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The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Say Orchard VIII Be Convicted.

Butte. Mont.-"Orchard will be con
victed of murder in the FIRST degree.
The community will not stand for any
thing else But he will not hang. &C.
cording to present plans The scheme
Is to have him sentenced to be hanged.
Then Governor Gooding will commute
his sentence to life Imprisonment. Or
chard. who is to be provided with
money from unknown sources. will
then make his escape from prison. The
details include ticket TO England. No
mention is to be made of his escape for
six weeks SO that the fugitive will
be safe from pursuit"
This is the statement OF Attorney
Peter Breen of Haywood counsel. made
on his return from Boise.
Breen does not reveal the source OF
his information. other than to say that
Orchard leaked" in the penitentiary
to convicts who were not in sympathy
with him.
Attorney Breen says that rumor has
II that Attorney Z. F. Richardson will
defend Harry Thaw.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
ENORMOUS fine
STANDARD OIL COMPANY GETS
THE LIMIT IN COURT.
MUST PAY s,24o, 900 FINE
Heaviest Ever Assessed Against Any
Individual or Corporation in the
History Of America.

Chicago.-Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lam
dis in the United States District Court
fined the Standard Oil Company of In
diana $29,240,000 for violations of the
law against accepting rebates from
railroads.
The fine is the largest ever assessed
against any Individual or corporation
in the history of American jurisprud-
ence, and is slightly more than 131
times as great as the amount received
by the company through its rebating
operations. The case will be carried
to the higher courts by the defendant
company.
The penalty imposed upon the COM
pany is the maximum permitted under
the law. and was announced at the end
of a long opinion, in which the meth
DDS and practices of the Standard
Oil Company were mercilessly scored.
The Judge, in fact, declared that the
officials OF the Standard OIL Company
who were responsible for the prac-
tees of which the corporation was
found guilty were no better than
counterfeiters and thieves, his exact
language being:
we may as wei look Al ms Sltuar
tion squarely. The men who thus de-
liberately violate this law wound so
ciety more deeply than does he who
counterfeits the cola or steals letters
from the mail The nominal defend
ant is the Standard OIL Company OF
Indiana. a 100000 corporation.
THE Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey, whose capital Is 10000 900.
is the real defendant. This is for the
reason that II a body Of men organ
ize a large corporation under the laws
of one state for the purpose Of carry
ing on business throughout the United
that purpose absorb the stock Of other
corporations, such corporations SO
absorbed have thcnceforward but a
nominal existence.
They cannot initiate or execute any
inherent business policy, their elimi-
nation In this respect being a prime
consideration for their absorption. So
when, after this process has taken
place. a crime is committed in the
name of such smaller corporation. the
law will not consider that the larger
corporation Is the real offender.
And where the only possible mo-
tive Of the crime is the enhancement
of dividends. and the only punishment
authorized is fine. great caution
must be exercised by the court lese
the fixing of a small amount encourage
the defendant to further violations BY
esteeming the penalty to be In the ma
ture OF a license
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stir to Bend Over.

When / drank coffee / often had
iousness much of the time. but when l
of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that have been entire
~ relieved of all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
My mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now. and with
out coffee in the house for 2 years, we
are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. II she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
AT last 1 persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did SO and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can
sit for whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side.
in fact. she has got well and 1t shows
coffee was the cause Of the whole trou-
BILE.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" There's a Reason"
Look in pkg for the famous little book,
The Road to Wellville"
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Mystery Surround. CHASTITY Find.

Trinidad. Colo.-With the pockets
of his clothing turned inside out, in
dicating murder and robbery, the body
of an unknown man was found in an
arroyo between this city and Bowen.
The body was half covered with water
In a sink near the end of a long cul-
vert beneath the railroad track and
was in an advanced state Of decompo-
sition.
Coroner Sipe made an investigation.
but all efforts to identify the body
failed The authorities believe the
man was killed undoubtedly by hold
ups while drunk robbed of his money,
and the body thrown into the arroyo.
The remains are those OF man
probably forty-five years old. weigh
ing 2l0 pounds and an American. No
marks of violence were found ON the
body.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Teddy erut.,,y Assault. a jag.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Japan at last has
a real cause for war with the United
States. one beside which the putting
of a Jap restaurant on the ''friz" and
the school question pale into insignih-
canoe.
Teddy Roosevelt" the famous os-
trich. in a moment Of anger brutally
assaulted a subject of the Mikado, one
Onaka by name. knocked him down
and after stepping in his face. kicked
him in the ribs. breaking several of
them. Onaka is in the hospital.
Onaka was trying to steal an egg
from the mate OF Teddy"
Strange to relate the female bird
bears the name of Maria
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Secretary Taft viii Speak.

Secretary of War william H. Taft
has accepted the invitation of Chair
man John F. Vivian OF the State Re-
publican committee, and A. NJ Steven
son of the national Republican COM
mittee. acting on the suggestion OF Re-
publican leaders of Denver, to speak in
Denver August 29th.
Mr.. Taft,,it is announced. will leave
Washington for the Philippines n
week before this date, and will take ad-
vantage of the trip across the CONT
nent to stamp his personality on the
minds of voters of a large number OF
cities between Washington and the
coast. SO that il Mr.. Roosevelt persists
in refusing the nomination for another
term, Mr.. Taft's chance will be
brighter.
United States Senator Knute Nelson
OF Minnesota, who recently spent "a
few days in Denver, said that Taft Is
the Republican favorite in his state
next to Roosevelt
There is some talk of Fairbanks -
said Mr.. Nelson. but he is not SO
strong as Taft, because Taft bears the
ofdeial Roosevelt stamp. However.
the sentiment in my state, as well as
in some other states the conditions in
which I am familiar. is that the con-
ditions Of the country are such as to
demand another four years of Roose-
welt. The sentiment is that Mr.. Roose-
welt should be nominated by accla
nation. thereby making It practically
impossible for him to decline the NOM
nation"
Speaking of Minnesota talk of push
ing Governor Johnson Of Minnesota for
the Democratic nomination, Mr.. Nell
son. who is Republican. said:
The newspapers Of the state have
spoken of pushing him for this honor
number Of times. but they do not seem
sincere"
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
H..
"For Idle Hand. to Do"


The loafing habit is menace to
the boys of both country and city.
Every wise mother must be on her
guard against It for her SONS. The
grocery store furnishes only too easy
n lure for village boys. and hundreds
sof idlersr frequent the public squares
of the great cities. There is no ac-
counting for the seeming leisure OF
the army of grown-up sloafers. Most
of them are able-bodied, although
some are anemic or badly nourished.
But the sad probably is that a
doting mother began the useless ca
Heer of each of them. and that hard
working wife continues the in
hulgence. 1t is not easy for moth
.er to invent occupations for her lit
tie son. The daughter may early be
taught to use the broom. duster and
luee6le Then the doll Is an unfaf-
ing and exacting task-mistress. She
always needs new clothes. But work
for boyish hands and feet is less
abundant. The supply OF family er-
is ht toofhoo hs,t'
supplanted the woodpile. In the'end
the boy sees through the device of
trumped-up work. and runs away
from it. Happy the mother who dis
covers in her boys some taste or tai
emit The passion of the carpenter
for tools. of the craftsman for pencil
and paper. or of the gardener for
growing things ought TO be hailed as
. safeguard against the loafing dis
ease. says Youths Companion. II no
occupation Of the usual boyish sort
can be contrived. the boy may better
be put to bread-making or sweeping
than given over to idieness. There
Is scarcely boy to whom a paint pot
and brushes will not appeal. and
fence and blinds and steps will bear
fresh coats of paint at frequent inter
walls. Every device is worth consid-
ering II II will erect one new bar
-rier' against the loafer's habit-the
destroyer of every manly virtue. from
industry 10 selfrespect.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Prs.psritx Her. to stay.

Chicago.-There never was SO much
prosperity throughout the United
States as now exists, and the outlook
for the future is for a continuance Of
good times. There is nothing feverish
about the country. 1t is mostly the nat
ural. healthy rise In the country's
growth. This Is the general view taken
by Chicago experts In various CONNER.
cial fields. who commented upon THO
New York interviews from editors Of
trade papers. who declare that prosper
ity is here to stay Chicago is becoml
Ing a financial center in a way II has
never been before. Railroads are TAX.
ing a hopeful view Of business condi.
lions. Their change of attitude is
caused largely by recent crop reports.
which are prepared by the railroad
every year. with view of getting
some idea of the number OF cars and
the motive power which will be needed
to move the crops to market
The railroad trafic men say that
what Is lost IN wheut will be made up
in corn and in other crops. and that
there will be as much business for
them as there was last year. But even
the optimism has not been unchanged
hard enough to induce the manage
ment to adopt a more liberal policy. 1t
is stated that II the reports continue
good the railroads will soon adopt Il
moro liberal financial policy. This
means that much work which has been
stopped will be resumed and ere long
thousands Of men will be put to work
upon unfinished plans. 1t may have
an even wider Significance. for II the
crop reports which the railroads Sc
cured are true It will mean an easier
money market! Railroad men every
were do not believe that hard times
are going to come soon. and this is a
radical change Of front during the past
two or three months.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
100000 Canning Plan. Assured.

Loveland. Colo.-President Empson
OF the Longmont canning factory came
to Loveland in response to q request
from the chamber of commerce 10.
close the deal for 800. 900 canning
factory, The site and building has
been pledged lb1 Loveland people al
cost or 10000. After signing the
contract Empson left for the East to.
ouy machinery. Work on the build
ing VIII De started at once and the
..s ~ 10 expected. win be in oper-
will be completed in all de,.i1. hy-
January LIST. ~
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
"veu to the Rock Pile"

Los Angeles. Cal.-"Ive got 5000
in bank in this city. l will give all
or any part of 1t to escape that chain
gang sentence" said w. Bryan. real
estate dealer of Long Beach. arrested
Friday at the Astoria hotel on a
charge of beating his wife. when SEN
fenced to ten days on the chain-gang
by Police Justice Rose today.
Not in this court" replied Judge
Rose ANY man who does the things
you are said to do will receive no
mercy from me and 1t is you with a
pick and shovel for the next ten days"
Mrs. Bryan testified her husband
had beat her numerically and that
she still bore marks of the blows given
her.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
THE NEW YORK LIES pRoaRAM.
Economy. Publicity and the Paramevae
Interest Of PolieyhoIdsrs.

President Kingsley. OF the New
York Life Insurance Company. says.
that his plan of administration In
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy: second.
the widest. fairest and fullest public
ity: third. the continuance Of the Nsv
York Life ~ . worldly wide institution:
fourth. such an amount OF new bust
ness under the Law a. We can secure
while practicinG intelligsnt economy.
and enforcing the idea that the inter.
est Of the policy-holder 10 paramount"
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
MURDER AND VIOLENCE RAM
PANT.
100 Rolled in New New York In One
Week and No End in Sight.


New York.-Chain coats of mail
promise to become the popular sum-
mer attire here, and armored automo-
biles the only safe means of convey
ance, II a sudden end is not put to the
city's reign of terror.
Three cold-blooded and dramatic
murders in the center of the city in
as many days have served to accen-
tuate grimly the fact that SO far as
the safety of human life is concerned
New York is really on a par with the
widest mining camp of fiction and as
regards organized murder and terror
ism by blackmailing societies. closely
akin to conditions prevailing in the
middle ages.
The astonishing pass to which things
have come is instanced by the lack Of
notice accorded to any but the most
dramatic crimes. Four days after a
doctor was strangled to death on a
populous street the matter had been
forgotten and the depredations of the
Black Hand society to whose hand at
least one murder a week has been laid
for months, only became worthy of no.
tice when eliminating in the blowing
up of a tenement house containing 200
persons.
Battle, murder and sudden reath
seem to be sweeping through the city
like a pestilence. Man hunts for as
saulters of children are of daily occur
ence in the suburbs. no less than four
occurring in one day on Staten Island.
The past week shows twenty-five muir
derous assaults, and deaths labeled az
violent, exclusive of accidents. ap-
proach close to the hundred mark.
On top of all this comes the start
ling revelations Of the workings of the
Hunakist, the Armenian secret so
ciety, which. 1t is alleged. brought
about the murder of a prominent Ar
menian millionaire because he refused
to be blackmailed.
Looting banks has become q joke.
Only this week robbers held up the
teller of a Broadway bank during the
noon hour with masks and guns in
true desperate style and got $1,000.
Many respectable citizens 1t is said.
are planning to defend themselves by
meeting violence with violence.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
confiseate Armour Meat.

Leadville.-Five hundred dollars
worth of meat consigned by the Ar
mour Packing Company of Kansas City
to its agency in Leadville was confis-
Gated and destroyed by the city au-
thorities. Marshal Macdonald has
made it a practice to examine each
car of cold storage meat when it
reaches this city. When he examined
this car he found the meat in bad
state of decay. and at once notified the
agent of the packing company. and
the stun was sent to the city dump.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
All in Cold STORAGE.

An Oregon attorney. representing
a client whose title to a certain cold
storage plant was under fire. closed
an able argument before the Oregon
supreme court recently with the fol-
lowing bit Of pathos: Your honor.
there is more resting upon your de-
cision than this cold storage plant: a
human life is at stake. My clients
life's efforts are in this cold storage:
his life's blood is in this cold storage;
his body and soul are wrapped up
in this cold storage."-Law Notes.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

Sheridan. Wyo.-Two Polish miners,
prospecting in the hills near Dietz. see
ing ladder in an old shaft. went
down to Investigate the hole in search
of riches. The first had descended only
eight feet when he was overcome by
black damp. The other man, thinking
his companion had simply fallen.
started down after him and was also
overcome.
Two other miners who saw the acct
dent game the alarm and a rescuins
party was organized. They worked
bard. but were unable to be of any
use. One of the victims leaves a wife.
The mems names cannot be learned
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Struck by Lightning.

iva. wyo.-George Mitchell Of this
place. one OF the most prominent stock
men in Wyoming was struck by light
ming while riding near Hartville June
ton and probably will die. His
brother. Ferguson Mitchell. who was
riding near him. was rendered uncon-
scious by the bolt. but was not se-
verely hurt When Ferguson recov-
cred consciousness he found George ly-
ing insensible. terribly torn and
burned. and his horse dead beside him
The injured man. suffering greatly.
was brought to his home here this
evening. and is not expected to sur
vive the night
Beside the horse ridden by George
Mitchell. FIVE other animals were
killed.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

Pueblo.-Dr. I. Carrie johnson, who
was recently pardoned from the state
penitentiary. where she served four
years for performing a criminal opera
ton. reached Pueblo and went to the
tome of F. E. SeweIl.
Mrs. Johnson's hair is silvered, but
she shows NO other signs of her con-
fnemeut, as would be expected In Il
woman Of her age. She will leave
soon for a tour of the East. and will
probably spend the remainder of her
life on her farm in Missouri
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Disappointed Cowboy.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-Pete Dickerson OF
Douglas. Arizona, who came to Chey-
,rnne, with the intention of winning the
worlds championship steer roping con-
test during the recent Frontier days
celebration. and who made such a mis-
cradle showing with the rope. will
camp here until the next Frontier
lays. when he will try again. He will
sonduct a saloon and restaurant in the
Interim
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Le.dvilIe Get. Next Convention.

Idaho Springs, Colo.-At the seconc
annual state convention of the Ma
tional Association of State Engineers
here held, Leadville was selected as
the place of the next meeting in 1905.
The new officers are " v. Novels
of Pueblo. president, William S. Nixon
of Denver, past president; T. A.
Goldner of Leadville, vice president;
L. l.. Bryant Of Cripple Creek. secre-
tary; and Don J. Mcdonald of Idaho
Springs. treasurer.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

Rich men often sigh over the bur
den OF wealth. but about the emily
man who can make this lament lit
orally. and who wants really and act
uaIly no more weight OF money upon
him is the Washington treasury clerk
who had his thigh bone broken by
q bundle containing over a million
dollars In notes falling upon him.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
pe.tibone viii No. Be Tried.

Denver.-Attorney E. F. Richardson
Of counsel for Haywood Meyer and
Pettibone has reached Denver from
Bcise. aGd says thai with Haywood
acquitted and Meyer relea ed on $25.-
600 bail. Petitions will ns..r be tried
fer completely In the alleged conspir-
acy which resulted, it is charged In
the murder Of former Governor Steun-
enberg.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

The biograph has Just shown in
Melbourne the ruins of Rome, follow
it is remarkable what a likeness there
is between natures work of 1900
years and that of day or two. re-
MARKS Nthe Imperial Review.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07
Council Blum. Get. . Fire.

Council Bluffs. 1owa.-A fire which
started in the wheel house of Keys
Bros carriage factory at First avenue
and Twenty-eighth street. destroyed
the plant and stock on hand. causing 4
loss Of $4,000
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

When member of the Belgian par
lament is making long speech the
government furnishes his hearels
with brandy so that they may be able
to stand the strain. We think our
scheme of permitting our statesmen
to retire to the cloakrooms while or
ators are in action is a better one.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

has edded to former triumphs of in
vention a gliding boat which is
said to be able to make a mile a min
ute. 1t has a system of inclined
planes that lifts it to the top of the
avoids the resistance of the water.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

Those people who are looking for
the pole may not find it. but they will
manage to keep cool even on the
warmest days when the thermometer
rises as high as As degrees below
zero N.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

lowed this selfforgetful remark was
even greater than the one that came
after his opening words.
Il am glad to get back among my
friends" Haywood continues. "A year
ago. when l was kidnapped. some of my
friends told me | would never leave
Idaho alive. But am here and did not
come back in a box, as they told me
would"
right, l'ill." greeted this remark.
Kisses for Mcfarland.
"Mcparland-"
Kisses and groans cut hom short.
Finally there was silence again. and
Haywood. laughing, said: II antici-
pated that"
"Unionism is stronger today than 1t
ever was" he continued. bringing
down his right arm to his knee. APP
plause followed. at has been growing
by leaps and bounds within the last
year.
"All that the workingmen ask is
what they produce. Give US what we
produce and the mine owners and man
ufacturers can have the rest. On be-
half OF my wife and children. my
mother, the Western federation. my
dearest friends and myself. thank
you for your loyal friendship and sup
port. On account of my wife. who
needs me by her side. can't talk to
you any longer. I want to get around
and take everyone Of you by the hand
The crowd closed in. and for nearly
an hour he shook hands with men.
women and children. Some Of the
women carried their babies on their
shoulders. and Haywood stopped down
and kissed the little ones, at the same
time saying a word OF greeting and
kindness TO all.
Haywood Worn Out.
The mass became SO great and Hay
wood became SO tired and worn out
that he begged the house detective. NJ.
d. Flynn. to stop the crowd. He was
completely exhausted and his hand
fas so stiff that he couldn't make an
other grasp. The crowd took 1t in good
spirit. because they knew that he was
all in.
Flynn cleared the entrance and Hay
wood went to his room. He was fol-
lowed by nearly 500 people. but the po-
lice broke in and made them get out
of the hotel.
In his room Haywood received some
of his personal friends.
The Lamar register., 1907-08-07

A New York lawyer has been re-
tained to attack the validity of a
will which he himself drew. From
this we may work out an answer to
the conundrum: why is a lawyer