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Nelvs and Vielvs From All Around 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- CT? I MLAgmr v A- 7 I A Suite 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- / ah 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. PAGE FIVE 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