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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
For An Army Reserve.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2O.-For the
past seven years, or since the Spanish
war. the war officers have been trying
to.tnduce congress to authorize q big
military reserve. The general stan
has had this under consideration for
. leng time and has now compiled
. draft of bill authorizing
the reserve, which will be forwarded
to congress with the Endorsement Of
Secretary TAFT. The draft OF the bill
limits the provision to . reserve force
of $4,000 men. composed of former
soldiers. who are to be rated accord
ing to demonstrated fitness as rife.
men, with three grades OF pay.
It has been figured out that the cost
Of the reserve force will be about 3
percent OF the cost of the present mill.
tary establishment, and that, stating
the case in q different way, the
reserves may be maintained for about
seven years, at no greater expense
than would attend raising, org aniziuR
and equipment. of q like force In time
OF war.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Considering Rate Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-The re.
publican mem bers of the house com.
mtttee 90 Interstate and foreign com.
rnerce held conference ut the capitol
tonight at which the Hepburn rate bill
was discussed Ut considerable length.
The bill it Is believed, will be reported
to the house next week in slightly
modified form. Sen ator Doliver of
Iowa attended the conference, and
joined with the republicans In review.
Ing the provisions Of the measure.
The caucus was held in Mr.. Hepburn's 3
committee room.
The caucus reached an agreement
on the provision regarding the
phraseology to be used in defining the
rate which may be fixed by the com.
mission. This will provide for just,
reasonable and fairly remunera ati ve
rate which shall be the maximum rate
which may be charged by the carrier.
This language shifts the position Of
the word "maximum" in such q way
that the republicans hope to meet the
opposition of the democratic members,
who held that its original position in
the bill left room for ambiguity on the
general question of the reasonable.
ness of the rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Growth Of American Railroads.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The United
States leads the world in the present
mileage and the recent growth of its
railroads. This 10 shown in q report
on 1.-THE Transportation Routes and
Systems Of the World" Issued by the
bureau OF statistics Of the department
Of commerce and labor. It points out
that of the total railway mileage Of
the world, aggregating in 1904. 543. 900
miles. there were 21l, ,074 miles In the
United States.
The growth Of the railways 10 the
United States have been very rapid.
Beginning in 1885 with 1000 miles, the
number steadily grew and In the de.
cade. l665.lS75, it doubled and then
rapidly came up to the present NUN.
ber. which represents an outlay Of
eleven and two.thirds billions of dol.
lars out of an aggregate cost Of thirty.
seven billions for the entire world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
u, ,Lene. Ovssisad Tsip,

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Jan. 20.-T.
Charles Ward, aged 10 years, and bic
wife, aged IS years, who have travelled
10 one.horse wagon overland all the
way from Butte, Mont, spent the
night In Uniontown and continued on
their journey to Harrisburg, where
they will visit their son. They left
Butte Oct. Is. Mr.. Ward was formerly
. veterinary surgeon and his wife
school teacher. Their greatest mis.
fortune on this trip was at Beards.
town, ILL.,, where . lantern exploded
and the entire top of the wagon and
s4S 10 money. nearly all they had,
went up In smoke. During the trip
Wsrd was sick In tho wagon four
weeks with the grippe, but continued
the journey. his wife looking after the
horse. They are making the trip for
the benefit Of Ward g health.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Warm Wave In Midwiuter.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-A warm
wave which scores the highest record
In tempera ature since 1890 prevailed
today throughout the region between
the Mississippi valley and the Allan
tic coast. Its crest is in Ohio, where
the temperatures as reported to the
weather bureau ranged from 10 to "A
degrees. South of the Ohio river 1t
was less warm, because of heavy
rains and thunder showers.
In Washington today the weather
was springlike with q maximum tenn.
perature Of 63 degrees.
A cold wave which developed in the
west, is rapidly following the warm
wave and the forecasts say it will
reach the Atlantic coast Monday
night.
The weather bureauI official report
tonight characterizes today's warm
weather as "the greatest general mid.
winter warm spell since $780," and
says the maximum temperatures In
the Ohio valley have been exceeded
by q degree or SO only once or twice
in the last 33 years. "In q few local.
ities," it adds, "the record has never
been exceeded"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Irrigation Experts Confer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The irriga.
tion and drainage eneineers OF the Of.
fice Of the experiment stations are in
conference At the department Of agri.
culture to determine the location and
char acter Of the 6eld work to be car.
ried on during the year 1908. Among
those attending are Professors Fortier
OF BERKELEY. CAL, 81. Grasshacher, oi
Idaho. A. p. Slower, Of Oregon. and
A. F.. Wright. Of Reno. New.
Among the questions under consid
GRAFTON are the investigation Of irri.
CATION az related to dry farming
studies. of the duty of water pumping,
tnvestig cations and the drainage OF
akalied lands of the west and of the
swamp lands In the east.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Charged With Bribiug the Mayor.

TACOMA, Jan. 20.-Fred T. Sherman
was arrested In Seattle tod ay, oh arged
with having bribed George T. Wright.
mayor Of Tacoma, %, 900 being the sum
In question. Sherman has been EN-.
ployed by both the Barber and Inde.
pendent Asphalt companies, and the
bribery is alleged to have occurred
during the issuance Of extensive paw.
ing contracts In Tacoma recently. A
citizens committee investig ated and
Sherman was their informant. The
citizens committee caused q grand
jury to be called, but refused to pre-.
sent their evidence when the county
attorney declined to promise immuni.
ty to Witnesses. On Sherman's own
statement he is now to be prosecuted.
Mayor Wright denies having re.
cetved the money. Sherman was
brought to Tacoma this afternoon and
held under s5, 200. Bribery or attempt
at bribery is felony in w Washington.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Buried Under SnOwslide.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 2I.-The last OF
the six bodies buried by the snowslide
at Alta Friday night was recovered
this afternoon. Since communication
with the mining camp has been re.
stored it has been learned that the
avalanche came about midnight. It
swept half mile before striking the
clearinghouse and adjoining saloon,
in which the men were sleeping. Both
buildings were wrecked and the former
was completely hidden from view.
Three of the five men sleeping In the
saloon managed to crawl from under
the debris and snow and, attired euly
In their night clothing, worked for
hours In an effort to rescue their com.
rades. Their feet were badly frozen.
At 7 o'clock Saturday morning 80
men were at work seeking the bodies,
but not until noon was the first corpse
recovered. The work OF rescue con.
tinued without cessation until today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24

WARRINGTON, Jan. 18.-Poultney
Bigelow, the magazine writer who
was denounced by Secretary Taft for
his criticism Of the management of ca.
nal affairs, declined to disclose to the
senate canal committee today the
source Of his Information.
Uupon being instructed to answer
he declared: 1.-THE committee can put
me on bread and water, or even con.
demu me to Colon. but it cannot com.
pei me to divulge that which was given
me in confidence
The committee went into executive
session to determine what course
should be taken.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Many Killed In Church Panic.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2l.-A wild
panic. following . loud shrek Of
"6re," brought death to ls colored
persons and injuries to nearly two
score Of others tonight in ST. Paul's
Baptist church on the west side Of
Eighth street, between Popular street
and Granite avenue. The terrible
rush TO gain the street was of brief
duration, and that more were not
killed in the stampede probably WAS
due 70 the fact that the church was not
crowded. Al the time the disaster oc.
Cured not more than 800 persons we're
On the second floor Of the building.
which. with the gallery, WAS capable
OK modating coo to TOO. The
hre wss triAing one and was extin-
guished bsfoss ~ Arsmsn arrived.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Important. II True.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Phila.
delphia Enquirer contains . New
York special saying that twenty at.
torneys and conhdential Montana
representatives Of the Amalgama ated,
Heinze and Clark interests are In con.
sultation this week In New York, ar.
ranging the 6nal settlement In the
Montana copper war, that new issue
Of Amalgamated stock will absorb the
United Copper company and that w.
A. Clark has confidential representa-.
ttves Al the conference representing
him. The Washington Post also treats
the matter as practically adjusted.
The impression prevails that Mr..
Clark 10 trading copper interests for
senatorial promises for next falls
campaign.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24

der the rate of S17.4O, which 10 ap.
piled to other property in the state.
The tax commissioners acting under
the recently enacted Galbraith law,
revised assessments through the state
adding someting over $500. .000. 900 to
the assessed valuation of general
property and about sl0, 900, 900 to that
OF railroad property before determin.
ing the separate tax rate for the rail-
roads. It 10 expected that the manda a.
mus proceedings will bring before the
court the question OF the validity OF
the Galbr aith law, which It is claimed
violates al pro vision for
uniform taxation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Liberal Victory In England.

LONDON, Jan. l8.-The liberal tide
10 rising faster than ever today as the
food OF returns come in from yester-
days elections. Fourteen more con.
servsttve seats have been captured,
while the unionists can only record
victory In one division, which is more
than counterbalanced by the labor
gains In Sunderland and Warwick.
shire.
The result Of the election to date ia
as follows: Liberals, 189; unionists,
~; Irish nation alists, Sc, and labor
ties, 80.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Find Buried Treasure,

EMPoRIA, Kan, Jan. 19.-Marion
Turner and Otto Freshwalter, Em.
poria men, claim to have found bur.
led treasure to the value of 900, 900 In
or near Phoenix mound, southwest of
Emporia. Part OF the treasure they
say is In gold coin and the rem mainder
in gold bearing quartz. The treasure
is said to have been buried In 1846 by
three men who were on their way east
from California when surrounded by
Indians.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Want Square Deal Assessments.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. l9.-Attor.
ney General Jord has petitioned the
supreme court to mand anus the state
tax commission to determine the av.
erage rate of taxation as applied to
railroad property IN Michigan. The
attorney general contends that the
rate OF sl4.6l, applied to the property
of railroad, express and car loanine
companies will produce s583, ,s97. Is
less revenue than would be raised un.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
IN DEFENSE OF PACKERS.
Promised lmmunity From
Prosecution.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Attorney John
s. Miller, special agent OF the pack.
ers, continued his preliminary state.
ment in the United States circuit court
this morning. He created some seusa-
ton At the beginning Of his remarks by
stating that he would prove by the ad.
mission OF Corporation Commissioners
Garfield, while on the stand, that the
packers In this case are entitled to
Immunity from prosecution. He de.
clared further that last March Com.
missioner Garfield declared that he
would consider the facts secured by
his agente, in the Offices of the pack.
ers, as II they had been developed be.
fore him personally and had not been
presented in his presence at formal
hearing.
Commissioner Garfield, who was In
the court room when the statement
was made by the attorney, began
writing rapidly on u pad Of paper.
Mr.. Miller contended under the law,
although the packers were not sworn
and it was the order Of Commissioners
Garfield that they should not be sworn
the evidence Of the men was no less
evidence, and within the immunity law.
Attorney Miller concluded his argu.
ment At noon, and was followed by
Attorney Brown, also for the pack.
ers. yr-.s
Ats.the noon recess Vt the court,
Commissioners Garfield was asked II
be would make u statement concern.
ing the remarks 1T Attorney Miller
and he replied: II would rather not
talk on the matter. am witness in
this case and do not care 10 discuss it
before am called. l do not care to
say whether l can explain this matter
or not"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
TELLS ABOUT UNITED VERDE
Senator Clark Asserts Arixoua Mine 10 Not
So Valuable A. Claimed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. - Senator
w. A. Clark, OF Montana, appeared
before the house committee on terri.
tories today, aud made . statement
concerning the tax assessment of the
United Verde copper mine at Jerome,
Ariz., which had been mentioned fire..
queutly in the joint statehood hear.
ings as one OF the great mining prop.
critics alleged to be escaping just tax
alton under the present territorial or.
gauization.
Representative Hamilton, chairman
Of the committee, said there was no
desire on the part Of the committee to
question Q United States senator, but
Representative Moon, Of Tennessee,
interjected:
II would just as soon question .
United States enator as any body else
If he knows anything that want to
know"
Mr.. Moon then explained that the
charge had been made Of unjust and
corrupt taxation of the United Verde
property, and asked Senator Clark TO
make statement.
Senator Clark explained tha. he was
the chief 0woer of the mine in question
and said he had always paid the full
tax levied, except one time when the
tax was contested because it was
thought to be unjust.
He said he was not fully prepared
to make q detailed statement, but
thought his company was paying
taxes on about l,20O, 900 assessed
against the Improvements and person.
al property it owned. This repre-.
sented an assessment, he said, larger
than similar properties pay in Mon.
taua or any other state be pays taxes
in.
Senator Clark refuted newspaper
statements that the mine was worth
more than Sl. 200, 900. 600. He said
these were mere guessee At the amount
OF ore yet unblocked, and were abso-
lutely unreliable. ''e
~ defy anyone to estimate accuratel
ly the value of the mine," said Sena-
tor Clark. 1.-THE eye cannot reach be.
low the ground. and ore which seems
to be In exhsustible quantities may
play out at any time" - ,
Chairman Hamilton read newspaper
clippings In which Senator Clark was
quoted as saying be had rejected an
offer Of s25, 900, 900 for the United
Verde mine. Senator Clark denied
this quotation, and said he had never
offered to sell the property and bad
uever had any offer for 1t.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Snowslide Wrecks Train,

DENVER. Jan. 16.-Heavy snow in
the mountains west of Denver caused
an accident yesterday on the Colorado
Southern railroad in which IL persons
were injured, but none fatally. Train
No. Y from Leadville for Denver, was
struck by Q snow Glide at Uneva lake.
Four coaches were toppled over and
almost completely buried under the
snow. The injured passengers were
brought to Denver.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Airship Expedition Is Organized.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 19.-The Well
man Chicago.Record.He Herald polar ex
petition whose object it is to carry on
scientific and exploring expedition
to the north pole with the aid of bal.
looms and airships, has been orga.
nized 10 this city. The certificate of
organization was 6led today with the
secretary of state. Victor F. Lawson,
proprietor OF the Chicago Daily News,
is president and Frank B. Noyes, pro.
prietor of the Chicago Record. Her aid i.
is the treasurer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
PACKERS CLAIM IMMUNITY.
Resist Prosecution Upon Evidence They
Were Compelled to Pr oduee.

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-The trial of the
special pleas OF J. Ogden Armour and
the other packers and attorneys now
under indictment for conspiracy to
restrain trade and commerce. were
opened late today before Judge
Humphrey In the United States dis
trict court. Among the defendants in
court at the opening OF the case were
j. Ogden Armour. Chas. W. Armour,
T. ]. Connors, Edward Morris. Chas.
F. Swift. Edward Swift, Edward Cud.
ahy and A. 81. Verdere. The Issue In
the present case is the contention of
the packers that the governments could
not prosecute them under the indict.
ments found because they are entitled
to immunity under q section of the
law which guarantees freedom from
prosecution to any person who is COM
PEELED to produce incrimin ating evi.
dence against himself. It is claimed
by the packers that they were com.
PEELED by Commissioner of Corpora.
tions Garfield to give such evidence,
and that they were moreover promised
immunity by him. The result of the
hearing, which began today, will de-
termine whether or not the govern.
ment has the right to proceed to trial
under the indictments returned against
the packers.
Attorney John S. Miller. for the
packers, made the opening statement.
He took up the Garfield report, ex.
planning it, and detailing at length
the issues Of facts which are involved
in the case. Mr.. Miller then launched
into long discussion of the law gov.
erning interstate commerce. District
Attorney Morrison raised an objec-
tion to long discussion of the law.
II am inclined to permit the widest
latitude In the matter" said Judge
Humphrey.
Mr.. Miller then continued his state.
ment but At the close Of the day he had
not concluded his arguments, and he
will again have the floor At the open
ing Of court tomorrow morning.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
and At HALEY considerably more.
The storm 10 welcomed as It gives an
assurance of q b0untiful supply of
water for placer mining and irrig alton.
srOcKMEN WERE ROBBED.
Exposure Of Wsiehers' Combine at Kan.
sas City Stockyards.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18.-Evidepce
Of the combine Of weighers in the
stocky ards In this city in an attempt
to defraud shippers by . system Of
over-weights and under.wetghts was
disclosed in the trial here of Jay !.
Miller, q trader, charged with perjury.
Mtller's trial 10 the drst in the case Of
eleven weighmasters and others at
the stocky ards, indicted last year fol-
lowing an investig alton by . COM
mittee Of the traders exchange. Mil.
Ter testified before the grand jury that
indicted the men that he knew nothing
of the existence of the alleged crook.
edness and the prosecution is trying
to prove that he did.
NJ. ]. Judy, present chairman Of the
finance committee of the traders ex.
change, admitted candidly on the
stand that he knew about the combine;
that be profted by the thefts and was
q party to them. Judy testified that
Carl Wrightmire, weighmaster, and
one Of the men under Indictment, had
asked him to enter the combine and he
had done so.
"He told me-" said Judy, "all
about the orgauiza alton that had been
arranged to short and overweight. He
said there were already q number OF
men at the yards who were at 1t; that
when they bought cattle the latter
were underweighed, and when they
sold they were overweighed. He Of.
fered to put me on the list, to give
him 40 per oent. of what we made and
to retain 80 per cent. He was to take
the money and divide it with the men
who were weighing the cattle at the
yards."
Judy testified to having paid money
to Charles Wiggins and Bruce
Wrackeldorffer for making improper
weights by which he proated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24

Of lands needed for townsite purposes
In connection with irrigation projects.
The purpose OF the bill 10 70 bring In
IN amendment which will deal with the
subject Of disbursing public money
from the irrigation fund. several
members Of the committee took the
position that the control Of these fuuds
should not be left to the geological
survey without supervision BY con.
Rress. There is now about oS2, 2,O00,.
600 In the funds affected.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
CHARGES CORPORATION CONTROL
witness Before House Committee De.
scribes Conditions In New Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-H. r. Ro.
dey. former delegate to congress from
New Mexico, appeared before the
house committee on territories today
and delivered speech in favor Of the
joint statehood bill which afforded the
democratic and republican members of
the committee an opportunity for .
general tilt on the statehood question.
Mr.. Rodey was repeatedly Interrupted
BY questions from the members of the
committee, to bring out the attitude OF
the administration on statehood.
Mr.. Rodey denounced the system OF
taxation in both New Mexico and
Arizona and said corporation inau.
ences have been draining both terri.
tories and holding down their taxes.
Under joint statehood, he said, the
people OF the territories could unite
and curb their influences and preven,
their public domain from being stolen.
He said the Mexicaus were religious
and law.abiding.
In answer to questions from Mr.,
Moon, Mr.. Rodey made detailed
statement OF how corporate influences
get control Of the territory. He frank.
ly said that he and Delegate Smith
and other we'll known men ride or
railroad passes and place themselves
under obligations to the companies
Under statehood, he said, governor,
would be responsible directly to the
public demand for increased taxes on
corporate interests. Mr.. Rodey's =
speech closed the statehood hearing
before the house committee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Heavy Snowfall In Idaho.

BOISE, Jan. l6.-Stormy conditions
that have prev allied throughout Idaho
for a week developed during the past
two days into very heavy snowstorm.
which extends across the entire south.
ern portion of the state. In the noun
tains it 10 said to be the heaviest fall
of snow in many years. At Idaho
City there 10 three feet Of heavy snow
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-24
Tillmau Resolution Defeated.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Senator
Tillman presented . resolution to the
senate providing for . committee in
vestig alton of the recent expulsion OF
Mrs. Minor Morris from the White
house. BY vote OF 81 to the SEN
ate tabled the resolution. The mega.
tive votes came from the democrats.