Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 September 1903 — Page 2

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OR PANAMA CANAL

tt t nT r tv m r i 'i -i nr l tpvv Submits New Measures. MER TREATY IS REJECTED lotr I irliiirni IliHumlrM wiii üm .. ittii Bs fers Ihm rwrM 1 ihinhlxn ctiutc lititeil States ill t I ttMkldi r It. JasMnaton. Scot. 14. Official det the bill by which the C I mi .; s.-. hopes t t.o..i the I Jvates in its desire to cooatruct lur.ian canal an contain' 1 iu a 4 l.. till..,! n!ft-i Iii muiiua;. iiuii ..... - . ... mi Meaujiri'. at i..gi-a 1QIS tan.' ected by the en:: re LoiomTfcr i.iint committee of the ser.ate and bill Pen. rill cash thai: .e have favorably reported a verning the eandrtructiOB of a .i anal, which, if suov. -ful. ('olomhia $;'. '."'" more in nd JlüO.vHX) more in annüitie ould get were the liay-Her-aty ratified. ran Uepnrtme at 111 -u uteil. Th' state department, supremely dised ai the greed of the Colombians, M hope that any treaty wul l by the congress before Seplber the time limit lor exe nanw rat itiea' ions. But. despite all this, re !. M indication that the presiJons for the construction of the tanal .a ....... n t ; , I.-.. a Btme department. n.- fuilows: Com niK.inn'i Re-oninieoilatloB. TL Approval of the action of the sen su re'.', ting the Hay-ilerran treaty Authority to be given to the preait to conclude treaties for the i anil i.i on tract for a canal with private l , . . . .1 1 ft, -. M . V. 'U.' 5. Fhe Panama Canal Railroad Ci. to ee permitted to transfer its property al! existing obligations to be asItxiiued by the purchaser, Including the BXiuai payment of M'-k and the The canal company to be p"rml i W, M 14 ' caaui x - i . 4 i . V fd to transfer its rights and prop rty i b payment of $10.u00,000 to the gov '.. Autaority to be given to th pre.jnt of Colombia to make the folIW1UBJ .tjuct;iuu iuu mum i n.J. last hi inf canai cunv iur i eais. .i , . . i . . i . . . including therein the cities of Paaau anri (Vilnn - annual rental therefor. intil 1967. to be $150,0)0: lease renewper tentum in the rental for each hcteeding ICHj-year period, neutrality the nal and recognition of Colom bian - .enty over tne wnoie lerriI..HJ i ur in it a ... alt. . . xed trit :nals only iu the canal m . lee and sanitary commissions to be usivciy c.-iombian; a time urn:: to pfl for the (omnletion ot tne cinai works . Colombia to receive from tho conrtlng government -'K ;.00 on the . . s u.iii..ti.., r , k .. C in Vf Ol l i AVHMi u. . .. reuy Regulations to h made fixing conditions of purchase of private Jl.l.i.. Ponnro' ftlsnnti h w.1 fora. i j i o iiv ,1.. v - - . - ke Sunapee. N H. rr i r. ay m ouuw , . IT .. . t.e 1 tiiiArM'JlT l'- :i 1 , i.v ! V'.Ir r.vVn - 'leriii of Former 'i rentj. i.-. r1.-!. ... '. a aii'ilit trot 111 -r the -Herrin treaty: n fion O'irt rash from the I .'d wv(vv treaty. XX hm Vit Treaty nil I"r. XVhat tlie bill now tiexure me iwumaan rtinzress calls for: a - . 1 1 1 1 i y a 1 1 1 1 1 a.rio.ooowo from th Panama taal 50 000 annuity for concessions t3 the Panatra railway $ir.ö.000 rental ftr the car.ai ?.one. . h. a m a m am a a a aA a aa a. a i SSa KUHM KUbRDI Llun I ixlivu. rlaa; a Srvrrr Slorm the KteentUa Manaloa at SprlnsBela Was Slrnrk Br Llahtala. I aprinjtVld. Ill . Sept. 14 The top o i J . V. , , V, frnnl ,.f (Hfl S massive inn u m hit nuui .w.i oln ... ulrnrli hv lii?ht. XOCUCITV Ulll.iiuu " ' "v. .-v Bing. annriaA- afternoon, durirs a The bolt of lightning was a Bfriftc one. and two great ball of fire axeemed to fall from the porch. Oov. Vales though' that the pore ha.1 nenr nn. miu ivit,wi.'imM a. a at , - lr,1ntl tl.lH ft f th department. The fire marsiiai anc art of the fire department aaowerefl - K.. ,.,xt)t firxtx ni fir gUlTiniUIl., I'M V VWISIXJ oil' a ve ... - bolt of lightning was one of the terrific ever witnessed here. Old DefeMdera' liny. lannro 1(1. fsenr 1 . 1 II ii.i. iCbamber of Commerce, Stock Exand public buildings were Saturday, which is a holiday by . . . ... Tl. t -y 1. IltinU'ü IU Defenders' day. in memory of the of North Point, in 1814. Baraed Herarll FataFy. Chicago. Sept. 13 In tbe presence oi blind mother. Mrs. Clara txin.r. day night, saturated her dreu;; with l ..!,,. I n nx 'if.'M fn I 1 was to badly burned that sit .. . a . i .. tllrt ktibi .11 '

URGE BROOMCORN CROP Central Illinois Farmers Expect a Kecoru Breaking Price.

urrrt Irr Hi. 1.1 Inn l.nurrl) For the I'riiUui I Ml I'rlct-a I r Vlieutl ot arnil, Mattoon. 111.. Sept 14 At the final figure- hi the Ir.ionicoro crop of 190! I rutr.e to the Mirfat e new inter, .-t is l bhown by the growers of central 111 !- ' noii, in ihe district male up of ColBs, i k. .: ., V. -.il r;e and Ki.gar counties, the greatest hroomcorn-prxlucinK taction of the world, as well as by ihe j numerous brolWI In brootmoru and I lbs uiaiir.tüi ttirers of brooms. OaJaaetM llleotlooi Nu ml rs of tcntral Illinois broom- : corn grower! have traveled Um l'nj;th ; and breadth ot Oklahoma to look at the j Ktiuati.m there and see what the J bromcora en ; of that territory actuI ally am nints to. Returning pilgrims report that the acreage ',a Oklahoma, ! which is a new brootuiorii-piod'u ntj ' ne. lion, is about the same at 4n 19ÖS . ! but that tor various reasons, the weather not as favorable as :t ' should have been during the growing teason, the yield in tonnage will be about two-thinis of last year. The estimate of car loads of broomcorn Pi Oklahoma territory this year is To', asaii:-? 1.200 in 1J02. Men now on the 1 ground state that the scene baffles doSCrlDtiofi there There are at lea-t tw lj hundred uuyers racing over tne urn- i . . . ... . . I I tory boyllMI up every pound of brus'i j they can lay their hands on. iiiiiioi Ban mmt o. The ball I of broomeorn In thi great central Illinois district is on at the present time, and it is very diifei- ' ent trim that which usually prevail: I'sually the harvesting of a crop cT broomcm caes tho cities of Mat toon. Charles M and Areola, the thre prtacfpa broOCtteon centers, to br overrun with men from other staus seeking emoymOttt in the broomcor fields. This y. ar there has been absolutely r.o hallux Of Otkl fr'ni otter points. The word has Rot out that the rro; is very short and that htm help -an kannst it. r.i- . lliu'.i I'rlee. The central Illinois farmer witb broomcorn is expecting th? price to b a rec ord-breaV.or this year. Some hie t at $1"') per tor. and brovmorn speculators, who have a grip on thin:-., with a suppl of corn produced in prevlou years, are expecting even higher pricei than FIFF COMPANY MAY RESIGN. The BaskVlIla illt. Klre fmuM Thrralrn t' !ltlan I !" au In lu Is I. run !. Nashville. 111.. Sept. 14. The Na.-h tdVrt t'i tiiTtc'l mii' 1xa rnm T-! 1 cf f:i fiht the flre nf the citv If the mem-

I bers of the Nashville fire department The peasants are wel.omin the in-ur-j eany out their intended plans. For t .nts everywhere wiih the greatett en- J

several sessions bills have been pre- j sented to th council for passage, the j new ordinance beinc a readjustment of the salary rate now in vogue Each time the measure was presented it has been tabled until the following session, j no action bein taken in the matter. Tha rae ails for a payment of 5' for MCt hour of service of firemen and JJ an hour for th thief. At the last sssinn of the couneil the ordinance fame up for the third time, and it was again pigeonholed until the next see sion. With the pr-e:v atlon of the or ('induce at the laf tessloi the flrrmeÄ al-o presented an ultimatum to thr effect that unlera their demands wer compiled with t.ie entire body would resign. m.lns nf the fire eompanv will i be hel l .iurin-' tr." v.eeK. ar iiH'ii u.ue i the natter will be discussed and action ; HEAVY RAINS IN NORTHWEST A Drlu.' t" Minnesota en.l SnoM 1 .riti v.iii Dauaxaam Orafa Thee dt t i)o!in. St. Paul. Minn.. Sept. 1H One of th I hea -; rain s'orms in recent years j rad in St. Paul and general i thro-.il. it the state tait Friday night. J the o.T.. ul rainfall in this city being five inches for the 12 hours between 7 p. and 7 a m Many basements were flooded, and steet tar service wxj much Imped : sand washing on the track. ReDortshaw that Friday night's rain 1 storm extended from Klray" Wis., to I Sioux City. la . and that damage to I grain will be ex-.-nsive In some parti j of this state it is Impossible to mnvi threshing machines or ha il grain. Thi result will oe mat mmij w i " d flaJ ,n sho( k t,e damagetl. If . . , , . not totally ruined, causing a loss of many thousand dollar. Nearly all rail- ' roads entering St, Paul report more or less minor damage. From North Dt j kofx points reports come of snow on I the around. and at Granville two inchei has fallen A djifhteft fn.n New t'lm. Minn . repor's fopf inthes of rain in that vietttltf Friday night The Cott.inwood r'.ver Is out if ItB banks, and tho Ilenxlne bridge has been washed away. Oea. Shrrman'a t.rand.en. WaXtblS (tM, lOBt H -William Tecum eh Thomdyke, grandson of Gen. W. T lilt MHO, ha !r en selected by the commlssVm having the matter In charge to miv. .1 th S'-.-rman statue reeently affOCttd in this city. The cereuonles will take place October 15 Artenlaa Well at f arbondale. Carbudale. III.. Sept 1 1. A Mae artesian weil was brought In Saturday by Mr A. K Tr ;: lor t'n rar'Kindhlt Writrrworks Cr. The water spurted tH fe-d. and there apre,rs to be aa abund'JUf.e.

BULGARIA APPEALS TO TJ POWERS To Prevent the Continuance of the Massacre and Devastation.

A PLAIN STATEMENT OF PACTS DciUro the rrf I loaallrallf Pee latlaa1 Vlnertli.nla anil Kill tuu I liri.ilnn l!tlalloi l nl In l!n vi. trullui-al. Sofia. Sept 15 The Bulgarian g-nr-crnment. through its foreign re;)reentatives. has addressed a note to the .ureat iwiwers declaring that the porte is systematically devastating Macedonia and masacreing the Christian population. Kurther. It says, Turkey has mobilized her whole army, which can not possibly be for the sole purpose of suppressirtp the revolution Therefore, the Bulgarian government appeals to the humane uitlaieut of Europe to prevent the continuant e cf the massacres and devastation and to etop the mobilization of the Turkish army The memorandum concludes with the plain stat anient that unless the powers i:r-r-such measure at- she miy deem necest :.e Bulgaria will be forced to tawe ary. vv in vi-iit Oaerltta f Warned by previous disastrous experiences, the revolutionary leaders have decided to adopt only guerilla tactita ; in eastern Macedonia The polity of occupying towns and villages has; proved a mistake, as it has usually re- ' suited in Turkey re-occupying the villages, destroying everything and killing the inhabitants, the insurgents being hampered in their operations by the roauui and children- A guerilla war- j fare is expected to exhau-t the Turks 1 much sooner, while th unhampered 1 bM4f can move more easiiy and more rapidly. It is hoped that the new tac- j tUa w ill result in the women and chil- . dren being spared unnecessary dangers. PeaaaBta AI to Join Imurcrou. The insurgent low have ne?.ily two , thousand men armei with rifles in eastern Maeedon'.a. and thousauds of I peasants ar ready to Join their forces when a generil riting has been proclaimed. This step la being delayed until the supply f ri:les, cartridges and dynamite is received. New bands ag- ' gregating 1.6O0 men are reported to be i on their way to the frontier. The I Turkish forces now in ea- r:: .Vicerionia, are estimated at 17.'"' Ilnuru.'tll ttilnilllfll Ho ,ere. In the conflicts in the mmntams of : Pirin the Turks ar? reported to have I a$ heavily in dead, while a great; j mnny were wounded. Ti - revol i;.onrii hürl nnlv one s'.ijh'lv Wirjudcd. t thusiasm. The ban-! are experiencing reat düfirulty In obtaining ar::i It jg baliVd that not a sinsle ritte an he found in Sofia outside the garrisoa i jpe Bul-arian government i r. ;-.r:- . Pd to have protested again-: i .tria't actios in InterceDtinc the lo.'WMW) . ' cartridges ordered In Hungary for which bulgar.ua mor.ey ha be-:, paid .o the couir.uiors. Bedew rttiatawa Htltei . A panie prevails in the to n of Velos. The soldiers permit no one to leave Velos and th peasants in the surrounding villages have all been kjlled and their VtHftelM de.-troyed. l'ooplaints made to the civil and ailiiary authorities have been wphout avaiL vtrore lighting has occurred near the " ... niretn. in which the Turks iw u "t . . . hav;!y. I 'M the l an w re torcea to r(Miro An , lg Dt between the Turks and insurrr.'s has take n plate at RlbartzL near Kit.-. beTO and there again the Turk:, had many killed ai d wounded while the Insurgents" casualties amounted to three. Fuaitlves Flee to tlalsarln. The villages of Tzrtina and Skotrhllr. in the same rlistflcl have b-en de'Uroved and their inhabitanta macsatred. A dlspat h from RÜa Ray III fugitives from Razlog. province of Seres, aoompauied by a Russian sister ut charity, have rossed into Bulgaria Kteetat a Vall of Beirut. P.eirut. Syria Sept. IS It is reported t..at Klazim Bey. governor of Palestine, will succeed He-hid Pasha as vail of Beirut (relieving Nazim Pasha, vali of lifirut i Kiazim Hey has evmted great administrative ability and has maintained excellent order in Palestine Sac-k nf Mall Hnlnrt. Edwardaville. Ill . Sept 13 A heavy sack of mail fell from a Wabash railtrain and was round into pieces by a freight train at Kdwardsville Junction, near lMwardsville. ill . Sunday Tbe contents were scattered al nig the railroad tracks for half a mile. Alaakan iiamliilm Werla Tn-Daf. London. Sept 1.1 War Secretary Root and Senator Lodge returned to London Monday The Alaskan boundary commission will meet at the foreign t'fli e bda; Attorney-General Flnlay will make the opening address n behalf of Canada To lnve'.lrat. I raehlnf Belleville. 111 . Sept. 15 - The Belleville circuit c urt ronvened for th S -p-temlier term Monday, with Judee R D. W. Holder presiding. The grand Jury convened an-l tb ted Its officers. The iury hu much Important work before it, and 'lie public is watching for its report. Among the wirk the Jury has it the Investigation of the lymhing of David S Wyatt. the colored Alta Mta M.hool teacher, who thol County 8uptrintendent of Schools Charles HrteL It it expert ed tha a number of prominent resident oi Ucllevilie rill h la du. ted.

RARE EXHIBITS FOR FAIR. Original Treaty lor the Purchase oi the Louisiana Territory.

rrmariil TA ill . triaial Mil Huilrl ul l.N u.rl. and lairBlluii la Ittt l iar. Washington. Sept. 15 The original treaty for the purchase of the Louij-i-ini terrr.ir. tow in the vault of the depariment of täte, is written or. ix pages of Inh linea paper, bound together with a pieteof green silk ribbon. After the signatures of Liviug.none. Monroe and ilarbois are ax aeala impressed with the armor. 1 signet rings of tho t.gners. This tr it t rcectlr photographed, but tht original IttSMM will be taku to the St. Louis ex'-Tsition. and the first page, eec-urely proteitod. will be exhibited. The plan for the exhibit of th treasury deoartraent at the cxposltiot are prattkallv .mrleted. Displayed in large frames are specimens of bonds notes, certifiiates. consds. etc.. isi-aec" by the I r.ited Siates government. It the same manner various internal revenue rtampr arc shown. The exhibit of the patent of2-e w;l. show a aeriet of models iaalgMC tc represent ideas that have made epochs in the industrial history oi the world So far as possible, the first thing of it hind in every line of human invent lor will be shown. Visitors will have ax opportunity of seeing the first artua sewing machine ever constructed. It was patented fn 1st; by Elias Howe Equally Interesting is the earliest typewriter, which was patented by C. Thar der in 1S42. The exhibit will include a model a the first east-iron plow, which was patented by Charles Xewbold in 177. anc the first screw propeller, which was in vented by Hubert Hook in HI nt invention of the steamboat is credited to Robert Fulton, yet in the seventeenth century Denys Papin launched on the Sein., in France, a boat that was run by steam, a model of whicb will be shorn n Among the most interesting of all the models will be that of Abraham Lincoln s famous device for Idling BttaplMÜ off shoals. Another exhibit will be the first printing press and harvesting machine tu latter inide in lit B. C. The first locomotive aLd fir. t ?teara engiua made in Egypt. lZt B. C. aiso will b shown, with many other rare Inventions. RELIANCE AND SHAMROCK ICapsslllei '" a ill -w tbiiwin an! Mr. lelia lo llrias Ulli lo W rl J' lair. St. Lonis. Sept. 1" Sir Thorns Upton, one of the grand Bti sportsmen in the world, who owns the Shamrock III . will vuit St. Louis within a few da s. He w.U be the guest of President Dl R Francis and the expsit:on company. After Sir Thomas sees the beauties of the magnificent Forest City it will be an easy marer to onvince tht great sportsman that the yachtine. boats Reliance and Shamrock III would l-e a splendid iitfftl for World's fair visitors. If Sir Thomas consents, atd it is believed be will, the owner of the Reliance would Ifkely accept the challenge and come along with the cap defender. What a rrand sight it would le 10 see the sails of the two racers stret hed to Ihe Lreexe on the Mississippi opposite Ft. Louis L gnited I r. V Sim has twite consented to serd hü wirships to our harter Can Str luoraas and Mr. Ise.in atferd to b less graclous and . .. Sam" The yach's cocld tied and shipped a' I or towed up ihe r v ig than Uncle hr be cismaafrom New York The ir.'ereast in the loat races makes it certain tha; the a h- w.i for the Wot: Ft f attractior TEAPOT TEMPEST STILLED 1 be ImlHtttl mrlathlan X arht I lul. niaaet I idr !.- eloped From Miaaatirrwiaadiaa. Oyster Bay. L. I . Sept 13 By aathority of the prerident the sta'ement was ma-le that the computation whicb arose over the deawanbaka Corinthian yacht club dinner had developed from i a mi-'indervanding The pres.den' ex plained to Colgate Hoyt. chairman of the board of trustees of the club, that he could not attend t large formal dinner, as by so doing be would be unjust to many friends and organizations whose invitations to similar affairs he bad been obliaed to deiine The pr.iient further wishes It to be known that he did not in th remotest way object to tbe presence of Sir Thomas Lipton at the dinner He wrote a personal letter to Mr Hoyt stating his position. In that letter he informed Mr Hoyt that he not only had no objection to the attendance of Sir Thomas Lipton at the dinner, bot that as a member of tbe clnb be would be glad to see him there if Sir Thomas could make it convenient to be present. Jrlt V tat hint et eaa. Onthitns. Ky . Sept 15 In the eae f Cans Jet i . r. trial here for xileg-J assassination of Town Marshal James Co krell at Jackson. Ky . July H, 102. Attorney Blanton. Mn iay afternoon, renewed hi motion for a continuance, made Monday morning, and made arguments The notion for a rontlauance v. a;; again overruled. Ho tbn filed the affidavit of Jett far a charge of venu. Judge Osborne was disposed o grant the change when tbe court adjourned until t-daT. when there will bo heating whether a change al xoaue will be granted.

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SOMETHING PRETTV B.AD. Great RsJtNati l'a. he Bill af Ifc lie irele. The Washington correspondent of the Prcviden e Journal pays the following left-handed compliment to President Roosevelt: "It is a fact that on bis recent tour the railroad Company tt Pennsylvania' on which he started from Washington, and la which be returned, paid ail the btlla" In view of the fact tha: the President had only a few weeks before he entered on this toxtr signed the union station act. which appropriated millions of dollars to that particular company, this is aa exceedingly grave accusation If it does not place Mr Roosevelt la the same category with Uttauer. Maihea and Beavers. K rtainly come, very near it. ML the railroad company didn t bribe bias technically. It certainly gave bio a liberal reward for approving an unconstitutional and dishonest measure by which the people of the Fr., States and the District of Columbia were grossly rubbed. The Springfield Republican of August 2t. publishes under the headline. "The Cost of the Tour." a very severe criticism of the president's coarse in this matter. It is a subject which congress should no: fail to investigate, lest its own memVrs fall under the suspicion of aeatatlaUBg similar relations to the same railroad company. Every year the same railroad company entertains as iu guest 3 at Atlantic City ail the correspondents of the great daily newspapers, paying not only traveling expenses, but all other expenses of those who accent its hospitality And ail he great newspapers, like the president, approved the legislation above mentioned It is also capable of pr -f that the railroad companies give free passes to congressmen, if not to Judges: and know that many congressmen ail the republicans in congress, at ;ast. favored this legislation This method of procuring legislation withoc paying for It in advance may be properly called credit-bribery action on the oat part with the understanding that there wi.. be reciprocal action oa the other a; a subs .ueat It it fortunate for the democratic party that pa members in -oniress opposed this railroad legislation almost unanimo'. COMMENT AD OPINION. Gen M:. may haxo noticed what aprtty Jo'.Iy Eiihu got wh n he uprooted himself from the war d'-part met:. Atlanta Constitution. Prsi-ett Roosevelt should call down Har.na. Cullom. and that section of the administration prs which is fanning revolutionary fires in Panama Albany Argus If the administration Is so worried about getting the money hack Intocirrxtlatlon among the people It might begin by adopting measures calculated 'a nop taking rt away from them by ex-esslve taxation. The Commoner. If the Turks and the Bulsartant should exterminate each other, fadedIng Peter Karagorg.trh and Abdul Hamid, the civ Hi red world would not cri ve deeply, while the volcanic politics of Europe might be freed from Interna! -on vnlslons for some time to come. As (ten Sherman one said ! "War f s hell" even la Its mildest form: yet It seems Inevitable that natur adopts that method from time to tim. In carrying out her policy of the survival of the fittest. Let rr. fight. Cncle Sam has no 1 uslness to Interfere unless Amri an Interests are Jeopardized There it no need for our strenuous president to seek further s.faggrandlitement by "railing down" tbe strenuous sultan Buffalo Times. The post office department d ran et I about to be hauled In. and the strange thing about it Is the iitt fish wr r enable to escape through tha holes which the big fish made when they broke through the meshs Galveston News (led And now newspapers friend i feg the president are stating that the entire east of hit recent lt.v-mii trip was paid by a railroad corporation Th original publication was made about a week ago and at y t no denial Is reported from Oyster Bay It it desirable to have c urate information on this pcint . . .ä v die Cvuritr-Jourtai.

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THE TRUST BEING HURT. Twiet aa Harb . al UHa lmarte4 Lader Free leal aa la Xmj l're toaa X ear. The New York Tunes of August 31 contained an interview with Mr Georgs F. Baer. president of tbe Reading railway, in which he said that coal mi net might have to be closed soon and miners thrown out of work becatse of tho difftcxdty of getting rid of coal, especially Of tht steam sie. The Times report says: "He said that the plan he had Inaugurated when he became president of the Reading of making a reduction of cents a ton in April, and then advancing the pri:e ten cents a month until the figure again reached normal by September 1 had worked Ttry satisI lacioruy . Yes. Mr. Divine-righ's Baer. it doet ' seem to have worked beautifully for the coal trust It is. however, a Uttlo hard on a few millions of us coal con- . - hat to ; iy higher prices for coal than ever before, except during at. .' if -r the strike of last year The retail pri'-e of anthracite at Washington is now $7 2Z and at Chicago 17.50 a ton Immediately follow ing the B". interview, the Times contained t dis- ; patch from Pennsylvania saying: -The Philadelphia and Reading Coal ' and Iron company has issued a sweeping order closing every one of its wash- : tries that produce taval! slzea. and other orporations and individual operators have followed suit It it estimated that - - ire . "... .i or. ' .-mall e.-ej ' now ia stock, for which there is little demand " The inadequate demand for anthracoal is said to be partly due to closed mills and to the increased use ot soft coal for steam purposes. But the statistics of foreign commerce for tbe year ending June 1903. offer soma 1 additional eipiana'ion as to this over- . ; l .. . r 1 ird . The Bate thrr we ; :m ported, last year. 3.S1S.189 tons of coal, or nearly 2.000 ,0tj tons more than were import j m any previous year, and that of this amount 207.C4 tons I were an;hra. tte. This is mere than l ! times as much anthracite as was im ported in sny year tlnce the Dingley bill taxing anthracite became law. It appears, then, that free coal, while it has not compelled tbe hard coal trust to lower its prices for ordinary sizes ot coal tnd this is not strange whexx.it it . r -. .. . - r. v here eis anthracite li!: ours that Is Bier's to take its placet, espc-cialy at interior points, hat compelled it to reduce prices of ltt tanaller sizes used for making steam and which, therefore, com pets with bituminous coal. Nearly all ot this Imported coal Is consumed in New F.ngland and on tbe Pacific cexst. It does a great deal to free manufacturer in these section from the exacions of t the hard and soft coal trusts now charging us two or three times a fair price for this bounty of nature Pos- ' sibly some mistake was made when the Almighty consigned this most valuable heritage to Mr Baer to parcel out to the rest of us earth dwellers at so much per ton. It will be observed that the excess ol Imports over former years (2.0OO.000 tons) just about measures the surplus stock of tteam coal for which no market ran be found, although prices have been rcdud from 1". to 30 cent! n ton for these sizes How Mr Baer must hats ' free coal! But he is lying low and saying nothing, for he knows that his republican friends in congress put coal on the free list only for one year and ' that bituminous coal will be dutiable again next January He will not agl- ! täte this coal tariff axain. But will the manufacturers and tbe people keep quiet? BTPov w HOT.T The administration Is said to be in favor of baviat merit prevail in the conJ solar service In both appointments and ; promotions. Brit how about the postal i service N Y Times ( Rep . Gov Ya?s. of Lllr.ols. wishing j be renominated, has determined to ' cut under" the republican machine, which It opposed to hfm. He ia tending oat .ICO.iV0 letters of Inquiry, addressed to icdli vidua -oters. asking whether they approve bts tdrainiMratlon and desire to have him for their governor for tr other term The experiment will be an expensive one. igel tl I - ;!t will V worth watching. - Hart :ord Timet dad.).

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