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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
WILL SURRENDER LANDS.
Union Pacific Coal Company Will
Not Face Prosecution.

CHICAGO, April Sit was learned
last night that the Hartman corpora
tions, whose rami6cations extend to
coal lands and other vast interests in
the far west, are Offering to restore to
the government properties they have
heretofore claimed as theirs by good
and ample title. They prefer to do
this rather than be prosecuted.
Coal lands worth in the aggregate
millions of dollars are to be restored
to the public domain as a result of re-
cent activities of the interstate COM
merce commission. The commission
several months ago set about to in.
vestigate the land frauds in Wyoming,
Colorado and Utah.
AS a result OF its investiga alton the
department of justice was given tran.
scripts of testimony taken at Omaha,
Salt Lake, Denver and Pueblo by In.
terstate Commissioners Prouty and
Clark, and was directed by the presi-
dent to prosecute in any case where
there was ground for prosecution.
At the first suggestion of prosecu-
ton, however, the Union Pacific Coal
company has capitulated. 1t has
made proposition to the government
that it will return large area of
Wyoming coal lands to which it ad-
mits its title is worthless. The gov
ernment law officials are considering
this proposition, and while final &C.
tion has not been taken, it was learned
yesterday on the authority of men who
have been conducting the investiga.
tion that it will probably be accepted
and the lands returned to the public
domain.
1t is understood on high government
authority that the officers of justice
will give the Utah Fuel company and
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
a chance to return the lands in the
same manner, and that if they refuse
prosecutions will be commenced a,
once.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Captain Swift Guilty.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Captain
William Swift, who was in command
OF the battleship Connecticut when it
grounded near Culbera on January l3,
was found guilty of inattention and
neglect of duty by the court martial
which tried him at Norfolk. The navy
department reviewed the sentence and
today it was announced by Assistant
Secretary Newberry that Captain
Swift will be suspended from duty for
nine months and will lose three mum.
bers.
The court m martial recommends sus
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
TO OPEN JAMESTOWN SHOW
President Will Start Machinery and
Review Military Parade.

NORFOLK, Va, April 6.-President
Roosevelt is to be the feature of the
opening OF the jamestown Centennial
Exposition, the official program of
which was announced today. The
opening exercises, which will take
place Friday, April 26, will begin at
sunrise with salute of 300 guns by
the Norfolk light artillery, commemo.
rating the 300th anniversary of the
first English settlement of America.
The president is to reach the exposi.
ton grounds at 1l:30 o'clock, after
passing on the Mayhower through
columns of saluting foreign and Am.
erican warships in Hampton Roads.
He will be escorted to the reviewing
stand on Lees parade in the rear OF
the auditorium building. After an in
vocation by Rev. Alfred Magill Ran.
dolph. Harry St. George Tucker,
president of the Exposition company,
will introduce the president. When
the president has concluded his re.
marks he will press gold button and
Immediately the machinery of the
great show will be in motion, a thous.
and flags will be unfurled upon the
exposition buildings and a salute to
the nation will be fired by the foreign
and American ships in the roads and
BY the garrison q: Fortress Munroe.
At the conclusion of the salute the
exposition bands will play "The Star
Spangled Banner" and the garrisons
will present arms, and the concourse
will stand with uncovered heads.
The parade of soldiers and sailors
of the United States under Major Gen.
eral Frederick D. Grant will be the
next feature. The president will re.
view the parade from a grand stand
where also will be gathered the hon.
ored guests of the occasion, including
the diplomatic corps, the official com.
mittoes of the senate and house and
the governors of states, twenty of
whom nave accepted invitations to be
present. The day will close with a re.
ceptiou to President Roosevelt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
TO D|SCREDIT ROOSEVELT.
Efforts Being Made To Form Power
ful Political Combination.

CHICAGO, April "A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The big interests of the country have
inaugurated q movement to discredit
President Roosevelt, prevent the
achievement OF his railroad and other
reform policies and to block the nomin-
alton by the republican party of Sec.
retary Taft or any other Roosevelt
man. This movement is now under
way in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Cali
fornia.
This is the information President
Roosevelt has received from source
in which he places reliance. The men
behind the movement are E. H. Har.
riman, J. Pierpont Morgan, the
Rockefellers and other Standard Oil
interests, the Tobacco trust and Ger.
tain other capitalist combinations
which have taken exception to the
presidents activity.
1t was apparent from what the presi-
dent said to newspaperImen yesterday
that he is not at all concerned about
the movement which hadtbeen started
against him.
The president is quite content to &C.
cept the gage of battle offered by Har.
riman and the other trust magnates.
1t is out of the question now for him
and Hartman ever to resume friendly
relations. The publication OF Harri.
mans letter to Sidney Webster, Stuy'
vesant Fish's brother.in.law, alleging
that the president had begged him to
collect contributions to save the ma
tional ticket, and of the presidents
responsethrough Representative Sher'
man of New York, ends any chance OF
cooper alton in the future.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Mormons Pay Big Debt.

SALT LAKE, April 5.-President
Joseph F. Smith, before 1000 people
gathered at the seventy eighth annual
conference of the Mormon church, to.
day announced that the last cent of
the 81, 600, 900 bond issue of the organi.
cation is paid and that it owes no man
or woman a cent. The reports showed
the whole church membership to be
extraordinarily prosperous and united
as never before.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
After National Convention.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-St. Louis
and Seattle are first in the field for the
republican national convention OF
1908. Each has given notice to the
national committee that it is candi.
date for the honor of entertaining the
next presidential nominating conven.
tim
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
'age Morris in the federal district

Page Norris in the federal district
court.
This handling of the case is to ia.
cilitate an appeal by the railroad to
the federal circuit court of appeals
upon the question whether it is possi-
BILE to bring prosecution under the
Elkins law on charges which the de-
fenda ant alleges are covered in the new
Hepburn law. With the new appeal
In view, the proceedings in court to-
day were perfunctory.
Rebate cases against the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis Il Omaha road
were taken up by the court following
the disposition of the Great Northern
matter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
They Endorse Roosevelt.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 5.--The state
senate today adopted a resolution en-
dorsing the position of President
Roosevelt in his controversy with +.
II. Hartman, and declaring the conf
dence Of the senate in the president S
motives
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Favor Leasing Of Range.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. April 5.-After
one OF the stormest sessions in its
history, the Wyoming Live Stock
association passed resolutions favor.
ing the leasing Of the federal range
aud requesting that one half cent per
acre be made the minimum charge and
one aud one-haif cent. the aximum
CHI arWt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10

recovery. Governor Blanchard has
rushed tents aud cots from the state
military supplies for the tempora ary
housing of the asylum inmates. The
governor issued q statement that the
damage to the asylum is not above
elQQ. 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Great Northern Fined $4,000.

MINNEAPOLIS, APRIL 6.-Agreeing s.
to a stipulation of facts in 10 counts
involving Illegal rebates, the Great
Northern railway was today found
guilty and fined $4,000 by Judge
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
NEGROES IN OPEN REVOLT.
Hold Mass Meeting to Oust RepubIi-
can Leaders in NIississIppi.

Jackson. Miss. March 14.--An open
revolt of the negro element against
present leaders of the Republican party
in Mississippi was declared this after
noon when mass meeting of promi-
nent negroes assembled at the Ameri-
can Theater. with a view of wrestling
control Of the party from the hands
OF the men in whom il has been vested
during the Roosevelt administration.
Before adjournment the mass meeting
adopted resolutions applauding United
States Senator J. B. Foraker and in
dorsing him as the partys candidate
for the Presidency The revolt is led
by the most prominent negroes of the
state, and fl is predicted that the Mis-
sissippi delegates 10 the Republican
national convention viii be anti-Roose-
welt
Roscoe Simmons, negro politician.
OF New York. and agent for the Fora
LeT boom. is attending the meeting
and looking after the interests OF the
Senator IL is said that Simmons is TO
visit every Southern State and stir up
the negroes against Roosevelt.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
CLEWS IN A FOCUS
Subtreasury Theft Narrowed
Down to One Man.
STORY MAY COME OUT TODAY
Teller Fitzgerald says the Money
= was Taken WhiIek He Was at
lunch. and That Thief Rsd No
Time 10 Investigate the Size. of the
Bills He Was Grabbing.

Chicago. H.. March 14-An -clews con-
nected with the subtreasury robbery were
narrowed down to-day to one man, an
employe of the Treasury Department, and
both the time at which the money was
taken and the perplexing question of mo-
tive are cleared up 10 the satisfaction Of
those working on the case. according to
Teller George ". Fitzgerald. The money,
says Fitzgerald, was stolen while he was
away at luncheon.
Capt Porter. Of the Secret Service. and
other important officials refused to con
nrm this outline of the case, and declare
they know Of no basis for Fitzgerald's
confident statements.
story to Come Out Tomorrow.
4 do not believe the man viii be ar
rested to-day said Fitzgerald. but to-
morrow the whole story is likely TO come
out"
Fitzgeraid's declarations that the case
is practically cleared up came after a
nights work on theories which he him
self has built UP. He appeared early to-
day at Capt Porters office and entered
into a lengthy consultation with him. At
its conclusion Fitzgerald answered ques-
tions freely.
How many clews are being investi-
gated?" he was asked.
only one" he replied. The others
have all been eliminated
is any credence given to the report
that an outsider took or received the
money!
No: there was nothing to that story.
How is it now thought that the money
could have been takea?
1T was taken while I was at luncheon, -
said Fitzgerald.
Might it have heen taken at a time
when you were in the eager
Had 10 Grab Bills and Get Away.
Surely. but there are reasons which
cannot give you for believing that such
was not the case. OF course, various per
sons had access to the cage when l was
present. and / did not watch them. Any
of them might have taken the money
then. but that is not the theory we are
working on
why should a man familiar with the
difficulties TO be faced in disposing of big
bills be so foolish as to steal them? ," was
asked.
THAT point no longer puzzles US" said
Fitzgerald
The fact is. the man did not intend to
take such big bills. He did not know
what he was getting. The money was
taken from a pile of loose bills upon my
desk The man who took them did not
have time to select-he had to grab and
get away. If I tell you any more, it will
give the whole case away
Fitzgerald comes down &c see me every
day, and tells me where he has been,
merely as "a protective measure, said
Capt. Porter i have nothing new to tell
you.
Shortly after Fitzgerald's departure, Sub
treasurer Boldenweck went to Capt. Por-
ter's office and conferred with him for a
considerable length of time. He refused
to make a statement.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
FIGHT At DOWIE BIER
Policeman and PickpOckets
in Battle by Coffin.
DAY EXCITING N ZION CITY
DOySie Threatened with
Arrest for Failure TO Get Burial
Permit - Zion Guards Hear Of
GhouIs' Plans 10 Rob Vault and
steal the Leaders Brains.

Chicago. March 1.-THE scene that pre-
ceded the funeral Of john Alexander
Dowie this afternoon was marked by
disorder and panic. The climax in the
days events was reached when hun
dreds at Shiloh House were thrown into
confusion by a policeman's battle with
pickpockets at the side of Dowie's white
coffin.
This followed the arousing Of the police
department of Zion City by report that
ghouls had planned "A raid on D0wie's
vault in Lake Mount Cemetery to decapi-
tate the corpse ard steal the brains Of
lions founder. To add to the con-
fusion. the funeral services were tenn
porarily held up, and the arrest of Glad
stone Dowie was threatened because no
burial permit had been secured of the
cemetery management
Picks MOurneF's Pocket.
At II o'clock "A special train carrying
thirty Zionists of Chicago reached Zion.
Chicago picllpockets mingled with the
throngs and worked their way toward
Shiloh House. Half dozen Chicago de-
tectives came into Zion with the train
While the crowd was thickest in the Te-
ception room where DOwie lay in state
the pickpockets became restless. \ wO-
man in the line passing the white coffin
seized a mans hand which he had thrust
into her pocket
Thieves she shouted. In a moment
the crowd was in an uprOar. Sergt.
Frank Handyside, of the Zion police.
who was on guard at the entrance of the
house. rushed in to arrest the pickpOck-
ct The thief resisted. In the night that
followed several men, believed TO have
been the crooks companions. interfered
and rescued the prisoner. The men
rushed from the house. jostIing several
Zion guards from their patti, and made
their escape toward the railroad tracks.
Large Crowd at Tabernacle.
The private service for the family and
the Dowie followers was held at Shiloh
House at 1:S0 o'clock. The exercises were
simple About 200 We're present at this
service. in addition TO Gladstone Dowie
and Mrs. DoWie.
The body was then taken to the Taber-
nacle. where a large part of the assem-
blage had long been seated. 1t was neces-
sary for the aids to clear the space lead
ing to the doors before the casket could
be taken in.
The professional then formed. with the
vested choir of several hundred leading
the march to the platform.
The music and ritual reading was car
ried out as planned, Judge Barnes de-
livering the funeral address
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
CANNOT ACCEPT GIFT.

French Separation Law Applies to
Pr0testants Also.
Paris, March 1.-THE Journal des
DebSts says that the church and state
separation law viii prevent the accept
ance of the S2o,00o legacy lett by Miss
Loise lie CIerc. OF New York, for the
Protestant Seminary at MontaUbar, TO
be applied to provide free scholarships
for the sons of French clergymen who
attend 10 become clergymen them
selves
Protestant organizations, the writer
says. are the same as Catholic under
the law.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
Mr.. ]. HUXLEY ASHTON DEAD
Georgetown University Professor
Passes Away.
One Time Acting Attorney General.
An Authority on International
Law-SeVenty-One Years Old.

J. Hubley Ashton. formerly Assistant
Attorney General of the United States.
and for many years "A resident of this city
died yesterday afternoon at his home, 1880
Massachusetts avenue.
Mr.. Ashton was professor of law at
Georgetown University for years. He was
considered an authority on international
law. having represented the government
in important cases in the adjusting of the
claims of Mexico in 1855 and as a counsel
for the government before the Venezuelan
Claims Commission. He had been in i'll
health for some time. and retired from ac-
tive duty several years ago.
Joseph Hubley Ashton was born March
II, 1896 He graduated from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in 1851, and took
the degree of a. NJ. in 1858 He studied
law in the offices OF William B. Reed and
St. George Tucker Campbell Philadelphia.
and at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar
in 1858, In 1860 he became one of the
editors of the Legal Intelligencer. From
1861 to 1864 he was assistant district attOr-
ney for the Eastern district of Pennsyl-
hAHld. ana III lo0b " lS lAlcAt ciNtlilS AtNNi
ney General OF the United States. In
1866 he was counsel for Vice Admiral
Porter and the mortar 1otilla in the
cases Of capture by Admiral Farragut's S
fleet. In 1868 he was counsel for the
United States before the international
commission under claims convention with
Mexico. From 1870 to 1874 he was pro-
fessor of pleading. practice and evidence
I'm the law deDartment of Georgetown
University He was counsel for the
United States in relation TO the Union
Pacific Railway Company, and was spe-
cial law delegate TO the International San
itary Conference. in Washington. in 1850.
From 1890 to 1897 he was counsel for the
Chinese in the United States Supreme
Court, in cases under the Chinese exclu-
sion act
He was one of the founders of the
American Bar Association, and he edited
a number of the volumes of the opinions
of the Attorney General of the United
States
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
Rvr,on Cannot Pay Fine.

Abeline. Kans., March IA letter from
ex-senator Burton says he considers the
report from Washington that he must
stay in Jail another month unless he pays
his fine reliable.
He says that he has no money with
which to pay. and does not want TO bor-
row it. He viii probably remain at Iron
ton until April q.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
WHITE HORSES FOR BAILEY.
Texas senator 10 he HonOred by
Constituents.

Dallas. Tex. March ii make a mo-
ton that a committee be appointed to ar
range for a carriage TO be drawn by four
white horses 10 carry Hon. j. w. Bailey
in the parade Of next Monday night DO
I hear a second?" was the motion put
By Chief Of Police Maddox, of Fort
Worth before the general entertainment
committee Of the Mystic Knights OF B0-
vinia. Before he had the last word fin-
ished in his motion. practically every
member present jumped to his feet and
said II second the motion" The Chair
raped for order and put the question
without discussion. The vote was 0nani-
nous that the honor should be accorded
the junior United States Senator from
Texas.
This parade of the Mystic Knights OF
Bovinia is % be the most elaborate Incl
dent OF the festivities of the Fat Stock
Show and the annual meeting Of the Texas
cattIemen. which are to open in Fort
Worth next Monday.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
SMITH WANTS La TOILETTE.
Would BE Hard for Him tO Vote
Against the wisconsin Senator.


Special 70 The Washington Herald
Cincinnati Ohio, March l4-Gov.-
elect Hoke Smith. Of Georgia, is a
great admirer of Senator La Toilette.
OF wisconsin. and would undoubtedly
be pleased TO see the Senator nomi-
mated for the Presidency. Gov. Smith
delivered an address before the Receivers
and Shippers Association here tonight.
Asked who his next Presidential candi-
date Is, he said.
III would be pretty hard for me to vote
against La Toilette, no matter who nomi-
mated him.
he said the national interstate commits
sion bin should make the fight of the
shippers and railroads one of people and
railroads. and that the State and nation
should fight the shippers cause. On the
negro question he said.
we want more white people ia Georgia
Any State thinking Il knows more ahaut
handling negroes than We do may have
them
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
PRESIDENT DESIRES
MORE LEGISLATION
He FaVOrS Federal Railroad
Franchises and Valuation.
MAGNATES ARE COMING
-Four Railway Heads Expected
To-day OF Tomorrow.

Little or No Proba biIity That They
ecutiye's Vieyvs-IssuaHce of Fran
chise by General Government, He
Iems Presented by the state Laws.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and AIaryland-Fair and colder
to-day; tomorrow fair light to
fresh northwest to north winds.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
PASTEUR'S IDEA WRONG.
German Professor Declares OnIy
Healthy Cows Needed.

Healthy Cows Needed.
Berlin, March I4.-At meeting or
the Agricultural Union to-day Prof
Behring speaking on the subject Of
the fight against tuberculosis. attacked
Pasteur's system Of purifying milk
Pasteur. Behring said sought to re-
place natural milk by an artificial pro-
duct Similarly, he condemned the
sterilization Of milk and the boiling Of
water. with a view OF rendering them
innocuous.
Consequently. ne thought boiled
milk unsuitable food for infants. while
the boiling OF water killed the ele-
ments intended by nature for the max
ing Of bone and sinew. What is really
necessary. he said, is the production Of
healthy cows and pure water.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
PHoNoGRAPH RESTORES SON.
Mother Recognizes Voice of Boy
MOurned as Dead.
Special to The Washington Herald.

oItcliI % Ine washington HtTaIl
Meldon, Nebr.. March H.-Mrs. Henry
T. Clarkson recognized the voice of her
son. James A. Clarkson. in a phonograph
which she bought and put in her home re
Gently She had not seen or heard from
her son for abont twelve years. and had
mourned him as dead.
As a result of her recognizing his voice
in the phonograph, Mrs. Clarkson haS
learned that her son is now in the Philip
pines, and the mother and son have 9om-
municated with each other. and VIII be
reunited within the next few months.
Young Clarkson writes his mother
that he was informed soon aftfr he left
home twelve years ago. anR went to
China. that she was dead, argd believing
that she was, he ceased to wrte to her
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
PITTSBURG FLOODED,
CITY IS In TERROR
River Highest Ever Known.
Ice GOrgeS Coming.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Hotels Unable to Care for the
Pleading MultitudeS.

Police Called Out to Prevent Loot
and Others E-WestinghOuse
Loss Placed at One Million, and
other Concerns VIII BE Heavy Suf-
ferers-POtomac Causes Alarm.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages. TELEGRAPHIC.
Worst Stock Panic in Years.
1-Pittsburg at Mercy of Floods.
Progress in Treasury Robbery.
Flight at Dowie's Funeral.
New York Ships Collide in Fog.
3-La Toilette Scores Senator's.
3-More Experts in Thaw Trial
5-Aged Brooklynite Claims Fortune.
3-GirI Prefers Prison to Freedom.
New York Threatened with Atheism
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
HALF-BILLION Loss
In EXCHANGE PANIC
Prices of Stocks Drop with
Amazing Weakness.
NO FAILURES REPORTED
Bankers Stunned Because No
Aid Is Called For.
NO FAILURES REPORTED

Only EGuaIed Once Before,
Produced Suspensions in large
Number-COnference Reveals Fact
No Bank Wants or Is Asking for
Assistance-shOw Great Endurance.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
Baltimore and Return, s1,25.
n.Jff,oore and OhEo n Il

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains.
both ways, both days. except Royal Lin
tied City offices, 1f7 9 st and 6l9 Pa.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
LOCAL

IIUNltt
1-More Railroad Legislation
ii. Hubley Ashton Dies
2-Strike Threatened at G. P. o.
2-JOurneymen Plumbers Stand Pat
4-Florists Hold Their Banquet.
B-Father Blamed for Sons Downfall.
12-Baker Shows Hand in Hermann Case
12-Fraternity Plans $O0,000 Home.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
- 1n RnIfimorc - Iief,,rn

Sls&O 40 Daitamorc ana ktetura-
Via PENNSYLVANIA Railroad every Satur-
day and Sunday. All regular trains ex-
cept the Congressional Limited" Tickets
good to return until Sunday night.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
CONTINUED on SECOND PAGE.

Fragrant VioIets, 25e Bunch,
At Kramer's. the florist, 916 F St NV.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-15

Coal Of Highest Quality
Burns the cheapest. J. Maury Dove Co.
Reduced to $3.50 per 100.