Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1890, Page 11

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They constitute a perfect daily history and directory of the minor needs and activities of this community, and each new advertisement therein is as well worth reading as any other department of the paper. WHERE RAILROADS ARE TRIED How the Hearings of the Interstate Commission Are Conducted. ee The Men Who Adjust Complaints Against Railroads—The Place Where the Com- mission Sits—Work Accomplished Through Correspondence. ave and dignified men may be seen sitting on certain occasions in @ spr cious room ina big marble office build- ing on F street is placed on a low platform. A curtain of the accepted legal shade screens in modest retirement the legs of the table as well as those of the men who occupy seats behind it. Forming a haif square immediately in front of the platform are tables where the legal lights of the country de- posit their law books and papers and upon which they lean when in the heat of a sudden burst of eloquence they bend forward to facili- tate the progress of the wingea woras of con- viction which are aimed directly at the quin- tet in the rear of the baize curtain, For this is the room occupied by the interstate commerce commission when, sitting as @ court, it in- vestigates complaints brought by individu: against railroads or by railroads against ri rouds In the center of the half square is the table of the stenographer of the com- mission and at side tables are some times seated the shorthand writers engaged by the parties interested in the case. The secretary of the commission occupies the corner seat of the table nearest the commission and keeps the official record of the proceedings, The rear portion of the large room is furnished with cbairs for the use of spectators. THE ROOM OF THE COMMISSION, It has been nearly three years since the act providing for such @ commission went into effect. For fifteen years the question of regu- lating by some means interstate commerce, or, in other words, restraining the growing power of the railroads, had been agitated. The enact- ment of the present law was the result of a compromise. It was thought that the experi- ment of # commission would prove to be of doubtfal expediency. But still the evils com- plained of were great, There was a strong Popular pressure for some measure of relief, and the present law was enacted. For the first few months after its appointment the com- mission was the center of a great deal of pub- lic interest, Would the commission enforce the law, or would the railroads resist or evade it? The entire plan was an experiment—anov- elty in legislation. The commission organized and began its work with « practical directness anda confidence that soon convinced the curious R blic that the law was not an example of idle legislation. While the public is not, perhaps, paying as much attention to the work of the commission as was formerly the case, yet the duties assigned to it by law are being per- formed. {t is not claimed that the commis- sion has remedied all the abuses which wer aimed at by the law creating it, yet it is ad- mitted that considerable progress has been made in that direction. THE STATE La For years prior to the passage of the inter- state commerce law there were in nearly all the states railroad commissioners, who were de- signed to stand between the people and the railroad corporations, It was , that the authority of state laws did not, hke the rail pass beyond state Lin became ap- parent fora national law which would reach over the entire country aud be able to cope with 1 combinations which had become na- tional in character. The low establishing the commission recog- nized the importance of placing its execution in able und reliat ds. It provided for the appointment of five commissioners, not more } than three of whom should be appointed from j the same political party, It prescribed as the qualifications of a member of the commission that no person should be appointed who was in the employ or heid any official relation to any eommon earrier subject to the act or owned stocks or bonds of such company. or who was in aay manner pecuniarily interested in such com- pany, The salary of each member of the com- mission was fixed at $7,500 per annum. Men of recognized ability in the law and standing in their respective communities were selected. CHATRMAN Coo! The chairman of the commission is Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan, appointed by the President as a member of the commission. When that body organized he was unanimously elect- ed chairman in reco; tion not only of his prominent services in connection with the settlement of railroad questions but because of his acknowledged pre-eminence asa writer onlegal topics. Judge Cooley has had an in- teresting career. in Massachusetts, the son of a hard-working // farmer, he was early in ve life compelled to shift THOS. M. COOLE: for himself. He tanght school while acquiring tion and then removed to Michi dmitted to the bar. He ars on the supreme bench of n and then became @ professor in Michigan university. He was appointed by the United States court receiver of the Wabash system of railroads and held that position when called to be a member of the commission. When the court of the commission, as it may be termed, is in session Judge Cooley ocenpies the middle chair of the five. He is much smaller in stature than his colleag: has s habit of sitting up very erect in his chair, while the other members as a rule follow the American fashion and sit on their spines, Judge Cooley has a sharp eye and a quick un he is pursuing a reluctant wit- ness his entire profile seems to come to a point. COL, MORRISON, On one side of the chairman sits Col. Wm. R. Morrison. Perhaps a little more grizzled than when as chairman of the House committee on ways and means he led the fight for tariff reduc- tion, but still the same “Bill Morrison.” aa his friends both in and out of Congress affection- ately spoke of him. He has that easy swing in conversation which fits ell the brilliant talk of brilliant man. Col, Morrisou was born in Monroe county, Il., and although a lawyer b; profession he partic! pated both in the Mexi- WM. B. MOKBISON. can war and in the late war. He was a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress and served continuously in the House from 1872 to 1887. For three terms he was chairman of the committee on ways and means, He bas taken an important part in legislation and sustained the resumption act when his and section 0} it, but he is best JUDGE SCHOONMAKER. ‘The chair on the left of Judge Cooley is oo- cupied by Judge Augustus Schoonmaker, whose judicial bearing is probably the result of bis service of bp. gat rsd as judge of ister county, New York. He is a native of Rochester and has served in the state senate and as at- torney general of the state. He was ap- inted by ex-Presi- lent Cleveland when the latter was governor of New York a member of the state civil serv- ice commission, and held that office for nearly four years, When engaged in se- lecting men to in-avavsTUSSCHOONMARER augurate the work of the interstate commission President Cleveland's choice fell upon Judge Schoonmaker as a man whose abilities had been tried and tested in the discharge of important public duties, 4 CAPT. BRAGG. The last chair in the row at one end acco- modates the large rather than portly figure of Walter L. Bragg. His associates address him as Capt. Bragg and he gained this military title during his service on the confederate side during the late war. He is « native of Ala- anda resident of the capital of thut state. He was for two terms elected by the legislature president of the Alabama railroad commission. Capt. f has been presi- £44 dent of the Alsbama gy etate bar association and, as commissioner, : straightened out the WALTER L. BRAGG. bonded indebtedness of the city of Montgomery. He has been chair- man of the state democratic committee and a member of the national democratic committee, He was appointed on the interstate commission for a term of two years and in January of last year he was reappointed. WHEELOCK G. VEAZEY. The only member of the commission who has not served from its organization is Wheelock G, Veazey of Rutland, Vt. He won the title of colouel by his service in the late war, and after leaving the army he re- sumed the practice of his profession, He was reporter of the supreme court of the state for eight years and was then elected ‘te sen- ator, For six years held the office of regis- trar of bankruptcy and. then was made judge of the supreme court of the state, which office he held when appointed to his present position in September of last year. degree of LL.D. from Dartmouth college, where he was educated. For three aay was department commander of the G.A.R. for the department of Vermont, and he also held the office of judge advocate upon the staff of the commander-in-chief of the G.A.R. HOW THE PROCEEDINGS ARE CONDUCTED. The method of procedure adopted by the commission when sitting as a court resembles that of a congressional investigating com-~- mittee. The examination of witnesses is con- ducted by the members of the commission. The parties in the case, as a rule, employ counsel, who cross-examine witnesses and at the close of the hearing make oral arguments and submit briefs. Tke testimony is taken down by short- hand writers employed by the commission and the cases are assigned to the different members of the commission; and the decisions reached, when approved, are published as the opinions of the commission. The law gives authority to the commission to send for persons and papers and to swear witnesses. If a witness refuses to answer a question or the orders of the com- mission shouid be disobeyed the offending per- sous can be arraigned before any United States court which is given authority by the law to compel obedience by imprisonment und fine, The authority of the commission has never been questioned so as to make a recourse to the courts necessary, GRIEVANCES REDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION. The abuses which the commission endeavor to rectify have arisen in some cases from the competition growing out of the rapid increase of railroads, A road is built paraliel for some distance with an established ime, At once a war of rates ensues, In order to make up for the reduction in the freight charges along the competing portions of the road, for example, the rates on the other sections are increased. Probably the companies, becoming tired of the war and its losses, agree to forma pool. By this latter arrangement each road receives a certain percentage of the freight earnings of both roads and the rates to the patrons of both roads are made just as high as the public can stand, The same thing occurs in the matter of passenger easepostation: Then there are cases where a dealer in some town, through favor with the road, obtains a special rate which enables him to undersell — his competitors, Favoritism may be shown to one town or section of the country to the dis- advantage of another town or section, In this way the business of an individual or of an en- tire town may be built up or destroyed. All these various features of railroad management have become familiar to the public since the commission was organized by such terms as “unjust discrimination,” the “long-and-short haul.” &c. Under the latter term may be classed a large proportion of the abuses which resulted in the interstate commerce commis- sion, This term simply means that railroads have been accustomed to charge more for carry- ing freight and passengers ashort distance over the same line than for a longer distance, and in this way they have been able to meet competi- tion and to distribute their favors where it was thought the greatest benefit could be gained for the company. RAILROAD REGULATIONS. The law, however, forbids all unreasonable charges, unjust discrimination, undue or un- reasonable preference or advantage. the pool- ing of freights and the division of earnings. It also contaius the somewhat famous “long-and- short-haul” clause, the meaning uf which has been explamed. The railroad companies are also required to print and keep open for public inspectign schedules showing the rates and fares for the transportation of passengers and property, advances in which are to be made only after ten days public notice. ‘As may be perceived the interstate commerce law npplies sarcugbon! the entire scope of the field where the many railroad corporations of the country come in contact with the people, or wherein their relations with each other the | public interests are affected. The commission Soe not employ a force of inspectors, as is the case with other departments of the government, ‘to search out violations of law. The informa- tion of such violations comes to them in the shape of complaints. People from all parts of the country write to the com- mission informing them that some road is unjust in its charges—is discriminating against them in favor of some one or is doing something that is regarded as contrary to the law. Comparatively few of those complaints are made the snbject of a formal hearing by the commission, In fact, but a small proportion of the work of the commission is represented by these public hearings, ADJUSTING COMPLAINTS, When acomplaint is received the commission at once informs the road against which the com- plaint is made, Both parties are placed in com- | munication, and in this way,through the inver- vention of the commission, disputes are settled and wrongs remedied. The initiative, however, can be taken by the commission and frequently they parsue this plan, | For example, the roads are required to file with the commission their schedules of rates. If upon examination of these schedules it is found that erroneous or excessivechargesare made the matter is brought to the attention of the road directly by the commission, A call cam be made upon the railroads at any time to explain their system of freight charges and the commission has the authority to direct any change to be made. Freqyently one railroad complains of unlawful methods of another road. The commission, therefore, has a and active corps of vol- untary assistants to keep it posted in regard to violations of the law. Itis the policy of the commission, by frequent conference and inter- coarse with the rail managers, to have the rales laid down by the commission ‘W. @, VEAZEY. He has received tie made that the law is not understood or that sufficient time has not elapsed to give the car- riers opportunity to conform their methods to the requirements, The large room where the hearings are held on the upper floor of the building in which the commission is located is not the scene, as bas been stated, of the pri work formed by that body. On floor are the main offices of the commission, Each commissioner bas a room for hisown use, where his work is done. SECRETARY MOSELET. At the farther end of the hall is the office of the secretary of the commission. He is the executive officer and also acts as the disbursing agent of the = commission. He has charge of the records of the commission, the mails, correspondence, service of papers, publi; cations, distribution ef documents. payment of employe, &c. This im- tai’ josition is held y Mr. Edward A. Mose- ley, whose athletic figure is familiar to all visitors tothe headquarters of the commission. ‘. Moseley is a native of Newburyport, Mass..and after an experience as a SECRETARY MOSELEY. sailor in an East India vessel he went into the East India trade, Of recent years he has been in the lumber business and has traveled exten- sively through this country and Europe in the interest of the firm of which he is a member. He has served two terms in the general court of Massachusetts and was president of the mechanics exchange of Bostoa, THE CORPS OF ASSISTANTS, The force of assistants and clerks now em- ployed by the commission number seventy-one. It is divided into three divisions—the operating division, the rates and transportation division and the statistical division. The first named division has charge of the filing and service of all papers in cases and proceedings before the commission. It has charge of the correspond- ence. The second division, at the head of which is the auditor, has charge of all railroad rates, classifications, contracts and the changes made in schedules, The statistical division ex- amines the annual reports made by the railroad companies to the commission, compiles the re- turns made in these reports and attends to other matters relating to statisti . ‘soe NEW PUBLICATIONS. FUGITIVE FACTS: An Epitome of General Infor- mation, obtained in large part from sources Bot generally accessible, and covering more than Une Thousand Topics of General Interest and Frequent Inqmry. Edited by ROBERT Tuorne, M.A. New York: A. L. Burt. @IBB’S ROUTE AND REFERENCE BOOK of the United States and Canada, with Maps Con- taining the Names and Population of the Principal ‘Towns, Routes and Distances, Rail road Fares, hotels, etc., etc. New York: Gibb Bros. & Moran. RAILWAY SECRECY AND TRUSTS. By Jon BonwaM, author of “Industrial Liberty.” ‘Questions of the Day Series, No. LXL] New fork: G. P. 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It deserves, and the interests of the public will be advanced if it secures, a thoughtful read- ing at the hands of those to whom the duty of legislating for the country at large and for the several states is entrusted. Persons who suppose, as most people do, that the best work in the way of illustrating news- papers is done in the United States, Englan4 and France must have been surprised at the holiday number of the Montreal Star, In its way itis safe to say that nothing better of its kind has been produced anywhere during the year than by our namesake across the border. The best newspaper almanac for 1890 that has yet reached this office is that of the Chicago ‘News. It is not only a calendar for the year, but & complete epitome ot political, religious, sta- tistical and general information, Book lovers will be sorry to learn that the Publication of that attractive little periodical, Tw Book Lever, ceases with the January num- ber, which completes the first volume. _ ee. Foreign Notes of Interest. The Delagoa Bay railway has been completed to the frontier of the Transvaal, Three thousand of the leading citizens of Lis- bon called at the French and Spanish lega-~ tions yesteroday and left their cards. The reichstag passed the bill authorizing loans for the military, naval, raifway, postal and telegraph services, Only the socialist members voted against the measure, Senor Barjona Freitas has been appointed Portuguese minister to England in_ place of s nor Miguel Martins D’Antas, transferred to varia, The czar has ordered that the aystem of ad- ministrative reforms claborated by Count Tol- stoi shall go into effectin February, He has also initiated household reforms, ‘The socialist bill passed the reichstag in mod- ified form, the expulsion clause being rejected, Officials of the National line at London do Lewis Henry Hugh est of English burons and count of the holy Komau empire of Ugbrook Park, Chudleigh, was warried Thursday in London to Miss Ma- bel Towneley, th Lieut. Col. Jo MM, near Burnler, - ilies is stated to be a source of great Bratitica- ton to the Catholic world and the supreme pontiff sent his special benediction to the happy pair. Mr. Stanley writes to a friend in London: “My hair 1s like snow from Ruwenzori; but it is the crown of a busy period, and I wear it without regret as the gift of time.” ‘The English board of admiralty has given the order for the construction at the Ports. mouth dock yards of four irouclads during the next finaucial year. Phillippoteaux’s great cyclorama of the Falls of Niagara has fail in Paris and closea, John Hollingshead intends to reorganize it and a capitalist of Buffalo ix largely interested in the undertaking. It is reported that the porte has prohibited the use of the Greek language in all the Cretan courts, Both lawyers aud judges are ignorant of the Turkish language. Letters from Brazil say that the palace of Itumaraty has been purchased for a residence for the president of Brazil, The price was $315,000, A dispatch received at the New York maritime exchange from London yesterday | states that the steamship Lavonia of the Ger- mun line, which lett New York January 3 for Hamburg, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition on January 23, All hands were saved. soe Saturday Smiles. St. Lonis has secured a site for the world’s fair. This reminds one of Irishman who found a gun flint and saic ‘Begor, I'd be all right now if I bad the rest of the gun.”—Phila- deiphia Times, Mr. Smoothface (rubbing his chin)—-I think T'll raise a beard.” Mrs. Smoothface—‘I think it would be easier for you to raise McGinty.”—The Epoch, It was only when the newly married husband became a candidate for office that his wife dis- covered he wasu paragon of all the vices.— #legende Blatter, Brown—“Do you ments in the office?’ ‘Telegraph Boy. out with a message.’ Mrs. Gravatt—“George, when we were first married youcalled me your little duck, didn’t your” _Mr. Gruvatt—“Yes; but things have changed since then.” read much during odd mo- “No, sir; only when I’m sent observed rather than to devote its time mainly to instituting and conducting ore end criminal prosecutions. They lieve that the publicity that ensues from the exposure of prac’ in contravention of the law brings the force of public opinion to bear = them. This is an element they consider of great importance in the administration of all laws and they find that Mrs, Gruvatt—“I suppose they have, This morning you called me an old hen,”—Zpoch, A million little microbes ‘Were iu the sun; ‘There came Send yt frost, And then there waa but one, ‘This lonely little microbe Pout Hitle lip, And said “I wish I too was ‘Because I've lost my grip!” not abandon hope that the steamer Erin is safe, | Clifford. one of the old- | NEW YORK GOSSIP. Some Pen Pictures from the Great Me- tropolis. TEE MISSING STEAMER ERIN—REFORM OF THE WATER FRONT—TROUBLE IN THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB—THE EMPIRE STATE BORN OF PLENTY, Special Correspondence of Tux EvEWIna Stax. New Yora, Jan. 24.—By the time this is seen in print your readers will either have learned good news from the missing Erin or had their fears confirmed by » silence that has already become oppressive. Will the stout old ship pull through, or has the new year opened with & tragedy of the sea? “This question is one that is rapidly rising to the chief place in the minds of those New Yorkers whose mental horizon ex- pands teyond the petty circle of routine. As we keep almosta human interest in a good ship that has borne us safely from port to port, Iam particularly concerned in the fate of the Erin, as many years ago I crossed the ocean ferry in her. She was a strong, plump old tub, with no six-day greyhound nonsense about her, and I chose her partly on that account, being anxious to get my limited money's worth of fresh air and salt water. We jogged peace- ably across, taking sixteen days, I think, and calling that a very fair passage. That was in the era when the Greece and the Egypt of the same line ranked among the crack ships and the Erin was by no means out of the account, though never charged with being fast even in its giddy youth, Subsequently she was de- Spe to the cattle trade, and now, perhaps, as gone to Davy Jones’ locker. If 60, she is the second ship that has carried me and then foundered, It may be thatI ama Jonah at long range. THE SHIPWRECK REPORTER HAPPY. But what is one man's food is another's poison, Thus I found today one man who revels in ma- rine disasters. He is a friend of mine, who reports specially the mishaps which befall commerce. Just now, with a fleet of a dozen 1s ominously over due and two or three ves- sels quite pro ably lost, he isin the highest spirits. His pencil flies at good space rates, and when I met him he was so busy he asked me to light his cigarette for him while another neighbor sharpened his lead pencil, A REAL BOWERY SITUATION. According to thecourtreports in the n+ws- papers we had ascene in the suburbs Thursday that was worthy of the most blood-curdling melodrama, It seems that a train was ap- proaching an open draw at full speed, the en- Bineer and fireman oblivious to the danger, when the keeper of the draw bridge. seizing the situation, rushed to the crank and by super- human exertions closed the draw with a bang when the locomotive was within tenfeet of it, This would be effective on the stage and is sus- cope of many variations to enhance the “thri Of course, in the Bowery. the bridge- keeper's sweetheart would be on the train and he would be bound to a oxy 8 by the villain, but would burst his straps by a herculean effort and then swing to his gate with a victorions hal ha! while the villainwould slink away muttering, urses on the fool, why was he so strong! But he shall not always escape me thus!” THE FIGHT FOR THE STANDARDS, All the week a battle royal has raged in the New York Presbytery over the details of re- vision. It was voted to revise some weeks ago, but the real trouble began when the time came to say just what the revision should be. The controversy has been learned and earnest, and, to use the congressional phrase, the general de- bate has not yet been exhausted. Next Mon- day, it is thought, the voting will begin. Among the leading disputante have been Drs. C. 8. Robinson, John Hall and Professoragiriggs and Brown, special interest centering opr. Briggs’ speech on account of his fanious “Whither.” he trend of the debate is,evidently toward a substantial revision in the line of liberalism, but in advance of the votes it would be rash to predict what changes will be made. REFORM ON THE WATER FRONT. A new building that is significant of @ great and long-needed reform is starting skyward on West street opposite the Jersey City ferries at the foot of Courtland and Liberty streets, This is the ten-story and modern palace of the Central railroad of New Jersey. Its erection marks the opening of a new epoch in New York's city architecture much as did the pioneer structure of the sort on F street in Wash- ington. Everybody from the south, not to speek of the natives, is familiar with the squalid character of the structures facing the piers, The finest water front in the world, perhaps, is monopolized by dingy ware houses, market stalls and gin mills, But this is now to be changed. An office building as lofty and superb as any of the palaces of trade that clus— ter upon lower Broadway and its tributary streets is now rising and the example cannot fail tobe contagious. Before long we shall see on the North river front a line of magniticent structures in place of shanties and ruinx, The effect will be very,impressive. *A GREAT ROW IN THE UNION LEAGUE, There are sharp hostilities and bitter feelings in the splendid Union league club house on 5th avenue, The members are ranging themselves in one of two factions, one assuming to repre- sent the administration and the other standing for the conservative traditions of the club, which are to champion republican principles without mixing up with partizan machines, For the moment the administration faction, under the leadership of the local federal of- | ficers, is on top, but the conservatives include ahost of strong men who are not to be put down, The president of the club is Chauncey M Depew, but he is too shrewd aman to himself to be involved in the fight. He 6 doesn’t understand what the quarrel is all about, and what is more, he doesn't want to know. THE STATE'S HORN OF PLENTY. We hear so much about the surplus at Wash- ington that you should understand we have a surplus, too, New York state is apparently a paying investment; at any rate itis solvent and able, if need be, to pay dividends. The state surplas on the 30th of Septemver iast was $1,567,219, quite a tidy sum to have to the good against a wet day. Our city finances are not in such blooming circumstances, and still the debt is not oppressive, and local taxation is down to the lowest notch it has reached for thirty years. If we get the world’s fair that will cost us $10,000,000 in the shape of new bonded indebtedaces, but we expect to recoup the amount with a good profit out of sight- seers and visitors, And we are fecling a com- fortable assurance that the fair is coming our way. A NEW HOPE FOR RAPID TRANSIT, We are encouraged at last about rapid transit. The bill just submitted in the state legislature deals with the subject with a satisfactory de- gree of intelligence and honesty. For that reason possibly it may be antagonized in influ- ential quarters. But public opinion is massing itself behind the bill, The need is so urgent aud the measure so wise and fair that it will be difficult to ignore or twist it awry. But the acheme involves years of preliminary work, and what are New Yorkers to do meanwhile, especially if that world’s fair comes off at the advertised place and time? YALE'S NEW MUSICAL DEPARTMENT. For some years certain friends of Yale of a musical turn who live in this neighborhood have been studying to see if they could not de- velop a musical feature in the university. The papers today speak of the very brilliant and opoful beginning that has now been made, thanks largely to the liberality of the Battell family, long known for their devotion to Yale’s interesta. It is said that an endowment Amounting to $300,000 has been secured, I suspect that this isan exaggeration of the facts, but it can be depended on that the university is in receipt of gifts that will place it in the front rank among the country’s colleges so far as facilities for the study of music are con- cerned, A well-endowed professorship goes to Dr. Gustave J. Stoeckel, who has earned it by irty years of hard work in music at Yale, and itaff of other professors and instructors is provided for, A suitable building is also con- templated. Henny R. Exxior, ee. $1,000 Coffin and Unpaid Bills, The work of auditing the estate of the late Catherine Teacle, who was recently buried in ® $1,000 coffin in West Chester, Pa, has been commenced. There is an array of claimants, among them being the undertaker, who has not been able as yet to get his money from the ex- ecutors and whose bill is over €1,300. The doctor also wants his fees, and the husband, Dr. Teacle of Philadel) is in the same un- settled state of min There isa the matter and this epidemic. Hundreds retained on the stomach. Don’t use Coffee or Tea; brain without nourishing “La Crippe.” Physicians are prescribing, all over the country, the use of:— =<BlOoKER’ by their patients, as the best possible food and tonic during Dutch Cocoa during and after convalescence; it will strength- en, nourish and build up your system. , Samples free on application to— U. S. Depot, 35 Mercer St, New York. Sold by all leading grocers and druggists. SXOCG of letters are being received by a= us daily from grateful people, one and all stating that, = thanks to BLooker’s puTC ed during their entire sickness, when nothing else could be « Cocoa they have been nourish- they stimulate and excite the- it; continue to drink Blooker’s ____ATTORNEYS._ free, t and lewall, trans elt ethte ly ey 2: & ZACHRY MCKENNEY, Sun Building, Fst ET & FORREST, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, 0c30-6m 402 6th st. bow. Sn. of th ‘Money can be loaned on First Moi Great 08. at from 8 to 10 percent, Houses will pay rentals of 12 to 14 per cent uet, while lots, blocks and acres double in s few years. or full particalars address WILLIAMSON & MoCORMICK. Beal Letate aud First Mortage Loaua, 2, bauk Buiiding, West vuluth, Mina, Washington References B. H. WARNER & CO., COKSON & MACARTNEY, p. L MOORE, DEEBLE, DAVIS & © . Duluth Reterenc MYERS & WHIVPLE. | MANUFACTURERS’ BANK, det5-4m MAD BANK OF WEST DULUTH. BATEMAN & co., BANKERS AND BROKERS, 1411 F Street, Washington, D.C. Members of New York Stock, Produce and Cotton Exchange. Connected by private wire with GREEN & BATEMAN, New York. BALDWIN & FARNUM, Chicago. 3a20-2m TNO W. MA Member N. CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. N.W., Bapkers and Dealers in Government Bonds, sow ‘COKSON. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Collections, Reflrosd Stocks and Bonds, and pil securities listed on the Exc! of New York, Aphia, Boston and Bajumore bought and sold. A specialty made of investment securities. District Bonds and il Local Railroad, Gas, Lusurance and Tel: ephone Stock dealt in, American Beli Telephone Stock bought and sold.jy18 LADIES’ GOODS. CCORDION SKIRTS AND C. DONE aT dimou's Plaiting Establishinent, . Balimore &t., Baltimore, Md., Branch office ntandard S. M-office, 946 F et. 2.0. (Masonle Lempion, Washington, DU. 20-Lin' Ms. V. A. 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THE OLD-MSTABLISHED ONLE ‘ rel: Clarvorsn| table gehuine and patural-born Astrologer aud Medium im thie city, baw loc WaveRty tn private parlors at 2th st. nw, ‘Dor with yell and wonderful prophetic gift of ight, reveals every hidden mystery, toms property, brings separsted tagetber, couses | Sod marriages, ives snecees it busienn | ali family troubles, evil influenc con tidential advice on pending pens Jove or anything Known to fail: su! Sittines, 0c. Hours 9am to 8.30 pan, Ztospin 2), BOOKE TELS air Ti a LIFE. All business confidential. Le at, bet geutleiuen 50 cents cach 408 2th at *, divorces, Le pu are ii ib ween a HE ONLY WONDERFUL German Axtrologer Office hours, # a.m, to8:30 pam 4 ADIES WHO KEQUIKE THE SER) iperienced Females Lysician suould it Dr. aw Mira WILSON. 1105 Lark piace ne., between B ©, 11th and 12th eta n.e. Ladies only, Kemedy @5. ezs-6r R. LEON, ‘ Physician iu the City, can be consulted daly, 404 C st, between 449 and Gta ts, tw, treatment, Cousultation strictly copfiden- rate rooms for Ladies, Mi OF SECRET—CONSULTATION FO! only. Dr. Condor, sesietaut Physician to rot. Dr. Ricord of houres Y to 12 and 3 to Ro'clock, S26 12th st. mw. Ja2d- Im! ME, DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLISHED AXO MM Yeistie vacier Phywician, cay be consulted tiher residence, #01 T wt. a6. Ofce buurs from {e¥ p.m. with only. e2-Lat TIENTION, LADIES!—MAIL aT. sea.ed instructions for exlarwing bust 5 inches, Using Enima Bust Developer, absoiutely wuarapteedy ¥4-pawe Ulustrated catalogue nuauied for Se. Kama Toivet Bazar, 224 Lremout st m AN-Lun® 1 HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRADICTED THA® Dr. BRUIHEKS is the oldest- advertise iti Ladies’ Physician in the city. you cag confidently consult Dr. BROTHERS, 000 B st. ® Varticular attention paid to all peculiar 1@ slugle Ingien, married ur Forty years’ experience, s1-Lma® cr THOMAS, for non-resident, Jal6-eosmn" EAD AND BE —DE. BROTHEL, 906 BST, *.®., alyeared before me aud made oath that be i@ lke Videst Established Expert Specialist in this city, bud Willguarenitees cure in all cases of privatediseasod ol men abd furtish medicine, oF po cl consulta. tion aud sdvice free st any hour of Sube tcribed and sworn to before me by Dr. Hk SAMUEL C. MILLS, 8 Notary Public iu snd for Dannie ot Cotuubig dite bd day of duly, 1883. at m* ANHOOD RESTORED BY USING A BOTTL® rc BEART Ee et OSING A I ee e Will cure any case of Nervous Depility erve power, Male whole ct It imparts vigor to the or Female, 906 Bat aw. 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