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ADMIRAL CARPENTER SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Prominent Naval officer Ends His Life in
a Boston Asylum.

Boston, April Rear Admiral C. c.
Carpenter, retired, committed suicide
yesterday in a sanitarium in this city.
Admiral Carpenter was called from the
retired list to active duty in charge
of the navy yard at Portsmouth, N.
H.. during the war, while Commodore
Remy was on duty at Key West. Ad
miral Carpenter had a brilliant rec
ord.
Admiral Carpenter for the last six
weeks was an inmate of the Adams
Nervine asylum in the Jamaica Plain
district, and at the request Of his fam
lily details have been withheld from
the public He shot himself in the
head.
For number of years previous to
his retirement Admiral Carpenter suf-
fered severely from nervous disorders
and soon after being released from ser
vice went under medical treatment He
had apparently recovered. but SIX
weeks ago there came relapse. and he
was again sent to the asylum. Again
he seemed to improve. and the family
had hoped that he would be himself
again.
Charles c. Carpenter was born in
Greenfield, Mass, in 1884. He was ap-
pointed midshipman from this state In
1850 and was attached to the sloop
Portsmouth of the Pacific squadron
from 1851 to 1855. He was in the naval
academy from 1855 to 1856, was ap-
pointed to midshipman in the latter
wear. Later he served on the steam
frigates Merrimac, Roanoke Colorado
and Dolphin. He was made lieuten-
ant in 1856 and attached to the steamer
Mohawk, which captured the SLAYER
Wildfire off the coast of Cuba with 500
slaves on beard. Carpenter was trans
ferred in 1862 to the steamer Flag of
the South Atlantic squadron, and was
soon promoted to lieutenant command
er He next saw service on the mGni-
tor Catskill of the South Atlantic
blockading fleet and was on board dur
ing the operations and attacks upon the
defenses Of Charleston in 1868. After
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VALUE OF SAMOAN ISLANDS.
OE Immense Importance for COaling and
Repair Stations.

Washington April 2.--The people, pro-
ductions and commercial and strategic
Importance Of the Samoan islands are
discussed in publication just issued
by the treasury bureau of statistics
The islands lie in an almost direct line
between San Francisco and Australia
and slightly south Of the direct steam
ship line connecting the Philippines
with the proposed Panama or Nicara-
qua inter-oc canals. Their special
Importance. therefore, it is stated, lies
more in their position as coaling and re-
pair stations on these great highways
of commerce rather than in their direct
commercial value. their population be-
ing small and their imports and exports
of comparatively little Importance. The
group consists of 10 Inhabited and two
uninhabited islands, with an area of
LOO square miles and an aggregate
population, according to latest esti-
mates, of Sc, 900 people, of which some
thing more than 200 are British. subjects,
125 Germans, % Americans, 25 French
and % of other nationalities, while the
others are natives of the Polynesian
race. The bulk of the population is To-
| Gated in the three islands of Upoli, Sa-
vail and Tutuila. the number in Upoli
| being $1,000. in Savaii 12,5OO, and in
| Tutuila, which contains the harbor of
| Pago Pago, ceded to the United States
| III 1915 IOF d naval anu cohlllS S.aIioi,
| $780, The islands are of volcanic origin,
| but fertile, producing cocoanuts, cotton,
| sugar and coffee; the most important,
| however being cocoanutS, from which
| the "copra" of commerce is obtained by
drying the kernel of the cocoanut. The
| expectation of copra from the islands in
| 1896 amounted to 12.565.909 pounds, val
ued at $231,372 A considerable propor
! ton of this was exported to the United
States and a larger proportion to Ger
many, whose citizens control its COM
merce through a trading company
which has long been established there.
In 1896 the imports We're 1904, 159, of
which $47,552 came from the United
States, $49,S02 from Germany, $17s,S57
from Australasia, s70,044 from Great
Britain and $21 033 from other countries.
The exports in 1896 were s69S,O47, Of
which 1921 ,312 was copra.
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THE ELECTION IN OHIO.
Great Deal of Importance Attaches to the
Outcome of To-Day's Battle.

outcome OF IO-Day'S Battle.
Cincinnati, o., April 2.-While the mu-
nicipal elections in Ohio tomorrow are
for local offices, yet they have strong
bearings on state and national politics
and also on factional interests in both
parties. The municipal machinery will
have great influence in the selection of
delegates to the state convention to be
held next month or later, and the can
didates for the gubernatorial and other
state nominations are conducting ag-
gressive canvaSseS now in connection
with the municipal elections. The bear
ing on national politics is seen in Sen
ator Foraker's presence and interest in
the course of events. If a republican
governor should be elected next Novem-
Der who is unfriendly to the senior
Ohio senator. that governor would no
doubt be at the head of the state 'ticket
for his second term two years hence,
when members of the legislature are
elected to choose the successor to For
aker. And the friends of the national
administration want solid Ohio dele
cation to the national republican con-
vention a year hence.
The republican candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, the home of Senator Han
ma, is Robert McKisson, who was the
fusion candidate before the legislature
in January of last year for senator
against Senator Hanna. 1t is stated
throughout the state that McKisson is
running for a third term not for the
mayoralty alone, but also for the pur-
pose of opposing President Mckinley,
Senator Hanna and others in the Ohio
state conventions this year and next
year and of controlling the four dele
gates from the Cleveland district. and
if possible other delegates to the ma
tional convention next year.
In other Ohio cities the factiona1 lines
are less directly drawn. In Toledo
there are two republicans running for
mayor. while the democrats have but
one candidate. In this city there is no
election for mayor, but much interest
is taken in the election of two members
of the board of city affairs, which con-
trolls the local municipal patronage.
The usual fight is being waged by the
democrats and independent republicans
againet George B. Cox, as the repub-
Iican boss
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NOT IMPORTANT.
Agoncillo Says Capture of Malalos Will
Not Affect Insurrection.

Paris. April 2.-Agoncillo, the agent of
Aguinaldo. in the course of an inter-
view published to-day in La Patrie,
says:
"The capture Of Malolos is not as i'm
portant as the Americans are trying to
make it appear. The Filipino govern
ment had already determined on re-
moval to San Fernando and a small de-
tachment of troops was left with orders
to burn the town and thus to draw the
Americans inland.
Two months of rain and fever will
save the Filipinos their ammunition
and a good deal of trouble. The war
will not end while single Filipino re-
mains to bear arms
Agoncillo charges Major General Otis
with opening the hostilities and holds
the Americans responsible for the trans
fer of the Spanish prisoners and for
preventing the Filipinos negotiating a
treaty with Spain. Agoncillo is confin-
ed to his room with the influenza
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KILLED HERSELF.
Mary Wilson Could Not Live Without
Her Soldier Lover.

Wichita, Kan. April miss Mary
Wilson, a prominent young society wo-
man of Augusta, committed suicide on
learning that Alva Dix, her lover, had
been killed on the battlefield Of Malolos.
Alva Dix was private in Company G,
Goth Kansas volunteers. Before he en-
listed he was a prosperous miner in
Wilson county, and just before he join
ed his regiment became Miss wilson's S
affianced lover. Miss Wilson graduated
recently from Nassar while her sweet
heart was on his way to the Philippines.
Yesterday she saw her lovers name in
the list of killed. Last night. when she
retired she wrote note to her father
and mother and took a dose of NOR
Dhine that ended her life. The young
people were to have been married in
Jn0e
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Company G, 1st Montana; John Miller,
private, Company l, 22nd infantry:
William G. Courtney, private. Company
B, 1st Washington: George H. Fortson,
captain, Company B, 1st Washington.
March 2S-Mat Summers: private.
Company M, 1st Nebraska Lee Forby,
captain, Company G. 1st Nebraska.
March 31--Charles Preachers, first
sergeant, Company M, 1st South Da-
kota: Will May. private, Company l,
1st South Dakota; William H. Heasper-
ling, corporal, Company G, Sd infantry;
Fred II. Wheaton, private, Company H,
1st Montana; Joseph Wahl, private,
Company II, Goth Kansas.
april 1-George A. Taylor, private,
Company H, 10th Pennsylvania.
"OTIs."
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TWO MONTANA MEN DEAD.
Robert Brown, Company G, and Fred
Wheaton, Company II, Succumb.

Robert Brown, company u, ana Freu
Wheaton, Company ii, Succumb.
Washington. April 2.-Following is
General Otis casualty report from Ma
nila to-day:
Manila, April 2.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Following deaths have
occurred since last report:
March 25-Thomas e. Whiteside.
private Company M, lst Colorado, dys-
entery.
March 2S-Adolph Keplen. private
Company A, 1st North Dakota, drown
ed; accidental
Deaths from smallpox:
March 25-Edward Pratt, private,
Company L, 18th Minnesota; Wallace
Bolin, quartermaster sergeant, 51st
Iowa.
March 26-Frank A. Martin, private,
Company /, 2Sd infantry.
March 27-Nelson Mcclellan, private,
Company F, 1st South Dakota.
March 2S-James o. Stevall. private,
Company d, 9th artillery.
From wounds in action:
March 29.-David Campbell private,
Company NJ, 1st Washington.
March 26-Robert Brown, private,
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Marines and Police Clash.

Havana. April 2.--Late this afternoon
a conflict occurred at La Machina
wharf between the police and some ma
rines and sailors of the Resolute. The
appearance of General Ludlow and the
police reserves quelled the disturb
ance. 1t is asserted that the marines,
who We're more or less intoxicated,
started the row. Several shots were
fired before the arrival of the military
governor and the police reserves un-
der Chief Menocal. The marines re-
turned to the Resolute. One policeman
was wounded
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Officers Come Homo.

San Francisco, April Among the
passengers on the Nippon Maru. from
the Orient to-day, We're Captain 5. 5.
Saxton, formerly chief of General
Kings staff in Manila, and Brigadier
General Reeves of the 18th Minnesota
regiment. Both have resigned their
commands and are returning home.
The British bark lnVarmark from.
Liverpool was at Honolulu when the
Nippon Maru arrived. Captain Phillip
had a stroke of apopleXy soon after his
vessels arrival and was seriously ill
when the steamer left port
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EFFECT Of DtVEY'S FIRE
How Montejo's Fleet Was Sent
to It's Destruction.
VESSELS WERE R|DDLED
Armored Sides Were No Protection
From the Storm Of Shot and Shell.
onacial Report of the
Casualties.

Washington, April 2-Lieutenant
John M. Elliott, the intelligence officer
of the Baltimore had forwarded to the
navy department under date of Janu-
ary !, 1899, a report on the effects of
the guntire of Deweys fleet on the
Spanish fleet in the battle of Manila.
The report is based on a personal ex-
animation of all vessels, personal con-
versatons with all officers aboard and
extracts from Admiral Montejo's Off
cial report. 1t describes in detail the
effect of every shot from the Ameri-
can fleet and proves that Montejos ves-
sells were riddled by a perfect storm
of shot and shell from the American
guns. There was g much larger per-
centage of hits at Manila than at Santi-
ago. This is accounted for by the fact
that Deweys fleet was a deliberate at
tack with most of the enemys ships
at rest while the appearance of Ger
vera's fleet at Santiago was unexpected
and it was running fight Leuten-
ant Elliott makes the following sum-
mary of the number and size of the
shots which struck each of the Span
ish vessels:
Chrstina-Five eighth five five
inch and 13 other large shells; seven
six Founders and nine other projectileS.
Casstilla-TWo six-inch. u five-inch,
four large shells, three sx-pounders
and 16 other small shells Survivors also
tell of three eight inch shells which
burst on the deck forward, amidship
and aft. causing fires that could not
be controlled Don Antonio de Ulloa-
Four eight-inch, three six inch. one five
inch and IA other large shells. 10 six
Founders and one other small shell. Don
Juan de- Austria--Ihree siX-inch or
eight-iSch, four five Inch, five siX-pound-
ers and two other small shells. Isla de Lu
zon-Three hits before she retired be-
hind the arsenal and was sunk by her
own crew. Isla de Cuba to which
Montejo transferred his flag after the
Christina was aband0ned-Four six
Founders and four # unknown caliber.
She, too, was sum- sg the Spaniards.
Marquis del Dura--One eight-inch, one
six-inch and three six-pounders. We
lasco took no part in the action. but
was hit by stray shell and was sunk
by the Spaniards. The Argos was also
out of the fight, but was struck by a
large shell and was scuttled by the
Spaniards. The Total number of hits OBJ
servable was 14l, but there We're doubt
less many others, especially of small
caliber through the rigging and burned
structure of the ships.
After painstaking inquiry Lieutenant
Elliott makes the following report of
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Fatally Shot.

New York April 2.-Samuel Heller, 3S
years old. ticket seller with Buffalo
Bills Wild West show, was shot and
probably mortally wounded this after
noon by William H. Holland. There is
much mystery about the shooting. The
parties had been drinking. Holland.
who escaped. is the proprietor of the
National horse exchange, a pool room
in Montreal. Heller is said to have
come of good family in Lima, o.
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SDltl mt Auction,

San Francisco. April 2.-The Chilian
bark Eliza which went ashore While on
her way from Puget sound TO Shanghai
with a load of lumber. was to be sold
at auction after the Nippon Maru left
Hong Kong. Her mainmast was gone
and she was badly waterlooged. OF her
cargo. 10000 feet was jettisoned and
Is 900 feet saved. The remaining 80 900
feet was to be sold to the highest bid
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Ridwells' Bodies in Chicago.

Chicago. April 2.-The bodies of
George and Austin Bidwell, the men
who, as leaders of a gang of conf
dence men, swindled the Bank of Eng
land out of So ,OOO.0 600. reached Chicago
to-day from Butte, Mont. where the
men died recently. TIE body of Austin
Bdwell was taken to Rose Hill ceme~
terry and buried The body of George
was shipped to Hartford, Conn.
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Southern Cattle Coming.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 2-Contracts
have been let for the shipment over the
line of the Cheyenne Northern of 1,5OO
cars of Southern cattle to the ranges
of Northern Wyoming and Southern
Montana. shipments to begin on the
1st of May.
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Imuunes Return.

Savannah. Ga, April 2.-The Sd U. S.
volunteers (Ray's immunes) arrived
from Sagua de Tanamo on the transport
Sedgwick to-day. The regiment will
go into detention camp at Sapelo for
five daNS.
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Partisan Won.

New York April 2.-PanowsN and
Showalter contested the fourth game OF
the series Of seven a the Brooklyn Chess
club this afternoon and the Partisan won
a wel-payed game after "A moves. To-
tal score: Showalter, >; Janowski, IL
drawn l.
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Died of Heart Failure.

Council Bluffs, Ia, April Judge
William Cowles James, q prominent res
ident of this city since 1852, died to-day,
aged 50 years, of heart failure.
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The following points in connection
with the examination of the Spanish
ships are emphasized by Lieutenant FL
lott:
l. The sides of iron and steel built
cruisers do not arrest projectiles enough
to explode them.
9. The incendiary effect of bursting
eight-inch shells is great and far great
er than would seem proportionate to
that OF lower calibers
8. At ranges over $500 yards, the gun
shields of cruisers are in no. sense a
protection, but insure the annihilation
Of the guns crew and the disabling Of
the gun if struck by large projectile.
4. Warships of the present day will
generally be placed hors du combat by
conf1a agration and the destruction of
their personnel before they are sunk
by gun fire.
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Went to the Races.

Paris. April 2.-President Loubet was
a spectator at the Auteuil races and was
warmly received by the people.
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GEMS FOR GEMS

And there are doubtless many gems
in Rutte for whom ours would be
exceedingly appropriate adorn-
ments. Our gems will gain increased
attra etiyeness from fair possessors.
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LITTLE PERSON AIS.

Morrison Christy has had a protracted
spell of Illness He is now convalescent.
His friends are rejoced to know of his re-
covery.
Little Jim Estes Snedecor, of Woodlawn,
is at the Hillman hospital where fle has re-
Gently undergone a very dangerous opera
tion He is resting comfortably and friends
are sanguine of his recovery.
Little Lizzie Crow on her visit home Sat
urday was delighted to find a new arrival
in a tiny baby sister to welcome her.
Minnie Leroy Smith, tiny brunette, is
now at home at 2516 Seventh avenue. She
is quite an acquisition to the neighbour
hood.
Tom Cole has typhoid fever. We hope to
hear of his rapid recovery.
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THE GIANTS COFFIN.

will deposit many of its layers into the
subte-ranean streams to be washed out into
some mineral spring or reservoir before
some who live in the same section of coun-
try with it make 1t the object of study.
1t seems strange that Notwithstanding the
Louisville and Nashville allows the privi-
lege of taking this trip to one holding
ticket on that road, comparatively few take
advantage of it.
Children, it is worth the trouble and the
slight additional expense, so determine to
go at the very first opportunity.
Having left Cincinnati at IL o'clock and
reached Glasgow Junction at breakfast time
next morning we soon boarded the Mann
moth Cave railway train for the cave. The
scenery, though not billy, is somewhat
picturesque The trees on this occasion
had donned their variegated autumn attire
and as there are yet few inroads of civili-
cation, the lover of nature finds much to
arouse emotions of enthusiasm concerning
the surroundings as he traverses the path
way from the train to the hotel and from
the hotel to the cavern.
Particularly do l wish you, my young
folks to enjoy with me the trip within the
cave so shall lwrite you of its marvels in
order that when you go you Will be better
prepared to appreciate it. Just ninety
years ago in what is now Edmundson coun-
ty, Kentucky, it is said hunter named
Hutchins was chasing bear which, In try
ing OF escape him took refuge from his
pursuer in htis hole into which the intre-
pid hunter followed, leading thus accident
ally to the discovery of the world renowned
Mammoth Cave. This entrance is the only
one ever discovered.
Here our party, in boomers and overalls,
which made us look like gnomes or hobgob-
Inns of some underground world, paused to
survey and reconnoitre. Then single file
down the rudely improvised stone stairway
of a short declivity we go to enter the cev-
ern and begin our walk. AS we faced the
darkness all Involuntary turned to find
friend, feeling that it would be just trifie
more comfortable to have some one near
him. A general sympathetic smile was per-
ceptible, when a very big six-foot man call
ed yociferously to his wife, Here, Ella,
where are your She failing to respond
Immediately with her protecting presence,
he called again, ELLA, say, come here,
pleasew All the sight-seers finally found
some one with whom to share the enjoy
ment of his Journey and facing once more
the opening for a farewell glimpse of day
light, they proceeded 1t was a dewey.
brilliant autumn morning and the sun lit
up the gay foliage of the tall chestnuts,
sycamores and poplars on the hillside be-
yond the cave, the beauty Of which lin
gered in our memory after we were shut IN
from 1t by the inner darkness.
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After a while we became accustomed to
the darkness and looking about left the first
sensation to be disappointment Even after
we have passed through Dante's Gateway.
near the Giants Coffin, a wonderful i'm
mense stone, exactly like a coffin, through
the narrows till we reach the rotunda, we
still feel that our expectations were too
high and that We have seen more beautiful
subterranean sights.
The guide tells us that the rotunda is ex-
actly under the hotel and so at this point
We try to discover the directions and to
keep them as we proceed. The rotunda is
a great hall 60 feet or more in height with
an arehed roof broken into folds and frets
of remarkable beauty. This vast whitish
limestone vault is unsupported by any col
umns or rocks and is of astonishing size.
The passage to the left IS Audubon avenue,
named for the great scientist by his eccen-
trio rival. and is THE way to olives bower,
a stalaehite of wondrous beauty The ave-
nue. to the left is also full of attractions,
but shall chose the river route, or long
route, as it is generally called.
So, leaving behind US the Giants Coffin,
Dante's Gateway, Penisco avenue, Resonato
hall we go on toward the Bottomless Pit.
Shuddering as we look down into the
fathomless darkness we do not wonder to
hear "where are you Ella" in our big
mans voice, for We hold our breath till we
have crossed the Bridge of Sighs pausing
just a moment only over the very center
of the abyss to hear the lonely cadence of
the falling waters in the bottom. But,
again our thoughtful reverie is interrupted
by a call; "Where are you, EllaY'
The guide informed us that the water Of
ten rises to considerable height, showing
that Echo river or some other underground
stream is intima tely connected with this
pit
There is passage by which the very dar-
ing traveller may reach the bottom of this
bettomless pit and thereby attain the nat
uralist paradise, for eyeless spiders, brown
beetles and various insects are numerous
there.
All along the Bridge of Signs on the
ground and rocks are great festoons of the
sncw-wha.e mucor a plant of the cave,
which some what resembles mold, but Is
mere like the fibre of the cotton plant.