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TRADE IS EXPANDING
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BUSINESS STEADILY INCREASES !
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New York : R. G. Dun & Co. ' ;
Weekly Review of Trade said Satur-
day : In spite of a number of abnor-
mal puzzling and disturbing develop-
ments the volume of business is large <
and steadily expanding as the spring
season opens- and weather conditions !
improve.
The expansion noted in iron and
steel continues chiefly in finished ma-
terials. There are intimations that
the volume of new business in these
lines has been exaggerated , but it is
, evident , nevertheless , that a very con-
.siderable tonnage is being placed and
inquiries now pending afford much en-
couragement. The railroads are re-
plenishing old equipment , and activity
in the structural division is a promi-
nent feature of the situation ; it is es
timated that buying ; from the latter
source : is at the rate of 100,000 tons
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monthly on the more important calls ,
but cutting prices suggests that there
is a sharp decline among fabricating
mills.
Business has come forward on cot-
ton goods for export to India and Chi-
na at prices about on the level-
those ruling when the last business
was done with these countries a year
ago. Inquiry is continued and more
business is expected. Additional sales
are reported on grey and finished cot-
ton , but at receding prices and with-
out much regard Fo the situation
in raw cotton. -To meet current con
ditions , forced by high raw material , ,
both in cotton : : and wool , mills are
showing increased disposition to cur-
tail operations. A prominent feature
was the reinstatement of line of wool
I goods at 2 % cents a yard advance for
limited fall deliveries. In wool goods
the jobbers and retailers are doing a
moderate but steady business , and
with' improving weather , a more rea-
sonable demand is noted for speciali
ties and novelties. Yarn markets con
tinue unsatisfactory. .
Slightly improved conditions noted
in the fall wear market last week are
still apparent , although no particu
lar activity exists , the distributing ele
ment between buyer and seller still be
ing the question of prices.
Trade in all kinds of leather shows
slow but steady improvement and is
still far from normal , buyers expecting
lower prices and operating only for
current needs.
CHICAGA LIQUOR FIGHT.
Wets Charge the Drys with Presenting
a Fictitious Petition.
Chicago : The campaign on the prop
-osition to make Chicago prohibition
territory that will be voted on April
5 was enlivened Friday when tiie wets
filed witn the election commissioners
. charges that the petitions calling for
the vote contained 50 per cent illegal
, or fictitious signatures.
The petition asking that the ques-
I tion , "Shall this city become anti-sa-
loon territory ? " be put on me ballot
svas filed by the drys.
Of the 74,000 names on it , according
to the charges , more than 35,000 are
unregistered voters and the petition
lacks 25,000 names of having enough
to have the proposition on tue ballot.
The charges were denied by the drys
and it was stated by them that there
. would not be time , anyway , to test the
validity of the petition.
/ Presbyterian Conference.
.Louisville t , Ky. : The council of the
'Presbyterian and Reformed churches
in America Friday decided to hold the
next conference in Pittsburg in March
1912. Recommendations that action
be taken by the churches to combat
the evils resulting from pernicious lit-
erature and teachings which are being
widely circulated concerning the his-
torical and religious value of the bible ,
, were adopted.
" Warships for urkey.
London : Contracts for two battle-
ships and a cruiser , the nucleus of the
new Turkish navy , were placed with
the builders at Elswick , Barrow and
Clyde Bank , respectively. The order
represents an expenditure of $15,000-
000.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City : Friday's quotations on
the Sioux City live stock market fol
lows : Top beeves , $7.90. Top hogs ,
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Pays Big for a Painting.
, New York : Half a million dollars
-a record high price for a painting-
was paid Friday for the celebrated
portrait of Franz Hals , the Dutch
painter , and his family , painted by
himself. The purchaser was Otto
; " l . Kahn , the banker.
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NATION FIGHTS BIG SMELTER.
Suit to Stop Destruction of Forests
Near Anaconda Filed.
Helena , Mont. : The United States
has filed a bill in equity against the
Anaconda Copper Mining company ,
seeking a permanent injunction to
compel the operation of the great
smelting plant at Anaconda , in such ]
a manuer as to end the widespread
forest destruction by fumes from the
plant.
The bill , which was filed at the in-
stance of Attorney General Wicker-
sham says that the present mtehods
of operating its smelters by the Ana-
conda company are not only destruc-
tive but unnecessary. It is claimed
that the fumes destroy all forests on
one thousand square miles of land in
four counties.
The company has resisted the de
mand of the government that the <
methods of the smelting be changed
and among other contentions has rep-
resented that it would cost millions of
dollars to do so , shutting down of the
plants. The attorney general , how-
ever , announces that the suit will be
pressed vigorously unless , as he
hopes , the company will co-operate
voluntarily with the government to
bring about a termination of the ex
isting conditions.
On behalf of the Montana smelters
the contention was made that they
could not convert the fumes into acid ,
as had been done in California and
Tennessee , because of their wholly
different character , but a full investi-
gation has satisfied the government of
the entire feasibility of converting the
fumes at Anaconda into acid and that
there are large phosphate deposits
near there which may be used in con-
nection with such acid in the manu
facture of fertilizers.
MISSOURI RATE CASES. :
Wickersham Will Argue Them Before
Supreme Court.
Washington , D. C. : On Attorney
General Wickersham in all probabili
ty will devolve the labor of the argu
ment in the supreme court in what are
known as the Missouri rate cases in-
volving questions touching the making
of railroad class rates and their regu-
lation by the interstate commerce
commission. It had been the intention
to have these cases presented to the
court by Wade H. Ellis , assistant to
the attorney general , who has just re
tired from all connection with the de
partment of justice because of ' criti
cism made in the house of representa-
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tives of his attitude in occupying a
federal position while chairman of the
Ohio republican state executive com
mittee.
GRANTED AN INCREASE.
Illinois Arbitrators. Settle the Chicago
Switchmen's Grievances.
Chicago : An increase in wages of
2 cents an hour , allowance of time and
a half for all overtime and a hearing
within three days when threatened
with dismissal were given the switch-
men in the railroad yards of Chicago
by the Illinois state board of arbitra-
tion Friday. About 4,000 men , mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen , are affected.
In their demand for an average in-
crease of 3 cents an hour the men ar
gued the high cost of living. Com-
menting on this the decision says :
"As to the high cost of living , the
board , after careful investigation , is of
the belief that climatic conditions in-
fluence the cost of living and should
be considered of temporary influence
on the cost index. "
Army Officer is a Defendant.
Boston , Mass. : : Capt. Charles Glen
Collins , late of the British army , and
divorced husband of Mrs. Natalie
Schenk Collins , of New York , was
made a defendant in a suit for $25,000
brought by Mrs. Ellen B. Ryder , of this
city. Frederick W. Fosdick , of Fitch-
burg , is made a codefendant. Mrs. Ry-
ler claims that after she had loaned
Collins , bonds , stocks and cash , he as-
signed his interest in a marble quarry
to Fosdick and then left for England.
Hold Up the Operator.
Baxter Springs , Kan. : " Tnree mask-
ed men entered the St. Louis and San
Francisco station here shortly after
midnight Saturday morning and held
up Portland H. High , the operator , and
three other men who were in the wait-
ing room. High resisted and was shot
twice through the stomach. He will
die. They robbed the cash drawers ,
got $35 in cash and escaped.
Fires on Strikers.
Youngstown , 0. : One man was shot
arly Friday1 morning near here when
a mob of infuriated strikers from a
local powder plant surrounded the
home of George Hayre , who. had re
fused to join them , and attempted to
. tonn the house. Hayre opened fire
upon them with a revolver.
Springfield , Ill. : President Kinsella ,
of > the Springfield team of the Three
Eye league , has purchased additional
stock in the club and now is sole
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Eastern ; Wage Conference.
New York : . President W. C. Brown
and other executives of the New York
Central lines conferred Friday , over
the recent demands for higher wages
submitted by the trainmen and con-
ductors.
London : The chancellor of the ex-
chequer has announced an issue of
$105,000,000 five-year exchequer bonds
bearIng 3 per cent interest. The bonds
are offered at 99 % .
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WANT LWER FREIGHT RATES.
Merchants and Jobbers in Southwest
Present Petition.
Kansas City , Mo. : Merchants and
jobbers from Kansas , Oklahoma and
Texas , representing 200 cities and
towns in these states , appeared before
Judge Charles A. Prouty , of the inter-
state commerce commission , here Fri-
day to argue in favor of their petition
asking for a decrease in freight rates ,
based on the gulf water rates from :
New York by way of Galveston.
The hearing here Friday , which was
only preliminary , brought together not <
only shippers and representatives < of
the states immediately affected , but as
well as the representatives ? of trans-
portation bureaus in St. Louis , Chica-
g6 , Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The
eastern bureaus will not , it is stated ,
protest against the granting of thQ
rate asked for , but they will demand
that the freight rates ; ; to the cities the ) '
represent be reduced in a correstfon
ing measure. The hearing of argi
ments did not begin actively until Sat-
urday.
H. G. Wilson , transportation com-
missioner for the Kansas City Com-
mercial club , will ask that rates to
Kansas from the east be reduced to a
lower figure than that demanded in
the petition from the western and
southern communities on the grounds
that the distance from New York by
rail is less than to any of the petition :
points by way of Galvestton. It prob-
ably will be several months befor .
a : judgment in the case can be handed
down by the commission.
MINING MAN DISAPPEARS.
Authorities of Several Cities Asked to
Search for C. A. Clark.
Boston , Mass. : The authorities 01
Chicago , Denver , Leadville , Colorado
and Seattle have been asked to join in
the search for Charles A. Clark , of this :
city and Leadville , who disappears ,
from Chicago two weeks ago in com-
pany with James Davidson , of Denver.
Miss Augusta M. Clark , of this city ,
secretary and treasurer of the Boston-
Nevada Smelting company , and a sis
ter , told an interesting story regarding
her brother's movements and of an al
leged attempt to get him out of the
way before the May meeting of the
stockholders.
Miss Clark declared that George
Baker , one of the directors of the com-
pany tried to get her brother , who is
also a director , to go to Europe while
they were both east in February ,
Clark refused and and returned to Chi-
cago , where he met James Davidson ,
another director. While there they
were informed that Baker had disap-
peared from Boston and that the com-
pany had become involved in a legal !
dispute with the American Finance
company regarding the trusteeship of
the stock of the Boston-Nevada.
It was with the idea of intercepting '
Baker , who was believed to be on his
way to Seattle , that Clark and David-
son started two weeks ago for that ;
city. Clark was to have wired his sis
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ter upon his arrival in Seattle , but she !
has not heard from him since March
4 , when he was in Chicago.
DEFICIT SHOWN FOR YEAR.
American Sugar Refining Company
Submits Annual Report.
New York : The American Sugar
Refining company finished the fiscal
year ended December 31 last with a
deficit for the year of $1,395,850 on ac
count of suits in which the company
was involved , according to its annual
report made public here Thursday.
The total amount of penalties paid
out by the American company in the
last fiscal year was $4,135,480. The
net profits for the year were $10,824-
951. Dividends were paid amounting
to $6.299,951 , and $1,784,282 was de
ducted for depreciation of plants and
equipment. The payment of the pen-
alties incurred by the company left a
deficit which reduced the total surplus
of a year before $22GS)7,723 to $21-
301,873.
FIVE .KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Tree Deliberately Fell So That It Lay
Across a Road.
Munich : Investigation into the
deaths of Argentine Consul Geiger and
four friends , who were killed in an au-
tomobile ; accident , appears to
show that the car in which they were
riding after nightfall crashed into a
tree ; which had been deliberately felled
so that it lay across the road. A se-
ries of accidents have occurred in the
suburbs recently , automobiles driving
into logs and other obstructions placed
in their path.
The police have evidence indicating
that the "accidents" were planned by
a peasant , who sought to avenge the
death of a child who had been killed
by a machine.
'Damages for Death of Husband.
Sterling , Ill. : Mrs. Mary McKen-
non , of Savanna , Ill. , has received $3-
000 | from a brewing company in settle-
ment of a case in which she asked
damages for the death'of her husband ,
alleging the company sold him beer.
Rock Island Signs Knox.
Rock Island , Ill. : Rock Island has
signed up B. N. Knox , a fast semi-pro-
fessIonal pitcher from Mississippi ,
who played on. the University of Mis-
sissippi team for two years.
Another Player for Infants.
Sterling , Ill. : F. H. Beck , second
baseman of the Elkhart , Ind. , team of
Indiana-Michigan league , has signed
with the Sterling Infants. i
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TAKES : PART OF SOLDIERS. I
Resolution is Adopted to Allow Vet
era M Uf e of Chapel.
, The frequent complaints of the
members of the soldiers' home . at
Grand Island against the treatment
accorded them by Commander Eli
Barnes was the subject of discussion
by the board of public lands and
buildings Thursday afternoon. The
latest action of the commander was
to prohibit the soldiers from using the
chapel for their meetings and Thurs-
day the board was informed that Mr
Barnes refused to permit them to <
use the chapel in which to practice
for their Easter day exercises.
As a result of this last complain
the board adopted the following reso-
lution :
Whereas. The board of public lands ; .
and bu'ldings has on numerous occa-
sions received communications from
the inmates of the. soldiers' home at
Grand Island , Neb. , complaining that
they were deprived of the use of the
chapel ) building for the holding of
meetings that were in no way detri-
mental to the interests or good gov-
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Whereas , The board of public lands
and buildings is desirous of furnish-
for the inmates of said home
ing tes ev-
erything in its power that will add to
the comfort and amusement of said
inmates , believeing that they are just-
ly entitled to all that the state of Ne
braska can extend to them , and be-
lieving further , _ _
That the chapel building was erect
ed for the soje purpose of furnishing
a place of public gathering for the
members of the home and that the ex-
penses of heating and lighting said
building are so insignificant as not to
receive any consideration whatever ;
therefore , be it
Resolved , by the board of public
lands and buildings. That the com-
mandant be and is hereby instructed
to allow the said chapel building to be
used by the inmates of the home for
all ] ] gatherings of whatsoever kind that
are not detrimental to the , '
good gov
ernment of the institution.
MSTEX TO MEX WHO WENT EAST
Full Explanation Given of Require-
ments of Government.
The Omaha Indian tribe met in a
large council meeting recently at the
Mathey Tyndall ] ] lodge , near the agen-
cy. The attendance was large and
thoroughly representative. The de-
sire to know all of the efforts and ac-
complishments of the Indian delega-
tion was very deep and sincere.
Speeches were made by Daniel Web-
ster , Hiram Chase , Simeon Hallowell ,
Edward Esau , Thomas McCauley and
a number of others. A very full
speech was made by Frank La Flesche
of the Indian office , explaining in de
tail the rules and regulations of the
Indian office.
He also spoke at length advising
the Indians against improvident trans-
actions-and advising them to save
their land and preserve their income ,
and also explaining the effect of taxing
their lands and that they should not
fear taxation , but assume the respon-
sibilities and support of the govern-
ment.
The address was impressive and was
received with the deepest interest
and approval. Xo action was taken
expressive of the future course of
the tribe. Mr. Kneale and other agen-
cy officials were present and explain-
ed the classification to the Ind ans I
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BURGLARS ARE BUSY.
Entry Forced Into Establishment of
W. IX Trailer at Blair.
Burglars were in for a wholesale
business in Blair at an early hour
Thursday morning. They broke into
the drug store of W. D. Haller by
breaking a heavy glass door and took
about $140 from the safe and also
broke into the cash register. They
did not take any of the jewelry from
the safe. They gained an entrance
into the basements of the Farnam &
Samson drug store : and the Blair shoe
store , but did not get into the store
room of either building. They also
got into the notion store of Mr. Jacob-
son and got some small goods.
There is no clue to the parties , but
it is generally credited to home tal
ent.
Campen Gets Job.
The city council of Seward has
awarded the preliminary engineering
work for paving to George L. Campen ,
of Omaha. Test wells will also be
bored in South Seward before fully
deciding to connect up the wells in
West Seward.
Pastor Presented with Purse.
Sunday afternoon the congregation
of the Swedish Lutheran Bethany
church , two miles east of Axtell , sur-
prised their pastor , Rev. C. A. Lon-
quist , by presenting him with a cash
donation of several hundred dollars.
High Wages to Farm Hands.
Owing to scarcity of farm hands
York county farmers are advertising
for hands , offering higher wages than
isually paid clerks or bookkeeners.
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County Assessor Miller Points Out
Objections.
Fifty county assessors met recent
in the state capitol to discuss the pro-
visions of the ' state revenue law. The
meeting was called , not by the state
"board , but by # County Assessor D. R.
C. Miller of Lancaster county. O. E .
Berriecker , of Seward , was elected
chairman of the meeting. County As-
sessors Griffith Evans , of Adams coun-
ty : , and E. E. Weston , of Frankli
county , were appointed a committee
to wait on Attorney General Thomp-
son and get an opinion on the law as
amended by the last democratic legis-
laturee.
Attorney General Thompson was
present. He gave the assessors some
opinions , including an opinion that the :
legislature could not by any means
make intangible property out of grain
in a grain broker's elevator and that
precinct and county assessors ought to
have a reasonable time in which to
report assessments and have the same
reviewed. This law as amended by
the last legislature provides that pre-
cinct assessors shall make up their
books and make return to the county ;
assessors on the last Monday in Maj :
This happens to be May 30. The law
as amended further provides that the
county assessors shall revise and turn
over the books of the precinct assess-
ors by the first day of June. This
gives the county assessors one day in
which to do an important duty. The
attorney general said the law could <
not compel officers to perform some-
thing that is impossible. It is be
lieved the county assessors will set a
day on which the precinct assessors ;
shall return their books and that this
dates will give the county assessors ;
ample time to perform their duties.
The attorney general is expected to
give a written opinion on all of th (
questions raised.
WILL ESTABLISH PLANT.
Cost of Construction to Be Aboui
300000.
F. H. Davis , vice president of the
First National bank of Omaha , and
John T. Burke , electrical engineer of
Aberdeen , S. D. , have been at Broken
Bow considering the establishment of
a big power plant on the North Loup.
Saturday , the two in company w'th F.
M. Currie , took an auto ride to Bur-
well and looked over the location. Af
ter their return both expressed them-
selves as well pleased and were firm
in the belief that a tremendous
amount of power could be generated
at that point. The location is a good
one and the proposition feasible. It
is authoritatively stated that the plant
positively be established , providing
a sufficient market can be obtained in
the surrounding towns and cities. The
cost of construction will be $300,000.
THROWN UNDER TIlE WHEELS.
Fremont Railroad Man Killed at Cal
ifornia Junction. Ia.
Brakeman A. L. Seaberg , of Fre-
mont , Tvas killed at California Junc-
ion. : . Ia. , Tuesday : morning by coming
in contact with a truckload of trunks
as he hung from the side of a car ,
looking back. Seaberg , who was rid-
ing on an extra train sent out to re-
ail a car at East Wye , a small station
near the junction was knocked : to the
aclc by the impact and the hools
of the car passed over his body. His
right arm was severed at the shoulder
and his side was crushed. He died in
a few minutes. Seaberg was one of
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the best known brakemen on the divi-
sion. He went to Fremont " several
years ago. He was a bachelor and
a good mixer and was prominent in
local railroad and lodge circles.
Kearney Objects to R tes.
The fifteen directors of the Kearney
Commercial club have appointed a
committee ; of three to send a resolu-
tion similar to the one adopted by the
Omaha club protesting against the
raise of freight rates on dressed meats
shipped west of Omaha. The commit-
tee was instructed to act at once by
sending a copy of the resolution to the
Commercial club at Omaha and to
railroad headquarters.
Seed Corn Tests Perfect.
F. N.Austin , cashier of the City bank
at Elm Creek , in Buffalo county , has
just completed a seed corn test for
eight different Buffalo county farmers ,
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and finds that from corn tested from
six of these farmesr 100 per cent grew ,
and from the corn from the other two
farmers 90 per cent grew.
Crawford Mayor Found Guilty.
P. G. Cooper , mayor of Crawford ,
in county court , was found guilty of
renting property to be used for im-
moral purposes , and was fined $100.
The ' case has been appealed to the dis-
trict court.
Examination of Enumerators.
At the examinations recently held
in Beatrice 83 applicants for positions
as enumerators were examined , 53 of
the number passing.
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MUCH IS SENT TO THE TROPICS
Two-Fifths of Patent Preparations
Goes to Great Britain , Com-
merce Bulletin Shows.
With importations of drugs and
chemicals rapidly ) approaching $100-
000,000 a year , the importance of com-
mercial relationship between the Uni-
ted States and the tropics is empha-
sized in the latest statement of the bu
reau of statistics of the department of
com. erce and labor. Nearly a billion
dollars' worth of chemicals , drug dyes
and medicines have entered the com-
merce of the United States in the last
twelve years. The imports were about . " . , _ # 0-
$800,000,000 of the total and the ex-
ports made up the remainder. But
both imports and exports of that class
show substantial gains and imports
have leaped from $48,000,000 in 1899
to $85,000,000 in 1909.
Patent /and proprietsjry medicines
for.m more than a quarter of all the ex
ports. A large proportion of the crude
drugs which come up in bulk from the
tropics goes back under labels and
brands in bottles and packages. The
exports as a whole are -Jiarketed in
widely separated countries. Two-fifths
of the patent medicines , however , go
to the United Kingdom. Nitrate of
soda was the chief import in value in
1909. More than $13,000,000worth was
used.
Every corner of the earth contrib-
utes to imports of drugs and chemi
cals which find their way to the labora-
tories and apothecary shops of this
country.
WORLD'S NEW WARSHIPS.
One Hundred and Fifty-one Fighting
Vessels Launched Last Year.
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One hundred and fifty-one fighting
ships were launched for the various
navies of the world in 1909 , according
to Lloyd's annual returns. They had
a collective displacement of 404,475
tons , approximately 100,000 tons grea -
er than the ships of the precedin ,
year. In both 1901 and 1904 , however ,
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gregated a greater displacement - 467-
547 and 435,006 tons , respectively. Of
the 1909 naval launchings , twenty-
seven vessels , with a total tonnage of
99,116 , were to the order of the Ger-
man navy ; Great Britain was a good
second , with thirty-five vessels , "of 98-
790 tons ; France had nineteen vessels
of 95,740 tons , and the United States
lagged along well in the rear , with fif-
teen ; vessels of 48,639 tons.
The total merchant tonnage launch-
ed in the year was 1,602,057 (1,063
vessels ) , of which 991,06 6tons took
the water from British , shipyards and . .
209,604 from those of the United/ ; . '
States. The new merchant tonnage
was smaller than it has been in an r.F
twelve months since 1897. One of ftie
most interesting merchant vessels of
the year was the Wyoming , a six-
masted wooden schooner of 3,730 tons
burden , launched at Bath , Me. She is
the largest wooden sailing vessel ever
built with a length of 350 feet , and a
spread of canvas of more than 12,000
yards.
FACE ' PENCIL FAMINE IN 5 YEARS
Federal Forest Bureau Seeks to Find
a Substitute for Cedar.
With a view to replenishing the sup-
ply of wo < 5ds adaptable to the manu-
facture cf lead pencils the forest serv-
ice has perfected plans for testing a
number of tne national forest woods
in co-operation with several leading
representatives of the pencil indus-
, ry.The
The department of agriculture re-
cently held conferences with lead pen-
cil manufacturers and it was brought
out , as stated at the forest bureau
esterday , that the supply of red ce-
dar , which provides practically all the
wood for the annual output for 325 ? *
000,000 pencils , will be exhausted
within five years. A substitute must
be found and the forest service has
ndertaken the task.
Capitol Grafters to I - rl ' cm. r
Two of the group of officials and
, , mtractors concerned in the Penns \ 1-
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vania Capitol frauds are at last in the-
State prison , serving their sentences
after : having exhausted every legal de-
lay within their reach. The State Su-
preme Court affirmed the conviction of i
former > Auditor General Snyder and
former Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds Shumaker. Both gave up the
fight and were at once taken to prison ,
though still declaring their innocenct- .
but broken in health. At the same
time the State rovernment began suits
against all concerned in the looting of
the treasury to recover $5,500,000.
Ietter-Telejram.s Popular.
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Both the Western Union and the
Post.1 Telegraph Companies have now +
put into service of the public the fifty-
word-letter-telegram rate at night the
same as a ten-word telegram during
the day. It has proved to be popular
especially with business men , in the
cIties. When these messages can . . , _
be : delivered by telephone the sanVj
night they are mailed in the local post
office of destination for first morn inS\ . . . "
livery. The increase of night busi " ' - . . " : \
ness is expected to keep the wires busy .
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