Show HALFA MILLION DOLLAR BRIBE V to Standard Oil Company Offers a SUIT Inducement MOXXETT MAKES LHAIIOES j i 111 i > Allerney UrnrrAl K J II II lruul IJiH > fr fur IhII feme Iellanl Now fork March Ol1poll the nr rhnl uf the Inlerpntrd partlei In tho Hlandard Oil comtKiny hearing nt lha Hoffman houte It wa decided to take hu trvllmuny to < lay U wa > agreed to have a hearing In the ca > e of the male of Ohio onan t the lltiekeye fine company com-pany a branch of the Hlandard Oil company In the nfllre of Mr Mllln actIng act-Ing hi commlMloniT for the Stale Mr rfc Klllolt nnl Cllnr couniel for the Hlnndinl Oil company rent n Utter Ut-ter lo Attorney Central Monnett ot Ohio today demanding that ho make Iuhllo the name of the man who of ferrd him n hrlho IJ dlimntlnue hi llgtit Thin li I the letter Hon r H Vonnett Attorney Ocnfrnl of Ohio On March 4 leirge lilt nnn uncrl to the publto pref I that n bribe ut He hundred thouran1 dullarn lee I n 1 hundred hun-dred Ihouiand dollar cummlMlon hod Iwen oflered you lo Indue you to top or delay proceeding ngnlnt tho Htan ilnl OH company now landing In the uperlor court of Ohio You are reported to hao denied entirely en-tirely at TvlcOis the like rtory but by the tlm ymi arrlted at Columbui I the tame diy > ou concluded that the rtory wn true nnJ nccunllnnly In > uloui nenriui ra on the morning of Ih ilh 1111 ou made a talemrnl that the ritandard Oli company Ihrouih mine friend of your hvl orferrd you i ll Mvt4 < to Influence > our nrtlon with I > < I to the cole nJln ogalnit II and othtr ctwiiunlee In the uprcme I court of Ohio lieputable nc ujiKr of the Hill notably the Cleveland leader the Totnli lllde nnd the Ohio Hlate Journal rmu calM ui n you to dlfdoie the name of the friend who thui corruptly nppivathcd you You are iiuolrd In the Clet eland 1laln Dealer ut the Till Int n > mi > lng that If I IOU were lo gUu nut the mime if > our friend half n doun itemirl nl uld In after hlllllli om iljlil Ira they could tone or IMTUII hllll i lo keep hi mouth hut You d 01 leem la rutllle that the rvni 11I Rlv rn by I > iiu for refusing to ilhHl Ih u uf your friend1 on almlnlon that tho company dot not know Ihe Mine of the pully 1 whom > ou ay wu cimimlMloiie to I offer you IIXM and therefore > iu inut hivu known that the alleged friend made the offer lo yuu without Hie authority or knowledge uf the Htandant OH company In the New Turk World 1 of the th Inl you are lipnwnteilaanaylnBthnl I you had written the friend who had tiled to bribe y u lhat you would not espo > him until public Intend demanded de-manded In another Inlertlew In Ihe Commercial Commer-cial Tribune of the Clh Int > uu are ripre cnted aa 10 > lng lhat > uur friend had agreed la protetl > ou The arrangement ar-rangement for protection iuein to Iw mutul lor ou late 11111 the Htnndard OH company wllh i IIY nI lempl to bill m they are totally ralie You have Ihe nnmi or claim lo have not only of Ihe friend who approached ap-proached ou but nl > i ot other acting wllh him becauw on Ihe lull Int you mid In Hie public pre I that hew men were tilcgrphlng you from New York Uhlle nothing In your tory hiu d 11 Irctly lonnnled Ihe Mlandanl Oil com uiny with Ihe allempliil brllicry ui iiaMi detlrti Ihe public to uMumn aid 1 lonnectlon Wo now demand that > ou gve lh name or name of the Krin who I made ueh an oer to you claim Inir to reprwiil the Hlandard OH company com-pany that we may take > tep to quiet thl lal and mo t Mrioti l of the many fulie and la iMiutlonal tarle to which you lmo gucn curn > ncy With reteniice tu thh loiter Attorney Attor-ney Ucneral Monmlt nald 1 he would reply re-ply lo It after he had roniutlrd with tli upnme court ut Ohio A hearing In Iho caw uf the main ot Ohio agalnt Ihe IIuekeo Him 11110 mln ua begu thla flernoon In Hie oillca ot Commlln r C IMcar Mllhi The hearing wa hI1 that tha allouiey gunrral k lot f l Ulon In Ihe i III ro lo-t In IIbl lu annul tho charter uf thee IInk the-e emi ny for lnlatlm ut tha nnlli it lavt I of Ohio The claim 01 Ihe pn cutlon I that tha Klandard oil Irn1 Hill e < 11 l mid that deplle h I the lluckoe Ill Une com tuny I 1111 n memlKr ot It I The 1 VII Iw Iliirkeye llpe Ilno company r wa lianlied for the trnniportatlon of crulo oil II headiiuarier am In Lima o nnd It capital Ptnrk I IIOOOOOO II H lloKrr I Ihe pnrldenl At Ihn pnxwdtmr l MI lay > 1 r Kl Unit nnd Vlnill r fllne repreienlixl llho comiuny Attorney General ilonnett appraml for the Htnle of Ohio W I KUitit ucled n Id aultlaal A n preliminary Mro Rlllolt nnd line ngrnxl to admit a copy ut the teitlmany olvcn In October la t by Jnlui II limkffnller In ih Btanlard OH comtonr CVUM > TII lll tho Ohio lourt I thouh 1 dmbte that inch eldence Hit compitint Couniel objected hnwoter liobllnir that > uch tnillmoiiy woa 1101 neorge Illr R Ibo flr1 ultn allnl 1 Mr IliiKRiukid him If he i owne1 certificate of the Hlundnnl OH triiit and he unueri l > < Tho wll ni I Unilfled n8 hi prorty two certificate cer-tificate one rcrtinrate of Iho Rtanl nnl oil truit nnd Ihe other a rerlincata nt ailxnnirnt uf Iccnl tllle liolh orig inal certificate llav jou eier nwnwl a trunt ocr llflrate of Ihe kind calleil n certificate of irinllablo Intercut which you hanlel Into Iho truit and for Khlch you ru ceheil a certlilrule known r an II rlgnmenl ol Iceal tiller mknl > lr n Bg Mr llloi > MM I he could not reply un In t ithen an opiortunlty to uiplaln and llr Fines 1 nikid Did you ever hand In to Iho tniit a certificate for which jon received lock ot a contllu ent companyT llr 1 like inld Vc and again nuked to he l nllonrd tu mplnln ilr 1 1lo1f held him to a f or no on Mr lAu nVl nn njpbinatlon of Ihe eichanne of nock certificate and ilr 1 Illce howrd that nt Ihe illnolutlon ft Ihe trurt he received In I place of a rirlincate of lock n cerimcato of a rhtnmcnt of legal 1111 If which rnlltled him to hi inn > orliii of the property owned by the twenty different compan 11 1 represented In tho trmt Th Ian certificate conveyed lo roe raid ilr like an cuultablg lnlcnit In lira property owned hy the Iruiti the nccond conveyed to me tho Icril tllle tllleTo whom did you rrment Ihe certl flcate tllle uppomM to convey the legal tllleI did not present I 1 w r nenteil hy my agent Mr ttcKrtnpcr to Ihe liquidating Iruilcee What did you receUe dlrwlly uixin i > ricnlAllon of lhat certificate I ircrivod corporate crip In nineteen nine-teen different cotwtltuent corporation and n paper acknowledgement of n I fractional Intertill In Ibo Angjo 1 Amcrl I e1I mnh 01 lnlo Oi hovlnrr Unled o inueh will you loll If Hi Iiuekeye IMpn Lino company wn a mcmlxr of what I known n Ihe Btandard OH uu 8t atknl Mr Ilagg Ycm II wo How do > oti know 101 King rcptvicntcil In I the cor I potato I clip I rectlvrd from the liquid allng Iruilec UII llrr anawir lo queatloni withe I tall I he had uwned ui corporate iwrlp I alnut Hiiro > cnr > He had never ran celled r-an itltldend from any of II None of the rompanle In which he received re-ceived fractional hnrca upon urtun of Ibo trunt certificate der to the ttul 11101 IKtld dividend on tueh frnrtlonal pharen llenlilea thl rcrlp ultnres aid 1 he 111 1 Khnrcl reprerentnl b > rerlllliate of the Htantard oil Irum A uncial ilh blend I f the mandard OH Irui certificate In the hand ot rlnII the liquidating Irilitce Mr lllcc raid I amounted to a per cent for Iho lal two year ur IIi per cent a year The regular dividend waii II per cent a > rar making 1 total imhlend of i per cent per ear WltncM mill Hi fael lhat the inreefevenlh of tho lock la Ihe pipe i line I company mill re for Ihe enllence of what I known rw a liquidating t wrd of trutee ll un denlood that Ihe other four e enlh were owned nmo t oelunlvety tiy Ihe liquid itlng linulee iind Ihn oinwr of Ihe other nlmtcen confllluent com panic III rcrlnerlc had bnn hut dnnn for alnut three can He wa till producing oil He thought tho lluckeyit romiMiiy ill I tl per cent of Ihe local 1 plpnxe 1 In the mate ot Ohl lie wa not aware thai other compan te A had tiled lo obtain fotno ut thla hlIII Mr 1 Cllne nuked the wllnrea I h had nl tIM In Columbu agalnt the Hlndard oil company nnd ngalnit the llucke > e ripe Line company on to I naif of Attorney leneral Monnett Mr like aid hn had and In reply lo other question I aid thai hi n zI had lieen paid by Ibo attorney general hut lhat II hail not Iven raid for hi time nor illd he eipect to lie I paid I for It ro The heating will Ni continue tomor i att 1jU flnl llnie lrerArelnl rtllnrllhiltte ar < l < lr > ni > A r Illreon lllMMtl Klntiton Jamaica March M Thi Amrrlian linn iteamhlp Iarl > Capl l 1rederirk Valkln wllh Ihe party of AinnlcAii cicuilonlrt who an touring tour-ing In Vel Indian wateir > alle < l at oclock Ihll nvrnlnrf I Mr 1 John Hhcrmnn I worte and I not likely lo rurlve the night The tlnllcd Hlat > irulier Chicago ha not nnlvil but III > upi iie < l he will inwl Ihe 1arl at KinllaEo 0 1 Iubn The 1arl will probably touch n1 at Iliiantanamo Hie left Intruithm for tho Chknuo lo follou with all haute The hot ne lher i greatly weakened weak-ened Mr 1 Sherman nnd hi rlor feel Ihil unlri n chango fur the better Hr I quickly 1 hOo mul 100 I Dr Magcn will have charge of thecae the-cae until they reach Old l lnl Comfort Com-fort Mr 1 Hhermnn appreclale that hi 1111lh I dlnll n1 I dlr oUt o 1111I1f hro ittiur v ixit limit ittTio H le thapT lH on lle T nr elU 11 IhlcaBO March iItnund trii ex cunlon rale hao twn grnnleJ hy the Wr ra enger awKlaUn linen Ito I-to the following occilonn Annual mwtlng general n embly of DM Irobyterlan church Mlnneai lln Minn May 1 1 lo June 1 one itnudnrd nml claa normal tariff fare tilua K c from o oclatlon territory can ami Mrt from Mlinourl river Annual nmellng Uennnn llapllt Iloanol > v VA May ti to M one lowrit regular tint cla faro plu t from n MKlathm territory i ait of Colorado and Wyoming Annual convention United Hoclety of Chrlllan linlruvor Detroit Mkh June C to 10 one lowol ilan fare plu cait mini n oclallon territory Ilali an I caitNutlonal contention llapllt Young Tropic I Union llUhmond I Vn July 11 to 10 one hi lowet regular I1r l clan fare plu 1 fnnn Aiioilatlon ttrrl lory IMnh and eat Annual reunion nnl llrnnd U lge merllliK of llenrolent and Troticllve Order of iik > HI Ixiul Mo June a 113 ono hirtil riiiular lint d la fare Idu n fpim aimiclatliii territory nut and wrl of tho Mliouurl river Annual mnlliig of the general n nvmbly uf thn OtiinU rlnnd 1rvby lerlan church Denier lVIk May M to t ti one > nr l regular fare plu t from anioclallnii icrrllory lo lMiv r Colorado Iurn Hprlng and iueblo Colo I |