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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
RUSSELL SAGE Is DEAD,
Noted Financier Made Millions In Stock
Market SpesulatiOns.

New YORK, July 22.-Russell Sage
died suddenly today at his country
home, ICED darcroft." at Lawrence, l..
I. The immediate cause of his death
was heart failure, resulting from a
complication Of diseases incident to
old age. The veteran financier would
have celebr ated his Goth birthday on
August 4.
Russell Sage, multi-millionaire aud
nestor Of American financiers, was
born August 4, 1916, in Verona, Oneida
county, New York, where his parents,
Eliza and Tendance Sage, members of
little band of pioneers from Connec.
ticut, had halted on their westw ard
march in quest Of homestead. At the
age OF Il, Russell Sage began his ca.
reer as errand boy in the grocery
store of his brother, Henry. in Troy.
At the age Of %, he established q
wholesale grocery of his own,lin that
place.
In 1852 the young merchant had &C.
cumulated Of fortune of about $500, 900
"a great sum in those days-and be-
gan to retire from active business. He
had already become interested in rail.
ways. his first transactionlof this
character being loan to 1.-The La.
Crosse Railway company, which led
TO further trans actions, resulting in
his acquiring large interests in the
roads now forming the Chicago. Mil
waukee Il St. Paul system, OF which
he became vice president. This deter.
mined Mr.. Sage to devote his time to
business in Wall street and in 1866 he
opened his office there. About that
time he formed an association with
Jay Gould which continued several
years. In 1867 he organized the pres.
ent method of trading in "puts,"
"calls" and "straddles,' in.which he
dealt later on a colossal scale. When
he purchased a seat on the New York
stock exchange, in 1874. it was pro-
vided that he should never appear on
the floor CT the exchange.
Only once, it is said, did Mr.. Sage
experience tremendous loss which
would have shaken another man., but
from which he emerged with confidence
unshaken. From that memorable day,
in 1884, when the great failure of
Grant 4 Ward was announced, result.
ing in the loss to MIR. Sage of about
S6, ,O0O, 900 on a long line of "puts,"
his operations uecessitated the pos
session Of a vast amount of ready
capital, Mr.. Sage always kept his re.
sources 50 we'll in hand that, in any
emergency, he was able to control al.
most limitiess funds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Five Millions For Church.

NEW YORK, July 20.-On top OF
Grow Hill, in the Prospect park sec.
tion OF Brooklyn, now occupied by the
buildings o! Kings county penitenti.
ary, will be reared at the cost of prob.
ably S., 900, stately Catholic ca.
thedral, following closely in its ar.
chitecture the beauty and grace OF
Notre Dame de Roeun, one of the mos,
celebrated cathedrals in France.
Work will be under way next spring.
The Right Rev. Charles Z. McDur.
nell. bishop Of Brooklyn, is the plr-
chaser, announcement to this effect
being made by counsel yesterday. He
paid S25l, l..5 for the property. which
covers an entire city block.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Would Improve Rate Bill.

MILWAUKEE, July 20.-Senator La
Toilette today answered the charge
made in this city recently that the
Wisconsin man was the worst enemy
of the rate bill. Senator La Toilette
announces that he will 60 to Washing.
ton at the next session and will urge
the adoption OF every amendment
which he proposed. He declared that
President Roosevelt congratulated
him on his efforts in behalf ofithe rate
bill, saying that his amendments were
all good.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Indian Funds Are Missing,

LANDER, Wyo.. July l9.-Sensa.
tional Developments are following
upon the investigation of federal in.
spectors who have been working for
several weeks at Agency, the Shoshone
Indian reservation. The Indian
agent, Harry Wadswor,h, and his
corps of assistants have been asked to
account for several thousand dollars
of government funds, and it has been
established that some OF the govern.
meut employees at the reservation head.
quarters have been grating.
To what extent federal funds have
been misappropriateG is not known.
but never has there been such shak.
ing up among the reserva alton attaches
as at present, and the entire corps of
employees are awaiting the completion
of the investigation with fear and
trepidation. For the past three weeks
Inspector Davis OF the interior depart.
ment, has been making rigid exam.
ination into affairs at the agency and
it was found that they were in de.
p!orable state. It is alleged that a
portion of the sl03, 900 appropriated
for the use of the Indians on the Sho-
shore reservation for the fiscal year
just closed cannot be accounted for.
Among those who should know about
this money are Financial. Agent
George Harris and William Dicker-
son, who is connected with the Sho.
shone Trading company. Inspector
Davis made az examination into the
operations OF these gentlemen and
then wrote record Of their opera.
tons and required them to sign it.
This record Is said tc contain sersa.
liocal s.a.euel.s.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
san FranciscO's Population.

san FRANCISCO, July l9.-It was
estimated that within three weeks OF
the fire in April fully 335, 900 people
lef, san Francisco. According to
computat made today, just three
months after the fire started, there are
nov n San Francisco 800. 900 pepole,
with $4,000 more waiting in nearby
cities for an opportunity to return as
soon a. suitable accommod atious can
be had. According to this showing
2C0 C00 people have returned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
LAND GRABBERS CONFESS.
Defendants In Oregon Cases Tell Story OF
Big Conspiracy.

PORTLAND. July 20.-In the trial of
Martin G. Hoge for conspiracy in con-
nection with the land fraud operations
in THE state, Henry w. Miller laid
bare the details of the alleged unlaw.
full acts by which he, Frank E. Kim
cart. Martin G.. Hoge and Charles
Nickel are charged with having con.
spired to induce numerous residents
of Placer and Medford to commit per.
jury In making applications for land
under the timber and stone act.
Miller described how he entered into
the conspiracy with Kincart, how they
agreed upon a course, concocted the
bogus Emmetts burg of New Zeal and
company and started out to inveigle
the unsuspecting to give up their
money to be swindled. He went fur.
ther and drew Charles Nickel into the
scheme and told how the latter, after
the first victims had emptied their
pockets into the company's Golfers,
slapped him on the back and felicitat.
ed him on the fact that he had gone
about i. in the right way.
Next came the entrance OF Martin
w. Hoge into the scheme, with the de-
tails OF how ne became the legal ad.
wiser of the trio and later became a
hustler for victims at SO much per
victim. According to Miller's testi-
mony. Hoge so zealously entered into
the spirit OF the thing that he was
made special proposition whereby
he was to receive s. per head for vic.
tins as coon as they applied and paid
$40 on final proof.
At the conclusion of Mllier's tes,i-
mouy, Franklin E,wood Kincar,. his
co.conspirator, who confessed his part
in the plot tive minutes before the ,ri al
began, took the stand and corro borat
ed Miller's story in all essential de-
tails. He underwent the ordeal of a
scathing cross.examina.ion at the
hands of Judge Thomas Oday, coun-
sci for the defense.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Telephone On Rlackfeet Reserve

WASHINGTON, Julyi 2l.-- Secretary
Wilson today granted permission to
the St. Mary's International Tele.
phone company, of Browning, Mont,
to construct a telephone line in the
Blackfeet Indian reservation from
Browning, on the Great Northern rail-
road, northerly to the International
boundary, through and by Babb, Te-
ton county, Montana, q distance of
fifty miles. Arrangements have been
made with the company for the trans.
mission of messages in connection
with the Milk river project. : This
service will be OF great value in ex.
pediting the work of the project, as
we'll as in the future of the system.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
4 New Flying Machine.

PARIS, July l9.-Santos Dumont to-.
day began experimenting with flying
machine, which he has just completed.
1t is in the form of an enormous bird,
is 300 feet long, weighing 320 pounds,
and driven by 24.horse.power motor.
NJ. Dumont today made flights with
the machine suspended from a balloon,
but later, after the Aero club has fixed
a date, he will attempt to fly without
the assistance of the balloon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
A Thousand Miles Of Alfalfa.

NEW YORK, July 2O.-There is a
probability that before long travellers
on Union Pacific trains will ride
through an alfalfa field between ON.
aha and Ogden-a remarkable, at.
tenuated field, 300 yards in width and
a thousand miles in length. For a
long time the Union Pacific has been
considering the problem of elimina at.
ing weeds along the right of way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

business is clean and wholesome"
said the secretary, "they should enter
upon crusade for q general cleaning
up. am powerless myself to act.
Quite recently went through some Of
these houses not embraced within the
federal law and found them in nasty,
filthy condition, and in some cases
using diseased animals. 1t is my one
regret that the federal law does not
reach them, but earnestly hope the
state and city officials will look after
them as vigorously as we propose to
look after the others.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Wilson Talks About Inspection.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Discussing
the new meat inspection law today,
Secretary Wilson said there was con.
siderable misapprehension regarding
its scope. 1t does not, he said, apply
to any but slaughtering and meat
packing houses doing an interstate
business.
"If the people Of this country want
to be assured that the meat that goes
into their homes from those establish.
meu.s doing purely state ard local
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Enormous Foreign Trade.

WASHINGTON, July l9.-The depart.
ment of commerce and labor announces
tha: the foreign commerce of the
United States for the fiscal year just
ended is only $50, 900, 900 below the 49,.
600, 100000 mark. If the trade with
Porto Rico and Hawaii We're included
it would materially pass the S3,0OO,.
OOO, 900 mark.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

that Lieutenant General Foeck, who
commanded the fourth East Siberian
division at Port Arthur, be con-
demued to 20 years on the galleys.
1t is added that the commission con-
siders that General Reuss should be
expelled from the army and that Ad.
miral Alexieff, former viceroy in the
far east, should be reprimauded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

benefit. Shortly before the murders,
she left the party and went by train to
Oklahoma, where she now is. Al.
though both corpses, the faces OF which
were blown away to prevent identifica-
tton, were found but few days ago,
the murders were probably committed
q month or more ago, and there is no
clew by which to trace the murderers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Recommends Death For StOessel

LONDON, July IA dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg says
the report of the commission appointed
70 iuuuire into the circumstances at.
tending the surrender OF Port Arthur,
recommends that Lieutenant General
Stoessel. the former commander OF the
fortress. be sentenced to death. and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
The River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY Rlv
Err PRESS. Serd it to "the old folks
q. home
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
LISTLESS APATHY.

of the local campaign simply They allowed themselves While the of Southeastern Alaska their candidates those resident ont peninsula accomplishing With republicans and the democrats held a candidates central committees and dgunted republicans who held second reawakm interest They they invariably do and consequently They hold another election telling Aasans the
 
 to And they without murmur practically buried of employed on m which travelled.
 today people talking speaking Waskey Mu The Fairbanks has live campaign commit
 
 
 unfairly, but a a su,ehuman peninsula had rub the obwebs hei which d on
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
Teachers Have a Kick.

The secretary of the interior has strongly recommended 10 congress that .p arrangement be made by which tovcrnment school teachers in Alasha may assign their pay Many of these teachers have relatives in he states who are dependent upon h,m tc a certain extent, and it is proposd that the secretary of the interior. acting upon authority of the teachers, may send a part of their pay to their relatives direct. A simi- ar provision exists in the army, sol diers on distant stations being per nitte1 10 assign their pay or d part )f 1t to relatives or other persons at [ distance According to this plan, which has been incorporated in a bill low pending in congress, they may also assign portions of their pay 10 merchants who provide them with supplies
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
NOTICE OF SALE.

In the District Court for the Dis trict of Alaska, Second Division
 Tn the matter of the DeSoto Placer Mining Company, bankrupt
 Public notice is hereby given, that on the 7th day of July, 1906, at my office in the Telephone Exchange building, Nome, Alaska, l will offer for sale all and singular the real and personal property belonging to the DeSoto Placer Mining Company, bankrupt, to the highest bidder for cash. Said property consists of in terests in mining claims, houses and lots, machinery, tools, mining sup plies and appliances, hospital sup plies and equipment, trading sites, office furniture, etc, detailed de- scription of said property can be seen at my office, the property is situate at Council and vicinity, and Chenik, Alaska
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. The sale will be for cash.
 Dated, Nome, Alaska, June 25, 1906. A. E. BOYD,
 Trustee.
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28

advertisement.
 If Sweet Kidlets" mentions some boy sweetheart of long ago, act as though you are jealous She will take pleasure in intimating that there was a time when she thought a great deal of the fellow, when the chances are he was some jay who ate pie with a knife adn said gosh durn ]"
 If you come in some day and see Sugar Plum" doing a contortion act before the glass, don't imagine she is having a fit or practicng for q circus. She is only buttoning her waist or some other gimcrack that fastens in lue back
 If you are addicted to talking in your sleep, never dose off without first swallowing about a yard of your corner of the sheet.
 The foregoing advice is for the first year of welded bliss only. The Stroller has choice selection of maMms and suggestions for the sec ond year but they come high E. U. White in Whitehorse Star.
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
The Eagle.
AyTICE TO CREDITORS.

Tn the District Court for the Dis trict of Alaska, Second Division.
 In the matter of DeSoto Placer Mining Company, bankrupt.
 TO the creditors of the DeSoto ilacer Mining Company, of Nome, in the District aforesaid, a bankrupt.
 Notice is hereby given, that on the 7th day of July, 1906, at the office of A. E. Boyd, Esq, in the Telephone Exchange building, Nome, Alaska, at the hour of 10 a m. of said day, there will be offered for sale to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular the personal and real property belonging to the DeSoto Placer Mining Company, bankrupt, situate in the District of Alaska.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids for inadequency of price. Dated, Nome, Alaska, June 20, 1906. J. r.. HOBBIES,
 Referee.
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
CHROME CHARGED
 WITH INCOMPETENCN.

lDany, \. Y., June Removal of w. T. Jerome from the office of district attorney of New York coun- ty is demanded of Governor Higgins in complaint which has lecn aieu at the executive chamber by w. N. Armory, of New York city. Frank E. Perley, secretary to the governor admitted tonight that such com plaint had been filed, but he would say nothing as to the nature of the cnarges against Jerome.
 Whue nothing definite can be learned here as to the nature of the
 Larges it is assumed that the com yIaint is the one which was threat med by Mr. Armory before Q leg islatiye committee last winter, and is based upon the charges he then made against Mr. Jerome of negli- gcnce in failing to prosecute persons in connection with certain mctropoi ltan traction interests.
 Governor Higgins is at Clean, and expects to make a western busi- ness trip before his return to Al bany. He may not be here before June 15, and probably will not see the Armory charges before that time.
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28

T. J. Nestor carries the largest and only exclusive lines of wines, liquors, beers, mineral waters and cigars in Alaska; sole agent for the famous Lacey whisky, A. E. O., Lemps and Olympia beers, Infinita, Optimo and Book cigars.
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28
OUR ONWARD MARCH OF PROGRESS.

 Gold egraphc heartily appreciated orded anyone comprehend
  steamers what point the vessels the  O
  single with hing  O medicines family  stock mate  hearty support
The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28

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The Nome daily gold digger., 1906-06-28

Go to the North Pole Bakery for fresh bread i'd choice pastry. Front street, opposite City iall.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
PRESIDENT PLANS
TRIP TO MICHIGAN
Accepts Invitation TO Speak
at College Jubilee Next
May.

President Roosevelt will deliver the
principaH address at the celebration OF
the nftieth anniversary of the Agrl-
cultural College of Michigan in May.
The President has informally announced
his decision 20 attend the exercises on
an invitation extended 10 him BY the
college some time ago.
This announcement was made YefDaHS
Yesterday afternoon by the President
to Governor Warner. of Michigan, who
was presented 10 him BY Assistant Sec
retary OF the Navy Newberry, OF
Detroit. Accompanying the governor
were Senator Burrows and Represent
ativs Smith.
Governor Warner. following his visit
To the White House, declared that there
Was no political significance to his visit.
and stated that he was particularly
Pleased by the Presidents words in
praise OF the work being done by Mr..
NgWbeFTy in connection with The Navy,
as expressed TO him. Governor Warner
stated that his visit to Washington pTi-
nlartly was for the purpos6 OF procur-
ing Information concerning railroad
rates in his State. Ia which mission lac
was successful.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
APPROPRIATE $4,000
TO END GRADE CROSSING

Within the next few days 5000 viii be
expended for the elimination OF grade
crossings TO restore surface conditions
disturbed in connection with the con-
struction Of the approaches OF the New
Jersey avenue bridge. between + and
First streets southeast. This action was
decided upon by the District COmmls-
siOners, after several requests had been
received from residents Of the neighbor-
hood IN question.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Human Race Mere Incident
Compared to Great Necessity
For Immortal Soul Chastity

Of children solely to avoid the great
danger OF letting the human race die
cut If he did not do his duty7
And would IL not follow that any man
who prefers chastity would be open to
the charge OF immoral conduct? Every
form of fecundity Is loathsome. and no
one who is honest with himself feels
bound TO provide for the continuity OF
the human race. And what we do not
realize to be q duty is not duty.
Race Not Necessary.
That the human race should continue
to exist Is OF no interest whatever 20
reason; he who would perpetuate the
problem would perpctuate the problem
and the guilt, the only problem and the
only guilt
The only true goal Is divinity and the
union of humanity with the GOdhead
that Is the real choice between good
and evil. between existence and mega
ton.
The moral sanction that has been in
vented for the marital relations, IN sup
posing that there Is an Ideal attitude TO
the act in which only the propagation
OF the race is thought Of, Is no sufh-
cient defense There is no such impera-
tive in the mind OF man; IL Is merely
an Ingenious defense or a desire, ana
there IS the fundamental immortality In
IL that the being to be created has no
power Of choice with regard 10 MS
parents
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
LAWRENCE co. GETS CONTRACT.

The District Commissioners have
awarded TO the Lawrence Machine Com
pany contract 10 furnish the War De-
partment with portable pumping out
mt, at a cost Of 5000 The new machine
viii be used al the Bryant street pump
ing station
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
TOM CALF

not cost him anything to vote for Gale
FOR Congress.
Polling precincts were. in some cases,
$50 miles apart. and of the 5000 votes
cast in the election. perhaps half of
them were cast by miners who forfeited
wages running from SC to So a day, and
walked or skidded from fifty to one
hundred miles TO have something 10 say
about the man who should represent
them in the halls of Congress.
Back of all this, of course, is the story
that has not been printed. IL is the fight
OF the miners against the eXactions OF
the transportation companies. and
against the organizations OF various
kinds that have taJtened on the work OF
The mon behind the picks In all OF
those fights. in the days when his in
come depended upon his ability to cut
cord wood at S. -~er cord, Tom Gale was
the leader. He Strengthened out many
tanglc. lie gave his time, worth Sc TO
So a day. 10 lighting the combinations.
and finally succeeded in aboiishiug many
of The abuses that had wrought ruin
- miners
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
By PROF. OTTO wEININGER.

st. Augustine must certainly have
been aware. when ne advocated chast-
ity for all mankind. that the objection
raised 10 IL would be that in such a
case the whole human race would
quickly disappear from the face Of the
earth.
This extraordinary apprehension. the
worst part OF which appears 10 be the
thought that the race would be eXter
minated. shows not only the greatest
unbelief in individual immortality ana
eternal life for moral well-doers: II Is
not only the most irrellgious, but 4
pI owes at the same time the cowaTdlce
or man and his incapaclty 20 live an
individual life
Death of Physical Life.
The rejection Of sexuality Is merely
the death OF the physical Efe. TO put
ia its place the full development of the
spiritual life
Hence II follows that II cannot be a
moral duty to provide for the cOntinu-
ance of the race. This common argu-
ment appears 20 me 20 be so eXtraor-
dinariiy false that / am almost asham-
I'd 10 meet IL. Yet at the risk OF maxi
ing myself appear ridiculous, / must
ak II anyone ever becaSne the father
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Willing to Pay for Voting.

That's all Gale would say about it,
oaxed to tell the story Of his election,
p admitted that one man. seventy-siX
ears of age, had walked forty miles
yer a dangerous trail. to vote for Tom
ale. and another. a Swede, was aw-
ully disappointed when lac found it did