SHIPS SltELL A CITY.
MOORISH TOWN OF CASABLANCA
v BOMBARDED.
Vrenrh and Snnnlah f.'ralsers Open
rire Following lint tie with Tribes
men Holy ' War Declared to llf
Drill Two Nations Land Troop.
French and Spanish warslilisi bom
barded Casablanca a the remit of
Moorish tribesmen firing upon troops
landed to protect rhe French Consulnte.
Many casualties ore reported. The
French Admiral ordered l.V sailors to
go ashore from tin cruiser Galilee to
protect the French consulate. The
Moorish trooiw and trlliownoii looked
upon the landing of the men ns an In
vasion and ojiened fire upon them. He
Bides many casualties among the Moors,
It Is "reported that five French officers
and six sailors fell In the opening of
hostilities.
When the shells began breaking over
the town, the Moors quickly fell hack
find the French sailors were able to
take up the wounded and rare for them.
The Moors are aroused as they never
were liofore, and. spurred on hy their
fanatle fears that Invasion of their
country hy foreigners means the end
of their rule, they are preparing them
selves for a stubliorn defense of what
they deem their rights.
A dispatch from Tangier describing
the bombardment of Casablanca says
that the French cruiser Du Chayla and
the Spanish gunboat Don Alvara de
Basan participated with the Oalllee In
the bombardment of the Tillages sur
rounding Casablanca, which were de
stroyed by the lire of the warahljHi.
During the bombardment large rein
forcements of tribesmen came up, and
STHEET
. A view looking toward tha Atlantic Ocean of Casablanca, Moroccan town, where the fanatical Moham
med ana declared a holy war and slew with horrible torture a dosen European whites.
Cany of them were killed or wounded.
Tlie Casablanca battery joined In the
firing on tho foreign warships, where
upon the guns of tho French and Span
ish cruisers wore turned on the battery,
tviktcli soon caused the Moorish ouiu
nuandcr to send a messenger to tlie
French admiral requesting his pardon.
This was refused, ami the admiral sent
a peremptory order to the Moorish
commander to surrender himself to the
French consul.
Morocco has warned all foreigners
to leave Rabat, the seaport on Its west
coast, ns a massacre Is believed to lie
Imminent Europeans are terror
etrlckeu because of the throat of Wie
Moors that all Christians are to be
massacred In what Is believed will be
the greatest holy war In the world's
Iristory.
Orgrles la Hair War.
' The declaration of a boly war such as
lias just brokeu out in Casublanca, Mo
rocco, with tha murder and torture of a
number of Christians, or Nazarcncs, as
the Mohammedans derisively call the
whites, is a periodical event In northern
Africa.
It is always attended with fanatical
orgies of the wildest kind, and the life
of a Christian falling into the hands
of the re ligion's crazed mob Is not worth
a straw. Drl h Is not euouxli, either,
and the nio atrocious ludignlties are vis
ited upon the bodies of the 'infidel."
Travelers who huve witnessed the be
ginnings of "holy wars" say that the
scenes attending them are weird and
thrilling. The white-robed fanatics, with
coal black faces, blazing ryes and baivd,
white teeth, dash hither and thither
through the narrow streets, ' sometimes
brlekiug curses at Christians and their
religion, ('hanging to a chant of passages
from the koran and finally throwing them
selves to the ground with their faces to
the east, and praying to Allah and Mo
hammed bis prophet.
In these frenzies there Is no deed that
they will not perform j a holy war enthu
siast would alone charge a regiment of
white soldiers and die with a sin tie of
Joyous happiness.
GreekoAaaerlraa Steamsalp Lisa.
. The establishment of the first steam
ship line operating between Oreece and
the United States was sigtmlized by the
recent arrival in New York harbor of the
Creek ship Moraitis of the Hellenic
Trans-Atlantic line. She Is said to be
the first passenger steamship to visit
New York, and, incidentally, is the larg
est merchantman under (irecian colors.
She baa cabin accommodations for KM)
passenger and steerage quarters for
1,000. II r capacity Is tl.lXX) tons and
her speed about fourteen knots. . The
intention Is to add two more vessels to
the line so as to give a ten-duy sailing
tervice In the near future.
fatal Train Wreck.
In the wreck of an excursion train at
Isle Station, about ten miles from Hut
lor, Ps., on the Alleghany and Western
road, three person were killed and over
a wore more or less seriously Injured
A broken rail was the cause of the disas
ter. '
, Rallroa Death lint.
4 According to the accident bulletin r
erntly is'ued by the Interstate Commerce
Com mist-ion 02 passengers and employes
wre killed in train accidents on the rail
roads of the Ceiled States during the
Czm Bitot bs ending Uarcb 31.
KILLED MOTHER; ISN'T 80RRY.
Freckle-Faced Hoy Doe Wet Regret
Fatal Scheme at Herensje.
A freckle-faced Ind of 11 years, the
murderer of his widowed mother, has be
gun a sentence of ten years In the Htate
reform school at Lincoln, Neb. lie I
Cfllif McCoy, an alert little lnd. Calif
Is not st nil contrite over his deed. lie
says he killed his mother because she was
mean to him. link county Is tip on the
edge of the sandhills, and on a quarter
section lived the Widow MCoy and her
three sons. It was a hard life the fata
lly led. Work all day, little pleasure, no
schooling this was the program the lad
was familiar with from Infancy.
The widow was a hard taskmaster and
the did not snre the rod. On June 0
she gave Calif a sound whipping for fail
ure to Hrform a task to her liking. Calif
told his mother he would "fix" her. She
whaled him a little harder for his threat.
The next day she told the three hoys to
come with her to the field to plant beans.
Calif slipped Into the kitchen and got the
family revolver. Hiding it under his coat,
he went to the field. While his mother
was crouched down at her task lie walked
up to within five or nix feet of her and
shot her through the head. She died in
a few moments.
Calif made no pretense of lying about
wlit ho had done. He said she had whip
ped him a number of times without cause,
that she was mean to him and. to bis
brothers and that he had but carried out
his open threat to her when last idie whip
ped him. He did not weep then, and he
hasn't wept since over her death.
SECOND COAL FAMINE.
Another shortage Threatens Itecloa
llerond I'pper Lakes.
A coal famine far more serious than
the one which caused such immense hard
ship and cost so many lives last year will
seUe the Northwest in Its1 grip during
the coining winter, according to the state
ment of prominent Cleveland fuel ship
per. It Is declared that the inability
of the railroads to supply the boats with
enough coal, and the great demand for
ore occasioned hy the cloning of the strike
IN MOORISH CITY BOMBARDED BY
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i J'i1u'4el
Crowd of white-robed Mohammedans in a narrow street in Caaa-blanca.
of ore linn (Hers, will bring about a far-
reaching tdiortnge of fuel at upper luke
points.
With the best of fortune and If all the
hopes of vessel men are fulfilled the re
gion beyond the upper lakes will have a
shortage of frou'i :.(MM,M M to 5,000,1)00
tons of coal, according to estimates by
prominent shippers. Ohio shippers are
rushing fuel to upper lake ports in every
vessel they can charter. Since the open
ing of navigation shipments to the head
of the lakes have been considerably great
er than they were a year ago.
Pparka from the Wlrca.
The (ieorgla senate passed the prohibi
tion bill practically as it came from the
house.
Workmeu excavating In Marysville, N.
It., uncovered Spauish Rold coins of
the eighteenth century. The money Is
worth about ?'J,(HK).
Mandamus proceedings were brought In
the Supreme cobrt at San Francisco to
compel City Auditor Norton to recog
uize Kdward It. Taylor as mayor.
The question of validity of the many
score of ludk'tments returned recently by
the grand jury In San Francisco has at
lust been submitted to the Supreme Court
of California.
The Iter. Minot' J. Savage of New York
arrived at Boston on the steamer Sux
onia from Liverpool. He said his health
was not improved and he returned te go
to a sunltarium.
It Is reported In Paris that a secret
trial of the Wright brothers' aeroplane
is about to tuks place lu France as ,tbe
result of an arrangetneut with the French
government. The aeroplane has been'
shipped from the I'nited States.
) Press Opinions on
I Standard Oil Fine I
The one object of the law under which
this fine 1 levied Is to secure Justice and
the protection of epial rights in transpor
tation. Philadelphia Press.
There Is at present no visible golden
lining to the cloud which seems to have
darkened the horizon of the Standard Oil
Company. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Whether or not the Supreme Court sus
tains the decision of Judge tandi In the
suit against the Standard Oil Company,
there can be no doubt that public opinion
will sustain It. Chicago PohI.
The caw was plainly one In which, if
the law was to he upheld and punish
ment for its violation made deterrent, it
seemed necemniy to resort to extreme
penalties. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Standard Oil Company, with Its
practical monopoly of the market, has
only to raise the price of Its commodity
a few cents a gallon, and the consumers
will pay the fine. Detroit Free Press.
The people, Intolerant of punishing by
a method which inevitably reacts upon
themselves,' will speedily see to It that
the individual criminals are punished by
Incarceration. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The fine levied by Judge Landia will
have a valuable and far-reaching effect
in demonstrating the supremacy of the
law over powerful arid defiant aggrega
tions of lawless wealth. Chicago News.
The fact that the Standard Oil Com
pany find Itself face to face with a fine
sufficient to stagger any corporation must
have, a sobering and cleansing effect upon
the world of big business and "high
finance." Cleveland Leader.
The most obvious comment on the bum
per fine imposed by Judge Iandls on
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana is
that If the company deserves this maxi
mum penalty of the law, then there are
some of its officials or agents who do
FRENCH.
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serve to be In tho pcultentiary. St. Louis
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1U'MII)IC,
If the Supreme Court should sustain
the di-cision of J mine I.iinilia no
Hdently expect an advance in the price ol
on. ine on trust will not pay fines ou'
Of its coffers when it in
to oM'U their pocket books. Italtimore
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Judg Laudis' action ijhould prove a
sharp rebuke to much Incendiary talk that
has lately been heard about tho use of
the federal courts ns 0 shield for corpo
rate oppression. Mr. Rockefeller, at least,
will not to-duy share that delusion. New
York World.
If great corporations were' as eager
and industrious lu observing the statute
In letter aijdln spirit as they often seem
to be In skirting and straining them there
youhl be little occasion for those corpo
rations to complain that they are being
unfairly treated by Juries and Tittle fear
of their fining a monumental rash for
Mture like that now hanging over the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana. New
York Tribune.
Whatever dimensions the punishment
against the Standard may take in this
case, combines will he leas likely to ask
siieclal fuvors from the roads and the
roads will be less likely to grant them, If
asked. St. Louis Uobe-Democrat.
Tho moment the Rockefeller gang pro
ceeds to recoup hy collecting from the
public that patieut beast of burden may
be expected to awaken, at last, to the
absurdity and Injustice of punishing the
consumer for the crimes of monopoly.''
Omaha Woold Herald,
Prohibition struggle in Georgia H
lea to Out Dkbt
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8AO NEWS FOR TRAMPS.
Prom Sow On lie Mill Find It Mora
tlimenlt to More A boot.
For years and years the mendicity ex
perts of all sorts, ranging from the prac
tical students of the subji-ct, like "Josiah
Flynt" and Jack Ixmdon, up to the more
scientific investigator who looked at it
broadly in its noclological relations, have
been calling attention to the fact that the
solution of the tramp problem lay in the
abolition of free railway travel for tho
wandering brotherhood. The tramp, they
said. If reduced to immobility, or even to
the mobility given by his own legs, would
be almost Impossible.
If confined to one town or limited to
the few the tramp could reach unaided
he would soon become known nnd be
forced to work or go to Jnil. Tlie stories
of temporary lack of money nnd of em
ployment waiting a few miles beyond
would not' 1m- accepted at kitchen doors
from a sturdy begun r in his own vie hinge,
nnd It Is only by making those stories
believed that the tramp can live at. all.
As a rule, he applies only once at tlie
same door, and of necessity, at least, he
puts enough space between his visits to
endure forgetfulness of his identity. This
he can do only because he is allowed to
ride free on freight trains, practically
when and where he chooses.
The railway companies have always
rec6gnlzed the tramp as a nuisance and ,
a danger, nnd innumerable half-hearted i
efforts have been made to bar him from
the cars and bumpers nnd trucks, but for
the most part the train crews leave the
unwelcome passengers alone, partly be
cause to put them off means trouble and
delay, with occasional fights with men
who do not hesitate at murder, and partly i
because even the tramps will pay a lit
tle something to be ignored, and these
fares go no further thnn the recipient's
pocket. At last, however, the charity
workers and the railway officials seem
to be getting together for the remedying ,
of this great abuse.
The National Conference of Charities
nnd Correction, at Minneapolis, received
assurances from the heads of many rail- j
ways and railway systems, including
Messrs. Hill and Ilnrriman. nnd Presi- i
dents Murray nnd Delano, that it will
receive all possible assistance In putting I
an end to this most vicious class of travel.
PUBLIC DEBT $1,273,275,342.
Monthly Statement Shows a De
crease of Nearly 824,000,000.
The monthly statement of the public '
debt shows that at the close of businasg
on July 31, 1007. tlie debt amounted to
$l,273.'i75,342, which was a decrease for i
the month of nearly $24,000,000, which
Is due to the redemption of 4 per cent
bonds which matured on July 1. Pay
ments on this and other accounts reduced
the amount of cash on hand by a little
over $30,000,000. Tlie debt Is recapitu
lateoTas follows: x
Interest bearing deht S 8.'iS.085.51U
Lieut on which Interest has I
ceased since maturity .... l.t,r03.135 j
Debt bearing no Interest .... 401,U2tI,Otlt) .
Total
,.. $1,273,
This amount, however, tinon not in
clude $l,174,NS!).8j! in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which sre off
set by an equal amount of cash held for
their rejlemntlon.
The cash in the treasury is classified as '
follows :
Oold reserve fund I l.0. 000.000
Trust funds l,174.KK!l,Kl!l .
uenerai mncl 1!IH,4 7,0111
In International bank deposi
taries 150.000.204
In Philippine treasury . 4,25.'I,UST
Total
..l,0S4,G0ri,84S :
Against which there are demand lia
bilities outstanding to $l,2!Kl,031,t54l
which leaves a cash balance on band of
$388,574,11 S8. .
Garner oa Animal Speech'.
Prof. It. L. Garner, who for several
years has spent the greater part of his
time In the forests of Africa, studying
the language of monkeys and other ani
mals, replies in tbo current Independent
to the published statements of W. T.
Hornaday that wild animals in the jun
gle very rarely communicate with one an
other by vocal sounds, they having learn
ed that "silence promotes peace and long
life." Prof. Garner admits that wild
animals are habitually more taciturn
than domesticated ouesv as are also the
wild tribes of human 'beings. This he
attributes to lack of social intimacies and
nomadic habits. Itut he points out that
merely going hunting aud camping in the
forest with fire aud noise gives no oppor
tunity for the methodic study of its denl
sens. It is necessary to live among them
in a state of nature for an indefinite
time.
Contradicting Hornaday, Garner denies
that silence is an important element of
safety in wild animal life. The carnivor
ous, the only natural enemies to which
other animals have any cause of fear of
betrayal by the sound of their voices, de
pend almost wholly ujion the sense of
smell in pursuing their game, every spe
cies having its peculiar odor. Also the
carnivores generally hunt at night, seis
ing the prey while asleep. The animals
which have the fewest reasons to fear be
trayal by their voices are by nature the
most silent ones. (iAruer tells of bis
personal experience during the three
years' residence In the jungle, how the
chlmpnnxee frequently breaks the silence
of the forest by answering the cries of
various other animals. The gorilla la less
loquacious, but there are times when he
Ignores all danger of bctrayu! and gives
vent "to a deluge of speech." Other mon
key species are persistent talkers and can
be heard at most any hour. The trum
peting of tlie elephant Is common at night
and the bellowing of the hippopotamus by
day and night. The antelopes cry at
night when the leopard is on the hunt
for them, the latter also grunting.
Hunker Assails Trout Makers.
Henry Clews, the millionaire banker of
New York, iu an address on great (wealth
end social unrest at Chautauqua, N. Y.,
likened to the dark ages the attitude of
capital toward labor a few years ago, and
took the radical ground that officials of
Illegal trusts should be imprisoned for
their crimes. He endeavored to distin
guish, however, between the social uOreat
which springs from an appreciation of the
nation's foundation and "that misguided
and malicious unrest Incited by social
ism." He particularly approved of those
manifestations of unrest which come
through orgauixed labor In demands for
adequate coinis'iisatiou or the limitation
of a day's work. Mr. Clews denied em
phatically that the existing unrest had
been brought on hy the Roosevelt admin
istration. This, be said, was both sur
prising and ridiculous.
ladastrlal l'eaea Conference,
Tlie Industrial Peace Conference, en
dowed by President Roosevelt with $40,
000, received by him as part of the Nobel
peace prise, has begun its first meeting
at San Francisco by excluding from its
deliberations Patrick Calhoun, president
of the I'uited Railroads, because he la
under Indictment under charges of bribery.
ARD OIL
Judge Kenesnw M. Land is of the
Federal District Court In Chicago on
Saturday fined the Standard OU Coni
imuy $20,210,000 for having violated
the Klklns law iiertnlniug to rebates,
on 1,4(12 counts. It was the maximum
penalty permitted by the statutes. And
It Is the largest assessment for an In
fraction of law that Is recorded In all
history, for all governments. This vast
sura of money Is not to be paid without
protest, however. Attorneys for the oil
corporation announced their Intention
of perfecting an appeal to tho United
States .Court of Appeals. From there
It Is announced the case will go to the
Fcdernl Supreme Court '
Judge Kenesaw M. Lnndls of the
United States District Court, who in
flicted the unprecedented penalty, did
not stop with the Imposition of the fine.
He directed attention to the "studied
Insolence" of the legal representatives
of the corporation to the court of which
he was the representative and com
mented forcefully uiwn It. After de
nouncing the methods of the oil com
pany, which he declared Imposed bur
dens upon every class of citizens nnd
wounded society more deidy thnn open
depredations of criminals, tho jurist
expressed regret that only a fine could
be ImiMised for violations of the law
tinder which the company was Indicted.
While this regret was being voiced it
wns recalled that there still are pend
ing against the oil corjiorations seven
lndlctuicnt.4 like the one just disposed
of. containing 4,422 counts. Should
there Is? convictions on all these counts
there would be possible nddltlonnl fines
of $KS,4 10,000. ?
SnrliiK Second Sensation.
While occupants of the crowded
courtrixMii loaned forward In amaze
ment at tho drastic arraignment of the
corporation and the gigantic penalty
meted out to It. the Jurist stirred them
anew. Judge Lnndls had no ' sooner
mentioned the amount of the $20.2 1),
(too flue than he caused a second tre
mendous sensation that he would call
a grand Jury to investigate the rela
tions of the railroads to the big rebate
conspiracy. In view of his reiinark
that the penitentiary wns the place for
the offenders, and that Congress at the
last session passed an act under which
they may be sentenced to serve time,
the effect was electric
"Rockefeller and his associates, to
gether with the oftlcial of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad, might 1st sent to
tlie lMMiltentlary ns the result of tills
new Investigation," admitted one of the
attaches of the Olstrlct Attorney's of
fice. "This could only l done If the
offenses luire 'been continued since Con
Kress made conspiracy In restraint of
trade a penlteutlary offense."
It was a dramatic morning Ii court.
What Judge Laudis had to say to John
D. Ro-kefcller's trust will live ns one
of the most remarkable uttcrnm'cs tun
ing from the benclu Twice Judge
Lnndls was aiduuded. Hut he halted
the demonstration himself, rawing
fiercely ou the wooden desk In front
"f him with his bare knuckles.
Officials to Be Proseeated.
' Backed by the cohesive forces of the
Cnlted States authorities. It Is exicct
d that Judge Landl will proceed
against the railroad companies that
fave to Mr. Rockefeller's oil trust Il
legal rebates. And he will attack the
Individuals of both the oil and the
railroad conwratlons Instituting and
permitting tmch preferential rates. The
railroads are likely to be Indicted on
lines Identical with the procedure In
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COMPANY FINED $29,240,000
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the Standard Oil cases fined by Judge
Lnndls. The Individuals will be prose
cuted under the conspiracy act under
which, after conviction, there Is pre
scrilKHl a penitentiary sentence.
Thus John T. Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller. John I. Archlmld.- II.- II.
Rogers, J. A. Moffett and other officers
of the Standard Oil Company, together
with the contracting freight officers,
auditors and other executives of the
offending rallrond conrpanles are to lie
indicted with the end In view of plac
ing them in prison.
Kpnch-Maklng; Seaaton.
The session' was declared by many
of the lawyers to be an eiKxli-inaklng
one In national history. From the
Federal bench and with the co-oia?ra-tlon
of the United States Government
prosecutors the Standard Oil Company
had received u isnialty commensurate
with the vastness of Its holding If
tlie parent lssly of New Jersey does not
come to the assistance of Its subsidiary
branch It Is considered likely the Indi
ana icompany will succumb.
From the bcucb It has been de
nounced as lawless, Insolent and menac
ing to the nation. The accepting and
granting of rebates hhs been declared
to be the chief cause of Its wealth and
tho reason for the death of Its rivals.
The Infliction of the maximum fines
has established a precedent that Is
taken to mean the elimination of rebat
ing and the probable prosecution of
railroad officials on charges of conspir
acy to violate the Interstate commerce
law, punishable by penal liuprisoumvnt.
TO LIGHT UP NIAGARA.
lllnmlnntlon of Famous Cataract a
ltemurkall Scheme.
The contravt has been closed for the
night illumination of Niagara Falls, and
the proposed plan for lighting the mighty
torrent will be the greatest feat ever con
ceived in electrical illumination.
The illuminating scheme calls for near
ly ."it large searchlights, several of them
the largest of their kind and caiuible of
throwing a beam of light a hundred miles,
aud tlie new color scintillator, a late In
vention. The projectors will be located
below the falls in two batteries, one at
the water's edge ami the other on the high
ground of the Canadian side. Kvery inch
of the two falls will lie under light.
The new color scintillator is an attach
ment fitted to the searchlights by which
the l-eams of light can be made any color
at will. Thus the mist and water, bathed
in all the color of the rainbow, will sur
pass anything in sectacular effect save
the great Northern Lights.
The proiosltion is to illuminate Ni
agara on a scale iu keeping with the sur
roundiugs. It is said by the illuminating
exerts that the rays of colored lights
when flashed in the air will be visible at
Roibester a id Toronto.
To take from a corporation one-third ot
its net revenues accrued during a period
of violations Is not as much real power
as Is employed when sentence Is imposed
taking from a human being one day of his.
liberty.
It is the business of a judgrf to admin
ister the law as he finds it, rather than to
expatiate upon the inadequacy of pun
ishment authorized for its infraction.
Common honesty among men ought not
to be altogether ignored in business, even
in this day.
It is the substance of the thing and
not the mere form with which the law
is concerned.
Waiving the question of the studied
Insolence of this language, in so far as it
may be aimed at the present occupant oC
the bench, the court can, of course, only
leave to the discretion of the Standard
Oil Company the ..wisdom anJ propriety
of a $100,000,000 corporation gratuitous
ly inaugurating agitation about th
"mob."
If a carrier enters the field for traffic
destined to points beyond its line and a
shipper turns his property so destined
over to it, such transportation Is as clear
ly subject to the requirements of the in
terstate commerce law as would be the
case if the carrier owned and operated the
line through to destination.
Motive is not material in a case where
the proof is clear that it was the de
fendant who committed the crime.
The court is not impressed by the dole
ful predictions of counsel for the defend
ant as to the hardships upon the honest
shipping public to be anticipated from
the enforcement of this rule. The honest
man who tenders a commodity for trans
portation by a railway company will not
be fraudulently misled by that company
into allowing it to haul his property for
legs than the law authorizes it to collect.
Under the doctrine insisted upon by
the defendant, the railway company might
give the Standard Oil Company a very
low transportation rate and. by contract
obligate itself to withhold the same rate
from the very man the taking of whose
property by condemnation rendered pos
sible the construction of the- road.
It is novel indeed for a convicted de
fendant to urge the complete triumph
of a dishonest course as a reason why
such course should go unpunished. '
The conception and execution of such,
a commercial policy necessarily involves,
the contamination of subordinate officer
or employes, even looking to the time
when testimony will be required for the
protection of the revenues of tlie offender
from the exactions of the lavy for its
violation.
.We might as well look at this situation
squarely. Tlie men who thus deliberate
ly violate this law tovotind society mora
deeply than does he who counterfeits the
coin or steals letters from the mail.
Where the only possible motive of the
crime Is the enhancement of dividends
nnd the only punishment authorized is a
fine, great caution must be exercised by
the court lest the fixing of a small
amount encourage the defendant to fu
ture violations by esteeming the penalty
to be in the nature of a license.
NEW BLOW FALLS.
Oil Monopoly- ('harared with Unlaw
ful Methods In Ralslna; Price.
Following close on the track of the
$20,240,000 fine imposed by Judge Landi
in Chicago on the Standard Oil Company
for violation of the Klkins law In unlaw
fully swelling its profits by accepting se
cret rebates from the Chicogo and Alton
Railroad, significant revelations are made
public in a report submitted to President
Roosevelt by Herbert Knox Smith, Com
missioner of Corporations, concerning th
operations of the Standard company. In
a previous report rh means and methods
of the LStaudard weye explained. Tlie
present report sets forth the results of
those methods and the effect they have
had on the consumer of oil and on tha
profits of the Standard Oil Company. It
deals with profits and pricp, showing just
how the manipulation of the oil industry
by the Standard has affected the pocket
hook of the American people.
The report is accompanied by a lettp?
from Mr. Smith to the President, in whL'h
the commissioner m:ikp n scathing sum
mary of the facts found lu the report.
In concluding his letter Mr. Smith give
a resume of the facts hp holds proved
facts which make the Standard Oil ap
pear in a more unenviable light tbas
ever.
Would Keen Children Made.
Prof. Frederick Starr of the Univer
sity of Chicago has ojienly taken the stand
that children-would he better off if they
wore no clothing until they were 10 yeart
old, aud several other members of tht
faculty, together with a few wealthy
neighbors In the exclusive South Sidt
section of Chicago, have joined in a move
ment to establish a residential Utopia, at
a coat of $o0,000 or more, for the pur
pos of putting this theory Into practiea