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tlOW st J KU AM) OTHERS
MA DK A UK, STAKE IN THE
WEST.
HIB, I/on) Mount Stephen, Ixnrd
Stralhcooa ami Co,, Qe4 500 Miles
Of Hood. J,500,tO? Acres of Loud
Wltftsout Paying a Dollar and Hold
The Land for $IS.0?M.Ha7.
New York, March 2?.?That James
J. Hill. Lord Mount Stephen. Lord
struthcon* and a fsw others aasoctat
#4 la the Hill rallrouds of the North
*est have in about thirty years divid?
ed among themselves the colossal sum
>f 1407.000.000, exclusive of divi?
dend*. Interest r other emoluments,
aad that this stupendous fortune has
been made from an original Invest
saent if nothing, is the amaslng as?
sertion made by Charles Edward Rus?
sell la an article entitled "The Heart
of the Railroad problem" In the April
number of Hampton's Magasine.
laeredlble as thie amount is. the
present Investigator has found It to
he "only a part of the colossal profits
coined from an investment of nothing
by thai moat wonderful American
moaey-snaklng machine, and when
you come to ? e the full balance
sheet of these operations you will
agree with me Mat never before have
there been su< i marvelous results
from a beginning so Inconsiderable."
Tracing the genesis of what Is now
the Great Northern and allied lines,
the court records disclose, amoni oth?
er startling facts, that "when Jesse P.
Farley cams into the St. Paul A Pa
i oMc railroad la 1170 as receiver for
the Us I ted States district court, the
I flm division of the St. Paul * Pacific
ae then known, had the line from St.
Faal to Breckenrldge and the branch
to Sank Rapid?; the other company,
known atmply as the St. Paul * Pa?
cific railroad, had the extension from
Wala? to Brain ed aad the line from
9L Clouds to 81. Vincent, la all some?
thing more than 400 miles of track.
Farley not only put Uvea* la order,
out he completed connections with
the Canadian railroad at the frontier,
?a etUl further proved hie capacity
whoa, after three or four years of his
rooervershtp. the Minnesota legisla?
ture leased aa act providing that un?
less the road should be completed to
m certain point within a certain time
ft must forfeit part of the rich land
franc whereof the people's represent?
atives lead beea so liberal Judge John
F. Duloa authorised Farley aa receiv?
er to construct this extension and to
karoo receiver's dsbentur ? for the ex
poeee. 3o the receiver built one hun?
dred and twelve miles of new road
aad eared the land grant." says Mr.
Russell '
Reed C<s* of a Railroad.
Four facts connected with this ou
oration are Im lortant, he summar
"Plrst. Judge Dillon limited the
coot of the construction to $10.000 a
mile, and thin ?um must Include sta?
tion building*, grounds, side tracks
and equipment
"Second. The receiver built and
equipped the one hundred and twelve
miles for less than the limit fixed, ex?
panding only about It.600 a mile,
soaie etretche? being done for $8.225
a pnlbv Kindly remember this. It Is
a good fact to have handy when you
encounter the Assertion of gentlemen
.In the railroad war that It costs $40.
000 to $71.000 a mile to build a rail?
road.
"Third. The receiver filed with the
court detailed Accounts of every Item
of expense connected with his work,
and every cltts>>n can go now and see
la the office of the clerk of the United
Statm district court at St. Paul. Minn.,
exactly what It OOflla to build and
equip a railroad when the work Is
hone*tly done.
"Fourth The construction compa?
ny with the *!las before noted, ex?
pending money of the lowly and Igno?
rant foreigner, had charged up $$.
000 a mile for construction In the
same region and had done the work
so badly that when the receiver took
charge much of the track was un?
safe. '
J J Hill, at that time, was local
freight agent of the road at St.. Paul.
Securing the corporation of Norman
W. Klttaon. Onorge Stephen and Don?
ald A. Smith, first mortgsge were
preeently and quietly obtained "on
more than 300 of operated railroad
?nd 1.180.404 acre* of land, on the
Understanding that they should not
be paid for until the road should be
reorganised This wss done In 1879,
ths Canadian brotherhood forming
the St. Paul. Minneapolis A Manitoba
Railway Co.. of which (Jeorge ?tOfflb |
was president. Norman \V. Ki t*..n
and Donald A. Smith directors and
James J. Hill general manager
Whereupon th-Te was appointed a
ma*t?T In chanceiy who. Of f be Mth
day of June. 187?. sold all the prop?
erty of two St. Paul & Pacifies t<>
the St. Paul. Minneapolis A Manitoba
RollWSy Co for $4.780.000 oh\ mun
ly one of the most romantic events
In raln >ad history, and too romantic
for those who did not share In It.
"For presently came the sale by the
flt. Paul. Minneapolls m Manitoba
' Railway Co. of the greater part of
the land lor $13,068,887. followed by
the sworn testimony of tho receiver
that the property sold for $6,780,000
was worth at the time more than
$16,000,000.
"There was also issued by the
brotherhood $15,000,000 of St. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba stock, for
which not one cent waa ever paid In?
to the company's treasury, being In
fact the purest water that ever gush?
ed and gurgled from the financial
rocks. Of this stock Mr. Hill. Mr. Kltt
son and Mr. Smith took 28,823 shares
each, being about one-fifth. Mr.Ste
phen took two-fifths, one of which he
held In trust for some person or per?
sons unknown.
'The $15,000,000 of stock thus
neatly created out of nothing by the
mere waving of tho wind of financial
wizardry presently became an enor?
mously valuable possession, and is,
therefore, to be added to the spoils
secured from the outwitted Yankees."
HOUSE NEARLY SEES A FIGHT.
Hyrtl, of Missiwrippl, and Fordney, of
Michigan. Hare lilt.
Washington, March 26.?Through a
misunderstanding Representative
Byrd, of Mississippi, and Representa?
tive Fordney, of . Michigan, almost
came to blows on the floor of the
house today, while the later was mak?
ing a speech on the tariff. Mr. Ford?
ney, In response to numerous ques?
tions relative to the existence of a
Lumber Truat, was contending that
no combination of lumber manufac?
turers exists.
Mr. Byrd asked Mr. Fordney If It
waa not true that a combination ex?
ists among the fetall dealers of Mis?
sissippi, to whJeTi Mr. Fordney's firm,
which is operating In that State, waa
a party. Mr. Byrd added that he
knew whereof he apoke when be
charged the existence of such a com?
bination.
'The gentleman does not know a
damned thing about It," ahouted Mr.
Fordney irritably.
Immediately Mr. Byrd made his
way toward Mr. Fordney, but several
Democratic members shopped him
before he cduld reach the former.
Mr. Fordney Immediately apolo?
gised to the house for the profanity
and said that if he had offended the
gentleman from Mississippi, he most
humbly apologised. He added, how?
ever, that Mr. Byrd could not say
that his firm was a member of a
Lumber Trua^.
Mr. Byrd then explained that It
waa not his Intention to make such
a charge, and the Incident was
cloaed.
DU RANT'S NOMINATION CON?
FIRMED.
Senate Acta Upon the Charleston Col
lectorshlp.
Charleston. March 30.?E. W. Du
rant, Jr.. will be the next collector of
the port of Charleston. The United
States senate yesterday confirmed his
nomination to that office, the appoint?
ment having been'made by President
Taft Immediately after the convening
of the present congress. Mr. Durant,
who is one of the leading business
men of the city, being one of the
owners of the E. P. Burton Lumber
Company, and who Is also popular
socially, has received notification of
his appointment, but he will not tuke
charge of the office until the arrival
of his commission. Until that time,
he said last night, he will not be able
to make any definte stntesment as to
whether he will make any change In
the personnel of the force of the col?
lector's office.
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT AIKEN.
Two cttlaroH Fight Moodiest* Duel
With Rifle and Shotgun.
Alken, March 26.?Yesterday after?
noon a preliminary hearing was given
Mr. J. D. Piothro, a prominent citi?
zen, who resides near Alken, before
Magistrate Smoak, on the charge of
assault and battery with intent to kill
the charge being made by Mr. J. H.
Richardson, a farmer, who resides on
the road upon which Mr. Protho's ru?
ral telephone line runs. Near the
place of Richardson. Protho's tele?
phone crossed the Postal wires, and
he had to change the route slightly
tp avoid his. in changing, n p?ls had
to be plaeed near Mr. Richardson'*
place In the right of way of the pub?
lic road, on which Mr. Prothro had
secured consent to place his poles.
Mr. Illchurdsnn objected S the pole
. j iced near his place, and | dis
Mr. Richardson objected to the pole
there. It Is charged that Mr. Prot hro
fired at Mr. Richardson eleven times
wltb a rifle, and that Mr. Richardson
fired at Mr. Prothil three times with
a shotgun. AJ1 the shots went Wide
Hnd no Injury was done. It Is not
known which fired tlrst, as both
claims the other was the assailant.
Aftf-r bearing the prosecuting side,
Maglstiate Smoak bound Mr. Prothro
over to the higher court under a bond
of $200, which was furnished.
A sweeping assertion must be the
kind that throws dust In the other
fellow's eyes.
THE TARIFF GRAFT
F.I KINS SAYS EAST HAS BEEN
GIVEN EVERYTHING.
Democrats Not Considered?Southern
Member** Excluded From Commit?
tee Hearings on Pnyne Measure?
Sarcastic References by Senator
(iorc,
Washington, aMrch 29.?Objection
was made in the senate today to a
statement by Senator Hale that the
finance committee is holding dally
seesions on the tariff bill. The crit?
icism came from Senator Bacon, who
said he understood that only certain
members were present. He referred
to the fact that the Dmocratic mem?
bra of the committee were excluded.
"Perhaps I should have said sub?
committee," explained Mr. Hale.
"Is it not usual to give the minori?
ty representation on sub-commit?
tees?" asked Mr. Bacon.
"Not on tariff matters," replied
Mr. Hale, which rejoinder provoked
general laughter.
Senators Money, Culberson and
Newlands protested against the ex?
clusion of the minority, but the crit?
icism appeared to be only perfunc?
tory and without hope of changing
the existing order of procedure.
Joining with the Democrats In
their protests against the manner in
which the tariff bill is made up, Sen?
ator El kins. (Rep.) of West Virginia
declared himself and his State to be
of the South, the interests of which,
he said, are "being crucified." He as?
serted that New England is over-rep?
resented on the commitee while the
great Middle West and the South are
not represented at all.
He said that he understood the
committee would make a free trade
I measure for New England, and In the
past the statesmen from the South,
I like "poor, miserable deluded peo?
ple," had been compelled to support
I such propositions and had got as a
I return only high protection on ar?
ticles they consumed.
He complimented the Southern
stateemen on their protests and de
I clared himself in league with them.
I To make his position more forcible
I several senators from the South ask
I ed questions of Mr. Blklns and Mr.
Hale sought to answer some of these.
"There you have It." said Mr. El
kins. "You can see what a close
corporation this New Englandf crowd
Is. Speak of one of their interests and
some New England representative
comes to his feet. Speak of some?
thing In the Interest of the South
and the New Englander comes to his
feet just the same."
Mr. Elk Ins referred to the fact that
the Democrats in the house had no
opportunity to criticise the tariff bill
before It was reported. Exception
was taken by Mr. Gore and in a sar- j
castic speech he said that the Demo- '
crats had been given four minutes in
I which to examine the bill before ac
I tion upon it In committee,
j Mr. Elklns grilled the New Eng
I land "domination" of the senat?4.
Speaking of the appointments ot
I Messrs. Lodge, McCumber, Smoot and
I Flint as new members of the finance
I commitee, Mr. Elk ins said they had
J been chosen from > cctions as fa"
I away from the South as possible. He
spoke at length In defense of South?
ern industries and urged the senators
j from the section to Join him In de
I manding that the South be given a
I fair show.
Speaking caustically of the in
1 fiuence of the New Englanders in the
I senate, Mr. Elkins said they had seen
I to it that the same influence prepon?
derated in the finance committee. He
j protested against the summoning of
I witnesses before the committee unless
J other senators are given a chance to
I listen to thir tstlmony or read It be
I fore the bill under consideration is
I acted upon.
Mr. Bacon presented a resolution
I directing that all hearings and exam
j Ination of witnesses by the finance
J committtee or the majority members
I thereof be open to all members of
the sei.ate. The resolution went over
I under the rules.
HOUSE SHOW FOR CAM DEN.
One to be Given at the Popular Re?
sort Tills Week?Also u Circuit.
Camden, aMrch 28.?This week is
to be quite a lively one In Camden in
the way of amusements. The horse
show will be pulled off on Wednesday
and Thursday. This is the first time
a show ut this kind has been gotten
up for Camden. It will be held un?
der the auspices of the Camden Coun?
try club polo Association. Already
there are quite ? number of entries,
and it is expaOtad that the show will
!>.? i decided success. The probabili?
ties are that it will become a regular
feature hereafter. The old baseball
grounds, near the Seaboard freight
depot, will be used for the horse
sbow . TheU to add to the amusements
of next week Spark's Show will visit
Camden on the 1st of April. They
will pitch their tents near the horse
show grounds. Following the horse
show and Spark's show there will he
a big auction sale of city lots.
MAJOR FREMONT EJECTED.
President Taft Decides to Dismiss
Him From the Army?A Son of
"The Pathfinder.''
Washington, March 28.?Despite
the efforts of his friends in the army,
in civil life and in congress. Major
Francis P. Fremont, son of the noted
"Pathfinder," John C. Fremont, has
been stripped of his commission by
the president and ejected from the
irmy in disgrace. Major Freeman
after having several narrow escapes
from dismissal, finally found his un?
doing in the making of an alleged
false statement concerning a fellow
officer?not to use Mr. Roosevelt's
"shorter and uglier" word.
After having the qase of Major Fre?
mont before him for several days,
President Taft today closed his eyes
and ears to the "influence" of con?
gressmen and to the pleading letter
of a former wife of the deposed of?
ficer, who is now living happily with
her second husband, an officer of the
Medical Corps, at a Western post. Al?
though the major and his first wife
had their differences, and each later
took another mate, still the former
wife has written to the authorities
pleading in strong terms that the
father of her son might not be dis?
missed in disgrace.
Major Fremont, who commanded a
battalion in the Fifth Infantry, has
been in service in Cuba for two years
past. Just before he was sent to Cu?
ba he was accused of chronic pro?
crastination concerning the payment
of debts. The major had been in Cu?
ba but a short while when he became
generally unpopular with his fellow
officers. Later, it is charged, he
wrote a letter to a fellow-officer in
which he stated that Major Wallis O.
Clarke was sadly addicted to the use
of intoxicants. This statement in due
time was laid before General Barry,
commanding the army in Cuba, and
a quiet investigation of Major
Clarke's habits was made. The result
was a complete vindication of Major
Clarke, and General Barry recom?
mended to the Washington authori?
ties that Major Fremont be court
martialed on a charge of slandering a
brother officer. Later the court-mar?
tial was ordered. He was convicted
of violation of the 61st Article of War
and recommended for dismissal. As
explained in an official statement is?
sued today by Major-General Ains
worth, the Adjutant-General, "Major
Fremont was convicted on charges of
knowingly making false statements in
regard to another officer of the army
'and of making false statements in re?
gard thereto to an Inspector-General,
in violation of the 61st Article of War
and of making derogatory statements
to junior officers about their senior of"
fleer, in "violation of the 62nd Arti?
cle of War."
The papers in the case reached
Washington about the first of March
and were left by Seortary of War
Wright for revlewal by Secretary
Dickinson. First, the court's record
had the approval of Judge-Advocafcc
General Davis and. after being in?
dorsed by Seceretary Dickinson it
"went to the White House for ilnal ap?
proval. In the meantime several let?
ters have reached the War Depart?
ment and White House concerning
the case, among these being the ap?
peals for clemency on the part <?f the
first Mrs. Fremont. The former wife's
interest apparently WAS mostly on bo
half of their son. who is now about
20 years old. He is a clerk in a New
York mercantile house. The form?
er Mrs. Fremont stated that the maj?
or had .always been an honorable,
honest and truthful man and an" ex?
cellent soldier, and accordingly he
should have been acquitted; or, If
convicted, should be promptly par?
doned.
Major Fremont stood No. 76 in the
list of majors when he was brought
up for trial. ? About two years ago.
at Plattsburg Barracks, New York,
he lost 60 files by being convicted of
failing to pay his tailor and grocery
bills and falling to repay borrowed
money. In 1901 he was convicted, in
the Philippines, of cursing and abus?
ing a soldier. He was then suspended
from command for a period, but the
sentence later was mitigated on ac?
count of the need of the officer in the
insurrection work then being done by
the army. m
Major Fremont is a brother of
Capt. .lohn <*. Fremont, commander
Of the battleship Mississippi Captain
Fremont has a son. Liuet. .lohn G.
Fremont, Jr., In the navy.
The New York Sun says that Mr.
Roosevelt "has achieved the most
glorious notoriety that modem mor?
tal could compass, and ? reputation
secure from the ?nvy of all honest
men.
The bad hoy who gOCS fishing on
Sunday deserves to be caught. So do
the fish.
"WALK OVER"
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The Sumter Clothing Company*
COTTON MARKET CONDITIONS.
Movement During Past Week IIa?
Been Small?Market Resists Every
Decline.
New York, March 26.?Prices have1
changed little during the week. The
tendency has b( en towards steadiness
in the old crop months, and some?
thing like dragging in the new crop
options. Speculation has continued
dull and trade at home and abroad is
reported quiet. Some large spot in?
terests here are belived to be against
the market and to be selling October,
December and January steadily, as
well as more or leas May, and there is
little outside support. On the other
hand, cotton is by many people con?
sidered cheap and the market dis?
putes every decline and shorts cover
readily on the slightest cause. Much
of the time Liverpool has done good
spot business! and has been a steady
buyer here of May in liquidating
straddles.
The May option is watched with a
good deal of interest. The tendency
of late has been for both May and
July to increase their premiums over
the later months. It is predicted that
May will reach a much higher pre?
mium later on when it can be put up
without too much danger of attract?
ing big shipments to N^w York. There
is believed to be a large short interest
here and at Liverpool both on strad?
dles and hedges. Liverpool shows a
disposition t > liquidate these transac?
tions at the present level of prices.
Within a day or two large Chicago
grain operators have sold out consid?
erable holdings of July without dis?
turbing even a narrow market.
KILLS SELF WITH KERCHIEF.
Negro Murderer Cses Novel Method
In Taking His Own Life.
New York, March 28.?James Van
go, a young negro, who, after his ar?
rest in Chicago, confessed that he had
murdered Isadore DeVallant, night
clerk in the Eastern Hotel here, for
the purpose of robbery, strangled
himslf in his cell in the Tombs prison
early today.
Vango used a method to encompass
his death, which required almost
Spartan courage. He twisted a hand?
kerchief around his neck, and, after
tieing it securely, tightened it with a
small piece of lead pencil, which he
used as a tourniquet until it closed his
windpipe. He then threw himself on
the cot, placed his hands under his
abdomen, buried his face in the pil?
low and waited for death.
Mr. H. H. Beard, for more than 30
years manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company at Yorkville, has
tendered his resignation to become
effective April 1.
MA HI X ES SENT BACK TO SHIPS*
Taft Suecps Aside Teddy's Order Aav
signing Corps to Shore tuny .
Washington, March 2?. The last
remaining vestige of the Roosevelt
order taking marines ott the hatti?
ships and cruisers of tlw United!
States navv was swept away today
when President Taft, after the mat?
ter had been considered at ? cabinet
meeting, directed that an order he
Issued i<>toring the marines to ex?
actly the same dutus that they per?
formed prior to their betas; ordere?!
ash >re.
After congress had placed a pro
visian in the navy appropriation bill
to xhe effect that a certain percent?
age of the marine corns should be
assigned to ship duty, i n order was
issued the day before President
Roosevelt went out of office restor?
ing the marines to ships, but plac?
ing them under the orders of the
captains of the vessel on which they
WCre to serve.
Under the old order of things, the
marines were given specific duties.
One of these was to sight- certain)
guns of the secondary battery. The>
order placing them under the direc?
tion of the ship's captain made it
possible to assign the marines to any
sort of duty and to deprive them of
fighting any part of the ship's bat?
tery.
DARK HORSE MAY LAND JOB.
Florence Keenly Interested in Poet
mastership Question.
Florence, March 2?.?The Florence
postmastership is the one absorbing,
topic throughout the city these days*.
Although the municipal eleetien #s>
on. there is little raid or thought of
this very important matter, as the
appointment for the postolttee ha*
side-tracked all other matters politi?
cally for the time being.
It has turned out just as was pre?
dicted some days ago, and that i?
that there' are now so many candi?
dates for the place that the job will
probably be landed by ? "derbr
horae." and it now seems that this
prediction may come true.
The citlxens of Florence have aa*
been consulted on this matter since
the public meeting called by tha
board of trade last year, when Mr.
W. Stroud was selected as the mam
for the place by the citlxens la saaaa
meeting, which was certainly a very
representative one. It was In his in?
terest that Mr. E. D. Smith end otT?
ers were appointed as a committee to.
go to Washington and^o secure, if
possible, his appointment, and it cer?
tainly sr. ms that Mr. Stroud is the
j regular candidate selected for the
place. If not. another meeting should
' be held arid another man selected.
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