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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
OIL KING ADMITS
GREAT PROFITS.
John D. Rockefeller Still Under
CTOSS-ExaminatiOn.

New York, Nov. 21.-F'or over five
hours John ID. Rockefeller, witness for
the defense in the government suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company,
faced an unceasing fire of questions
from the federal counsel, Frank b.
Kellogg, and when adjournment was
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 crosseXamination will
probably not be 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.. Rookie.
Teller, after stating that the Standard
had paid dividends amounting to $40,.
100000 in 1907, said il had earned as
much more and that this was added
10 the companys surplus, which was
stated by the governments counsel to
be $300,00000u. 1t was further de.
clared by Mr.. Kellogg that the com.
pany within the last eight years had
earned nearly half 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 mistaken imperturba.
bility and readiness to answer, except
when, as he explained:
1T is quite impossible for me to
remember after thirty-fve years. /
do not recall"
Mr.. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates which the
Standard was charged with receiving,
but with the exception OF the agree.
ment with the Pennsylvania railroad,
which Mr.. Rockefeller explained gave
the Standard rebate because it eff
fected an equalization of oil ship
ments, Mr.. Rockefeller could not re-
call any other rebate, though he
thought it was likely that he might
have heard Of it at the time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Good Bait.

II got Cleveland's autograph" said
the friend, "by addressing to him lit.
tie ode on his splendid work in the
White House anent the Russo-Japanese
war-or was 1t something else? At any
rate, l shall never forget my delight
when, by return mail, Mr.. Cleveland
wrote:
"'Dear Slr-I have read your verses
with interest. They appear to me very
deficient in sense and substance
II sent a sonnet of sympathy to Ber-
nard Shaw on the failure of his play,
His House In Order or some such
title. Mr. Shaw replied on post card
as follows:
"'Thank you very much for your son.
net, which seems at least sincere
IL once ventured to address ron
deau to Ellen Terry. In it | praised
her beauty passionately. Miss Terry
sent me long and interesting note Of
acknowledgement. in the course Of
which she said:
81 noticed many faults and weak
nesses In your rondeau, which, howev-
er, made me laugh heartily Eek
change
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
seer Mon,y and Churenes.

In the eighteenth century there were
no temperance societies or bands OF
hope, nor Rechabltes and blue ribbon
army. To be us drunk MS lord" was
the height OF human felicity. II was
the age of three bottle men," of CON
vivial toasts. OF drinking songs. Even
the church indirectly encouraged in.
temperance There were certain dis
tricts where at Whltsuntidc the church
wardens were accustomed to levy con-
trbutions OF malt from the parlshOr-
ers This was brcwcd into strong ale
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 maintenance, and the muddlcd
roisterers no doubt believed them.
selves to be pillars of the church even
when, under the influence of the alco-
hol, they rolled upon its pavement.
They thought themselves supporters Of
the church when they wanted sup
porting" themselves and deemed them.
selves most sanity when they We're
most soddencd. Until as recently as
1927 (when the license was withdrawn
n church and public house were GOV.
cred by one roof at Deepdale. midway
between Derby and Nottingham.
door that could be opened at will serv.
ed to separate the consecrated interior
Of the church from the common tap
room OF the tavern!-Chambers' Jour
nal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Ban or Dark Dances.

Iowa City, Ia, Nov. 21.--"Dark
Dances" the Joy OF the young men
and women in the Iowa City high
high school, are no more II the edict
of superintendent II. T. Blackmar is
followed. In n letter to the fathers
and mothers OF Iowa City he tells
them 1t Is up to them" to prevent
the pleasure-loving portion of the high
school student body from turning of
practically all the lights when the
slow, dreamy waltLes are played by
the orchestras. The board and super.
intendent will not interfere. but they
wish to inform the parents of the do
ings" of their children.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
UTICA MAN FOUND GUILTY.
Man Who Assaulted Evangelist Miller
Convicted.

Seward, Neb, Nov. 23.-In the case
against Ragan, charged with assault
ing Rev. Frank Miller Of Lincoln on
the streets of Utica last March, the
jury returned verdict of guilty and
Judge Good will sentence Ragan at
the next session of the court, Dec. 3.
A second hearing, growing out of the
same offense, was also decided in ia
vor of the state, when 1t was held that
the fine paid by Dave Hubert in police
court did not act as bar to further
prosecution in the district court HUI
bert will be tried later, probably at
the next sitting of the court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
humane eoeIety EIeets Offieers.

New Orleans, Nov. 20.-Many pa,
pers on anti-cruelty work were read
at the national convention of the
American Humane association. After
the reelection of DR.. William o. StiH.
man OF Albany, n. Y, president, the
following officers were named: First
vice president, James NJ. Brown o.
Toledo; second vice president, Mrs,
Caroline Erlewsite OF Philadelphia;
third vice president, f. w. Newhall of
San Francisco; secretary, Nathaniel
]. Walker of Albany; treasurer, Ed
gar Mcdonald OF Brooklyn,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Peonage Case Dismissed.

New York, Nov. 19-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 them
in state of compulsory labor equiv
alent to peonage and slavery, was dis
missed by Judge Hough.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
LABOR QUIZ AT
WHITE HOUSE.
President Subjects Leaders to
Rapid Fire Of Questions.
BILL OF RIGHTS IS URGED
Every Phase OF Labor Question 10
Covered at Much Discussed Dinner
at Executive Mansion-Publieity
Board Idea 10 Advanced.

Washington, Nov. lS.-Subje
his guests, who were representative
OF many of the leading labor organi2a'
lions of this country, to a rapid fire
Of questions President Roosevelt at q
dinner given by him at the White
House. endeavored to find out what
labor wants from congress and in
what way he could be of assistance
to the toilers OF the country.
While the president did not commit
himself to any of the propositions sub
mtted by the various labor leaders
present. it was learned that he sought
full expression Of sentiment from
all of them. Labors attitude on va.
rious questions was reiterated, it is
said, and the president listened inter,
estedly to each argument presented
Seated at the center of the long table
In the state dining room, the president
talked informally with cabinet Off
GERS, 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 Garfield fire.
Quently asking questions Of some OF
the captains OF labor,
The general impression prevailed
among the labor leaders after the din.
ner that the presidents message to
congress will show some of the flavor
of the conference.
Occasionally the labor leaders
would become involved in a debate
which would terminate in some tangi.
Bile 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
their pronounced attitude on some Is.
sues to which congress in the past
has turned an unwilling ear. But what
seemed most significant of all both
to the president and other govern
ment officials present, was the sug,
gestion that congress should pass q
bill of rights, into which all labor
legislation should be Incorporated,
should create publicity board. whose
purpose would be to investigate and
make public the details of contro.
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
Brotherhood of Steamshovel and
Dredgemen.
The presidents interest in these two
propositions was keenly and obvious.
ly awakened, but as to his attitude
upon them he was 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 injunCtive power of the courts
and they asked for modification of
both this law and the Sherman anti.
trust laws. They also wanted congress
to define the exact status of labor or.
CARNATIONS in strikes and whether
they should be permitted to picket
ppacpfullV -
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Preacher Rendered Speeches..

Marshalltown Ia, Nov. 21.-Rev. j.
G. Van Ness, d. D., for several years
presiding elder in the Upper Iowa
Methodist conference, has been rem
dered deaf and dumb by an operation
he was forced to undergo recently for
cancer of the throat, In removing
the cancer one of the vocal chords
was removed and another partially
severed. The preacher, who is well
known in this part Of the state, has
retired to his farm
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
DENSE FOG
CAUSES WRECK.
Engineer and Fireman Killed in
Crash Near Red Cloud.
.FREIGHTS COLLIDE HEAD-ON.
Several Cars of Hogs and Cattle De-
molished-Ensine Crew of West
bound Burlington Train Escape In.
jury by Jumping.

Red Cloud, Neb., Nov. ga freight
wreck a mile west of the city caused
the instant death of Engineer George
Bartholoma and Fireman Donald
Smoke. Bartholoma was thrown down
the bank and killed by having his
head and body crushed. Fireman
Smoke was found buried beneath the
engine of his train. Brakeman Lich-
tenberg suffered broken ankle.
A heavy fog was responsible for the
collision, which was between two ex-
ira Burlington freight trains. The
westbound train was very long and
had overrun the yard limit. The east
bound train was running at good
speed to get onto a siding to clear a
passenger train which was due here
in a short time. The engine crew Of
the westbound train escaped injury
by jumping.
The incoming extra was composed
Of live stock and several cars of hogs
and cattle were demolished Two or
three hundred hogs were dumped pro-
miscuously on the right of way many
of them killed and injured, Two car
loads of cattle suffered equally bad,
and fifty or more head of cattle were
injured.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
ABE RAYMER IS ACQUITTED.
Verdict Is Believed to Mean Collapse
OF Riot Gases at Springfield. H.

Springfield, H., Nov. 23.-After
four hours deliberation, the jury In
the case of Abe Raymer, alleged to
have been the leader of the mob in the
race riots last August, returned a yer.
dict of not guilty. He was tried on a
charge of malicious destruction OF
property. When tried several weeks
ago for murder, in connection with the
lynching of w. X. Donnigan. an aged
negro, Raymer was also found not
guilty. The verdict is taken to mean
q collapse of the riot cases.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
rytriaris oaIner al Onndna.

Omaha, Nov. 23.-The vanguard OF
5000 Pythians 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. Sew.
eral western states will maintain
headquarters during the celebration
The crack lola team of Dayton, o..
will be one of the features of the gath.
ering. 1t arrived in a special train
this nornipp
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
RYers After Swiss Post.

Des Moines, Nov, 23-S. H. NJ.
Byers is making a strong effort to
secure the appointment as minister to
Switzerland For twenty years Byers
was in the consular service, and has
an extensive acquaintance in foreign
lands There is no other Iowa man
mentioned in connection with the APP
pointment. and friends of Mr.. Byers
believe he will have the backing of
the entire Iowa delegation to congress.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Brown pleads Justlflable Homicide

Lake City, Ia, Nov. 21.-The de.
Tense of John M. Brown, the aged
man charged with killing his daughter.
in.law, will be the defense Of his wife,
and his attorneys will plead justiflable
homicide. The defense alleges the
daughter-in-law was so cruel to the
defendants wife for three years that
1t became unbearable. The attorney
declares that evidence will be pro.
duced to show that the daughter.in.
law was beating Mrs. Brown when
the shooting occurred
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27

MENT.
Charles E. Hughes, reelected govern
or of New York, and Secretary of Wal
Wright.
The program for the unwilling ex
Crcises was as follows
Music by Twenty-third regiment
band. closing with The Star Spangled
Banner" all standing.
Prayer. the Rev Or. S. Parkes Cad
man
Poem, Thomas Walsh.
Grafton, Hon. William H. Taft.
Presentation OF monument ON be-
half Of the 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 OF the Tammany
society or Columbian order by Daniel
p. Cohalan, grand Sachem.
A long military parade marched
through the streets Of Brooklyn, and
were decorated with the national col
ors.
The prison ship martyrs monument
is intended to perpetuate the memory
of the patriots whose unhappy fate 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 9th.
eTs. There is a monument to the
memory of the martyrs in Trinity
church yard, Manhattan, but it has
long been felt that it is inadequate.
The monument was designed by the
late Stanford White and cost little
over 5000 0O0
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Methodtsts Change Meeting Place

Toledo, Ia, Nov. 16.--An epidemic
Of diphtheria at Montour, where the
Marshalltown conference of the Meth
odist church was to have been held,
has caused the church authorities to
change the meeting place to Toledo
The conference will be held Dec, l and
2. 1t is stated that twenty families
near Montour are afflicted with the
disease.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Death of General Greene.

Boise Ida, Nov. 23,-Brevet Brig
adler General John Greene, U, S. A.
retired, died here suddenly from neu
ralgia of the heart, in his eighty
fourth year. General Greene was a
veteran Of the Mexican and civil
wars and was brevetted four times fol-
distinguished gallantry. He partici
pated in noteworthy Indian campaigns
nf the west
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
civic Federation Elects Officers.

Pittsburg, Nov. l9.-The American
Civic association elected the following
officers President, j. Horace Nc.
Farland of Harrisburg, Pa, first vice
president and secretary, Clinton Rog-
ers Woodruff of Philadelphia; treasur-
er, William B. Rowland of New York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Farmers to Prosecute Hunters.

Fairfield, Ia, Nov. 21.-Fifty farm
ers in this vicinity have formed pro.
tective union to prosecute hunters
who trespass on their farms. They
claim that hunters have became a nui.
sance and that they are destroyers.
Recently a fire set by hunters caused
damage of 81 900 to crops near here.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Sets Fire to His Mothers House.

Muscatine, Ia, Nov, 21.-Enraged
because his widowed mother would
not give him money with which to pay
his excessive gambling debts, George
Dalton, aged twenty, set fire to her
house and she was rescued with diff
Guilty by neighbors, Dalton is being
hunted with hounds and it is feared
that he may be lynched.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
EIklns Denies Engagement.

Washington, Nov. 16. - Senator
Stephen B. Elkins made the emphatic
announcement that no engagement ex-
lists between his daughter, Miss Kath-
crime Elkins, and the duke of the
Abruzzi of the italian navy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
DEDICATE SHAFT
TO MARTYRS.
Prison Ship Martyrs MOnu-
ment Ceremonies.
TAFT MAKES SPEECH TODAY.
With Governor Hughes, Secretary
Wright and Other NotabIes, He At.
tends Unwilling Of Memorial to Rev.
dictionary Patriots.

New York, Nov. 14.-Brooklyn to.
day Is the scene of notable gather.
ing of local, state and national celeb.
rites, the occasion being the dediCa
ton Of the prison ship martyrs monu.
ment. Pro inent among the men who
are attending the ceremonies are
presdentele William II TAFT,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
offers Reward FOR safeorackers.

Iowa City, Ia, Nov PA reward OF
1925 has been offered by Sheriff Black
OF Washington county for the arrest
and conviction of the person or per.
sons who blew up the safe In the
Prebyl store at Riverside. So far no
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
"VIRGIL P. KLINE. y
Elliott o. KS Statement.

STANDARD Oil Company, 26 Broad
way New York, Oct -, 19OS.-Hon, j
u Foraker, Cincinnati, o.; Dear Sir
I ana in receipt of your letter of the
9Th inst, with which you enclose copy
of letter from Hon. V, p. Kline to you
under date of oct 6, 1908, | was as.
sociated with Mr.. Kline in the cases
he refers to in his lNter and know
that the statements contained in his
letter are trne NJ. P. ELLIOTT"
with the publication of these let
ters, which, added to my former state
ments. should, in my opinion, satisfy
any fair-minded man, submit to the
legislature, as every other candidate
must do, the question as to who shall
be my successor in the senate, | do
not mean by this statement that do
mot intend to give any further atten-
tion to the impending contest, but
rather that do not intend TO engage
an any unseemly scramble"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
rhIrteen killed In FootbaII Season.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-The football sea
son reaped the usual terrific harvest
in killed and manned youths, In an
there were thirteen deaths directly
due to the game and 1923 players seri'
ously wounded.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Tammany Worker Held for Murder

New York, Nov. 19.-Edward K.
Neagh, a Tammany worker, was com
mitted to the Tombs without bail,
charged with the murder on election
day of Benjamin Stone, Republican
captain of the Third election district
of the Fourteenth assembly district.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Fatal EXPLOSION In Illinois Mine.

Benton, ILL.,, Nov. 21.-Alexander
Brown was killed and three men were
seriously injured by an explosion in
the mine of the Benton Coal company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Four Track Laborers Killed.

Chicago, Nov. 21,-A Burlington
passenger train, between Highland
and LAGRANGE, struck a handcar on
which ten track laborers were riding.
Four were killed and five injured.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Why She Held on to Il.

Mrs. WulfuI-My husband told me II
didH't like the brooch you'd exchange
1t fSr me. Enthusiastically. madam.
all be only too glad. as four different
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
HEARING ON BLEkCl.ED FLOUR.
Millers Conclude Testimony Before
Pure Food Board.

Washington, Nov. 2l.-Admitting
the existence of nitrous acid in
bleached flour, but denying that 1t
renders the product harmful to health,
several experts for the millers of the
country appeared before Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson and members OF
the pure food board in a hearing to
determine the status of bleached flour
under the provisions of the pure foo
and drugs act.
Secretary Wilson refused to ADM,
as evidence n letter from Professor E
w. lockwood of Iowa, stating that
nitrites in bleached -four are re.
moved by yeast, rendering the -four
harmless.
Professor w. s. Hanes of Rush
Medical college, Chicago contradicted
some of the theories held by Dr.
Wiley the governments pure food ex.
pert. Professor Haines held that there
should be no alarm because nitrites
are found in bleached -four, as II
would require an enormous amount OF
this substance to kill person.
Professor Allsway of Nebraska told
of his experiments with the saliva of
individuals, to show that nitrites are
present in human bodies, and that II
nitrtes are taken into the system
through the eating OF bread 1t is IN
less quantities than already exists.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
Foot and Mouth Disease.

washington, Nov. 2l.-AIarming ro.
suits following the outbreak of a con
tagiOus foot and mouth disease in
New York and Pennsylvania, causing
those states to be quarantined against
interstate shipments of cattle, etc,
were shown in advices which reached
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, stat.
ing that four children in Danville, Pa,
had contracted the disease. The of.
fcials believe that the spread of the
contagon will be checked, although
admitting that the situation is grave.