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VOLUME, NUMBER 4
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Week act Washington
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ProMldont nooHovelt delivered the , trlct of New Jersey, which granted an
commencement address to the gradu
ates of the naval academy at Annapolis
January 30.
Tho president lias sent "to congress
a message announcing that no statis
tics on marriage and divorce laws havo
been recolved ainco- 188G and recom
mending legislation.
President Roosevelt lias accepted tho
resignation of Assistant Secretary of
tho Treasury Robert 13. Armstrong.
Tho resignation will take effect March
C. Mr. Armstrong's successor has not
yet been selected.
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Under date of Washington, D. C,
Jan. 30, tho Associated Press says:
"Tho supremo court of tho United
States today denied tho application of
Machon, Lorenz and Groff for a writ
of certiorari in tho caso against them
charging conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with tho
postofllco department irregularities.
Tho effect is to leave standing tho de
cision of the court of appeals of the
District of Columbia finding them guil
ty as charged. Machen, Lorenz and the
Groffs were sentenced to two years' im
prisonment and to pay a fine of $10,
000 each. Attornoys for Machen and
tho Groff Brothers said today that no
further effort will bo made to delay
tho execution of tho sentence of tho
district supremo court."
Tho supremo court of the United
States has adjourned for a three weeks'
recess.
After a long dobato tho house adopt
ed tho conference report on the legis
lative, executive and appropriation
bill. Tho bill carries with it $29,132,
242. '
Sunday, February 12, has been agreed
upon by tho house to conduct memorial
services in honor of tho late Senator
Hoar.
In-hinnHnn nnrilnnf lir SfHMiritieS COm
pany, prohibiting the disposal of the
Northern Pacific stock. The circuit
court of appeals for the third circuit
reversed that decision and its decision
would have been final but for the de
cision reached today to review the
caso."
Following the news from Washing
ton of the decision in the beef trust
caso, comes tho assertion that the pres
ident has mado up his mind to apply
the criminal clause of the Sherman
anti-trust law in cases where tho cor
porations fail to obey the injunction.
President Roosevelt and Attorney Gen
eral Moody were the recipients of con
gratulations from all over the coun
try on the result of the beef trust case,
and tho president made no effort to
conceal his satisfaction at the outcome
of the case.
Representative Hitchcock of Nebras
ka spokoin favor of his bill to create
postal savings banks, January 30.
An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Washington, D. C, Jan. 30, says: "The
supremo court of tho United States to
day granted tho petition for a writ of
certiorari in tho caso of B. H. Harri
man and others versus tho Northern
Securities company, growing out of tho
former decision of the court relative
to tho distribution of the stock of the
securities company. Tho effect of grant
ing tho writ is to bring tho case to
tno supremo court for review. The ar"
gnmont is set for February 20, after
other cases on the calendar that dav
The suit was brought to determine the
right of possession of certain shares of
tho capital stock of the securities com
pany, delivered to tho company by Htrr
rlman and others in 1901. when the
J?r?M' Mh Northe Pacific and the
mate 1NA lSri;iraIlr0ad8 were sum
mated After the government suit was
decided against tho merger, the ! secur
ities company decided to distribute the
stock of each of the two railroad com!
panics among the stockholders nroDo?
tionately, instead of giving eaohnn I
the stock originally deposited by m
as Harriman claims should have be?n
dono. Harriman and his assoclS
SrValuo: The p' Sent sf U?1
UBhtlntheclmiftSirrtfoMneSS!
Ally's Lung Balsa
Will UU& TIUr.IV hPAnb .- -I . K
lcoufl. past aHyacfclng J
The house committee on agriculture
has authorized a favorable report on a
bill which authorizes the secretary of
agriculture to establish a quarantine
in any state or territory when he shall
determine the fact that cattle or other
live stock are affected with contagious
disease. The bill prohibits transpor
tation companies from transporting
live stock from quarantined sections
except under specific regulations to be
provided by tho secretary. A penalty
of a fine and imprisonment is provided.
organized, constituent company,
amount and value of 3tocks and bonds
and property constituting capitaliza
tion, elemftnts upon which market
value of same is fixed, earning capacity
of same, name and address of each of
ficer, rules and regulations of busi
ness. The return is to be made under
oath and failure to do so lay3 the cor
poration liable to a restraining order
from engaging in the conduct of busi
ness until tho return is made."
The interstate commerce committee,
after having investigated the transac
tions of the Atchison, Topeka and San
ta Fe railroad of which Paul Morton,
secretary of the navy, was once presi
dent, declared that the road violated
the Jaw in the matter of rebates for
over five years. The decision de
scribes it as "ilagrant, wilful and con
tinuous violation of the law during the
past five years."
An Associated Press report from
Washington says: "The monthly state
ment of the public debt issued today
shows that at tho close of business Jan
uary 31, 1905, the debt, less cash in
tho treasury amounted to $989,929,019,
which is an increase for the month of
$4,380,298. This increase is principally
accounted for by the decrease in the
amount of cash on hand. The debt
proper shows a decrease for tho month
ul $i,)8i,&y&."
Representative Samuel W. Smith of
Michigan is ill with pneumonia and
Representative Marsh of Illinois is also
very ill. The condition of both con
gressmen is very serious.
The Central Pacific railroad has paid
its twelfth note, aggregating $2,858,830
swelling the total receipts of the treas-
?4,895?177?e day t0 the 2rand total of
In giving its decision en the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
case, tho interstate commerce commis
sion says: "In point of fact, during
the entire period covered by this in
vestigation the Santa Fe company did
transport coal for the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company for less th.an its
open tariff rates, and these concessions
amounted in many cases to the price
of the coal itself. Under the joint
tariff filed May 24, 1903, and effective
until November 27, 1904, the railroads,
parties to that tariff, allowed the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company a conces
sion on all coal transported under
those joint rates of $1.15 a ton. Mr.
Biddle, freight traffic manager of the
Santa Fe system, testified that of the
$4.05 received by the S'anta Fe $1.15
was always paid to the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company with the full knowl
edge of the El Paso & Southwestern.
These railroads therefore collected the
published tariff rate from the Trini
dad district to destination and paid
back to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company $1.15 a ton of the amount
collected. Some suggestion has been
made that these payments to the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company by the
Santa Fe were not in the nature of re
bates, but simply payment for the price
of its coal; that the published tariffs
in reality included the cost of coal but
inadvertently omitted to state 'that
fact. The record conclusively shows
tho contrary."
The total coinage executed at the
SSi f ? e UnIted staes for the
pieces coined for the PhlllSUf fc
PnhlldH (la;t0 of Washington, D C
authorized a "avVrab iVJn aS
requiring all corporations engaged n
committee sc as not to amended in
empfing common carriers frnfn ?," !"
1 uuon, as ra roads are rnntZ llL
the bill are to be" fid by fT by
of each year, cover th? Jn?rUary 1-
ing, ending December ?i
matinn iBt;.Ter..!l1' The infor-
infor-
corporate, tho statuto S gg
mation Jr tn ;". ai
on , .Vuuuu tne namo nt h,
Secretary Morton, who is an official
of the Santa Fe railroad, testified be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion during its investigation of his
railroad, and it is said that this fact
renders him immune from prosecution.
A senate bill, known as the Gamble
act passed the house .his afternoon.
This bill provides for an extension of
?m?ntltST time' from 0ctoher 27,
1904, to May 1, 1905, within which
homestead settlers may establish their
residence upon public lands opened and
entered last spring in the Rosebud In-
ripvi- Toi ' ,, uaii0, and
Devil s Lake reservation in North Da
kota. This inHdnf? ". .. "I. ua
wiyn? HGSSary fc brin rellef to set-
nn-MC 1CSG lamls Wh0 found it im
possible to comply witn the law in
es ablishing a residence during tie
cold winter months. Senator Gamble
wffiV?0 Pi;eSident WiU sisn the bi 1
within a few days.
whe sonat? has confirmed the- fol
lowing nominations: "Harry Tarbe
coiner of mint at Denver; Rev. George
win5, l0AWa; Chaplain the armr
William A. McClure, receiver of pub
hc moneys at Dickinson, N. D.; James
C. Kellogg, Louisiana, consul at Br
ranqu lla, Columbia; Daniel S. Kidder"
Florida, consul at Nankin Phinn. -f
Ham Martin, New Sk con ! ienal
Bont?4?SK"..JS?i P-tmIsS
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? jrieaiuouu xvuuoeveit mia sent to tho
senate the following nominations: Con
sulGeorge B. Anderson, Illinois, at
Amoy, China. Brigadier general' on
the retire'd list of the armyColonel
David P. Heap, corps of engineers
United States attorney W. H. h
Llewellyn, New Mexico, for the district
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