The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-11-30
News of
"A Week
photographic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings


! NJ. Flagler and other financiers to ap-
pear as witnesses in the two suits
! pending in Missouri to Dust the Stand
ard Oil company and two other oil
companies from that state. The sub
poenas directed the witnesses to APP
pear on Jan. 2 before Frederick IL.
Sanborn of New York, who was APP
| pointed by Governor Folk to act as
| commissioner for the state of Missouri.
The ground for this action is an alleg-
ed pool or trust agreement between the
three companies to regulate the prices
paid by retail oil dealers in Missouri.
Dr. Madison C. Peters of the Baptist
Church of the Epiphany, New York, de
| livered a lecture on "What the Jews
Have Done For America" in commem-
Grafton of the two hundredth and fif-
tieth anniversary of their settlement in
America. Dr. Peters pointed out that
two rich Jewish merchants supplied the
funds for Columbus expedition. Isa-
bella did not sell her jewels to fit out
Columbus, he said, for she had already
pawned or sold them to defray the ex-
i penses of the wars then devastating
her country. The scientific inventions
of the Jews alone made possible the
voyages of Columbus.
| In New York the election officials are
still busy with examination of ballots
in order to determine whether there is
any foundation for the assertion of Mr..
Hearst that he was elected mayor. Ed
ward Meade, convicted of voting twice.
has been sentenced to prison, and oth
er arrests have been made. The police
assert that William Harrington an ',al-
! legged repeater" was murdered to pre-
vent his telling of election frauds
Mayor Mcclellan may hold over after
Jan. / if no decision is reached in the
| disputed election cases. A recount of
some of the ballots has been ordered.
| That a new clew has been discovered
which is confidently expected to lead
to important developments and posi-
| bly, to clear up the mystery surround
ing the death of Mrs. Margaretta Todd,
who was found dead near the Reading
tracks in Philadelphia, was announced
by Sinclair Tousey brother-in-law of
Mrs. Rosalie Tousey, daughter of Mrs.
Todd. Mrs. Tousey's counsel has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for Informal
ton of the manner in which Mrs. Todd
met her death.
The New York World said: "Wall
street hears from a source it believes to
be reliable that while the visit of J. 7.
Morgan, John D. Rockefeller II. II.
HOLSTER and other prominent fnan-
ciers to the country house of William
K Vanderbilt was intended to be pure
ly a social affair, the assembled finan-
ciers discussed informally the question
of the formation as soon as financial
conditions warrant of holding com
pany to take over all the so called
Vanderbilt properties
The Panama canal commission, while
I admitting tile charge that it is heavily
in debt, denies the assertion that its
members are liable to removal from
office and prosecution under the Hem
enway law, which provides that no de-
partment OF the government shall
spend in any fiscal year sum exceed
ing the amount appropriated for that
year. The commission holds that as it
is operating under the Spooner act it is
exempt from the provisions of the gen
eral law.
Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr.,
of Lafayette, La, was put on trial in
Annapolis before a court martial on
three charges connected with his ring
fight with Midshipman James K.
Branch, Jr of New York, in which
Branch received injuries from which
he died. The gravest charge is that of
manslaughter. Other charges are using
provoking words to and assaulting
Branch and conduct to the prejudice of
/ good order and discipline.
A verdict for the plaintiff, fixing
/ damages at $20,73S, was rendered by
the jury in the suit of G. G. A. Loder,
an Independent druggist of Philadel-
/ phia, against the National Druggists
| association, the Philadelphia Wholesale
Druggists association and the Phila-
delphia Retail Druggists association.
Mr.. Loder brought suit for 100000
under the Sherman act, alleging that a
conspiracy existed among the defend
| ants to ruin his business.
Harold p Moore, halfback Of the
Union college team, met death in a
football game between Union and New
York universities on the latter's
grounds. Moore was struck under the
chin by the head of an opposing player
His death has added impetus to the
movement for the reform or abolition
of football. Chancellor MacCracken
of New York university has called a
meeting of college presidents to discuss
the game.
wealth production on the farms of
the United States in 1905 reached the
highest amount ever attained in this or
any other country-$6,4 Ais 100000" In
the first annual report of his third
term Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
presents an array of figures and state,
ments representing the products and
profits of the farmers of the country
which he admits dreams of wealth
production could hardly equal"
Three FIRST class battleships of at
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