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New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
womEN's BOOKPLATEs.

1T IS stated that there score perhaps a
I1Ird~ed-ne.l's bookplates in existence for every
vomans bookplate," says wr'ter in Inc Lap>
Pictorial But IS this true-aud, II II Is true, does
s- mean tina women nave Jess regard for books
than n1ene ] should he inclined 70 return a verdict
Of not proven in each cas-. I had talk some
time since " til well known designer of book
MATES and + the beautiful examples that he
showed me 8 very large number were those OF
women The bookplate is, it may be added, a
somewhat exus snst,e hobby
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.

Princess costumes are constantly gaining II favor
szi -s one is MADE of French linen. with oralding
Il s,utsche On he eraul=ts and collar. but II viii
tt .oun5 appropriate for almost every material
to:- r the present and ne coming season.
-1s quantity NJ material required for the medium
E1 e l0 ya-5s a yards s.. 5la yards - or ;
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
SUFFRAGETTE PICKLES.

The American Suffragette' organ Of the Ma
tional Progressive Woman Suffrage Union, gives
The following rule for sufTragette pickles: Chop
fine equal quantities of green tomatoes. cucumbers
and onions. with few green peppers. and when
mixed sprinkle with salt. let them stand a day
then pour the water of and pour on boiling vinegar
with mustard and spices
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
MEATS

Meat is stiu high in price. Racks Of lamb are
q cents hind saddles . cents. legs p cents and
fo-equarters 12 cents pound. Veal outlets are IS
cents veal chops % cents, hind saddles = cents.
leg 2 cents. and shoulders Il cents pound.
Sveetbreads are . to 30 cents pair calves
livers are % cents pound, and brains 10 cents
a set.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Drouth Affects New Jersey Crops and Higher
Prices Result

The markets continue dull, particularly in the
line Of vegetables. At this time of the year the
supplies principally local. and usually abun-
dant- The present drouth. however. is sending do
mestic supplies up in price, especially as the New
Jersey croTs turning badly. Even II
abundant rain should fall now, the handlers Of
vegetables aver that It would be too late to do
any good
Corn is at the high figure Of - cents dozen.
New Jersey asparagus IS - cents bunch cram
berries are 30 cents a quart, mushrooms are 81 so
New cabhages are 10 cents each. California
cantacupes 10 to % cents apiece. eggplants are
10 TO Is cents each. cucuubers cents each, sum
mer squash 10 cents apiece. and yellow squash
cents pound Sweet potatoes are - cents
quart. the price being asked for Bermudas,
Florida reds. picking onions and Bermuda onions
Spinach is 13 cents half peck, tarragon is 10
cents a bunch, rhubarb cents bunch, lettuce
10 cents a head. and new celery so to 10 cents a
bunch. Tomatoes are Il cents n pound, beets
cents a bunch, peppers . each, and French
artichokes 20 cents each. WaIdmeister and oyster
plant have gone out, but esCarole and rornaine at
10 cents head. okra at 10 cents dozen and chive
at : cents bunch plentiful Watercress is )
cents a bunch, chicory 10 cents head, and horse
radish Is cents q pound. Radishes are cents
quart, turnips the same ,eilow turnps cents each
and shallots 25 cents quart Green peas are ID
cents a quart, shelled peas 30 cents string beans
10 cents wax beans also 10 cents, and lima beans
80 cents a quart.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17

-. inches WIDE. width - skirt a. lower
''sr1E. Including r.sats.
4'e'n, 10 s-s7e IS cgr lu sizes for a g. Sc.
ss-.s t-1 - in-h bust measure. and viii be
Pa. s @-a7e-s o1 receipt = 20 cents
$3.50 &c number rt rs-te-n and bust measure
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17

distinctly. Address Pattern Department New-York
Tribune. II in a hurry for pattern send extra
2-cent stamp. and will mail by etter postage in
sealed envelope.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
Before .Vou
Go Hbrood

Read the Announce
n1enEG Of Europe
HofcIS, Resorts and
Shops appearing in The
Tribune each Sgfedr1el-
day, Saturday and Sun-
day. and carry @ copy
of The paper as q reliable
and handy guide.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
EGGS AND POULTRY.

EcEs are 2S cents a dozen; sweet butter IS "a
cents and the best fresh butter 80 cents pound.
Cheese is S cents pound.
Fowl is 20 cents a pound. Roasting chickens are
% cents a pound celery-fed ducklinRs the same
price capons 80 cents pound and geese p cents
pound Philadelphia broilers are 25 cents a
pound SQUADS are s. a dozen. and spring broilers
are 81 4 pair.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
FISH

Soft shell crabs coming down In price; the
large ones are 81 dozen and medium ones
are 50 cents dozen. Spanish maCkerel are scarce
and are bringing 50 cents a pound. The present
favorites are blueish at Is cents pound. Butter
fish are y cents, weakfish 10 cents, porgies y
cents. and bass Is cents pound, while fresh
rnackerel are 35 cents each. Cod. founders and
haddock 10 cents pound, halibut are Is cents
sheepshead % cents, and English whiting cents
G pound California salmon still p cents and
Kennebec salmon 40 cents pound Lobsters at
y cents a pound. little easier Whitefsh are
% cents yellow perch Is cents, yellow pike 20
cents. and GID cents pound
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17

Hand fooled leather draft screens range in price
from g. ~ 70 2132.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-17

The round blue ard white chop dishes sell at 5
and upward and when used for tomato salads
make an attractive able decoration.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
DEMONSTRATING the Buffalo.

The experiments in Corbin park.
New Hampshire, have demonstrated
not only that 1t is possible to make
the buffalo of great value as a domes.
tic animal, but that II is Just as EASY
to rear and much less expensive to
feed than domestic cattle. This New
Hampshire herd was started I'm 1890
with 30 head. In six years the herd
had increased to rs. Animals have
been sold from this herd for other
parks, yet in 1906 the herd numbered
16O. For seven months in the year the
animals obtained their own living. run
ming at will on Croydon mountain.
During the long. severe winters when
the snow in New Hampshire is SO
deep that Ii is impossible for any ami.
NAL to paw down to the ground. the
animals are fed on hay and for con-
venience are yarded in small inclos-
ures near the barns where the hay is
Kept. The American Bison association
is endeavoring at present to push this
greatest of all American game animals
to the front as valuable farm ami
NAL. 1t is said that it's flesh is almost
indistinguishable from beef The hide
brings an enormous price and the
heads of old bulls are sometimes
worth $500 to 5000 for mounting Dur.
poses.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Some OF Turkeys Wealth.

No one has ever attempted to place
value on the contents of the Otto
man treasury, which II is stated the
Young Turks propose to turn into
cash for national needs. It's worth in
money is unthinkable, for the solid
gold throne is studded with 10000
pearls as big as filberts. while there
are rows of bowls filled with uncut
gems, and amazing ancient armor sets
with rubies. emeralds and diamonds.
Among all this wealth there are also
such trifes as some of the most ex-
quisite Sevres china in the world, pre-
sented by Louis XIV. to Sultan Nus
tapha
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

MY husband has always been one
TO encourage those who work for him. ?,
remarked Mrs. pike to her sister.
You mean he is always ready to
give praise where praise is due?"
yes, indeed When one OF the
men does good work he is Iiick to
say so. Night after night. after he
has been late at the office, hear him
murmuTing In his sleep: That's
good! That's good" And he always
reluctantly confesses that be was
dreaming about the good work the
men are doing at the Office. oh. I'm
so glad"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
GOOD Jokes
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.

What shall we ask the Martians wher
We know the've noticed us?
With signals flashing TO and fro,
What shall we first discuss?
Some people think we'd better ask
What Is Democrat?"
And What In whisky?" as IL Mars
Had such drink as that.
Perhaps we'd better ask the chaps
Who talk to us from Mars
Through many million miles OF space.
All sprinkled Ger with stars.
if on that world. so far advanced,
Which men OF science boost,
The suffragettes have won the day
And women rule the roost.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
An Irish Bull,

After Boyle Roche's famous bird
comes the County Cork veterinary sur
geon. AT the last meeting OF the Dun
manway rural council member of
that body complained of the inatten-
ton of the official veterinary surgeon.
There was" the rural councillor ex-
planned, "a case OF swine fever In this
place recently, and, though the doc
tor got the order to go there, he
never turned up until the following
Tuesday, and even then it was an
other man who came to represent
him"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

Was Played In China Thousands Of
Years Ago Under the Name
Of Horseball.

"One day. while walking along Liu-
Li-Chang, the great book and curio
street OF Pekin," says a writer In st.
Nicholas, IL stepped into a store to
look at some Chinese paintings. The
street Is more than a mile In length.
not very wide and not particularly
clean, but 1t is the model street In
all upper China and one Of the most
remarkable I'm the world. It contains
| nothing but hook stores and curio
stores.
There you will find a history-not
history of the world-not a uniyer-
sal history. hut only history of
China which would fill two-horse
wagon. There you can also find an
encyclopedia which contains as many
volumes as there are days in a hun
dred years. And there you will find
the works of a man who, besides gov
erning 4o0.00o,000 people, wrote as
many separate poems as there are
minutes in two weeks.
Among m;iny other things the
dealer brought out painting of FIVE
men dressed in the style OF the Ming
dynasty-a garb of four or Ave hun
dred years ago. playing polo. The
picture was painted on a piece of silk
about three and a half feet long and
Is inches wide. The silk had original
ly been white. but through the years
and centuries since 1t was executed It
had turned a beautiful brown.
II found by the inscription that It
had been painted by man named
Ch1u Wing, the greatest landscape
and figure painter of the Ming
dynasty. some 400 years ago.
What are the men doing?' I in
CURED of the merchant.
Knocking horse ball. he an
swered
But they are not riding horses;
they are on mules continued.
Quite right said he: "a horse
would be too large TO turn quickly
and play easily and he would not be
tough enough to stand the game
why, is 1t violent game? I
asked.
do not know he continued: i
never saw II played, but 1 suppose II
Is. When men are riding mules, turn
Ing. twisting. galloping. swinging
clubs and yelling, 1t cannot be very
mild. They are liable to run into
each other. their mules may fall. or
they may be unseated and trampled
under the feet OF their antagonists. II
is not child's play
How long have the Chinese played
this game?' i inquired.
He waved his hand at me in that
queer way the Chinese have of saying
they can't answer.
do not know. suppose they
have always had It; at least he mod.
flied his statement, for $500 or 1900
years."
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Useful Article.

See here!" snapped the angry pas.
senger, this nickel you gave me is
lead and has a hole in the middle"
IL know it, sir" responded the con.
ductor, calmly.
well, that's nice way to ruffie up
a mans temper when he is going on a
fishing trip"
That is the reason / gave it to
you, sir. You can use il as a sinker. "
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
And Turn About Is Fair PLAY.

Charitable Man Ito beggar woman
pushing her crippled husband in O
wheelchair) And do you push your
poor helpless husband about in this
chair all day long?
Beggar Woman-Oh, no, We take
turn acknowledgement Batter.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Out of kecpjnu.

They had no suitable glcves I'm the
store we went to. And that is a most
extraordinary proceeding"
why extraordinary?
Because in the nature Of things,
gloves are something which should al.
ways be found on hand"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
The Rising Generation.

"Bliggins is always repeating some
thing his small boy said."'
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne
That boy must be a wonder. He is
the only person / know of whose opin.
ions Mr.. Bliggins regards as more i'm.
portant than his own"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
A Resemblance Not.d.

What do you think of tariff revis
ion?"
Well" answered Farmer Corn.
tossel, ut strikes me that the tariff is
good deal like the weather. No mat
ter what kind you get, it's pretty sure
to be bad for SOMEBODY'S business"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
a Miqhty Pen.

Farmer Scrabble-grass-Th Teller
as said he would rather write than
be president want so far wrong, after
all
Farmer Stubbs-Ya'as; but we
can't all get a dollar a word fer a
Jungle story Judge.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Intellectual piversion-

That psychological-resea man
entertains some strange theories"
You have IL the other way around. {"
answered Miss Cayenne. Those theo
ries serve TO entertain him.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Too Much Devotion.

so your husband always stays in
the house nights" said one woman.
YES" answered the other. "Once
Hiram gets settled down in front of
his fireside you can't get him out O.
doors even to bring in an armful of
wood"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Her Heavy Work.

We'll, dear, now that we can afford
a servant, how does your Homework
go?"
Just splendid! leave my heaviest
work to her and she makes light of
it."
You mean the bread making?"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Scared Rabbit.

She-It is said that the rabbit sees
behind as well as in front"
He-That accounts for the little an
imal taking fright when he sees one
OF those peach-basket hats coming or
going Statesman.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Yes, Indeed.

What remains in ones memory like
the old farm! One can never forget
it."
THE old mortgage on the old farm
sticks in the memory pretty firmly
also"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Leave IL TO Him.

A Wichita man was fussing because
Of his aching teeth. why don't you
go TO dentist?" asked one OF his
friends.
"Oh, haven't got the nerve" was
the reply.
Never mind that" replied the
friend. the dentist will find the nerve
all ght.'-Kansas City Jorunal.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Sweet Charity.

There is a poor widow dying Of
consumption in a reeking tenement
down by the river"
Dear me! / am so glad you told
me! I'll send her a couple Of free
tickets to our cantata of Queen
Esther right away!"-Puck.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
An Event Anficinateh-

And when do you expect your
daughters wedding to be?"
why, my daughter isn't going to be
married. She's a trained nurse. you
know"
L know, but thought you said she
was nursing a sick millionaire"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Great Idea.

you people have a primary law
out here. How do you like it?"
Suits me first rate. Gives me a
chance to take whack at bum con.
gresham without going outside of my
party TO do it."
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

A household once supplied with Ham
Inns Wizard Oil is seldom allowed to be
without H. In case of sudden mishap or
accident Wizard Oil takes the place of
the family doctor. Are you supplied?
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
The Place for IL.

Anxious Writer-How are you go
ing to classify my article on events
in aerial navigation and travel?
Facetious Editor-My dear sir, we
are going to run it under "Doings in
High Life"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
a Simple Problem,

Teacher-Don't know the sixth com
mandment? Now listen: II a man
came up to me with revolver and
shot and killed me, what would II be
Johnnie brightly - A holiday
maam."
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
A Safe Bet

The Lambs they soon will gamboI here
And Il can be foreseen,
a real sure tip it is when they
Will gamble on the green"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Everything in the Tobacco Linz.

LNSIJtHIII9 ~ tHS ODdCCo line.
Joker-Do you keep smokeless to
lacco?
Clerk-Sure we do.
Joker-What kind is t.?
Clerk-Chewing tobacco, Of course.
Cornell Widow.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
ahnko into Your ahnn.

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for your feet
IT cures painful. swollen, smarting, sweat
ing feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, ". x.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

Passenger Ton branch line)-Say,
why does the engine always set up
such piteous howl at this particular
spot?
Guard-Ah, il was here the en-.
gineer first met his wife.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Why Not;

Say. paw Queried little Tommy
Toddles. what is a lambkin?"
"A lambkin. my boy" answered Tod
dies. ST., lis little lamb"
Then, paw" continued Tommy, ~
s'pose the little nap you take after
dinner is napkin. amt it,"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
In the same Zig.

II don't know where I'm going TO
sleep tonight" said the beggar.
Neither do l." said Mr.. Chubley.
Were moving"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

did you Jaggers was a member
Of the stock exchange?"
Yes"
Bull or bear?'
Bear, l guess; at least, that's the
distinction his h7me bearing seems 70
enforce"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
A Clear Record.

what do you know about this mans
reputation for truth and, veracity?"
TITS good. understand he never
goes fishing"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
AT FIRST SIGHT.

Howard-And how did that plain
widow Perkins capture the fastidious
Mawker?
Coward-Oh! took him out in her
car and showed him few hundred of
her building lots.
Howard-Ah, / see. A case of love
at first site.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Paradoxical Excellence.

do you see that girl?"
Yes; what of herr"
she graduated at once from the
head and foot of her class"
How could that be?"
She studied as toe dancer"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
WILLING to ObIioe,

Lady (sitting for portrait) Please
make my mouth small I know It is
large, but / wish IT to appear quite
tiny.
Artist (Dolitely)--Certainly, madam.
II you prefer. ! will leave It out alto
gether.-Boston Transcript.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Suenfriotte

"The first thing heard when ar.
rived was that you had been married
and / rushed right over to-"
"Gloat?"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
A Tip.

You who would keep your friend always.
In his heart hold your place.
When you have something for his ear
Say IL to his face
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

Did you ever see a fishing smack
capsize?"
NO, but once saw a boat turn over
as the result Of fishing smack"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
A HOPEFUL PROSPECT.

He-Darling, don't know what to
say to your father.
She-Just say: "Mr. Mum, ] wish to
marry your daughter dodge.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Education.

Eve donned the fig leaves.
MY graduation dress from the
school Of experience" she said.
Herewith the program continued
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
Accomplished LInouIst.

Hsrker-Great linguist, isn't ne?
Barker-You bet! He can talk In
baseball, college and auto.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

A man can find more reasons for do
ing as he wishes than for doing as he
ought.--John Ruskin.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
PunctuaI There

Does he ever do ANYTHING on
timer"
"Oh, yes. He quits work"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
So IL Does.

No sorrow ever lasts for long
The years have proved that true,
And happiness sometimes, we know,
Goes hand in hand with rue.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

A doctor of divinity should believe
n the faith cure.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28

Ma. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teethng sOftens the gums reduces fn
nanimston ailays pain. cures wind colo sc bottle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26

Alfred Collier. now serving twenty years
in Sing Sing for robbery and assault;
John Carlson, now serving at Elmira for
robbery and assault: William Duncan.
now serving in Boston prison for highway
robbery; Joseph Moran. now also in Bos-
Byrne, who pleaded guilty to burglary
and ia under suspended sentence.
This record. the Commissioner says.
led the police to believe that Duffy was Of
bad character. All this information the
Commissioner says he gave to Justice
Gaynor,
Gen, Bingham then declares in his COM
plant that on June 1 the defendant. JUS
tice Gaynor, maliciously made and COM
poeedand published false and defamatory
matter and statements regarding him.
Gen. Bingham, and the complaint quotes
the defendants long letter with ite refer
to 'scoundrelism.' DC. The General
says that Justice Gaynor furnished copies
Of this defamatory Letter. to the public
press and that it was published In the
papers before the Mayor received it; that
ciously and with wrongful intent TO injure
the General in the community; that IL
was lone with a view TO forcing the Mayor
Ito act on the charges contained in II and
to place the plaintiff on trial-which was
done. and the hearing on which, the COM
plant says. is still pendipg; that this
action Of the Mayor caused intentionally
by the Justice has bean published
throughout the United States to the
plaintiffs injury in fame and reputation
regardless OF what may be the outcome
OF the hearing. For this Gen. Bingham
demands $4,000.
For a second count Gen. Bingham oom-
plains similarly of Justice Gaynor's type
written interview furnished by the JUS
tice to the newspapers on June 2, this also
being done, the complaint alleges, mali
ciously. and for this Gen. Bingham de-
mands SIS, ZOO, or a total in damages Of
500, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26
CUBAN BUDGET TIEUP.
Congress Likely to Throw h RespOnsi.
bility on President Gomez.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE sun.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
HAVANA, June 25.-The Budget Com
mittee is still unready to report. The
Finance Committee recommends that
the House authorize the President
to expend for July an amount equalling
one-twelfth of the present budget, the
House continuing it's session to discuss
and approve the budget before August 1
for the remaining eleven months.
II was resolved to hold an extra session
tomorrow to debate the proposition.
1t is believed that the Senate will oppose
the proposition on the ground Of its doubt
full constitutionality.
II seems most probable that Congress
will fail TO act definitely on the budget,
which will throw all responsibility on
President Gomez when the present budget
expires with the fiscal year on June 80.
Sehor Cartero, Cuban ex-Niinister to
Spain. whose resignation was required
by Gov. Magoon, declares that he was
recalled. as alleged by Representative
Arteaga. because he did not second Gov.
Ma goon's negotiations for Cuba's pur-
chase for $500, 900 Of the Spanish cannon
left here, which Gov. Magoon decreed a
few days before his withdrawal.