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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-24
TO TEAR 1T UP.
Receiver Fro st Hires Mc, t. BespoiI
the WaShburn Road.

the Wnshburn Road.
Washhurn. Wis, Jan. 1S.-As a re-
suit of the contempt proceedings in the
federal court at Madison, in which
the district attorney and sheriff of
Bayfield, county We're sentenced to six
ty days each in the Dane county Jail
and six prominent Bayfield, county
citizens We're fined $3.50 EACH the re-
celver of the Washburn, Bayfield, &
Iron River railroad is hiring men here
to tear up the main line of the road
next Monday stay of proceedings
has been obtained and the officials
are still at liberty. Legal proceedings
it is understood. are under way to
thwart the tearing up of the line as
contemplated. The courts finding has
intensified feeling mere.
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LAKE LINDEN FIRE.

Fixty-E i've Thousand Dollars in
Property Destroyed in Michigan
Town.
Calumet, Mich, Jan. 1S.-Lake Lin
den, five miles south of here, was Wis
tied by the third disastrous fire within
year yesterday morning. Fire in the
Toplon building was discovered at 8
o'clock. and before it was under con-
troll the damage amounted to 100000.
The Lake Linden and Calumet and
Hecla companies worked for three
hours lighting the fire. The firemen
worked under cover Of wet blankets
owing to the intense heat.
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Charged with Forgery.

Hampton. Iowa, Jan. IS. - John
Harms, who. resides near here. has
been arrested, charged with forgery
and obtaining money from the Farm
ers and Merchants bank on misrep-
resentation. He was committed.
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STEAMER sCUTTLED.
Perc Marquette Railway Vessel Lo,

Perc Marquette Railway Vessel Lost
Passengers Saved.
Ludington. Mich. Jan. 1s.-Steamer
No. of the Pere Marquette railway
went ashore yesterday morning near
here and was scuttled in ten feet Of
water. The Ludington lifesavers be-
fore daybreak rescued nine passengers,
four of them. women, and thirty sail
ors. The sea was running high. The
boat and cargo will be total loss.
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Ihls can be done only by increasing
the volume of traffic. The question is as
simple as raising a given amount of
money by taxation. The more dollars
worth Of property taxed the lower the
rate of taxation will be and the greater
number Of tons carried the lower the
rate of transportation will be. This is
one of the main reasons why we are so
anxious to develop the enormous through
business that is rapidly growing up along
our lines. Every ton of new business
that we bring contributes it's proportion
of net revenue and enables us to reduce
the rate of transportation on our local
business. The interstate business on our
lines in North Dakota to-day constitutes
50 per cent of the whole and still you
enjoy all the facilities furnished, both
passenger and freight, with the increased
number OF trains necessary to handle
this business, every one Of which is an
additional accommodation to you
1t will be thirty-two years next March
since first saw the Red River Valley.
AT that time there was not single house
on the west side of the Red river from
the Bots de Sioux to Pembina. During
the past twenty years all of my tim,
and effort has been given to building
up the Northwest and no part of the
Northwest has given me more satisfac-
ton or is giving me more satisfaction to-
DAY Lnan NOftn dakota. Its growth in
the past has been marvellous The first
years in all new countries are marked
by hardship and self-denal, but during
the past few years you are getting the
regard of your labor; people are coming
into the state by thousands, the value
of your land has advanced and will adj
vance beyond your reasonable expecta-
tions and I hope that together your
property and our property will work side
by side and shoulder to shoulder to carry
forward the best interests of North Da-
kota. No man, no hundred men in your
state, represent the same interest in your
welfare that it is my good fortune to
represent and I hope in the future that
with better methods of cultivation and
more knowledge of what is required,
your condition may be constantly i'm
proved and if your condition Is improved.
ours will certainly share it with you.
AS the volume of traffic increases our
rates will be reduced.
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Sentenced to Penitent,.rx.

Crookston, Mimi, Jan. 49, Henry
I.ars0n, accused Of entering the barn
~ George Reyille Of East Grand Forks
one night last summer and stealing
various articles. has been found guilty
ard sentenced to three years.
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choliy think v may. change my
mind. Miss Maibleheart tearnestly--i
wc' !. if I were you.-JudEe.
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miles car movement daily means that
the cars move one hour and a quarter
out of the twenty four hours.
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. No business in the world can .
q thrive under conditions when it can &
q use its facilities for earning money 4
. less than one hour out Of the .
q twelve.
When many Of the roads were built
capital was scarce and high. A very
large proportion Of the original railway
enterprises failed, losing large part Of
the investment-they had no Idea Of the
future growth. and from want of money
and want Of forethought the termina! Ca
cilities are to-day totally inadequate II
the cars could be moved at the principal
terminals the main lines would be able
to do better than at present. However.
with q continuance TOR three or five
years of the present volume Of traffic be-
tween the East and West added to in
dustrial traffic In the great manufacture
Ing districts, this country villa find itself
confronted with the most serious COM
mercial question it has yet been called
upon to solve. Terminals in the larger
Eastern cities are both difficult and ex-
pensive to acquire. The Pennsylvania
railway. in order to get into New York.
onto Manhattan island, is building tun-
mel from Jersey City to Brooklyn at a
cost of forty or fifty million dollars. Will
it bring new business or must the ex-
pense of operation and interest on cost
be levied on present traffic?
A careful examination of the railway
problem from national standpoint will,
I believe, show beyond question that the
business of the country has outgrown
the facilities on most of the trunk lines
and that new facilities not row apparent
will be necessary to relieve the situation.
Rates in the United States are much
lower than in any other country Wages
are higher-the cost of most of the mate
rial is higher than in Europe still the
average rate charged in Europe is fully
twice as high as in America. The con.
ditions in this country change very rap
ldly-while rates have been cut in two in
twenty years all kinds of labor and ma
terial used by railways have advanced
from 80 to 30 per cent. Nothing but the
increased volume of traffic has made it
possible to reduce rates as they have
been reduced. To-day we find the volume
of traffic SO great east of Chicago that
the railways are not able to move it un-
der the present conditions How will these
conditions be changed and at whose cost?
Who will build new lines or increase old
ones? These are the questions which I
will not undertake to answer farther
than to say that the West must have the
facilities or suffer for the want of them,
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q There has recently been an at q
. tempt to show that we have no inter- .
= est in building up the prosperity of .
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Northwest. If we did not do every q
. thing in our power to build you IN 4
= we would be false to our best inter- q
ests Our object in acquiring the 4
= Burlington, jointly with the North .
@'ern Pacific railway, was to insure .
an outlet to the best markets for .
the grain, live stock and lumber of q
y the Northern lines, and to increase 4
Q the volume of our traffic, to the end 4
9 that we might at all times be able 8
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The Burlington, with its own rails
reaches Chicago, Peoria, Rock Island,
davenport. Quincy. Alton, Hannibal, st.
Moines, Omaha and Denver, and then
connects with sthe main arteries of traf-
'fic Of the whole country.
Assuming that the line Of the Burling-
ton had not been constructed and that
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Jointly hac raised the money and were
engaged in the construction Of it. WOULD
there be anything to meet the dis,
approval of the states traversed by tn.
lines of the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific? On the contrary. would not
such a course have been hailed with ap-:
prevail as means of opening up markets
for Northwestern produce and of reach
ing markets in the South and Southwest
and of securing business, increasing the
volume of traffic OF the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, thus making re-
duction Of rates and adding to the gem
eral prosperity of the Northwest? In
stead of building the Burlington system
or line of railway alongside of It, the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
purchased the capital stock Of a line al
ready constructed. instead of issuing
stock or bonds for the purpose of raising
money to build a line reaching the same
country bonds were issued to purchase
the stock Of q constructed line.
Convincing Reasons.
The capital stock Of railway companies.
as Of other corporations win be held by
somebody and somewhere. Railway com
panies as carriers are subject to super
vision and control by the public for the
purpose OF fnsuring the performance Of
their obligations to the public. Railroads.
make public through published rates the
price charged for transportation, the only
thing they have to sell, and must report
the amount they receive for what they
sell and what has been done with It.
Courts are open Tor the purpose OF de-
termining whether railway companies as
Carriers observe their obligations to the
public. The question of the reasonable
ness of rates and service does not depend
upon whether one HE n owns the capital
stock Of a railway; or another whether
the capital stock Is owned by ten; mem
Or one thousand, by persons Or by corr
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The effect of this has been to bring
thousands of farmers from the Middle
Western states, including Iowa. Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska. Wisconsin, Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois to find homes in Min
nesota and North Dakota. This, more
than anything else, has doubled the price
of your lands in a comparatively few
years. We have about twelve hundred
miles of railway in North Dakota. The
average cost of our railway, including
terminals equipment, shops, elevators,
etc., is about thrty-five thousand dollars
per mile, as shown by it's capitalization.
In the fifteen counties depending almost
entirely for their transportation upon the
Great Northern railway, there are, in
round numbers, sixteen million acres of
land. If the building Of the railway and
what has followed it has added $40 per
acre to the value of this land it is
worth $160,000,OOO more than it would
have been without the railway, and you
have the benefit of this advance. am
glad that it Is yours and hope it will
enable you to enjoy your old age in COM
fort and to make those who follow after
YOU good ami worthy citizens of your
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. mind that a bankrupt road cannot q
q furnish good service. The railroad 4
y must be able to furnish the service &
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O sonable rates. The problem we q
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tho loUact priooS
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This has already been done in the East
to the extent that throughout all of New
England the hundreds of original railway
corporations are now mostly consolidated
into three or four. and the people are
better off than ever before. Twenty-Five
years ago it was supposed that COMPETE
ton was necessary to reduce rates. I
think we have shown in the Northwest
that, without competition, rates have
been reduced faster than anywhere else
in this country
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q To-day the farmers can ship their 4
. grain from the Red river valley to q
q the Twin Cities and the Head of the 3
q Lakes at from Is to 20 per cent 4
= lower rates than farmers living in .
= the Des Moines valley and Western .
. Iowa. where there are many lines, q
. can ship to Chicago, the same dis 4
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As We have extended our railway lines
throughout the Northwest our first OBJ
ject has been to settle up the country
along these lines. A comparison OF the
census reports Of 1890 and 1900 shows
that IN Minnesota in forty three counties
reached by our lines there has been an
increase of $4,000 people, in North Da-
kota IN twenty counties over $4,000 PEG.
pie. In fifteen Of the counties in North
Dakota most depending upon the Great
Northern for their railway service find
that the vacant land in 1893 was s, 1856, 600
acres: in 1901. 100000 acres, showing
that IN the eight years there had been
settled upon in fifteen counties on the
lines Of the Great Northern road $685.
600 acres. In Montana the increase in
counties on the line Of the Great North
ern was about 10000 people and in WASH
ington 10000 people. This year the indi-
cations are that the influx Of new people
will be greater than at any previous time
In the history of the country. More peo-
pie will come in to make their homes
with you and help you as neighbors and
fellow workers in the development Of
your state than ever before.
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At the present time we hear much .
q about the community Of interests" :
= say to you here and now that the 4
q only community Of interests that .
. there is or ever can exist is the q
. community of interests between the .
q producer Of tonnage and the car .
q rier; the man on the farm, in the Q
q forest and in the mine must be able .
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The railroads depend for their existence
on the products of the lands served by
their lines; it has no other source of in
come. individuals may come and go, we
will all sooner or later pass from active
life, but the land-the country-its re-
sources and the railroads will be here
permanently, and they will either prosper
together or be poor together. There IS
no other community of interests that can
ever exist against this one. While it is
necessary for the railroads that the
farmers, the lumbermen and the miners
shall be prosperous, it is also necessary
that the railroads should prosper.
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q bination between railroads, and that q
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. ton. The law of the survival of &
q the fttest must inevitably end such &
. competition as exists by the de- &
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. stronger. d
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deductions in rates Of transportation
must be made with the greatest care in
order to avoid unfair discrimination
against persons or localities. A reduction
in the rates Of the whole country of 10
cents for moving ton of freight 100 miles
would make reduction of over $50, OOO,-
600 on the traffic handled during the past
year, and would wipe out large part of
Evening star., 1902-08-01
FRIGHTENED BY CIRCUS LION.
An Old Railroad Engineer in the West
Tells of Night Ride.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Dan Bechtel Of Brookield tells a story
about night ride he once took with a
loose lion. which, as he says, tends to
make the goosehesh creep little" Bech-
tel for fourteen years was an engineer on
the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad. One
night In 1888 he left Macon for Shelbina,
his engine pulling the Wallace shows. It
was very dark. and he had orders not to
run faster than fifteen miles an hour. Bech-
tel says he was Kidding the fireman and
head brakeman about what would happen
II some Of the wild animals should get
loose, when he looked up and saw an old
non on top OF the cars. moving slowly and
gingerly toward the engine.
When the brakeman and fireman real
lied what was coming says Bechtel, they
soon riding on the front OF the engine. Mr..
Lion came to the first car, and stood there,
critically examining the engine The f1rebox
was open. and that Kept him back. as he
did not seem to know what to make Of the
bright, dazzling light had whistle that
would scare ghpsts, but 1t did not phase
the Hon. We soon began to lose steam and
the train had to slow down. When we
reached Shelbina.,- Conductor Pratt came
up, making big kick because we had been
going slow I pointed to the first car. and
Pratt quickly retreated.
The trainer soon came and took the big
fellow to his cage. He had found loose
bar, which he worked out. With the fire
man and brakeman ON the front end and the
show people and Conductor Pratt on the
ting too close. thought of all the mean
things l had ever done, and held to the
throttle and let the engine go as fast as
she would with what steam still had on"
Evening star., 1902-08-01
DECLINE OF THE APRON.
Popularity of the Protective Garment
is Waning

From the Woman's Home Companion.
1t is about forty years since the popular
1ty Of the apron began to wane. At that
time no woman's wardrobe was complete
without an assortment Of aprons for all
sorts of occasions A black silk apron was
the acme Of elegance and propriety, and
any nondescript gown could, by the addi-
ton of the black silk apron. trimmed with
a few rows of black velvet ribbon, be dig
nifed and adorned to the utter satisfaction
Of the wearer.
An apron had rather wide field of use
fulness when you consider that it not only
preserved and embellished a new gown but
1T also concealed the defects and added
dignity to an old one. An apron was al
ways en- regle. The best dress was kept
clean by its use and the daintiness Of 1t
represented all the feminine traits. 1t was
a regular banner of the home. To it's
strings children were tied. Tied to his
mothers apron stringSi" Contemptuous
expression of subordination! And yet so
much sentiment attached to it! Whoever
was tied to his mothers apron strings was
comparatively safe-was in his mothers
lead. Mothers apron! The baby was rolled
in 1t. Childish tears were dried with it.
The little boys used it's strings for reins
and the little girls played princess and
trailed its ample folds behind them, real
ladies in waiting to an imaginary queen
Those were ante-new woman days. Knit
ting and needlework were feminine occupa-
tions. 1t was previous to the day of higher
education for women. 1t may sound far
fetched to say that home sentiment wancd
with the decline of the apron. The latter
may not have been the cause but 1T GER
tainly kept pace with it. / have the writ
ten statement Of a man to the effect that
a snow white apron tied neatly about a
trim waist had power to attack the mascu-
line heart at it's most vulnerable point.
After that. say there is no sentiment about
an apron! But man chesishes sentiment about
things of which the feminine mind has no
conception, and his heart has been many
times ensnared in the muslin bow that tied
at the back Of his sweetheart's waist this
banner of the home. The last was about
the man Of a generation ago. But the man
Of today has the same sentimentlatent.
Evening star., 1902-08-01
How Thugs Hide Weapons.
the Chicago Inter Ocean.

from the CnlcaSo Inter ocean.
There seems to be one lesson that men
in the service never learn said a veteran
policeman in discussing the murder of De-
tective Patrick Duffy, land that is the gum
fighting crook. who is ready to shoot to
avert arrest, never hides his weapon in the
hip pocket. Still the average policeman, in
attempting to capture a known desperate
criminal. is generally contented with a
'frisk Of what is known as the pistol
pocket
Nearly every officer who has met unex-
pected death. injury or danger while at
tempting arrests has been taken unawares
by the production Of weapons from unex-
pected places. Billy Halloran one of the
bravest men the Chicago police department
ever knew, had thoroughly searched Mike
Lynch. whom he had arrested on a serious
charge. At least. he thought So They had
gone several blocks on the way to the sta
tion when Lynch drew a revolver and shot
Halloran dead. 1t is believed by some that
he had the weapon in his hat.
"Gun-fghting crooks carry their imple-
ments everywhere except in the receptacle
provided by the tailors. Up their sleeves
under their trousers belts, under their
armpits. and even in their shoes and other
places where careless search will not re-
veal them. But since the shooting of
Duffy the detectives. In dealing with des-
perate men. are more vigilant in searching
for weapons"
Evening star., 1902-08-01
PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA.
New Light From Official Source on tho
Annual Migration.

Annual Migration.
From the New York SUM-
Maurice Boniteau Bey, an official in the
Egyptian department of the interior. has
for a number Of years been charged with
the supervision Of the annual pilgrimage
to Mecca as far as it Is controlled by the
Egyptian government In an address that
he recently gave before the Khedival Geo
graphic Society at Cairo he told smany
things of great interest about the annual
pilgrimage. His remarks derive much i'm
portance also from the fact that his oiffcial
position has given him unusual opportuni-
ties for collecting information
The pilgrims converge upon the holy
cities Of Mecca and Medina from three
directions: Those coming from the south
are Mohammedans, from Oceania. lava
sumatra, Indo-China, India, Turkestan
and southern Persia, who pass into the He'd
Sea through the Strait Of Bah el Mandeb
northern branch Of the pilgrims, north
Persians, Turcomans and people from 4 sia
Minor and European Turkey, go south
ward to the holy cities both by the land
and sea routes; the third stream is from
the west. Egyptians. Moroccans, Algaians,
Tunisans and Turks. who reach Jeddah
through the Suez canal. For years past
the average number Of pilgrims passing
through the Suez canal to Jeddah has
been 10000. but this number is sometimes
for example, was 26O0O. and in the season
beginning in February, this year, 1t v.as
over 10000. making 1909 the banner year
for the Suez canal contingent. The north
ern pilgrims. however. are only q small
part Of those who annually convene AT
Mecca The total number every year ex-
ceeds 100.0 practically all Of whom are
present at the fete Of Bairam.