| Show WHO AND WHAT WHAT In Connection vi With the thc Huge Hue Hu Oil Fine Chicago a K V MOUNTAIN IAN LAN LANS iANI I DIS 1 S Judge of oC the United States State district court for tho Iho northern district of or Illinois and tho time man who laid out tIme the first sticky fly fir paper for Standard Oil came camo Into Chicago from Indiana He Is a 1 native of or Ohio near be being beIng being ing his hi birthplace Ho lIe migrated to Indiana when 7 years old Ho lIe was born horn Nov No 20 1866 Just litter alter his father hind hail returned from time the Civil ur carrying curryinG III In his body boly southern lend lead received In time thc battle of or Kenesaw Mountain hence the tile name of ot the hi youngest ot or seven lIOnS Judge came camo naturally In Into Into into to tho lie law luw In iii n his early carly years e l ho lie was Willi one ammo of tho thin kids He lie carried newspapers In III that ball bail wick for or several severo I years hung around the tho newspaper offices until tumUlt ho hum be bo became came caine a It reporter Incidentally learn learning lug ing stenography during III ring which ho lie was connected with tIme the pmt ort Journal He lie was stenographer for tIme the circuit court of Lake Lako county count Indiana from 1883 to 1886 anal se cc secured e cured a 1 certificate of oC admission to tho Iho Indiana bar har under time the con provision which did not miot re require quire un Lii examination Ho He had previously l H mm common school education at ut halt but had left the time high school to go 10 to work worl worlIn In a U stoic In iii pursuance of nt his IH legal le nl ambition ho he went to Cincinnati und and studied In tim mimic of time law schools and mind canto came from rota there lucre to Chicago where horo ho lie graduated eu from ruin tho the Union U college of law it In Iii IShO Un Iii admitted to th tin bar hilI nail and practised It a year and a ahalt halt half Then Grover Cleveland bo lie came President nf tIC the time Slates Walter Q his lila of ot stale Secretary Gras ham mad Lii nil is hits hIs private Sea seo eo and for two to yearn until tho time death ot of Secretary 1111 tile ills was waa mime ine of time tho th forceful and striking figures in tho the life lit litof of o I lie He was wits a u friend of or Pres President ident L Cleveland mid who Bought t to 10 him Iii iii III IsIs Juli hut but decImated when hu hsu d that hint If it hi In succeeded II u IcI Ore arcs hum would go RO to too ton When Secre Secretary tary died ailed Judge Jat ed t tn tam Chicago Ilia I urn ci Ice of o law It hmm and Incidentally I tally adopted ad politics t uH nH mm ma II n maimie hlo line lillO JuI J ge e rui wall attorney till rill for I lending len fi lair lit itt this t I mite a being hol hg tho Iho I Irand I Finish railroad rob I unit tho I lie he Calumet Colu ILIC lino him In 1001 he was one oflas ot of limit tho of I If tho this campaign or for or Finnk 0 O mid B during time the it a i slut en n I at ut Springfield H hu lie took look a mm prominent part In time tho nun roun a chin 1118 of or tho Ihl Ills lII III In 1906 to in time tha foil Ill Dial lIlt I leuch WItS was M made nt fit is t lie tho t request of the Iho I am led Fail ersil organization or ion tion t which li I ci s Willi wim 54 y iii I ad In iii time success ut of f for tor or governor hum thu I year 11 5 ly 1 Judge wits was In lIDS to tn Minx Winifred Heed of Ottawa III lIl u R of tho the lain bate I II J There Thoe ari ii re twi 1111 twin I n tm i T I H n t I lint hov of nf 10 1 I OliN D ROCKEFELLER bil hll billionaire JOHN J Is IA monarch ot or all Standard Oil monarchs president president president dent of ot the he t most resourceful corpora corporation Corporation tion In the thic worlds history and di dl directing genius of Its It Intricate Llo mech mechanism Tho rho hugo flume fine assessed against the tho company which Is II tho tim foundation of or a 11 fortune the tho exact dimensions of or which even oven Mr Rockefeller can cannot cannot not nol approximate Just about r cents his percentage of Standard Oil dividends for 1905 1903 as declared by b bhim him In iii Chicago when ho was on Judge I witness stand last lUst month Ten rell years ears ago Mr Rockefeller de tie declared i dared his lila ambition In iii life Ufa hUll hail ceased to bo he accumulation of oC tho the greatest human fortune Still In Ina a 11 constantly Increasing ratio tIme the dollars In Iii tho the Rockefeller strong box have piled up Even Eon If it Mr Rockefellers world willo reputation for benevolence to 10 educational Institutions his hla benen to tho time Baptist church his hum keen Insight Into the tho underlying reasons for human endeavor his imle mastery of men muon do not make for far him a n place In Iu tho tIm gallery of or great characters of ot tho time world ho hn will go In down dawn Into tho records record us as Chic thu fist billionaire since creation limo Tho original Rockefellers came camo from time the Rhino provinces From a ii 1 settlement near N J four brothers Immigrants III In tho thin middle of at tho time eighteenth century separated and ammil time the branch which John IX D I sprang Iran went we lit to Now New England Ills HIM father wills was a it 1 physician Jh who was horn born In lii Connecticut nail who moved to 10 Oswego go TloRa Tinga county Now York whom where th time tho worlds first billionaire was vaN horn born III In 1839 Ills parents moved nuCI to Ohio while the limo comm BOH all wits was WR very young here Hem ho received a 11 good common school education H it Is IB n a filet fact that Mr Rockefeller stands nt itt II I tho Ih head of or six ix bt or air seven men In iii the tho United Slavs who Imo showered their heir wealth on and philanthropic undertakings The Ihme Ih University nf or Chicago stands nt at the tha head of or In have received largo lImo gIfts gift Mr Rockefeller Including tho tIm lust last mado IlIe 31 1000 of or S those thoo amount to 10 n u total of ot 32 Iha total from Crom Mr 11 are n estimated at atmore u more than It has been heen that Mr fr Rockefeller Is IH tho time controlling in Iii In bit and trust companion of lImo tho United and andIn III In CO 00 per pel rout cont 0 sit of If tim 0 railroad rat I toad com cor corporations of ot Limo tho nation lion that tile control of tit steel Industry n U iii prime I beal iy within vi a his hili g rits p In addi addition tion 10 to Oil ummil Its U In Jim thumb allies Mr halt III In In Jim In MO 00 lm hits of or the tile homo life of or time tho oil nIl kins Ho lie In ill llo In iii hK hits taste tastes km timid to 10 hiss mie who wits wan Unira P f man mum of sit John U b feller Jr their son Mil is IH H fur for or orI Ih Jima tho I cn lil hi hi Je father nil ii Is Tho ihme old oldest ret est st now dead wan 1111 frIO Strong lime Tho daugh daughter ter IK usa Mr It Iron Pien lice of lit Chicago nun time tho youngest J I Is III time of or STANDARD 5 Q Oily a synonym s for tOI financial hypnotism Is tho the product of orono ono one monster master mind John D Rockefeller and nail his associates ales ates have hao evolved from a beginning of or nothing tho ho most monet complete most perfectly organized und mind extravagantly gantly successful piece picco of or business machinery the tho world has ever known an organization atlon which leaves tho tim East Ea t India company a 11 marvel In Its day cia a a more macro baga bagit bagatelle bagatelle telle The TIme Standard OH Oil company faced n a master for tho time first time limo In iii Its lis career of or years when It was wall haled before Judge Landis Landi and mulcted to lie tho full rull extent of ot tho thu law From l tho time time four tour young men joined resources of or less Jells than unit In tho time formation of ot thai thu original Standard OH Oil company to tho the lust tact period of ot 1907 1307 which marked the lie distribution of nearly In iii for los less than thun ono one your year Standard Oil has hall conquered all nil that lint stood In iii Its lis way a Samuel Hamuel Andrews a I recently ar lr arrived mu rived Immigrant furnished tho thai which wits wan evolved Into an In labia Idea by b John D Rockefeller and amid I uno the tho coro core of or tho time present presen t Standard Oil company was a porter In iii u n produce prod lice store In lii Cleveland Ohio In lii which store Rockefeller was wins bookkeeper and amid ono one of or tho thu partners Andrews had hod nile a new for tho time refining of or petroleum Ho lie told II It to Rockefeller and twenty yearn later hater with whIt a I for I of tio 10 Rockefeller hull Androws built It 11 small in iii 1866 1166 ami 1111 from room tha tho Blurt start made mado monay Ho lie advised hla brother William to build a n and tho the two In iii Institutions combining resources opened Ion a Il o In N Now w York City in iii 1868 1888 Ready Heady money was a II necessity to realize e tho time of if Mr aIr Rockefeller Henry M Of was Willi tho the means to the time end amid Ho lie had hiatt married tho daughter cI of o a arich m I rich moan man who lied had hot lid ot him up 1111 In In 11 tho time lumber trade ratio In 11 Michigan Time Tim w was suns all not mint nota minta a Il success in iii limo tho lumber business Rockefeller aw saw time tho opened up cia tho time prospects and tho the rn ro lIlt liti it that hiss Iho Standard H tim nil Oil com company en tim pany limits WitS was IUS organized the time lorn und anti furnishing anil 40 10 of lisa JIll original capital stock of sit H II Roger camo Into him tho company shortly 11 I Ho Is Ia s tho credit erl for or the lie of or tho time Idea I lin of o controlling tho time nil iii In iii either cither by II purchase or ran by Imy financial I destruction of ot I nit limo Tho policy IH up III U ii by lIy Iho isa i company and amid 1101 I tore tom wiro WIO KIn an ty tIp I to tn noil macli out for or cash cunti or fur tor or stock In mi tho limo Standard ard Oil Ro lie of ot either olther proposition which was won by time tho Tho Iho at I tit of Standard Oil In 1891 1801 amounted u to In lii ISae 1190 they thoy lied hud Jumped to amid III In 1000 to ID uhn loll M I D I on ci Chin ihn in lit Chicago testified that tIme tho dividends lolIa In III 1603 1901 1901 IDOl and anal 1905 limited nearly 10 40 0 pet per font cent of ot the tho capital Block rime Tho c lies haa inadi taking LimIting Iho I Ito ll V IK isa ft rt mull hassle Standard HI ii nil Oil In iii Inworth I worth wurth 0 In iii of sit maim cap |
