Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-30
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not yet perfect, and it would have been next
TO miracle If il had turned out to be per-
feet. Since last summer he had been en-
gagged IN an earnest invest CATION or the
operation Of the law, and was persuaded
that violations of its spirit and letter were
much more frequent than the commission
ers believed them to be. 1t is now we
known, he said. that persons interested IN
the large shipDin. houses ave been secretly
appOtlt ted az uts Of the railroads and put
upon salaries for the purpose OF securing
freight. The salary amounts to a rebate,
and is a fraud and outrage upon other
shippers. Another form OF Illegal dis
criIniuatiO is TO bill grain or produce from
Chicago to Liverpool or London at an
agreed through rate, aud In u to stop It
though tine agency OF the rallro al at the
port Of shipm mt on the himsy preteIt that
vessel owner ca not be induced to prefOrn
their part of the service for that portion Of
the rae which IS left after deductlng the
charges fixed by the ia III OF the land lines.
This is equivalent to a rebate of the ocean
freight and Is a fraud upon the law and an
injury to other shippers. Their are, he sald1
other inge ious methods Of evading the law,
sucl as the granting or free pa 'ses Tor
separate states traversed by a railroad and
good only in the state named.
A special dispatch was received in Chicago,
Thursday, from Boston, via London, which
stated that the storm had ragged two ~ 3
throughout New Eng and. and that the loss
20 property must amount to an enormous
sum. That there had been no trains run out
OF Boston in chat time, and that the city was
entirely without TELEGRAM b communication
with other portions, Of the United States.
The people of Dakota are having a good
deal of hilarious fun over the eastern biz
Eard. In Mandan, Da., Thursday, the Man
dan Roller Mill company shipped a carload
of the first grade of flour to the storm suffer-
ers in the east. At Canton, a fund 3
started for the relief of the New York and
New England b lizard sufferers. Clothing
and money VIII be TAKEN" says the dis
patch; Dakota will respond nObly to the
relief of the eastern ufferers."
A New Haven dispatch of Thursday says
that many lives have been lost by accident
and exposure incidental to the great storm.
Three men we're killed in an accident
at Eastou, Pa, Thursday, caused IN at
tempting to force wreck train through
several SNOW drifts
A fire in Milwaukee, Thursday, did
damage, and destroyed property, to the
amount Of @2IJ,OCJ.
Dispatches of Thursday confirm the re-
port, sent from Springfield, Mo-, HeCues-
dry, to the effect that DR.. George w. Cox
orOke a bottle Of vitriOl over the head of
Efhe Ellis, oypriau who had ruined his
son. The woman W II recover although
greatly I'M lred by the fluid
Chairman COnroe of the union grievance
committee said in an interview at Kansas
City that the membership of the brother
mood was u, 600. The contingent fund was
100000 and the building fund, 100000.
The widows and Orphans fund IL large.
de said that u per cent of the engineers
belonging to the brotherhood owned their
OWN homes.
A Topeka dispatch says that the Santa Fe
officials were advised. Sunday evening, by
Chairman COnroe that the strike was of as
far as the Santa Ee road was concerned
and that the engineers would take their reg
ular runs on all night trains.
The action taken by the Santa Fe officials
at Topeka, Saiur ay, IN dlscharglng every
smplOye OF the road not needed for actual
police duty Is unparalleled IN railroad hlsto-
~. As thu strike was declared OF Sunday
night all emplOye took their places Mon
day. the order di=charging them stating that
they would be reiustated as soon as the strike
was of.
A Topeka dispatch says that the address
of General Manager Goddard of the A. Z. q
s. L. TO the striking engineers was much
discussed as an able and manly addr, IS 20
tine men.
The opinion prevails in Topeka that the
ordering of the strike on the A. i. q ). +.
was bunglIug piece of business IN the hrSG
place. There is no doubt but that Chief
Arthur was not responsible for 1t and tn
he sent message to Chairman ConrOe as
soon as he heard of 1t ordering him TO call
it of.
A Topeka dispatch says that Chairman
Co roe shortly after sending the message
to General Manager Goddard stati that
the men would at once return to their
engines, sent a second message saying that
the engineers would prefer that the COM
pany should not accept Burllug tun freight.
Mr.. Goddard replied that his circular OF
Satu day to the engineers was final. Under
this, Lu lnLton freight viii be accepted
The Elbron fats in New York City were
burned Monday morning. Mrs. Fra Gle
Westlak a widow, was killed and six others
were injured.
John W. Davis was nominated for gov
ernor by the Rhode Island democrats Mon
day.
The supreme court rendered a dicesion
Monday holding that the power to regulate
or forbid the sale of a commodity after il
has been brought into a state does not carry
with II the right and power to prevent its
introduction by transportation from another
state. The section of the Iowa statute OF
April ., 1886, which prohibits railroad com
panles from bringing liquor into the state
is therefore declared to be invalid, and the
judgment of the United States circuit court
fer the northern district OF Illinois Is re
Versed. Tbs Chief justice, Justices GA
and Harlan disssnJed.
A Topeka dispatch states that the stat,
board of railroad commissioners teIe
graphed Chief ArtheIs Monday its approx,
of the law 40 ding and conservative position
he assumed SIN regard to the strike on TIT
Santa Ee.
A Topeka dispatch of Monday states that
general order was issued from Santa f,
headquarters that da-, Tein~tating all tn
employees that were laid OF Saturday on &C
count of the strike of the engineers and IRE
men.
A MarshaIltOwn. Iowa, dispatch of Mon
day states that Receiver Dudley, upon TIT
advice of the court, closed the shops and
general Offices of the Central Iowa railway
laying OF all the employees all along the lin
except enough to guard the property anC
handle the passenger service. This Is tn
result of ne tie-up of the freight traffic, ant
IS the RECEIVERS only alternat We, as Wlthou
mt earnings there would be nothing t. nee
the pay rolls. Notice has been given to tn
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