. It 1 I y I iiOHl JUT Thrco Gorfts tho Copy. INDEPENDENCEJNrALL THINGS. Subscription Pric.Tsi.oo Per Year in Advance VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C; Til UliSDAV, NOVF MBER 8,4906. NO. 28 vU I O i n Sr -.m r,n , r - 1 " I ' . . . - . . '. k ifiMLS ME ROUTED N LONDON ELECTION Borough Councils Will Pe Con trolled uy Reformers. UNIONISTS WIN IN COUNTRY ipaijiiis There Conducted on Po litical Party lilies A Rebuke For JKxtravagance in' London- Kiult Attributed to Discontent. Loudon. The -triennial olettion 0f the London-Eorug' CouncH have vcsuUod in an overwhelming victory ,or Uic Municipal Reformers, who in sonic- of the .booughs ,absqlf.ly: wiped cut the Progressives. The victors were, formerly known Moderates, and represent the Cniomst nariy. ine .rrogressives Tep- rjscniiug" the L4Jcrai rind Labor par ies. After ireveral years of a Pro- -V ' ;rcssivo regime, -aarins -wnicn, 41 ijontend, the taxes, were Increase.! to aUii'H maij uguits, iu vwustnjuf iivt-' of liv.go ;. expenditures, including palatial workhouses, Turkish baths for workmen, vho did not use.'them, and clubhouses : and ' other similar municipal luxuries, the .Borough Councils are once again great strong holds cf Toryism. . - Complete returns show that thn Ueforiuors won ipil seats, the re maining T31 being, divided between he Progressives, ; Laborites and In- Tho provincial municipal elections bare -alao resulted in a rout for the Liberals. The campaigns in the 'prov inces were mostly conducted on pollc- 1 party lines. Incomplete results show that the Liberals have sustained1 met loss of thirty-three representa ives and that the Conservatives have, 1 nee jxain of fifty-nine. -The Labo party has a net ! gain Jf nine. " ,M i A . iu London the Labor party cr.ndi-. lates fared even wotse than :th.e: Pro-' ,T3sivc?, but they made small rains in the provinces.-.,-.. .-- ; Ex-rremier Balfour, speaking at dinner given in his honor,. said the result of the elections throughout ths country "had surprised both parties. He attributed the . result to discon tent with, the.-prespnt JLiberaLaA i m ins , f Nation.. " . - ' '--'-' A'EGRO SOLDIEliS KIOTING." One Man Killed and Two -Sccionsly 1 . Wounded , in Texas. j . El Pas-o, Texas. -Negro ' soldiers from Fort Bliss, five miles from here, 4aru 1 a light in a saloon o itside the reservation. ;One man, was killed and two seriously wounded. t ,. : The negroes belong to the Twenty fifth Infantry, members of which. while stationed at Fort Brown,p made raid on Brownsville, shot into homes and buf iness'houses and killed one white man andwounded anpther. The affair aroused? so much indigna tion that the War' Department trans-! icrrcd the negro troops to Fort Bliss. The man killed is :Privato Mat- thejvTj. private Lewis and Alexander Joftn'son, a "sibonkeeper, were wounded. A card game is - said to ave caused the fight; - ; " le eland's Mayor Acts ' a Motorman of Low Fare.Line. " Cleveland, : Ohio. Mayor Tom Johnson was motdrman and A. B; Dupout conductor of the .first, three cent faro street car ever operated in Cleveland. ' '. The Forest City Railway Company,! amid the cheers-of crowds of people, formally opened its line on the west Rido. Hundreds crowded about the "ar eager to be passengers! on its first triii.. "This 13 oae of the happiest days ia my life," .said Mayor Johnson, aftor he had completed one trip as motorman. "The actual' ! operation frf-the road mates the fierce struggle hh our opponents In the past only a peasant memory." UT-tf MOODY' TO. AID. JAPANESE. JoLn in Their Fight For Admission ' San Francisco Schools. . San Francisco, CaL TheiGoyerti- ea:; at-Washington has taken steps i 0 aid r ti f .Tannnps's nf Ran irvdnotarn n their -fight, .to procure admission 4o tjio public schools. Attorney-General jjoody ha3 instructed United States 0',:ti ir.t Attorney Robert T. Devlin lend" his aid to attorneys R." M. Mckert and Masuji Miyaliawa', repre sen Mas; the Japanese, in the injunc him' proceedings brought In the Cir iit Court to compel the Board of tduaUon to allow Japanese children onter any of the schools of San ''wnr-isco to which, white " children admitted.- ' J .... ''. V1 ' - ' Congressman !;H oar : DeadJ " Congressman Rockwood Hoar died at Worcester, Mass. . Rockwood Hoar as born in Worcester, Mass., ;4u gust 24, 1855. He 4was thesonof JJe late Senator George F. Hoar. He as grad uated from Harvard in 1 879 J,comwetceai;io -pf actioe f . law; J vv orcester. Ho was presidentl of e Common ; Council of.; Worcester wnen he was elected to Congress rplU the Third Massachusetts Dis- Arcbdako Otto Dead Archduke Otto of Austria died at h.c ag? or tortr-pnc;,; ;; ; BITS I HEWS , WASHINGTON. " The Postoffice Derartmut Issued a fraud order against the Focletv of -Associated Physicians of New York City. .; ;. ; .:, . Th e Director ot the Mtnt pu rc 100,000 ounces of p!lver at .70.71 cents tor delivery at Denver. ? . The amount ask d for the mnlnt'v race .of the postal srvle ts S 2 0 R, 662,1 90, a net incrse over the nres nt appropriation of $15,000,000. ; Secretary Bonararte rt.nvned affpr three sneecs in Maryland, the tdaees selected bing Winch ester, ElVtonf and Denton r ; The McClelland Status Commission has r d ecldct ..to. ? h ave the ; nn vej i n p some time in May. , ThompR C. Dawson; American Min ister to Fp.to OoTn"ro, bad a; con ference at theStnte .nnrmnt' with reference to affairs, in the island, t .The text of the modus vivendi be tween this country and HreatBritain regarding the Newfoundland fisheries was made public. j The Stae Department has received n , copy of tho nsrrvint between Hosta4Hica,tCftmtem,' a"d.lon orcomnury arbitration of all future troubles. 1 4 v. " OUR ADOPTK1) IJT,11)S. ' - 'L . The total imports from the Unite I States to Porto Rico increased from $13,974,070 in th4 precdUg fiscal year to $19,224, S81 in 1906. The exp6rts from the island to this coun try show a notable increase, mrinly in sugarjf""V'. 'i , , Governor Magoon, alarmed by size of deficit in Cuba's Treasury, deter mined on policy, of rigid economy. The Pulajanes in Samar, P. I., attacked boats carrying sunplies on the Surlgao River, killed three scouts ind. i wounded;: one. Five Pnlaaanes were" killed. The supplies were saved. : . ? ..,., . . ' i i General Wood's statement that the emergency ration has proved a fail ure in the v Philippines,, is expected. to can 'lorm' an uuicmi. cxpihduliuu tii Washington,- pointing out- that the criticism was based upon a, condition cf affairs that does not exist to-day. DOMESTIC. Jiteuq 'AtKtna, was l-trpat- friVhte wife, she apnealed to Chief of Police Nelson, of wilUamston, s. U., for protection, and he killed the hus band..' . ; V ',' ' The scaling schooler Dora Stewart reached Clayoquot, B. C," with 271 sealskins, and reported five other vessels bringing in 2870. skins. ' Locking himself in the bathroom. Dr. M, G. Pingrse, of Chicago, turned on the gas and killed himself i .. if Pleading guilty to the embezzle ment of $86,000 of Newburyport, Mass. , former ' City Treasurer J. "W. Felker had . sentence deferred .until January. l! Claiming that he was driven to it hy shame, .Bert Kemp is under; arrest at Port Huron, Tylich:; for murdering his baby, born a; week- after he. was married. K, Recently , discharged ; from an asylum - for the insane,Mrsi ''Nellie tJahill jumned from a. third-sfory win dow in Baltimore and killed herself. - .The .deathof Mrs Rpbert'i Ar rol, at 'Anderson, Ind., from eating toad-stoolr- in-mistake for mushrooms, makes the, third in.that family, from 'tho same; cause. , 4 - . ; i Durlng.'a disturbance at Apolitical meetingat Coeburn; Va., Policemai George Hughes was. shot and killed by Clark Edwards. The Supreme Court lhas- issued a ten-day restraining order against the city of Cleveland to keep it from in terfering with the Cleveland Electric Railway Company. i ( - . A $75,000,000 electric trolley sys tem, with double tracks between :Iew York and Pittsburg, Is a project of Joseph Ramsay, Jr., and associates. .Their ultimate dm is . to 5 extend, to Chicago. " " r When they refused to pay $27 damages done property during a class rush, 115 sophomores and freshmen of - Lawrence University;" Appleton, Wis., were suspended. - . - A dispatch from Los Angeles.1 Cal., announces to General D. McM. Gregg, of Reading, former Auditor-General of Pennsylvania, that the will of George Gregg bequeathes ,$iuo,uuo to Eastern friends, among whom will bo the General. " '.'-:' " "", FOREIGN. -..v. Ten Terrorists condemned to death by drumhead court-martial at Czeh stochowa, Poland, were, hanged. Miss Adele Dillon, of Los Angeles, Cal.,' made a Euccessrul debut as a .oprano in 'Linda di Champuni," at the Filo-Drammatici Theatre. The-sealing schooner City of San Diesor justiin -at Victoria B.'C., re orcs - more raids by Japanese boats m the Bering Island seats: ; ''.:.; TheBrltishCgarrison at St. Helena jas f been - withdrawn; and the forts ave been " dismantled ; the Inhab itants ar.e Jcf fc.without & market for -heir produce. ' .,..:.'-.y- TefroJ-ists' near: StPetef sburgf, "hy disguising themselves as soldiers, had obtained high explosives, from the Government : stores. j Severe r punishment was InfliAed upon Englishmen in Cairo as aa il lustration of Lord Cromer's new pol icy of equal treatment of British sub jects and Egyptians. . ; mm piiBira Accuse;! cf ,Tr?menrJous Frau: v h ' t!e..t Deals. Cbrlq WTiHtv Korton jlrrpstcd by the.Oflgo Po! i i.TOn Ravcli ins For Him For Months. - v C1,,cjto, in. CV" -Ts Wh'tnov No-ton,; s-'ld by the police ad rosfil authorities to be responsible for ex tensive swindling rnornos,4 is un der arrest hfre. He wPl be turned over to ' te Federal officers. It ,is asserted that Norton ha s d ef r an d people . in f; all . parts of the . United States ont of brwf s pnd securities ar0"rtrsr to 3.000000. Mn1; his:-room: w- found bonds, stocs:s,v8bstrscts of Knd. titles,' first mortggos, and othr jio?nH.biV ranera, te grRtfr art of wh'eh is thought to be-epnuin.and worth al most 2,O0O,O00. Othere naners were toM vaind ' on their fao, at aout 1 Jt 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 m ore, bnt th p r value is doubtful. It is bld that Norton by sflHnsr and trading tbe securities has "'ftd? may thouspnis of dollars. The postal authorises say they vh ave been sealing for Norton since Janarv, 1905, when be disappeared front Detroit; ostensi bly to go to London. , ; About two years aro Norton " was 1n Elmira, N- Y., ooerating the American Whotsale Brokeae Com pany. It is also asserted that he was arrested once in Troy,..N. Y., and alsp in.Rntland, Vt., whern he sved a :ssntene oL one - year in v ?ail "' for the fraudulent tse of the mails. n Ke is Alossaid to have done business I2S Toledo, ;0Md. AiU iVtiii-J Titles and deds;to lands tin Ne braska, Ken tucVv, Tennessee, Vir ginia -and other -States, running into thousands of acres, were found In Norton's possession. One deed de scribing 50,000 acres of pine lands In Virginia, and another, describing 20,000s acres in Nebraska 'appeared to be genuine. SUPREME COURT BARS "THRU. Simplified Spelling Not Followed in Nation's Highest Tribunal. : Washington, D. C The question of the propriety of using the, modified -spelling iu wceordamag-withr-thy order of the President was incidentally i raised in the Supreme Court of the United States. Solicitor . General Hoyt was engaged in presenting the Government's side in a case and had occasion to refer to a long quotation in his brief from a decision of the Court rendered some years ago by Justice Bradley, in which the word 'through" was spelled "thru." Chief Justice Fuller held a copy of the brief in his hand, and when the word . was reached interrupted Mr Hoyt with' a question as to whether the extract was intended to be a quotation from Justice Bradley's ofil cial opinion. "Iu all except the spell lug," replied Mr. Hoyt. "Ah!!' sig nificantly responded the Chief Jus tice, with an. interrosrative- inflection Hhat caused a general smile through the court room. The court has not adopted the simplified spelling sys -tern. 1 v - LABOR SCARCE WORLD OVER. Hopes to Recruit Workmen, For Pan araa Canal From Foaiu. i .Washington, D. C. Through' their efforts to obtain labor for work on the Isthmian Canal 'members of the .Canal Commission have found that there is a'dearth of labor in prac tically all parts of the worm. So great is the demand for labor in con nection with railroad builuing and other improvements on a large scale that countries which formerly have sent thousands of laborers to this country monthly are now using thier labor at borne. " Leioy Park, an agent for the com mission, has been in Spain for some mouths rec -Hing laborers, and has found man clifriculties in obtaining the Spanish workmen, who ' have shown themselves so well adapted to tho conditions in Panama. .Hundreds of men whom he has 'sent to1 the canal zone are writing favorable re ports to their friends in Spainand in a short time Mr.-Park expects to send a large number of workmen. V UTISS SKIltMISH WITH TROOPS Recover Fifty Ponies Seized by Army , . . J in a Stampede. Sheridan, W'yo. A skirmish oc .curfed between a band of the rene- :;ade Ute Indians and troop of the Tenth Cavalry bn-Bitter Creek. The troops had captured fifty Ute ponies, severely frightening five Indian hcrd era.'. ' r : ., ;'..-'"-- ,' v.- ; As the troopers were driving cway tho ponies 100 Utes, fully armed. urrounded the cavalrymen and the onies, stampeding the ponies with evolver shots and war whoops. "The ; ndians recovered all the :ponies but dye that were killed by the troopers 1 in; an effort to' stop the stampede. roe luuiaiia uiu nui, mc . dlers. The soldiers desisted from at tacking the: Utes as the reds greatly wtnumbelrea the troopers. . Troopers Tay that, as far as they caniascertaln 'rem rumor and observation, the In dians will fignt with little proveca- tyK . 4 i. - ' k . f- Insurance Agents Restored. t'! Insurance Commissioner Pre wi fit; of Kentucky, ordered the Mutual Life to restore to their positions five diE- -charged -oianaglng agents. ; i : ' ; m m beaten i'BY COUNT CASTELLARE Asks; Custody of Children Core spondents Are Not Named. ? 'JTIFUL STORY TOLD IN COURT Wreck of American Girl's Alarried j . ,Life Revealed ; by Counsel in ? v: Long Address- Divorce ; Decree Prayed For. Paris, Francc.Tho Castellane di- torce case vas heard before M, Henry ' Ditte. president of the Tri bunal of First Instance of the Seine. either the count nor countess, for merly Anna Gould, daughter of Jay Gould, of New York City, was pres ent. i"5r"r " "'.' i-kaitre Cruppi, for the countess. pleaded for a divorce upon the docu mentary evidence submitted, and ' told a complete and pitiful "story of the wrpek of her married life." fin an.eKtended review counsel de clared that , the countess at. ther be ginning of the suit . was ; not acting under influence, but solely for the purpose of ending forever the peril of the moral desolation of her house- Vt n 1 l TI. . J . uuiu. ne ; uxpiainea tao imamage contract, by . which the regime of separation of nronerty was estab lished, from the very beginning, and stated that domestic difficulties arose oyer the question pf .money; Jl,- ill! treatment soon followed, the co'nit even striking . the plaintiff be fore the servants. vWhen he reached the' question of the infidelity charged against the cqunt, Maitre Cruppi did not mention nf.mes or even initials, designating ther" corespondents as "Mme. AiW 'intte. B," and so on. Maitra Cruppi vasked that the countess be given the custody of hef three children. - . - '." The courtroom was crowded, among those present being many, members of the American colony. The early troubles of the countess married, life were due -primarily to the.count's inordinate-extravagance the lawyer declared. , Even in spite of thfeir domestic infelicity the count pi, wasJ:ooIgoa(L-Xind; scrupulous to begin an action for divorce until she possessed full proof. . . : Anna Gould was only twenty years old when sh was married in 3 895 in New York City to Count Boni de Cas tellane, and, Maitre Cruppi asserted, the happiness of the honeymoon was disturbed on .their arrival in Paris by the count's demands for money. The countess' income was then $700.- 000 and the count allowed her $80 pin money. . ; In the face of the overwhelming evidence submitted, Maitre Cruppi declared, his opopnent could not ex pect the tribunal to ask for the sum moning of witnesses, and added "Does he imagine by dragging out the case to obtain forgiveness?. No! No! - Count Boni's plan to reconquer bis wife's affections is too transpar ent!" "' " The final rupture came the day affer the famous entertainment of King Charles of Portugal; December 12, 1905. : . 4 The count insisted that they, the count and countess, go to a shoot ing party given by a noblewoman of whom the countess had cause to com plain. When the count became en raged at the countess refusal she abruptly "announced' her intention to senarat.. from him' and beaan lesral proceedings. .. Counsel placed at $8,000,000 the total of the count's expenditures pre ceding the appointment" of a trustee. Maitre Crunpi asked that the eus tody of her three children be given' to the countess. TAFT TO VISIT MANILA AGAIN. He WilLSec thc New Philippinc's As- i l.seiahly-liisteejd Next Year. s J Washington, D."C.- The President is preparingto redeem his promise, lvado to the Filipinos through Secre tary Taft, that .they-shall have a Par liament of their own, .conditioned unon their good behavior for a term of two years, and it is understood that Secretary' Taft himself will pro ceed to the Philippines next spring to witness the installation of the new form of representative government. On March 27, 1905,. tho Philippine census was published, and conse quently two years' from that; date, March 27, 1907, under the terms of the act of Congress, the President will direct the Philippine Commis sion to call a general election ' for th choice of delegates to what .will be known as the Philippine Assembly, y This inwly is to take over all legis lativfo powars heretofore exercised ,by the Philippine Commission in all that part 'pE the archipelago not inhabited by -Moros or nbn-Christiaii tribes. LIFE SENTENCE FOR RIOTERS. Negro Cliarged With Blurderin liceman, Convicted. : Po- Atlanta, G a. Life imprisonment was the sentence imposed upon Alex- ander Walker, a Brownsville negro, J. 1LZ Heard, of which he "was found ... .i. J. ,.41 . M guuty, wicn - a recommeauauoa ui mercy. A motion tor a new tnai was immediately filed by his attorneys;; Walker ,'was indicted t with fifty eight other negroes forf the murder of Policeman Heard during the Sep tember riots are, his being ihe first ca?e tried. 1 - ' - )"-''!.--- '" V- -v . V: " '-:-'- V'mxii--.-.'...'- : ; -- Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York ' MILK.' ' '' The Milk ; Rxchnnee nrice for itandard quality is 3c. per quart. . v' . . : .BUTTER.; '.ii : ! - i '-ij--. Creamery Western, extra. $ 26$ 27 rnrscs.... ........ ii (. . 23 State-dairy, tancy 25 S 25H 23 . 21 16 20 cirsts ........ Factory, thirds to firsts.... : -rS ' CHEKSE. ;' State, full 'cream,' fancy.. t Small . . ' . . i . . . . ,! iV .'. .' . Part skims, good to-prime Full skims.... I'x'- ku;s.. Jersey Fancy ........... State Good to choice..... Western Firsta 12 12( 8 3 13H 13 4 , ' -' t ' 35 32 -26 34, 29j 25 ? BEANS A N ! IE Beans Marrow, choice. . . . 2 35 2 40 Medium, choice. 1 62Ji 1 65 i'ea. choice .............. I 620 I 65. Red kidney, choice....... 2 40 2 45 Yellow eye.... .......... 1 65 0t 1 70 Black turtle soup......;. 2 35 m 2 40 Lima, Cal.. 2 75; 2 85. KKU1TS AX! BKIUMRS-KKFRH. Apples Greening; per bbl. 1 50 (a 2 50 King, per bbl..;. 2 00 , 3 00 , Ben ayi. per bbl;;V..." l 75 (2) 2 25 Pears Bartletf. per bbl.. 2 50 (a). 5 00 Sheldon, per bbl.... .... 2 00 (Si 3 00 Seckel, pec bW. ; .V. . . ... 2 50 O! 5 00 Gi-apes Delaware, per case 75 (a 1 50 Niagara, per case......;. 75 1 25 Concord, per case.......' 50 (S. 80 Ouines, per bbl 2 50 (S) 4 00 Cranberries, C.Cod, per bbl 6 50 (3) 8 75 Jersey, per bbl. ....... . 7 00 , , 7 50, . ; . L1VB rorLTuv. Poring chickens; per lb..."; 0 (2? 3. (S 10 10 6 fowls, per In 'toosters: per lb.. ....... 'irkeys, per lb.. Dxicks, per lb.... .. ..... Geese. er pair...... .... Pigeons, per pair... 14 13 9U 14 0 I 'JO 25' f PRKSHKn hortTi:v. Turkeys, per lb. ... i. ... 11 Chickens. PMla.,-per lb... 14 Fowls, .per Geese, spring, per H 15 Ducks.isprinst, per lb...... 16 Squabs, per dozen.... ..... 1 50 HOI'S. (3. 15 3 20 (3) if 3 75 State, 19 choice.. ....... Medium, 195 . . ....... 'IVnfic Coast, 1906, rhoite. Prime to choice, 1905... 23(S) 10 (S) 17 (S) 13 24 12 13 14 HAT A STRAW. !; Hav, prime, per 100 lb...; 1 05 0, 1 10 No. 1. per 100 lb.... 97(S? 1 00 - 90 . 95 -855Vl87. 60 ,,(J5-: ( No. 2, per 100 lb......... ' Clover mixed, per JQHLUu Straiv, long rye.: ... V FX KT K H 1.E10 " Potatoes, L. I., per. obi.... 1 75, 1 87 Jersey, per bbl... 1 50 1 65 Sweets, per bbl. '.. 1 00 1 75 .tomatoes, per basket...... ; 40 -''ffg plant, per bbl... . 1 50 Squash, per bbl. 50 Peas, per basket.... 25 Peppers, per bbl 75 lettuce, per bb!.... I 00 Cabbages,, per 100 .:U'..;2 50 S. 1:50 t'2 50 1 m- 3 00 2 25 ; - (3. 1 75 (3) 4 50 () 3 00 . 4 K) (3). 1 00 1 50 ctrmg beans, ier basket.. 50 Onions, Ct., white, per bbl ; Jersey, per basket (Carrots, . per bbl .......... Peets, per bbl............'. Turnips, per bbl '"elery, per doz. bundled.. 2 50 75 1 00 1 00 150 75 (a) 1 00 10 (3 50 L'ma beans, per bag.... ... 1 00 3 00 ibra.- per earner. ... .... 2 50 (h' 3 50. Caulinower, per bbl.... u. 1 00 Rrus?els sprouts, per ot,.. 5 Parsley, per 100 bunches.. . 75 1 1 . m.. 4 00 ,0 10-': 0 1 00,' . 0 5 0 I 00 ,(5 1 50 0 40 6 50 ''timpKins. per noi .. Spinach, per bbl .'. ...... . . . - 75 VVatercres8.per 100 bunches 1 00 .' ale, per bbl 25 Horeseradish, per bbl...... G 00 s : :tAt.. ETC. Flour Winter patents . . . 3 75 4 00 Soring patents. ......... 4 20 ' (a) 4 90 Wheat. No. 1 N. Dututh . . i 3. 884 2So. 2 red.................. 8VAG) ? -82 Corn, Jno. 2 white....' V... (a, 56 io. 2 yellow Oats, mixed a . ...... i. 0 - 0, 39 ,0 5 3S -43 . Clipped whits Lard; city .'. I . . & 9 A M K Woodcock, per pair. 1 0 Grouse, per pair.'... .a,'... 2 5 M (0) I M 50 3 no Cartridge, per pair... ,.... 2 25 i .0. 2,75 Snipe, per dozen.. ".a ...... 2 00 fir) 3 50 W ild duck. Mallard, per pair 1 50 ' 0 T 75 . Blackhead.. per pair...... 75. 0 . 00 Canvasback, per-paiV.f-WH.' Beeves, city dressed,,..... . C Calves, city riressed.....:.. ' SV2rd 13 Country, .(tressed, 7 f 0 12 Sheep, per 100 lb.... 3 00 0 5 50 lambs. per; 100 lb...;....;. 7 O0S:3-8 30 Hogs, live, per 100 lb.. 6 65 0 6 70 r Country dressed, per lb. i. 9 10 EGGS SCARCE AND IHGH. Receipts in ' the: Market Large, But 1 -: y ' "' y Quality. .Poor. -, .. New York City. There is a great falling off in the receipt of eggs from the western, and northerly ? sections, and high, grade stock is scarce. Nearby, freshly "gathered, fancy stock, is., limited, , and dealers have paid -f.thirty-tbreo cent a dozen ' for small 'quantities, and 'sell at from thirty-seven to forty cents. y "t With daily receipts..of more than thre3 million eggs, most of ;the lots 'iave to be classed as ordinary,' and the consumer will get them for thir ty-three cents, and , "choice" , eggs. a grade higher; are few and cost deal er and consumer three .cents more a dozen. These eggs are meeting with competition from refrigerator stock gathered last April, for which deal ers are paying from twenty-two' to twenty-five cents fpr the best, ; and down to fifteen cents for dirties." ; Western eggs of the best quality to be had brought from twenty-six t0 twenty-seven cents, and retailed . .... " . . . ... . . . fcr thirty cent3. ?"Tniras vcost aeai ers eighteen cents, and checked stock twelve cen '-s.' ,f Sev?- al .-' large ' ship ments of good Kentucky eggs went to the dealers for twenty-tvjp cents,' lower grades bringing nineteen cints and theapoorest from twelve to six-' teen cents. ; ' r j j . GROWTH OF GOLD RESERVE Report of Charles H. Treat, United 7 States f reasureti , - Total, $877,296,238-Treasury Sur t pins" For iM8T98iro33 Available Cash .Balance Big. , Washington, D.1 C. - Charles H. Treat; Treasurer of the .United States? J , submitted - his annual report. tQ T the Secretary of ; the : Treasury; . and 'j in reference to ' the - morQ t'noticeable i transactions saidiii par; r ri ,f l The net result of tho ordinary rev enues and 'xpenditur-!ifbr':th'"cal''''' ' year 1906 was a surplus of $25,669,-it 322,' "as compared with a deficit of $23,004,228 for tho precedingvyear; ' A continuation of these . favorable conditions' is reflected in the trans- 4 actions for the " first, quarter, of, the v current fiscal year, in which the rev- v' enues were $5,871,314 inxcess:;ofi the expenditures. The available cash balance ori Juno 30, 1906, was $180,689,1354, an in- crease of $35,211,862 as compared ' with that of. twelve months.earlierf;.(, : 1 The monetary stock of the country . took on a growth during the?; year of , ( . $186,860,727, of which $118,050,777 was in gold, $5,450,396 in silver and $65,392,554 in national tbank notes, while the 'Treasury ''notes -decreased $2,027,000. The .aggregate stock of s money at the close othe year was $3,069,976,591, of Which $3,736,646; 628 was in circulation. The national bank t , depositaries ,.' have been utilized during the year as a medium 'through which the exces- v sive accumulation of 4. money Un 1 the :y Treasury was restored to the Chan- ' nels of trade. About April 1 an unu , . suai stringency in tne money marKet was relieved, by the temporary .in crease of public deposits with depos itary 'banks, to enable them tb im- port gold. Through this aid more, than $ 4 9 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 in gold ' was im- ' ported f" . The. balance in banks to tho. , . cred of the general fund on May 5 wa 102,708,123,; the highest point tr? rea: ued during the fiscal year. . iVlie national bank notes presented for, redemption during the. yearf amounted to $ 2 9 6,2 9 2 ,83 5 as against, $308,298,760 in .1905; tho naUonal , banks have not issued $5 notes to the limit, allowed " by . law, ; and thereby , i have forced upon the Treasury Ihe burden of supplying the. smal.ler.de nominations required by the business , interests "of the countryjVf'HoweTerVi in response to , the appeal of the ec- . f( have .increased the volume of their .. i. ,The Treasury. holding pf goldcon--rr tinues to , attract the attention of ' ' financiers both at home ;and 'abroad. ti , It 1 is apparent from ,the continued, . accumulation -: that -f a large - share'- ' of the product of the .gold .mines , of , v , the world is brought to the United' States. v The ; gold ; coin and bullion' In the Treasury on- June 30, 1905, amounted to $706,592,399. . Atsthe i:U . close of the fiscal year. 1906 it, had- . advanced td $807,051,690:'-By1 Octo- " J t ber 26 it attained a maximum. of , , $877,296,238. ' "i-iiW' "' ' " " . j The United States paper1 currency' issued amounted to $629,89 6,00Q, and, redemptions i were t$577,445;100i aii net increase in the volume outstand ing of $52,450,900Jr-V-' The pressure .from,. bankers and? , .., others for larger ahd more v regular u" supply of : .small denominations of, currency continues unabated, ' while the Treasury is without' resources for ': the issue of small bills to comply with their urgent requests.' ' It is to J be expected that Con eres will.ulti-. mately. enact legislation, that "it1 has ' under consideration, whlcbN will bring ; lull reiier irpm tno existing conai- tions. FIGHTIKG ENGLISH SOAP TRUST.- Newspaper Publicity Aiding Firms ; Which OpposeConibJne.iJ i ' ''W London.4rGreat.pubMc 'Interest has :-H ji been aroused here by the, efforts of the : Enelish nress to wreck -the newly L -ll formed English soap combine. , The trust began operations' by : Issuing soap r in packets of fifteen ounces , to , the-ponnd and by adopting the cus tomary jnethods to -coerce the smallen 1 o manufacturers into joining. , ' But a goodly numberpf prominent w firms have stood, put. and are being -rewarded by rfree' advertisements- in the daily papers, which publish lists,. w r of the firms outside th6 combination and urge the public to confine their, . soap purchases to them. ' The con- , sumption of trust soaps hasvbebn -se-4 o u riously affected by this : boycotting , campaign, , andalreadyitfieishort w eight - packages have been " with ..- drawn from sale, no 'C'i'J'f' v,; J NO DEATH ! PENALTY IN ' FR AXCEl Cabinet Approves Measure and Par . V ' liament WraMake It; aLaWi- l f: v Paris, ' France.-7-The Cabinet held- t . a meeting and approved a measure ; providing for the 1 abolition .of j the J -.').' death penalty.. This meansthat Par- f liament at its comlng sessioii will en-J-'i--1 act a law to that efTecr. , n;4i, v :? ,S i Such action 1 has - been exttpctei " i since; tire ofijee ,of V.'Mpn8ieurdp v.C Paris,! or public executioner,; was suppressed a few months. ago byTlhecil- j excision , of his . salary from, the budget. At that'ttimc neither the Sarrin Ministry .nor.the jChamber. of , Deputies 'took farina! action" declar-1J ' ' ing that capital puniahment wouId,ho ;V longer be inflicted in "France, but M. Clemenceatti the new Prime Minister,. J t has decided xn taking a definite etep, f to tliat end. " ' " . ' ' - ' ' i ! t

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