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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24
THE STANDARD OIL FINE
DECISION.

The American people will not re-
ceive with any particular joy the
news that the United States circuit
court of appeals has reversed the de-
cision of Judge Lands filming Stand
ard Oil 500, 900.
The court holds that 1.-The proof
that he (the carrier) agreed to &C
cept in return part of the full rate,
stopping there, will not support an
Indictment for accepting a rebate"
'Manifestly." says the opinion, "the
offense of accepting a rebate has not
been committed until the shipper has
taken hack part of the first money,
whereby his property has been trans
ported at less than lawful rate" In
oI.4X. 4s-' ~ - ysre-t to rsbats
and a transportation hereunder is
not the offense, but only the actual
carrying out of the agreement and
refunding of the amount agreed to
be related. Is not this a technicality?
AT any time before the complete
conclusion, says the learned court,
the shipper may repent and insist
upon the carrier keeping the whole
amount OF course it would not be
christian charity or wise judicial pol
icy to shut the door of repentance in
the face of the shipper, yet laymen
will be apt to believe that the imposi-
ton and collection of the monument
tai fine would make Standard OIL re-
pent much more certainly than let
ting off that nefarious company.
The court is inclined to be severe
with Judge Lands. 1t inquiries
whether Judge Lands In imposing
the monumental fine abused the dis
erection vested in the court. The court
asks: Can a court without the
abuse of judicial discretion wipe out
all the property of the defendant
before the court and all the assets to
which the creditors may look in an
effort to reach and punish party
that was not before the court, a par
an American judge without the abuse
of judicial discretion condemn any
one who has not had a day in court?
That to our mind is a strange doc
trine for Anglo-Saxon Jurisprudence
Can that rightfully be done here on
no other basis than the judges per-
sonal belief that the party marked
by him for punishment deserves
punishment? If so it is because the
man who happens TO be the Judge is
above the law?"
The people We're inclined TO be-
lieve Judge Lands in the right. 1t
may be that the law of the land re-
quires that his judgment which i'm
posed the fine be reversed and the
case remanded with instructions to
grant new trial and proceed furth-
er in accordance with this opinion"
But the opinion of the people is that
the decision of the upper court is an
unfortunate one. 1t will tend to en-
courage the wrong but growing be-
lief that justice in this country is a
respecter of persons, and that the
malefactor Of great wealth can not
be punished IN our courts. plate sin
with gold" says King Lear in the
play, in bitter lamentation, land the
strong lance of justice hurtless
breaks Arm it in rags a pigmy's
straw doth pierce it,
Good citizens are not prone to dis
pute the law of the upper court. 1t
may be that it could not act other
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-24

kind of form. had put on the ticket
a demand for some specific legisla-
ton for the strengthening OF local
option, such as making the violation
OF the local option law a felony and
making 1t a felony to rent property
for that purpose, they would find our.
committee helping them in every
way possible and voting for 1t to a
man.
But as their proposition calls for
nothing that we have not az a Con-
stitutional right, and bin1c nothing
on the Legislature that Is not al
ready bound on that body, and Is
nothing but an effort to confuse the
voters OF Texas, we pass it by and
take our stand for the submission Of
Statewide prohibition.
In this we are only asking that
the people Of Texas be permitted to,
pass on the question of a Constttu-
tional amendment and settle It for
themselves, without in any way COM
hitting the democratic party ON the
question OF prohibition"
This will no doubt make the
scheme of the liquor people perfect
~ plain, and l hope you will assist
80 oSS'iA6 Inc MdtIcT before the
people OF your precinct.
Pass the watchword down tho
line. Scratch everything except sub
mission"
Yours for Texas Dry,
STEERING P. STRONG,
State Chairman
c. w. GIBSON,
County Chairman
A. LASSWELL, Secretary
J. A. PACE,
j. NJ. CHAPMAN,
II. T. MOORE,
G. H. COLEMAN.
T. H. NEWTON,
J. T. MCCLURE,
G. G. BRINDLEY.
J. T. SULLIVAN,
r. e. ORR,
S. w. DURHAM,
T. 0. CHEATHAM,
7. F. THOMPSON.
LEONARD GILL,
B. F. FORESTER,
sEBE GODFREY,
j. M. PARKER,
A. e. cox.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

committee on ways and means tomOr-
row afternoon, AFTER which a state
ment will be issued Until this state
ment is made Mr.. Taft said he and
Mr.. Cannon had agreed not to dis
cuss what had taken place between
them. This apparent satisfaction with
which Mr.. Taft explained the situa-
ton was taken as evidence that mat
tiers were very much to his liking.
It is known of course, that the sub
iect under discussion between Mr.. Taft
and Speaker Cannon was the forth
coming revision of the tariff, regard
ing which MI. Taft has declared him
self most positively in favor of.
1t is understood that very little was
said concerning the details of the pro-
posed tariff legislation, but that the
conversation dealt with the broad
points involved in that legislation. Mr..
Taft and the speaker proceeded upon
the express understanding that they
had come together as the representa-
tives OF the two coordinate branches
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
MORE THAN A SCORE OF PEOPLE
INJURED.
IN A PANIC
Threatening Letters Received Lately
Indicate that the Outrage is the Re
suit Of a P'ot-RuiIdins is shat
tered.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-More than a
score Of persons were injured, five OF
them seriously and a hundred more
We're thrown into a panic early today
when a bomb was hurled into the air
shaft Of the tenement house at $40
West sixty-third street.
The house vas badly wrecked. It
was occupied exclusively by italians
and it developed that threatening let
ters had been received by many of
them during the last few months.
The explosion was terrific. The con
cussion shook buildings for blocks
away.
The air shaft down which the bomb
was thrown is lined with sleeping
rooms on n side and bath rooms on
the other. Practically all of those in
jured were asleep in the bedrooms.
Plaster and bricks, mixed with jagged
pieces of glass from the shattered win
dows were hurled into the sleeping
rooms with frightful force and some
of those injured were found buried
and unconscious under the debris piled
on their beds. SIS
1t was o than an hour before
the excited men and women who
thronged the surrounding streets
could he uuieted and induced Tn raturn
to their homes. 4
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of the governmnt. The understanding,
SO far as there was any, was that the
presidents part in the preparation Of
a new tariff would be confined to such
suggestions as he might desire to make
and he was assured. that while those
would be listened to by the house with
every possible consideration, he was
not led to believe that the house would
abandon its prerogatiye. Nor was
there any indication on Mr. Taft's part
that he would expect or desire it to
do so.
Both agreed that the tariff should be
revised and that the revision should
be along the lines indicated by the
tariff plank of the Republican plat
form. Neither indicated a desire to
depart from the protective principles
in the work to come.
When urged for a statement con-
corning the interview Speaker Cannon
replied that, owing to the fact that he
had met Mr.. Taft at the latters' re-
quest he could not say anything,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
TRAGEDY AT WHITE CAMP, MON.
TANA, LAST NIGHT.
FOLLOWS DISPUTE
Glance Clark Shot Five Times, Dies
within a Few Moments-Robert
Smith, Who Fired the Bullets, Has
Not Been Apprehended.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.)
BUTTE, Dec. "a Miner special
from Stevensville, Mont, says:
Glance Clark, stable boss at the
White Camp Of the Bitter Root Valley
company, which is situated
above Stevensville, was shot late last
evening by Robert Smith, q laborer
employed at one Of the other camps
Of the company, seven miles south of
the White Camp. Clark lived about
five minutes after the shooting and
his slayer succeeded in evading the
officers, although a posse in charge of
the deputy sheriff here has been in
search of him since last night The
shooting is said to be the outcome of
poker game in which Clark, aged
about 80 borrowed money from Smith,
aged Sc, and the men quarreled over
the amount. Clark attempted to hit
Smith on the head with a rasp and
Smith shot him five times.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
TAFT and CANNON CONFER ON QUESTION
OF TARIFF REFORM, AND AGREE TO
PRESERVE REPUBLICAN PROTECTIVE POLICY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-President-
Elect William H. Taft's day here was
crowded with conferences and social
engagements. The important feature
was a conference with Speaker Cannon,
which caused an arrangement for the
Republican members of the house COM
mittee on ways and means to meet Mr..
Taft tomorrow. It was also arranged
that at the conclusion of this confer
ence, a statement should be issued to
make known what the attitude both Of
the president elect and the committee
is to be respecting the Forthcoming
revision of the tariff.
Nj. Cannon called on Mr.. Taft upon
the latters invitation.
President-Ele Taft and Speaker
Cannon today had a conference for an
hour and a half at the Boardman resid-
ence where Mr.. Taft is a guest.
At its conclusion each participant
announced that arrangements had been
made whereby Mr.. Taft was to meet
the Republican members of the house
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
lEBEAU FOUND GUILTY
Murder in the First Degree is the Yer.
dict Of Jury at kalispeli-sentencs
Will Be Pronounced December 10 al
10 a. m.
Especial to The Gazette

KALISPELL, Mont, Dec. 9.-The
trial of Frederick Lebeau, for the muir
der of the Yoakums, father and son
near Forth, on June 10 last, came to
a close this evening at 5 o'clock and
the fate of the murderer was turned
over to the jury.
After being out for about four and a
half hours they returned with a yer.
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree and left sentence to be passed
by the Judge, who has set December
10, at 10 o'clock in the morning for
final judgment.
Lebeau pleaded guilty shortly after
finding of the dead men, when he was
captured and he has been held at the
county jail as a witness in the trial
of Joe Hobbins, his l9-year old accom-
plice and 1t was not until about ten
days ago that he changed his plea to
that Of not guilty and decided to stand
trial.
Joe Hobbins' trial begins tomorrow
morning.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
LADIES OF THE Y. w. c. a. ARE At
WORK.
MANY TAGS ARE SOLD
Ladies are Meeting with Phenomenal,
success-Many Tags Are Sold With.
out solicitation-Gettins Ready for
Saturday, the Big Tag Day.

The ladies of the Y. w. c. "A. have
their tags printed and they have al
ready a number Of sales to their cred
it, and from the interest that is being
evidenced the sales will be large.
Tag, your it,"
That will be the slogan and it will
be extremely popular to wear Il Of
the little slips Of the association on
Saturday and all business men and
others, who do not wish to be inter
rupted should buy a tag. An effort
will be made to reach everybody in.
the city, and every man who appears
on the streets Saturday will be asked
to purchase one Of the tags.
Yesterday the first of the slips came
from the printer, and they sold on
sight, few of the purchasers paying
less than 10 cents for one.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
KILLED BY GEORGE 1. HART At
sANDUskY.
SLAYER IS IN JAIL
Shooting Followed a Tirade Of Abuse
on the Part OF koIczak, Who Threat
ened Life Of Hart-story Of Eye
Witnesses.
Especial to The Gazette.)

FORT BENTON, Mont, Dec. -
John Ksolczak, a miner, "a shot and
killed by George i. Hart, while the lat
ter, it IS said, was in a drunken frenzy.
The killing occurred in a saloon at
sandusky, a mining camp in the Little
Rockies, last Monday.
Hart was brought here yesterday
and placed in Jail.
According to the story of eye wit
nesses the shooting of Kolczak al
unprovoked. Hart, it is said, had been
abusing Kolczak, calling him names,
and finally, slapped him and, flourish
Ing a gun. declared he would kill him
it he made a move. Hart soon after
left the place, but returned immledi-
ately and walking up to Kolczak, shot
him through the breast without say
dng a word.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
HUNTER KILLED
BY STRAY SHOT
HENRY vANDER1RlNK PRoHABLy
SHOT ACCIDENTALLY.
NOT POWDER BURNED
He Was Hunting Al the time, and su,-
LET Found IL His Chest Dltsrsd
From the Kind He carrled-coro-
ner's Inquest.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Especial to The Gazette.)
MILES CITY, Mont, Dec. 9.-The
coroner's inquest opened today over
the. body Of Herman v%anderbrink,
found BY = herder for Russell and Pot
ter Monday afternoon, with 4 bullet
hole in his chest.
Bales, = nerder, had spoken With de-
ceased about half an hour before he
found him dead. V~anderbrink said he
was going farther up in the hills to
hunt chickens. There was no powder
burn on his clothes and the bullet, al
though % calibre, was not as long @
bullets of shells found or. deceased,
and in magazine Of his rum.
The opinion seems to be that the
deceased was hit by q stray bullet
from some other hunters gun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
HIGH TENSION POWER LINE WILL
Be COMPLETED TONIGHT.
VAST SUM IS EXPENDED
In Improvements Here and at Laurel
and the High Power Transmission
Line Billings and Eastern Montana
Power Co. Has Spent Thousands.

The high power transmission line
from Billings to Laurel, which is be
ing constructed by the Billings and
Eastern Montana Power company,
will be completed tonight and as soon
as the substation at Laurel is COM
pleted and six transformers installed
Laurel will be supplied with electric
ity for lighting, heating and power
purposes.
The construction Of this line, to-
gether with enormous improvements
made to the plants in Billings and at
Laurel represent an expenditure of be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, which the
power company has paid into local
channels. At times the force of men
employed has been between Is and
IS. These Improvements are said to
he but a small portion of what the
Billings and Eastern Montana Power
company, which about one year ago
SOAIAOl vi CuC 1OCdl power
plants, intends to construct.
The line from Billings to Laurel
will eventually be extended to Living
ston, where it will be Joined to a high
power transmission line from the
plant in the Madison river valley,
which will furnish electric current for
Eastern Montana for every conceiva.
BILE purpose
The local plants now have a capac.
ity for generating between $500 and
5000 horsepower and this amount will
be sufficient to furnish Billings and
Laurel, as we'll as the Northern Pa
cific roundhouse and machine shops.
Work of installing and connecting
with the line between this city and the
railroad berg at the roundhouse and
machine shops is to be done by the
railroad company and 1t is understood
it will be started Immediately
Streets in Laurel and business
houses will he lighted just as soon as
possible.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
P-RocLAMATloNs sY NORRIS.
Will Appoint Board to Designate be
positaries for state Money.

posttartes for State Money.
HELENA, Mont, Dec. 9.-Governor
Edwin L. Norris today issued two
proclamations having to do with a
constitutional amendment and a law
passed by the recent legislative as
sembly. This proclamation has the
effect Of perfecting the laws, one has
ic and the other statutory. The first
has to do with the creation Of a depos-
tory board and is in the nature Of
a. constitutional amendment, This
having prevailed at the General cleo
ton on aye and nay vote, the govern.
or now proclaims the constitutional
amendment 50 as to provide for d
board to designate depositaries for
state funds. IT is composed Of the
governor, auditor and treasurer. At
present the treasurer alone has the
power.
The second proclamation has to do
with the approval of a law passed BY
the tenth legislative assembly author
izing the state to become indebted In
excess Of 100000 and to provide for
the issuance Of bonds in the name of
the state for the redemption Of bonds
executed and issued by the
board of land commissioners for the
use and benefit of the various state
educational. institutions. The limit
fixed is $500, 900.
Still another constitutional amend
ment was voted upon, but it failed Of
passage. This was to provide for an
innroaco in the tax lauu go
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
LOOKING Q OIL,
Oklahoma Oil Promoters Looking
over the Field.

Oklahoma Oil Promoters Looking
Over the Field.
A. D. Owings and DR.. Bonner OF
Ba%rtlesville, Oklahoma, have been in
the city for several days past looking
over the oil fields contiguous to Bill.
ings. They also were at the fields at
Moorcroft and Casper, Wyoming.
They have some deals on that may
materialize and they expect to re.
turn to Billings about March 1. Ow-
ings and Bonner are representing a
party of wealthy operators of Okla.
homa and are experienced in oil fields
and development.
Mr.. Owings stated last night that
he had looked over the gas PROPOSE
and had seen several good wells,
but that his company sought oil
property only.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
.hEINzE[ CASE ACTION
Panic Of One Year Ago Recalled BY
Action Taken in New York Yester-
day-Lindsay Russell Appointed as
Receiver.

NEW york, Dec. e.-The financial
panic of last year was recalled by the
appointment today Of Lindsay Rus
sell az receiver in the supplementary
proceedings for the members of the
stock exchange firm OF otto G. Heinze
and Company which was connected.
with the beginning Of the troubles.
The application was made in behalf.
of a trust company, which is a judg-
ment creditor for $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
DEATH
Revolver with Which He Was Killed
Is Identified as One Belonging to
Deceased, by His Nephew-Hearine
in the Case by the Coroner.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. AT the coro.
ner's inquest today over the body of
Francis G. Hirschberg, who was killed
in his home yesterday. City Detective
Wardenski testified that Barret Frost,
Hirschberas nephew, had told him
that the revolver found in the Hirsch-
berg home, with which he is supposed
to have been shot, belonged to his
uncle. (
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
E%ksTRoMER SHORT.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9.-Charles Ekstro-
mer, the Swedish vice consul and man
ager of the local branch Of a disin-
fecting company, who committed sui
eide here Monday was short in his
accounts between 5000 and &c. 900,
according to a statement Of the COM
pany today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
ROGERS is SENTENCED.

RENO, New. Dec. &C. A. Rogers.
who claims to be q nephew Of H. II.
Rogers vice president Of the Standard
Oil company, was sentenced to serve q
year in the state penitentiary this
morning. He was indicted on two
counts for passing fictitious checks on
a hotel and a gambling parlor, pleaded
not guilty. was arraigned but later
changed his plea to one Of guilty.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
TRIAL OF ARTHUR BRYAN.

Especial to Tho Gazette,)
BUTTE, dec. s.-The trial Of Ar
thur Bryan, formerly of Cincinnati. on
the charge of having murdered George
Morhard in this city last September.
was begun today before Judge Michael
Donlan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11

and fireman with their revolvers.
They were made to stop the train,
uncouple the engine and express cars
from the coaches and then proceed.
with them for some distance, where
they are supposed to have been riaed
Of their valuables.
Spokane has been informed Of the
robbery, and a posse Of 100 men has
been hurried to the scene.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
WEST BOUND TRAIN ROLLS
D0WNl0 FOOT EMbANKMENT
Spreading Rails Said to be the Cause Of
Of the Accident.

BISMARCK, ~. D., Dec. s.-The
North Coast Limited on the Northern
Pacific was derailed near Mckenzie,
20 miles east Of here tonight BY
spreading rails.
One man is reported killed and
many injured.
twenty-five passengers are reported
seriously hurt and one is said to be
bleeding to death.
The train rolled down a ten-foot en-
bankment.
Details as to the wreck are meager,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
NORTHERN TRAIN
HELDUP BY ARMED Man
Express Cars Stolen and Looted by Des-
perate Trio This Morning.

SPOKANE, Dec. 10.-(2:45 a. M.
Thursday).-Great Northern passen-
ger train No. 4, eastbound, was held
up a mile and a half east Of Hillyard,
Washington, about midnight BY three
bandits.
The robbers boarded the tender
after the train left Hillyard, a di-
vision point and covered the engineer
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-11
PRATT WANTS TO
Kill MORE men
KANSAS CITY RELIGIOUS FANAr.
&c SAYS HE WILL LIVE.
TWO MORE WILL DIE
Mrs. Pratt Tells the Story OF the
Teachings Of sharp, Who Advised
Firing on the Policeman-why They
Resisted the OFFICERS.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 9.-Efforts Of
the police today to find John Sharp.
claimed by his ten fanatical follow
ers as a second Messiah, failed to re-
veal his movements after yesterdays
bloody fight with the police. The only
clew SO far secured is thatNh went
into a negro barber shop, shortly after
the tragedy late yesterday and had his
hair trimmed and his long beard
shaved Oil. Chief Of Police Ahearn has
issued circulars giving Sharp's de.
scription and Offering a reward for
his capture.
No other names have been added to
yesterdays list Of deaths.
Policeman Michael Mullane, who
was the most seriously hurt, rallied
slightly early in the day and physi-
clans say he has an even chance for
recovery.
Sergeant Patrick Clark and A. j.
Seller, a b%ystander, who was shot
through the lung, are both steadily i'm
proving.
At the general hospital, Louis Pratt,
first disciple Of Sharp and father of
the girl who was killed, is lying on
his cot with his right leg amputated
at the knee and a bullet in his brain.
He persists that he is divinely guided
and upheld, and is bitter in his de-
nunciation Of the police. Regarding
his religious faith he has little to say.
Mrs. Pratt and her four surviving
children are detained at police head
quarters and Mrs. Sharp is in Jail.
None Of them exhibit any emotion,
when speaking Of the death Of Lola
Pratt but calmly assert it was Gods
will. The police say HE two women
and the two other girls, Mary and
Lena, will be charged with murder.
Five residents Of a mission in the
north end %frequented by Sharp's fol-
overs are being held for investiga-
ton.
Does Not Regret Act.
II am not going to die. I am going
to get we'll and live to kill a few more
That is the assertion of Louis Pratt.
sAdam God,' the religious
fanatic who is lying in the general
hospital here seriously wounded in a
battle between his followers and the
police late yesterday.
AS a result of the fight, Pratt's 49,
year old daughter, Lulu and Policeman
Albert Dalbow are dead and two other
policemen are in a critical condition.
James Sharp, known as "Elijah III
md who was the real head Of the little
oand of religious enthusiasts, is still
1T large. Shortly after the shooting
yesterday, he walked into a saloon and
aid down his revolver with the re-
mark, u am satisfied give up"
AS there were no policemen present
md no n seem inclined to take him
nto custody, Sharp waited a moment,
hen picked up the weapon, reloaded
: and walked out. He has not been
cen since.
Mrs. Pratt. with two Of her young
daughters spent last night in the mat.
on's Q at police headquarters, but