PRESIDENT SUGGESTS
PHILIPPINE TARIFF LEW
Message With Recommendations |
By Department Heads.
BLIGHT INCREASE IN RATES
Features of the Old Spanish and
Cuban Tariffs Have Been
Eliminated.
Washington.—The president sent to
eongress a special message in rela-
#ion to the Philippine tariff.
message transmits
dy the secretary of war for a revi-
gion ¢f the Philippine tariff so as to
permit as much customs revenue as |
possible for the islands and at the
same time to extend to the islands
the principle of a protective t
fts industries.
Under the conditions which will
arise from: the enactment of the tariff
Bill pending in Congress. which pro-
wides, under certain conditions, for
free tmde between the Philinnines
and ithe United States, the
of the islands will be considerably af-
fected, and numerous
Been received here on this account.
The message and accompanying let-
ters of recommendation from Secre-
ary of War Dickinson and :General
@larence R. Edwards, chief of the in-
salar bureau, of the war department,
with a copy of the proposed act, were
sabmitted to both houses of congress.
Increase in Rates.
Generally speaking the bill submit
ted by the president makes a slight
imcrease in the rates of duty now pro-
vided in the Philippine tariff. It
makes some additions to the free list. |
The message was referred by the
Bouse to the committee on ways and
means.
Colton Approves Bill.
tariff bill
The mew Philippine sub-
smitted to congress in the opinion of |
George R. Colton, the collector of
customs in the islands, will prove of
value to the American exporter. Fea-
tures of the old Spanish and Cuban
tariffs have been eliminated.
Under the existing tariff the prae-
fice was to levy duty on the packing
as distinct from the merchandise in-
closed, and it provided a system of
fines, which were automatic in their
‘@peration, and which led to complaint
from American exporters and permit-
ted opportunities for illegal practices.
The estimate is made that the rev-
enues from the bill will aggregate
$7,060,860, as against $8,500,000 under
the present law. The deficit in the
Budget will be made up by an increase
fn internal revenue taxation.
Generally speaking, the changes
made from the present law are along
the following lines:
In the. treatment .of = textiles the
rates are substantially the same, but
they aze equalized according to qual-
The doiies on fine stones are in-
greased in proportion to their value;
om earths they are substantially the
same.
The duty on glass is substantially
the same as under the old tariff. while
the schedules are readjusted
simplified.
‘Goal Duty Unchanged.
The duty on coal is unchanged.
The duty on mineral oils is reduced
3%, per cent.
On metals and manufacture thereof
the rates are equivalent to those of
she old tariff but the schedules are
wmeshaped and simplified.
The duties on drugs and pharmaec-
ewitcal products remain the same,
while the rates on proprietary medi-
gines have heen materially increased
as a protection against the importa-
tion of deleterious articles from coun-
dries Baving no pure food and drug
Rws. ‘
The importation of opium except
for medicinal purposes is prohibited.
“The duties on machinery of all
XiInds are more than doubled so as to
encourage the importation of = such
amamuigetures’ from the United States.
The duties on all foodstuffs are sub-
stantially the same as under the old
gariff. with a readjustrdent of classi-
fication.
The duty on spirits is raised from
‘$5 to 60 cents a proof liter,.and on
sparkling wines from S5 cents to $1
.a. proof liter, while the rates on still
wines and beer remain the same, with
a: simplification. of the schedules.
_ Semator « Stone introduced a bill
gmoviding for free trade with the Phil-
§ppines and for the independence of
#he islands within 15 years. He gave
‘motice that he would later speak up-
‘mm the measure,” which on his motion
WES wrdered te lie ‘upon the table.
THEATER OWNERS BLAMED
res
Held Responsible for
Young Jeannette Girl.
yi emunatie, Pa.—Responsibility for
ge. death of Miss Mildred Felton,
s=ed 16, who was killed by a falling
fester wall here last Tuesday when
he home of Dr. ‘A. "A. Custard was
wrecked, was placed on the Jeannette
Theater Company.
A% the inquest it w testified that
he theater company had been notified
Met the walls of its burned building
were dangerous.
Bay Uncle Sam Is $16,000 Short.
Washington.—The commissioner of
Fpiezwal revenue received the official
seport on the scizure under his in-
g@trection of the Carroll Spring:
gff=ry, ncar Baltimore. It is
@t the treasury department that the
Qovernment has been deprived of
ever $16,000 in revenue taxes. There
are two courses oj to the company
#% elatms
This |
recommendations |
tariff for |
protests have |
and |
the Death of |
raise about
| OLD CIVIL WAR CLAIMS
to Reimburse Pittsburg Citizens
for Aid in 1863.
| Bill
Oliver has introduced. a
into effect the
a number
nator
ty to carry
of the Court of Claims in
interested. The money is in
ment for material and labor
nay-
tificationg around Pittsburg - for
benefit of the United States. Many
of the claims
years. .The amounts awarded by the
| Court of Claims are as follows:
To ‘Henry ‘A. Laughlin, sole surviv-
ling partner of Jones & Laughlin,
$3.863.82; to Calvin Wells, sole sur-
viving pariner: of ‘Hussey,
Co., 1,865.50; to the legal representa-
tives of Wilson Miller, deceased, last
surviving partner of Robinson Minis
& Miller, $1. 582.72; to the heirs of
Millinger $1,471.18; to the
Pittsburg, Fert Wayne & = Chicago
ailway, $5,058.87; to David McK.
[T.loyd, administrator of Henry Lloyd
& Black, $1,823.50; to- Albert ©. Col-
vin, assignee in bankruptcy of Will-
| iam Smith, deceased, who
{surviving partner of Smith, Park &
Co., $1,326.25; to Anna T. W. Albree,
administartrix of James T. ‘Wood, de-
ceased, last : survivi
| Janes
{James Woed & Co., $3,062; to Safe
| Deposit & Trust Company of Pitts
burg, trustee of Lyon, Shorh & Co.
$1,816.50.
| NEW PLANT PLANNED
Republic Company Will Spend $10,
000,000 in Erection of Great
Mills.
Pittsburg, Pa.—It was stated here
that the $100,000,000 bond issue |
recently authorized by the Republic
Iron, & Steel Company
ized in the construction of a new
plant to cost anywhere from $10,000, |
000 to $15,000,000 at Youngstown. O.,
where the company already has a
large plant.
The new plant, it is stated, will be |
| for the manufacture of tubes, which:|
| have not hitherto been made by the
| company.
contract for the sale of some
tons of billets. and skelp annually to
the Youngstown Sheet &
pany. The latter has erected
piant and thé former finds itself with-
out a market: for this class of pred- |
uet. :
John, W. Gates, who is said to be |
largely interested in the Republic |
Company, ‘also has large oil interests |
lin the south amd the report is that the
new plant will turn out pipes and |
tubes largely for use in these south-
ern oil fields.
PERRY CELEBRATION
| Legislature of Sister States Votes to
Join With Ohio—W:ill Raise
Hulk of ‘Warshin.
Harrishurg, Pa.—The State of Penn- |
sylvania will joi: with
proposed historical and
exposition to be held
in the year 1913
of the one hundredth annivérsary of
educational
at Put-in-Bay
| the battle of Lake Trie. Both branch- |
{es of the Pennsylvania Legislature
| unanimously adopted a joint resolu-
tion pledging the State to this effect
and authorizing the governor to ap-
point a commission of five members |
ito co-operate w ith the commissioners
| from Qhio and other States, in per-
fecting plans for the exposition. The
resolution was offered by Senator
Sisson of Erie.
Pennsylvania proposes to raise the
hulk of the warship Niagara, one .of
Commodore Perry's fleet, which has
lain at the bottom of Erie harbor for.
William H. Rein-
P. Hunt-
of the
| nearly 100 years.
hart, president, and Webster
ington of Columbus, secretary
Ohio commission, presented
Pennsylvania legislature the matter of
a union of the States bordering on
the Great Lakes in the proposed expo-
sition.
WASHINGTON NEws NOTES.
Bills providing for a tariff commis-
gion were introduced in the Senate by
Beveridge and La Fqllette.
Senator Stone introduced a bill pro-
viding for free trade with ‘the Phil-
11} 136
indee
years.
ippines and for the
the islands within 15
Seeretdary of ‘the. .Navy Meyer
granted ‘the réquest. of Mississippi.
Louisiana, Arkangas and Tennessee to
allow the battleship Mississippi to
proceed up .the Mississippi river as
far as Natchez on June 1. so that the
presentation” of the vessel's
service by the people of Mississippi
may be made there.
Upon the request of Lieutenant: H.
A. Evans the secretary of
appointed: a court .of inquiry to inves.
tigate the conduct of Lieutenant F.
W. Oshorn of the monitor Cheyenne,
charged by Licutenant Evans with
having been the cause of the separa-
tion betwden Evans and his ‘wife. The
hearings before the court will be held
behind closed doors.
Senator Bailey introduced an ih-
come tax amendment to the tariff bill.
PI rovides 3
per cent on
2 Tt exempts all income from
era, State coubty and municipal
securities, salaries of all State of-
ficers and incomes. of corporations be-
low $5,000. He estimates that if his
amendment becomes a law it will
$100,000,000 annua
t
1y
GASOLINE BOAT SNCCESS
First Government Vessel, Cther Than
Launches, So Equipped.
Port Clinton.—The new government
power boat, Lieutenant W. C. Neary,
the first gasoline equipped vessel
other than launches built by: the war
was given its
The test was s
will be used by
tment of the
department,
depar
findings |
of cases in which Pittsburg people are |
the: |
have beén pending for’
Wells & |
was: sole |
partner of |
would be util- |
Heretofore the Republic has had a |
50,000 |
Tube Com- |
its own |
Ohio. .in' the |
in commemoration |
to the |
ndence of |
has
silver |
the navy.
THIRTY-TWO KILLED
IN MEXICAN RIOTS
| Treops Quell Disturbance and Ex-
| ecute 14 Ringleaders. - ;
furnished |
in 1863 to General Brooks on the for- |
MOB BURNED. MAYOR'S. HOUSE
Priest Who Headed . Religious, ‘Proces-
sion Attempted to Commit Sui-
cide While in Prisom =
Mexico City.—According to a dis-
| patch received, the rioting which oc-
curred at Velardena, a mining camp
in Coahuila, was more serious. than
at first reported, 32 men being killed
and many injured.
The trouble was instigated by Fath-
er Ramon Valenzuela, parish priest,
it is asserted, who lies in.a hospital
hovering between life and death.
| Fourteen of the rioters were ex-
ecuted by the. government troops and
| many were imprisoned. Many Amer-
icans reside in Velardena, as the camp
| is controlled by American capital.
The leaders of the mob, which was
well. organized, avoided ,. attacking
Americans or destroying American
property. :
| The fighting occurred when ghe jefe
of the town, an offi corre-
sponding to an American i, Yor, “at-
| tempted to stop a religious proces-
| sion, headed by the village priest, the
laws of Mexico forbidding such par-
ades. ys
A thousand parishioners followed
| the priest, wishing to witness the an-
{nual burning of Judas, and when the
orders of the mayor became known,
the mob stoned and later burned the
| honise of the mayor. wha, with his
wife, escaped by climbing a‘rear wall
and seeking protection in the Ameri-
can colony.
The rioters then stormed a Chinese
hotel, looting it of all liquors and
foods and terrorizing the: neighbor-
| hood during the night by their dryunk-
| en orgy. The police force fired on
the mob, ' many members of which
were well' armed. The officers were
forced to retreat, leaving six of their
number dead in the main. street.
| © Later, troops arrived in. a special
| train, and a short fierce fight between
| troopers and rioters ensued, bringing
| the total deaths to 22 with a number
injured.
Father Valenzuela was arrested.
| One of his followers smuggled a knife
| to his ‘cel, and the priest stabbed
| himself six times in.avain, attempt
| to commit suicide. . He. is now in a
| politico
i prison hospital.
REVOLT IN TURKEY.'
Third ‘Revolution ina Year Breaks
Power of the Young Turks.
| London.—Another almost bloodless
| revolution took place at Constantino-
| ple on the 13th, and as the result of
the’ demands of two or three regi-
| ments of troops, Hilmi Pasha, the
| grand vizier, all the other members
of the cabinet and' the president of
i the chamber resigned. The sultan
| accepted the resignations and appoint-
ed Tewfik Pasha grand vizier. It
is expected that Niazi Pasha will be
| appoined minister of war.
The revolution was solely military,
and was carried out with remarkable
restraint. A few casualties were re-
ported, including the killing of a
deputy, who was mistaken for one of
the leaders of the committee of union
of progress.
Constantinople.—The third day of
{the revolutionary movement in the
| capital was marked by some disor-
der, the most serious of which was a
| demonstration by marines, who ob-
jected to the new minister of marine,
| Vice Admiral -Adjiemin Pasha.
The marines gathered in force and
| seized and conveyed. to the palace
{ Arif Bey, commander; of the battle-
| ship Assari-Towfik, a:member of the
| committee of union and progress, who
| ordered the guns of his ship trained
lon the Yildez kiosk
| was at its height,
i of supporting the commiittee.
rived: at the Yiidez kiosk,
lynched Arif Bey,
effores of ‘the: palace * guard to save
him: 4
Race Riot’ Damages.
Springfield, I1.—Omnly the negroes
i who, ‘suffered at the hands of the:
{mobs of Amngust 14 and 15, or’ their’
héirs, can recover damages for)death:|
| ox. injury from the city wqnhder the
| statute relating to mobs, according to
| a. decision rendered in: the circuit
with the intention
Ar-
| court, sustdining the demurrer of the
{city in. the cases -of a number of:
whites who were killed and injured
during the race riots.
‘Prohibition Resolution ‘Adopted.
Jefferson City,
mitting a
yroviding for State-wide prohibition
tc a vote of the qualified electors of
} the State. It will go now ‘to the
| senate.
Married Another Man.
Steubenville.—Thomas Reynolds, a
negro- widower, 65 years old, sent
| money to a widow of 48 in Virginia to
| meet and marry him in Pittsburg,
{his intended bride used his" railroad
for a straight tax of 3 |
all incomes above :$5,000 |
{fare money to purchase an outfit and |
married another man,
WEDS MAN WHO SHOT HER
Girl Quits Hospital, Bails and Marries
Lover.
Providence, R. I.—Miss Christina
Palmieri, aged 20, was married to
Camillo Desisto, who on March 8 shot
and wounded her during a fit of jeal-
ousy. She recently left the hospital.
To marry the young man, who was
unable to give $4,000 bail Miss |
Palmieri secured a reduction of the
bonds to $1,500 and then furnished
the su ies.
when the rising
“fire: men
notw ithstanding the |
Mo.—By a vote of |
84 to 54 the Missouri House of Rep- |
resentatives late passed the bill sub-|
constitution amendment |
but |
BIG EIRE AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.
PANIC AMONG THE SUFFERERS
Buffalo and Syracuse Lend Aid;
Call for Relief Issued
by Mayor.
Rochester, N. Y.—Swept along by a
95-mile gale, fire destroyed several
sections of the city and did damage
estimated at $500,000. .
_ One hundred families were made
homeless and militiamen are guard-
jng what little the people saved of
their household effects. Mayor Ed-
geérton has issued a call for relief
funds for these familjes.
A heavy rain set in at night and
while it helped in extinguishing the
smoldering ruins, it was hardship on
the homeless, especially those whose
household effects were in the open.
Thieving, which started early in the
day has been stopped by the presence
of the militia.
Insurance ‘Rates Increased.
Because of the numerous fires which
Rochester has had lately the board
of fire underwriters has increased
rates here on all buildings except
dwellings, 25 cents on every $100.
The Palmer building, a four story
brick structure devoted to manufactur-
ing interests at Main and-Gibb streets.
was the starting point of the confla-
gration, which spread over a wide
area, and then jumped nearly a mile
and started a second series of fires
of such proportions that aid was sum-
moned from Buffalo and Syracuse. By
the, time the out-of-town firemen ar-
rived, however, the local firemen were
masters within both fire areas.
Although accurate estimates cannot
be made at this time. the loss here is
estimated at least $500,000. This in-
cludes $60,00 on the Palmer building,
$100,000 on the Hunting Company,
manufacturing plumbers’ supplies,
$90,000 on the beautiful Jewish tem-
ple Berith Kodesh, which is in ruins
and the rest,'in small amounts, is ap-
portioned among manufacturers,
houseowners and tenants.
GLASS MERGER
Independent Window Manufacturers
Form Combine.
Columbus, O.—At a meeting of lead-
ing independent window glass manu-
facturers of ‘the country,
zation of the Imperial Window Glass
Company, which will bind the inde-
pendent manufactyrers of the country
in closer relationship, was completed.
A charter for the company with
headquarters in Pittsburg was taken
out under the laws of West Virginia
with a capitalization of $250,000. A
board of directors consisting of 15 of
the principal manufacturers was
elected and the board elected Myron
L. Case of Bowling Green, O., presi-
dent; M. J. Haley of Hazelhurst, Pa.,
vice president; J. R. Johnson of Hart-
ford City, Ind. secretary, and J. G.
Sayre of Columbus, treasurer.
‘The new company will purchase the
output of the independent factories
thus associated: : Over 2,200 - pots
were ‘represented at the meeting, leav-
ing but about 204 pots of the inde-
pendent factories outside the consoli-
dation. While the demand for glass
has been increasing. prices have been
lowering owing to the competition be-
tween the scattered independents
and the so-called glass combine, and
although glass is now being'made at
less than ever before, it is being sold
at a price which is, the manufactur-
ers assert, unprofitable.
FAST TRAIN WRECKED
Engineer and Fireman Killed and
Several Passengers Injured.
Harrishurg. — Two persons were
killed and several others slightly in-
jured: when “The Queen of the Val-
ley,” a night express on the Reading
| railroad, was wrecked in the southern
part of Harrisburg.
The Dead—Engineer George Rock-
stashel, of Reading; Fireman Leland
Winand, of Harrisburg.
The Injured—Charles
Johnstown; Mrs. Booser,
Jones, of
of Har-
risburg; Robert Mather, of Lebanon;
D. M. Rhoads, baggagemaster. None
of the injured is seriously hurt.
Horace Moore of Allentown, the
conductor of the train was not hurt.
The cause of the wreck is said to
be that when the engineer applied the
tairbrakes, upon approaching the sta-
tion, the brake rigging dropped to the
| tracks.
‘i Three of the seven cars ifi the train
| were thrown across all four tracks at
| the point of the wreck, which ocgur-
ired upon a high bank. The cars
| were literally torn apart. That the
{number of killed and injured was not
| greater is assigned to ‘the fact that
| comparatively few passengers were on
| board and that the cars were broken
I up instead of being telescoped.
Admits Smuggling Celestials.
Boston.—That the schooner Bonita
landed 33 Chinamen from
| Nova Scotia at Marblehead so quiet
|
lillegally
{ly one summer evening three years
| ago ‘that the inhabitants of the old
| ishing ‘town thought the visitors had
been on a picnic, was admitted by
| Goodman Philips, of this city, in the
| United States district court, when he
| pleaded guilty to a charge of smug-
gling and was sentenced to one year
|in prison.
| a— —————
The Presbyterian church at Fre-
i donia, Caldwell county, Kentucky, was
burned and night riders are suspect-
ed
Princeton Gets $146,000.
Princeton, N. J.—Official announce-
| ment of the recent meeting of the
[trustees of the Princeton university
| was made here, by Secretary McAlpin.
| Since the last meeting $146,000 in
| gifts have been presented to Prince-
ton, Cleveland H. Dodge of New York
City, -was the most generous donor.
He gave $100,000 for a part of the en-
dowment of Guyot hall. Through the
work of the committee of 50, Prince-
ton’s most active body of
unive ved $38,000.
rsity
the organi- |
SLAUGHTERED IN
MOSLEM OUTBREAK
Burning and Pillage of Armenian
Villages Goes on.
FRENCH WARSHIPS SENT OUT
St. Petersburg Hears of Massacree at
Astrabad Where 2,000 Are
Reported Killed.
»
Beirut, Syria.—A terrible uprising
has occurred in Adana. Street fight-
ing has been going on for three days
and at least 1,000 persons have been
killed. The city has been practically
destroyed by fire. Two American
missionaries, named Rogers and Mau-
ry, the latter from Hadjin, are dead.
All the other Americans are safe. The
British vice consul. Major Daughty-
Wylie, is among the wounded. He
was shot through the arm.
At Tarsus there was less loss of
life. The American quarter, how=
ever, was destroyed. Four thousand
refugees were housed in the Ameri-
can mission. he need of relief is
urgent, for shortly the fugitives will
be on the verge of starvation. Con-
ditions in the vicinity of Alexandret-
ta also are most serious.
Constantinople.—Confirmation has
been received here of the killing of
two American missionaries at Adana.
The murdered missionaries were the
Rev. Daniel Rogers and the Rev. Mau-
TY.
Foreign Warships on Way.
Three Fench warships are hurrying
to Mersina, where the situation is
desperate. Foreigners and many
Christians have taken refuge in the
consulates. The local troops are do-
ing their best to protect the town,
but there is great fear that it cannot
hold out much longer against the in-
vasion of the Mosiems who are
sweeping down in large numbers.
St. Petersburg.—Advices to the
“Russ” from Teheran report a massa-
cre of 2,000 persons, including women
and children, by Turcoman tribesmen
at Astrabad.
There is no confirmation here of
the report of the massacre, but the
Russian government is sending a de-
tachment of troops to that place.
Taft Is Appealed To.
Philadelphia.—The Rev. Haig © Y.
Yardumian, pastor of the Armenian
Evangelical church in Philadelphia,
| the only Armenian church in this city,
has sent a letter to President Taft
asking to use his influence to pre-
vent the wholesale massacre of Ar-
menians in Asia Minor.
CARNEGIE ON PEACE
Think Time Will Pass When One Or
Two Powers Can Force War.
Chicago.—A letter from Andrew
Carnegie explained his views on peace
was received at the offices of the Na-
tional Peace Congress, to be held
here May 3. The letter reads:
The present situation of the Pow-
ers is the best answer to the conten-
tion that peace is to be achieved
through armaments. On the con-
trary, they are the sure promoters of
war. The other plan will have to
be tried soon-—a league of peaceful
nations giving notice to those that
refuse to co-operate that the time
has passed when the peace of the
world may be broken by one or two
Powers. The civilized Powers of the
world have in our day won a com-
mon right to be consulted before
peace is broken.
‘RECANTING RECTOR INSANE
Court Turns Former Pennsylvanian
Over to His Wife.
Chicago.—F. E. J. Lloyd, formerly
of Uniontown, Pa, once an Episco-
pal —ector, who two years ago re-
nounced the Episcopal faith and sub-
sequently embraced Roman Catholic-
ism, was remanded to the custody of
wife. as insane by Judge David C.
Smiley, sitting in the court for the
insane at the detention hospital.
T.loyd had been confined in the in-
stitution two days on a petition sign-
ed by his wife and Dr. C. Mackey,
who had been in attendance upon
him. The petition set forth that
Lloyd was suffering from a nervous
breakdown. He recently returned
to the Episcopal faith.
Hail Storm in lowa.
Des Moines, Ja.—A terrific hail and
wind storm struck Des Moines and
Central Iowa Sunday doing heavy
damage to budding fruit trees. The
Polk county court house was struck
by lightning and slightly damaged.
Plate glass windows ‘in downtown
stores were blown in and cellars
flooded. At Stuart hailstones weigh-
ing half a pound fell. The stables
of Harvey Jewell of Calar Falls, were
struck by lightning,
and 24 cows. Jewell’s loss is $7,0C0.
Mr. Taft's Proposed Trip.
President Taft, it is reported, is
planning a trip during the late sum-
mer .to Alaska, taking in on his wav
the annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Salt Lake
City.
at Denver, the national irrigation
congress at Spokane and the Seattl
exposition. He has received urge
invitations to attend all of thes
gatherings. »
SCORES OF VILLAGES BURN
Mexican Mountain Forest Fires Doing
Much Damage.
Mexico City.—A great forest fire is
raging in the Zitacuaro Mountains, in
Michoacan. The mountain is bur
ing from end to end, a distance
many miles. Thousands have been
rendered homeless and a great quan-
tity of the dye woods has heen de-
| stroyed.
Already a number of valuable ha
alumni, the !
ciendas have been swept by the flames
and scores of villages destroyed.
killing 24 horzes®
the Trans-Misssippi conference |
WHEAT AT HIGH MARK
St. Louis Feeling the Effect of Cor-
ner, Four Rising.
St, Louis, Mo.—The highest price
paid for cash wheat in St. Louis in 31
years was recorded April 14, when
sales of No. 2 red were made at $1.47
and $1.50.
Largely as a consequence of these
market conditions, the flour industry
has almost ceased locally, several
mills ‘being shut down while others
are running half time. Export busi-
ness, usually of some moment here,
has dwindled to practically nothing.
Prices have risen steadily, the Dest
grades of flour going to $7. Recepits
of wheat have fallen to an unusual
degree. \
Washington.—The appeal of the
Pittsburg bakers to Secretary of State
P. C. Knox, made through George S.
Ward of Pittsburg, asking that steps
be taken to do away with the
ulation and selling of futures in wheat
and other food products’ had been re-
ceived by him, but had been referred
immediately to the department of jus-
tice which woulld have jurisdiction
in the matter if there is any law cov-
ering the case.
NEW HAVEN RESTORES WAGES
Road’s Directors Vote tc Return the
10 Per Cent Cut.
New Haven.—The New Haven Rail-
road Company will soon formally an-
nounce a restoration of the wage
schedule, which was cut 10 per cent
about a year ago because of the heavy
decrease in freight receipts. This
decrease in receipts made it neces-
sary to pay the quarterly dividend
from the surplus of the road.
The industrial outlook is so bright
that a return to the former wages has
just been voted by the railroad’s di-
rectors,
The cut extended to every employe
who received a salary of $2,000 or
over, and included President Mellen.
The receipts for the month of March,
as reported at the directors’ meeting,
were exceedingly encouraging.
NO TEXAS REHEARING
Tennessee’s Standard Ouster—Commo-
dities Decision Delayed.
Washington, D. C.;1— The United
States Supreme Court denied the mo-
tion for a re-hearing in, the case of the
Waters-Pierce Qil Company, in which
the supreme court affirmed a decision
by the Texas courts imposing a fine
of $1,600,000 on the company and oust-
ed it from the State.
On behalf of the State of Tennessee
a motion was enterel in the supreme
court to dismiss the case involving the
right of the Standard Oil Company to
do business in that State, which was
decided by the Supreme Court of Ten-
nessee against the company.
No decision in the ‘commodities
! clause” case was announced by the su-
preme court.
BIG COPPER DEAL CLOSED
Morgan and Guggenheim Interests
Buy the Bonanza Mines.
New York.—One of the largest cop-
per deals in recent years was closed
here when control of the Bonanza
mines, said to be one of the richest
copper deposits known, passed to the
Alaska syndicate, composed of the
Syn interests and J. P. Mor-
an & Company.
~The mines, which are located in
Alaska, were owned by the Alaskan
Copper and Coal Company. It is
said that the price paid was nearly
$3,000,000 less than that at which
they were held before the recent de-
pression in the copper trade.
Boston Wool Market.
Boston.—Trading in the local wool
market is livelier on increase in new
contracts noted. Foreign wool con-
tinues to be of chief interest. ' The
leading domestic quotations range as
follows Domestic wools—Ohio and
Pennsylvania flecces: XX 34@35c; X
32@33c; No. washed 38@39c; No. 2
washed, 38@39¢c; fine unwashed 23@
24c; half blood combing - 30@31c;
blood combing 30@31c; quarter blood
combing, 29@31e; delaine washed 39
@40¢c; delaine unwashed, 30@31c.
Death in Tornado’s Wake.
t Concordia, Kan.—When telephone
communication was re-established
with Aurora, a small town near here,
it developed that four persons were
injured, none, it is believed fatally, in
a tornadc that struck fhat place. Two
churches and many other buildings
were, demolished. At Beloit, an-
other nearby town, Edward M. Walls,
a ‘brakeman, was blown from a Mis
souri Pacifis freight train and was
killed.
Heavy Penalty Bill Approved.
=:Austin, ‘Tex.—Governor Campbell
approved the bill passed at the reg-
ular session of the legislature, which
fixes the minimum penalty for violat-
ing the anti-trust law of the State at
$500 per day and the maximum pen-
alty at $1,500 per day. The bill was
drawn by Attorney General Davidson,
who expects that the heavy penalty
provided will dcter trusts from oper-
ating in Texas. &
$200,000 Fire at Hope Valley.
Hope - Valley, R. I.—Iire destroyed
the gas engine shop, main office, ma-
! chine shop and storehouse of the
Nicholas and Langworthy Machine
i Company and a dwelling house owned
by the company and damaged six
‘other dwellings on the main street.
The loss is estimatd at $296,000. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
General Booth Reaches Eighty.
New York.—At the celebration of
"e eightieth anniversary of the birth
f General William Beotl, svhich he-
gan here April 11, it was announced
by Commissioner Thoma: still ‘of
Chicago, that the founder ©! the Sal-
vation Army is planning a: ay trip
throughout the United Sta aud Can-
i ada next fall.
{ The two great passenger sieameors
inow building for the White Star line
{ will be 1,000 feet long and pro} vy 85
8 ang
| feet wide.
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