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New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
JACKSON ON GAS CASE.
SAYS Judge Hough's Decision In
creases Confidence of Success.

A,ba,r Dec 97-Iu statement given out to-
night Attorney General Jackson announces 'hae "o
has compared the decision of United states 'uuse
Hough with the report of Special Master Mas'ei,
In tb. so-caIled New York s0-cent gas case, ana
saws Judge Houghs decision differs essentany
from tho masters report The Attorney 0ene
believes the decision of Judge Hougn presents p
the PEOPLES case to such advantage as to increase
NV confidence of success upon the appear "hSi'
will no taken as soon as the decree is entered
The Attorney General gives these figures aS s'ii7
Of the principal points OF difference;
Valuation of franchises and good will by n es
oy OF tangible property in 1905 by
master s63 337 OO0 by court. s47,oo1S4o; decrease
Cost of production in 1905 by s7s52sS2
by court. s6.7ssii7; decrease slS9o:1as' =, gas IN
1905 by slo.s25.o27 increase inc by cssa ssa
net bs sanns' ennP q 1888 by
Annual property exclusive of fTa by
master. 363 per cent: by court, 6.4 per cent; IN
crease. IS per cent ,.,..z,uz franchise
va11es' under Socent rate. as computed by master
os per cent; by court 81 per cent increaSe' 30
per cent.
The Attorney General continues:
The salient questions which Judge Houghs de-
cision will present to the United States suprer'e
FTrS~Is law conascatory which permits q re. re-
turnbf S per cent per annurn upon a corporation
property. including the estimated value OF It's
second-1s a public service corporation entitled
TO a the value or Its franchiSes 10
Is It entitled to charge the public for the permission
to operate given TO the corporation by the puonG:
If the Supreme Court OF the United states snaLi
hold that it is not able to say that D per cent
return. as computed by the Circuit Court is con-
scatory of the companys property then the tns peo
per cent return Is conffscatory. but that per
cent return is not. and also shall hold that the
company is not entitled to earn return upon Its
franchise values estimated. then the people
will win the case for with the value OF the COM
nany's franchises eliminated from Judge Hough's
schedule of the property upon which II is entitled
to earn a return, the company would be able TO
earn approximately s.4 per cent return on It's
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
NEW HAVEN ROAD EXPLAINS DELAYS.
Shortage Of Power at Generating Plant and
Other Defects Remedied.

New Haven, Dec. T.-An Official statement COM
ing from the New York. New Haven Hartford
Railroad Company gives the reasons Of the re-
cent delays and irregularities of the new electr.
cal service OF the system between Stamford and
New York 1t is said that the power house devel.
oped Unexpectedly only about 90 per cent of the
necessary current. New machinery has been or
dered for the power house and is being installed
Serious interference of the feed wire current with
the working of the telegraph and telephone wires
near the tracks recently developed. This. how
ever. has been rcmeded.
Provision has now been made against any future
trouble during seetstorms, and. barring unlocked
for accidents. the whole electric service between
Stamford and New York will be in full operation
at the end of two weeks.
1t is offcially denied that the operating depart
ment of the company has loaned sent any loco
motives to the Baltimore & Ohio road
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
SAYS TAFT is LEADING.
Senator Scott Denies That He Re.
centlu 4ssailed the President.

Wheeling W. Va. Dec. Ex-senator \. B.
Scott. who arrived here to-day from New York
in an interview. said of the Presidential candi
dates:
Mr.. Cannon has the advantage of the Repub-
lican Congressman. all being warm personal
friends, and should they go into their individual
districts and make fight for delegates it would
make him pretty strong candidate, and he
would he hard to beat.
1 would say that Taft possibly is leading at
the present time, but you know he Is in danger
of being slaughtered in the house Of his own
friends, or rather, in the house of Foraker's
friends II Foraker succeeds in getting a fair
share of the delegates from Ohio it is going to
be pretty hard TO nominate Taft
Fairbanks is a good, clean, strong man, and
the country would make no mistake in nominat-
ing him. In my opinion. he is going to show
great deal more strength when it comes to the
convention than a good many people look for.
Knox is a good man. would be perfectly safe, and
probably there is no better lawyer in the United
States.
Hughes in my opinion is not well enough
known and do not believe that the Republican
partv wants dark horse" wants to take a
chance as to what the policies would be under
a man like Hughes
I should say there may possibly be some KIND
of financial measure passed. although in a
conversation Senator Aldrich told me he was
going TO go very slow and be very careful; that
Dossibly legislation might only make conditions
worse. For my own part, am really IN favor
of a central bank-somethng on the same sys-
tenn the central bank of Germany My OBJ
servation IS that the men VINO know the least
about the financial and business methods or the
country are the most anxious fellows to rush IN
and prepare new currency bills
The Senator denied that he assailed President
Roosevelt in a recent speech before the Potters
Association, and said he could-not understand
why certain elements persist in representing his
relations with the President as being strained.
while in fact they are most friendly.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
NEEDS OF GOVERNMENT.
Hasty Legislation Present 'EuH.
.Saus Frederick n. JudSOR.

Madison va. Dec 2--Deegates TO the number
Of about three hundred are present to attend the
sessions of historic economic. political SCIENCE
sociological and labor associations The conVep-
lions will continue until Tuesday. The American
Historical and the American Political Science asso-
Citations held joint meeting today. j. Franklin
Jameson. president OF the American Historical As
ISOLATION. delivered his annual address
1.-THE Future Of Representative Government was
the subject of the annual address of Frederick n.
Judson president OF the American Political Science
Association. He said In part:
Representative government implies government
by discussion and this has become impossible IN the
National House OF Representatives on account or
press Of business and the large and unwieldy mem
PtraT power lI In the Speaker and In the
rules, which each party is compelled to adopt
There has been a radical change IN our state
tpll OF detailed restraints rsgah,ons h% nssd snd
prShbens ia b a~ poWer
has BEEN Tisdy h ised 50 produce bt
sessions have been substituted for annual .-o,,.,
by special Interests and depreeiation Of the legs.
both as to
has increased. The legislative power has been
executive and judiciary in the creation of depart
mental commissions -
tional restraint upon the legislature. While it
have place a. o OF spec es subec Of
popular interest. it cannot be substitute for leg.
is,ative discretion in the details of legislation.
Direct primary laws whatever their merits, would
substitute the oficeseeker for the Representative
candidacy and seriously enhance the expense of
nominations and elections. Effective public control
could be procured by diminishing the number of
elective offices and by public service reform In
municipalities.
True representative government only be
procured by a public opinion willing to make the
necessary sacrifices Of time and trouble for its
maintenance; and not the least Of the causes of
the decline Of representative assemblies Is In the
intense commercalism OF our time
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
DESCENDANTS OF NOTED MEN IN ARMY

Washington. Dec 27.-It was announced at
the War Department to-day that thirty-seven
candidates for appointment as second lieuten-
ants in the army had passed the recent COM
petitive examination. and will be commissioned
in the order in which they passed. OF this list
fourteen have completed the probationary pc
riod of two years service in the ranks. The
other twenty-three are civilians.
In the latter category are Jubai A. Early.
grandson of the noted Confederate cavalry
leader, and Webster A. Capron, son of Major
Allyn Capron. who died at Fort Myer re-
suit of exposure in the Cuban campaign. and
brother of Captain AllyE K. Capron, of the
Rough Riders. who was killed in battle with
the Spanish.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
NEWSPAPER DRIVERS DON'T STRIKE

The threatened strike OF ths newspaper delivery
wagon drivers against the American News Com
pany was averted last evening. the union. by
vote OF $50 to $40 agreeing to accept the terms
of the company. by which the will get an
advance Of 81 a week on is>ir pay of SO week
for drivers and sl& for distributors. The votinS
occupied from p. m TO o. and was an
nounced at the Manhattan Lyceum No IS East
4th street. The original demands ad-
vance OF S a week all round General Manager
Stephen Farrely. OF the American News Com
pany, said last night:
An agreement will be signed tomorrow for
three years. embodying the new TERMS Mean
time, tho men go to work usual
On behalf of the union the following statement
made:
I'VE did not want to strike except as last
resort. and while have not gained all
wanted we consider the small advance gained
a victory considering the present state of busi-
ness"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
son came ashore from BIS crulse' emo ih
.fnary course of events ne fi'e''
rre,yvn of t.s existence

son came ashore from bfs cruise sno IN '''
- .,vsa az events he might never have
rroyvn of iss existence
y7Irr.r,s, NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
T, che s..,.orized statement ISSUED ny sur
-, ,..-s-at 12ixey on Christmas Day aiio
.,,.oa ,,sste-6av that officer vas IN erfcf
:, s,,;,r chat the recommendation of the JOINT
r,edical board was approved ny po'h ei'e 81
,s,a-v of War and the Secretary of~the ->d'
An ,e,,oral orders" II was issued III seiiS
orders 70 the army. printed and dlstlou'eu -
sc,alizy 10 the whole service. but III ue 10
S,r,nl,, Q t1-pevritten copy was passed aiouiiu
g. t,,a s-,,idance of bureau chiefs. ana the III
,o~ss,nant of Secretary Bonaparte was ''o'
,o,,,x,, lrnavn to-day or at any time To near
,r : .he hest informed officers on duty IN
The department
Surgeon Charles f. Stokes, who VIII oe OF
s,red m command the hospital ship Reilei' Is III
washington having arrived here this week from
,,.o rssco where he has been on duty at the
,ava, station at San Juan Surgeon Stokes was
formerly on duty as an assistant to surgeon
General Rixev and was attached to the ha'ar
-,.5,cal school He is one of the ablest of naval
,rgao,ss and for hir-1 line officers, without ex-
certion entertain the highest respect He Is
excen.ed from all the criticisms which line oil-
cers have this week been passing upon naFai
medical officers in general. 1t Is appreciated
.bat Surgeon Stokes's position has its eHoar
rassr,ents for that officer, but his ability anu
.ss nersonality constitute fortunate possession
under the present circumstances.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
OPINION OF q SERVICE ORGAN.
Comment by Tie Army and Navy Register"
on Brownsons Retirement.

Washington. De- g-'The Army and Navy Reg
ister' viii say IN its issue tomorrow under the
title, The Trouble in the Navy:
A controversy between the chief of the bureau Of
navigation and the chief Of the bureau Of medicine
end surgery Of several weeks duration eliminated
Tuesday in the resignation of the former official
from his bureau position The irreooneiiable dif-
hospite! ship Relief and involved the question
whether that vessel should be Commanded" by or
merely 'fn charge OF a naval surgeon.
Rear Admiral Brownson adhered tenaciously to
his position that line officer Of the navy should
mans tSe vessel, and he preferred TO withdraw
from the Navy Department 10 become party to
core from the chief Of the bureau Of navigation
the subject and similar silence has been main
At the White House. unless it is proper to assume
tnst ne staLernent glreh our py tae sggeon gen
instigated by the President
The incident has evoked widespread newspa per
ing of situation. ana carried ridiculous ex-
treTaities OF assumption. II appears that the Presi
opinion from Attorney General. based upon the
practice abroad and under the War Department
officer on board a hospital ship and took into
count the rale isa down BY 6se Gensya Conxention
only be preserved by having q non-conbatant Off
Rrownson is approved by lire officers as iustf-
able protest against what Is regarded as an en-
roachment upon the rights Of command vested in
The relative positions of the two bureau chiefs
not made as distinctly clear by inforrla-
ton in Authoritative form as could he desired II
&c in that respect that she Navy Department has
made another OF fits grievous mistakes as n has
so frequently done under the present adnainistra-
ton. which prefers suppression and mystery to
rsnoor A simple statement from the White House
or the Navy Department Tuesday would have
been tudcious communication TO the public and
would have opportunely impaired some greatly
needed information, calculated spare Conjecture
snd sroic a misrepresentation Of the situation.
with its attendant injustice to officers.
If the President authorized or instructed anv
statement from. side he should have granted an
equal privilege in simple fairness to the other side
Failure 70 DO this has only widened the breach
,vreen The line aud the staff of the navy time
when n seemed possible. as IL was necessary. that
this trouble would cease
some of the newspapers have confounded the
,,-e-et incident with the disclosures regarding the
saferts Of our ships Of war OF course. il has
rol,i,s to DO with the bureau system Of designing
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28

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New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
TEST FOR SIX MONTHS.
Medical Commander and Werchant
Cresr for Hospital Ship.
CB7 The Associated Prsss)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The orders assigning
Surgeon Charles F. Stokes to the command ol
the hospital ship Relief are expected 20 De
signed soon it having been definitely oecioe"
recording 10 Secretary Metcaf, to appoint KIN"
I. rszat position With this end IL V'e"' every
eff, It will be made 20 obtain merchailt cre"
.nd master for the vessel. Failing 10 man 'iAe
peiief with a crew from the merchant marine
the enlisted forces Of the navy viii be drawn
s,u and q line officer assigned as captain III
--sicn case he will have command "mie uh7
shin is practically ready for service, there are
a number Of things to be done 10 put her In the
best oc shape which viii take probably unth
February.
The scheme Of having a medical ofiloer ooiil-
,oan5 The Relief. If a merchant crew is OBJ
tanned is have trial for at least SIX inon'ils
IT the experiment proves satisfactory then the
expectation is that the assignment OF SUI
eeon 70 command hospital ships will be per-
manent feature Of naval administration
Admiral Brownson's REIMBURSEMENT of his po-
sition as chief of the bureau of navigation. car
,-,ine with it as It did the ex-offcio connection
with the naval general board always maintained
nv the head of that bureau, will result in con-
siderable loss Of pay to him. Being entirely
without duty and relegated TO the retired lsI
his income will be diminished in the first place
Nv the loss Of 25 per cent of the full pay OF an
admiral on the active list namely, $500 year.
Also he viii no longer receive the allowance TO
an active officer of his grade Of s1,5oc year for
quarters and $500 for heat and light. 1t SO nap
peas however that Admiral Brownson is man
Of independent means and able to disregard
financial considerations in taking his stand as
the champion of the line in the present battle
with the staff
staff officers of the navy have discovered q
precedent for placing one of their kind IN COM
mand Of ship. 1t is true that this precedent
was found in the period of the Civil War. long
before the passage Of the naval personnel act
upon which the line officers rely TO support their
contention that such assignment to command is
Illegal The Civil War records show that Nfnian
Pinkney a naval surgeon. was in absolute
command for considerable time cf the Mis-
sissippi steamer Red Rover. while that vessel
was employed as a hospital craft during the
war.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
ANGRY AT HUGHES ENDORSEMENT.

Hugh Hastings. formerly State Historian, now a
Tax Commissioner sent letter yesterday to the
Republican Club. resgning his membership and
attacking the club and Governor Hughes for the
clubs action this week IN iudorsing the Governor
for President. Mr. Hastings says that the passage
of the resolutions a confidence game. He
srts that the Governor has treated.the Republican
leaders so badly that he has destroyed the Repub
lican organization IN this state
The Governors friends said last night that Mr..
Hastings about to be displaced State His
to-ian by the Governor when Mayor Mcclellan ap
uointed him Tax Commissioner and they say that
he ..roasts' the Governor because he is sore"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
AoDickS CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.

TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
wilmington. Del. Dec. I'll. Edward Addcks,
who has been IN political retirement for
time announced to-day that he would BE- a Re
nIbiican candidate for Governor of Delaware next
year While Addicks will not be supported by
either Senator Richardson Senator du Point,
and will therefore not be nominated. his candidacy
nill hurt the boom of Dr. Leighton, of Georgetown,
auditor In the State Department at Washington.
Fx-State Senator PeaniweIL of Greenwood, will
probabv be the Republican nominee.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28

building or equipping ships, but 1t might Wen NJ w
made the occasion of legislation whlcn WIZ "a
render Impossible for questions or this s3lt 70
disrupt naval administration, give to rle fIeS
dent the duty and responsibility the decision or
lead 10 the resignation from the bureau cnaea1
shtrs OF such q valuable officer as Rear AoIhAi"i
BroWnson- -, 80
A condition which makes such thing poss!pie er e
ought be corrected, and tne So"...
there is an adjustment of the law relating 10 ue
personnel establish certainty or the pm
visions OF the statutes the better for the service.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
CHASED TAFT AROUND THE WORLD.
Secretary Got Invitation to Speak at Cleve-
land Dinner After His Return.
rBy telegram TO Ire Tribune. i

IBy Telegraph 20 Ire Tribune u
Cleveland. Dec. 27.-Secretary Taft has ac-
cepted an invitation TO be the chief speaker at
the Tippecanoe Club dinner here January %.
The invitation. which chased the Secretary
around the world and which was reinforced by
a cable message to St. Petersburg. which ju
missed him, reached him in Cincinnati after he
returned.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28

car ran away. The front truck suddenly ief'
the rails and, turning half around. stuck last ID
the soft roadway and tilted the car over as II
1t was about to turn on its side
The motorman found to have a bad oui
on one knee. The accident caused delay on
the line of nearly an hour.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
HOT SPRINGS WATER RENT DOUBLED.
Arkansas Bath House Keepers Protest
Against Secretary Garfeld's Action.

Hot Springs. Ark. Dec. 27.-Announcement
was made yesterday that the United States
would double the price for its healing hot waters
after the first of the and that all bath house
leases would be doubled also. A protest will
be sent to Washington. The hot water now Is
dispensed by the government at $50 year for
each tub supplied The bath house owners sa
that under the "Iid" government now In force
they are unable to meet the raise.
Washington, Dec. 27.-The doubling Of the
price OF healing waters at Hot Springs was or
dered by Secretary Garfield under authority
vested In him by an act Of Congress. by which
he is to determine the price every Ave years.
Last year the revenue derived from rentals was
about $4,000. all of which was spent in main
tanning the reservation. The increase will he
devoted to the same purpose.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-22

ly be done until a depth, OF 100 feet
or more below surface has been
reached. They are lowering right on
the vein and will be taking out ore
right along. Since the ore body is
present on the surface of the 15-foot
dyke. 1t will be seen that stopping will
be done right to its apex.
In short while an upraise will be
made to surface and hoist installed
on top of the dyke. The upraise will
also provide good ventilation for
workings. The mine is to undergo
vigorous development from now on.
They will greatly increase the force
of men at an early date, which will
add materially to the output from the
mine.
That the Walkover dyke is rich in
gold for great distance is easily
proven. Pieces Of float that are very
rich are found below the outcrop
hundreds OF feet away from the shaft
and the surface soil carries we'll in
gold. Pieces OF quartz broken from
the ledge give choice paintings and
surface trenchings have exposed the
rich veins in numerous places. With
such mine market conditions cut no
figure. II is certainty that the own
ers of property Of that character
win continue development of it and
continue to extract bullion producing
ore no matter whether stocks are
selling or not. The Walkover mine
certainly has every appearance of be-
ing an early dividend payer. Ram
sey Record.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-22
GOLD Mining
in The SOUTH

For the first three-quarters of a
century Of our national life the gold
supply of the United States came
from the mines in North and South
Carolina and Georgia. Since the
discovery of gold in, California, in
1847, these southern mines have not
attracted much notice, although they
still produce as much gold every
year as the whole country did in the
days of the first American money
panic, in the thirties. As an instance
of the way things move in these stir
ring times, it may be stated that the
gold production of the world since
1897, the year Mckinley became
president, has been more than the
total gold production of the entire
world from 1892, when Columbus
discovered America. down to 1850,
when California gold first began to
reach the minis in large quantities.
There are two gold mines within
the city limits of the municipality of
Charlotte, N. c., one OF which is now
being operated probably. A few
miles south of Charlotte, in South
Carolina, the Halo mine is produc-
ing gold every day, and has been
probably operated for over twenty
years. 1t was at this mine that the
colonization process of reducing re-
fractory gold ore was first employed
on a large scale by A. Tries, hale
old man of 80 years, now living in
Charlotte.
| An excellent prospect was found a
few years ago just north of Char,
lotte. The land was bought by q
northern syndicate. and a local min.
er was put in charge. Much gold
went into the hill very little came
out of it. Then the capitalists
thought to employ an expert miner
They imported one from Colorado, {
man who knew how to operate 1
gold mine. He had an unlimited ex
pense account He hired large
gang of workmen and began digging
Two kegs of whisky were sent gu
every Saturday. The boss mine
rode around the country behind {
spanking span. Still. there We're M