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Roosevelt’s Indianapolis Speech.
Foremost among the speeches made
by men of national prominence on
Memorial day in various parts of the
country was that of the nation’s chief
executive at the unveiling of the Law
ton statue at Indianapolis, this being
the occasion of his long awaited deliv
erance regarding the future of his rail
road policy. Crowds of the president’s
admirers greeted him at every station
as he approached the Indiana capital,
and there a great throng of people was
assembled to witness the unveiling
ceremonies. Governor Hanly presid
ed, and Miss Lawton, daughter of the
late general, pulled the cord which un
veiled the bronze figure of her father.
James Whitcomb Riley read a poem
entitled “The Home Voyage.”
The president’s address made It plain
that he Intends to take no backward
step in the policy of federal control
of railroad and other public service
corporations which he had previously
mapped out in his messages and
speeches, if carries his policy even a
step further by calling for exclusive
federal control of all mall carrying
railroads, even though they may be
wholly within the boundaries of a sin
gle state. This he justifies under the
clause of the constitution granting to
the national government power to es
tablish post roads, the Implication be
ing, as he thinks, “power to take all
action necessary In order to keep them
at the highest point of efficiency.” He
personally would favor a national In
corporation act to give the roads the
seal of government approval and to
Insure the same sort of sanction and
publicity which the national banks en
joy. Nor does he halt at the much dis
cussed proposition to require a physi
cal valuation of the railroads of the
country, and he expresses the belief
that while there has been stock water
ing In some cases the total capitaliza
tion of the railroads will not be found
to be In excess of their present actual
value.
Declaring that “the rights of proper
ty are in less jeopardy from the Social
ists and the anarchists than from the
predatory men of wealth,” the presi
dent Insists that the criminal managers
of public corporations shall be prose
cuted to the limit of the law, but ex
plains that this Implies no possibility
of injury to honest railroad managers.
As for the Investing public, he makes
It plain that there is not the slightest
disposition to undermine existing se
curities, and he believes that the policy
of federal supervision will not only
protect past Investments, but will in
duce future Investments, which are ur
gently needed in order to build new
railroads and Improve the trackage and
equipments of existing lines so as to
fciake possible the industrial develop
ment of the entire country. He does
not hesitate to say that “the move
ment to regulate railroads by law has
come to stay” and that the people have
made up their minds “to exercise a
closer control over all kinds of public
service corporations.”
In conclusion he reminds the man of
great wealth that while using and en
joying It he must remember he Is a
trustee and that consistent mususe “is
ominous of evil to himself, to others
who have wealth and to the nation as
a_ whole?’
Union Pacific Mines Close.
Because the miners employed In the
collieries of the Union Pacific Coal
company at Rock Springs, Wy., had or
ganized a union the management decid
ed to close the mines and notified the
men that no union members would be
employed. Those who had already join
ed were notified to leave the company
bouses.
McClellan Uses Veto Power.
Mayor McClellan of New York ve
toed the public utilities bill as passed
by the Republican legislature and now
has under consideration the recount
Mayor McClellan.
In the hands of one political party.
Also he thinks it violates the home rule
principle.
The recount bill finally had passed
the senate, 38 to 8. This indicated that
it could be repassed over the mayor’s
veto. It enables any candidate for
mayor to apply to the courts for the
recount of the votes cast In any dis
trict.
Record Price For Bull.
The highest price ever paid for a
horned animal at any auction In the
world so far as known was paid for
Stockwell, king of the herd of Jersey
cattle sold at the Linden Grove farm,
near Allentown, Pa. The price was
$11,500, and it was the
bidder was Thomas F. Ryan and that
the bull was Intended for his Virginia
estate. At the same sale five young
cows sired by Stockwell brought prices
between $2,000 and $3,000 each, and a
seven-months-old calf brought $10,500,
while the total for ninety-seven head
was $93,950, the average being the
highest recorded at any cattle sale in
this country.
Price of Breadstuffs Up.
The threatened shortage in the wheat
crop and the high price of that com
modity are now reflected in the boost
In the price of flour, which has risen
from $4.50 to $6 In the last month. If
continued, this would necessitate a
smaller loaf of bread or a cent ad
vance In price.
Reprisals Against Reading.
The city of Philadelphia has been
stirred to resentful expression and boy-
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George F. Baer.
lie meetings were held promptly and
committees were appointed to organ
ize the entire city, and various busi
ness and traveling men’s associations
are backing the movement. Rather
than pay the Increased rates many sub
urbanites began riding in on trolleys,
and business houses planned to divert
freight to other lines, while there was
talk of unfriendly and irksome city
ordinances.
B. and O. Takes Off Trains.
Beginning what is expected to be a
general movement of railroads in Ohio
to fight the two cent law. the Balti
more and Ohio railroad announces that
four trains will be abandoned June 1.
The officials say that these are being
run at an actual loss.
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
bill authorizing a re
counting of the bal
lots which by the of
ficial returns made
him mayor. With
the principles of the
utilities bill, he said,
ho was in accord,
but objected to plac
ing so much power
cotts against
the Reading
railroad on ac
count of its
rate raising re
taliation for
two cent fare
legislation. By
order of Presi
dent Baer, he
of ‘‘divine
right” fame in
connection with
the miners’
strike, all sub
urban commu
tation rates
wore raised
from 25 to 100
per cent. Pub-
Death of Mrs. McKinley.
After lingering in a semiconscious
state for several days the widow of
President McKinley died peacefully in
her Canton (O.) home. May 2G. During
the days that preceded unconscious
ness Mrs. McKinley prayed that she
might die, saying: “Why should I lin
ger? He has gone. Life is dark. I am
weary and would rest.” She had suf
fered for years from paralysis. Presi
dent Roosevelt, with Secretaries Root,
Garfield and Wilson and many other
monos official prominence, among
them Vice President Fairbanks, Jus
tice Day, Senator Knox. Governor Har
ris and a large number of Ohioans,
was present at the funeral. The pres
idential party rode to the place of
burial, where the body of Mrs. McKin
ley was laid beside that of her hus
band.
Texas Tornado Kills Fourteen.
Windstorms over the northern part
of Texas caused the death of fourteen
persons and the injury of scores.
Typhoon in the Carolines.
A typhoon devastated the Caroline
Islands March 28. but only recently re
ported in Australia, killing not less
than 270 persons.
Theodore Tilton Dead.
Theodore Tilton, last principal in the
famous Beecher-Tilton trial, once a
promising poet and novelist, died in
Paris, May 25, where he had lived for
years in poverty and obscurity.
Americans In Hall of Fame.
Bronze busts of fourteen Americans
were unveiled in the new hall of
fame which circles the library of the
New York university Thursday with
elaborate ceremonies, in which the
governors of New York and Massachu
setts, city dignitaries and college facul
ty and students took part. The names
thus honored by formal vote of the
electors are Emma Willard, Mary Lyon,
Maria Mitchell, John Paul Jones. Alex
ander Hamilton, Louis Agassiz, James
Madison, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses
S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, John G. Whit
tier, James R. Lowell, Horace Mann
and W. T. Sherman.
The Negro and the New South.
Ray Stannard Baker in the second of
his series of articles for the Americaja
Magazine dealing with the negro prob
lem condenses his observations into
this phrase: “They want the new
south, but the old darky.” He said he
had the experience of being told that
no northerner can understand the ne
gro as well as those who have lived
with them all their lives and then of
finding “that these men rarely knew
anything about the better class of ne
groes—those who were in business or
in independent occupations and who
owned their own homes.” On the oth
er hand, the best negroes did not know
the higher class of the white people in
the south and based their suspicion
and hatred upon the acts of the “poor
white trash.” To this he attributes
the danger of the present situation.
Lumber Production Bulletin.
The national forestry service has
made public Its estimate of the annual
production of lumber in the country at
100,C00,000 cords, valued at $1,020,000,-
COO. The state of Washington ranks
first with an output of 4.000,000,000
feet, and next In order come Wiscon
sin, Louisiana, Minnesota, Michigan,
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi.
Oregon, North Carolina, California,
Texas, Alabama, Maine, Virginia,
Georgia, West Virginia, Florida, New
York, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ken
tucky, Missouri. Indiana, New r Hamp
shire, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Idaho, Montana, Maryland, lowa and
Illinois.
Guatemala 3tUl Defiant.
Notwithstanding the mobilization of
n large Mexican army along the Guate-
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President Cabrera.
Mexican border. A court martial at
Guatamala City found guilty nineteen
persons charged with complicity in the
recent attempt on the life of Cabrera,
and sentences of death were imposed
upon all. This created intense excite
ment among the people, who are di
vided as to the policy of the govern
ment, and charges were made formally
that the trial had been irregular. Mer
chants were fleeing from the country
after the departure of the Mexican
minister, Gamboa, and all business
was in a chaotic condition.
Rebellion In China Grows.
The unrest which was evident In
many parts of China has now broken
Into open rebellion In the province of
Kwangtung, where several large towns
have been attacked by the rebels, the
residents being plundered and the pub
lic buildings destroyed. The move
ment differs from the Boxer outbreak
of 1900 In that It is directed against
the ruling dynasty and not against the
foreigners. Riots were especially se
vere in the Swatow district, and 10,000
rebels known as triads took the field,
headed by General Sun. former taotal
of Nanking. At Wongkong every offi
cial was killed, while the German mis
sion at Lleuchow was destroyed.
Terrorism Issue Tabled.
By the vote of 219 to 14G the Russian
douma tabled the resolution condemn
ing terrorism, the Constitutional Dem
ocrats, peasants and Cossacks oppos
ing and the Socialists Joining the mon
archists, Octoberists and revolutionists
in favor of it. The new rules of
procedure permit only two speakers
on each side of any question, and this
makes prompt action.
Missouri Bars Oil Trust.
The report of Judge Anthony, who
was appointed by the Missouri su
preme court to take testimony in the
suit against the Standard Oil. Waters
rierce and Republic Oil companies,
doing business in that state, on the
charge of conspiracy to restrain trade,
affirms such combination and recom
mends that the charters of the com
panies be revoked and that they be
debarred from doing business in the
state. This la the end of the suit be
gun by Attorney General Hadley two
years ago. Judge Anthony In review
ing the testimony says there was am
ple evidence found to show that these
companies entered Into an agreement
to fix and control prices to be paid by
retail dealers and others for the prod
ucts of petroleum In the state of Mis
souri. He also says that these compa
nies sought to control and limit the
trade In this commodity. The report
says that the companies misled the
public into the belief that they were
separate when In fact they were one
corporation.
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ma lan border
within the past
few weeks, the
government of
President Ca
brera continued
in Its defiant
attitude toward
the demands
made by Presl
d e n t Diaz
of Mexico.
Intrench
ments had been
thrown up by
the Guatemal
an army so as
to command
the town of
Ocos on the