f- caiCAoo.
An unusually low number af trading
tiefanlts reiects gratifylsg settle
toenta this month, which geaerally U
a tiiDO of heavy payments, Further
i.ett'.moay to the improving state of
toaimerc id area la increasing asve
jfoenta of factory outputs, general nier
khaudlse and grain. Money la a! no la
wider demand for the leading indus
tries and currency outgo exceeds the
receipts, but discount rales for de
sirable paper remain favorable to bor
rowers and encourage a rerlral of en
terprise. Production Is yet upon a
fconservatlve basis.
, The Iron and steel branches obtain
k fair aggregate of new demands, al
though the readjustment of prices
tauses revision of estimates and de
lays commitments for equipment,
bridge and track need. Some con
tracts are closed for lake freighters of
ary tonnage and this Unproved the
shipbuilding outlook. Specifications
lyecome more plentiful for plates and
ructural shapes, and there Is a mod
erate gain In forces at the rolling mill
ted forges.
I. Car construction steadily expands,
ifallroad plans assure much work. In
volving heavy outlays in the near fu
tur, and there Is further aocuniula
itoh f contemplated factory eiten
'ajons and mercantile and hotel build
up. I allures reported In Ibe Chicago dis
trict number 18, against 27 last week,
SO In 1908 and 25 In 1007. Those with
Habllltlw over $3,000 number 6.
gainst 10 last week, 11 la V.m and 8
Ip 1907." Duns Weekly Review of
Trade.
IIW YORX.
Trade and Industrial development
Save been slightly more favorable, the
result being a better tone lu various
line of trade and some enlargement f
activity In spring demand from Job
bers and from retailers. Helpful I
this respect bas been the arrival of
tetter weather conditions, the advance
of the aeason'a trade toward an early
Easter, large shipments of grain to
'market, attracted by high prices, the
'placing of some business In Iron and
iftteel Induced by lower prices and the
'resumption of building operations at
'many cities after the winter ahut-
' down.
1 Where Jobbing demand bas improved
however, conservatism In buying bas
ruled, trade at first bands bas remain
'td pretty quiet and the enlargement of
rfetail buying has aot been very mark
fcfl. Still, even collections show a slight
tain.
Business failures In the United
State for the week ending March 11
feef 254 against 210 last week, 278
Jin the like week of 1908, 183 In 1907.
187 fa 1900 and 186 In 1905.
Caandlan failures for the week num
Iter 40, which compares with 83 last
week and 81 In this week last year.
Sradatreets.
I Cblcago Cattle, common to crime.
$4.00 to 87.40; bogs, prime heavy, 84.50
to 10.00; sheep, fair to choice, 83.00
to 85.00; wheat, No. 2, 81.17 to $120;
oorn, No. 2, 04c to 60c; oats, standard,
63c to Mc; rye, No. 2. 77c to 80c; hay.
timothy, 88.00 to $13.00; prairie, $8.00
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery. 25c
to 28c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 19c; potatoes.
per bushel, HOc to POc.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.50; bora, good to choice heavy,
J 3.60 to $0.60; sheep, good to choice,
2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2. $1.20 t
$1.22; corn, No. 2, white, 6lo to 63c;
oats, No. 2 white, 49o to Die
St Loola Cattla, $4.50 to $7.10: hora.
$4.00 to $6.05; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75;
fwheat. No. 2, $1.25 to $1.27; corn. No. 2,
iCftc to 07c; oats, No. 2, 53c to 55c; rye,
if.o. , TJe to iwc.
I Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $(1.35;
bogs, $4.00 to $7.10; aheep, $3.01) to
5.50; wheat. No. 2, $1.2H to $1.27 ; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 6tc to OHc; oat, No. 2
mixed, 55c U 68c; rye. No. 2, R'Jc to 84c
Detroit Cattle, $4 00 to $5.25; hoes,
$4.00 to $0.70; sheep, $U..V to $3.00;
beat. No. 2, $1.10 to $1.20: corn, No. 3
art How, 67e to 08c; oata. No. 3 white,
He to ooc: rye. iso. 2, hoc to 82c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$1.13 to $1.15; corn. No. 3, 67c to OHc;
ta, standard. Mc to Wic; rye, No. 1,
to HOc: barley, No. 1, Hoc to 67c:
rk. mena, $10.35.
Ituffalo Cattle, choice ihlpulag steers,
$4 00 to $7.05; hogs, fair te choice, $4.00
to $G.85; sheep, common to good mixed,
84.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice.
L85.O0 to $7.00.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00;
B)oc. $aSO to $7.00; atieep. $3.00 to
hp.OO; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.22 to $1.23;
corn. No. 2. T5c to 76c; oata, natural
ewhite, Mc to 61c: butter, creamery, 25c
jto 27e; eggs, western. 17c to 'JOe.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $l.ll te
$1.20; corn. No. 2 mixed, 67u to tiMcj
ata. No. A BUieil, Mr to IWle; rye, No,
2. olc to 83c; clover seed, $."1.20.
TRASS AND INDUSTRY.
Chicago detet-tivea took into custody
the 111 year-old Michigan City, lud..
you til who confessed to having left their
tioinea to "break the Chicago board of
trade. 1 hey t4 they had a "system'
ito beat the market and produced betweea
xheui $1X10 with which they had expected
to begin operations.
Aa applica'.ion for a preliminary in
junction restraining the reorganisation
(eoir.niittee of the Poiitkea Kteel Co
Hoy from cirflnf out it plan f the
mtrfamxatinn of that company wa. do
led by Judge No. of tke Cuited States
Circuit Court in New York.
Prorwlliiij and controlling aubmirged
torpedoes Uf wireless telegraph, hurling
icstruuirut of destruction njaiiiat bowl lie
Lull lehi pa without the saTiUi of a man
on the ui:t of the naval power cqulyurd
v.tfu t;se new terror nil this I made
pth-ilili', it u I'iaia.rJ, ly ilie invention of
a resident ul ljt Aiigvlon, Curl Abraham
on.
HEW TARIFF BILL III;
SCHEDULES ARE GUT
Revision Downward Is Main Fea
ture of Measure (liven to
FOR A TAX ON INHERITANCES
This Item Expected to Raise 820,-
000,000 and Total Revenues Are
Estimated at 8300,000,000.
Dowuwai-tl revision, iiinxliiium nud
tn i it 1 : 1 1 u in provlKloiiH wlilcli liiiiw an
nvcniuc n in x 1 rn it i n duty 20 per cent In
exci'KM of the present lnrilT, tuid pro-
vlslons by wlili li it is eHt limited that
the revenue to the K'lveriiiiieut will be
IwrciiHert from $KMMK).(K)0 to J.'iO.OOO.-
(N nre the sulient font urea of the new
tiirlff bill Introduced in the House by
Kepivsentiitlve Sereno K. I'ayiie, chair-
man of the ways nud nieatis coiiiinlt
tne. The recommendations by 1'reshlont
Taft that an inheritance tax be enact
ed nud that n limited aniouut of to
bacco iind HtiKiir be tulinitted free from
the Philippines are followed In the
bill. It provides nlso for the issuance
of I'liniiina Cniial IioikIs to the n mount
of $0.0HMKX to relnilitirse the treas
ury for the original purchase of the
anal, and contain a provision for the
IsHuniice of treasury certificates, the
amount beinir increased from $100,-
300,000 to $2T0,tHHMX0.
Mo Tax on Coffee.
Although there Is no suggestion ol
a duty on coffee, teu is taxed 8 cents
when Imported from the country
where it Is produced and 9 cents when
from uny other than the producing
country. The Internal revenue tax on
cigarettes Is Increased materially,
while the tax on beer and whisky Is
not (biiiigiil. A cut of 50 jmt cent Is
niuile In the steel iiml lumlier sched
ules. Iron ore, hides, tallow, cotton
seed oil and works of art more than
twenty years old are placed on the
free list.
The tariff on boots nnd shoes is re
duced 40 ier cent, and that on other
leather manufacturers In proportion
The imttery schedule remains uuout
the same, but the duties on window
und plate glass of the smaller sizes
arc Increased, while those on the larg
er sizes are reduced.
The tariff on wool of the first nnd
Bccond classes, used principally In
clothing, is not disturbed, but that on
the third class, known as carpet wool,
la reduced for the heaier grades. A
0-cent cut Is made on shoddy nnd
waste, while wool tops nre assessed 6
ceuts a pound more than scoured wool,
which Is not changed. Iteeomiuendii
lions for placing wool pulp on the free
list and retiming the duties on print
rnper, with certain restrictions, made
by tho 'Mann committee of the House,
ure Incorporated.
Doty on DrKnrd Sugar Cat.
The duty on refined sugar Is reduced
.05 of a cent a iMtiud nnd that on dex
trin half a cent a pound. A reduction
of half a cent a pound Is made nlso
In the duty on starch, with the excep
tion of potuto Btarcb. Zinc In ore is as
sessed 1 cent it pound for the nine con
tained. The tariff on pig iron is re
duced from $4 to $2.50 a ton. The
principal increases are made In the
duties on lemons, cocoa nnd substi
tutes for coffee, coal tar dyes, gloves,
touted papers nnd lithographic prints,
The Inheritance tax paragraph
places a tax of 5 ht cent on nil In
heritances over $500 that are collater
al Inheritances or lu which strangers
aro the legatees. In cases of direct
Inheritance the taxes prescribed are
On $10,000 to $100,000, 1 per cent; on
$100,000 to $500,000. 2 per cent, and
on more than $roo,(H0, 3 jier cent. It
Is estimated that $20,000,000 annually
will be derived from this tax.
I'hlllpulM Importation.
The bill provides for reciprocal fret
truth) with the Philippine Islands on
all articles, but limiting the sugar to
lie Imported free of duty to IIOO.OIM)
tons; wrapiwr tobacco to 300,000
IMiiuils und 3.0OO,(H)O pounds of filler
tobacco nnd 150,000,000 cigars In any
one fiscal year. The excess of sugar,
lolmi-cu and cigars are to pay full tar
Iff rates. This exemption from duly
is confined to the jrrowth or product
of the Islands, how ever, and does not
admit articles lnisirted Into the I'll 11
tpplne Islands from a foreign country
without payment of full rates of duty
on such Importations.
The nre reciprocity provisions tn the
paragraph assessing duties on bltu
mluoiis coal and coke nud agricultural
Implement, by which these articles are
given entry free of duty when liuiort
ed from countries which permit the
free iuiMirtatioii of these articles from
America.
The maximum and minimum provl
slon avoids the necessity of contlnu
lug foreign trade agreements. 'I'll
I'liyue bill applies the same rule to
patents .taken out In this country by
aliens that applies to Americans I
the country of the aliens. Drnwlmc
privileges are extended and the nieth
od of valuation of articles upon whli
the tariff ImiMises an ad valorem dut
Is broadened to prevent underviiluu
lion.
NOTES OJ CURRENT EVENTS.
Tlx furia unir Piiiu'fiiiti ou which Oro
yr t'lcvfliiiiil of H'li went rabbit huntin
Iiiih been moM to I tnvltl I. Pirki-r. a New
York an' r. limit.
The Ituilillug Tradca Couiiell of Wank
lllKloll Iiiih 1khiii-I a protect bcc.iilxp it
alU'Kfd the iti'iiii'l "In nil for the Taft in
atiKuraliou mum built ly nonunion labor
The del ji Imii'iit uf lx oflii erx nud I we
ty-livi- ini'ii of ihr AuMriuu army who
were reorliad lim overt helmed by
an aviil.UH lie ij. ii r I ji I'r.inn. have been
rrei'iliHl. Tl.ey ; re found ill a alio
covered tunnel.
eea nam opens wau.
Nicaragua!! Vessels Attack Salva
dorean Boat, Loalug In Flrat Clr.sb.
Three Nhnrngunn gunboats, led by
the Momotombo, Tuesday attacked the
Salvadorean gunboat I'resldente. Tho
latter, by a lucky shot, put the .Momo
tombo out of action almost nt the be
ginning of the engagement. The three
Nlcnraguans then withdrew. Later
the Momotombo was repaired and
went In pursuit of the rresliiente.
The gunboat Presldente left the
port of Acnjutla under sealed orders
nd proceeded to cruise along the
Nicaragua coast. I'resldent Zclaya of
Nlcnragua, getting wind of this, or
dered the Momotombo nnd two other
ships to Intercept the Salvadorean Yos
sel and engage her In battle.
The Presldento was encountered off
the harbor of Corlnto, but succeeded
In getting In action first nnd disabling
the Momotombo. The latter was com
pelled to wlthdray and limped back to
the port of Corlnto. The two' vessels
accompanying her also withdrew.
Hasty repairs were made on tho Mo
motomlio and within a few hours she
was ready to put to sea again. As
alio is a faster nnd better equipped
ship tbnn the I'resldente, It is consid
ered certain that she will overtake
tho Salvadorean gunboat. It Is said
that a second engagemest was fought.
Thcr is a story current In diplo
matic circles in the cdy of Mexico
that Is believed to be true thnt the
nlted States and Mexico reached a
private agreement to divide Central
America nud annex four republics In
Ibe event of further disturbances in
that part of the world. According to
the story the question has been dis
cussed between Washington nnd the
City of Mexico for some time nnd the
conclusion has been reached that an
nexation Is the only solution of the
problem of ending the periodical revo
lutions.
It Is said that the United States has
conseuted for Mexico to annex Guate
mala and Honduras and Mexico has
la turn given her assent to the annex
ation of Nicaragua and Salvador to
the United States. Mexico has had
a series of diplomatic quarrels with
both Guatemala and Honduras nnd
the patience of the Mexican govern
ment has about been exhausted.
President Diaz, the story goes, Is
ready to throw an army both Into
Guatemala nnd Honduras on short no
tice, and It is said military move
ments recently iolnt unmistakably to
arly action on the part of Mexico.
CANADIAN INDIANS STARVING.
Trapper Maya Maujr Hare Already
Mrt Heath In Kitreme Cold.
Colin Fraser. an old-time tranner. who
for the past twenty-six years has been
going north from Kdmonton each year in
to ('unaila's hinterland, has returned to
ivilization nnd tells in a graphic man
ner the terrible Bufferings of the Indiana
in the fnr North during tho winter now
drawing to a close. Ho says : "The cold
has been intense ever since Christmas,
and it was the hardest winter I have
ever seen in the North. During a period
of fifty days the thermometer never went
higher than 3S below xoro, and 50 and
even 5." below dnya were quite frequent.
The Indiana have suffered terribly, nnd
in one small tribe Blxty-seven of them
died off since the beginning of January.
Their stores have run out and many of
them are now on the verge of rtarvation.
Fin!i solved tho food problem in former
years, when fur-bearing nuiiunU were
scarce, but this year there are no fish
to be caught. To give some idea of the
scarcity of fur this winter the catch I
will bring when the rivers oien is not
one-tenth of former years. This scarcity
of fur will result In terrible hardships,
und I fear great mortality among the
Northern Indians, for they will got nei
ther the flesh to eat nor the fur to trade
for other commodities.
DAYTON WOMAN AGAIN VICTIM. ,
Seventh Murder Mraterjr Appears la
DUrovvrjr ot llodr I I'anat.
Another mystery confronts the police
of I ay ton, Ohio, in the discovery of the
decomposed body of an unknown white
woman in the canal below the Apple
street bridge. Iu the opinion ot the offi
cers, it iiuiKt have lain in the water about
a nuinih. The woman apparently was 30
years old nnd well dressed. She wai at
tired in black. She wore kIIiiimth, but
over these she had a piir of new rubber
shoes. The woman's under garments were
iu good condition, The decomposition
will. It is feared, prevent the identifica
tion of the woman. The body was found
lyins" half out on the bank, face down,
wliilfc both bund were clenched anil were
near her throat, as if she had tried to
protect herself. Six girls have been
found slain in Dayton recently. Four of
the minders have never been solved.
KILLS FRIEND WHO STOLE WIFE
'Iris Man Sara Victim Consented
to Ilia K.srt-ut Ion.
Fred Morris, in jail in Fort Worth,
Texas, uilmi'a that he deliberately shot,
and killed Otto H. Meyer, his former
friend. He declares that Meyer knew
his death sentence hnd been iioiioiuv.-etl
and thnt he unflinchingly accepted his
fate. The shooting followed a confession
written and sinned by Meyer, that he had
won the love of Mrs. Morris, and the
avenger will rely ou the unwritten law u
free him of the charge of murder. He
said that as he prepared to shoot Meyer
ha ml his breast ami spread his arms out
to offer a fair mark. iM'gKing his execu
tioner to take careful aim and be cer
tain of hilling the heart.
llle When Urprtved ol Oalant.
That the opium curse in t'liina U not
being stamped out without loss of I if
is the statement of I h 10. K. Tooker. a
medical missionary who bus relumed
from a acveu years' sojourn in thai coun
try. Ir. Tooker says in.iny of 1 1 - habit
ual users of I lie drug Kim-iimbed when It
was taken uwny from l tiein ami others
were driven into insanity. x
llaakrr Srntvared a Hooker.
Iflwitch lloiiuu, formerly connected
with the Kirat Naiioiuil Hunk of Fort
Worth. Ten, pleaded guilty to a charge
of abstracting money Hnd jewels to ilia
amount of $:tM, and was aenienced to
five yeaia' imprisonment.
Sailor Hoy Killed tr .,,
II S. Hick and V. V. Jarred, youth
ful sailors from llie -miser Milwaukee,
Blalioued at the I'ii'H Sound uavyyurd,
were found dead ill bed iu a hotel in
Seattle, as I he result of Kaa srtiyxiatiou.
The sailor only partially turned off the
gas before retiring
CONGRESS CONVENES;
CAION RE-ELECTED
lllinolsan Chosen Speaker of House
When Hxtra Session Rcgins
Work.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN.
Lively Scenes nt the Nation's Capitol
When Lawmakers Gather for
Tariff Revision.
Washington cnri,e!inuViire :
The extraordinary session of the Six-
fy-Hrst I'ongrcss, called by the Presl-
lent to enact t:niff legislation, liegnn
it noon Monday. Great crowds were
ittructed to the cupltol, but only n few
vere able to gain admission to eiliier
chamber. The Senate being a continu
ous body. Its ot-gtini.uilon was al
ready complete, although Interest In
the priH-ecJIngs centered on the new
I'lcc-Presldent, Mr. Sherman, and the
iwcuring In of Senator stciihcMsou of
Wisconsin, who has been re-elected aft
er n bitter light In tin Legislature
his Stufe. At the other end of the
apltol. however, n different situation
was presented. The House, with its
seventy-seven new members, had to or
ganize, which took considerable time.
While tliis was being done the clctSi.
Alexander McDowell, acted us presiding
oflicer. It was necessary lirst to swear
1
HI'EAKKB CANNON,
In the entire membership by States.;
The various groups of members
marched down the aisles und, standing
In the well In front of the rostrum,
took' the oath of ollice. The President's '
proclamation was read to both bodies, 1
after which business proceeded.
A few minutes after the House met '
Joseph (!. Cannon of Illinois was re- i
elected speaker. The vote on Seaker i
was: Caution, 1'04 ; Champ Clark, Mis
souri, Kit!; Cooper. Wisconsin, 8;
Kscb, Wisconsin, 1 ; Norrls, Nvbrusku,
2; Hepburn, Iowa, 1.
Aside from the question of what
Would be done with rules, the greatest
solicitude upon the part of members
was felt concerning the outcome of the
biennial lottery for seats. Those hav
ing desirable places in the chanilier
were loath to give tlieui up, but they
hud to tuke their chances with the rest.
This Is always an interesting proceed
ing. A blindfolded page draw- from
a box, a marble bearing a iiuiiiIht
which indicates the seat the member Is
to have, the names being drawn in al
phabetical order.
To Cure llrllUh Povertr.
The report of the Ilritish Itoyal Com
mission, w hich is the result of three year
of investigation 0f the whole question of
the verty and the poor laws, will fill
more than forty volumes. It contains
more than "S( recommendations, the most
striking of which are for the abolition
of general workhouses, the separate treat
ment for the aged, weak and able-bodied
unemployed and loafers, the compulsory
detention of persistent idlers for from six
months to tluve years, the institution of
labor exchanges ami the prevention of
child labor. An apis-nl is made to the
prosperous for personal service and a
good example, it is held that extrava
gance in dress and numerous frivolities
are responsible for much pauperism and
distress. The evidence shows that city
populations degenerate, and that a ma
jority of the unemployed are city bred.
Many of I be reforms promised are dras
tically revolutionary.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
Hsuiel tiiiMgeiilieiiu, president of th
American Smelting and Uelining Com
pany, wlm wns taken ill in Mexico, reach
ed Laredo. Texas, on his way to New
York.
Peter Seeiy, the lire marshal of New
York City, says in his annual i.'port that
1.112 fires in Manhattan out of a total
of M,"J4'J iu the In m year were caused by
the careless handling of matches.
Fire at Hobart, Okla., destroyed the
building occupied by the Hixie depart
ment store, with contents. Us, $l5o
OtlO.
Sir Itobert Itoud at St. John. X. F
announced I hut he would band in hia
reeignation us premier iu a day or two.
lfi opponent. Sir F.dward Morris, will
be called on to form an administration.
Siginuiid I iriibeiiheimer, treasuier of the
firm of Scliwai'txsi hild & Sulzberger, and
well known in Ibe beef trade, fell dead
fiom heart disease iu tin- arms of hia
brother. Nathan, while walking near th
tiraml Central slat ion in New York.
The Kellv Hotel. Arthur Kelly's gen
eral store. Mrs. Scotl's residence and the
public library at F.slcvaii. Sask., wera
destroyed by lire. Loss a.Vi.lNMI.
Loss of $ I. ".o.i Ml was caused by lire is
Ituffalo, N. Y., a six-slory building occti
pied by II. .1. ltr.sk & Co.. Wile, Her
man & Co.. tieoige Y. Halt & Co.. Claw
son' K Wilson and Colin & Frank, nil
dealers lu clothing, being destroyed.
While on her way to a theater iu Co
lumbus, Ohio. .Mrs. Libel IWxIians. aged
1H, a bride of two months, was electro
cuted when her umbrella came in coin act
with a live wire which had been tors
loove from a pule hv the storm.
THE
Lmmm0
HUGE COUP IN COFFEE.
One-Third of World's Supply
of
Beverage in New York.
Nenrly oue-thlrd of all the coffee In
the world Is in New York to-day. The
vast warehouses that line the harbor's
edge are jammed high with millions of
kigs hundreds of thousands of tons.
A dozen great steamers, coffee laden
to the I'liniNoll murk, are plowing their
way northward through the 5,KK) miles
of dark ocean that stretches between
the coffee coast of Itrnzli away south
of "thu line" at the other side of the
world and Sandy Hook.
At Ulo and Santos half a dozen more
steamers nre loading hurrlcMlly with
coffee for New York. In Havre and
Hamburg and Antwerp, too, there Is
great activity along the coffee docks
and in the huge warehouses where the
world's reserve supply of America's fa
vorite breakfast beverage Is stored.
Everything Is being got In readiness
to fill ship after ship and send them
hurrying across the Atlantic to New
York with still more coffee.
All this is becuuse of the belief
among the great coffee merchants nnd
the great coffee gamblers of the world
thnt the United States Congress will
put a tax on this frngraut berry that
hitherto has entered this country free
of duty. Millions of dollars tremble in
the balance on the outcome. There are
nearly 5,000.000 bags of coffee In stor
age In New York and on the sea bound
hither. If a duty of 4 cents a pound
is decided upon It Is quite possible that
the qualtlty will be Increased to 7,500,
000 bugs. A bag of coffee weighs 132
pounds. Seven and a half million bags
would weigh nearly a billion pounds
OiH),000,000 to le exact, or 445,000 tons.
The saving In duty on this tremendous
amount of coffee, If it were all landed
here before the new tariff went info
effect, would be $.K),G()0,000. ,
FIGURES SHOW ACTIVITY.
Import ot Manufacturers Materials
Grow Over lOO and 190T.
Renewed activity in the country's man
ufactures is shown in figures prepared by
the bureau ef statistics, comparing im
ports of manufacturers' materials in Jan
uary with those of the two preceding Jan
uarys. In practically all cases the im
portations of manufacturers' raw mater
ials in January, ltsOO, show a large ad
vance over those one year ago, and in not
a few cases the figures are actually larger
than those of January, 1!K)7, when all the
industries of the country were running
to their full capacity of production. The
iliiantity of wool, for example, imported
in January, 1!H(I, was more than 24,000,
000 pounds, against '.(..VMl.tMH) pounds in
January. 1!NIM. and 18,000,000 pounds in
January, 1!K)7. Of lumber there waa Im
ported in January, l'.KHI, .'ViJSo.OOO feet,
against :t0.744.OO0 feet in January, 1D0S,
and 44,7477,000 feet in January, 1907.
MERCHANT'S SON SHOT BY POLICE
Sara Ilia laroiut Waa Not SnOleloat
for Sapuort of family.
F'clerick Davis, son of a prominent lo
cal merchant, was shot in ihe groin by
police officers lu tialeuu, Kan., while try
ing to escape when detected in the act of
drilling into the safe of the Citizens bank
He will recover. Pavis has always en
joyed a splendid reputation, and the po
lice expressed the belief that hia iniiid
had become affected. He is 'XI yeara old
and a Spanish-American war veteran. In
a statement he said : "1 had a rraxy nolion
that I could easily get what money there
vi as in the bank, and was prompted in the
attempt by a run of hard luck. Although
I nave woi ki l steani.y. my income was
not enough to keep my family, m wife and
five small children. I was not drunk.
There was no one with me."
Old and rained Mlnvr Diva.
Skant Itrtirit VJI Vrt I'M .,1.1 u-ltr. ... a
"Lucky" Baldwin's side partner in the
days of Virginia City nnd an associate of
Flood, Mackav and Fair during these
J . I 1.. .. .... I
onya, win imiiicu in a luue l0!llll OU IU
desert Tuesday. He died unattended sav
by his aged wife at Cold .Mountain, Ca
Women and hlldrra Die In Flrr.
The wife of Millard I 'it umi n and her
two children were burned to death in a
lira whiih destroyed their home, near
Iluntersville, Ky. ritmaii was uot at
!om at t ie time.
AMERICAN EAGLE GETS A JOLT.
PROVISIONS OF TAX BILL AND
RESULTS IT MAY ACCOMPLISH.
Total estimated revenue under new bill,
$:n iii.ooo, ooo.
Kxpected Increase In revenue under bill,
$40,oo(i,tK)o or $ro,ouo,noo.
Inheritance tax law Is urged.
With normal year's business treasury
deficit will be wiped out.
Patiama bonds provided to relmbursp
treasury for S40,(KHi,untl paid In Panama
canal purchase.
Issue of certificates provided to replenish
treasury, raising amount from f lOO.ooo.tMIO
to 2511,000,000.
Increases on watohes. perfumeries, toilet
art teles, fancy soaps.
Coron. crude, transferred from free to
dutiable list : manufactured product In
creased : splees, now largely on free list.
Ihitles Increased on peas, ligs, lemons and
pineapples.
Slight advance In cotton schedule rates.
llntes on some paper products advanced.
Free wood pulp provided conditionally. Re
duction In duty on print paer.
Many reductions made on chemicals.
Olas,s, unpolished, cylinder, crown and
common window glass reduced.
fjypsum, tire brick or clazed bri.-k re
duced. Itullding and monumental stone re
duced. Steel Ingots, coKued Ingots, blooms and
slabs, reduced. Iron ore and tmslc sing free.
I'lg Iron, scrap Iron and steel, bar Iron,
round Iron, charcoal Iron, beams, c Inters,
joists, unifies, etc.. Iron and steel forging.
11 reduced. Hallway Isirs and steel rails.
cotton ties, iron steel sheets, reduced.
Tin plates reduced. Boiler tubes reduced.
Table, Imtcherlne and carvlmi cutlerv re
duced. Nails, spikes, tacks, nuts and wash
ers reduced.
Steam engines, cash registers, typesetting
machines, printing presses and other ma
chinery reduced.
Heavy reductions tn timber and lumber
rates.
Duties lowered on fresh meat, bacon, hams
and certain other foodstuffs.
Putles on wool of third class reduced.
KItumlnoiis coal and coke on reciprocal
free list.
Cattle tildes on free list.
Large reductions In rates on leather nnd
boots and shoes.
Agricultural implements reduced.
Works of art free. Women'a and chil
dren's gloves Increased.
Cast polished plate glass Increased.
Cigarette Internal revenue tax Increased.
The British authorities at Calcutta
have continued to seize important native
newspapers which support the .National
ist movement.
The treaty settling our differences with
Columbia over I'anama, has been approv
ed by President Heyes and is before the
Columbian congress.
The officers of the American supply
ship, Celtic, and the gunboat. Scorpion,
made an excursion to Mount Vesuvius as
the guests of the municipality of Naples.
During the ensuing session of the Man
itoba legislature the government will be
severely questioned regarding the prom
ised reduction in telephone rates, which
have not yet been announced despite the
fact that the province took over all the
Bell lines in the province more than a
year ago. The liberals claim that, owing
to the fact that the system baa made a
piofit for the year of $'00,000, the prom
ised reductions in rates should be made.
Russian diplomacy appears to bave
solved the Balkan problem, so far as it
involves Bulgaria and Turkey, by offering
to remit to Turkey the annual payment
of $1,000,000 which under the Berlin
treaty waa to be paid to Russia for 100
years until the claim of Turkey against
Bulgaria shall be satisfied, namely, $24,
(HMl.tjOO. Russia in turn will collect that
amount from Bulgaria in smaller pay
ments on easier terms. Both sides have
assented to that plan.
queen Helena, of Italy, has decided to
undertake with her own private foods
the reeonst ruction of a town on the out
skirts of Messina, the actual location to
be on the hill where the lighthouse stood.
The new cotuumuity will start witl 1,000
Inhabitants.
A committee of the French Senate lias
drawn up a bill to establish a system of
old age und invalid H-nsiou no J insur
ance, which goes far beyond the recently
adopted British system of ugn penxioii.
it reduces the age limit to instead of
70 yeara, and iucorporat '8 nrany of the
features of the German labor insurance
low s.
GOMPEKS DEFEATED AGAIN.
Court of Appeals Affirms Blow at
Boycott List.
The Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia has modified and affirmed
the opinion of Justice Gould of the
Supreme Court of the district, enjoin
ing the American Federation of La
bor, Samuel Gompers nud other defend
ants from publishing in the "We don't
patronize" list the name of Buck's
Stove nnd Range Company of St. Louis.
The opinion, which was handed down
by Justice Itobb, holds that the decree
of Judge Gould should be modified to
the extent that there should be elim
inated the order against the labor or
ganization and the other defendants
prohlb'ting "mentioning, writing or re
ferring" to the business of Buck's Stove
and Range Company or Its customers.
Otherwise the decree is affirmed.
The court holds that the "combina
tion" and the boycott In furtherance
thereof, and the publication In the "We
don't patronize" list In aid of the boy
cott are Illegal.
HOT TIME FOR TEXAS SbLONS.
Session of I.citlslatnre Ends la Tor
moll and w One Starts.
After the Senate had expelled one of its
members and the House had requested the
Spenker to resign, a request that was ig
nored, the regular session of the Thirty
fifth Texas legislature was brought to an
end Saturday night hours after the time
originally set for final adjournment, toYe
convenc immediately in special session,
when the differences of the session just
passed were at once renewed and equally
exciting scenes are being enacted. Bascom
Thomas of Sulphur Springs was the Sena
tor to suffer expulsion for declaring that
members of the Senate and certain lob
byists had been parties to irregular pro
ceedings. A committee investigated, de
clared the charges unfounded aud expul
sion was voted. In the House the charges
against Speaker Kennedy were that he
had secured the salaries of clerks not in
attendance ou the Legislature. A resolu
tion was adopted by a vote of 71 to 4S
asking bis resignation. Instead of com
plying, lowever, the speaker mounted the
rostrum and declared the House finally ad
journed and immediately reconvened it in
extra session.
FINDS LOOT .IN WEALTHY HOME.
Chicago Woman's Dlaeoverr In Cleve
land Mar stir Society Scandal.
The finding in a fashionable Fast Side
home in Cleveland by Mrs. C. II. Fisk, of
Chicago, wife of the editor of the Retail
Dry Goods Reporter, of cut glass stolen
front the Fisk home several months ago,
may result in a society scandal. I'olice
are seeking the means by which the cut
glass reached this home. She made no
objections to Mrs. Fink's taking the cut
glass after the Chicago woman had fitted
broken pieces of the glass into breaks in
the articles. Mrs. Fisk declares she fol- '
lowed a clew given her in Chicago by a
private confession of Roy Bclding, "gen
tleman burglar," that loot of the Fisk
and numerous other burglaries bad been
sent to Cleveland to be disposed of.
WOMAN NOVELIST IS DEAD.
M. Elinor MarCartner l.aao Ex
plrea on Trip.
Mrs. Klinor MacCnrtney Lane, the nov
elist, died in Lyuchbnrg, Va. She had
been ill for several days and was on her
way South with her husband, Dr. Francis
It. Lane, to recuperate her health. About
five years ago she established her reputa
tion as a writer by publishing "The Mills
of God." The success of this novel
prompted her to write "Nancy Stair,"
which was subsequently dramatized.
"Kathelean," Mrs. line's last novel,
which she considered her masterpiece, had
just been finished.
TO BUILD FOUR DREADNOUGHTS.
British Xaval Kallmale Calls for Ex.
prndllvre of 1 T8.T 1 3.SOO.
The eagerly awaited British nnvul esti
mates aliout which there has been so much
controversy inside aud outside of the cabi
net have been issued in Ixmdon. A com
promise won the day, for the estimate
provide foi a total exiienditure of ft "."),
Tl.'i.oOO, an increase of fH,llt!,(KHJ over
the estimates of lOON-V.MHI. The new
building program provides for four Dread
noughts, six protected cruisers, twenty tor
pedo boat destroyers and a number of
aubmarioes, the latter to cost $3,000,000.
