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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Many Might Have Been Rescued.

SEATTLE, Feb. "A sens alton was
sprung during the investig alton of the
Valencia wreck yesterday, in the tes.
timony OF Captain Wallace Langley,
who has been pilot on Vancouver
Island water for years. He was on
the Queen when she went to the rescue
of the Valencia's passengers. He said
no effort was made to get near the
wreck and that lifeboats from the
Queen could have reached the wreck,
and the steamer too could have gotten
much nearer. Captain Langley Sc.
verely criticized the officers of the tug
Car for not going near enough to
have saved lives.
He testified that a few months ago
he saved another wreck 200 yards
from the Valencia and during the
worst weather removed the heavy ma
chinery and dism antled the vessel.
He practically put the lie to every
statement of the officials of the Pacific
Coast company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
London Wool Prices Firm.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The first series oi
the 1906 wool auction sales closed to.
day. The sales opened fairly strong,
with merinos slightly below the De.
cember average. The irregularity
soon disappeared in many cases and
prices improved 10 per cent. During
the closing days values were at time
a fraction over the December rates
There was large attend ance from all
parts of the world and competition
was animated. Medium crossbreds
advanced, stimulated by American de-
mand.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
For the sun River Project.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-As result
of the conference between Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock and delega-
tion from Great Falls yesterday, sup.
plemented by an additional conference
between Engineers Savage and Wal.
colt and the secretary today, it has
been decided 70 inaugurate work on
the Sun river irrigatio project at the
earliest possible moment, and the sec.
retary has agreed to set aside $3.50, 900
for this project from the general rec.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Burlington Awards Contract.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 3.-1t was an.
nounced in railroad circles here tod ay
that the Burlington road has awarded
. contract for the building of 235
miles of new road In Montana. The
road will be extended from Billings,
its present terminus, to Great Falls,
and will tap one of the richest and al.
most untouched portions of the state,
central Montana.
The Burlington will open . very
large coal country east of Great
Falls and q good mining country in
the mountains. Large tracts of the
most valuable coal lands in the state
have been acquired by the Burlington
company and branches from the main
line will be built into these coal de.
posits. A number of branches to take
in the mining districts are contemplat.
ed.
The contract for building the new
road has been awarded to Guthrie &
Co. OF St. Paul. Several Salt Lake
contract have made bids for sub.
contracts to build portions of the
road. The awarding Of this contra
means that Montana is to be thu
scene Of the greatest railroad activit,
In the United States during the mex
few years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Packer Gives Testimony.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Edward Swift, OF
Swift & Co., resumed the witness stand
in the packers case today and was ex.
amined regarding some small details
by his attorneys, before the cross ex.
amin alton by District Attorney Nor.
risen, was commenced. Mr.. Morrison
by tedious process brought out the
following facts:
That government representatives
made an investigation of the Swift,
books and papers and the Swift CON-
pany furnished inform alton concern.
ing private cars owned by the N alton.
al Packing company. Mr.. Swift told
Mr.. Durand the number Of cars the
Swift company ran. Witnesses re-
ferred Mr.. Durand to MIR. Swift's
counsel for further inform alton at tha,
time.
Mr.. Swift seemed nervous under the
rapid fire of questions, but spoke
quietly. Mr.. Morrison presented one
of the Garfield acquisitions and asked
Mr.. Swift il it was not the substance
of an agreement between Mr.. Durand
and Swift & Co. The witness said:
81 never made an agreement with Mr..
Durand and Swift s. Co. We yielded
everything he wanted"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Chicago Official Indicted.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The Cook county
grand jury today returned 25 indict-
ments against John A. Linn, former
clerk OF the superior coart and pres.
ent clerk of the circuit court, on the
charges OF embezzlement, forgery and
concealing public records. Among
the specific charges is that of sequest.
ering so, 900 of county funds with in.
tent TO defraud. 1t is expected that
Linn's trial will uncover a huge sys.
TEN of grating in this city, with many
ramiiications.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
To Preserve Niagara Falls.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I. - Another
step looking to congressional action
to preserve Niagara Fails was taken
today in the fling Of the report OF
Chairman Burton of the house com.
mittee on rivers and harbors, on q
resolution calling for inform alton
from the ternational committee on
that subject. The report says the
American members of this commits On
are TO be directed to exert all possible
efforts in this conjunction with the
members OF the commission represent.
ing the dominion of Canada, for the
preservation of the falls in their nat.
ural condition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Another Great Northern Wreck.

W1LL1sToN, n. D., Feb. 2.-Train
No. 3 on the Great Northern was
wrecked a few miles from Towner
Thursday by the rails spreading. The
engine passed over, but every car was
ditched. 1t is said that every car was
turned completely over, and that the
smoker turned over three times.
None was fatally injured. Sixteen
were more or less seriously injured.
The cook of the diner was badly
scalded. Wreckiug crews are work.
ing from both ends of the track, but it
will be late today before the track
Will be repaired sufficiently for trains
to pass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Troops For AssinuibOinc.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-The
United States transport Logan arrived
today from Manila. On board was
the first squadron of the Second
cavalry, headQ and band.
The cavalry came In command of Col.
F. K. Ward. After q few days rest
here they will 60 to Fort Assinniboine,
Montana. Among the passengers was
General Butler D. Price. Gener al
Price retired from the army at his own
request, having seen forty two years
in the service.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Pushing Equitable Claims.

New YORK, Feb. l.-Presideut Paul
Morton of the Equitable Life Assur.
ance society, has announced that suit
has been started against James Fl.
Hyde for the recovery of approxi.
mately $4,000. representing Mr..
Hyde's profits in syndicates which
sold securities to the society. Mr..
Morton also announced that suits
were in preparation against various
men who had protted by leases OF
the spaces in buildings owned by the
Equitable to the so.called subsidiary
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
The President and Congress.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-President
Roosevelt is not trying to dictate to
congress regarding railroad rate or
any other problem of legislation. He
has not delivered to the sen ate or to
the house any sort of al "ultim atum"
on subjects of legislation, aud has not
held over the head OF congress "the
threat of an extraordinary session."
1t he does not obtain the legislation
for which he is hoping. This state
ment ia made by authority.
It Is also announced that sugges.
tions of compromise of any sort on
rate regulation which do not embody
the substance Of the presidents mes.
sage on the subject have not appealed
to the president. 1t can also be said
that he dou btless would refuse to &C.
cept a compromise which would affect
any essential feature of the pro.
posed legislation. What is known as
the Hepburn bill, now under discus.
sion by the house, embodies substan-
TALLY the presidents views, as set
forth in his last annual message. It
the early days of the present session,
he thought the measure proposed by
the interstate commerce commission
was the most practical offered, but
after mature consideration it seemed
to him that the Hepburn bill was the
better.
Members of the senate committee on
interstate commerce have assured the
president that either the Hepburn bill,
or measure resembling it in essen.
tial features, will be reported to the
senate. The report of the senate com.
mittee will not be unanimous, but it
will represent the views of a majority
of the members.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

HELENA, Feb. LIB. H. Tatem. 40.
sayer In charge Of the United States
assay office. has prepared . table
showing the receipts Of the depart
ment for the month Of January. As
heretofore during the past year or
more, Fergus county is shown to be
the banner gold producer OF the state,
with very close race between Lewis
and Clark aud Madison counties for
second honors. The total receipts
from Montana for the month are
shown to have been sl4l, ,57l.96, a.
against GIG, 1870 in the preceding
month.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
SPEECHES ON RATE MEASURE.
Democratic Congressman Says People
Demand Federal Regulation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Before pro.
ceeding to q discussion of the rate bill
today. the house passed a bill extend.
ing the public land laws to a tract oi
land ten miles square in Wyoming,
ceded to the government in 1897 by the
Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians,
Mr.. Thomas IN. c. opened the dis.
cussion on the rate bill, making an
argument in its favor. MIR. Thomas
said the bill was in line with the posi-.
ton OF the democrats, the president's q
position, the views of the interstate
commerce commission, commercial
bodies all over the country, including
his own state, and outgrowth OF public
sentiment. Referring to the losses
sustained by the truckers of his dis.
trict last spring, he insisted refriger.
ator cars snould be placed under the
control of the commission.
Mr.. Golden of New York gave his
reasons for supporting the bill. I,
was the best of its kind ever presented
Its benefits were greater than its de.
fects. In beginning an hours speech
In favor of the bill, Mr.. Burton, Ohio,
dwelt upon the enormity of the cor.
poratiOns in this country.
The senate committee interstate com.
merce today reported an agreement to
vote upon the various railroad rate
bills on February Is. There are three
measures being prepared and pressed
for consideration: The Dolliver.
Clapp bill, the Elkins bill, and the
Foraker bill. The measure which re.
ceives the largest number of votes will
be reported to the senate as the
majority report. 1t is likely both the
other bills will be given to the nate
In minority reports. ....
1t was agreed further that the com.
mittee shall meet on February 9 and
from then on every day until some bill
is determined upon. The Hepburn
house bill Is expected to be before the
senate by that time, and that will fur.
nish the basis for the discussion ia
committee. The authors of the senate
bill will use every effort to amend the
house bill so as to include many OF
the provisions Of their measures.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Prairie Fire In wyomiue.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 3.-Driveu
by high wind, q prairie fire swept
over 25 miles OF range east Of here to-
day destroying great quantities Of hay
and otherwise Devastating the area
over which it passed. Pine Bluffs, .
email town, was threatened for q time,
but is In no danger At present. No
loss of life has been reported. Word
comes from Salem, q Swedish settle
ment. that all buildings there were dee
strOYed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Cold Wave Strikes the East.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The weather
bureau reports tonight that q cold
wave extends over the eastern portion
of the United States, the lake region
and various portions of the west, with
extremely low temperatures in many
places. The cold wave came from the
extreme northwest and moved over the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the lake
region and over the Atlantic states
generally.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Guilty Of Bounty Frauds.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 1.-C. S. Rumsby
alias James German and John Mey.
ers, alleged to be at the head of the
bounty fraud conspiracy by which the
state Of Utah was defrauded out oi
more than S40, 900, pleaded guilty to.
day to q charge of criminal conspir-
acy and were sentenced to one year In
the county jail. BY plugging the holes
which the county clerks punched in
the pelts on which bounty had been
paid, they succeeded in collecting
bounties repeatedly on the same ami.
NAL skins.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

lamation fund, and to endeavor to
add another quarter of a million at
once.
While the delegation was greatly
pleased with the results Of the confer.
ence yesterday the members thought
that the secretary might do better: and
today Messrs. Savage and Walcott
had another long conference with him,
as the result of which the secretary
promised If possible to add another
$3.50, 600 to the appropriation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
STOCKMEN ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.
Endorse Hepburn Rate Bill and Commend
President Roosevelt

DENVER, Feb. l.-Railroad legisa.
tton was the fret subject discussed at
today's session Of the National Live.
stock association. s. II. Cowen Of
Fort Worth made the principal ad.
dress. The executive committee, to
which has been assigned the work Of
drafting resolutions, reported resolu.
tions indorsing the Hepburn rate bill
now under discussion in the house of
representatives and urging represent
atives and senators to support this
measure. The resolutions further
commend and endorse the president
Of the United States in his. untiring
efforts in behalf of the people, to
secure such legislation"
Mr.. Cowan's topic was "Regulation
Of Railway Rates and Charges" In
opening his speech he said: 1--WE are
starting to build up in this country q
great feudal system, the like of which
has never been seen by the power of
wealth." He said he was not opposed
to wealth, but it was necessary to con.
troll its power. Referring to the Hep.
burn bill, he said:
''If the railroads can defeat this
measure, that will be the darkest day
OF thier lives, because it means q power
which must not exist. This does not
mean, we will not give them justice.
That they shall have"
After Mr.. Cowan closed, President
Mckenzie announced that the report
Of the friction between the sheepmen
and cattlemen was untrue. The ma.
tional woolgrowers wished to retain
their org rganization, but they were
heartily in accord with the cattlemen
and there was absolutely no friction.
J. NJ. Boardman, of Helena, Mont,
was unanimously elected second vice
president.
The resolutions indorsing the Hep.
burn bill were adopted. Other reso.
lutions reported by the executive com.
mittee and adopted demand an exten.
sion Of the time in which cattle may
loading from % to SO hours, and
thanked Secretary Wilson for advo.
eating such an extension; denounce
excessive commission charges at Mis-.
souri river and other points; favor
reciprocity in accordance with Section
4 Of the Dingley act; oppose the pure
food bill now before congress in it's
present form; pledge support to agri-
cultural colleges, and recommend q
liberal appropriation for the bureau
of animal industry.
The convention voted to rescind the
appointment of the committee on reso.
lutions and to turn all resolutions
over to the executive committee of
twenty.eight members, including the
following: Capt. T. J. Brown, Bir.
ney, Mont, David G. Browne, Fort
Benton, Mont, Richard Scott. Ore.
00n.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Funds For Sun River Project.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Northern
Montana will receive $3.50, 900, with
which to begin the Sun river irriga.
ton project in the immediate future.
The unit to be carried out at once is
the "Fort Shaw" portion of the pro.
ject and from which the Sun water will
be put on $1,000 acres. The land is to
be divided into forty acre farms.
This Is the assurance given by Secre-
tary Hitchcock, Of the interior depart.
ment, to the northern Montana dele
CATION today.
Secretary Hitchcock stated that the
delegation could announce that the
Sun river project met with the highest
approval OF the president, the recla-
nation service and himself and tha
only an absolute lack of funds pre-.
vented the entire project being taken
up at once. That the entire project
would be taken up at the earliest pos
sible funds available and that the sec.
retary would "squeeze out" quarter
OF million dollars for starter.
Congressman Dixon presented the
party to Secretary Hitchcock and
spoke briefly, as did other members of
the delegation, nearly an hour being
spent in general discussion of the
project and the conditions existing.
Mr.. Hitchcock, desiring the delegation
to have a thorough understanding Of
the way matters stood, showed the
exact condition of the reclamation
fund.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Millions In Denver Mint,

DENVER, Feb. with $50, ,0OO, 900
worth Of gold bars on hand awaiting
coinage, the new Denver mint began
operations today, about 100 persons
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

companies, and that these and other
claims Of the society growing out of
the acts of the old Equitable admins.
tration were being pushed as rapidly
as possible.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-18
INSURANCE IRRfGULARlIY.
 GAN NOT BE PUNISHED
New York Found to Be Devoid Of Laws Covering the Complained of Practices.

New York. Nov. 17.-Distiict Attor- ney Jerome tonight made public the first repor; prepared by him upon the request of Governor Higgins concern Q ing the conduct of the business of life insurance in this state. The report is a document of some 14.000 words and is addressed to the governor, to whom Q copy was mailed today. It deals with affairs Of the Mutual Life Insurance company. In a later report the dis trict attorney says that he will con- sider the business methods of the Ma tional Life Insurance company.
 Epitomizing the conclusions of the district attorney. based upon an ex- haustive investigation of the facts and the legal points involved. are that there Is not a state law under which insur- anee officials can be proceeded against for sets now or formerly in practice. some of which were made during the recent legislative inquiry. except in the cases Of two officers of the Mutual Life against whom specific charges of forg- cry and larceny have been filed
 MT. Jerome points out that while it is in the power Of tine insurance com missioner Of New York to obtain a law covering all the alleged evils of insur- ance. the cases under discussion do not come within the provision of any srat- ute now existent.
 New York. Nov. 1.-The report gives the result of Mir. JerOme's probing into the affairs of the Mutual Life and his conclusions under several heads. Under q Jerome says that The inference is strong that the salaries paid to the president of the Mutual Life Insurance company prior to the recent fixing of it at $50,OO0 per annum. was grossly ex- orbitant. for the servIces rendered. and constituted a distinct abuse upon the part of the committee on salaries. of the power committed to it. But. assuming the conduct of the committee on salaries to have been a gross breach of trust. there is no statute of the state which makes their acts in this case criminal"
 Under the head "Nepotism." the re- port says: "In the investigation before the joint committee 1t appeared that certain relatives of the president of the company were favored to such a degree that it has been suggested that crime was involved. As in the case of salaries. so in this case"
 Concerning the transaction of the Mu- 'tual Life and Raymond Co. its gener- al agents Tn New York. Mir. Jerome concluded after careful scrutiny that the crimes of larceny and conspiracy were not committed. Under the head "NpuOtfSn % . uudar tba forp,ar baoJ "EXorbitant Salaries he criticized thes superintendent of insurance. charging him with neglect of duty
 The cOmpany's legal expenses were next in the report and are dealt with at considerable length. The transae- tions in which Walter R. Gillette. first vice president of the company: the Morristown Trust O.. of New Jersey, the Mutual Life's committee on expen- ditures. l.. W. Lawrence and Andrew
Arizona republican., 1906-11-18
MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC.

Portland. Gre. Nov. 17-ThreC pow erful steamers chartered by the North ern Pacific railroad company are en- deavoring to stem the, rushing water Of the CoWlitZ river. between Castle Rock and Olequa and to transfer Northern Pacific passengers between those points. but the task is considered al- most hopeless at this stage of the flood. The railroad company has out larg9 gangs of men repairing the track at various points and is doing everything pOss ble to better the situation.
 About 2000 persons are stalled in Portland. waiting 10 go east over th , Northern Pacific or 10 the Sound. Most of them will probably get away tomor- TOW. Those waiting in the city 10 reach eastern points beyond Spokane will be sent over the oregon Railroad and Navigation lines and when the officials of the latter road report the track in good shape probably two or three Northern Pacific trains will be sent over the line daily until the trouble in the north between Seattle and Spokane is remedied. On the ore gon Railroad and Navigation a success sion of troubles have been met with today. principally landslides, and it is said great difficulty is being met with in restricting the Northern Pacific to the opel alton of but one train day each way between Portland and Walla Waila unul conditions improve.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-18

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