The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-09
ELEVEN INDICTMENTS
 UNDER THE REBATE LAW
HANDED DOWN IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF
 MINNESOTA.


 dtviduaIs Named = Railroad People
 surprised--None Expected Indict-
 ments Would be. Returned--Each
 Company Had Made Its Best Effort
 to DiscIaim Criminality in Its Rela-
 tions With Grain Firms.
 Minneapolis, Nov. S.-Eleven indict- ments were handed to Judge Lochren Ill the United States district court this afternoon, covering the giving of re- bates by certain railroads and the re- ceiving of the same by grain firms and individuals. The list of corporations against which the indictments were re- turned as given out by Assistant Dis trict Attorneys Ewart and Dickie, who have had charge of the cases, are:
 The Great Northern Railroad compa- ny, four indictments and about seventy five counts
 The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, one indictment duu HIly counts
 Wisconsin Central railway, one indict- nent, seventeen counts.
 Minneapolis and St Louis railway, one indictment, five counts.
 The indictments against the railroads charge the giving of rebates, and under the head of receiving rebates these in dictments were returned:
 w. F. Devereux company, McCaul- Dinsmore company, Minneapolis; Ames Brooks company, of Duluth; Duluth Milling company.
 Some of the specific charges contain ed in the indictments were against the Great Northern railway, two indict- ments for giving rebates to the Spencer Grain company; one for giving rebates to the McCaul-Dinsmore company; and for giving rebates to the Spencer Grain company.
 The Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha railroad, the Wisconsin Central, the Minneapolis and St. Louis were charged with favoring the Spencer Grain company. The companies indict- ed who are not railroad companies are charged with receiving rebates.
 Besides the corporations indictments were returned against eleven individual officials of the railroads named but United States District Attorney Houpt said he would not consent to the names being given out for publication, owing to the fact that no service had yet been obtained on them.
 The general offense alleged in the rail- ;,oi5i ioE, ,tes i1 Ina oh in11 n the grain elevator charges
 After the bunch of indictments had been given out to the court the jurors were excused for the term, and told to convene again in St. Paul. That a far ther and more searching investigation into the rebate question will be made is not denied by Assistant United States Attorney Ewart, and further revelations are expected to be made at the next sit ting of the grand jury.
 , Perhaps the most surprised people of all were the railroads, for none of those Interested expected indictments to be ' returned. Each company had made it's best endeavors to disclaim any crimin- Rlity in it's relations with the grain companies
 The grand jury has been in almost continuous sessions on the rebate bus dness except for a short recess to look into the matter of naturalization frauds and 1t is understood that indictments under this head were returned, but as they were against individuals on which service was to be had no information was made public. It is said that some matters of sensational nature will be made public when the cases are brought before the court.