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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
THE NATIVE DErENsEs.
Their Forces Are strongly Concen.
trated at MuIabon.


Their Forces Are strongly Concen-
trated at MuIabon.
Manila, March %. = Two Spanish
prisoners who have escaped from
Polo to the lines Of the Kansas regi-
ment, report that the Filipinos have
concentrated their forces at Malabon
and Polo. They add that only Agui-
naldo's bodyguard. is at Malolos and
that the rebel leaders apparently in
tend to stake their fortunes on a fight
ut Malabon, where it was expected an
engagement would take place yester-
day. If defeated, 1t is further as
serted, the rebels intend to dispense to
the swamps and mountains. The rebels
are putting their bolOs in front. be-
Eeving that the bolo mems charms
will avert the bullets. The bolos of
the Filipinos greatly outnumber the
rifles in their hands. The rebels are
said to have admitted that they can
not Withstand the American shells
and bayonet charges.
The enemy is extremely active in the&
vicinity Of Malabon in preparing de-
lenses, evidently anticipating an at.
tack. They keep we'll under cover. A
small body of rebels, however, emerged
from the jungle on the extreme left
yesterday and fired upon the Kansas
troops in the trenches, fatally wounde
ing Private Cohen Of Company b, and
Private Muer of Company r.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
sE J ME- ARE SCARCE

Enlistments Now In Progress. nj
!, Mare leland Navy Yard.
Mare Island Navy Yark, CAL, March
25.-Men are being enlisted for the
United States steamships Nero, Far
yngut, Ranger Pensacola, Brutus and
Rowan. Owing to the scarcity of sea-
men the Pensacola has been Detained
several weeks at Mare Island. Tli6
Farragut would also have gone into
commission several weeks ago had the
men and officers been available. Sew
enty seamen are on their way here
from the Norfolk navy yard.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
lRRn Mllns ], U u;

.sss sss d Ssf
ss .ll -
sI shsssa f.ac; II Moth NJ
srn, 0e i2@e7 &c. Corn q. elbow,
Z = : q 4 1 ee 9 i s. Oats;
Z white, q 1-2Ql Use; No. 3, I'D
~ 12rs sssgB aTley and Rye5 ID sample
barley 8a@42c; No. rye, 81 1i2662ci
Duluth, March Is. - Wh i, ] t- ga. i,
No. j hard, lac; No. a Northern,
81 1-4cs No. 2 Northern, 63 3-4c; No. 3
spring. 69c;; to arrive, No. ! hard,
,@ S-6c; No. 1 Northern, 68 8-Sc: March,
No. hard, 68 1-8c; No. 1 Northern,
,68 146c; May; No. 4 hard, go 7-8c; No.
Northern, 81 7-8cs July, No. hard,
20 6-Sc; No. Northern, 68 5-8c; oats,
70 3-4Q26 l-4c; rye, 40 1-2c; barley, ~
04Oc. m \. ,3 ss5
Minneapolis, March rs. Wheat -
March closed at 6S 1-2c; May opened
ut Csc and closed at 6S 1-4c; July
opened at SO 1-2c and closed at 69c.
On track-No. / hard, 60 1-2c; No. 1
Northern. SO 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, sc.
Milwaukee, Wis. March Is flour is
hrmer. Wheat higher; No. 4 Northern,
Toe; No. 2 Northern, 60 1-2c. Rye low
er: No. 1, 55c. Oats steady at ~ 1-2@
Soc. Barley firm; No. 2. 47c; sample,
42@46c.
Chicago, March rs. - Wheat No. 2
red. 7O@71c; No. 8, 85@7Oc; No. 2
hard. 63@64c; No. 8. 81@83c; No. 1
Northern spring, 87@69c; No. 2, 66@
81 1-2c; No. 3, 60 q &c. Corn-No. 2.
80 1-2c;. No. 3, 81 1-2c. Oats-No. z,
27c: No. %, 26 1-2c.
Chicago, March Is. - Hogs - Light,
$3.55@3.8O; mixed, $3.6O@S.9O; heavy,
S3.75@3 80: rough. S3.55@3.85. Cattle
-Beeves. 81 q 5.75; cows and heifers,
81 q 4.75; Texas steers, 81 q s.;
stockers and feeders, $3.25@4. 70.
Sheep - Natives, $4.4O@4.9O; lambs,
$4.4O@5SO.
Sioux City, Iowa, March 25.-Hogs-
$3.5O@3.65. Cattle-Beeves, $4@5. 10;
cows. bulls and mixed. $2@4; stockers
and feeders, $3.5O@4.50: calves and
yearlings, $3.75@5.
South st. Paul, March %. = Hogs
1910. Cattle-Cows, $2.7564. 10; heif-
ers, i$3@3.5O; bulls, $2.5O@3.3 80; steers,
$3.50; stockers, $3.65@4.5O. Sheep, So.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
IGNORES THE DOCTORS.

The Pope Disregards Their Pre-.
scriptiCns-Conditi Very Feeble.
London, March 25.-According to the
Rome correspondent of the Chronicle,
DR.. Lapponi, the pope's physician, has
been i'll for two days. He is suffering
from an attack Of bronchitis and will,
not resume his attendance upon the
pope until he has fully recovered. The
correspondent further says the pope
ignores his doctors prescriptions and
follows his usual vocations, though he
is SO feeble that it is doubtful whether
he will be able to hold the next con-
sistory. The question of q conclave is
the subject of much secret negotiation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

The English language does not suf-
fer in the test of musicalness when
compared with the speech of the Douk-
hobortsi. who have just come from
their homes in the Caucasus to settle
in Manitoba. Some of the colonists
have been married since landing. Their
names are not adapted to rapid utter
$ance, nor do they suggest melody.
VASTLY Ribin has taken Malaehof
to wife, and other surnanes Of the
;newly-wedded are Slastouchin, Obed-
kova, Gridchin, Chliachova, Ziberova,
'Legebokof Nevertheless the people be-
hind the names have some excellent
qualities in common with the rest OF
the sect.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

New York, March 25. -. The World
prints the following Manila cable:
"a sweeping victory over Aguinal-
dos forces has just been won by the
United States troops The total
American loss is estimated at about
100. including both killed and wolin-
ded. The Filipino loss is between 300
ard 4OO.''
New York, March, 25.-The Journals
special cable from Manila says: The
long-expected movement for the cap
ture of Malolos, the rebel capital, be- /.
gan Mt daybreak this morning. For
two days there has been lull in the
fighting, and the positions Of the
troops have been readiusted prepara-
tory to this stroke, which is expected
to reduce Aguinaldo to the last ex-
tremity.
The first troops to move to-day were
the men in the brigade of Gen. FL. q.
>0tis who struck tents shortly before
sunrise. Immediately the word was
passed along the line, and the troops
became convinced that the greatest
battle since the opening of hostilities
with the Filipinos was at hand.
Brig. Gen. Otis occupied the position
at Caloocan, which it nearest Malolos.
OH the road from Manila. His brigade
includes the Twentieth Kansas. First
Montana, First Idaho, First California
ard the Wyoming battery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
AS TO BRIBERY.

The Pennsylvnnia Legislators Called
Onto Answer Leading Questions.
Harrisburg, Pa, March 25. The
house bribery investigating commit
tee. in pursuance of q resolution
adopted by the house yesterday, began
the formal examination Of all the 2D4
members of that body. First, the nine
members Of rthe committee answered
in the negative the five questions that
had been agreed upon, and then the
work of examining the balance OF the
house began, the roll, being gone
through alphabetically. It will take
several days to question all the men,
bers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
.wITH1N A WEEK."
Gen. Otis IL Expected to Begin the
Attack.

Gen. Otis IL Expected to Begin the
Attack.
Washington. March 25.47It is under
stood here that Gen. Otis has SO far
matured his plans of campaign that
within a week or ten days lie will be
able to begin movement that is ex-
pected to mark the destruction of
Aguinaldo's army. Although stray
glers and fugitives may infest> the is-
land of Luzon for some time, it, is be-
lieyed that after Cen Otis has de-
livered his next blow. the insurgent
army as an organization will have
ceased to exist. The new movement
will be, 1t is understood, a combined
land and water attack. though it is
not expected that the navy's part
in the programme will be particularly
prominent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
LEAVING CUBA.

Volunteers EmbarkinE for the Home
Trip.
Havana, March 25. "A detachment
consisting of 123 privates and ten Of
ficers belonging to the Second South
Carolina regiment sailed for the Unit
ed States yesterday on board the OIL.
vette. Five companies, Of the same
regiment sailed to-day on the Var
mouth, and the remainder OF the regf-
mem will leave here on the OlivetteI
and Yarmouth on Saturday and SUN
day. The Second Illinois regiment H.
breaking camp preparatory to wing
Havana. asss vi So
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
ORIGIN of MALARIA.
Prof. Koch Goe. HuntiDs Ay1or Dac.

Prof. Koch Goes HunfiDs for Bac-
terra. "A
Berlin, March %. Prof, Robert
Koch. the celebrated bacterioIogist,
who, in 1883, at the head of the Ger.
man cholera commission. visited
Egypt and India and then discovered
tie so-called "comno' = cholera bacillus,
will start with an expedition next
month for the tropic to continue his
investigation as to the nature and
origin of malaria The reichstag has
made a grant ~ 1900 marks Ia aid
Of the undertaking.. 3ss..s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
ENvELoPDD BY FLAMES.

Kerosene to Start Fire-Mothcr
and Children Fatally Burned.
Uniontown, Pa, March Is. = Mrs.
Frank Wilsick Of Oliver used kcro-
sene in kindling a fire, and as result
she and her two children are fatally
burned. When she poured the oil in
the stove she was holding babe in
her arms and another child was stand
ing near. Suddenly there was an ex-
plosion and the flames shot out and
cnveloped them all. The clothing
was burned off them and their bodies
were horribly charred.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
. Perpl1lllal. \

.fff =. ~
L Emile Erckman, collabosa with
Alexander Chatrian IN their Famous
SERIES o. Alsatian romance AMI idyl4
L 10 dead IN Paris. ~ VI.
{ Congressman William u. Greene
died suddenly at the Union depot at
Omaha. Heart failure 10 given a. the
cause Of death. 81 M
A dispatch to Paris from Lunevllle,
department Of ,Luert- ct Moselle,. an
nounces the death Of R. q. K. Mann,
the novelist.
John Collect, for many years state
ge0logist Of Indiana, died at his home
In Indianapolis, aged seventy-one. He
was well known throughout the coun-
try.
Mrs. Mary Choteau, aged seventy
years, widow Of the late Pierre NJ.
Choteau, Is dead at her home In Kan
sas City, or dropsy.. Choteau was q
historic early settler.
F Baron Russell Of Halloween says
the statement regarding his appoint
sment as successor to Lord Herscheil
on the American Canadian commission
10 premature.
Alfred Essendrup, the Swedish and
Norwegian vice consul In st. Louis, Is
perfecting an organization to colonize
the vacant lands in Missouri with
Scandfnavians.
< Capt. William Everett, Of, Battery
L, Fourth artillery, q. 8. A., command
ing Fort Mott, Fort Delaware aud
Battery Port, died in Delaware City,
Del, Of pneumonia.
Charles g. Kiefer, who was widely
known in Masonic circles throughout
the United States, died at Urbana, o.
The end came after an illness Of sever
al months, death being due to COM
plication Of diseases.
Lieut.. vitale, military attache Of the
Italian embassy, has been granted per-
mission by the war department to ac-
company troops to Manila, and to re-
main with the army during the CAM
paign in the Philippines.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
STAND BY GOMEZ.

The Cuban Army Decides to Accent
I :ls the. $4,000, 600. q
Havana, March The Cuban gen
erals, Diaz, Monteagudo. Riaz. No
Sdares. Betancourt and Peraza. who
held secret meeting, after consult.
Ing their commands with reference to
the course 70 be taken IN the contro.S
versy between Gomez and the assem-,
! bly,, reported that they had decided to
accept the q coo, coo for the soldiers
and also SO help organize q new Gu
ban army OF 10000 men under the
American administration.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
THE s a !
S,l'Il ION


{ Covers the Latest Phases OF. the
Case Fron the Gernan stana-
seant-Admiral Kaut. Hs. Com
voked /. Meetins Of omeial. bat
the Result Is Not Known-aer-
many Evidently Apprehensive Of
Serious Results Four witnesses
Combine Their Testimony Asalnst
the German Consul, DR.. Rose
Germany D'.posed to stand BY 1t.
Consul.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

The methods" of the Salvation
Army are objected to by some good
people and by other people who
are not so good; but methods
which succeed in rescuing the So
cial outcast, bring help and hope into
the abodes of poverty and sin, feed the
hungry and clothe the naked-are not
the methods which civilization should
reject or prejudice condemn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
Accidental happenings.

The 'Cunard line steamer Pavonia,
Capt. Atkins, which became disabled
and had to be lowed into the Azores,
arrived at Liverpool.
A strip of country three miles wide
and four miles long, just north Of OAR
.lington Indian Agency. I. T., has been
devastated by a prairie fire.
The cottage of Rohrau, Lower Aus
tria. in which the celebrated composer,
Joseph Haydn, was born, March 81,
1882, was destroyed by fire.
The Eisenmeyer -four mill. with ca
pacity of 500 barrels daily. the elevat-
or containing 600 bushels Of wheat and
"a large quantity of flour, burned at
.Somerville, Ill.
At Chenoa, H., a midnight fire re-
suited in the death of one unknown
man. the fatal injury of two others and
the loss of seven fine brick business
buildings, with their contents.
The steamer Dirigo was stranded on
a reef on Midway island in Stevenson
channel. about forty miles below Jul
neau. The boat is held between rocks
and will probably be total loss. The
passengers and crew were rescued and
taken to Wrangel by the steamer Cot
taye City.
During a fire at Philadelphia, Mrs.
Catherine Marlin, aged fifty-eight, was
suftocated by smoke: William Marlin,
her son, was badly injured about the
head and face by falling from a Win
dow while trying to escape, and Frank
Levy, aged five, was overcome by
smoke.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
Washington Talk.


An enormous increase in United
States exports is shown.
Herbert Putnam Of Boston is ap-
pointed librarian Of congress.
Washington officials do not expect
another outbreak at Leech Lake.
The president has appointed H. H.
Riddell postmaster at The DaAes, Ore.
An army officer testifes that he dis
covered maggcts in cans Of roast beef.
The Sixth company, volunteer signal
corps, now at Augusta, Ca, has been
ordered mustered out.
Orders are issued for the muster-out
of the First Texas, at Galveston. and
the Second Louisiana at Savannah.
Gen. Gomez decides to proceed with
original plans and ignore the assembly,
which body Gen. Brooke may dissolve.
No selection has yet been made of
representatives Of the United States at
the approaching peace conference at
The Hague. !.
The navy department has abandoned
all hope Of the recovery Of the armored
cruiser Cristobal Colon, sunk in the
battle Of July 3, 1888.
! Permission has been sent to Gen.
Brooke in Cuba, Gen. Otis in the Phil
ippines and Gen. Henry in Porto Rico
to organize an experimental battalion
Of natives. -.
Senator Frye says there is nothing
in the recent Nicaraguan canal bill re-
quiring any payment for any cession.
The president may expend money at
his discretion.
The detention Of the transport Michi-
zn at the Georgia state quarantine,
below axaanah, rs giving tie war de-
paftmeA q 49, concern. The ship has
now beeas held for four days.
The treasury. department. has issued
regulationgseasTyfng into eject the oct
approved Feb. a 1890 relating 10 the
immediate transportation of dutiable
merchandise without appraisment.
I An order lsas been iasuad BY the waf
department ~ ing the age limit fOr
enlistment 4 tplldis thirty "a tthirtyfye
years. .1ie
man can b enlisted e ejghteen years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
Foreign Notes.

italy has England's open support in
China,
The German government is defeated
in the reichstag on the army bill.
The United States, Great Britain and
Germany reach an agreement on Sa-
moa.
Mr.. Balfour says no steps have yet
been taken to appoint a successor to
Baron Herschell on the American
British Canadian commission.
A law recently passed in Norway
makes girls ineligible for matrimony
unless they can show certificates Of
skill in cooking, knitting and spinning.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Friedrich der Crosse, which was re-
ported aground at Schulauk, in the
Elbe, has been 1ioated and reached
Hamburg.
The reichstag, by a vote of 200 to al,
rejected the army increase demanded
by the government. The government
proposal was also rejected. The Cen
ter and Freisinnige union voted with
the minority,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
/ os n = 3 Draw

York, March 225. K it Nc
sPhartland and Eddie CoDnolly sfonxit
sstaS twenty erlpalnyl sSat stnS
8roaesN Athlete club Il The d ut
AZ az Infer resting thrOiigh out. lOnnOliy
was fayorite 70 the bettinr.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

Andrew Carnegie is buying fast
horses. Evidently he wants to be pre-
pared to get out of the country In
short order when he sees that the
smash which he has predicted is i'm
minent
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
Proposition for Alaskan Boundary
MOdus Vivendi '

London, March 25.-In the house of
commons James Francis Hogan, anti
loarnellite, asked whether q modus
vivenda had been arrived at in themat-
ter of the Alaskan boundary, and
whether information had reached the
foreign Office concerning collisions aris-
ing out of the dispute. In reply, the
parliamentary secretary of the foreign
Office said the proposals for modus
vivendi had been made by the United
States government and, he added, they
are now being considered. The gov
eminent had no news of collision.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

In the great political chess game OF
Europe France has scored one point by
putting the queen of Madagascar in
pawn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

After all Dewey is wise in refusing
to be candidate for president. II he
ran he would have to come home and
face the hero of kissers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
8 Gol ] \ ls 5 IL
DE- Achll
uwITDD STATES TIaOOPs WIN a
& ssEbnP1KG VICTORY.

ro y, American Loss Il Dsti.sated
At 100 Eiiipaao Loss IL Betweea
800 and 4o0-sfovement$ AEainss
4 Insursent Capital tsommencea--
Natives Concentrating in Force
e Malabon ana Are Actively
Prep@rins Their Defen.e.-Gen.
Otis Ha. Maintained his Plans OF
canpaisr ana a Week will SEQ
the Beslnuins Of the End Of
"Agese.',
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

Women as rule have very poor
memories, but they never forget the
people who say nice things about their
clothes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

A New Jersey man has been fined SO
for kissing a widow. 1t is difficult to
understand why he should complain, II
she is young and fair.
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General.

All OuOII ~ UeluS uldlu0 W 1OIIl :"
pipe organ combine with $5O,OO0,OOO
capital.
Word has been received Of the strik-
ing Of q tremendous oil we'll in Elk
Fork, near Marietta, Ohio.
A movement is on foot to form a
combination Of plain and decorated
lamp chimney manufacturers.
The cast iron pipe combine has been
formed and the first assessment for
consolidated stock has been made.
Cleveland has been selected as tire
next meeting place of the American
Bankers association.
The Syracuse Tube Company of
Syracuse, N. Y, has given it's 500
workmen a 10 per cent increase in
wages.
Twin girls born prematurely, owing
to an accident to the mother, will be
reared in an incubator at New AL
bany, Ind.
The gunboat Wilmington, which has
just completed cruise up the Orinoco
river as far as Cuidad Bolivar, has
arrived at Para, Brazil.
The town Of Woodlawn, near Bir-
mingham, Ala, was visited by severe
windstorm. A church and several
dwellings were damaged
The West Boyleston Manufacturing
Company of Worcester, Mass, en-
plcying 300 hands, will. on April 1, re-
store the wages of 1893.
The Sixth United States volunteers,
colored, was mustered out at Atlanta,
Ga. The Third Mississippi regiment
was mustered out at Albany.
The governors of the New York and
Boston stock exchange have stricken
the securities Of the Bay State Gas
Company Delaware from the list.
The American steamer Mariposa,
Capt Hayward, has sailed from sgd
ney, n. S. W., for San Francisco, hav-
ing on board 100000 in gold.
The Pennsylvania Tube company of
Pittsburg. Pa. employing several
thousand men, has advanced the rate
of wages of all employees 10 per cent.
The employees Of all the different
mills controlled by the National Tube
Works Company Of McKeesport are
preparing to make a request for 10 per
cent advance in wages.
Tenn, We're heavy losers by a storm
Tuesday night, which followed two
days of heavy rains. Trains have been
delayed for many hours
Notwithstanding rumor of q strike
Of coal miners in the Pittsburg dis
trict on April 1, both operators and
miners insist that an amicable settle
ment will be reached.
The International Air Pump Com
pany Of New York has changed it's
name to the International Power CON-
pany and increased it's capital from
| $7.0OO,0OO to $8,OO0,OOO.
The option held by the National
Steel company on the Thomas Furnace
company at Niles, Ohio. has been ac-
cepted and the property passes into
the bands of the combine May 1.
Thomas Mcdonald, who has been
Steel company, Is to be appointed man.
ager of all the steel plants absorbed
by the National Steel company.
The directors Of the Pacific Coast
company have declared the following
semi-annual dividends: Two and one
half per cent on first preferred; 2 on
second preferred and on the common.
Judge Walter G. Ong, Of the COM
mon pleas court of Cleveland, Ohio,
has fled petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy i'm the United States circuit
5000 and his assets at $4,000.
| Residents Of the mining town OF
Hayden Hill, Lassen county, Caifor-
mia, are greatly excited over an ex-
ceedingly rich strike Of gold ore. which
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31
PYairic Fifa sRartn,.

49, tA1tlOSE ZIG NaG1ng. ~
st,5 haywood, Neb., March rs. - a Ind 4
prairie fire. p yaging In this locality.
the tail grass, Wliich Is now dry. riy. d
ing III q fun sweep. Many stacks t,f u
3nnthreshcd grain and hundreds of II
tons q. hay have been burned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

Gov. Thomas of Colorado recently
sent a message to the legislature call
Ane attention to the trusts now form
ing in the state, including the smelter
combine and the trust which hopes to
control all the public utilities of Den
yer. and asked the body to call on the
legislatures of other states to assist in
the work of suppressing the combina-
lions Of capitalists which he believes
are Injurious to the interests OF
the people. The message said:
1.-THE tremendous economic and po-
,litical influence Of these modern aggre-
cations needs no discussion. Whether
the evil can be eradjeated by peaceful
methods Is problematical. An enact
ment whereby failure and dissolution
shall follow the direct OF indirect mer-
ger of any home corporation into a
general conabination Of kindred inter.
ests in other states. by whatever name
such combination shall be known, is
urgently demanded. If TIE remedy
suggested be severe. it must be remem-
besed that the disease is desperate.
Many Of our aister communicating are
helpless in the presence Of creatures
they have bronght into being but can
no longer control. Let us profit BY
their naonrnful example II We would
avoid their fate.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-31

A trust is to be formed of the ex-
listing whisky trusts, but it's object will
probably not be to drive the consumer
out of business.