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johnXrockefeller
m the witness stand
Secretary Pratt Reveals Standard
uils Huge Profits.
MADE $81,300,000 IN ONE YEAR
Witness is Tatient?Says He Retired
Years Ago ? A Bailiff Rebuffs,
Him?Great, Curious Crowds
Greet Him.
Chicago.?Despite resistance up to
the last moment by his lawyers, John
D. Rockefeller was compelled to bow
to the law, go on the stand before
United States District Judge Kenesaw
M. Landis, and answer questions
like any other witness. Incidentally
he found he was on a plane no higher
than any other citizen, for he came?
into conflict with a bailiff when at
one moment ne triea to leave tne
courtroom and was compelled to go
back to his seat and await the pleasure
of the court.
What Mr. Rockefeller told did not
amount to much, so far as it related
to the effort of Judge Landis to determine
how large a fine he should
assess in the rebate case against the
Oil Trust. He revealed ignorance of
the Standard Oil Company's affairs.
Really his place as president of the
company was merely honorary. He
had not looked after details for
twelve years. He had not even been
to the office in eight years. He was
not certain whether its capital was
$100,000,000 or not, and could only
guess that the dividends were somewhere
in the neighborhood of forty
per cent, of that amount.
Judge Landis, however, obtained
the information he had sought. He
calmly overruled the multitudious
objections of the Standard Oil lawyers
and pressed questions upon
other witnesses. The most important
of these was Charles M. Pratt,
secretary of the company. He had
to admit that the parent New Jersey i
corporation controlled the Standard i
Oil Company of Indiana, which had <
been convicted of so many instances
of rebating that it stood liable to'a (
fine of $29,240,000. Under the skil- <
ful questioning of the Judge he had i
to admit more. j
He bore testimony that Mr. Rocke- 5
feller did not know about details, for
the capitalization of the New Jersey
company was a matter of almost
$2,000,000 under the $100,000,000
mark set by its president. But this
figure did not represent the full value
of its properties, he admitted, for
they were worth, "vastly more." This
assertion was well borne out when
Judge Landis led him to tell of earn- 3
ings. The yearly dividends of the F
trust had averaged about forty per 3
cent, of its outstanding capital, but ?
A* A. 1
ucic was w uat its net caiuiugs wcie
in the three years covered by the J"
case at bar: .? 11
1903?$81,300,000. ''}
1904?$61,500,000. "* \ s
1905?$57,000,000. \ s
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TROLLEYS KILLS 2, HURTS 10. li
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Car Goes Over an Embankment .When b
Filled With Passengers.
Clarksburg, TV. Va.?Heavily la- ii
<den with passengers, who were enjoying
an outing, an open trolley car '
.on the Fairmont and Clarksburg
Traction Company's system, jumped
the track on the Grasseli division just- c
outside the city limits and crashed 1
over an embankment, instantly kill-^
lng two, fatally injuring one and se-t ^
"UUS'J 1UJUI1U5 U1UCUI.UC1S. J_
How the car left the tract Is a: J
mystery the traction company officials-" w
cannot explain. It was running up j.
hill, around a curve, at moderate t,
speed? v After bounding'along the ties d
for a shov.t distance thenar went over. t.
tni embankment and Banded on its.
iside,spinning the dead^and injured1 M
underneath. Mctorman* James andfc ^
'Conductor Fitzpatrick escaped with11
slight injuries. Most -of the injured - *
ware taken to the city;, hospitals and-. ?
some to their homes.. Several pas-e
sengers besides those whosa names!
are given were slightly hurt. ?
The dead: Miss Grace MarkerlJ
Clarksburg, skull crushed; W. Ti j?
Gray, engineer Washington Carbonj
"Works, Clarksburg, head crashed.
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TORNADO'S PATH 'OFv DEATH. 1 js
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Twenty-one Killed and /as Many^ln- T
jured in Wisconsin>s Storm*- 9
St. Paul, Minn.?T\yenty-on&; par- s
sons are now known to, have lost their c
lives in the tornado/which swept a e
path 100 miles longAnd from a mile t,
to a few rods wide through the. counties
of Central Wisconsin. "Details *>
of the damage done by the tornado
are still coming in slowly and it is believed
that the death list will be
somewhat increased when all points
visited by the tornado 'are heard s
from.' 1
In addition to those killed a score j
or more persons were injured, some (
of them so seriously that their re- s
covery is doubtful. t
nmnsrtv damage has not been ]
accurately estimated, but undoubtedly
will b? more than $100,000.
Object Lesson to All Nations.
' President Roossvelt's plan of sending
the fleet to the Pacific, it was announced
from Oyster Bay, was devised
to give an object lesson to all
nations and includes a spesdy return i
to the Atlantic.
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING, j
Boy and Man Victims of Storm at j
? South Manchester, Ccnn.
South Manchester. Conn. ? In a
heavy electrical storm here George
Piatt, Jr., elevenyears old,was struck
and instantly killed by lightning. The
bov was sent on an errand by his
mother, and soon after he left his
home he fell to the sidewalk dead.
The dead body of Frank R. Wilson,
killed by lightning, was found in his
home. Wilson was struck down as
he was standing over a stove.
Feminine Notes.
Mrs. J. J. Astor is ill in London as
the result of wearing decollete
gowns.
A Denver court holds that it Is
cruelty on the part of a husband not
to kiss his wife every day.
London society women are taking
lossons for the purpose of learning to
walk as American women do.
One of the most interesting of
present day novel writers is Florence
Morse Kingsley, wife o? the Rev.
Charles R. Kingsley, who presides
over a union church av 'harming
little town on Staten Is".
CONQUER BIGJITY'S PERIL
Three Year Secret Fight to Save
Minneapolis.
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For Many Years on Foundation
Threatening to Crumble?Great
Props Built Privately.
Minneapolis, Minn.?For the last
three years, unknown to its citizens,
the city of Minneapolis has.been in
peril of destruction. The City Engineer's
Department made known the
character of a work that has long
been in progress for the purpose of
preventing a calamity.
The entire business section of Min
neapolis is built over a series o?
subterranean lakes and caverns, said
to be as mysterious and baffling as
the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
Into these dark recesses waters
rushed, and the constant wearing
away, of the soil caused a weakening
which threatened the stability of the
ground upon which the city was built.
An investigation made by the city
officials three years ago partially revealed
t^e extent of the danger, and
showed that the "peril of the city was
becoming greater daily...- Beneath the
Security National Bank, one"o? tfce
largest financial institutions in the
city, the soil had become so honeycombed
that burglars might' have
worked their way undetected directly
into the treasure vaults. Another
great washout had taken place uncfer
the Andrus Building, one of the
tallest stuctures in the city, and had
practically undermined Nicollet avenue,
the thoroughfare of which Mln
neapouans aiwavs Doast.
After the discovery a hurried consultation
of city officials was held, the
gravity of the situation was discussed
and action decided upon. Working
secretly, large sums cf money were
appropriated and repairs went on.
until now all danger is removed and
the city rests firm on its artificial '
foundation. Tons of concrete have
been used, huge waterfalls have been
harnessed, underground streams diverted,
and the entire system of underground
lakes has been filled in <
and made a firm foundation for the city.
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The real extent of the underground
caverns has not yet been determined, J
awing to the difficulty of exploration,. *
ind the city will appropriate a large c
sum of money to have it thoroughly 3
nvestigated and mapped.
FKEXCH WARSHIP SUXK. a
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Suspicion Caused by Fire Near
Hoche's Magazine in Dock. ?
x uuiuu, j? ittucc. J. nt: uaicicsuip g
loche had a narrow escape from de- i
truction. Fire broke out near her b
owder magazine, and to prevent the ?
pread of the flames the battleship1- tl
ras sunk in a slip adjoining the one ci
n which the battleship Iena was fj
wrecked by an explosion, with great.- g
oss of life, on March 12 last. ^ (*
The fire, which broke out in the, a
ailroom, as did the fire which de* g
troyed the French' torpedo school p
hip Algeciras here on November 25>; g
906, resulting in the loss of threa f<
ives, is a mystery, and as this is thi?- tl
tiird conflagration to break out o? a
oard ships at Toulon within a months t<
tie incident has created much disrv 3;
uietude in naval clrcl'es, and a rigid?:
lquiry is being made. $
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MARRIED OX HORSEBACK. P
owboy Bridegroom at" Cody, Wyo.^J ?
Chased Bride Around ? Rjtcetrack. 4 ^
Cody, Wyo.?The marriage of John, ii
. Dodge an<f Mrs. O. F' Hazen here^> ?
ras a spectacular affair. County^ s
udge Brundage and the /witnesses^ 0
ent to the grandstand'at the race- b
acK at iu a_ m. mve nnmrtes later*-, u
le couple, mounted on fleet poniesj'
ashed into the grounds- and circled,, e
le track at top speed. When they J p
cached the grandstand Dodge seized, r
trs. Hazen, pulled her go to .his* t j5
orse and they were married whilo*1 h
brass brand" played softly the plan- 4 b
ition melody,. "I W.anfc You, Ma^j c
ioney." 5 s
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BANK FAILS fNT ML1COX. J D
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Irchange, 'With Assets cmd Liabili^j; a
. ties of S2.000?W)0. ' r
Macon, C&.?JuJge IT. Whipple j 1
t Cordele, appointed Bv P. Oneal, IT. *
r. Baker and A. D: Sthoffeld receiy- c
rs for the Exchange Bank in Macon. D
'he assets are stated to be $l,9aSv?
73.55 anxi liabilities the same. "
President Cabaniss gave out; a *
tatemen-t to the pvblic that on. acount
of a run- on the bank for sev- r
ral days all the available cash eC the
ank has bee:r exhausted and t'jat it
5 impressible- to continue the bank J
as a going concern/' I p
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Rich, Mill Owner KilleiT. c
Christopher Korandt, a wealth?
;ilk manufacturer of Paterson, was
cilleci, his naphew perhap:; fatally in- '
ured. and Mrs. Horandt and boi
laughter seriously bruised .'und
shocked, la a collision between an au;omobiJk
and a railroad train at Keyport,
J.
Commission For Mrs. Eddy. j
Judge Robert X. Chamberlain, o!
the Merrimack County Superior
Court, of New Hampshire, appointed
two co-masters to assist Judge Aidrich
to determine the competency ot
Mr?. Mary Baker G. Eddy to transacl
business and care for her own interests,
Chinese in Africa Deported.
Nineteen hundred and forty-eight
ronatriatoH rhinpse laborers sailed
from Durban, Africa, for home. I
Governor Hughes Calls Legislature
Governor Hughes, of New York,
called a special session of the Legislature,
to convene at Albany for unfinished
business.
Escaped Murderer Caught.
George Delcour, who shot two policemen
at Lake Placid, N. Y., was
captured in the woods near Bloomingdale.
With the Workers.
j All the mail carriers of Bute
' Mont., are on a strike.
I Fourteen organizations have affilii
ntoH with" the* Minnesota State Fed
eration of Labor since April 15.
Union men of Newark, N. J., sue
ceeded in defeating a non-union
clothing manufacturer for a place on
the city police board.
A meeting of industrial insurance
agents in Boston resulted In the organization
of a union. Reduction in
the pay of agents in this line of insurance
is given as the reason for the
formation of a^union.
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?Cartoon
Navy Department
to 5end Gr
W,
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Fifty Fighting Vess
Will Be in Sigh
by Jam
i ;/An f IMP r'nr A T
WUKLL/OOKLAl
* .Washington, D.?C.?rTwo importai
lecisions have been reached by t?
tfavy Department concerning the ai
lounced program for the dispatch <
he Atlantic fleet to the Pacific? fire
>nly the newest and most nroder
hip3 will be isent, and, secondly, th
average of captains of the ships- wi
ie reduced from three to five years.
>In addition it it planned to sen
.long a flotilla of torpedo boat d<
troyers. ?
It is figured here that, without th
hips now on the Asiatic statior
here will be thirty-two warships i
ight of San Francisco- by January 1
'his number.will include the torped
oat destroyers.
It also is proposed to bring oye
lie Asiatic forces. Thcree which ar
{msidered real fighting, craft are th
fcrur armored cruisers,. West Vii
iniav Maryland, Pennsylvania- an
lolorado, and the monitors Monter6
Od Monadnock. These,, added, wil
tve a total e>f thirty-eight. It also i
robable that when the plans for th
reatest or an navy reviews are pei
acted even the smaller cruisers an
|e gunfcbafcy Vltl* come ever fror
iBia, and the total force will amoun
i fifty fighting vessels, great an
mall. \yf -s,;- - ....
? Announcement was made at th
favy Department that the propose
jbyage of the battleship fiteet to th
aciflc would in noway interfere wit
he plan already arranged for th
iimmer maneu.vres of the Atlanti
feet. The decision has been 'mad
hat Rear-Admiral Evans, command
ng the fleet, shall assemble his ves
els for midsummer operations a
ome point on the New England coas
n August 25. The place has not ye
>een determined, as there is no girea
!aste in the matter.
In the meantime, the ships whic
oay need repairs will be docked an
tut in condition. Repairs are bein
ushed on the Connecticut,. which 1
idmiral Evans' flagship, but this \
ieing done so that other ships ma
e sent to the Brooklyn yard for sp<
ial work upon them as may be neces
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ary auu iui iac uuuci lcaowu ?,&*&>
he ship has not completed her foi
aal trials. ' ' * " '
The plan of docking the vessels fc
epairs was mapped out months ag
nd is now being carried out withou
egard to the intended movement c
he fleet to the Pacific. These repair
yould have been made had ther
een no decision reached for th
lovement to the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres wi
se completed some time in Octobei
THE CRIME
New York City.?The population c
apan is less than 48,0tf0,000. Th
lopulation of the United States j
iearly 85,000,0 ^>0.
The- debt of Japan ? taking th
Itatesman's Year - Book figure
hroughout to insure uniformity c
omparison?is about- $935,000,00(
I'he net debt of the United States :
1964,435.657. Japan rs paying froi
our to six per cent- interest on il
oreign loans and from five to sev'e
?er cent, on its internal loans. On<
ourth of the debt of the Unite
Jtates is at four per cent, and th
est at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than $250
>00,000, while the revenue of tt
Jnited" States is $762,000,000. Ji
lan's total imports and exports f<
he year 1905-1906 were only $420
)00,000 while those of the Unite
States were nearly $3,000,0&0,000.
Against twenty first - class moi
Chicago Bank Wrecker Discharged
The jury drying two members <
* * T>-'1 ^ n r\ m rvlin?'
:ne bieei tsau v^umijaujr mi wiu^lv.
in wrecking the Milwaukee Aveni
State Bank, of Chicago, iisagre*
and was discharged.
f
^ Minimum of Failures.
*In failures the number is down
the lowest minimum of the past twe
ty-five years, but the liabilities a
the largest, with one exception, f
ten years past.
yp-' About Noted People.
Thomas F. Ryan has started on
automobile tour of Ireland.
W. W. Astor has just distribut
$50,000 to four London charities.
Father Francis O'Boyle, who li
recently been elected president of t
St. Louis University, is only thir
five years old.
Francis Wilson on the Bouleva:
in Paris, fresh from Madrid, <
pressed himself satiated with b
fights. "I don't like them," he <
plained, "but there is nothing e
to do there and you can't, sleep
the time, ev$n in Spain.".
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: GET' BY?
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by K. L. Russell, in the Washington Post.
Decides
ily Our Newest
arships to the Pacific
fg ;v 3.1* .<
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sels, Large and Small
t of San Francisco
jary First.
LST NAVAL RtVIEA\
it] Then,, following the usual custoir
ie .the fleet would move southward tc
3- ward Guantanamo for drfll operation
>i ana target practice, om lnsteaa o
t, doing so this fall they wflT go on th<
n cruise to the Pacific. Tfter propositioi
:e to send tire fleet'to the Fadflc at ai
II .early date,, that is, Lhis summer, has
not been considered and' wfH not b<
d considered unless there is cTarrger o
jh an immediate outbreak of hostilities
on the part of Japan, which: officer!
e do not believe is at all likely.
i, Much greater difficulty would b(
n experienced in getting the Big ships
L". around to the Pacific now than fiv<
b> or six months later. The Sfcuth At
lantic is now irrmidwinter,tlie-weathr'
er is unfavorable and muctr d'angei
e' .might be encountered. Besides that
e ft to argued, there-is no pressing need
:for their presence- thermit tttte time
d Whatever good effect may be had bj
y-{sending the ships there, it is contend
11 ed, will be produced by the announces
ment of the decision that they are tc
0 go* later. ': <
Of course, if there should be' ar
d outbreak on the part of Japan* the
n plan to delay the sending of the 6hips
t' until next'winter would be.'.changed
d immediately. The impression, however,
which officers seek' to fconvey is
o that- thp flept iq Tint to he Sfillt. to; thf
d Pacific as a menace to &pan or bee
cause there is any dan'gerfcpf war
h which is scouted, but rather to dfeme
onstrate our ability to finake a dasi
c around the Horn in: the'eveijt of ar
e emergency. Whether or not the ships
1- will be brought back* to the"Atlantic
>- is a matter for determination atftei
it further developments. Next' Decern
it ber will be midsummer In the Simtt
>t Atlantic and conditions will them b<
it favorable for the longi cruise.
rn some naval quarters the opinioi
h is held still that the- battleship ffeei
d wilt never go to the Pacific, and th<
g impression is given that the proposi
Is -tion is largely bluff for the purpose
is of showing Japan what we would' d(
y in case it became necessary to have i
i- large fleet in Pacific waters.
>- These same officers believe thart I
it would be a dangerous: thing to leave
the Atlantic coast unprotected, as i
would be in the event of the with
ir drawal of the entire battleship ffeet
o At the same time they point out tha
it the transfer of the fleet to the Fadfli
?f and the abandonment of the-Atlfcntii
s coast would be an argument far {
e large increase in the navy and: th<
e building of a corresponding, battle
ship fleet for the Atlantic, in: ordei
11 that the country might be adequately
r. protected in both oceans.
OF JINGOISM.
>f era American battleships J&piro hai
e only ten. Against our eight first
is class and five second-class armorec
cruisers Japan has nine. Agains
e* our nineteen protected cruisers-Japai
ss has seventeen.
?f In effective fighting, force thi
). American superiority is vastly pre
is ponderant. This fact is known t<
11 every Japanese statesman and t<
:s every intelligent Japanese citizen
n Yet American jingoes are asking ui
i- to believe that Japan, in some-fashioi
d or another, is secretly menacing th<
ie peace of the United States.
The plain and obvious truth is tha
,- Japan is exhausted financially, tha
ie her population is struggling unde
i- burdens imposed by the -war wit!
>r Russia, and that her resources are si
far inferior to those of the Unitei
>d States that no responsible Japanes
statesman would think of war excep
3- as a last resort.
I. Chinese Appeal to Roosevelt..
of An appeal has been made ta th
ty President by the leader of the- Ghi
ie nese reform movement for moaifica
>d tion of the law excluding Chines
froru this country*
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Chattanooga Bonds "Go."'
to At Chattanooga, Tenn., five bank
n- took the entire issue of $1,000,00
ro city improvement bonds, each ban
or taking an equal portion and. payin
cash therefor.
Baseball Brevities.
an Lelfleld has been of late doing th
best work of the Pittsburg pitchin
ed corps.
Spike Shannon vras a confirme
,as left field hitter up to a short whi
'^g ago. Now he stabs as many to rigl
ty. field as to port.
Fred Tenney and Rov Thomas hai
r(j thrown their scruples aside, and ai
now playing Sunday ball with tl
uH rest of the league.
ex- Western critics have been rpuc
lse impressed with the gait and work <
all Billy Hallman, the successor of Bea.
| mont, tU Pittsburg s Qutn.eia.
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PRISOM FOB FIVE MS
Wild Demonstration of Approval
a? r n _i
in dan rianuisuu ouuu
JUDGE DENOUNCES CONVICT
Delivers Scathing Lecture, Which
Schmitz Interrupts Many Times
With the Demand That He Be
Humiliated No Further.
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San Francisco, ? Eugene E.
Schmitz, recently deposed as Mayor
of this city, was sentenced to five
years in San Quentin Prison. The
consigning to convict's stripes of one
who, when convicted, was serving his
third consecutive term as chief executive,
was attended by several features
sensational and dramatic, without
parallel in the crinjiaal history of
San Francisco.
When sentence was pronounced
tho ronroqpntfltfvea nf a deliehted
? citizenship made a remarkable demonstration,
orally and by applause,
which the Court made no effort to
suppress.
The sentence followed the conviction
of Schmitz for extorting $1175
from the keepers of French restaurants,
by the payment of which they
w were allowed to defy the law. There
are four other indictments for extortion
against Schmitz and indictments
for bribery and other crimes.
"Eugene E. Schmitz, stand up,"
' commanded the Court.
The large, black-bearded prisoner
arose at the counsel table. His face
was the color of ivory. His lips were
pressed tightly. He bent his eyes in
a piercing glance on the Judge, and
not once during the dramatic moments
that followed did he drop
' them. Hfs shoulders were thrown
well back and he held his head high.
"Eugene ?7. Schmitz," said Judge
Dunne, after reciting the facts of Ms
trial and conviction, "have you any
cause to shovr why judgment should
r | not be passed V
? : "We have," responded Attorney
: Fairall, and as he arose to move for'
a a new trial Che Mayor sat down.
' Fairall read briefly six grounds upon
which a new trli^I should be granted.
The motion was promptly denied.
Fairall excepted" to1 the ruling and
i moved for an arrest at judgment.
; This also was denied'. The Court
' then asked if the defense had any
5 other cause to show.
4 "No other," was the reply.
' Judge Dunne, turning to- Schmitz,
, who' had again risen;. sai'cF:,
'm "Eugene E. Schmitz,. you have
heretofore occupied the highest office
" which* the city of San: Francisco can
confer on one of it? citizens. You
[ were "elevated to that position because
of the confluence'and: trust reposed
iir you by the mass of the "
"I am here," interrupted' Schmitz,
in a voice, though quiet and controlled;,
that carried to the far corners
of the room, "to receive sentence
at your hands?and not to-be humiliated
by a lecture which the1 newstapers
can repeat in print:"
At this there was a buzz of excitement.
Judge Dunne> paid" nx> attention
to- the interruption.
"You were elevated to-'that' position,
I say, because of the confidence
and trust imposed in you
Metson interposed: "We are'here
to take semtence, not to' be lectured.
We "
"Mr. Hetcon," said Judge Dunne,
warmly, "If you interrupt these-proceedings
again I will send you to* jail.
. You wouFd be in far better business
i it you were nere degging wr &.uaj
; in court to answer the charge^ that
you wilfnlly and improperly att&mpt!
ed to tamper with a--juror in this
t case:"
; "I stand here as an American' citi.
zen to demand my rights," interposed
> Schmitz.. "I ask that I be not-sub >
jected to> humiliation and degrading
i remarks which the papers are copying,
and'will print. I say, if Your
t Honor has any self-respect, you wttl
3 proceed'with the sentence."'
t "You stand before those who' be
lieved in and honored you morally
. naked, shamed and disgraced;."'cont
tinued the Court.
; t "I deny that," cried Schmitr. "The
: people of San Francisco know how I
i was railroaded through."
i Judfie> Dunne resumed and' finally
- pronounced the sentence.
r ' The1 great crowd'set up a thunderr
ous cheeT. "Good'for you!'"shouted
one man, and hte- ejaculation: was
- echoed' and .re-echoed by others; Several
threw their hats into the-air, and
others- scrambled: upon chairs; The
greatest confusion-'prevailed: A staff
, of newspaper photographers exploded
1 flashlight after- flashlight till the
j courtroom was filled with stifling
t wnoke.
j Attorney Fairall asked' that
Schmitz be admitted to bail' pending
2 an-appeal.
1 Sfchmitz dictated a statement sav3
ing Judge Dunne was prejudiced and
j he-did not have* a fair trial. H>3 repeated
that he-would bo-a candidate
j for Mayor next fall.
2 State Consolidation Plan- Opposed.
Advices from Puerto Cortez say
t chat Honduras, Guatemala and Salt
j vador have united to oppose Zelaya'.s-.
r pfan 10 couauiiaani IL.C ICI/UUHW.
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3' . National Bank ftisolrent.
^ The First National Bank of Hickset
rille, Ohio, has been closed by the
* Controller.- of the Currency as insolvent.
Kitiftvay Monger Illegal,
e Justice Holt, of the United States
> Circuit Court, decided in a stoekt
holder's- suit tliar. the Interboroughe
Metropolitan merger of strert ritil- '
ways; of New York City coratitiates
a monopoly and! 13 illegal.
Dreyfus to. Ka Pensioned.
:s It is stated* iu military circles at
0 Puris, Franc*, that Ma5or Alfred
k L*reyfus, of devil's Island fame, is to
8 retire from the army soao, accepting
a pension.
Wrecker Kelly Caught.
ie Paul Kelly, wanted in New York
'? City to answer charges growing out
of the elevated wreck in September,
d 1905,-was arrested tn San Francisco.
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Kosher Meat Cheapened.
The Kosher meat riot at Milwaukee
,e has been placated by a reduction iu
re the price of beef.
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;h Negro Sunday-School Congress.
o? The National Baptist Sunday ConIA
gress (negro) met at New Orleans
' witU 1Q00 delegates present.
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"after the TOBMMTj
Government Asks Court to Crush
Giant Combination.
Accused of Conspiracies, and Illegal
j.raue Hems?opponents 3lust
Surrender or Die. ,
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New York Ciiy.?The Government
struck the first blov in Its campaign
to smash the Tobacco Trust by filing
a bill in equity in the United States.
Circuit Court in this city. By this action
it is sought to dissolve the trust
by having it declared a combination
in restraint of trade, under provisions
of the Sherman Anti-Trusr law,
to obtain an injunction to stop its
business and, in the discretion of the
court, the appointment of a receiver.
Specifically the complaint asks the
following relief:
That each constituent company of
the trust be restrained from engaging
in interstate or foreign commerce.
That each company be restrained
from holding stock in any of the
other constituent corporations.
That each corporation be restrained
from carrying out any of its contracts,
combinations or conspiracies
with the others.
That the particular contracts by
which an agreement between the
English and American tobacco combinations
was effected in the tail of
1902 be abrogated a3 illegal.
That the trust in all its branches
be enjoined from continuing to exercise
a monopoly of the leaf tobacco
business of this country:
That the court, in its discretion,,
appoint receivers for each of the constituent
concerns to take control of
all their property and. if necessary,
to wind them up.
The bill names the American Tc- !
bacco Company and all Its subsidiarles,
together with Its two great foreign
allies, the Imperial Tobacco
Company, of London, and' the BritishAmerican
Tobacco Company, and also
its affiliated American concerns, the
American Snoff Company, or the
Snuff Trust; tfteMcAndrewff & Forbes
Company, or t!ie Licorice Trust; the
Conley Foil Company, or the Tin Foil
! Tru?t; the American Cigar Company,
the American Stogie Company and
the United Cigar Stores Company, in
>ill sixty-five corporations, as"- de'cndJant3
in the action. There are also
jtwenty-nine individual defendants,
headed by James- B. Duke an>f Thos.
'F'.. Ryan, and including all the principal
officers and; directors of the'
American Tobacco'Company.
Although this action is purely a
civil'suit, James C". McReynold?:,. Special'
Assistant United States District
Attorney, talked about the possibility
of criminal proceedings againai* official?
af the trust.
"It Is highly prcrfrable that criminal,
action will be taken," he said.
"Ther- Sherman law makes it a criminal
offense to enter into a conspiracy
+r> r-Mont.ft a mnnnnnlT. and it mav be
that we shall get evidence enoughs to
warrant such proceedings."
SIX YOUTHS DROWNED..
One Strong Swimmer Among Tfiera
Saves Himself in Pteobscot Eajr>.
Bangor. Me.?Six young men of. a
party of'seven were drowned in Pfenobscoc'
Bay by the capsizing of. the
sloop Ruth E. Cumnock, of Brooksville.
Laurent D. Hall, of Bangor, i7ho>
is a strong swimmer^, succeeded;1 inclearing:
himself from- the foundering
croft, and after: swimming ; fbr
three-quarters of an hour, was rescued
by the tug Bismarck, which hap^pened
to- be in the bay. The others,
sank within a few minutes. The victims
were members of prominent
families; and were known in sciu>ol
and college circles of tiiis State.
The-victims are: Harry Dugnn?
eighteen-,, son of P.*. T. Dugan,.. of
Bangor; sophomore iis Bowdoin -College.
A. Robinson, seventeen, son of
F. Robinson, of Bangor. Raymond
Smith, .nineteen, son .of Shermaa'> W? ,
Smith, of Bangor. ROj Palmer, nineteen,
son of W. A. Palmer, of Baagor.
Frederick Rlngwall, nineteen, san of
Knute?A. Ringwall, o? Bangor. Wiltian
Vadiga, twenty-one^ Soutn B.raokSjville.
HEADS ON COLLISION ON EHTOT.
Passenger Train Hits Freight: Near
CaWWell?Several' Persons XTftTi*..
Mdntciair, N. J.?Westbound'local
passenger train 4 81'ran head on-ilito
a string of freight* cars aboat". 2(50
yard# east of the OhJdwell statfOtr on
the CMdwell branch of the Exte Railroad:
The train >ras composed of a
combination smuifing and baggage
icar-and a passenger coach. TSere
were-about fifty persons aboard.
Mrs. Ida PetrofTs right leg and
Loretta Jackson'^ left leg v-ertr fractured.
The Jackson girl is ten raars
old: Both she and1 Mrs. i^troit itre
in- Brooklyn. Mrs. Petrol?-? was sent
jtoa farm In Pthe Brook, where she
and' her child of three wesks-ineended
to spend the summer. The Jackson
girl was taken' to the haaie' of relatives
in RoseiauiL
PJnginecr Uuffy stuck to- ttis sear,
jand except for-a scalp wvund escaped
; serious injury;
Kilts Mother-Who Oppwst'iT Wedding,.
At Killec.n', Texas, Lee-Roe's mother
objected' to him marrying, and"
when he came home after the -wedding
she disowned fiim. Roe shot I
I her, mounted his horse aad fled, leav[
ing his bride in tears and his mother
\ dead.
j GIRL'S BEAUTY MARRED BY I'IE.
It Was. Scalding Hot?The Girl
Fainted and Fefl With Face It.
Ha&erstown, 3Ird.?Miss Josephine
Eave-y> the daughter of Samuel fc/avey,
was. the victim of a peculiar accident
that will mar lwr beauty for life.
While she wa3 helping her mother
to make custard pics Mtss Eavey '
fainted and fell with her face in a pie.
The young woman's facs was
frightfully burned, the scalding contents
of the pie covering ber irons.
! chin to, forehead.
SCHMITZ DENIED BAIL.
Judge Dunne Refuses to Allow Ilim
to Visit Attorneys.
San Francisco.?Judge Dunne refused
to admit Mayor Schmitz to bail
and denied him the privilege of visiting
his attorneys.
Schmitz appeared in court to ask
for bail ahd to answer the indictments
charging him with accepting
bribes from the gas company ana tne
[United Railroads. In the first he
failed. The second was a formality
and was carried tiirQugh. without tiv?
r.irifiott
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A Kerosene Lamp Faa.
A German firm has recently Intro*duced
into Bombay a. portable tap
which is destined to have a large
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saie mrougnoui inaia. ine lau ?
propelled by a hot-air engine, the
heat being generated by a kerosene
lamp. To the lamp is attached a
small glass chimney connected with
the engine. Upon the top of the engine
is hung the fan, whose speed
is governed by the size of thef flame.
The whole outfit weighs about thirty
pounds and sits upon a small stand.
?From a Consular Report.
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Keep Quiet.
. If you are cheerful under affliction
you are called indifferent, and^if yoi*
make a fuss over it you are' called
selfish, and there you are.?Atchison
Globe.
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Doctor's Failing.
It has always been a falling, a foolish
if an honorable one, in oar profession
for men to be only too anfe
ious to give their services for nothJnfr
?Hospital. >
Concrete memorial columns over
seventy-five feet high are built at
fraction of the cost of cut stone.
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WHERE DOCTORS FAILED,
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Ait Interesting Case From Saleim, the
Capital of Oregon.
F..A. Sutton, R. F. D. No. 4, Salem,
Oregon, says: "Acute attacks of Ikldtney
disease and
rheumatism laid
me up off and on
for ten1 years. A*ful
pafos started
from tBe kidney*
and conned down
through my limbs,
I sought the best
medical treatment,
but in vain, and
when I began using
Doan's- Kidney
Fills f was vtaJMng with, two canes
and suffering- continual pains;, beadofliifla
onr? oloflTklnca nlaKfa t l?ii
proved (juicSly and after taking three
boxes felt better than I had fbr 15
years. The effects have been lastftg.'"
Sald by all: dfeaTere. 50 cents a box.
Fostfer-Milbunr Cov, Buffalo, N. Yi
Meeting Trouble.
More poopte* woirM snap their fingers
iir the fawr of trouble if trouble
didn't have such a sudden way of
swooping dowffiGiniusr? Chicago Record-Herald.
AlMOSrff SOUP S^RL r
Skin Disease From- BErth?^Fortsinw
Spent on Her Wittkrat Benefit?
Doctor Cured Hfer WSlfc CutfcuraA
"1 hav? a cousm' iar Rockingham Co. wfc?
once bad1 a skin disease from her birth ontil
abp nrao ?ir vpant^nf" am*. Her father
had spent a fortune onher to get her cured
and none-of the treatments- did her asyfl
good. OlfrUr. G-?suggested that he tryBH
the Cuticura Remedies; wbieh he dith^H
When he "commenced* to use' it the chM^H
was almosfrin a solid socb. ite had used itH
about twer months-aid'the child was weif^H
and I could hardly believe she was tbeflH
same chiid. Her skin" was aa soft as -aflp
baby's without a scar on- it. *1 hare oo^l
seen her in seventeen^ year?$ but 1 hare^H
heard from her and tit?'last time 1 heant^H
from her she was weHr Mfcs. W. P. Ingl?;MB
Burlington-;'N'. C., June 16; 1905/' U
Two-Sides to the Question.
The agent of thOi buiWTng did not^H
like the looks of tb?"mair who want
to rent <?e secona-^&or
"We require tha pajment of tCe^J
rental monthly iir adrnnce, ofHa
course,""he said. H|
" ThsJt will be ajl:rtg*c," answereo^H
the mam "The rooms suit me,
I am willing to payra'year in advance-,
if necessary." SB
"You? don't objdct* to? music, pier>^|
haps? There's aipiaiw on the
floor and a harp- and' zither on tbeHj
"No objection ao tiftsfc. I am
of all kinds of comic:'" BH
"We* don't tatfe- renters who
children, you know*'" H|
"We- haven't aoy. My family con-^M
sists (if my wife*.myaelf and a grownBH
"Also we retire the best off ref-^H
erences." ?
"H^re they are;"' H
Tfre agent looked at them: and^H
handled them back: H|
"They're allirigftt. I'll have?to le^H
you- in. Yob* are fortunatey Mr^H
Spondoo, in getting the apartment aj^H
this- particular time. By order o^H
Mir Hunks I.'have had all thfr room^H
thoroughly **" wBj
"Does old: Htutks own this build^H
ixgV an
"Certainly. As I was saying
,4Great Scott? The only object
have in moving is to get oat of one o^H
old Hunks' apartrnent-ilouses.
wouldn't live here rent free. .No^H
thanks, I' can And my way out witb^H
out any assistance. Morning, sir."?
Chicago Tribune. HH
COULDN'T K1SEP IT
Kept it Hid From the- Children,.
"W*> cannot keep Grape-Nuts fbo^H
in tho< house. . It goes so fast I fravflH
to hicte it, because the children tov^H
it so. It is just the-food I have>bee^H
- -- * rAm/%iKlnHi
lOOKing ior ever su iwug, auu<nulu^_
that I do not have to stop to prepaifll
a-.d still is nourishing." H
G"rape-Nuts la the most scientifl^^B
ally made food on the market. It
pwfectly and completely cooked
the factory and can be served at a^Bj
instant's notice, either with rich col^H
cream, or with hot milk if a/hot dis^^J
is desired. When milk or water
used, a little sugar should be addeflSj
but when cold cream is-- used aloi^^B
the natural grape-sugar, which ci^^f
he seen glistening on the granuIe^H
is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the PG^H|
ate. This grape-sugar is cot pour^^H
over the granules, as some peopHH
think, hut exudes from the granul^^B
in the process of manufacture.
the starch of the grains is ehang^^f
from starch to grape-sugar by
process of manufacture. This, !n
feet, is the first act of digestio^O^
therefore, Grape-Xiits food is pi^^N
digested and is most perfectly
similated by the very weakest
aeh. "There's a Reason." NH
Made at the pure food faetories^^S
the Postnm Co., Rattle Creek,
Rcr.d the little wealth clas'-ie..
I Road. t.Q WellviUSj" iU i>kgs, gj