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iNTERN ATION AL HARVESTER
COMPANY TO ATTACK LAW.
STANDARD COMPANY REPLIES
STANDARD FINED THE LIMIT
Oil Company Assessed $29)240,900
by Judge Landis of Chicago.
Two Corporations Fight
Suits.
the Ouster
Topeka, Ivans., Aug. 5.—Today the
attorneys for 'he Standard Oil com-
pany filed their objections with the
state supreme court to the interroga-
tories propounded hy the attorney Ren-
era 1 of Kansas. As the questions are
practically the same it was agreed
that both suits must be heard at the
s anie time.
The Standard Oil company avers
*liat it is willing to answer the ques-
tion. preferring to give the informa-
tion that way than to have it draggea
out by means of depositions, Hut they
ver the questions are unconstitution-
al. The objections filed by the Stand-
ard brief and merely relate to min; r
technicalities.
The harvester company, however,
U making its fight on the constitu-
tionality of the law at the present
(time, and they strongly object to an-
swering these questions. They at-
tack the constitutionality of the law
which was passed at the 1907 session
«r>? the legislature with a list of speci-
fic objections, the principal one or
which is that criminal proceedings are
pending against the companies ami
that the answer of these interroga-
tories would aid the state in the
criminal prosecutions.
Judge Porter continued the heaving
3n the Standard Oil and HarveBUv
cases until September 2'.!, when the
full court will be present. He said
that the questions advanced by the at-
tornevs were of such importance that
he did not feel it would be proper tor
him to hear and decide the cases
.alone.
CALL OUT TROOPS.
Alabama Will Compel the Southern
Railway to Obey State Laws.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug 5. No of
ficial statement was issued tonight of
the conclusions reached at the con-
ference today between Governor Com-
er, Attorney General Garber and the
Associate counsel employed by the
state administration to assist in en-
forcing the laws affecting railroads as
-to the next steps in the case against
the Southern railway.
The governor and the attorney gen-
eral left for Montgomery late this af-
ternoon and a lengthy discussing was
held by the special counsel tonight at
which the legal phases of the question
were gone make a report to the gov-
ernor. While the governor would
make no statement his advisers let
it be known that the administration is
determined to enforce the state laws
at anv cost. They said that if neces-
sary an extra session of the legislature
■would be called or troops would be or-
dered out. to see that the state's com-
mands are obeyed. Their view is
that the Southern Railway, by oet>
ink the state law against the remov-
al of a case from the state to federal
court and thereby having Us chartdr
removed by the secretary of state has
placed itself in position to be dealt
with as an outlaw or mob would be
health with.
Jt Is considered more than lUteiy
that wholesale arrests will f°"°w 'n
the ni'xt few days of officials and em
-ployes of the Southern who continue
;to operate the various lines in spite
,nt the fact that they are doing so
-without a charter from the state.
RAILWAY PRES. ARRESTED.
•New York, Aug. 5.—President Pet-
ers, of the Long Island railroad who
with General McCrea, were held re-
sponsible by the coroner's Jury for tne
.leaths of Dr. Galligher and Miss Ma-
uligan in an automobile collision with
a train, was served with a warrant ot
arrest today at Jamaica and held by
Coroner Ambler in J 10.000 bail to
await the action of the grand jury.
Gene:al Manager McCrea was served
with a warrant last Saturday and also
<held in $10,000 bail.
FUSS OVER RESULT.
Vardaman Won't Concede Election of
Williams as Senator.
Jackson, Miss.. Aug. 5— Chairman
B. M. Wells, learning tonight of an
attempt on the part of several sup-
porters of Governor Vardaman to
count the Adams county vote, sent the
following message to all election man-
agers in Mississippi:
"Williams Headquarters, Jackson,
/August 5.—Do not let the ballots or
original tally sheets go out of tne
*ands of the election officers. We
have won this election and do not
propose to be counted out.
P "BEN H. WELLS,
"Chairman."
•john Sharp Williams gave out the
following to the press:
"I. have certainly been elected.
"Why the opposition does not concede
it I can not understand. If there be
any honest reason for holding back
returns, I cannot conceive it."
Chairman Wells received a message
tonight from J. M. Thomas that he
had been requested to send the & <•
The Fine is the Maximum Amount
Possible on the 1,462 Counts
of Indictment.
Chicago, Aug. 4.—Judge Landis in
the united States dstrlct 'court Sat-
urday imposed a fine upon the Stand-
ard Oil company of Indiana of $20.-
240,000—the maximum amount upon
each of the 1,402 counts of the in
dlctment t.-n which that company was
recently convicted of rebating.
The judge also recommended that
a call be Issued for a special grand
jury which is to consider the other
party to the rebating operations of
which the Standard Oil company was
found guilty, and it is therefore pro-
bable that within a short time pro-
ceedings will he commenced against
the Chicago & Alton Railroad com-
pany for the alleged commission of
similar offense.
The court discusses at length the
various defenses offered by counsel,
and says the nominal defendant is
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
a $1,000,0(10 corporation. The Stand-
ard Oil company of New Jersey,
whose capital is $100,000,000, is the
real defendant. This is so for the
reason that If a body .of men organize
a large corporation tinder the laws
of one state for the purpose of carry-
ing on business throughout the Uni-
ted States, and for the accomplish-
ment of that purpose absorb the
stock of other corporations, such cor-
porations so absorbed have thence-
forward but a nominal existence.
They cannot Initiate or execute any
independent business policy."
Just what form the appeal of the
Standard Oil company will take has
not been decided upon definitely as
yet but undoubtedly the attorneys for
the company, in addition to protesting
against the penalty of the court as
excessive and contrary to the spirit of
the law will protest against the de-
cision itself as being unjust and they
will declare that the company is not
guilty of any contravention of the
statutes.
THE PARABLE HE LlKED.
Darky Would Have Had Trouble
Picking It from Sacred Book.
An old darky, anxious to be a min-
ister, went to be ordained. He was
questioned thus: "Can you write?
"No, sah!" "Read?" "No, sah!" How
do you know abont the Bible?" "i
niece reads it to me!" "Know about
the Ten commandments?" "No, sah! '
"The Twenty-third Psalm?" "Neb-
ber heard of him. sah!" "Know the
Beatitudes?" "No, sah!" "Well, what
part of the Bible do you like best ?"
Par'bles, sah!" "Can you give us
one? Deed, yes, sah!" "Let us
have It. then." "Once wen the queen
of Sheba was gwine down to Jerusa-
lem she fell among thieves. First
they passed her by on de oddah side
den dey come ovah an' dey say unto
her, 'Fro down Jezebel!' but she
wouldn't fro her down; and again
dey say unto her. 'Fro down Jezebel!'
but she wouldn't fro her down; and
again dey say unto her for de flrd
and last time, for I ain't gwine to ax
yo no mo'. 'Fro down Jezebel!' and
dey fro'd her down for 70 times and
7, till de remains were 'leven baskets;
and I say unto yo', whose wife was
she at de resurrection?"—Bystander,
THE NEW YORK LIFE'S PROGRAM.
REVERSED JUDGE PRITCHARD.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Holds a Railroad Company to be
a Domestic Corporation.
Columbia. S. 0., Aug. 2.—Justice
Ernst Gary of the state supreme court
Thursday delivered an opinion in the
suit of W. G. Geraty against the At-
lantic Coast line railroad company
which is of more than ordinary inter-
est, for it is in direct opposition to
a recent opinion handed down in the
federal court by Judge J. C. Pritchard
in a similar case.
The defendant company made a mo-
tion before Judge Gary to set aside
the service of summons in this case
on the ground that the defendant is
not a corporation organized under the
laws of South Carolina, as alleged in
the complaint.
Judge Gary dismissed the motion,
holding that this railroad company is
a South Carolina corporation. If It
is not a domestic corporation, then he
holds "the operation of its railroads
in this state is unlawful." He holds
that the Atlantic Coast line was form-
ed by merger subsequent to the enact-
ment of the constitution of 1906.
A Boost far Kansas City.
Topeka. Kan., Aug. 4.—Gov. Hoch
Saturday sent a letter to each of the
state governors west of the Mississipi
river urging them to work for ttv
location of the next republican na-
tional convention in Kansas City. In
part he says: "We of the west have
played second fiddle long enough to
the east In these matters and I think
should begin to assert ourselves.
Kansas City is abundantly able to
take care of this great convention
and will do it. The success of this
effort, I believe, would greatly en-
courage western republicans and
greatly strengthen the party."
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest of Policyholders.
President Klngsley, of the New
York Life Insurance Company, says,
In an address to the policyholders,
that his plan of administration in-
volves these points:
"First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public-
ity; third, the continuance of the New
York Life as a world wide institution;
fourth, such an amount of new busi-
ness under the law as we can secure
while practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter-
est of the policy-holder is paramount."
The Tell Tale Voice.
If you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to is telling
the truth don't look him in the eyes,"
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends. "It is the voice, when you
don't look at the eyes, that tells you
whether the other fellow is lying. We
use the system frequently in the bank.
A man will come in to tell us some
business tale. We look at his feet or
his hands or his knees, but never in
his eyes. If he's telling the truth his
voice will be firm and straightforward,
and the absence of your gaze in his
eyes will not affect it. But if he s
lying he'll be confused by your ac-
tion. and his voice will tremble; he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat.
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you."
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To Be Dedicated In Buffalo Sept. 6.
Former Residents Invited.
The beautiful white marble shaft
erected by the state of New York in
Niagara Square, Buffalo, N. Y., to tbe
memory of President McKinley, Is to
be formally dedicated Thursday, Sept.
5 and the event will be the central
feature of Buffalo's Old Home Week,
Sept 1 to 7. Former residents of Buf-
falo 'and the public at large are cor-
dially invited to attend the dedication.
ROAD AN OUTLAW
Alabama Secretary of State Has
Revoked Franchise of the
Southern Railway.
MAY BE CONTEMPT OF COURT
Action Was Under a Law Declaring
Forfeited the Franchise of
Road Taking a Case From
State to Federal Court.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 8. An-
nouncement was made Friday by Sec-
retary of State Frank N. Julian that
he had revoked the franchise of the
Southern is alleged to be in violation
had removed a case from the state
circuit court of Talladega county to
the United States circuit court at
Birmingham. This action of the
Southern is alleged to bein violation
of the two outlaw acts passed by
Too Much Exposure.
Elsie is a laundress of color. She
is well past youth, wears a parennial
smile and sports a single front tooth
of much prominence. Recently she
missed one of her visits to a patron,
and when she next put in an appear-
ance she was suffering from a bad
cold. When asked how she took such
a serious cold she said:
During the recent festivities our
club gave a ball. The gentleman
what's paying attention to me is very
particular, so I had to go in full even-
ing dress, and 1 had to leave off
few pieces, and it got me."
Peace Dove Evidently Needed.
During the session of the house of
representatives a dove, purple in
color, flew gracefully into the hall and
hovered high over the beads of the
legislators. Naturally the question
arose as to whether it was the dove
of peace. Some of the members
earnestly hoped that it was.—Hart-
ford Times.
Growth of New York.
New York city is now growing at
the rate of about 415 persons each
day. -
SOAKED IN COFFEE
RADICAL REFORMS NOW
Territorial Covernment of New Mex-
ico to Be Purged of Wickedness.
President Roosevelt Sent to Philip-
pines for a Man to Do it and Per-
sonally Told Him How.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 1. Radical
reforms in the territorial government
of New Mexico are to be inaugurated
upon the arrival in Santa Fe of Gov-
ernor George Curry, who has just re-
turned from the Philippines to assume
that office. President Roosevelt con-
ferred with Governor Curry for two
hours Wednesday and sent him on his
way thoroughly imbued with the
necossity of ruling with an iron hand
until the allejed tangle of intrigue
and graft in New Mexico had been
straightened out.
"Clean government is what the
President wanu," said Governor Cur-
ry on leaving Oyster Bay, " and that
is what I shall do my best to estab-
Conferences on the situation in the
territories was continued at Saga-
more Hill after the departure of Gov-
The McKinley monument was planned
and executed under the direction of a
I commission of prominent men, at a
cost of $150,000. Gov. Charles E.
Hughes, with his military staff, will
take part in the ceremonies and Presi-
dent Roosevelt and former President
Grover Cleveland have been invited to
attend and Bpeak. Military parades
will be a feature of the occasion.
Always in the Way.
Recently a country doctor in the
north ot Ireland, a bachelor, who was
locally noted for his brusqueness and
irascibility, was driving along a nor-
row lane, or "boreen," when his pas-
sage was effectually barred by an old
woman, who was returning from tha
bog leading an ass whose panniers
were filled with peats. The woman
led the ass to the side of the lane as
quickly as she could, but not quickly
enough to please the Bhort-tempered
doctor.* "Faugh!" he exclaimed, with
a snort of disgust. "Women and asses
are always In the way." "I'm glad ye
have the manners to put yourselt
last," said the old woman, calmly.
The doctor drove on without another
word.
the state legislature last winter, each
of which provided that such removal
" 1 ., morp Hill aiwjr tut? uoy i■ - — •
should be punishable by a revocation Cu aB chief jU8tiCe Kent, ot
of the charter of the offending rail- . '(1 Federal Judge B. S.
Runaway Freight Kill# Four.
Atchison, Kan., Aug. 1.—Missouri
Pacific freight train No. 164 ran awfiy
down Shannon Hill here Wednesday
morning, and struck the rear end of
No. 154, also a freight, standing on
the track. Four persons were killed
and two injured. F. D. Scott, fire-
man on No. 164, Fred Butzirus, Hast-
ings, Neb.; Ralp Moody, Omaha, and
an unknown man were killed. But-
zirus, Moody and the unknown man
were beating their way. Two other
tramps were injured slightly. En
gineer Cooper of No. 164, and the
crew of 154 escaped by jumping.
Pennsylvania's Coal Output.
Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 2—James E
we"! endor"d
Pennsylvania produced 201,67^,4a.
tons of bituminous and anthracite
coal, yielding a revenue approximating
$600,000,000.
JUDGE VALENTINE IS DEAD.
road. One of these laws, the better
known, was declared unconstitutional
by United States Judge Thomas C.
Jones, but the other has never been
enjoined by the federal courts. For
this reason the action of the state
official was taken under the provis-
ions of the second of these "outlaw"
acts. The state insists that this sec-
ond outlaw act is still in force and it
is entirely proper to act under its
provisions, whilfe the adherents of
the railway contend the act of revo-
cation is in contempt of the federal
court injunction, at least in spirit.
Neither side would make an authori-
tative statement of the probabli*
course to be pursued in the contro-
versy.
TUCKER WRITING A BOOK.
The Imprisoned Secretary of the Un-
cle Sam Oil Company Promises
a Sensation.
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 3.—H. H.
Tucker, jr., secret fty-treasurer and
general manager of the Uncle Sam
Oil company, who Is serving a 90-day
sentence for contempt of federal court,
is planning a move against his ene-
mies. Tucker is writing a book that
Rodey, of Porto Rico, formerly dele-
gate in Congress from New Mexico,
were luncheon guests of the presi-
Judge Rodey told the president.that
the tax valuation in New Mexico has
been outrageously juggled by the rail-
road and mining interests. He claims
that the value of one mine is equal to
the tax assessment for the whole Wr-
ritory and that the actual valuation
of the railroads in the territory more
than double the entire tax valuation ol
all property.
Judge Kent, whose friendship with
the president dates back to their col-
lege days, said his visit was entirely
of a social character.
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.
When I drank coffee 1 often had ^ ^
sick headaches, nervousness and bil- bfi lnterestittg to' friend and fofe
iousness much of the time, but when I it contajns the pointa he mentioned,
went to visit a friend 1 got in the hamt „My boQk wi„ tell of what occurred
of drinking Postum. K a secret cabinet meeting to con-
"I gave up coffee entirely and the re- ^ ^ Tucker when
suit has been that I have been entire- ^ ^ ^ book „It wjU ^ why
ly relieved of all my stomach and - | Attorney Generai Bonaparte delayed
action on the petition to pardon me
vous trouble.
My mother was just the same way.
We all drink PoBtum now. and with-
out coffee in the house for 2 years, we
are all well.
-A neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any-
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. If she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
At last I persuaded her to stop
so as to keep me in jail here. The
book will deal with the trip of Payton
Gordon, pardon clerk in the depart-
ment of justice, coming to hear the
evidence in the Uncle Sam Oil com-
pany trial and of Harry Bone and
others."
Sever Their Ears in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City. Ok., Aug. 3.—The
body of a young man with both ears
severed from his bead was found
three miles west of this city Thursday
_ r night. The finding of a freshly sev-
drlnking coffee and try Postum Food I ered ^ on the principal street of this
Coffee and she did so and has used . clty Thursday morning led to the dis-
Postum ever since; the result has been I covery cf the body. This is the see-
that she can now do her work, can I ond crinie of this sort within a week,
sit for a whole day and mend and can The body Gf an unknown man witn
sew on the machine and she never tK)th severed was found In a boat
feels the least bit of pain in her side, ^ last S-turday.
Heavy Death Record.
Philadelphia. Aug. 3—More than lo
000 persons were killed last year In
the coal mines of Pennsylvania ac-
B0ARD CANHOT AGREE.
Missouri Pacific Given Ninety Days
to Repair Tracks—Committee
of Experts Wanted.
St. Louis, Aug. 1.—Following ft
meeting of the boaro of railroad and
warehouse commissioners during
which the recent inspection of the
Missouri Pacific tracks was warmly
discussed and Commissioners Oglesby
and Wightman disagreed with Chair-
man Knott concerning the findings, it
was announced Wednesday that the
board's recent order reducing the
speed limit of Missouri Pacific trains
has been set aside and the road will
be given 90 days in which to make
repairs. Chairman Knott stated that
Gov. Folk will be requested to ap-
point a committee of railroad experts
to make an inspection of the Missouri
Pacific tracks and report, in the hope
terminating the board's disagree-
ment In opinion regarding the conr
ditlon of the tracks.
A Woman Food Inspector.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. l.-Gov. Shel-
don Wednesday appointed as food in-
spector under the pure food law Mrs.
Harriet McMurpby of Omaha, who had
the recommendation of the women's
clubs of the state. Mrs. Mc.Murphy
had charge of the Nebraska food
display at the St. Louis exposition.
A Little Debt for Husband.
A four-year-old tot invited three
older playmates into an Ice cream sa- ,
loon, where she magnificently ordered
four plates of cream. When the de-
lectable 4ood had been eaten she calm-
ly proceeded to walk out of the place
without paying for it. The proprietor
stopped her. Looking up into his
face in the most innocent manner In
the world, she lisped:
"I ain't got any money, sir. I'll pay
you when I'm married."
Sheer white goods, In fact, any fine j
wash goods when new, owe much ot
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in ft
manner to enhance their textile beau-
ty. Home laundering would be equal-
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work-
District Densely Populated.
The District of Columbia has the
greatest population a square mile of
any section of this country. The fig-
ures are slightly more than 3,839. In
Alaska there is only one person to
ten square miles. Rhode Island Is
second to Washington, with 407 per-
sons a square mile.
Give Defiance Starch a fair trial-
try it for both hot and cold starching,
and if you don't think you do better
work; in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
The affection of too many wives la
of the cold-storage brand.
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iiinr'a noise has not been at all dis- coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 5.-Judge Dan-
iel Munford Valentine died this after-
uoon. aged 77 years. He was l.orn In
Shelby county, Ohio, in 1S30, and came
-to Kansas in 1859. He was judge of fel]er,B poise has not
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States. He is best known for his d. reacheow ^ ^ ^ "The Road to WellviUe.- I
acest of Kansas orphans. Deb*
Old Wichita Architect Dead.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 3—John J.
Crist died here Thursday. He was
64 years old. He was born In Tif-
fin O.. a'il came to Kansas in an
early day. Many of the larger build-
lags in Wichita were designed by
him.
Prominent Southern Woman Dead.
Harlem, Ga., Aug. 3.—Miss Sarah J.
Crawford, one of the south's richest
women, died Frl-
Shotgun Shells!
««Leader'' and'' Repeater'' and
Repciting Shotguns
make a killing combina-
tion for field.fowl or trap
•hooting. No smokeleaa
powder shells enjoy such
a reputation for uniform-
ity of loading and strong
shooting qualities as
"Leader" and "Repeater"
brands do, and no
shotgun made shoots
harder or better than
the Winchester.
TMBT ARC MAD* FOR «AOH OTHIP
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