ADVANCE IN RATES Utah Will Be Affeetccl By the Proposed Pro-posed Change Kansas City March 28 Commissioner Commis-sioner A J Van Landingham is in re ceipt of a circular from Chairman J F Goddard of the Trunk Line associa tion announcing an advance in rates effective next Monday on merchandise from the Atlantic coast to the Missis sippi river when destined for points in Missouri Arizona Arkansas Colo rado T Indian R Territory Iowa Kansas LiuLiismuii uiexico UKianoma Texas Utah and Wyoming The basis of the advance from New York to the Missis sippi river will be as follows First class 87 cents second class 75 cents third class 58 cents fourth class 41 cents fifth class 35 cents sixth class 29 cents The proposed advance will make rates to Kansas City and Missouri river points higher than they have been for a number of years The Scare is Over New York March 2SW E Hoyt general eastern passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific has received tele graphic notice that the smallpox scare at Hot Springs is over and business has assumed its usual activity To Fight Railays Omaha March 28The Omaha Com mercial club today filed formal charges against all railroad lines In the terri tory with the interstate commerce com mission alleging that the city is dis criminated against by the bridge tolls and ask that the matter be investi gated They consider the cost of car rying cars across the river so excessive exces-sive as to work an injustice to Omaha Railway Earnings Chicago March 28 Earnings of the Atchison system proper for the third week in March were 529519 an increase In-crease of 23789 for the month to date 1602758 an Increase of 63069 The earnings of the Atlantic and Pacific Pa-cific were for the week 74726 an increase in-crease of 1231 for the month to date 212773 an Increase of 17156 The earnings of the Atchison system were for the week 30809 an increase of 2177 for the month to date 85862 an Increase of 7389 The eanrings of the Atchison system an lines were ror tne week 738691 an Increase of 31247 for the month 2230700 an increase of 74204 Must Not Booze Fort Howard Wis March 29The St Paul Railroad company has summarily sum-marily dismissed eleven engineers and thirty firemen from its division running Into this city because the men frequented fre-quented saloons when oft duty This Is in accordance with the recent determination deter-mination of the company to discountenance discount-enance the practice