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Section 9 says: whenever the
board shall decide what is a reason
able charge for any freights
such rates and classifications and all
rates and classif1cations now in effect
shall not be altered thereafter without
the consent of the board so as in effect
to increase the charge in any class Of
goods" This seems to imply that if
the change does not increase the
charge it can be made without consent
of the board.
Section 10 says: ut snail be IN
lawful for any railroad company to
change the classification of its
freights, or to raise the charges there
for without first having obtained from
said commissioners an order permit
ting such" This also seems to imply
that reduction can be made with
out consent of the board.
1t was probably the intention of the
legislature to make the law so that
the railroads could not make any
changes IN the tariffs on file with the
board without first getting permits
SION. But 1t seems that the law does
not specifically call upon the roads to
get permission TO reduce rates. Even
/ the right to reduce rate might be
q dangerous weapon in the hands of
a railroad company. IT would require
a good deal of evidence, perhaps. to
prove Lhat a rate was reduced for the
purpose of discriminating against
somebody, and of course the railroads
would insist that their reduction was
not made for that purpose, but was
made simply in the regular line of
| business changes.
It is possible that this is one of the
points which the next legislature will
be called upon to fix in connection
with the railroad law. There is GER
tain to be demand for some changes
III the law. involving possibly an in
crease in the pay of the members of
the board.
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STROGOFF Il.
Cousin of the Gar Tells of Many Hair
Breadth Escapes.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News says:
A private courier Of the car has ar
rived in St Petersburg bringing a con-
fdential report from the viceroy of the
Caucasus. To your correspondent the
messenger said;
"Tffiis and the entire Caucasus are
in the hands of the revolutionists. The
cevere measures practiced by the auth
critics in other parts of Russia are in
applicable there because the situation is
more acute and the population is hetero-
genous and frenzied, while the garrisons
are small and politically unreliable. The
supremacy of the revolutionists COMPEL
ed me to discard my military uniform
and to assume the attitude of an agita-
tor carrying red flag proclamatiOns. On
arriving at Baku l again donned my
uniform.
AT Ptrovsk I found a battle raging
between the cars artillery and a num-
Der of revolutionary sharpshooters. The
latter were well entrenched behind a
railroad emb2nkment While the former,
like their comrades in Manchuria were
wasting shrapneI on the desert air. Not
knowing how otherwise to facilitate my
progress toward st. Petersburg, 1
crossed the fighting line of the revolu-
by two GeoTgians and one Tartar. They
took my papers and searched me for
more. Conscious of being in a hopeless
plight and liable to be shot on my ar
rival in st. Petersburg for the loss of
the dispatches in desperation / drew
my revolver killed the man who had the
dispatches in his possession and recOv-
cred them from his body. Then, re-
mounting, I spurred on my horse. Find
ing I was pursued, I turned in my sad
die and shot another of my assailants
and escaped.
"On arriving at Rostov I found the
town was no longer in the possession of
the authorities and I was again obliged
to disguise myself and pay tribute to
the revolutionary leaders for a pass. I
managed with great difficulty to reach
Moscow, where the question of supre-
macy between the car and the revolu-
tionists was being fought out in the
streets Still the situation there seemed
tranquil compared to that in the Cas-
casus. The revolutonists refused rail-
road transportation and travelling on
horseback was impossible owing to the
lawIess conditions in the country dis
tricts, so I continued to Tver, disguised
as a monk. Thence came direct to St.
Petersburg.
Il shall remain here two days await
ing the cars instructions and then re-
turn to the Caucasus where I trust my
former experiences viii not be repeat
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DANGER OF WAR.
Kaiser Claims to Be in a Pacific
Frame of Mind.
But Will Quickly Resent Any
Attempt at CRoWding.
STRUGGLE
Over Morocco Is About to re
Inaugurated at Algeciras.
France, England and Russia
Combined Against Germany.


Chicago. Jan. 1s.AThe Daily News
Berlin cable on the. Morocco situation
says.
Germany goes to the Moroccan con-
ference in a Thoroughly pacific mood but
ready to resent any attempt on the part
of France or its friends to push the
fatherland into a corner or to do any
thing else savoring of humiliation or
intimidation The most ardent advo-
Gates of peace in Germany are persuad-
ed that such an affront would be more
than the kaiser would tolerate and they
assert that the country would rally
around the emperor instantly if Ger
man honor were ito he thus put to the
test. 1t is hoped that France and
Britain will realize this at the outset
and will govern themselves according
ly. If they do not there is great danger
of war.
This sums up German opinion on the
eve of the great diplomatic struggle at
Algeciras. 1t also TALES with the Off
cial assurances that have been convey
ed to the United States government.
which has been informed that Germany
does not want war and that is cherishes
the fullest possible confidence that war
can be avoided.
An overwhelming majority Of the
kaiser's subjects feel that it would be
better to make France a present of Mo
rocco than to provoke a European con-
flagration. When they contemplate such
things as this weeks annual report of
the Hamburg-American steamship line,
showing what tremendous profits Ger
man shipping is earning they realize
what crushing blow war would i'm
mediately deal to German industry and
insist such risks must not be thought
OF.
Yet it can not be too strongly en-
phasized that these same people are
ready to risk their industrial -rosper-
ity and everything else if France or
Britain or any other combination at
ternpts to overawe or isolate Germany
or to impel it to give way in the face
of sheer force. Germany, in short, is
ready to yield much in the interests of
peace but viii not bulge an inch if it
is apparent that the fatherland is be
ing crowded or surrounded.
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Railroad Board Will Be Asked
* to RatifylIt.
Puts NIT Coal on Same Basis as
Lump.
WHAT on THIN DOWED
S WHAT OF THE POWER
Question About Authority Of
the Commission.
Doubtful If Its Approval Is
Necessary.

On Tuesday, j. R. Koontz and ]. c..
Lincoln, the freight traffic managers of
the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific re-
spectively. will appear before the state
board of railroad commissioners and
ask to have the recent schedule of. coal
rates agreed upon by the Usage opera
tors and the railroad men approved by
the board of railroad commissioners.
There is likely to be some opposition
TO the agreement reached by the opera
tors and the railroads. because it is
claimed that under the changes made it
viii force dealers to ship nut coal IN
der the lump coal rate.
This may bring up the question which
has for a long time been threatening to
come before the board for settlement;
namely; Does the law require that rail-
road companies secure permission from
the state board of railroad commissions
ers to reduce d rate2'
In case the railroad commissioners
should refuse to approve the Usage
agreement, the railroads might proceed
TO put the agreement into effect without
the consent of the board. which would
at once bring about an issue.
Carr Taylor, attorney for the board
of railroad commissioners, said i'm
speaking of this matter: Il find moth
ing in the law which specifically re-
ouires the railroads to get permission
from the state board of railroad com
missioners to reduce a rate
Geo w. Wheatley, d lawyer, and one
of the members of the board. says: 1.-THE
law require railroads. to get permission
to reduce rates only by Implication 1t
is questionable whether the railroads
would be required to ask our consent
to reduce a rate. but it is customary for
them to do So
The law does prevent discrimination.
and consequently if the railroads should
reduce a rate for the purpose of favor
ing some special interest the board
1nigbt rescind that rate on the ground
of discrimination. But in case the re-
duction accomplished no discrimination,
Ct fs likely that the railroads would not
be required to file d request to change
the rate. provided the change is a re-
duction
Nevertheless. the railroads have up
to this time not seen fit to test this
portion of the law, at least openly
Frhev may have put IN lower rates
without asking the board, but if they
have the board has not discovered it,
Communication from the freight de-
Dsrtfnents are often received asking
commission to reduce rates. and they
are usually granted by the board
only one request TO increase a rate
has been made. and that was for per-
mission to increase the express rate
on jugs of whisky
There are a number of references
ln the law to the regulation of rates
but they all are silent about reduc-
Section 8 of the 1905 law says that
the railroads shall within thirty days
Ale an their tariffs, rules, orders, etc.
with the board. and shall file all new
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A COMPLICATED SUICIDE.
Fire, Rope and a Knife All Used at
the Same Time.

Copyright. 1906, by Central News and
Press Exchanged
Paris, Jan. IA clerk named Albert
sonnet attempted to take his life in a
strange fashion. He had courted a young
woman for some months. Finally, how
ever she rejected him
Ills dismissal was too much for him.
ana ne determined to take farewell of his
~ e. re chose very complicated method
OF committing suicide Shutting himself
up IN his room in the Rue d Artois. he
mace a heap of the furniture, and poured
petroleum upon it. Then he procured a
rope and butchers knife. The rope was
attached to a hook in the ceiling, the end
D . 10 ms feet In this manner he was
SUSPENDED and while the burning furni-
tgfe was cracking he was slashing at his
Ihroat with the butchers knife TuclSily
loI the desperate clerk, a detective, who
was III the street. observed smoke issu.
4lg from the window. There was some
lIllns wrong, he concluded, and gave The
alarm The door of the clerks room was
DIoken open, and he was discovered half
suItocated BY the smoke and with seri-
oGs saSnes in his throat He was fumedi-
ately cur down and restored to conscious
ness When the wounds were dressed. he
vs. takeh before a police c0mmissary. to
Wlluil ne gave an undertaking that he
his life +-h1 HA'0iA
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Does a Man Own HIS Teetl,a

Berlin, Jan. 1S.-This question sounds
ABSURD but has been a bone of conten-
eloh IN the courts at Gera, in central
Germany. A gentleman who had nsen
suI1ering from toothache made IN his
mind to have a tooth out The stump
proved difficult one 10 draw. and
when it was taken out it was Of such a
curious shape that the dentist declared
mat ne would keep it as a curiosity.
His patient thought he would like ia
keep it himself. and claimed IT: but the
dentist, on the ground that a tooth.
when drawn with the free consent. of a
patient. is ownerless property as soon
as 1t leaves the jaw, refused to give it
up The patient entered an action
against the dentist. who has had to de-
liver Up the nolar.
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IiheI on 2 Gravestone.

Berlin Jan. 13.-A somewhat singular
libel case has just been disposed of at
Metz 4 man named Schmied had caused
to be inscribed on the gravestone of his
wife who died in September, the follow
ing: Here lies Marie Schmied- She died
through unscrupuloas treatment after
long suffering. AS the result Of this in
seription two doctors, who had attended
Frau Schmied during her last illness and
a midwife took action for criminal libel
against Schmied. The latter, however.
declared that he had no reproaches TO
make against the doctors, who thereupon
withdrew their complaint. The midwife,
however, held TO her complaint and af-
ter hearing the evidence OF the district
doctor schfnied was sentenced to fourteen
days Imprisonment.
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He Will Make a Display at the
MidWinter.
Ammunition for His Big Guns
to Be Shown.
TICKETS DISAPPEAR.
Advance Lot Of 10, 700 Sold in
Thirty-six Hours.
Work of Fixing Up Auditorium
Begins Tomorrow.

If there. have been any doubts enter
tanned with regard to the continuation
of the popularity of the Midwinter expo
sftion, those doubts should now be set
aside. The lot of $4,000 advance tickets
were practically all sold within So hours
from the time that the sale commenced.
All indications point to the Midwinter
beaking all records this year and the
management feels justified in saying
that the exhibits and the vaudeville fea-
lures viii all be so good that patrons
will agree that a decided improvement
has been made over previous years.
The gas company has secured space
and will make an exhibit that win pre-
sent a practical demonstration of the use
of natural gas for Illuminating and
heating purposes, something that viii
prove Of considerable interest just al
this time when natural gas is coming
into such general use.
Another exhibit that win be out of the
ordinary viii be Of the projectiles and
ammunition used in modern warfare.
Few people have any idea of what the
powder that is used by the United States
artillery and navy looks like, for its
appearance is quite different from the
powder in ordinary use And while of
course it would not do to exhibit such
an explosive at the MidWinter, there is
being prepared a material that Stimulates
the real thing with great accuracy. In
addition there viii be displayed cart
ridges and shells such as are used in
the guns of the largest battleships.
The work of getting the Auditorium
in shape for the big show viii com
mence Monday, and with the exhibit
there viii be an appearance of some
thing closely resembling activity.
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wooDMEN HAVE GAY TIME.
Install Omcers for Three Organiza-
tions of the Order.

Three hundred members of the two
Woodmen camps in Topeka had the
time of their lives last evening at the
installation Of officers Of State camp
No. rs and Topeka camp No. SO of
the Woodmen of the World and the
Live Oak grove of the Woodmen
Circle. The installation occurred in
Lincoln post, G.. A. r., hall. Mrs
Jenkins, deputy from st. Paul, Mimi,
was in charge of the installation Of the
officers OF the circle. while L. NJ. Pen
we'll officiated in a similar capacity
for the two camps.
Following the installation a musical
programme was given. Judge w L.
Atchison. H. P. Miller, n. H. Wolff and
L. NJ. Penwell made short addresses.
The musical numbers were contrib
uted by Mr. Whitman, Prof and Mrs.
Harvey W6rrafls Hazel Kaiser and
George P. Moore. An oyster supper
had been prepared as a last token Of
the evenings festivities.
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AN ACTRESS WARDROBE.
Tradesmen CIothe Mile. Madeleine Car
Her Free of Charge.
ICopyright, 1906 by Central News and
Press. EXCHANGED

ICopyright, 1906, by Central News and
Press. Exchanged
Paris. Jam 1s.-NIlle. Madeleine earlier
of the Odeon is well known as one of the
best dressed actresses in Paris. The lucky
lady spends little on her wardrobe be-
cause the tradesmen clothe her annually
for nothing. A photograph of her at
tired in Russian sables, valued at So, COO
can be seen in many shop window. The
cloak was present from the furrier so
Mile earlier understood and, as per con
tract, she wore it at the races, at first
nights, and in the Bots, and whenever
anyone admired it she Immediately re-
marked that it was made by "So-aEd-So.
Place de Ia Bourse." Her surprise was
correspondingly great when the furrier
sent in a bill for the mantle. and, more
outrageous stiH, sued for payment.
Her defence in court was to produce the
following note, signed by the firm: "To
Mile Cariier-Happv indeed that some
memento of our house should enwrap the
most exquisite daughter of the civilized
copy of our designs the latter being a.
fashion catalogue. This meant that the
firm would be only too delighted if Mile
Carrier honored them by deigning to Wear
their furs and the court understood it
in this sense and dismissed the suit But
the ungallant tradesmen have persisted in
their action and appealed. Vhereupon
Mile. earlier has produced a fresh mass
of evidence. "A letter from the manager
of the Capueines theater stated that a
photograph of her wearing the sabies
shown in the playhouse was given him.
not by her, but by the furrier, to be ex-
hibited as an advertisements A young
lady Of the OdeOn company, who has, at
any rate, a sounding name. Mile. L. de
Pouzois de Salnt-Phar. wrote to Nile.
Cartier, Il repeat in writing what I told
you the other day OF course. when 1 sit
for my photograph in a new dress. the
couturier makes me present OF the
dress If the furrier loses his appeal
there viii be d fearful epidemic of stage
fever among girls who long for Russian
sables.
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4s RELATIVES PRESENT.
A Big Dinner at PaIco Brought a Host
of Family Connections.

Palco, Kan. Jan 13.-That northwest
Kansas is prolific in everything there can
be no question. At a dinner given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs w. F. Bomgardner
there were present fortE-four men, wom-
en- and children, all of whom were relat-
F7efatives were present from Topeka
Saiina, and St Joseph. Mo. The day was
most agreeable passed at the hospitable
home Of the Borngardners who are among
the pioneer settlers of this part of Rocks
county Dinner over, the remainder of
the day was spent in music, singing,
visiting and telling "reminiscences of west
eYs7 K angag life
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Washington, Jan. 13.d4A1f- effort is
beet sugar interests by providing that
not moro than 100000 tons of sugar
shall be imported from the Philippines
in any one year This. it is said will
satisfy the beet sugar men, who have
said their industry can stand that
much annually without injury
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ton for the protection of their interests.
The fruit Of that decision is the German
municipal diet, which recently assembled
for the first time in Berlin in order to
represent to the imperial government the
imperative necessity of alternating the
ton of the stringent 0ranEier regula-
tons against the imported foreign meats.
But the diet is designs q aszszs other than
political purposes. Tar fts ltended to
facilitate the eXchangepuN oriences in
the municipal problem iaee,v all the
large cities and towns Ell the empire. To
this end it has been arranged for the
establishment in Berlin of d central IL
brary of municipal literature which will
be at the disposal of all persons who are
practically or theoretically interested in
the question of local administration. The
doubtless be adopted, that the library
shall include a special department for
information on the science of municipal
sanitation and hygienics which have been
developed in the last few years to a de-
gree of perfection that was undreamed
of a decade ago.
The permanent committee of the French
International architectural congress, at
its meeting in Paris. has set the date for
the international congress which will
meet in London for July IT, 1906, till
July d Among other questions set down
for discussion at this congress are the
of the public; the plannin~ of roads,
public squares, parks, gardei and nonu-
ments to obtain artistic whole; and
the responsibility of the state in the
1 preservation Of national monuments. A
reception will be held at the Guild hall
arranged by the English architects in
honor of their foreign colleagues.
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PPALLING CRISIS
British Government Concerned
About the Increase
OF Pauperism, Especially in City
Of London.
TEN MILLIONS FOR AID
---
Spent in London in Six Months
Time.
Serious Question of Unemployed
Growth of Cities.


London Jan 13.-Sta tistics just
received by the British local govern
ment board show an appalling in
crease in pauperism, and those who
are inclined to treat the question of
the unemployed' lightly are not likely
to take much comfort out of this Off
cial information. The figures show
that the total expenditure of the
boards of guardians connected with
the relief of the poor during the half
year ended in March, 1905, was $780,
9S4,235 OF this total S9,925, 740 was
spent in London The amounts IN
| der the head of expenditure include in
maintenance. outdoor relief, MAIN
tenance of lunatics, salaries and su-
perannuation allowance, loan charges
and other expenditures connected with
relief Compared with the CORE
spending period of 1904 there was an
increase in the amount spent in re-
lief in London unions and parishes Of
$111,61O, equal to 8 per cent; outside
London of $479,T56, equal TO 5-S per
cent. OF the total increase in expen-
diture between the half yea1% ended
at Lady day, 1904 and 1905, more
than three-fourths was due to addi-
tiOnaI expenditure on outdoor relief.
on a comparison of the figures for
each of the half years ended Lady
DAY, 1896 and 1905, it appears that
the expenditure on in-maintenance
has increased in London to the eX-
tent OF 81 per cent. and in the rest
of England and Wales by 81 per cent,
and that while the expenditure on out
door relief has in London increased
nearly - per cent, the expen d1ture on
this form of relief in the rest of Eng
land and Wales has increased only p
per cent. The estimated population
in London increased nearly 8 per cent
and in the rest of England and Wales
nearly II per cent. between 1896 and
1905.
The corrected returns issued of the
German census supply additional evil
population of Germany is concentrating
in the towns. Ten years ago the en-
pire boosted of only ten municipalities
with 100000 inhabitants. Today the NUM-
Der of such municipalities is nineteen.
Thirty-eight towns now contain over 100
600 inhabitants and account for 1SA per
cent of the entire population of the en-
pire. If to these be added the people
who live in the suburbs it may be safe
| ~ affirmed that one-fifth of the Ger
man nation dWellssin big towns. Ten
years ago the percentage of population
residing those IS municipalities was only
80 Greater Berlin shelters today 3009,-
| 600 people. With more than American
rapidity Nornborg has increased the
4 number of its inhabitants within the last
/ decade from 1862. $50 to 293, S6Ss Stettin from
/ 514.2S3, Essen from 96.l25 to 22y.2lo; Duis-
/ berg from 70.273 to l01, SOL; Mannheim from
/ 81 0000 to 102 607, Siel from S5.66S to 1853. 354
and Plauen in Nogtland from S5stA6 to
/ 105.1S2
/ The gigantic Developments explain in
1 part the decision of the municipal, all-
/ thOrities throughout the empire to or
Z ganize themselves in a central corpora
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RIacI Pot.to.

London Jan. 13.-The latest novelty in
yeeeta bIes is a black potato. which has
been sent to Messrs. Sutton, the famous
seed merchants of Reading. This eccen-
trio tuber came from the Congo, and it
is said to have an excellent flavor. It is
especially recommended for ornamental
cookery and in salads.