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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-15
RUSSIAN
ON THE RUN

was uone ~ enc ueran~s. ->----.>
ment of Port Arthur Thursday morn
ing. Thirty.eight persons were killed
and over 100 wounded. A Japanese
12-inch shell landed in the lower land
fort, killing and wounding one officer
and forty-two- men.zThe Russian fleet,
all the vessels of which lay inside the
harbor,4 ooklno part =in=the= fighting,
The Retvizan was hit as she lay in
the naval basin by three shells and
sustained several casualties. After
action the captain, Prince Lieven, took
the squadron of torpedo boat destroy
ers outside for scouting purposes and
returned at midday.
In order to raise the Retvizan two
steamers in the Chinese Railway com
pany's service, the Hallar and the Har-
bin, were brought round to Port Ar
thur from Dalny. One was sunk on
each side of the battleship. The
steamers were then pumped out and
the Retvizan was thus successfully
moved into the naval basin. The dock
is too small to hold her and SO il will
be impossible to repair her at Port
Arthur.
General Stoessel has been ordered
to the Yalu and will be replaced at
Port Arthur by General Smirnoff. The
garrison consists of 10000 men.
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BROOKLYN coLoREo PREACHER
ADVISES NEGROES TO CARRY
ON WAR OF REPRlsAL.
NO LIBERTY WITHOUT SACRIFICE
ASSERTS NEGROES WOULD MAKE
A GOOD SHOWING IN BAT
TILE WITH WHITES.

New York, March *. Employment
Of the torch antl he bullet by the ne
gro to defend his rights and to stop
the lynchne OF b}acks by white men
has been openly recommended in a
sermon by Rev r. NJ Jacobs in an
African Methodist Episcopal church OF
Brooklyn He said the negroes OF
Springfield o.. where a black man was
dragged from jail and strangled to
death by inah. should carry on a war
Of Ieprisal aud burn their enemies
out OF business
The Sol mon createtI a marked sensa.
ton.
You should contend unto death for
your rights asserted the Rev. Jacobs
mo race has ever won anything with
out the shedding Of blood
III wars are good for nations they
are good for races. Bishop Brown Of
the Methodist Episeopfrl church says
that race war is inevitable In this
country and the negro will be exter-
minated. This Is not true, for the ne
gro is no coward. he VIII Tight and IN
war between the races he will give
as good an account Of himself as he
did at Fort Wagner and before Peters
burg. They tell ns to pray. but we
have been praying and praying and
now Is he time for the negro to assert
his manhood
"'fhe day Is coming. the hour is ap-
preaching when this must be done.
for no race ,tf4eS.the asnH ever -Eot-its
iiseYfy= Without III ghtjng@ @fori t.===
There must be some sacrifice OF life
II need be to obtain the liberties OF
people The negro Is no coward and
Germany aud England know II from
their African experiences I
Many ofaour lives are to be sacri-,,
feed If we are to attain to manhood
In this country love to tell you to
pray but all prayers and no fghtius
will do no good
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LARGE TERRITORY AT
MERCY OF COMBINE


He held that II 8uch IA combination
were not destroyed AL the advantages
that would naturally come 10 the pub.
lie under the operation Of the general
laws uf competition. as between the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Railway companies, will 30 lost and
the entire commerce Of the immense
territory In the northern part Of the
United States between the Great
Lakes and the Pacific at Puget sound
will be at the mercy Of single hold
ing corporation organized In state
distant from the people OF that terri
tory"
The decree of the circuit court he
said, could not have been OF smaller
scope and It had in no way exceeded
its authority The law must not be
narrowly construed, but reasonably
construed The defendants could not
complain of the finding OF the circuit
court and Justice Harlan, In conclu
sion, announced the confirmation OF
the decision of that court, saying
"The Judgment of this court IS that
the decree below of the circuit court
be and hereby Is affirmed, with liberty
to the circuit court to proceed in due
execution Of the decree as the eifcum
stances may require.
Judge Harlan concluded AT l;lS
p. m. lie was followed by Justice
Brewer, who. while eoncnrring in the
Judgment did--Het-a -acfept-all-ot,- TIE
language of the opinion.
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took the position that there mas been
no attempt TO monopolize in this COM
blnation OF the railroads and said that
there could be no more objection to
the purchase OF the stock OF the North
ern Pacific and the Great Northern
roads by the Securities company than
If bought by Mr.. Morgan himself
Justice White also read a dissenting
opinion, taking up especially the power
OF congress to control commerce. Be
ginning with an argument in support
Of dissenting opinions he outlined the
points involved in the case He re-
ferred to rs Importance and called at
tention to the fact that only four mem
=bers- of -the-court, one less than a
majority, had united in the opinion of
the court He then said that such
prfnci9les as are laid down in that
opinion are destructive OF govern
ment, destructive of human liberty and
destructive OF every principle upon
which organized society depends"
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JUSTICE HOLMES READS
DISSENTING OPINION

Justice Holmes read the dissenting
opinion. He construed the antitrust
law as d criminal statute and declared
that there was nothing in it TO indi-
cate that It had been enacted merely
for the control of large concerns, as
is generally contended. Indeed. the
law had not been understood as apply
ing to railroads until construed by
the supreme court. The act, he CON
tended, applies only to contracts and
combinations in restraint of trade and
makes no reference to competition.
He thought this inference due to
the size OF railroad -eorporatlons.- He
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PREVENTION or COMPETITION
ONLY OBJECT OF MERGER

Justice Harlan declared that the only
object of the merger WAS to prevent
competition and he said that II no -eit'z
pont Morgan one or the defendants.
knew thal to have been the case
Extracts from Morgan's testimony
were quoted In support OF This state
ment.
Logically Construed Justice Ilnrlan
said. the decision should be followed
by the criuipa prosecution Of the par,
ties NJ interes, IN rhis case
Speaking a( tho general understand
ing that the sherman law applied only
to largo corporations the Justice Aal.
that this impression was breathea
from every pore OF the statute. but
that It's language did not bear out the
conclusion.
In our judgment. +" said Justice Har
Ian. the evidence fully sustains the
material allegations OF the bill and
shows a violation Of tho act, of con,
gress In 80 far rs II declares Illegal
every combination OF conspiracy In
restraint Of commerce among the SOY
eral states and with foreign natlons
and forbids attempts to nonopoltze
such commerce. Laying aside the
many things of a minor character and
summarizing the principal facts II is
lndisputable. ipon this record that
under the leadership Of the defendants.
Ilill and Morgan, the stockholders Of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
citc railway corporations having com
pctiug and substantially parallel lines
from the Great Lakes and the Mlgsls
sippi river to the Pacific ocean a Pn
eet sound, combined and conceived
the scheme Of organizing a corpora
tion under the laws Of New Jersey
which should hold The shares OF stock
Of the constituent companies
Continuing Justice Harlan said that
"thH- combination is,-wit thin iemeaH-
ing Of the act a trust. but If not 1t is a
combination In restraint Of Interstate
and international commerce and that
=oHoftgtf-tU-hritt it.ztlsaAtir. a 7culdem-
uaIifjfl=t hss=sf4 - --
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HARD ON
THE MERGER
Every Contention of the Govern.
ment Upheld by the
Court,
Court Declares All Northwest at
the Mercy of the
Combine.

Washington, March -. The sweep
ing decision Of the supreme court
holding the mergcr illegal ahsorhs
the interest of all.
The case has attracted more alten.
tion than any other suit before the
decided and has been regarded By
bench and bar as equal In Importance
with those cases and with the income
tax case. 1t was argued in December
last and attracted general attention III
that time, as it did previously when
the decision was rendered By the cir
sofa
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
House Committee Begins Work on
Postal Investigation.

Washington March 15.-The special
committee Of the house to Investigate
the postoffice Indictment" of members
of congress continued its work behind
closed doors from 10 to t2:45 p. m.
The committee is making detailed
study of each case in this report and
will send to the postoff1ce department
for the original records in full. 1t
will first determine those cases in
which there appears on the surface an
indication of wrongdoing on the part
of members if there are any such, be-
fore taking the testimony of witnesses.
Much time, it is believed, will be saved
by this preliminary work.
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PRESIDENT is PLEASED.
Expresses Satisfaction at Decision in
Merger Case.

Washington, March 15.-Presidont
Roosevelt received the news of the
supreme courts decision In the North
ern Securities caso from the Asso
ciated Press He was engaged at the
time in conference with some friends,
but put aside all else to express salts
faction that the court had sustained
the contentious of the government
Later he will express his personal
congratulations to the attorney gen
aral
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COMMENDED BY RUSSIANS.

RooseveIt's Proclamation Regarding
Observance of Neutrality.
ST. Petersburg. March 15.-Presi.
dent Roosevelts proclamation regard
ing the observance Of neutrality by all
officials and the abstention from either
action or speech which might cause
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-15
CAVALRY CLASH IN KOREA.

Japanese Patrol Engages Party Of
Russian Scouts.
Toxic, March l5.-It is reported that
Japanese cavalry patrol engaged
party of Russian scouts near kasan.
west of Aniu, Saturday. The Russians
numbered thirty. Confirmation of
the fight, however, is not obtainable,
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london, March Il. The GOVERN
ment Was defeated today tllhc hoUse
OF commons on a ruotton-of .lohll I,fd.
mon5i Tor rrdngrfon Of Tue IrfsH a5I1,
cation estimates Az it was in the
nature 0f Il snap division enginGvrGd
.e~.......
gress 10 supply the remedy and not
for the courts
Justice Harlan also discussed the
predictions d financial disaster ffom
the enforcement of the antitrust lax.
but discouraged them. saving they
Were usual under anch circumstances
and need not he realized.
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Continued Scouting Fails to Re-.
veal the Presence of Any Rus
sian War Ships in the Harbor
at Port Arthur.

Toxic, March l5.-The widest ru-
mors prevail as to the evacuation OF
Port Arthur by the Russians.
For "a hours there have been no
signs of the Russian fleet in the har-
Dor at Port Arthur. Repeated scout
ing in the vicinity Of the port has
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-03-15
Believed That the Russian Fleet
Has Abandoned Port
A Arthur.
ATTEMPT BEING MADE BY RUSSIAN
SHIPS TO REACH VLADIVOSTOK

failed to reveal the presence OF any
Russian warships.
1t is strongly believed here that the
Russian fleet abandoned Port Arthur
after the fourth bombardment, which
now proves to have been SO disas-
trous. 1t is thought that the Russian
ships are endeavorng to reach Vladi
VcStDk
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DECISION UPHoLDs THE
POWER OF CONGRESS

Justice Harlan said that in this day
there should be no doubt OF the com
plete power Of congress 20 control in
| terstate commerce. All the prior
trust cases were in support Of that
contention. Whether free and unre
strained competition was wise. he
said, was an economic question with
which the court need not concern 1t
self, the question was that OF statu
tory law.
He asserted the power Of congress
over Interstate commerce to be as
complete as the power of state over
domestic commerce.
Coming to the plea Of the railroads
that the antitrust law should be de,
cIared unconstitutional he said that
the court could not see its way TO thai
1 end
III" ne went on the Securities
ccfnpany.s contentious are sound Why
may not all the railroads OF the Unit
ed States enter into combination
aud by the device Of holding cor
7 p0rati0n control rates throughout the
/ country In defiance Of congress?
Justice Harlan also took occasion to
say that there had been nothing In the
/ Securities company's certificate OF IN
corporation to Indicate It's purpose to
be that Of destroying commerce and
he therefore absolved the state of New
Jersey from any chargelof such kno"i-
i edge in advance II might be true
i that Il federal court had no power To
4=disselpe corporation of state, but
this circumstance could not be anindl-
cation. Of powerlessness to enforce tao
law, than which no corporation IS
stronger No device could suffice to
prevent this enforcement of the ma
tional statutes. The courts had IN
4 deed, consistently held to the suprem-
acy of the national laws in cases OF
f conflict between these laws and the
laws of the states. So long as con-
gress confined itself TO its prescribed
functions, he said there could be no
danger At any rate the error, If any.
was with congress and it was for con
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CONVENTIONS OF THE
GOVERNMENT UPHELD

The suit was instituted by the Unit
ed States against the Northern Secun
| tics company and the two railroad
companies. the Northern Pacific and
| the Great Norihern and their leading
stockholders for the purpose OF dis
| solving the merger of the two roads,
which the United States declared had
| been created by the creation OF hold
| Ing company, the Securities company,
| This consolidation was claimed to be
| in violation of the Sherman antitrust
| law 1t was claimed on behalf of the
government that this consolidation was
| In effect pool created To promote
the interests, not of one system AT the
expense Of the other. but of both ut
1.-THE expense OF the public. The rail-
roads claimed that the transfer Of the
stock of the two companies to the
Securities company was In the nature
OF n sale and perfectly legitimate.
The contentious of the Securities
company were reviewed and Justice
Harlan said they had received fun at
tention. He quoted the various opln
ions involving the trust question, say.
ing that from them 1t Is to be gathered
that all contracts In restraint of trade
reasonable or unreasonable, are pro
hbited by the Sherman law and that
congress has the power to establish
such regulations as are laid down In
that law.
Replying in detail to the points made
for the Securities company Justice
Harlan said that the contention that
the law Is an interference with the
rights of the individual states by which
the companies are incorporated was
not well founded. In such cases, he
said, the authority OF congress Is su
prone.
He also declared 1t to be unneces.
gary to determine the right OF owners
/ of railroad stock to sell the property,
nor was 1t true that the right OF the
Securities company to own and hold
railroad stock is the only question In.
i=yaIYea. --ssiiG5= enti6ns= are wide Of
the mark-mcre men of straw. All
that the government complains OF Is
the existence of corporation to re
press commerce and is not concerned
with the other points.
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The Official Gazette accepts II mre-
servedly as a complete answer to the
charges that the American government
Is hostile to Russia and declares that
hereafter. despite any seemingly un.
toward incident which may arise, II
should be considered once for all that
the American government has taken a
friendly attitude towards our aims
and policieS in the Far East
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irritation to either Japan Or Russ
has produced a great impression here.
The. rnewsp papers print. prominently,
articles commencing the substance
and spirit OF the proclamation in the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19

appropriate names to the farms
should be cultivated.
Prot. j. E Johnson, who teaches In
one ofsthe eight grade rooms at the
Washington school, was tried for
assault and battery on the per-
son of Clayton Wheeler, a
pupil in his room. He concluded that
it was unavoidable that the boy
should be whipped and, keeping him
after school, he punished him in the
presence of Prof. Moor who was call
ed in to witness the performance.
The boy was requested to sit in a
chair and the punishment was ad-
m%inistered by striking him across the
knees with a piece OF garden hose.
: The trial was before Justice Shepard
and the defendant was found guilty
and fined $40. &. NJ. Stevens, who de-
Tended Prof. johnson, perfected bonds
and gave notice.of.appealto the circuit
court. 1t is said that other suits will
be brought against Prof. Johnson.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19
: CITY AND COUNTRY
GaAs.aA&4,A &Aa.Na@S~~%S|ee-SS
wFFKsY MARKET REPORT.

There are 200 handsome opera chairs
in the new court oom.
Mrs. S. II. Cranmer is in Iowa
visiting a few weeks withher parents
News items from Brainard and
Houghton came too late for this
week.
VIM, A. Field has gone to Berries
ford S. d. having closed the SooGrain
CO. elevator for the present.
Editor Keller, of the Hecla Stand
ard has been very sick for several
days and his friends are fearing the
worst.
Three new students were enrolled
at the Aberdeen Business College this
week. Herbert e. Bauer Of James
town, N. D., is one Of the number.
IA communication from a prominent
citizen Of the city crlticising the use
of Intoxicating drinks at the banquet
and smoker has been handed in and
will appear next week.
A new member has been added tc
legal fraternity Of the city this week,
He is E. w. Taylor, who comes here
from Webster toenter into a partner.
ship with Judge Campbell.
The following citizens of Hecla
were down to the smoker and ban.
auet: Jas. Wegener. Jas. r. Boundy
r. Twaddles, J.. a. Dinger, Free
Ellinghousen j. 0. Stouble, f. j. Arm
strong, d. B. Kelley,
Attorney Gunderson returned Mon
day evening from a trip to Sioux Cit,
and the sonth part of the state. III,
thinks itlooks now asifUnion and Cla,
COMMITTEES would go overwhelmingly,
for Michel fol capital.
The passenger train on the Grea
Northern will be taken off afte
FEBRUARY 81. and travel ever that roat
will be on an accommodation trail
y which will arrive and depart til
SAME time the freight now runs.
Geo. w. Dixon and son Joe return
ed Saturday from Chicago where the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19
IN TIME
Years ago this Week
in Aberdeen and Brown
County.
From the Files OF the Republican.

From the Flies OF the Republican.
An item read "Mr. Ringrose will
soon commence the erection of an
immence barn on the lot east of the
Sherman House, 1t was the barn
recently consumed by fire.
Elk county Commissioner Fl. W.
Campbell had just leased the Colwel.
house at Columbia.
The blockade was still on, Stages
were running regularly between Alb
erdeen and Milbank and most of the
mail came that way. The territorial
legislature Vas in session at Yanktor
but it took two weeks to get news
from there except by wire.
An item, stated that Sheriff
Munger had appointed E. G. Baldwin
of Columbia turnkey and under sher
if Another item relates that the
jail Of Columbia had been used al
winter as an oatbin, there being NJ
prisoners or prospect of any.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19
Very Low Rates to the Mardi
Gras and Winter Resorts,

Via the North Western line. On &C
count of the Mardi Gras, excursion
tickets will be sold to New Orleans,
Mobile and Pensacola, Feb. 9 to ID,
inclusive, also to New Orleans. on
Feb. 10, for trains arriving at New
Orleans by noon of Feb. Is, with
favorable return limits and stop
overs. Excursion tickets ale also on
sale daily, at reduced rates, to the
principal winter resorts in the United
States and Mexico. For full inform
alton apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19
Better Than a Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound
on the affected parts. is better than a
plaster for a lame back and for pains
in the side or chest. Pain Balm has
no superior as a liniment for the re.
lief Of deep seated, muscular and
rheumatic pains. For sale by all
druggists.
For a bad taste in the mouth TAX
a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents
Warranted to cure. For sale by al
druggists.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19

had been with several carloads of
sheep. These were the sheep that
cleaned up the stubble fields last fall
and they went to market in fine
condition.
Fred Paddock, now Of Lakeville,
Mimi, was in the city Wednesday. on
his way to his farm in Shelby. Fred
has 100 acres of timIer on his Mime
sofa farm. His family lives in LaAe-
vile, d pretty town about the
Sis Of Groton.
The farmers rest room at the new
courthouse is adorned with paintings
representing scenes on the prairie
previous to settlement, showing the
buffalo on the plains, a Sioux encamp-
ment, and the arrival Of the settler in
the prairie schooner.
Christian Roda. a well to do farmer
of Henry township, an old settler,
was found dead last Wednesday at
dU LID Jain "ICiC liz lluu SDtlc u
short time previous to look after the
stock. 1t is thought that his death
was caused by heart disease.
Plana tent of the Knights of the
Maccabees will give a ball and oyster
supper at Plana Friday 26th. 1t goes
without saying that the Plana boys
will see to it that all who come will
have good time. Good people, agood
hall and good music-The Aberdeen
orcheStra-what nor can be asked?
r.. N. Riblet, formerly of this place
and Of late living in British Columbia
and on the Pacific coast, was married
a few days ago, his bride being Miss
May Smith. The day after the wed.
ding Mr.. and Mrs, Ribletleftfor South
America, where Mr. Riblet was going
on business. which consisted ia THE
construction of a tramway in Peru.
Daily News
G. Boyd Barrett, representing the
Democrats of the city, has been busy
mailing circulars to leading democrats
Of the state setting forth Aberdeen
ability and desire to take care Of the
next democratic state convention,
A strong delegation Willgo to Huron
next Wednesday to the meeting ofthe
state committee to pull all available
strings to secure the convention.
Groton independent: The euphon,
eous and suggestive name OF ss,Shade.
land" has ueen given by e. j. Mathel
to his home place. The custom 81
naming the farmstead is 3 good one
An appropriate ssname given py the
early settlersSis apt to remain. Ions
after this present occupants and own
ers have gone and as he flowing well
are destined to make the artesial
! basin one of the most beautiful spot
on the footstool, the habit of giyin,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-19
Own Your Own Home.

Your rent will pay for it, including
tax and insurance. Ii you are inter.
ested aud want to know how this can
be done, call on j. L. Carlisle, agen1
for the Northwestern Trust Co. Office
with John Wade, over White Hard
are Company's store. d25-3t