Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-27
wAsHINoroN. Jan. 2s-Tbe an. |

nual report of the interstate commerce
commission as transmitted to con.
gress this morning is a very vigorous
document.
1t maintains that in its present on.
dition 1t cannot regulate commerce
as was originally intended.
Sull. as to remedial legislation the
commission has very little to recon-.
mend. The feature of the report is
In regard to the sensational relations
that exist between the railroads and
the heavy shippers of the country.
The commission has investigated this
matter. and In referring to the pack
ing houses and other large shippers.
u the report saws the facts deyel,peI
are of such character that no person
of thought can contemplate them
with indifference. That the leading
traffic officials Of the principal rail.
way lines. men occupying iich II -
tions. carrying with them the most
important duties. should deliberately
violate the statute law of the land.
an. IN u +r, cases conSoi ;,at, =.
with each other to do so is amazing.
To obliterate evidences of crooked.
ness hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars have been paid in rebates TO
cover up the unlawful transactions.
showing IN utter disregard fol right
and justice, all of which is most OF.
fensive to right-minded persons.
Equally startling is the fact that
the owners of the large packing es-
! Establishments seem eager to make
| these shameful arrangements. Pa
pers have been burned and commIs.
sions have been paid in cash to ,ov.
er up these illegal transactions, and
| great harm has been done the small
| shippers of the country at large.
In view of the gross violations Of
the present act, the commission sug-
gests that the law. be amended so as
to meet the exigencies of the case
| and mete out justice to the offenders
surely and quickly.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-At the
opening session of the senate this
morning the invocation was deliver
ed by Rev. Mr.. Dolliver, father of the
newly-elected senator from Iowa.
Mr.. Nelson called up the department
of commerce bill Nearly the entire
session was taken up in discussing
it's various amendments.
Snator Mason of Illinois offered a
resolution extending the thanks of
congress to Admiral Schley and pre-
senting him sword. Senator Ma
son tried to get immediate action on
the resolution, but it went over.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan 23.-Mrs.
Beulah Abbry. wife of young mer-
chant of Sparta, Tenn, is dead as
result of pulling out one of her eyes
in fanatical and literal interpre.a-
ton of the scriptural injunction IF
thine eye offend thee. pluck 1t out
and cast it from thee"
Mrs. Abbry felt that she could not
go to heaven unless she did this.
She got religion not very long ago
and since then has been indulging in
various yagaries. The woman, how
ever. was not at all insane.
SHARON, Pa, Jan. 23.-Some of
the industrial concerns in the Mahon-
Ing and Shenango valleys have been
compelled to enter the foreign mar
kets for material. The Youngstown
Iron. Sheet and Tube company and
the Youngstown Iron and Steel Roof
ing company have purchased 5000
| tons of steel billets from mills in
Germany. The price paid was $27.5O
or the same price quoted in Pittsburg
last week. The buyers were com
| PEELED to go abroad for billets by rea-
son of the fact that American pro-
| ducers were unable to fill the orders.
The billets are now on the way to
this country.
HARRISBURG, w. Va, Jan 22.-
United States officers have arrested
Oscar Berman, a 15-year old high
school pupil On cha, sc OF conduct
ing mai, order swindle. The
United States court grani jury
promptly returned an indictment
against him.
Some time ego Berman sent ont
circulars pIrporting to come from
the Yankee Novelty Company.
The names CT schoo children we. c
solicited AMI the recipient of the cir
cular had to send herman 10 ccnts
himself and collect an equal amount
from those whose names were sent.
He was permitted to keep u cents for
every dime, ,he four going to Ber-
man.
Another scheme was designed to
catch owners of Columbian half dol
lars. THE Yankee Novelty Comp
any" offered s5.25 for 1892 coins and
1926 for the 1893 date. The coin
owners had first to send 10 cents Ia
get prize list of rare coins. The
immense proportions of Berman's
mail aroused suspicion.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The fea
ture of today's session of the con
gressional committee to consider the
Chinese exclusion act was the appear
ance of ex-Secretary of State Foster
who strongly and vigorously opposed
the bill. He said the measure was
out of date, in opposition to persona
liberty and against the treaties of the