Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-04-27

mum rates ana HOt Illf feSulNtlOn
of the railroads. but an improper inter-
ference. the Legislature having no
right to discriminate, as Is done In this
act. Eve cannot." he said. regard this
exceptional legislation as the exercise
OF lesser right which Is included in
the greater one to fix by statute maxi
mum rates on railroad companies"
I The chief Justice and Justices Gray
and McKenna dIssentcd.
The fiscal year of 1908 was the ban
I ncr year of the foreign trnde of the
United States. the exports being the
largest ever recorded for II like period
| and the imports exceptionally small.
, According to II comprehensive report
Just prepared by Mr.. Frank II. Hitch
cock, chief of the section OF foreign
| markets of the Agricultural Depart
! ment, the total value OF our domestic
, exports reached the enormous sum OF
S1,210. .201 .913, exceeding the record
! breaking figures OF the preceding year
by $17S.2Si.31O. On the other hand,
the imports during 1898 were the small
est since 1885, their value being $780,
ti9. .654. n decline OF S14s, ,Gs5. .5GS OF the
| figures of 1897. Broadly stated,
for every dollars worth of foreign mer-
chnndise brought into the United
States. two dollars worth Of this coun-
try's products found market abroad.
! Friends of General Miles, who are
supposed to enjoy his confidence, say
TINT should the board OF inquiry now
investigating his emblamed-beef
charges render an adverse decision he
, will ask that the members he court.
martialed OIL the grounds that they did
not well and truly inquire into the
charges preferred and render verdict
in accordance with the testimony and
evidence. They represent that General
Miles believes the evidence given be-
fore the court shows that the beef
used by the army was bad. and chem.
icnlly treated. and they say he holds
that should the court fail to render q
verdict substnntiating his charges nnd
| cxculpatlng him the members Will be
subject TO trial themselves. This view
| liz not taken by officials Of the judge
advocate generals office and other nu-
thoritIes on military law. who say that
General Miles only recourse would be
to demand a court martial OF himse!f.
| Adjutnnt General Corbin snys that
!, General Otis will respect the standing
| order of the war department TO send
the volunteers home In the sequence In
which they renched the Philippines.
The FIRST command to leave Manila Will
therefore probably be n detachment OF
| the California artillery. as General
| Otis has cabled that lie would send the
first troops home OH May 9th. and no
steamer can leave on that date which
has capacity for carrying m entire
regiment. The sequence In which the
| volunteers left San Francisco for Ma
| nila was as follows: First California.
| Second Oregon. a detachment OF the
California artillery. Companies A and
B. Utah artillery: Tenth Pennsylvania.
First Colorado. First Nebraska. First
North Dakota, Thirteenth Minnesota.
First Idaho. First Wyoming, First
| Montana. First South Dakota. First
Washington. Twentieth Kansas, First
Tennessee, Fifty-nrst Iowa, troop Of
Nevada cavalry and First Wyoming
Battery.
The officials OF the Internal Revenue
Bureau estimate that the government
has been defrnuded out of at least
100000 by the firm Of Jacobs &
| Kenig, tobucconists. at Lancaster,
, Pennsylvania. who used counterfeit
revenue stamps aggregating that
amount The officials ARE investisnt-
ing the books OF the firm and n great
quantity Of their goods bearing fraud
ulent stamps has been been seized In
different cities throughout the country.
Information Of seizures has come from
Chicago, San Francisco. Cincinnati and
Denver, and no doubt Is entertained
| that thousands Of dollars worth OF
stamps, circulated by the Lancaster
| firm are still outstanding. The offi-
cials have conflscated the plant Of the
firm at Lancaster, valued nt abopt SEQ,
600, which, with all the good seized.
will go toward the reimbursement OF
| the government for the loss It Incurred
throughout the United States by
means of the use Of the counterfeit
stamps.
The army court of inquiry has begun
the framing OF Its report. While n
few minor matters remain for exnmin-
alton, they are nor such as to Affect
the main fncts. 1t Is regarded as ccr-
; tain that the court Will find that Gen.
eral Miles charges that embalnied or
chemically prepared beef was sent to
the army have not been sustained. The
position OF the court Is believed TO he
TINT the testimony Is conclusive TINT
both the refrigerated beef and the
canned beef were In good condition
when delivered to the government and
continued so Until issued to the troops.
except thnt portion damaged In trans-
portntion or affected by tropical cOn-
| ditions, and to these causes of injury
and these conditions the chief cause
Of trouble will be attributed. 1t Will
be shown that the refrigerated beef.
after being taken from the Ice In the
tropical climate, spolls quickly unless
well cared for and that the CANNED
beef. after being opened, because "
| the great heat, becomes repulsivc In
appearance and soon unpalatable. But
! the court will hold. as the result Of
chemical Investigation by experts, thst
the canned beef is wholesome and nt-
tritious. Attention will be called to
the fact that 1t was used throughout
the war by our navy and Is still used
by the feet. 1t Is believed that the
court will crlticise those officers who
have testified that they became aware
ill. tr1laI,