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The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
RAILWAY SUIT BEGUN.
Attorney General Strikes at Harriman's
Great Railway Combine.

ington.-Attorney General Bon
aparte Saturday directed that bill in
equity be filed to set aside the control
by the Union Pacific Railway Company
and It's subsidiary corporations OF the
Southern Pacific and the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake roads; also to
have declared illegal the ownership by
the Union Pacific or the Oregon Short
Line of stock In the Santa, the Great
Northern and Northern Pachc. all of
said lines being competitors OF the
Union Pacific
The attorney general issued an OF.
ficial statement to this effect which.
after referring to the extensive in
vestigation by the interstate commerce
commission into the relations existing
between the various lines OF roads en-
gagged In transcontinental traffic. says:
From the evidence so far adduced
and from independent investigation the
department has arrived at the conclu-
sion that the stock holding of the
Union Pacific and its subsidiary com
pany in the other corporations men
TONED above is in direct violation of
The Sherman act.
THE department regards the suit
rs of first Importance, as 1t is sought
os HleduS tHeTtol 10 DTeak up SUD
,tantial monopoly of the transportation
business OF the country between the
Missouri river on the east and the en-
Ire Pacific coast south of Portland on
he west.
aside from the railway companies
above named, the other defendants in
the suit are the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company OF New York. which is
The depository of all the stock of the
San Pedro road Tnder contract by
which 1t is required to give proxies
10 such persons as may be named by
Mr.. Hartman and Mr.. Clark for a pc
riod OF years. There are also the fol
lowing individual defendants com
planned CT. to-wit: f. II. Hartman. ia
cob II. Schiff. Otto II. Kahn. James
Stillman. Henry C. Frick. Henry II.
Rogers and William A. Clark"
While naming the individual defen-
iants. the statement makes no mention
of any intention to prosecute any Of
these officials personally in any Grim
inal proceedings.
The attorney general has engaged as
special assistants for the purse of this
litigation Messrs. Frank B. Kellogg and
Cordcnce A. Severance OF St. Paul.
who acted rs counsel for the Interstate
Commerce Commission In the investi
cation above referred to.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Collecting in New Hampshire.

A New Hampshire man tells of a
tight-fisted man OF affairs in a town
of that state. who until recently had
never been observed to take an inter
est in church matters. Suddenly, how
ever. he became Il regular attendant
at divine service. greatly to the
establishment of his fellow towns
men.
What do you think of the case of
old Ketchum?" said one of the bust
ness men of the place to a friend. rs
it true that he has got religion"
We'll. hardly" replied the other.
The fact Is, it's entirely a matter of
business with him. ! am in a posi-
tion to know that about year ago he
loaned the pastor $50. which the lat
ter was unable to pay. So there re-
manned nothing for Ketchu.h but to
take it out in pew rent."-Sunday
Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Beet Growers Resist Cut.

Denver-A Republican special from
Rocky Ford Saturday night says: At
n monster convention here to-day at
tended by nearly 500 delegates. repre-.
senting beet growers associations of
the Arkansas valley. resolutions were
passed that beets would not be grown
by the farmers for $3.50 ton, and that
unless the factories agree to the scale
of 1907 some crop other than beets
would be grown this year.
II was announced by the companies
recently that for 1908 only $3.50 ton
would be paid. unless they contain fif-
teen per cent. sugar content. when $5
would be paid A meeting of growers
in this vicinity was held two weeks
ago and n committee was appointed to
20 I'M and down the valley. organize
the beet growers and invite them to
send delegates to the convention to-
day.
AS n result nearly thirty associa-
tions were organized within the last
week and the meeting to-day included
delegates from st. Charles, the Pueblo
growers association, Nepesta. Fowler,
Manzanola. Vineland, Las Animas, La
mar. Holly, Garden City, Kansas. and
intervening points. In the district
there are five plants. at Rocky Ford,
Swink, Las Animas, Lamar and Holly.
BEFORE the resolutions were passed
to-day n delegation was sent to wait
upon General Manager Weitzer OF the
American Beet Sugar Company ana
toll him that the convention had de-
cided that beets would not be raised
unless the 1907 scale was signed for
1908. His reply was not favorable, and
when the delegation returned to the
convention the resolutions were
The growing of tomatoes was most t
favored. The Barlow aConsoidatea
Canning Company has dgreed to re-
h"iid the canning factory recently
burned here, II enough acreage Is
u,adred and should tomatoes be sub
st,tmfed ur in the valley for beets 1t 10
likely that more canning factories Will
be built.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
pajrymen's Campaign.

Denyer.-With the organization OF
the Colorado State Dairymens Asso'
citation in Denver Monday nish''
campaign was started which mas ior
it's object the increasing and fostering
of the dairy industry In Coiorauo.
making It a more popular lndusli!
with farmers. 1t Is planned 10 inau'
gurate a state lecturfng campaign % coa
Quoted by instructors In the Sla.e ,.,
Agricultural College. with the u,.,
mate purpose OF forming iocai ols
izations to carry on the work. ano,he. y,
suggestion that will be carrled ou' n,
the provision Of suitable pr,Zes s.,," a.
county fairs for the purpose oi s'i"u
lating general interest.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
The Rulinn Passion

Nanny Liza has lived with the
family" long enough to acquire
words and expressions. which. used at
second hand. are sometimes fatal to
the family gravity. Recently a mem.
ber of the little circle had occasion to
call for the horse and surrey from
the livery stable. After waiting u
long while the order was repeated.
with no immediate result. Nanny.
having heard the conversation, and
knowing the impatience of her mis-
tress. expressed herself thus:
Huh! Dey's jes' no use countin' on
dem libery stable folks. dey's SO dill
litante."
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Grand Plaza for Denver,

Dehver'-A new beauty plan for Den.
aking up the agitation for civic
ner with plaza and beautiful sta.
h IN me heart of the city, has been
scented by the committee of twelve
uhehs appointed by the mayor on the
eommendation OF the Real Estate Ex-
aahge. The report OF the committee
Ea,as zen submitted to the mayor with
.enes ,.n made by Frederick Macmon.
a,,s ,s, 'he celebrated sculptor. In consul
s,ion uon with the committee, and elabo-
sS ons OF these sketches by DIscoe and
sWitt, architects.
ihe plan Is ready in every details to
,,sa submitted to the people OF the city.
,ehy, r,y 1t suggests:
me cutting through of Broadway to
saaM,alghtening Of the double curve
from Fifteenth street into
~. pway wv, at the present junction.
I,ocL, .as acquiring Of the city of two
N ground due west of the capi-
m grounds. between Coax and West
Sroasth avenues. and between
ossmay Way and Bannock street. with the
Eb'a,pliity OF a third block reaching to
r Ieiokee = street, should the CITY decide
hal pro, sity and county building on
IN wS,ou Sound' Part Of this ground-that
|he ci,v sn lne new library is going up
y Tha hS,ty owns already.
Bate. rquiring by the city of the
kround li,angle. l,g. and a similar piece of
(uttina u,rectiy opposite to the south,
broads,i INTO the territory between
kill s,.ay and Bannock street. This
|round az IA, an irregular six-sided plot Of
lenco' ,n ,,ght In the junction Of the resi-.
TIKI, and business districts.
kill fo-s s.ouiHd, according to the plans,
he nIa.a tne plaza. In the middle of
md % wa.. with Its line running east
Iium VEST. n 1t is planned to build a ia.
iacatIInees tIInresenung opportunities for beau.
,ar Win WIN mat will place Denver on q
WIN any city in the United etstes.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
SECRETARY TAFT'S SPECIAL RE
PORT OF HIS VISIT TO THE
ISLANDS.
PRESIDENT SATISFIED
RECOMMENDS PARTIALLY OPEN
DOOR TO PHILIPPINE
PRODUCTS.

Washington.-Nine years after the
battle of Manila Bay Secretary Taft
records the results of the American
occupation of the archipelago and
forecasts the future of the Filipinos, in
an exhaustive report transmitted to
Congress by the President, with n let
ter written by the chief executive,
commenting in the highest terms the
secretary's conclusions.
The President declares that ruin
would have followed the adoption of
any other policy toward the Philip
pines than that outlined by William
Mckinley and carried forward through
these nine years. and asserts tri-
umphantly that there is no brighter
page in history than that dealing with
the relations between the strong and
that the Filipinos have yet n long
way 10 travel before they will be fit
for complete self.government."
Secretary OF War Taft has sub
mittcd "A special report upon his re-
cent visit TO the Philippine Islands in
which he makes the following recon-
mendations:
'First-That Legislation be adopted
by Congress admitting the products of
the Philippine Islands to the markets
of the United States. with such rea-
sonable limitations as may remove
fear of Interference with the tobacco
and sugar interests OF the United
States.
"SecOnd-That the present restric-
tions be removed as to the acquisition
OF mining claims and the holding of
lands by corporations in the Philip
pines.
''Third-That further legislation be
passed authorizing the Philippine gov.
ernment. II II chooses, to open and
conduct an agricultural bank. with n
capital not exceeding 100000.
''Fourth-That the coastwisc laws of
the United States be made perma-
nently inapplicable to the trade be.
tween the ports OF the islands and the
ports OF the United States"
President Roosevelt In submitting
the special report to Congress eX.
presses hearty approval of the recon-
mcndations in the following words:
Il heartily concur In the recon-
mendations he makes. and I call es'
pecial attention to the admirable work
Of Governor Smith and his associates.
II Is n subject for just national graft
fication that such report as this can
be made. No great civilized power
has ever managed with such wisdom
and disinterestedncss the affairs of n
people committed by the accident OF
war to its hands.
Save only our attitude toward
Cuba. | question whether there is a
brighter page in the annals of inter.
national dealing between the strong
and the weak than the page which
tells of our doings in the Philippines.
THE islanders have made real ad.
vances in n hopeful direction. and
they have opened well with the new
Philippine assembly: they have yet n
long way to travel before they will be
fit for complete self.government. and
for deciding. as 1t will then be their
duty to do. whether this self.govern.
ment shall be accompanied by COM
plete independence. 1t will probably
be generation. 1t may even be longer,
before this point is reached: but it is
most gratifying that such substantial
progress toward this as n goal has al
ready been accomplished"
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Dry Farming Congress.

r,lt I,ake.-With scores Of delegates
present and many others on the way,
with q large attendance OF Visa.u, u,i
and with the good wishes OF poand plomd
nent men all over the land e&pressuu .
In letters and kilograms, the Trans an
Missouri Dry Farming Congress cgsan s;.aa
its second annual meeting mere W. -,
nesday. Reports on the prosress " "
dry farming during the past year nd ID
Colorado, Wyoming, Mohtans I
Utah were presented ana . Mu' a,,d
that the subjugation OF so-csmeu a;.h a
lands to cultivation Ii proceeoius ss w'A
surprising rapidity and great pFons'
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Moravian Barley and SpeItz.

two great cereals. makes growing and fat.
tening hogs and cattle possible in Oak.
Mont. Ida, Colo. yes. everywhere. and
add to above Salzers Billion Dollar Grass.
the IL ton Hay wonder Tcosintc. which
Emperor William Dat prodigy. etc. and
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN 1T
with 10c in stamps for packing etc, to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., In Crosse. Wis,
and get their big catalog and lots of farm
seed samples. X. & W.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
how'S This?

We offer One Hundred Doliars Reward for any
case of CatarrL that cannot DO cured oy hsrs
F.J.CHENEY CO., Toledo. o.
We, tho undersigned. have known +. j. Cheney
for tho last is years and believe him perfectly hon.
orabis in all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by his arm.
WALpiNo. KiSNAS 4 MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo o.
Uall's CNtarrh Cure IL taken internally. acting
directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces OF tho
systcm. Testimonials sent free. Price % cents pct
bottle. Sold by al Druggists.
Take Hairs Fam ly Pills for constipation.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Better Qualification

YES" said the political boss. well
have to give Crookley this nomina-
ton"
But" protested the unsophisti-
Gated one, why not Cooley? He's
better able to fill the Office"
Perhaps. but Crookley is better
able to get it."
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

instant relief for that awful itch
The itch gone the moment the sooth-
ing liquid is applied to the skin.
That is what oil of wintergreen.
mixed with thymol. glycerine and 9TH
er mild ingredients. will do for any
skin sufferer
Try free sample of this oil as com
pounded in ID. ID. ID. Prescription.
We urge 1t and recommend 1t, and
surely would not recommend it and
offer 1t to our regular patrons II we did
not know what d. d. d. Prescription
will do for skin sufferers.
Write to the d. ID. d. Co., 112 Mich
igan St. Dept. 81, Chicago. for a free
sample OF the wonderful soothing
liquid. enclosing only 10c to pay for
postage and packing. Now don't fail
to try this wonderful soothing refresh
ing liquid.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Important to Mo,i,e.o.
Slnu at Your Work.

Whenever the baby at midnight
Is inclined to be noisy and fearful,
Whatever you do.
As you tramp the house through,
Oh, dc not forget to be cheerful.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

The more judgment man has. the
slower and the more careful will he be
to condemn.-Maurer.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
The Reason for MARRYING

"They say that he married her for
her money
And what did he do when she lost
her wealth."
He lost his reason."-Harvard
Lampoon.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful women that
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children tcething softens the gums, reduces IN
nammation. allays pain curcs wind coo 2sc bottle
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

Talk is cheap-unless . lawyer 10
handing It out.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to euro any cAso
Of Itching, Blind, BleedlnE or ProtrudinG Piles In
to II days or money refunded. 60c.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
Try Il on the Piano.

There was "A young chap in Dcs Noines
Who ordered T bone sirloincs.
Said the waiter: Not so.
Sir. unless you can show
A sufficient amount OF des coines."
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty yeCrS Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of.
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, f1broid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration-
Why don't you try itp
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her Cor advice.
She has guided thousands to
hcalth. Address. Lynn. Mass.
The Ordway new era., 1908-01-31
lYDIAEPINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as q boon and q blessing,
as it did to Mrs. f. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
~ was not able to do my own work.
owing to the female trouble from which
1 suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully.
and am SO we'll that can do as big q
days work as ever did. wish every
sick woman you'd try it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
San Francisco.

Abraham Ruef's conviction of bribery,
after trial lasting LOG days, advances
the cause of municipal reform. the
more distinctly because Of the powerful
influences that were exerted to prevent
the punishment of San Franciscos for.
mer boss. The shooting of Prosecutor
Heney, which occurred during the trial,
drew national attention to the fact that
the Pacific coast metropolis has not
finished its judicial housekeeping. 1t
may be that the shot fired by Haas
insured Ruefs conviction. Certainly If
he had been acquitted there would have
been occasion to doubt the ultimate
triumph of the better element. 1t is to
be hoped that San Francisco has learned
tine lesson that eternal vigilance is the
price OF municipal honesty, and that
corruption anywhere in the city's ad-
ministrarion menaces the welfare OF
the citizens. The voters have put their
trust in Mayor Taylor, and thus far
he has acquitted himself admirably.
With Reuf found guilty, it is likely
that the further prosecutions will pro-
coed vigorously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11

rallied to the support of anybody but
trained politician. In due time Mr..
Bryan came into his own again.
There is nothing truer than President
Wilson's remark that LIT is futile to talk
about a return to anything" There IL
nothing for the democracy in the back
track But it could not take it If II
would The law of party being is prog
ress. 1t must keep going ahead, even II II
never reaches a goal. Forward Is the
imperative word.
But one of the strangest features OF
the situation Is that the men VINO are
loudest in the clamor for return 10
early principles" seem to have very
hazy idea of the past. For an instance:
They berated Mr.. Roosevelt roundly and
soundly during the recent campaign for
undertaking. as they charged, to name his
own successor in the White House. They
denounced the act as un-American, and as
a sample of what modern methods in our
politics had produced of a menacing char
acter to our institutions.
Easily alarmed gentlemen they did not
know, or had forgotten. that they were
rafting the old wing stage thunder of
seventy years ago. All that they were
saying about Theodore Roosevelt and
Judge Taft had been said about Andrew
Jackson and Martin Van Buren,. Van
Buren, succeeded Jackson, but despotism
did not follow. Taft will succeed Roose-
welt, but the republic will not topple from
its base.
Let us all keep up with the procession.
The advice President Wilson gives his
party is good for all parties. The true
value of old principles is In their intelli-
gent application to new times and con-
dit ions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
March Of Democracy.

From the New Orleans TimeS-Democrat.
The year now drawing to it's close has
been memorable in many respects, but the
march Of the democratic idea is perhaps
the most striking feature Of the time in
which our lot Is cast. 1t is not only In
lands long accustomed to freedom that
the advance is distinct. Even In coun-
tries that have for ages been strongholds
of despotism there is a wonderful readi-
ness to adopt the ideals and methods of
the west. Russia is taking the first steps
along the path which our forefathers
trod. and Turkey Is preparing to break
with the system which Mahomet built up.
The Germans, too, have ceased to be con-
tent with the autOcracy which was useful
enough while Bismarck was laying the
foundations Of the empire. but which
seems strangely out of date now that the
empire has for four decades been solid.
In France the republic has got beyond
the experimental stage and French par
ties accordingly begin to divide along
novel lines. With the lapse of each
twelvemonth the masses are more and
more disposed to use the might of the
ballot to the fullest extent and to insist
upon reforms which were thought to be
purely utopian when Marx and LasaIle
launched their propaganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
Length of the Extra Session.

Judge Taft was unable yesterday tt
give a definite reply to an invitation tc
visit the west next August The suppo-
sition is that having no line at this time
on the extra session of Congress he fears
he may not be free to leave town then
If Congress shall not have put up the
shutters he of course cannot go.
Now, about the length of that session
If only the tariff is taken up midsummer
should easily see the end. The House
will start with a great mass OF materia
licked into the shape of a bill. and with
that as basis progress should be rapid
There will be great deal Of talk All
difficult questions, such as the tarin and
the currency, always produce 1t. Politi-
clans rush in where experts fear to tread
And after the House Is through the Sem
ate will begin, and, it is remembered
there Is no previous question in the
Senate. In that body, ass long as the
tongue holds out, its owner has the
floor.
But. taking all this into consideration,
a good tariff bill should be ready for the
Presidents signature by July LIST or 18th,
or even earlier.
Will Congress confine itself to the tar
regarded as pressing they may be con-
sidered. Will the President confine his
recommendations to the tariff? He
need not. If he considers other matters
pressing he may bring them to the atten-
ton of Congress and ask for action at
the extra session. That question, then,
is open. and may remain SO until March.
This point is of interest and may enter
-;.,;- ,,-f- Nf
Il general character the extra session Of
the new Congress dispatches. the less
there will be for the regular session to
take up. And this will insure an early
adjournment in the spring of 1910. when
members of the House will be anxious to
return home and prepare for the ap-
preaching elections. In November of that
year they must answer at the polls for
the deeds done in the congressional body.
When there is a late sitting In the year
of congressional elections every member
is more or less nervous. He wants to go
home and get into the game as soon as
possible. Boys at school kept in" are
not more impatient or unhappy.
There Is this comforting consideration
for all. Washington, delightful as a
place Of residence all the year round, is a
charming summer resort. A little warm
at midday down In the cup of the city.
it is pleasant on the hillsides when the
days work is done. Shade Is abundant
Flowers are everywhere. The surround
ing roadways are firm and not too dusty.
Those lawmakers who know the town
only in Its spring and winter aspects
should give 1t a trial in summer. Let
there be no hurry. When the new Con-
gress gets into It's stride at the extra ses-
sion let the journey be Of good length