Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-20

caused President Roosevelt's order
this morning. Six specific charges are
made against the Standard and list oi
Witnesses and records pointed oui
where the proof charges believed can
be Obtained. A general chsfge thai
the Standard Is guilty Of Discrimination
in violation OF The Interstate CONNER
ce lnws is made The first specific
charge Is thai the Standard endeavor.
ed to secure a monopoly OF the field
and is in conspiracy with the Santa
Fe to prevent outsiders from pur.
chasing oil in Kansas.
Second, the Standard is now black
blacklisting Kansas for the purpose
OF preventing legislation designed to
furnish relief.
Third, that railways of Kansas are
in conspiracy with the STANDARD OIL
To prevent legislation making possible
fair competition.
| Fourth. that the Stanrad OIL mas I'M
due influence with Secretary Hitch
cock
Fifth, that the Standard OIL is at.
| tempting 10 destroy the independent
| TtHueIN dt ffuEnDOlut.
Sixth. that the Standard OIL in
| diverse ways is sitting competition
and interfering with Interstate com,
merce.
HOUSTON. Texas, Feb l6.-Joseph
Smith. farmer, this morning found
his wife and fifteen months old child
dead with their heads shot on. His
t,n.
ganized and with dogs are now on
the trail.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. l8,-
The house today passed bill giving
the President absolute power over the
Panama. canal zone from March 2. The
bill aboiishes the present canal com.
mission and authorizes the President
10 acquire by condemnation the bonds
Of the Panama railroad company held
by outsiders.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb i6,-
Arrangements are complete for the
Presidents trip to the South. He ex-
poets to leave March 2b to be gone
until the middle of May, then return
10 Washington a month to 60 to Oys-
of The trip is to be a meeting with the
Rough Riders al San Antonio. Stops
are arranged for Louisville. Dallas,
Fort Worth, Austin and Houston. The
President may spend some time in
the Rockies hunting
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. l6.-A gaso-
line explosion on the new submarine
boat "A 8" today while tho officers
and crew of eleven men were charging
the tanks. hurled the crew in all di-
rections. Two are still missing while
the balance Of the crew We're picked
up by boats and taken to the hospit-
ais. A number of the crew Of the Brit
ish gunboat Hazard volunteered TO go
10 the rescue OF the submarine crew
but had barely got on board of the
damaged vessel when a second explo-
sion occurred. more or less injuring
each OF the rescuers. Lieut.. Skinner
an officer OF the submarine was 80
badly Injured that he soon died. Lieut..
Good. commanding "A 6" sustained
terrible injuries he may not recover.
He Is injured about his head and face
and his eye sight is destroyed. The In
terion of the submarine Is still on fire
blazing fiercely and additional expio-
sions are feared
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb 17.-Governor
Hoch today signed the bill for estab-
fishing a state refinery.
Governor Hoch sent a message to
the legislative on the subject and
said the Legislative action was re-
suit of the Standard OIL company's
conduct in Kansas. He showed how
the Standard encouraged development
OF the feld and induced people to
make heavy Investments on the be-
lief that the Standard would buy their
product. After tn. field was develop
ed the Standard began to cut prices
ON crude oil. and raise the price Of re-
fined, and unable To cope singiy with
the gigantic combine the people ap-
pealed To the legislature for help. The
governor said he doubted the wisdom
Of as heavy an appropriation as four
hundred thousand dollars. He thought
fifty thousand would answer the pur-
pose He denied that the movement
for refinery was socialisuc, 1t was
the reverse OF II. "A free people" he
std, would be better to fail in the
attempt 10 defend their rights than To
make no attempt In that direction"
Governor HOch urged the Legislature
TO pass railroad legislation to aid the
operation Of the refinery.
WASHINGTON, d. c. Feb. H.
President Roosevelt proposes not only
civil but criminal prosecution against
the leading officers of the Standard
Oil trust for violations OF the federal
statutes. The President Will advise
with his cabinet In the matter, but
he seriously proposes the arrest of
Rockefeller and mis- associates.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb, 17,-
Representative Mondeli, speaking OF
the shoshone bill, which has passed
the house. opening to settlement the
Wind River reservation In Wyoming,
said: 1T Is a great Thing for our
state. II means tine building of nearly
four hundred miles Of railroad this
year and next The Northwestern will
build at once TO Casper and the BurI-