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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-10
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Peculiar and Pertinent.

Mount Morgan of Queensland, Aus.
tralia, is practically a hill of gold
bearing mineral.
The largest caravan of pilgrims for
Mecca starts from Constantiople, and
generally comprises about 10000 per-
sons.
According to the new Transval dia-
mond law, the government has a right
to take up to 80 per CEN of the profits
of any diamond mines found in the
colony, after allowing for all capital
expenditure necessary to equip the
mine.
Every village priest in Russia ia
called a ''pope.' There are no cell
bates among them, as every priest Is
obliged to marry, but only once. II
his wife dies he must obey the rules Of
the church by retiring to some mon
astery for the rest of his life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Woman Burglar Arrested.

CHICAGO, July pa mild man.
nered, neatly gowned woman, said by
the police to be a daring burglar, was
arrested yesterday and plumber worth
$1,000 found in the apartments where
she lived with her husband, a clerk in
a downtown drug store and their B.
year.old daughter. The woman is &C.
cused of more than a score of burglar.
les on the north side in the las,
month.
The accused woman ia Mrs. Nellie
Hantz, 40 years old. She was cap
tured as she was leaving q fat in Gen.
ter street. In a satchel which she
carried were found a half.dozen
gold watches, several diamond rings
and other jewelry. Nearly fifty skele'
ton keys were also in the satchel.
In her room the police recovered
jewelry, silverware, clothing and
household goods in profusion, most
of which was identified by residents in
the neighborhood. Her husband
denied that he knew anything of his
wife's crimes. He was held, however,
as an accessory.
81 committed the robberies to ge,
money to keep my aged mother for the
rest of her life," was the woman's
sobbing explain alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Will Abolish Cut Rates.

CHICAGO, July "a. - Immediately
after reducing the interstate passenger
fares today the western railroads took
steps to prevent any lower rate than
two cents per mile being made under
any circumstances. Through the
Western Passenger association a pro.
position was submitted to abolish the
special rates which have always been
made for clergymen and in cases Of
charity. and also to discontinue the
practice Of making half rates for in
mates of state and national homes for
sailors and disabled volunteer col
diers. It is practically certain tina,
all the roads will vote to abolish al
reduced rates privileges.
Because Wisconsin passed a two
cent fare law the railroads hav,
agreed to withdraw the reduced rates
they voted about a month ago to max,
on account Of its state fair. Tn
agreement Of the roads is to make n.
rate less than two cents per mile II
any state which has limited passenger
fares to two cents per mile.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Wants Millions From Hill.

ST. PAUL, July 23.-Clarence H.
Venner of New York wants james j..
Hill to account for and disgorge an
alleged profit Of sl0.00O,0 900 which
Venner claims Hill made in the deal
whereby the Great Northern and Nor
thern Pacific railway companies &C.
quired the capital stock OF the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy.
Venner began q suit against Hill
and the Great Northern Railway COM
pauy in the Ramsey county district
court, in which he alleges tina,
Hill wrongfully and fraudulently
while acting in his capacity as presi'
dent of the Great Northern railway
acquired stock OF the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railway at price:
averaging about $3.50 per share and
that he induced the board OF directors
of the Great Northern to pay 5000 pei
share for the stock. He claims thai
Hill thereby made a profit OF mort
than ten million dollars.
Veuuer sues as the holder OF 3O(
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Heat Causes Suicide.

CHICAGO, July 23.-Startling sta
tistics show that a wave Of suicide is
sweeping ove Chicago at once with
the wave of oppressive heat, which
has partially paralyzed the city for
hours at a time since last Wednesday.
Mania, superinduced by heat, has
brought dependency, melancholia
and depression in its wake.
During the past three days there
have been eight suicides and five at
tempted suicides.
The suicide of both the young Cir
and man who plunged from grea
heights to the tiled floors of down
town Office buildings, is ascribed by q
ply sicia to q suicidal insanity in
duced by oppressive weather condi
tions.
Chicago, a. we'll as the larger east
ern cities, was affected by the intens'
humidity, and one death and severa
prostr atoms were reported today
Many are reported in other cities be
cause of the heat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31

or as substitute preacher. Has had
experience as strikebreaker and would
take work OF this character vest of the
Missouri river. Would have no OBJ.
jections to forming q email but sec.
lect class OF young ladies to teach
them in the higher branches or to give
them information as to the cause of
the Trojan a Can do odd jobs
around Q boarding house or would &C.
cept a position an assayist Of a mining
company. To q dentist or = chiropo'
dist his services would be inv aluable
and can fill with satisfaction . Phi.
ton as bass or tenor sioger in a
Methodist choir. Address, etc."
What the result Of this advertise.
ment - cannot be ascertained.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Burbank the Wizard.

Luther Burbank has attracted . vast
amount OF attention because he has
attempted and to . very considerable
extent succeeded in doing something
quite novel, at least in this country"
says the Technical World magazine.
He is breeding up plant, fruit and
vegetable life. He 10 the godfather
Of the sugar prune, . giant in com.
parsion to its ancestors, the French
pruue, Of which California produced
$50, 900, 900 pounds OF the dried pro-
duct in q year. The sugar prune
ripens earlier and is Of immense com.
mercial value.
Burbank is also the maker of the
seedless plum which he accomplished
byscrossing two varieties Of the prune
triaora. The white blackberry is an.
other of the wizard Of horticulture's
triumphs. Sixty.fve thousand punches
we're used in tests before he developed
this phenomenon. He has given to the
arid deserts q new species of grass
which will grow on the plants without
water. He converted the cactus into
an edible plant.
The wild potato OF South America
also received his attention. From q
single eye of this potato he developed
12O hybridizations and grew q large
tuber OF good quality. Mr.. Burbank
has made endless experiments with
the potato. He keeps, in his farm a
Santa Rosa, no less that 10000 varie'
ties for experimental purposes. He
has grown potatoes of every shape
and color, round, long. short, square,
pure white, pink, crimson, purple and
yellow. Burbank potato seedlings
have been shipped all over the world
The late Cecil Rhodes planted O,0O(
of his seedless plum trees in Soutf
Africa, until now they have multiplied
into the millions,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
IN HEYWOODS DEFENSE.
Attorney Darrow Makes Remarkable
Address to Idaho Jury.

BOISE, July "a. - The career of
Frank Steunenberg, the murdered
governor Of Idaho, vas discussed at
some length by Clarence Darrow this
evening, in the course of his plea in
behalf OF VIM. D. Haywood. Justify.
ing the articles published in the Min.
ers' msgszine, the Official organ of
the Western Federation of Miners,
the lawyer said the acts of Steunen.
berg in asking for United States
troops to quell riot, and the estab-
fishing of martial law in 1899 were
unjustidable and had properly stirred
up intense feeling in labor circles
against the governor.
Darrow's argument, unfinished to.
night, developed into an appeal for
labor a. against capital aud q de.
nunciation of all opposed to the I'm.
ions. He held 90 audience that was
startled and open houthed az, one
after another, the sentiments poured
from his lips. .
HE attack on Orchard was expected,
and in this respect he fulfilled and
surpassed the limit Of sensation.
Three hours were given to Orchard,
and it was only when vituperatiou,
physical force and words were spent
that Darrow turning to James H
Hawley, the leading counsel for the
state, and the Pinkerton detectives fol-
something on which to pour the lesser
volume of abuse.
The state of Idaho came in for 8
large share Of Mr.. Darrow's denun'
citation, for the part it has played ir
the prosecution. Culture, education
and wealth, each in turn, were de
scribed as constituting q combin atior
against which the working mantle
uneducated and the poor-must evel
be opposed.
Darrow sneered at the universities
as %purveyors Of culture. "And wha
is a cultured man," he said, ''but
cruel tyrant always?'
Reaching the climax of his declara
ton of sympathy for the working
class and hatred for the rich, he as
sailed the constitution of the countr!
and cried: 1.-THE constitution! Thu
constitution! 1t is only here to de
stroy the laws made for the benefit o
the poor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
The Mistake on Clock Oials.

Has anyone ever wondered why the
number four is invariably written I'LL
on the dials Of clocks, while every
where else in Roman characters it ap.
pears ~?
About 1870 Henry Wick, one OF the
first makers of clocks, produced an
elaborate clock much resem bling those
of today and gave it to Charles Y OF
France, who was called the Wise.
Charles was not q learned man and
was proud and Unfortunately sensitive
on some subjects. He accepted the
clock and shortly afterward Wick ap'
peared at the court to see how the
timepiece was running.
YES" said the king. ''the clock
runs WE'LL" but being anxious to fine
some fault with u thing he knew moth
ing about, he continued, THE onl!
trouble is that you have got tn
figures on the dial wrong
sin what respect, your majesty
asked Wick.
"Why, stupid replied the king
"that four should be four ones
II think your majesty is wrong,
said Wick.
~ am never wrong Numbered th
monarch. Take it away aud correl
the error
Wick took the clock and, hot DARN
to disobey his royal patron, change
the Roman numerals ~ to I'LL, an
to this day the change remains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.

An increase of about a million dol
lars in the Custer county assessment IL
the subject of editorial comment by
the Yellowstone Journal, in which the
matter of valuations and tax levies Is
discussed. The rem arks Of the Miles
City paper In this connection are in
part as follows:
Really, it makes no difference what
values are assessed II all are assessed
alike. In fact it is to the advantage
Of the smaller taxpayers that q full
assessment be made. That is. full as
to values, and of course full as to pro-
perry, for then the burden Of tax alton
would be more evenly distributed, and
anyway, If an assessment at half
value brings a thirty.mill levy, an as
sessment at full value under same con.
ditions would bring only q fifteen
mill levy. In either case you pay the
same amount of money In taxes, but
in the former case your county suffers
in the estimate of outsiders because
Of . "high' tax levy, which scares
away investors and settlers who do
not have sense enough to enquire into
the rate of assessment. On the
other hand . high assessment and q
low levy is attr active and fairer, but
as there are certain state levies tina,
are fixed, it follows that the county
that adopts the High assessment pays
more than its proportion of the state
tax, hence the preference for the low
rate of assessment and the ''high''
tax levy.
The taxation question, that il to
say, the question of how to distribute
equally the burden of common ex.
pense, 10 one that is engrossing the
attention of the greatest economists Of
the day. 1t has always been q poser,
but mainly 30 because of the selfish
mess of the wealthy, who being able &c
hide the bulk of their personal wealth,
have for gencr atoms thrown the bur
den of public expense or the small
owners whose property is all in sight,
Marshall Field while alive enjoyed
the reputation Of being the one
wealthy citizen OF Chicago who wa:
honest about paying his taxes, be
cause he annually returned an assess
ment of about s5, 900, 900 but when he
died, it came out that he had been en-
joying q credit that by no means be
longed to him, for his personal estate
amounted to about fourteen times
what he had confessed to.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Suffering From Heat.

KANSAS CITY, July 24.-Oid Sol Is
bursting forth with a vengeance this
last few days down here, the thermom'
eter registering SO degrees of heat to.
day, which is the record this summer.
One hundred and twenty-four horses
have died in the streets today from
the effects of the great heat, causing
q congestion Of traffic in some OF the
streets.
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-One death and
eleven prostrations, due to the heat,
were reported tonight. The thermome'
ter registered 95 degrees during the
afternoon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
DENOUNCES ORCHARD.
Attorney For Defense Declares Hey.
wood Is Innocent of Crime.

BOISE, July 23.-Declariug Harry
Orchard was q maniac possessed of q
lust for murder-a desire to glut a
disordered brain with the blood Of his
fellowman-Attorney E. F. Richard.
son continuing his plea for the life of
VIM. D. Haywood, told the jury today
that the defense was ready and willing
to admit that Orchard accomplished
the taking of of Governor Steunen.
berg In the manner described by him
on the witness stand.
orchard was painted - q man who
fancted there was glory in spectacular
crime. Day after day opportunity was
presented to him to kill Governor
s~teunenberg in comparative safety to
himself. but rather than shoot q man
whose giant stature, the attorney said,
offered . target a. big a. the side Of
q barn door," Orchard planned q
bomb and accomplished the deed so
that it would attract attention.
Richardson asserted that Orchard
had . motive against Governor Sseu.
neuberg for real or fsncied loss of his
interest in the hercules mine through
deing driven out of the Occur d'Al.
enes.
Forsaking the theory of vengeance
a. Orchards motive for the murder Of
former Governor Steunenberg, E. F.
Richardson argued that Orchard was
in the employ Of the Pinkerton detec'
tive agency when he killed Steunen.
berg and that the murder was q par,
Of . conspiracy to hang Haywood.
This sudden departure was followed
by . tremendous denunciation of Capt,
James Mop artlan and the Pinkertons
and passionate vituperation of Or
chard, Governor Gooding of Idaho,
Sen Borah, Governor Peabody o.
Colorado; and, in fact, all who have
acted on the side of the prosecution o
Haywood came in for q share of thu
avalanche of Richardson's perora'
ton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
He Had Many Accomplishments.
L~ippincot's Magazine.

The versatility OF printers is aptly
illustrated by the following advertise.
meut, which recently appeared in a
western paper:
''W anted-By a printer who is cap
able of taking charge Of a publishing
and printing plant, 4 position as fore.
man. Can give valuable advice to
persons contemplating marriage and
has obtained a wide reputation as a
trance medium.
Would accep, az appo.utmeu: as
pastor Of . small. evangelical. church
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and thu
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters Of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
DANGERS OF UNwR,TTEN LAW.

Much ls being Sal0 now az avs IN
depreciation of the growing popularity
of the ''unwritten law" Since the
discharge of Judge Loving, OF Vir.
ginia, for the murder Of his daughters
alleged assailant, many newspapers
express grave fears that the doctrine
which, in the minds of the jury, legal.
ly justified his action may become a
fixed principle of Jurisprudence that
will overthrow the protection which
theoretically all men have under the
law.
This pernicious ''unwritten law de-
Tense of murder q the main issue in
the legal phases of the Thaw case.
After a bitter fight the trial Judge de.
cided to admit the story OF the alleged
wrongs which Mrs. Thaw said she told
her husband, and ruled that it was
immaterial whether this story was r
or not. The idea was that Thaw would
have been actu ated to take summary
revenge upon Stanford White by what
his wife told him, regardless Of any
actual founda alton for the wife's ON.
plants. In the Loving case the stu.
alton was substantially the same.
Judge Loving's defense was that his
daughter had told him young Estes
had mistreated her, and that actuated
to righteous anger by this story Judge
Loving did the natural thing in the
protection Of his own blood. The state
offered to show that the daughters
statement to her father was false, bu,
the Judge taking the Thaw case a. 9
precedent, ruled that the truth OF
falsity Of the girls tale vas not ma
terial.
The principle thus established il
these two trials, If carried to it's logi
cal conclusion, completely nullide
the protection to life guaranteed un
der the constitution. Any man woul,
be justified in Staying another on tn
flimsy testimony OF any Mysteries
woman who might be inspired by mer
personal hatred Of Q man to secur
his death in this easy fashion. TIL
principle admits Of q form OF consp;
racy that may become quite popula.
Should q husband and wife have caus
to hate another man, all the first ma
has to do is to 60 and shoot his ent
my, after which he q swear that /
did the deed under the authoriz alto
of the ''uuwritten law" Any womal
may fancy that some man has insulte
her and the same easy and cowardl
way is open for murder.
Truly the popularity Of the 'unwri
ten law" opens up a vast field ft
murderous activity, and where it o
tains any irresponsible, cruel or flight
female has in her hands a nigh,
weapon Of revenge that che can II
with safety and success.-Kansas Gil
Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
Scalded To Death.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 2~3.-Engineer
Serfess aud Fireman Parker were
scalded to death and two others were
badly injured in the wreckage of q
Great Northern engine today as the
result Of q collision between Great
Northern aud Milwaukee freight
trains on q bridge. Parker and Ser.
fess we're pinned in the debris.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31

shares OF Great Northern stock and
asks the court to compel Hill to &C.
count for his profits and to pay to the
stockholders of the Great Northern the
alleged illegal gains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
LOWER PASSENGER FARES.

The reduction to two cents a mile IN
interstate passenger fares on many OF
the big western roads will mark the
beginning of an experiment which will
be watched with great interest, says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Sew.
eral western states, including Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Neb-
raska. have passed 2.cent fare bills,
and now the roads have decided to
make the cut general on all traffic in
and through those states. At fret the
roads threatened to fight the new laws,
but IS nearly every western state
which had q legislative session IN
1907 passed one Of these acts, and as
the other western states would be like.
" to do 1t the coming winter, the
roads determined to accept the situa-
ton.
Probably this action by the roads
will have an effect which vas not con-
sidered either by the legislatures
which passed the 2,cent fare laws or
the public in whose interest they were
passed. The railroads will have less
connection with politics hereafter than
they have had heretofore. Says B. L.
Winchell, president OF the Rock
Island road. "The Rock leland Rail-
way Is out of politics from this time
onward. We will have no Hobbies or
lobbyists, either in congress or in the
Legislatures of the states through
which we run" Other railroad OFF,
GERS are talking In . like strain. This
will make life in the state and nation.
al capitals . little less lively on its
social side. but the morals Of the aver
age lawmaker will be benefited.
In these days, when the general ten
dency OF prices Is upward, the cut in
railway rates was something that the
roads did not expect. and that, q year
or two ago, the public did not look for.
On the railroads, as in other great in.
terests, wages and material are sd'
vsncing in price. This is shown il
the increase which is taking place IL
the operating expenses of all the big
roads throughout the country. Never
theless, the cut is not likely to iujure
the roads. The roads are making
many sorts of economies which were
impr actic able under former conditions
They are abolishing passes, doine
away with Hobbies, diminishing thu
number of their concessions to fav
ored patrons, and in many other way!
are stopping leaks in expenditures
| Moreover, the reduced rates are likely
to stimulate travel to al extent tina
will add q good deal to their gros!
income ia the course of a month or 6
quarter. The experience of Missouri
under the 2.cent fares seems to show
that the roads have not been harmed
by the change. In any case the roads
are accepting the inevitable in a good
spirit, and they will deserve the in
creased patronage for which the
look.
In the early days of the first trans
continental lines the average fares fol
short distances were about ten cents
mile, but the increased traffic, which
has come since then has cut the rate"
to low figures eve on the remotest o
the branches of the big roads. No
body, however, until recently, expect
ed within the next twenty years to SCI
2-cent rates all through the west, bu
the unexpected has so often come tt
pass OF late years that it is hard nov
to devise anything that will surpris
anybody.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
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W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
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vice-Pres. and Manager.
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Cashier.
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Asst. Cashier.
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