- 3'5r‘or .- »» WEE MY.- Nvo 1': w A 1.1: QAZETPR. ‘ PoRro Rico's, NEEDS." The People Are Reported to Be Stil- Suffering. NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—The Porto Hi can relief committee of the Merchants’ as sociation has received an acknowledgment from General George W. Davis, governor general of Porto Rico, under date of Aug 29, of the goods shipped by that commit- tee on the transpo1t McClellan on the 23d of August. It s 1.:ys “I beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 23d inst advising me of the shipment of material for the relief of the sufferers from the hurricane in Porto Rico. Upon the ar- rival of the goods they will be turned over to the board of charities for Porto Rico, in whose charge the distribution of material has been placed, and who will formally, in detail, acknowledge the ,re- ceipt of the supplies in question. “The fruit and most of the food crops of the island are totally destroyed. Upon these, as you well know, the people sub‘ sist, living from hand to mouth, and without these there is nothing intrinsic in Porto Rico, nor any food reserve upon which they can live until a new crop is produced. ‘Neither have they the means of purchasing food, even were it here in abundance. “I believe that the great problem to be solved is more a question of food than anything else, and to supply this every effort ‘should be bent. The hum'an ani- mal can live here with very little cloth- ing and shelter, but without "food there can be only one 1esult. ' . “If my conclusions as to the extent of the destiuction of food supplies be 001- rect, the stress of hunger will be an in— creasing one from this forward for many weeks, and we must prepare to feed not less than a quarter of a million people before the earth can bring forth fresh supplies. \Vhat this means is shown by a single mathematical demonstration, summed up.in the question, At the rate of one pound of food per day per person, how many pounds of food would it take to feed 250,000 persons 119 days?” A. Gasoline Inspection Car. CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—The Illinois ' Central is experimenting with an inspec— tion car having a motor run by gasoline. ’Ihus far the experiments have been 0 successful that it is quite probable tfi road will adopt this description of car on all of its divisions. Several railroad men have expressed the belief that the “auto- mobile of the mil” in a sl1o1t time will come into such ge11e1al use that the old hand wo1ked inspection cars will be but little m01e than legacies of the past. The car with which the Illinois Central is ex- perimenting has an average speed of 25 miles an hour, but it is capable of cover- ing the rails much more speedily than that. One of the inspectors of the road is said to have gone 75 miles in two hours. A gallon of gasoline ordinarily will run the car more than 75 miles, and there is a provision for carrying four gal— lons, or enough for an unbroken run of 300 miles. Forest Fires In France. MARSEILLES, Sept. 12.—Extensive fires are raging in the woods near Mar- seilles and Toulon. at least ten miles of forest being in flames. A number of chateaus have been destroyed, and others are threatened. Allegretto. 1. ’Twas twi- light on 2. “Ah! would the stern were wide 3. “Oh, for an hour we hung beneath ti: 9 shadows of the cliff . . 11-101- love this seat of mine is wide” “ Ah! wouldthe stern were w1decnough for 10,” she sud. come, mind not the I must steer,” and to mv prayezs her tress-es wav- ed no», I" l. '9- ° two were on the .1110", two,” I mad - cued, fur - ther on you .111; ‘9' Copyright, y OUR COLONIAL TRADE. ‘ L} [interesting Facts About Trade With Islands Under America’s Control. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.——The war: department made public yesterday a ; statement of the trade between the Unit- 1 ed States and all of her colonies under military cont1ol and with Cuba as well for the seven months of 1899 ending July 31, making comparison with the. year 1898. . The exports from the United States to Cuba for the seven months were $14,- 116,993 in 1899 against $4, 485, 937 in 1898. The imports into the United States from Cuba for the same period were $19, 976, 956 in 1899 against $12,474,770 in 1898. . The exports from the United States to Porto Rico for the seven months were $2, 299, 221 in 1899 against $569,110 in 1898. Imports into the United States from Porto Rico during the same time were $3,379,944 in 1899 against $2,253,‘ 9 800 in 1898. The exports from the United States to the Philippine Islands f1om Jan. 1 to July 31 were $386,109 in 1899 against $65, 736 in 1898. The imports into the United States from the Philippines for the same period were $3,274,134 in 1899 against $2, 283,7 7'5 in 1898. The trade of the United States with the va1ious islands, when stated by months, shows a marvelous growth of our commerce. The growth of exports by months has been very gratifying in all the islands and especially so in the Philippine Is- lands. PAYMENT REFUSED. l Comptroller Morgan Decides Against Canal Contractors. ALBANY, Sept. 11.—State Comptrol ler William J. Morgan received a letter, in July last from Superintendent of Pub- lic Works Partridge, asking if he was in possession of any facts or information which would lead him to refuse to honor drafts for the payment of the final ac- counts on nine of the canal improve ment contracts on which the v 01k was reported to have been completed. , The comptroller has heretofore decided , that illegal and improper allowances . were made on centracts Nos. 1 and 2. middle division, Erie canal, amounting_ to $218,207.45, and his examination oil contracts Nos. 3 and 5 of the same divi' l sion, just completed, has resulted in his 1 finding improper charges on these two, canal contracts amounting to $116,110.96. ‘, He finds in the disposition of these= four contracts that no more money is due to the contractors, because they al- 2 ready have been paid more than they' were legally entitled to by reason of such improper extra allowances. These decisions of Comptroller Morgan are of great public interest, as they cov: er the disputed questions underlying al: of the unsettled canal contracts and in»1 volve nearly $700,000. “—T—“-—._fi_—_q’- Increase. of \Vages Granted. SHAMCKIN, Pa., Sept. 12.—The Shipmau Coal company, éperating the Colbert colliery, has granted an increase in wages from $8 to $9.60 a week for loaders. drirers and company hands, and 200 111011 and boys who struck two weeks ago for an increase will resume work at once. HER REASON. HABANERA. 1‘3 O - cid e, for the p enough for 110,” said she, “‘I would not dare; row ,“‘" “0h,: Q4 _. ._._..; .4;— «11 *‘6‘4’ Ancl for an hour ive “But come, mind not the But I must stccz',”aud ' O by THE New Yonx Musrcm ¢ ’ing strength of the gOVernment. ‘ w. . exhibit at Paris. was twilight hung beneath tilo - ler, love, this to my prayers Her tl‘CSS,3 cs raved me A_ BRIDGE COMBINE. The Concern \Vlll Include 95 Per Cent of the Business. PITTSBURG, Sept. 12.—The Com- mercialGazette today says: “Pittsburg- ers interested in the pioposed bridge structural i1on and steel combine, which is being promoted by J. Gifford Ladd of 3 New York, to be capitalized at $65, 000,- ,000, are confident that the deal will go through soon. Among the Pittsburg’ concerns that arenaderstoodto be op- tioned in the deal we the Keystone Bridge company of the Carnegie inter- ,ests, the Shiflier Bridge company; the Pittsburg Bridge .company and the Schultz Bridge and Iron company. The $65,000,000 of capital stock is to be divided into $22,000,000 7 per. cent ; cumulative preferred and $43,000,000 common. The name of the company, will be the American B1idge company or the ' Republic Bridge company. The concern is to take' 1n 95 per cent of. the bridge building trade of the country Venezuela Revolution Spreading“. PONCE, Porto Rico, Sept. 12.—The steamer Philadelphia, Captain Chambers, from Venezuelan ports, brings news of the spread of the revolution and the wan‘ The in- surgent leader, General Citriano Castro, has 10,000 men under his command. According to the same authority, a strict censorship of cable dispatches has been . established, mail matter isfreely opened, and a close watch is kept upon outgoing passengers. President Andrade has pur~ chased a Spanish gunboat with an equip- . ment of eight guns for $135,000. Sixty- six prominent politicians, among them Senor Hernandez, the editor of El Prega- naro, were arrested on Aug. 14, and more than 500 have been taken into cus- tody since. A fierce battle was fought on Aug. 23 near Barquisimeto, when the insurgents captured 2,000 government troops and secured a large quantity of ammunition. A Strong Southeastern NEW’ YORK, Sept. 12.~A strong southeast wind, at times almost ap- proaching hurricane velocity, prevailed in this vicinity for several hours yester- day afternoon and did considerable dam- age to shipping in the harbor and prop/ erty 011 Staten Island and several of the towns along the Jersey coast. lands of Navesiuk several houses were blown down and Sandlass’ hotel was badly damaged. At Perth Amboy several buildings were blown down and many trees were uprooted. Small buildings were blown dowu, chimneys blown oil andtrees uprooted at a number of other New Jersey towns. At Tottenville, Sta. 1 ton Island, a 1111111ber of buildings were destroyed. At 5:30 o’clock the wind reached a velocity of 65 miles an hour, and several boats were smashed in the lower harbor. To Boycott the Exposition. NExVC ASTLI 3—ON- TYNE, Sept. 12.—- D. Stevens :1 shipox» 11e1 and royal commissioner to the Paris exhibition, has declared that as a result of the Dreyfus verdict he will not put his foot on French soil. He adds that thousands of his coun- trymen will do the same. Several impor- tant firms here have already declined to Miss ELVIRA FRENCELLI. And “ But But two were on the skifi', two,” I mad -ly cried, fur- ther on you may, 9° .. v- 011 the 13111 - c111 lake, we “ I would not dare, row ' '0' ,~ shad- ows 1::- seat of mine the is —-———e-—— v— 131°4- At High- ' Bad For: the Eiposition. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. —Rc‘_present- ative G10sveno1 of Ohio, who has just returned from Europe, spending part of the time in Paris, when asked by a Post reporter if the Dreyfus verdict would hurt the Paris exposition, replied: “Be- yond ‘a doubt. No nation can afford to boycott the exposition as a nation, be- cause such action would be a direct in- sult to France, but individuals can ex- press their opinion, and, in my judgment, thousands who would otherwise have vis- ited Paris will now remain on this side. This will touch the French in a tender spot. The French people are looking for- ward to making a great deal of money . out of the show. It is a good thing that l l 1 l l i l l 1 i l 1 the appropriation for the exposition has been made. Congress would hardly be in the mood now to,appropriate money.” Otis Heard From. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. ——General Otis has info1med the war department that t1vo companies of the Nineteenth. 1n fantry left Sunday night for Iloilo, to be follOwed by headquarters and the balance of the two battalions to relieve the Ten- nessee regiment at Iloilo and Cebu. The foll'owin‘g also was received from Gener- al Otis: “Following minor affairs report- ed: Captain Butler, Third infantry, with portion Balinag troops, drove insurgents at San Rafael, capturing seven with arms Insurgent} forces made demonstration against Santarita, on Porac road; loss, two officers and six privates with arms captured by Colonel Bell. No casualties among our troops.” Connnander Taussig Coming: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—W'0rd has come that Commander Taussig of the navy will arrive in the United State: from Manila about the 1st. of. next month, and it is believed from what is said by his friends that he will promptly demand a court of inquiry. The officer was relieved from command of‘ the Ben— nington by Admiral \Vatscn because of some free criticism on his part of the capability of the admiral. Beet Sugar Factory For Des Moines. DES MOINES, 111.. Sept. 12.—It is practically certain that Des Moines and eastern capitalists will erect a beet sugar factory here next year. An organization has been efiected, and the only work now to be accomplished is to secure contracts with farmers pledging that 700 acres of beets will be raised annually in this county. Over half of this amount is al‘ ready contracted. Ample capital is back of the project. A Western Freight War. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 11.——The Kan- sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis rail- way has served notice that it will reduce -._._‘ the rate on packing h'ouse products to: Memphis from 12 cents per 100 pounds to 9 cents per 100. This was done to meet the Burlington’s cut of 3 cents Sa.‘~ = urday, when it reduced the rate fron- Omaha to Ohio river points to 11 cents per 100. " The former rate was 21 cents. "Meridian Quaranflndd. MERIDIAN, Miss , Sept. city of Meridian last night qua1antined against all places infected with yellow fever. This will have the effect of pre- venting the United States circuit court from convening in this city today. in help not She “ Come, “Art and heaven— ly did” “and night comes on,’ slight-1y flush: mg with be com - pared, her cross old could at you stick! ' thoughts, THE CUBAN- NEGRo. Fears oLRace Troubles In- Eastern Provinces—A Scarclty of Water. HAVANA, Sept. 11.—Quintin Bandera still remains at Havana, purchasing the plant for the newspaper he intends to establish in Santiago, Cuba. H'ls stay causes no little trouble among the lead- ing Cuban politicians of all- parties, ow- ing to the news of the formation of a negro party in the eastern provinces. Moreover, Gualberto Gomen, by his th1eat to form a third Havana party, has forced a premature union between the Cuban National league and the Cu- ban National party. Although the white Cubans assert that there is no likelihood of any 1ace trouble in Cuba, still the amount of space that all the newspapers have given to the newly founded negrc party of late goes to show a belief that the eastern provinces could seriously af- fect the political future of the island, and the politicians are having every movement of Bandera closely watched by special detectives. Considering the former relatiOns be-. tween Maximo Gomez and Bandera, many claim that the recent interview be- tween them was part of a deep political scheme and that the accounts of it as published were quite different from what passed between the two men. The\op‘ ponents of Geneial Gomez contend that he looks to the eastern provinces as the principal source of fighting powe1, know- ing that Bandera has a strong following of former negro insurgents. Their the- ory is that Gomez is ready to conciliate Banderaa'with a view tea possible future combination. The northern districts of Puerto Prin- cipe have been without rain for nearly ten months. As a consequence the sugar crops are the smallest on record. The citizens of N uevitas are driven to import fresh water from Havana for drinking purposes, the local wells being exhausted, and water now sells sometimes as high as 25 cents a demijohn. To Manufacture Smokeless Powder. W'ASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—The navy department expects to begin the manu- facture of smokeless powder at its pow der mills, a few miles back from the Po« tomac river, near Indian Head, within the next two or three months. Work on the mills has been pushed energetically, and at present about 1,200 men are em- ployed. Admiral O’Neil, chief of the bu- reau of ordnance, accompanied by Lieu- tenant Seymour of the bureau, inspected the work during the last week and was much pleased at the progress made. Al- ready about a dozen buildings are com- pleted, the electric light plant, said to be one of the finest in the world, is installed. and the stand pipe, 120 feet high, is up There are 10 or 12 other buildings well along toward completion. Altogether the group of buildings will number 24 or 2.3, with a capacity of 2,000 pounds of smokeless powder daily. This daily out- put seems large at first thought, but one of the 13 inch guns of the Indiana uses , 1,000 pounds of powder at a single shot. fin—The Two Large Switch. Plants. CHICAGO. Sept. 12.—Announcement is made that the American Switch com- pany is preparing to break ground for the erection of two large plants, one in Chicago and one in Jersey City, at 9 cost of $1,000,000 each. at the far from sore - 1y I we’re I With But 51 A she I seem, said, brow, un - less she shook it’s most un- less, she shook, it’s most, 1' CONDENSED DlSPATCHES. A brick building in New Haven was burned at a loss of $25,000. Senator McCarthy of Goshen, N. Y., has purchased the famous pacer Joe Patchen. Twelve cars of. a through freight train from Waterville to Portland, Me., were derailed and demolished. The property damage exceeds $20,000. Henry Phillips of Syracuse, while ' walking on a cinder path at Addison, N. oars, shore, asked, noth - ing flush - ing slight-1y fraid? oh? Y., was hit by a bundle of papers thrown from a train and instantly killed. The body. of a drowned man, aged about 35 years and dressed in a suit of blue serge and laced shoes, was found floating in the Narrows near Fort Wads- worth, N . Y. Two freight trains collided head on on the Philadelphia and Erie road near Tiona, Pa. Eighteen cars were wrecked and piled on the track. The engineer was killed and the fireman fatally hurt. A Desperate Burglar. COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 11. —A desper- ate fight took place yesterday between Charles Dumont, an ex-convict, and De-‘ tective Abe Kleeman and Patrolman George Gaston, with the result that all three were wounded, Dumont fatally. Dumont was wanted for burglary, and the officers were waiting for him on Har- rison avenue, when he came along on a bicycle. The officers called upon Dumont to stop, but he pedaled on, at the same time drawing a revolver and shooting over his shoulder at his pursuers. Patrol man Gaston got a bullet in his head and another in the arm. Dumont lost his balance and fell from his wheel, but quickly sought refuge behind a telegraph pole and continued the fight. with Detect- ive Kleeman. Dumont received three wounds in the body, one of which, near the he a1t will move fatal. Detective Kleeman has a serious flesh wound in the righu side. To TVelcé'me Minnesota Troops. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12.—Gov- ernor Lind and staff of Minnesota have arrived here, with many prominent citi- zens of that state, to welcome the re-‘ turned Minnesota volunteers. The party was met at Oakland by representatives of Governor Gage’s stafi and escorted to this city, where headquarters had been engaged. The visitors were driven to the camping grounds at the Presidio later in the day and were gladly welcomed by the soldiers. Governor Lind will review the Minnesota volunteers some day this week in Golden Gate park. Star Pointer Injured. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 12.—W. J. Ijams, president of the Terre Haute Trotting association, has received atele- gram announcing that Star Pointer, who was to have gone against his record to- day, would not be here. The famous pacer injured h1mself at New York in his race with Joe Patchen, and the veteri- nary surgeon announces that the pacer will not be in condition for three weeks. All dates made by Star Pointer’s owner have been canceled. Dewey sails For Home. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 11.-—The United States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey, miles: yesterday for New York 4 and heaven-1y did she and night comes on,” I with slight - ly flush- ing be compared, at her thoughts, cross old stick! could she no, you a o- et's dream. her pret—ty head too light just now.”
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