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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Seattle Fair is a Success.

SEATTLE, July %. - The ALASKA
Yukon-Pacifc exposition at Seattle
has spelled success. rhe first month
at this latest of worlds fairs was
proof in itself th st the marvel of the
Portland exposition was TO be re-
peated here: a great industrial ad-
vertisement was to turn out a money
maker.
Until the Lewis and Clark fair of
1905 came to upset all calculations by
paying dividends, il vas only to be
expected that fortunes should be lost
ia making al exposition a success
from the artistic, industrial and edu'
cative standpoint. The idea of tinan-
cial success was not eve considered.
But the exposition of today is now
proving to be q good investment.
With au average attendance OF
around $4,000 persons daily, the
Alaska-Yukon-Paoifc fair is no
worrying over finances. It's courts,
its ways, its exhibits, It's palaces and
its amusement places are never w
crowded and every promise is beins
made good. The west has accom-
plished it's boast Of unusual enterprise
and Seattle may rank with Chicago
Paris, Buffalo and St. Louis as expo
! sitiOn cities.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Lightning Breaks Record.

AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, July "A =
Within five minutes last night, four
bolts of lightning struck the residence
OF John II. Singleton, killing his wife,
May l.. Singleton, % years old, rem
dering himself and son unconscious,
and knocking down his brother and
a neighbor who came to their assist
ance. While Singleton and j. E
Farrell. his neighbor, are still in a
serious condition, it is believed they
Will recover Dell Singleton, the
brother, and the 4-year-old boy, were
severely shocked, but are out Of dan
Ger TODAY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
THE RUSH FOR LAND.

"For UucleH Sam is rich enough TO
give US all q farm ran the popular
song Of other days, when homesteads
were easily takenion the broad prai.
ries of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska,
says the Spokesman Review, Uucle
Sam was easy going and careless then
in his lavish distribution OF free farms.
The homestead law was substantially
the no ~mesteadilaw of the present day,
but the regulations were lighter and
their enforcement lax. Any sort of q
shack ~orisprairie dugout passed for
"a habitable house." and title tl
thousands of homesteads was acquired
by business men and others Ia towns
and cities under the easy going con.
~struction which winked at one nigh
upon the claim in every six mouths
as continuous residence under the
law.
As his once great domain has dwin
died down Uncle Sam has grown NOR,
particular and exacting in disposins
Of his surplus lands on the Coeul
d'Alene, Spokane and Flathead res
ervations. He sells them to the home
stesders at from sl.25 to 81 an acre
and homesteaders who take them a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
WANT FREE HIDES.
Tariff Tangle Caused BY Conflicting
Views Of congressman.

WASHINGTON. july 25. Bitter
words between Senator Aldrich and
Representative Payne just before the
close of an hours session of the tariff
conferees tonight are reported TO have
followed an attempt by Mr.. Aldrich to
compel q vote on a motion to make
hides dutiable at u per cent, half of
the existing rate. The session was
adjourned until 2:3O p. m. tomorrow,
with the hide and leather tariff still
undetermined.
From the variety OF reports con.
corning the incident, none OF which can
be confirmed unqualitiedly, it appears
| that the senate leader was angered be-
cause of Mr.. Payne's frequent state
ments that the country and the presi-
dent were in sympathy with the action
of the house in putting hides on the
free list, end that he did not propose
to be governed by what "a majority of
the conferees thought.
The president, it is said, has been
deeply impressed by the Representa-
tions that have been made to him by
the leather interests to the effect thar
under the protection Of the prohibit
tive - per cent duty the heather and
| shoe manufacturers are at the mercy OF
the four or FIVE big packing con
Germs of the middle west.
The president, on the other hand, il
is declared, has not been much I'M
pressed by the arguments of western
| senators that free hides would be fol
lowed by a demand for free wool,
Hides never were protected until tho
enactrneut OF the 'Diugley Law.
The presidents chief concern is a.
to hides. The other schedules appar'
emily are being worked into acceptab,l
shape, according to his information.
and once The free hides and redacec
leather goods program has been de
termined the end Of the fight is If
! yinu-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Governor Eavors Income Tax.

HELENA, July 20.-Governor Norris
went on record today in favor OF the
income tax and also expressed the
opinion that if Montana has the OPP
portunity % express itself on the sub
ject it willidecide in its favor.
81 certainly favor the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
United States so as to provide for an
income tax" said Governor Norris.
81 believe that if it is submitted to
either the legislature or the people it
will be promptly ratified"
There has been some talk hat the
governor might call ar extra session
of the legislature to consider the
adoption of the amendment, but he
said today there was plenty of time in
which to act without putting the ex-
pen5e on the state. Asked if had any
idea of calling a special session Of
the assembly to ratify the amendment,
the governor said:
1--WE are not in the best financial
condition and the lacking on of an.
other $40, 900 or SIS, 600 for this pur-
| pose would not, in my mind, hasten
, the final decision. In other words, ]
| believe Montana will be ready 20 ac'
through the regular Legislative SEES
sion channels as soon as the rest 0,
! the states"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

HELENA, July %. Monday the
commission will leave Helena for q
trip Of inspection over the Milwaukee
line in the state. The trip will con
sumo four days. The start will be
made eastward out Of Butte.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

Havre Plainde aler: f. a. Nystrom,
who is studying and operating his
farm on the bench just east of the city
under the dry land system of farming,
is meeting with phenomenal success.
His wheat stands about five feet high
and will easily go forty bushels to the
acre. He also has afne crop Of oats,
hulless barley aud potatoes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
ELSIE SIGEL POISONED.

NEW YORK, July IA chemical
analysis by Prof. George A. Fergu-
son, of Columbia University, has de-
tected the presence of poison in the
vital organs of Elsie Sigel.
This disclosure confirms the evi-
dence submitted to the police that a
chinaman tried to buy poison at a
drug store near the Chinese restaurant
over which the girl was murdered
and that this effort to procure the
poison was made on the day before
Elsie Sigel was killed. Another drug
store near the restaurant filled the
prescription for a Chinaman for q
powerful irritant poison but the night
before the girl was murdered
The result of the chemical analysis
on the viscera is absolute proof tt
the police that elsie Sigel was pois
oned before her body was strapped
up and packed in the trunk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
AN IMMIGRATION SHAkEUP.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Out of
472 employees at the immigration sta
ton at Ellis Island, 139 have been
found to be below the standard of
efficiency, according to an announce
ment made today at the department
of commerce and labor. Of the 139
some will be dismissed, some reduced
and others reprimanded and warned.
In connection with the general
shakeup, a letter of unusual character
has just been received by an official
of chat department. The communica
ton is from an employe in the field
service Of the general light house
board. 1t was in response to one
from the department calling upon thi!
employe for his resignation for insub
ordination.
Promptly acknowledging the receipt
Of the letter the employe declared that
the official who osked for his resigna
ton, Secretary Nagel, and the whole
government could go to - so fa'
as he was concerned and signed the
letter "Disrespectfully yours"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
UNCLE OF The GIRL
BUILD|NG'SCAFFOLD
BRANDON PREPARING FOR PUB
LIc HANGING AND NO GUARDS
WILL BE NECESSARY.

JACKSON, Miss, July 14.-District
Attorney East, of Brandon, was in the
city yesterday and had a conference
with the Governor as to the danger
of a lynching when the sheriff of
Rankin county comes to execute Will
Mack. the Pelahatchie rapist. Gov
Noel asked Mr.. East if there was any
danger of such outbreak and any ne
cessity Of protection to the negro, and
ne stated very positively that there
was not-that the citizens of Rankin
want 10 see a legal execution in this
case and they are goine to have it.
The date of the execution of viii
Mack was fixed for the 23rd of July.
Friday week The scaffold is now be-
ing erected just outside the court
house yard at the northwest corner of
the yard, where everybody can see if
they so desire. The board of sup
ervisors ordered a public execution
and that seems to suit all the people
of the county.
By a strange coincidence Mr.. Fay
cite Myers, an uncle of the young girl
who was the victim of the yellow
brute's lust, is building the scaffold
and is taking great deal of pleasure
in driving every nail.
1t has been four or five years since
Rankin county had hanging-the las
prisoner executed there being Ale.
Lewis, negro who killed Mr.. Black
and who by another strange coinci
dence was alse from Pelahatchie.
The indications are that there vii
be a great crowd of both white an
black at Brandon on the occasion @
the hanging of Mack.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
DEMOCRATS
FOR CENSUS
ENUMERATOR;
TAFT WILL MAKE APPOINTMENT
IN SOUTH ACCORDING TO
EFFICIENCY.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Presiden
Taft discussed with his cabinet yes
terday the distribution of census pat
ronage in the South. The Senators OF
several of the Southern States have
recently consulted with the President
on this subject and he has told them
that in broad way his policy will be
to name enumerators and supervisors
without regard TO political affiliations.
the desire being to get the best avail
able men for tsnse responsible and
difficult positions
Republicans and Democ1 ats will
share alike. in the appointments ts
through the South. Postmaster Gener-
al Hitchcock likely will be consulted
extensively in the filling of the Off
ces.
Secretary Nagel, of the Department
of commerce and Labor, under whose
jurisdiction the census office operates
also will carefully scrutinize the cen
sus recommendations made by South
ern Senators,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
Highest POINT
OF THE SEASON
Rains Have Interferred With Harvest
ing Operations and II Is Said That
There viii Be No Hurryng of the
Wheat to Market.

CHICAGO, July 14.-Wheat for July
delivery made a sensational advance
of five cents per bushel on the Board
of Trade today when it jumped to
$125 during the first half hour of the
trading. This price eclipsed 4 1-2
cents the previous high point for. the
season.
This jump was due to the extreme
ly urgent demand of many traders to
cover short sales in view of poor pros
poets of any considerable movement
of new wheat to market this month
owing to rains having interferred with
harvest operations in the West and
Southwest,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS
ARE JUBILANT AFTER WHITE
HOUSE CONFERENCE.
Some Schedules Will Cause Debate
and viii Be Changed, But There
Is Not Much Business Vet to
Be Transec.er.

WASH-'GTuN, July 14-S.nator
Aldrich Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentative tordney, of Michigan, rep
resenting ths leaders of the stendpat
forces in congress, held conferences
with the prsident and left the White
House in an exceedingly good humor.
Shortly thereafter the report was
generally circulated that the Presi
dent is going to approve any tariff
bill sent him. If he does otherwise
it would certainly astound the Aldrich
forces, all of whom make no doubt
that when the conference committee
agrees the sending of the bill to the
mality.
There was accordingly a feeling
around the capitol that it will not be
many days before the conference CON-
mittee reports to the senate anu
house. The committee is making good
progress on the bill. 1t was stated
this afternoon that there is every in
dication that the 15 per cent. duty on
hides will not stand. This is the
present rate and was also passed by
the senate. The house voted for free
hides and it is likely that the confer
ences will get together on 10 per cent.
or perhaps as low as per cent. The
fact is that Senator Aldrich is not
opposed to free hides but retained the
is per cent duty in Difference to the
demands of Senator Warren and other
western senators. Owing to this some
of those who are advocating free
hides have not abandoned hope that
situation may arise which will lead
Senator Aldrich to concede the entire
| duty.
| The duties on lumber, print paper,
pulp wood and wood pulp promise to
develop the biggest interest in the
lbill. The present rate on lumber is
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
URGE Mr.. TAFT
TO VETO BILL
SAY PAYNE-ALDRICH MEASURE
WILL BENEFIT ONLY TRUSTS
AND MoNoPoLIES.

NEW YORK, July 14.-President
Tafts mail for the next few days will
be flooded with letters and petitions
urging him to veto the tariff bill If
the plans of the National Association
of Manufacturers, formulated at a
meeting at their Tariff Committee"
here yesterday, succeed.
On the ground that the Payne-Ald-
rich bill will work injustice to every
person in the country through it's high
wool schedule, and that the President
should compel his party to frame a
new bill in accordance with the
pledges for real downward revision.
members of the association through
out the country have been asked to
write the President and urge that
their friends and customers to do like
wise.
"The only beneficiaries Of this bill
are the trusts" says the committees
appeal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
CORPORATION
TAX REDUCED
CABINET CLOSELY STUDIES THE
CORPORATION TAX AMEND
MENT IN NEW RAlMENT.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-For the
second time in its young life, the ad-
ministration-nutured corporation tax
amendment was today subjected to
close scrutiny at a cabinet session.
The attorney general had provided TOR
the returned prodigal, new raimen'
similar to that which it wore on its
first journey from the White House
to the senate. The per cent. tax on
net earnings had been reduced to
per cent. and other changes were made
which convinced the President that it
would be safe to let the youngster
venture once more to capitol Hill and
test its welcome. Although the amend
ment is fully equipped for the journey,
its distinguishing sponsors have de-
cided to keep it under their shelter
ing care until the tariff conferees have
proceeded far enough to give the cor
poration tax feature the glad hand
and especially until the defenders of
the measure have been consulted
Therefore it will remain with Attor
ney General Wickersham until the
conferees are about ready to report.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
TIMBER sUPeLy WILL 5; a.
LAST ALWAYS ~ sAYs

SEATTLE Wash, July 14.-Fred-'
erick Weyerhauser. president of the
Weyerhauser Lumber Company, the
largest holder of timber lands in the
United States takes issue with GIFT
ford Pinchot, head of the United States
forestry department, on the statement
that there is danger of exhausting the
timber supply in the next twenty
years. Mr.. Weyerhauser says that he
! believes that the timber supply OF the
United States will never give out.
There is no reason to believe that
the timber supply will ever be ex-
hausted," said Mr.. Weyerhauser. II
am of the opinion that we will have
ample timber for our needs for an in
definite time-for all time, in fact.
Talk commonly INDUCED in regard
to the depletion of timber IN the East
the West and South is an exaggera
ton. There is still an abundance in
the South, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Michigan and contiguous territory
With ordinarily conservative methods
of numbering and with proper safe
guards against fires and utterly use
sless waste, it should last forever.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
Work VIII Be Commenced On
These Thoroushfares Next
Week.
CITY COUNCIL Will
ACT IMMEDIATELY
Plans Which Could Not Be Discussed
Monday Night May Be Reviewed BY
the Board-Much Interest Manifest
ed BY Citizens.

TIL News is in possession of infor-
lnation which warrants. the assertion
hat the work of paving Bouie street
I'd River avenue will be commenced
!. hxt week, and the work pushed to
completion.
Several of the councilmen were seen
this morning and it appears to be the
sentiment of the board that the work
is a necessity, and one in which the
whole city is vitally interested
While the action of the board in de-
ferring discussion of the petition pre-
sented Monday night occassioned
much adverse criticism, it appears
that the council is in a position which
will not permit of public discussion
of the natter without jeopardizing
the city's interest to considerable
extent.
1t is known that the matter has
been under consideration for some
time and as stated by Mayor Donald,
il has been the intention of the board
to see that the work was done, and
without unnecessary delay. but as be-
fore stated public discussion of the
question might tend to disarrange the
plans contemplated. :
Alderman NJ. ]. McGrath stated that
he did not think there was a solitary
member of the council who did not
freely realize the Importance Of put
ting these streets in good shape, and
but for the fact that committee of
the council had been working quietly
to this end, the petition presented
Monday night would have had more
consideration and the matter discussed
more fully. He stated that the board
had no intention of ignoring the pc
tition, but that the temporary post
ponment of the matter would result
in a considerable saving to the city in
the expense incident to the work.
1t appears to be the sense of the
board that in the event the scheme
under contemplation fails of its pur
nose, that definite action will be taken
next Monday night regardless. The
fertilizer officials have been notified
that wagons would begin next week
TO haul the pyrites to the places where
they will be needed, and it is very
likely that not only Bouie street and
River avenue win receive attention
but that other streets in the residence
districts of the city will be treated
in a like manner.
Mr.. McGrath says his idea is to have
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
PERSIAN cossACKs AND NATION.
ALlsTs ARE FIGHTING IN THE
STREETS.
Soldiers of the Shah Are Bombarding
the Part Of the City Where the
Parliament Buildings Are
Situated.

TEHERAN, Persia, July 1.-THE
fighting in the streets of Teheran
that has been going on more or less
continually since the Nationalist
forces made their entry into the cap
ital yesterday became more serious
early today when the Persian Cos
sacck opened heavy artillery fire on
the Nationalists who at that time at
tempted to rush the Cossacks from
the north and east. Rifle and artil-
lery fire has been practically con-
tinous since yesterday morning. Sol
diers of the Shah from Sultanna have
approached to within three miles of
the city and are now shelling Bakar-
istan the quarter of the city where
the parliament building is situated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
T0PAVE BOU|E STREET
AND RIVER AVENUE

the material hauled away from the
factory as fast as it accumulates and
have it dumped at places where it may
be needed, so that it may be used at
any time thus relieving the fertilizer
factory of having to make other dis
position of it.
Many citizens, in discussing the mat
ter this morning, expressed willing
ness to furnish teams and wagons for
the purpose of hauling the rock one
EVEN saying that he would be willing
for his ward to ko without improve
ments for a period of four years in
order to get those two streets in such
shape as to permit of travel from
across the river.
In view of the fact that it will soon
be time to market this seasons crop
it is imperative that the work should
be done as soon as possible, if the
city expects to get the benefit of any
of the trade from that portion Of the
county, ,and THE sentiment of the
board appears to be unanimous on
this subject.
1t is generally conceded that the
section of country across the river is
the most prolific of the county, and
the trade which would come to this
| city from that direction if way could
be provided for vehicles to enter is
no mean consideration.
It was this fact which induced citi-
zens to prepare and circulate the pc
tition which was presented to the
board and they will doubtless be
much gratified to learn that their eff
forts will be rewarded.
The subject will probably be dis
cussed eXhaustively at the next meet
ing of the council Monday night, and
those citizens who are interested
would do we'll to attend the meeting
and learn the intentions of the board
with reference to the matter, and il
may be that the councils action il
tabling the petition will be explained
satisfactorily.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14

81. The house placed it at 81 and the
senate at $1.50. The rate on print
paper is Sc. The house cut it to 50
and the Senate made it 81. Repre-
sentative Mann, of Illinois, who
made special investigation of the
subject, links the 80 rate is none too
high There is tax o. a SO compro-
mise on print paper and s1.z5 on lum-
Der. On coal the House rate is O1
cents and the Senate rate go cents.
The latter duty will probably stand.
The duty on iron ore was placed by the
senate at rs cents. 1t is free in the
house bill. The amendment will
prove hard nut to crack by the com
mittee as House sentiment is very
strong for free iron ore.
President Taft will take up with his
cabinet within a few days the ap-
pointment of census supervisors. The
problem is knotty one, especially in
the south and border states. 1t is
thought that in the southern states
the Democrats can hope for about
one-thtrd Of the supervisors to be
confined to the, black districts. In
such states as Kentucky and Ind
ana, the Democrats believe they ought
to get some of the Supervisors but so
far they have received no encourage-
ment.
With the tariff bill in conference
there has been another exodus of
congressmn from Washington. Many
of the Democrats, including Culberson
of Texas. Shirley, of Indiana, Stone
of Missouri, and Bankhead of Ala
bama, are at Manhattan Beach, N. Y
Senator Bailey, of Texas is in Ken
lucky, and SCenator Paynter left fol-
his home in that state today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
DRYs to CONTEST ELECTION.
Claim That 1926 Illegal Votes Were
PoIIed by Vets at Bristol, Va.

BRISTOL, Va, July 14.-On the
ground that 125 illegal votes were cast
in the local option held here last
week and which resulted in victory
for the "wets" by thirty-two majority,
the temperance leaders decided to con-
test the election and selected COM
mittee with power to proceed to re-
tain counsel and file suit attacking
the legality of the election.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-14
ROCKEFELLER WINS,
|NNKEEPER HAS LOST

Of the yearly licensing fee, the period
from July 1 to Jan. /, covering six
months.
Probably the most interesting
phase of the collection of liquor Ii
cense under the statewide law is
that bootleggers, men who vend Ii
quors in fragrant violation of the
state statute, are liable to the city for
license The supreme court has held
that the fact Of sale of liquor being
illegal does not interfere inA any way
with the right of the city to collect a
license fee from the vendor, and the
mayor and city marshal are agreed
that in the event Of arrests and con-
victions Of illegal selling the city will
proceed to collect It's fee.