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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-12-31
Russia Buying Meat.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2S.-The Cuda-
by Packing company, of South Omaha,
is just in receipt of rush order for
100000 pounds of extract mess meat
for the Russian government. The ship
ment must be made from South Omaha
so as to reach San Francisco before
January &C. On that date two Rus sian
ships will be prepared to sail from that
port with the beef on board. 1t is
learned in Omaha that the same ship
will also carry large amount of other
supplies, which are now on their way
from various parts in the United S'aAes.
All of these supplies, it is said, are
for the war department of Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
DISASTERS OF THE SUMMER.
Railway Accidents for the Three
Months Ending September 80.

Accident bulletin No 5, which has just
been issued by the interstate commerce
commission, gives an account of railroad
accidents in the United States for the three
months ending September 30 last. 1t
shows that during that quarter there were
2es persons killed and 2,613 injured In train
accidents Other kinds OF accidents. includ-
Ing those sustained by employees while at
work and by passengers in getting on or
of the cars. etc. bring the total number
of casualties up to 12007. being s45 killed
and II 1852 injured. Many items in the tab
ulation show a marked decrease as COM
pared with the same items in the last pre-
ceding bulletin. and many also are larger
than in the same quarter for the preceding
year.
The bulletin shows derailment in which
twenty-one passengers were killed and a
collision of work. trains in which thirteen
employes were killed Except in connec-
tion with these two items there is no ap-
parent reason for an Increase In the totals
other than in the well known fact that dur
ing the three months now under considera-
ton the traffic of, large majority of the
railroads has been heavier than ever be-
fore. which necessitates the employment
of new men for service in train and yard
work.
The total number of collisions and de-
railments was 244S, of which IA were
coilisions and LOLA derailments Of which
fiftv-one collisions and ninety-two derail-
ments effected passenger trains. The dam
age to cars. engines and roadway by these
accidents amounted to 81. 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
HUGE DEAL Is RUMoRED.
The Pennsylvania, It is Said, Will Get
New York Central,


A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from New York says: Wall street does
not fully credit a revived story that
the Pennsylvania Is to absorb the New
York Central railroad system. Neither does
1t fully credit the rumor that the Pennsyl-
vania will in a few weeks be in control of
the New York. New Haven and Hartford.
With practical railroad men outside Wall
street who are watching President A. ].
Cassatts big moves in the development Of
the Pennsylvania system these rumors find
more credence. They profess confidence
that Mr.. Cassatts next coup will see the
Pennsylvania in Boston, and that the &C
QUESTION of the New York Central will be
accomplished in time, though possibly not
for year or more.
These men regard It as a logical develop
should reach the Atlantic not only at New
York and Montauk Point, but at the New
England metropolis as well. They feel sure
that sooner or later the New York Central
will become part of the system
1t is taken as somewhat confirming these
rumors that the Pennsylvania is about to
increase its capital stock SO largely.
1T is pretty idea in this day Of interest
ing combinations" said a financial expert.
There Is a standing policy of harmony
which neither party will disturb. When
the Pennsylvania has completed its i'm
provements in this city some kind of a
working agreement may be made with the
Central, to say the least.
cit would be a gigantic undertaking for
any company to gather together the scat
tered stock of the Central and the large
holdings of the Vanderbilts and perfect
satisfactory absorption of them.
1.-The New York Central and the Pennsyl-
vania," said another broker. ARE working
on well-defined plans in this city. each to
intrench itself more securely and to perpet-
uate its identity. The statement that the
Vanderbilt family would not be averse to
parting with the management of their great
system seems to me to be erroneous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
SETTLEMENT WITH TRANsvAAL.
MT. Chamberlain's Announcement Re-
heves Anxiety in England.

LONDON, January 19,-Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain's frank admission that he
started for South Africa with the idea of
obtaining much larger war contribution
from the TransVaal than the one he has Sc
cured explains the rumors which have been
current for the last few days that his mis-.
sion had resulted in disappointment to him
self. and although the arrangement COM
pleted meets with hostile criticism In a few
sections Of the London press, on the whole
II Is favorably received, because II Is recog-
nized that IL Chamberlain had not gone to
South Africa no contribution at all might
have been forthcoming, and also because
the contribution Is not forced but voluntary
on the part OF the Rand interests. Great
relief also is felt that everything possible Is
being done to avoid the Introduction of
Chinese labor into the colonies.
The comment in the papers this morning
on Mr.. Chamberlain's Johannesburg speech
shows 1t to be regarded as one of his most
brilliant efforts, breathing the best hopes
for the prosperity and the tranquility of
the new colonies.
Mfr. Chamberlain's references to the labor
problem have been construed as Indicating
his desire for measures either to, restrain
to compel the natives to work by placing
heavy impost upon every additional wife.
In johannesburg the idea has been moot
ed that the $150,000. goo war contribution
might be spent in building new warships.
This suggestion does not meet with much
approval in London. where 1t is thought the
contribution ought to be applied to the re-
lief of taxation. In editorial articles this
morning great hopes are built on MI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
c.. Sulzer IN. W. Thomas IN. ca. Wiley
(Ala.) and Williams Qll.).

In committee Of the whole the democrats
and sprinkling Of republicans. led by Mr..
Corliss (Mich.). struck out the portion OF
the bill providing for bureau Of insurance
By a piece of parliamentary strategy Mr..
Hepburn Qowa), chairman of the interstate
commerce committee, sought to have this
provision restored, but the opposition stood
fast and he was overcome. The opposition
then attempted to recommit the bill, with
instructions to report back a separate bin
for the erection Of department Of labor.
but the motion commanded the support OF
only two democrats. The only other SUBJ
stantial amendment was one to authorize
the President to transfer the interstate
commerce commission to the new depart
ment.
The substitute. as passed by the House.
differs from the Senate bill in important
particulars. 1t leaves the life saving serv-
ice, the marine hospital service, the steam
boat inspection service. the bureau of navi-
CATION and shipping commissioners under
the control Of the Treasury Department
but authorizes the President, in his discre-
ton, to transfer other bureaus for the COL
lection of statistics and the interstate COM
merce commission to the new department
It places under the control of the new de-
partment the national bureau of standards
the coast and geodetic survey. the bureau
of statistics, the census bureau, the bureau
Of foreign commerce, the bureau Of immi-
grafton, including jurisdiction over Chinese
immigration, and also creates the bureau OF
manufa ctures and corporations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19

pledged to oppose him. and 1t was on this
understanding, supported by Mr.. Wolcott's
absence from the state during the cam
paign, that the republican majority in the
legislature was elected. Under these cir
cumstances he held that republican legisla-
tors could not honestly enter a caucus
which might put them under obligations to
support Mr.. Wolcott. He added that if Mr..
Wolcott would withdraw harmony would be
at once restored.
the report OF the house elections committee
which has been investigating the contest
filed against the seating Of seventeen demo-
cratic members Of the house. The matter
was In the hands of the elections committee
for several days, and while positive evidence
has been brought out that frauds were
committed in several precincts OF Arapahoe
county, the large majortties received by the
democrats. ranging from 2, 600 to 5000, 1t Is
believed. will be hard to overcome In every
instance. The report will be made to the
house tomorrow. Chairman Breckenridge,
republican chosen by agreement with the
In an interview stated that he believed that
there would be two reports, a majority re-
port by the republicans, who control the
committee, and one by the minority mem
would stand together. but he did not want
the inference drawn that the entire seven
teen democrats would be ousted.
1t is the general opinion that those demo-
Si@eo "hoSe uidJorItleS reached close TO the
maximum given above will be allowed to
retain their seats. but that the others will
be thrown out. 1t also is believed that the
unsea ting Of the entire seventeen, which the
Wolcott following demands, will give them
the balance of power in the house. But
should this be done, and the threat OF the
democrats, who control the senate, to UNI
seat every republican senator be carried out,
the result would likely be deadlock, for
the senate. then unanimously democratic.
would refuse to enter joint session So
that whatever the report of the COMMITTEES
may be there will be sufficient opposition to
make tomorrow's session an interesting one.
On Tuesday the legislature will meet in
Joint session to ballot for successor to
Senator Beller. The equal division of the
republicans for and against Senator Wolcott
Will remain intact. with no apparent hone
or change between now and Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
Eight Hurt in Railroad Wreck.

A head-end collision occurred on the Bal
timore and Ohio Southwestern railroad at
Reminton. Ohio. Saturday night, resulting
in eight persons being injured, three seri-
ously. The injured:
Joshua Batterton. engineer Of the Love-
land accommodation: legs crushed, ampu-
tation necessary. and internal injuries.
d. Fisher. engineer OF express train; in
ternal injuries.
Owen Howard fireman of express train:
dislocated shoulder and broken arm; other
injuries.
w. P. Stevens Cumberland Ohio, mail
clerk; injured internally.
A. 3. Stokesbury, Washington Court
House. Ohio: back injured.
Martin Bonnem. Cincinnati. passenger;
face cut.
j. 8. Pease. Cincinnati, passenger; in
jured about face
Raymond Hemler Cincinnati passenger;
serious scalp wound.
The Loveland accommodation. eastbound.
had orders to take the siding at Reming
ton, and was ready to back in when the
westbound Pittsburg express. coming
around curve. crashed into the accomo-
dalton train. The engine of the eastbound
train and the mail car of the westbound
were wrecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
ONE KILLED, THIRTY INJURED.
Train Rolls Down Embankment on
Chicago Great Western.

A dispatch from Sycamore. ILL.,. yesterday
says: In a wreck near here today on the
Great Western railroad one person was
killed and thirty others were seriously IN
jured. OF those injured several may not
recover.
The dead: ]. D. Healy of Minneapolis. en-
gineer. The most seriously injured are:
John Bashore, Ida Grove, Iowa. mail clerk:
Mrs. E. H. Riggs. wife of the conductor:
Mrs I. L. Stewart, back injured, severe
scalp wound L L. Stewart, Hampton, Iowa.
badly bruised; Mr.. Stewart, editor Franklin
County Record: Thomas d. Really, state
senator of Iowa.
Attorney James Finnegan and Miss Ma
rima Sanford of Sycamore are among the
most seriously injured
The Des Moines and Minneapolis special.
running at high rate of speed. struck
broken rail as it was about to cross
bridge. The speed of the train carried it
across the bridge on the ties, then the en-
tire train pitched down a twenty-foot en-
bankment. the cars turned on their sides
and were jumbled together In a hopeless
wreck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
Great Growth of Imports.


On the import side the figures equally
suggestive Of growth. The December i'm
ports are larger than in any preceding De-
cember in the history of our import trade.
being 50, 3O7 ,204, against s79,929,271 in De-
cember. 1901, and s6s.697 POT in December,
1900. and larger than in any preceding
month, except April. 1897, when the i'm
ports were abnormally large, by reason OF
the approaching change in tariff. Importa-
tions free of duty are $4O,668, 49, against
$40, Ia, $50 in December, 1900, indicating
that the increase is chiefly in manufactu-
rers material, which form the bulk of the
non-dutiable articles. The total imports
for the year ending with December are far
in excess of any preceding year, being
1863 270,OO9, against $3.50, 419,910 in 1901,
1893 1874 in 1900, 1923 .397,726 in 1890.
$500 S07, 176 in 1880. and s4G1 132, 0oS in 1870.
The impcrtations of 1902 are sSS, $50, 900
greater than in the preceding year, of
which increase over 10000, 900 was in man
ufacturers' materials.
The following table shows the December
imports at quinquennial periods from 1867
to 1902:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
Measure Passed by the House Satur-
day-137 to 40.

At the end OF struggle which prolonged
Saturdays session until after Q o'clock the
House of Representatives passed the SUBJ
stitute for the Senate bill to establish a
department Of commerce and labor. The
vote stood 1910. The republicans voted
solidly for the bin. The following demo-
Gratis voted with them: Messrs. Branfley
tGa.). Breazeale Ua.). EConry (Mass.).
Feely Qll.). Fleming (Ga.). Glass Va.).
Gordon tOhio). Griffith Qnd.). johnson
6. Co.. Lamb (va.). Livingston fGa). Lloyd
(Mo.). McAndrews Qli.). Mcclellan IN. ".
McCulloch (Ark.). Mahoney (In.). Maynard
(va-). Mickey GILL;. Moon (Tenn.). Naphen
tMass.). Padgett (Tenn.), Patterson (Tenn.),
Robertson Na.). Ryan On. ". Small IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
Has Resumed It's Normal,
Expansive Condition.
EXPORTS FOR DECEMBER
GREATER THAN FOR THE SAME
MONTH OF ANY YEAR.
Increase From $27, ooo, 900 in 1867 to
$14s, ooo, 600 In 1soe-Ex-
pansion Of Imports.

The export trade Of the United States has
resumed it's normal and expansive condi-
ton From the low figure due to the fall
ure of the corn crop last year and the I'M
usual demand at home. the export figures
have increased from $SS 100000 in June to
$14s, 900 900 in December and reached the
highest mark ever made by exports in the
month of December June. July and AL
gust of the year 1902 were the only months
since August, 1859 in which the export fig
ures fell below the $780, 600 line, and this
was due to the causes above Indicated.
With the arrival of the new crops of bread
stuffs. cotton and provisions. the exports
have rapidly advanced. the increase In De-
cember over the preceding month. as shown
by the statement of the treasury bureau
Of statistics, being about $23,OOO.OOO. OF
which the value OF 81. 0OO,0O Is In cotton,
s., OOO. 600 in provisions. $4,000 600 in bread
stuffs and 81 10000 in mineral oils.
Equaled Only Once.
The December exports are H1.OOO,OO0 In
excess Of December 1901; s., OO0, 900 over the
banner year of 1900, $10,000,O00 more than
in 1885, $50. 100000 more than in 1896. $685.
OOO, 900 more than in 1895, s61 10000 greater
than in 1892 and actually double those OF
1887 Only one month in the entire history
of our export trade-October, 19OO-shows
as large a figure Of exports, while in no
December have the exports reached as high
a figure of value as in December. 1902.
The following table shows the December
exports at quinquennial periods from 1857
to 1902, and illustrates the steady Upward
tendency in the export trade of the United
States though marked by occasional checks
due to the unusual conditions of produce
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19

Lucania which arrived here today. The
two vessels got into wireless communica-
ton on Friday. when suggestion for
chess match was flashed from the Lucania
and eagerly accepted by the Philadelphia.
On the latter vessel a team was selected.
consisting Of W. B. Wheelan OF Philadel-
phia, Frank Caldwell OF Chicago and
Waldemar Weiss Of New York. Tho Lu-
cania's champions were e. Marshal Fox
and E. Horace Mundy Of London. r. W.
Milbank Of Liverpool and Capt. H. r.
Campbell and William Evans. The Phila-
delphia team was victorious, their oppo-
nents resigning after twelve moves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
THINK MERCER WAS MURDERED.
Friends Of Dead Base Ball Player Give
Their Reasons.

A special to the Cleveland Plain Dealer
from East Liverpool. Ohio. says:
CLOSE and intimate friends in this city
of the late George Barclay Mercer, known
to the base ball world as Winnie and his
mother are firmly Of the opinion that Mer-
Ger was not a suicide. but was murdered
After much discussion on the part Of Geo.
Y Tavis manager Of the team on which
Mercer first played; George Carey Of the
Washingtons and other close friends. a
telegram was sent tonight to the chief Of
police Of San Francisco asking him to
make a careful investigation.
They claim that the letters given out
were not written by Mercer, who never
signed himself Winnie. and that the recent
attempt to rob him of 50. 600 shows desper-
ate men were after him. The letter to his
mother mentions his sisters and he had
none. As for the reported shortage. they
scout the idea. as he had property and also
friends by the hundred. who would have
backed him for any amount. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
THE FIGHT OVER WoLcoTT.
Prospect Of a Deadlock in the Colorado
I.eeislature.

A dispatch from Denver, Col, yesterday
saws: Philip b. Stewart. chairman of the
organization which is opposing the election
Of Mr.. wolcott to the United States Senate.
last night gave out statement in answer
to Mr.. Wolcott,s statement made yesterday.
He declared that it. was generally under
stood during the recent campaign in the
state that Mr.. Woicott would not be the
republican choice for senator. and In some
counties the republican candidates were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19

The will of Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt, wife Of
the New York multi-millionaire, Reuben
Hoyt, dated September 0, 1902. which was
filed at Tiffin. Ohio, several days ago, was
probated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
CHESS BY MARcoN1 TELEGRAPH.
Match at Sea by Teams on Two Ocean
Liners.

A dispatch from New York last night
says: A chess match by wireless telegraphy
served to enliven the voyage Of the Amer
lean liner philadelphia and the Cunarder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
1DTTN0 Now Add to the
ll1WVlN Third Floor Sale
Attractions.

1t always OF the most interesting departments in the
this has emphasized than its claims
great popularity Rugs have before sold low
may good be good we've
bought special things in Rugs this than The
of another purchase to tell about today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19

Chamberiains optimistic view of the colo
MES future. and the fact that the settle
ment errs. IL anything, on the side of gen.
erosity to the colonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
falling
HAIR 8

Dandrun. scale, irritsted or itching scalp and
all disorders affecting the hair and scalp per-
maneptly ard safely overcome and cured only
with my scientific, systematic and thorough treat
ments-the result Of thirty years practical expe-
est privacy assured. Can write personally to
JOHN II. WOODBURY. ID. l., Shaw Il Berry build
Ing. COZ llth st. NV. cor. +. Washington
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-01
poctorlnn a Physician.

Il have just had a severe attack Of ma
laria,' said prominent physician, and
1 called on a doctor to prescribe for me
ana take charge of my case"
why did you do that, when fevers,
malaria and such-like ailments are your
most common eases29 asked a bystander.
We'll, I'll tell you said the physician.
No man is competent to prescribe for
himself II he is not a physician he
knows too little; if he is one he knows
too much; that is, he is sub-eonscions
of minor conditions; he recognizes sec
ondary symptoms and is unable to give
them their proper comparative import
ance and prescribes for them when they
should be disregarded. Almost every man
has serious or secondary evidences of dis
order, and If any layman with a super
fetal knowledge of the human body and
functions reads the circulars of the pat
ent medicine doctors ne will readily find
symptoms that diagnose seriously. That
is the reason that most patent medicines
are curse Doctors are human, and II
you have followed what 1 have said you
will see why I employ an adviser when
1 am sick"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-01

our criminal statutes II he desires to
return. he should stand his trial as
any other offender should do. and as
all weak and helpless offenders must
do.
The Age-Herald has no desire to
Lake Captain Cornwell's path any
thornler than it is at present. He is
in the land of the greasers. and he
aoes not enjoy the situation. He very
naturally prefers to return to Jones
valley. This is a laudable ambition,
but 1t should not be worked out by
trampling on the laws of the state and
by setting up class distinctions in legal
punishments. If T. J. Cornwell has
committed any crime against the state
he should be brought back and tried.
If bank presidents are not amenable to
the law, then bank cashiers should not
be punished, and so on down the line
TO the hoboes themselves. Bessemer
SHOULD not set up the doctrine that
bank presidents are above the law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-01
Music as an Art.

"'I am glad to see that American uni
versities are coming to recognize the i'm
portance of music in the intellectual
realm" said master. I'm Europe music
has long ranked with letters, poetry,
sculpture and science. At Heidelberg, for
example. man may take Phi. d. on
music alone.
I'm the United States, up to recent
times many persons seemed to think that
music was a sentimental, sweet some
thing that had no place in university
work. This notion Is fast changing, and
several OF our highest institutions of
learning have chairs of music, and the
other day Yale conferred the degree of
Master of Arts on Mr.. Lang, the well
known musician. In commenting on this
the New York Sun well says:
And why not? Music is as much an
art as poetry or sculpture or painting
1t requires as much intellectual ability to
become eminent in It, and 1t contributes
quite as much to. the refinement of Its
students. A distinction must naturally
be made between the scholars of music
and mere blowers of brass and scrapers
of catgut; but universities may be trust
ed to take care of that. The main point
to be borne in mind is that Yale has
acted according to a principle which
seems so clear as to need no demon
stration, yet which has hitherto been
neglected, for no degree could be more
suitable to a scholar of music than that
which is applicable to a scholar OF lit
erature, namely Master of Arts