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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
Facts About santo Domingo.

Such is the present day situation at
Santo Domingo. 1t Is a magnificent
island, n Of the beauty spots of the.
world, and has the finest climate ever
seen. 1t is inhabited and misruled by
a mongrel population, which, in spite
of many virtues and abilities, is not,
and I fear never will be, of a type
strong enough and vigorous enough to,
control its own destinies and advance
in the paths Of civilization Of It's own.
initiative. For It's vi good, and for
the good Of the world in general, II
should be controlled by a stronger ma
ton. 1t knows this, and wants that
nation to be the United States. But 1t
is superstitious and sees ~ghosts-and'
they always wear the German helmet.
New England Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

guaranty fund proved almost a joke,
and Union Traction Stockholders were
paid only n dividend. Finally re.
ceivers, were appointed. The Union
Traction and West Chicago companies
are in receivership now. This was by
no means all. Stockholders of the
West Chicago company sued the North
Chicago company. The city of Chi
cago sued the Union Traction COM
pany for 1000, 900 and finally pool
car service drove the people TO elect
a mayor pledged to immediate mu-
snicipal ownership"
This was in the face of the certainty
that corrupt politics and the spoils-
system would be made worse by put.
ting into politics the hundred thousand
street car employees, q cert...in means
for machine control.
The street car service never was
good during Yerkes' reign, but has
constantly grown worse in most sec.
tions Of the city by the deterioration,
of cars while litigation on every hand
absorbed the big companies. Tho
hopes of the public were raised by the.
purchase last year Of two-thirds con
troll of the SIS, 000, 900 Of the Chicago
City railway stock at 5000 a share by
the Morgan-Field-Armour syndicate.
But the decision of the supreme court
has depressed City railway securities
nearly 100000 900 and thrown the
Morgan-Field syndicate into a panic
of CONSERVATION for the City Railway
company's franchises are about to ex-
pire and the 99-year hope has been
biighted.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
CONVERSATIONAL NOTES.

The senate passed the Notifications
bill. 1t carries $5,27S,9 1913, including
1925, 900 for the erection of a govern
ment powder mandatory.
The senate struck out of the fortif-
cations appropriation bill all appropri-
atoms for Notifications in the Philip
pines.
The senate passed the pension ap-
preparation bill after brief discussion.
1t carries $40, 000, 900.
The house passed the senate bill for
r~eorganizing the consular service. One
of its provisions is that all consuls re-
ceiving a salary of 81, 900 or more must
be American citizens.
The Prince bill, abolishing the grade
of lieutenant general. was passed by the
house, with an amendment permitting
Generals Corbin and Macarthur to be
retired with that rank before 1t takes
effect.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

Lake Street elevated railway and the
Northwestern elevated and the eIe-
waited downtown loop for another
SIS, 000, 900.
1t had taken Yerkes 10 years to
work out his well-dehned plan, all
based on the problematical value of an
act of the Illinois legislature which
was construed publicly by Yerkes to
be a 99-year franchise, but which he
probably knew--for he sold all his
holdings!-to be the mere extension
Of the charter Of the company to which
was granted the franchise.
Carefully he had inflated the bal
loon marked North Chicago Street
Railway until he sold his stock at
1856 per share. 1t was quoted on the
stock exchange the other day at $32 a
share.
He filled the balloon labeled West
Chicago Street Railway Co" until he
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

was paid on a basis of $127 per share.
The stock is now selling at about $40
@ share.
Then came the miscellaneous collec.
tion marked Consolidated Traction
and the sale of the well-watered
stocks Of a score of underlying COM
panies, payment In bonds which he
sold at 80 cents on the dollar. In
each case he sold no real value, and
took In payment something substan.
tial.
When the balloons all were sold,
Yerkes cared not at all how soon the
public discovered that the talk about
the 99-year franchise was but a four
flush blur which he had expected
would be called" some day.
The blum got past Judge Grosscup on
the federal court circuit bench, but
the United States supreme court
called" 1t, and did 1t in plain terms.
The 99-year franchise was the wind
which had filled all the balloons; the
sand on which had been builded the
house Of cards marked with Yerkes'
fanciful millions.
The day when Union Traction was
foated was a great day in Chicago.
The event was much hecalded from La
Sale street and from the financial in.
stitutions Of the city, who had various
interests in the success Of Yerkes'
great scheme and combination. The
public accepted it as the dawning of
n 6au xuhon fha,, x,o,,1l ~ ,o1oo.oI
from a hated bondage of Charles T.
Yerkes. The uniting Of the North
and West traction interests promised
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

newspapers blackmail sheets. wheN
the banks called a loan to him Of
$4,000, 600, he told them to loan him
as much more. When the banks
scornfully demanded security FOR the
extra $4,000, 900, he producer S8,000,-
600 OF registered government bonds,
and got the money.
He then called a loan he had made
to Moore Brothers, the promoters OF
Diamond Match and Rock Island con.
solidation fame, and their suspension
caused q panic which closed the Chi
cago stock exchange.
Necessarily, the story Of the smash
Of the values of Chicago Traction &c.
c%urities Is the story of Charles T.
Yerkes. who died December 20, last,
In New York, deserted by his second
wife, as he had been many years be-
fore In Philadelphia, by his first wife
when he was sent to the penitentiary
on a charge Of which he later was &C.
Quilted. He was a broker at 81 and
a banker, as his father before him.
before he was 80. He spent a few
years in Fargo, N. d., and st. Paul,
Mimi, before going to Chicago as a
broker in 1883.
But when Yerkes has sold his bal.
looms" the interest shifts to "the boys"
who bought and held them and who
played with them contentedly at first.
Soon troubles began, and troubles
thickened with each month. The
North Chicago and West Chicago com.
panies were not paid the respective IL
and six per cent. rental moneys re-
CURED by the leases. the $40. 900 900
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

to be for the betterment Of the street
kins- Widener syndicate into the street
car operation in Chicago was wei.
coined from every hand. Even the
newspapers who had been fighting
Yerkes, served to aid him by their
publicity in the flotation of the trac-
ton stocks. No conditions could be
more suspicious.
Early in the day it was learned that
the entire issue of preferred and com.
mon stock had been underwritten;
that Chicago and New York had been
allotted $1,000, 600 of the preferred and
Philadelphia s. 5000, 900. On the stock
exchange North Chicago and West
Chicago both moved up OF the strength
Of the general enthusiasm oyer the
Union Traction deal. No one seemed
disposed to delve very far into the in
nerworkings and inner secrets of the
traction situation. For several days
this continued, and Yerkes' brokers
had little difficulty in supporting the
market for the short period necessary
to get Yerkes well out of cover.
1t was. but a month or two after the
f1otation that prices of the traction
stocks on the stock exchange began to
sag. To the public this was unaccount-
able; the insiders evidently had be-
gun to realize the untenable founda-
l-on for the big issue Of securities.
The 99-year statute was already in
litigation, and had been for IS years,
and the possibility that the courts
might rule adversely to the contention
Of Yerkes and his attorneys served to
drive the stocks downward day after
day. Six months after the fotation,
the prices were not much more than SO
per cent. of those at which Yerkes had
sold his North Chicago and West Chi
cago street railways.
Everyone who crosses Chicago from
one depot to another In a Frank Parm.
alec bus, or who sends his baggage
across in a Parmalee transfer wagon,
would be interested to know that
Parmalee was the man who secured
enactment Of the 99-year statute which
has been SO important. He was the
OIl6ildl olICct Cal mail III SulCdSO
back in the days when Lincoln and
Douglas were debating slavery ques.
lions and mutterings Of war were
heard. The guns of the civil war were
not yet silent when the measure was
framed which served Yerkes so we'll
and other multi-millionaircs SO i'll.
uncle Dick" Oglesby was governor
Of Illinois, and he evidently saw the
evils in 1t, for he vetoed the bill, but
1t vas passed v his veto.
Yerkes loved to fight. but things
were getting too hot for him in Chi
cago in 1898. when he began the final
balloon blowing process. There was
open talk Of lynching the aldermen II
they made concessions to Yerkes. and
more than once Yerkes himself was
threatened. He blacked the eye Of one
lDrominent business man and called the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30

why don't you ask her to marry
you? You can surely afford to marry
on your salary"
That's what I told her, but she said
that she couldn't."-Houston Post.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
Very Polite.

He-What would you say If Kissed
you?
She--You don't suppose ia be i'm
polite enough to Interrupt you. do your
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
THE WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.

A Glimpse at what Congress 10 Do
ing Together with IA Carefully
Digested and Condensed Compii"-
ton of Current News Items, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
are known to the public best, and
their estimated losses are:

are known to the public best, and
their estimated losses are:
J. p. Morgan & SIT, 0O0, 600
Marshall Field Estate .............. 17,0O0.UO0
=. Ogden armour .............. I,0OO,OOO
il. Mitchell Syndicate ............ IL, 7OO,O 900
Elkins-Widener Syndicate........ 12,7OO,V0
The pyramid Of fictitious values in
detail is a confusing tangle of bond
and stock issues of many companies,
but its general structure is simply
this:
With $780, 900 Yerkes in 1885
bought the North and the West side
street car lines, then horse car lines,
anC made a contract with himself to
reconstruct them, with great profit In
the reconstruction. Many new lines
were built by Yerkes through many
new companies. Each company was
stocked and bonded for double or more
Its value.
finally Yerkes had tie North Chi.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-07

should have been so fortunate as to
have accomplished this object, he will
consider himself well repaid for the
slight trouble he has taken in the mat
ter. 1890.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-07
The Jew.

NHE one standing miracle of all
the ages is the Jew. Hated
and despised as he has been by
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
Adopt Our Jury System.

Some of the London focal courts
have adopted the method of drawing
Jurors names from a box, in the
American style. The London Mail
says the method has a. "distinctly
novel, not to say sporting character
about it,
Roosevelt and the Artist. =
A New York artist who painted
portrait of President Roosevelt had
the privilege of spending several days
knocking around the White House to
get some mental notes Of the presi-
dents varying expressions. He would
sit here, there and yondar to watch
the head of the nation as he attended
to all sorts of business. The portrait
had been finished. but adverse criti.
cism rendered the artists visit neces-
sary When he was about to leave
the executive mansion to hasten to
New York to put his new impressions
on the canvas the president shook his
finger at him and said very earnestly:
Nov, mind, no scarfpin!"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07

Governor JOHN A. Johnson, who
In his rise from unfortunate circum-
stances to be head of great common
wealth gave the country a magnificent
example of the state development
which concerns men as well as things
was renominated Tuesday, and with
him a ticket so splendid, we'll bal
anced, composed of able men, that it
is a pity the chances for the ticket
outside of governor are not promis-
ing. Yet what shaking of dry
bones, what beneficert and peaceful
revolution, if the whole ticket should
be elected; Tue governor has made
good, and he stands on a platform
from which no essential thing has
been omitted, platform " hlch IS q
statement of duty we'll done, and a
promise of future valuable achieve
ments
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS.

Merrill C. Tiff of Long Prairie,
the democratic candidate for Congress
from the Sixth District, is forty. one
years of age. q native of Illinois and
came to Minnesota twenty seven years
ago. He graduated from the Ann
Harbor, Michigan Law School and
practised law at Glencoe. Mcleod
county. He was for twelve years
Judge of probate Ct Mcleod county.
He moved to Long Prairie some years
ago and engaged in banking at that
place and also interested in the Swan
vile State Bank. He is the present
Grand Master Workman of the A. 0.
Q. w. of M1ncesots.
Judge Tiff Is q democrat of the
highest standing, personally very
popular, Of the highest character, a
splendid citizen. We are personally
acquainted with him and know him
to be in all respects a good and able
man.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
The TRAGEDY OF RACE MIX.
TURE.

T>u'uth News Tribune: A seven.
teen voar-tld cctoroon girl died by her
oHn ha1d at Osakis. Mimi, the other
d. h@haEse she had been taupted past
IRA FL BY her stepfather and her
" its mother en- account OF the colored
hl Cd il har veius, the heritage from
!. m9latto father.
r. is Hot difficult to understand the
-''espaiT aud suffering Of this innocent
si l. She was sent by her mother,
=. ilan ver~ 7c1ng. to a convent at
Little Falls and was there given an
education, coming out Of the i1stitu
tom, lov BILE, 'ccomplished, her ma
t..rBl ability enhanced by her training.
Her mother had married again and
the girl vent to Osakis to live with
her a~j1 her stepf ther. There she
was reminded Of her fathers color and
shunned by the young white girls,
who maus her feel her false position
j.. the world ct avery turn. Her mis-
81 became unbearable. The fact was
borne into her understanding that
there was no place in the world for
a human of such unfortunate physical
mixture, and che went out Of it.
SUCH tragedy shocks the comment
attr to silence. What is there to say2
The sins of her parents were vieited
upon her. She was taken away from
the convent, where it is likely nothing
.ut charity and kindness were shown
h'r. She knew herself to be az bright
and good as the other girls, and she
had net been made to feel the bar
sinister When she entered the world,
however, her status became at once
apparent. Added to the social ostra.
Sic;;:n she encountered. was abuse at
home. She was too young to avail
liz. self of the knowledge that social
bu- sinister may be disregarded and
life useful to other unfortunstes may
be led in spite Of it. Her eyes did not
50" the beauty and gni6cance Of SER
tea g.
there IS no tragedy celebrated in
sung Or story to equal IN intensity Of
aca matte quality the story Of Sigh
minded woman educated and trained
70 association with white people, her
own people by part Of her blood, when
sh~ realizes the terrible Significance
that attaches itself to the race mix.
tura represented in her being.
There seemed to be nothing else for
he. to do, the kindness she may have
r~.elved was a reminder CT her mis-
fc.tune. She was not negress. She
chnld not admit to herself toat she he.
lo~zed to race alien from that
wH :ch embraced her mother and all of
her acquaintance.
There seemed to be nothing else fer
her to 60, and her blood cries out
against the authors Of her being.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
OPENED LAST MONDAY
Little Falls Business COL
le&e Re-opened After
Summer Vacation

The fall and winter term Of the Lit.
tie Falls Business College opened Mon.
day morning with an attendance of
twenty FIVE pupils, which is much bet
ter than last year. Over twenty schol-
ars have signed for the night sncooI,
which opens on September II. It is
expected that the attendance will ma.
terially increase within q short time.
AS many country scholars are deferred
from entering now on account of
the fall work, which is we'll alono
toward completion. Several new type.
writer's and tables have been added
and the school is better fitted than
ever before to fit ut..young men and
women with valuable. business educa.
tion.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
WHAT HENRY CLEWS OF WALL
STREET SAYS OF BRYAN'S
SPEECH.

Mr.. Bryan's speech last night forces
upon the co-ntry the nomination OF
President Roosevelt for another cleo
tlon term, as lie has only had one at
present. The trust men who hereto
fore have been against President
Roosevelt owing TO mis- attacks on
their interests will, in the event of
Bryan's nomination. naturally become
in favor of Mr.. Roosevelt, and will
put their money up to pay election
expenses for him instead of Mr.. Bryan
on the principle that of two evils it is
better to choose the lesser
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
ZLhun<
q
What Horses Can Do.

A horse can draw on the worst kind
of earth road about four times 40
much as he can carry on his ack. On
a good macadamized road he can pull
ten times as much, on a wood pave1
one twenty-five times as much and %
metals fifty-eight times as much.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
A Blind Scientist.

Dr. James Gale, the blind scientist,
Is nearing the completion OF his sew
enty-third year. Born in Crabtree,
near Plymouth, England, he early de-
veloped a taste for science, but at IA
his sight began to fail, and at II he
was totally blind. Nothing daunted,
he was spurned on to more knowledge,
until At 80 he had acquired such de-
grees as to justify him in setting up
in practice in London as a medical
electrician. He succeeded in restor-
ing to activity many persons who had
lost the power of their limbs, and In
this connection received from a pa
tient the princely gift of $25O,O00.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
Aug. 8, 900.
To All Democratic Voters:

Aug. 8, 900.
To All Democratic Voters:
If there ever was time in the his.
tory of the Democratic party for the
manifestation Of loyalty and patriot
ism on the part Of its members, it is
right now.
If We are to win a victory and
elect a President two years hence,
We must first elect House of Repre-
sentatives this fall. A Democratic
House can and will investigate every
department of the Government.
With all of them honeycombed by
graft. the edges of which, only,
have been touched by recent exposure
and prosecutions, there will be re-.
violation Of rottenness that will as.
found the country and create de-
mand for Democratic admipiatra-
ton to clean the Government work
snop. ~
10 win the House we need money
10 defray legitimate expenses and get
out our vote. We have no protected
monopolies from which to draw to fill
our offers, as they do those of the Re-
publican party. We must, therefore.
appeal to loyal Democrats for contri.
buttons.
Will you send US $500 at once, and
in return for this We will send you
copies Of our campaign literature is
sued by the committee. You will b ave
the thanks Of the entire Democrat G
party for your favorable response to
our request ..r
Address all remittauces-
Z J. NJ. Griqgs, Chairman,
=-~ Munsey Building,
Washington, D. G.,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07

M. D. Taylor will be the next
;ndge of this judicial district. having
no opposition. 1t Is deserved tri-
butte to a good citizen, learned law
YER, and impartial man. There is
every reason to believe that Mr.. Tay.
lor will he just and upright judge,
that he will do credit to tie best ira
ditions of the bench, and that his jul
d,cisl career will honor both him and
The district he serves.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
FOR SALE-Drivinq team and na,

FOR SALE-Driving team and nar-
ness, double carriage and single bug
gy. Work team and harness, broad
tire wagon and new hay rack. plow
AID other farm implements. Household
furniture, such as bed room suits and
dinins' center tables and. rocking
chairs. Also l6 acres of corn ready to
cut. Several acres of seans fer sale or
harvest on shares. J. W. Jarboe at
the store of N. B. futile & Co. %
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07

In an argument in Minneapolis last
,..ek between NJ L. Fosseen and
II nry Gjertsen, who are candidates
r-,- state senator, Fosseen attacked
Gjertsen for voting against the Reel
r. ocal Demurrage Bill. Gjertsen re-
to ted: II did vote against 1t and I
j: tied against it because Mr.. Cole,
rr oandidtae for Governor, requested
it, he said it was vicious legislation
Ind | believed him -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
THE DEMAND

The following is taken
from a letter recently adj
dressed to the Remington
Typewriter Co.'s office in
Washington, D. c., by the
y. S. Civil Service Com.
on the subject of male Ste
nograpers.
For number of years the supply
Of male eligihles in stenography .and
uypewriting has been inadequate to
meet the demands of the various de-
partments of the government. EV-
ely effort has been made by the Com
mission to bring this condition of
affairs to the notice Of the public,
both by statements published in the
/ annual reports and other pnblica.
! cations Of the Commission and by
I reading notices and interviews in the
! newspapers.
ANY assistance which your Com
pany may be able to render the Com.
I mission in this matter by bringing
the facts to the attention OF steno-
graphers throughout the country will
be appreciated.
J 1.-The salary usually paid the Ste
nograpers and typewriters upon en-.
/ trance to the government service
ranges from 1920 to $1,000 per an
mum. Prospects for promotion, how
! evers, are excellent, especially 10 view
OF the fact that, on account OF the
nature OF their duties, stenogsaphers
are more readily able to acquire a
knowledge of the work OF an office
than other Clerks
Take your Shorthand and
Typewriting course at the
Little Falls Business Col
lege this winter and equip
yourself to hold such a po-
sition as the civil service
will give. =.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
Tu Quorue.
Mistress-Lucille, ask my husband
what he wants for dinner. haven't
spoken to him tor week.
Maid (teaxfnly)-No&1og havo y
Trying Down a Rather.

Some boys who had a rattlesnake
IN box with wire netting top de-
cided that they would kill the snake
by drowning; SO they weighted the
box with rocks and let it down into
the river.
After letting the snake drown an
hour and a half they hauled up he
box and found the snake not only
alive but SO mad he was nothing but
a hiss and rattles. The drowning Is
postponed for the time being, and
probably some other scheme will he
tried to end his snakeship's life.