THE NEWS. Domestic President Clarence Markay, of the ! Postal Telegraph Com puny, declares the corporation of which he Is the head will he the last competitor to the Western Union as It la Impossible for a new corporation to obtain en trances to commercial centers or ob tain rights of way along the high ways between cities. The explosion of four boilers In electric light works threw Paterson nd Passaic, N. J., into darkness, in lured nine persons, caused a panic In a theatre and shut down Indus tries. Tom Taggert, Democratic national committeeman of Indiana, was acci dentally shot while bunting In Mis sissippi. Me may lose the sight of one eye. Thomas I,. Lewis, of Ohio, was re elected president of the United Mine Workers of America, over William Green, of Ohio, his only opponent, by 23,597 majority. Kmpolyes of the Philadelphia Rap Id Transit Company will appeal to Governor Stuart to aid them in se curing arbitration. Fifteen men were killed and five Injured by premature explosion of nitroglycerine In a tunnel near Fish kill Landing, X. Y. Eight of the dressmakers indicted Tor complicity in the "'sleeper trunk", muggllng of millinery, through :heir counsel, entered pleas of guilty In New York. A well-to-do barber and his wife and mother-in-law were horribly; murdered In their flat, on the East Side, the murderers making their escape. Sensational charges against the State Hospital for the Insane of South Carolina were made in a re port by an investigating commission. George L. Goodwin, for a quar ter of a century treasurer of tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail road, died at Sandwich, Mass. ! George Westlnghouse, president of the Westlnghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, was granted six months' leave of absence. Anna Furlong was murdered in a Chicago resort, and her head car ried away by the murderer. Six persons are under arrest. The switchmen of the various . ratlronds entering Chicago and the companies have agreed to arbitra tion under the Erdman act. A proposition to merge the coal and metal miners was made at the convention of the United Minework ers at Indianapolis. Robbers captured and bound and gagged Chief of Police Brouner, of Mohawk, X. Y., and then robbed tho postofflce. Charles A. Moore retired as presi dent of the American Protective Tariff League at a meeting In New York. Miss Marian E. Fcrrell, of Ithaca, N. Y., Is to travel to the Philippines alone to marry Carlos Lopaz. Mrs. Mary E. Mcintosh, an aged widow, of Korkford. Del., was found murdered In her home. The University of Missouri will teach Its women students how to raise babies. Capt. A. Schroeder, commander of the Norwegian schooner Alice, to gether witn bis wife and daughter and crew of seven men, were drown ed when the schooner foundered in a storm in the South seas. J. M. Flske & Co. and Lathrop Hasklns & Co., members of the Xcw York Stock Exchange, suspended ow ing to a collapse of a pool in Col umbus and Hocking Coal und Iron. The enemies of. President Lewis in the convention of the United Mine workers succeeded in suspending the salaries of CO organizers dur ing the session of the convention. Benjamin Thomas, former presi dent of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad. Is accused of ob taining part of $S."i0.000 through a real estate conspiracy. Senator Jot ham P. Allds, presi dent of the New York State Senate, demands an Investigation of allega tions, that he accepted a bribe. Mrs. Angelo C. Qulnlan, a dress maker, indicted in the "sleeper trunk" smuggling conspiracy, has confessed. She was fined $"00. The lives lost In the coal mines of Pennsylvania last year number ed 1.045. Rhode Island has repudiated a gift $500, 000 worth of North Caro lina bonds. Mayor Gaynor, of New York, is in favor of disarming the police. t oreln The Chinese government has ap proved the construction of the Chin-rbow-Aquim Railroad in Manchuria by American capitalists. The work will cost upwards of $48,000,000. The Unionists continue to gain steadily in the English parliamentary elections, and the Indications now are that the Irish will hold the whip hand in the coming session. Prussian government officials are studying conditions of emigration to the United States at the Baltic ports. Astronomical observers In Ger many report that the new comet is visible there to the naked eye. Japan has declined the United States propor.il for neutralisation of tbe Manchurian railways. Colonel Roosevelt has killed Ave members of the rhinoceros family In the ttelglan Congo. Suits Lrought by the Public School Teachers' Association of Rhelms, France, against the bishops who warned Catholic parents that the teaching in the public schools jeop ardized the religious belief of their children came to trial. Tbe French Court dismissed the case growing out of the attempted seizure of lace curtains (urnished for tbe Pari residence of Mrs. Lelsh mnn, wife of the United States Am basrador to Italy. Return, ui to date In tbe English parllimenlury elections show tbe flection of 163 Unionists. 137 Lib erals. 29 Laborltcs and 50 National ists. Tbe representative of an Ameri can company is in Jamaica trying to edict the purchase of 2,500,000 banana trees for planting in Mexico. Japan hns notified China that Ja pan and Russia will decline tho Amerlcn pronoral for neutralization of the Manchurian railways. A nuniUr of French village arc sabot rued by floods. Tbe Committee of tbe University rfter convicting Its investigation o I)-. -Cook's records,' confirmed tbt eVe'firn that bo bad not proven bit elslm to bave reached the Pole. Tbe German government announe ths' the general tariff rates wl I applied to American Imports on leas p new agreement Is reached be for February 7. THE COST OF LIVING IS AT ITS HIGHEST Some (old Figures ns Submit ted By Bradsl reefs. NECESSITIES HAVE GONE WAY UP. Recent Upward Advances In Trices Of Ninety-Six Commodities That Enter Into Daily Consumption Have Made Tho Wholesale Cost On January 1 Higher Than In The Flush Days Ilefore The 1007 Panic Figures Submitted. New York (Special). Bradstreet's has compiled a record of prices on 96 commodities that enter into daily and direct consumption by the peo ple, and the result shows that tho cost of living has now reached an absolutely high record, exceeding even that of March 1, 1907. wheu prices went soaring In an anticipa tion of the panic which came in tho fall of that year. The figures for December 1 last were below the previous high record of 1907, but tho continuous skyward movement of prices In the last month of 1909 had established a new high-water mark by January 1. The figures compiled by Brad street's are known as "Index Num bers." They are based on actual wholesale quotations per pound for the commodities in question, which, to make them comprehensive, are averaged over a wide area of mark ets. When it Is said that the In dex number for January 1, 1910, was $9.2310, it meanB that a man buying at wholesale one pound each of tbe 96 commodities on that date would have to pay that sum as a total. No attempt Is made to com pute retail prices because of the wide fluctuations. The new "number" surpasses the previous high record of March 1, 1907, $9.1293 by 1.1 per cent. This ratio also measures the advance that was made on the 96 commodities in the month of December last. At the same time the present index number reflects a gain of 11.7 over January 1, 1909, which means that the prices of the 96 articles rose approximate ly 97 cents within a year's time. The lowest point for commodity prices for which Bradstreet's have any record was touched on July 1. 1896, when the index number was $5.7019. The lateBt figure Bhows a gain of more than 61 per cent, over this number, Indicating, of course, that for every dollar you spend then for living expenses you are spending $1.61 cents now. A Comparative Table. The new index number mirrors an increase of 19.5 per cent, over the comparative low point reached on June 1, 1908, but it is only 3.5 per cent, over January 1. 1907, also a time of ascending prices aB forerun ners of the panic. The gain over January 1, 1908, Is 10.8 per cent, while the rise over the same date in 1905 is 14.2 per cent., and In crease of January, 1904, is 15.5 per cent. Here Is a table showing the Im portant swings In the Index number on the 96 commodities since Janu ary 1, 1892: High. . .January 1, 1 892 . . . $8.1 382 Low luly 1, 1896 5.7019 High. . .February 1, 1900... 8.2307 Low... .July 1, 1901 7.4181 FORTY-EIGHT REPORTED DEAD AND NINETY-TWO INJURED Train' Falls Into River in Canada Cars Derailed By a Broken Rail. North Bay, Ont. (Special). Death In all Its most terrible forma blotted out tbe lives of at least a score, and perhaps two score people, when four cars of a Canadian Pa cific passenger train, on the Soo branch, leaped from the tracks and, tearing down a steep embankment, plunged through tbe ice-covered sur face of the Spanish River. Some were drowned; others were crushed to death In grinding tim bers. Most terrible of all, maimed and Injured caught in the wreckage of one of tbe cars were burned to deatb. The train wrecked was known as No. 7, enroute from Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie and Milwaukee. An official statement, given out here, says that It probably was due to a broken rail. The engine, baggage, express, mall and one second-class car remained on the rails, while one second-class, one first-class, a dining car and a sleeper went down the embankment. The first-class car and diner went Into the river. Tbe sleeper and second-class oar stopped on the em bankment, tbe second-class car catching fire. The wreck occurred about 87 miles west of Sudbury, where the tracks cut Into tbe side of a steep hill which is skirted by the river. The forward part of tbe train pass ed over the break, whatever it was, In safety. The day coach, which was the fourth from the end of the train, was the first to leave the rails. The train was running at the rate of about 40 miles an hour, and tbe momentum carried tbe car down the hill in a terrific plunge. About 25 passengers were In this car, and it is practically certain that none escaped. GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO PROSECUTE BEEF TRUST Three Firms Named Action Against Them in Chicago Blamed For High Prices. Washington, D. C. (Special). Tbe "Beef Trust," so-called, is to be prosecuted by the national govern ment. The Department of Justice evidently believes its existence Is a leading factor in maintaining the present high prices of fresh meats. Tbe contemplated action of the de partment follows an investigation which has been conducted by Its special agents for some months. Ini tial proceedings will begin before the grand Jury at Chicago probably this week, and may contemplate both civil and criminal action. The firms mentioned in connection with the matter include Swift & Co., Morris & Co. and Armour & Co., all big packing-house concerns, and all of whom. It is said, are interested In the National Packing Company. The three first-named concerns are commonly reported to control the Na tional Corporation for their common benefit. The aim of the department has been to ascertain the relations be tween the several firms, individually, and the National Packing Company for the purpose of determining whether they have operated to con trol the prices of fresh meats, which, according to almost universal com plaint, have been going higher and higher From the fact that proceed ings are to bo instituted, the infer ence Is that the officials feel satis fied they have a good case. One possible method of action may be that of a suit to dissolve the com pany under the Sherman Anti-trust Law, as an organization operating In restraint of interstate trade. Pro ceedings against individuals also may result. The investigations conducted by the department, resulting in the de termination to proceed in the courts against the alleged combination, bad their inception in an inquiry into the practices of one of the Western rail roads in making shipments for Mor ris & Co. which, it had been charged, amounted practically to rebating. These were gone into fully at tbe time and tbe conclusion resulted that while they could readily be regarded as improper, they had nothing to do with rebating. The practices com plained of, however, were discontin ued. Promptly upon learning the deci sion of tbe Department of Justice to take action against the so-called Beef Trust, Alfred R. Urlon, head of the legal department of Armour & Co., one of the packing concerns affected, left hurriedly for Chicago. Mr. Urion had been in Washing ton more than a week, watching the developments in the government's propoped action, and it is understood he had some conferences with the Attorney General and the Depart ment of Justice. High. . .December 1, 1902.. 8.1413 Low July 1, 1904 7.6318 High. , .March 1, 1907 9.1293 Low June 1. 1908 7.722-7 Uigh. . .January 1, 1910 9.2310 The 96 commodities Included In the tabulation are divided into 13 general groups as follows: Brend stuffs, livestock, provisions, fruits, hides and leather, textiles, metals, coal and coke, oils, naval stores, building materials, chemicals and drugs and miscellaneous. Necessities Of Life Gone Up. While all of these enter into the cost of living to a greater or less extent, the higher cost is more pro nounced when tbe groups are select ed that enter more directly into per sonal consumption. Take these sev en groups, embracing 59 commodi ties: July 1, Mar. 1, Jan. 1, 1896. 1907. 1910. Breadstuffs.$0.0524 $0.0817 $0.1050 Livestock . 0.1855 0.3315 0.4010 Provisions. 1.3619 2.1049 -2.3577 1 Hides and leather . 0.8250 Textiles .. 1.5799 Coal and coke ... 0.0048 THE WAR ON PRICES SPREADING Boycotts Are On in Many States, East and est. Oils 0.2082 1.1975 2.7369 0.0080 0.3428 1.2850 2.7333 0.0069 0.3728 1,000,000 PERSONS ARE IN THE fIGHT. Four Principal Cities Of Ohio Tak ing Port In Protest And Citizens Agree To Stop Fating Meat Bricklayers, Of Kunttus City, To Abstain For Thirty Days 8,(K)0 Union Laborers Of Omaha Take The Pledge Pittsburg Falling Into Line, Total ..$4.2177 $6.8033 $7.2617 In other words, tho man who would buy a pound each of the com modities embraced in this list would have paid $4.2177 on July 1, 1896; $6.8033 on March 1, 1907. the form er high record date and $7.2617 on January 1 of tbe present year. Declines in general prices as be tween the high of 1907 and that of January 1 last have occurred in the item of fruits which is more or less of a luxury, chemicals and drugs, building materials and naval stores. KvptoMon Injures .Seven Miners, Fniontown, Pa. (Special). Seven men, all foreigners, were seriously burned and Internally injured when carbonlte, which they were thawing on a stove, exploded, demolishing their house. The men were miners and employes of the Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company. Earthquake Causes Panic. Kingston (Special). Two sharp earthquake shocks were felt through out the Island at 2.50 o'clock. In Kingstown the protracted tremor caused a panic, but no damage was done. Port De Frauce, Martinique (Special). Earth shocks were felt here a few minutes before 3 o'clock. The , movement was undulatory and lasted one tnlnute. So far as Is known there was no damage. New York (Special). The boycott on high food prices started in Cleve land one week ago is growing rap Idly. Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ne braska, Illinois and Michigan are now included in the ranks of the crusaders in the West, while in the East Maryland, Pennsylvania, Con necticut and Delaware are . lifting their voices In feebler protests. Ohio, however, is still the strong hold of the movement. The Cleve land boycott has extended to Can ton, where the Central Labor Union has adopted a no-meat resolution, and petitions are being circulated with surprising results to Colum bus, where a strong boycott has been organized; to Toledo, Akron and other cities of the State. The cru sade in Oblo has found encourage ment In the publicly expressed be lief of Governor Harmon that a food trust is gobbling excessive pro- bring more sharply to the attention of the packers the fact that they can not trifle with the consumers of Chi cago We hope to give the idea such a strong indorsement that It will spread to all parts of tho country." A dispatch from Kansas City says that the experiment of the bricklay ers' union in pledging itself to ab stain from meat for 30 days was re ceived so favorably on the first days that other labor organizations of that city will follow Its example. In more than 100 Kansas City homes families sat down to meatless meals in ac cordance with the bricklayers' pledge, while the antlmeat movement has spread also to Atchison, Leaven worth, St. Joseph, Topeka and other cities in that part of the country. ESTRADA'S TERMS ARE REJECTED Madriz Will Not Recognize Former's Goverment. THE PEACE HOVE ENDS ABRUPTLY. Successor Of Zclnya In Nicaragua Declares Revolutionists' Terms Preposterous, As Their Accept ance Would Illcgltimlze His Gov. eminent Madriz Puts Up A Bluff And Talk About Rushing More Troops Into The Field. Managua, Nicaragua (Special). President Madriz announced that General Estrada's reply bad served to end abruptly the peace negotiations and that reinforcements had been ordered, to the front with the purpose of striking a decisive blow at the Insurgent army. General Estrada's reply was to the President's message Inviting the In surgent leader to send peace com missioners to meet representatives of the government at Greytown. The communication, which was signed by Estrada and General Chamorro, stat ed that they would accept Greytown as a meeting place for peace com missioners provided Madriz would recognize the revolutionists as con stituting a provisional government. President Madriz declared that the insurgent terms were preposterous and their acceptance by him would be tantamount to lllegitiml.lug his own government. He added: "This means an open break In the negotiations for peace and i.he re sumption of military activity. I re gret deeply that this Is so, as I am sincerely desirous of effecting a rec onciliation of all factions. Apparent ly this Is Impossible without further blodshed, and orders have been is sued to send more troops to the front. "All of our energies will be directed now to administering a swift and de cisive blow. It will be better to hav.j one severe battle than an endless season of inconclusive skirmishes. The government troops are in fine mettle and not apprehensive of the result of the conflict." A The ON TJEJARIFF LAW Conntries Entitled to the Minimum Rates. FOUR MEN HOLD VP TRAIN. Get Possession Of Car Said To tVn tain Thousands. St. Louis (Special). A Missouri Pacific tralq from Kansas City was held up by four masked men be tween Olencoe and Eureka. Tbe four men mounted the cab and, after binding tbe engineer and fireman, detached the mail and ex press cars. Tbe four masked men flagged the train one mile east of Eureka and 30 miles from St. Louis with a red lan tern. As tbe train stopped the men Bhoved revolvers into faces of tbe en gineer and fireman. The baggage and the mall express cars were de tached from the train, and. with tbe robbers in the cab, the engineer was compelled to run with them toward St. Louis. Tbe passengers were not molested. The baggage and exprers cars and the locomotive have not been found. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (Special). Salomon Selva, who ap- peared as prosecuting attorney be-1 fore the court-martial that sentenced Groce and Cannon, the Americans who allied themselves with the insur gent cause, and General Medina, who was charged by President Zelaya. i with the execution of the sentences, were arraigned In court accused of! Slaving convicted the prisoners il legally. Walsh Goes To Prison. Chicago (Special). John R. Walsh, 72 years old, after winning hla way from the newsboy rank to j the control of millions of dollars in , banks, railroads, newspapers and coal fields, left here for the Federal prison at Leavenworth. Kan., to be gin a five years' sentence for mis applying the funds of the Chicago National Bank, of which he was pres ident at the time of its failure three years ago. The start for prison fol lowed the denial by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of bis petition for a new trial, on the ground of alleged misconduct by the jurors who found Walsh guilty. Japan's Note To China. Peking (Special). Japan has no tified China Informally through tbe Japanese Legation here that Japan and Russia with concerted action will decline the proposals of the Uni ted States for tbe neutralization of the Manchurian railways. Japan charges China with having been responsible' for the proposal, and thus of having committed an act un friendly to the former. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH r .ewherebe wthe' p ?f er and tbe consumer. He has called on the legislature to hunt the (rust out of the woods and exhibit it to the people. It Is estimated that more than 1,000,000 persons have in a brief week become actively isterested in the boycott. Dispatches from Chica go said that a boycott soon will be started In that city by the Chicago Federation of Labor "The Idea of depriving ourselves of meat simply to get the prices does not appeal to federation people," said Secretary Charles Nockcls, "bnt we propesq to adopt the idea as a temporary expedient in order to Harry Thaw A Bankrupt. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). That Harry Kendall Thaw Is a bankrupt and that bis estate is subjort to the United Slates bankruptcy laws it held by Referee William B. Blair, wbo banded down an opinion upon the petition of Roger O'Mara. trus tee of Thaw's estate, for leave to iJ) the bankruptcy real and person al prnerty to his slsier. Alice Cop lev Thaw, at a private sale. Tbe netltinn on hsarlng was opposed by New York creditors. Trustee O'Mara may' now sell to Allc Copley Thaw her brother's sersonal proDoriv i 1,04 Lost Lives In Mines, llarrlaburg (Special). A total of 1.045 lives were host in the coal mines of Pennsylvania lart year4 ac cording to reports received by the State Department of Mines. In 1908 the number was 1,250. In the an thracite field 551 were killed, as against 678 in 1908, and In the bitu minous regions 494 lost their lives, as compared with 672 tbe previous year. Tbe number of non-fatal ac cidents In all Pennsylvania coal mines in 1909 was 2,198, or two more tbun In 1908. No Tax On Mawonlc Bequests. Pes Moines, Iowa (Special). Tb Iowa Supreme Court bere held that a Masonic Lodge to charitable or ganization and is not required to lives are scouring the line for them. It is believed that tbe express Bate was blown in some desolate place and the robbers fled, leaving the cars on a branch line. The place in which the hold-up occurred Is sparsely settled and the news of the robbery did not reach St. Louis until after ihc train was due here. Conductor E. H. Butts got off the train when it stopped and the rob bers fired at bim. After the locomotive disappeared Butts walked back to a farmer's bouse near Eureka and telephoned to St. Louis for help. Price Of Shoes To Go Up. Boston (Special) The price of shoes Is going up. Official announce ment to this effect was made by the National Shoe Wholesalers' Associa tion. Tbe association says that the existing high prices of leather and materials make tbe Increase neces sary, but that the new prices will be so adjusted as "to permit the ad dition to each grade of such value as will compensate the wearer for In creased cost." Tbe association's ap proval of the repeal of tbe duty on hides was unanimously voiced. Thirty Miners Kntomlicd. Richmond, Mo. (Special). , Two miners were killed and several oth era Injured, none fatally, when 30 men were Imprisoned in Mine No. 6, owned by Pence & Calenan and situ pay the State collateral Inheritance ate)1 one ,!! (rom here, the result of an explosion. J ne other miners were rescued after being Imprisoned three hours. With one or two ex ceptions they escaped with slight in juries. - tax on any bequests that migbt be left to It. Robbers Capture Police Chief. Mohawk. N. Y. (Special). Chief of Police Bronner, of this place, was raptured by four burglars while on the street and waa taken to a room. In tbe postomce, wnere ne bound and gagged. The Civil War cost tbe government 14.000.000.000 while It lasted, and wan oaa since cost an equal amount In ,pnsIons; total, ih.oou.uvv.vvo. . Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, de clared in a speech In the Senate that the Tobacco Trust, and not the night riders, is responsible for the law lessness In Kentucky. Tbe government suit for the dls rolutlon of tbe merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail roads will not be dropped. A thirty-million dollar River and Harbor BUI Is to be reported to en able Army engineers to carry on Im portant projects. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion decided that tbe freight rates on asparagus were excessive. The State Department issued a re view of our trade relations with tbe six countries that tbe President said should have the mlnwura tariff rates extended to. Howard Thompson, Paris corre spondent of tbe Associated Press, has been given the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French gov ernment. . . The State Department Is informed that grave fears are entertained over the boundary dispute between Peru and Ecuador. The fossil bead of a prehistoric bird has been found In Culebra Cut. Panama Canal Zone. President Taft has been elected a member of the Society of the May flower. President Taft issued a proclama tion declaring that Great Britain, Italy, Russia. Spain, Turkey and Switzerland are entitled to the mini mum rates imposed by the new tariff law. The President and Mrs. Taft gave a reception at the White House in honor of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Secretary of War Dickinson decided not to revoke his order detailing Lieu. tenant Colonel Cratgnlll as engineer secretary of tho Lighthouse Board. Colonel Casey was ordered to Balti more. At the close of tbe third day's balloting in the Engtlsh elections the Unionists were ahead, with 120; Liberals. 98; Laborites, 20, and Na tionalists, 28. President Taft addressed tbe Con ference of Governors, which mot yesterday afternoon at the White House. ' - Imposing honors were accorded at the funeral services over the body of tbe late Senbor Nabuco, tbe Brazil ian ambassador. The Urgent Deficiency Bill will contain an appropriation to complete the Pulaski Monument. ; They Are Ituly, Great Britain, Rus Russia, Spain, Turkey And Switz erland Germany Not In The List A Warning To Italy That It Must Make No Change In Its Regula tions Affecting American Com merce Germany's Reply, Washington, D. C. (Special). Tbe President Issued his proclamation In which it Is declared that under the new tariff law the countries of Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland are entitled to the minimum rates imposed by the act. The proclamations, which are identi cal, read as follows: "A proclamation by the President of the United States of America: "Whereas, It is provided in the act of Congress approved August 6, 1909, entitled an act to provide reve nue, equalize duties and encourage the Industries of the United States and for other purposes." (The President bere quotes the provision of the act referred to) and continues as follows: "And whereas, satisfactory evljenca has been presented to me that the government of Italy Imposes no terms or restrictions either in the way of tariff rates or provision, trade or other regulations charges, exactions or In any other manner, directly or Indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale In the kingdom and co lonial possessions of Italy of any ag ricultural, manufactured or other products of the United States which unduly discriminate against tbe Uni ted States or the products thereof and that the government of Italy pays no export bounty on or Impose no ex port duty or prohibition upon the ex portation of any article to the United States which unduly discriminates against the United States or the pro ducts thereof, and the government of Italy accord to the agricultural, manufactured or other products ol the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent. "Now, therefore, I, William How ard Taft. President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid act ol Congress is in existence and the gov ernment of Italy imposes no term? or restrictions upon the importation or sale in tbe kingdom and colonial possessions of Italy of the products of the United States, which usuallv discriminate against the United States, all articles when imported in the United States, or any of it possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from the kingdom and colonial possessions of Italy shall be admitted under the term of the min imum tariff of the United States at prescribed by section 1 of the Tarifi Act of the United States, approved August 5, 1909. "Provided, however, that thlf proclamation shall not take effect from and after March 31, 1910, but shall bo null and void in the even! that, at any time prior to the afore said date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the government of Italy has mada such change or changes In its pres ent laws and regulations affecting American commerce in the kingdom and colonial possessions of Italy as to descrlmlnate unduly in any way against such commerce and in the future event that a proclamation by the President of such fact, revoking the present proclamation, shnjl have been tssued. 'In witness whereof I have here unto set mv band and caused tho seal of the United States to be affix ed. Done at the city of Washington this 18th day of January, A. D. 1910 of the Independence of -the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth." The nroclamatlon Is signed notn by the President and by Secretary ol State Knox. ' Germany's Reply. Berlin (Special). The Germas government cabled to Washington reply to a memorandum recently re ceived from the United States relat ing to the tariff on shipments be tween the two countries. While il Anna nut ipiwnt thn American wish Pi In various respects, and especially i onnxomlnv thn Imnnrtatlnn of meat. ! the German response is sent In the hope that it will be satisfactory nnd as all that the German government can do. AGED WIDOW MURDERED. Found With Throat Cut And Stom ach Terribly Gashed. Rockford, III (Special). Mrs. Mary E. Mcintosh, an aged widow, who lived as a recluse, was found murdered In her home here. Her throat bad been cut and her stom ach horribly gashed. Tbe crime does not appear to have been committed for robbory. She was poor and lived in a squalid home. Tbe murder Is almost a counter part of that of Mrs. Margaret Grip pen, a woman of about tbe same age, wbo was killed at her borne in Win nebago, eight miles west of here, last spring. The perpetrator of that crime was never discovered. Kansas Sues Meat Packers. Kansas City (Special). Attorney. General Jackson, of Kansas, began suU in the District Court of Kansar City against tbe Armour and Swift packing companies. He charged that tbey are members of a combination Illegally to raise prices; that they belong to the Kansas City Produce Exchange and are, therefore, liable under the Kansas law providing penalty of $100 a day for such mem bcrsblp. Separate Statehood Again. Washington. D. C. (Special). For the third time the House of Rep resentatives passed a bill giving sep arate Statehood . to the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. The vote was taken, amid applause. Tho absence of opposition to tbe measure waa tbe most striking feature of the debate. The bill provides tbe limi tations that are to prevail in the power of the States to legislate, re stricting the sale of liquor among the Indians, and providing methods for State organization. f , COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Notwithstanding the seasonal lall In business, general conditions ar fully normal, and , the volume of trade as measured by bank exchange and railroad earnings Is very heavy. There Is a wide diversity of reports) from the different trade centers, bat even the least satisfactory Indicate no fundamental weakness, while the majority of the reports, particularly those farthest removed from the In fluence of the unsettled condltons la the financial markets, show a healthy condition of affairs. The distinguish ing feature of the whole business situation Is the sharp contrast be tween the hesitation prevailing la the security markets and the conn ience and activity prevailing In pro ductive enterprises. An increased demand for pig Iroa ta Indicated, with buyers displaying more interest than for several weeka past, and prices show a hardening tendency In some districts. Trading In cotton goods was re stricted -to some extent by unsettled conditions In the raw material mar ket, although in the face of a sharp decline in the staple there were large sales of print cloths. , Wholesale Market. New York. Wheat Spot easy: No. 2 red, 133c. elevator domestic and 1.32 f. o. b. afloat nominal; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.26 and No. 2 bard winter, 1.27, nominal, f. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 75 c. elevator domestic, 76 delivered and 74 f. o. b. afloat, nominal. Oats Spot firmer. Mixed, 260 32 lbs., 6151V4c; natural white. 26ft 32 lbs., 5365; clipped white, 34 42 lbs., 54 (ft 57. Butter Steady. Receipts, 4.134 pkgs. Process, first to special, 26 H 29c. Eggs Steady. Receipts, 4,630 cases. State Pennsylvania and near by hennery, white fancy, 40 Iff) 60c. Poultry Alive steady; Western chlckeiiB, 16 Vic; fowls, 18; turkeys, .1317. Dressed firm; Western chickens, 17 23c; fowls, 13 17; turkeys, 22 24. ' Philadelphia. Wheat Firm, lc higher; contract grade, January, 125 127c Corn Firm, lc. higher; January and February. 70V471c. Oats Firm, Vfeo.. higher; No. 2 white, natural, 54 54 c. Butter Quiet but steady. Extra Western creamery, 37c; do., near by prints. 38. Eggs Steady, fair demand. Penn sylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, 38 at mark; do., current re ceipts, In returnable cases,, 36 at mark; Western firsts, free cases. 38 at mark; do., current receipts, free cases, -32 36 at mark. Cheese Firm, good demand; New York full creams, choice, 1714 17c.; do., fair to good, 16V4 0 17. Live Poultry Firm, good de mand. Fowls. 1516V4c; old roosters. 11 12; chickens. 150 16V4; ducks, 1719; geese 16 18. Baltimore. WTheat We quote graded lots of No. 2 red wheat afloat nominally at 127c. The small bag lot of Southern sold by sample at 124c. per bush. The market for Western opened steady; No. 2 red spot, 127c; May. 1.21. Offerings were light and the market dull and at the close prices softened. Corn Western opened firmer; spot. 7070c; February, 71tt 71; March. 72Vfc 72Vi. Oats We quote: White No. 2, as to weight, 53 He; No. 3, do., 52 Hi 53; No. 4, 50 Ms 51. Mixed No. 2, 5lV&52c; No. 3, 5050. Rye We quote, per bush.: No. 2 rye. Western, as to quality, 84 0 86c; No. 3 rye, Western domestic, 816 83; No. 2 rye, nearby S-081. Hay We quote: No. 1 timothy, large bales, per ton. $22.00; No. 1 , do., small blocks, $22.00; No. 2 do., $21.00; No. 3 do., $18.50 19.50; choice clover mixed, $20.50 21.00; No. 1 do.. $20.00 20.50; No. 2 do., $18.00 19.00; No. 1 clover, $20.00; No. 2 do.. $18.0019.00. Eggs We quote, per dozen, loss off. Maryland, Pennsylvania and ncarbv firsts, 85c; Western first, 35; West Virginia firsts, 35; South ern flrsu. 34; guinea eggs, 171. Dressed Poultry Prices eased off. We quote, per lb.: Turkeys Choice, small, 23 24c; do., medium to large, 21 22; fair to good, zurozi; old torn. 20. Chickens Choice young, 18c; old and mixed. 16(917; old roosters, 10012. Ducks, 10 18c Geese, nearby, 15c. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market strong; steers, $5 8.10; cows. $3.60 0 5.50; heifers, $3.40 6; bulls, $4 0 . 5.16; calves, $39.75; stackers and feeders, $3.75 5.60. ' Hogs Market 15 20c. higher; choice heavy, $8.80 8.85; butchers. $8.75 8.85; light mixed. $8,650 8.60; choice light, $8.65 8.7a; packing, $8.6508.75; pigs, $7,601 8.30; bulk of sales, $8.60S75. - Sheep Market strong. Sheep, $5 6.1 5; iambs. $7.3508.75; year lings. $4.2507.90. Pittsburg. Cattle Supply light; choice, $6.756.90; prime, $6. 40c 6.65. - Sheep Supply light: prime weth ers, $56.10; culls and common. $23.50; lambs. $68.60; veal calves. $9 9.75. Hogs Receipts light; prim heavies, $8.85 8.90; mediums. $8.80 8.85; heavy Yorkers, $.7 8.80; light Yorkers. $8.7008.75; pigs and roughs, $7.608.26. ' Kansas Oty, Mo. Cattle Market steady to strong. Choice export and dressed beef steers. $6.00T.ti; fair to good, $4.85 6.00; Western steers. $4.00 6.60; stockers aad feeders. $3.260 5.65; Souther a steers, $4.00 6.00; Southern cows, $2.764.60; native cows, $2 60 6.76: native belters, $3.606.OO; bulls, 3.04.66; calves, $4.00 $.25. Hogs Market 10 to 16c. higher; top, $8.60; bulk of sales, $S.2S 8.65; heavy, $8.668.60; packers and butchers. $8.40 8.60; light. $8.008.60; Vga, $6.6007.8$. Sheep Market steady. Lambs, $6.608.35; yearlings, $6. tat 7.86: wethers, $5.2606.85; $4.755.60; stockers and feeders. 14.6006-26. Vice Consul General J. J. Bleobta. of Rio de Janeiro, reports that tha Mlulster of Agriculture la. BtrwHf urging changes tn tbe lws provtu.af lands for Immigrant soUlers In Braatl
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