The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-23
IN THE WEST

OTTAWA, ILL.,, special: Thomas d.
Catlin. president Of the United Glass
Company. in an interview here said
that the situation in the window glass
industry was far from satisfactory.
There ha, been no conference between
the manufactures and the working
mems committees a. yet in regard to
the scale for the coming year. and the
date of a conference will be deferred
as long a. possible. The manufacture
ers have been awaiting final action OF
the tariff bill before preparing a scale
The uncertainty Of the fate OF the bill
leaves all concerned at sea. They
cannot ask the men TO accept Il reduc-
ton on the theory ina the window
glass tariff viii he reduced. Neither
DO they feel inclined 10 sign a scale a.
high IL that in vogue under the Me-
kinley bill. 1t j. barely possible that
a conference wlll be held during the
coming week. but there Is not much
prospect OF an agreement being
reached for some time. consequently
there may he 4 delay in starting up
the fires. The stock l. very low at
the factories, ana there Is but little
glass on the market. all the factories
having run light last season. on ac-
count of the uncertainty OF the tariff
relating TO their products. The large
buyers have ~retrained from placing
orders for the same reason, buying
only in proportion to the immediate
demand. Consequently the tariff tin
kering is responsible for the serious
complications in this important indus
try. If the Wilson bill is defeated
and the Mckinley tariff prevails Pre-
sident Catlih say all the window
houses owned by the United Glass
Company will start on time, while if
the proposed bill is passed it will de-
lay AN agreement on the scale and
greatly reduce the output in this
country during the next year.
SAN FRANCISCO special: In naval
circles and along the water front a
lively interest has been awakened in
the case of Antonio Ezeta. the deposed
President of san Salvador. who is
now on board the t.. ). ;. Bennington
with three other refugees from San
Salvador. 1t is generally believed the
Government will intercept the Ben
nington and hold her outside the heads
until a warrant for El:.ta's arrest ar
rives from Washington. 1t is known
that a swift tug has been cruising out
side the Golden Gate all day. and it il
runOreu that she has on board a num-
Der of naval officers from Mare Island.
1t i reported that the monitor Monte
rcy. which has sailed o,tcnsibly for
Puget Sound, was sent ont to signal
the bennington ana keep her without
until the authorities had perfected an
arrangement for the arrest of the ref
ugeeS.
MADISON. Wis. special: The state
Of Wisconsin is about to sue the United
States Government for S1.91j.O05 on Il
claim for mum ions Of war. etc. fur
nished in 1851. which was paid for on
~ III part by the United States under
the act of July -, 1861, and for inter-
est on deferred payments. In detail
the states claim is for interest upon
state bonds. s442.313: interest paid up
on certificates OF Indebtedness. $685.
COS: discount upon bonds sold, 1910. 1O9;
balance still due the state of Wiscon-
sin upon the original Indebtedness.
- .929.263. The statute of limitation,
it Is thought, may prove the only OBJ
stacle TO the recovery of the money.
ST. PAUL special: In the conven-
ton of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union the first business was reports of
societies not connected with the
unions. Wonderful growth was re-
ported from many sections. In the al
ternoon secretary Doyle of New York
submitted the report of the numerical
strength of the order. in which he
says: I'VE have added sixty-eight
new societies with Il membership of
2.663 to the roll OF national unions.
making a total of 1853 societies with a
membership OF 55.445."
CHICAGO special: Busch x Epps
Mailing Company's plant burned with
contents The loss is 500, 900.