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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
HICKS JUNE FORECAST
Makes Rain for Sixth-A Storm Period
Central on that Date

A regular storm period is central on
the lst extending to June The nor
NAL results should be decided rise of
temperature, with falling barometer,
increasing humidity, all merging into
cloudiness, with rain, wind and thun-
der storms. Rise of barometer and
shift to cooler, westerly wind will re
suit about the 3rd to 5th.
A storm period is central on the 9th,
7th and 8 h and rain. Expect return
of falling barometer and storms.
A regular storm period from the 11th
to the 10th. This period to bring heavy
rain and thunder storms.
The crisis will fall within forty eight
hours of sunset on the 18th. General
and destructive hail will be Il marked
feature, with cloudburst and possible
tornadOes over central to north west
ern sections. Sudden change to cooler
will follow with snow squalls and frost
In extreme North.
A reactiOnary storm period centers
on the 18th to the 21st and Will bring
changes of barometer, temperature,
humidity and wind currents, causing
an excess of lightning and thunder, If
not series of dDu rsts and sOlstice
rain storms. The first stages of all
the June periods promise to be excess
siyely warm, followed by sudden change
to unreasonable cool.
A regular storm period runs from the
23rd to the 27Gb. If heavy storms of
rain, wind and thunder do not appear
peculiar and phenomenal! results will
convulse the elements of earth and sky.
A reactiOnary storm period is cen.
trail on Friday and Saturday, the 10Th
and 30Jb. Falling barometer, very
high temperature and energetic thun-
der, rain and hall storms are more than
probable on and touching that date.
These disturbances will not reach the
Eastern States before the opening OF
July.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
a TEN MILLION DOLLAR BATTiESHiP

The Simplon Tunnel is now open to
trains. A few DAYS ago the King of
Italy went through it, and great re-
ception was given him by The Swiss
when he reached their country. The
tunnel is a little over Twelve miles in
length and cost $15. 900, 900 The money
has been well spent, and this work
will always remain rs monument TO
[ he two countries which undertook
and carried it to completion. Such
monuments to the peaceful avOcations
OF nations are too imposing to be ad-
tquately described in words They
are in marked contrast with those
which tower here, there and every
where, showing mailed knights, officers
in uniform on impetuOus chargers,
shafts to military or naval heroes,
telling of death dealing blows, slaugh-
ter, devastation, victory. This work is
in marked contrast with what We see
about to be done by our own country.
Just as the announcement comes of the
opening of the SimplOn tunnel, our
law makers are voting ten millions TO
build battlesbip. Tue idea of ten
millions being squandered on one bat
tleship by country at peace with the
world, fortified by three or four thou.
sand miles of water on each side. a
country safe if it never owned any
battleships at all, country which is
no more likely to be attacked by any
country on earth than it is likely to
attack such country In addition to
this, as John Sharp Williams calls it,
''Skeered- o Nothing battleship to
cost ten millions, we have a young man
coming to Congress next session whose
sole thought and aim is to have this
country build Two BILLION NAVY.
A navy of today will be worthless
twenty years hence. Think of the
/ mind which would advocate a two bill
lion dollar navy now when we know 1t
would be sold as junk twenty years
hence. The thing is appalling and
demonstrates how foolish military and
naval men are in civil positions. Mr..
HObson may be all right on water, but
he must change these views before he
amounts to much on land. The APP
preparation for the navy in one veal
would nearly build a four track rail
road from the Atlantic to tue Pacific
1t would very nearly rebuild San
francisco. 1t would macadamiZe al
the leading roads in the Middle States
1t only cost six millions to build the
National Library at Washington; then
think of pouring ten millions into .
single battleship-a thing for which
we can never have any possible use.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
is THE COUNCIL AFRAID2

Staunton people are subjected to in
tense annoyance by screaming locomo-
tive whistles. Our present council has
either never had the disposition or the
nerve to complain or put stop to it.
When train is about to leave a STA
tion here its engine is made to emit q
half dozen or so piercing screams which
would shatter the nerves of delicate
people and cause sick ones to leap from
their beds. Often and over has this
outrage been called to the attention of
the council, but as often has it been
disregarded, and in fact jeered at. As
the council has been, and possibly will
be constituted, it may be as useless
hereafter to say any thing as it has been
in the past, but nevertheless attention
will be called to it, as long as the out
rage exists. Is there any necessity in
this noisef None whatever, No well or.
dered city allows such thing for a
moment. Some cities are beginning
to prohibit the use of engines burning
soft coal within their limits. The B.
" o. is particularly given to this
screaming just as train pulls out of
the station here. Whether it is done
to notify the people in Harrisonburg
that the train has started we do not
know, whether it Is to please the en-
glneer who causes the bowls to be
emitted We do not know, but for some
wise purpose no doubt this outrage is
permitted. If our readers will visit
Deer Park, a summer resort owned and
operated by the 3. & O., they will
never hear the whistle of locomotive
passing that place. Possibly a hun
dred trains pass each way at that point
daily, but not sound save the noise
OF the wheels on the rails and the puff.
ing of the engines. Why? Because
the b. Il o. does not desire it's guests
to be disturbed. Poor Staunton people.
however, can be shaken up, their nerves
torn. and ear drums burst, all because
our city council either lacks Judgment.
willingness or nerve to put stop to
the useless and annoying practice.
this Internal practice kept up to show
the railroad contempt for city author
ity and which could long ago have been
stopped if the council had made the
slightest effort to do so.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
THREATEN FLAT 2-CENT RATE
Travellers Protective Association Has
Plan for Ret aIiati0n.

Members of the Travellers PrOtec
tive Association as we'll as those who
labored SO hard for cheaper rate in
Virginia, express themselves as
delighted to learn that eminent law
yers have declared the "Churchman
two-bent rate bill" is not valid and
that the railroads are preparing to re-
sist the two cent rate on mileage books
500 miles.
The account of the cheaper passen
ger rate situation as given in the
News. Leader was quite a surprise to
many of those who had advocated
law before the last legislature for two.
cent fare OH mileage books. All who
spoke of the matter said, with an
Ominous tone, "Delighted'
One who has worked very hard for
cheaper passenger rate said today:
"Let the railroads go ahead and fight
against the tWo.cent mileage law. 1t
will make it all the easier to elect the
ACAG lCki5idbuI q Ou q uao bWO'CCuO IdbCs
If the railroads in Virginia think that
the people of this State can be put off,
bluffed or gold bricked all the time,
there is q terrible awakening coming.
Ohio people taught the railroads this
lesson, and if the Virginia railroad Of
ficals think the Virginia people can't
do as we'll az Ohio they are nightly
wrong"
1t is understood that numbers of
those interested in this matter will
wait until June 10, the date when the
two cent mileage rate is supposed to
go into effect, and call for mileage
books at different places in the state.
If the agents demand more than the
cents mile as specified in the new law
each one that has applied for book is
to pay the same old price that was in
vogue before the law was supposed to
become effective and then bring suit
against the railroad for overcharging.
This, it is said, will be done to force
the test on the constitutionality of the
law.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
AMENDED RATE BILL
Some OF Provisions of Hepburn Bill As
Amended by Senate.


Interstate commerce commission
given power to fix the maximum rate
to be charged, where complaints are
made.
The rate so fix may be reviewed to
the fullest extent by the courts.
Before the rate can we suspended by
any interlOcutOry decree notice of five
days and hearing before three judges
are necessary.
The rate fixed and passed upon goes
into effect within 80 days and may re.
main in force for two years.
The commission may fix through
rate and part rail and part water rate.
This commission is to consist of five
members, as at present.
Railroads and carriers are prohibit
ed from dealing in commodities they
carry.
Pipe lines, private car lines, express
companies and palace car companies
dF0 IuduO COlu IuUu CttTflCio.
Rebates are to be punished by i'm
prisOnment of either the person grant
ing or accepting a rebate, and fines OF
from 81 900 to $50, 900 may be imposed.
A person soliciting or compelling
rebates may also be fined thr, e times
the amount of the rebate.
Railroads must keep uniform set
of books, accessible to the commission
at all times.
Railroads must also make uniform
reports.
The giving of interstate passes, ex
cept in stated cases, is prohibited.
The commission may compel switch
and siding connections.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01

and filed with the Interstate Commerte
COmmiss non, but every tariff was dis
in itself
The report of the Commissioner of
corporations has incorporated in it
very interesting set of comparative Ia
hles showing how the published rates
were made to favor the Standard
These DETERMINATIONS amounted TO
from 3 to 20 cents on every 100 pounds
of oil carried and with the enormous
business that the Standard Oil Com
pany did amounted to millions of dol
lars annually in every state. Just how
this sort of discrimination will be
dealt with in the rate bill as 1t Ii ma
ly shapes itself is question but is is II
thing that will not be overlooked.
After taking "A whirl at the Interior
Department in the earlier part of it's
inv estigatiOn. the Keep Commission is
now gong back to it, and they find a
state of affairs in the Patent Office
worthy of serious consideration. This
olficc is one OF the most important as
it is one of the most popular In the ser
vice. Recently Congress made an in
crease of 100 experts in the examining
force. Yet the Patent Office is today,
according to its own confession. eight
months behind hand in many OF it's di-
visions. That is to say, the cases have
accumulated so that in some depart
ments it is eight months after patent
is submitted before the examiners
even take it up to look at it. This
means often that it is year or even
two years before a decision is given
and the patent finally Issued. Now
this of course is an imposition. The
office is one of the few under the gov
eminent that is self-supporting. In
fact it pays a big annual revenue. But
the present Commissioner of Patents
has been in Office SO lOug that he has
come to the point of letting his office
largely run Itself. The clerks and ex'
aminers smoke, gossip and read instead
of attending to their work and the pub
| lie has to stand still and await their
pleasure.
Senator Hale this week went after
the government clerks with considera
BILE violence. He declared that they
were a set of mendicants on the bounty
of the government and not satisfied
with the good things they had were
like Oliver Twist, always asking fol-
more. He particularly objected TO the
granting of annual leave either inside
or outside of Washington. Now this
was TRADE that may be of some eff
feet in his next Campaign. But it was
decidedly an Injustice to most oil
the clerks. The annual leave and sick
leave provisions are abused in some in
stances and in some of the department is
as has been noted above in the Patent
Office, the clerks my be idle. Bu1
they are not so as a rule and such
sweeping denunciation is decidedly I'm
fair.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
DEAFNESS cannot be Cured

10y local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
ditiOn of the mucous lining Of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when lis entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and un.
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. }. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
situation.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
w. S. KNISELEY,
80 E. Main St.
3 80 3m

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ StauntOn, Va, Nav 8, 1905.
w. G. Smiths Admr.
VS..
Ella V. Smith, ct ais,
and
Same
VS..
Wayne Land Co.
All parties interested in the above
sly led chancercy causes will take notice,
that in pursuance of a decree of the
Circuit Court of Augusta County, entered
IN said causes at the February term, 1906,
L shall at my office in Staunton, Va, on
FRIDAY, JUNE STH, 1906.
proceed to take, state and settle the fol-
lowing accounts:
l.. Of the transactions of T. r. N. Speck
as RI celver of the Wayne Land Co.
2. of the proper distribution of the
fund to arise from the sale of the land in
these causes.
3. Any other matters deemed pertinent.
etc. K. E. K. NELSON,
ll-4t Commr. in Chancery.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
The DREADED PicTuRE.

The Carricature, now so extensively
used in the daily paper and ma gaines,
has a wonderful effect upon the pub
lie mind. A child can understand
pictures, the unletteIed can do the
same, and those who have observed
closely, as well as students aud schol-
ars. often fad at g glance a great
Lesson CONVEYED in them, which edu-
Gated people alone could gather in
reading volumes of printed matter. 1t
is labor 10 read, it is recreation to look
catch and hold entranced those who
behold his works has accomplished a
lstupeIdous task; the carricaturist
who makes the world laugh has i'm.
Iparted pleasure rs well often as a use
full and lasting Lesson.
The public officer, the capitalist,
the trust magnate, the railway presi.
dent, all indeed who are in public eye,
dread the carricaturist more than any
| OtllCl vi thO NV okoPCt ROtoSACo. ~ ~
no pleasant thing TO be pictured in a
great metropolitan daily as a human
ass, and some act Or expression made
prominent showing one to be an ass.
1t is far from agreeable to have one Is
weak points in person, in feature, in
actions, intellect or in character, made
prominent in q blazing frOntispiece.
There is wonderful talent now employ
ed by the da1les. OF these Davenport
who became first famous with the
New York Journal, De Mar of the
Philadelphia Record, Bartholomew OF
the Minneapolis Journal, Opper of the
| New Y ork American, and our genia
Bergman of the Washington Post, are
powers in the land. OF these Daven-
port has probably given to the world
some of the most startling creations
| N othing before us has been 80 striking
as his creation of the Trus 8. A giant
naked except for a corded breect
clout and sandals, preying upon The
toiling masses, and grinding them at
worms beneath his feet. Oppers eff
forts are never tragic. The trusts are
clowns, the common people monkey
faced creatures always in the way
''easy fruit" for every body, always
being trampled on and injured. Oul
genial Bergman has a telling. but
sweet way of treating his subjects
Nobody could get mad with Bergman
the little smiling bear so frequent, il
Bergman s bear. Nobody could hurt
it. nobody could kick at it. Yet in
every picture is point, a useful les
son. This arm of the press is growing
more aud more powerful. Call it Vel
low Journalism, call 1t libel. call it any
thing, but it's effect is the same. Hor
ace Greedy and James 6. Blaine were
prevented by carricaturists from en-
tering the White House. Greedy al
the head of the Trojan horse, GRAFT
Brown as the tail. Blaine as the tat
tooed man, John A. Logan as bis kind
Iy dog following MIN hither and thith
er, and especially the picture OF "M'
and Jack" will live when the las
voter in those campaigns has passed
away.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01

If one will read how the germs of
consumption and other most dreaded
diseases are carried and propagated in
dust. he will wonder why such death
dealing machine as our street sweeper
is used, and why the streets are not
washed with hose. If one wants to
understand what amount of death
there may be in a street sweeping ma
chine let him read Dr. Eugene Woods
article Champaign against Consump
tion," in Everybody's Magazine for
June.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
- StauntOn, Va, May %, 1906.
James M. Splitter, & ais.
VS.
Lewis H. Miller, d ais.
All parties interested in the foregoing
cause pending in the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta county, are notified that shall pro-
coed to take, state and settle, on the 23rd
day of June, 1906, at my Office in Staunton,
Va, the accounts required by decree
therein entered on May IA, 1906. viz:
LIST. Who are tee parties under the will
of l.. H. Splitter, decd, entitled to partic
ipate in the fund arising from the sale of
the interest in the lands in this cause.
which the said L H. Splitter inherited
from his father, John Splitter. decd. and
in what proportion said parties are enti
tied to share in said fund.
End Any other matters deemed perth
nent or required to be stated.
A. G. GORDON,
Master Commissioner in Chaucery.
w. H. Landes, pq. 6 At
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
A New CITY.

The census enumerators appointed
by Judge Anderson. of the Circuit
Court, to take an official census of
Clifton Forge completed their labors
Friday, and they report total of 5 .545
bona tide citizens. By the middle of
next month the town will be classed a
city of the second class.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From our Regular correspondent
Washington. DC May 26.-Strange-
~ enough In all the discussion, oral and
printed, that there has been over the
Garfield Oil report, it is just beginning
to come to the surface that one of the
most serious sources of discrimination
practiced by the Standard Oil Compa-
ny was by means of published tar
ifs" without rebates and in themt elves
perfectly legal. With all the hue and
Cry that has been raised over the mat
ter and with fresh and more disgrace
full revelations both as to the oil and
the coal roads coming out every day,
this is somewhat remarkable over.
sight. For taking rebates and for the
use of secret tariffs, the company can
be punished. And there will undOubt-
eddy be prosecutions instituted by the
Department of Justice in little while.
But the discrimination that has been
the worst of all, has been perfectly.
legal and there is no punishm ent for
it,
The matter, however. has been called
to the attention of Senator Deliver and
he has announced that he will see to
it before the bill is finally passed that
there shall be Incorporated in it some
provision against the continuance of
such condition. Those interested
will recollect that the published ac-
counts of the oil report simply mention.
ed that there were DETERMINATIONS
by means of published tariffs" With
that reference the subject was dropped.
But these determinations had been
going on for twenty years and they
were one of the most hurtful features
of railroad carriage practiced against
the independent refiner. The plan was
beautifully simple. The law allows
the institution of commodity rate"
On any article of general commerce in
stead of the 'class rate' under which
it would otherwise fall. A commod ity
rate is usually lower than class rate
and it takes no account of distance
within certain limits. That Is to say,
farmers living around some big town
would be allowed commodity rate"
on certain products. An eight cent
rate might carry a commodity 100
miles or it might carry it 200 miles.
But all farmers living in the area over
which the rate worked would be put
on an equal footing when it came to
getting goods into the central market.
There might be ten cent rate, a fif.
teen cent rate or 20 cent rate as the
distance increased. But within the
area of these rates distance would be
abolished. 1t was good thing for
many farmers and other producers and
could be made very beneticent instl-
tuition. But see how the Standard
to turn it to account.
They had the railroads declare COM
modify rate on oil and then they had
the districts in which the rate Operat-
ed so apportioned that commodity
rate from any point where there was a
Standard Oil refinery would carry oil
from 100 to 200 miles further than that
same rate from an independent refin-
cry, and in addition, they saw to it
that the rates from the Standard refin-
cries into the best market regions were |
very much lower than the commodity |
rate that would reach from an inde-
pendent refinery into the same mark
It. Tariffs were regularly published
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
Must Flag Carrier.

After July rural delivery carriers
when making their trips will visit and
examine only those boxes for which
they have mail for delivery and those
on which the signals are displayed to
indicate that there is mail for dispatch.
Patrons whose mail boxes have no
signals will be required to procure some
sort OF device which will serve as a
signal to carriers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01

Could not our city council build a
public school building on some of the
open lots on Central avenue or Angus
ia street cheaper than by throwing
away the present building. and tearing
down Columbian Hall? Do We build
buildings one day to be torn down the
next
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
Weqner-KinQ.

Mr.. Harry M. Wegner and Miss
q race E. King were quietly married OIL
Wednesday of last week by Rev. DR..
w. N. Scott at the manse of the Sec
ond Pres byterian church. Miss King
liz the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam King of Augusta county, and a
very attractive young lady. Mr.. Veg
ner is an artist OF ability. They will
make their home at Buffalo Gap, af-
fer short bridal tour.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
An Alarming Situation

frequently results from neglect OF
clogged bowels and torpid liver, until
constipation becomes chronic. This
is unknown to those who
use DR.. Kings New Life Pills; the
best and gentless regulators of stomach
and bowels. Guaranteed by b. +.
Hughes, druggist. Price Csc.