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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
A STRIKING COINCIDENCE.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES THE
SAME FOR THE SAME MONTH IN
DIFFERENT YEARS.
AN INCORRECT OFFICIAL STATEMENT DUE 10
GROSS AND CuLPAPLE NEGLIGENCE

AN INCORRECT OFFICIAL STATEMENT DUB 10
GROSS AND CuLPAPLE NEGLIGENCE
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSs.l
Washington. Feb c7.-Probably a more striking
coincidence was never discovered than will be
found by a careful inspection Of pages 0z and
900 Of THE Monthly Summary Of Finance and
Commerce Of the United States for December.
1897 This document Is compiled and published un-
der the direction OF the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Statistics, Treasury Department The pages above
referred to purport to show. by months. the re-
ceipts and expenditures Of the United States dur
ing several years and the December statement
appears TO have been corrected to February !.
1888
The remarkable coincidence referred TO can Do
best shown by the following comparison OF the
receipts and expenditures for January 1897. and
January, 1925:
,.ru,rv 1901. ,e4slsssi os $50. 9ee sse 2
It will DO observed that. according to this on
cial statement the receipts and expenditures OF
January 1897 and January. 1888. were exactly the
.ame to n cent and that the excess OF expendi-
lures was exactly the same in each month. The
ocial statement for January. 1898. IL. OF course.
incorrect For example II credits customs re-
ceipts with 1864 when the amount actuaiy
received on that account In January. lSSS, VS.
N4.eSels2. or almost 100000 more OF course
Erpe-TraC0 democrats
TO assert that the Dingley law cannot. and there
fore does not produce much revenue az the
wilson German law did. will derive some encour-
asement from the statement issued by the bureau
81 Sfatistics and some of them will propapy &C
VI ,t md defend II as accurate: but the books o.
the Treasury Department tell dersn, ;s,e -
a.so n ~ The one quoted Again the total amour!
rsceyed in January 1885 account OF intsr1a,
IesenTIhi t ~ the Bureau Of Statistics. was III.
al sss the total amount actually received On sns
~. was ne 44sls9 81 4ii,3 $50 more ana tne
h,ned actual receipts from customs ana "a
ternai revenue aos n2ssD Exceeded ,r by - stv.n
inc Ss statement and also exceeded BY TIE sum
of the total receipts from al, a.. 80 s ssts
cludns TN srtuai total OF expenditures In Janu'
ar s 1885, amounted to s issued as t0'S BY the
coruins ~ stat,stics amounted to only 49,
or The errors Ina IL the sou ae nav. r.:
ni,.d on,v from inexcusable negligence ana s"''
pable carelessnees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
ELECTRIC POWER FOR MANY TOWNS.
CAPITALISTS PLAN TO UTILIZE THE FORCE on
THE HoUsAToNIc RIVER.

Waterbury Conn. Feb q (SpeciaD.-A syndicate
OF New-York capitalists has formed scheme for
obtaining control OF the water power OF the Housa-
tonic River and using II to drive immense
electric plant miles ebove Shelton with which
to furnish power the factories and trolley roads
of all Of the cities and towns in the State west OF
the Connecticut River. II is understood that Stan
GARD Oil men are leaders In the enterprise. James
q. De Long OF New-York electrical expert and
an agent OF the company. has been in Waterbury
Cor several days In consultation with Supcrintend-
Ant Sewell OF the Waterbury Traction Company
and with the heads OF the principal factories here
and IN Bristol Hartford. Mcriden New Britain and
Berlin.
short distance above Shelton is the famous
Uorsatonic dam The river at this place Is about
two hundred yards wide and the dam has a height
OF 2S feet From II leads a canal that furnishes
water 10 a number OF factories in Shelton. The
equipment OF the Naugatuck division OF the Con-
solidaied Railroad seventy miles In ALL with cleo
trcity and the doing away with steam power has
been talked OF for time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
rrpRrFJc WEATHER on THE ATLANTIC.

o,.ens,own. Feb 27.-Incomng steamers report
,.-riac weather on the Atlantic. The British
.,ear,er Canada Captain McAuey. from Boston
for this port and Liverpool arrived twenty-four
hours late She encountered heavy gales on Thurs
~ AZ "a was compelled TO slow down the engines
Trsmendous seas washed over the vessel ana
caused damage 10 the deck. The passengers were
alarmed but nobody was injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
OPENING UP CHINA.

.xorrrn TREATY PORT SECURED FOR FOREIGN
COMMERCE.
Pckins. Feb. 27.-The Government has asrsso
N omen Yuen-Chau. on Lake Yung'tins-Tu. ~
treaty. mort. but declines to entertain any pro-
nosa, tending to the abolition Of the likin dusA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
JACOB L. GREENE, President.
JOHN M. TAYLOR, VIc..Prest.
EDWARD m. BUNcE, Secretary.
DANIEL II. WELLS, Actuary.
THEODORE e. LANE, General Agent,
Wall Street, Cor. Broadway.
NEW YORK CITY.

have the support Of Democrats and Populi:ts u
the coming campaign. Silver has achieved the
highest place in the world OF bossism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
D yay EXPRESS COMPANIES.

A Bill TO TAA ElPRESS tUHFANIb"'
pes Moines. Iowa. Feb. T-The bill taxing ex-
press companies per cent on all gross receipts vas
passed By the House to-day and now goes 70 tns
Senate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
sgd
Annual Statement
Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
Of Hartford, Conn.

NET ASSETS. January 1907. .soo.sei,e7iH
RECEIVED IN 1901.
For Premiums. .N.7<3.f0o<
For Interest Rents. aib3.04AH
PROFIT and Loss 6S.cso0
Sssss xisos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28

In South Dakota Mr.. Pettigrew. Silver Kepuo-
Ican signer OF manifestoes. Is looking OUT ior
his own return to the Senate TWO years hehec'
Knowles and Kelly Populists and sisners' are "
be returned to the House Populist Governor -
10 be named. and few minor oHees are ~ 10
esmocratic or Silver Republican party IN TINS
State, and Pettigrew wants TO be the only oliver
Republican tseTs OF Repubcan and
is slated to succeed himself IN me ,Ss silver
bosses in Washington agree on cannon !. mas Ueo
hard matter TO make the Democra.s ss.ee upy ,r
nnd,.out Democrat be elected. ana 90 no. IKE
to have Cannon forced down their tnsoars
man Jones has written !etter, however, "ue'"e
In Washington fopulist Governor Rodgers; r y
Zones Silver Republican, are 10 be nomnatea LOT
,be House The latter, with Turner. signed the
In Wyoming Osborne. Democrat. Is slated TOR the
Senate He 10 now in the House Inc , sest III
House and the Governorsnip are 70 DE p'aeeo ~"c'o
,bcy will do most good for Osborne.
In the foregoing only states nave oeen cohsla
e,ons In the Southern States tho Democrats are
trusting usual 10 their e,ee r,S tho
Democrats expect in most cases, the assistance OF
the Populists and Silver Republicans This Is espe
districts efforts will be madeto throw the Populists
n SOD in the way Of fusion upon Popust nomi.
n nre undoubtedly Popust. and where other can
ddate of tho silver forces can hope 70 succeed.
POpultsts are 10 De TcCo6nl1eu Wueic eh'ii
votes are absolutely necessary. The Silver Repub-
iicans are to receive recognition IN some OF the
mining states and the home OF Chairman Towne
nut above and beyond all Is the underlying motive
~ the whole affair-the reelection OF those now In
oce and the unity OF the silver forces for the ben
oat OF the silver bosses in Washington For this
reason they got together Jones oyercame MS re-
trust O: and disgust with Southern Democrats. The
Silver Republicans having nothing and represent
inr nothing. grabbed at both parties traded Win
hnfh and agreed with both. and by dint OF persist
ence and persuasion with no capital but themseves
hs;tcr bargains than any OF the others. Without
votes and without tangible organization: they nave
election secured the Endorsement CT the wasnns,
ton boeses Of the other organisations ana VIII
The herald., 1898-01-03
BURIED MINERS
Rescued After ALI Hope Had Been
Given Up


CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 2.-various
reports have been in circulation regard
ing the mine disaster at the mine Of
San Jose de Garcia at Guanajauato. At
first it was reported that thirty-five
miners had been drowned in the lower
workings of the mine. Authentic, but
brief, reports have just been received,
which show that the number as stated
were at work in the lower levels when
they noticed that the water was begin
ming to come in slowly. 1t soon began
rushing in In great volume, and the men
made q rush for the ladders. They
stayed within reaching distance of a
higher level, but could get no higher.
When the time came for the shift to
go to the surface and they did not ap-
pear, the rumor spread that all the men
had been drowned. A relief force vol
unteered to go to the rescue, but 1t was
deemed impossible to give aid, and moth
ing was done more than to ascertain
that there was undoubtedly flood in
the lower workings. Four days passed
and naturally all hope was abandoned,
and the families of the miners gave way
in despair and the news was given out
that all the men had perished in the
mine.
Finally relief party still working,
but without hope, reached the place
where the miners had sought refuge and
rescued them. The men were in a bad
state Of exhaustion from lack of food,
but all were resuscitated.
Tumultuous rejoicings among fellow
miners and the families Of the rescued
men ensued.
The herald., 1898-01-03
NEW ENGLAND FARMS
TO BE PROVIDED WITH NEW
TENANTS
A Philanthropic Scheme With {
Sound Commercial Basis Backed
by Plenty Of Capitol

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-New England s
restocked and reopened on plan that
is primarily philanthropic and second
arily commercial. A corporation has
been formed. with the secretary Of the
New York stock exchange at its head
to purchase arabic land and farm build
ings in the states Of Massachusetts, Con-
necticut, New Hampshire and Vermont
and to resell them on such terms as to
attract purchasers in large cities.
The plan is indorsed by John Wana-
maker, Mrs. Ballington Booth, Nathan
charity fund. officers will be appointed
here tomorrow. 1t is estimated that more
than 100000 acres Of rich fallow land,
under cultivation twenty years ago, lies
idle today in the New England states.
and it is the intention of those who have
associated themselves together for the
purpose to secure by option and by out
right purchase all or nearly all Of this
vast territory and to populate 1t with
material drawn from the crowded cities.
Missionary work will be begun in the
large cities, principally New York and
Brooklyn, with the assistance of all or
ganizations Interested in bettering the
condition of society will be involved. The
president of the company is A. Willis
Lightbourne, secretary of the New York
wool exchange, George M. Atkins is
treasurer and Chas. Roblee general
manager.
President Lightbourne said of the
scheme:
"Our organization, while business
enterprise, is founded on basis of true
public spirit and it's incorporation under
the laws of the state of Maine is hailed
with delight throughout New England.
for our success means the putting of new
life and new blood into a territory whose
fruitfulness should produce millions of
revenue"
The herald., 1898-01-03
Shown by ConsulLee'sPlea
for the Cubans
SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED
ANYTHING WHICH
WILL SUPPORT LIFE
Blanco's Generals in the Field Are
Thoroughly Disheartened by
Strength of Insurgents
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The follow
ing announcement regarding the work
of Cuban relief inaugurated by this gov
ernment has been made from the state
department.:
In view Of the steps now being taken
by the secretary of state for the organ
ization In New York Of a central head
quarters with the cooperation Of the
American Red Cross society for the re-
ception and forwarding Of relief for the
suffering people of Cuba, and the prob
ability that it will be in effective ope
ration early in the present week, the
secretary of state has been directed that
the benevolently disposed public Of the
United States be informed, through the
medium of the press that the consul
general Of the United States at Havana
mentions the following articles as ap-
propriate to be contributed, all Of them,
as he reports, being greatly needed:
Summer clothing for women and chill
dren, medicines for fevers principally
quinine), hard bread, flour, corn meal,
bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans, peas,
salt fish. any canned goods (particu-
larly nourishing soup, meat extracts,
blankets, and especially large quantities
Of condensed milk, as many persons are
at first too feeble for any other nourish-
ment.
Contributions Of money are also ur-
gently needed to enable the purchase of
immediate supplies of medicines and ar
ticles of prime necessity and to meet the
expenses of local transportation in Cuba.
The consul general, to whom all sup
plies and money will be sent, will at once
organize arrangements for the receipt,
storage and most effective distribution
of whatever he may receive from the hu-
mane people of the United States.
By direction Of the secretary of state.
(Signed.) ALvA A. ADEE,
Second Assistant Secretary.
The herald., 1898-01-03
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
Cannot Be Conducted on Strict Party
Lines

Lines
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2.-The legisla-
ture of 1898 will meet at the capitol on
Wednesday, January 5th, at noon. The
senate, by virtue of the new constitu-
tion, remains for a third year the same
as the two previous sessions.
In the assembly the Republicans, in
contrast to the enormous majority of
last year. have but bare working ma
jority Of four votes, including two Citi-
zens Union members from New York
city. This small majority means that
no appropriation bills can be passed
without the aid Of the Democrats to
make up the two-thirds and three-fifths
votes demanded by the constitution
upon all bills appropriating state money.
The senate has very large Republican
majority, there being thirty-six Repub-
licans and only fourteen Democrats.
James M. r. O'Grady of Rochester will
be reelected speaker Of the assembly.
Among the questions to come before
the legislature will be notifications Of
the Raines liquor law, improvement Of
roads, amendment Of the so-called anti
trust law, and reduction of the price Of
gas in New York city.
The herald., 1898-01-03
INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

Of Jersey city family of eight six
died in the flames and another is
fatally injured.
A battalion Of Eeaforth High
landers ordered to Egypt to check the
advance Of the French and their native
allies.
Mrs. Booth Wanamaker and other
philanthropists and capitalists broach
a project for the reclamation and cul-
tivation Of abandoned farms In New
England.
Minister Baker gives the results
Of his observations in Nicaragua, in
sisting that zelaya has given the
country as good government as the
people will permit.
Congress reassembles on Wednes-
day; the senate will adjourn from day
to day and the house will discuss civil
service with no particular object in
view; next week real work is expected
to begin.
Secretary Gage rushes into print
with bold assertion that these are
prosperous times and that nothing is
needed to perfect millennial conditions
but the formal adoption Of the gold
standard.
Forty-five miners reach Seattle
from Dawson via Skaguay, bringing
gold estimated to be worth 500, 900
to 100000; famine is rot much
feared at Dawson; accommodations
for new comers at Skaguay and Dyea
taxed to the utmost.
Hanna's forces in Ohio claim GER
tainty Of success when the legislature
meets today; so does the opposition,
but neither side has more than one
vote to spare: feeling is intense and
bitter, and trouble is feared and dis
order considered certain.
Pleas for Cuban relief indicate
horrible condition Of affairs, as the
things asked for include the barest
necessaries of life, including condensed
milk for people too weak from hunger
to assimilate other nourishment;
Blanco's generals in the field are
greatly disheartened by the strength
Of the insurgents.
The herald., 1898-01-03
IRELAND's TROUBLES
Much Political
Not
Economic

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Rt. Hon. Horace
Plunkett, M. p, chairman of the Irish Ag-
ricultural Organization society, who is
now visiting the United States, has con-
tributed to the January number of the
North American Review, which will be
issued January 8th, an account of the
efforts which have been made since the
death of Mr.. Parnell to further the cause
of Ireland through the development of her
commercial and Industrial resources. This
new movement, Mr. Plunkett points out,
depends for its success upon the co-opera-
tion Of Irishmen who are politically op-
posed to each other. and 1t has been the
means of bringing together in a common
endeavor prominent men of the most d.
verse political factions. Unionists and Ma
tionalists uniting.
The conviction out of which the new
movement arose was that the Irish diff
Guilty has long been rather economic than
political, and this is so more than ever
today.
"Solve the economic problem" saws Mr..
Plunkett, "and in the process the Irish
people will be so elevated and strength
ened that they will ,,be able to solve the
political problem fes themselves.
The herald., 1898-01-03
MISS WILLARD ILL
The House Was Packed and the Air
Was Bad

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Jan. 2.-Frances
e. Willard, president Of the National w.
c. T. u, tainted tonight at the close of
her lecture on "A White Life for Two,''
which she delivered in the Congrega-
tional church. A physician was sum-
moned. but it was some time before she
recovered sufficiently to be removed.
The church was packed and hundreds
were turned away. The church was ex-
ceedingly close and it was noticeable
that Miss Willard was making pain
full effort to speak. She suddenly brought
her talk to an abrupt close and left the
platform, fainting as she reached the
ante-room.
Her secretary, Miss Gordon, said that
Miss Willard has been i'll for several
days, but had kept up for this talk to
the people of GAINESVILLE, among whom
her girlhood was spent. She is resting
easily tonight.
The herald., 1898-01-03
IN THE FIELD
The Insurgents Steady Advancing
Toward Havana

HAVANA, Jan. 2.-Via Key West
The insurgent general Francisco Garlic
WITH 1850 men from Santa Clara prov
ince, has entered Matanzas province
near Havana, and is supposed to be on
the way to reunite with the concen-
trated insurgent forces under Brigadier
Generals Suarez and Cepero in Havana
province.
Before the disarming Of the laborers
on the tobacco plantation of Book & Co.
in Pinar del Rio, recently reported, fifty
armed laborers are said to have Joined
the insurgents at Ceiba del Aqua, Ha-
vana.
Three thousand concentrates have
been returned to their homes in Matan-
zas province. railroad transportation be-
ing provided by the government.
The Diario de la Marina calls the at
tention Of the authorities to the pitiable
condition of the people of the town Of
Alonzo Rogas, in Pinar del Rio province
During the first ten days Of December
100 persons died. Whole families of to
10 persons have perished. OF 90 volun-
teers only 10 are fit for duty. the re-
mainder being sick with smallpox.
At Santo Domingo, Santa Clara prov
ince, the smallpox epidemic has in
creased terribly, in spite of the splendid
weather, but the fevers have slowly de-
creased. In the districts Of Jicotea,
Menacas and the central plantation,
Esperanza, smallpox is raging among
the concentrates, many Of whom have
died. Many of the concentrates are
without medicine, food and other neces-
saries of life.
Families resident in the stricken dis
tricts are unable to emigrate thence
because they have no resources.
The government has for second time
sent $4,000 for the relief of the concen-
trados in Matanzas province.
1t is reported from Santiago de Cuba
that Gen. Pando is greatly disheartened
on account Of the obstacles which pre-
vented successful campaign against
the insurgents in that province. He
declares that he has no base of opera
tions, the insurgents control being SO
complete that it is impossible to convey
supplies to Spanish columns operating
in the interior of the province. Gen.
Pando is said to he convinced that the
insurgents of Santiago de Cuba province
will not accept autonomy. When he was
in Spain he did not realize that the in
surgents In the province had such
strength.
It is said that Gen. Sagua, operating
In Santiago de Cuba, has been unable to
agree with his superior officers, and on
the pretext that he was sick he has ar
rived in Havana and will return to Spain
by the first steamer.
E.y. ND NJ
The herald., 1898-01-03
ORDERED TO THE NILE
TO CHECK THE ADVANCES OF THE
FRENCH
Emperor Menelik Summons the Alb
yssinians to the Assistance Of
the French Forces in Egypt

LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch from
Lata says battalion Of the Seafortf
Highlanders has been ordered to Egypt
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: AS part explanation Of the
British advance up the Nile it is said
that French expeditions have arrived
quite close to Khartoum. According to
the same authority the British force will
be commanded by Major General Sii
Frances Grenfell.
The Rome correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says: learn from private sources
that the Italian foreign Office has re-
ceived information that Emperor Men
elk has summoned the Abyssinians to
arms in support Of the French enter
prises In Equatorial Africa, and espec-
tally the plans of the Russian Count
Leonttiff, governor of the equatorial
provinces of Abyssinia.
Menelik himself is setting out at the
head Of an army, and it is believed the
movement marks an expedition against
the Anglophile Ras Mangasciera, whose
mex. I also hear that Menelik, calculat-
government, purposes an advance to-
ward the coast.
The Daily Mail, commenting edi-
torially on the foregoing dispatch from
Cairo suggests that the Marchan ex-
pedition has gone beyond Fashoda and
reached Khartoum.
ut is impossible" says the Daily Mail,
'for the expedition to have fought its
way there and it can only have arrived
in alliance with Khalina, thus creating
a very serious situation
A dispatch from Cairo via Paris on
Friday announced that French expe-
dition had occupied Fashoda, on the
Nile, about 400 miles south Of Khartoum,
and that 1t was reported among the ma
tives that the French were descending
the river.
MORE TROOPS COMING
LONDON, Jan. 3-In response to the
request of Sir Herbert Kitcfaner, 1t has
been arranged to send four battalions to
Cairo, to replace those destined to take
part in the British advance toward Khar-
toum, one each from Malta and Gibral-
tar and two others to be stopped while
en- route for home from India.
The morning papers editorially COM
ment upon the gravity of the situation
that compels an advance before the rail-
way has been completed.
The Times suggests that 1t would be
safer to send a larger force. The Morn
ing Post calls the force insufficient, and
points to the suspicious attitude Of the
Marchand expedition. which, 1t is re-
ported, has occupied Fashoda.'
1t says: IF the expedition has ad-
vanced In defiance Of the authority of the
French government, its members are
filibusters and must pay the penalty. If.
however, they have any sort Of sanction,
1t Is time for Great Britain to make her
views clearly understood"
A dispatch from Cairo says: while
It Is hoped the dervishes will make their.
projected attack. 1t is considered likely
that, on learning our preparations to
meet them. they Will prefer to remain In
their gtronghold at Metemn1et,.'