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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 POUND IRELAND IN Mf. /^IlcSSv '* 1812 I# »? mu w nm : t. JglSg ®B§ mmm, E(rj S 3 m ?m SRO/JZr Coin t^BLEl'IATTC °* CRUCiHXIO.'f birth of Christ, is stirring up consid¬ 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, u 'T- ^ ''C& r-W Hisis rJv m TOWING canalboath by ‘electricity. and in the cab sits a man who does the steering . . and , itnnda controls the current. The 0 tl e pei ' fectI y stable, and 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 nlanUU ff hal do yon 'jS^Ssl i 7 ft -1 Solid Oak Refrigerator , “• aud sssfwsssss* , lined free. , _ pct9 sewed Another Gentlemen’s catalogue tells of Furnishings, Shoes and made-to-order Clothing ($5.50 to $14.90), guaran teed to fit — r m pay ex pressage. Bicycles, Organs, Pi anus and Sewing Ma chines aro in another catalogue. Why pay retail prices when you know of us? All Cata logues are free. Which do you want? Address tWs w, HINES & SON, Baltimore, Md. Depi 3 oit 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. Your name on a postal card will got you Spalding’s Handsomely Illustrated Catalogue of Sports 72 Pages, With Nearly 400 Illustrations. A. C. SPALDING & BROS., New York. Chicago. Denver. C OTTON is and will con¬ tinue to be Ihe money crop of the South. The planter who gets the most cot¬ ton from a given area at the least cost, is the one who makes the most money. Good culti¬ vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con¬ taining at least 3% actual will insure the largest yield. We will send Free, upon application, pamphlets that will interest every, cptton planter in the South. GERHAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. 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