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COMMERCE OF SAMOAN ISLES.
Of Over $3O0OOO in Imports 100000
Came From the United States.

United States Consul General Osborn, at
Apia, has submitted to the State Depart
ment statistics concerning the trade of the
Samoan Islands in 1889.
The total amount of goods imported dur
ing the year was SOB 94.2S of which the
greater part C$329, .6O was from the
Australasian colonies of New South Wales
and New Zealand. Goods to the amount of
$S9.G7 came from the United States $7S,-
14.S4 from Germany and but s6,OOS from
Great Britain. OF a total export trade of
S4i2,216 the larger part of the goods was
shipped to New South Wales and New Zea-
land, exports to the value of s264, $50 being
sent to these two colonies. The value of
the exports to the Azores is stated at 1884,
OBS. 10; to Great Britain, S15O 4U5: to the
United States, $3S, 80.
Elghty-one vessels entered the port of
Apla in 1888, forty-five of the number being
British and twenty-one American vessels.
Sevsnty-nine vessels cleared from the port
during the same period, forty-four Of which
were British, twenty American. nine Ger
man, four Norwegian and two Danish.
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TW ENTY-TWO MINERS KILLED.
Result of ExplOsiOn In CumnOck
Mines. North Carolina.


RALEIGH, N. c.. May 23.-Twenty-two
miners. ten white men and twelve negroes.
lost their lives in an explosion at Cumnock
coal mines. Chatham county, n. c.. yester-
day evening. The explosion Is supposed TO
have been caused by a broken gauze in a
safety lamp. Forty or fifty men were in
the mine al the time.
The dead are: John Connolly. mine su-
perintendent: Joe Glass, William Tyson,
James Mccarthy, John Hankey. Wesley
Clegg John Willett, John Gatewood Robert
Gatewood Charles Wesley. all white
men; Sim Mcintyre. Dan Goldston, Joe
Pagan. Will Reeves, Robert Reeves,
Allie Bynum. Joe Taylor. Jim Marks, John
Lee Palmer Jim Palmer. Peter Palmer and
John Hubbard. colored men.
Within an hour after the explosion the
work of rescue began and by daylight all
the bodies except one. that of Sim Mcln-
tyre had been brought to the top. All the
be dies We're horribly burned
John Connolly, the mine superintendent
came here from Pittsburg. Pa.
In the Cumnock mines. on December IL.
1893. an explosion of fire damp occurred.
causing the loss of forty lives. Extensive
improvements were made and the mines had
since been thought free from fire damp.
Pennsylvania capitalists own the prop
ariI
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ARMY MEN AT NAVAL COLLEGE.
A Step Toward Bringing Two Arms of
the Service Closer.

Arrangements have been made for the at
tendance of several officers OF the army at
the sessions of the Naval War College at
Newport this summer in order that the
two branches of the service may cooperate
in studying the strategic problems of the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United
States The army contingent will consis:
of Major John G. D. Knight. commandant
of the Engineer Battalion at Willetts Point:
Lieut.. Col. George 3. Davis. deputy judge
advocate general and professor of law and
history at West Point: Major John Bel
linger, quartermaster at the War Depart
ment, and First Lieuts. William Chamber
lain, 1st Artillery, and Richmond 2. Davis.
I'd Artillery, both Of whom are stationed at
the Military Academy. 1t is expected that
the army representation will be increased
by the temporary attendance of Gen. Lud-
low who is slated as president of the pro-
posed army war college, and Col Carter.
Major Simpson and Major Barry, all assist
ant adjutants general.
The coming session of the college at New
port promises to be the most important in
its history. The naval class is unusually
large and composed for the most part OF
officers of high rank. In addition to the
army and navy the marine corps and rev.
enue cutter service will take part in the
work.
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REICHSTAG PASSES MEAT BILL.
Only Whole Half Carcasses Can
Now BE Imported.

BERLIN May 3.--The reichstag today
voting by roll call. adopted the meat bill
by 163 to 123 votes. In addition to pro-
hibiting the Importation of canned sau-
sage meat. the bill provides that until De-
cember 81, 1909. the importation OF fresh
meat shall only be allowed in whole r in
certain cases, in half carcasses, and that
the Importation of prepared meats shall
only be permitted when it is proved to be
innocuous, which is regarded as being i'm
possible of proof in the case of consign-
ments of salt meat under four Kilograms in
weight The bill also provides that after
1903 the Importation of meat shall either
be regulated by fresh legislation or the
above mentioned provisions remain in force
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Personal Mention.

Major John T. French, jr.. Of the quarter
masters department, who has been sta
toned at Havana for several months past,
is in the city on waiting orders. He is at
the Colonial.
DR.. A. B. Richardson, superintendent OF
the Government Hospital for the Insane.
is in Richmond, Va, attending the fifty
sixth annual session of the American
Observation-Disclosures Association. He will
read a paper before the meeting upon ques-
tions relating to insanity. DR.. Richardson
is expected to return to the hospital Friday
evening.
The following Washingtonians sailed on
the Westerland, which left New York for
Antwerp today; Mr.. and Mrs. Jay F. Ban
croft, Mrs. w T. Day, Miss Elizabeth Day
and Master Elliott Day.
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BAPTISTS MEET AT DETROIT.
Home Missionary Branch of the
Church in Session.

DETROIT. Mich. May 23.-The second Of
the group of annual meetings of the vari-
Gus missionary institutions of the Baptist
Church began today, viz. that of the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society The
occasion is the sixty-eighth anniversary Of
that society. which embraces in the scope
of its missionary work every state and ter
ritOry. Mexico Cuba and Porto Rico. The
influx of Baptists from various parts of
the country was large today.
The two days session Of the Home Mis-
sion Society began with brief address by
Its president, stephen Greene of Newton
Center. Mass T. J. Morgan OF New York
corresponding secretary OF the society,"
sketched the sixty-eighth annual report of
the executive board. volume of 200 pages
bringing out the salient features and en-
phasizing The showing Of progress made in
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Alleged Trouble on the Texas.

The Navy Department has not yet re-
ceived an official report of the disorders on
the Texas resulting in the placing of ten
men in irons and the desperate injury of a
petty officer, as reported in the New York
newspapers. 1t is said to be no unusual
thing for vessels arriving at New York
from Norfolk to have under punishment OF
some kind some of the crew who may have
come aboard drunk before sailing but 1t is
admitted that ten men In irons would be
an exceptional record in such cases.
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WRECK on LAKE SHORE ROAD.
Engineer and Fireman Killed and
Mail Clerk Missing.

DUNkIRk, \. V, May 23.-Lake Shore
fast mail train No. 81 ran into an open
switch at Westfield at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and was badly wrecked. Six mail cars
We're demolished and the mail scattered.
Engineer Frank Reagan of Buffalo, one of
the Lake Shores oldest employees, and VIM.
Leighbody, fireman, of Buffalo, Were killed
A mail clerk Is missing, and is thought to
be under the debris. Several other mail
clerks were injured and We're treated by
Westfield physicians. Wreckng trains We're
dispatched from Buffalo and Erie.
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LUTHER LEAGUE MEETING.
Estimated That There Are 1.5OO Dele
gates In Attendance.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. May 23.-It was es.i-
mated from the registering today that there
were ] 500 delegates here for the second
DAYS session of the Luther League The
opening service. conducted by F. A. Hart
rauft of Philadelphia. was preceded by
musical selections. The reports of Prcsi-
dent f. +. Eilert of New York, Secretary
NJ. c. Olsen of Chicago and Treasurer Cor
pelius Eckhardt of Washington were fol-
lowed by the reports of the executive litcra-
ture, publication, finance and worlds league
committees. After the call of the states
according TO the size of their respective or
ganiZations. addresses were delivered by
Rev. F. II. Knubel of New York and Rev
Elmer +. Kraus of Leechburg, Pa.
The afternoon program included addresses
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To Close mn Alley.

Mr.. Gallinger has introduced in the Senate
a bill providing for the closing of the alley
in square 169 abutting on the properly CT
the Young Mems Christian Association, on
G street between 18th and 18th streets, upon
payment to the Commissioners by that as
sociation of price per square foot equal to
the assessed valuation of the adjacent
ground, which act shall convey the alley
ground to the Young Mems Christian Asso-
clation.
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HIGH PRICES IN PRETORIA.
Economy Observed From the Highest
OmciaI Down.

Late reports to the State Department
from Pretoria show that prices are soaring
in that capital Perhaps because nearly
all the horses commandeerea.
cab hire ranges from $50 per hour up
ward. and can scarcely be had at any fig
ure. Economy is universally observed from
the highest officials down. The foreign rep
resentatives at the capital find that their
salaries are totally insufficient to meet the
ordinary expenses of living. feverish
activity prevails. The United States con-
sulate is overtaXed. Seven thousand let
tiers We're received in one week to be for
Warded. Mail packages weighing in the
aggregate Gia tons flowed into the consulate
in the same time. Many small sums of
money had to be dsbursed among he Brit
ish prisoners of war. and altogether the
United States consul. with his single assist
ant, is fully employed.
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THE SUMNER AT MANILA.
Made the Trip From New York II
Fifty.Three Days,

Fifty-Three Days.
The adjutant general received a cable
message today from General Macarthur. at
Manila, announcing the arrival of the
transport Sumner, fifty-three days out
from New York. The Sumner carried over
1000 recruits and large number of Off
GERS, including Col. Writ Davis, Sth Cav
airy. The recruits will be utilized in filling
regiments of regulars which are below the
limit on account of deaths and discharges.
The Sumner while she made the trip in
fairly good time, fell eight days short of
the record of forty-five days made by the
transport Logan.
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Naval Orders.

Lieut. Commander F. E. Beatty has been
ordered to the navy yard, Washington
Lieut.. Commander ]. A. Norris, to the
War College, Newport, for instruction
Lieut.. c. Davis, to the bureau of ord
nance, Navy Department.
Lieut.. E. T. Pollock, from the Alliance to
the Dolphin.
Ensign F. r. Holman, from the Texas to
the Potomac.
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by Rev S. L. Keyser of Atchison. Kan.
and Rev. C. X. Hunton of Columbus. Ohio;
talks on "Women's Work in the Church
by Miss MaCdelene King and Sister Jennie
L. Christ of the Deaconess Motherhouse,
Baltimore Md, and singing by Mrs. James
Russell and Miss Laura Strubbe.
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Comes in Contact with Beers Near
DOuEIns, Cape Colony.

DOUGLAS. Cape Colony, Tuesday. May
pa force under General Warren, con-
siSting Of mounted infantry, imperial yeo-
nanry and two guns of the Canadian artil-
lery. left Roof Pan. Cape Colony, on the
night of May % and marched in two col
unlns, under Colonies Hughes and Spence.
Nothing was seen of the Beers until the
British Were within two miles of Douglas,
when few shells from the Canadian ar
tillery sent ihe burghers in full retreat to-
ward Douglas. Colonel Hughes column
advanced In skirmshing order and. after
lengthy exchange Of shots, the Beers fled.
leaving their laager and quantity of
stores and ammunition.
Again today three hundred Beers opened
II h"r fire on detachment of yeomanrv.
and the Canadian artillery repeated their
excellent practice and compelled the enemy
retire.
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Movements of Naval Vessels.
Admiral Kempfrs flagship, the Newark,
has arrived at Nagasaki; Japan.
The Potomac has arrived at Norfolk
The cruiser Prairie passed the capes and
up Chesapeake bay.
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To Auticipate Interest.

Secretary Gage has decided to anticipate
the quarterly interest on the per cent
bonds soon to be called in and paid off. This
interest is due June and amounts to $117,.
600. The checks are being made out.
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TO MAKE RESTITUTION.
Efforts to BE Made to Recover From
Neely.

Attorney General Griggs said today that
the Department of Justice will make strong
endeavors to have Nicely. the alleged Gu
ban defaulter, give up some of the stolen
money. 1t is believed that Neely's prop
erty interests are in such shape that they
can be seized upon and made to pay part
of the defalcation, if one is shown.
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A BUSINESS AXIOM.

From Printers fox.
Money spent in continu-
Gus advertising in the daily
press draws interest that is
compounded daily.
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Beers Surrender at Vrybure.

KIMBERLEY, Tuesday, May 22-About
e" Beers have surrendered at Vryburg
north Of Kimberley and little IT re than
half way between that place and Mafek-
iIg
tn" road is all clear from Mafeking and
al! opposition In this district is practically
ended.
French Crosses the RhenOster
IIONING SPRTlT, Orange Free State.
Tuesday evening, May 22.-Gen. French has
crossed the Rhenoster river. northwest of
here. This movement. combined with Gen.
Ian Hamiltous occupation of Hebron,
renders the Bocr position twenty miles in
the BRUSH front untenable. The latest re-
ports. however, received say the burghers
ara prepared 10 make a strong resistance
and possess fifteen guns. Fifteen prisoners
were taken today.
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DANGER IS INCREASING
BLANKET INDIANS JOINED BY PAR
TIES FROM THE NORTH.
Fears for the Safety of Capt. Mercer
Mounted Recruits Sent Into the
Region of Disturbance.

SOLwAY, Mimi, July 13.-Danger of an
outbreak by the blanket Indians on Red
lake is increasing. The Indian police from
the agency have gone to the point where
the blanketers are still holding their war
dance, and it is expected trouble will ensue.
Bulletins have been posted in the Chip
rewa language. warning all friendly In
dians and whites to remain away from the
point or suffer the consequences.
Twenty mounted men left Solway late
last night and will proceed to the agency
and take instructions from Indian Agent
Mercer. The men are all well armed and
carry each a thousand rounds of extra
ammunition, which will be distributed
among the settlers.
A petition will be sent 10 Governor Lind
tomorrow, asking that a detachment of
State troops be sent to Red lake at once.
The Indians keep up their war dances
and their shouts can be heard for three
miles. At frequent intervals they discharge
their rifles in the air.
1t is said that large body of reds from
the northern part of the State has Joined
forces with the blanketers and small bands
OF Indians are joining the main body hour
ly. 1t is estimated that the entire force
numbers over 300 at present. The squaws
and pappooses have been sent north and
only the young bucks remain at the point.
The white settlers at the point are pre-
pairing for an attack The Indians at the
agency have assured the whites of their
support. but 1t is thought that many of
them are going over to the blanketers.
Nothing has been heard from Captain
Mercer since his departure for the lake, and
fears are entertained for his safety.
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the Louisville Commercial gives Tinder and
Kemper as Goebelites and Stone as Pro-
hibitionist. Both reports agree that there IS
but one Republican on the panel BY The
Associated Press report. which is doubt
less that of the Louisville Times, two-thirds
of the jurors are Goebel Democrats. but by
the report of the Louisville Commercial
all are 'Goebelites" except two. Campbell.
Of bad repute, challenged off the list Of
accepted jurors every Republican except
enc. and the one Brown Democrat who
was at first accepted To do this took all
of the peremptory challenges of the prose-
cution- All of these things go to show that
the trial will be political one, and THAI
every advantage has been taken to get as
many Goebelites on the jury as possible.
The full report shows that the attitude of
the judge is anything but friendly to the
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SITUATION Is BETTER.
Bradstreet Discerns Considerable I'm.
provement I'm the Trade Outlook.


NEW YORK. July 1S.-Bradstreets to-
morrow. will say: While trade is still OF
only midsummer volume, the beginning OF
improvement in demand is. apparently. be-
coming visible. The Improvement is still
one of tone rather than of actual demand,
but with. as seems probable. yield of 540-
100000 blu Of wheat, a next to record-5reak-
ing yield of corn and a very large produce
ton of oats, the Western crop situation
contains many encouraging features. The
Southern cotton crop has undoubtedly suf-
fered and condition is unprecedentedly low
for this season of the year, but the acreage
planted was large one. and the prices
are so much higher that a satisfactory
financial return is confidently looked for.
In addition, railroad earnings point TO the
maintenance of the business Of the country
at volume in excess OF last year.
The effort of the big iron and steel con-
Germs to control prices. IL really made. has
proved abOrtive and another wholesale
slashing OF quotations IS to be reported
this week. Production, however. Is falling
off, and increases of furnace stocks,
though considerable. would seem small, IL
renewed activity occurred The situation in
cotton goods is an embarrassing one for
the manufacturers. Raw cotton. old crop,
this week, reached the high price in ten
years, but nothing like proportionate adj
vance is being secured in many finished
products Export trade with China has
down and short time. during the summer.
has been practically agreed on by the Fall
River print cloth mills. A rather better
tone is noted in the dry goods market az
New York with symptoms OF expanding
demand. chiefly, however, for seasonable
goods. Concessions in prices have induced
rather freer buying OF wool at some CEN
tiers, and the tone of the London sales Is
firmer. but the goods markets show little
animation.
The industrial situation is rather better.
as a result OF agreement OF wages by
number of iron and steel manufacturing
concerns and their employees. Lower prices
for lumber are. apparently. inducing more
activity I'm building. though how much -
due to this, or how much to the settle
ment of labor disturbances. is hard TO
measure.
Wheat. including flour. shipments for the
week aggregate 2.S29.9l0 bu. against aelb-
$50 last week. 3. .SI5 IN the corresponding
week of 1889, and e.9i0.S27 in 1898 From july
/ 10 date wheat exports are 5SfS.132 bu.
against 7.Uzz. Isl last season and 5.639. 469 I'm
1898 Corn exports for the week aggregate
4.O22, O6S bu. against 3.6li,z9i last week. a.
553 739 in this week a year ago. and 2.S22.2t
in 1888 From July ! 10 date, corn exports
are 7,636,362 bu, against S,650,SSS last season,
and 5.233 $50 in 1898.
Business failures i'm the United States.
for the week. number III as compared
with 146 last week. ia In this week a year
ago. and 23S in 1895.
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BUSY DAY FOR LEAGUE
MANY SESSIONS OF YOUNG METHO-
DIsTS AT SOUTH BEND.
Universalfsts' Conference Has a Tilt
Over PrOhfbition-Baptfsts Union
-Endeavorers Abroad.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 13.-The ninth
biennial convention of the Indiana Ep-
worth League, which began its session in
this city yesterday, promises TO be one of
the most enthusiastic and most profitable
in the history of the organization. Dele
gates are arriving on every train. Over
two hundred had registered last night and
the enrolment reached five hundred visit
ors by this evening. The delegates repre-
sent $1,000 members Of the Epworth League
in Indiana.
The delegates were ready for the earn
est work of the convention this morning
and the attendance at the morning serv-
ice was agreeably large. The usual rivalry
for the pleasure of entertaining the next
convention began to develop to-day. In
dianapolis, Fort Wayne. Evansville and
Terre Haute are anxious to secure the
convention, and from present indications
Fort Wayne will be the next convention
city.
Many visitors who were unable to attend
the opening of the conference were pres
ent this morning at the quiet hour service
conducted by State Secretary Henninger.
meeting of the convention began. After a
short song service President Palmer de-
livered his report and address to the con-
vention. The following committees were
announced by the president:
On Resolutions--The Rev. Frank finder,
Logansport; Miss Matte Sparks, Indian
apolis. and Miss Edna Hunter, Logans-
port.
On Place of Meeting for the 1902 State
Convention-rhe Rev. w. F. Switzer, Dan
vile; c. H. Neff Anderson, and the Rev.
Z. NJ. Chambers, Taylorsville.
On Constitution-W. II. Braman, of this
city; S. NJ Hoff, Indianapolis; G.. w.
Rhodes, Goshen, and F. q. Cox, Princeton.
Secretary Henninger read a communica-
ton and resolutions from the Indiana
Christian Endeavor Society asking CO.
latOrS favorable to temperance legislation.
The resolutions are entirely nonpartisan
and were referred TO the committee on
resolutions.
AT 1:30 in the afternoon the delegates
met in district conferences to become bet
ter acquainted and discuss various needs
of the different districts. The visitors
then proceeded on a tour of inspection of
the city under the guidance of the local
committee. They visited the most i'm
pOrtant factories and other points of in
tereSt.
Many delegates who brought bicycles en-
joy the beautiful scenery of the city and
surrounding country A trolley party con-
Guided the recreation programme of the
day.
This evening President Crawford, of
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa, lectured
at the First NJ. E. Church on ''Savonarola."
DIR. Crawford is one of the countrys fore
most pulpit orators, and his lecture on the
reformer was received with great praise.
Following the lecture an informal recep-
ton was held In the church parlors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-14

II is stated that the Democratic national
committee has put the matter OF raising
campaign funds in the hands of ex-Repre-
sentative Hinrichsen. of Illinois, who has
western States to whom is given 20 per
cent of what they collect. In Iowa 100000
has been collected by this plan. Now local
Democrats are complaining that people
who have contributed TO these collectors
refuse TO give anything in aid of local
tickets. This plan was started under
Coin" Harvey, but he and other Altgeld
men were deposed some time since. The
plan is a good one, but 20 per cent. is a
large commission.