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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
NEWS OF THE WORLD

Captain L. Zalinski, of pneumatic
dynamite gun fame, is to be placed on
the retired list of the army.
1t is the prevailing opinion that the
house will soon pass Baileys voluntary
bankruptcy bill.
The annual report of the civil ser
vice commission contains a spirited
attack upon the spoils system.
The United States revenue steamer
Grant passed Sandy Hook bound for
San Francisco, a cruise of fourteen
thousand miles She is expected to
reach San Francisco March IS.
Eight persons We're killed in the tax
riots at Partenico, Sicily. Heads OF
the sheriff and his wife We're paraded
on poles.
The United States torpedo boat Ctlsh-
ing has left Newport for Washington,
where she will lay up for the winter
and probably be exhibited to the con
gressmen as a style of craft which the
navy is in need of in large numbers.
The navy department has received
word from San Francisco that the
United States steamer Ranger sailed
from that port yesterday for Corinto,
Nfcara qua, whence the Alliance sailed
Monday. The destination OF the Ali
ance has not been made known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
GET MONEY! AND EIOPE.
Fort Howard Man Leaves His Wife
and Skips With Another's Wife.

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. 16.-Last Tues
day George n. Ellefson, who kept Il
grocery store in Fort Howard, secured
$4,000 from his wife and told her
he was going to Portland, Oregon, to
make investments.
He went to Neenah and wrote to
Mrs. Edward Kollbrak, of Fort How.
ard, to join him there. She packed
her trunk, took 5000 of her husband S
money, and joined Ellefson. They
went to Chippewa Falls, stopped there
a few hours, registered as man and
wife under fictitious names.
Friday morning they left for Mime
apOhs and purchased tickets to Taco
ma, Washington. Warrants for arrest
were sworn out by Kolibrak as soon
as his Wife's absence was discovered
Marshall Leicht followed the couple
as far as Chippewa Falls. Ellefson
left his wife and several step-children
Mrs. Kollbrak deserted three young
children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21

Shumway & Son, dealers in millin-
cry goods at New York, made an as
signment
The steel plant OF the Maryland
Steel company, at SparroWs' Point,
Md, will shut down in about two
weeks.
Minneapolis millers ground 49,, 32J
barrels of flour last week. This week
ten mills are idle and twelve in opera
ton.
A special cable from London says
the Grand Trunk railways receipts
for the last week show a total de.
crease of E14,421. The causes given
are the Lehigh strike, dullness arising
from bad roads and uncertainty OF
tariff developments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
RAILWAYS.

A mortgage for $1S,00O,0O0 was plac
ed on record at Belleville, ILL.,, by the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern.
Nearly 300 lock-laden fiat cars are
tied up at Galveston, Texas, through
a dispute of interested parties.
Railway miners in Pennsylvania Offer
to accept reduction but operators de
mand a lower, and a strike may fol
low.
Lehigh officials have adopted the
plan of reducing wages as 4 rebuke tC
those employees who went on strike.
Colonel l.. G. Ellsworth will be Sc
lected receiver for the Texas and For
Worth branch of the Union Pacific.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
POLITICAL.

Tammany will probably be investi-
gated by a legislative committee.
Governor Waite may be indicted as
a result of the trouble over the war
denship of Colorados penitentiary.
Notice has been sent Senator Dubois
that a Colorado town has been named
for him by admiring free silver resi-
dents.
H e. Taubeneck declares against
the new party being organized by W.
f. Rightmire and others in Kansas.
To remedy business ills the Colo
RADIO silver league thinks the white
metal should be Immediately remone-
tiZed.
Kansas farmers have given their al
lance political cast by deciding to
take in laborers and mechanics.
Alabama republicans are at outs over
a proposition to throw the white vote
of the party to Kolb for governor.
President Cleveland has offered sew
eral places to John E. Russell, of
{, assachusetts, who hesitates to ac-
! cept any office.
Socialists who hoped to gain as
cendancy in the knights of labor
through the election of Grand Master
( sovereign are evidently to be disap-
] pointed.
The Knox Und.) Mutual Fire In
srance company is reported to be
embarrassed, and ugly charges are
made against the officers. The presi-
ident is George A. Scott and the secre-
tary Benjamin J. Andrews, of Chi
:cago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21

terms mayor Of Ashland. Ohio, and a
democratic politician, is dead.
John Trayers, South Evanston
business man, died at his Moffat aven-
ne residence. He was Il years old.
Funeral services for Dr. r. S. Bogne
were held at the New England church,
Chicago. The interment was at Rose
hill
Captain J. J. Lawrence, who was
the commander of the first steamboat
of the Mallory Line, fell dead at his
home in New York city. He was about
70 years Of age.
Benjamin B. Toye, western superin-
tendent Of the Great Northwestern
Telegraph company and one of the
oldest and best known telegraphers
in the country, died in Toronto.
Obituary: At Rockland, Me-, ex-
United States Senator Nathan A. Far
well, aged eighty-two.-At Milwaukee.
Captain William A. Davies, aged forty
threat Ahland, Wis, DR.. D. S.
Sampsel, aged seventy-one.-At Jack
sonville, Ill, George Burridge, aged
seventy-two.-At Garrett, Ind, George
r. Ott.-In Normal Township, H.,
George P. Howell, aged eighty-three
At Madison, Ind, City Auditor
James Graham.-At Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Daniel Fl. Richards, aged irty-one.-
At Belvidere, ILL.,, Henry Doolittle, OF
ROckfOrd.-At San Francisco, Ned Nc,
GoWan, ex-chief of police of Philadel
phia.-At Montreal, eX-Minister of
Justice Rudolph La Flamme.-At AL
| ton, ILL.,, Mrs. Minerva Vaughn Glow
son, aged eighty-At Bloomington, Ill.
Mrs. A T. Briscoe, aged eighty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
CASUALTIES.

The Elliott Block, an old landmark
at Memphis, has been destroyed by
fire.
Twenty-Five persons We're hurt by
the wreck of a Southern Pacific train
at Landsburg, n. NJ.
The boiler in Camplns' saw-mill,
near Oxford, n. Y, exploded, killing
Joseph Shaver and Ge0rSC Hammond
Fire in the Mills & Ayerill, merchant
tailors, building, at st. Louis, did dam
the extent of $4,000.
Thirteen business houses were burn
ed at Creal Springs, Ill, causing loss
of 10000.
Daniel Riebold and stepdaughteI
We're overcome by gas i'll the cellar in
their Terre Haute home. Mrs. RE
bold rescued them.
Mrs. w. H. X Gossard, one Of a
sleighing party, was fatally hurt by
train near Fremont, Ohio.
Battalion Chief Murphy may lose
reason through cold storage fire in
Chicago and previous injuries to his
head.
A Missouri, Kansas end Texas
freight train was wrecked north of
senison, Tex Eighteen cars were
Nrned, with $4,000 gallons of OIL
Joss $4,000.
Minnie Dean died from injuries re
ceived in the Southern University fire
at New Birmingham, Ala. Six others
were injured
Charles Stark's house at Appleton
Wis, was burned by fire by the eX-
plosion of Il lamp. Several students
who We're boarding with Stark lost
everything. Loss $4,500i insurance
$4,000.
The schooner Jefferson, from St
Johns, y. B., for Philadelphia with
100000 laths, is ashore on Buffers is
land, and WILL it is thought, prove 4
total loss. She is owned by Scanned
Bros of New York.
Fire is raging furiously in the
and the destruction of the colherieS
seems inevitable Four miners were
hemmed in by the fire Tuesday night
but were rescued yesterday morning
The Famous Shoe and Clothing com
pany at St Louis lost $15O,OO0 by fir,
last night. Fire at Syracuse burned
out Robert Mccarthy & Son, hardware
the John Single Paper company and
Walrath & Co. wholesale grocers
The total loss is $780, 900.
The life-saving service has been in
formed that the Norwegian bark Faust
from Pernambuco, with cargo OF
sugar, was capsized and sunk Tuesday
night during the snow-storm off Cap,
Henlopen, Delaware. The crew were
landed in the ships boat at the Della
ware breakwater
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
HOLDS OTHERS MONEY.
Sensational Arrest of E. J. Seymour
Of Chippewa Falls.

Chippewa Fails, Wis, Dec. 13.-A
sensation was caused by the arrest Of
Edward J. Seymour, upon a warrant
sworn out by G. N. Ralph, represent
ing the Deering Harvester works at
Moline, Ill. The charge was the en-
bezzlement Of $50, which the plain
tiff collected while employed by that
concern.
Mr.. Seymour was until recently a
partner in the Wisconsin Collecting
agency, and it is charged that he has
considerable money belonging to other
parties that he will not turn over.
He recently sold his home in this
city, and was preparing to leave for
Castle Craig, Cal. Other warrants
will be sworn out for his arrest should
he be cleared from his first charge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
FAILURE AT LA CROSSE.
Crosby Hardwood Lumber Company
In Trouble.

La Crosse, Wis. Dec. 16.-The Cros-
by Hardwood Lumber company made
an assignment today to J. NJ. Hixon,
who gave bond of $4,000, and Ho-
mer Crosby, vice-president Of the COM
pany, made an individual assignment
to G. H Gordon, who gave bond Of
$4,000.
Through a statement Of assets and
liabilities could not be secured today,
it is known the failures are not very
heavy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
RESERVE STILL CLIMBS.

New York, Dec. 16.-The weekly
bank statement is as follows: Reserve
increase, $4,000; lonas, increase, 81
17S,OOO; specie, decrease, S1,361 900;
legal tenders, increase, 81, $50, 900; de-
posts, increase, S2,749, 900. The banks
now hold S76,16S, 900 in excess of the
requirements Of the % per cent. ~-ie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
IN CONGRESS.
Resume Of the Routine Proceedings il
Both Houses.

Washington, Dec. 12.-In the senate
Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution
questioning the right of the president
to sent an agent to a foreign govern
ment while congress was in session,
without submitting the name to the
senate for confirmation. Mr.. Hoar
commented on the fact that informa-
ton communicated by the president
to certain senators under the seal of
confidence was freely given out to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
AFTER THE BALL FORBIDDEl
Kansas City's Novel Scheme to Raise
Funds.

Mankato, Kan, Dec. 16-The city
council, to increase the debted funds
in the city treasury, last evening pass
ed q unanimously ordinance making
it a nuisance for any person, man,
woman or child, hereafter to whistle
or sing After the Ball between the
hours of 6 a. N. and 10 p. m. The of
Tense is punishable with a fine of
fifty cents for each performance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
GUESTS ALL ESCAPED.

Athison. Kan, Dec 16.-The Windsor
hotel was destroyed by fire at ,
O'Clock this morning. The guests all
escaped. The loss is $4,000 and is
partially covered by Insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
DIR. ALEXANDER MARTIN DEAD.
Vfye President of Depau University
and A Well Known Educator.

Greencastle, Ind, Dec. 16.-Dr. Alex
ander Martin, vicetpresident Of De
pauw University, died here today of
Pneumonia after a brief illness. He
was formerly president Of the uni
versity and one of the best known
educators in the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

A phosphate trust, to control the
florida phosphate rock, is spoken of.
Option trading is gambling and I'M
lawful, according to decision by the
Missouri supreme court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
SPORTING.

Adrian C. Arson will manage the
Chicago baseball team next season and
essay first base.
Members of the Northwestern Trot-
ting and Pacing Horse Breeders asso-
citation have decided to incorporate.
Morello broke down in a race at San
Francisco and Van Ness great horse
may never start again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
FEENEY IN A FIGHT.
Pays SO for Having Fun With the
District Attorney at Baraboo.

BaraboO, Wis, Dec. 16.-Immediate-
ly after the adjournment Of the ex-
animation Of VIM. Brady, charged
with burglary, this. afternoon, and
while the court room was still crowd
ed, Attorney James H. Feeney. of
Madison, Wis, and District Attorney
Winchester had some words followed
by blows from Feeney.
Winchester'S face was disfgured and
gore flowed freely. The court tined
Feeney ten dollars, which he paid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
PREPARING FOR WAR
GUNS SMUGGLED FOR THE HA-
WAuAN ROYALISTS.
NO IMMEDIATE HOSTILITY Is
FEARED

Latest Advices from Honolulu Show
that Excitement Is at Fever Heat
There but that There Is No Change
of Moment in the Political Sit
uation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
FOREIGN.

Severe fighting is reported in Brazil.
George Bum, American artist. was
sentenced to fifteen years imprison-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
FLOOD AT BUFFALO.
Covers an Area of Thirty-Three Square
Miles 100000 Damages.

Mics
Buffalo, Dec. 16.-Heavy rains, melt
/ ing snow, with warm winds, caused
the flooding of five square miles south
Of Buffalo to the depth of several feet.
One thousand families were driven
from their homes. The loss will be
heavy.
LATER.
The magnitude of the food disaster
is much greater than at first reported.
1t is estimated that at least 500 houses
are surrounded with water from three
to five feet deep and fully $500 people
were driven from their homes. About
thirty miles Of streets and adjacent
land are under water, making the
food district about thiry-three square
miles.
Buffalo river and CaZenoVia creek
are lost in the food. The wind is
blowing gale, driving water back and
preventing it from seeking its natural
outlet in the lake. When the wind
goes down the food will recede. Many
miles of sidewalks have fioated away
with a few small houses and many
outbIldings.
1t cannot be learned that any lives
were lost but there were many narrow
escapes.
The main tracks of the Lakeshore,
Nickel Plate, Buffalo & Rochester, and
Pittsbury & Western, New York &
Pennsylvania railroads are completely
under. wafer and trains are being run
with danger.
I. is impossible to estimate the loss
but it will certainly exceed 100000.
They sent him off TO college
His training to- complete,
And though he won no kQOMleUge-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
FATHER TIME.

DR.. D. s. Sampson. ST., for two
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21

They sent him Off TO college
His training to- complete,
And though he won no knowledge
He has educated feet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
MARSHALL COUNTY TEACHERS.
Program of Union District Institute Feb
ruary II. 1895.

Program OF Union District Institute, Feb
ruary II, 1895.
Session opens at ten a. Al.
l. Bene iitsof Institutes and Their o.
iects to Teachers, j. NJ. Rine, County
Superintendent; Discussion by ID. l.
Williams, w. 5. Powell.
.. Language in School, Dora DAVIS;
Discussion, Frank Bonar.
3. Class Drill, Maggie Sharp.
!. Literary Exercise, Best Methods
of Conducting and How Often, Jennie
Lapcfitt: Discussion by D. Bonar.
). Primary Methods, Laura Dare and
Ella NJ. Wilson.
G. How Can We Secure Effective Use
of the Course Of Study in the Common
Schools, l.. NJ. Crow.
=. In Wha5 Ways Is the STUDY OF
Physiology Beneficial, Minnie MARSH;
Discussion, w. ?. Fish.
$. To What Extent Should Ieachers
Aid Pupils in Preparing for Recitation
Nora polbeare; discussion, Il. Taylor.
@. What is Il to Teach? Anna NC
Cabo: discussion, NJ. NJ. Hughes.
10. Reading, J. I. King.
II. Teachers Preparation, Ella camp
bell: discussion, \. c. TOloert
-. Class Drill, Anna Policy.
10. Our Duties and Responsibility 70
God as Teachers, Mary Stewart.
Il. What Should the Public Schools
do for the Child? 7. II. Rowles.
Is. Education Demanded by the
Times, Josephine Lader; discussion H.
A. Riggs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
convince the Contrists of the necessity

convince the Centrsts of the necessity
Of supporting the measure.
The Budget Commission OF the Reich
stag is now rapidly voting the new
credits for the navy under the impulse
of Chancellor CapriviS declarations
that there IS danger Of a coalition OF
the fleets of France, Russia and Den
mark.
Though the reception OF the Care
witch here is not likely to modify the
grouping OF the powers or reverse the
policy of Russia, it is decidedly tenn
porary check to the French party at
the Cars court. Dispatches received
tonight from st. Petersburg testify to
a marked change in the tone OF the
semi-official press toward Germany.
Prof. Koch returned tonight from
Halle. where he has been investigating
the outbreak of cholera. Experts at
the Koch Institute report that the water
used at the Nietleben lunatic asylum,
after it was passed through filter beds,
disclosed the presence OF the comma
bacillus. proving that the river Saale Is
thoroughly infected. Prof. Koch is
about to visit Altoona and Hamburg,
where anxiety regarding a fresh out
break of cholera is renewed with the
approach Of spring.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
MANUAL TRAINING.

Prof. /. Z. CLARKE, Of the Bureau Of
Education at Washington, has issued
an interesting volume On Education
and the Industrial aud Fine Arts in the
United States" lie says: 1.-The in
dustrial education movement is far
more wide embracing 10 its scope than
would be implied by the present promi-
nence of the manual training school
feature; it includes the girls as we'll as
the boys; il considers the needs Of chill
dren in remote country schools no less
than the wants Of those In the crowded
. cities: it is busy with the problem Of a
logical system OF training beginning
with the kindergarten and ending only
with the high schools. II is a vital
movement, full of interest and Of en-
thuslssm, and has drawn to its support
wide-awake educators all over the
land"
Prof. CLARKE shows that the new
method must eventually supplaut the
old in every school house in the United
States, and that the result must be iu-
ture generation Of more useful citizens,
more intelligent, better educated and
developed in body, mind and morals.
And those communities that have al
ready adopted the new method are Just
SO far in advance Of those that have
not.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
London Money Markets.

LONDON, January 29.-Discount was IN
fair demand during the past week at per
cent for three months and q per cent. Ior
short Gold still continues 10 be in strong
demand in the open market. for Paris and
Vienna, but the Bank OF England's stock
has not been touched materially. Ship
ments from New York and South Africa
are increasing, while there is no symptom
of a coming scramble for the metal. Ameri-
can securities were fairly active, buying
being steady on both home and foreign
accounts The continued shipment o.
gold from New York checks a rapid ed
Vance: but the main facts influencing me
department being favorable, disposition
is shown here to hold securities, and mere
is no sign of London unloading on New
York or Of New York unloading on Lon
don
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
nn ron rZnnta PnblIc omce?

There are $4,000 offices within the
gift OF the new Administration, and
now is the time for those seeking public
employment TO take proper steps to Sc
cure one of these lucrative positions.
All who are interested should at once
send for a copy OF the United States
Blue Book. 1t is register OF all Fed
eral Offices and emplOyments In eacn
State and Territory, the District OF CO.
lumbia and abroad, with their salaries,
emollments and duties; shows who Is
eligible for appointment, questions
asked 1t examinations. how to make an
application. and how 70 push II 10 sue
cess. and gives besides vast amount OF
important and valuable Information rel
alive to Government positions never be-
fore published. Handsomely bound In
cloth. Price, IS cents, post paid. Send
all remlttances by draft. money order or
registered letter. Address j. II. Soule,
Publisher, Box 43, Washington, d. {.
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COLLEGE PRESIDENT sKIPs
With His $1,000 Private Lady Secretary,
Leaving Raft OF Creditors.


LAPORTE, IND, January 29.-Prof.
George Farnham, President Ct the La
porte Business College, also q the Bust
ness Colleges at Lima and Gallon, OHIO,
and proprietor Of the Automatic Shad-
ing Pen Supply Company, disappeared
last Tuesday on pretense o. going TO
Lima, and has not since been heard
from. Yesterday a representative OF
the Lima National Bank arrived here
and attached all property belonging to
Farnham on Il claim OF 5000, and to-
day Laporte business men have been
busy filing under for the la:ge amount
due them.
Farnham came here last summer and
renting a large three-stOry building,
fitted il up, regardless OF expense, for a
business college. He sold scholarships
in advance at from So to S;25, accord
Ing 20 the branch OF study tobe pursued,
taking in payment the purchasers notes
on short time. One hundred and forty
scholarships were secured. The people
Of this city, regarding the matter as a
public enterprise, subscribed literally.
Farnham, ii is now found, discounted
these notes at the banks before skip
ping out, and took with him large
sum OF money, estimated AZ from SEQ
600 to $50, and leaving iebts in this
city running into the thousands.
Many purchasers OF scholarships are
poor people, who arranged TO pay their
notes by installments aud the loss will
be severe 10 them. The school will be
continued by our public spirited
people.
His much advertised $500 per year
private lady secretary, mas also left
town. They we're very fond Of each
other.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30
REGULATING PRICES By LAW.

A very crude remedy Tor the monop-
DIV evils is now unner consideration by
q committee Of the New York Legisla-
ture which is investigating the Reading
Coal Combine. Two Senators on the
investigating committee express the
opinion that II would DO constitutional
for the Legislature to fix the maximum
price Of coal.
This is a childish and absurd PROPOSE
ton, unworthy Of legislators with any
idea of craftsmanship. IL is settled
under our system Of government that
the law cannot interfere in such mat
tiers in the manner suggested. In q
portion of the South. during the war,
the maximum price Of salt was fixed,
and when it was held above that figure
10 was confiScated. But that was a war
measure, and is in no sense a precedent
for legislature to follow in times Of
peace.
Should the Legislature regulate the
price Of coal in New York the next step
would be TO fix the price Of various ar
ticles Of food. Then clothing would be
added TO the list. II the Legislature
can control the price Of coal it can con-
troll the price of anything.
The fact is the vital point OF the
whole business is overlooked. Specula-
tive monopolies, trusts and combines
are illegal under the old common law Of
the State. Enforce this law honestly
and the coal combine can be quickly
smashed