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REPORT"ONTHE "! , Munu mi Clal ffijiews' of- Minority Presented Ih the Senate by Elkins of West Virginia. J . 8tei . tier Figures Covrlng a Period, of Thirty, .jj,. ft , !een Yea 8how D'0 Reduc ro, i't'on n Rates Service Much gtci 'More Etnelently Organised. -on feni ..... . 'N Wal)lHRloii.Scnnlor Elklna of ,, West Virginia ling Just completed and (he filed In the aennto Ills inlnoilly icport .ftB on the rallioad rate law. It presents tjj9 n comprehensive history of the prjB economic development of Ameilcan accc ralhoadu, together with exhaustive acc tables which tend to show a constant- ton ly decreasing freight and p.iBBciiRr Ada rate, nnd the 1 elation between such wj,e intcH and the price of commodities hm nd cost of labor. ., . ...m -, diet. The nvciago riaHn.iiRcr rale," says A the report, "advanced Blight!- from Jolni , 1870 to 1880. Ouilng tho next twenty- Mlti' four yeais there was a decline J""51 . amounting to 17.85 per cent of the JjJJ, average for 1S80. The net decline wan from 1870 to 1890 averaged 16 It per Pelt V cent. During the jears from 1S70 lo $200 1901, the rate for the earlier year be- nr ( Ing about two and a half times of Hip Pft latter and tho net savings to the ship met pcrs nvciaged 11.09 mills per ton ciim mile." Tho repoit says that the cont of transportation In 1901 was nearly two billion dollars less than It would hse been had the rates for 1S70 still pre vailed. , " The passenger business of 104 px- - . ceeded that of 1890 by more than 2b ' v ' l'er cent, while tho frelaht rate wa ; . 13.26 per cent, In comparison with the Increase In wages of rallioad em- plojes from an average wage ot V" I567.2S lt 1900 to $630 SO In 1904 The "r report sajs that the service In 1904 ',. was so much more efficiently orgsn- ."VjJ.- Ued that the labor contributed by ths 'ri , average employe accomplished 23 u, :, per cent more In the movement of ?C paBsenge.rs and 74 per cent more In . the movement of freight than In IRSO fcjSiV - Tho repoit gives the total railway SSgi. , capitalization June 30, 1901, as $10, y 711.791,078, and sajH this amount Is (SikJf, " " Pr cent less than the vamniwi SJELa c'il' vh18 of the railways, as estl- $&"' uiatod by tho census bureau. I T.'l SHIP 8UB8IDY IN BACKGROUND. -S ''-- Every Day Lessens Chances of Its w Passage In Lower House. WaKhlngton. Aside fiom approprla I tlon bills and conference leports the 1 nil 1 1 HUbHldy bill is the only measure of general Importance that la llkelj to rccolvo the nttentlon of the house, and the Aldrlch financial bill the only ipno that probably will receive the at tention ot the senate during the clos ing weok of the lait session of the fifty-ninth congress. It Is Senator Aid rich's purpose to press his bill for consideration wheneer oppoitunltj offers, and he Is still hopeful of sue cess notwithstanding the opposition, I tho congestion of bills and the limited M time left. The house friends of ship 3j subsidy also profess themselves as I hopeful, but thev admit tint everv H day that goes by without actlrn M lessens their chance Some ot them I nxprcss confldciicp In gettlns some fij features of the bill Incorporated in I the postofllce appropriation bill, but B If they fall In that program they will m jnako a last effort for Independent ac H tlon by the house after the pisaiiKe H of the general deficiency approprln m tlon bill. They will ask to have two H or three days set aside for tho con aldoratloji of tho subsidy bill, when n tho conforenco reports are not before H . ttic house, and tho Inclination of the 1 leadois Is to giant this conrenslon. The Kaiser Is Exultant. I Ik'illn. Empoior William on Hun- H day gave an ntldlcuco of an hour to H Count lido von Stolberg-Weinlgeiode. president of the lelchxtag, to whom M lie expressed his high satisfaction at . m the tcHiilt of tho iccent dccilonx, H which, ho said, had shown Hut the -gk Social nomocracy had been over U come. Ho hoped this xplilt among the M people would continue. Ilogatdlni; colonies Kmpeior William expi eased tho wish that a large number of tin U members of the lelrlistag would con V vluce thomselves as to their value bj traveling thcie. I Eulogies In the House, WnshluRton Kulogles on the lives tit the late Senator Russel A. Alger nl Michigan, and the late Koprpsenta tlvcs Cullom Adams of Wisconsin, William 8. Black of New York and J. II. Ketcham of New York, weie pronounced Sunday In the house ot iciucKcntnllves, which convened I" pay tilbuto to these statesmen Thoso who spoke or sSt.moi Also. career were llopivsHitiillvo Town HPUd, Fnidnny. Uamlllon, (J.nd'i .. Denliy and Dariagh of Michigan, and IlcpieBentntlvo I.nccy of Iowa, J Urge Downfall of Zelaya. Vnnfrtna- The nuill' which aniv.i lioio Sunday hi ought n piocl.unatlo Hlgned at Cholutoca, Honduras, b;v rdoHorals AnnBliwllo Ortl., l'anll.u I flodoy, Kmlllo n.am.irio. Ileiilu I Kciicavrrla. Antonio Huh l biiU 1 - ,lafnC noriiri.de. n-pi'HCiillnR tit I ' Nlcarng,! ft. h r fnnong lh i mi I .of tlm army of 1'resldHiit noiiliia iil I Uondur;Tl. prj-rlamut Imi U nrt I Buys thft'PrelMwt SSolnyu'n doBnnl 1 U au urselit neoetslty. CONFESSIOti OF ADAMS READ IN COURT iiOOM , i Claim Wa Made by Adams. That He,' Wat Sent to Idaho to Help Simp- ' kins 'Get"'. Steunenberg. in. Wallace, Idaho. The features of j Saturday's proceedings In the trial of Btevo Adams, charged with the niur ' ilcr of a man named Tyler In tin ' ftllds of tho St. Joo countiy. and In solving the murder of cx-dovrnior 3teuncnbeig. wero the loading of th i :onfcsalon of AdnniH, which the de i fense contends was obtained mnlef ' lurcss and Is false, nnd the cros? jxijmlnatlon of Warden Whitney of he Idaho penltentlaiy. Mr. Whitney ivas questioned chiefly with logard to ' he disposition of Adnma whllo the ' prisoner was under his care, who had ' iccess to .him and .who was -"ileiilcl J lccess. A searching cross-examlna- Ion followed as to the reason why i Vdams was kept in the pmltentlary 1 ivhen theie was no charge against llm and after he had not been In llcted by the gland jury. Adams' confession states that he t olned the Western federation jf i diners at Cripple Cieek; that he j tnew Moyrr, Hajwood and Peltlbonu; hat rettlbonc told him to go tr. daho Hiul seo Slmpklns that they Vantpd lo "get" Ktminenberg; that f 'ettlboi.p went to llaynood nnd got ' '200 for his expenses, that the Minn , ier of "getting" Steuunnlxjig was eft to him; that ho went to Idaho, net 8lmpklns and thoro planned tho i hue. CUBANS CHEER MAQOON. Govsrnor Atked lo Abrogate Law Agalnit Cock Fighting. Haana. A pintpslon headed by ix-Sfiiator Monteagudo nnd compose! )f 500 homenipn, many carriages r'd bsnils of mif-lc, paiaded the strpets ?undaj afternoon. A halt was made In front of the pihce ulip.e tht oands plajed pitilotle alra amid much 'heerlng. Ooemor Mageon, In re iponse to erica of "Long Lle Guv rnor Migoon" rcvlovied the gather ing from a balcony of tha palRce and ifterwaid rerrKrd a committee which presented a petition signed by mum thousands of persons in Havana and 3tht?r cllle (equating the abrogation of the military order ot General Loo nard Wood piohlbltlng cock lighting Governor Magoon promised to give II. e matter cueful consideration, nfter which the gatheilng dispersed. Twenty Cents a Mle for Congress men. Washington. When the report ot the confeioS of the legislative, oxec utlve and 'Judicial bill was presented to tjio hoiiM", Mr. Ciunipackor ol Indiana nuked what piovislon w.if tnnde reKpcctlng the mlloago allow ance of members of congress, In vlow of tho increase In HlaileH. Mr. Lit tauor explained that the amount re malned at 20 cents a mile. He said, however, that the committee on 'np proprlatlons would douhllens limit the allowance to actual traveling ex penses In the gcnoral deficiency bill Peasants In ntisslan Parliamsnt. Ft. Petersburg -Statistics for las' week chow the election of 419 num litis of parliament, as follows: Sevent-fle inonrchlsts, 33 mode rates, 24 piogresslves, 7S constltu tlonal denmrrats, 156 members of th left party, 10 intlonalists and 13 In deflnltes. The left paity Is no vagut aggregation. It contains an unprece dented number of loclaHsts, Including (7 soclsl democrats ami 15 social revolutionists. The llusslan social lain me stronger niTmeileally than an? body of mhIiiIIsIr that ever sat In the German lelchstag. Steamer Imperatlx Oooi Down Oft the Island of Crete. Tilesle, Austria. fhtf Austilan Lloyd steamer Impcilntrlx, while bound fiom TiIchIb to Ilonibay. ran onto a rock near C'aiie Klaphonlsl, upon tho Island ot Crete, nnd sank soon nfterward. It Is knovn that the disaster was accompanied bj loss ol life, but In the absence of definite news the number of drowned Is un known. The passengers and crew on boaid numbered about 150. The Im poialrlx sailed from Trieste ou Feb ruaij 19. Threw Bomb Under Chief's Carriage. Odessa A bomKwas thrown be neath the ranlage of the chief of po lice, Colonel von Gessonberg, as he was driving In the center of the city Satuiday afternoon. The explo'rion of "the bomb wrecked the carriage, se verely Inlurlng the chief of police and f tattered debils all over the tho block, and broke windows of all the houses In the ..vicinity. The would-be ansassln escaped. Chief of Police ox llesseberg la accused ol being the Instigator of the late nntl Semitic i lots lieie. Home Will Hear No More Austin. Tex.So far as the mem bers of the houe commlttOo appoint ed lo Investigate ihe charges against United StalcH Senator .1. W. Ilalloj Is concerned, the ln irrigation Is nl an end At an executive session on BrtturdHJ it was decided i.i jya rjv ther Testimony should Ijo herrinnjl. a Kiiheoininltleo wan appolnjsd to , i'liJW' lb" -.;!0 P,('8 ot ,yI(Ul,Mli' .nnikfi findings on th idlipiiiud faej(sl land report to tho full cohimlttoe aM (the flarllest noMlhle momant -i 1 1 On Life's Journey. """ Ho will certainly fall who, hopes to know men deeply nnd Snget hap piness, never to get nnXlftlyWUtreiib disappointment, put.of' knowflg thom, mid-he baa nilsftnkon ihp fljldea of huninn compaiirpnihlp w'ho ajOki com pajilonshlpB, trtcndihlpl find contacts with mauklnd directly and IflinBly for the pleasure they will gjp him. Phil lips It rooks. Frivolous Femininity. j In an attlcle in tho lplil Hevlew. Marie Corelll says: No p"Wer, human or divine, can alter the Inborn spliit of tho purely frhoious feminine-and one cannot but bo amused with Us .U lights In chiffons He klttenllk'e pleas u?o In tho length and sllkyappear nnco of Its own tall its placid smirk at Its own reflection In tho convenient minor. Willing to Expatriate Son. Covnsel for a hotel beat said to n London magistrate the othor day that the prisoner's father was willing, If the magistrate would deal with the case, then, Instead of holding the pits oner for trial, to "send him to an Is land In the Pacific from which it would be practically impossible for him' to return." "Apple of the Eye.V The term apple of the eye, used ip the Hlblo, Is frequently applied tr unythlng highly esteemed. An appl nrd Is an orchard, or a fjpjd devntei to the rea-lng of apple uees. Thr wood tne apple nee In close fib-, anil ha d. and Is used for turnl ' Into a tieies for which a hard grain. ! wood Id lequired. At a Favor. At the pit of a coal mine In Pennsyl vania thoro have occurred, during the past few months, quite a number of accidents whereby Innocent bystand ers have come to grief. Accordingly somo kind ofllclal has caused to b posted a notice, that leaches the acme not tumble down the sha'ft." Harpei s Weekly. The Hairdresser's Problem. "I am told," said the customer In the operating chair, "that there are nnae persons In the world than any one of them has hairs on his head." Heallj, dr!" said tho hairdresser. "Then it follows that two persons at laast must havo tho snmo number of hairs on their heads!"- Is that a fact? Elephant Stealing Comm Slam's toak Industry Is handicapped by the stealing of elephants. Last jear thiee firms lost 33 elephants, woith $33,000 gold, lecovcry of a stolon animal la rare", says 'tho Far Eastern Itevlew, of Manila, Hong Kong nnd Yokohnma. How to Tell Pure Oeam; A simple way to delect tho adulter ation of Ico cream with cornstarch Ih to dissolve n little of the Ico cicatn In water and then ndd a few .hops of the tlnctuio of Iodine. The solution will at onco turn blue If theie Is staich In tho cream. The Average Girl. I wonder why every one Is so ready to condemn tho poor piescnt day girl? Tho average girl of the picsent day has many Interests and wastes far less time than the maiden of the "good old times." Mrs." Xelsh, In M. A. P. Cheek on African Traders. The Cape parliament In South Afri ca passed a bill which compel oieh trader to keep piopor books and re fuses him a llcenso unless he can show that he has some capital and Is not a man of straw. American Cloth In China. The popularity of An'irlcan cloth, especially sheeting and drills, among tho Chlneso Is such that It Is handled by all the principal merchants In this line, whatever their nationality. At the Horse Files' Convention. Tho houoinble chairman We will now consider the question of automo biles, (he alarming lncrese of which seilously threatens the future 'of our piofesslon. Puck. Upper Nigeria Advancing. Tho flnRor-print system has reached southern N'lgeila. In October It was stnrted for the Identification of cilm Inals, and 152 Impressions and photo graphs were taken. Atlanta Cooking. Scientists say that cooking does not kill tho bacilli. Lots of' It finishes people, however. Atlanta. Constitution. Invention Dispels Fogs. j An AiiBtilnn engineer named Pola Iiiih Invented an npparaliiH which bv means of Hiidden miction nnd pi casino dispells the fog In fiont of ships Become a Problem. . Itomembor that when you go visit lug o become, a pioblem. Train Whistle Carries Far. A train whistle lias been heard n balloon four miles above tho earth. Qurel Haven's You Heard Them? ' Men who are habitually meek hiivc a queer way of saying ugly thlney. ' Truth In Proverb. We aro thtrhuthora of our own disas ters. Latin nroerty. I Do You Opr-ii Your Jnnilli I Like a young bird nmtgulp down what- rver food or iMsllrlimmny be ulTered ) ou ? Or, tin) on want to know iixiiPtlittig of the I competition H"d lmr.it t.-r of that which I you tnkr- I it.. )our ioinaih whether as food or iw-dkl.ip? Mot liitrlllRPtit anil eiKll.le people nmv a-dH Insist on Kimwlng what they enipl.i) w In i In r as f.Hl or as innltt-iiio. Dr. Pierce l-Uees thi-y have a perfect right l.iliil(.tnsiii mob kixm lodge. Soke, publishes, brnailmst and on each Ixittle w rapper, what his medicines me mn.le of and ertfles t iimlcr alh. This he feels ho can well slTnril hi do Iipchusc the niiirn the Ingredient of which ,N medicines are made are studied mid understood tho more will tl."lr superior curatle lrtue lie appreciated. Per tlie cine of woman's peculiar weak nesses, Iriegiiliirltles and ilerangeineut.s, giving rise o freijiie.it lieiulnelie.. Iiaek ache, drsRKlux-d.iwii pain or dllre In lower abdominal or Hhlc region, areoin panled, orttlmes. with a debilitating, pelvic, catni rliul .Iralu ami kindred svinn- , ...... .......... ..... ...u .IK, ,. I l, J,,. torn of weakness. Dr. Tierce's I'avoriln Prescription Is a most efllcleiit reme.lv. It Is equally elfei'llte In curing painful periods, In L'Kliiit strength to nursing mother and In preparing the syMem iif the exMctnnt mother fm baby's coming, lhu rendering clilldlilrth safe and com paratively painless. Tlie"'avoilte Pre scription'' Is a most potent, Mrctitfthculijg tonic to the general st-Morn and to Oin organs distinctly feminine in particular. It is alo a soothing and tin igoratlng nervine and cures nervous, exhaustion, nervous prostration neuralgia, hvlerla, spasms, chorea or M. Vttm-'s dance, and other dlMrn-glng nervinis nnptnms at tendant upon funrtl'iiinl nnd organic dis eases of (he distinctly feminine oipans. Aliotof nusllcal niitlmritles nf all the several schools of practice, recommend each of the seven 1 Ingredients of which "Favorite Prescription" Is made for the cure of the diseases (or w hlch It I- claimed to bo a cure. You niRV reifil what they say fnr vourtelf by sending a postal card reqnejt for n free Itnoklet of extraets from tho leading authorities, to Doctor It. V. Pierce Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In stitute, liuffaln, N. Y., and It will cumo to you by roturn post. Pigs as Pets. T)ie Barbados pigs aro kept ns pots 'oy many of the natives, who teach 'hem mnuiinjr tricks and permit them to run all over their houses. He'o Dead. "What has become of the man who ised to willo plausible articles on How to Live on Thlily Cents n Day?" " isks an oxohauge. Doad, most likely. Little Leisure In Japan. Faetorlos in .Japan do not stop work on Sundays, but usually tho llrst and fifteenth of each month ato holldaxs. With the Coming of Age. Age dooB not niako us childish, an tome say; It llnds iib true ehtldien. Goethe. Death as a Friend. Death In a friend of ours; and bo that Is not ready to enteitaln him Is lot at homey Uucun. The Man Without Defects. A man who shows no defects i.s a 'ool or n hypocilte, whom we should, uUtiiut. Joubeit. HOLLISTEri'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Buy Muliclne for limy Fforla Br'ngi OolJfn Itrltb nd Renewed Vigor. A so-flllo fin rr.istlpiiiim. Inillrnttlon I.Itb mM KMiipv Tmulilec. rlinplcs K.-jems, Impure Jltl, Ilml Ilri-nlh filusjlsli rtowclt, rmUi.'hn iI II ickui-rm li's Iloeky Mmintalii Ten In tub. M form, at cenln n lint Denulnn nmiln by IloLI.IHTKn Dni'O CniiPANV, Madison. Wis GOLDEN NUQCETS F0H SALLOW 1V7LE Dt BJLVUZEK ) fiVi I CN(ING(oVer 1 i" YOU HAVE AG00L A .. - flFrilOT crC(c) n Advertise L, .AUD CET IT 1 y.x.y 2Z& Anfone lentllnn a kkrh nnd floacrinil'm nifty qtitrklr fltr(uin vur iinion freo whether t liiroiiMmi U pmhur if vrtipiuM romniiniUn Hunt Rlrlol If r MitlilcniUl IIAfJtinOOK ii I'nlonli ftiit fren. tl"1it iivener furtn itrinr i(rjiia. rtntfl taken ilmniuh Muuit K i tectln $pt4iatnolUtt wllhoutctmrtfo, Inlim Scientific Jlntcriccm A hndomelr IIIiiiIwiihI wwkif. I ursctl rlr, mlKlloi. nf mir k ln.lH" l',nrul. Irr.nt, tJ tnil four iiionlUe, II. Sola brail tiowi1ter. MUNN &Co.3B1BrMda"NewYork UrancU Offl), (M V RU Wasbtuiituii. V, C . O-O--O --'' 4 lH i! THE :WEW ROAD Cg H j THE BEST LiNE P 7 ' H I Southern California I I ' ' J' ' hi 1 i ii ,..i.ijiiian 1 1 1 11 1 1 n 1 L- l! A jm 1 1 ()iil direct luif Sail Lake to Los Angeles. T I Aost motlcrn pil.uiul trains, ctiuipped with f 'H Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars, Diners and l;rec H I Reclining Chair Cars. t I All tr lin ; viiS lit L'tke City and Nevada's Mineral Y H Hek I M I New Route open to Bullfrog. r 't Ask nearest agent about California Kvctirsions.or H 1 4 write to I H t J. H. BTJRTNER, D. P. A., . X H t S.P.L.A.&S.L.E..R. Salt Lake City, Utah i ?M H ST A. TWAINS DAILY yj 'H t FART P 1 I OREGON SHORT LIE 1 I UNION PACIFIC JU I fill) APS C 'M S riilliirimlcllic fuimiin J IJ Overlftnd Limited r V .-.-nnd new k J Los AnSolos Llmlled -- H 3 .Strictly Luoiithdli ..ut.iry, will.) vchIIIiiiIciI, tdcolrlo lluliltnl, OV H g ti'iui. hi-utvil trni it, oicriiliiiu I'lillnmii I'lihicoKlovpuri; fc JM g IiifoinimriililoOlicfrviilloii-Libinry tuiil Dinliii: Curx Kg, H 3o of Hit- vi' i y l:iti-t uii.i.ufiioturo. ug jH 'j. ONLY FORTY-TWO UOUItS, SALT LAKH TO CIHCAC10 3 H w City Tiokol Ullli-c, ll Main Ktrcct 3g Slt Li.Uc City, I'tuli g H In less than one year, over H 1200 Independence 'phones H have been installed in Utah H County. H It's the "PHONE THAT TALKS" and S Free Utah County Toll Ser-vice. "M Utah independent Telephone Go. ? Let Us Remind You f 'mi " "-' ' IJ i ;r $ That there is no kind of flour superior M' H j to that manufactured by the Lehi Mill Jf. M ,$ and Elevator Company. . . &P H $ Our Flour is maile from Choice Selected jt . .t Utah Vheat on the Very Latest S .$ Improved Milling Machinery $& M $ &. EVERY SACK CUARASTEED TOR SALE AT ALL STORES J I I THE LEHI MILL AND ELEVATOR GO. I U A New And Modern Mill ;fi H fy Alt Up.to.Da.to Miller ftf, H IinillVn NiTunt-D roiinvt Kiutor llLiALIliU ro" C'"T" eum or llt roitONINa. 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