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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Court Orders In Conflict.

KANSAS ClV1, June pom 6p'
plication Of Attorney General Herbert
Hsdley, Judge Parks in the circuit
court here this morning issued orders
on the representatives here of the
eighteen railroads in Missouri, com.
pelling them to obey the 2-cent pas.
senger rate and the maximum freight
rate bills which went into effect at
midnight last night.
When the case of the railroads was
called before Judge Mcpherson today
he ordered it postponed until tomor.
row morning. The court said that in
meantime his order OF yesterday. re.
straining the state officials from en-
forcing the acts in question, would
continue in effect. Thus the circuit
court and the United States district
court are brought into direct conflict.
In the afternoon before Judge Nc.
Phersou the matter of jurisdiction
was argued. The railroad attorneys
contended that the order OF the United
States district court restraining the
state officials from enforcing the acts,
takes precedence over today's orders
of the circuit courts both ia Kansas
City anu St. Louis. They contend
tha. this is so both because of the fact
tha, the order OF Federal Judge Nc.
Phersoa vas issued first and because
it was s.;.. in effect when the orders of
the circuit court were issued.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Pension Frauds Detected.

WASHINGTON, June 13.-The most
extensive and successful scheme for
swindling the pension bureau that has
come to light is set forth in an appeal
filed in the supreme court by the gov
ernment from the decision OF lower
court against its efforts to recover
losses it has sustained.
The pensions of widows who remarry
are supposed to stop az soon as the
ceremony has been performed but
William A. Munson, pension attorney
of Providence, r, l., who handled the
pension checks of the numerous eli.
ents, failed to notify the pension bur-
eau of the rem arriage Of one of them
in 1884, and for thirteen years drew
her pension himself by forging her In.
dorsement on the checks. AS others
of his clients married or died he added
them to his private list by forging
their. sign atures, until in 1897, when
his crime was discovered, they mum.
bered nineteen, and he had drawn
something like $40. 900 from the feder.
al treasury by forgeries.
Finally the forgery was traced to
Munson. whose operations were shown
to be so extensive that q general in
vestigation was made of the entire dis
trict OF which Boston is the center.
Fourteen inspectors were engaged for
weeks verifying each name on the in
valid pension roll of the district. and.
in addition to uncovering Munson's 8
operations, they discovered that lis
widows who had remarked were still
drawing their pensions, apparently
unconscious that their actions were il.
legal, notwithstanding they each re.
ceived a printed notice to that effect on
the document which accompanied the
checks each month.
Munson was tried and convicted and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Carter Opposes Coal Land Leases.

WASHINGTON, June 13.- Sena ator
Carter had conference with the presi.
dent Tuesday, and among other things
discussed the coming public lands con.
vention at Denver June 1920. While
the senator declined to discuss the de.
tails Of the conference, yet he said,
when it was suggested that the interior
department was sending q strong dele.
CATION of officials to present its side
of the case to the convention: II am
willing to say that I have indicated to
the officials that any effort to direct
the convention would be pretty certain
to result in friction aud q most uncom-
Portable situation.
Senator Carter's tone was sugRes.
tive of the conclusion tha. he had, in
effect, served notice that the govern.
ment people will have to keep their
hands of. Beyond this the senator
spoke with q good deal OF vigor about
the proposal to lease the coal, under
the public lands, for mining "We
think" be said, that any revenues
raised in this way should go to the
states, not to the federal treasury.
We pay our share of government
taxes, of tariff duties and internal re.
venue burdens, a. do other people: we
object to having our fuel supply taxed
for the benit of the rational treasury y
This statement is taken as highly
significant, because Secretary Gar.
field is pretty we'll known to favor
leasing the mining rights separate
from the surface of the land and sell.
ing or leasing the surface separately.
This involves payment OF coal'lease
fees to the federal government.
As the date for the Denver conven'
tion approaches it becomes increas'
ingly apparent that there is going to
be more or less friction despite all ef'
forts to avoid it. Secretaries Garfield
and Wilson, Commissioner Ballinger
of the land Office and Forester Pincho,
and Director Newell of the reclama'
tion service will all attend.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
duplicates Prominent Citizens.

CHICAGO, June IA dispatch to
The Tribune from Peoria, Ill.,, says:
Under promise of immunity from fur.
ther prosecution and of a pardon from
the Jolie, penitentiary by Governor
Deneen, Eddie Tate, the "gentleman
BURGLAR" last night, for the first time,
admitted tha. he helped to blow the
school board safe and stole 5000
pieces of forged scrip being held a.
evidence against the former superiu-
tendent OF schools, Newton c. Dough
erty. Tate said he robbed the safe
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
building. Among the new features
will be powerful searchlight by
which when an escape" is sounded,
the whole island and river may be
illuminated.
NO POLITICS IN IT.
Public Lands Convention Will Discuss
Conditions In the West.

DENVER, June To- OF greater aud
more far.reaching Importance than
any gathering in Denver in years will
be the public lands convention, which
will meet in the Broadway theater
Tuesday morning aud will be in ses-
sion tor three days. Informal discus
sions among the delegates already on
the ground point to the conclusion
that President Roosevelt's policies a.
to western land and irrig alton regula-
tions will be condemned by the con-
vention by conservative, deliberat
action, without mixing politics in the
matter.
Two states will virtually domiua ate
the convention. They are Colorado
and Wyoming. OF the 1000 delegates
from the western states represented,
Colorado and Wyoming will have
about 425 and 80 per cent of these, it
10 declared, will be against the admin
istr atoms policies with reference to
the public domain. Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and Washington, with near
ly 200 delegates, will side, in q large
measure, with Colorado and Wyom-
ing.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, was expected to attend the con.
vention, but he has sent word that he
will be unable to come. The attend
ance Of James Il. Garfield, secretary
of the interior; r. A. Ballinger, com.
missioner OF the general land Office;
Clifford Pinchot. chief forester; Mr..
Newell, director of the reclaim alton
service. and J. A. Holmes, of the
geological survey, representing the
federal administration, is assured.
Senator c. D. Clark of Wyoming,
who fought the presidents land poll
cies on the floor of the senate at
Washington arrived here last night.
He will take leading part in the de-
liberations of the convention.
"There will be no politics in the
convention" said Senator Clark to-
day. "The questions to come up for
discussion and action are not politi.
cal. They have to do with the policies
of the president with reference to his
administration of the public domain
"We have had good dose of bur-
eaucratic administration of the public
domain. Now it is time that we swing
back to the old moorings and constitu-
tional rights OF the states. l am sat-
istied that the president wants to do
what is best for the country, when he
| Is advised of the true conditions aud
the temper of the people of the west.
This is one great end that We are
| striking for. -
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Mayor Schmitz Convicted.

SAN FRANCISCO, June ia jury
of II Of his peers has declared Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz guilty OF the crime
of extortion charged against him BY
the Oliver grand jury.
The jury was out just hour and 35
minutes. They elected Charles E. Capp
foreman and at once proceeded to an
informal ballot. This was cast yer.
bslly and stood IL for conviction and
one for acquittal. Juror Burns, q
shoemaker. cast the dissenting:vote.
Then the II men began a discussion
of the evidence, which lastedjfor near.
ly an hour. At the end of this time
the fret formal ballot was cast. 1t
was q written ballot and unanimous
for conviction.
The iurymen issued a statement to
the Associated Press Immediately at
ter their dismissal by the court, say.
ing:
sin justice to Juror Burns, it should
be acknowledged that he did not vote
for acquittal because he was dissatis.
fed with the evidence or believed there
was any doubt OF the defend ants
guilt. Two forms of verdict were Civ.
en- to the jury and the consecutive
reading of these momentarily confused
Mr.. Burns. AS soon as he understood
the matter, he cast his vote with the
other IL and the verdic. was accom-.
plished.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Schmitz Retains Office.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-Mayor
Schmi,z, convicted by a jury last night
Of the crime OF extortion, asked Judge
Dunno today to release him on bail
until sentence is pronounced Thurs
day The request was neither gr anted
nor denied; but the court intimated
that the mayor, like any other con-
victed criminal, should be locked up
in Jail. Formal application for bail
was then made by Schmitz' attorney,
Mr.. Campbell. Judge Dunno denied
the application and directed that
Schmitz be taken to Jail.
According to q statement made to.
day by Acting District Attorney
Heney, Eugene E. Schmitz, being con.
victed, becomes mayor in name only.
Although unable to perform the duties
OF his Office under the laws of Califor-
MIA, Schmitz, it is said, still retains
the Office.
A few years ago q law was placed
on the statute books of the state that
convicted person could not be ousted
from Office until such conviction had
been upheld by q higher court. As
cases move slowly on appeal, it is con.
sidered likely that the higher court
wi. not pass upon this matter until
the mayors term of Office has passed.
Under the circumstances, the super
visors have no power TO oust him, but
must select someone of their number
10 &C. as mayor during Schmitz' dis
ability. AS chairman of the finance
committee of the board, Gallagher
would become acting mayor, leaving
the government practically in the
hands OF the prosecutors, who while
they may not be empowered 10 install
new officers, may succeed ia etfecting
extensive reforms ia the civil govern.
nat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Prison Will Cost Millions.

NEW YORK, June l5.--The city has
accepted from jury of architects q
design for a new $4,000, 900 peniteu.
tiary on Riker's island. The success
ful architects are Trowbridge x Liv.
ingston. The plans call for a peni.
tentiary wherein may be confined the
New York short-term prisoners. The
prison will be model of its kind and
one of the largest in the world.
There are to be 1000 cells in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ORCHARD BREAKS DOWN.
Witness Weeps Under Severe Exami-
nation 1y Heywood's Lawyers.

BOISE, June 13. - After with
standing with marvellous strength of
nerve and muscle q weeks examiHa'
tion that was one prolonged confes-
sion of crime, Harry Orchard today
broke down and for few moments
wept like child. His unnerving came
with the story OF his conversion and
confession, and the mention Of King
David as . murderer, the Biblical
figure which is supposed to be Or.
chard's later guide.
The defense had given solemn tone
to the scene preceding the meeting be-
tween Orchard and Detective McPart-
land to whom he confessed, by show
ing that Orchard was first illegally
brought to the penitentiary and thrust
into almost solitary confinement. His
only cell neighbor was Bob Wetter,
q condemned murderer. Then came
the first Mop Partland interview and the
story of David and Urish. Orchard
faltered and tried to hold back his
tears streamed from his eyes, and
reaching for his handkerchief he
buried his face in his hands. The
questions went on mercilessly as be-
fore, but it was q full three minutes
before the answers were coming in the
old sure tones. The defense, carry.
ing the confession forward, tried to
show that Mcfarland had played a
disreputable part in the Molly Ma.
guires, and that he had promised Or.
chard immunity.
The earlier part of the examinati
as to the Steuenberg crime was large
ly devoted to an effort that Orchard
had purposely been public in his &C.
tions at Caldwell and had sought to
draw attention to himself and his
crime.
Orchard testified that he promised
Mcfarland IL Steve Adams was ar.
rested and put in the same cell with
him he would try to get him to make q
confession. In the course of his testi'
mony Orchard said:
"It had always been the talk among
Haywood, Meyer and the members Of
the W. F. and M. that If any one
coughed up anything about the sedcr-
alton it wouldn't be good for them. "
Hawley asked to be allowed to take
up one question of the direct examina-
tion, and said he desired to postpone
the redirect examin alton until the de-
tense had laid the found alton for the
impeachment. Hawley took up the
planting of the bomb at Judge God
dards gate. The bomb itself was
produced and identified by Orchard.
The defense declined to cross.examine
The cross.examination of Harry
Orchard was concluded at 2:3O p. m.
He has been on the stand for nine
days, and under cross.examin alton
for twenty EIGHT hours. Richardson
announced that he desired later to lay
foundation for Impeachment.
Richardson announced that he had
between $50 and 200 witnesses to call
for the defense. He said the impeach'
ment examinat would not take more
than thirty minutes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ORCHARD STORY CONFIRMED
Witnesses Corroborate Evidence Civ
en- 6y Confessed Murderer.

BOISE, June 14.-The prosecution in
the Steunenberg murder trial today
entered in earnest upon the substanti.
alton and corroboration OF Harry
Orchards testimony, shown In the
continuous thread of evidence connect.
ing George Pettibone's store iu Den
yer with Orchard at San Francisco,
engaged on the Bradley murder plot.
partly developed another direct line
by which it Is hoped to show that Hey.
wood eng aged and paid Steve Adams
for the same desperate work, and
added several touches of confirmation
to Orch ards general story.
On1cials At the United States post.
Office at San Francisco and Denver
produced final records showing that,
in August, 1904, q registered letter was
sent under the name Of ~. Wolf"
from the address of Pettibone's store
in Denver to 81. Dempsey at the
Golden West hotel, in San Francisco.
Orchard swore that he stayed at the
Golden West under an alias that was
either Dempsey" or Hogan that
Pettibone used the aliases of "Wolf'
and "Pat Bone," and that under the
name of "Wolf," Pettibone had cent
him a registered letter containing SlOO
to pay his expenses while engaged in
the Bradley murder.
Police officials of Ogden established
the arrest there in June, 1903, of Steve
Adams and A. T. Williams. They
were sealed up in an eastbound car
10 AIDED with fruit and when arrested
for trespass, each had a brace Of re.
volvers. When released by detec
tive they went straight to the Western
Union and sent message to Haywood
at Denver. The defense headed Off an
attemp, to get the contents Of the tele.
gram before the jury, but they indi-
Gated that they would return to the
ch large later aud further develop the
incident when it has oroadeued its
found alton.
The state, through an official OF the
Western Union produced the origin a
of q telegram supposed to have been
sent to Attorney Fred Miller, OF Spo.
kane, aud now recorded as one o!
! HeyssF .cd's -nnnsel, by Harry Or
chard, after the latter was arrested a.
Caldwell for the Steunenberg murder
but did not introduce i, because it:
identi6 alton is still insufficient. The
state also got an order from the cour,
directing the Western Union TO pro
duce its records to show that Hey
wood sent money TO Adams Al Ogden
When the Ogden testimony was in
troduced Steve Adams was brought il
to court under guard to be identified
Adams name has run all through thu
trial but this was his first appearance
in person. Adams seemed in detian
humor and walked to q point directl!
in front OF the jury and gazed steadil.
at the witness confronting him.
Besides its work on the Pett;bone
Orchard aud Heywood-Adams lines
the state produced several witnesse
who confirmed features of Orchard
story as to the Bradley affair, tn
first descent into the Vindica ator mine
with the object of doing violence, tn
final success of the Vindicator plot
and the circumstances under which De
tective Lyte Gregory was killed.
Too MANY Banuuets For Taft
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

Many believe that cigars marked
with light spots are indicators OF the
pred atory habits of an insect which
attacks only good leaf, but as mat
ter of fact, these spots are due to the
combined action of rain and sun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

died while serving his sentence. The
government then set about recovering
from the banks that cashed the checks
the money lost through Muuson's op.
erations and in this way the case has
reached the supreme court.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

Magnate Hartman declares he
paid President Roosevelt $4,000
Tor campaign purposes President
Roosevelt denies the charge. Harri-
man expected favors. He owns all
the States west OF Texas to Puget
Sound. He makes and unmakes
governors and Legislators. Hartman
controls at least ten States and Is
now at the throat of the. Nation. He
makes his money talk and it is up
to President Roosevelt to clear the
record. The people are i'm the hands
OF the corporate powers and the
corporations own the Republican
party. No man can be elected presi-
dent without the aid OF Hartman
ct al. from this good day. Hartman
is game. He buys officials lust as
merchants and farmers buv and sell
cotton and wheat. con with tho
battle! "-Georgetown Commercial
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15
UNTHINKABLE

Lieutenant-Gov. Draper OF Massa-
chusetts makes an interesting sug.
gestion He says: In this strenu-
Gus country. from the president down
TO the bellboy. everybody should take
months rest II would do them
all good" The bellboy would appre-
ciate vacation; he could go trout
ing or play "one. two. three" on the
nearest vacant lot But the president,
can anybody conceive OF his taking
a months rest at this stage OF the
game? Providence Jaurnal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

There is no unwritten law i'm any
part OF this country which justifies
man in killing another in a souab.
bic over a woman of questionable
character
The whole human race sympa-
thizes with the man who kills the
seducer of his wife, his daughter or
MS sister, but there is no unwritten
law anywhere in the civilized world
that a man may deliberately marry
notorious woman and then go
around killing all the men she kept
company with five years before he
married her. Chicago Chronicle.
All of the above is true to some
extent and the Thaw case goes to
show how fine the point can be
drawn in the present instance
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15
CHURCH OF ENG
LAND STATISTICS

The condition Of the church, as
represented I'm the recently published
year book, says The Churchman, is
anything but encouraging. The
Guardian declar Gin the spiritual
side OF church lif3 We are not only
increasing relatively TO the growth OF
the population. but at the best we
are stationary, ara at the worst we
are slipping behind" In 1906, 586
deacons were ordained, $50 less than
in 1893. Half s. many churches
were built in 1905 as in 1903. The
figures for confirm atoms and Easter
communions alf0 show n decrease:
. in 1906. 222.S6S persons were con-
firmed, which Is p0ut 5000 less than
the number OF combinations in 1895.
For the first tin in the history Of
the church. the actual number OF
communicates IL Given; In 1906 the
number OF Fastc- day communions
was 2.053.455: fhls figure Is less
than the estimates made for previous
years. The GTar liam attempting to
fix the responsibility for this decrease
OF spiritual efFcioncv, SAWS. 1.-THE
church is deplorablv weakened by
the intolerableSGk spsSte I EFT
the intolerant temDer. which al
though enjoviny liberty for itself
seeks to restrain the liberty Of
Others"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

The extent to which the narcotic
habit prevails in the French navy
illustrated few days ago by the
French navy was illustrated n few
days ago by the proceedings of a
court-martial at Brest The defen
dants were half dozen seamen OF
ordinary rating. who were charged
with a considerable number Of rob
berries. All the men were victims of
the opium or the ether habit. or
both combined, and were in the bab-
1t OF bemuddling themselves daily
with these drugs and the robberies
had been committed to crafty their
passion. Severe sentences were pas.
sed
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15
NO MORE
ISLANDS WANTED

To paraphrase Artemus Ward, It
Is the growing belief. that It would
have been "s5 In Uncle Sans peck
ct II George Dewey could have man
aged to look the other way while
Japan seized the Philippines. But
there Is a propaganda. maintained
with some feryor by a few men, in
FAVOR OF annexing Cuba to the Unit
ed States. No. thank you! No more
annexed islands for ours! We have
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

The gift OF a splendid new site for
the Johns Hopkins university made
by the late william Wyman was
conditioned upon the raising OF 81
100000 TO be added TO the univer-
sity's endowment 1t Is now an.
nounced that that sum has been
raised, but Il remains 10 raise the
S75O,00O needed to provide new
buildings and 10 pay the expenses
OF removal with the proposed me
mortal TO Edgar Allen Poe and the
proposed banner" worlds fair or
exposition I'm 1914 I'm honor OF Fran
els Scott Key and "The Star Spang-
led Banner" Baltimore is pushing
some these days
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

President Roosevelt has dedicat
ed the monument 90 the rough ri
ders which has been erected in tn,
national cemetery at Arlington. anC
which bears the names OF more thar
100 members of the famous regi
ment who died either in Cuba or af
ter returning to the United States
lie is suggested that the presiden
may have something to say OF
national problems which will max,
the day memorable for more reas
ons than one" II by this il /,
meant that he mey make political
speech, the suggestion does scant ius.
tice to Mr. Roosevelt's sense of the
fitness OF things.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-15

The latest German war scare APP
pears to De that ~ Japan should
cripple the United states navy Eng
land would then turn upon and des-
troy the German feet r. is through
fear N America says the Berlin post.
that England has hitherto RETAINED
from putting toe idea into execution.
10 is therefore urged that there be
"a dual alliance between Germany and
the United states to oppose the Angle
japanese alliance and preserve the
peace OF the world a more absurd
idea has seldom been sproad Here.
unfortunately ls a case tending 20
support Mr. stead's statement made
yesterday at the Carnegie exercises
In Pittsburr that flo yellow journal
ism lies the greatest menace 70 in-
ternatona peace. but anything 20
supremeIy foolish al This is hardly
TO be taken seriously