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LACE CURTAINS. 8 yards long, 49 inches wide, worth 75c and s5c; ClearaEce Sale ce.. Q. %. ............ .Toc LACE CURTAINS, in white and ecru, 3 i-2 yards long. ss inches wide. worth ss.oo pair, at. e. ...... ..,..s,st.eo
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-15

1oc, regularly 15c to 25c Pretty assortment of nain- sock and Swiss embroideries, ranging from 2 1-2 to 4 inches wide.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-15

4c yard, regular S1-3c. 10c 12 1-2c; a dainty line of open and blind patterns in edges and insertions, rangig from 11-2 to 21-2 inches wide.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

is impossible. there is obtainable some
data that give interesting glimpses OF
its staggering total Some seven or
eight years ago one of the Standard Oil
leaders. in speaking of the fortunes Of
some of the men most prominently
identified with that company, was
quoted as expressing the opinion that
John ID. Rockefellers share of this
great aggregation of wealth was then
$150,000,000 and that his income from 1t
was from sl2,OO0,00 to sl5.000.0O0.
This statement had reference of
course only to that part of Mr.. Rockefel-
lers wealth derived from his oil inter
ests or represented by his holdings in
the Standard Oil company and the nu-
merous subsidiary companies engaged
in the distribution OF oil or in the utili.
zation of its many by-products. 1t was
made. too. before the great increase in
prices which in the past half dozen years
has added probably one-third to the mar
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

Gould has been able to fight his way
successfully against the powerful com
bination OF railway interests in bringing
his lines eastward toward the Atlantic
seaboard. But In addition to this he Is
a heavy holder of the stocks and bonds,
more particularly the bonds, of almost
every one OF the big eastern lines. as
well as of Northern Securities and of
half a dozen of the big roads running
out of Chicago. Probably not less than
$50. 600. 900 of his wealth is invested In
railways. And il should be borne In
mind that practically all these holdings
were bought when their market rating
was much less than il is to-day.
The solidity and power that come from
the backing of unlimited millions are
valuable assets for bank or trust COM
pany. A number OF the most important
of these institutions in New York and
other cities have prospered through the
magic of connection with the Rookie
Teller name. Certain OF these, like the
National City and Hanover banks, OF
New York the First national of Chi
cago and the two largest banks in Cleve-
land, are known as Rockefeller institu-
tions.
The Country's Richest Banker.
These are by no means the measure
of Mr. Rockefeller's banking interests.
A well-informed Wall street financier
showed me a list recently of 80 banks
and trust companies, all of which are
reputed to be more or less under the
Rockefeller influence. If John d. Rock
efeller had nothing but his bank hold
ings he would be known as the cOun-
try's richest banker and would have a
fortune eQualed by few in the United
States.
Oil. steel. railroads, banks and trust
companies have not been equal to the
task of providing occupation sufficient
for all the fast multiplying Rockefeller
millions. Within the past ten years
especially a great many of them have
gone into particularly lucrative form
Of investment-city lighting and trac-
ton companies Whether $40 600, 900 or
$4,000. 900 more nearly represents John
ID. Rockefeller investments of this sort
in and about New York it is impossible
TO say, but the amount is likely TO be
near the latter figure, while he has other
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

large sums similarly invested in New
England and the central west.
Two important items of John ID.
Rockefeller's fortune are frequently
overlooked in making computations of
his wealth These are his holdings Of
real estate and mortgages and of gov
eminent and municipal bonds Both are
so vast that if we undertook to follow
out the threads that lead to them they
would take us to every part of the Unit
ed States and across the Atlantic
While Mr.. Rockefeller's real estate
holdings would amount TO probably
S10,000,000 such investment does not
prove a very attractive venture for the
astute fnancier He prefers to let the
other fellow own the real estate and he
hold the mortgage The city of Cleve-
land is an example of this. He owns
valuable property there-Forest Hills
and his Tarrytown On. " estate is
truly baronial in its magnificent proper
tions. but these are nothing in COM
parison to his mortgage holdings. IN
Cleveland he holds 100000 mortgage
on the principal hotel a mortgage for
a like amount on a large wholesale bust
ness. and banking and street railway
holdings which would bring the total to
$15. 900 600 in the Ohio city alone.
But Cleveland is not the only city in
the United States that is doing a good
part of its business on John ID. Rookie
feller's money and paying him well for
the privilege. New York. Chicago. Pitts
burg and Buffalo are cases in point.
Will Be Worlds First Billionaire
Of Mr. Rockefeller's holdings In gov
eminent and municipal bonds it were
idle to speculate. His benefcent atten-
tons have been bestowed on other fields.
too. that are not included in any of the
above classifcations such as that of
the big insurance companies. steamship
and telegraph and building corporations
and other things, as the department
store advertisements say. too numerous
to mention.
Taking into account al these wide
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03
GIGANTIC STRUGGLE WHICH HAS BEEN
BEGUN AGAINST THE GREATEST
OF ALL COMBINES.
THE FIRST GUN FIRED In KANSAS
Government Orders Investigation Which Will Lay
Bare the Methods of the Oil Octopus---John
ID. Rockefeller and the Part He Plays
in the Game-In Fifty Years
He Has Become the Worlds
Greatest Poentate.

Unless it is a case of clouds without
rain, and storm without wind. and Cy-
clone without any twister, the tempest
which is gathering about the great
Standard Oil octopus is going to give
that many tentacled trust something
else TO do in the near future besides
crushing out competition, forcing up
the price of oil, sucking in the profits,
and declaring the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 10 per cent. to its greedy stock
holders.
A good many people are beginning to
think that the Standard is the key log
in the trust jam, which is dam
ming up the commercial, industrial
and financial streams of the coun-
try, and destroying the individ-
ual rights of the common people, and
that if the dynamite of equitable law,
and perfect publicity, can be touched
off, under this key log. so as to COM
pei it to yield to reasonable adjust
ment and just control, all the other
trust logs will float harmlessly down
the Stream of the national life and the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

ability to reward and punish. to make
and unmake values to bestow riches or
ruin, he is almost absolute master not
only of those enterprises in which he
holds major monetary interest, but in
all those to which he cares to turn his
attention in any way The enterprises
in which he holds investments aggre-
gate a capitalization of over $5,000,-
100000. Though he owns outright but a
tenth of this, he can sway the destinies
of every company involved if he so de-
sires.
Certainly the world never has seen
such fortune as this, accumulated in
30 years by the efforts of one man who
has possessed no advantage except such
as he was able to impose through the
cunning of his brain over any one of
50,000,000 of his fellows, but who never
theless has levied tribute not only on his
countrymen but on residents of the re-
moteness of China, India and Africa who
never have heard and never will hear
his name. who has worsted opponents
of business resources as vast and bust
ness consciences as elastic as his own.
and who holds to-day the greatest indus
tries and most powerful financial insti-
tutions in the country in tho hollow OF
his hand, the unresistis subjects of his
will
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

said, unless he can buy at ruinously
low prices and sell at figures which
tell the story of a fair CD profit Of
several hundred per cent.
Kansas Fires the First Gun.
Kansas seems to be always doing
things which other states are afraid
to do, or never think of doing, and she
has fired the first gun in this ire
mendous war, and as Lincoln's call
to arms in 81 was met by the cry
from the different states: 1--WE are
coming, Father Abraham, 100. 600
strong" so the sound of Kansas first
shot at the oil octopus has aroused
the nation, and on every hand, and
from unexpected directions, reinforce
ments are coming TO the aid of plucky
Kansas.
The Government to Use It's Probe.
The most important of all develop
ments in this fight has been the action
of congress in ordering the department
of commerce and labor to begin in
vestigation of the business of the
Standard Oil company. and as an evil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

dence of the thoroughness with which
the work will be done, the note of
President Roosevelt to Mr.. James r
Garfield may be quoted. 1t is terse, and
businesslike: Act vigorously on the
resolution at once" And if the way
in which Mr. Garfield's department
has handled the beef trust investiga-
ton, and brought matters and condi-
tions before the interstate commerce
commission, which promise i'll for the
beef trust, is any indication of the
spirit and thoroughness with which
the investigation of the Standard Oil
business will be conducted, Mr. Rookie
Teller may well begin to fidget in his
chair and recall unpleasant memories
of how Frank S. Monnett. the attor-
ney general of Ohio, forced the
Standard to abandon it's trust form
of organization. leave the sta e and
take refuge in its present form of a
New Jersey corporation.
Monnett Deals Standard a Blow.
This will not be the first time the
Standard has been investigated. Three
times the trust has been up before leg
islative commissions and has once
been taken before the courts. The
legislature of New York delved into
the affairs of the monopoly in 1897.
with the Hepburn committee Con-
gress tackled it in 1888 with the
Bacon committee. and again in 1890
with the industrial commission. But
the most severe shaking up it has re-
ceived in its history was that given it
by Monnett, and though it was a bit
ter pill for the Standard to swallow,
IL had the grim satisfaction at the next
election of defeating Monnettfor reelec-
ton as attorney general, and forcing
him into private life.
Monnett is as familiar with the
Standard Oil business as anyone out
side of the company itself. and Kan
sas has turned to the one man who
has given Standard black eye.
The Ohio man is now at Topeka and
will aid in the fight. lie will assist
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

danger of unlawful combination will be
passed.
But however that may be, certain it
Is that a war cloud of ominous proper
tions is arising upon the horizon of
the Standard Oil company's sky. 1t
began to gather in Kansas, that home
of the cyclone. and has spread until
from Texas to New York and from
the Indian territory through the
prairie states of Illinois. Iowa and In
diana to the capital city on the Po-
tomac. the ominous mutterings of the
coming storm have been heard. Had
the Standard only had to deal with the
situation in Kansas il would have
been the merest child's play, the most
amusing diversion, to have in time
crushed all opposition and forced the
people and the state into submission.
John d. Rockefeller has been laugh
ing up his sleeve and serenely waiting
1t has amused him to read in the pa
pers that the Kansas legislature had
appropriated 100000 for the estab-
lishment of a state refinery to buck
against Ills 1lDVsOVusNOV NOluDdug. he
has been annoyed, perhaps, at the eff
fort to NEEDLE with his pipe lines, but
he has felt confident that the end
would come in victory for him and the
establishment Of his company in the
state on frmer basis than ever before.
He has mapped out a campaign of
waiting. This great financier. this
$3.50. 900, 600 money bags, can afford 10
wait. for his dollars work while he
sleeps, and he can keep busy banking
the S5O.000000 yearly income from his
investments while the poor Kansans
see their $4,000 refinery a sink hole
into. which to pour the wealth of the
state and the independent producers
there brought to a state of sub
mission where they will be willing to
make peace at Rockefeller's own
terms. and if reports are to be credited
Rockefeller's terms are never generous
except to the interests of Rockefeller
himself He is never satisfied, it is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03
Telling Time bY the Scales.

Il happened to be in butcher shop up
in Harlem the other afternoon" said
Mr. Edward Morgan. the assistant post
master of New York, when in came a
woman of ample proportions and unmis-
taxable Hibernian extraction. The
scales were the old-fashioned kind. with
a round brass dial, on which a pointer
swung around to indicate the pounds.
After she had waited some time her
eye happened to light on that dial. and
she jumped like deer as she almost
shouted:
For the love o. Hiven, give me that
mate, quick. It's six O'clock IN. Y.
Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03
The Worlds Greatest Potentate.

The Worlds Greatest Fotehtate.
From the purely financial point OF
view. however, Mr.. Rockefeller is easily
the worlds greatest potentate. The
car of Russia enjoys an annual income
of about $4,000 900; Emperor William,
as king of Prussia. receives a little less
than $4,000.000; the emperor of Austria
Hungary. $3S75 900; King Edward. ST.
225. 600. and the king of Spain. 1000 600.
In the expressive phrase of Wall street.
King John. as emperor of OIL king or
steel, banking and railroads, and
prince Of several lesser dominions,
could buy and sell them all. If he had
to earn his present wealth at the rate
Of two dollars day. which many of his
employees receive, il would take him
something more than $4,000 years to
accomplish the task. or considerably
longer than we have any record of in
human history. 1t is not merely the
number of John ID. Rockefeller's mil
lions. astounding as is their total THAI
is most impressive. 1t is the power
which they convey. BY reason OF his
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-03-03

spread interests. II is not difficult to
figure out that John ID. Rockefeller Is
already possessed of upward of $780,
900. 900. or that, with the power which
his vast wealth gives him of buying
cheaply when prices are at rock bot
tom and when financial stress compels
the holders of particular properties to
let them go, he will become fuli-
fedged Millionaire within another ten
years. II he lives SO long. Indeed, the
accumulation of his yearly income or
$50 0OO, 900. or Whereabouts, will carry
him TO that point without any allowance
for the appreciation of the properties In
which his money is invested such as Is
certain to occur.
If one were TO construct table show
ing chronologically the growth OF Mr..
Rockefellers fortune il would read about
as follows.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

turbance. Specifically, he was accused
Of having engaged in fistic combat with
q young woman, with whom he was
also engaged to enter matrimony. AS
she did not appear in court, her name
was not disclosed. but an inquisitive
prosecuting attorney ELECTED the infor-
nation that she is a balladist in an
O'Farrell-street music hall, while her
f1ance's professional speciality consists
of tying himself in hard knots and un-
tying the same in full view of the audi
ence. AS he faced the bench and plead
ed not guilty there was nothing in his
appearance indicative of superhuman
physical elasticity, for he was short of
both stature and avoirdupois and his
movements were not reflective of
snakelike suppleness. He was collar
less, and several scratches on his bony
throat were explanatory of crimson
blotches on the neckband and bosom Of
his shirt. Special Policeman Swift, who
made the arrest early yesterday morn
ing on Powell street. opined that the
blood was drawn by the balladist's fin
ger nails, but the defendant gallantly
declined to confirm that conjecture.
We scrapped," he did vouchsafe,
''and what's the use of saying any more
about it?''
But he did say more about 1t by at
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
MIlNlNIES FLIRTATION
CAUSESs CONFLICT.
She Sips Steam Beer With One Who admired
Her Ere .4nother Won Her Hand
Discovered By Her Husband and Her Brother,
-Four Fight and MI .4re arrested.
BYJAMES C. CRA WORD.

bench's reply to his query. he bowed
low and with beaming countenance sat
down to await cessation OF the outer
storm.
The charge against him was that OF
having disturbed the peace OF a Mont
gomery-street saloon and tomorrow
he will definitely ascertain whether his
freedom is to be permanent or short
lived.
Eighteen-year-o Ida Newman and
l9-year-old Sadie Kelly are battling
for the questionable honor Of being
led to the altar by Charles Lechen OF
Is Hallam place. Miss Kelly came
from Salinas to seek employment
about nine months ago and fell into
the clutches of Mr.. Lechen, who be-
trayed her under promise OF marriage
and placed her in a Barbary Coast
dive to earn his livelihood. Then he
met Miss Newman, a domestic at 2214
Steiner street, and beguiled her In
similar manner. but instead of con-
tributing to his maintenance she COM
planned to Patrolnan George Collins.
who arrested the fellow and charged
him with vagrancy. Judge Fritz con-
tinued the case one week and limited
that it might be well for the defend
ant to fulfill his vow to Miss Newman,
who is approaching maternity, al
though his becoming a benedict
would not relieve him OF the odium
of having most shamefully treated
Miss Kelly, who is of mixed Irish and
Spanish parentage.
On the bills of a ten-cent temple of
vaudeville on Powell street he was
headlined as Bending Bounder," and
by the same title he was registered on
Judge Cabaniss' calendar, the charge
against him being that of peace dis
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

Ere she became the bride OF James
McKenna. about seven years ago, Min
ME O'Brien was suspected OF recipro-
eating In kind the more than casual re-
gard for her shown by Frank Tufts,
and when she recently began to exhibit
repugnance to her household and all
connected Herewith. it was reasonable
for James to infer that Franks pres
ence in the city had something to do
with her state OF mind. On several oc-
casions she absented herself from home
for protracted periods and without pre-
vious announcement, and when she re-
turned and told James that she had
been visiting her mother he said moth
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

During the absence of William Pat
erson and wife from their rooms at
345 Golden Gate avenue on Friday
afternoon thieves entered the splace
and stole locket and chain valued
at $45. The locket was engraved with
the initials A. L. A.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Music at the Park.

The following programme will be
rendered this afternoon by the Golden
Gate Park band: March. "In Treue
Thomas; waltz, Morning Journals.
Strauss; solo for cornet, Polka Ca
price" (Foster), D. c. Rosebrook;
grand fantasia, .Attila," Verdi; Slav
march, Tschaikowsky; variations on a
German folk song, Ochs; selection.
Sultan of Sulu" (new), Walthall;
fantasia, Home. Sweet Home" Nehl;
Tarantelle Napolitaine, Julien.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

Scandia Hall, 161 City Hall avenue,
was the scene Of a large and enthu-
siastic meeting OF the Swedish-Amer-
lean Club. Thursday, evening. Cues
tions of importance were considered
and many new members signed the
roll. The membership has now passed
the 500 mark. Regular meetings will
be held from now on and It Is the in
tention of the members to take an ac-
tive part in the fall campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

Nineteen-year-old Marie Garibaldi.
a very pretty girl, was sent by Judge
Conlan to undergo examination by the
Lunacy Commissioners. She was ar
rested in Golden Gate Park by po-
Iiceman, whom she informed that she
had been most shamefully treated by
q man unknown to her, although she
did not seem to realize her degrada-
ton, and it was her ingenious narra-
ton OF the adventure to the Judge
that led him to doubt her sanity.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

Puggy Morris. who broke out of the
Juvenile Detention Home last Sunday
by unscrewing the hinges from the
door. was seen in Sacramento Friday
by one of his former companions.
Emmett Mccarthy, the boy who asso-
ciated with Morris. was committed to
the Preston reformatory yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Confirmation Special
No. g..

The most dressy suit for young lads wear
ing long trousers. These garments are treated
in the most artistic fashion and represent the
most dressy and dignified tailored ideas in
Blue Serges, Black Thibets-alI of the highest
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possible-double breasted model for the chap
that may like that sort of coat. These gar
ments are all built with the broad shoulders,
hand padded at that, and tailored right up to
the very highest ideals of hgh-class work.
This suit will also include white shirt, a
white tie and white collar; the value would
be nearer $1700. Will be our
Confirmation Special No. 2. at y Hn
TO FIT CHAPS BETWEEN THE
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

John Morrissey, Johnny Curtin and
Edward Murray. small boys. imbibed
beer in Mrs. Daiy's little grocery on
Natoma street. between First and Sec
ond, and then refused to pay for the
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

tributing the quarrel to a mutual spirit
of jealousy. He was jealous of her and
she was jealous of him and that's all
there was about it.
Case dismissed because of the ballad
lists on-appearance 10 testify.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
All Week
Confirmation
Specials
Confirmation
Special No. l

In our picture opposite you
see one of Raphael's classic
garments for Confirmation in
Blue Serge, handled in a very
artistic, tailor-like fashion.
Knee trousers. The coat has
the broad shoulders, which
are so fashionable nova
days, full and roomy, built
as the fashion calls for and
DEGREES to be correct.
Trousers splendidly handled.
Add to this suit, which is
usually $50, one of our
white shirts, usually $.00,
white scarf for the occasion,
a white collar-the entire
outfit which will represent a
value of S10.00-to fit young
gentlemen between the ages
of 9 and 16 years.
A Special Confirmation
price will be placed on this
entire outfit at
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

tipple. so Mrs. DAILY summoned Patrol
man Winslow. who arrested the trio
''single-handed-" Master Curtin. who
ordered the beverage, was fined SIS by
Judge Cabaniss and the other DEFEND
ants were dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
swedish-Americans Meet.

Try the United States Laundry. 1904
Market street. Telephone South 420.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Thieves Steal Lockct

Trapper's OIL cures rheumatism and neuralgia
Druggists, SOC flask. RICHARDS & Co. .4os Clay
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Morris Seen In Sacramento.

Have Edward Knowles Company make your
wedding invitations. "a Second St. nr.Markets
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
TO FIT CHAPS BETWEEN THE
AGES OF IL AND l9 YEARS
First CommunionSpecia
FIRST COMMUNION
SUITS.

Will consist of the suits we show In the
picture opposite to fit young lads in the Nor
folk fashion, between the ages of and 1o
years. The Double Breasted suit also from 8
to 16 years,in the most dressy of Blue Serges
and Blue Undressed Worsted, which is the
real smart fabric for the 'dress-up' occasion.
Goats have allthe broad shoulders, exquisitely
tailored, and add to these suits, we place in
conjunction with them white shirt, white
tie and hat suitable for the occasion, or cap,
the selection being left to your own taste, and
s!'s' :, '3s H. rs ss,sa"siasy s"''i sS as
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