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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22
UNFRIENDLY LEGISLATION

During the last two weeks railway
stocks have been on toboggan slide in
Wall street. During the last two or
three months these stocks have been go
ing down hill and seem to have arrived
at the dropping-otf place last week.
However they appear to have got to the
bottom now and the loss is checked.
1t is said that the Great Northern
railway alone has lost S1O0,OO0,OOO in
stock value during this decline. OF
course in one way of thinking, there has
been no actual loss at all. If one owned
a house that was bringing in fixed
rental of say $40 month, the value of
the house as an income producer would
be the same to the owner. whether the
house would sell for five hundred or a
thousand dollars. So with the railway
securities, the man who has had them
for the purpose of getting dividends has
lost nothing by the decline, but the peo-
pie who buy and sell stocks for profit, of
these some have lost immense sums and
others perhaps have gained. In most
cases these people are not subjects of
pity, as they are just in the position of a
gambler who has found fortunes wheel
turn against him. Most of these deal
ers in stocks are gamblers pure and
simple, and their buying and selling is
only so much betting as to what the flu
ture price may be.
AS matter of fact a railway share
ought to be of something definite in
value. The principal question to the
owner or buyer being how much divi-
dend does the stock pay and is it likely
to keep up that dividend? That is, how
much interest will be paid on the money
invested?
But unfortunately, this is not the
real measure of value. just few days
ago, Mr.. Hartman unblushingly testi-
fed to securing the majority of the
stock Of railway company at cheap
price-which manipulation in the mar
ket had doubtless made cheap-and
then after he got the management, that
he practically mortgaged the road for
about the amount he had paid for stock
and then doubled the amount Of stock.
Now that is an old road and will proba-
bly, yield just about the same cash re-
turns as before. Query, what was and.
what is the value Of the stock.
And yet, il Mr.. Hartman was asked
to-day why this great depreciation Of
value il railway stocks, he would un.
doubtedly and unhesitat atingly reply, the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22

unfriendly legislation of the congress
and the state legislatures, Mr.. Harri-
man and many other railway magnates
forget that what they consider as 'un-
friendly legislation is the result of their
own acts of omission and commission.
Here we have the paradoxical situa-
tion. With an unbounded prosperity in
the country, with the railways so over
taxed with freight and passenger SER
vice that they cannot keep up with the
demand, so that Mr.. Hill declares they
will need five billions of dollars worth of
new tracks, cars, terminals and other
facilities within ten ye ars, railway stocks
go down the slide. Why is this?
Well, to an outsider it looks very
much as if the men who are supposed
to run and manage railways have been
SO busy with stealing stocks and shares
to get the control of this, that and the
other roads, that they have been letting
the real business of railroading go to the
hands of inferior and incompetent men,
or to men who have not been able to ac-
comphsh the necessary work for the
road, because their superiors needed all
the earnings to buy up and speculate in
other roads.
ALI this ''unfriendly legislation is
just an effort of the president, congress
and the state Legislatures to get the
roads into legal shape, so that such
things as told by Mr.. Hartman cannot
be.
These railways may belong to the
stockholders, but on the other hand
they don't belong to any one man, nc
matter how much stock he controls,
There is.a higher power, the people,
who have even greater interests involv-
Led than the stockholders. Up to this
time, these railway magnates have con-
sidered that if they just own sol shares
out of the 1000, that really made them
the owners of the whole, and they then
ignore the rights of the remaining min
ority and laugh at the general public.
-'Unfriendly legislation?" Yes, and
such legislation has just begun. 1t will
never cease entirely until these corpor-
ate magnates learn, that the people OF
the United States own controlling in
terest in every corporation to which
they have granted charter.
Few people desire to see government
ownership of railroads, but if it comes
to choice between Uncle Sam and Mr..
Hartman, there isn't much doubt as to
the result. If Mr.. Hartman should
succeed in gathering all the roads un-
der his own management, he would find
that he had just saved Uncle Sam the
job, and he would be relieved from fur
ther responsibility. And the price?
Well, we wouldn't ask Wall street for
it's quotations.
We may have financial panic over
this yet, but if we do, it will not be the
"unfriendly legislation" but the men
who cause such legislation by their
criminal acts, that will be to blame.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22
Official Directory.

U S Senators = = 2 deGnm;s4x dHsGnsnis.xh
u S Represen-J Thos F Marshall
tatfves "A J Gronna
'Governor-John Burke
Secretary Of state"Alfred l Z Biaisdell ASIDE
state Treasurer--A Peterson
State .Auditor-H L Holmes
Attorney General-T F McCue
Railroad Com { { stafas s Dsise'n
nnssloners Simon Westby
Supt Of Pub Inst-W L Stockwell
Com Ayr & Labor-W G Gilbreath
.Judger of Supreme z z ! + FisI slgrs'an
court b F SIoaldi1lg
STATE SENATORS
1st Dist-yudson LaN1oure, Pembina
.2nd Dist-F A Halliday. Crystal
REPRESENTATIVES
1st District Waltey y M7stsl Weifo1d' asloK Keche
Joseph Norm, NeGhe.
II Res@a1neyer Cav'r
End District odn Ga1ehI 5ehessa s9 fbn5aas Ga5daE
Judge 7th Jud. Dist-WJ Kneeshaw
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-M Brynjolfson
} Clerk of Court-Geo Peterson
Sheriff-Geo Roadhouse
AuditOr-Swain Thorwa1dson
Treasurer-Elis Thorwaldson
Register of Deeds-JOhn + Gill
County Judge-H G Wick
SuDt of SchoolS-F NJ Sherarts
Surveyor-F E Hebert
Coroner-Dr w NJ Brown
Public Administrator-TR X Shaw
1st-F c Myrick, Pernbina
County 2nd-S Sigurdson, Gardar
Co,,,irS 3rd-Adam Norton, Caval'r
4th-y N Horgan, Neche
l5th-Wm BigMood, st Tho's
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22
Caucus Notice.

Notice is hereby given that caucus
of the voters of the city of Pembine will
be held at the council room in the city
hall on Saturday evening at eight clock
March 3Oth, for the purpose of making
nominations for officers to be voted fol
in the ensuing city election held on
April 1st. /
Per order city council.
M. HI. MILLER.
F.. A. WARDWEDL, Mayor.
Auditor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22

seeseeeseeesseees.seseees.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-04-11

Rest Ice cream In the city at Nor
rison's.
Lawn mowers put in frst.class
shape at Lester's.
Bring your repairing to Dunham's.
Work promptly done.
Mrs. T. +. Thompson has been
seriously Ill for several weeks.
Mrs. A. johnson vent to Denver
last Friday for few days visit.
Engraved wedding cards and an
nouncements at the Tribune office.
Mrs. e. E. Pilgrim Of Denver has
been spending the last week In Gree
ley.
Get your horses clipped while YOU
wait, at March's shop, S27 Seventh
street.
Miss Lena Traub of Lincoln, Neb.,
arrived in Greeley last week for an
indefinite stay.
Mrs. Will Shaffer entertained a
number of lady friends with dinner
Miss Ruth Brush returned to
Loyeland the first of the week to re-
sume her school duties.
Mrs. j. B. Phillips and daughter,
Helen, went to Denver Friday for u
few days visit with friends.
Miss Winifred Rugh entertained
number of little friends Wednes-
day afternoon in honor of her BIRTH
day.
Miss Myrtle King returned from
Eaton Monday, after spending the
spring vacation with relatives at
that place.
Miss Anna Graham came down
from Eaton last Saturday for few
days' visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Graham.
Mrs. E. A. Miller of Fort Collins
was in Greeley Saturday enroute to
her home from Eaton, where she had
been visiting her sister.
Miss Clara Forsythe spent last
week with her mother. Mrs. NJ. j.
Forsythe, and returned Saturday to
Alamosa where she is teaching.
Miss Mary Woodbury., who teaches
at Sterling, is expected home tomor.
row for q short visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Woodbury..
Mrs. Herbert Wilson of Denver
came to Greeley last Saturday for a
visit with her mother, Mrs. M. L.
Martin, and sister, Mrs. Il. W.
Blinn.
The West Side Ladies' Aid society
met with Mrs. Ed Davsn on the
third OF April with a large attend
ance. The next meeting will be
held at W. A. Insinger's on May
lst. A full attendance is requested,
as important business is to be dis
cussed.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-04-11

- cream In any quantity at Nor
rison. 81 ( HAst In the city.
Mrs. Tom Allen went. to Denver
Saturday for a few days visit.
New Greeley city directories on
sale at Tribune office. Price, $3.50.
Mrs. A. Anderson and daughter,
Nettie, went to Eaton Friday for the
day.
Misses Leila and Minnie Southwell
Of Patteville spent Saturday In
Greeley.
Mrs R. F. Lyon and son, Floyd,
went to Denver last Saturday for
visit with friends.
Miss Eta Wallace went to Fort
Lupton Saturday for a few days
visit with her parents.
J. S. Hall arrived here Wednesday
of last week and has accepted a posi-
tion at Phelps shoe store.
Mrs. Mary E. Bailey and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Emma Flint, went to Den
yer Thursday evening for few days
stay.
]. Mawrence of Chicago was in
Greeley several days last week. Mr.
Mawrence is field manager OF Col
lier's Weekly.
Mrs. A. K Clark went to Fort
Lupton last Saturday to spend her
birthday with her parents, MIR. ana
Mrs. NJ. B. Knowles.
Mrs. F. G. Farnsworth returned
to her home in Denver last Saturday
after few days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. J. w. Curtis.
Mrs. Nellie Smith of Boulder ar
rived in Greeley last Thursday for
months visit with her mother, Mrs.
D. Evans, and sister, Mrs. Anna
Langtry.
Miss Lizzie Camfield went to Den
yer last Friday and played that
evening at q recital given by Pro1'
4 A. Hadley of the Denver Conser-
vat0rH VI MUSIC.
.. W. Phillips, printer, paid $40
and costs in police court Monoay
morning for being in too trouble
some mood in the Saddle Rock res
,ourant Saturday night.
". 0. Horn, who fed twenty car.
loads of sheep eight miles west OF
pIatteville, shipped ten carioaos
Wednesday, following shipment
of the same size two weeks ago.
Mrs NJ. L. Bardwell, of the Gill
& Decker ranch east of Greeley, en-
tertaned the Union Ladies Ala
society Wednesday, April 30. a
number of members and former men,
her, live in Greeley. Work, con'er-
satlon and refreshments we're the
order of the day. This association
is one of much local interest ana ac-
tivity. .---.---z.-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
KILLING AND LYNCH|NG.
Five Persons Meet. Death In
State of Georgia.
NEGRO THE CAUSE OF IT.
Attempted to Criminaily Assault Lady
and in an Effort to Search House
to Look Fer Him Lively Scrimmage
Takes Place.

Claxton, Ca, May 23.-Two negroes
lynched, one white man and two ne
groes dead and seven other persons
injured is the result of an attempt to
capture negro who attempted to
criminally assault Mrs. Laura Moore,
a widow. living near Manassas, TAFT
nall county.
The dead are: John Hare, white
farmer.
Sam Padgett, negro, and daughter,
aged ten.
The lynched are: Padgett's wife
and son.
The injured are: w. B. Pearson.
shot In stomach and arm, probably ia
tally; James U. Daniel, shot in eye
and may die; DR.. J. L. Kennedy, seri-
ously; son of Padgett, seriously; Elem
Padgett, colored, seriously; two
daughters of Padgett.a
Fifteen persons early Tuesday sur
rounded the house of Sam Padgett,
a negro, whom they suspected of har-
boring the negro chaSsed with attack.
ing Mrs. Moore, and demanded to be
allowed to search the house. PERMITS.
sion was given, but when the party
was within thirty feet of the house
those inside the building opened fire
on the posse, instantly killing John
Hare and seriously wounding Bar
low Pearson, James Daniel and DR.
]. L. Kennedy. The posse returned
the fire. killing Sam Padgett and one
OF his daughters. agend ten, wounding
two other girls, aged six and thirteen.
respectively, and two of Pa35...cttt.'s
sons twenty and twenty-five The
posse then retired for reinforcements
The news spread rapidly, and with
short time 500 armed men were on
the scene, and started in pursuit OF
the negroes, who had escaped. One
OF them was captured and taken be
fore Mrs. Moore but she failed to
Identify him. The negro, however.
was Identified as the one who shot
Hare, and he was started for Reds.
vile jail. together with Padgett's wife
and SON.
On the way the officers were over
taken by about seventy-five men, who
took the prisoners from them. Thu
woman was told to run, and as shs
did so was riddled with bullets, her
son being shot to pieces where he
stood
The negro who attacked Mrs. Moore
has not been captured, but it is re
ported that he is surrounded in ne
gro house, and that in all probability
he will be killed.
Sheriff Edwards has removed all the
negro prisoners from the Reidsville
1ail to elude the mob which, 1t was
reported, would attack the building.
Great excitement prevails, and it is
feared other trouble will occur.
Hare was native of Monroe, N. C.
and leaves a widow and several small
children
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS
twenty-five True Bills on Pol
Tax Matter.

Waco, May 23.-The grand jury,
which was called together to investi
gate poll tax frauds in this county ad-
journed after ten days work. 1t re-
turned twenty-five bills for violations
of the Terrell election law in the pro
curement of polltax receipts. sixteen
of which were felonies. The report
asks that in future business men do
not ask tax collectors to have deputies
appointed to go out in the city and
have poll taxes paid. but that all poll
taxes be paid where the property taxes
are paid Tax Collector J. H. Lock
wood is exonerated from any blame
personally in the poll tax matter.
J. f. Boynton one of the best known
civil lawyers in Texas and one of the
most public spirited and useful citi-
zens of Waco died unexpectedly
Wednesday morning from pneumonia,
plunging the entire city In grief. He
was about fifty years old and leaves a
family.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
SPANIARDS DELIGHTED
The Royal Wet Nurse for Alphonso's
First Born

A Madrid telegram states that from
a source regarded as unquestioned, it is
learned that the necessity for abandon
ing her intention to nurse her child
caused the Queen of Spain her first mo-
ment of grief since her marriage She
resisted as long as possible, but finally
yielded when she was told that the
granting of her wishes would risk the
health of the prince, as we'll as her own.
She. is now consoled by the knowledge
that she established a record for queens
of Spain, having nursed her first born
for ten days, instead of having engage
a nurse beforehand, as has always been
done heretofore.
The nurse is described as a splendid
brunette of 70 years. She will wear the
traditional uniform of royal wet nurses,
a costume of red velvet trimmed with
gold lace, white silk stockings, and low
patent leather shoes with silver buckles.
Spaniards are delighted because the
baby cried during his christening. Ac-
cording to ancient Spanish superstition,
this presages long life.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
BREviTiEs PUNCHED.

Cuba has bought steam yacht.
Several undesirable Immigrants are
to be deported at Galveston.
Every swinging sign at Clarkeville,
Tex has been taken down
Cal Linsley, young man. shot him.
self to death near Abbott Tex.
One hundred more schools are to be
established in the Chickasaw nation.
Illustrated signs are now being used
to make exits from the New York sub.
way.
Lieutenant Governor Carter OF Mis-
sissippi is a witness III a Federal court
at Dallas
Near Cash, Hunt county, Texas the
three-year-old daughter of James
Lynch drowned in pool.
Forty-seven casks Of beer and frosty
confiscated at Mexia. Tex, were re
turned to owner, he agreeing to shin
Il away, which was done.
A man thought to be named A. 81
schultzer snicided at Ogden, twenty
miles from Texarkana. He cut his
throat. wrists and ankles Id horrible
manner and hled to death
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
REVERSED AND DISMISSED.
Section ITO of Terrell Election Law
Held to Be Unconstitutional.

Section ITO of Terrell Election Law
Held to Be Unconstitutional.
Austin, May 23.-The court of crimi-
nal appeals reversed and dismissed
the case of Frank Scion. from McLen-
nan county, thereby deciding section
40 of the Terrell general election law
to be unconstitutional This section
makes 1t a misdemeanor for any one
to loan money to another with which
to pay his poll tax. Scion loaned a
man named Ray $1.75 to pay his poll
tax and Scion was convicted. In de-
Gliding that this section of the election
law unconstitutional, the court holds
that it is an abridgement of the right
of the voter to exercise his right of
suffrage.
The supreme court denied a writ of
mandamus in the case of George W.
GLASGOW VS.. Land Commissioner Ter
rell. In this case the validity of the
preference right clause of the general
land law was involved. The court
held this clause to be constitutional
This decision settles the validity of
the title to perhaps more than 1,000,-
900 acres of land ~ the state
The charter of the Fleming Ranch
and Cattle company of Foard county
with branch office in Dallas, was fill
ed: capital stock is 100000. Incor-
porators: Fred Fleming, A. J. Elliott
and A. NJ. Milligan
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
cONSTABLE,S SALE

In Justice Hayes Court, Ward One
Caddo Parish, Louisiana-S. T. Cole
man Us. Warren Conner
Notice i hereby given that by virtue
Of q writ Of attachment issued by F. B.
Haynes Court Ward One, Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, IN favor of S. r. Cole
man and against Warren Conner, and
to me directed, have seized and will
offer for sale at Hosston, within the
legal hours for sale, with benefit Of APP
praisement. on
SATURDAY, JUNE /, 1907,
The following described property, to-
wit sewing machine, bedsteads, 2
beds. chairs, rockers, clocks, e
lamps. trunk and contents, boxes.
shotgun, rifle, . tubs water
bucket, cook stove and utensils. half
barrel flour, sack meal, table and
dishes, pair gear complete, / turning
plpw, g,ln stock. wedding hoes, i
chop axe, head hogs, all chickens and
geese, glasses jelly, broom, / basket
and contents. side saddle, / riding
bride. parasol, monkey wrenches,
had box soap, pieces bacon, = sad.
irozas. SAM p. VICKS,
May Ie, 1907. Constable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23

SIX MINERS KILLED.
Two Cars Plunge Down Grade and Re
suits Are Terrible.

Wo cars Piuhge Down Grade and Re.
suits Are Terrible.
Chattanooga, May ga special te
the Times from Dayton. Tenn, says.
While returning to their homes in Day.
ton from the mines of the Dayton
Coal and Iron company six white min
ers met death and several Others were
injured.
About 200 men were in the coke cars
on the short line of the company. Two
heavily loaded freight cars that
yardman had been switching, by pinch
ing with heavy bar. got beyond his
control, and plunged down a thirty
five-foot grade into the rear end of
the train carrying the miners. The
train was running rapidly. The miners
IN the rear cars saw the runaway cars
comings and endeavored to signal the
engineer, but he did not understand
whether he was wanted to stop or go
ahead At last, noticing the frantic
signs of the men behind him, he came
to a stop just as the heavy cars struck
hiss train.
The miners who were killed were
John Teels, DAILY Green, James Tow.
cry, Elijah HUFF, Tom Jarmon, Bert
Best Tom Nelson will die.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
A NICKEL TOWARD IT.

In a New York street car recently a
young man attracted the attention OF
the other passengers by suddenly leap
ing from his seat and picking up some
thing from between the Stats of the
floor For moment he examined his
find Then he asked: did anybody lose
fve-dollar gold piece?'
A ministerial looking man got up
from his seat at the other end of the
car and started toward the young man
Win e,.tstretei.sed hand 3D.
Yes" he said, Il dropped fve-dol-
lar gold piece when | got on, but owing
to the crush | couldn't find it.
Very WE'LL said the young man glee-
fully. Here's nickel toward it,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Country House Tipping.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, while entertain
ing the National Civic federation In
Chicago, told en- amusing story about
country house tipping.
You know she said, show huge
these tips are-many servants must be
remembered; how, indeed, people are
obliged to refuse to visit large country
houses because they can't afford the
expense.
We'll, there is story in this line
about the famous Jonas Hanway
"As Hanway was leaving the country
house of duke string of servants
waited to waylay him.
Sir, said one, your oyercoat'
And Hanway put on the overcoat
and gave the man sovereign.
Your umbrella, SIR said another.
And, taking the umbrella, Hanway
surrendered another sovereign.
Your hat, SIR
Another sovereign.
".Sir, your gloves
why. friend says Hanway, you
may keep the gloves. They are not
worth sovereign y Indianapolis
Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
NUMEROUS OBJECTIONS.
On This Account Proceedings Pro
crossed Rather Slowly.

Austin, May 23.-Proceedings In the
Waters Pierce Oil company custer
suit which is being tried before Judge
Brooks. proceeded slowly Wednesday
on account of numerous objections
being made by the defense to every
paper introduced in evidence and near
~ every question in the dispositions.
The concluding deposition was that
OF Mrs. Ida M. Butts. The state in
troduced the stipulation. showing the
ownership by the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey Of a majority of
stock of it's various subordinary cor
porations and allotment of territory
to each. This stipulation was an
agreement signed by counsel for the
Waters Pierce Oil company. Certified
copies of charters of different subsi-
diary corporations were next intro
duced.
Dispositions We're introduced of p.
H. McNall, commercial agent of the
Waters Pierce Oil company, rs Broad
way. New York; E. M. Without, an
employe of the Standard Oil company
at Wichita, Kan, and C. H. Hatfield.
a former employe of the Waters
Pierce Oil company at Marshall, Tex,
now living at st. Louis These deposi
tons were introduced to prove the
stock ownership by Standard Oil com
pany and apportionment of territory
to each of the Oil companies as shown
In stipulation referred to. The defense
made strenuous objection to that part
OF the Hatfield deposition, showing
how the Oil company kept track of
competitive oil shipments, the jury
being withdrawn to permit free argu
ment The court overruled the OBJ.
lection
Certified questions were answered
in the supreme court in the case of
Herman Kruegel VS.. Charles F. Bo-
lang ct al, from the court of appeals
at Dallas. The question involved was
as to the qualification of the late
Judge Richard Morgan to sit and try
a case of Charles Bolanz and wife
against Herman KruegeI ct al. The
supreme court held that Judge Nor
gan was not disqualified. as appel
liant failed to show genuine of com.
plant against Judge Morgan in his
tappellant's) cross bill.