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19.131. SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1899. '2 PAKTS, 24 PAGES, WITH ILLISTKATED FIVK SAMOA QUESTION. POSI FOB OUT A COMMIS MON B'ELL RECEIVED. FODERATI TONE OF THF FUMA PRESS rTK TRIVIAL I.PAH TO t.

SWS THF Berlin. April 1 TI Poet" en mntt to comment on the Samoan question, und ti at fon will be used agalnat It "The question is too trivial lead to great conflicts, as Ami have reason al ite Germany, aran from the would lead lo eerloua pul Itahed thla evening jgya: "Germany'? proposal dispatch to Sa Hlgh Commission, consisting of a special ary from each Power, is lb? Government as being suitable w. President jdroii- Bed surprise and he heard the news of the col? American repi gai ted illy to take every car? to preserve the statua quo without Berlin. April 1. The latest developments In lie have lalmed the larger rart afpubll attention this week.

Government the great dissatisfaction ijpi press, and in 1 of nr Informa? ta fr rten regarding the attitude lltorial comment is varied wd Vgrarian organa attark the Minister of Foreign Affairs, von fi ir li unir over? much to the United Si I Andrew authoritiea at Washing? says: olnted with the Von wish Marschall von Bleber Urins, bad back there is abundant at hand showing It la noi much tksUi aa Great Britain that has op? posed of every litep Germany tas taken or wish? to take in Samoa, and amassment that, while "Great Britain make believe she was if en continues." ASKS A FAIR Toe "Ki ui Zeitung" adds "England's calco? thai will not risk a a aa Samoa, The error this atlon is that our prestige in the amp nance nur ge? We are read) to agree to a fair abolition of the con? I nd thai nnol go." tood that going was ln ln the "Kreuz-Zeltung" the para nour.t Samoa, English la ed The paper see ii. the gotta tlons pending tl I right? with English the rman language. In the "Kreuz-Zeitung-" remarks: lany'a coal SSnld the worst business England has done for th- it I undn 1 year? The rageblatt" expresses confidence that rltaln nor th? United States will override German rights, and rnaln riroin.ii to 1 will he The Itera from on plaints Bl Is ch Raf Fries an Von Billow. The thai the landing of rlnea from the British vesmuhl affair waa to make matters it I ves wa? if the ke in the native quarrels rrects sevrai of the corre? it maintains that Mr. Chsrr ncorrei FEELING HERE MISREPRESENTED, the press in commenting rences is ne if dismay and Gi eai Bi aln and the ultimate Intention? In Ik papera hai seemingly tchea received from the tr as eri thai A The folks dal dlspati ai In the United I taies of that preached, and Arm rican loi te thai all the rs the two nations 111 Mr, v.

week i ted thai tea gov to th? I tl ivernment a tl final THi: PROPOSED HIGH COMMISSION. tnu BRED CER? NO Waal Ka: heea accept te li that the waa lew which tnl? fj' the propi I though, In the officiala of a fovorable a ptai ay be It was no that the three tion to a tl to three months rnble in Hamos and out. would Ion of the men, ibe tmotlon the nl and the Ion? lovemi baa made no rmany regarding an) feature exi. set forth the This Government has not tion required an aplanatlon regr? I that there had ni a. Al same tima that there would have had noi the American Tl elt II wa? Imperative.

Im- Von ne at noon day Then. taki for urani al It lated to aan 1 AID FROM SEW ZEALAND z- -Relieving the Im l.a.3 the Pionier, U. .1 Bodden, nta that the steamer Tutanekul WIH hold herself in readings Auckland to dispatches, axd has afered to tend bat? talion of troops and to assist the Bmieh warships. The who an? en prompt! offered their geivlccf ADMIRAL KATTTZ REPORTS THE FICHT. HE BAT8 Tin: OBRMAN ItsStTBD an INCBNDIART PROCLAMATION Washlnal April The following wag made public si the State Department this afternoon: Secretary of has received from the Secretary of the Navy addreaaed him by Kear-Admtral relative to Bamoan Newcastle, X.

B. March iv? and ade sa followg; "Mataaf people obi yed orders to ave ernnient reservation. Since then have become AKKreaalvp, killing Privat- Hoiloway and three Our killed guarding Amer? ican Consulate Herman Consul-General Issued incendla-y proclamation, savir.tr thai my proc? lamation untrue, and he should uphold Provisional Government. Tin? Htitlsh forces acl In concert with the United Btatee ehelling rebels where tney ran ho reached." dispatch was sont to German Ambassador DAMAGE TO GERMAN PROPERTY. Berlin, April 1.

-An dlapatch from Apia, Bamoa, says the only damage done to German propertj the bombardment was a mil shot which broke some crockery In the German Consulate, and the destruction of a house which belonged to German plantera named Vai? telo. EXPEDITION TO ICHAU. PLACE BE PROVISIONALLY SEIZED, BUT NO ANNEXATION INTENDED. Rerlln, April 1. -It Is learned that a punitive expedition, coneiatlng of 120 men, is to be pent to I-Chnu.

in the Province of Shan-Tuns, that lii'iiiK, it appears, the Reat of the recent disturbance, it la added that I-Chau will be provlatonally aelaed, although there is no Inten? tion of annexing it. ishlngt. April German relnforce mente whit nave been ordered to Bouth Bhan Tunr. China, it is known, is owing to tin? reiter? ated demanda r. the Orman mlaglonaiieg and in that territory, whose Uvea haya been menaced.

The German Government, there? fore, has authorized Governor of the German territory in to send troops to South ShanrTu-ig. exp i. ion, it Is explained, has no terri? torial uims. being wholly a meaaure to secure the life ar roperty of German Bubjecte, and only enter on after pressing demanda upon the ivernment to obtain protei tlon, which w.ts not given. The German it is alao undent has been directed lo afford pro teotlon to ricini missionaries who in the region when? ih dleturbancee have occui SUICIDE OF SAMUEL WERTHEIM.

MERCHANT OF THIS CITT KILLS HIMSELF IN CHARLESTON IN A REMARK? ABLE MANNER Charleston, s. April 1 (Special). -Samuel Wertheim, an il and ess? nee merchant, of No. 47 Vesey it New-York, killed himself in this it this afternoon in a sensational manner, Werthelm bad been ataylng several weeks at Bummervllle, a health resort near this city, in the bop a might find relief from insomnia, from which he goffered Kreatiy. He was accom? panied by his nephew.

Arthur Werthelm, who atamietl at symptoms de bis ancle on Fri.lay night, and it uns decided that I hey would return to New-York. In ac? cordane- With this decision they came to Cl this t. fling to take the train North. The tv men registered at Char Hotel an 1 about L' o'clock went to gay goodby to a cotton factor, at Mis office on Adger'a wharf. they walked Into the office Samuel Warthelm appeared greatly ex? cited.

II walked up to desk arid said, "Gus, I have craay," Immediately catching up a heavy glass paperweight, with which he beat himself about the head. Inflicting several si ill tlon made him more -it, and young Werthelm and Polttser ran out for help. office being practically deserted, A negro ran In the two tnen called for assistance, and aaa Werthelm smash a window-pane with his fist. his head in the hole and saw hie throat on the lagged fragmenta negro en? deavored him, but Werthelm Jerked away, puahed bla head through another pane and again sawed bis throat. He then fell over on the Police and medical assist were gummoned, and wounded can was placed In the ambulance to be taken to the City Hoapltal died before the ambulance had I.blot kt His dv will be sent York to-monow Mr.

Werthelm lived at No, Easl Ninety It was sal 1 there laal night by a ber of the family thai the only could assigned for was chronic Ulm OKI IHOM STATE PL I.V. GOVERNOR BARNES SAID TO HAVE CONSID EREL HE E8TION WITH KRNMKN iFFIi 'TALS Api (Spi .11 It is ih Hitcl Judge amas Blxby, ol the Dawi Com to plan annex I und divide the form? in of tin Used nation iron? ratlc, It I dlfili nil to lit hi me lief. wn Bt. titly 1 mi BnTt'iirj hcofk and numi fi im tlie 1 Territory, ni thoroiighlj gon. uvi II lit ved I mud? ma by the ni a lain t.it (iovei Hi bll ommunlcHtlon wll through Powell Claytoi Min Inter to Meal II saves him modi ratlc legislative Ini ut I tins IT Plan? KILLED I POLICEN I V.

FATAI RI nbo.it losi I killed i il edj friend ol OP QUARREL IN BIRMINGHAM Birmingham Ala April (Bpei lai) About I afternoon, Cliff Cahoon, a young man poll. man, who .1 und tu' pou Irag the Ann.h- iloon. Ooggans an Cahoon id been ngag? in a gam? before, end Ooggans beat of the gi wtanlng several hundred and Cabooa and other men were In the this drinking, ami a Quarrel en sue,) over lasl nlaht'e card game Qoggans with Hing his pari dmi robbing hi? el the gan Hoi words folio? end finally Ooggans drew a pistol on iwlee ran behind the ooggans followed him, and, think rammed Ms pistol Into Cahoon's mouth. About ihl? tlm? gol hat Into play, Bred two shots In rapid in bis and i th.unti with both nil II.III.I He I HI Jus helna killed thl sfl In paaalna lh. streel cut th.

toy ballon? und et several balloons up. saves, widow and a child. Ill? end was noi un ap. ted. CUBANS STILL OBSTINATE.

MILITARY ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO POST PONE DISSOLUTION. DISPATCHES OFFERING A LOAN OF TWEN? TV MILLIONS AROUSE HOPE FOR ULTIMATE TRIUMPH. luv rasi.a tip- thiiuvi? 1 Havana, April I. Cubar. Military bly han dei Ided to make the loss to the In? aurgenl army of the $3.000.0110 now stored on Burnslde rather than yield nt once the litri shadow remaining to it of political Importance ami authority.

Though the radical leaders in the body had faithfully promised to the more moderate members that no further opposition to dissolution would be should the mis? sion Befiors Vlllalon and Hevla Washing? ton prove unsuccessful, discussion of dissolu? tion motion was again poatpom oo soothing pretence that is still a chance of the Bembly'a ultimate triumph over Brooke and A vote favorable to postponement was secured, however, after Manuel had read his colleagues remarkable series of dispatches from Washington, predicting the prompt assent of the President the wildcat scheme which the Assembly had adhered bo hopefull) and bo strenuously. The name of the American backer of the project raise a loan of tjt2O.000.000 and give it to Assemhl) leaden distribute among the soldiers from lists their preparation was cautiously withheld, ul the sanguine char? acter of hi- assurances that, though Bellore Vlllalon and Hevla had been turned away with cold comfort by the Secretary of Btate, the Assembly's unknown American friends would Boon secure the authorisation needed, convinced the more moderate wing in the body that might yet he some virtue In waiting, nnrl It was agreed after much to do nothing looking toward dissolution until the negotiators in the United statep a further report. DISPATCHES CAUSE SF.XSATIOX. dispatches to Bangully a decided sensati? tor few of members present mis? pected that substantial assistance in the Assem? bly's fighi tu defeat the plans of the military government, the Administration and of Gen? eral Gomel could be obtained anywhere In the United Btatea it is believed here that the die patches al a mere ruse to gain time, and will be found to be based on mlsln formatlon. Th" continuel appreciation Spanish silver and the consequent dislocation local values have urgent demand some stabil currency than that legalised i the military government.

A month or two ngo rate by Governor? ral Spanien silver was 10 per cent, and alivi eived In ail official trans? actions at is? rems mi dollar, imt Increasing exports silver p. Spain, and the prospective in of cui.an currency through the die nt of in standard board the Meade, have so bulled the price li? mi that th' exi will now $120, or even leas, an dollar, which formerly brought from il si 35. ONLY BENEFITS EXCHANGE DEALERS li, alrv. a hen prie accommodated p. a 40 per cent discount have ni.i' 'm effect of squeezing consumer, with no le benefit p.

any but deal? ers in is suggested thai Gov nl at Washington take st? ps relieve the situation here by withdrawing as far I the an ah allver received cu duties instead of paying it oui at the varying rates fixed daily in tin? exi Tin? gra lual tutlon a stable American currem would at once ilo away with evlla an barraaamenta of a shifting and depreciated i tend tu strengthen th-? po and commercial tics which now bind to lb'? Uniti Bti It is estimated that about $10.000,000 in Span? ish silver still in circulation In th'? Islai flow is to spam is a stead) drain on this total, however, one Spantah ateamahlp, the rrat, sailing to-day with thirty tho ese Spanish dollar? consigned Bari rather novel plan for disposing of the to hi jaid to-the Cuban lias been put forward by Befior Leonardo Chla, a railway officiai in Bagua La Grande. Befior thinks that greater benefit would be de? rivi .1 both by Island and the Idual were in a lump ipltal, lust sun- has prop sed, I to neral thai the fund allotted mployed to st )i co Pink, sugar factories, and a stock farm. Bharea In the enter nf course, be distributed In I of cash leneral Somei li similar lines, and the co operativi scheme may be seriously discussed by officiala, bul would be extP doubtful, and a trial might result in some such savor) and aa the Freedman's Bank THE DERATE IN DETAIL Havana April 1 The Aaaembly opened with the tendering of the resignations of the members of the Executive Committee, ac tion which was postponed until the nexl meeting. A motion waa offered providing for the appointment of a new Executive Committee to up the affairs of the Aaaembly after Ita itlon. A motion waa aleo made to concede the civil representatives of tl.

Cubans In arms military grades and Insignia During the argu tlon 11 sppean thai the futui payment of officers possible Cuban republic was beii.g considered, and hence the matter of grade la Important General Bangui!) fi main Cuban generals of to da) had never seen a day'a lighting, declaring thai among the civilian nu mbera of the Culmi were the led men he ei knew. motion was Anally carried It means the to pa) ment, according to edi I military grades, of many who l.av noi nixed before, if the da) for the pa) meni of orni a General Andrade, president of the Assembly, ad teli gran fr? Befiors Hevla and I'll the delegate? scut to Washington bj thi nembi) endeavor to ure more Cuban troops, The flrst telegram M.rch31. Andrade, llavai fin hope at present. Hay received ui cially. Transmit? President our request? would answer short time Ha) not authorise loan 1 VILLALON, EVIA.

I'd read President answers Impoealblc Increase amounl or authorise loan, We a- cepl resolution dlaaolv We leave Bund?) VILLALON, IIFVIA General Bangully then requested Beeret meet? In? of the Aaaembly, bul the requeet was it? I Then Bangully suggested that the As? sembly should wall until Be? Filialen and Hevla returned and fuller report 'han posali b) cable, MAJORITT WANTED TO DISSOLVE the die usalon which followed developed that at the laal majority of the member? ou em? ALMOST CUT IS TWO. HAMILTON-AVE. FERRYBOAT STRUCK BY AN IRON PROWED TEN PERSONA INJURED AND A MARVEL? LOUS ESCAPE PROM LOBS OP LIFE CAPTAIN OP THE TUG ARRESTED. Through mat alloua fortune a terrible Iosa of life was averted when the 170-foot tug Argils raahed Into the ferryboat Plerrepont, of the Hamilton Kerry line, at o'clock last evening, between Island and iklyn shore, fonine; her way twenty feet Into the port aide of the Plerreponi al the reai en trance to the cabin. Aiklns iptain of the Argua, is locked up on the harge rlmlnal negligence.

The ferryboat was crowded to the rails, and the faci only ten people were slightly in? and norie drowned seemed to those who snw the hole In the boat as almost an inu-rpo Providence. Tl, following Is Hal of the Injured: Il STA, Ani Bio. sis yirs nid, of Bo. 112 De irraw -r bru? about In? body; me in CYJNNORg, Bmma, twenty ill years old, of No. fS Wood huii pi amali bones broken; congestion from water; home.

Mr-, Hannah, forty years olh, of No. Hi ta'K'-n MTF.R8, Mr? Wary, go 101 rlaht erriet apralm re. So. 2SI teen year? old, Luguer rlKhi hroken: lakan to Bt, Peter's II ipltel, years oM, Bsyonne, S. ih tal N.

Two others somewhat bruised, but re ittendance, It was about o'clock wlun the Plerrepont left the Battery and headed for her slip, at In Brooklyn. She carried about live hundred or six hundred most of them being working men and women. There waa a strong ebb tide. Near by were several small tuga an I a ear float, and an Annex boat of Pennsylvanie Railroad was approaching on her way to Jersey City. In her wake on left was iron tug Arktis, on her way from Plata to The Arktis is powerful tug, belonging to Haley Appletr.n, of Boston, and is built to withstand heavy At her wheel was Captain Atkins i'alne, of Maiden, and, according to bis statement, Preacotl Hlgglns, tlrst was with him.

Captain John B. Williamson was in charge the Pierrep. nt. He atarted out straight from the Blip, but the ebb tide turned his course some what, When he abreael Oovernor'a Island the boa! down upon him. Th.

Ann? boat gwerved to right and Just rn of Plerrepont. Captain Paine, thinking apparently that Plerrepont give tin? Annex boat the of way, bal held hla poaltlon cloae to the left of her. When he dli I thai re pont waa di? rectly ai'ad h- reversed his engines, but the hurled the Iron proa of the tug straight again si the Plerrepont. The crash came almost befori those on ferryboat were aware that anything was wrong. people were hurled to the s.de of the boat.

The prow of the Argus I heavy framework of the ferry? boat distance of twenty feet, and made a. shap? 1 which extended to the wagon and road ferryboat The shock stunned In later agata were thrown up and tin? people passing ground the Iff A RESCUE AND A RUSH POR BAFETT. Mils Captali the had I himself up from the bottom of the wheel house, where he had been thrown bj the col llslon, and ped the of the tutr. which from the Plerrepont. He sent the crew5 to the al les of the boat to look oui for the the water.

Only one person, far as known, had been thrown overboard, and she waa Emma was taken to the Atlantic Basin on the Argus. One man said that he saw two boys fall Into the water, but the do not believe his story. Captain John B. Williamson of Plerre? pont soon that hla boat was not so badly damaged thai she would sink, and he started al full speed for bis slip. The deck? hands and the men on the boat meanwhile did their beai quiet the fears of the pas in which followed several s.eu.

w.re witnessed over the pos Besslon of On? passenger aaya thai a big Italian ok a preserver away from a woman, and after he had placed It around his own body ran around the deck crying for t. to h. lp him. The passengers were well over on stai hoard al le, so that the boat kept an even keel. As Boon aa the Plerreponi reached her slip it? were opened and the paaaengera rush? out Into the street, still not that the boat would not sink al any Instant.

So fierce the to leave the boat that the swept away and the gatee torn theli fastenings, before the boat man on duty noticed the hob? In the side of Ihe Plerrepont, and sent in calls for nces. In a few minutes were on hand from the Long inland College, the and the Homoeopathic hospitals. news of "a terrible collision" bel f. rrylx ate and a tug spread rapidly through the and the reaervee from the Ham station had a hard task to keep the crowd from breaking through the ferry The amhulancea were driven Into the ap? proach, and the doctors made an examination of the Injured and ear tied away. ptaln Cullen, of the Hamllton-ave.

police at once followed his men to the Hamll? ton-ave ferrj lip ai idea learchlng Investi? gation An officer was sent down to the North Atlanl a here the Artus tied up, and pul Captain Palne arreat. When Captain In the aide or the boat he sciali "This must have been a lear a.f rlmlnal .1 shall certainly hold that man." CAPTAIN STATEMENT Pali of th" gus made fol itemenl at tin? Hamilton ave police ifter was arrest, fiora Boston to Hammond's li mil. niivim pro piling wav II. COal The Artus la au long und horse-puwer I was tie Klv? and had reached the nn.ie. v- h.

li ml an oui from her slip on the Brooklyn I followed her down the River until prettj nearl) abn of Bout Kerry, when the plei reponl oui of bei slip I tried to vade both boats Argus, Hlggins, and tMith being in the pilot-house, we both tin wheel We were then midway between South Kerry and the Governor's ferry slip The was ti na ebb. Some minutes before tl.Illslon occurred I r.m? the signal to the engineer to stop and Immedlateli after irnrd to reverse the engines full spaed ustern wing to the strength of the tide, how? v.r. we rrashed Into the stern of the ferryboat, round whl. ii I had to eh si This statement by captain was disputad, however, by som- members of the tug's crew, who ii that elth? through defer! of Ihe tig mil hell or from some other the signals noi heard by Ihe engineer of the tug. Borne of ihe deckhands on the tugboat in were corroborated bj captain, thai the Impaci of two vessels felt on board the tug on deck, al? though lu the pilot hjuse the captala and mate were both thrown off their feet.

The tugboat hnd a sharp stem, which cut like a cleaver Into the Plerrepont. As Plerrepont lay In her slip in Hamilton Ferry her entire cablnwork and deck presented nothing Pi th" view but a mass of fragments of painted woodwork and glass, her extending out from the cabin having fallen in with the impact of the two vessels Th? tui; bo.it escaped, as far as the captain learned from hla examination before he was arrested, with slight and as far as It could DC Been when was tied up bad only one her starboard bow in. As ne all passengers had been re? moved from the ferrv slip Plerrepont was taken aw ay pairs. PERRY OPPICIALS "RATTLED." Muring the removal of the injured passengers fr? ferryboat there was great excitement, and the Officiala of the ferry company appeared to be all at sea. They bustled about, and As? sistant Superintendent J.

a. Martin, who duty at the time, did nil that he could to safe? guard the interests of his company. When the b.st two injured passengers were carried out Mr. Martin bs the police captain ami Stopped the cal? in which they taken home, and said that the ferry company would defray expensea of hin? for in Ju ed Mrs. Connors was found clinging to her rosarv li.ti She was picked "in of the water.

She was taken to her home, and was unconscious when pulan, of St. Btephens's i'ath. lie Church, Waa At a late hour last night the doctora could not nay whether she would re or not. Captain Cullen heard several storb-s about pas sengere who were supposed to have fallen Into water. None were well authenticated, but th" Captain was on the lookojt for missitu? "ns.

HE WAS BENT OX KILLING, A BROOKLYN MAN TRIED TO EXTERMI? A WHOLE FAMILY. MURDERED PERSOX AVP WOUNDED THREE OTHERS, um: MORTALLT His WIPE AKD HER RELATIVES THE TWO PISTOLS ''SKU ONCE, AND BEVSM SHUTS FIRED. John T. Schmitt, twenty-five old, pon of John Schmitt, a tailor, of No. 155 Brooklyn, attempted to exterminate a whole family at No.

1T0 at 6:80 o'clock last evening, ami succeeded In killing his mother-In law, Mrs. Anna Wild, forty-six year? old, mor? tally wounding his brother-in-law. Nicholas Wild, twenty-two years old: wounding his wife Carrie, twenty-five years old, twice In the hip; putting a bullet Into the thigh of his sist-r-ln law, Pauline Wild, twenty year? old, and wind? ing up his bloody orgy by firing a wild shot at his year old Infant. The shooting, which oc? curred at home of his wife's parents, was brought about by his wife'e refusal to Ihe with him. Last October lira Schmitt left her hus? band.

They had been together at NO. ISO Qraham-ave. she returned to her mother's home. Beveral times Schmitt had ineffect? ual appeals for her to return. Yesterday after? noon he visited house and again ask? .1 that his wife grant his request.

received theaame id refusal, and went away. At 6:30 o'clock he returned. The whole family together In one room, which Is In a comfortably furnished flat In the Ewen-st. house. HU sister.

Pauline, was holding bla young baby. With great defer? ii Inatlon and he again demanded that his wife accompany him. When answer of refusal came be pulled out two revolvera and Immediately opened rt is not known Just who was hit bist, but when tin? police entered the amoke-fllled apartments they found four I tuple lying in pools of blood on th- floor and baby roiling around between prostrate di vine plteously. After doing his bloody work Schmitt coolly pocketed his revolvera and started to escape. The firing had attrai ted attention of Fred? erick Ruesch and a grocer named Ibert, who live near by.

They tuet Schmitt at entrance to tlat, and tie, seeing that they were likely detain him, broke into a torrent of aths and started to attack them Roesch grappled with Schmitt, and the two men were it gllng the sidewalk. Then Ibert came up. and Schmitt was goon overpowered, and pinned fast to the walk under his captors, and there held until the police arrived Schmitt was being taken to the police station, ambulances were from Eastern Diatrlct hospitals. When docl ira arrived they found that Mrs Will had almost Instantly, shot going Into her mouth and passing out tlfl'UKh baas the brain. Nicholas Wild was unconscious, and two women In from loss blond.

Nicholas Wild and his sis were to St. Hospital. ironer moned, and took ante-mortem statement of the wounded man, who it was feared would through the mlit friends of family came In, and aft -r partly straightening up I ok care of baby. s. hmltt is a slightly built and wlry-looklng man At station two revolvers were taken away from him.

ota? of them being almost com ted srlth blood Beven sic ta in all had been and a number of loaded CSrti found In the man's pockets. Schmitts father ibllahment in and from fifteen to twenty liiris. and is said to have comfortable Carrie Wild was tin? girla in the shop when ol tic proprietor married her. Young Schmitt, after setting up housekeeping at no 100 Ora? frequently took his wife to father's home It was Raid last night that family treated bis wife with con alderabte contempt, and was for tins reason that him List is.N i.r PRIFST. BRM.ERS MI MCATED HV I BISHOP New-Orleam April (Special) lt.

.1 Ciri; Roth, Kenner. days sa Colon ivlng Insulted his two daughb rs. wl of Kather Roth oui fi New-Orleans, end punished bim severelj The archbishop thai the pries! In alacharse of his to th? young worn? and Pitad) unjustifiable. REHVVF, FA il I Li FROM FIRE Hagerstown, April (Special) The timely passing of freight tram on the Western Mar) Unii Railroad and the prompt work of the crew saved the fi.miiv of Daniel Btartaman from lying burned te 'leuth in their near this city, at I o'clock till? niorriing The fruitimeli discovered the bouse IB a.i'l train was orew open tas doors of the bouse and found family nsieep. Th.y rescued three children sad Btartaman from tru-ir house was destroyed, with all the contents.

The lofs is about partly covered! by insur Bparks from locomotive falling on Ihe roof have started the Urs Two of the trainmen were slightly burned In their heroic ef? forts CHISSJL Tins IN rOUR MBMORT. gat Uberai or apaculatlve profits buy Creek stocks Safe, sur Address the Ehrl. Syndicate, Colorado Springs olo. Marks) letter, handbook, rcier ancea sad THE NEWS OF TWO CAPITALA LONDON. BAMOAN complications LIOHTLT RE QARDED Taxation FREB-TRADE ORTRODOXT WSIBIHlBi THF.

BTELl a DISASTBM NOTBS OF AND THF. litt CKMI.K Ti'K Til! London. Aprii The Samean crtssj has clted comparatively little Interest in F.ngiand. The chief feeling; unalloyed aatlafactlon the fact that British and American officers are working together in close harmony, tl is fsM that even deplorarle loss of life in :h.aras of the rations at Apia has a certain COO pensa? Anglo-American entente has neea llluatrated by Joint aacriflcea of tro pa the two nati.ms fighting side by side fur a COmmOSI object atutude of the German officials in Samoa is not expe? ted to lead to ser? is totar? natlonal complication? it goti.1 that comment? of the Berlin newspapers, of not usuali', friendly thla country, are couched In extrem? and cautious language, and thai the .1 statement published In Berlin pr fully avoids expressing the opinion that the American and Britl tei were ln fringlng German right? imoa art in co resa dlaorder. Several German Journalist? urge that under the treaty no rearrangement of affaira lu the islands is allowed without of the repreaentattvea all three powers, but, "ti the other hand, is here thai thla provlatoa doea not and ought not to Apply to temporary, meaaurea necessary to protect and property and suppress disturbance? At any rate, it not for a mom? nl Hi red that any would quarrel with the Anglo-Saxon Potrei Samoa.

For the -t. Englishmen have grown ncr-us toi.1 to regard minor warlike operation? In a remote tart of the world with ilderaMa equanlmlty. An occaalonal bombardment like that at Apia is merely looked upon a tag ure hy which semi-clvllised native potentates in the Pacific and elsewhere ha into "rd'-r. As for Samoa, the British Foreign oltlct has never been too anxious to presa its against Germany, and has frequently unaccountable meekness In the faci of the high? handed pretenalona of officials on the spot. case is altered, now that th" Fnlted States has devel? ned serious Interest In the affairs of and there la 00 doubt that the initiative of Admiral Kautz Will be energetically supported by Her Majesty's ernment This la quite understood In Bertha, probabl) arrangi menta being to disavow or explain away th-? acts of Raffel and Rose.

Th'? finan lai year which ended yesterday I better than was expected. Sir Michael HI? ks-Beach, the Chancellor of the he.juer, lucky. The revenue receipt? dta? ing the year have exceeded his budget by marly The abounding wealth of the pi Id uses is again trat? by substantial increases in yield from Um in? come tax estati duties, and there an panalon in the returns from excise and the post oflV Sir Ml? ois difficulties will begin, however, when he nl with the budget for the coming year, which will have to be prodin toon aft House of Commons meets after Ing chi. lly to the de ma.ids of the Admiralty new shipbuilding and th- Increase In the army vote? the Batt? expenditure for the ensuing year will be nearly above that of the last ible aurplufl carry forward, ao that the Treaaury will I.mp< find new aourcea of revenue. Cal gretting the unneceasary reduc? tion th? In the mea to the Ex? in-quer of nearly in well-informed quartet? it is rumored thai Blr Michael Hicks-peach will again fall bai typed spedlent of adding something to the income tax.

the Impost by which the English middle las-? are made larg? a pot tion of the expenses of governing the country. Bui there must be a limit to this direct tax? ation, and is a growing feeling that the whole English fiacal ist before long Itflcatlon. The la? crease of indirect taxation, words, the Imp eltlon of dattes on Importa has beeta peni) -ays Of Pa le orthodoxy. The opini on th? subject Is Illustrated I to arouse an agitation agi nei Ih? la) of the Government Impose a countervailing sugar. Th? cry of Cob one takei II A go such a il as 'hat which I would have evoked protests of free purlets tau? fiat and elicited DO re ubile, a gloom has been casi over th I ll lofl the anda, with I irly ne lives.

It la tl that has vessel in 1 itera ndlng Blitli ara vt uh the option of thg the Con autumn. aa why the ship waa run through a a speed neai 'i hour, in neigh? borhood of I and ins chief u. nt with the vessel, th? world Is llki ly never to know th? m. At any rate, not! ed th lei did? nesaandd Iti by the ffi? ei and I quiet "ur ageofthepa ifter theahlpstruck. al pear to have en Am rirai ari ex Mr.

Parton, the Lend tnaaageg the Amei I ne, and his wife, both of n-hom were fter night of expoBure and ng in open boats On Inquiry at the Ami to-day, it ira? learn-d Ml and Mis Fart in in Qutnt-SSf and not mu. the wore? for thdr P-rrlhl? Psrton thai 1 struck him as a mag of Prltlsti tad pluck. Th? sailor? arere all English, cJUefly ft Southampton. Th? conduct of the passenger? was admirable, they awns a laneous collection of liollday-maldng excursion? ists. Southw.st.rn Railway nine cheap trips to Jera al holiday Which mtfCh patronized by middle-claa? nera Rngltobmea bav? rea to pniud that this body Of cockney shopkeeper? and clerks with their Wive? and sweetheart? displayed a In a moment of sudden ni'trgi quite equal to that of th? heroes of Blrkenhead The Casquete, the group of rocks on which Stella struck, have besa re? sponsible for many famoua It wa? h.te that v-ars AgO the Victory, the finest of Hridsh Navy at thiit time, waa loat mu uu Admiral und and men on.