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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

Invitations were received in Nor.
folk this week from Mr.. and Mrs. Vic
tor Won Goetz of North Platte for the
marriage of their daughter Ida, to
Mr.. Kyle Dallas Small of Norfolk on
Thursday morning, September 5, at
Z o'clock, the ceremony to occur in
the Church of Our Savior, North
Platte.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

The engagement of DR.. Frank Ora.
ham, well known in Norfolk but now
of Everett, Wash, to Miss Fitzhugh
Of that place, has been announced.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

A number of Norfolk people spent
Thursday fishing on the Elbhorn, the
party visiting the Ray farm. An ap.
peti2ing fish dinner was served dur.
ing the day. Members of the party
were: Mr.. and Mrs. f. e. Davenport
Miss Matte Davenport, Mrs. L. NJ.
Beeler, Mrs. II. T. Holden, Mrs. e. p.
Weatherby, Mrs. Warrick, Mrs. b. C.
Gentle, Miss Ina Martin and Mrs. Pag.
eler.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

Mr., John Collins of Marcus, Iowa,
and Miss Lulu Johnson of Norfolk
were married Wednesday morning at
the Norfolk church of the Sacred
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30
Hynnenial.

F1yUSnIdl.
Wayne Democrat; The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lauman
assembled at the beautifully decorat-
ed home to witness the marriage of
their daughter Nellie to Mr.. Earle
Sweet, last Wednesday, August 81,
1907. The ceremony took place at 4
p. m, the happy couple marching to
the arch" in company with Miss Eme
Lauman and Mr.. l.. e. Peterson. Rev.
p. Smith performed the nuptial cere-
mony, then an elaborate three-course
wedding dinner was served. The
bride was costumed in white silk and
carried a bouquet of white carnations,
and looked as lovely and handsome as
accomplished brides ever appear.
Mrs. Sweet is a Wayne county girl,
grown from childhood at the farm near
this city. She is a graduate of the
n, n. c. and was a successful teacher
of our schools. Mr.. Sweet is a son of
a prominent Council Bluffs attorney.
They departed LAST evening for Nor
folk and from there take a wedding
trip.
The marriage of Mr.. Ben T. Reid
of Norfolk and Miss Sofia Cleveland
of Chicago will occur on next Monday
evening in Chicago at the home of the
BRIDES guardian, Mr.. F. c. French di-
rector of the Chicago art institute.
The Episcopal wedding service will be
used. A. II. Winder of Norfolk will
act as best man. Following a we'd
ding trip of a few weeks Mr.. and Mrs.
Reid will return to Norfolk and will
be at home about October l at 315
North Twelfth street. Mr.. Reid is a
prominent young business man in Nor
folk while the bride-to-be is known in
Norfolk, having spent several months
in the city.
Mr., John Collins of Marcus, Iowa,
and Miss Lulu Johnson of Norfolk
were married Wednesday morning at
the Norfolk church of the Sacred
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

Mrs. c. E. Burnham informally en-
tertained Mrs. j. M. O'Connell and
the Misses O'Connell of Ponca Wednes-
day afternoon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

A few town folk drove to the insane
hospital Wednesday evening to partici-
pate in the regular weekly dance
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

On Tuesday several score of young
people from the Methodist Sunday
school delighted in an old fashioned
picnic north of the city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

MISS M, Solomon entertained on
Wednesday evening at luncheon Civ
en- in honor of Miss Marguerite Bithell
who is to attend school in Chicago
this fall.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

SO Saws Otto Pfeifer OF Gordon-Mr.
Pfelfer Says the "Rebb Huehnen"
is the Coming Game Bird Of This
Contnent--To be Had Cheap.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

On Wednesday Mrs. Mary Davenport
was sixty-eight years old and the even
ing of her birth anniversary was pleas
antly observed. Following a six
O'Clock dinner attended by relatives,
many friends and neighbors called on
Mrs. Davenport to spend an informal
evening and extend best wishes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-30

Miss Helen Bridge entertained the
Misses O'Connell of Ponca and a few
friends, at an afternoon of cards Tues.
day. Miss Bridge and the guests of
honor are sorority sisters, belonging
to Delta Gamma at Lincoln. Miss 10.
sephine Butterfield won the prize for
high score.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-06-24
Baltimore Srnnsicr Gompagnic,
ehsoh.9de eiont, uno qsmbaro.e,,ose.

SanSm5tei tronspprtirt nuo perpa6t. Smut.
bniie unb Vbaetons fir pienies perben lett fir
bic icmnenoe saifon eebu6t. 5nbrperfe uro
Breiie rebi. (52-)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-06-24
NlfOnio Der Srciaebntc nnS ici''e
Yriioer.

gl,s Woorib miro bcrid)tct: Der
TroscB, ben glionio lrnb Sernonoo
Gam, Die notiirlihen Sohne Nlion'
los oea 3politen gegen Die tonlg'
lihc Tomilic ongeltrenat bope'L
miro oenm1fit Die. @crid)te bcih0iti'
gen, 90 sic Sipiid,cli Den Eortcicn on.
0cbobntcn Gerbonoiun9cll 81 fcitcnl
Meiultot geiiibrt buben. Die Strcit'
iod)c, IN melder icbt ooS @crid)t ooS
lcBtc @ort 81 iprcd)en babcrl miro.
beriibrt bier Eitnfte: +. 3ugeitGno'
nib, oaB Ilfonlo Der 3tpolfte eincr
notiirlid)cn Sobn binterlaiien babe
&c. bonoelt iih lun glfonio SoltS
Der olleiu ols al0ger nuitritt); =.
gncrfenmuna ocs Redtes oili bic
Iiibrung oes pGteriihcn MomenS
Omit olioeren @ortcn: MlfonioS onj
IoQ lid) ofien oils Sobn Mlfonios oc@
3molften be5cidyneu biirien) 3. Vc.
ipiQigung BON Lamentations . @el.
bern; A. N~us5ablung eines@ rbldoft9
antbeils, Der benz eines leeitimen
9rben @lionio's beS 3poiftcn ents
iprift. Die foniglidc 6amilie bat
ben @erilld eemladt, ibre Snrmnni.
tdt IN Die Wasifnole 5lt merfrn, mo
ibr Heftspertreter bat benz .}ltlt6n'
oigfcitse inmnrf erboben; Der Nisfal
Ses oherIten 8eridrtsboieS bat jeood,
bieien ginuurf 5uriidgemicien. @oS
Die pierte 5rage betrifft, 10 fam Tie
mar pom oberiten 8eriftsboi emf.
idie6en iperoeit. Ser Eroseb crrcgt
notiirlih oas eroBte Mufieben mo
miro beionbers in oiplomatiidcn
areiien nit groBcm SntereIie perJ
1tsst die Die Sots, OieltM Inner GeLaut Halt
;; :. &MMzZx
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-06-24
satatbt's r9iat..rantSaae,'
GtabfIrt 1880. s7ls
Wiltcim =. Neinbarbt

Nciu.Uorf elaitiide Vrndb6nber,
uhne 5eber.
fbnnen 1aa unb Nedt ~getraaeu berbeu.
Nndl Sart.Wummi.VGnoer,
ipeidts ME rotten. isfbt bet,m SAseu nift.
9iefclbeu jtno bon ellen 2Ierdiep beiieHS
empf2bleI.
CT oeriertiat auf geiteIliine lnb bot auf eager
GdjHltfrbdnosr unterlrtbsbtnbeu,
weidlt nnb SpfSfinen.Y ruhbdubef,
10 arrangirt. bah feline seebrfen 0un6en be.
items 8utrieben gefieut fnb.
Iue Bridb1noer, Bdnbngen uHb SHfirh'
nenie iperben earnntirt, onb fe pafien, unh
aufS Sanbcrite uno Vette angeiertiat.
Sir Tamen Fnb 5tnimtr
unter Tufftdi bon Wo6. Meinburot borbaHbeu
Wb. 3eIeobon - Gourilano 1854.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-06-24

Smuncrbin leGrt Die GcllesuelN
gpiiooe, bic lid Dor ctliden Sobrcn
obipielte, OoB Die 9elltihct iid) Scr
groBtcn &oriid)t befIcIBi0en lolItcn.'
Ole Wieoerbolilng zines herortigcn
GprgcbenS lit failnt 0cntbor.
@cnn bic Der. Stooten Die 9eSob.
lung repuoiirtcr Sduloen g%oronti-
rem, 10 mGre oas bortrefflit ulb
burfolls a%nnebmbor, 9Ieid) Dem Sr,s
boiiement elmer Mote 0urd) cillen Der,
authoritarian 9anfier. God lit oaS
fount oenfbar. lie Sait lpGre iibcr-
idnper. 4a! ,amctouf
lie Der. tStaatcn ioiIten b6eenfen,
Dob Die A%nnduoing Der 0rugp.Gof.
trim ulld) ole .3ltrd)ieblng nnirrifoni.
iher Sorherungen in Der Siirfei Der
binbcrt baben niir0c. 400.
@cnn Gcntihlnlh Ocli ulnerifuni.
ihcn gpridIdgcn uorbpbultlos 81.
iiinmt, 10 btoelitet oo2 ocn rpGrmiteil
9elpeis Der Srclunolhoit iiir ole Ser.
Stnotcrt."
De mcrfensncrthe Ncocr
y 0 f it cbcnber ErGIuteu.
Sine b6d)lt benterfCnSmcrthe NcOc
bat Cardinal &opp, GiirItbiid)oi bon
VrcelauL bel SET icierlid)cn Gimpei
buno Scr 9ollifnciua. &ird)c IN Berlin
9ebaItell. Sic hiIoet cine Nntuort oilf
sic Hc0c. in meld]er Gruiciipr 9loo,l
Snrnod al 2aiiers @cburtota9 in ser
Nuld Der llniperiit0t Dem conieiiio,
Ecllen Sricben IN gIilbcnoclt ltllo be-
g%eiltertrl NuSOriidcn ols @ort
reoetc. Cardinal &opp iagtc II. ~:
.Scbr 81 !pbcu lit Die 6uiBcrit treii,
lidc @eiinnung, Der Wciit Der Ser.
iobnlid)teit ulo Ole M1rnnc ors &c.
fiiblS. ole bon Der boben Wartc scr
@iiIcuId)lit tumlncit. Ylli has M0rm.
tie %heiiiruorte audi tdI Die Ad)tln9
tor irembcr lleber5cugunN ionic
Iuloullg 9iebe INTO GiHtradt III &c.
ieuid)oitlihen unb biir1erlid)ci Scr
bGltniiien. Mber oo0 &cr5 bari 0en
TcrItui0 llidt obicbcu. is lit III.
mo9lidl 5ljuaeben. Olb Die rationale
Ginbeit mo l;e @ottcsuercbritng ollf
0crnciniomem @ruilNc ritben miiiicn.
Der aatboii5iSnlts fam iid) nnnio9-
lid) unbilocu. Soutit lit Die Ercn.
mlna griidJcn bciOcn Goniciiionen
unbcilbor."
Sn Icrbi,Ouig biernlit errcgt ciilc
~0lcid)5eitige &uiogrbnil8 oca III lcb-
ter 3eit uiel %genatlnten 9ambcrgcr
gr5biibois Or. p..cgt6crt N%uiiebcn.
Ger airdtliiirlt bcu~ttiuurtete cine
ginIuoulg Der oortiael Eroteitattcll'
8cnleinSe 81 ibreti titnbcrtiabriger
Sl6it0u.i, nit eineni Sd;teiben, III
mcld)cm tr oili ons @1riitite ouSfiibr.
tc, cs lei itibt ote SttiSi Der lcben.
Stii, oab lie detrefhte feli8ioit @r1c
oingeu, mdNrtllD tic pptitild) Gins p1-
rcn. Nls S6bnr oes ocittid)en Bottles
uto 9iir9er iollten geioe in irieo'
lihem Mettitreit oen 9elnclnlanten
@cgner, bon l%lnglaubcn. Ibetdnlpien,
oas lreuhenOc 5lriit ordnaen nno
uli ouS araiti1ile 2as Ginignaoc be-
tonen. ~ %
@ollen II d nud Den DIT
morten.
@ic CHS aoln gemeloet miro, boben
iih oreiuuO5uan5ig pon Gen nab ben
Citmdrfen uerieBten Sebrerll, bic al,
ocllt @ermaniiirlnospert tbeiI,,eb'
men lolleh, gelpeiaert, Die llmlieOlulD
oorthin pcr5nnebmet. I'm ibrer ob'
lebnenoen Saltung Nohorlf 81 Der
leiber, boben iic Die Siille Der @c'
,,1,ta r,inprttigii
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-06-24

YGiIe snr Meiie ms Nnslano be.
iurst 6. Mainc, Wr. 413, Eit.Valti'
morc'S Ctr, naBc Gnitom Sonic Noe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The Ohio basin embraces of POI, 700 square
miles, Is per cent of the great Mississippi Valley
The valley is divided into five divisions of which the
Ohio and its tributaries second only to the Missouri
BASIN and include a watershed of $4,000 square miles
than that of the Mississippi itself above the Mis-
souri, River.
Waters from fourteen States find their way to the
Gulf of Mexico through the channels of the Ohio great
drainage system 1t stretches far northeast New
York and as far south as Georgia. Alabama and Mis-
sissippi.
At no point on the Ohio the Mississippi is what is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
PALMA In A SHANT'Y.
OF CUBA TELLS
OF REVOLT.
Abdicated Rather than See Country
men shed One Another's blood
Tug Makes narrowing Voyage on
Lake Erie.

Ex-President Palma gave out an in
terview the other day at the remote re-
treat on the Cauto river where he is es-
tabishing a lone. He is now living in
shanty with his two sons. His wife
and other members of his family are at
Matanzas waiting until Palma can build
for them a home The ex-president has
loo cattle on the ranch and will soon
erect house Senior Palma in the inter-
view told of his struggles since 1868 to
throw off the Spanish yoke and obtain
permanent peace and security for Cuba.
When, after years of bloodshed and sac
riice," he said, 1.-The Cuban people, with
the aid of the United States, set up the
republic, | thought turbulence was
thing of the past and long era of happi-
ness and prosperity was ahead. During
the four years OF my administration there
was peace and confidence. Public i'm
proponents were made, foreign capital
flowed into the country to build railways
and develop natural resources. The coun-
try's credit was high and there were mill
ions in the treasury. When this position
had been attained after such havoc and
protrac,ed struggle it was painful shock
to see that the Cuban people had not the
patriotism to stand united before the
world, but we're fomenting dissension and
starting a revolution against their own
government. With the millions in the
treasury | could PROFESSIONALLY have sup
pressed the revolution, but in doing this
l could not prevent the destruction of
property or the shedding of Cuban blood
by Cubans. 1t was to avert these calam-
tiles that | stood aside 70 permit the
United States to exercise The right and
duty it had assumed of preserving Cuban
independence and protecting life. prop
erty and individual liberty"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Nat,onaI capitn1 Note..

Petitions from the National Business
League of Chicago protesting against the
Lodge bill carrying amendments to the
consular reform act, and asking revision
or repeal of certain parts of the land
laws. were presented to the Senate by
Senator Cullom.
It is semi-officially announced that
Brig. Gen. William s. McCaskey, COM
handing the department of Texas, will
be promoted to the grade of major gem
eral on the statutory retirement on April
IA of Major Gen. James f. Wade, COM
manding the Atlantic division at New
York
i petition for a writ Of certiorari was
received BY the clerk of the Supreme
Court in the case of Edward l.. Flick
;naer. under sentence in Ohio to seven
wears Imprisonment on the charge OF con-
s,ir;n0 10 wreck the Gallon National
bank
r. Particle. confidential agent of the
Treasury Department at Berlin, Ger
many. will be retired Feb. tor the
good of the service. 1t is understood
Secretary Shaw believes Mr.. Particle gets
his name in the newspapers too often.
J,be President and Mrs. Roosevelt en-
4e~tained at a dinner and musicale in
honor of the Secretary of Commerce and
Tabor and Mrs. Straus. Other guests in
r.uded Assistant Secretary of War and
Airs. Oliver. Assistant Secretary OF the
Tavy and Mrs. Newberry, Gen. and Mrs.
Franklin Bell, Representative and
~ Nicholas Longworth. Mr.. and Mrs.
sy;Ii;am f. Curtis and Mr.. and Mrs.
HAMMOND Patterson.
Representative Martin of South Dakota
;n+roduced a bill authorizing the Presi-
Ant 70 reserve public coal lands from
ontrv and restricting the number of
aa-as companies may hold to / ,230 acres
whore 5000 in improvements are made
ard . 56O acres where the improvements
are valued at $4,000.
Members of the California congress
sional delegation were given hearing by
th.. House committee on foreign affairs. in
on,,osition to the bill to amend the Chi
aesc exclusion act by providing for inspec-
zion of Chinese at ports in China from
sghIch they sail, which is regarded by the
Cs.ifornians as a relaxation of the ex-
illusion act.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
a,oDY OF BOY FOUND.
Remains of T.ez-Year-OId Lad Taken
from Ice in River.

from Ice IN RIVER.
What may prove to be the murder of
10-year-old bog was disclosed Thursday
morning when the body of Walter Krupa
was found frozen in the ice in the Calu-
met river in Chicago. The lad had been
missing since Dec. Is. The police are
in possession of information that the boy
was struck and killed by wagon about
and that the driver of the wagon placed
the body in his vehicle and drove away.
A woman is said to have witnessed the ac-
cident. The woman said the boy was
playing on the river bank when cart
used for hauling dirt knocked him down.
She declared that the driver alighted
from the wagon and, after picking up the
unconscious body of the child, placed it
In the vehicle and drove away. The
lance, but that the driver dashed his
horses and distanced her. The body was
found at One Hundred and Sixth street
by Nicholas Hanson, who was walking
along the river bank when he saw pair
of shoes protruding from the ice. Han
son notified the police, who, after half an
hours work, succeeded in chopping the
body out of the ice. The body was iden-
titled by Mrs. Anna Krupa as that of her
son Walter. She said she sent the boy
to grocery on the evening of Dec. 10.
He did not return, and his fate was
mystery until the finding of the body.
The South Chicago police say the boy
was of feeble mind
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
NEW YORK

While weather conditions are still q
bar to widespread activity in trade ana
industry, evidences of Improvement in
spring demand and enlarging ship
ments are a feature of the week. Adj
ditionally favorable items are an eX-
pansion in the grain markets, long
stagnant, based apparently on better
export inquiry. rather more cheerful
advices from South Atlantic States
heretofore reporting trade and collec-
tons backward. decided easing of
money rates with resumption of de-
mand for commercial paper. and good
reports from the winter wheat crop.
Colder weather South has helped re-
tail trade, and that section, aside from
a few localities, has done well this
year, having had next to record cot
ton crop, selling at good prices. In
the Northwest heavy SHOWS have check
ed wheat movement, and coal trains
still have the right Of way in that sec
ton Bradstreets Commercial Report,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
COLD KILLS CATTLE.
SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES LOSS
OF MILLIONS.
livestock Men All Over the West
Are Sufferers, but Alberta and
Montana Are Hardest Hit-Wreck
ON Boston and Maine.

J. ii. Howells of Minot \. d., one OF
the leading buyers of cattle and sheep
In the West, while in Minneapolis stated
that the cattlemen of the West would
stand to lose more than $1,000,OO0 by
the severe winter. He has made tour
of inspection along the transcontinental
lines both in the United States and Can
ada and says that the losses will not be
so great in North Dakota as in Alberta
and Montana. In the Alberta country,
according to Mr.. Howells, cattle by the
thousands had huddled together along the
railroad tracks and dead cattle were to be
seen for 100 miles or more, lying twenty
deep in some places. The same condi-
tons, he says, prevail in Montana. Re
Gently, Mr.. Howells says, he was at
Hayre, Mont, and a ranchman offered
him 10000 sheep for $1,000, which last
fall were worth $4,000. The ranchman
could not get the sheep out of the coun-
try and they were dying by hundreds for
want of food. Last year Mr.. Howells'
company shipped out of Havre nearly 400
cars of cattle, but this year it has been
unable to get out single car load.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
ALL Around the Globe.

The Japanese budget for the next fiscal
year. which the government expects TO
present soon, prsvides an expenditure of
Gil, 100000 yen (about S305.00O,00
The contro, of the New Orleans Item,
an afternoon daily for the past thirty
years. has passed to the hands of j. y.
Thompson. former publisher of the Nor
fox (Va.) Dispatch.
The sentence of y. c. Anderson. the
em5ezzling teller Of. the First National
bank OF Kansas tlity. was reduced by
Judge Wofford from four years to two
years and nine months.
The Lackawanna railroad has decided
upon Scranton. Pa. as the location for
its S2.000.000 locomotive shops. Elmira.
Binghamton and several other cities were
anxious 10 secure the shop.
Two japanese. deserters from steam
ship. were arrested at Portland. Ore, on
suspicion of having murdered DR. Philip
Edwards johnson. the New fork 9hy-
slean who was found dead on the street.
Thomas Stockton of 0utc,op. Pa. was
arrested at Morgantown. Va. by Balti-
more and Ohio detectives on the charge
OF remor.ng danger signal lights from a
high trestie at Outcrop. one night last
Auguss fifteen minutes before the Pitts
iuis AMI Western flyer was due
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
RUSSIAN TROOPS TO LEAVE.
Immediate Evacuation of Manchuria
an Assurance of Peace.

Immediate Evacuation of Manchuria
an Assurance of Peace.
The Russian government has decided
to withdraw its troops from Manchuria
Immediately instead of awaiting the date,
April 10, fixed by the japanese
agreement. The governments of China
and Japan have been notified of the decis-
ion and of the steps already taken by
Russia, thus assuring the completion of
the evacuation at an early date. This de-
cision is considered as conclusive proof
of the pacific intentions of Russia and
also that she has no future plans con-
corning Manchuria. The first step in the
proposed internal reorganization of the
Russian navy was taken the other day by
the issuance of a ukase reversing the sys-
TEN of decentralization that has existed
for the last ten years and concentrating
the power and responsibility for the direc-
ton of the feet in the hands of the min
lister of marine. Under this new order
Admiral Dikoff, who was appointed a few
days ago to succeed Vice Admiral BirileH
as commander in chief of the feet, be-
comes virtually the commanding admiral
and is in direct charge of all ships, their
personnel and the technical strategic ad-
ministration of the navy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
COAL TRUST ROADS HIT.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bares Oppressive Combination.

Interstate Commerce Commission
Bares Oppressive Combination.
An unlawful and oppressive combina-
ton of the great coal-carrying roads OF
the East is charged by the interstate COM
merce commission in a report transmitted
to Congress the other day. A great coal
trust by which the price of fuel to mill
ions of people has been increased is also
shown to exist through the ownership OF
vast mining properties by the confederat-
ed railroads or by their officials. The
Pennsylvania and New York Contra! rail
roads are declared to be the dominating
powers of the huge railway combination
by the report, which says that these Sys-
tens have gained control of the Balti-
laore and Ohio, Norfolk and Western,
Chesapeake and Ohio, and Philadelphia
and Reading roads, practically aoolishins
competition between the carriers of coal.
Among other recommendations the COM
mission urges that carriers or their OIL
GERS be forbidden to own or have any m
teres; directly or indirectly in any operat-
ed coal properties, except such as ere ex-
clusively for their own use.