The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-09
WEEK IN THE WORLD.

WEEK In lHE WOnLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History
Augustus Saint Gaudens, the greatest
sculptor in the history of American ART
oi,d at his home in Cornish, \, H., sun
dnv after long illness. Although IN
every sense classed as an American art
ist Augustus st. Gaudens was born IN
Dublin, IRE. Consequently 1t was as
born Irishman and the most famous sculp-
tor to spring from Irish soil that he was
commissioned with the monument 70
Charles Stewart Parnell. Among his oth-
er great works are the bronze statue Of
Lincoln in Lincoln park Chicago, ana
'TL, Puritan in commemoratiOn of Dea-
con Chapin. the founder of Springfield,
Mass Another work is in Rock Greek
cemetery Washington. a, draped hgure IN
absolute repose and with face OF singu,
lar nobility and strength. 1t was erected
by Henry Adams in memory OF his Wlle'
IIis hust of General Sherman, to when
he devoted 60 sittings OF an hour each, Is
n great work. as is his equestrian statue
Of the general. The Farragut statue was
erected in Madison square, New ork, IN
1851 II had been exhibited in plaster at
IN, Paris Salon in 1880 1t attracted IN
Paris as much admiration as 1t dld IN
New York. The Farragut statue brought
ST. Gaudens's genius prominently before
the world. For nearly 81 years MIR. II.
Gaudens had made Cornish his permanent
home. His main studio was established
there. his New York establishment beng
u.cd only for special purposes, Al Cornish
his talented pupils and assistants con.
tributed not little to the character OF
the colony as one Of the most notable OF
American rural art centers. Some OF the
foremost of the younger American sculp'
tors have worked with st, Gaudens IN
these capacities Much Of the worl; bear
inc his signature, while executed under his
close supervision, is really from the hands
OF these men.
Significant revelations were made pub
lie in Washington Sunday in a report
submitted to President Roosevelt by Her
bert Knox Smith, commissioner OF cor.
porations. concerning the operations OF
The STANDARD Oil company. In previous
report, the means and methods oil the
standard were explained. The present
rcport sets forth the results OF those
methods and the effect they have had on
the consumer OF oil and on the prohts OF
The Standard Oil company. 1t deals with
motifs and prices, showing Just how the
maninulation OF the oil industry by the
standard has affected the pOcketbooks OF
the American people. Commissioner
smith saws "The Standard Oil company
is responsible for the course OF the prices
of petroleum and its products during the
last % years. The Standard has consist.
emily used its power to raise the prlce OF
oil during the last 10 years not only abso.
htelv. but also relatively to the cost OF
crude OIL" The Standard has claimed that
it las reduced the price OF crude OIL; that
j, has been a benefit to the consumer;
and that only a great combination like
The standard could have furnished oil at
tbe prices that have prevailed. Each OF
these claims" saws Commissioner Smith.
lis disproved by this report The In,
crease in annual profits of the Standard
from 1896 to 1904 was over S27 OOO,00O,
The report SAYS. The total dividends paid
nv the Standard from 1882 to 1906 We're
S55J .922 9O4. averaging thus 24.l5 per cent.
Der wear. The dividends, however were
much less than the total earnings. 1t Is
substantially certain that the entire net
earnings of the Standard from lSs2 to
1900 were at least S79O,O0O,O0O, and pos
sibly much more. These enormous profits
have been based on an investment worth
at the time of its original acquisition not
more than $75,000,00O."
Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands in the Unit
ed States district court at Chicago Satur-
day fined the Standard Oil company OF
Indiana S29240,0O0 for violation OF the
law against accepting rebates from rail
roads The fine is the largest ever as
sessed against any individual or any cor
pcration in the history of American cnml-
nal jurisprudence, and is slightly more
than l3l times as great as the amount re-
ceiyed by the company through its rebat,
ing operations. The case will be carried
to the higher courts by the defendant
company. The penalty imposed upon the
company is the maximum permitted I'M
der the law and it was announced at the
end of a long opinion in Which tire meth
ODDS and practices of the Standard Oil com
panv were mercilessly scored. The Judge,
in fact. declared in his opinion that the
officials of the Standard Oil company who
were responsible for the practices OF
which the corporation was found guilty,
were no better than counterfeiters and
thieves. his exact language being: 1--WE
NAV as well look at this situation square
| ". The men who thus deliberately vlo'
| late this law wound society more deeply
| than does he who counterfeits the coin OF
steals letters from the mail.
Miss Katherine Eddy of Chicago, sister
| OF Spencer F. Eddy, first secretary OF the
| American embassy at Berlin, and Senator
Albert j. Beveridge of Indiana were mar
ried at Berlin Wednesday. The civil rite
according to the German requirements
took place in the registrars office at noon
and the religious ceremony, which oc
CURED half an hour later at the Amer
can embassy, technically within American
jurisdiction. was performed by Rev. Dr
| Thomas C. Hail. professor of theology al
the Union Theological seminary, formerly
pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church
of Chicago. E. L. MCLEAN Of Greenfield
| O.. cousin of the senator and j. G
ScLaffer of Chicago were the witnesses
az the civil marriage. Senator William
p Dillingham; of Vermont was the best
man. Both services were of the most sim
Die character, only relatives and few IN
innate friends being present.
Four persons were killed and 25 in
iured Tuesday in a railroad wreck on the
I Buffalo & Allegheny division of the Penn
svlvania railroad at Kelly, about 30 miles
from Pittsburg. The wrecked train wa'
the Titusville express No. rs, which LEFT
Titusville Pa, for Pittsburg at 40 yes
terday morning. At ll.30 while passing
through Kelly the train was sideswipec
by a gondola coal car. The engine, ten
der. baggage and express car and the thret
! day coaches were derailed.