Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

white. The crime for which Walt11
death was committed Septenl-
ber last. Mrs. Grant was kinder
aarten Instructor and had for many
years managed schools of this char
acter IN connection with vario's
churches. She was an expert In her
line and of the highest personal char
acter Intending TO move from one
apartment to another she had emploi'
cd Walton to assist her in packing the
furniture. At night Walton. with tha
irtention of stealing some yaluables
which he had noticed In the room,
climbed through window and stran'
gled Mrs. Grant while she was IN
bed He gave some jewels TO a nes:o
woman and through this was traced
and finally arrested at Springfield,
III. He made Il confession as soon
as captured and when arraigned Ia
court entered a plea of guilty.
st. Lonis, Dec. 13.--It Is expecte
that the custer proceedings instituted
IN the Missouri supreme court by AZ
toruey General Herbert $ Hadlay
against the International Harvester
company. for alleged violation of the
antitrust laws OF the state. will como
m again next week. when the writ
issued by the court is made return
able
It is alleged by Attorney General
iiadley that the harvester trust is
the most high handed monopoly eyer
attempted and that the farmers Of MIG
sourl are annually held up for many
thousands of dollars through the cx-
crhitant prices charged by the Inter
Rational Harvester company, He saws
tllat in order to maintain a monopoly
of the business In this state. ,he
trust has compelled oil retail deal.
prs to handle only the machinery ma ie
ny those composing the combine. The
international Harvester company it .s
alleged, was organized in 1902 with a
capital OF st2o 100000 and absorbed all
'he other companies, thereby eifectual
- destroying all competition and leav
ing the users and dealers In harvesters
10 the mercy of the trust"
The companies composing the mo
nopoly are alleged to he the Mllwnu
hee Harvester company of Wisconsin
he Mccormick Harvester company o'
,limois. the Plano Manufacturing com
rany of Illinois. Warden, Rushnell q
iiessner company of Ohio, d. II. Os
orne & Company of New York anf
huffman Miller & Company of New
York.
According 10 the recent report q
iecretary Straus. the bureau of coi
nnrations OF the department of com
uerce and labor is now engaged ii
investigating the international Har
vcster company. with view to gov
nrnment action.
Democratic national COMMITTEES ha
'ettled the preliminaries of the con
.ng convention, the principal topi
lmong the minority party congress
men and politicians relates to prcsi
dental and vice presidential candi
ates.
That Bryan viii he the staadaI,
carer of the party In the next cam
raign is generally admitted in Wash
Dgtn poltcal circles. Even tn,
rnemies of the famous Nebraslan con
mr. in this. with the fatalstic air /,
me who says: what is to be. viii
be."
There is little less certainty as L,
he tail to the Bryan kite, amonl
hose on tho inside Unless all sign
50 wrong. William Randolph Hears
viii he the vice presidential candi
late. There are many Democrats
prominent in the councils of the party
who look upon Hearst with even great
y adherence than Bryan, hut ever
these admit that all the political wind.
are blowing Hearstward. That Brydl
md Hearst have entered into a DO
itical alliance is the general opin
on in informed circles. which is tc
some extent borne out by the recent
conferences between the Nebras kar
and the New York editor.
Nor is there any hope among the
conservative" Democrats that the,
VIII he able to defeat the Bryan
Hearst program. Some time ago tn,
members of the Parker wing OF thc
party indulged in the belief that Bryac
and Hearst had lost their Strength
and that the time was ripe for bring
ing forward Judge Gray or some othei
conservative as n presidential posi-
hility. All of those booms have die
IT birth. aaa there is growing evi
dence that Bryan Is still the idol ol
the great masses of the Democrat,
voters, In the south and west. Hearst
lespite the defeats of the past. Is st!l
the strongest radical Democrat in the
east. and is not without considerable,
following in the west and on tho pa