Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVI
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY7, NOVEMBER 20, 190S
NUMBER
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONDENSATION OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
General, Political, Religious, Sporting,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Here and There.
Political.
Senator Scott, after a visit to Judge j
Taft, says he is confident the pres
ident-elect has plans for a progressive
and courageous administration.
William H. Taft carried Missouri
by a plurality of 1,026, according to
the tabulation of the official returns
made by Governor Folk.
The defeat of Congressman D. L,. D.
Granger, democrat, for re-election in
the First Rhode Island district by
William P. Sheffield of Newport, re
publican, was confirmed by official can
cellation.
Norman Mack says there is a deficit
in the democratic campaign fund, but
all bills will be paid.
A Savannah paper suggests that the
democratic party run a southern man
for president in 1912.
President-elect Taft believes revision
of the tariff must be thorough and
made in good faith. He is seeking
light regarding personnel and organi
zation of next congress.
The American Federation of Labor
modified President Gompers’ recom
mendation regarding resistance to in
junctions, but a vote on it was not
reached.
Governor Crawford of South Dakota
has sent an order to Pierre appointing
Judge Charles S. Whiting to the su
preme bench to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge Howard G. Ful
ler.
A campaign fund of $1,500,000, con
tributed to the national republican
committee in the recent campaign,
will be shown when the list of con
tributors is filed at Alabany, according
to the New York Evening Post.
Ex-Senator Millard of Nebraska may
be in Taft’s cabinet as secretary of
the treasury.
President-elect. Taft discussed polit
ical affairs with Vice President-elect
Sherman and William Ward, national
-tommitteeman from New York.
President-elect W. H. Taft declares
that Secretary Root meets his ideal of
a far-seeing statesman.
Generar.
Explosion of a gas main under a
Brooklyn street engulfed workmen
and men, women and children who
were on the street at the time, over
twenty, it is believed, being killed.
The American Federation of Labor
adopted the report of President Gom
pers after debate of a day and a half.
Several herds of cattle in Pennsyl
vania and New York were destroyed
by officials in the fight on the epidemic
among swine.
Charles Leonard, porter at the Hen
shaw hotel, Omaha, checked a $40,000
pewelry trunk to himself at St. Jo
seph, where he went, was arrested
and confessed and the valuables were
recovered within four hours after the
deed.
Otto Braemer Grimm, lieutenant in
the United States army signal corps,
died suddenly of hemmorrhage in a
drug store at Long Beach, Cal.
Mexicans who are coming to the
Omaha corn show are anxious to know
what kind of clothing it will be neces
sary to wear.
The gorgeries of Peter Van Vissin
gen. the Chicago real estate broker,
will reach $2,000,000. He was taken to
Joliet to begin his sentence.
Frank Shercliffe will be placed on
trial in Minneapolis next week for
alleged complicity in train robbery.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
has announced that his fortune has
been swept away in his efforts to pro
tect his brother’s estate. He will give
u his big house on Euclid avenue
and sell his automobiles.
The inventory of the estate of the
late Nelson Morris shows that he had
extensive holdings in South Omaha.
Wild scenes- at the palace followed
the deaths of the emperor and' dow
eger empress of China.
Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska vie with
each other to see which will lead at
the corn show.
In the United States circuit court
of appeals at New Orleans the case
of the Pullman company against the
Texas railroad commission was again
decided in favor of the Pullman com
pany. The case involved ti.e order of
the Texas commission ordering a re
duction of about 20 per cent in Pull
man car charges.
The sentence of one year’s imprison
ment administered upon Charles J.
Hartlove for desertion from the navy
to marry a daughter of the late Sena
tor Gorman has been affirmed.
Venezuela has completed prepara
tions for the threatened blockade of
her seaports by Holland.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
announced a reduction of rates on
shipments of lumber originating in
California, Nevada and Utah. It
meets rates recently made from Ore
gon and Washington points.
Major General Duvall will succeed
General Weston in the Philippiines.
Owing to the reports of threatened
uprisings, the Equadorean government
has declared the army on a war foot
f ing. *
Eight convicts were suffocated in
an attempt to escape from an Ala
bama mine by setting fire to the
workings.
Labor leaders who were guests of
President Roosevelt suggested a num
ber of changes in laws, several of
which will probably be incorporated
in his annua? message.
The state board of Nebraska makes
up total of assessment roll, showing
valuation of $391,735,464.
The National Corn show of Omaha
will take on an international aspect
by the presence of delegates from
Mexico, Canada and Great Britain.
The state labor bureau of Nebras
ka issues an estimate of Nebraska
crops showing the state has ample
basis for prosperity.
Returns from Cuban elections indi
cate the success of the liberal ticket,
headed by General Gomez, by a big
plurality.
President-elect Taft was orator of
the day at the dedication of the mon
ument to the prison ship martyrs at
Brooklyn.
Two counties of Ireland are in a
turmoil over the Question of licensing
an insignificant inn out on a country
road.
The federal court of appeals has de
cided that the American Tobacco com
pany is a combination in restraint of
trade.
Washington.
That a Special session of the fifty
first congress will be called soon after
March 4 to take up the matter of tar
iff revision became known positively
when William H. Taft, president elect,
stated that i.e intended to call such
session soon after his inauguration.
The temporary roll call of the house
of representatives for the sixty-first
congress has been completed and pub
lished. It presents a complete list of
members of the new house as shown
by unofficial returns, and gives the
politics of all of them. According to
the publication the next house will
consist of 219 republicans and 172
democrats, a total of 331, as against a
total of 389 in the house during the
last session, or whom 223 were repub
licans and 166 democrats.
President-elect Taft announces a
special session of congress will be
held as soon as practicable after
March 4 for the purpose of revising
the tariff.
The chairmanship of the interstate
and foreign commerce, made vacant
by the defeat of the veteran W. P.
Hepburn of Iowa, who came to con
gress twenty-six years ago, will, in all
human probability, be filled by James
R. Mann of Illinois, who has been
Hepburn's lieutenant and who has
special qualifications for 1he place.
President Roosevelt, upon learning
of the attempt made on the life of
Francis J. Heney in San Francisco,
sent telegrams to Mrs. Heney and
Rudolph Spreckels, expressing his
“horror and detestation" of the deed.
Secretary of the Navy Victor H.
Metcalf tendered his resignation to
the president, to take effect Decem
ber 1, on account of ill health.
The National Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, gave a reception to O. H.
Kelley of Washington, D. C., the
only surviving member of the small
group of men who organized the
grange about half a century ago.
The German Emperor takes the po
sition that his pledge is only a reaf
firmation of his oath of office and that
he has not changed his official rela
tions to the people or government in
any way.
Reform edicts in China indicate
that the new administration will be
progressive and modern. Death of the
emperor is said to be due to nurasth
enia and heart trouble and that of
the dowager empress to apoplexy.
Lack of unity among political parties
in Germany make it evident that the
kaiser's concession to public opinion
will not be followed by Parliamentary
government. A resolution demanding
amendment to constitution making
ministry responsible to the Reichstag
will be introduced, but it will not com
mand over one fourth vote.
The funeral of Grand Duke Alexis
of Russia, uncle of Emperor Nicholas,
who died here November 14, took place
in Paris and was accompanied by the
traditional pomp and ceremony of the
Russian church.
Count Boni is still making an effort
to secure his children from his former
wife Anna Gould, but the case has
been repeatedly postponed.
Personal.
Apparent indifference of Emperor
William to public sentiment in Gee
many irritates the people greatly.
Indications from Washington are
that Mr. Cannon will be re-elected
speaker without much opposition.
William D. Cornish, ^second vice
president of the Union Pacific railroad,
died suddenly in Chic-'go.
Forced by the angry tide of popular
feeling that swept the empire from
end to end, Emperor William has
yielded to the nation and promised
henceforth to conform himself to con
stitutional methods of conducting the
policies of Germany.
Attorney Reed of Madison, who
stands near to Shallenberger, says a
bank deposite guaranty law and re
peal of the county assessor law will
be main pieces of legislation in
Nebraska.
General Gomez, liberal candidate
for president, carried every province
in the island of Cuba.
W. J. Bryan in formal statement
said he would not prejudice the future
by saying that he would not again be
a candidate for president.
All dilatory motions made by attor
neys for Abraham Ruef were denied
by Judge Lawler, and his trial will
proceed.
MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE TO PAR
LIAMENT SOON TO OPEN.
THE EMPEROR IS IN SONTROL
Advance Liberals Do Not Anticipate
Much of Importance From the
Present Reichstag.
Berlin.—The debate in the Reichstag
on the motions introduced by the so
cialists and radicals. demanding
changes in the constitution, with the
object of making the chancellor and
ministers responsible to Parliament,
and giving the sole power to the
Reichstag to declare war. will prob
ably begin on December 2. The de
bate is expected to last one day, cr
two days at the most.
The advanced liberals, whose aim is
to convert the German political system
into a government responsible to Par
liament, do not anticipate much from
'the present Reichstag because in the
days when feeling ran the highest the
•party leaders would not agree to urge
even the simplest resolution of cen
sure or inquiry. The radicals and so
cialists count upon making their first
great campaign in the elections of
1912. unless the house is dissolved
sooner.
The. power of the associated mon
archies forming the German empire is
entrenched in two principal ways—in
the Bundesrath, which has equal legis
lative powers with the Reichstag, and
in the conservative and clerical par
ties. which have, under the ancient
system of the Reichstag electoral dis
tricts. the means for holding the ma
jority in that body by about one-third
the votes cast.
The Bundesrath. which consists of
fifty-eight members appointed by the
sovereigns of the states of Germany,
except one each from Hamburg. Bre
men and Lubeck, stands directly
across the path of a government re
sponsible to the elected represent
atives of the people. The kings, grand
dukes and princes who rule the fed
erated states, also through ministers
responsible to them alone, while will
ing to unite in limiting the freedom of
initiative and speech on the part of
the king of Prussia as emperor, are
one with him in their determination
to jtesist representative government.
Fourteen votes ill the Bundesrath
against any amendment to the consti
tution will suffice for its rejection. The
emperor, as king of Prussia, nominates
seventeen of the members and, as a
consequence, tnere is no possible
chance for the adoption of an amend
ment without his consent.
Carnegie on the Tariff
New York.—A notable article from
Andrew Carnegie dealing with the
tariff, will appear in the fourthcoming
December number of the Century Mag
azine. The iron master takes the po
sition that "infant industries” no
longer need protection; and the steel
and other industries have now grown
beyond the need of tariff protection;
that duties oti luxuries used by the
rich should be maintained, but that
those on manufactured articles should
be reduced greatlv, or abolished en
tirely. when no longer needed.
Stock Deal Halts.
New York.—Dealings in stocks last
week contracted to a daily average of
but little more than 1,000,000 shares
at the New York Stock exchange, com
pared with the average of upwards of
1,500,000 shares a day for the week
preceding. Coupled with this diminu
tion in the activity of the market there
appears to grow up a degree of uncer
tainty in the price movement in con
trast with the uniformly strong up
ward movement which had prevailed
since the presidential elections.
All Now Quiet in China.
Peking.—While all is quiet at Pe
king, detachments of troops guard the
city gates and gendarmes are on duty
at the approaches of the foreign lega
tions. The government has not ceased
to .take precautionary measures for the
revolutionists are spreading all kinds
of reports, which might act like fire
brands to the spirit of uneasiness un
derlying present conditions in China.
Democratic Expenditures.
Chicago.—The democratic national
committee received in all $620,644.77
and spent $619,410.06 during the re
cent presidential campaign, leaving a
balance on hand of $1,234.il. So reads
a statement made public by the officers
cf the committee.
Sheldon Abandons Special Session.
Lincoln, Neb.—Governor Sheldon
has practically abandoned the special
session idea. He is concentrating his
attention upon the question of the ap
pointing of judges. It is believed he
will name two democrats and two re
publicans.
TURKEY FOR WHITE HOUSE
Bird for the President's Thanksgiving
Dinner
Westerly.—The Rhode Island Tur
key, which Horace Vose will send to
the president, according to his annual
custom, to grace the table of the
White House on Thanksgiving day,
went on the execution block Monday.
It is the best of a lot of chestnut-fed
birds which have been selected and
specially reared as candidates for the
distinction and weighs twenty-six
pounds.
ENOUGH TO WAKE HIM.
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CHILDREN COHTRAOT PLAGUE
FOUR HAVE FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE IN DANVILLE, PA.
Officials Believe Spread of Contagion
Will Be Checked—Cattle Ship
ments Are Stopped.
Washington.—Alarming results fol
lowing the outbreak of a contagious
foot and mouth disease in New York
and Pennsylvania, causing those
states to be quarantined against in
terstate shipments of cattle, etc., were
shown Friday in advices which
reached Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son. stating that four children in Dan
ville, Pa., had contracted the dis
ease.
A rigid investigation is in progress
in Danville and elsewhere to deter
mine whether others have become
similarly affected. The officials be
lieve that the spread of the contagion
will be checked, although admitting
that the situation is grave and will re
quire energetic and concerted action
by the state and federal authorities.
New York, Nov. 21.—Cattle ship
ments to foreign ports from New York
and Philadelphia were brought to an
abrupt close Friday by the cattle quar
antine established in this state and in
Pennsylvania on account of the out
break of the foot and mouth disease.
The quarantine does not affect ports
outside of New York and Philadelphia,
except as to cattle from the two states
affected by the ruling. Western cattle
may still be shipped abroad from
either Boston or Baltimore.
Buffalo, N. Y. — Business at the
stock yards here was completely
tied up when at a meeting of the East
Buffalo Livestock association Friday
night the members adopted a resolu
tion calling on the railroads to cancel
all orders for shipments of cattle or
swine to or through Buffalo. The as
sociation formally approved the strin
gent measures of quarantine used by
Chief Melvin of Washington and Com
missioner Pearson of the state depart
ment of agriculture. Two cases of foot
and mouth disease were found Friday
on a Niagara counly farm and one in
fected herd in Erie county was de
stroyed.
London. — Confidence is expressed
here that the energetic action
of the American officials soon will
stamp out the foot and mouth disease.
Officials are not alarmed concerning
the possibility of a beef shortage. In
this connection John Burns, president
of the local government board, called
attention to the rapidly growing con
sumption in England of home-grown
cattle. ,
CAIRO TRACTION DEAL.
McKinley Syndicate Is Given City and
Interurban Franchises.
Cairo, 111.—The Cairo city council
Thursday granted a 50-year interurban
franchise and a 20-year street railway
franchise to the McKinley syndicate.
This syndicate has already bought the
local electric street railway, the elec
tric light plant, and the Cairo City Gas
Company.
An interurban line will be built to
connect Cairo with Mounds, Mound
City and Villa Ridge, and will later
extend to St. Louis.
Insane Farmer Kills Nephew.
Danville, Ky.—Hugh Thompson, a
wealthy young farmed became sud
denly insane Thursday and shot and
killed his nephew, Frederick Garrison,
aged 18 years. The boy after being
shot fired one shot at his uncle, the
bullet lodging in a lower limb. The
wound, it is believed, will prove fatal
because of the large amount of blood
lost. Thompson had only recently
been released from aji insane asylum.
Finds But Cannot Have Her Child.
Bellingham, Wash.—After prosecut
ing a search for her child for 13 years,
finding the boy in Bellingham last
June the adopted son of A. W. Dem
ing, Miss Maude Fields of St. Louis
failed Friday to secure possession of
the child. Judge De Tiere of the su
perior court gave the boy into the
charge of its adopted parents.
Richmond Publisher Dead.
Richmond, Va.—Joseph Bryan, own
er of the Richmond Times-Dlspatch,
died suddenly Friday night.
EMPEROR WILLIAM YIELDS.
Promises People to Conform to Con
stitutional Methods.
Berlin.—Warned by the angry tide
of popular feeling that swept fhe em
pire from end to end. Emperor Wil
liam Tuesday yielded to the nation
and promised henceforth to conform
himself to constitutional methods of
conducting the policies of Germany.
The climax to the public utterances
of the emperor was reached in an in
terview which he gave to an English
man and which was published in the
London Daily Telegraph on October
-S. As the outcome of this the whole
country was aroused; the reichstag
indorsed the attitude of many of its
prominent members when they de
nounced the sovereign, and Chancellor
von Buelow, while he attempted to
smooth away the affair, undertook to
communicate to his majesty a straight
forward and unvarnished statement of
how the German people viewed his in
tervention in affairs of state.
The interview between the emperor
and the imperial chancellor took place
at the new palace in Potsdam Tuesday
morning and at its conclusion the em
peror made formal promise to his peo
ple that in the future he would not act
except through the chancellor and his
associate ministers.
MINE HORROR IN MONTANA.
Nine Men Believed to Have Lost Their
Lives at Red Lodge.
Butte, Mont.—Fire Friday morn
ing in the fourth drift east from
No. 2 slope of the Northwestern Im
provement Company's mine at Red
Lodge caused the death of nine min
ers. The bodies of three have been
recovered. Six are missing and there
is no doubt that they are dead.
Seven men were taken from the
working at one p. m. in a half-dead con
dition and are now in the hospital.
Members of the tire department and
50 volunteers then started the work of
rescue and within half an hour the
skips wrere running down the fourth
entry and a hundred men were loaded
on the cars and brought to the surface,
many of them completely exhausted.
LOOKOUT INN 10 BURNED.
Famous Hotel on Mountain Top De
stroyed by Flames.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—Famous old
Lookout Inn, on the crest of Lookout
mountain, was burned to the ground
late Tuesday, together with all its
contents. The owners, Messrs. Jung
and Shammotulski, stated that a deal
had just been consummated for the
sale of the inn property, for a consid
eration of $135,000, and but for the fire
the deal would have been closed Tues
day.
Aside from the hotel, four cottages
and their contents were destroyed, en
tailing a loss estimated at $16,000.
The hotel was completed in 1889
and had been visited by persons of
note from all over the world.
Philadelphia Brokers Assign.
Philadelphia.—The firm of John A.
Boardman & Co., stock brokers, made
an assignment Thursday to Lincoln L.
Eyre, who has taken charge of the
company's affairs. The firm had sev
eral branch offices in New York. The'
offices were closed Thursday and have
printed notices directing that all in-,
quiries be made to the main office in
Philadelphia. The firm has a chain,
of 19 offices in eastern cities, two
offices being located here.
Injured During Initiation.
Lincoln, Neb.—Gov-elect A. C. Shal
lenberger sustained a fractured leg’
while being initiated as a member of,
the Shriners Wednesday night. •
Naval Officers Court-Martialed. ^
Manila.—A court-martial convened
on the battleship Louisiana Friday
for the purpose of trying Lieut. Com-'
mander Jewell of the Louisiana and
Lieut. Bowers of the Rhode Island on
charges of personal misconduct dur-1
ing the visit of the fleet to Japan. '
Forest Fires in Southern Illinois.
Evansville, Ind.—Information received
from Grayville and Carmi, 111., states
that forest fires have been raging in
southern Illinois and the damage has
been serious. i
AWFUL BLAST FATAL TO 25
GAS EXPLOSION IN BROOKLYN
TEARS UP A STREET.
One Woman, Five Children and About
Nineteen Workmen Killed—Remark
able Escape of Four Laborers.
New York. — Twenty-five persons
are believed to have lost their lives
in an explosion of gas which tore
up a great section of Gold street,
Brooklyn, Friday. It is definitely
known that 15 persons were buried
under the hundreds of tons of earth
and timber that were thrown into the
air by the explosion, and ten more
persons are reported as missing.
The exact number of dead cannot be
determined yet, for those working to
recover the entombed bodies must dig
through 50 feet of dirt, rock and a
tangle of pipes and timbers.
The explosion occurred in a 50-foot
deep excavation that had been made
in Gold street between York and
Front streets where a water main was
being laid. The gas main recently
sprung a leak and in a manner un
known a spark came in contact with
escaping gas.
Immediately there was a .terrific ex
plosion that lifted the surface of the
street for half a block in both direc
tions and hurled dirt, paving stones
and debris into the air.
Gold street was crowded with school
children when the explosion oc
curred and that scores of children
were not killed or injured was re
markable. A woman and three chil
dren were almost opposite the excava
tion when the earth crumbled under
their feet and they wejfe swept down
into the hole under tons of wreckage.
Two other children were on the oppo
site side of the street when the side
walk caved in and they lost their
lives.
Only four of the men working in
the excavation escaped, and their es
cape was remarkable. These men
were digging near the opening of a
four-foot sewer and the force of the
explosion blew them to the entrance
of it. Arthur Strand was hurled far
thest in and he pulled the other men
after him.
Water from the broken main began
to pour into the sewer and the four
men. in danger of being drowned, ran
to the river where there was an out
let to the sewer.
MAYOR TOM JOHNSON BROKE.
Fortune Is Gone and He Must Give Up
His Mansion.
Cleveland, O.—Mayor Tom L. John
son, who for years has been credited
with posessiou of a very large fortune,
Tnursdav announced that he had lost
everything and would be compelled to
Mayor Tom L. Johnson.
give up his beautiful home on Euclid
avenue and move into smaller and less
expensive quarters.
The mayor also stated that he would
give up his automobiles and other lux
uries because he could no longer af
ford to keep them.
His fortune was wrecked, he de
clared. by his devotion to the affairs of
the estate of his dead brother Albert,
who was heavily interested in traction
properties in the east.
Vast Quantity of Whisky Burned.
Louisville, Ky.—Two warehouses of
the Tom’ Moore Distilling Company of
Bardstown, in which were stored 15,
000 barrels of whisky, were burned
late Wednesday, entailing a loss to
the firm of about $400,000. The loss
to the government is $750,000.
Hundred Girls Have Bad Fall.
Dayton, O.—A platform bearing over
100 girls employed at the Mercantile
Corporation's plant in this city col
lapsed Friday afternoon, while the
young women were being photo
graphed. Fourteen were injured.
Missionary Dies in Egypt.
Philadelphia.—Word was received
here Friday of the death in Cairo.
Egypt of Rev. William Harvey, a mis
sionary for the United Presbyterian
church since 18G5. His relatives reside
near Detroit.
Lawton’s Sen Gets Commission.
Washington.—Marley Lawton, a son
of the late Maj. Gen. Henry W. Law
ton, who was killed in the Philippine
islands in 1900, has been appointed
second lieutenant of the Philippine
scouts.
JOHN D. IS QUIZZED
SHARP CROSS-EXAMINATION OP
STANDARD OIL CHIEF.
IMMENSE PROFITS SHOWN
Earnings of the Octopus in 190/ Were
About $30,000,000—Witness’
Memory Concerning Re
bates Is Not Good.
New York. — For over five hours
Friday Johu D. Rockefeller, wit
ness for the defense in the govern
ment suit to dissolve the Standard Oil
Company, faced an unceasing fire ol
questions from the federal counsel
Frank R. Kellogg, and when adjourn
ment was taken until Monday the head
of the oil combine was still being
cross-examined on the charges that the
company in its early days accepted re
bates to the disadvantage of its rivals
Mr. Rockefeller's cross-examination
will probably not be concluded until
late Tuesday, as Mr. Kellogg made it
known that he would inquire into
every detail of the company’s busi
ness.
Enormous Earnings Shown.
The enormous earning power of the
oil combination was sharply brought
out in Friday’s heating when Mr.
Rockefeller, after stating that the
Standard had paid dividends amount
ing to $40,000,000 in 1907, said it had
earned as much more and that this
was added to the company's surplus,
which was stated by the government's
counsel to be $300,000,000. It was
further stated by Mr. Kellog that the
company within the last eight years
had earned nearly half a billion dol
lars.
The course of Mr. Rockefeller's testi
mony in the hands of government
counsel ran not so smoothly as on
Thursday when he told his story un
der the direction of friendly counsel,
but the rapid lire interrogations of the
prosecutor were always met with un
shaken imperturbability and readiness
to answer except when, as he ex
plained:
"It is quite impossible for me to re
member after 35 years. 1 do not re
call." ,
Remembers Only One Rebate.
Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates which the
Standard was charged with receiving,
but with the exception of the agree
ment with the Pennsylvania railroad,
which, Mr. Rockefeller explained, gave
the Standard a rebate because it ef
fected an equalization of oil ship
ments, he could not recall any other
rebates, though he thought it was like
ly that he might have heard of it at
the time.
The president of the Standard Oil
Company when he learned that the
government counsel would not be able
to conclude the cross-examination by
Saturday night, suggested an adjourn
ment until Monday, which was agreed
to by counsel.
Cross-Examined by Kellogg.
New York. — With the telling of
the story of the first score of years
of the industrial development of
the Standard Oil Company, the testi
mony of John D. Rockefeller, president
of the oil combine, on direct examina
tion in the federal suit to dissolve the
Standard Company, was brought to an
unexpected close Thursday afternoon.
The head of the Standard told of the
processes and causes of the company's
growth up to the trust agreement of
1852 and, after he identified the par
ties to that agreement, counsel for the
defense announced that Mr. Rockefel
ler had concluded his direct testi
mony and requested an adjournment
until Friday.
Friday found Mr. Rockefeller on the
witness stand under the sharp fire of
the cross-examination of Frank B. Kel
logg, special assistant attorney gen
eral, prosecuting the case for the gov
ernment. The cross-examination by
the government will be coniined to the
period from 1862 to 1882, except where
the testimony has direct bearing on
developments in the company's affairs
in its later period.
New Revolution in Hayti.
Port au Prince, Hayti.—-Gen. Antoine
Simon, commander of the south for
20 years, having refused to comply
with the recent request of President
Nord Alexis to come to Port au
Prince and confer with the president
oil the political situation, has been de
clared a rebel.
The revolutionary movement ap
pears to be serious, as Gen. Simon is
in the possession of arms and ammu
nition. Communication with the south
is interrupted.
Tries to Burn Mother Alive.
Muscatine, la. — Enraged because
his widowed mother would not give
him money with which to pay his
excessive gambling debts. George Dal
ton, aged 20, set fire to the house and
his mother was barely rescued by
neighbors. Dalton is being huntee
with hounds and it is feared that lit
may be lynched.
Actress Weds Viscount’s Heir.
London.—Another romance of the
stage was recorded Thursday after
noon in the marriage of Eileen Orme
a musical comedy actress, to the Hon
Morris Hood, heir of Viscount Brid
port. Miss Orme is 18 years old.
Woman Convicted of Murder.
Sioux City, la.—Mrs. Mary Harboui
accused of the murder of Miss Rose
Adams, her foster daughter, ,,-as
Thursday found guilty of murder it
the second degree. The jury deli her
ated 17 hours.
