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F NO 82 I WASHINGTON D DC C FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 1906 ONE O ONECENT TE CENT
OIL KINGS METHODS METHODSARE METHODSARE ETllODSARE
ARE CALLED ALLEDVICIOIIS ALLEDVICIOIISScieiiee VICIOUS MOUSScience VICIOUSScience
Science Convention Hears HearsAttack HearsAtt HearsAtt3ck
Attack Att ck on Corporations Corporationsf COrlJOratiollsrOlTE4 CorporationsONDBLNED
f rOlTE4 ONDlkMED NED AS A PERIL PEBILRockefeller PERILRockefeller PERILRokefei1er
Rockefeller Finds Champion ChampionWho ChalupionVho ChaiiipioiiWho
Who Vho Replies to Assault AssaultLogan AssaultLognn AssaultLogan
Logan G McPherson Says Magnate MagnateHas Jlnrnnte1In8 UngnatcIIaJ
Has Done Mnch Muc1LGood Good anti That ThatDespite ThatDeMpite 1lmtDespite
Despite Ills Millions He IK I Really Reallya Renl Renla Renl1a
a Poor Man JlnnCnunot Cannot Afford Luxury Luxuryof Luxuryof Luxuryof
of OyHters at His I1i Table TableBaHls Basis for forRatemaking lorRatemaking forRatemaking
Ratemaking Also Criticised CriticisedNew CrltlelsecNew CriticisedNew
New York Dec 27 27Tbat That John D DRockefeller DRoekefeller 11 11Rockefeller
Rockefeller unjustly holds bokI his great greatwealth greatwealth eat eatwealth
wealth estimated e tlmated to be the largest t for fortune fortune fortune ¬
tune in I the world because it te i not the theresult theresult theresult
result of natural causes eue e but created createdthrough createdthrough createdthrough
through the activity of corporations all allof 511of U Uof
of which he calls eaU vicious vck was the as assertion nasertlon atescrtton ¬
sertion made this afternoon by Henry HenryLaurens HenryLurens 1tenryLaurens
Laurens Call of Washington Wuhin ton D C c R Rwriter nwriter awriter
writer of economics ee at the fiftyseventh fiftyseventhannual SUtyseventhannual 1tftyeventhannual
annual meeting of the American Amerleantlon Associa Association Aseodation ¬
tion for the dvancement of Science ScienceRockefeller ScIenceRockefeller Sciencet
t Rockefeller te the th greatest reatNt exponent exponentof
of corporation competition petltion as against In Individual individual Individnal ¬
dividual competition said Mr Call His Hismillions HismllUolUI J1Izmillione
millions have come to him only onlyle because becausehe becnuebe
he le controls corporations The concentra concentration concentration conceutrafloe ¬
tion of wealth into 1 Iutq tl such fortunes ns asown hie hieown 1dsown
own divides Industrial society into two twoclasses twocJ twocIseestbe
cJ cIseestbe classes e the enormously ly rich rlcbalHl and the themiserably themltterably themiserably
miserably poor poorWe poorWe poorWe
We are a nation i of debtors as a result resultof ro reuItof ultof
of the growth owtb of the corporation the thepublic tltepubUe thepublic
public and private mortgages < aggregating aggregatingM I Ior
M MMtm or 15 3 38 per capita capitaCorporation eapltaCorporation capitaCorporation
Corporation a Vicious Institution InstitutionThe InfttltutlouThe InstitutionThe
The corporation is i a monstrosity monstrol ty and andthe andthe andthe
the wealth we Jth of Rockefeller and other enor enormously eJiormously etormoody ¬
mously wealthy men is I the product of ofthis oftbls ofthis
this vicious Institution To conquer the thewealthconcentrating theeaUhooncentratlng theweaItheoncentrattng
wealthconcentrating corporation the pub public public publie ¬
lic utilities and natural resources must be beteken betcken betaken
taken from the hands of great corpora corporations corporatlon corporations ¬
tions Corporations must become cooper cooperative cooperative cooperative ¬
ative to remedy existing < conditions conditionsToday eoncUUonsuToday conditionsToday
Today a barel bare 1 per cent of our popula population population population ¬
tion owns wns practically M per cent of the thenations thenation thenations
nations wealth Fifty years ago there therewere therpwere therewere
were not more than fifty millionaires in inall Inall InnU
all the United States and their combined combinedfortunes combinedfort1tDe8 combinedfortunes
fortunes Including < the halfmillionaires halfmillionairesdid half1ftIllIoaa1readid
did not exceed probably MQOW teO O010bOO or orper 1 1per 1 1per
per cent of the aggregate te national nationalwealth natloaalweAlth nationalwealth
wealth wealthMePhersoii weAlth3lelherllon wealthMcPherson
McPherson Defends Rockefeller RockefellerLogan UockefdJerLogan RockefellerLogan
Logan G McPherson assistant to the thelate thelate thetate
late Samuel Spencer as president of the theSouthern theSoutbern theSouthern
Southern Railway spoke after Mr Call CaJIHe CallHe 011He
He gave several anecdotes regarding Mr MrRockefeller iIlrRoekefeller ir irRockefeller
Rockefeller saymg S4l that tbat although he Is temuch Ismucb ismuch
much criticised h he has really done great greatgood wreatgood gitgood
good Tears ago he neJdt said 1d a man employed employedon plo
on a cousins cou farm In Illinois DB was ap approached ap apprMcbed approached ¬
proached by a stranger who wanted w8nt l aid aidin aidin aidin
in raising So 2 S09I to construct a a pipe line linefor 1100for linefor
for oil oiL He got no help there but in later lateryears 1atereaIS lateryears
years eaIS the two men jnet again and the thefarmer thefarIPer thefarrner
farmer recognised reeo the ambitious am ttlous stranger strangeras
as Rockefeller RockefellerMr RockefelleruMr
uMr Mr Rockefeller told him said Mr MrMcPherson lr1lcPh8rson MrlsicPhereon
McPherson that on all hands he heard heardhimself heardhimself hoardhimself
himself condemned for raising rat tug the price of ofoiL ofoiL ofoIL
oiL 1 built that pipe line to make oil oilcheaper 011cheapor oilcheaper
cheaper and I succeeded I cut the cost costmore co omtmore t tmore
more than half And yet they find findfault Andiavlt tedfault
fault iavltRockelel1ers
faultRockefeflers
Rockefellers Really ReaJl Poor Folk PolksWhy FolkWhy FolksWhy
Why s said ld Mr McPherson in that thatbleak thatbleak thatbleak
bleak Muse MUM down there in West Fifty Fiftyfourth Flftyfourth Fiftyfourth
fourth street they are very economical economicalvery ecoaomlcalvery economicalvery
very close The Rockefellers are maJly maJlypoor 1fIft1J7poor yiidIypoor
poor Just to show you how poor Some Somerelatives Somerelatives Somerelativee
relatives of mine were recently at dinner dinnerthere dtnnertbere dinnerthere
there and in the course of conversation conversationSirs eonverMtiottMrs converUonMrs
Mrs Rockefeller remarked We Ve are very veryfond veryfond veryfond
fond of oysters but we cannot afford a < onl to tohave tobae tohave
have them We Ve are too poor poorYou poorYou poorYou
You must understand that a man may maybe maybe maybe
be worth KK00We 1OOfJOI or 1 lCQQCOaM 10 0 but he helias be118S helass
lass to keep his factories and refineries refineriesgoing reftnerlesgoing refinerI refinerIgoing
going and may not have ready cash cashJohn cashJohn cashJohn
John D Rockefeller is poorer In the thebieak thebleak thel9eak
bleak home hou e on West Fiftyfourth FJftyf Urth street streetthan streetthan streetthan
than he was ltS when as a young man man he hewent hewent bewent
went to a farmer farm r at Macon Ill and tried triedto triedto triedto
to borrow ttt IOO > for his pipe line IhieRatemaking ItneRntemnklng lineRatemaking
Ratemaking Basis Attacked AttackedJohn AttackedJohn ttackedJohn
John B Daish of Washington D Cf Cfaddressed C Caddre Caddremed
addressed Hd the Social Science Scl section of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the association a on the subject of the theMethods theIethods theMethods
Methods of ascertaining the cost of oftransportation o otransportation oftransportation
transportation this morning mornln He re reviewed re reIewed reviewed ¬
viewed Iewed the methods used by the Supreme SupremeCourt SupremeCourt SupremeCourt
Court of the United States and the vari various various van vanOtis ¬
ous State railroad n l1OA41 commissions all of ofwhich ofwhlclt ofwhich
which according to the speaker are incor incorrect lneorreet Incorroot ¬
root or Inaccurate He said that the thedifficulties thedlfficultfe thedifficultiee
difficulties in the matter seem to be the theunwarranted theunwarranted theunwarranted
unwarranted assumptions as legal fictions fictionsas ftctloJUlas fictionsas
as it were were within which there might be besuch besuoh besuch
such a variation as to cause rates sin single Bingle oingle
gle or as a schedule to be unreasonably unreasonablylow
low on the one oqe hand or extortionate on onthe 00the onthe
the other otharIn otherIn otherIn
In conclusion he said saidThe aidTho saidTho
Tho assumption that the future quan quantity quantity quantity ¬
tity of traffic will remain the same sam the theassumption theassumption theassumption
assumption that the average haul of both bothinter bothInter bothInter
inter and intra State traffic will not no be bematerially bemateriallY bematertally
materially different the assumption a that thatoperating thatoperating thatoperating
operating operating expenses expene M for a particular year yearare yearare yearare
are reasonable the assumption as umptlon of what whatshall whatshall whatshall
shall constitute fair valuation of the thecarriers thecarrlers thecarriers
carriers property the amount of tonnage tonnageIt
It will transport the fair rate of return returnthe returnthe returnthe
the arbitrary rule that all parts of the theroad theroad theroad
road cost the same to operate per unit unitthe unitthe unitthe
the equally arbitrary rule that the rat ratof rate rateof rateof
of return ought to be the same for all allroads aUtOfids allroads
roads and branches of roads that the theunit theunit theunit
unit of per tonmile is a safe fe and equlta equitable equltabl equltable ¬
ble bl e one that any unit ought to apply a atbe to tothe ttthe
the SM 1 S articles in numerous classes classestliat c cthat claaseithat
that terminal expenses are the same me for forall roraU forall
all commodities that the haul on inter interstate Interstate interstate ¬
state traffic costs the same IDe as on local localtraffic loadtraffic localtraffic
traffic and finally but by no means un unimportant unImportant unImportant ¬
important that the carrier will give us uscorrect uscorrect uscorrect
correct figures These Tbe assumptions hereto heretofore heretofore heretofore ¬
fore made mad may mayor or may not be true Un Until Until Unlii ¬
til proven correct we cannot hope tOpe to as ascertain as ascertain ascertain ¬
certain to a mathematical certainty the thecostof thecostof thecostof
costof transportation to the carrier by byany byr
r any flY of the methods considered or one onehereafter oneloroofter onehoreefter
hereafter to be devised devisedWoman derJedWomnn dev1sedWoman
Woman Burned to Death DeathWoSdbury DeathYotHlbury DeathyJury
WoSdbury yJury N J Dec 27 271 2LMs Mrs s P P PAbbott PAbbott pS
S Abbott was burned to death here today todayIn
In n a fire that destroyed the home of her hersoninlaw bersonInaw hersonInlaw
soninlaw Lewis P Starr prosecutor pro of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Pleas of Camden County The fire firewas ftrewas firewas
was started by It children who were trying tryingto
to light candles on a Christmas tree treeLJIPIIBL treennUhnore treeBaltimore
LJIPIIBL II ILL ILLBaltimore
Baltimore and nue Return ReturnBaltimore 121 121Baltimore 1 1Baltimore
Baltimore fc Ohio R It R REvery REwry UEvery
Every Saturday and Sunday All trains trainsboth trainsi
both ways both days da3 except Royal Lim Limited LimJted Limited ¬
i ited City offices offices lilY G st st and 6 It Pa ava av
WEATHER FORECAST FORECASTFor FORECASTFor FORECASTIor
For the District of Columbia Columbiaand Columbiaand Columbiaand
and Maryland tJlarlandRain MarylandRain Rain today to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow ¬
morrow unsettled unsettl d possibly rain rainlight rainlight rainlight
light to fresh southwesterly southwesterlwinds southwesterlwindsHERALD southwesterlywindsHERALD winds windsHERALD
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY SUMMARYPages SUMMARYPages SUMMARYPages
Pages TELEGRAPHIC TELEGRAPIIIOlYaq TELEGRAPhIC1Yqi
1 lYaq 1Yqi Yaqui i Indians KiH KIllTwenty KIllTwentyIEducator KillTwentylducator Twenty
1 IEducator Educator Defends Race Suicide SUicideIRiot Suickle1Riot
1 IRiot Riot Inquiry Opens at BrownsvlMo Bronsvftt6IRockefeller Brownsville1Rockefeller
1 Rockefeller Scored Before Scientists SetentlstslWadawortha Scientists1Wadaworths
1 Wadsworths Out with President Pn PreeldeeL1Murphy klentIMurpby
IMurpby 1 Murphy Dominates Tammany TammanyS TammanyIlrs TammanySMrs
S Ilrs Mrs Trautman Set Free FreeS FreeSIndlctments Free3Indictments
S Indictments Against Insurance Man ManSMilHons MiniItIUons MenMIliIons
SMilHons MIliIons in Dividends ta Be Paid Paid7Murder PaM7Murder
7 7Murder Murder Ends Revel in I Virginia VlrgiRla1Splte Virginia7Spite
7 1Splte Spite Fence Feud in Baltimore BaltimoreLOCAL BaltirLOCAL BaltiniereLOCAL
LOCAL LOCALIGeorgetown LOCAL1Georgetown
1 Georgetown Gets Cheaper Gas Gas2Dr GtsDr GassDr
2Dr Dr Guinness Visits Vl lts City CityNew City2New
3 2New New Currency Plan Pia PiaPre PlanPreeldent
2 President Pre ldent Safe in Virginia Vlrri Vlrriar Virginiarar
2 War rar ar Against New York Gotten Ex Exchange Exchange Exchange ¬
change change100Purer changeICPurer
19 100Purer Purer Milk Now Promised PromisedMCardozo PromisedIOCardozo PromisedICCardozo
MCardozo Will Get Early Trial Trial100Extra Trial10Extra
10 100Extra Extra Counsel in Waggaman Case CaseSpecial CaseRIOT CaseRIOT
RIOT INQUIRY BEGINS BEGINSS BEISSpecial
Special S ecial Bepreseiitatives of ofPresident ofPresidell ofP1CSileilt
President t at Brownsville BrownsvilleTAKE llrollsvilleTAKE BrownsvilleTAXE
TAKE TESTIMONY IN SECRET SECRETFour SECRET1our SECRETFour
Four AVitneHies Jtneft eft Appear Before ctore the theCommittee thcCommittee theCommittee
Committee l but > nt ns mc Investigation Inedl atlon In InIn bIn I Iin
In Prhate Their Testimony rcftthnon IIa IIaXot has IInHot hasot
Xot ot Ilcen Made Public lint Will 111 Be BeGiven BcGhen BeGiven
Given to < o Roosevelt noo celt Direct DirectBrownsville DlreetBrowantUe DirectBrownsville
Brownsville Tex Dec 27 lFour Four wit witnesses wite8 wItnemee ¬
nesses were e examined mlned today by special specialrepresentatives peelalrepreatatives specialrepreeeetatives
representatives of President P t Roosevelt Rooseveltcent RooINInttaent Rooseveltsent
cent here to investigate InnU the alleged raid raidof raidof raidof
of the negro soldiers on the town last lastAugust lastAupst lastAugust
August The investigation In Investigations Investigationswitnesses d te private the thewitnesses thewttneaeee
witnesses being examined singly sIn under underoath underoath underoath
oath behind closed doors The commas commission comm common commasnba ¬
sion on consists of Assistant United States StatesAttorney StatNAttorney StatesAttorney
Attorney Prody Prud MaJ A A P Btocksom of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Inspector Generals office o ke and W W WT v voonftdeDtJal WMhIer
MhIer T confidential law Ja clerk to Secrery Secre Secret Seerstry
t try ry Taft The testimony te all taken takendown takendown takendown
down in shorthand and will be trans transcribed tnuutcnbed transcnibed ¬
cribed for the Presidents use The com commission COntmtasion cornmission ¬
mission was in session all day with the theexception the8ceptIon theexception
exception of a short interval for forluncheon toruncbeon forluncheon
luncheon luncheonThe luncheonThe uncbeonThe
The courtmartial of MaJ Penrose and andCapL aDdCapt andOapt
CapL Macklin has been postponed to toJuly toJuly toJuly
July 4 Four residents of Brownsvillehave Brownsville BrowunItlehave Brownsvillehave
have been subpoenaed as asSHOOTS witnesses witnessesSHOOTS witnessesSROOTS
SHOOTS WIFE AND HIMSELF HIMSELFChicago HIMSELFChlenJo HIMSELFCI
Chicago CI Icugo Grocer Suggestion SUJ CHtioll of ofB ofDouJle ofDouble
B Double nl > le Suicide IM Ucjecied UcjeciedChicago IcjecfedCbleago flejeciedChicago
Chicago Dec 2 iBecause Because his wife it had hadrefused uuIrefUHd hadrefused
refused a proposition to end her life with withhim wtthAim withhim
him by the gas route Bmil an1I Breitenfeld Breitenfelda
a grocer shot the woman tonight Breitentek11 and andattempted aJKIatteMpted andattempted
attempted to kill himself himselfBreitenfeld hiJMelfBreltmfekl himselfBreltenfeld
Breitenfeld had already aJreacl been arrested arrestedbut arrestedbut I Ibut
but wrenched d himself from the dutches dutchesof eluaeoC eluicheof
of two policemen and fired both shots be before De Defore hefore ¬
fore they t y had tune to interfere interfereMrs IterfereMra InterfereMrs
Mrs Breitenfeld recently began suit for fora forA fora
a a divorce Her husband had not seen her herfor herfor herfor
for several days but entered their store storetonight storetoDiKht storetonight
tonight with th the suggestion ton that they theycommit tlteycommit theycommit
commit suicide together ther The woman In Instantly InaU Insteady ¬
steady aU refused and Bretausfeid drew drewrevotYer a arevolver arevolver
revolver revolverHis revotYerIn revolverhis
His wife 1e screamed and the two blue bluecoats Wuecoata blueomis
coats who were passing JItMlo rushed into the thestore estore thestore
store and seined the erased man but butfailed Nttailed betrvisei
failed to take his revolver which he hethrust MtbruBt bethrust
thrust into his pocket pocketNEW pocketNEW pocketEw
NEW Ew RELIGIOUS BILL READY READYSenate READYSenatc READYSenate
Senate Will ill Debate on Measure as asPrepared a aPrelmrctl asPrejnred
Prepared liy b Separation Committee CommitteeParis CommitteeParis CommitteeParis
Paris Dec 27 7The The separation p ratlon commit committee committee committee ¬
tee of the Senate of which exPrime Min Minteter Mm MmInter lIn lInl
Inter l Combes has been elected a member membertoday membertoday membertoday
today discussed 1 the new pew religious re bill MilM billM billM
M Briand minister of public worship ap appeared appeared appeared ¬
peared before the committee and ex explained explained cxiplatned ¬
plained the measure lie fle repeated that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the bill was absolutely abeolutel necessary owing owingto owtD owtDto owingto
to Romes attitude Mr Combes said that thatmodifications thatmodtftcatlon thatmodifications
modifications coukl possibly po be proposed proposedbut proposedbut edbut
but under the present pre ent circumstances speed speedwas speedwas speedwas
was essential e and the text should be bevoted bevoted bevoted
voted exactly as it stood stoodM stoodY stoodM
M Lecomte read the committees re report report report ¬
port to the Senate which voted urgency urgencyfor urseneytor urgencyfor
for the measure measure which will therefore bedebated bedebated be bedebated
debated tomorrow afternoon afternoonHALT afternoonHALF afternoonHALF
HALF TRILLION TO AID JEWS JEWSJacob JEWSJacob JEWSJacob
Jacob Sch Schiff I fit Will VII Assist Russian Ex Exiles ExlIe1l Exlies ¬
lies to Come to America AmericaLondon AmericaLondon merleaLondon
London Dec 27 iThe The Jewish World to today today today ¬
day announces that Israel Zaagwili the thenoted tbenoted thenoted
noted novelist and Zionist leader is head heading beadIng heading ¬
ing a scheme to send many families of ofpersecuted ofpersecuted ofpersecuted
persecuted Russian Jews to America A Acolony Acolon Acolony
colony colon for these exiles will be established establishednear establishednear establishednear
near Galveston Tex TexAccording TexAccording TexAccording
According to the Jewish World orld Jacob JacobSchift JacobSchlrr JacobSchiff
Schift has promised ed half a million dollars dollarsfor doUarsfor dollarsfor
for carrying out the scheme Baron BaronRothschild BaronRoth8child BaronRothschild
Rothschild Is also one of its active sup supporters supporters supporters ¬
porters portersNEGRO portersNEGRO portersNEGRO
NEGRO SOLDIER BEATS WOMAN WOMANLynching WOMANLyncltln WOMANLyichaing
Lynching Parties l Are Out and Fear FearInnocent FearInnocent FearInnocent
Innocent Men Will Suffer SufferEl SuflerEI SufferEl
El Reno Okla Dec 27 21Hundreds Hundreds of ofmen ofmen ofmen
men are searching tonight for a negro negrosoldier n noIdler negrosoldier
soldier who this afternoon knocked down downMrs downMrs downMrs
Mrs A k S S Clifford wife of a physician physicianand physicianand physicianand
and otherwise brutally attacked her be before be betore before ¬
fore the assault was noticed noticedJlrs noUc noticodMrs d d1rs
Mrs Clifford was on her way to the theRock theRock theRock
Rock Island station when she was wasknocked wasknocked 8S 8Sknocked
knocked down by the negro As men ap approached Itpproached appreached ¬
proached the miscreant fled to the freight freightstationand freightstation freightstation
stationand station and up to midnight has ha not been beendiscovered beendiscovered beendiscovered
discovered discoveredA
A dozen lynching parties have hR ve been or organized organized organizeti ¬
ganized and it is I now feared that inno innocent Innocent innocent ¬
cent negroes will suffer sufferCount sufferOount sufferCount
Count Bnpreii Zlchy fs Dead DeadVienna DentJVI DeadVienna
Vienna VI nna Dec 27 iCount Count Hogan Zichy is tedead isdd isdead
dead He TRi5 < s x4or for a long tIme prominent prominentin
in Hungarian politics He HeRS was reputed to tobe tobe tobe
be worth ltmKX 1t > ooo > He bequeathed eltthed a anumber anumber anumber
number of valuable pictures bronzes c cte c cto < x xte
te the city elt of Budapest
5125 1 125 to Baltimore and Return Returnats Rsturn Rsturnvta
via Peanslvanla Railroad every Slitur
day and nd Sunday AU regular trains 1fX x xcOpt
cOpt the Congretl6f Congreee1oal 1 Limited TfeIr TfeIrotg TIeIf0th
ats good to return until Sunday night
IADSWORTH AND ANDPRESIDENT ANDPRESIDENT ADPRESIDENT
PRESIDENT AT ODDS ODDSSon ODDSSOIl ODDSSoii
Son May Lose His Place as asSpeaker asSpealer asSpeaker
Speaker of Assembly AssemblyYOUNG AssemblyI AssemblyYOUNG AssuthlyYOUNG
I
YOUNG JIM JI P IN DANGER DANGERQuarrel DANGERQuarrel DANGERQuarrel
Quarrel of the Father Taken Up Upin U Uin Tipill
in New York Politics PoliticsRoosevelt PoliticsooHee1t PoliticsRoosevelt
Roosevelt Blamed for Defeat of ofJames ofJumes ofJames
James W V Sr and Result ne ult May MayHave Jla JlaJlne MayHave
Have Effect on Caucus to lie Held HeldIn JIelclin hiclillit
In Albany AJ1Jnn January Jnnuar 2 State Seat Senator Scnntor Seatnior ¬
ator StevenfS 7s s Angry at Treatment TreatmentWhich TreatmcntVlllcl1 TreatmentWhich
Which Has Been Accorded ecorelee Him HimNew HimNew HimNew
New York Dec De 27 27The The Wadsworths WadsworthsJames Vadlwortha VadlworthaJal VadsworthsJames
James d Wt W sr and James W W t jr the theformer tbeformor theformer
former defeated defe ted for reelection to Con Congress Conrea Congrem ¬
gress rea in the Thirtyfourth district on onelection onel onelection
election el etJon day by S6QO 000 plurality and the thehitter the1a thelatter
hitter 1a tcr reelected assemblyman for Liv Livingston LlvInon UvIngeton ¬
ingston county by 1901 1 plurality are areOHI areGMt areoat
GMt with President Pr Roosevelt accord accordin aceomlog accordlog
in log to reports Representative Wads Wadsworth IVatloworth Vac1tworth
worth it te stated has not visited vl lted the theWhite theWhite theWhite
White House since I llee his defeat d feat and As Assemblyman S Saemblymalt Aseseeblyinan ¬
semblyman Wadsworth Bias uas also aM ab abstained abAtaIMd ahstained ¬
stained from his usual visits visitsThe visitsTh leIta leItaThe
The Th story about the Wadsworths s was wastold walltokl wastold
told by Republicans who say tlit t lt unless unlessthere meU1erft unlessthere
there is a a change < e somewhere where Assembly Assemblyman AaMmblymalt Aaembiyman ¬
man Wadsworths reelection n as speaker speakerof speaeror
of the Assembly may be jeopardized jeopardizedRepublican jeopanll7edRepublican jeOpardIzedRepublican
Republican friends of Speaker SfJeak r Wads Wadsworth Wadsworth Wadsworth
worth at the Holland Howe e said kl that thatthey Ulatthey thatthey
they did not believe anything of the kind kindand kindand kindand
and they were ere ready to bet pumpkins to tocookies tocooktetI tocookies
cookies that Young Jim Jlmwoukl would be benamed benamed benamed
named for speaker at the assembly can caucus eIllIcus cancue ¬
cus to be held in Albany on January 1 1The SoThe 2 2The
The Republicans who told the story storyabout storyabout tory toryabout
about the Wadsworths and their alleged allegeddifferences aJ aJcliJercnc allegeddifferences
differences i with President Roosevelt lt ftlt said saidthat aidtllat saidthat
that Representative Repre eatatlve Wadsworth blames blamesPresident blamesPrMtdent blamesPresident
President Roosevelt for his defeat He HeI HeIs Heas
I Is said lei to lay lay his defeat directly to his hiscontroversy hiscoatroYeny hiscontroversy
controversy with President Roosevelt Rooseveltover RooeveItover eveItover
over the meat inspection bill DIU Mr 1 Wads Wadsworth WA4Wwort Wadsworth
wort worth It being chairman cbaJrmanoC of the House Com Committee Commtuee Cornmitts ¬
mitts on Agriculture AgricultureStevenK A rlcultureSteenM AgricultureStevens
Stevens a Probable Cause CauseOther CauMeOther CauseOtberRepublicns
Other Other OtberRepublicns Republicans said that Mr Wads Wadsworths Wadsworth5 Wadsworths
worths defeat for Congress C was due quite quiteas quitemuch quiteas
as much to himself in another way Y and andalso aJKIa andalma
also a to dissatisfaction facUon with the Senate Senateapportionment SeDateappor Senateapportionment
apportionment appor oament which ldcb eliminated Fred Frederick FredfrIck Fredcrick ¬
erick C Stevens from the Fortysixth FortysixthSenate FortyxthSenate FortynixthSenate
Senate district for no other reason reuoathat than thanthat th ththat
that Mr r Wadsworth Wac > worth believed that Suns Senator SeAator Sunstor ¬
tor Stevens Steve might at some time turn up upas Upas upas
as a dangerous candidate auMllda for the Coo Cooi CoopaIIdoaal Congresstonai
paIIdoaal i nomtmtion nomtmtionThe nomIntIonTbe nsInIntIOsThe
The Republicans of the senate district districti tUartetwen
5 i wen as the Republicans of the Con Conskmal ConcU Congreeslonal
greeslonal skmal district cU trlet It was stated have havei havebeen haveboeit
been i Impressed with the belief that Sena SenaH SeaaSteftD8 Senaton
ton H Stevens should be nominated efitHerttf efitHerttfovernor either ebbergovernor f fgovernor
governor overnor or for Congress and that tbal since sincehte sincehis
his work as head of the Stevens St ea gas e in investigating Investlgathg ¬
vestigating veatU commission he should not nothave DOthave nothave
I have been n eliminated as a possibility for forreelection torI furreelection
reelection reelectionA
I A veteran in the group at a t the Fifth Ave Avenue Avenue Ayeflue ¬
nue Hotel t tonight nteht said saidYoung aiduYou saidYoung
uYou Young Jimmy Wadsworth should not nottake nottae nottake
take up his fathers fight neither titer should shouldOM aIaouIdlhIJlm shouldOMJlm
OM lhIJlm Jim permit Young Jim to do sou I Ihave Iha Ihave
have ha passed It Yef vez O tempestuous W life this tMsfall thtafaIL thisfall
fall I have been compelled to make many manypowerful manypowerful ay aypowerful
powerful enemies and and at the same time timeas timeas timeas
as I am grateful sra rul to know I have won the thefriendship tiletrtendllhlp thefriendship
friendship of many good men menMust menJIUit menMust
Must Xot Take Tart TartI
I have a a son myself and I I have told toldhim tolclhim toldhim
him frequently that he must not under underany u uaT underany
any circumstances assume my quarrels I Ihave Ihave Ihave
have told him that I am quite competent competentto
to takeN takeeare re of myself and that even ven if I Ishould rshould Ishould
should die with many quarrels unsettled unsettledK unsettledIt
It would be far better that death should shouldsettle aIIouNsetUe shouldsettle
settle these quarrels than for him to ac accept ac accept accept ¬
cept them as a heritage heritageSo heritageSo heritageas
So as I say no father should ever en encourage ea11ds encourage1 ¬
courage courage1 11ds hte ii mn in taking up with quar quarrels quarrels quarrels ¬
rels which hch the old man justly jU or 01justly un unjustly unjustly ¬
justly baa been compelled to make But ButI ButI
I do not believe Young Jim Wadsworths Wadsworthsattitude Wadsworthsattitude a s1OfUa s1OfUaattitude
attitude toward the President since sloe ejection eiecUOft sloethan ¬
than day wilt hurt him as a candidate for forreelection forreelection forreelection
reelection as speaker speakerSenator speakerSenator speakerSenator
Senator Stevens it wag stated te still so soangry 80angry soangry
angry at the Wadsworths that he believes beUevesYoung beHeftllYou believesYoung
Young You Jim should not be reejected reejectedspeaker re reected reectedspeaker ed edspeaker
speaker speakerCOLER speakerCOLER speakerCOLER
COLER CHARGES BLACKMAIL BLACKMAILBrooklyn BLACKMAILBrook1n BLACKMAILBrooklyn
Brooklyn Hilltor Will 111 Begin Legal LegalProceedings IeJnlProeeedlng LegalProceedings
Proceedings as Result IlesnltNew UeftuUNew ResultNew
New York Dec 27 27Borough Borough Presi President President President ¬
dent Bird S S Coler at a meeting of the theHeights theHIrht theHeights
Heights Hotel board today publicly publiclyaccused publiclyAccused publiclysceused
accused George F Dobson managing managingeditor managlneditor managingeditor
editor of the Brooklyn Eagle EI le of havingblackmailed having hAvlngblackmallMJ havingblackmailed
blackmailed him The local board was wasdiscussing wuUseu wasdiSCUSSIng
discussing Useu t the proposition to acquire acquirecertain acquirecertain cqulrecertain
certain property at the foot of Remsen Remsenstreet RemtJenstre Remsenstreet
street stre t and Grace court for a public
park parkBorough parkBorough
parkBorough
Borough President Coler was called calledon calledeIR calledon
on for his opinion He said I have haveno haveno haveno
no objection to the purchase if proper properterms properterms properterms
terms are made with the owners But ButI ButI ButI
I shall object to tho purchase on any anyimproper anrImproper anyImproper
improper basis If the people who pur purchased purchased punchased ¬
chased the Prentice property will re resell resell resell ¬
sell to the city at the price they paid paidwith paidwith paidwith
with interest I shall agree to let the theproposition theproposition theproposition
proposition go through If I fnot not I shall shallnever shallnever shallnever
never affix my signature to a report reportrecommending reportre1ommQ4Ung reportrecommending
recommending its purchase purchaseI
I will be frank Mr Dobson of the theEagle theEagle theEagle
Eagle is interested in the Prentice Prenticeproperty Prenticeproperty Prenticeproperty
property and not only in that but in ina InA Ina
a number of others He has UtS publicly publiclyblackmailed publiclyblackmailed publiclyblackmailed
blackmailed the president of this thisborough thisborough thisborough
borough If you want It out there thereit thereIt thereit
it is I
isWhen
When Mr Dobson heard of the state statement statemnt statemeat
meat made by Mr Coler concerning concerninghimself concerninghimself concerninghimself
himself he instructed his counsel counselSamuel counselSamuel counselSamuel
Samuel S Whltehouse to begin legal legalproceedings legalproceedings legalproceedings
proceedings at once against Mr Coler ColerI ColerOO Coler2OOO
I
25000 OO Fire In New York YorkNew YorlNew YorkNew
New York Dec 27 27FIre Fire of an un unknown Unknown natknown ¬
known origin gutted the upper floors of ofthe oCthe ofthe
the buildings 136140 West est Twentythird Twentythirdstreet Twent Twentythirdstreet tblrd tblrdstre41t
street tonight The loss was 5 25 i5fIU i5fIUVeteran 8 8Veteran
I IYetCrnu
Veteran Commits Suicide SuicideGreenville SulelcleGree SuicideGreenville
Greenville Gree vllIe Pa Dec 27 i1m Ira Moore n nprominent nprominent aprominent
prominent farmer and veteran of the civil civilwar civilwar civilwar
war committed suicide by putting a load loadof 1oAc1of loadof
of shot through his body today Ill Illhealth 111heelth illhealth
health was the cause for for the act actTyphoid actTrolto1c1 actTyphoid
Typhoid Fever Still Spreading SpreadingScranton SpreatlhlJScranton SpreadingScranton
Scranton Pa Dec 27 27The The new typhoid typhoidfever typhohlfever typhoklfever
fever cases reported during the past pasttwentyfour IMlsttwentrour pasttwentyfour
twentyfour hours b urs number thirtyseven thirtysevenmakingjtlie thlrtvs6venmaklngJ thirtysevenmakIngthe
makingjtlie maklngJ makIngthe Ule total number number reported reported during duringDecemBer d duringDecemhr nn nnDecemler
DecemBer DecemlerA 082 082A O OA
A la Carte Lunch Served Dally Dallyat Dnl1Tat Dailyat
at Ecksteins from 12 to 3 1 1412 2 N Y ave aveI
I
BRYAN STILL RUNNING RUNNINGXclirnskuii RUNNINGXeItrnHklln RUNNINGNebraskaui
Xclirnskuii Confesses Nomination Nominationfor
for Presidency IM high Honor HonorTopeka lIonorTopeka honorTopeka
Topeka Kans Dec 27 iIn In an Interview intcrvlowtoday InterviewtodaY Interviewtoday
today William J Bryan virtually vrtutlU ad admiUed admitted admuted
muted that he would w kl be a candidate for forthe CorUae forthe
the Presidential PrNklen tllli nomtnaUon before the thenext thenext thenext
next Democratic national convention conventionWhile eonvenUonhlle conventionWhIIe
While hlle I have not yet announced announcQ that thatI
I would be a a candidate Cndldt e mid Id Mr Bryan Bryann BryanrI Bryanri
rI n have not stated that I would not be becanclklate a acandidate acandidate
candidate Such a high honor as the thePresidential thePre thePresIdential
Pre Presidential klentJal nomination te something that thatno thatRO thatso
no so American citizen should decline declineMr decllnMr declineMr
Mr Bryan said there was no Db foundation foundationfor toundlltionCor foundfttlonfor
for the report that If nominated he hewould hewould hewould
would favor the selection of Senator SenatorWilliam SenAtorWilliam SenatorWilliam
William J Stone of Missouri MJ ourl as chair chairman chairman chairman ¬
man of the national committee committeeRUSSIAN commItteeRUSSIAN committeeRUSSIAN
RUSSIAN CONSUL SHOT DEAD DEADCxarn DEADOznrs DEADCzars
Czars Envoy 810 at Liverpool 3Iyw 3IywtcrioiiHly JI JIterlouHI Mystcrlonsly
tcrioiiHly Slain SIn In in HIM Bcd DcdLiverpool BcdLlvftJJOOl BedLiverpool
Liverpool Eng Dec 27 flThi The Russian Russianconsul RuMlancolUNt RussIsnconsul
consul here Cot De Goimunn was found founddead foundde841 founddead
dead in bed from a pistol shot wound woundtoday woundtoday woundtolay
today todayWhether todayWheUter tolayWhether
Whether he was murdered or com committed commltted cantanitted ¬
mitted suicide had not been determined determinedIt
It Is said however however that he had no nocause nocU8e nocause
cause to take his own own life lifeWANTS lifeWANTS lifeWATS
WANTS BETTER RAGEChicago RACE RACEChicago RACEChicago
Chicago Educator Takes Is Issue Issue Issue ¬
sue with the President PresidentRACE PresidentRACE PresideiitRACE
RACE SUICIDE NOT A PERIL PERUSapt PERILSupt PERILSupt
Supt Rodinc Say Sn Says It Would outI Prove a aNational aXntlonnl aNational
National RIcxMln Blessing lelCHln to Some Classes Classenof OIUHleICof Classesof
of People PccphIarJc Iarse Families 1aua ilies Shown Shownto Shounto Shownto
to Tend to Misery IJMCr anal Social SoclulHarm SocialhIaruus j jHarm
Harm Making Truants TruantsSpringfield TruantMSprtasAeld TruantsSptlngOeld
Springfield IlL Dec 27 iOArtad Instead of a anational naattouJ auatloal
national peril i race suicide auI kte would ba a anational aaaUoaal anational
national blessing to some classes of the thepeople tJMtpeopIe thepsop1e
people said Superintendent W L L Bo Bodine Bodine Bcdlne
dine dine of the ostnpateory education de department de department deprtment ¬
partment of the Chicago schools in RA RAaddress JUttit anaddress
address tidy tit 7 before til the State Teach Teachers Teacher Teachers ¬
ers er Association AssociationLarge A8IoeIattoftLa AssociationLarlie
Large La families t the result of isjeon isjeontderaie iMenweraie incensiderain
tderaie and improvident marriages are areprolific areproWIc areprolific
prolific of much misery awl social harm harmFate harmFate harmFate
Fate decree that at atJDOIIt mall incomes al almost 1 1most ¬
most always go with large lr 88 families ra This Thisdrives TbIadrlVeti Thisdrives
drives many hushandi to drink and de desertion 41e 41eertkNa denertion ¬
sertion Truant husband II make truant truantchildren tnIUa1chUdren truantchildren
children The Tbeotber stotber otbet te forced to work workand workaDd workand
and the children are raised for the street streetand atreetand streetand
and the State StateWe StateWe SlateWe
We cannot change Iranian nature tare We Wehave Wehave Wehave
have the chikfiSM rill home among the rich richand rtabADd rishsad
and the homeless 1Iome child among the poor poorModern poorModem poorModern
Modern Individualism has the ri rt i1ht ht t to togovern 0OTeI11 togovern
govern Its ow 0W1I domestic aJCalrs Some Someprefer SoIMpreter Someprefer
prefer quality to quantity others are arefanatics aretaDatiat arefanatics
fanatics on ps1o ps1onsI patriotism patriotismft
taDatiata
a ft nsI race = k die gwwth peWIt peWItetaDI irf irfraises t4shim
shim olaeryaused by s d dIaL dIaLcl diaLraises
raises cl children ktren as human eosMhodlUeu ommeeodsuesand eosMhodlUeuand N D the theand
I
I and whose amI ambition Cttoa > te production instead I Iof initendof insteadof
of educatlonSIMON educationSIMUI education educationSIMON
SIMON GUGGENHEIM WINS OUT OUTBonynge OUTBonynge OUTBonynge
Bonynge Withdraws from Colorado ColoradoSenatorial ColoradoSenatorial ColoradoSenatorial
Senatorial Race RaceMakes Race3lake RaceMakes
Makes Announcement Before ills De Departure Depnrture Dcpnnture ¬
parture for Washuington1liIruuient AVaNhlnsrton VaMhluJtonHetlre VaMhluJtonHetlremunt Itctirc
1 ment Leave Clear Field FieldDenver ItlelcJDeliver FieldDenver
Denver CoU Doe S7 4The The last vestige vestigeof vestigeSt e eof
of opposition to the election of Simon SimonGuggenheim SIIIIOItG SimonGuggeashelut
Guggenheim G to succeed T M Patterson Pattersonm
m Sa the United States Slat Semite Se e etoa disappeared dfeappsaredtonight disappearedtonight
tonight toa t when Congressman R W WBonynge WBoay WBonynge
Bonynge 8e left for Waahingto WstoRafter r if ter an announcing a anounclA annouodaghms ¬
nouncing nouodaghms < tbtB hte withdrawal from the Sena Senatorial Senatorial Seantowel ¬
torial race raceMr racelr raceMr
Mr Bonynge was Mr Guggenheimsmost Guggenheims GvgeabetmsJIICI Guggenheimsmost
most formidable opponent and has spent spenthte spenthis Jtenthis
his holiday hoIIda vacation ncaUOIlll Jn ta a vigorous can canvass eaJ1VMS canass ¬
VMS ass of the legislature lef Jlature and among amo party partyleaders partyleaders partyleaders
leaders He said before leaving leA iog that he hefound hefouad hefound
found the sentiment for Guggenheim so sonearly 80JMatiy sonrIy
nearly unanimous that he had given ven up upall upan upall
all idea of having havl his name mentioned mentionedin
in the Republican caucus next Monday Mondaynight MCIIdaynlrht Mpndaynight
night nightThe nlrhtThe nightThe
The other Republicans who heard the thebusx thebua thebusa
busx of the Senatorial bee abandoned all allhope allhope allhope
hope some weeks ago These include C CC CC CC
C HameliR of Colorado Springs and andJoel andJoel andJoel
Joel F Vaile who was the late Senator SenatorWoteotts SenAtoroIcotts SenatorWolcotts
Woteotts oIcotts law partner and te now chief chieflocal chieflocal chieflocal
local attorney for the Denver and Rio RioGrande RioGrande RioGrande
Grande Railway RailwayMr RaUyMr RailwayMr
Mr Guggenheim Gug belm will undoubtedly be bethe bethe bethe
the unanimous choice of the Republican Republicanlegislative RepublicanIsIaUve Republicanlegislative
legislative IsIaUve caucus which has been called calledfor calledfor calledfor
for next Monday Monda night
CHRISTMAS GIFT IS FATAL FATALBoy FATALDoy FATALBoy
Boy Killed in First Scrimmage with with1I1 withhilts rrlthHIi
hilts 1I1 New Football FootballNew FootballNew FootballNew
New York Dec 27 rrVer 27Very Very proud of a afootball nroonu afootball
football he had won in a Christmas raffle raffleRichard raffleRichard raffleRichard
Richard Batterby BaUerb ten years ears old of CIS CISHenderson GISHenderlOn 612Henderson
Henderson street Jersey Jerse City Cft was made madecaptain mAdecaptain madecaptain
captain of a football team this morning morningand morningand morningand
and He was killed in the first rush with withthe withthe withthe
the new ne ball ballHe ballHe i iHe
He was 8 crushed cru hed by his playmates on onthe onthe onthe
the ball which he was valiantly altantl trying tryingto
to advance against the opposing team teamThe teamThe teamThe
The old woman who keeps the candy candystore candystore candystore
store in which the little fellow won the themuchcoveted themuchcoyetecl themuchcoveted
muchcoveted prize is almost beside her herself herself lienself ¬
self with 1th grief because she feels that she shekilled shekilled shekilled
killed the boy boyA boyA boyA
A crowd of enthusiastic boys met in a avacant avaC avacant
vacant vaC t lot at Sixteenth and Grove streets streetsRichard streetsRichard streetsRichard
Richard was the liveliest of them all allAll aUAll allAll
All together now Show them what whatwe whatwe whtwe
we can do he shouted when the team teamwas teAmwas teamwas
was iinect up upThere upTbere upThere
There was a rush and Richard went wentdown wentdown wentdown
down under a great great pile of struggling strugglingboys strugglingboys strugglingboys
boys Then all except c cept Richard got up upfor upfor upfor
for the next play pia He hay 1ft still clinging cllnginstightly cllnglnU clingingtightly
tightly U hU to the ball His playmates pl mates rolled rolledhim jliet1him lIed lIedhim
him over and began to scream when whanthey wh whenthey n nthey
they saw his pale face faceA faceA faceA
A doctor hurried to the scene He Hemade Hemade Hemade
made a short examination ex mination and then said saidboy saidtha saidthe
the boy was dead deadBishop deadUlsllop I IBishop
Bishop A Coke Smith Dent DemiAshevilte DentAsbttvllte DeadAsheville
Asheville N C Doc 27 27Blshop Bishop A ACoke A ACoke ACoke
Coke Smith of the Southern Slethodiet SlethodietChurch AlethodlstChurch 1clethodlstChurch
Church whose who home is In Norfolk Va Vadied Vadied Vadied
died suddenly here tonight of heart heartfailure heartfailure aeui aeuifailure
failure failureThe failureThe failureTue
The Portland Portia ad Cafe CafeThomas Tho Thomns inns Circle CircleServes OlrcleSentes CircleServes
Serves the finest of table dhote dinners dinnersdaily dinnarsdailY dinnersdaily
daily from rom G to S S for 51 1 Lunch 1230 to 2 2lie 2lie 2lee
lie Breakfast 799 7 to 10 Toe c
MEXICAN INDIANS IMA1Faquis INDIANSKILL IDIASKILL
KILL AMERICANS AMERICANSYaquis AJIERICASYaquis
Yaquis Again Take to the theWarpath theVarl UrnWaipatli
Warpath Varl > atll Near Border BorderDEAD BorderDEAD BoiderDEAD
DEAD LIST NOW NO TWENTY TWENTYBand rrV1ENryBaul TWENTYBaud
Band of Whites Repulses Attack Attackat Attacknt Attackat
at OiicJStation OiicJStationMassacres OlleStntionIaHKacrclC OiicStatioiiMassacres
Massacres Which hlch Cover Wide Dis District DIKtrlet District ¬
trict Beemi Saturday SntureJn and PI Fight Fightlag ht htIIIR htIJl i
IIIR IJl Continued Several Dayn DatJHalel DatJHalelIear DaysRaidSear Raid RaidNear
Near Valencia in Which Ich Bntirc BntircParty BntlreIarty hintireParty
Party of Eleven Mexicans nnd One OneAmerican OneAmerlenn OneAmerican
American Is Wiped Out OutLos OutLoti OutLos
Los AJ1 Angeles elN Dec 27 lTwenty Twenty persona personaincluding penIOINIIncluding personaIncluding I
including several Americana hare been beenmurdered Meamunlered beenmurdered
murdered by Yaqui Indiana hi Mexico Mexicowithin Mex1coIt Mexicowithin
within It bin the last few day dan News of the thekillings thek1l1tnJS thekillings
killings reached here today todayThe tAHI7The todatThe
The first massacre took place last Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday ¬
day afternoon at Lancho a small station stationnear stationnear oo oonear
near the United States boundary on the theCananea theCanMa theCananca
Cananea Yaqui and Pacific Railway Col ColS ColS ColS
S S B Maxaon rice president of f the Na National Na National National ¬
tional Irrigation Congress brought the thenew melle1 thenews
new news His train stopped an hoar at atLancho atLanebo atLancho
Lancho While bile there rumors ru wore re received re received yecelved
ceived that the Yaqnte Y were on the war warpath warpath warpath
path and that the few people te the theneighborhood daeneJgtIborhGod lb lbneighborhood
neighborhood of the station and railroad railroadwere roaclWe railroadwere
were We in danger dangerThe dangerThe er erThe
The station master named namedbelittled Thompson ThompsonbelKUed Tbompesnbelittled
belittled the report and said Id be and his hiswife bIswtte Idawife
wife would 0ttIcI remain at their post The Thetrain ThetnUlt Tbtrain
train bearing b Col Maxson and party part had hadnot 1IIwIJIOt badsot
not left the station more than a a boor boorwhen vwI1ett hourwhen
when the Yaqots descended on the little littlepar JtttIepare littlepart
par pare y v of Mexicans and Americans AmericansPour AJHrteauIJPour AmericansPour
Pour Persons Killed KilledStation InneelStation KilledStation
Station Agent Thompson and ate wife wifeescaped wK wKe wifeescaped
escaped e by boarding boud a work train that thatpatted thatpulled thatpulled
pulled m III at the time The train arrived arrivedafter aJThrecJafter arrivedafter
after four persons had been killed and andThompson aadTbonan andThompson
Thompson and his ts wife bad defended defendedthemselves WeDdedtheuulelvee defendedthemselves
themselves back of the barricaded doors doorsof doonof doorsof
of the station As the work train ap appeared ap appeared appexed ¬
peared the Indians withdrew withdrewThe WlthdftwThe withdrewThe
The train bearing 1 Col Marion and party partycontinued put7i partycontinued
i continued to t a station about fifteen fttteeaI miles milesfarther milesfarther
I farther along the line and then tIaea as the thesigns thesigns
I signs of the Indian r uprising became 1IecaIMfalarlDlal more morealarming momalaradna
alarming the party decided to return retunLThe returnme returnThe
The train tra started back ek toward Lancho AIaeboaM Janthoand Lanchoand
and when It arrived the station home had hadbeen IIbeea badbeen
been burned and four bodies lay along the thetrades thelraea thetracks
trades tradesThe lraeaTIle tracksThe
The party stopped a few minutes mID hi the thehope tbehope thehope
hope that the survivors might t be found foundand fOUladaDd foundand
and taken to a place of safety fety While the thetrain Utetrain thetrain
train was at the rums ruins of the station the theIndians theIndia theIndlass
Indians India appeared In the distance but did didnot hIaot didhot
not come within range of the guns of the thefew thefew thefew
few armed men oa the cars carsHurled caraUurlctl cainBuried
Hurled Bodies ocIlCJ4 of Bon DuatJ DuatJrile fluadThe I IThe
The bodies of the U vtcttma w were r still stillwarm 8d1IwbeD stillwarm
warm when Majtsott saw them tJaem and with withthe wtththe withthe
the aid of o others otl1e on the train tra they tile tileburte4 wore woreburled wire wireburied
burled Not Not7 many mites farther along alongthe aJooctile alongthe
the road the scene was duplicated Four Fourmore Fourmore Fourmore
more dead den bodies of Mexicans and Amer Americans JIIertcau Amerleans ¬
leans were found along the tracks The Thelittle Thelittle Tb Tblittle
little band at this station had been able ableto ableto ableto
to repel the attack of the Yaqute Th Thonly Tbonly The Theonly
only living members of the th colony re refused reo reofueecl refused ¬
fused to leave on the tram train but said J they theycould ucould theycould
could stand ad off the Indians until the thenext tMnext thenext
next day when the rurates would arrive arriveThe arrivebe arriveThe
The second ere nis assert ta rented in a adispatch adispatch adispatch
dispatch telling teII of a a raid by a hundred hundredYaquis hundredYaqala hundredYaquls
Yaquis near Valencia sixty miles JBIIeaGQ87IDU below bslowGnaymas belowGuaymaa
Gnaymas An entire party of eleven elevenMexicans eIeftnXeXleaDa elevenMexicans
Mexicans and one American AJaeri 1t was wiped wipedout wtpedOUL wipedout
out outThe The Mexican exlc government today hastily hastilygathered haatllypthnCI hastilygathered
gathered troops and run at both the thewidely thewidely thewidely
widely separated points to pursue nRIel the theIndians
l Indians
NEW YORK HOTELS RUSHED RUSHEDTables RUSHEDTahle RUSHEDTables
Tables for Ic Sew ew Years Yunr 1t Day Da Are re Al Already Alreuttly J Jrentl ¬
ready rentl Itt a Big Premium PremiumNew lrcmlumNew IreiniumNew
New York Dec CCelebrants of the theadvent theadvent theadvent
advent of New Year In the big restau restaurants rNtaUraaw restaurants ¬
rants and hotels in New ew York will have haveto haveto
to ell down deep for the privilege this thisyear thisyear
year So great has been the thetables deisian4jQf deisian4jQftables
tables in hotels and restaurants reetavraaa that thattickets tlaatUekea thattickets
tickets nt C admission have been Meawhich Issued Issuedwhich Issuedwhich
which are guarantees teft5 that each person personwill penonwill personwill
will spend from 3 I to toCafe toCats J6 J6Cafe
Cafe Martin has had all 11 Its tables en engaged enecI engaged ¬
gaged ecI for over two months IDODtIuI and the thehead ubMd thehead
head waiter Uer has been offered 9 l for fortabl a atable atable
table tabl In addition to the guarantee it ithas Itbas Ithas
has been omciaUy o posted in many aaaytaurantg res restaurants restaurants ¬
taurants that after 10 oclock nothing < but butchampagne butehmpagneill butchnipgnwili
champagne ehmpagneill will be served servedThe servecr servecrThe servedThe
The Hotel Astor tor expects to serve six sixthousand atxthouand sixthousand
thousand guests guestsCITY guestCITY guestsCITY
CITY OWNERSHIP A FAILURE FAILTIEEBoston FAILUl1EEnltton FAILUREEaston
Boston Business Men Appeal la the theCouncil thcCouncil theCouncil
Council to Quit the ICxperimeiit ICxperimeiitJSafton ItxperlnaeutEaon XIcrlmeutPAlton
JSafton Eaon Pa Dec 27 1DIIlgUBted Disgusted with withthe withthe withthe
the continued poor service given by b the themunicipal themunicipal themunicipal
municipal street lighting plant sixty sixtyof sixtyof ixtyof
of the leading men and business firms firmsof armsof firmsof
of this city clt have petitioned the select selectcouncil Mleetcouncil selectcouncil
council to advertise advertl e for bide for light lighting lf lightlug ht htIn ¬
lug In the streets and d bids Id for running runningthe runningthe runningthe
the municipal plant until a private privatecorporation prlvatfcorporation privstecorporation
corporation can make arrangements arrangementswith arrD arrangementswith < ement8 ement8with
with the city fbr taking over the theservice theHrlce theservice
service serviceThe HrlceThe serviceThe
The municipal service Is so poor that thatwomen thatwomen thatwomen
women and children are not considered consideredsafe conaleredaC consideredsafe
safe aC on the streets at night owing t tthe to tothe tothe <
the frequency with which the lampare lamps lampsare lampsare
are out The municipal plant has been beenrun beenrn beenrun
run at a log lo loss of from 3401 4999 4 to 5m 5mfor 5 5for S0 S0for
for several years yearsGone yearsCone ea 18 18Gone
Gone With Funds of Union UnionTerre UnionTerre UnionTerre
Terre Haute Ind Dec Si 1mlam 1mlamStlDMn 21WillIamStinson William WilliamStinson
Stinson vice president of the Indiana Indianabranch Indianabranch Indianabranch
branch of the United Mine Workers of ofAmerica ofAmerlca ofAmerica
America has disappeared and with him himhas himhas himlies
has gone S1WO 1 of the orders money M money in inchecks Inchecks Inchecks
checks and money orders Bxperts yperts are arenow Arenow arenow
now at work on the books with a view to tolearning tolearning tolearning
learning if Stinson got more than the sum sumwhich sumwhich auntwideli
which he te certainly known to have havetaken havetaken haretaken
taken
Another Jail Breaker Caught CanjrlitCincinnati CnuJJltCincinnati CaughtCincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio Dec 27Hngh HU h G Gastright Gas Gtatrlght Gastnight
tright thirtyeight years okI expert for forger forber forger ¬
ger and checkworker who was one et of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the nine prisoners who escaped e from the thecounty Utecounty thecounty
county jail last Saturday Satur ay was recap recaptured recaptured recaptured ¬
tured tonight by the police policeBelgrade pollee1Jel policeBelgrade
Belgrade 1Jel raele Fears Fear Outbreaks OutbreaksBelgrade OnthreaktBel OutbreaksBelgrade
Belgrade Bel nlde Dec 23 SKlng King Peter has rati ratified ratified ratfled ¬
fied the loan bill The popular ferment fermentagainst fermentagainst fsrmentagainst
against the measure continues and d out outbreaks outbreaks outbreaks ¬
breaks are feared tonight A big anti antiloan antllOAn antiloan
loan demonstration has been arranged arrangedfor Allansedfor arrangedfor
for December DecemberFloral W WFloral MFlorn
Floral Decorations for the Table TableMost TnblcMost TableMast
Most artistic affoets Shnffar ShfttI Shufforl4th rHth Wth and L
SANE NEW YEAR YLAItFOR FOR CHICAGO CHICAGOMayor OHICAGO3laor CHICAGOMayor
Mayor Dunne Will Vlll Put on onAfter LIU LIUAfter I HI HIAfter
After Five he Minutes of Noise XoiseChicago XoiHcCI NoiseChicago
Chicago Dec 27 4MYOr LMLyer Mayer Dunne has An Announced titnouneed jnnounced ¬
nounced that the usual idiotically idioticallynoisy dlotieanynotsy dIotlchlYnoisy
noisy greeting gneU Chicago baa so long Ion given givento gteJ1to givento
to the New Year will not be permitted permittedNdO tide Uxteseason tideseason
season seasonRailroad NdORaikottd seasonRailroad
Railroad factory and steamboat t mans managers 1M 1Mve mansgem ¬
gem gers have ve been notified that whtetl wht whistleblew whistleblewhag tlebIow tlebIowfA bktw bktwmg
mg must be limited nmlt to Jive minutes in instead Inof inMoad ¬
stead of thirty as heretofore herem Yelling YettingboraMowing Yen Yenborabiowt Yellinghorsblowing
boraMowing borabiowt l and the discharge of are arearms Ire IreAlJIUI firearms
arms are to be followed by the offenders offendersarrest oflendersarrellt offendersarrest
arrest arrestThe arrelltThe arrestThe
The mayor says n he ting Ua in the theinterest thelateral theinterest
interest of cfthn dt eftizeM who ho want to tdeep tdeepam sleepand
and am 1 of the sick and nervous who who suffer sufferseriously Riteraerto sufferseriously
seriously aerto from the usual 1 demonstration demonstrationLYNCHERS demo demotrtSOn5LYNCEERS H HLYNOHERS
LYNCHERS GET THREE THREEReported THREEUellortccl THREEReported
Reported Slayers of vity uy 3Iur Marshal Iial at atLainar nt1lInar atLamar
Lamar Aiming Those Executed ExecutedLos ExccuteclLos lxecuteeiLos
Los Animas Colo Cob Dec 27 71tItked 27Maskedmen 71tItkedi Masked Maskedmen
men suddenly uddenl surrounded the jail to tonight toBI tonight ¬
night BI ht overpowered the sheriff secured securedhis aeeuredAis securedhis
his keys key and lynched Lawrence Leberg Lebergwho Lebergwho Lebergwho
who murdered a farmer near here Tues Tuesday TUellday Tameday ¬
day dayIt dayIt dayIt
It is rumore rvmorel l here that two tw mon who whokilled whokllleel whokilled
killed the city Ity marshal of Lamar last lastnight lastnight lastnight
night in cold col blood were ere caught cau ht to tonight toI tonight ¬
night and lynched lynchedMURPHY lyncbedMURPHY lynchedIllRPllY
MURPHY I I CONTROL CONTROLRules CONTROLRules CONTROLRules
Rules Tammany Committee CommitteeMeeting CO CommitteeAcetiiig l111ittee l111itteeMeeting
Meeting with it Iron Hand HandL I and andA
L A NEW ANTIHEARST FIGHT FIGHTBrooklyn FIGHTllroolln FIGHTBroohclyui
Brooklyn Report IK That Hill antI nndMcCarrun antIJleCnrrcn andMcCnrren
McCarrun Have Organized Or anbed to Elim Eliminate Ellmhlatc Ehinimate ¬
mate Xevr e York Editor from Poli Politic 1011tlotComhinatlon lohiticsCombination ¬
tic tlotComhinatlon Combination to Make Over Overtures Oertures Overtures ¬
tures to Tammany Tanlll1an Tat minutia y Leader LeaderNew IenderNew LeaderNew
New York Y rk Dec 27Charies 2i F F Mur Murphy MurpbJ Murphy ¬
phy demonstrated tonight fat pretty prett con conclusive CHelUlllve conelusive ¬
clusive fashion that he te the absolute absolutemaster absolutemaster te temaster
master of the present Tammany organ organisation 0I organIsstlon 1t 1ttaUo ¬
isation X Xsuit Not only did be run things 10 1081dt tosuit
suit himself hi at the meeting mee of the execu executive exeeutive exerzlive ¬
tive and general committees to reorgan reorpabe reoratee reorganise ¬
tee for the coming year and refuse tvIIe to toallow toallow toallow
allow any aa of the McClellan cCleIIu men elected electedat electedat electedat
at the last primaries to sit on the new newexecutive JIeWeseaatIve newexecutive
executive committee butlie but be had a reM resoopted reMbaUOD reaDmuon
baUOD adopted opted ecI with whoops of joy ex exthe extbe cxessing
essing the organisations high appreciation appre aJllPeelation appreelation ¬
elation of his political sagsktty y and wise wiseleadership wteerBIdp wiseleadership
leadership rBIdp In the last campaign campaignThis campaignThis P PTbIa
This resolution was wasgeneral pad bJ the new JWWCOJDIIIIttee newgeneral
general committee and was offered by byBtUe hIDtUe hylittle
little Tim Sullivan It was taken as an anacknowledgment anaclrDOw anacknoiledsment
acknowledgment aclrDOw t by the SulllvamK of ofMurphys ofMurpb7s ofMurphys
Murphys mastery masteryAIIvKOM muteryAIIlJcM masteryAlleges
Alleges Antllfenrjrt ntlH nrlit Combine CombineThe ComhlncJCThe Coau1aineThe
The Brooklyn Cttteen totight tolit printed printedardeJe an anarticle anarticle
article to the erect that David Bennett Bennettinn Beta ettHID BennettHill
inn and Senator Patrick Henry McCar llcCarrea McOarYea McCarMA
MA WOM un MRMtttoiduT 1oeI the feesAi b of a aD88t0era new newDeeaociatfc sowlmocratle
Deeaociatfc D88t0era C corabteatton C RI just J J formed to toeliminate toeUmJDate toeliminate
eliminate William R R Hearst t The story storysays RorY1D storysays
says in effect that Mr r HID is to be the thechief thecbief thechief
chief political adviser of the combination combinationPatrick combiDatlotLPatrick combinationPatrick
Patrick E E McCabe of f Albany to be the thechief thechief thechief
chief leader above bove the Bronx line 1M and andSenator aJMlSeaater andSenator
Senator McCarren to be the big Demo Democratic DeIDonatle Demoeratie ¬
cratic chief below the Bronx BronxIt BroDIt Bronxit
It te furthermore stated ted In the article articlethat articlethat rbdethat
that Chairnuto William J Connors of ofthe oftile ofthe
the Democratic State committee has re regretted lft lftpetted ragretted ¬
gretted his affiance with Mr Hearst that thatthe tJlatthe thatthe
the Democratic D committeemen appointed appointedto
to try Senator McCarren on the charge chargeof eharJeof chargeof
of knifing Hearst win at Its meeting meetingon meedD meedDon
on January Jan1lar X 3 or later whitewash SeRa Senator SeRat Seastot ¬
tot McCarren that Charles F Murphy Murphyof
of Tammany can come into the combina combination combilaatJoa combination ¬
tion if he wants to and finally that the theappointment theappobatmeot theappointment
appointment by Comptrollereleet Martin MartinH MartinH MartinH
H Olynn of Thomas Tho F Wogan of Brook ¬
lyn to be a transfer tax appraiser indi indicated 1 1sted mdicated ¬
cated < the friendliness of McGlynn and andMr andXr andMr
Mr McCabe to Senator McCarren KeCarrenThe iteCarrenThe
1 The paper also states te that Senator Mc McCarren McCarren McCarren ¬
Carren has had a long talk with th Mr Hill Hillon Intioa Hilton
on matters affecting alfecti the new combina combination combe combetIoa combhtation ¬
tion The Brooklyn Citimen Is a regular regularDemocratic regularDeniocttk IU IUDelDDciattc
Democratic newspaper and for many manyyears ma117years manyyears
years has enjoyed the confidence of Air AirHill r rHili
Hill and Senator McCarren XcCarrelt For that thatreason tbalreaaoa thatreason
reason the story has kicked up a fuss fussamong fUllSalltOll fussamong
among the Democrats in New York not notwithstanding notwtth8tancU notwithstanding ¬
withstanding wtth8tancU the fact that Senator Mc McCarren Mc McCarrett McCrrest ¬
Carren insists that there was no truth truthwhatever truthwbateyer truthwhatever
whatever in the reported new Democratic Democraticbtnation Democraticcombttton Democraticcombination
combttton combtttonStor combinationStory btnation btnationStory
Story Stor Create Interest InterestIt I Ii
i It te I known Juaown and was so admitted ndtell to tonight to tonlgbt tonight ¬
night by Democrats l at the Hoffman HoffmanHouse HoftJIInHOUIIe HoffmanHouse
House that Mr Hill on several occasions occasionsof
of late has talked down this way with wtthImpor1aDt withImportant j jimportant
important Democrats concerning coacendD the sit situation situation sitnation ¬
uation in the State From all that thatbe could aouldbe couldbe
be learned tonight ton bt nothing DOtbt was said saidabout saidabout saidabout
about eliminating enMlnatl William Uam R Hearst Hearstfor Hearstfor HeatSIfor
for the reason that most Democrats be believe be believe behleve ¬
lieve that Mr 1 Hearsts defeat on election electionday electkmday electionday
day coupled ae as it was with the election electionof
of the entire State Democratic ticket is a ablow ablow ablow
blow from which it will be difficult for forhhn forhwr forhim
him hwr to recover recoverYet recoverYet el elY
Yet Y t the dispatches di from Indiana an announce annoDDCe announce ¬
nounce that Charles A Walsh formerly formerlysecretary formertyMCretar7 formerlysecretary
secretary of the Democratic National NationalCommittee NationalCotuinittee Ai AiCommittee
Committee who resigned several months monthsago monthsto monthsago
ago to enter Mr Hearsts Hearst employ was wasactively wasactively wasactively
actively at work in that State in an ef effort crfoct effort ¬
fort to eventualiydaecure eventual1 ure the delegates for forMr forMr forMr
Mr Hearst in the Democratic national nationalconvention nationalconvention nationalconvention
convention of UK UKMANIAC IllSMANIAC IIOLMANIAC
MANIAC FLAGS ALL TRAINS TRAINSPuts TRAINSlutl4 TRAINSIauts
Puts to Flight IiUJlttCrews Crews W Vhen hen en They At Attempt Attcmlt Attempt ¬
tempt to Capture Him HimChicago 111mChica hliuiiChicago
Chicago Ot Dec 27 iFor For six I x hours last lastnight astnight lastnight
night a maniac rin the switchyards switchyardsCavanaugh at atCavanaugh atCavanaugh
Cavanaugh lad a Junction point where wherethe wherethe wherethe
the Lake Shore and Michigan IeIIttan Southern Southerntracks Southerntrack SoutherntrackS
tracks cross those of the Elgin Joliet and andEastern andEastern andEastern
Eastern Railroad RailroadHe RailroadHe RaIlroadHe
He gained lne41 possession 9OBI1IIIII of the tower towerhouse towerboWIe towerhouse
house nagged ft8 ged every passenger and freight freighttrain frelhttrain freighttrain
train that came along and with a coupling couplingpin couplingpin couplingpin
pin put to flight tU bt every train crew that thatmade thatmade thatmade
made a protest protestI protntIt
I It was necessary neces ary to send a special train trainfroM trainfrom j jfrom
from Hammond with ith a score of deputy deputysheriffs deputysberlfCa deputysherlffz
sheriffs to overpower the maniac maniacKilled maniac maniacliJl1ctl maniacKilled
Killed When beu Car Hits Truck TruckNew TruekNew TruckNew
New York Dec 27 iIn In a A collision be between between between ¬
tween a northbound nort be ncI car and a truck truckfilled tmektilled truckfilled
filled with homewardbound laborers nt ntWhite utWhite atWhite
White Plains avenue avenue and lid street this thisevening th theveRID thisevening
evening Sdasarino Monsone lo 84ne was killed killedand klUedand killedand
and three others were seriously injured injuredFlorida 1njuredFlor1cla InjuredFlorida
Florida anti the South SouthThe SonthThe SouthThe
The Southerns Palm Limited via viaSouthern viaSouthern ia iaStilern
Southern Railway resumes sorvioa 5orvl Jan January January JantintI ¬
uary 7 lfJ llfi Pullmans finest ctjtifpmant ctjtifpmantbrilliantly CflItJuntrUIIttDtJ eqO1amantbrilliantly
brilliantly rUIIttDtJ electric lighted Leave Wash Washhtaton Washhtton
htton 315 D m weeK we darn
S
GEORGETOWN GORETO NOW NOWGETS OW OWGETS
GETS DOLLAR GAS GASCost GASCost GASCost
Cost of Manufacture Greater GreaterThan Greaterrrhall GreaterThan
Than in Washinton WashintonBABCOCK WasliiiigtonBABCOCK VashillgtonBAJ3COCl
BABCOCK GIVEN GIVENCorresponding GIVENmEDIT GIVENmEDITCorrcsponding tJEDIT tJEDITCorlespondillg
Corresponding Cut by 1 Parent ParentPlant ParentIlant Pareut1laiit
Plant Not Yet in Sight SightConsumers Sigl1tCommmcrH SightConsunaers
Consumers Make Jal e Remarkable HumnrJ nh e Claim ClaimThat ClaimThnt ClaimThat
That Their Gas Bills Keep Golnff GolnffUp GoluJVI CoingUp
Up Regardless of Regulation of ofHates ofnates ofhtatc
Hates htatc liy h Congress ConrePisGoernrnental ConrePisGoernrnentalControJ CongressGovernmentalControl Governmental GovernmentalControl
Control Under the War Vnr Department DepartmentSuggested D DepartmentSuggested lmrtll1ent lmrtll1entSUJgetited
Suggested by IJ United States Senator SenatorFor SenntorPor SenatorFor
For year CnrH Georgetown has 1m uni uniformly unlforml ainiforinly ¬
formly forml IRI iniil 25 per cent mere for forjjas Corn forgns
jjas n than I Is clinrcctl clucr tI In Washing AVnshlngon Washingion noJhlng noJhlngton
ton on Con Congress reNn accepted the state Iftntement statezuient < nic nicmcnt
mcnt that the cost CO t of manufacture manufactureanil mnnutactureancl ninnufactureand
and distribution was wn creator and anilthe andtill andthe
the profit leN less there than In the thevlty theIt lie liei1
vlty It proper The Georgetown Geor eto1n Ga GaIlKlit GJlIht Gas Gaslight
light Company linn Ian now voluntarily voluntarilyreduced voluntarilyreduced olllntnrUyr
reduced r dllced its It rate to 1 per 1000 feet feetThe feetThe feetThe
The Georgetown G ton Gaslight Company Companyhas Conapenybaa Companyhas
has reduced the price of its gas to con consumers consumen coniwners ¬
sumers from R5 lt to 1 1 per thousand thousandJosepn uondTbI thousandThis
This wu done after a conference with withJoapft WithJoaeptt
Josepn W T Babcock tcock of Wisconsin chair chairman cM1rJDIW chairStan
man of the Committee on the District of ofColumbia orColumbia ofColumbia
Columbia The change e went into effect effecton effecton effecton
on December 22 and the January gad gadMils Jbills gaebills
bills will be payable at the new rate rateW rateW rateW
W Riley Decide president of the theGeorgetown theGeor3etown theOcorgetown
Georgetown Gaslight GuD t Company when whenasked whenaaked whenasked
asked about this change eba ge said saidEver aJcIEYer saidver
Ever ver since nee my election m lit 1 December DecemberUK DeceMberpre DecemberIW
UK as president Went of the company It has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been my intention to bring about a re reduction re reduction reduction ¬
duction in the price of gas for or the people peopleof peopleof peopleof
of Georgetown town at the earnest possible possiblemoment pouIblemoment poosiblemoment
moment With that end m 1a view I have havewith havewlUa havewith
with the hearty cooperation of the di directors directors directors ¬
rectors expended a large sum m Ia re reg rethe remodeling
modeling g the plant and in the extension extensionof
of street mains The work has not been beenentirely beent1re17 beenentirely
entirely t1re17 completed but I felt t lt that by the theend theIIDd theend
end of the year 1907 it would be finished finishedwhich ftldahtdwbIcb finishedwhich
which fact would enable me to carry out outa o otmy t
181 plaia or reducing ue price of gas t
a 1 a thousandUpon thousand thousandUpon aD4 aD4Upoa
Upon receiving reeelvt Mr Babeocks request requestfor reqtKtfor requestfor
for earlier relief I at once one called th thdirectors the thedirector thedirectors
directors together t and K was decided to tomake t tJDae It Itmake
make the reduction to take effect on onJanuary onJaagary onJanuary
January 1 1 tt97 upon up aU 11 bills payable payableFebruary paJableFebnIary payableFebruary
February L 1 It nts hioa k been the constant constantaim ceuta constantaim n t taim
aim of the present management to please pleasepatrons plessPptnMUI piesspatrons
patrons and improve the service as is isevidenced Ise Isevidenced
evidenced e by the improvement t tat street streetttghttog streetttas streetlighting
lighting ttas which was aiLUiiipllrtul a J IWIII oa Sep September SepoC Suptember ¬
tember a of the present year when in into ina Inreep
reep to a request Cross the company eoIaPDytM companythe companythe
the inspector of f lighting ordered the thenew theDeW theflew
new incandescent laeaIId t mantel lamps lubstt lubstttnted aubstitiled MU MUtuted
tiled for all street at t lighting up maintained maintainedby
by the Georgetown wn company companyKxpcnslve companyUXIenMhe companyIiXjeuiVt
Kxpcnslve There Says Mr JJeeble JJeebleThe Deeh Deehrhe DeehIerIte
rhe The comort of opr oyr patrons has been beenfurther beenturtlter beenfurther
further cared for by establishing en h at con convenient conventeRt convenlent ¬
venient places branch offices for the pay payment pa paof payIent ¬
ment of bills Within our territory in inthe Inthe Inthe
the new suburban section our patrons patronsare patronsaft patronsam
are am widely separated making h I I much muchthe muchmore muchmore
more expeDlllve to serve the than In the theclosely thedOled theclosely
closely dOled populated portions of the city cityproper cl cityproper t tproper
proper We believe however that this thisreduction thisredurtlon thisreduction
reduction will result In increased sale Ie for forlighting forJlPting forlighting
lighting purposes but more particularly particularlym
m tn the use of o gas for fuel In the suburban suburbandistricts aaburba1dJatrteta suburbatdistricts
districts districtsThe dJatrtetaThe districtsThe
The prevent output of the Georgetown GeorgetownGaslight GeorgetownGaslight toJl toJlGu
Gaslight l Company according O to Mr MrDeebie MrDeebJe MrDecide
Decide te about abouti ± J5flW feet per day H HI Iin hisays
I says n that no water gas at all Is used
and that the coal used costs more by 15 15cents 1jceni8 1icents
cents a a ton than that used by the Wash Washington Washlngton YashIngton ¬
ington Gaslight Company He says saystoo SRStoo saystoo
too that the Georgetown Geo owo company has hasless hasleu
less than i onehalf o of 1 per cent of the thecustomers th thcUlJtomers thecustomers
customers that the Washington company companyhas eompanba companyhas
has He Is not quite sure how the com company compall cornpatty ¬
patty pall te going to come out on furnishing furnishinggas tur furnishinggas ishlng ishlngps
gas so cheaply but hopes that the com company company cornjaany ¬
pany will not lose money moneyThe lIIO eyThe moneyThe
The bills of the Georgetown G WA Gaslight GaslightCompany GaslightCompany GaslightCompany
Company go out to customers on Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday ¬
day The bills that go out tomorrow tomorrowwill tomorrowwill
will 111 bear on their face a statement im imprinted imprtnt imprinted ¬
printed prtnt with 1th a rubber stamp that all gas gasconsumed ga gasconsumed s sconsumed
consumed after December D er 22 22 at which whichtime whichtime hlch hlchtime
time the last t meter reading readt was as had will willbe willbf willbe
be charged eha for at the rate of 1 1 pro provided provided provided ¬
vided as of old that the bills are paid paidwithin paidwltJdD paidwithin
within ten days after being belB rendered If Ifnot Ifnot ifnot
not not the price charged will be SL25 SL25Aiew USYie 125 125View
View Yie of Gas Experts ExpertsIt
It has always been claimed by b the gas gasexperts gasexperts gasexperts
experts and the managers of the two twogas twota8 twogas
gas companies that it costs more to make makegas makegas makegas
gas in Georgetown than in Washington Washingtonby Wu ln OD ODbY
by reason of conditions peculiar lar to toGeorgetown toGeor toGeorgetown
Georgetown Geor own rather than because of any anyDifference amfterence anydjfference
Difference fterence m hi prices of materials such us uscoal ISc ascoal
coal c oil or water or in wages W of em employes fmp107e empIoyes ¬
ployes or salaries of managers So well wellestablished wellestabllabed wellestablished
established has been this conviction of a afair afall afair
fair and honest difference in the cost co t of ofproduction ofproduction ofproduction
production between the two places that thatCongress thatCcngr thatCongress
Congress Ccngr has formally recognised sed it in integislatio1 inJegJstatlol inegislatloi
tegislatio1 fixing flxt prices of o gas to con consumers consumers consumers ¬
sumers In the tile act which Axes present presentprices presen presentprices t tpr1cfs
prices Congress con1 provided that after July
1 1381 the price of gas to consumers in inthe inthe inthe
the city of Washington should be not to toexceed tuexc4 toexceed
exceed lKl 1 per 1090 cubic feet feet and from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the same date the price to the people of ofGeorgetown ofGeo ofGeorgetown
Georgetown Geo town should be 15 LS Prior to toJuly toJuly toJuly
July 1 HOt the prices were respective re pectlVIYLII y
110 11 and 135 The same disparity d ex existed exIsted cxisted ¬
isted in the prices fixed by b similar al dlar acts actsof actsof t tof
of Congress prior to the adoption of the theexisting th thcxlsU theexisting
existing cxlsU law lawPrice JawIrlcc lawlrice
Price Hiirher In Georgetown GeorgetownOne GeorAetownOne GeorgetownOne
One of the conditions which hich the man managers m maaagers HI HIagers ¬
agers of the Georgetown company have haveurged blYeurbed haveurged
urged for charging < higher < prices for forstreet forstreet forstreet
street lamps lam in Georgetown Geor etown is the fact factthat factthat factthat
that they supply a smaller 11er population as ascompared ascompared ascompared
compared with 1th the Washington a bt ton Gaslight GaslightCompany Ga8lightI GaslightCompany
I Company But in a a letter to the Dis District Di4 Di4trfct District ¬
trict Commissioners in ISM l2 Mr r John JohnLeetch JohnI JohnLeetcb JohnLeetch
I
Leetch then president pre of the Georgetown GeorgetownGaslight GeorgetownGullPt GeorgetownlaslIght
GullPt Gaslight Company assigned assign t another anotherreason notherreason > r rfelUlOft
reason He H said Id The service rvlee in George Georgetown Geolgetown Gcorgetown ¬
town Is an expensive 6tpen fve one We Ve have only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout
about 44 UI street lamps and receive no nobenefit nobeneftt nobenefit
benefit from the large consumption of ofgas ofby ofgas
gas by the United States government and andthe andtbe andthe
the government of the District of Co Columbia Columbia Columbin ¬
lumbia The service Is more expensive expensivethan expensivetban expensivethan
than in a larger city where there in a alarger alarger alarger
larger consumption Undoubtedly Mr MrLeetch MrLeeteh MrLeetch
Leetch stated precisely the true and Just Justreasons justeftsons justreasons
reasons for maintaining < a higher price pricein priceIn prIcein
in Georgetown than could be demanded demandedin
in Washington Uldn on At any rate rate the District DistrictComtnfs8ioGrs DtatrictComml DistrictCommissioners
Commissioners 1ooers and the committees CO of ofCongress otCORrt1 ofCongress
Congress 8 listened to the argument ar t and andCONTINUED andCO andCOTIilJBD
CONTINUED CO TINUBD OX o THIRD BASE
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