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A YEAR WITH
THE RAILROADS
DIVIDENDS HAVE INCREASED.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS
SION'S AN MAI. REPORT.
A Review of Railway Opemtin
During 1904—The Uru liarniim*
of 99 Per Cent, of the Country's*
Mileage Were Close to fi’.mHMKN)..
OOtt —Tlie Dividends JKUH.oOO.OtMI
Greater Than in lOOIS Inerease in
Number of Pen*er< Killed
64 1-a Per ( ent. —6.000 Collisions
baring the Year—The Need of Ef
fective Measures for Preventing
Accidents.
Washington. Dec. 19.—The annual re
port of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission was submitted to Congress to
day. After an opening statement con
cerning railway operations during the
year, the commission proceeds direct
ly to discuss the regulations of rates and
the amending legislation deemed neces-
sary to enforcement of the statutes.
It deals with the use of private cars
in freight traffic terminal railroads, the
various investigations it has held and
the complaints it has heard, its de
cisions in various cases, etc.
Asa concise presentation of the re
sults of railway operations, the com
mission publishes each year a prelimi
nary report on the income accounts of
operating roads. This report issued
as soon as practicable after the close
of the fiscal ycfar, and thus it precedes
the final and voluminous report on rail
way statistics prepared by its statisti
cal For the year ending June 30. 1904,
the preliminary report embraces re
turns for roads representing 209,002
miles of line, or about 99 per cent, of
the mileage that will be covered by the
final report.
Earning* of Railroads.
The following statement gives the
principal items in this preliminary re
tort:
On the mileage stated the gross earn
ings of the railways were $1,966,633,821.
The gross earnings for the previous
year, on 205,313 miles, were $1,900,846,907,
as shown in the final report for that
year. For 1904 passenger earnings
amounted to $339,428,374, freight earn
ings to $1,377,684,976. and miscellaneous
earnings to $49,520,471. The average of
gross earnings per mile of line was
$9,410. This average exceeds that for
1903 by $152, and is higher than the
corresponding average for any previ
ous year since the organization of the
commission. Of gross earnings per
mile, $2,581 were assignable to the pas
senger service and $6,592 to the freight
service. The operating expenses of
the railways for the year ending June
30, 1904, as shown in the preliminary
report, amounted to $1,332,382,948, being
equivalent to $6,375 per mile of line,
or $250 more than for the year 1903.
The ratio of operating expenses to
earnings was 67.75 per cent. This
Item, as shown in the final report for
the previous year, was 66.16 per cent.
The net earnings of practically the
same roads, as included in the present
statement, were, for the year 1904,
$634,250,873, and for the year 1903, $640,-
644,138. The total Income of the roads
covered by the preliminary report was
$735,037,557. This amount includes
$100,786,684, derived from investments
in securities of railway and other cor
porations and from various other
sources.
Increase in Dividends.
The aggregate of all the deductions
from income chargeable against the
total income was $682,958,610. These de
ductions chiefly were interest on fund
ed debt, rents of leased lines, perma
nent improvements charged to income,
taxes (which were $56,474,106), and div
idends. These figures Indicate tht
the surplus resulting from the opera
tions of such roads as are embraced
in the advance report was $52,078,947.
The final report for the year ending
June 30, 1903, covering both operating
and leased roads, showed a surplus of
$99,227,469. According to the prelimi
nary report, the operating companies
included in It declared dividends'dur
ing the year amounting to $184,450,-
446. It appears also that the dividends
declared by essentially the same roads
during ‘the year 1903 were $160,856,307,
thus showing an inerease of $23,594,139
in dividends for 1904. As the report
under consideration is confined to the
returns of operating companies, It does
not include any statement of the divi
dends declared by subsidiary com
panies, the property of which Is leased
to others for operation. The income
which these companies receive is sub
stantially the rent paid to them by
the lessee companies from which their
own corporate expenditures, includ
ing dividends, are made.
Railroad Accident*.
The article in the report on railroad
accidents opens with a table giving the
principal totals foi the years ending
June 30, 1902, 1903, 1904. There were
43,266 employes injured and 3,367 killed
in 1904, as compared with 33.711 injur
ed and 2,516 killed in 1902. The figures
for 1903 are intermediate between those
for 1902 and 1904. In 1904 there were
8,077 passengers injured and 420 kill
ed; in 1902, 6,089 Injured and 303 killed'
in 1903 there were 6,973 injured and 321
killed. The increase in the number
qf deaths of passengers in train acci
dents In 1904 compared with 1903 Is
per cent. The fact that there
were ten unusually disastrous acci
dents during the year is mentioned,
•with the statement that notes concern
ing the causes of these accidents will
be found in the appendix to the report.
The number of deaths resulting from
these ten accidents, eight of • which
were collisions, is about 23 per cent
of the total number killed in all the
train accidents of the year, which
comprise over 6,000 collisions and 4 800
derailments.
Mean, for Preventing Collision.,
Although there ha* been earnest dis
cussion of the subject in the press. It
is noticeable that the very magnitude
of the questions Involved appears to
have produced some confusion. and
in the multitude of causes assigned the
real question in many cases has been
lost sight of. The paramount require
ment, as pointed out In the last an
nual report, is an effective measure for
the prevention of collHiione.
The commission urges with added
emphasis, If possible, the same mean*
recommended In Its last annual report
—the adoption of the block system.
The great increase In the number of
train accident* during the year has led
to widespread discussion, and the
onuses assigned for various accidents
have been numerous and conflicting.
Among those mentioned are laxity of
discipline, long hours of labor, em
ployment of inexperienced men, over
taxing the facilities „( handling bust
nesa, Induin'. of labor unions, and
many other*. The fact that there ex
lata so wilt, a diversity of opinion no
Mils Important subject and a careful
ssurnlnsttoti of the reports sent In by
the railway ompanics < overtng tha
JWMr serious sc. Merits 'suggests that
pa Mir IS to tie supplied With full
So< arsis InfuiinsUoa rule cluing
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the causes of such accidents the facts
ought to be made the subject of im
partial investigation on behalf of the
government, and various reasons for
such investigation of railway accidents
by the government are set forth in the
report.
Safety Appliances.
The good effect of tlie amending act,
especially in securing more effective
ountrol of trains through the increased
use of air brakes, is marked. Since
the law became fully operative the
number of brakemen employed on
trains has been reduced on some East
ern roads upon the stated ground tbit
the control of trains by air brakes
renders the employment of the former
number unnecessary. The number of
cars inspected during the year was
208,177, of which 65,183, or 31.31 per
cent. of the whole number, were found
defective. A smaller number were in
spected this year than last, because
the provision in the new law relating
to air brakes has entailed much ad
ditional work in inspection and secur
ing evidence in air-bi‘ake violations.
The number of trainmen killed in
coupling accidents during the year
was 278, and the number injured was
3,441. A large proportion of these
deaths and injuries were due to de
fective equipment, compelling the men
to go between the ears to couple and
uncouple, and might have been avoid
ed had proper 'attention been given to
the maintenance of safety appliances.
When the same attention that is now
devoted to passenger equipment is
given to freight equipment, the num
ber of deaths and injuries will largely
decrease.
AUGUST BELMONT
—csdtifJi
He Was Unanimously Elected President of the
National Civic Federation at Its Fourth
Annual Meeting in New York
He was unanimously elected president of the National Civic Federation
at its fourth annual meeting in New York.
SMITH FOR GOVERNOR.
It I* Said the Oglethorpe Farmer
Will Run.
Atlanta, Dec. 19.—Mr. Larry Gantt
says Col. Jim Smith will run for Gov
ernor, and It is said this may be tak
en as semi-official. Mr. Gantt is one
of Col. Smith's closest friends and
keeps in touch with the political plans
of the Oglethorpe farmer.
“He is sure to run,” said Mr. Gantt
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1904.
SQUADRON IS ASSEMBLING.
North Atlnntlc Ve**el* Will Start
on a Winter Crntae,
Newport News, Va., Dec. 19.—The
United States battleship Missouri,
Capt. W. S. Cowles, commanding, ar
rived in Hampton Roads to-day from
Boston, preparatory o the assembling
of the North Atlantic battleship
squadron, which will rendezvous in
the roads for a few days before sailing
for a cruise in the Caribbean sea and
other waters about the first of the
year.
The Missouri is the second ship of
the squadron to arrive, the Topeka
having passed in the capes Saturday
morning from Charleston, S. C. Dur
ing the rendezvous in the roads the
squadron will be joined by the lowa,
now undergoing extensive repairs at
this yard. The battleship squadron is
in command of Rear Admiral A. S.
Barker.
Durbin at JncltMon ville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 19.—Gov.
Winfield T. Durbin, of Indiana, ac
companied by Mrs. Durbin, Fletcher
Durbin, his son, and Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. MeFadden of Waycross, are at
the Windsor.
Gov. Durbin is well known in Sa
vannah, for he spent several months
here during 1899, when he was colonel
commanding the One Hundred and
Sixty-first Indiana Volunteers. His
regiment formed part of the Seventh
Army Corps during the Spanish-Ameri
can War, and was stationed in Savan
nah.
"and you can look for his announce
ment in a few days.”
A statement by Col. Smith, said to
cover two or three columns, is in
course of preparation.
SECRETARY SHAW™
WANTS BUILDINGS.
Recommend* That Appropriation*
for Them Re Matle.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Secretary
Shaw to-day transmitted to the House
a statement relative to the work on
public buildings now under construc
tion. He states that unless more build
ings are authorized, the architectural
and drafting force In his department
will have to be reorganized and de
creased in size. He adds:
"Sites for public buildings and addi
tion to public buildings in quite a large
number of cities and towns have been
purchased under authority granted. In
some of these places the demand for
buildings Is urgent.
“I. therefore, recommend appropria
tions covering buildings on all the sites
heretofore purchased, and In addition
an amount sußl'leut to make improve,
ments In such cities and towns where
like conditions, well nigh imperative,
exist. The aggregate amount of ap
propriations "heed not exceed $10,009,-
000. ”
The list of sites purchased Includes:
Atlanta, Ga.; Bessemer, Ala.; Flor
ence, Ala.; Gainesville, Ga.; New Or
leans. La; Gcala, Fla,; I'ortamnuih,
Va.; Tuicului/ma, Alt.; VildoiiM, On,
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hihtlll.'i Ins* Kleellsa.
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4rt'fc* ti Immmi Mofti|fii4t*4 for Mttyor
nnd J. W K Fi>*iji w if, utkin*
•rid H W (Mfintll tm iiiuim $• tA
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NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL
RAILROADS MAKE APPEAL.
WANT A .NEW HEARING IN W. OF'
ALA. CASE.
Attorney General Hart Doe* Not See
H>* ike Railroad* (an Win in
Tlieir Contention, (he Deei*ion of
the United State* Supreme Court
Having Been Unanimou*. hat the
Appeal Will Have tlie Ell'eet of De
laying Collection of the 7am.
Atlanta, Dec. 19. —Attorneys repre
senting the Louisville and Nashville
and the Atlantic Coast Line, Joint les
sees of the Georgia Railroad, have filed
a petition with the United States Su
preme Court, asking for a re-hearing
in the case in which that tribunal re
cently decided that the state of Geor
gia has the right to collect taxes on
$1,500,000 of the capital stock of the
Western Railway of Alabama, which
the Georgia road owns.
The United States Supreme Court
held that under the constitution and
laws of Georgia, the Controller Gen
eral is compelled to collect taxes on
this stock of a foreign corporation,
owned within the state.
So far as can be seen from a copy
of the petition received to-day by At
torney General Hart, no new grounds
are presented, the decision in favor of
the state being by a unanimous court,
but in any event the filing of this peti
tion will have a tendency to delay the
collection of these taxes.
The action of the court will be await
ed with no little interest.
Lunacy t'oinminnion for Bone.
Gov. Terrell to-day appointed Drs.
T. R. Garlington, L. P. Hammond and
Will Johnson of Rome as a commis
sion to inquire into the mental condi
tion of Jack Bone, sentenced to be
executed for the murder of Zach Hall
of Floyd county. This is the third
time the Governor has appointed a
similar commission under the law of
1903. Bone’s life now rests with this
commission. If declared sane 'he must
hang on Jan. 13, otherwise he will go
to the State Sanitarium until he re
covers.
Incentnon* Marriage Charged.
B. Kline, saloon proprietor, who
came to Atlanta from Texas about two
years ago, was arrested to-day on a
warrant charging incestuous marriage.
The warrant charges that Kline mar
ried his niece in New York, eighteen
months ago. His wife is said to be a
daughter of Mrs. M. Kline, his sister
in-law, who resides in this city. The
warrant was sworn out by N. H. Bul
lock, also a saloon proprietor. Pre
liminary hearing will be held to-mor
row.
Savannah Charter Issued.
Secretary of State Phil Cook to-day
granted a charter to the Guaranty Aid
and Relief Society of Savannah, a
mutual insurance concern. The names
of L. M. Pollards W. R. Fields and
others appear among the incorpora
tors.
Turned Down the Check. i
City Tax Cdllectorv Ed. T. Payne has
declined to accept a check of the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Company
for something ovei' SSOO, tendered in
payment of the company's taxes to the
city. The check was declined on the
advice of Controller General Wright,
on the ground that it was not sufficient
to cover the road’s taxes to the city.
A suit Is now pending between the
state and the Geffia Railroad and
Banking Company, in regard to the
amount of taxes which the road sh'all
pay on its property.
NO SCRIP FOR TAXES.
So It Was Decided In Case Appealed
from South Carolina. *
Washington, Dec. 19.—Supreme
Court of the United States to-day af
firmed the opinion of the Circuit Court
of the United States for the district
of South Carolina in the case of T.
B. Lee of South Carolina vs. Robin
son of North Carolina. The case arose
over a tax sale to Robinson of land
in South Carolina, owned by Lee and
incidentally Involved the question
whether revenue bond scrip of South
Carolina is receivable for taxes, as it
purports on its face to be.
Lee had made a tender of this scrip
in payment of taxes, and when it was
not received allowed the land to go
to sale. The Circuit Court held against
such a use of the scrip on constitu
tional grounds and that finding was
sustained by to-day’s opinion, which
was delivered by Justice Holmes.
WARE'S TRIAL POSTPONED.
It Waa Found That He Waa Serinn*.
ly 111.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 19.—The prelim
inary trial of James Ware, who slash
ed the throat of his nephew. Dr. Cliff
Duncan, with a razor recently, was
set for to-day, but owing to the de
fendant’s serious Illness it was de
ferred. Ware has been paralyzed and
his condition is quite serious. Dr. Dun
can, whose life was despaired of for
several hours after he was cut, is on
the streets again.
GEORGIA COTTON GOODS
GOING TO THE ORIENT.
Columbus. Ga„ Dec. 19. —The Colum
bus Manufacturing Company Is now
shipping to Shanghai, China, via New
York, the last of orders for brown
goods aggregating 4,000 bales. This is
said to be one of the largest orders
for goods of this character ever re
ceived by a Southern mill from the
Orient.
Dentil of Aged Woman.
Waycross, Qa.. Dee. 19.—Mrs. You
mans. the aged mother of Mr. George
R. Youmans, died at her home Just
over the Satiila river In Pierce coun
ty last night at 10 o'clock. The de
creased Is survived by a large num
ber of children and grand children, and
many other relatives and friends. The
funeral occurred at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon In a Pierce county cemetery.
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STOMACH ISITTKKSi
SHE BIT A TORPEDO.
Little Child Wa* Painfully Injured
nt Macon.
Macon, Dec. 19.—The 5-year-old
daughter of Andrew Paleveda, a Vine
vilie branch merchant, is now suffer
ing* from injuries received in an un
usual accident. Selecting a torpedo
from the other fireworks as bearing
the most striking resemblance to a
piece of candy, the little girl placed it
in her mouth. As soon as her teeth
came together the torpedo exploded,
filling her mouth with blood and lace
rating her lips.
Though the accident was a painful
one, it is not thought to be serious.
TATTNALL COUNTY
TO ELECT A SHERIFF.
White Primary Will Be Held Jan. li.
Reidsville, Ga„ Dec. 19.—The Tatt
nall County Democratic Executive
Committee met here to-day and de
cided to hold a Democratic white pri
mary Jan. 6, to nominate a candidate
for sheriff, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of A. D. Smith. So far
six candidates have announced.
BENNETT—JORDAN, WAYCROSS.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 19.—At the home
of the bride’s parents, in the northern
part of this county, Miss Annie Jordan
was married last night to Mr. James
L. Bennett. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Jordan, and a
sister of Messrs. A. J. and James
Jordan, of this city. Mr. Bennett is
merchant of Lakeland, Fla. Imme
diately after the wedding Mr. and Mrs.
Bennett left for their future home in
Lakeland.
Woodmen at Nashville.
Nashville, Ga„ Dec. 19.—A Wood
men of the World camp was institut
ed here Saturday, with twelve mem
bers. It will be known as Mitchell
Camp Tlie following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: B P
Peeples, consul commander; J. D. Lov
ett, adviser lieutenant; J. I. Norwood,
banker; A. C. Sweat, clerk; W P Tit
tie, escort; At Albritton, watchman; C.
G. Starling, sentry.
CURSE OF THE MOYAI.
stricken Father Tell. How Death
Ha Followed Him.
From the New York Globe.
A boy 10 years old was run over and
killed by an automobile yesterday at
the corner cf Park avenue and Ninety
eighth street. When the driver pick
?. and “P the body and started to carry
**• to the curb, a woman’s scream
echoed from the tenement nearby—a
scream so high-pitched in its intensity
f u °. f a S°ny and frantic despair,
that it struck sharp like a knife into
those who heard it. Women who had
rushed from the houses, and the chil
dren and loiterers who had hurried to
ward the machine when they saw the
boy struck, stopped where they were.
Then a few women rushed toward the
sound of the cry.
SUting in the basement entrance to
54 Last Ninety-eighth street with her
arms folded tightly over her heart, her
eyes fixed blindly on the opposite wall
while she swayed from side to side,
and moaning inarticulately, was Mrs
Jacob Rudrlsch, the mother of the
child. She would not be moved and
she would not be comforted. When
her husband returned two hours later
she quieted a moment and looked up
•'Moya! The curse! It still follows
us! she crifd.
It was late in the evening before
she was finally persuaded by her hus
band to enter the room where the body
of the boy was. This morning she
was still there, sitting in a chair by
the bed.
The father, who speaks English
slightly, told the following story:
"I was married in Krohkino, Russia,
fifteen years ago, and went to live with
my father ten miles from there in the
country. The day of the marriage
cholera broke out in the town, and
when we reach Hbme that night it was
in the country. We knew that by
lights in one hut—lights to drive the
cholera away. It went faster than
we.
“In a month our neighbors were down
with it. We had it not at all. They
died; we went on happy and well, my
wife and I.
“One day a neighbor came. His wife
and two children were dead. He want
ed us to keep him. His face was
black. My father gave him food, hot
tea, but sent him on. We would no
keep him. He said he die. But would
we live? He cried out, but we sent him
on a sled away. In the night we hear
him cry once. That is all.
“More neighbors die. We are all
well. They say we poison the wells.
Why. because we no die: that is all.
"But the next year. Just the day, we
wake in the night, and hear the cry.
It is Moyai! the devil of the hill, the
black curse! Next day, my father die.
“Three years ago by like that. We
have two girls, babies, one and. two.
The cholera stops and people well now,
like we are. Another year. Just the
day, and in the night, while the wind
howls and moans, we hear the cry.
The next day—awful—both girls die,
convulsions.
“When have all of us well again,
two years ago and four children. One
night the youngest boy he go off with
man on a sled in the night. The man
come back alone and tell us about the
wolves.
"Little while Ivan comes home with
a cold. Two weeks pn the night we
hear Moyai, the devil of the hills, cry
in the wind. Ivan die. Hedda die.
Only Jacob.
“Then my uncles say go away. Don’t
stay here, with the black curse. Go
away. Go to America. The rabbi, he
say, there is no curse. Only God who
does good. A man curse is a word*.
Stay in the church. The Bible say
that, says he.
“But my wife and I we go with
Jacob. We get here nine months ago
with little money.
“Short for work ever since. I am a
tailor, but can do little here. Jacob
play outdoors on the bridge there, he
likes to watch trains. He don't like
other children for he can talk only
Russian. He plays there alone every
day. He wants to work on the train
sometime. He grows fast.
"Yesterday my wife sits at the win
dow. Jacob come up the street from
the bridge wutrhtng the last train go
bv. lie have his back to her, and a
big wagon come heavy, no noise, no
horse. The man waves, but he only
see the train. It comes on him fast.
My wife run to the door, she scream,
she seream, but—the wagon stop. Ja
cob no hear!”
While her husband was talking. Mrs.
Rudrlsch showed no signs of hearing
him. Hhe rocked back and forth in
her chair, now and then leaning her
face in her hands, mournfully.
Mr. Hudrlsrh said he was going to j
see the rabbi and try to get some help.
"We have no money to pay anything
with,' 1 be said. “The rabbi say there
is no cures, "
A Dollar Thai’s hoi • Dollar.
From < 'olller’s Weekly,
, One evening I was silting with an ]
Italian friend In a restaurant, and we I
were dts< uaslng American laws and
rsairtcliona. at which be waa vary 1
much inclined Is acodf,
Jnd you ever are a dollar (hat la I
not a dollar*" said he I ahook my I
hand, and ha ioiled ittMl Ulf (ijiit |
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to me a silver coin. It seemed to mo
to be a dollar. I examined it with
every care, and getting another from
the cash register compared the two.
They were exactly alike in Weight,
sound, color, milling, and all. At last
I got them confused, and only my
friend was able to point out which
waa which.
“That is what we call a Palermo
dollar,” he said. “Do you remember
some years ago that Western silver
miners were caught taking about sev
en million dollars’ wortlf of silver Into
the Nevada City mint, and having It
turned Into money without being re
corded? Well, that Is Just what Is
going on in Palermo to-day, with var
iations. Silver is bought in San Luis
Potosi, Mexico, or thereabout, ship
ped to Paris, then to Palermo, and
minted with reasonable privacy. The
dollars are Jumbled with stones to
nick them and laid in greased clay,
then come over here in third-class bag
gage for distribution. They cost about
forty-three cents and defy detection,
except that the nicks are too similar,
and It is said that the M on the neck
Is not quite, deep enough, and the L
in Plurlbus Is a thousandth of an
inch cnooked. You know every coun
terfeiter makes some little mistake.”
—A girl doesn’t return a fellow’s
love when she has no use for it.—Phil
adelphia Record.
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have a sneclfk effect on these organs,
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to perform their natural functions as
In youth and
IMPARTING VIGOR
to the kidney*. Madder and
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Families and first-class clubs, etc.,
can’t afford to be without it.
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hand.
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BOILER TUBES
J. D. WEED & CO.
Low Excursion Hates Darla* Holi
days via Atlnntlc Const Line.
On account of Christmas holidays
Atlantic Coast Line will sell tickets to
all points east of the Mississippi and
south of the Potomac rivers at rates,
one and one-third fares for the round
trip. This includes all stations on the
Atlantic Coust Line nnd connecting
lines in the territory described. Tick
ets will be sold Dec. 23, 24, 26 and 31,
1904, and Jan. 1, 1905, with return limit
Jan. 4, 1906. Tickets at same rates
will be sold to teachers and students
In schools and colleges on presentation
and surrender of certlflcatea signed by
superintendents, presidents or princi
pals, Dec, 17-24, Inclusive, with return
limit Jan. 8, 1906.
For further information apply to
ticket agents, De Hoio Hotel; both
’phones, No. 73, or Union Station: IbII
215. Ororgla 911. It pays to patronise
the best service.—ad.
A Fall Msdlrlas.
Now laths tlms to taka flraybsurd
to fortify your system against ali
ments likely to prey upon you when
cool weather takes the place of warm
w striker
Oraybosrd loose up your system
make, you sal and digest
Oraybasrd may be bad at all drug
stores for II SS g tills,—#4