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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
HARVESTER 10.
HEAVILY FINED
FOUND Gull. 4 ON IS COUNTS IN
KANSAS COURT. S.B
PROVED TO Be TRUST
international Harvester Company A.
sessed $4,000 by Judge Dana Of To-
peka- Statement Of Mccormick
Brings Conviction.

B%N@M& NNAS0% MAEsT$N
Topeka, Kas, Jan. l8.-Judge Dana,
in the Shawnee county district court
here today, assessed q fine OF $12,60O
against the International Harvester
company, which the court found gull
tys on 43 counts Of violating the KAN
Fsas antitrust law. The maximum
flne Is $1,000 a count and the mini
mum 800.
The criminal suit was filed year
ago BY Attorney General Coleman,
who commended that the Harvester
company RAJ being operated in Kan
6sas in violation OF the antitrust laws.
Exclusive Contract.
The specific charge wac made by
the state that the implement dealers
In Topeka were compelled to signSa
contract to handle no other harvest
ing machinery save that made BY the
International Harvester company and
the schedule for prices was not TO be
violated.
The conviction secured in the case
was almost entirely upon the admis-S
sion IN evidence OF d statement made
by Cyrus Mccormick, president Of
the Harvester company at q meeting
of implement dealers in Kansas City,
when he told OF the formation OF the
company and Its purposes.
The case was heard before Judge
Dana December 81. The company
was given a stay of execution for 60
days to prepare a case for the SUI
Ipreme court. SM
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the attorneys for sthe defense. When
Rinehart was called the attorneys
changed their tactics In questioning
him and he was permitted to give his
opinion as to the sanity OF Lrowe.
Scores Pat Grove.
Deputy County Attorney Taylor
opened the arguments for the. prosecu-
ton and reviewed all OF the evidence
which had been presented. He was
followed by Attorney William Gala
CHER, who opened the Argument for
the defense, and Attorney Hathhorn.
Both dwelt on the evidence introduced
to show that Grove was insane, and
scored the prosecution for their ar.
raignment OF Pat Grove, the defend.
ants brother, on his crossexamination,
Attorney Wilson closed the arguments
in an able, speech, during which he
arraigned the defendant's brother se.
verely, and argued tnat, although
Grove may have been considered odd,
he knew what ne was doing and that
he was violating the law when he shot
Charles Moe on December =.
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TRIALS TO
FOLLOW THE CASE
DRucE TRIAL WILL BRING ON
MANY OTHER CASES.

London, Jan. 1S.-The bruce car
promises to bring In the spring AZ
aftermath Of sensational charges aof
perjury against several persons Who
were connected with the hearings
A witness in the case who callS
self Miss Robinson was brought Into
police court today. The chief suetec-
tive OF Scotland Yard asserted th,lt.
instead Of being q spinster and the
daughter OF. a Virginia planter. she
in reality the daughter OF asxLon-
don policeman. @.
On the stand this woman testified
that she had been brought from Amer
lea by Charles Dickson to act 90 sec
rotary to the duke Of Portland and
c. bruce. The inspector declares that
Miss Robinson spent her earlier years
here, and that she married butcher,
with whom she went - New Zealand.
The prosecutor said he could prove
Miss 4lobinson's story was 8 tissue 81
falsehoods. The prisoner 1900 ~
manded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
FIGHT SOCIALISTS
WITH OWN WEAPONS
WILL ORGANIZE A PARTY ALONG
THE SAME LINES.

Paris, Jan. 1.-two significant
events marking the determination OF
the conservative classes to resist the
encroachments Of revolutionary So
cialists, were observed here today.
The first is the initial meeting Of the
Commercial parliament"
The chief aim of this parliament is
to meet the socialists. on their own
ground by promoting joint action be
tween masters and men. The second
event is the appearance in Paris to
day Of a weekly paper called "Opin-
ion on the model Of the London
s"'spectator." The purpose Of this pub
LEGATION is to marshal conservative
republicans of all shades against the
demands of collectiyism, such as pre-
mature aspirations for disarmament,
etc. The prime movers In this move
ment are Paul Doumer, former presi-
dent Of the chamber Of deputies, ex-
Premier Ribole and Alexander Miller
and, former minister OF commerce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
0 RATE IS
DISCONTINUED
ROUND TRIP FARE FROM EAST
TO BE HIGHER THIS YEAR.
From Sundays Daily.

from sundays DAILY. z.
Low round trip rates on the Burllng-
ton between Chicago and Missouri.
river points and Montana, Idaho and
Washington, have been discontinued,
but low rates to the Canadian north
west on other roads are still In effect.
It is understood that rates will be
granted on both the Burlington and
Northern Pacific. again as soon as
spring opens, but 1t Ia said that the
rates VIII be higher than last yea.
According to advices received, q rate
Of one fare and 81 will be in effect
on both roads from points in the mid
die states to Billings and Montana be
fore long. but from. Chicago there is
a difference of at least $13 between
this rate and the one granted last
year. since the round trip rate last
year from Chicago to Billings was $25
for the round. trip.
Il has been stated on reliable au-
thority that the Union Pacific Is tho
only one OF the western roads In IA
,yor Of low colonization rates, and that
both the Burlington and the Northern
Pacific are opposed to granting these
rates.
AS q. result Of the low rates last
year thousands of eastern people set
tied In the west, and 1t Is %conserva-
tive to say that hundreds settled in
this section. ~
Canadian roads are responsible for
the lower. rates to the Canadian north
west, and 1t Is said that the rate this
year will be much lower than the
rate last year.
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MRS, W, 6. MOfFETTDlES
Wife Of Emp1oye Of Merrill Packing
Company succumbs to Attack Of
Appendicitis.
From Sundays Daily.

Mrs. w. G. Mofett, whose husband
is an employe Of the Merrill Packing
company and resides on North Nine
teenth street, died at Tue hospital Fri
day following an operation tor an at
tack of appendicitis. The deceased
had been married but two years and
besides a husband and baby nine
months old leaves q bereaved father
and mother and several brothers and
sisters residing In this city.
The body will be shipped to Butte,
the former home OF Mrs. Mofett, this
afternoon for interment.
Mrs. Moffett was well known in Bill
ings. She was a member of the
Royal court, and the Rathhone Sis
ters. Nj. Moffett is a member Of the
Odd Fellows lodge, which organiza-
tion will meet at the home this morn
ing and accompany the remains to
the depot. Services will be held at
the house. Interment will be in the
family burying plot in Butte, by the
side Of her mother. Her father. John
Telling, her brother, Dave Telling.
and the bereaved husband will accom-
pany the body to Butte.
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ROBBERS LOOT
NATIONAL BANK
NERvY CASHIER MAKES FIGHT
BUT is o~vERPowERED.

Texola, Okla, Jan. 1s.-After .
,hand-to-hand battle with Assistant
Cashier Jones, two masked men
robbed the First National bank oe Tex
ola Of about $4,000 In currency q z
o'clock this evening. Jones was found
an hour later. boundand gagged and
insensible from q blow on the head.
Hands up" n true western fash
lon, were the words that greeted Jones'
as he was working on mis- books.$sJones
raised his hands, but when one Of the
bandits turned to dump the loose
change On the counter into . sack5ths
assistant cashier attacked the other.
The two men struggled n the
floor until the robber hit Jones Onsfhe
head with his gun. A posse started
after the bandits as soon % Jones' re-
covered and could give 4 definite de-
scription 81 the men. II II thought
that they are headed for the Texas
panhandle.
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THOUGHT he HAD
SECOND PAPERS
ALBERT BRUNSWICK WAS NOT a
CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES.

From Sundays Daily.
Charles Albert Brunswick. q native
of Germany, fled q petition for final
naturalization papers with the clerk
OF the district court yesterday. Burns
wick came to this country In loS3, and
took out his arst papers In 1t. Peal In
1888.
Brunswick Is a business nan Of this
city, and, 1t Is said, has voted at a
number Of elections under the Inn
preston that he was q citizen Of the
United States. He told the clerk OF
the court yesterday tat he took out
his first papers in st. Paul, and sup
posed that he was admitted to citizen
ship in the same cry two years later,
as he was given papers by the same
county ofncial who made out his first
papers, being told that they were his
second papers and tnat he would be
permitted to vote.
The matter was brought to the at
tention Of the clerk a few days ago,
and he inquired IL Brunswick had Sc
cured his second papers. It developed
on investigation that the papers given
Brunswick the second time, which he
supposed were second papers, were
really first papers. wv
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
BIG ELK SHOW
IS COMING SOON
COMMITTEE APPOINTED 10 MAKE
THE ARRANoEMENTs.
col WEST WEST IS CHAIRMAN
Will Be Staged by Same People Who
Directed "The EIks' Tooth"-LocaI
Talent Will Furnish the Voices and
the Music.
Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
Things are shaping themselves for
the production of the most %glittering,
glimmering, glorious musical comedy
eve seenson the western circuit when
the Elks'. show, with new scenery, new
lines, new songs and brilliant and
gorgeous costumes strikes Billings. It
is expected to be an ~iridescently beau
Etiful and Impressive spectacle, and
will be participated in by the best Of
Elks and the finest local amateur tall
sent. N, s
In. other words, the Elks' annual
show Is announced to take place In the
near future and q committee consist
ing 81 j. Collins West, George Ian
strum, G. c. Bever, Bruce Renwick,
H. B. Miner and Carl Hunkins Is in
charge of the arrangements. Mr.. West
Is chairman Of the committee.
The attraction will be produced by
the same men who last year produced
1.-THE Elks Tooth, and as the pro-
moters of the show are experienced in
the work and carry their own scenery,
they promise to give a most alluring
entertainment.
Local talent will carry all the parts,
sing all. the lines and speak all the
speeches, but the cast will have the
advantage Of the best Of coaching.
The exact date for the production has
not been set, but IT will take place IN
the new opera house.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
POSSE FOLLOWS
BLACK handlers
MURDER or A WORKMAN LEADS
TO ACTION OF vIGILANTEs.

\ Elkins, w. Va, Jan. 1S.-Fired by
the murder of one fellow workman and
the wounding Of three others last
night by four supposed members u
the Black Hand, every lumberman at
.Ellsmore, near here, has Joined in q
determined hunt for two OF the at
lacking party who got away, leaving
one Of their companions dead and an
other injured.
"A lynching is expected II the fugi'
tives are caught. The dead and In
jured are Italians.
Tried Blackmaii.
Four Italians last night gained ad'
mfttance to a boarding house occup ed
by six Italian lumbermen. They tried
by threats to extort 5000 from the llum'
.bermen. When the demand was re.
fused, the visiting foreigners opened
fire and closed Ii On the lumbermen
with knives. In the battle one Of the
lumbermen and one Of the. assailanta
were shot and stabbed to death. -Four
others were frightfully wounded. The
Italians who were not hurt were final
ly put to rout.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
CLOSE RETAIL STORE
Lindsay q Co. and Merchants Of City
Reach Amlcable Agreement-soid
Produce AZ Wholesale Prices.

F5a.NaNNwi. l. HINwr-1HN-
As a result Of an agreement reached
between Lindsay & Go. and the retail
fruit dealers OF the city, the produce
company closed their retail store,
which was located in the Times build
Ing on Montana avenue, and will dis
continue doing a retail business IN the
city.
II is said that the agreement reach
ed provides that the merchants will
purchase from Lindsay & Co, as be
fore the boycott was declared, in re-
turn for which the company was to
close its retail store.
The store was opened shortly after
the merchants reused to purchase
produce from the company as a result
OF the boycott OF the labor unions, and
fruits, vegetables and other produce
was retailed at wholesale prices.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
Tells SENATE:
ABOUT CANAL
COLONEL COCKTAILS SAYS DAMS
AND LOCKS WILL BE SAFE.

washington, Jan. 18.-Colonel Goet-
halls, chairman Of the isthmian canal
commission, today resumed his testi.
mony before the senate canal com
mittee. He detailed the structure OF
the various dams and locks, giving it
as his opinion that all Of them, and
especially the big project at Gatun,
were going to be absolutely safe and
capable OF use In passing the largest
vessels in the world through the canal.
Colonel Goethals said that, he con-
sidered no feet a sufficient width for
the canal locks.
IT we make them much wider, 1t
would practically call for a widening
of all the dry docks OF the world.
We will be able to accommodate
ships Of 1O8-foot beam in b e.canal.
doubt II the beam OF ships will ever
be greater than that"
A plan OF working both night and
day on certain parts of the canal IL
under consideration by the commits
sion, according to Colonel Goethals.
The hearings will be continued We'd
nesday next
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
MAYOR ACCUSED
OF CORRUPTION
CONTRACTOR SAYS RED LODGE
EXECUTIVE is CROOKED.
HIM SHARE
G. "A. Nash Of Red Lodge in Open
Council Calls the Mayor a Crater
and Offers to Prove Charges May
orc Denies Allegations Of Nash.

Red Lodge, Jan. ia sensational
scene occurred at the meeting Of the
city council when @. H. Nash, a ce-
ment sidewalk contractor, charged
Mayor T. Ray Austin with having
made him a proposition to hold up"
the city for $4,000 0 a sidewalk con-
tract and divide the loot equally. The
mayor denies the charge.
The accusation was made In the
course OF a violent alteration be-
tween Nash and the mayor during the
session of the council, over a disput-
ed bill which the contractor had pre-
sented and which the mayor was OPP
posed to allowing. Nash stated that
last fall he was In the postofice wait
ing for his mail when the mayor en-
tered, and calling him to one side,
made the proposition, which he re-
jected.,
Mayor Austin at once denied the
charge, and the lie was passed be
tween the two men. The mayor then
ordered the chief Of. police, who was
present, to remove Nash from the
council chamber. but the officer did
not obey. "A
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WINS OVER
FAILS AT GLOBE
LOCAL PRIZE FIGHT GOES THE
LIMlT-DEcisIoN PLEAsEs.

From Sundays Daily.
In q fight which went the limit Of 10
rounds, Charlie Berry last night got
the decision over George Falls at the
Globe saloon. The decision, which
was announced by Referee Pa. Grove,
was popular. as Berry showed himself
the better man at any stage Of the
fight, landing his blows with greater
force and science and knocking his
opponent down several times
The house was crowded. and The
fans followed the mill with great In
terest. From start to finish IT was =
good fight, clean and scientific. with
no Indications .. taking. Berry sim.
ply outpointed lis opponent. who
nevertheless, pu. up 8 good exhibition.
and was in the ting and keeping Berry
busy all the time.
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TRAIN WRECKED. Two KILLED.
Head-on Collision on the seaboard
Line IN North Carolina.

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 18.-As the re-
suit OF q head-on collision at Cameron,
IS miles south OF Raleigh, between q
Seaboard Air Line freight and q
northbound fast passenger train early
today, two men were killed and 20 In
iured, none seriously. Engineer 3. II.
Vaughan and q negro fireman, both OF
the passenger train, were killed. The
collision is attributed to trouble with
the air brakes on the freight train
and to complicated train orders.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
COMMITTEE HAS
DRAWN A BILL
NEVADA LEGISLATURE TO PASS
UPON POLICE MEASURE.

Carson, New, Jan. ls:-Practically
ali the working force Of the Nevada
legislature spent the day out Of the
city.
The only working body that was left
was the assembly committee repre-
senting the Goldfield Miners union
District Attorney Swallow Of Esmer-
aida county, was before the commit
tee and presented q ball that has been
approved by the miners union Of Gold
field. The bill provides for the ap-
pointment Of q state warden and s'rf.
ficient deputies to police any district
where trouble may arise.
It also states that the warden shall
he under the direction OF the county
commissioners Of the county asking
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
PUMPING IS
UNDER ARREST
in PECULIAR POSITION.
As REsuLToF MARRIAGE.
WANTED in DUBUQUE
Was Granted Divorce and Decision.
Was Reversed by Supreme Court
After He Had Married Iowa Girl
First Wife Makes Trouble.
SUNDAYS Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
John Humping, a prominent prop
erty owner Of this city, is nominally
under arrest, as a result Of informar
ton received by Sheriff Webb from
Dubuque, Iowa, where it is alleged
that he is wanted on a charge OF liv-
ing In adultery. Owing to his promi-
hence and the fact that It is not very
probable that he will make any at.
tempt to escape, Pumping was not
locked up, but was admonished not to
leave the city until the Iowa authori-i
ties are heard from regarding the
case. It Is said that Pumping will
fight an attempt to extradite him.
Humping is placed in an unusually
peculiar position. He was granted q
divorce from his wife, Eva Pumping,
in the district court here March %,
last year, and q week later an appeal
was taken to the supreme court. Re
Gently the supreme court reversed
the finding OF the lower court In
granting a divorce to Pumping, but in
the meantime Humping had married
a Dubuque, Ia, girl.
TechnicaIity in Complaint.
The decision OF the supreme court
was made on d technicality, 1t being
alleged that the complaint was faulty.
in that it did not state that the plain
tiff had been a resident Of the state
for more than a year.
Pumping married the Des Moines
girl seven months ago, or about two
months after Mrs. Rumping's attor.
ney had filed notice Of appeal in the
case.
About three weeks ago Mrs. Rump-
ing No. / called on Mrs. Pumping
No. 2 in Dubuque, according to re-
port, and disclosed her identity. It is
said that when Humping heard Of
this and when the woman demanded
a settlement. of his property, he de-
clared that he had made one settle
ment and that the second demand Of
the woman was blackmail.
Recently Pumping returned to this
city from Dubuque, and the first init.
nation, the officers Of this county had
that Humping was married again. was
when they received word from the
Iowa officers to arrest him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
DR.. SUDDUTh
IS SPEAKER
WILL ADDRESS FARMERS, iNsTi.
ruTEs IN THE West.
CAMPBELL IS COMING
Father Of Dry Farming TO Speak In
Billings Next Notwithstanding At
Broadvlsw-kew eettlers Are Build
ina Themselves Homes.
From Sundays Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
Dr.. w. x. sudduth Of Broadview
LETT yesterday morning for the western
part - the state to attend meetings
of a farmers institute, curing which
he will deliver addresses on dry farm
ing.
DR.. Sudduth goes directly nom BILL
ings to cascade, where the farmers
institute meets Monday. and on Tues
day and Wednesday the institute
meets In Great Falls. Thursday the
speakers leave for q Today trip into
the Flathead country, where meetiD. q
Will be held In Fort Shaw, Shelby, Eu-
reka and Choteau. After these meet
ings DR.. Sudduth expects to return to
Billings by the way Of Sand Point,
I'VE the Northern Pacific.
DR.. Sudduth stated before leaving
that, IN all probability, Dr.. Campbell,
the father Of dry farming, would be
one Of the speakers during the meet
fngs3 Of the farmers institute and State
horticultural society, to be held in
Billings the last four days OF next
month. He said that word had been
received from Dr.. Campbell to the et-
feet that he thought It would be po4.
aible Tor him to fill those dates.
Arranging for Dates.
The idea Of having DR.. Campbell
give a lecture, or series Of lectures.
In this section has been agitated for
several, weeks, and Secretary Decker
Of the chamber Of commerce has been
In communication with DIR. Campbell
for some time arranging for dates.
Dr.. Sudduth says that he has com.
pleted the .ork Of seeding at his
Broadview farm, and that no. less than
100 persons have taken up homesteaJs
IN the vicinity Of Brcadview and only
await the coming Of spring to start
farming.
Many who have, made entry IN
homesteads IRE hullling houses On
their claims, among these being Rev
DR.. Thorne,. pastor Of the Congrega'
tiomal chur n 1t R'55 Timber.
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KILLS HER FOSTER SON.

Woman, Insane win Jealousy, Com
mlts Murder and Attempts Suicide.
Tacoma, Jan. B.--A special to the
News from Ellensburg, says:
Prompted by insane jealousy, Mrs.
Mamie Norris this morning shot and
her adopted son Thomas Muir
ray, as he lay sleeping in bed. Mrs.
Norris then attempted to end her own
life BY eating rough on rats. The
young man died after lingering two
but never regained conscious
ness. Mrs. Norris will recover.
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r
PROSECUTION ENDS.
Judge Lochran sustains Demurrers to
$50 ~ lnd1efnenfe

Judge Lochran Sustains Demurrers to
Indictments.
Minneapolis, Jan. 1S.-Demurrers
to indictments against 10 prominent
lumbermen charging conspiracy to de-
fraud were upheld In the federal dis
trict court here today by Judge VII
liam Lochran-
The indictments were based upon
the use and operation Of the plan OF
the so-called black book" It was
designed to badger catalogue house
competitors and to pile upon them
useless and costly correspondence.
Judge Lochran heard counsel for but
one OF the indicted lumbermen and
upheld the demurrers. which ends
the prosecution.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
WOULD ExHIBlI AT QUITO.

Washington, Jan. is. - Secretary
Root has urged upon congress an ~
preparation Of 10000 It'd enable the
government Of the United States To be
represented at the exposition to 10
held at Quito August 10, next, ID col
Iebrate the one hundredth anniversary
OF the independence OF Ecuador.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
WAR AGAINST COYOTES.

Red Lodge Farmers viii Try to Ex'
terminate Them.
Red Lodge, Jan. 1S.-The depreda-
lions Of coyotes in the Clarke Fork
valley, in the eastern part of Carbon
county, have been SO extensive this
winter that ranchers have suffered
severely in losses Of turkeys and
chickens.
1t is now proposed to organize q
drive and exterminate the animals. A
large fiat near the ranch Of former
Representative j. n. Tolman will
probably be selected as the scene OF
the roundup, and 1t Unexpected from
so to 100 huntsmen will take part.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-21
FORECAST OF EArHE

Montana: Fair Sunday, except snow
in extreme northwest portion; colder
in north central portion; Monday,
generally fair, colder in eastern pors
ton.
Wyoming: Fair Sunday; warmer In
east and southern portion; Monday
fair, except now and colder in north
west portion.