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Evening star., 1902-09-03
Regarding the Trusts.

There are several practicable remedies
for the trust evil the book states Among
those suggested by Prof. Wilgus are the
repeal of the tariff wherever it shall shelter
the trusts, the taxation of trusts by Con-
gress, punishment under the Sherman act.
requiring corporations to make uniform
prices Tor ALL and publicity.
THE democrats have again and again
offered bills for the abolition of import
duties on trustmade goods. and have regu-
larry, at every session of Congress for sew
erai years past, offered amendments to an
propriation bills to the same effect. but
the republicans have invariably voted
against the proposition.
Bills have for some time been pending
IN Congress to provide for publicity Mr.
ltttlehelds bill for that purpose might
easily have been passed at the last session
Why was it not passed? Why did President
Roosevelt wait until Congress had ad
1ourned before he urged the passage of
such measure? The only answer Is that
the President and the republican majority
In Congress are insincere. The one single
measure that all the members of both the
trust conferences would have agreed to-
and the one advised by the industrial com
mission, is to provide for publicity in the
details OF trust operations. Why did not
the republicans pass the Littlefeld public
lily bill at the last session of Congress? -
Evening star., 1902-09-03
Cost of the Philippines

IF we could make a profit of 10 ner
cent on every dollars worth of goods we
Sell to the Philippine Islands 1t would take
US more than a thousand years to get back
what we have already expended" the cam
palgn book states. IF we could increase
our present trade thousand per cent. and
make a profit of 10 per cent on every sale
1t would about defray the cost of maintain
ing there two regiments of American SOL
dlers. Some of our military officers saw
tiIat lid II wiz De necessary to maintain there
an army of from 10000 to 30 900 men An
army of 10000 men kept there for a single
year would consume the profits ON our
present exports for a hundred and fifty
years.
Evening star., 1902-09-03
General Policy of CONQUEST

Ihat the policy of those who now donni-
nate the republican party is not intended
to end with the seizure and holding of the
Philippines, but that it contemplates a
general policy of conquest throughout the
world, is made manifest from the utter
ances of its leaders and the whole tenor
of its literature. President Roosevelt in
his address glorifying the Strenuous life,
also defended and glorifed the bloody CO.
lOnialism of old world powers He held nm
England's subjugatfon and rule OF India
an absolutely despOtic government over an
absolutely dependent people, as a model for
orr imitation and an evidence Of the bless
ings that flow from the rule of subject
races
One hundred and fifteen pages Of the
book are devoted to imperialism and 40
pages are given to tariffs and trusts
Evening star., 1902-09-03

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
Evening star., 1902-09-03
*SS**SSS*s*S&SS $3.50
w. b. Moses & Sons. w. b. Moses s Sons.

With every attention given up fixing the house for
ta nothing appeals the purse the fancy this
sale of the hangngs. We've gone down around half price
lots of casesand there's hardly instance you pay
than wohrds the usual price. OF course number
Of pairs limited but the variety offers practically everything
that's wanted
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
the enemy a deadly blow, they convicted the
general of coWardice-
CANNOT RUN PAST 4 SIGNAL
AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR STOPPING RAIL
WAY TRAINS

Ever since the collision at the southern end
of the New-York Central tunnel last winter,
people who ride much on railway cars nave
been interested in means for stopping trains
when engineers fail to see the signals Several
inventions of that class have been the subject
of experiment in this country, but none have
been formally adopted There are signs that
European countries may anticipate the United
States in this particular.
In a recent report to the State Department at
Washington the American Consul at Berne,
Adolph L. FrankenthaI mentions a test which
he witnessed at the request of an inventor. The
consul rode in the cab of locomotive drawing
four passenger cars at a speed of thirty miles
an hour. At predetermined place the West
nghouse brakes were set without any action
of the engineer. The stoppage of the train was
indicated on a dial the brakes were then re-
leased and a whistle which had already once
sounded a warning of trouble, no" reported
the brakes thrown off.
Two pieces of apparatus are necessary for
this service One is a lever on the track, which
is raised into the right position whenever the
signal is set to stop a train. 1t does not matter
whether the signal itself is operated by wire,
compressed air electricity. The lever moves
when the signal does The other part of the
apparatus is mounted on the engine. There is
an arm hanging down in such position that it
will be moved whenever it arrives at the place
where the lever is, if the lever sticks up. One
might suppose that the shock of contact would
hurt either the lever or the arm; but the latter
is mounted so as to swing in such way as to
escape injury, and yet perform the duty as
signed to it. That portion of the mechanism
which is up in the cab, when it is actuated by
the stroke below, sets the brakes with degree
of rapidity that is variable and that is con-
trolled by previous adjustment
MI FrankenthaI says that several trains on
Swiss roads have been equipped with this ap-
paratus Professionally, for purposes of expert
ment, and the hope is entertained that the
government viii require its general adoption
On trial trips in Switzerland a speed of thirty
seven miles an hour was developed. In Austria
tests were made at various speeds, the maxi
mum being sixty-two miles hour. One road
in Germany on which several accidents have
happened-the Grossherzogliche Badische-has
ordered a number of its expresses to be thus
equipped
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

well section bosses and track repairers. Then
there are 204 1914 machinists and shop workInen,
121, ,14l station agents and station men, 116,5S5
conductors and brakemen, 92,45S engineers and
firemen 80 701 clerks, 90 COG telegraph operators
and + 80 general officers.
Just now the United States does not enjoy the
superiority which she once had in shipping Her
clippers were at time the speediest sailing
vessels in the world. TO Germany belongs the
honor of having built the fastest steamships in
the merchant marine to-day. England has made
the best record for speed in naval vessels, and
an American private yacht, the Arrow owned
by Charles r. Film, has made the best time
achieved by craft of any description in the
world that is propelled by steam. The two fast
est Atlantic liners, the Deutschland and Kron-
prinz Wilhelm have developed an average
speed of about 231z knots for a whole voyage
The Kaiser Wilhelm II. of the North German
Lloyd Line, undergoing the finishing touch
es in her equipment and decoration, is expected
to beat this speed by half a knot Two Cunard-
ers, whose construction has been planned in a
general way, although their designs not yet
on paper are to make 25 knots. The buIkest
ship afioat is the Cedric, Of the White Star Line
which displaces 81, so tons, is seven hundred
feet long and 75 feet wide.
This country boast however of running
nearly a score OF lines OF American Dullt steam
ers to foreign ports, in addition to several others
engaged in the coasting trade. The best time
made by any of the vessels in this service is 21
knots, achieved by the St Paul and st. Louis in
their best days. These steamships run from
New-York to southampton. On the Pacific
Ocean the Korea has for several months been
winning honor for her builders by a speed of 10
knots. She will soon be joined by the Siberia,
sister ship in size, power and equipment. Two
recent additions to the Red Star Line, the
Kroonland and Finland trife longer than
the Korea, but are good for only about seven
teen knots
A couple of the most notable American steam
ships are now approaching completion at New
London, Conn. They intended for the Pa
cifc service, and will establish connection be-
tween ]. J. HilIs railway system and Asiatic
ports. These closely approach the Cedric in
size. being go feet long and 13 feet wide If
loaded so as to draw 33 feet of water, their dis
placement will be $4,000 tons, but at 36h feet
they viii displace $1,000 tons.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
RAILW AY SERVICE.
SUPERIORITY OF THIS COUNTRY OVER
REST OF THE WORLD-SOME IN
PRESSITE FIGURES

IN DO industry perhaps does the United States
enjoy a more remarkable ascendancy over the
rest CT the world than in its railway service. At
the close OF the last century North America had
no less than 220SS0 miles Of track in operation,
while the total for Europe. Asia. Africa Aus
trala and South America was only a trifie
greater-about 270O0O miles The United States
then had mile Of road for every 3S3 inhabi-
tants, Europe one for every 2.267. and British
India one for every 12,400- This country in
vented the parlor sleeping and dining cars, the
pressed steel freight car. many Of the best feat
ures of the modern locomotive the air brake,
the automatic coupler, and a host Of related
devices, and if runs the fastest long distance
trains. II is wonder, then, that the hand
some and instructive Transportation edition
OF The Scientific American" should devote
great deal of space to the railroads of the United
States.
One of the most marvellous developments in
the whole railroad system is that which has
taken place at the head Of train in the last
seventy years. The best locomotives to-day are
shout four times as long as the De Witt Clinton
QS3T z foot or two higher, have drivers that
are - (or even SO) inches in diameter instead
sf only 81 and carry 200 pounds of steam in
stead OF only So But these figures afford no
idea Of the real gain that has been effected in
power Relative to the other features. the boiler
has actually diminished in size In the De Witt
Clinton the srnokepipe as big as the boiler
One does not realize what modern science has
done for this type Of engine until he is told that
IL has a pull of from 16 to 30 tons, as against
a19 pounds! A locomotive built not long ago
for the Santa Fe road weighed L5312 tons
Trevethick's engine, built Just a century ago.
weighed five! Stephenson's Rocket QSZS) was
several hundred pounds lighter. Even between
en-1,s zirrl1 nf q
locomotive was twenty tons and OF a freight
engine thirty.
one of the first advances in American loco
motive construction was TO mount the front END
Of the boiler By stout pivot upon small tnde-
nendent truck OF bogie. Previously the forward
wheels were secured TO the whole frame That
plan made the machine exceedingly rigid and
awkward on sharp curves. where oerahlnent |
often resulted Another Improvement was the |
link motion" for reversing for which the creoie
has been claimed both for an American, James |
and StcpFenson. A more even distribution OF l
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

| weight on the wheels was secured by another
Yankee notion "equalizing levers
At the close of the fiscal year 1901 there were
/ in operation in the United States 1913 SS7 miles
Of track, within about $4,000 miles of the total
| for North America. If these roads could be
! stretched out into continuous line, they
| would be long enough to encircle the globe at
the equator about eight times, or to reach nearly
nne-tenths of the distance from the earth to the
moon.
In its Transportation edition. THE Scientific
American" makes some striking comparisons to
indicate the bulk of material used in the con-
struction of these roads. 1t takes the Great
Pyramid of Egypt the starting point in its
calculation. That mighty structure is 1j6 feet
square at its base, and rises 4S1 feet, and con-
tains about 81 100000 cubic feet If a shell of
the same shape and dimensions were manufac-
tured it could be let down over the Capitol at
Washington without touching, and the apex of
the pyramid would be two hundred feet more
above the dome Of the building.
II the steel rails used in laying the track of
these American roads were melted up into
single lump of a shape that would admit of
measurement ii would be found to contain 10
per cent more material than ,he Great Pyramid.
Another comparison can be made with the
Washington Monument, which rises $50 feet
above its base. This same mass of steel would
equal it in height if cast in a rectangular block
436 feet square at the bottom. Some of these
rails weigh from so to 100 pounds to the yard,
but most of the track west of the Mississippi is
considerably lighter Probably 25O0000O tons
would not be a wild estimate Of the total weight
One can't mould wood like steel, and even if
one could it would doubtless be impossible to
cast in one chunk the timber employed for
railroad ties. One can compute volumes, though
and it is estimated that all the wooden ties in
service today occupy a space equal to twenty
four great pyramids. A similar calculation for
rock and gravel ballast these American roads
gives q bulk 135 times as great the above
mentioned standard of comparison Follow
ing the ratio of length TO height which is found
in the pyramid of Cheops. the heap Of ballast
would measure $500 feet on each side at the
base and rise to a height of 500 feet, about
half milei
When it comes to rolling stock. equally i'm
pressive results are reached. The 39,729 loco
motives in service equivalent to three Great
Pyramids, So, ,S11 passenger cars to three and
a half pyramids, and 1,409,472 freight to
forty-two pyramids.
Over million employees are required TO oper-
aIe and keeping In running order the railways
of the United States. Nearly half Of them (459 |
7o4) are track1nen and laborers- These figures |
include switchnlen, fagnen and watchmen, as
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

Hull had just surrendered Detroit to the Brit
ish.
But why" exclaimed the outraged Ameri-
cans, didn't the blame fool Surrender Chicago
instead?"
Smarting over the lost opportunity of dealing
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Clumsey Counterfeit.

VIII McComb, of Bonneville,
was arrested at Aberdeen last week
on what appears to be clear case of
raising a two-dollar silver certificate
to a twenty. He is said to have
clipped the large figures 80" from a
Confederate twenty-dollar bill and
pasted them on the genuine at the
four corners, front and back, and
likewise the words twenty dollars
as they appear on the uncurrent bill
over the ''two dollars" of the genu-
inc. He had sent the bill to drug
store by a negro boy for change,
where the fraud was readily discov-
cred, and his arrest followed Nc
Comb claims to have secured the bill
in a game of craps on the train be-
tween Bonneville and Aberdeen. He
was tried by Mayor j. NJ. Acker and
committed in default of 5000 bond.
He was also arraigned before United
States Commissioner B. c. Sims,
who required a bond of $500 for APP
pearance at the federal court. Fail
ing in both cases to make bond he
went to Jail.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
SMITH ISN'T COMPLAINING.
At the Hands of the Admtnis-
tration None Dream OF.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Considearble
interest attaches to a few wordsSut-
tered by Gen. Jacob H. Smith, the
commander of the American forces in
the Samar campaign, in Convention
hall, Secretary Root spoke earlier,
and when Gen. Smith was called upon
he spoke as follows:
81 am delighted at this opportunity
of addressing the Grand Army of the
Republic and this Washington au-
dience, because / want to aclnowl-
edge here that have received at the
hands of this administration, and
particularly from him who repre-
sents this administration here, kind
ness none of you dreamed of. I
would not, as a soldier, criticise the
administration of the government of
the United States. / would lose this
right arm first. But l could never
under any circumstances criticise "a
man who has been as kind to me as
the representative of the administra-
ton has been"
The nature of Mr.. Roots kindness
to Gen. Smith is not known, but the
general seemed to be very much in
earnest. He was enthusiastically re-
ceiyed and warmly aDplauded
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
NAVAL OFFICERS NEEDED.
Special Examination for Midship-
men to Be Held in Washington
on November IL.

Washington, Oct. flowing to the
urgent need of naval officers, the navy
department has sent the following
telegram to all senator's and repre-
sentatives with vacancies for midship-
men to fill:
Owing to the great need for naval
officers, the department. will hold a
special examination for midshipmen,
at washington City only, November
IL, under the supervision of the civil
service commission. You are author
lied to nominate a principal and five
alternates under the regulations re-
Gently mailed you. No candidate who
has failed to ass any midshipmen ex-
animation this year can be renomi-
mated for November 10. Vacancies
not filled at this examination must
remain over to be filled by members
of the Fifty-eighth congress.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
In A BAD WAY.

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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
SAW THE GUNBOAT PADILLA.
The Colombian ReVOIutiOnist Craft
Was Seen Lying in Wait for
The Steamer POas,

San Francisco, Oct. 11.-Officers of
the steamer Acapulco, which has ar
rived here from southern ports, state
that they saw the &c )mbian revolu-
ZIONIST gunboat Padilla at point
about 20 miles below Punta Arenas,
Costa Rica, hove to and apparently
lying in wait for the steamer Poas,
which was some time ago purchased
from Costa Rico by the Columbian
government for use as a warship. The
Poas is reported to be vessel of
about 1900 tons register, but is not
armed. She was expected to go to
Panama to be furnished with quick
firing guns.
Like the officers of the City of Sgd
ney, which arrived here week ago,
the officers of the Acapulco have a
high opinion of the gunboat Padilla,
and express the opinion that she is
more than match for the govern
ment gunboat now on the way to
Panama from this port,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
THE CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM.
The Eastern Visitor Arrives in New
YOrk-He Expects to See
Great Many Things.

New York, Oct. 11.-Prince Chowfo
Maha Vaiiravudh, the crown prince of
Siam, arrived Friday night on the
steamer Fuerst Bismarck, from South
ampton and Cherbourg. The prince
left the steamer at quarantine, and
landed at the Pennsylvania railroad
in Jersey City, where a special train
was waiting to take him to Washing
ton. The prince, who is but 81 year
old, was in London nine years, and
speaks English fluently. To report
er the prince said he had had a
pleasant voyage and was feeling very
well. The prince was asked what he
expected to see in this country. He
smiled as he replied:
ga great many things. l know you
are very industrious people,
He said he was greatly interested
i'll agriculture and added that he eX-
pected to have good time in this
country
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Mississippi State News
York of the Railroad Commission.


The railroad commission met last
week and passed the following or
der, finally settling the merger con-
troversy:
Whereas, The attorney general
has this day appeared before the
commission and advised that the
Southern Railway Company has APP
piled to become domestic corpora
ton and that the governor has issued
his proclamation accordingly; and,
'sWhereas, The attorney general
advises that, in his opinion, no sub
stantial basis for the claim that the
Southern and the Mobile & Ohio are
parallel and competing within the
contemplation of the law; therefore,
be it
Resolved and ordered by the Mis-
sissippi railroad commission, That
the settlement made by the attorney
general of the controversy over the
purchase of the Mobile & Ohio by
the Southern, by requiring the latter
to become domestic corporation
and subject to the jurisdiction of
this State, be and the same is here
by ratified and approved. And the
commission, being satisfied, after
full consideration, that said rail-
roads are neither parallel or compet-
ing in local sense, and that there
is now no legal objection to the pur-
chase of the Mobile & Ohio railroad
by the Southern Railway Company,
it is ordered that all further consid-
Grafton of this matter by the COM
mission be finally dismissed
The Mobile & Ohio was cited to
appear the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der to answer petitions for better
union depots at Meridian and Cor
inth. The Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley was cited to appear at the same
time to show cause why a depot
should not be erected at Parchman.
The Southern was granted per-
mission to abolish stations at Holly
Ridge and Cato, Washington coun-
ty, provided no vested rights were
disturbed, and to build new depot
between these points.
The application of the Western
Union to close the Pennington Of
flee was granted. The Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley was granted permits
sion to abolish the ticket office at
White Apple.
Mr.. Clark advised that a depot
would be built at Porterville, on the
Mobile & Ohio, as soon as a site
could be secured.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
M. q o. Goes to southern.

The Southern Railway Company
has filed for record in the ehancery
court at Meridian copy of its appli-
cation for domestic charter under
the laws of Mississippi. The South
ern has obtained leave from the
State authorities to own and operate
the Mobile & Ohio and the railroads
now known as the Southern. 1t has
also received permission through its
application to construct a railroad
from Okolona through Chickasaw
and Calhoun counties to Big Greek.
The system will be called the South
ern Railway Company.