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CHICAGO. Nov. 2S.-The demand for cattle was
brisk to-day and although the supply rather
changed. Beef steers salable at s.. 906D4. rs
for the commonest lots, medium grades selling
going for $55.50; sales were largely at S47O05 80
with extra choice beeves scarce and salable at
$55OQ5.SO. Stockers and feeders sold at S3G4 49,
the demand showing no marked Improvement
Butchers and Gamers stuff sold freely at steady
s6Q7 ~
There was brisk demand for hogs from pack
ers, and although receipts were far above
normal supply and within a few thousand of the
biggest receipts on record, the decline did not
exceed l0c' some early sales being only a nickel
lower. Hogs sold at an extreme range of $1,000
345, the greater part crossing the scales at So 2
Q3:S71A. and pigs sold at 81. SO@SSO.
There was good demand for sheep and lambs
but the liberal supply caused decline OF 10115c
Sheep were salable at $2.25q230 for culls up to
Slq425 for good to choice lots sales being largely
lambs brought sS50Q45O for ordinary up to s5G5 80
Receipts-Cattle. 1900: hogs. 72.OOO sheep.
% 900.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 2S.-Cattle-Receipts.
was less animated than usual slaughtering kinds
1Oc lower; native feeders about steady; common
range feeders l0Gs20c lower choice native steers
offered medium, A.S5Q4-SO; light weights, $40
AIS; stockers and feeders: sSQ45 so; butcher cows
and heifers, s2.65G425; Western steers $364 so:
Texas steers, sS.i0aISO Texas butcher cows SCI 65
GAS; canning stock. I.75G26O
Hogs-Receipts, II $685. Heavy receipts and slow
demand; prices suffered a further decline of sc;
heavies, $SSOqSS71a; mixed So 2ogS25; lights. $40
Q3.25.
Sheep-Receipts s.1Oo. While the local supply
was light Eastern markets were decidedly lower
and sales We're mainly 59l0c lower in sympathy;
lambs 81 20: muttons, 49, 75f14 Is: Western
feeding sheep sS.25g3S5; stockers and ewes, 81 90
Q3.50
ST LOUIS, Nov. 2s.--Catue-Receipts, $780, in
Guiding 1000 Texans; shipments 1900. Market
strong for natives; Texas cattle steady; fair to
choice native shipping and export steers. &a5 %.
bulk at A70Q5.20; dressed beef and butcher
steers So 7Od4 S. bulk at So. 904 25 steers under
coo lbs s. 056f4 20. bulk at S. 7564 stockers and
feeders $2a4 40. bulk at s. 90d430 COWS and heif-
ers S2fl4 80 bulk OF COWS. S2.404350; Texas and
Indian steers. s3loa42O. bulk at sS.15Qs.75; cows
and heifers, $2Qf3z5.
Hogs-Receipts, II. 900; shipments. l. 400. Market
Ice lower; Workers. 3.1Og3Z packers. 8. 20QS 30;
butchers, SO 2EG3.40.
sheep,-Receipts. 1000: shipments, 200. Market
steady; native muttons, $S.75g425; lambs S425Q
SIS.
NEW YORK, Nov. S-Beeves-Receipts, Z. 800
Market opened strong and Zoe higher; closed easy
with the advance lost on steers; steers, s4q5.50;
oxen and stays. $3.2Sd465; bulls $SGf3. 90; cows
N.7543.e0. Cables quote American steers steady
ct 1s1G1251c; refrigerator beef higher at l0,sG
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Union Stock Yards
n. r.. ShieI 6 Co.'s Antitrust Live
Stock Market Report.
IndianapoIis. Ind.. Nov. .. 1S9s.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. %, 1898.
Had heavy receipts for Monday; nine loads out
OF twenty-seven total receipts. Market was sc to
719c lower and Chicago 20. 200 hogs and 10c lower
Think we will see steady market for the next
few days Do not anticipate much lower prices,
as they Will hold back on this sharp Decline Look
for 10c and 15c down and mp market There are
advance for the next six weeks and there is sure
to be decline on heavy receipts. The Trust Is
still refusing to sell us. We shipped out eighteen
double decks Saturday, which all came in con-
signed to us, with the exception of q few loads
that bought and came in unconsigned We
could have used thirty double decks if had
received them, OF medium and heavy weights. You
make great mistake If you don't either consign
your heavy weights or come in and sell them
get the big prices from the Trust" Last
Wednesday an Illinois shipper sent in five loads
to the Trust" In good medium hogs. that sold
at $S371s, and on Friday the shipper billed
three decks TO Wheeling w. Va, according to-
our instructions, consigned to himself, to unload
and feed here. He came in with them They
eraged zoe. We bid him $2.45 for then and the
day for $3.37h said there should hog go through
to Wheeling. and sold them for S3.47IA The mar
ke4 on Friday about the same The shipper
said 1t made him $40 to have them consigned to
himself Our advice would be to all shippers that
have good hogs to have them consigned to them
selves or to US, and come in and see how we do
business and how the Trust does business. We
quote to-day: Prime heaves $50 to $50, at $3S to
S40; and 200 to 230 at $3.50 to $3.32a $50 to 1870.
at S322h to $S.21A; 100 to $50. at $315 TO 50 22.
Pigs selling in all the markets now, where
they healthy, within &c of $160. We can use
all the healthy pigs we can get, and all the
diums and heavies.
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Butter-ReceiDts. 1855
packages. Market steady Western creamery 15A
@23lhc Elgins, 23Q2S15c; factory. 111sQ14Ac
Cheese-Receipts. 1898 packages. Market steady;
large white, 9l9c; small white. 1oc large colored
9kc; small colored, 10c. Eggs-Receipts 7Ni
packages. Market firmer; Western, 26c.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 2s.-Butter steady; sep
arator, &c; dairy, 15c. Eggs-Market Nearly bare
of fresh stock; no material increase in receipts
looked for this week; fresh candled Missouri and
Kansas stock, zoe. cases returned.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2s.-Op the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was quiet; creamery
14@21lzc; dairy, 121kd19c Cheese steady at S1zd
1012c Eggs firm; fresh, 12@2sc.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. zo.-Butter steady
fancy Western creamery, 23c. Eggs firm and %
higher; fresh Western, 24c Cheese firm.
ELGIN, Nov. 2s.-Butter firm; offerings, IS;
tubs; sales, 175 tubs at 22c.
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At the fifth annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western Railway, held in Cincinnati yester-
day, the following board of directors was
elected: Edward r. Bacon, W. L. Bull, Ed
gard T. Welles, Edward r. Bell, John
Davis, Henry w Poor and Edward Bruce.
OF New York; James Sloan and Oscar G..
Murray, of Baltimore; w. w. Peabody,
natl: Frank Tracey. SpringfieId III: Au-
gustus b. Ewing st. Louis, and Francis
Pavy, of London The board met later and
elected the following officers: President, E.
r. Bacon; vice president VIM M. Greene
secretary, Edward Bruce; treasurer, VIM
h Jones, general counsel. Judson Harmon
The annual report was read and approved
Vice President Greene will remove from
Baltimore to Cincinnati and be in charge of
the operation of the system. He was for
merly general manager of the Big Four and
later Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railway
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girl.
teenth street girl
Flora and Thomas H. Nelson. 1909 East Market
street, twin girls.
Emma and August T.. Sturm, 414 Nebraska
street. twin girls.
Lizzie ana Joseph Gambler AS Haugh street.
Pearl and Edgar Richwine. 2slO West Tenth
street, girl.
Bertha and Erwin Pruitt, III South Capitol ave-
nue., boy.
Annie and Charles Madas. $40 Indiana avenue.
girl.
streets, boy.
NJ J. and G. W. KlHinger 200 North California
Carrie and William o. shellie. 6ls North Senate
giTi
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Deaths.

Mary Wells. nfty-seven years. 144S Booker street.
maarial fever.
Infant Sturm, Ala Nebraska street, stillborn.
Louis +. Buschman. thirty five years. 15O6 North
New Jersey street, typhoid fever.
Moody Delvach, forty-eight years Sullivan and
Fountain avenue pneumonia.
Elmer Grail. ten months 1925 Sheldon street.
pneumonia.
James S. Davidson. seventy-three years, 26to
East Eighteenth street, tuberculosis.
Infant Gambler. 425 Haugh street stillborn.
Margaret j. Ballard. sixty-eight years. 7f6
Haugh street. rheumatism.
Chester Larimore. two months, III Murphy
street, heart lesion.
Elmer Gilaspy, nineteen years, 3T West South
street, phthiss pulmonas.
Elizabeth j. Burk. seventy years, SOL English
avenue, angina pectoris.
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pensions for Veterans.

Certificates have been issued to the fol-
lowing named Indianians
Northumberland c. Wells, Hoosierville,
s. to So
Increase-Thomas ]. Mercer Dillman, SIG
TO SIT; James Miles. Kokomo. SIC to $l7;
So; Oliver Allen, Brazil, $2i 10 $50.
Original Widows etc.-Sarah Edwards
(motherl. Leipsic, $l2; Sarah L. Rapp,
Churubusco. s12
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet
No. 8 spring wheat. 62%G6414c; No. red. S71zc
&C. c No. Cof White 70 O. BE- 27ba $50 No 0 Ts
62G52Ac No. 2 barley. (. O. b.. 40Q4sc. No.
faxseed, 97iac. Prime timothy seed, 1920. Mess
pork. per brl, $775q7S5. Lard, per 100 lbs, $3.50
al 9215. Short-rib sides Qoose), $4.50G470; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed), S425Q4.5O; short-clear
sides Cboxed). $4.75d485. Whisky, distillers' I'm
ished goods, per gal, $1.25.
Receipts-Flour, $1,000 brls wheat. $4,000 bu;
corn, 258, 900 blu; oats, 100000 bu rye, 81 600 bu
barley, 900 bu. Shipments $4,000 brls
wheat 204 600 bu corn, ST. 000 bu; oats, 245o0 bu
rye. 2.0OO bu; barley. 90, 900 bu
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
The Week Opens with Brisk Trade
and Strong Prices.

On the wholesale streets and on Commission
yesterday there was good deal Of activity
especially for day near the close Of the
month Steady firm prices prevail in most lines.
With the dry goods houses there is a healthy
trade in progress and prices are stronger In tone
especially on cotton goods. Staple groceries are
in strong position even syrups and molasses being
frmer. The provision market is active, with
steady prices. The leather market is active and
prices unchanged Hides are quiet and prices
easy, but unchanged. Iron and hardware mar
kets are strong and prices firm. AS usual fol-
lowing Thanksgiving. the produce market is quiet
and poultry weak. Eggs are higher and butter
firm. On Commission business is in rut.
The local grain market, on increasing receipts,
shows more activity, but still there is large room
for improvement. Arrivals are not reaching ex-
pectations. Track bids, reported by the secre-
tary of the Board of Trade yesterday. ruled as
wheat-No. 2 red. CSC; No. 3 red 6s9S7o;
November. Csc; wagon wheat. CSC.
color. size; No @I' white 11aG293lc; No. white
mixed 3Ol2c; No. white mixed, SO1ac; No. I
yellow. Slc; No. 4 yellow, 2772Sc; No. mixed.
3Ol2c No. mixed, 3O1ac; No. mixed 261aq2S14c;
Oats-No. white. 2s1kc; No. white, 2sc; No.
mixed, 26lAc; No. 8 mixed, 26c.
Hay-No. timothy. $780, No. timothy $3.50
Inspections-wheat: No red. car. Corn: No.
white, IS cars; No 4, "a No. yellow. !; No. I,
cars.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Hens, &c; spring chickens. &c: cocks.
2zc: hen turkeys, &c. toms, sc; ducks, &c:
geese, 4Oc for full feathered, SOc for plucked.
Cheese-New York full cream, 10011c; skins,
6aSc domestic Swiss 12lsc brick, lie; limburger,
10c.
Butter-S1a@101ac Elgin creamery. 2lc.
Eggs-Candled, zoe per doz.
Feathers-Prime geese. soc per lb; prime duck.
10M17c per Id.
Beeswax-SOc for yellow; 25c for dark.
Wool-Medium, unwashed, f741Sc washed,
20GI25c; bury and understandable, sc less.
Honey-10Q13c per Id.
Ducks, Mallard, 1915 per 6oZ; other wild ducks.
f2Q2.25 per doz. Rabbits, 90c. Prairie chickens,
IS. inison, 20G22c per h.
HIDES, TALLOw. ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No l, S1ac; No. 2. Tlkc; No.
/ calf 10c; No. 2 calf. size.
Grease-White, &c; yellow. 2isc; brown 2Ao.
Talow-No. !, &c. No 2, 212c.
Bones--Dry, $12q13 per ton.
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Oils.

WILMINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Spir1ts OF turpentine
quiet and steady at 36Q36Ac. Resin, nothing
doing. Crude turpentine firm at $4,000. Tar
steady at $1.20
OIL CITY, Nov. 2S-Credit balances, $1.15; GER
tifcates sales 1000 brs cash at S1.13; bids OF
offers; shipments, 1925 brls; runs. 1882 brs.
SAVANNAH. Nov. 28.-Spirits Of turpentine
firm at S61zc. Resin quiet and unchanged.
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yeais S5aS 50: tons S75: erassers. 81 So7a isis
Hogs-Reeeipts, 7.766. Market firm at So 7093.S5.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 14,323. Sheep in
fair demand and steady lambs opened firm 10 l5c
higher; closed easy; sheep $36D4 4O selected weth-
ers. $4.75GS; lambs, $5.10QS.25, mainly at $3.50
GLE.
CINCINNATI. Nov. &.-cattle steady at $50
04.S5
Hogs active and lower at $39356.
Sheep steady at $225@4; lambs frmer at 495.s5
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NEW YORK. Nov 2S.-Pig iron steady; South
ern. $10.25Q11-25; Northern, $10.25@1175. Copper
steady: lake, brokers, 1275c; Exchange. 1265913c.
Lead very quiet; brokers, 3.50c; Exchange, $3.50
3.7Oc Tin firmer; straits, 1S.40Q1S soc; plates
quiet Spelter irmer at 525Q5.35c
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 2S.-Lead. 3.521z9S.55c. spelter
strong at 525c,
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Dried Fruits

NEW YORK, Nov 28.-California dried fruits
steady; eval'orated apples steady; common, 7Gsc:
prime wire tray. SQSl1c; choice: sG9Ac; fancy
91aQ10c- PTunes, 4Q10c as to size and quality
Apricots-F;oyal, 11G14c Moor Park 1SG17c
Peaches-Unpeeed. S13Q121kc; peeled. 10000. Tone
of market steady.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-Owing to the storm
there We're few buyers in the dry goods trade
to-day. The few who there were small
buyers. In staple cottons the inquiry was quiet
There was a fair inquiry for new lines in wooden
and worsted goods. Dress goods ruled quiet
Print cloths were firm on the basis of 1-16c for
extras, Ga squares.
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Master Mechanic DoebIer Promoted.

c. II. Doebler, master mechanic on the
Wabash at Fort Wayne, has been promoted
to the same position at Springfield, ILL.,,
where the general shops are located. Geo
berly. Mo-, will take charge of the Fort
Wayne shops.
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Visible Supply Statement.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The statement Of the
visible supply of grain, in store and a1oat for
the week ending Saturday, Nov. &C. as compiled
by the New York Produce Exchange is fol-
lows: Wheat o. 269 900 bu, increase Of 1S7 900;
corn, 22.263,000 bu, decrease of $4,000; OATS
$3.50 600 bu, decrease of 40 O00 rye l. 139 900 bu
an increase Of $4,000; barley, $685. 900 bu in
crease of ia, 900.
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and other Places.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2s.-Flour steady and un-
changed. Wheat-Futures strong and fractions
higher than Saturday. Spot lower: Nc. red
cash, &C., track, 70a1701ac. December. roc bid:
May. S9ltG6sitc asked; No. hard. 65a65i1c. Corn
Options fractionaly higher Spot lower: No. =
cash. &C; December. slss9s1sSc; May, s2xc. Oats
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Matthias Kirch, frame house Sanders street
near Wright street. $500
r. T. Mcclure. frame house. fremont and Nor
ris streets, $cc0.
+. S. Pike. addition. 100 Fletcher avenue. $500.
+. NJ Page. Mcpherson and Twenty ninth
street, frame house. $780,
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UNITED STATES BONDS.
NTonday,s hank CIearInEs.

At Chicago-Clearings. s19 6ss. 672; balances.
N.695. 900. New York exchange, 10c discount.
Posted rates, $4.S3 and S4S6ls.
AT Boston-Cearings slS.256,sS5 balances.
81, &C., 425.
S4.61s,sS0.
Al Philadelphia ss.s4e,5sO: balances,
s1.720.l7l.
Al baltimore clearings. R.sss,s75: balances.
SA7s.ees.
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Hardy Ham and Anna Bell.
David W. Gebhart and Lottie b. Myers
William AIcGhehy and Emma II. Roberts
Charles c. Franklin and Nellie NJ. Thouspson.
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NEW ORLEANS Nov. 2S.-Cotton Arm; sales
5000 bales; ordinary, 11-16c; good ordinary, 4Ac
ding. 55sc; mddling fair 61-16c; receipts. 1906
bales; stock, 362, 9S5 bales.
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and StrOnger-HOgs Ac-
tive and LOwer-Sheep Steady.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2S.-Cattle-Receipts
light; shipments none There were not enough
here to establish market but the feeling is for
stronger prices this week on good grades
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At New orleans-Clearings. 81. SIS, ses.
At st. Louis-Clearings Ss573 91s; balances,
ST. t53 e33.
At Cincinnati-Clearings, $2s5s 45O.
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Dec. 2 1852; first train reached Wheeling
from Leltimore Jan. l. 1883 railroad opened.
Baltimore to Wheeling, 379 miles, Jan. 10,
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SALES OF REAL EsTATE.
Eleven Transfers., with a Total Con.
aAHarnfinn NJ R1A loo

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office Of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at D. IN. Nov rs, 1885, as
furnished by Theo. Stein abstracter OF titles.
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets In
dianapolis Suite 229. first Office floor, The
Lemcke. Telephone 1760:
Charles S. Carson to Thomas j. Mckay,
Lot los, Bradbury & Co.'s southeast adj
Charles p. Holingsworth to Charles f. Bar
rett, part of Lot 2, Hadleys subdivision
of Seaton's subdivision of Block Is, John
sons heirs addition. Observation-Disclosures. 600
Clara c. Maui to Sol G. Dickey. part of
Lot &c, Woodruff Place. .................... $500
Sanford S. Walden to Lafayette w.
Walden, Lots and g. Block 4, Hubbard
& Collett's second addition. 100
Percy S. Rider to Olive c. Russell. Lots
50, SO and "a, Blakes subdivision Of Out
lots 166 and 5000
same lots Neutrality-suspicious.. $50 5000
Robert M. Furnas to Horace Mckay ct
al, Lot Ill Morris's Oak Hill addition. 500
Rober A. SpTague to stephen j. Ward
(trustee), parts of Lots rs and q. Coopers
Prospect street addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Mary NJ. johnson (administratrix) to Eliza
beth Porter, Lot 4, Heinrichs's addition
to Cumberland 2e0
Wesley M. Gerard to Ora A. Dunlap. Lot
49, Edwardss subdivision Of Block -,
Johnson's heirs addition. 5000
George w. Stout to Joseph Q. Wilkinson,
part OF Lot 4. Hoefgen's second subdi-
Transfers IL: consideration 80 100
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The chronology of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad is interesting at this time. as it
will not be many months before it will
cease to be operated under the original
charter. The first general meeting of citi-
zens. contemplating the building OF rail-
road to the Ohio river, was held in Balti-
more on Feb. Il, 1921. The other important
events occurred as follows: Act of incor-
poration granted by Maryland Feb. 2S, 1927;
act OF incorporation confirmed by Virginia
March S. lS27; requisite amount of stock for
organization subscribed by April l, 1927;
company organized and directors elected
April %, 1877; preliminary surveys begun
July 2 1877 actual surveys begun Nov 20.
1877 charter confirmed by the State of
Pennsylvania Feb. % 1928; Maryland be-
came a stakeholder March g. 1928; corner
stone laid July l. ISIS: railroad onened to
Ellicotts Mills, fourteen miles (horse pow
err May % 1880; trial of the first steam To-
connective on the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad
Aug. 25. 1890: railroad opened to Ellicotti s
Mills. fourteen miles (steam power) Aug
80 1880; 10 Frederick sixty one miles Dec.
], 1881; Point of Rocks, sixty-nine miles
April l. 1882: Harper's Ferry. eighty-one
miles, Dec. !, 1881; Hancock l2S miles June
J, 1872; Cumberland, l7S miles. Nov. 5. 1912;
Piedmont. zef miles, July q 1851; Fairmont.
69z miles June =, 1862 last spike driven,
finished. Baltimore 70 Wheeling, $40 miles,
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Alleged Discrimination.

The n.erstate-commerce Commission yes
terday pegan an important hearing of
charges filed or behalf of c. ]. Blake, a
Cincinnati coal operator, and Others al
leging discrimination in freight rates by
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
from mines in the New river and Kanawha
coal districts to Cincinnati, and also dis
elimination in transportation facilities in
favor Of the Chesapeake & Ohio Fuel Com
pany. NJ. Blake alleged that the railroad
company had failed to live up to its con-
tract TO give him inside rates, and iii Au-
gust ann Ounced that charges on coal ship
n-ents would be advanced 10 cents per ton.
c. p. NJ Semrall, ]. w. st. Clair and H.
". Twickham represented the railroad COM
pany and w. w Ramsey. of Cincinnati, the
complainant. Counsel for the company adj
mitted there was discrimination in rates.
hut justified such action the ground that
It was Necessary for business purposes. C.
w. BenjaTnin. general coal freight agent Of
the Chesapeake & Ohio, was examined at
length.
Just before leaving the stand Col. Glenn
ents asked the witness some questions re-
garding the practice of railroad companies
of filing with the commission certain tariff
schedules and then falling to comply with
them and giving lower rates. Mr.. Benia-
min sand that ii was absolutely essential
TO have an elastic rate; that his company
otherwise would be unable to obtain bust
ness. The practice of his road was similar
10 that done by others. 1--WE intend to try
TO comply with the law" said the witness
but conditions exist and have existed fer
TWO years Jhat would compel the company
TO go out of business if strict attention was
paid TO tariff rates" Commissioner Glenn
entS suggested that then the chief office of
the tariffs schedule seemed to be to con-
ceal the actual rates and confuse competi-
tors, 10 which the witness replied that it
"a ~ tah sol
not the intent. His road was anxious to
get good rates as any one. Better times
were looked for from day to day and when
they came rates would be restored. The
hearing then adjourned for the day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-26
ne IS STILL AMERICAS FIRST CITIZEN.

Colonel William Jennings Bryan is in
camp with his regiment at Jacksonville.
While he is thus showing his loyalty and
patriotism, the penny-a-liners on the big
papers are trying to destroy his hold on
the masses by a pitiable attempt to be
little him. The Springfield Republican
thus rebukes the traducerS:
The partisan attempt to belittle Mr..
Bryan's purpose to serve his country on
the field Of battle in time of war is petty
and unwise as Il matter of politics. The
people believe in fair play, and know it
when they see it. 1t is worth noting that
Colonel BRYAN is making good Roadway
in his military studies. 1t was observed
while he had his regiment on exhibition
at the Omaha exposition Saturday night
that "Bryan'S close study of tactics was
manifested by the orders he gave and tht
grace with which he handled the reg
iment."
The Atlanta Journal copies the above
and adds:
wherever he goes he attracts the mul
titude. He is cheered as Justify in Bos-
ton as in San Francisco: he has as cor
dial reception in New York as in Atlanta
I'VE agree fully with the Springfield
Republican that the attempts to belittlt
Colonel Bryan are contemplated"