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Alter his return from the trip to
New England and Lake Champlain
PresWent Taft gave out his plans for
the coming extensive travels. He 11
to start from his summer residence at
Beverly ] , Mass. , about th ! middle ol
September , for Seattle , to attend the
exposition there , and making stops en
route at Denrer , Salt Lake , Spokane
and other places yet to be determined.
From Seattle he will go to San Fran
cisco , visit the Yosemite Valley and
see a sister in Los Angeles. Thence
he will go by way of San Diego
through New Mexico and Arizona to
El Paso , Tex. , where he has accepted
an InTitatlon to meet President DIaa
, of Mexico. Later at New Orleans he
7/111 attend the waterways conference ,
after which he will tour the southern
tier of States to Georgia cities , and
s ' ' : ? top on his way north at Wilmington
N. C. , and Richmond , Va. , Intending
to get back to Washington about tht
middle of November.
Commissioner Williams has been dis
appointing a lot of the immigrants ar
riving at Ellis Island by a strict en
forcement of the law regarding non-
admission of persons likely to become
public cIn . rges. He has taken the
stand that any one arriving at that
port with less money than $25 in his
or her possession must be held up anc !
deported unless friends on shore come
forward with bonds. Several hundred
would-be immigrants have thus been
. detained under ' very' trying conditions sl
and several hundred have been sent
back. Charges of brutal ill treatment I
ol those held" have been made . by them I
and ty ir friends , and _ a Test case 1 ha
been taken to court to determine the
constitutionality : of the proceeding.
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A ruling was made at Washington
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion that "one carrier shipping fuel ,
material or other supplies over the
lines of another carrier must pay ths
legal tariff rates applicable to the same
commodities shipped between the samo
points by an individual. If carriers
Insist upon making or maintaining
/referential rates , it may be confident-
' ly expected that such voluntary action
will be accepted as evidence of tho
7 unreasonableness of higher rates.
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The plan favored by Mr. Powderly
of the Immigration Bureau to have
the government transport free of cost
. Immigrants to places where they can
get work and also to give such free
transportation to any of the unem
ployed Is opposed by the Federation
of Labor. A bill to authorize such
transportation is being urged by the
National Liberal Immigration League.
i The federation officials say that behind
the plan they fear that a scheme to
send strike breakers lurks.
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\ Among the appointments which have
been made recently at Washington are
fhe following : Frank A. Clause , of
Salem , Indiana , superintendent of the
public schools in the Panama canal
zone ; Fred H. Abbott , of Nebraska : : ,
assistant commissioner of Indian af
fairs ; Charles S. Sloane , now serving
. as Geographer of the census was ap
pointed permanent geographer under
the new census act.
Government printers and pressmen
have been shifted to a per diem basis.
There : are about 2,000 : : ? employes of the
bureau of engraving and printing , and
the change from the monthly pay roll
to the new system carried out the
Ideas * of Secretary of the Treasury
McVeagh and Director Ralph , with a
view to placing the bureau on a strict
ly business system.
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At the request of theI03t Rev.
Archbishop Ireland the United States
government has consented to make
the site of St. Charles , Minnesota \ , a
"Monument \ Reserve. " This will dedi
cate the spot to the memory of the
pioneers of Christian ' faith and civill- !
" ' ; zation in the Western country.
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Almost on the eve of his departure
for Etfrbpe , Samuel Gompers called
on President Taft. He said he would ,
return to this country in time either
to attend the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor or
to go to * jaiL
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The failure of Mr. Herring to de
liver his flying machine to the War
Department on July 1 , the last day of
his time extension , has forfeited the
$20,000 deposit , and this sum may bp
used by Gen. Allen in furthering the
plans for flying experimentation.
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The Isthmian Canal Commission hat
given to Secretary McVeagh Its esti-
mates of the cost of work on tha
Panama Canal for the year 1911. The
total is $48,000,000 , or $15,000,000
more than the amount spent this year.
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Among the prominent speakers who
addressed the Y. P. S. C. E. delegates
, at their convention in St. Paul , were
William Jennings Bryan , of Nebraska ,
and Governors Davidson and Johnson ,
of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
'd Famous French Soldier Dead.
. Gen. Marquis do Galllfet , former
minister of war In France and head of
the army 'luring the Dreyfus scandal ,
died In Paris , Thursda - . .
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HAKES. WORLD'S' RECORD. -
Orville Wright Remains in Air One
Hour and Twelve Minutes.
The world's aeroplane ! record for
two men , as to both time and distance , ,
was broken ! Tuesday evening in a beau-
tiful flight at Washington , D. C. , of
1:12:40 : : upwards of fifty miles and
at a speed averaging about forty
miles an hour - by Orville Wright at
Fort Myer : , with Lieut. Frank P. Lahm
of the army slgasJ corps as passeager.
The former record was made last
, year by the aviator's brother , Wilbur ,
joint inventor with him 1 of the ma
chine in which both achievement
were performed at Le Mans France
with Prof. PainJeve of the French in-
stitute as passenger. ! The flight was
1:09:31. ! ) Wifbur was an eager spec
tator of Tuesday's flight by his
brother.
"You Just scotched your brother's
record without really damaging It
much , " remarked a newspaper man to
Orvillo after the flight. "That's all
we meant to do , " replied Orville with
a smile , which his big brother appre-
ciatively duplicated.
The cheering which heralded the
setting of a new mark in the conquest
of the air was led by President Taft
in person , who had sat an intensely
interested spectator throughout the
flight , and who insisted at its conclu-
sion upon personally congratulating
the brothers uften their success.
This success was all important to
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the Wrights In that it completed the
first of two crucial tests of their ma-
chine imposed upon them by the Unit
ed States government - the so-called
"endurance test" - which required
them to remain one hour continuously
in the air with one passenger. Orville
did nearly thirteen minutes better
than that , and could have kept on in-
definitely three hours and a half , the
limit imposed by the gasoline capacity
of the supply . tank.
I SAFE LOOTED ; . SEEK EMPLOYE.
Banked Robbed of $ 60OOO , and
Trusted Aid Suddenly Vanishes.
The First National Bank of Tipton ,
Ind. , one of the oldest financial insti
tutions of Northern Indiana , is closed
and its assistant cashier , Noah R.
Marker , has disappeared. Between
$50,000 and $60,000 , which was all the
cash that was in the bank's vaults at
the close of last Saturday afternoon ,
is missing. Marker , sweeping together
the money , set the time lock on the
safe so that it could not be opened un-
til 9 o'clock Monday morning and left
the city , it is charged by the police.
Marker left a note on the desk of his
brother , William Marker , cashier of
the bank , saying that he had gone for-
ever and that he had taken "enough
money to pay his expenses. " William
Marker : , the cashier , says that he feels
sure his brother will return in a few
days and face prosecution.
Noah Marker has been connected
with the bank nineteen years. He was
the Republican candidate for mayor of
the city four years ago. He was an
active church member. He is 35 years
old and has a wife and two children.
CHECKS DEPORTING OF ALIENS.
Immigration Burcas.il Rebukes Iff-
spcctors for Hasty Action. .
"Of late the arresting and deport
ing of aliens has increased enormously
and a tendency is noted in some cases
to sacrifice quality of work to quan-
tity. This will not do. There must
be no merely superficial inquiry In
any cases. Officers must not submit
recommendation for arrest upon irre -
sponsible , unlnvestigated accusations. "
This was the sharp rebuke adminis
tered in instructions which have just
been sent out from Washington by
the Bureau of Immigration to all com
missioners of Immigration and inspec
tors in charge , directing attention to
the failure of Investigating officers in
making thorough preliminary inquiry
especially In cases of alleged violation
of the alien contract labor law.
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The placing of petroleum on the free
list by a substantial majority of the
Senate apparently has not taken all of
the fight out of the Independent oil
producers , and another effort in the
direction of protection for this indus
try will be made . . when . the tariff : bill
shall have been porfected In the com-
mittee of the whole and reported to
the Senate.
Senator La Follette has issued a
formal analysis of the Aldrich bill
from the insurgent viewpoint , based on
the figures prepared by treasury ex
perts. From these he estimates that
the increases over the House bill
would affect Imports to the value of
$146,125,000 , while the decreases in the
Senate bill would affect Imports to
the value of $93,525,000 , using the
business of 1907 as the standard.
It has been reserved for the Ameri-
can suffragettes at New York to origi-
nate some novel methods of summer
campaigning. During the week two
militant leaders have invaded the busi
ness section of the city with a street
piano or hurdy-gurdy to attract atten-
tion to the literature which they wish-
ed to distribute , and a tambourine In
which to collect pennies. Down in
Wall street the women agitators met
with a hostile reception and were com
pelled to ret re.
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CRACKER TRUST HAS RIVAL.
New Concern Is Organized with
$6,000,000 Capital.
A 56,000,000 biscuit : company , which
probably will enter into active compe-
tition with the National Biscuit Com-
pany ( tho cracker trust ) , was organ-
ized in Hartford , Conn. , the other day , ,
papers of organization being filed with
the Secretary of State. The company
is organized under the laws of Con
necticut and is called the General Bis
cuit Company. The $6,000,000 capital
is to be half common and half pre-
ferred stock. Officers of the new com-
pany are : President , John B. Sum-
merfield , of the firm of John B. Sum-
merfield & Co. , note brokers of 71 Wall
street ; vice president , Arthur N. Tay-
lor , of Brooklyn ; and secretary and
treasurer , Henry M. Haviland , of
Brooklyn. Mr. Summerfield is a trus-
tee of the City National Bank , Brook-
lyn , president and director Of the
Miners' Smelting Company , and a di-
rector of the W. H. Beard Dredging
Company.
HOHESTY : BRINGS LIFE POSITION.
Brulccman Restored : Fortune In Gem
Wins n Imstincr Gratitude.
A black leather handbag has proved
to be a veritable Aladdin's lamp for
William Robelin , a brakeman on the
Long Island : Railroad. The brakeman
turned the jewels over to railroad offi
cials and'they soon found that the bag
had been left in the train by Mrs. H.
Schwab , the wife of a New York jew-
eler. Mrs. Schwab and her relatives
called for the jewels , which were said
to be worth $30,0u9 , and asked to see
Robelin. When 1'e was produced they
presented him with $100 In cash , pro-
vided him 77lth two suits of cloches
and instructed him to take two weeks'
vacation and then , report to the Maiden
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Lana office of Mr. Schwab to accept a
position at $100 a month for life.
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WYLLIE'S SLAYER TO DIE.
Indian Student Found Guilty In
Trial of . CBH than Houir. I
Sentenced to death after a trial last-
Ing less than an hour , Madarial Dhin-
agri , the Indian : student who killed
Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt
Curzon Wyljie and Dr. Lalaca , in Lon-
don , England , when asked if he had
anything to say told the Lord Chief
Justice his sentence was Illegal and
would be avenged when India had the
power now England's. Dhinagrl re -
fused to plead or defend himself andr
said fce was proud to suffer for his
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country. A. F. Hossley , publisher of
the Indian Sociologist , was sent to
prison for four months for publishing
Incendiary articles.
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A $2,500 cash prize has been offered
by James Gordon Bennett , which will
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go to tho winner of the championship I
cup In the International balloon races
to be held In Zurich , Switzerland , next
October.
Mrs. H. C. Schneiter , of St. Louis ,
has started on a 1,500-mfle pedestrian
trip to Boston. She is accompanied
by her husband. They will travel
about thirty-five miles daily , making
the . trip In forty-five days.
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SIX DEAD , FIFTY HURT IN WRECK
Fireman and Engineer Burlwd "Untie
Walmsli , Train in 1ti , ' cr.
Six are dead and more than fifty in
jured as a result of the wYeck of Wa-
bash passenger train No. 4 , bound for
St. Louis , near Orriek , Mo. , thirty
miles east of Kansas City. A number
of the in'jured are badly hurt and the
death list may be increased , while
many have injuries of only a minor na
ture. The wreck was the result of the
current of the Missouri * River under-
mining the track an/1 } causing the train
to slide into the "river. The engine
firfct plunged into the stream , followed
by the baggage and mail cars , a "dead"
Pullman car and a chair car. Most
of the injured passengers were riding
in the chair car. 1 This car was only
partially submerged , but was stood on
end , throwing the people violently
around and causing a number of bro-
ken bones and other injuries.
KELLED IN COURTROOM.
Stepfather Slays Nathaniel Porker
Willis of Indianapolis.
Shooting over the , head of United
States Senator Jeff Davis , W. Y. Ellis ,
a resident of Pine Bluff , Ark. , fired a
bullet Into the heart of Nathaniel Par-
ker Willis , wealthy owner of a liquor
cure at Indianapolis , in the Chancery
Court room in Little Rock. The kill-
ing was the tragic ending d ! a law
suit brought by Willis against his di-
vorced wife ) who had subsequently
.married Ellis , for the possession of
his child. Willis died almost instant-
ly after he was shot , In the arms of
his mother , who was waiting across
the room and rushed toward him as
he fell in the hallway outside of the
court rom. Willis obtained his divorce
seveial years ago and recently started
litigation for the possession of the
child.
WHJLT.fc ] HOUSE MISTRESS DIES.
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Mrs. Elizabeth D.ndrJd a P&essa
Away at Ace of 86. ,
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Dandrldge ,
daughter of Zachary Taylor , President :
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of the United States , and mistress of
the White House during the adminis
tration of her father , is dead at Win
chester , Va. Mrs. Dandridge , who waa
86 years old , was a sister of the first
wife of Jefferson Davla ! , President . . of
the Confederacy , and also of the wife
of Surgeon General Wood of tjie ) army.
When General Taylor became Presi-
dent his daughter , then known as Bet-
ty Taylor , took the place of her In
valid mother as mistress of the White
House. Mrs Taylor died during the
administration of her husband.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
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Progrreps of Pennant Race in Base
Ball Leagues.
NATIONAL UEAUUE.
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PIttsburg . .62 24 Philadel'a .39 46
Chicago . ' . .55 29 St Louis..35 49
New York..60 34 Brooklyn . .33 55
Cincinnati 44 Boston . . . .25 61
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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Detroit . . . .59 31 Chicago . . .42 45
Philadel'a .52 37 New York. .40 49
Boston . . . .52 41 StLouis.38 * 50
Cleveland .48 40 Wash'gton .25 63
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A1IEBICAN ASSOCIATJOir.
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Mlnn'poJK 56 46 St. Paul . . .48 50
Milwaukee 55 47 Toledo . . . . .47 51
Lpuisville. 53 49 Kan. Clty..4 51
I Columbus.51 . - 51 Indianap's .46 . 56
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MOORS KILL SPA1 ARDS.
Tribesmen Attack Before Dawn and
Are Repelled After Furious Battle.
An official statement concerning the
fight between the Spaniards and the
Kabyle tribesmen says that before
dawn Friday morning the Moors open
ed a general attack on the Spanish ad-
vanced 'position at Melllla , Morocco ,
concentrating their efforts against Sidi
Musa and the garirson at Cape Mo
reno. The fighting was of the most
furious character , but a sortie by six
companies of Spanish Infantry and a
light field battery was successful and
the enemy fell back two kilometers. In
the fighting a Spanish colonel and
three other officers were killed and
thirteen wounded. The number of
casualties among the enlisted men is
not known. Newly debarked troops
have been hurried to the front.
At 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon the
Moors renewed their attack and de
feated the Spanish troops. Under a
galling fire by the Moors they were
unable to hold the ground they had
gained and at nightfall , In order to
avoid disaster , retreated to their old
positions.
NEGROES BRING FILIPINO WIVES
Eljjht Soldiers Return with Spouses
Won in Asiatic Po aeaaiona. "
Eight of the negro troopers of the
Tenth United States Cavalry which re
turned on the transport Kilpatrick ami
who. took part in a parade and recep-
tion in New York , brought with them
their Filipino wives. They will take
them with the regiment to Forl Ethan
Allen , Vermont , within a few days.
The war department has taken a vigor-
ous stand in reference to the marriage
problem in the Philippines , so far as
members of the service are concerned.
The government has insisted that
when a . soldier , whether a private or
an officer , marries a Filipino womaa hi
must take her with him when he re
turns to the United States.
FOUR BOMB SUSPECTS : HELD. '
Columbus Police Believe They Havt
Men Implicated in Murde
The Columbus , Ohio , police have
taken Into custody four Italian sus-
pects in connection with the dynamit-
ing of the house of Pasquella Spino ,
west of the city , when Spino and his
young bride of four months were kill-
ed and their house wrecked. Included
in the list of suspects Is Tony Andra-
nia , whose wife Is said recently to
have quarreled with Mrs. Splno , and
who was a former suitor of the latter.
Andrania , according to the police , told
the mother of the dead young woman
a week ago that she soon would be
wearing mourning for her daughter.
NEW ISLE IN PACIFIC.
Mysterious Land Near Gamoiei
Group la Reported by Captain.
According to Captain Quatrevaux of
the French ship Thiers which has ar-
rived at San Francisco from Newcas
tle , Australia , a new island has sprung
up from the waters of the Pacific near
the Gambier group. Captain Quatra-
vaux says there is something uncanny
about the new islet for when } : his ship
approached it , although no w Ind was
blowing , a mysterious swell drew the
vessel toward the shore and It was
with the utmost difficulty that she was
saved from going on the rocks. The
island is located in latitude 4.25 ! de
grees south , longitude 128.90 degrees
west ; , and seems to be composed of vol-
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AM'ERIGANS A 1 < ,
, THOUGHTLESS PEOPLE
Prof. Charles Zueblin Tell tb . -
Shautauquans That Race Is
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WOMEN LEAD EN CIVIC IDEALS
Gentler Sex Solving Its Economic In .
dependence and Labor Union-
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ism Moves Onward.
"The American people , their mlnd
busied with frivolous , unimportant
things , are more interested in what te
worn on Miss Taft's head than what
goes on in Mr. Taft's brain. Absorbed
, ln the transient acd trivial l , they have
little interest in tho real significance
of such all-important matters as the
labor movement , the woman's move- }
ment and the higher criticism of tho
Bible. " These were the opinions ex-
. pressed at Chautauqua , N. Y. , by Prof. . t
Charles Zueblin , in explaining his
views on democratic culture. "If you
don't believe the American people aro
absorbed in triviality , " he said "read'
the newspapers. These are not run , .
b'icious miscre-
as often supposed , by \
ants , intent upon demoralizing human ?
nature. They are run by shrewd men , .
who are giving the people what they
want. It doesn't make any difference
what opinions we form concerning.
these great movements , but we must"
know what they are and we must have-
an opinion that Is our own and
formed without prejudice concerning-
them or there is evidence of a flaw in .
our culture. " If the men do not hurry-
up and join the movement for Im
provement of civic conditions accord- .
ing to Prof. Zueblin , the cities will he-
cleaned up in spite of the men. "When. .
we begin to look about us , " he de
clared in refernce to the place of
women in modern life , "we find that
there are many millions of women
working outside of their own homes
in this country. When we begin to-
recognize the significance , not only of
woman's industrial activity and educa-
tional activities , but of the indispens .
able element of woman's economic in- .
dependence , we cannot any longer de-
lay the division of sexuality , even-
though we delay its accomplishment.
, "When the intelligent laboring men
find that the Supreme Court turns-
down their most precious principles ,
then they are going into unions. You-
cannot stop it , though you may delay
" in which
Il" This was the manner
Mr. Zueblin expressed his conviction
of the inevitableness of the organiza-
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tion of labor. "It is true , " he contIn-
ued , "that the best element among the-
working men belong to these organiza-
tions , but does not control or partici-
pate in their government ; in exactly
the same way the same kind ! of ele
ment does not participate in the mu
nicipal government. But more and
more the pressure of the factory sys-
tem will compel these people to come
together if they do not get what they
are demanding from their own activ
ities , and through that unfortunate
fighting that is going on to-day. "
TOILERS IN SUICIDE CLUB. :
Cleveland Girl's Death Leads to Sus
picion of Pact.
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A club composed of disheartened'
factory employes advocating suicide to
escape the torments of their daily
grind is believed to exist in Cleveland.
Miss Rebecca Bosechek , 18 years old ,
was found dead in Gordon Park the-
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other day. The relatives believe an
other girl , a companion of Miss Bose
chek , will end her life within the next
few days. The mother of the second
girl says she overheard her daughter
and Miss Bosechek planning to kill
themselves. According to those who .
know of the habits of Miss Bosechek ,
the club consisted of six girls four
young men and a man and his wife.
AMERICAN CONSUL ATTACKED.
Colombian and Stranger Wound Offi -
cial - Culprit * Will Be Punished.
William B. McMaster , the American
vice consul at Cartagena , was attack-
ed and ; seriously wounded by a Colom
bian and a stranger , according to a dis-
patch to the State Department in :
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Washington from the legation at-
Bogota. The attack was without ap
parent motive. The Colombian gov.
ernment has directed prompt punish- .
ment of the culprits. Mr. McMaster-
was born in Colombia , but was appoint- .
ed to hid position from New York.
Chico ; o Lad ! Kills : Himself.
Charles Woods , the 13-year-old son
of Guy Woods , a Chicago business - .
man , while playing with a rifle at .
Aishby : , Mass. , discharged a shell and
was instantly killed. Mrs. Woods and'-
her children were spending the sum-
mer there with Mrs. Woods' mother.
, State OrdersRail Rate Cut.
Notice has been- served on the South-
ern Pacific and Nevada and California
railroads by the Nevada Railroad Com-
mission that their interstate freight
rates are "excessive , unjust , unreason-
able , and discriminatory. " A 30 per
cent reduction will be required.
New Bedford Has § 2OOOOO Fire.
The plant of the New Bedford Cord
age Company , in New Bedford , was
partly destroyed : by fire to-day. The
loss is estimated at between 200,00&
and $300,000.
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