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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18
How the Securities Co. May
Score a Point.
OWNERSHIP OF STOCK
State May Not Be Able to Prove a
Majority Holding.
GOSSIP ON COURTS DECISION
Northern Securities Company Ap-
parently Thinks 1t Holds
the Whip Hand.

From The journal Bureau, Room 10, Post
Building, WasAdngfon
Washington, Feb. 1S.-Next Monday the
supreme court is expected to decide
whether the state of Minnesota may bring
suit to resist the mort hwestern railway
merger. Gossip in the case Is beginning
to revive, and it is not altogether of a
character favorable to the state.
It is said to-day by men who are close
to the situation that should the court
permit the bringing of a suit the state
would have hard work to prove that the
Northern Securities company is the owner
Of majority of the stock of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads, 1t
is saidsto be highly important that this
fact should be proved in any suit that
may be brought, and that the state is
entirely without power to secure salts
factory evidence on this point.
The Northern Securities company has
had ample warning of what the state in
tends to do should the supreme court per-
NIT, and presumably, has already been
careful so to manipulate it's stock books
as to show nothing that will initiate
against it in the courts. If failure to
own a majority of the stock of the merged
lines is a valid defense, then the Northern
Securities company. according to gossip
being heard here is in a fair way to
make it's case good against the state.
supreme court or no supreme court.
A. L. hammers of Still
ATTACKING water, a we'll known lum-
herman, accompanied by A.
NEW Y. Merrill, the attorney
passed through Washing
FORESTS ton to-day on the way to
the pine regions of North
Carolina, where hammers will invest in
stumpage. Tom Shevlin of Minneapolis is
here on similar errand and will buy
stumpage in the Carolinas and Georgia
These are among the first evidences of
preparations being made by the north
western lumbermen to locate elsewhere,
as the northwestern forests are nearly
exhausted
MILE Laos Indian Commissio Ell
Jones has decided that he
WANDERERS. will make no effort to re-
turn the four Mile Laos
Indians now in Washington to the reser-
walton, as was lntimated last week he
would. "The Indians are off the reserya
ton without permission" said the com
missioner, ''and are paying their own ex
penses This office will not trouble them
so long as they do not ask for relief or
for money to pay their way home. They
are trying to secure the passage of a bill
for the payment for damages and i'm
provements on their coded reservation
which is favored by this Office and their
presence here may help to secure its pas
sage"
SWAMP CASE Land Commissi o n
Hermann said to-day tha
POSTPONED. the settlement of the
claim of the state of Min
nesota to swamp lands has been post
poned at the request of state officers TIL,
report OF the government agents who ex
amined the lands last summer was re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18

cit was my expectation when !:
/: the Northern Securities company !:
was organized that a majority of ::
!: the Northern Pacific stock would !:
be turned in. I think it was the ::
expectation that a. majority of ::
): Great Northern stock would be !:
+: turned in. But that was for the ::
shareholders to decide" !:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18
MINERS KILLED
Premature Explosion in West
Colby Mine in Upper
Michigan.

Bessemer, Mich, Feb. 1s.-William Hall
and Louis Plitke were killed and Gust
Elowson was injured by the premature
explosion. of blast last night at the
West Colby mine of the Colby Mining
company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18

In answer to questions put by Judge
Lancaster, Mr.. Hill said that the basis
of exchange of Great Northern and North
ern Pacific shares for Northern Securities
stock was suggested by him and approved
by those whom he consulted, all acting
simply as individual stockholders. In
Northern Pacific the value of the stock
was partly based on the land grant, earn
ings and general situation in the country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18

/: Recalled the tax bill from the !:
=: unfriendly committee. !:
+: Made the bill a special order for !:
!: tomorrow morning.
+: Gave the judiciary committee /:
hint to begin work on the con- ::
{: stitutional amendments, which I:
!: was promptly needed. a.:
Refused to mix the questions of :
I: tax legislation for the present and :
:: constitutional amendments for the ::
future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18

The house means business. A majority
OF its members came to st. Paul deter
mined to pass tax code and they are
still of that determination.
In one short hour this morrfing they
made this plain, and incidentally admins
tered a rude jolt to the committee on
taxes and tax laws.
In this hour the house did the following
things
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-18
SWAMP CASE Land Commissi o n r
Hermann said to-day that

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
VERSATILITY OF AMERICA.
Our Artists Paint "old AAstsrs" AAS
"IA1o<tsd" SOAP. Wines. Etc.
Are Mads at Hons.

There are some articles which seem
in1ly cannot be produced in America,
but We must remeVibcr that Things
nro not always what they seem, skim
milk masqueradeH as cream" a. Gil
bert says. We are told that there are
artists here in New York. who are max
ing n good living painting some Of
the old masters" which bring lns0e
prices at auction. Imported wines are
now made in California. the labels
alone being French. II 10 a very COM
mon-place sonp factory that annot
turn out CASTLE soap. and Maine her
ring are shipped to France. and re-
turned as French sardincs. says "Vest
Pocket Condolences" in Four-Trnck
News. Up In northern New York they
are making all manner Of imported
cheese. and down in Kentucky they are
turning out many successful brands of
Scotch whisky. Nor does this Yankee
ingenuity cease In it's en6eavors to sup
ply the demnnd for foreign goods. for
western manufacturers src making
maple sugar from ingredients that
never came within the shadow Of q
maple tree. and nrc actually buying
Vermont newspapers In which to wrap
the cakes so that the unsuspecting pur-
chaser will think he Is buying genuine
Green Mountain maple ugsr. The
land Of wooden nutmegs Ii no longer o
curiosity.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
1900 AND 1909.

Tho platform adopted by the recent
Republican State convention ~ meeting
with considerable criticism. 1t is said
TO be- ambiguous and contrn t.ctory, dii.
ticult to understand and menEt as a trap
to catch the unwary voter. II. however,
we take the silver plank of t'.r platform
OF 1900 and the same plank III the plat
form OF 1902 and compare them, it will
DO seen TINT the sRmo inil Icnces that
controlled the convention OF 1900 con.
trolled tho convention OF IL =, and that
1t was not the intention OF tire platform
builders that the people sioild under.
stand the silver plank OF lDJ2 auy moro
than they did hat OF 1000. The 1900
plank reads ~ follows:
I'VE favor the lawful use 81 silver, M
a money, in all manners compatible
with the best interests OF our govern.
ment and we hereby pledge "ur nominee
for Congress, in the event OF his election,
TO exercise his boat endoavora 10 secure
the greatest possible use of liver bene.
fetal to the mining States of this Union
without endangerinR the financial
safety OF orr country"
Compare that bundle Of Political wis.
dom with the silver plank IN the plat
form, adopted at Reno, and note their
similarity. They are near e. ough alike
to have emanated from the .nme brain.
But Judge for yourselves. Here Il in:
I'VE Ia vor the largest use Il silver as
q money metal In all matters compat.
iblo with tho beet interests ~ our gov.
eminent; and we hereby pledge our
nominee for Congress, in the oyent OF
his election, 10 exercise 1T. best en-
doaVoro TO secure the greatest possible
use OF silver beneficial 10 lilo mining
States OF this Union withou' endaoecr.
ing the financial safety Of our country,
and m a demonstration OF the oorrec.
ness and justnesa Of our atti tide on the
silver question NO point with pride,
appreciation and satisfaction to the re-.
turn Of many voters OF this state 10 the
ranks OF the Republican party
IL In longer than the plank II 1000, but
The extra length adds nothing 10 its
clearness and force. Tho pointing OF
pride pift was thrown In M n sort OF
ialye TO heal the scare OF The drubbiuR |
ho Republican rarty Of Nevada 70.
in 1900. Pointing with pride 10 a
habit.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
HoPELEssLY ESrANGLED

It is impossible to deferd q bad cause
with augmentation. This may be con
sidered Aromatic. Therefore it is not
surprising that the Stewart. Hawley
preso of the State is utterly unable to
reason in a straight line, and avoid the
most glaring observation-disclosures.
The Journal has heretofore directed
attention to tho fact that in the first
instance some Of the Republican papers
commended the Irrigation Law in high
terms, claiming it as a Republican meas.
ure for the benefit OF the Arid West,
were declaring the law to be utterly
worthless and laying all the blame upon
Francis G. Newland. A more bungling
somersault oonld scarcely be imagined,
FOR instead Of landing gracefully on
their feet, those who attempted it
simply came down awkwardly Oh their
heads. It was one OF those esregious
blunders in politics that cannot BIO
explained away.
As long as it suited, tho purposes Of
PuPCio W Slhttl VIM LAG VA z
was a good one they insisted that New
lands had nothing to do with it; but the
moment political exigencies required
them to shift their ground and claim
that the law was worthless, presto! New
lands had all to do with It, and was
responsible for it's alleged defects
which defects, by the way. have not
yet been pointed out, except il is claim.
ed that Mr. Newlands might have got a
large direct appropriation OF money,
which o verYbody ought to know was
impossible.
Having thus become e~ntaug,ed in a
web Of its own weaving ono would
suppose that the Republican press
would DO only too glad 10 nave the Irri-
CATION Law forgotten during the
remainder Of the campaign, brt it has to
keep digging at Newlands, AMI so con.
tinuea to blunder right along. For e1
ample the Carson News says:
-The official call for the Ten b Nation.
CATION law was secured by united action
OF the friends of National irrigation re.
gardless Of politics."
st is only in Nevada that Mr.. New.
ands is the whole thing"
In the light Of the forging what
becomee Of the claim first male by the
Nswst that the Irrigation Law was a Re-
publican measureP And what becomes
OF the News' second claim TINT the law
is no good? And what becomes OF the
News third claim that NewlaDds is the
man whose laundering made the law no
goodP
The last clause in the excerpt from
the News ID a clumay attempt to shift
the Issue. Nobody i'll Nevada has
assumed MIR. Newlands to be -the whole
thing The claim is simply that he was
an active, energetic and efficient factor
in the work, The true statement OF the
proposition is that it ID only in Nevada
that Mr.. Newlands' valuable services
are denied, and even here the denial ia
confined TO a little coterie OF l~tidebound
partisans. AS soon as this en- lpaign is
over almost everybody will co,cede that
tho low Ia a good one, and that Repre-
sentative Newlands had something 10
do with ito enactment.-Rebo journal,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

Get all the fresh air you can In
the sleeping room. which should be
carefully screened in order that bugs
may not come In.
Inexpensive jute tapestries may be
had in strong. rich ~colorings that
make desirable summer hnnginRs;
the blue and green are especially
good.
Always keep Olive oil in the re-
frigerat6r and see that it ia tightly
c"rked. Never put more oil In the
table crue; han two days supply.
1t will grow rancid.
A grent reversal OF taste in house
furnishings is predicted by a recog-
nized authority. and that soon. II
is said that the dull finish. now 90
popular. will soon give way 10 az
trsme color effects
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

3rd Four Sesomhlymeu.
ith. Sheriff.
5tb. Clerk and Teeasurer.
9th. Recorder.
It'll. Assessor.
Sth. District Attorney.
9th. Long Term Commissioner.
Northern District.
10th. Short Term Commissioner,
Elko District. !.
18th. Surveyor.
18th. Public Administrator.
18Th. Member OF the Board Of Edu-
cation, Long Term.
We recommoud that to provide rev.
enne for the expense OF the convention
that the Senators bu taxed sl0 each;
Assemblymen 90 each; District Attorney
SIC; Assessor, 10; Sheriff. slO; Clerk and
Treasurer, $40; Recorde-. $40; Long
Term Commissioner, g; Short Term
Commissioner, g.
We further Recommend that all
moneys that may be in the hands OF the
Secretary Of the convention after paying
the expenses thereof be turned over to
the County Central Committee.
j. f.. TEIPLETT,
Chairman.
On motion the report vas adopted.
The convention then took a recess
until 4 O'Clock and went into secret
session to talk over the situation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
Am
AUTHOR


The late Charles Dudley Warncr-
author, editor and trnveler-whIle bath
ing in Great Salt Lake remarked To Il
friend, that in al his travels he never
before saw euclI a glorious combination
OF salt sea bathing, blue eun1it skies.
pure mountain air and pretty women
and happy children. Tho only trans.
continental line passIng directly through
Salt Lake City in the Rio Grandc Sys.
tenn. 1t is also tho "Scenic Line OF tho
World" No European trip Of equal
length can c0mtaro with it in grandeur
Of scenery or ''kealth Of novel intereat.
All Agente sell through tickets to the
East by way OF tho Rio Grando linea.
Send fer pamphlets TO f.. W. Thompson;
General Agent, 625 Market Street, SIM
Francisco; j. y. Mansfield, General
Agent. i2i Third Street, Portland; NC.
Mcbride. General Agent, ~ T.. Broad.
way, Butte; or I. A.. Benton. General
Agent. Passenger Department. Salt
Lake City.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
Notice To Creditors.

Notice IL hereby given that tho undrrsIgncd
mas been duly appointed md qualified hy the
District Court OF tho Fourth Judicial District,
oi tho State OF Nevada. In and for The
County OF Elko, NJ eKcoutrix Of tho cs,at,
OF choSley woodward. deceased, lato OF tho
county OF Elko. All creditors having claims
"g"ihsi SAID estate arc required 10 hlo tho
sahc win the proper vouchers attached. with
'no olcrk OF tho Court, Within thrco months
rom Tho hrst publication 81 this notice.
Dated August 9, ip1.
MARY JAsg WOODWARD.
hiccu'rlR OF tho estate Of Chcslcy Woo ard
deceased
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

Senator Flnnnignn yesterday closed n
deal Tor the Won Schmidt dam nj Lake
Tahoo Tor 100000. or this amount tho
Truckec River General Electric Com
pony will pay s22,5OO. The balance 10
proposed to DO taised by the irrigqfors
Of the Truckco Meadows. The purchase
OF this dam will result in n conservation
OF The waters OF Lake Tahoe releasing
1t as needed journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19

Plans for tho ID. Is. Lyman lecture.
chip in ethics and public speaking ut
the State University, ns announced
during commencement week., have been
completed. Tho Rev. Robert Whitaker.
n graduate oi Newton Theological
SEMINARY, has accepted the lecluroship
n will tako charge Of tho claeses i'm.
mediately.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-19
Political Announcements.

Announcements under this head will be
published from the date of insertion up TO
the General Election for $40, payable
invariably in advance.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04
IDAHO GLEASIxGs.

Boise camp Of Woodmen Of the
World has just initiated $50 new mem
bers.
Free Silver camp, No. 1Gs, Wood
men Of the World Of PocateIlo, has
just initiated 27O rev members.
The poultry show at Lewiston was
such great success that the associa.
ton continued the exhibition three
days longer than dated for.
John A. King. the Northern Pacific
conductor who was killed near Hope
by being blown from a. freight train
by a wind storm, was a resident Of
Wallace.
Gov. Hunt and Attorney General
Martin have left for Helena TO attend
the conference called by Gov. Van SAINT
Of Minnesota TO consider the Northern
railway consolidation.
Bales & zones have Just shipped
from Sites 500 head Of fine hogs. many
Of which weighed ESQ pounds each.
They we're purchased for four and a
half cents per pound on the hoof.
kirkpatrick, the town marshall Of
CALDWELL is held for trial in the dis
trict court on the charge Of murder in
the first degree for killing Charles
Bayes on December 4. Bail was fixed
at 10000. County attorney Frawley
o. Boise conducted the prosecution
during the preliminary examination.
Kirkpatrick struck Bayes over the head
with cane, death ensuing in a short
time. Bayes had fiourished a knife in
a saloon. He was being led away by
his brother when the marshal came up.
Bayes still had the knife in his hand.
Some words passed and the blow was
struck. Kirkpatrick will claim self
defense.
A Chinaman who leases the Chinese
gardens in the river bottom at HALEY
grew 40 tons of potatoes this year
AS potatoes will bring fully $50 per
ton he will make $1,000 on this veg
euable alone.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04
LarEe-, Building in Chicago.

Chicago. Dec. 3l.-The First National
bank of Chicago has perfected plans for
the erection at Monroe and Dearborn
streets Of an Office building much larger
than any heretofore constructed in Chi
cago, at an expense Of Sl.OO0,000.
The ground AREA of the new structure
will he 1870 by 80 feet, or more than
twice the area of Chicago's great Masonic
temple. The frontage on Monroe street
will he an entire block TO the west,
with the exception Of % feet on the Clark
street corner. Sixteen stories win be the
height of the structure il satisfactory
building permit can be secured.
Work viii be started next May. The
Montauk building. the first of Chicago
skyscrapers, and valued in the last as,
sessment at over half million dollars
will be one of the buildings torn down
TO make room for the new structure.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04

NasA.Hsgou. San. l.--TAe state de
pafgmcul recrsed dispatches today iron
MsA4oo Giy making clear iot the hr.i
ssms ~ asl a. ta le expected oa The suh
i0g ~ ssbl.Ial4on. aAlcA has bcen ~.
ss4ssg inpaz.ani ami the most didirill
pa,13cin beiofr the congress u american
fspulllrr. lhs sd,i~s came irsm Mi
iiucaahan. Size Amstirsn dsiegaie ahn
aaa as,4Enrl - luaA after IAis paf,i aitI
IlreGaVa
iie uaies thag an agreement ca the
Ahr, II The nague ounirfvnns ap94rlFs 60
lac lsoful b5 Use malaniy Of lice fspub
laos. AMI THAI isis etll pi.'ssbls lsc the
,sss4s Il aetlsn - lac laksn by the "a
srrsss ~ also states shat those Fcpgb
Ars uhieA dr,irr 10 90 iufthcr THAI I've
itsglse agtysuaent s~gY likely ~ta sigu
an inlc3.-illvni olusrullou tot c0mpal
saFy arbiIattsa. Tie raugfres y asp
iiiy dfaa ins g. . cIosr ami smother luri.
a.ghi aili p5ulsah', bnng a hnsl adjourn
a4cnt - ihal tho determination II the
ash.tts.lon question: apPoAw 10 Lee Nu2
near ~ band
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04

spending few years In business in
Mississippi he went 10 Illinois, where
he taught school for several years.
He removed TO Kansas in 1876,
where he became Identified with news
paper work and soon became active in
politics. becoming one of the early
members OF the populist party. He
was prominently identified with the
farmers alliance during his stay in
Kansas.
In 1890 he removed to this state and
settled at Puyallup. He early became
one OF the leaders Of the populist party
in this state and was a delegate to
every state convention held here by
that party, He served one term in the
state Legislature as a populist. II was
while in the legislature that he at
tracted much attention by drafting and
| lighting through both houses the fam
GUS barefoot" school law. Although
/ the populists were in a minority they
voted solidly for Rogers for United
States Senator throughout the election.
He was the first fusion candidate
put up by the democrats, populists
and silver republicans and was elected
with the full state ticket in 1896.
In 1900 Governor Rogers announced
that the best hope of the populists
lay in the democratic party. with whom
Ne then became identified. AS a dem
)crat he was nominated by the fusion
convention last year and made the
famous fight for governorship which
ended by his election by a plurality
II 1900 votes in the face Of plural.
lty for the republican national ticket
u $4,000
Governor Rogers was married in
illinois In 1861. His wife survives him
rs do Ave children. One of his sons
IS merchant at Pupallup, another is
n Europe and another is professor
n Leland Stanford. Jr., university al
Palo Alto. Cal. one of his daughters
IA the wife Of State Labor Commits
sioner William Blackman and the
other. Miss Helen Rogers, is a schoo
teacher in Tacoma.
Governor Rogers was the author o'
several books. among them beinl
THE Irrepressible Conflict" "LookinS
Forward" "The Inalienable Rights o.
Man" and Life"
!. Some months ago the governor pur
(. chased small ranch near Puyallul
I and much Of his spare time has beef
}. devoted to identifying this place an'
n making Il a home, where he could re
n tire al the end Of his term
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04

lsni0n. Jan. l. C0mmcniiag on the
is5is4uh Timers siatcmsn, frJm WSsaing
tnu that J.ess8ns Il considerable import
anse IN official eirrie, there profess 90
hsiirye that sar between the Iptci
static ami Germany IL inevitable. the s.
jsusrs Gazette. though Il dos no; -
le,r that such a disaster Will Dc allowed
10 e0cuf u'sF a dispuir in regard 10 ihv
dF1sa 81 Nenesnels 10 Germany. Ays that
Il IL docs. tAsfv can he ho doab, .tat
hngiish ssmpalhies will bc wigh Atn~r
ia. n; the samr iimV The 81 Jancs
tsasr,ie eHufesss ,bc hoFc that the TIM.
tod Siases all no, allov such states a.
tepcsuela 10 gain the impression ihs,
they ran rcrbaa on the protection 81 thc
Noafo doctrine Il they choose TO irru'
liais their obligations 10 Europe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-04
Simpsons Mind Fails.

Urhans H., Dec. S0.-John b. Weeks
al Champaign, a personal friend Of Rear
Admiral Simpson, has received a letter
from Mrs. Sampson, in which she says
that the mental condition OF the admiral
is beyond recovery. The letter was writ
ten in reply to note expressing sympa-
thy with the rear admiral in the personal
snnoyances he has suffered in the con.
troversy with Rear Admiral Sehley. The
letter follows:
Washington, D. C.-My Dear Mr..
Weeks; Admiral Sampson is too i'll TO
really understand your most kind letter,
just received, but if he were well he
would wish to thank you for il, he cares
80 much for all old times and for any
thing that concerns Palmyra.
The wording Of your letter shows that
living in the west has not blinded your
eyes TO the truth concerning recent
events. l have enjoyed your expression
Of the true facts as you understand them.
My dear husband is quite worn out
with a long life Of continuous duty. His
physical condition is comfortable and
happy, but the brain is tired beyond ever
being rested.
ELIZABETH BURLING SAMPSON"