Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Packing company, packers, Uelolt
Judge Humphrey in the federal couii
today. Each was accused of accept
ing rebates from the railroads. The
sentences imposed are: Samuel We'll
vice president, hned 10000; Beth
Cusey. traffic manager; Vance Sky
worth, assistant traffic manager, and
Charles Todd assistant traffic man
ager. fined $1,000 each.
Tho costs were assessed agains
the defendants. The cases are separ-
ate fro mthose brought under the
Sherman antitrust law against pack
ers.
Well paid all the fines Immediately.
The specific charges against the men
were getting rebates by fictitious dam
age claims. The judge did not eXer-
else his prerogativo of sentencing the
defendants to jail. The Government
today failed to make a demurrer TO
the packers answer in the antitrust
law cases attacking the validity of the
indictments.
NEWTON, Kas.. Sept 2l.-The
east bound California flyer on the
Santa Fe was wrecked near Walton
early today Fred Kempnick Of Chi
cago. dining car cook, was scalded.
Nobody was killed
The tender left the track, followed
by FIVE coaches, which overturned.
Five persons needed medical atten-
tion. Scores had narrow escapes.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 2l.-A confer
.ence was held at Sycamore Hill last
night between President Roosevelt
Secretary OF State Root, Postmaster
General Cortelyou. Senator Henry Ca
bot Lodge and former ambassador to
Great Britain. AT the conference
plans were discussed for the ellmina
tion of the contribution of funds to
future campaign funds by all corpor-
ations affected by national legislation
There is rumor current today thai
President Roosevelt will insist upon
the immediate return of all campaign
contributions made by the life insur
ance companies to the last Republican
national committee and that his wish
es will be carried out.
TOXIC. Sept. 21-Twenty-two daily
suppressed for criticising the peace
treaty The outburst of popular in
dignation seems TO be over, but there
are still decided mutterings every
where
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-George Per
kins. vice president of the New York
Life company and member of J,
Pierpont Morgan's firm, was recalled
by the insurance legislative commit
zee today Perkins ratified along so
volubly that the stenographers had
difficulty in keeping up. John Nc
Cullagh, secretary to Judge Hamilton
to whom President Mccall paid i'm
mense sums, was the first witness, but
furnished no Information of value as
TO his employers affairs.
Investigator Hughes took up the
sale of sS00,00O in Mercantile Marine
bonds to Morgan by the New Yorl,
Life on the eve of its making its an
nual report Perkins showed that the
insurance company paid S2G6 more for
the bonds when taking them back
than what it got them for from Nor
gan. "Must have been interest or
the bonds" said Perkins; will look
II up" Perkins produced long list
of all syndicate operations the insur
ance company had been engaged in.
The first one showed a profit of S32
900. The insurance company put IN
all the money for this deal but other
shared the profits Perkins then eX
planned that the company did not
care what profits other made, hut he
wanted the ground floor prices for the
company.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 21.-Gov
ernor Vardaman in a letter to the
Equitable Life Insurance company re
garding the premium on his police,
said:
81 shall not pay the premium. do
not care to contribute to the gayety
of that crowd of robbers, thieves ana
marauders who seem to infest the
Equitable company in New York. ]
think every Southerner ought to cease
patronizing the monster insurance
trusts that are fattening off the mil
lions drained out of the South. They
are using this money to strengthen
the clutches which they hold on the
Republican party in maintaining the
commercial supremacy which pauper
lies the labor classes in the South
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.-Yellow
fever has again increased. Fifty new
cases occurred in this city yesterday
and the deaths were sixty. The total
number of cases up to noon today are
2.7O3. The health authorities are not
alarmed at the increase of new cases.
Reports from Pensacola snow that ye'
low fever conditions there are discom
aging.
The noon report shows fifteen new
cases and one death.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-A bomb
placed In the shop owned by S. Scar
ito exploded today with roar tina
was heard for blocks. Sixteen fami-
lies in the building were thrown into
panic. None was injured.
Tuesday Scarito gave the police q
letter signed "Black-hand," demano
ing the sum of $4,000 from him.
NORTHAMPTON. Mass. Sept 81.