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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-08
LOCOMOTIVE SEIZURE lLLEcAL,

Mss Drawing United States Mail and
the Attachment Was Raised.
Sioux Fails. s. D., July 6.-Judge
Garland Of the United States court
yesterday discharged the levy under
which deputy United States mar
shall on Saturday took possession Of
locomotive belonging 10 the Chica-
50. Milwaukee = st. Paul Railway
Company, to satisfy ! judgment
awarded Mrs Marie Westby. 81 Madi-
sou. by the federal Jury for 1 little
more than 10000. for the death Of her
husband while II the employ Of the
railroad company.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-08
SUGAR TRUST INDICTED.

Conspiracy n Restraint Of Trade il
Federal Charge.
New York, July 1.-The American
Sugar Refining company, Tx Of its d.
rectors ana two ether individuals,
were indicted by federal grand Jury
today on ! charge 81 conspiracy In
restraint q trade ana yiolstion 81 the
Sherman antttrust Nv.
The defendants viii answer To the
indictmsnts y court next Tuesday.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-08
MEssiNA INHABITANTS FLEE TO
COUNTRY WHEN REMAINING
WALLS FALL.
AMERICAN HUIS UNDER GUARD
Against Frantic Hordes-Many In
Jursd and Damage In Outlying
Districts Heavy - Shock
Most Severe Felt.

Messina, July 2.-Six months after
the devastating earthquake of Dec. %,
which laid waste over score of cities
and towns In Calabria and Sicily and
killed 100000 people, Me3sina and
Reggie were again visited by an
earthquake which, had they been built
would have laid them second time
In ruins. 1t would seem that nature
Is determined to blot out Messina, but
recently one of the fairest cities In
the world
While minor shocks have been Of
frequent occurrence in Sicily in the
last six months. this time they be-
came more serious and caused con-
siderable alarm. The most severe
quakes came at 1870 and 7:z5 in
the morning, and were similar to the
fatal disturbances OF December. be-
ing accompanied by the same roaring
noises that added to the terror Of
that fateful night.
Flee In Terror.
The population again hed In fear,
and cries Of terror rent the air. The
people hurried to the open places Of
the city and the surrounding country,
nraying to the saints that their lives
might be spared. It as yet impossi-
BILE to accurately determine the num-
Der Of casualties. Some of the re-
ports are alarming. but they cannot
be verified. So far as is positively
known only few people were hurt
One woman was killed by falling
wall and child was seriously In
jured.
Gradually, as the confidence of the
people had returned, Messina had ac-
quired population of something like
$4,000, but today the people again are
In terror and do not feel themselves
safe even In the temporary huts erect
ed for their shelter, and have fed to
the country, preferring the shelter OF
trees and caves to the danger from
falling walls. They lack food and
covering and are camping out in pitt
full and desolate groups
Sailors. soldiers and policemen have
been sent out through the district to
prevent footing and give courage to
the people.
Eight Shocks Recorded.
Between O'Clock at night and 1920
In the morning eight shocks were
recorded. and the instruments at the
observatory registered = total Of
tan shocks o. varying severity since
7:20. News received from the prov
inces indicates that damage has been
wrought there. but 1t Ii % yet impos.
sible to correctly estimate the extent
OF the disaster.
The houses built on the outskirts OF
Messina under her auspices had es-
capped uniz;ured. The houses In this
village all are Of wood, and some OF
them were contributed from America.
Try 70 Seize American Huts.
Detachments OF police and caribin-
GERS we're dispatched for the protec-
tion 0f the wooden huts built with
American money. but which had not
yet been distributed. The population.
fleeing In the district where walls
threatened to fall upon them, rushed
toward the American huts with the
Intention q taking forcible possession
~ them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-08

Tho fortcoming issue az Il Tol
eette's Weekly accuses the president
q failing Into ! trap set ~ Aldrich.
/ Hartman. who II abroad for his
IhsaIth. y said 70 be improving.
TIE sOcailed Taft corporation tax
proyides Tor : levy Of : per cent On
net earnings Of corporations. Joint
Dtcek companies, and insurance asso-
siatiens, foreign and domestic.
| Imprisonment for life Ii the penalty
which Representative Kennedy OF
IOhio proposed shall be inflicted on
agents q The black hand and kip
napers.
The senate committee on judiciary
has demanded papers bearing on land
/ fraud cases In California.
w. n. Haskell. warden OF the KAN
- penitentiary. forwarded his resig.
nation 70 Governor Stubs The resig-
nation takes effect July /.
At dinner where Cannon was the
guest Of honor plans we're laid to boost
ship subsidy In form Of Humphrey
bill.
a strike Is on among the street car
linen Of Pittsburg.
| A bill In equity has been fled In the
federal court to test the Nebraska
bank guaranty law.
| The international pressmen's con-
lvention, II session at Omaha. de-
clAred for free paper.
Mrs Howard Gould. on taking the
witness box. denied every allegation
that previous witnesses had made
against her.
Since the first OF the year the
United States has exported $50. 1000. 900
Ii gold, most OF which went to Eu-
rope.
| Forty thousand turner's Joined in !
| parade In Cincinnati.
There were eight deaths due to heat
| In Philadelphia on Sunday
Il II reported from Uskub, Turkey,
that david Pasha has suffered a seri-
Ous defeat &C the hands OF $4,000 Al
bantam troops near Petch. In q vain
attempt to dIslodge them from mar.
row pass.
Accompanied BY the members OF his
family. y. H. Hartman left Vienna
tor the Semmering. mountain resort
about nifty miles from the Austrian
capital.
Guy o. Barton Of Omaha. who died
recently. left IN estate valued At
@3,D00, 900.
Gix masked men armed with revolt
Ivers and rifles held up the Canadian
| Pacific westbound express near Ducks,
but did not set anything. A posse Ii
n pursuit.
Throughout tho east . hot wave IL
on, and many prostrations are re-
| ported.
According to the impartial the pre-
tender 70 the Spanish throne, Don
Carlos. who II living In retirement at
veraes, Italy. u suffering from cereb-
| ral paralysis.
Ambassador Naubuco OF Brazil de-
Ilivered the baccalaureate address ct
The University OF Wisconsin.
Washington.
Senator Gamle's amendment provid-
in9 that when 1900 tons Of tin yearly
are produced IN the United States that
the duty on tin shall be- cents per
pound was adopted by the senate. Un.
~ existing Law production h nxed
IN 200 tons per year when the same
tato ~ duty Il 10 b. collected.
Former ConEressman Frank Boyd
"a Nebraska had N exciting adventure
~ ~ etreotn hire. He was on !
EGfK00t oar When m alteration arose
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
THE W|CKENbURG
 DAILY BUDGET PROGRESS OF WORK OF AMERI- CAN REDUCTION co. The Town to Have Two Story
 Cement Building.

Wickenburg, June 16.-(Special cor respondence of The Republican, M. C. Cheney of the Aiiis-Chalmers Co. of El Paso, Texas, manufacturers of mining machinery is again a visitor, this time bound for the Salome dis trict MT. Cheney during his last visit vas very successful here. one of ,fe big deals he put through was that of d 100 ton sampler for the American Reduction company Of this city.
 D. w Nickels of the American Re duction company left for Phoenix on thls afternoons train on business for his company Mir. NiCkels says that the work at the plant is progressing rapidly. All the preliminary and grading work is competed and the concrete foundation is now being laid prior to the installation of the com- pany's 100 stamp mill. which they have recently purchased.
 J. K. Murphy came in from the Amethyst mine of which he is man. ager.
 Alfred B. NOXOn came in from the Monarch yesterday, which is C. W. Platt's property He says the road which is now being built to tine mines is making rapid strides.
 Mrs. F.. $. Jones and daughters who were about to leave on a trip for Los Angeles Saturday. will more than likely have to postpone it, ewing to the sudden illness of her youngest daughter Evelyn. who is in Prescott suffering from an attack of appen- dicitis
 It is rumored that F. X O'Brien in the near future intends to erect a two story cement block building on his corner lot near the C. C. Davis meat shop. Should the building become d reality it will be a great boom to the already fast growing town of Wick enburg.
 L. V. Crabb, the baseball enthusi- asst is having front porch added to his residence on Knob hill.
 C. w. White. who located the Mary G. group of claims near Winchester is a visitor here today on his way to the mines. Mir. White, who was formerly connected with the Valley National Bank of Cincinnati, OhiO is interested in many mining enterprises throughout the country. He is about to leave for Cincinnati for the pur- pose of closing a deal for some prop critics located about one half mile from the Mary G. group and which he owns in conjunction with Edwin C.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17

1 performs a useful function. The exist
 ence Of the cited abuses does not. in our judgment demand the abolition of the curb market. Regulation is, how ever, imperative. About S5 per cent of the business of the curb comes through the offices of members of the New York stock exchange. but a provision of the constitution of that exchange | prohibits it's members from becoming members of. or dealing on. any other organized stock exchange in New York ! Accordingly. operators on the curb
 market have not attempted to form an
 organization. The attitude of the stock exchange is therefore largely respon- sible for the existence of such abuses | as result from the want of organization
 of the curb market
 The stock exchange should compel
 the formulation and enforcement oi such rules as may seem proper for the
 regulation of business on the curb the
 conduct of those dealing thereon. and
 particularly, for the admission of se- curities to quOtation."e
 The abuse of advertising is gone into at some length, the committee declar- ing that much of the discredit in the public mind attaching to Wall street is due to frauds perpetrated by means of alluring advertisements.
 Papers which honestly try to dis tinguish between swindling advertise ments and others. may not in every instance succeed in doing so, the re-
 port says, but readiness to accept ad- vertisements which are obviously traps
 for the unwary is evidence of mora
 delinquency which should draw out the severest public condemnation.
 Another serious evil is committed by men who give standing to promo tions by serving as directors without full knowledge of the affairs of the
 companies" An amendment to the
 penal code is recommended providing
 that any person who adVertises falsely concerning d corporation shall be guilty
 of a misdemeanor and that any pub fisher of d newspaper or other publi- cation who fails to obtain from the person responsible for such an adVer-
 tisement a written or signed statement
 to the effect that such person accepts
 responsibility for the same shall be guilty of d misdemeanor.
 With reference to bucket shops 1t is recommended that a feature of the Massachusetts law be adopted making 1 it necessary for conviction to show
 only that the bucket shop keeper in tended the trade to be settled by diff ] ferences and not by transfer of prop erty. It is advised also that law bt passed providing that. so far as the | transmission of continuous quotations ! is concerned, telegraph companies shall not be deemed common carriers
 or be compelled against their Volitior | to transmit such quotations to any persons; also a law providing that il
 a telegraph company has reasonable ground for believing that it is supply | ing quotations to a bucket shop, it b' ! criminally liable equally with tn keeper of the bucket shop.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17

buy from the farmers and country dealers.
 Similar, but equally deceptive, Is the method of making quotations on the metal exchange. In spite of the apparent activity of dealings in this organization in published market re ports. there are no actual sales on the floor of the exchange. and We are as sured that there have been none for several years. Prices are. however, manipulated up and down by quo
 tation committee of three. chosen an nually. who represent the great metal selling agencies as their interest may appear. affording facilities for fixing
 prices on large contracts. mainly for
 the profit O. small clique, cmbrac- ing. however, some of the largest in
 terests in the metal trade.
 These practices result in deceiving buyers and sellers. The making and publishing of quotations for commodl- ties or securities by groups of men calling themselves on exchange, or by any other similar title, whether incor- porated or not, should be prohibited by law. where such quotations 60 not fairly and tIuthfully represent any bona fide transactions on such eN- changes Under present conditions, we are of the opinion that the mercantile and metal exchanges 'lo actual harm to
 producers and consumers, and that their charters should be repealed
 The committee closes with a review of the experience of Germany in re stricting exchanges and points out the unfavorable results of the German leg
 islation. There is an addendum con corning the complaint of the New
 York Bank Note company that the stock exchange prevents any company except the American Bank Note com
 pany from engraving any securities
 dealt in on that exchange. After a discussion of this complaint, and the answer of the stock exchange thereto the committee says it would seen that other considerations than the goodness of the work and carefulness
 in guarding the plates are here oper-
 ative. and that the stock exchange has not rid itself of the evils of monopoly
 The report is signed by the members of the committee as follows: Horace White, chairman: Charles A. Schie- ren. David Deventritt, Clark Williams John B. Clark, Willard V. King, Sam uel H. Ordway, Edward D. Page, Chas Spragut Smith, Maurice l.. Muhlman secretary.
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Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
EXCHANGES NEED REFORM
(Continued from Page 1)

that the exchange has been derelict in eXerting its powers and authority to prevent it, We believe that the public will insist upon the incorporation of the exchange and its subjection to state authority and supervision"
 Investigation shows that on one act i've day = per cent of the total trans actions apparently originated in New York City and iS per cent in other localities.
 The Consolidated Stock Exchange.
 The committee describes the Consoii- dated exchange as a secondary mar ket Of no mean proportions" it's sales averaging about 45,O0O,OOO shares per annum. Of this exchange the commit tee says:
 The fact that it's members make a speciality of broken lots,' namely transactions in shares less than the 10G unit, is used as 3 ground for the claim that it is a serviceable institu- tion for investors of relatively small means. But it is obvious that it's util- ity as a Drovider of capital for enter prises is exceedingly limited; and that it affords facilities for the most in furious form of speculation -- that which attracts persons of small means"
 Cognste Subjects.
 Under the heading "Cognate Sub jects" the committee discusses holding companies. receiverships. the money market and the usury law. It suggests that stockholders ef subsidiary com pany should have the right to examine of that the courts might place d short time limitation on receiverships; that the questions concerning the money market, which are under investigation by the federal authorities could not be adjusted either through exchange regu- lation or state legislation, and that the New York law which permits call loans of 5000 or more, secured by collateral, Co be made at rates higher than per cent should be permitted to stand as its repeal would not be bene ficial
 The Curb Market.
 The unorganizcd status of the curb market, especially with reference to mining shares, is discussed by the committee as follows:
 Bitter complaints have reached us of frauds perpetrated upon confiding persons. who have been induced to purchase mining shares because they are quoted on the curb; these are ire quently advertised in newspapers and circulars sent through the mails as so quoted.
 Notwithstanding the lack of proper supervision and control over the ad mission of securities to the privilege of quotation, some of them are merit orious. and in this particular the curt
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
Hot Meather Advice.

Too much vigorous exercise is bad in the hot summer. So is too much heating fuel-means. alcoholic drinks. and other dietary articles that belong properly to cool months. They drive the bodily temperature up the scale. Close clothing. too. prevents the heat from escaping Take things easier these coming months. Dress as be- fits the conditions. Eat moderately and of a summer diet. If possible
 get out in the country often. If you have to stay in town, see that you carry no extra weight in work, worry or any other way. Keep in the open air all you can, especially at night
 Listen to the safety alarms warn ing. A long, hot spell may he com ing in spite of the icefields in the North Atlantic.-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
WICKENBURG DEPARTMENT


Hull and John P Strugel. both of Phoenix. The Mary G. group adjoins the Anaconda properties of which D. Mitchell is manager, and which is backed by Phoenix capital to the ex- tent of about a half million dollars
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
OFTEN HAPPENS.

April showers sometimes play Engagements lasting into May. E. And now and then, so runs the tune They finger over into June.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
rha "Eoruottsn Man,

The forgotten man" Cthe consum- er) is actually paying the high sal aries of the great men in Washing ton who are now assisting the trust masters in their eforts to finish him. Dallas News.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
The Commodity Exchanges.


 In its report on the exchanges that deal in agricultural products the com mittee quotes the report of the indus trial commission of congress in 1901 showing that selling for future deIiv- cry. based upon a forecast of future conditions of supply and demand. is an indispensable part of the worlds com mercial machinery, by which prices are, as far as possible. capitalized throughout the year to the advantage of both producer and consumer. The committee then says:
 Buying for future delivery causes advances in prices; selling short tends to restrain inOrdinate advances. In each case there must be a buyer and seller and the interaction of their trading steadies prices.
 Dealings for outsiders are usually upon 10 per cent margin; obviously if this margin were increased gener- ally, say to 20 per cent, a considerable part of the criticism due to losses in speculation, particularly as to the cot ton exchange. would be eliminated"
 The Produce Exchange.
 The committee disapproves transac- AlDll~ III llilIlliS Silfll fs' pli AllF BAphuNF exchange in the following language:
 Prom our examination of the trad ing in mining stocks recently intro duced. we conclude that the lack of experience of this body in this class of business has resulted in a neglect of proper safeguards to the investor and an undue excitement to speculative transactions of gambling nature, and should not be tolerated on the produce exchange"
 The Cotton Exchange.
 The New York cotton exchange is described as the worlds clearing house for the staple" Selling for fu- ture delivery is declared to be neces- sary to the harmonious and uninter- rupted movement of the staple from producer to consumer. Of speculation the committee reports:
 There have been in the past in stances of excessive and unreasonable speculation upon the cotton exchange, notably the Sully speculations of 1904. We believe that there is also a great deal of speculation of the gambling type mentioned in the introduction to this report In our opinion, the cotton tACllduSt SHbulu take IlltdSuItS lv it- strain and, so far as possible. prevent [ these practices, by disciplining mem [ bers who engage in them. The officers 1 of the exchange must in many cases be aware of these practices, and could, in our opinion, do much to discourage them"
 The Coffee Exchange. The rule of the coffee exchange pro viding that in case of corner the 1 officials ma.- fix settlement price is commended bz the committee. The Other Exchanges. The exchanges dealing with fruit and hay are not concerned with spec | ulation. The committee, however, dis ! approves the practices on the mercan- i tile exchange and the metal exchange on the ground that their quotations arc not a record of actual transactions. on | the mercantile. says the report, there are some 'desultor.- operations in so- | called future contracts in butter and i cgges" but quotations are made by Q committee. That committee the re- port continues. lis actually a close cor poration of the buyers of butter ant | eggs. and the prices really represent their views as to the rates at whicl the trade generally should be ready t
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
DO YOU WANT TO LAUGH?

Driving Contest at the Coliseum to- night.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17

'I believe women are becoming more intellectual"
 Tt may be so." declared the acidu- lous citizen. since these strap pumps were put on the market women don't have to employ all their mentality in keeping on their shoes"
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
THEY'RE ALL TALKING
A Mean Man.

about Dawson & Whitfield at the Coli scum.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
Short and Ugly Word Tabooed.

Short and Ugly Word Iabooed.
 Three month president, not once has Mir Taft had any occasion to use the short and ugly word-De- troit Evening News.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17

THEY'RE ALL TALKING about Dawson & Whitfield at the Coli scum.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
THEY'RE ALL TALKING

about Dawson & Whitfield at the Coli scum.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
ALL GAMES PLAYED
 IN EASTERN LEAGUES

No Essential Changes in the Standing of Clubs.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17

Batteries-Fromme, Rowan, Dubuc and Mclean, Moran and Dooin.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
THEY'RE ALL TALKING

about Dawson X Whitfield at the Coli
Arizona republican., 1909-06-17
The Coffee Exchange.

The rule of the coffee exchange pro
 viding that in case of d corner the 1 officials ma.- fix settlement price is l
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1909-09-09

The Indian as a practical poll
tician is a phenomenon that has
sent some of the wise ones in
South Dakota up into the air,
and they have not got clear back
to earth yet. Few know the In
dians who have renowned their
tribal relations, abandoned their
reservations and taken land in
severalty have the same rights
and privileges as any other
American citizens. They know
it in South Dakota now. Trip
county was recently organized
from part of the Sioux reserva-
ton opened to settlement. The
politicians, Democratic and Re.
publican, were laying their plans
for the election, paying no at
tention to the Indian vote.
At the last possible moment,
and to the surprise of every one,
Sioux Indians filed notice of their
candidacy for every Office in the
county save two. The politicians
woke up and promptly made
large bids for the Indian votes.
Dances, barbecues and all kinds
of celebrations were gotten up,
and the red men numbered
friends by the score where be-