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The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
AGAINST STANDARD OIL.
GOVERNMENT MAKES A MOVE TO
DISSOLVE CONSERVATION.
SUIT ENTERED AT ST. LOUIS
Standard OIL Stock Takes a Tumble
and Makes a New Low
Record.

st. Louis, Mo. = The United
States government made the first
move to, dissolve the Standard Oil
monopoly Thursday by filing in the
United States district court In st.
Louis a petition in equity against the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and
its 20 constituent corporations and
partnerships and seven individual de-
PENDANTS, including John d. and Will
liam Rockefeller. asking hat the COM
bination be declared unlawful, and in
the future enjoined from entering into
any contract or combination In re-
straint of trade.
Under Sherman Antitrust Act.
The suit is brought under the Sher-
man antitrust act, which the Standard
and its constituent companies and the
seven individual defendants are
charged with violating. Atty. Gen.
Moody, in a formal statement, says
criminal prosecution is reserved for
future consideration.
1t is probable that a special com
missioner will be appointed to take
the evidence in the case, and that
he will certify the record to the Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals, as
was done in the Northern Securities
case.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

HEADQUARTERS OF DEEP WATER
WAYS ASSOCIATION.
w. r. Saunders VIII Be Secretary o.
Mississippi Valley Lake-to-
Gulf Association.

ST. Louis, Most. Louis will
be recommended for the headquarters
of the Mississippi Valley Lake-to-the-
Gulf association, it is thought, when
the committee on organization reports
to the deep waterways convention at
the Odeon. 1t is also expected thai
William Flewellyn Saunders, secre-
tary of the Business Mems league and
of the convention, will be made secre-
tary Of the association.
The convention, which consists OF
1900 delegates from all parts of the
Mississippi valley, represents only a
temporary organization, and will form
a permanent organization after the
report of the committee Saturday. The
plans of the committee recommend a
president, secretary, vice-presidents tc
be enrolled from governors of the
states interested, and an executive
committee composed of representa-
tives from each state in the associa
ton.
E. S. Conway, of Chicago, is perma
nent chairman of the convention.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
FREIGHT HEARING RESUMED.
Burlington Contends 1t Cannot Make
Profits Under the Law.

Kansas City, Mo.-The Missouri
maximum freight rates hearing
was called in the Federal Court
here. This Is the case brought by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road to restrain the State Board of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissions
ers and the Attorney-General from en-
forcing the provisions of the rate law
passed by the last Missouri Legisla-
ture.
The Burlington, oontending that it
cannot adhere to the rates on furni-
ture, live stock, agricultural imple-
ments and lumber and make a profit
obtained a temporary injunction six
months ago restraining the State Of
ficials from enforing the law. Two
weeks were spent hearing evi,
dence in the ease in Chicago, recently,
when Attorney-General Hadley at
tempted to show that the rate fixed by
law is reasonable.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Castro Is Not III.

New York, N. Y.-Charles B. FL
guerdo, consul-general of Venezuela,
sent the following statement to the
newspapers regarding the reported i'll.
ness of President Castro: Just re-
ceived official cable from my govern
ment authorizing me to deny the pub.
lished rumors regarding serious i'll.
less of Gen. Cipriano Castro, who Ia
in full charge of his official duties"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Kansas has a new rule, drawn by
the state board of health, which is an
interesting contribution to the solu-
ton of the pure food problem. "The
sale at retail within the state of Kan
sas for human food of any domestic
or wild fowl or game or fish that has
been kept in cold storage with en-
trails, crops and other offensive parts
undrawn is prohibited. The service
for food Of any such domestic or wild
fowl or game or fish is also prohibit
ed" With each state lies the respon-
sibility of protecting it's people agains;
impure food produced and consumed
within the state, and many Of the
states are waking to their RESPONSE
bility.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

!: BRIEF TELEGRAMS :


~
Court frees Zion forever of Mrs.
Dowie' 8 claim. Woman given Micht-
gan home and ~reiinquishes stock to
Voliva.
Santos Dumont declares flying ma
chine will be poor mans auto of fu-
ture.
The victims of Baltimore & Ohio dis
aster will be exhumed and buried
again, according to Catholic rites.
DR.. F. e. Daniel, OF Austin, Tex, tells
| Tuberculosis congress that the church
is a death trap.
Bryan is given an enthusiastic recep-
| ton by delegates to Presbyterian
Brotherhood convention.
Former Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden
of Missouri celebrates his golden well
ding anniversary at Kansas City.
1t is rumored that the Erie will &C
quire the Glover Leaf, and thus gain
an entrance into st. Louis.
st. Louis court Of appeals rules that
failure to operate railroad regularly
releases stock subscriber.
Alleged New Jersey anarchists ar
rested in Naples on charge of plot to
kill King of Italy.
Prosecuting attorney of Springfield,
Mo-, has additional evidence and 500
%subpoenas are served in mob case.
Thomas Conner, a mine owner, of
Joplin, bears the distinction Of being
first millionaire state senator in Mis-
souri,.
John Sharp Williams, as a solution
of the race problem in the south, aj-
vocates the importation of white sery-
ants.
Negro soldiers weep as they are
required to give up their weapons and
leave the army in disgrace.
R. Fenby, auditor of the Texas Pa
cifc railway, shoots himself alone in
his room.
Chief Engineer Mackenzie, at Wash
ington, advises liberal appropriations
for Mississippi and Missouri.
Rock Island railroad organizes $685.
100000 express company to handle the
business of it's lines.
President Gompers expresses pleas
| uTe DIT IeSullS u cutIduCS lubO pOll-
tics of American Federation of Labor.
Great Britain will test the fishing
agreement charging that American
vessels violate the bait act.
Horace Brand, millionaire Missouri
brewer, to be granted divorce with
custody of child. Wife said to have
been provided for.
John w. Mackey, the veteran horse.
man, quits California and will mako
his future home in Kentucky.
Governor of Arizona declares in re-
port that Apache Indians are on verge
of starvation.
Gov. Hoch to inaugurate a fight
against Standard Oil Co., blaming a
for his narrow escape from defeat.
The death is announced q. .Voien-
dam, Holland, CT Fritz Thaulow, the
Norwegian landscape painter.
Rev. Minot Savage, Unitarian min.
lister, of Cleveland, O.. is very seri.
ously i'll.
Six persons were injured at a balloon
ascension at Mount Vernon, Ill, by the
fall of a heavy pole.
E. l.. Travis, charged with forgery
by four banks, swallows choral in
prism at Springfield, Mo-, that he had
carried for three years.
The federal grand jury at st. Louis,
at its meeting Wednesday, is to be
asked for two indictments for embez-
element on subtreasury shortage.
George Crumley, accused of murder
at Wenona, ILL.,, escapes from a mob
by means Of an automobile.
The interstate ommerce commits
sion modifies its ruling and permits
railroads to issue mileage for adyer.
Using.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
SAWS He Was offered a Bride.

Cleveland.-A special to the Cleve-
land News from Findlay, O., says: "Ac-
cording to C. c. Myers, member of the
jury that convicted the Standard Oil
Co., of violating the antitrust law, a
bride of $500 was twice offered to him
during the trial, once on the street and
once in the basement of the court
house, on condition that he hang the
Jury and force a disagreement"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
CuLEBRA CUT
PRESIDENT MAKES A PERSONAL
EXAMINATION OF THE DE-
FlCULT JOB:
ROOSEVELT SEES IT ALL
Enters the Big Hole on a Work Train,
Makes a Close Examination
and Leaves In a
Hard Rain.

Panama-President Roosevelt start
ed at Z a. M. with Mrs. Roose-
welt and the other members of his
party to make an examination OF the
Culebra cut. The weather was owe
cast, threatening rain. At $3.50 the
presidential train arrived at Pedro
Miguel, where some steam shovels
were at work. The president had his
train stopped for the purpose of max
ing a personal examination. At this
point in the cu the peculiar soil con-
ditions have resulted in more or less
frequent landslides, and this fact was
brought to the presidents attention.
On a Steam Shovel.
President Roosevelt descended from
his train, and climbed up on n OF
the steam shovels, taking a seat along
side Engineer Gray, whom he sub
iected to a searching fire of questions
regarding the work. During his con-
yersation Engineer Gray took the op-
p%ortunity, on behalf of himself and
other engineers, to declare that, un-
like the railroad engineers, they were
not paid for overtime. The president
promised to look int1 this matter. He
stayed on the steam shovel about 20
minutes. BY this time it was raining
hard.
Wanted to See It All.
President Roosevelt told Chief En-
gineer Stevens that he wanted to see
all the. works in connection with eX-
cavation, even to the temporary lay
ing of tracks. With this in view, he
boarded a work train near Pedro
Miguel, and went on to the next point
where steam shoyels were at work.
Here there was no danger of land
slides.
The presidential train continued on
the regular line toward Panama. The
work of the second steam shovels was
observed, and the president made a
detour to examine the site of the Pedro
Miguel lock.
Shook Hands with Home Folks.
He shook hands with all the Amer
leans he met while walking over the
ground. At about 9:25 the president
entered the deep portion of Culebra
cut, his train going slowly in order
that he might observe the workings
of the drill machines and shovels. One
| shovel was decorated with a sign read
ing: "We will do our best to help you
build It."
Torrents Of Rain.
The president spent some time in
the deepest portion of the cut, where
last Sunday % tons of explosives were
used to throw down $4,000 cubic yards
of material. The rain was now COM
ing down in torrents, and the water
| poured in rivulets down the funnel
shaped sides of the famous cut. Sew
eral charges of dynamite were explod-
ed in order that the president might
see the effect, after which he went
back to his own train.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

The American marine continues to
win good opinions, wherever mis- serv-
ices are utilized as a fighting man or
In more peaceful fashion. He was
among the first to go to the defense
of law and order in Cuba, and now
come reports showing that when the
cyclone swept over the island Amer
lean marines went calamity to the
rescue and accomplished much work
in saving life and property. 1t has
come to be a proverb that Uncle
Sans marines are the most depend
able" of their kind, no matter what
the duty required.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
TWELVE BODIES RECOVERED.
Three Others Believed to Have Been
Killed by Dynamite Explosion.

Douglass, Ariz. Twelve bodies
have been recovered from the
wrecked silica and lime quarry near
Lee Station, where an explosion OF
dynamite occurred Thursday. Three
more men are believed to- be buried
under the debris. Several of the
dozen injured men have been brought
here for medical treatment.
The explosion occurred as dynamite
was being taken into the quarry for
blasting.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Standard Broke on Market.

New York, N. Y.-After opening
up several points at o68, Standard Oil
stock broke % points on the curb
stock market, to 545, a new low rec
ord for several years. Sales were
fairly heavy, being aboat $50 shares.
(All transactions in this stock are
fractional, and it is some years since
as many as 100 shares were sold in a
single lot.)
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Nance Made Public.

Clevelani.-Deputy Sheriff A. s..
Johns, OF Hancock country, has ar
rived here. He has warrants for the
arrest of M. G. Villas, treasurer OF the
Standard Oil Co. Of Ohio; J. M. Robert
son secretary, and H. p. Mcintosh, a
director of the same company. After
visiting the homes of the three men,
and spending several hours in search
ing the city. MI. Johns said he had
been unable to locate any of them,
and at their respective homes he was
told they were not In the city.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Marching In Cuba.

Havana.-The series OF practice
marches throughout the island by
American troops begun Monday
with the departure from Camp
Columbia Of the Fourteenth and Seven
teenth mountain batteries for Pinar
del Rio and the Eighteenth field bat.
terry for Matanzas. The men carry
full rations and their tents.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
KILLINGS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
TWO at Game of Cards and Three
While Resisting Arrest.

Bluefield, W. Va.-Tom Miller,
a workman at the Mason &
Munday railroad camp, shot and killed
his two companions, Abraham Arters
and William Beals, during a dispute
over a game of cards at Oakvale. Aft
err the shooting he escaped. Constable
Burosult, at the United States Coal
and Coke Co., shot and killed three OF
the company's negroes. The men re-
sisted arrest.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
A Woman Elected.

Belleville.-It is interesting to her
women friends to know that Mrs. Car
rie T. Alexander of Belleville was
elected on the republican ticket as
trustee of the state university. She is
the daughter Of the late Col. John
Thomas, and was valedictorian of the
graduating class at Monticello in 1880.
For two years after the death OF her
husband, Henry A. Alexander, she
managed the street cars lines and
other property which he possessed,
and she has held the position OF
trustee since 1890.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW MEXICO.
Was Severe at Soccorro, Where Build
inas Were Wrecked.

Santa Fe, N. M.-Between 8 and 4
o'clock Thursday morning Santa Fe
was shaken for several seconds by
an earthquake that rocked houses
but did no particular damage.
Reports from over the territory
show that the shock a greatest a:
Soccorro, where several buildings were
wrecked.
Shocks were felt at Torrance and
Estancia, in Torrance county, and at
Albuquerque and Las Vegas.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Indicted for the Third Time.

Columbus, O.-Six local ice COM
panies and firms alleged to be
in a combination to control prices
have been indicted for the third time,
the first and second indictments hav-
ing been dismissed by the court as
defective. The second indictment was
passed upon by the court today and
4 special grand jury had been sum
moned in anticipation of the court
ruhng the indictm ent was defective.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Shortage in Cuban Treasury.

Havana, Cuba,-For several weeks
Ernesto Fonts Sterling, secretary of
the treasury in Palma's administra-
ton, has been in daily consultation
who are said to have reached a state
bordering on panic because they can
not account for 100000 alleged to be
missing from that department because
of loose methods during the recent
revolution.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
K. Of r. insurance Manager.

Jacksonville, Ill.-Charles A. Bar
res, supreme chancellor, Knights OF
Pythias. has announced that Zeno
Host, insurance commissioner OF Wis
consin, will after Jan. ! be general
manager OF the insurance department
of the Knights of Pythias.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
EXPLOSION KILLED TWO MEN.
Man Tried to Open Box of Dynamite
with an AK.

Bedford, Ind.-The powder house
of a cement company at Mitch
ell, Ind, eight miles south of here,
exploded late Friday afternoon, killing
two men. Several others were in
jured. An employee tried to open a
box of dynamite with an AK.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

The most popular novelist among
the girls of the British empire, &C.
cording to a recent investigation m
Quoted through libraries and book
stores. is Henry Seton Merriman, and
the most popular poet is Tennyson.
alice in Wonderland is more read
in the British colonies than in the
mother country, and boys books are
as interesting to the girls as books
written for girls alone.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
islanders in BrawI over Labor.

Papeete, Tahiti, via San Francisco
Following the arrival OF steamer
Mariposa from San Francisco, Oct. 20
there was a serious brawl participated
in by Tahitians and Tuamotu island
ers, over the division of labor in dis
charging the vessel. One native was
nearly beaten to death and others
were severely injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Alton Advances swItchmen,

Chicago, ll.-The Chicago &
Alton railroad has announced a IS per
cent increase in pay-retroactive to
Nov. for all its switchboard en-
ployes. The Alton is the first of the
western roads to follow the lead Of
the eastern systems.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Post office receipts reflect quite ac-
~curately the growth of business and
population. The receipts for the fiscal
year which closed June 80, 1906, were
larger by more than S15,000,0OO than
during the preceding year. This is
the largest increase for any year in
the history of the service. The excess
of expenditures v receipts was
about $40, 500, 900, which was $4,000
600 less than in 1905.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
"A River Rice Free.

Wheeling, w. Va.-The steamers
Ruth, Ben Hur, Jewel and Bessie
Smith are engaged in a rate var be-
tween Wheeling and Marietta, and the
Ben Hur and Bessie Smith have an
nounced that they would carry pas
sengers free of charge.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Torrents of Rain.
Remains Of Gen. shafter.

Bakersfield, Cal.-The body of the
late Major. Gen. William R. shafteS
was brought to tbs city at 6 o'clock
Wednesday night from the Nc
Kittrick ranch, and lay in state at
the Southern Pacific station until 11:40
o'clock, when passage was taken for
San Francisco.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Pullman Increases Capital Stock

Chicago.-At the meeting of the
Pullman Palace Car Co, which was
held here, the capital stock of the
company was increased by $4,000,
bringing the total capitalization up to
500. O0O, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

The empress of China has already
ennobled an E~nglishman and maze MS
ancestors for nine generations man
darins of the highest rank. Here Is
an opportunity, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, for members OF the
American snobocracy to secure vigor'
Gus and d~eep-rooted family trees.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

After all, England seems TO nave
adopted the phonetic spelling, The
British Medical Journal says that the
following words have been otlclaliy
registered as designations of WHISKY:
Observation-Disclosures" Aga
phyon,' "Sempermickelment" u
"Skabrigdantyfuge."
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Rourke cockran Married-

New York, N. Y.-Representa-
tive Bourke Cochran and Miss Annie
Ide, daughter of Henry Clay Ide. for
merly governor general of the Philip
pines, were married here.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Grants Increase of WAGES.

Boston, Mass.-The Boston Ele-
waited Railway Co. that a
voluntary advance in wages will be
granted to its $500 employees on Jan.
l. The increase will average 10 cents
a day and will amount to 100000 a
year.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
steel Passenoer Cars.

PhiladeIphia.-Six hundred steel
passenger cars are to be built for the
Pennsylvania railroad In the next
year. The total cost is estimated at
Sc, 000, 1000.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Death Of Il. a. Marley.

Olathe, Kas.-H. H. Marley, who up
to the time he resigned last year, had
been a travelling passenger agent for
the Michigan Central for ~ years.
died at his home here, eyed rs. He
was born in Martin. county, Indiana.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
A Double Tragedy.

Jacksboro, Tex.-A double tragedy
was enacted Is miles southeast of
here, when Charles Allen. a farmer,
killed his wife and himself. Allen
and his wife were living apart.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

A minister in North Carolina re-
fuses to curtail the length of his ser
mons at the request of his congresa-
ton. Probably he believes thai those
who want short sermons are the most
in need of long mes.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

lClergymen must now pay full rare
on almost all railroad lines. what
they lose in cash, however, they ought
to gain in self-respect.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Enterinc the "Biq Pasture

Lawton, Okla.-Throngs Of people
are entering the big pasture" which
Is about to be opened for settlement,
and 5000 persons are camped in the
pasture.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Movement Of Oats Liuht,

Chicago, Ill. = Trading in cats
dull and the market steady. The crop
movement continues light and the cash
demand fairly active.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Those people must be kidding
who say that Capt. Kidd buried treas
ures on Deer island. AS the money
found secreted in the earth there was
minted a hundred years or more after
the pirates death, he would have to
be as immortal as the veritable Ely
ing Dutchman to have concealed coin
of the nineteenth century on the piece
of land near Shirley Gut.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Those who question the happiness
of bachelor girl existence have a con
~spicuous example in Miss Helen Goulo'
one member of the Gould famlly WHO
keeps out of hot water.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

A Cuban editor has been
in a duel with a military hero. he
should have remembered b OLD say
ing about the pen.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Bandit Raisuli has seized a Moroc-
can port and will collect the customs.
He has never learned the more re-
fined process Of cornering food sup
plies and raising prices for the purpose
of securing a satisfactory income.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

And now an Englishman talks OF the
Joyous American face" OF course
the English face is VIGOROUSLY Animal
ed and CHEEKY.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

The Pullman company declares that
it's sleeping cars are hotels. 1t does
not go SO far, however, as to suggest
that its porters shall hereafter be re-
ferred to as chambermaids.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
n Inxestiuate WoodxIlle Wreck.

To Investigate Woodvilie Wreck.
Indianapolis-On account Of the
larbe number Of deaths, and the
magnitude Of the calamity. the state
railroad commission has decided to go
to Woodville, near Valparaiso. next
Wednesday to investigate the wreca
Of the immigrant train on the Baltl
more & Ohio.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Paste.

ut must be- said the conceitcd fell
low, chat diamond engagement rings
are no longer fashionable
"Nhat makes you think thatf"
II offered one to Miss Pechis last
night, and she wouldn't bave it.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Consuelo paid a big income to get
a duke; now she pays a big income to
get rid of him. 1t costs us a pretty
penny to be rid Of both of them, but
it is almost worth it.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Having dipped his hands into Its
money chest, the duke of Marlborough
has no further use for the Vanderbilt
family.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

And Papa Zimmerman objects to
spending any more money on the pal
ace of the duke and duchess of Man
chester. There's the deuce to pay
with about all the splendiferous inter-
national marriages.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

A Yale professor says the present
method of spelling is not scholarship,
but solecism, which makes it very
much worse than we thought.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Somebody has invented a phono-
graph that car be heard a mile. The
only protection will be a long range
rifle.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Senator 5

Senator Plat and Wife to Separate.
New York.-Senator Thomas G..
Platt and his wife, formerly Mrs. Lii
liam 7. Janeway, have agreed to
separate.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23
Greer Apples.

eyes, the party was a big success
plenty of eating and all that"
q suppose the table groaned with all
the d~elicacies of the season.
eyes, but that wasn't a circumstance
to the way some of the delicaeies made
the guests groan."
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

Al magazine is to be printed for the
blind. Those who won't see have al
ready their favorite periodicals.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

A New York paper wants to know
why we should dot an Il" Mainly to
make bad handwriting more legiblc.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-11-23

New York's cnaulleurs have struck
their employers for more money. For
once the pedestrian escaped.