr irvwrrnTfi Dann AQnanlaU ?Thfl laiUAi/iiuraia) A VUU? round-up of alleged counterfeiters of Treasury notes and revenue stamps whloh las been made by John A. Wllkle, chief of ;he Secret Service Bnreau, Id Washington, reveals the most daring and successful attempt at counterfeiting that has ever been irled upon Uncle Sam. The Secret Service uen had been on the track of these men for nearly a year. The climax in the gigantic counterfeit Ing conspiracy was reached on Monday ivhen former United States Dlstr!et-Attorney Ellery P. Ingham, of this city, and Deputy Internal Revenue Collector 8am> ael B. Downey, of Lancaster, vero Arrested by Secret 8ervlce officers on a charge ol aiding the chief counterfeiters In their efforts to flood the country with forged Treasury notes and Internal Revenue to* bacco stamps. The arrest of Ingham created a great sensation. The others under arrest are Henry K. Newitt, former Assistant United 3tates District-Attorney of this city; William M. Jacobs, of LanoaBter; William F. (Tamils nf T.nnnnutAr ThnmA?Rnnq ITon. dig's foreman; Arthur Taylor, expert engraver, of this city; Baldwin 3. Bredel, expert engraver and mechanic, of this city. The former Dlstrict-Attordey, Ellery P. Ingham, was arraigned before Commissioner Edmunds and charged with conspiracy with Harvey Newitt, his law partner, "to promise, offer-and give the sum of 86009 In monthly payments of *500 each,'* to William J. McMcnus, of Philadelphia, a Secret Service officer who was working up the case against the Ave men charged with sounterfefting revenue stamps and $10C silver certificates, Ingham waived a hearIng and was held In $10,000 ball fof a further hearing. Counsel for William M. Jacobs and William L. Eendig, the chief Lancaster members of the gang of counterfeiters has admitted that Jacobs hns made a full confession of their criminal practices, and that It shows a conspiracy of such stupendous mncnftude as to be aDDallincr. Jacobs, who Is now in prison, and Kendig, who is under big ball, have announced their Intention of pleading guilty when placed on trial. Chief Wllkie, of the Secret Service, has told some details of. the case, which show it to be one of the most remarkable in the history of counterfeiting. Mr. Wilkle learned that the plan was to print $10.900,000 In counterfeit morwy and to divide it among the Ave men, Jaoobs, Kendig, Barns, Taylor and Bredell. Jaoobs was the leader of the plot. He proceeded on the theory that every man had his price, and his plan was to buy a receiver in the Bub-Treasury in New York and deposit the counterfeits with him in denominations of $20, $50 and $100, taking In return a certificate of deposit and drawing on those, receiving good money in return. Bredell, who Is a mechanical genius, had charge of the machinery. The counterfeiters had constructed a plant for making paper which could not be detected from that used by tho Government In printing its money. The machinery was > j ?i J DOXea up wuttu uupiuiou, xuo uuuuidp tetters evidently had decided tb wait until everything wa* readybefore putting It together and la working order. So extensive was the plant that in a week's time enough paper to print tte entire $10,000,000 could have been manufactured. The counterfeiters had already completed a $50 plate, known as the Everett plate and had partially completed a plate foi printing $100 notes. These plates and the others captured are now In the po3sessioc of Chief Wilkle. One of the plates was o fac-slraile of the Monroe $100 die used by the Government. It had been used. It eras In throe section*, front, back and seal This plate was a very fine piece of engraving work Jacobs retained it after Secretary Gage had called In the Monroe series, apparently believing that he could print more notes from It without detection after :he counterfeiting scare In regard to Its 136 had blown over. The $50 plate is the lnest piece of counterfeiting that the agents >f the Secret Service have ever seen. Jacobs and Kendlg were running two separate tobacco factories at Lancaster, Penn. They were using counterfeit revenue stamps on their cigar boxes, and It Is sstlmated that they had defrauded the Government out of $140,000 In taxes. The 3ecret Service agents found four worn out revenue stamp plates. Each of these slates ordinarily lasts long enough to make 10,000 impressions, and as each Impression lurnishes ton stamps, the four plates must lave been used In printing 1,600,000 stamps, sachcood for a box of fifty cigars, or a to :al for tha entire issue of 80,000,000 cigars, racobs and Kendig were selling their oigars it $1 less than the regular price. Their jroflt was very great, as they esoaped pay'og the revenue tax on $3.65 a hurdred. The two Lancaster factories are now In the lands of the Government. ?When the forgery of the $100 silver certificates was discovered Secretary Gage zalled in the entire $26,000,000 of these silver certificates outstanding. At last re* ports he had recovered about $20,000,000. Jo there are $6,000,000 still in circulation iround the country somewhere. FARMERS HELP A NEICHBOR. Fifty Men Sow Crop* For an Afflicted Pennsylvania Family. Reading, Penn. (Special).?The Lewis amlly ot Douglassvllle, Berks County, ?enn., is a sadly afflicted one. A short lme ago the head of the family, John l,ewls, died. Then "the grim reaper*' ;ather3d in two sons. At present Mrs. jewls, another son and Jeremiah Groh, or years a member of the Lewis houselold, are sick and helpless. The Lewis people live on a large farm. )oath and sickness liive prevented the dongof very necessary work. A few days igo the farmers In the neighborhood held i conference and concluded something nust be done for the family. Early the lext morning fifty or more men with :eams, plows and harrows, went to the Lewis farm and began the 9prtng work. In one large field fifteen plows were tearng up the ground at one time. In others :he harrows were in operation. The spring leeds are now in the ground, and there will probably be a harvest on the Lewis [arm in spite of the family's troubles. Insane Man SeU Courthouse on Fire. Richard Willis, insane, confined in the Courthouse at Yuba City, Cal., set fire tc the building a few days ago, and was bitn self burned to death. The county jail adjoining, was also completely destroyed, rhere were no prisoners In the jail. Thi loss was about $40,000, insored. BIO,OOO Gift For the Battlealilp Missouri The Legislature of Missouri has en grossed tho bill appropriating $10,000 fot the purchase of a gift to the battleship Missouri, and providing a committee ol live to attend the naming and launching 01 cuosuip. Bishop of Porto Rico. Archbishop Chapelle has received notifluatlon from Cardinal Rampolla that the Rev. James H. Blank, of New Orleans, La. lias been appointed Bishop of Porto Rico. The appointment was made by the Pope at the request of Archbishop Chapelle.' Father Blenk accompanied him during the late trip to Cuba and Porto Rico as Auditor o( the Delegation, and acquainted himself thoroughly with the affairs of the Island. Cuban National Party Active. The Cuban National Party, just formed, makes a demand for the holding of general alectlonn. The party is growing stronger, tnd is forming branches in every village in the Ulaad. - . ? \ GOMEZ FOR FREE CUBA, i Sets at Rest Contrary Rumors in ? Proclamation. The Immigration Laws Adopted in Cuba to Keep Oat Viideairable Labor Glre General Satisfaction. Havana (By Cable).?General Gomes has jssued a proclamation announcing the formation ot a.Junta of Cuban Generals to advise him. He says that he will consult the Junta on all the details regarding the dlsbandment of the Cuban army, and also concerning the question of retaining the arms with which the Cubans fought for liberty as sacred testimonials of the strug* gle for Independence and for the defence of the noble interests which have not been abandoned because the army Is to disband. He adds that these Interests now demand the help of all Cubans, and that they Bhould seek to achieve their highest aspiration, which is the establishment of in Independent democratic republic. The proclamation cause? no surprise among those who know that General Gomez has never made any declaration favorable to a postponement of the formation of a Cuban republic or Indlreotly favoring annexation to the United States. Reports that he had done so were cabled to the United States some time ago, but they were absolute falsehoods. The Instructions received by Governor* General Brooke from Washington to declare applicable to Cuba the immigration laws of the United States are certain to give general satisfaction here. For one thing, tbe new regulations will prevent the ingress of any more Chinese laborers, who, though useful in certain employments, notably truok gardening, are from their habits a constant menace to the public health. (The Sanitary Bureau has been forced to burn out the illthy quarters In whtoh the various Chinese colonies here have been living, there being no other way to purify those centres of contagion. The immigration laws will also keep out of the island all other undesirable people who may become public charges. While the present conditions of agricultural prostration last- there will be little or no room here for additional labor of the unskilled class. WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED. Slepion Accused of Killing Mrs. Jane Tettaton and Her Four Children. Dexter, Mo. (Special).?Mrs. Jane Tettaton, a widow, and four small children were murdered a few day* ago In their home near Maiden, seventeen miles south of here, and to hide the deed the dwelling was set on Are. J. H. Tettaton, her stepson, is under arrest, and the circumstances point to his guilt. Neighbors were attracted to the burning house and found the bodies. Tettaton was found in the yard with thirteen knife wounds on his head and face. The wounds are trilling. Those who discovered him say that he shammed unconsciousness. He has told many conflicting stories, but now adheres to the statement that two unknown men committed the murders and inflicted the wounds on him. He says he went to the home of his stepmother to pay her $350 in settlement of her claim for some hind belonging to the estate. In his pocketbook was found a bloodstained receipt from Mrs. Tettaton for this amount, but dated a month ago. A pistol and knife have been found near the house, or./* thai- lisvo hflun MilAntlflftd as the DrOD erty of Tettaton. A strong guard has oeen placed over Tettaton to protect him from the indignant citizens. -i Wash Tettaton, the husband and father, died a few years ago, leaving a large estate. His son. J. H. Tettaton, was made administrator. The murdered woman was the second wife. Ill feeling developed between her and young Tettaton fa settling the estate, and law suits followed. This is advanced 11s the motive for the crime. The murdered children, two girls and two boys, ranged in age from six to twelve years. CAPTAIN COOK DEFENDS SCHLEY. The Order "Hard Aport" Was Given by Cook and Was Bight. Nobthampton*, Mass. (Special).?Captain Francis A. Cook, of the cruiser Brooklyn, ?I_ ? ?- lantru nf nhannffl YYUU 19 uu nil ivw.v W from bis ship, Is making a brief visit to his father, General B. E. Cook, in this city, bis native plaoe. Replying to an inquiry about tho celebrated "loop" manoeuvre of tbe Brooklyn at the very beginning of tbe Santiago battle, Captain Cook said that It hardly needed explanation. "The discussion of that movement is confined to newspaper columns," said the Captain. "Its correctness has never been questioned by naval officers. It was tbe only thing to do, and was not a mnrvul of seamanship, as some have described it. "The Brooklyn was ru3bing ahead into the fight, the first to start for tho Spanish ships, and when we founcl out wblch way tbey were ^oing I ordered the helin hard aport to turn the vessel qulokly and to get into line with the enemy. For a few minutes we seemed to be going away from the enemy, but to have put the helm starboard would have retarded the progress of the ship. The movement was a great success, and that is tbe only criterion. To say afterward that it might have been done another way is begging tbe question, and there is no means of proving that the ntl.ni. nng nnnlH hnvfl hean J19 SUCCOSSfUj. Admiral Schley dla not give the order 'helm hard aport'untilafter I had given It." KAUT2' NOT KINC. Admiral Writes That He Is Simply Boss of the Ranch at Samoa. Cincinnati, Ohio (8peclal).?Mrs. C. N. Llndley, living at the Hotel Alms, Walnut Hills, received a letter a few days ago from her cousin, Admiral Kautz, at present the central figure In the Samoan trouble. The Admiral writes under date of 3Inrch23, and does not appear to anticipate any serious difficulties in Samoa. He writes m a jocular way about his Icing-muklng, und says: "I am not King here, but just plain boss of the raaob. The German Consul had that position up to my arrival. Since then he has been a very silent partner. I am very muoh afraid he does not like me; in fact, I am not popular here with the Germans, but I am all right with the English and hope to pull through with them. I have no doubt of being sustained by the Government in all I have done." More Fighting at 8amoa. Auckland, N. Z. (By Cable).?Advices just received here from Apia, Samoan Islands, dated April 18, report that severe fighting has taken place between large bodies of friendly natives and the robels. Cnhan Crop Prospects Bright. TLe suznr crop of Cuba for 1899 is ofil clally estimated at 307,903 English tons, against a total for 1S03 of 222,032 tons. The tobacco crop is said to be of good quality and more abundant than for two years past. The planters in the Provlnco of Pinar del Rio are very cheerful a9 to the outlook. T!ie Badger Starts For Samoa. The United States dispatch boat Cadger, with the Samoan Commission on board, lias sailed for Apia. The steamer will stop at Honolulu for coal. Neway Uleunmzi. Tho crew of United States steamship Raloish has presented to Helen Gould a standard, ensign and "jack." Reports from Cayenne, French Guiana, and Surluam, D utch Cuianu, say that n destructive earthquake has visited thoso tuiuuica. The Government saloof raule3 atCbickamauga Park, Gil., has been a remarkable success, more than 300 aultnals having been sold, netting In the neighborhood of $20,000. On the allocation that ho contracted tuberculosis owing to the filthy condition of the jail, Amos Kroetyer has bogun salt for $50,000 against the Commissioners of Woods County, Ohio. HOT BATTLE AT ipiBGIJi. J - ? * mm i/til f ? Mil ''^oSl tight ot uup Men Miiea oy Heoet Fire From the Jungle. ? 1 LAWTON ON A NEW CAMPAIGN. ? i Colonel 8 toti?nberc> of tbo Tint N?braska, imonx the, De?d?Forty Americans Wounded?Filipinos, Concealed In the Broab, Did Not Lose Hearllji bnt Had to Betlre. .'Jj Manila (By Cable).?Ther* was some levere fighting Along the advanced AmerU can lines north ot Malolos Sunday morn-.. !ng, In which oar losses were unusually heavy. It having been reported to General MaoArthur that a body of the rebels was In the neighborhood of Quingua, M'jor Bsll,' irlth a small troop of cavalry, was ordered! to make a reconnolssanoe. He examined the country In the vicinity of Malolos, and went almost to Qalngua before the enemy ft as discovered. ,, The couutry examined by the cavalry was rough and covered with a dense growth of brush, whtuh afforded au Ideal hiding plac* for the Filfplats. Th? Americans were ooi their guard against an ambuscade, keeping a close watch for the rebels, who, there was reason to believe, were hiding soodewher* In the jungle near Qdlngua. I As the troops approached the town a -v-strong force of rebels attacked them. At - V; the first volley from the insurgents, who . % were lntrenohed In the brush, one of th* cavalrymen was wounded, and he would have fallen from bis horse had It not been for two of his comrades, who, riding on one side of him, held him in his saddle and took him to a place of safety. Two others of the troop were wounded soon after, on* . rataily. i The Americans were not confused by th? attack. They dismounted And, deploying as Infantry, poured a telling Ore Into the brush, where It was known that the greater ' part of the attacking force was concealedJ News of the engagement was hurried back to Malolos, and, while the American* held their ground gallantly against a far stronger numerical force, General Hal* hastened forward with reinforcements for the cavalrymen.Two battalions of the First Nebraska1 Begiment and six companies of the Fifty- , .''A first Iowa, with four field guns, were quickly on the scene and vigorously attacked the enemy* Tue Filipinos made a! strong defence, but were ultimately driven from their position. j The following were killed: Colonel John 81. Stotsenbnrg of the First Nebraska regiment; Lieutenant SIsson of the same reglr ment; two privates of the Nebraska regiment; two privates of the Fourth cavalry and about forty wounded. Most of tha ;a wounded belong to the First Nebraska reglmonf Tha Iaoq s\t fha Annmv thnnffh thA7 were forced to abandon tbeir position, wu ' oot heavy. General Lawton has tnkea the Held1 again with a column of troops consisting of the North Dakota regiment, 4wo battalions of the Third Infantry, the Twentysecond Infantry, two guns of Scott's Batterv. three troops of the Fourth Cavalry ana Gale's Squadron, equipped in light marching order. They were supplied with ten days' rations. This new cam- ^ palgn is expected to result in clearing out the jungle in the country north of Manila up to the foothills of the mountains on the northeast, and up to the termination of railroad at Bulacan. MORMON SENATOR A MOTHER. MTra. Br. Cannon Precenta Her HaibtM With a Girl. m 8alt Lake, Utnh (Special).?8tate Senator Mattie Hughes Cannon, who received votes of several of her fellow-leglslaton for the high position of United States Sen* DS. MATTIE HUGHES CANNOX. (State Senator la Utah.) itor, has demonstrated to the anti>polyff< omlota Mftrmnnn <>*n nrnntfflft na)iir< amy and still enjoy tbe rights of citizenship. She has presented her husband. President Angus M. Cannon, with a little daughter. She Is the fourth wife of the great ecsleslastlc, the three former one* being ilire, her husband having six wires in all. KING HUMBERT'S TOAST TO ENGLAND Take* Luncheon on the Majeitlc and Call* England an Ally of Italy. Rome, (By Cable).?King Humbert and Queen Margherlta, after reviewing the British and Italian squadrons In the Bay of Aransl, took luncheon on board the British flagship Majestic. Proposing a toast to the health of Queen Victoria, King Humbert said: "I drink to the health of the much-loved Queen Victoria, to tbe prosperity of tbe English nation, anally of Ituly, and to th? glory of its navy." It is stated that the King significantly emphasized tbe term ally. In the evening their Majesties entertained Admiral Raw-* son, Sir Philip Currie, British Ambassador: Prince Louis of Battenberg and tbe cblei officers of tbe British squudrou on boar'' the Italian warship Savoia. Baronets Do Hlr*ch's Estate. The estate left by the late Birone33 ds 3irsch has been valued at $123,000,000, of which *100,000,000 will be expended la carrying out the various charities founded or fostered bv the Baron and Baroness. The Hirsch Foundation, in N*w York, receives $1,200,000, and the Institute af Montreal one-tenth of that amount. Argantiiia'n Corn Crop. It is estimated that Argentina will hav< 1,500,000 tons (43,000,000 bushels) of maiza available forexport. Argentina's crop of maize (Indian corn) in 1337 was 400,00<" tons, or about 11,500,000 bushels. l'romlnent People. Ex-Snnator M. W. Kunsoin is the largest cotton raiser in North Carolina. Claus Sprecteis is erecting a sanne 01 music in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, which will cost <160,600. The Queen of Roumania, who is now ia Germany, has accepted the role of Floral Queen at the Cologne Floral Tournament In May. D wight L. Moody recently received an Invitation signed by 15,831 Australians, asking him to come to that Island contU nent and preach for them. Senator Butler, of North Carolina, fa about to enter the law school of the North Carolina University. He was graduated from the university la 1834. ; ... . ' ; i i - it