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WEEK AT WASHINGTON
Fobruary 23 Justice White of the
Btinromo court delivered an opinion
in the case of the Grand Rapids and
Indiana Hallway company against C.
S. Osborno, commissioner of railroads
for tho state of Michigan. This case
Involved tho right of the railroad
commissioner of Michigan to enforce
tho stato law In regard to railroad
fares. The Associated press report
says: "Tho railroad company was
sold to ite bondholders under a fore
closure proceeding and at tho time of
its organization and time of sale a
statute was passed providing for the
regulation of fares. With this law
tho company refused to comply, claim
ing oxemption under its original
charter, which it claimed was a con
tract. Tho court held tnat position 10
bo unsound. Justice White said that
In granting tho charter tho state had
not parted with its right to amend
tho provisions of that document.
Tho United States supremo court
has decided that a railroad company
Is not liable for damages to a passen
ger riding on a pass. This decision
was given in the case of Louise H.
Adams, ot al., vs. Northern Pacific
Hnllroad Co.
Tho supreme court has confirmed a
dpclson of tho court of claims holding
that tho Chickasaw Prcedmen in Ind
ian Territory had no right to lands
and a fund of $300,000 which the gov
ornmont had paid to the Choc'ktaws
and Chickasaw tribes.
governors may be necessary when the
duties or tne lsmraiuu cuum wiumw
Bion shall have been determined. If
tho commission Is to have charge of
tho works of constructing tho canal,
and is to bo sometimes on the isth
mus and somotimes m the United
States, tho board will be necessary,
but in case it shall bo determined that
a sufficient number of commissioners
shall bo residents of the canal strip
to constitute a government, tho board
of governors may bo dispensed wun
and tho duties of tho board devolved
upon the commission."
On February 23 Senators Hoar and
Foraker engaged in a bitter debate
with respect to Senator Hoar's posi
tion on tho Panama question. Mr.
Hoar denied that he had assailed Mr.
Roosevelt. Mr. Foraker contended
that tho Massachusetts senator had
very bitterly criticised the administration.
Tho United States supreme court in
an Alabama case involving the right
of negroes to register declined to take
the case under consideration on the
ground that no federal question was
involved. As a result of this decision
the Alabama constitution with its
provision against tho negro stands undisputed.
Senator Kittredge of South Dakota
has introduced a bill to provide for
tho temporary government of the Pa
nama canal territory and the protection-of
tho canal works. Refciring lo
this bill the Associated press corre
spondent says. "Tho first section
creates 'the Panama board of gov
ernors,' consisting of three citizens of
tho United States, not all of whom
fchali bo of the same political party,
to be appointed by the president and
confirmed by tho senate. Until con
gress shall otherwise provide, accord
ing to the second section, the legisla
tive, administrative and executive
powors possessed by congress and the
privileges of the United States on Uvj
isthmus of Panama shall be invested
in mo noara of governors. The pow
ers so vested shall include tho power
lo raise revenue. None of tho taxes
levied and collected shall be converted
Into tho treasury of tho United States
but 3hall bo retained and disbursed by
?rt for Proner purposes. Sena
I A edg0 sayo Bome modification
of the provision for tho board of
James G. PnVne. nnriHnr nf fha ??.
trict supreme court, has reported that
Admiral Dewey's force is encitled to
$29,700 as the value of prize property
by reason of the vessels captured and
sunk in Manila bay.
It is announced that there is in cir
culation a new counterfeit $5 national
bank note on the National City Bank
of New York, series 1882, check letter
U, Rosencrans, register, Jordan treas
urer. This counterfeit' is a photo
graph of the original. The treasury
and bank numbers are brown instead
ONE-WAY RATES
Every day from March 1 to Anril
30, 1904, the Union Pacific will se
Qno-way Colonist tickets at tho fol
lowing rates from Lincoln:
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lakp nit-v
120.00 to Butte. Anaconda iSd
Helena. ttUU
Wasli?0 t0 Spoltaiie and Wenatchee,
$25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, What
com Vancouver and Astoria, via Hunt
ington and Spokane.
$25.00 to Portland and Astoria- or
lJVnl? and Seattle' vitt Huntington
Sdokane.tland " Via tonlna
$25.00 to Ashland, Roseburg, En-
Sn ny and Salem via Portland
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los An
geles, San Dreg6.and.many: other calt
lornia points. a"
From Chicago and St. Louis propor
tionately low rates are in effect hv
lines connecting with tho Union Pa
cific to all above points.
For full information call on or - i
Mrs Caroline-E. Hill, widow of the
late senator Benjamin' H. hV died
February 12 at Washington
Senator Heybum has introdu' ed an
amendment to the army approSrS
tion bni appropriatin $500,000 for
the purchase of 20,000 acres of land in
3E2K2, 2S& Za!aon aUJ
naval militia. " r army and
ch4n trnS? &, under
SnatScS--
quiring tne approva ofI,rVlsion re"
propose municinl? ? COngress to
raises the amount o thl iPlT? menis'
he incurred for thl debt that can
to 8 per cent of tbIpurP0Se frm 5
thorns fthe ? LsuaJ e oMT and a"
nicipal improvements fn0n?8 for mu"
000. Another bni Inn-Up to ?5'00,-non-taxablo.
' Anotffeh,,fUeh bonds
the amount ofianfL?1 ureases
Quired and heiri S? hat can be ac
2,b00 to 25,ooo acryes?ri,0ratl0na
San Domingo Sia dlsPatch dated
A decisive battl fha"fy 1G' ng?
tween the governmon!? fouShl &
urBent8. it extend aua tne
and resulted in I JS 0Ver two days
omment. The Li l?ry gov-
the insuJgeft praised
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exports
there was an increase compared .with,
a corresponding period in the precede
ing year. Heavy exports of hemp and
copra, offsetting heavy imports of
rice, explained the increase. During
tho period named the imports wore
$26,103,601, against $24,338,322 for 1902.
The exports amounted to $23,563,128,
an increase of nearly $4,500,000. The
rice imports were the only ones that
increased and there was a falling off
in general trade, the United States
losing 10 per cent and the United
Kingdom 16 per cent, while Spain has
only two-thirds of the amount of her
trade in 1902. United States exports
increased from $7,232,411 to $9,386,
036, and the trade with Spain was
practically the same. But a small
part of the United States' business is
carried under tho American flag and
all but 5 per cent of the general trade
of the islands in done m foreign bottoms.
reform forces helioving in the
ij.uviiiv;a,
above
An Associated press dispatch, under
date of Washington, February 24,
says: A mortgage has been executed
by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company to the United States govern
ment to cover tho loan of $4,600,600
authorized by congress to he made to
the company. Secretary Shaw now
has the mortgage in his possession.
One million dollars will ho paid over
to the company in a few days $2,
000,000 will ba paid in March, $1,
000,000 in April, and $600,000 in May.
i as morcgage covers the gate re
ceipts of the fair and repayment of
the amount loaned will be "made in
June. The mortgage provides that in
the event of failure of the exposition
company to pay promptly the amount
loaned, the government shall take
charge of the fair and run it. The
government agent in the collection of
the money is Robert A. Fullerton of
Iowa. He will look after the receipts
of the fair and see that the govern
ment gets its quota of the sum taken
in at tho gates. He will' receive one
tenth of 1 per cent of the sum col
lected for his services.
Brainard, Minn., was visits
Are in the heart of the bus not by a
tor entailing a loss aPproTiSn?1"
$76,000. approximating
Charles L. Russie, chancellor of n
French legation at Mexico City S5
left his post after, it is alleged' hav
refted ed ?8'0' has
Cyrus McCrady, cashier of the First
National hank at Seymour, ind
charged with embezzlement of $12,000,
An outbreak: of diphtheria has or,
curred on tho United States trainine
ship Monongahela at Sun Juan p r
The entire crew has been ordered
ashore. Twenty-two apprentices Buf
fering from sore throats are under
observance.
The navy department has been in.
formed hy Rear Admiral Evans that
Paymaster Harry B. Biscoo of the
battleship Oregon has been placed un
der arrest pending his appearance be.
Its Record Has NovorBoon Equalod.
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ADDITIONAL NEWS NOTES.
The populist committee in session
at st. Louis issued a declaration of
principles in which it is said-
nfIH,o?Mf the sreat Poetical parties
tnetination are to be found two ir
reconcilable factions, one in favor of
governmental usurpation, tending to
the establishment of a new feudalism
and the other standing lor Indiwtriai
nd political Hbe.ty. inu"strlai
In the people's party of the nation
iles the only hore of che perpetua
tion of popular institutions.
We rutify and reaffirm the funda
mental principles of the platform of
he people's party, adopted t73 n a
tlonal convention in Omaha in 1892
The platform of the people's nan
made at Omaha in 1892 was oriHna w
SfT. ln France caJed and he d
weaVo,nberie its the
Primaries that shaH d
heinnu0e
ganized labor bv thVvl lo or
the union label on mnnnSgnIt!on o1'
ucts, as wel nnSSlred Prod"
at last is tl,e Lu v? iaticu' wlch
ditions for tC Pe of just con-
mw
TVIEKS ljest by Tesl-78 Tefl
B&a"M IiAKarsT Nuntry.
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