The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1905, Page 2

THE. SAN FRANCISCO WITH BIGAMY TRIAL PENDING{SAYS“,ARMY | ACCUSED LMYER!,FLEES. L IFBRTN S 'Mrs Mc(i]gy Hides pocess. - Bf POLICE | Whoars ] . il o ree Men, Frank V. King- [Officers All Over United | ton, “Bowie” ('Donnell and u Ntates Receive Descri{"5Veté'ranScathi’nglyRe'— tion and Are on the Look-| WY BRISTOW OPPOSES | PANAMA MONOPOLY | He Urges That Isthri,lian Railroad Be .Opened to All the Steam- ship Lines. BLOW STRUCK AT PACIFIC MAIL ‘WASHINGTON, July 10.—The report of | damage and theft. These complaints appear | Joséph ‘L. Bristow, Who was appointed a | {0 be justified, but cap be remedied by an e W, mprovement in the facilities for speclal commissfoner to investigate trade | freight, and a more strict discipline over the | conditions. and _other matters affecting | laborers. the Panama Tallroad and Steamship | CHEAPER FOR PACIFIC POINTS. Company, was made public to-day. The The Goverament is under just as great 0 report discissés from several points of | v | G R rusted to its care as to press view the question of what policy should | {he Werk be pursued’ by the Government in the A X The Dealer who knows points to that label when asked for the { i Continued frem Page 1, Column 7. colors that stay. Sunday. But Kington 1 a satisfying answer to T $1.00 and $1.25 CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., Makers Tk of canal construction, and every ef- by tht Panama Raliroad Dot only to fulflll its obfigations to the Canal Commission, but to commerce as wall Charles ~ MeNeill, Cross J management of the rallroad and makes 3 " 3 3 S A : b k s f * « | & Rumber. of iraportant recommendations. | is requlred o mmtreis e e et | S tie Bay In the Launch out 11? L‘l““'t‘l Collins uKes Naotlon or Among these aré the continuance of the :':lmfli-lxe“ll:: gught to improve ita facilities so | e { SR ’ : raflfoad as a®commercial line, With Im- | {§ (Jnaerea 1" (i° KTeatest possible benedt | E | 3 o ItS L th proved facllities for handling commerce, | proved by the shipping pubiic. Al LEGY IGNORANCE > M \\ GIVE HI\ISELF e a,I‘g‘y. -+ | including- double: tracking and re-equip- The operation of this raflrcad more in } B NORANCE " rumor { M. i HT 2 ing the line with modern rolling stock; | COTREUCON Witk private eaterprlse than the NON-CURLIN OF PI.A W o S0AS P J TN s | S the enlargement of its port facilities; the | j, 1 . <3 G F PLAN 0 ES( ot e UP IN WINDY CITY reteRtgH Gf the sieampnip iine. betweon | poims: Luen, TR Boivels, searpra; wmd i | Questioning by Attorney Bying- ton Fails to Reveal Identity Who Hired Autos e und Not flight npat WITHOUT CLIENT. defe will @CONNOR a few e defendant has Dist idea,” nt his ar- € “Issue ts for M rdy and o eaning Mrs. Col- rk Frank V.| Jacob Meyer - Bring in the e of the defend- P Bafliff he name of the de- « ns, George D. Col- lins, « & ns, appear in this e s e voice of Bailiff v < But there \ 1 probability the . to That: Muine T - ., and speed steam could was then taken un- rnoon. ppointed the € second time {in ney, employed ices of was called to W first. ( he answered D ict Attorne surprise of every the flight of t the time from Oaklai KINGTON w supposed that to the springs and his trial afterncon that to t he wanted to see me went out to the house ned ab nd saw that he was ve arture somewhere. t I was to come along w 1 took & wrap from Mrs ] 1 we walked down to an . that was in waiting on | street. We got in and were wharf near the foot of Van 1id not ask where we tell me that g the city not make the be took this man- €0 that the neigh- a demonstration, habit of dolug. I TALKED SOFTLY TOGETHER. “At the wharf there was a launch awaiting us and we all stepped in. Mr, and Mre. Collins sat in the head of the boat, softly talking together. I could what they said and no word addressed to me. At a wharf in iand we landed and there was not hear was Like a Ros the 3 and beautiful is woman who smooth plexion of the L.ablache Face Powder sunburn, Clear cures ard cooli or It is refres m Lablache Face Powder is invisi h as thé petals of a are of dangerous counter- The genuine ature of ** Ben Levy™ the label of the . . Acccpt 7. Flesh, White, Pink or o, 50e. a Liruggists or by A BEN. LEVY ® CO. Freneh Perfamers 125 Kingston Street, Boston, Mass. box of t George | he did not intend to | me at the office | g because I am not in the ! asking questions and before 1 me that he was go- ing thé adjourn- < se he was very and ttor- at- 1n&nd Tho case was set for 2 as 2 efore tne consw was concluded, end It was then vas made that the defen )t present. Without him iination of the en who were oa of possible men could not and the court adiourned un- clock the afternoon, in the warrants for MecCurdy and Subpenas were on, idence of-the accdsed attor- GIVE DETAILS OF FLIGHT. t 4 o'clock these witnesses appeared e detalls of the esc: of Collins heard from their lips. The bond $3000 by which Collins was re- 1 immedlately after his arrest was forfeited. It was signed b, a Chinatown guid ver, with offices r Hearst bullding. The case was | then ordered continued from day to day until the.defendant should be t into court, the warrants for his were again ordered issued and I rtment Jnstructed to ble means to effect his w ord came from to Jacob S. for Collins. shington Satur- He had applied to the of the United Sts denied t of the Supreme Court sed to interfere. It is possible Collins knew of this reply and ough it he saw his last chance shed. Flight must have 1 trial, and he availed himself of it, Joseph A. Kelly,-one of the men who signed the $3000 bond for the appear- Jollins at his trial, said laft T know nothing about the »s- cape of Collins. I was induced to go on his bond by a friend of mine. I dly know the man.” sher Ames, the other bondsman, 1d not be seen in regard to, the flight of the accused lawyer. Neither | would he discuss the signing of the bond. - - + another automobile waiting for us. We { got out an: and the owner of the launch, in the boat it baek to the city. &topped and had a Barnum's restaurant line said not a word as to his destination d T did not once suspect that he was running away from his trial. In fact I | thought all the time that he was going to the springs and would return as he said ne would. At the Oakland station, luncheon at Sixteenth street, we stopped. . Collins ! gave me the money and told me to buy two tickets to Sacramento. I went around to the window and bought the tickets. Then the train came along and they both boarded a sleeping ear. I rode to the Mole in the automobile, took a lit- tle ride with Meyer around San Francisco | and then went to bed in my room at 1118 | Sacramento street. “Eince that time I have not heard from | my employer. No tejégram, letter or word of an indirect source has reached me from anywhere. I have no idea where | e is now. r O'DONNELL IS EVASIVE. “I last gaw Mrs. McCurdy Sunday noon. I do not know where she has gone and I have not heard from her. District Attorncy Byington tried to & the reason wi Kington had told inquir- | ers that Collins was i1l in bed wher he knew that the alleged bigamist was miles away. “I thought that it was none of thelr business,” answered the young at- | torney. *“The newspaper men rang up the | house and I toid them that Mr. Collins wa$ there, but that he was sick in his bed. 1 told every one the same Story |and 1 did not think that it was an im- | portant matter at the thae.” Kington was questioned long and earn. estly as to who orderew. the automobiles both in San Francisco and at Oakland, | but he professed total jgnorance on that | subject. Then “Bogle” O'Donnell was summoned. ‘I'he testimony of O'Donnell gave the court no additional facts. The man, who is some times a chauffeur and who se- cures vustomers for others, gave & mass of confused testimony contradicting him- | sclf at every turn. He was cvidently try- ing to be as evasive as possible, and eyen Judge Lennon indirectly accused him of giving falsc testimony. No effort of the District Attorney could make him tell who ordered the automoblle with which the Collins party made its | éscape from the house. He would only say that a “little man” saw him on the | street and told him to be at the corner jof Sacramento and Taylor streets at 6 o'clock Friday evening. “It was at my suggestion,” he said, “that we went for a little ride in the launch, Mr. Collins had told me that he was going to the springs Jand I sald that the air of the bay would | help him. He did not order the launch.” | The rest of nis testimony was corrobora- I!h'e of Kington's. | } ! CHINESE COOK IS HEARD. Harry E. Micbaels was then calied. He {1s employed in the offices of Collins and | he sasd afternoon at 2 ¢'clock at the Hall of Justics and that the latter took-the car toward lis home. Cellins had not told him that he was golng away and he did not suspeet that he nad fiéd from Ban Frapeiseo. Jacob Meyer, another olork, testified to the same thing. The Chinese cook | told in picturesque language that he had last seen Mrs. MeCurdy houge on Saturday morning. ¥rom all of the testimony it seems that Collins left San Francisco with very litiie baggage and mo great sum | of money. Two small valises were ail that he and his wife carried with them and no trunks have been taken from the | nd How, the Chipese cook | ° Meyer of another de-| s only means of avoiding the | left the two men, O'Donnell | All this time Col- | hé saw Coliins last on Friday | her —_— % ' Tn Place Where the Allege(F Crime Was Committed the | Accused Bigamist Could | Be Ield for Court Trial Aoy U ! As soon as the District Attorney had i wotified Chicf Dinan that George D. Col- lins had fled the. Chiet consulted with Captatn Burnett, and it was decided to sena at once a dispatch to Chiefs of Po- | lice throughout the country, asking them | to look out for the fugitive. The dis- patch reads as follows: 2 stion of George D. Collins: An age 40 years, height 5 feet 8 weight 155 pounds, slender build, complexion medium, smooth shaven, may grow beard or mustache; hair dark, very gray at sides; walks lame. Permanent stiffness in one leg. Quite -good looking and affable; very pale. Marked lines un- | der eyes. Arrest and wire. I hold bench warrant.” A copy was also sent to. each police station, with instructions to have it read | to all the watches. It was also to appear {In to-day’s Police Bulletin. Points out- | side the United States will not be notified iill more information s obtained regard- ing Collins’ flight. The police entertaln several theorles | regarding the whereabouts of the hunt- | ed man. One, little beueved, is that { he left the train after he had covered | up his trail, put back to Oakland and, either in disguise or from anather launch, boarded an outgoing vessel on Saturday. Another is that he went by train to €anada or Mexico. In many countries with which the United States | has extradition treaties nearly all of | the common crimes are mentioned and | the perpetrators of them must be re- | turned if caught. Bigamy, however, is | not mentioned in many treaties, and it | 1= very probable that Collins has | steered his course for a land with a | treaty -of this kind...Qnce within its borders-he. would -be -safe, and until death separated them he .and the woman -he married in Chicago..could exist in absolute safety. ; Yet Collins may have gone to Chi- cago in order to give himself up to the authorities and stand trial In Illineis. It was there that the alleged crime of bigamy was commitied, and thé San Francisco lawyer, seeing .that he was | defeated in his native State, may have determined to burn the bridges behind him and take this daring leap from one State. court to that of another. He so craftily covered his tracks that, with the three days' start on the police, he | has had ample opportunity to get be- | yond the reach of the law. | In the meantime the case of the people vs. Gaorge D. Colins will be 1led in Judge Lawlor's court each morning until the defendant appears for the resumption of his trial or the District Attorney decides to walye pro- ceedings for the dresent. ————— | Client Misses Collins. | One of those who will suffer pecuni- | arily by Collins’ flight .is- Jullo Z. Url- | buru, who is yet waliting the conclu- i sion of his preliminary examination be- | fore Police Judge Conlan on a charge of embezzling money belonging to Ma- | dame Luisa Tetrazzini, the songstress, Collins was engaged to defend him and at every calling of the case he would ask for a continuance owing to his own | troubles. TUriburu has, he says, paid | | him $275 in fees, the last amount be- | ing $25 on Friday morning. All that Collins had done in the case is to ask for continuances. i oe i Default Against Collins. Default was entered against George D. | Cdilins yesterday in the suit brought | against him by R. H. Pease to recover three months’ rent for the premises oc- | cupied by Mrs. Charlotte D. Collins, who | asserts that she is Collins’ only legal wife. RISKS LIFE TO SAVE A HANDSOME SETTER Owner of Dog Lowered From: | Military Forces Totally Inade- quate to Uphold Empire as a First-Rate Power. LONDON,, July ' 10.~—~Field Marshal Lord Roberts created a semsation in the House of Lords this éveniug, when, in - a ‘lengthy -and . well-considered speech, he deliberately expressed. his conviction as.a practical soldier that the military force of Great Britaln was inadequate, imperfectly trainéd and to- tally unfit to-uphold Great Britain a= a first-class power. Lord Roberts did not blame the Gov- ernment, which, he said, was aotuated by a national feeling, but he scathing- ly attacked the people of HEngland, who, he said, showed no national feel- ing toward the military until danger arose. Then, said Lord Roberts, the soldier was the pet of the people, but this was only an evanescent enthusiasm which did not last after the danger dis- appeared. This was sald in reply to the Barl of Wemyss and March, whose speech had traversed Premier Balfour's state- ment regarding the impossibility of the invasion of Great Britain and urged the necessity of keeping up sufficient land forces to repel any possible in- vasion. P Lord Roberts said the lessons of the South Afriean war had been forgotten, He had no . hesitation in saying that the armed forces of Great Britain as a body were now as absolutely unfitted and unprepared for war as they were when the South ‘African trouble broke out. He declared emphatically that the choice lay between conscription or some practical system of manual train- ing and that only by such means would it be possible for Great Britain to pos- sess armed forces organized and trained to meet the demands of the em- pire in the event of war. Lord Roberts, "eonfl g, assert that any discussion oglfi(%':gf Btimfngg’f_ military positioh within the limits of the motion proposed by the Earl of "Wemyss and March would. be entirely unavaliling. The eountry had to do with d question’ the Issje of which was the life or death ©of the empire, ‘which depended upon Great Britain be- ing able to defénd her Kastern pos- sessions and at the same time take parf in any affair nearer home, either of which necessitated the placing in the field of an army as large and efficient as that of any of the European coun- tries, all of which. might be regarded as natlons in arms. - Every other European country re- garded its army as part of the nation, he said, while England considered her army to be something quite outside the national life' and no thought was be- stowed upon-it by the clvil population except as part of the political and par- tisan platform, e ‘ Lord Roberts appealed to the coun- try to awaken to its danger and to take hold of the army as a great na- tional issue on,k which the existence of Great Britain depended. He said the whole empire must rise to the occa- sion and that every one must person- ally- bear a share in the defense or en- able those to whom responsibility was delegated to become in all respects ef- ficlent. i The digcussion of the motion con- tinued for some time, the speakers complimenting Lord Roberts for the stand he had taken. Lord Lansdowne, the foreign Minis- ter, defended -Premier Balfour. He sald: that Balfour had never said that the defense of the country depended solely on the navy. The committee on defense had taken every possible phase into consideration and would, he. -hoped, be able to work out the problem - to the satisfaction' of every one. The Government decided not to op- pose the motion of the Earl of Wemyss and March, which was passed without a division. WINE AND WOMEN €ATSE YOUTH'S RUIN Young Fellow Winds . Up in 8 Cliff to Side of "Canine. Epecial Dispatch to The Call PORTLAND, July 10.—From its peril- ous perch 300 feet above the Willam- ette, on Elk Rock. Fred Torgler's hand- some setter was rescued early to-day. The dog's owner swung down the pr cipitous bluff at the peril of his life and the intelligent animal was soon holsted: aloft uninjured. 5 ; suing a small rabbit when the accident oeccurred,” sald Torgler. “He chased thel] rabbit to the edge of the cliff through the brush. The earth near the top shows { he saw his danger toa late. He slid two. or three feet and then went over the cHfe.” £ } the house for some time, as far as any- one has seen. - District Attorney Byington was very much surprised at the turn the case, had taken. He said that he never: dreamed of the flight of Collins. He had employed detectives to watch the| man and the women, but they had been withdrawn. Attorney Thomas O'Connor -was equally surprised. He clearly knows nothing beyond the testimony given by the witnesses in the court. ' The want ads. help you'to m: e your affairs—and even ugh your af- fairs be very simplé they will usually. “manage” you if you don’ ing hand from the “‘wants.” —————— EVANSTON, Wyo., July 10—The buildings. o the f Coal and EEIOR RSN “I was hunting and the dog was pur- wa ‘| patd | might still get a help- | Jail After Spending Em- ployer’s Money. Epectal Dispaich to The Cail, LOB ANGELES, July 10.—Louls B. Metcalf in three days spent half a thousand dollars upon women who weére willing to be entertained so long as his money lasted. To-night, = his money gone, he languishes in the city Jail charged with felony embeszlement. Metcalf went out for an automobile ride three nights ago and stayed out ‘longer than he had intended. The bill for. all-night use of the machine was $90 and it proved something of a stag- gerer to the young man. . In. his pocket he had nearly $500 be- Company of Indianapolls, by which he employed, and out of that money h the bill for the auto. Then he be- and know his sh ‘be discovered in a day of two, long be- fore he could make it good, he decided to “blow ip” the balance of the money. For three ‘days his money lasted, and the fact that he did not appear at his office led to an investigation which re- sulted in the §w:ovory of his shortag A warrant was issued ‘and detectives | weré sent to find him in the hope that he Il have some of the m : 3 They took him to jail and there he the officers all about i, saying Ne had ‘danced and he was 'now willing to pay the fiddler and will plead guilty In court. b —————————— :.z’t.fl:&fl B{:Y July lllu-;-'l'blm Ama- fhe Panama Railrond New York ‘and Colon; the cancellation of .the monopolistic contracts with the Paeific Mail Steamship Company and the South American lines; and the opening of the ports of Colon and Panama to all Steamship lines, on equal terms; and in certdin centingencies the establishment by -the rallroad ef a steamship line be- tween Colon and Gulf ports and Panama and- fmportant United, States Pacific Coast ports. It is recommended that in traffic connections Ametican steamship Iines be favored as far as consistent with the treaty obligations. of the United States. % 7 ¢ Bristow spént several months in his in- vestigatiop, visiting the Isthmus of Pan- ama," fmportant ports on the Western coast of Central America, the Isthmus of Teéhuantépec, Mexico, and the Pacific Coast of the United States. His report Teviews the entire history of the rail- road, and discusses allegations that its lacal frelght and passenger charges are excessive and its traffic contracts with steamship lines monopolistic. STAND TAKEN BY SCHWERIN. In part the report says: The contract with the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company gave it the exclusive privilege of through bills of lading to and from all Pa- cific ports north of Panama, and that com- pany agreed to give through bills of lading only by the Panama route. Both parties agreed to co-operate fn the making of rates and in protecting each against competition from other steamship lines. Mr., R. P. Schwerin, vice president generAl manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, asserts that the contract between his company and the Pamama Rallroad Com- pany is bemeficial to Central American com- merce; that the steamship company has main- tained a regular weekly sehedule between San Fraficisco and Panama, touching at interme- diate points, and has afforded every faeility for ‘the movement of traffic -that could be of- fered by any steamship line: that if the con- tract Is canceled, as requested by the Central American representatives,” competfng Mnes will enter the fleld and divide the frelght so that no ome will get sufficient business to justify the malntenance of a regular schedule and that, therefore, the frelght, passenger and mall service will be irregular and unsatistac- tory, and the commercial interests of these countries will consequently suffer. With few exceptions the harbor of these ytral American ports are open roadsteads, d frejght is loaded and discharged by light- ers. When ihe sea is rough business is sus- pended, it being impossible to load or unload safely in a beavy sea. Ships are detained for hours, and sometimes for days, by port officfals for trivial causes. ¢ After caréfully considering the inconven- fences-and delays in receiving and discharging cargo at the Central American ports, the rates charged and facilities furnished by the Pacific Mail, it appears that the Service of that com- pany hag been good, the rates reasonable, and that the complaints of the Central American representatives are not well founded. COAST CITIES COMPLAIN. . Complaint, is made by the Chamber of Com- merce of the Pacific Coast ports of the United States that the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany Is-controlled by the transcontinental rail- roads, and that it is operased so as to discour- age commerce via Panama between Atlantie and Pacific ports of the United States. The Chamber of Commerce of San Diego states that about 875 carloads of the products of that vicinity are shipped annually, and that a large part of this freight could be success- fully forwarded via Panama at rates lower than those charged by the transcontinental roads, but that none of this commerce is moved by way of the isthmus because the Pa- cific Mail refuses to call at that port. The Los Angeles Chamber of Cammerce says that there originate large amounts of freight in the vicinity of that city for shipmemt, and that ' large quantities are received there an- nually. Slnyfilnclscn is the only Pacific port of the United States at which Pacific Mail steamers call. Seventy thousand tons of freight moved via Panama between New York and San Fran- cisco during 1904, but many of the San Fran- cisco business men allege that this quantity is small compared with what it would be if an effort were made by the Pacific Mail to se- cure business as against the transcontinental rallroads. ; The manager of one of the largest fruit canneries on the Pacfic Coast says that 85.000 tons of canned salmon, fruit and vege- tables are shipped annually to Liverpool and London. and that if proper facilities existed this trade could be moved via Pahama at rates much lower than those charged by transcon- tinental railroads for shipment to Europe via New York: The same lack of facilities prevails at Port- land, Tacoma and Seattle as at Los Angel and ‘San Diego. DEAL WITH RAILROADS. 1893 there was @ Congressional Investixa- tonof the Panama Rafiroad and its Telations with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The’ cgmmittes making this investigation in [ stated that the organization known Tranécontinental $75.000 per month for the privilege of fixing rates by that route: and further stated -that the United States-should ntrol gome outlet across the isthmus, inde- o éndenfly of all railroad connections, for the | nefit of American trade. When in Ban Francisco a number of citizens called my attention to this report, and stated that the ent now has the opportunity to carry out the recommendations of this com- mittee. . After carefully considering the statements made by the commercial les of the Pacific Coast, the statement of Mr. Schwerin, and other date, it clearly appears that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has made little ef- fort to develop business between the Pacific and Atlantio ports of the United States, Mr. 'y con- shi] d orted, O theseuhlen A sl B Ju: trov coms Was stated that the week ending March 11 a roug fsted and rates were reasonable. ter of the Panama route is such that certain articles can be shipped that way much cheaper ‘than by rail continent, Complaint is I!\.Id:h.‘l to careless handl! ca on the isthmus, l‘lulun'..ll lmli.'f of good: longing to the State Life Insurance | &MM i and | Rafllway Pool patd | lantic and Pacific coasts at less cost by this line than by any other, then commerce should receive the benefits of this route. It is the common opinfon that if traffie had | been invited from competing steamship lines on | both sides, the rallroad properly equipped and | its facilities improved amd enlarged, 1t would | have handled a much larger and more profitable {oIt Ts that over 100,000 tons of Hawallan | sugar are urloaded annually from sbips at San Franciseo and transported across the continent to Galveston by raflroad, and reshipped by steamer to New York. If proper facilities ex- isted on the isthmus for handling this freight it certainly would be cheaper to ship it direct from Hawall to Panama and New Yorlk. ¥ Transcontinenta] rallroad schedule rates plainly show that heavy shipments could be made from the Gulf ports to the Pacific Coast, and that thousands of tons of canned fruit and | other products of the Pacific Coast could be shipped to the Atlantic seaboard cheaper by | Panama than across the continent by rail. R: P. Schwerin, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- vany, states that the operation of an Ameri- can steamship line {3 much more expensive than that of a line under a forelgn flag, the Gifference consisting in greater cost of con- struction and repairs of stéamers, higher wages for the crew and larger salaries for the offi- cers. He thersfore asks that only American ships be glven through bills of lading north of Panama. I would be glad to see American ships fa- vored when it can consistently be done, but the treaty by which the canal is constructed pro- vides that there shall be so discrimination against the vessels of any nation in_respect to conditions or charges on traffic and other- wise, and, upon the theory that the raiiroad is parforming the functions of the canal, in 0 far as a raflroad can do so, it does mot ap- pear practicable to show any discrimipation in favor of American ships at the ports of Colon and Panama. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE. It s very impartant that a schedule steam- ship service be mafntained between the Pa- cific Coast ports of the United States and | Panama. The Government {s interested in baving ample facilities for the transportation of mails, paseengers ana supplies from the Pacific Coast to the isthmus during the period of canal construction. In conclusion, therefore, I would recommend that the Panama Rallroad be continued as a commercial line; that its facllitfes for hand- ling commerce be improvea ce: that it be double-tracked and re-equipped with modern rolling stock; that its port facilities be en- larged by the comstruction of additional wharves, and that modern facflities for hand- ling cargo be provided. That a schedule of rates for through busi- ness be provided, fixing the charges at, the minima which ths payment of operating ex- penses and a fair dividend on the investment of the Government will permit. cost of handling freight with improved facilities, and not what it has cost in-the past, should be used as the basis in fixing rates. That the present policy of charging & per cent. of the rates on through business, subjéct to certain minima, be adhered to. That the steamship line between New York and Colon be retained. That the contracts of the Pacifio Mall Steam- ship Company and the South American lines be cancelled and the ports of Colon and Papama opened to the use of all steamship lines on equal terms. That 1f, within a reasonable time, & regular steamship passenger and freight service is not established between Colon and the Guif ports, & line be established by the Panama road. That if the Pacific Mail Steantship Company withdraws its present Panama line, an effort be made to induce some . other company to establish a first-class service between the im- portant Pacific Coast ports of the United States afd Panama, and, in the event that no other company is prepared to furnish the ser- vice, that it be provided by the Panama Rail- road. That in trafflc connections American steam- ship lines be favored so far as can be done conistently with the treaty obligations of the United States, —_— STRIKE ON THE CANAL. Seventy-Five Laborers Quit Work Be- cause Pay Is Delayed. PANAMA, July 10.—The appointment of Charles G. Magoon, Governor of the canal zone, as American Minister to Panama, whilé at the same time per- mitting him to hold his present office, has caused an excellent impression in all circles here. Beventy-five laborers at Culebra struck to-day on account of the delay in the payment of their wages. ——— i — m thers to SLAPS EDITOR IN THE FACE AND GETS A DOSE OF LEAD Article In Georgetown Gazette Causes a Row That Nearly Ended in a Tragedy. AUBURN, July 10.—At Georgetown lagt Saturday W. C. Green, a prominent merchant of that place, was shot by J. C. Horn, editor of the Gazette. The bullet entered Green’s jaw, ranging up- ward. Te shooting occurred ' over an article appearing in the Gazette in which Horn called Green a liar. Green publicly slapped Horn's face and the latter went home and got his pistol and shot his assailant. The wound will not prove fatal. ———— FELON WHO HELPED TRAOCY AND MERRILL FACES A JURY Being Tried on Charge That He Sup- plied Arms to Pair of Desperato Outlaws. : a convict in the penitentiary, wais to- day placed on trial on a charge of mur- der. 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