Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-01

Foraker mcde set speech todal
against the policy OF governmental
rate making in general and agains
the Hepburn bill in particular. II,
pronounced the later unconstitutiopa
and impracticable and predicts IT.
speedy death at the hands OF the su
preme court II enacted. He admitted
that there were Ills TO remedy bui
this could he accomplished by amend
ing tine Eikins law by extending It to
cover excessive rates, rebates and
discrimination
| Senator Foraker said It was not the
duty of the interstate commerce com.
mission to act as Judge, legislator and
prosecutor but merely to hear com.
plants, exercise its powers OF concili-
alton and send the cases to courts
through tae attorney general.
| The senator said that Congress has
not the authority to make rates nor
| authority to delegate such right to
any one. He said it was neither easy
nor agreeable to differ with President
Roosevelt
SPRINGFIELD O., Feb. 2S.-Mob
violence last night followed the
shooting yesterday morning In the
railroad yards here. In which r. NJ.
Davis, brakeman. was shot by ne
sroes. More than 1000 men and
boys went TO tne negro quarter to
burn them out. The militia was call
ed but was late in responding. Sev-
eral houses were set on hre and the
police were powerless to cope with
the situation. Only -four or five of the
militia arrived during the night and
after the police lost control the sol.
diers found they could do nothing
SPRINGFIELD. o., Feb. 2s-This
city awoke quiet this morning, the
only strange sight being that of arm
ed guardsmen patroling the streets.
The havoc wrought in the "jungles,"
or negro settlement, indicated that
the city passed through one of the
v
The mob was supreSe for six
hours. Seven dives were burned to
the ground The negroes fed TO es.
cape the angry whites.
The mob was overpowered by two
companies of local militia and other
state troops
IN mi
Nine more companies are under arms
awaiting orders to hurry to this city
Brakeman Davis IS SHl alive at
the hospital but no hopes are enter
tained that he will pull through
Conrad Vollmer died from excite
ment during the riot.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Feb. 2s.-Action
has been agreed upon by the railways
Of Kansas which purposes the annul-
ment of the Kansas law fixing mini
mum rates for the transportation of
oil. The provisions of this law are
largely responsible for the great head
way which the independent oil pro
ducers have made against the Stand
ard. The oil industry will suffer Sc
verely If the law is Invalidated.
The railroads plan of action is to
ignore the legal rates and force the
the railroad commission into court.
The railways will set up the plea that
the maximum rates are confiscatory
and tnat no reasonable difference is
allowed for handling oil in barrels
and In tanks.
The railways obeyed the law as
long as its effect was local, but now.
however the Kansas maximum rates
are being used as an Illustration and
caused the interstate commerce COM
mission TO investigate oil rates. ana,
moreover. Kansas rate. are being
used before the legislatures of other
states to induce similar legislation.
GENEVA, Feb. 2S.-M. Rubauhaus-
en-. former director OF the government
powder works. Who was loaned" 10
the Chinese to superintend the con
struction of powder factories at Pc
king and Tien Tsin, writes that the
work Is nearly completed. The Chi
nese and European engineers have
converted Tien Tsin into an impreg-
nable stronghold, and that other coast
fortifications have been straight
ened. According 10 Rubhausen the
Chinese situation is dangerous for
Europeans.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-Judge Gary
OF the steel trust today issued state
ment denying that that corporation
dictated to the soft coal men what
they should do regarding the dis
agreement with the miners. He ex-
pressed the hope that an agreement
would be reached.
PITTSBuRG. Feb. 2s.-The execut-
i've committee of the bituminous coal
operators at a meeting here today de-
cided to meet the miners again at In
| dlanapolis March 10. 1t is understood
that the large operators all favor the
| of tho Nva and half NOR