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    TARIFF BILL IS VICTOR;
SIGHED BY PRESIDENT
Senate Vote 47 to 31 Leather
Joker Corrected Congress
Adjourna.
SEVTJI SENATORS BOLT 0. 0. P.
President Defenda Measure aa Ful
fillment of Ilia Pre-Electlon
Fledges.
President Taft signed the Payne tar
iff bill at G:06 Thursday evening In
the Presidents room at the capltol la
Washington, surrounded by cabinet of
ficials. Senators and representatlvea
who had gathered to witness the slm
ple cere.mony.
Within an hour thereafter, or at
o'clock, the Senate having adopted the
conference report by a vote of 47 to
31, an both houses having adopted
the concurrent resolution to correct
the errors In the leather schedule, the
special session of Congress adjourned
without day. For good or 111, the re
vised tariff is before the people. The
new law became operative at. mid
night. Thursday night the President gave a
farewell dinner at the White House to
the leaders of both houses of Congress.
Friday evening Jie departed for the
summer capital at Beverly.
even Republicans Vote "No."
Seven Republican Senators voted
against the bill, vis.: Clapp and Nel
on of Minnesota, Beverldge of In
diana, Cummins and Dolliver of Iowa,
Bristow of Kansas and La Follette of
Wisconsin Rongtw XfnVnnrv nf Tjtnlo. I
lana, Democrat, was paired in favor of
the bill. Details of the vote are W
follows:
Fir
-Repnhllraas.
Gamble
Guggenheim ,
Hale
Heyburn
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Lodge
Lorlmer
McCumber
; Oliver
Aldrich
Borah
Bourne
Bradley
Brandage
Brown
Bulkeley
Burkett
Burnham
Burrowa
Burton
Carter
Clark (Wyo.)
Crane
Crawford
Cullom
Curtla
Depew
Dick
Dixon
Dupont
Elklna
Flint
Fry
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Piles
Root
Scott
Smith (Mich.)
Smoot
Stephenson
Sutherland
Warner
Wetmore 47.
Aaralast Democrat.
Bailey McLaurln
Bacon Martin
Bankhead Newlanda
Chamberlain Overman
Clay Paynter
Culberson Rayner
Daniel Shlvely
Fletcher Simmons
Foster Smith (Md.)
Frailer Smith (S. C.)
Gore Stone
Hughes Taliaferro 14.
Republicans.
Bristol Dolliver
Clapp LaFollette
Cummins Nelson
Beverldge
Alwcaltn,
Ciark (Ark.) Nixon
Davis Oweln
Johnson Richardson
McEnery Taylor
Money
The passage of the bill waa wit
nessed by crowded galleries. House
members filled the rear of the Senate
chamber. Prominent among the lat
ter waa Sereno E. Payne, ohalrmr.n of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee, whose name the bill will carry as
Its author.
Immediately after his return to the
White House from the capltol, where
he had gone to sign the Payne bill and
also the Philippine tariff and the de
ficiency appropriation bills, President
Taft issued a statement to the coun
try. It la a defense of the new tariff
law with respect to meeting party
pledges, and the President's campaign
Interpretation of the platform. The
President does not soek to declare the
bill perfect, but In the main he re
gards It as having wrought substan
tial downward revision.
WAVY BOXHIO BOUT IS FATAL.
allor en Battleship Vermont Die
of Injuries.
During a boxing bout on the bat
tleship Vermont, lying In the harbor
at Provtncotown, between two mesa
attendants named Foster wad Wil
liams, the former - received Injuries
from which he died. The ship's police
placed Williams under surveillance as
soon as the ship's surgeon reported
that Foster had been hurt 10 severely
in the bout that his recovery was
tloublful. The men were to have box
d ten rounds, but the encouuter was
topped In the sixth round, when It
was seen that Foster was suffering In
tensely and had no chance of win
ning. Woman glare Assailant.
Mrs. Hannah Gibson, living In a
hamlet near Coatesville, Pa., shot Wil
liam. Thompson of Lancaster, Pa., in
flicting a wound from which he died.
Mrs. Gibson has not been arrested!
She told the police that while gather
ing wood the man attacked her with
stick.
II. rls Boa., at Crowd.
A dynamite bomb thrown Into the
midst of a crowd surrounding a street
vender In Woonsocket. R. I., Injured
nine persons, one of whom will die.
Tbe bomb thrower was not arrested
and tbe cause of the throwing of tbe
aalsslle Is a mystery.
Earthquake J ere Portasrat.
Two strong shocks of earthquake
were felt In Portugal at t p. m. Tues
day. The center of the disturbance
-was at Santarem, forty miles north
east of Llubon. No damage was dona.
MOB TRIES TO LYNCH OFFICIAL
Fury Is Brought On In Cltjr Council
Over Politics.
Tl a City Council of Indianapolis
was virtually in the hands of a mob,
from 1 to 3 o'clock Tuesday morning
and the feellnc was so intense that
the police had to be continually on
guard to prevent violence. The situa
tion was brought on by a combination
of Democrats and Republicans, which
had for its object. It Is alleged, the
appointment of primary election in
spectors that would be favorable to
N. W. Harding, Republican candidate
for Mayor, and Charles R. Clark, Dem
ocratic candidate for the same olTloe.
Iew Shank Is the opposing Republi
can candidate and Charles Gauss tho
opposing Democratic candidate.
Councilman Royce, a Harding man,
slipped out of the chamber Just as the
vote was announced In Harding's fa
vor and was pursued by a mob with
cries of "Hang the Bcoundrel!" "Shoot
the traitor!" and other denunciations.
The mob pressed on his rear, and see
ing no other means of escape Royse
ran to the police station. Officers suc
ceeded in protecting the trembling
Councilman.
PARALYSIS CAUSED BY DUST.
Winona, Minn., Decides o Sprlnkla
(o Driirnr Urmi,
Winona, Minn., Is fighting an epi
demic of Infantile paralysis, which
attacks children between the ages of
6 months and 10 years, and where It
does not kill, leaves the victims help
less cripples. When effort of the
Board of Health failed to check the
growing number of cases, the State
authorities were called in. They said
the disease germ Is carried in the dust
from the streets Into susceptible or
gans of the children. The thirty or
more cases are scattered throughout
the outlying districts, which are not
sprinkled. A special meeting of the
Council was held and It was decided
to sprinkle the entire city, alleys,
streets and sidewalks In an effort to
rid the city of the germs. There has
been no rain In Winona for over a
month.
TRY TO WRECK TREASURE TRAIN
Obtruetlon on llnrllnatnn Truck to
Ditch far with "SBO.OOO.
As a passenger train on the Burling
ton was rounding a hazardous curve
tor the station of Belmont, ten miles
out from Crawford, Neb., the engineer
discovered on the track a few rods
head an obstruction composed of steel
rails. Engineer Wade stopped the
train within a few feet of the obstruc
tion. It is said that the express car
contained $250,000 In gold bullion bill
ed to New Vork city. A farmer named
Chris Berger, found near the spot,
was arrested. He pleads Innocence,
saying he was at the point to flag the
train to get Into Alliance for medical
aid. Berger has a badly torn arm,
caused, he says, by the accidental dis
charge of, a shotgun.
RECORD CROPS IN NORTHWEST.
Wheat and Corn Break All Record
la Minnesota and Dakotas.
The Northwest has raised a great
crop of grains this year. Harvest Is
at hand and the cutting of grain Is
general In Minnesota and South Dako
ta, and Is crowding Into North Dako
ta. The record will be broken as to
wheat and corn, and probably oats and
flax, while bailey will hold Its own
and may .prove to be a record crop
also. It will require $375,000,000 to
1400,000,000 to purchase these crops at
present prices. No other statement is
necessary to emphasize the prosperity
that has come once more to the people
of the Northwest.
G. A. R. MEETING IN AUOUST.
Thousands Kxperted to Attend Sail
Lake Kncampment.
' Tho Grand Army of the Republic
ill assemble in Salt Lake City Au
gust 9 for its forty-third annual en
campment. In addition to the Grand
Army there will be meetings of the
Woman's Relief Corps, LadleB of the
Grand Army of the Republic, National
Association of ex Prisoners of War,
National Association ef Army Nurses,
Naval Vetera Association, Daugh
ters of Veterans, Spanish War Veter
ans, Sons of Veterans, War Miulclans
and National Press Correspondents.
United States Senator O. II. Clay, of
Georgia, hue been re-elected by the
Georgia Legislature. Ills term will ex
pire In 1915.
President Tuffs faith In the corpora
tion tax measure is unshaken. He will
accept no substitute for the measure
and will not modify it 1
The women suffragists of Colorado
are to make an effort to send on of
their own sex-to Congress two years
henoe. They are agreed thHt Mrs. H11
ruh Piatt Decker Is to be tho candi
date. The Democratic congressional com
mittee, one year in advance of the us
uul time for such aetlon, has elected
officers and mapped out the course for
capturing the House In the next con
gressional elections.
Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio hue
started the Democratic cumpalgn of
1912 by asserting that a canvass of
the Democrats In Congress shows a
practically unanimous choice among
them of Gov. Harmon of Ohio as the
nejit candidate of the purty for Presi
dent. President Taft has served notice on
the congreisionu) leaders of the Re
publican party that the country Is
looking to see thut the pledges made
lust full are kept for a downward re
vision of the tariff. The President's
position Is thut. so far as within his
power, he will tee that the pledges are
kept
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AMERICANS ARE SAFE
Minister Says No Visitor Was In.
jured During Rioting la
Barcelona.
FEAR TROUBLE IN THE FUTURE
Officials Take Every Precaution
to Prevent Renewal of
Outbreak.
Order now has been restored In
every province In Spain. Barcelona
has been calm for a few days and nor
mal life has been resumed there. Sa
badell and Tarrassa have submitted
to the troops and the mushroom re
publics proclaimed In some of the com
munes faded away as soon as the sol
diers made their appearance.
The American minister In Madrid
announced on Wednesday that all
Americans in Barcelona or In the af
fected dlntrlcta during the recent dis
orders are safe.
The ofllcials at Barcelona are tak
ing every precaution to prevent any
outbreak In the future. The terrible
repressive measures of the military
authorities have left a deep .under
current of resentment among the
masses and fears are still entertained
that the rebellion may flare up again
In a new form. The people the clam
oring for the release of the prisoners
In the dungeons of Fort Montjuich.
Denies Murders br Itloters.
Senor Solortega, a Republican Sen
ator, has arrived at Madrid from Bar
celona. He denies the recent move
ment in that city was separatist and
says also that the revolutionists dur
ing the two days they were masters
of the city did not commit a single
assassination or act of cruelty. The
Inmates of the religious Institutions
tied when the buildings were burned.
One of the greatest losses In Barce
lona is the libraries of the Christian
schools and the Scientific museum,
containing together 70,000 volumes. A
new civil governor of Barcelona has
been appointed.
The minister of the Interior has
given out a statement in which he
says, among other things, that not
only the reservists but volunteers are
flocking to the recruiting stations for
service in Morocco.
Save Women Attacked Honks.
The Paris Figaro's staff correspond
ent at Barcelona reports that the riot
ers violated the sepulcher of nuns, but
did not harm living nuns. The monks,
however, were chased from convents
and monasteries while the women In
the crowds, who were especially en
raged, cried: "Away with you! No
longer will you steal our needle and
our brotdery; no longer will you pre
vent by your unfair competition our
women finding employment."
Some incidents of the rioting as
sumed the phase of grewsome buffoon
ery. In one convent where there was
a big stock of candles the women and
children lighted these and held a
mock procession, and two mummified
bodies of nuns arrayed in magnificent
raiment were carried with mock pomp
before the residence of a millionaire
citizen.
TWO KIDNAPED; $25,000 ASKED.
Children of St. Louis Man Held fot
Ransom Under Death Threat.
Grace Vlvlano, 5 years old, and
Thomas Vlvlano, 2i years old, chil
dren of a wealthy Italian manufac
turer, were kidnapped In St. Louis,
and are held for $25,000 ransom. A
letter demanding that sum under pen
alty of injury or death to the chil
dren was rreived by the distracted
parents and is now in the hands of
the police.
Detectives have been sent through
tha Itallnn nunrtop onil fl& aumnta
! arrested, thouch no tmno nf tha ehn.
dren could be found Though nothing
In the letter demanding the ransom
indicated it, the parents are of the be
lief that the Black Hand Is back of
the kidnaping, and, remembering the
fate of two Louisiana children kid
napped by agents of the Black Hand
Society some time ago, they feel sure
their children will be crippled or kill
ed unless tbe demands of the kidnap
ers are met or the children taken
from them soon.
FAMOUS "BLUE LAWS" KILLED.
Liberal Views Defeat 1722 Statute
Sunday Baseball Now Possible.
Both houses of the Connecticut Leg
islature Wednesday passed a bill re
pealing the so-called "blue laws" re
lating ;o Sunday observance, which
forbid o'.nost every form of recreation
and secular activity. The laws, which
have been seldom enforced, are relics
of 1722. One law specifically repealed
provides for a fine of $4 on each per
son who shall attend a concert or en
tertainment on the Lord's day. The
new Sunday bill la short. It defines
the Sunday and prohibits all sports
and secular activities "except such aa
are demanded by necessity and mercy,
and such as are for tho general wel
fare of the community." The penal
section provides both fines and impris
onment for violation. Under the words
"general welfare of the community"
Sunday baseball is probably permit
ted, and the advocates of the bill ad
mit that the courts must Interpret the
wording In several places.
Caruso's Voice Is Found O. K.
Enrico Caruso sang in Ostend be
fore an audience of 10.000 whose un
animous verdict was that his voice
was still excellent and admirably un
der control far better than It was be
fore his operation recently.
Kills Two While Demented.
8. V. McDonald, a farmer living
near Chlckasba, Okla., during a fit of
temporary insanity, shot aud killed
his wife's brother, J. A. Thompson,
and Mrs. Thompson, and then shot
himself. His own wife escaped
T.FT PRAISES PAYNE BILL
I Lave eigne the Payne tariff bill
because I believe It to be the leult
0.' sin. ere tffoit on the part of the
Republican party to make a down
ward revision and to comply with the
promises of the platform m they have
been generally understood and as 1
Interpreted them in the campaign be
fore election.
This lit not a perfect tmlff bill, or a
complete compliance with the prom
ises made strictly Interpreted, but a
fulfillment free, from criticism in re
spect to a subject matter Involving
many schedules and thousands of ar
tides could not bo expected. It suf
flees to say that, except with regard
to whisky, liquors and wines, and in
regard to silks and as to some high
classes of cottons all of which may
be treated as luxuries and proper sub
jects of a revenue tariff there have
been very few increases In rates.
There have been a great number
of real decreases in rates, and they,
constitute a sufficient amount to Jus
tify the statement that this bill Is a
substantial downward revision and a
reduction of excessive rates. This Is
not a free trade bill. It was not In
tended to be. The Republican party
did not promise to make a free trade
bill.
The Philippine tariff section I have
struggled to secure for ten years past,
and it gratifies me exceedingly by
my signature to give It the effect of
law. I am sure it will greatly In
crease the trade between the two coun
tries, and it will do much to build
up the Philippines In a healthful pros
perity. The corporation tax is a Just and
equitable excise measure, which, It la
hoped, will produce a sufficient
amount to prevent a deficit and which
Incidentally will secure valuable sta
tistics and Information concerning the
many corporations of the country, and
will constitute an Important step to
ward that degree of publicity and reg
ulation which the tendency In cor
porate enterprises in the last twenty
years has shown to be necessary.
CHRONOLOGY OF
- NEW TARIFF LAW.
MArtCH 6 Prsldent Taft calls spe
cial HesHlon.
MARCH 16 Special session con
vened. MARCH 16 President Tuft sends
message.
MARCH 17 Payne tariff bill Intro
duced in House.
APRIL 9 Payne bill pases House
by 217 to 161.
APRIL, 10 Rill referred to Senate
Finance Committee,
APRIL, 12 Reported back to Sen
ate. JULY 6 Completed In committee
of the whole.
JL'LY 8 Tariff bill passes Senate,
4i to 34.
J,JLy 9 House rejects Senate's
tt.vL n,nen,1m,"t" by 178 to 161.
LLY 9 Hill goea to conference
committee.
Jl'LY 16 President Taft Issues ul
tlatum that tariff must be re
vised downward.
Jl'LY 80 Conference report pre
sented to House.
Al'O. 1 House passes payne-Al-drlch
bill by vote of 195 to 183,
twenty Republicans voting ad
versely. Al'O. i Bill passes Senate In final
form at 2:10 p. m. by 47 to 31
and Is signed by President Taft
at B o'clock.
AT O. 6 New law goes Into effect.
In all 141 days from date re
ported until signed by President.
FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
Standing; of Clubs la the Principal
Burnt Ball Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L. W.
Pittsburg .66
Chicago ...6t
New York. 52
Cincinnati .48
27 St. Louis... 40
30 Philadel'a ..41
37 Brooklyn ..33
46 Boston ....26
AMERICAN t.EAOUE.
W. U W. L.
Detroit ...62 37 Chicago 48 50
Philadel'a .59 40 New York.. 46 52
Boston ....58 44 St. Louis ..43 54
Cleveland .52 48 Wash'gton .29 72
AMEBIC A IT ASSOCIATION.
W. I W. L.
Minn'polis .63 48 St. Paul ...53 54
Mllw'kee ..61 50 Kan. City,. 50 55
Louisville ,57 53 Toledo 50 58
Columbus .55 55 Ind'polis ...48 63
STREET CAR STRIKE VOTED.
Employes of Chicago Companies Cast
Unllnts Favoring Walk-Out.
The 9,000 employes of the Chicago
City Railway Company and the Chica
go Railways Company have voted to
strike. The polls closed at 3 o'clock
Friday morning and the Indications
then were that 90 per cent of the vot
ers favored a walkout. This does not
mean that a strike will be called Im
mediately. Negotiations had not yet
been abandoned and there were sev
eral steps yet to be taken before a
strike may occur.
W0S ZENDS,
or
Not one of the American horses that
were anions the starters In the events
at Sandoun Park, England, were win
ners. II. P. Whitney. J. R. Keene and
Richard Croker were represented in the
entries.
Toboggan, Pat Ornus and Arvld
Ladd were killed and a score of crack
horses were Injured by a Are which de
stroyed nfty-flve stalls at the driving
park at Tursa, Okla. The origin of the
lire Is unknown.
The Wisconsin Union of Sharpshoot
ers' Societies will hold a State tele
graph shoot In September under the
direction of the general committee of
Wnusau.' Wauaau, Chilton, New Hol
steln, La Crosse, Monroe, Montlcello,
Milwaukee, and New Olarus will be
represented In the contest
Lillian R. C:04V4). the greatest rac
ing, trotting- mare of Pennsylvania,
owned by David Shaw, of Pittsburg,
has been bred to that good sire, Peter
the Great C:07V4)- This transfers from
the activities of training and racing to
the life of a matron one of the fastest
and most successful trotters of recent
yearr
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TAFT TRIP OF 13.000 HUES.
President Outlines Itinerary fer Fall
Visit to West and South.
1'renldent Taft has made public s
tentative outline of the trip he will
take through the South and West this
fall. The big trip will be a swing
around practically the entire United
States, embracing a Journey approx
imating 13.000 miles as long as the
cruise of the battleship fleet from
Hampton roads, through the Straits of
Magellan to San Francisco Bay.
The President, accompanied by Sec
retary Fred W. Carpenter, Captain
Archibald W. Butt, his military aid;
several White House attaches, and per
haps a guest or two for various parts
of the trip, will travel In a private
car attached for the greater part of
the time to regular trains, but run
ning "special" frequently. It will be
a "White House on wheels." The
President will start from Boston on
Sept. 15, his fifty-second birthday.
Following Is the Itinerary as but
lined:
Sept. 15 Boston.
Sept. 16 Chicago.
Sept. 17 Madison and Portage, Wis.;
Winona, Minn.
Sept. 18 Minneapolis, Minn.
Sept. 20 Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha. -
Sept. 21 Denver, Colo.
Sept. 22 Colorado Springs and Pueb
lo, Colo.
Sept. 23 Glenwood Springs and Mon
trose, Colo.
Sept. 24 Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sept. 27 Butte and Helena, Mont.
Sept. 28 Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 29 North Yuklrna and Seattle,
Wash.; Alaska-Yukon exposition.
Oct. 2 Portland, Ore.
Oct 4 Sacramento, Cal.
Oct. 6 Oakland, Berkeley, and San
Francisco, Cal.
Oc. 7, 8, 9 Yosemlte valley. .
Oct. 10 Fresno, Cal.
Oct. 11 Los Angeles, Cal.
Oct. 14 Grand canyon, Ariz.
Oct. 15 Albuquerque, N. M.
Oct. 16 El Paso, Texas; meeting with
President Diaz.
Oct. 17 San Antonio, Texas.
Oct. 18 Corpus Christl, Texas.
Oct. 23 Houston and Dallas, Texas.
Oct. 25 St Louis. Mo., and East St
Louis, 111.
Oct. 26 Cairo, 111.; Hickman, Ky.
Oct. 27 Memphis, Tenn., and Helena,
Ark.
Oct 28 VlckBburg, Miss.
Oct. 29 New Orleans, waterways con
vention. Nov. 1 Jackson, Miss.
Nov. 2 Columbus, Miss., and Birming
ham, Ala.
Nov. 4 Macon and Savannah, Ga.
Nov. 6 Charleston. S. C.
Nov. 6 Augusta, Ga.
Nov. 8 Columbia, S. C.
Nov. 9 Wilmington, N. C;
Nov. 10 Richmond. Va. 1
Nov 10 Washington, D. C.
Nov, 11 Middletown, Conn.
Nov. 19 Norfolk, Va.
Nov 20 Hampton, Va.
Nov 21 Washington, D. C.
The final return to Washington com
pletes the President's 13,000 mile tour.
Then he will start putting the finish
ing touches on his annual message.
GOTHAM HAS MOTH PEST.
Myriads f White and Brown Insets
,Aauln Sweep Over New York.
What appeared to be a heavy mid
winter snowstorm was really myriads
of small white moths which again
visited New York all Sunday night.
Again the little pests swarmed Into
the brightly lighted hotels and restau
rants and clouded the street lamps,
but this time they were accompanied
by millions of large brown moths,
some of them Ave inches from tip to
tip, and as these fluttered about the
lights they looked like bats. A strange
feature of these visitations which
this summer are worse than ever be
fore, and which the entomologists
are trying to fathom, is what becomes
of the moths at the break of day.
With the first ray of daylight, they
disappear, but no one has found
where they go.
X
FIST BATTLE IN PARLIAMENT.
Deputies Riot and Smash Things la
How Over Church In Portugal.
Free thinkers of all political parties
In Portugal, represented by a liberal
committee, presented to the cortes
Tuesday a petition for the suppression
of the religious orders in Portugal and
the abrogation of the laws against
freedom of conscience. Senator Ca
macho moved the consideration of the
subject. When the motion was voted
down the galleries protested. On the
floor of the House the deputies en
gaged In a struggle in which desks
and chairs were overturned. Twice
the chamber had to be cleared. The
tumult was- continued in the streets.
Among other things the petitioners
asked the abrogation of the law per
mitting religious associations to ac
quire landed property.
Blow Fatal In Boys' Fight.
After singing in the choir at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in Baltimore
John Freudel, eleven years old, was
struck by August Krueger, ten years
old, and died In a few minutes. Kreu
ger was exonerated by a coroner's
Jury.
Killed br F.lght Tons of Fig Iron.
William P. Mitchell, a graduate of
Brown University, this year, was kill
ed by eight tons of pig iron, which
broke through a celling and fell upon
him at his desk In the office of tbe
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Com
pany In Pittsfleld, Mass.
Wife Leaves Riches to Dogs.
By the will of Mrs. Mary F. Snow
of Hartford, Conn.. Miss Phila C. Mil
ler, a spinster living In Orange, Mass.,
will receive the Income of $10,000 for
taking care of Mrs. Snow's two small
Imported dogs. The deceased left her
husband but $2,000.
Girl Shoots Her Mother.
While trying to shoot a rat, 17-year-old
Mary Owens of Wllkesbarre, Pa.,
accidentally shot her mother, the bul
let entering the elder woman's lungs
and causing a wound that probably
will result fatally.
Aeease Postal aster and Wife.
Postmaster Harvey B. Sanford and
bis wife, who Is his deputy, of Oreton,
Ohio, were arrested the other day. San
ford Is eiiaged with making fale re
turns and his wife with the unlawful
sale of postage stamps.
PRINCIPAL CHANGES
CHIEF X1ECREASE3.
Hide
Iron ore
Bituminous coal
Petroleum, crude or refined .
Lumber
Rough Finished
Timber, round, hewn, un
sawed Wood pulp
Print paper
Leather, rough and sole-
Boots and shoes
Same, after Oct. 1, 1909 ...
Agricultural Implements ....
Works of art, 20 years old . .
Pig Iron
Scrap iron and steel
Bar Iron
Structural steel, unpunched .
Sugar, refined f
Fresh meat .".
CHIEF
Hemp
Hemp, hackled
Calamine
Spirits and cordials
Still wines
Malt liquors
Fruit Juice
Cotton hose
Valued not above $1 a dos.
Valued from $1 to $1.50....
Valued from $lyt0 to $2. ..
Shingles
Razors valued at $3 doz....
Antimony ore
Structural steel, fabricated
and assembled
Artificial feathers and fruits.
Coemetlcs,dentlfrlces, etc...
Polished plate glass not over
24 by 30 Inches
Broom corn
Hops
..50c
..60c
..70c
.$1.75
.10c sq.
POST CARDS KEPT OUT OF MAIL.
esnMsnssnansa
Thousands of Tinseled Missives Sent
to Dead Letter Office Dally.
Failure to Inclose tinseled or frosted
post cards In tightly sealed envelope
to prevent the escape of particles of
tinsel, mica and the like, as required
by the postal regulations, Is causing
from 15,000 to 20,000 of such cards to
be withdrawn from the malls and sent
to the dead letter office of the Post
Office Department every day. Follow
ing the issuance of an order by the
department declaring cards of such
character to be unbailable unless in
closed In envelopes so treated as to
prevent Injuries to employes, post card
dealers began supplying their custom
ers with flimsy transparent envelopes
for Inclosing the cards, which has re
sulted In much difficulty to the depart
ment The postage stamp Is frequent
ly placed on the card Inside the en
velope, thereby preventing Its cancel
lation, and the envelopes fall to pre-'
vent the escape of particles, which fill
the air in postal cars, thereby causing
Inflammation of the eyes of railway
mall clerks.
LAKE TRAFFIC GROWS DECIDED
Business Improvement Shown by
Government Figures for June.
Considerable Improvement In the
business situation compared with con
ditions a year ago Is noted In a re
port by the National bureau of sta
tistics for June. It Is shown that do
mestic shipments of leading classes of
commodities from lake ports reached
10,179,63? net tons, compared with
7,427,616 net tons In June, 1908. Do
mestic shipments for the current sea
son to the end of June are 19,589,552
tons about 65 per cent in excess of
the total domestic shipments for the
corresponding period of 1908. Iron-ore
shipments for the month, 5,250,657
gross tons, were more than double
those in June, 1908.
More than 53 per cent of the June
shipments came from Duluth and Su
perior. Sot coal cargoes, amouutlng to
1,767,098 net tons, were about 17 per
cent below tha 1908 figures, although
the season's shipments, 3.368,262 net
tons, were nearly 18 per cent hlghei
then last year. Shipments of hard
coal during June, principally from
Erie, Buffalo and Oswego, aggregating
636,401 net tons, also proceeded at a
lower rate than In 1908.
Lumber shipments were far In ex
cess of those In June, 1908, and it Is
pointed out that the largely Increased
receipts at Chicago, North Tonawanda,
Detroit and Buffalo indicate Improved
conditions in the building trade.
Ill na a . r n . , ...
r rm JIBir U I ni M O. 4
Marry Sanford, 16 years old. resid
ing near Franklin, Pe, had his hair
cut for (he first time In his life. The
shorh locks weighed more than a
pound, Irts parent, proud of the lux
urlanqo, refused to aliew It to be cut,
but the boy Is going to college next
fall and finally decided for himself.
Untlt he was 8 years old Harry Wore
his hair loose about his shoulders, but
Of late years he has braided It and let
It hang down under his coat
Tbe As tor Fuel Machine.
The current number of the Scien
tific American Contains an account of
a new process Invented by John Jacob
Astor, the New York multimillionaire,
for utilizing as fuel the peat deposits.
The process Involves the disintegrat
ing of the fiber ot the peat so as to
allow It to be thoroughly and uniform
ly heated. The machine Is to be run
by the gas derived directly from the
pent. Colonel Astor says that be will
lxperlnient further
Roosevelt Tires of Chase.
Frohra Naivasha, East Africa, where
the Roosetelt party has been hunting
along Lake Naivasha, comes the re
port that CoL Roosevelt has tired of
the hunt and taken to his literary la
bora The members were said to be
shooting only rare specimens, as their
collection had been completed. From
Naivasha the party will return to Nai
robi and thence go to Kenya Province
on August 5. with headquarters at Fort
Hall In a private letter, Mr. Roose
velt has complained of the reckless
ness of his son, Hermit In hunting big
game.
IN NEW TARIFF I,AW.
Old Rate.
New Rate.
15 p. c.
. 40 cents a ton
. 67 cents a ton
Countervailing
Free
15 cents a ton
45 cents a ton
Free
I
$1.25 M ft
.$1.25 to $2.75 M ft
$2 M ft.
.. $2 to $4 M ft.
t
1 cent cubic ft
. ... 1-12 cent lb.
... 3-10 cent lb.
20 p. c.
. . cent cubic ft.
Free
3-16 cent lb.
6 p. c.
15 p. c.
10 p. c.
15 p. c.
Free
$2.50 a ton.
$1 a ton
3-10 cent a lb.
3-10 and 4-10 cent
1.91 cents lb.
....... 1 cents lb.
25 p.
25 p.
20 p.
20 p.
$4 a ton
$4 a ton
6-10 cent a lb.
. . 6-10 cent lb.
. 1.93 cents lb.
.... i cents lb.
INCREASE3.
Old Rate.
New Rate.
... $20 a ton
. . $40 a ton
$22.50 a ton.
...$45 a ton.
Vic lb.
$2.60 pf. gaL
60o gal.
45c gaL
70c gal.
Free
$2.25 pf. gal.
COo gal.
40c gal.
60c gal.
doz. and 15 p. c.
doz. and 15 p. c.
doz. and 15 p. c.
20c M.
dos. and 20 p. c.
Free
...70c dos. and 15 p. c.
...85c doz. and 15 p. c
...90c doz. and 15 p. c.
60c M.
.$1.80 doz. and 35 p. c
lc lb.
. tc lb.
CO p. c.
60 p. c.
45 p. c
60 p. C:
60 p. c.
ft and 5 p. c
Free
12c lb.
12Vc sq. ft and 5 p. c.
$3 a ton
16o lb.
CHURCHES MAY UNITE.
Three Pennsylvania Towns Consid
ering Novel Proposition.
D. E. Park, of Pittsburg, who makes,
his home In Ebensburg, Pa., during;
the summer, has offered three Protest
ant congregations of his town $2r),000'
on condition that they unite and be
come one church. One meoting of the
deacons of the three churches has al
ready been held, and the merger I
likely to be consummated.
It Is pointed out that the three con
gregations the Presbyterian, Congre
gational and Calvlnistlc Methodist
could do a much better work were
they united. The Congregational
Church owns a very valuable proper
ty, consisting of a large edifice and
parsonage, several lots of ground and.
two cemeteries. Its property Is worth
more than all the other Protestant
properties In Ebensburg.
It Is urged that the three churches
unite, buy a property In the central
part of Ebensburg and construct ' a
large church edifice. It Is proposed
to engage a pastor at a salary of about
$3,000 a year, an assistant at about
$1,000, a paid organist, musical di
rector and choir. The membership ot
the church would be about 700.
floras7
Exit Clemeneeau.
Does Premier Clemeneeau as wtr
now realize the danger there Is in sac
sin' back? St. Louis Republic
M. Clemeneeau seems to have touch
ed the button at the unpsychologlcal
moment Galveston News.
M. Clemeneeau challenged a back
fire, and as a result of his bravado waa
shot full of holes. Detroit Free Press-.
Possibly M. Clemeneeau will decide
to spend the rest of tho 'immer with
the former shah and the ex-sultan.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
At this Juncture it appears to be up
to the private business of M. Clemen
eeau to demand all his time and atten
tion. Indianapolis News.
This country Is fairly well supplied
with medical practitioners, but lf Dr.
Clemeneeau should see fit to eturn he
could probably build up a comfortable
practice. Boston Herald.
The French people, who are now
saying things about M. Clemeneeau,
are handicapped by having- no exact
equivalent for the word "quitter."
Pittsburg Gazette-Tines.
Saved br a Sen Wall.
Good morning, Galveston. Are yoiv
still there? Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Galveston gave that Caribbean hurri
cane the gfanlte hand. Baltimore
Star. The storm didn't hurt Galveston. Bo
fine a sea wall Is something to blow
about. Atlanta Constitution.
Man Is not so Important, alter all,.
If Galveston's sea wall saved the clty
frora the ocean's fury. Omaha Bee.
Galveston's sea wall seems to have
stood the test, but It found out what
It was put there for, all right Kansas:
City Star.
The sea wall of Galveston ha repaid
the people for the energy, money and.
backbone which they put Into It. Au
gusta Chronicle.
The Gulf of Mexico tried it on again
and found the Joke was on Itself. Fore
warned is forearmed In Galveston.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Galveston's sea wall was somewhat
expensive, but even the members of
Galveston's Hammer and Padlock Clut
now admit that it was worth 100 centa
on the dollar end then some. K Ansa a
City Times.
The country Is proud of Galveston'a
sea wall and the way It made good
but Galvestonlans are Just as willing
that It should not be put to such a se
vere test again very soon. Cincinnati
Time 8 lor.
talUon Bit Off Owner's Arm.
Attacked by a stallion he was lead
ing at Pottstown, Pa., Epiralm Weld
ner's left hand was bitten oft by the
brute, and he may die of consequent
loss of blood. Weldner had been exer
cising the stallion and was about to
tie the animal to a fence when It made
a sundden bite at htm and completely
severed tbe arm at tbe wrist