The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 11, 1907, Page 5

Vfownale CWNGO. WORM TRLCRPA INES. SUED New York Attorney General Alleges | Postal and Western Have | Formed Trust. ' New York, July 9.—That a plea ot! * | insanity may be the defense of Ches ter B. Runyan, the paying teller of the Windsor Trust company who is charged with abstracting $96,000 of) REFEREE TO TAKE EVIDENCE APPOINTED | Combination Has Already Increased Prices of Messages 20 Per Cent, | It is Charged—Action is Brought | by State Under Anti-Trust Law of 1899, New York, July 9—Acting on a pe- tition filed by Attorney General W1il- liam §. Jackson, Justice M.. W. Plat- zek, in the supreme court Monday ap- pointed R. Burnham Moffatt, an at- torney, to take evidence based on the attorney general’s allegations that the Postal Telegraph and Cable company and the Western Union Tel- egraph company have formed an il- legal combination to increase rates in New York and other states. Mr. Moffatt announced Monday night that the first hearing in the matter will be held a his office on Wat! street July 16. The action of the attorney general | is under a state anti-t law of 1899. He alleges that the combina- tion he seeks to break was made in January last, and that as a result the tolls on messages between New York and points in this state were raised about five cents per message of ten words, also that the effect of the al- leged combination has been to in- crease the rates on messages between this city and other cities throughout the country iu many instances 20 pe: cent over the rates previously exist ing. The attorney general charges also that the two companies have agreed to establish at various places in thi: state common offices and to divid the profits and business received at these offices. He declares that when this was done in certain New York hotels the telegraph companies agreed to divide the gross proceeds of the business equally. rust Three Sailors Drowned. New: York, July 9—Three mem- bers of the crew of the steam yacht Yacona, belonging to Henry Clay Pierce of St. Louis, were drowned in the Hudson river early Tuesday when a small yawh. carrying six of the Yaoona’s crew and a dockman was capsized by a sailor who rocked the eed Four of the party were picked py a passing io hav been discovered of men and the police are con’ o MAY PLEAD INSANITY, Attorneys for Defaulting Teller of New York Trust Company, Say He’s Insane, . the trust: company’s funds was indi cated by lis counsel when Runyan, was arraigned in court Tuesday. Op behalf of Runyan, his counsel entered a plea of not guilty of the charge of grand larceny and asked for an ad journment of the case until Monday. He said that he had been informed; that the prisoner’s maternal grand:| mother had died in an insane asylum ‘ and that Mrs. Runyan believed her| husband's mind affected. Runyan's attorney said that he entered a plea! of not guilty with the privilege of; withdrawing it, and demurring to the indictment with the view of asking for the appointment of a commission. Egyptian Prince in California, Oakland, Cal, July 9—The de scendant of an unbroken line of kings and rulers extending along a dynasty of eight centuries, who is visiting the| United States incognito, left Oakland, Monday on a trip to the Yosemite, He! will return during the week and re-| main in this city for about a month. , The name of the distinguished visitor is Prince D'Abro Pagratide of Cairo, Egypt. He is the son of Tigrane Pasha, the late prime minister of Egypt prior to the British occupation, and a grandson of the reigning ruler at this time. Blatz Brewery Out at Once, Topeka, July 9.—The Val Blatz Brewing company, one of the brew- erles against which F. S. Jackson, attorney general, brought ouster pro- ceedings, probably will pay the costs in the case against it and move all of its personal property out of the state and sell its real estate with- in the next ten day®. This is the company which confessed judgment in the supreme court Saturday and its intention to get out of the state at ! once was indicated to the receivers appointed by the court by F. D. Dawes of Leavenworth, attorney for the company. “Glass Workers at Detroit. Detroit, July 9.—Three hundred delegates representing 10,000 glass- workers employed in the independent glass factories of the country were present when the annual convention of the Amalgamated Association of Window Glass Workers of America was opened here Tuesday with an ad- dress of welcome from Mayor Thomp son. The conveniton will remain in session for about two weeks. po eee Taking Oklahoma’s Censys. Guthrie, Ok, July 9,—Actual work in taking the federal census of Ok- lahoma began Monday by the estab- lishment of five general census dis- tricts. These coffform, in the main, of the congression- rovided in the en- Kidnaped in Kansas? Paola; Kan., July 9—Louts Each- Jes, 18 years old, is in the county jail. He says that he was kidnaped at Kan., by a man who gives | ers and feeders, A NEBRASKA LAW ATTACKED. Attorneys for Liquor Interest Declare Gibson Law Illegai—Supreme Court to Pass on It, Lincoln, Neb., July 9.—-The Gibson law which prohibits the retailing of lquor by a wholesaler will be passed upon by the supreme court in taking action on the application of Julius Reusch of Lincoln for a writ of ha- beas corpus, Reusch was arrested on complaint of William Weems, charged with violating the new law by wholesale dealing in liquor while having a retail license. In his reply to the complaint Attorney Pettis for Reusch attacked the legality of the Gibson law asserting that it seeks to prevent the brewers and whole- salers from the free and unrestricted use of their real estate. Attorney General Thompson has prepared @ brief in defense of the Gibson law which he, Tuesday, filed in the su- preme court. This law purposes to force brewers out of the retail busi- ness in New York. Ham May Succeed Ashbaugh. Topeka, Kan,, July 9.—W. B, Ham, of Stockton, Rooks county, has been offered the position of attorney to the board of railway commissioners to succeed S. S. Ashbaugh. Gov. E W. Hoch wired Mr, Ham a telegram to this effect to New York where he is on a business trip. Mr. Ham is & brilliant lawyer and was one of the strongest “square deal” me mbers of the last legislature. He is also a candidate for congress against Wil liam Reeder, The salary connected with this office is $ ) a year. LET R#PURLS. NA. AR. Kansrs ‘City Live Stock. July 9,—Cattle--Recetf ) southerns; ative teers, $3.5005.00; Kansas City, 9.000, including 1,50 ady to 6.0; western f western fed cows, $ Hogs—Receipts 4,000; market strong; muttone, ambs, $7.00G7.90; range wethers, 0.80; fed ewes, $4. 26G5.00. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, July 9.—Cattle—Recetpts 4° 000; market steady; beeves, $4.8007. it cows, $1.75@5 heifers, $2 calves, $5.00q7.25; good to prime BM, $5.90G7.90; poor to medium, $4,806. 85; stockers and feeders, $2.90@5.30. Hogs—Receipts 18,000; market steady o a shade lower; light, %. $5@6.15; mixed $5.76@6.12%4; he i rough, $5.25@6.00; pigs, $5.40G6.00; good to choice heavy, $5.85@@5.95; bulk, $%.75¢ 6.00. Sheep—Receipts 14.000; market wear; native, 04.0006. 00 estern, $4.00@6.00; yearlings, $6.00%6.75; lambs, $5. QT. 55 western, $5.0@7.80. Omaha Live Stock, Omaha, July 9.—Cattle—-Recvipts 3,500) market, best steady; others lower; na- tive steers, $4.8006.90; cows and heifers, $3.00G$.00; western steers, —$3.50@0.50; Texas steers, $3.00@1.60; cows and heif- ors, $2.75G4.00; canners, $2.00@3.00; stock. $3.0004.85; calves, $3.25 @6.80; bulls and stags, $3.00@6.0. Hogs—Receipts 14,000; market shade to be lower; heavy, 4; mixed, $5.60 @®.70; light, § > pigs, $5.25@ 6.65; bulk, $. Va. ‘ Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; market steady; yearlings, $5. ; wethers, $4.80G5.50; ewes, $4.50@6.25; lambs, St. Lavis Live Stock, $6.006/7.. 25. St. Louis, July 9.—Cattle—Receipts 5 60, Including Texans; market steady; beef steers, $4.00@ ; stocker and feeders, $3.0¥a4.25; nd heifers $3.0006.25; Texas it5.75; cows and heifers, $1.0@ Hogs—Receipts 9, t 5@10 cents lower; pigs and light 6; pack- ers $5.5046.95; bucthers and best heavy, $5.0006.05, Sheep—Receipts 7,500; market steadg, Natives, $3.00 lambs, $4.00@7 80, Kansas City Cash Grain. Close; Wheat, un- 88%; Dec. 9114; Kansas City, July 9. July, 43%; Sep. 39%. St. Louis Cash Grain, St. Louis, July 9%—Wheat, higher; track No. 2 red cash, 91 new, 92@92% old; No. 2 hard, 91@92; Sep. 9@%; Dec. 96%. Corn, weak; track No. 2 cash, 54; Sep. 58%G@64; Dec. 4149@%; No. 2 white, 4%@ 64%. Oats, ifrm; track No. 2 cash, 4%@ 45; Sep. 38%; No. 2 white, 47, Kansas City Produce. Kansas City, July 9%—Eggs—Fresh— 16% cents a dozen, Butter—Creamery, ing stock, 17% cents. Poultry—Springs, 15@16c per hens, 10c; Ppa ducks, 10c; geese, wraie Oranges, $3.75@4.50; lemons, $5.26 Berries—Strawberries, homegrown, $2.0. @%3.00; Raspberries, $2.75@3.50; Biacd- berries, $1.75@2.25; Gooseberries, $2.50 3.00 per crate; Huckleberries, $3.00@3.50 per, crate; Dewberries, $2.00@2.7% per crate. New Fruits—Peaches, 75@$1.25 a third byshel box; Cherries, $2.00@3.00 a 24-quart erate; 3 Apples, 25@60¢ per third Gungasoupes—Feney, 60 a crate, extra, 23%c; pack. pound; llc; turkeys, , Owns a ‘of ten charges of bribing a dom) ‘A SHORT HEARING| g222e2 Judge Landis Learned All He Wished of Standard Oil Officials in Two Hours. ROCKEFELLER KNEW LITTLE From Other Witnesses the Judge Got the Information He Needed—A Conference of Trust Officers —No Decision. Chicago, July, 8—The inquiry by Judge Landis of the United States district court into the financial con- dition and resources of the Standard Oil company was begun and finished Saturday inside of two hours. The court's object was to utilize this in- formation in determining the amounts of fines to be imposed on the Stand- ard Oi] company of Indiana for viola- ; tons of laws governing freight rat- ing, and rebating. The chief witness was John D, Rockefeller president of the Standard Of! company of New Jersey. Very little information wes derived from him, He declared that he had not been in active business for 12 years and said that he had not been in the offices of the Standard Oil company for eight years. He de- clared that the capital stock of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey was about $100,000,000 and that its business was the refining of oil, He said that he did not know that the company had any other business and that if the Standard Oil company of New Jersey was interested in the ownership or operation of any re- fineries outside of the state of New Jersey he knew nothing of it. From other witnesses Judge Landis derived the information that Standard Oil company of New Jersey is the owner of a large proportion of the stock of the Standard Oil com- pany of Indiana and that it also large share of the Unicnu Tank line. All the officials of the Standard Oil company, with the exception of John D. and William Rockefeller, who were subpoenaed as witnesses in the case before Judge Landis, will hold a con- ference Monday morning at 9 o'clock with the attorneys for the corpora- tion. Just what the object of the meeting is was not given out, but the general belief is that the conference was arranged to consider what ac- tion shall be taken by the attorneys for the oil company when court opens at 10 o'clock. At the conclusion of the taking of testimony Saturday and after Judge Landis had notified all the witnesses that they were dis- missed, he offered the attorneys for the company the opportunity to ex- plain to the court Monday that the Standard Oil company of New Jersey never violated a federal law. The representatives of the company will have the opportunity to prove this Monday if they care to accept it. When asked Sunday night. what ac- tion would be taken in the matter, the counsel for the defendant company declared that they did not know. HE GOT FIVE YEARS. San Francisco's Boodling Mayor | Must Spend That Time in San Quentin Prison, San Francisco, July 9.—The sen- tencing of Mayor Schmitz to five years in San Quentin prison for ex- tortion and the commencement and partial completion of the selection of a jury to try Vice-President Louis Glass of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company on the first supervisors were the features of Monday in the bribery cud .raft proceedings, Judge Dunue sentenced Schmitz to changed to higher; July, 50... ; imprisonment in San Quentin — peni- Breas hens oe oo ee 3, tentiary. The sentence Monday fol- figkat No. 2 waite, U8; No, i; lowed the recent —_convietion of 43%4G44. Schmiiz for extorting $1,175 from ‘ | French restaurant keepers of San Chicago Cash Grain, | Francisco. As the last words of the at ena 9.—Cash: W sentence fell from the judge’s Hps the : Sard Laie ne, " eae (ie great crowd that had stood through- No. 1 and No 2 northern, nothing doing; OUt the dramatic scene, sent up a No. 3 spring, 98@$1.00. Corn, No. 2 and thunderous cheer “Good for you,” qetiir dee, Oats, No. 2 and No. 3, ghouted a man in the back of the Futur Close: Wheat, July, 92%; Sep, room, His ejaculation was echoed | %@%. Corn, July, 54%; Sep. ‘S4&. Oats, 8Md re-echoed by one after another of the spectators. Several threw their j hats into the air. Others scrambled upon chajrs to look over the should- erg of the crowd. The greatest con- ‘| fusion prevailed. Fire Caused Loss at Mineral, Kan. * Pittsburg, Kan., July 9—Fire which originated in the store of the South- western Coal Development company at Mineral Monday spread to the liv- ery stable of Pete Russell and both buildings were consumed. Loss, $25,- 000, covered by insurance. Shot While Raiding a Joint. Oklahoma City, Ok., July 6.—J. R. Maddox, a deputy United States mar- shal, was shot and killed and Dr, R. A. Saupper, another officer was probably fatally wounded when they raided a “joint” near Porum Friday. James Titsworth, proprietor of the place is under arrest. 4 Cannot Exciude Negro Children. Topeka, July 7.—The_sipreme court day night decided that the city of Wicltita, by“its board of édvcation, in the absence of statutory authority, has sea exclude a ‘child, by rea ts colo, from any of en the | Still on the Boom Our business is growing each week. There is areason. We give you a minimum price on thingsto eat. Take a look at our stock. We don’t sell a few things cheap, but Every thing cheaper, quality considered, HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR PRICES. Table peaches 3 |b cans 15 Dried beef per can 10 2 packages currants 15 2 pounds dried peaches for —_.25 Fine tea per lb 25 10 bars Clipper soap 25 6 bars Oream Laundry soap = .25 Sweet corn per can 05 We still have plenty of old wheat four in stock. Every housekeeper knows how sticky new wheat flour is. Come in and get enough old wheat flour to last the new wheat season, out, SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS9SSS999 Take a look at our 50c window and re- member we are selling queensware cheap. Bring us your produce, Yours for a square deal, J, E. Williams,3 Independent as anybody. : eeccescocecseccesceccocct ‘ | S ; : $ 0 : : _ to the BIG 9c SALE at the BIG RACKET Commencing SATURDAY JULY 13th and ending JULY 20th. For one week PPPPSSPSSO SS 000000 01" only. You are al- Our motto ways seeing is to do as we big bargains advertise and advertised but give youabig when you thing for your money. Don’t fail to attend this 9¢ sale. a Big Red Ticket on all our bargains so you can see just what you are paying come to buy they are not there. For one week we will have for it. Come in and see what a Red Ticket may mean to you. The Big Racket Eggs taken same as cash. TI coms | | | | | | | ee ee COMFORT AT ALL TIMES \ Can be secured in our Goodyear Felt Kootwear Latest Styles, and a large variety to select from. A good part of your trouble leaves you when! you don our Good- year Felt Shoes. “accra HIRAM NICHOLS, j f f i § f 4 4 § § f ( Sane ‘ “(The Shoe — ‘ vf ; 4 Semen bebhcrbindty Gib stig: Maga yy