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ad obvlh: sough' respiteTb repetition. It held true-with scarcely an exception during the live, hour that Mr. Rockefeller was on the stand itaat he dii ast give a direct answer at the first asking of a question. He was confronted on one occasion with a contract providing for rebatea from the Pennsylvania railroad and which wi signed by fcla partners. He called attention to the fact that his own name waa not signed te It.

He said that as president of Standard Oil bo had not been concerned la the details, of the business, and although Mr. Kellogg had mass of evidence he tailed to secure Mr. Rockefeller" admlsstonvto being a party to It. Kelloars: Nettle by Evasion. Mr.

Kellogg gave Indication of being somewhat nettled after a auccesslon of Mr. Rockefeller's noncommittal repllea. and shouted: "But important matters like the arrangement with the Pennsylvania railroad you had to do some with personally?" "I had to do with that particular matter, Mr. Rockefeller replied suavely. "Don't you remember Mr.

Cassatt testified in the suits to oust the Pennsylvania railroad to large rebatea paid both to the Standard Oil and the American Transfer company and the United Pipe linea. Standard's subsidiary companies?" "I might have been acquainted with that testimony." Mr. Rockefeller said. "I had nothing to do with the question of payment or a general way you know, do you not. that there was a good deal of agitation about these companies you represented receiving rebates from the Pennsylvania "I do not recall about the dates otsucn agitation If there were.

I 'could not fix dates." "How la It you recall particularly the arrangement whereby you were to receive 10 per cent from the Pennsylvania railroad, which you testified to yesterday, and cannot recall these other incidents larger "I suppose. Mr. Kellogg, that my attention has been called to this, and therefore It was In my mind." LerM OH It was brought out that Standard Oil early cobbled un sll the warehouses and terminals In New York, as well aa in Cleveland and '-Philadelphia, and tnat independent snippers were held up for chargea. the profits from this source being added to the rich rebates. In answer to the charge that Standard Oil had dismantled refineries after gaining pos session of them Mr.

Rockefeller said it should be remembered there had been an excess of refining capacity and the- dismantling waa done because of the necessity for economies in manufacture. The witness could not recall the name of a aingle In dependent refinery which was in existence after 1878. The scandal concerning the South Improvement company the company formed In 1872 bv refiners to secure rebates from the rail road at mention of which Mr. Rockefeller "raised his hands in horror was aired again today. He testified that he subscribed to 180 shares, as did his partners.

William Rockefeller and Mr. Flagler. He said there was exeat excitement in the oil regions when the contract was msde public end tbat he had not indorsed tne plan trom the first. although he subscribed to It be cause of fear of Mr. Scott, the leading spirit of the Pennsylvania railroad.

The contract provided for a rebate of one-half the charges for carrying crude oil to Cleveland, and about one-third of the average rate to New York. The rebate an refined oil was from 50 cents to SU2 a barrel. It was brought out that Standard Oil interests joined in the publica tion of a manifesto praising the South Ira provement company following the public clamor against it. Plan Was Xt Airrtl. Mr.

Rockefeller had this to say about th3 South Improvement company: "I should say generally that the agree meat carried into effect embracing the in- terests could have been to producing and to refining and to railroading a help to bus ness; at all events, that was the theory of the ardent promoters of the thought. The doors were open to all to enter tee, agreement." Asked if the plan had been advertised to all refiners tO sve-rhem opportunity' fdlning, Mr. Kocaereiier sata: "We would not be advertising to the public a matter that did not pertain to the pub lie, but pertained to individuals In their business. change and abandonment of the scheme followed quickly the concert Ion. Mr.

Kellogg plied Mr. Rockefeller with questions so rapidly that the witness became somewhat nettled. His lawyers saw this and secured a five minute adjournment, dur ing which Morltr Rosenthal, the Chicago expert on Standard Oil, held a whispered conversation with the oil king. Many of Mr Kellogg's questions were framed to attack the claim of the defense that the oil Industry was constantly menaced by hasards and therefore could not be expected to abide by the rules of other industries. Admit Gala la Production.

"The total production of oil in this country has very rapidly increased for the last fifty years, has it not. until today it is the largest in the history of the world?" Mr. Kellogg asked. "I should ay that today it Is as large, although I have not myself definite knowledge in reply to that question." "Do you consider" a business hazardous that has since 1882, on an original investment of about $67,000,000, paid dividends of more than $591,600,000. besides having a surplus of S300.000.000?" "I don't consider that the question of the amount of money that has been made determines the question of whether the business was hazardous or not." Mr.

Rockefeller said the present stock of Standard Oil is $98,338,000. He was led back to the early daya of the company, when Its profits were Increased by rebates, and portions of the contract between Standard Oil and the Pennsylvania railroad were read to him. He said concerning rebating: "It was nothing more nor less than what Stomach Gases and Torpid livers Give Way Before the Peculiar Purifying Power of Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges. A Trial Pseksse Seat Free. The foul gases of the stomach and the torpid action of the liver are easy victims for charcoal to overcome.

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W5 sought by this agreement to do Just whs every shipper was doing and had been doing and nas been doing since, to make a freight rate that was what we ought to have had under the circumstances. Mr; Kellogg announced before the Onenina- of.the proceedings that ha intended to cross-examine Mr. Rockefeller on events subsequent to the trust agreement of 1882. Sara. Snsly FInetaated.

In response questions about the hazard ous nature of the oil business, owing to the possibility of failure of supply. Mr. Rocke feller skid that the production of crude oil in the- Pennsylvania field had steadily in creased from 1882 te 1900. Mr. Kellogg read ngures trom an official report, showing that tne Pennsylvania field reached its highest point of production in 1900.

Mr. Rockefeller denied that the supply of crude oil had always been ample, and asserted that it had fluctuated, but that the supply Is larger now than when he was actively engaged In business. He waa" asked about the development of oil fields in Ohio aad Oklahoma, buf said that he knew little about them, as they bad been actively worked since he retired from business. He described the drilling and pro- duction of oil as the character of a min- ing business. He skid it was the policy of his company to pay for Its oil at the wells, and that the larger part of the oil it refined was purchased from the producer.

"You have been prosperous since the be- glnning?" asked Mr. Kellogg. "Tea." i "Do you consider a hazardous that, on an original Investment of 167.000,-000. paid dividends amounting to $591,000,000 and had left a surplus of "I do not consider the amount of money made determines whether the business Is hazardous or not," raid Mr. Asked Abeat Trait Aa-reenaent.

He was then, asked about the trust agreement of 18S2 and whether the trust certificates did not show a value of $70,000,000, and1 tbat the stocks held under the agreement bad an actual value of $55,710,098. Mr. Rockefeller said he believed those figures to be correct, Mr. Kellogg then asked whether the stock certificates issued thereafter ware for stock dividends or for additional properties acquired, but John O. Milburn of Mr.

Rockefeller's counsel objected on the ground thai this was not within the scope of Mr. Rockefeller's direct testimony. Mr. Rockefeller replied: "I suppose so." After Mr. Milburn had again objected Mr.

Rockefeller said that a stock dividend of $15,000,000 waa paid In 1886 and that the stock of the company was then $98,328,000. "Then up to the present time there has been issued $13,316,000 for cash or property?" asked Mr. Kellorg- "I cannot tell." "Well, that would make the total value of cash and property turned in. exclusive of money earned and turned back into the property?" Mr. Rockefeller said he did not quite comprehend the Increase of $13,000,000.

and Mr. Kellogg discontinued this line of inquiry. He next asked: "The record shows that up to the net earnlnge of the company were $561 .923.904. What was the dividend in "I should say about 40 per cent." "That was about "That would be a million In favor of the poor old Standard." said Mr. Rockefeller.

He added that the net earnings for 1907 were approximately $80,000,000. Says Profits Don't Determine Risk. Mr. Kellogg again asked if he considered the business risky on such a showing, and Mr. Rockefeller sgain retorted that the profits did not determine the risk.

It was evidence tbat the business wss prosperous. He assented to Mr. Kellogg's figures, showing that the company earned $490,000,000 from 1899 to 190fi. Adding the earnings of 1907 would give total earnings of $570,000,000. "Then where does the hazard of the business come in?" asked Mr.

Kellogg. "In the first place, since the first refinery was built, more than fifty years ago. we have I been prepared at any. moment, day or night, to hear the fire alarm. We are dealing with a very explosive product.

Fires are const an tiy-occu rr 1 g. "'But 1 your roBts -were above your fire losses, which have been charged to profit and loss account?" "Yes. sir." Mr. Rockefeller said another risk was the peculiar construction of refining machinery, which could be used for no ether purpose. One could never tell when be would awake and One- the crudT-qil supply exhausted.

KfIIokk Takes In Rebate. Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Rockefeller about the Standard Oil agreement with the Pennsylvania railroad in 1877. In which the Pennsylvania agreed to pay back 10 per cent of the freight rates which the Standard paid.

The witness said this agreement followed the rate war between the Northern and (he Southern lines, snd that there was an agree ment wnereoy he was to equalise the amount of freight distributed between the different railroads. Mr. Kellogg read the agreement, which showed that it provided that the Standard Oil company was to ship 2.000,000 barrels of oil a year. When the government counsel asked If the other railroads besides the Pennsylvania made a like agreement for a 10 per cent rebate, Mr. Rockefeller referred him to the men who conducted the negotiations.

Replying to Mr. Kellogg's question whether the Standard Oil company was the only one to get the rebate, the witness aald that the greater volume of business given by the Standard was in part responsible for the rebate and that in those days it was the custom for large shippers to receive consideration. "We sought to secure what all shippers then and now seek," said Mr. Rockefeller. He did not recall what Daniel 0'Days connection with this matter was, but said Mr.

O'Day was general manager of the Columbia Conduit company, which was purchased by the Standard in 1877. Also Got Independents' Rebate. Mr. Kellogg then read letters of Mr. O'Day to Mr.

Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad, in which it was stated that the American Transfer company received a rebate of 20 cents a barrel from the Lake Shore road and it was requested that the Pennsylvania give the same rebate. It was shown in the letters that ttie Pennsylvania did ao. "Don't you know that Mr. O'Day and Mr. Cassatt both testified that -the American Transfer company the Standard Oil company was not only paid a rebate of 20 cents a barrel on its own shipments but a rebate on the shipment of oil by Independent refineries?" asked Mr.

Kellogg. "My attention has been called to such testimony." said Mr. Rockefeller." Mr. Rockefeller said that he was president of the Standard and had general direction of It at that time. "Did you know of the contract whereby the Standard was to obtain 20 cents a barrel in rebate on outside shipments?" "I may have known of it generally at the time.

I had nothing to do with the The witness said he could not recall whether Mr. Cassatt had testified that these re bates were paid to the American Transfer company. His mind, he said, was engaged In more important problems. A recess was taken -for luncheon at this POlnt. Cbats With' JTewspaner Mew.

During the noonday intermission Mr. Rockefeller took to task the newspaper re porters for printing his maxima on the care of the stomach. "Don't you boys think you violated my confidence?" he asked, with a quizzical smile, "I meant what I said for your special benefit. but I suppose the advice is good lor every- body, so I don't care very Mr. Rockefeller then naked- one of the artists, who had been sketching him.

to let him see the oicture. "I wish I bad your talent," said the richest man In the world, casing earnestly at the portrait of himself. "I wish I had yours, quickly responded the i Mr. Rockefeller laughed heartily and ex tended his hand, which the artist shook, the Standard Oil man saying, "Wi ought to pool Saya Others Got Rates. After recess Mr.

Kellogg took up with Mr, Rockefeller the rates for transportation of oil prior to the contraction of the trunk pipe lines. Prior to 1881. Mr. Rockefeller said. all of the crude oil shipped to the seaboard by the Standard Oil company was carried by railroads.

Henry -and John D. Archbold had much to do with making the transportation arrangements-, but William did not take se important a part In said the witness. Mr. Rockefeller said he had no doubt that the state of Pennsylvania brought suit la to oust the Pipe Line from tbst state on the ground that it was in conspiracy with the Pennsylvania railroadto obtain preferential rateswand drawbacks. He did not recall the names of -the parties to an agreement for the dismisial of this suit.

"Don't you recall that Mr. Cassatt testified that the Pennsylvania railroad paid re--bates. ta. the Standard company, the American Tranafer company, and the United Pipe Line company?" asked Mr. Kellogg.

"Mr. Cassatt may have testified. to these rebatea. I -do not knew about it, aa I bad nothing to do with the payment. This waa a number of years after I had.

retired from participation in freight arrangements." Mr. Rockefeller said that he signed the agreement by wh(ch the suit waa dismissed but did not recall the details, although he remembered there was some trouble about freight rates. to Recall Testimony. Mr. Kellogg then read the testimony of A.

J. Cassatt in a case brought by the state of Pennsylvsnia against the Pennsylvania railroad, in which Mr. Cassatt said that the Pennsylvania agreed to pay the 10 per cent rebate to the Standard becauae it might trade fo other lines. Mr. Rockefeller said he did not recall Mr.

Cassatt 'a testimony, nor did he remember the construction of an independent pipe line for those refiners who were unable to obtain the same rate from the Pennsylvania railroad as did the Standard. "Do you mean to aay that you don't recall the suit against your company tor receiving rebates?" "I may have had the knowledge at the time." Mr. Kellogg then called the witness' attention to a terminal agreement by which he ssld the Standard obtained the use of the terminals of the Erie sed New York Central -railroads, and which he said provided that all -the oil transported by any person over the New York Central railroad could be delivered to the terminals provided by the Stsndard at Hunter's Point. Mr. KrlloKC asked If warehouse charges were made against the Independent oil re-M liners at these terminals.

fixed Rate for Independents. Mr. Rockefeller said they were made. He did not recall whether the other railroads paid the New York Central a certain per-cetage for warehousing the oil they carried. Replying to other questions Mr.

Rockefeller said he could not recall whether the Standard Oil company controlled the National Storage company, which was tha terminal of the Pennsylvania railroad at Com-mnnipaw, or whether he used those oil terminals from 1875 to 1881. He could not state how long the Standard controlled the terminals of the Erie and New York Central roads, as. he said, he was In the West, and tbat was a detail. "Did not the Standard make the terminal rate which was charged to the Independents?" "They were charged a fair warehouse rate as provided in the agreement." "But you controlled all the terminals and made all the rates?" "We would not have been so unwise as to charge more than a fair rate." The wttness en id he had no doubt that the Independent companies had other terminals in New York than those controlled by the Standard Oil company. "But you assessed the warehouse and freight charges against all of the Independents using your terminals?" "Probably we did." Dismantled Independent Plaata.

Mr. Kellogg asked whether the Standard did not buy twenty Independent refineries prior to 1S74 and dismantle many of them. "I should think hardly aa many as that. We used the. best of the refineries and dismantled the others," said Mr.

Rockefeller. He said tbat tha Standard had little to about the South Improvement company, but participated in the meeting when it was organized. He did not think It waa organized before he had purchased any refineries In Cleveland, snd he said he did not think that ail of the -stock in that company was ac quired by men who were later associated with him. Mr; Kellogg then read the list of stockholders of the South Improvement company and Rockefeller about the agitation which followed the organization of this company. I can hardly explain the reasons for the excitement of those gentlemen." replied Mr.

Kockeleller. Was it not the enormous rebates that the railroads were to pay?" It waa probably due to misapprehension on the part of independent shippers." Mla-ht Have Ulx-rlnlantrd. Mr. Rockefeller's attention was called to the agreement with the South Improvement company, and the rates provided therein for rebatea on oil. 'Is it not a fact that all other parties.

according to this agreement, were to be charged the full gross rate?" "Probably so." "Isn't It that feature that created the ex citement among the independents?" It might bave been one of the causes, but I could hardly recollect after forty years all the causes." You say the Standard did not agree with the propositions of the South Improvement company, but is It not a tact the Standard Oil signed a manifesto supporting the South improvement company? "It may have been. I rather think It must have been the Standard Oil Company of Pittsburg. I have no recollection of the Standard Oil Company of Cleveland signing it." Were you a stockholder of the South Im provement company?" I never. received the certificate, as far as I can recollect." "Do you know that in March, 1872, there was- a Standard Oil Company of Pittsburg?" I think so. I think it was a living con cern.

"Would It be natural that a company like yours would Join in the manifesto?" "Well, it is likely tnat Mr. warden, who had many lntereats In the region, would have Issued the circular. Says Doors Were Open to All. 'What understanding did you haveof the agreement "I should say that the agreement would hare been to have helped the business of the producer, refiner, and transporter." "That Is. all who came In would profit, but how about those who did not come In?" "The doore were open." "How did you know the doors were open?" "Tbat was the theory of the gentlemen who organized.

All the refiners were expected to come Into It." "What communication was made to the Independents thst they could come into this agreement?" "I could not say." "Waa not tha contract kept secret for some timer "It may have been so." Mr. Rockefeller said the plan was quickly abandoned. He said he did not know whether the Independent refiners in Cleveland were asked to come In. "Did yon Inform the independents whom you bought that they might have the benefit of this agreement "I don't recall. As a matter of fact.

I did not believe in this thing." "How did the Independent refineries) which TRY I iftiraiffl The Only Natural Laxative Water .1... en vblch yoa can tttf I' to relieve CONSTIPATION Take on axis- log in the moraine. In jFutt bottlm anef Uptti yon bought know that they jnlght have the benefit of this agreement "I could not say." i i "About the time of the South Improvement company were freight rates increased? "That I could not say." KastlsUms Trafflo Aarroesacai. "You spoke yesterday of a pool agreement among several railroads for dividing up traf flo and freight-ratea in 1874. Mr.

MilburnJ read to you a -clause providing for a drawback to lh Stands t4 ol-tk-tuU rals-tbey paid for all crude oll-ent to Clevelapd for. export refining purposes. Bovine rates from. Cleveland to aeaboard srere the same aa from oil points tn Pennsylvania to the aeaboard?" "And the roads carrying crude ell to seaboard were reqrred to pay a drawback of 22 cents a barrel to the shipper It the rates on the agreed pipage to the shipping points on the railroad be maintained?" "Yes." "What pipe. lines maiatalned the agreed ratea of "I suppose those pipe lines that were Included in the Mr.

Kellogg then sought'td a how that all the pipe -line -companies lo the agreement were subsidiary companies of the Standard. Mr. Rockefeller, after going over the list-said: "We had an tnf erestla so'merhut not In all." "Yon testified- yesterday to' the stockholders of the Standard Oil -company from 1872 to 1879 obtaining interests tn stocks of other refining "I did." Not Ksswaai JUstsrd Ceseras, "I call your to Charles Pratt Co. Yosr said tola was aeqatred In 1874?" "I believe "The company waa -entries Pratt and H. H.

Rogers, and It Was dolog refining and export "Yes." 4 "Did they-sell their1 properties or take' sioca in tne BtanaaTj7. "We bought the-en It waa bought with the funds of the Shareholders of the Standard OU-eanrpanyror the capital aharea- of the Standard. In -this, case 1 think we-ased the stockrof the Standard." "Do yoa mean that Hr Pratt and Mr. Rogers retired from business?" "Oh. They gave up the Pratt stock and later became partners of the Standard." "Did Mr.

Pratt Rogers stay tn possession of the business, aad for over five years was it supposed, to the world that they sUU owned they "Did not Mr. Pratt and Mr. Rogers receive salaries for their "I believe the ydld." 'Is it not ao that the" Pratt stock went to the Standard and the Standard stock went to the, Pratt com pa TV "No; the Standard got the Pratt stock and the owners the' Pratt; company received the Standard slock-- i Adjournment was then taken, until Monday. Imaaltr Qaeseloa Tasettled. WASHINGTON.

D. Nov. 20. Attorney General Bonaparte was asked today when he arrived at the White House for the Cabinet meeting if he considered that the testimony of John D. Rockefeller In the Standard Oil hearing now going on in New York would secure for him immunity from possible criminal prosecution which might be begun hereafter- by the government.

The Attorney General replied that (he Department of Justice would not decide that question until'the need for it reached the department. czarmoed BY LEGIONS AT FUNERAL Fear TharjNihllists May Seek Nicholas Lifeat Obsequies of Alexis Leads to Extraordinary ff -I (Continued Prom First Page.) fined soldiers and the most efficient police in the empire. Reports were in circulation in official circles this evening to the effect that Emperor Nicholas is slightly indisposed. These may mean that his majesty has decided to abandon his expressed intention of attending the funeral. Gsard Streets.

The body of Grand Duke Alexis is due to arrive at the Nicholas station at 8:30 a. and the imperial special Is expected to arrive from Tsarskoe-Selo a few minutea earlier. Every precaution baa been taken for the aafety of the Emperor. A dozen regiment of the elite troops will be extended in solid lines on either side of the roadway the entire distance from the station to the fortress. Behind them the populace will be allowed to gather, except at a few spots.

where it is feared dangerous crowds may col lect. -Thousanda of men In plain clothes will be scattered among the spectators, and other thousands of house porters, who form an auxiliary police force, bave been ordered to assist in watching the crowds. Owners of houses have, been forbidden to shelter strangers tonight under penalty of a heavy fine. On the surface tonight all aeems calm. Many, residents of St.

Petersburg are not aware of the Emperor's intention to march in the funeral procession, as the official announcement that he will do ao la buried in the midst of two columns of dry details of the formal order of arrangements. City AsasBies Mowrwlsa- Petersburg already has assumed the garb of mourning for the funeral of Grand Duke Alexis. Somber flags of black barred by a strip of white have supplemented the gay Russian tri-color and hang tonight from every house In the capital, while the Nich olas station, at which the body of the Grand Duke will arrive from Parla. aad the buildings along tha Nevsky prospect, and other thoroughfares which the funeral cortege will traverse, are heavily draped with me lan ehnlv hnntinr. Several inches of snow fell today aad the streets will be In a terrible condition tomorrow In a ease of a thaw, Jnt arrangement doubtless will be made to clean the route over which the Emperor and Dukes will -pass on foot behind the casket of their relative, a distance of three miles from the railway station to the fortress of St.

Peter and St. Paul. WIFE LIKED CURSING: MAN WANTS DIVORCE St. Louis Lawyer Tries to Please His Spouse by Using "Mild" Expletives, but Finally Gives Up in I Despair. (Continued! From First Page.) and wasted to go back to her grandmother.

Moloney said his honeymoon was teonly vacation he had had In many years and he wanted to enjoy It without interruption. Mra. Moloney lnaiated that they- return with the child, and when he positively refused to do so, there were bickerings and quarrels nntll the honeymoon ended. "The night we returned home. said Mo loney, "it was raining hard.

My wife gave me a letter and told ate to go out aad mall it. The letter box was several blocks away, and I told her that It would not be taken up anyway until morning snd refused to go. Then she hit me In the eye. "Was It a love tapr asked Attorney Tierce, his counsel. "Well, I saw stars," answered Mr.

Molo- I SCOTT VISITS TAFTi PREDICTS PROSPERITY West Virginia Senator Favorably Impressed by Talk With President-Elect -and i THREE TAFT BROTHERS TO EAT TOGETHER THANKSGIVING W. H.t C. and H. W. to Dine at M.

E. Ingalls' Cottage--Denial Made That Any Cabinet Slate Has Been Made. V' i its-. Special Dispatch to The SPRINGS. Nov.

20. Politicians bave gone an, others are coming, bat thia was a day of rest for Mr. -Taft. --Senator Nathan Ray Scott of West Virginia saw the President-elect this morning, and came from the Interview premising the country a prosperous four Me said that he has been greatly impressed with the character of Mr. Taft aad that he wlbbes every business man could know him.

lie thinks that a persoaal acquaintance would be the best restorer of confidence. Former Senator Henry Gasaaway Davis of West Virginia also saw Mr. Taft, but only to congratulate him. Congressman Burton of Ohio will see Mr. Taft again tomorrow, and will go to Washington tomorrow night.

Hltes-coe aatlas- Asrala. The next bunch of statesmen will consist of Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock, Timothy L. Woodruff, Charles F. Brooker.

Herbert Parsons, and Senator Fulton of Oregon, who was detested In the primaries for reaom-lnation. Mr. Hitchcock Is due Tuesday. -The others will be in during the coming week. C.

W. and Henry W. Taft wilt take dinner Thanksgiving at the cottage of M. E. Icgalls here.

Mr. Ingalls' son married a daughter of C. P. Taft. so that the gathering is of a family nature.

Cabinet Slate. Saya Taft. "I wish you would just tay that my Cabinet is not made up nor slated. No one has been decided upon for any place in and no offers or any Cabinet positions bave been made to any one." This a as the response of the Presidentelect to the statement trom Minneapolis that Frank B. Kellogg had been invited to become Attorney -General In the Taft Cabinet.

CANNON SURE TO WIN FIGHT FOR RE-ELECTION AS SPEAKER Friend Said to Hai Sanfcer of rirs teearea lustre aad Written Uai at That. Special Dispatch te The Inter Ocean. D. C. Nov.

20. That Speaker Caanon will be re-elected to preside over the next House is now as certain t-J anything in the future. It la known positively tnat his friends, who have been very active since election, have obtained the positive pledges of a majority of the Republican members of the next House. For a week they hav been very close to this showing. They have perfected It.

getting written pledgea in most case, it is stated, within the last day or two The defeat T' ReprescntaXlVe Hepburn, long time enemjr'of Cannon, and of the Nebraska Republicans, pledged against the Speaker, broke che back of the opposition. The Cannon people and the high tariff interests bave been conducting a very active fight for his re-election from the moment it was sure the House would be Republican. It la said tbst President-Elect Taft will insist cn Cannon's carrying out the Republican campaign pledgea to revite the tariff, other-wiae will declare war on him. Cannon Worrylas. DANVILLE.

Nov. 20. Speaker Cannons attention was today called to the atory sent out from Hot Springs, that Mr. Taft would oppose Mr. Cannon's re-election to the Speakership on the ground that "Uncle Joe" would not undertake in good faith a revision of the tariff.

Mr. Cannon said: "I bave not seen the stories referred to. I do not believe that the President-elect will -undertake to organise the House. In common with the President. I Indorse the Republican national platform, and am to abide by the action of the Republican caucus when It is held to determine the organization of the House of the Sixty-First Congress.

ROOSEVELT TO BE BOSS OF NEW YORK AFTER MARCH 4 Will Take Command aa Party's Leaser aad Pat His O. K. on AH Federal Appointment. Special DUpatch to The Inter Ocn. NEWTORK.

Nov. 20. It Is now clearly-understood by those in closest touch with President Roosevelt and the federal administration that the President will not consider any office or other public employment until th-e close of Chauncey M. Dc pew's term as Senator. If the President remains In his present state of mind It is understood that he will be a candidate for the Senate at that time.

Is the meantime, beginning on March E. 1909, Theodore Roosevelt will become the Republican leader of New Tork state, and all applicants for federal patronage in this state will require the Roosevelt O. K. for success. BRYAN TO WINTER IN SOUTH.

Will rass Several Weeks tm Texas and Oklahoma. Special DUpatch to The Inter Ocean. DALLAS. Texaa. Nov.

20. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Bryan today left Corpus Chrlstl. Texas, for Monterey, Mexico, by way of Laredo. Mr. Bryan said this morning that it la bis Intention to return to Texaa within the nex; thirty daya and that he will probably spend much of the coming winter in this state and Oklahoma. LEGAL BATTLE ON TO SAVE i RUSSIAN FROM DEPORTATION Stroasy Kfforta Are Betas Made to Pro- vest Cartatlaa Ra dew Its From Galas ssaesc A desnerata leaal hat tla Iwmn dayef ore United- States Commissioner Mark A.

Foots to prevent the Russian government rrom extraditing Christian RadowiU. The defendant is wanted In his native land" oa a charge of complicity in a triple murder committed in January, 1906. but his defenders Claim the charts is anurlmia Rudowlts had a distinguished array of legal talent to defend him. Including A. E.

Horwlch i new i era. an aumoriiy oa interantlosal law: Charles Hvda of Nartkmitun trmt. verslty, snd Clarence arrow. Attorney Harwich openly charged the Russian government with trvinr ta rallrnait CnAu. Rnssla for political revenge beeaase of his alleged participation In Rossis revolutions.

Depositions which were read, containing eviuence against Kuaowits, were declared by nis attorneys 10 ne ridiculously incorrect. The defense will present Its case today. Only Ons QUIMTNX," tbat is Laxative Broino Cores a CoM in One Day, Days SAY VAII VLISSIIIGEII HID AWAY PLUHDER Auditors Convicted I Embeazler's Accounts Learn Tbat $10,000, Re--- cendy-ReceivedrTHaft-lfat Been Accounted V- FORGERIES NOW TOTAL 420 MORTGAGES, SAYS RECEIVER Convict's Property Found to Be Heavily -Has Few Assets Wife Remains Loyal to Prisoner in Joliet, Conclusive proof that Peter Van Vllssin-gen, archforger and embeszler, now convict No. IMS In the Joliet penitentiary, secreted large amount ef his stealings and had planned for several weeks, bis remarkable confession and! conviction was unearthed yesterday when Receives W.C Niblaek discovered, shat -the former realty dealer had collected 910.000 only a few days before his arrest which is'aot checked up on his books snd -cannot be located. Thefact became known when several per-eoas.

to; whom, he. had given receipts for money paid went to the offices of the former real estate man Id tbe'Tentonfc building and Investigated their dealings. The money was paid mortgages and no accounting was made on. the book of the office force or on Van Vllsslngen's private index, All efforts made by the receiver and state's attorney's office to locate the "plant" of the have been unavailing. Find 420 V-ara-orle.

An investigation of the private index kept by Van Vllsslngen of his frsudoleat transactions yesterday brought to light the fact that 480 bogus mortgages are In existence, on which the swindler realised This Is double the amount fixed by Van Vllsslngen In his confession, and half a million more than had been estimated by those in authority. On this bssis. It Is declared, in the eighteen years Van Vlissingen says he forged instruments, the amount would total nearlyJl.OOO.OSO. Had aot the financial panic came when Vaa Vlissingen was heavily loaded with the bad documents it is said he could have continued his nefarious operations for years without being detected. About worth of property owned by Van Vlissingen has been unearthed by the receiver and his force of assistants.

Much of the forger's real estate Is hearlly burdened with mortgages, however. On much of it nothing can be realised. Nlblsck has taken possession of sll of the property so far located with the exception of tbe household effects. Lms lroirtr fulst. The Hat of property so far discovered is as follows: Equities la notes and personal property, 130,000.

Second mortgages. 16.000. Cash found in vault. 600. Two story brick house.

3233 GroTeland avenue, heavily mortgaged; value. 35.0CO. Two story brick house. 3231 Groveland avenue, clear; $5,000. Two story frame house.

S44 West Forty-Seventh street, clear; $2,000. Two story-and basement brick flat buildings. 16. 18. 29, 24.

26. and 28 East Forty-Sixth street, all heavily mortgaged; each worth S4.S0O.-' Vacant lot. Hamlin avedne' and Thomas street, clear, 1500. Two story aad basement frame residence, two story brick' barn and shop, 2735 Indiana avenue, clear. $7,000.

Vacant lot. Lowe avenue, near Thirty-First street," clear. 1500. Three vacant lots, Parnell avenue, near Thirty-Fifth street, clear, each worth $400. Two three story brick flats.

1243r46 Rhodes avenue, both mortgaged for worth $7,000 each. Two automobiles, one touring car. and runabout, worth $U200. Household furniture, not appraised. Does Set Ons Farm.

An investigation of the report that Van Vlissingen owned a forty acre farm in Palestine township. Lake county, valued at $1,500 an acre, shows that the property Is now In tbe name of a man named Shaffner. Whether the transfer was made recently has not been determined by the authorities. Ten bogus mortgages aggregating $10,000 were brought to' the receiver yesterday. Over sixty persons holding Van Vllsslngen paper were taken care of during the day.

Many of the bad documents have not yet been brought to light. Mrs. Jessie Van Vlissingen, wife of tbe "forger king," will appear as a witness against her husband in the bankruptcy pro ceedings. Victims of the swindler yesterday demanded that she be summoned when tbe case comes up before the referee in bankruptcy. Yesterday Mrs.

Van Vlissingen was prostrated at her home, 5406 South Park avenue. She was unable to leave her bed and a physician waa In attendance. She had expected to see her husband before he was taken to prison, but was unable to. She expressed ber love for him yesterday and declared che would stand by him. Wife Has So Money.

Mrs. Van Vllsslngen denied that her hus band had given her a large sum of money to keep tor him until he waa releaaed. She declared that $200 was all she bad. with the exception of a farm of 160 acres on the James river in Virginia, worth about $3,000. which she and her mother bought before her marriage to Van Vllsslngen, two years ago.

A pitiful sight was witnessed at the Teu tonic building offices of the forger yesterday afternoon when Conrad Halxlegel, T8 years old. 532 West Chicago avenue, broke down and wept when told that his life's savings bad been swept away. Halxlegel had bought a good mortgage from Van Vlissingen several years a so. Last July it came dae. Van Vlissingen collected the money, but sever turned it over to the aged man.

Halxlegel had also gives Van Vlissingen 9600 to keep for blm. fill of which he had drew out. The rest was swept awav in me crasa. FEW CHILDREN FOUND IN ST. LOUIS FIRST FAMILIES Adalt Members at City's Society Set to the Hwnaker of Rave SSxaevly STT Boys and Girls Anson Then.

Special Disnatah to Ths Intar ST. LOUTS, Nov. 20. Three thousand six hundred aad forty adult members of St. Louis society have exactly 277 children, the term -children Including boys up to 20 and alrla ud to 17 vears of in This la the showing of the 1909 social register of St.

Louis, which made its ap-Dearanca todir The record further shows that the average aocletv Tamil vklrk kafvhlUnn .11 on page after page of the book not child's name appears has two children. The double entriea under the caption of "Junior" are nrm nmarnna than tk. nn try, with three are comparatively few. and only Wt J. csuk limn uuzen 1 amines exceeo.

lures Hortlealtariota Haas Offlcera. -BLOOM3NOTON. HL, Nov. 20. The Cea tral Illinois Horticultural sociat-v mm pleted Its annual convention ft Hoopeston today.br eleetlag the following officers: President, A.

M. Augustine. Normal; vice president, a. v. scnermeraorn, Kinmundr; secretary, j.

u. Burrows, Decatur; treasurer c. u. winn, uriggmiie. i ill 1 1 III I iiiliiiiMiiiMlmimi iin inii i iiinl.

THE BEST i I I Hit CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEGIN MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS HOffKC THE LARGEST BOOKSTORE IN THE WOULD ill Hi WABASH AVENUE CR0KER-GREETED BY: GREAT THRONGS IN NEW' YORK CITY Former Tanaaay Lesser Bark talk Seenes of Political Activity- That Made Hlaa Faaaoaa. Spsciai Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. NEW YORK. Nor. 20.

Greeted at the wharf by immense throngs, Richard Croker, who for years directed the destinies of Tammany Hall before he retired to lead the life of a country gentleman at Glen cairn, his big estate in Ireland, returned to New Tork today, but merely as a visitor, be has said, to see his old friends and renew old acquaintances. That he contemplates again entering the field of politics in New Tork city, wbere be so long held sway, he has positively denied. It is expected that Mr. Croker will remain In the United States about six months, snd it is likely that a portion of that time at least will be spent tn southern California or some other section of the country There the winds of winter srs less severe than la New Tork. busy in the $20 suit section yesterday today promises to be another heavy day.

tfkrd ftssrl 1,400 men's finely tailored suits on sale at Jess than the original wholesale price, being the surplus stocks of a number of the very best makers in America; all the newest shades in finished snd unfinished worsteds, Scotch tweeds snd velour finished casstmeres they're cut in the latest styles, lined snd trimmed in the most exquisite manner-; undoubted-Iy the biggest bargains ever offered at this time Clfi of year. at SlnssVr largest stock of overcoats in the world, under one roof: prices SIS to SSs. Onoas tonlaht till IS. JF your shoe dealer doesn't sell shoes with that mark, on the sole go to somebody else. L10 dealers Is Chicago sell Sets shoes.

28th YEAB FOR LIQUOn HdDRUQ usiiiq ftsJaaWl COC 1 ticalsra. which will Ctcalsra, which will bo maUsdia plain Mini snvntopa. Aiieerrespeadaaeei letnctiy eeanssatata, THE-KEELEY INSTITUTE DwtONT. Ikuaete -i" Chicago OfOoa, 906 Rector BaOdiae; XnU Central 3255 123 I 'I if I i. HI.