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, 1907-09-26
H.. H.. ROGERS DROPS $40, 900, 900
Said to Have Invested Heavily in Tide
water Railway Project and Lost,

"oee' ndhWdy FToJcCt ana LOST.
New York.-Reports have been cur
rent on Wall street for some time that
H.. H.. Rogers of the Standard Oil Com
pany had been heavily interested in
Inc t1dewater railway project in Vir-
ginia and that he had lost heavily by
he investment. The Evening Post
says that 1t can be stated positively
that Mr.. Rogers incurred a personal
obligation in the tidewater project
much In excess of $4,000, 900. The
Post also says the situation has been
entirely cleared up.
h Evening Post says: "Confirma-
ton was obtained in Wall street OF re-
ports to the effect hat II. H. Rogers
was heavily interested in the tidewater
railway project.
According to the stories previously
circulated, upwards of forty per cent.
of Mr.. Rogers fortune has been in
yolved in the t%idewater investment. 1t
was reported today that the personal
obligation incurred amounted to $40
600 1t can be stated positively
that the sum is much larger than the
amount named. also that the situation
has been entirely cleared up.
In order to meet the demands made
upon him in connection with the con.
struction of the railroad, Mr.. Rogers
was forced to dispose of a large
amount of investment stock at a sacri-
flee. All during the recent decline in
prices the vice president of the Stand.
ard Oil Company sold gilt-edged
stocks, such as Standard Oil, Consoli.
dated Gas, Union Pacific and st. Paul
, 1907-09-26
Wyomina Man Ends Life.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-W. d. Pease, city
water commissioner, committed sui
eide at the municipal filter bed, min
miles north of town. The body was
found half an hour after death oc-
Cured. Pease had been Respondent
for some time. realizing hat he was
growing old and that his health was
falling. Nine months ago he was re-
moved as city engineer because Of his
age and this preyed on his mind. This
morning he took two men to the filter
and put them to work. He informed
them just before noon that he was
going down the creek and would soon
return. When he did not return they
investigated and found his body.
He had shot himself in the head,
but had failed to inflict a fatal wound.
He then fired a bullet through his
heart. He was seyenty-four years OF
age, a veteran of the Civil Wal and
had been connected with the city gov
eminent for twenty-five years.
, 1907-09-26
DO NOT JAR THIS
IT WILL GO OFF.

Albert Scofield is blasting rocks ana
stumps on his Lewisboro farm. He
reached a field this morning just in
time to see one of his cows swallow
two sticks of dynamite which had been
left in the cleft OF a big stump over
night.
The greasy paper wrapping of the dy-
namite had provoked the animals's ap-
petite, but scarcely had she taken the
dainty morsel into her midst than
acute indigestion attacked her and,
jumping the low fence she ran through
the village. believing in pain. Scofield,
at a respectful distance, chased her,
yelling:
Don't stop her! She's full of dy-
Mantle: she'll explode if she stops sud
denly"
A consultation of war was held. John
Simpson. the best shot in Lewisboro.
armed with his trusty carbine, took a
position 200 yards from the COW
"Bang!' Simpsons carbine sounded.
The COW still mooed; the sun still
shone.
Bang" The cow fell dead at Simp-
sons second shot Then, slowly. very
slowly, her body was dragged to tho
swamp.
, 1907-09-26
THIRTy-FouR PERSONS KILLED
Texas Trainmen Disregard Orders and
Terrible Wreck Follows.

Ell Paso, Texas.-In a collision be-
tween the so%uth-bound FL Paso ex-
press and a north-bound freight on the
Mexican Central, at En- Carnacion de
Dios, a few miles from Aguas Calien-
ties, %thirty-four were killed and nine
teen injured, making the worst wreck
or that Dad in years. Telegraph lines
were broken by the wreck and only
meager details obtainable. 1t is i'm
possible to obtain a list of dead or in
jured. All those killed were in the day
coaches. The passenger train was in
charge of Conductor Randleman and
Engineer Brock. 1t is believed that
four bodies are yet in the wreckage.
The dead and wounded were taken to
Aguas Calientes. The wrecked pas
senger train left Ell Paso Tuesday.
There are no prominent persons
among the killed or wounded. The
disaster is said to have been due to a
disregard of train orders.
, 1907-09-26
Built Fire With oiI-oeadI

Sugar City, Colo.-The child OF
George Schwartz was burned to death,
Mrs. Catherine He'll was fatally in
jured and her son. Carl, probably NOR
tally hurt by an explosion which took
place in the He'll home. when Mrs.
He'll attempted to light a fire with the
aid of kerosene.
At the time, Mrs. He'll and the
Schwartz child, whose home is close
by, were in the He'll kitchen and Carl
He'll was in an adjoining O asleep.
The explosion ignited the clothing of
both the child and woman The son,
awakened by the scream of both.
rushed to their assistance and in beat,
ing out the flames which embodied his
mother was terribly burned.
While young He'll was battling with
the flames which EMBODIED his mother,
the Schwartz child burned to
death. 1t is stated tonight that Mrs.
He'll cannot possibly recover and hat
her SOL is in a precarious condition.
This is the second accident of a SINH
lar nature to have occurred here with
in the week.
, 1907-09-26
PASTOR HELD UP AND SHOT.
H'ghwaymen Attack Golden Minister
in Heart of the Town.

Greeley, Colo.-Because he refused
10 siand M deliver when commanded
by " highwaymen to throw up his
hands, the Rev. Oscar w. Gustofsen
ul IN" Swedish Lutheran Church nov
lies in the Greeley hospital with two
bullet holes in his body.
While walking home from church
with scores of people or the street. IN
III" residence district of the city, he
was suddenly confronted by a tall man
ahd a short man who commanded him
Ia throw up his hands. The Rev. Mr..
HuStofsen, a powerful young man. In.
stead of complying with the order,
fpihns at his a%ssailant, who fired, the
bullet striking a rib.
me holdups ran down the street
WIN the minister in pursuit In half
u mock the minister was almost with
~ Coaching distance of them when
Ia" tail man turned and fired a Sec
md time. the bullet entering the left
SIDE OF the pastors neck aud lodging
~ The muscles in the back uf the
neck.
The last shot was fred right in
ilnht OF the residence of DR. A. }
weaver. and arrivals carried the
Wounded man into the doctors honl:
'"ditr he was taken To the hospital.
"here the bullet in his side was i..
'n"Nrd The other remains lmbedhed
III lhu muscles of the neck. Unless
"Uhpllrhuons set in 1t is believed by
nv attending physicians that the Rev
WI 'instoiseu has d iaiI chance OF Ie-
ruNcry.
, 1907-09-26
WHEN PRICES OF BREADSTUFF
GO UP THEY DECREE
1T so.
PACKING PLANTS RULE
CONSUMERS PAY MORE. BUT RAW
MATERIALS SHOW NO
INCREASE.

Observation-Disclosures of the pacE.
ing trust now under way by govern
ment officials is alleged TO have devel-
oped that ten men in Chicago compose
the dynamic force of a formidable list
of corporations hat control prices
from those of meat on the o 10
Shoe. and from breadstuffs to trans
portation.
These ten men are asserted to hold
the balance upon the worlds supply OF
the commonest necessities of life: J.
Ogden Armour. F.. F. Swift. Ira n. Nor
ris. Thomas Z. Wilson. s. A. McRob-
erts. l.. F. Swift. Edward Morris, r. J.
Connors, Arthur Meeker, Lawrence A
Carton.
The most casual newspaper reader
will readily recognize the list as being
from the inside of the big packing
plants of Chicago. Tina fact becomes
significant when 1t is stated that they
are all directors of the same corpora
tion-the National Packing Company.
organized under the laws OF New Jer-
sey, with a capitalization of $4,000
900. The directorate controls the fol
lowing:
The price of meat to all consumers.
me price Vi XIV " VI
The price of leather to all factories,
and thus. incidentally:
The price of hoes.
The grain trade is controlled, and, i:
follows:
Control Bread, Too.
The price of bread.
Thus without taking sue endless
details as the fertilizer market. where
the trust controls the price that n
farmer pays for his fertilizer, IL ap-
pears that the latest fight OF the gov
eminent in the trust field is directed
to the two chief essentials of life
bread n meat. a
That the big ten at Chicago has
raised the price of these things to the
consumer and made no corresponding
increase in price paid for raw material
is the chief assertion of the govern
ment, and it is upon this general line
that the most interesting trust fight In
the country is now being planned.
When the directors OF the National
Packing Company decide upon the
price to be paid for cattle, hat settles
it for all of the houses" is h informa-
ton that has come into the hands o.
the government.
All of the other corporations OF the
country. with n few unimportant ex.
ceptions, bow to the wishes of h ten
leaders of the foOd market of the
world.
, 1907-09-26
PRIEST HAD A WIFE.
widow Appears and Asks for Her
Share Of Estate.

Denver.-Evelyn Benns Lepore after
nshting for four years has at last been
acknowledged to be the wife of Rev.
father Felix Mariana Lepore. the
priest In charge of Mt. Carmel Catholic
church., who was shot and mortally
in his study at the church No
Vember 10, 1903, it is believed by Jo-
seph Sorice, who was also mortally
wounded by the priest In the ARRAY.
Both men died within a few hours,
When the estate of Father Lepore
was filed for probate by his brother.
fehce Lepore, 1t was stated that the
deceased clergyman had no heirs at
law except his father, three sisters and
a brother. The estate was worth some
thing like 100000 when first placed in
the custody of the courts. This in
cluded real estate, money in bank and
a number of patent rights held by the
deceased at the time of his death.
1t was NJ until the estate had been
admitted to probate that there ap-
peared a claimant to the property in
the person of Evelyn Benns, who
claimed that she had been the wife OF
the priest since July 1. 1896, and that a
son was born as the result of that mar
riage September Is, 1898. Mrs. Benns'
claims were ridiculed by Felice Lepore,
the administrator of the estate, and
since hat time until the present the
fight against Mrs. Lepore's claims has
been most bitterly contested.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Grant L.
Hudson signed the decree that will give
TO Mrs. Lepore her rights to her wild,
ow's share in the estate. The decree
states that the court is convinced from
the evidence submitted that the WON
ans claims are just and that she Is in
fact the widow of the deceased. That
the wedding was solemnized July l.
1896, and hat Victor Mariana Lepore,
10Y nine years of age. is the son of the
deceased priest is also asserted in the
document.
, 1907-09-26
Two Serious Accidents.

"t+oiey, Colo--rwo peculiar acci'
'oh's have occurred here in the last
lew DAYS.
Ernest X Bliss. one OF the best
Nn""h farmers in this section. and a
"e'nItr at many OF the farmers insti-
''pS IN the state. was chewing some
'aIiey, when "A small piece of the shell
"nohme lodged in his throat. The ir-
na'lnn IRON this caused such a swell.
me mat his throat closed up. 1t was
necessary to operate in order to reduce
"1 welding. His condition is serious.
'nhh kenmiI. u young farm hand
""rNlhg on John News ranch, was
"N'" III the face by a mule, and his
me- practically torn from his face.
~ "rsam was torn loose from one
'"e NJ the face. and the bones broken
|"%9 maj there was only n small piece
shln On one side holding the nose.
HS night temple was also laid open
inches.
, 1907-09-26
To Simplify Freight Situation.

Chicago.-A long step forward in the
simplification Of The freight situation
throughout the United States was
taken at a meeting in the Central
Freight Association headquarters. The
Joint committee, composed of repre-.
sentatives from the three classified
ton territories, decided on ~unification,
and within thirty days a new commit
tee will be appointed to undertake the
solution of his problem.
The difficulties arising from diversi.
fled classification have been many and
varied. Only recently the Interstate
Commerce Commission suggested thar
since the different classification of
freight in different parts of the coun-
try had been responsible for n large
part of the friction between shipper
and carrier, it would be wise to adopt
one that would apply generally.
The task presented to his new COM
mittee will be n difficult one. Roads
operating east of the Mississippi river
n north of the Ohio and Potomac
have what is known as the official clas-
sifcation: those south of the Ohio and
Potomac and east of the Mississippi,
the southern classification. n those
north of the Mississippi the western
classification. Not the least difficult
proposition in this revision is to find a
basis that will be equitable 10 operat-
ing under dissimilar circumstances.
In the East, where heavy traffic origi-
mates, and hauls are comparatively
short, a lower rate can be maintained
than in the West, where traffic is
sparse Inc the hauls are long. In view
Of this fact 1t is probable that a sliding
scale will have t o be adopted.
, 1907-09-26
COW EATS OVERWHELMING
Bossy Allows her Appetite to lay Her
Low in Death

Norwich. Conn, Il never saw an ex-
plosive COW; | never hope to see one.
bu this | tell you, anyhow. I'd rather
see han be one"
Lewisboro saw an explosive COW to
day, storehouse of dynamite, a maya
zine for combustibles. All that is NOR
tai of a COW now lies in the middle of
a swamp, next to the remains a sign
bearing the p~aradoxical warning
, 1907-09-26
MURDERER OF eosseL FouND7
Confession May Clear Up the Famous
Kentucky Feud.

Richmond. Ind.-Turner Igo of Far
mers. Rowan county, Kentucky, is
charged with the killing of Governor
VIM. Goebel of Kentucky in an aft
davit by Mrs. Lulu Clark. The afida-
Wit was sworn to last April in the law
offices of Ex-Governor w. S. Taylor OF
Kentucky.
Mrs. Clark. whose maiden name was
Lulu Williams. lived at the time of the
Goebel murder at Mt. Sterling Ken
lucky. She has a cousin named Ger
trude King. who then lived at Mays
vile. Kentucky.
Miss King was at that time. accord
ing to the affidavit, keeping company
with John Sanford of Covington. Ken
lucky, a son of an attorney who was
killed by William Goebel in a fight in
Covington some years ago. The fight
was the result of a political quarrel.
Mrs. Clark swears that on the day
Goebel was murdered she and her
cousin, Miss King. went to Frankfort,
Kentucky. and that they started to en-
ter the house by the rear entrance.
While on the steps a shot was fired.
At the same time they noticed a man
standing Just inside the door, whom
they recognized as Sanford.
In a minute a econd man came run
ming out of the building. dressed Ike
a mountaineer n carrying a rife. He
ran to Sanford and said: Il got the
d -"
That man was recognized by the af-
fiant as her friend, Turner Igo of Far.
mers. Rowan county. Kentucky.
Both men ran out of the building to
a fence. where Sanford gave a pair Of
shoes which he was carrying to lgo,
who exchanged his boots for them.
h men then disappeared.
The affiant states that Igo told her
at the Mt. Sterling depot on January
%. 1900, that he was going to kill Goe-
bel. and that she saw him afterworu at
Jacksonville, Indiana, and that he re-
minded her hat he had fulfilled his
| promise.
She also says that Sanford had told
Gertrude King a few days prior To
Goebel's murder hat he intended 10
kill Goebel, saying, Here is my" chance
to get revenge. The Legislature has
met"
, 1907-09-26
Trinidad Enjoys a Boom.

Trinidad. Colo.-Work has com
menced on the erection of a $4,000
apartment house to be- located at the
corner of Colorado and Arizona ave-
nues. The structure will be OF stone
and brick. Trinidad Is enjoying a
building boom and several other cost
" residences are in the course Of CON
structioD.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
The Historians Hens.
(From Lippincott's Magazine.

(From Lippincott's Magazine)
An Indiana man tells of the efforts
of an author belonging to the Hoosier
school of historical nOvelists TO put III
his leisure time as a hen farmer IN
that state. The literary persons ven
ture afforded his agricultural neighbors
no end of amusement.
During his first year the amateur
farmer discovered that all his little
chickens. which were confined in coops,
were languishing at the point of death.
The novelist went over his hen Inter-
allure" to locate the cause of the
trouble, but to no avail.
Finally he called upon an old chap
named Rawlins, to whom he put the
question:
What do you suppose is the matter
with those chickens"
well dunno" said Rawlins, What
do you feed 'em?"
Feed them" exclaimed the novelist
farmer. why, I don't fed them any
thing"
Then, how'd you s'pose they was
a-goin' to live?'
IT presumed" replied the literary
person, that the old hens had milk
enough for them now"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
The Sheffield News.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sheffield, Aug. Miss Nellie EN-
mons of Hampton, and Miss Helena
Feeney. former teachers in the Shelf
field schools, are visiting friends here.
Miss Feeney has been teaching in
Montana and Miss Elnmons at Grin
nell.
A quiet wedding in which Harry II.
Carhart, a former Sheffield boy, was
one Of the principals, took place at
Clear Lake yesterday afternoon. The
bride was Miss Meta Vincent, of Min
neapolis. The wedding took place at
the cottage Of l.. B. Carhart father
OF the groom. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. A. E. Carhart, OF Nit
chell, S. D., the groom's uncle.
chell. S. D., the groorn's uncle. Only
the near relatives We're present. Mr..
Carhart runs an auto livery at Min
neapolis, where he and his wife will
reside. Sheffield friends extend con-
CALCULATIONS.
Mrs. c. F. Johnston entertained a
few of her friends ct her home yes
terday afternoon.
Misses Carrie and Mamie VIM will
attend school at Plattville, Wis, the
coming year
Professor Kroesen was In town a
short time Sunday. He and his fam
lily will spend the remainder of his
vacation with his wife's people. near
Soldier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
WILL OBEY MuLcT LAW
Muscatine Saloons Conclude to OBJ
serve Statutes in Future.

Special to Times Republican.
Muscatine, Aug. 1.-The saloons of
Muscatine will operate in conformity
with the state mulct law. This decis-
ion was reached by the attorneys en-
ployed by the saloon keepers, who were
made the defendants in the petitions
filed last week by Attorney John L.
Houser Of the State Anti-Saloon
League. and officials of the county
league. For the past two days the at
torneys have been holding a series of
conferences, but no agreement could
be reached until this afternoon. Last
night a meeting was held at the court
house, and while nearly every one was
in favor of submitting to the mulct
law. one of the saloon keepers would
not give up the lunch feature, and as
a result nothing was accomplished. At
1 o'clock the lawyers for the saloons
met at Attorney Devitt's office and
later adjourned TO the court house, and
a few minutes before o'clock, after
a brief consultation in the grand jury
room. the attorneys reported that they
would comply with the mulct law in
every respect.
The restrictions to be placed on the
saloon keepers Is outlined in the decree
which was signed by Judge Jackson
in the individual cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
PROBLEM FOR A JUDGE.
What to Do With Youthful Burglar .
Big Question.

Big Question.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 1.-The kindly
heart of Judge Milo p. Smith was
touched yesterday morning when he
came to the consideration of the case
against Wesley Blood, the little lad
who was caught by Officer Patterson
while climbing thru the rear window OF
the ten cent store, after having robbed
the cash register.
Il want to do something to change
.the course Of this boys life, il l can"
said Judge Smith, but it Is going to
be a difficult problem. I am 10th to
send a boy of his tender years to the
state industrial school at Eldora, yet
perhaps that would be the best place
for him.
The evidence introduced at the trial
showed that the child gave his age
too young to the desk sergeant at the
police station on the previous even
ing, He is eleven years of age, in
stead of eight as he first stated
He Is living with his father and his
stepmother His own mother lives on
a farm in Dakota and she has been
trying to get control of him. But there
was evidence that before she separat-
ed from the child's father the neigh
bors went into the yard one day and
found that she had tied this little boy
to tree out in the yard and left him
there thru a big rain storm. About
the only reason in favor of letting her
have control of the boy again was the
fact that she now lives on farm. But
that tree episode ranked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
$4,000 CONTRACT LET.
Sisters to Build Large Infirmary at
Mt. Carmel

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque. Aug. 1.-The contract for
the new $4,000 intirmary addition to
Mt. Carmel has just been let to Chi
cago firm and the splendid new build
ing will shortly be under way. The
new addition, to be erected at such a
cost it is stated will be erected on the
bluff overlooking the river to the north
of the Mother House and will be one
Of the finest private intirmaries in the
entire west.
The Mother House, as 1t stands, is
one of the. largest ard most modern
buildings Of the west of its kind and
the new and. costly addition will make
the Mother House of the Sisters OF
Charity a magnificent structure.
The growth of the order has been
so rapid that it Is incumbent upon the
sisters to secure additional room. and
as the Mother House is the headquar-
tiers for all the sisters Of the great
order in the United States 1t is neces-
sary that suitable room should be pro-
vtded for the aged and sick sisters
when they are returned to the Mother
House, from the missions turnout the
states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-01
Motion to Dismiss Application
For Injunction Against Dubu-
que Carpenters Overruled
NO MISSIONER OF PARTIES
Counter Affidavits Filed by Union viii
Deny Employing Company's AIIesa-
tions-Heaping on injunction Appli-
cation to Come Up Next Week-Did
Boycott Exist?
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Dubuque Aug. Judge Benson
overruled the motion Of the defendants
to dismiss the application of Carr, Ry-
der & Adams Company ct al against
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, ct al, for a
writ of temporary injunction on the
ground of missioner in parties plain
tiff, holding that the severally Joined
actions have as their basis the charge
of conspiracy.
A few days ago counsel argued the
motion. The citations offered in court
were extensive.
In rendering his decision, when was
brief. Judge Benson said: "The action
is grounded on conspiracy, hence con-
spiracy is the basis of the action. IL
it was the intention of the parties
plaintiff to obtain an injunction against
the several defendants for individual
and unlawful acts. am 1ncllned 10
think that the motion would be good,
but as it aims at constant act, tHat
is. the alleged conspiracy, l am OF the
opinion that the motion Is not good,
and I therefore overrule the same.
Attorney Fitzpatrick for the defend
ants, noted exceptions to the ruling
of the court and they were entered.
I'VE feel" said Fitzpatrick, that
our case has not been hurt in any Jay
by the courts decision. 1t is purely a
legal proposition and the merits OF the
controversy were not involved
Judge Benson adjourned court until
Monday, August 5, and it is highly
probable that the injunction matter
will come up at that time. Counsel
stated to the court that they would nix
the time, if it would please the court.
The counter affidavits Of the defend
ant will be filed this week. They were
served on the plaintiffs attorney on
the 10Th inst.
In their counter affidavits the de-
PENDANTS will deny each and every al
legation of the plaintiffs, including
those of intimidation, conspiracy and
agreement to boycott.
The answer will deny that there was
any agreement entered into between
the u. B. of C. and ]. No. 1889 and
No. 67S to put boycott on the manu-
facturers' goods.