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si 12 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. AMERICA'S EXPORTS AT RECORD FIGURE Three Billion Dollars Represents Year's Commerce of the United States. $600,000,000 INVOLVED IN EXPORTS ALONE Government Report Shows Tre mendous Strides in For eign Trade, special to The Journal. Washington, July 16.Three billion dollars is the enormous sum that repre sents the value of the commerce of the United States during the last fiscal year. It is a sum which staggers imagina tion. It is a striking illustration of the extent of the prosperity the United States enjoys. It means that for every man, woman and child, goods worth $33 were exported or imported. The department of commerce and la bor made public today a statement Jiving the exact value of the trade, shows that during the twelve months ending July 1 the commerce increased $336,000,000 over that of last year. It has almost doubled in value during the last ten years. Leads the World. No country in the world is making such tremendous strides in capturing foreign markets as is the United States. Equally as satisfactory as the growth of our commerce is the fact that ex ports exceed imports by more than 1500,000,000, which represents the sum foreign countries have paid the United States for the privilege of trading with it. It creates a glow of pride in an American's breast to study the de tailed statistics in connection with American trade. There has been an in crease in exports of American farm products and manufactures. The to tal export of manufactures aggregate $600,000,000, which is $57,000,000 more than they were in 1905, $370,000,000 more than ten years ago. Forty years ago the total value of manufactures ex ported was only $31,000,000. Manufactures Benefited. Nearly every branch of manufactur ing business has benefited by foreign Purchases during the last twelve months, here have been increased sales of our manufactures of iron and steel, cotton and leather, cars and carriages, agri cultural implements, mineral oils, furni ture, paper, paraffin, scientific instru ments, manufactures of India rubber and fiber and other less important items. Locomotives, metal-working machinery, builders' hardware, sewing machines, electrical machinery, typewriters, struc tural iron and steel, wrre and agricul tural implements have all advanced in popular estimation in foreign lands, as shown by increased purchases of these articles of American construction. Prior to 1898 imports of manufactures were always greater in value than ex ports of manufactures, but since that year exports of manufactures have ex ceeded similar imports in value except in a single year, 1903. For the last fiscal year the manufactures exported exceeded by about $60,000,000 the value of all manufactures imported, even in cluding those partially manufactured articles brought into this country for use in manufacturing. Breadstuffs in Increase. Exports of domestic products soon will reach the large sum of $1,000,000,- 000 annually if the rate of increase dur ing last year should continue. During the fiscal year of 1904-5 the value of breadstuffs, provisions, cotton and min eral oil exported amounted to $751,459,- 754. For the last twelve months it was $890,578,504a gain of $139,118,- 750. The gain is due principally to increased sales of wheat and flour, corn, oats and barley. There was a gain of only $300,000 in the sales of cattle, hogs and sheep, but an increase of $39,000,000 in provisions, which included animal and dairy prod ucts. Scandals Affect Meat Trade. Evidently the packing-house scandals affected the market for our beef and hog products. In June, 1905. there was exported canned beef valued at $619,- 838. In June of 1906 exports of this amounted to only $291,774. There was a loss of $16,000 in the value of cured beef exported, $220,000 in hams, $130,000 in pork and $41,000 offset, fortunately, by a gain of $167,- 000 in the export of fresh beef and $836,000 in bacon. It was well for the statistics of the year that the beef scandal came at its close, for in the preceding months there were large gains in all animal prod ucts save canned beef, which dropped $145,000 below the value of- the ex ports of 1905, and hams, of which $19,- 384,981 worth was sold in 1906, against $20,943,925 in the preceding year. That our butter is appreciated abroad is shown by the fact that $4,700,000 worth of it was sold abroad in the fis cal year ending July 1, against $1,500,- 000 disposed of in the fiscal year of 1904-5. LOTTERY FOR SHOSHONE LANDS IS DNDER WAY Shoshone, Wis., July 16.Today the registration for lands in the* Shoshone, or Wind River Indian reservation, be gan at Shoshone, Lander, Thermopolis r-nd Worland. Large crowds are arriv ing and officials of the general land of fice estimate that fully 40,000 persons will register for homes. The registra tion began at 9 o'clock today and will close at 6 p.m. on July 31. The draw ing will begin on Aug. 4 and will con tinue until Aug. 15, when the reserva tion will be formally opened. DREADING EXPOSURE DEFAULTER KILLS SELF Paterson, N. J., July 16.To avoid the disgrace of arrest on the charge of .defalcation, Albert O'Brien, tax col lector of the borough of Totowa, shot 'himself last night while officers were ...approaching his house. He died 'in- ~,stantly. He accounts had been in -fivolved for some time, but owing to his sr-44?Per8onal popularity every opportunity was given him to make good the defi- --_-".'- "eiency, believed to be about $4,000. MAYOR OF NEW YORK PATRICK McGOWAN. New York's acting mayor in the ab seence of Mayor George B, McClellan, now in Europe. CLEANLINESS FATAL TO CANAL WORKERS Accustomed to Filth, West Indian Laborers Prove Bad In vestment. Washington. July 16.Perfect sanita tion and cleanliness are proving fatal to the West Indian negroes employed on the Panama canal. Altho Colonel Gor gas and his assistants have banished yellow fever and other tropical fevers, which made the oanal zone one large burying ground for the French canal builders, they have found that sanrfary precautions, taken in quarters 'of th# workmen make the Jamaican negroes especially susceptible to pneumonia and other throat and lung troubles. West Indians are not accustomed to an abundance of fresh air and well-ven tilated cleanly quarters. Living for generations in small huts, where large families crowd into rooms tightly closed against the night air, the negroes from Jamaica and other tropical islands have developed lungs with cramped capacity and especially susceptible to changes of temperature. Shun Wholesome Food. The officers in charge have found that the West Indian laborers cannot be induced to eat sufficient wholesome food to keep them in good health even when supplies are furnished to them at cost price and meals are made attract ive at great expense to the canal com mission, Chief Engineer Stevens, Governor Magoon and other men identified with the work on the isthmus have agreed that lack of lung capacity and insuffi cient nourishment, rather than lazi ness, are responsible for the inability of the West Indians to perform an amount of work equal to that done by white laborers from Spain. The negroes are paid only 80 cents a day, while the white men from Spain and Cuba are paid twice that amount, and many of the bosses on the canal work are of the opinion that the white men really do much more than twice as much as the colored laborers. HONDURAS WILLING! TO END THE WA& ^RICHEST MAN" IN LONDON IS DEAD Alfred Beit, South African Finan cier, Dies After Linger- ing Illness, London, July ,16.Alfred Beit, the well-known South Afrfcan financier, died today. He had been in bad health for some time. Mr. Beit was born in 1853 at Ham burg. He was a life governor of the de* Beers Consolidated mines, a partner in the firm of Wernher, Beit & Co. and a director of the Eand mineSj 'Bhode sia railways, Beehuanaland railway i trust, Consolidated company's Bultfon tein mine, the British Chartered South Africa company. Mr. Beit was re ported to have' been implicated in the Jameson raid. Later a suit was brought against Mr. Beit on the ground of complicity in the raid, and his prose cution was demanded by Dr. Leyd, the representative of the Transvaal in Eu rope, and In 1896 his rescignation from the board of directors of the British Chartered South Africa company was accepted. When Cecil Rhodes died in' 1902 it was found that Mr. Beit had been appointed one of his executors, and Mr. Beit thereupon returned to the board of directors of the British Char tered South Africa company. Mr. Beit is said to have been the richest man in London, and who con trolled the output of gold in South Africa was at one time alleged to be forming a "gold trust," in which.the names of prominent American financiers were mentioned. MURDER COMMITTED I:* OYER SLAMMING DOOR St. Louis, July 16.As a, sequel to a quarrel between two families, over the right of one to slam a door, Charles Hinze today shot and killed Frank Eckert. Hinze declares that he shot in self defense, after Eckert had attacked him. One of the Parties to Central American Struggle Is Beady to Quit. Negotiations with Salvador Still in ProgressGuatemala De feated in Battle. Washington, Julv 16.Honduras is willing to disarm and submit her griev ances to arbitration as soon as Guate mala and Salvador agree to do like wise. A. dispatch announcing Hondu ras' willingness to arbitrage was re ceived today by the state department from Philip K. Brown, the American charge in Honduras and Guatemala. Mr. Merry, the American minister to Salvador, advised the department to day that he was still negotiating with the Salvadorean authorities trying to get them to agree to disarm and meet the Guatemalan envoys in Washington or elsewhere, to arrange for a settle ment of the differences. President Roosevelt's activity in the Central American dispute has been mis understood in some quarters, according to state department officials. It would be highly improper, it is stated, for the .president to offer bis services as an arbitrator, and he has not done so. He has merely suggested to the warring republics that he will exert his good offices to assist them in settling their difficulties. By this offer he has in no sense put himself forward as the proposed arbitrator of the difficulties which are involving Central America but as an advocate6 |ett*sw:A*^^ of internationa, peace he has indicated his disposition to do all in his power to assist Salva dor, Guatemala and Honduras to end a war which is resulting in much blood shed and threatening the national life of several republics. United States as Mediator. Both Guatemala and Salvador, ac cording to one report, have already ac cepted the tender of the good offices of this government, looking to a settle ment of their differences. It is stated that while both Guate mala and Salvador have accepted in principle the proposition of a peace conference, yet have made no move to arbitrate. It is pointed out that, as no territo rial or boundary question is in dispute, the matter of indemnity for invasion of territory will be the main question. The advices reaching the department were forwarded to the president at Oyster,.Bay, by Acting Secretary of State Bacon, wno is in charge during the absence of Secretary Root. Mr. Bacon also made arrangements to leave Washington for Oyster Bay on the mid night train. It is understood he is car rying dispatches and other papers bear ing on*the situation to lay before the president today. Guatemala Loses 2,000. San Salvador, July 16. The Salva dorean army again attacked the Guate malan forces Saturday night at Plat anar and obtained a victory over them, the Guatemalans suffering a loss of 2,000 men in killed, wounded and pris oners. The Guatemalan army, which in vaded by the way of Santa Fe, waB re pulsed by the Honduran army. Honduras is making common cause with Salvador. No Declaration by Honduras. ,New York, July 16.The following dispatch has ^een received by the As sociated Press from President Bon ilia of Honduras: "Honduras has not declared war. Guatemala invaded territory without previous warning. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1906. AIDS JAPANESE TRADE MASATpsm KATO. Vicepresident of the Japan Mail Steamship company* who has just signed a, ten-year contract with'the Great Northern railway, which will greatly benefit commercial relations be tween the United States and Japan. ELKS' DELEGATES SPARED IN WRECK Train Carrying Hundreds to Con vention in Peril of Dash Into Canyon. Trinidad, Col., July I6.7Passenger train No. 7, on tjie Colorado & South ern railway, carrying hundreds of Texas Elks to the convention in Denver, was wrecked near Forbes Junction early to day. .Engineer Martin J. Cullom was killed and Fireman, Charles L. Garrell badly hurt. That the whole train was not carried into the deep arroya, resulting in great loss of life, is probably due to tne fact that it was running slowly on account of recent heavy rains. WRECKS A TRAIN BEARING SCORES Unknown Person Throws Switch One Is Killed and Others W*"' Port Jervis, N. y., July 16.B. Van Inwegan, an engineer on the Erie rail- road," was killed and two other railroad men slightly injured last night when an unknowntrain person threww front of av a switcloadn i from Ne York ed with immigrants and sent it onto a siding. None of the passengers was seriously "injured, tho several were slightly bruised. BUDDHISTS AND OHBISTIANB. Toklo, July 16.A remarkable instance of tha feeling of Buddhists and Shintoists toward Chris tians is furnished by the action of their lead ers, who have decided to contribute voluntarily to the cost of rebuilding the Christian\ church which was destroyed during thAe* disturbance here last September. r* in f 1 ?2 I ST S A W ES ti!ri&^^n^%Sr^S^ 3 KILLED, 20 HURT, BY NIIRO-GLYCERM Mysterious Explosion in Wiscon sin Powder Plant as Men Go to Work, Shock Felt in Ashland, Where Plate Glass Windows Are Shattered. landing In England last week amounted to Miller gave notice Of an appeal to the $6,000,000. I state supreme court. UNCLE SAM, COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Sam cuts a swell figure in the world pf trade. Ashland, Wis., July 16.A powder mill severad miles from this city was blown up at 8 a.m. today three men killed and twenty others injured. 'The dead are: J. L. Pierce, Wilmington, Del., super intendent of the powder mill. ^_ William Wallace, laborer. George Woodisie. The neutralizing plant was totally destroyed. The mill was owned by the Atlantic Dynamite company and there were twenty-five buildings in the group. Tht shock was terific and broke many windows in Ashland. Cause Is a Mystery. The' cause of the explosion is not known. The accident occurred just as the men, twenty-five in number, were entering the building for the day's work. Suprintendent Pierce, Wallace and Woodisie were- first to enter the building. They had only fairly entered when the nitro-glycerine acid let loose, and for fully a minute a black cloud of smoke hid the killed and injured from view. Then one by one the less injured men came out of the pall of smoke and all dashed back in search of their com panions. Fire Is Extinguished, The mutilated body of Superintend ent Pierce lay where he had fallen in side the neutralizing building and close beside him were found Wallace and Woodisie, torn and disfigured. Coming from all directions of the plant, the employees of the twenty-five other buildings crowded to the scene of the.acident and rescued the workmen. Fire had broken out in the debris of the wrecked building," but this was subdued by the workmen. An examination of the other build ings on the premises showed that not one of the twenty-five had escaped some damage. Force Felt in Ashland. The scene of the accident is seven miles from Ashland, and the .force of the explosion was plainly felt here. Large plateglass windows were shat tered on Ashland's main streets. Dish es rattled and lighter dwellings vibrated for fully a minute after the nitro glycerine had exploded. Superintendent J. L. Pierce, whose pf the/Atlanta*,.Dynamite company powder-maker, he having previously been engaged in the same occupation at various points thruout the country. The financial loss will not be heavy approximating $1,500 on building and machinery destroyed. DECIDES MllGGJff iT IN FRENCH LICK CASE Indianapolis, Ind., July 16.A spe cial to the News from Paoli, Ind., ears that Judge Buskirk today, in a de cision, sustained demurrer of Thomas Taggart and other defendants, which means that a receiver will not be appointed for ththe'" fj BHOWBBS TONIGHT A ND TUESDAY, WAKTVCBRjnrEgPAT. home was at Wilmington, Del., and Europe Saturday, paid a visit toAiV,m her whoi came1to ter take charge.! s^^fry^k Thaw in -tar Tombs prk- x xWisconsin TN. i ^T.T^-rfJ v v*. *u French Lic ho this time. Attorney General m, MISS EDNA McCLUBE. Actress and friend of Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, who is expected to be one of the most important witnesses in the trial of Thaw. MOTHER, IN TEARS, SEES TH AI IN CELL Aged Woman Rushes Into Mur derer's Arms and Both Are Overcome. New York, July 16.Mrs. William Tha o Pittsburg who arriveud fro 0 MU WU 9 Her arrival at the prison was preceded by that of Hary Thaw's wife, Evelyn. As Mrs. Thaw reached the cell of her son it waS seen that her daughter-in law has left the consulting room and gone to the cell of her husband. Ignores Son's Wife. When the young wife saw the jnother aproaohing she slowly backed away from the cell to a spot some fifteen feet down the corridor. There was no sign of recognition between the two. On the mother's arrival at the cell, Keeper John Smith saw that she was somewhat feeflble and opened the door of Thaw's cell for the purpose of get ting out the stool from the cell on which she might sit during the inter view with her son. Bushes Into His Embrace. The mother not knowing the rules of the prison upon seeing the door opened rphed forward to her son. In an In stant both her arms were clasped around the neck of her son, while he with bent head clasped his mother to his breast. Tears streamed from the eyes of both mother and son. There ensued a few minutes silence broken only by the mother's cry of "My boy, my boyi" Parted by Barred Doors. Keeper Smith stood with his back turned for a short tune and then in- Continued on 2d Page, 8th Column. PARISIAN ASKS TO BE GOULOIINED Refuses to Appeal for Commuta tion of SentenoeWants to Give People a Show. Paris, Jtfly 16,I want to be guil lotined. They condemned me to death, and they shall execute me. I'll have none of their pardons. There is no rea son for a revision of my sentence. Faris has not seen an execution in ten years, and I'm going to give them the'sight free." This is the astonishing declaration of Pierre Adam, who for three weeks has resisted all persuasions persistently to appeal his conviction for murder, and clamorous to have bis head chopped off. The law prescribes that executions shall be public, but since the guillotine was removed, some years ago, rrom the notorious Place de la Boquette, local officials have successfully resisted at tempts to secure a new site, the officers of .justice not venturing to offend any part of the city by insisting upon its erection. They have consequently per suaded every person condemned, to death to 'appeal for a commutation, which has been forthwith granted. -Adam's refusal may lead to a law abolishing the death penalty altogether. WODLD BURN WHEAT ftf TO EXTERMINATE PEST Journal 8peil Swioe. Tacoma, July 16^The burning^"of the entire wheat crop of the state this year as a means of exterminating the Hessian fly, which has made its appear ance, is recommended by Entomologist Melander of the state agricultural col" lege, who says it would be better to lose one crop than to see the insect gain a foothold in the state and de stroy a large percentage of all suc ceeding crop* HGnflE EDITION r:-- PRICE ONE CENT IN MINNEAPOLIS. WIFE OFsMURDERED OFFICE MAY DIE -A MJSHSAAC'S themk but as as he tedar^.-whe^ he, is'a. prisoner ao* be telephonedsoone th officerwas an plant, is well known as a chemist sa^i tfosed or the murder of Stanford White, were taken into custody. ^J^TZ- rly 8tar Ji HOLDa ON LIFE IS FRAIL Gang Which Killed Isaac at Pres* cott May Have Second Death to Answer For. MORE ARRESTS BRING 1 TOTAL TO TWENTY-TWO Fugitives Hade Submissive by* StarvationChicago Lawyer Arrives to Defend. Special to The Journal. Prescott, Wis., July 16.The Italian, laborers charged with the wanton mux* der of Constable Isaac are likely to! have a second death to answer for. Tail life of Mrs. Isaac is despaired of. Wheni her son Bert broke the news toj her on Friday she fell unconscious an* remained so for several hours. Wbeaff she came to her senses again, she was under the impression that she had suf fered a sunstroke, and Dr. George M*. Dill, who was called, gave instructions that the delusion be maintained until the next day. When the news was again broken, as tenderly as loving friends could do. it, she again fainted and did not regain* consciousness for several hours. Ever! since consciousness has alternated witi' delirium. The funeral of the murdered consta ble was held yesterday afternoon, but. the aged wife was denied the privilege of attending the last rites. Bev. 4. Herzog, pastor of the Congregational church, conducted the services and wall assisted by the Maccabees, who, with the volunteer firemen, attended in body. Mr. Isaac's children and theiS families were present. Twenty-two Arrested. ''!f Twenty-two members of the Dago gang charged with the murder of Isaao are in jaileight in this place and fourteen at Ellsworthleaving but four at liberty. These aro being watched for in the various towns along the river and railroads south of Prescott. Two of the alleged criminals were captured almost without the lifting of a hand. They boldlv entered the sta tion at Bay City and asked the agent for passes for Chicago. He made ft pretense of looking the matter up for unobservedraeiLethd Starved Intp Submission. Two more were caught this forenoon* by Foreman Ed Schultz and his son, who were coming to Prescott on a I speeder. Schultz had charge of the gang in the sandpit where the murder occurred. The men were found between Hager and Diamond Bluff and threw up their hands and surrendered at th first word spoken4 tno them. They were S^ i wi 1 ate everythinge that a 7? Schultz and his boyehad with them.Dia-fo -karly morning Nick i enckson met five Italianesl the farm &Jaar,d' on mile out v, Pyesterday mileFred- be I vat bou tw blufi and m? InTi escott They madeo no resistance exhaustion and, tho opposed byv only Pilgaard, snr% fered themselves be locked^Tin the granaryw until the sheriff arrived. fJi erR hto 6 hn,n5rer o^ exposure and fright anl appeared be glad that the man-hunt was over. No Threats to Lynch. rf Certain mornin,ge twin city paper* fJ exa^eratel an S ext 0 -i^ ,pre quent man-hunt. city papers exaggerated srinning Xi has the subse* is it the situation from the beginning. I? is not true that this town has%onJffontj daffy over the- murder and the* n\2 murder and1 th SOMM! lynching have beeitru Neithe.r is it t3 i of that thretans lKfe ^e^eraTrthrbandos Italians have been brought in, there, 1 have been the usual calls By street S 1 f 5 "I^ch 'em," just to brin/53 laughs and jeers from the spectaiora itizei" lEft th Ca tL at aU times ha*e ha* den ef th Soufd be^nlr181 Special to Tho Journal. offTcers woSS l^* 8 tha GOOD COUNSEL FOB ITALIAOTI One of Their Countrymen from OhJcwtf WJ}1 Lead Defense, eused Italians will not bdeawithout gooS -^TLiJV 18 10 to tk&t every effort will be made to save them fro* long terms. Self-defense will be thj plea of Seraguso the leader, and of afli witt^im1*0 charged with complicity,| ar A. Montelcane, an Italian law*. yer of Chica andefendants.B M. Costie,1 an Italian officiahle of the u*' ragton railway, and Harry Ores* well, an at Prescott, art) $?re-$.Jreattorney P,l08en M. White of Eiver Falls will also bi je of the attorneys for the defense. Monteleone came upon receipt of a tel egram from Seraguso that the latter was in jail and needed help. The pre liminary examination is set for Friday next, and it is expected that the Chi cago lawyer will remain and take full charge of the defense. Nine of the men in jail here were ar-1 raigned this morning and pleaded not Jr guilty. The remaining five here wer# amgned on Saturday. Monteleone sayst: "It will be very difficult for the proi-:4|?10a- ecution to fix the crime of murder these twenty-four Italians. It is verylj evident they acted in self-defense.' There was a chance for the game war-, dens of Wisconsin to get a little graftfa on these ignorant fellows and theyH were going to work it for all there was in it." & Seraguso, who admits delivering the blow that killed the constable, asserttr he did not strike until after the officerf. has shot one of the Italians and had): aimed his weapon at him. The namesj of the twenty-six men. twenty-four off* whom are under arrest, appear below. The first named is the alleged murderer** the second, the man accused of shoot*! ing the quail and violating the law, which led to the murder SJU. the subsequent trouble. The ensH named last in the list was shot thru the hand by the marshal. Gio Seraguso, Domene ComesBena.dBessenee Aranch Vaccarela, Gio Vi '|gcwlM Continued oa 2d-P*v-4tfc jol