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ft WVfBI -fr (!flff yFWV u. The Commoner. 14 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 22 t i v f 4 1 k 6 . i' 'VTA I achUHotts in his offlcial capacity the governor would bo compelled to de tail Lieutenant aoneral Miles as one of tho chlof mombers o his staff to greet tho chlof executive." William W. Karr, disbursing clerk of the Smithsonian institute at Wash , ingtou, has been arrested on tho charge of embezzling $45,000. Reports concerning the federal grand jury at Chicago investigating tho beo trust are to tho effect that there is small chanco of any indict ments being returned. Federal At torney Morrison visited Washington, and according to tho Chicago Record Herald told Attornoy Goneral "Moody that tho testimony taken by the grand jury has been barren of results, and that tho whole investigation has been fruitless. President Roosevelt, ac cording to tho same authority, has demandod of tho department of jus tice "a showing of actual results which will warrant indictments," but tho character of tho testimony pre sented does not seem to justify in dictments. Tho Record-Herald says: "In defense of the district attornoy it is said that ho was acting under positive instructions from Washing ton defining the class of witnesses that should be called, and that how- over unsatisfactory they might be found, ho was not to bo blamed under the circumstances." Governor Higginsof Now York an nounces that he will call an extra session of the legislature for the pur pose of investigating charges made against mombers of tho stale judiciary. King Alfonso of Spain after leav ing Paris repaired to London, where he became the guest of King Edward. It was proposed that the Panama Canal Commission import Oriental aliens under, contract to perform labor on the canal. Attorney-General Moody says that these conditions are those of involuntary servitude and that they cannot prevail on any territory sub ject to United States jurisdiction. Attorney General Moody further holds that the act of August 1, 1902, which limits and restricts to eight hours the daily service of laborers and me chanics employed by the United States government applies to persons work- , Ing on the Panama Canal. It does not, however, apply to tho office force , of the Isthmian Canal Commission or to any employes of the government who are not within the ordinary mean ing of the words "laborers and mechanics." tween President Folton and tho gen eral offices in Chicago." Governor James K. Vardeman of Mississippi has announced that the board of trustees of the Stato Uni versity has declined the offer of An drew Carnegie to give tho institution $25,000 provided a like amount was put up by the stato for library pur poses. , , i ? Maudp Adams, the famous actres's, underwent an operation for appendi citis at New York recently, and al though for several weeks her life was despaired of, she is now reported to be out of danger. A movement has been inaugurated to commemorate the 250th anniver sary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States. The anniversary of the actual landing occurs Septem ber 24. national brotherhood of teamsters and leader in the Chicago strike has, with, other strike-leaders, been arrested on the charge of conspiracy. President Roosevelt has accepted an equestrian statuette of himself as colonel of the Rough Riders. It was the work of Sculptor MacMonnies. 1 A number of Americans on the Isth miari' Canal 'Zone have been stricken with yellow fever. The St. Louis Star and the St. Louis Chronicle, afternoon papers, have on solldtited under the name of The Star-Chronicle. Jacob H. Schiff, who has been a member of the Equitable board for twelve years, has resigned. T. Jeffer son Coolidge of Boston, and Melville' E. Ingalls of Cincinnati have also re signed. William Zeigler, patron of Arctic ex plorations is dead. He left an estate estimated to be worth $3Cr,000,000. C. P. Shea, president of the Inter- James 'H. Hyde, vice president of thb Equitable, has resigned as direc torrof the Frlck banrcs of Pittsburg. This is another of the many inter esting moves in the Equitable muddle. Three Russian ships put into Ma nila Bay, and the American represent atives are considerably agitated by the question as to how long these vessels should be permitted .to remain there. The authorities at Manila have been advised that thb twenty-four hours limit must be strictly enforced, that necessary supplies and coal must bo taken on within that time, and that time should not be given for re- j pair of damage suffered in battle. road capital is about eleven win of dollars. The gross railroad "j3 ings per annum amount to one mS quarter billions, something more than double the receipts of the United stiff government from all sources, and con siderably greater than the intcrZ' bearing debt of the United stJS' which, on June 30, 1899, amounted to a little over one billion dollars The railroad companies operate 185 ooo miles of road and employ nearly 'ono million of men, who, with their fam. iliea, make about five millions of our population dependent upon tho rail, roads for their daily living. The government has appropriated from time to time $320,000,000 to im prove our harbors and rivers, yet these great railroad corporations assume the right to make any rate to points reached by vessels, necessary to "drive them out of the waters," while yet maintaining high local rates to inter mediate points. Like all other great aggregations of wealth, the management of these great quasi-public corporations stand op posed to the democratic party, since its rehabilitation on the principle of "equal rights to all, special privileges to none.," would signal the vitalizing of the interstate commerce law and sound President Roosevelt on Democratic Ground Archbishop Francis Albl- Symon of Rome, a personal representative of the Pope, is visiting in this country. The Chicago and Alton Railway has made arrangements for the establish- , ment of a w eless telegraph system on all trains running between Chica- go and St. Louis. A Chicago dis patch carried by tho Associated Press says: "That the wireless telegraph can bo us:d on fast moving trains with entire satisfaction was demon strated today by the Alton road when - messages were sent from Chicago to the officials of the road traveling on tho limited train running between Chicago and St. Louis. Tho obser vation car i the train was equipped . with wireless apparatus and while . - running at the rate of flftv miles an hour, messages were oxchanged be- CAR SICKNESS Your.dlsagrceablo feeling when travel ing, such as headache, car-sickness, sea sickness, or nervousness, are all duo to apitated nerves. Quick relief Is Invari ably obtained by taking Dr. Miles' Anti Pain Pills. They calm and refresh tho woaiT nerves, and relieve you from all misery and- pain. 25 doses, 2? cents. Nover sold In bulk. As a reminder 6f the manner in which democrats have urged tho rail road policy to which Mr. Roosevelt is committed, a chapter from the demo cratic campaign book of 1900 is inter esting. This chapter is entitled "The Railroad Question Discrimination in Favor of tho Trusts." This extract from tho democratic campaign book is particularly interesting at this time. It is as follows: Comparatively little attention has yet been given to the great domestic and practical question of the control (not ownership) of those great trusts, the public transportation lines. In 1887 congress passed what was known as the interstate commerce law, which was intended by those who took part. in its enactment, to regulate the interstate railroad rates of the coun try and afford some protection to the small shipper as against his great Com petitor, who, was and is, fattening off of the special privllegesgrantejd him by the railroads. The senate commlt teo on interstate commerce reported that year to the senate that "the effect of the prevailing policy of railroad management, is by an elaborate system of secret rates, rebates, drawbacks and concessions, to foster monopoly, to en rich favored shippers, and to prevent free competition in many lines of trade in which the item of transportation Is an important factor; and, that "rates are established without apparent re gard to the actual cost of the service performed, and are based largely on "what tno traffic will bear." It was contemplated by its trainers that the act to regulate interstate com merce would correct this condition of affairs, but its application and con struction by tho courts have tended to the reverse. Under the decisions of the United States supreme court, with this law on the statute book, declaring that all rates shall "be reasonable and just" and that 'unjust and unreasonable rates" are unlawful, the railroads may still charge whatever rates they see proper and thero is power in no com mission, in no court, to say them nay. That this is true, read what tho su premo court said in the caso of tho C. N. O. & T. P. Ry. vs. Interstate Com merce Commission, 162 U. S., 184: Whether congress intended to confer upon the interstate commerce commis- Patents Secured OR PHM RKTl'UNKD. Froo oplnlou ns to Pat entability. Send for Guldo Book and What to Invent, llnost publication Issued for froo distribution. Patonts secured by us artvortlsod at our oxponso. Evans, Wllkcns&Co., C15 F St. Washington, D. O. sion the power to itself fix rates was mooted in the courts below and is dis cussed in the briefs of counsel. "This appears to be the present basis of the value, of railway property. If the. people need a fixed rule or law for establishing the basis of rates, the com panies need it even more. But such a law, to be just or beneficially effective, should consider the rights of both par ties." Mr. M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four and the Chesapeake & Ohio, in an address to the convention of state railroad commissioners in Wash ington, said: "It i3 well, perhaps, that we should look the situation fairly in the face, and while I do not care to be an alarm ist, I feel bound to describe plainly to you the condition today, so that you may understand the necessity for ac tion. Never in the history of railways have tariffs been so little respected as today. Private 'arrangements "and un derstandings are more plentiful than regular rates. The large shippers, the irresponsible shippers, are obtaining advantages which must sooner or later prove the ruin of the smaller and more conservative 'traders, and in the end will oreak up many of the commercial houses in this country and ruin the railways. A madness seems to have seized upon some railway managers, and a large portion of the freight of the country is being carried at prices far below C03t." The Standard Oil trust is often hald up by our republican friends as an ex ample of a great trust not founded upon the import tariff. That is true. But no trust in this or any other coun try has ever received such rebates from the railroads as this combination. It has not onl; received rebates upon its own shipments below that paid by any other producer of oil, but it 13 said, ana very generally believed, that it has actually demanded that the railroads collect an excessive rate from tho in dependent oil rei,nor and pay that ox cess to the Standard Oil company. Notali other causes combined have contributed so potently to the estab lishment and power of trusts a3 the one thing of freight rate discrimina tion. .For a moment consider the enor mous magnitude of tho railroad busi ness of this country. Tho total rail- Subscribers' Advertising Department w ATER PROBLEM SOLVED. MA chlno for domestic well-making. Cheapest by half; -most practical of any. Catalogue free. "Moorcsburg, Tcnn, Kogers. OHIO IMPROVED CHESTER SWINE "Curly Boy" weighed 1255 pounds. "Clove" was champion O. I. C. at Chi cago International, 1902. These and other world-famous strains are embodied In the Old Homestead herd. Some choice bred gilts and spring pigs at reasonable prices. Write for circulars and prices to A. M. Foster, Box COS, Rushvillo, 111. T?OR SALE 680 ACRES; BEST LIVE x stock farm In llvest county; abun dant spring water. .Finest location dairy and fruits. Good grain and grass land, underlaid with good coal. Will di vide. Come! See! 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