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Sharp County record., 1909-09-17

ing most Of the money from the
pants as he ran. Next morning
the trousers were found in the
garden. The man got away with
only S1.05.
Frank Holmes, travelling
umbrella mender, was arrested
last week at Cotter while walking
about the depot talking in a very
disconnected manner, showing
symptoms of a deranged mind.
The unfortunate fellow was
placed in Jail at Mountain Home
for safe keeping.
A suit instituted in the Jackson
county circuit court by Prosecut-
ing Attorney Jeffery against the
Waters Pierce Oil Co., was set
tied one day last week by an
agreed judgment of $4,000. A
greater portion of this amount
will 60 INTO the state treas
ury.
The Forester Brothers. sawmill
about six miles northeast of Cord,
Independence county, was des-
troyed by fire one night of last
week. There was about a car
load of lumber on the yard and
this was also destroyed. The
loss is about So, 800, with no in
surance. 1t is not known how
the fire originated,
The Newark Journal calls the
attention of the farmers of that
section to the fact that there are
at least fifteen or twenty thous-
and acres Of land lying idle
around Newark which would
grow so 10 100 bushels Of rice
per acre. The Journal urges the
farmers to wake up and become
interested in the culture of rice.
A sad accident occurred on
Warmers Creek Monday night.
Monroe Stuart had come in to
waet his daughter who had come
in~from Missouri to visit n,rn,
AS the team attempted to cross
Warmers Branch the little girl
fell out Of the wagon, sustaining
injuries from which she died in .
half Of an hoYr.--Black Rock
Democrat.
While in an intoxicated con-
diJion at Newport few days ago
Fred and Henry Douglass and
Nathan Hamilton Of Jacksonport
did o great deal OF shooting.
One charge Of bird shot struck
and seriously, but not fatally,
wounded Ella Walker, an aged
negro woman. The men were
placed under heavy bond to
await the action Of the grand
jury.
One day recently, while pass
ing through u field near Biggers,
George shecklee, a justice OF the
peace Of Ingram township, found
the dead body Of an infant,
which had evidently been MUIR
dered, as the back Of its head
was beaten into u pulp. A jury
was summoned and an inquest
hold over the body. Suspicion
pointed 10 Miss Emma Spikes, .
young lady Of that neighbor'
hood, who soon afterwards con-
fessed that she was the mother
OF the child, but denies having
murdered ii. She was taken in
TO custody TO await tho action OF
tha GRAND iurV,
Sharp County record., 1909-09-17

The Poeahontas Star Herald
celebrated It's 18th birthday last
week. The Star Herald is one
OF tho best papers In the state,
and is handsomely patronized
by home business men.
Sharp County record., 1909-09-17
fuses to accept a brass coat for
18.k gold, or a myth for a fact.

fuses W acctPl d OEdSS Cods III
18.k gold, or a myth for a fact.
This paper absolutely refuses
to join large number of its
contemporaries in growing about
the victory over the Waters.
Pierce Oil Company, for the
simple reason that there has
been no such victory. We 90
not like to be humbugged, and
we can't see the point in cele-
brating the fact that a corpora
ton has been fined when we shall
all have to "chip in" and help
pay the fine.
This paper begs to be excused
from joining in the hilarity.
*x*
What we should like to know
is this:
Why do prosecuting attorneys
who institute suits against the
trusts ask for large penalties and
accept such small ones?
Why do prosecuting attorneys
who institute suits against the
trusts ask the courts to prohibit
the trusts from doing business
in the state, then, after accepting
a small fine, allow the trusts to
pursue their methods without
further molestation?
If it is possible to put a trust
out Of the state, and it would
seem from the demands of the
prosecuting attorney that it is,
why not do it, instead of accept
ing a fine next to nothing?
Is not a trust as guilty OF vio-
lating tho law after a prosecu'
ting attorney has effected a
compromise" as it was before
the suit was brought?
What q bout the violations
NOW? Why not fine the trust
again and again and again?
After a compromise" how
long is a trust privileged to VIC.
late the law without further
trouble or annoyance from the
prosecuting attorney?
80
The Record may not know Of
a plan to curb the trusts effect.
lively, but, il prosecuting attor-
neys think it can be done by q
little love.lick fine every now
and then, we are not alone in ig.
norance.
We believe, however, that cor
porations are entitled to no better
nor no worse treatment than the
citizen, We see no reason for
putting on kid gloves when you
90 to deal with the trusts.
When the average citizen VIC.
lates the law by robbing his
neighbor he goes to prison.
When the Waters. Pierce Oil
Company pillages the people the
matter is Compounded" in this
way: The pillaged people pay a
fine Of S45, 900, three-fourths to
the state and one. fourth to the
prosecuting attorney.
Give the trusts q dose or two
Of the medicine the average
criminal gets, and we dare say
the arrogance Of the trusts will
disappear in sluices.
Let the courts give the trusts
some real punishment.
~
Trusts are composed OF men
who, by raising the price Of ac.
tual necessities to the consumer,
can pay fines without the loss oi
u cent.
But, mark IL down, the trust
heads had rather obey the law
than 60 TO jail.
GauarnAv naaa ka,y Ia Ia u.
Sharp County record., 1909-09-17
cURBING A TRUST.

Attorney JeHefy h'0a
he circuit court OF Jackson &c!
County against the Waters.Piero
Dn Company for alleged viola
lion of the Arkansas antitrust
aw, and asking a large sum as
panalties, together with a revoca'
ion of the company's right to 40
business in this state.
Last week the suit was, com.
Dromised, a judgment for S4o,ooO
being entered against the De.
|endant company-but you will
botice that the company is stlll
boing business in Arkansas
The history of this suit is SIM
lar to the history OF all other
b,its instituted against the trusts
BY the prosecuting attorneys OF
he country, not only in ArKan-
las but in other states
The suit is filed mid the blare
pf trumpets, and the great scrap
|s on. "A prosecuting attorney is
Tight after the trusts with a elg
ktick and with red gore in his
bye. A very large SUM in pen
hlties is asked of the corporation
Ind it is also asked that the cor
poration be not allowed to do
business in the state. SO far,
Very fine.
But
When the suit is settled, you
will find always that it has been
'compromised," the corporation
paying only a nominal sum and
continuing in business as if
there was never such a thing on
|the face OF the earth as a prose-
cutting attorney.
The excitement has all gone
|in jiffy.
| And right here it might be
proper to state that Of all amounts
collected from corporations in
butts like these three.fourths OF
|the amount collected goes to the
|etate, while the remaining one
fourth goes to the prosecuting
attorney who brought the suit.
We mention this fact for the
reason that some Of our readers
might discover in it a very val.
uable connecting link in trust
|curbing as trust curbing is car.
Iried on in A. d. 1909.
-
AT Newport the other day the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company was
fined $4,000, which fine was
promptly paid by the company.
OF this amount S33, 800 went
into the state treasury to relieve
the drouth there.
And S11,500 went into the
pockets Of Prosecuting Attorney
Jeffery, perhaps, we have no in.
formation on this particular por-
ton OF the subject, TO relieve a
drouth there.
Now, understand, the Record
Is not printing this article be-.
cause Mr. Jeffery received S11,.
900 for "trust curbing." We
have no objections whatever TO
this rich fruit falling 10 him
after the curbing,
But we object to Prosecutor
Jeffery assuming that the pub.
lie believes he has either done
the public q service or punished
tho Waters.Pieree Oil Company.
lie has not done the people a
service because the people will
pay the fine.
He has not punished tho Wat
ers-Pierce Oil Company for the
very same reason.
The Waters. Pierce OIL Com.
pany can make $4,000 any
morning before breakfast.
A fraction added TO the aslline
Sharp County record., 1909-09-17

The Record understands be-.
forehand that II will draw eriu.
c'sm from certain quarters for
expressing these sentiments, but
This paper is getting pretty we'll
used to. being criticised In Ger.
tain quarters every time II re-.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
WHOLESALE FORGER
GIVES GOOD ADVICE
MaximS Which Young Men May
Safely Follow

Chicago, May 5.-Four maxims as
a guide to young men entering bust
ness were given by Peter Van Vliss-
ingen, the former real estate operator
whose gigantic forgeres were recent
ly unfolded. Van Vlissingen is serv-
ing a sentence in Joliet prison, but is
in Chicago trying to straighten out his
books for his creditors. The maxims
are
BE honest in small things.
do not permit your conscience to
become callOused."
BE economical and never risk other
peoples money. no matter how certain
success may seem.
Once you commit a wrong make
restitution Immediately, for delay
means ruin, maybe death.
Van Vlissingen said. sadly that once
he was known as honest Pete" His
first forgery was for $2500
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
SAY MECHANIC
INJURED SALEM
Accidentally Caused Disable
nnent Of Cruiser

Quincy. Mass. May 5. Enquiry in
to the cause of disablement of the
scout cruiser Salem, at the Fore River
ship yards here, revealed the fact
that the dropping of the bolt in the
port turbine of the craft was due to
carelessness of a former workman
of the yard, and not the act of sea =
man on rival cruiser, as was sup
posed.
The workman in question has not
been employed at the yard since the
Salem was launched, but when he was
located in this city and questioned
about the craft. he admitted that he
had accidentally dropped the steel
missile, which damaged the vessel
seriously.
The entire cost for the repairs to
the Salem will aggregate nearly so, =
600
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
ORGANIZER IN JAIL
Bank Commissioner Takes Action
Against a Boston institution

Boston, May 4.-On the ground
that its resources had become i'm
paired, Bank Commissioner Chaplin
obtained an injunction against the
Boston Banking company, a Rhode
island corporation, which has been
conducting a day and night bank for
the past six years in this city and has
a branch Office in Worcester. The
question OF a receiver will be heard on
Friday.
The bank was organized by Thomas
d. Taylor, at present in Jail in Rhode
Island, pending a state suit for $3.50, =
900 brought in connection with the
placing in the hands of receivers of
two Rhode Island institutions, the
New England Trust company and the
Providence Securities company, both
of which he organized.
Its principal business is stated by
Chaplin to be that of making loans on
assignments of wages and household
furniture. 1t is stated that the bank 5
affairs are being conducted by Taylor,
Notwithstanding his being in jail.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
AGlTAT0RS SUSPENDED
French Premier Will Not Tolerate
Strike of State Employees

Paris, May 5. -Premier Clemen-
ceau apparently has taken the bit in
his teeth and decided to test the power
of the government to put down the
present "syndicatist' movement so far
as it affects state employees, even if
this involves the precipitation of the
threatened general strike.
He proclaimed the governments in
tention not to tolerate the right of its
servants to strike. and then he began
to elaborate preparations to meet a
possible general strike.
Then suddenly the suspension of
the chief agitators began. The agi-
tators retaliated by threatening a new
strike with the support of the Gen
eral Federation of Labor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
GOT THREE LIONS
IN THREE SHOTS
Roosevelt UphOIdS His Reputa.
ton as a Mighty Hunter

Nairobi, May 3-Four lions are
trophies of Theodore Roosevelt's
camp in the Mau Hills, and the ma
tive followers are joining with the
American party in the celebration of
the unusually good luck.
Colonel Roosevelt's gun brought
three of the lions to earth, each on
the first shot. Thus one of the ex-
presidents fondest ambitions has been
realized, and he is proud, too, that
the fourth of the jungle kings fell be-
fore the rifle of his son, Kermit, who +,
however, took three shots to kill his
quarry.
Lions have been plentiful in the
hills for the past month, and the Eng
lish hunter, F. G.. SelOus, has been
out for several days, laying plans for
their extinction. How well he sue
ceeded can be seen from the results of
the chase. SelOus accompanied ROOse-
welt, who also was attended by the
usual retinue of beaters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS

A resolution providing for an
amendment of the constitution to per-
nit the use of voting machines at all
elections was passed to be engrossed
in the Massachusetts house of repre-
sentatives.
Mrs. Rose Larreault of Lowell
Mass. was fatally burned at her
home by the explosion of a kerosene
lamp.
Utilizing halter which for years he
had used to lead horses of the Salem
Mass. fire department, Samuel b .
Osborne, 40 years old, committed
suicide in that city by hanging.
When the staging. where he was
working on high chimney at Law
renee, Mass. broke, John Lorden,
aged %. fell forty feet to the ground
His skull was fractured. He died
soon after.
Raymond Collins of Nashua, N. II. ,
railroad fireman, was struck and
fatally injured by cars. He died while
on the way to hospital.
Mrs. Ara H. Martin died at Bristol
n. H.. as a result of burns. She was
hlling an oilstove while it was lighted
when an explosion enveloped her in
flames.
Desp' 1dent over the loss of his
position in a factory, Henry Lanevine
committed suicide at Burlington. VT. -,
by drinking poison. He leaves a widow
and four children.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
CLASHES AHE FREQUENT
New York Non Union Bakeshops Are
Attacked by St kers

New York, May with sporadic
rioting undated, the strike of 1900
bakers on the East Side and in Har-
lem continues, apparently with no
hope of a settlement. There were ire
quent attacks on shops employing
union men and many clashes be-
tween strikers and strike breakers.
No one was seriously injured, how
ever.
Thirty-fve shops on the East Side
have shut down for lack of men. and
the uniOnists announce that several
master bakers have agreed to the
union terms, which fix a minimum
wage scale and provide for improved
sanitary conditions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
FRIEND OF MISSIONARIES
Straus' Appointment to Turkish Post
Considered Providential

New York, May Representatives
of American mission work in Turkish
territory are well pleased at the selec-
ton of Oscar S. Straus as ambassa-
dor to Turkey. District Secretary
Creegan of the American Board of
Commissioners for foreign missions,
in commenting on the appointment,
said:
This is, indeed, a providential APP
pointmcnt at this time. Mr.. Straus
was an excellent representative when
he was in Turkey before, and he is in
close touch with the condition of af-
fairs there. We have always found
him most helpful to our work in the
missions in that country, and we hail
his return to Turkey with unqualified
Joy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07

Mr.. J. w. Pritchard, Columbia City,
Ili., writes; az am pleased to say that
have been cured of cafarrk OF the
stomach by Peruna.
Il could hardly eat anything that
agreed with me. Before ! would get
half through my meal my stomach
would fill with gas, causing re much
distress and unpleasant feelings for an
hour or two after each meal.
"But, thanks to your Peruna, I am
now completely cured, and can eat any
thing | want to without any of the dis
tressing symptoms. l can now enjoy
my meals as | used to do, and it is all
due to- DR.. Hartman and his wonderful
medicine, Peruna.
cit has been one year since I was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
EDITOR TAKES POISON
Act of Man With Sunny Disposition
Surprises His Friends

Lynn, Mass. May 5.-Charles h.
Cults, city editor of The Daily Even
ing Item, took his own life by drink
ing poison at his home in Swampscott
last night. The cause of his act is
an entire mystery to his friends. He
was a man of sunny, jovial tempera
ment, and yesterday attended to his
newspaper duties as usual, seeming
to be in his customary good spirits.
Cults was 81 years old. He was a
native of the city and had always
lived here. He began work on The
Evening Item twenty years ago. His
connection with that paper continued
up to the time of his death.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
CUTS RATES AGAIN
Boston and Maine Meets the Bat-
more and Ohio Reduction

Boston, May Determined to hold
its own in the rate war the Boston and
Maine railroad has decided upon
direct response to the latest cut an
nounced by the Baltimore and Ohio,
becoming operative from Baltimore on
May 25, and leaves the relative posi-
ton of the two roads where it is UNI
der the existing schedules.
The Boston and Maine has filed it's
new schedule with the interstate COM
merce commission, to become effective
on June / only few days after the
new rate on the Baltimore and Ohio
goes into effect.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
WILL PROMOTE MORALITY
Measures Tending to Suppress OBJ
scenity Signed by Governor Hughes

Albany, May Ex-Governor Hughes
last night signed a bill which makes
1t a misdemeanor to advertise or pre-
sent an obscene, immoral or impure
drama. play. exhibition, show or en-
tertainment which would tend to the
corruption of youth or others.
A companion measure. also signed
by the governor makes it a INSIDE
meanor to post or display any indecent
bill or picture, or permit the same to
be displayed. which would tend to
demOralize the morals of the public.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
MISS BRlGHAM'S LEGACIES
Hospital Founded by Her Brother Will
Receive 81 500 900

Boston, May 4.-By the will of Miss
Elizabeth Brigham, sister of Robert
b. Brigham of Boston, 81 500 O2O
is given to the Robert B. Brigham
Hospital for Incurables, for the found
ing and maintenance of which the
brother left the bulk of his large for
tune.
From the estate of Miss Brigham
estimated at SO 900 OO0 Mrs. Augusta
S. Cogan of Chicago, a niece, gets
81 900 900, and Mrs. Cogans son and
daughter receive large requests.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
FOUR LIVES LOST
Many Barges Come to Grief In Storm
In Long Island Sound

Kew Haven, May 5 .-Driving with
terrific force over the upper waters
part of the Connecticut shore, a Sc
we're storm claimed a toll of four lives
sent four barges to the bottom of the
sound on Branford, cast one ashore in
that vicinity and piled three others on
the rocks off Faulkner's Island.
The persons drowned were Captain
Marshall A. Percy of the barge Sus-
quehanna, his wife, l1year-old son
and a deckhand whose name has not
been learned
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys,
Cured

Brights Disease of the kidneys can be
cured IN it, early stages by the use of
Rydale's Kidney Remedy. This remedy
is made from prescription of the great
est Kidney Specialist in Europe. Suffer
ers from backache. weak Kidneys, in
flammation of the bladder and rheuma-
tism, will find this remedy will quickly
relieve and soon permanently cure these
complaints. We sell Rydales Kidney
j. Whitney, Salisbury, VT NJ. j. Day &
Co., Ripton. VT, w. r. Warner & Co.,
Nergennes, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
80. 900 Slain In Adana

Adana, May 5.-Adana is still law
less. More people were killed in the
city yesterday. There are 80, 900
dead in Adana province as a result
of the massacres, and 35, 600 homeless
and penniless refugees are wandering
in the vilayet. The deaths in Adana
city alone are estimated at $500.
Adana is terrOrized by 1000 soldiers
who are footing, shooting and burn
ing No respect is paid TO foreign
properties. Both the French schools
have been destroyed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
CREW LODGED IN JAIL
United States Marshal SEXES a Japan
csc Sealing Schooner

Seattle. May "a dispatch from
Sitka announces the seizure of the
Japanese sealing schooner Kaisen,
sealing laws.
Two gasolene launches, manned by
marines with a machine gun, under
direction of Marshal Shoup, went
from Sitka to the Kaisen The Kaisen
tried to escape but was overhauled.
The Japanese say their vessel ran
toward shore for shelter from a storm.
They admit sealing. All the Japan
ese are in the federal Jail at Sitka.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Disease Rampant In Adana

Adana, May 3.-Smallpox has
broken out in epidemic form. There
are always cases of this disease in
Adana as we'll as other virulent dis
eases, because of the poor sanitary
conditions 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the number of cases, for there
is no system of medical reports, but
during the past two weeks the spread
of the disease has been frishtful, be-
cause Of the terrible disorders and
the homeless element about the city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07


cured, and 1 am all O. x. yet, 20 know
] am cured"
A Nervous Breakdown
Mr.. Lewis Zim, editor and proprietor
of asst. Augustine Meteor" writes:
"Any man in public work finds az
times that he is under peculiar nerve
strain. ] found that with it lost my
appetite, and my brain seemed to work
increasingly during waking and sleep
ing hours, so 1 was tired and worn out
in the morning.
"Tonics and invigorators were sug-
gested and tried, but nothing was of ben.
eft to me but Peruna. That is GER
tainly a remarkable medicine. l was
restored in three weeks to my normal
healthy condition, my appetite returned
and my sleep was refreshing"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
ROJAS PRESENTED TO TAFT
Represents New Government Of
Venezuela at Washington

Washington, May Pedro Rojas,
the new Venezuelan minister to the
United States, was formally presented
to President Taft today by Secretary
Knox.
The ceremony marked the complete
resumption of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries, broken off a
year ago, following the refusal Of
President Castro to arbitrate disput-
ed questions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Find Sultan's Treasure

Constantinople, May 5.-A large
number of sacks of bullion were found
at Yildiz Kiosk These were deposit
ed at the ministry of war, In the
search in Yildiz Kiosk 500 pianos We're
discovered and nearly 10 900 revolv-
ers, the property of Abdul Hamid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Historic VILLAGE Burned

Baltimore, May Sire practically
wiped out the historic village of Bene-
dict The Methodist church, the ho-
tel. JOhnson's store and every build
ing in the village except five were
burned. 1t is said to have been the
intention of Lord Baltimore to locate
ON the site of Benedict what is now
the city of Baltimore
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Woman Shoots Herself

Littleton, n. H.. May 5.-Mrs.
Josephine Westcott, aged So, whose
husband is said to be a physician in
Cambridge, Mass, committed sui
eide by shooting in a boarding house
here. She was supposed to have be-
come mentally deranged through de-
spondency. Mrs. Westcotts son is a
student al Harvard college
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-07
Enqineer Held For MansIauqhter

Dedham, Mass. May ELMER Il
Jones. railroad engineer, was held
for the grand jury on a charge of
manslaughter by Judge Grover. Bail
was fixed at $1,000 which Jones fur
nished 1t is charged that he caused
the death of Walter II. Daggett, o.
yardman, through negligence.