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VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1906.
PEICE 5c.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ANSWERS COMPLAINT
BEFORE MISSION
Change of Schedule of No.
HI a Boon to the
RESTRAINING ORDER
BY JUDGE PUHNELL
Corporal Ion Commissioners and
Scott, Ferguson and Lawrence
Cannot Sup Railway to Collect
I'enalty fur Violation of the Com
mission's OrderOrder Illegal Suy
Attorneys Sole Object to Relay
No. Ill, to Detriment of Passen
gers and Transportation! of Mail
- and Freight, to Favor One Corpo
ration. The Southern Railway this morning
filed with the North Carolina Corpora
tion t'oiiimissliHi a full answer to the
complaint against the change in the
i-eliednle of No. Ill, which runs from
Goldsboro to Greensboro.
This is the latest move in the noted
case which -began Snturday, June 2il,
when the Corporation Commission
served on Col. A. B. Andrews, first
vice-president of the Southern, a com
plaint made by sundry citizens against
breakinK the connection between No.
Ill and the Seaboard Air Line' No. fc8
a connection which, by the way, has
liccn inadeonly Hix times since April
1st last. The railway had ten days in
which to make answer to this com
plaint. Pcforo this time. Allowed by
law, ex wired the new schedule was ad
vertised to go into effect. '
Tlie answer of the railway '.-to the
commission Is a statement of the rear
roiis for the change in the schedule,
the advantage it will be to the travel
ing public, and it further declares "Tho
real purpose of the order, as appears
ly many of the petitions, is to delay
train No. Ill for the purpose of receiv
ing the belated mall offered by one
corporation, and that the commission
hast no right to delay -the transporta
tion of mail, passengers and freight
for the sole purpose of conferring a
favor upon a single user of the Ualte.1
States mail."
Last Saturday the Corporation Com
mission server! a second order on Co'.
Andrews, us first vice-president of the
railway, enjoining the company from
putting the new schedule Into effect
until the matter had been heard and
determined by the Corporation Com
mission.. The new schedule had been
advertised, important connections were
to be mado at Salisbury, the Commis
sion In the opinion of lawyers had no
authority whatever to issue injunc
tions, so No. Ill passed through Ral
eigh Sunday night at 11:59. the new
schedule time, instead of waiting here
until 1:40 a. m.
This was in violation of the so-called
Injunction of 'tho Corporation Commis
sion. Yesterday, however, one 6f tlie
Corporation Commissioners stated that
the action of the Southern in running
' the train In defiance of the Commu
nion's latest order Has not regarded
as an affront to that body since the
law allowed tho railroad ten days to
accept .
However, there. Is a penalty of JMO
a: day for each day a railroad violates
tlie pder of the Commission; hence,
last evening the attorneys of the South
ern, Railway cp'pfie'd to Judge Thomas
R. Purnell of the federal court for an
injunction restraining the Corporation
Commissioners, a-nd MaJ.' J. W. Scott
of Sanford, mayor K. M. Ferguson of
Southern Fines- and Robert C. Law
rence of Lumbrton (these being the
persons upon whose eomp'aintr against
breaking the connection between the
Southern and Seaboard the commis
sion acted) frojrl bringing suit against
the 'Southern to collect the JGOO-a-day
penalty.
The Injunction was Issued and will
be heard before Judge Purnell. here on
Thursday, July 21st. . The, Southern
gives a $2,500 Injunction bond. The In
junction was served shortly after six
o'clock last evening on Commissioners
McNeill, Rogers and Beddingfleld and
was served today upon Ma j. Scott,
Mayor Ferguson and Mr. Lawrence.
TJie' restraining ; order' rests on the
grounds that the commission's order.
Interferes with Interstate commerce
and the transmission of United States
mail, and Is In reality an injunction
Issued by a state organization claim
ing both judicial and legislative pow
ers. The only action taken by the Cor
poratlort Commission today was to de
cide to meet next Friday at 11 o'clocK
and then set a time when the matter
will- be fully heard before the com
mission. 0 This step was taken by tho
commission after a conference with at
jtorneys, Judge R. W. Winston of Dur
ham and Mr. D. E. Mclver of Sar.ford,
lor the petitioners. The attorneys for
the Southern Railway today filed a
separate petition with the Corporation
Commission to move the entire question
at issue to the federal court since in
terstate commerce ' is Involved. The
Corporation Commission has no Juris
diction, the petition set forth. The
commission took no action in tills mat
ter. '-' f
The Railroad's Complaint.
The complaint .filed before Judge
T'urnell was signed by W. B. Rodman,
F H. Busbee, Pou & Fuller and A. B.
Andrews. Jr., as attorneys for the
railway. .
The complaint, after beginning In the
usual foim, recites that the company
operates train No. 39 between Wash
ington and Atlanta, passing Greens
boro, Salisbury and other points.
Further the complaint says:
Additional Train Put On.
" "That owing to the increased busi
ness of the complainant upon the lines
of its railroad formerly known as the
Western North Carolina Railroad, in
order to afford proper accommodations
to its passenger travel, and in order
to relieve Its trains engaged In Inter
state commerce, especially train No.
11,-' running from Salisbury to Knox
ville and beyond, from the congestion
of travel and the delays of local stops,
It became necessary, and is now neces
sary, to place upon the said railroad
from Salisbury to Ashevllle an addl-
tlonal train for the transportation of
passengers, stopping at all local sta
tions, and that this train was indis.
pensably necessary for the proper con
duct of Its business and to afford neces
sary accommodations, not oniy iur uib
people living along its lines, but for ait
people living In eastern North Carolina
who desire to reach Ashevllle at Oil
early hour and who desire to reach
local points along the line of the rail
road between Salisbury and Ashevllle,
at which points the through trains do
not stop.
"That in order to accommodate peo
ple from points east of Greensboro
alone the line of your complainant's
railroad and along the line of other
railroads connecting therewith, who de
sire to reach local stations between
the cities of Charlotte and Atlanta, m
which the other trains do not stop, and
also in order to connect with its train
above-mentioned on the railroad be
tween Salisbury and Ashevllle, it be
came necessary for your complainant
to make connection with the Interstate
train No. 39 above-mentioned, which
leaves the city of Grensborn under its
regular schedule at twelve minutes
after four o'clock in the morning or
each day.
Connection From Fast.
"That for some years your complain
ant has operated a train known as No.
111. leaving Goldsboro at 9:40 p. m.
and reaching Greensboro at 5:35 a. m.,
and that this train has been accus
tomed to remain In the city of Ral
eigh, North Carolina, from li:45 p. m.
until 1:46 a m., the new train from
Salisbury to Ashevllle not having been
in operation prior toSuhday, June 10.
"That very much' the larger part of
the travel upon the trains of your com
plainant in the night as well as in the
day is transported upon the ordinary
passenger cars, and that in order to
confer the greatest good'' upon the
greatest number your complainant has
determined to operate, and has put in
operation, a through coach or passon-
eer car --running from tho town of
Goldsboro through Raleigh, ' Greens
boro; Salisbury and all intermediate
stations to the city of Ashevllle, there
by saving the traveling public the In
convenience of making a change ot
cars in the night time as heretofore
they have been obliged to do. , This
coach forms a part of train No. S3,
engaged in Interstate commerce.
"That many, complaints have beep
made to your, complainant of the de
tention of the train in Raleigh whereby
passengers from Goldsboro' and inter
mediate po'lits to Durham and other
points west of Raleigh have been
compelled to, remain In the station at
Raleigh for nearly two hours, ' thereby
greatly delaying them in reaching their
lespective destinations, , ' 7
The 8. A. Ii. Connection. '
"Your complainant further says that
the Seaboard Air Line Railway, Is u
railroad engaged in Interstate .com
merce operating trains from, Jackson.,
vllje, Florida, and beyond, and from
liumlngham, Ala., passing through the
city of Raleigh on their way to the
.cities of Richmond and Norfolk, In tlie
state of Virginia. ;.-
"That trains from Jacksonville and
Birmingham are consolidated at Ham
let, In North Carolina, and arc trans
ported as a single train, known as train
No. 84. through the state" of. North,
Carolina to the town of Norllna. In the
state of North Carolina, and there
separating into trains for Richmond
and Norfolk, Virginia. .
"That owing to the fact that this con
solidated train is composed of two in
terstate trains from divergent points,
and any delay to either one of them
cruses a delay of the train, and owing
to the great weight of this train, Jt
has been found that this (rain, which
13 due In Raleigh at flvo minutes after
one o'clock in the morning is very
rarely run upon its schedule, and It
seldom reached Raleigh before tlie for
mer hour of departure of complainant's
train at 1:40 a. m.; that this apparent
connection with the Seaboard Air Line
was made only six times during the
months of April and May last passed.
"Thai there has never been any ap
preciable travel or interchange of pas
sengers between this Seaboard Air Dine
train No. 8t and train No. Ill of your
complainant, and that there Is no de
mand by the traveling public for any
connection between Seaboard Air Line
No. 84 and complainant's train No. Ill,
and your complainant, which earnestly
and honestly desires to serve the inter
est of the traveling public, believes and
knows that it will better subserve the
interest of all persons to make connec
tion with the interstate train No. 39,
and thereby make connection with the
local train between Salisbury and
Ashevllle and with the train making
local stops between Charlotte and At
lanta than to'at'.empt to maintain the
alleged connection, which does not
exist in fact, with the Seaboard Al
Line train No. 84, for which no demand
hnsi ever been nv.de upon your com
plainant. "Fomented Agitation."
"Your complainant Is informed, be
lieves and so alleges, that shortly
after complainant hud announced a
change of schedule whereby train No.
Ill would be scheduled to and would
leave Raleigh at 11:59 p. m. certain
persons residing In Raleigh, North
Carolina, fomented an agitation in op
position to the change of schedule, and
as your complainant Is informed, be
lieves and alleges caused petitions to
be circulated in certain cities and
towns In the State of North Carolina,
which petitions prayed that the Cor
poration Commission make an order
prohibiting said change of schedule.
"Your complainant is further In
formed, believes and alleges that saidi
petitions were signed by said petitioners
under a misapprehension) of all Ibe
facts relative to the change of sal'J
schedule and especially In reference to
the alleged and supposed connection
made by the Seaboard Air Line's train
No. 84, and said petitions were pre
sented almost entirely in the interest
of certain persons residing in the city
of Raleigh,.. And your orator Is fur
ther Informed, believes and alleges that
the petitions were presented to the
Corporation Commission for the pur
pose of delaying the United States mail
from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the
western part of North Carolina and to
other states where the Southern Rail
way Company operates and where its
connections operate. '
"That the petitions have been pre
sented to .he defendants above
named, constituting the Board of
North Carolina- Corporation Commis
sioners, and notice has been given to
complainant and answer has been
prepared by your complainant ready
to bs filed, copy of which petitions
and answer will be produced by your
complainant in evidence when re
quired.. -
"That these . petitions were not
verified, and some of the statements
made therein are not In accordance
with facts.
. "That tlie time for answering the
first of these petitions will not. ex
pire tinder the rules of the Conffnis
sion until Tuesday, June 12th, 'and
the complainant will be ready to
meet the allegations ot said petition
ers before tlio said defendants, con
stituting the North Carolina Corpo
ration Commission, and establish by
satisfactory proof the necessity for
this change of schedule and all other
allegations necessary to make ade
quate defense to the said petitions.
"That complainant lias made only
three of the petitioners parties de
fendant as representing the towns
of Sanford, Southern Pines and Lum-
berton, It being impracticable to
make all the petitioners defendants
on account of the great expense and
the names of many not being known
to complainant, and the .three de
fendants nnmed fully representing
all the petitioners from places along
the line of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. , ; '
No Judicial Powers.
"That the said defendants, consti
tuting the North. Carolina Corpora
tion Commissions constitute an ad
ministrative board, and under the
Constitution of North Carolina can
not be vested with judicial power,
and any statute attempting to con-i
fer upon the said defendants, consti
tuting such Board of Corporation
Commissioners, such power, would
be a violation of the Constitution of
North Carolina, since under the pro
visions of law above referred to es
tablishing the said Corporation Com
mission and defining Its power the
Commission is . an administrative
board, and cannot legally be vested
wth judicial power. ,
"That notwithstanding the fact
that there was no evidence before the
said Commission, but only an un
sworn petition and a schedule, with
out Investigation, without the sanc
tion of the law, as your complainant
is advised and believes, add in the
attempted exercise of Judicial power
and in disregard of its own rules es
tablished by the Commission for the
transaction of its business, the de
fendants, as Commissioners, issuec
(Continued on Page Seven.) i
TO HEAR HEADS
OF RAILROADS
. .. . . y, ...
Commerce Commission Ex
tends Investigation
TESTIMONY OPTIONAL
You Cau Not Condemn a Man With
out a Hearing, Said Commissioner
Cockrell So Presidents of Coa
Carryiim Koads Are Asked tn Tes
tify Witnesses Today.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa,, June 12. The pres
idents of the biff coal currying tail-
roads .will be given an opportunity to
aimear before the Interstate eimneie
commission and make any str.tcinen
they may der.ire. Commissioner Cock
rell said today that invitations wood
be extended- to the presidents of tlie
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, th
Norfolk & Western, the Chesapeake &
Ohio and the New York Central rail
roads to appear before the commission,
No subpoenas would be Issued for tin
heads of these -roads and their appear
ance will be entirely optional with the
olllclalK. .- ..
"Von cannot' condemn a man -with
out a. hearing," said Commissioner
Cockrell.-.., "It has ben the purpose of
the commission to permit, the presi
dents of the coa! roads to make any
statements they may desire, but - we
are not yet ready. Wo want all the
! testimony we can get fiom the subor
dinates and. then the case in its en
tirety v. ill be before, the commission
and the railroad presidents."
Commissioner Cockrell said tlie offi
cial notification that the commission
was ready to hear the presidents would
probably be sent to them tomorrow
but he did not believv that they would
be heard before June 21.
The commission retrained its inquiry
today into the relation of the railroads
to the coal and oil interests. The first
witness was Robert -L. Franklin, as
sistant freight elates agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, who detailed
the method Of investigating claims
made by coal companies for coal lost
in transit.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES
Lost in Floods from Over
flowing Rivers
Spring Floods in China Have Caused
the Sacrifice of Tens of Thousands
of Human liives .Missionaries
Heavy Losers.
(By the Associated Press.)
Victoria, B. C, June 12. Mall ad
vices from Hankow, China, show that
the great iloo;ls of this spring in
Hunan caused an appalling loss of
life, amounting to tens of 'thousands.
The rivers were higher than in any
previous year, and swept over tlio
dykes, submerged houses and cov
ered an Immense area. In fact the
whole valley of tho Siang was flood
ed." Siautan, a prosperous city, wan
flooded with .-.water to the second
stories of the riverside buildings
The river was thick with wreckage
and villagers on floating roofs. The
foreign missionaries in Stantan were
heavy losers though all escaped in
boats. -
A NEW SENATOR
Fl
(By the Associated Press.)
Dover, Del., June. 12. Colonel H. A.
Dupont was elected United States Ben
ator by the Delaware lgislature which
met in joint session at noon today.
CHOLERA DEATHS
IN PHILIPPINES.
(P.y the Associated Press.)
Washington,' June 12. An official
summary of cholera In the Philippine
Islands during .the present epidemic,
from the outbreak Inst August and up
to April 21 last, shows a grand total
of 4,093 cases and 3,114 deaths. During
that period there were 3,810 cases anft
2,862 deaths from that cause in the
provinces and 283 cases and 252 deaths
In the city of Manila. 1
m
DELAWARE
HONEY-COMBED
WITH SEDITION
Unhappy Conditions Prevail
in Guatemala
TO LEVY FORCED LOANS
TIk- People Favorable to the Revolu
tion State That tlie Purpose Is to
Abolish Graft and Oppressive
Taxation Foreign Immigration
Will Re Welcomed.
(By the Associated Pron.)
Mexico City, June 12. Several Ameri
cans and Germans arrived yesterday
from Guatemala via Saltna Cruz and
tlie Teliiiaiitepee Railway. They left
San Jose Dp Guatemala June 4 and
were not in possession of the late news
from tlie ww uf the revolutionary
operations, but are able to throw light
on the i-oiiditionH in that country.
Leopold Fitchner. a German planter
in Guatemala, pays president l.aDrera
in u, good ruler and should he be suc
cessful In suppressing the present rev
olution, would become wise and gen
erous in his; policy of opening up the
country to settlement by foreigners,
but for the present tie is unable to do
so, as he is surrounded by enemies for
tlie country Is honeycombed by sedi
tion. O. A. AVcirboldt of New York, who
has been operating in Guatemala, says
that the government when lie left was
handling the war in a fairly energetic
manner a.nd troops were daily being
sent to tlie scene of action.
The government ' may have to levy
forced loans to carry on the war. The
papers in Guatemala were not pub
lishing war news and only bulletin
were Issued chiefly thanking the peo
ple for-their, loyalty to the govern
ment. Tlie country Is tilled with hi. lea
lid nobody dares discuss po'itics.
The people favorable to the revolu
tion and familiar Willi the ultimate
proejets of its leaders assert that the
purpose of the movement is to do
iway with graft and oppressive .taxa
tion nd Introduce new methods. For
eigners - and foreign 'capital will be
asked to come to Guatemala and do
for It What has been accomplished In
Mexico. .-.'-
PACKING HOUSE STINK
A College Professor to Help
Investigate
.Manufacturers Select Prof. James As
First Member of the Contemplated
"K.vpcrt Commission"- Others to
lie Chosen,
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 12. President Ed
mund .J. James, of the University of
Illinois, yesterday accepted a posi
tion on the expert commission which
is to aid the Illinois manufacturers'
association and probably the Chicago
commercial association in the inves
tigation of Hie Chicago packing
houses in tlie light of Neill-Reytiolds
porj. lie is the first man to be
secured. Secretary fllenn said last,
night that tlio manufacturers' asso-
iation hoped to ba able to announce
today the make-up of lis commis
sion though considerable, dlmcuiiy
was expected in getting suitable
men.
GALVESTON CUT
Houston, Tex-., June 12 About 1.000
feet of the lildge over a mile long
which connects Galveston Island with
the mainland burned this morning.
completely isolating Galveston from all
connection with the outside world ex
cept by boat.
Galveston is, built on an Island in the
Gulf of Mexico and a long stretch of
shoal water separates the city from the
mainland. Tills 'water Is spanned by
the single, long bridge which burned.
The Westcrnlniid All Right Again.
Philadelphia, Pa., June 12. Tho
American Lina steamship Western
lapd, which went aground yesterday
at the entrance to the Delaware Bay
and was floated at midnight, reached
here today. The vessel is in good
condition, having sustained no dam-
age by running on the shoals.
OFF FROM WORLD
TO PREVENT A
LYNCHING BEE
The Riot Call is Sounded at
Norfolk
MILITARY CALLED OUT
And Two hundred Soldiers Hurried
to Faslville to Protect Gorilla Xe
gro Who Criminally Assaulted Tho
White Women Caused Great Ex
citement At Norfolk.
(t!y the Associated Pre.s?,)
Norfolk, Va., June 12. A riot call
was sounded hire this afternoon for
the in!ek assemblage of 200 militia
men of Hit: .Seventy-tirst Virginia regi
ment of infantry to proeed at once to
Kaslville, Ya to protect William Dee,
a negro now in jail at that, place
charged with criminal assault on Mrs.
Robert Barnes and her cousin, Mies
Powell, near Kingston, in Somerset
county, on. the eastern shore of Mary
land. The .crime occurred on Sunday
last while the women were en route to
their home Willi t lie ; tnMnt of Mrs,
Barnes in n. baby carriage. Miss
Powell is ri polled to ,be in a serious
condition.
The ns:uiilaiut of the women escaped,
and - Dec was later arrested at Cape
Charles. Va. lie was jailed at East
ville, Va.. ami threats of lynching re
sulted in Onvcrnor H vansnn this after
noon ordering tlie Norfolk and Ports
mouth .companies-' of tlie Virginia
national guard to proceed to the scene.
The militia Is b ing summoned in great
haste, anil the first detachment of fifty
men heavily armed will leave on a
special tug- of the New -York. Phila
delphia .t Norfolk Railroad for Capa
Charles at 3 o'clock. The men under
command of Major Solomonsky of Nor
folk will, upon their arrival at. Cape
Charles, proceed at once by special
train to Ka'itviile. the county seat,
some few ''in lies north. All the other
Norfolk and Portsmouth companies will
leave' for the scene via the New York,
Philadelphia' & Norfolk Railroad Com
pany's steamer' Philadelphia at 8 p. in.
today. .llaRes three, hours nnd a
half to cross Chesapeake Bay to Cape
Charles and about half an hour to
reach Kastvllle from Cape Charles.
The riot call for the assemblage of
the military, has caused the greatest
possible ' excitement here.
JUBILEE MATINEE
OF ELLEN TERRY.
(P.y the Associated Press.)
-London, June. 12. The all night
vigil of Hie admirers of Miss Ellen
Terry, who were anxious to get into
Drury Lane theatre and witness her
jubilee matinee performance this af
ternoon ended in the disappointment
of hundreds who after braving a
twenty-four hours wait outside the
pit and gallery doors failed to ob
tain admittance. When the overture
of the remarkable program, contain
ing tho name of practically every
stage star in London, was started
Drury Dane was packed from floor
to ceiling. Probably such a galaxy
of star talent was never before seen
in combination as for hours occupied
the boards' of Drury Lane in honor
of Ellen Terry. Signora Duse, Mme
Rejane and the two Coquelins came
over from France and Mme Melba
and SIgnor Caruso were down for
songs, while the feature of the many
sided program was the cast of the
first act of "Much Ado About. Noth
ing" irt which twenty-threee mem
bers of the Terry family, headed by
Ellen Terry herself appeared.
MRS. COREY SUES
FOR A DIVORCE.
(By the Associated Press.)
Reno, Nev., June 12. Mrs. Wil
liam Ellis Corey, wife of the president
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, filed a pelilioil today in the sec
ond district court of Nevada at this
place for an absolute;-decree of di
vorce. The petition of Mrs. Corey is brief,
reciting that she was married to Corey
on December IS, ISSt, and that' he
abandoned her on May 1. 1905. She
asks for a decree upon the ground of
desertion and also l-rouests that the
custody of their minor son be given to
her.
THE TILLMAN CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS BILL.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 12. The Till
man bill prohibiting corporations
from making campaign contributions
under penalty of a, fine, which tlie
senate passed, has been received by
the house and referred to the com
mittee on miction of prsident, vice
president and members of congress.
' ' ;'.' : : ; "' ;l :
WAS
Dnrurn tddav
liLiulILU lUDil
In Rebate Cases Against the
Meat Packers
UNUSUALLY IMPORTANT
AnVcts Export' Rates as Applied to
Interstate Commerce Act. Defen;
dants Include Four of the Largest
Packing Houses in West. -Question
of Jurisdiction.
(By the Associated Press.)
Kansas City, June 12. The cases of
the four meat packing companies,
charged with accepting rebates was to
day given to the jury In the United)
States district court here. A verdict
la expected today.
The cases are those of Armour &
Company, Swift & Company, Cudahy
& Company and the Nelson Morris
Packing Company. They were charged
in indictments returned here last De
cember with accepting from the Burl
ington Railway concessions on ship
ments from Kansas City plants to New
York for export. The cases were con
solidated for trial purposes. The
specific ease considered, which Is prac
tically Identical with the others, is that
charging Cudahy & Company with ac
cepting a rate of 23 cents a hundred,
pounds on a shipment of lard to New
York for export to Germany when the
legal tariff then on file with the inter
state commerce commission was 35
cents. The trial began last . week -.and
after lengthy argument was continued
until this morning when Judge Smith,
McPherson of Red Oak, la., the pre
siding judge, instructed the Jury. '
Tlie present case bears unusual Im
portance In the list of rebate trials to
come up In this court, for it is the first,
time that any concern has been brought
to trial before a Jury on a charge af
fecting export rates as applied to the :
Interstate commerce act.
Counsel for the defendants : Jn .thls
trial contended that the court lacked
jurisdiction which was overruled by
Judge McPherson, and then that when
they signed a contract covering the
2?-cent rate it was legal, and that the
Burlington later raised Its tariff to 36
cents. Judge McPherson's instructions
to the jury covered the points fully.
Verdict of Guilty Rendered.
Kansas City, June 12.--Armour ft
Company, Swift & Company, Cudahy
&' Company and the Nelson Morris
Packing Company were found guilty
in the United States district court
here this afternoon of accepting con
cessions from tlie Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy Railroad on export
shipments on packing house products.
The case was given to the jury at
10:40. The verdict was returned at
11:40. ' '
Judge Smith McPhersi of Red
Oak, Iowa, the presiding judge, stat
ed that sentence would not be as
sessed until the case against the Bur
lington Railway, which is charged
with granting the concession to the
packers, is concluded. The law in
the present cases provides for a fine
only, and not a jail sentence.
I The government and the attorneys'
for the defendant have practically
agreed upon a statement of facts in
the case of the Chicago, Burlington
&. Quincy Railway. This case will
go to the jury without hearing of
witnesses, i
MUTUAL RESERVE
OFFICERS ON TRIAL.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, June 12. Frederick
A. Burnham, former president of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com- ,
pany, and Geo. Burnham and Geo.
D. Eldridge, formerly vice presidents
of that company, were arraigned be
fore Judge Cowing today on five in- '
dictments returned by the grand jury
against each of them charging forg
ery and grand larceny. Through
their counsal they pleaded not guilty..
The date of the trials has not been
fixad. ' . "'.
BriLDING TRADES
STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Mo,, June 12. More than
5,000 union men affiliated with th
building trades council are out us a
rr suit of the strike which began yep-
tcrday. Building operations are con
fined to structures where the stone
and brick work has been completed to ' '
frame houses, where It Is not' neces-'
sary to employ stone masons or brick
layers. .
The strike w.jcaused by strytned ;
palall.ina l.nt it-, ) Wnltn., . . ...
VERDICT
and another union composed -of bothf
stone masons and bricklayers. ;Th t
question of wages does not enter IntO f.
tliu complication, '.'
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