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SANTA CRUZ TAKEN
BY LAWTON’S MEN.
City On Lake Laguna de Bay Was
a Filipino Stronghold,
THE FIGHT WAS SHORT.
No Americans Killed, But Enemy
Su’fered a Big Loss.
A special of Monday from Manila
says: After sharp, quick fighting,
forming one of the most important
battles of the war, Geueral Lawton
has captured Santa Cruz, the Filipino
stronghold on Lake Laguna de Bay,
aud the rebels, who were commanded
by a Chinaman named Pao Wall, were
driven into the mountains.
The Americans had six men wound¬
ed, while the rebels lost sixty-eight
killed aud forty men wounded.
Lawton’s expedition, consisting of
1,500 men, left San Pedro Macati, on
the Pasig river, on Saturday night
with the purpose of crossing Laguna
de Buy aud capturing the town of
Santa Cruz, on the eastern shore of
the lake.
The plans of the American com¬
manders worked perfectly with the
exception that the progress of the ex¬
pedition was delayed by the difficult
navigation of the Pasig river.
In navigating the shallow stream,
perhaps through the cunning of na¬
tive pilots, who were not anxious to
see tho Americans succeed, the boats
grounded and it was nearly dawn when
the troops reached the lake.
The expedition then steamed cau¬
tiously forward, the Napidau and the
Oeste a mile ahead, the Laguna de
Bay guarding the rear.
Rebel signal fires, howeyer, were
lighted on the mountain tops, giving
alarm of the approach of the troops.
It was noon before the white church
towers of the city appeared in the
shadow of the grand volcanic moun¬
tain on a marshy plain dotted with
occasional palm groves.
Lawton's troops partly surrounded
the city, while the gunboats Laguna
<le Bay, Napidau and Oeste, under the
command of Captain Grant, of the
Utah battery, shelled the city and out¬
lying trenches.
General Lawton and his staff accom¬
panied the troops, sometimes leading
the charges in Indian fighting tactics,
which eventually resulted in the com¬
plete rout of the rebels,with the small
amount of damage to the city and
lightest to the Americans.
ALLEGED LYNCHERS ARRAIGNED
Eleven South Carolina Citizens Are
Charged With Hurder.
Eleven alleged Lake City, S. C.,
lynchers were placed on trial in the
United States circuit court at Charles¬
ton Monday. The case against J. P.
Newham and Early P. Lee, the men
who turned state’s evidence, was
dropped by the request of the district
attorney, and this accounts'for the fact
that eleven instead of thirteen men
are now on trial.
At the very outset counsel for the
prisoners sought to enter a demurrer
to the indictment. It was claimed
there was a multiplicity of crimes
charged in the counts and that the
circuit court had no jurisdiction under
the statute. Assistant District Attor¬
ney Cochran and General Barber re¬
plied for the defense, aiul the court
overruled the demurrer and the jury
was selected and sworn.
The defense exercised its right to
challenge six times, four of the men
excluded being negroes. The jury as
it stands is composed of white men of
means and standing in the several
counties from which they come.
EX"SE.NATOR TABOR DEAD.
At One Tim; He Was the Richest flan
In Colorado.
Hon. H. A. W. Tabor,postmaster of
Denver, Col., and ex-United States
senator, died Monday of appendicitis,
after three days’ illness.
Horace A. W. Tabor was boru in
Orleans county, Vt., November 26th,
1830. He removed to Kansas in It 55
and served a term in the legislature.
In 1860 he engaged iu placer mining
in California Gulf, (now Leadville).
In partnership with August Roche and
George T. Hook he opened the famous
Little Pittsburg mine, later selling his
iuieresfc for $1,000,000. Other mines
at Leadville yielded enormous profits
and quickly made him the richest man
in Colorado.
When Senator Teller entered Presi¬
dent Arthur’s cabinet, Mr. Tabor was
appointed as United States senator to
fill the unexpired term of thirty dvys.
He was a candidate for the long term
as senator, but was defeated by oue
vote.
In 1898 Mr. Tabor was appointed
postmaster at Denver by President
McKinley. He had lost bis wealth
through unfortunate investments.
[ROUBLE BREWING
IN NICARAGUA.
Department Sends a Warship Post
Haste to Bluefields.
AMERICANS IMPOSED UPON.
Torres Is Levying Doable Duties
On American Merchants.
A letter to The New' Orleans Pica¬
yune from Bluefields, Nicaragua,
dated March 21 st, says that Gen¬
eral Torres, the special agent of
President Zelaya, has again noti¬
fied the merchants they would have
but twenty-four .hours to pay the
duties again, which had been already
paid to the treasurer of Nicaragua,
who served after the revolution began.
Torres also undertook to prohibit
the American consular agent from
cabling to Washington or the presi¬
dent of Nicaragua at Managua.
He is in charge of telegraph wires
which lead to both the capital and to
San Juan del Sur, the cable station.
The American consul, after discov¬
ering that it would be impossible to
secure satisfactory information from
Torres, withdrew with the American
merchants, who accompanied him to
the palace.
At this meeting Torres also declined
to state what steps will be taken to
force the American merchants to sub¬
mit to double charges.
A vessel was chartered promptly,
and after considerable difficulty a
clearance was secured from Torres
nnd this vessel sailed for Port Lirnon,
Costa Rica, with dispatches for the
government.
The consul, iu these dispatches,
asks that at least two warships be sent
to Bluefields at once.
The next move Torres made was to
issue a decree doubling the duties,
notwithstanding the fact that the
schedule of duties for this section of
the republic have been fixed by a law
passed by congress. This law has
never been amended or repealed.
XV nrship Ordered to Niearngun.
A Washington special says: The
cruiser Detroit, which is now lying off
LaGuayra, Venezuela, has been order¬
ed post haste to Bluefields, Nicaragua,
for the protection of American inter¬
ests in that quarter.
On the way she will touch at Port
Limon, Costa Rica, where her com¬
mander will put himself in communi¬
cation with the United States consul
at that point and wdiere ho also may re¬
ceive further instructions. She is
also likely to make a brief stop at
Greytown.
Her dispatch under hurry orders is
at the urgent request of the Btate de¬
partment, to which American residents
both in Bluefields and iu Costa Rica
have appealed for protection of Amer¬
ican interests. The arbitrary and ex¬
tortionate policy adopted by Geueral
Torres at Bluefields, wbo on more
than one occasion has made himself
persona non grata to this gov¬
ernment aud whose restoration to
has been followed by the acts
which power at this time Amer¬
ican residents resent and protest
against, is the main cause of the ves¬
sel’s dispatch.
Tho state department at the same
time has cabled instructions to the
United States diplomatic representa¬
tive at Bluefields to lodge an energetic
protest with the Nicaraguan govern¬
ment against the action of General
Torres aud a disregard of this protest
will be followed up by a more positive
step on the part of this government.
In Costa Rica the American business
interests and residents are in trouble
ns a resutt of an insurrectionary move¬
ment. It is understood that the in¬
surgents are levying forced loans on
them, besides collecting exorbitant
and double duties on its ports.
REBELLION SHORT LIVED.
Threatened Uprising In Negros Island
Promptly Squelched.
According to a Minila dispatch Col.
Smith, the governor of the island of
Negros, reports that a number of ban¬
dits, headed by a man named Papais
sio, attempted a rebellion on March
27ih, and killed several officials of
Jnmamayalan.
He also captured other officials and
issued a proclamation calling upon the
natives to rise and exterminate the
Americans and Spaniards. Major Simo
and two companies of the California
regiment wero dispatched by water to
the scene of the disturance, and Col.
Duboce and two other companies of
troops were sent overland.
On April 2d this force marched
twelve miles and captured Labzid, ths
headquarters of the bandits, and de¬
stroyed the town. The troops also
captured thirty-five prisoners and
scattered Papaissio’s forces, thus ef¬
fectually quelling the rebellion at the
outset.
GERMAN WARSHIP
ORDERED ASIDE
Admiral Kautz Shows a Strong
Hand At Samoa,
GERMAN CONSUL DEFIANT
Kaiser’s Representative Incites
Mataafans To Ignore Orders.
Advices from Apia, via San Fran¬
cisco, April 7, state that there been
lively times in Samoa during the past
few days. The American and British
warships have shelled Mataafa’s forces
repeatedly and sailors have been
landed in Apia to protect property.
Numerous casualties have resulted on
both sides.
Admiral Kautz and the commanders
of the British ships are anxiously
awaiting advices from their govern¬
ments and in the meantime the shell¬
ing proceeds daily. arrived ihe
When Admiral Kautz on
Philadelphia he spent two days iu
making inquiries and then called a
meeting of all the consuls aud the
senior officers of all the warships in
the harbor.
As a result of the meeting a procla¬
mation was issued by the American
admiral declaring that the so-called
provisional government under Mataafa
can have no legal status under the
Berlin treaty, and therefore cannot be
recognized by the consular and naval
representatives, and ordering Mataafa
and his supporters to quietly go to
their homes and respect the laws of the
Berlin treaty.
It was further ordered that the peo¬
ple ejected from their homes be re¬
turned and the power of the naval
force, it was stated, would bo used
against all who disregarded die rights
of peaceably disposed people.
The authority of the chief justice
was upheld by the proclamation, aud
the admiral closed by saying that he
trusts that there may be no occasion
to use military powers. The procla¬
mation was signed by Admiral Kautz.
This proclamation was taken to Ma¬
taafa and read to him by Flag Lieu¬
tenant Miller. It was received in
silence and no answer was made. Ma¬
taafa and bis chiefs quietly left and
went to the western portion of tne
municipality, and it seemed as if they
were about to obey the commands to
return to their homes.
The German consul, however,issued
a counter proclamation in the Samoan
language, which was distributed
among the Mataafans. The procla¬
mation read as follows:
Notice to All Samoan*..
Bv the proclamation of the admiral
of tho United States dated March 21st,
it was made known that the consuls
for the signatory powers of the Berlin
treaty as well as the three command¬
ers of men of war had been unanimous
to no more recognize the provisional
gevernment composed of Mataafa and
thirteen chiefs.
I, therefore, make known to you
that this proclamation is quite false.
I am the German consul general, I
continue to recognize the provisional
government of Somoa until I have re¬
ceived contrary instructions from my
government. (Signed) Eose,
German Consul General.
The immediate result of this act
was that the rebels turned back and
prepared for war, declairing that they
would not obey the admiral’s order
and would prevent any food supplies
from being brought in Samoa for the
Malietoa natives.
Hostilities commenced on Tuesday
afternoon when half a dozen Malietoa
men were taken by tbe Mataafans.
They were taken to headquarters aud
bound. On Wednesday morning no
tice was spread that if no answer was
received from Mataafa by 1 o’clock
the Philadelphia would fire one of her
large guns, followed by three one
minute guns. Mataafa sent no answer.
lluoyed Up Uy Germans.
He and his chiefs were buoyed up
by the German consul’s proclamation
and vague talk that Germany would
support them and was the greatest
power on earth, invincible in war, and
that Great Britain and America would
never dare to engage Germany in con
flict. Signal guns were fired and tho
foreign population of British and
Americans were taken ou board their
respeciive warships.
The whole native population sought
the protection behind the American
lines. As soon as the land forces
were stationed, the Philadelphia open¬
ed fire by throwing a shell into the
outskirts of Apia.
The German warship Falko attempt¬
ed to leave port on secret mission
when Admiral Kautz ordered her
captain to stay where he was and
be ready to afford help to his country¬
men. The Falke remained.
I or several days the German war¬
ship persistently kept in the way so
as to incommode the fire of the British
ships. Finally Admiral Kautz cora
pelled her to move inside the harbor
entrance out of the way.
EARLY CHRISTIAN COINS.
Kecent Find of Alleged Messianic Coin ia
l’aris Has Aroused Numismatists.
A lioly coin found by Boyer d’Agen
in Paris, and alleged to be a specimen
of the Messianic coin which was in
use among the Christians in Jerusa¬
lem during the first century after the
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erable discussion in England and on
the continent. The coin bears a por¬
trait of the Savior, with the name of
Jesus in Hebrew characters. On the
reverse, iu Hebrew characters, is this
motto:
“The Messiah, the King, will come
in peace. He is the incarnate living
light of men.”
The claim that this coin was in cir¬
culation in tho first century after
Christ is disputed iu Eugland, where
George Mackey, a noted coin collec¬
tor. shows almost an exact duplicate
of the Parisian coin. This coin was
unearthed in 1812 by a peasant’s
daughter who was helping her father
dig potatoes in Ireland. On one side
is the head of the Savior, with a
Hebrew inscription as shown in the
illustration, aud on tiio reverse a
Hebrew inscription reading:
“The Messiah has reigned. He came
iu peace, and being made the light of
man He lives.”
Walter Davis, member of the Lon¬
don Numismatieal Society, has dis¬
covered that a similar coin is de¬
scribed in Rev. E. Walsh’s “Essay o:i
Ancient Coins, Medals and Gems,”
and according to this authority the
character at the back of the head is
the Hebrew letter “Aleph,” and the
characters in front of the face form
the Jewish name Jesus.
Still another holy coin, one of silver
and somewhat larger than those
mentioned, was submitted some time
ago to the authorities at the British
Museum. There is no such coin there,
but the verdict passed on the coin
submitted was “Italiau coin seven¬
teenth century. Bow o£ .Toiiow, Uio
Messiah, was crucified on tho sixth
day and taken down on the sixth
day. He lived.”
The owner of this coin disputes the
great age of any of these so-called
holy coins.
Our Trade-in I.neoin»llvefl.
In 1896 we exported 312 locomotives,
in 1S97 34S, in 1898 580, and the con
tracts for 1899 already exceed that
number. It will not be long before
American locomotives are used ou
every great railroad in the world, be¬
cause they are universally conceded ti
be the best made. Consul Smyth, of
Hull, in a recent letter to the Secre¬
tary of State says the announce
meat that the Midland Railway Com¬
pany had closed a large contract for
new locomotives with American build
ers “fell like a thunderclap among
British manufacturers,” and the man
planation agers wero compelled to make an ex¬
They through the newspapers.
said that orders placed with
British manufacturers in 1897 for
forty-eight engines had not yet been
filled and that they could get no def¬
inite satisfaction as to their delivery.
Locomotives are a necessity to the
he continued; “we must
have them, so the directors decided to
ask tenders from America, ten engines
each from two firms, the Baldwin aud
the Schenectady, to be delivered
within ten weeks from the receipt of
the order.”—Chicago Record.
The I'assuisr ol* the Tow-Path Mule.
The speediest solution of the canal
boat difficulty is offered by M. Salliot,
of Dijon, France, whohas invented an
electric traction engine which will run
on motive any towpath without rails. The
power is furnished by an over¬
head trolley wire. The towing cable
is fastened to the hack of tho engine,
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TOWING canalboath by ‘electricity.
and in the cab sits a man who does the
steering . . and ,
itnnda controls the current. The
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in?, d n 80rtS 0f Bhuntin 8 and
ng. P Lxperimeuts cross
made in Paris were
so successful that the problem of tow
mg canalboats seemed to bo solved.
iu i 19 plloto g ra P l b taken near oue of
tne Luropean capitals, shows how the
good old, surefooted, long-eared
friend of our fathers has been sup
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Infantile Reasoning
Something has gone wrong.
“I don’t care,” said the little one,
“I think you are the meanest mama I
ever had.”
“Also the best,” suggested kis fath¬
er, wishing to restore amicable rela¬
tions.
But the little one shook his head.
‘ ‘I never, never, never had a meaner
mamma,” he asserted.
And while they had to admit that he
wms right, in view of the fact that he
was not a stepchild nor yet one that
had been adopted, be was, of course,
reproved in accordance with modern
kindergarten methods.—The Chicago
News.
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