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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Want Higher Wool Duty.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 2O.-A still higher
duty on imported wool is the demand
expressed in resolution adopted by
mass meeting of Utah woolgrowers at
the Salt Lake Commercial club rooms
today. President Edward H. Callister
OF the Utah Woolgrowers' associ ciation
presided. There was no opposition
tothe resolution which recites that "the
cost of the production of wool in the
west has materially increased since
the passage OF the Dingley tariff bill,"
and requests "a raise in the tariff
on wool, and that our representatives
in congress labor for raise in the
wool SCHEDULED
\ committee was appointed to draft
q statement for submission to the
house committee on ways and means.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

close of business today will share in
one of the juiciest melons ever cut by
an American railroad company. This
is dividend of Sll 26 share to be
paid to them by the Northwestern I'm
provement company, subsidiary
concern through which the Hill road
carries on operations in coal mines,
irrig alton works and investments in
bonds. The aggregate amount Of the
distribution will be Sl7 453, 1000.
The Northwestern Improvement CON-
pany's capital stock is only 81, rs, 900
so that the dividend is equivalen to
629 per cent on the capital of the cor.
poration. 1t is stated that this div.
idend is paid from a surplus acquired
through series Of years, and that
none of it was derived from the trans.
portation business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Twenty Killed BY Gas Explosion.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-Twenty five
persons are De!ived to have lost their
lives in au explosion of gas which
tore up grea, section of Gold street,
in Brooklyn, today. 1t is definitely
known that l5 persons We're buried
under the hundreds of tons of earth
and timber thrown into the air, and
10 more are reported as missing. The
exact number of dead cannot be de.
termined until tomorrow, for those
working 20 recover the entombed
bodies must dig through 50 feet of
dirt rock and a tangle of pipes and
timbers.
The explosion occurred in so foot
deep excavation that had been made
in Gold street between York and Front
streets, where a water main was being
laid. The gas main recently sprang
leak, and in q manner unknown, q
spark came In contact with the escap-
ing gas. Immediately there was q
terrific explosion which lifted the
surface for half a block in both direc-
tions and shot dirt, paving stones and
debris into the air.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
KAISER TALKED TOO MUCH.
Alleged Interview With German EN-
peror Causes Big Sensation.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-What pur.
ports to be an absolutely accurate
and authentic synopsis of the inter.
view obtained from Emperor William
of Germany, by DR.. William Bay ard
Hale and subsequently withdrawn just
as it was about to be published in the
Century Magazine, is printed by the
World today. The World declares
that the article, as originally written,
was submitted to DR.. Hale, and that
it appears today, "as changed by DR..
Hale
The interview is said to have taken
place on the imperial yacht Hohenzol.
lern, off Bergen, Norway, while DR..
Hale wis the emperor's guest. The
World SUNNI arizes the main points of
the emperor's interview as follows:
''That the king of Great Britain
has been humiliating him for more
than two years, and that he was ex-
As perated: that Germany was the
paramount power in all Europe, and
England was trying to neutralize that
power.
''That he held France in the hollow
of his hand, and that Russia was Of
no account since her disastrous war
with Japan.
"That if the Pan-European war
which has been so much talked of was
inevitable, the sooner it came the bet
ter it would be for him. for he was
ready and tired of suspense.
"That Great Britain had been a
decadent nation ever since her victory
over the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State, because hers was an un-
righteous, ungodly cause. and Divine
Judgment was bound to overtake the
powerful nation that waged such a
war.
"1hat the Anglo.J apanese alliance
was an iniquitous alliance against all
the white races, England proving alb
solutely her faithless cause as a
Christian nation: also that Japan was
honeycombing India withsedition, and
flooding it with spies, while profess
ing openly to be England's friend and
ally.
'That the only way to counter this
alliance was for Germany and Am
erica to act together at an early date,
or America would have to fight the
Japanese in ten months.
THAT in the event of great war,
England would lose many OF ner col
onies, especially il the Pacific, aud
tn at all he would take for Germ any
would be Egypt ,houGu he would lib
crate the Holy Lane from the yoke Of
sultan
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Convicts May Smoke Up.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Nov. 90
There is great JOY among the prison.
ers at the United States penitentiary
here, owing to the fact that pipes and
tobacco will be furnished each man
desiring them on nksgiving day.
Recently the warden recommended
to the department of justice that it
would further discipline to keep the
men who smoke supplied with tobacco.
His recommend alton met with appro.
val, and the order was issued. Yes
terday - dozen missouri meer-
schaums" were purchased, also
great quantity of tobacco. The to-
bacco will be used as reward Of
merit, and prisoners who violate rules
will be deprived of their smoking.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Affects Livestock Exports.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2I.-The reports
that the entire states of New York and
Pennsylvania had been placed in
quarantine by the secretary of agri.
culture was at first received here with
indifference, but a digest of the situa-
ton has aroused some apprehension
among Chicago livestock dealers. The
ports OF New York and Phil adelphi q
have been closed and no cattle can be
exported from them without a
thorough re-inspection. This means
all exporting from these ports will
now be shat off until the lifting Of the
quarantine. Shippers who usually
export stock through the quarantined
states ir order to avoid the delay 5
contingent on spection will now
be Obliged to divert their shipments
to other channels.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Alaska Gold Is Stolen.

SEATTLE, Nov. l9.-R. IL. Reed ),
formerly employed by r. Z. Barnette,
owner of the Dome Greek mine near
Fairbanks, Alaska, arrested last
month on charge Of stealing gold
from his employer, yesterday con-
fessed his guilt and implicated other
laborers in the stealing from mine
owners. In his confession Reed said:
81 gathered the gold and sand in
handfulls out of the rifles, hid it in
my handkerchief, or gloves or boots,
carried it home and washed it out.
My cleanings were from fifty cents to
S40O a day and the day l brought
home the S40O nugget it scared my
wife, it was so large. Although l
must have cleaned up 81 800 worth of
stolen gold, l have spent it all except
the $500 you dug mp in my front yard
"What | have taken from Dome
Creek mine is not a drop in the bucket
compared with the stealings that have
been going on in the Tanana district
all summer, and are even going on
now. | know of one man who has
5000 worth of stolen gold salted
down -
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Reclamation Office At Helena.

HELENA, Nov. 20. O.-Headquarters OF
the northern district of the reclama a.
tion service, comprising the states of
Montana, Wyoming and North Da.
kota, have been removed to Helena
from Huntley, Supervising Engineer
Henry n. Savage and assistants
arriving today. An entire floor of an
Office building has been leased, and
from here work on II irrigation pro.
iects now under construction will be
supervised.
Helena was selected as district head.
quarters because of its advantageous
central location and its reader acces.
sibility to the various projects than
the former headquarters at Huntley
When the district was first created the
office was opened in Denver. AS the
work progressed the Office was re.
moved to Billings, thence to Huntley
and now to Helena.
The Office will probably be situat'
ed here for many years to come, be-
cause of the immense amount of re.
clamation work still to be done in the
northern district and in Montana
particularly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

those states to be quarautined against
interstate shipments of cattle, etc. ;,
were shown today in advices which
reached Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, stating that four children in
Danville, Pa, had contracted the dis.
ease. A rigid investigation is in
progress to determine whether others
have been similarly affected. The
officers believe that the spread of the
cOntagion will be checked, although
admitting that the situation is grave.
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-The board of
agriculture this afternoon was in.
formed of the extension of foot and
mouth disease in cattle, and have is
sued al order prohibiting the impor-
tation OF cattle, hay or straw from
either New York or New Jersey. The
prohibition Of the Importation of the
products from Pennsylvania was an.
nounced yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
FOR LARGER HOMESTEADS.
Dry Farm Measure Will Be Urged
BY Western Congressman.

WASHINGTON, Nov ga strong
effort will be made at the appro ach-
ing session Of congress to secure the
passage OF the dry-farm homestead
bill, which encountered so many
obstacles at the last session. Senator
Smoot Of Utah will take up the fight
in the sen ate, as he was the original
author of the bill, and the fight in the
house will be led by Representative
Mondell of Wyoming, author of the
house dry.farm bill.
Dry-farm legislation was defeated
last winter because the bills reported
by the respective committees on pub.
lie lands were loosely drawn, and
offered too great opportunities for
speculative or fraudulent operation.
In other words, the bills were not pro.
perly safeguarded. 1t was contended,
and practically proven by opponents
or critics of the measure, that under
their provisions individuals could go
upon the public domain and make
entry of $50 acres OF almost any
character Of land, save mineral land.
This, Of course, is contrary TO good
public policy, hence the failure Of the
dryfarm bills.
If the authors of the 800 home
stead bills will redraft them, or offer
amendments which will so alter their
character as to restrict their applica
tion to arid or semi-arid lands, so
that they will accomplish no more
than the avOwed purpose for which
they are drawn, it may be possible to
secure their passage before the 4th of
Nj March, but ii the bills are not modifi-
ed to meet the objections raised last
winter. they cannot pass.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Would Collect Big Fine.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Attorney
General Eonaparte today fled in the
United states supreme court an ap.
plication for writ of certiOrari and
review Of the Judgment of the court of
appeals IN the Standard Oil company :
$29, 900. 600 fine case.
In the petition Attorney al
BOnapart: say, the trial of the case
took many werk>. ana the cost to the
government l. Il great sum. He says
there are several questions on which
the court of appeals refused to pass,
and that these are vital TO the prose
cation, and must fail ii the conten-
,iun Of the defend ant on any one of
tn, m is sustained.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
He Fenced Public Lands.

FRESNO. Calif., Nov. 1S.-S. c..
Lillis, q former president of the
Lemore Calf. bank, and q wealthy
s,ockman, was found guilty today by
q jury in the federal court of main.
tanning fence around 10000 acres Of
government land in this county The
trial was especially interesting in
view of the fact that United States
District Attorney Lawler, for the
government, sprang sensation when
he introduced evidence to prove that
Li!lis had perpetrated wholes ale
frauds five years ago by employing
80 men to make bogus land entries so
that Lillis could acquire control over
vast acreage. 1t was proved that
Lillis has sought to keep persons from
entering upon the government lands
enclosed by his fence. The punish
ment is year in Jail or fine of
1000. Lillis' attorneys announced
tt at they would request a new trial.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
PROBING OIL TRUST.
Prosecuting Attorney Secures Inn
portant Admissions From
Rockefeller.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-At the after
noon session of the Standard Oil
hearing, ohm D. Rockefeller resumed
the stand and his cross.examin alton
continued.
Mr.. Kellogg read an agreement with
the Pennsylvania which showed that
it provided that the Standa Oil com.
pany was to ship 100000 barrels Of
oil year. When the government
counsel asked if other railroads made
like agreement for a ten per cent re-
bate, Mr.. Rockefeller referred him to
the man who negotiated the agree
ments.
Mr.. Kellogg said the cross.ex amin
alton would not be confined to the
period between 1882 and 1887, concern.
ing which Mr.. Rockefeller gave evil
dence on his direct examin alton, but
would cover also subsequent events
which were connected directly with
those OF the period covered by MIR.
Rockefeller.
In response to questions about the
hazardous nature of the oil business
owing to the possibility of failure of
supply, Mr.. Rockefeller said that the
production of crude oil in Pennsylva.
MIA had steadily increased from 1862
to 1900.
Mr.. Kellogg read figures from an
official report showing that the Penn.
sylvania field reached its highest
point of production in 1900. Mr..
Rockefeller denied that the supply OF
crude oil had always been ample and
asserted that it had fluctu ated, but th at
the supply was larger now than when
he was actively engaged in business.
"You have been prosperous since
the beginning" asked Mr.. Kellogg.
"Yes.'
"Do you consider a business haz.
ardous that on an original investment
of s67 100000 paid dividends amount
ing to S791 900, 900 and had left sur.
plus of 800, 1000, ,O0O:"
81 don't consider the amount of
money made determines whether the
business was hazardous or not, said
Mr.. Rockefeller.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
WILL BE LONG SESSION.
Revision Of Tariff Law May Occupy
About Three Months.

w WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Represent.
ative Serene E. Payne, chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House, does not share the confidence
OF some other Republican leaders in
the early enactment of tariff law.
He believes the extraordinary session
will be called by President Taft to
meet about March Is, but that the de-
bate on the tariff bill will prolong the
session far into the summer.
"The law should be made effective
within day or two after its pass age,"
said Mr.. Payne. "But it is almost a
certainty that it will not go into
effect July l as predicted.
Mr.. Payne says his committee is
better prepared to take up the subject
and deal with it promptly than it has
ever been before in its history.
For two years his committee clerk has
been making up comparative tables
showing the effect of the rates upon
imports. All the necessary data
for an intelligent consider alton of the
tariff bill are before the committee.
In the preparation OF new tariff
bill to be presented at special
session of congress next March,
numerous changes in the schedule
covering agricultural products and
provisions will have to be considered
by the ways and means committee OF
the house. The principal article
about which there is contention of a
change in the duty appears to be
citrus fruits, oranges, lemons and
grape fruit.
After hearing arguments from the
Florida and California citrus fruit
growers, all urging high protective
duty on these fruits, Champ Clark,
the most active questioner on the
democratic or ''duty for revenue"
side of the committee asked one OF
the witnesses:
'When are you fellows to stand on
your feet and have your trade self
supporting without the perpetual pro-
lection of the taritf?'
"When the democratic party gets in
power and labor is reduced to 25 cents
per day." was the sharp rejoinder.
The Florida fruit growers claimed
that their principal competition is
from Cuba.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Calls Congressman Cowards.

CLEVELAND, Nov. Is. AT the annual
banquet last night of the Cleveland
chamber of commerce, Joseph G.. Can
non, speaker of the national house Of
representatives, declared that it re-
quired exceptional courage on the
part of congressman to have mind
of his own.
''No one is such a coward as one
member of the house of representa-
tives, except two MEMBERS" the
speaker declared.
"For the most part" he continued,
"they are elected by small majorities
their place is insecure and they are
threatened on all sides by those who
want favors or certain legislation.
Constantly they have reelection on
their minds"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Penalty For Struggled Goods.

CHICAGO, Nov. lS.-United States
District Attorney Sims this afternoon
filed a suit in the federal court to re-
cover property alleged to have been
smuggled last summer by Mrs. Emily
Chadbourne of Chicago, and alleged
to be for Mrs. Jack G ardner of Bos.
ton.
The property is worth ss2, 500, and
the officials here have already recov-
cred $50, 900 duty and pena alties. If the
government wins the suit the owner
will be required to pay $500 more
to get the property.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

S620,644.U and spent s6l9, 41O.O6 dur
ing the presidential campaign, leaving
balance on hand of 81, ,234.71.
So reads a statement made public
last night by the officers of the com.
mittee, ana the items will be fled for
record in the Office of the secretary of
state of New York, in compliance with
the resolution adopted by the national
committee at Lincoln, Neb., last July.
The statement made public by the
committee includes a certificate Of
audit by Myron D. King, auditor Of
the national committee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Carnegie Discusses Tariff.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-A notable
article from Andrew Carnegie, deal.
ing with the tariff, will appear in the
forthcoming December number Of the
Century Magazine. The iron master
takes the position that ''infant indus.
tries no longer need protection: that
the steel and other industries have
now grown beyond the need OF tariff
projections: that duties on luxuries
used by the rich should be maintained, ,
but that those on manufactured arti-
cles should be reduced greatly or
abolished entirely when no longer
needed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Nine Dead In Coal Mine Fire.

RED LODGE, Nov. 2l.-Aiter COM
plete check of the employes Of the
Northwestern Improvement company :
east side mine. the officers of the COM
lost their live, in the fire which broke
oQt thrre Friday morning. Further
efforts a HE recovery Of ihc bodies
have been given u Al this time, every
effort being pm funth 10y IA" company
to subdue tne 4 ttn"~ a0d %, slope in
an accessible condition II order to
recover the bodies ~ the -N men
missing.
tn cause of the fire. attrg iuves,i-
cation, has been attributed To luc m
diary origin, a large crib construct.
ed OF logs was noticed where the fire
originate and when discovered i, had
made such headway and produced
such intense heat and dense smoke
that it was absolutely impossible for
any human being to approach within
a reasonable distance. Shortly after
the discovery of the fire the gas be-
came SO dense in No. > slope that it
was next to impossible for men to
gain access to the workings. fit had
not been for the prompt action of the
mine officials the death list would
have been greatly increased, as there
were more than 100 men in that part
of the mine when the alarm was given.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Publish Campaign Finances.

ALBANY, N. ", Nov. 23.--Geo. B.
Sheldon, treasurer OF the republican
national committee, today filed the
list of contributions for the recent ma
tional campaign. 1t shows 1888
contributors, many of them covering
a number of lesser contributions. The
total amount contributed was 81 ,655,-
5lS.27. The names of individual con-
tributors are given without specifying
address or locality, this being the
method of entering them when re-
ceived.
Charles p. Taft donated $4,000,
Lars Anderson of Boston, j. =. Nor.
gan and Andrew Carnegie gave $40, 600
each.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-The democratic
national committee received in all
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
FEARFUL MINE DISASTER.
Fire In Red Lodge Mine Causes
Great Loss Of Life.

RED LODGE, Nov. 20.-A fire which
will prove disastrous to property, and
probably entail large loss of life
broke out in the second east section
of the second entry of the Northwest.
ern Improvement company mines this
morning and is still raging.
When the alarm was sounded there
was Il big stampede of men, women
and children to the mines as the dis.
aster was reported to be far more
serious than two years ago, when
eight miners lost their lives.
At first it was believed to be an ex.
plosion as result of white damp, the
most deadly gas there is. but an in.
vestig gation developed that the mine
was on fire. Fire department men,.
bers and half a hundred volunteers
within half an hour the trips were
running with rapidity down the fourth
entry and the men were loaded on
the cars and brought to the surface.
many of them completely exhausted.
Upward of a hundred persons were
rescued in this manner before the work
of fighting the fire began.
Careful check of the miners tonight
shows that three men are dead and
that six are missing. The missing
miners attempted to escape by the No.
, entry, and it is stated there is not q
chance that they have escaped, as in
that portion Of the mine the fire Is
raging fiercest. Despite the stories Of
the rescued miners the mine officials
state that all the men have been check
ed tonight.
The fire was started by the lights on
the caps of the miners, and to night It
was still unchecked. The damage will
be very heavy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Republican Campaign Fund.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia campaign
fund of 81, 100000, contributed to the
repu blican national committee in the
recent campaign will be shown when
the list of contributors is filed at AL.
bany next Monday, according to The
New York Evening Post. 1t IS said
that there are Is, 900 names in the list.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Seeking Homes In Canada.

WINNIPEG, Nov. 19.-Ofticial re-
ports show that since Septem ber /,
when the new land act came into force,
%, 39l homesteaders have taken up
farms in western Canada, an area of
two and three.quarter million acres.
Thirty per cent of these new settlers
were from the United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
A Deadly Cattle Disease.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-Alarming
results following the outbread OF a
contagious foot and mouth disease in
New York and Pennsylvania. causin
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

The WEEKLY RIVER PRESS is good
newspaper to send away to your friends
in the east. 1t will save you the trou.
BILE of writing letters
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Stockholders Get Big Dividend.

NEW YORK, Nov. l9.-Northern Pa.
ci6c stockholders OF record at the