The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-19

PEELED to wait in inferior rooms long
periods for special trains in which
they are crowded with inadequate
train service. Mr.. Wood tried to show
that these rates were necessary IN or
der to make up for the increased cost
of equipment and wages, but he failed
to satisfy the examiner that 1t was
right to charge this increase to the
poor immigrant rather than to the
first class passenger.
Christian Scientist Convicted.
Clarence w. Byrne, a New York
salesman, has been found guilty by the
court of special sessions of willfully
neglecting to provide medical attend
ance for his little daughter who died
Of pneumonia. Byrne is a Christian
Scientist and says that he called in a
healer of his church to treat the child
when his own prayers failed to bring
relief, as he had no faith in the med
ical doctors. Motion for a new trial
was hiuuC
Texas Receiver Recognized.
The Texas court Of appeals ruled that
while the property Of the Waters
Pierce Oil company was for the mo-
ment in the hands of the federal re-
ceiver, Dorchester, the state should be-
gin proceedings at once to GUST him
in favor of the state receiver, Eek
hardt. The states jurisdiction is held
to be supreme in the premises.
John D. to the Bar.
A small army of federal marshals
and their agents were put on the trail
of John d. Rockefeller and his brother.
William, following the issuance of the
summons of Judge Lands Of Chicago
for officers of the Standard Oil com
pany to appear in court and submit to
examination as to the earning power
Of the trust. The marshals at one time
were watching for John D. in four
different states-at the home of his
married daughter, at Pittsield, Mass,
at his great estate Of Pocontico Hills,
near Tarrytown, N. Y, at his big Lake
wood IN. J.l place, where formerly he
was besieged for several weeks by
subpoena servers, and lastly at his fine
old home, Forest Hill, at Cleveland, O..
On the porch of the last named house
a marshal camped out in spite Of the
guards which surrounded the grounds.
Marshal Chandler of Cleveland kept
his deputies constantly on the alert to
prevent the possible escape of Mr..
Rockefeller. In the meanwhile the
Rockcfellers' lawyers at Chicago were
trying to get the court to excuse their
chief on one pretcXt or another, but
without avail.
Finally Deputy Marshal Charles L.
Frink Of North Adams, Mass, by a
clever ruse of doubling OF his track,
discovered the much sought oil trust
head on the porch of the Prentice
house ut Plttsfield after Mr.. Prentice
and other members Of the household
had used every deception in the effort
to throw the process server off the
trail. EARLY in the day Frink had
made an unsuccessful attempt to locate
John d. there, and then had given the
impression that he had left town.
Thus lulled into a ems Of security,
Mr.. Rockefeller had come out onto the
porch to sun himself. Secretly the
deputy had returned and taken the old
man by surprise. The latter remarked
that he had hoped to avoid this trip to
Chicago, expecting that his attorneys
would secure some modification of the
courts order.
Japs Sue San Francisco.
A test case has been brought against
the city of San Francisco by the jap
anese residents, damages being de-
manded for the wrecking of the res
taurant and bath house Of Y. Eimoto
by a mob May 20, it being held that
the city made no effort to stop the riot.
Ascending New York Teller.
Chester B. Runyan, paying teller of
the Windsor Trust company of New
York, disappeared with over 100000 Of
the company's funds, and investigation
showed that he had been playing the
stock market. He simply packed the
cash in a suit case just before closing
time. having previously made known
his plan to visit his mother in Roches-
ter, and walked away. 1t was Satur-
day, and nothing was found wrong IN
til the following Monday. He was
not Il man OF fast habits, but was
known to be failing in health.
Holmes Jury Disagree.
After celebrating for more than
twenty-five hours the jury in the case
of Edwin S. Holmes, assistant statis-
tician in the agricultural department,
who has been ON trial in Washington
on a charge of conspiring to defraud
the United States through the use Of
the governments cotton crop statistics
for speculative purposes, reported their
inability to agree and were discharged
by Justice Stafford. 1t is expected
that the case will be brought to trial
again at the October term.
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