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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Ovation For Roosevelt.

NAPLES, April 2. - Ex-President
Roosevelt was given q tremendous
reception at the theater San Carlos,
where he attended Q performance to-
night. The Americans in the boxes
started the cheering, which was taken
up by great body of students seated
in the third gallery. Colonel Roose.
velt arose, and bowed, which only
served to increase the tumul tuous ap.
plause.
During an intermission students to
the number of 200 marched to the rear
OF Colonel Roosevelt's box, where they
were presented to the former presi-
dent by Prof. Boggiauo OF the Uni.
versity of Naples, who In graceful
speech recalled the colonel's parting
Injunction to President Taft that the
greatest problem for the United States
was the maintenance Of the moral
well.being and strength Of the people.
Prof. Boggiano said that this was
also the greatest problem for all
countries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
For Second Homesteads.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-It was
announced by the secretary of the in.
terror today that in administering the
act allowing second homestead entries,
such entries will be allowed when 1t IS
satisfactorily shown that the obstacles
which could not have been foreseen
rendering it impr acticable to cultiv ate
the land entered or discovered subse-
quent to entry and through no fault
of the entryman the land becomes
valueless for agricultural purposes.
Registers and receivers have been in
structed accordingly, and further,
when an application is presented
which does not come within the pur-
view of any acts of congress not to
reject the same, but forward it to the
general land Office for action.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Tariff Agreement With Canada.

WASHINGTON, March 31-The terms
Of the new tariff agreement between
the United States and Canada were
made public yesterday. The conces.
sions provided by agreement will GOV.
er less than three per cent of all the
import business from the United States
into Canada in q year, or business
amounting to about 5000, 900 against
exports into Can ada from the United
States amounting to more than $18,
00O, 900 in the Can adian fiscal year OF
1909.
One of the most importand conces.
sions made by Canada is that of the
omnibus clause In the Canadian tariff.
Heretofore all articles under that
clause imported from the United
States have been subject to the gener.
al tariff of 20 per cent ad valorem
Hereafter these articles will pay Ia
per cent ad valorem.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
One Good Trim Deserves Another.

One Good Trim Deserves Another.
WASHINGTON, March 81. - Presi.
dent Taft. In an address before the
Ohio society Of Washington tonight
pointed out that the domination Of
eastern states in congress lice In the
fact that they keep men in Office when
they place them there. He coutr asted
the influence of the east In Legislative
affairs with that of the west.
"Why is IT," asked the president,
''the email. states Of the east exercise
90 much power In congress? It is not
because AZ eastern man has any more
capacity In the matter of legislation
than. western man. It is because,
when the eastern states get . good
representative they keep him 40 long
% he lives and then he has an in6u.
ence that vsstly exceeds the mere
numerical representative of populs.
tiou.n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
To Recover Coal Lands.

CHEYENNE, April 1.-The govern.
ment has filed suits in the United
States court here to recover title to
thousands of acres of valuable coal
lands in the Elk mountain district in
Carbon county. The suits are signed
by Attorney General Wickersham. 1t
is alleged that title was obtained to
the lands through the medium of um.
my entrymen.
Officers Of the defendant company
are said to have valued the coal and
iron lands at $1,000, 900. Sylvester
Rush, who conducted the land fraud
cases elsewhere, is here and is said to
be In conference with the United States
district attorney in the cases.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
LONG CRIMINAL CAREER.
Postoffice Robberies Cause Arrest Of
Notorious Crook.

NEW YORK, March 81. - Twelve
thousand dollars worth of loot and q
burglar were still being sought this
morning by the government civil ser.
vice men and the police in connection
with the recent plunder of the Rich.
mond, Va, postofflce. One of the
most notorious safecrackers in the
country, Frederick Cunningham, bet
ter known as Eddie" Fay, is under
go, 900 bonds here, with his compan-
ion, Frank Chester, charged with the
crime. In five trunks $4,000 of the
SS5. 900 in stamps and cash stolen were
recovered in installments Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Los ANGELES. March 3l.-Burglar-
les which netted him nearly $50, 900 in
stamps and coin, no part of which has
ever been recovered, are charged to
"Eddie" Fay, who is under arrest in
New York for alleged participation in
the Richmond, Va, postoffice robbery.
Fay was we'll known here, occupy.
iug sumptuous quarters in a hotel,
entertaining lavishly and posing as a
man of wealth and leisure. He sud-
denly disappeared in 1905 and on the
day of his Disappearance the Nichi
Bel Ginko, q Japanese bank, reported
that q safe was dynamited and GIG, 900
In gold and notes had been secured.
! A few days after bank robbery, the
San Diego postofice lost $40, ,733 in
stamps and $4,000 In gold. In 1907
the Pasadena postof3ce was looted of
Sl3 600 in stamps and no clue was
| found.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Must Store Flood Water.

WASHINGTON, Mavch 3l.-In q de-.
ctsion rendered by the interior de.
partment upon the appeal of the North
Chinook Irrigation association from
the ruling Of the Glasgow land Office
rejecting applications for right OF
way for ditch and reservoir purposes,
final action upon this application is
suspended and the appellant will be
given q chance to show that the water
it proposes to store is food water not
covered by appropri ations of the gov.
ernment. II this is shown the appli.
cation will receive further considera.
ton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
COAL MINERS ON STRIKE.
Vast Army Quits Work and Awaits
New Wage Scale.

New Wage Scale.
INDIANAPOLIS. April l. - Three
hundred thousand organized miners
Of the bituminous coal fields Of Penn.
sylvanis, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas quit work At midnight
pending settlement Of new wage scale.
Officers Of the United Mine Workers
of America declared the walkout was
not . strike, but merely . suspension
of work because no wage scale had
been made to replace the old schedule,
which expired with March. The miners
demand an increase in pay. in some
instances of i've cents . ton and in
other instances more, with certain
changes In working conditions.
Confidence was expressed by the
opera that there would be no gen.
eral coal famine, large supplies oi
fuel having been stored in anticipa'
tion of the walkout. While the miners
predict the suspension will be shor,
through prompt signing Of wage
scales, come Of the operators main
tain the mines may be kept closed FOL
q month or longer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Omaha Has Big Fire.

OMAHA, April AT late hour
last night fire broke out in the 1000. !.
000- -bushel elevator owned by Neye,
Schneider.Fo company, located
at 28th and Oak streets, and famed
by a high wind, quickly spread to the
adjoining -four mill Of the Nancy
Milling company. The elevator and
the mill were destroyed, entailing q
loss of $S05,00O. Nearly 100 box cars,
about half of which were full of grain,
were destroyed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
For Enlarged Homesteads.

WASHINGTON. March 30. - More
land In Montana and Wyoming was
designated for settlement under the
enlarged homestead act by Secretary
Ballinger yesterday.
In Wyoming 36s. $50 acres. which
we're not susceptible of irrig alton at q
reasonable cost from any known VA
ter supply were placed under the terms
of the act, making total of 13,582.-
042 acres in the state which have been
90 designated.
In Montana 155, 900 additional acres
will be disposed Of as enlarged home
stead lands, bringing the total up to
28, 466, $40 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

Lewistown Democrat: J. D. Waite
and F. r. Warren are preparing to
SOW 5000 acres on their bigslranches
near Utica this spring. They have
contr acted with one steam plowing
outfit to plow 5000 acres, and in addi-
tion, have ordered bigl steam outfit
which they will keep going steadily
until they have turned over practi.
cally all of the agricultural land
owned by them. They will, beyond
question, be about the mostIiextensive
grain growers In Montana within the
next two years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

ways and means committee of the
house. Several members Of the com.
mittee had inform alton from reclams.
tion engineers stating that sufficient
funds were at hand to complete the
projects now under way and these
members seized upon that % an ex.
cuse to oppose the issue Of certificates.
Subsequently. however, several mem.
bers Of the house from the west up.
peared before the committee and pre-.
sented strong reasons for an issue Of
certificates so that projects now under
way may be pushed to completion
more rapidly.
The arguments have made an impress
sion on the opposing members of the
ways and means committee, and the
friends of the proposed legislation.
like Senator Carter, cay that the out.
look for the passage of the bill is now
brighter than when the ways and
means committee began it's consider.
alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
TO PROTECT SETTLERS.
Governor Norris Issues a Warning
Against Land Swindlers.


HELENA, April 2.-North Dakota
land swindlers, who have been oper-
ating in Montana in recent months,
had best beware. Governor Edwin
Norris, after conference today with
J. Fl. Hall, commissioner of agricul-
ture, labor and industry, and Assist.
ant Attorney. General Hall, issued
proclamation Offering q reward of
$3.50 for the arrest and convictien of
any person engaged in the land looat.
ing business who fraudulently repre-.
sents conditions to settlers. The state
law provides punishment of 10 years
In the peuitentiary.
Complaints we're received by the
state officials that locators were meet.
ing settlers on the trains and taking
them out to land which had already
been entered. Most of these swindlers
came from North Dakota. it is an
nouuced. The proclaim alton says:
"Having been reliably informed
that fraud is being practiced upon in
coming settlers by certain unscrupu-
lous persons engaged In the business
of locating those desiring to locate
upon government lands, these frauds
being practiced by means of confidence
games and the dissemin alton of false
information to such prospective Get.
tlers; and,
ut appearing that such practices
are crimes under the laws of Montana,
punishable by imprisonment for .
term not exceeding 10 years;
''Now. therefore I, Edwin L. Norris,
governor Of the state OF Montana, by
virtue Of the authority in me vested,
do hereby offer q reward of two hun.
dred and fifty dollars for the arrest
and conviction Of such person or per.
sons engaged In such unlawful prac.
tice. This reward to be in force for .
term of six months from this date"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Montana Woman Had a Gun.

SPOKANE, April 3.-For IL hours
locked in her room at the Hotel Pend
O'Reille at Sand Point, Idaho, armed
with an old.style revolver of large
caliber, defying the police and sheriff q
force to arrest her, q demented WON.
an, believed to be Miss Ella Manihan
of White Sulphur Springs, Mont.
bluffed the entire force of officers at
Sand Point today. AT six O'Clock to-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.
Speaker Cannon Discusses Some OF
the Troubles Of Congressman.

speaker Vannon discusses some OF
the Troubles Of Congressman.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-In the SOL
emnity of q service in memory of q
departed colleague. Speaker Cannon
talked to the house today of the trials
met by public men In dealing with
popular opinion and speculated upon
the mysteries of the hereafter. Only
few members we're present-chiefy
those who we're to speak of the life
and character of Francis w. Cush-
man, late representative from Wash.
ingtou. In the galleries, too, was
only sprinkling of visitors, a ma.
jority of whom had dropped in merely
to see the house in session and with
no special interest in the proceedings.
"One of the most trying positions in
the country" said Mr.. Cannon, sis to
serve as member of this house-the
popular body"
Mr.. Cannon then referred to opin.
lone of constituents which representa-.
tives have to take into account. and
the 2 fnv cent Of the constituency that
may change and send somebody else
to congress.
"Not only" he said, "have we q
patriotic desire to serve the best in
serest of the country, but also to be
personally endorsed, and at times
there Is great temptation to try to
please the per cent or per cent,
taking it for granted that the balance
of the constituency will be for US, any
way. l doubt whether there is a man
in the house who does not take into
account the storms that come.'
Mr.. Cushman, he said, was of all
men be had ever known, the most in
different to mere popular approval OF
his constituency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Would Improve Waterways.

PIERRE, s. D., April 1.-The Mis-.
souri river congress closed yesterd sy
after the adoption of resolutions in.
dorsing the general improvement of
the waterways OF the country, urging
the states to assist in the work and
recommending liberal appropriations
for the Missouri river.
The principal feature of the after
noon session was the showing of wh at
can be done in the way of briquetting
the Ignite coal OF the upper Missouri
country to make it q marketable pro.
duct all the year round aud thus make
Missouri river traffic commerci ALL
profitable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Stockman Explains High Prices.


WASHINGTON, March 29-Murdock
Mackenzie, representing the cattle
raisers of the west, today defended
producers against q charge of re-
sponsibility for the increased cost of
beef. He was q witness before the
senate committee investigating the
high cost of living.
"Increased price of corn, higher
wages we must pay our help and in.
creased cost of everything else we
have to use in our business compelled
US to raise the price of CATTLE" de.
clared MIR. Mckenzie. He said the
advance in price began on April /,
1909.
The witness laid some of the re-.
sponsibility at the door of the new
tariff law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Dry Farming Crops In Montana.

- - ''"'6 ~sVPS ~ NuVUSou0s
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-In q re.
port on dry land farming in the west,
the department of agriculture states
that fax, barley, wheat, potatoes,
bronze grass, alfalfa and corn have
given the best results iu Montana.
Tests with sugar beets failed to show
that they could be grown CONNER.
cislly with success. Intertillsge OF
crops showed . decrease OF seven
bushels per acre In the case of wheat.
Tests recently conducted brought q
yield of IL bushels to the acre of fax.
Bronze grass gave higher yield than
any other forage crop, followed by
tsll.oat grass with slightly lower
yield. On one OF the farms corn yield.
ed 4.44 tons to the acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
FAREWELL TO AFRICA.
Roosevelt Party Will Visit a Few
Weeks In Europe.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 3d.
Colonel Roosevelt and family sailed
for Naples this afternoon on the
steamer Prinz Heinrich. From the
deck Of the steamer Col. Roosevelt
waved . final farewell to Africa.
There was . mingling of sadness and
gladness on the counten ance of the
former president % the dark CONT.
nent vanished from view and the
sturdy ocean liner sped away over
the blue Mediterranean toward Naples,
which will be reached Saturday.
With Mrs. Roosevelt, Kermit, Miss
Ethel and the other members of his
party, Col. Roosevelt will begin q
triumphal pilgrimage through Europe
next Saturday. Reaching Naples on
that day, the party will proceed on
Sunday to Rome, where the former
president will be presented to both the
king and the pope.
The party will then journey north.
ward through Austri q hung ary, visit.
ing Vienna and Budapest, and then
60 straight to Paris, getting into the
French metropolis about April 10.
The stay here will probably be limited
to four days.
Leaving Paris the party will 60 to
Brussels, capital Of Belgium, roam
around in Holland, and then run ur
to Christianis, the governmental sea,
of Norway. Berlin is the next In line
and In the German capital the Roose
velts will spend two or three days
While Col. Roosevelt has declined an
invitation to be received in state by
the German emperor, it is entirely
probable that he will find time to visit
Emperor William and also to hob
mob little with the famous scientist:
of the German city.
Upon leaving Germany the party
will cross the Dover straits to Eng
land, and London will have three OF
four days of the Roosevelts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
ROOSEVELT MEETS KING.
Italian Monarch and Former Presi-
dent Become Quite Chummy.

tISIIan mOnarCn ana e0rmoT Fro8ss
dent Become Quite Chummy.
ROME, April 4.-King Victor Em.
manuel received Mr.. Roosevelt at the
quirinal today. The occssion afford.
ed opportunity for another exhibition
Of the admiration Of the public for
the former president and popular in
terest in his every movement. The
hour Of his reception being known. .
considerable number Of persons gath.
cred to greet him on his way from
the hotel to the roy al palace.
Following the audience Mr.. Roose.
velt said that the king had been 90
gracious and aattering both to him
and his country that he felt he should
not make public anything concerning
their interview.
The formalities of the reception con.
cluded, King Victor personally con-
Quoted Mr.. Roosevelt to the hall OF
the palace. where the American In.
spected the hunting trophies of the
kings father and grandfather. When
the time came to cay good bye, his
majesty invited Mr.. Roosevelt to
drive with him tomorrow morning.
The sovereign explained that they
would dine together at the court TO-
night, az he desired to see and tall
with his guest further alone.
There will be no audience between
Ex.President Roosevelt and the pope
Although the definite negotiations rel
ative to the audience ended before Mr.
Roosevelt left Egypt, the announce
ment was withheld until after Mr.
Roosevelt reached Rome last night q,
the solicitation of his American Cath
olic friends here, who believed, in the
meantime, the vatican might change
its attitude.
The situation has caused q rea
sensation In Rome. While at Gond
okoro In February last, Mr.. Roose
welt wrote to Ambass ador Leishmau
saying he would be glad of the honor
of an audience with King Victor EN-
manuel and the pope. The audience
with the king was promptly arranged
Before an arrangement could b'
reached relative to an audience will
the pope, several teleerams wer'
passed, and the negotiations were
ended by Mr., Rocsevels's refusing /,
any way to be limited as to his con
duct, and announcing that an audi
ence with the pope under the circum
stances was now impossible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
May Pass Reclamation Measur

WASHINGTON, March 30.-Sen ator
Carter of Montana, who had charge
in the senate of the e30, ,000, 900 recla.
nation certificate issue bill and the
postal savings bank bill, two of the
measures advocated by President
Taft, is today in . hopeful frame of
mind regarding their adoption by
congress at this session. Senator
Carter took advantage of the small
amount of business before the senate
early in the session and engineered
both these bills through that body.
The reclaim alton certificate issue
bill, however, struck q snag in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

600 annually WAS coming into the rec.
lam alton service. which was sufficient
to complete the existing projects. He
carefully avoided IN attitude of re.
fusiug the go, 600. 900 for the service
in case It was voted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

night she marched down the hoael
stairs and presented herself st veo.
taurant. She was overpowered BY
four men and her gun taken from her.
At six O'Clock this morning she reg.
tstered, telling .. woman at the hotel
that che had killed . man a her hus.
bands request after he had insulted
her. While ct dinner che rushed out
on the arrival Of . Morthssn Pacific
train, declaring that the conductor
had killed her baby. BlHosts to sub
due her by putting chlorotosm through
the key hole Of her room and smoking
her out proved unsv siaine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06
Opposed To Reclamation Certificates

WASHINGTON, March 81. - The
proposition to issue $40, ,0O0,0O in
government certificates of Indebted
ness to complete the irrig gation pro.
jects, one Of the administr alton 3
conserv alton measures, was discussed
by Director Newell, of the reclaim alton
service.
Mr.. Newell said that about $1,000,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

Water right blsnks-only correct
form published-fcr sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-06

Montana Ma&tans bm Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The newly
organised First National bank st
Malta. capital eah 900, has been ~.
thorized to do business upon certi6.
cate of the treasury department.
Public buildings for Miles City and
Kslispell are sought by Representa-
tive Pray in bills he has introduced
in the house. They appropriate $780,
600 each for cite and buildings at the
two cities.
An amendment TO the railroad bill
making the railroad company . citi.
zen has been proposed by Senator
Dixon. It provides that every com.
mon carrier shall be deemed q citizen
of every state into which or through
which its line shall be constructed or
extended.
Nothing is known here as q basis
for the rumor, said to be current in
Montana, to the effect that the North.
ern Pacific railroad will contest the
right of sllottees to odd sections of
land in the Flathead reservation. The
interior department. has had no init.
nation that such action will be taken
and members of the Montana congress
sional delegatio are confident that
such action cannot be contemplated
on the part of the railroad.
The evening world., 1910-12-07
Has to Pay IA Cents for Every
Passenger TO the Grand
Central, 1t Explains.
"WE'RE LOSING MONEY"
Kicking Commuters Hear
How Much More Electricity
Costs Than Steam.

Commuters grievances against the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
and the New York Central railroads
occupied the attention of the upstate
Public Service Commission again to-
day. The hearing, which was adjourned
from last Wednesday. was held In the
assembly room OF the metropolitan
Life Insurance Company.
General Counsel J.. D.. Robbins OF the
New Haven road said the defense Of
his railroad TO the charge OF an excess
sive sdvance OF 81 per cent. In commu-
tation rates. would be that the New
Haven was compelled to pay the New
York Central II cents for every pas
senger brought into the Grand Central
station. The New Haven paid the New
York Central for the use OF the Grand
Central and Mott Haven terminals
81 1871. 900 In 1910.
with the advanced rates" said Mr..
Robbins. we are losing money. Our
revenue Is about II cents a head"
Septimus c. Fleetwood OF New Haven.
auditor OF disbursements OF the New
Haven road. the first witness, pre-
scented a statement to show the excess
cost OF electric operation OF The line
trail station over the cost OF steam
operation. lie sale the total cost OF
operation by electricity for the fiscal