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    FIVE L'EII CONTROL THE FillGE OF GIWIII.
TACT-LINO ADMISSION AMDS BY THE HEAD OF THE ELEVATOR
COMBINE OF CHICAQO IN SWORN TESTIMONY.
Discrimination Granted by Rail,
road Allow tha Organization
and Practice of the Mon
opoly. CONFISCATION IN THE STORAGE
Board of Trad la Itself Powerless
Undar tha Iron-Hand of tha Stor
age Trust and tha Transpor
tation Llnaa.
Chicago, Dec. 6 Charles Counsel
man, the boss of the Chicago elevator
system, in his testimony before the in
dustrisl commission last week, admit
ted that five men met every day near
tne cnicago Board or Trade and fixed
the price to be paid for wheat the next
day. He explained that this was done
te benefit Chicago to bring the wheat
here for storage.
Further testimony Indicated that the
elevator "combine" controlled the price
ef wheat on the Chicago Board of
Trade, except on abnormal occasions
such as famine In Europe or when a
plunger nice Joe Letter comes In and
temporarily makes a success. It was
tbe elevator combine and the railroads,
indignant at Letter's intrusion, that
wound up that young man with a loss
of 17,000,000. Since then no one has
dared to dispute the sway of the "com
bine."
Tbe chief object of th elevator men
is to keep their elevators full of grain
sell It for uture delivery, collect the
storage, and, whep the delivery day
comes around, mix the wheat with in
ferior grades to such an extent that the
purchaser may Incur a loss in accept
ing, thus forcing him to liquidate and
leave tbe wheat with the 'combine.'
It is then gold for another future de
livery and the same manipulation re
pealed.
"The railway and elevator combine,'
said Mr. Greeley, "block the natural
flow of commerce. Millions upon mil
lions of bushels of wheat are hoarded
at market centers to depress prices,
for these men being carriers of grain
for storage pending the time of future
delivery, or which the product Is sold
It is evident that the lower they can
get the values of the crops the less the
Insurance, interest and other charges
necessary to hold them, consequently
the larger profits. The storage charge
always remains the same, not declln
Ing In proportion to the depreciation in
the value of crops. This system of
hoarding and selling for future delivery
drives away and discourages Investors
and buyers. It forces them to sell out
and perpetuates an endless chain of
'liquidation.' This storage combine en
courages 'bear raiders' and bucket
shops, whose success is made possible
by the operations of the trusts. Farm
ers, merchants and laborers suffer."
To Illustrate the position of the trust:
Suppose tbe collector of the port of
New Tork should engage in the tea,
coffe or silk business and pay no duty
en his imports, but charge all other
handlers of these goods full duty. And
Mat 'only this, but should take upon
himself the right to mix, sort and ma
nipulate in trade the silks, teas and
coffees of the public. How long would
competition with him exist? The pub
lic pays all the storage. The ware
houseman pays no storage and owns
and deals in grain.
Competition for the crops Is already
extinct The trust has already fixed
the price at which the grain Sb mar
keted.' It has already advanced a long
way toward fixing the price at which
the public must take the wheat and
flour. Two things must be done, edu
cate and organize the people; tell the
farmer what forces are at work mak
ing their products sell under the cost
of production. Let farmers and la
borers know their battles are the same
and that wheat In the 60s and 50s and
corn under 30 cents and oats around
M eeots In Chicago, with ruinous rates
of freight to be paid out of these fig
ures, p.Kaent a condition known to all
underconsumption.
The .flmary cause of the depression
. . tftAln prices is due to a public offi
cial acting as a private grain dealers
In a public warehouse, with the permis
sion snd co-operation of railroad com
panlea Many of the causes of hard times In
recent years arise from this alliance.
Public grain warehousemen are the
servants of the people, licensed by the
state, created by virtue of the neces
sities of commerce, who, while author
ised by law to' act as cultivators only,
usurp other privileges, form a trust and
year by year, kill the Interests of the
product-, who created them. Their
motto Is "the lower the prices, the
larger tha profits.'
The courts have decided that public
warehousemen could not deal in grain.
Then the trust went to a recent "boo
dle" legislature and had a bill passed
giving the mpower to deal and manip
ulate other people's property. It be
came other people's property when it
was sold for future delivery.
Before the elevator men went Into
the gmin buslne and began manipulat
ing prices Chicago was the greatest
grain market In the world. The price
was always around tl a bushel. There
were plenty of buyers and competition
sustained prices. Between 1887 and l'0
new forces began to be felt. Tbe In
terstate commerce law had gone Into
affect and before the close of 1H90 ev
ery railroad entering Chicago made an
alliance and took elevator systems' un
der Its protection and gained control
of the grain business In that particu
lar line. The great volume of the Chi
cago stocks, now some 20,000,000 bushels,
Invitee "short sellers" In every market
In the world to make sales here.
This they would not dare to do but
for the abnormal accumulations bro't
here snd held by unnatural means. The
alliance between the railroads and ele
vators has resulted In reaching out af
ter millions of bushels of grain not
naturally tributary to the Chicago
market. When gathered here It Is used
to depress prices snd never given up
so long as storage can be collected on
It. Cargoes of wheat bought on Eu
ropean account In Argentine, Australia,
India and Russia, as well as stocks at
other points of accumulation, are sold
against or hedged In Chicago. This
market Is thus made to fetl the weight
f the crops of the world.
By the most brasen methods the
"combine" controls the price and move
ment of grain and forces buyer and
seller to their terms. With the assist
ance of the railroads It has driven
aeariy every Independent shipper snd
buyer out of the market.
President Rtlrkney of the Great
Western railway said: "This unrestrlct
4 power to discriminate In the matter
f rates, lodged In the hands of one
Man. tha manager, say. or i.wi mii-n
mWVw
FTVE MEN CONTROL 8THE PRICE
. Chicago, Dec. 6. The Industrial
: Commission, through Its sub-corn -:
mlttee on transpartation haa during
: Its recent sessions here established
: this fact:
: That the greatest combination In
: the United States today Is the com
: blnation that fixes the maximum
: price to be paid the farmers of the
: country for 500,000.00tt bushels of
: spring and winter wheat harvested
: annually. The proportions of this
: "combine" dwarf the Sugar trust,
: Standard Oil, Federal Steel and the
other giants. In the "combine" are
: four railroad systems with a mi.e
: age of 25.000 miles and a total cap
: Ital slock and bonds amounting to
: 11,000,000.000. These railroads are
the Chicago, Burlington & yulncy,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chi
cago & Northwestern.
There are five men who meet
every day In Chicago and fix the
maximum price to be paid the farm- :
er next day Tor his wheat. The prin
cipals are Armour & Co.. Charles
Counselman. Ware & Co.. Harlett-
Frazler and the Peaveys of Mlnne- :
apolis. The men who meet are their :
agents and do their bidding.
"Each one of these firms repre
sent one of the railroads. Armour
has the St. Paul, Counselman the
Rock Island and the railroads dis
criminate and rebate In favor of
this big elevator 'combine,' " Is the
testimony of S. H. Greeley.
such conditions what business Is safe?
The average business man feels strong
enough and acute enough to cope with
his competitors on equal terms.but here
is a power he cannot compete with and
he cannot avoid. This power, like a
government, has authority to make tar
iffs and enforce their civilized govern
ment claims, and no sovereign has dar
ed exercise for centuries, of rebating a
portion of Its tariff, and thus discrim
inating between its subjects in the col
lection of the revenues. It is safe to say
that if the congress of the United
States should enact a law which estab
lished on any commodity an unjust
duty Tor the city of New York and a
different duty for other cities, or one
duty for one firm and another duty for
another firm, the people would resort to
arms rather than submit.
The recent reinstatement of A. J.
Valentine, Armour's board of trade
representative, who was suspended ror
criminal offense, Indicates the power
of the trust. Here Is a statement of
the affair made to the board by John
Hill, Jr. It throws a side light on the
manipulation of the trust. In this case
Cudahy was running a bull campaign
In wheat, and Armours man desired
to "break" him by making him take
the wheat on the assertion that stor
age had expired.
On May 1. 1896. there was delivered
to members of the board of trade, by
Armour & Co., fraudulent warehouse
receipts to the extent of $1,200,000 bu.
of No. 2 spring wheat.
The magnitude of the swindle exposed
It; by attracting attention of members
to the number of receipts that were
lust regular on delivery day.
The directory promptly investigated
the matter, and when the facts were
placed before them, they almost unan-
mously voted the entire Armour sya.-
tem of elevators Irregular.
As not only the rules had been vio
lated, but also a crime (punishable by
imprisonment in the penitentiary for
rom one to ten years) commiueu; ine
directory having the good name and
dignity of the association to profct,
caused a committee to investigate the
members of the board of trade respon
sible for this wholesale robbery.
The committee, after due Investiga
tion, filed charges with the directory
against Philip l. Armour. Philip 1.
Armour, Jr., J. Ogden Armour and A. J.
Valentine.
At the trial before the directory the
facts were all admitted, but the three
Armours denied knowledge of the Is
suing of the receipts, and Valentine
under oath exonerated thern and as
sumed all the responsibility.
The developments during the trial
and investigation only aggravated the
case. It was shown that warehouse
receipts to the enormous total of about
12,000,000 buBhels had been triangulated
In this way during 1K93-4-D and 1S96, be
ginning with the Cudahy wheat deal In
1S93. The public ana memoers or tne
board had been systematically plun-
ered for three years; the market de
pressed by delivery of undesirable re
ceipts, which expired the day they were
delivered and were dated monins auer
the grain had been received at the ele
vator. Mr. Valentine statea unaer oain
hat he manipulated the dates or trie
2,000,000 bushel wheat receipts, .includ
ed In the charges, so that they would
mire for shipping on .May n, tnus
nduclng shippers to take the grain out
of store.
The members of the board or traoe
r nut blind to the fact that the reln-
miement of Valentine is the result of
three years' effort to control the direc
tory; neither are they blind to the
methods used; but they dare not utter
protest, knowing that "weaun cov-
ereth a multitude or sins," ana mat
the privilege to live belongs only to him
who maintains a uiscreei simm.lc.
TO TEST THE BIBLE QUESTION.
Soma of Gags County Citizens Ob
ject to Its Use In Schools.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 5. Gage county
citizens propose to test In the slate
upreme court a peculiar question, in
',.ivinir It does, the legality of the
teachers In the public schools reading
the bible to the pupils and opening the
ay's work with prayer, wime oi ine
itir-ns of that county have objected
to this practice, which Is general In the
state. They nave written 10 mo super
ntendent of public instruction tor an
opinion and he has held that the
teachers mya continue, as In the past,
o read the bible In school as long as
they do not make any comment.
The director of the school district has
written a long letter to the state super-
ntendent of public Instruction, assing
or a ruling, and Hujerlnlenaeni jacs-
son has replied. I his le'ter the state
uperlnlendent says:
i desire to say In reply that In a
district where the sentiment Is unani
mously In favor of devotional exercises,
uch as reading tne Dime ana rei'iiiin
the Ird' Prayer, mere can nu
question as to the right and propriety
of such exercises, especially when the
reading of the bible Is without sny
comment. I do not mean to say that
It would be proper to require pupils to
conform to any religious rite or ob
servance or to go through with rellg
! forms or observances Inconsistent
or contrary to their religious oonvlc-
Hons or conscientious scruples, sum
requisition would be a violation ot the
which prohlb... curisn Instruction.
plrtt or tne clause in m i unw
KEW 3 IY "Cr UffiY.
Famous Author of "Coin's Financial
School" on Issuos of tho Day,
Chicago, JU (Special.) The Chlcagc
nwwo says: ine national aemvcrtiu
executive committee has gone Into th
book publishing business, for W. H
Harvey la writing a sequel to "Coin.'
The chairman of every democratic
county committee In tbe country hai
received a letter signed by Chairman J
O. Johnson of the executive committee
asking him to get hold of a good book
agent in his county to push the sale ol
cams" new book, which, writes Mr.
Johnson, "will be as good if not better
than 'Coin's Financial School.' "
"Coin" Harvey Is hard at work In
his office in the Studio building piling
up typewritten manuscript for "Money,
Trusts and Imperialism." The first
chapters of the book are In type, and
they show that Mr. Harvey is closely
following the style which made Coin
a marvellous seller In 1K95 and 18.
The cover design of the new book
shows "Coin" in long trouaers Instead
of the knickerbockers which were fa
miliar to "Coin" followers three years
ago. The word "trusts" is spelled out
In barbed-wire letters and "Imperial-
Ism" is covered with frost and ice.
"Coin's Financial School" was the
text-book of the free sliver orators in
1896. During the height of its boom
15,000 books were sold in one day. Mr.
Harvey hopes that his new book will
be the democratic bible next year. The
original "Coin" was a private venture.
The new book will have the backing
and Indorsement of th democratic ex
ecutive committee, which evidently Is
to publish and market it, for Chairman
Johnson's circular letter says the book
will be ready January 10 and the pros
Dectus December 1. He requests the
chairmen of the county committees to
"push the subscriptions.
RICHARDSON WINS IN CAUCUS.
Chosen Leader of Democracy In
the House.
Washington. Dec. 2. Richardson was
nominated on the sixth ballot, Sulzer
withdrawing in his favor. This makes
the Tennessee representative the dem
ocratic leader of the house.
The caucus of the democratic mem
bers of the house for the selection of
candidates or house officers was held
In the hall of representatives today
The nrlncloal Interest centered in the
contest or the speakership nomination.
which carries with . the democratic
leadershlo on the floor. The eandi-
dates were Richardson of TenneasecDe
Armond of Missouri. Bankhead of Ala
bama and Sulzer of New York. The
caucus waa called to order by Caucus
('huli-man Richardson.
The roll call showed the presence or
138 members. There was considerable.
ivrano-linir over the selection of a pre
siding officer. Mr. Hay of Virginia anoj
Mr. McRae of Arkansas were nomi-i
nated. The friends of the latter mode
a strnrcg fight against. car. nay, wnu
has snly served one term In the house.
Mr. McRae is the oldest democrat in
continuous service now in the house.
After considerable speech making a
vote was taken, resulting In the selec
tion of Mr. Hay. who received 77 votes
against 62 for Mr. McRae.
Representative-elect Roberts of Utah
attended the caucus ,anft voted on the
first roll call. Noquestlon of his right
in nartlcloate In the proceedings was
raised.
The next thing In orderVas the se
lection of a candidate for speaker, and
the nominating speeches began.
Mr. Cummlngs placed Mr. Sulzer of
.New York In nomination.
Mr. Carmack of Tennessee placed in
nomination Mr. Richardson.
Bankhead was nominated by Fall of
Texas and DeArmond by Burton of
Missouri. Several speeches were made
In seconding the nominations.
The first roll call resulted: Richard
son, 44; DeArmond, 40; Bankhead, 30;
Hulzer, 23.
Second roll call: Richardson, 42; De
Armond, 40; Bankhead, 29; Sulzer, 27.
Third roll call: Richardson, 40; DeAr
mond, 46; Bankhead, 32; Sulzer, 23.
The next ballot resulted: DeArmond,
42; Richardson, 41; Bankhead, 31; Sut
ler, 23.
After the fifth ballot, Bankhead war
withdrawn.
POWER BEHIND QUAY.
Administration and Party Managers
Favor Him.
"Washington, D. C, Dec. 4. For the
first time in twelve years M. 8. Quay,
republican boss of Pennsylvania, will
not Bit as a member of the senate
when It convenes today. If he suc
ceeds in being seated It will be only
after a stubborn tight with both repu
table republicans of his state and the
democratic legislators. ,
Quay Is armed with a certificate ol
appointment Issued by Governor Stone
after the legislature, falling to elect,
had adjourned last spring. Precedents
are against the recognition of the Stone
certificate, but It is the purpose of the
administration senators and the party
managers to seat Quay. His support ol
President McKlnley has won thlsre
ward. Senator Allison says he will vote to
seat Ouay.
"I believe Senator Quay Is entitled
to the seat." said Mr. Allison, "and If
my present understanding of the case
Is correct, I will vote In his favor. I
have always been of the opinion that
when a legislature falls to elect the
governor should appoint.
"I would like to see Senator Quay
seated. He has always been active ami
has the best Interests of his state nt
heart. There shouia, nowever, w some
remedy provided for these frequent
deadlocks of legislatures."
6ENERAL NEWS NOTES.
ENGLAND RKRUKINO FRANCE.
London, Dec. 5. There now seems to
be no doubt that England will boycott
the Paris exposition as a means of re
senting the InsuItB which r ranee nns
heaped on England since the outbreak
of the war In Africa. The social boy
colt was Inaugurated wnen the I'rlncf
of Wales resigned as iloyai iiriiisn
Exposition Commissioner. Forty-tlvt
large British firms have canceled plain
for participating In the exposition.
IRISH POLITICS.
London, Decf 5. John Dillon, M. P.,
declines to serve on the committee ap
pointed by the recent Dublin mectlnp
to carry on the unity negotiations. In
a letter to Timothy Healey he snys lit
believes the country has lost all full!
In the possibility of the reconstruct lor
of the United Irish Parliamentary Par
ty by negotiations between tne mem.
I.ers of parliament, and adds' that h
does not believe Ihe country will arc p'
a settlement so reacneu. iienre, wnir
wishlna- well for the efforts at unity
he declines to serve on tho committee.
BRITISH LOSS WAS 437
DETAILS OF MODDER RIVER
FIGHT STILL WITHHELD.
Military Situation on tha Moddar
ana Tugela Is Concealed by
London War Office.
London, Dec. 5. The official list of
the British killed and wounded at the
battle of Modder river hae been an
nounced, and totals up 438.
The revised list of Modder River cas
ualties, non-commissioned officers and
men, is divided as follows
Ninth Landers One wounded; En
gineers, 2 wounded; artillery 3 killed, 25
wounded; Second Coldstreams, 10 kill
ed, 56 wounded; Third Grenadiers, 8
killed, 38 wounded, 4 missing; Scots
Guards, 10 killed, 37 wounded, 1 miss
ing; Northumberland Fusileers, 11 kill
ed, 31 wounded; First Northumberland,
3 wounded; Second Yorkshire, 9 killed,
44 wounded; First North Lancashire, 3
killed, 14 wounded; Argyll and trout h
erland Highlanders, 15 killed, 95 wound
ed, 2 miBsIng; First Coldstreams, 20
wounded; South African Reserve, 1
wounded; Medical Corps, 1 wounded.
The war office has received the fol
lowing from General Forestler-Walker,
dated at Cape Town Friday.
General Gatacre reports no change
in the situation.
General French has made a recon
naissance from Naauwpoort to Ros-
mead. The troops returned today.
"General Methuen's flesh wound Is
slight. He is remaining at Modder
river for the reconstruction of the
bridge. Am reinforcing him with High
landers and a cavalry corps. Horse
artillery, the Canadian regiment, Aus
tralian contingents and three battal
ions of infantry moved up to the De
Aar and Belmont line."
From General Forestier-Walker's dis
patch it is proved that all reports of
General Methuen's advance that all re
ports of General Methuen's advance
after the battle of Modder river were
premature, though, with the railroad
working, he should not be long In con
structing a temporary bridge. His en
forced delay, doubtless, will be, of con
siderable service in giving his hard
pushed column needful rest and in al
lowing the arrival of reinforcements,
of which he must be sorely In need,
after three such fights, placing hors de
combat upwards of 1,000 men out of
less than 7,000.
General Forestier-'Walker's announce
ment that the Canadian marksmen and
other re-enforcements have been push
ed forward to the neighborhood of the
Orange river, to protect General Me
thuen's line of communication, has re
lieved much anxiety here, where it was
fully expected the Boers would attempt
to attack the vulnerable points of the
line of communication.
Colonel Sumner, the military attache
of the American embassy, says that
apart from prisoners the casualties on
the British side have not been so heavy
n any engagement as they were in
the Santiago battles, where 1,200 men
were killed or wounded out ot 16,000 en
gaged. The latest news from Natal indicates
that the bulk of the Ladysmlth relief
force has arrived at Frere.though there
Is considerable conjecture as to the
whereabouts of General Clery, whose
movements have not been chronicled
recently. It Is surmised In some quar
ters that he may reappear In a totally
unexpected quarter, on the flank or
rear of General Joubert's forces, which
s supposed to be concentrated at Gro-
belaars Kloof, north of the Tugela
river. As General Hildyard a advance
guard was In touch with the Boers as
ong ago as Tuesday last, developments
should not be long delayed.
Dundonald'B mounted force, Novem
ber 28, accompanied by four guns, went
n pursuit of a body or Boers return
ng to Colenso. They followed the Bo
ers to within two and a half miles of
ColensO, when the Boers replied to the
British shellB with long range guns.
There were no casualties. It was aft
erward that Colenso bridge was blown
The similarity or tne military situa
tion on the Modder and Tugela rivers
s remarkable. Each relief column is
within twenty miles of the beleaguered
garrison, and a river In each case nas
formed the line of Boer defense. In
each quarter the military operations
are concealed from view by the rig
orous censorship.
An eminent Englishman remarked:
We may lack confidence In some of
our generals as tacticians, but not. In
our soldiers as ngniing men. nicy
win our battles and never disappoint
us."
Evidently, howevwr, It Hs thought
that Englapd cannot send out too
many soldiers, for It Is generally be
lieved that th etwo additional divis
ions now going out will be enlarged
Into a full army corps.
It Is clear that the continued ignor
ance in London concerning details of
the fight at Modder river and the re
sultant situation is not the result of tn
accident.
Apparently, it Is assumed In mot
quarters that Lord Methuen has prac
tically achieved the relief of Klmber
ley, but there seems to be nothing in
the tidings received to warrant such
an asBumptlon. The ardor with whioh
Lord Methuen has forced the pace
northward confirms conjectures as to
the needs of Klmberley.
Once Klmberley Is relieved, the re
lief of Mfeklng must be achieved In
directly by threatening other places.
No advance from Klmberley Is likely
to be undertaken until General Gatacre
and General French, moving by Storm
berg Junction and Arundel, shall have
Joined hands north of the Orange river.
There Is still a remarkable absence
of news from South Africa. Nothing Is
yet Intimated as to even the probable
extent of the damages received by the
British troops or of that Inflicted on
the Boers.
It wns stated at the war offlse last
night that dispatches had been receiv
ed from General Buller, but they were
not Issued to the press.
It was Incidentally mentioned that
the rank and file casualties at Moddfr
river had not yet been received.
BATTLE IS STILL A MYSTERY.
London, Dec 5. The delay In the
publication of the full details of the
battle of Modder river has not only
prolonged and deepened the anxiety of
the swarms of visitors to the war office
but It has also revived criticisms t.f
the shortcomings of the military staff
responsible for the organlaztlon of the
army corps and the direction of the
campaign. Lord Methuen's last bat
tle remains a mystery, but It Is plain
that It would have been won more eas
ily If the British army had been pro
vided with more horse and field artil
lery, and especially with howitzer bat
teries capable of firing lyddite shells.
There Is much fault finding over the
delay In sending out howltser batter
ies, and the neglect of the admiralty
to supply rapid sea transports.
NEARLY 7.CS0 KILE OF CASH.
Proposed Lino of Wire Across the
Pacific Ocean.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. President
Mf Klnley will urge congress to aulnor
Ize the laying of a government cable
from San Francisco to the Philippines
as a military, naval and commercial
necessity. Its importance as a means
of prompt communication with Ameri
ca's Pacific possessions Hawaii, Guam,
Samoa and the Philippines and as an
Indispensable instrument in the devel
opment of our expanding commerce
In the far east, particularly with China
and Japan, Is urged as the motive.
At the present cost of ocean cables
for making and laying, about $1,200 a
linear mile, the aggregate expense may
be estimated at S8.16M00. Allowing,
however, $331,000 for equipment and
unforeseen contingencies, the total
would be $8,500,000. This seems a tre
mendous outlay, but experts declare it
will be a good business investment.aslde
from its usefulness as a military ad
lunct. SiK Admiral Dewey's victory
at Manila v4n May 1. 1898. the cable
tolls paid by our government on mes
sages to and from the Philippines have
been enormous. At present the gov
ernment messages to or from Manila
cost $2.25 a word only a small reduc
tion from the regular rate of $2.40, and
special rates on particularly pressing
messages often run up as high as it.iu
a word. Besides, the service now ob
tained is Imperfect and unsatisfactory.
In the proposed cable not only would
our government be free, from these
charges and from the annoying super
vision and meddling of foreign compa
nies now handling our business, but the
use of the line by the public and by
commercial Interests would afford in
valuable facilities for expanding trade.
and yield a good return to the gov
eminent.
WOMEN RUN THE TOWN.
Their Administration Proves a Suc
cess In East Hampton.
New York, Dec 6. The Ladles' Vil
lage Improvement society of East
Hampton, L. I., has Just come out with
Its first annual report, and they have
mailed a copy of it to former Senator
John J. Ingalls, who recently wrote In
the Journal that woman lacks initia
tive and executive ability.
The report shows that since the wo
men took hold of the town crosswalks
have been put down, trees have been
planted, the streets sprinkled, roads
built and a new opera house planned.
The cells in the lockup have been car
peted and texts have been hung in
the baggage smashers' room at the rail
road station.
When the men run the town they
could not raise another cent for Im
provements either by taxation or sub
scription. The women have scared up
$800 to expend on the roads. When
they get $1,000 they are going to buy
road machines and lay out four miles
of new streets. They are showing their
originality, too, by their selection of
names for these. They have already
decided on Susan B. Anthony avenue.
When East Hampton was governed
by men there were no crosswalks, the
common waa ragged and unkempt and
half the time there was no kerosene in
the street lamps, and the highways
were not sprinkled. The highway com
missioner used to sit on an apple bar
rel in the corner grocery, and while
whittling a stick talk about himself
and! the battle of Antletam.
HI6H PRICE FOR MATCHMAKING,
Marcus Daly Would Give $250,000
For a Prince For His Daughter.
Paris, Dec. 5. Tempestuous gossip
has been excited here by the rather In
considerate boast of Mrs. Stewart Tay
lor that she has been promised $260,000
as a commission by Marcus Daly, th
Anaconda copper king, to match hit
daughter, Madge, with a certain Italian
prince. Mrs. Taylor spoke thus before
a gathering of ten or twelve women
in Armand's fashionable dressmaking
establishment.
It had been generally understood that
Miss Madge Daly was engaged to Dr.
Archibald Rickert, a handsome Amer
ican dentist with a fashionable clien
tele. Marcus Daly only began to op
pose the match during his visit here
last summer. The Italian Prince is
aged and has a rather unsavory repu
tation in Paris and Rome, where he
has been the hero in several social ad
ventures. Marcus Daly's friends say
that he has too much American com
mon sense to have Intended the alleged
remark to Mrs. Taylor to be taken
Berlously.
Dr. E. O. Smith, the specialist (n the
treatment of cancer, will publish a col
umn of testimonials In next week's is
sue of this paper. If afflicted, do not
fail to read them, then write to the
parties who wrote them and convince
yourself as to the merits of Dr. Smith's
treatment. Dr. Smith does not accept
one cent of pay until you are cured.
This Is the strongest guarantee that he
can give you. After you have satisfied
yourself as to whether or not you want
to put yourself under his care, write to
him and he will give you consultation
and advice free.
Chicago, Dec. 5. Jresldent John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
of America stated that If habeas cor
pus proceedings failed to secure the re
lease of J. P. Reese, now In Jail at
Fort Scott, Kan., the miners would
appeal to President McKlnley. Mr.
Mitchell claims that Reese did not vi
olate an Injunction and was not on
company property.
If you are afflicted with cancer In any
form, you should not fall to read Dr.
Smith's ad In next week's Issue of this
paper. It will be one full column and
made up of testimonials from people
he has cured. Write to them and find
out what they have to say about Dr.
Smith's treatment. HIb cures are per
manent and he does not use the knife
or caustics In any form. Send for his
paper containing many testimonials
and references. Address, Dr. E, O.
Smith, 10th and Main sts., Kansas City,
Mo.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 6. There
will be no official utterance by our gov
ernment respecting the speech of Mr.
Chamberlain dealing with the entente
between the United States, Great
Britain and Germany, for the reason, It
Is pointed out, It Is not proper to notice
matters merely mentioned in a speech
delivered before a social organization.
We will present a column advertise
ment of Dr. E. O. Smith to our read
ers In next week's Issue. Dr. Smith Is
the most successful specialist In the
treatment of cancer, in all Its forms, In
the country. His sdvertlsement Is made
up of testimonials from patients he has
cured. Read the ad. carefully, then
write to the parties giving the testi
monials and fully convince yourself as
to Dr. Smith's methods and success In
the treatment of each case. If you sr
afflicted you cannot afford to put off
writing. Don't forget to read the ad.
next week.
A MILITARY V.UE.
WHOLE STATE AROUSED OVER
KILLING OF PRIVATE MORGAN.
The Affair Presents a Phase of Mil-.
Itarlsm That la Repugnant to
Liberty-Loving Nebraskans.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 5. Every weekly"
paper and most of the dailies which
come to the governor's office these days
have something to say about the affair
at LaPlatte in which Private Morgan
was snot and killed by two soldiers
from Fort Crook who had been sent
out to arrest and bring him back to the
fort. The large majority of the papers
take decided ground In support of the
governor and attorney general, who
hold that the criminal laws ot the stats
should be obeyed. It is also equally
remarkable that the leading republican
papers of the state condemn the gov
ernor for his declaration that the laws
he was elected to enforce must be re
spected, even If the officers and soldiers
be the violators.
The State Journal has on two or
three occasions declared that "it is
pop politics," and then proceeded to
defend the killing on the ground of
expediency. It is remarkable that re
publican organs declare that the in
sistence by the governor of the stats
and the attorney general that the laws
be obeyed is "pop politics." It is some
thing that is striking many republicans
as well as democrats and populists as
astounding that there should be such
alacrity on the part of republican
organs to defend the arrogatlon of such
extraordinary powers by the military
and proceed te the length of declaring
that regular army officers and soldiers
can take on themselves the perform
ance of police duties and claim exemp
tion from liability for the result of their
acts except to the military authorities.
It has not been claimed by the gov
ernor nor by any other fuslonists that
there was any political animus in the
case, and if the republicans put them
selves on record as their organs hava
done with the declaration that It Is
"pop politics" to take a stand for the
supremacy of the civil laws and against
tne doctrine that soldiers are not amen
able for violations thereof, it is certain
that opponents of republicanism will
ill agree with good citizens of all
asses that it is a mighty good brand
of politics for this republic
STATE FAIR CLAIM.
State Auditor Cornell has moved for
i rehearing of the case in district court
in which the order was Issued com
manding him to pay the claim of the
State Fair association. The auditor
declined to draw the warrant for the
amount on the ground that as no state
fair was held either in 1898 or 1899, the
association was not, under the law,
entitled to the money. The application
was made to the district court for the
order to compel the auditor to issue
the warrant, and by mistake on his
and his attorney's part as to the time
of the hearing, he was not represented,
ind the order was granted on default
of the defendant. He now asks that
the case be reopened and he be given
a hearing.
THRESHING MACHINE TRUST.
Will Capitalize at Sixty Million-
Other Trust News.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 5. A thresh
ing machine trust will be formed, to
control iv per cent or the business. A.
A. McCain, president of the Indianapo
lis Manufacturing company. Is likely
to be at the head of the combination.
The trust will capitalize at $60,000,000.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 5. It has been
learned that the combine of the thresh
er manufacturers of the United States,
which was effected recently in New
York with a capitalization of $60,000,
000, will Include 70 per cent of the
thresher manufacturers of the United
States. The J. I. Case Threshing Ma
chine company of Racine, Wis., is said
to be the largest company outside of
the trust and that it Is preparing to
fight the combine. The plan is to di
vide the manufacture of separators and
threshers among the different compa
nies and no shutdown of any plant is
contemplated.
WEEKLY RECORD OF TRUSTS.
Nov.1 25. A combination of independ
ent coal operators proposes to build a
railroad to tidewater.
An anti-trust conference to meet In
the latter part of January at Chicago
will be called In a few days. Governor
Plngree and Mr. Bryan are expected to
attend.
Nov. 30. Tobacco trust advances the
price of chewing tobacco 10 cents a
pound. ,
The combination In some form of the
Vanderbllt, Pennsylvania and Balti
more & Ohio railroad interests seems
to be assured.
Dec. 1. The sugar trust and the Ar
buckle company, which have been
fighting for several months, are said
to have arranged their differences and
will combine with a capital of $200,000,
000. The monopoly will control prac
tically the entire sugar business of the
United States.
The new thresher combine, to Include
all threshing machine works In the
country, will be capitalized at $60,000,
000. A movement is on foot to consolidate
all the enamel ware manufacturing
companies west of the Alleghanles and
east of the Mississippi. Capital, $10,
000,000. The Rochester Optical Camera Co. Is
incorporated In New York to control
the plate camera output of the United
States. Capital, $3,500,000.
MILLIONS LEA VINO ILLINOIS.
Chicago, Dec. S. Corporations with
an aggregate capital of $500,000,000 are
preparing to leave Illinois on account,
they allege, of anti-trust legislation.
They will establish headquarters In
New York.
The principal corporations that are
getting ready to quit their headquarters
In this city are the following: Amer
ican Steel and Wire Co., Federal Steel
Co., American Hoop Co., American Tin
Plate Co. and Glucose Sugar Refining
Co. A representative of the whisky
trust said that Its entire business would
be taken from Illinois as soon as pos
sible. INSIST ON HEALTHY FACTORIES.
London, Dec. 5. Representatives of
80.000 cotton and cloth workers have
appealed to the Home Society, declar
ing that they will go on strike unless
the provisions of the law regulating
the sanitary conditions of factories la
enforced. They specify unhealthful vi
olations o the law committed by man
ufacturers. A vigorous prosecution Is
promised, and as the men have appar
ently made reasonable demand, It la
not likely the strike will occur.