The evening times. [volume], June 12, 1906, Image 1

About The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914

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THE EVENING TINES STANDS rOK
OKANDroiKSANDNOIIHDAIQ.
TA UNDEI ALL CStCUMSTANCBS
The Leading Kansas City Pack
ers Are Found Guilty in U. S.
Court of Accepting Conces
sions From the Burlington.
NO JAIL SENTENCE
BUT WILL BE FINED
Sentence Will be Passed After tite Case
... Against the Burlington Road is
Concluded.
AaaodateS Prtw ti The Breilac TImea.
Kansas City, June 12.—Armour &
3o., 8klft & Co., Cudahy & Co. and the
Nelson Morris Packing company were
found gdilty in the United States dis
trict court here this morning of ac
cepting concessions from the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad on the
export shipments of packing house
products. The case was given to the
jury at 10:40 verdict was returned at
11:4,0.
Judge McPherson of Redoak, Iowa,
the presiding Judge, stated that the
sentence would not be pkssed until
the case against the Burlington road,
which is charged with granting con
cessions to the packers, is concluded.
The Burlington's trial will begin this
afternoon. The law in the present case
provides for
a
sentence.
fine only, not Jail
THE PRESIDENTS NEXT.
The Heads of the Coal Carrying Bail
roads Will be Given a Chance
to Explain.
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elated Preaa to The ETOIIC Times.
Philadelphia, June 12.—The presi
dents of the big coal carrying railroads
will be given an opportunity to ap
pear before the interstate commerce
commission and make any statement
they may* desire.
Commissioner Cockrell said the of
ficial notification that the commission
was ready to hear the presidents
would probably be sent to them to
morrow, but he did not believe that
the# would be heard before June 21.
The commission resumed its Inquiry
today Into the relation of the railroads
to the coial and oil interests.
The first witness was Robert L.
Franklin, assistant freight claim agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad, who de
tailed the method pf investigation of
the claims made by the coal com
panies or. coal lost in transit.
TESTING BOATS.
A Fleet of Torpedo Boats Being Pre.
pared for the Philippine Service.
Associate* Presa to The Ereilu Times.
Washington, .June 12.—The navy de
partment has been notified that a little
fleet of torpedo boats which has been
gathered at Norfolk for the purpose
of being sent to the Philippines, has
been completed, so far as the con
structors and engineers aire concerned,
and the boats are now to pass through
a course of trials to ascertain any
weakness or faults so that these may
be corrected on the home station at
the minimum of expense. These trials
will probably occupy at least four
months, so it will be late in the year
before the fleet can be ready to start
on its long voyage.
STATEHOOD.
Senate Withdraws Conference Report
on Statehood BUL
Associated Preaa to The Bt««lu Ttaea.
Washington, June 12.—By a vote of
the senate today the conference report
on the statehood bill was withdrawn..
Another conference will be held.
If® W SENATOR. /s
Little Deleware Sends CoL Dupent to
upper Hoase ef Congress.
A—eclated Preaa to The Brealac Ttaea.
Dover, Del., June 12.—Col. H. A.
Dapont was elected United States sen
ator by the Deleware legislature which
inet In Joln^s^aalon today.
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from
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being eliminated, he got the work at his own figures, and it would be interesting to know what those figures were
bidding" ifma^coXLte0
pr°minent PerS°nS
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know, sought to attract attention to themselves as being more than mortal.
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help past the time. Linens for shirt
'waists, etc., 10c per yard up to .|LM
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A SOtARB DEAL FOR ALL
EVENING GRAND TUESDAY. JUNE
For many years the Grand Forks Herald has devoted itself to denunciation of those persons with whom its editor does not agree.
It has lost no opportunity to discredit and defame the leaders of the republican party in this state, charging them with corrupt methods, evil
motives and unworthy purposes.
It has been careful to shield itself against possible prosecution for libel and slander by phrasing its malicious attacks in a way calculated to go
no further than to pqison the public mind against its adversaries and inferentially to advertise its editor as a good and great man who would spurn
to engage in a dishonorable transaction.
To some extent, by persistent effort along its chosen line of policy, it lias succeded in convincing a few people that certain public men who have
refused to accept its dictation are not to be trusted that they are the enemies of the people, the tools of corporations and the satellites of Satan.
Until the Evening Times came along declaring for and insisting upon "a square deal" there were few men and few newspapers in the state that
had the nerve to challenge the daily onslaughts of the pious party who directs the policy of the Herald.
We have known all along that the Herald man was a hypocrite that his purpose was to get control of the republican state machinery so that
he might use it first to boost himself into power and then to wield that power for his own personal profit.
In his own inimitable way he coquetted with the "state machine" until lie got a land office job at $3,000 a year. This place was given to him no
doubt with the understanding that the Herald would support republican principles and sustain the republican national and state abministrations.
While the job lasted his Herald was modestly inclined toward this end. He also played upon the sympathies of republican leaders who, upon his own
statement of his inability to pay, assisted him in compromising with his bank creditors. As a result of these things, and with the return of better busi
lie turned upon
ness conditions, he waxed fat and strong financially, and when he saw no further benefit to himself at the hands of "the old gang,
his benefactors and resumed his former policy of party treachery and party disruption.
Meantime his printing establishment in this city had been favored with some large state contracts And thereby hangs a tale—something
more than vagrant rumor such as the Herald has habitually employed in its campaigns of slander and detraction concerning republican leaders.
The average man is not a close observer. He hears and reads so much about public plunder that he becomes confnsed and finally concludes
that nearly everybody is crooked and unworthy of confidence. As most of the current slanders are directed against men in public life the average
individual does not trouble himself to inquire into the motives and practices of those private persons who are constantly prating about the dishonesty
of other people. Under these conditions it is easier to accept the evil reports circulated concerning public servants than it is to inquire into the pur
poses of those who are constantly parading their own virtues.
But to the point: That the Herald had some fat printing contracts went without saying. That it was all the while declaiming against corruption
in high places was known of all men. That its editor in the open day was walking the streets of our fair young city as an example of probity without
a counterpart this side of the golden throne admitted of no dispute except in the minds of those whose knowledge or intuition or both convinced them
to the contrary
On tWfifth day of'August, 1902, four leading printing firms in the stite^ "North Dakota sigUelt a contract dr, to be more specific, "articles of
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ING FOR 1903 AND 1904 OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA" to one of the firms named in the agreement "UNDEll ITS BID AND THE
AWARD OF THE FOURTH CLASS PRINTING TO THE GRAND FORKS HERALD UNDER ITS BID"Zsafd JS
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EQUAL TO 12 PER CENT OF THE GROSS AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR SUCH PRINTING TO EACH OF THF OTHFR
fAETIEs SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, SAID SUMS TO BE PAID FROM TIME TO TIME
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of this kind
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must stand unquestioned, although the state officers letting the contracts had no knowledge whatever of the existence of such an agreement.
In other words, the state advertised for bids for public printing there were four firms in the state having facilities to do the work, a law
Prov
classes—amounting, it is believed, to about $100,000 for the two years named in the agreement one of the four bidders stipulates
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Sross
for
thi
firms 12 per cent of the
successfullJr
blddGr dlVid6S his profits with the
PerhaPS
by
'i.vv ^r* Winship particular part in the printing deal is therefore all the more reprehensible.
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l"eir C°nMeIU!e
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We had hoped that this campaign might be concluded without such a revelation as this
the
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as an
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a8pecific nature upon which the
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t^e public the facts concerning this printing transaction (and we will not denominate it by any harsher term) we have not
t2 lZTa% !/tr °Lthe
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for the reason
ColumM of
'^Jlerald and been
decide that the case should be
agSmSt thG PartiGS t0 the
and Fraud Exposed
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whereby it was stipulated that "IN CASE OF THE AWARD OF THE THIRD CLASS PRINT­
°'Winsllip receiving the award for the fourth class printing "AGREE TO PAY A SUM
Subj,cted
Slander and faIsehood
pUrp°8e
agl'eemeut' d° n«t
of the ef!fect that
Things You Will Need While Summering at Home or Elsewhere
ft Silver or 6ft BraU
Benner, Be|^ & Garvin
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being one "against public policy," could not be enforced in the courts by anv
Part,es interest managed to keep faith with each other the compact against the state
sHte printing must be done within the state there were two desirable classes of printing to be done-
"le Class printing, agreed to pay 36 per cent of the gross amount he should receive to three others who
class, or 36 per cent in all for this class, another of the four bidders
Sross this class, or 3(5 per cent in all for this class Thus Mr.
the effect of the arrangement was that they were to receive, and no doubt did receive, 36 per
The profits under Mr. Winship's bid must have been very great. Indeed, competition
P™secuted by the federal government for what was then known as "straw
bidders agree that one of the number shall put in a bid at a certain figure, invariably an extortionate figure,
««*». We do not recall whether in the case referred to the
°ther "Dd "S8UranCe
tba'
exponent of good government, feels that it has performed its duty.
wa^ed
tThSSril now public life could be successfully assailed, and in that belief we have challenged the "re-
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that, with the exception of Mr. WinshEp, they have not, so far as we
«W»ht mark (or public approval, and for years no man who has fallen
GRAND FORKS
gmUeman'8 agreement"
to every imaginable kind of criticism and accusation
judicially inquired into, or whether, should it be determined that legal
pretend to say. That is a matter that must be
the so-called reform element led by Mr. Winship, bv
voters of the state could intelligently act in justice to the common welfare
they have
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at the primaries or the state convention.
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THE EVENING TIMES FLATS NO
FAVOUTES. IT IS THE FEOMJU
PAPEB raOM STAKT TO FINISM
PRF"!
STRIKE
Over 5,000 Union Men Affiliated
With the Building Trades
Council, Walk Out in St.
Louis Today.
CAUSE—A MIXUP
AMONG UNIONS
Building Operations WIU Hare to Stop
Until lTnions Patch op Their
Differences.
Auoelated Prtu tt Tkc Bmlig TlttH.
St. Louis, June 12.—More than 5,000
union men, affiliated with the building
trades council, are out as a result of
the strike begun yesterday and build
ing operations now are limited to the
structures where stone and brick work
has been completed and to frame,
houses.
The strike was caused by the strain
ed relations between the brick layers
and stone mason's unions.
The question of wages does not en
ter into the complication and the em
ployers are forced to wait for the
unions to adjust their difficulties and
resume work.
GOVERNMENTENDORSED.
The Aoble's Congress Has Declared
Against Appropriation of Land.
A»«otlttd
Preaa Cable to The Brnlu
Tlntea.
St. Petersburg, June 12.—The noble's
congress now in session here has prac
tically endorsed the government's
agrarian program, having declared it
self against the forced appropriation
of land and proposing only two meth
ods for the relief of peasants. These
are the purchases of land through
peasants' banks and the transmigra
tion to Siberia, especially commending
the latter aurj recommending the
granting of free land in Siberia and ex
emption from taxes for a period of
years. Congress also endorsed the
government's proposition for dissolu
tion of the commune system where it
is desired. An influential but small
minority, headed by Count Uvaroff of
Saratoff, protested against the selfish
attitude of the nobility, urging un
availingly that the large landlords, if
they wished to escape from utter ruin,
must cede something to the peasantry
and at least consent to an appropria
tion of the surplus estates.
SHOT BY MOB.
A Mississippi Jail Broken Into and
Colored Prisoner Killed.
Aaaociated Preaa to The Evenlac Times.
Hattiesburg, Miss., June 12.—Wood
Ambrose, a young negro, was lynched
at Prentiss, 45 miles east of here to
day. Ambrose had been arrested and
accused of the shooting of a white
man. A mob broke into the jail and
shot the negro to death.
DIVORCE. "i
Wife of President of Steel Trust Ap
plies for Separation.
Aaaoelatejf Preaa to The Evenlaz Ttaea.
Reno, Nev., June 12.—Mrs. William
Ellis Corey, wife of the president of
the United States Steel corporation
this morning filed a petition in the
second district court of Nevada at this
place,, for an absolute decree of
divorce.
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THE WEATHER.
North Dakota.
Fair tonight and
Wednesday.
much change In
tem-Not
erature. Easterly
winds.
Hosiery for the Whole Family
Tak* PlMty of it With Yo. «, No Tlni. for O.r.1^ V«c«t»«. Trty
Ladles' extra fine lisle hose, plain
Children's fine ribbed black cotton
black, all sixes, per pair... ...48a hoee,fa8tdy:e,per pair ....
Ladies' plain black cotton hose or
with maca soles, per pair Kt and. .tfc cotton hose, per piir
f'.io
Boy*' aid girl's extra stfong