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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-08
.LEWELRY.

COUNTRY HAMS i have 800 close trim-
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ing II to IS pounds 5. 4. HICKMAN, Lea
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o. sale by Carter Bros, Cor. King and
Henry streets. jy6 lw
TOR RENTING. 4l9 and 423 wilkes
j street; two six-rOOm houses newly paper
ed aud painted.
VIM. P. WCOLLS & SON,
i,5tf Wolfe aud ROYAL streets.
NEW PRUNES and EVAPOkATED
CACHES just received by
1907 pack Potomac ROE HERRIH G 70
sale by ~ hlLbohN'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-08

KIN HEE QUICK DRIP COFFEE POTS
sn.table fer use with my fine cofiees pulver-
led BY electricity, for sale by -
'-- - j. C. MILBURd.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
May Be Improbable.

Il But, though this may be true In the
case Of long hauls, which on many
routes for years past have averaged
little or nothing above 2 cents a mile,
there are various short haul localities
where a uniform blanket rate OF 2
cents q mile may be Improbable to
the railroads Governor Hughes point
ed this out In his veto message, and
railroad managers insist upon It's truth.
The massing OF population also has
much to do with the matter. Upon
this phase Of the problem the manag-
ing editor Of the Railroad Gazette
writes:
OF the states named las having
passed two cent Iaws) Ohio and In
diana have fairly dense passenger traf-
fic, and Pennsylvania and Illinois have
dense traffic In some directions. The
Dakotas. Arkansas and Nebraska have
extremely light passenger traffic, and
the railroads win certainly lose mon
en- on their passenger business under
the new laws.
( Railroad managers In several OF the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
JUDGE u q. PRITcHARD GOVERNOR r. b GLENN PRINCE
IN NORTH CAROLINAs RAILROAD RATE CONTROVERSY

watched the growth of vast fortunes
built up by railroad magnates, and
they have reached the conclusion that
these railroad kings are growing too
rich at the expense Of the people who
travel Consequently the demand up
on legislators to cut the rate has been
irresistible Some Of the legislators
have voted for the reduction because
they believe it just and equitable. 9th
ers have voted that way on account
Of pressure from their constituents.
Some Of the railroad people aver that
the laws have been made In spirit
of revenge whatever that Is. The fact
remains that every mothers son Of us
wants to travel as cheaply as may be
and that perhaps the majority Of us be-
lieve that the railroads could carry MS
at 2 cents a mile and make money on
the Transaction E sR5t ia
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08

tiled But there are certain phases Of
the problem of state rights which are
mot settled. The phase now first and
uppermost IN public discussion relates
I to the rights Of the states to regulate
railroad passenger rates.
Not Pleasant Medicine.
Two ticket agents for the Southern
railway were arrested and tried In
the police court at Asheviile, N. C., on
charges Of violating the new state law
by selling passenger tickets at rate
exceeding the two and one fourth
cents mile which the statute fixed
as the maximum The men were SEN
fenced to serve thirty days on the
chain gang. Both are reputable citi-
zens, one OF them an alderman Thus
the operation OF the new law was
about to begin with a vengeance. AS
employees Of q railroad corporation
these men must either obey orders and
I break the law 81 they must Quit their
positions. II they obey orders and the
law Is enforced, they must take their
medicine with the chain gang, which
IS not pleasant medicine to take.
~ The United States circuit court In
tervenes and sets the prisoners free,
Judge Jeter @. Pritchard handing
down an opinion that the state law is
I'm conflict with federal law. Governor
q. b. Glenn of North Carolina arises
III I1is Official wrath and sdefess the
federal decision. The combat deep
ems Men rush to gloryor the chain
gang. What has happened III North
Carolina may happen III any OF the
other states which have passed laws
reducing the passenger rate. Accord
sngly these states; and, Tor that matter.
all the others, are watching with iIl-
ferest the outcome Of the North Caro-
lisa AFFAIR.
Two cent laws have been passed
10 rapidly that It - d difficult matter
10 keep track of them. Nearly All Of
the new rate reduction laws nafsan 2
cents q mile rier passenger IS the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08

middle western states seem disposed
to give the new laws Il fas.t. In Mis-.
souri, and neighboring states they have
revised their tariff schedules to com.
ply with the law, while In North Caro-
lima, as we have seen, the Southern
railway has instructed its agents to
sell tickets at the old rate III North
{ Carolina Judge Pritchard of the fed
eral court has declared the state law
practically "confscato while in
Missouri a federal Judge has refused
to assume that the new rate il .scon-
iscatory' until 1t is proved to be so
by actual test. According to this fed
eral judges view, If the two cent law
casses serious losses to the railroads
there will be reason for stopping its
operation. If not, then the law is con-
stitntiomal Thus conflict between
state and federal jurisdiction was
avoided In Missouri. 81
With bated breath the public awaits
the issue Of the conflict. Some Of the
large newspapers have become hys-
teric over the North Carolina incident.
One Of the New York dailies, in deu-
bic loaded lines at the head of. its
editorial page reminds President
Roosevelt Of what Andrew Jackson
said he would do TO John e. Calhoun
if South Carolina should j. Ass the
notification act Some citizens are
crying out against Governor Glenn for
declaring that his state law shall be
enforced whether Uncle Sam consents
or not. Others are sending bouquets
to the governor. Si5i
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
BY RoBERTus LOVE.

JENNIE civil war began In South
Carolina. Now another state
rights struggle has begun in
North Carolina. Between the
two conflicts forty-six years have
elapsed To alter slightly what the
governor of North Carolina said to the
governor OF South Carolina, lisa long
time between wars; also there is a
great gulf of difference between wars
in their causes, their. methods OF con-
duct and their results. The present
conflict is altogether political "a mat
ter of civil jurisdicti ion lille the 9th
er was both political and physical.
No blood will be shed In this war I'M
less 1t be such as may be shed by rail
road passengers In smashups along
the line. Furthermore, the struggle
is not sectional. It is going on in prac-
ticaIly every state. North Carolina
simply has-the distinction of being the
first state to defy the national gov
eminent In the states demand that it
be permitted to regulate railroad pas
senger rates within its own territory.
One supreme question was settled
BY the civil war. The question was,
Is the United States a nation, or is it
a mere bunch OF states loosely tied to-
gether by a string Of red tape? The
decision was that the United States is
singular, not plural BY force De arms
the constitution was interpreted to
mean that one state cannot seeede
from the rest OF the nation. The string
ID binding. That fact is definitely set
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
Blow at a Famous BRIDGE.

In Missouri q law has been put on.
the statute books which makes 1t pos
sible to send ticket agent to the coun.
ty jail for six months IL he sells a
ticket charging a higher rate across a
bridge than the rate through the open
country. This no doubt Is a blow at
the famous Eads bridge across the
Mississippi river at st Louis, which
for many years has wrenched rs cents
from the unwilling and protesting
pocket Of every person who has rid
den across II In q railroad coach,
though IL one prefers to get out and
foot It he can walk across for d nickel.
But to the mighty commonwealth OF
Texas Is reserved the crowning glory,
the ultimate flower Of railroad legisla-
ton. The statute meant here is really
not aimed against the railroads. 1T Is
not one Of the flaws with teeth.
against which some members Of the
corporation press gnash and foam. In
fact it is q law even without tips, for
II prohibits the drinking OF liquor in
any railroad train that runs on Texas
soil Only by an absolute reversal Of
etymology can this new Texas statute
be called railroad batting.
This whole railroad problem liz d
thing to be worked out by careful and
no doubt tedious labor. In time 1t will
be adjusted to the demands OF Justice
and equity. Whether the ultimate out
come will be government ownership or
uniform fedora EIInaryfa sim --x,q9 some
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
Irresistible Demand to Cut Rates

There has been an impression for
many years throughout the country
that passenger rates are too high.
People have read about fat dividends
declared on railroad stocks, they have
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08

maximum to be charged by the rail-
roads. In one or more states 2Ib
cents is named, while North Carolina
splits the difference.
Laws reducing the passenger rate
have been adopted this year by North
Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Kansas,
Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Ne
braska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Mississippi sixteen
states. New York also passed a two
cent bill which Governor Hughes We
toed. Several other states have
shown very definite leanings toward
such laws, and in one or two Of these
the veto message Of Governor Hughes
is said to have Influenced the legisla-
tors against voting for reduction bills.
Thus it is seen that the movement
is general. Pennsylvania cannot say
to Nebraska, you are populistic,"' for
the old Keystone State has Joined the
state Of Bryan in reducing the rate.
Republican as well as Democratic
states have passed two cent laws. It
is not therefore, partisan issue in
any sense; it is purely popular issue.
There can be no doubt that with the
great mass Of the people these two
cent laws fill a long felt want.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08

nL0l)Nlf llUIv
Mining and milling operations will be resumed nagnih-
properties September il
We have milling capacity per day. and running
nothing but $40 gross receipts viii total
every working day ii the year
There days mining districts and our eff
forts confined exclusively low grade
the first twelve operation So $4,000
By possibility mining, milling and administration
exceed Is per this sum
net revenues very close total capitalization and every dollar
Of the will go promptly payment dividends.
No will be for betermens development,
Be kept distinctly developed property
with two big reduction plants ready Immediate operation
Ours strictly manufacturing proposition than mining
because have than s7oooooo opened
up on two sides and two q the finest mills the United
States for the treatment of the product
Our much better than SO per more
than likely to capitalization every
year. but # Dc nothing better than capitalization
would be 200 the selling price Of the
There never has been and there will be
killing offered the purchase stock. II IS gilt
edged from every standpoint can Re viewed.
This proposition thousand On which You need not
be afraid plunge get your money back 50 many times
over will make heasore that you double treble
qladruple your holdings
Pc not forget that nothing venture nothing gain just
true today It thousand years ago. and as it will be
thousand years hence
Many Ct the best known the buying stock
because they know they get square DEAL and because they
believe the representations that Of these men
money makers losers good enough for
then, ought to be good enough for YOU
Better sit right down and some Of this stock today
will make you more money than dreamed
vestment and will get better and better every year
You Do not have to have what YOU buy we will
your convenience But YOU must at
promptly. if you really mean business
The present selling the cents per share But
Is worth fye times that much right now viii
nish II value Furthermore will be spot cash market for
if within the months and the price will no Be les thar
$3.50 per share.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
Must Pay Full Fare.

In some of the middle western states
where the railroads are giving the
new passenger rate a test there is
more or less wailing and crashing Of
teeth because the railroad managers
have made the two cent rate apply to
every class of passenger. Two cents
is minimum as well as maximum in
these states now. Clergynlen who
have been riding on half fare tickets
must pay full fare. Actors and others
who have had reduced rates are up
against the real thing nowpay 2
cents mile or walk. As to free
passes, ask: of the winds! Missouri
/ began the antipass agitation several
years ago and now has a law against
the issuance Of pass to anybody
The Interstate commerce commission
took a hand in the game some time
ago and caused widespread sorrow
among many privileged classes and
individuals who had been riding on
passes, and also made 1t extremely
difficult for newspapers to exchange
good advertising space for transporta-
ton. Hogs may still be exchanged for
hominy, the dairyman may swap but
ter with the baker for bread, but the
commission would have 1t that adver-
Using and transported ton are not ex-
changeable commod ities. #
Quite a tumble.
What the end will be no man can
foresee. The national congress and
various state legislatures have taken
turns at railroad regulation during the
past two or three years. and the con-
glomerate result marks distinctly q
new epoch in the history Of common
carriers. Freight rates, passenger
rates, reciprocal demurrages and what
not have agitated the legislative ana
the lay mind until the tumble Is such
that our familiar old friend, Phiia-
deIphia lawyer, cannot untangle it.
The passenger rate laws form only
one group in the maze Of railroad leg
islation. There are other sorts OF
statutes with regard to railroads
which are calculated to cause both
ratlroaders and rank outsiders to
pause and inquire, Whittier are we
drifting or, in the language OF Mr..
Hartman, Where do stand 4?
Kansas. for instance, has passed a
law providing that freight conductor
or other official may be sent to jail for
thirty days for refusing to carry pas
sengers In a freight train caboose II
is well known to the travelling public
that most railroads have rigid rules
against this practice. Freight trains
are intended for hogs. dried apples and
California prunes. Passenger trains
are Intended for passengers. Kansas
still lacks law requiring the pas.
senger conductor to carry hogs, except
Ing the seat hog, which finds place Ii
every coach.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
ADVANTAGE OF TRALERs.
Street Car System Which Works
Well In Denver.

In the West, where electric tract
Ion has reached a high stage of de-
yelopment, trail cars to take care OF
the rush-hour loads have become
regular features
The great advantage of the trail
car from the standpoint of the oper-
ating company is its small operating
cost compared to tripper, since the
platform cost" is only one-half, and
the power consumption for a car
seating practically the same number
OF people as the motor car is less
than 80 per cent. additional.
To the public It means experience
ed men TO handle the motor car and
regular schedules. In Denver, where
this system is In vogue, center door
way cars have been adopted, it being
claimed for them that the conductor
Is always within half a car length
of the door, and the passengers can
get out or in in about half the usual
time, since they only have to travel
half the distance required by end
doors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
Substitute for Reeswax.

A substitute for becswax has been
discovered in the leaves of the rata
palm. a product of the Island OF
Madagascar. The wax Is extracted
by the simple process of beating the
dried leaves on mat TO small bits
The particles are then gathered and
boiled. The resultant wax is kneai-
ed into small cakes. Experiments
are being made with the new sab
stance to find out it's commercial
value whether It may be used for
bottling purposes. In the manufact-
ure of photograph cylinders. etc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
To Rebuild Rrldne.

Plttsburg Post SAYS: For over /
qrartef Of century river interests
rave been fighting 10 have alterations
made in the railroad bridge Of the
Panhandle division Of the Pennsv,
Fania railroad which crosses the Ohio
rirer at Steubenville. Pittsburg ccal
operators declare that the bridge has
cost them over $1,000 900 in loss Of
tlme and extra steamboating. re
quired at that point. and over 5000 0Oo
as results of collisions. The steuben.
vile bridge was the scene of a wreck
during nearly each coal shipment II
was with rejoicing that copies of the
revised plans for the bridge were re-
ceiyed here yesterday. The danger.
Gus piers of the brige will be removed
and the span for tows heightened
nom BOB feet to 7I6 feet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
CAIRO RESIDENT
DIES At URBANA
J. D. HURD sUccUMes TO TUMoR
OF THE BRAIN AFTER LONG
CONTINUED SUFFERING.

Friends OF J. D. Hurd of this cit,
viii be grieyed to learn of his deatf
which occurred yesterday morning a;
l0:45 O'Clock at the home OF his
father in Urbana. ILL., a message from
the latter TO Dr. A. 4. Bondurant con
veyed the sad news.
For the past year and half the
decedeht had been i'm poor health as
the result Of a tumor which formel
on his brain and he spent the last
three months Of his life IN bed bein I
confined at ST. Mary's Infrmary for a
portion Of that time. He left the
hospital a week ago to go to Urbana.
accompanied by his wife The dece-
dent also leaves son about y YEAR.
Of age.
The family resided here for several
years, during which Mr.. Hurd was
district agent for the international
Correspondence school OF Scranton.
Pa. and also was engaged as an agent
for accident insurance.
The decedent was % years Old AMI
was man Of fine appearance. bearing
and character. His death. at an early
age is deeply deplored by all who
knew him aud bis bereayed wife AMI
son will have the deep sympathy Of
I'D their Cairo friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
GUM AND BACTERIA.
Micro-Organisms Responsible for
Formation of Various Guns.

Greig Smith reports in the journal
or the Royal Society of New South
Wales the results of his Investigation
OF the part played by bacteria in the
formation of various vegetable gums.
The action OF the bacteria appears
to be more complex than might have
been supposed. There are, for in
stance. two kinds of gum arabic. one
soluble in water. the other insoluble,
and Mr.. Smith finds that they are
produced by two distinct kinds Of
bacteria. BY the cultivation of suit
able species of bacteria II is possible
to augment the production of gum
BY certain trees. Under ordinary
circumstances some species OF gum
M Fing bacteria live and multiply
Niftoat the prolsctlon of az APP
j ae'a5le quantity Of gum. both the
product Is markedly increased BIZ
furnishing tanui1 to the mlcro-or-
ganisms.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
NEWS OF RIVERS
AND STEAMBOATS,

The river marked lii feet en- the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fail OF 0.6 Of foot in "a hours.
The rivers were reported falling at
all points on the may yesterday.
The U. s. snag boat H. q. Wright
arrived from St Louis at 1880 a. m.
yesterday bound for Natchez.
The J. B. Richardson is still in the
Cairo and Paducah trade in place of
the Dick Fowler and is likely to re-
main there some time as the water
Is getting low.
The Fulton came out from Louis
vile yesterday light.
The Peters Lee will be in port to-
day from st. Louis bound for Mem.
rEis
The Aberdeen Coal ana Mining
company Of Bowling Green, XIV, has
sold the towboat l. N. Hook and five
barges to the Standard Tie company
OF Paducah, Ky. Terms private.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
samnles Of Kird Mlslc.

Henry OIdys. assistant biologist in
the Department of Agriculture. has
1000 samples of bird music written
In popular form so that 1t is posi-
bic for the human voice exactly b
initiate the songsters of the field and
forest. He has recorded the actual
tones. setting them in the proper
key. and their reproduction is easy
for anybody who can read n .s.e
symbols. Mr.. Oldvs has been gather
Ing bird language for Is years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27

The aco1stic properties Ct TIE
courtrooms in London's naw Crir1ia-
al Courts Building ere 50 bad. II T.
said. that the otser Cay pri-oaei
who had been sentenced to six mol
tbs thought he has been se1ten 81
to ] 2 He said to a warden. -OBe
of the beaks gave me SIX months
and another OF en- gave ne ST.
months bafo-e Also. besides erh-
oes. "rever5er cns' are conplai1el
of
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
Garnet fao Years Old.

A fine old Administer carpet is at
present in the carpet factory at VIII
ton, where 1t is being repaired after
having been In use for fully 100
years. 1t was purchased by tho
present owners great-grandfather.
Carpets had been made at Wilton
for $50 years, but the trade Ian
guished and finally topped. No
wonder. when a carpet lasted 100
years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
.rIte % ask yonr lordshIp d

write to ask your lordship II
ask the Princess of Wales II we may
call the little girl Princess OF Wales
Brown and the little boy Lord
Charles Beresford Brown" Lord
Charles procured the necessary per-
mission from the Princess and sent
1t. together with his own. A month
later came the following from the
same man: My Lord am happy
to inform YOU that Lord Charles
Beresford Brown is well AID hearty
and that Prsncess of Wales Brown
died this morning"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27

THE WEATHER
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

Yesterday was rainy nearly all DAY
although the fall was not heavy. The
total precipitation for the "a hours
ending last evening was 1G Of an
inch. The government bulletin re-.
ported rain from ten points, covering
Kansas, northern Texas, Indiana,
Kentucky and Tennessee. The ex-
trcmes Of temperature were 81 at
several southern points ana rs an
several northern points.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
well informed Author.

Zangwill the author is a very well
informed man. He was asked re-
Gently to write an article for use in
a newspaper the next morning on ia
nous trials. He sat down at opca
and dictated about 1900 words.
covering the famous trials Of the
past 200 years. thing few lawyer
could do offhand.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-27
Risbop Who Wears a Beard.

The Bishop of oporto is said to
be the only Roman Catholic Bishop
in the world who wears full beard
He was given permission to by tho
Pope because Of the great work he
has done in Africa. II is said that
he Is the first prelate who has ever
applied to the Vatican for such per
mission