THE NOUFOLK VKEKLY NKVVS-JOUMAL FRIDAY fci VEMHtlt 27 190
FORAKER ISSUES
STATEMENT
. ,
More Light on His Employment
by Standard Oil ,
ANTI-TRUST LAW FAIRLY MET ,
Counsel for Octopus Declares Legal
Services Rendered Standard by Ohlc
Senator Were Not Inconsistent With
His Public Duties.
-Cincinnati , Nov. 1C. Senator Jo
acph 1J. Forakor Issued the following
tatomcnl : "Now that thu election it
over , mid thu people havu rend aim
Htudlod the returns , I doom It an op
iportuno time , and my duty to my con
tstUuenti ! , as well us to myself , to pub
aish thu following correspondence :
"Cincinnati , Oct. 5 , 1008. Virgil P
JKIIno , osq. , Cleveland , O. ; Dear Sir-
flu view of the charges of Mr. Hearst
and the discussion now going on In
the newspapers as to the character ol
my employment by the Standard Oil
company , und the services I rendered
under such employment , I would be
mind If you would' write mo In regard
tfhoroto , and glvo mo permission to
WHO your letter If occasion should
eom to require It. I mnko this ro-
truest because I was employed by you
jiersonally , nnd because you are en
tirely familiar with the scope of that
employment , the services rendered ,
and , In short , the whole subject.
"J. U. FORAKER. "
Kllnt Writes Foraker.
'Cleveland , Oct. C , 1908. Hon. Jo-
ncph LI. Foraker , Cincinnati : My Deai
Sir 1 am Just In receipt of yours ol
the Gth inst. , asking mo to write you
flu regard to your employment , with
permission to use my letter , if occa
l < -i should seem to require. With
that request I am glad to comply.
"In December , 1S9S , at the tlmo you
wore employed by mo , there was pend
ing against the Standard Oil com
pany , in the supreme court of Ohio ,
.vary serious and dlillcult litigation.
v proceeding In contempt had been In
stituted by the attorney general ,
charging that company with having
wilfully violated the order of the supreme
premo court directing It to withdraw
from the trust agreement.
"There was also pending against
ttlio Buckeye Pipe Line company a pro-
eeeduiji ; Ju quo warrnnto , charging It
mMto being n member of a trust , in
violation of the anti-trust lawa of tie !
state , also a like proceeding against
tt.hu Ohio OH company and the Solar
niefinliiB company , nnd one of a like
tihurncrtur , sit that time , I think , threat-
> cncd against the Standard' Oil corn-
jjnnyof'Ohio ' , and which was brought
, -Sn January , 1899. These were so-
, ccilUtvfl constituent companies of the
. Standard Oil trust.
"Your employment extended over n
. jyortnd of more than two years , dur
ing wtiloli tlmo I was repeatedly in
. consultation with you , and there was
o * phase of the litigation of which
you wore not fully abreast all the
t 4lmo , and' your counsel was fully np-
jorodnled by my associate counsel and
Jtoy tiny client , and there never was a
jpnrtlclo of effort upon our part to conceal -
coal your relation to the Interests we
laoprosontod. So far from the attitude
of.the company being ono of a 'Joslrc
rjpuivndo the law or the decree of the
< iourt , It "had faithfully endeavored to
comply therewith , nnd , so far as the
Valentine trust law was concerned , we
were not trying , by subterfuge or Indi
rection , to evade It. You understood
perfectly our desire , and u-opernt < ; < i
iw'//i Jt , to put these largo properties
< on , - ubasis / of conformity to the ( !
crot' of ithe court and of the law. that
trn'y might be safely and securely hold
Iby their owners. You efforts greatly
vurArlbutod to the success of the llti-
Katlon and the preservation of the
jnronerty by its owners. At the time of
lyoiir employment and when it ceased ,
as It did , according to my recollection ,
( somewhere about the 1st of January ,
1901. there was no Intimation from
any source whatever of criticism or
attack on lh part of the federal gov
eminent. That did not couio for mora
lmn four years afterwards , and so far
ais 1 know , nnd I have been intimately
.flu touch with the litigation ami trou-
Biles of the company for twenty years ,
and am still , nothing has ever been
xisked of , or accepted by you incon
sistent with your public duties , and
eo tar ns I know you have had no
'relation whatever to the company , as
an attorno ) or otherwise , for more
than - ftvfiu years.
"VIUGIL P. KLINE. "
Elliott O. K.'s Statement.
" "Standard Oil Company , 2G Broad
way , New York , Oct. 12 , 1908. Hon. J
B. Foraker , Cincinnati , 0. : Dear Sir
I am In receipt of your letter of the
3th Inst. , with which you enclose copy
f letter from Hon V. P. Kline to you
tinder date of Oct 6 , 19'iS. ' I was as-
eoclated with Mr. Kline In the cases
lie refers to In his bxter and know
( that the statements contained' in his
Better are trno. M. P. ELLIOTT. "
"With the publication of these let
ters , which , added to my former stain ,
nients , should , In my opinion , satisfy
any fair-minded man , I submit to the
legislature , as every other candidate
must do , the question ns to who shall
bo my aucccssor In the senate. I do
not ntenn by thla statement that I dc
not Intend to give any further ntten
tlon to the Impending contest , but
rather that I do not Intend to engage
In , any unseemly scramble. "
WroTs T Held on to It.
Mrs.vnifnlMy husband told me ll
I didn't like the brooch you'd exchange
It f Jr me. Jeweler Certainly , mndain
I'll be only too clad , ns four dltforcni
Dan or Dark Dances.
Iowa City , In. , Nov. 21. "Dnrlt
DancoH , " the Joy of the young men
nnd women In the Iowa City high
high achool , are no more If the edict
of Superintendent H. 13. Dlnckmar la
followed. In n letter to the fathers
and mothcra of Iowa City ho tells
them It Is "up to them" to prevent
the pleasure-loving portion of the high
school student body from turning off
practically all the lights when the
fllow , dreamy watv.os ! are pluyed by
the orchestras. The board and super
intendent will not Interfere , but they
wish to Inform the parents of thu "do-
Ings" of tholr children.
Brown Pleads Justifiable Homicide.
Uiko City , la. , Nov. 21. The defense -
fonso of John M. Brown , the aged
man charged with killing hla daughter-
ln-lnw , will bo the defense of his wlfo ,
nnd hla attorneys will plcnd justifiable
homicide. The defense alleges the
daughter-in-law was so cruel to the
defendant's wlfo for three years that
It became unbearable. The attorno )
declares that ovldenco will bo pro
duccd' to show that the daughtor-ln-
law was beating Mrs. Urown when
the shooting occurred.
ABE RAYMER ISlCpTTED ,
Verdict Is Believed to Mean Collapse
of Riot Cases at Springfield , III.
Sprlngileld , 111. , Nov. 23. After
four hours' deliberation , the Jury In
the case of Abe 'Haymor ' , alleged to
hnvo been the leader of the mob In the
race riots last August , returned a ver
dict of not guilty. Ho was tried on a
charge of malicious destruction of
property. When tried several weeks
ago for murder , In connection with the
lynching of W. K. Donnlgan , an aged
negro , Hnymer was also found not
guilty. The verdict Is taken to moan
a collapse of the riot cases.
OIL KINC ADMITS
GREAT PROFITS ,
John D , Rockefeller Still Undei
Cross-Examination.
Now York , Nov. 21. For over flvo
hours John D. Uockofoller , witness for
the defense In the government suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company ,
faced an unceasing tire of questions
from the federal counsel , Frank U.
Kellogg , and when adjournment wag
taken until Monday the head of the
oil combine was still being cross-exam
ined on the 'charges that the company
In its early days accepted rebates to
the disadvantage of its rivals. Mr.
Rockefeller's cross-examination will
probably not bo concluded until late
Tuesday , as Mr. Kellogg made It
known that he would question Mr.
Rockefeller on every detail of the
company's business.
The Immense earning power of the
oil combination was sharply brought
out In the hearing when Mr. Rocke
feller , after stating that the Standard
hud paid dividends amounting to $40-
000,000 in 1007 , said it had earned aa
much more nnd that this was added
to the company's surplus , which was
stated by the government's counsel to
bo ? 300,000OOJ. It was further de
clared by Mr. Kellogg that the com
pany within the last eight years had
earned nearly half a billion dollars.
The course of Mr. Rockefeller's
testimony in the hands of government
counsel ran not so smoothly as when
he told his story under the direction
of friendly counsel , but the rapid fire
Interrogations of the prosecutor were
always met with unshaken Imperturba
bility and readiness to answer , except
when , as ho explained :
"H is quite Impossible for mo to
remember after thirty-five years. I
do not recall. "
Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates which the
Standard was charged with receiving ,
luit 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 , Mr. Rockefeller could not re
call any other rebate , though he
thought it was likely that ho might
have heard of it at the time.
Preacher Rendered Speechless.
Marshalltown , la. , Nov , 21. Rev. J.
0. Van Ness , D. D. , for several years
presiding elder in the Upper Iowa
Methodist conference , has been ren
dered deaf and dumb by an operation
he was forced to undergo recently for
cancer of the throat. In removing
the cancer ono of the vocal chords
was removed and another partially
severed. The preacher , who Is well
known In this part of the state , haa
retired to his farm.
Sets Fire to His Mother's House.
Muscatlne , la. , Nov. 21. Enraged
because his widowed mother would
not glvo him money with which to pay
his excessive gambling debts , George
Dalton , aged twenty , set flre to her
house and she was rescued with diffi
culty by neighbors. Dalton Is being
hunted with hounds and It Is feared
that he may bo lynched.
Farmers to Prosecute Hunters.
Falrfleld , la. , Nov. 21. Fifty farm
ers In this vicinity have formed a pro
tectlvo union to prosecute hunters
who trespass on their farms. The >
claim that hunters have became a mil
sanco and that they are destroyers
Recently a flro act by hunters caused
dimage of $1,000 to cropa near here.
Offers Reward for Safecrackers.
Iowa City , la. , Nov. 21. A reward o
$125 has been offered by Sheriff Blacl
of Washington county for the nrrea
nnd conviction of the person or per
sons who blow up the safe in tin
Probyl store at Riverside. So far n <
CHINA'S ' DOWAGER
EMPRESSIS DEAD ,
Her Demise Quickly Follows
That ot Emperor ,
INFANT IS PLACED ON THRONE ,
Regent Orders Governors to Take Pre.
cautions for Continuation of Manchu
Regime Celestial Empire Is Tran
quil at Present.
Peking , Nov. Ifi. Tszo Hsl An , the
uowager empress of China , the auto
cratic head of the government which
she directed without successful Inter
ference since 1801 and without protest
since 18S1 , died at 2 p. in.
The announcement of the d'owngcr
empress' death was olllclal and fal
lowed closely upon the announcement
that Kunng Hsu , the emperor , had
died Saturday at 5 o'clock In the after
noon , but it Is believed the deaths oc
curred a considerable time before
that set down In the olllclal state
ments.
An official edict placed on the
throne Prince Pu Yl , the three-year-
old son of Prince Chun , the regent of
the empire , In accordance with a
promise given by the dowager empress
soon after the marriage of Prince
Chun In 190.1.
Prince Chun , the regent , has ordered
the viceroys nnd governors to tnko
precautions for the continuation of the
admlnlsttatlon of the provinces aa
heretofore , and ho has ordered a hun
dred days of mourning. The coun
will go Into mourning for three years.
Peking already has been greatly
transformed ; nil red objects have
been removed and blue substituted.
When the people learned of the death
of the dowager empress they showed
that they wore profoundly Impressed
by the passing of tholr powerful ruler.
The foreigners In the city are watcb-
Ing the strange ceremonies with great
Interest. At the palace elaborate
rites are being observed and a Hood of
edicts has been sent forth.
Ancient Deathbed Observances.
Deathbed observances of 3,000 years
ago marked the passing of the em
peror and dowager. They died alone
and unattended , nlthough surrounded
by circles of abject spectators , who re
mained a rod distant , as on account
of the sacred persons of their majes
ties , they could' not be approached.
The emperor died as ho had lived ,
without ministration of whatever kinder
or scientific aid. For months he hnd
refused to permit the service of for
eign physicians , nnd although It was
stated that he had gone back to the
old form of medical treatment , it ia
believed that latterly he received no
treatment at nil.
The government has given out that
the dowager empress In a lucid In
terval on Friday last received Prince
Chlng , who Is a Manchu , and'a mem
ber of the royal family , and approved
the edicts declaring Prince Pu YI , heir
presumptive , and Prince Chun regent
of the empire Prince Chlng was , at
the beginning of'the Boxer outbreak ,
lord chamberlain of the court nnd
commander of the Peking field forces ,
That the dowager empress took this
stop is discredited ; nevertheless she la
believed to have successfully estab
lished the Chun regime , which Is the
Manchu regime , without obstacle , and
the opinion is held here that this so
lution of the difficulty which has con
fronted "he government Is the best
possible.
Until word'of the dowager's death
Is spread broadcast , no general dis
orders are apprehended There are
fpw signs of antagonism to foreigners
nnd there Is no manner of doubt that
Prince Chun will he able to meet the
situation , as ho Is recognized as thor
oughly progressive and Is the most ac
ceptable man that could bo chosen to
those most disposed to cause trouble ,
the reformers Antagonism on the
part of the conservatives and oven an
In-.urrectionary movement Is conceiv
able , because the death of the power
ful woman who dominated all , nnd the
wenkllnt ; pmperor , sweeps nway the
old palace corruptlonlsts.
Changes In City Government.
Dos Moines , Nov 1C. The cities
nnd towns of lown will undergo miny
changes in government following the
spring elections Under the new law
every Incorporated city and town In
Iowa will elect an entire new admin
istration next spring. Cities will have
but one councllmnn to each wnrd ,
with two elected at largo. Under the
new law the mayor has much nddl
tlonal authority. Ho will make nil
appointments of city employes nnd be
purchasing agent for his city. The
mayor nlone baa nuthorlty to sign
requisitions.
Methodists Change Meeting Place
Toledo , la. , Nov. 1C. An epidemic
of diphtheria nt Montour , where the
Mnrshalltown conference of the Moth
odlst church was to have been held
hns caused the church nuthorltles tc
change the meeting place to Toledo
The conference will be held Dec. 1 ani
2. It Is stated that twenty families
near Montour are nflllcted with UK
disease.
Elklns Denies Engagement.
Washington , Nov. 1C. Senate
Stephen D , Elklns made the emphatli
announcement that no engagement exIsts
Ists between his daughter , Miss Kath
erlne Elklns , and the duke of tin
Abruzzl of the Italian navy.
c Fatal Explosion In Illinois Mine.
Benton , 111. , Nov. 21. Alexande
Brown was killed and three men wer
9
seriously injured by an explosion 1
3' the mine of the Demon Coal coinpanj
ueer Money nnd Churches.
In the eighteenth century there were
no tompt'rnueo noddles or bands of
hope , nor Itcclmhltcs and blue ribbon
army. To lie as "drunk an n lord" was
the height of humnn felicity. It wan
the age of "threeUittlo men , " of eon-
vlvlal toasts , of drinking songs. Even
thu church Indirectly encouraged In-
temperance. There were certain dis
tricts where at Whitsuntide the churchwardens -
wardens were nccustomi-d to levy con
tributions of malt from the parishion
ers. ThlH was brewed Into strong ah1
and sold In the church. The Whitsun
tide topers had , however , n pious
method In their madness.
The money spent on the beer was
expended by the churchwardens In
church malntennuce , nnd the muddled
roisterers no doubt believed them
selves to bo pillars of the church even
when , under the lutluencu of the alco
hol , they rolled upon Its pavement.
They thought themselvea supporters ol
the church when they wanted "sup
porting" themselves and deemed them
selves most saintly when they were
most soddencd. Until aa recently aa
1827 ( when the license was withdrawn !
n church nnd public house were cov
ered by one roof at Deepdnle. midway
between Derby and Nottingham. . \
door that could be opened nt will serv
ed to separate the consecrated Interior
of the church from the common tap
room of the tavern ! Chambers' Jour
nal.
Good Bait.
"I got Cleveland's autograph , " said
the friend , "by addressing to him n lit
tle ode on his splendid work In the
White House nnent the Russo-Japanese
war or was It something else ? At any
rate , I shall never forget my delight
when , by return mall , Mr. Cleveland
wrote :
" 'Dear Sir I have read your verses
with Interest. They appear to mo very
deficient In souse and substance. '
"I sent n sonnet of sympathy to Ber
nard Shaw on the failure of his play ,
'Ills IIouso In Order , ' or some such
title. Mr. Shaw replied on n post cnrd
ns follows :
" 'Thnnk you very much for your son
net , which seems nt least sincere. '
"I once ventured to address n ron
deau to Ellen Terry. In It I praised
her beauty passionately. Miss Terry
sent me a long and Interesting note of
acknowledgment , In the course of
which she paid :
" 'I noticed many faults and weak
nesses In your rondeau , which , howev
er , made mo laugh heartily. ' " Ex
chance.
rjriuioiiB udincr ui
I Omaha , Nov. 23. The vanguard ol
0,000 Pythlans began arriving In Oma
ha to attend the celebration of the
founding of the order In the west.
Headquarters were opened today in
three of the large downtown hotels ,
and' ' the local reception committee is
busy caring for the fresh arrivals. Sev-
I oral western states will maintain
headquarters during the celebration
The crack lola team of Dayton , O. ,
will bo one of the features of the gath
ering. It arrived in a special train
, this morning.
DENSTTOF"
CACSESWRECK ,
_
Engineer and Firemen Killed in
Crash Near Red Cloud ,
FREIGHTS COLLIDE HEAD-ON ,
Several Cars of Hogs and Cattle De
molished Engine Crew of West
bound Burlington Train Escape In
jury by Jumping ,
Red Cloud , Neb. , Nov. 23. A freight
wreck a mile west of the city caused
the instant denth of Engineer George
Bnrtholoma and Fireman Donald
Snoke. Bartholoma was thrown down
the bank and killed by having his
head and body crushed. Fireman
Snokc was found buried beneath the
engine of his train. Brakcman Lien-
tenborg suffered a broken nnklo.
A hcnvy fog wns responsible for the
collision , which was between two ex
tra Burlington freight trains. The
[ westbound' train wns very long nnd
1 bad overrun the yard limit. The eastbound -
bound train was running at good
speed to got onto a siding to clear a
passenger train which was due hero
In n short time. The engine crow of
the westbound train escaped Injury
by Jumping ,
i The Incoming extra was compoaed
of live stock and several cars of hogs
and cattle were demolished. Two or
three hundred hogs were dumped pro-
I mlscuously on the right of way , many
i of thorn killed and' Injured. Two car
loads of cattle suffered equally bad ,
i nnd fifty or more head of cattle were
injured.
Four Track Laborers Killed.
Chicago , Nov. 21. A Burlington
passenger train , between HIghlnnd
nnd LnGrnnge , struck n handcar on
which ten track laborers were riding ,
Four wore killed nnd five Injured.
UTICA MAN mm GUILTY ,
Man Who Assaulted Evangelist Millet
Convicted.
Sownrd , Nob. , Nov. 23. In the cnac
against Rngnn , charged with assault
Ing Rev. Frank Miller of Lincoln or
the streets of Uttca last March , UK
Jury returned' verdict of guilty anc
Judge Good will sentence Ragan ai
the next session of the court , Dec. 3
A second hearing , growing out of UK
same offense , was also decided In fa
vor of the state , when It was held tha
the fine paid by Dave Hulbert In poltci
court did not act as a bar to furthei
prosecution In the district court. Hul
bert will bo tried later , probably a
the next sitting of the court.
DEDICATE SHAFT
TOJMARTYRS ,
'Prison ' Ship Martyrs' ' Monument
ment Ceremonies ,
TAFT MAKES SPEECH TODAY ,
With Governor Hughes , Secretary
Wright and Other Notables , He Attends -
tends Unveiling of Memorial to Rev.
olutlonary Patriots , I
New York , Nov. 14. Brooklyn today - ;
day Is the scene of a notable gatherIng - '
Ing of local , state and national celeb
rities , the occasion being the dedica
tion of the prison ship martyrs' menu
ment. Pro Incut among the men who
nro attend.ng the ceremonies are
President-elect WHIInm II Tall ,
PRISON SHIP MARTYRS' MONU. .
MENT.
Charles E. Hughes , re-elected govern
or ot New York , and Secretary of War
Wright.
The program for the unveiling ex
ercises was as follows :
Music by Twenty-third regiment
band , closing with "The SUr Spangled
banner , " all standing.
Prayer , the Itev. Dr. S. Parkes Cad-
manPoem
Poem , Thomas Walsh.
Oration , Hon. William H. Taft.
Presentation of monument on be
half of tbe national government by
Secretary of War Luke E. Wright.
Acceptance on behalf of the state
by Governor Charles E. Hughes.
Acceptance on behalf of the city by
the chairman of the board of alder
men , Patrick F. McGowan.
Address on behalf ot the Tammany
society or Columbian order by Daniel
P. Cobalan , grand sacLem.
A long military parade marched
through the streets of Brooklyn , and
many of the houses in the borough
were decorated witb the national col
ors.
ors.The
The prison ship martyrs' monument
is intended to perpetuate the memory
of the patriots whose unhappy futo it
was during the American Revolution
to be captured by the British and con
fined In the Jersey and other hulks of
Infamous memory lying in the East
river. Hundreds died of disease con
tracted during such confinement , and
starvation claimed many of the oth
ers. There is a monument to the
memory of the martyis In Trinity
church yard , Manhattan , but It lias
long been full that it Is Inadequate.
The monument was designed by the
late Stanford White and cost a little
over $200000.
Peonage Case Dismissed.
Now York , Nov. 1ft. After much
testimony as to the treatment accord
ed laborers employed by the Florida
East Coast Railroad company In the
construction of Its extension across
the Florida keys , the case of David E.
Harley , an agent of the railroad com
pany , accused of conspiracy with three
employment agents of this city to lure
men to Florida and there keep thorn
In a state of compulsory labor equiv
alent to peonage and slavery , was dis
missed by Judge Hough.
Civic Federation Elects Officers ,
Plttsburg , Nov. 19. The American
Civic association elected the following
officers : President , J. Horace Me-
Farland of Harrlsburg , Pa. ; first vice
prealdent and secretary , Clinton Rog
ers Woodruff of Philadelphia ; treasur
er , William B. Howland of Now York.
Tammany Worker Held for Murder.
New York , Nov. 19. Edward K.
Neagh , a Tammany worker , was com
mitted to the Tombs without ball ,
charged with the murder on election
day of Benjamin Stone ? Republican
captain of the Third election district
of the Fourteenth assembly district.
Thirteen Killed In Football Season.
Chicago , Nov. 23. The football sea
eon reaped the usual terrific harvest
r in killed and maimed youths. In n\l \
there were thirteen deaths directly
due to the game and 129 playera seri
ously wounded.
HEARING ON BLEAGKED FLOllR ,
Miller * Conclude Testimony Before
Pure Food Board.
Washington , Nov. 21. Admitting
the existence of nitrous add In
blenched Hour , lint denying t t "
renders tlu < product harmful to health ,
several exports for lhi > millers of lliu
country appeared before Secretary 01
Agriculture Wilson unit moinborH ot
the pure food hoard In u hearing to
determine thu status of blenched lloin
under thu provlHlona of thu pnru foot
and drugs nut.
Secretary Wilson refused to ndinti
ns evidence n letter from Professor 15
W. Hockwood of lown , slating Unit
nitrites In bleached Hour uro ro.
moved by yeast , rondorlng the Hour
harmless.
Professor W. S. llutnea of Hush
Medical college , Chicago , contrndlctod
Bonio of the theories hold by Dr.
Wiley , the government's pure food ox-
port. Professor Halnes held that there
should bo no alarm because nitrites
arc found In bleached Hour , as It
would require an enormous amount ot
this substance to kill n person. ,
Professor Allaway of Nebraska told
of hit ) experiments with the saliva of
Individuals , to show thai nitrites nro
present In human bodies , and that If
nitrites nro taken Into the system
through the eating of bread It Is In
less quantities than already oxlsts.
Foot and Mouth Disease.
Washington , Nov. 21. Alarming ro-
Eults following the outbreak of a con
tagious foot and mouth disease In
Now York and Pennsylvania , causing
those status to bo quarantined against
Interstate shipments or cattle , etc. ,
were shown in advices which reached
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , ntat-
Ing that lour children In Danville , Pa. ,
had contiai ted the disease. The of-
llclnls believe that the spread of the
contagion will bo chocked , although
admitting that the situation is grave.
NEBRAlAHAT
BUMPER CORN CROP ,
in Yield of 9,000,000 , , Bushels ,
Lincoln , Nov. 18. The corn crop 01
Nebraska just being garnered is val
lied nt $89.200.878 on the basis of 5C
cents per bushel. This is an increast
over the record breaking crop of 190E
and 190G. Those figures are part ol
the crop report just issued by l aboi
Commissioner Ryder , and Indicate
something of the prosperity ot tlit
farmers of the state.
Although there was reported a decrease
crease of 2-17,825 In the ncfeago , ns
compnred with last year , there Is an
Increase In the yield'of approximate ! )
9,000,000 bushels. This year's tola !
yield Is placed at 178,599,798 bushels ,
against 109,732,885 last yoar. Because
cause of floods in several eastern
counties , the yield fell off perceptibly
but In other counties the crop wua
correspondingly larger. Ouster coun
ty loads In the production , with 3,141 ,
327 bushels.
The production of winter wheat wns
slightly smaller than last year , al
though the acreage was larger by R2-
741 acres. The average yield per acre
this year is 1G.99 bushels , against
18.85 bushels In 1907. The Increased
price of wheat , however , brings the
value of this year's crop to $34,851-
000 , or $2,000.000 better than last year
The spring wheat acreage showed a
decline , but the yield was better and
the value slightly tops last year's ' crop
valuo.
The state raised 2,500,000 bushels
more oats this year than in 1907 , while
the value of the alfalfa crop Increased
more than $20,000,000. The year was
the best for nlfalfa In the history of
the state. Barley and rye also show
substantial increases In value.
BELL TELEPHONETNJOINED ,
Restrained From Interfering With In
dependent Companies.
Cleveland , Nov. 23. United State.
Judge Taylor granted an injunction
against the American Telephone nnd
Telegraph company ( Bell long dis
tance system ) and the Central Union
Telephone company ( Bell coinpanj
operating In Ohio , Indiana and 111 !
nois ) restraining them from interfer
ing with the business of the Independ
cnt companies operating in those and
adjoining states.
It is charged the Bell system Is pur
suing the policy of buying Independ
ent exchanges or selling Bell ex
changes where there are competing
companies and In some Instances ab
sorbing ( independent comi/anles , by
merger and consolidation , or division
of territory , so ns to eliminate compe
tltlon and establish a complete Dt-1 !
control.
Death of General Greene.
Boise. Ida. , Nov. 23. Brevet Brig
adier General John Greene , U. S. A.
retired , died here suddenly from neu
rnlgla of the heart , in his eighty
fourth year. General Greene was n
veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars and was brevetted four times for
distinguished gallantry. Ho partlcl
pated in noteworthy Indian campaigns
of. the west
numane society Elects Officers.
Now Orleans , Nov. 20. Many pa
pers on nntl-cruolty work were read
at the national convention of the
American Humane association. After
the re-election of Dr. William O. SUH-
man of Albany , N. Y. , president , the
following ofllcers were named : First
vice president , James M. Brown o1
Toledo ; eecond vice president , Mrs.
Caroline Erlowsite of Philadelphia ;
third vlco president , E , W. Ncwhall ol
San Francisco , secretary , Nathaniel
J. Walker of Albany ; treasurer , Edgar -
gar McDonald of Brooklyn.
LABOR QUIZ AT
WHIOOUSE ,
President Subjects Leaders to
Rapid Fire ot Questions ,
BILL OF RIGHTS IS URGED
Every Phase of Labor Question It
Covered at Much Discussed Dinner
at Executive Mansion Publicity
Board Idea It Advanced ,
Washington , Nov. 18. Subjoctlns
his guests , who wore representatives
of many of tl-.u leading labor organiza
tions of this countiy , to a rapid lire
of questions , President Roosevelt at a
dinner given by him at the White
House , endeavored to nnd out what
labor wants from congress nnd In
what way ho could bo of assistance
to the tellers of the country.
While the president did not commit
himself to any of the propositions sub-
milted by the various labor leaders
present , It waa learned that he sought
a full expression of sentiment from
all of them. Uibor'a attitude ou va
rious questions was reiterated' , it Is
nr ld , and the president listened' Inter
estedly to each argument presented.
Seated at the center of the long tnbla
In the state dining room , the president
talked informally with cabinet olll-
cers , members of the United States
supreme court and labor leaders Nor
was the president alone In his ques
tioning. He was ably seconded by his
lieutenants , Justice Moody , Secretary
Straus and Secretary Garileld fre
quently asking questions of some o (
the captains ol labor.
The general Impression prevailed
among the labor leaders after the din
ner that the president's message to
congress will ahow some of the flavor
of the conference.
Occasionally the labor loaders
would become Involved in a debate
which would terminate In some tangi
ble suggestion being offered. Presi
dent Roosevelt , In his machine gun
questioning , covered , It is said , every
possible phase of the labor question.
The labor leaders talked without res
ervation and were free to reiterate
tholr pronounced attitude on some Is-
suea to which congress in the post
has turned an unwilling car. Hut what
seemed most significant of nil , both
to the president nnd other govern
ment oinclals present , was the sug
gestion that congress should pass a
hill of rights , Into which all labor
legislation should bo Incorporated ,
should create n publicity board , whose
purpose would be to Investigate and
make public the details of controversies
S
versies between capital and labor. The
plea for a bill of rights was made by
P. H. Morrissey , grand master of the
railway trainmen , while the publicity
board Idea was advanced by T. J. Do-
Ian , secretary of the International
Biothcrhood of Stenrnshovel and
Dredgemen.
The president's Interest In these two
propositions was keenly and obvious
ly awakened , but aa to his attitude
upon them he waa noncommittal. Al
though many of the speakers voiced
their opposition to the boycott and
sympathetic strike propaganda , they
urged that congress should better de
fine the Injunctlvo power of the courts
and they asked for a modification of
both this law and' the Sherman anti
trust laws. They also wanted congress
to define the xact status of labor or
ganizations In strikes and whether
they should be permitted to "picket
rjcacofully. "
SOLONrPREPAllG
FOR BUSY SESSION ,
Members at Work on Flood ol
Bills to Be Introduced ,
DCS Moines , Nov. 23. The session
of the state legislature which moots
In January will be a busy one. Al
ready many members are preparing
bills which will be Introduced at once
the body begins its work. Mnny lawa
will bo enacted relating to the meth
ods of largo corporations doing busi
ness In the state. Among these will
be measures creating an Insurance de
partment , with a commissioner ap
pointed by the golernor to have full
charge of the Insurance business.
A bill will bo offered to reorgnnlzo
the state railroad commission , the po
sitions remaining appointive , with
greatly Increased salaries , nnd with
the powers of the commission en
larged.
Another bill provides for exemption
of money and credits , nnd tnxes mort
gages only when filed ; a bill for the
organization of trust companies sep
arate from banks , strictly to handle
cash funds ; assessment of railroad
terminals where located , instead' of
Including It in the general value of
the roads affected , and n new law pro-
vldlng for viaducts In cities , whereby
the railroad commission will not con
trol , but giving cities full power to act.
Dyers After Swiss Post.
DCS Moines , Nov. 23. S. H. M.
Bycrs Is making a strong effort to
secure the appointment as minister to
Switzerland. For twenty years Byora
was In the consular service , nnd has
an extensive acquaintance In foreign
lands There Is no other Iowa man
mentioned In connection with the ap
pointment , nnd frlenda of Mr. Byera
believe ho will hnvo the backing of
the entire Iowa delegation to concreas.