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The times., 1899-06-03
Our Foreign Trade.

There is a lesson in the figures Of the
foreign commerce OF the United States for
the last two fiscal years Our exports in
1855, averaging more than s1O0, 1000, 900 a
month, were nearly $500. .0OO, 600 greater
than those OF any previous year. 1t has
been noted that this happened when all the
world beside was short of breadstuffs and
looking to the United States for its supply.
II is further pointed out that in 1899. with
the conditions in this respect altered en-
tirely. the world supplying its own bread
stufls, the Republic continues to export
more than sleo. 600 month, and up TO
date has exceeded the figures Of the CORE
spending months of last year by more than
slo,060. SOC. 1t is considered remarkable
because the export prices of wheat and
cotton have declined from an average dur
ing ten months of ninety-three cents per
bushel for wheat TO an average of seventy
five cents per bushel. and cotton from an
average OF six cents per pound to one of
five and half cents per pound.
Now il is claimed that this achievement
OF keeping up the record in spite OF the
fail in value of breadstuffs and cotton is
due TO the great success OF American man
ufactures abroad. The only marked falling
of OF expectations. due chiefly to reduction
of prices and not of qualities. is in the ag-
rieultural products, about forty-one mil
lion dollars. The largest increase in man
ufactures exported is in the articles Of
steel and iron The increase over last year
is stated officially at thirty-five per cent,
and the increase of cotton goods exported
at more than fifty per cent. The bulk of
the latter increase is 10 China.
1t seems that prices abroad for manufac-
tures of steel and iron have advanced in
the same proportion as they have in the
United States, and that this increase of
price increased the value OF the material
exported.
There is an increase in imports Of $751;
600, 900. or about ten per cent.
Let it be conceded that the keeping up
OF large exports is due 10 the great sue
cess OF American manufactures In for
eigD markets, that in addition TO our
breadstuffs and our cotton the Europeans
have taken our fabrics In considerable
quantities, then another point would be
established. Europeans are not devoid OF
practical sense. They Will buy where II
The times., 1899-06-03
AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA.
Torres En- Route to the Capital With
Native PrisOnern.

New Orleans. June 2.-Mr. William B.
Sorsby. United States Consul at San Juan
Del Norte Nicaragua, arrived here from
Bluefelds, yesterday. He goes to Wash
ington to report the condition of affairs
of the Nicaragua coast.
General Torres, the governor of the
coast, left Bluefields for Managua on May
q. He went with large force of soldiers
and sixty-ive native prisoners who are
charged with completely in the Reyes re-
bellion- Generally the prisoners were
of the best class Of natives and their de-
parture was the occasion OF much weep
ing. as it is popularity supposed that all
the prisoners will be shot the moment they
arrive at the capital
The fight between the fruit trust and the
Bluefeids Banana Company is waging
fiercely at Bluefields, where it has put up
the price of bananas and plantation prop
erty. The Bluefeld Banana Company
which practically monopoIized the fruit
trade Of Nicaragua. withdrew from the
trust week ago, declaring war against it,
The trust has put on a line OF steamers
to Bluefelds, opened handsome offices
there. and both sides are buying up the
fruit plantations on the coast to secure a
supply of fruit for their vessels
The times., 1899-06-03
DIES FROM A DRUG.
Pathetic Death of Woman In u
New York Hotel.

New York, June 2.-The handsome, we'll
dressed woman. registered as IS. A.
Brown, of Boston," who was found uncon-
scious in room 422 of the Metropolitan
Hotel, at Twenty Street and
Broadway, last night, died at Bellevue
Hospital today without recovering con-
consciousness.
Closely resembling the case of Mrs
Everett" at the Colonnade Hotel, and the
case of Alice Cozzens at this same hotel
when it was the Coleman House, is that
of the nervous young woman who secured
room at the Metropolitan yesterday.
In her case, as in the others. palpable
effort has been made to conceal identity.
Not scrap of paper or letter has
been left behind. AS in the other cases
also. the woman was supplied with money,
wore valuable rings and a gold watch
with a monogram IN. L. s." on the outer
case, and in a small hand-satchel had
many pretty articles of the feminine toilet
The only thing upon which Identification
can be made are the marks upon these ar
ticles.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning a young
woman, apparently about thirty years OF
age, with dark hair and of unmistakable
refinement, drove up to the ladies' entrance
of the hotel in a cab. She was plainly but
well dressed in a black silk waist and
brown skirt with black hat adorned with
red feathers.
She carried in her hands brown leather
travelling bag and an umbrella. over her
arm was thrown light coat.
When the register was presented to her
at her request the clerk wrote for her "S
A. Brown, Boston" Her voice, the clerk
hut CTR ha
for room one day in advance and was
assigned to 1922.
AS she went to her room she passed Mrs.
Herdling. the wife of the proprietor
Something in her appearance attracted the
attention of that lady, and she determ ned
TO have close watch kept upon the new
conner. But she was called downtown. She
said today: Il did not get back until 9
O'Clock, and then l Immediately asked E
l. Peters, the clerk. how Mrs. Brown, of
Boston, was. He sent up to her room. and
when no answer was received to the bell
boys rappings on the door, had the door
burst OPEN
The woman was found, fully dressed,
lying across the bed unconscious. From
her breathing it was at once apparent
that she had been for some hours under
the influence of some derivative of
opium, probably morphine. On a hair
near the bed lay the satchel and her
light coat. Her hat lay on the floor at the
side of the bed. Soon after the woman
had been removed to Bellevue Hospital
the police made a thorough examination
of her effects. On a handkerchief in the
bag was the letter X, stitched in one
of the corners.
Besides these in the bag there were a
number of toilet articles usually carried
by women, and a small pill box containing
rouge. The label on this box showed that
it had come from "Farleys Pharmacy, 70
Main Street, Bangor, Me-" In a small
purse was $67.29 in money.
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Interested Defenders.
lFrom the PhiIadelphin Ledrer.

(From the Philadelphia LedgeT.)
Secretary Of the Treasury Gage has attempted
I defence of President McKney's order removing
than 5000 positions from the classified
civil service and handing them over to the pa
tronage mongers Secretary Cages certificate Of
good character will not relieve the President of
the stigma involved in the backward step he has
taken in relation 10 civil service reform. ii the
members Of his own official household cannot
make a satisfactory explanation of the Presi-
dents course, who can? Similar certificates Of
good conduct could, doubt, be as readily OBJ
tanned from Secretary Alger, Senator Marx Hanna
and Representative Grosvenor. Thus far the
great newspapers of the country that represent
the best principles OF the Republican party and
the most patriotic sentiment of the electorate
have condemned and denounced the President 5
order. ON the other part, only the dependable
organs, whose motto is that to the victors be-
long the spoils attempt to excuse it.
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pays them TO buy and in exchange for their
products. The cotton they take they can
not get elsewhere in sufficient quantities.
The breadstuffs they take when they do
not produce enough of their own. The
manufactured goods they absorb are arti-
cles better made, perhaps, than those Of
home manufacture. In some instances
American manufacturers supply doubtless
better and a cheaper article, such as
shoes, than can be made in Europe. Long
practice, keen competition, close margin
OF profit-these tell the story.
But if, with all the incubus of a high
protective tariff, some progress is made
through the splendid enterprise of our
business men, how much more could be
done if the tariff rates were lower on
thousand things the inhabitants of other
countries would like 10 send US in return.
The exchange of commodities does not
flourish like green bay tree under a pro-
tective tariff. The contention that our ex-
ports of manufactures have improved so
rapidly as TO supply the falling off in agri-
cultural exports requires two considera-
tions. First, the reduction is one almost
entirely of values and not of quantities
The Republic produces about the same
farm products as last year in quality
Prices fell because Europe produced her
regular quota. The wheat export was ac-
tually greater in quantity than in 1898.
Corn lost in quantity because Europe uses
the article TO supply her want of bread
stuffs, and required less in 1899 The
second consideration is that while
steel and iron advanced here in price,
which might have reduced exports in this
line, they likewise advanced in price
abroad
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Righteous Rctribution.

The President has apparently laid out consid-
cradle work for the hot weather as the effect
OF his civil service order. 1t is reported from
Washington that Congressman and Others are
already gathered there with view of taking
advantage of the opportunities for patronage
that it affords 1t is a righteous retribution upon
the Executive that he should be pestered in this
way. We do not anticipate a very large num-
ber OF changes as likely TO be made, but there
are amply sufficient grounds for hoping for them
to raise a horde OF applicants. 1t is notorious
that scores of these are aroused whenever there
is a prospect Of vacancies, and that they will
swarm about the White House is to be ex-
pected. There must of necessity he many disap-
pointments, and perhaps some will be added to
the. list OF ingratcs
The times., 1899-06-03
ENGLISH RACERS AT EPSON.
Sloan's Mount. Queen of Song. Wins
the Walton Plate

London, June AT EPSON today the
Walton plate of 200 soyereigns, the winner
to be sold at auction at 100 sovereigns. five
furlongs, was won by Mr.. Singers Queen
of Song, ridden by Sloan. Mr.. PARROTS
Sweet Annette was second. and Mr.. Mon
ros Wellhope. third. Six horses ran.
The Oaks Stakes of 4,50O sovereigns. by
subscriptions of 80 sovereigns each, half
forfeit. for three-year- old fllies, the uomi-
nator of the winner to receive 400 sover-
eigns, the owner of the second 200 sover-
eigns. and the owner of the third 100 SOW
ereigns out of the stakes. about one mile
and a half, was won by Mr.. Douglass
Baird's Musa.- Mr.. p. Lorillard's Sibola,
ridden by Sloan, was second, and Lord
Rosebery's Corposant third.
Twelve horses ran. The betting was 20
to / against Musa, to I against Sibola,
and 40 to 1 against Corposant.
The times., 1899-06-03
The Ne,vsboys' Home.

To the Editor of The Times:
The ladies of the Board OF Managers of the
Newsboys' Home go c Street, feel that they
can rely upon you to aid them in carrying on
their work for the summer. The society has
never been in debt. The firms with whom we
deal know that all bills are promptly paid. But
we come TO the summer with the funds at our
disposal unequal to the demands that must be
met during the next four months. We have re-
duccd our expenses to as low a figure rs possible
Further rctrtneiment would mean fewer children
rescued from degradation, more boys ON the
streets at night learning idle and vicious habits.
We need about SsG0, and trust this appeal
TO the business men OF Washington will not be
in vain.
Donations Of money may he sent to Mrs. T. s.
Childs 1905 Come, teut Avenue: Mrs. Il. II.
Atwater, 1915 New Hampshire Avenue.
By order of the committee,
NJ b. FERRY,
Chairman
The times., 1899-06-03
Torch and sword Doctrine.

(from the Baltimore SUM
The ''New York Journal" prints letter from
Hon. John ]. Ingalls,, formerly United States
Senator from Kansas in which the following re-
markable statement is made: "Thc Bible and the
hymn book are well enough, but what the African
race needs is another Toussant L'ouverture, with
the blood-stained banner of revolution and the
torch and the sword These we're probably the
sentiments Of the late John Brown, also OF Kan
sas, although lie mpetuous sort of an
incendiary and undertook to enact the role of
Toussaint L'Ouverture himself, rather than wait
for the negroes to develop a leader themselves.
Why, however, should Mr.. Ingalls, want TO apply
the torch and the sword to his white fellow
citizens? A man ought to be able TO be states
man out of job" without melting an inferior
race to murder and arson. The torch and the
sword" will never he a remedy for lynching nor
will the negro ever get in that way what Mr..
Ingalls, calls his rights" 1t may be well for
gentlemen who are far removed from the scene
of strife to suggest n revolution by the negroes,
for, whatever may happen, they at least will not
suffer. There is no necessity, however for the
torch or sword in remedying the wrongs Of
any class in this country, despite the
views of some advanced women in Boston and
former Senator Ingalls,. II the negro is suffering
from evils which are not directly trsceable to his
cwn crimes, he can trust to the enlightened pub
lie opinion OF the South to protect him. We have
enough Of the ''torch and the sword in the
Philippines now, without starting a revolution at
home, Of which incendiarsm and massacre are
to he the principal features. Mr.. Ingalls, slg
gestion viii not meet with popular approval,
and he should reconsider il.
The times., 1899-06-03

The treaty of 1925 defining the boundary
throws a flood of light on the pending con-
troversy. 1t will be remembered that there
is a provision about following the sum-
NIT of the mountains, which Sir Wilfrid
Laurier claims is the Canadian contention
and which it has been shown in The Times
is also the American, with proviso that the
range should be not more than ten marine
/ leagues from the coast. The treaty, it
should be stated, then proceeds to make
the line of demarcation "a line parallel 10
the winding of the coast and which shall
never exceed the distance of ten marine
leagues therefrom." There being no range
parallel to the coast, which fact was not
known in 1925 the alternative provision
had to be adopted. The treaty-makers in
tended that one course or the other should
be followed. If there was coast range
the line was to follow its summit; If none,
which is the fact, the boundary was 10
be "a line parallel to the winding of the
coast" The Canadian idea of jumping
from headland to headland, or measuring
the distance from the small Islands along
the shore, and not from the shore line
itself, is inadmissible. They have likewise
tried to construct a continuous chain, out
of isolated peaks along the coast. But
the treaty's words, parallel to the wind
ing of the coast" again circumvent their
disingenuous efforts.
The times., 1899-06-03
BRA1NEp BABE WITH AN AK.
Then Mrs. Jewett browns Herself in
n Shallow Stream.

Toronto June Mrs. Samuel Jewett.
wife of a school teacher. deliberately killed
her five months baby with an ak at New
Market yesterday. The woman had been
i'll and was threatened with nervous pros
tration. She was visiting sister to re-
cuperate. After killing her child in the
barn she drowned herself in five inches of
water in a stream.
A short time ago crazy girl named
Saxton killed her sister here through grief
at the thought of parting. it having been
the intention of the murdered girl to get
married. There is talk now of legislation
for the compulsory confinement OF dement,
ed persons If their symptoms appear to
make it dangerous to allow them to re-
main at large.
The times., 1899-06-03
EnIistmenas OF Nntiyes.

GtrOm the Savannah News
Some -oi the War Department officials are in
favor of enlisting friendly natives. 1t seems to
us TO DO that would be a great mistake The
arms they would receive might he turned against
US The natives are very treacherous. That has
been demonstrated on many occasions. Only a
few days ago several members OF the signal corps,
who had put their faith in flag of truce, were
shot to death. Our experience with native
troops in Cuba far from gratifying. The time
may come when it will be safe TO enlist natives
in the army for service in the Philippines, but
it will be after the Filipinos have learned to
have respect for and to depend upon our Gov
eminent. At present the enlistment Of natives
would in all probability, amount to strengthen
ing the enemy.
The times., 1899-06-03
The Entering Wedge.
CFTom the Bipr,,amton Leader

(From the Binsiamton Leader)
1t Is fact. of course that the four thousand
Offices which the President has removed from the
operation OF the civil service rules will not be
gin to go around among those who are looking
for places, but this will not prevent the faithful
servitors Of the G. o. P. from feeling that there
is something coming to then. or for putting
forth their best efforts 10 convince the good VII
liam that he has acted most wisely. Besides.
there still thousands OF places that can be
released from the restraint of rule when the
President feels that it will be good for his sec.
ond-tem scheme to release them.
The times., 1899-06-03
Lille Marian Clarke.

The finding of the stolen New York
baby, Marian Clarke, and her return to her
agonized parents, is something for the
whole country to rejoice over. The speedy
discovery of the child must be admitted
to be due to but one thing, and that was
newspaper publicity. 1t is to the picto-
rial daily press of the Metropolis that ali
the credit is due. Millions of copies of
the New York City papers, carrying cor
rect pictures of the stolen little one, each
day penetrated to all parts of the Empire
and adjacent States, and very quickly it
was impossible for anyone with an infant
in charge to escape the scrutiny of peo-
pie who had seen and studied the fea-
lures of the missing Marian Clarke.
Who knows but that, if years ago the
facilities of the press had been what they
are today, poor little Charlie Ross might
have been found before his cruel abduc-
tors could dispose of him, and restored
to his family,
The Clarke case is a lesson to parents
as showing the value of the newspaper as
a social safeguard, and to the criminal
class as warning that it has the eyes
of Argus and the arms of Briareus to de-
tect and reach such crimes as child steal
ing. The prompt and successful eonclu-
sion of the newspaper campaign for the
rescue of baby Clarke ought to, and no
doubt WILL exert a very depressing effect
upon the kidnapping industry. When a few
odd kidnapers have been taken out and
hanged on general principles, their avoca-
tion will probably be added to the list of
trades which have been ruined by the in
PRODUCTION of machinery
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They Began 1t.

(From the Philadelphia North American)
ANY man who repeats the charge that the
Americans began the war the Filipinos must be
classed with the long-eared person who charges
the American soldiers with the murder OF their
wounded enemies. The basis OF this latter SLAM
der Is the report Of casualties which show more
Americans wounded than killed and more Fill
pino killed than wounded. OF course, any IA
tional person knows that receive little infor
nation Of the enemy's wounded. Yet there is
quite as good reason for this absurd charge as
that our troops provoked the war.
The times., 1899-06-03

The State of Texas may be over suspi-
cious in the matter of the alleged case of
yellow fever in New Orleans. and the con-
tinuation of the quarantine against that
city may be as unjust as 1t certainly is op-
pressive. But, as the Texas health authori-
ties say, the lives of their citizens are of
more value than commerce, and experience
has taught them some severe lessons.
Quarantines which do not apply until an
epidemic has had opportunity to spread
over a whole region do not do much good
The time to stop Yellow Jack is when he
makes his first appearance. scourge
such as swept over the South in 1878 and,
not quite so severely, in 1883, would be
something to contemplate with horror, and
if the fever were to become epidemic thus
early in the season there would be a sad
summer in prospect for the people of the
Gulf States. The New Orleans scare is
likely to be productive of good. 1t will
wake up all the sanitary authorities to
watchfulness and preparation and as a
consequence, 1899 may escape being re-
corded as year of pestilence.
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keeping Check ON Them.

(From the st. Louis Globe Democrat)
The canvass among the Western aspirants for
the Speakership promises to be active from this
time To the meeting of the Republican caucus
lust before the opening OF the session. The
names of many men have been mentioned for the
nomination. 1t must be understood, however,
that no man las chance to receive a majority
of the votes of the Western Republicans unless he
stands with his party in this region on all the
issues of urgent concern. The record on all these
questions Of every asprant will be scrutinizcd
sharply between this time and the day for the
meeting Of the caucus. The man who comes
nearest to meeting Western ideas on the leading
issues will get The Western vote.
The times., 1899-06-03
scHRAEDER MADE TO DEPART.
The 'Diyine Healer" Forced to
Leave York. Web.

York. Neb.. June 2.-"Divine Healer"
schraeder has been forced to leave this
city as quack. He pronounced a solemn
curse on the city and all its inhabitants
and walked out of town. asserting that he
would never more taste OF food until the
city of York has been destroyed by the
hand of god for this slight put upon his
chosen servant.
The physicians OF the city found Schrae-
der imposing upon number of sick per-
sons. and notified him that II he accepted
money for the treatment he was violating
the State law, which requires all physi-
clans TO be licensed. He was told 10 leave
town or be prosecuted, and he left, leaving
his maledictions behind. Some people ac-
cuse Schraeder of causing the recent cy-
clones.
The times., 1899-06-03
The pennsylvania Bribery Charges
Hrnm the Philadelnhin Times.l

In ordering criminal proceedings against those
implicated by the testimony taken before an in
vestigating committee the House took the only
proper course in the matter. Only one OF the
accused is a member of the House and subject
to expulsion or Censure by the House, but all
are am, nanlc to the penalties OF the law against
corrupt solicitation if they can be shown in open
court to be guilty Of the offence charged In
court to- the accused will have chance 10
defend Themselves and establish their innocence
if falsely aeensed. There can he no question but
that they will he accorded tair trial, and the
trial will take place al time and under eur
cumstances which will relieve it entirely from the
factional influences which were 50 conspicuous
feature Of the legislative session.
The times., 1899-06-03
Witnesses and Lawyers.

lFrom Inc BTookIyn EagIe.J
witness has just as much right to abuse
lawyer as lawyer has to abuse 4 witness The
abuse Of either by the other is wrong, and two
wrongs do not make a right. But one wrong
does sometimes Offset another, and the general
public is not profoundly shocked when an abusive
lawyer runs against an abusive witness, and finds
him as formidable as he is fluent.
The times., 1899-06-03
AItgeId's Trust Plans.

(FrOm the Philadelphia KecordJ
The plan Of former Governor Altgeld to fight
the trusts is to have the Government go into bust
ness as a trust. Government trust would, he
argues be able to swallow all the others. Com.
petition would be out of the question. In fact,
there would be a central despotism, bestriding
the narrow world like a colossus, whilst with
apologies to shakespeare) petty men would walk
under It's huge legs and peep about to find them
selves dishonorable graves
The times., 1899-06-03

is good one. II he can only form a So
ciety, or enact a law. or something,
SO that others may be compelled to follow
his example, he will be a great public
benefactor. But let not his ideas be con-
fined to the authors whose books We really
want to read now, or the book-reviewers
will pn ineana