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The Washington times., 1907-10-02
OELUGE Of RAIN
FAILS TO DAhPEN
ARDOR OF PARTY
After Drive Over City
Address Is Delivered
a. Auditorium.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 2-Tae old stern
wheel steamer Mississippi, with the big
blue flag Of the President OF the United
States flying from her peak. slipped un-
der the EEds bridge befu-e 9 o. clock this
morning. nearly sn--iIour- before her
schedule time FOR arrival
The cloud % gaiy decorated stear Iers,
tugs. launches. and pleasure crCft OF
all descriptions that was awaiting the
Presidents arrival cnorused a noisy
welcome, with bells. sirens. and just
plain whistles. and the President cane
cut on deck TO acknowledge the vel
com oy waving his hat
Capt Seth Bullock and Lieutenant Nc
Ilh.nny were at the Presidents side
when ne made nls appearance.
Received at Levee.
At $50 the committee representing the
business organizations drove 20 the levee
to receive the President, and q few min
utes later the Mississippi steamed up 10
the dock. the gang-plank was thrown
out. and the President came over al
double-quiek pace. escorted by MS Sc
cret Service guards AID secretaries
BY George. this is just splendid" he
said, as he surveyed the crowd. the line
of decorated boats, and the bunting
decked business houses on the levee.
Just as the parade started down
pour of rain began TO fall. but. standing
in his carriage. waving his right hand
to the crowd on one side and his hat
in his left 20 the other SIue OF thC
street the President greeted the thou
sabds along the line OF march. Int
seat in the carriage was a pool OF water
All other carriages In TIE parade Wer'
covered.
After haudshaking with the MEM
bers Of the committee the President en-
tered A. carriage and =-itn The member
Of his party was driven around tow
and then to the Auditorium. where h
made an address.
] The ereat American cocktail is miss
ing FROM the menu of the lunchecl
which was served 10 President Roosc
Welt today. The committee put the sot
pedal on the chef and viii have non
OF the drink that lost Vice Presiden
! Fairbanks a lay delegateship 10
/ church conference
1 However, there will be champagne an
AZ the Wood river refinery, below Al
ton. this morning, 1850 Standard OIL en-
ploves fred twenty-one charges OF dyna
| mite 10 the Presidents boat as a salute
/ The superintendent mad the LEGO EN-
| Moves lined up on the river bank, eaC
| man yelling Justify and waving nags-
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
TROLLEYS COLLIDE,
SIGNALS AT FAULT

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 2-Due
to defective signals and heavy fog, two
traction cars on the SteuDenville and
Toronto line crashed together north OF
this city this morning.
Motorman Noah Adams was caught
In the wreck, his leg being broken. He
has fatal internal injuries.
Motorman John Doerr jumped, spraIn-
ing his ankle. Twenty Passengers were
injured, among them the following
Charles Allison. leg bruised; Mrs. Ross
Devlin, left leg injured, cuts on head
Matthew Edwards, head cut; Thomas
Shannon, leg. head, and neck cut and
bruised; Edward Richards, Violet An
Cullough.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
.TELEGRAP COS.
SUED BY STATE
FOR CHARTERS
Justice Ford Signs Order
Directing Them to
Show Cause.
Charge Of Combination
to Raise Tolls Made
by Jackson.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Justice
Ford, in the supreme court, has
signed orders at the instance of At
4orney General Jackson, directing
ahe Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and the Postal Telegraph
company to show cause in the SUI
preme court Friday why he should
mot have permission to sue them
Eor forfeiture of their charters.
Attorney General Jackson made
the application to Justice Ford this
morning for permission TO COM
mence suit in the peoples name
against the Postal and Western
Union Telegraph Companies TO va
cate both corporations charters
and annul their existence, so far as
New York State is concerned.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
MRS. ELIZABETH J. SlMMS
LEAVES ESTATE TO SONS

The will of Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Simms,
filed today. leaves TO her son. Richard
d. Simms. the house and household
goods situated at 1856 Thirty-first street
The residue of the estate is to be held
in trust by the executor for her two
sons, Charles \. and Richard y. Simms,
and is TO be divided equally. Richard d.
Simms is named az executor. The will
Is dated Decemher Is 1902.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
DENIES DIVORCE PLEA
OF GEORGE C. HENNING

Justlce SIould today dismissed a Peti-
ming against Caroline c. Henning- JUS
tice Gould. in his opinion, states that
the complainant has failed TO make out
a case.
Mr.. Henning was formerly president
of the Traders National Bank. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henning have been married about
four years, and the suit was filed a
year ago.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
MANY CASES OF TYPHOID.

At the close OF the week ending Sep
tember 2s. as shown by the health re-
port for that period, issued this morning.
there were go cases of typhoid fever in
the city. There We're forty-three n aw
cases reported for the week, With
twenty-one cases discharged - five by
death. There Is a total OF tweaty-one
cases of diphtheria under quarantine.
with thirteen new cases reported, an in
crease OF ten cases and three discharges.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The weather tonight viii be generally
fair IN Atlantic coast districts and the
SOuth with somewhat higher tempera-
lures in l.c-+hern districts The weather
STb,,Tsdav viii also be fair. Showers are
probable Thursday IN the lower lake
region.
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
Victim of Tragedy
Found Many Hours
After End.
FeIIOW-W Workers Think
Accident Was the
Cause.

Lying with his head split open.
William Abigail, an employe OF the
Corby vinegar factory at Langdon.
D. c., was found dead this morning
by Edward Karey, fireman OF the
factory
The death of Abigail is sbrouded
in mystery for there was no one
about the place who had seen him
or had any intimation that a trag-
edy had occurred until Karey found
the body of the dead man shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning
Many Theories Advanced.
Many theories have been advanced
as TO how he met his death. but the
most plausible solution 20 hts fellow-ern-
pIoyes is that he was caught IN The
machinery In some way and received
a blow which SPLIT his skull, and which
must have resulted in instantaneous
death.
A little after 15 o'clock Karey went
into the engine tcoom to attend to his
duties and on the floor lay the BODY
OF Abigail. There was a terrible cut
through mis- head. which laid his skull
omen. and II was evident that he had
been dead some time
The Coroner was notified, and VIII
make an investigation Of the case. Lit
tie is known OF Abigail. but he was well
thought OF by his associates. who are
OF the belief that his death was purely
accidental. He lived in Bladensburg. No
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
Contracts to Fix Rates.

4 He maintains they have entered into
HOntracts to fix rates on messages with
ar New York or fled in New YORK to
points In the United States and else
where.
The attorney general charges that The
agreements TO which he refers have re-
suited in an increase in rates amount
Ing In many instances to 20 per cent
more than was charged before the new
tariff was established.
1t is alleged. too. that at Lake Placid,
~. Y, both companies DO business IN
the sane Office. and are represented 10y
a joint agent
The Washington times., 1907-10-02
Inspired by Strikers.

The Attorney Generals action follows
n vigorous effort by the striking mem
hers of the Commercial photographers
Union TO induce the Sts.e 70 attack the
Pcompanies' charters on the ground that
they were sending messages, fled and
accepted as kilograms, By mail and ex-
press. and were therefore not doing a
Telegraph business
Whether the present attack means
merely a change in program, or has
no connection with the telegraphers'
complaints. is not yet made clear.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Remarriage Declared illegal.

BUTTE, Aug. u.-Judge George M.
Bourquin of the district court this
morning rendered decision in rela.
ton to marriage and divorce which
has vital effect upon the status OF
persons who were divorced in this
state and remarked within two years
after the divorce. Judge Bourquin
declares emph atically that the law
forbidding remarriages within two
years after divorce not only valid
but that such remarriages are abso.
lutely void. This decision, while af.
fecting only the case in which it was
pronounced, that of Katie D. Hunt
against James +. Hunt, il confirmed
by the supreme court of Montana, will
in principle nullify all the remar.
riages that have taken place in the
state since the law was passed.
In addition to declaring such re-
marriages of divorced persons void,
the court also rendered the dictum
that Divorces who marry within this
state within two years after divorce
are guilty of felony, pronouncing the
statute making such an act a felony a
valid law, and another statute, which
it was contended had repealed tn at
law invalid.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
President Preparing Speeches.

OYSTER BAY Sept. Ito prepare a
half dozen addresses, each to be read
generally by q nation of $4,000, 900
people, to be delivered from Septem.
Der 30 to October 5, is the task to
which the president is now deyoting
several hours of his time at night from
8 until bedtime. Besides the half
dozen speeches, he will be called on
for as many more extemporaneous
talks.
The president is to terminate his va
cation with dash through the middle
west and south. He will appear first
at Canton, o., September 30. At keo-
kuk, Iowa, Mr.. Roosevelt will speak
again, and while no intimation has
been made as to the character of this
address, it is thought it will deal with
problems of the day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
coxey Calls For Recruits.

P1RrsBuRG, August q. General
Coxey of Coxey's army fame is to
raise q new army. Unlike his first
battaltons, the soldiers he will now
recruit will not march across the
country to the capital, but will ride in
Pullman cars and enjoy the best the
land affords. The general does not
make plain just where he is to get the
munitions for this warfare, but says
they will be forthcoming. The object
Of this new crusade will be the conver-
sion of the people to the doctrines of
municipal and state ownership of pub
lie utilities and in arguments for this
campaign the recruits will be schooled.
Coxey's first march TO Washington
started a demonstr alton Of discon'
tent among the unemployed after the
financial panic of 1898. At that time
Coxey was the proprietor of -four.
ishing stone quarry at Massilon, O.
Forced to close down his plant and
throw his men out of employment, he
brooded over his troubles until the
idea of leading an army of the unem.
ployed to Washington occurred to him
He intended to demand that the gov.
ernment furnish employment on public
improvements until the "har times
had passed. By the Time he had
reached ashington, however, his
ragged army had dwindled to 1000
and the project became the subject o.
ridicule.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
A Novel Honeymoon Trip.

SEATTLEt August 25.--Quincy Scott
and his bride, formerly Mis- Ella Allen
of Seattle, have completed horse.
back ride from St. Paul to Seattle,
taken as honeymoon tour. They
were 112 days on the road, starting
from St. Paul in driving snowstorm
and fighting their way westward
through all kinds OF weather. Late
last night the bridal couple reached
the Lake Washington ferry at Kirk.
land and this morning they crossed
the lake. At noon today they rode up
to the residence of the brides mother
in northeast Seattle. They finished
the 2.500.mile ride on the same ponies
they started out with.
On the trip to Seattle the couple
have been mistaken for fugitives from
justice, elopers, turned down by inhos-
pitable farmers, forced to spend nasty
nights in the open and have gone hun.
CRY At times. During the last part OF
the trip the couple had to walk and
lead their horses. They slept under
cover Of farmhouse or hotel roofs but
twelve nights.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Unjust Rates Reduced.

WASHINGTON, August 2S.-Rate re-
gulation under the present interstate
commerce law is q year old today, and
some interesting facts are told on the
event of it's first anniversary. During
the year there have been filed with the
interstate commerce commission 1853
formal complaints. A great majority
of these alleged unjust rates; the re.
mainder sought to do away with
switching charges and alleged dis.
Grimm ations.
Ninty.one actual decisions have
been rendered on complaints during
the year. In Al cases the charges
have been dismissed and two set for
rehearing. Most of the cases had to
do with rates between certain points
or with charges on certain shipments
or the classification of freight. In
most of the cases where the complaints
were not dismissed, "just and reason.
able maximum rates" were estab-
lished. 1t would be impossible to
give figures on the actual, far.reach.
ing effect of the maximums thus fixed,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Wool Shipments From Billings.

BILLINGS, August 28.-The entire
receipts of wool this year in Billings,
which represents the production OF the
Yellowstone valley in this vicinity,
was $685. pounds, according to
figures that have just been compiled
by the local officials of the Burlington
and Northern Pacific railroads. OF
this amount 2,096, 800 pounds was sent
over the Burlington and 1855, 700
pounds over the Northern Pacific rail.
road.
While the amount shipped is less
than was clipped here last year, it is
said that the amount of money received
by the wool growers will be greater,
as the Aeeces were cleaner aud the
prices better. The highest price paid
was 25 cents, while the average price
is said to have been better than 224
cents. The highest price paid for
Wyoming wool here was fraction
over "a cents, which was paid to w.
B. Sleeper, q stockman residing near
Meeteetsee, Wyoming.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Machinists Will Not Strike.

BUTTE, August 29.-The northwest
is to escape the threatened strike OF
machinists of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railroads. An agree.
ment was reached this week at St.
Paul between the machinists and the
railroad managements satisfactory to
all concerned and all talk of strike
vii. end. Last week the railroad man
ayers agreed to grant the men nine
hour day, and that concession proved
the beginning OF the end. The exact
terms of the compromise have not
reached Butte, but it Is understood
tina, the companies in the future will
recognize the organization and that
they will equalize the wages so tina,
the more skillful will receive better
pay than those employed in capacities
where less skill is required. This, il
is laid, means general advance
which will amount to between five and
t4c per cent. About 200 machinista
vii. De affected by the agreement on
,ne Northern Pacific and Great Nor.
ta-.u systems.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Spokane Wants New State.

SPOKANE, August %. - Spokane
will resume its campaign for the carv.
ing out of q new state in the north.
west, to be known as Lincoln, when
the trans.mississippi commercial con-
gress meets in Muskogee, I. T., next
November. The plan is to take sufi.
cient territory from Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho for the creation OF
a great new commonwealth in what is
now known as the "lnland Empire. -
Spokane presented the proposition at
the last meeting OF the congress in
Kansas City, but failed to secure off,
cial endorsement for the project. The
delegation from this city will ur
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Latin In the Commons.

Some Of the more radical and per-
haps less educated members Of the
British parliament are inclined to find
fault because few Of their colleagues
are inclined on occasion to quote for
eign languages. This recalls the ad-
vice OF the Duke Of Wellington to a
young member Of the house: "Say
what you have to say. Don't quote
Latin. And sit down." The celebrated
Irish member Bernal Osborne once
made use Of a Latin quotation in u
speech. Then he observed that he
would translate for the benefit OF the
"unlettered millionaires" who sat
around him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
BIG BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Scores Of Workmen Meet Death lr
st. Lawrence River.

QUEBEC, August 30.-The toll Of
death caused by the collapse last night
Of the great cantilever bridge over the
St. Lawrence river numbers at least
%, and may reach IS. Up to an early
hour today less than 20 bodies had
been recovered. The terrific height of
the great steel structure, fully $50 feet
above the surface of the river, caused
the bodies of many of the workmen to
be mutilated in a frightful manner
and it is feared many will never be
found. Many of the dead were Ameri-
cans brought over by the Phoenix
Bridge company, which had the con.
tract for the iron work on the bridge.
A locomotive and several freight
cars loaded with steel girders were
moving out on the bridge just before
the structure collapsed. Engineer
joss went into the river with his en-.
gine but was picked up 300 feet below
the bridge. He was removed to the
hospital and rapidly recovered. Both
local and Dominion authorities are
investig ating the cause of the accident.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Street Phrases.

In connection with the changes of
fashionable street phrases CORE
spondcnt of the London Chronicle re-
calls from Il song book dating far back
in the nineteenth century Il comic song,
In which the singer complained that
just as he had got used to one inquiry
-"Does your mother know you're out?"
II memory scrves-,it suddenly changed.
and now every little blackguard boy
cries, Tell me, who's your hatter?"
1t is remarkable to note the persist
ence of the hat among catch phrases.
''Who's your hatter?" reappeared in
much later times as "Where did you
get that hat?" At another period the
wearer of white hat was greeted
with, "Who stole the donkey?" And
the shocking bad hat" time must also
be reckoned. I'll eat my hat" and
"My hat! as an improvement upon
"My conscience!" seem to be perma-
nent tributes to the hats Importance
in the order Of things.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

tn at the name and fame OF Abraham
Lincoln should be perpetuated by
naming a state after him. The lobby
will also argue that the region to be
included in the projected new state
has no common interests with the Pa.
cific coast, and that its natural re-
sources warrant the form alton of a
new commonwealth. It is believed
that favorable consider alton by the
trans Mississippi congress will 60 far
toward bringing the plan to 9 success
full completion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
To Distribute immigrants.

WASHINGTON, August 29.-The gov
ernmeut has just opened the greatest
employment Office in the world, which
will undertake the task of flud!ng jobs
for 1000, 900 people every year. In.
cidentally, it will try to solve the pro.
blem of distributing our immigrants
over the country in places where they
are needed, instead of allowing them
to remain in the already congested
centers Of population, where nobody
wants them.
Foreigners come to the United
States, settle down ia masses in the
cities, form wre.ched s!um quarters,
live ia much the same conditions of
poverty and misery as they were &C.
customed to at home, and toll in
sweatshops and factories for pitiful
wages. Much crime and no little vice
inevitably result. If these people
could be jodiciously scattered over
agricultural regions, they would have
al excellent chance for prosperity and
happiness, and their industry would
be vastly beneficial to the community
at large.
That is exactly the purpose for
which the federal employment Office
has been organized. 1t is new Sec
ton of the bureau Of immi cation al
Warrington, and is officially knowr
as the division of information. A,
the head of it is Terence V. Powderly
Its business will be to give all pos
sible encouragement tothe distribution
of newly arrived aliens, sending then
where they are wanted, and to enable
farming or other communities which
need work people to secure them
With this end in view all obtain able
inform alton will be gathered ano
placed, in printed form, in the hand;
of immigrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
ELUSIVE FAME.
How One Nay Perhaps Grasp This
Moeking Wili.o'.ths. .wisp.

How One Nay Perhaps Grasp This
Moeking WiIi.o'.ths. .wisp.
Fame is the sum total Of all the ad-
vertising man has had, plus his supe-
riority over others. When we desire It
most it never comes, and when It
does come we have forgotten that we
wanted 1t.
Fame comes either before man il
dead or after. When 1t comes before
1t is not so likely to last after; but
when 1t comes after 1t grows contin-
ually. Generally speaking, those who
crave 1t most never receive it-that is,
until after they have stopped craving
It.
Fame Is peculiar to itself. 1t Is not
religious or moral or wealthy or So
cial or political. 1t rises above the
Ten Commandments and. like nature.
creates its own standards.
Fame is more common among the
dead than among the living. No man
living can be absolutely sure Of It. But
when 1t comes to dead man he can
be confident that it will remain.
Fame Is the most useless thing In
the world. Those who once realize this
are the ones most likely to receive It.
To be famous, therefore, live long
enough to avoid all rules, work with
out ceasing. create with courage the
thing you take the most pleasure in,
and then, having died, calmly await
the result.-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Fares Lower in Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, Aug. 3O.-A move
ment for the reduction of passenger
rates on all railroads operating in
South Dakota will probably be inaug.
urated by the state board of railroad
commissioners. 1t is proposed to re-
duee the fare to q cents per mile, the
commission having been authorized to
put such rate in effect by the state
legislature during its session last win
ter. The interests of the various rail-
roads having lines in the state will be
looked after by their passenger traffic
representatives, who have been invited
to appear before the board and pre-
sent reasons why the p cent rate
should not be adopted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Progress On Billings and Northern.

BILLINGS, August 29.-According to
one of the officials of the Billings and
Northern railroad who has just
returned from tour of inspection
along the line, the work is now going
along in very satisfactory manner.
About twelve hundred men are EN-.
ployed, and the grading is being com.
pleted as rapidly as possible. About
two thirds OF the length of the big
tunnel, which is being bored through
rimrock cliffs about seven miles north
west OF this city, is now completed and
the work on that particular portion of
the line will be finished by November
l. Steel laying from this end OF the
sy stem will then begin. On the Great
Falls end, steel has already been laid
out of that city to point about forty
miles this side OF Arlington. 1t is
believed that the work will be entirel =
completed by March l and that trains
will begin to run about that time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Will Fight Local Option.

CHICAGO, August 29.-United action
by leading brewers of the United
States against the spread of the local
option idea was begun in a secret
meeting in this city yesterday, news of
which developed today. 1t is pro-
posed to adopt definite plan to stop
the spread of local option, especially
in the south. This was the prime oh.
ject of the meeting. There was no
formal call issued and no publicity OF
the fact tha there was to be meeting.