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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

Mayor Busse already was consider
ing the issuance of an order against
the ball, and permitted the substitution
Of concert merely as a method of let
ling the First ward alderman down as
easily as possible under. the circum-
stances.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
rAFr's MESSAGE pLEAsEs.
Position on Trade Relations and Nicar
AQUA Meets HIGH Approval.

aqua Meets High Approval.
Berlin, Dec. 10.-Official and jour
nalistic comment upon Tafts message
to congress notes with approval what
he says regarding the unlikelihood of
trade wars between the United States
and other countries, as consequence
of the maximum duties clause of the
new tariff law. German opinion is
favorably impressed with Taft's declar-
alton regarding Nicaragua.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Forty Points Up in Now York.

New York. Dec. 1o.-The cotton mar
ket was wildly excited when the crop
estimate. was posted this afternoon
Prices jumped forty points.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
WRECK FATAL TO THREE.
Burlington Freight Goes Into Ditch IL
Illinois.

Galcsburg. H.. Dec. 10.--A Burliner
ton freight train was derailed and
thrown into the ditch near ellison, to-
day. Fireman Hoffman and Brakeman
Gibbs were killed. and Engineer Burns
was fatally injured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

tentiary for at least ten days. In the
meantime he will assist the authorities
in the receivership, proceedings and
other affairs of the wrecked bank.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
COTTON CROP SHORTAGE.

Agricultural Department Estimates
Years Yield at 10,0ss, 900 Bales.
Washington Dec. 10-The agricul-
tural department estimates the cotton
crop at 1O,0SS,O00 bales.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

Aged Man Killed BY Cars.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids. Dec, 10. Joseph
Brown. aged 40. was killed by = train
at Mechanicsville today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
FIRE a TMAsoN CITY.
Lyle Mann Mercantile Company Meets
With Loss Of $4,000.

5pecIHl 20 7IllIVS-tHepUDIIcan.
Mason City. Dec. 1O.-The Lyle Mann
Mercantile Company suffered 10000
loss by fre The stock is an entire loss.
she fire originated from a,chimney. The
Insurance is $500 on the building and
$4,000 on the stock
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Released From Prison.

MouNDsv1LLE, W. Va, May 27.-
After serving Is years in prison for
completely in the murder Of her hus-
band, Mrs. Vergie Gibson was re.
leased today and walked forth q free
woman. She was only q when she
entered the penitentiary, and was
youthful and beautiful.
Today she is old and shattered In
health, and the long years behind
prison walls have silvered her hair
and drawn deep burrows on brow and
cheek.
Mrs. Gibson's accessories in the
crime, Albert Lewis and Albert Viors,
were hanged, and Clark Slaughter, q
colored boy, was sentenced to life i'm.
prisonment. Robbery was the motive
which caused the woman to conspire
with others for the murder Of her hus.
band.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
FrightfuI Orouth In Kansas.

Topeka, Kas., May 27.-Upon the
order of Attorney General jackson
issued to county attorneys, mayors
and police authorities OF towns and
cities, Kansas now proudly heads the
list of 'dry" commonwealths of the
nation. The recent order of the
attorney general closed up more than
100 clubs where liquor was dispensed
either by the drink or through the
''locker" system. All places where
liquors have been keep without inter.
ference from officials have been closed
and the stocks shipped to Kansas
City, Mo.
The prohibition law recently passed
by the Legislature is the cause OF this
drouth. It ts now unlawful to cell
any alcoholic liquor for medical and
scientific purposes. 1t is stated that
two.thirds of the drug stores in the
state will 60 out of business, as many
cannot make expenses without profits
from liquor sales.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
vetoes Profanity Bill.

MADISON, May 25.-The inaliena able
right. of q citizen of Wisconsin to use
profanity under sufficient provoc alton
is not to be abroga rated by the legisla.
ture with the consent OF Governor
Davidson. The governor is not a
profane man, but having lived in the
Kickapoo valley for a quarter of a
century he realizes that a person may
sometimes be so circumstanced that
it is practically impossible for him to
refrain from indulging q few sulphur.
Gus remarks.
Believing as he does, the governor
vetoed the Hull bill prohibiting swear
ing In any public place under q pen.
atty of s25 fine or 80 days in jail, or
both fiue and Imprisonment. Assem-.
blyman Hull, author of the bill, is
disappointed and will try and pass the
bill over the veto.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Lands Ready For Settlers.

HELENA. May 29.-supervising En-
gineer Savage of the reclamation
service, announced today that $4,000
acres of irrigated land are available
this season under the Lower Yellow.
stone project. Water was turned into
the main canal system April 30. One
third Of the land In the tract belongs
to the Northern Pacific, which entered
into an agreement with the secretary
Of the interior before work was started
to dispose of their lands at % an acre,
plus the actual cost of reclaim alton.
F. Il. Newell, director of the recla.
nation service, and Mr.. Savage have
just completed a trip of inspection
over several of the projects in this
territory. and Mr.. Newell was much
gratified at the development and pro-
gress made by the entrymen. Filings
on the Huutley project continue at a
rate OF one in every two or three
days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Lorimer Wins Senatorship.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 36.-Repre.
sentative William Lorimer of Chicago
is the junior United States sen ator
from Illinois. He was elected on the
ninety. fifth ballot of the Joint as
sembly today, by coalition of dem
ocrats and republicans, to fill the
vacancy from Illinois existing since
the term Of Albert j. Hopkins
expired on March 4. The deadlock
had been in progress since last jan
uary. Mr.. Lorimer's total vote was
1O8.
Exciting incidents cha acterized the
election. Former Lieutenant Governor
Northcott, Hopkins leader, now q
United States district attorney, was
dragged from the floor of the house by
q policeman, who would have thrown
him through the main door had not q
doorkeeper interfered. Northcott re-
sisted every step he took, but was
physically not capable of combating
the efforts of the other man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
LAND WITHDRAWALS,
Secretary BaIlinger Withdraws Lands
in Oregon and Wyoming.

WASHINGTON, May q. - Though
no public announcement has been
made, it was learned today that last
Monday Secretary Ballinger withdrew
10000 acres of land on the Owyhee
river, Oregon, and Tuesday $3.50 acres
on the North Platte river in Wyoming
from settlement. 1t is known that re.
commend ations for the withdrawal of
several millions Of acres along west
ern streams have been m ade Ballinger
restored some of these lands and they
are now in the hands OF the secretary.
Action on them will be buried.
1t is clamed that these lands are
valuable to the government either for
power sites or for irrigation projects,
which cannot be properly undertaken
through private enterprise. ~.
Many recommend ations have reach.
ed the secretary calling for the with.
drawal of lands at the headwaters of
the streams. Some of these are for.
ested, while others, it is stated, must
be reforested by the government If the
water aow In the streams is to be con-
troled.
1t is believed that Secretary Bal.
linger will call in a number of the
forestry and reclamation engineers
before taking any action with regard
to the lands in question.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Uses Oil + or Flu.

Los ANGELES, May "a. - 1.-THE
Southern Pacific burns 10000 barrels
of oil day." said an oil man in dis
cussing a recently published state
ment that the Southern Pacific saves
enough in it's fuel bill by using oil
instead of coal to pay the interest on
its indebtedness.
"That 10000 barrels of oil takes
the place of 10000 tons of COAL" he
continued. "The coal would cost, at
81 a ton, go, 900 day. The oil costs
only $4,000, even If the railroad paid
60 cents barrel for it-which it does
not. The Southern Pacific is the big.
gest consunier of California oil the
producers have. It is also the great
est owner OF proved oil lands. but it
uses far more oil than it produces and
1t is therefore to its interest to keep
the price down as low as possible"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Raging Floods In Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA City, May "a. - Five
people are dead, at least ten seriously
injured, several thousand acres of
crops are inundated and every river
in the northern and eastern part of
the state Is raging as q result of al.
most unprecedented rains during the
last 20 hours. A number of houses
have been washed away.
The food is the worst since 1872,
and loss OF property will reach many
thousands Blackbear creek, in
Pswnee county, is out of its banks
and hundreds of people are moving
to the higher ground. At Vinita the
Grand river threatens fall low lands
and the railroads.
In the oil fields four $4,000. barrel
tanks were struck by lightning and
destroyed. Lightning struck the
school house at Billings, injuring q
number attending services there.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Montana Laws Conflict.

HELENA, May 25.-To compel sec-
retary Of State A. N. Yoder to file
copies of certain papers, extending
the corporate existence Of the Cascade
bank of Great Falls, application was
made In the supreme court today by
S. F. Atkinson, on behalf of the bank,
for q writ Of mandsmus.
Acting under advice Of the attorney
generals Office Secretary Yoder de.
clined to file the papers on the ground
that there is an irregularity In them.
It seems that under one law they could
be filed. but that under another they
cannot. 1t is also contended that
number of years ago when the bank
increased its capital stock, it failed to
file the certificate OF increase with the
secretary OF state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Roundup Of Wild Horses.


RENO, New, May 2S.-Under the
leadership Of Superintendent Creel Of
the Pyramid Lake Indian reservation
aud r. 81. Cowles, q ranchman Of
Washoe county, the biggest wild horse
hunt ever attempted in Nevada started
today in Limbo county. north Of
Wadsworth.
Five hundred "buckaroos" from
the surrounding ranches, reinforced
by "peelers" from the surrounding
country, will participate in the NAM
moth drive. Notices have been sent
out to ranchmen all over the washoe
county ranges to gather at certain
points this morning in contemplation
OF an early start. Fifty square miles
OF territory, the frequented range Of
the big wild horse herds, will be GOV.
cred by an immense circle of mounted
men, who will drive tow ard central
point, near the northern end of the
Nightingale mountains, where . large
corral has been CONSTRUCTED. The
older horses will be shot, while the
younger ones will be broken for sad
die purposes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Heavy Sentence For Butte Gambler.

''Sovy O0utCuC0 TUT 0Ott0 10mOIoTG
BUTTE, May 25. - One thousand
dollars fine and year In Jail was the
bitter, bitter dose administered to
Leander Duncan, gambler and pioneer.
Duncan, who Is an old man, fairly
wilted In his chair. The sentence was
accompanied by an arraignment from
the bench which has not been equaled
In severity by court in Montana.
"For forty years you have bilked
the public" Numbered District Judge
Michael Donlan, gambling forty
years that might have been spent in
useful effort that would have landed
you in comfort and respect, not in
jail. Now your string is up. You're
an old man and I'd like to be lenient
with you, but it is time that the gam.
blers learned there is no place for
them in this community. You've been
arrested In every raid made since the
raids began, and we're going to put
you out Of business. The court or.
ders you imprisoned in the county jail
for twelve months and fined in the
sum Of s1,000."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
MAY RECOVER LANDS.
Government Brings Suit Against The
Northern Pacific.

HELENA, May 29.-Alleging fraud
on the part OF the mineral land com.
missioners, who In 1901 classified pub.
lie land in the Montana land district
within the limits of the Northern Pa.
cific land grant, suit was brought in
the federal court today by United
States Attorney General G. w. Wick.
ersham and District Attorney j. W.
Freeman against the Northern Paci.
fic to cancel patent to 1880 odd acres
OF land, which the complaint charges
contains valuable mineral deposits,
and that this fact was known to the
commission when 1t classified the lands
and to the defendant company when it
selected them in 1902, securing patent
in May, 1903.
If the government wins this suit, it
is understood that many more will be
brought and that the acreage involved
will run up into the thousands. A
somewhat similar suit was won before
Judge Hunt recently by the govern
ment, T. J. Walsh appe airing as spe-
cial prosecutor. This case involved
Carbon county coal lands and the
classification was upset. An appeal
has been taken and is now pending.
Because of the great Importance of
the case and the far-reaching effects,
1t is expected that it will be one of the
most bitterly contested actions ever
brought in the state to which the gov.
ernment is q party.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Postmasters Must Collect.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Postmas-
tiers hereafter will be held strictly to
account If they deliver in person
packages of foreign origin containing
dutiable articles without first submit
ting them to the customs Office or
without collecting the duty assessed
on each package as the result of an
order issued by the postoffice depart.
ment today. Numerous instances of
failure on the part of postmasters' to
do this have been reported by the sec.
retary of the treasury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Coal Miners Strike Settled.

WINNIPEG, May A.-The coal
miners strike OF southern Alberta and
eastern British Columbia was settled
today. The strike affected nearly all
of the mines of southern Alberta and
eastern British Columbia for three
months. It was settled by the board
of conciliation, appointed by the gov
ernment under the Lemieux act,
assisted by board members of the Un-
tied Mine Workers of America, sent
from Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
The terms arrived at are those
agreed to at the first conference, to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Want Change Of Hours.

WASHINGTON, May q. - Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, today intro
duced in the senate q bill proposing
that the hour between 2 and 3 O'Clock
in the morning of the first four Sun.
days in April of each year shall con.
sist Of 40 minutes, only, and that the
same hour of the morning of each of
the four Sundays in October OF each
year, excepting 1909. shall consist OF
so minutes.
In each case these hours shall be
reckoned a full hour for all intents
and purposes in the United States.
Greenwich time is to be used for
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Montana Shippers Benefit.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-In the case
of the Stone Ordean Wells company
vs.. the Northern Pacific, the interstate
commerce commission decided that the
freight rates on dried fruit in boxes
from Fresno, Cal, to Bozeman and
Billings of s1.32 and s1.37 per hum
dred are unreasonable, and prescribed
a rate of S1.10 as the reasonable rate
for the future,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
DISCUSSED SUGAR DUTY.
Senator Smoot Declares Beet indus
try Needs encouragement.

Senator Smoot Declares Beet Indus
try Needs Encouragement.
WASHINGTON, May 2e.-For more
than seven hours today the senate
discussed sugar, as that subject is
involved in the pending tariff bill.
Beginning with an effort by senstor
McEnery, the Louisiana democratic
protectionist, there were four set
speeches. Three supported the sugar
schedule % reported from the com.
mittee on finance, while the fourth was
. plea for material reductions.
Senators Burrows Of Michigan, and
Smoot Of Utah, both members Of the
finance committee, also spoke in sup.
port of the committees action. Mr..
Smoot presented carefully prepared
analysis OF the situation and Mr..
Burrows appealed more particul arly
to popular sentiment. The Michigan
senator charged the sugar trust With
an attempt to establish q reputation
tor fair dealing by pretending to
be in alliance with the beet augar in
terests, which, he said, was not the
case. He asserted . reduction OF
duties would destroy the beet industry
and thus render it necessary to send
S1O0, 900, 900 year out of the country
for sugar.
Mr.. Smoot declared that the market
prices from which he quoted showed
conclusively that the American con-
sumer gets an advantage of at least 16
per cent of the 20 per cent concessions
on sugar coming into this country
from Cuba. He insisted that the sugar
trust does not own any sugar land in
Hawaii, Porto Rico or Cuba from
which free or concessionary sugar is
received.
Under the English policy, he said,
that country's refining industry had
been reduced from 81 per cent to As
per cent of the home consumption.
Concerning the profits of the sugar
trust in refining, Mr.. Smoot calcu-
lated that instead of being 8.749, ,29O
q year, as reported by q trade jour-
nal, they were 1885,, ,548 less than
that.
He quoted the prices of sugar for
the last nine years to show that under
the Dingley law they had been re-
duced. The best way, he said, to re.
duce further the price was to encour age
the building of beet sugar factories
and the protection of sugar in this
country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
TARIFF TALK CONTINUES.
Democratic Senator'S Repudiate Their
Party Platform.

0TIy VioliOTJuls
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Had it not
been for the attitude of the ''proRres-
sive" republicans, who favored the
adoption of an income tax amendment
to the tariff bill, it is probable that
Senator Bailey might have reached
agreement today with members of the
finance committee for a vote on his
amendment on June 10.
Offense was taken by some of the in.
surgent republicans because of the no.
tice served by the Texas senator yes
terday that no general agreement
could be obtained on any phase of the
tariff bill so long as Senator Aldrich
refused permission for the fixing of a
date for vote on Sen ator Bailey's
income tax amendment.
The senate today began the formal
consider alton of the sugar schedule,
but did not approach q vote on it..
Instead, the time was entirely given
over to speechm aking, and strange to
say, the two speeches on the subject
which were made by democrats ad-
vocated high tariff on sugar of all
grades. The speeches were by Senator'S
Foster and McEnery of Louisiana.
Mr.. Foster laughingly deprecated
the appellation of the word protection
to his attitude, but Mr.. McEnery
boldly espoused the protective theory
and openly advised his democra attic
friends to follow his example. He de-
clared protection to be in the line Of
democratic policy. Mr.. McEnery was
given careful attention by leading re-.
publican senator's, but his remarks
received scant attention from his
democratic colleagues.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
AGAINST FREE LUMBER.
Large Majority In Senate Favors Duty
On imports.

WAsH1NToN, May A.-No single
piece Of lumber wss ever used move
effectually % . seesaw by children
than was the great lumber industry
today BY the United States senate.
The lumber schedule Of the tariff bill
was under consider alton almost the
entire day With Senators Root, Hey.
burn. Borah and Dolliver contending
on the one hand for protection and
Senators Clapp. Burkett and McCum-
ber arguing as strenuously against
the policy. The day closed with
more than . two.thirds vote against
the free lumber amendment, the
ballot showing Is for and Sc against.
The surprise Of the day was the atti-
tude Of Senator Dolliver, who hereto.
fore had stood with the 'progressives +"
throughout the fight. He took the po-
sition against the radical demand for
free lumber.
Senator Heyborn discussed the
lumber schedule in the senate
today and submitted q large
amount of evidence concerning the
cost of producing finished lumber and
the need for q differential duty.
Senator Hey burn inquired how much
it was ;proposed by the advocates of re-
duced lumber rates to cut the wages of
laborers in the lumber industry. He
wanted to know whether it was mills
in the west or south that 1t was pro.
posed to close.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

Canning, one Of the prominent law-
yers Of Butte. who has appsared Tor
Peter Naughton and Dan Murphy,
charged with gambling. was sent g
jail BY Judge Donlan for eoatenps of
court. Canning had aslsed Judge
Donlan 10 issue : snbpoena for him
self 1.-THE Judge TO appsar % : witness
In the Murphy trial. The Judge be-
came angered and instrucsed Sheriff
O'Rouke TO take the attorney 70 jail.
MlssoULA, May 2a-.Tive minutes
after two elopers. Fred Amin and Miss
Rose Pombaum, daughter Of . we'll
known rancher Of Jocko, had been
married By Police Judge Small, they
we're placed under arrest, the parents
Of the girl dashing breathlessly into
the judges chambers with oficers to
prevent the wedding. The couple 10
spending tonight in jail, IL being al-
legged that the young lady perjured
herself In swearing che WAS l8 years
Of age.
DILLON, May 29.-Wm. Gayler, .
painter who came here recently from
Salt Lake and who was serving . i've
day sentence In the county Jail for
drunkenness, committed suicide Thurs.
day night BY leaping from his cell in
the second tier to the cement floor, ten
feet below. he struck on HE head,
crushing his skull. He had been
playing cards with the other prisoners
and left their company saying he in
tended to retire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Floods In the South.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 27.-Recent
wind and rain storms have done great
damage throughout Alabama and
Mississippi. The rivers are out OF
the banks. No deaths have been re-
ported, but many houses we're wrecked.
Many towns are partly under water
and families are camping on the roofs
OF their homes. Great damage has
beeo done to railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02

purposes OF astronomy and naviga.
tion and is not to be affected by the
bill. The variation of the time es.
tsblished is to be called univers 81
time. Lodge is not the author of the
bill. He introduced II byjrequest.
The bill is known % the Daylight
bill. The change in the time gives
more time in the daylight hours,
making the period of the days labor
terminate earlier than under the pres.
ent system of computing time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
eridgsman's eondsmen Must Pay.

6ridgeman's 6ondsmen Must Pay.
wAsz1NoroN. May 25.-The su-
preme court has decided that the
United States Fidelity Guaranty COM
pany OF Maryland is responsible for
the failure Of Morris L. Bridgemen OF
Great Falls to account for Oh, 900
received while agent for the Fort
Belknsp Indians from 1900 to 1902.
The company was held accountable by
the Montana courts, and deciding its
appeal, the supreme court affirmed the
Judgment of the Montana judges on
an equally divided court, and re.
manded the case to the United States
circuit court of Montana. Bridgemau
was bonded for $50, 900.