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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
NO MORE CONCESSIONS MADE
TO SHIPPERS.
COMMITTEE HOLDS RE|Ns
Community Ownership Groups
Roads into Divisions and
Stops Rate Cutting.

New York, March 6-The Mail and
Express today says:
Some large western shippers of
freight complain that it is now useless
to make the rounds of the various
railroad offices looking for concessions
on shipments from Chicago to Pacific
coast points. This is a pointer as to
one of the immediate results Of the
bankers arrangement for the division
of all the railways of the United
States into groups or into a commun-
ity of ownership.
1t means that the advisory board Of
half a dozen men now hold the reins
and whenever the reins need adjusting
they emanate from this body or from
the bankers who appointed the COM
mittee. There are no longer any long
wrangles of traffic officials. These
men are instructed to get together and
make Rch tariffs or such changes in
the rates as the bankers committee or,
perhaps, the presidents themselves
think should be made. AS a result
the machinery works as smoothly as
if there were only n great system
instead of many independent ones.
Some railway authorities think the
increased revenue by reason of the
adjustment of rate cutting and be-
cause of a few small advances in
tariffs will amount to $50, 600, 900 or
more each year. According to one
authority the losses to the railways an
nually for the payment of commissions
used to run into lines and as a rule the
general public did not benefit cores
pondingly. Again the community of
ownership method has reduced rivalry
to a minimum and it has been posi-
BILE to run fewer trains and to make
less ~extravagant concessions in order
to secure business.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
TAIL ENDERS MEET.
Democratic Members of Senate Hold In
formal Conference. .

Washington, March 5-The demo-
cratic members Of the senate held an
informal conference after the ad-
journment of the senate today to CON
slider the wisdom Of filling minority
places On the senate committees made
vacant by the retirement of senators
on the democratic side, but adjourned
without deciding whether action
should oe taken. There was also dis
cussion of the cloture movement in
the senate and while no effort was
made to obtain a formal expression
upon the subject, there was a sufi-
cient exchange Of opinion to cause
those present to conclude that the
move would be resisted to the end Of
the session.
The conference was attended by
Senators Patterson, Dubois, Harris,
Turner and Heitfeld, all of whom
heretofore have acted with either the
silver republicans or the populists.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
|0BED|ENT TO
MASTERS BID
HIGGINS WEARS BADGE OF
SERVITUDE.
HIGH HANDED PROCEEDING
Desperate Effort to Prevent Biased
Judge Bill from Reach
ing Governor.
HIGH HANDED PROCEEDING
to The Daily Gazette.

Special to The Daily Gazette.
Helena, March 5-About the most
notable occurrence III the legislature
today was the high handed effort Of
Lieutenant Governor Higgins to pre-
vent senate bill M. 81, the biased
judge bill, from reaching the governor
before.the session ended. The senate
concurred in the house amendment to
the bill, but Higgins refused to sign
the bill because he claimed it had not
been properly engrossed.
The senate got into a parliamentary
snarl over his action and some Of the
senators told him some unpleasant
things. Higgins finally referred it to
a committee of three, composed of
enemies Of the bill, and it is in their
hands tonight with little show of be-
ing reported tomorrow, unless the
committee is forced TO dig it up,
which will probably be done.
Both houses are winding up their
business in an ugly mood, as it has be-
come evident to the members that
many of their pet measures will never
be reported by the steering commit
tee.
The body of the late Senator Court
ney, who died last night, will lie in
state at st. Johns hospital until to-
morrow noon, when it will be taken
to Butte, where the funeral will be
held Friday. AS the legislature will
have adjourned then it is the inten-
ton of all members to go to Butte on
a special train to attend the funeral.
The desk of the dead senator was
draped today and a general air of sad
ness prevailed around the senate cham
Der, where the dead man was a gen.
eral favorite. Both houses have ap-
pointed committees to draft suitable
resolutions on the dead.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
A BILLION RECORD.
Alleged Statements Showing Expenditures
Of Last Congress.

Washington, March 6-Represent-
alive Cannon, chairman of the house
committee on appropriations, and
Representative Livingston, the senior
democratic member of the committee,
have prepared statements of the ap-
preparations Of the Fifty-sixth con
gress which will be printed in the
Record tomorrow. They place the
total appropriations for the congress at
ST., 440, 062, 545, placing those for the
first session at $710, $50, 862 and for
the second at $729, Oil. 1888. Cannon
publishes a table showing the expend-
itures of the previous congress at
81, 56S, 212, 6S7 and Livingston makes
a comparison with the Fifty-fourth
congress, which appropriated $1,o44,-
$50, 1918.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
HILL PLANS
new CONTROL
CHARGED WITH DESIGNS ON
BURLINGTON.
BUYS HEAVILY OF STOCK
Meets with Vigorous Opposition
from Element Opposed to
Outside Domination.

New York, March 6-The CONNER
.cial Advertiser says:
The heavy buying of Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad stocks
within the past few days is partly ex-
planned today by the report from a
trustworthy source that j. J. Hill and
his friends have been seeking to obtain
control Of this property in the interest
of the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific. Wall street operators say that
the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific
interests have secured sufficient stock
to be entitled to representation on the
board of control.
The efforts Of outside parties to Sc
cure control of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy have been stoutly resist
ed by some of the largest stockhold-
ers, who have been connected with the
property for many years and who
have a strong faith in its future
growth. These inside interests have
thus far prevented the new corners
from securing a majority of the stock.
Whether their resistance to a change
in control will continue to be effective
remains to be seen.
1t is an interesting fact that n Of
the strongest interests in Burlington
which is seeking to preserve the indie
pendence Of that property is the same
interest which was largely instrument
tai in preventing J. Pierpont Morgan
and J.. j. Hill from getting control Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway.
The report that the Pennsylvania
interests were buying Burlington shares
is authoritatively denied by repre-
senatives of that company. The Penn
sylvania people say they have now
got all the railway property they
want.
BEATS BILLION RECORD.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
HELENA DEADLOCK.

Helena, March 5-The vote on sena-
tor today was as follows: Carter, 80
Frank, "a; Conrad, IS; Cooper, 8;
MacGinnis, 8; Toole, I.
Helena, March 6-The session ends
tomorrow, but the deadlock was not
broken today. The vote a Carter,
SO; Frank, 80; Conrad, 10; Mac
Ginnis, 8; Cooper, s Toole, l.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
PREPARE TO STRIKE.

Altoona, Pa, March Cat a conven-
ton of the bituimnous miners today
the following resolution was adopted:
sit is the sense of this convention
that in all collie1ies where the stscale
will not be paid by April !, work
shall be suspended on that date"
Micheal G. McTaggart, Il of the
leaders of the miners union, said to-
day: "The field will be tied April !,
unless we get an eight honr deg, two
thirds differentlal between machine
and pick mining, abolition Of COM
pany stores, and the dead work scale.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
ALLEN STILL SENATOR.

Washington, March. 6-Senator AL
lens name is carried on the rolls as a
senator from Nebraska and it is under
stood it will be until the legislature
elects or adjourns. There was some
expectation that his commission would
expire March 4, the close of the last
congress, but the authorities held
otherwise.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
MEIKELJOHN RESIGNING.

Washington, March 6-Although
officially the announcement is with
held, fearing adverse effect on Nickel
johns senatorial contest at Lincoln,
his resignation has been accepted and
Colonel W. G. Sanger of New York has
been selected to succeed him as assist
ant secretary of war.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
HELD UP.

Washington, March 5-Among the
nominations which failed of confirma-
tion were frederick Weigant, post
master at Grafton, N. D., and John
v. Eddy Of Helena, mineral land CON-
mission from Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
JOB FOR CHANDLER.

Washington, March 6-Ex-Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire has been
selected for president of the Spanish
claims commission. Other appoint
ments will soon follow and it is in
tended that the commission begin
work as soon as possible.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.

Washington, March 6-The presi-
dent today made the following nomi-
nations: Robert S. Mccormick Of
Illinois, ambassador to Australia;
Frank w. jackson, Pennsylvania,
consul at Pat1ias, Greece; Captain A.
S. Crowningshield, chief of bureau Of
navigation with rank of admiral.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
PARTITION HAS BEGUN.

London, March 6-The Pekin cor
respondent of the Morning Post sug-
gests that Japan's readiness to with
draw her troops points to her receiving
territorial concession in the province
of Fo KEN. He says: sit looks. as
though partition was commencing"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08

Mr.. J. W. Patterson. night policeman
at Nashua, Ia, says: TN January l had
a very bad cold on my lungs, and used
half dozen different cough medicines and
prescriptions from two doctors, but grew
worse all the time. I finally bought a
bottle of FoLEY's HONEY AND TAR and
after using %two-thirds of, ] was entirely
cured" Holmes & Calhoun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-08
BOB PROMOTED.

Washington, March DIT was an
nounoed at the navy Department. to-
day that Captains r. D. Evans and H.
@. Taylor, who had been advanced five
numbers for services at the battle Of
Santiago, were commissioned as real
admirals, to date from February II,
LAST.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06
CITY eREVlTles.

The board Of medical examiners for tho
Eleventh judicial district resumed their
hnal meeting Yesterday Issuing seven more
certificates.
The Ladies Parish association of Christ
church will give the annual egg rolling on
Monday afternoon on the lawn at the
church from until Z.
There viii he meeting of the alumni
Of the University of Virginia at the office
of Major W II Crank, al0la Preston ave
nue., this evening at o'clock.
old Hickory camp No. 81, Woodmen Of
the World, has issued invitations 10 a
men hall, Congress avenue, on Friday even
ing, April II.
Lizzie Ross colorcd, was arraisned in
Justice Malsch's court yesterday on q
examination and was bound over In the
sum of S2tn.
There are undellvered tcleesrams at the
office of the Western Union TELEGRAPH com
panv for AIr. Marshall W. h. small. War
IN G. ward, Mrs Ethel Dry, b. w. Roths
child and Mayer Lipschltz.
There will be a baseball game al Baseball
parB this afternoon between the Hlgn
Colts are considered the best amateur team
la the city, SO a good game is 70 he eN
peeled.
A runaway team on Main street yestcr
day afternoon collided with a buggy n
front of Levy Bros; occupied ny Mrs. I: D.
Martin and Mrs. Downcy. wheel was
rAken from the buggy and the laolcs
thrown to thc pavement, but neither was
seriously hurt.
A. the Cumberland Presbyterian church
Lords service At 5 r. m. an sunday nieht
at the chapel ON Fannin street ana FeaSe
avenue. Mrs i W. Payne, very nne
sn!oist. who has several times heretofore
sung Al this ch1pcl. viii sing New Born
King and intermczzo from "Cayallerla
Rrsficana" Mrs. r. NJ, Medbury will play
her accompanying MS
During the fre that DESTROYED he nuts
AT the corner Of Milan street ana Texas
nycnue Yesterday afternoon. Some teir'
phone cables IN the Citizens system We're
burned Gripping the service Of that com
ranv. Liucmcn were put 10 work al once
reniirlng the damage, however and y
was announced that the Interruption or
The service VIII not be Of long duration
Houston council Of United Commercial
Travellers will hold social session thls
evening al 5 o'clock In the Knights ,of
1'ythins hall on Main street. An entertain
iHg program has heen arranged for me
orraslon. and various refreshments VIII
lie served All travelling men VIII he cor
daily welcomed, whether they are mem
hers OF the order or not. No special IN
Vitati0ns for the event have been sent out,
thr only Invitations that have been MADE
being through the press.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06
AGAINST OIL MONOPOLY.
What Farmer Shaw Thinks of the Leas
ma OF Oil Lands.

What Farmer Shaw Thinks Of the Leas-
ina OF Oil Lands.
Dallas. Texas, April 5.-The following
will appear In this weeks issue OF Texas
Farmer, under the head Of Beware of the
OIL shark
There Is abundant evidence that the
standard Oil company is resortng to the
tactics that were SO successful In prevent
ing the full development of the oil fields In
Western Virginia. parts of Ohio and Penn
sylvania to throttle the development Of the
OF fields in Texas. In no other way can
the Standard Oil monopoly be perpetnated.
Every Indication points to an oil area In
Texas quite as large as that OF Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio aud Western Virginia com
bined. Aud under the gulse of developing
this territory the standard oil company
adopting various aliases Is securing leases
Of the mineral rights in Texas lands for
varying periods always as long as posi-
ble) with no other consideration except IN
few instances obllgating themselves 10
give one-tenth OF the oil output when the
OH Is developed. unieSs forced to do so
by owners who are too smart 10 be caught
IN their trap. ihey enter into no obligation
Whatever TO begin Development al any par
tlcular time. ne result Of these leases Is
to tic up indefinitely the Development Of
the Oh lands OF toe State and 10 prevent
those who would develop them from s2ug
50. Three kinds OF leases are being sc.
cured:
/. Leases indefinite a the time Of begin
ming development. giyius n portion OF the
Oh as eonsiurrauoh ana running from one
= Leases running for different lengths Of
timp auu gtylng us a Comsi4rfutIoH ,,..4. -,
The OH secured, aud uGter the period in
which the contract 10 begin work expires
from ) 10 ~ cents per acre per aunhM un~
~ the expiration Of the lease
Texas Farmer desires 10 warn the people
OF the state against ind9ing ieuses except
upon one condition, to-wit: Stipulate That
inc work shall begin with SIX or twelve
months and continue without interruption
unul some conclusion Is reached. and mat
discoutinuancc 9i work for two mouths
shall forfeit the lease.
Farmers should remember that lease OF
The mIueral rights Of their lands acts as a
cloud upon the title and depreclates the
yalue al the lanu unriug the period COW
eipd by the lease. No one wants 10 buy
land with the tide to the mineral rights held
bs some one else
Now for a bit Of history relating 10 the
deyelopment Of the oil fields OF Texas: A
Tow wears ago oil was discovered al Nacog
dochcs II was a fine quality OF lubricat-
ing oil but WAS IN uDelTing indication OF
fhe existence Of illuminating aud other oils
near by The local people erected storage
tanks built pipe lines and prepared for de-
velopaent Bur the enterprise was short
and under rarions aliases leased the out
l,inp iandg fastened their ientaule- on the
rn,,ys enfcrprlsc and sfifed IL. The 1eid
was declared Improbable and abandoned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06
A Protest Is Made.

SGal,eston. Texas. Apri, 5.--'rhe centra'
&llef committee has forwarded the follow
* protest TO Austin in regard to the re
brit Of the legislative committee sent here
] investigate existing conditions and the
+stribution of relief funds and supplies:
enator r. V. Davidson and Representa-
tives Nolan and Tarpcy, Austin, Texas.
IGalveston, Texas. April 4, 1901 Where.
!, A legislative committee came to Calves.
BIZ on February IS, 1901, for the alleged
hrpose of Investigating the existing state
! affairs here resulting from the dread
klamity oicSeptcmber s, 1900:
8Whereas. We were shocked to find pub
khed In the newspapers the report of said
fmmittee containing language which re-
ected upon the competency and even the
htegrity of the relief committee; and
XWhereas, Two of our members representing
be whole committee immediately went 10
Justin and protested against the report as
Ping unjust and positively misleading In
far as 1t referred to the work of this
pmmittee; and,
Whereas, Certain members of the legis-
Tive committee dlsclaimed any reflection
pon us, then upon our representation that
pc language used in the report certainly
3ould Justify scandalmongers and sensa-
ona newspapers in casting inslnuatiok;-
nd base them upon this report emanatlng
Fom source that ought to command tn
ighest respect-nnd upon om further r'-
pest that the work we had done he
Promptly and thoroughly investigated wi h
view that justice may he done aud an
opportunity might he had to remedy the
plustlce done us through this report; there
pon Representative Lane, chairman of the
fmmittee from the house. who, we are
formed. worded the language Of this re-
prt, promised to come to Galveston and
fh upon the chairman of the building
fmmttee, ,. Adoue. for that purpose; an l..
Whereos, Though Mr.. Lane has since heen
ere he has failed % make good his prom
therefore, we, the members of the cen
II relief committee Of Galveston, respect.
WV request of Won as our representatives
me senate ana honse. that YOU demand
our name that committee ~ commit
~ nc Mt once appointed by your respfc-
W honorable bodies to afford ms an oppNr-
nly to disprove the reflective statemen 8
w insinuations made In tho legislative re-
~ ahov9 alluded to. We further beg re-
egIlcllF to cali you- attention In view
NE early ADJOURNMENT of thu lcGlslatur2
zoe necessity of having said committee
vommittees Immediately appointed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06

OF New Orleans. was In the city yesterday,
guest Of the Logan
J. f. Maxwell, an oil man Of Corsicana
came IN from Beaumont last night and is
stopping at the Logan
Mr. Ed Ncwhauer. who travels for a
houston notion house came In yesterday
ana put MP az the Bristol
=, among the recent guests of the Logan arc
S SieSsrs. L. b. Burck and W. T. Armstrong;,
"eil known Galvestonians.
Mrs. Sid Huston. who has been visiting
relntiVes In Palestine for the past three
"eshs' Is expected home tonight.
mn ; r. Hauser. manager j. 5, Dunlay
ititarnwarr company. left last night for
heinpstead 10 spend several days.
Mr. Leigh Ellis. the well known rlantcr
anu cane growers from Sartariia. Is visiting
tne city ana stopping at the Logan.
Messrs; w y. and NJ. 5. Munson. prom
lheht citizens Of Augleton. were Ia the city
Yesterday registered at the Hutchins house
:. MesSrs c. Arthur Williams and Henry
hlghior, we'll known New orleans news.
naper men, are at the Rice hotel for brief
Judge Wells Thompson Of Matagorda
county Joined his wife Mt the Rice hotel
laSt nisht. the latter having arrived Thurs
day night
>, captain Charles Clarke In charge Of. the
/ BUralo tayou improvements came up from
| Galveston last evening and is quartored at
the Logan.
John W, Gibson, n stock dealer Of Wag-
ohet, l. T.. returned yesterday from a trip
20 Plerces ranch west OF San Antonio, and
( Is at the Logan.
Mrs. Ida shepard, Mr. Chauncey shepard
ma MI. Allen u, sanford and little son Of
( Mace spent sunday In Houston the guests
oil Ms. Eugena Flewolin.
Among the Texans registered at the
itutchlns house yesterday were Mcssrs, w.
! 4. Taylor of Wharton, L. y. Rogan of CAT
weston and ]. II. Hcrndon Of Tyler
Mr.. H. Montgomery. chief clerk of the
railway mail service, with headquarters at
! san Autoulo, arrived In the city last night
ana has taken apartments at the Rice hotel
z MeSsrs II. \. Mulky and w. II, Dixon,
prominent gentlemen Of sherman, who have
( recently become associated with the oil
/ business at Beaumont are among the late
arrivals at the Logan.
Mr. j. r. Ncel of the Western Union Tel.
! Ccraph company and wife were called to-
! day to the bedside of their brother. Eugene
7 Necl at Galveston. They returned this af-
/ telnoon accompanied by Eugene and wife;
I he Is much improved.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-06
OIL wEeLL DEVELOPMENT.

Organization OF the acknowledgements
OII Company-lts incorporates.
Ihere was organized In this city weston.
DAY the Houston- Beaumont on comnanv
the lneornorators being chiefly Houston
ana Galveston capitalists This company
mas already purchased eleven acres of land
located one mile AID quarter northans,
or the Lucas gusher. The new company
Is capitalized at 100000. with 1o0.o0o
shares at 81 each, 10000 of which shares
are to be put on the market at once at 90
cents on the dollar to provide the necessary
capital for operating purposes
The incorporators Of this company are O.
l.. Cochran. Ed Browne o. G. Drew, H.
L. Mclaughlin, j. T.. Browne and G. 4
Qulnlan of Houston; Forster Rose. On,
Vim, T. Austin and c. H. Moore Of Gal
weston; Henry A. Lloyd of New York and
g.. a. ST. Louis of Beaumont.
At the organization of the company yes
terday the following directors were elected
q. l.. Cochran. Ed Browne, o. G.. Drew
George y, Quinlnn. c. II. Moore, Fred
Hlnrtrl and Forster Rose.
The directors subsequently, elected the
President. o. L. Cochran: vice president
Ed Browne: treasurer. q. C.. Drew; see
rotary. II, p Mclaughlin.
All of these officers reside in Houston
which place Is designated in the charter
as the domicile of the company
The charter has been applied for.
49,
Mrs. Bettie BRYAN, representing the Grace
Oil company in this city which is placing
its shares on the market at 10 cents a
share, completed yesterday the sale Of
2T.500 shares.
She received a telegram from u. A Dun.
can. president OF the company aud cashier
of the Beaumont National bank, advising
pany.