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New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
AMERICANS IN MEXICO FREED.
Engineer and Conductor Convicted in
Wreck Case Released.

Guadalajara Feb 26.-David r. Randel-
man and Charles J. Brock, conductor and
engineer convicted of responsibility for a
wreck the Mexican Central Railway
near Encarnacion de Diaz. in September,
1907 were released yesterday from the
state penitentiary on parole. They had
completed half OF their sentence of two
years and eight months.
Randelman and Brock were in charge Of
a northbound freight train that was in
collision with a southbound Ell Paso and
Mexico City passenger train. The Amer
leans. il was charged overlooked their
orders. More than forty lives were lost.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
BRITISH APPEAL TO CHINA
Reouest for a Statement Regarding
China's Policy in Tibet.

Peking. Feb 26.-W. G. Max Muller
British Charge dAffaires, has made irienuiS
REPRESENTATIONS TO the Chinese fofeigh
Board on the subject Of Great Britain IS con-
Germ over the situation in Tibet, and WIN
reference TO the preservation of peace ana
order in the border states has asked thina
to state formally her policy and intentions
It is believed that the Dalai Lama, VINO
was deposed as head of the Iibetan gov
ernnlent by the Chinese government after
he had fled from the capital, mas iounu
refuge in Bhutan. an independent state or
Asia. in the Eastern Himalayas Ofnclai
,n,agrams received here report that the de-
.r.ded rr1er Is en- route to Russian terri
tory
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
ECUADOR-PERU RELATIONS.
Boundary Dispute May Be Settled Di-
rectly by Two Countries.

G;uayaqIil. Ecuador. Feb. 26---A private
dispatch to the government announces that
Peru offers 10 take up the matte of the
boundary dispute direct with Ecuador, and
also To make certain concessions To this
country.
Heavy rains have caused great damage 10
the cocoa and cereal crops. A part of the
Quito Railroad has been washed out.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
CZAR IN ST. PETERSBURG.
His Open Carriage Stopped by a Man
with a Petition.

St. Petersburg. Feb. 26.-Emperor Nicho-
las left TsarskCe-Selo Palace to-day and
drove into st. Petersburg, where he called
upon King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria. The
Emperor, as usual, occupied an open car
riage and was without an escort.
While passing through the Nevski Pros
pect the carriage was halted by the pres
ence of a man clothed as peasant, who
knelt in its path and held a petition above
his head. The footman made detoUr TO
avoid the man. who was subsequently
taken TO the police station
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

Madame Breshkovskaya is a prominent
member of the Social Revolutionary party
in which circle she is known by the friendly
title of Grandmother" She was arrested
on October s. 1907 at Simbirsk.
Nicholas V. Tschaikovsky, the we'll
known emigrant and member of the Social
Revolutionary party, was arrested on No
vember II of the same year at the Finnish
railway station in St Petersburg as he was
about to take a train for Finland. Both he
and Madame Breshkovskaya were travel
ling under assumed names at the time of
their arrests, and are charged with reVo-
lutiOnary activity.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
PROGRESSIVE PORTO RICANS.
Association to the Congressional Com
mittee.

San Juan, r r. Feb. 26.-The Porto Rico
Association, representing the largest com
mercial interests Of the island. decided to-
day to send a cable message to the Con-
gressional Committee Insular Affairs
at Washington asking for the amendment
Of the Olmstead bill, that persons or
firms can hold stock III different corpora
tions, which by the measure is prohibited.
Governor Cotton favors the amendment.
The association has engaged a New York
man to come to Porto Rico and act as an
advertiser and promoter of the island S
products.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
LIBERIA WANTS A WARSHlP.

Washington. Feb ga war vessel is
wanted on the coast of Liberia. a message
received at the State Department from
George W. Ellis, charge d'afaires of the
American Legation at Monrovia. says that
tho republic is in dire need, both financially
and politically. He thought an American
var vessel might relieve the situation.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
A TRICK OF MULAI HAFIG.
Report That Sultan Has Again Refused
France s Demand.

Tangier. Feb. 25.-it is reported from Fez
that Mulai Hafig regards as a forgery the
letter which the Moroccan envoy recently
presented TO Nj. Pichon. the French Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, ratifying the accord
which obligates Morocco to pay $l20GO.G00
as indemnity and damages arising out of
the Casablanca affair.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
RUMANIA FOREIGN LOAN.
Borrows 100000 for Railway Con
struction.

Washington. Feb. 26.-Rumania has placed
a foreign loan of about 100000 to be used
in railway construction and improvements.
according to a dispatch received a the
State Department to-day II contains NO
information regarding where the loan WAS
placed.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
Take Off the Fai
Where IL Shows

Most women suffer nUg3 Illumination De
cause Of great quantities OF fat, 50 located
that no matter how they dress, everybody
sees that they are abnormal. This Is tie
day OF the slender figure. and fat women
are simply nor tolerated either in business
OF social affairs. Women may not know
j. tut men when they see Il fat woman
pass Them Oh the street make all manner
u sympathetic remarks about her They
CO Iol mean 20 be unkind or 10 seem uIl-
manly, but II is natural for a man TO dis
Ike TAT oa n woman. Where fat shows 1he
most there u where II must be removed.
ard rs quickly as possible. The hot weather
dresses seem TO be made TOR the fat VIC
mans misery and the slender Agoman's de-
Ishi. They expose all the charms OF
woman and her Ugliness as well. Exercise
and diet viii not remove fat. This has
beer proved The famous Msrmola pre-
tsonle,sai success and has many Of our
socieIy women as its sponsors, Is ROM re-
iEle sold ~ Ia bIet form 10 i.7eet the deiniliid
OF Ire public FOR this style OF treatment
These little tablets 20 INTO your system
sast ike food. They stop the stomach aiLd
digestive apparatus froTn producing IsAl
and reduce the fat upon the BODY Ai ile
,siie af from = 10 j. ounces daN. ihey
s--e harmless and can he carried IN your
74rsfse and taken even after yoG nave IN
d-fsed IN q hearty n5Eal away from nome
Thev arc sold al ali drug stores al %
cents a case OF II you prefer YOU iLlay
write tire Iarnlos Company, Luz atii'Si
AlaE.. Detroit. MlcA-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

Easy money guarantees coming mar
ket recovery. III. ALLAW Ak
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

IT Is not improbable that during the
coming week-and. indeed. throughout
the coming month-there Will be Stren-
mons effort to force lower quotations
with even apparent cooperation upon
the part of dominating financial interests
They who are of greatest consequence
in Wall Street. measuring strength and
activity, may show themselves disposed
TO help quotations downward-their own
holdings not at risk.
But there are indications clear enough
that they who are most influential in the
Herriman quarter have reached the point
where they are ready TO cooperate for
market Improvement What may be 4
surprise TO many observers is the fact
that recent activity and strength are
traceable to Hartman sources
Standard Oil disposition. always ener-
getically discussed-and generally dis
cussed foolishly-may be at this juncture
given exceptional consideration-tremen-
dous liquidation for Standard OIL ac-
count during the past two months. On
a scale there are now traceable stand
ard Oil purchases In both the railway
and the industrial list. Among the ran
wavs Southern Pacific and Southern
Railway, among the industrials Ana
conda especially. are included IN these
current aCcumulationS Before long 100
IL may be found that the Malt Trust ma
found responsible financial underwriting
in the Standard Oil quarter.
Easy money guarantees coming mar
Lat recovsrv FL ALLAWAT.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04

\ tiuetuation of rates tends to dis
organize business. The railroads
are entitled to reasonable returns
and the public is entitled to paw
no more than fair rates. From the
very nature of the business. in the
variation of the amount of traf-
IL and tluctuating conditions from
year to year, there will neces-
Sarily be a huctuation in the net
revenues Of railroad company.
An attempt to make a new reg
ulation with each increase in net
~eturns would be disastrous to
business conditions. When the
commission has made determine
ton OF the reasonableness of a
schedule of rates which affects a
reduction IN rates, that reduction
should be promptly apportioned
to the various classes of traffic
and then a reasonable period of
time should follow before a re-
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not,i l'l r3,', Va 'IIlle y the WASH
.a - 5o,' >. t - 'o'ion mas not at,
# G, ,,,', ,o ~ soy al d, rae PERIOD
;a,a,, ~ f e@' > vi i"liroao ID eA-
oorind - ,i'' t;,i e'I9 - d snort
5cnn ro y, ', ,'a,,,d = ptiiou q NJ
,I',9 "o''I,, no' cover I4e
~ a ',G- " 'l'',i ,G,, elieleS llNel%
tno - tr ,oJ 1,','r ~, III 'lie amount Oh
w., ",a,' VI ''9t ol g9l'uuethg
.'a ,.,9 w. Ia I",''' A. wa oe I9hg
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04

be reduced to the basis of first
class, say under the general dis
lance tariff, by multiplying the
volume OF movement of each class
and commodity, state and inter
state, expressed in ton miles. by
the percentage Of the rate charged
10 The hrSt-claSS rate The result.
IN ton miles, gives the movement
equallzed to the basis Of the first
class.
If the cost of moving a ton one
mile were the same on the shorter
state haul, with its larger percent.
age Of main line movement. then
the result already obtained would
De a sufficient basis for division.
But the cost is not the same. Hence
the value of a ton mile is not the
same until equalized by the rela-
tive cost Of the haul.
The method Of obtaining the
cost OF haul is given in a scpar-
ate paragraph. Multiplying the
con mile product obtained by the
relative cost of the state to the
interstate haul in the different
'laSSes and commodities gives the
,on miles equalized both as to the
classification and cost Of haul, ana
must therefore represent the rel
alive value OF the use. 1t is neces-
3ary to keep the ton miles in the
different classes and commodities
separate until consideration is civ.
en- to the relative cost of the haul.
as the cost varies in each class
and commodity for the reasons
given IN the paragraph devoted to
the cost OF traffic movement. The
same process applies to a consid-
Grafton Of the passenger traffic.
There is necessarily a great deal
81 labor attached to this method OF
division. as the ton mile move
ment, percentage Of rate to first
lass and relative cost Of service
must be obtained. After the above
table was prepared and the diyi-
SION made, 1t was found that the
tom miles hauled, state and inter
state, multiplied by the average
rate multiplied by the average
.oSl' gave ,E, substantially tIe same
Io0''' ms i't!lIoo co'lu De uSeo
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04


The earnings ON state husinpss
are easily asccrtainpd bui tbn IN.
terstate earnings must he assion.
ed to the state.
Having divided the onerating
expense between state and inter-
state in the manner heretofore
given, the earnings of Interstate
business can be divided ON y
straight ton mileage proratG
Several method. If dividi,, +b.
,nerating nvnonsos ~ I,,,t9 '''1
FREIGHT and Museum L, n'" ,,''
have baon u.od 4 .arof,,l a ,''',, 90
alton If tbn ya,io,,s ,notba , ~ ',.La,,
onnI;od - a. aa,,,, III
shows a variation of only about
| per cent between all of Thorn
The method used by the Railroad
Commission of WASHINGTON was
the simplest of all Assume that
The movement Of two average
empty freight cars equals the
movement of one average loaded
freight car, and of two average
loaded freight ears equals the
movement of one average passen-
ger car. Then reduce the freight
ar mileage to the basis Of the
movement of a passenger car, and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04
tHon. J. c. Lawrence Tells of
Work of Railroad Commission

value OF the property.
The next important step was
the division OF value Of the prom.
erty 50 found according to its use
Tor state and interstate purposes
such division is necessary in or.
Ter to determine the reasonable.
leSS OF state rate. \ railroad is
.eVoted to two uses one the con.
iuct OF interstate business; the
)ther the conduct OF state busi.
neSs. The state commissions have
40 jurisdiction over interstate
rates, and the federal commission
las no jurisdiction over state
-ates. Therefore, unless two re
ourns are to be allowed. one re
ylm on the value OF the property
or state purposes and another re.
urn on the same value for inter
tate purposes, a division Of that
.alue must be made. TO allow two
.eturns on the same value would
c unfair to the shipper. To say
nat the value is not capable OF
vision Is to entirely negative
ate regulation bv fine slate ~, f.,
nat matter nv - fad,roI .n,n.,,i.
ion without tbn Iattar a,.,,,,;,,,
jurisdiction over bnth cto+a ,n9
Interstate rates The ouestion ~
ne division of valna is dirf;ouIt
md abstruse hike any nnest;,r
INVOLVING rate-maI,inp if rannn4
le understood by . noyirp IittI,
surprise therefore Mood bn folt
because if is y subject LITTLE nm
ierstood. or that if is subiart
IN which there can he = difror.
ance Of opinion.
Tbo sonar,4, n., =. ,.l;.l ~.
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...d,.t ..i,oI Ttat n,o,';,,, , t;'',l,
itl.;n Ill.,. s+,+a l. s+o+a b,';.,..''
Il nfba,, bu,i,as' j. ;,t,n t,+'' 80 -.
tLarnrara aa.,. - - I;.t;,,'..,;.l
atwagn the two d;ffors, ,t'', ,I = .',',.
= h,.;nos. 1rLa ,,,aa,,n. r. ~.
.,lnn.a ~ f,.,;l.l,+ ,.,.,..,,..,,l :. 80
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04

,,,n;tnan county member OF the
WIFI Railroad Commission, de
S9ored an able address at the
! l l,,saot Convention recently held
" n paIlman The address will be
~ interest to every one IN the
o. Gland Empire, for it deals with
lll' # fine most vital questions
S one the people. 1t shows how
g.rd if is to get at the facts N
] l lla, to freight rates, but how
i'.eIl our state railroad commits
Gon has succeeded. The method
s ~ which the commission deter
" ;ned the reasonableness OF the
natas was explained and the value
CO tbe facilities for doing busl.
, - on an established road an6
new road were discussed. Mr.
Lawrence said;
con a well established road
we'll located, with permanent con
ditions as to population and traf
e. such enhanced value woulo
annpar to be in excess Of any de.
ORE CREE of depreciation which wouio
Elm leave the road in a degree OF
effcicncv for economic operation
With safety to the public.
Consideration was given to th'
nhvsical conditions under which
> road is operated. If the prepon.
dorance of its tonnage movement
is down grade, it is better prop
ertv than if the reverse were true
and the lower the grade anc
I LIGHTER the curvature, other
things being equal the more
cheaply can the road be operated
Hence these are items entering III.
70 tbe determination Of value.
Fuel supply is an important
item. both as to point OF supply
and price paid. If a company owns
directly or through a subsidiary
corporation an ample supply OF
fuel at convenient point. value
is added to its property. Or
where the tonnage hauled down
grade continues on a similar
grade in another state, all this
must be taken into consideration
in fixing the market value Of the
property.
From a consideration of all OF
these elements the market value
of the property was determined
In one instance it was more than
20 per cent in excess Of the cost
Of reproduction new; in another
about 10 per cent above the cost
Of reproduction new and the de
preciated value; in still another
instance, less than one-half tho
cost Of construction new. In tho
latter case the only commodity OF
Importance was forest products
one-half the life Of which hal
passed, 1t is a question Of the eX
ercise Of Judgment in dctermin
ING what a purchaser having the
money to invest would pay or al
owner willing to sell, but not I'm
der compulsion to sell, woulc
take.
All of the data on which the de
termination of the value Of the
property was based was put in tn,
form Of testimony, reduced tt
writing at the hearings held be
fore the commission to which the
roads had been cited to appear
and where they did appear anC
were represented by their attor
neys and witnesses. After the tes
timony was transcribed and eX
hibitS examined, the commission
made its findings of fact, which
were published, showing in mi
mute detail every item Of con
struction, improvements. better
mentS, operating expenses, amount
and cost of traffic movement, Will
It's conclusion fixing the market
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-02-04

Product of Ton Mile as Ed
qualized by Relative Cost
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-01

followed close behind without ques-
ton. A dozen rods up the patch Neil
turned into a dense thicket OF briars
they plunged through the pathless
Jungle. Now and then Nathaniel saw
the three red stripes of the whipper's
lash upon the bare shoulders of the
man ahead and to these every step
seemed to add new wounds made by
the thorns. AZ they came out upon
an old roadway the captain stripped
OF his coat and Neil thrust himself
into 1t as they ran.
Even in these first minutes of their
fight Nathaniel was thrilled by an
other thought than that of the peril
behind them. Whom had he saved?
Who was this clear-eyed young fellow
for whom the girl had 30 openly sac
rihced herself at the whipping post,
and covered with the protection of her
glorious hair? With his Joy at having
served her there was mingled a chill
ing doubt as these questions formed
themselves In his mind. Obadiah's
vague suggestions, the scene in the
kings room, the night visits Of the
girl to the councillors cabin-and last
of all this incident at the Jail flashed
upon him now with another meaning,
with a Significance that slowly cooled
the enthusiasm in his veins. He was
sure that he was near the solution Of
the mysterious events in which he had
become involved, and yet this knowl-
edge brought with 1t something Of ap-
prehension. something which made
him anticipate and yet dread the mo-
ment when the fugitive ahead would
stop in his flight. and he might ask
him those questions which would at
least relieve him of his burden of
doubt. They had travelled a mile
through forest unbroken by path or
road when Neil halted on the edge of
a little stream that ran into a swamp.
Pointing into the tangled fen with Q
confident smile he plunged to his
waist In the water and waded slowly
through the slough into the gloom Of
the densest alder. A few minutes later
he turned in to the shore and the soft
bog gave place to firm ground. Be-
fore Nathaniel had cleared the stream
he saw his companion drop to his
knees beside a fallen log and when
he came up to him he was unwrapping
a piece of canvas from about a gun.
With a warning gesture he rose to
his feet and for twenty seconds the
men stood and listened. No sound
came to them but the chirp OF star
tied squirrel and the barking of a dog
in the direction Of ST. James.
They haven't turned out the dogs
yet" said Neil, holding a hand against
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-01
Damage. for Sale Of Morphine.

An important decision with refer
ence to the sale Of morphine has re-
Gently been given by the Tenth Cham
bre Correctionnelle. A pharmaceutical
chemist having sold morphine without
a medical prescription to a student at
Nancy. the latter gave 1t to one of
his comrades. who as a result Of ta-
king II contracted the morphine hab-
1t. The father of the victim then
brought an action for damages against
the chemist. who in his defense said,
in the first place. that he was respon-
sible only for his own action, but not
for the action Of the student who had
given the morphine to his comrade,
and In the second place, that he had
no direct connection with the injury
sustained by the consumer OF the NOR
phine. The lower court upheld this
view. but the higher tribunal ordered
the chemist to pay 100 francs fine and
1000 francs damages on the ground
that a pharmaceutical chemist who
sells poisonous substance without a
medical prescription knows that he is
liable for whatever misuse may be
made of 1t. either by the first recipient
or by the next person who comes into
possession Of it.-Paris letter to the
London Lancet.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-01

kets are made of red paper with lit
tie spray Of holly fastened to the
handle. Or they are pretty made Of
brown tissue paper twisted into cords
and gilded with gold paint A basket
Of this kind is shown in the illustra-
ton.
II the table Is long, candles may be
placed at intervals around it but
Otherwise. the centerpiece. with one
CT two candles at opposite ends Of the
table, will be the better arrangement.
Place these candles diagonally oppo-
site. White candles with red shades
are as pretty as red ones for the din
ner table.
Cranberry jelly, which is nearly al
ways part Of the menu. served in
glass dishes, or set in glass bowl,
is decorative. Gelatin in two colors
(red and green) In tall sherbet glasses
is also fine as an aid in carrying out
the Christmas color scheme Triangu-
lar slices of bread or rolls of bread
tied with red baby ribbon and placed
on the bread and butter plates gives
an additional little finishing touch.
When the silver is laid and the wa
ter glasses placed. small spray Of
holly for the buttonhole or corsage Ia
to be placed for each person at the
table. 1t rests on the napkins.
In order that the candles may last
out the dinner 1t is as well to postpone
lighting them until the dessert is serv-
ed. Other lights may be turned lower
at this time. The effect Of glowing
candles is very inspiring to the guests.
Often the Christmas dinner must be
served in the early afternoon II arti-
fetal lights are desired the hostess
must darken the dining room. But
there are pretty decorations from
which candle light Is omitted. The
center piece for such table may rep
resent any familiar winter or Christ
mas scene. One may buy. at triding
cost, a Santa Claus, on a chimney top
about to descend. These are made OF
painted pasteboard and doll. AT
the confectioners' there are all sorts
of Christmas pieces in the form OF
large candy boxes. Santa Claus and
his reindeers are fine for the center
piece mounted on a small box. con
cealed by evergreens and holly.
A table for daytime light may be
arranged with small mirror In the
center about IS inches square. Sur
round this by evergreens to represent
q skating pond. Dress two or more
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-01

star. Cut the star from piece Of
white wrapping paper. making 1t IL to
Is inches across. Lay the paper star
in the center of the table and place the
small mirror in the center of the star.
Cover the paper star completely with
silver tinsel Place tall slender vase
in clear glass on the mirror and fill 1t
with poinsettia blossoms or red carna-
tions or bright red roses. II natural
flowers are not available tall candle
in glass stick, surrounded by shorter
candles in shorter candlesticks. will
do nicely.
At each place at table, little bas-
ket is to be set containing salted pea
nuts or almonds, or red cinnamon
drops and green mints. These bas-