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SEVENTEENTH YEAS.
PAYNE PRESENTS
BILL TO CONGRESS
ONE DAY WILL SUFFICE FOR
ADOPTION OF TARIFF MEAS-
URE BY LOWER HOUSE.
CHAIRMAN MAKES ANALYSIS
SHOWING INCREASES AND
DECREASES.
Washington, July 31. —Entering
upon the last stage of its considera
tion by congress, the tariff bill, as re
ported by the conferees, was submit
ted to the house by Chairman Payne
and ordered printed in the congres
sional record. The discussion of the
conference report will begin this morn
ing, the indications being that a day
will suffice for its adoption.
Three hundred and fifty of the 390
members were in their seats when
Chairman Payne passed up to the
speaker’s desk the document which
had occupied the attention of congress
for four and a half months, and then
the republicans broke out into loud
applause.
Payne Analyses Bill.
Mr. Paylie’s statement comprised an
analysis of the bill, showing both the
increases and decreases, but this de
tailed presentation was preceded by a
general summary in which he under
took to show the extent of revenue in
creases and decreases according to
schedules.
According to this showing the total
increases were on importations valued
at $852,512,525, and the total decreases
on importations amounting to $4,978,-
122,124.
In this statement Mr. Payne said
that he had made an investigation
based on the census revisions of 1905,
showing the amount of domestic con
sumption of articles upon which duties
have been raised and also the articles
upon which duties have been lowered
by the bill as finally reported from
the conference committee.
"Duties have been lowered where
they have been too high under the
present tariff, sometimes prohibitive
in character, and for that reason the
importations were comparatively
small. On the other hand they have
been raised in some instances where
the tariff was insufficient for protec
tion and the importations were very
great.”
He then gave the following table,
which shows the consumption value of
articles on which rates of duty have
been increased and decreased in all
cases where the amount of production
could be ascertained:
Duty Duty
Decreased. Increased.
Chemicals $433,099,846 $11,105,880
Earthenware 128,423,732
Metals 1,248,200,160 11,432,255
Lumber -566,870,950 31,280,372
Sugar 600,965,953
Tobacco no change.
Agricultural pr’d’cts 483,430,637 4,380,043
Wines and liquors 462,001,856
Cotton 41,622,024
Flax, hemp, jute... 22,127,145 804,445
Wool no change.
Silk 7,947,566 106,742,646
Paper and pulp .... 67,628,055 81,846,466
Sundries 1,719,528,069 101,656,598
Totals $4,978,122,124 $852,512,525
Of the above increases the following
are on luxuries, being articles strictly
of voluntary use:
Chemicals, including perfumeries,
etc 511,105,820
Wines and liquors 462,001,856
Silks 106,742,646
Totals $579,850,322
This leaves a balance on increases
on not articles of luxury of $272,662,-
203.
Mr. Payne gave assurance that “in
preparing this table the experts had
used all of the available information
from the census and other sources."
"But all of these," he said, “ are not
sufficient to represent the total con
sumption of either class of articles.
If the total amount of consumption
were available the contrast between j
the amount of goods on which duties
were lowered and those increased
would be still more striking."
Fall From Mart is Fatal.
Superior, Wis., July 31. —Allen M.
Smith, wheelsman on the steamer J.
.1. Biown. which was undergoing some
repairs at the shipyards here, fell from
the mast while engaged in painting it.
Peath resulted from the injury. It is
supposed that Smith became faint and
lost his hold The body will be buried
here as the mans home is in the east
and his relatives there were unable to
have the remains brought home.
Heat Prostrates Eight Men.
Neenah. Wis.. July 31.— Eight work
men employed on pavement ccTnstruc
tion work were prostrated by the heat.
John Pollack. H. Werner and J. Budois
are in a precarious condition. All
were removed to their homes in an
ambulance.
The Vilas County News
CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS’ PLANS.
Interacting Discussions Expected Dur
ing State Convention.
Milwaukee, Ju’y 31. —Three subjects
of special inteiest will be discussed at
the annual ccnventior of the Wiscon
sin Circuit Court Clerks’ association,
which ire ts in Milwaukee August 10
and 11. They aie, technicalities of the
naturalization law’s, uniformity of cir
cuit court clerk fees, and the advant
ages of a four or six-year term as com
pared foth the present rule. Vice
President F. W. Cords of this city w’ill
deliver the address of welcome Tues
day, and Wednesday atferiioon the
members, with their wives, will visit
Whitefish bay and other points of in
terest in and about the city. The
convention will close with a banquet
at the Republican house Wednesday
evening.
Lkl on at Rhinelander.
Rhinelander, Wis., July 31. —Acting
under orders given by the grand jury,
Oneida county officers are enforcing
the state laws regulating the liquor
traffic. For the first time in the his
tory of the county all the saloons are
required to close Sundays and every
night at 11:30. Keepers of houses of
questionable repute have left for parts
unknown and inmates have disap
peared. The oruer meets with the
hearty approval of the Citizens
league, which, it is understood, is be
hind the order.
JUSTICE MILLS
GETS AFTER THAW
SAYS HE HAS SHOWN “EXAGGER-
ATED EGO” ALL WAY
THROUGH CASE.
WHITE’S SLAYER REPLIES INTER-
RUPTIONS WERE SUGGES-
TIONS TO HIS COUNSEL.
White Plains, N. Y , July 31. —It
was the judge, not the prosecutor,
who ruffled the assurance of Thaw on
the witness stand yesterday. The ex
aggerated ego, “the insan? delusion
that the possessor is a person of su
pieme ability and importance,” may
prove the bar that will keep the door
of the Matteawan insane asylum
closed upon him.
When District Attorney Jerome fin
ished the cioss examination yesterday
Justice Mills, addressing Thaw, said
that the argument will be that ail
the way through he had shown “ex
aggerated ego,” and leviewed numer
ous interruptions of his own counsel
and interference with their conduct
of the case both at the present and
in former litigations.
Judge Mills asked Thaw why he
did not trust Morschauser, the pres
en attorney. Thaw assured the jus
tice that he did trust the attorney
and declared the interruptions were
ntended only as suggestions.
“Haven't you felt all the way througn
that you were Letter able to conduct
this case?” asked the court.
“Nc-,” answered Thaw, “except per
haps in the case of Hartridge.”
Jerome immediately took up the
suggestion of the court, and dwelling
upon “exaggerated ego,” indicated
that the state will strive to believe
that the prisoner’s general creditable
showing on the stand on the theory
that he was made glib, as it were, by
“exaggy.ated ?go.”
RETURNS HOME
ON HIS BIRTHDAY
IS ARRAIGNED FOR EMBEZZLE
MENT BUT INSISTS HE
IS INNOCENT.
Tipton. Ind., July 31. —Charged with
the embezzlement of $50,000 of the
funds of the First National bank of
this city, Noah R. Marker, formerly as
sistant cashier, was taaen before Unit
ed States Commissioner Ellis, at
Muncie yesterday, and waiving exam
ination. he was released on SIO,OOO
bonds to appear before the federal
grand jury at Indianapolis next No
vember. Marker declared he was in
nocent.
Marker, who has been missing since
Saturday, reappeared at his home yes
terday, greeted his wife and children,
and called his attorneys and friends
by telephone. He said he had been
in St. Louis and, remembering that
yesterday was his 35th birthday, he
determined to spend it with his fam
ily.
EAGLE RIVER, VILAS CO., WISCONSIN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1909.
COMMITTEE READY
FDRJNCOME TAX
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OR-
GANIZE TO TAKE UP STUDY
OF QUESTION.
WILL INVITE DISCUSSION BY PUB-
LIC PRESS AND MEN OF
IDEAS.
The sipecial committee of the legis
lature, appointed at the late session
to have under consideration the ques
tion of income tax and to report the
results of its investigation in the form
of a bill to the special session of the
legislature to be called by Governor
Davidson in January, met here yester
day for the purpose of organization
and to make plans for future work.
The committee consists of Senators
S. M. Marsh of Millsville, J. A. Hazel
wood, of Jefferson; and John C.
Kleczka. of Milwaukee, and Assembly
men, C. A. Ingram, of Durand; James
S. Tower, oi Merrimac; John E. Mc-
Connell of La Crosse, and Herman E.
Georgi, of Milwaukee. Assemblyman
McConnell was the only member not
present at the meeting yesterday.
The committee completed its or
ganization by the selection of Senator
S. M. Marsh as chairman and Assem
blyman C. A. Ingram as secretary. An
informal discussion of plans for fut
ure work revealed to the committee
men the magnitude of the task set for
them if the best lesults are to follow
and it was decided, first to enlist the
press of the s' ate to take up the ques
tion and discuss it in all its aspects.
Then discussions and brief will be so
licited from men who have thought up
on the question whatever may be their
view of it, pro or con. These discus
sions and briefs will be compiled and
gotten into form by the secretary and
sent to the members at their homes
for study in preparation for the actual
v ork of the sessions of the committee,
he first of which will probably be
held in September.
In the afternoon the committee in
ORVILLE WRIGHT MAKES MOST
DARING FLIGHT EVER PLANNED
Washington, July 31.- Or villa
Wright last evening attained the zen
ith of hard earned success. In a ten
mile cross country flight in his acro
plane accompanied by Lieutenant
Foulois he not only surpassed the re
quirement of his contract with the
government, but accomplished the
most difficult and daring flight ever
planned for a heavier than an air fly
i ’g machine. Incidentally he broke all
speed records over the measured
course and established beyond dispute
the practicability of the aeroplane in
time of peace and war. Wright’s
speed was more than 42 miles an
hour. He made the ten-mile flight in
14 minutes and 42 seconds, including
more than 20 seconds required for a
turn beyord Shuter Hill, the southern
end of the course. He attained a
height ir crossing the valley of Four
Mile Run, nearly 500 feet, and the av
erage altitude was 200 feet.
Pre ident Taft arrived at Fort Myer
just in rime to see the aeroplane land
and to participate in the demonstra
tion which welcomed the triumphant
aviators. He sent Colonel Treat to
bear congratulations to the victors.
The usual preliminary tests com
pleted, Lieutenant Foulois climb d in
to the machine, and as the motors
picked up the impetus oT the blades,
Orville s epped aboard and the aero
plane rose.
As if drawn up by invisible powers,]
the whi'c winged man-bird rose higher,
and higher, reached the end of he
hold, turned at a s”ght angle, and
came about, facing the madly cheering
multitude. Hats and handkerchiefs
were waving, automobile horns toot
ing, some overwrought spectators even
wept, as rhe great white creature
turned again southward, and every
body in the crowd see>med intent upon
giving her and her daring passengers
a “God speed.”
Climbtrg up, as it were, on the air,
mounting higher and higher, Orv lie
brought he machine at great speed
once agair fully around the field. Tren
with a short turn, he swept about al
most over the beads of the closely
’ anked spectators, and started;
straight southward, over the center cf (
the drill field. Then it darted straight
south, and seemed to be rising higher,!
as it passed over the heavily wooded
vited Dr. Wilhelm Cohnsieadt of Ber
lin. Germany, to talk before it upon the
German view of the subject. Dr.
Cohnstaedt is here studying methods
of government and economic condi
tions and in conference with authorties
at cu • state university. He is consid
ered an i ath ity upon the question of
income tax, particularly in Those
phases ci it which i elace to adminis
tration and it is this aspect of the
question that gives to the committee
the greatest concern. “It would be an
easy task,” said one member of the
committee, yesterday, “to draft a
measure providing for the levying of
an income tax, but to make a law that'
may be forced and fairly administered ,
is quite another question.
Dog’s Victim in Serious Cndition. ,
Manitowoc, Wis., July 31. —Harry j
Brsmier, ? decorator, is at the hos
pital under observation of physicians, I
who 'ear hat rab’e may develop from ■
the bite of a deg by which the man!
was attacked, Brismier’s case is pe-.
cur ar and somewhat mysterious, the
man claiming that he was robbed of a j
horse which he took from a local |
livery, and sticking to his story despite i
the fact ’hat the horse was found tied!
outside the hospital when Brisniieri
was located there as a patient. The
man's arm was badly torn and lacerat
ed by the dog.
UNCLE JOE FOR
CONFERENCE REPORT
Washington, Ju’y 31. —Expressing
himself as of the opinion that the
United States was on the eve of the
most prosperous era it had ever en
joyed, Speaker Cannon last night, in
an authorizd statement, declared he
was in favor, and would support and
vote for the conference i eport on the
tariff bill.
“While the bill suffici: ntly protects
our present industries,” said the speak
er, “in my judgment, under its provi
sions, new industries will not be es
tablished. The country has been wait
ing for this legislation for five months
and manj, having confidence it would
meet the protective policy of the re
publican party, hare governed them
selves accordingly. Production has
Increased and is increasing. Upon the
enactment of the pending bill, the
people of the United States will see
that for many years to come the legis
lation is not substantially changed.”
country in the distance. Smaller and
smaller it grew, anti' it became a
mere speck against the sky and in
stantly disappeared from view. Then
all was silence. Seconds seemed min
utes as the spectators waited for the
ship’s return.
Suddenly a speck came in ; ight
again over a distant hill. A cry swept
over the watching crowd, and there
was an audible sigh of relief. Onwaid
rhe machine came, growing with the
seconds. Soon th- navigators weie
home again over the drill grounds fly
ing very 1 rw. C ville steered straight
across tbe field, and at the height of
about 20 feet swung around again to
the southwaid and easily landed far
down the field. The task was done, and
in triumph.
I. is needless to de. cribe the deafen
ing cheers that welcomed the return.
The crowd rushd forward, but the cav
alry swept them back. Katherine
Wright, v. bo had shouted as loud as
anybody, ran down the field w r ith her
friend, M.s. Vandieman, and grasped
he briber, almost hysterically,
dan.'mg w'th glee. She almost
embraced Foulcis who seemed
ra bcr eo ba.rass d by the demon: tra
ticr W’’bur w"s more r elf-con trolled. !
the ugh mak’Pg no secret of bis ela
ticn.
For’ois declared they were making
80 miles are hour coming back. Even ■
more dramatic tbar its departure
from For My r was the advent of
the aeroplane at the southern turning j
po‘ -t on Shuter Hill, juct outside of,
Alexandria. The army fic'd tele-'
graph having failed to resume com
munication with Fort Myer, there wr -
no rotic' of the sh ; p having sailed,
pud the first intimation was the shrill
cry cf abe wio saw tbe speck in
tbe dist? r e. Officers of the aero
nr it’cal 1 card wei o taken by sur
prise and a d ail of erv dry were sent
scurrying to tbe position. On came
thr aeic-ol? ae ,300 feet above the
earih, clearing the hill easily, and at
railroad peed swept around the stake
baloom and like a flash was on its re
turn to the fori. The crowd cheered
at the first appearance, the enthusi
asm inc casing as seconds counted
nnd reached great volume as the ir.a
---r-hine parsed overboard, continuing un
til it had disappeared from sight.
WAR SITUATION
JS IMPROVING
KING ALFONSO SATISFIED THAT
ORDER SOON WILL BE
RESTORED.
PRIVATE DISPATCHES INDICATE
GREAT SLAUGHTER TOOK
PLACE AT BARCELONA.
Madrid, July 31.—The government’s
reports from Catalonia indicate that
the situation continues to improve.
Both King Alfonso and Premier Maura
seem satisfied that the worst is over,
that the rebellion in Barcelona has
been quelled and order soon will be re
stored. Nevertheless large bodies of
troops continue to be hurried to the
scene.
No figures, not even estimates of
the loss of property and life in Cala
lonia is vouchsafed by the authorities,
but private dispatches indicate that
there has been a great slaughter at
Barcelona.
It is understood that the king great
ly regretted the necessity of using
artillery but yielded to the arguments
of his cabinet ministers that half way
measures or temporizstion might proven
fatal.
Reports continue to filter in of the
wildest destruction of property, es
pecially churches, monasteries and
convents, against which the fury of
the mob was centered. There is some
apprehension that the followers of
Don Jaime, the pretender, may at
tempt to raise the white flag of the
carlists. The leaders who maintain
the organization in northern Spain,
are being close’y watched.
Gibraltar, July 31. —Provincial cen
ters in the south of Spain are only
just beginning to receive news of the
heavy Spanish losses in Morocco, and
the disclosure of the real state of af
fairs is causing dangerous anti-war
demonstrations.
General Strike Probable.
1 London, July 31. —A special from
Madrid, dated Friday, states that
more than 400 were killed in the
struggle at Barcelona. The situation
was considered to be so serious that
two regiments, detailed to start for
Melilla, were ordered to remain in
Madrid. One hundred and nineteen
socialists and radicals were arrested
in Madrid, and it is not improbable
that a general strike will be declared
In Madrid Monday.
A special from San Sebastian says,
that the troops have mastered the sit
uation in Barcelona, where the causal
ly list numbers more than 1,500.
Seventy armed insurgents were cap
tured and summarily shot.
Gruesome Scenes.
London, July 31. —The Telegraph s
Barcelona’s correspondent, telling ot
the events there, says that Wednes
day night the revolutionists, 1,000
strong, marched about the streets
with the charred remains of their
victims. They had placed the arms,
legs and heads on long poles and
were singing the Marseillaise and
shouting.
They gave not only the police, civil
guards and soldiers samples of their
carnage, but actually passed under
the very nose of the captain general,
who was at the head of his troops,
and not one dared to fire on the rev
olutionists.
PANAMA OFFERS TO
PIT INDEMNITIES
U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT DE
j MANDS OFFICIAL EXPRESSION '
I OF REGRET.
Washington, July 31—Panama has
met the. insistent demands of tue
United States for reparation in the
cases involving the maltreatment oi
Ameiican naval officers and seamen.
The delay in acting on such produced
much irr tation at the state depart
ment.
She will pay an indemnity of $5,000
in the Columbia case in which several
officers in uniform were arrested,
locked up and roughly handled in
Colon: an indemnity of SB,OOO to the
relatives of Boatswain Mate Rand of
the Buffalo, who was killed in Pana
ma in September, 1908; an indemnity .
of SI,OOO to Sailor Cieslik of the same
who was stabbed at the rime
NUMBER 9
Rand was killed, also dismiss all po
lice officers who were present at the
time of the disturbance in the jounaio
cases.
The state department accepts these
promises upon the condition that per
sons other than police officials w’ho
were involved be punished by the
court and that the payment of the in
demnities proposed be accompanied
by a formal official expression of re
gret.
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Son of Packer Swift Seriously Hurt at
Lake Geneva.
Chicago, July 31.—Philip Swift, the
eldest son of Edward F. Swift, the
packer, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident at Lake Geneva
yesterday. One of his legs was brok
en and he sustained a number of se
vere cuts and bruises about, his face
and body, when the machine dashed
into a telephone pole and turned over,
burying Swift under it.
ESTABLISHES ALIBI.
Roy L. Griswold Not Man Wanted for
Murder.
Denver, Colo., July 31—Roy L. Gris
wold is not the man wanted for the
murder of Peter Waeltz at Belleville,
Illinois, last November, it was decided
yesterday. He was believed to be Sid
ney Baker, but. established an alibi
and was released.
FARTH MOVEMENTS
IN MEXICAN CITIES
OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW THAT
13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
OUTRIGHT.
SEVERAL TOWNS PARTIALLY DE-
STROYED—SEVEREST QUAKE
IN 25 YEARS.
Mexico City, July 31. —Central Mex
ico from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and Querato on the north to Oaxaca
on the south, more than 1,000 square
•r-
miles, was shaken yesterday by a
series of the severest earthquakes
felt in the reg'jn for a quarter of a
century. Reports telling of the loss
of life are in incomplete, but official
figures yesterday show that 13 were
killed outright while more than a
score were mortally injured. The
towns of Acapulco and Chilpaningo
have been partially destroyed.
Communication with the affected
territory is imperfectly established.
According to the observatory re
cords, the first shock of the series was
felt at 4:15 yesterday morning, the
motion be’ng east to southwest. It
caused the bells of the cathedral to
toll, breaking crockery, and in some
instances levelled walls. A second
and severer shock caused the people
to flee to the streets and the open
plazas. This movement lasted one
minute and 30 seconds. Tall build
ings swayed and in some instances
cracked, the pavement opened in
places and a number of houses col
lapsed.
As far as can be learned, six were
killed in Mexico City and environs by
the second shock. Four others were
so badly wounded that they can not
recover. The American colony es
caped un.‘ :athed. There were some
slight contusions reported among
them from falling plaster, but no seri
ous injuries.
The,property damage in this city is
slight. Some cathedral walls are
cracked and scores of adobe walls
sent to the ground, but the main busi
ness part showed absolutely no dam
age.
Three Bodies Recovered.
Mexico City, July 31. —Reports re
ceived early last night are to the ef
fect that at Acapulco the exact num
ber of dead is not known, though
three bodies have been taken from
the ruins. Churches, customs houses
and all hotels are rendered uninhabit
able, while not a house in the city es
caped injury. All buildings along ‘l:'
water front are levelled. a message
from Chilpancingo stated that three
deaths had occurred there and the
number of injured is not known. The
barracks national palace and hospital
were so badly injured as to be un
tenable.
Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Tlacotalpam.
Silicayoapam, Duzman, Meroteon, and
Pachuca suffered more or less proper
ty damage but no loss of life.
°vlf am’- Funeral at Kentucky.
New York, July 31. —The funeral of
<he late Harry C. Pulliam will be held
in Louisville, Kentucky, next Monday.