The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-24

, show throughout thu past thirty -hv,
years substantial monopolzation o.
the petroleum industry OF the coun
> try. deliberate destruction Of compe
tition, ard a consequent control OF that
INDUSTRY by less than a dozen men
who have reaped enormous profits
thereirom.' largely through abuse of
transportation facilities. is charged in
report just submitted To President
Roosevelt by Commissioner of Cor.
porations Herbert Knox smith.
Pleading that he had slnned IN be-
half Of a great political machine. which
II was his province to build in the
interest OF the friends ne represented
Abraham Ruef fallen political boss
and formerly campaign manager for
Mayor Eugene Schmitz. faced the court
and in a broken voice pleaded guilty
&c the charge OF extortion.
That Arthur Preston Greene and
Charles II Roeherer may be extradit.
&c 10 England was the decision mad
/ by United States Commissioner
Shields. The men are accused OF steal
ing jewelry valued at $4,000 from two
London firms.
The worlds record milk production
for a year by single cow has been
broken by the Guernsey. Dollie Bloom.
according TO the report OF Secretary
VIM. n. Caldwell. az the annual meet
ing Of the Gernsey Cattle club at New
York
Commissioner Balling of the general
land Office has designated July 1 as
the date for opening the Chippewa
indian reservation in Minnesota, 229.-
-S' acres being at that time opened
under the homestead laws.
The Sth United States cavalry regi.
ment Col. II. p. Kingsbury command. |
ing. which has been on duty in the |
Philippines for the last two years. re-
turned on the army transport Thomas. |
Frederick w. Spelling. counsel for
Enrlco Caruso, the tenor. paia the $40 |
hne imposed on the singer last Novem-
Der and announced that the appeal to
the appellate division of the supreme
court had been withdrawn. This ends
the case.
Philip Burke, who was arrested at
Hooper, Neb.. was brought 70 Fremont
charged with being the murderer Of
Mr. and Mrs Walter Coppe. near Ro-
sale, ThUrston county, Neb.. and
made a confession of his crime 10 Sher.
N Bauman and others
IL is said that Japan will be among
he competitors for the Noble prize
or literature to be awarded next year.
The empress Of Japan is mentioned as
me OF the candidates.
Topeka. true 10 the Kansas charac-
eristics OF violent reform. is seeking
o put lid upon its canine population
in short IL is proposed to make Of
Topeka dogless town :
Sixty hremen were overcome by
moke in fighting a fire in the Reming- {
on typewriter building at 325 Broad :
way. \. Y. More than a score OF the
nen were taken to hospitals
The militia has taken charge of the {
all at Brunswick, Ga. to protect a ne 4
70. Lee Holmes, who is charged with c
iiling A. A. Sands at Darien Junction ]
aturday night Sands was a promi d
ent white man 0
Special agents OF the Leading rail- 4
ay systems of the United States and
anada-the detective forces OF the
their eleventh annual
onvention, in Milwaukee This asso- n
ation, known as the Association OF ii
ailway Special Agents OF the United p
tates and Canada. represents sixty a
We railway systems n
J. c. Horton, a wealthy retired a.
hoiesale druggist who for years has =
cen prominent in the political and Il
numerical affairs Of Kansas City, died 2,
his home at this place "
c. NJ. Levy. formerly general SUI
Of the Burlington in ST.
outs, has been promoted TO vice pres.
lent in charge Of maintenance and / Y
peration Of entire Northern Pacific :,
ystem. -
Engineer NJ Munson, his fireman !
nd head brakeman are dead in a :,
reck on the Rock Island. near Mar. =,
w, l. T. All dead men are from :,
ort Worth. =,
Six persons were injured. a number
frame buildings we're unroofed and
any windows were broken by a
orm in Kansas City, Kas., Monday
Copper eclipses all former records -
r single year in production and :,
vidends in the Lake Superior dis r,
let.
Girl Incorporating in mans attire is
ven away by her inability to roll a
gazette and is arrested after having
oboed' from Kansas to st. Louis. ~
Rev. J. s. Clark, OF Brooklyn. who ~
rformed the ceremony which mace =,
. e Corey and Mabelle Gilman man i,
d wife, calls il a "God.mads mar =,
lge" =,
General elections are held for mem r,
r. Of the lower house OF parliament 80
Austria under the new suffrage law. Z,
g application Of which prevents dis g
de s.
Attorney General Bonaparte receiv.
from the Oklahoma authorities an
'icial copy Of the constitution re-. -.
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