Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-19
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IELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Salt Lake City spring election
resulted in closing inspiration joints
at midnight and Sundays
Only two men were killed in the
|nitro-glycerine explosion at Robinson
H., yesterday. The men were blown
to atoms.
Since April /. for the first time in
many months, the governments daily
revenues have exceeded its expendi
lures. the average daily surplus being
s63, ,959.
Congressman Taylor and wife sail.
ed for Panama tnis week on a pleas
ure trip while the house is waiting
senate action on the Payne bill.
Walter Wellman says President
Tafts influence is largely response
BILE for lower duties recommended by
the senate finance committee. the bill.
however. is still essentially high tar.
iff measure.
The Galerie des Machines, the huge
edifice erected for the Paris exposi.
ton, and accounted the largest build
ing with vaulted roof in the world,
is about to disappear. 1t has been
sold for old iron. The contractor
bought 1t and put his workmen in on
Monday to begin the demolition of the
giant structure.
| British inheritance taxes, drawn
from a population of A 100000 yield
S90.000,O00 to $95.000,O0 yearly of an
internal revenue of s470,00O, 900 to
S4SO.0OO,0OO. About 100000 estates
pay the bulk of these taxes. This is
the substance of report by Charles
NJ. Pepper, who has been investigating
the subject for the bureau of manu-
factures, department of commerce and
labor, in connection with the tariff
revision.
You Will see the streets of Paris
running with blood ere long" solemn
ly prophesied leading royalist. The
royalists are inclined to exaggerate
the seriousness of conditions in the
French capital, but 1t certainly is true
l
Boulanger has revolution been so
openly and so freely talked as at the
present time; the outlook would be
more alarming, however, If the revo-
lutionists knew just what they want
or whom to choose for a leader.
The state of Pennsylvania has apol-
ogized to WI Ting Fang. Chinese min.
lister, and the United States govern.
ment has expressed its regret thai
two leading business men of China
should have been arrested in Pitts.
burg. The two Chinese had gone
there TO interest American capital, to
buy machinery and to engage an ex.
pert mining engineer to investigate
chinese mining properties. They had
bought the machinery and had en-.
gagged the engineer at $1,000 a month
Then they were arrested at Pittsburg.
j. j. Warrell. editor OF the Staten
Islander, which is published at st.
George, and ]. Crawford, Jr., editor
OF the Staten Island Advance, a West
New Brighton paper, have been ar.
rested by United States Deputy Mar
shals Caldwell and Proctor and ar.
raigned before Commissioner Morle on
charge OF using the mails for the
circulation of literature advertising
lottery. They printed announ ncements
OF drawing for prizes to be conduct.
ed in church on Staten Island and
then innocently sent copies of their
papers through the United States
mails.
The German Jag" is to be guided
home by composs. The city fathers
OF Berlin have set the fashion. They
nave ordered that In 100 of the most
popular parts Of the city the pave. |
ment is to be ornamented with a mo-
sale design In colored marble NJ I.
mariners compass. At least the comic
papers of Berlin say that the com. |
passes are for the especial benefit of
inebriated gentlemen who have LOST
their bearings. The city fathers. how.
ever, declare that the object is to en-.
able strangers to find their way more
easily about the city. The designs are
about yard in diameter and show
the cardinal points Of the compass
and the half points.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., was de.
fested in his action for crimina, ,ibe,
Drought ny him against 8. 3. Car