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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
DROVE OUT OIL PEDD1ERs.
Former Enploye of Standard Oil
Gives Outline of Methods.

Cleveland, GA total Of 10 wit
nesses were called by Interstate Com
merce Commissioners Prouty and Gle
ments in the Standard Oil inquiry here
Friday. Testimony bordering on the
sensational was obtained from several
witnesses.
That of George L. Lane, of Mans
field, o., a former employe of the
Standard Oil company, was regared
as particularly important. According
to his evidence, Lane was for about IA
months, in 1901 and 1902, employed
by the Standard Oil company for the
particular purpose of driving out of
business all of the independent oil
peddlers in a dozen or more of the
principal cities and towns of northern
Ohio. He said he was employed by
c. NJ. Lyons, of the Cleveland Office of
the Standard Oil company. to go to GER
tain designated places and use every
means, fair and foul, to force the in
dependents to quit He described the
methods pursued in detail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
THE CAMPAIGN OF TERROR
BOMBS ARE THROWN AT RUS
SIAN OFFICIALS.
Several People are Killed. Com
mander of Fortress and Chief
of Police Wounded.

Tits, May 27.-Whlle Gov. General
Temoseleff and Chief of Police Mar
tinoff were driving bombs were thrown
at them. Neither were injured, but a
Cossack belonging to their escort was
killed.
The crime was attempted in the GEN.
ter of the town, few rods from the
scene of the assassination of General
Griaznoff, chief of staff of the viceroy
of the Caucasus who were KILLED by a
bomb explosion Jan. 20 last
Gen. Timosief and Chief of Police
Martinez were riding in separate car
riages. They were on their way to
attend the coronation anniversary lie
Deum'' at the cathedral.
Two bombs were thrown simultane-
ously, one falling to explode.
Chief OF Police Martinoff, who was
riding, revolver in hand, shot and
killed one of the terrorists, but the
other escaped. Gov. Gen. Timoseift's
coachman was wounded.
The city fears an armed outbreak.
Sebastopol, May 27-Several bombs
were thrown here today while a re-
view of troops was being held after
the ''Te Deum'' in celebration of the
anniversary of the emperor's corona
ton. Three persons were killed and
several were wounded. Among the
wounded were the commander of the
fortress, Gen. Neplueff, who received
slight hurts, and the chief of police,
who was gravely injured. Other high
dignataries escaped. Vice Admiral
Chouknin, commanding the Black Sea
feet, who is special subject for ter
rorist revenge, was not present.
Two of the bomb throwers were ar
rested
St Petersburg, May 2s.--With a
breathless anxiety society awaits the
governments response to the bold ac-
ton of the lower house of parliament
Saturday, which in censuring the min
istry and demanding its retirement
was like deliberate slap in the face
and direct challenge which the gov
eruInent, though inclined to prefer It's
usual policy of temporization and com
promise, can hardly avoid meeting.
BY haunting the fundamental laws
and practically declaring that 1T pur-
poses to exercise full parliamentary
rights with a responsible ministry, IT
has become in the eyes of the law a
revolutionary body, and from that po-
sition there seems no retreat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Suspect Foul Play.

Bismarck, N. D.-The register of the
local land office has received letter
from R. c. Burlingane, business man
of Brophy. calling attention to the fact
that John Kuchner, who failed to APP
pear before the register to answer to
contest for his claim is still missing,
and Burlingane says he believes the
man has met with foul play.
Burlingane had interested himself in
the young man, and when he failed 10
put in an appearance, he wrote to
Hazel to make inquiry about him. A
Mr.. Black, for whom Kuchner worked
all winter, said he had left there
March 20 with a team and wagon
which he had bought with his savings
and $500 which he had saved to i'm
prove his farm.
Black said he supposed Kuchner was
on his claim. No trace, however, has
been found of the missing man, and
Black has offered reward for inform
alton concerning him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
TELEPHONE TIDINGs.

Glasgow corporation owns a tele-
phone system covering 14S square
miles.
The charge for five minutes con-
versation between London and Brus-
sells is four shillings.
Guernsey was the first place to have
a municipally-owned telephone service
in the United Kingdom.
The first submarine telephone line
was opened on April 1, 1891. 1t con-
nected London with Paris.
The London telephone area, which
covers 600 square miles, is the largest
local exchange era in the world.
London Wall exchange contains $500
direct telephone lines for subscribers.
They are worked by 80 operators.
There are so national telephone ex-
changes in the metropolitan area, and
& dozen belonging to the post Office
Three hundred people telephone
daily from London to Paris, each pay
ing eight shillings for the privilege.
The post Office telephone plant in
London has a capacity for 10000 sub
scribers, but in 1904 only 1922 used
the service.
To speak for three minutes from
London to Inverness cost five shillings
sixpence, and from London to Cork
six shillings sixpence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
FREIGHT BROKER AND CLERK ARE GUILTY.
Trial jury at Kansas City Decides That De-
PENDANTS Illegally Conspired to Give Re-,
bates to Shippers Standard Oil Hear
ing at Cleveland is Sensational.

sions were a continuation or the In
vestigation adjourned in Chicago near
ly two weeks ago.
State Senator Emery, of Pennsyl-
vania. told of the alleged spy system
of the Standard to obtain information
concerning the business of rivals.
He had contest, he said, with the
Pennsylvania railroad. A field of oil
had been found in the vicinity of
Steubenville, O., and he obtained a
rate of II cents a hundred gallons to
Bradford, Pa. The rate was allowed
for only few days, however, and was
increased to IL cents. He invaded the
general Office of the Pennsylvania COM
pany and after being refused admit
lance to several officers, finally reached
one of them and had heated contro-
versy. BY threatening to bring the
matter before the interstate commerce
commission he obtained the desired
rate.
State Senator ]. w. Lee, of Pitts
burg, told of the information and OPP
Grafton of several oil companies by
himself and others in the last IL years
which he said were run at loss for
several years because of the Standards
methods The witness said that it was
a godsend for the independents that
Senator Emery succeeded ina getting a
pipe line through to the seacoast. Had
it not been for that no Independent
company could have lived for six
months longer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
GRAFT AND REBATES.

Sensational charges of attempted
bribery and trifiing with the grand
Jury to drive competitors from bust
ness are made against the Standard
Oil company at the interstate COM
merce commission investigation at
Cleveland.
George L. Lane, of Mansfield, o.,
a former employee of the Standard OIL
company, told the commission at
Cleveland he was for about IA months
in 1901 and 1902 employed by the
Standard Oil company for the partic-
ular purpose of driving out Of business
all Of the independent oil peddlers in
a dozen or more of the principal cities
and towns of northern Ohio.
The interstate commission in Penn
sylvania railroad inquiry finds one
mine was sold because it could get no
cars and another got but one car In
% days.
President Cassatt's assistant, w. A.
Patton. confessed he owned 1907 900
in coal stock which cost him nothing.
Members of half a dozen large busi-
ness firms admitted at Kansas City,
in the trial in the federal court of
George II. Crosby, the Burlington traf-
fc manager, George L. Thomas, the
New York freight broker, and the lat
ter's clerk, L. B. Taggart, that they
had received thousands of dollars In
commissions from unknown sources"
All of the firms had hired Thomas to
attend to the shipping of their goods
from the Atlantic seaboard, but none
of the witnesses would say the money
had como from Thomas.
r. Albert Won Boyneburg, general
manager of the Reakert Brothers
company. coal operators, stated to the
commissioners at Philadelphia, with
in the last two and half years his
company's car supply had been so in
adequate the business had been prac-
tically ruined. He declared other
companies had been favored in the
distribution of cars.
George l.. Thomas, a freight broker,
and L. B. TaggaH, a clerk working for
Thomas, in the United States district
court at Kansas City were found
guilty of the charge Of conspiracy to
illegally give rebates to shippers.
George HI. Crosby, general freight
traffic manager for the Burlington
railway, on trial on the same charge,
was discharged.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Owed from FLYER.

Harvey, N. D.-While westbound
passenger train was speeding along at
so miles an hour, passenger named
Samuel Adams, who was leaning out
of the window, lost his balance and
pitched headforemost down an EN-
bankment into ditch of water The
train was stopped and backed, and
Adams was found sitting on the edge
of the ditch but little injured. Beyond
a slight scalp wound, he showed no i'll
effects from his perilous dive, and
boarded the train and continued his
Journey to this place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31

Kansas City, Mo.-George L. Thorn
as, freight broker, and l.. B. Taggart.
clerk working for Thomas, in the
United States district court here late
Friday were found guilty of the charge
of conspiracy to illegally give rebates
to shippers. The jury considered the
case only 80 minutes before arriving at
verdict.
George H. Crosby, general freight
traffic manager for the Burlington
railway, on trial on the same charge,
was discharged, the court sustaining a
demurrer alleging that no evidence
had been presented to connect Crosby
with a conspiracy The Indictment
charged that Crosby had conspired
with George L. Thomas and l.. B. Tag
CART to pay rebates TO certain persons.
Then the two cases against Thomas
and Taggart were considered. II the
first case, in which the defendants
were charged with conspiring with
Crosby to pay rebates, the demurrer Of
the defense was granted.
In the second case against Thomas
and Taggart in which they are charged
with conspiring with shippers to OBJ
tain and pay rebates, Judge McPher-
son overruled the demurrer. In this
case, the court said, the government
contended there was an addenda to the
contracts and that addenda contem-
plated crime by conspiracy. The case
therefore must 90 to the Jury. The de-
Tense offered no evidence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
BUSINESS rs RUINED.
Inability to Get Cars Destroys Com
pany's Trade.

Philadelphia. - Several interesting
developments marked the closing SeS-
sion of the interstate commerce COM
missions investigation into the alleged
discrimination by railroads in the dis
tribution of cars in the bituminous
coal field.
Testimony of a sensational character
was given by F. Albert Won Boyneburg,
general manager of the, Reakert Broth
ers company, coal operators, with Of
fees in this city. He stated that with
in the last two and a half years his
company's car supply had been SO in
adequate that the business had been
practically ruined. He declared that
other companies had been favored in
the distribution of cars and said he
had no doubt that discrimination had
been practiced against his company be-
cause it had failed to make gifts of
stock to the railroad officials. He gave
it as his opinion that President A. J.
Casastt was responsible for the dis
elimination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Will Choose site.

Mankota MINI. Attorney General
Young has agreed to meet with the
board of trade committee on the
proposed state park to include Min
neopa Falls, and conference will
probably be held the latter part of the
week az st. Paul. The committee has
brought the negotiations for the sale
of the land by the present owners to
the state to successful conclusion, for
$500 less than the amount appropriated
by the attorney general to authorize
the passing of the deeds. The park
will include seventy acres
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
New Route Ready

International Falls Mimi The sur
vey for the Great Northern's new line
into International Falls has been
completed. 1t took Engineer Eddy
and his crew just month to complete
the line from Dewey Lake to Interna-
tional Falls, which is fast time consid-
ering the heavily timbered country
through which the line will pass. The
distance by the line establish is seven
ty-seven miles and Mr.. Eddy says that
it is an extraordinarily favorable
country for railroad building, as there
are no bad cuts or fila and few
swamps.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
COAL STOCKS GIVEN AWAY.
One Official Presented with Shares
Worth 1907. 900.


delphia.-Further revelations
concerning stockholdings in soft coal
companies by officials of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad were made Wednesday
when the interstate commerce COM
mission resumed it's investigation into
the alleged discrimination by railroads
in the distribution of cars.
Three high officials of the railroad,
First Vice President John p. Greene,
Third Vice President Samuel Rea and
William A. Patton, assistant to the
president at Philadelphia, were the
important witnesses of the day. The
persistent questioning of Attorney
Glasgow for the commission, brought
out the fact that Mr.. Patton had ac-
quired stock, the par value of which
is $307,0 900, in various coal companies
without cost to himself He explained,
however, that he had signed notes OBJ
ligating himself for his share of the
losses and declared his belief that it
was proper for him to accept the stock
under those conditions.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
CASH FROM UNKNOWN PARTIE,
Interesting Testimony at Kansas City
Rebate Gases.


Kansas City, Mo.-Members of half
a dozen large business firms admitted
here Thursday, at the trial in the fed
eral court of George III. Crosby, the
Burlington traffic manager, George
L. Thomas, the New York freight
broker, and the latter's clerk, l.. B.
Taggart, that they had received thou
sands of dollars in commissions from
unknown sources" All of the firms
had hired Thomas to attend to the
shipping of their goods from the At
lantic seaboard to their stores in st.
Louis and Kansas City, but none of
the witnesses would say that these
sums of money had come from
Thomas.
w. E. Emery, member of the EN-
Bird-Thayer Dry Goods company, OF
Kansas City, who admitted receiving
from $1,000 to $4,000 year, said he
did not know who sent it, but Sup
posed it came from Thomas" Not
withstanding the large sums thus paid
in commissions, none of the firms had
kept any record Of the amounts, ac-
cording to the witness. All payments
were made in New York
The government introduced as evil
dence contract entered into by
George C. Smith, now dead, for the
Smith rd-Townsend Dry Goods
company, of Kansas City, and Thomas
1t provided, in addition to commits
sion of 21s cents hundred pounds on
incoming shipments" and guarantee
of $500 year, that Thomas "shcnld
route all shipments except those that
were prepaid and on which no rebate
or allowance can be held"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
FORCED TO SELL MINE.
Shortage in Car Supply Compels Own
ers to Quit Business.

Philadelphia. - Additional evidence
of discrimination by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in the distribution
of cars in the soft coal field was
presented to the interstate commerce
commission Thursday. John Lloyd, a
banker and coal operator of Altoona,
who is one of the members of the
banking firm of Cassatt & Co., testified
that the Columbia Coal company was
forced to sell the Alexandria mine be-
cause of the shortage of cars, and
George E. Scott, of the Puritan and
Crescent Coal companies, declared that
he paid for the use of railroad cars
when he failed to secure his allotment
and that during a period of % days
the railroad had furnished him with
only one car. He also asserted that
Michael Trump, general superintend-
ent of transportation had told him
the company had intended to protect
the Berwind White company at all
hazards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

Senior Nabuco, the Brazilian ambas-
sador, and Viscount de Alte, the Port
uguese minister, have returned to
Washington from months trip to
the Pacific coast.
John Saunders was instantly killed
and seven others more or less injured
by an explosion of dynamite on the
tide-water railroad construction work
near Roanoke, Va.
The two rural guards who killed
three of their comrades in Il quarrel at
Las Mangas. Cuba. May II. surren-
dered to the authorities. at Candelaria.
A decision of Judge Warren w. Hole
in common pleas court, holds the penal
section of the Ohio state banking acts
to be constitutional.
Consequent on petty dispute over
the reception of Jacob Schiff. the
American banker, the Japanese gov
eminent has issued a regulation tor
bidding the Korean imperial household
TO entertain foreign guests without
first consulting the japanese resident
neral.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Illinois Library association convened
at Springfield.
p. ]. Farrell, member of parliament,
will ask that American companies
maintain cash balance in Great
Britain equal to one-third of value of
policies issued.
The charges for automobile hire
during the first two weeks following
the Frisco fire is likely to develop in
to a scandal. There are not more than
1000 machines In San Francisco and
all OF them could be bought for the
amount charged fet the hire of half
the number.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
He Didn't Rise.

Indeed" the lecturer went on in
quizzical way, 81 believe | am justified
in asserting that nine women out OF
10 practically propose to the men they
become engaged to. AS test, would
ask all married men in the audience
whose wives virtually popped the
question to them to arise"
There was a subdued rustic in the
auditorium, and in the dense silence
that ensued could be heard sibilant
feminine whispers in concert, Just
Won dare to stand up."-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31

It has been the aim of scientists
for years to find some liquid prep
aration which, when applied to the
human body, would penetrate first
through the skin, then through the
muscles and finally to the very bone.
Electricity to Le subsequently gen.
Grated through friction with the
hands, it being a well recognized fact
that electricity so generated and
applied, would strengthen the nerves..
remove inflammation and ease all pain.
Max r. Zaegel, a graduate of the
Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy,
established as chemist in Sheboy-
gan, Wis, for the last % years, has
discovered this long sought secret.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Earthquake.

Lead, S D.-Reports have been re-
ceived here regarding a serious storm
which swept over Sundance and vicini-
tv. In the town of Sundance itself a
distinct earthquake shock was felt by
many of the inhabitants, but no dam
age resulted. In the outlying districts
a severe cyclone swept over large
section completely destroying one farm
house and a barr of a. neighboring
ranch The storm came up in the vi
cinity of Bear Lake and made its way
northwest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31

catheter. took to my bed, and the
doctors failing to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again, and the pain grad
ually disappeared. I have been cured
eight years, and though over 20, am
as active as a boy"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Burned to Death.

New Munich, Mi Agnes Sands a
ninetee u-year-old girl was burned to
death attempting to hasten the fire
with kerosene. She poured kerosene
onto the smouldering Goals There
was a flash and the can containing the
oil exploded throwing the burning flu
id over the young woman. Instantly
she was all in flames and ran out of
doors. She fell unconscious on the
oround and soon died.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Generates Electricity
in the Human Body.

Rubbing piece of amber with
wooden rag generates electricity
proven by the fact that it will pick
up pieces of paper and cotton fibre.
The same thing can be done with a.
rubber comb and few other mineral
or vegetable substances.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
IN CONSTANT AGONY.
A West virginian's Awful Distress
Through Kidney Troubles.
w. L. Jackson, merchant, of Park
ersburg, w. Va, says: Driving about

in bad w e a t b g r
brought kidney trou-
bles on me, and ]
suffered tw g n t Y
years with sharp,
cramping pains in
the back and urinary
disorders. l often
had to get UP a doz-
en- times at night to
urinate. Retention
set in, and 1 was
Obliged to use the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
c1erpunan Is Murdered.

R:ga.--Rev. Nj. Green, pastor CT a
German church at Eryalen, Courland,
was shot and killed Thursday by a
revolutionary band while he was on
the way to oficiate at confirmation
ceremony
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
sur,mer Residence Burned.

Brewster, Mass.-The summer resi-
dence of Roland G.. Nickerson, of New
York, one of the finest on Cape Cod,
was burned Thursday with its valuable
interior FURNISHINGS, paintings and
bric-a-brac. The loss is 5000. 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
killed in Collision.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Engineer A. Boyer
was killed and three trainmen serious
ly injured in collision of two Balti-
more & Ohio coal trains at Blue Lick
cut, near Meversdale, Pa. The COLI
lision was caused by the heavy fog.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Iaconic.

She wrote:
circumstances over which l have
no control compel me to reject your
offer of marriage. Yours, etc"
He wired:
what circumstances? Reply pre-
paid"
She wired
yours. Collect. Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
worLn,sn Is Killed.

Pittsburg, Pa. By the collapse
of a two-story brick structure on
Baum street that was being re-
modelled, one man was killed and five
we're more or less seriously injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Earthn,1ake in Utah,

Ogden, Utah.-An earthquake shock
was felt at two O'Clock Thursday after
noon at u st Weber, four miles west
of Ogden. Buildings were shaken and
much excitement prevailed, but there
was no damage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
Cinnamon Enter Canal Zone.

Panama. When the steamship
Chill left La Boca last week size
carried Sc Cinnamon bound for CalIao
from San Francisco, but off San Jose
rock 26 got ON boats landing in the
canal zone
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-31
sympathy for Stoessel.

Toxic. = "A painful impression has
been created here by the rumor that
a ccurt-martial has sentenced Gen.
Stoessel to death for the surrender of
Port Arthur