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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
To Prevent Stock Issue.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 26.-Attorney Gen.
eral Young, OF Minnesota, today be.
gan an action against the Great
Northern railroad to prevent the issue
OF 100000, 900 OF new stock recently
authorized by the board OF directors.
The bill of complaint recites that the
Great Northern's original authorized
capital stock was $50, 900, 900, that be.
ing the limit fixed by its charter, and
that between February l, 1899, and
and March l, 1906, the defendant made
several large increases of stock until
its capital stock was substantially
$3.50, 900, 900. That all these increases
were first made without apple TO
the state railroad commission as re.
quired by law; that defendant has de-
termined again to increase its capital
stock, this time to s2l0, 900, 900, its
stockholders being invited to sub.
scribe for their pro rata of same, and
that no application has been made to
the state railroad commission.
The attorney general contends that
unless such proceedings are restr aimed, j,
not only will the state be deprived of
the right OF investigating the propri-
ETY. OF the Issue, but that the company
proposes to pay the same dividends at
the rate of per cent. on the increased
as upon the present capitalization,
thus increasing the fixed annual
charges of the defends ant. The Great
Northern officials were served with the
papers in the case this afternoon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
WYOMING SENATOR ACCUSED.
Senator Warren Charged With Offenses
Against Federal Laws.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-President
Roosevelt has positively decided to
Investigate the many charges which
have been made against Senator
Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming.
One charge alleges that Senator
Warren fenced illegally thousands of
acres of the public domain.
1t is alleged also that for II years
he had men working in his mercantile
and stock business in Cheyenne,
Wyo., while keeping them on the gov.
ernment payrolls at Washington by
fraud. The names of Charles M.
Smith, Hiram Sapp and S. P. Tuttle,
which are carried on the rolls of the
claims and irrigation committees OF
the senate, are mentioned in this con.
nection.
1t is further alleged that others who
received funds through Warren's ap.
pointment rendered no service to the
government.
Finally, it is charged that Warren
entered into contract with the United
States government, while SEM nator,
in 1899, for the rental Of a building be
owns in Cheyenne for 10 years, at 81,
200 pear, in direct violation of the
revised statutes.
1t developed today that the senior
senator from Wyoming is the subject
of long report made to the president
by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock.
1t is stated that Secretary Hitchcock
particularly called the PRESIDENT at
tention to the illegal fencing which the
reports of inspectors of the interior
department assert has been done on
public lands by Warren. For this
same offense indictments have been
secured in number of western states
A chart showing fences alleged to
have been erected by Warren, has
been transmitted with Hitchcock's re.
port to the president. 1t was prepared
upon inform alton furnished by the in
spectOrs. Senator Warren declares
that this chart is false: that the fenses
alleged to belong to him inclose land
which he never had control. Some OF
the fences belong to other Spersons,
but some are his own property, and
he claims to have clear title to land
they enclose.
Senator w arren claims to be conf
dent of his ability to prove the charge
of illegal fencing false, and he will
make spirited fight, his friends as
sert, if the matter is brought into
court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Pensions For Railroad Employees.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 27.-Commenc.
ing January l., the Atchison, Topeka
& Sante Fe Railway company will
place in operation q sy stem of service
pensions on all lines of the system
from Chicago to the Gull and the Pa.
cific coast. All employees OF the com.
pany who have been in its service con.
tinuously for Is years, and who have
either reached the age OF 65 years or
have become permanently disabled,
will be entitled to pensions.
The pensions will be based on a per.
centage of salary or wages received
The minimum will be $40 and the max
imum, S15 per month. In exceptional 81
cases, the pension board may increase
the allowan by not more than % per
cent. immortality on the part of an
employe will be sufficient cause for the
revocation of pension.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
BRITAIN'S BIG BLIZZARD.
Worst Storm In Thirty Years Causes
Death To Several People.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The crew of the
Japanese liner Ava Maru, which ran
on the rocks off Red Car last night,
were taken off by lifeboats. A tele.
gram from Holyhead says an unknown
vessel has foundered off Rhscolyn
point, Wales.
Nine persons have been found frozen
to death on roads in England alone
during the past twenty -four hours.
The continuing snowfall has created
practically an unprecedented situa-
tion, the worst known in thirty years
in Great Britain and the conditions
existing here appear to.tbe general
throughout Europe.
From all pointsl OF Great Britain
come reports of trains buried in snow
drifts, the worst case being that OF a
passenger train bound from Dunbar
to Edinborough which ran into q
snowdrift at o'clock last night three
miles from St. Andrews and is still
imbedded.
All efforts made during the night to
reach them we're futile, but this morn.
ing quantities Of provisions were con.
veyed to the passengers and crews.
The equipment of thel British rail.
roads is inadequate deal with the to
conditions heretofore almost unknown
in the country.
Forty persons had!a narrow escape
from death today owing to the col.
lapse of the snow.laden roof of Gov.
ent Garden warehouse, bv. most OF
them were rescuednfrom 1.-THE wreckage
with only slight injuries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
American Flour For Russia.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 27.-It is re-.
ported that big deal is about to be
closed, whereby a Minneapolis com.
pany will consign large quantity Of
Minneapolis -four for Russian con-
sumption. The expectation of Min.
neapolis flour to Russia will be with.
out precedent. Only through the i'm.
mense shortage in the Russian crop
could this condition arise, q shortage
so great that Russian flour prices
were advanced to a notch where for.
eign millers can figure on paying the
high import duty, plus freight, and
realizing fair profit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
FavOrs Leasing Public Lands.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-President
Roosevelt has expressed the belief IN
talk with Senator Carter that the
president should be authorized to per.
NIT persons under certain conditions,
to fence in certain portions OF the pub
lie domain. This in effect would be
the first step in the direction of leas-
ing the public domain for grazing
purposes. 1t is possible that some
legislation in line with the presidents 3
suggestion may be enacted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Will Prosecute Railways.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Secretary
Wilson, of the department of agri.
culture today transmitted to the de.
partment OF Justice nine additional
cases of alleged violations of what is
popularly known as the '36-hour
law which provides that railway
companies shall not detain livestock
on cars for longer period than q
hours without food and water except
with the consent of the owner of the
stock, and then no more than 36
hours.
The cases we're one each against
the Great Northern, the Oregon Short
Line, the Southern Pacific, the Union
Pacific, the Lake Shore g. Michigan
Southern and the Chicago, Burling.
ton & Quincy, and their agents. The
secretary forwarded the complete evi.
dence in each case to Attorney Gen.
eral Bonaparte and requested him to
institute proceedings. The law pro.
vides, as penalty for violation, a
fine of $500.
Secretary Wilson says there are
several hundred cases under consid-
Grafton by the agricultural depart.
ment and that prosecution will be in.
sisted upon whenever the evidence
warrants. The attorney general al
ready has cases against the Southern
Pacific, the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, the Big Four and the Chi.
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul roads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Labels Must Tell The Truth

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2..-Represent-
atives OF the Glucose Sugar Refining
company had conference today with
Secretary Wilson, of the agriculture
department. concerning the labels
which, under the pure food law, will
have to be placed on pack ages. The
conference related particularly to the
labels to be placed on corn syrup,
corn sugar, grape sugar and glucose
used in cans. The secretary gave his
callers to understand that it will be
necessary for their labels to indicate
just what each package contains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

plan which will eliminate graft in gov.
ernment coal lands by big corpora
tions and make impossible frauds OF
the Utah type. It is to authorize the
secretary Of the interior to enter into
leasing contracts for the mining OF
coal. petroleum and natur al gas under
government lands. The contracts
must be limited to ten years. The
money derived from leases shall be
turned into the reclaim alton fund,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Much Railroad Building.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-More miles OF
railway We're constructed in the United
States during the last year than have
been built during any year since 1888,
according to the Railway Age. Since
January l last. COG. miles of track
have been laid on 3os lines in forty
four states and 'arritories, making
the country's total railway mileage
223, l39, The greatest amount of rail.
way building during the year was
done in Texas, where 1Ol miles OF
track was laid. Louisiana and South
Dakota are almost tied for second
place, with 39l and 3S9 miles respec.
lively.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
To Amend Land Laws.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The sen ate
committee on public lands is holding
extra sessions in an effort TO reach q
final agreement on the bill to repeal
the timber and stone act. A bill for
this purpose has already been intro.
duced by majority of the committee,
but there are still minor matters to
adjust. Senator Carter, who is con.
stant attendant at the meetings, takes
the position that this law should never
have been enforced in parts of the
country known to containimineral de
posits.
Senator Hansbrough has evolved a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
James J. Hill win Retire.

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-A special to the
Record-Herald from Minneapolis
says: James j. Hill, president OF the
Great Northern, it was announced TO-.
day will retire from active business
life on July next. The announce.
ment comes from Mr.. Hill himself.
His successor will be his eldest son,
Louis ]. Hill, first vice president OF
the Great Northern.
Mr.. Hill said: II have planned to
retire as soon as l can safely do so.
BY July l, shall be able to leave the
work of q lifetime on safe and sound
basis that will endure"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Cars Moving Again.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2S.-The back.
bone of the grain tie.up is broken, as
hundreds of ears grain-laden are com.
ing into the city daily, particularly
over the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific and 500 roads.
Great Northern Officials assert they
shall have handledkmore than 5000
grain cars locally by the end OF De-
cember, as against 5000 in November.
The Northern Pacific will have han.
died between 1920 and /, 800 cars, as
against 553 in November.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Settlers FOr.Canada.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-General Booth,
the head of the Salvation Army, an
nounces that arrangements are being
made to send 80, 600 settlersIto Canada a
from England during the coming
year. The first shipload will reach
Canada in the middle of February and
will be sent to points in western On
tario. The second shiploadI will be
sent in March and ,will be sent west to
Manitoba, Saskatchewan andlAlberta
to the maritime provinces andIlater on
a large number will be sent to British
Columbia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Race Riots In Mississippi.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 26.-With the
number OF dead placed by conserva-
tive estimate of fifteen, the racial
trouble prevailing throughout kemper
county, Mississippi, has reached a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Indians On The Warpath.

Ell PAso, Texas, Dec. 27.-The de-
tails OF the Yaqui Indian outbreak at
Lencho station, on the Cananea,
Yaqui River * Pacific railway, a
branch of the Southern Pacific in
Sonora, Mexico, on Saturday night,
in which eight Mexicans were killed
and all the houses burned, have been
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

received here. No Americans were
killed, although 1t is certain that, but
for the timely arrival Of a work train
with large crew OF laborers, Fore
man Thompson and his wife would
have been killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
MILLIONAIRE IN COTTAGE
Richest Man in New Orleans Buys
Humble Dwelling - Wife
Does the Homework.

New Orleans, La, Aug.-When William
Edenborn, richest man in New Orleans,
announced his intention of buying a new
home the real estate agents of the city
prepared to "cut a pie" The price of all
the desirable mansions in the city that
were for sale jumped about 40 per cent.
Real estate dealers thought he would be
satisfied only with the best and would
pay any price demanded.
But that was not the way in which
Edenborn acquired his S20,0OG,OOO, and ne
did not propose at so late a day to de-
part from his custom of getting the big
end of the bargain.
Great was the amaZement of the realty
dealers when the announcement was
made that Edenborn had purchased a
humble one story cottage on a side street
where clerks on SIS month live. Eden
born says he will spend his days in this
little home.
Hundreds OF persons rode out to the
quiet little neighborhood last week TO
see the nulti-millionaire cottage, where
his wife does the homework just as she
did before fortune dealt so lavishly with
them.
Edenhorn was president of the local
wire MILL but after its absorption by the
steel trust he turned his genius to rail-
road building and is now the states prin-
cipal figure in this class of enterprise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
MARRIAGE LAWS
MAY Be UNIFIED
Rumor That Pope Has Decided
to Act on Communications
From This Country.

Chicago. Aug. Identification of Ro-
man Catholic marriage regulations in the
United States is anticipated in an edict
shortly to be issued from Rome. Reports
that the pontiff has decided to act on
communications of the Catholic clergy
throughout the country have been re-
ceived
The present complications date back to
the DEGREES of the council of Trent, held
in the sixteenth century. several of the
edcts of which applied only to the Span
ish possessions in America. These have
not been amended, and the laws govern
ing non-Catholic ceremonies in the limits
OF the old Louisiana purchase differ
from those in force outside that terri
tory.
The edict of the ecclesiastical council
was that no ceremony performed by 9TH
er than a regularly authorized priest
would be recognized as binding. In the
newer territory such ceremonies were de-
clared illicit by the church, but the par
Elephants could not be divorced 1t is in
timated that the new law Will declare
the marriages nonresident and its prin-
cipals free to enter into other marriage
contracts if not in conflict with the civil
law.
If a priest is not procursble as in q
sparsely settled country, verbal con-
tract of marriage before witnesses viii
be held binding until opportunity for the
proper religious ceremony has arrived
The conflicting regulations on marriage
in adjacent sections have caused mucf
trouble to the Catholic clergy, who fire.
uuently have sought to have the laws
unified. The attitude of the church or
divorce, where the proper religious cere
mony has been performed, Will not bt
altered in any way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
BULLDOG GETS ON A JAG.
Cleveland Canine, Well Loaded" Is
Greatest Scene on Street.

Cleveland, o., Aug.-Dirty but good
natured, his legs describing all sorts of
curves and his spirits hilarious, half
grown brindle bull terrier with full
grown Jag first frightened and then
amused a hundred people at the noon
hour in Euclid avenue.
When the general public began to take
notice the dog was on the sidewalk in
front of the First National bank and was
making honest, IL somewhat awkward,
attempts to be friendly with every passer-
by His walk was not straight enough
always to lead him directly TO the per-
son he started for, but he was not Of
Tended if he brought up against someone
else.
At first the passers-by who stopped to
watch tie pup feared he was q victim OF
rabies, but a red-nosed person soon dag
nosed the symptoms, and his announce
ment that the dog was plain drunk"
was too plainly the truth to be doubted;
A policeman finally came along and
had the dog taken down into the big eX-
cavation for the foundation Of the new
First National Bank building, and there
his dogshlp proceeded to sleep off his
lag"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
HUGE COAL PILE BURNING.
Billings, Mont, Sugar Company Like
ly to Suffer Heavy Loss.
Especial to The Herald.

Butte, Mont. Aug. 2S.-Advices from
Billings are to the effect that the spon-
taneOus fires in the mountain of coal
stored at Billings by the Billings Sugar
factory nave broken out afresh, de-
spite the fact that a large force of men
has been fighting the smOuldering hill
of fuel for the past week. The loss has
reached more than $1,000, and is stead
lily growing. The fumes emitted by the
burning coal are so powerful that a
number of the f1re-fghters have been
overcome and white men refused to
further combat the flames, and Mexi-
cans and negro field laborers have been
pressed into service. Flooding the out
er surface of the coal hill seems of lit
tie effect, as the coal continues to burn
fiercely underneath. Half a hundred
thousand tons of fuel had been stored
by the company in anticipation of a
coal shortage, and the greater TART of
it appears doomed. 1t is impossible to
use horses in hauling it away because
of the gases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
-FOUR MORE AUTO VICTIMS
DR.. George Waldron and Three Wo-
men Instantly Killed Near
Rochester. N. Y,

9 g g @ @ o @ g g 9 @ 8 9 8 g o g 9
g Rochester. N. Y, Aug. S.-Dr. g
g George Waldron of Rochester and g
{. three women were instantly killed g
9 when a Rochester & Eastern train =
@ struck their automobile this aft g
@ ernoOn.
9 DR.. Waldfon went 10 HOpewell g
9 this morning with his daughter 10 Z.
g visit at the home of William (.
g Scanlin, and had taken tho three g
9 women, all of whom were more .
g than Sc years old, for an automO- @
g bile ride They were on their way g
g to the Freshour crossing 10 meet p
8 another friend of the Scanlia fam 9
@ lily. Witnesses of the accident g
9 say as the machine approached .
9 the trolley tracks 1t was seen by .
8 the motorman. According 10 the {.
8 motorman, he made a signal and Z.
g Dr. Waldron slowed up Then. g.
9 apparently thinking that he would 4:
(. cross before the car reached him. &.
g he started on again. 1t is thought &:
s. that the automobile did not re- 9
(. spond readily to the levers. 1t s:
9 was caught on the tracks and the 3,
. occupants thrown with great Z:
g force. The bodies were frightfuily &.
% crushed. :
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
WOULD HARNESS
OLD SOILS RAYS
Frank Shuman, Philadelphia
Chemist, Discovers New
Source of Power.
PLANT LOOKS LIKE HOT BED
ENGINE RUN By ACTION OF THE
SUN.

Philadelphia. Aug.-By using the prin-
ciple of the common hotbed by which
farmers grow fresh vegetables in the
dead of winter. Frank Shuman, engineer
and chemist, thinks he has solved the old
problem of converting the heat of sun
into power at such low cost that its
commercial use is possible.
He has now running an engine that gets
its power from the sun and ii is so sim
pie that a child can operate II. Shuman,
who is the inventor of the concrete file
used in all skyscrapers and the wire
glass, says his machine will revolutionize
the motive power Of the world.
On the Shuman property in Tacony
there is what looks like a big hotbed, lSx
50 feet. 1t is simply a big wooden box
sunk into the ground and covered with a
double top of ordinary dollhouse glass
with a one-inch air space between the
layers.
Has Coils of Pipe.
Instead of being filled with vegetables
however, II is filled with eoiled iron pipes
These pipes. which are filled with ether
connect with a small upright engine
hardly.
The circuit is known as a "closed one
that is, the ether in the pipes is con-
verted to vapor in the big box, passe:
through the engine, developing three anC
half horse power, thence into a con
denser and back again to the hot box
No fuel is used, the heat of the sur
being relied puon to convert the liquid
into vapor. In the tropics water cOulC
take the place of ether, Shuman says.
The light rays of the sun in this lati
tude can be converted into heat and they
will yield high temperatures. In the trop
les this would run to perhaps 800 degree!
OF higher The light rays penetrate dou
BILE glass cover and are absorbed and con
verted into heat rays by the dark metal
lie surfaces of the pipes. The air space
prevents the heat from escaping ana
whatever is in the pipes will boil.
If there is water in the pipes 1t will b.
turned into steam and that steam can b.
used to run an engine. This small hot
box, If IN the tropics. the investor says
would yield about 30-horse-power.
Chief Moore of the weather bureau
and q string of scientists are coming L
see the machine work. Before the paten
office would take any stock in it an ex
pert was sent on and he became con
WINGED.
Shuman, who is a wealthy man, frank
| " admits that his machine will not rul
| in cloudy weather. He believes that b,
using his engine to make liquid air, which
in turn can be transported anywhere, Goa
will be displaced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
BIG FLOW OF GAS STRUCK
IN WYOMING OIL FIELDS
(Special to The Herald

Billings, Mont, Aug. 2S.-The Mon
tana & Wyoming Oil company has
struck a large quantity Of gas near
Garland, Wyo., while drilling for oil in
that vicinity. The flow is unprece-
dented. A new well has been started
and at a depth of 200 feet the drill be-
came stuck Another hold was started
to bore out the drill, and this also be-
came stuck within ten feet of a large
oil strata. John D. Losekamp, presi-
dent of the company, accompanied by
w. Y. Terrell, Jr., of the Standard Oil
company. left for the new fields today
and will make arrangements to utilize
the gas while there for manufacturing
purposes and in the drilling of other
wells in that vicinity. 1t is the inten-
ton of the company to build a pipe
line from the wells to this city without
delaV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-29
MURRAY, BINGHAM JUNCTION
AND SANDY OMNIBUS co.
TINE TABLE.

Leaves Murray for Bingham Junction
6:15 a m, 9:15 a IN. 12,l5 a. m. 3:15 p. m,
6:15 D. m, 12:15 p. m
Leave Bingham Junction for Sandy-T a
m, 10 a. m, / p. m. p. m, p. m.
Leaves Sandy for Bingham Junction
1880 a. m. 1870 a m. 40 p. m. 4:3O D.
m, 1880 p. m
Leave Bingham Junction for Murray-8
a. m. IL a. m. 2 D. m, p. m, p. m.
FARES-25c any point. Single fare. Csc
Bingham Junction and Sandy. 25c- LOven-
dahFs to Murray, 25c- Purchase tickets
at the following places Only-LyOn Drug
Co. Murray: West Jordan Drug Co,
Bingham Junction; Marriott's Hotel
Sandy TIME SUBJECT TO CHANGE