Arizona republican., 1899-03-06
RATES FOR EUROPE
Good News for Intending
 Ocean Travellers.
First Cabin Passage on inc White Star Lines Best Steamers fO Be Reduced 25 Der CeNf-Ofher Big Lines May Meet the Cuf.

New Y0Sk, March 5.-Ooean steam ship passenger rates will be very low this summer. The White Star line has announced a general reduction in sa- loon rates and the other big lines will probably meet the cut Last season the minimum rate for first cabin pass age on the best steamers was $100. This summer the White Star line will sell saloon tickets for the Majestic and Teutonic for $75, while fer the Ger manic, Britannic and Cymric the min imUm saloon rate will be $50. Last season tickets for the Cymric were sold for $60, while those for the Britannic and Germanic sold for $75.
 For the remainder of the winter season the White Stars rate from New sailing on April 12, and from Liverpool, up to and including steamer sailing on July 19. will be S6O for the Majestic and Teutonic, a cut of $15, and $50 for the OtheE ships, a cut of S10 for two of them. The summer season at this port begins on April 19 and ends on June 2S. and at Liverpool the season begins on July 26 and ends on October 18 The White Star will not change it's second cabin rates this summer, but for the remainder of the winter season the minimum rate will be $37.50 instead of SAP 30
 The White Star line is a member of the steamship conference, which in cludes all the transatlantic passenger lines, and it's announced reduction of saloon rates from the agreed confer ence standard of $10O may result in a rate war among the lines. Any mem Der of the conference has the right to break away from the standard pas senger rates at any time, and the White Stars action is therefore per fectly honest In the agreement of last June the minimum rate of S100 was fixed for the Cami9ania and Lu- cania, the Majestic and TetItonic, while fer the North German Lloyd's fast Kaisers the rate was $110. The North German Lloyd line announced that it could net hold this rate, and made $100 it's minimum rate on it's fast steam CTS
 Only cabled announcements of the change in rates have been received at the White Star office, and until the ar rival of the Cuna9 der Lucania's mail only guesses can be made at the reason of reduction. No an Of cut rates have been re- ceived at the other steamship offices here, and some of tn agents say there will be no reductions made by other here, and some of the agents say there unable to understand why any of the big lines should reduce rates this season, when there is such fair prom ise of good business. Last season many Americans were kept home by the war and the unce- -'tainties of the business world The general prosper fty of the country ought also to boom ocean travel Then, again, there are many who will go abroad this year who wish to avoid the rush of the Paris exposition year. At all the steamship offices the bookings for the spring in dicate a prosperous season for the companies.
 The White Stars breaking away from the conference agreement has caused some i'll feeling among the lines, and all the agents here. agree that there must be serious trouble among the companies across the Atlantic. In a cable message to it's American office the White Star line announces that it will hold to all the rules and regulations of the conference up to. April 1, which would seem to in dicate that disruption of the confer ence is expected.
 
 NAVAL MAGAZINE EXPLODES.