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New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
ISLAND COMMERCE. GROWS.
AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN PORTO RICAN
TRADE IN TWO MONTHS.

Washington. Aug. 10 (speciaD.-Commerce be-
tween the United States and Porto Rico during the
two months in which the tariff act has been
in operation shows enormous increase over that
of the corresponding two months Of the preceding
year This is the more observable because OF the
assertion which has been frequently made during
the last few months that the island IS practically
impoverished since the storm Of last August Not
withstanding the conditions due to the storm, both
as to material for expectation and facilities for
purchase. the exports to the United States IN May
and June, 1900. 80 per cent in OF those
of the corresponding months OF 1885, and the imports
from the United States were more than double
those of the months in 1899. In May and
June 1899, the imports into the United States from
Porto Rico. shown by the reports of the Treas
ury Bureau of Statistics, were 461,99S, and in
May and June 1900. they were S2S22.124 In May
and June 1Ss9 the exports to Porto Rico from the
United States s666 sS7, and In May and June.
1900 they were s5S7 .47S Thus. the imports into
the United States from Porto Rico show in May
and June 1900 increase Of 60 per cent those
of the months of 1899, both of which occurred
prior TO the storm OF that year. and the exports
from the United States to Porto Rico show an In
OF 40 per cent the corresponding months
of 1892
The figures of the total commerce with Cuba.
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines show in
each case marked growth. especially in exports.
To Cuba the total exports of the year S26.513,
6l3 against $S616SU in the fiscal year Of 1899. and
$95S1 656 1898. To Porto Rico the exports in 1850
$4640 49, against So 6S5 S4S In 1899 and 81 $40
in 1898. To the Hawaiian Islands the exports for
the year 1900 S135O914S against @S05,4O in 1893
and s. sO7.l55 in 1898. To the Philippines the ex-
ports 1860 $3.50 49, against $4O4 1873 in 1899
and S127 SO4 in 1895 To the Samoan Islands the
ports of 1900 $146267 against S5652 in 1899 and
S39 9S2 in 1885, To Guam the exports of 1900
3247. against S6SS3 in 1899 and $.O7O in 1895
The total exports to Cuba. Porto Rico, the Ha-
waiian Islands, the Philippine Islands, Samoa and
Guam for the three years are as follows:
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
TO BEGIN WORK ON NEW CABLE.
START OF LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND GERMANY TO BE AT
CONEY ISLAND.

The laying OF the first cable to connect the United
States directly with Germany will be started at s
a. H. to-day from the Commercial Cable Com
pany's station in Coney Island. This is the cable
for which sanctions were granted by the President
OF the United States and the German Emperor
early last year. II will make the second cable con-
nection between this country and the Azores and
Will be the most direct teegraphic line the
European Continent The cable is now on board
the cable ship Anglia. which arrived here from
London Wednesday, and Is approximately 200
miles in length. Il will connect Horta. Fayal, with
the Gsrman-Atlantic Telegraph Cable COmpany's
cable. which recently completed from Horta
to Emden. in Germany and is already in operation.
The cable will be operated i'm this city by the Com
mercial Gable Company at Horta by the German
Atlantic Telegraph Gable Company. and at Emden
by the German Telegraph Administration. The line
will be the most direct 90 the Continent because
only one transmission of messages will be required
The cable will be put down by the cable ship
Anglia. which belongs 10 the Telegraph Con-
structton and Maintenance Company. of London,
and is said to be the most perfect vessel Of her kind
ever built. Although the formal beginning OF the
laying of the cable at this end will be made to-
day the Anglia VIII not start for the Azores until
about Tuesday. If she is attended by bad luck
she will probably reach Fayal In fourteen days. II
is expected that the cable will be ready for the
transmission of messages soon after September l.
The cost of the cable will be f935.000.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
BUMBERTS LAST OFFICIAL FUNCTION.

The last official act Of Importance performed by
King Humbert was his presence at the embarka-
tion Of the Italian contingent for China and the
ETeech he addressed TO the soldiers and marines
that occasion. Hardly week before his
assassination at Monza the' King had proceeded
10 Naples 10 encourage by his presence the troops
departing for the Far East The Italian newspapers
Of July p and % published a glowing account Of
the occasion The first expedition left on board the
steamers GiaVa. Singapore and Mnghetti belong
ing TO the General National Company These
vessels not fast sailers, but the italian Gov
In view of the threatening situation of its
own and the other European Ministers at Peking
did not want to wait for the faster steamers at
first desigla~i for the transportation OF the troops
They Will starr ii a short Time with second con-
ungent. accordlh- - ne orders given by the late
sovereign The hurrie., charterng of second rate
boats Of pr!vnin ccmpai:y due 10 the want
of a sufficient number of naVai transports belong
ing 20 the Italian nary.
This contretemps, however. did not prevent the
departure of the first Italian contingent for China
from being solemn affair. The members of Hum
berts Cabinet were present at the ceremony and
the Minister OF War delivered an eloquent speech
But the applause OF the three hundred thousand
Inhabitants OF Naples was especially loud and
spontaneous when they the late King stand
ing in boat and addressing the soldiers and ma
rines I'm words Of warm patriotism and paternal
encouragement. His boat was abreast of the three
steamers loaded with the sons of Italia and the
King accompanied the troops and cheered them
until the vessels had disappeared on the horizon.
He was surrounded in his boat by the military at
taches Of the different embassies The enthusias SIN
felt IN Italy with regard 10 the Chinese war is
shown by the demonstrations occurring in the sey-
eIal Italian ports where German and Austrian con
ungents are embarked for the Far East The Ger
man detachments Of military engineers and Tie
quartermasters department, VINO set sail from
Genoa. were greeted with friendly demonstra tions
not only the part OF the military authorites hut
also Of the citizens. The latter went by the thou
sands to the railroad stations of Milan Verona
Brescia and Genoa 10 salute and applaud the Ger,
man detachments- These demonstrations saw the
Italian newspapers, not addressed 10 then, a
members of the Triple Alliance but to vaiia Mt
men who were going 10 defend and avenge cisiIIza
tion and right outraged in China The Germans
with their cannons munitions and provisions which
filled fifteen railroad cars. embarked an Genoa
the Preussen. of the North German Lloyd Line
From the latest reports by mall the Italians were
preparing 10 tender q friendly reception TO The
second battalion Of the East Asiatc Regiment
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
NEW-ROCHELLE.

Miss Pauline Fcith. of Wakefield. Borough of The
Bronx whose father is inspector of incum-
brances in New-York City. had narrow escape
from drowning while bathing in Echo Bay. Miss
Feith is about twenty-five years old and is ex-
pert swimmer. She has been a frequent visitor
the bay, and has attracted attention by swim
ming out beyond the danger line and diving from
the DOats. Yesterday afternoon about 230 o'clock,
while she was about hat a mile from the shore,
swimming In from one of her deep sea plunges,
she suddenly seized with cramps and sank be-
meath the surface. John Harmon. d telegraph
operator. heard Miss Feith cry for help she
uoWn and swan 10 her assistance Win swift
hand strokes. When he reached the place where
the young woman had sunk he could not find her
After swimming about a while longer Hammond
dived down IN fifteen feet of water and managed
TO grasp the missing bather by the hair. He
brought her to the surface. and managed to keep
her mead above water until George kissam the
life saver of the beach, arrived with a rOWbOat
Miss Feth unconscious and it required some
time TO restore her after she had reached the
shore.
Five hundred teachers and children Of St Peters
Episcopal Sunday School, of West Chester, enjoyed
an outing on Thursday at Glen Island. The chill
dren were in charge of the rector the Rev. F. NJ
Cendening and the curate of the parish.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
MAMARONECK.

Frank Hardy, the Rev. Richard Cobden Charles
NJ. Baxter and Richard O'GOrman, the committee
appointed recently to establish a public school in
LarchmOnt. met here Thursday. They decided
to erect school building to cost about SIS OOO in
Guiding the lot. Although it has been more than
twenty years since Larchmont was founded, 1t has
never had public school. The children have been
either taught by private instructors TO the
neighboring schools in Mamaroneck and New -Ro-
chee.
There large attendance Thursday after
and evening the dog show given at the
home of Mrs Thomas L. RushmOre, in Orienta
Point in aid of the Mamaroneck Free Kindergarten
Mrs. Rushmore, who is president of the assoca-
tiOn, had the lawns decorated and illuminated. Re
freShmentS sold by the young women of the
association. There about twenty-five pet dogs
exhibition, some Of which have taken blue rib
bons in New-York and Paris.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
SING SING

There is a lively fight in the Fourth School Dis
trict of this town. known as the Scarborough dis
trict. At the annual meeting, held Thursday
evening. the friends of the Rev. DR.. Thomas r.
Harris, rector of st. Mary's Church. placed him
IN nomination for reelection A. Coleman Smith
New-York lawyer. stated that D.. Harris lneli-
gible for reelection and produced a letter from
State Superintendent Skinner to the effect that a
clergyman occupying church property exempt from
taxation as part of his salary ineligible and
could not hOlu the office. Robert Dunwiudie
placed in nomination an opponent of Dr. Harris
DR. Harris received twenty votes, while his oppo-
received only four. Dunwiddie declared
by Chairman Smith to be the duly elected trustee
DR. harris was absent on his vacation. His friends
were indignant at the ruling of the Chair. The
friends of DR. Harris refused to regard the letter
OF the superintendent, as IL was not rendered
official decision on formal appeal This episode
is the outcome Of a bitter fight over the question
of consolidating this district and District No. g
Scarborough district includes the property of sew
eral wealthy New-Y Workers, and they opposed to
the consolidation project. Mr.. Smith favored it
and DR. Harris opposed II.
Francis Larkn, ST., celebrated Thursday his
eightieth birthday anniversary his home, in
South Highland ave. by having little family re-
union lie has been practising law in Westchester
County for hftythree years. He is still practising
He has been Village President Village Trustee and
Justice of the Peace.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
APPEAL GRANTED FOR NEELY.
JUDGE WALLACE IN ALBANY DENIES A
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS, HOWEVER.

JUDGE WALLACE IN ALBANY DENIES A
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS HOWEVER.
Neely, who is accused of stealing many thousands
there have been proceedings for extradltOn Cuba
said yesterday that he had made application to
Judge Wallace, OF the United States Circuit Court
in Albany Thursday for writ OF habeas corpus
for Nicely This Mr.. Lindsay said, Judge Wallace
had denied Judge Wallace did. however allow an
appeal 10 the United States Supreme Court and
Issued an order directing the marshal to keep
Neely here pending the appeal The Supreme
Court will not meet until next October, when the
appeal will be argued.
I'VE have simply raised constitutional ques-
tion." said Mr.. Lindsay.
Judge WaIlace's formal order denying Mr.. Lind
says application for a writ of habeas corpus for
Neely and also the order remandng Neely the
custody Of United States Marshal Henckel until
the determination of the appeal TO the Supreme
United States Circuit Court
The application for the writ of habeas corpus
which was denied was made on constitutional
grounds. The chief contentious were that the act
of Congress of June was unconstitutional. in that
there was no authority in the Constitution for it's
enactment nv Congress. that n seeks 10 aid the
President and the military Governor appointed by
him in the maintenance in foreign territory In time
of peace of unlawful and unauthorized military
jurisdiction; that II seeks to give legal cOuntenance
and support to unwarranted and unjustifable
territory of a friendly foreign Power and the wrong
full usurpatiOn of the functions of sovereignty be-
longing to such foreign nation; that 1t seeks TO sub
Ject American citizens VINO are clVillanS ana not IN
the military service martial rule in time OF peace
Circuit Judge to entertain the extradition proceed
ingS or Issue warrants, and that the petitioners
arrest and Imprisonment hereunder are IN vic viola =
his rights, privileges and immunitieS hereunder.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
DID NOT KNOW 1T WAS JEFFR1Es.

81 heard very good story" said NJ. II. Larrabee.
of ST Louis. at the Hoffman House the other day,
regarding JeffrIes. the champion pugilist, who,
you know. is at Atlantic City. JEFF be It known,
is very good natured, socable and loves to fra
ternize with his kind. The other night while
strolling along the boardwalk he overlook a chair
which was occupied by large smoking an
equally large cigar. JEFF, who could not under
stand any one riding who able to walk. opened
the ball with Feeling pretty sick. partner? The
man In the chair said never a word but looked
straight ahead, while his cheek was tinged with
a faint color at what he supposed was intended as
a slur. Mfed at the rebuff the champion care
fully looked the silent from head TO foot,
then said conidentiay Say, partner. those chairs
are great things 10 work jag off on, aren't they?
Not a sound came from the chair but the pIg-
ment staining its occupants cheeks deepened to
purple; Want me TO push you along? solcitously
queried the big un, with double entendre for the
moment lost on the stranger. D you iii
eJaculated the man in the chair he started 10
rise He got no further than a start however for
the frightsD ed pusher' behind pulled him back ny
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
RYE.

A match is to be played this afternoon in Rye
between teams Of the Apawamis and Fairfield
County Golf clubs
Harold Miller fifteen years DID, the son of Mrs.
Edward Miller, of Port Chester. nearly lost his
life yesterday afternoon while bathing at Oakland
Beach, on Long Island Sound. Harold with hts
brother Douglass was swimming in from a float
when he taken with cramps and sank. His
brother did not miss him for several minutes.
When he discovered that he gone he shouted
for assistance, and G. Van Cott. Frank Kirby and
the missing lad. He was found by Van Cott. who
Gived and brought him to the surface. Young
Miller unconscious and his body was fast
turning blue The boys managed to keep Miller
afloat until n rowbOat reached them and took him
ashore. Several doctors worked over him until 10
o'clock at night when he finally reganed con-
sCiousneSs.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
WHITE PLAINS.

Helping Hand Circle. which is composed OF the
Women FOresters of this village visited the Star
of the Hudson Circle at Sing Sing last evening
and presented the Sing Sing Circle a large Amerf-
flag
Because the prisoners in the county Jail abused
privilege of being let of cells into the
exercising space by tampering with the locks of the
cells plugging them up with pieces of wood so
that they could not be locked, that privilege
taken away from them Thursday. and they
kept locked in their cells. except for an exercise
hour in the morning and another IN the afternoon
They resented this by keeping up a constant YELL
ing that the entire neighborhood was alarmed
and thought some one was being murdered. A
suggestion was made to put the rlngleaderS in
dark cells on bread and water, and perhaps to let
them all have turn at II. but il done
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
MOUNT VERNON.

An inquest into the death of Simon sayre. a sta
bleman who staggered into the hospital on
Wednesday and died before n physician could ex-
anime him, held on Thursday night by Coroner
Birch. The autopsy showed that the man died
from natural causes James Corcoran, a fellow
employe who recently had trouble with the dead
man and who suspected of completely in con-
nection with his death, discharged from Gus
tody. He had been under arrest several days and
his wife hysterical. Sayre formerly well
to do His sister, Mrs. Emma Ballwick. of Albany.
has been informed of his death
Frederick Renner. a florist forty years old, who
was arrested Wednesday night charged with
forging the name OF his former employer. Ar
thur Dummett, to a lot of checks arragned
yesterday before Acting City Judge Sinnot. The
prisoner broke down and confessed to two charges
Of forgery Judge SnnOt committed him to the
White Plains Jail await the action of the Grand
Jury.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
PLAN TO SETTLE CIGARM4KERs' STRIKE.

The conference between the manufacturers and
the striking cigarmakers has resulted I'm a plan
whereby attempt will be made by the Cigar
makers Union to bring about a settlement with
each manufacturer in turn The committee Of the
union win hold the first conference with Kerbs
Werthem Shiffer, where the first strike took
place. II followed by a lockout in ten other
factories. 1t announced yesterday that the
manufacturers would agree 10 unionize all the
factories, and while there may be some little
trouble in arranging scale of satisfactory
both sides, IT is expected that the strike will
soon be settled and that all the strikers will be
back TO work by the latter part OF next week. The
strike has been one of the most costly in the his
tory of the trade
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

ALBEMARLE-Hlnsdill Parsons, of Schenectady.
EMPIRE-Dr. w. p, Haines, of Medford, n. J..
FIFTH -AVENUE-P. S. Egan. Of Pittsburg, and
Mary Baroness de Longueuil of Paris GILSEY-
DT. a. 5. Harris. of Wilmington, Del. GRAND
w NJ. Roach of Chester, Penn. and Lieutenant
j. w Lynch L. s. N HOFFMAN-Ex- Mayor
GeoI ye L. Green of Binghamton. HOLLAND
James S. Goodwin, of Chicago. IMPERIAL~-Dr.
William II. Henninges of Cleveland. and DR.. Edgar
NJ. DiIsl1lespel, of San Francisco. MANHATTAN
&C c. Broad, of Malvern, England, and Robert w.
Hebberdt of Albany, secretary of the State Board
Of Chart 4s. MURRAY HILI-Judge j. NJ. Dlckey,
Of Newbucg. NETHERLAND-Dr. f. L. Fuller of
Hamilton. Bermuda and George S. Legare, of
Charleston S. c. PARK AVENUE-G. NJ. God
dard. of Boston. VICTORIA-Major j. A. john
ston, of Washington. WALDORF-F. Hamilton
Howard, of Watertown. n. Y; f. c. Frisbe, of
Hartford Conn. f. r. Quay, of Pittsburg; Or.
James NJ. ,RaIney of Chicago. and A. II. Taylor,
OF Bowling Green. Ky.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
A WOMAN CONFESSEs TO ARSON
IN WHICH SHE WAS A SERVANT SHE
TRIES TO FIRE THE BUILDING.

Catherine Miller forty years old, servant. was
arrested yesterday by James Lestrange, the Rich
mond Borough Fire Marshal charge of arson.
The Marshal obtained from the woman con-
fessiOn that she had made attempt 10 burn
the old Vanderbilt Hotel, in Bay-st., Clifton, op-
posite the old ferry landing The en-
ployed at the hotel, and discharged several
weeks ago. She admitted that her motive re-
venge.
The hotel IS owned by Thomas Mccormack. Nc
COrmack came home from South Beach about l
o'clock yesterday morning and discovered high
board fence at the rear Of the hotel abaze. With
the aid of boarders and servants Mccormack eXtin-
guished the fire just it catching upon the
building. The fire originated IN barrel of refuse
which had been saturated with kerosene and rolled
against the fence.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
FANCr FIRE FLOWERs Ar n4NH4rr4N

The programme OF the fireworks display to-
night in Pains open air theatre at Manhattan
Beach Will contain a number of fire features which
have not been heretofore this summer The
fire bouquet which has proved so popular will be
made up of entirely different colored fire from that
of a week ago, the ferial display will he OF a
most miscellaneous character.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
YONKERS.

The bronze drinking fountain presented to the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union by Mrs.
Norton p. Otis placed IN position yesterday
in North Broadway
Daniel J. Cashin has been appointed by Judge
Hooker receiver of the Square Hotel The pro-
ceedings were brought by the Ringler Brewing
Company.
At a meeting of the Fifth Ward Republican Club
Thursday night Solomon D. Oakley was in
dOrsed for the nomination for member OF Assembly
from the Ist District.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
sPECIAL rRAN TO G. A. r. ENc4uPnENr.

An itinerary has just been issued Of headquar-
ters special train. Department of New York to the
thirty-fourth annual encampment OF the Grand
Army of the Republic at Chicago August . to 81
The train Is to convey Colonel y. P Pond. Depart
ment Commander. Department of New-York and
his stan and delegates IL Is 20 be BY the West
Shore and the Wabash railroads. and is scheduled
to leave New-York Saturday August q West
Shore station, Franklinast., $40 a m. and West
Forty -Second-st 10 a. making stops at all the
principal points In New-York State Buffalo.
thence by the Wabash Railroad arriving In Chi
cago at O'Clock p. the following day.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
FISH FR0M BERMUDA ZOE rHE AQrARIUM

The steamer Trinidad. which arrived from Ber-
muda yesterday morning. brought a consignment
of Bermuda FISH for the Aquarium. There were
eighty-four specimens brought. They included Ash
which are already in the Aqua rum Among them
lohsters, parrot nsh, Kinds, sturgeon four eyes,
hSh
New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
KATONAH.

The Village Improvement Association is making
preparations for a two days fair to be held next
Tuesday and Wednesday. 1t will be held In a large
tent. that will be placed at Bedford Green and
Parkway.
public meeting to discuss the advisabillty OF a
town hall will be held Monday evening In the
katonah Reading Room; The proposed plan is
to buy the old Methodist Episcopal Church. con-
demned by the AQueduct Commission and rebuild
II at Parkway and Bedford Green, a site long ago
selected for such building.