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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
MONEY TO BURNf Why. CERTAINLY.

Albany Feb N--Assemblyman O'Connor intro
duced bill tonight directing the Board Of Educa-
tion Of NewYork City. and after July l. 1880, to
burn all schoolbooks which have been In use for a
period OF six months more in the public schools
u the city. and The Board OF Education IS required
TO destroy at semi-annuai periods after that IN -
all books having been IN use continuously the pre-
ceding halt-year. All schoobooks on and after
July !, 1889 70 have the inside cover label
bearing the date at which the book was issued 10
the pupil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21

fnanv malt extracts. II restores healthy power by
reviving the nnermost sources Of vitality IN the
nutrtive system II enables the digestive and
blood making organism TO manufacture good blood,
abundantly and rapidly that the immense waste
of tissue and nerve fiber entailed by hard labor IS
Offset by speedy upbuilding Of fresh energy and
strength
prominent and venerable Illinois physician, y W
vowes d Of Fowler Adams Co writing % Dr. Pierce
says send herewith hirtyone 81 cents IN stamps FOR
The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser IN cloth
binding with this panoe for valuable work truly
gift to the public must express my high appreciation
Of the amount Of good that have rendered the
public Of your usefulness has
been and never will be estimated by the public. not
by the multitude of afflicted humanity that has been
relieved and cured BY your medicines Wherever go
been in the United States find persons who have
used and using DR. Pierces medicines with satsac
ton for all conditions for which they recommended.
Never has spoken dsparagingy Of their action and
from having often their good effects, also
enthused with confidence their action In and
ditions for which they recommended II is not
for regular physicians to endorse and recommend
proprietary medicines but IN this have equiyo
cation or hesitanoy in doing"
The quick constipation cure Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. Never grpe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
A DENIAL FROM THE GOVERNOR

Albany. Feb. Ex-Governor Rooseyelts attention
was called this morning 70 the following statement
published in q New-York newspaper the other
day.
Governor Roosevelt declares that II Helms 70 nc
confirmed as Capitol Commissioner he VIII veto ~
appropriations for the maintenance OF the Capi"'
Commissioners Department.
The Governor denied that he had ever made su'a
a statement and branded It rs false IN every par
tcular He also said he was far from having a.!
such intentions were expressed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
MAY SUCCEED GOODWIN BROWN.
RUMoRs or A CHANGE n THE STATE LUNAcY
COMMISSION.

Albany. Feb. % (speclaD.-It was rumored to-
night that Governor Roosevelt thinks OF appointing
William .. osborn. Of Putnam County. o Demo
crat. as n member OF the State Lunacy Commits
sion. IN place OF Goodwin Brown. whose term will
expire in May. Mr.. Brown is a Democrat and It is
customary TO have at least one OF the three mem
bers Of the Commission representative Of the
minority party
M. Brown II he is superseded. will leave Office
with an excellent record. He has been Il member
OF the Commission since Il established and
has had great influence IN the adoption Of a system
under which $4,000 is yearly spent IN The care II
the States insane with honesty and ability.
Mr.. Osborn was prominent member Of the Con-
stitutiona Convention OF 1891. and I'm was the
Democratic candidate for State Senator i'm the Put
nam Duchess Columbia district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
JAPANESE LINES AGiJy WORKING.

no RESTRICTIONS oN MESSAGES BRAZILIAN
CABLE OFT or ORDER
The Commercial cable Company Yesterday morn
Ing issued tho following notice
The japanese land lines are now in working
order. and messages are again accepted without
restriction
The company also announces that tho cable line
between Pernambuoo aud Ceara g. not working
Messages for Ceara and places north VIII go by
land lines. but there Will be some q lay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
cBFTAV pARLJ1nEyT OpFyrD

Canea Island OF Crete. Feb % The Cretan
Chambers were opened to-day by Prince George
the High Commissioner OF tho Powers who re-
Celved "a warm greeting. 4 bill tmhOdylng the
Crctan constitution WAS submitted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
PLEA FOR MRS. PLACES LIFE.
THE GOVERNOR LIKELY TO APPOINT A CON.
MISSION IN HER CASE

Albany, Feb. Ex-Governor Roosevelt; gave q
hearing to-day on application to commute 70
imprisonment for life the sentence OF Mrs. Martha
Place, OF Brooklyn. who Is awaiting execution q,
Sing Sing Prison for the murder Of her step
daughter Howard Mcsherry. Of New Brunswick
y. j.. and Robert Van Iders.ine q New-York
City, appeared. They presented letters written by
Mrs Place, and recited actions by her which
tended 70 show that she IS insane. and was 50 at
the time OF the murder. This defence was not
made at the trial, because she had maintained
that she was innocent Il the crime and hence
was tried on simple plea Of not guilty
Governor Roosevelt much impressed wlth
the arguments Il Is likely that he vii. appoin,
commission to determine Mrs. Places mental con.
dltiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOvrRNoR

Albany Feb Ex-Governor Roosevelt to-day
signed the following bills
Chapter q. Senator @ 4 Davis's changing the
name o.. the Washington street BAPTIST Society OF
Buffalo 10 the First Baptist Church Of Buffalo
Chapter 10 Assent lyman Hallocks amending the
Fisheries. Game and Forest law relative 10 the
possession Of quail killed Long Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
EIGHr-HoUR DAY on PUBLIC voRxs
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDr-Nr

Albany. Feb. 2o.-Assemblyman Sanders. OF New
York tonight asked and received unanimous con-
sent 10 introduce a concurrent resolution to amend
Article III. Section l. Of tho Constitution so as 10
provide nome rue m me STATE after the plan In
vogue In Switzerland This IS the principle known
the initiative and tho referendum"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
GRADY GETTING Up STEAM.

he Is PREPARING a GREAT SPEECH AGAINST
GEORGE l. HENS
Albany Feb. % (specaD.-Senntor Grady Is re-
serving all his power Of oratory until Wednesday.
when he purposes making a fiery speech in oppo-
sition 10 the confirmation OF George l.. Helms IS
State architect IN pace OF Isaac q. Perry. whose
term has expired The Senate Finance Committee
will submit a favorable report tomorrow on the
nomination OF Mr.. Helms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
MIR cHoArE TO SAIL TOMORROW.

Joseph H. Choate will sail for southampton on
the American Line steamship ST. Paul to-mor-
row. TO take up his duties as United states Am
hassador 10 Great Britain. lie Will be accom-
noniod BIZ his wife. his son and his daughter MT
Choate's horses and carriages Will be sent on tho
Nenomenee. OF the Atlantic transport lihe' Whlch
&c scheduled 10 sail tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
Carried Down Stream.

When a man crossing
some difficult place IN his
working career squirting
all his energies TO accom-
plish some critical passage
in his business journey,
suddenly finds his health
giving way and feels him
self swept out of the sad
die by the swift running
current of disease-then Is
the time when the marvel
Gus rejuvenating proper
ties of DR.. PieTcc's Golden
Medical Discovery will
prove an unfailing means
of rescue and restoration.
II is a very simple
though eminently scien-
tifc medicine. II is not
a mere stimulant like so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
MORE CANAL DAMAGE CLAIMS.

Albany. Feb 2o-stxteen claims aggregaans
$1,000. for damages 10 property by reason OF ".
provement work on the canal system OF the s's"
under the 100000 act. were filed to-day with 10
Court OF Claims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21

Abbas H!lni Khediye OF Egypt, was born In 1874.
and succeeded 10 the throne on the death of his
father Mahomet Tcwhk. January =. 1892 ""
married the Princes lkba Hanem They have
rec daughfcrs and the birth OF son md heir
" as eagerly looked forward 10. Thor" has been
como talk OF deposing the Khedve and placing his
only brOt her Mahomet All. on the throne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
THE SEVENTY-FIRST ~ THE WAR
NARRATIVE WRITTEN BY CHAPLAIN VAN De
WATER FOR THE STATE HISTORIAN

WATER FOR The STATE HISTORIAN
Albany, Feb c0-The itinerary and history o, IN.
Scventy-hrst Regiment during IT'S participation In
the Spanish American War was received to-day
by Hugh Hastings. State Historian from Colonel
Downs I, was prepared By Chaplain George
Van DE Water on request Of the State Historian
It contains a complete list Of all tae dead and
wounded and gives detailed descrin' on Of the
regiment's participation in the Santiago cam.
pagn. Mr.. Hastings says that i Is by far the best
history Of a volunteer regiments service in IN,
war that has been received by his department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
son BORN TO THE KHEDTVE.

Rrrorc1NGs THAT THERE Is NOW Az HEIR TO
THE THRONE
Alexandria. Feb. 2O-The wife Of the Khedlve
has given birth to a son at Montazat There
are great rejoicings at the fact that the Khe-
dive now has an heir TO the throne.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
ANGLo-AsrERIcAN FORCES AT sA-
MoA SUFFER- LOSS.
TIVE American omcers, Four Ma
zines ana one British omcer
Knled-Dead omcers Beheaded BY
the ssvases-some Terrific Fight
ing Before the NATIVES. Were
Driven Away-Forty Followers of
Mataafa killed in the Melee
Constant Fighting Around Apia
ana the Life Of No European in
the Islands Il snfe.

Auckland. N. T., April 13.-On April
n. T., April 14.-As the result of an
ambush of Mataafa warriors on q Ger
man plantation to-day, 1O5 American
and British sailors were forced to re.
treat to the beach. leaving three Of
ficers and four sailors dead upon the
field. The officers killed were:
Lieut.. Lansdale and Ensign Mona.
CHAN Of the United States cruiser Phil
adelphia, and Lieut.. Freeman, of the
British cruiser Tauranga.
Some Fuller Details.
Later dispatches, also dated April 1,
say that the expedition was led by
Lieut. A. n. Freeman, Of the British
cruiser. Lieut.. Freeman and Lieut..
f. L. Lansdale, Of the Philadelphia,
and Ensign j. r. Monaghan, also of
the Philadelphia, were left dead on
the field. Ensign Monaghan remained
to assist Lieut. Lansdale and was shot
in retiring. Two British and two
American sailors were also killed. The
natives engaged We're some of Ma
taafa's warriors. They severed the
heads of the British and American Of
ficers killed. Priests of the French
mission afterward brought the heads
into Apia.
The manager Of the German planta.
ton has been arrested and detained
on board the Tauranga on affidavits
declaring that he was seen urging the
rebels to fight. In previous engage
ment twenty-seven of Mataafa's war
riors were killed and there were no
casualties among the Anglo-Ameri-
can forces. 1t is estimated that about
300 warriors attacked the party from
ambush.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
MORE DREyrUs DISPOSITIONS.
Some of Them Are of a Very DAM
aging Character,

aging Characters.
Paris, April IL. = The Figaro gives
seven more dispositions. Gen. de Cali
fet, the late President Cassimir Perier
and Gen. Laroche make important
statements.
Gen. Talbot, formerly British at
tache, returning from Egypt, visited
Gen. de Galifet and expressed surprise
t:at Maj. Esterhazy was at liberty as
all military attaches knew that he was
always ready to supply, for a couple Of
thousand franc-notes, information
which they could not get from the
ministry.
Gen. de Galifet spoke highly of Col.
Picquart. and expressed the belief that
his only crime was trying to convict
Mai. Esterhazy.
President Cassimir Perier said that
Gen. MERCER told him that the "Can-
allie de D." document was shown to
the court martial.
Gen. Larcche says that while he was
resident general of Madagascar Capt.
Freystaetta, one of the judges, said to
him that Capt. Dreyfus was con-
demned because he betrayed the plans
of a fortress in the Nice district. This
implies that the conviction was based
on the "Canaille' document, which has
been shown not to refer to Capt. Drey-
fuS.
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SENATOR QUAY on TRIAL.
Very Few People Admitted to tn
Court Room.

b. /, II y T. vi
Very Few People Admitted to the
Court Room.
Philadelphia, April IL. - X-United
States Senator Matthew 8. Quay and
his son, Richard II. Quay, were called
to the bar of the court Of quarter ses-
sions yesterday. and after many
months Of vexatious delay the, trial Of
the two defendants was begun. Spe-
clal cards of admission, permitting only
those directly interested in the case,
witnesses. jurors and newspaper men
had been issued. Even members of
the bar who were not in the case were
withheld admission. as q result the
court room was but little more than
half-flled, and the greater portion of
those present were witnesses. Judge
Craig Biddle, one Of the oldest and
most respected members of the bench,
was the trial judge. District Attorney
Rothermille, after two hours had been
spent In selecting jury, elected to try
the ex-senator first on that one of the
five indictments Chat in which he and
his son are variously name6 which
charges Mr. Quay and the late ex-
State Treasurer Benjamin ]. Haywood
with conspiracy in using the state
funds for their personal profit and in q
manner unauthorized by law. This
action practically leaves the ex-sen-
atcr alone on trial. Beyond the sc.
lection of a jury and the examination
of one witness, Thomas w. Barlow,
receiver Of the Peoples bank, nothing
was done,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
Wonderful Toy Carriage.

Louis XIV. was fond of toys AMI
childish amusements throughout his
life. One Of his favorite mechanical
toys has just been discovered in p
patent bureau in Gorlitz with an ar
ticle telling of its qualities and re-
markable construction. It is a NINA
ture coach, built in the style of the day
seventeenth century,, and drawn by
two horses. 1t was manipulated on a
long table in the palace. Its works are
Similar to those of modern toys. the
power being supplied by a spring
wound up by shaft and key. When
the carriage was wound up and start
ed at the bottom of the table tha wee
coachman snapped his whip and the
horses broke into gallop. Arriving
at the head Of the table where the king
sat, the horses stopped and the coach
man jumped from the box and opened
the door Of the carriage. A handsome.
ly dressed woman stepped out and
handed the king tiny document. She,
bowed and returned to the carriage.
The coachman closed the door, RESUME
ed his proper place and the horses
drew the carriage back to the lower
end of the: table at a lively pace. Every
detail of the toy is automatic. The
article preserved with It says that the,
king and most Of the court ladies found
more amusement In the miniature car
riage than In any other feature Of roy.
al enk:rtainmant. q.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
TRYING A MOB.
Exciting Times in the Lynching Belt
Two Turn State,s Evidence

Charleston, s. c., April 12.-Eleven
alleged Lake City lynchers were
placed OIL trial in the United States
circuit court here yesterday. The case
against j. p. NEWMAN and Earl P.
Lee, the men who turned states evil
dence, was dropped by the request of
the district attorney, and this accounts
for the fact that eleven instead Of
thirteen men are now OH trial The
hearing occupied seven hours. much
of which was taken up With reading
and re-reading the Indictment and in
arguing the technical questions raised
by the defense. After Il technical OBJ
lection to the jury panel had been dis
posed Of the jury was sworn. 1t is
composed Of white men of means and
standing in the different centers here
abouts. The afternoon session was
taken tip With another reading of the
Indictment together With Il statement
made by district Attorney Lathrop. He
rehearsed at length the facts connect
ed with the killing of Baker and out
lined the manner in which he would
seek to fix the crime upon the prison.
ers at the bar. The taking Of testi-
mony begins to-day.
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sIATAAFA's Loss, FORTY.
The sayagcs Dccapitnted the Dead
Officers


San Francisco, April Il. - The Call
prints the following special cablegram:
Auckland. n. r., April 12.-On April
1 SoD Of >Alataafa's men ambushcd 100
bluriackets near Apia. The fighting
was terrific. the Americans and Brit
ish repeatedly beating back their as
sailants, who sought to ovcrwhelm
them by force Of numbers. Lieuten-
ants Lansdale and Ensign Monaghan,
Of the cruiser Philadelphia, and Lieut..
Freeman, of the British gunboat Tau
ranga, were killed. After the rebels
had been driven off the bodies of the
three officers were recovered. They
had been decapitated by the savage
Samoan warriors. -Four marines were
killed.
Mataafa's loss was forty killed and
q number wounded, these being car
ried off by the rebels when they re-
tired. There is constant fighting with
the natives around Apia, and the life
of no European in the islands is safe.
The bodies of Lansdalc, Monaghan
and Freeman. as well as those of the
unfortunate marines. were buried with
military honors at Mulinuu
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and only slight kissing sound from
the discharge of the gas through the
small holes. The recoil was also less
ened.
The French ministry Of war at once
acquired the right to adopt Colonel
Humbert's invention.
The Spanish-American war showed
the immense advantage of rapid-f1re
smokeless powder guns. This sug-
gested to the French committee of ar
tillery to apply Colonel Humbert's at
tachment to their new rapid-fire
smokeless powder cannon. The result
is the present matchless artillery piece.
An effort is being made to keep the
matter secret, and all French army
officers are jealousy guarding it. But
1t had already become known by the
mistake of first refusing the invention
and allowing Colonel Humbert to get a
public patent of it.
When Colonel Humbert first set him
self to solve the problem of noise and
flame in gun he considered the
SoOSSS VI LueS0 LuluSS.
The noise is due to the sudden expul-
sion of the gases Of the exploded gun
powder following the bullet and the
return of the air to the barrel.
The flame is due to the gases being
set fire to by the heat. If the barrel
could be closed at the moment the pro-
jectile left it there could be no noise.
This is just what his invention accom-
plished by its valve arrangement. The
flame which came from the mouth of
the gun occurred inside the passages of
the tube, making it invisible.
The device can also be used on a
rifle. 1t is a mere nut that can be
screwed on the muzzle in a minute.
But in this case it is ball instead of a
valve that rises and prevents the
escape of the gas. Rifles equipped in
this way are intended for sharpshoot-
ers.
The effect of battery of noiseless,
hameless and smokeless field guns and
a company OF sharpshooters with rifles
of the same sort would be as democrat
izing to an enemy for the panic they
would be likely to create as for their
destructiveness.
Soldiers are trained to fight an en-
envy they can see and their blood is
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
FRANCES MARVELLOUS RAPID-FlRE GUNS.
No Smoke Nose But Awful Destucon-An Effort Is Being
Made to Keep the Matter Secret

France has a new rapid-fire artillery
gun that marks the climax of field
weapons in modern warfare.
1t gives no smoke, no flash Of flame,
and. strangest of all, it makes no noise.
Yet this silent gun, that can be
neither seen nor heard, can shoot twen-
ty times minute and each time hurl
three-inch projectile containing ESQ
separate bullets.
In december, 1897, the Journal de-
scribed the first experiments with a
noiseless gun by its inventor, Colonel
Gu1lbert Humbert. Last October the
French rap;d-fire cannon was illus
trated. Now these two devices have
been united in a weapon that chal-
lenges and deties the world.
This gun, with its mysterious pow
er, Is the direct outgrowth of the late
Spanish-American war.
There were two wonderful things in
the Santiago campaign. One was the
smokeless powder guns Of the Span
iards on land. They placed our army
at the mercy of an invisible foe.
The other marvel of that campaien
belonged to the American side. It was
the almost noiseless guns of the dyn-
amite cruiser Vesuvius.
The Spaniards in Santiago said It
"coughed" earthquakes. Without any
warning report it threw bombs that
laid waste acres of forts, houses and
intrenchments wherever each one fell.
The Spaniards feared this more than
all the rest of the blockading fleet.
The French artillerymen who &C.
companied the American army and
navy went back to their home govern
ment and reported the success of these
two most destructive forces of this
modern war-the guns that shot with
out noise and those that shot without
smoke
The French inventor, Colonel Gull.
bert Humbcrt, has already made a
noiseless gun. He again set to work
improved it and applied it to the new
French field cannon. That government
adopted his invention.
The leading organ of the French ar.
tillery service, the Revue d'Artillerie
from its secret sources of informatio.
gives an account of the performances
OF Colonel Humbert's new weapon. II
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his body was found week afterwarG
IN the stream, which was kind of a
natural sewer. under a shop which
then stood at Third and D streets, on
which the drug store is now located
The water had carried it there from
thecorner of Fifth and F streets. This
was not the only case of drowning in
connection with the stream, but ]
think 1t was the one which caused the
biggest sensation from the circum-
stances and mystery surrounding it,"
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fired by the roar of cannon and crash
Of rifle volleys.
But the silent moving down with
nothing in sight to fight against would
be an uncanny conflict that no army
in the world is trained for.
Imagine its effects upon the ignorant
and superstitious wild men that the
United States is now fighting in the
Philippines.
Practical experiments have lately
been made by the French artillerists at
Chalons with this new gun. It has
been proved that it could destroy an
intrenched regiment or a battery in one
minute at distance of four miles.
The gun is loaded with shrapnel
shells containing $50 shots each.
Twenty of these shots can be fired
in minute. This is an unheard of
rate in field gun. The explosive
charge which scatters these bullets is
melinite, like dynamite in strength. In
one minute this gun throws 5000 bull
lets. Each one Of these can kill more
IAon OuS mdu dI q UlSIduCo OF TOUT
miles.
The test which the French officers
made of this gun was by setting up a
dummy regiment at this distance. In
a single minute almost every one of
the thousand wooden figures was shot
through in some part.
A battery Of old guns was placed at
distance Of three miles, with wooden
posts for artillerymen. A single shot
from the silent gun disabled all the
guns and blew the wooden posts to
pieces.
The new gun was trained on a bal
loon halt mile high and nearly two
miles distant. It took three shots to
get the range, and the fourth shot blew
the balloon to pieces. It foated down
in mere shreds. d. j.
In order to more perfectly obscure
the gun it was painted greenish tint.
Another balloon was sent up to try to
discover its location while this firing
was going on. But even at an eleva-
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