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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

they tell :; gaping crowd Of sky dwell.
"rs III" sight they have seen while
going t, AMI from school. Tho sky
scrnlcr twins" who were born On top
Of one of New N3rk'% highest build
in:ss and who Sc far save gone through
life together n, they started upon the
Journey. often thiuk -! the great day
to come Whvn tllos viii go down the
elevator Hnsl J." AA4aMs lhe TOW people
they have et"I -, far below them
craWliH" aloa- lie sidewalks.
Tl,s. tWin>. WHO are the pride. of
course. Of ,li"il father and mother,
have never been away FROM tho roof
on which They We're born. Life has
been II s,lor: and happy dream to
them. They do not know what :: street
ear really looks Ike. for they have
merely seen the SlAaprlrSs, lin-v roofs
of the H." rains rs they %spuirIl along
their crooked ways like some short.
thick snake with suulr" head and tail.
They are fun If health and hay" rosy
cheeks and big. dancing, bright eyes.
This means that they EAT we'll. sleep
we'll and enjoy life. There are seeSaws
and swings high up among the clouds
on some of the SkyScrapcrs and the
ever present little red express go
so dear to the small boys heart. Races
are run on The iron roofs. and top spin
ming and marble playing are ~fav"rite
sports.
There are deaths on the tops of the
skyscrapcrS as Well as births. One OF
the snducSt of these was that of a little
boy who had gone down to the street
FOR the first tins To play aud was
crushed to death by Il heavy truck.
\ family of nine children born tn one
couple who have lived on tie same roo
for nearly forty years shows that race
suicide has its enemies there, Five of
these children have grown y man
hood and are in the public service AZ
policeman, tircnMnn or mail carrier
Dogs and eats are numerous on thu
s~kyScrapcrs. The children there are IS
We, Of for four footed FlaynatoS Is
those on the earth. Some have never
known anything else but the roof.
where they play by day and howl all
night long to til"i, hearts content
New York Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

ITO land a snOrting reindeer skin.
hand on the roof Of Il New York
skyscraper requires pretty skill
I full handling Of the lines, but
Santa Claus Is the maj who can do 1t
without EARRING n brick off the CHM
neys. Why should he want to stop at
such a queer depot: you ask. Because
there are hundreds of little children
living right in the very center Of New
York who have never pressed their ten
der feet upon the brown earth, climbed
trees. played in the grass or expert
enced the thousand and one pleasures
go common to everyday life. They live
above the clouds. twenty stories or more
above the real things IF the world, but
nearer 10y those twenty stories to the
stars. the angels-nnd Santa Claus.
Their aerial dwellings are his first
stopping places ~ HIS annual Christ
mas journey through the atmosphere.
Born hundreds of feet above the
haunts of ordinary mortals. these little
ones often pass years OF their lives In
their dizzy homes without Il thought
Of what is going on 50 far below them.
Their fathers ar" the superintendent.
engineers and janitors Of these lofty
buildings. Upon the very roofs of these
great pillars of steel ,ozy. home breath
ing cottages have been erected.
Here. right up against the sky, the
children live and play from morning
until night. They miss the green
fields aud the tall trees, for they have
never known them. Their Fairgrounds
arc the expansive roofs of the big
buildings. nd they are MS free rs the
air.
While the smaller children pass their
early years ut home with their moth
ers twenty stories above everybody
their older brothers and sisters attend
school with the little ones living far
down on the streets. In the evenings
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

AWAY OFT in the rather remote
Little Rockies region Of Chou
tea county. Ome the startling au-
thentic report that during the past
season OF 1906 Il gold mine operated
by Il 30O-ton cyanide plant. and only
capitalized for 800. 600. is making
regular monthly clean-ups of from
500 Q to 800. 900 in gold. Other
plants of smaller capacity have done
proportionately as we'll. Considering
the fact that the district is a new one.
distant from the Great Northern rail-
way sixty miles. and only open TO
settlement by the white man since the
early part of 1900. it is not to be
wondered at that capitalists and pros
pectors are looking that way for good
interest on their money and time.
AS early as 1854, two p~rospcctors.
Deppley and Keys. ventured into this.
then unknown Belknap Indian resel-
walton. discovering the first lode de-
post, OF gold ore on the present Au-
gust claim. so rich that even when
carried down the hill on their backs
and hand mortarized outside the In
dians domain, they realized small
fortunes for their labor. Other dis
coverie, followed. equally IL, rich. bat
the l'elknap~ continually drove Tn.
gold hunters away from Il rr>ol"cc
Ton which they mad no u>H. some tell
year, later. after being f@avorubly re-
ported on by w. II. Weed. OF the
United States geological survey. j.,
was -ecured from the Indians in l3U..
by prospecting up-to-da,". the min
"ra.iIei zone has been proved 10 rN-
tend from Indian peak. uor,!ca-,vrly
across, To the north Slope of Granite
mountain. and Ior a Width 81 1000
feet. The entire dj-trir' i -ai,, 10
Resemble Una, Of Cripple Creek. COLO
RADIO, from a -~cienrji" standpoint.
with lir lowest level ,Oneiarrr. Il, Il
ticp'l uf 200 irrl. which nae been a.
tuine.; ON tho Alabama claim OF We
A'd.t Cllch Minin" company. lora,te.
one nil" up A,d"l -uIrt. from Iurt-
man. This i the ol'jr~t cpmDun} on
Grated in the district. having for ttr.,.
continuous Ntar, past been paNiu.
dividends to IT, otorkholurr, from a
lou-ton cyanide plant. This summer
run of $1,000 tons development orr,
ncttcd from s.. 600 to -. uWu monthly.
The Ruby Gulch Mining X Milling
company. two miles up I;ubN cullen
from IOrtman. which for two Years
been cuualcd 10y few and exceeded by
none. when the length of time i, con
,idrred, coupled with the fact that il
l. only Incorporated for 500. 600. in
July last encountered Il body of gold
ore. scanned with tiloritt. rich in gold.
Consequently the company ha. in
stalled heating plants and viii moi
"ca-e operating its 3oo-ton cyanide
plant during the coming winter.
About W. mile, from I~.andu-ky. on
"a tributary Of Sawrnill 4ulrh. j. IT.,
Gold Bug mining property. wuicf
when operating it, lW->talnp midi an,
t. . .cen1ra'of produced SOM. 500. nut
in goid. but until recently wa cl"srt
down ct act0uut Of litigation. Tui.
ENHANCEMENT having been cleared. j
WI- tat,r Ira,. ty I'tpn,t Na,,f,F
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

from three 20 five feet OF good SEMI
lied 10 generate power for electrical
purposes and transmitted 10y wires to
the nearby -olu camps.
j. NJ. Davis n Sons. of I.anuusky,
have opened up Il bed of this coal
eight miles west of Landu>ky. for
which they Il only find II limited
market from the ranrhmen and towns
people. On This same bell of coal.
eigh: miles southwest of Harlem. =.
l.. Hlakely has been successfully OPP
Grating his coal mine for the past three
years. Las, year he furnished 1000
tons to coal consumers. as we'll as
freiyhtiny it t. Harlem. from which
place it was transported by rail to
ditfrren, Milk river towns. This year
he expects his mine 10 be in shape to
furnish the public at least 1000 tons,
and has three crews at work.
Summing up the advantages and
disadvantage, of this new gold camp
of thou,eau county. the majority of
minin. critics universally agree that
the only obstacle left for it to over
com" i, il, transportation problem.
Thi, uit,iculty has been partially
solved by II" promise OF Il company
to start Il Surveying party out in the
spring 20 Investigate the feasibility of
either an electrical or steam railway.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
FROM THE EAST.

rhillin>. Il ID. .....S l..>0 ~
t,ui"ley X tonnully........ 800 -
Ross. j t.. ....... . ..... -: Il
l;eirhelt. Edward ~. ....:. ~ II
reynolds. John ....... .... IL Ii
Rowe. VIM Sr... .... ~ Gi
Rice. jaime, H.. 80 "a
RUSSELL. j H =. ............ II; II
i;edwiny. Edward M. ..... %. II
l,unvan. l. H.. -. r. -. lui %
neichel. + J........... $50. 1Ho 81
ituhe. John h.. /. ..... lNN IA
I.uhe Bros 49,. ............. 30 81
Ruby Gulch Mining tu..... - %
Rock Creek Cattle co... Il. 10; 90
l:ei> Bros ....... ...... IA -
I,agland. G H.. ......... .23G 43
Sun River Stock x Land co II, 81
Sayre. +, Frank. =. -. -. les -
Sims. \ w .... ........... ia o.
Smith. Cha> \ :. ......... l4o "a
Stow. G NJ .............. POI 45
Smith. Alonzo.. ~. ....... ~" -
Station. \ G.......... ..... 26'i >,i
Sullivan. Jere. ............ o3' -
Schwartz Is l. Bro :. $50 IS
Sailor. Clement . o. IS
Schwartz. = ............. 3ll 81
scott. IIOma>.. 900 G4
Smith. \ NJ -
Swunton. w .............. 40" 81
StrinYfellow. II W.......... .21 s.
C,,ol,,, E'.. ~ 1nu "a.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

The county levy was II mills. of
which two mills was for the general
school fund. There We're also special
ltvie> for the poor fund and road fund.
the rate being $500 in each ease fO,
citizens subject thereto.
Most of the school districts in the
county made Il special levy that APP
piled to taxable property in the re-
>pective districts. their apportionmcnt
from the general school fund not be-
ING sufficient to defray their expenses.
The municipal authorities of Fort
Benton and thinook made a levy of
10 mills that applied to- property with
in the corporate limit {" these towns.
and the municipal levy of Havl" was
l' mills. Thel" was also a special
improvement tax upon Havrr property
which was included in the amount
charged on the county tax roll.
The tax collections in huulrnu
county for The fiscal year 1896 agyl"-
gated over SOL 900. leaving Il very
small percentage delinquent in fact.
Il smaller proportion than is usually
the cast. The amount credited to each
fund al The close ct thptnNpa\ ing >rt-
som WAS n. tpl1tw,.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

III. lu4. Uuu. the aggregate amount of
axes due in Chouteau county this
tea was about %333 900. This amount
the taX payments due under
he several lpvie> made by the state.
county. school district and municipal
authorities. The rate of taxation fol.
he several funds was as follows:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Christmas With
The Sky Dwellers
The First Stop on Santa
Claus Reindeer
Route.

ITO land a snorting reindeer skin
hand on the roof Of Il New York
skyscraper requires pretty skill
faal IN ,adlinn cH Ahn LINN, Int
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
tainted IN HOTEL
ELEVATOR AND
WAS CRUSHED

New York. May 9.-Charles n. Grover.
an insurance agent from Philadelphia.
was killed In a passenger elevator OF
the Victoria hotel. Twenty street
and Broadway early last night. Mr..
Grover and Frank ID. Savage, a busi-
ness associate. stepped into the elevator
together about 6:30 o'clock 10 so 20 Gro
ver's room on the third floor.
Just as the elevator passed the second
floor Mr.. Grover appeared 10 groan and
then toppled over as IL I'm a faint He
fell forward. and before the startled ele-
vator boy could stop the car the insur-
ance mans head had been crushed be-
tween the third floor and the bottom OF
the elevator.
Doctors who were in the hotel pro-
nounced Grover dead. His body was
taken TO his room on the third floor OF
the hotel. 10 be cared for until word
should be received from the family OF
the dead man.
Grover was connected with the Me-
chanics Insurance company and had Of
fees at Fifth and Walnut streets. Phila-
delphia. His homo was at 1913 North
Fifty second street. that city. The dead
man was 81 years old.
Grover was well known at the Victoria
and always stopped at the hotel when
in this city He only came here from
Philadelphia on Monday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09

when an order OF the commission
made I'm pursuance OF section 10 as amend
ed. other than an order for the pay
ment of money. shall have been COM
piled with for the period OF three years
such order shall not thereafter be In
force as against the carrier so comply
ing herewith"
Aside from the time devoted 10 the
reception OF the Allison amendment ana
half-hour given TO routine business the
senate devoted it's entire session to the
Intellectual consideration OF the Elkins
amendment prohibiting common carriers
from engaging in mining coal or in the
production OF other commodities I'm COM
petition with shippers. and adjourned at
p. IN. in a state OF great confusion as
TO the exact subject before H.
The disorder was due 10 the fact that
several substitutes for amendments TO
the original amendment were offered
During the day the senate decided the
heretofore disputed point that under the
agreement the chair can entertain a mo-
ton to lay on the table II refused
however, by a vote OF % 10 ~ TO lay
the Elkins provision on the table. That
amendment and the various modihca-
tions will therefore be I'm order when
the rate bill is taken up today
Senator Aldrch criticised the Elkns
proposition and was soon engaged I'm a
colloquy with Mr.. Bailey during which
the latter said that the carriers were op-
posing the amendment
THAT Is not true. unless / am a car.
rier'' responded The Rhode Island sen.
ator. but Mr. Bailey responded that he
dld rot mean TO be so understood
Nor added Mr.. Bailey. "am one o-
tnose who are always imputing bad mo-
tlves to the senator from Rhode Island
lie Is as good as his partv He has 2
way, when he cannot get a victory ~
making defeat appear as victory. bu
IN mat respect he has an illustrious ex
ample In the head OF his party The sen
ator IS not a carrier, but the carriers
| best friend"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
ENJ. r. HARRINGTON. Auctic
MORTGAGES SALE

VIII be sold at Public Auction on Thurs
day. MAY 18th, 1906. at IL o'clock noon.
on the premises by virtue OF the power
OF sale contained in a certain Mortgage
Deed, made out and executed by John
7 Uanley, dated April g. 1904, and
recorded in the office OF the Recorder OF
Deeds. in the City OF Providence. state
81 Rhode Island. in Real Estate Mort
gage Book No. 2S7 at page 424. the con-
SitIons OF said mortgage having been
broken: 80
That tract OF land with buildings and
inprovements thereon situated In the City
81 providence and bounded southeasterly
by Hyat street. ON which IL measures
eiphty-one and eigfSty-five one hundredths
Ss g.iOO feet more or less. southwesterly
by land now or formerly OF Thomas Birth
and wife. about one hundred O0o) feet
northwesteriy by and angling with land
now or formerly OF Farrell O'Reilly. and
northeasterly by Kossuth street about
sixty-five and sixty-six one hundredths
(65 66-100) feet.
said mortgage who hereby gives notice of
intention 10 bid at said SAFE or at any
nostponement or adjournment thereof.
Providence, r. i.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09

A compromise was reached by providing
for the reprinting OF the sections affected
as they will appear when amended as
proposed.
The language OF the amendments. after
striking out the words fairly remunera-
tive" in section 4 Of the bill, provides tor
the insertion OF the word "prescribed,
and adds the following: 'All orders for
the commission, except orders Tor tne
payment OF money. shall take enect with
In such reasonable timej and shall con-
tinue I'm such force for such period OF
time, not exceeding two years, as shall be
prescribed I'm the order OF the commits
sion" In the same section the provision
specifying when orders OF the commission
shall take effect is stricken out,
Then comes in the original Allison
amendment providing for the bringing or
suits against the commission and after
the word office" is 10 he inserted the
following: And II the order or require
ment has been made against two or more
carriers I'm the district where any one of
said carriers has it's principal operating
o6ice, and n the carrier has It's principal
operating office in the District OF Colum-
bla. then the venue shall be in the district
where said carrier has its principal office.
and Jurisdiction 10 hear and determine
such suits Is hereby vested In such
In the same section after the word
"suits' is 10 be inserted including the
hearing. or any application for prelimi-
After the word causes Is TO be added /:
provided that no Injunction, interlocu-
tory order or decree suspending or re-
straining the enforcement OF an order OF
the commission shall be granted except
on hearing after not less than Ave days
notice To the commission. An appeal may
be taken from any interlocutory order or
decree granting or continuing an in1unc-
tion In any suit. but shall lie only 10 the
supreme court OF the United States. Pro-
vided further, that the appeal must be
taken within 20 days OF the entry of such
order or decree shall take precedence I'm
the appellate court over all other causes
except causes Of like character and GRIM
inal causes.
The amendment further provides for
striking out the last sentence OF section
q, which reads as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
DID EARTHQUAKE
GIVE A SHAKE To-
M00DUS MOUNTAIN

New London. Conn. May s.--whether
old Moodus Mountain. for many years
famous for its peculiar noises" has again
been up to its old tricks. or whether
genuine Seismic shocks were felt by the
inhabitants OF East Hampton, were the
main topics for discussion by the towns
people there yesterday.
At 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
M. ID. Wall, a resident OF High street, in
the northern part OF East Hampton, was
awakened rudely by the clatter OF dishes
and trembling OF her bedstead The
shock lasted but three TO four seconds.
Mrs. Wall says another shock OF short
er duration followed. which gave her the
impression that some huge person had
the caves OF the house in his grasp and
was making a desperate attempt to upset
the building. Neighbors OF Mrs. Wall
living I'm High street, corroborate her
statement and say early quivers were
plainly discernible.
East Hampton hardly had time 10 thor
oughly discuss the early quake and have
lunch dishes put away when another noise
was noted in the southern end OF the
town. Mrs NJ. w. Wall, a cousin of
sized. says n long. low trembling OF the
earth was felt shortly after o'clock this
afternoon.
The noise resembled distant blasting OF
far away thunder but. instead OF dying
away In a few seconds IL continued un-
interrupted for over three minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
ONE GIRL COLLEGE
STUDENT kits
HER CLASSMATE

Vermillion, s. d. May 9.-As the result
OF mysterious shooting affair which oc-
CURED In the dense woods opposite the
Missouri river Miss Lillian Young daugh-
ter OF State Senator Warren Young lies
dead at st. Luke's hospital. Sioux City,
and Miss Hazel Lotze, daughter Of G. A.
Lotze OF this place. who fired the fatal
bullet, is In precarious condition from
prostration.
at the state university here. II was not
until yesterday that those who saw It
were induced 10 talk about II, and then
they all told the same story. that IL was
accidental.
IN the meantime. II had been asserted
very positively that the young women
had fought a duel to settle some differ
ences as TO love affairs. This story IL
furiously denied by everybody, but con-
tinues TO be repeated.
II was Monday morning that a jolly
crowd OF students composing the class In
theology boarded the ferry and crossed
10 the Nebraska side In company with
Professor Perisso 10 study rock forma-
tions. At about noon camp was pitched
In pretty spot and while the main body
Of students prepared n meal few others
strolled of in the woods
These were Miss Young. Miss Lotze,
Miss STAFFORD, Thomas Scroggs and Clar-
ence II. Nee. The students who saw the
shooting said that the party had been
shooting at a small saplng as a target
with 20 calibre revolver Miss I,otze
fred twice and presumably thought the
cartridges had all been exploded. AZ all
events. she turned toward Miss Young
who was few yards away picking vio-
let's. and pulled the trigger Instantly
Miss Young fell with cry OF pain.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
POLICE HOPE TO
ARREST MUENTER
IN A SHORT TIME

Chicago. May 9.--Erich Maenter. the
Harvard professor, sought on a charge
OF numbering his wife Is believed TO be
hiding on a farm within few miles OF
Chicago
Sheriff George Kiser Of Dupage county.
with a posse OF deputies. IS now on his
way TO arrest a man answering the de-
scriptlon OF Muenter who is reported
TO be hiding near Cloverdale, H.
Miss Bertha Muenter. the sister OF the
alleged wife slayer is said to have visited
the farm in question. owned by a man OF
the name of Jackson. three times in the
last week. She is reported TO have made
the trip from Chicago yesterday on the
Elkins-Aurora third-rail line.
II is believed Muenter will be arrested
within n short time
Sheriff Kiser learned from r j. Haga-
man, a liveryman at Wheaton. that he
had driven a man answering the descrip-
tion OF Muenter to Cloverdale n few days
ngo. The mans strange manner attract
ed his attention and later when he read
the description OF the Harvard instructor
he noted that II fitted his odd passen-
ger perfectly.
The sheriff Immediately began an in
vestigation and learned another signif-
cant fact. He discovered that Miss Muen-
ter had visited farmer near Clover
dale three times In the last few weeks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-05-09
JEROME MAKES
. STRONG ARGUMENT
IN PERKINS CASE

New York, May 9-Argument was be-
gun yesterday on the George w Perkins
case in the appellate division Of the
supreme court Mr.. Perkins. formerly
vice president OF the New York Life In
surance company. was before the court
I'm March on a charge brought 10 test the
question whether the making Of political
contributions from insurance companies
funds constitutes a crime.
The case now comes before the appel
late division on an appeal from ruling
by Justice Greenbaum, that such con-
tributions constitute larceny. Mr.. Per-
kns was represented yesterday by former
Judge William " Cohen. Lewis Della
rtefd and Howard 3. Cans. In opposition
TO the appeal appeared District At
torney Jerome and Samuel Untermyer.
Mr. Jerome said:
such an expenditure as this contribu-
tion would have been ulta wires, even IL
made by the corporation Itself and IL
II had been brought TO the attention OF
the courts il would no doubt have been
prohibited by injunction. That the policy
holders OF this company differ widely In
their political views think needs no
argument 10 prove. To take the prop
erty of these policyholders who are Of
AN opposite political party, to take the
money OF persons whose families will
have 10 rely upon IL for support TO ad-
vance the interests OF a party TO which
they are opposed, is contrary 10 the whole
ethical concepts OF this community.
think that such course muet be opposed
by any right minded man"
Mr.. Jerome said he would concede that
to prove the commission OF crime. feloni-
Gus intent must be established. But he
declared. the expression "felonious in
tent" is one of the most elastic meaning.
He added:
81 maintain that II Is sufficient TO prove
that there was n moral evil. a certain
quantfm OF wicked mind, to prove that
there was felonious intent. I maintain
hat the relator did what was nahum in Sc
and that he has been very thoroughly
shown TO have been fully competent to
know it's meahing"
Detectives from the district attorney =
office yesterday visited the supply depart
ment OF the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany and took possession OF a lot of ac-
count books, cancelled checks and other
documents, which they conveyed TO the
Criminal Court building There District
Attorney Jerome and several OF his as
sistants put in some time looking the pa
pers over