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MONEY BY FORGERY
Charge Against Titled French
man in Chicago.
ARRESTED AND LOCKED IN JAIL
Xadlsrnantly Denlea the OrTenae, and
Sara He Has a Rich Mothcr-
ln-Lavr In Paris.
CHICAGO, April 22. N. E. U Cornte Je
Coulouse Lautrec was arrested today at
the Auditorium Hotel on a charge of forg
ery. It la charged that the Count visited
Quebec, Canada, two weeks ago and
forged papers to secure money. The
amount of the alleged forgery is not
given, but it Is said to be large. Today
a detective who has been tracing Lautrec
saw him enter the hotel and ask for his
mall. At the detective's request, the po
lice arrested the Count and took htm to
the' Harrison-Street Police Station, where
he was locked up.
The Countess Lautrec Is said to be the
daughter of the Comtesse de Intrevllle,
one of the wealthiest women In Paris.
She was with her husband when he was
arrested, and broke down when she real
ized what was taking place. She returned
to the house of friends In this city.
Lautrec Is a Frenchman. His marriage
occurred In Paris eight months ago.
The prisoner denies that he Is guilty of
any charge. He also states that he has
never been In Canada. The police know
very little about the case, and have wired
the authorities at Quebec to see whether
the Count Is wanted there, and, if so.
on what charge, but have not yet received
an answer. The Count made the follow
ing statement:
. "I was born of French parents In Po
land. My people fled rrom France dur
ing the Revolution, and acquired largo
estates in Russia. I was educated at the
Unlverslte Polltechnlquc do Vienna, where
I received the degree of civil engineer.
I have followed that line o work ever
since, both In Europe and in America. I
have been Interested In some of the noted
engineering feats of Europe, and have
also been employed on many of the large
railroads of this country. I served as
Captain of the Horse Guards in the Rus
sian army for three years. Coming to
the United States some eight years ago,
I worked ray way West as far as Chi
cago. When the war with Spain broke
out, I wished to go to Cuba with the
Army.
"I took out naturalization papers and
applied for a commission under General
Logan, who was a particular friend of
mine, but I could not get an appoint
ment that I would accept. I got a pass
port, however, and went to Cuba, and
from there to France. Then I took
trips to all the countries of Europe. Re
turning to Paris from my native land. I
met and married a young Countess. We
sailed for New York. From there we
went to Philadelphia, where we stayed
until we came to Chicago, two weeks ago.
While In Paris I secured an appointment
as American representative for one of
tho largest engineering firms in France.
I am an American citizen, and have never
seen Canada. According to International
law, they cannot take me to Canada to
answer to nny charge."
The Count is about 43 jears of age.
"Why should I obtain money, by forg
ery," said he, "when my mother-in-law
has 22 houses In Paris, and Is worth 5.000,
009 francs? It is a disgrace to me and an
outrage to my wlfo and her family. I do
hot believe that the police of this city
have any right to arrest and Incarcerate
mo In a police station Just because soma
man points me out and says that I an.
wanted in Quebec I will see that I have
my rights as an American citizen and a
resident of Chicago."
The information upon which Count Lau
trec was arrested was telegraphed to the
Chicago police Saturday. It Is alleged that
the Count, under the name of V. Cas
tand, disposed of worthless checks ana
bonds, receiving several hundred dollaro In
payment from persons In Montreal. The
Canadian authorities claim that Count
Lautrec and Castand are the same per
son. When taken Into custody, he denied
that his name was Castand. The mall
he received at the hotel was addressed
to "Count de uautrec," and, exhibiting
the letters, he asserted that they proved
his Identity.
Amongst the matter which tho Aud
itorium clerk handed the Count Just be
fore his arrest was an express package
from the Strowbridge Lithographing Com
pany. of Cincinnati. This package was
opened by the police and found to con
tain a dozen or to blank bonds, which va
ried In amount from CO to $1000. When
asked for an explanation as to the bonds,
the prisoner said he knew nothing about
them, and again suggested that Castand
may have been the person for whom the
express package was intended.
3IILITIA PLACED OX GUARD.
Bimor of an Attempt to Release the
Canal Lock Blovrera.
BUFFALO, April 21 A Niagara Falls
special to the Express says:
Chief Young, of the Dominion Police,
his force of half a dozen regular police
men, 200 armed deputies and 29 militiamen
are guarding the Jail at Clifton, Onu.
where are confined the three men charged
with blowing up Lock No. 21, at Thlrold.
Ont, last evening. Tho extraordinary
precautions taken for the guarding -of the
men Is the. result of a rumor to the effect
that 400 Buffalo grain sbovelers were on
their way here to liberate the prisoners.
The militia of the district, the Forty
fourth battalion, was warned for service.
Later Mayor Slater, with two other mag
istrates, made a demand for a detachment
of the battalion to guard the Jail on the
ground that the police would be power
less. Captain Vandersluys at once called
out a detachment of 20 men, under a Ser
geant. They were served with 19 rounds
of ammunition each, and are now doing
guard duty at the Jan.
Last night It was thought the men who
blew up the lock were Boer sympathizers.
Today the opinion has changed. It is now
believed the dynamiters were agents for
the Buffalo grain shovelers, and sought to
blow up the lock for the purpose of dis
abling the Welland Canal, thereby pre
venting the passage of grain through the
canal from Port Colborne to Montreal.
With the canal closed. It Is argued, the
ecoopers of Buffalo might' have more work
than they would have with the canal open.
It was said in Clifton tonight that the
grain handlers of Buffalo had organized
for the raid, and that they would reach
the Canadian town tonight. Not knowing
what to expect after such an unusual
thing as the assault on the lock yesterday,
the authorities determined to take no
chances. It Is believed that the force at
hand will be able to repel any party that
may attempt to release the men from Jail.
That such an attempt will be made Is not
generally credited.
Today Chief Toung brought from Thor
old to Clifton two men who positively iden
tified the three men in Jail as the men who
were seen to run away from the vicinity
of the lock after the exp'oslon. The men
were arrested between Thorold and Clif
ton. They were armed, but made no at
tempt to shoot. Two of the men. Walsh
and Nolan, have been around the Cana
dian side of the river for several days.
The third man, name unknown, had a
room In Clifton and frequently met the
other two, who came across the river.
Nolan says he is a mechanic from Phil
adelphia. Walsh says he Is a bartender
from Washington. D. C
Today the method of procedure of the
dynamiters was learned In full. The men
made several sticks of dynamite into two
bundles. These bundles they suspended
by ropes at points about half way to the
bottom of the lock at the middle, half
way from gate to gate. Wlros.were found
after the explosion that led to the belief
that the dynamite was exploded by elec
tricity. The men are believed to have car
rled the batteries away with them and
to have disposed of them during the flight.
As large quantities of grain pass over
the steel arched bridge of, the Grand
Trunk, It la surmised tho men would have
blown It up If they had been able to es
cape arrest.
The most careful Inquiry tonight has
failed to discover anything to Indicate a
movement of Buffalo grain shovelers to
release the dynamiters. President Mc
Mahon, of the Grain Shovelers' Union,
branded the story as ridiculous.
Damatre to Canal Trifling;.
OTTAWA, OnL, April 22. A. J. B'.alr.
Minister of Railways, received a dispatch
from Superintendent Thompson., of the
Welland Canal, stating that the damage
to tho canal was trifling and that no delaj
would occur to the opening of the canal
to navigation as already arranged for on
April 2S.
STHAXGE TALE OF CRIME.
Rich Colorado Miner Charred Wltk
MarderlnR- Fonr Men.
CHICAGO. April 22. A remarkable se
quel to & series of alleged crimes In the
Rocky Mountain country has come to light
here. The Chicago developments are told
In an interview by Attorney William J.
Candllsh, of this city. In explanation of
notices received by tho Chicago police ask
ing for the arrest of George H. Wright,
alias James S. Weeks, alias C. T. Case,
atlas Mr. Stevens, a native of Michigan and
a graduate of the law department of the
University of Ann Arbor, charged with
murdering four persons, three In Utah and
one in Colorado. Attorney Candllsh pays
he became acquainted with Wright be
came they lived at the same Chicago
hotel In July, 1897. and Wright engaged
him to go West and gather evidence to de
fend him on the charge of having mur
dered a man named Crampton, near Gutfy.
Colo., in January. 1S37. Wright then, it
Is alleged, under the name of Case, deed
ed to Candllsh a bank building, a resi
dence, two offlce buildings and numerous
vacant lots In Cripple Park and Gutty,
Colo., besides transferring to him all his
stock in various mining enterprises. Cand
llsh says Case left his office to return in
an hour with 200 as advance payment
on Candllsh'n traveling expenses, and has
not returned to this day.
The Chicago man Interested in Case's
mining properties sent Candllsh West,
however, and he examined the properties
at Cripple Park and Guffy and was later
made president of the Hub Hill Mining
Company and of the Fines Mining Com
pany and counsel for the Union Mining
Company. Case has been president of the
three companies.
Case told Candllsh he was Innocent of
Crarapton's death and that the charge
was an effort of enemies and business
rivals to ruin him. A circular Issued by
Sheriff, George A. Storrs. of Provo City.
Utah, charges that Wright murdered
three boys In Utah County. In February,
1S95, and sank tbelr bodies beneath the Ice
of Utah Lake, the alleged reason for tho
crime being that the boyo claimed to have
knowledge of Wright's guilt as a cattle
thief. This explanation was. It Is alleged,
given to the Utah State Board of Pardons
In tho hearing for a pardon last April for
the stepfather of the three boyo who had
been convicted of their murder and sen
tenced to be hanged, the witnesses before
tho pardon board being the divorced wife
of the missing Wright, whose property and
official positions have so strangely fallen
to Attorney Candllsh, half way across tho
continent. In Chicago.
GOT 18 YEARS FOR ARSOX.
Novel-Reader Confesses That lie
Fired Ilia Benefactor's Home.
ATCHISON. Kan.. April 22. In the Dis
trict Court Thomas C. Woerman pleaded
guilty to the charge of burning the costly
residence of J. C. Fox. a prominent citi
zen, and was sentenced to serve 18 years
In the Penitentiary. He admitted that
the Fox family had been very good to
him, and he set fire to the house In order
to play tho part of a hero by rescuing
the family and thereby make his employer
think that his kindness had been bestowed
worthily. After Woerman had been sen
tenced, he said:
"I pleaded guilty because I hated to face
the members of the Fox family who had
been so kind to me."
Woerman was a reader of cheap novels.
Act of n Crazy Fisherman.
CHICAGO, April 22. Crazed with liquor,
William Aylward, a fisherman, today
slashed the throat of his old friend and
schoolmate, William Larklns, severing the
Jugular vein and causing Larklns' death
within 10 minutes. Then, turning on four
other occupants of his fishing shack, he
lunged at them, cutting Thomas Morris,
an lS-year-old boy, in the head, and in his
frenzy gashing his own right hand. Ayl
ward staggered from the house to the
police station, three blocks away. He
stepped up to the desk, and placing hU
blood-stained hand on it, said:
"I have Just cut a man. and I thought
I'd better tell you about it."
He went to a cell without resistance.
Officers then arrested the occupants of
the shack as witnesses.
Killed Wife and Himself.
BROWNSVILLE. Neb.. April 22.
Charles Smith shot and killed his wife this
evening at their home and then killed him
self. He was Insane. Smith and his wife
quarreled, and their little boy, fearing
serious trouble, summoned the woman's
father. Mayor Shantz, Before Shantz ar
rived, Mrs. Smith was dead. Smith locked
himself in tho bouse and threatened
Shantz when the latter demanded admis
sion. When Shantz finally forced an en
trance. Smith was found dead, with a
bullet hole in his temple and another In
his abdomen.
Shot "Wife and Stabbed Himself.
SYRACUSE. N. T.. April 22,-John
Hughes, aged 60. shot and killed his wife
and wounded Elizabeth Lyons, aged 18
years, as the women were leaving St.
Vincent de Paul's Church at noon today.
He then fcent to the house of a friend
a mile distant and attempted to commit
suicide by stabbing himself with a pair
of shears. He and Mrs. Hughes were
married a year ago and had separated.
The Lyons girl was struck In the leg by
a stray bullet while "walking on the oppo
site side of the street Her Injuries are
not serious. She Is the daughter of John
H. Lyons, a prominent box manufacturer.
Deported for Bnrslary.
NEW YORK. April 22,-Adelbert Woi
ceth Bogdamowsk! and Anton Rody, alias
Anton Koschlnowskl. who arrived In this
port Saturday on the steamship Palatla.
will be sent back to their native country.
The men admit they were Implicated in
the burglary of a store In Lemberg. Ga
llcla. in which they got about 10,000 florins
and seriously wounded the proprietor.
Two of the men have been arrested on
the other side. The special board of In
quiry Investigated the matter, and. upon
the confession of the men, it was decided
to deport them.
Killed by Footpads.
LOS ANGELES, April 22. Footpads shot
and killed Joseph. Hlldner last night.
Hlldncr came here from Peoria, III., about
a month ago. While he and his mother
were on their way home last night they
were halted by two men. who ordered
them to throw up their hands. The moth
er started to run across the street: her
eon followed, but when he reached the
middle of the street, two shots were fired,
and ha fell with a bullet through his
heart. The police have no clue to the
footpads.
Identified as a Murderer.
BUTTE. Mont.. April 22. Chief of Po
lice Lavell arrived tonight from Salt Lake
with Ed Allison, charged with the mur
der of Louise Creech. Joe Creech, tho
woman's husband, positively identified Al
lison as the woman's smrderac. .. . .
DEMOCRATS ARE FLUSH
MASSACHUSETTS METf TO PAY SHOO
A DAY FOR HOTEL.
The Mention of George Fred Will
lams for Vice-President Pro
vokes Intense Enthusiasm.
BOSTON. April 21 Nineteen of the 30
delegates from this state to the National
Democratic Convention, together with a
number of alternates, met in this city to
day to change the details of their trip
to Kansas City. One entire floor of a
hotel at Kansas City has been hired for
the use of the New England delegation,
giving accommodation for 163 people, at a
total expense of JS00 a day. Two club
rooms will be taken for headquarter pur
poses, at a cost of $300 a day.
George Fred Williams was elected per-
"TWO SOULS WITH BUT
manent chairman of the delegation. In.
formation from other New England states
was to the effect that their delegation
would accompany the Massachusetts men.
The following Democrats were Invited to
accompany the party to the convention:
Alexander Bruce, of Lawrence; Robert
Treat Paine. Jr., of Boston: Thomas J.
Gargan. of Boston: Patrick Collins, of
Boston: John R. Murphy, of Charlestown,
and P. J. Day, of Boston.
The mention of George Fred Williams as
a possibility for Vice-President provoked
Intense enthusiasm, but no formal resolu
tions Indorsing any candidate for any of
fice were made.
Pushing- the Convention Hall.
KANSAS City, Mo., April 22. Progress
In the reconstruction of Convention Hall
is being made with rapid strides. The tons
of twisted steel and debris have been re
moved from the site, much masonry, in
volving the outside walls, has been re
placed, and tomorrow morning the GI1-lette-Herzog
Company, of Minneapolis,
which Is to erect the steel structure, will
put Its force of men at work. Night work
will be done to fulfill Its contract calling
for the erection of the ponderous steel
trusses by June 15. The last contract to
be negotiated by the hall directors Is that
for a fire- and water-proof tile roof, to
cost over 114.000. The contractors give bond
to have the roof on the building within 10
days after the trusses are in place. It
this agreement is kept. It means that the
new convention hall will be Inclosed by
June 25. Two carloads of steel for the
hall arrived from Minneapolis today, and
the lumber Is already on the ground.
Republicans of Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O.. April 22. The Republi
can convention will be held next Tuesday
and Wednesday for the nomination of a
state ticket and the selection of dele-gates-at-large
to Philadelphia. It Is be
lleved that the delegatek-at-large will bs
Senators Hanna and Foraker, Governor
Nash and Congressman Dick. Senator
Hanna has expressed his desire for some
one else to be selected, but as there would
be a contest for the place In the event
of Hanna's declination being accepted. It
is thought that he will be drafted In the
Interest of harmony.
The platform has been outlined by the
Ohio Republicans In Washington, and it
is thought that the committee on resolu
tions will have very little to do in the
way of revision. Messrs. Dick, Hanna
and Foraker and other Ohio people from
Washington are not expected till tomor
row. Inlinrmony In Kanaaa.
TOPEKA, Kan.. April 22. While W. J.
Bryan is In Wichita next week his good
offices will be sought to settle differences
existing between the Populists and Demo
crats in the Sixth and Seventh Districts,
where fusion Is split wide open on account
of the attitude of rival nominees for Con
gress. The fusion politicians are very
much concerned by the situation In these
districts, and they also look forward to
the Third District Democratic and Popu
list conventions, set for May 21, with
much alarm, for If a Democrat be not
given the united nomination In that dis
trict, a split, it is predicted, will be in
evitable between the two state conven
tions to be held later at Fort Scott. The
Third District Is now represented In Con
gress by Hon. E. R. Rldgeley, Populist.
Mr. Bryan Is booked to speak at Wichita
on Tuesday.
"Webster Davis Oat of Politics.
KANSAS CITY. April 22. A Journal
special from Washington says:
"Webster Davis haa been receiving va
rious telegrams and letters from friends
In Missouri asking that ho permit his
name to bo used as a candidate for dele
gate to the Republican National Conven
tion. To the Journal correspondent, Mr.
Davis this evening said:
"'"I am not a candidate for this or any
other political office. I am not a candidate
for delegate. I am out of .politics for good.
I say this emphatically," so as to avoid
any possible misunderstanding. I have
no hesitation in saying that I Intend to
devote myself to the lecture platform and
to literary work." "
Republicans of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG. Pa., April 22. The Re
publican State Convention will be held
here Wednesday to nominate candidates
for Congrcssman-at-Large, Auditor-General,
Presidential Electors and delgates to
tho National convention. Dr. Flood, ol
MeadvUle, Is a candidate for Congrcssman-at-Large.
Hon. Galusha A. Grow is an
active candidate for renomlnatlon, and will
be here to take personal direction of his
canvass. Other candidates are George T
Oliver and Robert H. Forderer.
Indiana Republicans Gathering-.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 21 The Repub
lican State Convention will be held Wed
nesday, and already the hotels are filled
with delegates. The delegates-at-large to
thoNtlonal convention .will be Senators
unninqhRunnjng
Falrbanks and Bevcrldge, Governor Mount
and Chairman Hornby, of the state com
mittee. There are six candidates for Gov
ernorNational Committeeman Durbln,
John L. Griffiths. Frank Posey. Enoch G.
Hogan, James Dodge and Lieutenant
Governor Haggard, with Durbln and Grif
fith equal In the lead.
STORMS IN THE SOUTH.
Railroad Tramo Much Interrupted
More Rain Coming;.
MERIDIAN, MIsCApril 22. Passenger
traffic bv tran&rerrlni? . at several bad
l wash-outs has been resumed on the Ala
I bama Great Southern Railroad. The Mo
i bllo 4 Ohio passenger train, water-bound
at Quitman for five days and nights, pulled
, into Meridian toda. Eighteen hours were
I consumed In covering 20 miles. Full trafllc
I on the Mobile & Ohio. Alabama &. Vlcks-
burg. and New Orleans Northeastern
, roads cannot possibly be resumed Inside of
10 days. Pascagoula reports that two spans
lot the Loulsvlllo & Nashville bridge, at
1 West Pascagoula, Miss., were knocked out
A SINGLE THOUGHT."
New York Tribune.
by floating1 logs coming down the river to
day. The passenger service 19 badly
crippled, and passengers and malls are be
ing transferred in boats. The freight traf
fic Is entirely suspended. This Is on the
direct line of travel between New Or
leans and the north and east, and trafllc
Is always heavy.
The Pascagoula River, which the bridge
crosses between West Pascagoula and
Scranton, has been receding very rapidly
the past few days, and many log booms
broken away from their moorings up the
country have been carried down stream.
The water continues to carry hundreds of
logs, and the spans may be forced com
pletely off before morning. Pascagoula
River at the point where the bridge crosses
is now 10 miles in width, the entire dis
tance being traversed by the bridge and Its
approaches.
General Alger and most of the delegates
to the B'nal B'rith convention here were
caught between the break and Mobile.
The Northern LousCana points report an
other heavy rain storm tonight. The rail
road tracks are washed out at a number
of points, and the loss of strawberries and
vegetable gardens on account of lack of
shipping facilities will be heavy.
A Dallas, Tex., special says rains have
fallen all over Texas today, extending to
Texarkana on the north, and San Antonio
on the south. At San Antonio the rnla
fell In torrents for three hours, and the
streets were like rivers. A severe wind
storm prevailed this evening In Northeast
ern Texas, doing much damage In the vi
cinity of Marshall.
Jackson, Miss., reports that the session
of the Circuit Court which was to havo
convened tomorrow at Hattlesborg hat
been postponed on account of the high
waters surrounding that place. Tonight
the water at Scranton and Pascagoula,
Miss., is rising rapidly, and the situation
Is serious.
DAMAGE BY FOREST FIRES.
Much Timber Destroyed and Prob
ably Lives Loat.'
WINNIPEG, Man., April 22. Exag
gerated reports of heavy loss of life by
forest fires In the southeastern portion of
the province are denied. A special train
from the scene of tho conflagration today
brings nows that much valuable wood and
timber has been destroyed, but there haa
been no loss of life. Another story says:
"Fires along the southeastern region are
still raging. The entrapped special truin
Succeeded In hrAnlrtno- thrnttch thA flaniH
and arrived this morning. Brought In with
ii were several stragglers, found In a des
perate condition near Vassar. These fu
gitives lost everything. Ail tell thrilling'
stories of escape from death.
"Besides Immense quantities of lumber
and wood, two large lumbering outfits are
known to be burned. The drivers and
bushmen have scattered In all directions,
and out of 200 only about 30 are known to
have reached a place of safety. The fa
talities will not be known until the con
tractors can call the roll of their men.
The total loss Is estimated at n.000,000."
Fires Dylnjr Dorm.
DULUTH. Minn.. April 22. Reports to
day from the forest fire district are very
meager, but from the best Information ob
tainable It Is believed the worst of the
scare Is over and that the fires are dying
down.
A message tonight from Lakeside says
that timber a few mes north of there
Is burning, and the Are appears to be
widening In Its area quite rapidly.
Storm SlK-nala Ordered.
WASHINGTON. April 22. The Weather
Bureau tonight ordered storm signals dis
played on the entire Gulf Coast, from
Pensacola, Fla.. to Brownsville, Tex., near
the Mexican border line. Heavy rains In
the Southern stnt rnmlnc fnrti. nnnAm
in that section, are predicted for the next
iivo oays.
Alto-eld la Right.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Will the platform of 1S96 be modified I
Not on your life, says Mr. Altgeld. If
you think that could be done, "you have
simply read the newspapers and have not
studied the conditions. The moment Mr.
Bryan consents to modify the Chicago
platform In any particular, that moment
he is destroyed. He would at once sink
to the level of the ordinary politician
who was trimming his sails to catch votes.
He would at once cease to be the idol of
the Democratic heart." He would also
fall to get a renomlnatlon. for the views
that Mr. Altgeld expresses are the views
of the Democrats who will control the
Kansas City convention by an overwhelm
ing majority, and if Bryan were to throw
out the sacred platform of 1S36 they would
throw him out Instantly, and would re
assert the platform and put a new man
on It. They know what they want. They
are Bryanltes from conviction and Bryan
Ism., as set forth In the platform of 1S36,
represents what they want in National ad
ministration. They are the party today,
and that platform is the dose of medicine
In a tin cup which the Eastern Democrats
I, must take and like or els stay, outside.
FRIENDLY TO THE BOERS
BUT THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS
POWERLESS TO ACT.
It Alao Seea No Reaaon Why the
South African Peace Delegation
Should Visit Berlin.
BERLIN, April 22. The semi-official
Berliner Post publishes an Inspired article,
in which It Is said that the sentiment re.
gardlngthe Boers still remains friendly
throughout Germany, but that the govern
ment sees no reason why the Boer peace
delegation should come to Berlin, since
no good could be gained from such a visit,
Germany being unable to render the
slglhtest service, either In friendly offices
to both sides or In Intermediation, so long
as Great Britain remains determined to
reject both.
When Emperor William arrived at Al
tona the other day to salute the Prince of
Wales, returning from Copenhagen to
London, he was struck with the lack of
suitable arrangements on the pttrt of
Lleutenant-General Von Schlelnltz. com
mander at Altona. After his return to
Berlin, the Emperor Issued orders giving
General Von Schlelnltz six months leave
of absence. The General has tendered his
resignation and left the army. ,
The most striking feature of the week
on the Bourse was the excitement caused
by the Incidents In the American Iron
market, price reductions there producing
a renewed fear of American competition
here in iron and steel and consequently
reduced earnings for the companies. Ow
ing to this fear, the bull movement In In
dustrial shares predicted for this week
failed to realize, and Instead the week was
marked by heavy realization sales, caus
ing a general decline In quotations.
The week's fall for favorite Iron shores
are from 5 to 7 per cent. The financial
press devotes considerable space to the
American Iron situation and Its bearing
on the German market. The View prevails
that danger is not Immediate.
Reports from the Qerman Iron centers
indicate a slowing up In new business,
the high prices causing consumers to hesi
tate to place orders.
Another unfavorable factor on the
week's speculation was the statement of
the Relchsbank, which did not show tho
expected Improvement.
Baden will place a loan of 2S.000.009
marks on April 27. 34 per cent, at 93.40.
An association of German oil mills has
been formed.
The German-Australian Company will
establish a new line of steamers to Syd
ney and Brisbane, by way of Cape Town.
Reacrlpta of Emperor Nloholaa.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 21 Emperot
Nicholas has Issued an Imperial rescript
addressed to the Grand Duke Serglus,
Governor-General of Moscow, expressing
his gratification at having passed holy
week In Moscow. The rescript says, in
port:
"In the cradle of autocracy, whero the
saints repose undisturbed and amid the
resting places of the crowned builders and
expanders of the Russian Empire, our
prayers rise with increased strength to
the Lord of Lords, In common with the
faithful members of our beloved church
thronging into the temples, and her calm
Joy fills the soul in prayer'
Another rescript compliments Grand
Duke Serglus and bestows upon him a
portrait of the Czar set In brilliants.
The London Stock Market.
LONDON. April 22. The Stock Exchange
does not show any indication of antici
pated revival of business after the holi
days, everything remaining stagnant and
quiet. Consols closed lower. Ameri
cans, after much Irregularity throughout
the week, closed dull, the demand being
largely decreased. Philadelphia & Read
ing rose H of a point, and New York Cen
tral & Hudson River H- Baltimoro &
Ohio fell 1 point. Norfolk & Western com
mon T4. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
H. and Union Pacific H- The business In
mines was much smaller, but prices were
better on French buying. Rands were 5-11
up on the week. Money was In good de
mandcall money, 3 to 4; fixtures. 34:
three months bills, 4 to 4 1-18 per cent.
Drelbund Powers Favor Each Other.
ROME, April 22. The Italian papers are
much concerned regarding the renewal
of commercial treaties with Germany nnd
Austria. The Pungolo Parllamente as
serts, on the authority of a former mem
ber of the Cabinet, probably Slgnor Bi
anca. that a clause was added in 1S31 to
the drelbund treaty whereby the three
powers stipulate to grant one another fa
vored treatment and the greatest possible
facilities In trade. The Trlbuna, comment.
Ing upon this revelation, says that. In
splto of It, the prospects for the future
ore not reassuring. In view of the ultra
protectionist tendencies of the Austrian
and German Agrarians.
Colon Is Threatened.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 22,-Advices
from Colombia today say that Bocas del
Toro, Panama, Is In possession of the reb
els. Last Friday the government char
tered a British steamer to take troops to
Bocas del Toro, whero an Important bat
tle Is expected. With Bocas del Toro In
the hands of the rebels. Colon. Is prac
tically threatened.
There Is considerable excitement at Car.
tagena over the report that Baranqullla
has fallen Into the hands of the Insur
gents. This rumor Is not entirely credited,
but there are good grounds for believing
that the town will soon be taken.
Victoria's Pleaaant Sunday.
DUBLIN, April 22. Queen Victoria this
morning attended divine services in the
chapel of the Vice Regal Lodge. This
afternoon she went for a drive, visiting
St. Vincent's Catholic College, The
weather was as hot and sunny as it usual
ly Is In June.
THE BASEBALL RECORD.
St. Loula Won an Exciting; Game
From Pittsburg.
ST. LOUIS. April 22. St. Louis won an
exciting game from Pittsburg today. The
visitors tied the score in their half of the
ninth, and only Heldrlck's magnificent
catch kept them from winning. Heldrlck
singled in St. Louis' half and went to sec
ond on Donovan's sacrifice. McGann's
terrific liner to right brought him In. At
tendance. 18,300. The score:
RHEi R H E
St. Louis .... 6 la 2PIttsbUTg 5 8 1
Batteries Powell and O'Connor; Wadell,
Flaherty, Phllllppl and Zlmxner. Umpire
Hurst. Cincinnati Beats ChlcaRO.
CINCINNATI. April 22. With one out
In the ninth, today, the locals struck a
batting streak and pulled a game out of
the fire that seemed hopelessly lost. Sin
gles by Irwin. Crawford, Peltz, Woods'
double and McBrtde's sjngle did the trick.
The score: .
ilHH R II E
Cincinnati .... 7 10 llChicago 6 7 3
Batteries Hahn and Peltz; Garvin and
Donohue.
American League.
. KANSAS CITY. April Si-Kansas City,
10: Minneapolis, E..
DETROIT. April 22. Detroit-Buffalo
game postponed; wet grounds.
CHICAGO. April 22. American League.)
Chicago, 5; Milwaukee, 3.
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Committee to Urjre St. Louis Fair.
HOUSTON. Tex.. April 22. Following Is
the personnel of the committee appointed
by the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress to go to Washington to urge th
passage of the St. Louis world's fair ap
propriation bill:
President, John R. Pitkin, New Orleans;
ex-Governor Prince, of New Mexico; Hon.
Thomas Patterson, Denver: Gove mot
Kellogg, of Minneapolis; Hon. Walter
Greaham, of Galveston, and Hon. Frank
P. Holland, of Dallas.
The party Is to assemble at St. Louis,
whence they will go to Washington Wednesday.
WILL PROBABLY RESIGN.
Rivera Wlahea to- Be Free for Cam
palgn. "Work in Cuba.
HAVANA, April "-General Ruiz Ri
vera, Secretary of Agriculture, has had a
long interview with Governor-General
Wood regarding 'the letter which he wrote
urging a union of political parties and
unanimous demand for Independence by
the end of 1901. General Rivera will prob
ably resign early this week from his offi
cial position. The Cubano predicts that
the remaining Secretaries will do likewise,
as it is recognized that General Rivera
holds a powerful Influence. Other Secre
taries who have been seen, however, say
that the resignation of the Secretary of
Agriculture will not nffect them. They
give It as their belief that the National
party will be benefited by General Ri
vera's resignation, as his, official position
has hampered his usefulness as a cam
paigner. In the course of the Interview, General
Rivera Informed Governor-General Wood
that he had not meant any personal dis
courtesy, but that he is of the opinion
that he would prefer to be untrammeled
by offlce, so that he might speak out his
mind on political matters without embar
rassing the Government.
La Lucha says that the electoral law
Insures honesty, equity and rapidity, and
has won the approval of the people. The
Naclon also heartily Indorses tho electoral
law.
Senor Plerra, one of the leaders of the
Democratic Union party, has written a let
ter to the newspapers, in which he says
that the policy of the party In wishing
Cubans to elect an advisory board to rep
resent them during the period of interven
tion is a most sensible policy, as. he de
clares. It Is very doubtful whether the-
comlng municipal elections will demon
strate the capacity of the Cubans for self
government. As a consequence the United
States would wait until the Cubans should
give better proof of being able to got era
themselves.
DEMOCRATIC-UNIONISTS GAINING.
Cuban Nntlonallatfi Hesitate About
ResiEnlnir Office.
HAVANA. April 22. The members of
the Cabinet are still considering where
they stand with respect to tho recently
expressed views of the Secretary of Agri
culture, General Ruiz Rivera, who has
demanded that the United States Govern
ment should set a time limit for the occu
pation of the Island. Most of them feel
If they do not resign they will be looked
upon by the Cuban voters as being neg
lectful of the interests of the island; while,
on the other hand, they feel that. If they
shouid resign, they would not only lose
their salaries, but also that their places
would be occupied by members of the
Democratic-Union party, which represents
the conservative element, together with
all the autonomist organizations.
With the exception of Senor Vlllalon, the
members of the present Cabinet are' mem
bers of the National party, and they would
dread the effete of the new party coming
Into office; for, with the patronage at the
disposal of the new party. It would "un
questionably become predominant.
As a matter of fact, the Democratic
Union party, whose leaders believe In giv
ing the United States full swing. Is al
ready fast gaining ascendancy.
Appeal Throuh War Department.
HAVANA, April 22. Governor-General
Wood has Issued .an order that appeals
against his decision can only be made
through the Secretary of War. He has
also ordered that all appeals which are
now pending under the order of General
Brooke, which allowed appeals to be, made
to a certain body of law officers, cease im
mediately. This order was issued on ac
count of a dispute over certain mining
claims, which Governor-General Wood, on
appeal, had decided. Jle found that a
previous decree, as Instanced by this par
ticular case, gave his own appointees
power to override his decisions.
Receipt of the Cuban Treasury.
WASHINGTON. April 22. The total re
ceipts of the Cuban Treasury for the
month of March, 1900, were J1.67S.66S. The
receipts for the corresponding month of
1S amounted to 3,033.
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
Was Prominently Connected With
Several Eastern Papers.
NEW YORK. April 22. Benjamin North
rup, a well-known newspaper man, died
Saturday night of meningitis, after nn
Illness of a few weeks. Mr. Northrop was
born In Cleveland, O.. In 1S55. He received
his education at a Wisconsin college and
In Germany nnd France. He was at vari
ous times connected with the Indianapolis
News and other Western papers. He
came to New York In 1SS2 to take an edi
torial position on the Graphic, and he
afterwards became a staff writer on tho
New York Times and a special writer on
the Herald. In 1SSS he went on. the Mall
and Express, becoming Its mana'gtng edi
tor, a position he held for several years.
In 1S3S he became cdltor-In-chlet of the
Baltimore Herald, but resigned on account
of Ill-health.
Man Who Nominated Peter Cooper.
DETROIT. April 22. Henry A. Robinson,
ex-Statistician of the Agricultural Depart
ment, died today, a,ged 58. Mr. Robinson
nominated Peter Cooper for the Presidency
In the greenback convention at Indianapo
lis. Croker la Perfectly Well.
LONDON. April 22. Richard Croker, of
New York, is at Wantage, perfectly well.
He expressed himself as satisfied with the
political situation at home. Mr. Croker
is in excellent spirits over his success at
the Newmarket races last week.
Ofilclal Spelling of Porto Rico.
Chicago Tribune.
The official name of the Island Is "Porto
Rico." A Washington dispatch to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat a newspaper which
spells It "Puerto Rico." on the ground
that the official executive departments of
the Government have been spelling It in
that way, contains the information that
Porto Rico is the spelling given in the
law which has Just been enacted for the
government of the Island. The House bill
had spelt it with the "ue," but the Senate
struck It out and subsltuted the common
sense spelling, and the House accepted the
revision, together with the other amend
ments contained In the Foraker "Dill. The
President has signed the act, thus giving
executive sanctlon.to the spelling, and the
office to which Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Allen has been appointed Is officially
known as Governor of "Porto Rico." The
Globe-Democrat contains on interview
with Dr. Robert T. Hill, well known as
a geographer and geologist, who says that
since the American .occupation "Porto
Rico" has supplanted "Puerto Rico" In the
Island ltoelf. The principal newspaper of
San Juan contains the Information that
It Is published In "San Juan de Porto
Rico," the principal club's letterheads give
the name as the Colonial Club of Porto
Rico. The most popular native book about
the Islands Is entitled the "Geography of
Porto Rlco." The map most sold there
gives the Island's name spelled In the
American way. The stores bear the name
upon the signs. The official name of the
military department Is that of "Porto
Rico." Dr. Hill says that since American
occupation the American spelling has been
almost unlversaly adopted, and the term
"Puerto Rlco" Is rapidly becoming obsolete.
WORLD'SCOPPERPRODUCT
THE UNITED STATES YIELDS MORE
THAN HALF THE TOTAL.
Great Incrense In Recent Years
Price Has Not Fallen Proportion
ately Value of Manufactures.
WASHINGTON. April 22. - The rapid
growth of the copper industry In tho
United States and the large proportion
which this country supplies of the world's
copper consumption Is Illustrated by somo
figures presented by a German publica
tion entitled "A Century of Copper." a
translation rrom which has Just reached
tho Treasury Bureau of Statistics. It
shows that the United States has during
the decade of 1S31-19CO produced more than
half of the copper of the world, while in
the preceding decade it supplied but about
one-third of the world's production, and In
the decade 1S71-1SS0, the production sup
plied by the United States was only about
one-sixth of the total.
The growth of copper production In tho
century has, according to this statement.
been very rapid, being In the first decade
91.000 tons. In the fifth decade 291.0W tons,
and In the 10th decade, which ends with
WOO, 3,3,000 tons, of which 1.S63.000 tons are
supplied by North America, the large pro
portion of this being from the United
States.
The greatly Increased demand for this
material Is further Illustrated by the fact
that, although the production has in- '
creased from 06,909 tons In the decade
1S31-1SS0 to 3.M3.0CO In the decade 1S91-1900.
the average price, according to the publi
cation In question, has only fallen from
JK5 per ton to J2C0 per ton, production
having during that time increased more
than six-fold, while the price fell but
about one-half.
While the world's production has In
creased with startling rapidity during the
century, that of North America has by
far outgrown all other parts of the world,
and It is apparently through the enor
mous supplies of North America chiefly
the United States that the world's pro
duction has so greatly Increased. A table
contained In this publication which ghe3
the production of each decade by principal
countries, shows no record of production
In North America earlier than the decade
1S41-S0, In which period the total produc
tion Is given at 2400 tons, while In 1S31-60
it was 37,000 tons. In 1S61-70 97.0)0 tons, la
1S71-SQ 156.000 tons. In lSSl-SO 7W.0CO tons,
and in 1S91-1909 1.963,000 tons, the copper
production of North America in the de
cade 1S51-190O being thus 2H times as great
as In the preceding decade, and 10 times
as great as In the decade 1S71-S0.
In the matter of consumption the fig
ures are equally Interesting. A tablo
showing the consumption of England,
France. Germany, and North America
gives the total consumption In those four
countries at 409.5S3 tons In 1539. against
2ES.417 tons in 1S93. being an increase of
about 50 per cent during the period under
consideration; while in North America
alone the production is given at 77.433 tons
in 1S93. and 162.000 tons in 1S99, the growth
being over 100 per cent during the pe
riod. The rapid Increase In the share of tho
world's copper consumption supplied by
the United States Is Illustrated by the ex
port figures of the decade Just ended,
which show that the exportation of copper
In Ingots, bars and plates, which in 1S9)
amounted to 20,237,409 pounds, was In
1S99 254.9S7.164 pounds, while the total
value of copper exported, exclusive of
ore. Increased from $2,349,392 In 1S90, to
J35.9S3.32a In 1S99.
Tho following table shows the value of
copper manufactures of all kinds, includ
ing copper in bars, plates and ingots, ex
ported each year, from 1S90 to 1SS9:
1590 2.3.S9I
1S91 4.614 597
1S92 7.226.392
1S93 4.525.373
1S94 19.697.140
1SSS tl.43.703
1596 1S.720.V4
1597 31.621.123
1S93 32.1S0.S73
1S99 35,9S323
Bandit Fired Into a. Crotvd.
EAGLE PASS, Tex.. April 22. News has
reached here of the killing of Jordan L.
Cook, at Acatlan. Mex. Cook was la
charge of a railroad construction gang.
He wns standing In a group of half a
dozen men when a bandit rode up and fired
eeveral shots Into the crowd, killing young
Cook. His father, who is ex-Sheriff of
Maverick County. Texas, has taken the
matter up with the Mexican authorities.
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