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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-25

they acquiesced.
Maud Won Tnborzs aged seven
teen, daughter of the treasurer Of
Mitchell county, Kan, who es-
capped from the convent Of the Sis
ters of Mercy in Joplin few days
ago, jumped from a third-story
window of the Commercial hotel
there to avoid arrest by the city
marshal. She then ran for sew
eral blocks before being captured.
Her only injury was sprained
ankle. The girl admitted that
she fled from a convent to meet a
st. Louis travelling man.
R. c. Spaulding, living near
Warsaw, used to be vigorous
blacksmith, but has been in poor
health for years and asserted to
his neighbors that his bones were
"like chalk" He has lived quite
alone, his wife dying year ago.
A few days ago he was sitting on
the side of his bed, rubbing the
muscles of his leg, which were
stiffsned by rheumatism. He at
tsmped to move one leg over the
other, when the bone of the other
leg snapped.
1t is reported from Armour,
where the railroad gangs are at
work, that Will Montgomery, the
negro who was shot in row by
another negro by the name OF
Jacko, about a month ago, will
recover. His recovery is consid-
cred remarkable, as one bullet
tore about two inches off his liver.
His assailant was never seen
The negroes have not had any
disturbance of Latest. Joe OBJ
server.
Horse trading is generally con-
sidsred the legitimate for sharp
dealing, and the experience of a
Columbia man is probably ths
only one of the kind on record.
A confiding man agreed to pay
him 81 400 for a horse he had
never seen, and when the animal
was delivered the purchaser was
so we'll pleased he insisted on
paying $50 more.
! Mrs. Milton Pond, Jr., who
lives about 4 miles southwest ol
Hickory and five miles east ol
Jamesport, was shot and instant
ly killed Wednesday by her little
son. The little boy was playing
! with a target rifle, according tc
the report received, and tn,
mother was attending to som'
work in the yard.
, Mrs. Snellings of Randolph
: county had on display at th'
3 Clark fair last week a bedspreat
4 eighty EIGHT years old. 1t wa
r made by her grandmother. Sh,
r carded the cotton of which it wa
, male and did all the spinning
t and weaving. A large baske
o design is worked in the center
The st. Louis, Kennett
u Southern railroad proposes to ex
u tend its line from Nimmons, Ark,
to Piggot, providing the citizen
Of the later named place will Sc
y y cure q right.of-way 100 feet wide
y ten acres of ground for depo
facilities and give the sum Of SIC
600 in cash
" During a case in the circu
g court in Carrcllton il was neces
. sary for the plaintiff to tender I
" the defendant S11,20O in lawf,
> money. That much gold col
was brought into court, but th
: loungers had to be satisfied wit
:, q wistful look at 1t.
N Judge Noah M, Givan for man
- years a prominent Missouri Dem
"a ocrat, died at his home ct Hal
N risonville, Mo-, last week. +
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-25

"Knee Deep In June" is title Of the
novelette, which opens the November
Smart Set. 1t is written by Eleanor
Hoyt Brainerd, who can tell as bright
and fascinating story as any living
writer. "The Wonderful Lady," by
Henry Sydnor Harrison, IS short
story thai hinges on a most diverting
situation. In "a Glass Mountain"
Van Tasssl Sutphen writes charming
love story; "TheW omanD DavvisonMet,"
by Edwin L. Sabin, is an amazing tale
Of woman anarchist; "The Qta Jug"
by Austin Adams, is a splendid Japan
dse love story; "King's X" by Juliet
wilbor 'romkins, Is one Of that favor
lie authors rollicking tales; IA Recon-
ciliation," by Stephen Gwynn, is pow
erful love story, and "The Wanderer,"
by Katharine Metcalf Roof, is a delic-
ious bit OF humorous dialogue. The
essay is from the pen Of Bliss CarmAn,
who writes OF "The Might Of Manners. ~
An important new feature Of this issue
Of the The Smart Set Is the dramatic
department by Charming Pollock. The
poetry is exceedingly above the average
and comes from such writer's as Ella
Iwheeley Wilcox, Elsa Barker, Theod.
osia Garrison sndsArehibald Sullivan.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09

All of these men knew or may be pre-
sumed to have known OF the secret ar
rangement by which the Standard OIL pro-
ducts We're shipped from Whiting to East
st. Louis for 6 cents q hundred pounds,
when the legal tariff waB Is cents. There
were others who knew of it, but they es-
cape possible indictment through having
testified at the Standard OH trial. Bo-
gardus wa a witness, bit since he was not
summoned by the governments, but test
fled In his own behalf. he did not secure
Immunity. II. e. FELTON, WIS also a wit
ness. but was not called on to testify re-
garding the secret rate.
Should this investigation reveal all that
As expected. Charles II. Davis will be ore
OF the men most earnestly sought by the
government. AS auditor of the Chicago
fand Alton he passed on the Standard OIL
rebate scheme and manipulated the books
In an effort to hide it. When the investiga-
ton of the Standard Oil's relations with
tho Alton were commenced Davis resigned
his position and left, his present where
'abouts being still unknown despite every
effort made to discover him during the
trial.
While there Is a possibility that some OF
the men mentioned may escape indictme,.:
at the hands Of this new grand jury. which
will be called 10 meet August IA. there is nc
nope for the railroad company. The owl
denca used 4" convict the Standard Oh
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
SEES SON BROWN IN
DREAM; FINDS BODY
Revelation Concerning Boy Who
Didn't Not Return Home
Comes to Father.

P%.ttsburg, Aug. 7.-Through the revela-
ions OF e vivid dream, Emerson Stidard.
4 local riverman, today found the drowned
body Of his 10-year-old son, Emerson. in
.he Go$ongahela river under the Wabash
railroad bridge. The boy failed TO return
hc11e. and after a vain search the father
retiroA, and in a dream saw the boy fall
from a skiff into the river.
EARLY this morning St.dard went out IN
q boat to the spot indicated in his dream
ind, lowering q graphing hook. brought
up tho body.
An empty skiff was seen floating in mid
sJean, and the boys hat was found near
1t. The boy is the sixth child in tina
family to meet a violent death. Less thar
u month ago a sister was scaiGed to dealt
by falling into a tub of boiling water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
NO PINE BOX, SAYS
HAYWOOD IN DENVER

Denver. Aug. THE celebration of
the return home of William d. Hay
wood. secretary-treasurer of the West
ern Federation of Miners, acquitted of
the charge of conspiring to murder eN-
Governor St~eunenberg. was consider
ably curtailed by reason of the leteness
Of The hour at which he arrived.
Thursday a general meeting of labor
unions Will be held to formulate plans
for q meeting in the future at which
Haywood will be given Il great recep-
ton and ut which he will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
During a brief talk Haywood referred
to what he said was the prediction that
mine owners made that he would come
back TO Colorado in a pine box. II am
very much alive, you see,' he said, and
continued:
This great reception is the happiest
moment of my life. My CUP of happi-
ness would be complete IL Meyer and
Petitions were at my side. One thing.
[ am convinced of, and which the last
eighteen month have taught me. is
that when unions stand together you
cannot break them
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
SLAYER is |. a
lie is CAUGHT

Newport, ILL.,. Aug. after nine
years as q fugitive from justice. living
under 81 name not his own, Otis Mali
cot. IS years old, was arrested at New
port and will be returned to Richmond.
Ky, to stand trial for the murder OF
Chef Pt.g, a neighbor, in 1888.
lIaliaot during the last seven months
has lived under the name of Henry
Wright. He has confessed his guilt
and will not resist his return TO Ken
lucky for trial.
II ana glad this has come" he said.
IT am tired OF dodging and skulking,
with this thing always in my mind. I
want TO go lack and have it over.
With"
Malice, married. five years ago and
has ole child. He say he killed Cies
Pi.g in self defense, stahbing him in
the abdo,nsn n shoulder In n quarrel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
TO Death FOR
DIVORCE, SAYS AARTJE
sWould Rather Go to Grave
Than Have Stains Remain
Upon Me.
NADINE CALLED a FRAUD
Nife's Attorneys Declare He Of
fered to Sell Fake Lex
tiers for S.
600.
NADINE CALLED A FRAUD

P~ittsburg, Aug. THAT he would right
10 death to obtain an absolute divorce
from his beautiful wife and get his two
children from her was the announcement
by Augustus Hartje, the millionaire pa
per manufacturer Who has opened another
campaign in his remarkable fight for sep-
%nrateOn.
II would rather go to my grave than
have this stain remain upon me-, he said.
Developments are coming fast. and with
In a few days l am sure that there Will be
something definite to aid us i'll removing
the blot that has been cast upon me. T
am etermined TO prove that / am right"
Eartje declares he will continue his legal
fight against his wife, regardless OF cost,
whke his attorneys surround themselves
in mystery in the declaration that they
have not played their trump cards.
Arrest of Negro.
An explanation of the arrest OF Tom
Nadine was given by Mrs. Hartje's de-
fellse.
While IN. company of detectives for the
opposition Nadine is sad to have exhibited
d package of letters and declared them to
be In the handwriting of Mrs. Hartje.
aIAlne is said to have, offered TO sell them
far &.0so-though they We're letters pre-
pared for him by two Allegheny girls.
One of the detectives excused himself,
went to a telephone and communicated
with G. Hartie attorney. who advised that
a tight be started in ort;er to have Mad-
ina arrested and the letters discovered on
his parsNn.
ISafsre Nadine could get ou1 OF his cell
Haxtje had a warrant for his arrest on
the olarae of larceny of letters, and had
tho HaliAe officials searched for the lets
tars. White en- route from police head
quarters to the office of the alderman his
rustaALans gave him leave to use a tele-
phone, and 1S is contended that any letters
he NAY have had We're disposed of during
bis brief absence.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09

both PENNSYLVANIA and lima crs11e oil
combined (talling single Years and nor as
above, groups of years. from 1895 to 1904
was over Q cents per gallon. and allowing
a Very liberal estimate of one,half cent
per gallon (25 per cent? for increase in
the costs of production aud marketing
during this period. the net average in
crease in profit during these seven Years
would thus he at least IL cents ner CAL
ION. If the same Increase in profit be APP
kinds of petroleum prcducts in tbe 1Ynited
States IN 1904. the prcfi.., for that yacr
would be about $21, e2o, Goo more than they
would nave been on the basis of the prices
known increase of profits oa its whole
business, as stated hereinafter was more
than this.
prices OF o. reached their ,aax'nmnl these
prices would renrese,it an incrnn : N ,n tbe
standard's profits on sales in the United
States that year of nearly s25,ooJ,ooo over
These figures sbnw co,c,u si,.e,y .ha az
feet of the domination OF the stane. rd ON
the amount that The public paws for lis
oil. p''' Az
Increase i'm pro++e
F'o'''s'
Naturally an increase has also taken
place IN the profits of the Standard by rea-
son OF ms price policy; The increase in
lnual profits FROM 1896 to 1901 was over
~ y"'W
~
aging nus 24.1a per cent. per year. The
dl"ldends. however. We're much less than
the total earnings. Exact information as
,o 1 IN 1sso ea .r lH5c is axa.lable only for the
1895, Inclusive. an aeyrera.e for rhesawe.r ~ ~
of .lbout SIl4.u6oONo: bur from thneo fiy,,ras
the carr tllgs for me Other six ysars M =
be estimated with sorae decree of correct.
ness. and il is substantially certain rhat
the entire net earnings of the sand I'd
nom 1882 10 40; were al ica.t s11o oN6 GA
and possibly much more.
These enormous prof,s have been based
on an investment worth at the time Of IS
original acquisition not more than s-5 ooo
| 00.
Furthermore. the rate of nroft On .be
capitalization has Increased r1.ca tiv L,rorr
1882 to 1894 the net earnings aSSeraeed abo1,
10 per cent. on the cap:tal stock or rus
certificates outstanding. while the AVERAGE
net earnings for the period from 1903 tc
1905 were about 6S rcr cent yearly A"o -
These rates OF profit and Their great in.
crease are strikingly confirmed BY the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
WOMAM ARRESTED
FOR BiTlhG NIECES

Louisville, Ky, Aug. Enlarged
with mahrsating of her three nieces.
Misz Title Cochrane has been placed
uraor arrest on Il warrant sworn out
by her brother, j. w. Cocnrane, but
owing to the inability of the children
to appear, the case was continued for
n 1esk, and their aunt is confined in
the county jail.
1t was discovered by tho physicians
who attended the little girls thai large
hunks Of flesh had been bitten out Of
their limbs. The children assert their
aunt would bite them. and Their threat
en- to kill them If they told their
father and in this way the alleged
cruel treatment was suppressed for
several weeks.
Chief of Police Haager advances he
theory that Miss Cochrane is insane.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
LANDS IN cAusTIc
OIL TRUST ARRAIGNMEN-

Chicago, Aug. 7.-Here are some of the
things Judge Lands said, in fin.ng Stand
ard Oil:
The man who Deliberately violates the
law wounds society more deeply than does
he Who counterfeits the coin or steals let
tiers from the mail.
The only way for them (rivals of the
Standard Oil company to stay in the oil
business would be for them to adopt the
practice Of this defendant and procure the
great public power of railway companies
to b. secretly perverted in their interest.
Under no other possible theory could they
hope to survive.
The court Is not impressed by the dole
full prediction OF counsel for the defense as
to the hardships upon the honest shipping
public to be anticipated from the inforce-
inert OF this rule. The honest man Whotea-
ders q commodity for transportation by a
railway company win not be fraudulently
misied by that company into allowing it to
haul his property for less than the law
authorizes 1t to collect.
Under the doctrine insisted upon by the
defendant the railway company might give
the Standard Oil company a low Transport
tatfon rate and by contract obligate itself
to withhold the same rate from the very
mar the taking Of whose property by con-
domination rendered possible the construc-
ton of the road. a more abhorrent heresy
could not be conceived.
1t is the defendants position that its
offense was Wholly technical; that nobody
has been injured because there was no
other shipper OF Oil. and that, therefore,
the punishment, If any. should be a mod
est fine. " 1t is novel. indeed, for a
convicted defendant to urge the complete
triumph of a dishonest course as q reason
why such course should go unpublished.
Where the only possible motive of the
crime is the enhancement of dividends,
and the only punishment authorized is a
fine, great caution must be exercised by
the court lest The fixing of a small amount
encourage the defendant to future viola
lions by esteenling the penalty to be in
the nature of a license.
For the law to take from one of it's cor
porate creatures es q penalty for the COM
mission of a dividend producing crime less
thnn one-thtrd of it's net revenues accrued
during the period of violation falls far
short of the imposition of an excessive
fine, and surely TO do this would not be
the exercise of as much real power as is
employed when Il sentence is imposed ak
ing from a human being one day of his
liberty.
This court is obliged to confess that it
is unable to indulge the presumption that
in this case the defendant was convicted
of its virgin otfense.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
SlAMESE KINGS BILL
FOR GEN: $2,50O,0OO

Berlin. Aug. 7.--Tne king OF Siam has
a generous taste tor jeweLy.
He is credited with having spent
81. 500. 600 for gems and baubles in the
course OF his Euyopen tour, now
drawing to an end. An agent for a
London firm has just arrived with lew
els valued at s625, 900 which his majesty
bought in That city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
CALL FOR GRAND JURY
JUDGE LAkCtS' SURPRISE

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE surprising finale
Judge issued his cali for a special grand
jury and directed District Attorney Sims
to proceed at once against the Alton rail-
road and to direct. an investigation Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Oil and Alton Off
cials-who were parties to the scheme by
which the Standard Oil Company Of In
diana secured the transportation of its
products at less than one-third the legal
rate.
The charge to be made against these men
Is conspiracy to violate a federal law,
known as section $40 of the revised stat
utes of the United Suites. The punish
1nent for conviction of this offense is a. fine
of $4,000, or sentence OF two years in the
penttentiary, or both.
The men who may be deemed 10 be in
danger of such Indictment are:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
STANDARD OIL FINE
PLEASES BRYAN

Iowa City. Ia. Aug. 7.-William Jen-
n!ngs BRYAN. who spoke here Saturday
at the c%hautauqua, personally author
lied a statement to the representative
of The Tribune, in reference to Judge
Lands action in Gning the Standard
Oil company more thai s29. 900, 900.
Colonel Bryan dictated as follows:
There is no reason Why leniency
should be shown it
While ines are not as effective as
imprisonment this penalty may be
large enough to teach some respect for
the law. if the company does not escape
from it by appeal.
The trusts cannot be handled with
Kid gloves. We will now see whether
the price of oil is raised and the fine
thus recovered from the public"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09

j. A. Moffett. president of the
Standard Oil Company OF Indiana
w. F. Cowan. vice president of
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana.
H. e. Telton. president Union
Tank Line company and traffic
Company of New jersey.
e. Bogardus. traffic manager for
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana.
s. NJ. FELTON,, president Chicago
II Alton Railroad company.
Joseph w. Blabon. traffic man
ager for Chicago and Alton.
Charles A. King, general freight
agent for the Chicago and Alton.
Charles y. Davis, former auditor
for the Chicago and Alton.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09

New York, Aug. .7-Charles M. Pratt, secretary of the Standard
Oil company, said today the company has no intention of advancing
the price of oil.
Washington, Aug. 7-Corporations Commissioner Herbert Knox
Smith today made public a report on the petroleum industry of the
United States. In it he furnishes one of the most important links in
the governments long chain of evidence against Standard Oil. For
years it has been the general defense of the gigantic octopus that,
while it is a trust, it is q good trust and that. SO far from raising
Smith proves exactly the contrary by figures and deductions drawn
from a resume of the trusts operations. That it has kept up the
price of oil has been the contention of the prosecutions, both state and
national in every suit that has been filed against the Standard Oil, but
it has remained for MIR. Smith to present the proof of the truth of the
charge. He shows that from 1897 to 1905 the trust increased the
profit 13 cents per gallon and that the profit increased in three by
products of the monopoly, gasoline, lubricatng oil and paraffn wax,
added to the profit increase on the main product, was lis cents in the
time from 1898 to 1908.
Mr.. Smith also asserts that threefourths of a cent per gallon
would be a far profit upon the investment of the Standard Oil COM
panv. sc that the increase in the profit in the last decade has been
almost double what would be a total reasonable profit. He shows that
in 1905 the oil trust was making nearly Z cents a gallon, O n about ten
+;n,os what would be q fair earning on its capital.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
TEN GENT BET
KILLS A NEGRO

New York, aug. John McCue.. a
negro. died today as a result of a rzee
riot yesterday over 81 lucent bet on a
ball game. Over &: score OF persons are
recovering from injuries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
company will do the Same service Cor ths
Chicago and Alton 4
Evidence copnlete

COJtpd11y WAL III LILO Sd1l0 SCItlS0 ~ 1lO
Chicago and Alton
Evidence Complete.
The chain Is complete in every detail and
the conviction is destined to be even sim
pier than that of the Standard OIL com
pany. In the Alton case there will be no
necessity to show that the tariffs We're
posted as required by law, since that is a
provision to safeguard the shipper and no.
the carrier.
In fact. every point which the Alton
might choose for the defensive has already
been decided. TIL company furnished the
evidence, although reluctantly, upon which
the conviction OK the Standard Oil COM
pany was based. and now this same evil
dence win be used for its own conviction.
There will be no escape for 1t on an i'm
manity bath plea ouch as cleared the
packing companies, for since that time
congress has passed a law expressly stat
ing that immunity does not cover a cor
portstion whose Officials are forced to tes-
the company.
Unpleasant Comparisons.
In his u~tterances againgt the oil COM
pany preliminary to assessing the great
l1ne. and also preliminary to the calling
of the other grand jury, Judge Lands
clearly expressed his belief that the Stand
ard OIL company was no better than a.
common thief, emphasizing the position
that he has taken throughout the trial.
The men who deliberately violate this
law said he, would society more deeply
than he who counterfeits coin or steals let
teps from the mail"
Referring to the reply by the defend
ants attorney TO his proposition that they
pEerluce evidence that they had not been
guilty of previous o1fenses. the judge took
occasion TO Iobuke them for what he
termed their gratNitous agitation about
the mob"
Said he, after quoting from the answer
of the attorneys In which they recon-
mended that the court pay mo attention
to the gossip of the street or the charges
of the mob"
Waving the question OF the studied in
may be aimed at the present occupant of
cave to the discretion of the Standard Oil
hundred million dollar corporations graz
%-tNitous inaugurating agitation about the
mob
In scoring the corporations plea that it
had a right to enter into private contracts,
the Judge said:
Under the doctrine insisted upon by the
defendant, the railway company might
give the Standard Oil company q low
transportation rcte and by contract OBJ
itself to withhold the same rate
from the man the taking of whose props
eTty by condemnation rendered possible
the construction of the road. A more alb
'horrent heresy could not be conceived.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
CUBAN WAR AERo nRnMMs

Ar.llow. Ireland, Aug. Thomas Mylcr.
who claimed he hoisted the stars and
stripes over Santiago de Cuba during the
spanish-American w,r. was drowned yes
terday while practiclng for an attempt to
Swim St Georges channel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-09
lands KILLS
FURNITURE TRUST
Judge Who Fined Standard Oil
Orders Dissolution of the
Combine.

Chicago. Aug. 7.-Federal Judge
Lands today ordered the dissolution Of
the church and school furniture trust,
recently punished by fines amounting
TO $4,000, for admitted vioktioa of the
ANTITRUST laws.