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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27

STOCKHOLDERS ARE LEFT OUT
REPORT THAT STANDARD WILL
BE REORGANIZED DENIED
BY ARCHBOLD.

New York, Sept. 25.-The ways and
means by which the Underwater Pipe
Company of Pennsylvania came under
virtual control of the Standard Oil
company was unfolded yesterday in
the hearing of the governments suit
against the oil combine. The affairs
of the Tidewater company were dis
closed by the testimony of Robert
Benson, president of the company,
and from a mass of accounts and con
tracts. The Standard was shown to
own at present 81 per cent OF the
Tidewater stock, and by an agreement
entered into in 1888 between the two
companies the oil business was divid-
ed in such proportion that the Tide
water did II IL per cent and the
Standard So 1-2 per cent.
Jump Stockholders Meeting.
An interesting incident Of the days
hearing was the unsealing of the min
utes of a stockholders meeting held
in Titusville, Pa, on Jan. II, 1888,
the action Of which in electing officers
was r%epudiated at a meeting next day
in Philadelphia of the managers OF
the Tidewater company. who directed
that the existing officers remain in
control and that a suit be brought in
court to set aside the action of the
Titusville meeting. Counsel for the
government obtained evidence from
Mr. pnncnr onI tho rnanrIC nf tho
company hat certain interests had
held the Titusville meeting without is
suing a call to the stockholders, as
provided for by the company's by
laws. The litigation in the Pennsyl-
vania courts that followed the Titus
vile meeting resulted in a decision
against these officers. Mr.. Benson
was asked to examine the record and
see il any stock now held by the
Standard Oil interests had been voted
at that meeting
Standard Men Got It.
Mr.. Benson said that 1864 shares of
stock voted at that meeting came into
possession of gentlemen whom they
considered to represent the Standard
Oil interests. and that this stock in
1900 was transferred by William G.
Rockefeller to H. c. Folger, who still
owns it.
Mr.. Benson gave testimony to show
that, under the existing contract with
the Standard, of IS per cent of oil re-
fined by the Tidewater company II
per cent was sold to the Standard and
the remaining % per cent was sold in
a territory in which the Standard was
not interested.
The president of the Tidewater
company, when asked what DISPOSE
ton was made of the remaining 5 per
cent refined for domestic purposes,
said that the Standard secured 81 per
cent Of it.
Will Not Be Re~organized.
John D. Archbold, vice president OF
the Standard Oil company, was
prompt in issuing yesterday an au-
thoritative denial of a statement that
the Standard Oil company contem-
plated a reorganization of it's affairs.
foirc
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
MooRs DISPERSED BY FRENCH.
Peace Negotiations Fall Through and
Drudo Resumes Offensive.

C~asablanca, Sept. 24.-Negotiations
for the cessation of hostilities having
failed, Gen. Drude yesterday resumed
the offensive and burned the Moorish
camps at Jidi Brahim, south of Casa
blanca, and dispersed the tribesmen,
who offered but little resistance.
These operations were chiefly notable
for a brilliant forced march Of the
French troops, who covered forty kilo-
meters inside of twelve hours.
The expedition, consisting Of 1000
infantry, with a detachment of caval-
~, artillery and native auxiliaries,
left camp before dawn and formed
into two hollow squares, n benin l
the other. In this formation they
marched some distance under the row.
er of darkness and l~nobserved by the
tribesmen.
Gave Alarm to Enemy.
A heavy morning sea fog came up
at daylight and forced a half hours
halt, during which shots fired by the
advance guards gave the alarm to the
enemy. The tribesmen came up in
large numbers, but a vigorous attack
by the first square soon dispersed
them. No further stand was made by
the enemy during the march, although
scattered groups Of horsemen harass-
ed the French tanks.
After the destruction of the camps
had been effected the tribesmen re-
turned to the attack, a troop of cav
airy repelling a spirited charge by the
Moorish horsemen. The French then
abandoned defensive formation and
the column returned to camp. Their
losses were one killed and ten wound.
ed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
PASTOR SHOT BY THIEVES.
Colorado Minister Seriously Wounded
by Eold-up Men,.

Greeley, Colo, Sept. %. - While
walking home from church last night
Rev Oscar w. G%ustofsen of the Swed-
'ish Lutheran church was cor
fronted by two men who COM
handed him to Instantly hold up his
hands. Upon his refusal one of them
shot the minister, the bullet striking
a rib. The men then an, with the
minister in pursuit, when one of them
turned and fred a second time, the
bullet entering the pastors neck. It
is thought he will owe
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
CELL BARS CHARGED.
Electricity Used to Prevent Jail De-
livery Attempts.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 25.-In flu
ture prisoners in the Day county jail
who attempt to apply a saw to the
bars of their cells in efforts to make
their escape will be shocked. Sheriff
Gross of thai county has had all the
bars in the county Jail heavily charg-
ed with electricity. and by this effect
i've and unique method he will pre-
cent prisoners making their escape
by saving off the bars of their cell
windows.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
PUTER TO BE PARDONED.
Be!ated Immunity to Free Land Shark
in California Prison.

Portland, Or. Sept. 25.-Although
no word of confirmation has been re-
ceived from Francis j Haney, 1t is
stated here positively that S. A. d.
Puter, king of the Oregon land swim
dlers is to be pardoned by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Puter's testimony
convicted United States Senator
Mitchell and other ~swindlers and
brought his immunity. He still has
seven months of a two years Jail SEN
tence to serve.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
EXPLODING Tar Fires = House.

Geneva, Mimi, Sept. 25.-Andrew
Jansen in heating a large kettle Of
tar in the kitchen set fire to house,
which was destroyed, with all its
contents, throwing flames in all d.
rections. The loss was about $500.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
Shoots Relative in Quarrel.

Washington, Sept. 25.-As the re-
suit OF a family quarrel, William Ken
drick last night shot his brother.
George r. kendrick. After attacking
his brother Kendrick fired five shots
at his sister-in-law and her daughter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
A FIRE FATAL,

Two Lives Lost During Burning Of the
Picton.
Toronto, Sept. 24.-The steamer Pic.
ton was burned at her dock here yes
terday. Miss Minnie Hatch was burn.
ed to death and George Kleskie, a fire.
mar on the steamer, was suffocated to
death. The loss is 500, 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
TEN MEN CONTROL
GIGANTIC TRUST
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION NET
GRADUALLY SURROUNDS THE
PACKING TRUST.
CONTROL NECESSITIES Of LIFE
EVEN STANDARD OIL TRUST Is
ECllPSED By THIS COMBl-
NATION.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-1nvestigation OF
the packing trust now under way by
government officials is alleged to have
developed hat ten men in Chicago
compose the dynamic force of a formi-
dable list of corporations that control
prices from those of meat on the hoof
to shops and from breadstuffs to cat
tie transportation.
These ten men are asserted to hold
the balance upon the worlds supply
Of the commonest necessities of life:
The Big Ten.
]. Ogden Armour, Z. f. Swift, Ira N.
Morris, Thomas E. Watson, S. A. Nc
Roberts, l.. F. Swift, Edward Norris.
T. j. Connors, Arthur Meeker, Law
A. Carton. They are all direct
ors of the same corporation-the Ma
tional Packing company, organized
under the laws of New Jersey, With a
capital of $4,000, 900.
The control of this directorate is al
legged to be absolute over these things,
among a long list of others:
Control Many Things.
The price of meat to all consum-
ers; the price of leather to all facto-
ries, and thus. incidentally, the price
Of shoes; the price of grain, through
allied interests, and thus, as an Incl
dent, the price Of bread.
Thus, without the endless details Of
the fertilizer market, where the trust
controls the price hat a farmer pays
for his fertilizer, it appears that the
latest fight of the government in the
trust field is directed to the two chief
essentials of life-bread and meat.
That the big ten Of Chicago has rails
ed the price of these things to con-
sumers and made no corresponding
increase In the price paid for raw ma
terial is the chief assertion Of the gov
eminent, and it is upon this general
line that the most interesting trust
fight in the country is now being
planned.
All Of the other corporations in the
country, with a few unimportant ex-
ceptions, bow to the wishes Of the ten
leaders of the food markets of the
world.
Greater Than Oil Trust.
The government has a list ~ over
forty chartered institutions that come
under the domination of the trust. II
Is claimed that the trust has more al
lied institutions than the STANDARD Oil
trust. All of them, according to the
information now before high ,.ficiais.
are subject to the direction of the Chi
cago combination. Evidence has come
to the government that there is. a split
in the ranks Of the trust, md it is said
that insiders" have given out valua-
BILE information.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
MILL CITY MAN LOSES FOOT.
Andrew L. Swanson Slips Under
Train at Cannon Falls,

Red Wing, Mimi, Sept. 25.-Andrew
l.. Swanson of Minneapolis, while
alighting from a Chicago Great West
ern passenger train at Cannon Falls.
lost his footing and fell beneath the
wheels. Both feet were badly crush
ed. He was taken to the hospital
here. It was found necessary to am
putate the right foot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
SHOT DURING FIGHT.
Farm Hand at Campbell and Tramp
Have Trouble.

HAVe r0UbIe.
Breckenridge, Mimi, Sept. "a. - A
farm hand, Fred Gates, was shot dur
ing a street fight at Campbell by a
colored tramp. The men had an alter
cation over a poker game and meet
ing on the street afterwards renewed
the dispute, and finally the negro
fred, hitting Gates in the neck. The
negro was caught before he had got
but a few miles away and brought
here. Gates was brought to the hos
pital here and the doctors say he has
a fair chance for recovery.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
From Other Shores.

About $50 delegates. male and fe.
male. attended the opening Of the
social democratic congress at Essen.
William Wright Of Dayton, Ohio.
and his associate In negotiating the
sale OF the Wright brothers aeroplane
70 Germany. have arrived at Berlin
and were well received by the chiefs
Of the military balloon division Of the
army.
Juan Espinosa, an expert Chilean
marksman, while attempting to shoot
IN apple from the head Of q man at q
circus at Rio de Jaieiro. missed and
killed the applebearer. The crowd at
the exhibition made . rush for Espi-
nosa and he barely escaped lynching.
Agrarian troubles have broken out
again In Southern Italy. The troops
present are insufficient to cope with
the rioters, who already have done
much damage TO property. There
have been frequent conflicts among
the strikers, the non-strikers and the
troops, In which the soldiers have
used their bayonets freely.
Tue pTOClAudIlOu
az the new project Of Odessa. Gen.
Novitsky, outrages In the streets OF
Odessa were resumed on the occasion
Of the funeral Of q police official. The
Black Hundreds fired revolvers reck.
lessIy all day. broke into Jewish
houses, pillaged them and cruelty
heat their occupants. Two Jews were
killed and many were injured. Re.
ports are reaching the city OF raids.
robberfcs and murders at other places.
The Russian council Of ministers
hass ordered the closing Of all the dor.
mftcrieS attached to the institutions
~ higher learning at st. Petersburg
ma Moscow because Of the admission
IL the police that they are unable to
rreyent them from being used as
raookise and hiding places for revolu.
Prince Eugene Troubetsky, the lead.
wv Z stho Russion M~oderates, has been
s1n658f&d op the charge Of high treason
- Ntiitink - article defending the
~ pox1ielnent. and saying the govern.
1Dnt connimittSd N irreparabls mis-
fa1e = dlssolving that body.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
L A ON RAFT FATAL.
Boy Falls Into Pond in Excavation
and Is Drowned.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. "a. Ernest
Hendrickson, a thirteen-year-old boy
son of H. Hendrickson, was drowned
in a pool of water near his home. The
heavy rains of the last few days had
made a pond Of an excavation, and
young Hendrickson and another lad
we're playing on a raft, when the for.
mer fell in and was drowned before he
could be rescued.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
SIXTEEN LOST IN STORM.
Seventy-five Fishing Vessels Wrecked
on Coast Of Newfoundland.

Sa. Johns, N. F., Sept. 25.-Addi-
tional reports by mail and by coast
steamers from remote points show
that sixteen and possibly twenty-four
lives were lost along the Newfound-
land coast during the equinoctial gale
of Thursday. Seventy-1ve fishing
vessels were wrecked and MUCK dam
age done to wharves and fishing
gears. The financial loss is estimated
at a quarter Of q million dollars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
DIES FROM GUNsHoT WOUND.
Death Of North Dakota Boy NearI,
Drives Friend Insane.

Drives Friend Insane.
Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 24.-Hen.
ry jackson Of Gilby died yesterday as
4 result Of a gunshot wound received
Friday. George M. Fitzgerald, who
was hunting with Jackson, was en-.
gagged In loading a shotgun when one
barrel was discharged and Jackson
was wounded in both legs. He died
about twelve hours after the accident
Fitzgerald has nearly lost his reason
% q result Of the death Of his friend
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
General News Items.

&c plague II Dan FRANCISCO 10 date Is
thirty-five. Twenty have died.
The literature of the polas world has
just been enriched by the publication
Of the first part OF Capt. ROAD Amund-
sens book entitled. THE Northwest
Passage"
Because they were d%ispleased with
the pay days set by the company. 500
employees of the Penn-American Plate
Glass company at Alexandria, Ind,
have gone on a strike.
At a mass meeting Of citizens of
Waterloo. Iowa, it was decided to call
a special election to vote upon the adj
visibility Of purchasing or erecting a
waterworks. to be operated by the
city.
The Nebraska state board Of health
adopted . resolution prohibiting any
employe or appointee from carrying a
railroad or other pass. Two secreta-
ries will have to resign or give up their
passes.
The order just Issued by the wal de-
partment assigning the Twenty-fourth
Infantry (colored) to Madison Bar
racks is received with equanimity by
the residents in the vicinity of Wa
tertown. N. Y.
Mrs. Harriet r. Carter, the wife of
q lawyer of international fame, and
ELI Carter. aged %sixty-nine, a former
Indian fighter, have separated at Wor-
cester, Mass, following a secret mar
rage a few months ago.
Rush orders have been received at
| San Francisco for the construction of
| new coal bunkers on Goat Island for
the use Of the government l~ightships,
SO that the other bunkers there may
be used by the vessels of the navy.
Six hundred and thirty thousand
three hundred and eighty-seven chill
dren are enrolled In the schools OF
New York this fall. according to tho
figures compiled by the superintend-
ent. This is an increase Of more than
10000 yer last year.
Supreme Counsel A. r. Talbot of the
Modern Woodmen has issued a procla-
nation asking all Of the 10000 camps
of this order to hold anniversary cele.
brations Jan. s. He asked each camp
to initiate twenty members on that
date, bringing the total membership
up to more than q million.
A fund Of $780, 900 for church extern
sion has been raised within the past
year by the Baptists Of Philadelphia
to commemorate the two hundredth
adversary OF the formation Of the Phil.
adelphia Baptist association.
The annual report Of John L. Rock
ey, chief Of the bureau Of industrial
statistics Of Pennsylvania for 1906,
shows that the capital invested in the
3,O57 industries reporting to the bu
reau last year was $e32. S42, 1853; that
the value Of their production was
$1~.e30.1sS,S6 and that the total wages
Of their 7S4.9S6 employees was 14o3,.
sSl.313.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
Crimes.

Driven insane by brooding over Ill
health and the protracted absence of
her husband in Iowa, Mrs. Anna Baker
drowned hersslf and her seven-year.
old daughter In Johnson lake. near
Los Angeles. Cal.
!. A daring robbery took place at Mis-.
soula, Mont, just before IL p. m. when
. thief entered the Northern Pacific
ticket ONCE and stole $500 from the
cash drawer. The station was crowd
ed with waiting passengers.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested on
/ charge Of ~"disorcerly conduct" in
Washington. Mrs. Nation refused.
when requested by an officer. to stop
occurring to 200 men from the steps
Of the postof1oe department.
The general store and postoflce Of
George Harter at Faithorn, Mich, was
entered by burglars. who rifled the
safe. taking jewelry to the amount Of
$500 and also $3.50 of the government
money In the postofice drawer. No
postage stamps were taken. The au-
thorities have no clue to the guilty
parties.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
Personal.

Odin Louis Renning. a we'll known
pianist and composer, who composed
the coronation ode to King Haakon of
Norway. died at a hospital in Milwau-
kee. Death followed an operation two
weeks ago for appendicitis.
Alvah H. Trowbridge, former presi-
dent Of the American Bankers asso-
citation, died at his home at Hacken-
sack, N. J. He had long been con-
nected with the National Bank Of
North America and was n Of the
founders Of the Trust Company of
America.
Mrs. Catherine Duncan Lewis,
daughter Of Blanton Duncan of Ken.
lucky, was married in London to Al
fred Henry Scott. Liberal member Of
the house Of commons. Mrs. Scott IL
reported to be wealthy, and it Is un-
derstood that she will associate her.
self with her husbands political work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-27
Accidental HAPPENINGS.

A freight train was wrecked near
Pando, Cal, killing three trainmen.
Miss Ada Smith and George Denver
were drowned in the Delaware river
at Philadelphia by the overturning Of
their boat.
While holding a revolver which he
thought was %unloaded. John J. Haul
of Lincoln, Neb., shot himself through
the heart
Ida Foss, eighteen years old. and
Lydia Hermann, seventeen years old,
were run down and killed by a passen.
ger train at Blue Island, a suburb OF
Chicago.
Matt Hanga, a Finn aged t%hirty-five,
was run v by a moving machine
near Red Lodge, Mont, and received
injuries from which he died a few
hours later.
While playing with a revolver at
Washington John B. Horton, six years
old, accidentally shot and killed his
five-year-old friend Robert l.. Donald.
son. The boys had been playing hold.
up"
C. Berry Winship, twenty-one years
old, a member Of a prominent family
OF Washington, RAJ almost instantly
killed in Rock Creek Park by being
thrown from his horse, which SHE'D at
an object in the road.
Miss Carrie Myers, thirty-three
years old, of Springfield, Mass, a pro
fessioL al balloonist, fell from a para.
chute 1000 feet above the fair grounds
at Clean, N. Y, and was dashed to
death In view Of thousands Of persons.
With the skull fractured, the body
of William Simmons OF Wetmore, east
of Marquette. Mich, vas found on the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic tracks
near that place. The manner In which
the man met his death Is not definite.
ly known.
Four people were seriously injured
and a hundred were submerged in the
Blanchard river while on their way
homo from q ball game, as a result of
the breaking down Of the Spindle
street suspension foot bridge in Find.
lay, Ohio.
Maj. F. B. Mccoy, commanding the
Third battalion Of the Seventeenth
United States infantry, at Fort Nc.
Pherson, Ca. was thrown from a bug.
gy during a runaway and seriously
cut and bruised. 1t is feared he may
also be Internally injured.
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Will Not Be Reorganized.

John d. Archbold, vice president Of
the Standard Oil company, was
prompt in issuing yesterday an u
thoritative denial of a statement that
the Standard Oil company contem-
plated a reorganization of it's affairs.
fairs,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-22
SHIP BURNING
TRIAL BEGINS
Fifty More Jurors Called With
Nine Possible Challenges
Left.

In empaneling a jury to try Jacques
became exhausted before p. m. yes
terday, and Judge Robinson ordered
special venire returnable this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Defendants plea was taken through
L. M. Straus, his counsel, sworn as
special French interpreter 1t was one
of not guilty. Last Saturday this de-
PENDANT, indicted with G. Ahrens for
trying to burn the British ship Claw
erdon, pleaded guilty, with a reserva-
ton that he might change his plea
later if advised
In examining the jurors for cause
among the questions asked were
whether the juror had prejudice
against a confession as evidence and
whether he would be Influenced by
the fact that the defendant was
charged with trying to burn a ship
at night when her crew was aboard.
Only one of the first twelve men
drawn was challenged for cause. This
was E. E. Hartman by defendant and
the challenge was allowed. When it
came to peremptory challenges Dep
uty Attorney General NJ. F. Prosser
waived the Territory's first and Sec
ond, and for the third excused Henry
Delanux. This leaves three challenges
for the prosecution.
The defense challenged G. F. Mer-
rifield, Charles Phillips, Geo. w. Macy,
A. D. Bolster, Fredk. Waldron and
VIM. G. King, leaving six challenges
to come if desired. AS the penalty
for the offense may be life imprison-
ment the defendant has twelve chal-
lenges and the Territory six.
The special venire contains the fol-
lowing names of fifty jurors: Bruce
Cartwright Jr., James r. Pearce,
Walter G.. Weldon, Harry z. Murray,
Rudolph G. Moore, Kenneth r. G.
Wallace, Cecil A. Macintosh, Ira A.
Burgett, John l.. Fleming, Ernest G.
Young, Samuel J. Lyle, Albion r.
Clark, Edwin H. Weed, Herbert NJ.
Dow, James A. Aud, Henry c.
Schmidt, J. M. Riggs, Edwin K. Stone,
James Mcqueen, VIM. Carey, Her
bert l.. Herbert, Harry S. Swinton,
Robert E. Mist, John H. Thompson,
Irwin Spalding, John William, E. N.
Voeller, A. r. Cooke, Eddie McCorris-
ton, VIM H. Smith, r. w. Atkinson,
Andrew T. Bannister, Gustavus A.
Jordan, Adolf F. Gertz, Frank Rod
riguez, Manuel Rego Coelho, w. L.
Austin, Hugo Koelling, Ruel Kinney,
Robt. Clark, Geo. Cavanaugh, Jas. w.
White, VIM. H. Stone, Alfred c. Sill
va, Edgar S. Barry, VIM. J. Harvey,
Manuel A. silva, Carl A. Hundrop,
Joseph E. Cummings and julius P.
Romhild.