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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-27
LAWSON WRITES A RED HOT ARTICLE
ON SYSTEMS" LATEST COUP

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Now that
the cyclone has begun to wane In
Wall street and operators see day
light through the dust, there is hot
hatred for Edward H. Hartman and
his Standard Oil associates in the
great Pacific railroad operation.
They have demonstrated how easy
It is to clean up millions when in
siders deal the cards.
Wall street considers itself dup
ed So do the dumped stockholders
In Southern and Union Pacific.
Thos. w. Lawson, in a statement
written exclusively for this news
paper at his home, "Dreamwold,"
near Boston, where he remained
silent for weeks owing TO the III
ness and death of his wife, says
that Hartman and friends cleaned
up over night from 100000, 900 to
$3.50, 100000.
Harriman's principal partners in
Ou
cific, dragging up nearly all values,
were VIM. Rockefeller, Henry II.
Rogers and H. c. Frick.
Months ago when the Union Pa.
cific dividend was increased to G
per cent, Hartman was lauded to
the skies as wizard In railroad.
ing. He set aside a large amount
of gross earnings for improvements
while stockholders confidently look.
ed forward to the time when Union
Pacific would be able TO pay as
much as per cent a year. The
same sort of development was go
ing on in Southern Pacific, where
shareholders expected that they
would now get their first dividends,
and that it would be per cent
Then came the San Francisco dis.
aster, which not only lay in waste
the chief city on the Southern Pa
cihc system, but filed with dismsy
the long patient shareholders who
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saw their hopes for dividends glim-
mering. And Union Pacific holiu-s,
owners also of practically oue-halt
of the whole 100000 900 outstand-
ing stock of the Southern Pacific
were also naturally in despair. it
was noticed that they got no cheer
from Hartman.
For months Hartman had been
planning a bull killing. He alone
knew exactly what these western
railroads were capable Of. Their
bookkeeping was Greek to all 9TH
ers. BY a mere direction to his Of
fee force he could change the &C.
counts so that the former hopes Of
the most optimistic would be dull
In comparison with the actual real
ity. Confident in the strength of
his position. which would at any
moment allow him to dictate much
larger dividends than had been an
ticipated on either Of their securi-
ties, he and his associates were
buyers of these stocks whenever Of
ferings were made at prices that
seemed suitable to them.
The earthquake was to them a
heaven sent opportunity to secure
reams of stock at bargain prices
from the timid ones who were ig-
norant of the true state of affairs.
What was their dumfoundment
when U. P. dividends were tardily
announced at 10 and S. P. at 5.
1t is openly charged that these
announcements were withheld I'M
til Hartmann plans for his kill
ing were complete, and that he
withheld information from stock
holders. Wall street wants to
know now if the president of a cor
poration, morally and in any court
of equity ever heard of is not the
natural guardian of his stockhold-
ers' interests.
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IDAHO WITHOUT
JURISDICTION
IN CASE

c. S. barrow, Of counsel for
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
charged with the murder of Former
Governor Steunenbers Of Idaho, is
In the city, and will spend week
in Spokane and In the Occur
d'Alenes. Fred Miller, also of coun.
sci for the defense, arrived in the
city this morning from Denver, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller will entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrow during their
stay in the northwest.
Both attorneys declined to dis
cuss the merits of the defense of
their clients, saying that the merits
of the case will not be gone into
until after the federal supreme
court passes on the matter of the
petition for a writ of habeas cor
pus.
From conversations with attor-
neys here and in other parts of the
country, | do not believe that the
public understands the crux of this
habeas corpus matter" said Mr..
barrow, in declining to discuss the
merits of the case. IF Mover. Hay
wood and Pettibone are in any way
guilty of the crime as charged
that of aiding and abetting the
crime to which Orchard confessed
the scene Of their guilt must
have been in Colorado, and not Ida
no; because for a long period of
time-a matter of years-neither
had been in Idaho.
THE proceedings brought against
them charged them with being fugi.
tives from justice. If they commit.
ted crime in Colorado-and they
could not have committed it in
ldaho-how could they be fugitives
when they remained in Colorado
They were extradited, but the ex.
tradition papers were obtained
secretly. In fact they could not
have been obtained openly, and il
looks like conspiracy between
the governors of the two states, as
result of which three men were
kidnapped unlawfully and secretly
taken to Idaho. If they conspired
they conspired in Colorado and not
in Idaho, and Idaho has no business
with them. This is the crux of the
proceeding which will be argued be
fore the United States supreme
court on the last day of next DC
tober."
Mr.. Darrow says that he is on his
summer vacation. He has accepted
an invitation to deliver the pricipa
address in this city on Labor day
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as the place for the public recep-
ton. The doors will be open at
$50 in the evening. For one hour
there will be band concert.
AS each person enters, he or she
will be handed a small American
flag.
Harry w. Walker Bryan's friend,
has had assigned to him the duty
of beating a gavel until the noise
subsidies, and introducing President
VIM. Hoge of the Commercial TRAY
elers Antitrust league. He will
introduce Governor Folk, chairman
of the reception committee, and the
/ latter will present Mayor Tom l..
Johnson as the chairman of the
meeting. Speeches by these will be
brief. Augustus Thomas will be
called upon by Mayor Johnson for a
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The System" three-quarters of all
this profit would have come back
TO the people In reduced freight and
passenger rates.
This was at the beginning Of
1906. Tremendous prosperity had
been ours for a number of years.
THE System" convinced that such
prosperity could not long continue,
determined to give the banner illus
tration Of their power and the peo-
pies helplessness. Then came the
coup.
Rogers and Rockefeller instruct
ed their first lieutenant, Hartman.
to get ready the robbing machine
for monster grinding. For months
past Hartman has disguised the
earnings of the two railroads and
has given forth statements calculat-
ed TO make the owners of the stock
sell out at bottom prices. The
stockholders did sell out and at
bottom prices. Hartman and his
bosses and their pals have bought
some 100000 shares at these
prices.
Then over night, Rogers, Rookie.
Teller and Hartman jumped the
dividend to 10 per cent or 40 pei
cent on the real capital. Over night
they made" from 100000, 900 t.
$3.50 100000.
When they have unloaded on the
people and sold short 100000 U
P. shares more they will cut the
dividend over night and make an
other $100,000,000 or s150,000,000.
Then, perhaps, the people, once
tricked, deluded and robbed, THU
time to their very pelts, will real
lie what l have been trying to drill
into their skulls.
Through 1t all, the real workmer
OF America, the jewellers along thu
lines of the railroads continue (,
pay the rates and fares which they
paid in the beginning, when the!
gave their federal. state and cit,
money aid on the promise of re
auctions when the railroads grew
Bear In mind that while the II
Illustration and explanation I hav,
given affects only two railroads
there are hundred planning, work
ing and enormously profiting by the
self same coup.
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BY THOS. w. LAWSON,
Author of "Frenzied Finance

Author of ''Frenzied Finance"
If the sieved down hellishness of
1t had been in my power to make
10 order an example of THE Sys-
TENS" work, l could not have jel-
lied and glassed it as did old Dame
Fate last week. Every week or
two for "a long months | have
straddled the ridgepole and lunged
II TO the world
Watch out; they are strawing
the pitt"
From the peoples world rang
back the answer:
We're on"
But at last came a day when cir
cumstances prevented me from
shouting and the agile System, -"
quicker than the hounds Of hell,
sprang their coup.
Unmindful of the terrific price
paid by some Of us to warn them,
the fool section of the people
swarmed to respond. Right now
nothing remains but the coming
heartrending and soul wreckina
lesson to make them see and fee
what l have been biographing fol
them.
1.-THE System" controls 1900
miles of railroad, built, paid for and
supported by the people. The in
dustry OF the people along these
railroads caused the railroads t.
grow.
Commensurate with their growth
the system pumped water into thu
railroads stocks and bonds unit
their paper value was such that The
money requirements for interes
and dividends took all the profits
profits made by retaining pros
perity the high freight and passen
ger rates Of pioneer railroad nov
erty.
Illustration: At the beginnin,
OF 1906 the stock of these two rail
roads stood at 100000 shares O.
00,000,000 The Union Pacific wa,
paying 0 per cent per annum. A.
more than 100000 shares 1890,
000.000) was water, the interest re
turn was a strong "a per cent
while the farmer along the line Sc
cured only from 4 to per cent
But for the hellish workings Of
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ROYAL KID
CHR|STENED

BERLIN, Aug. 27.-The christen-
ing of the infant son of Crown
Prince Frederick Villa m, the pros
pective heir to the throne Of Prus-
STA and of the German empire, took
place here today with the custom
airy ceremonies. The ceremony was
performed in the Schloss kirche, in
the presence OF large and most
brilliant gathering, including the
members of the royal imperial fam
lily, the sponsors, a large number Of
foreign princesses and representa-
tives Of foreign governments, men,
bers' Of the diplomatic corps and
prominent representatives of the
army, navy and the civil govern
ment, including the members Of the
imperial cabinet and delegations of
the two houses of parliament. The
day was observed practically as a
holiday in Berlin and great enthusi-
asm was displayed by the popula-
ton. The ceremony itself wigs per-
formed by the court champlain
after the simple rite of the Luth-
eran church. In accordance with
custom the ceremony was followed
by a state dinner at the royal
palace, to which only the members
of the family and the sponsors
were invited. This evening the city
will be Illuminated and there will
be number Of banquets and recep-
tions.
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more important address at the con-
clusion of which Bryan will appear.
He is due at the Garden at 8
o'clock. BY that time the members
of the committee say more than
100000 people will be in or around
the Garden.
There will be an overflow meet
ing in Madison square. A stand
will have been erected and those
who failed to get into the garden
may hear the silver tongued orator
in the open.
The reception committee declare
that half million visitors from
without the boundaries of New
York will be here to swell the
chorus.
Bryan is expected to leave New
York early Saturday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-27
BURGLAR WAS
CARELESS MAN

When you enter mans house
in the dead of night, if you're a
bold burglar man, don't always be
content by swiping the gentleman
trousers and searching them out
side the house Sort of look around
the dresser while you're at the job.
That Is the advice of G. E. John
son, 2414 Third avenue.
One of these bold providers Of the
night entered Johnson's house Sat
urday night and swiped his trous-
ers containing SO cents. On the
dresser was pocketbook contain
ing $50, while alongside of it was
some valuable jewelry.
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new PAINT COMPANY

Articles of incorporation of the
Brydle Paint & Wall Paper com
pany were filed today, the new con-
Germ to take over the well known
establishment of Brydle. The cap
ital stock is placed at $25, 900 and
the incorporators are F. Rae Bry-
die, George A. Sonnemann and
Samuel r. Stern.
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QUAKE
CLAUSE
(Hcripps News Associate NJ

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81
The proceedings in the case of the
Rosenthal Shoe company against
the Williamsburg Insurance COM
pany, involving the validity of the
earthquake clause in insurance
policies were resumed before Su-
perior Judge Hebbard today. 1t is
expected that the two parties to
the suit will agree to accept an in
formal judgment, which will permit
them to bring the case before a
higher court for the purpose of
establishing a test case.
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TO MEET HERE

Congressman Wesley l.. Jones is
expected to be in Spokane about
September to meet here the
members of the river and harbor
committee of congress, of which
Mr.. Jones is one. The committee
is expected to pass one day here.
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ALLOWS ESTATE CLAIMS.

Bills to the extent of $124344
against the estate of the late Joseph
Escallier, which had been prJ;ent-
ed to Administrator Joseph Reu-
bens, were allowed by Probate
Judge KEENAN, today.
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WlFE'S DEATH 4
HEAVY BLOW

BOSTON, Aug. 27.-Lawson did
not resume business this morning.
He RECEIVERS slowly from his col
lapse following his wife's death.
Lawson's wife died August g.
Since the funeral Lawson has re-
manned day and night beside the
steel casket in cottage on the
estate, absenting himself FROM ell
business. 1t is rumored the pro-
longed vigil has affected his mind
and injured his health.
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NEW Y0RK'S GREAT
loot FOR BRYAN

TREMENDOUS PARADE AND A
ROARING RECEPTION IN AND
OUTSIDE OF THE MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN WHEN THE
BIG DEMOCRAT COMES NEXT
WEEK.
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lessees a first call on the lands, SO
that they may buy the lands cover
ed by their leases at a value to be
fixed by appraisers, II they so de-
sire.
Purchasers will be required to
pay one-fifth Of the purchase price
at the time the bid is made, and the
remainder in four annual INSTALL
ments.
With the deductions for Indian
allotment and other purposes there
will be about 5000 quarter sections
on which to homestead. II there
are on an average Of three bidders
for each homestead there will be
some 10000 persons in the game.
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heroic. Read his biography of devotion and
Ialth. Learn OF populous islands of Christian
homes and churches where he first found naked
savages, and doubt if we can that God has heard
Dr. Paton's prayers for the people for whose
rescue he has suffered the privations and ex-
perenced the joys of his apostolic life. In our
own land Christian institutions prevail. Chris
tan principles fostered, and whatever NAV
be Its corruptions and however deep its gull,
1t Is probably the centre of Christian influence
for the world. Shall we ignore the element of
prayer in accounting for all that is good in oru
past and promising for the future? The ear:
settlers OF this country were men and women
OF prayer. They came to the American wilder
ness that they and their children might be free
to worship their God For this thew left dear
ones in the old world; they braved the perils
OF the sea, the cruelty of the savage the dan
gers of starvation and disease They avowed
their purpose to lay the foundations of reli
glous freedom beyond the reach Of the oppres-
sor. Such were the Pilgrims of New England.
the Dutch of New York and PENNSYLVANIA. the
ScOtch-lrish of the Eastern Highlands. the Hin
guenots and other colonists chershing essen
TALLY the same faith. Can there be doubt of
the fervour and constancy of their PRAYER. for
the future of the civilization then being planted
IN this land? Surely not. And if so we must
believe that the vast and manifold agencies of
Christian influence that exist in our land to-
day are the answer that God has given to the
prayers of those that have gone before. and
that the religious impulse whose throbbing is
being felt around the world is one of the most
sublime vindications ever given of his command
and promise, 'Ask and We shall receive"
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THE PRAYER TEST.


The eleventh of Hebrews, recording the tri-
umphs of faith impressed the reverent reader
with how approachable God was to his ancient
servants, how readily he heard prayer and how
wOndrous y he answered. The miracles of the
Old Testament and the New are most of them.
his response to faith that is either expressed
or implied. The faith of Enoch, Noah, Abra-
ham, Moses, David, Samuel and the prophets,
brought down divine energy that shaped the
course OF nations and determined the character
OF the ages. But we do not so readily perceive
the presence of modern miracles which are mir
aces of grace, indeed, but no less the product
of divine power, and no less an answer to the
prayer of faith. Men marvelled at the miracle
of the loaves and fishes, but they are slow to
perceive the gift of God in the gracious noTr-
lshment that comes to the souls of believers day
by day. The disciples were dazed by the trans
figuration of their Lord on the holy mount but
disciples of to-day fail to perceive that he shines
resplendently into the souls Of those who de-
light in him. Our Lord healed the sick.
cleansed lepers, gave sight to the blind when
they called for mercy, and beholders were
cleansing and vision now to those that ask him
PentecOst came to those that were with one ac-
cord in one place. The same power comes now
upon all who are of like mind. Shall we won
der at the convincing presence of God with his
people in the earlier ages of his church. and be
oblivious Of his immanence now and his gra-
cious response to her pleas for help? What is
the modern life of the church but his answer
to supplication? Luther did not accomplish
the reformation by logic or generalship or bv
the magic of his personality. He prayed three
hours every day, and the Reformation was Gods
answer to the prayers of the refOrmers and
those that had gone before them Whatever
infirmities Queen Mary may have had she was
yet discerning and alert and feared the prayers
of Knox more than all the armies of her enc
mics The miracle of Scotland's transforma-
ton was Gods answer to those prayers. Think
Of Livingston giving his life to the solitude and
peril of interior Africa and dying on his knees
in prayer. Isn't the opening of Africa the
miracle that God is working in answer to the
plea of that man, whose life was a perpetual
intercession? Livingston prayed for Africa.
Ethiopia is stretching out her hands unto God.
Is there no connection between the two? See
Patton in the New Hebrides, venerable and
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THE CHARLOTTE CONFERENCE

The interest through our church in the meet
ING soon to be held in Charlotte of the Com.
mlttees of Conference on "Closer Relations" is
quite general. 1t is probable that the interest
Is not as great as it would be if the full SIG
mficance of the schemes proposed was appre-
hended by our people. As we some wears aoo
established "fraternal relations with the Cen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
North, and later approved of some methods of
cooperation, and have lived entirely at peace
with all sister churches it is quite natural that
the question should arise as to what more is
desired
With the wave of eager desire for union and
national propositions that has affected so MANY
in all denominations in the North, accompanied
by revisions and doctrinal broad-churchigm.
there came the plan for a federation of Presbv
terrain and Reformed Churches, and their plans
for federation of all churches.
1t has been clearly shown that the fedora
ton now proposed to our church is in itself
form of organic union, and proposes relations
and obligations that will be limit to the in
dependence of the church and the control of the
life and work Of the church by superior num-
bers and superior resources.
Concern has deepened as it has become clear
that some, at least, of the advocates of the fed
Grafton plan mean nothing less than organic
union, and the entire surrender of the sover-
eign life and existence of our church. OF This
the letter of DIR. s. M. Neel of Kansas CITY. a
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