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Work of Congress I Sfur'rr nolllvcr. nas'.-tcd hy el?ht er ilne other progressive Republicans, ralnly attempted Thursday to ffiire tome concession In the wool schedule f the tsrliT M'.l. All their amendments fcere voted down ly ths usual major ity. The wool schedule was debated 111 day and at 5:30 a recess was taken Intll 8 o'clock, when the discussion tras resumed. The IIou.e was In ses lion Just eleven minutes and adjourn Id until Monday. lucerne tax Fhnod with the wool fchedule tie attention of the Senate luring Friday's Fitting of that body, ind after discission of an hour or tiore Its further consideration was postponed t'rfil June 18. This action was the revlt of a motion made by Benator Al-'rlch, which followed a charge by Senator Ilalley that undue influence was being brought to bear Against the proposed Income tax amendment to the tariff bill. Mr. Aldrlch declared that he knew of no Bueh effort, but pleaded for the post ponement of the question until the schedules should be disposed of. The 6enate refused, by the decisive vote Of 69 to 8, to recommit the wool schedule to the Committee on Finance ha motion of Mr. Cummins and thus finally concluded the consideration of that schedule. Only a few of the pro gressive Republicans supported the motion. Openly declaring hla opinion that Senator Aldrlch had lost the con fidence of other Republican Senators which a leader should have. Mr. La toilette made a determined fight to compel the adoption of amendments to the wool schedule which were Thurs day presented by himself. . There were two dozen or more of them, and all were voted down, 41 to 32. Senator Bacon forced votes on two amend ments reducing to 30 per cent ad Valorem the duty on wool and woolen goods, but ho failed to obtain the sup port of any of tho Republican Sena tors, even the progressives refusing to follow him. The House was not In cession. Having completed consideration of ftems of the tariff bill that had been passed over under objections by Sena tors during: Its second reading the ad journment of the Senate Saturday marked an Important period In the progress of the measure. When the '1111 Is again tr.Hen up It will be upon Its third readlr.g icr the final dlsposi tlon of Items upon which the most pronounced objections have been made. In completing the second reading of the bill, works of art, over twenty 'years old, and collections Illustrating 'the progress of the arts over one hun dred years old, which were placed In the free list by the committee on .finance, were retained there after an Interesting debate by a voteaf 53 to 15. The starch Industry received pro jection by a reversal of the recommen dations made by the committee by which tapioca and sago flour will be subject to a duty of 1 cent a pound When not Imported for food. Crude potash, potash carbonate, caustic pot ash and radium were placed upon the free list. Tho House wan not In ses sion. Sugar was the stirring subject be fore the Senate. Monday. It was fcrought to the front in connection with the consideration of the finance committee's substitute for the House provision of the tariff bill regulating the admission of Philippine articles into the United States. Mr. Brlstow 'criticised the clause providing a duty on sugar admitted Into the Philippines equal to that on sugar brought Into the United States and exempting 300, 000 tons of Philippine sugar from duty When brought into the United States. It was contended that the provisions were Intended to promote tho Interests of the American sugar trust and not to benefit the Philippine producers. The supporters of the provision argued that to admit sugar Into the Islands free of duty would be to open the way for Its free admlsslotiTlnlo this coun try. The only vote taken during the flay sesHlon was on an amendment by Mr. Brlstow admitting sugar Into the Philippines free of duty. It was lost. 11 to 49. The Senate at 5:30 p. m. took a recess until 8 o'clock, when the discussion of the Philippine tariff was resumed. After a aettslon of ten min utes the House adjourned until Thurs day. Upon motion of Representative Murphy of Missouri, a resolution was f assed, calling upon the Secretary of be Interior to forward the reports of Cyrus Bede. an Indian Inspector, on the conduct in office of J. Blair Schoen feldt, Indian agent at Union Station, Indian Territory, In 1904. Following the Investigation by Rede, Bchoenfeldt resigned, but the reports were neve made public. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. The Florida Senate has passed a till providing life imprisonment fof kidnapers. Texas competition has put the on 1on growing Industry la. the Bermuda Islands out of business, according to dispatches from New York, where many who formerly owned onion farms in the Bermudas ate arriving. Dr. Gould, of the Norwegian hospi tal In New York, amputated a leg and foot, then sent them to the uwrgue with a properly made-out certificate describing their "death." The coroner Insists this makes It necessary for blin to hold an Inquest. Stephen Barno, whose back was broken by falling from a scaffold la New York, will Wave the White PU'ns lioypitul completely cured. It is on of the fw caves where a patient with nattered vertebra) has completely re covered. Rear Admlrjl Giles H. Harbor, com mand!:. g the Asiatic sriuudron of the Pacific fWt. v. Uh his staff and, the if.ptalnB cf the ship composing the urjuadion, were graud an audience with the Emperor and Empress of Japan in Tokyo. The officers were prr fcftited by Ambassador O'Brien. fRClAL CHICAGO. Further evidences of the Improving state of business generally are seen In a lower record of failures and a new high five-day exhibit of heavy payments through the banks. The of ficial reiort and other advices indi cate tliat the crops make seasonable progress, tho growing condition being entirely favorable. Unsettled weather here retarded full activity In the lead ing retail lines, but considerable de tand developed In the wholesale branches of general merchandise and shipments by dry goods houses were larger than usual at this period. Transportation of freight and pas sengers show expansion. There Is a notably lncre&.ied marketing and out go of grain, and heavier movements ocur In Onlshed products of the mills and factories and in lumber, wool and building materials. Improved demands strengthen the conditions In Iron and steel, and this causes more drawing upon capacity at furnaces, forges, foundries and car shops. Railroad needs come forward quite freely now and are of more va riety and extent than recently noted The effect stimulates preparations for extended enterprise in manufacturing and more bands find re-employment. Numerous bookings strengthen opera tions in pig iron, rails, equipment, brass wwklng and furniture. Heavy consumers find the cost of supplies rising, and this Induces wider buying to protect future reqoirernents. The markets for raw materials are amply stocked, except hides, which decreased In variety and Viave firmer prices tor the better qualities. Industrial pros pects would bo brlgWor with an early settlement of tariff revision, but much encouragement is derived from the ex cellent outlook in agriculture, values of the principal farm products assur ing an accession of wealth to advance manufactures and distribution. Bank clearings aggregate $275,108, 417 for five days and exceed those for Ix days a year ago by 27.6 per cent. The total for the corresponding wei" tn 1907 was $246,844,613. "Uures reported in the Chlea. Jlstrict number 21, against 25 last week, 21 in 1908 and 14 In 1907. Those With liabilities over 15,000 number 4. gainst 6 last week, 8 In 1908 and V la 1907.- Dun's Review of Trade. NEW YORK. Reports from leading Industries ar. on the whole, favorable, so far as booking of future orders Is concerned. Pron and steel are active In finished lines, though output is still below nor mal in some districts. Some wage ad- ances are reported and resumptions of blast furnaces are reducing the floating labor supply. There Is re ported a widening demand for cotton goods; print cloths have regained the loss of a few weeks ago; woolen, goods trade reports are of good business booked or pending, and wool, though teas active than of late, is still very stroug at high-level prices. The leath er trade is active, with high prices ruling in sympathy with hides and kins, which are apparently scarce. Eastern shoe orders are fair. Ship ments are 24 per cent larger than a year ago, but smaller than in any previous year back to 1902. Building trade reports confirm earlier predic tions of a record spring construction In an enormous total far surpassing 11 previous monthly records ever com piled. Business failure for the week end ing with June 10 In the United States were 197, against 191 last week, 253 in the like week of 1908, 161 in 1907, 170 la 1906 and 175 In 1905. Failures In Canada for the week number 22, whleh compares with 29 last week and 24 in tho like week of 1908.. Bradst reefs. J Chicago Cattls. common to prime. 4.0O to $7.25 ; hoKS, prims heavy, $1.50 to $7.H5 ; aheeu, fair to choice, $4.'Jft to $0.; wheat, No. 2, $1.57 to $1.6!; corn, No. 2, 74c to 7(ic; Ml, standard, 57c to M:; rye, No. 2, S8c to ttalc; hay, timothy. $8.00 $ltl.OO; prairie, $.) to $13.00; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 27c; ea. frawh, lSc to 21c; potatoes, per btiHliel, TSo to 87c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0S0: bogs, $4.00 tu $7.25; alteep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, $l.fW to $1.57; corn, No. 3 yellow, 70c to 7Sc; oats, No. 8 whit, lc tt 02c; rye, No. 2, 01c to 2c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.33 to fl.lW; corn, No. 8, 70c to 7; oata, standard, 5Xo. to i!;; rye. No. 1, 87c to K1K-; barley, ataudrd, 70c U Nlc; pork, tnesH, $1U.2 BuffaloCattle, cho'.it shipping t.r. $4.00 to $7.2.1; hoiri, fair to choieu, $4.k) to $H.OO; lieei, coiuimm to good mixed, $4.uO to $4.7o; lamb, fair to choice, $.".00 to $'.1.00. Nw York Cattle. $1.00 to flUKV; 1hicS, 5..V) to $.S.(lO; alicep, m.llO to $3.23; wheat, No. 2 rsl, $l.."s) to $1.51; corn, No. 2, 83c to 81c; oats, nutural white, 02c to Q.V; hotter, creamery, 22c to 20c; egs. western, 17o to 22c. Toledo Wueut. No. 2 mixed. $l..Vi t $1.50; corn, No. 2 mind, 7."o to 77,-; oat, No. 2 mixed, Oik- to (WV ; rye. No. 2. 80c to OOc; clover send, $il.2.". Indlsnspolin Cuttle, hipping, $3.0. to $5.riO; hoB, food to choice heavy, $J..V) to $7.73 ; ahitrp, good to choice, $2.50 to $0.15; wheat No. 2. 1.50 to $1.57; corn. No.- 2 while, 7.1c lo 74c; ibU, No. 2 white, Mc to 55c. St. luU 'nttl.'. $!. to $7.05; hojx, $4.00 to $7.MO; Mhe.sp. $.-,.( l0 J.V7oi wheat. No. 2, $1.04 tu $1.05; corn. No. 2, 73c lo 74c; out. No. 2, 5lc to 57c; rv, No. 2. 8;to to HOc. Cluciuoati Cattle, $4.00 to M.50: bof. $4.00 to $7.70; Hhecp. $3.00 td $3.50; wboat, No. 2. $1..H to $1.50; com, No. 2 Billed, 75c to 70c; oat, No. 2 alied. B8c U Olc ; rye, No. 2, 00c to 02c, OCEAN LINER IS V7UECZED. flavonla Goes Ashore In Asores 410 Passengers Safely Taken Off. The transatlantic steamer Slavonla pf the Cunard line, bearing 110 saloon fassengers and 300 steerage passeng rs, was stranded Friday off Flores aland la the Azores group. Tee ves sel is practically a wreck and it Is thought that refloating will be impoa jlble. The vessel was bound from Kew York to Naples and Genoa. None of the passengers ras lost in the wreck, however, owing to the quick work of rescue which was done by the liner Prlnzcss Irene of the North German Lloyd line and the Hamburg-American liner Hatavla. These two vessels, summoned by wireless from the Slavonla, stood by and took off all of the passengers, the saloon guests being taken aboard th Prlnzess Irene and the steerage pas sengers being taken off by the Da tavla. The list of cabin passengers at given out by the Cunard line contains but few addresses, but the first class passengers are practically all Ameri cans. The weather conditions were not mentioned In the dispatches, but it is surmised that the sea was calm and that the stranding of the Slavonla was due to foggy weather. Flores iBland Is the most westerly of the Azores group with dangerous and precipitous cliffs. The island Is about 30 miles long and nine miles wide. It is thick ly populated and has a billy surface of which the highest point is an ex tinct crater. The inhabitants raise cattle and poultry and wheat for the Spanish markets. The Slavonla was a sister hlo of the Ultonla, Pannonla and Carpathia and one of the best liners In the Mediterranean trade. It was a steel twin screw of 10,600 tons gross and f10 feet long. It was valued at about $750,000. TJ. S. GAINS IN CANADA TEASE. Eeports - Show That British Are Losing1 Dominion Business. Merchandise from the United States forms a steadily Increasing share of the Imports of Canada, as shown by figures from Canadian official publica tions Just received by the Dureau of Statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor In Washington. Fur thermore, Canada's Imports from Great Britain have declined during their period of Increase from this country. Whereas Imports from the United States to Canada increased from 34.03 per cent of the total importations of Canada In 1869 to 60.4 per cent of the fiscal year ending March 81, 1909, the Imports from Great Britain have de creased during the same period from B6.2 per cent to 23.69 per cent. Two thirds of Canada's Imports are manu factured, amounting in 1907, the last year for which statistics are available, to $166,000,000. Of this amount $89, 000,000 worth, 53 per cent of the total, were from the United States, and only $54,000,000, or 33 per cent, from Great Britain. Merchandise entering Canada from the United Kingdom and most of the Drltlsh colonies is admitted at rates materially below those of the general tariff paid by merchandise from the United States. $650,000 FIRE; MAN KILLED. Big Mill and Elevator of Cereal Com- paay at Decatur, 111., Destroyed. In a fire which started shortly after 1 a. ra. Tuesday from electric wiring on the sixth floor of the mill of the De catur Cereal Company, the entire plant was destroyed, with a loss of $650,000. The Insurance Is $165,000. In addition to 80,000 bushels of corn In an adjacent elevator, also owned by the Decatur Cereal Company, were dtstroyed. In an effort to rescue some of the office effects of the firm, John Sheehy, a fireman, was struck on the head by a falling timber and was in stantly killed. The buildings were situated at Eldorado and Vandyke streets, with a frontage of two blocks on the Wabash railroad. The elovator had a rapacity of 100,000 bushels of corn. The entire local fire department responded to the general alarm, but from a lack of water pressure they could do nothing to check the progress of the blaze. The company manufac tured starch, but one of Its main prod ucts was corn grits, used largely by brewers. It employed a large number of men and wan one of the biggest manufactories of Decatur. WANT TO EXPEL PE0F. FOSTER. Baptist Ministers Say Educator's Views Proclaim Him Unitarian. The efforts of the Chicago Baptist ministers to expel Prof. George Bur nam Foster from the church and If poHHlhle from the faculty of Chicago University have stirred up the biggest row the church there has seen In many years. The ministers declare that Dr. Foster's views, as laid down In his latest look, "The Function of Religion In Man's Struggle for Exist ence," proclaim him no longer a Bap tist. They say he Is a Unitarian and has Insulted his fellow clergymen. Foster refuses to resign and asserts he is a "Typical old fashioned Baptist, of the kind that fought, bled and died for human freedom. Dr. Foster's 17-year-old son George baa added humor to the serious situa tion by his action when he defended bis father on "constitutional grounds." Ho deninnded that the ministers "re view the lx)()k, not the man," saying It was against the constitution of this government to restrict a man's thoughts. WOMAN KILS SON AND HERSELF. Illnt-aa uf llor I Ilrllrvrd la llava Worried I'olltlt-lau.'a Wltr. Mrs. Kllzabcth Sharp, well knowa !n society and the wife of G. V. Sharp, a politician and manufacturer of Sa lem, O., killed her 12yearotd son. Harold, and then herself with a re volver. The motive for the tragedy Is believed to be the woman's sorrow over the Incurable nature of her son's malady. He had beeu mentally defi cient from birth. Mrs. Sharp was S3 years old. WHOLE NATION PAYS E 10 WRIGHTS Aviators In Washington Receive Aero Club Medal from President Tsft. THOUSANDS ATTEND CEREMONY Governors Send Laudatory Meisages Which Are to Be Given to the "Conquerors of the Air." The achievement of man-fllgit, for which men have striven for more than 4,000 years, was celebrated In Wash ington Thursday. After receiving ho mage from the rulers of Europe, Wil bur and Orvllle Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, on that day received tflelr first public recognition by their fello countrymen. In the east room of the White House President Taft presented to the Inventors the gold medals awarded to them by the Aero Club of America to commemorate the inven tion of the first successful flying ma chine. ' The event was one of national inter est. The governors of the various States sent laudatory messages con gratulating the Wrights on their suc cess. These, together with the resolu tions adopted by the numerous scien tific organizations and letters written by promlnenj scientists, have been put in book form and will be presented lo the Wrights. The Wright brothers, after being en tertained at luncheon by the Aero Club of Washington, proceeded to the White House. They were presented to the President by Representative Her bert Parsons of New York, who told of their great achievements. In pre senting the medals, President Taft spoke briefly. More than 1,000 Invita tions had been sent out for tho White House ceremony. At its annual meeting last year the Aero Club of America, the pioneer avi ation club in the United States, elect ed the Wrights to honorary member ship and decided to award to each a gold medal. These were procured at a cost of $2,300, obtained through the subscriptions of Its members. The medals bear the likenesses of the two brothers on one side and an Inscrip tion on the reverse side. Wilbur and Orvllle Wright, accom panied by their sister. Miss Katherlue Wright, were met at the station by a delegation from the Aero Club of America. The Wright brothers were taken to the Cosfrnos Club, where they were entertained. ARSENIC IS FOUND IN BREAD. Rich Indiana Woman Thinks Poison That Killed Farmer Was for Her. The presence of arsenic in the bread sample sent to the food and drug la boratory of the State Board or Health by former Congressman John C. Cheney of Sullivan, Ind., has beeo es tablished by a test Just completed, and on the strength of the discovery prep arations are being made to investigate the cause of the recent death of Spen cer Sprlggs, living in Haddon Town ship, Sullivan County. In addition to the bread samples, a sample of flour was sent to the laboratory, but this has not yet been tested. Sprlggs and Sam and Howard Whitfield are said to have been poisoned May 24, the symp toms being ptomaine poisoning. The two Whltflelds recovered, but 8prlgg3 died. Mrs. Flora Haddon believes the poi son was placed in the bread in order to cause her death. Sprlggs lived on her farm. Mrs. Haddon had told of receiving three anonymous letters re cently on which were pictured a skull and crossbones, telling her to leave or she would be killed. Mrs. Haddon was recently defendant In a suit brought by Frank Crawford, postmas ter In the Hawaiian islands, involving land valued at $200,000. The Jury de cided In her favor. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. Standlnir of C'lulta la (be I'rlnclpal llae Hall Lenwuea. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg ..32 L2Ph'd'lphla .18 2 Chicago ...29 18 St. Louis . .19 27 Cincinnati .26 21 Brooklyn ..17 26 New York. 21 19 Boston ....13 29 AMKHH'AN LEAGUE W. I. W. t. Detroit 29 13 Cleveland .20 23 Ph'd lphia .24 18 Chicago ...18 22 New York .22 18 St. Louis ..17 25 Boston ....24 20 Wash'gton .13 27 AMKBICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. I. Ind'npolis .32 24 Mlnn'polls .25 26 Columbus .30 24 Kan. City .21 29 Milwaukee .2!) 24 Toledo 20 2T 'ioulsvllle .29 25 St. Paul ...19 28 IIKeheoi-k Katnlr- la 1 ,1 :U. An iiivfntory of the personal estate of F.thun Allen Hitchcock, former Sec retary of the Interior, filed with the Prolmte Court in St. Louis, shows: Stocks, $221,370; cash, $6,766.82; total, $2U.ir.r.. Mr. Hitchcock dlod at the home of hla son In-law, Commander W. S. SlniH. V. S. N., Washington, I). C, April ! last. llntuiini- l?lod, BOO Hurt. A dlsp.itch from Cracow, Austrian rvi.uid. k;i.vs .V0 persons were wound ed by tlie explosion of at. army pow der 'ii:i:;.uiiirt there Saturday night. Three Hildicrs wore killed, forty hiii:. -i.':-. we ro wrecked, hundreds of other 1.0U4CS were damaged. t ula llri-r .la ni Wi(rr llfa. A freak w.iger that ended fatally was brought to Usht when James Shea, a laborer, 38 years old, died at his home In Lraoklyn, N. Y as the resull of eating a beer glass Feb. 10. S00 CANAL IS WRECKED. .Three Ships and Many Lives Art Endangered by Accident. With all the weight of Lake Supe rior behind It, an ungoverned torrent of water now rushes through the $4, 000,000 Canadian canal built to carry vessels around the Impassable raplJs of the Saint Mary's River at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The entire fall of ap proximately twenty feet Is concentrat ed In the lock which was wrecked Wednesday when the steamer Perry O. Walker of the Gilchrist fleet rammed her bow through the lower gate. The upper gates were open when the Walker crushed open the lower gates and the tremendous power of the rapids was given Instant play. The steamer Asslnlbola, a big Canadian Pa cific passenger liner, moored within the lock chamber, was torn away from her moorings. Riding on the crest of the flood, she Jammed the Walker from her path, the Asslnibola's port an chor ripping a hole In the Walker's side. The liner's engine crew put on full steam ahead in a desperate en deavor to give the big vessel steerage way, and, with her wheelsmen battling to overcome the swirling currents, the Asslnlbola swept into the open reaches sf the river below. The Asslnibola's cargo shifted, and this gave her a con siderable list, and several plates on ler port side forward of amidships were loosened. The Walker was whirl ed around several times, and finally landed on a shoal out of the channel. It Is raid she Is undamaged below the water line. The ore-laden steamer Crescent City of the Pittsburg Steamship Company, which was Just entering the locks from Lake Superior when the accident oc curred, was swept downstream like a feather. She overtook the Asslnlbola and struck the latter two glancing blows after having a great hole torn In her side as she swept paRt the broken lower gate. Tugs caught her and towed her to the American side, where she settled to the bottom. Both the upper gates of the lock and one lower gate were wrenched from their moor ings. The other lower gate still hangs to Its fastenings, twisted and broken. The loss to the Canadian govern ment will probably reach $2.')0,000 and the damage to the Crescent City Is es timated at $100,000. The damage to the steamers Walker and Asslnlbola was comparatively light. Captain Mo sher of the steamer Walker declares that the accident was caused by his engineer making a mistake and throw ing his lever to "full speed ahead" on the captain's signal to "back up." BALLOON INDIANA LAST TO LAND Fisher and Bambaugh Descend Six Miles North of Dickson, Tenn. Carl Fisher and G. L. Bumbaugh of Indianapolis, who started from there Saturday afternoon in the- national balloon race, landed with their bal loon, Indiana, six miles north of Dick son, Tenn., at 6 p. m., Monday, accord ing to advices received. It was the last balloon to land. The aeronauts had landed previously at Ashland City, Tenn., to take on water. According to a dispatch from that town they landed on a pile of ties. They reascended and started northwest. They maintained, according to the dispatch, that the fact that they did not touch ground would prevent their being disqualified. Dr. Goethe Link and j. R. Irvln of the balloon Indianapolis did not know they had won the first prize in the handicap balloon race until they reach ed Louisville. It is reported on good authority tha J. P. Morgan & Co. have underwrit ten $15,000,000 of the $GO,000,000 of bonds to be issued by the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The Soo Railroad Company has let the contract for the construction of 220 miles of track from Moose Lake on the Duluth line to Thief River Falls on the Winnipeg line. conditions for the month of May than in the corresponding month of last year are Indicated In preliminary re ports of the principal Western rail roads. The stockholders of the Missouri Pa cific Railway Company have been called to a meeting at which plans frr the merging of twenty-one subsidiary lines under one corporation will be executed. This will not affect the Iron Mountain lines, however. When this Is done the stock of the com pany will be increased from $100,000. 000 to $240,000,0(10, or about the total of the capital stock of the lines in volved. The new train service which tht. Burlington and Northern Pacific sys terns have combined to put In forct between Chicago and Seattle to make closo connection with the Pennsylva nia's elghtoen-hour filer from New York Is expected to result In the trans mission of mail and passengers from New York to Seattle In four days. The actual schedule time for this service Is ninety-five hours and thirty-five min utes for coast to coast. The Burling ton and Northern Pacific also has put on another train leaving; Chicago at ufght and due to reach S'attle In seventy-two hours. The reorganization committee for the Seaboard Air Line Railway has completed most of the details of Its plans, the main points being elimina tion of the voting trust, no foreclosure, fixed charges to le reduced 25 per cent and no assessments on stock. The reported refusal of the Hawley interests now in control of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway, to sell to the Pennsylvania has given color to the rumor that they are preparing to.huy connecting links which will make that system a trans continental line to com pete with the existing trunk liner y&WJJBgiU' if ii i j a wsr w m st T WANTS A NEW TREATY WITH UNITED STATES President Taft May Hasten Action Desired by Japan on Friendly Compact. EXCLUSION IS TO PLAT A PT. Mikado's Empire Now a World Power and Dernsndi Mire Favor able Treatment as Such. The first step In what will become the most important negotiations that have occurred in the relations of tb United States and Japr have been taken In Washington b Ambassador Takhlra. the representative of the Em peror of the far Eastern, people. He has notified the Secreta) of SUte of the purpose of his government to ter minate the treaty of friendship, navi gation, and commerce, which was sign ed in 1804 and entered into effect in 1899, and has evidenced its desire to formulate a new treaty which shall apply to the existing conditions. The treaty which It will be the In tention of Japaa to bring to an end Is similar to those In force with tho oth er powers. Including Great Britain. It was negotiated while the Japanese were invading China fifteen years ago, and their victory not only demon strated the weakness of the Celestial emipre. but caused the West to real ize that a new military force had ap peared in the world. It went into effect In the year before the Boxer revolt in China, during which the Jap anese expedition conducted itself in a manner that compared most favorably with the behavier of the troops of the other nations. Japan Now World Power. The humiliation of Russia added to the prestige of Japan, and the latter now appears in the council of the pow ers, their equal in standing, and seeks to have the treaties between them and her modified in accordance with her international position. These treaties expire by their terms in 1911, and Japan, desirous to maintain contrac tual relations with the other powers, has proposed that the negotiations shall begin next year of conventions to take their place. Some embarrass ment has arisen In connection with the treaty with the United States be cause of an amendment made by the Senate when ratifying the Instrument, under which the expiration would not occur until 1912. There is a tactical advantage In this situation for the United States, since the first difficulties connected with the negotiations will be throw upon Great Britain, which must arrange a new treaty to become effective in 1911. But, on the other hand. If Great Brit ain accords certain concessions to her ally Japan naturally would seek their incorporation in the new treaty with this country. Consequently It may be decided by President Taft as a mark of friendship for Japan to agree to the termination of the present treaty in in 1911 and to enter upon new, negotiations next year. The importance of these nego tiations will at once be appreciated when it la known that the Toklo gov ernment proposes to insist upon the elimination of that provision of the treaty granting to the United States the right to regulate the admission of Japanese laborers. FLOOD LOSS IN COLORADO. Four Lives Have Been Destroyed ana Train Service Is Interrupted. Floods due to heavy rains, in some Instances approaching cloudbursts, and melting snow Is causing damage In many sections of Colorado. Four lives have been lost In swollen streams, and much destruction of property .caused. Train service in all directions has been interrupted.. The Grand Junc tion water system Is threatened by a flood In the Grand and Gunnison riv ers, and other enterprises there face heavy damage. Around Greely the lowlands are being flooded by a sudden rise in the Cache la Poudre River. A dam southeast of Denver burst, and the water swept through the lower parts of the suburban town of Engle wood, causing considerable damage. In the neighborhood of Limon the juno tlon point of the Rock Island and the Union Pacific Railroads, a cloudburst changed the Big Sandy from a dry bed to a roaring river, flooding many farms In the low sections. LIFE OF MURDERER SPARED. L Actuated by Wlfc'a IVtltlon, Froat- dent ( ouimalra Sentence, Through the Intervention of Mrs. Taft a Russian named Perovich, who was convicted of murder at Fairbanks. Alaska, and sentenced to die, has been saved from the gallows. Actuated by his wife's pleas that mercy be shown the condemned man, the President has commuted the sentence to life Im prisonment. Perovich was tried and convicted before Judge Wickersham. then federnl judge In Alaska, and now a congressional delegate from the ter ritory. Although compelled by the verdict to pronounce a death sentence. Judge Wickersham recommended mer cy, as did Attorney General Wicker sliiim. Tlio Incident his served to Illustrate the part Mrs. Taft plays in at least one phase of the work of the nation'? executive. CONVICTED OF KIXLUQ TWO. Man lio Hurled Ilmllea In IVIIar ( ; life I'onaKv, Michael Solioleskl, a women's tailor, charged with the murder of Ludwlg and Augusta Urmr, was convicted In Toledo, )., of murder In the tlrst degree, with a recommendation for mercy. Soboleskl was negotiating with the aged couple for the poiscssbn of their farm, stabbed them, and burled their bodies In ths cellar of their home. THO-BAD-X, THE HEW RADIUM. Rara Tkat Ct Llllli mm Have FIb Carallva Prasei-floa. Tho-rad X Is a combination of rare radioactive substances, the formula of which I shall later give to the profes sion, says Frank H. Blackman in Har per's Weekly. It Is a flexible, soft, non Irritating substance, made to cover any desired area; easily sterilized by flame, alcohol, ether, boiling water or antiseptics, incapable of absorption of effete products or antiseptics or, in fact, of any material or substance whatsoever. Its therapeutic action Is slower than that of radium, absolutely safe, and its cort within reason. Around it w can associate all the physical phenom ena associated with radium. The clin ical evidence demonstrates Its positive value In tho treatment of disease. Tho-rad X cannot be called a discov ery. It Is the natural, result of work and therapeutic experience. The therapeutic value of tho-rad-X has been established beyend question during the fourteen months in which: we hive been using it for the treafc ment of disease. It has never failed to give relief and in many cases it lias cured. Some of the diseases on which it acts successfully are cancer, tuberculosis of the skin, ulcers, birth--marks and nervous affections. IU ray are as effective as those of radium,, although It does not act so quickly,. Its moderate auction keeps It from be ing harmfully caus.tic, as radium li likely to be when In the hands of un skilled persons. In fact, the discovery Is of so great importance to humanity that I hesi tate to express myself adequately for fear that I should seem to be going beyond the mai;k. There is no doubt at all that tho-rad-X possesses every quality and all the curative virtue of radium. It will be sold to surgeon physicians and laymen through a cen tral agency to be established in Chi cago at a cost merely sufficient to de fray the expense of manufacture. SHORT METER SE3M0NS. Faith. Faith, the appropriation of the ideal,. Is the secret of a successful and Inspir ing life. Rev. E. L. Powell, Christian,. Louisville, Ky, s Cirnee of Temper. To bear evils with patience extracts from them their sharpest thorns and gathers from them the sweetest graces of temper. Rev. J. B. Remensnyder,. Lutheran, New York" City. .Ambition. Ambition Is right and proper and necessary when kept within proper bounds, but when it brook3 no re straint It leads to crime and shame.--Rev. S. H. Burgln, Methodist, San Antonio, Texas. Shallow Satire. It is a shallow satire which seeks to. ridicule all forms, manners, fashions, observances, as mere manacles or warts upon the. hands of freemen. Rev. C. E. Nash, Unlversalist, Lo The Way o Heaven. If we would live the life which leadB to heaven, we need only to intend to do right voluntarily in preference to doing it by compulsion of circum stances against our will. Rev. Hiram Vsooman, Tresbyterlan, Providence,. R. I. Klitbt PrarliiK. When we pray aright we are com muning with the true and only Gcd; when we pray aright our thoughts, as- 1 plratlons and emotions climb to the very highest tablelands they are cap able of reaching. Rev. C. A. Busklrk Christian Scientist. Louisville, Ky. Mnkln a Life. There Is a vast difference In making a life and making a living. With but little effort anybody can make a liv ing; but It equires the strenuous en deavor of a manly soul to make a life.. Rev. Weston Bruner, Baptist, San: Antonio, Texas. Chrlatlanltr the Fnondullon. A cupola or a lightning rod you may have, but a foundation you must have, and that foundation Is Chris tianity. Christianity furnishes the foundation, and no man can get on. well without It. Rev. T. E. Bartlett,. Baptist, Providence. R. I. The Plona Frand. The wealth of the pious fraud, the wolf In sheep's clothing, whose stolen fortunes should be denounced, the men. who help to build the churches, but at the same time exact their usurious returns from the tumbledown, ram shackle, tenement houses. Rev. T. Schanfarber, Hebrew, Chicago, 111. Slapld Mankind. Notwithstanding our boasted civil ization, mankind, as a rule, Is more itupld than the ox and the ass, be cause those creatures know their masters; but mankind, during the long ages of its pupilage, has not learned to know Its Father. Rev. C. Ross Baker, Baptist, Spokane, Wash. The New American. What will the New American be like? Will he take away the artistio sense of the Italian and leave behind his love of revenge? Will be take away the German steadiness and leave only brutality and drunkenness? Will he take away the keenness of French Intellect and leave only the sensuality of that nation? Will the people we have received from foreign shores ab sorb only our political corruption and sensationalism? It rests with you. The patriotism of to-day calls for a more terrific sacrifice than that de ninnded by the Civil War veterans. Rev. Charles A. Eaton, Baptist, New York City. Innppreclatrd. Tho lady killer was boasting of hla prowess. "One girl whom I knew," be said, "actually died for love'of mc. I was her last thought." They eyed him malevolently. "I should think." remarked one of them, "that you might be anybody's last thought!" New York Times. It makes no difference if her hus band can aftord it or not, every worn rn goes on a Journey if a fortune teller coid her aUe waa going.