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> "CRUSH OIL TRUST" Is Slogan Heralded by United States Government. INITIAL MOVE IS MADE Suit is Filed at St. Louis to Dissolve Giant Monopoly?All Standard Oil Companies Are involves in the Proceedings. * > The United States government Thursday made initial move to dissolve the Standard Oil monopoly by filing in the United States district court in St Louis a petition in equity against the Sttydard Oil company of New Jersey . and its seventy constituent corporar tions and partnerships and seven part nerships, including John D. Rockefel^ ler and William Rockefeller, asking that the combination be declared un lawful and In the future - enjoined from entering into any contract or combination in restraint of trade. The . suit is brought under the Sherman a?iti-trust act, which the Standard and its constituent companies and the seven individual defendants are cnarg ?d with violating. Attorney General Moody says criminal prosecution is reserved for future consideration. Frank B. Keliogg of St. Paul, Miun., special assistant to Attorney General Moody, brought the petition to St IA>uis. The document was filed with the clerk of the United States circuit t court by the government's local representatives. United States District Attorney D. P. Dyer and Special Counsel Kellogg. ? After the filing of the petition, Judges Sanborn and Adams of the United States circait court of appeals, upon petition, issued an order granting the federal officers authority immediately to serve notice upon these^ defendants who are not residents of the judicial district in which the suit has been filed. The government's petition is signed by William H. Moody, attorney gen?ral; Milton B. Purdy, assistant to . . the attorney general; F. B. Kellogg, C. U. Morrison and C. A. SeyerancS, special assistants to the attorney genjj ?ral. The petition contains 194 pages of printed matter or about 100,000 words and additIoi*al 84 pages of exhibits, consisting of by-laws-and mlnntes of Standard Oil meetings and organization, and a map showing the retail prices of oil in every state and territory of the union. The investigation into the methods pursued by the Standard Oil company began early in 1905, and the results were laid before congress last May by President Roosevelt, who accompanied the report by special message \ denouncing the apparent methods pursued. The president asserted at the lime that suits would be instituted in the United States courts to abolish the combination and the filing of the suit Thursday marks the initial step. The defendants are entitled to one TOOntn m wmcn 10 eiuur ineir tLpyear?? ance and sixty days in which to file answer to the allegations in the deposition. They also have the option of \ filing a demurrer to the bill. ; - i POSSE KILLS DESPERADO. Negro Who Slew Five Men In Ashevillc Gives Up His Life. A special from Asheville. N. C., says: Standing at bay, fighting with 'i all the desperation of a man who laughs at death, Will Harris, the five / limes murderer, fell riddled with bullets from the rifles of cool, but determined officers and citizens in the woods near Fletcher, N. C., Thursday afternoon. He died as he lived, his ' hand raised against every man, fighting to the last, giving shot for shot . until his last cartridge was expended. Then, as with one accord, the avenging rifles rang out carrying the message of death to the murderer of the .brave officers, Blackstock and Bailey, and of three innocent negroes. TOM AND LILLIAN SEPARATE. I Senator Piatt and His Spouse Agree to Disagree. (Senator Thomas C. Piatt of New York and his wife, formerly Mrs. Lillian T. Janeway, have agreed to separate. The deed was signed by both, and, in part, is as follows: "While there have been differences and disputes, which seem to make a separation advisable, there has been no conduct -on the part of either which could possibly be the foundation nt a rUvorce action. No question of the infidelity of either to the othor has ever been raised." ORDER FOR LEE CENTENNIAL. General's One Hundredth Birthday to Be Celebrated January 19. An order fixing January 19, 1907, for observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of "General Robert E. Lee was announced in New Orleans Wednesday by Adjutant General and Chief of Staff William E. Mickle, United Confederate Veterans. The order was issued by command of Stephen D. Lee, general commanding. ....; &&&?& y- y*W ft? GOING TO THE COURTS. Negroes Will Fight Order of Roosevelt Discharging Colored TYaops. Attorneys Are Employed. Announcement was made in New Tork Saturday, that Alexander S. Bacon and J. Douglas Wetmore, attorneys for the Afro-American council, have been employed by the ne^ro sol - ? T-h n J n -v* 4-u.x Uiers Ot companies x>, auu u, ut Twenty-Fifth Infantry, who have been ordered dishonorably dismissed from the United States army, to take steps for their re-instatement and to ascertain what rights they have, if any, to protect them against the effect of President Roosevelt's recent order debarring them from future employment in the government service. The statement, is made that a number of persons, both white and black, have expressed their willingness to assist in bearing the expenses of the suit. Mr. Wetmore says he intends to have two hills introduced at the next session of congress on behalf of tiie Afro-American council, one depriving the president and secretary of war of the power to discharge soldiers without trials, and the other for the reinstatement of the negroes discharged from the Twenty-fifth infantry. Calls were sent cut for special meetings of the ministerial association of negro preachers, the JtJapust ministers meeting; and the clerical union of Long Island to take action on President Roosevelt's attitude toward the i negro troops. An Appeal to Taft. Marv Church Terrell, a member of the Constitutional League, of New York, called npen Secretary Taft at the war department a't Washington Saturday by direction of the league and Legged him to suspend, until the president returns, the execution of the order discharging without honor a battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry at Fort Reno. In addition to this presentment from the ieague. Secretary Taft also had before him a telegram containing resolutions adopted by the Republican county committee of New York, also praying that the negro troops be given a hearing and that meanwhile the execution of the order be suspended. Secretary Taft pointed out that the action complained of was a presidential order. He said that he had already caused an inquiry to be made of General McCaskey, the department commander at San Antonio, as to what had been done toward executing the order, and be further intimated that he might communicate with the president upon the subject. PRESIDENT LEAVES PANAMA. Expresed Himself as Pleased With Condition of Canal Affairs. A special from Colon says: President Roosevelt had a conference Fri day night with -the heads of the various canal departments and went aboard his train at Tiyoli at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning to begin the homeward journey. As the train passed Camp Elliott, the marines there were lined up for review and the band played "Idle Star Spangled Banner." At Gatun, President and Mrs. Roosevelt disembarked and t climbed the hill where the big dam and locks will be located. President Roosevelt said he was pleased with the condition of affairs and the system now established in the zone. * The president expects to arrive at Foncefi, Porto Rico, on Wednesday. After landing there he will cross the island in an automobile, and will emj.ii-i. .i< citi .Tnan Thuisdav for Hamp WpWVIH! ? W|. ? . , Place of "Sprinkle." By resolution the Baptist convention in Richmond, Va., Wednesday broke off all relations with the American Bible Society, and refused to use their publications. The trouble grew out or the printing by the Baptists of Bibles for the "Asiatics," in which the -Greek word "baptize" was translated "dipped." The American Society contends for the translation "sprinkle," and refused to aid in the circulation of the Baptist Bibles. no fatalities occurred Though Seventeen Passengers Were Hurt in A. C. L. Train Wreck. An Atlantic Coast Line passenger and mail train leaving Wilmington, N. C., for Charleston at 6 o'clock Saturday morning was wrecked at Leland, seven miles from Wilmington, by a broken rail. Seventeen passengers were injured, but none seriously. t ' ' -> V . t THREE STATES HIT By Torrential Rains and Terrific, Death-Dealing Winds. # MANY FATALITIES OCCUR Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana the Chief Sufferers?Communication Cut Off and Many Towns Are Isolated. n,ignt persons cire iuuwu 10 nave lost their lives, scores of ethers injured, ;ind property and crops suffered great damage, the extent of which "because of the meagre reports obtainable, cannot be estimated at this time, as a result of a terrific wind and rnin storm, which originated on the gulf Saturday night and early Sunday, swept northeastward through portions of Alabama, central and northern Mississippi and western Tennessee and in its northward course razed scores of substantial buildings, I?artidlly demolished hundreds of others, caused a complete demoralization of railroad traffic, and cut off telegraphic communication with many points in the affected territory. Cotton in the fields was blown down by the wind, beaten into the ground, and, if not totally, badly damaged. Besides the loss of life and property | damage, which is known to have cc- J curred a number of points directly in i the pathway of the stoim cannot oe communicated with as yet, and when complete reports have been received it is feared the loss to both life and property will be greatly increased. Throughout almost the entire districts rain continued to fall 'Sunday night, but in decreased volume. The storm approached Athens, Ala., from the west, and cut a path three hundred yards wide through the southern portion of that city. A score of buildings were wrecked, but no one was killed or seriously injured*. At Winona. Miss., three churches were demolished, gud numerous buildings unroofed and badly damaged. Among the largest buildings damaged at this place are the postoffice, opera house, the oil mill, the compress, warehouse and the residence of E. J. Dunkston. Besides these about twenty-five smaller buildings were almost completely destroyed. Of those buildings not totally destroyed, the compress wa's probably the most badly damaged. At Nonconnah creek, a few miles from Memphis, a railroad trestle fell under the weight cf a switch engine, the engine plunging into the swollen stream, carrying with it Engineer C. V. Peterson and Fireman A. R. Ritchie, who were drowned. At Mathison, Miss., nearly every 1 ?ti/\ nnntKam nrtrtlnn r*f fho ton Roads. AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE Negro Acquitted on Criminal Assault Charge Still Held in Jail. After being acquitted on the charge uf criminally assaulting Mrs. Camp, Joe Glenn spent Friday night in the Tower, at Atlanta, and ysdll probably spend several days in the same place purely as a mattei of precaution in view of the inflamed state of mind in the vicinity of. the assault. The verdict of the jury met with general approval throughout the city. > BAPTIST BIBLE BARRED. edition Contained "DiDDed" In i OUUUlUg ill >UC ^UUW&IU JWI wv/u ?? mv town was destroyed. These include the Eaptist church, piiblic school building, several brick buildings and a number of residences. At this place a negro woman was killed and several others were injured. Near Okolona, Miss., three lives were lost. The property loss at this place cannot be ascertained. At BoHver, Tenn.. nine inches of rain Tell in twenty-four hours, and thousands of head of cattle were caught in the low lands. Relief parties were 3ent out, but because of the high stage of the water little could be accomplished in rescuing the drowning cattle. ? TO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM. Dates and Place Announced for Gathfiring of Cotton Association. Secretary J. B. Babfc, of the Birmingham, Ala., Commercial club, received a letter from Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, saying that January 17, 18 and 19, 1907. had been fixed.for the annual meeting of the convention, which will be held in' Birmingham. Already preparations have been be- ! gun under the auspices of the Com- j mercial club to entertain the associa- | tioa. MORE NEGROES FIRED. Joined Another Company But Did Not Escape President's Order. Alexander Ash,-Taylor Stondemic I and Roger Thomas, privates of Troop C, Ninth cavalry, at Fort Riley, were discharged Saturday because they belonged to the battalion of the Twentyfifth infantry that was stationed in Brownsville, Texas, at the time of the riot. The men were discharged from .i-_ tho evnlration of lilC 1 nvu-.j-mm their term, after the Brownsville riot, and re-enlisted in the Ninth cavalry, also a negro regiment. SUN TIME HOLDS IN LAW. Texas Supreme Court So Decides in Unique Case. The supreme court of the st2te of Texas has decided that ic. legal proceedings the day is the solar day, not the day of railroad or "standard" lime. The decision validates a verdict which had been invalidated by the decision of the court below that standard time. tvas the time of the courts. ? .v."*. . - } *' ^ \-' i . . '. - ' TEDDY VIEWS BIG DITCH' President is Rdyally Welcomed by the Panamans?School Children Greet Him With Patriotic Songs. President Rooseveit spent a busy Jay Thursday on the Isthmus of Panama, and settled down for the night at the Tivoli hotel on the line of the canal. During the day he crossed from Colon to Panama, seeing much of the canal and the famous Culebra cut ou the way; he took a trip around Panama bay, and was welcomed in Panama City, which lies outside of the canal zone, by President Amador and other officials of the Panama republic. The day passed according to schedule. It wa3 in every respect successiul and no untoward or unexpected incident occurred. The president left the Louisiana early Thursday morning and landed at the Colon dock. Here he was welcomed by Canal Commissioner Shonts, Chief Engineer Stevens and ther officials, and the school children of Colon sang "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America" for his benefit A few moments later President Roosevelt was greeted by President and Mrs. Amador, and at 8:10 a. m. the whole party left Colon for Panama by train. The trip across the isthmus was made slowly in order to permit the presidential party to have a good look at all the points of interest along the route. Several stops were made and 3.C eacn SIUUUII bcuuui uiuiuimi uamo down asid sang patriotic airs. The presidential train arrived in front of the Tivoli hotel at 10:30. Here President Amador left Mr. Roosevelt and went on to Panama, while the American president continued to La Boca, the Pacific entrance to the canal. Here President Roosevelt boarded the steamer Bolivar made a trip arOund Panama bay, and returned to La Boca for lunch. Amador's Address of Welcome. In the afternoon the president went from La Boca to Panama City, and was welcomed all the way by the cheering of the crowds. At, the plaza, President Amador delivered an address of Welcome and President Roosevelt replied. The president, escorted by the officials of the Panaman republic and a bodyguard of 200 mounted members of the Panaman aristocracy, then returned to the Tivoli hotel for the night President Roosevelt was welcomed with unbounded enthusiasm by the people cf Panama. He seemed determined to obtain all the information he possibly could. He asked questions of all the canal employees. During his trip from Colon he met a number of - -o;% 1 rsaAari ipith pflrth and W KJL A. Li Milio ivuuvu v? ? rock from the Culebra cut and saw several hundred steam shovels working. To a newspaper reporter, President Roosevelt said that he felt like the general of a great and successful army. DAUGHTERS THANK ROOSEVELT. Fort Part He Played In Act Marking Confederate Graves. Resolutions were 'adopted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in sesslpn at Gulfport, Miss., thanking President Roosevelt for the part he played in thp marking of the graves of the Confederates who died in the northern prisons. Other resolutions commend the institution of chapters of the order In the north. PEARY IN LABRADOR PORT. Good Ship Roosevelt, Bearing Arctic Explorer, is Fog-Bound. A disnatch from Chateau Bay, Lab rador, announced the arrival there at 6 o'clock Thursday merning of the Roosevelt with Commander Peary aboard, which had been delayed by heavy weather up the coast, the steamer is fog-bound at Chateau Bay and is expected to sail at cnce for Sydney. College for Men is Dedicated. The Alabama Synodical College for Men was dedicated at Anniston Thursday. The Alabama synod adjourned at Talladega, and met in Anniston for the dedication exercises. AGAINST THE (JOLORED ELKS. Macon Judge Decides Negroes Cannot Use Badge of Order. Judge A. L Miller, presiding for Judge W. H. Felton of Bibb superior court, in Macon, Friday, rendered a In InliinnMnn nrn/>PA(HnSrfi uuai .ucvisjuu iu iujiiuvUVU of -Macon lodge .order of Eiks against a score of nfegroes in that city, restraining them from using the name, tide and insignia "Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World," or any similar name, in any colored order in Bibb county, or within the state of Georgia. BISHOP TIGERT STRICKEN. Noted Methodist Divine Seriously III With Tonsilitis. Bishop John J. Tigert of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, whose home is at Louisville, Ky., is dangerously ill at Tulsa. Indian Territory, with tonsilitis, and has family has been summoned. The bishop was to preside over a conference m Tulsa, but was unable to officiate. / / ANNA IS GUT LOOSE I I I i Jay Gould's Daughter Award-! ed a Total Divorce. LITTLE BONI SET ADRIFT French Court Assesses Costs of Suit Against Him?Gets No ?Alimony and is Now Just a Plain Beggar. A Paris special says: The tribune of first instance of the (Seine, Judge Ditte presiding, at noon Wednesday granted a divorce to the Countess do Castellane, formerly Anna Gould of New York, and gave her the custody I of her children, who, however, will not be allowed to be taken from France without the consent of their . father, Count Boni de Castellane. The end of the famous case came suddenly. The court brushed aside the demand of the count's lawyers for an examination of witnesses, and, as reported, the public prosecutor did not even ask to be heard. As soon as the court assembled Judge Ditte handed down the judg* raeht, which is a sweeping victory for the countess. In granting her petition for divorce the court gave the countess the custody of her children, the count being allowed only the usual rights to see them $nd share in the control cf their education, which was not contested. The count is given the right to see the children at stated periods at the home of their grandmother and keep them a month annually during the holidays. The count's demand for an "alimentary allowance of $50,000 annually" was pronounced by the court to be f/~.nrelation in law. and was re ttKUVUI, iuuuu?>.wu ? ... , _ _ jected. The court appointed' the president of the chamber of notaries to liquidate the affairs of the husband and wife. I The judgment was given with costs against the count. The decree, the reading of which hardly consumed five minutes, was delivered by the judge, in a voice so low as to be practically inaudible to the eager crowd filling the court room. Many women climbed the stairs In vain efforts to hear the I decision and when they were aware I that a divorce was granted they seem- I ed actually to resent the loss of a public trial at which people in high society would be compelled to testify. ? *. The text of the decree does not go into the details of the countess' bill of particulars, "inasmuch as Madame de Castellane submitted letters and I documents, several * of which were I /from the count himself, establishing sufficiently that since Cheir marriage, notably In 1S98, 1902 and 1905, he J had relations and correspondence with I various women of easy virtue, which was most offensive to a wife. The court also took a precaution against any unreasonable attitude on. I the part of the count toward allowing I his wife to take her children out of France, by providing that, in case of I his refusal, judicial - authorization could be granted. . ! The decree orders the countess to I send the children on inursuajo OUU I Sundays to their grandmother, the Marquise de Castellane, and their surrender to their father for a week at New Year's, and Easter, and for a month in the summer. Dame Gould, as the former Countess de Castellane, will hereafter be known, her title having ceased with the granting of the divorce, expi'essed the greatest satisfaction when she received the news at her residence on the Avenue Malakoif. Miss Helen Gould, who will remain in Paris until after Christmas, was with her at the time. Madame GoBd has no present intention of leaving Paris. National Banks Asked to* Show. The comptroller of the currency on Wednesday issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks at the close of business on Monday, November 12. OUAi/cc ST ppxpRS yviuu w * ^ ( ? ? - -w? Services Were Being Held and Congregation Scattered Precipitately. A bomb was exploded in St. Peter's Church at Rome, Italy, Sunday. The edifice was crowded at the time and an indescribable scene of confusion followed. The people fled in all directions?, and several women fainted. The church is so large, however, that there was ample room for the crowd to scatter, and no one was injured. No trace of the perpetrator of the deed has been found. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR MEN. Boiler of Cotton Ginenry Blows Up With Disastrous Results. Four men were killed and a score 1 fatallv hv thp ex- I 1JJJ U1 CU, g\.,?V4MH 9 w%f plosion of a boiler of a cotton gin at Caulksville, Ark., on the Arkansas Central railroad Thursday. The dead are: John Gilbert, ov/ner cf the gin; George 'Marshall, Charles White, William B. Bell. i ??MM??MM???i ROCKY MUST FACE JURY Standard Oil Magnate and Some of / f - His Associates Indicted for Flagrant Violation of the Law. . $ At Findlay, Ohio, Wednesday, the grand jury found indictments against John D. Rockefeller and four other persons in connection with the Standard Oil inquiry, which was. reopened upon the reconvening, of that body in adjourned session. $ The bench warrants issued upon the indictments were placed in the hands of Sheriff Groves, who immedi- \ J ately took them and went to Cleveland to serve them. v.J| It is understood the indictments cnarge tne aeieuaunis wuu uavug wutinued to contract the Oil productions 1 and to fix prices on and after July 7. 1906, in violation of the Valentine ^ anti-trust act, a state law under which " gfl the recent prosecution of the Standard Oil company, in Hanpock county. "J was conducted, and in which a tine . of $5,000 was imposed by the probate ? court. Prosecutor David stated that no at- .Jj tempt would be made at this time to $ compel J. D. Rockefeller to coine/to Findlay, as his appearance had already |a been entered by his attorney in the matter of the information new pending in the probate court. Mr. David gave as a reason for not : J making the indictments public the J| fact that none of the parties named in them had been served with war-' :'M rants of arrest. He declared that several persons subpenaed as witnesses /Jfj in the recent Standard Oil trial had left the state and thus avoided teatifving. . . According to C. O. Myers, a member of the jury that convicted the- Standard' Oil company of violating the antk.-v^j trust law, a bribe of $500 was twice >||1 offered him during tfie trial on condl* -$j tiop that he hang the jury and force a disagreement Myers says he doesn't know the man who tendered him the money,, butthought it war. the same man in both 'M instances. " r'jH Rumors of attempts to bribe or oth> erwise influence jurymen- had been [M frequent during the trial and after* 3 ward. This gave rise to the inquiry- ^B After leaving the jury room Myers admitted that he had described at? ^ tempts to bribe him. . _ . , A dispatch from Cleveland say3: Deputy Sheriff A. S. Johns pf Hancock . Ja county arrived Wednesday and made * 4 public the names of the three other ; | persons indicted at Findlay in addK -Jal tion to the indictments against JoirevJaB D. Rockefeller. Johns has warrants | for the arrest of M. G. Vilas, treasure* | of the Standard Oil company of Ohio^j^H J. M. Robertson, secretary, and H. P? \f/-.Tnt/vah -i director of the same com* ;S pany. Mr. Johns was unable to.locate f$H any of them, and at their respective homes he was told they were hot ftt . p the city. WEST HEADS VETERANS. IB The Reunion of Georgia Confederates Comet to Close at 8avannah. t?S The final session of the reuDion.of ^ the Confederate Veterans of the Geor- 'J % gia division was held in Savannah on Wednesday morning. Brigadier General . Andrew J. West was elected by ac- :|| clamation for commandeir Of the Geor-^fgj gia division of the United Confederate .M Augusta was selected as the Placa|Bj for the reunion next year by ti&ank Jw mous vote. The brigadier commaiK:JB ders as elected were: ' ' ;||M Brigadier General L. G. Young Savannah, southern brigade; Brigadier ||9 General J. E. DeVaughn, Montezuma, :-M western brigade; Brigadier General Wr'^B P. Thomas, Atlanta, northern brigade; Brigadier General J. W^ Clarke, gusta, eastern brigade; Judge RobertS^M L. Rodgers of Atlanta read the his- f| torian'3 report ATLANTA THIRD ON LI8T. Only Two Cities in United States Show Higher Postal Receipts. A Washington special says: The -jjj Atlanta postal receipts for the month of October, 1906, were $77,295.34, an '^9 increase over October, 1905, of 26.96 per cent. Two cities only made a bet? ;i|l, ter showing'for the same period than ;|la Atlanta. [M NEARLY THOUSAND DEATHS. J? By Violence Occurred in Ner.YorfC: 1R City Within Ninety Days. One hundred and ninety-one "pep- Jji' sons committed suicide in New Tork'^H city during the three months previ- JB cus to July 1, last, says the report ;';aS of Health Commissioner Darlington* sent fo Mayor McClellan, Thursday. Sixty-seven persons were killed by ;Wl electric cars during the quarter, forty- Jffl one of the total number being in' Brooklyn. The total number of deaths . ^ by violence during the three months ^ was 965. PREACHERS JOIN LABOR UNIOH. f|j Sky Pilots of Toledo Ohio, Affiliated Js With Federation. ^ ig The Toledo, Ohio, Pastors' Union >5 was represented at the meeting of the :|| Central Labor Union Friday night, ?| and now the preachers' organization ^ is a full-fledged labor body. The new jj organization was represented by va- M rious clergymen from the Christian. g|g churches. :/j?