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VOL. XXII.— NO. 117.
(ffl THE ORIENT
COMMERCIAI, ARGI'MENT ADVANC
ED BY SENATOR KRYE TO NEW
YORK BUSINESS MEN
MORE SHIPS ARE NOW NEEDED
WHY RIVERS AND HARBORS
SHOULD BE OENEROVSLY EN
COI RAGED BY CONORESS
RESULTS OF THE LATE WAE
Trad* With tuba, With Porto Rico
imtl In the Philippines Should Be
Controlled by the I nK.-.l States,
■•iikl the >l:ilm- Senator Inten.
nlt>- of the Rivalry Between
America and Enropean Countries.
YORK, April 26.— Senator William
r\ Frye, of Maine, chairman of the sen
ate committee on commerce, was given
a dinner tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria,
as a testimonial for his efforts in obtain
ing for New York city the appropriation
in the river and harbor bill recently
passed by congress. The dinner was
given by the Business Men's association,
the Maritime Exchange of the Port of
New York, the steamphip Interests,
chamber of commerce, board of trade,
board of marine underwriters, national
board of marine underwriters, coffee ex
change, metal exchange and the stock
exchange. Ex-Mayor W. L. Strong was
chairman of the general committee of
200, and Gustav H. Schwab, of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company, was
secretary.
Nearly 600 guests sat down at the fifteen
tables In the grand banquet hall. The
room was resplendent with flags and
flowers. Back of the guests of honor
table were festoons of garlands and flags,
and two banners bearing the seals of the
states of New York and Maine. Under
the balcony were silken banners bearing
the seals of the other states.
The guests marched to the banquet
room at half past seven o'clock. Gov.
Roosevelt was chairman. Others present
at the guests of honor table, besides Gov.
Roosevelt and Senator Frye, were: Abner
McKinley, Charles Stewart Smith, For
mer Gov. Morton, Gen. Merritt, Senator
Depew, George R. Bidwell, Senator Pasco,
Senator Gorman, W. Bayard Cutting,
Senator Platt, A. E. Orr, Charles A.
Schierer, William L. Strong, Andrew H.
Dyke and Congressman Cummings.
Gov. Roosevelt held a brief levee just
before the guests went to the dining
hall.
While the dinner was In progress Mr.
and Mrs. George C. Boldt entertained at
their house in honor of Senator Frye and
her two granddaughters, the Misses
White and Briggs. Among the guests
were Mrs. Abner McKinley, Mrs. Elihu
Root, W. H. Tuesdell and Mr. Thorsten
Nordenfeldt, chamberlain to the king of
Norway and Sweden. After dinner the
party went into the hotel to listen to the
speeches.
The menu cards were very pretty, two
satin cardboards fastened with ribbons.
The frontispiece is engraved with an em
bosed cluster of flags in colors, above
which is the portrait of Senator Frye.
On one side is a picture of the oldi ves
sel, on the deck of which Hudson and
crew entered this harbor, while in the
opposite corner is a modern steamship of
great draught, showing the advance in
shipping in this country.
The following letter was read from the
president:
Executive Mansion, Washington, April
26,— While the pressure of public business
prevents an acceptance of the invitation
to attend the banquet this evening, I
am glad to express my gratification that
bo notable an opportunity is presented for
the discussion of the great questions of
trade and commerce. Such interchange
of thought on these topics cannot but
have substantial results, and will help
to maintain and advance our prestige in
the markets of the world. 1 beg you will
convey to the guest of honor of the
evening, Senator Frye, my congratula
tions upon the splendid recognition of his
devotion to the commercial and industrial
interest of the country.
—William McKinley.
When the , Ice cream was served a
stream of waiters moved about bearing
designs of steam dredges, ocean steam
ships and horns of plenty, and other em
blems of prosperity and commerce. A
chart of New York harbor was placed
at every plate.
Gov. Roosevelt opened the speaking,
eulogizing Senator Frye.
J. W. Ambrose told of the senator's ef
forts for the Improvement of New York
harbor. W. Bayard Cutting and Senator
Thomas C. Platt piad tributes to the
senator from Maine.
SENATE FRYE'S SPEECH.
The guest of the evening was then in
troduced. He was loudly greeted.
Senator Frye said in part:
"The more I see of this world, the more
1 am delighted with this republic. God
scattered his gifts here with a prodigal
hand; over ten thousand miles of sea
coast, equipped with fine, capacious har
bors; twenty-three thousand miles of
navigable rivers; great lakes holding
more than one-half of the fresh water of
the world, located just where commerce
semed to require them; boundless forests;
mountains of iron; coal enough to sup
ply the world; gold, silver, copper,—in
deed all the metals and minerals man re
quires; a fertile soil; a climate so friendly
that we can produce every manner of
fruit and grain. These gifts were be
stowed upon intelligent, resourceful men,
who made fairly good use of them. Since
the close of the Civil war our progress
has been the marvel of the world. We
have outstripped the nations in agricul
ture, in mining and manufacturing. Our
growth in wealth and population has sur
passed our wildest dreams; our home
market became the best on earth, ac
tually absorbing almost our entire pro
duct. This operated in one respect to our
disadvantage; it tempted us to content
ment. Induced us to neglect foreign mar
kets, their requirements and necessities.
When, through a bitter experience, we
learned that our product was a third
larger than our consumption; that our
surplus would surely increase year by
year; that we must have a foreign mar
ket or, crab-like, progress backward, we
found ourselves face to face with a most
serious problem. Our commercial rivals
were strongly entrenched everywhere;
with subsidized steamship lines entering
all the great ports of the world, with
banking facilities, business agencies long
established, and a thorough acquaintance
with trade requirements.
SEEKING MARKETS.
"We entered upon the solution of the
problem with courage and intelligence.
The manufacturers of our country form
ed an association, embracing member
ship from nearly every state in the
union; sent their agents abroad to in
vestifate; twenty-five of their most ac
complished and experienced business men
visited the republics- of South America,
and, I am ashamed to say, sailed under
a foreign flag, first to England, thence
to Brazil — na shops of ours traversing-
those waters. This association has been
active and constant in its endeavors.
That splendid museum in Philadelphia
was established to gather from the world
over practical information for the ex
porter. Later on the American Asiatic
association was formed; then the Amer
ican Association of China. Our consuls
were directed to report monthly the con
ditions and requirements of the foreign
markets. What has been accomplished?
Last year we imported in round num
bers $767,000,000 of goods, and exported
$1,302,000,000 of our products, leaving a
balance of over $500,000,000 In our favor.
Our exports exceeded those of the United
Kingdom. How have we achieved this
success and at the same time paid our
workingmen on the average double the
wages our rivals paid? In part, but not
entirely, as I have indicated, it is easy
to account for our exports of agricultural
products. Hungry people bought our
wheat, needy manufacturers our cotton,
craving appetites our tobacco. But the
products of our manufactories were com
pelled to meet the fiercest competition to
seek the same markets sought by Eng
land, Germany, France and Belgium. In
this commercial war the advantages
were not all with us. Our coal and iron
were accessible, while our rivals sought
them deep down In the bowels of the
earth. Our workingrmen were better fed
clothed, housed and paid than theirs;
did more intelligent work and accom
plished greater results. The inventive
genius of our mechanics was decidedly
superior to theirs. We had another ad
vnntage. Transportation was lower with
us that with them— a very important item
in the cost of the finished product. Our
railroads, traversing every portion of
the country, are today carylng freights at
an average charge of 78-100 of a cent
per ton per mile, not one-third What it
actually cost them In 1865. In 1891, when
our average rate was one cent, the Lon
don Economist asserted that if the same
rate had prevailed in England as in
America, the saving to the people would
have been over $100,000,000 a year
DECREASE IN RATES.
"Our great stretch of sea coast, our
river navigation and our lakes played a
most important part in the commercial
ii"^- On the water freight can be car
mTnrt y Ste^ m v on }^ c v °y a » e s, for one
quarter, and by sail for one-eighth of the
T l b^r ail \. Water rates have decreas
ed rapidly the last decade, and the car
riers have been able to make the reduc
tion b y about doubling the capacity of
their vessels in that time. This, of course,
called for a corresponding improvement
in the depth of our rivers, harbors and
lake channels. And congress fairly well
responded to this demand. Wheat rate
between Chicago and Buffalo, 1897, $4.13 a
ton; 1898, $1.53 a ton. Iron ore between
fc?o ke , Superlor and Ohio Ports, 1887, $2.23;
iS9B, 62 cents. Coal between Lake Supe
rior and Ohio ports. 1887,. 90 cents; 1898, 43
cents.
"A very able writer in one of oar recent
reviews claimed that this reduction of
rates on coal and iron, with improved fa
cilities for loading and discharging car
goes enabled us to compete with the
world In iron, steel and their manufac
tures, and accounted for their increased
Importation; that such rates were only
made possible by the increased tonnage
of ships, and that their operation was
made feasible only by Improved rivers
and harbors. Here is surely something
to the credit of that much and falsely
abused river and harbor bill. Having no
occasion to investigate, few men appre
ciate the enormous domestic commerce
carried on our waters. They hear, and
correctly, that we have lost our ocean
carrying trade, and forget our lake, river
and coastwise. While in the former we
employ only 700,000 tonnage; and pay
$500,000 dollars a day to foreign ships to
carry our exports and imports, In the
latter our tonnage of documented and
undocumented vessels exceeds seven mil
lions, is nearly if not quite eight, is great
er than that of Englond, France and Ger
many combined In like trade. It took
last year nearly four millions tonnage to
carry our freights on the Mississippi river
alone. More ships sail the Detroit river
than either Liverpool or London. The
Suez canal, which carries the commerce
of the world, passed last year 8,500,:03
tonnage, while there was floated through
the locks at Sault Ste. Marie 16,500,000 in
eight months. This fleet moves annual
ly 168,000,000 tons of freight and nearly
200,000,000 passengers. This 13 a protected
industry, no foreign ships being allowed
MAYOR HARRISON'S VISIT TO OLD VIRGINIA.
Shade of Thomas Jefferson to Carter H.— Welcome to Monticello, My Boy,
But Tell Me, Where Did You Get That Hat?
—Chicago Times-Herald.
to interfere with It; while our foreign
carrying trade has no protection and com
petes with that which is protected.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE.
"Mr. President, what of our future?
Our success last year Is most gratifying,
but our necessity lor foreign markets la
certain to increase. Our wonderful In
ventive genius, the brain power of cur
workingmen, our present and our pros
pective machinery, the sagacity, enter
prise and skill of our manufacturers, all
promise still greater advance. In a few
years we shall have a population of one
hundred millions. What shall this in
crease do? Farm? Only a small percen
tage; for now we produce enough for our
own, and can supply the necessities of
Europe, while Europe Is steadily Increas
ing her agricultural acreage, rendering
her dependence upon us less and less. It
Is safe to say that sixty millions of our
people will, in that time, be dependent
upon non-agricultural pursuits.
"The commercial war upon which the
world has entered will become fiercer and
fiercer. Germany will be our most dan
gerous-rival. Germany is our most for
midable commercial enemy. She Is skilled
In the arts of commerce and mechanics;
she is persistent, aggressive, annoying
and indomitable — I tell you, gentlemen,
that we have more to fear from Germany
than from any other nation on earth. But
despite all her efforts we will surpass her
and be more successful than her In the
contest for prestige in foreign commerce.
Her wages paid are not one-half of ours.
Continued on Fourth Page.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL, 27, 1899.
WARITRATOAL
NEXT FIREBRAND PROMISED TO
EMBROIL, EUROPEAN POWERS IN
A SERIOUS CONFLICT
PRESIDENT KREUGER PREPARING
GENERAL-IN-CHIEF JOUBERT SE
LECTING PLACES SUITABLE FOR
ENTRENCHMENTS
— — — — —
HOSTILITIES ABE EXPECTED
Dutchmen liicnsy ns to the Result
of the Petition to Joseph Cham
berlain, England's Colonial Min
ister Action Win Mark a. Crisis
In Engrllsh-Dntch Relations—
British Army In Transvaal.
CAPE TOWN, April 26.— There la re
newed uneasiness over the situation in
the Transvaal. President Kreuger's gen
eral-in-chief, Joubert, Is inspecting the
frontiers, and selecting places • suitable
for entrenchments. More rigid inspection
of the military has also been ordered.
President Kreuger, as he intimated a
month ago, evidently is expecting hostili
ties with England.
The Dutchmen are uneasy over the re
sult of the petition to Joseph Chamber
lain, EnpHnd's colonial minister, signed
by 21,000 English residents In the Trans
vaal, and setting forth their grievances.
Mr. Chamberlain's action, it Is believed,
will mark a crisis in English-Dutch re
lations.
The British army here is being steadily
augumented.
RELATIONS CORDIAL.
No 111 I'Veling- Between Navy Officers
- In Samoa.
BERLIN, April 26.— With the view of
rectifying the reports of the discord said
to exist between the three naval com
manders at Samoa, the Nord Deutsche
Zeitung publishes extracts today from the
reports of the commander of the German
warship Falke, up to' March 23, In which
Capt. Schoenf elder says:
"The wildest rumors are current con
cerning the relations between the officers
and crew of the Falke and the American
and English. The reports are due to
some of our countrymen, who do' riot
tire of creating ill-feeling between the
officers and men of the three countries by
promoting such rumors. As a matter Of
fact the relations between.. the different
commanders and officers are thoroughly
courteous and of an accommodating
character. In spite at the arduous na
ture of his guard duty, Capt Sturdee at
tended the funeral of a (German) sailor,
Wiehl, with a deputation of an officer and
sixteen men, and Admiral Kautz hoisted
his flag at half mast. No disputes have
occurred between the German and the
American or English crews.
At a recent meeting the military rep-
resentatlves of the three powers ex
pressed Indignation at the rumors, and
whenever the commander and officers of
the Falke meet the American and English
officers or consuls social forms are strict
ly observed."
Dealing with the commencement of hos
tilities, March 15, and the fact that a de
tachment of the Philadelphia's shells en
tered the German consulate, the report
says:
"The German consulate was not pre
viously notified of the commencement of
hostilities and was still inhabited. I Im
mediately dispatched an officer to Inform
Admiral Kautz that the German consu
late was not evacuated and that his shots
had struck the building and requested
him to cease firing over Apia until the
Germans were in safety. Admiral Kautz
told the officer that owing to my repre
sentations he would not continue firing
over Apia, and the following day he sent
his flag lieutenant to me and expressed
regret at the occurrence.
"Admiral Kautz, March 16, directed that
uniformed officers and men should be al
lowed to pass freely at all times. The
Americans on guard duty were always
most civil."
THAT PEACE TREATY.
PARIS, April 28.— The secretary of the
French embassy at Washington, M. Thle-
baut, arrived here yesterday and handed
the Spanish-American treaty of peace to
the Spanish ambassador, Senor Loon y
Castillo, who Immediately Bent It to
Spain by the first secretary of the Span
ish legation here, the Marquis de Noval
las.
BERLIN GERMAtig PROTEST,
Want the Emperor to Confirm Their
Chief Mayor.
BERLIN, April 20.— majority of the
municipal council has signed a protest to
the emperor against hia majesty's failuro
to confirm Chief Mayor Kirscher, who
was elected June 23, 1888. The signers of
the protest point out that the city's In
terests are suffering greatly by the in
terregnum, which has led to the publica
tion of a statement that the self-govern
ment of Berlin will shortly be abridged.
They then call upon Baxon yon der Recke
yon der Horst, the Prussian minister of
the interior, as the responsible minister to
confirm Mayor Kirscher or cite hi 3
reasons for refusing to, do so.
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
Berlin on April 11, announced that a gen
tleman in Emperor William's entourage
had Informed the correspondent there of
the Associated Press positively that the
reason his majesty was withholding hi 3
confirmation of Berlin's new chief mayor,
Herr Kirscher, was that the emperor Is
planning the formation uf a separate
province of Berlin, abolishing Berlin self
government. The plan, It was explained,
embraces dividing the city and district
into a number of subdlstricts with a royal
official heading the administration in each.
It was further said that a bill embodying
this scheme will reach the diet this ses
sion, and that his majesty was actuated
in this plan by the unchecked growth of
Socialism In Berlin. .
COUSIN NATIONS.
America, Germany and Great Brit
ain So Classed by a Briton.
LONDON, April 26.— The Earl of Sel
borne, under secretary of state for the
colonies, addressing a Conservative mass
meeting this evening at St. Albans, Hert
ford, said he thought that if any justifi
cation of Lord Salisbury's policy were re
quired it was assured by the present re
lations between the United States and
Great Britain.
"At a trying time," said his lordship,
"the government preserved their self
control and waited for coolness, justice
and common sense to reassert them
selves. Now the dark, miserable cloud
which so long hung over the Anglo-Saxon
people has drifted off. It was only a few
days since British and American officers
and men fell on the same Held of conflict.
They ewer not engaged in a fratricidal
struggle, but were fighting shoulder to
shoulder, and, small though the Incident
was, it will be of Importance in the his
tory of the world.
"All must regret," continued Lord Sel
borne, "the lamentable cause of the inci
dent, but the only three nations con
cerned were what he might term the
'three cousins of the "
He 'remarked he had no doubt America
and Germany, in this matter, would
prove as amenable as Great Britain to
the dictates of common sense.
REGULAR BLUEBEARD.
Sensational Murder Trial to Be Held
In Berlin.
BERLIN, April 26.— A sensational trial
will begin tomorrow at " Breslau, where
a man named Herrmanh is charged with
murdering his threfe Wives "and. -twelve
children by his second- marriage. He is
also charged -with a, whole series of other
murders. It is alleged that Herrmann,
after murdering his wlvee walled their
bodies in the cellar of his house. The
children all died young, and It is asserted
they were poisoned with cyanide of po
tassium.
BLUE AND GRAY.
Impressive Scenes ttt Decoration of
Graves of Confederate Dead.
VICKSBURG, Miss., April 26.-The Con
federate Decoration day ceremonies today
were probably the most notable which
have ever occurred here, a detachment
of seventy-five marines and sailors from
the United States gunboat Nashville,
fully armed and equipped, taking a lead
ing part In the ceremonies. The blue
jackets were heartily cheered by Camp 32,
U. C. V. When they wheeled into line,
just behind the old soldiers, they re«.
ceived a tremendous ovation, continuing
all along the line of march and at the
cemetery. Several officers of the gun
boat also took part in the exercises.
The Nashville leaves early In the morn-
Ing for Memphis.
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 2*.— The graves
of the Confederate dead were decorated
here today with appropriate ceremonies.
The memorial day parade was headed by
the band of the Third Nebraska regiment,
kindly loaned by Col. Vifuqualn.
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 26.— The fea
ture fo the Memorial = day exercises here
was the apearance at the head of the pro
cession of two compajxies of the Second
United States infantry (regulars), under
the command of Lieut. John L. Hlnes,
and the firing by that body of the cus
tomary salute to the dead at the Confed
erate monument in Forsyth place. This
Is probably the first time in history when
a salute in honor of dead Confederates
has been fired by regular troops of the
federal army. -
COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.
Doubtful if an American Will Be
Appointed to It.
WASHINGTON, April 26.— Rev. Dr.
Rooker, secretary of the papal legation
in this city, was asked by a reporter re
garding rumors that ere in general cir
culation concerning the appointment of
a representative of the United States in
the college of cardinals at Rome. 'Dr.
Rooker replied:
"I have lately read numerous rumors
relating to various changes of this kind,
but so far as I know there is absolutely
no foundation for any of them."
Twelve years ago there was considera
ble talk of having a representative of the
United States In the college of cardinals,
and I believe there was a; greater possi
bility of it then than now. I have no
idea that any such action will be taken,
but I know nothing of It. There are
twenty vacancies in the college of car
dinals and the pope may fill many of
them next month, but no one can antici
pate what his action will "toe." '
CLEVER COINEES.
Convicts in Colorado I -Penitentiary
Make "Queer" Silver Dollars.
CANON CITY, April 26.— The discovery
has been made that some very successful
coiners have been operating inside the
state penitentiary here; The counterfeits
are silver dollars, and It is believed they
are of a combination principally of Bab
bit's metal, which was use* in setting the
gratings during the construction of the
prison. It is supposed the coins were
made in plaster of Paria moulds. The
coins were first discoyered by merchants
who sold delicacies to $ie prisoners. This
led to an investigation and twenty-eight
of the bogus ..dollars were found in the
possession of the prisoners, though no
clew was obtained to" the identity of the
coiners. The coins' are so well executed
as to deceive almost anylbtr
RIOTING I PARIS
ADVOCATES AND OPPONENTS OF
DREYFUS REVISION COLLIDE
ASiTER RIVAL MEETINGS
FIGHTING II THE STREETS
FIGARO'S PUBLICATION OP CAPT,
CUIGNET'S TESTIMONY HI.OW TO
ANTI-DREIYFU SITE 8
PATY DE CLAM A SCAPEGOAT
That la the (ironing Belief In the
French Capital No Actual Evi
dence of Guilt of Dreyfus In Ex
istence — Reports Appearing In
Figaro Given to That Paper by
Daughter of a Cabinet Member.
PARIS, April 28.— The advocates and
opponents of Dreyfus revision held rival
meetings in Paris this evening, and fights
occurred afterward in the streets. Sev
eral persons were injured. The Figaros
publication of the evidence of Capt. Cuig
net before the court of cassation threw
the anti-Drey fu sites Into consternation.
The Eclair and all the anti-Dreyfus pa
pers are boiling with indignation. Sev- '
eral of them suppressed altogether the
testimony of this officer, whose principal
statement was that the guilt of Dreyfus
could be - only inferentlally established
from the secret dossier.
The Gaulois falls foul of the Figaro for
its "Infamous publication."
The Eclair denounces Capt. Cuignet in
unmeasured terms. Capt. Cuignefs de
nunciation of Col. Dv Paty de Clam as a
forger is held to be a complete giving
away of the case of the general staff.
The only possible explanation for it
seems to be that Cuignet, acting under
orders, Is making Dv Paty de Clam a
scapegoat for the staff.
It is rumored that a daughter of on« of
the members of the cabinet, desiring to'
put an end to the scandal, gave to the
Figaro gratis the reports of the evidence
before the court of cassation.
The Figaro begins today the evidence
offered before the united chambers of the
court.
M. Paleologue, one of the permanent of
ficials of the foreign office, in the course
of a long explanation regarding the
cipher telegram?, expressed the convic
tion that the document contained in the
secret dossier purporting to- be a tele
gram from a foreign agent to his gov
ernment, indicating the relations of Drey
fus with Germany, and Which Capt. Cuig
net had cited as proving guilt, was a
forgery.
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SILENT WARRIOR.
Preparing for Unveiling of Grant
Statue at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26.— The cruis
er Raleigh, which is to take part in the
ceremonies on the occasion of the un
veiling of the Grant monument in Fair
mount Park, on Thursday, arrived off
the Race street wharf today. Mayor
Ashbridge, the council committee on the
unveiling and a number of distinguished
citizens met the cruiser below the city
and escorted her to the anchorage. A
large fleet of steamers followed in the
wake, blowing their whistles continuous
ly, to which noise was added the welcome
from factory bells and whistles on both
sides of the river. When the procession
reached the League navy yard the Ral
eigh fired a salute of fifteen guns to Ad
miral Casey, commandant of the yard, to
which the navy yard responded. A brief
stop was made, during which the Ral
eigh's commander went ashore and paid
his respects to Admiral Casey and Capt.
Clarke, captain of the yard.
The president and party will arrive to
morrow morning. Following the unveil
ing the president wll attend a banquet
in the Union League club, and later in
the evening will attend a public meet-
Ing in the Academy of Music. He will
make no speeches.
The military display tomorrow will con
sist of the national guard of Philadel
phia and crew of the Raleigh, several
New Jersey regiments, marines from the
island and a number of military organi
zations. There will be a demonstration
on the river, when President McKinley,
in honor of the Raleigh and her crew,
will pay a visit to Capt. Coghlan.
Mrs. Grant arrived here shortly after 7
o'clock. She was accompanied by Miss
Rosemary Sartoris, who is her grand
daughter and who wil unveil the statue,
and Miss Coffey. They were met at the
Broad street station of the Pennsylvania
railroad "by a ladies' reception committee,
of which Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, wife
of the provost of the University of Penn
sylvania, is chairman. After the infor
mal greetings the entire party was driven
to the Hotel Walton. Mrs. Grant being
somewhat fatigued by her journey, re
tired to her room soon after her arrival
at the hotel.
Soon after Mayor Ashbridge and council
committee boarded the Raleigh today,
while the gallant little vessel was on her
way up the river, the mayor and the com
mittee went into Capt. Coghlan's cabin,
where the captain, the officers and the
■crew were formally welcomed to Phila
delphia by the mayor.
Capt. Coghlan and all his officers
came ashore shortly after 6 o'clock. The
commander of the Raleigh was driven to
Stratford house, where he greeted
hlB wife and shortly afterward joined his
officers at the Hotel Walton, where they
were tendered a dinner by the council's
Raleigh recention committee. The entire
party later on attended the theater. Capt.
Coghlan spent the night at the Stratford
and the officers slept at the Walton.
NEW YORK, April 26.— Brig. Gen.
Frederick D. Grant, who has been for
some months military governor of Porto
Rico, with his wife and his staff, arrived
here tonight on the United States army
transport McPherson. He is in the best
of health. Mrs. Grant, -who has lived
with her husband in the southern camps
and in the West Indies, is not very ro
bust, still she had no complaint to make
about army life.
Gen. Grant said that tomorrw he would
attend the unveiling of the monument to
his father at Philadelphia, and that possi
bly he would go on to Washington. He
would, however, return to New York on
Friday and complete his arrangements
and proceed without delay to the Pacific
coast, so as to catch the army transport
which is scheduled to leave San Francisco
on May 5 for Manila.
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TO FIGHT FILIPINOS.
Punishment Meted Out to Soldiers
for Rioting at 'FriNCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.— Charles
Leiska, P. Simmons and Arthur Billings,
the three soldiers convicted of partlcl-
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Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Thunder Storms; Cooler.
1-ltloHnK Renewed at Paris.
Attack on Calainplt.
Frye on Commerce.
Boers Seeking- Trouble.
S— Nine Market Sites.
Fatal Error,
B—Minneapolis8 — Minneapolis Matters.
Geovg-e Trial Closing.
Northwest News.
Severe lowa Storm.
•*— Editorial.
Kanti Cause* Sensation.
Three New Trusts.
6 — Sporting; News.
Western League Season.
Wrestling Purse Withheld.
6— Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, 71 l-40.
Bar Silver, 610.
Stocks Irregular, Inactive.
7-Snprcme Court Decisions.
Lieonhauser Inquiry.
B— ln the Field of Labor.
St. Paul Social News.
Illes-al l'»e of Oleo.
ATLANTIC LIMCKS.
NEW YORK-Arrived: Majestlo. from
vM [ Z<X vool; state of Nebraska, Glasgow.
HONG KONG- Arrived: Previously,
China, San Francisco, via Honolulu
and Yokohoma.
ROTTERDAM - Arrived: Statendam,
New York.
AMSTERDAM — Arrived: Werkendam,
New York.
LONDON— Arrived : Meßaba, New Yorki
Minnesota, from Philadelphia.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arrived: Lahn, New
York, for Bremen; steamer Paris, New
York, passed Hurst castle at 9:45 p. m.
QUEENSTOWN — Arrived: Gatalonia,
from Boston, for Liverpool; Tuetonic,
from New York for Liverpool.
CHERBOURG— SaiIed: Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse, Bremen and Southampton,
for New York.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN— HI Henry's Min
strels, 2:15 and 8:15 p. m.
GRAND— "A Royal Prisoner," 2:15 and
8:15 p. m.
Palm Garden— 2 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Woman's Civic League, Central high
school, 8:30 p. m.
Illustrated Lecture, Y. M. C. A. hall, 8
p. m.
Concert, Hebron Baptist church, 8 p. m.
patlng in the riot near the Presidio, when
Rehfeld's saloon was burned, sailed for
Manila on the Morgan City, to join their
regiment. Judge Graham having post
poned sentence so they might fight the
Filipinos.
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BETRAYED HIS FATHER.
Arrest of Young; Morales Develops
Whereabouts of a Fugitive.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26.— The hid
ing place of Marcos Morals, who was ar
rested here last October and escaped
from a detective at Pittsburg, while being
taken to Chicago, was made known to
the police today, through the arrest of
Morales' son,- for a misdeameanour. In
the prisoner's possession were found pa
pers showing that his father is now in
Cuba, being employed in the custom
house at Havana.
The lder Morales and his wife were
arrested here on the charge of being
fugitives from Chicago, where they were
wanted for the alleged larceny of several
thousand dollars' worth of household fur
niture. While being taken back Morales
jumped out of a car wfndow and escaped.
Mrs. Morales was taken to Chicago, and
discharged.
A few years ago, prior to taking up
his residence in Chicago, Morales was a
wholesale tobacco dealer in this city. His
warhouse burned and the insurance com
panies who had issued policies on the
stock of tobacco refused payment there
on, claiming that much of the most val
uable stock had been removed by Morales
from the warehouse before the fire, and
had, therefore, not been destroyed. Law
suits followed, and Morales finally ob
tained payment on his policies, although
litigation over the matter In' various
phases was carried on for some time. W.
M. Jacobs, the now famous Lancaster to
bacco manufacturer, who stands accused
of circulating thousands of counterfeit
cigar revenue stamps; was, with Morales,
a party to the suit against the insurance
companies, he holding certificates show
ing part ownership in the' stock of to
bacco which it had been declared was
burned.
MISSOURI MURDER.
Woman and Four Children Victims
of an Awful Crime.
MALDEN, Mo., April 26.— Mrs. Jamea
Tattaton and her four children were mur
dered last night. Their bodies were
partly incinerated in the ruins of their
home, which was set on fire by the mur
derer.
J. H. Tattaton, a son of Wash Tattaton
by his first wife, is under arrest, charged
with the crime.
Tattaton declares the murderers were
two unknown men, who entered while he
was talking with his stepmtoher, and
demanded money. He refused, and the
men opened fire. At the first fire,, he says,
the widow fell, and as he ran into the
yard he was cut and beaten into insen
sibility. He claims to be entirely igno
rant of all that followed.
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BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS.
Frightful Fate of Two Pennsylvania
Well Shooters.
BRADFORD, Pa., April 26.— Two well
shooters, Jesse Smalley and Daniel Lane,
were today blown to fragments, and
George R. Gibbons and. John Knox were
Injured by the explosion of a torpedo near
the Kinsuna viaduct, sixteen miles south
of Bradford. The four men had driven
an oil well, had prepared a torpedo and
were filling It. The work was nearly done
when the explosion occurred.
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RICH OIL STRIKE.
Big Strike at Cambridge, 0.. Causes
a Sensurtion.
TOLEDO, 0., April 26.— A big strike
in the oil fields of Cambridge, 0., has
caused nearly as much excitement as the
recent find at Scio. Speculators are rush
ing in from all over the country. The
strike Is guarded day and night and no
one knows what the well Is, but It Is said
to be one of the best found In this state
in many years.
Minnesota Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, April 26.— Postmasters
appointed for Minnesota today were:
Bureau, Wilkln county, John Deirt, vice
August Bureau, resigned; Choice, Fill-
Joseph J. Blefson, resigned; Faris, Hub
bard county, M. M. Nygard, vice Fred A.
Silver, resigned; Little Rock, Nobles
county, William Parry, vice William T.
Jones, resigned*
REBELS ROUTED
AMERICAS FORCES CAPTI'RB CA
IAJMPIT AFTER DESPERATE
FIGHTING "WITH FILIPINOS
FIRST SHOWER, OF SHRAPNEL
AGMN'AMHKS FORCES BRING CAN
NON INTO PLAY IN DEFENSE
OF CALI'MPIT
HUNDREDS OF EEBELS SLAIN
One Body, When Surrounded, Rt.
fused to Surrender, and FooKht
I "til All Were Killed American
Bravery Too Great for the Fili
pinos to Withstand Retire In
Disorder, Firing as They Rnn.
Manila, April 2O— Adjatant Gen
eral, Waxhlngfton) l.utvton nt \or
seagary and Ang-at, his two colanna
united, hiu driven enemy to the
north and Treat. Slight ca«nal
ties| name* not reported. Only
uit-ana commnnicatlon conrlem.
MncArtliur has taken portion of
(aliimplt, south of river. Movement
attended with difficulties on account
of jungle, heat and strong lntrench
mte-nt*. His casualties yesterday,
three killed, eleven wounded.
Developments thna far satis
factory. —Otis.
NEW YORK, April 26.-A dispatch from
Manila, April 26, says: Gen. Mac Arthur's
division, 6,000 troops, annihilated the in
surgents at Calumpit today. Agulnaldo's
troops made a stubborn resistance, but
were driven to the hills. Eight Ameri
cans were killed. Calumpit is the key to
the whole of Northern Luzon.
MANILA, April 26.— The American
forces after a series of brilliant and ar
lng forward movements, took and oc
cupied the village of Calumpit. The Fili
pinos set fire to the town before they left,
and the Americans found the houses
burning when they dashed up the vil
lage streets after the fleeing insurgents.
The Americans first drove the Filipinos
from their position on the north bank
of the Bagbag river. The defenr-es at this
point were strong, and the enemy was
found well intrenched and desperately
eager to check the American advance,
for these intrenchments formed the sole
defense which the Filipinos had guard
ing the southern approach to Calumpit.
The village lies one mile beyond these
fortifications taken by our men. It oc
cupies a position on the southern bank
of the Rio Grande river.
STRONGLY INTRENCHED.
After the fortifications had been taken
the Amer'oans steadily and pluckily ad
vanced and took possession of Calumpit.
As the Americans entered the town the
Filipinos crossed the river, where they
now are strongly intrenched on the north
bank of the Rio Grande river.
The Filipinos had mada elaborate prepa
rations to check the advance of the
Americans at the fortifications on the fc
Bagbag river. The bamboo anJ cane
growth which fronted the defenses had
been cut awey, so that the enemy had a
clean sweep for their fire, and an unob
structed view of the American approach.
The defenses were very strong, and na
the river at this point is deep and has a
swift current, the position was well
chosen, for the natural obstacles made it
exceedingly difficult of access.
As Gen. Kale's men advanced after the
attack they were met with some firing.
They were not ordered across the river,
as the demonstration was intended only
to determine the location of the eneiry.
SIX AMERICANS KILLEV).
Gen. Kalo began his advance toward
I Calumpit down the north bank of the
river which he crossed ot Quengua after
a hard fight with the insurgents. He bed
been instructed to move onto Calumpit
from the east, while Gen. MacArU-.ur
stood ready to send a column of troops
north from M&lolos on the railroad, when
he received word that Gen. Hale s troops
had reached a point near Calumpit.
In carrying out his part of the plan
Gen. Hale met a stubborn, and at times
desperate, opposition from the Filipinos.
In charging the enemy's intrenchments
our troops lost six men. Eleven were
wounded. In return our men inflkted
heavy losses upon the insurgents, for it
is estimated that 150 of the Filipinos were
killed at one point. At another point our
I men surrounded thirty-eight insurgents,
! who refused to surrender, and continued
j firing until the last ono was killed. At
another place we found twenty-four
bodies, -while at another point eighteen
dead Filipinos bore ghastly tribute to tins
marksmanship of our troops.
FILIPINOS USE CANNON.
For the first time the Filipinos are em
ploying artillery. They brought two gusin
Into action In the trenches before Calum
pit, firing modern shrapnel, which burst
over the heads of Gen. Wheaton's men
without effect.
The fighting was resumed at 6 o'clock
this morning. During the night the
American engineers repaired the bridge,
thus enabling our troops to cross the
river.
Gen. Wheaton's brigade advanced in ex
tended order, with the Kansas regiment
west of the railroad and the Montana
regiment to the east of it, and took up a
position covering one and a half miles
on the south bank of the Rio Grande.
On the opposite bank were fortilied
trenches from which a few American
soldiers would have been able to defy
thousands, so strongly were they con
structed.
The Americans found the trenches on
the south bank of the river deserted,
which furnished them with cover from
which they could pick off Filipinos when
ever one of them showed his head.
When the rebels began firing two puffs of.
smoke simultaneously from the trenches
on each side of the railroad track showed
they were using cannon, which was a
genuine surprise to the Americans. Sev
eral shells burst close to Gen. Wheaton'a
staff, but It seemed that the Filipinos
failed to master the machinery of modern
shells, as they were unable to get the
right range.
SILENCING THE GUNS.
Young's Utah battery was ordered into
position in the center of the Kansas regi
ment to silence the rebel guns, and at 11
o'clock the rapid-fire guns had been fer
ried across the river and came into lino.
At noon the rebels were still pouring a
heavy fire in the direction of the Ameri
cans, who returned it spiritedly. Two
Americans were killed and seven were
wounded.
At about this time Gen. Hale's brigade
was advancing east of the line, appar-
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