The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. MAY 14, AMERTCANS CAPTURE M} ILDEFONSO e Scouts and Volunteers Flank Insurgents and Defeat Them. - LR UG FILIPINOS ARE P L Y & 2] Gillmore and Party of the Yorktown | Are Now Imprisoned at Biaonabato. Tl Call. D S S S R S SR o S S 3.—A cable the his fe Biaona- bato, R R R T S S R e R AR R e O R R I s e R R S e R R S R R S s ANILA, May 15. — Twenty American scouts, under com- ] mand of Captains Case and Berkheimer, supported by two com- panies of the Minnesota and Oregon volunteer regiments, flanked the in- surgents at San Ildefonso this morn- and captured the town. The Fili- pinos were terrorized that al- though they fired 20,000 rounds of ammunition theyonlyslightly wound- ed one scout. The Americans killed one insurgent officer and wounded six men. The insurgents retreated to San Miguel, six miles northward of San Ildefonso. s0 advanc began on May 1. itants of ngo on the island of Mindanao, from General Montero ainst the lar but their reques On account of this refu; at midni from acros guns and ri panish gunbo The native on the square with ght opened fire th stolen s recently were repul al Montero and reers Bulle were gravely utenant Grand: was , one private soldier was wounded. The natives water supply and other Spaniards at from nd three Off the have cut the issued orde s that all ave ins: ent terri- vithin forty-eight hours. There a few al men there, e mostly belies rights of n their belli ment safe A the 1 ather m the he can force ments recognize the f his so-called govern- r that he may treat for the subjects. who had talked with al Treas has brought McK a copy of a letter Aguinaldo to General his opinion as to the ad- y of su ndering. The letter “I fear that the long war- will be nec v to conquer tes will «lmm the coun- too muc non | CARED r show that 20 per | I insurgent force killed and wounded since Zam- | DIPLOMAS GRANTED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Number of Complaints Investi- gated at the Quarterly Meeting. SACRAMENTO, May 13—At the quar-| Maggle A Fahey, Winitred S, Sledge, o et 3 Sdu- | Mary ‘armer, illian M. Stark, terly meeting of the State Board of Edu-| BAY, B Fatme M _"‘l‘ddm C‘““e‘@_ cation to-day a number of complaints rel- ative to dipiomas were investigated its meeting last year the board re- ceived an application from Philip Condit, | principal of the High School at Eureka | for a high school certificate. It was at that time brought ta the attention of the board that in order to advance himself four years in the line of promotion Condit [ had represented that he had obeained de- grees from certain educational institu- tions of note, and that such representa- tions were false. Conuit was given until is meeting to make a showing for him- failing to put in an appearance, his application was denied. The protest against the action of_ the board_in grlnlm a life diploma to Miss Ella D. Ale Ean Diego was ignored. Misé Ale was ,, anted a grammar grade certificate by the County Board of Edu- \ ion wx bun Diego County. Upon such e was last year granted a H.’u' \lnrluma by the State Board of Educa- It afterward developed that the Clara B. Frink, Rebecca E. Farley, Clyde Gibson, rs. C. J. Giuffra, Sarah Goodwin, Callie M. Grant, ICharles Grant Strons, |3. D. Sweene: | Charlotte Thompson, Mary G. Gnmn {Anna C. Timmins, Mary E. Gurr; Josle M. Van Damme, Mrs. Nettie i Harrla,‘llornlhy Vogelgesang, Celia M. Henry, |F. J. Walker, Florence J. Hitchens, |Lizzie C. White, Mrs. Selina Holmes, " |Milo M. Whiting, Alice M. Humphreys, !Emma S, Wilkes, Nellie A. Jacobs, Mrs. B. H. Jackson, F. G. Kelly, Life diplomas of the new issue in lleu of old form: Mrs. Annie Alderson, Corinne M. _Curtis, Emma_A. Curtis, Kate F. Casey, Alice M. Crum, Jennie H. Erkson, Rose Fay, A. G. Garrison, Educational diplomas grammar grade: ililams, Mrs. K. 'M ,LeulseM Witham, Lucy T. Heard, Mary E. Moroney, William C. McAdams, Nellie Murph Anna Wettin | Margaret Wythe, jlflm\e H, Yorke. tion. . grammar grade certificate was granted ]\:;.“\.‘e‘.;‘kf«'.;";den upon what purported to be a life certifi- | ) A. Brennan, . McKenzie, ca )m_the State of Pennsylvania, but | Hattie Brown, Willlam J. Moore, which reality merely entitled the hold- | Ellen Bruce, !Katie B. Morse, er to teach in nner})amculm county. The | Anna’ M. Budlun(. Edgar E. Muller, ate Board of Education this afternoon E. Carroll, Jesse D, N that its proceedings in the matter ‘asaccla, Jesste C. ckle, been regular and that the life di- ‘hamplin, ‘drs eilie Null, ploma would have to stand until the Sadie Clauson, Addie Oakl ammar grade certificate was properly | Lizzie M. Conlin, !Agnes O'N Nora Connors, W. F. Conover, Anna L. Cothran, Mrs. F. W. Crawford, Cora Crooker, il Mabel E. Palmer, Ellen Patton, |Georgia B. Peters, W. B. Philliber, Wavie Powers, oked by the San Diego board. pohe following diplomas were granted )y the Boar “Life diplomas of high schnol grade: J. T. Anderson, |C. L. McLane, Margaret E. Devan, Lizzie M. Richards, orace N. Caldwell, O L Calvin, Jennie C. Dolan, Jennie Richardson, er Dailey, |Riley Clark Storey, | lola Dunning, Joseph B. Ryan, Anna L. Tindall, Margaret 1. Admiston, [Eva M. Scofield, Edward Warren, William H. Ent, Rachel Shaw, Madge J. Everett, Willlam Fitzsimmons, Lizzie A. Fleming, Nellle Falkinburg, W. H. Greenhalgh, Maud Gridley, | Martha J. Gross, Lewis A. Smith, Annie Snyder, Bertha E. Southworth, Winifred Spencer, J. N. Stark, Leonard Stevens, H. Baker, S. S. Hay. Life diplomas of the grammar grade: {Alice Stevenso Johanna Alstrom, Lizzie G. Kennedy, | Nettie Hackley, Florence Streeter, F. L. |Laura J. Kirn, | Blanche Hall, [Myrta W. Swett, - 1. Becker, | Kate E. Luce, Irane Hankenson, Julla G. Sweeney, M hew rgia Bedford, |Minnie L. Manlove, Lillie C. Hitchings, |Kate Thomas, C. F. Bondshu, ‘arrie J. Mensing, Herbert J. Holland, ~ Katherine C. Tucker, Josie Louise C. Merk, { James R. Huftaker, Rose VOgt; 3 {M. Isabel McCracken, | Lucy V. Johnston, . Ray C. Weeks, J |Katherine H. L. McCoy, | Lizzle Joses, (‘mm? M. Weems, « F. Clarkson, Clara A. McDonala, Walter C. White, John B. Kennedy, Maggle R. Kottinger, Mrs. D. B. Lyon Jr., Document to accompany normal school diplomas were granted the following: George D. Abrams, | Bertha Johnson, Gertrude E. White. suise Cc men. Blanche A. McGuire, | Jean MeDfarnied, | Maggle A. Mulk Elizabeth A. Neilon, John Gilbert Null, Maggie F. O'Connell, A. Oaell, Teenfe Ray Baker, |Melvanta Jones, ‘hunh, L. Ogden, Malwine Bronson, K‘\llnnh‘ L. Kpllr\gg Curtis, Swan Page, | Nannie L. Calhoun, Nina C. . T, S. Pedlar, | Bessie V. Cowden, Day, |Otiver Petty, | Louise K. Curtin, Laura La Mary Phleger, Nellle I. Cutting, Mabel M rs. l'Atherln(‘ Pillon, Olivia Day Stella H. etta A. Pratt, Ida Drewry, Lillian M. Daveggio, Elizabeth Dennis, Louise Renwick, Clara B, Garroutte, Hilda C. Soderstrom, W. H. Donahue, Rector, Adela C. Gray L. L phens, Mary Elizabeth Dowd, ) M. Say, Mary. Edith Griswold, |Clara Frances Thomas, >stelle Dower, |Margaret T. Sarsfleld, | Irene Hankenson, Clara_R. Tracy, Emily Dunn, Lulu Shelton, Margaret H Hemphill,| Miss Willle Wood, Marfon M. Eilfott, \Mrs Charles J. Wood, Lizzie Englisn was pormnwd to accompany him and said: “We go or stay together.” The armies of the U: n(tf‘d States hs\'v advanced so far that the questio transportaticn has bP(an‘ the gr?at‘ problem. To solve it the engineers are repairing the Bagbag bridge so thal\ it will be safe for the passage of tra and give railroad connection hel\\een‘ Manila and San Fernando. In the meantime supplies shipped to Calumpit | have to be hauled fifteen miles to Ma- | jor General MacArthur at San Fer-| nando and twenty miles to Major Gen- GAOVE L, JOHNSON N FIGHTING 1000 L Insulted by a Detective at Willows. | eral Lawton at Bacolor by bullock | carts, and every cart has to be ferried | e Yo separately on a raft across the Rio | Grande two or three times. HURRIES AWAY TO SEEK AID The roads are rough and, after the daily showers which are forerunners of | RN Aguinaldo | the rainy season, so soft that it is im- | possible to make more than a mile an | SOON RETURNS WITH LAWYER hour. The few mules that are here | FREEMAN. have been found greatly superior to | bullocks for this work. The latter die | uniess they are given frequent baths, and the heat has killed so many that carting is now all done by night. The policy of humane warfare has its | disadvantages. Among the thousands Man Who Offended the ex-Congress- man Is Led Off by Friends and There Is No Shedding of pretended friendly natives who are of Blood. | returning to their homes behind the American army, there are some who | | zone unsafe unless Americans go well | armed and in parties. have taken advantage of the gener- osity of the conquerors to make the Siaptal DilGatcR 4 Mt car WILLOWS, May 13.—As an out- Soldiers going Mr. Holmes, a Canadian subject, who, with his partner in the sugar manufac- business at Calumpit, Mr. Car- | American, was recently cap- e Fillpinos, reports that he formed by his captors that he whenever he wished to do | used to go wunless Carrick | | about alone are frequently fired upon | from houses or from behind bushes. | During the past week it has been found | necessary to send guards with wagons and ambulances, and several attempts | have been made to wreck trains by placing obstructions upon the railroad | | track. The Filipinos have resumed the at-| tempt to induce the Americans to dis- cuss the situation. Reyes, a young lieutenant on the staff of General Greg- ‘o"ia dei Pilar, came to General Lawton | under a flag of truce. He was accom- panied by a barefooted bugler. The two ADVERTISEMENTS. Th(- hud s more eas- ily blighted than the full- blown rose. A | young girl is more sus- | ceptible to weakness aud disease that will wreck Her in a woman- ly way than she is after she has attained to healthy womanhood. Thousands of bhave their lives wrecked by troubles of this delicate” description be- cause of their own ignor- ance and the prudery of their mothers. _ Whenever the wander- ing demon of ill-health finds a ship adrift upon the sea of ignorance, he | steps on board, takes the helm, and steers | straight for the mael- | strom of death. The young | woman who has not been taught the neces- sity of taking care of her health in a wom- aniy way is a ship adrift upon the sea of Sewell, of General Lawton’s staff. Reyes told Major General Aguinaldo desired passes for a military commission to come to Manila to con- | fer with the American Philippine Com- | missioners. General Otis replied that passes would not be necessary, as un- armed commissioners could enter the American lines. He would leave the | matter, he said, in General Lawton's hands. Lieutenant Reyes returned this even- ing to Bacolor. WKINLEY AWAITS RETURN OF DEWEY were escorted to Manila by Captain | Otis that | growth of the Murdock note case there | came near being a shooting affray after the adjournment of court this after- noon. Grove L. Johnson and Detective Safty, the.latter in the employ of the | defense, were the principals in the dif- ficulty. Safty was yesterday accused | by Attorneys Johnson and Freeman of | having interfered with a juror. He took exception to this, and insulted Johnson in the Crawford Hotel as the | attorney was entering with his wife. Johnson brushed Safty aside and the detective reached for his revolver. Sur- rounded by persons interested in the | defense, together with some other de- tectives, Johnson remarked that he was | at a_disadvantage, but said he would | call Freeman and return in a moment. He rushed out and soon returned with | Freeman. Safty was hurried away and the excitement subsided, but it is feared there will be trouble. Safty has collided with the plaintiff’s attorneys on several occasions. He objected to Attorney Freeman’s method of exam- ining jurors and was called down by that attorney during the first days of the trial. F. C. Lusk, attorney for the defen- dants, began his closing argument in the note case this morning. The tes- timony was reviewed at length, and the witnesses for the plaintiff were treated to a severe castigation. Mr. Lusk made a strong argument. He will continue on Monday, after which General Barnes will speak. ignorance. Diseases that will wreck her fut- ure happiness will soon assume command. Young women who suffer from weakness and disease peculiar to their sex live under | a terrible nervous tension, and if . they escape death are always lhrea(enod with | insanity. The whole nervous system is affected by the constant drag and drain | upon the delicate and feminine organs. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the | one perfect and unfailing specific for every | | through the Northwest; taking in possi- | bly 1euowntnne Park and the mining dis- derangement and disorder of this descrip- tion. It fits a woman for wifehood and motherhood It is the best of all known nerve tonics. It is the discovery of one of the most eminent and skillful specialists in disease of women. “Jwas troubled three years with female weak- ness.” writes Miss Ellen Otey, of Bedford Clty Bedford Co., Va. “I had two physician: Deither did me any good. I was troubled wi 5 rmna in my left side all the time. When it was me for my monthly periods I thought I would die with pains in my back and stomach, 1 also had chills. I could not get up without fainting. Finally I took three bottles of Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription and two of his *Golde:: Med- ical Discovery.’ 1 do not have any pains at all and am in better health now than I ever was in my life.” How to preserve health and beauty are told in Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser. Itis free. For a paper-covered copy send 21 one-cent stamps, fo cover mailing only; cloth binding, 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V, Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, | | | | | second birthday. She was ‘born in Holland FAVORS LICENSING GAMBLING HOUSES e Suggestion of Sacra- mento’s Grand Jury. G e CENSURES CITY OFFICIALS R FAILURE TO ENFORCE THE LAW CONDEMNED. e County Board ot Supervisors Accused of Having Neglected the Affairs of Its Charge. L Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, May 13.—The Grand Jury, which has been in session at in- tervals for several months, this evening filed its report. The most interesting feature of the document is its treat- ment of the gambling question. No in- dictments are found against any of the officials for malfeasance, but they are soundly rapped for their failure to en- force the law. ‘Within the past year many grotesque demonstrations have been made toward the enforcement of tha statutes against prohibited games. An edict inspired by the Mayor would issue from the of- fice of the police department, directing the officers to arrest all offenders. A faro dealer and Chinese lottery agent or two would be given a ride jailward in the patrol wagon and at the spec- tacle there would be much rejoicing in the ranks of the lawabiding. Minis- terial unions would pass resolutions ex- pressive of their satisfaction at the heroic opposition of the Mayor against the hosts of evil and the impression would go abroad that the moral atmos- phere of the town had been materially clarified. But the searchers for the tiger’s lair would have no difficulty in finding that animal at its accustomed stand, and in less than a week from the manifestation of administrative virtue things would be running at the same old gait. Meantime a considerable number of citizens who remembered the miles of streets improved under the system of licensing of gambling followed when John Q. Brown was Mayor twelve yvears ago would urge as the only remedy the return of the license plan. The Grand Jury appears to share this idea of a corrective measure for the evil, although under the existing State law no municipality has the authority to license or otherwise legalize gam- bling. Here is the way the Grand Jury treats the subject in the report just filed: Gambling is carried on in our midst to an extent that should arrest the attention f every thoughtful mind in the comun- ity, as not.the slightest effort is being | made upon the part .of those officers vhose duty it is to carry into effect the ws of the mmonwealth prohibitin ambling to sup) the many illega ames which are being conducted in open | efiance of the law | Poolrooms, keno, faro and Chinese lot- | teries, besides the innumerable games to be found in the rear of cigar ktores, are patronized by those who are possessed of at might be tly termed a most ! vicious form of avarice, and who, in the | pursuit of a fantastic fortune, stake all, | and g with nothing. ! It is a sad mmentary upon the effi ciency of our laws when the chief magi trate of the city will admit that illegal | but that he is them. We recom- | mena that mea be taken looking to | the entire suppression or the licensing of | gambling. | Having thus disposed of the city offi- cials, the report takes a shy at the ‘(ounl) branch as follows: The Board of Supervisors has not given to the business of the county that careful consideration that the people have the ruzhl to expect from thqse officials. The | f system, sound judgment and bus e which they have evinced t games are carried o uppres: ure: | powerless to | E in | | public matters would soon wreck any pri- | vate enterprise. | While it is not probable that any at- tention will be paid to the report of the Grand Jury on the gambling ques- tion, there can be no doubt that there is good ground for its criticisms.” The Chinese lotteries are especially arro-. gant, and it is not an uncommon thing to find Chinese laundrymen acting as agents for these lotteries on their visits to households. The police make an ar- rest now and then, but no real effort has yet been made to wipe out this form of gambling, which, with its two daily drawings, operates as a heavy tax upon the resources of hundreds of people. The criticism which the report finds against the gambline practiced in the rear of cigar stores, which young men and even boys patronize, is also regarded as well directed, although it is not deemed at all likely that these pernicious games will be broken up. PRIZE .RILL OF CADETS. Company B, of St. Matthew’s School Wins Perkins Medal. PACIFIC GROVE, May 13.—The cadets of St. Matthew's School of San Mateo, who have been in camp here t?r the past week, to-day held the most notable event of the school year—the annual competitive company drill for the Perkins medal. Companies A and B, with fifty and forty- elshl men respectively, competed. Each unusually good work, and the contest was very close. Major A. J. Kirl S. A., commandant of St. Matthew’s School, ande Ensign George Kammerer of the United States Naval Battalion judged the contest. Company B won the trophy, making a score of 91% out of a possible 100, Com- pany A scoring 89 7-10. Company A showed splendidly in foot mgovements, but was greatly outclassed by Company B in the manual of arms. Company B stood high- er in irspection of arms also. The drill trophy, which Captain J. Valentine now proudly wears for Company B, 18 a hand- some jeweled sgnld medal presented by United States Senator George C. Perkins to St. Matthew’s School. The cadets returned to San Mateo this afternoon to complete the school year. WASHINGTON, May 13.—No arrange- ments yet have been made for President McKinley’s western trip which® he has had in contemplation ‘for ‘some time. He prefers postponing making definite ar- rangements unitil affer Admiral Dewey's arrival. The President has in mind:in a general way a trip of about five weeks’ duration, taking him to the Paclfic Coast by the Southern route, up the coast to the Puget Sound country and home USE tricts of igan and Wisconsin. LIVED OVER A CENTURY. Mrs. William Hails Dies at Her Home in Antioch. ANTIOCH, May 13.—Mrs. William Hails died here to-day on her one hundred and Never Again Wil in 1797. Her malden name was Johannah Van der Lee. She married an English- man, Willlam Hails, in_Holland in 1820. They afterward went to England, where the “husband died. They had ten chii- dren, of whom four are living. Mrs, came to America in 1866, and had | been a resident of Antioch for thirty- three vears. Her son, Robert, with whom she lived, Is over 70 years of age. Mrs, | Hails was still very active up to the time | of her death and was able to attend to | small househoid duties. She could not read small print, but her eyesight was remarkably good considering her age. out his hand to them again. KAISER HAS NO FOR BOERS I William Extend the Glad Hand to Oomy Paul. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett, BERLIN, May 13.—A letter, which has been received from the ens tourage of the Kaiser, states that he is delighted with his trip to Alsace. His Majesty, contrary to what has been said, has never thought of supporting in any way the pretensions of Oom Paul. On the other hand, he takes a different view of the Boers now than he did in the past. He did a great deal for the Boers three years ago, but it has been » reported to him that they have made no progress, so he will never hold 1899. HERRIN WROTE BLACKSTOCK'S REPORT Continued from First Page. Judge McKenna, based upon numerous decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, is that, while the commis- sion has the constitutional and statutory authority to regulate and to fix freights and fares, vet the same must be just and reasonable and the question as to whether or not they are just and reason- able may be Investigated and determined | by a court of competent jurisdiction, it having been established by the decisions that if the Legislature or a commission | created by the Legislature or by consti- tutional law shall have justly and rea- sonably regulated and fixed freight and fares of common carriers, the same must be sustained by the courts, but if, on the contrary, they are fixed by the Legisla- ture or the commission unreasonable and unjust and confiscatory in their charac- ter, then the court will declare them to be void and of no effect. The: respondents, the Railroad Commis- sioners, in their answer to the complain- ant’s bill, in addition to denying all the allegations thereof, raised a number of important affirmative defenses, which was the alleged unlawful combina- tion of the so-called Pacific system, and the illegality of the leases made by the constituent railroad companies compo: ing said system to tne Southern Pacific Company. Judge McKenna, in p: ng upon these important propositions, had recognized the system and undertook to fix the rate of charges which the roads operated by the Southern Pacific Com- pany of California should be permitted to | charge as a whole. It was further held by Judge McKenna in this regard that, while it was the duty of the commi to regulate and fix freight and fares it had no jurisdiction to investigate que: tions regarding the corporate powers of railroad and transportation companies or regarding contracts made or entered into by them for the purposes of combination or otherwise. It is evident that many questions which might be raised against the railroad com- pany in these matters have been for closed by the particular form of the ac- tion of the commission complained of in this case, and it certainly is that in any litigation rafsed the action of should be in such form as would enable the commission to defend its action as thoroughly as possible. So far as this case is concerned, it ap- pears that the only material question pre- | gented Is as to whether or not the 8 per cent grain-rate schedule promulgated by the commission is fair, just and reason- | able. It is matter of common knowledge, and undoubtedly the fact, that the South- | ern Pacific Company, in order to meet the competition of the Valley Road, has reduced its rates in the territory affected by that competition, so that the same are now, and have been for some time, as low as or even lower than the rates prescribed | by the 8 per cent grain-rate schedule of the commisslon; also that reductions have been made by the Southern ific Com- | pany in the Sacramento ¥Vall at the present time the difference be- tween the rates actually enforced by the railroad company and the rates proposed by the 8 per cent grain-rate schedule is very small, such difference, in all prob- ability, not affecting the revenue of the company per annum. Certainly, as the case now | stands, the substantial pecuniary matters in issue are slight, and the question is whether a decision of these matters in favor of the State will justify the great expense and delay which must be in- curred in order to reach a final decision, I am advised by the Attorney General and by counsel retained in this case by our predecessors that it will require enor- vestigation of expert witnesses and the expenditure of not prepare the case for submission by the respondents to the Circuit Court for deci- sion; that it will take years to try it, one counsel stating that it will require pos- would not take less than four vears to take the case through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it would in- evitably be taken should it be pushed to final judgment. I am further advised, as appears by the records and by the report of the Attorney General to the Assembly, that up to the present time there has been paid and incurred in counsel fees and expenses of this case more than $43,000 $30,000. And it further appears from like | among | held | that the commission was estopped from | raising them. because in its resolution it | fl(-slruhl" | so that | | th to an extent exceeding $30,000 | mous labor and a very wide range of Inwj less than $30,000 to | sibly five or six years, another one that it | —the counsel fees alone amounting to over | the sources that the future costs and ex- penses of this litigation will be at least $67,000 more, $30,000 of which will be re- quired as fees for experts and $30,00 as fees of special counsel. Should we press the case with diligence, in my opinion it would require at least the remainder of the term of office of the present commis- sion to bring it to a final conclusion, and during all this time the hands of the com- mission would be tied so that it practi- cally could not investigate or make any reduction or changes in the rates now en- forced. It seems to me that, even if we could be assured of a final judgment in this case, the expenditure of time and money necessary to accomplish this end would not be justified, even to reach such | a result; on the contrary, it seems clear | that the people are interested far more in securing actual reductions of rates wherever the same may be had rather | than that they should bear the heavy bur- dens of this litigation, even to secure a favorable decision, which, as I have | shown, would complish very little for the actual benefit of the people. While not desiring to criticize the acts of our predecessors, it is evident that a serious mistake was made in adopting the so-called 25 per cent freight rate resolu- tion. Had the commission confined its official action to the promulgation of rates actually determined upon, it is not like- 1y that any litigation would have resulted, in which case the people would have se- cured at once the benefits of the reduc- tions made, and would not have been called upon to bear the expenses of this | litigation, the outcome of which is ex- ceedingly uncertain at best. It is the | duty of the commi cure, so far | as it can legally, reductions In rates of transportation, and it is evident that no | such result can be accomplished by any general horizontal reduction of the rates maintained by the company; on the con- | trary, the only practical method of se- curing any reduction is to investigate each class of rates and to remove such discriminations as may be found, and to reduce any particular rates or classes of rates which may be found exorbitant, to the basis of a reasonable and fair rate. When this is done, it is certain that the | company will not have the advantages | whick it has secured in the present liti- gation, growing out of the particular Ifnrm, of the resolution adopted by the hoasd. | In view of these undoubted conditions | existing at this date, and of the results which are certain to acerue in the future, | is it our duty, representing the State and | exercising sound discretion as the agents of the State, to make the extraordinary expenditure without compensatory result | which will undoubtedly be required in the | | further prosecution of this case? I am unqualifiedly of the opinion that the continuance of this litigation is not in the | interest of the people of the State, and | that it is the duty of this board, so 'far | | as it has the power, to terminate this lit- igation, so that it may free its hands and | save further expense to the State, and the | secure such advantages as may be for the benefit of the shippers of freight. | 1 find it to be in the power of this com- mission, without the consent of the rail- | road company, to terminate this litiga- tion by repeal and rescindment of the whole resolution, covering the 8 per cent n-rate reduction as well as the 25 per cent general horizontal reduction. By the rescindment and repeal of this resolution the entire basis of the suit is removed, and the case must fall, and with it the in- junction against this commission, leaving the commission free to adopt rates based upon present conditions and to adjust, it possible, the numerous- complaints con- stantly coming before the board of dis- crimination in freight and passenger This, to my mind, manifestly is proper course to pursue, so that the hands of tha commission may be un- tied and it can fcr itself take the respon- sibility of putting into effect the consti- tutional and statutory provisions of the State as Judge McKenna has most clearly defined them to cxist. Tn pursuance of the conclusions reached { by me and stated in the foregolng re- | port I have prepared and shall submit for the consideration of the board a reso- lution to aecomplish the purpose therein Respectfully submitted, N. | vecommended. | BLACKSTOCK, omer, Third Distriet, Railway Comm 'ANXIETY AS TO THE ADVANCE ON BACOLOR NEW YORK, May 13.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Official Washington is waiting with con- siderable anxiety for the result of | movement against Bacolor, which has been begun by troops under command of | General MacArthur and General Lawton. | | No news of the present location of the troops or when the assault on the insur- gents encamped at Bacolor may be ex- | pected has been received by department officials, and it is presumed that the time which bas elapsed since the receipt of General Otis’ last message has been oc- cupied in making a disposition of the | qen necessary to prevent the escape of 9000 ipinos believed to be Intrenched at that point. It had been fter proceed by regular methods to | had | the | L;)V'BTIEEm& “Keep to Your Place and Your Place Will Keep You.” Without good health we cannot hkeep situations of profit, nor can we enjoy life. The majority of troubles are caused by either impure blood or anaemia, the lack of blood. It is a well-known fact that Hood’s Sarsa- parilla is the health-giving blood putifier and builder, making the blood rich and strong. By its use this Spring, NOW, you may be made strong and healthy. Weakness—*] bless the day I heard Pimples—*I used to be troubled with of Hood's Sarsaparilla, as it cured me of extteme weakaess after grip, built my hus. band up after pneumonia, cured eczemaand blood poisoning in our children” Mrs, M ,A- Dilworth, Box 4, Embreeville, Pa, Hip Disease—'Five running sores on my hip caused me to use crutches, Was confined to my bed every winter. Hood's Sarsapariila saved my life, as it cured me perfectly. Am strong and well,” Aananie Robert, 49 Fourth Street, Fall River, Mass. ever Disappoints: malaria and pimples; a friead advised me to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, I have been free ever since.” W. Stewart, 605 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Stomach Trouble—'1 was taken with a severe pain {1 my stomach and tried everything witnout cure, A bottle af Hood's Sarsaparilla brought relick” Abraham J. Lewis, Springfield, W. Va. Impure Blood—" was troubled Since taking four bottles of Hood's Sarsa- parilla the pimples have disappeared.” W. H. Mallins, 317}¢ N. 3d St., Steubenville, O. mmmnananmmmmmmmmsnmmmm onl; . " Hood’s PBills cure liver ills; cathartic to take with Hood’s the non-irritating and la. with pimples, resulting from impure blood. | General Lawton of Bacolor, but t San Tide- would hoped by this time that would be in the vicinity the operations of his scouts a fonso, reported this afternoon, seem to indicate that are still not far from Baliug. fonso is just to the north of M eighteen miles to the northeast ‘of Bacolor and fourteen miles to the stward O Maxico, where General Luna’s headquar- ters are established. No official advices have been received regarding the operations of scouts under Captain Berkeimer, and it is'believed In the ubsence of such information that General Otis is awaiting the results of the l"ff;(‘nl movement before making any re- por Officials familiar with the latest advices from General Otis are hopeful that by this time General MacArthur has moved his column so & occupy the railroad connecting Bacolor with the nortr ton of the island. his headquarters at the railroad. With the wagon route con- necting San Fernando and Bacolor in his possession and the railroad occupied by his troops it would be an extremely diffi- cult matter for the insurgent general at his headquarters San Iide- Bacolor to retire with his entir al Otis, it is expected, will ats up the - numerous = streams ng the country to the south of Bacolor, so that they can effectively co- operate with General MacArthur and Gen- eral Lawton when the attack on that city is_made. With the reinforcements sent eral MacAr and to General confident _that to Gen- Lawton these to de- apture a and at_the tion which a demonst will hold Gene Palace Given the Publie. LONDON, May 13.—Great interest een- ters in the Queen’s visit to London next week to holding ‘ll‘vl“l'i[_’ room and L ¥ of n~ Albert and at Ke the last tion of the palace to the foundation stone \ fctoria Museum act in _the presents the public. ADVERTISEMLNTS. Free Turkish Baths A New Invention That Enables Ycu to Enjoy s Luxurious Turkish or Russian Bath in Your Own Private Apartments at Home or Hotel. It Is Sent on Trial Absolutely Free in Order That Invalids and the Sick May Real- | ize the Immense Value of a Reju- ! venating Turish Bath. of the | The exquisite stimulation vapor or Turkish Bath Is usually lost by | reason. of the conditions one must under- | £6 to obtain the luxury. 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