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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

Jacob H. Schif, the New York banker.
who has recently returned from an exten-
sive tour in the Far East, presents in the
current Harpers Weekly some interest
ing conclusions which he derived from
his observations in the Orient concern
ing financial and industrial progress in
Japan and Corea, and conditions gener-
ally in the Far East. Mr. Schiffs OBJ
servations are of immediate interest and
importance, and will be widely read
Michael ldvorsky Pupin, Professor Of
Electoral Mechanics at Columbia. whose
inventions have done so much 10 perfect
the modern use Of the telephone, is the
subject Of an informing paper in Charles
Johnston's series "Men Of Today" Maud
Going contributes a breezy and pic
turesque travel-paper suggesting new
possibilities in a West Indian cruise. In
fiction, the number is notably rich. con
tanning, in addition 70 Mrs. Freeman 5
admirable new. serial, by the Light of
the Soul, dramatic and touching story
OF Western life, called "The Valley Of the
Angels" In addition, the number con
tains the usual number Of photographs
and articles pictuung current events OF
interest throughout the world,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
The County Tax Rate.

Very wisely, the Levy Court, at yestcr-
day afternoons session, yielded to good
advice and fixed the tax rate for the en-
suing fiscal year at so cents on the SlOO,
the same as the year just closing There
was among the members a decided in
chnation TO increase 10 TO 60 cents.
and we believe they were restrained
only by fear that an addition to the tax
burdens of the people would prove a
heavy load for the Republican party to
carry in the pending political campaign.
Those who were inclined to an increase
in the tax rate justified their attitude on
the ground that a rate of 80 cents would
not raise sufficient revenue 10 meet the
current expenses Of the county govern
ment throughout the coming fiscal year,
but we are frank TO say that in our
opinion their argument is not sound.
Unfortunately, under the administration
of county finances that prevails, the
people have not been made acquainted
With the detail of assessment and appro-
pnatlons so necessary in determining
| just what rate should be fixed. But
there is a decided impression that the
rate OF so cents is large enough, and the
only thing for the Levy Court to do is
to make it large enough, and that, too
without running the county into debt
If some extravagant schemes OF road
construction or other contemplated inn
provements were in the minds of those
who advocated an increase in the tax
rate, the only thing TO do is to cut them
out. Let the Levy Court, during next
year, regulate its expenditures according
to its revenues and keep out Of debt
There is no reason to doubt that thil
sensible plan may be followed without
detriment TO any material public interests
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
E. B. RILEY.

You will marvel at the reductions have scheduled
Saturday evening and Monday reductions seasonabe
lar and stylish merchandise. Those alive their
and who are familiar with the class OF goods we handle will
among the first take advantage OF this reduction SALE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

There is evidence that so far as the
authorities and the newspapers Of New
York City are concerned, possession Of
large wealth is not 10 be held as warrant
for the commission Of cold-bloodcd murder
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
Hosiery

Hot weather Hosiery Of thin
gauze and fine lace, black, white
and tan, worth soci special, /,
pairs for sI.oo.
Ladies fine black Gauze Lisle,
in good quality, to sell for 2sc,
are hard to get Fortunately we
have been successful in securing
one case. Exceptional quality,
25c a pair.
ChiIdren'S Hose, I5C, regu.
lar 2sc values, lace Isle and
plain Isle, white and black, sizes
9 to 84, reduced to I5c.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

Hell got q tip that there would be a
"good thing" out at the track yesterday.
She-And did it prove true
He-Oh, ycsl ] went ut-Smart Set
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
Before Going on Your Vacation

buy a saltzgver & Bupp suit case, hand
bag, hat case, or umbrella, s32 Market
street. Open evenings
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

In one breath tariff advocates speak Of
the tariff being an easy method of raising
money for the government; in another
they boast Of how it keeps foreign goods
out Of the American market. How it can
do both Of these things is not explained
Nor is it explained how American-made
goods need protection by tariff taxation,
from foreign competition, when they
are sold in foreign markets at lower prices
than they are sold at home. AS this shows
how our own people are heavily taxed
by the tariff, the organs Of protection let
IL severely alone. The only way to get
money by the tariff is by buying foreign
goods and paying duty on them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

II the sympathy of the Morning News
for the anti-bribery movement is measured
by the space it gives to the appeal OF the
Anti-Bribery League, it cannot amount
20 much. Those who sign the Leagues
membership coupon as printed in the
Morning News will find themselves
cramped for room.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

It is significant in connection with the
evident move on behalf Of Harry K.
Thaw, the cowardly murderer of Stan
ford White to make capital for him by
blackening the character Of his victim,
that Thaw had attempted this, and
failed, previous to committing his brutal
crime. He had employed Anthony Com
stock to lay on Whites trail, and Com
stock, in a public interview, stated that
he was unable to find any evidence in
substantiation Of Thaws accusations.
And when Comstocz, with all his zeal and
energy in such work, and his complete
appliances, fails to find serious flaws in a
mans moral armor, the object of the
investigation may be said TO possess a
remarkably clean bill of health.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30

The fact that western ranchman de-
clined President Roosevelt's invitation TO
dinner because he did not possess a dress
suit was exploited in the newspapers as
something wonderful, instead Of only a
natural incident. The ranchman showed
his good sense. Besides, we have not
yet come 10 the point, in this country,
where a mere invitation by the President
is equivalent TO "the Kings command"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
Dress Shields, sc

Special lot Stockinet Shields
sold at 2oc and 25c a pair, re-
duced TO close, sc a pair.
Rubber Lined Shields,
some silk covered, were 2sc,
28c and 3oo a pair reduced to
close, Ioc a pair.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-30
MGnD2r0
s. Go.

Those who contem-
plate an outing next
Wednesday have only
two days in which to
do their shopping. We
show many lines Of
merchandise that you
require that can be
selected hurriedly.
Hosiery, Gloves,
Neckwear,
White Waists,
Suits, Skirts, Knit and
Muslin Underwear,
Bathing Suits.
621-623 Market St.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
GRAVE SCANDAL DISCLOSED
italian Government Robbed of Mil
lions Through Worthless
Navy Supplies.

Rome.-The parliamentary commits.
sion charged with an Investigation OF
the management of the ltaIlan navy
has just made its report to parliament.
and a sensation Was caused all over
Italy by the disclosures made. Accord
Ing to the report, more than half OF
the warships are unit for use, AMONG
them several battleships of the first
class.
A firm which furnished over $4,000
600 worth of ammunition for the navy
Is accused in the report of having sup
Piled the navy with absolutely worth
less shells at an exorbitant price.
Millions of dollars have been paid BY
the government for coal which was
never furnished in the quantity con-
traeted for, and even the guns pur-
chased by the navy at an enormous
cost are reported as deficient in tech
nical construction.
The sensation created by the report
throughout Italy is something akin to a
panic. The shares of the steel works AT
Terni have already lost 500 points in The
markets, and the same is the case with
most of the Italian stocks and bonds.
The king is in very indignant mood
because of the extraordinary revela-
lions. and the newspapers of the PENN
su.a are loud in their denunciation of
the grafters. 1t is also announced that
Admiral Mirabel o, the minister OF the
navy, has already rendered his resig-
nation to the king.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
WOMAN AMBITIOUS AT los
Wants to outIive Her Children So
That She May Take Care
of Them

Lancaster, Pa.-One of the oldest Of
living Americans is Mrs. Elizabeth
Hunt, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who will be
log next summer If she survives till
then, and who, though born in Lam
caster, was comparatively unknown
until she was discovered by a visitor
from the city.
There is no doubt about Mrs. Hunts
age. She has her fathers German
Bible. with its birth register, to prove
it. Born in the last days of the
eighteenth century, before George
Washington died, she has lived in the
time of almost every administration,
and a cnat with her is like coming
face to face with the birth of the
American republic.
On August 81, 1900, this venerable
woman first saw the light and drew
her first breath in what was then the
little borough of Lancaster. She was
the first born of Frederick and Susan
Babel, and her father was German
immigrant. the proprietor of bakery.
Just about 10l years ago. when Eliz-
aDetn was IN her SIKH year, the lam
fly removed to New York
The old lady finds it tiresome to
journey. bnt her general health is
good. She docs not use spectacles; she
enjoys comnany. and she has no trou-
bic in holding up her end Of the con-
versation.
Grandma" is highly regarded
among her Grandchildren. especially
because she reared some of them. two
of her daughters having passed away
in the prime of life, leaving families
TO be cared FOR. "Grandma" is far
from appearing to be los; the wrin-
kles are too few. the voice too firm
I'm an old woman" she says, how
ever. but don't want to die till my
children are dead, so ! can take care
Of them as long as they live"
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
BIG COMMERCIAL INCREASE
Gain in United States Exports for
Eight Months of Fiscal Year
100000.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to a bulle-
tin issued by the department Of COM
merce and labor, the exports from the
United States for the first eight
months of the fiscal year 1906 are
$4,000, 900 in value in excess of those
of the corresponding months of 1905.
The imports for the eight months
Of 1906 are 81 ,000, 900 greater than
for the corresponding period Of 1905.
The growth in exports of manufactures
has been S45,000.O00 and in agricul-
tural products s1S3,O0O,000 over the
same period last year
The increase in exports Of manufac-
lures occurs chiefly in cotton goods.
iron and steel manufactures, cars and
carriages. manufactures of wood, min
eral oils and leather
The increase in exports Of agricul-
tural products occurs chiefly in wheat.
wheat flour. corn. oats, and provi-
sions. Wheat and wheat flour exports
increased about $34.OOO,0OO, corn near
ly $20,000000, oats over s10.O0O,0 900 and
provisions s3s 100000.
On the import side all groups show
an increase except articles of food,
which in the eight months ended with
February, 1866, amounted to only
s171 100000. against $184,000, 900 for
the same time last year. Coffee shows
fall Of nearly s12.OO0OOO and sugar
IS. 100000.
The most remarkable increase in the
imports, says the bulletin. occurs in
manufacturers materials. which show
total gain of over s40.O00.OO0 for the
eight months of 1906. as compared
with the same period OF 1905.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
WOULD RETAIN HERD LAW.
Western Oklahoma Farmers Greatly
Perturbed Over Threatened
Change.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Farmers in
western Oklahoma, and especially In
Beaver county, which has been free
range for cattlemen since cattle we're
brought to Oklahoma, are becoming
greatly concerned over the fact that
free range will expire in August next,
and making extended inquiry how to
proceed to enforce the new rule.
They want herd law. but do not know
how to get it. Albert Wellborn,
farmer Of Beaver county, who claims
TO be posted in the matter, said:
Some time before the law expires
one-fourth of the legal voters of Beav-
er county should petition the county
commissioners to divide the county
into cattle districts OF not less than
two nor more than four congressional
townships, or not less than ~ nor
more than 144 sections.
after this is done. II one-fourth
Of the legal voters of cattle district
want the cattle restrained on herd
law they petition the county commits
sioners. who may order an election to
be held in the cattle district A ina
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
INDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE.
Although Not Citizens, the Red Men
Must Keep Their
Contracts.

Guthrie, Okla.-Judge Bayard T.
Hainer, sitting in the United States
district court at Pawhuska, has de-
cided that his lack of citizenship does
not relieve an Indian from paying his
debts or carrying out any contract
into which he has entered. In the case
at issue a white man had done some
work for an Indian, and the latter re-
fused to pay. claiming that as he was
an Indian no contractural power was
vested in him; that he could not be
forced to pay the debt, as he was in
the same legal state as an infant
The court held after a full hearing
that with the exception of contracts
relating to lands and annuities, the
Indians, although sustaining tribal re-
lations, can contract and sue and be
sued; that it was the policy of the
government to educate the Indians and
to teach them to transact business and
become self-sustaining. and to hold
otherwise would be contrary to public
policy He further held that lhere is
no act of congress which forbids ordi-
nary contracts being entered into by an
Indian and their enforcement in the
courts OF the United States.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
THE CANCER DEATH RATE,
Expert Finds Conditions in Rural -,;s-
tricts the More Conducive
to Disease.

new fork.-The popular notion that
New York and other great cities are
becoming more and more the homo
OF cancer, because they offer certain
conditions of life peculiarly favorable
TO the development of that dread die.
ease, Is overturned by a discovery inst
announced by Prof Guthrie Mcconnell
DR.. Mcconnell bases his indingc he
says, on an elaborate study of the
latest government statistics. covering
every case OF cancer In every part of
thte United States for term of wears
1t is now clear, he says. that whIle
cancer is undoubtedly rapidly ON the
increase, the growth and the mortality
are far higher in the rural districts
than in the cities. Persons emuloyed
in hard out-of-door labor seem more
liable to the disease than those follow
ing sedentary occupations. 1t is mark
edly prevalent in well watered. we'll
timbered regions like the Pacific north
west.
Furthermore. Prof. Mcconnell SAYS.
the liability to cancer is greater among
foreign-born whites than it is among
native Americans. but the death rate
is only apparently greater among the
former here than in their native lands.
Women are more subject to cancer
than men. In fact, woman is about
twice as likely to have cancer as is a
man. Cancer mortality is highest after
the sixty-ifth year of life, and after
the forty-fourth year is greater among
the unmarried of both sexes than the
married. The general average age of
death from cancer is IS years.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
WORLDS TIME IN DANGER
Smokestack Erected in Greenwich
May Interfere with the
Observatory.

LondOn.-The identification OF Lon
don, which is progressing rapidly I'M
der the county councils direction,
threatens to interfere with the &C
curacy Of the worlds chronometers. In
Greenwich the council has erected a
huge generating station, and one OF
the smOkestacks is placed right in the
plane of the meridian of Greenwich,
by which the clocks of the world are
set. 1t is feared that smoke from the
stack will obscure the view of the
great telescope by which the observa-
tory staff observes the stars as they
cross the hair line drawn on the lens
and thus fix the universal standard of
time. In another way the electrical
installations which run the street cars
in Kew, in the other extremity of Lon
don, has so seriously aHected the in
struments in the observatory in Kew
gardens that it has been decided TO
remove it to a point less influenced by
electricity. Greenwich observatory.
however, will remain where it is, and
if the smoke proves an insuperable
obstacle the smokestack will be re-
moved, for it can be imagined that the
abandonment of ten Greenwich meri-
dian as a standard of time would lead
TO incalculable confusion throughout
the world.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
NOTE IN MARES NAME.
Maine Man Finds Communication
from Missouri Woman on
Purchased Animal.

Lewiston, Me-Securely fastened
by wires under the name Of a hand
some bay mare. one of a carload of
western horses lately arrived in
Lewiston for George P. Curtis, was
a sealed ietter. apparently written by
a woman, the former owner Of the
horse. The note was discovered by
the hostler while he was grooming
the animal. The letter read as fol
lows:
"Neadville, Mo-, Feb. "a, 1906.
Dear Sir: To the man who buys this
mare. Her name is Nina She is
kind and splendid work horse, and
] trust some one will get her who will
be kind to her and feed her well, for
she was a pet of mine. Would you
be so kind, If you get this note, to
drop me a few lines to let me know
where she is and now far from home
she is? I am very anxious to know.
Hoping to hear from you, please.
Mrs. J. D. McMillen."
Mr. Curtis is the proprietor Of a
livery stable. He will acknowledge
the receipt of Mrs. McMillen's note.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23

the farmer benefits, If he does not part
with his wheat too early, and dollar a
bushel would mean. on an average, that
over S750.O00,000 would go annually into
the pockets of the farmers OF the United
States. The operators, later. buy up all
the available grain and store it in big
elevators, awaiting the proper moment
TO unload it on the market at the best
price.
In the same way that the earth yields
food for man, so does it provide remedies
for human ills. Thousands of households
throughout the farming districts of the
United States know the value of Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t is
natures most valuable and health-giving
agent-made without the use Of alcohol.
Ii contains roots, herbs and barks. and is
the concentration of natures vitality as
found in the fields and woods. This
remedy has history which speaks well
for it because it was given TO the public
by DR.. r. V. Pierce. founder of the In
validS' Hotel and Surgical Institute. at
Buffalo, NY, nearly forty years ago. and
las since been sold by dealers i'm medicines
in ever increasing quantities. Some med
icines, tonicS or compounds. enjoy a large
sale for few years, then disappear from
the public attention, but DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has proved
such reliable blood remedy. tonic and
liver regulator. that il often enjoys the
confidence of several genera tions in a
family, and its increa Sed sales year by
year coming from the recommendations Of
those who have tried it. prove its lasting
merit. so that eUery bottle bears the stump
Of public approval. Every other we'll
known liver regulator, blOOd-maker and
tonic for the stomach that we know of
contains alcohol, but DIR. Pierce guaran-
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
Learpine white Mans Ways.

10, the poor Indian, whose m
tutored mind" makes him the easy
prey of the white sharper, but whose
mind tutored in a law school and
stimulated by the atmosphere of the
national capital is capable of attain
ing contingent fees of unprecedented
dimensions! Robert S. Owen. Cher
okee, has won suit for his nation
for $5,OO0,O00 against the United
States. being the cost of the tribes
removal from Georgia to the Indian
territory 6S years ago. OF this he is
to receive Is per cent. For winning
another case this same copper-hued
attorney got s265,OOO from the Chick
asaws and Choctaws.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
ALPHoNso HAS A CAMEL.
The Animal Is a Souvenir of the
Kings Journey to the
Canary Isles.

Madrid.-All the good things are
coming Alfonso's way. and though his
thoughts and inclinations were to-
ward the Isle of Wight, where Prin-
cess Ena is staying with her royal
mamma, he went to the Canary is
lands.
Just how the visit was appreciated
may be understood by the gifts which
were literally showered upon him.
OF these the camel was rather the
most imposing.
He arrived at Cadiz at eight O'Clock
in the morning. Great quantities of
fruit and flowers we're showered upon
him
He experienced very rough weather
on the voyage back. One seaman was
badly injured and was presented with
$50 by the king.
King Alfonso was met at CadiZ by
Senior Moret, the premier; Prince Car
los, of the Asturias, and the Infanta
Teresa. They went on board the gun
boat and travelled up the Guadalquiver
to Seville.
Here an enormous crowd had gath
cred to meet them, in spite of the
stormy weather. The royal party was
cheered enthusiastically, and many
cheers were given for Princess Ena.
The Liberal club presented the king
with a gigantic corbeille of flowers,
composed of 10000 red and yellow
pinks tied with ribbons in the British
and Spanish national colors The
king Immediately sent this magnih-
cent floral gift to the Isle of Wight
for Princess Ena. declaring he'd never
seen such superb flowers.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
INDIAN WANTS TELEPHONE
Problem for Exchange
Managers.

Muskogee, /. T.-John r. Goat, q
fullblooded Creek Indian. who lives
six miles south of Holdenville, has
ordered a private telephone line built
from the Holdenville exchange to his
home in the country. Now the Hold
enville exchange management is up
against the proposition of either put
ting on a Greek interpreter in its CEN
trail Office or cutting Mr.. Goat OFF the
exchange, as the Creek speaks only
his native tongue, and cannot make
central understand what number ne
wants.
Goat is the man who last summer,
as a delegate to the Sequoyah oonven-
ton, at Muskogee, got up and made a
speech on some question. He COM
menced to talk in Creek and when he
got through no one knew whether he
was for or against the matter in
point.
A Creek Indian was asked what Mr..
Goats occupation is, and he replied:
''Oh, nothing but being fullblood-
ed" This answer indicates that so
long as an Indian is a fullblood there
is a living in it for him. until by
chance he signs a warranty deed to
his allotment when he thinks he is
signing a one-year lease contract.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-05-23
QUAKE HURTS BROOM CORN
Great Quantities Burned in San Fran
cisco Increases Existing
Shortage.

Nation, Ill.-The San Francisco
earthquake will have its effect on the
broom corn trade throughout the
country, as it was the distributing
point for broom corn. and broom sup
plies on the Pacific coast, and carried
extensive stocks. These were all To-
Gated in the district where the flames
first started, and the brush stored was
destroyed.
This loss would be felt at any time.
but more keenly now than at any
other time, because of the general
scarcity. A careful investigation of
the broom corn situation in the Illi-
nois district shows that fully half Of
the stock held in the warehouses in
April has been disposed of and
shipped to the manufactures. and it is
said that fully two-thirds of the bro
kers in Illinois are now out of brush.
That there is no brush in the farm
ers' hands that is for sale at present
prices is very evident, or the brokers
would I'LL their orders from the farm
ers' sheds rather than frem the ware
houses,