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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-21

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me and he would have killed me
if he could have seen me we'll.
In self defense / shot him and
even went to Mr.. McMilllian's
and told him about it. In spite
of the facts in the case, he swore
that l tried to assassinate him.
Here was more trouble and more
cases in court.
"Latter on, he put me under
that peace bond and l told Mr..
Peoples, the notary public, that
[ would leave the state if he
would release the bond, but he
told me that the law required the
bond and l would have to give it
or 60 to Jail. And you know you
wrote me, Mr.. Sheriff, when you
sent me one of the papers, that
you were getting tired of mine
and Carter's cases and that we
ought to stop them. l knew you
were tired of them, the public
was tired of them and all of the
officials-even though they were
getting fees out of them, were
tired. What could / dc. | had
exhausted every means of living
in peace with Garter. l went
home from town after dark
Saturday evening.
ALF MOORE CONES IN.
"Monday morning before l got
out of bed," he continued, she
came over to my house and told
me that he had found a man who
was anxious to 'put old Garter
out of the way / asked who it
was and he told me it was Ali
Moore"
"Who was that talking to
youW asked the reporter.
"Thal was Joe Bently. That
night he and ALI Moore came to
my house and we talked the mat.
ter over. Joe Bently said that
Alt would put Garter where he
would not worry any body any
more | told Alf to go over to
Frank Turner's and spend the
night and he told me that he did
not want Frank Turner to know
that he was tn re. | then told
him that he could go to that lit.
tie house in the field and he did
so. l carried him something to
eat there.
"Did Joe Bently come to you
Voluntarily" he was asked.
eyes he did," was the reply.
"Now, gentlemen" continued
Rawlings, elf have not told you
the truth I hope l may never live
to get out of this chair"
"Who helped ALTO Moore do
the killing" he was asked.
"Nobody," was the reply.
"He was by himself and he never
thought of bringing my boys into
it until after they were arrested
He went to Carter's that after
noon to kill him, but the old man
would not come out to the gate.
I have told these boys of mine
never to bother Carter or his
folks and they have not done it.
But he would swear their lives
away and the life of Tim Nc
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-10-21
APPEARS AND GIVES BOND.

Columbia, October 18.-Spe-
cial to News and Courier: Daniel
Zimmerman, who is charged
with substituting 19 State bonds,
appeared before Magistrate Nc
Master this afternoon at 5 O'Clock
and waived preliminary. The
bond for his appearance at the
trial was placed at $4,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Colorado Senator Fined.

DENVER. Nov. 30.-One thous and
dollars fine and the costs of the pro.
ceedtngs with jail sentence If not
paid Is what Senator Tom Patterson
will have to pay for his newspaper at-
tacks upon the supreme court Of this
state unless the due imposed by the
court is set aside by the supreme court
OF the United States. II was late
Wednesday afternoon, just before ad.
]ournment, when the court filed In and
announced its conclusions In one OF
the most noted cases ever before the
body.
Several months ago Senator Patter.
son caused to be printed in his news.
papers, the Denver News and Times,
articles rejecting upon the motives
prompting the court to render deci.
sions In cases affecting several Den yer
county officials. Not only were the
articles decidedly severe in their at.
tacks upon the court, insinuatin all
sorts OF motives, by they were made
stronger by cartoons of q sens alton al
nature. The court issued warran,
for the senator's arrest for contempt.
The case was postponed until he could
make the trip to the Orient with the
Taft party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Big Loss From Storm.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3O.-The storm on
the upper lakes, which brought death
to eleven and wrought untold havoc
among the sailing craft, had almost
subsided tonight and the work of res.
cue and relief to the numerous vessels
left stranded on the rocks, Is being
carried on with the utmost vigor.
Up to midnight eight vessels, repre-.
senting q total cost of s8l5, 900, had
been reported as total wrecks and
there are still about q dozen or more
vessels the whereabouts of which are
unknown and may have to be classed
among the list of vessels totally de.
stroyed. At least q score of vessels
have been reported stranded, but
since the abatement of the hurricane
1t Is believed the majority Of these
boats will be saved. Up-to the pres.
ent the total loss to shipping caused
by the storm is estimated at 81, 500, ,OOO
and when the final returns are in the
figures will. in all probability, be at
least g., 100000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
BalfOur May:ResiRu.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The government
is on the brink OF an eruption which
may end with the resie alton OF Pre-.
mier Balfour. The government is still
undecided as to what position 1t will
take In the pending CRISIS.
1t was rumored today that Balfour
had decided to hand in his resign alton
to the crown Immediately. The radi.
Gals are awaiting the action OF the
government minister with anxiety.
The cabinet met today at noon to
decide upon the future position OF the
government. 1t was said after the
meeting that the ministers were un.
able to agree upon what policy to
pursue.
The present crisis has been expect.
ed for some time. The Balfour min
istry has met with disfavor in parlia.
ment, and it is not thought he will be
permitted to continue in power. It
was predicted today that II he did not
resign at once there would be q move.
ment on the part OF the opposition to
force his resignation
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Senator Burton Sentenced

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 3O.--United States
Senate Joseph Ralph Burton of Kan.
sas, Was today sentenced in the United
States circuit court to serve six months
In the Iron county Jail, Ironton, Mo-,
and to pay a fine of g., 500 as the pen.
atty of q paid attorney in behalf OF
the Rialto Grain 4 Securities Co. OF
St. Louis before the postotfice depart.
ment. to prevent the issuance OF q
fraud order. Sen ator Burton was
found guilty on six counts uf the in.
dtctment, four OF which charged tha,
he agreed to receive compeus alton for
his service as au attorney before the
post0ffice department in behalf Of the
Rialto company, and two charging
that he received such compens alton.
As provided in statute 1882, which
Senator Burton was convicted of hav.
ing violated, Judge Vandevanter i'm.
posed the additional penalty debar.
ring Senator Burton forever from
holding any Office OF honor. trust or
profit under the United States govern.
mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Bids For Huntley Project.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Secretary
Hitchcock is asking for bids for the
construction of division on the main
canal of the Huntley project in Mon.
tana, including three tunnels. This
work involves the excavation OF about
$1,000 cubic yards OF earth, some rock
excavation, about 2, 500 feet Of tunnels
and 5000 cubic ards of concrete. at q
point about ten miles east of Billings,
Mont. Bids will be opened at Billings
on January Is, 1905. It is this work
that has been awarded three times by
the government, but has not yet been
taken up because the contractors in
each instance refused to qualify for
the work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
The Philippines In Congress.

CHICAGO, Dec. Ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington, says: A.
ter the house has disposed of the rail-
road rate bill, there will be a great
deal Of attention paid to affairs In the
Philippines.
At the last short session it was
found impossible to do proper justice
to the islands, aud much legislation
which congress should have attended
to was neglected entirely. There is
plenty OF time now for careful work,
and there will be no excuse for either
branch OF congress if all necessary
legislation 10 not given proper con.
cider alton.
The tariff on articles from the Phil.
ippines islands will have to be modi.
fed, as was attempted without success
last year. There will also have to be
some changes made in the currency
system on account of the decreased
value of silver, and il congress is in q
mood there will be additional legisla.
tion, possibly Of paternal ch lar acter,
looking toward the providing OF
means by which the Filipino farmer
may raise money enough to cultivate
land and make fair start in the
world,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Pension List Diminishing.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Death is
now diminishing the civil war pension
rolls at the rate Of more than $4,000 q
year. A statement issued by Com
missioner Warner shows that during
the month OF October 4, 7041peusion
died. OF these 2,6l5 were civil war
veterans. The average death rate Of
veterans during the month was 81.
The reduction on the rolls would be
more apparent were it not for the al.
lowance OF new claims. While 2,9l5
veterans died during October, the
actual decrease in the number Of old
soldiers drawing pensions was but
1887, as 1,028 names were added to
the list.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Thanksgiving In New York.

New YORK, Nov. 3O.-The Thanks
giving day program for this city /.
more extended than ever before
There were numerous dinners where
the poor ate their fill of turkey and
mince pie. The lovers OF athletic
sports had an opportunity TO witness
football games, cross running and
various other contests. The weather
prophecy was for fair day, but de.
cidedly colder.
No one went hungry today. The Sal
vation Army gave it's usual dinners
at many places. The sailor men were
not forgotten, for the Seamen's Christ
ian association made preparations to
serve out lunch to 400 sailors. Even
the latest arrivals In the United States
tasted Thanksgiving day hospitality
for big dinner was served at the
United States immigration station q,
Ellis leland.
More turkeys have been sacrificed
in the metropolis than ever before
This morning finds 100000 turkeys ia
thousands Of refrigerators. These
birds weigh about 3,60O,0OO pounds
and have cost s9OS, 900. This large
consignment has come from all direc.
tions aud has been sold at all sorts
OF prices, from l6 cents to 30 cents q
pound.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Stolen Jewelry Recovered.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Beaumau
Jewelry company store which was
plundered Wednesday night by
thieves, who smashed the show wind.
ows and carried of diamonds valued
at $1,000, recovered the larger part of
the diamonds today.
A diamond brooch valued at 5000
forms the principal part OF the jewel.
~ stolen and this was brought to the
store today by young woman who
found 1t on the stairs leading to q
station of the elev ated railroad.
The young woman carried the jewel.
~ home with her and had no idea of
Its value until she readiin the papers
OF the robbery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
HOld.Cp Man Loeated.

SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-Ked McCarty,
who crawled over the tender Of the
Great Northern flyer three miles north
OF Ballard, on the night Of October IL
and held up Engineer Calder, has been
located In Victoria. McCarty is
known to have been the ringleader OF
the band of bandits that looted the OK.
press safe. Men workingj under the
personal direction of Sheriff Smith
are looking for McCarty. and 1t 10 be.
lieved that he will be arrested in few
hours. Lem Short, now In the comfy
jail and identified AZ one OF the ban.
dts, still denies his guilt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Officers Must Learn To Cook.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-Under a
new policy decided upon by the war
Office, officers Of the commissary de-
partment are to be taught to bake
bread, and will be given practical in.
structions in cooking. Officers of the
commissary department will accord.
ingly be sent to the school of applica.
ton for cavalry and field artillery at
Fort Riley. Kansas, for q course in
the school for cooks and bakers. 1t
is the belief OF the army officers that
with the requirement Of practical and
technical knowledge by the officers, In
the baking of bread and cooking
of food, great reform will be brought
about in the preparation Of food in
the army.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Judge Peckham Was Amazed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. - Justice
Peckham OF the supreme court of the
United States, in speaking of his rea.
sons for resigning from the board of
trustees OF the Mutual Life, said he
learned "with establishment and great
indign alton the facts testified to by
Mr.. McCurdy before the leRisl alive
committee that the funds of the com.
pany had been used to influence legis.
lation and that they have been fur.
nished to political parties as cam
paign contributions, both OF which
practices I regard as being simple i'm,
propriety.
~ expressed my amazement and in.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
NICHOLAS IN DANGER.
Reported Attempt On the Cars Life By
ktnsman.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The St. Petersbu
correspondent for . paper In this city
cables that an attempt to assassinate
the czar was made last night by one
of the grand dukes to prevent the in.
PRODUCTION OF constitutional govern.
ment by the czar. The czar was
wounded In the hand. It is believed
that Grand Duke vladimir, the most
reacttonary Of all the Russian auto.
Gratis. made the attempt upon his kins-
mans life. The greatest excitement
prevails throughout the city OF St.
Petersburg and the surrounding towns
where the news has been received.
The Russian admiralty, it is said
here, have evacu ated Sevastopol. The
government losses were six vessels
and q officers.
Over 1000 men are implicated In the
conspiracy among the troops and pal.
ace guard at Tsarskoe Selo. It is dis.
covered that they planned to capture
the whole imperial family.
The garrison has been displac by
Semenov lifeguards. The financial
panic Is growing and the banks have
decided to stop outside operations.
Most foreign manufacturers have
closed their establishments. Every
British resident Of Lodez has left for
the frontier.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2, $50 q. m.
The guards arrested at Tsarskoe.
Selo Thursday night and Friday
morning number 25O, including 20 Of
ficers. All kinds of rumors are cur.
rent. including the assertion that one
Of the grand dukes is involved in a
conspiracy against the emperor, but
none of them can be verified. It only
seems certain that no confidence can
be placed even on the guard regiments
Arrested soldiers are seen.every day,
escorted by their comrades with
drawn swords.
St. Petersburg Is swarmiug with
Cossacks, the only troops against
whom there Is no suspicionlof disaffec.
tion. 1t 10 understood that the whole
Cossack forces of the empire, some
45O, 900, will be mobolized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
NEW LINE TO THE COAST.
Milwaukee Road Decides Cpou Extension
That Will Reach Montana.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-At q special
meeting Of directors of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railroad COM
pany, the board formally authorized
the building Of the St. Paul extension
to the Pacific coast from Evarts, s..
D., to Seattle and Tacoma. II was
specified In the official announcement
that the work of construction is to be.
gin forthwith. It is estima ated that the
cost will be about CSC, 900, 600.
1t was announced At the close of the
meeting that a. yet no plans had been
determined upon for financing the pro-
ject. This matter in all probability
will be decided upon at q meeting OF
the executive committee to be held to.
morrow. 1t is understood that an is.
cue Of convertible bonds has been un.
der consideration, but that there ts no
likelihood Of an increase in the road q
capital stock, about S2O, 900 OF
which is still unissued.
Preparations. already have been
made for the Incorporation of q new
railway company from Evarts, which,
however, will be entirely financed by
the St. Paul.
While all the details of the route
have not been decided upon, the line
will run toward the Rocky mountains,
west by north of west. to Butte.
Thence it will be extended westerly,
crossing the Bitter Root mounts aims
through Lo Lo pass and ultimately
connect at Wallula, Wash, the ter.
minus of the recently incorporated Pa.
cific railroad, which runs to that point
from Seattle. The St. Paul will also
seek an outlet at Tacoma and will
touch Helena, Spokane aud Portland.
The work of construction will begin
simultaneously At Seattle on the Pa.
ciic road and at Evarts. The line
further south, which is in course of
construction from Chamberlain, S. D.,
to Rapid City, in the Black Hille, q
200.mile project, will also be connected
at the northwest extension branch line.
1t is probable that branch lines will
extend to the Coeur d'Alene country
east Of Spokane for the mining aue
timber business of that section.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Would Repeal Timber Law.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Represen.
tative Lacey of Iowa, chairman OF the
public land committee, was at the
White house today. He said he would
try to have repealed the timber land
law during the coming session.
"Would not that hurt irrig alton in.
terests:" Lacey was asked.
II don't care II 1t does. 1t will put
more money In the national treasury
and help wipe out the deficit" he
said.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06

other exfled to Siberia for participat.
Ing In q strike demonstration.
His mother was driven from her
home and was being sheltered at the
time the letter was written, by friend.
~ Christians. The whereabouts Of
bis father was unknown. He was nm.
able to escape with his wife and took
refuge under his home. What his fate
was the wife did not know.
Young Meltzer himself is q refugee,
having fled from Russia five years
ago to avoid military service, after
his father had bribed the Russian Of.
dctals. he states, to allow him to es-
cape.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
His Whole Family Butchcrcd.

PORTLAND, Dec. la letter to a
young Russian Jew, Marcus Meltzer,
in the employ of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company, brings to
this city the account of the practical
wreck of his family at Odessa. Dur.
ing the recent excesses, Mcltzer's q
house was sacked. one brother was
shot and seriously wounded and an.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06

dignation," he added, ''that President
McCurdy's salary has been 80 enor.
mously increased by committee with.
out even report to the finance com.
mittee. These things had been done
without the slightest knowledge of the
board OF trustees as board, and
do not know that any man ofilthe
board was aware of them"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06

be exercised with moderation, caution
and self restraint, but It should exist,
20 that 1t can be effectively exercised
when the need arises.
In my judgment, the most important
provision which such law should con.
tain is that comforting upon some com.
petent administrative body the power
to decide upon the case being brought
before it whether given rate pre-
scribed by q railroad Is reasonable and
just, and II It Is found to be unreason-
able and unjust then. after full investi-
cation Of the complaint, to prescribe
the limit Of rate beyond which it shall
not be lawful to go-the maximum
reasonable rate, as It is commonly call
ed-this decision to 60 into effect WITH
In reasonable time and to obtain
from thence onward. subject to review
by the courts.
It sometimes happens at present, not
that a rate is too high, but that a ia
vored shipper is given too low a rate.
In such case the commission would
have the right to flx this already estab.
lished minimum rate as the maximum,
and it would need only one or two such
decisions by the commission to cure
railroad companies Of the practice Of
giving improper minimum rates. I call
your attention to the fact that my pro-
posal Is not to give the commission
power to initiate or originate rates gen.
orally. but to regulate a rate already
fixed or originated by the roads upon
complaint and after investigation. A
heavy penalty should be exacted from
any corporation which fails to respect
an order Of the commission. I regard
this power to establish a maximum
rate as being essential to any scheme
Of real reform In the matter Of railway
regulation.
It is worth while considering whether
II would not be wise to confer on the
government the right Of civil action
against the beneficiary of a rebate for
1t least twice the value Of the rebate.
fhis wQpld help stop what is really
Nlaekmail. Elevator allowances should
bS stopped, for they have now grown
such an extent that they are demor.
eS1110B 0uO uC0 USSO 0S C0U6tcS.
Private Car lines.
All private car lines. Industrial roads,
gefriesrator charges and the like
fhould be expressly put under the 50.
Rlvis|on Of the intergfste commerce
E@missiQu or some similar body SO
M y rates and, agreemS mS6ts practical.
y affecting rates are concerned. A re-
bate In icing charges or in mileage or in
D division Of the rate for refrigeratdpa
charges u Just as pernicious as I fe-
bate In any other way.
There should be publicity Of the &C.
counts Of common carriers. Only In
this way can violations or evasions Of
the law be surely detected. A system
Of examination Of railroad accounts
should be provided similar to that now
conducted into the national banks by
the bank examiners. A few drst class
railroad accountants, IL they had prop
er direction and proper authority to in
spect books and papers, could accom-
plish much in preventing willful viola
tions Of the law.
Continued on Eiphth naoe
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-06
Officials of Insurance Companies Also Need the
Attention of Congress.
Tariff Revision Is Not Advisable Until the People
Request 1t.

WASHINGTON December 5The reading
each house
of the presidents
Others and the reading of the brought
The necessity
exposures in New York; the popular demand
road regulation urgent
matter this leading subjects
The of
nung the countrys prosperity and in
squae dea
and railroad legislation. president