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" of
New Classification Of Rates Alleged
to Be Illegal.
Want ATTORNEY GENERAL 70 ACT
Appeal to the interstate Com
merce, Commission.
TIL E HEARING RESI- MED

The hearing before the interstate COM
rnerce commission, called on account Of
complaint made by shippers against the
proposed new classification of freight by
railroads operating under the Official
cias sification,'' was resumed today in the
commissions rooms.
By agreement Mr.. Frank Harriott, gen.
eral traffic manager of the Erie railroad
and member of the Official classification
committee went on the witness stand to
testify as to the new classification. He re-
iterated Mr.. ellis statement of yesterday
that the new classification was adopted be-
cause the railroads absolutely needed the
increased revenues. On many carload rates
no advance, it was felt by the committee,
could be made, but it was felt that on
short bauls the less than carload lots could
afford to pay added rates. ,....,.-..
This arrangement would enable shippers
to take advantage of carload rates to a
general distributing point, the railroads
rates on the short hauls from distributing
points. The classification committee did
not consider the market prices of articles
| on which the classification was raised.
More Revenue Was Needed.
Mr.. Harriott said the controlling reason
| in raising the classification was the evident
| necessity for more revenue, and this was
deemed the best way to get 1t. So far as
was practicable the committee and the rail-
roads were ready and anxious to remedy
| so far possible any injustices that might
| exist in the classification. He said it would
| be necessary for the sixty odd roads using
| the official classification to follow not only
| the classification, but also to maintain ex-
! listing commodity rates, in order to obtain
additional revenues.
Inquiries developed the admission by Mr.
Harriott that on the average miscellan-
| ecus cars carrying articles paying less than
carload rates were being more heavily
| loaded now than heretofore and. therefore,
| that the earnings on that class of traffic
were greater
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The German federal council has discon-
tnued the favored nation privileges to prod
ucts from the Island Of Barbados, British
West Indies
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Open Late Tonight and
Tomorrow Night.
Rushed==But Ready For 1t.
The Toy and DOLL Stock of Washingtom==

A. SttfI NOW
WARS ENiEiiIEN'E THAT GATIIHE, ANi ARRANGED
CORNER YOU FIND HERE
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Childrem's Furs.
Furs and Sets for gifts to children are so
popular that we have just today-ior the third
time this season-replenished the assortment.
The new arrivals have brought prices down lit
tie.
riu n,''n ohnSnln Nunss"F size well made and SIPS
Imitation Chnchia mun; SZ.UU
French Krinner Sets, collar G IE
Win sal
satin nf issa Seal Nuns god size s' shape and $3.50
and Fssoss r5nins Sets coils. and fancy na: new $500
Beaver Sets. collar with tails, and ,un. SOS
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Good Start in His Profession.
From the Kansas City Independent.
Dasherly-'How's that young doctor get
ting along in his profession?"
Fiasherly-"Splendidly He's discovered
three new diseases already"
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shippers'iPetition.


The petition. of the shippers follows:
| 1.-The undersigned shippers, and represent
atives of various shipping interests would
respectfully and RESPECTIVELY petition your
| honorable body, in view of the testimony
| disclosed al the session held in this city
| December 81, in the matter of changes in
| freight classification and advances in
| freight rates by carriers using the official
classification, request that such testimony
| be laid before his honor the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, for the purpose
| of informing him of the necessity of TAX
| ing legal action by injunction or otherwise
| in the premises.
I'm view of the principles laid down in
| Thurber VS.. Railroad Co, March q. 1890,
| and in view of the decision of the Supreme
| Court of the United States in the Trans
Missouri case, and the decision In the Joint
| Traffic Association case, we think the evil
dence will warrant such proceedings, as the
| action of said official classification commit
| tee is clearly in violation of the federal
statute known as the Sherman antitrust
act
Argument of the Shippers.
For some time the attorneys of the ship
pers argued in favor Of the commission
taking the suggested action, Chairman
Knapp of the commission maintaining that
the commission had no more authority to
make recommendations to the Attorney
General than had representatives of the
shippers
The commission had no objection to fur
nish to the assistant attorney general at
the suggestion of the shipping interests,
transcript of the evidence adduced at the
nearing together with the petition of the
shippers for action under the antitrust
law
The attorneys for the shippers offered to
furnish testimony showing that the opera
ton of the classification would be
IN restraint of trade and to that extent a
violation OF existing law
RuinOus to Small Shippers.
1t was determined finally that the ship |
pers would offer some testimony and b. |
w. Brown. representing Schofield. Sherner
& Seagle Of Cleveland, Ohio, was sworn.
He said the new classification on petrol
cum would be absolutely ruinous to small |
Shippers. On less than carload lots the in |
crease above the rates on carload lots was |
III some instances as much as 213 per cent
ana In no case it less than IS per cent |
Mr. Brown said the small shippers of oil |
could not successfully compete with the |
standard Oh Company. because the rates |
given to the Standard on carload lots were |
so much less than the small shippers could
get on less than carload lots that the lat |
ter practically were shut out of mitch ter |
ritory. --. .
Mr.. q. H. de Golyer a carriage manufac-
turer OF Cincinnati Testified that the pro- |
posed increase in the classification of We |
hicles would limit Ohio and Mississippi val |
ley carriage manufacturers to territory ad-
Jacent to their factories; and that 1t would |
De. De destructive ofieonipetition throughout
the country. 4
This closed thettestirnony, and the hear
Ing was adjourned. 81
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Action of the Shippers.

1t developed at this point that at a meet
ing of the shippers and those representing
their interests, Former Attorney General of
Ohio F. S. Monnett, ]. H. Bromwell and
Mr.. Mortimer 7fatthews of Cincinnati had
been appointed to present to the commits
sion the action of the shippers.
Mr.. Monnett prescribed a set of resolu-
tons adopted by the commercial interests
directing attention to testimony adduced at
the present hearing showing, 1t was main
tanned, determinations by the railroads
against the small shippers in favor of the
large shippers, and to the fact that the rail-
reads had declined to extend the time for the
new classification To go into effect. These
resolutions were supplemented by petition
by large majority OF the shippers in at
tendance upon the hea ring asking that the
commission lay the testimony before the
Attorney General of the United States with
a veiw to have him bring action against the
railroads to prevent the new classification
from becoming effective ON January 1,
1900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

Win MS four-horse team passed through
Lincoln and Boyle, adding to his stock Of
cats, TIL at last wooden cages FULL of fe-
lines were piled high upon his old govern
ment wagon as they could be kept on
and arriving at Mr.. Walls boarding
house In Garrard, said: 'T have brought
you them there cats we was talking
ABOUT, and have in that old wagon |. 100
or the best rat catchers in Kentucky"
Inc european gentleman saw the Joke
was ON him, and he handed over S110
amid the great laughter of the crowd
thats happened to be present. The cats
were liberated at once, and they do saw
there hasn't been rat in that portion
of Kentucky since.
About twenty-one or TWENTY-FIVE years
later Judge French Upton, now editor of
the Richmond Paragraph, was running
paper In Lancaster, and extensively ad-
vertised cat race. The day for the fun
arrived, thousands of spectators from ALI
over Kentucky and other states were
present in the beautiful 2OO-acre blue
grass field of Hon. Malcolm Gill. near
Lancaster. Red, white and blue pro-
programmes were distributed among the
throng, S05 cats were in line, and at the
tap of the bell by President Upton
every cat shot out of the bag and went
down the line swifter than any thor
oughbreds of today, and wonderful to
record, the race was won by a cat the
grandam of which was one of the orig
inal felines sold to the European buyer
by the Casey county man forty years
prior thereto. Judge Tipton's cat race
was one of the biggest and most laugh
able things in the history of the state,
and will go down to future generations In
the history of Garrard county.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

the work began the men struck for an
advance In wages and the enforcement of
the union rules as the specifications, 1t is
alleged, had called for union labor. The
Winslow Bros. refused to concede the de-
mands and new men were employed.
Thereupon the building trades council,
composed Of the federated building
trades ordered the men Of ali other
crafts to quit work on the building. This
action stopped progress in all branches of
the work much to, the dissatisfaction of
the owner, who, 1t is alleged, threatened
to rescind the contract with Winslow
Bros The latter then applied to the
courts for an Injunction against the ar
chitectural iron workers union, the build
ing trades council and L.. Il. Letter to re-
strain all of them from interfering with
the compliments in carrying out their
contract. The action is peculiar and uni
que, In It's including the owner of the
building, one of the wealthiest men in
Chicago with the labor organizations as
defendants. He is thus to be prevented
from willingly or unwillingly assisting
the unions in obtaining their demands
There is one phase of the controversy
however, which the Winslow Bros do not
seem to have taken into account in their
contention. The men of the other crafts
who Joined the sympathetic strike, al
though doing so at the request of the
building trades council, gave up their en-
ployment as Involuntary act, and there Is
no law in the land that can punish them
for SO doing, much less compel them to
return to their work, to enable the COM
plainants to fulfill their contract.-Cin-
cinnau Enquirer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
The Union Label.

To the average business or professional
man the union label may not poss 49,
much significance. But it means a great
deal TO the working man. And it means,
too, great deal to the employer. Prac-
tically 1t is, in a great degree, protec-
ton to him against strikes and labor
troubles in his own line of industry.
Writing in the American Federationist,
John n. Bogert, organizer of the federation
for the state of New York, has the fol-
lowing condensation of the benefits of
the union label:
ITO sum up, the entire community
should unite in promoting the union Ia
bell;
Because it supersedes the strike, the
lockout and the destructive boycott; 1t
is the outward manifestation of harmony
between employer and workman, binding
both parties to maintain their friendly
relations and the continued approval and
patronage of a discriminating public.
Because it condemns child labor and
Aumanizes factory life.
Because it minimizeS convict cOmpe-
Sition with free and honest labor.
Because it wipes out the tenement and
sweat shop systems of production.
Because it has ferreted out, exposed
and cleansed the unwholesome cellar
bakery.
Because it shortens the work day and
gives the tUiler time to read and think
and cultivate the social sides of life.
Because 1t guarantees living wage
and rational conditions of employment.
Because it viii some day free the
white slaves in our Northern mills-such
as those VINO toll day and night and Sun
days, too, in the Glens Falls Paper
Works, two phalanXes workings every
hour in the twenty-four, one force put
ting in eleven hours by day, the other
thirteen hours at night with no time
off for meals, snatching their lunch be-
tween times while tending the machine
all for a shilling an hour and without
Z extra pay for nights or Sundays
Because 1t stands for quality and
honest workmanship.
Because it is not a weapon for indus
trial war. but an olive branch held out
to bind the brotherhood of man"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

a..uss.s field

For the purpose of showing at glance
the prevailing scale of wages for the va
rious crafts in 81. Faul during the the
twenty -eight years from 1870 up TO 1893,
inclusive, the following figures are taken
from the bulletin of the department of
labor The present established scale of
each union in the city is known to the
members, and thus a comparison can
easily be made.
Blacksmi -hs-lS7O, s.. IS; 1885, $3.50. High
est wage, SSH in 1879.
Blaeksmiths' Helpers-lS7O, $1.32; 1898,
81 SO. Highest wage, 81. 6212 in 1879.
8 Boilermakers-lSiO 81. SS1a; 1888 So. High
est wage, So. %, from 1883 to 1882.
BrickIayers-lS7O, 50 .SS1a; 1885, $3.50. High
est wage, $4.724 in 1881.
Cabinet Makers-1S70, A.7S; 1898, $2. 20.
Carpenters1lS70 $l.75; 1885, 80 "A. High
est wage. .25, from 1881 to 1890.
HSp1 % fTo 3s iss 1885, 50 sss
He'd Carriers-1S70, 81 2Sa; 1858, rs.
Highest wage. 81. from 1852 to $780,
Iron Molders-1S70. $2.24A; 1898, 50 69l4.
Street Laborers-lS7O 81 49,. 1898, sI.5O
&ae s6i ,s 81 gsl e., 1895, sass4.
Highest wage, 50 So from 1881 to 1891.
House PaintersL-lS7o 81. 2S14; 1898, y so,
highest wage, W 10 from INoU TO 1cJl
Pattern Makers-1S7O, So. 09l4; 1898,
tS.SlA. Highest wage, $3.50, from 1850 to
1892.
Piumbers-1S7O, s.. 9S24 1898, $3.50. High
est wage, $3.50, from 1879 to 1883.
Stonecutters = 1870, $2.47A; 1898, 1884,.
Highest wage, s. so, from Is 1879 to 1891.
est wage, N.75, from 1888 to 1898.
The above are the average daily wages
computed in gold values. 1t must be re-
membered that from 1870 to 1878 there
was a difference between gold and cur
rency values. IN converting wages in
currency into wages in gold, the value of
sl0o in gold currency for January of each
year from 1870 to 1877, and the average
value for the entire year 1873, as given in
the American Almanac for 1879, have been
used, as follows: 1870, $121.S; 1871, SHOT,;
1872, $1091; 1873, 112.7; 1874 $lI1.4; 1S75, 1125
1876, SIPS; 1877, $1O6,2; 1873, SOL. Since
1873 there will be found no difference be-
tween gold and currency values in the
above compilation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
CLASS 5
CLASS 6

stead of under the arms and the greater
weight of the upper part Of the body
had tipped the head under water and
the person was infallibly@ owned
Now, the greater numbe of the persons
so drowned were French, and the French
term for life preserver is cienture de
sauvetage, or "life-saving belt" This
word ctenture suggests to the mind. in
It's moments of disorder and unreadiness.
such as great catastrophe, brings the
ldea or putting on a belt and, as a belt
is put around the waist and nowhere else.
the frightened person instinctiyely ed-
1usts the life preserver close about the
hlps. The result is that as soon as the
person so provided falls into the water his
BODY tips over, with the heavier portion
doWnWard, and the head Is plunged be-
meath the surface.
The word belt therefore the French
writer insists, was the cause of the loss
OF many lives In the Bourgogne disaster.
unfortunately, 1T is not the cause of so
many as the want of courage and chiyalry
on the part or the crew. In the English
language we have no such confusing no
ton connected with the word which de-
scr1bes the same object Perhaps 1t is the
life preserver" that inclines us TO mt
the article on close under the armnits
so that 1t holds the head of hoatino
person out of water.
me French propose to counterfeit the
1atal erect of their own word by remain.
ing the article. and calling 1t q brassira
which is kind of waist, and by brinping
IN the word bras, or arm, 1t is expected
TO teach the people to put a life preserver
on just underneath the arms
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
GOOD TEETH
Why Some Persons Are Enabled
to Keep Them Until Old Age.

Think a moment and you will remen-
Der that we build every part of the
body, teeth and bones included. from
What we eat.
Therefore, when any parts show decay
(teeth, for instance) before the proper
time, there is evidence of lack of the
certain elements in the food that keep
them renewed each day, or possibly thera
has been misuse.
Certain field grains contain the delicate
particles of Phosphate of Lime needed for
bone and teeth building Nature will not
readily use it If administered as a drug,
but quickly accepts it when furnished in
the condition it is found in the grains
l. e., direct from Natures own laboratory
1t is thus furnished in the breakfast food
known as Grape-Nuts, and one NAV de-
pend that the regular use of this food
will insure the Introduction into the bodv
of such bone and teeth material as viii
hinder decay and add greatly to the an
pearance and comfort of the user.
Are Grape-Nuts good?
Once tried you will never forget tho
delicate sweet of the grape-sugar and
their crisp deliciousness.
All good grocers sell Grape-Nuts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
THE FIELD OF LABOR.


Musicians of Columbus. O.. will join
the A. f. of L.
Milwaukee carpenters have been con-
ceded 52712 cents per hour and the eight
hour day. ~
Memphis, Tenn, has Carpenters Dis
trict Council, which was formed last
week.
Chicago plumbers have settled their
differences on a basis Of 81 for an eight
hour day
September 4, Labor day, has been de-
clared legal holiday in the Philippine
islands.
Carpenters at Denver, Col, have Sc
cured an advance from $3.50 to So per day.
Five hundred men are affected.
A general increase in the wages of
molders IN the locomotive and machine
shops at Paterson, N. j., went into effect
on May L.
AT Youngstown, O., continuing scare
fty, OF. 4ahor IN many of the great iron
mills IS noted, and particularly for the
operation of pudding furnaces
Kansas City journeymen fathers have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Working Overtime.

The May number of the American Fed
erationist, the official organ of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, has the follow
ing to say. concerning working overt me:
1--WE advise strongly against the prac-
tice which now exists in some industries
of working overtime beyond the estab-
these times. when 50 many une mployed
are strugg, ing for an opportunity TO
work 1t is an instigator of the basest
selfshness, a radical violation of union
principles, and whether on piece work or
day work, it tends to set back the gen.
eral movement for the eight-hour day"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
DEATHS.

~N~~~~~~~~N~~~Io.o~-~-~0S
L9ONsIIn st: Paul, at residence of her
niece, MRS. M w. Burke, SIS Como ave-
nue., Friday, May u, at $3.50 a. m. Mrs.
Catnerine Lyons, aged SO years Flu
neral n from above residence. Sunday,
May IA, at 2:30 p. m. Service at St Vim.
cents church at 3 p m MINNEAPOLIS
papers please copy. :,
day. Nav II 1856 ST. Paul Pmds at st p m Fri
aged 81 years Services at late resi-.
dence, S35 Magnolia street, SUNDAY Nav
II, az S:oo p m. Remains will be taken
MONDAY forenoon to Mitchell, 10 for
MGoNIGLE-In st. Paul. May 49, 1899.
1on it McGonigle, aged 81 years Inter,
ment at Anoka, Mimi.
h * SYN Y5;i this city, May 10, 1899. Ed
t Eano a1cke Mon aged % years Funeral
Donneliys m az AK frS gn,,I Mccarthy &
Cathedral at o'clock. 'iee a' inc
DOWLAN-Margaret Gladie. aged "a
FFGdens' at residence 81 Iglehart street,
. dde4n1ee, Sunday. 2 p. m. i0"i resi-
BLQEL@Rose Buel, beloved wife Of
6 borne 5 s4s at her home. No. Ss3 Col
rwest1iIy-three years. Funeral from ab5ve
residence, Monday morning. Nav X az
chm 2 ct ot Service at st. Francis
CARRIAGES for funerals, $3.50. at Cadv
Bros. Livery, 475 Rosabel street be-
changed to 1865. 40
WE DESIRE to inform the publ, tb,+
we have withdrawn from the firm of
Guthunz & Rockstroh, and have estab-
nshed ourselves at No. 25f Cast Serenth
St, between Wacouta and Rosahei
where we are fully equipped with ali
modern conveniences for the conduct
of funeral directing.
Il. GUTHUNZ SIR.
II. GUTlTUNz JR.
VIM. 2. Nagel.. G Iistoa
VIM. u. NAGEL UNDERTAKING Co
Funeral directors and embaImers. 400
Maoasha street, between Third and
+ ro4rth streets Telephone Sos, day or
IGO BROS, livery; carriages for f,,ner-
ais ~ 41O Wacouta st. Tel 1912.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
VITAL STATISTICS.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
John Fox and Crezenz Kirgler
Henry Fehring and Catherine Kuhefu.
DEATHS.
Baby Matthews, Infants home weal-s
Hazel ". Souden, 253 Lafond. liz wears
John Lunzer, 12S West Cook, SO wears
BIRTHS.
Mrs. G. G.. Helegeson, 71S Magnolia how
Mrs. Geo. Katanesik, 6S2 Mendoza. etrI
Mrs Mat Elder, GA Blair, girl.
Mrs A. Anderson, so Lyton place. how
Mrs. A. F. Fruse, 43S Minnehaha. girl
Mrs Jacob Sauerwein, los jerks. girl.
Mrs. John johnson, 446 E. Fifth, girl.
Mrs John Sampson, 1853 Jessie, girl.
Mrs Erik. Sundkirst, 10 Case, boy
Mrs. William Hoefer, 71S Bedford. bow.
Mrs Edward G. Prier 9S6 Duchess, girl.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Meetings for the Week.

Following is the schedule Of union meet
ings for the coming week:
Sunday-Executive committee of furries'
union.
Monday-Electrical workers.
unions.
Wednesday-Pla sterers, fathers and
cabinet makers unions.
Thur ay-Stonemasons, bricklayers ard
sheet metal workers unions.
F'riday-Building trades council and
painters union.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Admitted to- Iron MOIders.

Iron Molders' Union No 2S2 held It's reg
ular meeting last night in Hall No. /,
Knox and Edward Quinlan were admitted
to membership by card. E. J. Curry was
elected a delegate to the international
Union of Iron Molders, to be held at In
dianapolis Ind. July TO- ]. A. McDon-
aid was elected delegate to the Trades
and Labor assembly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Organized Labor at winona.

One year ago Winona MINI had SIX
organized trades. Now there are fourteen
In that city. Organizer George Hess. of
that city, states that during the past wear
he has organized unions Of iron mo'ders,
pun bels. electrical wor.e-s, mu ia s,
blacksmtths, boilermakers and a federal
trades Still urorganized but with the
rapid progress the trade union movement
is making, it seems to be only a question
into line
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Prosperous rai1ors, Union.

There is a tailors' union in the city. It
Is in most flourishing condition, yet, at
present unaffiliated with the international
union. One shop in the city reports
th1rty-four orders for full suits ahead,
and work was never more promising This
union sometime since withdrew from the
International union owing to some dis
agreement concerning pro rata assess
ments. Efforts are being made to induce
the members of SO prosperous a union to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Candy Makers Organizing.

A temporary organization of candy
makers has been effected in st. Paul, and
left open until June l. A committee of
five, consisting of A Glockner, Frank
Newjahr, F. Schultz and N. NJ Lamont
has been appointed to call upon city
candy makers and interest them in the
organization of a union. A meeting was
to have been held at the assembly rooms
last Friday evening, but a sufficient num-
even preliminary meeting On Monday
evening next another meeting is called,
and it is hoped by the trades and labor
assembly that there will be a good show
Ing made of those interested in the mat
ter