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Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
DAMAGE rs IMMENSE
GREATEST FLOOD IN THE HIS,
TORY or pennsylvania Is
NOW su6siDlNc.

Pittsburg, March 16.-With the
rapid receding of the waters In the
Monongahela. Allegheny and Ohio riy-
ers, conditions are fast assuming nor
NAL proportions and the greatest and
most destructive flood in the history
Of the city Is at an end The ap
proaches to the bridges are clear OF
water and street car service in the
food district has been resumed. Thou
sands of suburbanites who have been
stranded In this city since Thursday
have been able to reach their homes
Ten square miles were inundated
The loss IN dollars will probably new
or be known, but an estimate thus fan
In Allegheny county may be sum
married. as follows:
Loss in output of steel mills, So,
1000: loss In output of other indus
tries, s2.00O.00o; loss In wages OF em.
ployes, 1887 900; estimated damage
to industrial plants, $2.5oO.000: total
s9,3S7. 900.
The food was directly responsible
for more than score of deaths.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
USED RAWHIDE WHIP
EVELYN NEsHlT's AFFIDAVIT or
BEATiNcs nv THAW oETs
INTO EVIDENCE.

New York, March Is--After Hghting
for an hour and half against the In
PRODUCTION in evidence OF the famous
atiadavit drawn by Abraham H. Hum
mel at tho request Of stanford White
and with the alleged consent of sHve-
lyn Nssbit charging Harry X. Thaw
with having cruelty beaten Miss Mes
bit On several occasions during their
trip through Europe In 1903 Mr. Del
mas. attorney for the defense, sudden
ly switched tactics at the trial of Har.
ry Thaw and demanded that the whole
Of the alleged afidayit 60 into the rec
ord and be read to the jury.
The affidavit specifies numerous oc.
casions In Austria. Switzerland and
Paris when Thaw is alleged to have
beaten the young woman, who wae
travelling with him as his wife, until
she swooned. Her bare skin, she de-
clared, had been bruised and cut by
the lashings of Thaw's cowhide whip.
With the reading OF the affidavit
Mr., Jerome announced that the people
rested their case In rsbuttal. Mr. Del
mas Immediately offered In evidence
the record OF the trial Of Abraham
Hummel on the charge Of conspiracy
The district attorney did not object
and the defendants lawyer proceeded
30 read the entire record to the jury. I,
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Friday, March rs.

Maurice Grau, the well known inn
pressario. is dead in Paris.
Lake Crystal, Mimi, is suffering
from an epidemic Of measles. A hun
dred cases are reported at the present
time
1t has been arranged for King Ed
ward to visit King Alfonso at San
Sebastian, Spain. during the latter's
annual spring sojourn.
Frank Gotch defeated John Rooney,
Chicagos wrestling policeman, by two
straight falls In their match at Chica-
go at catch-as-catch-can style.
anthracite operators have agreed
to make the usual so cents reduction
In the price of prepared coal on April
1, when the new spring schedule will
60 into effect. n
In a conflict between police and
strikers at Belgrade, Servia, Ave of
the strikers were killed and twenty
wounded. Further collisions were mar
rowly averted. ..... .-.. va~
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
TO CANCEL cRAwFoRD's PROOFS.
Land Office VIII Restore His Land to
the Public Domain.

Washington, March 21Steps are
now under way In the general land Of
fee to cancel the proofs by which
Governor Coe |. Crawford Of South Da-
kota obtained possession OF certain
public lands in that state. This state
ment was made by Secretary Garfield
OF the department of the interior and
was called forth by charges against
Governor Crawford recently published
In the Congressional Record by Rep
resentative Mann Of Illinois. The sec
retary states further that criminal
prosecutions are now barred In this
transaction By the statute of limita-
tions and that all that can be done is
to restore the land to the public do
main. This action, he predicts, will
be taken.
The charges Of Representative Mann
are that Crawford paid young men In
his employ to make entry to certain
land which was fenced in by him as a
part of his cattle ranch; that the en-
trymen stayed on the land In question
but two nights, one when the entry
was made and another when the prov
Ing up time came. ........
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
'Thursday. March 81.

The 188-ton German steamer Horn
has been sunk In the North sea with
the loss OF twenty-ons lives.
Harry Pratt Judson was formally in
stalled as the second president of the
University of Chicago at the sixty.
second convocation OF the school. 3
Clearing weather and cold wind
have checked the rising streams at
the headwaters and all danger of an
other flood at Pittsburg has passed. }
Lord William Neville, fourth son of
the Marquis Of Abergavenny, has been
committed for trial at London on a
charge OF stealing jewelry from q
friend. Ban was fixed at $4,000.
p. J. Morrissey, grand master OF the
Brotherhood or Railway Trainmen,
says there was no truth In the report
that the trainmen employed on roads
west OF Chicago had rejected the wage
scale recently offered by the general
managers. The result of the vote will
not be known for several days.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
SOUTH DAKOTA NEW
EVENTS OF A WEEK THRotIet
OUT THE STATE.
Cattle Losses In Western part Of st,s
Not as Heavy as Had Been Ex.
pected--Mayor switzer of
Redfleld Dead.

Ranchers coming In from the Yves.
ern part of the state say the losses \
live stock up to the present have nd
been nearly so heavy as was feare
during the long cold term in Januarl
with its heavy SHOWS. The tha
which came early in February An,
lasted long enough to clear the prairi
OF snow, allowed the cattle to get d
the feed which had been hidden uu
der the snow and allowed them to I'd
the rest which they could not ge
while wading the deep SHOWS. Will
come of the stock came through h
thin condition they are all right an
1t is believed that the winter losse
will not be much lower than the ave-
age.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Saturday, March 16.

Archie Roosevelt's condition is still
improving and Surgeon General Rixey
has announced that the quarantine re-
strictions will be raised in a few days.
An appeal has been made to Gov
ernor Harris of Ohio for state aid to
relieve the dsstitution In the Hooking
valley occasioned by the recent disas-
trous floods. -..
Former Assistant Attorney General
Of the United States J.. Hubley Ash
ton is dead at Washington, aged sew
enty-one years. Mr.. Ashton was con.
sidered an authority on international
law.
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
indicate well maintained trade in
staple lines Of merchandise and a vol
ume Of favorable business that testi-
fies to no lack OF confidence, while
Improvement Is noted in collections at
several points where there was COM
plant Of slow payments.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

DR.. John s. Brinton, a prominent
surgeoh. is dead at Philadelphia.
Count Lamsdorff, the ex-toreign min,
lister Of Russia, who is seriously Ill at
San Reno. Italy, Is sinking fast and
is only kept alive by the use of oxygen.
General Joseph Stockton, one of
Chicago's Oldest settlers, is dead. Gen.
eral Stockton had been chief marshal
Of every Republican procession In Chi
cago since the Civil war. ~Aan.
The Evergreen hospital, private
sanitariun at Leavenworth Kan. was
destroyed by fire Monday, causing a
loss Of $4,000. The fifteen inmates
barely escaped with their lives. III
Vice President Fairbanks, who was
the central figure in the st. Patrick's
day celebration at Chicago under the
auspices of the Irish Fellowship club.
made four addresses in various parts
OF the city and attended q luncheon
and a banquet. 1s5
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
NICARAGUAN VICTORY
BATTLE AT NAMAslGuE ENDS IN
DEFEAT or HoNDURANs AND
sALvADoREANs.

Washington, March ,21.--A dispatch
received by M. Corea, the Nicaraguan
minister, says that the united armies
Of Salvador and Honduras, numbering
5000, after a three days battle at
Namasigue, have been defeated by the
army OF Nicaragua.
Mr., Corea also had a dispatch stat
ing that the Nicaraguans are besieg-
Ing Chofuteca and that Ceiba soon will
be attacked.
Mr.. Corea called on Secretary Root
and entered an emphatic denial OF re-
ports from Central America to the ef-
feet that President Zelaya Of Nicara-
qua has offered his soldiers the privi-
lege OF looting up the frat Salvadorean
or Honduran town they capture.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Monday, March 70.

Walter Heisten, a real estate broker
OF Washington, has filed q voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities
are stated to be $s23, 900 and assets
$4,000.
Three big warehouses In the Fins
bury district, London's busiest indus
trial center, were gutted by fire, caus-
ing damage to the amount OF about
$l,000,0OO. ... y,
Although she is ssventy-sevsn years
old Mrs. Frances Metz OF Newark, N.
j., mother Of Comptroller Metz OF New
York city, surprised and put to rout
two husky burglars who were ransack-
Ing her home in which she lives alone,
The sixty-fourth annual boat race
between crews representing the Uni
versities OF Oxford and Cambridge
was rowed Saturday over the usual
course, from Ptitnsy to Mortlake. dis
tance Of about four and one quarter
miles, and was won by Cambridge.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

] More than 100 houses will DO erect
Cd at Aberdeen this year by q local
syndicate and the work will. begin on
April Is. other concerns there are
making similar plans and 1t 10 svi-
dent that determined effort Is about
to be made to overcome the house
famine which has prevailed there for
more than year In spite Of the great
amount of building OF the last season
and which is steadily growing worse
with the rapid incoming Of new fam
iliAa r." .t...# n-
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

While national bank deposits In the
state are somewhat lighter than they
were at the time Of the call In Novem-
Der last, they show an increase Of over
$4,000, 900 between the calls of condi-
ton In January. 1906, and the same
month Of 1907. In that time there has
been an increase of four national
banks in the state. bringing the num-
ker up to Sevsnty-nins. The total de-
p0sits for January OF this year were
t1S, 4,92s.O7, while for the previous
january they were s16,09s,4175S.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
STORM HOUSE or COMMONS.
Thirty Woman suffrasists Arrested IN,
london.

London. March 20.--Thirty woman
suffragists have been arrested for at
tempting to force an entrance into the
house of commons. A delegation Of
the women drove up in wagons and.
after promenading before the houses
of parliament, stormed the entrance OF
the house. where the police reinforce
ments drawn up for the occasion
awaited the onslaught. A scufie fol.
lowed.
Previous to this demonstration an
indignation meeting, which was large
ly attended by the so-called "suffra-
gettes" and their friends, was held at
Caxton hall, where the speakers de-
nounced the house Of commons for
sitting the Dickinson woman suffrage
bill. i
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Calling In Stat. Warrants.

The state treasurer has sent out a
call for about 100000 of warrants
which will be taken up on March %
with funds on hand. This will leave
q n"moer of warrants yet outstanding,
and the probabilities are strong that
an issue of emergency warrants will
be made about the first Of April to
call in all the floating debt outstand'
ing and reduce the interest charge
upon the state, as such warrants can
be sold at much lower rate OF in.
terest than that fixed on floating war.
rants.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
MAYOR of Redfield Dead.

]. w. Switzer, mayor of EedReld
and one Of the pioneers Of this state!
died In that city Friday from an abb
scsss on the brain. Mr.. Switzer went
to Sphinx county from Indiana in 1883
and engaged In stock raising and
farming For six years he served as
county commissioner and filed other
places Of honor and trust. He had
nearly completed a term as mayor of
Rsdfield. He was Civil war veteran.
ALI business houses of the city were
closed Saturday afternoon In honor to
his memory.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

The business portion of Gotebo, a
small town In Kiowa county, Okla,
has been destroyed by fire, causing a
loss estimated at $4,000. ..''-
The Butte (Mont) street railway
system has suspended operations in
consequence Of a walkout OF track and
repair men. No cars are running.
Senator w. "A. Clark of Montana and
his associates are out of the San Pc
dro, Salt Lake and Los Angeles rail,
road and K. Fl. Hartman is the owner
OF their stock. ".'
4 A receiver has been asked for the
$175,O00 Xenia TO- Gas company. Ii
is charged that the Chicago holding
company oyerbonded and "milked''
this and other companies. 49, 81.
Justice Moody Of the supreme court
OF the .united States has allowed IA
writ Of error bringing to the court the
case involving the consolidation of
the cities Of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
Pa. #. E ~,
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

President Will Consider suggestion to
Hold Conference Of Governors.


washington, March 49,. The pro.
posal OF Governor Johnson Of Mime.
sofa that a conference of the COVER
nors. railroad commissioners and at
torney generals Of all the states be
called to consider uniformity in the
exercise of power in the regulation Of
railroads will be carefully considered
by President Roosevelt, II formally
submitted to him. Until careful con-
sideration has been given, however,
the president Is not likely to express
his opinion Of the plan.
The administration just now is en-
gagged up TO its neck perfecting the
plan for further federal control and
there are many things to be taken into
account in connection with the pos.
sible benefits that would accrue from
conference of state authorities. In
the case OF conference over the insur-
ance regulation the matter was some.
what different, because insurance is
not interstate commerce.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Brown County Pioneer Dead.

F Heart failure caused the sudden
Death OF Harmon Dildine at his home
nix miles west OF Warner. He was
walking across the floor OF his home
when he fell dead. He was seventy
six years old and was a member OF
Robert Anderson post, G. A. R., OF
Aberdeen, under whose auspices he
was buried. Mr.. Dildine was one of
the oldest settlers Of Brown county
and was a prosperous farmer.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
DEFAULTS WITH 100000.
Charlotte IN. c.) Bank offislaI Ia
Missing.

Charlotte. N. c.. March 2o.-Frank
n. Jones, assistant cashier Of the
Charlotte National bank of this city,
a missing with 100000 OF the banks
funds. Jones left the city Saturday
might. stating to a bank official he had
an urgent call to Richmond. The
shortage will not seriously inconveni-
ence the bank. as 1t has assets OF over
81 900, 900 and the cooperation of all
the city banks. Jones was member
OF the First Presbyterian church and
60 an extent active In church affairs.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Nc Money for Expenses.

The county auditors of the state
will be disappointed by the failure OF
the late legislative session to make
any provision for the expenses Of their
annual meetings for the next two
years. No attempt was made to re-
peal the law providing for the meet
.insa. but ss no money was appropriat-
Cd, It is not likely that any great num-
Der OF the auditors would attempt -
attend the meeting at their own sx-
pense.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

Governor Crawford has announced
tn. following appointments: F. G..
Huss Of Pedro to succeed himself as
member of the state live stock COM
zlaAssion; #. M. Cummins Of tWilmot
10 succeed himself as a member OF
the state board Of embalmsrs: N
Newbanks Of Pierre, III. o. Anderson
OF sturgis and Frank Rood Of Ash
creek as members of the state mark
and brand commission. The first two
Of these are reappointmsnts. ''
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Morst h FIfteen -Years.

San Jose, CAL. March 20.-More
damage has been done by floods in
the creeks in the last twenty-four
hours than in the past fifteen years
Erosion OF the banks will cost many
acres Of fne fruit and farming lands.
while the washing out OF bridges. not
ably the Southern pseinc, viii stop
an trafie from San Jose 70 Los Gatos
~ way Of Campbell for weeks
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Enolish capltaI for FlIIpIne Bank.

washington, March 2O.--American
capitalists have not taken kindly to
the plan for an agricultural bank for
the Philippines and II now seems
likely that the bank will be estab-
lished with English, capital, as nnan-
eiers in the United States manifest
little interest In the plan for relieving
the condition Of farmers In the ISL
'ands.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

7 Owing to the fact that Senators
Kittredgs and Gamble are unable to
agree upon a man for appointment TO
the position of United States attorney
for South Dakota. 10 whicha vacancy
has existed since the senate adjourned
on March 4. Judge Garland Of the
United states court In Sioux Falls has
appointed William g. Porter. for some
years assistant federal attorney.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

II Is estimated by careful observers
that $4,000 acres of new prairie will
bs broken tributary to Miller this
spring and sowed to nax The ques-
ton OF the scarcity Of labor may re-
duce the acreage some One or two
new steam breaking plow outfits have
been bought in addition to those in
nse last year There will be only a
little more wheat sown than last year.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

Brazzaville, French Congo, March
ia French punitive expedition has
administered defeat to the revolted
Waddian tribesmen at the village of
Tialo. Sixty-two Of the tribesmen
were killed. while the French column
lost four men.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Chicago Union stock Yards.

Chicago. March 0.-Cattle-Beeves
$410Q6,sO; cows. $170@490; heifers,
s2.6b@5,30; calves. $6.00@7.50;, good
to prime steers, $5.45Q6s0; poor to
medium, $4.10@5.40; stockers and
feeders, $2.S0@485. Hogs-Light,
s6.56G6,76; mixed, $6,50@6721s:
heavy, $6.40@6.70; rough, $6,40@6.50;
pigs, $6,0096.65; good TO choice heavy,
$e.65G6.75- Sheep Native. $4,000
S.2O; Western, s4.00@6,2o; yeariings.
s6.00G710; lambs. t6.oo@790.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22

Chicago, March 2o.-wheat-May,
f5h @75Ac; July. 76%c, Corn--May.
46A @46asc; July, 45Ac, oats-Msy
41Bc; July, 37hc. Pork--May, SIS,
671s; July, s15,771s Butter--Cream.
cries, 22@29c; dairies, 2O027c. Eggs
--151sc. Poultry - Turkeys. l2c;
chickens and springs, 13hc.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
prominent Negro AssassInat.d.

Hattiesburg, Miss, March 20.--Ed.
ward Howell, one of the most infuen-
tial negroes In Southern Mississippi
ano president Of the Peoples bank. a
negro institution of this place, was
shot In the back and killed while ON
his way home at night.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
OF. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 20. Cattle Good
to choice steers, s5S0@s.25;; fair to
good. s40o05.O0; good to choice cows
and heifers, s3.6o@47s; tveals, $4.50@
$50 Hogs -$6.s596.50. Sheep-weth
srs. s5.5o@5.sO: good to prime lambs,
s6.bO@7.60. Ok
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
ONE HUNDRED KILLED
AWFUL EXPLOSION OF FIREpAMP
OCCURS IN coLLIERY NEAR
FoRRAcH, GERMANY. ...'

Forbach, Germany, March 16.-An
explosion Of firedamp in the coal mine
at Kleinrosseln, near here, resulted in
the death Of seventy-fve miners and
the terrible injury of twelve others
Six of the miners who were in the
shaft at the time of the explosion are
still missing One hundred and sew
snteen others escaped into adjoining
galleries. 2&
The immediate cause OF the disaster
has not yet been established.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
OPEN SHOP DEMANDED.
Seattle Builders suspend All Con-
structlon Work.

Seattle Builders suspend All Con-
.struetlon Work.
Seattle, Wash, March 2o.--Building,
operations representing forty-three
jobs, involving more than $4,000. 900
and affecting 5000 workers, are prac-
tically at a standstill here as result
Of the ultimatum issued by the Master
Builders association last week refus-
ing to pay to common laborers, such
as concrete mixer, SO instead of
$3.50. The master builders have sus-
pended all work in which they are
concerned with the statement that no
further construction will be carried
on by them until an agreement recog.
nizing the open shop In Seattle for the
class OF labor in question has been
made
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
MARKET QUOTATIONS.


Minneapolis, March 2O.- Wheat
May, 77Bc; July, 7shc; Sept, 77%
Q7Sc. On track-No. i hard, 1890
7ssc; No. I Northern, 7Sss @7SBc;
No. 2 Northern. 76% @7sHc; No. 3
Northern, T49T5c.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
FACES MANY CHARGES
sIxTY.FIvE TRUE BILLS ARE RE-
TURNED AGAINST BOSS OF
SAN FRANCISCO.

Abraham Ruef Accused Of Handling
immense Sums OF Money as Go Be-
tween in the Securing Of Valuable
Franchises and other Privileges by
Street Railways and Telephone and
Gas Companies.
San Francisco, March 21.--The long
looked for indictments in the munich
pal graft cases have been returned.
The grand fury has filed with Presid-
ing Judge Coffey of the superior court
seventy-five indictments charging
bribery. These were found on .evi-
dence presented to the grand jury
after six months probing into the
municipal affairs Of this city by As
sistant District Attorney Francis J..
Heney and Secret Service Agent Will
lam J. Burns.
or the indictments sixty-five are
against Abraham Ruef charging HIM
with bribing the board Of supervisors
to grant franchises to the United rail
roads, the Home Telephone company,
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
company and the so-called prize
fight trust" Ten are against T. ".
Halsey, former general agent of the
Pacific States Telephone and Tele,
graph company, who is charged with
having bribed the supervisors not to
grant franchise to a rival company
One indictment against Ruef and
four more against Halsey, which, 1t is
understood were also returned, were
not filed In open court. Several more
indictments, the exact number and
against what persons Heney and
Burns refuse to divulge until the ac-
cused persons have been arrested,
were returned by the grand jury but
not filed. r
Charges Against Ruef.
or the sixty-five counts OF bribery
against Ruef seventeen are in connec-
ton with the granting of the over
head trolley franchise to the United
Railway company Immediately after
the disaster of last April. Seventeen
are based upon the money alleged to
have been spent by the gas company
to secure an S5-oent gas rate as
against the 75-cent rate: thirteen re-
fer to the passing of money by the
Home Telephone company to obtain, a
franchise for bid OF $4,000 and
which 1t has been declared was worth
at least $1,000, 900, and eighteen indict-
ments are based upon the alleged
bribing ofithe supervisors by Ruef to
grant fight permits only TO the sos
called fight trust" composed OF Ed
die Graney. Morris Levy, James Cof-
froth and Willis Britt.
The money IN all these cases is al
legged to have been handled by Ruef
who. according to Heney and Burns,
was the agent between the public
service corporations and the board OF
supervisors and sort of general dis
tributing agent for all who desired
privileges from the supervisors,
The indictments against Halsey
charge the agent OF the Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph company
with having bribed fourteen members
of the board OF supervisors TO refuse
the rival company franchise.