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New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
REFRAINS FROM INDORSING TAFT.
Maryland Committee Approves Roosevelt
Policies-Convention April 80.

Baltimore Feb. 26-The Republican State Con-
vention TO name delegates at large to the national
convention Chicago will be held here on April
This decided upon at meeting of the
State Central Committee to-day.
Interest centred in the action of the committee
on the recent Endorsement of Secretary Taft for
President by Republican members of the Legts-
ature. This referred TO in a resolution intro
duced by Congressman Sydney L. Mudd and
unanimously adopted. which, after declaring the
committees belief that the Republicans of Mary
land now as at the time of the last state conven-
ton. ndorse the policies of President Roosevelt
and demand as his successor ''One who can be
trusted to perseVere in those policies" continued
a 5 follows:
Recognizing that the tribute of certain
members of the General Assembly to the eminent
merits and public services of the Hon. William H.
Taft was fully within the scope of their rights as
individual Republicans, the committee feels that
o make : such any declaration for a Pres1-
Dental candidate would transcend its powers and
be liable misconstructon as seeking TO forestall
the decision of questions committed for determine
ton to state and district conventions Of the party
and their duly elected delegates.
For the committee refrainS from any
further expression this subject, confident that
the Republicans of Maryland will at the proper
time support such a candidate they demanded
in the partys last state convention.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
WOULDN'T TAKE IT, SAYS TEN EYCK.
Acueduct Commissioner Does Not Desire to
Head County Committee.

William II. Ten Eyck. AQueduct Commissioner
says that he would not accept the presidency Of
the Republican County Committee 81 he could have
unanimously
The Parsons in the committee are sure that
the odeli men working for control OF the state
committee and county committee and they assert
fiEsf the ode candidate for county president fol-
lowing The primaries in September Will be William
Il. Ten Eyck, who for wears was chairman OF IN,
executive committee When Mr.. Ten Eyck was
asked about il yesterday he said:
y am a candidate never have been a candi-
cate and never viii be 4 candidate for count,
president Furthermore. If the county committee
offered II 10 unanimously / would not accent
In the natural order OF things ] can see why
The friends Of Nh Parsons should assume that
some anti-Parsons should want TO be county
president Perhaps they az such man. but 7 Am,
rot re EXSoVernor odell never said ANYTHING "a
ne about being q candidate for county president
ard 50 far as ] concerned there is nothing in
the story
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
RECEIVER TO BUY NEW CARS.
Frederick w. Whitridge Obtains Permission
To Issue Certificates for S3OO,OOO.

Judge Lacombe. of the United States Circuit
Court. granted yesterday the requested authorize
tion Frederick W WhitridSe receiver OF the
Dry Dock. East Broadway Battery Railroad
Company, To issue certificates 10 the amount Of
100000 for the purchase OF twenty-hys new cars
The receiver also was authorized 10 pay from
money hand the taxes the property
amounting TO ST. H.
For the Forty second Street. Manhattanviue 4
81. Nicholas Avenue Railroad Company. for which
Mr.. Whitridge also is receiver. he was aut horized
TO issue 100000 in certificates TO pay for hfty new
cars and the taxes OF si5Os Is on the company =
property
In the Of both roads the certificates will be a
lien against the property subject To existing hrst
mortgages The purchase of the cars was made
necessary hy the order Of the Public Service Com
mission requiring the repair and replsnishmsnt OF
the present rolling stock.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
CAN REGULATE RATES.
SO Chairman SteUens Contends IN
REGARD to p. S. Commission.

Frank w stevens chairman of the Public Ser
vice Commission of the 2d District, has written
a letter to William E. Rogers. a lawyer. az No. 81
Liberty street who for FIVE years chairman OF
the Board OF Railroad Commissioners upholdin<
the contention of the commission that it has the
power to regulate railroad rates and order a
of two cents a mile all the railroads in the
state if after investigation such rate is found
be just
The letter reply a communication
from Mr.. Rogers in which he said that the COM
mission. in stating It's position in its first annual
report. had overlooked section Of the railroad
law which provided that the Legislature may when
any such railroad shall be opened for use from
time TO time alter or reduce the rate Of freight.
fare other profits upon such road. but the sams
shall not without the consent of the corporation.
be so reduced TO produce with such profits less
than 10 per centum per the capital
actually expended" Mr.. Rogers cOutended that
Of the railroads OF the state was making
profits of 10 per cent on the capital expended
In his reply Commissioner Stevens saws. that the
difficulty is in finding what the capital actually
expended amounts TO. far different thing hs
says. from the paper capitalization. His letter fol-
lows.
l have this morning received yours of the s4th
inst In reply beg 10 advise you that this COM
railroad law. nor any other of the provisions OF
the statute relating 20 railroad charges I appre
decision OF the Court Of Appeals In the Saratogs
gas case handed down last Tuesday. the I6Ih
inst. in which IL is distinctly held that the Legfs-
lature has tie right TO delegate the rate making
power TO the commission Whether the LegiSlar-
ure has forecIosed Itself we'll the commits
sion from reducing rates by the provisions OF
Section IS Is matter which ultimately =
settled by the courts. II any corporation subject
TO the supervision OF this commission desires 70
raise it The commission only assume that
the Public Service Commissions means Jus
what IL SAYS and that the Legislature had power
to enact 1t in its present form
Permit me 10 call attention also to what
consider 10 be- u point you have overlooked In
your letter. You say that none OF the great rail-
roads of the state has reached anywhere near 10
per cent per 1nnum on the capital actually
pended. l assume that You mean they have
reached 10 cent upon the paper capitalize
tion, which capitalization u entirely different
thing from the capital expended II YOU will
refer me TO some place where 4 ascertain
the amount actually expended. should De- CRATE
ful for information. The New Work central
reports 20 this commission that BE- cannot tell
from is books. amt perhaps iu the case 90 TIE
Erie You Indicate where the tuftrrua Jiun uIav
be found 4 have never heard - snS one WIN
could. however
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
MISSOURI THOUGHT SURE FOR TAFT
Unanimous Endorsement of the Secretary
Exnected at State Convention To-day.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


ST Isouis Feb. 26.-Secretary Taft Will probably
be indorsed unanimously by the State Republican
Conyentfsn which will convene here tomorrow
morning Ex-M Mayor Walbridge of st. Louis will
he temporary chairman and United States Senator
William Warner permanent chairman.
Some opposition Senator Warner was aroused
bv his telegrams from Pittsburg to-day asking
votes for Charles Nagel, of this city, for national
committeeman because Nagel is Secretary Tafts
personal and political friend"
Both Nagel and T K. Niedringhaus, ex-state
chairman claim enous sh votes to elect them as ma
tional committeeman. Attorney General Hadley
and Senator Warner will be elected delegates-at-
large national convention, and the other two
will probably chosen from the following: Con-
gressnan Richard Bartholdt, Otto Stifel, John H
Boutwell,, J. H. Holmes, j. T. Moore and Judge
Seden Spencer
1t developed tonight that many candidates for
county offices favor the Republican convention in
dorsng the prohibition movement, and national and
state leaders fear that if such a resolution is in
troduced tomorrow it will be adopted. They are
trying learn who is introduce the resolution,
obstruCt it
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
BANK DIRECTORS MUST PAY s1,5oo,ooo.

Wavnesbirg Penn, Feb. 26.-ReceiVer Strawn of
the defunct Farmers and Drovers' Bank has given
notice to the former directors of the bank that
they will have to contribute 81 $50 00 result OF
the failure OF the bank. The institution closed
on December L. 1895. and il has been ascertained
that the shortage amounts 10 81. 500 0oo. The dl-
Tectors have been Informed by the receiver that
should they fail to comply with his request for
this large proceedings VIII be taken against
them
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
eRAckETr URGES HUGHES IN BOSTON.

Boston, Feb. 26.-The annual banquet OF the New
England Iron and Hardware Association was held at
the Hotel Somerset tonight. Ex-senator Edgar CT
Bracket of Saratoga, y. Y, the principal speaker
advocated the nomination of Governor Hughes for
the Presidency. Among the other speakers were
Mayor Hibbard, Willis l. King of Pittsburg:
State Treasurer A. b. Chaplin and the Rev Arthur
II
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
NEGROES ORGANIZE HUGHES LEAGUE.

The negro Republicans OF The 18th Congress
District d meeting last night organized a
Hughes league promote the nomination and cleo
tion of Governor Hughes TO the Presidency. They
made Gichrist Stewart. the negro leader of the
18th Assembly District. their choice for delegate to
the national convention. The headquarters of the
organization are in the San Juan HIM. district at
No 2s1 West 6lst
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
TENNESSEE DISTRICT FOR TAFT

Knoxville, Tenn Feb B-Republicans of the
1st Congress District in convention at Greenville
to-day declared for Secretary Taft for President,
w p Brownlow for reelection to Congress, w. J.
oliver for Republican National Committeeman from
Tennessee and Daniel Cooper Swab for delegate
at-large TO the national convention. Judge G. NJ.
Henderson and E. E. Butler were elected district
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
HOOKING VALLEY EQUIPMENT NOTES.

William Salomon * Co. are Offering at prices to
Weld per cent issue of 100000 Hooking Valley
railway equipment notes. The notes secured
by new coal costing 2J5 per cent more than
the par value OF the issue. The Hooking Valley is
controlled through ownership of a majority of its
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT EoR TAFr.

Alva Okla, Feb 26.-The I'd Congress District
Republican convention selected George Dodson OF
Oklahoma City, and Edward c. Virgins. of Wood
ward County, to-day delegates to the national
convention and DR.. J. B. Sands. OF Beaver County.
As nominee for elector. The delegates In
etrIcted for Taft
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
HAMN INSURANCE BILL PASSED.

IBy Telegraph to The TrbuneI
Albany, Feb. 26.-The Hamn bill which would
permit life insurance companies to enter into
ganizatfon agreements was passed by the Senate
to-day by vote of 80 10 = 1t drafted prinar-
lily permit several insurance companies enter
into reorganization of the Third Avenue Railroad
protection some Sc, 200 600 of bonds held
by these companies.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
sEABoARD AIR LINE CUTS RATE.
Two Cents a Mile Af,-r fpr,l Cor Parties
of Ten OF -Iaaepsnltnt Action.
omc'sl annouuecp

One 20 auuouuCcfn fFftfF fhsts
beginning on Nprlt A. fa~e Rail
way viii take Iudfprn.fe. che waiter -
rates for passengers trayeifns gsrsies 81 Ten 80
mor" hsf rate of tWa esafs mfir each 49, .
charged This sctton efI ts 81 tr.fIf F1 go, o.
ling theatrical companies ans E-saa. sst fcur
paftiss. who have been charged ta= fuu tsrr rates
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed to any casa
Itching Blind. Bleeding Protruding PLEA In 4
IL money refunded Soc,
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Hard Times in the States

A former Panama and Dawson man writing to friend here from Seattle slys:
 All of the towns on the coast are crowded with idle men. The inland towns are not quite 50 bad as that of the seaport towns with men out of work and looking for jobs. The wages on the coast are now Sl and board per day, and very little work to be had at that price. l tell you we are up againgt the real thing here, and the minute | can make raise | am going to mu,h for the North as quick as the Lrd will let me. The big strikes and trouble have only made things worse for the working men as well as for everyone else.-Furblnks News.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Mir. Tawney's View of the Fair

Representative Tawney'S suggestion that the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifc eXposi- tiun should at least be ian exposition of all things peculiar to the Northwest and the Pacific islands," while perhaps not wholly in harmony with the gem eral plans of the promoters of the en- terprise, nevertheless indicates a friendly interest in one of the chief purposes of the fair. It was hoped, and is still hoped, that the exposition will be broad enough in its scope to cover every country bordering on the Pacific, and every special interest and industry peculiar to these countries.
 If the resources and industries of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, the terrI- tories of Alaska, the Yukon, and all of Western Canada, and of Hiwaii and the Philippines, should be properly and adequately shown in Seattle in 1909, it would be worth the Londoner' $ and the Parisian's while, not to speak of our own countrymen, to come hither to see this alluring display of wealth and the possibilities of wealth-P.-I.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
CHINESE ARE ORGANIZING

Pekin-Border complications and the success of the rebels on the French border, due, it is believed, to foreign assistance, have induced the Chinese government to hasten organization Of her modern drilled troops at all form tier points. The government proposes again to send prince Su to Mongolia for the purpose of developing plans looking to organization of defenSes for frontier districts. A modern drilled skeleton brigade is now on its way to Tibet for the purpose of organizing a Tibetan division.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Fur Market Dull

Tanana fur dealers are beginning to share in the financial hardships of those in their line of business outside. The panicky times back East have knocked the bottom out of the fur market.
 Fur lots sent outside last fall are still lying unSold in the buyers ware house in the States, and it may be many months before they can be realized upon. Further, the slack condition and loss of a year in sales means reduced prices, and the business will suffer in consequence.
 Alaska last year shipped nearly a half-miIlion dollars worth of furS. A large percentage was from this dis trict.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29

Meet me at the Branch.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29

The JOBsPRINTNGiDE- APARTMENT of the Daily Gateway is prepared to handle all kinds of print ing and job work. All orders given prompt and careful attention. Mail orders a speciality.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Found After Seven Years

It is reported from Nome that some parties in a desolate place discovered a strange dark object standing out slightly above the snow, and upon investigation they soon mearthed a dilapidated and stiff leather mail sack. Protruding from the bottom of the hole left by the mail bag was a human hand, stiff and stark. After several hours of hard work the body of a man was drawn from it's icy grave, while surrounding him, as if to pro- tect their master from the cold, were the dogs of his team.
 When the federal authorities at Nome opened the sack the letters in it were found to be dated 1901, and the body was identified as that of a mailcarrier who had disappeared about that time.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
PIatinum in the Unltsd states

The production of platinum in the United States in 1904 was 200 ounces, valued at SLIGO; in 1905 the production was SIS ounces, valued at S532O: in 1906 the platinum production of the country amounted to l439 ounces valued at $45,lS9, a fourfold increase in quantity and more than eightfold increase in value over the figures for 1905.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
JOHN H. HALL
 FOUND GUILTY
Former U. s. District Attorney in Oregon Tried for Conspiracy
 and Convicted.

Portland, re.-Former United States District Attorney John H. Hall was found guilty on a charge ot conspiracy with the Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and Lumber Company to maintain d fence which enclosed 2O,- 900 acres of public land in Wheeler county.
 The trial had been in progress for twenty days. The jury arrived at a decision in little more than three hours.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
The Worlds dOld

It is mainly from Africa, America, and Australia that the world draws its supply of gold, some $4OO, ,OOO, 900 worth, won regularly every year. Africa leads with about $l5O,OO0,OO0; next comes the United States with about S95, 900, 900. Australia ranks third with some SS5,OOO,OOO; while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada, and several other countries also make up the balance.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
SENIOR GOMEZ
 IS UNSEATED

Manila-After a series of exciting sessions, Senor Gomez was unseated by a vote of 40 8. The Assembly has done little else but consider Senor Gomez case since convening in regular session on February 3. Senor Gomez made a sensational appeal on February 10, in which he accused party leaders of playing him false. The speaker was compelled to call him to order before the vote was taken. The action of the Assembly declares his election void.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
KING LEOPOLD
 NOT NORMAL
Critical Situation COnfrOntS Min. iStry of Be!gium--Sanity of
 Ruler Questioned.

BrusselS-There are indications that the Government may soon have to deal with difficult problem in regard to King Leopold. It's nature may be in- dicated by the remark made by a mem- Der of the Cabinet in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies He said:
 "The king is no longer in normal condition of mind."
 Signs of mental breakdown of Leo pold have been noticed for several months.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Game Law Attacked.

Washington-The Alaska game law, which had for its object the protection of game in this territory, will not like ly be brought up in congress for sever- al weeks. Strong efforts are being made to kill the bill, which provides for a closed season and a protection of fur animals.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29
Alaska Schools

Seventy American teachers are scat tered here and there through Alaska's vast eXpanses. dotting the sweep of the Arctic beyond Bewng Straits, weeks journeys up the Yukon and its tribu- taries even in the brief open season, or 1000 miles from the mainland where the Aleutian Islands lead out toward Asia. Each of these teachers is the center of new civilization; for the Esquimo or his kindred native seizes hungriIy upon the germ of learning and receives its dispenser with open arms.
 These schools are maintained under the Alaska division of the United States Bureau of Education, with headouarters in Washington, D. C. They are distinctly separate from the public schools in Alaska that are main tained for white children, these latter being in direct charge of the local authorities, while the burden of the former is borne exclusively by the national Government and controlled from the capital. The education of the native began twenty years ago, but the segregation of the schools and their placing on basis by themselves took place but two years ago.-Wil- liam A. Du Puy in Review of Reviews.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-02-29

Teacher (to new scholae)-"Now, Mary, I'll give you sum. If your father owed the butcher $13.17, and the baker Sll.l3, and the coal dealer $27.OS, and the landlord $l5.1O, how much would he have to pay them."'
 Answer-"I don't think he would have to pay them anything"
 "Why not?"
 "Because I think we would move."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-08-14

r. This question has appealed to him so
strongly, and he has investigated it so
throughly, that it has commanded para
graph after paragraph in his messages to
congress.
Have you investigated the proposition
which we have been offering you for the
past few weeks3 Don't put off full investi
cation of it any longer. Don't procrasti-
nate on this subjest until it is too late.
Over one fourth of this land in the Big
Laramie River Valleyhas been sold since
it was offered for the first time, May 1908
Irrigated lands in the Big Laramie Riv-
er Valley are really worth three to FIVE
times as much as the very best lands in
Michigan, because government reports,
and reports at the experiment station Of
University of Wyoming show that one
acre Of Irrigated land in the Big Laramie
River Valley will produce from three to
five times as much as one acre in Ohio,
Illinois or Michigan.
AS has been previously said; this is
your Golden Opportunity to see with
your own eyes, at No Expense to You
from the time you leave, until you return,
the great, and rare opportunity to inves-
tigate the Great System of Irrigatng in
the West as promoted by our Great and
Fearless Leader PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
You do not obligate yourself to buy
one foot of this land in going to see this
great country. We do not want you to
buy Pig in poke"
Is not our proposition decidedly fair
Ask yourselves if this is not your Gold
en- Opportunity. We want every buyer
to see Just what he is getting.
We take you from Kalamazoo to the
Big Laramie River Valley, Wy. and re-
turn TO Kalamazoo and to your home
station without it costing you single
cent We provide you with the best
Pullman sleeper and dining car service,
going and coming We show you over
this beautiful fertile valley with Auto
mobiles. Give you a good time in all
respects.
Your busy times are over, put away
your trdes, and set ready to go with the
crowd, for many have signided their in
tentions of going on the eighteenth of
August, Tuesday morning.
Arrange your business accordingly, SO
that you will not fail to take in one of
the Pleasure Trips of your life.
We will be glad to refer you to hun
dred people from southern Michigan,
who have bought land in the Big Laramie
River Valley since the fifth day of last
May.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-08-14

OF The
o which bought before fully
and
the
the
delightful the
Respectfully