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Show LUMBERMEN INDICTED. How ells. W ho Failed Some Time Ago Must Answer. St. Josefh. Mo., Nov. 7. The United States grand jury, w hich has been investigating investi-gating the dealings of Howell's lumbe company, which failed several months ago, returned six indictments against S. R. Howell How-ell and George W. Howell. The indictments charge the Howells with having effected arrangements ar-rangements with W. D. Mott and Edward Tibbcts, both of Atchison, agent and quartermaster, quar-termaster, respectively, of the Rock Island road, w hereby they were able to get differences differ-ences in the cost of lumber by which they were able to sell below all competition. It charges, however, that the action was in direct di-rect violatiou of the provisions of the interstate inter-state commerce law. Warrants have been issued for their arrest, |