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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

J. ?. MORGAN, JR. men have come to
the front in consequence Of Mr.. Rog.
ers' decease. Among them are his
son, II. n. Rogers. Jr.; his son.in-law,
Urban H. Broughton: J. P. Morgan,
Jr., and James A. Mofett, who sue.
ceeded Mr.. Rogers as vice president
Of the Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey, the leading corporation in the
combination making up the oil trust.
Mr.. Moffett has for some time been a
director of the company and is pres
ident Of the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, upon which Judge Lands i'm
posed the famous $29,OOO,OOO fine. ].
P. Morgan, Jr., has taken the late
Mr.. Rogers place as a director Of the
United States Steel corporation. With
the exception Of young Mr.. Morgan
the men named have not been much in
the eye Of the financial world up to
now. The question arises as to
whether they possess the ability to
carry on the enterprises intrusted to
their direction to so large an extent
and to win the same degree Of success
that their predecessors did.
The death Of Mr.. Rogers removes one
Of the master minds Of finance Of his
day. He was recognized as the most
powerful and resourceful, in later
years, at least, Of the group Of anan-
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cious, what will change him? There
should be societies all over the coun-
try to take him in hand and keep tab
on him until it could be found what
and how to do for him to lift him
out of the slough. There should be
such societies, but there isn't one. We
study the nature Of dogs, but not Of
tramps."
why don't you organize such a so
ciety" quietly asked Mrs. Bowser.
I'm the course Of five years you might
clear the whole country Of tramps and
have a lot of new men to elect to the
legislatures"
woman. don't shoot off any of your
sarcasm. This is a serious subject and
one which interests me deeply. You
look upon the tramp as IN animal. I
look upon him as an unfortunate"
zone was about to carry off our ash
can this morning when l stopped him.
1 think he ought to be lifted out of the
slough into jail"
THAT'S it" shouted Mr.. Bowser as
he bobbed up and began to walk
around. kill the tramp! That's the
way it has gone, and that's the reason
we have the tramp with IS. He will
always be with and grow more vicious
all the time as long as people have
that murderous feeling toward him."
"But you threw him owe the fence
only a few days ago without stopping
to study him for a minute"
Mr.. Bowser couldn't deny the fact,
and it angered him, and after a fierce
scowl at the cat he said:
"There has been talk enough. l will
now take action. You suggested that
I organize a society to study the tramp.
Very we'll; consider the society formed
right here and now. l am going out to
find a tramp and bring him back with
me. I shall take him into the dining
room and study and observe and make
notes.
Successful Search For Tramps.
Mrs. Bowser made no protest, and a
minute later Mr.. BOwser was on the
street. He did not have far to go to
find the object Of his search. A tramp
stood leaning up against the wall Of a
shoe store. and he received an invita-
ton to come along and fill up and talk.
He evinced surprise and distrust for
awhile. but finally said:
"All right. old rooster. lead on"
He was taken into the dining %
and food and a bottle of beer set be-
fore him. and then Mr.. Bowser took
out his memorandum book and began
to take notes. as follows:
Discussed the tramp question with
Mrs. Bowser. Went out on the street
and found one and brought him home
that I might make some observations.
HE called me an old rooster. but
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

four beautiful islands ten, twelve and
fifteen leagues long, which formerly
had been inhabited by savages, like
the river Of the 1roquois, but they had
been abandoned since they had been at
wal with one another. There are also
several rivers which flow into the lake
that are bordered by many fine trees,
Of the same sorts that we have in
France, with a quantity Of vines more
beautiful than any l had seen in any
other placeemany chestnut trees, and
I have not cen any at all before, ex-
cept on the shores Of the lake, where
there is a great abundance Of fish Of q
good many varieties. Continuing our
course N this lake on the west side, l
saw as I was observing the country
some very high mountains on the east
side with 10 on top Of them. 1.-THE
Green mountains. He perhaps took
Outcroppings Of limestone for snow,
as there would hardly have been snow
on the Green mountains in July.l I'm.
CURED Of the savages II these places
were inhabited. They told me that
they were, by the 1roQuois."
Lake Champlain figured in many
notable incidents connected with the
wars between the French and Eng
lish, between the English and Amer.
teams during the Revolution and be-
tween the same nations in the war Of
1872. It was Fort T1conderoga, on
Lake ~Champlain, whose surrender that
bold vermonter, Ethan Allen, demand
ed from the British "in the name of
the Great Jehovah and the Continental
congress-" It was on thia Lake that
Benedict Arnold held the British in
vaders back in the autumn Of 1776 and
in 50 doing evinced a daring and ahil-
fly as q commander which with later
deeds might have won him imperish-
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Sh ~ 6N " i
W. HILL, SECRETARY, OF YORK COM
MISSION.
able glory lad he not sacrificed all that
he had gained by his pertidy in betray.
ing his country. The raising of two of
.Arnold's ships sunk in the engagement,
the Revenge and the Royal Savage,
whose hulkS have lain for more thar
a century and 4 quarter beneath the
blue waters. is a project initiated in
connection with the centenary. Anoth.
er Is the restoration Of Fort Ticon-
deroga. now in the possession of the
Fell family. which at an expenditure
of IA large amount of money 1t is pro-
posed to make as nearly as possible
like what it was in the days Of the
Revolution.
The tercentenary celebration will oc-
cupy the week beginning Sunday, July
4. and Is under the auspices of COM
missions appointed by the states Of
New York and Vermont. That Of New
York is headed by Wallace II. Knapp,
and its secretary Is State Senator
Henry w. Hill of Buffalo. The Yer.
mont commission is headed by the
governor of the state, Fletcher D.
Proctor. and the secretary is Lynn NJ.
Hays of Burlington. The centenary
exercises will include historic nae.
eants. in which Indians Of the New
York and Canadian reservations will
reproduce the battles in which their
ancestors fought in Champlain's time.
There will be performances Of the In.
dian play Of ''Hiawatha" from the AL
gonluin standpoint and literary exer-
cises in which many notable men and
women will take part. It is expected
that the president and vice president of
the United States. members OF the cab
met and many senators and congress
men. governors and members Of leg
stature and the ambassadors of Eng.
land and France as well as the Cana
dian governor general and premier will
grace the celebration by their pres
ence.
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ROMANCE AND WAR.
The Gardiner Mclean Match and Its
Patriotic Associations.

Patriotic Associations.
One Of the months weddings Of in.
terest to members Of patriotic socie.
ties and in military circles is that Of
Miss Rebecca Mclean to Lieutenant
John de B. w. Gardiner, U. s. A., on
June II. Lieutenant Gardiner is at
tached to the Eleventh cavalry and is
popular in Washington society, and
Miss Mclean, who is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Mclean Of New
York. has been prominent in the So
cial doings of both the latter city and
the national capital. Mrs. McLean's
long connection with the Daughters of
the American Revolution has given her
a wide acquaintance all over the coun.
try, an acquaintance in which her
daughter has naturally shared. The
latter is a clever and beautiful girl. and
it is deemed especially appropriate that
she should marry a soldier in view of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

was a curious chain Of circum-
stances which led Sieur Samuel
de Champlain in the year 1909 to
discover the lake which now bears
his name, and it was a discovery &C.
eompanied by incidents which set in
motion another train Of events that in
Auenced greatly the course of history
on this continent. In. view Of the i'm
pcFtance of the discovery from many
points Of view the tercentenary Of the
event is to be commemorated in July
in q manner that will attract wide at
tention. The celebration will COM
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
Hero "On and Off,"

The late William Terriss, for many
years popular at the Adelphi theater,
London, as the hero Of melodrama.
was far from unheroic of the stage.
Miss Ellen Terry in her book, The
Story Of My Life" relates a little story
showing the modesty Of the actor.
"Is it raining. Terriss" asked some
n who noticed that he was wet as
he entered the theater one evening.
Looks like it. doesn't it?' said Ter
riss ~carelessly.
Later it came to knowledge that he
mad jumped OF a steamboat into the
Thames and saved a little girls life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

CENTRAL PORTION OF FORT
AS 1T WILL LoOK WHEN RESTORED.
Ing the French extending their infu.
ence to the southwark. But for this
fact they might have made the lower
part Of the Hudson valley a part Of
the domain Of France instead Of an
appanage Of Holland and later of the
empire Of Britain.
Champlain was born at Brouase.
Saintonge, about 1870 and was, there
fore, in about his fortieth year when
he made the explorations which are
brought to mind by the celebrations of
the time. He died in Quebec in 1886.
In his description Of the first sight
Of the lake Champlain wrote: THE
next day (July a we entered the lake,
which is Of great extent, perhaps fifty
or sixty leagues long. There I saw
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
bOWSER'S KIND HEART
Touched by Sight of PoIiceman's
Brutality to Weary Wanderer.
MAKES A STUDY OF TRAMP.

LavishIy Entertained Knight Of The
Road and Is at Last Undeceived-He
Goes to Bed Without q Word.
BY N. QUAD.
copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press.]
TIME Bowsers had finished dinner
and returned to the sitting
room. and the evening promised
ia be a quiet one when he sud-
denly remarked:
II have a good mind to telephone
over to police headquarters and make
a complaint against a policeman"
"For what?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
Because as l got of the a this
evening l saw the officer walk up to a
tramp and boot him."
But there must have been a good
reason for It."
"None whatever. l made inquiries
and was told that he simply booted
the nan because he was a tramp. He
had done nothing whatever but lean
against q fence"
"Well, l shouldn't get into any muss
b l were you"
THAT officer ought to be broke A
man may be a tramp, but he has rights
nevertheless. 1t doesn't improve him
any to boot him. The fact is that So
ciety has taken the wrong course with
the tramp. Instead Of studying him
it boots him.
But why should he be studied?"
He should be studied so as to
know what things In his character to
appeal to to better him. A tramp is a
man. Has anybody tried to find out
what sort Of man? What made him
q tramp? What will make him a USE
full member Of society? II he is vi
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of Their.

IF your son asked for bread would
you give him a stOneT"
mo, but I probably would if he ask
ed for a piece Of cherry pie."-Kansas
City Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

PITCHERS BOX.
ed little or no speed and utter lack OF
control of the ball. But, then, every.
body knows that Mr.. Taft's specially
in sport is golf, and. anyway. his pitch.
ing in Pittsburg was sandwiched in
between speechmaking and other cere.
monious acts requiring more or less
exhibition Of dignity. and he could not
have been expected to be at his best
as a performer on the diamond.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
New Men
In standard
Oil Group

STREET
w and the fnan.
cial world in
general have been
much interested in
the changes that
have come about
through the death
Of II. H. Rogers
in corporations in
which he was an
active and control.
ling factor. Some
comparatively new
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
CHANCE CHANCES TO
LEARN Of FORTUNE
Former Pardner Asks Him For
Match, Recognition Follows and
He Is Told of Value of An
Old Mining Claim.

SAN RAFEI, Cal, June 12.-Hugo
Chance, a young mining engineer OF
this city is today rejoicing over the
expected acquisition of a fortune IN
gold mines in the frozen north
Through an accidental meeting In the
lobby of hotel with his partner in an
Alaska prospecting tour IA years ago.
Chance was apprized of the enormous
value of a claim he located then. He
was sitting in the lobby yesterday
when Gus Cornelius, whom he did not
recognize at first, asked for match.
Suddenly Cornelius saw in Chance his
old partner Cornelius had been look
ing for Chance a year to tell him or
his lucky strike Bothmen leave for
the north today to work the property.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
CALHOUN CASE
NEARS AN END
AFTERM0NTHS
A Hundred and Fifty Three
Days Since the Trial
Was Opened
CHARGE is BRIBERY
OF A SUPERVISOR
Official Transcript of Trial
Contains More Than
Million Words.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 14.-one
hundred and fifty-three days after the
commencement of the trial of Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail-
roads, charged with bribery of former
Supervisor Fred Nicholas, in connec-
tion with the granting of the over
head trolley franchise, the attorneys
began their closing arguments today.
Calhoun was indicted March 26
last year. The official transcript Of
the trial contains 1,475,O00 words. AS
sistant District Attorney John O'Gara,
Heney's right hand man, opened for
the prosecution and made an impas-
stoned appeal to the jury to safeguard
the honor of Their homes and the in
tegrity of their institutions. He said:'
'If you are satisfied that the $780,
900 received by Calhoun at the United
States mint was paid to the super
v.sors for votes, then you will have
no difficulty in deciding that Calhoun
is guilty"
O'Gara continued:
There is nothing courageous or
chivalrous in the crime which this
record shows. Calhoun wanted fran
chise for the operation of an overhead
trolley. 1t shows the earthquake day
was propitious time and that he
made price with Abe Ruef; that Ruef
gave orders to his puppets the super
visors; that without any cOnsidera-
ton for the rights of the people Cal
houn pocketed the franchise and went
to his eastern home and the supervi-
sors got the money.
The case resolves itself into two
questions:
First, was the bribe offered Nicho-
las?
Second, was the defendant legally
responsible for offering the bribe?
"The law does not require us to
show that Calhoun went personally
to Nicholas and said:
"Here, Nicholas, if you vote "yss"
on the overhead trolley matter 1 will
give you $4,000.
"The man who acts through an
other is himself guilty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
Almost Every Building in
California Town Is in
Ashes Today.
RESIDENTS HELPLESS
WHILE TOWN BURNED
Three Thousand Pounds of
Dynamite Spread the
Conflagration.

BAKERSFIELD. Cal, June 14.-Al-
most every building in the mountain
village of Caliente, "a miles east of
this city, is in ashes as a result of
the stubborn fire that swept the town
late yesterday. Three thousand pounds
Of dynamite was in the Southern Pa
cific warehouse, where the first start
ed. 1t exploded, wrecking the nearby
buildings. The residents are helpless
as the first burned itself out
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
John G. Raymnod, Wounded
by Lisle Crabtree, Will
Never Be Well.
BULLET LODGED
BY SPINAL COLUMN
Two More Non Commission
ed Officers Injured in
Attempts to Help.

DES MONIES, June 14-Captain
John c. Raymond, commanding off,
Ger of troop B. Second United States
cavalry, stationed at Fort Des Moines,
shot yesterday by Corporal Lisle Crab
tree, will be paralyzed for life if he
RECEIVERS, according to the attending
physician. The bullet entered the
neck and lodged close to the spinal
column.
First Sergeant James H. Washburn
and Corporal Elijah were also shot
when they attempted to disarm Crab
tree, but it is expected they Will re-
cover
Crabtree, who attempted suicide, is
in a critical condition. Trouble be-
tween Raymond and Crabtree began
in reprimand administered by Ray
mond when Crabtree over stayed his
leave.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
EXPOSITION
STARTS KS
Third w *
dwelling of Monumen\ 2
George Washington IAN
Feature of Day
FLAG DAY MARKS
OPENING SERVICE
Reception Tonight to the
Ambassador of France
and His Wife

SEATTLE, June 1.-THE third
week Of the exposition was ushered
in TODAY with many features and a
heavy attendance. The celebration of
Flag day was marked by a special
musical program and several speeches
in the amphitheater.
Another event was the. unveiling of
the statute of George Washington,
erected near the main entrance, amid
strains of music and booming of NOR
t9rs The statute was revealed to the
public when little Eleanor Washington
Caldwell, aged years, the great
grand daughter of John Augustine
Washington, the last owner Of Mount
Vernon. drew aside the veil.
The exercises began with an ora
ton on Washington by Prof. E. s.
Meany Of the University of Washing
ton. Governor Hay, in behalf of the
state, presided Thomas F. Kane, OF
the University of Washington, deliv-
cred the address Of acceptance for the
university.
Tonight a reception will be given tu
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand, OF
France, in Washington state build
ing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
That Marriage Aqain.

NAULES, June 14.-Plans for the
marriage of Duke D'Abruzzi to Kath-
erine Elkins, are reported today to
be the motive for the secret depar-
who secretly boarded steamship at
Berlin which sailed for New York
Saturday. 1t is reported that all OBJ
jections to the match on the part of
the royal family have been overcome
and that Miss Elkins will accompany
the ducal party when it returns here.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14

Opens June Term of Court Without
Donning the Reealia Prescribed BY
the State Legislature. -

Opening the June term of court
without robe as prescribed at the
last session of the legislature, Judge
Thomas H. Brents this morning pre-
faced his remarks with an extempor-
aneous speech which dealth with the
frivolity Of such a proceeding.
For, said the judge, "this court
has been conducted for the past 56
years without such wearing apparel
being worn and in my opinion, 1 do
not think that any dignity is added
to it. l make no apologies for not
appearing in the prescribed cap and
gown as 1 am not a believer in the
wisdom of it,"
Owing to the fact that Judge Brents
was indisposed and did not feel like
sitting through a long term of civil
suits, it was stipulated by the ator-
neys representing H. II. Harmon and
John Albeit, who are h having their
case HSdIu lOudy' llletl <aIOAiSy H. -
Mills act as judge pro tempore.
Damages in the sum of $3.50 are
being asked for by H. H. Harmon
from the defendant, John Albeit, upon
the charges that this amount has
been lost him by reason of some un-
lawful proceedings upon the part Of
the defendant
AS is claimed in the complaint, Har-
mon and F. A. Barrett entered into
contract with Albeit whereby he de-
livered to them certain cattle worth
$3.50. The agreement was that $50
be paid down and the remainder be
made in monthly installments. 1t is
alleged that the plaintiff made all of
these aayments' but permitted the
title to the cattle to remain with the
defendant until the total sum should
be paid, and according to the COM
plaint he retained them.
Again, it is claimed tnat other cat-
tie were procured under like terms
and that the defendant unlawfully
took possession of them. Other prop
erty of the plaintiff was also seized, it
is alleged, which brought the total
loss to $3.50.
The jury is as follows: Fred Rohn,
w s. Kirkman. C. w. Smith, W. c.
Cordiner, Oscar D. Taber, Isaac A.
Dunlap, A. c. McCullock, A. W.
Thomas, Elmer Winans, 7. L. Cope
land, A. J. Fix and G. E. Maiden.
Attorneys Sharpstein and Sharp
stein. with co counsel w. K. Reath,
are representing the plaintiff, while
Gose and Gose assisted by S. E King,
are appearing for the defendant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
Railroad LAY.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, June IA
Railroad day." marking the compile
tion of the first railroad into this city,
was celebrated here today with
speeches and other features customary
in such an event. Big delegations from
line is from Weed, California, on the
main line of the Southern Pacific, re-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
San Franciscans Come North.

PORTLAND, June IA special
train bearing a hundred members or
the California promotion committee
chamber of commerce and other kim
dred organizations, arrived in Portland
on a special train at 6 o'clock TINS
morning and left at 7:SO for the Scat
tie fair. The train is said to be the
most handsome and complete ever run
on Southern Pacific tracks. 1t is
equipped with wireless.
A number of oregon business men
were picked up along the line and
brought to Portland Tom Richardson.
the official Portland boster, joined the
party and will remain with 1T until 1T
returns to Portland for few hours
visit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
Line Is Done.

TACOMA, June 14.-With three
Earling color in railway circles, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railway signalized the completion of
a liae from Chicago to the coast this
morning by sending the first passenger
with hundred passengers. 1t will run
through. to Maiden tonight. Passenger
trains will back into Seattle to get
Seattle passengers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
Try Alleged Dynamiter.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14--Tr1al
of John Claudianes, charged with the
dvnamiting of the house of former
Supervisor James J. Gallagher of San
Francisco, is set for today, and no
further postponement will be allowed
by the prosecution if it can be pre-
vented Among the witnesses will be
District Attorney Langdon of San
Francisco.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
IS
FORCED TOILET
NEW FIRM IN
Intervention by the State
Department Believed
Responsible
AMERICAN ADMITS
INTERNATIONAL
Latter Company Wants in on
China Railroad
Loan Pie.

NEW YORK, June 14.--Intervention
by the state. department is believed
to be behind the action today of the
American syndicate, organiged to
handle a loan for the Hankox- -Szeguen
railroad in China, in admitting the in
ternational baking of the corporation
to membership. Manager TAFT of the
International protested protested to
the state department because his cor
poration was not included in the syn
dicate Today a meeting of the repre-
sentatfves of Morgan & Co., the First
National bank and the City National
bank and Kuhn-Loeb company, all
members of the syndicate, admitted
the International company.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
M|[L|ONA|R|E'S SON
HAS DISAPPEARED
Suffering From Nervous Breakdown,
Young Man Escapes From Hos
pital and Is Lost From
Sight in Seat'e.

SEATTLE, June 14.-Suffering from
a nervous breakdown, Charles P. Ou-
din, jr., aged 22, son of Charles P. Ou-
din, the millionaire brick tile manu-
facturer of Spokane, escaped from the
sisters hospital in Spokane and came
to Seattle where he has completely
disappeared. Young Oudin wired his
father for a ticket and then disap-
peared. His father is now in Seattle
searching Independent of the police.