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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
SANTA FE IS INDICTED
UPON REBATE CHARGE

Chicago, July 12.-The federal grand
jury today returned an Indictment
against the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
'Fe railroad for sixty-five counts, charg-
ing rebating.
The indictment charges the Santa Fe
with granting rebates amounting to
$500 to the United States Sugar and
Land company. of Garden City, Kas..
and the sixty-five counts each relate
to alleged infringement of the law. The
company, If convicted. will be subject
to a maximum fine OF 81. 300. 900 and a
minimum fine Of So. 200.
The rebates are said to have been
granted while the sugar refinery was
being erected at Garden City in 1905
on shipments of building material, the
freight on which amounted to 800, 900.
1t is alleged the railroad agreed to re-
turn $35, 900. but only $12.0O had been
paid when complaints were heard from
the shippers. and the government COM
menced its investigation.
1t is claimed by the government of
flcials that the officers Of the railroad
thave admitted that $1,000 was paid.
but 1t is maintained by the railroad
that the money constituted a bonus to
encourage building the sugar refinery
on the site adjoining the railroad and
was not given as a rebate nor as dis
erimtnati0n against other shippers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WIFE'S SKIRTS
ARRESTED IN PARk

New York. July 12.-Ralph o. Brooks
appeared in West Sid court wearing q
gray skirt Of modish cut. a white silk
waist and a very embarrassed man.
ner. He was charged with disorderly
conduct for masQuerading as a WON:
an and flirting with men in Central
park. :
Several mortified young men who had
been hoaxed into flirting with the pris.:
'oner caused his arrest. Magistrate
Steinert held Brooks in $1,000 bail for
further examination today.
Before appearing in court Brooks
begged a pin from m Of the Keepers
IN the prison with which he pinned up
his skirt to look like a pair of bloom,
ers. In a bundle in his hand ne car
,ried q blond wig and q black picture
hat. !
This Is awful. particularly as I
meant 1t only for a Joke" said Brooks.
1.-The joke was arranged between my
wife. myself and others in the house,
You see I fooled those Washers and
they got sore. 1 feel worse about the
notoriety of this thing because I'm Just
building up my profession as a chem
list" continued Brooks, and have
clients among physicians in this city
and New Jersey"
Brooks is 20. good looking, and !,
smooth shayen.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
FINDS Love BY MAIL
IS EASY TO LEARN
Bloomsbury Widow Gets No
ton After First Unsuccess.
full Trial and Wins.

Bloomsbury, Pa. July ia matri-
,monial advertisement put forth by
oscar L. Grouse. of Or%angeville. r. F.
d.. Columbia county, is responsible for
making Mrs. Mary Jones, of Blooms
burg, the bride Of Frank Watkins. Of
.Passaic, n. j. Meeting for the first
lime a week ago Watkins and Mrs.
Nones We're married yesterday.
Mrs. Jones was one of the first to
answer Crouse's advertisement. and
while he answered her letter. he
put her in the notion Of marrying
again. She noticed an advertisement
in a paper that a Chicago agency had
a number of eligible men on its books
and proceeded to get busy. Soon the
mails were bringing her n dozen Or
more letters and photographs daily.
Fervid Correspondence.
Watkins likeness too her fancy-it
was taken many years ago-and a fer
Vid correspondence followed. 1t was
arranged hat when he arrived in
Bloomsbury she should meet him at
The station, and each was to wear a
red and white ribbon. He arrived last
Saturday. and 1t was then announced
the wedding would AXE place q month
hence.
But the pair decided to spring a sur
prise. and Rev. w. r. Whitney made
them man and wife. Mrs. Watkins ex-
planned they had made up their minds
to get married before they ever saw
each other. and concluded there was
no use waiting any longer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
DEMAND TO KNOW
RATE ON STORED GRAIN

Chicago, July 12.-In conference here
Of the leading traffic officials OF the
western railroads it was agreed to ask
the Interstate Commerce commission to
decide what is the local rate on more
than 100000 bushels Of grain now
stored in elevators at various points on
the Missouri river.
The ruling of the commission will
decide whether the railroads or the
grain dealers will lose 100000. Most
OF the railroads are confident that all
grain stored in elevators al Missouri
river points and elsewhere is subject to
an advance OF IN cents per bushel ac-
cording to tariffs Of all lines made eff
fective on July 1. Last March the west
.ern railroads agreed to make an adj
vance on May of ~ cents per busheI
on grain from Missouri, river points to
Chicago.
A protest by grain dealers to the
railroads wa ~unavailing. 30 the grain
dealers appealed to the Interstate
'Commerce commission to prohibit the
advance. The dealers declare they have
purchased the grain and contracted for
Hts delivery on the basis of rates in
effect in March and that an Increase in
rates In May would cause them a heavy
loss.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
PUT CONCERN
IN RECEIVERS HANDS

Philadelphia. July 12.--Ten Gibson
girls used by he Dean Heat Distributor
company, OF Allentown, as an adver,
,usenent placed that concern In tho
,hands of a receiver. -
DIR. r. Kline. president Of the COM
pany. as we'll as the Kline Hardware
company. Allentown. specifically urge
this point in their petitions:
They employed Gibson girls to ex-
plot their business and these were
paid excessive wages" :
J J. L. McCaskey. manager of the
branch office here. says he Went
Through a terrible siege to get ten
lGibson girls who would come up to the
mark. He declares they only COS 5000
in six weeks.
We wanted to show by their beau
tiful appearance that the range manu-
featured by the concern wouldn't spoIr
the fairest complexion"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
GIRL TO
DIVORCE LORD R0SSLYN
Daughter Of George Robinson
Has Had Enough Of Titled
-pomestieity.

Edinburgh. Scotland. July 12.-The
wife of the earl of Rosslyn, formerly
Annie Robinson. of Minneapolis. has
sued for a divorce. The earl is living
in Paris.
Lord Rosslyn DANES Francis Harry
st. Clair Erskine) was born in 1869,
and formerly was a lieutenant in the
Royal Horse Guards. For a time he
made his living as an actor, appearing
In a number of plays in Europe and
the United States. In the former
country he did a ballet turn in one OF
Pinero's plays. which caused much
comment. He served with Thorny-
Ncroft's Horse at the relief of Lady
smith and also acted as war corre-
spondent during the South African war.
The earl was first married in 1890 tc
a Miss Violet viner. from whom he
obtained a divorce on the ground OF
,desertion in 1902.
On March 81. 1905. he was married in
london to Miss Robinson. youngest
daughter of George Robinson. Of Mime
,apolis. who for a time was on the
stage in New York. London and Paris.
She made her debut in THE Governoy
of Kentucky"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
DRAGS SISTER BY
HAIR. IN TRANCE,

Eaton. Ca. July l2.-While in a state
of somnambulism Miss Sallie STRIPPING.
who wes sleeping with her elder sister.
Miss jamie. seized the latter by the
hair. pulled her u Of bed and down..
stairs. and would have dragged her
into the yard had not the screams of
the victim aroused the household. When
the parents OF the girls reached the
front door. Miss Sallie's hands still
clutched her sisters hair. The eyes
OF the somnainbulist were glazed, and
she seemed utterly unconscious of the
screams of her elder sister. When the
father attempted to loose her hold OF
her sisters hair the girl resisted des-
perately.
Mr.. Stripping finally broke her hold
and carried her In the house. where sho
lay In Il trance for some hours under
care of physicians.
When she was at last aroused Miss
Sallie remembered nothing of what mad
occurred. MISS jamie was badly in-
jured by beng dragged downstairs,
The girls are social favorites.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WIPES OUT S4,0O0,000
DEBT IN "a YEARS
Chicagoan Pays Last Of Obligas
tons He Incurred in Pork
Corner.

Chicago. July ~i2.-Edward W. Bailey.
who fourteen years ago in the famous
pork corner lost $4,000. 900. has mailed
out checks for $4,000. thus wiping u
,he last cent of Indebtedness. He has
Ilot much money left, but faces the
world with clean hands.
Under the rules Of the game he could
nave gone into bankruptcy. or gone
broke and either method would have
Cancelled the obligations in the yes of
;the law. But Mr.. Bailey took a differ
ient view OF things. He owed certain
linen certain of money. and
s,he repayment Of these sums was his
constant care, night and day.
Down With Pork.
The crash in pork, which carried
tiown many fortunes. came August 1.
1888. Cudahy failed for So, 900. 900. and
many Of the lesser fry went under.
never to emerge again. :,
On the last day of July pork closed
at $l9 the barrel. AT the tap of h
gong the next day 1t opened at SIS 75,
and the rout was on. Cudahy was ear
.rying 200. 1000 tierces of lard and made
frantic efforts to borrow $500. 900 to
stem the tide. but bankers We're cau-
fious.
/. When it became known Cudahy
would be forced to unload, panic en-.
sued.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WISCONSIN SOLONS
PASS 2-CENT FARE BILL

Madison. Wis. July l2.-After y
spirited debate lasting almost All day
Wednesday the senate passed h Tur-
ner 2-cent passenger fare bill. Ii tho
assembly concurs in the senate amend
,ment to the bill. Wisconsin will have
2-cent fares on all roads. as it is prac-
tically certain Governor Davidson will
sign the measure if he gets a chance.
The railroad lobby is working hard
to prevent the assembly concurring.
but it is not believed their efforts will
succeed. However, there scarcely is a
quorum of members of the lower house
in the city, and friends of the bill fear
enough may be induced to go home to
prevent action on the amendment, and
thus cause the death of the measure.
The senate action was unexpected
and was luz to a peculiar combination
of circumstances. -Four weeks ago the
senate killed Senator Hastings bill.
providing for a fiat 2-cent rate on all
railroads. The vote was overwhelin-
ingly against the bill. A week later
the senate. by even a more one-sided
vote, refused to pass the Turner bill.
After years. of study and investiga-
ton OF the subject of passenger rates
in Wisconsin the state railroad COM
mission four months g issued an or
der requiring the principal railroads to
reduce their maximum rate from 3 to
2h cents per mile and recommended
that the roads sell family mileage books
good for 500 miles for SO, or at the rate
OF 2 cents a mile.
When the 2-cent fare bills were under
consideration in the legislature a month
ago h opponents argued that mas
much as the railroad commission had
not felt justified in ordering a 2-cent
rate it would be unwise for the legis-
lature to ass a 2-cent fare bill and
perhaps involve the state in long and
expensive litigation.
The legislature. 1t was argued should
uphold the hands Of the railroad COM
mission by leaving the rate question
with 1t, knowing Ia 1t would order
the rate reduced as soon as 1t felt Jus
titled in SO doing.
This argument was effective then,
but a shor item In the newspapers
this morning knocked the props from
under 1t. This item was to the effect
thai the eastern railroads had noti-
fed the Interstate Commerce commits
sion that on July is they would make
a general 2-cent passenger rate Of in
t~erstate traffic originating in Illinois,
Iowa. Minnesota and Missouri. and q
2h-cent rate on interstate traffic
originating In Wisconsin.
Many senator's began to feel sore
disseminated against" The senate
recalled the Turner bill from the as
sembly n amended it so as to make
1t apply to all roads whose gross
earnings annually amount to $751; 500 or
more per mile. The bill as 1t passed
the assembly applied to roads whose
gross annual earnings amounted to
$1,000 per mile. The amendment was
adopted by a vote of IA to 8.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
SPANKED ACTRESSES
HAVE MAN ARRESTED

Atlantic City, July 1.-Two pretty
Vaudeville actresses, who broke up q
hoop-rolling act for Francis Wood, q
juggler, in the Atlantic Garden, by sit
ting out front" and making grimaces
during the act. swore out a warrant
for the hoop roller this morning. charg-
irg that he had spanked them in re-
turn.
The alleged attack took place behind
the scenes after the show. according
to the girls story. told Magistrate De
Hart. .,
Wood declared that he had only
grabbed the frolicsome pair TO get them
of his way az he left the stage,
and the magistrate allowed him to 20
with a small bond to insure that he
refrained from similar acts in the fu.
ture.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
WOMEN At BULL FIGHT
SEE YANKEES IN RING
81 Paso Elk Plays Part Of Mat
ador and Kills the
Animal.

81 Paso. Tex, July IA society bull
event was graced by the women of Ell
Paso and the fighters were Americans,
The fighters displayed unusual skill with
the sword. the banderilla and the cape.
and even from the standpoint of the pro.
fessional bull fight fan" did some cred.
table work.
The Elks are going to leave Wednesday
next for Philadelphia in q special train to
attend the annual reunion in that CITY.
and they will go attired as Mexican buli
fighters.
To show their friends their handsome
new costumes. and. incidentally to raise
a few dollars to defray the expense of TAX.
ing the Mexican band from Guadularaia
on the trip with them. the Elks arranxed
the charity bull fight"
Four bulls were Killed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
O PARK BIRD
LAYS $1,000 EGG

New York. July i2.-L,kc tho bird in
Grimm's Fairy Tales" the rhea. a
species Of the ostrich family. laid a huge,
81, 900 golden egg In its enclosure in the.
Bronx TOO 1t Is the first Of Its kind!
ever laid in this country and It now restsi;
in the incubator at the Zoo" watched by.
j score OF attendants.
Jack Flynn. a keeper, found the egg.i
which Ia more than six inches long, glisI
en.ng in the early morning sunlight when
he began to feed the birds. He entered
the enclosure. but the male and female
birds rushing savagely toward him. drove
him out. c. William Beebe. the curator
of birds. was summoned. and after the
adult birds mad been driven into mother
enclosure he had the egg wrapped in cot
ton batting and taken to the Incubator.
Although several rheas have been
matched and successfully raised in the
London 200" the task Is such a d.fficuic
one tina great interest Ia manifested in
the experiment in the Bronx 200" A.
the rheas are slowly becoming extinct.
the successful Matching Of the golden egg.
will be considered a feat.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
GREEN BUG APPEARS
IN MINNESOTA BuT
ISN'T MUCH FEARED

Winona. Mimi. July l2.-Reports
have been received here that the greei;
bug has made its appearance in grain,
fields near st. Charles and Dover anI
an investigation is being made. Th.
matter is not viewed seriously by
of the green bug. In his weekly report
the crop expert of h Chicago AMI
Northwestern road says: Y
\ During the past week the weather
has been excellent for all growing
o with just sufficient rainfall over
the entire territory. with plenty Of
warm days and nights to produce ex-
,cellent results. y
Crops have made such splendid
growth that the early barley is now
heade o III and solne of the early
wheat heading will be quite general by
the 10th Of this month. Other grains
coming along fast and the recent rain
has stimulated late flax. Corn is grow
ing nicely but very late.
/. The green bug is being reported from
q few different localities along the
line: st. Charles and Dover. Mimi. and
we have had opportunity of investigate
ing M personally observing some OF
these bugs. They are the same in ap-
pearance as those we saw in South Da-
kota two or three weeks ago. only more
plentiful in the W. localities named.
One field Of oats of thirty acres Is re-
ported as being badly damaged and
this is the only damage that we have
heard OF from the green bug at any
place on our line. We have. however.
started general investigation yer the
entire line and hope to get more COM
plete information by Monday. How
ever. we think there is no cause to be
alarmed in any way in regard to de-
struction by these bugs and shall keep
In close u with the subject.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
TRIES TO
ESCAPE; CAPTURED

Cache, Okla, July 1.-THE old Apache
warrior Geronimo. who terrorized the
southwest many years with Il blood
thirsty band. while attending a cele-
bration here unde parole. as guest Of
the Comanche chief. Quanah Parker.
made an a,tempt TO escape across the
Texas panhandle into Mexico.
Geronimo was missed from the In
dian camp about eight hours and-a
detail of soldiers ron Fort Sill cap
tured him several miles out of Cache
this morning.
Some day ] shall get away from the
presidents men," he said when cap
tured. I'm tired of being a prisoner"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
STOLE A SHR0UD,
FINED AND JAILED

Little Rock. Ark. July l2.-Talk
about the meanest man on earth. For
the alleged theft OF IA shroud from a
dead man and burying him in a scanty
white undershirt furnished by the coun-
ty hospital. after relatives had paid for
the shroud. VIII B. Jackson, an un-
dertaker, was today fined $50, and SEN
fenced to six months In jail. .
John Parneil died and his two sons
arranged for the funeral. The price
agreed upon was $25. When the day Of
the funeral LIZ the brothers say they
went to Jackson's undertaking rooms,
and there saw heir dead parent propJ
erly laid out in his CONN dressed in al
long black shroud.
The exposure and arrest came later
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18

Chicago, July 12.-The western rail
roads have notified the Interstate Com
tmerce commission hat July Is they
will make a general reduction in pas
,senger rates of interstate trips in I'LL
,nois. Iowa. Minnesota and Missouri,
making 2 cents a mile the basis for all
rates between those states.
J July 20 the rates will be reduced for
interstate trips between Wisconsin and
Illinois,, and Iowa and Missouri points
Ito a basis Of 2a cents per mile and .
cents in other states. and as soon as
possible the western roads will change
their interstate rates to and from Ne
braska. They will not attempt to
make a general reduction of interstate
rates to points east of Chicago and ST.
Louis until the eastern roads have re
vised their tariffs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
TOO MANY GIRLS
Menace THIS TOWN

Worcester. Mass, July l1.--Manufac,
turers employing only female help must
steer shy Of the town OF Ware. The
board OF trade believes 1t already has
too many girls. Ware today had q
chance to add to its list Of Industries
by a hat company. The firm employs
several hundred girls. but the board
OF trade voted to keep them out. /,
THE town will soon be overrun with.
girls" said M Of the members. we
must have more men or the town will.
a to exist. 1t won't be race suicide
but merely fading out. because we
can't get men to marry our girls" +.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
ROCKEFELLER GIVES
OUT TIP; TO GROW
RICH, JUST Save"
Systematic Self Denial and
Hard Work Foundation Of
All Fortunes.
OPPORTUNITIES GALORE
More of the Masnate's Chicago VI
%tsrances Find Their
Way Into
Print.
GALORE

Chicago, July l2.-John ID. Rockefel-
ler. the richest man In the world, be-
ilieves the opportunities for acquiring
wealth In this country are greater than
ever before. The present prosperity.
i'm his opinion. will continue and in
grease.
Ihat was the parting message of the
OIL king to Chicago after he had APP
peared in court. 1t was In the train
shed OF the La Sale street station II
few minutes before Mr.. Rockefeller de-
parted for Cleveland.
Said Rockefeller: Let me ask you.
do you men save any money? I am
frank about 1t. 1T am sincere. Or
does the excitement and fascination OF
your life. day and night work. always
on the qui vive. prevent our from
any systematic efforts to save?
Phenomenal Reporters.
The reporters were quite a prosper
Gus lot. to hear them tell 1t.
Il have bought two town lots" said
one.
Good; excellent" commented Mr..
Rockefeller. Real estate is "a good
Investment"
Il manage to save $500 or $500 a year
some years. said another.
II am glad to hear It," replied MI.
Rockefeller. Men, I want to tell you
that systematic saving and s~elf-denial,
with a good deal of hard work. is the
IoundatlOn for every large fortune.
That has been my experience.
Not long g OF one of my railroad
Journeys" said the oil king, II met a.
Jolly. Notwithstanding mamie had
Ia face like you,' he said to one of the
reporters. who asked me ii l remem-
ibered him. l could not place him. but
as soon as he mentioned his name L
recalled all the circumstances. Il used
to be little Tommy O'Brien,' he said,
who sold a Cleveland paper
Now he's general manager Of q
great western railroad.
The average citizen of today is en-
Joying the luxury of the rich man of
yesterday. The average citizen Of to-
morrow will be enjoying the ~luxuries
OF the wealthy man of today. Pros
perity will continue. and will increase.
Don't fear or envy those who prog
ress or push ahead. We all get the
benefits. No one can get ahead un-
less you and you designating each re-
porter by a friendly poke in the ribs)
get the benefit"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
CAN TELL BAPTlSTS
BY THEIR HAIR

London. July 11.-Rev. Ritchett, pres
dent of the general conference OF the
Methodist church. addressing the Lon
don conference today. said:
The adherents OF every religion have
something distinctive in their appear
ance. II l dropped from a balloon into
a gathering of Baptists 1 could tell the
sect by the way their hair Is cut. II I
fell into an Anglican synod l could
tell 1t by the collars. II I dropped Into
an assemblage OF Methodists l would
not regard either their hair or their
collars, but would know their religion
by their faces. which display intelii.
gence and Kindness
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
c~ORTELYoU TO PUBLISH
A LIFE OF M'kiNLEy

! Washington. July 12.-Secretary Cor.
Itelyou is undertaking the work Of pre-
an authorized life of William
Mckinley" The task will REQUIRE
much time and will not be completed
Tor several years. Data Of the oficial
life OF the late president has been col
lected and h secretary is looking up
subjects.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
KILLS CARP WITH
MONKEY WRENch

<Westfield. Pa, July lI-Fishinr
for carp with a monkey wrench
may moi be very delightful sport.
from a true disciple OF Izaak
Walton. but it is effective. tust
the same. During the high water
in the Allegheny river many
carp came up stream. and when
the water subsidized they were
left stranded on the Sherman
fats of Hoenoye creek.
Herb Presher noticed some
regular whales in the shallow
; marshes. and waded in with a
monkey wrench that he hap
pened to have handy. and
slaughtered eleven that weighed
ninety pounds. They were not
good eating.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
FEWER WOMEN RIDE
ASTRiDE IN LONDON

London. July 1.-THE attempt to intro,
duce the fashion of riding astride among
ladies appears to nave failed. Last year
the new style was received with scant IA.
vor, and this year its followers are fewer
than ever.