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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-25
AN UNLAWFUL CONSPIRACY

AN UNLAWFUL CONSPIRACY,
The Standard Oil Company was
unanimously declared ali unlawful
conspiracy in restraint Of trade
last Saturday by the four Judges Of
the Eighth Federal Judicial Circuit
at st. Louis. The suit against be
oil trust was instituted about three
years ago by United States Dis
trict Attorney ID. ?. Dyer, acting
under the instruction Of Attorney
General Moody, and was brought
to actual trial last April, The de-
cision of the court handed down
last Saturday was against the
Standard Oil Company, and en-.
joins John ID. Rockefeller, Will
liam Rockefeller, Henry ii. ROg.
ers, Henry NJ. Flagler, John ID.
Archbold, Oliver X. Payne, and
Charles NJ. Pratt, individual de.
PENDANTS. aud the Standard Oil
Company, aud its subsidiary cor
porations, from continuing or
carrying into effect the illegal
combination they have formed, and
from entering into any like comb
nation or conspiracy, the effect Of
which will be 10 restrain interstate
commerce in petroleum or to pro.
long the unlawful monopoly of such
commerce, and they are forbid.
den from engaging or continuing in
terstate commerce until they dis
continue their illegal combination
The Standard Oil Company will OF
course take an appeal to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, where
under the most favorable condi-
tions the case cannot be reached
under year.
The evidence or testimony be-
fore the court. which covered thou.
sands of pages, must have been in
conference.-the that the STANDARD
Oil Company was a monopoly, a
trust and an unlawful conspiracy,
else the court would not have been
SO unanimous in its finding. That
il is all these things the public
mind has never had any doubt.
This illegal conspiracy, combina-
ton, trust, monopoly, was formed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-25

The Charlottesville Democrat says
that the Jail is empty, the last pris-
Oner having been discharged. II con-
siders this complete refutation
that Charlottesville is bad town.
Charles Long, "A freight conductor
on the Iron Mountain, was killed ut
Poplar Bluff on the l4th by being
caught under q car which he was
trying to cut out.
A Butler county High School girl
met her sweetheart at noon as she
was going home on the 18th, and
decided to get married, SO they went
into the Office of a Justice and had
the ceremony performed
Walter &. Shaner OF Marston,
New Madrid county, was shot and
killed on the 10Th by r. l.. Latimer,
the town marshal, whom he had Sc
verely cut with knife. Latimer Is
in very serious condition from his
wounds.
Henry Kyle, aged 81, committed
suicide at Lilbourn on the 10th by
throwing himself in front OF Fris-
co train and having his head cut off.
He was respondent over his debts,
and said death was the surest way
out of his trouble.
AT box supper given at Liberty,
Dunklin county, one box sold for
1910. The total receipts were $175 40
and the funds will be used to seat
the new church.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-25
Fine 6S-ACre Tract for Sale

68 acres on the Pennington and
Hillsboro road, 6 miles north of
under fence and In
cultivation. 1t lies close to the
electric car line and the Illinois
Southern railroad. For further par
ticulars apply to
w. A. MITCHELL,
Esther, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-25
HON. D, A. DE ARMOND
And LITTLE GRANDSON
MEET DEATH In FIRE,
The Congressman Home Destroyed
and He is Overcome as He Rushes
Through Flames with Little
Boy in His Arms.

No event Of recent years has so
shocked the State as the news
flashed over the wire Tuesday morn
ing from Butler, Mo-, that Congress-
man David A. De Almond, with his
favOrite little grandson, had been
burned To death in fire that de-
stroyed his home about I O'Clock
that morning. The little boy, son
Of James a. De Almond, editor OF
tbs Bates County Democrat, was
sleeping with his grandfather that
night. They occupied room on
the south side Of the building, while
Mrs. De Almond and her daughter,
Mrs. Clark, occupied rooms on the
opposite side of the house. Mrs.
Clark was awakened by cry, and
going to the door OF her room saw
smoke issuing from the part of the
house where the Congressman slept,
and heard the little boy cry "Oh,
grandpa, get me out, I'm burning to
death, and Mr.. DeArmond calmly
replied, Eyes, son, don't be afraid /;
grandpa'll get you out" These
were the last words either of the
victims said, and they went down to
their death, the little boy in his
grandfather's arms. Other mem
bers OF the family narrowly escoped.
Mr.. DeArmond was one of Mis-
souri's ablest and most conscientious
Congressman, and his sadly tragic
death sent Il shock throughout the
country. President Taft and prom
inent men from all over the country
sent condolences to the grief stricken
family. His death is sad blow
not only to his family, hIt to Mis-.
souri, and the whole county.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-25
REGISTERED HEREFORD
BULLS FOR SALE

l have for sale several extra fine
registered Hereford young bulls
for sale. This stock Is not related
to any other Hereford stock in this
county. E. 4. SwINK.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Iilkins in Earnest

Senator Stephen b. Efkins's earn
est fight in behalf of West Virginia
products cndcars him 10 the people
of the state more than ever. Wide
commemorate comment is being
made on the firm stand he has taken
for West Virginia. among which is
the following by the Wheeling Intel
ligencer, significant because of the
fact that thai newspaper sometimes
shows hostility toward Senator Ell
Rims:
True 10 the promise embodied in
an interview published in the Intel
ligencee the other day concerning
the Payne bill, Senator Stephen B.
Elkins Monday made speech in the
senate. in which he vigorously as
sailed the New England contingent
for trying TO corner all protection
benefits for that particular nook and
give West Virginia and the South
dry free trade bones. Without
mincfng words Senator Elkins
Showed how New England was
striving to secure worldwide
market in which 10 purchase raw.
materials. for her manufactured pro-
ducts and on the other hand nur.
posed restricting the consumers Of
her products 10 the New England
market.
Senator Elkins wisely did not wait
;uHtit the general debate on the hin
10 give, utterances to his expressions
On the contrary, he took time by the
torelock, and addressed himself !,
the Senate committee on finance !,
Yet It know where he stands before
the bill reaches it for consideration
Inasmncr as the committee is pack
ed in favor of New England, havin,
three members from those state
and none from the South. proba.bl
little. can be done with it. hut ii wa
weI enough to warn It's member
that any attempt at sectional favor
itism would be vigorously combat
ted on the moor.
In his remarks Senator Elkin
pointed ont that he favored tart
revision, but he opposed the kind 0
revision that called for protectio
Is spots and free trade in othe
pots; that he believed II there wa
better ana more equal Distribution
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

..FUNNYGRAIPHERs
Something Missing.

The new arrival from Kentucky
had succeeded in getting through the
;pearly gates. he had donned his halo,
his harp was in readiness, and his
celestial robe hung loosely from his
shoulders stiIl he seemed i'll at ease.
AT intervals he would furtlvely fum-
BILE. at the back Of his flowing gar
inent and look puzzled.
Anything wrong, my frlend?" ask
ed the kindly Peter. noticing the ac-
'tions Of the new arrival.
II was just feeling for the hip
pocket" sighed the shade from Ken
,tucky-New York Times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Rogel.s's s.Toy."

Much interest has been taken in
the opening at Norfolk a day or so
ago of the new Virginia railway
known as Henry II. Rogers's "toy, !"
both because of the persistence and
enterprise of the promoter and be.
cause it opens up vast region OF
mineral wealth in the two virgfnias.
a few facts about it are of interest
to Telegram readers because the
road means much to West virginia,
and the following from the New
York World are therefore appended:
The Virginia Railway, organized
IN April. 1907. travels through one
OF the richest bituminous coal fields
IN West Virginia. 1t expects to de-
rive its chief sustenance from this
territory. The road is consolida-
ton of the Deepwater Railway and
the Tidewater Railway, which had
been under construction in desultory
fashion for years before Rogers
gathered up the loose ends. OF the
$4O'OO0,0OO used up in building the
road more than half came from
Rogers's pocket. The first npbiic
financing was done when the road
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
IIi by Trust.

Bluetield Is experienclng one III
from the octopus. The theatrical
trust has fence built around US am
but few Of the better attractions can
be gotten in here. The management
must take the most Of It's offerings
from the junk heaps. There IS no
but to practically give the
theatre TO the trust. and that Is ask
ing those who have their money In
vested In the house. to make a great
sacrifice. But unless they do 1t, we
will continue to have such attractions
as we have had the last ,year.-Blue-
field Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Insurance Supervision.

4 E = Il = 3D. 3 q T.
IN an article entitled Insurance
Supervision ana National ideals, 2 IN
the April number OF The NORTH
america Review Mr.. Darwin Up,
Kingsley. President OF the New
York Life Insurance Company, pre-.
SCENTS a strong argument for the Sd.
.peryision of insurance by the federal
governments. Mr.. Kinsley outlines
the constitutional history Of the
country i'm an attempt to show that,
from time to time, certain preroga.
ttyes have been transferred from
the State to tho National Govern.
ment through a process Of intrepre-
tation of the Constitution in re-
Spouse to National needs. and
through interference which was nee.
essary in order to carry out the gen.
eral powers Of government. Mr..
Kingsley points to the hardships
which the business of insurance is
compelled to suffer in consequence
of the fact that it must obey the
behests sof forty-six different legts.
latures. and he pleads that the ibusi.
ness must suffer grevious harm un.
less and until its superintendent is
transferred from the multitudious
rulers to the central government Of
the country. The supreme court has
decided that the nature of the in.
surance business is such as to pre.
ctlde such transSerence, but Mr..
Kingsley believes, for reasons
which he explains. that the court
viii change its decision should Il
nave occasion to reconsider the ques.
ton. He says:
I'VE have moved on into what Is
almost a new world. We are facing
new problems. We are facing the
future development Of national
ideas. We cling as tenaciously as
our foretathers did to what we call
the right of local self-government.
what we are now and then asked to
give up seems to US much more vital
than what they were asked to snr-
render IN the general interest We
nave. the most extended railroad
transportation in the world. The
use Of the telegraph and telephone
has extended throughout the nation.
Many important types Of business
are organized ON continental lines.
me question, then. is: When we in
sist on what We call local selt-gov-
eminent as against the obyious sip-
nittcance of such facts as these are.
we not as shortsighted as our fore
fathers were il they had carried
their opposition to the Constitution
further than they did? The fact is.
We are still entirely devoted TO local
selt-goyefnment. But what is local
self-government? When a business
naturally extends over all the states
Of the united States. is it local self
government to attempt to regulate 1t
in forty-six different places ny forty
six sovereign authorities? Under
these conditions, is not the local idea
plainly encroaching on the national
prerogative?"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
onr saplreme co,n.t.

The Supreme Court Of Appeals is
IN recess until April 1s and the
Charleston Gazette says il there Is 4
body Of men anywhere who deserve
an occasional breathing spell ii Is
surely the members of that tribunal.
In the last three months the court
handed down sixty-eight written
opinions in addition to deciding
other cases where written opinions
were not necessary, taking numerous
other actions in original jurisdiction
and listening patiently to lengthy
arguments.
West Virginia has grown enough
to almost swamp Its supreme court
In work," says the Gazette. Two
more Judges will greatly relieve the
situation. It will be some time nntil
the amendment to the constitution
providing this relief is voted ON,
but It is not too early to direct at
tentIon to a condition that must be
remedied,"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
HOTEL Waldo

Noted for the perfection Of its
equipment and luxury. Tie hotel
that affords the ideal conditions Of
hotel hospitality and real comforts
to visitors to clarksDurg .
Service cuisine Of tIie highest
standard.
Rates S1.0O and upward.
Club breakfast 25c to5Oc.
Business mems lunch served in
cafe from 1880 to 2 p. M, S5c.
Table d. hote dinner toS.p. m.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

A Chinese street. modelled after one
Of the best known streets of Pekin,
will be one OF the interesting fea-
lures of. the Alaska ukon-Pacific ex-
position. The concession for its pro-
duction has been granted a company
of wealthy coast Chinese, and agents
have been in China for the last year
perfcctinr. arrangements for an ex-
hibit complete in every detail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

NO POLICE COURT SESSION.

There was no session Of city court
this morning. Only one arrest hal
been made by policemen since sester-
day mornings session and that case
was transferred to . justices court
a warrant having beenssworn out in.
that court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

A magnificent trophy has been au-
thorIzed blythe Seattle Areo Club, and
this VIII be competed for at the
coming AIaska-Yukon-P Pacific EXPOSE
ton, A number of tho most famous
aerial navigators have sigpitied their
intention Of entering the competition
and the event is arousIng world wide
interest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

The Philippi Republicans appeal
for new railroad depot in that
town has stirred the Grafton RE-
publican's soul to its depths. The
latter newspaper looks backward In
to the dim and misty past and re-
calls when first the appeal for a
new depot was uttered in Grafton.
'Fouf supplication, says the Repub-
lican, started meekly like the
above about twenty years ago and.
gradually worked up into frenzied
'clamor. but we haven't got it yet.
We still hope. . That is right Do
not give up now. The Telegram
hopes the hope will be realized some
day. If it cannot he soon. West
Virginia wants a new depot at
Grafton about as sincerely as Graf
ton does.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Fooled Again.

The 1ntelligencer's attempt to die
tate Wheeling politics is no more sue
cessful than its attempt to dictate the
disposition of state committee mat
ters. The Republican primary in
Wheeling turned down the Intelli-
gencer's Charleston Mail.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
CouIdn't ARor,I II.

Because the steam-heating appar-
atus in his private car went wrong,
Rockefeller had to abandon it at
Richmond and go to a hotel. Why
didn't he send for an oil stove?-
Wheeling Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

The thtrty-one models of the United
states Vessels regularly on exhi-
Tbifion in the corFidors3of the War De-
ipartnent at washington. will form
part Of the government exhibit at the
Alaska Yukon-Paeiic exposition at
Seattle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Retrencbinp

Three police officers for a city u
the proportions of Grafton seems but
a very few, and 1t will keep them
very busy and always on the alert.
However. with reduction of SIS
900 or thereabouts in the revenues OF
the city. 1t is impossible to keep a
standing army. When a private in
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
WORLDS FAIR NOTES

stsasass0akaS1E
Thegstate of OREGON attributed the
first shipment of exhibits to the Alas-
kaS Yukon-Pa exposition and was
comprised of 5000 boxes of the states
famous apples.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Next Pnre Readlng NIntter.

Poet-willyou accept this poem al
your regular rates?
Editor-I guess sp-it appears to-
contain nothing objectionable. Go 20
the advertising department and ask
them what the rates are. How many
times do YOU wish It inserted?-
Cleveland Leader.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Perfectly Proper.
..Tlle stationary dance Is ,he

The stationary dance Is the la!-
est"
How now7''
The young man sits lii the conser-
vatory with his arm around the
girls waist. The chapcron is there,
too"
why the cllaperon?"
10 see than nc removes his arm.
when the music stops. '-Louisvill4
courler-Journa1,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
Not An One WAY.

Yesterday the New England granite
cutters were granted an increase in
the minimum wage. Not all going
one way. thank you.-Pittsburg Dis
patch. 80
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

AT the Alaska Yukon Pacific expo
sition. the wonderful work accom-
plishcd by the Christian missionary IN
Alaska. will, for, the first time in his
tory, be placed COMPREHENSIVE be-
fore the public.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
They Know 81 How.

n Is wen Ton the interests 0f West
Virginia that they have senators who
are not only willing % look after the
interests of the state. but know how
to- look after them. Grafton Repuh.
Scan.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

one Of the features of the Alaska
iYukop-Pacihc: exposition. will be q
motor boat race from Seattle to
Juneau. Alaska, and return.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
A Ronnct.

The Telegram appreciates the fol-
lowing expression by the Fairmont
Times:
The clarksburs Telegram on
Saturday demonstrated that even in
a small city Office it was possible to
print a big town newspaper. The
Easter number of the Telegram
consisted of thirty pages nicely got.
ten up and full of up-to-date adyer-
Using. The first section was print
ed in colors and the entire edition
will compare faworably with any
Sunday city paper that comes 10
Fairmont."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAT- !:
Another ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Also they may be called ''beehive
hats" because the husbands are,
stung.-Pittsburg Gazette Times
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06

Allen .. Fitzhugh, postmaster at
Bridgeport, was here last evening a
few hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-06
An Eyening Echo.

Mingle little gayety with your
grave pursuits. Horace.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
On Airino q Cook.


The woman in need of a cook was so
we'll groomed and looked so generally
prosperous that the manager of the
employment agency thought he had at
last found place for the high priced
French cook for whom he had been
trying to find a situation. But the
new customer would not even listen
to the praises Of the French cook.
Don't mention French cooks to
me- she said, nor graduates Of cook
ing schools. I've tried both. l like
their cooking, and don't object to the
wages they ask, but they take up too
much room. Ny kitchen isn't large
enough to hold all the cooking uten7
sils they require, and my income isn't
large enough to buy them. Those
stylish cooks need four times as many
pots and pans and molds and things
as ordinary cooks use. If l hire a
fancy cook shall have to move into
q fancy apartment to get kitchen big
enough to accommodate her."
THAT is a common complaint
against these experts, foreign and
American sighed the manager 81
am beginning to think there must be
something in it.'-New York Sun.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
Boar Hunting In Brittany.

Boar hunting in Brittany is full of
exciting Incidents, and the boars sell
dom die unavenged, for, though they
are beset by mounted hunters and
peasantry on foot armed with guns,
the lifeblood of many a hound is
drawn before the savage old tusker
yields up his life. His dangerous pow
ers Of offense cease only with his last
gasp. Though the grip of the bulldog,
the yelping Of the hounds, the din of
horns and the cries of the beaters may
force him from his lair to seek refuge
in flight, that withdrawal may be set
down rather to prudence and disgust
than to any fear. When at last he
is brought to bay, with his back
against rock or tree trunk, he is
ready to defy host. Met in a narrow
alley of the forest. neither man nor
horse can withstand the avalanche of
his onset. Not infrequently the hunter
who loves his hounds will feel but
little triumph even in the death of
many boars if, having begun the sea-
son with a large pack, he ends 1t with
a miserable remnant. having left all
his best and bravest dogs on the field
Of battle.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
The Twenty Cent Revenge.

She was in very bad temper as she
boarded an Amsterdam avenue car
Her temper was not improved by the
fact that as she drew a quarter of a
dollar from her jeweled gold purse the
coin slipped from her fingers and roll
ed on the floor of the car. She made
no move to recover the money, but
when the conductor came in to collect
her fare she pointed with the tip of
her handsome parasol to the coin.
Il dropped my fare" she said snap
pfshly. 'Pick it up"
The young conductor looked her in
the eye for just moment, and then,
STOPPING, he picked the coin from be-
tween the Stats on the floor covering.
Leisurely he took four nickels from
his pocket and put them where the
quarter had been before. Maybe it
was the effort of bending that made
his face red. When he Strengthened
up he rang up the fare, turned and
sauntered back to the rear PLATFORM
New York Press.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
Two WAYS Of 1eilino Il.

Once upon a time Persian king in
his sleep dreamed that all of his teeth
fell out before him, one by one. He
summoned a soothsayer and asked him
to interpret the dream.
The soothsayer said, 20 king, the
meaning of thy dream is that thy
family and relatives shall die in thy
presence, one by one. till all are gone"
The king was very angry at that
and sent the soothsayer at once to
prison.
Then he sent for another soothsayer
and again asked for an Interpretation
of the dream.
The soothsayer made answer, 20
king, the Interpretation Of thy dream
is that thy family and relatives shall
die. one by one. and thou thyself shalt
outlive them all
With this answer the king showed
approval and commanded that a pres
ent be given to the interpreter and
that he should be sent home with
honor