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.
