THE WE
< Jnc Hundred Years Ago.
War was declared between England
-and the Mahratta ruler ( India ) , Jese-
wunt Row Holkar.
Aaron Burr suffered a severe attack
of illness , superinduced by the excite
ment attending his duel with Alexan
der Hamilton.
Kara George was chosen leader of
"the Servians in their insurrection
against Turkish rule.
Georges and eleven of his fellow con-
Aspirators were guillotined at Paris for
: a conspiracy against Bonaparte.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
Four hundred Creek Indians crossed
the Mississippi at Memphis on their
way to the new country assigned them
in Arkansas.
A number of runaway slaves from
"Virginia , who landed in New York ,
-were not apprehended by the police ,
and consequently escaped their pur
suers.
Manmoud rejected the protocol
which -was to effect an amicable settle
ment between England , France and
the Porte.
fifty Years Ago.
The ship Shannon of Glasgow was
turned at sea , all on board lost.
The Russians attacked the French
and Turkish camp at Giurgevo , but
were defeated with a loss of 2,000 men.
The Danish government proclaimed
a new monarchical constitution , with
: an imperial council of fifty members.
The allied Pacific French and En-
.gHsh squadron sailed from Honolulu to
destroy the Russian possessions in
Kamchatka.
fcrty Years Ago.
The funeral of Major General McPherson -
Pherson occurred at Clyde , Ohio , and
was attended by 10,000 persons.
Residents of Montgomery County ,
Illinois , were in terror of the opera
tions of Colonel Clingman and his band
of guerrillas and armed vigilantes were
organized to drive them out |
Confederate forces under Mosby in
vaded Pennsylvania and took posses
sion of Chainbersburg , burning the
lown.
The body of Colonel Mulligan , killed
in an engiigement in the Shenandoah
Valley , arrived in Chicago , and the city
prepared to give it honored burial.
The famous "Lay me down and save
the flag" command of Colonel Mulli
gan , while wounded at Winchester ,
Pa. , was given publicity. The order
was obeyed and Mulligan fell prisoner
to the Confederates.
Thirty Years Ago.
An agreement of England , France
and Italy to act jointly in putting an
end to the Carlist war in Spain was
reported from Paris.
Twenty-five persons were killed and
scores of houses were swept away by
cloudburst at Eureka , Nev.
A rupture between France and Ger
many over the attempt to end the Car-
list troubles in Spain was declared im
minent
A number of arrests checked'a reign
of incendiarism in Chicago which had
alarmed property owners.
Kansas militia on the Canadian River -
-er killed nine Comanche Indians , on
whom a score of white scalps were
found.
The annual report of the Board of
Public Works of Chicago showed that
the city had 351 miles of water pipe
and 102 miles of improved streets.
Eleven Tillages and two towns de-
Tastated by storms in Moravia.
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Twenty Years Ago.
Henry M. Stanley , the African ex 1 (
plorer , returned to England , having es e
tablished trade stations on the Congo
River for a distance of 1,400 miles from e
its mouth. of
Congressman William Wirt Culbert- li
son , of Kentucky , attempted to com lid
mit suicide by shooting himself in a d
"Washington ( D. C. ) hotel. J C
The Irish constabulary bill passed Jfi
the British House of Commons.
Bisnop Grace resigned from the head c
of the St Paul Roman Catholic diocese ti
tit
and was succeeded . by the present t (
Archbishop John Ireland. n
Ten Years Ago. TVA
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A drought of a month's duration was P
broken by rains which drenched north v
ern Illinois. K
Five persons perished and $2,000,000 Ko
In property was destroyed in a fire of ;
which swept the Blue Island avenue oif
< Chicago ) lumber district f (
Oamp Turner , in Pullman , was abandoned gti
ti
doned by eight companies of the First tici
ci
Regiment , L N. G. , which had been on tc
strike duty there. tcC
! RAIN BENEFITS GROWING CROPS
j Corn Makes Good Progress and Con
ditions Continue Promising.
The weather bureau's weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows :
Very favorable temperatures prevail
ed during the week ending Aug. 1 in
nearly all districts , and while drouthy
conditions , are beginnnig to be felt over
limited areas in the central valleys and
Southern States the rainfall has been
generally ample for crop needs.
Corn has experienced a week of favor
able temperature , and while needing rain
in portions of the central Mississippi and
Missouri valleys , the crop , as a whole ,
has made good progress and continues in
promising condition.
Thrashing winter wheat has advanced
tinder favorable weather conditions in
the central valleys , but frequent rains
huvc interrupted this work in the middle
Atlantic States. The quality and yield
of grain are proving disappointing in the
lower Missouri valley , where the crop
suffered much from excessive rains dur
ing the period of harvest.
Unfavorable reports respecting spring
wheat are more pronounced as well as
more general than in the previous week ,
rnst being more or less prevalent in ' 1
of the principal spring wheat States east
of the Rocky Mountains. In portions
of Minnesota and North Dakota , how
ever , a good crop is promised. Harvest
ing is in progress in Iowa , Nebraska and
South Dakota and will begin in Minnesota
seta about the Gth. Harvesting is also
in progress in Oregon , with better yields
than were expected. In Washington
spring wheat is ripening somewhat too
rapidly as a result of hot winds.
Oats harvest is in general progress
in the more northerly sections and is
largely finished in the central and south
ern districts. Rust lias caused damage
in North Dakota and portions of Minnesota -
seta and rains have proved injurious to
oats in shock in Maryland , Delaware and
New Jersey.
Cotton has made good growth in the
central and eastern portions of the cotton
belt , too rapid growth being reported
from portions of 'Alabama , Mississippi
and Louisiana. Complaints of rust and
shedding are more general than in the
previous week in the Cqrolinas , Georgia
and Florida.
Shedding is also generally reported
from Texas , where most of the crop
should be benefited by rains , drouth being
most serious in the north central coun
ties. Much of the crop in Mississippi and
Louisiana is grassy. Picking , continues
in southern Texas , where it is expected
to be general by the middle of August ,
and has begun in Alabama and Florida.
The condition of tobacco is less favor
able in the Ohio valley , where most of
the crop is in need of rain , but from
Virginia northward tobacco has made
good growth and topping is in progress.
Curing is progressing in the Carolinas ,
the crop in North Carolina being much
lighter than usual.
In the lower Missouri , central Missis
sippi and Ohio valleys and over the
southern portion of the middle Atlantic
States the outlook for apples is not prom
ising , but prospects for this crop are
encouraging in the northern portion of the
middle Atlantic States , New , England
and portions of the lake region.
Rains have interrupted haying nnd
damaged hay in the middle Atlantic
States , but elsewhere a large crop of gen
erally fine quality has been mostly se
cured.
BOSTON'S FLORAL GREETING.P
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Mafjnificent Display for Visiting Old i
Soldiers. v
The district about the Washington vti
monument will be the center of attrac
tion for the strangers who visit the Pub
lic Garden during the encampment of
the Grand Army in Boston. Directly
in front of the monument facing Comt !
monwealth avenue is a design of the" ! o
badge of the G. A. R. This is by itself a
nnd enclosed in a heart-shaped border of h
variegated leaves and plants. The whole
design , even to the slightest detail , is tlT
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brought out in striking relief , and is per tlei
haps the best of these special designs. ei
Grouped about the monument are pieces
representing the badges of the Woman's
Relief Corps , the Sons of Veterans and
the Daughters of Veterans and the de
sign of the engineer corps of the army >
These are represented with great regard -
i
gard to detail. The inscription , "Filii ,
Veteranorum , " on the badge of the Sons
of Veterans is particularly plain , as are
the words , "Woman's Relief Corps , Ci
1SS3 , " on the badge of that organization
and the monogram , "D. V. " on the third Ii
organization.
Just beyond the badge of the G. A.
R. at the Commonwealth avenue en
trance the men are now at work on two
of the most striking pieces. Looking to
ward the avenue on the left will be a
representation of the American flag , and
on the other side will be the Union Jack.
Tubingen is the latest of the German
universities to open its doors to women.
Prof , von Plloe of the University of
St. Petersburg is in this country for a
stay of several weeks.
The golden jubilee of St Clara's Col
lege at Plntteville , Wis. , ended with sol
emn requiem mass in the conrent chapel.
Charles Nelson Cole has been promot
ed from associate professor to professor
Latin language and literature in Ober-
lin College. tx
The historic Friends' school at Provi sn
dence , R. L , has closed an epoch in its PC
career ; by the retirement of Augustine pica
Jones , principal for twenty-five years ,
from the management
ca
Major Charles Horace Spoower of the caM
class ] oC ' 7S of Norwich University re M !
tires from a professorship at Washing Ck
ton University , St. Louis , to serve his CkC
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alma mater as president.
Stewart L , Nirns of Durham , N. C. , ,
was awarded the John Porter prise in t
American history at Yale. The second m
prize went to Allen P. Lovejoy , Janes- ca
ville : , Wis. , and Arthur W. Blackinan , lie
New Haven , Conn. th
Dr. George P. Huutington , professor er
Hebrew at Dartmouth College , died erBJ
slow fever. Death occurred only a BJWJ
few hours after the receipt of the intelligence de
gence of the death at Hadley , Mass. , an
that afternoon of Dr. Huntington's fath
, Right Rev. Frederick Dan Hnnting-
ton , bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Central New York.
TO SPEND MILLIONS.
POLITICAL GENERALS MARSHAL
ING THEIR FORCES.
New York to Be the Chief Battlesrround
of the Presidential Campaign , with
Indiana and Illinois Vital Points
Some of the Orators.
Washington correspondence :
HILE the voter
is digesting the
Issues of the
campaign and
saying mean
thinggs about
the candidate he
will vote against ,
the men upon
whom will de
volve the man
agement of the
campaigns for
the presidency
are marshalling
their forces.
With the Demo
crats there is
hope that they will win in spite of the
odds against them and the Republican
leaders realize that they have on their
hands ] the hardest fight they have un
dertaken since 1892. Millions of dal-
lars are to be spent ; a system of close
communication is to be established on
both sides throughout the country , un
der which the thousands of workers
who . will be engaged in carrying out
the plans of the political generals will
act in harmony ; careful watch is to be
kept for danger spots and arrange
ments are to be made by which sud
den emergencies may be met without
the delay of an hour ; appeal is to be
made orally and by printed argument
as directly as possible to every voter
in the land ; finally , the general plan
of campaign must be so framed as to
meet the requirements of the fevered
climax that is to precede election day ,
when the ambushes and surprises that
are relied upon to rout the enemy , per
haps In quarters where he thought
himself most secure , are to be uncov
ered.
There promises to be little appeal to
passion or prejudice in the contest. It
will be a business campaign through
out The Republican nfanagers will
endeavor to convince the commercial
Interests of the country that Senator
Hanna was right when he advised
them to "stand pat" and to let well
enough alone , while the Democrats will
seek to create the belief that the for
tunes of the nation are in peril and
that its peace and prosperity can be
preserved only by placing Alton B.
Parker in the White House as the head
of a "safe and sane" administration.
Among the men who are to assume the
responsibility of guiding the campaigns
for the great parties the chief candi
dates themselves are the most conspic
uous. It may be assumed that no im
portant move will be made by the Re
publicans without the sanction of Pres
ident ( Roosevelt , and that nothing of
vital moment will be decided upon on
the Democratic side without the assent
Df Judge Parker. ,
The Campaign UTanajrers.
In the actual work of the campaign
the ! Republicans have the start of their
opponents. George B. Cortelyou , the
chairman of the National Committee ,
located in New York , will devote hi ?
time chiefly to the East , while in the
West Harry S. New , the Indianapolis
editor , will doubtless have charge , with
headquarters at Chicago. In the East
Mr. Cortelyou will be assisted by L.
iiL Coolidge , of Massachusetts. Thomas
laggart will be the active head on the
Democratic side and his reputation as
resourceful leader insures the confi-
ience of his subordinates. Virtuallv
ie will be the manager of the Parker t (
campaign. He has been Mayor of In-
lianapolis several times. He has lived '
in Indiana since 1877 and has been d. .
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inning hotels nearly all his life. He sei
lys he has "given many a man dys- by
jpsia. " ' Managing a presidential cam- St
lign is a strenuous task , but Mr. Tag- gr
irt will be equal to it. He will have
otl :
ipable assistants. In New York the
re <
itional committeeman , Norman E. all 1
ack , will co-operate with him and un
ord , Meyer , chairman of the State all
ommittee , will be relied upon , Tli
liarles F. Murphy and his Tammany clh
lies will also be expected to do work \
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the metropolis. The Democrats must
irry New York to win and the Repub-
: ans can scarcely afford to lose it On da
e Republican side in New York , Gov- dt > ]
nor Odell , William L. Ward , William tor
arnes , Jr. , and Charles EL Murray tin
ill have to shoulder most of the bur- tie
m. The Republicans will waste no No
wh
nmunition on the solid South , and
e Democrats will ignore such strong- cyi Tin
icLs ! of Republicanism as northern the
aw England , Pennsylvania , Ohio and
, the Pacific slope. The onergles of tfie
, managers on both sides will be concentrated -
; trated upon the States which each
J must have in order to win. Generally
speaking , these States in the East cluster -
ter about New York and in the West
around Indiana.
Each campaign headquarters will be
'
equipped with its literary bureau ,
through which the news of the day
will be given to the newspapers. Tons
of printed arguments , consisting of the
letters of acceptance of the presiden
tial candidates , the national platforms
and the speeches of the most promin
ent campaign orators , will be sent
throughout the debatable districts.
Another Important branch of head
quarters work will be the management
of the campaign orators. There is no
prospect that the political contest of
this year will be characterized , by the
"whirlwind" tours in which William J.
Bryan- and President Roosevelt were
the most striking figures in the last na
tional campaign. President Roosevelt
will make no political speeches and
Judge Parker will deliver few , if any ,
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XUOIIAS TAGGART.
Senator Fairbanks will be the leading
I platform exponent on the * Republican
side , and he will be aided by such men
as Senator Lodge , Elihu Root , Frank
S. Black , Senator Beveridge , Senator
Foraker , Senator P. C. Knox and a
host of others.
On the Democratic side Mr. Bryan's
acknowledged abilities as an orator
may prove rather an embarracsment
than an aid. Grover Cleveland , Rep
resentative W. Bourke Cockran , Chas.
A. Towne , Representative Williams of
Mississippi , Senator Carmack of Ten
nessee , and a score * more of national
reputation will expound the "new"
Democratic faith.
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Secretary Shaw , opening the national
ampaign in an address in College Point , s
C. Y. , attarkptl the record of the DemoSI
ratio party on finance.
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Lieut Gov. Frank \V. Higgins likely ' pi
rill be given the nomination for Govyj ]
ruor of New York if Elihu Root finally
eclines to accept the nomination. .
Chairman Taggart is known to the
South through one of the saddest trage- )
ies of the gulf , his daughter having
een lost in a naphtha launch wreck and sa
e searched many -weeks for her. th
Mrs. Marcus A. Hanua , widow of the
lenntor , has sent a check for $15,000 to st
lie Republican national committee. Mrs. fr
lanna also has sent a check for $5,000 ca :
) the Ohio Republican State committee.
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Former President Cleveland calls on sh
) omocrnts to rally to the support of
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'arkcr , expresses his satisfaction at the ,
ownfall of silver and declares the can-
idates's ; stand for gold is worthy of the t
ighest praise. i >
Albert B. Boardman , law partner of i
'rank H. Platt , son of Senator Platt , j
nd one of the most prominent members
t the New York bar , is said to have ex- In
ressed a preference for Judge Parker
pa
> r President. „
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Former Senator William H. Reynolds br
I New York has made the first big elec- .
on bet of the presidential campaign ,
p wagered $10,000 that Judge Parker ,
so Democratic nominee , would carry
ew York State.
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None but gold Democrats has found a
fii
lace on the new Democratic executive
mmittee. The members are William F. as
lieehan , who will manage the campaign ; Tl
ugust Belmont , .Tames M. Guffey ,
imes Smith , Jr. , and John R. McLean. ch
At th Democratic territorial conven-
on at Okliihoma City , Ok. , n resolution th
'pudiating the clause in the Hamilton by
atehood bill fixing the capital at Guth- cli
e until 1910 was passed. The Populist „ „
irritorial : convention , which Avas also in
, rejected the offer of fusion made
the Democrats and nominated A. T. W (
tntighen of Lincoln County for Con- he ;
ess < by acclamation. In
Of i the fifty-throe States , territories nnd CI
her political units represented in the ruth
cent Democratic national convention , th-
except twelve cast their votes as a
lit. In these twelve each delegate was
tin
lowed to express his own preferences ,
lie Nebraska delegation , for example , T-v
vided its votes among seven presiden- sb
\ candidates , which was the greatest
versity exhibited by any one group.
Each national party convention ap-
tints a committee to inform its candi-
f
ites : of their uomina'tion to the presi-
ncy and the -vice presidency. This cus-
lar
m originated before the invention of
electric telegraph , when the notifica- rnj
m was one in fact as well as in name.
r\vadays the notification is the occasion wl
lien speeches are made to be used as do :
mpaign documents. Mr. Roosevelt and bci
idge Parker , within five minutes after
votes were counted , knew that they
d been nominated. ion
THE CHICAGO STEIKE.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE.
Packers Say Plants Have Plenty of
Men , While Strikers State that Every
thing Is Completely Tied Ui > Police
Break Up a Mob.
The Stock Yards strike in Chicago
has become almost a paper warfare
between the meat packers and the
butcher workmen. Statements have
been given out by each side.
The packers declared they wera
making excellent progress in all plants
and reported thetotal number of men
employed. No figures were quoted for
the Chicago establishments.
In the union statement an appeal
was made for higher wages for socio
logical reasons. The child hibor law
was defended , and it was said a reduc
tion in wages would have the effect of
compelling a large part of the packing
house workers to'ask charity.
Desertions Outnumber Recruits.
In the Chicago plants the desertions
outnumbered the recruits. The packers
explained this by saying they were
weeding out the inefficient men , of
whom they received an oversupply
from the employment agents. The loss
in numbers , they said , was more than
counterbalanced by the increased skill
of the workers who remained , and the
output showed a slight gain. An im-
p'rovement was noted in the operation
of many departments.
President Donnelly of the Butchers'
Union has returned from his Western
trip and talks hopefully of. the outcome -
come of the strike.
"In South Omaha , " he said , "I addressed -
dressed : two large open mass meetings
Sunday and Monday. Wednesday at
Kansas City there was a parade , and
at Shawnee Park 15,000 strikers and
sympathizers , many of them commis
sion men friendly to the union , gather
ed and I talked to them. There was
great enthusiasm , and all through the
West the strikers appeared satisfied
and confident of winning. It was en
couraging to me.
"At the Kansas City meeting many
of the non-union workmen were invited -
vited to quit work and joined us. No
picketing is being done there and the
non-union men go back and forth un
molested.
"The Western towns are as com-
pletely tied up as Chicago. Practically
DO work is being done. " Donnelly said
the "meat trust" was surely being un
dermined by the independent dealers ,
lie cited , the case of one big firm in
Kansas City , which he said was re
modeling an old plant , abandoned
Packers Deny Plan for Peace.
In a statement given out by the
packers official denial of any plans for
an immediate settlement of the strike
tvas made. The statement , asserting
progress was being made daily in the
packing houses , follows :
' 'Published reports of more confer
ences between the packers and labor
eaders are unfounded and untrue. It
not difficult to guess their source
ir.ti ' heir motive.
"The progress being made at all
slants is satisfactory to the packers ,
ylore men are being employed daily.
contracts and current orders are
jeing filled and there is a normal sup-
ly of beef , mutton and provisions at }
ill points in the United States , and
sales are being made at lower prices
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han before the strike commenced.
"A careful and correct record of cars *
shipped bj- the packers in one day c
Iroxn all points shows a total of 831 a
ars. This volume can be better ap- e
reciated when it Is stated that the *
ihipments to market by the packers
this one day would make a solid j
rain of refrigerator cars six and one-
hird miles long , which hardly bears
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ut the extravagant claims of the
itrikers of a great reduction in out-
" a
rat"
The strike leaders have additional
nformation that emissaries of the
ackers are at work in all directions
iffering skilled men inducements to
T
ireak away. Pressure is still being
irought upon their wives.
Mob and Police Clash. s
A mob of 3,000 persons clashed with \
he police one evening. The mob c
illed : 47th street for five blocks , as well co ca
a number of Intersecting streeis. o
.lie disorder resulted when an attempt D
ras made to escort five non-union ma- t
hinists out of the Stock Yards. e
Bricks and other missiles were D
brown by the rioters , shots were fired E
the police , scores of rioters were t
lubbed , and one policeman was se- t'
erely injured. Repeated charges were t'c t'a
aade by the police before the rioters t'y
rere dispersed. Trolley car crews were y
eld responsible for the outbreak , and V
nspector Hunt asked the Chicago
51ty Railway Company to discharge
ive conductors and four moiormen of
b
- 47th street line. - The trouble began I
rhen the car crews refused to accept
five strike breakers as passengers , n
'wenty-eight of the rioters and a C
treet car motorman were arrested. d
Stockmen in the Texas Panhandle , I
outh and west of Guymon , O. T. , are o
omplaining a good deal over the effects
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the loco weed this summer. It is said
iat the loss of cattle is likely to be 6tl
irpe this year , as a result of the" ' weed's tl
apid growth.
The will of Mis Bertha Marion Dolber , I
hose tragic death/ occurred at the Wal- t ]
orf-Astoria Hotel in New York , has
cen filed for probate in San Francisco , a
lost of her estate valued at A
, nearly $2-
00,000 , is given to her friend , Etta Ma- f. .
Warren.
Carroll D. Wright , Commissioner of
the Labor Bureau , in the eighteenth
annual report of the bureau , gives the
results of a com
prehensive inquiry
into the cost o *
living since 189U
and into the aver
age wage rate dur
ing those periods.
The showing , so
far as concerns
wages , covered an
investigation of
519 occupations.
. representing 07 industries -
c. D. WRIGHT.
dustries in 3.42U
separate establishments. It showed
an average increase in wages during
this period of 10.G per cent. The in
quiry into the cost of living- shows
that living for working men's families
having under $1,200 income per ye'ar
had increased during this period 15.5
per cent In order to ascertain this
average increase the labor bureau se
cured the income and expenditure in.
detail of 2,507 families in thirty-three
States , retail prices being taken. The
statement shows that the 2,567 families
consisted of an average of 5.31 per
sons , and that the average Income for
the year 1901 was $827 , the average
annual expenditure for all purposes
$7GS , and the average expenditure for
food $320 per family. The principal
.
Items of expenditure were : Food , 42.54
per ] cent of the total expenditure ; rent ,
12.95 per cent ; clothing , 14.04 per cent ;
and taxes , insurance , organization
dues , religion , charity , books and news
papers , amusements , sickness and
death , and intoxicating liquors , 14.51
per cent Each family consumed 340
pounds ] of fresh beef during the year
of a cost of $50. The lowest average
price I of food from 1890 to 1903 was In
1896. The highest price was in 1902 ,
when it was 110.9 per cent of Jhe aver
age price for the period. The average
cost of food per family in 1890 was
i318 ; In 1896 , $296 ; in 1902 , $344 ; and.
in 1903 , $342.
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The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Jn the case of the Denison Light
and Power Company against the Mis
souri , Kansas and Texas Railroad de
cided that the freight rate of $1.90 per
ton on coal from the McAlester dis
trict , Indian Territory , to Denison , is
"unreasonable , " and should not exceed
$1.25. The commission also decided that
90 cents per 100 pounds was the just
rate for shipping horses from Bayou
Sara , La. , to St. Louis , Mo. , instead of
$ LSO , the rate charged by the Yazoo-
and Mississippi Valley and Illinois
Central Railway companies , and com
plained of by C. M. Barrow. The rate
complained of is on less than car load
lots and upon an estimated weight of
2,000 pounds for each animal. The
commission recommends that the
weight of the first animal be estimated
at 4,000 pounds and each additional an
imal 2,000 pounds.
A startling condition of affairs la
shown by a report made public by
Commissioner General of Immigration
Sargent. It shows the number of
aliens i in confinement in penal and
charitable institutions in the United
States during the first four months of
the present year , and deals only with
those aliens who have been In this
country less than five years. There
are confined in the Institutions cover
ed by the report 28,939 males and
15,643 females , all of whom have not
become citizens of the United States.
.
Of this number 3,995 are imprisoned
;
for grave offenses , 5,686 for minor
crimes , while 20,279 are insane and.
14,604 are paupers. New York leads
in the percentages , with Boston second ,
and Philadelphia third. The investi
gation is being continued.
The federal government is generous
to Its hired help and goes down in its
wallet to the extent of $3,000,000 to
give them a summer outing at the
seashore and in the mountains. This
sum is for the army of employes In
Washington alone , and does not In
clude the thousands of others who
are on duty and on the pay rolls In
other places throughout this broad do
main. Liberal lawmakers decided
that ten months in a year was long ;
enuugh for employes of the govern
ment to work , and that thirty days
should be given for sickness and thir
ty days additional for annual leave
to ' rest up from the laborious duties-
This law was for the clerks and did
not take In printers , pressmen , navy-
yard employes , but eventually these
were given the annual leave.
Telegraphic Brevities ,
E. W. Murray of Lawrence , Kan. , has
been selected as one of the winners of a
Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. ' '
Henry S. Crocker , pioneer stationer ,
millionaire and brother of the late
Charles Crocker , the railroad magnate ,
died in San Francisco.
Lambert Niehaus , convicted in St.
Louis of killing Thomas Fluegei on Dec.
20 last , was sentenced to hang on Sept.
. Niehaus will appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The San Francisco Bulletin says that
the finest aquarium in the world is to be
established in Golden Gate park by Dr.
Henry Tevis as a memorial to his father ,
the late Lloyd Tevis.
The French Academy of Science has
awarded a prize of $1,000 to Prof. Alfred
Norinex of the University of Louvain ,
for the best critical review of the-judi
cial system of the United States.