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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04
Prosperity Abounds.

During the last five years business
confidence has been restored and the
nation is to be congratulated upon
it's present abounding prosperity.
Such prosperity can never be created
by law alone, although 1t is easy
enough to destroy it by mischievous
laws. The old laws and the old GUS
toms which had almost binding
force of law were not quite sufficient
to regulate the accumulation and dis.
tribution of wealth. Since the indus
trial changes which have so enor.
mously increased the productive pow.
er of mankind they are no longer suffi.
cient.
Corporate Fortune.
Though the creation of great cor.
porate fortunes has not been due to
tariff nor to any other governmental
action, but to natural causes in the
business world, operating in other
countries as they operate in our own,
there have been abuses connected
with the collection of wealth. yet II
remains true that the fortunes accum'
ulated in legitimate business can be
accumulated by the persons specially
benefited only on condition Of con
ferring immense incidental benefits
upon others. An additional reason
for caution in dealing with corpora
tions 10 to be found in the information
for caution In dealing with corpora
al commercial conditions of today
The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations
OF corporate and individual wealth
have made them very potent factors
in international commercial competi
ton. Business concerns which have
much the larger means at their dis
posal and are managed by the ables
men, are naturally those which take
the lead in the strife for commercial
supremacy among the nations of tn,
world. Much of the legislation direct
ed at the trusts would have been ex
ceedingly mischievous had it not als'
been entirely ineffective. Men wh'
contend for the impossible or the I'm
desirable serve as the allies of tn,
forces with which they are nominal.
at war. while they hamper those VIII
would endeavor to nnd out in ration
al fashion what the wrongs really ar
and to what extent and in what mar
ner 1t Is practicable to supply rene
dies.
over-capitilizatlon an Evil.
All this is true and yet II is ais
true that there are real and grav
evils. one of the chief being ovel
capitalization, causing many balefu
consequences; a resolute and pract
cal effort must be made to correc
these evils. Great corporations exis
only because they are created an
safe-guarded by our constitution an
II is therefore our right and our dut
to see that they work in harmon
with this constitution. The first el
sential in determining how to des
with the great industrial combini
tions is knowledge Of facts-publi,
ity. In the interest of The public tn
government should have the right I
inspect and examine the workings {
the great corporations engaged in II
} ter-state business.
A Uniform Trust Law.
Large corporations commonly cal
ed trusts. though organized in on
state always do business in man
states. There is utter lack OF un
! formity in the state laws about then
and as no state has any exclusive Il
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04

Washington, Dec. a. The first
message of President Roosevelt was
delivered to congres at noon today.
Following is a synopsis:
The Senate and House of Represen-
tatives in Congress assemblies this
year under the shadow of a great ca
lamity. On the 9Th of September
President Mckinley was shot by an
anarchist while attending the Pan.
American Exposition at Buffalo. and
died in that city on the 14th of that
month. We mourn a good and great
president who has died, but while we
mourn we are lifted up by the splen.
did achievements of his life and the
n and heroism with which he met his
death.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04
Was an Anarchist.

This criminal who killed him was
a professional anarchist and infiamed
by the teachings of professed anarch-
lists; on no conceivable theory could
the murder of the president be ac-
cepted as due to protest against lin
equalities in the social order" save
as the murder of all free men engaged
in a town meeting could be accepted
as a protest against that social inc.
qLi '.ty which puts the malefactor in
jail.
y archy Is no more an expr - on
o: special despotism" than pi :S'ns
pockets or wife beating. A man who
defends anarchy. directly or indirect
ly.in any shape or fashion, is a man
who apologies for anarchists and
their deeds and makes himself imme.
diately accessory to murder before the
fact. earnestly recommend congress
that in the exercise of its wise discre
tion ii take into consideration the
coming to this country OF anarchists
or persons protesting principles hos
tile to all government and justifying
murder OF those placed in authority.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04

CONTINUED on Seventh pnge.)
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04
A Uniform Trust Law.

Large corporations commonly call
ed trusts. though organized in one
state always do business in many
states. There is utter lack Of uni
formity In the state laws about them.
and as no state has any exclusive In
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04

In many respects national banking
law furnishes sufficient liberty for
the proper exercise of the banking
function; but there seems to be need
of better safeguards against the de.
ranging influence of commercial crises
and financial panic. Moreover, the
currency OF the country should be
made responsive to the demands OF
our domestic trade.
curtsil Our Revenues.
The collection OF duties on imports
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-04

The act OF March IA. 1900, intended
to establish gold as the standard
money and to maintain at a parity
Herewith all forms of money medium
in use with us has been shown to be
timely and judicious.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
BLOODY RACE WAR IS IN PROGRESS
IN WASHINGTON PARISH,
LOUISIANA
BLACKS GET WORST OF IT
Three White Men Are Dead and
Eleven Negroes at Last Report
Roth Sides Arming
for Battle.
MORE TROUBLE IS EXPECTED

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2S-The Picay-
une's Amite City special says:
Three white men and eleven negroes
killed is the startling and terrible news
from Washington parish tonight. Your
correspondent has just conversed with a
man from, Frankli,,ton and he confirms
the above Information, but he knew moth
ing of what has happened sine ter
day evening The first news OF t..,- race
riot was brought here today by Cor
nelius Nixon, who, with his mother, left
from near Franklinton this morning. He
stated that white men rode into Frank
linton at o'clock this morning asking
for help, saying that the negroes were up
in arms, threatening to eXterminate the
whites. The scene Of the trouble is at
or near Ralltown, where negro was
burned last week for CT, mnally assault
ing a white woman. This was not the
cause, however, of the murders yester-
day in which three white men and eleven
negroes were killed and several wounded.
Mr.. Nixon saw and talked with many
men from the scene, and they said more
and worse trouble was expected today,
as armed men were f1ocking to the scene,
and it was reported the blacks were
equally active in preparing for battle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
CROSS-EXAMINATIO OF REAR AD-
MIRAL SCHLEY is IN
PROGRESS,
READY WITH HIS REPLIES
Searching Questions of the Judge
Advocate Fail to Shake the
direct Evidence of the
Applicant.
INQUIRY NEARING ITS END

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.--The cross-ex-
animation of Admiral Schley began to-
day before the court of inquiry when the
miral Schley concludes tomorrow, two
other witnesses will be called in his be-
half Admiral Barker and Capt. Thomas
Rerden.t The latter was an officer of the
marine corps aboard the Brooklyn. The
judge advocate ther gill call his wit
nesses in rebuttal, of whom there are I'M
derstood to be more than fifteen, and it
is probable that Admiral Schley's coun-
sci wilI-caH witnesses in surrebuttal.
The crowd present today, while hardly
so large as on Friday, when Admiral
Schley told the story of the battle of San
tiago, showed undated interest in the
proceedings. Nothing sensational de-
veloped, and the only outburst in the
court occurred when Mr. Rayner, Ad-
miral Schley's counsel, objected, to line
of inquiry of the judge advocate designed
to criticise Admiral Schley's alleged fail
ure to formulate a plan of battle, with
the declaration that as Admiral Sampson
was in command, his junior had no right
to plan an order of battle.
Admiral Schley concluded his direct
examination, which continued only about
ten minutes after the court convened
this morning, with statement of the eff
feet of the fire of the respective fleets at
Santiago, showing that SO per cent of the
hits suffered by the enemy were scored
by the Brooklyn's five-inch guns, while
his ship received 70 per cent of the hits
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Entirely Secluded.

Czolgosz was a carefully secluded pris-
oner in Auburn penitentiary and his con-
finement and execution were devoid of
sensationalism. State Superintendent of
Prisons Cornelius V. Collins was deter
mined that the prisoner despite the
enormtty of his crime, should gain no
undue notoriety and issued strict orders
for his complete secIusion These Or
+deEs were carefully carrised out and
from the time the prisoner entered the
prison walls until he was broughtsto the
death chair today he was practically
out of the public view.
During his Imprisonment the post
brought more than 1,500 letters, papers
and packages to the prisoner, but none
of these were ever delivered to him.
They came from the. army of letter
writing cranks and were of every charac-
ter, from the harmless to the vicious.
The prison officials felt that the delivery
of such a quantity of mail would not
only seriously disturb him, but would
give him false ideas as to his indepen-
dence and prominence. The other con-
victs in the death house were not per-
mitted to talk to him, and the guards
who kept the death vigil watched in un-
broken silence.
The seclusion of the prisoner operated
both ways, for if the world went on in
ignorance of the life of the prisoner from
day to day, the prisoner lived in ignor-
even as to the great question affecting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
TRAINMEN ON THE N. P. HAVE GRIEVANCES
Claim the Company Not Living Up Promises Made Last
July


hundred miles, and for brakemen at 81
per hundred miles. Now it is claimed by
the trainmen that the company has not
kept faith with them, and the spirit of
the compact has been broken. In addi-
ton to that, the complaint is made that
several of the employees have been sum
marily dismissed without satisfactory
explanation. In two cases the discharged
men were on this division, and have their
homes in Tacoma. Subsequently, after
the matter had been taken up by the train
mems order one of the men was rein
stated, but the other one is still out. The
trafnmen deny that they are attempting
to secure an increase in wages, but are
only attempting to hold what was gained
at the st. Paul conference. Whether the
matter can be adjusted with the local of-
hcials, or whether it will eventually he
carried to headquarters. has not been de-
cided SO far as can be learned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
q Democratic Paper
from the Spanish ships. Capt Lemly's 3
cross-examination was very searching.
SchIev Holds His Own -

from the Spanish ships Capt Lemiy's
cross-eXamination was very searching.
SchIey Holds His Own.
Admiral Schley. however, appeared to
be unruffied throughout the examination,
frankly admitting on several occasions
that he could not remember little details
after the lapse of three years. One line
of inquiry which the judge advocate tried
to press to show that Admiral Schley did
not proceed with dispatch from Key
West to Cienfuegos by attempting to con-
trast the speed made between Charleston
and Key West with the time between Key
West and Cienfuegos was curtailed by
decision of the court, which confined the
questions to the time subsequent 10 May
49,, the day on which the flying squadron
left Key West. The judge advocate, in
his roSs-examination, dwelt upon the in
terview between Admiral Sampson and
Commander Schley at Key West before
the departure of the flying squadron, at
which the latter testified that Admiral
Sampson instructed him not to expose his
ships to shore batteries until the Span
ish fleet had been destroyed, on the fact
that Admiral Schley issued no written
order of battle, on the question of coal
ing off CienfuegoS and the steps Schley
took to ascertain the presence Of
the Spanish feet. He was cross-exam-
ining the witness upon matters connected
with the cruise of the squadron from
Cienfuegos TO Santiago when the court
adjourned. The retrograde movement
the firing upon the Colon and the battle
of Santiago, which constitute the main
features of the }precept, were not touched
upon today.
Previous to Admiral SchIey taking the
stand, Lieutenant Commander Harlow
was called to correct his testimony. This
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
COLLEGE GIRLS DRAW THE COLOR LINE

the colored student at their meals is not
desired.
The objections of the young women to-
day reached the ears of Miss Ellis. EN-
barrassed that she should be the cause
OF an uprising among the "co-eds," the
young colored student is making eyery
effort to induce Matron Simpson to allow
her to leave the dormitory.
Mrs. Simpson is firm in her determine
uon to keep the young woman in the
hall, however, and unless an adverse de.
clsion is rendered at the next meeting
of the faculty the precedent already es.
tablished will be maintained and Miss
Ellis will remain in the hall
1t is thought that the faculty of the
Methodist institution will refuse to oust
the new student and the other residents
Of the hall assert that unless that action
is taken the dormitory will shortly be
inhabited by only one student
DIR. Robert Sheppard, secretary of the
university, expressed today the opinion
that the precedent of allowing colorec
students the privileges of the dormi-
tories OF the university will be main
tanned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

"Who gave you the money to get to
Buffalo?"
mo one. A man in Chicago wanted
to see me, and I went there from Clave-
land
"Kho was the man?o pursued the su-
Derintendent.
81 don't remember his name"
DO you remember where he lived?"
mo, l don't know the names of the
streets there"
How did ,Hou. get to, Buffalo from Chi
eago? Did this man pay your fare?"
mo, sir; had some money I earned
at painting and carpenter work
Didn't this man in Chicago and some
others ten you to kill the presdent?''
asked Mr.. Collins.
NO they didn't. I thought it out my
SELF
Did you first follow the president to
San Francisco to kill him.
That's lie,'' responded the prisoner
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Refused to Accept the Offices Of Any Minister of the
Gospel Catholic or Protestant
AUBURN, N Y, Oct. 30-Leon Czolgosz. the
assassin of the late William Mckinley was electro
cuted in the state prison here at 1920 this morning

him. The rule of silence as to the pris-
oner was broken that he might have op-
portunity to prepare himself spiritually
for his death
CzOlGOsz Talks.
The rule was also broken in a final eff
fort to secure a confession from the con-
demned man. The prison officials felt
that it was their duty to again seek to
ascertain if others plotted with him or
abetted him in the murderous plan that
he carried out at Buffalo early in Septem-
ber Supt- Collins had a lengthy inter
view with him. Night was chosen for the
inquiry, and at o'clock the suberinten-
dent called Czolgosz. The prisoner was
transferred to another part of the prison
where there was no one to overhear the
conversation. For the first few minutes
Czeigosz sat in silence, and the superin-
,tendent began to dispair of getting anv
information. Finally, just as he was
about to leave, Czolgosz answered one
of his questions. From that time on he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

p. B. Carter arrived from FrankIinton
a little after dark tonight and told your
correspondent that the situation was ter
rible and more troubleis feared. He said
that Joe Seals and Charles Elliott and
another white man, whose name he did
not know, We're dead, and E. W. Thomp-
son, white man, was wounded, and that
eleven negroes were dead. His informa-
ton was obtained from people who went
to Franklinton for help.
At o'clock this morning a posse left
Franklinton for the scene in charge OF
Sheriff Simmons, and from all over the
country armed men are hurrying to the
same place. Mr.. Carter said that 900
men were probably under arms today in
Washington parish:s4 The trouble oc
Cured at negro camp meeting, and the
origin, as near as can-i ascertained. was
as follows: -
Greer Lott, a negro, was running a re-
freshment stand, ana a constable, q
white man, name not given, went to him
and asked for his licenses he had none
and became impudent, eursed the con-
stable and defIed. him. The constable
withdrew and obtained assistance. He
returned with several white men, when
the negro Lott rushed out and fired
point blank into the crowd, killing Joe
Seals and Charles Elliott. The whites
returned the fire and Killed Lott Then a
negro preacher named Connolly rushed
out of a house with gun in hand, at
tempting to shotot, when he was killed,
and his daughter was. killed, it is said,
accidentally. In the shooting which fol-
lowed another white man was killed
and E. H. Thompson wounded, end seven
or eight negroes killed. The shooting
had no direct connection with the burn
ing of the negro Morris in that section
last week, but it undoubtedly is a sequel
to that tragic event. Since that time it
is reported that the negroes have been
holding nightly meetings preparing to at
tack the whites.
Balltown is about twenty miles from
F'ranklinton in a sparsely settled section.
1t is isolated and almost entirely cut off
from the outside world. F'ranklinton is
twenty-seven miles east of this place,
and there are no telegraph or telephone
lines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
FRESHMAN GIRLS WHIP THE SOPHOMORES
Oliver College Function Enlivened by Biting Scratching and
Hair Pulling Match.

freshments provided by the girls for their
guests, Then the trouble began The
attic door was bolted and the intruders
made prisoners.
Manwhile other sophomores outside
hearing the commotion, attempted to
rescue their fellows Entering the base
ment, they turned off the gas, and burst
ing into the hall, began pitched battle
The girls fought desperately and after
the manner of their; sex, biting, tearing
Clothes scratching faces and pulling hair.
One unfortunate sophomore after losing
nearly all her hair, was unceremoriousiy
thrown out of window by three muscu-
lar young women This brought the bat
tie to Al close and theA Invaders hastily
withdrew after liberating their confed-
crates in the attic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

talked quite freely, but his utterances
contained no enlightment as to the cause
for his crime or a possible conspiracy
The most important statement he made
was one in which he absolutely denied
that he had Q handkerchief tied about
his hand, or that the pistol was concealed
in any other place than his coat pocket
The superintendent said:
Now, Czolgosz, 1 want you to talk to
me. I'm the only one who can do you
any good, and if you tell me anything L
may help you get out of here.
II don't want 10 get out of here They'd
kill me outside, was the reply.
Who'd kill your
why, the people
you mean the men who told YOU to
kill the president" asked Mr.. Collins.
Had No Confederates.
mo; nobody told me 10 kill the presi-
dent; mean the people,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

Il did not did not make up my mind
till I'd been here a few days"
You say you worked for your money.
Your father says you never had any
money, and you would not work.
Hes no good. He married woman
who made me cook my own food in the
house after had bought it,
Supt. Collins at intervals repeated the
question as to who sent him to kill the
president, but to each query he would
respond: Nobody. L did it myself"
'You know Emma Goldman says you
are an idiot and no good, and that you
begged a quarter of her?"
81 don't care what she says. She didn't
tell me to do this"
What did you kill the president for?'
"He wouldn't give me any work.
Did you ever ask him for work?''
Continued on Fifth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Special to the Globe.

9LIvET.s Mich. Oct. ..2S.-The freshman
girls at OHvet college have demonstrated
that they can take care of themselves.
The sophomores can testify to this fact,
The witnesses are minus mucn na1r,
many buttons and neckties, while the
victorious girls have accumulated enough
hair Of various hues OF stuff a large sofa
pillow. They also have a choice collection
Of collars, coat bands and remnants of
clothing
The freshman girls were giving party
ia the adelphic hall last Saturday night.
The festivities had barely begun when
vigilant sentries discovered four soph-
Incres hidden in the attic, their Intention
being TO make a raid on the dainty re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
SPENT THEIR MONEY RIGHT AND LEFT
Harvey Logan and Annie Rogers Had Bills
Northern Express

the unsigned bank notes for good money.
The woman bought goods to the amount
of $3.50 from a leading dry goods store,
and she and the man spent much money
on houses of i'll fame. The payments al
ways being made in new, large bills, no
matter, what the amount of the purchase
was. The Identification Of these people
as having been here is complete by
means of photographs today shown to
the people with whom they dealt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Special TO the Globe.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Oct %. : Harvey
Logan, said to be the ringleader of the
gang who robbed the Great Northern ex-
press train of $4,000 on July 8, spent two
weeks here, from Sept. 26 to Oct 10. He
was accompanied by the woman, Annie
Rogers, alias Maude Williams, who is
now under arrest at Nashville. When
they came here on that day they regis
tered as R. T. Moore and wife, st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, and spent money like princes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29
Special 10 the Globe.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-"Co-eds' of the
Northwestern university who live at
Chaplin hall have drawn the color line.
Unless Elizabeth Ellis, young colored
woman of San Antonio, Tex, who was
recently assigned a room in the dormi-
tory, is Immediately elected, the young
women say they will leave the hall and
procure rooms elsewhere in Evanston.
This ultimatum was delivered TO Mrs.
Elizabeth Simpson. matron of the Cnapin
hall, by a committee representing the
young women of the dornitory and they
are anxiously awaiting the resulting
action of the faculty.
The "co-eds'' assert that personally
they have nothing against the new COL
ored student The principal grievance OF
the young women is that Miss Ellis is al.
lowed To eat at the same table With
them.
Many of them are from the South and
have a deep seated prejudice against the
negro race, while others, bred in the at
mosphere of Northern Illinois, are in-
clined to be more liberal in their views
But they all agree that the presence OF