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times displayed intense feeling. He denied
that Penrose had known of his speech.
Among politicians Reyburn's criticisms of
Roosevelt and of the Roosevelt policies are
accepted as notice Of the mayors deter
mination to assist Senator Penrose and
the republican Organization to gain control
of the Pennsylvania delegation to the next
republican national convention.
Those leaders who are regarded as close
to the mayor have refused to make any
comment, but it is believed that to a man
they will support both the mayor and Sen
ator PenrOse in any plan they may decide
upon to capture the delegation.
Roosevelt Kissed.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, April 9.-What
threatened for a few minutes to develop
into a riot was narrowly averted at the
Shubert Theater last night when the por-
trait of President Roosevelt thrown against
a screen was Kissed The portraits of dis
tinguished Americans were being shown
and the pictures of Washington and Lin
coin created no demonstration.
The picture of Mckinley was applauded
Literally, but when that of President Roose-
welt appeared there were Kisses in all parts
of the house The house was dark and in
stantly there was cOmmotion.
Police made their way down the aisles,
and the lights were turned on. 1t soon
became quiet again, but the kissing created
a sensation, and is today the talk of Des
Mones and Iowa.
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Five Thousand on Strike.

How many men have you on strike?"
About FIVE thousand. There are several
unions with a membership OF about 5000
little more than half of whom are work
ing for the trust
is the strike engineered by American
Hgitators?"
NO. the unions have local leaders and
aeltatOrs, who look after Key West and
Tampa as well as in Havana but have
nothing to do with the Federation OF Labor
Samuel GOmpers came down here a while
ago 10 look over the labor situation. but
was too i'll 10 do anything, and his inquiries
d.d not encourage him To make an attempt
There are no relations between the cigar
makers here and those in the United States
Tney belong 10 different races: they think
differently and reason differently have d.f-
ieEent traditions and mistrust each other.
There are altogether about seveuty-fye
FACTORIES IN Havana, great and small work
Ing total of about l4oNO men. Some of
them have only twenty or tWeutv-fye'
hands. The Cahanas. which is the largest
works 4T1 men. There are several other
very large factories Twenty-three com
TaniCs, for.aeTly independent. belong TO the
trust They stin work independently of
each other and make the same brands of
cigars which have the same rivalry as
formerly. but they are all owned by the
Havana Tobacco Company, which controls
Itir G.,I4
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STATE LAW UPHELD,
Constitutionality Of Taxing Notes
Taken by Non-Residents,

The constitutionality of the louisiana law
of 1885, making taxable in that state notes
taken by non-residents on account OF busi
ness transacted there, was brought into
question in the case of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company of New York vs..
the City Of New Orleans, which was de-
cided by the Supreme Court Of the United
States yesterday in favor Of the city, the
opinion being by Justice Moody.
The suit grew out of an effort by the city
to tax the company for $1O 600 worth OF
credits on business transacted in the state.
which was resisted by the company on the
ground that the notes were taxable only in
New York where they were held. The at
tempt OF the authorities was chara cterized
as an effort to extend the taxing power of
the Louisiana authorities beyond the state
and to take property without due process
OF law.
In announcing the courts opinion, Justice
Moody said that the mere absence of the
notes from the place of their origin did not
deprive them Of a taxable status In Louisi-
ana. The effect was to uphold the state
law.
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No. of Cigars

our largest market is in England, said
Mr. Book. and sell about one-third of
our entire product there. Doubtless you
smoke a great many more cigars In the
United States, but you get them from
Key West and make them in your own
country. The United States takes about %
per cent of our product and Germany about
90 per cent. The French smoke the least
OF any of the great nations. The English
buy the most expensive cigars, although
the demand for expensive brands is rapidly
increasing in the United States. The taste
OF every nation differs. The English want
light dry. ful-fiavor cigars, and keep them
several years to season, as they do their
wine The people of the United States
like their cigars mild and fresh.
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CRITICISES The PRESIDENT
REYBURN SAYS AMERICA WANTS
NO GREAT WHITE FATHER.
Philadelphia Mayor Denounces Ten
dency Toward Capitalization
Against the Rate Law.

PHILADELPHIA, April 9-Mayor John
Reyburn, the former congressman, yester-
day amplified the remarks he made last
Saturday night at a dinner of the Young
Republicans Club in which he assailed
President Roosevelts attitude and policies.
He was indignant when he began his
statement and denied emphatically that he
had made the address as part of the five
million dollar plot.
Suppose my speech was a criticism of
Mr.. Roosevelt" he almost shouted What
of it?
Mr.. Roosevelt is no better than you or
l or any American citizen. If merely be-
cause l happen to be mayor, of the city
must stand by like a nincompoop and have
nothing to say upon important public ques-
tons l had better quit right now
IF we were in Germany and l should
have dared to criticise the emperor people
might have raised their hands in surprise
But this Is America, not Germany or Rus
sia, and why should a criticism of the
President or his policies be construed as
crime?
MY idea he continued, was far be-
yond Roosevelt. l simply called attention
Constitution of the United States. and
say now. as l said then, that the trainers
OF the Constitution never intended that
there should be a rate law that prevents
Care Of Constitution,
Il did not name President Roosevelt
throughout my entire speech. l did say
that the trainers Of the Constitution never
contemplated any government by a great
white father at Washington; that such an
idea was contrary to our American prin-
ciples and that it was repugnant to every
American citizen.
Tha ofn hoya
until they are veritable empires unto them
selves and the day will come when they
Will not permit any far away power at
Washington to say how and when they
shall make trade with their sister states.
rs 1t right that the people of Alaska,
having trouble, should have to appeal to
Washington to right it? Is it right that
rate for Oregon should apply to Pennsylva-
federal government should regulate the
rates.
Danger of Capitalization.
Capitalization will bring US to the same
condition that exists in Russia. The trouble
in Russia today is due to Capitalization and
the attempts to control widely separated
sections from one central point.
"The Standard Oil Company and other cor
porations have been put forth as a bugaboo
upon which to base these laws providing
Interstate rates, but If you and wanted
to start railroad we would find that the
safeguards acted more to our detriment
than to the old established lines. We could
not buck against them.
II said, moreover, that no one man was
essential to the government of the United
States. Lincoln was the country's wisest
President, but when he was killed the gov
eminent went on just the same. When Nc
kinley was killed the country went on Just
the same. So 1t will always be-
II. have spoken m yopinion honestly. If
GERMANY RUSSIA /
do this. Just because l am mayor. how
ever, does not prevent me from uttering
criticisms honestly intended
During the interview the mayor several
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more men in without seeing the field. The
more he sent in the greater the confusion.
Most of the writers the mine eXplo-
sion insist that the confederates were taken
completely by surprise. Such is not the
testimony of the men who led the assault.
AS the troops commenced to
emerge from the crater and reform to.
charge the crest n six-gun battery, only
200 yards in their front, greeted them with
showers of canister.
Abundance of Evidence.
There is an abundance of evidence TO
show that the confederates knew that p
mine was being run under their works. but
at what point they did not know. Even at
Elliott's saient-which was sent skyward-
they made borings to intercept the mine.
1T was the testimony of all the 9th
Corps officers that the negro division should
have led the assault.
1.-The court of inquiry expressed the opin-
ion In language the severity of which is
but partially disguised. that explicit orders
should have been given assigning one Off
Ger to command all the troops intended to
engage in the assault when the comma nd
ing general not present in person To
witness the operations
Burnside's Report
ION July. g. 1864 Meade called upon
Burnside for a detailed statement of his
plan of attack, which was to form with two
columns and to charge with them through
the breach caused by the explosion of the
mine, then to sweep along the enemys
lines to the right and left, clearing away
the artillery and infantry by attacking in
flank and rear; other columns to make for
the crest and the rest Of the army TO CO.
operate In accordance with this plan,
Gen. Ferrero, In command of the colored di-
vision. instructed that he would be
quired to lead the attack, when Ii should be-
ordered, and he was directed to drill his
troops accordingly
After quoting from dispatches Maj. Per-
ham said:
Gen. Bushrod Johnson who commanded
the confederate division in front of the
mine, said: Each brigade of this division
had, however, been previously instructed as
to the course to be pursued and the stub
born resistance to be offered on each flank
in case a breach was made in our lines,
blown up injured, maintained their
ground with remarkable steadiness When
the torrents of dust had subsidized the enemy
was found in the breach
As Means of Defense
ITO strengthen Pegram's salient second
line or trench cavalier had been thrown up
in its rear. commanding our front line and
the enemy's works at distance of from
$50 to 200 yards
Gen. Grant said to the committee on the
conduct of the war: Gen. Burnside wanted
to put his colored division in front; be-
lieve If we had done so it would have been
a success -
Mrs. Alfred Wood recited several war
time pieces. Mrs. Burnett also gave a
recitation appropriate to the occasion.
Several Union war hymns were sung by the
audience. Refreshments were served.
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Not Relieved From It's Debts.

In deciding the case Of the Iroauos
Transportation Company VS.. the Delaney
Forge Company Of Buffalo, N. Y, involv-
ing lsGp on account of material supplied
in the construction Of the steamer Winnie
bago in 1902 at st. Clair. Mich, the Su-
preme Court of the United States has held
that the fact that a vessel Is engaged in
interstate commerce does not relieve IL
from liability for debts incurred in its con-
struction. The opinion was by Justice
Day. and affirmed the decision Of the su-
preme court Of Michigan.
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The Cabanas Factory.

'"rhe Cabanas is the Oldest as well as the
largest factory. 1t was founded in 1885
The original owners are all dead and their
heirs sold the property to company many
years age II passed through three or four
hands before it came into the trust. of
which IL was the most important factory
In the contract OF sale the name and the
goodwill We're appraised at 81 ,5OotDo. The
name Henry Clay was sold for "A clean
million. and the Book brand brought nearly
as much The Henry Clay has been the
most popular cigar ever introduced into the
United States. and hundreds of millions or
them have been smoked by your people.
The cigar was named by Juan Dances OF
TIE firm Of Bances & Alvarez, who origi-
naliy made IL. Mr. Dances is still living I'm
this CITY and has a banking house down
town in the same place he has occupied for
more than sixty years. He has been CON
nected with several very important enter
prises. lie started the Partagas cigar fac
tory after dissolving partnership with AL
varez. and has originated one or two other
brands SA
Mr. Dances married daughter Of
pierre Soute. member of the United
States Senate from louisiana and an emf
nent statesman and diplomatist While
visiting his father-in-law at Washington in
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Cigars for Rulers and Magnates.

Yes special orders are becoming great
fad Rich men and clubs, particularly of
New York and London, and the owners Of
yachts are willing to pay high prices for in
dividuaI brands of cigars made to order.
This is quite a recent development. For
merly we made a private brand for the
Emperor of Austria only. but he does not
smoke any more. Kaiser Wilhelm is now
our largest individual customer, and Ed
ward VII is perhaps the second. Each of
them takes about 10000 cigars a year for
state dinners and for the of their
guests. They mild and large in size
and cost 500 :. Thousand. Mr. Pierpont
Morgan and d number of rich Americans
have cigars made specially for them of the
finest material. We will not take an order
for less than l,CO0 al time. and the
ders are usually for 2,j00 1900 and cost
must be added the duty and the internal
revenue tax. which more than doubles the
original cost
The ordinary cigars made for the trade
which sell for $40 hundred in the United
States BY the box, and retail for 10 cents
cost about 81 a hundred in Havana, but 1t is
difficult to buy them at retail because the
Hayanese smoke very different cigar
from that made for export. They want 1t
large. black and raw. actually wet with
moisture, and they seldom pay more than
or > cents for their favorites. An American
tourist or resident will find 1t difficult to
buy cigar to suit him at any of the re-
tail stores and will be compelled TO go TO
the factory for a box of export stock. The
trust has a special store in a prominent
part OF the city where all the export brands
are usually kept and are sold at box
prices for their accommodation.
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Funeral of Mrs. E. Geogheean.

Funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs Edith Geoghegan, the artist. who died
last Sunday at her home, Ill 4th street
northeast, were held at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon at st. Marks Episcopal Church,
Sd and A streets southeast The services
were conducted by Rev. DR.. Devries. as
sisted by Rev. DR.. Homer Dies. The inter.
ment was in Congressional cemetery.
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Sues to Recover $4,000.

J. Albert Wilson has filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to recover $40, 900
against the Abner-Drury Brewing Company
and the Northwestern Bottling Company.
Mr.. Wilson, through Attorneys w. d. Sulli-
van and ]. A. Toomey alleges that on Oc-
tober "a last, while he was riding n motor
cycle on s street near 4th northwest he
was struck by delivery wagon of the de-
PENDANTS. He alleges negligence on the part
of the driver of the wagon.
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Cuba's Rich Tobacco District.

The only land that will produce mate
rial TO-, the highest quality of cigars is in
the province of Pinar del Rio at the west
ern end of the island where the volcanic
soil is the color of chocolate and is often
twelve feet deep. This is known as the
Vuelta Abajo district. and formerly most
Of the plantations belonged to titled fami-
stroyed and the plants cut up during the
war for independence. Former owners
have since sold their land to the Havana
Tobacco Company, which now owns nearly
10000 acres upon which it has replaced
the old buildings with new ones. and is now
cultivating tobacco on strictly scientific
principles
No plant is so sensitive 20 cultivation as
tobacco. Neglect can always be detected
In a crop while attention and the proper
quality and amount of fertilizer. which have
been determined by exact scientific analy-
sis. can bring IL to the point of perfection.
The best fertilizer for tobacco is hay cut
from meadows adjoining the tobacco fields
and spread over the ground Immediately
after the crop is gathered, where during
the rainy season, ii decomposes.
Another very important feature II to-
bacCo culture is to allow the plant TO ripen
thoroughly. There is the same difference
between ripe and green tobacco that there
is between ripe and green fruit. Green to-
bdcco makes bitter cigar. which burns un-
evenly. while ripe leaves have a smooth,
sweet flavor, burn evenly and give a clear,
e'Vtl-slaS ASH WIN d utllCdle aroma ID
nIllar to all experienced smokers.
Tobacco must not be allowed to ripen
too rapidly. and for that reason il is now
raised under screens of cheesecloth; and
In drying and curing it must be protected
from all odors and external influences.
The leaves hung in well-ventilated
barns. where moist, pure air from the
ocean is allowed to pass over them until
their greenness and rankness is evapOrated
and they take on a rich brown color. When
the leaves are thoroughly cured they are
put through a sweating process for a couple
Of days to take out all the moisture, and
are then packed in bales weighing about
100 pounds each and placed in a perfectly
even temperature for eighteen months or
two years. where they will ripen TO perfec-
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1856 Mr.. Dances met Mr.. Clay and heard
him make a speech. He was fascinated by
Mr.. Clay's charm of manner and his elo-
quence. and when he returned to Havana
he asked permission to name a cigar in his
honor. Mr.. Clay presented to the firm this
portrait of himself And Mr. Book showed
me an engraving representing the great
* entuckian sitting on a bank under tree,
with dog at his feet COW in the back
ground an umbrella and silk hat lying
on the grass. He is supposed to be gazing
upon a tobacco field in the distance. 1t is
inscribed with his autograph. September
1S5f
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Exports Of Cigars.

The capital of the Havana Tobacco Com
pany. as the trust is called. is s45,OOoOOO,
which is principally owned in the United
States, whIe the stock Is bought and sold
every day on the exchanges. The American
Tobacco Company. the great trust, is sup
posed to control it. The total output of
the twenty-three trust factories last year
was 40 100000 cigars and SOO,0OO.OO0 Gig
arettes valued at Sl4,CO0,r0. The factories
which do not belong to the trust produced
about 100 00OG The total exports of ci-
CARS from Havana for the years named
have been as follows:
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HAVANA CIGAR MAKERS
About IS Factories in the City,
With $4,000 Men.
TRUST WORKMEN ON STRIKE
Want to Be Paid at Same Rate in
American Currency.
CUBA's RICH TOBACCO DISTRICT
Largest Market in England-Brands
Made for King Edward, the Kaiser
and Wealthy Clubmen.
BY WILLIAM +. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.

Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
HAVANA, April 4, 1907.
The cigar makers employed by the to-
bacco trust have been on strike for
eral weeks, and every one of its twenty
three factories is closed. The favorite
American brands of cigars cannot be bought
at their regular supply store. which is main
tanned chiefly for the benefit of tourists,
but the managers of the trust insist that
they have a large supply on hand and that
the shutdown will not affect their Gus
TONERS in the United States. They have re-
fused to discuss the demands of the strikers
with committees from the union on the
ground that they are directed at the trust
factories alone; but the unions intend to
make similar demands of all Other manu-
facturers if they win with the trust The
union committee has already begun to dis
tribute relief to the families of the strikers
and is receiving generous contributions from
cigar makers of Key West. Tampa, Jack
sonvlle and several of the unions in the
United States
They want us to pay them their wages
in American currency" said Mr. Gustavo
Book, manager of the trust, and we have
refused TO do so because ii would mean an
advance of 1212 per cent. We offered them
American money at the regular rate of eX-
change but they would not accept ii. We
nave always PAID our mel with Spanish
money. as all other employers do in Cuba.
and our price lists are made out in Spanish
currency. If we should concede the de-
mands of the union We would be compelled
to increase our price lists 1-1a per cent,
which the public would not consent to. The
situation is different from those of ordinary
strikes, because the cigar makers are not
paid by the day and are not required to
work any given number of hours. They
are paid by the number of cigars they pro-
duce-so much thousand-and man can
earn So or SO a day if he will work regu-
larly. 1t is easy for good man to make
So a week. The best material is given to
the most skillful men in the cigar shops be
cause II goes into the finest brands of eli
gars. EacE plantation grades its tobacco
according to quality, corn and wheat are
graded, and when il reaches the factory
the different grades are given to different
men for different sizes and brands. The
same grades of tobacco always go into the
same brands of cigars, nearly posi-
bic. but as the crops differ in quality, the
cigars must differ also from year TO year,
more or less
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I'VE have had several strikes before"
continued Mr.. Book. They occur every
now and then, generally for higher wages
Sometimes the strikers have won out, but
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"SILVERDIP. +"

The modern way of cleaning silver and gold
quickly and easily.
Really no labor at ALL "silverdp' is powder. Put
tablespoonful in gallon Of water When It boils
. put silver gold pieces. Let them stay for
90 seconds; take out and rinse wipe dry.
AND BEHOLD-your silver is as bright as the day
you bought it.
Demons stion-Thlrd foor.-Come and how easy
ia