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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
OIL TRUST WINS CASE;
$2s,000,000 FINE VOID
Judge Anderson Decides That Evil
dence Against Standard Conn
pany Is insufficient.
ORDERS mot GUILTY" VERDICT.
Decides Nearly All Technical Points
Against observation-disclosures
ment Gives Up Fight.
The famous SOS. 24o 600 rebate case

The famous $29,24o,O 900 rebate case
against the Standard Oil Company
was ended Wednesday. Government
attorneys abandoned the prosecution,
declaring that under the courts rul-
ings they could not continue the case
against the corporation. By the direc-
ton Of Judge Anderson the jury re-
turned a verdict of mot guilty.
Judge Anderson ruled that the gov
eminent had not produced sufficient
evidence against the oil company to
establish the points upon which they
were basing the prosecution. In his
instruction to the jury the judge dwelt
on the theory that the government had
established no case against the oil
company.
This end of the famous case leaves
Judge X. NJ. Lands, who imposed the
enormous fine on the corporation, alone
in his judicial attitude. His rulings
are discredited and his opinion in the
first trial was not taken into consider
alton.
Judge Anderson, who has thus set
at naught the rulings of Judge Lands,
is boon companion of the latter jul
rist. Both men are "Hoosiers,' COM
ing from the same part of Indiana.
They were boys together and through
out their lives their careers have run
parallel. AS boys they frequented the
same ''swimmin hole" and when they
70.
and Republicans in politics and both
were made federal judges by exPresi-
dent Roosevelt. Their PHILOSOPHERS
have been much the same, and both
have been noted for their incisive
grasp of the cases ON trial before
them.
Judge lands brought John d. Rock
efeller to the bar of his court and
the witness chair.
Judge Anderson directed the dismis-
sal of the case because there is mo
proof" He in instructing the jury to
return verdict of not guilty, said
he dismissed the counts in the indict-
ment covering the shipments from
Chappelle because there was a fatal
variance between the indictment and
the evidence.
The Elkins law, he said, provided
that offenses could be committed in
only two ways, one way by violating
the law on shipments carried by a
common carrier over its own line, and
the other by violating the law on ship
ments carried over its own and other
lines.
The indictment charged, he said,
that the Chappelle shipments were
carried by the Alton road over its own
line, whereas the evidence showed that
they had been carried over its own
and other lines.
Judge Anderson, in the first ruling
of the retrial, ordered that new ven
ire be drawn when the Standard Oil
counsel raised objection to the first
panel because only three Chicagoans
were among the $50 summoned. He
then ruled that the government in pre-
sentlng its case should confine itself
to only thirty-six offenses, thus max
ing the highest possible fine against
the oil company. should it be found
guilty on every count. bu. $4,000.
while Judge Laudis assessed the COM
pany S29, 100000 fine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
CHICAGO.

An unusually low number of trading
defaults reflects gratifying settle
ments this month. which generally is
time of heavy payments. Further
testimony to the improving state Of
commerce is seen in increasing move
ments of factory outputs, general mer-
chandise and grain. Money is also in
wider demand for the leading indus
tries and currency outgo exceeds the
receipts but discount rates for de-
sirable paper remain favorable to Dor
rowers and encourage a revival OF en-
terprise Production is yet upon q
conservative basis.
The iron and steel branches obtain
a fair aggregate of new demands. al
though the reimbursement of prices
causes revision of estimates aud de
lays commitments for equipment,
bridge and track needs. Some con-
tracts are closed for lake freighters Of
heavy tonnage and this improved the
shipbuilding outlook Specifications
become more plentiful for plates and
structural shapes, and there is a mod
crate gain in forces at the rolling mills
and FORCES.
Car construction steadily expands.
Railroad plans assure much work, in
volving heavy OUTLAWS in the rear flu
ture, and there is further accumula-
tion of contemplated factory extern
sions and mercantile ana hotel build
ings.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Is. against 81 last week,
80 in 1908 and % in 1907. Those with
liabilities over $1,000 number &,
against 10 last week. IL in 1908 and s
in 1907."-Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Oliver Why,e's wire factory and ada
cent property at Medford. Mass, burned
Less. S65.000.
The steamer Pathfinder struck a rock
in Eell Gate and almost sank before she
could get into a dry dock. according TO a
New York newspaper. No passengers
were aboard.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel March. an author
and pastor emeritus of the First Congre-
gational Church of Worcester. Mass. is
dead at the age of 9S.
Ashton Collart. u years old. sentenced
TO the workhouSe in Cleveland. Ohio. on
the charge of assault and battery. saws
that an operation on his teeth has cured
him of continual desire to attack some
one.
Forty-nine prisoners and twenty four
birds were taken srhen cockfight was
broken up by the police in New Rochelle.
MY. Among the prisoners. il is SID.
was Humane society agent Fortv-six
men were fined $40 each.
Joseph {. Culombe of Mortified. VI.
announces that he has perfected gun 81
Iencer which rivals the Maxim device. Ise
SAYS his contrivance eliminates the re-
coil and makes black powder Smokeless.
\ sudden and HnexPected rise in the
price Of Western PacfAc common stock
has Increased the assets Of the deEanct
California Safe Deposit and Tras; Com
pany of San Francisco nearly $1.O00.o0o
The Taft tunnel OF the Chieage. Mil
waukee & Puget Sound Railroad AZ Taft.
Mont. wsS pierced the other afternoon.
marking tie practical completion of one
of the most Important susineering events
i'm the history of railroads in the United
States. The tunnel is 6.15l feet long.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
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Count Arthur Paulovitch Cassini, who
hse been for nearly fifty years in the Rus
sian diplomatic service, has applied for
retirement
The British authorities at Calcutta
have continued to seize important native
newspapers which support the National
list movement.
The treaty settling our differences with
Columbia over Panama, has been approx
ed by President Reyes and is before the
Columbian congress.
The officers of the American supply
ship. Celtic, and the gunboat, Scorpion,
made an excursion to Mount Vesuvius as
the guests of the municipality of Naples
During the ensuing session of the Man
itoba Legislature the government will be
severely questioned regarding the prom
sed reduction in telephone rates. which
have not yet been announced despite the
fact that the province took over all the
Bell lines in the province more than a
year ago The liberals claim that. owing
to the fact that the system has made a
profit for the year of 100000. the prom
ised reductions in rates should be made.
Russian diplomacy appears TO have
solved the Balkan problem. so far as it
involves Bulgaria and Turkey, by offering
TO remit to Turkey the ann0ai payment
of 81 100000 which under the Berlin
treaty was to be paid to Russia for 100
years until the claim of Turkey against
Bulgaria shall be satisfied. namely $24.-
100000. Russia in turn win collect that
amount from Bulgaria in smaller pay
ments on easier terms. Both sides have
assented to that plan.
Queen Helena. of Italy. has decided to
undertake with her own private funds
the reconstruction of a town on the out
skirts of Messina the actual location 10
be Oh the hill where the lighthouse stood
The new community win start with 1000
inhabitants
A committee of the French Senate has
drawn up a hill 10 establish a system of
old age and invalid pensions and insur-
ance. which goes far beyond the recently
adopted British system OF age pensions.
1t reduces the age limit TO 50 instead of
20 wears and incorporates many of the
features Of the German labor insurance
laws.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia came to
ST. Petersburg to entertain King Ferdi-
uand Of Bulgaria at the Winter Palace.
Although the visit of the latter was said
70 be nonpoliticaI. it is believed that the
meeting Of the two monarchs means the
a. facto recognition BY Russia Of BuIgar-
ian independence
President Gomez has asked the Cuban
Congress 10 appropriate 81 02:ags44 &c
equip at once an army Of 10000 soldiers
70 be Organized under one head an in
Sres4or general who viii be under the i'm
mediate orders OF the president He
POINTS out that this need did not exist
while the American soldiers were ID
Cuba. but thar 1t is very Imperative now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
SEA FIGHT OPENS WAR.
Nicaraguan Vessels Attack Saliva
dorean Boat, Losing in First Clash.

&
dorean Boat, Losing in First Clash.
Three Nicaraguan gunboats. led by
the Momotombo, Tuesday attacked the
Salyadorean gunboat Presidente. The
latter, by Il lucky shot, put the Mono
tombo out of action almost at the be-
ginning of the engagement. The three
Nicaraguans then withdrew. Later
the Momotombo was repaired and
went in pursuit of the Presidente.
The gunboat Presidente left the
port of Acajutla under sealed orders
and proceeded to cruise along the
Nicaragua coast. President Zelaya of
Nicaragua, getting wind of this, or
dered the Momotombo and two other
ships to intercept the Salvadorean YES
sci and engage her in battle.
The Presidente was encountered off
the harbor of Corinto, but succeeded
in getting in action first and disabling
the Momotombo. The latter was com
PEELED to withdray and limped back to
the port of Corinto. The two vessels
accompanying her also withdrew.
HaSty repairs were made on the Mo
motombo and within a few hours she
was ready to put to sea again. AS
she is a faster and better equipped
cred certain that she will overtake
the Sagvadorean gunboat. 1t is said
that a second engagement was fought.
Their is a story current in diplo-
matte circles in the city of Mexico
that is believed to be true that the
United States and Mexico reached a
private agreement to divide Central
America and annex four republics in
the event of further disturbances in
that part of the world. According to
the story the question has been dis
cussed between Washington and the
City Of Mexico for some time and the
conclusion has been reached that an
nexation is the only solution of the
problem of ending the periodical revo-
lutions
1t is said that the United States has
consented for Mexico to annex Guate-
mala and Honduras and Mexico has
in turn given her assent to the annex
alton of Nicaragua and Salvador to
the United States. Mexico has had
series of diplomatic quarrels with
both Guatemala and Honduras and
the patience of the Mexican govern
ment has about been exhausted.
President DiaZ, the story goes, is
Guatemala and Honduras on short no
tice, and it is said military move
ments recently point Enthusiastically TO
early action on the part of Mexico.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
GoMpERs DEFEATED AGAIN.
Court of Appeals Afirms Blow at
Boycott List.

The Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia has modified and affirmed
the opinion of Justice Gould of the
Supreme Court of the district, enjoin-
ing the Amesican Federation of La
Dor, Samuel Gompers and other defend
ants from publishing in the 1--WE don't
patronize" list the name of Bucks
Stove and Range Company of st. Louis
The opinion, which was handed down
by Justice Robb, holds that the decree
of Judge Gould should be modified to
the extent that there should be elm
mated the order against the labor or
ganization and the other defendants
prohibiting mentioning, writing or re-
ferring" to the business of Bucks Stove
and Range Company or its customers.
Otherwise the decree is affirmed.
The court holds that the "combina-
ton" and the boycott in furtherance
thereof. and the publication in the I'VE
don't patronize" list in aid of the boy
colt are illegal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
MINERS DEMANDS REJECTED.
Operators Ask That Present Agree
ment Be Extended Thee Years.

meur 70 EXTENDED cbzee FEARS.
The anthracite coal operators have
| fatty denied all of the eight demands
officials of the union had made for
changes in the agreement, which will
| expire on March 81. The operators
then proposed that the present agree
ment be renewed for period of three
years. The conference was held in
Philadelphia.
This decision was not unexpected
by the workers President Lewis has
his plans laid and is comforting with
other leaders to perfect the details
| of the next move. Those who have
followed the trend of affairs in the
anthracite region believe it will be
useless for the miners to insist fur
ther upon any material change in the
present agreement, and it is expected
the miners committee will call con-
vention from three districts to take up
tue operators refusal and counter
proposition.
What the outcome will be is mat
ter of conjecture. So far as could be
learned from the miners, a majority
of the workers are opposed to strike,
because they feel that they arc not
strongly enough intrenched to carry
on a campaign of the magnitude OF
that of 1900 and 1902.
The present agreement, made in New
York three years ago, when John
Mitchell led the miners in the negotia-
lions, is identical with the award of
the Roosevelt strike commission, made
in 1903, after the strike of 1902.
Three years ago the miners made nu-
merous demands, but all were rejected.
and they accepted the renewal OF the
strike commission award, which is the
same proposition again made by the
operators.
The demands of the mine workers,
drafted in Scranton last October and
ratified by the national convention in
indianapolis in January, ask an agree
men under which all disputes shall be
az listed and recognition of the union
as a party TO negotiations in wage
contract and its right to provide any
method it may adopt for the collection
of revenue.
The other demands were for an eight
hour day with no reduction in wages,
for contract by which all coal shall
be mined and paid for by the ton of
1900 pounds, and a definite and more
uniform scale of wages and prices.
They ask that all employees paid $3.50
or less per day shall receive 10 per
cent advance, and all employees paid
more than $1.50 and less than $500
per day shall receive a 3 per cent adj
vance.
They also demand that the system
whereby a contract miner has more
than one job or employs more than
two laborers be abolished that the
employers be. required to issue uniform
pay statements, and, finally, that the
contract shall be made for a period of
one year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

seventy-seven new members, had to or
ganize, which took considerable time.
While this was being done the clerk,
Alexander Mcdowell, acted as presiding
officer. 1t was necessary first to swear
in the entire membership by States.
The various groups Of members
marched down the aisles and, stabanlg
in the well in front IF the rostrum,
took the oath of office. The Presidents
proclamation was read to both bodies,
after which business proceeded.
A few minutes after the House met
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois was re-
elected Speaker. The vote on Speaker
was: Cannon, 204 Champ Clark, Mis-
souri,, 1866; Cooper. Wisconsin, 8;
Esch, Wisconsin, l Norris, Nebraska,
2; Hepburn. Iowa, /.
The session of the Senate Monday
was brief, the chief business being the
reading of the Presidents proclama-
ton calling an extra session of the
Sixty-first Congress and the appoint
ment of a committee formally to noti-
fly the President that the Senate was
in readiness to receive any message.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin was
sworn in as a United States Senator
After being in session fifteen minutes
a recess was taken until , o'clock and
almost Immediately upon reassembling
the Senate adjourned. Joseph G. Can
non was reelected Speaker by the
House, but motion to adopt the old
rules was voted down. Several amend
ments to the rules were secured after
a hot debate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Fire at Hobart, Okla. destroyed the
building occupied by the Dixie depart
ment store, with contents. Loss, $780,
600.
Daniel Guggenbeim. president of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
many. who was taken III in Mexico, reach
cd Laredo. Texas, on his way to New
York.
Peter Seery. the fire marshal Of New
York City. says in his annual report that
1.112 fires in Manhattan out Of total
of s.242 in the last year were caused by
the careless handling of matches.
The Kelly Hotel, Arthur Kelly's gen
eraI store. Mrs. Scott's residence and the
public library at Estevan, Sask., were
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
loss of $4,000 was caused by Ere in
Buffalo. \. Y. a six-sfory building occu-
pied by II. J. Brock & Co, Vile, Her
man & Co. George y. HIATT Co. Claw
son & Wilson and Cohn Frank, all
dealers in clothing. being destroyed.
While on her way TO theater in Co
,n,obus. Ohio. Mrs Ethel Boeshans. aged
~ a bride Of two months, was electro
cpted when her umbrella came IN contact
,.ith live wire which had been torn
loose from a pole By the storm
Dr Joseph u. Bryant Of New York,
the late Grover Cleyeland's physician,
rs robbed Of his watch. gold penknife
nd goo in a New York hospital while
Getting ready to perform an operation.
For reckIessly driving his automobile
Tonis !. Henes Of New York City, SEN
Tor in the Sheffield Scientific School at
New Haven. has been sentenced 70 thirty
DAYS in jail He gave $3.50 bonds pend
ing an appeal
President Thwing Of Western Re
serve University. Cleveland, announces
that 1915. 0o0. conditional TO a gitf OF
$4,000 from the general educational
board. has been raised. The fund Is for
endowment Of undergraduate colleges.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
SAYS JAPAN SEIZED ISLANDS.
Chinese Commander Forces Mixado's
Men to Haul Down Flag.

Chinese Commander Forces Mikado's
Men to Haul Down Flag.
Chinese fishermen engaged at Pratas
Isends having sent an urgent appeal to
the Viceroy of Canton, alleging that the
japanese were occupying the islands, the
Chinese cruiser Feuying and two de-
stroyers were dispatched to investigate.
The squadron spent four days at the isl
ands and returned. Commander Woo,
who seized the japanese steamship Tatsu
MaTu in 1907, reports that he found the
japanese flag flying on the islands and
more than a hundred japanese establish
ed in permanent settlement, actively en-
gagged in removing phosphate, pearl shell
and tortoise sacll without permission
from the Chinese government. The Jap
anese claimed they discovered the islands
eighteen months ago. They had destroyed
an old Chinese temple. driven off many
fishermen, burned six junks, the owners
of which refused to leave, and continual
ly threatened others with death if they
persisted in landing. Commander Woo
compelled the japanese to haul down
their flag and destroy the post which an
nounced the alleged discovery of the isl
ands 1t is estimated that the japanese
removed five million yen worth of pro-
duce. Shipments have been forbidden.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
FIGURES SHOW ACTIVITY.
Imports of Manufacturers Materials
Grow Over 1905 and 1907.

Renewed activity in the country's man,
ufactures is shown in figuresDprepared by
the bureau oe statistics. comparing i'm
ports of manu facturers' materials in jan
uary with those of the two preceding jan
uarys. In practically all cases the i'm
portations of manufacturers raw mater
ials in January, 1909. show large adj
vance over those one year ago, and in not
a few cases the figures are actually larger
than those of January, 1907, when all the
industries of the country were running
TO their full capacity of production. The
quantity of wool, for example Supported
in January, 1909, was more than 24000,-
coo pounds, against 100000 pounds in
January. 1908, and 100000 pounds in
January, 1907. OF lumber there was i'm
ported in January, 1909, 35,7S5,000 feet.
against 30.744,000 feet in January, 1905,
and HIATT 900 feet in January, 1907.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
CONGRESS CONvENES;
CANNON REELECTED
IIIinoisan Chosen Speaker of House
When Extra Session Begins
Work.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN,
Lively Scenes at the Nations Capitol
When Lawmakers Gather for
Tariff Revision.
washington eorrespondenee /:

The extraordinary session of the Six
ty-first Congress, called by the Presi-
dent TO enact tariff legislation, began
at noon Monday. Great crowds were
attracted to the capitol, but only few
were able to gain admission to either
chamber. The Senate being continu-
Gus body, its organization was al
the proceedings centered on the new
Vice President, Mr.. sherman. and the
swearing in of Senator Stephenson of
Wisconsin, who has been reelected aft
er bitter fight in the Legislature a.
his State. At the other end of the
capitol, however, different situation
was presented. The House. with its
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Shackled with irons that weighed twen-
IL pounds. Jesse Grant. who had served
ten years for burglary and larceny. was
taken from the gates of the prison in
Columbus. Ohio upon the completion of
his sentence TO the Union station TO catch
train hound for the jefferson peniten-
tiary in Indiana. from which be escaped
nine years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
FINDS LOOT IN WEALTHY HOME.
Chicago Woman's Discovery I'm Cleve-
land May Stir Society Scandal.

IRnd Way SIT sOcfety ScahuAI.
Tie finding in fashionable East Side
home in Cleveland by Mrs. c. ii. Fisk, of
Chicago, wife of the editor of the Retail
Dry Goods Reporter. of cut glass stolen
from the Fisk home several months ago.
may result in a society scandal. Police
are seeking the means by which the cut
glass reached this home. She made no
objections to Mrs. Fisks taking the cut
glass after the Chicago woman he'd fitted
broken pieces of the glass into breaks in
the articles Mrs. Fisk declares she fol-
lowed clew given her in Chicago by a
private confession of Roy Bedding. gen
tl.rnan burglar that loot of the Fisk
and numerous other burglaries had been
sent 10 Cleveland 10 be disposed Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
MENNoNITEs ARE swINDLED.
Members of Church Said to Have
Lost 100000 I'm Land Fake.

Details of stupendous land swindle,
in which the Mennonites of Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota
probably are victims to the extent of half
a million dollars, are coming to light at
Marion. S. d., where the Mennonites are
believed to have been caught for nearly
100000 The game is worked by a man
claiming to be a Mennonite, who offers
California lands for sale in twenty-acre
lots at 500 per acre. As part payment
he takes in exchange anything offered,
but always requires a note to be given for
the full amount. Special inducements are
offered, including a free trip to Califor-
MIA After the victim has been lured into
signing the contracts and notes he linds
all the promises and inducements were
oral and that his note has been sold to
some convenient bank or Eastern broker
age firm. Marion victims have placed
three cases in the hands of attorneys, and
strenuous efforts will be made to appre-
bend the grafters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
PRAYER ENDS DROUGHT.
Oklahoma Preacher S.ops Dry Spell
He Invoked ms Punishment.

Like Moses of old. calling down Juog-
ments on Egypt. the Rev. Charles Ford,
holiness preacher. publicly called down
a plague on Bokhoma. Okla. IL the forl2
of drought. That was six months ago,
and since then scarcely a drop of rain
has fallen there until Sunday, when the
minister prayed for the drought to end.
The remarkable prayer was made after
Mr. Ford had been denied sum of mon
ey which he claimed as back pay from the
Frisco Lumber Company. which employed
him. During the drought business was
paralyzed and hundreds of men moved
their families. in actual want. to other
parts of the State.