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THE RICH HILL TRIBUNE lU'TKEIIY ft Hl'CKKltY, Publishers. CDAl'DE A. PHOWN, Editor. RICH H.'IX. M1SSOVRI. It Is be-tler to lose jour cash than your character. China and Japan together produce IZj.OijO tons of silk annually, Every Inch or the human skin con tains 3,500 perspiration pores. The strike fever has hit. Sweden, and ' many workmen ore Bald to be jumping their yobs. A young plant is 75 per cent, water and the remainder carbon, which tt has taken from the air. Admiral Yaniamoto thinks we are Bice people, but he i going home through Canada instead of by way of San Francisco. la the population of New York city there are 7S9.000 persons of German parentage, 733,000 of Irish. 250,000 ol Kussian and 223.000 of Italian. A Florida farmer is said to have cleared $1,200 In one acre of cabbage this spring. Perhaps he sold It for clear Havana Key West poods. Arnold "Daly " says that Iiernard shaw ts "intoxicated with words and delirious with Ink." We thought that Arnold Daly was one of Shaw's ex ponents. It has been discovered that Noah Webster wrote the dictionary with almost no assistance, but undoubted ly he had helped his wfl use many of the words. "Matrimony as a profession" ts not a bad Idea. And the divorce lawyers should be broken of the habit of per suading people that it i for ama teurs only. A railroad president announces that fcis road is out of politics and done with lobbying. Well, really, when j-ou come to think of It. there doesn't seem to be anything left to fight for. The Washington preacher who says that heaven is 5n the star Alcyone now cornea forward and says that It Is built up with brick houses. Hell Is brobably made up of three-room Cats. Peter Cooper Hewett is going to take us from New York to London In 30 hour. When a boat of that sort runs Into an iceberg the monster of the deep will know that something kit it. The Maryland farmer who discov ered that his hired man was th head of a large business concern in Phila delphia was not necessarily surprised. Hired men have such a way of know lug how the universe should he run that the average man who comes In contact with them often wonders if they are not captains of industry out for a quiet vacation. In a railroad collision a congress man turned a double back somer ault over two seals and eseaped with out serious Injury. A little thing like a railroad smash-up is no embar rassment to many acrobats who are accustomed to adjusting themselves to the sudden and violent changes that are constantly occurring in con gressional districts. Charles Dudley Waruer advised crery one to be born "in a little red farm house with a stone wall around tt." We at not particularly tenacious about ihe Btone wall, and we enter a decided exception to the color of the. house, but we Indorse the senti ment. The records show that farm ers' sons are those most likely to suc ceed in bus!uet,s and professional life. Health, vigor, self-reliance, ambition and the habit of work give theni their (Iranians In the race for siwcess. Money orders to the enormous amount of 4 fj.O'M tun) were Issued by tho New York post office last year. Three millions of this amount went abroad, mainly s nt by Immigrant to their families. As money orders are commonly for comparatively small sums as compared to traffic through banks, this total shows the wide din semination of piospeiily. Jt is nut, after all, remarks the Ind!unapoll News, the few great fortunes of which we hear so muc h that form the Wealth of the country. How delicate ar the instrument which record carlhTunkt shocks may be Judged by tho reports, which ratii'i along simultaneously froiu many sources, of tlie recent flight disturb ance la Kcuador. From Havana cum a the report that "the scUiiiograpli this morning registered au earthquake 14.000 tnlleb distant, tho waves propa gatlnfi from southwest to northeast. The Indications are that the center of thu disturbance was located be neath tlie water of the Pacific, near Ontral America." From other far distant points came similar reportt long before the new came of the ac tual locution of the earthquake. A Iotiilou publisher is bringing out Dickens dictionary for the purpose tt muking hi writings more Intel JlffibJo to th general public. Our fathers lined to be able to read Dk li en underataiidingly. Is such a work needed less Ibau a generation after J ho author's death? An English critic I shocked be cause we have tone button ou our clothes. At thl season of the year, with (ur wives away, most of is aie Juiky to i.Mte buttons of any kl&d on tiyr tlvtlu STANDARD OIL METHODS Report to the President Saya Th:y Are Repiehcnsible. N;t Benefitted Consumers Destroyed Competitors Increased Prices Profits Excessive. Washington. Significant revela tions wcro made public Sunday In a report submitted to Pre .-tide-tit Roose velt by Herbert Knox Suilih, commis sioner of corporations, concerning tho operations of the Standard Oil com pany. In a previous re;ort the means and methods of the Standard were ex plained. Tno present report sets forth the results of these methods and tho effect they have had on the consumer of oil and on profits of the Standard Oil company. Commissioner Smith Says: "The Standard Oil company is re sponsible for the course of prices of petroleum atid its products during the last 23 years. The Standard has con sistently used its power to raise the price of oil during the last ten years, not only absolutely but also relatively to the cost of crude oil." The Standard has claimed that it has reduced the price of oil; that it has bet n a benefit to the consumer; and that only a great combination iike the Standard could have furnished oil at the prices that have prevailed. "Each one of these claims," says Commissioner Smith, "is disproved by this report." "The following facts are proven: The Standard has not reduced mar gins during the period In which it lis b?en responsible for the prices of oil. During the last eight years covered by this report US9S to VM:) it has raised both prices and margins. Its domination has not been acquired or maintained by its superior efficiency, but rather by unfair competition and by methods economically and morally unjustifiable. The Standard has su perior efficiency In running its own business; it has an equal efficiency in destroying the business of competit ors. It keeps for Itself the profits of the first and adils to these the monop oly profits secured by the second. Its profits are far above the highest pos sible standard of a reasonable com cmrcial return, and have been stead ily increasing. Finally, the history of this great industry is a history of the persistent use of the worst industrial methods, the exaction of exorbitant prices from tlie consumer, and the so curing of excessive profits for the small group of men who over a long scries of years have dominated the business." Unearthed Another Land Fraud. Los Angeles. O. It. Robinson, receiver of tho local land offce said Sunday: "Fraudulent and criminal entry on more than 4.0U0 acres of Imperial valley land has been made. General Prescolt and my self made the discovery some time airo and secret service agents arj now collecting evidence which we believe will uncover a land fraud equal in im portance to that in Oregon." The Consumer Pays the Freight. Or v land. O. Mr. Rockefeller's poise has not been at all disturbed by the I:".!. 210, 000 fine lmiosed upon the Standard Oil company. His nonchalance- is etfporb. "This U the age of big thlnes." he remarked sentiment ally w he n the new s of the line reached him. And theu he plu)cj the best game cf gi.'f in hla life. Haywood Arrives Home. Denver. Colo. -William D. Haywood. iM-n ti-.ry-tn lHiirer of the Western Federation of Miners, who was re cently acquitted at Rolso Idaho, of murdering Former Gov. Stcucuberg of that state, arrived bin Sunday iib-M. but olii to the lateness of the hour 'the celebration accorded Mm c mi.ld. rahly curtailed. Carfield View Harriman'e Work. Yuma, Arizona. James It. tiar field, K-crctary of the Interior, and Director F. II. Newell, of the reclamation nerWce. h. nt Sunday ItiKpoctiug the I-aoina dam and the heading of the California I K velopment company on tho Colorado rh r. At tho la't.r point tin ofllclals viewed the work that had be. n H-rform d to curb the- overflow ed the Colorudo and prevent the overflowing of thousand ed a re ,f val,iabl land. The Uk was u!idc-iak-n several inontl, au by K. II. Harriman and thw cost a; pruxima'.i d 1 .." mO.i.h'H, Plurgtd Into River. Tangier. France. Forty passe n--ora in a third class railroad car and the e-nidneer were drowned KunJay af ternoon in a railroad accident three miles Mutheai;t of this town. Tho loe-ouiotivo and a crowdid local train Jumped the trick when enter ing the bridge over tlie river Iiirt) et Ia-s Ponte de Co. The stone railing gave way and the engine plunged into the river &0 feet below. All the jie-o pit tu the bee-ond car were drowned. A Trust Conference. Chle-ago. Important question af fecting to ' relation between states and national government and cor poration, now so prominently bet fore the public In connection with the flue of $:'.240,tHH) Im posed uion 8tandurd Oil company of Indiana by Judge Ijindl uud in tue conflict betwen tate authorities and the feide-ral Judiciary In thee raliroud cast J In North Carolina will l.n dis cussed nt a national eoufi renew em j iiuibfiiatiijn and trust to U ln-ld in Chicaso an Octoter 22, :;!, 21 and US. COIMO j-f ;su'" , GOY. FRANTZ NOMINATED Oklahoma Republicans Name Him for Another Term. Platform Contains Antl-Trut Plank and Favors Removal of. Restric tions to Indian Lands. Tulsa. I. T. Gov. Frank Frantt was Thursday night nominated by ac clamation for governor by the repub lican state convention. By a vote of 1,340 to 214 the conven tion decided to put out a stste tick et. The proposition came with the report on order of business. Frantz is now In absolute control of the con vention. Thursday afternoon the following telegram was received from Presi dent Roosevelt to whom earlier In the day a message assuring Mm of tte. endorsement of the convention was sent: "I have a special feeling for Ok lahoma and Indian territory and assure them of my frupoprt to any thing that will further their Interests. The nominations were not complet ed Thursday right. The convention adjourned at 11:30 until Friday morn ing. In addition to governor the fol lowing nominations were made: Lieut. Oor. N. J. Turk, Mcintosh; Secretary of state. T. X. Itobneit, Carter: At tornry General, S. P. Reld, Canadian; State Treasurer. M. Stillwell. Wash ington. The platform contains an anti-trust plunk, favors the removal of restric tions from Indian land and endorses good roads but remains silent on the prohibition question. Rushing Supplies to Philippines. San Francisco, Culif. Ijtrge quan tities of merchandise, ammunition and supplies of every description for u;v of the army In the Philippines are being forwarded to the Iblundx. With in the next f'w days four transports the Logan. Warren. Crook and Buford will sail for their destination loaded to their full capacity with military stores. In addition they will carry S.- OfiQ nieu of thei Twenty-sixth and Twenty-lilnth Infantry and casual, be side a number of prominent officer. Murdered by Moroccan Tribesmjn. Tangier, Morocco. On (he pritcxt th. they were displeased with the harbor works, threes tribe, Wednes day raided Casablanca, one eif the chief seaports of Morocco and nuis sacied the native guards and neven KtiropeariH. The other Kuropeaiis In tho city, together with a number of Jew, took refuge em a tierman ship, which has arrived here. The French cruiser Ciiillilee sailed for Casablanca Wednesday night. To Construct Largest Tunnel. Paris. France The minister of pub lic work has approved the project of tho department e.f bridges' and roads for the instruction of a canal to con nect the valley eif the Rhine with the port of Mar-tellies. The project In volves a tunnel seven kilometer In length at a cost of $0,Dno,(nK). ThU tunnel measured by the amount of dlit e-xcavattd will be tliu largest in t.ie world. Cen. Powell Dead. St. Paul, Minn. Hrlgndler Gen eral Charles Franclno Powell, U. 8. A., retired, died at tho home of hi brother In thl city Tueday, aged C3 year. A Duluth, Minn., Blai. Duluth, Minnesota. Fire, which caused a loss of fllO.OoO broke out Friday In the building oecupled by the Uurge Electric company, Media & Co., and tba Christie IJ:bogrphlng company on West Flrt tree-t. May Settle Their Different. Pittsburg, Pa. An effort wa niadt FriJay to Vet lie tlu difference between the miners and oje-rator which threatened to cause a atrike of the ll.t'i'O Uilni-r In this dibtrlct Tt'Jfis'lay. UP, ,5' x yJY - y A KEW TRUST PROBE. A Bill In Equity Calls for an Account ing from the American Sugar Refining Company. Trenton, New Jersey. A bill lr equity which calls upon the Araeri can Sugar Refining company to give an account of its business for the past four years was filed before Chan cellor Magle Friday on behalf of Geo H. Earle, Jr., receiver of the Pennsyl vania BUgar refining company of Phil adelphla. The suit, it Is said, is the only one of the kind ever filed in this country and the step taken by the receiver of the Pennsylvania com pany may be the means of opening au entire new field for Investigating trusts. The suit Is separate from that for $30,000,000 damages which KarU Instituted against the- American Su gar Refining company in New York F-arle holds that In procuring th controlling Interest In the Pennsyl vania company in 1003, the American company Ix-came a trustee for the concern, and I resixmslbl to It for an accounting although the American company never eqierati-d the Pennsyl vania cempany' plant. Long Distance Phototelegraphy. I!e-r!in, Germany. Mtst successful exiHTlmenta in Itir.g distance photev teleghaphy were carried out We-dues day night by Preifessor Stern from Munich to Herlin. For thj purpose the government loaned a d!r-ct wire apparatus, which was eiperated with out a hitch. Pheitographs of Hmperen William, the crown prince and Profes sor Stern were- received here over the wln, faultlessly develo;-d. The ex IH-riments will be continued next week from lterlin to Munich. FUmetis II Was a Fraud. Ie;ndor., En gland. Egyptologists claim that they have discovered that Ramesea II was a fraud and that he Is not entitled to the appellation ed Great" which hlstorlnn have giv en him. Recent explorations, it I stat ed, have developed the fact that the many temples and monuments benr Ing hi name, anl therefore fuppos edly his work, existed a thousand years he-fore Mm. The explorers bo lleve the king was vain and caused Ills name to be! cut everywhere. Ctrtani Raise Horses In Kentucky herlin, Ger The German gov e-runieiit I shout to Ki nd a number eif full blooded Trakhenr stallion from the royal breeding farms near the Russian frontier to the slock farm at Fhlds Place within thu Kentucky blue grass region, which was leased ome tlum ago by the government fur the purpose of breeding cavalry hotse for the German army. Failed to Settle Strik. Denver, Colo. Negotiations look ing to a settlement eif the strike of local switchmen and yardmen of the Colorado and Southern rnllroud came to an e-nd Friday afternoon when twei propohlilon from each side were re jected. Sarah' Name It Not There. Paris. France. The Associated Press learns from an authoritative! source that tho name of Sarah Isern hardt. In spite of the re-port that have bee-n curre nt for a year tr more is not to bo included In the forthrotu lug list of new members of tho Legion of Honor. Britt Wins In 20 Rounds. San Francisco, Calif. Jlu. Ilrltt fought a masterly battle with Rattling Nelson Wednesday night winning the decision at the end of the 2ith round Cold Medal for EnlltUd men. Chicago. Illinois. Corporal 0. p, Hunt, 1Mb Infantry, and Sergeant W. T. Hawkins, Fourth Infantry, won the gold medal for enlisted men In the rifle comix-tit lou of the Northern dl vision of the army at Fort hherldua which ended Thurrday. King of Annam Confined. Parbe, France. The k'liK of Annum ha keen interned In hi paiu' : Hue arid a regency haa been t htablls The kin- menu I condition erowiu' worse. DISSOLVE POWDER TRUST The Government Has Filed a Suit Against the Combination. It I Alleged a Monopoly In Restraint of Trad Exlte Receiver May Be Appointed. Washington, IX C. The govern ment Tuesday filed In the United States circuit court at Wilmington, Del., a petition against K. I. IVpont IV) Nemours A Co.. the E. I. Duieut ls Nemours Powder comiiany (of New Jersey), end 21 other corpora tions and 17 Individuals connected with th 26 corporations which are made defendants In the petition. The petition relates that all of the defendants are engaged iu interstate trade and commerce In gunpowder and other high explosives and are vio lating the act of July 2. 1SS0, com monly known as tho Sherman anti trust act. It seeks to prevent and re s train the unlawful existing agree ments, contracts, combinations, and conspiracies In restraint of such trade and commerce to prevent and'Rtraln the attempts on tho pnrt of the de fendants to monopolize such trade and commerce, and to dissolve the existing monopolies theivin. Tho government asks. In Its prayer for relief, that these operating com panies be enjoined and restrained from operating and engaging In in terstate commerce In the United Slates or that receivers be apKlnted to take over their business. BOARD CANNOT AGREE." Missouri Pacific. Given Nniety Day To Repair Track Committee of Experts Wanted. St. IxjuIs. Missouri. Following a meeting of the board of railroad aud warehouse commissioners during which the recent inspection of the Missouri Pacific tracks was warmly discussed and Ctimmlssloners Oglesby and Wlghtraan dUagrce-d with Chair man Knott concerning the finding, it a-s announced Wednesday that the board's recent order reducing the speed limit of Missouri Pacific train has beoa se-t aside and the road will tie given SO days in which to make repairs. Chairman Kntitt statenl that Gov. Folk will b ive.uetel to aiv IHiltit a committee of railroad experts to make an !rii"Ttlun of the Missouri Pacific tracks and rKrt. In the hope af terminating tho board's disagree'- oiont in opinion regarding the cem- Jltlon of the tracks. Santa Fe Train Ditched. Arkansas City, Kansas. Nottu bound Santa Fe passenger train No. 11C left the track and went Into tfv ditch seven miles from Red Rook, Okla, ThurfJay morning, killing the engineer and wounding numerous pas sengers. A ccach. chair cur and bag gage car, as well a the engine, went Into the ditch. D. C. Mack, the engi neer, w as killed and C. J. Kanzer the flretr.au, was scalded abeiut the legs. Fourteen passengers were injured but no deaths were repeirted. Will Not Contest Twoent Fares. Detroit. Michigan. F. W. Stevens, general solicitor for lha Pcro Mur- (juette railrtMid. has announced that the rallreiad will not rem test the two- cent fare law which goes into effect September 2S. Mr. Stevens save that the tecttit ratte U accepted In the hojie that the Incn-am d patronage predicted by Governor Warner will be realized and that lu the "dlbtaut fa tu ret" the net earnings may lK-rmlt a fair return In dividends upon the value of the property used In the passenger service. Cannot Turn Back Japanese-. Washington, D. C. The state de partment ha taken up with Mexico tho subject of Immigration eif Jap anese (itolie Into tho I'nlted Stltte acres the Mexican border. The prac tice of thu bringing in thl tindcMr ahle and forbidden clement la as sumed alarming proportions and thn Inspectors of the Immigration service and being taxed beyond their abilities to dlKi-over and turn back uch Japa nese. Offered Judgeship to Benson. Topekii, Kan. Governor K. W. Hoih Thursday telegraphed to For mer I'nlted State Senator Alfred W. Ilemton, who Is at present in Washing ton. D. C, eifferiiii; hi in the vucaney on the state supreme bench caused V the death of Justice Adrian I.. Greene. S nator Itenson Immediate ly replied, slating that he would ac cept. Pennsylvania's Coal Output. liantsliuig. Pa. Jumea K. Rod crick, chief of the atute department of mines. Thursday txans'inltted to Governor Stuart til report for l'JOG, In which be say that during the year Pennsylvania produced S01 ,C72.49'J tone of bituminous and anthracite coal, yielding a revenue approximating $Cuo, 0000,000. All Bids Too High. Washington, I). C. Tb cavy de partment Friday rejected all bid sub mltted for the construction of a dry d.x k at Hreiucrtou. on Pudget Sound, laue they were not wlthlu the limit of the appropriation. The Winnebago's Long Trip, Superior, Wisconsin. The tHeamer Wlunolmgo left thl port Friday en route to the Pacific coast via the Cap Horn routn. Captain Ewert expect to reach San KrQclcu some time In November. TIHED BACK:.'. Tho kidney have, a Rreat work to do In keeping th blood pure. When they get. out of order It causes bitckacho, hcRdachcH, dizziness languor and distress . Inc urlnarv troubles. rj Keep the kidneys wtdl ,- and all theso suffer '"fji "H wl" no "aveil it-v -:if you. Mrs. S.A. Moore, " proprlettir of a res V j taurant at Water - '-" '" vllle. Mo., says: "Re fore using Doan'a Kidney Pills I suf fered everything from kidney troubles for a year and a half. I had pain In the back and head, and almost contin uous in the loins and felt weary all the time. A few doses of Deian's Kid ney Pills broughi great relief, and I kept on taking them until in a short time I was cured. I think Doan's Kid ney PUls are wonderful." For sale by all dealers. EO cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. SPAIN FAR BEHIND NATIONS. Illiteracy Prevails There to a Most Amazing Extent. Of th 20,000,000 Hople Inhabiting 3paln. only about 25 per cent, can "cad and write; another two and one tinlf per cent, of the population can read without being able to write, but :hn remaining C2 Va per cent are ab olute Illiterates. In tho south of Spain it Is impossible to get a serv ant who can read and write, anj many of the postmen are unable to tell to whom the letters tliey carry are addressed. They bring a bun dle of letters to a house and tho Dwner looks through them and takes those which are (or which he thinks are) addressed to him. The Spanish postmen are not paid by the state; the recipient of the letters have to remunerate them according to ih amount of their correspondence, and rarh letter costs the addressee' at least one cent. It Is a Joke among the easy-going Spaniards that he who treat the postmen best receives the most lc'ters whether they are In tended for him or noL Long Time to Sweep. Everything, even a magnificent church, must be regarded from tho point of view of the beholder. A Lon don paper says that two country girls, who actetl as If they might be enjoy ing a holiday from domestic service, were obferved walking down the aisles ef SL Paul Cathedral, t'n.ier the great dome one of them Hood and gazed around her with an air of such wonder that a ;ectator might well suppose tliut she wa awestruck by her solemn surrounding. Hut when she spoke, the Idea was dissi pated. "Oh, Sarah," she e-xcliiltned. "wouldn't this place take a long time to sweep?" Too Much Exposure. Elsl I a laandre-ns eif color. Pbn I well past youth, wear a parennlat smile and eixirt a slni;l fre-nt tooth, of much prominence. Recently sho missed one of hi r visits to a patron, and when she next put In an appear ance sho was suffering from a bad cold. When asked bow alio took such, a serious cold she said: "During tho recent festivities our club gave a ball. The gentleman what's paying attention to me I very particular, so 1 had to go la full even ing dress, and I had to leave off a few pieces, and it got me." All In Cold Storage. An Oregon attorney, representing a client whoso tltlo to a certain cold storage plant waa under fire, closed an able argument before the Oregon supreme court recently with the fol lowing blfc of pathot: "Your honor, there I more testing upon your de rision than thl cold storage plant: a human liTu I at stake. My client's life's effort are In this cotd storage; M life' blood I In thl cold storage; hi body and soul are wrapped up In thl cold storage." I-w Nolo. itaagii.a.:ia;;ii.iii;itii.m.am.iii.i:iutiutiittuuuuiua Brains arc Built from certain kinds of FOOD Try Grape-Nuts "America has become a land of ner vous emotionalist, largely owing to our sin against the dietetic ht-ullh laws of nature. "Only outdoor exercise In a cold cli mate would enable vlgortuis Individ ual of our species to digest the viands foiced upon alimentary organs enfee bled by sedentary occupation," wrote Dr. Felix Oswald. Drain workers must have different food than laborers, because brain work uses up part of the brain aud nerve center, while physical labor uses up other part ot tho body. Graiie-Nuta, a food for brain work ers, prepared by scientific foed makers. Is a pure, natural food made from se lected parts of field grains known to contain the natural pboiphate of pot ah and other element required by tbe syttent In rebuilding and repair ing the brain and nerve centers. This fexid 1 aklllfully cooked at the factory and 1 ready to be served Instantly With cream. At all firtclas grocers and made by tb Poatura Co., at Rattle Crrctv, Mich. Read the little health claislt, "The Road to Wtlhllle." In llit. "Thtre's a IItlo.