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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
may REINDICT
STANDARD OIL
Supreme Court Denies Writ De-
mandGl BY Government.
This ANHUlS THE BIG FINE

District Attorney Sims, at Chicago, I'm
mediately on Learning the Decision
Announced He Would Seek to Re-
lndict the Oil Officials on Charges
Which Might Result in a Heavier
Fine Than the First One-Govern-
ment Agents Are Active.
Chicago, Jan, A dispatch from
Washington says the writ of certiorari
demanded by the government in the
Standard Oil case was denied by the
United States supreme court, thus an
nuling the big fine placed against the
company.
District Attorney Sims had been
anxiously awaiting the verdict, and he
at once announced he would attempt
officials on charges which may result
in a fine heavier than the S29,240,000
imposed by Judge Lands.
1t is declared that special govern
ment agents have been active since
the appellate court reversed Judge
Landis' ruling, and every precaution
possible is being taken by the federal
authorities to prevent the oil combine
from escaping the payment of heavy
penalty.
Since the ruling Of Judges Grosscup,
Seaman and Baker of the United
States circuit court of appeals, the fed
eral prosecutors have believed that the
supreme court would refuse to grant
a writ of certiorari, or, in other words
consent to go over the voluminous rec
ords of the case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Kits
RELIEF TRAIN
Five Persons Injured in the
Quake Die in Collision.
MORE SHOCKS ARE Predicted

Expert Frank Ferret Says There Is
Flaw in the Earth's crust-Many
Looters at Messina and Reggie Shot
Down by soIdiers-Scum of Europe's
Criminal Class Focks to the Scene.
of Disaster to Carry on Their Me-
farious Work.
Messina, Sicily, Jan. AT Nivza,
between Messina and Catania, a
freight train ran into and telescoped
a relief train crowded with injured
persons, five of whom were killed.
Frank Ferret, of Brooklyn, assistant
to Professor Matteucci, director of the
Royal observatory on Mount Vesuvius,
speaking of the disaster here and in
Calabria. says that other shocks are
inevitable, as there is a flaw in the
earth's crust where the slip occurred.
Earthquake experts who are here
generally assert that the quake was
the result Of a fault in the geological
formation under Messina, which con-
stituted a line of contact in the vol
canic action between Mount Etna and
Mount Vesuvius, and that a slip &C.
Cured similar to the one which de-
Lached Sicily from the mainland.
That a subsistence occurred at GER
tain points and that there was ris-
ing of the earth's surface at others
is proved by soundings, which show
the channel of the narbor to be deep
er at some places and shallower at
others.
The British battleship Exmouth, at
a distance of half mile south of Reg
gio, found fifty-eight fathoms of water
where formerly there was 243.
There has been fresh shock Of
earthquake and a panic ensued ashore
and on board ship. Many of the tot
tering walls fell, but no fatalities were
recorded. After this shock the fire in
the municipal building famed up again
and burned f1ercely.
The city records were consumed and
a high wind carried the burning pa
pers far into the air and scattered
them over the warships in the harbor.
The fire communicated to the build
ing of the Bank of Italy, where 75,000,-
600 lire (S15,0OO,OOO) in paper money
was stored. The energetic efforts of
the f1remen and sailors, however,
served to control the flames and the
money was removed to warship.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
ELECTION
fraud INDICTMENT
Many Chicago Politicians May
Thus Escape Trial.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Thirty-four indict-
ments against prominent politicians
charging them with frauds in the re-
cent election we're thrown out of court
by Judge William Fl. McSurely in the
superior court.
The cases were DISMISSED on the mo-
ton of Attorney Clarence S. barrow,
and practically at the request of Spe-
cial States Attorney Loesch, under
the recent ruling of Judge McSurely
invalidating much of the work so far
accomplished by the prosecutor.
Politicians declared the quashing of
these indictments indicated that the
entire prosecution would fail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
NIGHT RIDERS CUT
THROAT OF PLANTER
Sheriff Finds Victim Tied to
Tree, Apparently Dead. ,

Thomasville, Ca, Jan. 4.-B. F. Ak
ridge, a planter who lives near here,
was seized in the suburbs of Thomas
vile by night riders, bound to tree,
maltreated, and his throat cut from ear
to ear.
Akridge was found tied to tree
and apparently dead by Sheriff Single
tarry. The sheriff had Akridge car
ried to a hospital. Doctors revived
him and say despite the wound in his
throat and many other injuries he may
recover.
Akridge says he was attacked by
eight men who demanded that he swear
not to do certain things. When he
refused he was attacked. Akridge
says he knows his assailants, but will
not tell their names, as to do SO would
invite death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
makes WAR ON
BAD LAWYERS
Secretary Garfield Keeps Eye
on Dishonest attorneys.
POINTS IN lis h'.lNUAL REPORT

Fifty Thousand Pensioners Dropped
from the List During the Year ow-
ing to Large Death Eats Frauds in
the Patent Office-People Alive to
the Necessity of Caring fer the Pub,
lie Reorganization Of the
General Land Office.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Con;inued war
fare will be waged against dishonest
attorneys whose INSCRIPTIONS and un
professional methods are causing nu-
merous scandals in the department OF
the interior, says Secretary Garfield
in his annual report.
A large number of these so-called
lawyers have been disbarred during
the year through the efforts of the de
partment, and others will be sent TO
prison for fraudulent practices.
Frauds in Patent Office.
The recent patent Office frauds, re
sulting in the confession of one defend
ant, the conviction of another and the
acquittal of the third, are touched
it was the first case of the kind that
had occurred in the lis years of patent
Office history, The commissioner or
patents, it is stated, has taken steps
to provide additional safeguards
around the filing of patent papers.
Regarding the movement for the
conservation OF the natural, resources
of the country, Secretary Garfield says
that it shows the people of the coun-
try have fully awakened to the vital
necessity of caring for what IS left OF
the public domain.
50,676 Veterans Pass Away.
The pension roll, as usual, piled IN
an enormous death rate, 50,676 names
having been removed on this account.
Of these 34,333 were soldiers and sail
ors Of the civil war. During the en-
tire year the total number of pension
ers on the roll was 1,0O6,O53.
During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1908, there were entered 19,090,356..
rs acres of public land, a decrease of
1907, 2O9.8O acres over the preceding
year. There were embraced in entries
completed during the year S,O6S, O44.S5
acres which had been reported in orig.
inal entries made in previous years
and are not included in the above
statement. Entries of all classes
made last year numbered 2O5, 459, a
decrease of 2 per cent over the pre-
ceding year.
Reorganization of Land Office.
The reorganization in the general
land Office has been of the greatest adj
vantage. After the changes in the of
fee in Washington had been com.
pIeted the entire field service was re.
organized.
With the additional appropriations
given BY congress forty-six men have
been added TO the number Of special
agents since May q, 1908, upon which
date the, 1908-1909 appropriation be
came available and the efficiency OF
the force has been greatly increased.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
II 4zsA14EAG43
OHIO LEGISLATURE MEETS

Three Important Subjects To BE Con.
sidered hy the Lawmakers.
= Columbus, O., Jan. 4.-The seventy
eighth annual assembly of Ohio, or
call Of Governor Harris, convened in
extraordinary session at the state
house at 10 O'Clock for the purpose
of considering three important sub.
jects:
The election of United States sen.
ator to succeed Joseph 3. Foraker, ap-
preparations to run the state govern
n1ent, and the proposition Of new or
remodeled penitentiary and the fur
nishing of employment for the con-
victs under the Wertz law abolishing
contract labor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
DETROIT BANKER
TAKES HIS life
Henry c. Potter Jr. Puts a
Bullet Through Head

Detroit, Jan. 4.-Henry G. Potter Jr.,
of this city. vice president of the Peo-
pies State Savings bank of this city,
committed suicide at his home by
shooting himself through the head. Mr..
Potter had been suffering from nerv-
Gus prostration for some time.
Cashier George H. Lawson of the
Peoples State bank said after Mr.. Pot
ters death had become known that
i'll health and nothing else impelled
him to destroy himself.
MIR. Potter's affairs as vice presi-
dent of this bank were absolutely
straight" declared Mr.. Lawson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
MANY L00TERs ARE SHOT
Worst Criminal Class of Europe Pour
ing into Stricken Cities.

Worst Criminal Class of Europe Pour
ing into Stricken Cities.
Rome, Jan. 4.-Determined to stamp
out the reign of terror which the loot
ers are spreading. over the devastated
districts at 1Iessina and Reggie, sol
diers and sailors redoubled their eff
forts and in the many sharp battles
with outlaws killed a number of them.
Many of these cravens have looted
stores in which arms and ammunition
were kept and are now trying to- or.
ganize THEM bands to slay all those
who oppose them in their ghouls
work.
Clambering over the ruins, answer
ing the distressed calls for aid only
to see if the pinioned sufferers have
jewelry or valuables, the looters, fear
ing the arrival Of new forces from war.
ships, tried to make one last rich haul
Stores and houses were looted, bodies
of dead hacked, and the fingers of the
living cut off in the search for gold.
Although efforts have been made to
exterminate the looting bands, they
seem to increase in numbers, the
worst criminal class of Europe pouring
in to sack, desecrate and pillage.
Among the looters that have been
killed have been recognized some of
the worst characters of Europe.
Adding to the horror of the situa-
ton are new earth shocks, which.
while not as violent as the first
uuakes, are sufficient to tumble walls
and send the people into new panic.
Pestilence is increasing hourly from
the bodies and dislodged cesspools.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
CASTRO IN sANITARlUM
Operation Will Be Performed on Elk
President of Venezuela.

London, Jan. According to the
Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail,
ex-President Castro's condition sud-
denly has become worse.
He has been hurriedly taken again
from his hotel to DR.. Israel's SANTA
rum, where an operation in the neigh
borhood of his kidneys will be per-
formed in a day or two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
THE MARKETS
Cash Grain Market.

Chicago, Jan. 4.
Winter wheat by sample M. , red,
S1.O51s 01.O6; No. 8 red, ST. 71.O5;
No. 2 hard, S1.O461.O5; No. hard,
SI.OO01.04. Spring wheat by sample:
No. 1 northern. $1.O9Q1.O91a; No. 2
northern, $1.O701.OS;. No. 8 spring,
S1.O201.O7. Corn by sample: No. 8,
57% @5S1ac; No. 8 white, 6Oc; No. 8
yellow. 5S05SAc; No. 4, size. Oats
by sample: No. 8, 49c; No. 3 white,
49051c; No. white, 47049c.
Chicago Live Stock.
Receipts $4,000. Sales ranged
at S6.1066.2O for choice heavy ship
ping. S5.6OG5.SO light mixed. $3.50
6.O5 choice light, $5.65Q6.OO mixed
packing, $5.S096.O5 heavy packing,
S5.OO05.50 good to choice pigs.
Receipts SO, O0O Quotations
ranged at S7.250765 for prime fat
steers, $6.400725 good to choice
steers, $3.S505.25 good to choice COWS,
SS.2509.00 good to choice calves, $4.65
$500 selected feeders. $3.75@E.25
medium to good stockers.
Live Poultry.
Turkeys, per 10, 16c; chickens and
fowls, 1215c; springs, 14c; roosters,
&C; geese, 7Q9c; ducks, 12c.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 4.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock
Commission Merchants, East Buffalo,
n. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re-
ceipts so cars; market strong. Hogs
Receipts so cars; market active;
heavy, S6.2006.30; Workers, $1,000
GO; pigs, S5.75Q5.9O. Sheep and
I.anbs-Receipts 60 cars; market &C
tive: best lambs, S7.5O@76O; year
Iings. S6.OO@6,25; wethers, $460@
$50; ewes, $4OOQ425. Calyes-Best,
S5.0009.T5.
Elain Butter Market.
Elgin, Jan. 4.
Creamery, extras, S2c; prints, SAC;
extra frsts, 29c; frsts, 25c; dairies.
extra. &c; 11rsts. 25c; packing stock.
2Cc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
sIciIian SINGER coIIapses on STAGE.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Grieying over the
death of five members of his family
in the Sicilian earthquake, Domencio
Russo, prominent opera singer, col
lapsed on the stage at the Information
al theater. Russo is not only a native
Of Sicily, but his home was in the
ruined city of Messina, where his
brother, his mother and two sisters
were residing at the time Of tie dis.
aster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
SESSION WILL BE LIVELY
Indiana Legislature Will Get to Work
on ThursdaV.

indianapolis. Jan. 4.-The session of
the Indiana Legislature, which will
open next Thursday, promises to be
one of unusual interest because of the
election of a. Omitted States senator
and the possible attempt to repeal the
county local option law.
The house will be Democratic and
the senate Republican, but the Demo-
Gratis have majority on joint ballot.
Among the aspirants for the sena-
torship are John w. Kern, B. F. Shive-
ly, G. V. Menzies, L. Ert Slack, Ed
ward Hoffman, and Johrl~E. Lamb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
STOCKYARDS FOR NEW YORK
Capital Back Of the Enterprise Said
To BE 100000.

New York, Jan. Am immense
stocl1yards with modern slaughter
houses designed 10 assure the metro
politan district cheaper and fresher
meat and also to do business with the
whole world, is projected on the
Hackensack meadows, between Secau.
Gus and West New York.
The plant is to be built on the Hack
ensack river, whose belt line will give
connection with all the leading rail
roads and. afford direct steamship con-
nections with the Atlantic and foreign
ports.
The capital back of the undertaking
is said to be $10,000,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
JOHN D. WRITES FOR PLAY
Oil King, as Dramatist, Predicts Rich
Heritage for Posterity.

New York, Jan. AT a debate on
socialism in the Savoy theater, based
on Cleveland Moffett's play, "The Bat
tie" Mr.. Moffett announced that John
D. Rockefeller has written the follow
ing lines for the play and that they
will hereafter be spoken by the actors:
'"The men of this generation are en-
tering into a heritage which makes
their fathers lives look poverty -strick-
en- by comparison.
ct is not mere capital and plants;
it is not merely the strictly material
things which make up business, but
the character Of the men behind these
things, their personalities and their
abilities"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Government VS.. UnIon Paclflc.

New York, Jan. 5.-Today the hear
ings of the dissolution suit brought by
the government against the Union
Pacific Railway company will be
resumed before Examiner S. G. Will
Jams. Several important points are
involved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
CONFESSES TERRIBLE CRIME.

Negro Admits = Killed Wife and
Burned Eody in Furnace.
Chicago, Jan. 4. - Elijah Raffty,
twenty-four years old, colored, after
making repeated denials, broke down
and confessed to numbering his wife
and burning her body in a furnace in
the basement Of SAP Cornell avenue.
Raffty gave as his reason for the
crime his wife's alleged friendship
with a negro porter employed by the
Burlington railroad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
wireless PLANT for Navv.

Washington, Jan. 5.-When the pro-
posed wireless equipment for the navy
has been completed it will be the best
on earth and sea. The time set for
the receipt of bids for the equipment
CT vessels and shore stations ends
today.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Illinois Farmer and Wife Held 90
Await Grand Jury's Action.

Princeton, H., Jan. Airs. James
MacMahan, farmer, and his wife,
who were arrested on a charge of muir
der in connection with the death of
Miss Mary Hetrick, are still in jail
They will be held without bail to
await the action of the grand jury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
REVERSES GAS DECISION
Supreme Court of United States Rules
on New York Laws.

Washington, Jan. An an opinion
by Justice Peckham, in which the en-
tire court concurred, the supreme
court of the United States reversed the
decision of the United States circuit
court for the southern district of New
York granting an injunction against the
enforcement of the S0-cent gas law.
The decision involved the validity
of the New York state laws of 1905
and 1906
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
CRASH ON FRISCO ROAD

Engineer and Fireman Killed and
Score of People Injured.
Tulsa, Okla, Jan. A passenger
and freight train on the Frisco road
collided head-on near Fisher, twelve
miles west of Tulsa.
The engineer and one fireman were
killed. A score of persons were in
jured, some seriously.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Illinois Pioneer Dead

Mount Vernon, Ill, Jan. 4-Robert
Harlow, ninety-two years of age, the
Oldest man in this county, is dead of
paralysis. He located here in 1918,
coming from Tennessee. He leaves a
large family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG
Child and Two Men Attacked hy Ami
nal at Reedsburc, Wis.

Reedsburg, Wis, Jan. A dog rum
ming at large and supposed to be mad,
bit a small child of Gustave Rosen-
thai in the face, decorating it quite
badly, and then bit two men, neither
of whom were badly injured. Later
the dog was shot.
DR.. S. J. Collins, veterinarian, ex-
amined the dog and pronounced it a
case of hydrophobia. The Rosentha1
child was taken to Chicago for treat
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Gibson TO Wed Miss Jarvis.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Preston Glib
son, formerly Of Chicago, is to be mar
ried to Miss Grace Mcmillan Jarvis,
daughter Of William Jarvis Of Detroit,
AMI granddaughter Of the late Senator
Mcmillan of Michigan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
DREAM FORETOLD TRAGEDY
Mother Of Youth Who Shot Two Peo-
pie Had Premonition.

Boonville, Ind, Dec. 4.-The' mother
of Ed Strickland, who at Chester
killed Miss Ida Williamson, wounded
Almond Timmons, and then committed
suicide. says she was warned of the
impending tragedy by dream.
Mrs Timmons, mother of the wound
ed boy, denied her son was rival of
Strickland. She declares he was not
talking to Miss Williamson at the time
of the shooting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather
forecast:
Illinois. Indiana and Lower Michi-
gan-Rain OF snow; colder.
WiscOnsin-Snow with a cold wave.
Iowa-Fair; cold wave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
TERRORlsTs ARRESTED

Accidental Discovery of q Plot Against
the Gar of Russia.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 4.-Severa1 per-
sons have been arrested at Tsarskoi
Selo in connection with the supposed
terrorist plot against the imperial fam
lily.
Discovery OF the plot resulted from
the accidental explosion Of a bomb that
was laid on a table in a cafe on New
sky street by a student. A waiter was
killed by the explosion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
HAMS IN OWN DEFENSE
Defendant Tells His Version OF the
Shooting of Annis.

oHOOIITIY OF FIIIIIo'
Flushing, N. Y, Jan. 1.-The trial of
Thornton J. Hains reached its highest
point of interest when the story writer
took the stand in his own defense and
told his version of the shooting of
William E. Annis at Bayside by his
brother, Captain Peter c. Hams Jr.
The defendant asserted that the act
was without his knowledge until after
its commission and that he only drew
his revolver to save his brothers. life
from the yacht club members, who
threatened Captain Hams after the
killing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
WANTED PRESIDENTS AID
Aged Woman Arrested When Seek
ing the Chief Executive.

AGED woman Arrested When seek
ing the Chief Executive.
Washington, Jan. 5. - Mrs. Mary
Randa, an, aged woman of Niobrara,
Neb, was arrested at the Union sta
ton when she entered a carriage apd
requested to be driven to the White
house.
She exhibited several deeds to prop
erty in Nebraska and said certain per-
sons were trying to get them away
from her. She said her husband, who
died ten years ago, was acquainted
with the president and she wanted the
latter's advice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
FALLS DEAD IN THEATER
Wealthy Green Bay, Wis, Man Dies
Suddenly at Kenosha.

Suddenly at Kenosha.
Kenosha, Wis, Jan. 4.-John Robin
son, one of the wealthiest residents of
Green Bay, Wis. widely known among
druggists in the northwest, died sud
denly in the Bijou theater here.
He was intently watching a moving
picture when he fell back in the chair,
and before he could be removed to the
foyer he was dead.
He was seventy-five years of age and
was one of the original members of
the Wisconsin board of pharmacy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
New President New York Central.

New York, Jan. 4.-William G.
Brown, senior vice president of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railway, was elected president at
meeting of the directors to succeed
William E. Newman, who resigned
Dec. p.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Brother Of Roswell P. Flower Dead.

@A@Nta(i ~ tN~9ffNii = . iOhN~l -f~tee+s
WATERFOWL, y. Y, Jan. 4.-Anson. r.
Flower, aged sixty-six, special partner
of Flower e Co., bankers of New York
city, died suddenly at his home here.
He was a brother of the late Roswell
P. Flower, former governor Of New
York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
Perkins Will Be Reelected Senator.

Sacramento CAL, Jan. 4.-That Unit
ed States Senator George G. Perkins
will be reelected by the California
legislature is considered practically
certain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
FOR SALE THREE FARMS

l have for sale 517 aCr, on
Boice Prairie. six nj S south OF
Lancaster, Wis on he Potosi
road, comprising thee separate
farms, all adjoining, in one of the
finest stock and agricultural sec
tons of the state. Will sell all
together or separately. Nearly
ali under cultivation, some forest
timber. Each farm has good house
barns and other buildings suit
able for general stock raising and
agricultural purposes. House on
one farm is nearly new, strictly
modern and with all conveniences
water works, acetylene lighting
furnace heat, telephone, etc
Could leave big lot Of stock and
farm equipment if desired. This
is a strictly first class property
and worth investigating.
ADDRESS
GEO. A. BAILIE
Stage Route Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-13
EIqin Butter Market.

EIgln, Jan. 4.
Creamery, extras, 32c; prints, SAC;
extra firsts, 29c; firsts, 25c; dairiess
extra, &c; irsts, 25c; packing stock.
2Cc.