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VOL 9
HE STANDARD OIE
COMPANY'S BOOKS
LOST OR HIDDEN?
Two;lmportant Books, which
Show Stock Transactions
By Which 19 Companies
Were Merged, Seem to Be
Lost.
Mr. Kellogg Hopes By Books
to Show That Standard of
New Jersey is Merely Re
organization of Old Com
pany.
Xew York, Sept. 24.—Two books
which. it is supposed, show transac
tions by which the Standard Oil Com
pany ef New Jersey took over the
control of 19 other oil companies, for
merly allied with the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio, cannot be found.
They are wanted by Frank B. Kcl-
the government's counsel in the
proceedings against the Standard Oil
Company.
Mr. Kellogg hopes by the books to
prove that the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey is really a reorganiza
tion of the company which was dissolv
ed by the government 15 years ago for
alleged restraint of trade.
John X. Bensinger, transfer clerk in
the employ of the company's liquidat
ing trustees between 1892 and 1599,
when a reorganization was affected,
has testified that he left the books in
the vaults of the Standard Oil Com
pany building, on Broadway, in 1900,
when his services as transfer clerk
wore no longer required, but John G.
Milburn. of counsel for the company,
who offered to search the transfer de
partment of the Standard Oil Company
for Mr. Kellogg, could not find them
nor could Wesley H. Tilford, the treas
urer: Charles M. Pratt, the secretary;
and William G. Rockefeller, assistant
treasurer of the company, enlighten Mr
Kellogg as to their whereabouts.
Benson on the Stand.
More information concerning the
contractual relations existing between
the Tidewater Pipe Line Company, of
Pennsylvania, and the Standard Oil j
Company was developed today when ,
General Manager Benson of the Tide
water Company, testified that the pipe
line of the National Transit Company, :
a subsidiary company of the Standard,
was not completed to the seaboard un
til after the pipe line of the Tidewater (
Company had been completed to Con- (
stable Hook, X. J.
The witness said that on October
9th, ISS3. a contract between the Tide
water and Standard ratified, where
by the oil business was divided be
tween the two companies.
Benson said Standard fixed the price
that tht- Tidewater should pay for its
crude oil and it fixed the price for oil ,
refined for export.
Romantic Marriage
Takes Place at Salisbury
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24.—A ro
mantic marriage took place at the
Presbyterian manse yesterday after
noon nt •> o'clock when Mr. Thomas
.1 MOS'T. of Winston-Salem, was mar
'b'd to .Miss Alberta Trogmartin, of
Chattanooga, Tenn. ,
There had been paternal objection
to the match and tlTe young lovers
decided to meet at this point and
have the knot tied. Immediately
after the ceremony they repaired
t" a hotel and later took a train for
Wimuon-Salom, their future home.
Lexington Metal Company
1 o Move Plant to Salisbury
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24.— The Lex
ington Metal Company, of Lexington,
C, h;is decided to move its plant
i" Salisbury. This company employs
11,11 and is capitalized at $20,000.
Ihi plant will be located at Fulton
Heigh'-, Mr. W. A. Anthony, form
triy of this city, is manager of the
concern.
A Fatal Explosion.
Ciiarlestown, W. Va., Sept. 24. —A
' \plosion occurred in a big sewer
being constructed by the city and four
Workmen are said to have been caught.
Stormy Primary
In New
Xe\v York, Sept. 24. —Predictions are
j'fe among the politicians that the leg
islative primary election held here to
•'a.v will be the stormiest in recent
J'tirs, owing to the feeling among the
democrats.
There is much bitterness between
followers of Charles F. Murphy,
Tammany's 'head and the following
Mayor McClellan,
The struggles for Tammany Hall's
supremacy will take place in 17 out
1,1 assembly districts in Manhattan
fnd the Bronx and on Staten Isl
and.
'I he republican leadership is involv
ed in the primaries in six districts in
Manhattan and two in Brooklyn.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
1 AND PRESS
Winston And Mooresville
Divisions Consolidated
Wiuston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 24 —The
Winston and Mooresville divisions of
the Southern Railway, which were es
tablished January last, will be consoli
dated October 1, and Superintendent
Smith, at present in charge of the
Winston division, will have charge of
the consolidated divisions. Capt. D.
W. Newell, superintendept of the
Mooresvile will be transfer
red to the Rock Hill division, with
headquarters at ivock Hill, S. C.
There will be 378 miles of track in the
Winston-Mooresville division. Capt.
Newell will succeed Captain Dull, of
Rock Hill division, who is made in
spector of terminals.
-
International Congress
Of Religious Liberals
Boston, Mass., Sept. 24. —Nearly all
of the" religions of Europe and Ameri
ca were represented at the opening
sessions of the International Congress
of Religious Liberals.
The exorcises today marked the op
ening of the congress proper.
The opening meeting was called to
order by the president, Rev. Samuel
A. Eliot, after which the delegates pro
ceeded to perfect an organization of
the congress and to consider the other
routine business which had to be dis
posed of before the addresses could
be heard.
J. J. DOOLEY ASSAULTED.
Politician and Member of TamrtVSny
Hall Sustained Fracture Skull.
New York, Sept. 24. —John J. Doo
ley, politician and member of Tam
many Hall who is seeking the demo
cratic leadership of the 23rd assembly
district in the primaries, was assault
ed as he was on his way to his home
early this morning by two unknown
persons, and sustained a fractured
skull and possible internal injuries.
Stewart—Taaffe Wedding.
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24. —An-
nouncement has been received here
of the marriage in Atlanta on the
19th inst. of Mr. Roderick A. Taaffe,
a former Salisburian and a brother
of Mrs. J. P. Roweche, of this city, to
Miss Susan Etewart, of the Georgia
metropolis.
Hearst S
Is Not In Race
New York, Sept. 24.—1n an interview
published here, William Randolph
Hearst takes occasion to deny that he
is a candidacy for the presidency. He
says:
"I am not a candidate for the presi
dency on the independent league ticket,
or on any other ticket, and I cannot
conceive of any conditions under which
I would be willig to become a candi
date."
This determination, he adds, is "not
because of any feeling of pique or dis
appointment at the result of the last
election. I am well satisfied to be a
private citizen and to labor through the
league, and through the election of
others to promote the principles I be
lieve in. I dislike holding office and I
dislike particularly being placed in a
position where the sincerity of my
principles can be questioned through
campaigning for some office that I do
not want, and that I would only con
sent to hold through a sense of public
duty as I would serve on a jury."
Many Suits Against
Railroads In Durham
Durham, N. C., Sept. 24—A two
weeks' term of civil court will convene
in Durham next Monday. There are
87 cases on the docket, and several
damage suits that are to be tried at
this term will be of much interest.
There are damage suits against the
Southern Railway, this being the larg
est number of suits against any one
concern in the Durham courts in sev
eral years.
The next highest number is against
Ihe Seaboard Air Line. They have on
the docket 11 cases. Judge Council,
who was here at the last term of civil
court, will preside over the approach
ing term, if he is well enough to come,
which is doubtful.
Winston's V. M. C. A. Building.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 24.
The corner-stone for the new Y. M.
C. A. building, at the corner of
Fourth and Cherry streets, will be
laid on Sunday afternoon, October
13. The principal speaker on this
occasion will be Hon. G. W. Atkin
son, of Washington, judge of the
United States court of claims and a
former governor of West Virginia.
There will be several other speakers
on this occasion. The building will
cost about $50,000 and it is. hoped
to have it completed by the first of
i the new year.
A Small Earthquake.
; ' Washington, D. C., Sept. 24.—A
: small earthquake was recorded at the
weather bureau yesterday and the bur-
L eau's announcement said:
, "It seems pretty clear that the
; earthquake was probably of moderate
intensity and at considerable distance
J from Washington."
b
l Hurt in Riot.
- New York, Sept. 24.—Two men, one
a policeman, were hurt in a riotous
- disturbance in West 57th street just
l before the polls for the democratic
primaries opened.
HICKORY, N, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2«, 1907,
STRIKING STORY
OF WRECK! OF
0 A URUSSIA
Six of Crew of 111-Fated
Bark Arrived in New
York —Four Perished And
Three Are in The Hospital
Now.
When Ship Went Ashore
Several of Crew Managed
to Reach Strip of Land—
Captain Perished From
Exhaustion.
New York, Sept. 24. —The story of
the of the American bark Prus
sia, which went ashore off Terra Die
Fuego, June 19th, is a striking one.
Six of the crew have arrived here.
Four perished and tlfree are in the
hospital.
The Prussia left Norfolk March 17th
for San Francisco. The night was
bitterly cold and stormy when she
went ashore and she soon broke up.
Eleven of the 13 men in the orew
reached the strip of sand where the
huge cliffs barred escape across the
island.
Captain Johnson soon died of ex
haustion and was buried in the sand.
One man died from cold in trying to
work his way across the mountains to 1
obtain help. •
Three men finally .reached New
Year's Island in a frail boat made from
the wreckage, when aid was sent and
the survivors were rescued.
American Bankers Meet
At Atlantic City
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 24. —The
signatures of prominent bankers and
financiers from every section of the
country filled page a f ter page of the
register at the MarlburomUi-BleiihcUy
HoteT today. They were the names of
the delegates to the thirty-third annual
convention of the American Bankers'
Association, which will be in session
here during the remainder of this
week.
The regular sessions of the conven
tion proper Will not begin until to
morrow, but the annual meetings of
several of the sections of the associa
tion today attracted a large attendance
and proved of great interest to the
visiting bankers.
The trust company section held two
sessions during the day, President Fes
tus J. Wade, of St. Louis, presiding.
In addition to the routine business
there were addresses by Hon. Charles
Emory Smith, former Postmaster-Gen
eneral, and John T. Woodruff, of
Springfield, Mo. The management of
real estate by trust companies in a fidu
ciary capacity, the propriety of separat
ing trust business from various financ
ing and promoting undertakings, the
charges of companies for business of
a trust nature, and new methods of ad
versiting and their results were the
principal topics discussed during the
day.
At the annual meeting of the savings
bank section addresses were delivered
as follows: "Savings Bank Insurance,"
Alfred L. Aitkin, Worcester, Mass.;
"Review of 1907 Legislation Affecting
Savings Banks," Thomas B. Paton;
"The Independent Audit of a Savings
Bank," Edward T. Perine, New York;
"Uniform Laws for Savings Banks in
the Various .States," W. R. Creer,
Cleveland, O.; "Postal Savings Banks,"
P. Leroy Harwood, New London, Conn.
Officers of the American Bankers'
Association for the ensuing year will
be chosen next Friday. The principal
politics seems to center around the sec
retaryship, a position that has been
held for many years by Colonel James
R. Branch, of New York. The most
active new candidate in the field is
Colonel Fred Farnsworth, of Detroit,
P. C. Kaufman, of Seattle, who has
been a candidate for several yer.rs, is
again in tho field.
When the convention is called to or
der tomorrow morning, the delegates
will be welcomed by Governor Stokes.
The morning session will be taken up
for the most part by the reading of the
reports of Secretary Branch hand of
the various committees.
There will also be addresses by Gov
ernor Swanson of Virginia, by Moritz
Liefferman, a delegate from the bank
ing institutions of Germany, and Wil
-liam S. Witham. of the Witham Banks
of Georgia.
Plans for New Navy.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 24. —The ad
miraiity in planning a new navy has
decided to build homogeneous squa
drons, consisting of four battleships,
eight cruisers and a requisite number
of torpedo boats and other craft. Plans
for the first squadron are being pre
pared by the admirality.
The details are strictly guarded from
publicity.
Negro Masonic Congress.
Norfolk, Va„ Sept. 24—A national
negro Masonic congress began here
' today for a session of four days. There
I was a great parade in Norfolk and ela
i borate opening ceremonies' in the neg
ro building at Jamestown, with W.
D. Crum, negro collector of customs at
Charleston, S. C., as principal speak
, i
'er.
Capitol City Briefs
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 24. —Escapes
of convicts are not common lately, but
once in a while they get away. One of
the lucky ones is Thomas Clark, col
ored, for seven years for attempted
felonious assault in Buncombe.
Secretary Thomas K. Bruner, of the
agricultural department has been a
very sick man at his home here. He
has septicaemia, this, of course, in
volving the liver, and for two or three
days he was in danger, but now he is
much improved.
The corporation commission will cer
tainly arrange for a union passenger
station at Lincolnton, to be built by
the Seaboard Air Line, and the Caroli
na & Northwestern Railways. There
was a hearing- rosay :n regard to this
matter at which petitions of many citi
zens of the town were read, asking
that provisions be made by order of
the board for such a station. The
railways have never been able to agree
as to one and what, part each should
take in its erection.
The county or Columbus goes away
up towards the head of the line in the
matter of local taxation for public
schools. The state superintendent of
public instruction feels deeply grati
fied by the news that the county has
25 such districts. There are yet some
counties without a solitary school tax
district.
The supreme court is this week hear
ing fifth district appeals. Nobody has
any idea when it will pass upon the
friendly suit in which the state seeks
to make the county of Franklin, and,
indeed, all other counties of the state
levy s&fllcient taxes to keep every pub
lic school open at least four months
in each wear and thus comply the
very plain order of the constitution.
The state superintendent seems to be
very sanguine of a favorable opinion.
Great Northern
Fined $15,000
Denver, Colo., Sept. 24. —The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals of the
Eighth Judicial district handed down
an opinion yesterday affirming the
judgment of the United States District
Court, of Minneapolis la6t May de
claring the Great Northern Railroad
guilty of giving rebates. Under that
judgment the Great Northern Railroad
was fined $15,000.
The Circuit Court holds that the
Hepburn act is an amendatory act
and not a reiwiaJlnKWt, that, in so far
repeats or reproduces portions
of the Elkins act, it continues them in
Aorce and makes no break in the law,
and that in so far as it omits to change
provisions of the Elkins act it repeals
them.
Even admitting the granting of re
bates, the Great Northern contended
at the first trial that the Elkins act of
1903 making it an offense and fixing
punishment for granting rebates, was
repealed by the Hepburn act of 1906
in such a way that hereafter there
could be no prosecution of offenses
committed prior to the passage of the
Hepburn law. The district court ruled
against this contention of the railway
company and it appealed to the Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Greensboro Negroes Keep
The Police Force Busy
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 24. —Amy
Crenshaw, colored, a disreputable de
mizen of Warnersville was taken to
the hospital at mid mght last night,
with a bullet hole in her left breast,
one in her left arm, and another in
her right hand, the effect of jealously
on the part of Ralph Lucky, an em
ployee of the Huffine hotel. Ralph
went to the woman's house last night
about ten o'clock and in a few min
utes the neighbors were alarmed by
hearing five pistol shots followed by
screams from the house. Ralph had
hit three times out of five, and lit
out for parts unknown. The bullets
have all been extracted and being
only skin ' deep, the woman will re
cover.
There was an exciting time at the
negro settlement yesterday, afternoon.
The police had a hurry telephone
call to the eastern suburbs about four
o'clock to catch a burglar. A neigh
bor who had locked up their houses
and gone visiting, saw a negro boy
break out the sask of a back window
and -crawl in. He summoned the po
lice and called the neighbors, and the
house was surrounded.
. When the police officer arrived,
there were 27 colored men with pis
tols, scythe blades, axes and shot guns
standing guard to see that the guilty
did not escape.
The house was thoroughly searched
but there was nobody found at all.
She Strangl
Three Children
Young Mother, After Ac
complishing Fearful
Work, Then Found Her
Husband AndToldHim
What She Had Done.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept. 24—Mrs. Bertha
Mund, aged 27 years, strangled her
three children. Christopher, aged 8
years; Helen, aged 2, and Fred, aged
8 months, to death at their home.
Immediately after committing the
deed she went to the Pennsylvania
railroad yards, where her husband is
employed, and informed him of her ac
tion. r
, She was placed under arrest.
REPORTONCOTTON
CONSUMED. TON
AND OP STOCKS
The Census Bureau Reports
The Amount of Running
Bales of Cotton Taken by
American Manufacturers
During Year.
Statistics Compared With
Those of Last Year—Man
ufacturers Stock at Close
of Year And Amount Con
sumed.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 24. —The
census bureau - reported that for thq
year ending August 31 last, 5,296,783
running bales of cotton were taken
by the American manufacturers, com
| pared with 4.520.990 for last year; and
4,957,021 bales consumed eompared
! with 4,909,479 for last year.
Manufacturers' stock at close of the
year was 996,279 bales, compared with
658.312 last year.
! Active cotton spindles numbered 26,-
242,407, compared with 25,260,096 last
year.
The report says:
"Statistics of the cotton taken, con
sumed, and of stocks are for all the
, establishments using raw cotton, in
[ eluding cotton mills, woolen mills, ho
siery and knit goods establishments,
[those engaged in the manufacture of
i mattresses and the like.
"The statistics of active cotton con
suming spindles include those which
consumed cotton only during the year
and do not include those which con
sumed cotton mixed with other fibres.
"Totals of the cotton consumed in
1907 include foreign cotton amounting
to 6,018 bales taken and 5,231 bales
j consumed by manufacturers in the cot
! ton growing states, and 130,339 bales
.'taken and consumer by
manufacturenWffiall other states."
Negro is Convicted Of
Criminal Assault
Louisburg, N. C., Sept. 24. —In the
special term of court called by the
governor to try Tim Upchurch, color
ed, for rape, the jury brought in a ver
dict of guilty, after they had been out
of the court room aboufe five minutes.
Judge Neal then passed the sentence
of death on Upchurch, to be executed
October 23rd.
Over 1,500 persons witnessed the
trial, but the entire proceedings were
marked by good order.
BISHOP WANTS MORE VIRILITY.
Says Men Are Dropping Away From
the Church.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24.—"What we
want is more virility and less effem
inacy," said Bishop W. A. Chandler
before the assembled Methodist min
isters of Atlanta at the reuglar con
ference yesterday.
"We've got to be more vigorous.
We have a big work to perform, and
we want to show that we mean busi
ness."
Bishop Chandler was talking of the
laymen's missionary movement, and
the recent meeting at Knoxville,
Tenn., and said he had noticed a ten
dency in the men to drop away from
the church.
"They are leaving things to the wo
men," he continued. "This is not
hard to account for. Pretty little
curled-up speeches and curled-up
words don't draw men. They draw
men —away. It's plain, straight talk
and hard words and business actions
that attract the kind* of people we
are after. We need virility. The
men must be fed with something
meaty, not choked to death with ad
jectices. Seminary stuff won't do."
They Walked From
Asheville to Salisbury
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24. —Messrs.
Wm. R. Lawrence and Robert Lynn,
of Asheville, were in the city yester
day en route to the Jamestown Ex
position. They joined a party here,
but took a novel way to make the
trip to this point. The twoT young
men walked from Asheville to Salis
bury, a distance of 141 miles in five
days. They were met by the other
members of the party, who came by
rail, last night and went on to
Jamestown.
British Columbia Fair.
Victoria, B. C., Sept.. 24—The larg
est and most comprehensive display of
the agricultural and manufacturing
I products of Br/tisli Columbia ever col
| iected is embraced in the provincial
exhibition which opened here today.
The departments devoted to horses and
live stock ar« also worthy of special
note. A four day race meet is to be a
feature of the fair, which will continue
through the remainder of the week.
Wu Ting Fang Appointed.
Pelcin, Sept. 24. —The appointment
'of Wu Ting Fang to his former post
us minister at Washington was gazet
ted today.
Water Was Charged
With Electricity
New York, Sept. 24.—A machinist,
Pierre Pollum, met a terrible and
strange death in a garage in Williams
burg, Brooklyn, in which he was em
ployed. He went to the cellar to
get a piece of shafting, and presently
Charles Reilly, the proprietor of the
garage, and John Foley and another
employ heard him screaming in agony.
They ran down the cellar stairs, which
are of wood, to find Pollum writhing
about in four inches of water which
covered the cellar floor.
Foley leaped into the water to aid
Pullum, but suffered a severe shock,
the water being heavily charged with
f electricity.
He regained his steps, however, and
quickly got a pair of rubber gloves.
By means of these and a plank Pollum
was taken from the water but he soon
died.
In Fighting Disease Among
Monkey s he Becamelnfected
New York, Sept. 24. —Curator Ray
mond L. Ditmars, of the New York
Zoological Park, has been told by his
physician that his lungs are affected,
and he left for a three months out-door
trip in the mountains of Sullivan coun
ty. It is believed that the zoologist's
illness is owing to his trying to stamp
out tuberculosis among the monkeys
at the park. He has been engaged in
that work all this year.
He and Dr. Blair, veterinarian at the
park, worked indefatigably at studying
the causes for the susceptibility of
monkeys in captivity to tuberculosis
in order to seek a remedy. In the last
five years tuberculosis has cost the
New York Zoological Society many val
uable specimens. The work on a book
which overtaxed his strength and a
severe cold contributed toward his
lungs becoming infected. He is not
worrying much, however, and says his
stay in the mountains will restore him
to complete health.
Call New Pastor.
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24. —Rev. V.
M. Swainn has been called by the
congregation of the First Baptist
Church of this city, to serve it as
assistant pastor to Rev. R. E. Neigh
bor, to fill the place made vacant by
the resignation of Rev. J. P. Calloway,
who goes to a charge in Georgia.
Who Was Man
Killed by
Hackensack, N. J., Sept. 24. —The
police believe that the body of a man
killed by a train, which was picked up
on the West Short tracks near here
Friday, is that of Orlando Toland, the
man who startled the secret service
men at Sagamore Hill by appearing
close to the president's house on Tues
day night. The man, 'Who was un
doubtedly insane, said that he had trav
elled from his home in Oxford, Ala., to
employ President Roosevelt to collect
for him a debt of $50,000,000 from
John D. Rockefeller. Toland said he
would start west to find Mr. Rockefel
ler to collect the debt.
A description of Toland, received
from his sister in Alabama, agrees
with that of the dead man.
ALLEGED FERTILIZER TRUST
Cases r»f Government Against Royster
and Others Came Up—Question as
to Removal to Tennessee.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 24.—Cases of the
government against F. S. Royster and
Charles F. Burroughs, of the Royster
Guano Company, anw F. E. Wilcox,
and other of the American Fertilizer
Company in the alleged fertilizer trust,
prosecutions were calle before United
States District Judge Waddill here on
motion for removal of the defendants
to the eastern distrct of Tennessee at
Nashville.
The cases are before the court de
novo, following the decision of the su
preme court of the United tSates in
the case of Tinsley et al against Treat
Marshal in which it was held that the
Virginia defendants without prejudice
to the government case should be al
lowed to introduce evidence upon their
innocence before the court undertook
to either remove them from Virgin
ia or admit them to bail for their
appearance for trial in the Tennessee
district. The hearing went over iintil
3 p. m. today with the view of reach
ing an agreement with counsel for the
defense whereby a statement of the
facts for the sake of saving time might
be presented to the court, the question
as to whether there is sufficient evi
dence to warrant the removal of the
defendants for trial to be determined
by the court upon this presentation
following the argument by both sides.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
President of Monarch Mills at Union,
S. C... Dead.
Union, S. C., Sept. 24.—John W.
Fant, president and treasurer of the
Monarch Cotton Mills, was found
dead in bed today. He was 49 years
of age.
Oregon Methodists Meet.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 24. —Everything
Is in readiness for the annual confer
ence of the Methodists of Oregon
which will be held during the next
six days in Grace M. E. Church in this
city. A formal reception will mark
the opening this evening and the regu
lar sessions will begin tomorrow. Bish
op Moore will preside over the confer
ence and a number of prominent speak
ers will be heard. . \
THE BEST JOB PRINTING 0* ■
ALU KINDS AT THIS OFFICE. !
CHICAGO & ALTON
NOT TOBEIONE
ER PROSECUTED
Judge Landis, in U. S. Court,
Drops Suits Against Rail
road on Rebating Charges
—Bonapaite's Letter Was
Read.
Since Road Aided in Prose
cution of Standard Oil,
Government Was Honor
Bound Not to Prosecute it
Further.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 24. —It was de
cided by Judge Landis in the United
States district court that the Chica
go and Alton Railway shall not be
further prosecuted for its connection
with the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana in the granting of rebates.
It was claimed by Attorney General
Bonaparte, whose letter was read to
the court by District Attorney Sims
that Morrison, predecessor of Sims in
office, had promised immunity to the
Alton road, provided it assisted iD
good faith in the prosecution of the
Standard Oil Company.
The attorney general therefore
claimed that it was the duty of the
government to see that no further
steps toward the punishment 'of the
railroad for its part in the granting of
rebates be taken.
The attorney general asked that
the grand jury which had been sum
moned at the instance of Judge
Landis, to investigate the Alton
Railroad be discharged, and that the
matter be allowed to drop as far as
the Chicago and Alton is concerned.
Judge Landis declined to discharge
the jury, but instructed its members
that they had no further duty to per
form in connection with the Chicago
and Alton.
Moffett Subpoenaed.
Judge Landis-refused.to discharge
the grand jury as requested by At
torney General Bonaparte but In
structed the jury it had no further
duties to perform in connection with
the Chicago and Alton. He called the
attention of the jury to a statement
recently made by James Moffett,
president of the Standard Oil Co. of
Indiana, in which the latter was re
ported as saying that if the Stand
ard Oil Company was guilty of re
bating every other manufacturer was
guilty. The judge instructed the jury
to investigate the conduct of other
manufacturers and ordered the issu
ance of a suDpoenea for Moffett.
Bonaparte's Letter.
In the letter of the Attorney Gen
eral, read by Mr. Sims, the attorney
general directs the latter to assure
the court of the department's earnest
wish to co-operate heartily and effec
tively with the judiciary in the ad
mirable purpose to bring to justice
as speedily as possible all offenders,
whether V individuals or corporate
against the statutes regulating inter
state commerce, which was announc
ed in the original order of the court
summoning the special grand jury.
It is then set forth that the "most
perfect good faith requires the gov
ernment to accord to the Chicago
and Alton the privileges granted an
accomplice who becomes a witness
for the prosecution."
Lady Jumps From Moving
Car And Has Narrow Call
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 24. —Yes-
terday afternoon while an open street
car was approaching Piedmont Heights
going at a rapid rate of speed, a young
lady sprang from the car at the Oak
street crossing without warning to any
one.
The car stopped and she was pick
ed up unconscious and remained so
for some time. She proved to be Miss
Elsie Beade, whose home was nearby.
She had simply acted on impulse in
jumping off, not thinking the car was
moving rapidly.
Fortunately no bones were broken,
but the lady is still in bed as the re
sult of such a perilous piece of absent
mindedness.
Cotton Crop in Pitt.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 24. —The sec
retary of state, who has been in Pitt
county looking at the coton crop says
the growers in that part of the state
laugh at the United slates agricultural
department's reports on cotton and say
they are sure the figures are much
too large.
Bond Issue
Win In Rowan
Salisbury, N. C., Sept. 24.—The reg
istration for the election on the ques
tion of issuing $300,000 of bonds for
street improvements was unusually
light. The books closed Saturday and
only 427 voters registered, there be
ing an entire new registration. The
election is to be. held on Tuesday,
October Ist, and every indication
points to the successful carrying of
the election in favor of the bond
i issue.