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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
OIL TRUST DEFIANT.
Do People or Corporations Run the
Government

Do People or Corporations Run the
Government
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
Is trying to unravel the tangled skein
Of the Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey and for that purpose had Henry
n. Rogers, vice president and director
Of that corporation, on the stand to try
to discover whether it owns the con.
trolling interest in the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, the Waters-Pierce
OIL company Of Missouri and the Re
public Oil company. Mr.. Rogers, who
Tom Lawson shows is the real master
Of the Standard Oil trust, refused to
answer the questions that would shed
any light on the subject.
The bureau of corporations in Wash
ington is said to have been investigat-
ing the Standard Oil trust, and no
doubt has the evidence to convict its
officers Of the crimes they are accused
of, SO why does the administration not
aid the state of Missouri by producing
this evidence? The Standard OIL Off
Gals, it is claimed, have threatened the
administration that if they are modest
ed there will be trouble, and the ex-
traordinary statement Is made that it
controls a majority Of the members Of
the present Republican congress.
The Republicans will have to tackle
Standard Oil or virtually admit that
it controls them, and the first question
to settle is, Can the officials of this 81
30 y,fin vvN "a, ,oc,,1o 81 ,:,D N,;
dence that Is necessary to prevent them
from %plundering the people? In other
words, are the trusts or the people run
ming the government Of the United
States? A few months in Jail may
change the tone Of this arrogant trust
magnate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
CONSPIRACY TO PLUMBER.
Evidence Of C%olIus1on Between RE-
publicans and Railroads.

Evidence Of ColIus1en Between RE-
publicans and Railroads. I,
General Grosvenor declared that, as
the railroads have cut of the passes,
congress should lop off 100000 Of
the $5o,ooo,0oo appropriated for the
railroads for carrying the mails. From
This 1T would seem that tho Republic
ans in congress have been reciprocal
ing with the railroads by appropriating
$lO,OO0,OOO more than it was honestly
worth for carrying the mails in return
for annual passes from the corpora
tons. That is a very serious 'admis-
sion from General G~rosvenor, for he
virtually indicates a conspiracy to plum
der the people Of that large sum annu-
ally. The Democrats have charged for
years that the railroads were receiv-
ing too much pay for the work they did
and for rent Of cars and have exposed
the excessive charges over and over
again, but the party in power has per-
sistently appropriated the money. An
sther important witness has Just given
evidence Of the way the taxpayers are
robbed by appropriations for the rail-
roads, and this witness is an expert
who has had many years experience
as auditor Of the postofice department,
no other than Hon. Henry A. Castle,
who in Harper's Weekly says:
I'm the United States last year the
enormous sum Of $46,000,0O0 was paid
the railroads for transportation Of the
mails, of which sum $4,000, 900 repre-
sented that i~nexcusable and scandalous
graft, the rent Of mail cars, under
which item more is paid annually for
the bare use of the cars than the cars
cost in the first place."
Perhaps General Grosvenor included
this $5,O00,000 for rent of cars in his
estimate Of the 100000 900, which, he
admits, has been extracted from the
United States treasury by collision of
the Republican majority in congress
and the railroads. Every year the Con-
gressional Record shows that the Dem
ocrats have made a fight on this ex-
cessive appropriation for carrying the
mails, which would more than half pay
the expense Of building the Panama ca.
nal and almost entirely build it if the
graft" for car rent were eliminated.
This is a scandal Of such magnitude
that every taxpayer is interested and
should determine to vote against any
congressman who has approved it. If
| reform comes through the vindictive-
ness Of such Republicans as General
Grosvenor, who feel they are robbed of
their railroad passes after for years
| giving the railroads millions Of dollars
for every ten received, it is fortunate
for the public.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
APPALLING CORRUPTION.


A Strict Law Needed to Prevent 1t In
the Future.
AS the evidence comes out of the
completely Of insurance companies and
other corporations in political corrup-
ton, the question is forced upon the
country that there must be a strict law
to prevent corporations from making
any contributions for political pur-
poses. If individuals contribute, the
amount given must be published and
sworn to, and If any one can come for
ward with proof that any money has
been used corruptly to influence voters
| the candidate for the benefit Of whom
the expenditure was made must be
nonseated. Such a law will make the
active adherents Of all parties detec-
lives to spy out corruption and aid in
suppressing it.
The republic cannot long endure, ex-
cept in name, if corporations and indf-
viduals car corrupt the sovereign vot-
ers, and the honest voters, who are the
majority, must protect themselves by
forcing this reform through congress
and the state legislatures.
Without the enormous campaign
funds provided by corporations the Re-
publican party would have been defeat
ed in 1896 and in all probability would
now be as defunct as the old Wing par
ty. Nothing keeps it together but
spells. Its leaders in township, county
and state, with a few honorable excep-
lions, are united in rings that flourish
by disposal of patronage and rely upon
cold cash on election day to get enough
votes to keep them in power.
Thomas w. Lawson in his "Frenzied
Finance" was the first to expose the
life insurance companies. He also told
Of the $5,000,O0 corruption fund raised
in Wall street for the late Chairman
Hanna Of the Republican national COM
mittee ten days before the election in
the Republican party was defeated IN
less the voters in the doubtful states
were bought like sheep in the sham
bles. Wall street interests, headed by
Standard Oil and the railroads and In
surance companies, supplied that vast
sum. How much had been furnished
previously cannot be exactly stated,
but it is estimated that it approached
$10,O00,OOO. At that election the strum-
pet of corruption stalked in naked hor-
TOR through the land, nor have elections
since been free from the same appall-
ing r%ascality.
How can honest men be free and in
dependent when their corrupt fellows
are selling out the republic to the
agents Of the corporations?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
The Happx Family

The United States senate has it all
planned to keep up the Investigation Of
President Roosevelt's management of
the Panama canal during the balance
Of the session. The chairman of the
committee on intcroceanic canals. Sen
ator Willard of Nebraska, has announr-
ed that the committee will only l>o}'
sessions each Tuesday and he cannot
tell how long the investigation win
take. This is II of the ways tho Re
publican senator's have aGoptn! TO keep
Teddy ON the ragged edge %Nl shows
the "lulpy family" the Republicans
have COW" 10 ne,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Gen. Jackson Vine.

The wild grape vine on the shores Of
Mobile bay, about one mile north of
Daphne, Ala, is commonly known as
the Gen. Jackson vine," from the fact
that Gen. Andrew Jackson twice
pitched his tent under it during his
campaign against the Seminole In
dians. This vine, in June, 1897, was
reported to have a circumference of
six feet n inch at its base. It's ag~
was estimated at that time to exceed
100 years.-Scientific American.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Evils.

France is run like the United States
Or a highly protective basis-and yet
a Paris dispatch says there is an army
Of 10000 tramps who have no homes.
How many hoboes there are in the
United States has never been settled.
but New York alone a surely match
the French army, with the rest OF the
country to hear from. Is the protec-
tive tariff. that takes from the many
for the benefit Of the few, responsible
for the extremes Of our civilization and
Of our sister republic Of France? There
is certainly something wrong with
prosperity" that breeds such unfortu-
nate conditions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22

Don't deceive yourself. If you have
indigestion take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
1t will relieve you. Rev. w. E.. Hocutt
South Mills, n. c., says" 81 was troubled
with chronic indigestion for several
years: whatever | ate seemed to cause
heartburn, sour stomach, i1uttering OF
my heart. and general depression OF
mind and body. My druggist recon-.
mend kolol. and it has relieved me.
AN nov eat anything and sleep soundll
at night. Kodol dig"stS what ycu eat
Sold Oy Nurke \ &c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Contributors Honored.

I'VE announce the decease of the
new magazine" says an editor-"also
our inability to pay its contributors;
but, in recognition of their services,
we have made honorary pall-bearers Of
all of them, and will give a funeral
dinner, at which we hope to see them
all."-Atlanta Constitution.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22

They never grippe or sicken, but cleanse
and strengthen the stomach, liver and
bowels. This is the universal verdict OF
the many thousands who use DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. These famous little
pills relieve headache, constipation.
biliousness, jaundice, torpid liver, sal
low complexion, etc. Try Little Early
Risers. Sold by Burke & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Calling cards in the latest styles and
designs of type at the DEMOCRAT office.
II the World Were BirdIess.

A naturalist declares, man could
not inhabit it after nine years time.
in spite Of all the sprays and poisons
that could be manufactured for the
destruction of insects. The insects
and slugs would simply eat all the
orchards and crops in that time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
UnfOrtunntc.

Hearing that the interstate com
mcrcc commission is to take up the
grievance of the oil producers Of Kan
sas, The Kansas City Star tlnd.l re-
marks, How unfortunate 1t is tina
the commission IS without power OF
authority"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
The AsnbaIt Trust.

We will soon know more about the
asphalt trust and Venezuela. for Pres
ident Roosevelt has come to the end
Of his resources in dealing with Pres
ldent Castro. and the whole matter
will be referred to congress. and an
exposure of this scandal is imminent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Gordon & Wheeler have $4,000 on
hand for Second Mortgage Farm Loans.
Low interest and liberal terms.
Fall Of Niagara River.

Niagara river, in its course from
Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, falls a dis
lance OF 627 feet. A survey by the
United States engineers, who meas
ured the flow Of the river below the
falls, shows that it discharges 100000
cubic feet Of water Il second from the
one lake to tho other. by a simple
calculation it nrnr&r& tia; in its dc.
cent of t~wcnly-arvcn rallies from lake
to lake. Niagara rive, 4 vr,ops the
equivalent OF abrpt @uaN.r00 thcoret
ical horsepower.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Collision LOGIC,

1t has been suggested that the ex-
cellent showing made by steel cars
in collision is due to the fact that
the wooden cars in the train with
them acted as cushions and lessened
he force of shock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22
Excuse for Youths Wild Oats.

Youth will have its fling, and it is
undeniable that many of those who
settle down eventually into the most
staid and RESPECTABLE citizens have
aeen those who sowed their wild oats
most p%rofusely in their young days.
london Telegraph.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22

An old-time cough syrups bind the
bowels. This is wrong. A newidea was
advanced two years ago in Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. This remedy
acts on the mucous membranes of the
throat and lungs and loosens the bowels
at the same time. 1t expels all cold
from the system. 1t clears the throa.
strengthens the mucous membranes, re.
lieyes coughs, colds, Group, whooping
cough, etc. Sold by Burke & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-22

The New Cough Syrup-the one that
acts as a mild cathartic on the bowels
is Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar.
1t expels all cold from the system, cuts
the phlegm out of the throat, strength
ems the mucous membranes of the
bronchial tubes and relieves Group.
%whooping cough, etc. Children love it,
Sold by Burke & Co.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL NOTES,

The students of the manual training
department have just completed q
wagon box for the schools farm wagon
and the same is model of workman.
ship. 1t is well made and painted and
on the sides bears the name of the
school. Every bit of work on it was
done in the school, even to forging the
iron work.
The students of the same department
are also making some oak furniture
One Morris chair has been completed,
upholstered, coverd with leather, with
dead finish. Another has been start
ed and bookcase is also in course of
construction.
The school is greatly hanpered for
storage room for materials. When the
barn is completed next Summer this
difficulty will oe obvIated.
An oleander tree in tie office is at
present a thing OF beauty As
Merrill girl would say, 1T is perfectly
lovely" Its blossoms hang in clusters
and their fragrance permeates the
entire room.
The green house at this time presents
a beautiful appearance Plants of
variety are in full bloom, and
a great many garden vegetables have
attained good growth. Wax beans
have reached maturity
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
$4,000 TICKETS SENT OUT.

The past week, secretary L. K Wright
has gotten out $4,000 school chidren's
tickets for the county fair which is to
be held this year on the 4th, 9Th, 9th
and 18th days of September Each tick
ct entities one child, under fifteen
years of age, to one admittance to the
fair free, provided the same is properly
filled out. 1000 of these tickets were
sent out to the rural schools the past
week by Supt. w. j. Farrell, the bal
ance, 1000, have been placed in the
hands of S. B. Toby, Supt. of the city
schools, who is now having the proper
lists made out and it is expected that
every school child under fifteen years
will be in possession of one of these tick
cts before school closes. There will
be no children's department in the
county fair next fall, but instead there
will be one department for the rural
schools and one for the city schools.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

Adam Mucha and son, Alfred, of
Marathon City were Wausau visitors on
Friday.
Miss Della Thayer returned home
from her visit to Madison and Ripon on
Friday.
Alfred Zimmerman is attending
the Spenceriah Business college in Mil
waukee.
Bentley Vaughan came down from
Arbor Vitae to attend the Business
college annual, Thursday.
Mrs VIM Gamble and Mrs G. E.
Turner were in Edgar on Friday, a
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Gamble.
MIR. and Mrs Geo Foster, who had
been visiting in the city, returned to
their home in Mellen, on Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Nellie Silverthorn attended
the meeting of the Wisconsin Library
association held in Madison the past
week.
VIM. Waterhouse came home Satur-
day from Madison, where he had been
attending the annual meeting of super
visors of assessment.
w. l.. Edmonds and his brother, E.
A. Edmonds, of Rhinelander, left,
Wednesday, for an extended visit in the
South, and will go to Cuba before
returning.
DIR A j. Rosenberg has returned
from his visit to Arbor Vite and will
remain in Wausau short time longer
before returning to his home in Oak
Park, H.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Scovil have
been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. G. w.
Harger the past week. They are from
Copenhagen, n Y. Mrs. Scovil is a
cousin of Mr.. Harger.
Edward Mumm came home, Thurs
day, from the Wisconsin university,
at which institution he is studying for
an electrical engineer He had finished
his studies for this year and will return
to the anniversary next fall
Il. K. Wright attended the annual
meeting of the National Buttermakers'
association held last week in Chicago
He states that while he was there cold
storage eggs were selling for &c per
dozen and fresh tomatoes at soc per
pound.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27

The Rhinelander Boat Co., having re-
built its boat factory recently destroyed
by fire, now has better facilities than
ever for building Rowboats and
Launches. Write them for catalog and
prices f13 w4
A committee of Masons, consisting of
j. G. Lewis, DIR. l. d Stetfen and P. j.
Willard, of Amigo, will visit the regu-
lar meeting of st. Omer Commandery,
No. 10, K IT,, of this city, next Wednes-
cay, their mission being to secure the
Recommendations of this Commandery
to Commandery being organized in
Amigo.
Washington's birthday was celebrated
by the students of the Wausau Business
College for the nineteenth time on
Thursday evening last in Castle hail.
Over 200 people were present, and
among them some living out of the
city. The hall was lastly decorated
with flags, bunting, the college colors-
lavendar and white-Japanese lanterns,
palms and evergreens Music was fur
nished by Remfrey's orchestra and the
affair was highly enjoyable one
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
BUILDING RAILROADS AGAIN.
A dispatch in the Milwaukee daily
apers, dated Oconomowoc, Feb. 23d,

A dispatch in the Milwaukee daily
papers, dated Oconomowoc, Feb. 23d,
says:
I'm runaway accident Thursday
afternoon, three promoters of the Red
River Valley & Southern Electric Rail
way company were injured
Charles e. Downer, Amigo, was
thrown form the carriage and internally
injured. f. G. Rigby, of Chicago, an
engineer, was injured about the
shoulder and Fred C. Coleman, of Wau.
sau, sustained fractured leg.
"The three men were out on the rig ht-
of-way when the team became unman-
ageable and the occupants of the rig
were thrown out. Downer has a
family"
The man, Downer, mentioned is the
same man VINO was here about two
months ago, when he built an electric
railway line from Elgin, H., to Lake
Superior-of wind. The Fred Coleman
mentioned is not known here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
80 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. Ninety nine Of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when 1t was simple indiges-
ton. II Is scientific fact that all cases of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result of indi-
gestion. Al! food taken into the stomach
which fails of perfect digestion ierments and
swells the stomach, putting II up against the
heart. This interferes with the action of
the heart. and in the course of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. Ksuble. of Nevada. O., says: had stomach
trouble and was in bad state as had heart trouble
with it. took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four
months and II cured me.
Kcdol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only, $ioo Size holding 2M times the trial
size. which sells for soc,
Prepared bY G. O. Dewitt & co., CHICAGO.
Sold by w. w. Albers.
Ask for the 1906 Kodol almanac and
go year calendar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
All Tired Out.
Hundreds More in Wausau in the
Same Plight.

Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; side aches,
All on account Of the kidneys.
Must help them at their work.
A Wausau citizen shows you how:
James Duquette, carpenter, living on
Muencho St., near Park St., Wausau,
Wis, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills did
for me what every other remedy had
failed to do,-cured me of backache and
a miserable weakness of the back that
had annoyed me for months aid
months. My condition was so terrible
that was walking about all bent over,
could not stoop or get up without tax
ing hold of something, sad suffering a
constant dull pain in the small of the
back that extended around to the left
side and made me weak and helpless.
| always felt tired and worn out. was
lame in the morning, could not rest
well at night and my general health was
poor. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills
recommended by Wausau, people | got
box at Albers' drug store. In three
days after began using them the pain
left my back. Strength returned grad
ually and | have never felt the old
trouble since"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
take no other
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
First publication Feb. 6. last March Is.
Notice of Foreclosure and Sale.

Notice OF Foreclosure and Sale.
State of Wisconsin, in Circuit Court, Marathon
County.
Katharine Bischof1, Plaintiff
Joel H. 6oodale Fred A. Fuller, Maggie
Fuller, Adam Dillman, and George w.
Abbott, Def ndants
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to and
by virtue of judgment of foreclosure and sale
duly rendered in the above entitled action
the 2Sth Gay of January, 1905, in the above
entitled action, and doeketed in The office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court above namei on
said date, l, Fred f. Damon, sheriff for Mara
thon County, will offer for sale and sell
atpublic auction to the highest bidder
on the 22nd day of March, 1906, at ten
at the west front door of the Court House ia
the City of Weusau IN said County and State
aforesaid, the following premi es named in
sufficient to raise The amount dre to the plain
tiff for principal, interesU and costs including
the costs of sale, to-wit:
Beginning one Thousand two hundred nine
and q Q209 "a feet west and thirty three feet
(S3) feet noItn of south east corner of south
east quarter SEQ of south east quarter tse1z) O.
section twenty -sIx (26) Township Twenty. seven
CID north, Range ten Q0) east, thence north two
hundred sixty-four (264) feet, thence west one
hundred fifteen (ll5) feet, thence south one
hundred thirty-two feet, thence east tfty-four
(54) feet, thence south one hundred thirty-two
(l82) feet, thence east sixty-one (6l feet to the
place of beginnings also piece of land described
as follows: beginning at south east corner of
the south west quarter (sw14) of the south east
quarter (seA) OF Section twenty-six (Z6) Town
ship twentyseven cd north, Rabge ten (l0)
east, thence north ninety-nine 900 feet, thence
west thirty-thIee 1873, feet, thence south ninety
nine (99) feet thence east thirty-three (39 feet
to the place of beginning, all in Marathon
County, Wisconsin.
Dated Wausau, Wisconsin,
February lst, A. ID. 1906.
FRED f. DAMON,
Sheriff of arathon County
Brown, PRADT & GENRIcH, Attorneys
First publication Feb q, last March 10.
Probate Notice.