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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09
The Nikado as a Poet.

II i said that the emperor "f japan
a.s~ a= Iu,luls,,l Ia the habit "f >'-rih-
Lllas v,rsr al ilir results have sci
d.n ll,,u spread l,cfnrc the eyes II the
general I,ulaic. The war. however. has
inspired many illusions which have
ga int" thr papers.
The royal vcrsincr makes No attempt
,i pr.Iu.ing war epic. hui puts his
everyday thoughts into rhyme under
Tie peculiar limitations "f Japanese
poetry that H. Just - many Syllahles
IL "a prcm. From specimens translated
lnia Eu-li "a 10y Jap one learns that
in ;hc MIND of the misado not all OF
the Japanese patriots are AT 'he front.
that horses and even oxen are war he
roeS ana that the head of the state Is
longing for peace. one poem reads:
SOME may stand on the battlefield.
A ! sa4.s-t.ni wat-may stay at home.
Iut an the souls that love their Land
Are an the same wherever they be.
The oil sires who stay At home ana
care for the farms of the young men AT
the front. the soldiers >teed that still
charges on aud knows not fatigue or
fear" the oxen carrying food for my
men and fodder for their stcedS.' are
eS,eciaIIy ENROLLED by II touch of the
mikado's pen. one poem shows Il
slecplcSs anxiety over affairs at the
front. where is gone 50 many a war
rior for my sake" and another ex'
presses the ideal paternal solicitude for
the welfare of the realm. This last
reads:
! Whenever ! open
The ancient books
The one thipg | ponder Is,
How goes 1t with the people ruler
In the vernacular the mikado's verses
may cut deep, but as seen by western
readers the lines are lacking IN tn,
quality of go" They evidently in
tcrpret the heart of the ruler to hi
subjects and furthermore furnish
key to the remarkable veneration will
which the head of the realm is regard
ed by the masses of Japan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-06-09

WANTED-Two girls for general
household work at WiIIoughby Lake
Apply to Mrs. y. Il, Richardson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Caught BY Land Swindlers.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Dec. 9.-In an
effort to prosecute timber land opera.
tors who, he claims. have swindled
him cut of Oregon lands to the value
OF 800, 900, Hiram Goddard, q wealthy
lumberman and farmer of this city,
today swore out warrant for the ar.
rest OF six men.
Named in the warrant are S. A. D.
Puter, convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government at the time OF
the land fraud cases in the "seven.
eleven" district in Oregon, II. a.
Diggs, George Hibbsrd, Kay Mckay,
Joe Doe and Richard Roe. Word has
been received here that George Hib.
bard is already under arrest in Port.
land.
Goddard is said to have purch ased
from the men named In the complaint
certificates for 1000 acres of timber
land in Oregon. These certificates,
he says, proved to be forged. Many
investors in Wisconsin and Minneso.
ia, especially in the vicinity of La
Crosse, are said to have been caught
in the same manner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Vermont Woman Hanged.

WINDSOR, VT, Dec. 8.-Mrs. Mary
Rogers was hanged at the state prison
at Windsor this afternoon for the
murder OF her husband, Marcus Rog-
ers, at Bennington, W., August l3,
1903. The execution took place ;aiter
the woman had beenitwice reprieved on
appeals made In her case by her coun-
sci aud after the United States supreme
court had refused to take action in the
case. Only q comparatively few per.
sons witnessed the hanging. the mum.
ber being restricted to those permitted
to attend by the laws of Vermont.
Mrs. Rogers crime was the murder
OF her husband, Marcus Rogers, al
Bennington, August 13, 1908. This
was not the first attempt that had been
made on her husbands life. Mrs.
Rogers was married at the age of six
teen and tired of her husband some
three years after her marriage. A,
the time of the murder she was living
apart from Rogers. For some little
time her name had been connected with
that Of man in Bennington. 1t was
stated that she wanted to marry him
and brooded over the fact that her
husband was the only bar to the mar.
rlage. She also wanted $500 insurance
which Rogers carried.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Forest Reserve Scandals.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Sens ationa
Developments are expected from nearly
every western state which has big for.
est reserves. This startling announce.
ment leaked out here today, and ere.
ated stir among the senators and
representatives in congress. Investi.
cations have been conducted by the
secret service men for several months,
and 1t Is said that charges against
men high In public life in many of the
states will soon be made.
At La Crosse, Wis, today Hiram
Gcggard, q lumberman of that city,
who bought 1000 lcres Of timber land
from Horace G. Mckinley, was noti.
6ed that his certificates were fraudu-
lent. Godd ard says he has lost be.
tween a hundred and fifty and two
hundred thousand dollars. The United
States secret service men are looking
for Mckinley to answer the charges.
Mckinley was one of the first men con.
victed in the Oregon frauds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Estimates Of National Expenses

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-A statement
was issued by the appropriations com.
mittee OF the senate and house today
summarizing the estimates for appro.
priations to be made at the present
session Of congresl for the fiscal year
1907. The total for all purposes az.
gregated SS04 .296, AIS. These estima ates
are greater than the appropri ations
for the current year by Sl9, ,170,155.
The war department asks 1858, 463
less than was appropriated last year
and the river and harbor item, which
last year amounted to SIS, ,1S1, ,675, ia
omitted entirely this year. With these
exceptions every department OF the
government has asked for more money
than the current appropriation. The
two largest increases are asked by the
navy s2l, ,229, ,O3S aud the postoffice de.
partment Sl2. 1876.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Over q Million Immigrants.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-In present.
ing the annual report Of the bureau OF
immigration Commissioner General
Sargent refers to the magnitude and
gravity Of the problems presented by
the growth Of the alien population ot
the United States.
"These problems" he odeclared,
"loom so largely In the prospect oi
our country that It may be said with
out giving just cause to charge exae
GRAFTON, that all other questions oi
public economy relating TO- things
rather than to human beings, shrink
into comparative insigniflcance."
The total alien arrivals reported
for the year OF l,O62, 900 represents an
increase over the preceding year OF
2l3, ,629, of which the continental ports
OF the United States report l96, $40, 40
compared with arrivals there last
year, and the Can adian ports, 1880.
At the insular ports, the increase was
2,s49; although the arrivals at Porto
Rico were less by 81 than in 1904.
There was also large increase in
arrivals at southern ports, while q
decrease Is shown for the Pacific
ports, which Is accounted for in some
measure by the Russian.J apanese war.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
A PerilOus Alaska Trip,

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 8.-A spe.
cial from Dawson says George Kenne,
chief engineer of the steamer Seattle
No. 3, is the first man to arrive over
the ice from Fairbanks. He was 26
days making the trip. He had a ter
rible trip, having escaped death 90
often that the mere plunge in the river
far from habitation became almost q
daily occurrence. At one time, near
Circle City. In order to reach a road
house, the jam started, and Keune
says he cannot understand how he
ever got of that grinding, twisting
mass of ice. He reports but little grub
In the Kautishu country and none
whatever In the Delta country. In the
latter district the men who did not
have outfits for the yinter had to 60
to Fairbanks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Montana Measures In Congress.

WASHINGTON, Dec. I. = Senator
Carter, of Montana, ,Ihas introduced a
bill providing for the division OF Mon.
tana into two judicial districts, the
counties of Beaverhead and Silver
Bow and all the counties west of the
main range of the Rocky mountains
to constitute the western district. I'm.
der the bill, the terms OF court would
be held in Butte and Missoula in the
western division and in Helena and
Great Falls OF the eastern division.
Senator Clark has bill to create q
new tenth circuit court OF appeals,
comprising Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana. Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New
Mexico and Indian Territory, with
sittings at Denver, Salt Lake and
Helena.
Congressman Dixon has q bill ap.
propriating S4,500 for the relief OF
Custer county, this being one.half OF
the amount of the cost incurred in
erecting the bridge connecting Miles
City with the Fort Keogh reserv alton.
At the time of the construction the
government agreed to pay half of the
expenses. but the secretary of war
subsequently, refused payment on ac-
count of technical irregularity OF the
contract.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Boy Prevented Train Wreck.

PORTLAND, Dec. Z. = Remarkable
presence of mind In a boy Of IL years
prevented what might have been q
serious accident to Northern Pacific
passenger train near Kalama, Wash.
Sunday night. Vincent McKennon
discovered two horses firmly caught
In trestle across the Kalama river.
Knowing that q passenger train and a
freight were both due to cross the
bridge within short time, the boy
ran to Kalams, q distance of nearly
five miles, in time to warn the engi-
neer Of the freight. Warning was sent
to the passenger train, which fortu.
nately was behind time, and section
gang went to the bridge and removed
the imprisoned animals. The boys
action will be brought to the attention
of the officials of the company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Fatal Wreck On Union Pacific.

OMAHA, Dec. 7.-Ten persons were
killed and eleven train employees and
eight passengers were injured in q
wreck of the Overland Limited pas.
senger train No. 2, on the Union Pa.
cific, five miles west Of Rock Springs,
Wyoming. just before 2 o'clock this
morning. The Limited was run into,
head on, by freight train and both
engines were demolished and the
dynamo car, mail Car and dining car
on the Limited were burned up. Sew.
eral OF the bodies of the dead were
iuciuera ated.
Engineer Brink Of the freight train,
who it Is stated officially, was re.
sponsible for overrunning his orders,
was one of the killed. Several trains
had been badly delayed at Granger,
with the result that four passenger
trains were each running close to each
other. The freight had positive or.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13

Woolgrowers' association. and to
Murdoch Mckenzie, president of the
National Stockgrowers' association.
The conference is to take place imme.
dfately before the meeting of the asso-
tciations.
Mr.. Pinchot expresses the hope that
. representative joint committee may
be formed to discuss the whole rela.
ton Of the stockmen and the forest
reserves, and especially the means OF
giving the owners Of stock the fullest
practical equivalent in return for
grazing fee without injustice to other
users Of the reserve.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Kansas StOckmeu Indicted.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 9.-After sub.
mitting partial report containing 20
indictments against cattlemen, the
United States grand jury, which has
been In session the past week investi.
eating Kansas land fraud cases, ad.
jourued until Thursday Of :uext week.
Three Ut the indictments charge con.
spiracy toodeiraud the United States
government out OF . portion OF It's
public domain and suboruatiou OF
perjury In the securing Of fraudulent
homestead entries. The other 25 in
dictments charge the unlawful inclos.
ure Of public lands.
The grand jury adjourned until next
Thursday to give the officers time to
secure additional witnesses for the
most important case yet to be consid-
cred In this state. The jury will make
its complete report and adjourn sine
die one week from tonight.
All of the men indicted are wealthy
cattle barons. The 20 indictments are
the result OF less than two months
work by Col. A. l.. Green, special
agent Of the United States land office.
Colonel Green stated tonight he had
barely begun his work and would not
stop until every case Of land fraud in
Kansas had been thoroughly investi.
gated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
PREPARING FOX LEGISLATION.
Members Of Congress Will Get busy After
the Holidays.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - Speaker
Cannon will announce the committees
of the house tomorrow. This will
practically complete the organic alton
Of the popular branch of the Fifty.
ninth congress. The committees ap.
pointed will meet during the week for
organization, the appointment OF sub.
committees, and the assignment to
them OF pending measures.
In due time the sub.committees will
report to the full committees and they
In turn TO the house. In this manner
the wheels Of Legislation will be start.
ed With the long session ahead j,
however, no important results are ex-
pected until after the holiday recess.
The appropriation committee, which
perhaps has the heaviest task to per-
form, will first consider either the leg
islative or the District of Columbia
appropriation bill. But the outlooh
is that neither of these measures will
receive committee attention before the
holidays.
That there will be no lack of legis
lative propositions is indicated by tn
5,963 bills which have already beer
introduced In the house since tn.
opening of this session. Many o.
these are known a. private bills at
fecting only individual interests. The
holiday adjournment, it is believed
will be fixed on Thursday, Dec. 2l
Leaders are disposed to expedite con
sideration Of the Philippine tariff bill
and hearings will undoubtedly begin
as soon as the ways aud means com
mittee has organized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Must Pay Their Creditors.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-A bill pro.
viding for the discharge of civil ser.
vice employees who fail to pay debts
contracted for groceries, clothing,
rent or the service Of dentists, physi.
clans or undertakers has been Intro.
duced by Representative Dixon, of
Montana. After a government EN-.
ploye has refused three times to pay q
bill he is to be suspended, and II he
fails to pay in three months is to be
stricken from the rolls.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Gift Of Car to President.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-On the North
German Lloyd pier in Hoboken yes
terday there lay for hours white box
about half the size of a steamer trunk,
canvass.covereda and stamped on one
side with lot Of imposing red seals,
bearing the Russian eagle.
1t came from the baggage Of w. h.
Brown OF Plainfield, N. j., who has
been in Russia with Lewis Nixon, who
says 1t contains . present from the
emperor to President Roosevelt, q
token of regard for the latter's aid In
bringing about peace between Russia
and Japan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
TO MEET PANAMA EXPENSES.
Congress Makes Smaller Appropriation
Than Asked BY Federal Officials.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IAN appro.
priation Of Gil .000, 900 was voted today
toward the construction of the Panama
canal. The amount was . compromise
between the GIG, ,500, 900 carried in the
bill under considera alton, and "a esti.
mate Of $4,000. 900 recommended by
Mr.. Williams, the democratic leader.
to carry on the work until the middle
Of January. Mr.. Hepburn, in charge
Of the bill, suggested that something
over Oil, ,000, 900 would carry on the
work until March. There WAS no iu-
tention manifested to delay the work,
the only argument for cutting down
the original estimate being that closer
scrutiny might be had OF the estimate.
The bill was amended in accord ance
with suggestions Of Mr.. Mann of Illi.
nois, directing the president to request
annual reports from canal officers
covering all details of the work, re-.
questing such employees to give con.
gress any informal it may desire,
and restricting all expenditures to
money appropriated by congress and
to that received by the operation of
the property of the Panama railroad.
The subject of campaign contribu.
tions by insurance companies occu.
pied the major portion of the time of
the senate today. 1t came up in con.
nection with MIR. Tillman's resolution
calling for an investig alton of ma
tional banks aid inIpolitics, and was
exploited blythe South Carolina sem q.
tor in speech of some length. The
address dealt with the presidents
recommend ations for the3punishment
of bribery in elections; with Senator
Platt's testimony before the New York
investig ating committee, and various
pertinent matters. It was couched in
'characteristic language and attracted
much attention. The resolution d.
recting the secretary Of the treasury
to report whether the reports of the
national examiners of banks show
that the banks have made campaign
contributions in recent years, was
adopted at the close of MIR. Tillman's g
remarks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Blackmailers Pleaded Guilty.

CHICAGO, Dec. Z. - William Nc.
Swayne and WILDER Cole pleaded
guilty today In Judge Kersten's court
to the charge of conspiracy to extort
moner from the members of the firm
OF Armour & Co. and were sentenced
each to 30 days in Jail. The men were
accused of attempting to obtain money
from Armour & Co. because of cer-
tain letters which they had taken from
the company and which they claimed
would be valuable to the government
IN the prosecution of the beef trust
cases,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
ders to meet all four of the trains at
Ahsay and the officials say. that the
orders were either misunderstood or
misread
Paid Rebates to Packers.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Indictments are
expected within few days from the
federal grand jury involving railroad
officials and at least one railroad. B.
s. Cusey, traffic manager OF the
schwarzschild & sulzberger packing
concern. was before the industrial
body today for several hours, and at
the conclu; of his testimony II was
said tha. Cain railroads and Off.
cials would be indicted on charges of
extending rebates to the packing com.
pany In violation Of the law, which
provides that one shipper shall not be
preferred above another by the grant
ing OF rebates in the guise of damage
claims.
Last summer Mr.. Cusey was indict.
ed, and pleaded guilty to charge OF
accepting railroad rebates, for which
he paid fine OF 5000. Later Cusey
testified in the cases of the interstate
commerce commission agent against
several railroads to compel them to
comply with. the orders of the com.
mission. At that time he was asked
concerning rebates he was alleged to
have been granted by certain rail-
roads. He testified that only one
year had passed since he had paid re-
bates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
New Bills Introduced.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Among the
bills introduced in the house today
were: BY Representative Murdock OF
Kansas, creating commission of five
senator's and Rve representatives to
investig ate railway capitalization.
Representative Merrill PA. In.
troduced q bill placing insurance com.
panies under the control and supervi.
sion of the department of commerce
and labor and second bill extending
the sovereign visit0rial power of the
United States over life insur ance com.
panies and other corpora ations organ.
lied under state laws.
Senator Newlands has introduced q
resolution providing for national in
corporation of railroads. 1t asks th at
the interstate commerce committee be
directed to frame q bill and report 1t
to congress which will prescribe the
form of all matters relating to CAPT.
alization, dividends, taxation and
pension system of railroads. The
purpose is to avoid the conflicting
laws of the different states in regard
to Incorporating. Senator Newlands
asks that the railroad companies be
compelled to deposit in the treasury
of the United States all sums collected
in excess Of the rates fixed by the in.
terstate commerce commission, pend.
ing the determin alton OF suits arising
from rate reduction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
To Open Fort Peck Reservation.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Represen.
tative Dixon's bill designed to open
to settlement the Fort Peck Indian
reservation was referred to the com.
mtttee In completed form today. The
general provisions are for the survey
and allotment to the Indians of eighty
acres each. the appointment Of a com.
mission to appraise the land and di.
vide in two classes, agricultural and
grazing. Provision is made for
townsites at Popular and other
places.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13

HELENA, Dec. 8.-Governor Toole
has extended executive clemency to
two young inmates of the state peni.
tentiary-George Baggs, OF Ravalli
county, and Frank Williams, OF Sill.
YER Bow. Baggs was convicted OF
forgery last April and sentenced to
one year. Williams, at the age OF II,
was convicted of highway robbery and
sentenced to Is years. &. w. Cribb,
OF Butte. Williams hold.up victim,
urged clemency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Col. Hughes Makes susgsssions.

DENVER. Dec. 10.-Colonel E. w.
Hughes. president of the Continental
Trust company, who presided over oil
the sessions Of the Interstate Com
merce Law conventions, recently held
In Chicago, arrived In the city tonight
from St. Louis. Col. Hughes sent to
President Roosevelt and to the execu-
tive committee Of the Interstate Com.
merce Law association the following
suggestion:
II have but one suggestion to make
that we ask an amendment to the
existing laws, giving power to the in.
terstate commerce commission, when
rate has been challenged and, after
full hearing found by the commission
unreasonable, unjust or discrimina.
tive. that this rate be by the commits.
sion at once suspended and that the
railroad be required under the full
pen alties Of the act to within ten days
substitute therefor another rate to be
first approved by the commission. II
we win on this line, we are safe with
the courts. This leaves the rate maxi
ing power with the railroads, where It
Is, gives Us all we ask for. and, in my
opinion, meets fullyiall constitutional
and legal objections raised"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Pat Grove Escapes Conviction.

OMAHA, Dec. 8.-Pat Grove, who
has been on trial on charge of shoot
ing with intent to kill Policeman AL.
bert Johnsod on the night of Septem.
Der 6, was acquitted last night. He
was remanded to jail for trial on the
charge OF highway robbery in connec.
tion with the kidnapping Of Eddie Cud.
daily, son Of E. A. Cudahy, the mil
lionaire packing house magnate, which
occurred i've years ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13
Idaho Project Approved.

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 9.-Ten millions
OF dollars are to be expended in the
immediate vicinity of Boise In the rec.
lamation of $3.50 acres of sage
brush lands. This is the meaning OF
approval of the Boise.Payette irri.
CATION project by the national gov.
ernment. Practically every detail oi
the preliminary work of this great en-.
terprise has been completed in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-12-13

manner dem anded by the interior de.
partment, every obstacle has been
overcome and every condition met BY
which the government 10 to take over
the two big csnals-the New York and
the Ridenbaugh-which water the
Boise-Payette valleys and which are
to be greatly enlarged and fed from
mammoth reservoirs that are to store
the food waters Of the Boise river.