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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-30

SWEET Melody FLOUR
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-30

Clerk OF the City of Clarksburg
6jto3a.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Robbed By Confidence Men.

OGDEN, Sept. 6.--The police of Og-
den and Salt Lake are looking for
John Willie, the wrestler, and Ed Nc.
Coy, the prize fighter. who are ch arged
by Louis Saville of this city with be.
ing members of gang of sure.thing
men who mulcted him of $1,000 in the
Seattle hotel, Seattle, between July 5
and 8. Saville claims the gang mum.
bers ten men, the leader being known
as 'Pointer." They pay all the ex-
penses of their victims to Seattle and
have within three months obt aimed
over Sl5O,000 from those they have
victimized.
BY clever acting they induce the
outsider to advance money for betting
purposes, claiming they will reimburse
him and not until the stranger has
been left stranded does he realize tha at
he has been in the hands Of daring
gang OF sure-thing men. Saville says
since he was robbed he has had priv.
ate detectives trailing Willie and Nc.
Coy. The men were traced to Ogden,
but their present Whereabouts are
unknown.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
viii Compete With Beef Trust.

NEW YORK, Sept. with q view
to stopping the exaction of cut freight
rates BY the beef trust, the Harrimau
group OF railroads, according to a
semi official announcement, is abou,
TO invest $40, ,0O0, 900 in the con structiou
OF refrigerator cars for the transporta q.
ton OF perishable freight.
Ii Is declared also that the Pennsyl.
vanla railroad, the New York Contra al
rallroau aud other big trunk lines
VIII follow the example OF Harrimau
ard tha, the extortion OF especially
low rates, which the Armours aul
Swif,s have been able to obtain b,
reason OF the fact that they owned
practically ali the refrigerator cars ia
use, vii, come TO an end.
The beef trusts ownership of refrig-
era,or cars, it is declared by those
wi.o have made q study of the ques.
''u, has been largely responsible for
t"e enjoyment of monopoly of the
n''e: business by the Armours and
: is. 1t is maintained that competi.
tiuu Ia the beef business must newt.
ao'y follow a general use of refriper.
atu. cars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Railroad Magnate Protests.

CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-President Stick
ney, of the Chicago Great Western,
differs radically from most high rail-
road officials on most phases OF the
rate question, but he stands with them
in contending that there should be no
general reduction of railroad rates.
Mr.. Stickney is in Chicago, having
come here to attend the Great West.
ern's annual meeting.
81 don't think railroad rates, on the
average, are too high in the United
States,' said Mr.. Stickney. "What
is needed is not a horizontal reduc.
ton, but equalization. The Pennsyl.
vania charges about the same per ton
as the Great Western. although the
density of its traffic is much greater.
Probably our rates are too low while
the Pennsylvanias are too high.
We are doing we'll at present rates,
but should the country become less
there is no certainty that
We could continue to do so. Rates
generally in the northwest are too low,
with those in the east.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Railway Men Get Increase.

M1NNEAPoLIs, Sept. The griev.
auce committees of the various rail.
way employees organizations have
been tre ating with the officials of the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
other roads entering the Twin cities.
10 succession the carmen, boilerma ak
ers, blacksmiths and machiuists COM
mittees have held several conferences
with the railway officials.
In general the demands made by the
employees upon the railroads have been
for better working conditions, with an
increase in wages. 1t is said that the
demands have been acceded to. 1t is
said that the m achinists were ready to
strike at a moments notice unless they
shared the good fortune of the other
organizations.
On Monday next the committees of
the operators on the Omaha and Chi
cago Il Great Western roads will con.
vene and it is expected that small
increase will be granted them. Oper-
ators ia the east have been accorded
increases and those employed on the
western lines hope that the western
roads will follow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Tighe Pardon Approved.

HELENA, Sept. 6.-The action OF
Governor Toole in pardoning Thorn as
Tighe, convicted in Broadwater coun.
ty of manslaughter and sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary, was af.
tirmed today by the state board OF
pardons. The board went over all the
testimony carefully and came to the
conclusion that the pardon was justi.
fed.
Tighe is an experienced mining man
and has several positions of trust o..
fered him in Utah and British Colum.
bia. Tighe was convicted in 1903 OF
killing S. Koch, cook, at the East
Pacific mine, near Winston, where
Tighe was superintendent. Koch re.
fused to obey an order of the superin.
tendent and in addition abused him
and also assaulted him. Ia the fight
that followed Tighe got hold of a
knife and stabbed Koch, although on
his trial he testified that he did not
know he had cut Koch until after the
man fell. The petition for the pardon
was probably signed by more people
than any ever presented to the gov.
ernor, including miners and mine op.
orators in all sections of the north.
west. The largest petition came from
Silve: Bow, with nearly l,5OO sigma.
lures.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
4 Serious Car Shortage.

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Both east and
west the question of car supply daily
is becoming more urgent with the rail.
roads. Traffic managers OF important
systems in all parts Of the country
find the demand continually increas sing
and their ability TO meet it as steadily
declining.
Perhaps the interests suffering
most severely from the shortage are
the coal operators. When the coal
strikes occurred earlier in the year the
cars usually assigned to the hauling
Of fuel were diverted to other uses and
now it appears impossible to get them
back to their original location. The
roads are almost daily receiving large
lots OF new cars from the man ufac.
tnrers and these are pressed into in.
slant service, but the growth of traffic
appears to come faster than these ad.
ditions to equipment, so that the relief
thus afforded is to degree uuappre.
ciable,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
BANK WAS LOOTED.
DepOsitOrs Hope To Recover Money
Loaned On Forged Securities.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7.-Forgere-
for more than quarter O. million
OF dollars by Frank X. Ripple. the
suicide president of the defuuct Real
Estate Trust company. has beer dis.
covered by Receiver Earl. The latter
made this statement late tonight, add.
ing that he had no idea where Hip
pies villainy would end.
Nipple, in order to meet his immed,.
ate overdrafts, used the names of
some OF the most prominent business
men OF this city on notes which. ir
some cases, amount to $3.50, 900
The president had taken copies Of
the signatures OF a number Of bust.
men while some of their c!.ecs- or
neg otiable securities passed Through
his hands. bu, il tver. case te avoid.
ed the use Of the name ut :. Re- al Estate
Trust company depnsi,o~.
'When pincte6 for money to meet
his overdraf:s "r som Seyal loau,'
Mr.. Earle said, "a- :. as. resort H:p.
pie would draw up a note with 4
forged signature. attached This ie
would take u The cashier or paying
teller, saying he had personally made
the loan. and i, was discounted. With
the amount to his credit. he would
satisfy the pressing claim.
That someone secured $1,000, coo for
negotiating the loans made to Adoiph
Segal by President Nipple is believed
by those low engaged in investig ating
the compauy's affairs. Segals re.
peated assertions that he did not bor.
row more than $4,000, ,OCO from the
trust company has caused the iuvesti
gators to exert every effort to dis.
cover all of the details connected with
these loans, and if it is found others
benefited, they will be made to return
the money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Want Witness Released

BOISE, Sept. ..-Appication for a
writ Of habeas corpus was made tod ay
by Attorneys Darrow aud Nugeut on
beh alt of Steve Adams, who is held in
the penitentiary as a witness in the
Meyer, Haywood, Pettibone cases.
The writ was issued by District
Judge Stewart, returnable at . o'clock
tomorrow. j. w. Lillard, wealthy
uucle of Adams brings the action.
Adams was not mixed up in the Steu.
nenberg murder, but is supposed to
hold valuable information against the
'inner circle of the Western Fedora.
tion OF Miners, which the prosecution
has been guarding with great care by
holding Adams at the penitentiary as
witness. Local counsel was hired to
appear with the federation lawyers to
secure the liberty of Adams.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Made Insane By Heat.

CHICAGO, Sept. g. Clarence k.
Wooster, vice president of the Peo.
pies Gas, Light and Coke company,
and prominent In club and social cir.
cles. committed suicide today by cut
ting his throat with a razor. Mr..
Wooster is supposed to have been in
sane when he killed himself. Three
weeks ago he suffered from heat pros.
tration and for the last few days had
been under the care Of ply ysicians.
This morning he entered the bath.
room and moment later his valet.
who had been Instructed to keep atch
over him, heard him fall. When the
valet opened the door Mr.. Wooster
lying on the floor. with the blood
streaming from q deep cash in his
throat, and his razor was lying at his
side. He died before a physician
could be summoned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
bids For Railroad supplies.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Bids were
opened in the offices of the Panama
canal commission this morning for 40
Mogul locomotives and 5000 tons of
steel rails for the isthmus. The Bald
win Locomotive Works of Philadel-
phia, was the lowest bidder, Offering
the engines, delivered at Colon, for
S45S, 600.
There was only one bid for rails,
and that came from subsidiary com.
pany of the Steel trust, at S29.45 per
ton, delivered at Baltimore. This bid
is not regarded favorably, but may
have to be accepted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
opposed TO Joint Statehood.

bishEE. Arlz.. Sept. "a, :. re.
suit of the cCnvru;irn- n-.d hare BY
both the demncrati.. ard the republi.
can parties If Arizona. Mark Smith
OF Tucson va. s,A.:'e,. - :tr ur,no.
cratic candidate IT,: ,ou -re-.. ard W.
G. CuuNtr Of Globe w;.- ta;a.,.! a. the
republican cac'!i,;.t.. H.. i the
eighth time Marx Sm,,G "a. .,-,., non!-
mated by democrats ut Ar:auta, or:ng
first FAMED in 1856
Both parties adopted al. ilelt:cal
resolution against joint .ta,ehuuG. as
follows: eve are unalternb,y op-
posed 20 joint statehood between Ari,
IONA and Ne" Mexico, auu would pre-
fer to remain a territory forever than
to have Il joint state with New Mexi.
co
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Paid Big Sugar Duty.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. = The
Western Sugar refinery yesterday
paid into the custom house S97, $40,
duty on raw sugar brought from the
Philippines on the British steamer
Seminole. The total duty was SlO3,.
S76.7 but s., 400 was paid at Manila as
export duty and taxes. The amount
paid here, % per cent. less than the
amount on sugar from q foreign coun.
try, does not go into the United
States treasury, but into the Philip
pine fund.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Will Prosecute BOOdlers.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-Rumors OF
arrests of directors of the looted Real
Estate Trust company fill the air to.
day. District Attorney Bell declares
in most emphatic terms that no man
will be spared in the effort to bring to
justice those responsible for the dissi.
patton of the depositors' money. The
statement is made that two directors
who are also members of the bar have
prodted to the extent OF ESQ, 900 in the
past three years by accepting fees
from Adolph segal for passing on sc.
curity rendered him for loans from the
bank aggregating $500, 900. So far
as is known warrants have not been
issued for these men, but the public is
waiting with breathless interest sen.
sational arrests of directors who stood
high in the community before the crash
and exposure came.
President Nipples plaintive cry
from his gavel "Segal got all,' has
aroused the depositors to high pitch
of indignation. Lawyers representing
many hundreds of them are taking an
active part in the investig alton of the
affairs of the Trust company and the
facts are coming to light almost hour.
ly revealing new forms of duplicity on
the part OF men entrusted with thei de-
positors' money and the trust funds
of large and small estates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Reduced Rates For Sailors,

WASHINGTON, Sept. THE sugges.
ton has been made to the navy de-
partmeut that il arrangements could
be made with the railroad companies
to carry the sailors OF the navy at half
fare or reduced rates, it would be of
great benefit to the service, and would
cause the enlistment of more men from
the inland towns, who are now com.
PEELED to pay the full fare out of their
own pockets when they wish to see
their home folks. British sailors of
the navy are permitted to travel at re-
duced rates.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
They Want Eisht-Hour Day

CHICAGO, Sept. "A fight for an
eigh:.hour work day, which will affect
more than POO, 1000 workers in the vari-
Gus metal industries, is to be launched
in Chicago next Monday. Delegates
from every local organization of metal
trades workers will meet to form an
intern alton al federation which will col.
lect funds and carry on the fight.
These organizations DO not expect to
ask that the dem and will take place
for several years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Daring AcrOnaut Is Missing.

CHICAGO, Sept. "A dispatch to
the Tribune from Oconto, Wis, says:
After drifting helplessly II miles
1000 feet above the earth, in al air.
ship he could not control. William
Matteray, a Chicago aeronaut, who
made an ascension from here last
night, disappeared from view. When
last seen Watteray's unmanageable
aerial craft was lowering uncertainty
over Green Bay, still buoyau,, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
IRRIGATION CONGRESS CLOSED
Resolutions Commend Work Of Govern
ment Reclamation Service.

BOISE, Sept. 6.-The fourteenth ma.
tional irrigation congress closed its
sessions'this evening after voting to
hold the next congress at Sacramento,
CAL, and electiug as president of the
fifteenth congress Governor E. Cham
berlain of Oregon.
The enthusiasm of the Californiaus
over Sacramento's victory was more
pronounced because of the narrow
margin by which the victory was won.
The attractions of the jamestown ex.
position had been cleverly presented
and on the first ballot for the conven.
tion city jamestown was in the lead.
Sacr ramento won on the second ballot.
The report of the committee on reso.
lutions, as presented to the congress,
expresses the hope that the govern.
ment irrig alton works under construc-
ton and in contemplation will be
pushed to an early compilations:
heartily approves the efficient and
thorough work Of the federal reclama-
tion service, and expresses the fullest
confidence in the honesty and ability
of that service; indorses and commends
the earnest and efficient work OF the
national weather bureau; commends
the work Of the federal agricultural
department in the case of irrigation
and drainage investig ations: recon.
mends that the irrigation congress,
through it's president, appoint com.
mittee Of five members 10 carry on q
campaign of publicity in relation to
irrigation, this committee to be au.
thorized to employ secretary at q
salary of s25 month; pledges earnest
support to the federal forestry service
in its efforts to maintain and improve
the country watersheds: favors the
passage with certain amendments of
senate bill No. 4624, relating to the
relinquishment of reservoir sites, with
the privilege of selecting lieu lands:
expresses the opinion that govern.
meut enterprises for reclamat alton
should not necess sarily interfere with
prior private enterprises; indorses the
federal department of agriculture's
experiment in dry land farming in the
semi-arid regions: recommends the en-.
actment of federal law prescribing
penalties for unlawful interference
with federal headga ates and other irri.
CATION works.
The committee recommended the fol.
lowing resolution in relation to the
tariff on sugar from the Philippines:
"Inasmuch as the sugar beet indus.
try in irriga ated America returns to
our farmers an annual revenue of over
S20, 600, 900, and as the production at
home of the sugar we now import from
the tropics would afford our farmers
an additional annual market for
nearly 800, ,O00, 900 worth of beets; and
as it has been urged that the United
States congress further stimulate the
sugar industry of the Philippine is
lands to produce all or a portion OF
the sugar we OF arid America had
hoped to produces:
Therefore, We protest against any
further legislative concession in favor
Of Philippine sugar, and urge that
legislative agitation and attacks on
the sugar production of this country
cease, that this great industry of arid
America may be fully developed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12

drifting out over Lake Michigan.
Matteray made the ascension against
his judgment, knowing that the ma.
chinery tad been broSeu and spliced
But the crowds. eager 20 see man
risk his life. declared: that the story
OF u broken propeller snaft was told
as ruse to avoid making al asceu.
sion. Therefore Mat,eray went up
Just to 'tr AXE good
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12

samples were examined and 100 were
found to contain seed;of q destructive
parasitic plant known as dodder.
Nine were adulterated with the seed
of yellow trefoil and nine with bar
clover. Secretary Wilson ordered
the names of the firms handling the
adulterated product to be given out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN DOPE.
Congressional Committee Issues BOol
That Defines Main Issues.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The repub.
ltcan party, its achievements for half
century, and particularly its record
In the present congress, is commended
to the voters of the country in the
campaign text book given out today
by the republican congressional com.
mittee. The book contains 273 pages
and ts replete with republican doc
trine, embracing practically every
conceivable subject upon which infor.
nation may be desired.
Radicalism or conserv atism. It. ia
declared, are never matters of con.
cern to republicans, but it is said
"they are content with practical and
progressive ideas and the maturing of
those ideas into positive perfor-
nance"
Every statement made and all 6a-
ures presented are declared, in the
foreword OF the book, to be Official
and authoritative, and the foreword
concludes:
"The truth 10 the highest exemplifi.
cation OF republican doctrines and
policies; and the party record, the
hest plea that can be made for its con.
tinuation in power.
In discussing the campaign issues
OF 1905, the book calls attention to the
fact that, since the termin alton Of the
Fifty.third congress. in 1895, the
house OF representatives has been re-
publican, and adds that 'tthere is
every reason to expect that q substan.
tial working republican majority will
be elected next November. During
these 10 years, It Is stated, 1--WE have
made greater advance as a nation
and q people than was ever made be.
fore IN generation, and in many re.
spects greater than during our whole
previous history. There cannot be
the least doubt Of republican success
IT the voters study carefully the record
OF the two parties"
"There will be thous ands and thou.
sands and thousands of thous ands.n
the book says, "who will vote for the
first time in November, who were mere
children when the democrats last had
a majority in the house of representa-.
ttves, and they do not all vividly re.
member the times and conditions
brought on the country by that con-
gress.'
"They were not born when the only
democratic president since the Civil
war was first elected. They were
babes In arms when Grover Cleveland
sent his famous, or infamous, free
trade measure to congress and when,
q year afterward, the iniquitous Mills
bill was framed and passed by the
democratic house of representatives
OF the Fiftieth congress. But, fortu-
nately, there was then o republican
senate to prevent the enactment of q
free trade law, and disaster and ca.
lamity was averted.
but, In 1893, the democrats had
the presidency and both the senate
and house OF representatives and the
work OF that single Fifty.third con.
gress cost the industries and people of
the country many billions of dollars
and incalculable suffering.
"These facts should be weighed with
the record of the republican party be-
fore and since, and especially should
the record for the present congress be
studied, for though its work is not
finished, more has already been done
in one session than by any previous
congress since the war of the rebel
liOn.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
Sent Adulterated Seeds.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE agri.
cultural department has obtained and
tested alfalfa seed from the various
dealers and today published list OF
firms sending out adulterated prod.
ucts. Three hundred and fifty-two
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS isa good
newspaper to send away to your friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou.
bic of writing letters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
" There's Many a Slip "

THIS phrase originated with poor Slave.
1t was prophesied of King, and the
prophesy was fulfilled When Anceus was
King of Samos in the Grecian Archipelago, he
planted extensive vineyard, and oppressed
his slaves so heavily in its cultivation that one
of the holder ones prophesied that he would
never live to taste any of the wine.
The King laughed and had the slave beaten.
Then at last when the wine was made he sent
for the slave to witness him drink the first
glass of it in order to show him that the proph-
ecy was false. When the servant appeared,
the King. raising the glass of liquor, said.
What do you think of your prophecy now"
There is many slip 'twixt cup and lip"
was the answer The words were scarcely
uttered when Ancaus was informed that
wild boar had broken into the vineyard and
was running it Dropping the wine untasted,
the King fastened to the scene to drive out
the boar, but he was killed in the encounter.
and the slaves prophecy was fulfilled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
Kicking the Bucket "

NHEN a person dies nowadays, we say
w in common parlance that he Kicked
the bucket" The origin of this phrase is
unusual.
1t alludes to the way slaughtered pig is
held up by bent piece of wood, technically
called bucket, being fastened behind the
tendons of its hind legs in order to suspend
the carcass. Other authorities assert that
Kicking the bucket" originated from
method of committing suicide by standing on
bucket while adjusting the moose, and then
kicking the bucket away.