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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16

OUTSIDE SECTRITI MARKET.
NETWORK STREET RAILROADS.
CONDS.
reported by G T. Hudson & CO. No. 30 Wail-"t.'
Div When 81, ,..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16

FOREIGN COMMERCE ~ July.
The official report Of the country's foreign
commerce in July, compared with July year
ago. is follows:
MERCHANDISE
July 1921 1898
Imports-Free Of $z27l. $50 $40 81 2Go
Dutinb!e .............. "a. iU3. $40 i.i,3. lUi
Totals Observation-Disclosures. S53 GA 75a $50 T4 300
Exports-Domestc ........... tNV1i.4h s7l. 1872 742
Foreign ............... l,lp2.52& I.2l7.lil
Totals Observation-Disclosures. ST. 1913 Ms sT2 4sS
Excess OF imports. ...............
Excess of exports ........... &i7.4co 900 s2sio 4s1
GOLD.
Imports Observation-Disclosures. Sa3s 05i s26i3 $50
Exports ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3. 4S2 sG9 <o7,OiS
Excess OF imports. - N.Ii85i7
Excees o! exports. ............. fi.52aolS
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
BURIAL OF THE DEAD
 BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES.
That Last Sad Privilege Is Claimed by the Havana Officials, and
 Will Be Granted.

HAVANA, Feb. 1.-The interment of the martyrs took place this afternoon about o'clock. Shortly before the hour all Havana was in mourning. The flags on the public buildings were at half mast. and many of the houses were draped in mourning All classes were represented in the throngs that filled the streets along which the funeral procession passed to the cemetery.
 The order of the procession was as follows: The municipal guards on horseback. in full uniform; the city brigade, the municipal employees, the Aldermen in seven splendidly decorated firemen's cars, special cars bearing the remains, nine bodies being carried on a splendidly decorated car, the clergy, deputations consisting of the chief off, cers of the army, navy and volunteers, representatives of various official bu- reaus and of the custom house, a com mittee representing the Chamber of Commerce, a delegation representing the grocers, the council of administra- tion. representatives of the treasury. press and various political organiza- tions, then the chief officers of the Maine, the representatives of foreign governments, the city magistrates with their mace bearers. provincial deputies employees or the general regional au- tonOmic governments, the municipal mace bearers; then General Parade. with four e-camp. representing General Bionco Cwhose personal pres ence was not allowable under the law, having on his right United States Con sul-General Lee. and on his left the Mayor of Havana. the Marquis Lar rinaga, Admiral Monterola. General Sa- lano and other officers. two companies of marines and infantry
 The funeral cOrtege started from the principal entrance of the. City Hall on Weyler street. then turned to the right on Mercedes street. then up O'Reilly street, along the right side of Central Park. and finally to the right along San Rafael street to the cemetery.
 The population that lined the route gave every indication of the profound est respect. The funeral was conducted under the charge of the Spanish au- thorities
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
NEW APPLIANCE
 TO RAISE THE SHIP

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-J. J. Merritt Jr. of the Merritt & Chapman Wreck ing Company said this afternoon that reports that his company had been en- gagged by the Government to raise the Maine were without foundation.
 We have made an application" said MT. Merritt, Hike other companies. but we have heard nothing in response"
 At the company's offices pfeparations had been made in case the Govern ment awarded the contract for raising the war vessel. The equipment nearest to the scene of action is at Norfolk. The powerful tug Right Arm, under Captain John Mogel Jr., is ready to start for Havana. The most powerful vessel of the fleet is the J. J. Merritt. stationed here. She Is ready to start at a moments notice with a comple- ment of divers and everything neces- sary.
 MT. Merritt, when asked what plan would be pursued to raise the Maine. said 1t would be impossible to tell un- til an investigation had bees made. No ship of her size and weight ngd yet been lifted from the bottom of the sea. It was new case, which would re- quire new remedies.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
Too Many Rumors of a Conflicting Character
 A broad.
One of These Being Traced Explodes the Whole Crop
 of ScareS.
The Market Closes at Very Nearly the Highest Figures of
 the Day.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Whatever may be the outcome of the Maine dis aster, thinking men of Wall street to- day reached the conclusion that it was too soon to become panic stricken. Reckless sacrificing of investments ceased and there was considerable picking up of stocks by conservative men, who are always on hand in times of uncertainty and doubt in search of bargains. It was perhaps natural that large operators whose purchases in the recent market must have contributed in no small degree to the advance in prices should have felt uneasy when the first news of the calamity to war ship reached them on Wednesday morning. and that their caution should burdens as they undoubtedly did on that day.
 But twenty-four hours reflection worked a marvellous change in senti-. ment There was nothing of a trust worthy character in the way of news to-day from Havana which enabled any one to determine the cause of the loss of the ship, and it became the turn of those who had sold stocks short" on the previous day to show anxiety and caution.
 No small part of the strength of the market during the day may fairly be attributed to the covering of short con- tracts put out on the first alarm by bear traders. The houses which exc cute London orders on Change were prominent buyers at the opening of the market, and this was accepted as evidence that those at a distance from the scene of complications were not disturbed about the outlook. It may be true, as asserted by some, that all the orders which foreign houses exc cuted are not for foreign investors; in fact the trick of placing orders for such houses to create the impression of foreign buying or selling, as the case may be, is an old one and has be- come too common to deceive any one. Still, there was a fair volume of for eign buying in addition to covering of short contracts put out on Wednesday in this market
 London's prices were considerably above parity when business began in this city yesterday. and this caused a short advance in the general list at the opening The improvement lasted throughout the first hour. then dull ness sensued and prices fell away.
 In the final hour, however. there was a distinct change. The street had been flooded during the day with rumors which. if they had been well founded. might have been more or less disturb ing. Those which were capable of be- ing traced, such as the story of the cutting of the Havana cable. were soon found to be absolutely devoid of truth, and suspicion was then at once thrown on all effusions of the war-makers. The bears. who had until then believed in the short side of the market F.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
Naval Officers Who Will Investigate the Maine
 Disaster.
Captain Sampson of the Iowa Will Be President of the
 Court
Naval Veterans Will Lose No Time in Seeking the Cause of the
 Battleship's Loss.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,

Washington, Feb. II.
 The first action of Secretary Long this morning was to send instructions to Admiral Sicard to select officers from the ships of the North Atlantic squad ron who will compose a competent court of inquiry. Some remark was excited in the Navy Department by the fact that the court did not contain any representative of either the engi- neer corps or the corps of naval con- structors The court of inquiry includes no officer of any technical branch of the navy They are all what is known as strategfsts. and the absence of an en- gineer or constructor from the detail has naturally excited comment It is pointed out that the work of the in- Quiry will necessitate some expert opin- ion. and that the advice of both engi- neers and constructors will be abso- lutely necessary in reaching a decision Of course. the court will have the ad- vice of any experts there may be at
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18

When the delegates of the building trades section of the Central Labor 1Tnton assembled at Clarendon Hall last night they expressed sentiments similar tc, those of the Board of Dele gates. Delegate Fitzgerald, an expert 4oaf@soa and compressed air worker, who has had large experience in the use of explosives, gave an interesting idea of the manner in which the Maine could have been blown up by the use of 4orDedo or other device sent from shore kTItzgerald also explained how easy it Would be for the Spanish warship Viz caya to blow Fort Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton into smithereens by sending a torpedo against those works so that concussion would explode the maga- zines.
 The intense feeling of hatred against Spain prevailing this morning among workingmen was manifested last night when a living picture" was displayed in Clarendon Music Hall Many labor unions meet In the building, and large contingent of the Cuban colony attends performances in the music hall. ID huge frame were three shapely young women-one, Columbia, resting a sword upon a young woman representing prostrate Spain, with Cuba holding the Cuban flag as she gazed in triumph at her fallen foe. Every man and woman in the crowded hall arose and shouted and cheered for ten minutes and vocif- erously demanded half a dozen repeti- tions of the picture.
 Volunteer companies are being organ ized in Jersey City for enlistment in case of war with Spain. The Uncle John Association" met last night and discussed the Maine incident. Each one of the 150 members declared his inten- tion of offering his services in case of war. If volunteers are enlisted the Uncle John Association will form company by itself. Before adjourning the association adopted a resolution de- claring that the members believed enough indignities had been heaped upon the United States to provoke en- ergetic action. and it was resolved to memorialize Congress to recognize Gu ban bellfgerency. It was also resolved in the event the Maine was found to
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18

NEW YORK, Feb. IT, War talk is all the rage among the organized work ingmen of this city. ToiI- CTS of all shades of politics freely declare for war with Spain on account of the in- suit to the President, the Maine disaster and their desire to see Cuba free from Spanish rule.
 Before a meeting of the Board of Delegates of the Building Trades yesterday afternoon, representatives of forty large trades unions discussed the blowing up of the Maine. There was scarcely a man among them who did not incline to the belief that the explosion was the result of Spanish plot concerted in Havana. Nearly every man declared his willingness to take up arms if necessary, and said fifty thousand union work ingmen of New York stood ready to aid in freeing Cuba and wiping out Spain's in- suit to this Government.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
Call Office, Riggs House. WaShingtOn. Feb. IT.

CdII O1llCe, HIggS f1OuSt, Washington, Feb. IT. , Uncertainty regarding the pri- } mary cause of the naval disaster
 , in Havana harbor, by which the
 , navy has lost one of it's most ; valuable war vessels, together , with the growing apprehension } that investigation may prove } that treachery of some kind lead
 } to the deplorable affair, contin- - ues to occupy the undivided att
 , tention of the entire force of
 Government officials
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18

C Q e 6 6 6 q 6 6 6 6 3 6 q 6 6 6 6 (. Havana, but the Navy Department of ficials believe that better and more ac- curate informatio would be secured if engineers and constructors were repre- scented in the court.
 Commander Mark left Washington this morning for the south. He was in- terviewed, with other officers in the department, and expressed the opinion. based entirely upon the information which had been furnished up to that time, that the disaster to the Maine was the result of an internal explosion. probably by a discharge of gun cotton
 The court will immediately proceed with the examination of the officers at Havana. The most important testi- mony, however. will be the evidence of the divers who were taken over last night in the dispatch boat Fern. It is expected that the divers will be ham pered a great deal in their examina- tion by the conditions at Havana. The hulk of the Maine is probably imbedded in the soft mud of that locality. and it will be next to impossible to ascer- tain the causes which led to the explo sion It was hoped that enough would be left of the vessel to enable the divers to report whether the condition of the hull indicated an explosion without or within the ship.
 A dispatch received from Admiral Sicard this afternoon at the Navy De- partment reported the arrival at Key West of Lieutenant John Hood of the Maine. whostated that the vessel was a total wreck beyond all further use in the navy Lieutenant Hood describes the whole forward part of the shin as completely collapsed where the shock of the explosion was the heaviest. This indicates that the examination of the divers will result in very little infor- nation. and the disaster to the Maine will probably remain mystery. It is probable that the denartment will use dynamite on the wreck and destroy the fragments. A number of naval officers expressed the opinion that the Maine's hull should be raised and car ried out of Havana harbor It is a matter of pride with all naval people that the remains of their ships shall not remain in a foreign harbor.
 The personnel of the special investi- gating commission insures comprehen- sive work. although it may not make an entirely acceptable report upon the accident. Captain Sampson was until last summer Chief of Ordnance. and some years ago commanded the San Francisco when she first sailed out of the Golden Gate. He is regarded as one of the most capable and efficient officers of the navy, and one whose thorough knowledge of high explosives and ordnance matters renders him without question the best man that could have been selected to head a board of such importance. Captain Chadwick, who commands the flagship New York, was once our naval attache at London and until recently the head of the equipment bureau. Lieutenant Commander Mark has an equal stand ing In the navy. This board will pro- ceed at once to Havana, where divers have already been sent, and there be- gin it's important work.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
Fifty Thousand Men Are Offered to the Pres
 ident.
Organized Workin9men of New York City Believe the Honor
 of the Nation Should Be VindiCated.

! have been destroyed by Spanish treach- | cry to declare war.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-18
3 6 c Q 6 c 6 Q Q . z 6 Q z % . 6
WEYLER IS HOSTILE TO
 AMERICANS

} BARCELONA, Feb. 17.-LieU- 5 tenant General Valeriano Wey- 5 Ter, who arrived here to-day, ex- 3 pressed the opinion, in the course 5 of an interview, that the disaster , which had befallen the United 5 States warship in Havana har- 3 bor was due to the indolence of
 5 her crew"
 5 He announced his intention to 5 ask the Governments permis-
 2 sion to go to Havana and stand 3 as a candidate for the Chamber 5 of Deputies for the Havana Dis
 2 trict.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

A writer in Scribner's says thai
tho Western Powers are beginning
to Wow Japan's activity in navy build
ing with amazement. A generation
ago she had literally no navy. Ever
OF the beginning Of the last war Will
China her modern equipment was con
fined almost exclusively to o hull
dozen unarmored cruisers the best o.
their class, to be sure-and tifteer
gunboats. The war brought many
substantial additions to her navy, ant
now she hos no less than forty-eigh'
aea-going vessels in commission, in
Guiding two first-class battle ships o
1890 tons each. These figures ar
not so imposing, absolutely consid
cred, except os On evidence of quicl
growth; but the additional moder1
war vessels that Japan is building il
England, Germany and the Unite'
States arc Of such magnitude and ex
cellent construction that Charles A
Cramp, our own famous ship builder
pronounces Japan's progress to b
more notable than that Of any othe
country in the world, except England
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
Beware OF the Klondike. This i

Beware OF the Klondike. This IL
the conclusion that has been reached
by John D. McGillivray, IN expert on
gold, who sends q letter telling OF the
conditions which gold seekers are
confronted with in the Yukon region
in Alaska. Mr.. McGillivray had been
studying tho situation in Dawson
CITY and the mines for several weeks
when the letter was written. he
calls particular attention to the fact
that oil the claims on the richest O.
the gold creeks have already beer
taken up, and that new corners mus
prospect for themselves or work o.
laborers in the mines already opened
Wages OF $15 day are myth, he
says, and for the poor man there is
nothing but misery.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
It is quite possible, admits the Ne

It is quite possible, admits tho New
York Observer, that in devoting Itself
SO generally to scientific pursuits and
neglecting metaphysical studies, th'
scholarship Of the ago has deteriora
ted in intellectually. A writer in thu
London Spectator declares that the in
tellect developed by the stress O,
modern life is mentality in the mass,
in the average man, where it does not
exist in profound form. ''What
seems most obvious to us in consider
ing the modern world" says this
writer, sis, first, the growing deartb
of the rarer and deeper kinds of intel
lect; and, secondly, tho pressure
brought to bear by the rising, eager.
democratic mass on the few finer minds,
We do not produce to-day Kant or &
Spinoza, but clever critics who write
about these men, who have read every
thing, and can give us all the latest
views. We have not the deep, con-
structive mind whose operations move
in vast orbit, but we have seen eager
minds which, comet-liks, dart into
sight, astonish by their lustre and
quickly disappear"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

The Baltimore American says:
"There has been during the last two
years, and there still continues, a
very marked movement from the West
to the South. Hundreds Of indus.
trious and thrifty men, after q hard
aud unsuccessful struggle in tho
West, have given it up and come to
tho South, to find good homes and
splendid opportunities to make a hv'
ing for themselves and their families
They Gre pleased with the change
they have made, and the success O.
the new Maryland colonies has far ex
ceeded even the fondest hopes OF thel1
projectors.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
nose YOU mean to marry the beggar.

pose you mean to marry the beggar,
Nell?"
"His name is Holland" she sug'
gested.
"Iknow that. You con see his por'
trait in any illustrated paper for q SIX
pence. It's in them OIL"
(Which is really no reason why ne
shouldn't be addressed properly, is it:
I have some idea that have seen on
other portrait in the same places, with
the letters D.S.O. after the name"
"You need not got nasty. Besides,
you haven't told me yet if you are en-
gagged to him.
"Well, you see"-here she ventured
another glance-''he hasn't asked me
| yet"
II suppose you will marry him.
though, T" he persisted. TITS natura!
enough, perhaps--he's o genius ana
all that--and of course I'm not. Wait
minute, Nell! I can't stand this any
longer, and I'm bound to have it out
for GOOD. You were always cleverer
than I was; but you know what I've
wished for ever since I was an unlocked
cub OF Elton. I wasn't afraid to tell
YOU then. You remember, Nell?"
II remember thinking that those
lickings-which you did not GET
might have done you good. :,
"Well, you didn't say so! And oil
the time I was stewing in India it was
the same; and when I was down with
fever in the plains I kept shouting one
name-so the doctor told me-"
1T was in very bad taste." she
murmured.
"Oh! Then that fort on the frontier,
with the Waziris bowling round-and
not five minutes sleep on end for teal
: they should rush us-and the grut
running out-and the only idea in my
head was to see it through somehow
and get home to ask you to marry me
There, Nell, it's out at lastI'
She was looking at him now, bu
there was world Of reproach-ane
perhaps something else-in her eyes
''You haven't asked me yet" sh'
cried.
"But, Nell-good heavens!-yo1
don't mean to say"
And then-well, in some mysteriou
fashion he managed to gain possession
Of her hands, and to say the rest with
out words. AS for her:
"You might have seen it, you foolisl
boy!" she said.
And that was all.
Except that, little later, she me
Mr.. Holland. - 1870
> IT have been looking for you, Mis-
Lindsay" he said: II have somethin
to say. Not going already, surely?
may call tonight, then? I need no
, tell you what it is-perhaps you ca
guess-I-I hope so."
II think it would be better not t
. come, Mr.. Holland, shereplied, givin
him her hand. II am sorry, but
will you oblige me by considering tn
episode as closed? I am engaged t
Captain Havelock. David L. Johr
ston, in Chambers's Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

The expense Of medical education
in Great Britain averages more than
in America. To obtain degree OF
qualification in any medical school in
England, Scotland, or Ireland, course
Of study covering period Of ct least
five years is compulsory, and entails
al expenditure of no less sum than
$4,000.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29

Over 100000 horses were imported
Into Belgium during 1896 for food fo1
the poorer classes, 1000 being killed
in Antwerp alone for the twenty shops
where this meat is sold exclusively.
Large quantities are sold in Paris,
both openly and in disguised form OF
cheap restaurants throughout the city.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-01-29
AN EPISODE:

HIS is O charming
spot-for two" he
said, seating him
self comfortably at
her feet.
"We are lucky to
Fl n d it unoccu-
pied," she said,
Especially at one
of Mrs. Gurdon's
garden parties. She