| Show minions on paper produce little cash new york july 26 properties of the southern textile company organized two years ago with a capital stock ot as a holding company to combine cotton goods in the south were sold at auction by order of walter C abell trustee in bankruptcy the windsor mill at burlington north carolina sold lor to robert L holt the chleora mills at rock S C tor to N M smith and the moorehead Moorea ead mills for to mr holt the auctioneer then put up all tha property in one lot and sold it for to the international trust company of baltimore As the bulk sale realized more than the separate lot sale the bulk sale was accepted by the trustee and will be submitted to the united states district court for confirmation recognition OF washington july 26 the question of the recognition ot norway as an independent state is now bedora president roosevelt baring been referred to him by assistant secretary of state adee on numerous nume roua occasions it has happened that a revolutionary party asked to be recognized as an independent nation but norway has not seceded from sweden through a revolution but merely has taken back the sovereignty which once bad been given to the king of sweden many private norwegian citizens have asked the united states to recognize the new state and M chaurie Cha urge who until the accession was first secretary of he legation of sweden and norway has presented a more or less formal request to the state departs ment which however has no official authority all these requests however have been referred to the president RUSSO AMERICAN TRADE st petersburg july eions tor the improvement of the rus so american tariff relations are now proceeding under better au guries of success ambassador meyer baa succeeded in brushing aside the customary barriers taking up the matter of discriminating duties American on imports levied in retaliation tor the imposition of a duty by the united states on russian sugars direct with the department interested the ministry of finance the ambassador had an interview yesterday with finance minister and discussed the subject in its general out liades this will be followed by frequent conferences the progress of the negotiations for a french commercial treaty makes a speedy arrangement desirable COUNTY TREASURER SHORT san francisco july 26 mayor has written to john B me dougald treasurer of the city and county of san francisco be in the sum of of this cum was paid out by deputy treasurer devoto on the personal check of the late tax collector E J smith Is said to have been paid to attorneys for the collection of collateral inheritance taxes and retained by the treasurer as commissions on the collection of such taxes it no preliminary steps are required to enforce tbt reimbursement of this deficit tha mayor instructs the city attorney to take immediate action to recover the money PEARY SAILS north sydney C bouly 2 r the steamer roosevelt with commander peary on board started rom here on the voyage toward tha north pola this afternoon COTTON BOUNDED new york july SC for cotton bounded upward almost instantly today when the government report of a of in acreage planted as compared with last year was ro on the exchange the gains ranged from 12 to 14 points october reaching tremendous soiling presumably by long interests followed and prices went tumbling october was beaten down fifteen points from the highest to the market was excited and irregular RUSSIANS DISLODGED boklo july 25 an official report from the headquarters of the japanese army in northern korea says on monday july the array succeeded in dislodging the enemy in the of buku and pur yong and occupied a alno to the northward CUT IN SUGAR RATES refined product shipped east for 28 cents a hundred san francisco july 26 the southern pacific and the santa fe companies formally announced a reduction in the rate of refined sugar between this city and the missouri river and points in kansas and nebraska from fifty cents to twenty eight cents a hundred pounds in carload lota the cut has been laade to meet a cut made by the lines operating between ew orleans and the same point mentioned above and for the purposes ot placing california re finers on an equal footing with southern competitors peti tors recently the lines operating out of new orleans among them tae illinois central the frisco and eral subsidiary lines of the southern pacific dissolved their agreement relative to sugar rates and entered upon war that ended a few days ago n the rate being cut from 32 cents to 10 cents a hundred pounds As a result the california re finers found themselves seriously handicapped in their business and finally appealed for relief to the lines running out of this city with the result that the cut was made the reduction the railroad officials claim brings tha eastbound rate down to the lowest point in the history of western refining |
