The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1898, Page 4

4 06 06 08 30006 308 306 100 308 J0n 308 30 30¢ 0% 306 308308 06 308 0 0% 06 308 306 X0 308 30% 308 30 06 00 3% NO ANNEXATION AT TH nexation resolution. pledged themselves. 0 06 06 308 306 308 308 08 XX XX 00 K 06300 20F 306 206 308 306 300 306 300 306 06 R 0N I B0R 30 G WASHINGTON, June 6.—The Senators who are op- posing the annexation of Hawaii have been canvassing the Senate, and claim that they have a sufficient number of Sen- ators pledged to adjourn in preference to taking up the an- They say that the names of seven Re- publican Senators are included in the list who have thus IS SESSION bed b= o o E=d o o o o o k= b= o £ o L L o [e3=g-3-3-1--3-3-F-F-2-F-F-3-3-3-F-F-F-F-F-1o] EDITOR RUSI'S [TCHING PAL Trouble in Store for a Blackmailer. LIKELY TO TENANT A CELL DECLARED HE COULD “FIX”| THREE DAILIES. | Journalism by representing it as being pure sable, Rush asserted that he | had “protected” himself by the receipt | he had left. | to the two witnesses of his crime be- | Ing spurned, he went to the telephone His offer to part with $5 office and called up the '-legraph edi- tors of two San Francisco dailies and asked that his own name be omitted from the articles dealing with Van- ning’s inhuman deed. To The Call he represented himself as a friend of its rrespondent and asked for an amel- ation in tone of the article sent it. ng to a subsequent telephone mes- sage from the correspondent his re- quest passed unheeded. Then ush went to his office, with the assertion that he would change the story he had written. The next day the only mention he made of the oc- currence was to state that a man had been arrested for pulling a horse's tonque out, omitting Vanning's name. James W. Cochrane, Vanning’s at- torney, was acquainted with the facts | and visited his client in company with Extorted Money From the San Rafael | Man Who Pulled the Tongue | From His Horse's | Mouth. ’ | Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 6—Willlam Vanning, the wretch who pulled the | tongue out of his horse with a bale rope and was sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and go to jail for 120 days, is execrated by every man, woman and child in this community, all admitting the justice of | the sentence. But with the guilty oft- | times the innocent are made to suffer. The grief of Vanning’s heart-broken ances this. ush, editor of & two-by- | heet entitled the “San Rafael | ,” 1s attached the odium of | g this poor woman's sorrow in | t his own itching palm might | lined with filthy lucre. Rush has | n down upon himself the anger | rea order tha b da h | anning and his wife to part wit > of their hard-earned coin, which the extortioner claimed was to be used “hush money,” and by his methods led in question the honesty and in- tegrity of the management of the three San Francisco morning dailies, es- pecially The Call and the Chronicle. Now the blackmaliler, according to At- torney James W. Cochrane, will be prosecuted for his offense to the full extent of the law. It was on last Thursday that Van- ning committed his revolting crime. | That evening Rush met the Marin | County correspondent of The Call and an employe of his own paper named McNeill, on the corner of Fourth and | B streets and asked them to accompany him on a walk as he “had something | up his sleeve.” Thinking he meant a | ¢ the two set out with him. As the s walked up Fourth street Rush ned that unbeknown to most peo- e had unlimited influence with the ng editors of the three San morning dailles and added: 1 have a scheme by which we all can make plenty of money. Now you,” addressing McNeill, “go up to a door I will point out and ring the bell. Tell whoever comes to the door what T tell you and the money will be forthcom- ing.” Rush was told by both men to do his own work, whatever it was, and on ar- riving at Fifth and C streets he left both waiting while he went up to Van- ning’s door and rang the bell. It was answered by Mrs. Vanning. He then went inside. Curis y and a feeling that mischief wa# brewing impelled the two men in waiting to walk close enough to hear the conversation that followed. Rush said to both Vanning and his wife that in a moment of passion an awful offense had been committed. The papers would “roast” him and he could never hope to make a living anywhere afterward. He himself was poor, he said, and badly in need of money. He alleged that representatives of The Call and Chronicle were in walting outside and said: “These men are well paid for their work, but if you care to pay them what their papers would I have influence enough to get them to modify their stories in your favor. In addition I have great influence with the managing editors of the three papers and can do a good deal myself.” ““Where is the Examiner man?” asked Mrs. Vanning between sobs. “Oh, we can swing him into line all right,” replied Rush. “Do you think $15 will be enough?” inquired Mrs. Vanning. “I'll go and see,” was the answer. When Rush came out of the house he found the two men in waiting where he had left them. Sordid and treach- erous to the last, he said he had been promised only $10 to have the story modified. He was told he was engi- neering his own deal and the others did not care to be mixed in it. Then he returned and accepted the $15, giving Vanning a receipt, which read: “Received payment in full for pub- lishing locals in one issue of Sun.” On leaving a second time he advised Vanning and his wife to say nothing about the transaction, both consenting. He said he would use the money in in- serting notices in the three San Fran- cisco dailles that Vanning's ranch and stock were for sale. p “If you have a horse or a young Jer- sey cow you don’t need, you might give it to me for my own use,” he said on departing and received a promise that he should have one or the other. Rush then emerged from the house, laughing at the “shrewd” way in which he had obtained the money. Not a thought came to him of the stigma he had falsely thrown on metropolitan ADVERTISEMENTS. Pgars: soap is one that a touch of | the weather intensely hot. The Call correspondent. corroborated the story in its entirety. Mrs. Vanning's eyes were swollen from weeping, and on the entrance of soms friends she burst into tears. “This is awful.” she sobbed. “I had nerved myself to read the papers un- til Rush came, and after he got the money I thought it was all right, but evervthing is told in the papers to-day. My husband did it all in an angry pas- sion and nobody is sorrier than he. We could {ll afford to spare that money. This is awful.” Rush did not seek to have any ad- vertisements inserted. but spent the money in part the night he obtained it. Attorney Cochrane declares that not only will he make Rush return the money, but he will prosecute him for ail. As the editor is almost un- rsally in disfavor here this will meet with strong approbation. The vigorous manner in which Van- ning’s offense was prosecuted by City Attorney Thomas Boyd, attorney for the Society for the Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals, is praised on all sides. ARTIST BASEEBE GETS HIMSELF WELL THRASHED Taught a Lesson in Gallantry by a Passenger on a San Kafael Train. LARKSPUR, June 6.—Artist who won unenviable notorfety in San Francisco by hounding a little girl named Worn, and was fined for the offense, re- celved a severe lesson in the code of gal- lantry on an afternoon train from that he is not likely to forget in a hurry. As a result of his practical Instruction Baseebe wears a discolored optic and sev- eral facial bruises. On the train with Baseebe were Frank Hyams, the San Rafael fresco painter, and his wife. The car was crowded, and Mrs. Hyams was obliged to sit ‘beside Baseebs, while her husband occupled an adjoining seat. As the train neared this station, Mrs, ivams grew faint from the heat. Hyams stepped across the car to raise the window and let in some fresh air. postulated. “I don’t want the cinders blowing in on my clothes,” said he. “My wife is fainting,” declared Hyams, “and the window must be opened.” As he attempted to raise it Baseebe tried to prevent him, whereupon Hyams | emulated the most skillful exponents of | the manly art in landing a series of hooks, swings and straight arm punches on the artist’s face. Everybody applauded the act, and an excited crowd at once filled the car. Baseebe managed to extricate himself and escape into a forward car. The window came up, and Mrs. Hyams soon recovered from her faint. - WARRANT FOR DAVID MILLER. Stockton Commission Merchant Ac- cused of Swindling. STOCKTON, June 6.—A warrant has been issued for the arrest of David Miller, a commission merchant of this city, on the charge of having obtained goods un- der false pretenses. He Is supposed to be in British Columbia. Miller is accused of having victimized a number of people hers and elsewhere, swindling them out of large sums. Bloch, Burnham & Francis, a San Francisco commission firm, are sald to have lost $2100. Sty WILL WED A NAVAL OFFICER. Miss Ethel Smith to Become Lieu- tenant Lansdale’s Bride. SAN RAFAEL, June 6.—Lieutenant Philip Van Horne Lansdale of the cruiser Philadelphia, now stationed at Mare Island, was granted a license to-day to wed Miss Ethel Shipley Smith, a_daughter of Sidney M. Smith, the San Francisco canning merchant. sk SIS Marin’s School Election. SAN RAFAEL, June 6.—County Super- intendent of Schools Robert Furlong is in receipt of the returns from sixteen pre- cincts of the annual election for School Trustees for Marin.County. The newly elected Trustees are: Novato—A. D. Scott, J. H. Rogers. Bay District—W. R. P. per. Tiburon—J. O'Connell. S&usallteOD; J. P. Baraty. . A. Mur- Ross Landing—J. ray. Aurora—Paul Dado. Hal McDonald. American Valley—A. Giaco- mini. Sdn Geromino—W .J. Dickson. Corte Madera—James F. Broad. Estero— Joseph Grandi, Felix Contf. Marshall— David Steel. Dixie—Peter Moran. Fair- fax—J. 1, Taylor, A. Brazil, A. Gagliardo. Lincoln—E. Faure. San Pedro, San Quen- tin, Mill Valley and about twenty-five other precincts remain to be heard from. Superintendent Furlong,onaccount of atie vote, will have to appoint another Trus- tee on July 1 for Lincoln District. Socidrrey Small Schooner Sunk. SAUSALITO, June 6.—A small schooner with a cargo of sixty tons of bran, con- signed to A. McInnes of Mill Valley, was sunk near Strawberry Point, ‘in ch- ardsons Bay, this forenoon by striking a sunken pile. As the tide was low, the deck did not go beneath the surface and the crew was not endangered. The cargo was ruined by the water, BURIED GOLD STOL.LN. Santa Rosa Man Accused of a Theft 2 at Hopland. SANTA, ROSA, June 6.—S8ilas Craddoch, an old gentleman living near Hopland, being afraid of banks, some time ago secreted $3200 In gold in a hole in the ground. The money disappeared a few days ago. This afternoon the Sheriff of Mendocino County arrived here and ar- rested Clarence Hixon, who is suspected of having stolen it. Hixon has been cut- ting a wide swath in this city the past few days. The Sherift took hi . land this evening. D e ——— Lighting for Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, June 6.—The City Council to-day ordered advertisements for bids for an electric lighting plant for city complete, with the exception of g: leck—John cleanses. lnt. generating machinery. About 640 1 are called for. The il Angeles Lln‘t:‘nt: ipany owns the system used at pres- To him they | Baseebe, | the | metropolis on Saturday evening—a lesson | Baseebe ex- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1898. INCENDIARISN AT SAUSALITO Lives of Four Children Imperiled. FIRE STARTED IN A STORE FLOORS SATURATED WITH KER- OSENE. | chance Discovery Saves the Structure and Prevents the Incinera- uon of Sleeping Infants. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, June 6.—A cowardly ef- fort to burn the valuable property of a | prominent citizen was discovered here | | vesterday—an attempt that if success | ful might have resuited in the loss of | | four Jives. A. Lawrence & Co., whole- | | sale and retail dealers in merchandise, | were the intended losers, but the plans | of the conspirators were frustrated by | mere chance, and now the authorities | are hunting for a clew to the identity | }ot the malefactors. | Lawrence is ex-Treasurer of the town | and has always taken an active interest | in its politics. His storeissituated in the | northern part of town and contiguous to it are two residences owned by him, | one of which he occupies. Yesterday | evening the merchant and his wife at- | tended a ball celebrating the expiration |of the Portuguese Pentecost, leaving | George Ryan, the bookkeeper, in charge | of the store. The four children of the merchant were left soundly sleeping in | the house nearest the store. A short | time afterward Ryan went down town | | and stayed some time in the company | of friends. | Before going home Ryan remembered that he had left some books he wished | | to take home in the store and returned | |to get them with two friends. On opening the door he was surprised to | | see a light in the rear room. On in- | vestigation he found a quantity of straw had been spread In the room and | | a lighted candle placed in the center | of the mass. To complete their dia- bolical plans the miscreants had taken | a dozen cans of kerosene oil from the | | shelves and emptied the contents in/ the room. The oil was spread on the | | floor to the depth of two inches. It | was the work of an instant to extin- guish the candle, but if the bookkeeper had arrived fifteen minutes later the | store would have burned to the ground. The two residences adjacent must have | gone up in smoke as well, and the | sleeping children might have perished. The utmost secrecy was imposed on all the witnesses to the dastardly at- tempt at arson and the proper authori- ties have been quietly endeavoring to | discover the evil doers. So far no clew has been obtained. AGAINST THE POLICY OF TERRITORIAL EXPANSION Democratic Members of the House Are Preparing to Antago- | nize Annexation. ‘WASHINGTON, June 6.—The Demo- | cratic members of the House are pre- | paring to antagonize the Hawalian an- nexation resolution as contrary to the | | proper principles of public policy and | will assume an attitude in debate which | | they expect to emphasize In the coming | | campaign. It appears now that the Democratic fight this fall will be made in opposition | to the developing of the policy of terri- | torfal expansion, and while a number | are rather inclined to favor Hawaiian | annexation they are not disposed to | favor such an extension of territory as the Republicans advocate. Representa- tive Hilborn of California, who repre- sents fairly well the Republican senti- ment in the House regarding the Philip- pines, said yesterday: “Of Americans who go to the Philip- pines probably one-half will acquire in- terests there and a percentage will be killed or die of disegse. The question will then present itself, ‘Shall we aban- don the graves of our dead and the in- terests of the living? I think the American Congress and the American people will have but one reply to this proposition, and that will be most em- phatic.” ' PROSECUTION OF 3 _ SENOR JIMINEZ The Santo Domingo Revolutionary Leader Arrested for Violating Navigation Laws. CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, June 6.—The American steamer Saginaw, of the Clyde line, has just arrived here. She touched at Inagua, where it was learned that Senor Jiminez, the leader of the revolu- tionary -expedition. which recently landed in Santo Domingo from Haytl, on his ar- rival there from Monte Christi, Santo Domingo, was arrested by the British au- thorities for a violation-of the navigation laws_in r‘lylngl a Clyde line flag, though the Fanita, the vessel in which the ex- edition sailed, had been sold by the lyde line company six months before. e‘hfls Roberts, the pilot of the expedi- tion, made a complaint on, the above ground, The American Consullalso prose- cuted Senor Jiminez, alleging that the ex- pedition was illegal, inasmuch. as the Fanita’s papers were ostensibly for ser- vice in Cuban waters. PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Repubiic, June 6.—I have had an interview with President Herreux, who proceeds to Monte Christi to-night on board a war- ship. He declares the country quiet. President Herreux has confiscated all the property of Jiminez. — FEW MELONS AT LODI. Crop Will Be Small Because of the Spring Drought. STOCKTON, June 6.—The watermelon crop will, no doubt, be the lightest the Lodi section has known in years—possibly since Lodi became famous for the size and succulence of its melons. The absence of late rains worked havoc. The acreage is small, and the few who are successful with watermelons this season will have a small Klondike. Lodi will have to sup- rly the entire melon market this time, for f reports be true, rival melon centers have been blighted by the drought. iy i Academy of Medicine Officers. DENVER, June 6.—Oflicers of the Acad- emy of Medicine for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Dr. Edward Jackson of Denver; first vice- president, Dr. W. L. Estes, South Bethle- em, Pa.; second vice-president, Dr. J. T. Searcey, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; third vice- gxmldent. Dr. Willilam A. Elmer, Trenton, . J.; fourth vice-president, Dr. Robert H. Babcock, Chicago; secretary and treas- urer, Dr. Charles McIntyre, Easton, Pa. i e i A0 Mme. Lassauge on Trial. SAN JOSE, June 6.—Mme, Emily C. Las- sauge, allas Mme. Louise, a former con- cert singer of note, was placed on trial in {udn Lorlfl.n'u court to-day to answer to ¢ harge of having thrown sulphuri. futo the face of B. ¥, Robinson, her lande 1 - lPu‘l‘:.’ FULL HAND HAD FEW BACKERS Won the Pot at Odds of 60 to 1. UPSET AT ST. LOUIS TRACK. ELECTOR THE ONLY WINNING FAVORITE. Ford Stakes at Gravesend Taken Easily by Larva, With Chemisette in the Place. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, June 6.—The Elector was the only favorite to win to-day. Crazy Full Hand, a 60-to-1 shot, was the ex- | reme outsider to land the closing event. ‘Weather pleasant; track fast. One mile, selling—Colonel Gay won, Tole Stmmons second, King's Guard, third. | Time, 1:42%. Five and a half furlongs, selling-—Also Ran II won, Dr. Sam second, Bulgarian | third. Time, 1:09. | _One mile and seventy yards, selling— Uncle Abb won, Sullross second, Mamie G third. ~Time, 1:47%. Owners’ handicap, mile and a six- teenth—The Elector won, Laureate sec- ond, Found third. Time, 1:47%. Six furlongs—Nick Carter won, Silver Seli%second. ady Callahan third. Tlme,‘ 'Six and a half furlon Hand won, Fourth War third, Time, 1:21%. CINCINNATI, June 6.—Weather fine; track fast. Five furlongs, selling—Oleska won, P:D\:?sy H second, Estabrooks third. Time, selling—Full second, Hush Six furlongs—Cosmos won, Board Mar- ker second, Skink third. Time, 1:18. Five furlongs—Flavius won, Beslque second, Marchmont third. Time, 1:03%. | One mile—Han d'Or _won, Performance second, Kriss Kringle third. Time, 1:41%. | Mile 'and seventy yards—Great Bend won, Millstream second, Mellle third. Time, 1:46%. Six furlongs, selllng—Rotha won, ageur second, Teucer third. Time, NEW YORK, June 6.—The Ford| stakes was the feature of the day. After a poor start Larva went on at once and won easily by a couple of lengths. Five furlongs—Jack Point won, Mr. | Clay second, Muggins third. _Time, 1:02%. | One mile—Intrusive won, Judge Mann | second, Merlin third. Time, 1:41%. | Ford stakes, four and a half furlongs, | selling—Larva won, Chemisette second, | Autumn third. Time, 0:56%. Mile and an eighth—Ben Ronald won, quv’«/"nrd S second, Lament third. Tlme,‘ 1:67%. Six furlongs, selllng—Miss Tenny won, Dolando second, Continental third. Time, 115, Mile and a sixteenth—Ogden won, Tillo second, Semper Ego third. Time, 1:48%. | CHICAGO, June 6.—Results at Har- lem: Six furlongs—Miss Falrmount won, Ex- quisite second, Penzrose third. Time, 1:16%. Seven furlongs—Floronso won, Top- mast second, Warren Point third. Time, 1:28. Four and a half furlongs—Miss Mark won, Vie Lemont second, Charlo third. Voy- 118, Time, 0:56. One mile and a sixteenth—Morte Fonso won. Inconsistency second, Jack of Hearts third, Time, One mile—Baritaria won, Monk Way- man second, Graziella third. ~ Time, 1:42. Dave Waldo finished first, but was dis- qualified for fouling. Seven furlongs—Donna Rita won, The Devil second, Frank Thompson third. Time, 1:2%5%. BOSTON AND CLEVELAND TAKE A GAME EACH Bean-Eaters Shut Out by Young After Winning the First Contest. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. . Clubs— W.L.Pct.| Clubs— W.L. Pct. Cincinnatt .20 10 .74 |Chicago 21 4T Cleveland ...25 14 641 Philadelp 1 472 Brooklyn ...15 21 417 17 564 Louisville ...1¢ 28 .33 Baltimore ..20 15 .571| Washington 13 26 .333 Plttsburg ...21 20 .612/St. Louls....12 27 .308 WASHINGTON, June 6—Tom Brown was released to-day and Jack Doyle was made manager. The Senators played snappy ball and won by good work. At- tendance 1000. Score: Clubs— R. H. L. | Washington 81 1 T atteris & Frager and | Snyder. Umplires—Lynch and Connolly. PHILADELPHIA, June 6.—The Phillles defeated Pi(lsbur%{tn-dny by better all around playing. illen was relieved by Hastings after the fifth inning. Attend- ance 2430. Score: Clubs— R. H. B, 3 5 8 4 Pittsburg . B Philadelphia. Batteries—Kille Donohue and Curry. BALTIMORE, June 8.—The erstwhile champions were affiicted with “that tired feeling” to-day and the Browns broke ‘Hastl and’ Schriver; u:x'p res—Emslie and | even on the serles, Attendance 900. Score: R. H. E, Clubs— T RS 8t. Louls . o Batteries—Hughes and Robinson; Hughey and Clements. Umpires—Snyder and Andrews. NEW YORK, June 6.—The home team played poorly in Brooklyn to-day, both in fielding and batting, and lost to Chicago. Score: Clubs— R. H. B. Chicago - SR Brooklyn . Batteries—Woods i nl’l.w n and O Brien. Umpires—Swartwood and Wood. NEW YORK, June 6—Fifteen hits off Meekin as against four off Brietenstein, not to mention the five errors charged to the Giants, tells the tale of to-day’s game. Attendance 3000. Score: Clubs— R. H. Es Cinetmeats " R ‘incinnat! : Batteries—Meekin and Grady; Breltenstein and Peltz. Umpires—0'Day and McDonald. BOSTON, June 6—After winning the first game the home team ran up nst Young and cquld not bunch enough hits in the second to either win or make a Attendance 6000. Score, first game: run. Clubs— P Boston . , Cleveland . ‘Batteries—Klobedanz an: Powell and O'Connor, Umpires—Cushman Heydler. Score second game: Boston . - Batteries—Young and Zimmer; Bergen. Umplres—Cushman and Rk i Wantage Belle a Winner. LONDON, June 6.—At the first day’s racing at the Brighton spring meeting to- day Richard Croker's bay filly, Wantage Belle, by Loyalist, out of Wanda, beat Mr. Barrow’s brown gelding, London, in the race for the Hassocks plate. This race is for 200 sovereigns, for 2-year-olds, the distance being about five furlongs. ‘Wantage Belle was objected to for cross- ing the track, but the objection was af- terward withdrawn, London fell during the race, yet only a head separated the two horses at the finish. His Winnings for the Poor. PARIS, June 6.—Baron de Rothschild, on account of his victory in a race for the Grand Prix de Paris with Le Roi So- Heydler. IN' MARKETS 0F THE WORLD Manufacturers Making a Great Record. BIG INCREASE IN EXPORTS. HOWTHE UNITED STATES SENDS PRODUCTS ABROAD. Forelgn Trade of the Fiscal Year, ‘Which Closes This Month, Is Multiplying at an Aston- ishing Rate. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 6.—The manufac- turers of the United States are making, in the fiscal year which closes with th month, their greatest record in compet- | Ing for the markets of the world, avers the Washington correspondent of the Tribune. Not only will the exports of manufactured articles for the fiscal Vvear exceed those of any previous year, but for the first time in the history of the country they will exceed the im- ports of manufactures. In the ten months of the fiscal year the detailed record of which the Bureau of Statis- tics has just completed, the exports of manufactures exceed by over $40,000,000 the value of the manufactures import- ed, and it is probable that for the full year's record this excess will reach $50,000,000. In no preceding year in the history of the country have the exports Imports of manufactured articles. In the fiscal year of 1897 the Imports of manufactured articles exceeded the value of exports of manufactures by the sum of $27,362,217; in 1896 by $104,- 759,784, and in 1895 by $121,413,783. Nearly every branch of the manufac- turing industries has shared in this world. The exports of agricultural im- plements, for instance, which in 1888 were about $2,600,000 in, value, will in the year 1898 be, in round numbers, $6,000,000. Locomotive engines, whose exportation in 1888 was less than $500,- 000 in value, will in 1898 reach probably $4,000,000, orders for more than 150 en- great manufacturing establishments during the last two months for use in China, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Austra- lia and South America. Bar iron, of which 1,500,000 pounds were sent abroad in 1888. this year 10,- 000,000 will be exported. Builders’ hard- ware, the export of which in 1888 was valued at $1,442,633, was in the last fis- cal year $4,152,836 in value. The exports of cut nails, which in 1888 amounted to 11,963,664 pounds, will in 1898 amount to more than 35,000,000 pounds, an in- crease of 200 per cent. Wire nalils have increased over 1000 per cent, the ex- ports of wire, wrought and horseshoe nails in 1888 being 1,647,078 pounds, while those of 1898 will reach nearly, if not quite, 20,000,000 pounds. Exports of iron plates and sheets, which in 1888 were less than 1,000,000 pounds, will in this year amount to nearly 8,000,000 pounds, while those of steel plates and sheets, which were but 119,419 pounds in 1888, will exceed 20,000,000 pounds in 1898, y The total value of the exports of man- ufactures of iron and steel, which in exceed $65,000,000. The exports of leath- ers and manufactures thereof, which in 1888 amounted to less than $10,000,000, will in 1898 exceed $20,000,000 in value. lubricating oils, which in 1888 were less than 23,000,000 gallons, will in 1898 reach 65,000,000 gallons. The exportations of paraffine and parafiine wax, which in 1888 were 36,000,000 pounds, will in 1898 reach 140,000,000. Soap increases from 19,000,000 pounds in 1888 to over 27,000,~ 000 pounds in 1898; glass and glassware from $881,628 in 1888 to $1,208,187 in 1898; manufactures of rubber from $866,867 in 1888 to $1,807,145 in 1898. Manufactures of cotton show an in- crease of 50 per cent in the value of their exports during the last ten years; exports of chemicals have also in- creased 50 per cent in value during the same time. Manufactures of brass have Increased from $308,124 in 1888 to over $1,400,000 in 1898, while manufac- tures of copper, including ingots and bars, which in 1888 were $3,812,790, were last year $31,621,127 and seemed likely to exceed that sum in 1898. In numer- ous other manufactured articles there have been similar gains, nearly the en- tire list having shared in a greater or less degree in the growth of the ex- port trade during the last decade. The total exportation of manufactures in 1888 amounted to $130,300,087, and in 1898 seems likely to reach nearly or quite $290,000,000. ARTICLES SIGNED BY SHARKEY AND RUHLIN Agree to Fight Twenty-Five Rounds Before the Greater New York Club. NEW YORK, June 6.—Articles have been signed by Tom Sharkey and Gus Ruhlin to fight twenty-five rounds before the Greater New York Athletic Club at Coney Island on June 22. Arrangements Wil be completed when Sharkey arrives here to-morrow. of manufactures equaled in value the | gines having been placed with the | 1888 amounted to $17,000,000, will in 1898 | Exports of illuminating oil, which in | 1888 amounted to 456,000,000 gallons, will | in 1898 exceed 800,000,000 gallons, while | GOLD STRIKE AT WRANGEL Argonauts Didcover Bonanza. a MINERS RUSH TO THE SPOT. SAID TO BE RICHER THAN THE 0 EKLONDIXE. Alaska Steamship Reports That a Number of Vessels Are Unable to Ascend the Stickeen. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., June 6—The steamer Princess Louise, which has re- s | turned from Wrangel, making the re- | turn voyage in seven days, brings news that the small body of men en- camped there building boats to con- tinue their journey via the lake and the Hootalinqua to the Klondike coun- try have made a find richer than any | strike that has been made for some | time past in the Klondike mining dis- | trict. Needless to state, boat building was abandoned and all are at work on newly staked claims on the shores of Lake Teslin. While some of the men were walking along the shore in search of drift wood for a fire they noticed colors in the black gravel. On washing a few pans of the alluvial soil gold was obtained. After further investigation about a mile from the camp a place wa$ found | where several pans went very high, one | glving about $300. The lucky man, whose name could not be learned, but ‘who Is said to be one of the carpenters employed at theCanadlan Development Company’s sawmill at the lakes, at once dropped the pan after securing his gold, and after staking a claim | rushed over to the camp of the mining growth of sales to other parts of the | recorder at the settlement and record- | d his location. All his companions im- | mediately followed suit, and on their | reporting their good fortune at the [encampment a number set out to stake | claims along the shore. At Glenora and Telegraph, where at present there are about 2000 people, the | wildest excitement prevailed when the | news was told, and hundreds at once | packed their outfits and started to the | scene of the discovery. A downward river steamer brought word of the dis- covery to Wrangel, and mining excite- | ment seized Wrangelites, numbers of | whom, according to the officers of the | Princess Louise, have started inland ere now. | _The Princess Louise brings news that | the spring freshets are bringing the | waters of the Stickeen to a great height | and making the current exceedingly swift. With the exception of four ves- | sels the fleet of Stickeen River steamers |is now penned up above the canyon unable to get down the river owing to the swiftness of the rapids in the can- yon and the drift wood. The four ves- sels not penned up are the steamers Ramona, preparing to come down, as she is not sufficiently strong to ascend the swift-running river; the Monte Cristo, awaliting the arrival of a shaft, she having broken hers; the Skagit Chief, which is ashore and from all ac- counts likely to remain so all season, a few miles below Glenora, and the Casca. The penned-up vessels will be unable to get through the canyon until the water goes down, which may be a week or two yet. An idea of the swiftness of the cur- rent on the Stickeen can be ascertalned from the fact that the steamer Vie- torian on her last trip down made fully forty knots an hour and the engineers engines to prevert her getting beyond control. ‘Word is brought of the drowning near Glenora of a French miner whose name could not be learned. SIAN FU TO BE MADE THE CAPITAL OF CHINA Troops Already Stationed to Protect the Emperor on His Journey From Peking. LONDON, June 6.—The Globe to-day says it learns from a reliable source that the Tsung LI Yamen (Chinese Foreign Office) has decided to make Sian Fu, Province of Shen Si, the capital of the Chinese empire, in place of Peking. 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