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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
COLORADO DlsLiKES INTEREST.
viii Try Again to Pass a Constitution.
al Amendment.

Denver, Col.-The legislature Satur-
day passed a bill providing for the SUBJ
mission to the people of a constitutions
al amendment to pay, without inter-
est, certificates of Indebtedness issued
during the seventh, eighth, ninth and
eleventh general assemblies and which
on their face amounts to nearly a mil
lion dollars. Twice before the people
Of Colorado have voted on a similar
constitutional amendment bill provid-
ing for the payment of interest and
both times it was defeated, the opposi-
ton declaring that the certificates
weYs issued to ray for supplies, ETC.,
purchased at outrageous figures. The
c9rtificates have been transferred to
e%Esterners principally.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
R CONCENTRATED
sALvADoREAN SOLDIERS vlCTo.
RIoUs IN ALL ENCOUNTERS.
NICARoGUANS UNABLE TO ADVANCE
President Of Salvador Must Make su.
premc Effort or Suffer In.
ternal Attacks.

San Salvador--The army of Saliva
dor is concentrated on the frontier in
complete order with all the necessary
wal munitions. 1t is stated here that,
in spite of reports to the contrary, the
troops Of Salvador have been victo-
rious in all their encounters with the
N%icaraguans, who are unable to ad-
N any further on Tegucigalpa,
which Is strongly fortified.
The censorship is evere Even the
local newspapers are not allowed to
publish news Of the victories Of Presi-
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua.
The general opinion here Is that
President Figueroa of Salvador must
make a supreme effort If he is to save
himself from the attacks Of Zelaya
and also from his numerous internal
enemies, and that unless Guatemala
openly to the assistance of Sal
vador, the chances favor the Mica
raguans.
The censorship in Salvador above
referred to may account for the state
ment that the Nicaraguans were "un-
able to continue their advance on
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
WIN IN FEDERAL COURT.
Corporations Were Indicted for Re.
fusing to Sell Coal.

Salt Lake City, Utah-The Union
Pacific Railroad Co., the Union Pa
cifc Coal Co., the Oregon Short Line,
Everett Buckingham, general superin-
tendent of the Short Line, and j. M.
Moore, manager of the Union Pacific
Coal Co., won a partial victory Mon
day in the federal court in a decision
handed down IN the coal cases by
Judge J.. A. Marshall. The corpora
lions and persons named were indict-
ed last December by the federal grand
jury upon complaint of D. J. Sharp,
a local dealer, who declared that when
he cut the price of coal the defend
ants refused to sell or ship coal to
him.
The indictment brought against the
roads and Buckingham and Moore
charge conspiracy and violation Of the
interstate commerce act. Judge Mar.
shall overruled the demurrer of the
defendants to that part of the indict-
ment charging conspiracy, but upheld
that part of the demurrer bearing on
violation of the interstate commerce
act, declaring that section 3 of the
act was vague and insufficient in that
1t did not specifically define the crime.
The governments attorneys in the
case will carry the matter to the
higher courts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
TO IMPROVE RIVERS
ADVICE OF JAMES ]. HILL, THE
RAILROAD MAGNATE.
WOULD SETTLE FREIGHT QUESTION
Mississippi, from st. Louis to New
Orleans, Offers Wonderful
Possibilities.

New York-James j. Hill, president
OF the Great Northern railway, taking
as a text the recent action of President
Roosevelt. in appointing a waterways
commission, said that through the wa
terways OF the country, properly i'm.
proved, must come the much desired
improvements in freight handling con-
ditions. The country, he said, must
look to its waterways for immediate
relief of the freight pressure.
IF the government would improve
Its waterways and extract from them
one-fifth of their latest possibilities"
said Mr.. Hill, the freight-handling
problem soon would be nearer solu-
ton than the railways themselves can
ever hope to bring 1t.
There has been in the past a feel
Ing among some railroad men that
waterway development would be in
imical to railway interests. l do not
think 1t would, and If this idea has not
already wholly disappeared, 1t is in a
fair way of doing so soon. We realize
that we lave created in the prosperity
OF the country a condition that calls
loudly for relief and any means to that
end would be welcome.
Take. for instance, a 15-foot chan
mel in the Mississippi from st. Louis
to New Orleans. There is no more
important work for the general govern
ment than this improvement. 1t might
cost 500, 600, 900, but when it was
finished a single powerful towboat
could pull from 30 to 40 trainloads.
Heavy freights, requiring only moder-
ate speed in transportation would go
to the seaboard by way of the gulf
and then would no longer be freight
congestion between the east and
west"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
TO TAX THE
RAILROADS
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
PASSES MEASURE POPULAR.
WITH PEOPLE.
WAS FOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS
The Railroads Have Escaped Taxation
on All Depots and Terminal Prop
erty-New Law Adds Hand
somely to State Revenue.

Omaha, Neb.-The passage by the
Nebraska legislature of the bill for
the taxation of railroad property in
cities and villages for local purposes
on the same basis on which other
property is taxed marks the end of n
fight that began in the legislature OF
1901 and has been waged with bitter
spirit in every succeeding session.
1t was inaugurated by the late Ed
ward R~osewater, editor of the Bee.
The bill will increase the annua! as.
sessment of railroads in Nebraska up
wards of $500, 900 on the present prop.
erty,' to say nothing of vast improve
ments now being made, between $780,
600 and $125,000 of which will so into
the city treasury of Omaha.
Heretofore railroads have been taxed
in Nebraska on their track mileage
only, shops, depots and other terminal
property almost entirely escaping tax.
alton.
The bill provides that the franchise
value of roads shall be included in the
property subject to this tax, except
that the valuation shall be distributed
through the state, instead of taxed in
the bulk in the local community, as
the tangible property is done.
The bill went to the governor Tues
day and will be signed by him, as he
has been n of it's staunchest advo-
Gates.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
WILL NOT ARBITRATE
uLTiMATuM OF TRAiNMEN AD-
MlTs NO COMPROMISE.
1T IS PUT UP TO the RAILROADS
Railway Employees Say the Wage
Scale Question Is Not One That
Will Admit OF Arbitration.

Chicago-The controversy over a
wage scale between the general man.
ayers Of western railroads and their
employees in the train service can not
be arbitrated. The only way in which
a strike car be averted Is for The of.
ficials OF the roads to make terms
with the men. This is the ultimatum
issued by the representatives of the
two unions involved in the difficulty
after a meeting Thursday night to
consider the action of the railroads In
asking the federal government to try
to bring about a settlement by media.
ton, along the lines provided by the
Erdmann act. The arbitration move
OF the general managers was cons.d,
cred at considerable length by che
union representatives, but the propo.
sition was finally rejected and a reso-
luton was passed refusing to arbitrate
the wage scale question.
The general managers last night for
the first time admitted the situation
fed by the fact that no compromise
had been effected with the representa-.
tives of the 5000 locomotive firemen,
who are here negotiating for higher
wages and an eight-kour day. Another
conference was held yesterday be-
tween the General Managers ~associa-
ton and a committee representing the
firemen, but nothing in the. way of a
settlement was accomplished.
Secretary Slason Thomson, of the
General Managers association, said
Thursday night: I'VE are waiting
to see what the government will do.
We do not expect to hear directly in
answer to our request that the whole
difficulty should be arbitrated along
the lines suggested by the Erdmann
act, but we believe when the labor
leaders involved receive word from
Washington that the government has
been asked to take a hand in the mat.
ter, they will look at the matter in
a different light and will be willing
to submit the question to arbitration.
We are not looking for trouble, but
we have made all the concessions we
can afford under the present condi.
tons and the sooner the men be-
come ~reconciled to this the better it
will be for everyone concerned"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
RAILROAD MEN CONFER.
Wants to Substitute Measure for One
Now Pending.

Minneapolis, Minn.-President J.J.
Hill of the Great Northern is here
arranging a compromise rate measure,
which will be submitted to the legisla.
ture today, according to an announce
ment made by a railroad official Mon
day. Mr.. Hill, 1t is said, has been
comforting with heads of other roads
trying to make a mutually satisfactory
arrangement. 1t is learned on good
authority that the measure will be
submitted to the legislative commit
tee in an effort to substitute 1t for
legislation now pending.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Washington, March 29.-There are
now nearly 5000, 600 more people in
continental United States than there
were six years ago. This estimate is
based upon figures compiled by the
census bureau in a special report is
sued Thursday. According to it's esti-
mates, the population Of continental
United States in 1906 was 83,941, $40,
this being an increase owe 1900 Of
7,946,936. The population OF the
United States, inclusive of Alaska and
the insular possessions, in 1906 was
1882, 240. The growth in population
in continental United States from 1905
to 1906 was 1,367,3l5.
The five leading cities and their
estimated population in 1906 are as
follows:
New York, 4,113,O45; Chicago, q
049,185; Philadelphia, 1,441, 1856; st.
Louis, 649,320, and Boston, 602, 27S.
The report presents the population
returns for 1905 of the fourteen states,
making an inter-decennial enumera-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
DISMISSED FROM SERVICE.
Postoffice Department Is Opposed to
Brotherhood of Mail Clerks.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Hugh G. Shaug,
of this city, has been dismissed from
the railway mail service for his part
in the organization of the Brotherhood
of Railway Mail Clerks. A. H. Steph-
ems, superintendent of the railway
mail service Of the Pacific coast,
says:
The action Of the department in
the Shaug case indicates that the de-
partment will not tolerate the broth
erhood."
Mr.. Shaug will leave April 3 for
Washington to attend the convention
of superintendent Of the railway mail
service. 1t Is also said that c.. l..
Hobbs and Marcus l.. Shaug, officers
Of the brotherhood in San Francisco,
are to be dismissed for their part in
the movement.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES.
Interior Department Grants Water
Privileges to l.. L. Num-.

Fashington-The secretary of the in
terror has granted the application of
L. l.. Mum to use the waters of Bear
and Mud lakes in Utah for irrigation
and power purposes. The matter has
been held up for a long time because
Mr.. Nunn's plans were believed to in
terfere with the government project
for the utilization of the waters in
Gear lake in it's own land reclamation
projects. In the decision reached the
government agrees to get out of the
way temporarily, but it will retain the
right to proceed with it's W work II
Mr.. Num- should fail to keep his en-
gagement. Bear lake is claimed to
be the largest natural reservoir suit
able for irrigation purposes in the
world.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Election in Chicago.

Chicago-Sunday, in spite of the fact
that 1t was Easter, there was little re-
Taxation In the efforts Of the party
leaders in the fight for the first four
year mayCralty term. A score or
more meetings were held in various
parts of the city by each of the
big parties, while the prohibitionists
and socialists were no less active in
proportion to their strength. The re-
publican and democratic managers
Sunday night were wen more SAN
guine of success
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Commons Engage in Tilt.

London-A general discussion of the
programme of the unemployed in the
house of led to a sharp en-
counter with John Burns, who de-
clared that five years hence nine
tenths of the schemes that James Kler,
a socialist member, is now pressing
upon the too credulous workmen
would prove costly and morally mis-
chievous. Mr.. Burns refused to adopt
the suggestion for a large scheme in
volving an annual expenditure of So
900, 600.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
FINAL DEATH LIST %.
The Seventy-Five Others Who Were
Injured Will Recover.

Cotton, Cal.-The total number
killed in Thursdays Southern Pacific
wreck remains %. none of the injured
being in danger. Most of the rs in
jured were only slightly hurt. The
victims of the wreck were buried Sat-
urday. The Italians were inferred
first. Then the bodies of the mem
bers Of the little family groups on
their way across the continent to San
Francisco were taken to the cemetery.
The coroner's inquest adjourned Sat
urday until today, pending the taking
of testimony of Engineer Warrington
and Fireman Clapp in a Los Angeles
hospital.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Marches to Be More Attractive.

San Antonio, Tex, March 29.-Col.
George l.. Brown, commanding Fort
Sam Houston and the Tw~enty.sixth
infantry, has received instructions
from Secretary of War Taft to devote
personal attention to an inquiry into
the manner of practice marches and
make a report May l on means neces-
sary to be employed to make the
marches more attractive. Secretary
Taft writes a lengthy communication,
calling attention to the widespread
discomfort among the soldiers t. the
method now employed
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Are Opposed to Disarmament.

Brussels-Senator Rosseau-D elahaie,
one of the founders of the Peace So
ciety, said in an interview Friday he
did not believe the question of dis
armament would come up at the next
Hague peace conference because
diplomacy does not want to see this
matter settled. Were 1t done, the
senator said, the role of the diplomat
would be considerably curtailed, II not
altogether abolished, and therefore the
diplomats were bound to do their ut
most to keep the question of disarm-
ament out OF the programme.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Will Try to Avert Strike,

observation-disclosures Martin A.
Knapp of the interstate commerce
commission and Charles P. Neill, COM
missioner of labor, will 'lea>
for Chicago, where they will hold a
conference with representatives of
conductors and trainmen and officials
of western railroads entering Chicago
in regard to the dispute over the ques-
ton of wages which threatens to re-
suit in a disastrous strike, unless a
satisfactory adjustment is effected.
Chairman Knapp said that the visit
of himself and Mr.. Neill will be in
the direction of the mediation and
Cancellation.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Europeans Flee from oudia.

Lalla Marina, Algeria, March 29.-
The French Military mission has re-
turned here from Oudja. With it have
come all the European residents of
Oudja, who report that the town is
calm and the people do not suspect
the forthcoming occupation. The Mo-
roccan garrison in Oudja consists only
of a small escort for the governor, and
there is very little probability of any
resistance to the French column. The
Europeans of Oudja left all their per-
sonal property locked up in their
houses.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
SIX THOUSAND TO GO OUT.
Iron Trades Vote to Strike in San
Francisco May 1.

San Francisco-All the union men
affiliated with the Iron Trade council
voted Tuesday to strike May 1. Over
6,o00 men in the city are iuvol sed.
They demand an eight-hour day. The
strike will affect the Union iron works,
Risdon iron works and other big in.
dustries of this city.
The strike will affect not only the
big plants named above, but all the
machine, copper and boiler shops in
this city and all the construction work
which requires the use of iron. 1t is
anticipated that the small shops will
concede the demands, but the big three
may fight. If they resolve to do so,
the complication will be serious, as
the last strike lasted for ten months.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
SEVEN KILLED BY ONE MAN.
With Dagger, This Man Was In.
vincibIe.

Alexandropol, Russian Armenia-A
A series of brutal murders was perpe-
trated here Sunday by a man named
Karapetyante, who lately had been
without employment and was refused
further board and lodging in the home
of a married sister. Karapetyante,
with a stiletto, MORALLY wounded his
sister, killed her husband, MORALLY
wounded a nephew and niece. killed a
neighbor who answered their cry for
help and MORALLY wounded the wife
and mother of this neighbor. Then
he committed suicide.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
TeIeeraphers May strike.

Wheeling. w. va.-Telegraph oper-
ators In West Virginia threaten to
strike II their wages are reduced when
the new eight-hour law, enacted by
the recent legislature, goes into effect.
The railroad companies have given
notice that there will be a proportion
ate reduction in wages as soon as
the act takes effect. May /. At a meet
ing Sunday the operators representing
every division in West Virginia adopt
ed resolutions to accept nothing less
than they receive now for IL hours.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Millionaire Manufacturer Suicides.

Cincinnati-William A. Proctor,
president of the Proctor & Gamble Co.
and son Of n of the firms founders,
died Thursday from a bullet wound,
self-inficted, at his home in Glendale,
a suburb of this city. Coroner Cam
eron began an investigation of the cir.
cumstances of the shooting and in the
meantime refused to make any state
ment except to say that Mr.. Proctor
had died from a bullet wound. Mr..
Proctor was widely known in business
circles and was a prominent layman
in the Protestant Episcopal church,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

st. Paul, Minn.-The offer of a
compromise by the railroads on pend.
ing rate legislation was submitted to
the joint legislative committee last
night and rejected. The committee
quickly agreed to recommend to the
legislature the enactment of a 2-cent.
a-mile passenger rate law and nc COM
promise on the freight rate reductions
ordered last December by, the state
railroad and warehouse commission.
The offer of the railroads consisted
Of a 21ac passenger fare on the basis
of that put in force in Wisconsin.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
March FINANCIAL Statement.

Washington = Comparative state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures for March, 1907, shows
the total receipts to have been $54,-
221.953, and the expenditures $43,-
602, 007, leaving q surplus for the
month of $10,619, 946. The surplus for
the nine months of the present fiscal
year is over $751; zoe. 900. One year
ago the surplus was a little less than
$6,000,0 00. AS compared with March,
1906, the customs receipts show nm
increase of $1.S00,0 00.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
MURDER TRIA- ENDS.
Defendant Is Pronounced Victim of
MeIanchoIic Insanity.

Ponca, Neb.-The trial of Frank
Brink for the murder of his sweet
heart, Bessie Newton, came to a sud
den and unexpected termination Tues
day. Five physicians from Ponca and
Sioux City, Ia, made an examination
Tuesday afternoon as to the mental
condition of Brink and unanimously
agreed hat he was suffering from mel
ancholic insanity.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Tegucigalpa."
The Nicaraguan minister at Wash
ington March 25 received a dispatch
from President Zelaya, announcing the
capture and occupation of Tegucigal-
pa and a dispatch from Managua, Mic
aragua, March 26, announcing that b.
nilla himself ordered from Tmapala
the surrender Of Tegucigalpa.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Monthly Revenue Statement.

Washington-The monthly state
ment Of the collections of internal
revenue shows that for the month OF
February, 1907, the total receipts were
$20,2 EGO. 1853. an increase as compared
with February. 1906. of $1,917,31S.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Gen. kuroki to jamestown,

Toxic, March 2s.-It was made pub
lie Thursday that Gen. Kuroki will rep
resent the Japanese army at the
jamestown celebration in 1907.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
United states Treasury statement.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the treas
ury balances in the fund, exclusive of
the 100000 gold reserve. shows:
Available cash balances. 1855, 166 ,240;
gold coin and bullion, $1~24,4S2,604;
gold certificates, $4S, 948, no.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Prisoners overpower Guard and Flee.

South McAlester, /. T., March 90
Seven prisoners overpowered their
guards and escaped from the United
States Jail here Thursday. One man
was recaptured. The Others. ono OF
whom is supposed tc be wounded, IS
still at large.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
NORTH POLE EXPEDITION.
Preparing the Balloon America-Start
About June I.

Paris-The members of the Well
man-Chicago Record-Herald north pole
expedition are completing the prepara-
ton of the balloon America and will
leave shortly for Thromsoe, Norway,
whence they will depart about June 1.
The balloon, or airship, has been
entirely reconstructed, has new motors
and possesses a lifting power of 49,
500 pounds.
Walter Wellman, leader of the ex-
petition, will in the meantime pay a
visit to the United States. He went
on board the Kaiser wilhelm II. at
Cherbourg. Replying to criticism to
the effect that his airship had not
been tried, Mr.. Wellman declared the
American was built for Arctic condi-
lions and will undergo thorough trials
at Spitzbergen. In the event of these
being satisfactory, the expedition
would start for the pole at the end Of
July or the beginning Of August.
To Complete Road In Three Years.
Denver, Coll. w. Kelly, city pas.
senger agent of the Denver, North
western & Pacific railway (the Moi
fat road. announced that the build
ers expected to have the line COM
pleted to Salt Lake within three years
from date. So far 1875 miles of road
has been built, he said. at a cost of
/ 5000, 900. This is the most ex-
pensive part of the route, and 1t is
estimated that the road will be COM
pleted at a cost CT from $l2,O 00, 900 to
J SIS, 1000, 900 more.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

into Bulgaria are mostly Greeks and
Jews.