Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

gists handling medicines or malt OK
tracts as set forth above.
Some Pension Money Goes Abroad.
There are over five thousand peg
sons residing In foreign countries who
receive pensions from the United
states Government. The fact that tnev
live and nold citizenship in countries
other than the United States does not
dollar them from receiving their QUAR-
terly stipend, which is sent them by
the Pension Agent at Washington. The
majo ity of the $3.50 foreign pension
ers on the rolls are widows and chill
dren, and accrue from service In the
navy under the invalid pension act
Moro than half of these pensioners
live In Canada. OF the total of $72i.-
1910 paid last year to 70 cign pen.
sioncrs. 1867 5000 Went TO 2.573 Ca
nadians. Germans to the number OF
1913 received pensions amounting to
$50 1880. Pension Agent King Mt
Washington sent SG9.376.3O to 49, pen
sioners residing in Ireland last year
Besides $50 pensioners living IN Eng
land who received $53.91G, the United
States has on its rols persons living
al EtlSi eNit. al EtlAiHtt, ktuSllItE. AUS
tria-Hungary, Azores Bahama. Barba-
dos, Belgium. Bermuda. Bolivia. Bra
Ill. Cape Verde IslSnds. Chile China
Comore Islands. Costa Rica Cula.
Danish West Indies Denma k. Domin-
lean Republic. Dutch West Indies
Egypt, France. Germany, Greece Qua
temala. Haiti. Honduras. India Isles
of Man ana Pines. Italy. jamaica. ia
pan. Korco. Liberia, Madeira. Malta, |
Mexico, Netherlands. Newfoundland. |
New Zealand. Nicaragua. Norway. |
Panama. Paraguay. Peru, Portugal, |
Russia, st. Helena. ST. Martin. Samoa, |
Scotland. Seychelles Island. Siam, |
South Africa. Spain. Sweden, Switzer-
land, Turkey. United States of Colom-
"a. Uruguay and Wales. Some OF
these pensioners receive quite large
sum from our Cove nment. Three
persons living in Uruguay received |
last year total of S2i or S20S each |
Only one pensioner lives in Spain his
stipened last year amounting to $40.
Other high foreign pensions wee as
fellows: One in Cape Verde. s144:
one in the Comoro Islands. $50 one
in st. Helena, $50: one in St Mar
tin $l20 one in the Seychelles Is
land. $3.50. Some of the pensioners
receive only from S72 to SS5 per an
mum.
Dcnatured Alcohol.
The Treasury Depa tment. through |
the Commissioner oil Internal Reeve
nue.. has announced that the use of
II special formula for denaturet alco.
hol has been authorized in each OF |
the following industries:
Shollac varnishes. Photographic d-y
plates, embalming fluid. helio,ropin, !
lacquers from soluble cotton. resin OF
podophyllum and similar products, !
of othyl chloride. aceTic /
ether. surgical ligaturcs filamAnts for
incandesccnt electric lamps, silver |
ware and bronze. and of thermometer
and barometer tubes; manufactures of
cellulOid. pyrain and similar D. O.
ducts; transparent soap: manufacture
# smoking and chewing tobacco, pho
to-cn cravings. Iulnlnlto OF mercury,
imitation leather watches sulphuric
ether sulphonmjethane. hastes and
VA nishes from soluble cotton, and of
Photographic colldion. and Tie purifi-I
eatin of rabler.
Regulations covering the use of de
naturcd alcohol in such spec's! forum
aes have been promulgated 1t IS
expected ti.,at within the net few
years the use of denatured alcaiol In
the arts and industries will he 9eatly
increased.
Why Ship Rates Have Decreasd
The Agricultural Department as
cribes the reductions in ocean flight
rates during the last thirty yeas to
the increase in size of vesscldand
with economies in the handlif OF
ships and their cargoes. Since S7G
the rate on wheat from New Ydl to
liverpool has declined from 16S hnts
to 5 cents n bushel. On salt beethe