The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-01-09
Morgan and their associates. whereby
the two syst f1sS ~ #
Are to BE Consolidated

Morgan and their associates. whereby
the two systeh1s
Are 70 BE Consolidated
and placed under the direction Of one
man or board of directors, through the
defendant company, and thus bring
about and perpetuate q monopoly in
railway tsafflc IN Minnesota and a
complete conso solidatica Of the two sys.
TENS. One man oil. board viii thus, 1t
is alleged. Be enabled to fix all rates
on lines OF the state determine what
trains shall be run; remove adj compe
.tition. and prevent the building of,
lines into new eoi:a.try or into competi.
stihYe territory. This agreement and.
the consunsinatiSn thereof is claimed
to be in restraint OF trade. against
public policy and void. Under its
terms the directory OF the Northern
Securities company may change it's
own rules or may delegate all its au.
,thority to an executive committee tt
is pointed out that HILL the president.
w. p. Clough. the vice president, and
e. T. Nichols. the YeasurerEanu Sec
fetarv Of the company were all at the.
date of its organization officers Of the,
Great Northern and thst a Majority Of
its directors were also directors OF the
Northern Pacific. 1t has be-athe set
tied policy Of the state to prohibit CON
solidatien OF parallel 'or competing
lines and the law of 1874. ia which
such prohibition is made. 10 1ucteA in;
full as well as the amplifying act ct
1881 and the antitrust law of 1890.
prohibiting any combination In re
straint Of trade. It is set up that the
Northern Securities company is a rail-
road corncrAtion within the meaning.
Df the Minnesota laws ana that its de-
Sign IS to eva,le. escape and vielate
these laws in such way as to cause
the state "irreparable injury" 1t is
or stock or securities and is engaged
IN no other business save that Of man.
agement ard control of the Great
Northern ard the Northern Paci9c.
Already. SO It Is alleged. James ]. Fill.
as president Of the Northern Securities
company. has dictated. changed and
o0dlrolisd the policy OF the TIVE COZ.
stituent roads and during December,
1901. it is alleged, the general manag-
ing officers of the Great Northern. act
ing under his direction. took charge
of and are now engaged in managing
q large portion of the business of the,
Northern Pacific. 1t is alleged that
1T is tie settled policy of New Jersey.
TO Allow The Consolidation
OF only such railways as are. or can
he connected, to form continuous lines
and not to permit the consolidation of
parallel or competing lines. The or
atrix claiming to have no other ade-
Quate remedy or relief, except as pray
ed for in equity. asks that the defead-
ant be required to show cause why it
should not be perpetually enjoined
and restrained.
First-From voting ut any meetin 5
of the stockholders OF the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific the capital
stock of these companies and froEa ct
tending in any manner such meetings.
Second From aiding,s advising. iw--
terfering with, or. in any way nartici-
pating in the management of the two
systems.
Third From permitting any o. - Z )
officers. agents or servants from actin =
as representative, director. officer q"
employee or exercising any control
management or direction over the
same
Fonlth-From making any arraa age-
ments or combinations having for their
object such joint control
Fifth-From holding, owning or con
trolling a..y of the, stock of either COM
spany, the defendant company being re-
quired to reassign or retransfer all
was received. taking in return its own
stock issued in exchange therefor. aad.
meanwhile to be enjoined in all re-
spects in relation to said stock as here
in-before prayed for.
Sixth-F From receiving any more
stock Of the two companies. in case il
shall appear that the defendant ecaa,.
spany has not vet acquired controll
ing interest in either.
Seventh The oratrix prays per.nis
sion to amend the complaint If neces-
sary and bring in other parties for the
purpose of giving force and effect to
any decree Of the court and asks the
courts to issue a subpoena against thu
defendant company ana set, day for.
the hearing. @
Besides Attorney General Douglas M.
ID. Mum Of st. Paul and George r.
Wilson OF Minneapolis are named as
counsel. 3
The proceeding in the court wes
very brief. Attorney General Douglas
was recognized as soon as the court
was convened and he then moved "for
leave to file and present a bill Of COM
plant on the part Of the State Of Min
nesota against the Northern Securi-
ties company. Chief Justice Fuller
consented and Mr.. Douglas handed III
his bill Of complaint and also q brief
citing authorities The court took the
motion under advisement, as usual in
such cases. and will give its decision
In due course of time. rs
Crushed His children's Skulls. S
X Forest Hill. La, jan. s. - Two chill
dren nf q. b. Keener, one aged 183
months and the other an infant. were
found lead In bed with their skulls
crushed. Keener sent his wife about
s120 yards from the house for water.
On her return he told her he put the