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VOL XL
COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY, MATtCH 8, 1906.
NO. 45.
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FENDS THE RATE BILL
iator Dolliver Predicts a Public
Ownership Movement.
OWD ED SENATE HEARS SPEECH
. II. ..1 (11..4. .1
Arc Asking Why $jonte Jlcn.Mnke
II umlrcit of MiH.loni, . JSvenf Over
h !'wiaK tlie GoTerninent Uphold
lrriuent ; ICootevelt' Policy.
- ' 1 1
A rlington, D. O-Senator" Dolliver,'
Iowa, the chief champion of the
.tum Rate bill, spoke in defense
,1 explanation of that measure for
, 'hours' and. ten miuutes. It had
nt announced that he would reply
senator Foraker, who opposed Gov-iiiK-nt
rate making in any form, -but
did not go far in tlmt direction.
Av. Dolliver avoided court opnions
il legal points. He spoke entirely,
ijn memory and did not employ lech
iT phrases. lie talked as a rep re
native, of the people, not tts a eon
uitional lawyer, holding that it
mid be wise to pass the 'Hepburn
! so 'that the courts may pass on the
lidity of the principle involved. A
HsUm either' way as to the powers
Congress to delegate rate-making
Stliority would be valuable to the
jt.ple.cho paid. ;
lr. Dolliver was greeted by even a
ter audience than that which hop-
l Senator Foraket. A large dele-
ion of Representatives from the
i!so side listened to the-speech.
,nlr Foraker was not present. Sen-
r i.oage was aiso aosenr. iie is in.
lr. Dolliver referred to the fact tuat.
had- been charged with a tendency
vani socialism, oniy to coniraniec
s:ying that he did not desire to
. Jt . 1- 1 . 1 - '
ve, me uovermnem iah.e cuarge 01
V business interests of the country.
t. l;e asserted that "there is a storm
I'tving, and that the time is approach-'
-when the, citizens of the United
fates', are going to make an inquiry
. the right by which some men in
ev years make hundreds of millions
dollars,- Tendering them capable of
ti overshadowing the National Gov
mienL" and he predicted that If Con
s did not agree upon a bill for the
butation of the railroads the country
uld be called upon to face the prob-
of Government ownership.
lie Senator referred to" the fact that
si's. Foraker and Elklns had for-
ly introduced bills giving to the lu
nate Commerce Commission tne
powers conferred: in the pending
Instead of .undermining the law the
fortifies it," he said, and he de
ed that if the present law had been
iuxI with the reverence and sanctity
osorved, the American people would
ve approached it "in a different frame
rjiiud than that which prevails. He
onized the fact that it had become
hionable to speak slightingly of the
i . x f . i i . -
isiHie iummerce uinmission, unu
tlef ended that body against such at-
kf-. He expressed the opinion that
lie lawyers had dealt as fairly with
commission as with the courts the
ult would have been better.
Nr. Dolliver declared that he did not
poet a protracted vendetta between
railroads and the business com
uity, believing that when the law
s enacted it would be observed by
Her and shipper alike. He predicted
it within five years there would be
nils of arbitration in every tramc
ilie of the country, "so that anneals
Hie commission would be the rule
tior lhan the exception. t
tl'akinsr ud the rebate ouestion. Mr.
!Hv r said that he did not agree with
ir Mr. Foraker of Mr. Bacon that
spciPt practices have been abau-
if'rt. He did not believe the Eikins
inicquate for protection- against
'-" I'ractices. '
i difiBeulty about rebates is not 'in
lishing violations of the law," j he
'. " but in discovering them, and we
,fl undertaken to amend the law so
; over that defect. - h
Vfiiciher anyone believes anything
y here," said Mr. Dolliver. "I would
' my friends to acquit meof'that
st grievous offense of exploiting my
J'uljVes, or those of anyone else.
'a Mist 'the orpfit- ftrnnprtv interests of
' ountry. " Not a line in this bill has
flrawn in hostility to the Amer-
pti milwnv Kvstpm hut. it 1r the
"Uerance of a better understanding
iwccn.the American people and that
;u system.
'There never was until yesterday,
"'" Mr. Fornker snoke. a shadow
IJ our right to regulate interstate
tumrree," he went on. He spoke in
nise of tho Trttr1oTit "tin mnat sii
f"r himself he was prepared for.
."mt" ha snirt 4il t.inf1 in" A TlO
t(,n I did not seek, but, consulting
; 'ouscience as a citizen and nay
,1(- as rf-Senator. I can take no
IK.,-." ,
mmenting upon Mr.' Foraker'it crit
s,n lliat the Hepburn bill is uncon-
V'uonai, Mr. Dolliver entered upon
of argument to show that Mr.
"upr was mistaken, and that Con
has iha iiAu-ur tn. -pAtnilflto rnti.
Pvt.. w - "-o .
h'-l Tt I t-ll ivr sm no.r.1n 4-VA n.iH rtlOm
I J ' 1 1 icl icuuru Ul LUO LllULldUJ
he was manifesting a disposition
m democracvbr denvine- it.- and
Pcl with another tribute to President
at
"'he people "would ever treasure
d'iul hearts his blunt platform
square deal for every man."
The Longworths in Cuba.;'
he
s?;pat enthusiasm, many prominent
'1'' Coirn? to wplonmp the hridnl
nj., "
KILLS SISTtR'S HUSBAND
Tragedy in ErookVyn, N. Y .House
Caused by a Death,
Funeral of the Murrtrer' Sltr
' . . ' . v
Srt Jov 111 O'clock, Hv Minors
Hi Jirotlier- n-Iw
at 8.
ew
York "City. A man ran out of
th: flat house at 1TS Westinth street,
Brooklyn. 'at vS.UO oVlock in tlie nioin-
iuir. Around tkevorhcr of C.urt street
he went, into S. Chess' drug store" and
frehind him lie lot t a red trail on the
pavement. -The .man -was Fritz Fen
nen, a bartender. Ho had .been shot
by his brother-in-law, Thomas l'.eet
liiau, a plumber.
Fennen f el L dead as he entered the
drug store. Back in lot; Beetnian
put a bullet-through his head and killed
himself instantly. Mrs. Fennen, who
had died of blood poisoning, lay in her
coffin in the front room of the tlat
awaiting burial. The funeral had been
sot for 10 o'clock.
Fennen -married Beet man's sister,
only three months ago. She had been
sick a month before her death. One
story had it that Beetman blamed the
husband for not giving proper care to
the wife, and that this lav at the bot
tom of the. crime. But Beetman's
brother told the police that the plumber
was angry because Mr. and Mrs. Fen
nen had taken his furniture and had
not paid him. The police thiilk that
brooding over his .troubles led Beet
man to the shooting.
Beetman and Fennen ate breakfast
together. The dead woman's brother
had come to the house on her account,
and r addressed few remarks to his
brother-in-law. There was no quarrel.
When Fennen rose from the table
Beetman quietly pulled a .4-1 -Calibre
revolver and fired at him four times.
Two shots took effect.
The wounded man made a dash for
the door, bound for his pharmacist
friend, Chess, to seek aid. As lie wont
Beetman turned the pistol on himself.
The lirst shot went wild and shattered
a mirror hanging on the wall. The
second went through his. head and
killed him instantly.
Mrs. Louise Lower, sister of Mrs.
Fennen, and Mrs. Annie" Lnrsen, a
nurse, were sitting in the. front-room
with the coffin. Hearing the first shots
they ran into the dining room and nar
rowly escaped being hit by the flying
bullets. .
eman Mehaffy-of the Hamilton
1 station, wsstftnding in Court
street when Fennen. ran out of the
house. Hearing the man's- cries and
seeing the blood, Mehaffy ran toward
him, but before he reached him Fen
nen was dead in the arms of the drug
gist. The floor of the little shop was
soaked with blood. ... . "
. In three minutes un ambulance had
come, and the surgeon had pronounced
the bartender dead. . Mehaffy tele
phoned to his station, and the Sergeant
sent four men to the scene of the trag
edy. & Leaving the telephone, Mehaffy
followed the trail of blood into loG
West Ninth street, and there found
Beetman dead, and the two women in
hysterics. . '..''
A year ago Beetman was employed
by' the India Wharf Brewery, near the
foot of Hamilton avenue. . He got to
drinking; and was discharged. Shortly
afterward his -wife died.. . Up to that
tim6. his sister had lived with him in
a' flat in Sixteenth street, Brooklyn,
and after the death of Mrs. Beetman
acted as housekeeper. Theii Fennen
married her and took her away.? Beet
man went to live in a furnished room
at 25 Atlantic avenue. '
The druggist, Chess, said that Mrs.
Fennen had had plenty of medical as
sistance, -and, was in the rare of a
good nurse. . '
The bodies of the dead men were
gvien over to an undertaker. Mrs.
Fennen's burial was postponed.
FATAL RIOT AT CHURCH.
French Gendarmes Fire on Mob
Le Buy Fifteen Wounded.
at
Le Tuy, France Serious disturb
ances occurred at the taking of an in
ventory of a village church near Sau
gues, Department of Haute-Loire. A
large crowd armed with sticks and
stones surrounded the gendarmes,
many of whom were beaten or pelted
with heavy stones. The gendarmes, in
order to extricate themselves, fired
their revolvers, wounding fifteen men,
two of whom were mortally hurt. The
officer commanding the gendarmes and
the Government commissioner were
badly injured by the rioters. The gen
darmes retired with difficulty.
REGIMENT'S QUICK TRIP.
Taken Prom Jersey City to 'Frisco m
Six Days and a Half.
; San Francisco. All records for the
movement of troops from the Atlantic
Seaboard to this city were broken with
the arrival of a Southern Pacific spe
cial train over the Sunset Route carry
ing the Eighth Regiment of the United
States Army. '
: The transfer was effected in six and
one-half days, and had it not been tor
a delay of seventeen hours at Lords
burg and a stop over at Los Angeles of
seven hours, the time occupied would
lyive been but five and a half days.
Japan's RIcj Shortage.
The Japanese rice crop this year is
nenrir fourteen Der cent, less than the
average and twenty -five per cent.lessjj
man 1a sty ear -
Judge Robert H. Little Dead.
President Judge Robert H. Little, of
Columbia and Montour counties, Pa.,
died at Bloomsburg, Pa., from pneumonia.
BEATEN PUGILIST
Harry Tenny Expires in San Fran
cisco Bath House After Fight.
NEIL'S BLOWS PROVE FATAL
Unfortunate ISoxer Wan Conntea Oat,
Jtut Kefree ICoche .Failed to Hear
tli Timekeeper and Allowed tlie
Figlit to Continue Mayor hchmitx
to Investigate.
San Francisco. Cal. Harry. Tenny,
who was knocked out by. Frankie
Neil, the bantam -'champion pugilist, in
the fourteenth round of a prize tight
at Mechanics' Pavilion, died the next
day. . . '
Helpless and without strength to
strike a hlow, Tenny had been literally
beaten to the floor and was carried
senseless to his dressing room. He
was revived an. hour later and, com
plained of pains in his head and stom
ach. He' steadily grew worse until
death ended his sufferings.
Neil has been arrested, together with
James Caff rath, "Eddie" Graney. Wil
lis Britt, Morris Levy and Mark
Shaughnessy, who officiated at the ring
side. All are charged with manslaugh
ter. They were later released in $500
bail.
After making an autopsy Coroner
Surgeon Cussack announced that the
pugilist's death was due to cerebral
hemorrhage, caused probably by a
blow.
Mayor Schmitz declares he will in
vestigate Tenny's death and. if negli
gence concerning the condition of the
pugilist is shown, he will recommend
to the Supervisors that no more per
mits be issued for prize fights In Sau
Francisco.
Some uneasiness was felt by promot
ers, seconds and others connected with
the contest when the condition of Ten
ny after the knockout was noted. He
went down before Neil's hard left hand
blows, falling near the centre of tho
riug. The timekeeper counted him
out. but in the noise of the shouting
Referee Roche did not hear the com
pletion of the count, and when Tenny
staggered to his feet allowed the fight
'to proceed. c v--.vv
A howl of derision greeted the ref
eree's ruling, but it was soon ended,
for Neil went at his opponent like a
madman and hammered him against
the ropes. Tenny's head sank on his
chest and his 'arms dropped to his
sides. In this position Tenny was lit
erally beaten to the noor Dy Neil and
was counted out by the referee. He
was carried to his dressing room and
later to n bath house. Mark Shaugh
nessy attended Tenny at the bath.
The beaten pugilist complained of
terrible pains in his stomach and head.
At? 4 o'clock in the morning he fell
asleep and the physician left, saying
alldanger was over. At 7.30 o'elock
Shaughnessy was awakened by a cry
from Tenny. The pugilist's body was
doubled up in agony, and a hurry call
was sent in for the Central Emergency
ambulance. Before it arrived Tenny
was dead.
Recent Deaths From Ring Combats.
John C. Peters, October 3, North
Ber"cu i. J.
Charles '6 Regan, October 1 30, St.
John, N. B.
Nathan Rosenberg, January 10, New
Y-rfr City.
Alexander Doviu. February 5, San
Francisco.
Harry Tenny, February 25, San
Francisco. .
TORNADO AT 'MERIDIAN.
Business
Section of Mississippi City
Swept Into Ruin.
Meridian, Miss. At .30 o'clock in
the evening a tornado from the south
struck Meridian, sweeping directly
through the business centre of the
town, and during the twenty minutes
it spent in passing destroyed approxi
mate y $5,000,000 in property. .
; It took the lives of perhaps thirteen
white persons and twenty negroes. ,
At I midnight the town was in dark
ness, the telegraph wires were all
down, and the-only eeniraunieatlon
with the outside .world, was over the
long-distance telephone to New; Or
leans and Mobile. . -
Several fires started in the ruins, but
the rain and the fire company together
succeeded in quelling the flames. , ,
The dead are: . Mackey Slaughter,
wife and daughter; Mrs. Singleton,
Claude Williams, A. T. Molhnis. a Mo
bile and Ohio conductor; William R.
Nelson, 2 City Marshal, and William
Johnston. "
Among the wounded are: Captain
Charles Elmira, W. J. Woodside, T. H.
Brown, Ernest Bennett, Frank" Wood
ruff, Will Yarborough and A. C. Morri
' sou. . ' ' ' ' - -..; ;i '" ': ' ;- :.
'AL" M'PHAIL GOES BLIND.
Stricken in Theatre He Causes Sur
prise by Lighting a Match. : '
rittfcburg, Pa While attending a lo
cal theatre, "A!" McPhail, of New
York, one of the best known circus
men in the country, suddenly became
blind. ? ' - ;
.Thinking It "was a freak of his imag
ination, he lighted a match and held
the flame before his eyes. His act at
tracted the attention of the audience
and tire players, and an usher hurried
to him. He was found in a stat of
collapse.
A physician said that McPhail had
been stricken with . apoplexy.
DIEllD0INESE0ul
NO MORE FREE SEED GRAFT.
Houe Committee Eliminates Big Item
From Agricultural Appropriation.
Washington, D. C Eight members
of the House Committee on Agriculture
struck from the Agriculture Appropria
tion bill an item of $242,000 designed to
continue for another year the "free
seedaft'
y&bjt-
ropoitions during the ad-
enormous propor
ministration of - Secretary Wilson.
Seven members voted against this re
form. It is expected that the Agricul
tural Department's influence will be
exerted to get this item back into the
bill Avhen it reaches the floor.
Appropriations carried by the bill
aggi-egate between $0,000,000 and $7,
000,000. ; The estimates of the depart
ment would have been cut more if it
had been possible to get satisfactory
information as to ' expenditures from
the department officials.
When the paragraph providing $242.
000 for the free distribution of seeds
was reached Representative Cocks, of
New; York, moved that it be stricken
out. . 'He was supported by Messrs.
Wadswortb. of New York; Henry, of
Connecticut; Ilaugen, of Iowa; Brooks,
of Colorado; Adams, of Wisconsin; Lor
imer. of Illinois, and Haskins, of Ver
mont. Against the reform were
Messrs. Davis, of Minnesota; Bowie, of
Alabama; Lamb, of Virginia; Iver, of
South Carolina: Trimble, of Kentucky;
Field, of Texas, and Candler, of Mis
sissippi. The Secretary of Agriculture buys
weds by contract wherever he desires
to do so, without competition. The
requisition of any Senator or member
of Congresses quite enough to have
the department send to any of his con
stituents large or small quantities of
vegetable or flower seeds.
Originally the practice was designed
simply: to introduce into the United
States vegetables and flower products
heretofore-, not grown here with suc
cess. But as time went on the scope of
the seed stock was widened until it in
cluded seeds for almost every variety
of flowers and vegetables, shoots for
apple, peach and orange trees and rare
bulb. In fact, a fine assortment of
nursery supplies raised in the United
States and purchasable' at any nursery
could be obtained free from a member
ARMY APPROPRIATION PASSED.
Also Bill For Marking Northern Graves
of Confederates.
Washington,' D. C The House
passed the Army Appropriation bill
and also, amid applause from both
sides, the Foraker-bill, providing for
the marking of the graves of Confeder
ates buried in the North.
Points of order made to the provis
ions for a cable ship for the Atlantic
Coas; and to a ship for mine planting
on the Pacific Coast eliminated these
provisions from the Army Appropria
tion bill. The alleged powder trust
came in for sharp criticism in debate
and Democratic endeavor to have the
Government begin the manufacture of
its own powder, met defeat both on
points of order and finally by direct
vote.
The Army bill, as passed, carries
something more than $09,000,000.
OPENS CORPORATION FIGHT.
La.Follette Seeks to Bar Railroads
From Getting Coal Lands.
Washington, D. C Senator La Fol
fette. of Wisconsin, .fired the first gun
in the battle he is expected to wage
against the corporations. It was aimed
at railroad ownership of coal lands.
The bill to wind up the affairs of the
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians was
under consideration. It contains a pro
vision for the sale of a large quantity
of coal and asphalt lands in Indian
Territory. Senator La Follette sub
mitted an amendment providing that
no railroad which is a common carrier
should, directly or through its officers
or stockholders, be permitted to. pur
chase -any of these coal or asphalt
lands. . '.'
BILL INCREASING SALARIES.
Makes President's $75,000 and Vice
. President's $15000, .
Washington, D. C A. bill readjust
ing official salaries was introduced by
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire.
The readjustments are to become ef
fective on March 4, 1909. The salaries
proposed by the bill are as follows;
President, $75,000; Vice-President, $15,
000; members of the Cabinet, $15,000;
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, $12,000; Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress, $7500. "
. Two New Hague Delegates.
Washington, 'D. C The President
has appointed Brigadier-General Geo.
B. Daxis, Judge Advocate General, and
Captain t Charles S. Sperry,: U. S., N.,
President of the Naval War College,
as the military and naval delegates, re
spectively, from the. Washington Gov
ernment to The Hague Conference., -
Abolishes Lleuteriant-Generalcy.
Washington, D; C The House Com
mittee on Military Affairs made a
unanimous report on the Prince bill
abolishing the grade of ; Lieutenanti
General. - . i
Increase in Internal Revenue. .
Washington, D. C The monthly
statement of the collections of internal
revenue shows an increase as com
pared with January, 1905, of $2,370,738.
1 1 ' ' ' , .
Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York
x MILK.'
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is 3c. per mart.
BUTTER.
Creamery Western, extra". $
Firsts ......
Stnte dairy tubs, iirsts....
Imitation creamery.
Factory, thirds to firsts....
--' ' CHEESE. '
27 m 271,4
24 Or 2ft
22 V ' 24
18 (a) 21
14 164
l. iiu
7
20 Of 22
19" & 20-
& it;
Zi.(i: 10
'J.U,?reani.. fancy ...
: mJV V" "
1 art ski r us. goon to prime
Bart skims, common
Full skims.
EGGS.
Jersey Fancy
State and Penu
Western Firsts . . .. .
Southern .... .. .......
BEANS AND PEAS.
Beans Marrow, choice. .... -
(Pi Z 10
0 2 10 ;
on 1 iny.
(a 2 75
(a) 3 45
(i) 1 75
(& 3 50
3 35
Medium, choice
2 03
1 ffi
2 70
3 35
1 05
;i 40
3 30
'ea . choice -.
IJd kidney, choice.
White kidney.... .
Yellow eye
Black turtle soup. . . .
Lima. - Cal
FRCITS AXD BKRRIES FRtCSTI.
Apn'.es. King, per bbl. ..... 4 00 & 5 50
Greening, per bbl 3 00 (a), 5 50 .
Ben Davis, per bbl 4 00 (& 5 (Ml
Northern Spy, per bbl . . . 4 00 (2? 5 25
Crjnberrie?!. per bbl . . 15 00 (q2 00
Strawberrie?: per qt 20 (5r 50
LIVE POULTRY. -
Fo wW. per lb 13u
Chickens, per lb.. (d 11 '."
Roosters, per lb.... - (? 814
Turkeys, per lb.... 0J 10-"
Ducks, per pair 60 (Rl 85
Geese, per pair. 1 25 1 75
Pigeons, per pair.... (a? 25
DO ESS ED rODLTRT.
Turkeys, per lb 13." (5.
21
Id
23
14
15
12
r.o
15
10
J3
10
Chickens, Phila., per lb 1G
Capons, per lb.. 13
Fowls, per lb 10 (a)
Ducks, per lb. ... 8 &!
(.Teese. per lb. .. . . 8
Squabs, per dozen. 1 50 (a)
HOPS.
State. 1905. prime to ehoice , 12
Common to fair.. 5 (a)
Pacific Coast. 1905, choice. . 12 &
Choic?, 1901.. 9
nAT and smAW.
Hay. prime, per 100 lb & . 80
No. 1. per 100 lb 75 (d. 77
No. 2, per 100 lb GO
Clover mixed, per 100 lb. GO (u? G2Vi
Straw, long rye.... . GO 65
- VEGETABLES. , .
Potatoes. Eastern, per bag. 1 85 (cf 2 00
" State, per bag 1 65 (a) 1 85
Sweet?, per basket...... 50 (& 90
,Tomatoes. per carrier . I 00 . 6 00
Pjgg plant, per bos...
1 50
1 25
1 00
2 00
1 50
1 25
2 00
1 00
2 00
1 25
15
2 00
1 50
1 00
S
1 25
60.
4 00
fcquasn, per bbl.
1 75
(3 4 .00
(.' 4 (X)
( 5 00
2 25
(i 6 00
(a; 1 50
6 00
2 00
(aj 60
r) 5 00
3 00
(a) 2 X
(a) 16
2 00
Car .85
1 25
(ay-3
75
5 50
3 50
4 00
Peas, per basket
Peppers, per carrier
Lettuce, per basket
Cabbages, per erate.
String beans, per basket;
Unions, state, per bag.
Conn., Vhite, per bbl.
Carrots, per bbl . . , . . . . v .
Celery, per dozen bunches.
Beet, per 100 bunches....
Cucumbers, per basket. . . .
Cauliltower, per basket....
Brussels sprout, per qt....
Spinach, per bbl.... ......
Turnips, per bbl ,
Parsnips, per bbl
1 00
Watercress, per 100 buches 2 00
Kale, ner bbl. (S5
Okra. per carrier ..'3 00
Parsley, per 100 bunches... 3 00
Shallots, per 100 bunches ... 3 00
GRAIN. ETC.
Flour Winter patents. . .
Spring patents.. ., .,
Wheat. No. 1 N. Du.uth.
A 00
4 40
.4 35,
$ 5 15
7i
'S
No. ? rod RfiSif,,!
89
49.
48
25
39
75b
Corn, No. 2 white. .... .. . . (gi
No. 2 yellow....
Oats, mixed .......... 34)
Clipped white .37 (a
Lard, city.
LIVE STOCK.
Beeves, city - dressed. . . ... ,
Calves, city dressed. . . . ;
Country dressed . . . , . . .
Sheep, .per 100 lb... . ..... .
Lambs, per 100 lb ..
Hogs, live, per 100 lb."
Country dressed, per lb
G
7
4 00 -:(3i
8Vi
13
11
5 'v)0 ,
6 CO
6 75
54-
.''' ': GAME. .'''''
Duck." canvasbacki per pair. 2 50 3 00
. Mallard, per pair.,.-..'.-, ' 75 1 00
Jiluewing teal, per pair.. . 50' 60
Rabbits, pei pair... . .... 10 f 50
CHINA A MINT FOR AMERICANS.
Ppssibie to : Ila vc -,'$5.11,000,000-. Trade
Annually From There. .
. Washington. D. C. The possiblities
of trade with China were shown by
Baruch Oerfi who had jusfarrivod
from that country, where he is general
manager of an industrial commercial
exhibition at Shanghai. ; . He said that
were each Chinaman to spend 9 gold,
cents a month on American goods the
total would reach $531,000000 annu
ally, or about Sl.500,000 a day.; -
"The Chinese merchant must be
able to feel the pulse of the consum
ing market as well as the responsibil
ity of our producing interest," said Mr.
Cerf. "Show him a pump, 'let it pump
water, ;advertise in Chinese how much,
that pump can accomplish and then
put a representative in the field; dem
onstrate, advertise and then let-the
personality of the representative show
the Integrity of i he firm. .These are
the only methods through;, which Amer
ican goods can be introduced into
China." " - - '''" ';
FOREIGN TRADE 3 BILLIONS.
Figure1 For Year Indicated by Great
Increase in Seven Months.
Washington. D." C There was an
enormous increase in the foreign coui
merce of .thas-TInited State during the
first seven months of the current fiscal
year.- The total.vtriide Amounted '-'to
$1,752,421,330, an average of $250,000.
000 a month. If this rate of growth
be maintained the rest of the year the
foreign trade vfi.ll amount to $3,000,
000,000, a figure It has never reached.
WASHINGTON.
The famous "citrus fruit" injunctloui '
against all the railroads . of Southern .
California were decided unanimously
in favor of the railroads by ' the Su- ' :
preme. Court of the United States, the
opinion being by ' Justiee reckham. '
The case involved thr, right of the rail-,
road companies to designate the route
for fruit shipped Ea?t after leaving-
their own lines.
The President sent to the Senate the 1
following nominations: : .To be Second ;
Secretary of the Legation at Constan
tinople, Turkey, Lewis Einstein, of
New York: to be Third Secretary of 11m .
Embassy at Mexico, Joseph C. Grew, 1
of Massachusetts." I; v. ;.
During a tliunder-storm , ..lightning
struck the five-year-old sou of William
H. Hessner, at Seat Pleasant, Md.
Hearings on the Philippine tariff bilt,
were closed by the Senate Committee
on the Philippines.. . ! ' ' 1
The House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee took up the Till
man and Gillespie resolutions for ;rail- (.
way investigations.
The State Department has beard that
an attempt -has been made, to assas
sinate the President of the Republic
of Colombia.
; OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
In Manila, in 1905. there were 254
cases and 225 deaths from cholera; for-,
ty-five cases, and forty-three - deaths
from plague and twenty-seven Cases
and two deaths from smallpox. ,
Major-General Leonard Wood lw,
sailed for the Island of Mindanao on a
two weeks' trip o t inspection. . ; The ,
Filipinos are anxious to organize a
volunteer regiment to assist America
In China. ,. ., ; ; ,
Bishop Blenk, of Porto Rico, was se
lected by the Congregation of the Pro- ;
paganda to succeed .the late Archbishop
Chapelle. 1 :
DOMESTIC. . t
Secretary of the. Navy Bonaparte ar
rived in Annapolis, Md.," to' tbnfet, with '
Governor Warfiejd, General Porter'and
Admiral Sands as to the program for
the ceremonies ' ihcide'nt 1 to the final '
interment of - the body of . Admiral :
Paul Jones in April.,, :.' .--: . ,
Attired in a bridal gown ! of white
satin, the tody-of a woman who had .
passed as the wife of William IL
Ward, of New York -City, was found
in her room at 517 -Lenox avenue, with
gas pouring from 'a tube fastened1 in
her mouth; : ' ' . .. ' -vr ' ...
Nine-year-old George. .Ivill.. ;son . of
the captain of the canal-boat William
Henninger, lying at Erie Basin. Brook
lyn. N. Y., was drowned off the foot
of Columbia street He had been play
ing along the'" wlrarf andssb:pped from
the atringpieee. . ; - ,-!-t
.Four insurancs companies" .notifiefl t
W. D. Yandiver,!the Missouri Insur-'
ance Commissioner, that they w;ou!dl
withdraw from the State on March 1,
when their present licenses expire
Captain Steve.B.j Gil?bs safd to have
been the oldest whaling captain in this
country, died at" Middleboro.- Mass., at
the age of niretytfivc years.
The battleship Rhode . Island went ,
Into commission at BostOnV Mass., with (
Captain Perry- Garst as her cbm-i
mander... ; v n . .;,if
In a rear-end collision of trolley cars
near Lima; O.:. Assistajnt Auditor Mor
ris Stein, of the Western Ohio Railway,
was killed. :; ...'.'
-Twelve men. ' all of : them 'railwiay
employes, we're vburt at Carondelet.
Mo., when a St. Louis, Iron. Mountaia
and Southern train was'derailed;
The explosion of a keg of powder on
Snow Bird Valley Railrpad,, near.;An"
drews, N. C, killed Joseph Queen and
Mitchell Howard, contractors. :
Three men held.up a; St. Paul freight t
train just outside Chicago,M lib. : forced
the engineer and fireman: tdt give .up
their : watches, beat them .and. fled. ,
Lying acrbss his bed, wifh 'hlshead
almost severed, former Sheriff John B.T
Traynhams, of Roanoke ? City, w as
found dead, in Roahcike, Va., with ,'no
clew to the slayer."'"1.- ' r' V
Domestic troubles led Jamest-.Dreen. I
owner of. a small-traveling show, to,
kill his wife and then slash his 'own
neck at. anesville, Qhlo; iiZjyjnx' 4'
Andrew D. White, talking, to Corneil;V
students, at Ithaca, N. Y., said there
were' more murders committed 4ri the' - ',
United States and fewer punished tbaa , (
in any other country, and expressed' ' '
qualified approval of .'lyncbt.iamri " :
FOREIGN.
The United , States cruiser , Tacoma
has arrived at Gibraltar" from . Naples,
with machinery,' etc., f or ; the drydoet - -Dewey,;
now at Lasr Palm as, Canary,
Islands, to. replace the parts damajgei
during the voyage -across the 'Atlantic.
M. A. de Speyer, the Russian Minis- . , .
ter ; at ' Tehei-ati, Persia, ', has. been .re-.. , r
lieved of his post on the "ground of ill '
ueattbvi' ' p o;t;&j t- , '.-
M. Waddington, sdnl of f thej Chlleaji s ,r ,
Charge, d' Affaires ; at Brussels, .wbo''
shotvSenor Balmaceda, th& Secretary '
of the Consulate killing him instanUy.
has decided to submit to the authori- .
ties arid stand trial before a Befehm -
tribunal; - jii' . iwui
Bids from both few -York, and Jon-
doy bankers have been : received in-"
Mexico" City, Mexico, 'for. another uJ?- v. .
lion dollars silver money in. pursuance .'kv
of the policy of exchanging silver for"4
gold to expedite the work of? plachig
the country on a gold basis. -
Officials at St. Petersburg, Russia, ,
denied alarming reports of the national
finances, and said that the situation,
bad greatly improved.
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