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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
SCHOOL FURNITURE TRUST
Members Of Combine Fined From $500
-. 10 $1,000,

Chicago, May 2O-Judge Lands mas
fined F. A. Holbrook, the American
Seating company and the A. II. An
drews company $4,000 each and nine
other furniture companies amounts
ranging from $500 to $4,000, for VIOLA
ton of the antitrust laws in forming
q conspiracy in restraint OF trade. me
defendants pleaded guilty.
Judge Lands preceded the delivery
Of sentence by scathing denunciation
of the methods adopted by the church
and school furniture trust, declaring
that the punishment fixed by law Is
inadequate to At the crime. The COM
parative poverty of the smaller firms
furnished the courts reason for not
fining them the maximum. i,
Holbrook acted as sort OF clearing
house for the combine, which called
itself the Prudential club, Judge Ian
dis said. Holbrook apportioned the
contracts and by means of dummy
bids members of the combine avoided
connection.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
POWER OF:0|L: TRUST:
Control Of Transportation Is, Its
Most Powerful Weapon. .
sTRANelEsALL COMPETITION
ecathing Report Of Commissioner Of
Corporations Smith to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.

Washington, May 20.-The position
Of the Standard Oil company in the
petroleum industry is the subject of a
report just submitted to che president
by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
Of corporations. Commissioner Smith
sums up the result Of his investiga-
tons as follows:
THE history and present operation
Of these Standard interests shows
throughout the past thirty.tive years
a substantial monopolization of the
petroleum industry of the country, a
deliberate destruction of competition
and a consequent control Of that in
dustry by less than dozen men, who
have reaped enormous profits there
from.
1.-THE commercial efficiency of the
Standard, while very great, has been
directed at crippling existing rivals
and preventing the rise of new ones
by securing for itself most unfair dis
examinations in transportation facili-
ties and rates." !:
It is stated that. in 1904 the Stand
ard and affiliated concerns refined
sNer "a per cent of the crude oil run
through ref1neries; produced more
than Sc per cent of the country's total
output of Illuminating oil; maintained
similar proportion of the export
trade in Illuminating oil and trans
ported through pipe lines nearly nine
tenths Of the crude oil Of the older
fields and SO per cent Of the crude oil
Of the midcontinent fields
The report says that the monopoly
enjoyed by the company does not rest
on the ownership of the source of the
oil supply, which amounts to about
one-sixth of the total, but that its
growth and present power rest pri-
marily on the control of the transpor-
tatiOn facilities"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
NOW ON A PAYING BASIS.
Receipts Of Postoffice Department Ex.
coed Expenditures.

coed Expenditure.
Washington, May 20.-For the first
time in the history of the postal serv'
Ice the receipts for quarter have ex-
ceeded the expenditures. This Is
credited to. the prosperous financial
condition now prevailing.
The totalreceipts of the department
for the last quarter exceeded the ex-
.penditures by $1,soo,s15.So, which is
said by officials to be the best showing
yet made by the department. The ex-
cess of receipts over expenditures for
the corresponding period of the previ.
Gus year was only 5000, 704.68. War
rants in favor of the treasurer of the
United States and the nine assistant
treasurers of the United States and
designated national banks who receive
and handle all funds deposited on ac-
count of the service Of the postoff1ce
department have been countersigned
by the postmaster general and the
amount, $22,359,120.39, covered into
the treasury.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
POLICE. FORCE SHAKEN UP
chicago's Mayor Intends to Renovate
the 1enderloin.


the 1enderloin.
Chicago, May 21-Mayor Busse, in
an attempt to 'renovate" the Tender
loin" district of Chicago, has made
the most sweeping change ever made
In the local police department. He
transferred the entire police force in
the district from captain down, EN-.
bracing 240 men, to other parts Of
the city and appointed other men. 1t
had been charged that the police In
the district had countenanced viola
lions of the law In the district.
The move was hailed by acclaim
among reformers, but the mayor non
plussed other reformers by a fiatfoot.
ed statement that, considering Chi
Cages large foreign population, he
would not attempt to enforce the Sun
day saloon closing law unless forced
to do so by the courts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
y " 1IT7T-- T-TT WIZ TTTT TNg 4-TT77IT7
Mix This, at Home.

The following simple home made
mixture is said to readily relieve
and overcome any form Of Rheu-
matism by forcing the kidneys
to filter from the blood and system
all the uric acid and poisonous
waste matter, relieving at once
such symptoms as backache, weak
kidneys and bladder and blood dis
eses.
Try it, as it doesn't cost much to
make. and il said to be absolutely
harmless to the stomach.
Get the following harmless in
gradients from any good pharmacy:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sareapar-
lila, three ounces. Mix by shak-
ing we'll in bottle, and take
teaspoonful after each meal and
again at bedtime.
This simple mixture is said to give
prompt relief, and there are very
few cases Of Rheumatism and kid
ney troubles it will fail to cure per-
manently.
These are all harmless everyday
drugs, and your druggist should
keep them in the prescription de-
partmeut; if not, have him order
them from the wholesale drug
houses for you, rather than fail to
use this, if you are afflicted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
KAISER APPROVES LEAGUE
German Labor Unions Organize to
Combat Socialism,

Hamburg, May 20.-The Fatherland
Labor league, consisting Of thirty
seven labor unions from all parts of
the empire, has been organized here
for the purpose Of combating the
errors of Social Democracy and its
terrorism in business and politics.
kilograms expressing warm SYM
pathy with the objects Of the league
were received from Emperor William
and the imperial chancellor, Prince
von Buelow.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
CONCERTED ACTION BY BEARS
Bad Break in Prices on the Stock
Exchange.

New York, May 21.-There was a
bad break in prices Of stocks during
the day which was unexplained by
any Immediate news developments.
Sentiment in speculative circles was
very much depressed and brokers
were throwing over stocks without
finding any sufficient demand to alb
sorb them. Activity by an organized
bear party in the speculation was sus-
pected owing to the sudden and unac-
countable nature of the large selling
The tactics Of the bears, however,
were successful in inducing much
liquidation. Rumors were in constant
circulation of intended borrowing on
a large scale by corporations, many
of these runors being denied as fast
as they got into circulation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
BULLET FOR The KAISER?
Alleged Attempt to Kill the German
Emperor.

Berlin, May 17.-According to the
Mittag Zeitung what may have been
an attempt to. shoot the kaiser oc.
Cured in the neighborhood Of Wies-
baden. Some one fired revolver at
q high power automobile running be-
tween the villages of Ehrenseim and
Hattersheim, but the bullet passed
harmlessly over the heads Of the &C.
cupants. Ten minutes later the kai.
ser's car passed. It is assumed that
the person who fired the shot mistook
the first automobile for that OF his
majesty. A reward has been offered
for the discovery of the shooter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
BOMB IN POLICE STATION.
superintendent and Two Detectives
Killed at Odessa.

Odessa, May 2o.-The superintend.
ent of police Of Odessa and the two
chief detectives of this city were killed
and seven other persons were seri-
ously injured by the explosion of an
Internal machine in the Central police
bureau. :;
The machine was deposited in the
bureau just before it exploded by two
men and a girl. The police pursued,
wounded and captured the men,; but
the girl escaped The leader Of the
trio turned out to be terrorist named
Tchertkoff.
The two detectives killed were bit
terly hated by the terrorists, one of
them for participation in melting the
outbreak of 1905 here and the other,
who was nicknamed "the hangman,"
because he had tortured political pris-
OnerS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
PAYS HEAVY FINES.
Railroad Company Guilty Of Violating
Anti.Rebatinq Law.

New York, May 18.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway COM
pany. through its general counsel,
Charles B. Keller of Chicago, pleaded
guilty before Judge Holt in the United
States, circuit court on two indict-
ments recently returned against the
road for the granting of rebates in
violation of the Elkins anti-rebating
law. The court assessed fine of $780,
600 on each count pleaded to, or co.
900 in all, which Attorney Keller paid:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, May 21.-Cattle-Beeves,
$43O@6.50; COWS, 31.s0@490; heifers,
$2.7O@5.4o: calves, $4.50@6.50; good
to prime steers, $5.45@6.50; poor to
medium, 34.30@5.4O; stockers and
feeders, 32s0@6.20. Hogs-Lght, 500
06.6211: mixed, @6.3006.e0; heavy,
$6.05@6.471h: rough, $6.0606.26; pigs,
$6.s0@6.60; good to choice heavy,
te.35@6.%7h. Sheep, 3l.6Oo6.2O;
lambs, @6.260s.7S.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
RACE WAR IN GEORGIA.
Five Persons Dead and Several serl-
ously Injured.

Claxton, Ca. May 22.-Two negroes
lynched, one white man and two ne
groes dead, and seven other persons
injured, is the result of an attempt to
capture a negro who attempted q
criminal assault upon Mrs. Laura
Moore, a widow living near Manassas,
fattnan county. The dead are:
John Hare, white farmer; Sam
Padgett, negro, and his daughter,
aged ten years. Those lynched were
Padgett's wife and son.
The injured are w. ]. Pierson, shot
in stomach and arm, probably fatal
"; James u. Daniel. shot In eye, may
die; Or. J. L. Kennedy. serious: son
Of Padgett, seriously; Elem Padsett,
eolored; two daughters OF PadSstt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 21.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. hard, @1.06; No.
/ Northern, $1.05; No. 2 Northern,
$1.031a; May, $1.043x; July, $1.05;
Sept, $1.06M. F1ax-To arrive, on
track and May, $1.25; July, $1.26A;
Oct. $1.25M,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, May 21.-Wheat-On
track-No. 1 hard, $1.O6A@1.0S7s;
No. Northern, $1.05h@1.05%; No.
2 Northern, $1.O2% @1.034s; No. 8
Northern, 99c@$1.O0.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
Electricians Join Strikers.

San Francisco, May 1S.-All the
electricians in the employ Of the Unit
ed Railroads have struck in sympathy
with the striking carmen. There is
direct authority for the statement that
the electricians employed BY the San
Francisco Gas and Electric company
will not strike, 90 to do 70 would be .
breaking Ct the unions contrast,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions,

Chicago, May Fl. - Wheat-May,
99hc; July, $1.01h. Corn-May,
55kc; July, 47Ac. Pork-May, $16.-
TN; July, $16.921z. Butter-Cream.
cries, 15@22c; diaries, 17@20hc.
Egss-15c. Poultry-Turkeys, 12c;
chickens, 12hc..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
SECURE $4,000 IN STAMPS
safebIowers Rob Postoffice at Pasa.
dena, Cal.

Pasadena, CAL, May 1S.-The safe
In the Pasadena main postoface, IT,
Gated on North Raymond avenue be-
tween Union and Holly, was blown
open early in the day by robbers and
$4,000 in unbroken packages Of
stamps stolen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
AFFECTS 100000 W0RKMEN
Lockout in Building Trades Occurs in
Berlin.

Berlin, May 1S.-A lockout In the
building trades began here during the
afternoon, all attempts to effect COM
promise having proved fruitless. About
$4,000 men are directly affected and
10000 are affected indirectly by the
movement, which is the most serious
labor difficulty in Germany since the
great coal strike of 1905.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
NEARLY. half A MILLION.
Deaths From Plague in India During
Past Six Weeks.

Simla, British India, May 1.-THE
governmental returns just published
show that the deaths from the plague
throughout India for the six weeks
ending May II reached the appalling
total of 451,S 42 In the Punjab alone
2S6,777 deaths occurred.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
True PoiitcnesS.

True politeness is perfect ease and
freedom. It simply consists in treat
Ing others Just as you love to be treat
I'd yourself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
st, Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, May 21.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.60@6.25; fair to good
$4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.25@4.75.
Hogs-$6.10@6.37z. Sheep-Wethers,
$6.50G7.00; good to prime lambs, $7.75
62.5O
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-24
WHAT KIND OF
FinanCier
ARE YOU?

To sell lot Of ground for $50 less
than it would bring if SIS were ex-
pended in advertising it is ve1y com:
mon-if not very Notwithstanding.
To sell a shop or farm for $4,000
when $40 worth of advertising would
have found the man willing to pay
$500 more fer lt-that is NEAR
sighted" financi' ring.
To allow house or apartment to
remain tensntless FIR three. months,
when g worth of advertising would
have rented it in three days-is not q
GOOD way to manage property"
but it is a very usual way j r .. ,.., .~-.>s
I Through all the little affairs Of life
We are apt 10 thus trample upon all
of the Financial ommandmsnts-
making ourselves the poorer, and no.
body else especially the richer.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Speaker Cannon claims that he has
the best watch in the world, and when
the big clocks in the house declared
o'clock while his watch lacked three
minutes Of the hour, he reluctantly de-
clared recess, saying: "It seeEls to
be o'clock, but it isn't"
Former Recorder Golf, OF New York,
now supreme court justice, under
whose Jurisdiction the famous Nan
Patterson case ended in acquittal on
account of the jury's disagreement,
says: 'The danger is that the Thaw
jury will go insane in trying to reach
a verdict"
Richard Mansfield occasionally in
dulges in a jest, it appears. To an
irate old gentleman whose dog had
been tossed aside by Mr.. Mansfelds
auto, and who had angrily protested
that the animal was worth $500, Amer
ica's leading actor, replied: well, the
dog evidently didn't know it."
Leslie M. Shaw's change from the
national teasury to a New York trust
company with salary increased from
$4,000 to $4,000, was mainly due to
the efforts of Robert B. Armstrong,
who was Shaw's private secretary not
many years ago, and is now president
of the Casualty Company of America.
OF the distinguished contributors
whom the late Wendell Phillips Garri-
son gathered to the service Of the New
York Nation over forty years ago, in
Guiding Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier
and Bayard Taylor, these three-Gold-
win Smith, Charles Eliot Norton and
ex-President Gilman-still survive,
and are constant contributors.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
THE COST OF LIVING.
(The Washington Herald. J

w.
when will this era of extreme cost
of living ever terminate?" queried Con-
gressman-elect Parker, of South Dako-
ia, at the Ebbitt house.
"There never was time in the his
tory Of the country when the consum-
ers had to pay such terrific prices for
everything necessary to the mainte-
nance of life. Out in my country, dis
pite the fact that cattle roam the near
by ranges by the thousands, we have
to pay 25 cents a pound for choice
beef, all of which, by the way comes
from the big packing houses east of us.
You may consider turkeys high in your
locality, but if we felt that our Thanks
giving dinner last November was not
complete without that noble bird, we
could indulge by giving up 40 cents
per pound. Everything else that goes
upon the table out our way is proper
tionately high.
''The general explanation has been
that the excessive prices were due to
the high freight rates charged by the
railroads, and there may be something
in this, for we know in South Dakota
that it now takes $110 to ship car
load of cattle to Chicago, Omaha or
Kansas City, as against $50 a few
years ago. If the freight tariffs are
in reality the cause of such enormous
charges for all commodities, the quick
er the interstate commerce commits
sion gets busy the better for the Amer
ican public"
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
THE AUDIENCE DESERTED.

Washington, D. C.-Between seven
ty-five and eighty people witnessed the
first production of the Beautiful Eng
lish Drama" by the Mixed Race Dra-
matte Company, in True Reformers'
Hall, Twelfth and u streets, N W.,
the other night.
The cast included two white boys,
four white women, white girl about
IA years Of age, and twelve colored
men and women, principally recruited
from this city, with Mary A. Pitt, of
New York, in the leading feminine
role.
The drama consists of three acts
and nine scenes. 1t depicts a white
man paying an enormous sum of
money to a white woman for the hand
of her mulatto daughter.
Captain Doyle and two patrolmen,
representing the majesty of the law.
and three or four colored people, were
all who were present to hear the good
night, ladies" by the colored orchestra,
the rest of the audience having de-
parted by twos and threes during the
course Of the performance.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
HOBSON CITY is DEAD.

Admission, Alabama.-Hobson City
is now only a memory The munich
pality passed out Of existence when
Gov. Conner signed the bill affixing the
boundaries of Oxford so that Hobson
City became portion of that city.
Hobson City was founded in 1899 and
was an exclusively negro town having
negro officials and being inhabited
only by negroes. 1t was a part of Ok
ford before being constituted a separ-
ate corporation.
1t has been very prosperous and
we'll governed, and the outside world
knew or heard little Of it.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
TRY TO SAY 1T FAST.

One-eight ounce sodium calcium or
magnesium salt of Internationally
atriphenylcarbidrids is prescrib-
ed by Commissioner Yerkes, of the in
ternal revenue service, for denaturiz-
ing alcohol. The prescription also
calls for five gallons commercially
pure methyl, 1 IL pounds cyanide of
potassium, together with the unpro-
nounceable commodity, for 100 gallons
of alcohol. The order was issued Feb
ruary 21, 1907.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
THE SQUARE DEAL.

cine Fort Worth Telegram.)
Hereafter, in the state of Nebraska,
each passenger must pay the railroad
company 2 cents mile, or walk.
The Nebraska lines have made an
end of all reduced rates-to the
preachers, disabled soldiers, objects of
charity and excursionists.
AS to the preachers it may be said
the half fare rate was adopted at a
time when the preacher got only half
pay In later times the concession has
derogated from the dignity of the min
istry. The preacher should receive a
salary sufficient to pay his fare like
other men, and ask no favors.
The excursion rate was always a
matter Of business with the railroads
and there was no injustice in it. The
offer of the cut rate was open to all.
Nor is there any reason why rail-
roads should carry objects Of charity
free any more than that hotels should
feed them free.
1t is said that the Nebraska roads in
their new ruling are trying to "get
even" with the people for passing a Z
cent fare bill
However that may be, they have
stumbled upon righteous principle.
There has been no good reason why
one person should be carried on trains
for less sum of money than another
person.
There has never been any sort of
justice or morality in the custom of
granting free transportation to legis-
lators, lawyers, judges and public Of
ficials. And the practice has led to
every kind of favoritism, corruption
and scandal.
Destroy the true principle that one
mans money will buy as much trans
portation from a common carrier as
any other mans, and there is no end.
Every exemption made for one class
puts added burdens upon the shoul-
ders of another class.
The square deal" in transportation,
as in government, is the dictum laid
down by Jefferson.
Equal rights to all, special privi-
leges to none"
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
LUMBER AND RAILROADS
(The Washington Herald.)

NIue washington ferald.)
THE lumbermen of the United
States pay in freights to the railroads
the enormous sum of $400, 900, 900 a
year." said Mr.. Walter Willard Ross,
general counsel for the National AS
sociation of Wholesale Dealers in
Lumber.
"One big item of expense that they
shoulder is the cost of the upright
wooden stakes which confne the loads
OF lumber on freight cars This
amounts yearly to not less than ST.
100000. 1t is an imposition on the
shippers that the railway companies
should make them pay the cost of
these stakes, for they ought really to
be part of the equipment of the cars.
l am here as counsel to represent to
the interstate commerce commission
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
STICKNEY NOT SCARED.
(From a Press Dispatch.)

Washington, d. C.-President A. B.
Stickney, in discussing existing condi
tions in the railroad world, says:
81 hardly apprehend that the 2 cent
a mile proposition will, if adopted,
work so seriously as some people who
are connected with the roads antici-
pate.
81 recall the time when the rate was
reduced from cents to cents. There
was, of course, quite a furry at the
start, but pretty soon it was manifest
that more people were travelling.
81 wish that the 2 cent passenger
rate were the only trouble we had to
contend with
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
EDUCATION IN JAPAN,
(The Mexican Herald.)

(Ihe Mexican Her2ld.)
1t is the fixed policy of the enlight-
ened government of Japan to give
every facility for primary education
to the masses, and to provide higher
education for the brighter youth of the
land. Great hope is entertained of
what may be accomplished in practical
life by an educated people. 1t is some
thing for the white nations to admire,
this devotion Of Japan to the best
ideals of education. An Oriental ma
tion has deliberately taken a leaf from
the book Of the most advanced of
white nations and is, in some respects,
improving on it's instructions.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
BRYAN IN CHATTANOOGA.
(The Chattanooga Times.)

IHO OUdIIdHUOSd IIIH6o.J
The Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
the only man whom the Democrats of
the nation now have in mind as their
candidate for the presidency in 1908,
will be in Chattanooga April 10 and will
deliver a political speech. The Bryan
Anniversary club of Chattanooga has
postponed it's banquet, usually given on
Mr.. Bryans birthday, until the April
date so as to make it possible for it's
distinguished patron to be here.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-28
AN EXPRESS COMPANY WRONG.
(The Fitzgerald Enterprise.)

IH0 TICAS6TdIU EHIGTpTIS6.J
Mr.. G. L. Sibley, of Ocilla, was here
recently, in search of his fathers body,
which was entrusted to the Southern
Express Company, at Miami, Fla,
Wednesday week, to be shipped to
Ocilla for burial. The casket reached
Cordele Thursday night, was taken to
Savannah and brought back to Able
vile and forwarded to Ocilla, reaching
its destination last Saturday night If
there is more irresponsible, arbitra-
ry, unrestrained organization any
where in this trust-cursed country
than the Southern Express Company,
we have not found it.