BRADSTREET AND DUN
REPORT ON BUSINESS
Better Weather, It Is Declared,
Has Proven Stimulating to
Trade.
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4 THE WEEK IN GRAIN. 4
4 - 4
4 Hew Yor ■ May 1.—Wheat 4
4 including fl..„r, exports worn the 4
4 United States and Canada for 4
4 the week ending April 27 aggre- 4
4 gate MW5.606 bushels, against 4
4 1,764,878 last week and 2.059,229 4
4 this week last year. 4
4 For the 43 weeks ending April 4
4 27 experts are 99,779,778 bushels, 4
4 against 122,231.440 in the corre- 4
4 spending period last year. 4
4 Com exports for the week are 4
•4 73JL8CT bushels, against 839,482 4
4 last week and 518,814 In 1910. 4
4 For the 43 weeks ending April 4
4 27 com exports were 43,786,180 4
4 bushels, against 25,293,143 last 4
4- year. 4
4 4
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New York, May 1.—Bradstreet Sat
urday said;
The features of the week have been
a slight stimulation of retail trade by
warm, bright weather north, west and
east, good progress in the planting ot
and growth at leading cereal crops and
satisfactory developments as regards
the outlook for leading fruit crops. The
greater activity in retail trade in turn
is reflected in a little better business by
jobbers, but on the other hand season
ably wet and cool weather has checked
farming operations at the south and
also made for quiet trade. The net re
sult the country over has probably been
a total of trade little different from
that of the preceding week, and hank
clearings are not materially different
from those of last week.
An epitome of iron and steel trade
conditions can readily bo made. The
cut of 63 cents per ton In lake ore
prices, -which was announced last Fri
day. has not stimulated business and
furnaces seem to be pretty well sup
plied for current needs; pig iron U
very dufl and production is being cur
tailed in finished lines and new busi
ness is fight and mill outputs have de
creased. Heavy sales of copper are
reported as having been made at re
duced prices. The building trade la
inactive and material markets feel the
effects. Paints are dull. Turpentine is
considerably off from the top, the price
being 78 cents, against the top price
of $1.14 reached early in April.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending April 27
were 240, against 233 last week, 218 in
the like week of 1910, 267 in 1909, 2S2
In 1908 and 163 in 1907.
Business failures In Canada for the
week number 26. which compares with
24 for last week and 21 In the lika
week of 1910.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of
Trade today says:
While domestic trade moves slug
gishly, export trade continues to ex
pand and the increase in the amount
of manufactured articles sold abroad
is very gratifying. Commercial activ
ity abroad is most noticeable and is
i promise of improvement on this s!d«
5f the Atlantic as soon as present un
certainties, which serve to retard en«
terprise, mass.
BRIDE OF JAY GOULD
IS OF ROYAL FAMILY
Third Recent Wedding In Home
of Raifcray Magnate Will
Happen Today.
New York, May 1.—The third wed
ding within the year in the George
J. Gould family will take place this
afternoon when Jay Gould, second son
of the railroad magnate and Miss
Anne Douglas Graham, only daughter
of Mrs. Hubert Vos, are to be married
at St. Thomas church.
The bride, whose mother before her
marriage was Princess Kalkllani, of
Hawaii, will be given away by her
stepfather, and Kingdon Gould will be
the beat man. The ceremony will bo
performed toy Rev. Dr. Ernest M.
Stires, rector of the church. The flor
al decorations of the church are pink
and white.
After Che reception the wedded cou
ple probdbly will go to the Adiro'ndacks
tor their honeymoon. They will go to
England later as the guests of Lord
and Lady Bectcs. The latter Is a sister
of Mrs. Gould.
COPPER HEIRESS IS
SUMMONEDBY DEATH
Mrs. H. C. Brown, Daughter of
Marcus Daly, Succumbs
to Heart Disease.
New York. May 1.—Mrs. Margaret
Daly Brown, daughter of the late
Marcus Daly, and wife of H. C. Brown,
a banker, died early today at her
mother's home on Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Brown’s death came within a
few hours after her arrival here on a
special car which brought her on a
fast run from Montana. Her husband,
mother and other members of lie
family were at the bedside when death
came.
Mrs. Brown was taken 111 in Anacon
da, Mont., where she had gone two
weeks ago. The high altitude. It was
said. Imposed a strain oti her heart,
and it was deemed advisable to bring
her back to New York at once. A spe
cial car left Anaconda on Tuesday
with physicians and nurses. Mr. Brown
met the returning party at Chicago.
They reached the city last evening,
when physicians said Mrs. Brown's
condition was very critical.
Mrs. Brown was married in 1901,
and inherited several million dollars
<.n the death of her father.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washington, May 1.—It war, unoffi
cially announced today that W. D
Cobb, of San Francisco, will be ap
pointed assistant attorney general roi
the interior department, succeeding Os
car Lawlor, of Los Angeles, who recent
ly resigned.
Mr. Cobb is a former law partner ol
Francis J. Heney and assisted him ii
the San Francisco graft prosecutions
He is identified with the insurgent wing
of the republican party in California
and was a supporter of Gov. Hi ran
Johnson In the bitter political fight In
that state last year.
FIERCE HURRICANE !
EXPOSES SAILORS
TO GREAT PERILS
0 "
One Party Is Subjected to Ter
rible Experience of 48 Hours,
Almost Without Any
Water.
New Orleans, La., May 1.—Fierce
encounters with a lashing hurricane
and angry seas, two nights of exposure
and almost unending hours of hunger
and thirst, was the lot of scores of fish
and oyster men on the gulf coast fleets
during the West Indian gale of Tues
day and Wednesday.
Stories of suffering among crews of
weeked schooners and oyster luggers
are coming in, today, brought by men
who succeeded in reaching villages
after a long fight in the gale off shore.
Today numerous patrols are chugging
through unknown bayous and inlets in
search of many fishermen believed to
have taken refuge from the hurricane
and now unable to reach home. It is
known that numerous fishermen, their
boats' motive power exhausted, have
rowed scores of miles in frail skiffs to
bring help to marooned crews.
One Party’s Awful Time.
Dispatches from Biloxi tell of the re
turn last night of Daniel Gorenflo, son
of a prominent packer who. with the
crew of the schooner Arapahoe, had a
terrible experience during the 48-hour
hurricane. Losing their bearings, and
blown from their moorings, they ran
short of provisions and subsisted on
boiled shrimp for three days, the only
drinking water available being that
which they caught during the down
pour.
Oscar Colson, of Scranton. Miss.,
captain of the schooner Reindeer, was
near the Arapahoe. The anchor line
parted during the terrible blow, the
Reindeer drifting two days and nights
across the long stretch of Louisiana
marshes and bayous to Catfish pass.
Colson reached Biloxi last night, after
rowing more than 40 miles in a small
skiff to carry relief for his crew. He
was nearly famished and exhausted.
A pleasure party in a schooner an
chored near Chandeleur Island when
the blow started. The hurricane be
came so fierce the crew was forced to
cut away the masts to prevent capsiz
ing. Water and provisions had been
exhausted when a passing launch was
signalled to tow them to Ship Island.
Six good-sized schooners were blown
on the beach at Pass Christian. Sev
eral of them had cargoes of oysters and
nearly all were seriously damaged. The
crews report thrilling escapes from
drowning.
CHINESE REBELS
MURDER OFFICIAL
Taotai of Canton Slain by Mob
Which Is Gaining In
Numbers.
Washington, May 1. — The
United States gunboat Wilming
ton tailed today from Hong-Kong
for Canton to render any assistance
necessary to American citizens on
account of the disturbed condition
at the latter place.
Hong-Kong. May 1.—Li, tho Taotai
of Canton, has been assassinated by
the rebels who are ag-In strong. The
gates of the city have been closed.
The loyalty of the troops is doubted,
and this fear has caused much excite
ment among the peaceful inhabitants of
Canton.
Refugees arriving here confirm earl
ier renorts of the uprising at Canton,
which appears to have been instigated
by anti-Manchus. who went to that city
from Hacao and Hong-Kong and spread
the revolutionary propaganda among
the troops at a time when they were
nursing several grievances.
Hundreds of the rebels have been
killed or wounded In the fighting which
began with the attack on the viceroy’!
palace Thursday. Bragadler General
Jung was mortally wounded while at
tempting to suppress the revolt, and
died yesterday. Two British torpedo
boat destroyers have been sent to Can.
ten from here.
LUNATIC CLAIMS MRS.
BELMONTAS HIS WIFE
Creates an Uproar In New York
Hotel and Is Jailed by
Police.
New York. May 1.—There was no
end of excitement in the Hotel Plaza
this morning, to which Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont was an unwitting contribu
tory cause. A shabby man, who says he
has no home and gave his name as
James Burke, would not take the word
of the clerks that Mrs. Belmont was
not in the hotel. He was shown to the
door, but later was found trying the
doors on the second floor. When he
saw the house detectives coming, he
ran to a hail window opening onto the
roof of the dining room, let himself
down on the roof, clambered over it
to another hall window, and whs over
taken as lie was climbing into the cor
ridor.
When the detectives laid .bunds on
him Burke fought like a madman and
shouted Mrs. Belmont's name until it
could be heard in the streets.
"What made you think Mrs. Bel
mont was in?” asked the magistrate
when Burke was arraigned.
"Why, Mrs. Belmont is my wife. I
guess a man ought to know where his
wife is.” replied the prisoner. He was
fined $10. and lacking the money, went
to prison.
Recent developments at Springfield, HI.,
would indicate that not enough glue was
put in Mr. Lorimer's whitewash.-Nash
ville Southern Lumberman.
WASHINGTON — Forty-eight new
postal savings banks will he put in op
eration on May 1 by the postoffice de
partment. The experiment with the
original <8 depositaries has been so sat
isfactory that the department is now
j ready to extend the system as rapid'y
' as possible under the limited appropria
tion made available at the last session
of congress. This is the best tangible
evidence that the postal savings bank
is a success and that it has come to
stay. One of the new hanks will bo
opened ir. tile postoftiee at Conter
| Ville. la.
CHINESE UPRISING
A SERIOUS AFFAIR
Fierce Fighting In Canton Char
ncterized by Desperation of
the Rebel Forces.
Peking, April 29.—Hostility to
ward the foreign loans is assuming
a serious phase. The Hukuan rail
way loan, which the bankers and
the government are prepared to
sign, is being held in abeyance
because of the popular opposition.
Hong Kong, April £3.—Only official
messages are being received today from
Canton, where a revolutionary outbreak
occurred last night. These are of a dis
quieting character. The revolutionists
have obtained a quantity of explosives,
and the government has asked the
steamship companies plying to that
city to suspend their service lest arms
fte smuggled in to the disturbers, who
were still at large. Many of the lead
ers have been imprisoned.
The flghtlrg between the troops and
the rioters last night began when the
soldiers arrested a revolutonary leader
:tnd his followers who. carrying re
volvers and wearing badges, boldly pro
claimed their purpose and surrounded
the viceroy’s palace anti after setting
It afire, Interfered with the efforts of
others to extinguish the flames.
The revolutionists were armed with
rifles and bombs and fought desperate
ly. Several were killed and many ar
rested. The troops were commanded by
Admiral Li and they suffered consid-,
rrably, a colonel being among those'
wounded. The soldiers finally got eon-.
:rol of the situation and energetic!
measures to prevent another outbreak
were taken. The gates of the city were
rloscd and a search made in susoected
quarters f0r arms and ammunition.
The fire at the palate burned for two
hours, doing great damage. The vice
roy escaped harm.
A strict censorship has been estab
lished and only official exchanges be
tween Hong Kong and Canton are pos
sible.
Thousands of residents of Canton are
fleeing to this city. Those who have
arrived say that anarchy is rife among
the soldiers at Canton. Many of the
troops completed their service today,
and these men are particularly feared.
Anarchists have been furthering their
propaganda in the army, where there
was already much discontent owing to’
the recent suppression of gambling.
The British consul at Canton has re
ported to the governor of Hong Kong
tRat the situation is serious.
MRS. DOXEY TO STAND
HER TRIAL FOR BIGAMY
St. Louis, Mo., April 29.—Mrs. Dora
E. Doxey. indicted on the charge of
blgamv for her alleged marriage to
William J. Erder In Clayton. St. Louts
county, Missouri, while she was the
wife of Dr. L. E. Doxey, will be forced
to appear for trial May 8.
Circuit Judge Wurdemann today de
nied a motion for a continuance. Affi
davits signed by Memphis, Tenn., phy
sicians, which set forth that Mrs.
Doxey is ill, were presented to the
court. Mrs. Doxey was acquitted less
than a year ago of the charge of killing
I Erder. _
TAFT TALKS FOR 1 E
RECIPROCITY TR ITY
President Vigorously Opposes
Any Attempt to Amend the
Pending Pact.
New York, April 29.—"Reciprocity
with Canada must be adopted now or
never and must stand or fall by its own
terms." Amid tremendous applause and
the waving of handkerchiefs, so said
President Taft in an address in the
. Waldorf-Astoria hotel last night at the
1 fourth annual Joint banquet of the As
sociated Press and the American News
paper Publishers’ association.
His address was the first of a series
in which he plans to evoke public sen
timent in support of his policies, and he
appealed to the company of editors and
newspaper owners gathered from the
length and the breadth of the land to
Impress on the public mind that reci
procity should stand alone and “ought
not to be affected In any regard by
other amendments to the tariff law.’’
Hls recommendations were cheered.
All talk of annexation he character
ized as "bosh” and said that the United
States has all it can attend to with
the territory it is now governing. Ho
praised the House or Representatives
for its passage of the agreement; de
clared that it would not Injure the
farmer nor any special class; answered
in detail the objections that have been
raised to reciprocity and begged for at
least "a kind of test” to dispel the
ghosts "exhibited to frighten the agri
cultural classes."
EARTHQUAKE IS SHOWN
BY THE SEISMOGRAPH
Cleveland, Ohio, April 29.—The seis
mograph at St. Ignatius college obser
vatory recorded an earthquake early
today. The main shock occurred at
4:07 a. m. and the tracings led the ob
server to believe that the center of the
disturbance was not far distant.
St. Louis. April 29—The St. Louis
university s seismograph recorded
earthquake shocks early today. The
east and west and north and south
movements of the needle began at
4 o’clock. The main shocks were re
corded seven minutes later. It Is esti
mated the disturbance was 1,900 mile*
southeast of St. Louis.
FIGHT IN TERRE HAUTE.
Terre Haute. Ind., April 29.—George
Chip, the Pittsburg middleweight boxer
and Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis, will
meet hero tonight In a 10-round bout.
Dillon and Chip have met on two prev
ious occasions, once in a six-round no
declsion affair In Pittsburg, and then at
Dayton, Ohio, when the Indianapolis
boxer won a 15-round decision.
FIRE IS CHECKED.
North Adams, Mass., April 29.—The
forest fire sweeping down the slopes of
Bear mountain, near Clarksburg, was
checked by back fires early today. The
advance of the flames toward Clarks
burg has been checked and it is be
lieved control of the blaze has been se
cured.
PRESIDENT RETURNS.
Washington. April 29.—President and
Mrs. Taft, accompanied by Secretary
Hfiles and Mator Butt, aida to the
president, returned to Washington this
morning after spending two days in
New York.__
ENGLISH LEADERS
FOR ARBITRATION
WITH UNCLE SAM
Premier Asquith ar d A. J. Bal
four, Chief of Opposition,
Speak In London.
London, April 29.—What Premier
Asquith described as "this venerable
Guildhall, without whose seal of ap
proval no popular movement In Lon
don Is really launched,” witnessed to
day a meeting for the adoption of res
olutions pledging the city to the sup
port of Anglo-American complete ar
bitration.
The lord mayor of London, In his
scarlet robes and with the mace In
front of him, held the center of a
temporary stage. On his right was the
prime minister and at his teft former
Premier Balfour, leader of the opposi
tion In the house of commons, while
massed about the mayor were the
archbishop of Canterbury, the arch
bishop of Westminster, Lord Loreburn,
the lord htgh chancellor; Lord Strath
cona, high commissioner of Canada;
Sir Joseph G. Ward, premier of New
Zealand, and other notables. Over
their heads the Union Jack and stars
and stripes were entwined.
Rival Leaders Spoak.
Mr. Asquith and Mr. llalfour spoke
eloquently of the treaty first proposed
by President Taft, declaring that It
would mark a new era in civilization,
but bath pointedly disclaimed that a
peace pact between Great Britain and
the United States providing for the
submission of all differences to arbi
tration would mean an alliance be
tween the two countries.
Mr. Balfour warned his hearers, than
whom, he said, none In the world felt
more the tjurden of preparing for war,
that the treaty would not mean the
Immediate reduction of armaments.
The meeting represented the democ
racy of England rather than the aris
tocracy. Among those on the platform
were bishop of Hereford, the earl of
Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of Ireland;
Sir George Reid, high commissioner of
Australia; agents of all the other
British colonies, along with representa
tives of the banks, the railways and
the steamship companies of England.
Speech of the Premier.
Premier Asquith said In part:
“The unique situation which we have
met to recognize and welcome has not
been organized or engineered by the ap
paratus of diplomacy. The seed which
tho president of the United States cast
fell on ground prepared to receive It.
That which a few years ago, even &
few months ago, might have been re
garded as the dream of Idealists has
not only passed Into the domain of
practical statesmanship, but has be
come settled purpose of two great
democracies. Tho profound signi
ficance of the new departure la that
between Great Britain and the United
States, whatever gravity of the issue
and the magnitude of the Interests In
volved; whatever the poignancy of tho
feelings It aroused; there will be a
definite abandonment of war as a pos
sible solution and the substitution of
argument for force; and the Buperses
slon by Judicial methods of the old or
deal of battle.”
After declaring that tho treaty Im
plied no menace to the rest of man
kind and did not provide for an Anglo
American alliance, aggressive or de
fensive, the premier continued:
"But we may hope and believe that
other things will follow. It Is not for
us to dictate or to preach to other na
tions, but If the United States and
Great Britain renounce war, a step will
be taken of lmmeasureable and Incom
parable significance In the onward
progress of humanity."
Resolutions of Masting.
Mr. Asquith then moved the follow
ing resolution:
"That this meeting of citizens of
London, assembled In tho Guildhall,
cordially welcomes the proposal of the
United States in favor of a general
treaty of arbitration between that
country and the British empire and
pledges Its support to the principles of
such a treaty as serving the highest
Interests of the two nations and as
tending to promote the peace of the
world.”
There was tremendous applause
which continued until Mr. Balfour
arose to second the resolution. The
opposition leader said that Anglo
American arbitration seemed nearer
fruition at this moment than ever.
Some, he said, regarded It as an Ideal
istic dream and believed that when the
clash of conflicting Interests came all
paper barriers would be swept away,
and he continued:
“It is truo that it is folly to make
International law go far in advance of
public optnlon. I cannot imagine a
greater blow to civilization than If, or,
I will rather say. when such a treaty
was made either party should break it,
but as far as I can read opinion on both
sides of the Atlantic. I cannot Indorse
these pessimistic views. I believe that
the great mass of public opinion on
both sides favors this move. If the
skill of diplomats can embody this feel
ing In a treaty, I don’t believe that
when the stress of International diffi
culties comes It will be broken.
Why Treaty Is Desirable.
“Some ask If public opinion Is thus,
why a treaty is necessary. I do not be
lieve that these logical dilemmas rep
resent what actually happens. I grant
that paper formulae are useless In
themselves, but If they represent the
settled convictions of the people they
are valuable."
International agreements with no
more power of enforcement had made
war far more civilized In the past, the
speaker said, and asked why they could
not make war Impossible. Mr. Balfoui
added that he was most optimistic re
garding the prospects of the treaty.
Premier Ward, of New Zealand, whe
spoke briefly for the colonies, received
an enthusiastic reception. Lord Aver
bury, lord rector of St. Andrew's uni
versity, and Lord Rothschild, who wen
unable to be present, telegraphed theh
regrets.
SUNDBERG DEFENDS HOLDEN.
Des Mottles, la.. April 29.—John Sum],
berg, of Whiting. Ia., Is In Des Molnet
today to attend the session of the Iowt
corn glowers. Ho vigorously defender
Professor Holden aguinst the charge!
of Representative E. R. Moore, Sund
berg says that If Moore runs for gov
emor farmers will oppose him beeausi
of the attack on Holden.
NO QUARREL IN PROSPECT.
Des Moines, la., April 29.—The rail
road commission today Issued a stute
meat In refutation of the assertions ir
an editorial in a Des Molr.es paper in
dieating that there is a lack of har
tpony between the commission and tin
office of attorney general and assert
ing that there Is no disagreement be
tween the departments ns such u’K
will work In perfect harmony.
The commission states that tip
controversy between Thorne ant
Cosson Is personal only.
The commission is at work on the e*
press rate case us provided by law.
MflDERO OBJECTS TO
GEN. REYES; RETURN
His Recall, Rebel Leader Thinks,
Is Sinister Menace to
Peace.
El Paso. Tex., April 2*.—The rctnRi
of General Reyes to Mexico makes ft
necessary for the insurrectos to insist
that President Diaz shall give the reb
els stronger guarantees of security and
liberty than hitherto offered, accord
ing to a statement given out by Pro
visional President Madero today. The
statement follows:
The return to Mexico of General
Bernardo Reyes renders it necessary
that we shall ask President Diaz for
stronger guarantees of good faith with
reference to peace than we have at
present. We cannot but view with dis
trust the order which brings back to
our country, one who cannot further
peace negotiations, but In whom there
lie elements of danger to those nego
tiations. In the mind of those familiar
with Mexican politics the order which
brings General Reyes to Mexico Is
bound to arouse questions as to the
sincerity of the president In the pres
ent circumstances.
"From a miliary standpoint we do
not fear General Reyes, either on the
score of his military attainments or his
(prestige.
"I agree with Dr. Gomez that any
treaty of peace must be acceptable to
all of the people of Mexico. I will
treat solely with the view to securing
demands of ail the people. The revo
lution Is not sectional, but national."
Nogales, Arlz., April 28.—The news is
confirmed here that a large force in in
surgents surrounds the big port of
Mazatlan, in the state of Sinaloa and
that It has cut off the water supply of
the city. Railroad communication with
the beteagured city has been suspended.
No definite word has been received
since the first battle between the op
posing rebels and federals occurred Just
outside of Mazatlan a few days ago.
At that time more than 100 wounded,
all federals, had been brought in to
Mazatlan. Tho city may even now be
in the hands of the rebel forces.
Nogales. Arlz., April 28.—A well au
thenticated report has been received
here that the rebels have captured the
Important railroad city of San Rlas, on
the Southern Pacific Mexico line In the
state of Sinaloa. San Bias is about
60 miles below Fuerte, the former cap
ital of Sinaloa, reported yesterday to
have been taken by the rebels. The
whole region appears to be overrun by
insurrectos.
WIFE CHARGED WITH
PLOTTING A MURDER
Hattie Le Blanc Accuses Mrs.
Glover of Wanting Husband
Killed.
Cambridge, Mass., April 29.—An at
tempt by Mrs. Lillian M Glover, widow
of the murdered Waltham laundry
owner, Clarence Glover, to Induce her
brother, Tony Le Blanc, to kill her hus
band, was one of tho allegation made
by Hattie Le Blanc In a deposition
taken at St. Johns, N. B.. last week.
The statement was read today as a part
of the deposition in the supreme court
here, where a Jury is hearing the evi
dence in the contest of Clarence Glo
ver’s will. The Le Blanc girl wag ac
quitted of Glover’s murder last Decem
ber. The will left all of the property
to Lillian M. Glover, the widow, and
Seymour Glover, the fifth brother of the
testator.
In the deposition the Le Blanc girl
told of her life as a housemaid in the
Glover home at Waltham. The couple,
she said, quarreled frequently and Mrs.
Glover would call her husband vile
names and he would reply similarly.
She had never, she said, seen any evi
dences of fondness exhibited by either
of them.
"Did you ever overhear any conver
sation between Mrs. Glover and anoth
er person?” was one of the questions,
and In answer deponent said that In
August, 1909. three months before Glo
ver’s death, she heard a conversation
between Mrs. Glover and Toby Le
Blanc, a brother of Mrs. Glover.
Mrs. Glover, she said, asked Toby If
he would kill Glover If she would pay
him for It. Toby said that he would
not, and that If she wanted any killing
done she would have to do it herself.
DAKOTA AFFAIRS AT
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senator-Gamble Lands an Ap
pointment for A. C. Boland,
of Fall River County.
Washington, April 29.—6n recom
mendation ot Senator Gamble. A. C
Boland, of Fall River county, hus beer
appointed by the secretary of the In
terior as custodian of the Wind Rlvei
Cave National park to succeed Rufus J
Pilcher.
The Timber Bake land office will b.
opened May 1 in compliance with th«
proclamation moving the office fron
Aberdeen. Chief Clerk George of tilt
Aberdeen office, will be temporarily Ir
charge and will be authorized to recelvt
filings and handle correspondence.
State Senator Norbeck, of Redfleld. l!
In Washington. He is conferring wltl
treasury officials about the location o
the public building there. A site hai
been chosen and he Is trying to get Jhi
site shifted.
John Boler, of Sioux Falls, one of tin
leading democrats of South Dakota, hai
been In Washington this wetk.
Friends of Senator KIttredge her
expressed deep regret at the news o
his serious illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gamble have re
turned from their wedding trip, uni
will make their home in Washingtoi
for the present.
DEATH IN A FIRE.
Memphis, Tenn.. April 29.—One wont
6n was suffocated, half a dozen othe
persons were overcome by smoke, arc
several were injured in a fire tlm
wrecked the lower floor of the Waldro
block, a four-story building o'eouple
on-the three upper floors bv the Palme
hotel, a lodging house, early today.
CHILD CONGRES.C
Washington, April 29.—T ie Natlonc
i Congress of Mothers mil Parent
| Teachers’ associations cons! lered th
relation of the state 111 child welter
today. Dl3cuSslon of the welfrre c
the country child wu.* Informal.
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DECISION REACHED ~
ON CEMENT RATES
Most of Proposed Increases Are
Forbidden by the
Commission.
Washington. April 28—Refusal cf the
interstate Commerce commission to
permit the principal railways of tho
west lo advance their rates on tho
transportation of cement, for the rea
son tKjt the carriers are alleged to
need additional revenue. Is the feature
of a decision handed down today In tho
Important Portland cement case.
General advances of from K> to i
rents 100 pounds in rates on cement
were proposed by the carriers In trans
Mlssourl territory to become eftectivsi
September 1, 1910, and affected a ter
ritory which produces approximately
two-thirds of the Portland cement mado
In the United States.
In the opinion promulgated today,
which was prepared by Commissioner'
McChord, some of the advances aro
sustained and many of them are dis-,
approved. The commission did not ac
cept as decisive the statement of the,
carriers that present cement rates are,
so low as to be unrerauneratlve and!
that the commodity does not bar ltsj
Just proportion of the burden of trans
portation the testimony on that feature,
of the case being regarded as “very
meager.”
Approval of the increases Is given tho.
proposed rates from Portland, Colo
to ail destinations; from Kansas City
territory and points in Kansas and,
Oklahoma to points In Texas, and from,
Bonner Springs and Yocemento^ Kan.,
to various points In Colorado. Iowa.,
Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska, Wyomlngl
and New Mexico.
“With these exceptions," the com
missioner says, "the propriety o: the
new rates has not been shown."
PEACE CONFEREES TO
MEET WITH MADERO
Rebel Leader Is Having Trouble
to Control His Unruly
Army.
El Paso, Tex., April 28.—Don Venue
tlano Carranza, provisional governor of
Coahulla. arrived here today to attend
the peace conference. Abram Oooaales.
provisional governor of Chihuahua, is
expected tonight from Guerrero. Dr.
Vazquea Gomez, confidential agent of
the revolution at Washington, in duo
Saturday morning. Member* of tho
revolutionary party hero decline to
state positively that the armistice
which expires tomorrow wUI be renew
ed. but in all probability It will be.
That Francisco I. Madere Is having
trouble with his army is evident by a
handbill circulated Wednesday In tho
rebel camp west of Ciudad Juares. It
appear# that the armistice is causing
many insurrectos to desert the camp.
“It is known,” runs the circular,
“that some are passing to the Ameri
can side, which Hi a grave fault. It be
ing a desertion of the army of Ubeity
in momenta of supremo Importance.
Dignified attention is called to the fol
lowing results of such action:
“ 'Anv deserter from the army of lib
erty may not return to Mexico at tho
triumph of the revolution without suf
fering the penalty of five years an
dealt out to deserters.’ "
The communication is signed by Ma
dero. "the provisional president of
Mexico."_ _
FLYNN RESIGNS FROM THE
NEW YORK POLICE FORCE
New York. April 28,—Wm. i. Flynn,
second deputy police commissioner,
whose resignation was announced lato
last night, would not comment today on
his reasons for resigning. He made
public, however, his letter of resigns-,
lion to Mayor Qaynor, in which he ex-1
plained, that he had temporarily left!
the federal secret service to effect a re
organization of the local detective bn-,
reau. As the six months period during
which he was able to preserve tho
status of his position with the govern-,
ment expired about May 1, he asked for
the acceptance of his resignation and
for relief from his duties on that data.
It had been reported that the com
missioner's resignation was due largely
to friction with his superiors In the de
partment.
CHINESE REBELS ARE
ARMED BY RUSSIANS
fighting In Mongolia Break*
Out and Casualties Are
Many.
*
Seattle, Wash., April 28. — News ofi
lighting in Mongolia was brought byi
the steamer Inaba Maru, which arrived;
from the orient today. Mongol rebels,
who are said to have been incited and)
supplied with arms by the Russians, at
tacked and burned 26 Chinese villages
on the Mongolia-Manchurian frontier.
A Chinese force of 3,500 wad sen;
against the Mongols, and the rebel*
were defeated pnd their leader cap
tured, but on the h°meward march of
the Chinese troops they were ambushed
by the rebels and 100 Chinese ware
killed or wounded. The Chinese re- .
treated to Tsltsl harbor pursued by
3,000 Mongol horsemen.
The Tartar general. Fucht. vvns as
sassinated at Canton by revolutionists
while he was returning from witness
ing an aviation exhibition bv Chines#
engineers who had recently arrived
1 froni America. _ _
In 30 years the electric railway nuHe
t age lit Great Britain has increased
from 300 to 2,562 miles; the capital In
vested from *20.000.000 to *360.000,9*0;
I the number of passengers carried from
1 146,000.000 to 2,743,000,000, and the net .
receipts from *1.123.947 to *24,068.672.
"A few days ago I was in Bronislaw
Htiberrnan's rooms, chatting over his
r ■ forthcoming concerts at the queen's
! hall, when lie dropped the case contain
' 1 tug his priceless Strad. To my amazc
l I merit the wooden box not onlv fe'l
1 : without a sound, but bounced about the
i | door like a ball. 'Ha.' exclaftned 'ho
I wonderful Russian, noticing my sur
prise. 'that’s a little Invention of mine
to avoid all risk of damage to my vio
lin. It's quite simple. Just a Nght
double cover which I hlow up with air
before I go out. It makes the case very
9 little larger, and renders breakage
. either by dropping or in the course of
travel impossible."