| Show PACKERS FIX THE RATES chicago sept 23 the packers fix the rates declared A B stickney president ot tho chicago great western railway testifying for the defense before the interstate commerce commission today regarding freight rates on livestock and livestock products from alie missouri river to chicago in answer to a question as to how the charges were made president ney replied jn fixing the rate on dressed meat i dont have very much to say the packer generally makes the rate he comes to you and always makes you fed that ho is your friend then he aks ioa bow much you charge or shipments of dressed meats alie published tariff may be 23 cents per hundred but ho will not pay that tou say to him T will carry your meat for 18 nb ab lie says oh no you wont I 1 pay that then you say well what will you pay for it ie replies 1 I can get it hauled for 16 cents sou haul it for ac cents per hundred he generally tells you that it iou want the business you must haul the meat tor the price he names president denied that his road had paid any claims for damages or rebates since abo grosscup injunction FEVER REPORT IS encouraging new orleans sept 25 report to C p m new cases 37 total 2868 deaths S total new foci 7 cases under treatment discharged 2126 reabon for a continued hopefulness that yellow fever will be practically a memory on the date scheduled for the visit of president roosevelt was found by the authorities in report which was exceedingly encouraging in the matter of new cases after the low report for sunday indications are that the fever now prevailing is of a comparatively light type the great majority of the new cases being reported lately come from the seventh and eighth wards which da into the real battle ground ot the ver campaign as eoon as the sic bation in the original injected district began to get under control leport shows most of tho new cases in that territory news from the country indicated two new points ot infection one in parish and another in assumption parish terre bonne parish two daya reported 47 new cases four scathe pat ac new cases twenty five new cases pensacola fla sept 25 twenty fire new cases ot fever were reported by physicians to the state health officers for tho twenty four hours ending at 6 tonight this makes 34 cases for sunday and monday one death afas reported today the situation tonight is rather discouraging as the cases aro scattered all over the city and all hope of checking the disease before the appearance of frost has been practically abandoned four cases of yellow fever have developed on board the german steamer bremen which has just finished loading tor bremen and the pat lenta were tonight brought ashore and placed in a hospital abe steamer was discharging ballast at palafox wharf lor several days before beginning to load an outward cargo and it Is thought the infection took place there capt martin was the first one afflicted and had entirely recovered before his illness was known the vessel is now undergoing fumigation JEROME OPENS CAMPAIGN new york sept 23 district attorney jerome inaugurated his independent campaign for election reelection re by opening headquarters in tho allsey house tonight A delegation from tho hamilton club assured mr jerome of the support of the club and about 2500 signatures to his petition were received during tha waning |
