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-V I I- I r i' ' 15he CHIEF RED CLOUD. NEB. PUBLISHED EVERT FKIDA.Y. Bulor4 i the rontofllce at Ked Clou,ek , m Second CUm M attar. JL Pawl C. Fiurm GinnoE Newhousi Editor Manager OIL misdeeds: bared REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS. i iHNii Hill lis MANUFACTURERS CALLED UPON TO RAISE $1,500,000. VAN CLEAVE SUBMITS REPORT President of Association Says Its Principles Are Founded on Open Shop Believed Committee Report Will Favor Tariff Revision. Now York. May 22. The report ol tho committee on tariff and reciproc ity, Including tho result of n poll ot the members as to their views on tar iff revision, will be mado to the Na tional Association of Manufacturers of tho United States today. Much Inter est centers In what the committee has learned and Its report Is the subject of much speculation. Wlilh' Uio-coinmltteo has carefully guarded Its findings, It was stated with some show of authority that the poll had found fiO per cent of tho 3,000 members of the association In favor of a revision of tho Dlngley tarifT. This practically would be the reverse of tho expression elicited by tho Home Market club of Boston In a similar canvass. President Van Cleave, in presenting Ms nnnual report, called for a fund of $1,500,000, to Ue used In the next three years to- combat what ho termed in dustrial oppression. The principles of the association were, he said, founded on the open shop, opposition to tho boycott and tho dictation ol labor unions, nnd tho fund would be Tcqulred to further these tenets. Sub sequently a committee of thirty-five wns named to devise means or ralslug tho $1,500,000. JOHN R, HE6EMAN INDICTED Grand Jury Returns True Bill Against President of Metropolitan Life. New York, May 22. Tho special grand jury which has concerned Itself with tho conduct of the insurance business Jn New York county, has com flmiixi ltH Investigation of the Metro polltan Lite Insurance company, and returned ten Indictments against the company's president, .John 11. liege man. Seven of the indictments charge forgery in the third degree, while the other three charge perjury. All are based on what have come to bo known as "yenr end transactions." These consisted of certain changes In the company's books effected just prior to tho submission of the annual report to the state insurance department; which, It is alleged, were designed to plaeo tho company In a more favor able light than the facts warranted Tho grand jury will begin an Inquiry into tho nftalrs of the Equltablo Life Assuranco society. Built Up Monopoly Through System of "Scnndalous Railroad Discrlmlna tlons" Allowed It and Pipe Lines. Tightening Its Grip for 35 Years. Washington, Mny 20. That the his tory and present operation of tho Standard Oil interests "show through out the past thirty-five years a sub stantial monopolization of the petro leum Industry of tho country, a delib erate destruction of competition and a consequent control of that Industry by l"ss than a dozen men, who have reaped enormous profits therefrom," largoly through abuse or transporta tion facilities, Is charged in a report Just submitted to President Roosevelt by Commissioner of Corporations Her Bert Knox Smith. Part one of tho re port was mado public and other parts will follow. Certain Information ac quired is withheld for tho present, In accordance with Instructions of the president, who feels that their publi cation might Interfero with tho prose cution of tho government's suits pend ing against tho Standard Oil company and Its subsidiary companies. Tho report contains the net results of a ttmly of the potroleum business dur ing tho vear 1901. It Is the first offi cial statement of the operations and methods of the Standard Oil company, by which, tho report states, through "scandalous railway discriminations" and other unlawful devices they have Beamed and maintained nn "exclusive domination of tho petroleum Indus try." It is stated that In 1901 tho Standard and alllllatcd concerns "refined over 85 per cent or the crude oil run through refineries, produced more than 8G per cent or the country's total output or Illuminating oil, nnd trans ported through pipe lines nearly nine tenths or tho crude oil or the older fields and 98 per rent of the crude oil of the mid-continent field." Tho report points out tho monopoly enjoyed by tho company docs not rest on tho ownership of the source of the oil supply, which amounts to about only one-sixth of the total, but "that Its growth and present power rests primarily on tho control of the trans portation facilities. "After the railroad rebate was aban doned, the company," the report con tinues, "was able to establish a sys tem of secret, or open discriminations of rates in Its favor throughout prac tically the entire country. Having es- tablshed Its monopoly of the pipe line business, the company substantially refuses to net as a common carrier." It Is shown that the Standard con trols not only tho wholesale, but nlso tho retail trade In oil. In conclusion, the report says It is apparent that the dominating position of the Standard Oil company in tho oil Industry has largely been secured by the abuse of transportation facilities, first, by fla grant discriminations obtnlned from railroads; second, by -a refusal to op erate Its pipe line system so as to ex tend to Independent Interests the ben efits to which they were both morally and legally entitled, while at the same time the Standard has prevented such Independent Interests from construct ing lines of their own. hound passenger on the Burlington mad Jumped tho track between May-wood- and Curtis, seriously Injuring Conductor Grlsslch and shaking up tho passengers. Tho wreck Is believed to have been duo to bad track. Twenty Injured In Wreck. Ogdcnsburg, N. Y., May 17. Spread ing rails wrecked the fast mall on the Itut'J.nd rnllroad four miles east of horo and twenty persons were In jured, six serloiiBly. RUEF BEFORE GdAND JURY JURY SECURED JNTEXAS OIL CASE Evidence Introduced In Ouster Suit Against Waters-Plcrce Company. Austin, Tex., May 22. A jury wns secured in tho case or the state of Texas against the Wntors-Ploreo Oil company, wherein this company is sought to bo ousted under tho antl-j trust laws of the fltate. As a prelim-' inary movement In tho matter of In troducing evidence tho state had read In regular order the charters or the Standard Oil company of Ohio, as now existing, and tho Wators-Piorco Oil company of Missouri or tho year 187S. Tho present chnrter of tho Standard Oil company wns then submitted in connection with affidavits from Ida Tarboll. Tho defenso objected to thU evidence ' The jury in the case, unlike most JurioB In civil cases, is being kept in charge or tho ahorlu and Is not al lowed to communicate with any one, I EDWIN H. CONGER IS DEAD. Former Minister to China Dle3 at His Home in Pasadena. Pasadena, Cal., May 20. K. II. Con ger, former minister to China, died at his hon.. here. No hope i or his recovery had been held out by the attending physicians lor the last twenty-tour hours. Dally for a week past Mr. Conger has grown weaker. Tho fnmlly was at the bed side when tho end came. Chronic dys entery was the direct cause of death. LUMPKIN HELD TO GRAND JURY Charged With Sending Obscene Mat ter Through the Malls. Jefferson City, Mo., May 22. Form er Judge William M. Lumpkin, a law yer and wealthy citizen of Eldon, was brought here and arraigned boforo Commissioner Glesbreg on a chargo or "ending obscene matter through :he malls. Judge Lumpkin entered a plea or guilty and was hold In tho sum cf $500 for tho federal grand jury. Ho was 'Jeslrous of reforming certain alleged dissolute women or 131don and wroto thorn nnonymous letters, advis ing them to chango their modo or liv ing and to leave-' tho city. It was charged that somo lndecont language was used In tho letters ho wroto and bis arrest resulted. LaFollette on Bear Hunt. Glonwood Springs, Colo., May 20. Senator Robert LaFollette of Wiscon sin Is here and will start on a bear hunt In the Muddy district today, with Jake Borah as guide. Tho Muddy Is the famous bear country, Into which Borah hnd intended to take President Kooscvolt two years ago, but at the time tho snow was too deep and tho bears wore still In their winter sleep. The senator will hunt about ten days. Telegraph Merger. New York, May 20. In significant absenco oven of an equivocal denial from either or tho two companies In volved, tho report mndo public that tho Western Union Telegraph com pany and tho Postal Telegraph com pany had entered Into a working agreement Is generally accepted in commercial and financial circles as true. Demonstration at Perpignan. Porplgnan, Frnuce, May 20. A glnnt demonstration, In which 180,000 per sons took part, was held horo for tho purpose or urging the government to remedy tho distress caused by tho over-production of wines and tho ex tenslvo sale of wines manufactured from grape refuso and sugir. Burlington Train Is Wrecked. ' Bertrandj Neb., May 18. An east- Parkslde Corporation Paid $30,000 to Secure Street Railway Franchise. San Francisco. May 18. Abraham Ituef, In his second appearance before tho grand jury, testified regarding tho Parkslde Traction company deal, By which, according to tho line of attack laid down by tho prosecution, tho di rectorate of the Parkslde corporation paid to Ruef the sum of $30,000 to se cure a street railway franchise to en hance enormously the value of the lots composing the Parkslde real es tato tract. Tho Information In tho possession of the prosecution Is that of this sum $1,000 was to be paid to each or the eighteen supervisors for voting the franchise, and that the re mainder, $12,000, was to be shared evenly by Huef and Schmltz. Among tho directors and stockhold ers or the Parkslde Traction company were W. II. Crocker, one of the fore most capitalists of San Francisco; Charles 12. Green, manager or the vast Crocker estate; G. H. Umbren, a wealthy real estate man; Douglas Watson, the same: F. W. Tillman, a wholesale grocer; Wellington Gregg, an oillcer or the Crocker-Woolworth bank, and Joseph Green, capitalist, who was president or the corporation. All or these men were called berore tho grand jury. Mayor Schmltz Issued a statement saying that ho had not resigned and had no Intention of doing so. "As for IUief's charges," he said, "I will say ho has never paid me any bribe money nnd he knows It. If ho says ho paid bribe money to mo he simply lies." METROPOLIS HONORS KUROKI New Yorkers Entertain Japan's War Hero at Banquet. New York. May 18. The entertain- meat of the Jnpanese army and navy officers In Now York reached Its cli max last" night In a bnnquet in the grand ball room of the Hotel Astor, given by prominent citizens. 'Tho guests of honor were Viscount Aokl, the Japanese ambassador to the Unit ed States; General Baron Kurokl and Vice Admiral Ijuln of the Japaneso navy. Included with them were tho members or General Kurokl's party and officers or the Jnpanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose. Admiral George Dewey presided. There were a number of speakers at the banquet, including Oscar S. Strauss, secretary of commerce and labor, who repre sented the federal government. This morning General Kurokl and his party are the guests or General Grant at Governor's Island, the head quarters of the Department of the Hast, and, In addition to the Island, will be shown such portion or the har bor derenses as tho government reels at liberty to show. SHOT DOWN BY COSSACKS Innocent Mill Hands Slain in Retalia tion for Terrorist Attack. Lodz. Russian Poland. May 18. Slx ty-elght officials and workmen of Kutt nor's spinning mills were shot down by a patrol of Cossacks, because a band of terrorists attacked a mall wugon In tho neighborhood, killing a Cohsack and two postofllce officials. While tho wagon was passing through Lonkowa street the terrorists suddenly appeared from a side street, onened fire on the Cossack escort, seized $1,000 from tho wagon and es caped. A moment later a patrol of Cos Facks arrived on tho scene and, Infu riated by the rate or their comrades, rushed Into tho Kuttner factory, which was nenr the spot where the robbery occurred, and began firing Indiscrimi nately, killing twenty-one and wound ing forty-seven persons. Tho greatest Indignation prevans here, as it Is claimed that the em ployes or the rnctory had nothing to do with tho attack on the mall wagon. covery of a revolutionary plot at Tsarskoo Solo led to tho supplement ary discovery or a second nnd totally different conspiracy, In which tho ex treme reactionaries are Involved. 1 Governor of Hawaii Arrives. 1 San Francisco, May 18. Governor Carter of Hawaii arrived here on tho fetcamer Sierra. Ho will remain In tho United States several weeks and will visit President Roosevelt at Washington. It Is said he will en deavor to Interest Andrew Carneglo 1 In the establishment of a public library at Honolulu. Motor Car Racer Is Killed. i Dieppe, France, May 18. Albert Clement, son of the well known auto mobile builder, was killed Instantly during a run In preparation for tho Auto club's grand prize, which Is to bo competed Tor July 2. Clement wan thrown out or his automobile at a light turn and sustained a fracturo ' jf the skull. TURKS CAPTUJK STRONGHOLD Bulgarians Lost Fifty Men and Good Position Turks Kill Prisoners. Berlin, Mny 22. A dispatch to tho Frankfurter Zeltung from Salonlca, European Turkey, says that a detach ment of Turkish troops succeeded In capturing the stronghold of the Bul garian bands In the Yenldje lake re gion. Tho Bulgarians lost fifty men, due, It Is alleged, to the fact that tho Turks killed their prisoners. The Turkish loss was seven men killed. The Bulgarians are threatening to de stroy all the Greek and Turkish vil lages In tho Yenldje district. I i FIND SEEDS OF REVOLUTION. Eight Thousand Rifles and Much Am munition Seized at Tien Tsin. Tien Tsin, China, May 22. Eight thousand rifles, 300,000 rounds of am munition and 8,000 bayonets Intended lor revolutionary purposes have 110011 seized here by the Imperial customs authorities. The shipment was Im ported by a European firm In conjunc tion with Chinese merchants. The greatest sensation has been caused In the native portion of the city by the seizure. Minister Gamboa Leaves Guatemala. Mexico City, May 22. According to advices received by the state depart ment, Minister Gamboa left Guatemala City and boarded the gunboat Tarn plco, In the harbor of San Jose de Gunteinnln. A large narty of friends nccompanled him from the capital to the point of embarkation. The min ister will arrive at the Salvadorean capital this afternoon. When your Watch Stops Yoa cannot make it go by shaking U w Hen me uuyeis uru constipated you can disturb them with cathartics but, like tho watch, they will not bo nble to do their nlloHed work until they aro put into proper condi tion to do it. Ono cannot mend a delicate piece of mechanism by vio- Innfr tmtlinfte nml no machine made by man is as fine as the human body. Tho use of pills, salts, castor-oil nnd strong cathartic medicines is the violent method. Tho use of Lane's Family is tho method adopted by intelli gent people, Headache, backache, indigestion, constipation, skin diseases all are benefited immediately by the use of this medicine. nmrrrrtuta cnll if nf ncn. nnd erw MHMMM0W Farms That Grow "No. i HARD" WHEAT (Sixly-lhrco Pounds to tho Bushel) nre sititntcd in the I Canadian West, where Homesteads of 160 acres can be obtained FREE by every settler will ing and able to comply with the Homestead Regu lations. Durincr the nresent year a large portion 01 New Wheat-Growing Territory has been made accessible to markets by the railway construction that has been pushed forward so vigor ously by the three great Railway Companies. Grain growing, mixed farming and dairying arc the great specialties. For literature and Information address Superintendent of Immigration Ottawa, Camilla or the following authorized Canadian Government Aeent, W. V. 11ENNETT 801 New York 1.1 To Itulldlil Oiniihu. .Nib. Mention till papor. s Km t . Xw73(BS1 fj 1U i!iinjK! Revolution in Salvador. New Orleans, May 2. A cablegram from President Zeiaya of Nicaragua stating that a revolution broke out In Salvador was received here by tho Nlcaraguan consul. The cnble says that Ptindenco Alfara leads the revolution. Pat Crowe on Trial Again. Council muffs, May 22. Pat Crowe is on trial in the district court, charged with holding up and robbing the crews of two street cars at tho east end of tho bridge on the night of Sunday, July 2, 1906. CREIGH ELECTED COMMANDER. Omaha Man Will Be at Head of Grand Army Forces for Year. Fremont, Neb., May 18 The Grand Army of the Republic elected the fol lowing officers : Despartment com mander, T. A. Creigh of Omaha; sen ior vice commnnder, Eol A. Barnes of ! Grand Island; junior vice commander, I 12. E. Lylo ot Wahoo; medical direct , or, S. H. Lut' nt of Brock; chaplain, Ilev. joiin small or wpurasKa juy. The following oiricers of the Ladles of tho Grand Army or the Republic were elected: President, Kate I. Dut ton of McCook; senior vice commnnd er, Lou Ilolcoiai of Loup City; junior I vice commander, Amanda u. uoss oi l Lincoln; chaplain, Mrs. J, V. Burns of Sciibner; treasurer, Clara Lyons of Omnhu. TWO PLOTS AGAINST CZAR Contradictory Reports of Mysterious Doings at Palace. St. Petersburg, May 18. Tho fail ure of tho government to Issuo a state ment or the racts In the matter of tha plot on the lire or Emperor Nicholas, which came to light at Tsarskoe Solo two dnvs aco. counled with tho ambig uous attitude or certain high officials, has served to increaso the confusion of the public and given rlso to a per sistent expression of tho theory that tho government has to doal with a reactionary plot against tho emperor, which contemplated tho proclamation of n regency or dictatorship. Tho constitutional democratic lead ers avow that they aro completely perplexed by tho contradictory re ports of the inystortous doings nt tho pnlaco, and thoy aro Inclined to glvo precedenco to tho theory that tho dls- MAGAZINE READERS SUNSET MAGAZINE beautifully illustrated, good storiei beautifully illustrated, good stonei fci en and article about California PI'U and all the far wet. a year TOWN AND C0UHTBY JOURNAL a monthly publication devoted &r en to the farming interest of tho JU.JU West a year ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDERS a liAnlr nt 7S ram rnntunina 120 colored photograph of $0.75 pictureque spot in California ' and Oregon. o ic Total . . . $2.75 Allf. or $1.50 Cut out thU advertisement and tend with $1.50 to SUNSET MAGAZINE JAMES FLOOD BLDG.. SAN FRANCISCO 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs rnovDir.uTS Ac.. Anyone sendliiR n sketch nnd docrlptlnn mnr quickly nscortnln our opinion freo whether nra Invention Is probably patent uliln. Communion tlonsstrlctlyroiitlrtcntlnl. 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