The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

tons. q; exceeding 20 tons. IS.
4ortDagoo not exceeding 500. 80
cents; between oGe0 and $1,000. 81; be-
tween el.0o0 and $500. 81; between
49, and s5.ees. =: between 5000 \
SIS: for each additional SO. 00o. $40: pas
sage ticket for foreign port, IL less than
$50. 81: exceeding $50. IS.
Power OF attorney. Is cents; power OF
attorney to convey real estate or rent
or lease the same, 81; probate Of will or
letters Of administration. where the es-
between $500 and 5000. 81; between
5000 and sso,ooo. -; between So 90 and
-, 900, S.; between $50, 900 and 3100,-
0Oe, $40: between 100000 and Sl50. 900.
-. and for each additional $50. 600. $40.
Protest against any note check, ac-
ceptance. etc., Is cents; warehouse re-
ceipt for goods, merchandise. ETC., held
in storage, Is cents.
The bill also imposes q system of tom
mage taxes of . cents per ton. not to
exceed IS cents per ton per year, upon
ell vessels from foreign ports, n from
the receipts from these duties $750.000 Is
appropriated for the marine hospital
service.
The loan provisions of the bill are as
follows: The secretary Of the treas
ury Ii hereby authorized to borrow on
the credit of the United States Of Amer
ica the sum Of $500. 900. 900, or no much
thereof a. may be necessary. and to
prepare and issue therefor. at not less
than par, coupon or registered bonds
Of the United States. in such form as
he may prescribe, and in denominations
or $50. or some multiple of that sum-.
redeemable in coin at the pleasure of
the United States after ten a from
the date Of their issue, n payable 20
years from such date. and bearing in
terest payable quarterly in coin.
at the rate of 3 per rem per an
num-, and the bonds herein authorized
shall be exempt from all taxes or duties
of the United States, as well as from
taxation In any form by or under state,
municipal or local authority; provided
hat the bonds authorized by this Sec
ton shall be first offered as a popular
loan under such regulations to be pre-
scribed by the secretary Of the treas
ury as will give opportunity to the cit
ixens Of h United States to particle
pate in the subscriptions to such loan:
and a sum not exceeding one-half OF
One per cent of the amour of the bonds
herein authorized IL hereby required to
pay the expense of preparing, advertis-
ing. issuing and disposing Of he same.
That the secretary Of the treasury rs
authorized to borrow from time to time.
at the market rate of interest, not ex-
SA "a ~ S0>AA
sum or sums as. in his judgment. may
be necessary to meet public expendi-
lures and to issue therefor certificates
of indebtedness in such form as hi may
prescribe, and in denominations Ff $50
OF some multiple Of that sum. ard each
certificate so ssued shall be playable
with the interest accrued thereon, at
such time, not exceeding one year from
the date OF its issue, as the secretary of
the treasury may prescribe; providing
that the amount of such certificates out
standing shall at no time exceed $780,
000, 900; n the provisions of the exist
ing law respecting cOunterfeiting n
other fraudulent practices are hereby
extended to the bonds and certificates
Of Indebtedness authorized by this act.
Tryiag to Buy Goal.
New York, April ~23.-Advices from
Porto Rico are meager, but alarming.
and indicate that a food outbreak may
be looked for any day, says the st.
Thomas correspondent of the World.
The laborers in the interior have no
work. and consequently no money to
pay the prices demanded for provisions.
State Department Commissioner
Shand has arrived on he steamer Fon-
tabelle. with special instructions to the
United States consuls in the West In
dies to purchase coal n to forward
reports OF the movements OF the enemy.
Spaniards at Porto Rico are making
active efforts to purchase h existing
coal supply on the other islands. Sew
eral thousand tor are on the way
here. consigned to Bronsted & Moron.
who have received different cables from
the Porto Rican agents of the Spanish
government, making offers for the sup
plies. Other local firms have received
similar messages. The same request
has been made to merchants in the
Windward stands. whose supply is in
adequate to cover contracts. The
steamship mes nave also offered high
prices. They nave replied that their
LAY demanded large figures on ac-
oun of the strike in the Cardiff mines
and the high freights exacted by the
English steamers, which are confident
Of a monopoly in case of a
Consul Van Horn IL complying with
his instructions quietly. and is securing
first option on all obtainable o
Much Coal for Frisco.
San Francisco. April ga big fleet
of coal vessels is on the a to a
Francisco from Australia and English
ports. Coal is q c~ontraband Of war, and
merchants Of this city ave been pre-
pairing for the coming struggle between
this country n Spain. No more coal
can come here from British Columbia.
the principal source OF San Francisco's
supply, and to guard against a short
age the government has IA arrange
ments for the transportation of $4,000
tons by rail from Pennsylvania.
From Swansea. England, there are
three ships on the way. n with two
more loading from New Castle, Austria
la. there are 10 ships on the way, and
- more chartered to load; from Sgd
ney there are I'VE en- route and two
more to load: from Newcastle on-Tyne
Of tonnage Is as follows: From sgd
rey, ST. tons: from Newcastle-on-
Tyne. l4.5 $50 tons: from Swansea, c9.5S1
tons, and from New Castle. Australia,
sc. $50 tons.
This immense supply should all be
here inside Of three months, n con-
siderable Of 1t will be here long before
that.