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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Government to Sell Lots.

Washington, ID. C.-The acting
secretary of the interior has issued reg
ulations for the sale at auction of l..
600 town lots adjoining Lawton,
Oklahoma and has appointed James
w. Witten chief law officer of tho
general land Office to superintend tho
sale, which occurs at Lawton, OH
November Is. There are no resJric-
tons as to the qualifications of pur-
chasers as to the number of lots,
which any one person may purchase.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Took Death Calmly,

Mount Pleasant, TeXas.-After cut
ting his throat with a pocket
knife in the presence of his wife late
Sunday, A. S. Austin calmly closed
the weapon, placed it in his pocket,
and with a great stream of blood rush
ing from his wound, walked out of the
Peterman hotel, of which he was pro-
pritetor, and falling to the sidewalk,
died within a few minutes in the pres
ence of hundreds of Sunday afternoon
promenaders.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
PLAGUE GRIPS ST. PETERSBURG
141 Deaths in Twenty.Four Hours
Arouse City to Action.

St. Petersburg.-From Saturday
noon TO Sunday noon 31S cases
of Asiatic cholera were reported and
141 deaths, the 1argest number of vic
Tins yet reported in a similar period.
The grammar schools and saloons
are closed and the aldermanic coun-
ell Monday voted s250,O00 for more
hospital space. burial of victims and
purchase and distribution of disin-
~lectants. The plague is more de-
structive than the outbreak of 1898.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25

Tremendous applause greeted the
reading Of the message.
The second note came in r form OF
a resolution which IA proposed look.
ing to the compulsory arbitration OF
difficulties arising between nations.
The resolution was as follows:
This conference expresses the de-
sire that all countries that are mem
bers of the union add IA clause to their
existing treaties Of arbitration, pro-
viding that in case of disputes be-
tween two nations. the nature OF
which does not belong to the list Of
those for which the present treaties
provide arbitration, neither disputant
shall begin war before requesting the
mediation of one or more DISTINGUISHED
powers to avoid war. This conference
pledges itself to strive for the addi-
ton of such clauses to all existing
treaties"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
JAMES PLEADS DRUNKENNESS"
Springfield Slayer Tells of D%isaracefuI
Orgies Before Murder.

Springfield, Ill. - Joseph James.
the negro on trial for the murder
of w. c. Ballard. whose al
legged deed was largely responsible for
the recent riots, told a story of dis
graceful orgies in which he had par
ticipated in negro escorts on the nigh.
of Billiards. death and how. after
reaching a state of intoXication. he
had forgotten what happened during
the rest of the night. Octavia b. Role,
a negro lawyer who is defending
James, appealed to the jury to avoid
any race prejudice in considering a
verdict.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
CHARGED WITH PEoNAGE.
Warrant Issued for Mrs. Belle Rays Of
Mount Leonard, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo. - At the in.
stance of Mrs. Martha f. Robertson,
d negress OF Slater, Mo-, the United
States district attorney Wednesday
night issued a warrant, charging Mrs.
Belle Rays, a widow of Mount Leon
ard, Mo-, with peonage. Mrs. Robert
son, in her complaint to the federal
officials says that her sister Mary
has been held a prisoner against her
will by Mrs. Rays for thirty-three
years and that Mrs. Rays refuses to
permit anyone to see the imprisoned
woman.
The United States marshal was dis
patched to serve the warrant.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25

returned from the barn. so Mrs. Gar
nett went to find her. The barn door
was standing open and Mrs. Garnett
saw Mrs. Johnson on the floor. Med
ical aid was summoned and the sheriff
at Olathe was notified by telephone.
Mrs. Johnson vas found TO have
been struck on the back of the head
with a club. She was suffering from
conclusion of the brain.
The report of the attack spread rap
idly through the country. The farm
ers seized rifles, shotguns and revol-
vers. mounted their horses. and went
out to search for Mrs. J%ohnson's as
sailants.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
New Fires Reported.

Albany, New York.-Reports OF
new forest fires in the Adirondacks
were received Friday by the state
forest, fish and game commission.
Rain Is badly needed to aid in the
work of controlling the fires and the
scarcity of available men to fight the
flames is proving a serious handicap.
Hunters are charged with causing
many fires through negligence in fail
ing to extinguish their camp fires.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Kills Self In City Hall.

Baton Rouge, louisiana. j..
Granary, city auditor of Baton Rouge,
committed suicide in the City Hall
Monday night by shooting himself
near the heart with a heavy calibre
revolver.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
workmen kIlIed bv ExnIosIon.

Lawton, Oklahoma.-Three Greek
workmen Michael Johnson, Steven
Dachi and Gotta Petra. died
Friday as the result of a boiler ex-
plosion at the Rock Island crusher
here late Thursday.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
GoeIet Buys French Castle.

P~aris.-Robert Goelet, of New
York, has purchased for $500, 100
the chateau at Sandle Court that was
owned by the Marquis de Bauvoir, for
the purpose of presenting it to his
wife. The grounds cover $500 acres,
and in addition the estate rents an
other $500 acres of adjoining wood
land.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Woman Killed in Auto Crash.

Buffalo, New York.--Mrs. Stephen
b.. Lee, wife of Assistant Sec
rotary Lee of the Erie bounty bank
was killed and Mr.. Lee was fatally
injured Sunday night in a collision
between their automobile and a Lack
awanna freight train. Mr.. Lees skull
is fractured.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
sibIey Enters Denial.

Franklin, Pa.-Joseph C. Sibley
Friday denied most emphatic
ally hat he had ever written a letter
the Standard Oil Company, telling him
that he had warned President Roose-
welt not to offend the Standard.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Thaw at White plains.

White Plains. New York.-Harry
X. Thaw, arrived here late Mon
day from Poughkeepsie, and was
Immediately taken to the county jail
and put in a cell in the hospital sec
ton. He wanted to pose on the jail
steps for a group OF photographers,
bat Keeper Horton prevented this,
leading Thaw inside by the arm.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
DYNAMITE IN
CAR ExPl0DES
TWENTY AHU nuNT. SEVERAL
PERHAPS raralLN AT
WINDSOR. NO
ACCIDENT on the N. K. & 7.
Women Narrowly Escape When riy.
ING Debris Wrecks pepot-pny.
sieians CO on Special
From Seoalia.

The Dead:
Frederick Yake. VI. X 4 + station
agent.
James q. Hall. helper.
The injured;
Ernest Igo. Glenstcad. Mo fatally.
T. y. Hall. Windsor, seriously.
Frank Hall. son OF I. y. Hall. Wind
sor, seriously.
Rolla Jones. Windsor.
Rolla Pierce. Windsor.
John Walker, Windsor. seriously.
Howard Keens, Windsor. seriously
John Box. Windsor. seriously.
Ira Malone. Windsor. seriously.
John Husacker.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Killed Wife and Self.

Peabody, Kansas.-John Reigle,
a young farmer living near
Peabody, Sunday choked his wife to
death and then shot and killed him
self. He is believed to have been
insane.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Captain Porter Transferred.

Washington, ID. C.--Captain w
p. Porter, in command of the battle
ship Vermont, of the Atlantic battle
ship feet, has been relieved OF that
duty and ordered to command the zee
ond division, first squadron, United
States Atlantic feet.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Taft to Dine with BRYAN.

Chicago. m.-William H. Taft
and w. J. Bryan will meet at the Chi
cago Association Of Commerce ban
quet in this city, Oct. Z, according to-
an announcement made Friday by
Chairman Dixon of the Republican
speakers bureau.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25

The United States will be rid of
Emma Goldman. champion Of anarchy,
for a time. She is going to forsake
The shores of America for Australia.
~hera she will make a lecture tour,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Governor psrdons Life Prisoner.

Guthrie. Okla.-Acting on the re-
commentator of the Board OF Par
dons, Acting Governor Bellamy par
doned James Watcher. serving a life
sentence for the murder of Colonel
John r. Stone It Kingisner in 1900.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-25
Gas at snawnectown.

Shawneetown, Hl.-Natural gas was
discovered three miles north of this
city. Thursday. There has been a
constant flow every since the we'll
was shot.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

claws upon it, but one and all peer
down with i'll concealed, cruel mirth
on the panorama below, some in the
~ act shriekir or barking out
their hcndish JOY.
The reason that the genus gargoyle
has wide open mouth is because it
was originally designed for gutter
spout. Lower down on Notrc Dame,
in fact, there are great number Of
them at the end of the flying but
tresses actually in use during the
rains. But it is a strange seeming
fact that the early builders of gothic
churches were SO fond of making
"chirneres" as the French
call thcm-tliat they put them in
great numbers anywhere OH the out
side of their cathcdrals without re-
gard always to their use as water
spouts or anything else. Often you
see one sticking straight out OF
blank wall, apparently for sheer d.v-
ilment, suddenly laughing and thru,s-
ing out its tongue. at you in th.
midst OF your rapt admiration OF
graceful gothic arches and lofty col
onnadcs. Many people believe that
they were intended to brighten away
the evil one from approaching any
where near the church. In that case
they must have admirably succeeded.
! cannot imagine the devil willing to
look one in the face 1t is starting
enough for those Of US who are moi
quite that, after laboriously mount
ing the miles Of narrow stone stair
case from the nave of The church to
the balcony below the towers. to
come suddenly out Upon one OF these
terrifying creatures, ungraciously
batting at you as you emerge into
the light. And when you share their
magnificent unrestricted view OF all
Paris-buildings, parks, river, bridges
and busy thoroughfarcs-you believe
that had you been in their place day
after day and year after year and
century after century you could have
put a somewhat more agreeable face
upon the matter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

w these which seem. to be
neither FISH, flesh nor fowl,
nor yet good red herring.
these magnihcently ugly. these tri-
umphantly grotesque and hidcous
brutes that make you draw back and
hastily count your sins when you see
5hein? They sit high up on top Of
Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and
they are stone eargoylcs that bask
ali day in the sun: on the edge of the
stone bafustrade. the balustrade
which runs all around the huge
church just under the roof and the
towers. There are. scores and scores
Of them, every one different and
worse than The last, occupying each
his corner of the countless iutting
angles Of the stone gallery in soil
tary, eternal, malignant brooding.
Each enc perches facing out. and ap-
pears to be having the time OF his
life dcrisively watching the city far
below and rejecting upon the anus
/. ingiy futile struggles. of that weak
creature man in his. prolonged losing
fight against the world, the flesh and
The devil--a contest sure at the last to
go. over into the hands of the latter
gentleman; whose hackers arc
orouched here. above. on the bleacl1crs
waiting. for the kill.
These pretty images represent al
most. every variety of animal and
bird deftly hunlanized with wicked
ness. So that their expression is more
than beast. In this way they become
the symbol of certain vices, accord
ing to their original bcastly charac-
tcrs. There Is a very nasty and. llu-
I'm looking. pig and an infinitely
predatory dog and a cruelty leering
vuhure and an astute. merciless hull.
and a. mean, tricky elephant and a
sharp eyed, sardonic pelican, the de-
vourer Of little fish; Indeed, many of
the shapes arc o1asping some harm
less smaller. animal TclentlcssIy in
their claws. Many are unnamable
combinations Of demon and beast or
q man and demon One evil look
ing 'ccrmorapt, IN fact has the
sculptored suggestion Of a cassocl1
about his shoulders There is one
that ] am sure was intended by the
fourteenth century artist to repre-
sent San Francisco graft,- An
other IS a horribly ugly two headed
affair, the very epitome Of villainy.
The more bcastly figures crouch on
top Of the parapet, the .,aore human
ones lean over with theig paws or
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
D. /. A. {. ]|IKS TONIGHT

High links will be held at the
Armory this evening. when the
members of the Diamond Head A. c..
with their friends, assemble for the
smoker which is to celebrate the
third anniversary of the founding of
the club. Three hundred and fifty
should be present when the program
is begun, and II the fun is up to
what this club should give. and to
what is expected of them--and It is
proposed that II will be--this even
ing's smoker will go down in the
history of local athletics as one OF
the memorable things which have
been done by the ball-players OF He
nolulu.
Ernest Kaai will be there with all,
the sweet music the crowd could de-
sire. Jimmie" Dougherty will sing.
A novice race will be held; a mono
loguist will perform. and a good
many other things will be done to
entertain the guests, the details Of
which are now being kept a dark Sc
cret by the committee in charge.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
Does Barney Joy Owe
Big Ball League
Five Bones?


Does Barney JOY owe the HOMO.
lulu Baseball League Ave dollars?
That 90 tho ouestion The League
saws ves. barney saws no. And the
saving poes merrily on
Irmnire Rert Bower fined Barney
low az and then ruled him out of the
game last Saturday for talking back
in very frank manner. Barney
thinks that tho circumstances justi-
sod IN. words stiII. after the
,oayuo officials have thought 1t over,
tboro ,nnsors notbinp to do but
hid no ,ho dec,s,on of the umpire.
Tho whole troubIe arose over diff
feri,y opinions as TO the form of
Leslie nitcher for the Diamond
Io,ds In tho box Barney claims
that bo stands with one foot out of
tho hox and IL guilty of n balk al
most every time he throws "A ball.
nuriry tho course of the game which
Tho sai,ts ,ost Saturday. barney told
uowor tbot Iesl,o was baking When
r,,h,rc came NJ n bo insisted. and
,,,s n,s.od ont v for n fine. This
,,uoJ s,r ro,o,, direct and discour-
,oors aud parnov re,irea tn the
horch
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

Nolan and Eklund won the handi-
cap doubles at Eva courts on Sun
day, after they had played. 105
games. Good crowds attended.
The score follows:
Round Mclean and Muller ire
ceive 15) beat Girvin and Newman
treceive 15). Sc, SO.
Round Trenton and Guild ire
oeive 1-2 15) beat Schmidt and Col
Inns lowe 15). 60, So.
Mclean and Muller (receive 15)
beat Wright and Terada (scratch)
6-1, 6-S, Ga.
Davidson and Grote (rcceive 80
and 1-2 15) beat Gliding and Doug
las, 1913, 60.
Eklund and Nolan (receive Is and
1-2 15) beat Swift and Gouveia IRE
ceive Is and 1-2 15), 1912, Ga, 6-2.
Round 2-McLean and Muller
beat Renton and Guild. 6-2, GA.
Eklund and Nolan beat Davidson
and Grote. 7-5. Sc.
Finals-Eklund and Nolan beat
Mclean and Muller. SO. 6-1. 5-T,
6-3, 60.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
PLANS FOR THE BoW-W0WS

Plans for the bench show to be
held during the latter part Of July
are now about complete. The only
subject OF doubt Just now Is the time
when Geo. A. Cranfield will be
brought down from the Coast to
Judge the CANNES. II Is desired, nat
urally. to get Cranheid here as close
to the time of the show as possible,
and the date when he will arrive Is
very much affected by the coastwise
suspension measure, since he may
come on the Nippon Maru. about the
18th, II the law is suspended, and
cannot come later than the 10th. on
the Alameda, In the opposite case.
About IS entries have been prom
ised, but no entry blanks are out
yet, and the exact number of bow
vows ready to go in for prize-win-
ners cannot he known until the
blanks are all signed and returned 1
However. II IL hoped that over a
hundred dogs in all will be entered
by the early part OF next month,
when the entries close.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
Papke! vs..
KetChe|

Stanley Ketchcl and Billy Papke
are lighting ten rounds today be-
fore the Milwaukee Boxing Club, for
the middleweight championship Of
the world They weigh in at 1874
pounds. 1t has been feared that
Ketchel would have difficulty in
making weight. and that he would
would have hard thing before him
II he steps into the ring in a weak
ened condition. Billy Papke is a
slashing fighter of Ketchell's own
type. and as they go but ten rounds
the bout is probably one OF the fast
est and most uproarious smuggling
bouts to which fight fans of the Mid
die West have ever been treated.
The returns will be posted at tho
Fashion tonight.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
PRIZE SHOOT PROGRAM

The program for the tenth semi
annual prize shoot Of the Hawaiian
Gun Club, to be held on June 10th,
is as follows:
Twenty birds. Scratch, known
angles. Championship match. Prize,
Hawaiian Gun Clubs cup and cham
pionship Of club. to be won three
times. Won twice by d. l.. Austin.
Entrance fee, 81.
June 18th, 1908, 10 a. m.
LIST Event-Twenty birds, handi-
cap. known angles. First prize.
cup; second prize, hunting coat;
third prize. 100 Challenge shells;
fourth prize. SO Challenge shells. En-
trance fee. SO cents.
End Event--Ten birds. known an
giles. Visitors match. First prize,
cup; second prize. stein. Entrance
fec. so cents.
Bird Event-Ten birds, unknown
angles and traps. Walking match.
First prize. gun case; second prize,
drinking cup; third prize. hunting
cap or hat. Entrance fec. so ccnts.
4th Event--Ten birds. unknown
angles. from No. 3 trap. free-for-all.
Prize. chrysanthemum cup, presented
by II. e. Walker. To be won twice.
Won once by d. l.. Austin. En-
trance fee. so cents.
lrtermission for lunch. No change.
9th Event-Twenty birds. handi-
cap. known angles. Glass shooting.
First prize, hunting shoes; second
prize, sweater; third prize. 100
Challenge shells; fourth prize, clean
ing rod. Entrance fee. 80 cents.
9Th Event-Twenty birds, handi-
cap, known angles, free for all. First
prize, cup; second prize. 100 Chal-
lenge shells; third prize. 80 Chal-
lenge shells; fourth price, pocket
knife. Entrance fee. SO cents.
7th Event-Ten birds, handicap,
known angles. Consolation. First
prize. 100 Challenge shells: second
prize, SO Challenge shells. Entrance
fee. SO cents.
June 18th, 1908, $3.50 p. m.
Ten birds, scratch, unknown an
giles. Prize. E. O. Hall & Son cup, to
be won three times. Won once by
d. L. Austin.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
' s::;':. S P 0RTs " s::'::
Hold First Four Ball
foursOme Tourney
On Sunday

The first. four-ball foursome tour
ney which has ever been held in this
place is scheduled for week from
Sunday at the Country Club. The
event is part of the regular series
of games which Is to last through
this whole year. its principal inter-
est attaching to 1t on account of the
novel nature Of the play. Four ball
games have been often played here
by the individual golfers. but no
tourney.
Sunday. the match play at Moana-
lua, being held by the Honolulu
Golf Club, will continue. The first
round was played of last Sunday.
and the second lot will 60 in Sun
day. 1t will probably require some
time to complete the tournament.
Among the men who will be out
for the four-ball foursome Is Frark
Armstrong. who returned on the
Manchuria from trip to the CONT
nent, and the States. While in
France he witnessed what IS probab-
ly the greatest golf match ever play
ed. and now has an interesting ac-
count of It all with which to while
away time at the club. His oppor-
tpnity to see the greatest opponents
81 the game play was unique-one
such as probably no other local golf
err will ever have the luck to enjoy.
For this reason he is the most inter-
esting figure in the game just now.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

]. w. Harvey won the weekly
shoot of the Hawaiian Gun Club at
the Kakaapo traps yesterday after
neon with ten straight birds. d. L..
Austin was second with Q out of 10,
and Irwin Spalding third with Z out
of 10.
The semi-annual prize shoot oc-
ours next week.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

: SpORTIVE SpLURdES

Bulletins of the Ketchell-Papke
fight will be posted In the Fashion
saloon this evening.
q q q
The Riverside Baseball League
meets this evening.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

San Francisco telephone rates cut
81 month by new ordinance passed
to print by Supervisors voting Is
to /.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

Psychic research society members
allege that they have mapped out
prehistoric city lying under Berke-
lou
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

w. r. Wheeler. assistant Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, tells how
California would profit by better dis
tribution of European immigrants.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

Scandal Is used in fight for bishop
RIGS in Methodist Episcopal general
conference.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

San Francisco Orpheum actress
Of scant wardrobe nils place on pro-
gram monkeys should occupy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04

Senate concludes 81 important
treaties with foreign nations at last
session.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
Politics. AuStrali.
an Horse, Cattle,
Sheep, Dog and
Poultry Medicines

ASSORTED CASES FROM $40 TO $50.
Containing Remedies for Coughs Colds Collie Spains Cuts Wounds
Sore Backs Gh Calls Founder Worms Kidney Troubles and Dstem
Dstemper, Worms, Mango and Kanker Dogs
\ Stomach Lung Kidney and Liver Troubles in Cattle
These remedies specially prepared for these Islands and
will fndt well t. have remedy right hand for
little i'll which among his stock.
JOHN P0TTE SONS TEL. 1889.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-04
EVA tennis

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-02
PHYSICAL Value
OF THE RAILROADS
COMMISSION WANTS
100000 AND THREE YEARS
TIME.

Washington, D. c., April 1.-The in
tefstate commerce commission has
forwarded a communication to Sen
ator Elkins, chairman of the commit
tee on interstate commerce, recon-
nending that an appropriation Of
100000 be made to defray the cost
Of an inquiry to determine the phys
ical valuation Of railroad property in
the United States. The commission
says it will take three years to COM
plete the work. tt points out that in
order to reach valuation that will
inspire public confidence the work of
valuing the railroads must be done
with the greatest care and by trained
experts. Abundant time should be
given to the commission in which to
do the work. tt is estimated that
with fund of $3,000,OOO and authority
to employ large number of experts,
the task can be completed in three
years.