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PRESIDENT TAFT WILL

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aw Material Will ref Considerable Reduction IfNot Put on the Free List

WASHINGTON July 111 PresidentTutt will win his fight fur tree urreduced rutus of duty on raw ma-terials Nearly every member Ji tauconference on the tariff bill conceitedthis Saturday The Indications arethat when the new tariff bill becomesa law the rates on the articles whichthe President desired to commie Intree will be as follows

iron ore tree prostmt rate 40cents per ton

011 free mow protected by counter-vailing duty

Hides 7Vj Per cent ad valorempresent rite 15 per cunt

Coal 45 cents per ton presentrate C7 cents

Lumber probably S12i on roughwith Senate rates on IlnUhed ThUwould be a material reduction through-out the lumber schedule

When the transferred tothe Presidents shoulders the responsi-bility of putting the foregoing rawmaterials on the free list it was notbelieved he would meet with successin bringing about a changed sfiitinKnlin relation to these articles In ef

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the President was told by thethat if iron ore oil hides

lumber and coal were put on thei in e list or the rates reduced belowthe figures adopted in the Senate he

would have to get the votes It wasrecognized that It would be impossi-ble to put hides lumber and coal onthe free list if the conference reportwas to be adopted by the SenateNeither was it believed rates onthese articles could be reduced That-a change of sentiment had takenplace in the Senate In the matter offree iron and free oil was a mutterof common gossip about the capitalIt was stated Just as confidently thatthe 15 per cent ad valorem rate onhides would have to be cut in half

Coal at 4i cents a ton it was de-clared would prove satisfactory toevery section except Wyoming whichfears that the industry in that Stateright be ruined by cheap Canadiancoal The railroads are now buildingfrom Northwestern States to Canadawhich will tap the Canadian coal-fields

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Kills Favorite SisterHRUNSW1CK Ga July 1 Within

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the numbers of the tamily JSmith aged 20 shot nnd almost

instantly killed his 14yearold blstir-Kene who was Handing at his idt-as he showed his father an automatic-I tot he had brought The ball

the girls foreheadThe father mother sisters and

brothers were standing togetherRune was young Smiths favorite sis-ter and was nearest him The youngman had examined the pistol and be-lieved it empty

The father W J Smith had madespecial preparations to welcome timeyoung man at hit mindit was planned that the family wouldttt once down to u reunion feast

Tor several years Edgar Smith leadItMMi employed at Undnl rear Rrrwhere he U cashier for a large CUlttern Ills duties CHUM tutu to carry

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kets had been taken out and admiredthen several snapshot views Finallytaking out the revolver Edgar tookout the magazine to eee that therewere no bullets In it and then snap

the weapon once or twiceThe father was in the act of warn-

ing him not to play with thewhen there came a deafening

report Rene with her head but nfew inches away Inclined forwarduttered one word Mother and thenfell to the floor The blood spatteredover her face and In a moment thebrains oozed out Physicians werehastily summoned by neighbors whofirst reached the house after thealarm but the young girl died In anhour

The family of Mr and Mrs W JSmith Includes Rene three brothersHerbert Edgar and linckett a mar-ried sister Mrs Clarence McDonaldmilk n little sister and MrSmith hUll been n ocl itt l fur stonetorte with Senator I U Akin andwith son llttckftt U in charof the local automobile guniMe

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cided victory in time Philippine fretUntIl provision limewhich has been considering link sec-tion has decided to perum the freeadmission of 150ooo00ti cigars nu-nually as requested by the Presi-dent insujul of TOoooooO as wouldbe admitted under a Senate amendtiifiit

It expected the Philippine sec-tion as approved by the Mibcummittee will be adopted It provides furthe free admission of oOOOOO pounds-of wrapper tobacco and l5oouou

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With the exception of rice and thelimitation placed ui on toiiuciu aimugar all articles tilt growth

or luanufacture of tlc Philippineiblatuio will be admitted free Theinclusion of the words or mauulacture is the subject of inmany quarters

Many think this malts itpossible to ship raw ii uo aituthe Phlllppinu Islands for uuuuluctune with cheap labor and thou bringthem into the United States freeot duty

Uy action the tariff conferees set-tled the question of giving the secretaiy ot the treasury autnuriiy 10 iue fifty year bonds at a rate of in-

lervfl nut exceeding u per cent tocuter the entln of purchasingthe site and the Pana-ma canal An umeiidiiient to timetariff till giving the authority watprepared by Secretary lauVcagh undadopted by time tontcrce

cfluct of time bund provisionis to repeal the limit ot the authori-zation contained in the Sjiooner actulthougu not intericriiig with pelcent bonds issued under that author-ity to the amount of i4il9i U Theestimated cost of the canal is 37T-VI01000

Theme is no longer any questionthat the corporation tax amendmentwill be accepted It will tux the netearnings of corporations organized-for profit at the rule of 1 per cent

Practically thu only subject con-sidered in the forenoon session of tinconfctence was time uooleii tschvuiiU-iliroe reductions tide maue on wo-mvua und childrens dived goods

and yarnsDuring till afternoon session an ef-

fort was made to dki ObU or time cotton schedule and many of time Sen-ates specific rates were adoptedWork on this schedule was not con-cluded however as there were numer-ous other questions on which the

desired disposition before ad-journing until Monday

The metal schedule with the ex-ception of Iron ore and u few of itsproducts practically has been agreed

SOUl of the paragraphs may-be reopened when the iron ore ques-tion has been settled On wire nailsthe tate of those of one Inch or moreIn length was tired at fourtenths oftine per cent und on time binallur

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SUNDAY MERRYMAKERS

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Sudden Squall Capsizes Sloop Near New York andSixteen Persons Lose Their Lives i

NEW YORK July 18 bixlotnI-tTSUIlf five of tilt ill 0inell Illlt-leath liy ilrx rums in the waters

either surrounding or in the vicinity-of Now York Sunday Ten of thevictims perished the capsizing ofthe excursion slcvtp Roxnna carryingivi iuvtwo puabuuKurtt winch wasrtuck by a Hiiduen squall In lowerew York bay midway between

v uiiuy iffiainl Point auu MUUHUII IB-UIIU line cUiiiu uiiuriiooil Ofthe survivors one woman Mrs CKnudnon of Brooklyn Is in such acries niitltiuii mat site probably

will die tier two daughters weredrowned

The other drowulngH with but oneexception were swimming accidentsStephen Ernst i8 years old of Brook

was drowned while trying toU am to swim Charles Hcndrlckacn12 years old of Urooklyn taut deathin the saute vicinity by the upsetting-of a rowboat William Ycager n

boy of New York clippedon sonic rocks and fell Into the HurlMMI to big death

Off Uellraorc L I Charles Conn 32ears old got beyond his depth andnnk Giano Hizzo a laborer 21 years

old perished while swimming In theHarlem river Lastly Edward Wall35 years old of East Orange N Jwas seized with cramps and drowned-in the Morris canal near Newark

The list of the dead in the Roxannaccident as ascertained last nightfollow Seellna Sarccason NewYork Ella Olsen Flathush I I

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UNION Miss July 19 One oldcow which would not have brought

fifty dollars on the market caused abloody pistol battle In the streets ofthis little town Saturday It resulted-it the killing of two men the fatalinjuring of two more and the seriouswounding of another

The dead-K J McDonald cattle mOilPeter McDonald his brotherFatally InjuredCornelius Chlsolm cattle manJotiuph Miller Irlund of CliUolm-Serlnuwly InjurudMurphy MnDonald son of E J

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The captain of the Roxann and thetwelve survivors were picked up withgreat difficulty In a rough and choppysea by the tug Lxtnont

The Roxana with her skipper CaLSamueUon was chartered at Ulruer-Ueach yesterday afternoon-by a aitj cf Svc i from Brooklynfor a across the bay to Midlandeach Staten Island and back Thefirst leg of the voyage was made without mishap tied all hands piled ashore-to make merry leer was served andsome of the survivors could give buta hazy account rf the accident

All afternoon there was a stiffITCCZO from the southwest whichleft a natty cross sea Toward 4oclock the Roxana reeling home-ward across the bay under all thesail good judgment would permit tolu carried slipped Into a squall Shelay over until tho copper plates glist-ened In the sun aa tto angle of thedeck steepened to the angry water Inher lee the women screamed andscrambled for the upper rail

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Dispute Over An Old Cowthe row In front of the Union BantaRevolvers were drawn and the shooting commenced Chlsolm and E JMcDonald came up about thistime and Joined In Peter McDonald-fell first and Miller was the nextE J McDonald and Chisolm for a-while shot desperately until bothfell McDonald dead and Chlsolmmortally wounded Murphy McDoaaid who appears to have been a

peace maker was seriouslyv r MrdrtV

All the men in the bloody battle areprominent In this section of Mississip-pi and number many relatives In

county Consequently It was bellevfcd at that further strifewould r t ult but Indications are nowdeft with Peter and K J McDonaldload and ChUolm and Miller dying-HO n will bo to answer to thelaw the irnKody

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