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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Schedule in Eject Jure Il. 1900

Schedule IN Effect Jure Il. 1900
All trains arrve at and depart from
Pennsv .yania Passenger Stat on.
s.Ol 4. M.-Daily-for Dsnviiie Charlotte
and way stations connecting at CalYert0n
for Werrenton At Manassas Tor 5trasDurg
and Harrisonburg daily and Staunton Week
DAYS AZ Lynchburg With the Norfolk and
Western daily for Roanoke and points
scnthwest and with 9. q o. z. z. daily fof
Estnral Bridge and Lexington.
1i16 A. M-Dally-THA DNiIEi
gTATEs FAST MAIL carries Pullman
eleeoers New York and Washington TO
Iaoksonville, via favannah. uniting st SAL
.shnyv with Pullman Sleeper for Ashe-
willie anu Hot Springs, n. o., Knox
VILE, Chattanooga and memphis
cenn. and st Charlotte with Pull
man sleeper for Augusta snd Birmingham
and AT Columbia with sleeper tOr Cnarles-
ton. Pullman sleeper New YORK 70 New
Orleans. Solid train Washington 70 New
Orleans without chLlge, connects at Lynch-
hnrg daily for Natural Bridge and Lexing-
ION and week days for East RadfOrj Va.
Dining car sery ice.
Ii.37 A. M.-Daly-L Local for Char ottes-
VILE. connecting al Calyerton IoI warren
4:ol P. M.-Local for strssburg and Hsr-
r,s0nburg daily except Sunday.
4.SO P. y daily, local Tor - ghaIlottesviiie'
nnnn4CfNIlE
q.SS p M daily Nav York and Plortda
Kxpress Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars,
Nov York and Washington TO Port Tampa
via Jacksonville, and to Augusta via
Coinmbia with connection for Aiken.
Tbrongh coach TO Jacksonville. Dining Car
service.
Chattanooga Limited, via Lynchourg, WIN
sIeepers New York -and Washington to
Memphis and New Orleans through Bristol.
Through coach 10 Memphis. Parlor
and Observation Car between Radford, Va,
and Alfalfa. Ala. Dining Car service.
I0.45 PM. daily, " WASHINGTON Arr
aOUTH- WESTERN, VESTIBULED LIN
ITED." composed OF Pullman Vestibuled
sleepers, Dining Cars and Day Coaches. Pull~
man sleepers, New York to Nashville,
Tenn, via AsheYille, kno1Vlile ana Chat
tsnOoga: New York to Memphis, via Blrm-
inghsun. New York to New Orleans, via At
Ianta and Montgomery. Pullman, Library
and Observation car between New York and
Washington and Macon. Veshbuled Day
Coach, Washington 10 New Orleans. Dining
annset Personally Conducted Tourists
Excursion. Through Sleeper on this train
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
frou Washington TO San Francisco with
ont change. Leave Richmond at II 90 z. M.
rfains on the Narrow '2a1ge reaon Orange
daily at 1910 A. II
Trains on the 8outhsrn RsiiThy pas
Orange DAILy a. follows
aOu1H BOUND
il:1O A. n z 80 Z. y f4o ?. NJ
EOgTH BOUND
O:1n A. 81. $40 Z. a. 5;37 A. n
gor rates map folders and slsepine oar
snaos spply TO nearest Southern Railway
Agent, or
YRANK B.GANEON. .srd V. .Prss & 3sn. Mgr
j nj. OULP, Traffic Man 'ger.
~. A. TURK General Passenger Agent.
f., 8. BROWN, General Agent,
WASHINGTON, ID. Q
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01

Conneotions 81 Frederick9burg WIN h' ?.
APR. r., and Weems Steamboat 60. A.
Orange with Southern snd Chesapeake =
Ohio K. K.
The only line to the Chsnoellorsviiis ann
wilderness Bsttlefelds.
Eastern Standard Time. Daily sxoept5un'
dsv. W. n. RICHARDS, Ger. " anagef'
sTrsin No. leaves Orange the aih 1ohasy
,n ssch month ST 3 p. m.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01

The Metropolitan Trust Company
of New York began paying dividend
OF fifty per cent. In cash Monday on
behalf Of the readjustment committee,
to eli creditors Of Price. Mccormick 81
Co., who have fled their claims The
FIRST dividend to be phid by the Trust
Company viii be In excess Of one mil.
lion dollars.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01
GEO. J. FLETCHER,
IHIrEnT Ann RuILpER.

AROHTTECT AND BUILDER,
FREDERICK6BURG, Va
Plans, Specifications, Elevations, Dsiailn
Work OF all kinds Ia the building line.
Thorough personal supervision o. all
Wcrk. toHo or 4ouuizH
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01
$40. washington to Niagara Falls and Re-

$40. Washington TO Niagara Falls and Re-
turn $40. via Pennsylvania Railroad.
On Thursdays. July 26, August 0 and
29, September 8 and 30, and October 4
and l8, personally conducted excursions
will leave Washington By special train
at 8 90 a. M, arriving Niagara Falls
II O5 D. m. Tickets limited to ten
DAYS and allow stop-over returning At
Buffalo. Rochester and Watkins
iyl4-W-ootl1
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01

{. The great success Of Chamberlain s
Colo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the treatment Of bowel complaints
has made 1t a standard over the greater
part Of the civilized world. For sale
M. N. Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01
$500. washington 10 the seaehore and Re-
tnrn IS. 90 via Pennsylvania Railroad.

Tickets on sale for all trains Friday g
and Saturdays to September to At
Iantio City, Cape May. Ocean Oity and
Sea Isle City, N. j., good to return IN.
iii Tuesday following day Of sale
Tickets good via Delaware Bridge Route
TO Atlantic Otty.
iyf0-sep5.t.t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01
Railroads.
EVhNsE q cohad,,lo IA EWacf
Schedule IN sHecl
May 2T,t9oo. ,v7o-

LEAVE RlCH MONp, BYRD
o.OO a 81. NORFOLK hlMl hp. NJ
~ Sorf5ik ii.sO A. VI. stops only az ttl
rr.nurS. WaycrIy. and Suffolk. Stco.u V''NS
,lckcts not accepted on th,s tu,in' -pprce
q.O5 4. NJ. THE CHltAttO,, r. y. -. +" ', o,,.i
for GSnckhurg. Roanoke, 'eluiI.,,uH. ",', ~,
Chicago. Buact Parlor car fcitt-ht..lE 10
Roan@kc. Pullman sleeper hoanoNt I" ~
umbus: also. for BriSio, Nh'A fl.lvt, "',e ,e
Chattanooga Pullman sleeper t"Au'"N d"
as r. NJ. Ocean shore Limited. Arrives
NSTf IN js5 T.. NJ stops only at .s"uie'
WaVcrIy. and suffolk Second cass uthe.e
not good ou this train through o""0H ''
Nrgiuia Beach ,- Mill. opd i'm
I, ,SfnSdiate stations. Arrives al NoiioiA "'
1910 L. VI. f,.,,,,r.
atO =. NJ. For Lynchburg and heauoLe
Connects at lyuChurg win NANui'- '"l' .s., ",...
Chattanooga Limited Pul man SlecIcIs
IvncbhurS TO Memphis and New Orleans
cafe. parlor. and Observation cars haul"'u
80 Af.Sia Ana. Pullman sleeper between
Uchmoud aud Ivuchhurg, and hcrtns ready
tor occul ancy at -" J., h' Also' "''''''
Sleeper PetcrshurG ana hoahohN. t.
Trains srrive Richmond from Lynchhurg
and tho Nest daily at Isll \. NJ and -. J.. VI .
from Norfolk and the East at INV ~ 'i'' '''
A. NJ. and $50 7. VI.
once: ~ Main street. yr.c>,tp
City Passenger ana ilct'l aL.at'
c H. BOSLEY. District fassettcf htN.t'
". R BrNlLL. General fassctkc' Ne'i...
General once: Roanoke, a. "'~'
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01

Potomac, fredericksburg
AND PIEDMONT RAILROAD
II, r., du & for l}lO.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-01

ToT einsf iDlonaation, addres.
mo d. POTTS
A.a.P. A., Richmond Va.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Tour OF Puerto Rico.

The American Tourist Associ-
alton announces two tours OF
the beautiful island of Puerto
Rico under escort, through and
around the Island by rail, car
riage, automobils and boat.
Special Pullman Cars leave
Chicago Thursday, January | Z,
and Thursday, February II, at
$50 a. M, connecting with the
splendid new steamships Ponce
and San Juan sailing from New
York the second day following.
Individual Tickets sold for other
sailing dates, alternate satur-
days.
Tickets include all expenses
everywhere. All railway, steam
4er and sleeping-car fares, meals
and bearths on steamers, meals
on dining car, hotel bills ia New
York and Puerto Rico, all trans
.fers, carriage rides in the cities
and through the Island, guides
and interpreters are incltded IN
the tickets. There areno extras
Tours are under the direction
of Reau Campbell, General Man
-ager, A. T. A., 1923 Marquette
Building Chicago
itineraries, Maps and Tickets
can be had on application to the
Agents Of the Chicago, Milwau-
.kee & St. Paul R'y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
The Census of 1000.

A booklet giving the population Of
all cities Of the United States of
$4,000 and over according to the cen
sus of 1900, has just been issued by
the Passenger department. Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee s. St. Paul Railway,
and a copy Of it may be obtained by
sending your address, with two-cent
stamp postage, to the General Passen-
ger Agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, Chicago, III.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
The Light Of the World,
or
OUR Saviour in Artt.

Cost nearly 100000 to pro-
duce. Contains ne arly 100 full
page engravings Of our Saviour
and His Mother by the world S
greatest painters. True copies
OF the greatest Masterpieces in
the art galleries OF Europe. Eve
~ picture IS as beautiful as a
sunrise over the hilltops. Con-
tains description of the paintings
biography OF the painters, the
names and locations OF the gal
leries in Europe where the origi-
nails may beseen. Also contaius
a Child's Department, including
a Child's Story Of the Christ and
His Mother, beautifully written.
to fit each picture. This wonder
i'll book, matchless in it's purity
and beauty, appeals to every
mothers heart, and IN every
Christian home where there are
children the book sells itself
Christian men and women are
making money rapidly taking orders.
A Christian man or woman can in
this community soon make $1,000
taking orders for Christmas presents.
Mrs. Waite, our agent in Massachus-
etts, has sold over So 900 worth Of
the books in very short time. Mrs.
oackett, our agent in New York, has
sold over 81, $50 worth of the books in
very short time. The book is
printed on yelvet-fnished paper beau
tifully bound in Cardinal Red and
gold, and adorned with Golden Roses
and Lilies. 1t is, without doubt, the
most beautiful book Of this century.
Write for terms quickly and get the
management Of that territory. You
can work on salary or commission,
and when you prove your success we
will promote you to the position OF
Manager and Correspondent, at
permanent salary, to devote your time
to attending to agents and the cor
Wanted also a State
Manager to have charge Of office in
Leading City Of the State and manage
all the business of the State. Send
for terms. Address The British
American Co., Corcoran Building,
Opposite .. S. Treasury, Washing
ton, d. Oh
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Monday, Dec. 81, 1900.


Via the Northwestern Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at low rates
to points on. the thWestern Sys-
tenn east of the Missouri River and
Davenport, Rock Island & North
Western R'y, within 200 milses Of sell
ing station, December a. Is, 81 and
January /, good returning until Janu
airy ?, inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago & Northwest R'y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
EIDllSiOD IN Northern Wisconsin.

The wisepoor man who bought
a farm on easy payments. and
the wise manufacturer who er-
ected a factory in Northern Wis
consin a few years ago, when
times were not as prosperous as
they are now, are reaping their
reward. Northern Wisconsin is
feeling expansion in the truest
sense of the word. Opportuni-
ties have not passed, BY any
means. There are still thousand
of acres Of rich hardwood timber
lands awaiting the settler as
we'll as the manufacturer which
can be obtained at low figures
and on easy terms. Good roads
fine school houses and other i'm
provements are increasing and
civilization is progressing. The
plentitude Of iron ore, clay, kao-
line, mari and timber lands sup
plies the wants Of everybody.
The transportation facilities
are unexcelled, The Wisconsin
Central R'y, a strictly Badger
State Road piercesthe rich north
ern portion Of the state, offering
excellent transit service to the
markets Of the world. Those in
terested can obtain maps, illus
trated pamphlets, etc, by ap-
plying to W. II. KILLEN, Land
and Industrial Commissioner.
Colby & Abbot Building, Mil
watkee, Wis.
Burton johnson, G. F. A.
Jas. c. Pond, 6. P. A.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
THOUSANDS SENT INro EXILE.

Every year large number Of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly
and not always sure. Don't be az ex-
lie when DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption will cure you at
home. It's the most infallible medi-
cine for coughs, colds, and all throat
and lung diseases on earth. The first
dose brings relief. Astounding cures
result from persistent use. Trial bot
ties free at Beardsley's drug store.
Price SOC and $1.00. Every bottle
Guaranteed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Hxcur ion pates for tie Elolidsxs

Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at low rates
to points on the North Western Sys-
tenn east>of the Missouri River within
200 miles of selling station, December
"a, %, 81 and Januar 1, good return
ing until January ?, inclusive. Apply
to agents Chicago & Northwestern
R'v
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
FIRST Publication November 12gl9oo.l
Z Izaber Land, act June 8, 1873.
rsnrice for Publication.
United states Land O1nce,
5ETa,f..atl Iti1 November 10. 1900 (


Notice is hereby given that IN compliance
With thc provisions OF the act OF CONGRESS OF
june 3 1878. entitled An act for tne SAFE OF
go1, NeVaaa, and Washington Territory, as
extended to all the Public Land states by act
OF August 4 1892 Joseph G. severance, or
Lagse asiger. county Of Villas, State OF Wlscon-
sin Ilas t34i5 day TIED in this Office his sworn
statement no 1873, for the purchase OF the
Nfr IL NWI OF section No. 1, II IoWnshlp
No. 40 II. Pange no. 8 z, and viii offer proof to
show ta45 the laad sought is more Valuaole Tor
it, timber ~ stone than Tor agrlcultarad pur-
poses, ana ~ establish lis claim 10 Sald lu De-
fore the Register ana Receiver OF this oElce
al Yyaasat. wisconsin, On Saturday the 26tn
lie nanes a. witnesses: IT A. Colman John
Wiid3 DaoieI Graham, and Earl Stevens, all OF
Eagle River, Wis
Any ana all persens claiming adversely the
aboye-described lands are requested to lie
tbeir claims ia tn4s once en- or before said 26th
Gay OF January, aa0l.
BDeAa T. WHEELoCK. Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
BLOWN To ATOMS.

The old idea that the body some
-timesneeds powerful, drastic, purga
tive pill has been exploded; for d.
Kings new life pills, which are PEI
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liv I
and bowels to expel poisonous matte
cleanse the system and absolutely
cure constipation and sick headache.
Only 25c at Beardsley's drug store.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
IT GIRDLEs THE GLOBE.

The fame Of Bucklen's Aanica SalVe
as the best in the world, extends round
the earth. It's the one perfect healer
of cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores,
scolds, boils, ulcers, felons, aches, pains
and all skin eruptions. Only infalli-
bic pile cure. 25c box at Beafdsley
drug store.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Excursion Bates to Winter Resor Is

Via the Northwestern Line. Excur-
sion tickets are sold daily, with fav-
orable time limits, to numerous points
in the West and South at reduced
rates. For tickets and full informa-
ton, apply to agents Chicago & North
Western R'y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
The
Chicago
Tribune

zsa4newspaper for bright and intelligent peo-
pie. II is made up to attract people who think.
Is not neutral or colorless, constantly trim
ming in an endeavor to please both sides, but
tits independent in the best sense of the word.
It has pronounced opinions and is fearless in
expressing them, but it is always fair TO It's
opponents.
Matters of national or vital public interest
get move space in TEE TRIBUNE thaa in any
other pager in the West.
For these reasons it is the newspaper you.
should read during the forthcoming political
campaign.
THE TRIBUEES financial columns never
mislead The public.
It's facilities for gathering nows, both local
and foreign, far superior 10 bacse OF any
ether newspaper in the West.
IBpreseff<s Ule'news IN as fair D way as PCS,
.sistle. ann lets its readers form Ghoir opinions
Willie il, publishes TIE r0o8G comprehensive
articles on, all news featares, I? you are bpeg
the "S5nln41agy OF TEE DAfT-Y TRIBUNE"
published daily on tbs FIRST paee gives yen
briefly all the news OF tl.c day within one cos
.REnus.
It's sporting news is always the best, and It's
SUNDAY piHiE Sporting Section is better than
sasrs sporting ;J;.qYer ia I'll g country.
lEifs l4.s> e;Gsluea2' Gaile printed in the WesF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
(First Publicat,on November IL, 1900
NOTICE. FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior.
LAND OFFICE An wATsAU, WIS.
November 3rt9. 1900.

LAND OFFICE At WAIsAU, WIS.
November 3rd, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notiaeoi her intentio n
to make final proof in support 2f her claim.
and that said proof will be maize before the
CLERK OF the Circuit O. urt at Eagle River w IS
consin, on January 8th 1901, viz. sarah Beniss,
VINO made H. e. No 1911. for the Lots 8, q
and 10. sec. Is, i. 40, n. r. 10 3.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton OF said land, viz: Charles E. G"odenow,
Frank Beardsiey James Morgan, John
K adclifie, all Of Eagle River, y isconsln
EDGAR Il. WHEELocK, Register
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
HERD OF SHEEP DESTROYED.
Three Thousand Driven Over a 200
Feet Precipice.
THE COUNTRY TAKES UP ARMS.

Walsenburg, Colo Sept. s.-Reports
received from Sharpsdale, small
town near Mount Blanco, in southern
Colo, state that the feud over the use
of the range which has long existed
between cattle men and sheep men,
reached climax this week, when the
cattlemen drove 5000 sheep over a
high precipice. The trouble has grown
out of the scarcity of water along the
water courses. Where grass still re-
mains the sheep were pastured and
after they had once passed cattle
refused to eat and either died or be-
came very poor. The cattlemen rose
in revolt and taking horses corralled
about 5000 sheep. The sheep men
protested, but being unarmed they
could do nothing. The sheep were
then driven down a narrow gulch at
the foot of which an ancient waterfall
had followed out a pit over 200 feet
deep. Faster and faster the maddened
animals ran, urged on by the shouts of
the cowboys, until the leader paused
at the brink The press behind him
forced him over, and the others fol
lowed. Some of the last, who fell on
the bodies of the first, were not killed,
but the majority were killed. 1t is
said that the entire country has taken
up arms.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Reference f6e Old.

Bow low the head, boy; do reverence
to the old man. Once like you. the
vicissitudes of life have silvered the
hair and changed the round merry face
to the worn visage before you. Once
that heart beat with aspirations CO.
equal to any that you have felt; aspira-
lions crushed by disappointment, as
yours are perhaps destined to be- Once
that form stalked proudly through the
gay scenes of pleasure, the beau ideal
OF grace; now the hand of time that
withers the flowers of yesterday has
warped that figure and destroyed the
noble carriage. Once at your age, he
possessed the thousand thoughts that
pass through your brain, now wishing
to accomplish deeds equal to a nook in
fame; anon imagining life dream that
the sooner he awoke from the better.
But he has lived the dream very near
through. The time to awaken is very
near at hand; yet his eye ever kindles
at old deeds of daring, and the hand
takes firmer grasp of the staff. Bow
low the head, boy, as you would in
your old age, be reverenced.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Thirty Cars a Day of Melons.

Topeka, Sept. 1O.-Fruit, watermel-
ons- and Rocky Ford melons form a
considerable portion of the freight
traffic, which at present is being car
ried over the Santa Fe. The road is
having considerable rustling to do to
secure sufficient refrigerator cars to
handle them. For some time past a
regular watermelon train has been
run from western points to the east,
to carry the enormous supply which
has been demanded by the market.
This watermelon train is run daily and
is made up usually of thirty cars or
more.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
A rAx-PAYER,s VIEW.

Mr.. Editor: l have read the dis
cussion in your columns on the sub
ject of fire insurance, and with your
permission, desire to give my ex-
perience as a property owner and
former resident in state where there
is law prohibiting fire insurance
companies to combine to charge GER
tain rates.
When this bill was before our leg
islature 1 championed it, but after
ward saw it was folly and tended to
raise rates.
A rate on a building or stock is
made scientifically. The fire insur
ance companies see what the profit
or loss has been on certain kind of
property for several years. They
then fix a rate on a standard building
and charge an addition for those that
are not up to the standard, thus en-
couraging good construction. These
rates are given agents, and when a
man improves his property his rate
is decreased.
If laws are passed to prohibit COM
panies from using these rates, invari-
ably they stick to the old rates and
when a man improves his property he
gets no advantage in his rate.
These laws therefore keep rates up
perience to see if they can be reduced.
Since 1893, rates in all states in
this country having no anti-compact
laws have materially declined. The
average rate in these states for twelve
years has been Sill on every 500, or
eleven points lower than 1898.
The average rate in states having
laws preventing combinations or
rates for the same period is S1.27 or
one point lower than 1898. In the last
seven years rates of fire insurance
have been lowered 17.2 per cent while
in anti-compact states they have been
lowered only rs per cent.
In Kansas, for example, which has
an anti-compact law, the average rate
| for fifteen years is S1.35. In states
having no such law it is $1.07 for the
| same time. The average rate in Kan
SoS olHNO 1000 10 PI-oS III oIoIC inv
ing no anti-compact fire insurance
law, Sill.
States passing such laws, and there
are sixteen, hoped to force companies
to reduce rates, but it will be seen
such was not the result. These fig
Ures are taken from the state insur-
ance departments.
These anti-compact states like Kan
sas have not participated in the bene-
fit of reduced rates because the COM
panies were not allowed to combine
and see if the results warranted de-
crease. Kansas today does not know
whether its rates are correct simply
because the companies cannot figure
out their combined experience.
Knowing that to abandon rates is
to invite disaster, companies will stick
to the old rates, therefore anti-com
pact law states get no benefit at all of
new rates, based upon standards that
give reductions.
1 for one see that these laws are
failures and should be repealed.
TAX PAYER.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Gbe LEGION of Honor.
X X X X X X * X X S&,

The comforting by the French gov
eminent of the decoration of the Le-
gion of Honor on Ferdinand w. Peck,
commissioner general for the United
States to the Paris exposition, draws
attention to this order. membership
in which is greatly priced in France.
Officials of the administration at
Washington say Mr.. Peck cannot re-
tain the decoration unless authorized
by a special act of congress, as pro-
vided for by the constitution
The order of the Legion of Honor
was instituted in May, 1902, by Napo-
leon as consul. In class it is an order
"of distinction and reward for civil
and military services" Under the first
empire the distinctions conferred in
vested the persons decorated with the
rank of legionary, officer, commander,
grand officer of grand cross. Napo-
Icons ostensible intention in creating