STANDARD OIL ON THE RACK
Department of Justice Begins Suit at
St, Louis to Kill Giant Trust.
Che Petit ion Til'd Asks That the Combination Bj Declared Unlaw-
ful and Restrained f.o:n Doing Business—His'ory of the Mo-
nopo'y and How It Is Alleged to Restrain Trade
—Its Enormous Profiis.
The War on the Standard.
St. Louis.—Petition filed in I'nlted
States circuit court asking for disso-
lution of Standard Oil trust and per-
petual injunction restraining 70 con-
stituent companies from working with
or paying dividends to parent com-
pany.
New York.—Standard Oil shares
dropped 15 points, making net loss of
150 points since Roosevelt's war on
«he trust began; total depreciation in
stock since president opened crusade,
$150,000,000; this notwithstanding
Quarterly dividends of $10 per share.
Findlay, O.—Prosecuting attorney
•directed by Attorney General Ellis to
keep grand Jury In session; all Stand-
ard Oil officials may be indicted; of-
ficials of Standard Oil company of
Ohio indicted agreed to surrender.
St. Louis, Mo.—The suit to hreak
up the Standard Oil trust has been
filed in the United States circuit court
here. The petition asks:
That the court decree that the com-
bination and conspiracy are unlawful
tiuder the Sherman anti-trust act.
That the Standard Oil company be
enjoined, restrained and prohiWied
from exercising any control over Its
allied corporations, or any of them,
by the election or appointment of di-
rectors or officers, or in any other
manner.
That the subsidiary corporations be
enjoined from declaring or paying any
dividends to the Standard Oil com-
pany of New Jersey.
That the defendants, and each and
all of them, be enjoined from entering
into any contract, the purpose or ef-
fect of which Is to restrain commerce
In petroleum and its products or to
monopolize the same.
The petition contains 104 pages of
printed matter, or about 100.000
words, and an aditional 84 pages of
exhibits, consisting of by-laws and
minutes of Standard Oil meetings and
organizations, and a map showing the
retail prices of oil in every state and
territory of the union.
What the Petition Alleges.
It is alleged in the petition that
John I). Rockefeller and his associ-
ates, the other individual defendants,
formed a conspiracy to monopolize
the commerce in petroleum and its
products at an early date—about the
year 1870—and that the same individ-
uals hive controlled the combination
during all these years, in all its forms,
and now control it. It was, therefore,
deemed wise to state in the petition
the complete history and growth of
this conspiracy.
History of the Conspiracy.
The petition is logically divided into
three periods. During the first one
of these periods, from 1870 to 1882,
the combination assumed the form of
a simple conspiracy—that is to say,
the defendants, with the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, acted together to
suppress competition and control the
oil business.
During the second period, from 1882
to 1S00, the combination assumed the
form of a trust agreement, whereby
about 40 separate corporations en-
gaged in the same business, turned
over the management of their busi-
ness to nine trustees, of which these
individual defendants were the major-
ity, so that these defendants con-
trolled all of these corporations.
In March, 1892, the supreme court
of Ohio declared this trust agreement
void and ordered its dissolution.
Thereupon, on March 21, 18!>2, the
trust certificate holders met in New
ork and resolved to dissolve the trust
and appointed John D. Rockefeller,
Henry M. Flagler, William Rockefel-
ler, John D. Archbold, Benjamin
Brewster, Henry H. Rogers, Wesley
H. Tilford and O. B. Jennings as
liquidating trustees—the individual
defendants being a majority of these
of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey from $10,000,000 to $110,000,-
000, and made it the holding corpora-
tion and placed the control through
stock ownership of all the corpora-
tions previously held by the trusts
into the said company, and exchanged
its stock for the stock so acquired,
share for share, issuing therefor $97,-
250,000 jiar value—the exact amount
of the trust certificates previously is-
sued by the trustees.
The stock of this company was in-
creased by a small amount, and is
now $98,338,300.
Some Standard Oil Methods.
The petition then shows the meth-
ods employed by the Standard Oil
company to monopolize the oil busi-
ness. These include discriminating
contracts with the railroad companies,
manipulation of rates, local price cut-
ting, bogus independent companies,
etc.
The bill sets up among others a con-
tract between the Standard Oil com-
It Is alleged ttat the defendants,
through the Standard Oil company
and the other corporations, are eu-
gaged in producing, purchasing and
transporting petroleum in the various
producing districts in the United
States, principally situated in New
York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Kansas. Indian Territory, Ok-
lahoma. Ijouisiana. Texas, Colorado
and California; that they own and con-
trol nearly all of the pipe lines in
said states, and other pipe lines ex-
tending from Kansas to the seaboard;
also pipe lines in Texas and in Cal-
ifornia; that they own a large num-
ber of tank cnrs and steamships en-
gaged in transporting oil; and that the
said defendants have, through the in
strumentallty of the Standard Oil com-
pany of New Jersey (a holding corpor-
ation), eliminated competition between j
all of the separate corporations and
monopolized the commerce insoll in
the United States.
Control the Pipe Lines.
It Is alleged that the Standard Oil
company has had control of the carry-
ing business by pipe lines In and from
all the oil producing regions of the
United States except Texas, Louisiana
and California; that they charged ex-
cessive and unreasonable rates, and
rates which were discriminatory in
favor of the Standard Oil company;
that they hav<j refused to furnish
equal facilities for receiving and de-
livering oil of independent shippers
and refiners; that they have refused
to transport oil belonging to others
than the defendants and their associa-
ted companies, and since the month of
August, 1906, have refused to transport
oil of others except in such large quan-
tities as to completely prevent inde-
pendent producers and refiners of oil
pany and the Tidewater Pipe company
whereby the Tidewater companies are ! from using their service, and that they
limited to 11 Mi per cent of certain have forced 16 independent refiners
business in Pennsylvania and New > now doing business in Pennsylvania
York, and the Standard Oil company and Ohio, and producing their crude
to receive 88*4 per cent of the busi- oil through the Standard Oil com
ness, the Standard Oil company guar
anteeing the Tidewater company $500,-
000 j>er annum profits, thereby elim-
inating all competition between them.
The bill alleges a contract made
with the Pennsylvania railroad com-
pany in 1884, which was in existence
until 1906, by which the Standard Oil
company was able to maintain the
public charges for transporting crude
oil from western Pennsylvania at 40
and 4 5 cents a barrel to Philadelphia
and New York respectively. The Stand-
ard Oil company, through its own
pipe lines, transported the oil for
eight cents a barrel.
pany's pipe lines, to sell all of their
export oil to the Standard Oil com
pany. thereby eliminating their coin
petition. This contract was procured
through threats of the Standard Oil
company to reduce the amount of
crude oil which It would sell to the
independent refiners.
Enjoy Preferential Rates.
It is alleged that one of the prin-
cipal instrumentalities through which
the defendants have been enabled to
monopolize the commerce in petro-
leum and Its products throughout the
United States has been a system of
preferential rates, and rates discrimi-
COMPONENT PARTS OF HUGE OIL TRUST.
List of Corporations and Partnerships Controlled by Standard Oil Com-
pany of New Jersey and Which Will Be Compelled to Resume
Business as Independent Concerns If United States Wins
Its Case.
Where Capltaliza-
organized. tion.
New York $ 300,000
. New York....
. England  
Ohio  
. Pennsylvania
Name.
Acme Oil company 
American Lubricating Oil company 
j Anglo-American Oil company (Limited) 
Argand Refining company 
Atlantic Refining company   
Baltimore United Oil company Maryland
Borne Scrymser company New Jersey....
Buckeye Pipe Line company Ohio  
Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel company New York 
Bush & Densiow Manufacturing company New York 
Camden Consolidated Oil company West Virginia..
Chesebrough Manufacturing company, cons't'd . New York 
i Colonial Oil company New Jersey....
Commercial Natural Gas company Pennsylvania .
Connecting Gas company Ohio  
Continental Oil company Iowa
Crescent Pipe Line company 
Cumberland Pipe Line company 
Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas company  
Eclipse Lubricating Oil company 
Eureka Pipe Line company 
Florence Oil and Refining company 
Franklin Pipe company (Limited) 
Galena Signal Oil company 
Indiana Pipe Line company 
Lawrence Natural Gas company 
Mahoning Gas Fuel company 
Manhattan Oil company 
Mountain State Gas company 
National Fuel Gas company 
National Transit company 
New York Transit company 
Northern Pipe Line company 
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas company
Ohio Oil company Ohio
Oil City Fuel Supply company Pennsylvania
Oswego Manufacturing company New York .
Pennsylvania Gas company Pennsylvania
100.000
. £1,000,000
. Not known
. 5,000,000
600,000
200,000
. 10,000,000
350,000
200.000
200.000
500.000
250,000
100.000
500.000
30C,000
Pennsylvania   1,000.000
.. . Kentucky
.. . Ohio  
.. . Pennsylvania .
.. . West Virginia..
... Colorado  
.. . Pennsylvania ..
.. . Pennsylvania ..
.. . Indiana  
.. . Pennsylvania ..
.. . Ohio  
. • • Ohio  
.. . West Virginia.
. . . New Jersey.. ..
■. • Pennsylvania
.. • New York 
. . • Pennsylvania ..
Ohio  
Pennsylvania Oil company
People's Natural Gas company 
Pittsburg Natural Gas company 
Piatt and Washburn Refining company.
Prairie Oil and Gas company 
Republic Oil company 
Salamanca Gas company 
Security Oil company 
Solar Refining company.
truste„.
The manner of liquidation was not Southern Pipe Line company
South Penn Oil company
to sell the property and divide the
proceeds among the certificate hold-
ers, nor to return to each person in-
dividually the property placed in the
trust, but all of the stocks in each
of the companies were divided into
portions in proportion to the number
of trust certificate shares outstanding,
so that Rockefeller and his associates
continued to control all these corpor-
ations as before.
Birth of the Present Trust.
The petition then takes up the third
period of the conspiracy, begining
with the formation of the present
trust.
In order to accomplish this, in Jan-
uary, 1899, they increased the stock
Testing Butter.
Here Is a certain butter test; Melt
a little on some hot hominy in your
breakfast plate and taste it. The
fraud will establish itself instantly.!
Print butter fetches a bigger price
than ordinary tub butter. There is an
extra charge for manipulation and
wrapping the pound pieces in paraffin
paper. Hut in my travels I have met 1
print butter that was made up of j
"cooking thirds." Make sure of your '
butter dealer, then go ahead.—New
York Press.
All Is Vanity!
'At. first." said the apartment house
philosopher, "life in a flat seems an
interesting study of humanity, but
soon you lose your urbanity, part with
your Christianity, fall into profanity,
and pass by swift stages from mental
Inanity into violeut insanity."
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines company
Standard Oil company of California 
Standard Oil company of Indiana 
Standard Oil company of Iowa 
Standard Oil company of Kansas 
Standard Oil company of Kentucky 
Standard Oil company of Minnesota 
Standard Oil company of Nebraska 
Standard Oil company of New York 
Standard Oil company of Ohio Ohio  
Swan & Finch company New York
Pennsylvan
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
New Jersey...
Kansas  
New York
New York 
Texas  
Ohio  
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
California ....
Irdiana  
Iowa     
Kansas  
Kentucky ....
Minnesota . ...
Nebraska
New York....
Taylorstown Natural Gas company  Pennsylvania ....
Tide Water Pipe company (Limited)  Pennsylvania ....
Tide Water Oil company New Jersey 
Union Tank Line comoany New Jersey 
United Natural Gas company Pennsylvania ....
United Oil company Colorado  
Vacuum Oil company New York  2^500^000
Washingtoh Oil company Pennsylvania   100,0C0
' Waters-Pierce Oil company Missouri   400,000
1,000.000
5,000
Not known
5,000 oco
500,000
50.000
10,000.000
1,000.000
1,000.000
300.000
500,000
600.000
2,500.000
25.-J-35.200
5,000,000
1.000,000
2.775.250
2,COO.OCO
2,000,000
100.000
2,000.000
80,000
1,000.000
350.000
14.000
2,500,000
350,000
30.000
3.000.000
500.000
5,000.000
2,500,000
3.500,000
6,000.000
1,000.000
1.C00.000
100.000
1,000,000
100.000
1,000,000
15.000.0c0
3,500,000
100.000
10,000
625.OCO
5.000,000
3.5CO.OOO
1,000,000
3,COO.COO
natory ngafnsl the competitors of the
Standard Oil company, both In open
and published tariffs and by and
through secret and unpublished rates, '
both Interstate and Intrastate, and by !
rebates, concessions, and preferences
granted to the Standard Oil company
and its subsidiary corporations.
The bill goes Into the details of
many of these rates, and shows a sys-
tematic discrimination, substantially
all over the I'nlted States, so that
rates from Standard shipping points
are much lower, for the same distance
proportionately and per ton per mile,
than from shipping points of inde-
pendent competing concerns. These
differences in most Instances amount
to more than a reasonable profit upon
the oil.
Some Sample Discriminations.
The regular published rate from
Whiting, lnd., to Evansville, lnd.,
through Illinois, for instance, was 11
cents per hundred pounds. Most of
the oil shipped by the standard com-
pany was shipped at S1* cents and
6 cents per hundred pounds. The
Standard had a rate from Whiting,
lnd., to Grand Junction, Tenn., of 13
cents per hundred pounds, and largo
quantities of oil were distributed from
Grand Junction all over this southern
territory on secret rates which never
were published, as required by law,
or filed with the interstate commerce
commission.
The petition alleges that for about
ten years prior to 1905 secret and un-
published rates were made from
Whiting, lnd., to East St. Louis, of 6,
6% and 61* cents on the various rail-
roads, which oil was destined to St.
Louis and to a large territory south
and southwest of those points, while
the regular published rate was 18
cents per hundred pounds.
How They Control Railroads.
It is alleged that the individual de-
fendants and other individuals associa-
ted with them and interested with
them in the Standaril Oil txust have
acquired large interests In the stocks 1
of the principal railroads of the
United States and have caused them-
selves to be elected or have caused
other persons acting in their Interest
to be elected as members of the boards
of directors of such railroads By rea-
son of such ownership and representa-
tion on the boards of directors of
such railroads the individual defend-
ants have influenced the railroads to
establish and maintain the discrimina-
tory rates.
Among the railroads In which the
defendants are interested and upon
the boards of directors of which they
have representation (together with
the names of directors) are tte fol-
lowing:
William Rockefeller -Central New
England; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western; Lake Shore and Mlthigan
Southern; Michigan Central: New
York Central; New York, Chicago
and St. Louis; New York New
Haven and Hartford; New York,
Ontario and Western; New York
and Ottawa; Pittsburg and Lake
Erie; Rutland.
Henry H. Rogers- :'anta Fe. Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul; Union
Pacific.
Charles M. Pratt H • 'on and Maine,
Evansville and Terre Haute; Long
Island.
Henry M. Flagler—Florida Mas i Coast.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. •!)  laware,
Lackawanna and Western; Missouri
Pacific.
! William G. Rockefeller—I'nion Pacific.
H. Clay Pierce Kansas City S jut hern,
St. Louis and San Franciscc
i C. W. Harkness Chicago. MlWaukeo
j and St. Paul.
F. T. Gates Mis: >uri Pacific, Wiscon-
sin Central.
The petition then recites tht Stand-
ard trust's monopoly of the sal" of
lubricating oils to railroads. Its unfair
| methods of competition in the cutting
of local prices, the formation «f bogus
independent companies, the payment
of rebates on oil prices, and the divis-
ion of territory.
Tells of Stupendous Profits.
It is alleged that by reason of its
monopoly the Standard Oil company
I has made enormous and unreasonable
profits on the actual value of its prop-
erty; that the trustees' valuation of
all the property and stocks placed in
j their hands in 1882 was $r>ij,7l0.69S.24.
j The additional property purchased or
I acquired by the issue of trust certifl-
I categ was $13,310,100, so that the total
value of all property controlled by the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
except such as may have been pur-
Chased from earnings, is $<■;:« .020.798.24,
according to their own valuation.
Upon this capital the Standard has
from 1 £82 to IS'.'fi. inclusive, paid
$512,940.084..rt0 of dividends, and lias
created a lar;'e surplus—the «Tt?let ur-
I plus the petitioner is unable to state,
I b<x •ause the Standard has not pub-
Stay-at-Home Vote
TKis Year was Large
lished any state::
| from 1882 to 189
lng to its own s
I J3«,026.14, and I
property at the i
the value of $20!
dividends during
have run from 3
annum, in additi
plus.
New Egypt Arising.
A progressive Arab of Cairo Is
sinking wells and Installing irrigation
pumps at the foot of the pyramid of
Cheops, and the Sphinx, after gazing
thousands of years on sand wastes,
soon will be looking out on green
fields. This Is one of the many dem-
onstrations of the change from the old
to the new Egypt.
Different Then. As Interpreted
Husband—It's strange that I can Mayme George d< tr<
never find anything about the house j gladly go through Ar t an .
that belongs to me without your assist- me
Edyth - That meanst he
Wife—How did you manage before after the furn.« • n i k<
we were married, dear? tubs fill- i alter n.arria
Husband—Oh, things stayed where I Daily News
put ihein then.-—Chicago Daily News.   
We
should eli
i woman
'riend wei
for
wife only
should choose
a man.
Misguided Man.
A Pennsylvania man asserts that
his wife hasn't spoken to him in seven
years. Yet the misguided mr.n Is su-
ing for a divorce.—N. O. Tiroes D< mo
crat.
Short Skirts for Street Wear.
Frau Schubert, a prominent dress
reform advocate of Hanover, says
that trains fit for the drawing-room
are not statable for tho street, and
that women with long dresses that
out of doors sweep up all sorts of
germs, are a "serious danger to them-
selves and to other people."
— 
Varieties of Stinging Adder.
! In the United States Pbarmaeobar
it 1b stated that there are 1.200 spe-
cies of cocktail and that ea< .i species
, has many varieties.—Clover.
A man may not have muc+i faith In
doctors, up to the time when the first
baby arrives in his house. After that
he regards them with awe.
A Dangerous Case.
One of tho surgeons of a hospital
asked an Irish help which he consid-
ered tho most dangerous of the many
cases then in the hospitl. "That, sir,"
said Patrick, as he pointed to a case
of surgical instruments.
Nal /e.
Little Sophia has Just been In-
formed that she has a little sl-ter.
"Oh, how lovely! Please, please let
me be the one to tell mamma."—
Translated for Transatlantic Tales
from El Dlario de la Marlua.
Perhaps Put to Better Use.
A
The World's Demi
hospita
career, ur .< s he i - an • \ 11
gaging poison. — Francos 1
Burnett.
Check on Scorchers.
CycIHsts in Roumania, to f.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
COMPILED FROM VOTE OF
RECENT ELECTIONS IN
OKLAHOMA.
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma canvass-
ing board has completed the work of
canvassing the vote enst at the consti-
tutional convention election. Its re-
port shows a Democratic plurality of
I2.2f 2 in the Oklahoma part of the
new state with Reaver county still
out, and a Democratic majority over
all of 6,152.
The total Democratic vote was 50,-
471. total Republican 38,219, total So-
cialist 3.919. total Prohibition and in
dependent 2,181.
Two years ago the Republican vote
was 51.454, Democratic 49,868. Social-
ist 4,443, Prohibition 1,544, Populist
1,836.
There were, therefore, about 12.000
less Republican votes cast this year
than two years ago and only 789 more
Democratic votes, showing a heavy
stay at home vote.
The Reaver county vote has finally
been received by Secretary Filson,
completing the returns for Oklahoma
Territory. It shows that the demo-
crats carried the county with a plur-
ality of 402 over the republican can-
didates and a majority of 200 over
all opposition. This increases the
democratic plurality In the territory
to 12 927 and the majority over all
opposition to 6,725.
MUSKOGEE; The redisricting
and canvassing board for Indian Terri-
tory estimates that 101,000 votes were
cast for the election of delegates.
This Is a larger vote than that of
Oklahoma. The number of voters In
the eastern part of the new state
proved a surprise. The 27.000 full-
bloods of the territory or nearly all of
them did not vote during the recent
election. It has been the prevailing
opinion that Oklahoma had a greater
population than Indian Territory, the
census of 1900 giving Oklahoma 396.-
000 and Indian Territory 392,000. The
principal Increase in population here
has been acquired within the last four
years. Of the estimated vote 89,000
have been canvassed by the Indian
Territory board, but the returns from
three of the districts had not been
received up to last Saturday.
vote 5,241, Republican plurality 1,530.
Oklahoma County—Republicans 3,-
278, Democrats 4,433, Socialists 168,
non-partisan 19, negro 6, Democratic
plurality 1,155, Democratic majority
over all 962, total vote 7,904; elected
three Democrats and aided in the elec-
tion of a fourth. Two years ago—Re-
publicans 3,448, Democrats 3,727, So-
cialists 245, total vote 7,511, Demo-
cratic plurality 279.
Pottawatomie County—Republicans
1,756, Democrats 2.919, Socialists 1S9,
independent 319, total vote 5,173, Dem-
ocratic plurality 1,163, Democratic ma-
jority over all 665 elected three Dem-
ocrats and assisted In fourth. Two
years ago—Republicans 2,183. Demo-j
crats 3.239, Socialists 175, total vote
5,567, Democratic plurality 1,047.
Cleveland County -Republican 141,
Democratic 1.308. Socialist 177, Inde-
pendent 696, total vote 2,322, Demo-
crats over Republicans 1,167, Demo-
cratic majority over all 294, county
elected one Democrat and assisted In
second, In one district there was no
Republican nominee. Two years ago
—Republicans 1,143, Democrats 1,517,
Socialists 238, total vote 3,092, Demo-
crat ic plurality 474.
Canadian Count> -Republicans 1,-
233, Democrats 1.S39, Socialists 79, to-
tal vote 3,152. Democratic plurality
606, Democratic majority over all
526. county elected one Democrat and
assisted in two others. Two years
ago—Republicans 1,741, Democrats
1,743, Socialists 82, total vote 3,640,
Democratic plurality 2.
Kingfisher Count y—Republicans 1,-
612, Democrats 1.676, Socialist a 52.
total vote 3,340, Democratic plurality
64, Democratic majority over all 12,
county elected one Democrat and as-
sisted In the election of two others.
Two years ago—Republicans 1,794.
1 democrats 1.527. Socialists 119. total
vote 3,566, Republican plurality 267.
Rlalne County—Republicans 1,177,
Democrats 1,091, Socialists 139. total
75, total vote 3,115, Republican plu-
rality 98.
Roger Mills County—Republicans
440, Democrats 962, Socialists 553,
total vote 522, over Socialists 409, both
over Democrats 33, elected one Dem-
ocrat and assisted In election of a sec-
ond, who is contested by a Socialist.
Two years ago—Republicans 816,
Democrats 1.350, Socialists 154, total
vote 2.357, Democratic plurality 534.
Kiowa County -Republicans 1,168,
Democrats 1,701, Socialists 54, total
vote 2,357, Democratic plurality 533,
majority 179, elected one Democrat
and assisted In election of two others.
Two years ngo—Republicans 1,483,
Democrats 1.8S3, Socialists 83, total
vote 3,508, Democratic plurality 400.
Washita County -Republicans 752,
Democrats 1.121, Socialists 466, total
I vote 2,339, Democrat Is plurality 369,
' majority 97, elected one Democrat and
; assisted In election of another. Two
j years ago—Republicans 966, Demo-
crats 1,494, Socialists 146, total vote
2,671, Democratic plurality 528.
Greer County—Republicans 433,
Democrats 2.124. total vote 2.557,Dem-
ocratic majority 1,691, no Republican
candidates in two districts, elected
two Democrats and assisted in elec-
tion of two more. Two years ago—•
Republicans 1301, Democrats 3,604,
Socialists 69. total vote 5.159, Demo-
cratic plurality 2,293.
Noble County—Republicans 976.
Democrats 1,279, Socialists 46, totaj
vote 2,321, Democratic plurality 283,
majority 237, elected one Democrat
ami assisted In electing two more.
Two years ago—Republicans 1,328,
Democrats 1,271, Socialists 65, total
vote 2,703, Republican majority 57.
Kay County—Republicans 2,004,
Democrats 2.524, Socialists 84, Inde-
pendents 349, total vote 4,961, Demo-
cratic plurality 520, majority S7 elect-
ed two Democrats and assisted in
election of third. Two years ago—
Republicans 2,732, Democrats 2,40-4.
Socialists 97, total 5,343, Republican
plurality 238.
Pawnee C-mnty—Republicans 1,261,
Democrats 1.572 Socialists 256, Inde-
pendents 49, total vote 3,147, Demo-
cratic plurality 311, majority 6 elect-
•d ono Democrat and assisted in elec-
A compilation of tho official vote
by counties at the recent election re- plurality
veals some interesting comparisons | Dewey
with the 1904 vote. Comanche county
rolled up the banner majorities for
the Democrats, while Logan county,
of course, took the honors on the Re
publican side. One curious thing
vote 2,407, Repuhllean majority 8fi. tlon of two mere. Two years ai;o—
combined opposition over Reubllcans I Republicans 1,688, Democrats 1.4M,
53, In spite of Republican plurality j s0elallsts J:7, total vote 3,321, Repub-
county elected ono Democrat and as- h|can plurality 145.
slsled In the election of another Two j.„vno County Republicans 1,634,
years ago—Republicans 1,642, Demo-1 Democrats 1,710, Socialists :on, total
crats l.oOi, total vote 2,tit>.>, Republi- yote 3,544, Democratic plurality 76,
j combined opposition over Democrats
Caddo County -Republicans 2.043, 124_ clpcted ono Republican and as-
Democrats 2.r.L'4, Socialists 70. total elpctl„g one Democrat. Two
vote 4.637. Democratic plurality 481. v„ars ^-Republicans 2,081, Demo-
Democratic majority over all 411, , sl  socialists 217. total ovte
elected two Democrats and assisted U(,pU|,i|Can plurality 209.
In the third. Two years ago Repub- Comanche County—Republican! 1,.
leans 8,751. Democrats 2,375, Social-1 ]>Pinncrats .1,001, Socialists 63, In-
Ists ir,7, total vote 5,356, Republican dniondont 139 .total vote 5.036, Demo.
37f'- ^ ( | cratic plurality 1,294. majority 1,092.
unty Republicans ''"' county elected three Democrats. Two
Democrats 880, Socialists ::no, total | v(,,lra n(:o-ltepuIillcans 2.311, Demo-
vote 1.971. Democratic plurality 86,|PrIlt!) IC Socialist 120, total vote
,698, Democratic plurality 854.
" | Woods County Republicans 2,945,
143, Democrats 1.061, Socialists Dotnorrats 3,715, Socialists 392, Inde.
ombined
294.
sition over Democrats i
Republicans 1,-
shown bv these figures is that Blaine total vote 2,514, Republican plurality j)en(jcn^g ggt total vote 7.090, Demo
county, where two emocrats
elected, pave a small Republican plu- !
rallty. The total vote for two years
ago given for each county includes, of ]
course, the Independent
lng vote?
leading
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Lincoln County—Republicans 2.354
Democrats 2.533. Socialists 202. tot a
vote .r),089, Democratic plurality
Day County—Republicans 568. Dem-
ocrats 675, Socialists 0, total vote 1.-
243. Democratic plurality 107. county
elected one Democrat. Two years ngo
--Republicans 678, Democrats 817, So-
cialists 160. total vote 1,619, Demo-
cratie plurality 139.
Woodward County—Republicans 1,-
866. Democrats 2,004, Democratic ma-
jority 138, total vote 3,870, elected
one Republican and two Democrats
Republicans 179, combin
over Democrats 23; two Republicans
and one Democrat elected. Two years
318, Socialists 194, total vote 0,164,
Republican plurality 925.
Logan County—Republicans 2,427.
Democrats 1.297. Socialists 39, Prohi-
bitionists 155, total vote 4.218; Repub-
lican plurality 830; Republican major-
ity over all 636: two Republicans and
fine Democrat elected. Two years ago
—Republicans 3.268. Democrats 1,738,
Socialists 130, Prohibitionists 29, total
pposition | and assisted in election
ocrat. wl
Day coil!
ists 290,
plurality
dis
al vote 4,821, Republic
611.
Demo-
Custer County—Repub
Democrats 1,211, Socialist
pendent 179. total vote 2
cratic plurality 301, combined opposi-
tion over Democrats 81, elected one
Democrat and assisted in election "f
another. Two years ago—Republi-
cans 1.540, Democrats 1.462. Socialists
ratlc plurality 770, majority 339 
elected four Democrat*. Two years
a: " Republicans 4,070, Democrats 2,-
>\ Socialist r. 16, mtal vote 7,735,
Republican plurality 1,482.
Grant County -Republicans 1,317,
Democrats 1.818, Socialists 56, total
vote 3,191, Democratic plurality 501,
majority 41", elected one Democrat
and assisted In electing two others.
Two years ngo—Republicans 1,906,
Democrats 1,544, Socialists 88, total
vote 3.£27, Republican plurality 362.
Garfield County—Republicans 1,969,
«> -Repuh- nomocrats 2.396. Socialists 114, total
l. Social- voto 4 470, Democratic plurality 327,
majority 213. elected two Democrats
I and assisted in electing two others.
Two years ago—Republicans 2.764,
Democrats 1,964, Socialists 226, total
vote 5,064, Republican plurality 800.
Osage Nation—Republicans 1,370,
Democrats 1.530, Socialists 37, total
vote 2,938, Democratic plurality 160,
majority 123, elected two Democrats
at large: no vote two years ago.
 f third Dem-
•rlapped Into
Since 1896. But
dieted that its
it time exceeds
00. its annual
LACK OF SALARY FUNDS.
Legislature May Have to Come to Re-
lief of Indian Territory.
SOI'TH MCALESTER: One con-
sideration that is seriously influenc-
ing a number of candidates in this vi-
cinity for the first offices of the new
which will arise from under taxation,
state government Is the lack of funds
As matters now stand, comparative
lv little of the property in what will
be the county of which McAlester will
be the county seat will be eligible]
for taxation under the enabling act
As a result the revenues will fall
short and instead of receiving the
will receive as much of such salari-
as there is money to pay.
The salaries of the circuit Judges
statute. As a matter of 'fact there
may not be more than $1,000 to pay
upon such salaries.
SPECIAL AGENT ARRIVES.
DISASCTROUS FIRE AT PERRY
Will Investigate the Freight Rate Many Lives were Endangered in Con-
Conditions in Oklahoma. j flagratlon—Loss $25,000
GUTHRIE: As a result of the com- PERRY: Many lives were threat-
plaint recently filed at Washington ' m .i and much property destroyed
will, the Interstate commerce commit •>>' a disastrous lire in the business
Sinn l.v 'I:i:a 1 Cromwell. "f IVrr-V lat" f""
, noon. Tiie blaze, which was Of un-
"f "I-':''"""", a si lal agent of toL orlg,n st.u, n lho Iowa
'■'"""'i* •• . ■' din I,ed-er of lies roon)|ng house at the northeast eor-
Molnes, la., Is In the territory making I ner 1)f block 13 and, fanned by a
a preliminary Investigation of freight high wind, spread to the north and
rate conditions in Oklahoma He is west. Five two-story and ono sin-
a member of the Iowa state board of gle story buildings were burned,
agriculture and himself u prominentI Among the buildings destroyed was
shInner |the Agrlcola hotel and the guest# of
this hostelry barely escaped with
His visit is sirar
self with the gene
tho violation was
time. He will re
luaint him ,
their wearing appenrel; the Iowa
rooming house, tho "Old Noble Coun-
* bii! tv News" bulldini!. a largo ware
m, numerous t.'i'.buihlinps and the
npklns livery barn and equipment,
h the exception of the live stock.
mditions upon
vesication of I ,.
■ ■
n the near fu- v
th
It
tha
lei ii lature will be called upon to pas®
a deficiency bill for the relief of In
30,000 EXPECTED TO DID.
Big Demand for the Lands in Pasture |
Reserve.
LAWTON: About 30.000 people I
are already Camped along the stream
In the big pasture reserve making.
Investigation of the lands and prepar-j
lng their bids.
Rasing their estimate upon the num-
ber of applications for blanks at the;
local land office, the land official
state that there will be over 3o,o00
bidders. 131ds will bo received be-j
m. December S.
Nt.groes Protest to President.
OKLAHOMA CITY: A petition
signed by tw-ntv "f the higher das.
te up also
is in Kan-
vh ich \
A fie
Opening New Gas Field.
gale was blowing at tho
he fire got under strong
■( au-e It wa ; Impossible
immediate alarm to the
incut. When tho depart-
! It did excellent work,
the fire spreading beyond
nentioned.
is • if 1 all the way
0 to $-'.'..000 with practi-
kill Bass
< ved for
•nt officer
was driv-
uark when
a railroad
s passing,
f tho ties.
Uo
ehal
ro troops to be discharged at I"1
io. The petition did ti"t ask for
mncy for those guilty of the trou
at 1 'rowusvilie which has resulted
he action taken by the president,
asked simple Justice for those
eved to bo Innocent  nd whose
iy records after a long -ervice are
vq critic'am.
the posts to a
was so great
burned. They
the \ dier .\
Asher and th
S l 000.
Parliament a Babel.
Ro many languages are spoken Is.
the provinces of Austria Hungary
that inter] i re emj >ed in the
various parliaments to interpret the.
speeches of tho delegates and makei
them intelligible to all the members.
Repartee in the Cradle of Liberty.
"I must Insist upon order," saidi
Mayor Fitzgerald at Faneuil Hall
when tho crowd was becoming a lit-.,
tie too boisterous. "You can order-
any hi'  . you like," was*the ready re*
uiiouau trom the floor, liostuu KocoriLj