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The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
APPEAL SCORES
! OIL REVERSAL
GOVERNMENTS PETITION SAYS
THE APPELLATE COURT DID
Lands INJUSTICE.
GOES TO SUPREME COURT
Writ of C%ertiorari Will Be Asked II
Present Motion Is Overruled-
Attorney General %Bonaparte
Takes a Hand.

Chicago, HIN accordance with
the ruling of the United States
circuit court of appeals. Chief Clerk
w. A. Small. in the absence of Dis
trict Attorney E. w. Sims. Friday filed
on behalf of the government a petition
for a rehearing in the decision evers-
ing Judge Lands imposition of a fine
of $29,240,000 upon the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana. Early action on
the matter is expected.
This petition is a ~perfunctory pro-
cess and the government has no ex-
When the request for a %rehearing is
refused the next step will be to get The
supreme court to vacate the decision
of the appellate court by the issuance
of a writ of c~ertiorari.
In a caustic criticism of the court
of appeals the government declares its
act has converted the antitrust and
rebating laws into dead letters and
opened wide the gates for all sorts of
corporation abuses in interstate COM
merce.
Holds Fine Reasonable.
1t appears from the record that the
net profit of the business of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of Indiana for the years
during which the violations of the law
for which it was convicted were COM
mitted and including the year in
which it was indicted amounted to
$33,5S3, 20S.S0.
"The punishment, therefore," the Pc
tition states, sis no more severe than
that is inflicted upon a letter carrier
who steals a letter and is sent to the
penitentiary for three years, thereby
depriving him of his earning capacity
for that time.
Court of Appeals Accused of Error.
The governments petition in the
Standard Oil case charges:
That the court of appeals in its
opinion did not correctly quote Judge
Lands ruling in the Standard Oil
case.
That the action of the court of ap-
peals would make of the interstate
commerce act a mere phantom stat
ute.
That the court of appeals has mis-
stated not only the record as to what
evidence was admitted, but has also
misstated the construction the trial
judge placed upon the statute.
That the court of appeals has done
a great injustice to Judge Lands by
misstating what he did in connection
with the fine imposed upon the Stand
ard Oil Company.
That the court of appeals accused
Judge Lands of assuming to fine the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
when in fact the language used by
Judge Lands was in connection with
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
That on account of the size of the
fine alone there is no necessity for a
retrial of the case.
That the ruling of the court of ap-
peals in this case was directly con-
trary to the opinion of Presiding
Judge Grosscup in the rule laid down
in the case of United States VS.. Han
ley.
That the effect of the construction
of the statutes announced by the u
OF appeals is to nulIify the interstate
commerce act as far as shippers are
concerned.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Ruef Held on Rribe CHARGE.

San Francisco, Cal.-After a pre-
liminary examination, the longest
in the history of the local police
court, which consumed CT days, Abra-
ham Ruef, former political boss in this
city, was Wednesday held by Judge
Cabiniss for trial in the superior court
upon a charge of bribing former SUI
pervisor j. ]. Fuerey to vote for an
electric street railway franchise. Bail
was fixed at $4,000, which was prompt
ly furnished.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Ten Reported Dead rn wreck

Granton, w. Va. Ten persons
are reported to have been killed
and many others injured Thursday
night when an overloaded passenger
train on the P%ennsboro & Harrisville
railroad bearing excursions from the
Richie county fair, one mile from
P%ennsboro, broke down.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Those Men!

II went into the Office looking like
q fright" said the woman. Il didn't
have a chance to straighten my hat
or pat my hair or anything. had in
tended to primp going up in the ele-
vator, but there was a man standing
before each mirror twirling his nus
tache and l couldn't even get a peep
at myself"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Cactus, instead of petroleum, is the
mosquito exterminator that is being
tested by the sanitary authorities OF
Gaboon, French Africa. The thick
pulpy leaves are cut up and macer
ated in water, and the sticky paste sc
formed is spread e stagnant pools
giving the isolating layer that destroys
the mosquito larvae by preventing
them from coming up to breathe.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

1t may seem a very important mat
ter in England, where court and of
fetal etiquette is an overwhelming
issue, but it does look silly in Amer.
lean eyes to hear these grave specu
lations as to whether a long and bril-
liant naval career is to be closed be
cause an admiral at a social function
doesn't want to shake hands with a
member of the cabinet.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

A Paris man who remained in the
air with a flying machine for 20 min,
utes gets a prize of $4,000 awarded tc
the aeroplane that should float for a
quarter of an hour or longer. But ii
will take more of a flight than that
to convince a skeptical world that
aerial navigation has been proved
practicable.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
New Turkish Minister.

Washington-The Turkish govern
ment has informed the state depart
ment that Hussien KAHN Bey, who
now represents Turkey at Bucharest,
Roumania, has been appointed Turk
ish minister to the United States in
place of Mehmed Ali Bey.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Twenty-Five wrought iron weights,
each about a foot and a half thick, and
weighing fifty pounds each, composing
the striking weight of the massive
clock on the courthouse at Columbus,
crashed through the floor underneath
the clock and fell about one hundred
feet to the first floor of the building,
killing DR.. A. c.. Halbert instantly and
injuring several others. DR.. Halbert
was one of the most prominent physi-
clans in Columbus.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Gov. Haskell Writes Soma.

Ell Reno, Okla.-Gov. C. N. Haskell.
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee, opened the state campaign
for Bryan here. A trio of statehouse
employees from Guthrie sang a new
song written by the governor, to the
music of She Star-Spangled Banner"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Stuna to Death by Bees.

Winsted, Conn.-Erastus Burr, So,
formerly a selectman of Norfolk, died
from the effects of bee stings. The
insects attacked Mr.. Burr's wife and
Obrey Snow a week ago. Mr.. Burr
attempted to drive off the, bees and
was stung badly.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
at Finds the Spot"

The Oil W struck is the Oil that
has stuck while others have passed
away, simply because it cures your
Pains, Aches, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts
and Burns quicker than any other
known remedy. Hunts Lightning Oil.
It's fine for Chigger bites also.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

A st. Louis judge fined a man be.
cause he threw his wife's powder bag
out of the window. This was only
right, as a husband who tries to pre-,
vent his wife e~ndeavoring to be as
beautiful as possible is a brute.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
DAUGHTER Born to Man AGED u

Memphis, Tenn.-Col. H. L. Max
we'll of Mounds, La, 72 years old,
owner of the largest plantation in
that state, was presented with a baby
daughter recently. He welded his
young wife a little over a year ago..
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Marine insurance is the Oldest kind
of modern insurance. It's principles
were first employed in the fourteenth
century by the merchants of Barcelona
in Spain, when that city was the CAPT.
tai of the kingdom of Catalonia.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
pefenses for PHILIPPINES.

San Francisco-Fiye hundred huge
submarine mines, to be used in the
defense Of the Philippine Islands,
are being placed in the hold of the
steamer China to sail for the orient.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Union to Meet in Kansas CITY.

Boston-The Stereotypers' and
and Electrotypers' union decided to
hold their next convention at Kansas
City Mo. 1t will be the first time this
union and the Typographical union
have met in different places.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Hardie Comes to Form Labor Party

Hardie Comes to Form Labor Party.
Glasgow-James Keir Hardie, So
cialist member of the house of COM
mons, left here on the steamer Hes
perian for Canada and the United
States. The object of Mr.. Hardie's
tour is to try and amalgamate the
American and Canadian trades union
lists and Socialists into n political
organization.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Mar e1 browns in pond

Hiawatha, Kas.-Robert Carry.
aged 81 years, was drowned in a
pond at the edge of town. His mind
was weakened owing to his advanced
age and it is supposed that he wan
dered away and fell into the water.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Another 100000 Gasser.

Ottawa, Kas.-One of the biggest
gas wells in Franklin county was
brought in near Rantoul. The new
well may run 100000 cubic feet a
day. Gas was struck at All feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
HartlesvilIe DELIVERY Postnonea

Washington-The postoffice depart
ment issued orders that the establish.
ment of city delivery at BartlesviIle,
Okla, be postponed from Sept. / to
Oct. Ii.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Tailors are told that they should be
artists and not mechanics. OF course
An artist is supposed to charge more
for his time and ideas than a mechanic
would dare to charge.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Mrs. HAYES Acquitted.

Centralia, Ill.-Mrs. Virginia B.
Hayes, charged with attempting
to poison Elmer Riley, her son-in-
law, by putting poison in his lunch,
was acquitted Thursday.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
United States Marshal Victor Is i'll.

Muskogee, Okla.-United States
Marshal Grant Victor, for the east
side of the state, is i'll at his home
in this city, and it is believed has an
attack of appendicitis. 1t will require
several days to determine the case,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

A giant elm tree at Wolcott was re
Gently cut down. 1t was the last OF
the original forest. The stump vas
IS feet in circumference and the rings
indicated hat it was fully 800 years
old,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

That Mississippi will be toured by the
populist candidate for the presidency,
Tom Watson, and other speakers for
that party, is the substance of an an
nouncement just made. Mr.. Watson,
accompanied by Carroll, of New York,
who made the address of notification to
Mr.. Watson, and the famous Coxey,
will open the campaign at Jackson next
month, on a date to be fixed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Frank B. Raynor, a life saver at one
any office in the gift of President
Roosevelt that he a fill, and without
%bothering his head with civil service
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

President H%ightower of the Missis-
sippi branch of the Farmers Union, is
making a general inspection tour of the
state, visiting the local branches.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Science has said that flies must go
They will doubtless take counsel with
their friends the mosquitoes, who have
survived so many similar announce
mentS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Elaborate exercises attended the ded-
ication of the new federal building
which has just been completed at BIZ
loxi at a cost of S23o, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

An English explorer is starting for
h south pole while Peary sails north.
Polar exploration has a fine Anglo
Saxon hue this season.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Some inventive genius ought to put
a rubber powder mill on the market.
The walls could then blow Il in,
stead of blowing up.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

According TO the correspondent OF
the London Times both the rival sui
tans of Morocco depended for troops
upon each others deserters.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Commander Peary has three years
in which to find the north pole. He
will either find it or write a most in.
teresting book about it-or both.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

An improved apparatus has been
made by DR.. Fritz Lang of Munich by
which the inside of the stomach can
be clearly photographed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Denied a license to marry Bertha
Haddad, a ~12-year-old Asyrian girl, j.
Michel, old enough to be the father of
the child, kidnapped her and took a train
out of Meridian for New Orleans. Be-
sides the girl, Michel is accused of TAX
ing $500 from the father Of the child.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
browns Bathino in the Missouri.

Tekamah, Neb.-Jay E. Webster, II
years age, was drowned while bathing
in the Missouri river near his home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
A Westernized Provern.

Out in Nevada it is said that they
change old adage Death loves a
shining mark to Death loves a min
ing shark."-Western Christian Advo-
rate
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

H. c. Hansbrough, United States
senator from North Dakota, was beat
en- in his fight for denomination at the
primaries.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

county is: Real estate, $5,6oI. $40; per-
sonalty, s2,476, 100: railroads, 81, 49,
Sol; total, 50, 90S, 4O6.
Educators of Mississippi are much
gratified over the announcement that
Edwin Ford, of Columbia, Miss, car
ried off the highest honors in the final
examination at Oxford university, in
which 5000 British students competed.
He is a son of former Attorney-General
Ford of Mississippi.
Attorney-G General Fletcher has given
an opinion to the board Of supervisors
OF Tippah county to the effect that a
student over Is years OF age is subject
to road working duty while at home on
his vacation.
At the annual reunion OF the Missis-
sippi division, United Confederate
Veterans, to be held at Greenwood on
Oct. ! and s, one OF the important mat
tiers to be brought up for consideration
will be the movement to erect a memo
rial to the late Gen. Stephen d. Lee,
commander-in-chief of the organization.
A negro giving his name as Andrew
Jones, and supposed to be Bob Myers,
wanted in Carroll county for the muir
der of Sheriff McDougal, was shot and
killed near jackson while resisting
arrest.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Ice prices stationary" says a news
item in a contemporary. But the
trouble is that the ice isn't-it melts.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
Nh RTTTTn ITD THE SNSTEM

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE ESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taxing.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle
showing tits simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form. and the most enectual form. For grown
people and children. Soc.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

Judge Niles of the federal court has
granted an injunction restraining the
Mississippi railroad commission from
enforcing the order requiring limited
trains on the Louisville & Nashville
railway to make stops at a certain street
in Bay St. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Most Acceptable Worshi,

The worship most acceptable comes
from a cheerful and thankful heart
Plutarch.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

BY his persistence in standing pat
President Castro makes Casabianca
look like a scared rabbit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

1t doesn't pay to borrow trouble even
on a friends account.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

II. E. Savely. state agent for the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work, which is a branch of the depart
ment of agriculture, held a big meeting
of farmers at Lexington. DR.. S. A.
Knapp of Washington delivered a Sc
ries of lectures. The meeting con-
tinued for a week.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

Nature ana q WOmanS WOrk COM
bined have produced the grandest.
remedy for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good ld-fashioned days of
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years in
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia E. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
of the world a remedy for their pc
culiar ills, more potent and efica-
cious than any combination ofdrugs.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of SIS NC. ST.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
complete restoration to health
means SO much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women l am willing
to make my troubles public.
For twelve years / had been suffer-
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time / had eleven different
physicians without help, No tongue
can tell what I suffered, and at times /
could hardly walk. About two years
ago l wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
I followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
stored health and strength. 1t is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's yege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muff,
it will do for other suffering women.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Hicks capudine Cures Nervousness,

Whether tired out. worried, sleepless or
what not. 1t quiets and refreshes brain
take. Trial bottle 1Oc-regular size sc and
e0c at druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

only exception Mrs. Austin's pancake
flour. Same old price at all best gro
GERS.
E. F. Godfrey will reopen the restau-
rant at $40 Seventeenth street Thurs
day, Feb. 20. for dinner. Come one
come all and give us a call.
f. F. Godfrey's restaurant, PIG Sew
enteenth street, will be reopened
Thursday, Feb. 90, for dinner. instead
of Wednesday, as announced.
Island City Court of Honor No. S55
will hold its monthly card party and
dance Thursday evening. Feb. 20. at
Beselin's hall. Admission, Is cents.
Schieberl's orchestra
Tickets purchased in advance for the
home play. The Westville Cadets, y
must be exchanged at the Illinois thea
ter box Office for the regular coupon
tickets which alone are good at the
door.
The ladies of st. Mary's church will
give a coffee and card party tomorrow
afternoon and evening at Columbia
hall for the benefit of the parish. In
Guiding refreshments, the admission
will be Is cents
James L. Knowles, who for a year
; and half has been in the city engag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

Long View park, has received ten
pairs of fancy ducks which will be
placed on the likes at the park in the
spring. The foul. which are handsome
specimens, were selected by Mr.. Gaet-
jer at the Chicago Poultry show held
recently and which he visited. They in
clude one pair of colored Muscovites,
four pair of white muscovies and five
pair of crested foul. They were
shipped from the Linwood Poultry
farm located a. New London, Ohio,
and are being kept for the present in
the barn at Mr.. Gaetjer's residence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
feb. Is In h;storY.

l74j-Alexandor Volta. dlscoverer of volta
ism. born; died 1871.
l7I5-Charlcs Lamb born.
l1%-George Peabody, tinanc!er and phi
lanthropist. born in Danvers, Mass;
died 1869.
1877 Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis
l.. 5. N. died in Washington; born in
Boston 1897.
ASSURANCES L. Willard. the temperance
advocate died IN New York city; born
1899.
1902 49, Albert Bierstadt. noted American
landscape painter, died in New York
CITY, born 1929.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
WORST OF SEASON |
Blizzard of Today a Real One
and There is No Getting
Around the Fact.
AFFECTS TRANSPORTATION
Likely to Seriously Interfere with Ran
Schedules by Night-Wires
Are Kept Open.

Hope that this vicinity was to be
passed by this winter without 1.-The
worst blizzard of the season" received
a rude shock Today when the predic-
tons of the weather bureau came 10
pass. A light fall beginning about Z
o'clock increased in violence till noon
when the storm was at its height
Driven by n northeast wind the snow,
both that which had arrived and that
which was coming kept on the move
and the luckleSs individual who had to
be out was blown and buffeted about
and his eyes, ears, nose and the crew
ices in his clothing were filled and re-
filled every rod he travelled. Few
went about for mere pleasure.
For the most part the transportation
lines kept open throughout the day.
The Tri-City Railway company was
busy with the sweeper and pillow and
while unable % keep strictly to SEIZED
ules was able 10 maintain some kind of
service on all lines.
May Hamper Steam Roads.
The railway Tires were slightly hand
icapped during the day. and will prob
ably feel the effects more generally TO-
night. when ;he drifts will have had
time to grow.
The snow being dry there was little
or no Interference in this immediate vi
entity in wire communication.
Observer Sherier promises that
there will be continuance of the storm
till night when the mercury will begin
to sink and the minimum for tonight
will be about above zero.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

ed in a canvass for a Rock Island
county album, in course of prepare
ton, and who for several weeks has
shown evidence of nervous break
down, was obliged yesterday to give
up work, and late in the afternoon, af-
ter an inquisition in the county court,
was taken to the Illinois Western hos
rital at Waterfowl for treatment. Mr..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
CITY CHA T.

Leaf lard at GilmOre'S.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Snow shovels at David Don's.
Snow shovels at David Don's.
Snow shovels at David Don's.
II. X Walker, fire insurance.
Me to Jones for a cheap stove.
Reserve your seats for THE West
vile Cadets" before they are all gone.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus or express. Spencer & Trefz.
Dry kindling at Mueller's 81 and up.
THE Westville Cadets" Wednesday
evening at the Illinois theater.
Let Krell & Siemon do your furnace
and tin work; 1916 Third avenue.
You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight scent cigar.
Hope Thompson has removed his
law Office to 3O4-3O5 Safety building.
defy you to beat my prices on all
kinds of stoves. Jones, the second
hand man.
Don't SILVER yourself into sickness ;
take your small change to Jones and
get a stove.
Ready in jiffy, easy to prepare, q
good, hearty breakfast is Mrs. Austin S
famous pancakes.
Mueller's Springfield coal free. free
from slack at So per ton delivered in
two ton lots, if taken from the car. at
once.
Prices of all living increased, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
THE W EITHER.

Heavy snow this afternoon and to-
night; colder tonight. The lowest tenn
perature will be about ; to 10 degrees
above zero. Wednesday. partly cloudy.
j. VI. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

Temperature at "a. M, -; at $3.50
u. M, &c. Maximum temperature in last
"a hours. %; minimum, "a. Velocity of
wind at IA. M, 10 miles per hour. Stage
of water, SO feet, fall of a foot i'm
last "a hours. Precipitation, trace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
Beer That Is Beer,

If you want to drink good beer, order
the Davenport Mating company's pale
export. Delivered anywhere in Rock
Island Both phones, north 169.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

Hours, 9 to II a. M, 1 to p. m. Open
Wednesday and Saturday evenings
from to 9 p. m. Bring your last
years receipts with you.
WILLIAM BRASHER,
Tax Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

Knowles has made many friends while
here, and they will unite in hoping
that he may speedily recover. His
mental affiiction has of late manifest
ed itself in Authorizations which, al
though strangely sad, were until yes
terday harmless in their nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
Paw Taxes.

The taxes for 1907, both personal
and real estate, are now due and pay
able at room IS, NJ G L. building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:

IOUIY'IH S''H '0'''0'' Wv '''0'
Sun sets 5:35. rises 6:44 Moon rises
$50 D. m. Moons age. II days. Z a. m,
planet Mercury stationary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
DUCKS FOR LONG VIEW PAT K

A Number of~Eiandsome Foul Are Re-
ceived by Mr.. GAZETTEER. I
c. F. Gaetja-, superintendent of