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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Suspicious Character Convicted.

BOISE, May 3l.-Carl H. Duncan,
the man who was arrested Tuesday as
a suspicious character, at the instance
of one of the socialist writer's in at
tendance on the Haywood trial, ap-
peared in police court this afternoon,
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons. He pleaded not guilty, de-.
clined an attorney and conducted his
own defense.
The evidence showed that he carried
a revolver and dagger in his satch-
ell. His defense was that he came to
Boise expecting to work on a ranch as
cattleman and that it was customary
to carry the weapons. He was sem
fenced to pay fine of 800, or in de.
fault, to go to Jail for 60-day term.
He went to Jail.
One of the features of the case was
the number of threatening letters re-
ceived by the mayor since the arrest.
Not much attention is paid to them,
however, and none OF the socialists in
the city appeared in court to espouse
Duncan's cause. All OF them say tn At
he has no connection with the socialist
cause, although it is known that he
has at different times been connected
with number of org ganiz ations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Reserve On Mexican Border.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The presi'
dent has issued a proclamation Great.
ing a reserv alton sixty feet in width
along the northern border of Mexico,
including the state of California and
the territories of Arizona and New
Mexico. The purpose OF the reserva'
ton is declared in the proclamation
to be the suppression of smuggling
across the International line. The
private entries in the line of the pro.
jected reservation and such portions
of it as are needed for roads, are re-.
served from the operation of the or.
der.
Since the abolition of the old zona
libre or free zone between Mexico and
the United States, it has been found
increasingly difficult to prevent SNUG.
Cling across the border: hence the
proclaim alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Big Fine For Oil Company.

AUSTIN, Tex, June IA jury to-
day found the Waters.Pierce Oil COM
pany of St. Louis guilty of violating
the antitrust law, fined it Sl,623, 900
and granted the states prayer Of
custer from Texas. The defense this
afternoon filed a motion for q new
trial and the case will be taken to the
federal courts. The state filed q petit
tion with District Judge Brooks for
the appointment of q receiver, also an
injunction to restrain the company
from moving any of It's property from
the state. The Judge granted q tenn
porary injunction and set the receiver
ship case for June 8.
At the outset of the long-continued
proceedings the defense attempted to
obtain q change of venue, but not sue
ceeding in that, vainly sought to Sc
cure o judgment by default in order
to hasten their course to the federal
courts. The basis of the controversy
is the antitrust laws OF 1896 and 1908.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Counting Tons Of Cash.

NEW YORK, June In the shabby
stone building at the corner of Wall
and Nassau streets, where the United
States sub-treasury is located, Is ex.
perts from Washington and a dozen
laborers have just entered upon what
might we'll be considered a most mo.
notonous task. They are counting the
$3.50 tons OF gold and silver coin
which constitutes Uncle Sans pres.
ent supply of hard cash in New York.
Thehe are nearly quarter of a
million sacks to be checked, many Of
which rent ain as they were sealed up
at the last counting, which took place
four years ago when Hamilton Fish,
who has Just been reappointed Assist
ant Treasurer Of the United States at
New York, succeeded the late Conrad
\. Jordan.
Only very small proportion Of the
gold and silver currency is actually
loo cated iu the hands OF Uncle Sam in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Land Trouble In ireland.

DUBLIN, May 3l.-The latest phase
of the land agitation in the congested
districts of Ireland is taking the form
of a crusade against the holders of
grazing farms on the eleven.months
system and is developing with great
rapidity.
Kings county and North 1ipperary
are the centers of rioting. In bygone
days these cities cav many evictions
and today the peasants are determined
the land shall be redistributed to
small holders. Reports are received
daily OF the gathering Of large bands
OF peasants who destroy gates and
fences and clear the grazing ranches
OF cattle which they drive back over
miles of country to the farms Of the
owners. In two cases men who had
leased ranches were compelled to
abandon their holdings, because of
intimid alton.
There have been some serious con-
dicts between the police and peasants
aud many persons on both sides have
been injured. There have been mum.
erous prosecutions, but the sympathy
with the peasants is so strong that in
one or two instances even the nagis.
trates have declined to concur in the
conviction Of the disturbers of the
peace, one magistrate even going so
far as TO declare himself ready to go
TO prison with the defendant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Freight Rates Advanced.

PITTSBURG, June Ia general adj
vance in freight rates was put into ef.
feet today by roads in the :Pittsburg
district. Most important of the
changes, 80 far as Pitts burg is con.
cerued, Is the general advance of 10
per cent. on all iron and steel finished
m aterials, and of I! per cent. on bill.
lets and pig iron. The new tariffs
will affect all points east ofjIthe Mis-
sissippi river. Practically every
freight rate in the district has now or
will be advanced, the general trend
upward being greater than in any
previous year. AS an example of the
advance, the rate on pig iron from
the Mahoning and Shenango valleys
to Pittsbu is incre ased from s. cents
to 95 cents ton. This alone will add
thousands of dollars monthly to the
income OF the roads.
CHICAGO, June l.-An increase in
freight rates on lumber from Chicago
to eastern points, amounting to from
70 to 30 per cent. was put into effect
today by railroads in central freight
and trunk line territory. The new
tariffs take lumber out of the list Of
commodities on which special low
rates are made and classify it as sixth
class freight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
An Army Of Detectives.

DENVER, May 2S.-That the federal
inquisition now in progress in Denver
involves some Of the largest corpora.
tiOns in America and tina. Indictments
will be returned against men who are
rated as lti-mil.iuu aires and cap.
tains of Industry, known a. we'll in
Wall street as ia Colorado. : ine at.
est development in conn-c. ion with
the probing of the granc jury.
No less than l2O secret service men
now make their headqu quarters in Den
YER, this small army Of government
sleuths having rented portion of the
fifth floor of an Office building from
where they are sprea eading the net tn a,
is tightening about victims in high
places. L. C. Wheeler, in the service
of the department of justice at Wash.
ington, is in charge of the secret serv.
ice men, and he expresses the belief
that there will be some startling rev.
Citations in the near future.
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The New York Central is to reduce
many of its payrolls fully one.third.
If the order is carried out literally in
all departments, it would mean the
discharge of $4,000 employees on this
system alone.
Railway managers say they rather
welcome the opportunity to weed out
hundreds OF incompetents, forced upon
them during the rush season, and to
whom, 1t Is claimed, many wrecks can
be traced. Aside from this the roads
expect to save few millions In wages
during the summer, when traffic Is
light. The heaviest cuts will be in
the operating departments, in the
shops and among the clerks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Fighting the Beef Trust.

OMAHA, June 1.-The fight between
the packers and the stock commission
men over the purchase of ''cow stuff"
subject to postmortem examin alton,
took new turn today when Armour
& Co. purchased 32O cows direct from
the cattle raisers, subject to the new
rule Of the packers governing this
class of livestock. Commission men
at all yards are advising shippers and
raisers not to ship until the new order
is rescinded. This is the first break
in the cattle growers line. Armour's S
manager said the ''cow stuff was pur-
chased at normal fgures,' but re.
fused to state the actual price. Com
mission dealers upon the livestock ex.
change are wrought up over the direct
purchase by the packers from the ship
pers instead of having the sale pass
through their hands.
ST. LOUIS. June l. - Consumers
were requested to pay advances today
ranging from to 6 cents a pound for
beef as q result of the contest between
the packers and the livestock dealers
on account of the refusal of the pack
ers to pay for cows and heifers until
the government inspection tha, follows
killing. The advance to the con-
sumer today followed the raise of b ali
cent a pound on beef carcasses by the
packers yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Lawton Monument Unveiled.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.-President
Roosevelt and party, accompanied by
Vice.President Fairbanks, arrived
here today At 10:4S q. m. from the
funeral of Mrs. Mckinley at Canton,
to attend the ceremonies incident to
the unveiling Of a monument to Ma
jor.General Henry W. Lawtou, at
which President Roosevelt had con.
sented to make the principal address.
The president and vice.president were
met at the depot by large reception
committee in carriages, at the head of
which were Senators Beveridge and
Hemenway and Representative Over
street.
The Lawton monument is the result
of the work OF the Lawton Monument
commission, formed in 1900, soon af-
ter the death of General Lawton in the
Philippines. The Commercial club
and the board Of trade co-operated in
the formation of the commission,
which raised $4,000 by popular SUBJ
scription. Daniel Chester French, of
New York, had charge OF the creation
of the statue. The work was done
partly by an American student, An
drew O'Connor.
The monument stands in the court
house grounds, facing southwest. The
bronze figure is 8 feet high. surmount.
ing stone pedestal 6 feet in height.
The figure is erect, in uniform. and
stands beside cactus bush.
Maior-General Lawtou was killed
by Filipino bullet on the firing line
at San Mateo, near Manila, December
10, 1899. His widow and three daugh'
ters live in Kentucky.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Observed Memorial Day.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-With sol.
emn and impressive ceremonies, me-
mortal day was observed in the ma
tionsl capital on a more elaborate
scale than usual. Business was sus-
pended and people OF all classes
united in perpetuating the memory Of
the thousands OF heroic dead in the
eight national cemeteries in this vicin.
ity.
Soldiers monuments and statues
upon the government reservations
were hag-draped: flags on all the
public buildings were at halt mast,
and the national colors, with the folds
caught in bands of crepe, were dis.
played from hundreds Of priva resi-
dences.
The days program included a pa.
raGe of the G. A. r. posts, the Old
Guard, Spanish War veterans, other
patriotic org anizations and the militia
of the District of Columbia, headed by
the United States marine band: dec.
Grafton of monuments and graves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
THE LEASING PROBLEM.
Many Western Stockmen Favor Plans
Of Federal Authorities.

DENVER, June 2.-Gov. Henry A.
Ruchtel, who issued the call. in &C.
cordance with resolutions adopted by
the general assembly Of Colorado, for
the public lands convention to be
held in Denver June 16, 10 and 20, de.
clared today that there shall be no
politics injected into the meeting, If he
can prevent it.
The program prepared for the con-
veution by . committee of which
United States Sen stor Teller is chair.
man provides for the shaping of q
more liberal policy, to be submitted
to congress, for the enactment Of laws
which will make for the development
of the western states by bringing more
people to them, to take up lands and
till them.
The American National Stockgrow.
ers' association, whose last conven.
tion iudorsed the grazing and forestry
policies Of the administration, will be
factor in the coming convention.
Secretary T. w. Tomlinson, of the
association, has been making q can.
vass by letter of the members on the
questions to come before the conven-
tion. Some of the questions he put
to them were:
"Do you favor some form of gov
ernmental control of the public graz.
ing lands, under regulations that will
fit the conditions for your district"
"What arrangements would be best
suited to your sections-an absolute
lease of the fencing rights, or a per.
nit to run livestock on the public
lands with proper protection"
"Are you familiar with the system
OF gener al grazing Of livestock on for.
est reserves, and do you approve it?
If not, what are your objections and
what would you suggest?"
To 1000 letters, Mr.. Tomlinson has
received nearly POO replies. and they
are favorable to some plan OF govern
mental control aud regulation of all
public lands in nine cases out of ten.
Most OF them want the government
leasing system, with fencing priv.
ileges. Some want grazing permits
from the government. Ninety per
cent. OF them believe that the govern
mental control will give the little, as
we'll as the big, stockgrowers o square
deal.
\ So favorable have been} the replies
TO the administration policies tn at
the big stock association is now con.
sidered to be fully enlisted in the
championship of the president )
cause.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Evidence In Haywood Case.

OGDEN, May 81. - The drsgnes
thrown out by the authorities OF the
state OF Idaho in the case Of Haywood,
Meyer and Pettibone was felt in Og-
den this afternoon, when Detective
Thiel. of the Thiel agency, subpoenaed
Detective James Bender, Officer Tom
Burke, and Jailer Henry Snyder, all
of the local police force, and informed
them that their services might be
needed at q moments notice in the
famous case.
Detective Thiel will.leave;tonight for
Idaho. At the Jail he went over the
records and discovered dates aud
facts that will be used against the
trio on trial-in particular, Haywood,
who, 1t 10 alleged, was involved in Q
trans action more than any other that
will furnish the state with damaging
evidence.
Steve Adams, upon whose confes-
sion the case against the labor leaders
IN part depends, was arrested in Og-
den by Detective PenderImore than u
months ago. He requested, at the
time, that he be given an opportunity
to gain his release by securing bail
money. Accompanied by Detective
Pender, he went to the Western Union
Office and sent a message directly to
Haywood, whom he urgedito !send i'm.
mediately S75. 1t is alleged lthat this
sum was forwarded to Adams, who
was about to leave the city by!putting
that sum up as bond money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Mr.. Bryan Says Rate Regulation Is a
Deceptive Makeshift.

FORFOLk, a., May 0l.-At the an
niversary celebration of the passage
by the Virginia house Of burgesses on
May 80, 1895. of Patrick Henry's IA.
nous resolution condemning the Brit
ish stamp act, William j. Bryan de.
livered an address upon the theme,
"Tax alton Without Representation Is
Tyranny Mr.. Bryan dwelt on Am
erican rule in the Philippines, declar-
ing that we are making laws for gov.
ernment of Filipinos under which we
would not live ourselves and com.
pared the American rule to the Brit.
ish rule of the American colonies
prior to the revolutionary war. He
said that while he had frequently said
In the north that the black man was
taxed in the south without representa-
ton, he had likewise said that the
white men of the south are themselves
living under the same laws which they
made to affect the negro.
The speaker discussed federal own
ership of railroads, but said after all
he wondered if more was not to be
gained for the people by discussing
and fighting the corporations. Con.
tinuing, MIR. Bryan said:
"What is the effect of our new rate
law which was so hard TO get: There
are two effects so far. One is it
stopped rebates: that is good: but
what was the pecuniary effect: Why,
the railroads keep the money they
paid to favored shippers. What was
the other effect? 1t stopped passes.
What did that do? 1t gave the rail-
roads the money that the fellows used
to save that rode on passes. So far
we have increased the revenues of the
railroads and that is all that the law
has done thus far and when the var.
ious states said: We'll, now that we
have given you this advantage by
stopping rebates and passes, We will
reduce passenger rates and make you
divide with the people, and in some
OF the states they have reduced the
passenger rates. The railroads in
some cases are SO ungrateful for what
has been given them that they 60 into
the courts to try to keep the people
from having the benefit of the 2c rate
! law.
"All over this land we have seen the
struggle between the people and the
corporations and we see it today upon
the railroad question. In 1896 the
democratic platform declared for rail
road regulation. 1t did so in 1900: it
did SO in 1904, but my friends, after
ten years of effort on our part We had
to wait until a republican president
had to take the lead upon the subject
and then he had the fight of his life to
get his bill through the senate or
house. AT last, in order to make a
repu blican measure, the president was
forced 10 compromise with the repre-.
sentatives of railroads in the senate.
l think if am allowed to talk on taxa
tion, l ought not to forget the taxation
this country is bearing today because
we do not regulate the corporations
as we ought to regulate them. When
l find a man who is constantly talking
against government ownership of rail
roads, believe he ia doing it from
his own interests"
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and addresses by men prominent in
public life.
At the national cemetery at Arling'
ton, overlooking the Potomac. the
principal exercises occurred. There
the patriotic organic ations formed in
line and at the gates were greeted by .
national salute fred by battery OF
the United States field artillery. The
$4,000 graves in the cemetery were
strewn with flowers and each grave
marked by an American asg. A
touching feature OF the cemetery was
the decor alton of graves in the part
of the cemetery where lie the Confed.
crate dead.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

Washington, the greater part of it
being distributed throughout the coun.
try in the reserve centers, of which
New York is the most important. AL
though it is only once in four years,
or a. often as Q new assistant treas
urer comes into Office, that an actual
physical count OF the two hundred
odd millions OF government funds
stored here. is undertaken, there are.
Of course, periodical examinations of
the sub.treasury books, accompanied
by careful checking up Of the vault
stocks and the cash Of the various tel.
lers: but on such occasions the sacks
Of coin are counted as marked, aud
no attempt 10 made to verify the con.
tenta.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Railroads Reduce PayrolIs.

CHICAGO, May 3l.-Railroad mana
gers here estimate that by the end of
the first week in June the railro ads
will have discharged between so, 200
and l00,0 men. Some estimates put
the number much higher. This does
not take into account the large mum.
ber of laborers and others dismissed
because Of the completion of the ex.
tensions.
Orders were recently issued for the
strictest economy and the reduction OF
forces to the lowest possible point.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

HELENA, May pa suit in admir-
atty has been instituted in the federal
court here by J. B. Long against "the
steamer O. X. and G.. II. Stevens, her
master and part owner to recover
5000 costs, and $50 attorney fees.
Long alleges he was engaged to act as
pilot on the O. X. which travels on
the upper Missouri, and declares the
contract was broken and that the
money is owed as back pay. The boat
has been attached by the marshal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
A ROOSEVELT ROAST.
Former Governor Of New Mexico
Receives Severe Castigation.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 3d.
The Citizen, IN afternoon paper here,
today printed the text Of letter from
President Roosevelt to former Cover.
nor Hagermsn, who recently resigned
from the Office OF governor At the re.
quest of the president. In the letter,
MIR. Hsgerm an is scathingly arraigned
for the part he took in the Pennsyl.
vania Development company land
transaction, upon which the request
for Hsgerman's resignation was
based.
The administrati of Mr.. Hager.
man is referred to as unsatisfactory
and his conduct in the Pennsylvania
Development company affair is char.
acterized as illegal and blameworthy.
The president says that, but for the
former governors previous good rec.
ord, he would have been removed, in.
stead of being allowed to resign. The
letter goes at length into the Pennsyl.
vania Development company question
and quotes an opinion of Assistant
Attorney General Cooley on the mat.
ter.
''If 1 permit such an act by the
highest officer in the territory to go
unpunished, cannot hold to account
any subordinate official for any in
fraction of his duty. It was grave
question in my mind as to whether I
ought to remove yon, instead of mere.
ly asking for your resignation. re.
solved the doubt in your favor and re.
quested your resignation. Under no
circumstances would l reconsider this
action.
Secretary Root has handed me a
long telegram from your father, in
which he wishes me to delay any action
on your resign alton until you have
had time to answer the charges made
against you, which, he further states,
are we'll known to be unfounded and
made by party freebooters to restore
themselves to power.
apparently your father does not
know, or disregards, the fact that
these charges are contained in the
statement above referred to from the
department OF justice and in the re-
cords of the interior department.; that
you admitted them in your interview
with me, as we'll as in your interview
with Secretary Garfield, and that you
had full hearing before Secretary
Garfield and before me. Under the
circumstances, what your father means
by saying that the charges are un'
founded l am unable to imagine.
"If any party freebooter or anyone
else is guilty of conduct such as yours
will treat him just as have treated
you. With the gossip that your faith
er repeats and the inferences that he
draws therefrom, have no concern
AS to the charges he by inference
makes against others, I can only say
that any facts he will give me against
anyone l will consider, if have the
power to do so.'
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Canada Will Open Lands.

WINNIPEG, May 3l.-The govern.
meut will open for settlement June /,
abou, 25O, 900 acres of land set aside
for the Doukhobors in 1899. Entries
mus; be made in person at Yorkton,
Saskatchewan, between June l and
July Il.
After long but peaceful conflict
over differences between the Doukho.
bors and the government, the contest
has been settled so that those who
continue to live in the communities
get about ID acres each around the
villages, while those who desire to
can take up 100 acres apiece in sever
atty.
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