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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-12
sTATE OF MINNESOTA.


hereby certify that the
Benefit Association
the above abstract
BY E. A. Waters Deputy
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
THE CRIME Of Q

Tern American battleships Japan has
only ten. Against our eight first
class and Ave second-class armered
cruisers Japan has nine! Against
our nineteen protected cruisers japan
has seventeen.
In enective Ynghtfng force the
American superiority is vastly pre-
ponderant. This fact is known to
every Japanese statesman and to
every Intelligent JapaneseE CITIZEN
Yet American jing6es9a are asking us
to believe that japan, in some fashion
or another, is secretly menacing the
peace of the United States. ~
The plain and obvious truth is that
japan is exhausted financially, that
her population is struggling under
burdens imposed by the war with
Russia, and that her resources are SO
far inferior to those of the United
States that no responsible Japanese
statesman would think of war except
asa last resort. @A
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
SWEPT OVER DAM TO DEATH.
Tragic Termination of Pennsylvania
Gst -1 Weekend Party.

Warren, PA gasoline launch
was swept over a damon the Cone
wango. River, which was very high
owing to rains. ;, OF nine, persons on
the launch six were drowned. They
were: 7'''- (
Mrs. George Baker, of Warrez,
Pa; John Best, of Warren, Pa; Mrs.
john Best; Violet Best, aged eigh-
teen, daughter of John, Warren, Pa;
o. F. Butts, travelling salesman, Phil
,adelphia; Mrs. iHilda Knox, Warren,
Pa. td1
MIR. and Mrs. Best had invited q
company, of friends to take supper
with them at their cottage on the
Conewango River, and had come
down to the Russell Boat Landing
to meet them. The visitors were In
one naphtha launch and MI. Best and
his party in another. The boat con-
tanning the visitors become lodged on
a pile a short distance above the
dam and Mr.. Best went to assist
them, when the engine in his launch
broke and the boat, containing nine
persons: drnfted toward the dam With
ont an oar or stick to stay them.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
THE I0BAGGg Trust
Government Asks Court 20 Crush
Giant Combination.
accused of Oonspiraeies and Illegal
Trade Deals-Opponcats Must
4ff Surrender or Die.

New York City.-The Government
struck the first HOY in It's campaign
to smash the Tobacco Tr1st by filing
a bill in equity in the United States
Circuit Court in this city. BY this ac-
ton it is sought to dissolve the7trust
by having it declared a combination
in restraint of trade, under provis-
ions of the Sherman Anti Trust law,
to obtain an injunction to. stop its
business and, in the discretion of the
court, the appointment of a receiver
Specifically the complaint asks the
following relief. > 81 HsiytEH aa5 E
That each constituent company OF
the trust sbe restrained from engag-
ing iniinterstate or foreign commerce.
That each company be restrained
from holding stock in, any of the
other constituent corporations.
That each corporation be restrained
from carrying out any of its on
tracts, combinations or conspiracies
with the others.
al That the particular contracts by
which an agreement between the
English and American tobacco COM
binations was effected in the fall OF
1902, be abrogated as Illegal.
Thatsthe trust in all it's branches
be enjoined from continuing to exer-
ciseEaI MONOPOLY of the leaf tobacco
business OF this country.
That the court, in its discretion,
appoint receivers for each of the con-
stftueHt concerns to take control OF
all their property and, if necessary.
to wind them up.
The bill names. the A~mericanaTo@I
haaaa Noro@anu onG oil tic GU hcidio.
ries, together with its two great or
eign allies, the Imperial Tobacco
Company, Of London, and the British
American Tobacco Company, and also
it's 1ahliated American concerns, the
American Snuff Company, or the
Snuff Trust; the McAndrews & Forbes
Company or the Lieorice Trust; the.
Conley Foil Company, OF the Tin. Foil
Trust; the American Cigar Company,
the American Stogie Company and
the United Cigar Stores Company, in
| all sixty-hve corporations, as ydefeHd-
ants In the action. There are also
twenty-nine individual defendants,
headed by, James b. Duke and Thos.
F. Ryan, and including all the prfncf-
pal officers and directors Of the
American Tobacco Company.
Although this action is purely q
CIVIL suit, JAMES y. mC1CeJnoluS npS-
cial Assistant United States District
FAttorney, talked about the possibility
of criminal proceedings against OIL
Gals of the trust.
ut is highly probable that Grim
inaI action will be taken. he said.
THE Sherman law makes it a Grim
inal offense to enter into a conspiracy
to create a monopoly, and it may be
that we shall get evidence enough to
warrant such proceedings.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
BUSINESS OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.
If We Keep Our Heads, Even Greater
,~..t Prosperity Will Come.in4 -

Norfolk, Va.-The, dedication of a
column of coal 1881 feet high and
showing the various grades ofhcoal
mined in West Virginia was a feature
of West Virginia Day at the James
town Exposition. The exercises in
cluded a military parade, in which
New York State troops took part.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
was the chief speaker at the coal
column exercises. After referring. to
the prosperous conditions in West
Virginia, he said:r ,4-.9as zdt .
"And why, indeed, is this not true
of the Nation as q whole? Our peo-
pie continue prosperous. We, OF
course, have our occasional setbacks.
and quite recently we have had some
rather sharp reminders that wrong.
doing and improyidence and imitation
have an inevitable result-disaster
in greater or less degree. 81 eIaiB,
jt"While there are some !disquiet1ng
features in the business world, the
outlook is growing steadily brighter.
and if we but keep our heads and APP
proach our State and National prob
lens with courage and common sense.
we shall have. in the futureoa spros-
perity not only material, but moral,
greater even than that which has
made memorable our past"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

New York City.-Thepopu1ation of
Japan is less than IS. O00,0 900. The
population of the United. States is
nearly 100000.
The debt of Japan - taking the
Statesman's Year Book figures
throughout to insure uniformity OF
comparisons about $685., 900, 900.
The net debt of the United States is
$964,435,657 japan is paying from
four to six per cent. interest on its
foreign loans and from five to seven
per cent. on it's internal loans. One
fourth of the debt of the United
States is at four per cent. and the
rest at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than $780,
000, 900, while the revenue Of the
United States is 1852, 900 ,0O0} ia
pans total imports, and exports for
the year: 1905-19O6 were only $780,
100000 while those Of the United
States were nearly &3.000,0B0,0O0 "a
Against twenty first : class mod
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Navv DEPARTMENT Decides 92itl
to Send OnlY0OW Newest
Warshipszto the Paeifie
Fifty Fighting Vessels, Large<and Small.
Will Be in Sigh Of San9Franeisco u
byaJanuary FIrst.s
WORLDSC REATESTNA HALREHiEW

Washington, D.C.-Two important
decisions have been reached by the
Navy Department concerning the an
nounced program for the dispatch of
the Atlantic fleet to the Pacifc-frst,
only the newest and most modern
ships will be sent, and, secondly, the
average of captains of the ships will
be reduced from three to five years.
In addition it Is planned to send
along a fotilla Of torpedo boat de-
Stroyers. 81
It is figured here that, without the
ships now on the Aslatlc station.
there will be ~thirty-twO WarshiDs in
sight Of San Francisco by January !.
This number will include the torpedo
boat d~estroyers.
1t also is proposed to bring over
the Asiatic forces. Those which are
considered real fighting craft are the
four armored cruisers, West Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Colorado, and the monitors Monterey
and Monadnock. These. added, will
give a total of thirty-eight. 1t also is
probable that when the plans for the
greatest of all navy reviews are per-
fected even the smaller cruisers and
the gunboats will come over from
Asia, and the total force will amount
to fifty fighting vessels, great and
small. .r.s ,-s=s .ysS
Announcement was made at the
Navy Department that the proposed
voyage of the battleship fleet to the
Pacific would in 40 way interfere with
the plan already arranged for the
summer maneuvres of the Atlantic
fleet. The decision has been made
that Rear-AdmiraI Evans, command
ing the feet, shall assemble his yes
sells for midsummer operations at
some point on the New England coast
on August 25. The place has not yet
been determined, as theregis no great
haste in the matter. A~t
In the meantime the ships which
may need repairs will be locked and
put in condition. Repairs are being
rushed on the Connecticut, which is
Admiral Evans flagship, but this is
being done so that other ships may
be sent to the Brooklyn yard for spe-
cial work upon them as may be neces-
sary and for the further reason that
the ship has not completed her for
NAL trials.
The plan of docking the vessels for
repairs was mapped out months ago
and is now being carried out without
regard to the intended movement OF
the feet to the Pacific. These repairs
would have been made had there
been no decision reached for the
movement to the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres-wi
be completed some time n October.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

Then following the usual custom,
the fleet would move southwark to-
ward guantanamo for drill operations
and target practice, but instead of
doing so this fall they will go on the
cruise to the Pacific. The proposition
to send the fleet to the Pacific at an
early date, that is, This summer, has
not been considered and will not be
considered unless. there is danger of
an imm Mediate outbreak Of hostilities
on the part Of Japan, which officers
do not believe is at. all likely. -
Much greater difficulty would be
experienced in getting the big ships
around to1the Pacific now than five
or six months later. The South At
lantic Is now in midwinter. the wealth
err is ~unfaYorable and much danger
might be encountered. Besides that,
it is targued, there is no pressing need
for their presence there at this time.
WhateFer good effect may be had by
| sending the ships there, it is contend
ed, viii be produced by the announce
ment OF the decision that they are to
go later. " . 2k6AE&A~S &LE&G
Of course, if there should be an
outbreak on the part of Japan the
plan to delay the sending of thesshfps
until next winter would be- changed
Immediately. The Impression, how
| ever, which officers seek to convey is
that the fleet is not to be sent to the
| Pacific as a menace to Japan or be-
cause there is any danger of war,
which is secuted, but rather to DEM
sonstrate our ability to make a dash
around the Horn in the event of an
emergency. Whetheror not the ships
will be brought back to the Atlantic
is q matter for determination after
further developments. Next Deem
her will be midsummer in the South
: Atlantic and conditions Will then be
favorable for the ongcruise
In some naval qnarterssthe opinion
is held still that the battleship fleet
will never go to the Pacific, and the
impression is given that the PROPOSE
ton is largely~bIuff for the purpose
of showing Japan what we would do
in case it became necessary to have q
large fleet in Paciic waters. yaT
These same Officers believe that 1t
would beea@dangerous thing to- leave
the Atlantic coast unprotected, as it
would%bewinwthag event of the with
drawal Of the entire battleship feet.
At the samestime they point out that
the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific
and the abandonment of the sAtfantic
coast would be an argument for e
! large increase in the navy and the
building of a corresponding battle
ship feet for the Atlantic, in order
that the country might be adequately
protected in both oceans. eut
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
SIX YOUTHS DROWNED,
One Strong Swimmer Among Them
Saves Himself in Penobscot Bay.

Saves Himself in FeDObScot Bay.
Bangor, Me.-Six young men of a
party OF seven were drowned inaPen-
obscot Bay by the capsizing of the
sloop Ruth E. Cumnock, of Brooks
j. Laurent D. Hall, Of Bangor, who
is a strong swimmer succeeded in
clearing himself from the founder
ing craft, and after swimming for
three-quarters of an hour, was res
.cued by the tug Bismarck, which hap-s
penedi to, be in the bay. The others,
sank within a few minutes. The vic
tins were members of prominent
families and were known in school
and college circles of this State.
1.-THE victims are, Harry Dugap,
eighteen, son 1of FP.i IT, Dugah,y Of
Bangor; sophomore in Bowdoin Col
lege. A. Robinson, seventeen son o
F.. Robinson, of Bangor. Raymond
Smith, nineteen, son Of Sherman w.
Smith, of Bangor. Roy Palmer nine
teen. son of w. A. Palmer, of Bangor.
Frederick RingWall,s nineteen son OF
Knute A. RiDgwall, of Bangor. Will
ian Vauge, twenty-one, South Brooks.
Vile.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
! KILLED BY YOUTHS FOLLY.
Girl Into Whose Lap F~irecrackcrs
Were Thrown Dies.

Patersons Y. Fannie Turner.
nine Years old, died al the General
Hospital as the result of burns re-
cefved on July. 4, when a young man
-fhrew~a bunch of lighted firecrack-
ers in her lap as she was sitting on
the stoep-of her home-watching the
fireworks. Her clothing caught fire
and she was badly burned before her
father could subdue the flames. She
Suffered intensely from the time she
was taken to the hospital. fg go
THE name of the young man who
threw the frecrackers is unknown.
III
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
JAIL SENTENCE FOR %
TOLEDO BUSINESS MEN
Convicted Of Pooling Agreement
to Maintain High Prices.
SIX MONTHS In WoRKjRoUSE
Sentenced Men Are All Wealthy and
1%A Prominent in the Commercial
n Life of the Ohio City-Lumber
and Brick Men and Bridge Agents.

Toledo, Ohio. u Some of Toledo's
w~ealthiest citizens. and the most
prominent socially, were sentenced to
the workhouse for six months for be-
ing members of the lumber and bridge
trusts and conducting their business
enterprises in restraint Of trade and
competition! All had pleaded guilty.
Twenty-onel members Of the Lum-
Der Dealers Credit Association, nine
members of the Brick Dealers Asso-
citation and two bridge agents were
lined up before the bar to hear their
The sentence created more of, a
sensation than that Imposed a year
ago on the Zee Trust men, IN that
I cas- the hired agents were punished.
The court has now landed the capital
lists themselves. s{-ai..ae..el.o
Judge Lindley ". Morris lectured
the defendants before imposing SEN
tence. .saying:aH }nHui 81 iobnhNJSA
what does a nominal, fine signify?
It Is wrong that you men Of means,
with capital back Of you, can, so con-
troll prices that the poor are COM
PEELED to, pay more than you have a
right to ask, and more, than you
would have to pay yourself. It is
time the courts of Ohio impose such
punishment as the Loffense merits.
Fines are only smakeshifts, and do
not bring prominent citizens to a pro-
per realization of their positions. Az
| ter fun consideration I've determined
that the proper punishment Is impris-
onment in the Workhouse. The sen
tence, therefore, on those who have
generally pleaded guilty will be that
they be confined in the workhouse."
l. The brick men pleaded guilty to an
indictment under a different section
of the Valentine Antitrust law and
the penalty could only be a fine, the
maximum being $1,000. The Judge
/ gave the maximum. t13
Marcus ", Barbour, of the lumber
firm of Barbour G. Starr, counts his
fortune in excess of half a, million
dollars. He is one of the men who
must go to jail. George L! Freeman.
of Kelsey & Freeman, lumber dealers,
is a local social lion. His partner,
J Hiram Kelsey, is equally prominent.
- John H. Puck, Vice-president Of the
Western Manufacturing Company, is
wealthy and a widely known politi-
clan. Frederick e. Wilker, president
| of the Wflker Manufacturing Com
pany, is also big hotel owner. Harry
G. Hammond and w. N. Cleveland
are well known bridgemen, the for
mer with the Canton Bridge Com
pany, his home being In this city.
Mr.. C~leveland's home is in Cleveland,
and he is president of the Cleveland
Bridge Company -,.. :.
The sentences to the workhouse
were suspended for ten days owing to
that institution being Quarantined
against smallpox. go us 3t a. ;
Having pleaded guilty, the defend.
ants are, according to the rules OF
customary criminal procedure, denied
the right of appeal to. the highel
courts. s.niIht -.-.-. .-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
HEAD ON COLLISION ON ERIE.
Passenger Train Hits Freight Near
,CaIdweII-SeveraI Persons, Hurt.

fHaSSen2GT 1tdAH A1lOO AC4SAS N~
.a1F CaldweII-Severa1 Persons Hurt.
Montelair, n. J.-Westbound local
passenger train 481 ran head on into
a string of freight cars about 200
yards east Of the Caldwell station on
the Caldwell branch Of the Erie Rail-
road. The train was composed OF a
combination smoking and baggaEa
car and a passenger coach. There
were about Atty persons aboard. sn
Mrs. Ida, Petroff's right leg and
Loretta Jacksen's left leg were frac-
tured! The Jackson girl is ten years
old. Both she and Mrs. Petron live
in Brooklyn Mrs. Petrof was sent
to a farm in Pine Brook, where she
and her child of three weeksstntended
to spend the summer. The Jackson
girl was taken to the home OF rela-
.tiEes in Roseland.
Engineer Duffy stuck to his seat
and except for a scalp wound escaped
serious injury.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
TEXAS OUTLAWS TRUST GOODS.
New State Law Makes Selling Them a
@E4 f.7t FeIeny. 7h

: Austin, Texas-The most drastic
antitrust law enacted in any state
has gone into effect in Texas. IL pro-
Vides, in substance, that n person
who represents a trust as agent, OF
sells goods made by a trust or com.
bination, shall be deemed guilty OF
felony, and, upon conviction, snail De
punished by confinement in the peni-
Tertiary for fromtwosto ten years.
The laws. provisions apply to all
merchants who sen trust made goods
and all PERSONS VINO may be directly
nfthe employ Of such concerns In the
State.
Attorney%Genefa R.@V. Davidson
and his Assistant, J. P. Lightfoot, de-
clare they intend-to enforce the law
to the letter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
weather Good For Hay Crop,

Despite the unusual weather condi-
lions hitherto prevailing, which 1T was
expected would mean disaster to this
seasons hay crop, an unusually heavy
yield is being harvested, one farmer,
of Hartford, N. j., having gathered
as much as two and one-holf tons OF
timothy hay to the acre. The aver
age yield cured Is about one and one
half tons.>
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
KILLED IN
Machine, Leaping Embanlment-a at
7O-Mile Gait, brushes Chauffeur.

|. Pittsburg-Death was the winner.
lin a daring dash against time made
by J.. w. Davis, a Chauffeur, Of this
city. Davis was employed by an au-
ton1obile company which had planned
to sell a. machine to2Ta c. Jenkins.
Two of jenkins employees took seats
in the car to see the trial run. Going
out of IPerrysville avenue DAVIS
turned on all the power, determined
to show his passengers that the car
was up to specifications. = Speeding
seventy miles an hour down hill the
machine got beyond HIS control IL
left the road and leaped over q TWEEN
ty-foot embankment. Davis sprang
from the machine. but the ear, turn
ing oyer, Brushed him SO badly that
he died a few hours later.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Minimum of Failures.

In failures the number is down to
the. lowest minimum OF the past TWEEN
ty-fVe years, but the liabilities arc
the largest, with one exception, for
ten years past.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Has Fit and browns.

Thomas Smith, sixty years OF ages
a teaming contractor, Of Chicago, was
seized by ran sepileptic>f fit while riding
on Spring Lake, Grand Rapids Mich
al felf into the lake during the seiz-
and was drowned aEt 532EN .
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
cashie- Hod $500 Lett Of 500, 600.

The police of Palermo. italy, ar
rested the cashier and two OF his &C
committees who were concerned in the
3 robbery of a bank at. Kief,
Russia. ~ When taken into custody
the cashier declared, he had only
$500 out of s180,000 left..| 3
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

Kills Mother Who Opposed Wedding
At Killeen, Texas, Lee Roe's moth
err objected to him marryingg and
when he came home after the we'd
ding she disowned him. Roe shot
her, mounted his horse and fed. leaV-
ing his bride in tears and his mother
dead. .nH L. a.e4 ~ Rai -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
sE zftt Oh E8lI4xlL-
GIRLS BEAUTY MARRIED BY PIE.

It Was SCaEdLnk HOt|-AHp 1TAHA,
tainted and Fell with Face in II.
& Hagerstown, Md.-Miss Josep1tpe
EaVey, the daughtero of Samuel EaYey,
was the victim OF a peculiar accident
that will mar her beauty Q llfe.i
while she was helping her mother
TO make custard pies Miss Eayey
tainted and fell with her face inn pie.
The Young woman's face was
frightfully burned, the scaIdtng con-
tents OF the pie covering hsc from
chin to forehead.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Chicago Bank Wrecker Discharged.

The jury trying two members OF
the Steel Ball Company for completely
in wrecking the Milwaukee, Avenue
State Bank, Of Chicago, disagreed
and vas discharged.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

Secretary Cortelyou recommended
to the President the appointment OF
Frank A. Leach, the present supefin-
utendeut OF the mint at San Francisco,
as director of the mint.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Boston Bays Texas Wool.

, A million and one hundred thouA
sand pounds of wool has been sold
in the San Angelo CTexas) district.
It was all purchased by Boston firms
at an average of eighteen cents q
pound for the eight months clip and
twenty-one cents for the twelve
months clip. Il ) gil SCI La
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

Securities Recovering in Price.
T The recovery in prices Q ftse--rities
went still further, but there was little
public interest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
two Painters Fall to Death.

Two Painters FaH TO Death.
1.-THE staging from which John Ba-.
sKeTIofWereester, anh f. B. Hanson
were nainting the sixth story OF La
FFance Hotel at Holybke. Mass, cot-
lapsed Both men were killed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

chattanooga Bonds .'d0.@ an
Il 58ii $500 Tann !W,
At Chattanooga, Tenna hve BANKS
took the entire issue4 Of 99,DOp S0eu,
city Improvement bonds, each bank
taking an equal portion and paying
cash therafor.~ -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Chinese Appeal to roosevelt.

IAN appeal has been made to the
President by the leader of the CHA
nese reform movement for mediAcaT.
ton Of the law excluding Chinese
from THIS Acouhtrys = t3SAf
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18
Wholesale Prices quoted in New York

5~ MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is 21kc. per quart.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-18

! 80 Mercantile Payments Prompt.
Mercantile payments became more
prompt, although money rates were
high and more gold was sent abroad
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