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I OIL KING (111 STAND Rockefeller Tries to Unload B Responsibility For Big Trust * PUTS THE BLAME UP TO OTHERS HI \. B - President of ths Standard Oil Trait Continues to Unravel That Corpo ration's History—Credit For Its Existence Should Go to H. M. Flag ler and S. C. T. Dodd— Says the Company Has Not Been a Trust Since 1892, When it Was Dissolved t by Order of Court, Since Which Tine the Subsidiary Companies Have Been Entirely Independent. New York, Special.—Credit for the creation of the Stanard Oil trust, whifch counsel for the Federal govern ment claim still exists as the Stand ard Oil Company of New Jersey, was given by John D. Rockefeller as a witness Tuesday under cross-exami nation in the Federal suit lo dis k solve the Standard, to two men — V. Henry M. Flagler and Samuel C. T. Dodd. To these two master archi tects of the oil combine, Mr. Rocke feller gave full credit, saying that he did not p3sscss the ability for so pro gressive a move. Mr, Rockefeller spent an arduous I doy an the stand under the incessant questioning of Frank B. Kellogg, the - government counsel, and when ad journment was taken until Tuesday he gave every evidence of delight that the day was done. Counsel hope to conclude Mr. Rockefeller's cross examination Tuesday, when it is ex pected to place John I). Arehbold, vice president of the Standard on the * stand. Frank B. Kellogg, who with other government investigators, has been endeavoring for over n year to obtain the missing stock transfer books of the Standard Oil trust, sought thro' Mr. Rockefeller to And the missing trail to these books and Mr. Rocked V feller promised to do what he could to find them. Mr. Rockefeller's ex amination carried him through the . period of the Standard Oil trust and the years of i-.s subsequent liquida tion, which lasted from. 1S;)2 to l.H)9. Mr. Rockefeller's memory at times was not clear on the definite details of this trust liquidation period and he told counsel that ho could not recall many of the incidents and develop ments of that time. During the day Mr. Kellogg developed from Mr. Rockefeller that early in the indus trial existence of the Standard the presidents of two railroad companies, together with several railroad direc tors, were stockholders in the oil com bination. v 2 After adjournment Mr.' Rockefeller told an inquiring audience of report ers that there were better things in the world than making money, and since 1801 he had been gradually re tiring from business. He added: "There is more important work thiyi making money, and there is much for me to do. I belong to the Brotherhood of Man." At the opening of the hearing Mr. Rockefeller said that he thought there was a!i increase in the~ slock of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000 J„ iR7.-». "How many railroad nun did you take into the Standard aftT 1S70?" asked M;\ Kellog. "I could not say," was Mr. Rocke feller's response. "Was \V. H. Yanderbilt a stock holder?" "I can't say definitely. He miffht liave been a stockholder for a trifling amount." "Did' you not sign a paper on March 10th, 1375, an in crease of capital stock as follows: 'W. H. Vanderhilt bv J. D. Rocke feller. his attorney?' " "That mav be; the paper would be the best evidence." Mr. Kellogg brought out the fact that Amasa Stone, then president of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; Stillman Witt, a director of the Lake Shore and Rig Four roads, and J. P. Hendy, also a director of the Big Four, were taken into the Standard Oil Company in the early days. "Who got up this Standard Oil trust 1" "I should say that H. M. Flagler and S. C. T. Dodd should have the credit. I am sure it was not I. 1 am not so learned in legal matter* as that. I do not claim any credit, for Mr. Flagler and Mr. Dodd should have full credit." Mr. Rockefeller said that the vari ous companies in the Standard Oil trust agreement which was made in 1872 were managed as separate and independent corporations. Mr. Rockc fellar said that the total value of the thirty-nine corporations included hi the trust was apporximately $170,000,- * 000, and that each of the stockholders named in the trust agreement receiv ed certificates for the amount of stock of subsidiary companis which he own ed. Killed by Cave-in. Durham, N. C., Special.—A mes sage at midnight from Burlington says that while putting in the forms for the city waterworks reservoir, George W. Denny, of Durham, a car penter 45 years old, was caught in a landslide and instantly killed. The accident■ occurred at 11 o'clock when a big force of hands was bracing the timbers to hold the earth back. The cave-in occurred when there was no possible way to avoid it. t- ••• . k" PALACE TO COTTfICE Mayor Tom L Johnston Goes Into Bankruptcy HE WAS ONCE VERY WEALTH! Mayor of Cleveland, For Tears Credited With Possessing a Large Fortune, Announces That He Haa Lo* Everything and Will Be Com pelled to Move Into Smaller and Lees Expensive Quarters. Cleveland, 0., Speoial.—Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who for years has been accredited with possessing a very laige fortune announced that he had lost everything and would be compelled to give up hin beautiful home on Euclid avenue and move is to smaller and less expensive qua* ters. The mayor also stated that ha would give up his automobiles and other luxuries, aa he could no longer afford to keep them. His fortune was wrecked, the mayor declared, by his devotion to affairs of the estate of hia dead brother, Albert, who was heavily interested in traction prop erty in the East. After Albert's death a question iraa put up to him whether he should resign his office as mayor and take ap the management of Albert's es tate. "I decided that I would not. I had entered the fight in this city with eortain ideals before mc. I wanted to fight privilege and special interest, and I had already decided to give up working for dollars. So I concluded to stay right here and do what I could to help my brother's children at long istance "Why did I choose the course I did? I'll tell you. I wanted happi ness and nothing else when\l closed np my business affairs ancr took up civic activity. "And I've been happy, too. "I'm going to be happy yet, too. We may have to go back to a cot tage, but that's the way we started and we can look upon life just m joyfully there as we did in the bi; house on Euclid avenue. "They tell me my enemies ar planning to bring financial troub! upon me I've been expecting it. "My enemies arc cauable of doing that. One may expect nothing else from special privilege. Let them make any sort of attack upon mi that they choose. I'll never give up and they'll always find me at th« front. "If I had been a coward—if I had run away fro mthis fight for the peo ple of Cleveland—l could have saved my fortune and built it up. But 1 had chosen my course. I haven't been laboring as mayor with the ex pectation of being rewarded by the gratitude of the people. One cannot equnt on that. It's pleasure in doing 1 Work that I like that has kept me in the fight. "I have never made a single penny ( out of the street railways since I be came mayor. I don't feel discourag ed. I'm a free man, and that means a great deal to me. Don't you sup pose it will be worth something to me to have my friends realize that ' I entered the mayor's ofliee rich and left it poor? "I'm going to keep on just as T've ' started. I'm going to be a candidate for major againvrffcjhen this term is over." Chauffeur Killed in Auto Crash. Washington, Special.—Noble Davis a chauffeur, was killed and several others were injured by the overturn ing of an automobile near Hyatts ville, Md. The automobile was own ed by Joseph Strasburgcr, a mer chant of this city, end Daivs, who Was his chauffeur, had taken out a party of his in the machine. Famous Federal Scout Dies at Mount ' Vernon, N. Y. Moint Vernon, N. Y., Special.— Col. John C. Babcock who was one ef the principal scouts for the army of the Potomac during the Civil war, died at his home here. Colonel Bab sock was 72 years of age. At the ratbreak of the" war he enlisted at Chieago in the Sturgis Rifles. He »as later assigned to the secret «erv .«e of the army under Major Allen, »nd it was lie who dircovercd Gen jral Lee's forward movement which •nded at Gettysburg. Many Die in Explosion. New York, Special.—Twenty-fly* seraons are believed to have lost their Sves in an explosion of gas which -ore a great section of Gold street, Brooklyn. It is definitely Known .hat fifteen. perstns. werft buried tin ier the hundreds of tons of earth and timber that were thrown into th? iir by the explosion, and ten mor» jersons are reported as missing. The ixact number of dead iesnined. gjiaaaafe&'tT.- ~ • - '«• •' , .. ifeiM? .* • . iiiai"- 1 .: ;-w J MOBJANGS THREE Another Act of Lawlessness Near Reel foot Lake MURDER OF OFFICER AVENGED Following the Sentence of Death In posed by a Justice of. the Peace "Citizens" of 'i iptonville, Tenn., Rush Into the Court Boom and Hurry the Prisoners to a Hasty Demise at the End of a Rope. Union City, Tenn., Special.—The little town of Tiptonville, bordering on Reel Foot Lake, which has been the scene of many stirring incidents the past month witnessed the lynch ing late Tuesday afternoon of three negroes who were arrested that morn ing for murdering Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Jarruss, and fatally wounding John Hall, a deputy sheriff. The negroes are: Marshall siineback, Edward Stineback, Jim Stineback. These brothers created a disturb ance at religious meeting near Tip tonville Saturday night, and when the two oflieers attempted to arrest them, a fight ensued, in which the negroes tome out victorious and made their escape. It was ibarely daylight Sunday morning before a posse of citizens from Tiptonville and the surround ing country were in pursuit of the negroes, but they successfully eluded the white men until 8 o'clock Tues day morning, when they were sur rounded and captured in a little swamp near the village of Ridgoly. The vicinity is known as the old river bed oanebrake and it is a difficult matter to trace man or beast through its Once captured, however, the negroes, covered by a hundred suns, were quickly landed in jail at Tiptonville. The negroes when ar rested had two guns in tlieir posses sion. but had run oilt of ammunition. The news of their capture spread rap idly to the surrounding: territory and an addition the several hundred mem bers of the posse began arriving by every road and scon the jail was sur rounded by a ir.ob which had no hesi tancy in threatening a lynching' quick ly and surely. In fact it was feared at noon llir.t the best townspeople could not prevent the lynching from taking place in broad daylight. Big Sale of Burley Tobacco. Winchester, K'v., Special.—Repre sentatives of every biir independent tobacco concern in the United States as well ns buyers for the American Tobaco Company, were here to at tend the sales of the remainder of the tobacco in the pool of the burley so ciety, amounting; to about 5.000,000 pounds. The sales began with proba bly 500 people present. Sales were made at a ratio of one hogshead of the 1006 crop to every four of the >OO7 crop fold. Prices ranged from IS to 30 cents. Cummins Elected Senator. Des Moines, lowa, Special.—By a strict party vote of 109 to Gover nor Albert B. Cummins was elected United States Senator to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Sena tor William B. Allison, whose term would have expired on March 4th. MHH). 'J'he joint session of the Legis lature quietly fulfilled I lie mnndiit>' of the recent primary vote. The Democratic minority voted solidly for ( laudc Porter. Aspire:! to California. Washington, Special*—Major Gen eral John F. Wevtou, now in com mand of ihe Philippine forces, has. been assigned to command the de portment of' California with head quarters :it San Francisco, vice Biic adier General Fred A. Smith, who will be assigned to other duties. Ma jor W. I'. Duvflll will succeed to the Philippine command. Cuban Orange Crop. Washington, Special.— The orange crop of Cuba this year will be the largest in the history of the island and will reach 500,000 boxes, accord ing to a report made to the bureau of manufactures by Consul R. E. Hol la day, of Santiago de Cuba. The bus iness of oranre culture in the island, he says, is aln:o«t entirely in the hands of Americans, $60,000 to University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va., Special.—An unconditional gift of $50,000 to the endowment fund of the University of Virginia has been made by Colonel Oliver H. Payne. of New York. An nouncement of the donation was made last week by President Alderman to the members of the faculty who were advised that Colonel Payne was an admirer of Thomas Jeft'ersoh and of the University of Virginia and had become impressed with the greatness of the university's work. Paper to Be H.nnfaetured .From C&tton Stalks. Washington, Special.—Paper is to be manufactured from cotton stalks, a heretofore useless by-product, ac cording to a report to the Bureau of "Masilffiwm-etr.- *A~ company, eopifnliy - ed at $500,000 has been orgau'zed a' Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose. It i* claimed that paper can be nude from cotton 5 talks at a ost of about sls per lon. ' %•. _ : EVEN AN EXPERT LETS SOMETHING" DROP ONCE IN A WHILE BY In New York PMM. LATE EVENTS MEAN A MODERN CHINA Prof. Hirth Calls Chinese Born Parliamen tarians —Predicts Progress. New York City.—Frledrlch Hlrth, Professor of Chinese In Columbia University, who as a lifelong student of the Chinese people, their language and literature, Is considered one of the best authorities living on Chinese topics, gave It as his opinion that the fleath ot the Empress Dowager and the Emperor meant the opening of an entirely new and better era which Would benefit not only China but the other nations of the world. He thought affairs In China would from now on advance rapidly toward Euro pean ideals, and though progress will be less rapid than In Japan, China would in thirty or even twenty years be transformed into a nation on an equal footing with the other great nations of the world. Professor Hlrth had no belief In the report that foul -play had entered Into the death of the Dowager or the Emperor. In regard to the general attitude of the influential parties and Individuals toward the new rule, he said: "I think the events of the next few weeks or days will determine the question of bloodshed or peace. I think that both Liberals and Conser vatives are ready to wait quietly In order to see what course the Govern ment wtll take. Prince Chun Is a Liberal, and he has enough followers, I think, among the really dangerous party, the overardent Liberals, who might be called the Anarchistic party, to avert any trouble from them. "Prince Chun. I believe, is an able man, He has visited Germany on a diplomatic mission. He alone of those who have come into great power in China has seen Europe; that single fact should bo enough to show in what, direction hfs rule will tend." Sneaking ln a general way *>f the death of Emperor and Dowager he , said; "It appears to me a very beneficial thing for China. The antagonistic relations between the two and the control by the Dowager of the Em peror roused great dissatisfaction among the Liberals, who had rested their hopes on the, Emperor. VOODOO SIGN CAUSED SUICIDE. Superstitious Test Applied to a Man Accused ol Murder Drives Him to Death— Kctl Stain on llio Weapon, Mistaken Fer Blood, is iieally Kust. Monticello, Ark. of murder having been confirmed against him in the eyes of his neighbors by a voodoo test, Louis Hursh, a farmer, cut his throat and died la the pres ence of the Coroner's Jury. Samuel Haywood was the man whose murder was tjnder Investiga tion. tie was called to his front door at night and killed with a charge of buckshot. His wife had but a fleet ingglance at the assassin and could give no clew to his Identity. Hursh was questioned about the crime at the inquest, but protested that ha had no knowledge of it. Mem bera of the family swore that he was at home when the shot was flre'd, and Hurah apparently had been ellmlp ated frem the list of suspects when one of the jurymen, an aged negro, •poke up. "Try the voodoo test on him," •rged the negro. "What's thatF* Inquired tha Coro ner. "Oat Hursh'a gun and Are It off •gain while be is standing by. If he did tha murder the gun will awaat blood." Tha Coroner waa disinclined to take this step, but othera urged It on him and he finally consented. Hursh I declared that it waa a matter of in difference t6 him whether the test Freeideat'e Promise to an Ohi* Veteran of the Civil War. Waahlngton, D. C.—General H. C. Coroln, retired, secured from Presi dent Roosevelt a promise to appoint Gilbert Van Zand*, the drummer boy of the Eeventy-nlnth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, to a place In the Government service. General Corbln brought Van Zandt, whose home Is at Wilmington, Ohio, with hint and told the President that he entered the military service at ten years of age e.a a drummer boy in the Seventy ninth Ohio. "Yet Tsl-An played a valuable part. It almost seems aha saved the nation In 1898, when by a coup d'etat the young Emperor tried to crowd on China In twenty days changes which the nation would have needed as many years to digest. "Yet, the Emperor being highly appreciated by the party ot reform nnd progress, her seizure of the relna of Government and suppression of new Ideas cast a gloom over the Bplrlt of the empire. And little as we know the new characters on the Chinese stage. It Is fair to believe th,at both extremes —conservative and progrea elve—will hold themselves In check, and will wait to see where the Gov# ernmont 1B tending. All depends on events; it Is Impossible to state what will happen; one can only speak of probabilities. "But the tendency, whether calm or violent, will, I feel sure, be toward liberalism. Thesv two deaths have cleared the course for China. There is much talk of antagonism toward Manchu rule, yet that antagonism la a thing of recent years; it has been greatly heightened by the relations between the Emperor and his aunt, the Dowager. I believe now that that antagonism will calm down for the time, and will, it the new Govern ment gives satisfaction, die out. "The talk is of a Constitutional Oovernment. 1 think, and have al ways thought, the Chinese well fitted for it. They have always appeared to me to be born parliamentarians. Cer tainly they are as well fitted for lib oral institutions as any Oriental na tion—better fitted than the Turks or Persians, aa well fitted, I think, as the Japanese. But I believe they will model their Government on the Jap anese Government, and that the stages of their progress generally will be peaceful. "The present government has a strong liberal party behind It, and th« radicals are too much in the minority now to do any harm. So many strong men, both liberal and radical, are with the Government that I do not foresee a serious outbreak." was applied or not. He told when his gun would be found, and It wai brought into court. The Coroner and jury adjourned te the woods near by, and the gun was loaded and discharged. Hursh stood by, apparently careless of the results. Following the firing of the gun the jurymen crowded around It to exam ine It for the sign. A murmur arose among them, and the suspense was more than the prisoner could bear. He turned to the gun to examine' It, and the man who had suggeated the voodoo test pointed to a red stain near the muule of the weapon. Hursh became agitated and seemed on the point of making a dash for liberty wh«n he w»/ seized by a deputy. Without -further Investigation the party filed back Into the court room, where in a tew moments the lur held Hursh responsible for the kllf lng, and Coroner Lewis signed tha commitment. When the prisoner saw that he waa to be sent to Jail on the strength of tha voodoo teat he took a sharp knife from his pocket and with one stroke ended his life. Subsequently more careful examin ation of the red stain on the mussle of the gun was made and beyond any doubt It was established to be noUi lng but rust. „ Queer Dr. Gabrinl Dead in His Swiss Chateau. rf Geneva.-—The richest and most ec centric man in Switzerland, Dr. Qa brini, la dead at Lugano, leaving a fortune of $500,000, most of which was made in America. Dr. Gabrinl was a man of the sim plest habits. He would wear the shabbiest clothes, aud many tourists who visited his beautiful chateau at Cianl accepted his services as a guide under the impression that he was one of his gardeners. He used to take their tips with glee. Hotter Roads. Periodically there are great bants of Agitation In Canadian and Ameri can papers for good roads that ap pears to have one centre of energy. The bicycle was the root of tiki* agitation. The novelty of spianlag twenty miles on a Sunday morning te attend divine worship became easlar (in mind) than walking one aHa In fact, worship was preferred at tha former distance. How true tha fol lowing words are: "All things work together for good." Notwithstand ing the age of this proverb and lta familiarity, teachers of ethics and metaphysics as a class denounced tha bicycle aa an instrument of tha devlL There would probably never hare been such a thorough Inspection of roads (so called) had not tha inven tor and manufacturers of that naa motor hypnotised the public to ha lieve Its propulsion was eaay work. However, to many this work, self-Inn posed, was a delight augmented by ever-changing scenery and thrilling experlenco of coasting steep hilla. As the writer recalls these acenes be fore him Is spread a perennial men tal banquet. The animated fashkMa plate of the exchange sitting hy tha dusty roadside clad In sweater and skull cap, almost unrecognisable with dußt and perspiration, trying hard to mend a puctured tire, is very distinct. • Rapid transit is exhilarating, particu larly if it is done with comfort. Man'a Ingenuity for some time was taxed with this problem. Now we have tha gasoline carriage that beyond donbt has come to stay. Its sale dependa very much upon the condition of pub lic highways and by-ways. The capi tal that is behind these carriages al lows no opportunity to slip whereby their business can be Improved. Hence this continual agitation. Apart from the interest this manufacture may have. It Is a pleasure to have good substantial roadways, a credit to tha community and pleasure and comfort to the by motor, foot or quadruped. The furious driver of any vehlcla on a public highway is liable, and should be treated severely, particu larly the one who depends upon steer ing gear possibly unworkable. Ontario wants good roads tha best roads. I see California has organised a best roads convention. They proposo to build about twenty miles of the best roads each year until all tha main highways of the county of Santa Clara have been made first class ab solutely. The expense of this con struction can, it is declared, be met by levying an annual tax of $1 per )1000, and although It may be dona in different districts of the county, all will form part of a pre-arranged general plan. Doth political parties in the United States have conceded that the main tenance of trunk roads ought not to be laid upon the adjacent proprietors, as roads are through lines of com munication, and are really of nation al Importance. If this idea and sys tem was adopted at once by many of the unemployed could be en gaged In permanent national work creditable to the country. According to all indications work will be scarce this winter. The un employed will suffer. Our Canadian winter will bo new to many now with us. Work as above outlined would be a boon to many. The Ilrltish emi grant—the class we Canadians are of —now seeking work and a home in our midst would appreciate It, and in some measure realize wo are kinsmen that ne'er forget Atild Lang Syne.—■ Lew Alexander, In tho Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. Continuous Parkways. It Is usually agreeable to foot pas sengers as well as to those who rida to have a certain amount of shade. For a good macadam road, shade is also desirable, as it prevents the dry ing of the surface and the formation of dust. The borders of our country roads should, In fact, be continuous parkways containing in every district representative groups of all tho na tive trees to be found in the locality. There are country roads whera rows of trees are pleasing, but usually Ir regular groups of trees with spaces between them of unequal eitent will be found more satisfactory. Many of our native shrub 3, such as haseft bushes, sumachs, elderberries, red branched dogwoods, viburnums, wild roses, snow berriee, etc., will add t» the attractiveness of our road sides, and there should never be a tlma from April till October when some of our native flowers may not be found In bloom. —From Address or D. Ward King, the "Split-Log Drag Man," Ba> fore the American Civic Association. No Tnx Equals It. No tat that could be levied for maiding and keeping up good roads will ever equal the tax now paid foa bad ones. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, all you who are scared at taxation for roads. —W. F. Massey. Money For SufTralettes. Mrs. Rußse.ll and other worm en of large means IvtAp pledged $60,- 000 to the cause of woman suffrage In the United States. The money Is to be paid in sums of $12,090 a year for tho next five years.'' The annual receipts of the American Woman Suffrage Association ht»s 'rown fro as (2514 in 18 J2 to J2a.(■ S.°' for 1901, • v • • • • *. .*,-3
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