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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-04-07
REBATES UNDER SCRUTINY
INVEs OF BEEF TRUST
RESUMED BY GRAND JURY.
AARpsHips OF SMALL DEALERS
Treatment OF Retailers by Meat
Packers Inquired into-Testmony
Taken Regarding Methods of Buy
era Of Live Stock.

ere Of Live Stock.
Chicago, April G.-PriCes paid for
live stock by the packers. alleged re-
bates granted the packers by railroads
for the handling OF the same and the
private accounts OF some OF the pack
ing concerns are to be closely in
euired into within the next few days
BY the federal grand jury, which Is
Investigating the business snsirs OF
the so-csllsd beef trust. Another
phase Of the question OF tho combina'
ton OF certain OF the packers in viola
ton OF the Sherman antitrust law and
Judge GrosScup's Injunction, which Is
10 be inquired into, IL the price paid
by Wholesale dealers to the packers
for meats. Witnesses who can give
tho jurors detailed and accurate in
formation along these lines have been
subpoenaed and appeared at the in
vestigation. Some OF these Witnesses
testified and, although they refused to
make public what they told the jury,
1t is said large amount Of data valu
hDle 10 IHt government Wdb btCuleu
from them.
James A. Barrett, a Wholesale meat
dealer at Merrill, Wis. was one OF the
witnesses who testified. He is said to
have explained to the jurors the al
legged hardships placed upon the small
meat dealer by the packing concerns
He explained in detail the prices paid
the ysckers by the wholesaler. Mr.
Barrett was followed by Samuel Grob
inneheimer. cattle buyer foi
SchwRrZchild q SulZberger. who I,
said to have testified concerning the
price paid for live stock by the pack
ers. Patrick Cassidy. traffic manager
for the National Packing company
testified concerning the cost TO the
raiser Of shipping cattle and the ar
rangements the packers have with the
railroads for handling live stock and
| dressed meats. altogether ten wit
nesses were heard.
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Attack. on Police Moro Erssuent.

London. April 6.-Ths Times cor
respondent at st. Petersburg states
that attacks on the police are beeom.
ing so frequent that q secret circular
has been issued forbiddinE their men
ton II the victim 10 Of lower rank
than assistant police master.
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Wedding at Spe ncer.

Spencer, Neb., April G. John
Barnes, local manager of the Nye,
Schneider company and Miss Mar
guerite Bra field, da Ighter OF Mr.. snd
Mrs. n. Brastield of Spencer. Fred
Barnes, brother of the groom was hest
man, and Miss Myrl Brasfield, sister
OF the bride, was maid-of-honor.
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PortlanL

Lincoln, April O. Us, Hickey
appointed II. G.. SheGd L. IoHca I'D
former Senator Warner Z. o,
City to be members cf the comm. y A
to. look after the Nebraska exhibit at
the Portland exposition. The remain
ing place on the commission he has
rendered George l.. Loolis of Ere.
mont, but the latter has not yet ac-
Cepted.
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SHOOT AT AN ELECTION.
Four Men Wounded in West Virginia
at Riot Over Ballots.

Huntington, w. Va, April 6.-In an
election riot here today Policeman
Roy Hall was shot and fatally wound
ed, Deputy Sheriff jeremiah Adkins,
Policeman Burt Foster and Deputy
Sheriff Enos Bayless were slightly
wounded The two deputy sheriffs
are in Jail.
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Double Hanging in Tennessee.

Nashville. Tenn, April 6.-Andrew
Hibbett and James Schudder negroes.
were hanged together in the Jail yard
here. Schudder murdered his three.
year-old crippled son and Hibbett
killed his mother.in-law. Both men
sang "Old Time Religion" Just before
hs drop fell.
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License by One Vote.

Ainsw orth, Neb., April Especial
to The News: City election passed
OFT quietly here, the only issue being
license or no license and license won
by majority of one vote.
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sister Of General Grant Dead.

Orange, N. j., April S.-Mrs, Mary
Grant Cramer, sister OF the late Presi.
dent U. 8. Grant, and widow Of DR..
N. ]. Cramer, was found dead in bed
at the home OF her sister, Mrs. Vlr-
Einia Grant COrbin, in East Orange,
Mrs. Crsmer retired in apparent good
kealth
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Forest Fires in Pennsylvania.

Gettysburg, Pa, April S,-Forest
nres burning over an area OF thou.
sands OF acres have started In the
south mountains, the line of FIRE eK-
tending q distance OF three miles.
The destruction Of valuable timber 10
great.
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.JAPS OCCUPY DUGUSAU
TAKES TOWN EIGHT MILES FROM
MlENHAUGHlEH.
oYAMA HAS NEWS TO REPORT
Forces of the Mikado are Advancing
on the Russians and Taking Pos.
session of Some of the Towns Held
by the Enemy.

Toxic, April - Imperial Army
Headquarters in the field, Oyama Re
porting April 6: Part OF cur Kar-
yuan force engaged in decoyine the
enemy. occupied Dugushu, eight miles
northeast of Mienhuaghieh, on the af
ternoun of April A."
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Disaster Due to Powder Explosion.

ZeigIer. m, April s.-The cOroner's
fury In it's verdict holds that the forty
three men who lost their lives in the
Letter coal mines MoDfsy, April 3.
were killed by afterdsmp. due to an
explosion OF powder. caused by parties
unknown. The belief 10 expressed
that the mine was in q good and safe
working condition so far as gas was
eoacernsd.
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Senator Q. h. Plat Ill.

Washington, Conn, April S.-Unit'
ed States Senator Oryille II. Platt 10
I'll at his summer residence here. suf-
fering from an attack OF bronchial
pneumonia.
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SMITH CASE GOES OVER
Continuance Granted Until Monday
and Bond Fixed at $4,000.

Cincinnati, April S,-The habess
corpus hearing OF j. Morgan Smith
and wife. arrested here last week and
held under a New York indictment for
conspiracy with Nan Patterson to ex.
tort money from Caesar Young, the
bookmaker was again adjourned until
next Monday. When the smiths We're
presented before the court Prosecutor
Rulison asked for a continuance un.
I'll Monday, as the state was not yet
ready to proceed and would like to
have that much time for preparation.
The court fixed bail at $1,000 In each
case.
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saruch suys selby Smelling Plant.

New York. April 6.-The report that
John Hays Hammond, acting for the
Guggenheims. had purchased the Sell
by Smelling and Lead works is denied
by Bernard NJ Baruch OF this city.
Nr Baruch states that he has bought
the Selby plant. together with other
western smelling works for combi-
nation which includes himself and as.
sociates
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President In Dallas.

Dallas, TsI, April 6.-President
Roosevelt is now the guest Of Tue
Lone star state. The special tram
bearing the president and his parry
arrived in Dallas promptly al go
O'Clock last night, Reception commit
tees were in attendance when the
train rolled into the depot and the
chief executive was driven through
the streets TO a public stand near the
Oriental hotel, where he delivered an
address The streets were densely
packed with citizens and visitors ana
the reception accorded the president
was nothing short OF a continuous
ovation. After delivering his speech,
the president and party attended =
dinner at the Oriental hotel. rendered
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by the citizens OF Dallas. llis train
left for Waco, Austin and San Antonio
al $40 o'clock this morning,
When Mayor Bryant r. Barry or
Dallas finished his address OF welcome
and Introduction. President Roosevelt
addressed the gathering as follows:
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Drought In AndsIusia.

Madrid, April Owing 10 an sx'
treme drought all field work in An
ialusia has been suspended for a con-
siderable time and crops are threat
ened with total destruction. The cost
OF necesSaries OF life has risen to eK-
orbitant figures. The municipal su-
thorities have done their utmost to
alleviate the distress, but the funds at
tisir disposal will soon be exhausted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07

all expenses and repairs and additions
and pays for the plant in ten years
and the plant is still worth $1,000,000
has not the city made profit of mil
lion?
The city OF Atlanta has a plant
worth three and a half million dollars.
Its net earnings has paid for the plant
excepting about a half million.
Does Another Observer contend
that the other three million dollars
value are not profits because it repre-
sents sinking fund?
Perhaps Another Observer con
tends that such accrued values are not
profits" and this may account for the
claim that the Pensacola Water Com
pany has never had any profits" al
though its president who began as a
poor man Is now reputed to be worth a
half million.
But what has all this to do with
bookkeeping,2 If Another Observer
calls that Bookkeeping he had better
guess again. He would do well ID
consult his friend Joe Mulhatton some
more
CHAS. H. BLISS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
Work of Salvation Army.

| Editor Pensacola journal.
A little information regarding the
new captain of the local Salvation
Army post and his work since coming
| to this city may prove of interest to
your many readers.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. w. S. Fousse arriy,
in Pensacola October II. 1904
finding no soldiers here and the post
$131.72 in debt. After eleven weeks OF
haro work they had paid the debt and
made 16 converts, from whom regu.
lar soldiers were secured. On Satur
day night, December "a, they arranged
Christmas tree for the poor children
of the city which was one of the most
successful affairs of the kind ever Civ.
en- by the Salvation Army in this city
On December IS, drought their untir.
ing labor over 300 poor were given a
fine dinner at the barracks and many
baskets filed with good things were
sent out to those unable to attend.
Many garments we're also procured
and given to the needy.
OF course, charitable work of this
nature would have been impossible
without the cooperation of the good
people Of Pensacola, for which. Capt.
Fousse, on behalf of the Salvation
Army, is extremely grateful.
Captain Fousse is a native of New
Orleans, where he joined the ranks of
the Army years ago. For three years
he was a soldier, afterwards acting as
Sergeant Major for four years Mrs,
Fousse is from Cullman, Ala, going
from there to New Orleans where she
Joined the Army four years since, hold
ing the rank of ]. S. Sergeant Major
at the time of her marriage to Capt.
Fousse.
Capt Fousse said, a few Gays ago,
that when he received orders to come
to Pensacola his friends told him that
this city was about the last place the
Lord made, but he knows now that
they were greatly mistaken. as he has
found the city and its people are all
right and he hopes to have long stay
among them. w. ]. S.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
MR. BRYAN coRREcTs SOME
VICIOUS NEWSPAPER REPORTS.

A few days ago the Pensacola News,
whose anxiety for a chance to dig Mr.
Bryan usually Overshadows all regard
for any attempt TO ascertain the truth.
fulness Of its assertions, contained a
statement to the effect that Mr.. Bryan
had declared President Roosevelt to
be 'the greatest president the country
ever had"
The untruthfulness Of such a state
ment ought to have been apparent 20
anyone and the News, in making it,
was very careful not to give it's au-
thority. This fact does not appear
strange, however, when it is learned
that the originator of the report was
none other than the Chicago ChToni-
cIe-a paper which, under the cloak of
democracy, gave aid to the republican
party for eight years, and then openly
declared for the republican ticket in
1904. The News has always been a
regular and consistent imitator of the
policy of its Chicago contemporary Tin
everything except the latter's open
declaration of republicanism) and its
statement about Mr.. Bryan in this
case is in keeping with its old-time
practice. The story, however, is eff
fectuslly disposed of in the last issue
of Mr.. Bryan's paper, the Commoner,
as follows:
The Chicago Chronicle is growing
hysterical, and in its hysteria it de-
viates even farther than usual from
the truth. In a recent issue, the
Chronicle, perpetrating one of its
many ill-natured Trades against Mr..
Bryan, declares that Mr.. Bryan courtei
notOriety by declaring in a recent ad-
dress that President Roosevelt is the
greatest president the country ever
had" There are two wild and un-
founded assertions in the quoted state
ments. viz: Mr.. Bryan did not seek
notoriety as alleged. and he certainly
did. not assert that President Roose-
welt is, the greatest president this
country has ever had" Not even the
Chicago Chronicle believes Mr.. Bryan
said il, but what the Chronicle be-
lieves and what the Chronicle SAYS
editorially are two vastly different
things However, If it will soothe the
Chronicles lacerated feelings Mr..
Bryan will admit that President Roose-
welt is the greatest president this
country has had since William Nc.
Kinley. But as long as he remembers
Washington. Jefferson, Madison, Lin
coin and others, Mr.. Bryan will decline
to go further.
The News should now do itself the
credit of correcting a statement which
everyone else knew, and which the
News itself should have known, was
absolutely untrue.
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Vox P0eULL
* a; & q e e & x < K
Bliss on Bookkeeping.
Pensacola, Feb. 4, 1905.

Pensacola, Feb. 4, 1905.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
If there is anything ! enjoy in q
controversy it is for those who live
in glass houses to throw stones al
me. l always delight in making Il
interesting for them.
note in this mornings journal
that Another Observer" admits
make a fine showing for the city Of
Evansville, but says amy school boy
can see that am no bookkeper."
| fail to see in the article where he
shows any superior knowledge OF
bookkeeping or shows any lack oil
knowledge on my part. If it be true
that any school boy" can see that
an no bookkeeper, it still remains 10
be seen in what particular Another
Observer" is ahead of ANY school
boy"
The point | made in my letter was
that Evansville furnished water sew
eral hundred per cent. cheaper than
did Pensacola and yet made a profit
of $50, 900. That point is not refuted
Another Observer" finds fault with
me because / did not set apart some
thing for a sinking fund. What does
he want me to set it apart out Of?
Does he want me TO set 1t apart out
Of the wind he alleges that blew"
my water plant along with, or does he
want me to set it aside out of the
profits?
And If | set aside fund out of the
profits does that change them from be-
ing profits? If city bororws mil
lion dollars to build water works
and the water works net earnings pays
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
IMMIGRATION
TO THE SOUTHERN STATES.

If Horace Greedy were still alive his
advice to-day would not be Go west
young man" but go South" and the
large numbers who are immigrating to
all sections Of the southern states
give sufficient evidence that the i'm
meuse possibilities of the south are
rapidly becoming known and taken 40.
vantage of. And the immigrants who
are thus seeking new homes in the
southland are among the most thrifty
and industrious to be found anywhere.
One of the most important of south
ern colonization schemes now under
way is the settlement of a tract OF
10000 acres in the Yazoo river delta
country of Mississippi In this scheme
alone it is said that something like
100000 win be invested by a syndi-
cate. and the colonists they expect to
locate on the land will devote their
energies to growing cotton and diver
sifed crops.
Recently inquiry was made of the
Savannah Chamber of Commerce rela-
tive to the locating of 200 German
families somewhere in that state and
offers were asked on tract of land of
from 5000 to 10000 acres. This col
ony. if located. wiz devote hseH to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
Ports OF Entry that Are
Expensive 10 fhe Government.
louisville Courier-Journal.)

was made in the debate in the House
and it has been made a great many
time in the past. = But IL Is by ~
means a sufficient answer 10 the coni
plant of the Secretary OF the treas
ury. The officers employed at mess
ports to collect the revenue are no'
the only, generally, perhaps, not the
principal agents to prevent smuggling
An elaborate system IS Kept up TO-
that purpose, and It remains 10 De
proved that the men TO Wnon ne
sums mentioned as expenses are paid
are efficient in preventing smuggling
At best. this argument would apply
mainly to points on the borders, ana
not to such interior ports as Burning
ton, Ia; Wheeling, w. va; Chatta'
nooga, Tenn; or Lacrosse, WIS.
Mr.. Robinson. of Indiana. asked If
these ports were not maintained in
order to keep some favorites IN en-
ployment, and to this there was no re-
sponse He said the Committee IN
Appropriations had tried to reorganlze
the service. but had been defeated by
this influence.
This debate occurred on motion 10
establish a SUPPORT in Texas. NO" the
passage from the report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury which was eitef
complained that Independent ports
have been established when sub
ports tributary to a large central
port would have been sufficient.
Much unnecessary expense could be
eliminated by proper consolidation Of
small and expensive ports as supports
upon large and self-sup-
porting ports" Thus the bill which
was under consideration was found to
be in line with the Secretary's recon-
mendations, and it was passed with
out a division. But it appears to be
the intention of Congress to allow
the expensive ports to continue bust
ness on the old wasteful system.
There are men in Office there who
need the money, and the general in
clination of Congress at present is to
spend as much money as possible in
order TO take care" Of more people.
Meantime, the deficit in the revenue
continues to grow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07

truck raising. The families are now
said to be waiting in New York, ready
10 come south as soon as a zeal fol
the land is closed.
Florida is coming in for a share OF
this southern immigration movement
as evidenced by the recent arrival in
this city of car load of Germans fol-
the purpose OF investigating the agri
cultural possibilities of this section OF
the state.
The eyes of not only. this country
but foreign countries as well are turn.
ed to the southern states of the Union.
All that is necessary to secure immi-
grants of the very best class is judi
cious advertising-tne placing before
them of illustrated ano descriptive
matter giving actual scenes and data
OF the country to which they are in
vited.
The Journal has always been work
ing with this end in view and has now
under compilation a work that will
place the advantages of this section
before the world in a manner that
will prove Of undoubteG benefit. The
Journals forthcoming Pensacola and
Panama Edition will do for Pensacola
and Escambia county-in fact for all
of West Florida-what individual eff.
fort is doing in other sections of the
south.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
CLUMSY NATIONAL
ELECTION SYSTEM.

The senate and house, sitting in
joint session, will. upon Wednesday
February s, count the electoral vote
of the different states and declare the
election az Mr.. Roosevelt. That is
they are due to make the count at that
time if nothing happens. But it seems
there has been hitch in the arrange
ments by reason of which the electoral
vote of three Southern states was not
delivered to the presiding officer OF
the senate as provided by law. Com
menting upon the cumbersome election
system now in use the Birmingham
Age-Herald says:
Unoer our clumsy and really out.
grown electoral system all state re.
suits of the presidential election
should be sent the presiding officer
Of the senate by or before January %.
but up to this time kentucky, Ten
nessee and Arkansas have failed 10
turn in report of their voting. The
three states adjoin each other, but it
is not believed they have anything up
their sleeves except negligence. They
have plenty of that. Messengers are
generally ready to earn their fees and
mileage. but the messengers of the
three states Go not seem 10 need any
Of Uncle Sans money.
The votes of the states are to be
counted on Wednesday next, Febru-
airy s, by the senate and house sitting
together. President Pro Tempore
Frye will preside. Until that time
the senate is the CUSTODIAN of the bal
lots returned by the states. The bal
lots are contained in envelopes of all
colors and sizes. That of New York
is about two feet square, while the
Parker votes from Texas are shut up
in an envelope mo longer than a let
cepting an invitation"
On Wednesday next before the two
houses an impressive ceremony will
take place. There will be a process
sion. at the head of which will be car
ried two beautiful mahogany boxes
holding the electoral votes. The boxes
will be oTnamented with silver cor
ners and have silver stars inlaid in
the top. When the boxes are opened
the ballots will be arranged in alpha
betical oroer. and Alabama's vote will
be read in full. The votes of the other
states will simply be announced, when
the totals will be added up. Senator
Frye viii then declare the results, and
at this writing it is not doubted that
Theodore Roosevelt will come in sew
eral lengths ahead of Alton Brooks
Parker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07

In the House the other day a bill to
make Texas CITY, in the Galveston col
lection district, a SUPPORT of entry
brought on discussion of the number
| of ports where IT costs more than a
dollar to collect dollar. 1t was not
at all relevant 10 the bill under con.
sideration, but 1t had some interest
of its own.
An extract from the last report of
the Secretary of the Treasury showed
that there are in the United States
nearly fifty ports of entry where the
expenses exceed the receipts. A list
of these is given with the amounts col
lected, the expenses and the cost at
each Of collecting one dollar of reve-
nue.. For the whole country the cost
of collecting one dollar of customs rev.
enue is $0.033, or about 1-3 per cent,
which, the Secretary says, is more
than it should be. This will afford a
criterion for judging of the the excep-
tionally expensive ports.
OF the ports of entry set out in the
report of the Secretary, the best show
ing is made by Gloucester Mass. The
receipts there last. year were 1924
80, the expenses $17,S14, and the num-
Der Of employees fourteen. The cost
of collecting each dollar Of revenue
was $1.166. AS Gloucester alone has
for many years stood in the way Of
reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland
and has had influence enough to de-
feat it, In spite of the wishes of Bos-
ton, it is interesting to note that It is
what may be called a pauper port.
The worst showing, however, is made
by Beaufort, N c.. which collected
$1.55, at an expense of 81 .509.2S, MAX
ing s973.729 of expense for each dol
lar collected. York, Me-, expended
s105.424 to collect dollar; Lacrosse,
Wis, S23.742; Wheeling, w. Va. $16.-
209; Patchogue, N Y, $4S.S6; Vieks-
burg. Miss, $3S.SS3; Rock Island, Ill,
$4,000; Coos Bay, Ore, S51.044.
1t is true that the revenue collected
at port is not always the only con-
sideration. II is necessary to prevent
smuggling, and TO this end some notice
must be taken of ports which might
be used for that purpose. This point
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-07
SPECIAL RATES.

Round trip Colonist rates to Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Indian Ter.
ritory. each First and Third Tuesday
One-way and Round trip Colonist
rates to the west and northwest.
One way Colonist rates TO California
and the Northwest from March LIST
until May 18th, 1905.
Special flrst-class Round trip Rates
to Colorado every day until May 1st.
Return limit June 1st, 1905.
The choice Of the two most direct
routes and three gateways, Union and
Southern Pacific.
Through Pullman Tourist cars oper-
ated each Monday from Atlanta to San
Francisco without change, via Mont
gomery and New Orleans.
Ask for particulars.
]. F. VAN RENSSELAER,,
General Agent.
Is Peaehtree St., Atlanta, Ga.