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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
ENORMOUS fine
STANDARD OIL COMPANY GETS
THE LIMIT IN COURT.
MUST PAY 1920, 900 FINE
Heaviest Ever Assessed Against Any
individual or Cooperation In the
History Of America.

Chicago.-Judse Kenesaw n. Ian
dis In the United States District Court
fined the Standard oil Company Of In.
diana $29.2t0.O00 for violations Of the
law against accepting rebates from
railroads.
The fine Ii the largest ever assessed
against any Individual or corporation
In the history OF American jurisprud'
ence. and Is slightly more than l3i
times as great as the amount received
by the company rnrongn its rebatin.
operations. The case will be carried
to the higher courts by the defendant
| company.
The penalty imposed upon the com
pany IL the maximum permitted under
the law. and was announced at the end
| OF long opinion. In which the meth
DDS and practices Of the Standard
oil Company were mercilessiy 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
countcrfciters and thieves. his exact
language being:
I'VE may rs well look at his situn.
tion squarcly. The men who thus dc.
iibcratcly violate this law wound 80.
ciety more deeply than does he who
countcrfci,s the cola or steals letters
from the mail. The nominal defend.
ant In the Standard oil Company Of
Indiana. n 100000 corporation.
"Thc Standard oil Company Of New
Jersey. whose capital is 100000. 900.
IL the real defendant. This is for the
| reason that II body Of men organ
ixc n large corporation under the laws
Of one state for the purpose Of carry
Ing on business throughout the United
States. and for the accomplishment Of
that purpose absorb the stock Of other
corporations. such corporations so
absorbed have thCnccforwnrd but a
nominal existence.
"Thcy cannot initiate or execute any
Inherent business policy. their climi-
nation In this respect being u prime
consideration for their absorption. So
when. after this process has taken
place. crime IL committed In the
name OF such smaller corporation. tho
law will not consider that the larger
corporation Ii the real offender.
And where tho only possible mo-
tive Of the crime In the enhancement
Of dividends. and the only punishment
must be exercised by the court lest
the fixing Of n small amount encourage
the defendant to further violations by
csiccming tho penalty To be In the M.
turc OF a license"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
MURDER AND VIOLENCE RAM.
PANT.
100 kolled In New New York In One
Week and No End In Sioht.

New fork.-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 sudden end IL not put to the
city's reign OF terror.
Three cold.blooded and dramatic
murders In the center OF the city In
rs many days have served to accen-
tuste grmly the fact that SO far AZ
the safety OF human life is concerned
New York Is really on par with the
widest mining camp OF fiction and AZ
regards organized murder and terror
Ism by blackmniling 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 u
doctor was stranGled to death on u
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 tenement house containing 200
persons.
Battle. murder and sudden renrh
seem TO be sweepin. through the city
like n pcstilcncc. Man hunts for ns.
saultcrs 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
dcrous assaults. and deaths labeled m
violent. cSclusiy, OF accidents. mp
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
cicty. which. II In alleged. brought
about the murder Of n prominent Ar.
menian millionaire bccauSc he refused
to be blsckmailcd.
Lootlng banks has become n Joke.
Only this week robbers held M the
teller OF n Broadway bank during the
noon hour with masks and guns In
true desperate style and got $1,000.
Many respectable citizens II In said.
are planning to defend themselves by
meeting violence with violence.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Secretary Taft viii Speak.

Secretary OF War William II. Taft
has accepted the invitation Of Chair
man John F. Vivian Of the State Re-
publican committee. and A. n. Steven
son OF the national Republican COM
mittee. acting on the suggestion Of Rc-
publican leaders OF Denver. to speak In
Denver August 29th.
MIR. Taft. 1t Is announced. will leave
Washington for the Philippines u
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 II Mr.. Roosevelt persists
In refusing the nomination for another
term. Mr.. Tan's chance will be
brighter.
United States Senator Knutc Nelson
of Minnesota. who recently spent Ia
few days In Denver. said that Taft Is
the Republican fayorile In his state
next to Roosevelt.
There liz some talk Of Fairbanks" -"
said Mr.. Nelson. but he In not 80
strong as Taft, because Taft bears The
Official Roosevelt stamp. However.
the sentiment In my state. ns well as
In some other states the conditions In
which ! am familiar. IL 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 II practically
impossible for him to decline the nom
nation"
Speaking OF Minnesota talk Of push
Ing Governor Johnson Of Minnesota for
tho Democratic nomination. Mr.. Mel
son. who is a Republican. said:
THE newspapers Of the state have
spoken OF pushing him for this honor n
number Of times. but they do not seem
sincere"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
BELIEVES GIRL WAS MURDERED
Chicago Man Claims to Have Proof
That Girl Did Not Suicide.

Chicago Charles \. Cocy. wealthy
automobile dealer. has made the sen
sntion declaration that he had the writ
ctn Htn,cmcn, OF woman who saw
Miss Laura Mathews. whose myst.ri'
Gus death At Colorado Springs brou.E:
much inotoTicty to Cocy. on the day %:
her death. The woman asserted poni'
lively that Miss Mathews did no, com
init suicide.
This woman aays she knows Miss
MnihcwCR did not take her own life.
Raid Cocy today on his return from
Kansas city with Miss Tilllc Green.
Miss Mathews nurse.
They attended the funeral OF the
beautiful woman. whose death. to-
gcihcr with the suicide Of Amos II.
Rumbnugh. was the sensation Of the
country.
So certain was Cocy that MiEs Math'
cwS did not commit suicide that. after
reading the statement. he made pos
Tive announcement that h" would so
to Colorado Immediately after return
Ing from business trip east. He also
announced that he would call on the
states attorney In the Colorado resort
to look up the coroncr's inquest In
search Of any possible mistake. Al
though Coey today was willing tn CIV"
extracts from the mysterious letter. u"
was unwilling TO reveal the Identity OF
the writer.
she Is too well known In Chicago.
Raid he. "She was Mt the resort Tor
her health. and under no condition
would l tell who she is
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Mystery Surrounds ohas.ly Find.

Trinidad. CoIo.-with the pockets
OF his clothing turned inside out. In
dicating murder aud robbery. the body
Of nm unknown man was found In an
arroyo between this city and Bowen,
The body was half covered with water
In sink near the end Of long cni.
vert beneath the railroad track and
was In an advanced state OF decompo'
sition.
Coroner Sipc mado 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.nvc years old. weigh
ing 30 pounds and an American. No
marks OF violence were found on tho
body.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Teddy erutaiIy AssauIts a Jan,

Los Angeles. Cal.-Japan at last has
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 insigniil-
cance.
Teddy Roosevelt" the famous os.
trich, in n 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"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
FIoes Wife seater While She Waits.

Hazelton. Pa.-Louis Sambolia. ac-
cused of wife beating. was publicly
fioyged by Alderman d. A. Mckelvey.
before whom he had been brought for
beating.
After the testimony had been given
Alderman McKelvey seized the man
by the collar, dragged him into the
street, pulled the coat from his back
and then handcuffed him TO n tie post.
The crowd OWNED his intention and
a man took OFT his belt and gave II to
McKelvey. The alderman is young and
strong, and the flogging was vigorous.
After few strokes Sambolia fell to
his knees. crying for mercy. but Nc
Kelvey kept 1t up until he felt that
the prisoner had enough. During the
fogging the wife stood by and seemed
to enjoy IT..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Millions Lost by Prohibition.

Augusta. Gn.-Chaos rcisns In the
liquor trafiic In this state. since II "
certain that tho bill for absolute pro
hibiiion after January LIST, will be
signed soon by Governor Smith.
Augusta will lose 81 100000 In prop.
crty values and license taxes. Al.
lanta's loss will almost treble that OF
all other whisky selling places in the
state. Brunswick's loss will run abov.
the 81. .O0O.O mark. Macon will suffer
heavily In the loss OF revenue and n
fine brewery. II was stated here today
thn, the railroads have offered TO trans.
port brcwericB and stills TO other
states free OF charge. The whisky in.
tcrests will move to Florida and Ala.
bama.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Black Swamp Proves ouaomire.

Colon.-Thc damage TO the roadbod
by the sinking OF the land around Lion
hill, ten miles from Colon. is more scri-
the track built over the marsh. which
GUS than first reported. A portion OF
is known as the Black Swamp. be
tween Aborca LeEarto and Lion hill.
Sank within thirty feet OF number
OF freight trains. Both ends of the
isthmus are tied up and passenger
trains are irregular. the passengers be-
Ing transferred by means Of temporary
pathways.
A similar subsistence occurred in the
same locality several years ago. II
would seem that the swamp was un.
able to bear the strain of the recent
double-tracking. All efforts are being
made to repair the damage as quickly
as possible.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
|CUTS OFF EARS
PECULIAR FORM OF MURDER IN
OKLAHOMA.
BODIES FOUND MU1ILA1ED
Nc Cause Aseribed for the Dark Deeds
That Have Set City Wild
With Excitement.

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Charles Gun
rcth OF Chicago. about twenty-five
years old. apparently lnborcr In .ood
circumstances, In the latest victim OF
what sayors Of an organized band OF
criminals In Oklahoma City. who have
u pcnchnnt for cutting on the ears of
their victims. a severed human ear.
In almost perfect preservation. was
found In the street car tracks OF %
principal business street. Detectives.
policemen. sherins ana deputy mar
shals Immediately began to search In
the hope Of finding the body. Two farm
ers driving TO town discovered tho
dead body. exposed on the public road.
lying face downward. Both ears had
been severed cicanly from the head m
yet been found.
Gunrcth's dead body IL the second
that has been found In Central Okla
huma within week.
The body Of u man who has not yet
been Identified. was found In IA box car
of Frisco freight Mt ChIcknsha. nifty
miles south of here. Fresh blood
spots In the car told that
the man Ind been recently
murdered when found. The ears
had been GU, from the head and
were found In the car. His rnrb was
that OF a working man. One shot had
severed the right jugiar vein. and four
others had been fired through tho
heart. after death. Authorities believe
that the man was murdered In Okla
homa City and his body sccrctcd In .
cnf.
Empty revolver shells found In the
car correspond with empty shells found
In the hci.hborhood OF Gunrcth'S
body.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
"You 10 the Rock Pile"

Los Angeles. Cal.-'I've got $4,000
In n bank In this city. I will give all
or any part OF IL to escape that chain.
gnng sentence" said W. Bryan. real
estate dealer Of Long Beach. arrested
Friday ut the Astoria hotel on n
charge OF beating his wife. when sen.
fenced to ten days on the chain.gan
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 It Is you with n
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.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Struck by Lightning.

iva. wyo.-George Mitchell OF this
Race. one OF the most prominent stock
men in Wyoming was struck by light
hing while riding near Hartville June
lion. and probably will die. His
brother. Ferguson Mitchell. who was
riding near him. was rendered uncon'
scious by the bolt. but was not sc.
verely hurt. When Ferguson recov'
cred consciousness he found George ly-
ing insensible. terribly torn and
burned, and his horse detd 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 weGs
killed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
PLUGGED Artesian Well.

Canon City. Colo.-The Chamber.
lin artesian well In Eight Mile park.
from which one cubic foot Of water a
second flowed several months ago.
was plugged up by some person. who
dropped an iron plug to the depth Of
700 feet, where It lodged. The plug
was removed and the flow Of water re-
sumed. A second well was drilled to
the Dakota sandstone. under which the
artesian water is nearly always found.
A series Of wells on the Chamberlin
ranch will be sunk to supply water for
irrigating a large tract Of arid land in
Eight Mile park.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
confiscate 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 1t a practice to examine each
reaches this city. When he examined
this car he found the meat in bad
state Of decay, and at once notified tho
agent 81 the pfcking company. and
the stun was sent to the city dump.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
LeadviI,e Get. Mex. Convention.

Idaho Springs. Colo.-At the second
annual state convention Of the Ma.
tional Association OF State Engineers
here held, Leadville was selected as
the place Of the next meeting In 1908.
The new officers are v. 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.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Disappointed Cowboy.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Pete Dickerson OF
Douglas. Arizona, who came to Chey-
cnne, with the intention of winning the
worlds championship steer roping con.
test during the recent Frontier days
celebration. and who made such mis-.
cradle showing with the rope, will
camp here until the next Frontier
days. when he will try again. He will
conduct saloon and restaurant in the
interim.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09
Hail Destroys Many Acres Of Grain.

Aberdeen. S. Done hundred AMI
sixty square miles of growing grain In
southern Brown and northern SPHINX
counties were practically destroyed
one night recently by the worst hail
storm in this vicinity for years. Tho
storm was preceded and accompanied
by strong wind and in half an hour
the loss was complete. The region
damaged is In the heart OF the riches:
country in this section Of South Da.
kota.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-09

and. after the cries OF welcome had
died out. he said:
Ladies' and gentlemen. fellow union.
ists-brothers and sisters: This 10 the
happiest moment OF my life"
He was interrupted by q tremendous
cheer. followed by cries OF GOOD. Bill.
good" When the crowd quieted down.
he went on:
But my cup of happiness would be
complete IL"
He hesitated a moment. as he locked
over the heads OF the people. then con.
tinued:
IF Charley Meyer were sitting here
on my right side aud George Pettibone
on my left"
II twere possible, the cheer that fol.
even greater than the one that came
after his opening words.
II am clad to got back among my
friends" Haywood continues. "a year
ago. when 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"
More shouts. and cries Of you're
right. Ihii." 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 Il
ever was" he continued. bringing
down his right arm to his knee. Ap-
pinuse followed. ''it 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
ufacturcrs 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. ! cant 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
mn hour he shook hands with mon.
women and children. Some OF tho
women carried their babies on their
shoulders. and Haywood stopped down
and kissed the little ones, ut the same
time saying word OF greeting aud
kindness TO all.
Haywood Worn Out.
Tho mass became 80 great and Hay.
wood became 30 tired and worn out
that he begged the house detective, N.
ID. Flynn. TO stop the crowd. He was
completely exhausted and his hand
fas so stifY that he couldn't make m.
other grasp. The crowd took II In good
spirit, because they knew that he wns
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 sonio
OF his personal friends.
, 1907-06-27
Modified Its Ruling.

The interstate commerce commits
sion has heard the protest OF the rail-
roads in the matter of posting tarlfs
under the new law and has modified
its ruling. Railroads have c~ontended
since the new rate law was passed that
a literal compliance with the law in
the matter of posting Of tariffs involved
a great expense, which the railroads
should not be forced to assume. I'm
der the law copies of tariffs had to be
posted in two conspicuous places in
every railroad station in order that
they might be inspected by the public.
The order is so modified that in the
discretion of the carrier tariffs may be
kept in charge and custody OF the
agents and simply a notice placed IN
conspicuous places that tariffs may be
seen by calling on the agent.
, 1907-06-27
DAvS|SN NOT
HELPING HAYWOOD SIDE

Sterling told him, "They have removed
a rail at the identical point you
thought they would"
FederatIon's First President.
Ed Boice, who was the first presi-
dent of the Western Federation. was
the mex fitness. He told his story
OF the organization of the federation
after the trouble at Occur d,Alene and
SAID that James H. Hawley, now the
leading counsel for the state. was at
that time attorney for the miners. and
was n of the first to suggest the
amalgamation of the various independ.
ent unions.
The Noon Recess.
Recess for the noon luncheon was
taken at this point.
On Stand All Afternoon
w. f. Davis, who is a leading mem.
Der OF the Western Federation of Min.
ers, occupied the stand the entire af-
ternoon yesterday and was still there
When adjournment was taken. He de-
MED any connection with the blowing
up OF the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mills declaring he was simply q p
tator as he mob proceeded with the
work. Orchard had designated Davis
as n of the leaders. Davis left Ida
no Immediately after the trouble, going
to California and assuming the name of
Jones in order to secure employment.
he said. He denied that he had ever
offered Orchard money to wreck a
train. He had talked to Orchard about
St~eunenberg and knew hat he was
very resentful toward the governor,
holding him responsible for his mining
losses but could not remember the ex-
act language. Neither he nor Parker
or Esterly made any comment when
Orchard declared that he was going to
get ~Steunenberg
, 1907-06-27
Contest is DELAYED.

Presidents of Illinois railroads have
agreed that there shall be on imme-
date contest of the 2-cent rate law
which becomes effective July /. The
present plan of the railroad officials,
as announced at Chicago, is to put the
rate in effect and later, should passen-
e earnings show a large decrease to
.go into court and declare the rate law
confiscatoyy.
President Harahan of the Illinois
Central railroad, said:
Will Ask For Decision.
After a reasonable period OF opera
ton under the new law, if there is a
decrease in net passenger earnings, us
I believe there will be, as a result OF
the law, we shall present such an ex-
hibit and ask the courts for a decision
on the grounds Of a loss of revenue
which, in it's effect We believe to be
confiscatory. l do not believe that
the population OF Illinois as it is distrio-
uted outside of Cook county, will war
ram a 2-cent rate"