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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Jury CONSIDERING
BROWNE BRIBERY
SCANDAL
ARGUMENTS ARE CONCLUDED IN
FAMOUS CASE AND YER.
DICT is AWAITED

Chicago June 2i-lt has been many
years since an Illinois jury has been
called pom 10 consider verdict of
greater political Importance than one
which this afternoon !, tii,i - consider
the charge of bribery against Lee
O'Neil Browne. leader of the democratic
minority of the Illinois house OF rep
resentailves. In instructing the jury,
Judge McSurely said that the uncor-
roborated testimony of an accomplice
might be considered. but II must be
received with great caution Should the
jury believe that any of the states
witnesses testified because of prom
ises of immunity from prosecution, this
should enter into the consideration of
the case. To find Browne guilty, the
court said. the evidence must estab-
lish beyond reasonable doubt that
on June 10 1909, Browne gave Rep
resentatiye White in the Briggs house
at Chicago. the sum Of $3.50 In consid-
Grafton of having voted for William
Lorimer, pursuant to corrupt agree
ment Stats Attorney Wayman occu-
pied the greater part of rne day In
making the closing argument for the
state.
Receiving no report from the jury Of
probable verdict tonight, Judge Me-
Surely at 10 o'clock left for his home,
after issuing Instructions that the YER
dict. If reached shall he sealed aud
returned In court tomorrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
BILLINGS CHAMBER
Wins SIGNAL
VICTORY
BUSINESS MEMS ORGANIZATION
SECURES REDUCTIONS m
FREIGHT RATES.

Billings. June "a (Spogiall That
the Billings Chamber Of commerce
las won a signal victory ln its rate
case against the Burlington Railway
company before the interstate COM
merce commission aud that lhr rate
reduction will place Billings in pruc-
tieally absolute command of the job
bing territory of the Great Big Horn
basin of Wyoming as against omaha
shippers Is shown by a message re-
o'Ned today rom Charles y. Drayt0n
of Washington, The attorney WHO rep
resented the commercial organization
in the hearing which was held IN this
city several weeks ago. The telegram
was as follows: THE Interstate COM
merce commission has ordered ma
terial reduction in less than carload
shipments on first second. third and
fourth class freight rates from Billings
To all points referred 10 in our COM
plant" The reduction averages about
20 rer cent.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
FORMER ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF
MONTANA SUPREME COURT
DEAD IN HELENA.
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
Deceased Was Prominent in State Pol.
tics and Had Been Associated With
Affairs OF the Treasure State for
Many Years-LeaVes -Four Children
Prominent fraternal Man.

Helena, June q George II Milburn
former associate justice, of the supreme
court for Montana from 1900 until
1904. died to-day az o'clock AZ ~.
Johns hospital Ills son was by his
bedside when the end came IN. su.
premc court will meet tomorrow and
then adjourn until Monday out Of re-
spect to Judge Milburn's memory.
George II. Milhurn WAS born ia
Washington. u. g.. On November u.
1850. His father Benedict Mllburn.
was . printer and VAS for many years
connected with The press Of the ma
tional capital George Milburn was
educated Ia the public schools OF
Washington, afterwards entering Rlt-
trnhouse academy. from which he
graduated In IsGS In the fan Of that
year b" entered Yale university. re-
ceivng his degrc" IN 1872.
After leaving the university Jndg.
Millmrn returned To- Washington.
where he engaged IN real estate opera-
tiuns. lie held q minor position under
th" government until 1850. when IA.
went west tn Santa Fe. y NJ Will.
resident of New Mexico Judge Mil
burn was a clerk In the Indian agency
at Pueblo. lie was promoted shortly
afterwards ana WAS made special In
dian agent for the Dakotas and Mon
taGn.
lie saw active service among the
Indians u"'ii 1883. when he located
permanently in stiles city. where ".
established himself IL legal practice.
In IN" same year he was elected "a
county In which attorney of Custer
country Ia which capacity he served
until 1889. when he was elected To the
bench Of the Seventh district of Mon
tana
Al the expiration ~ his term he re-
sumcd his law practice. la 1900 n.
was elected associate justice of the
supreme court on The democratic
ticket
Judge Mlburn was a member Of the
knights of Pythlas. the odd Fellows.
TIA" Ancient order of United Work
men and the Benevolent aud protectiy.
order of Elks
Judge Mlburn leaves fsur children.
his wife having died in 1901
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
SENATE COMEDIES
CLAIMS
UPPER HOUSE COMPROMISES
WITH LOWER AND lRRioA.
TON BILL PASSES.

Washington June 2t-The house
conferees To-Day won their fight for the
provision In authorizing the issuance
"t S2ooo0,oo0 worth of certificates of
Indebtedness for the completion of ex-
isting reclamation projects ana for
which II is proposed Ia spend In.
money as raised. They made the con-
eession, however, that the provision be-
modified So that the power OF an
proving projects rests upon the presi-
dent alone The house provision would
nave required the approval of the army
engineers.
The senat" opposed turning over 10
the army engineers the work ot ex-
amining aud approving projects. On
the ground that many of the projects.
had been developed to point
whore they must he continued ac-
cording To the original plans or all
oi the money already invested would
be lost An rrfon to reconcile the diff
fefences was made at the White House
today when the president had the
cohf"rrrs tD luncheon. lie proposed
that the question Of having the prof.
N'"''"'" "g th' army tllBlhe"TS
be left to the discretion of the execn-
tive and the senate eonferees were
willing to accept this suggestion.
The matter was not settled how
ever, until after another conference az
the capitol ana the agreement resulted
only after stlIi further concessions hy
the senate conferees. After consid-
orable debate the senate announced th.
conference report
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
COTTON LEAK CASE
HAS SUDDEN
ENDING
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF FIGHTING
GUILTY MEN CONFESS
THEIR CRIME.

Washington. June - Moses Haas
of NcW York ANA frrdorick \ Peck
ham Of Cincinnati, nrb,r fighting for
five years against indictments returned
against them for their part in the cot =
tna leak in the department of agricul
turc. today entered pleas Of guilty ia
tho count in the Indictment charging
conspiracy 10 effect misconduct in Of
flee. ON recommendation of tho depart
mcnt nf agriculture Justice Gould i'm
posed "a fine OF $4,000 on Haas and
ana were released
The other indictments pending
against them were mol pressed
Haas and Paokham paid their fines
In 81 600 bills The lawyers for Ed
win :. Holmes, Jr, the former asso-
ciato staiistician, were taken by SUR
prise when Haas and P-ckham plead
say what course they would take for
their client
Holmes was tried IN 1906 aud the
jury disagreed. he has not been re-
tried because of technical litigation
oyer tho cases II was learned from
unofficial sources that the govern
meut would b" satisfied with the same
punishment imposed ON the o,her two
men
Charges are stil pending In the New
York courts against Theodore Price
the cotton operator. Implicated In the
scandal
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED
BY ANACONDA COMPANY

Butte June 24-Alleging that the
Monidah Trust company, James A..
Murray. William Olymo. sampson Hoar
and five others, whose true names are
not known, have extracted ore worth
100000 from the Speculator ana Bell
mines. through the workings of the III
con mine, the Anaconda copper Min
ing company brought suit this morn
ing asking judgment for 100000, also
that they be declared the owners Of
the Bell and Spectator mines and that
restraining order he issued, prevent
ing the defendants from extracting
further ore from plaintiffs property,
The Spectacular involved in the action
Is that part of the old claim by that
name owned by the Anaconda com
pany. The North Buttes portion of the
claim Is not included Ia the ground
covered by the complaint.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
BANKER RETURNS.

Belllngham, Wash, June Ell =.
Welty former president of tile HON"
Securities Bank Of Bellingham, and
charged with wrccking that institu-
tion. returned here today and surrend-
cred himself Wclty had been in hid.
ing for three months. He has agreed
to plead guilty 20 the charge of EN-
hezzlement Wclty IL charged with
using bank funds to finance certain
land companies, giving worthless paper
and deeds to secure loans made 10
he Is pennllesy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
FINNISH BILL PASSED.

St Petersburg. June 24.-The reichs-
rath, or council of the empire, today
passed the Finnish bill on its first
reading by large majority, The
measure. which has already been
adopted by the duma. gives that body
legislative authority over the Finnish
diet. II has awakened bitter opposition
In Finland.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
FUNSTON BETTER.

Lcavcnworth. Kan. June 2i.--Generes
Frederick A Funston, who was report
ed today to be seriously III with angina
pectoris. was much improved tonight
Major John r. Murtagh, the surgeon
in charge, said II the general continued
to improve as rapidly az he had during
the last part Of the day. he would be
able to he out of bed by the end of
next week.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Congress Is Expected to Adjourn Sometime
Today After Most Remarkable Session
SCORES Of IMPORTANT MEASURES ARE ON RECORD
Despite Split in the Republican Vote and Strength OF the
Democratic Party, the Administration Has Lost but
Few OF Its Battles---Reform Bills
Are Many.

to reform its system of conducting
business 90 that less power Nigh: he
reposed In the speaker and the or
ganzation of which he was the natur-
al leader. The speaker was removed
from the committee on rules which hr
had previously been credited with
dominating ana u new rLlc was adopt
ed to prevent the pigeon holing OF
bills by committees when they We're
approved by majority of the house.
The enormous demand for legsla-
tion pressed upon congress Is shown
by the fact that since the beginning ot
the present congress 27.000 bills have
been introduced In the house and 5000
In the senate, In addition to hundreds
of resolutions. This record. as far
as the number OF bills Is concerned.
Is without parallel More time was
consumed IN considering the railroad
bill than was taken by all other sub
jects of legislation This measure not
only creates commerce court but em-
bodies authority for n commission to
inquire into stock and bond issues of
railroads. extends the provision for the
interstate commerce act to telegraph
and telephone companies and gives the
interstate commerce commission power
to suspend increases in rates until the
commission shall have found the pro-
posed increase reasonable.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Robbery Picturesque.

Salt Lake city, June 2i.-The at
tempted robbery of the Layton bank
ON the night of May 90 was one OF the
most picturesque crimes In local an
pals. Two men, after overpowering
the Waterman, aroused the cashier
from sleep at his home. forced him to
dress, go To the bank and open the
outer door of the vault. The inner
vault was protected by time lock.
When the robbers were convinced that
IL lay out of the power of the cashier
IL give them access To the valuables'
they locked the cashier and watch
man in the outer vault and decamped.
ON the afternoon before the rob
berry. a deputy sheriff of Salt Lake
county had recognized Thompson and
Willmm Brlnghurst on the platform
nj the Layton station When the
deputy heard of the robbery he felt
that these two men were Implicated,
Bringhurst was arrested and con-
fessed to his part in the Layton af-
fair AS well as to the robbery OF "A
poker room in Salt Lake. For the lat
ger offense he was given "A peniten-
tiary sentence The chase for Thomp-
s,al has been long and difficult one,
II extended from Ogden To Oregon
and from Oregon To California. ON
two or three occasions he eluded cap
tnrc only by few hours margain,
The local authorities surmiscd that
he would. sooner or later, turn up In
Butte. Accordingly they forwarded
pictures Of him 10 the Butte police
chief, which assisted In the capture.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Attorneys Statement.

The attitude of the New Jerscy
courts, as defined tonight hy Prose
cutor Pierre Garvcn of Hudson conn
~, ~ this. The state Of New Jer-
sey now holds Charlton merely ~ the
complaint of the Italian consul ~ a
fugitive from Italy, pending a request
for his eXtradition from the Italian
department Of state. through the ,tal-
IAN minister To- Secretary Knox u
extradition h not demanded there Is
no action the courts of this state can
take. Whether the federal courts can
stiil step Ia Is a matter outside my
province. ana on which the attorney
general of the United States ~ more
competent To pass opinion"
Thus there IL possibility that Charl-
ton may walk from jail free man.
without trial, for the trend Of the dis
patches from Rome seems to indicate
that the Italian government viii act
In the matter with reluctance. since
tn demand eXtradition 20 Italy of an
American subject who has committed
q crime within Italian jurisdiction
would imperl a cherished Italian
precedent Explaining the attitude of
the family. Il Floyd Clarke. the law
yer retained by Judge Charlton. said
tonight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
THOMAS p. GORE
ELECTRIFIES THE SENATE
WITH STARTLING CHARGES

Claims That a Former Senator
From Colorado Offered Him
Fifty Thousand Dollars,
Through an Agent, for His
Influence in Securing the
Payment of a Claim Against
the Chickasha Indians
Names of Others Implicated
Bill Fails of Passage.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
ROBBERS ARRESTED
IN BUTTE
MEN WHO LOOTED UTAH BANK
ARE CAUGHT IN SMOKY CITY
AFTER LONG CHASE.

Butte. June willard Thompson,
wanted for highway robbery IN sax
Lake. was captured by the local police
here this afternoon Thompson does
not deny his guilt and says he Is Will
ing 10 go back without requisliion pa
pers. The salt Lake authorities nave
been notified of the arrest. and an
officer win leave that city tonight to
bring Thompson back.
Thompson aud "A partner were sils-
pecied of having robbed n bank al
Layton, 20 miles out Of Salt Lake, on
May 20 last.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
RAILROAD AGREES To ADVANCE.

Detroit, June "a. The Detroit Jour
nal says today;
The Pere Marquette rallroad has
agreed 70 an advance in wages OF 20
cents day for freight conductors
and u cents for freight brakemeu. ef-
feetiVe July l. \ 10 hour day Is sub
slituted for the old ~ hour schedule.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Accident Reports.

An act was passed to compel rail
roads Ia furnish to the interstate
commerce commission reports on acct
dents.
Under the withdrawal act the presl-
dent was given almost unlimited
power to withhold lands from settle
ment and To conserve water power. ON
the other hand, the act providing for
the agricultural entry of the surface
coal lands will open to settlement ut
least 60,000,OOO acres, but will reserve
to the government the wight 10 the coal.
BY providing for the opening of Il
portion of the Pine Ridge and the
Rosebud reservations in South Dakota
and the Fort Betholey reservation In
North Dakota. more than 1000 900
acres of agricultural lands Will lie
available for homestead settlement
The sum of $l50000 was appropriated
for the gauging of streams with view
To the preservation of the water sup
ply
These conservation measures are de-
clared To be far-reachinR. Under the
new power conferred on the president
IL IL expected that there will be cX-
Aensive land Withdrawals while the
settlement of coal lands. without in
volving the valuable deposits beneath
the surface. Is expected to do much to
who have contendcd against the dis
use of lands merely to preserve natur-
nj resources for future generations
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25

Washington June 24-Notwith
standing the fact that actior on many
important measures was delayed by
conflicts between insurgents" and
"rtruiar" republican .a"tions w. both
branches and that the democratic mi
nority was an active force congress ~
,Nrectrd to coIclude y long session
I morrow with u reccid for l'gisla-
ton that seldom. If ernr. has been
cIialled Ia The matter 'i 't":n. IN
.nuYemonts for which President Tdit
stood sponsor. iiir'f were many In
siarces of success. 'hi.f IN the list
oi legislation for which the admins
tration contcnded were the following:
Striking revision of the railroad laws
including the creation of n commerce
court: admitting Arizona and Men
Mexico as separate states; authorizing
the establishment Of postal savings
bank; giving tn the president unlim-
tied authority to Withdraw public lands
for conservation purposes; providing
for publicity of campaign contrihu-
tIons; authorizing the issue of SEQ
100000 IN certificates of deltednrss
Ia complete reclamation projects: cree
aiing II bureau of mines: extending
the activities of the tariff board aud
appropriatng s250oO0 for its use.
White Slave Traffic.
Looking To the suppression oc the
white slave" traffic; creating a COM
mission to consider economies In the
administration of the federal govern
nent: authorizing the entry Of sur
face coal lands: providing tariff sys-
tenn for the Philippines. legislation
that ultimately Is expected Ia give pro-
hlbition To- the Hawaiian islands.
Opposed To the foregoing formidable
list of legislation obtained was "A com
paratively small number of measures
that had had administration support
hut failed of passage. They were meas
nres on the subjects of ship subsidy.
anti-injunction. for new forms of gov
ernmcnt In Alaska and on the Panama
canal zone. bureau of health, In
creased postage rates for second class
mail matter. the Appalachian forest
reserve and the Increase of the en-
gineerng corps of the army.
Not the least conspicuous acts of
congress were the strenuous measures
taken by the house of representatives
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
ADVANCE GRANTED.

Boston, June q Twenty hun.
drcd employees of the Boston Il Maine
railroad were today granted AN adj
vance In wages ranging from five u,
25 cents per day.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25

Washington. June "a senator Gore
of oklahoma disclosed in the senate
today what he interpreted as nm effort
To bribc him in connection with logis-
lation affecting the fortune I'm attor-
ney's fees claimed 10y J. T. McMurraN
of oklahoma for services rendered to
the Choctaw and Chckasha nations in
land and townsite eases The charge
created u sensation In the senate which
later extended to the house. The lat
ter body In consequence sent back to
conference the general deficiency bill
which carried an item relating to con
tracts between the Indians ANA their
attorneys.
Az the result Of the denouement.
Senator Gore finally involved q mem
her of the senate committee ON Indian
affairs. two former scnators-onc
from Nebraska and the other from
Kansas. but whose names were not
made public In debate. In response
to a suggestion by Senator Bailey that
he should name the senate members
of the Indian affairs committee. Mr..
Gore demurred. but declared that he
would welcome an investigation of the
charges 50 that the charges might be
brought out before n body qualified tn
deal with his allegation. II is probable
that such an investigation will bc
ordered
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Justice Desired.

The wish of the family Is to see
strict justice done ~ between the boy.
the facts and the public. II there
should b" no request for eNtradition,
and hence, no prosecution under the
laws of New Jersey, Judge Charlton
viii ask for a commission in lunacy Ia
determine his sons sanity. II his son
Is found insane. he will De committed
To an insane institution II he is
found sane-wcll. that IL a matter 80
far distant as yet that ! prefer not
to take IL up now"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
WANTS EXHIBIT.

q. A. Harris Of Great Fails was in
the city Yesterday trying Ia make ar
rangemcnts for a permanent exhibit Of
Montana prodGets 10 be placed in New
York
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
STILL HOT.

St Paul June 24,-Today was the
18th consecutive day of the hot spell
The weather bureau thermometer reg
isIered 93 degrees.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Alienists Disagree.

Alien!sts retained by the family, who
examined young Charlton today. are
Charles H. Dana. professor of nervous
diseases In the Cornell medical school: !:
Dr Edward u Fisher and Dr Allen
Mclean Hamilton, prominent In the
Thaw trials. and William j. Arlitz.
city physician of Hoboken. Charlton
answered test questions from 10 o'clock
until 3 o'clock His attitude seemed
to be one of total Indifference On
the conclusion of the examination At
torney Clark, speaking for the party.
said that different conclusions had
been reached and that further eX-
animation would be made tomorrow
Dr Arlitz. who visited Charlton in
his cell this morning, said before the
afternoon conference. that no doubt
In his mind the boy was partially in
sane, but questions as 10 where in
sanity began and partial insanity end
ed or rs 10 what specific form at in
sanlty Charlton had. he avoided
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
The Navy.

The increase provided for the navy
was notable. Two battleships of ~.
600 tons each. armed with 1i-inch
guns, making them the most formid-
able In the Dreadnpught class afloat.
were authorized. The naval strength
of the United States VIII be rl.;hr"
supplemented by six torpedo boat de
stroyers. two colliers and four sub
marines. while an inciease of the per-
sonnel of the navy of 5000 men was
authorized.
Greater safety Of railroad employees
and travellers will be obtained by the
laws to extend the use of safety APP
pliances. An appropriation of $500
900 to be used by the attorney general
in enforcing the Sherman antitrust
law was made. The sum of $4,000
with the suggestion that as much more
as might he needed, might be forth
coming. was appropriated for the rails
ing of the wreck of the battleship
Maine.
Further regulation of the immigra- =
ton service was provided to improve
the character of immigrants obtaining
admission into this country, Other
legislation makes provision for the bet
ter protection OF the Alaskan seal fish
cries, for the promotion of the ef-
ficency of the militia, for the parole
of United States prisoners, whose con-
duet indicates that they would not
abuse their liberty, for the franking of
publications by the blind, for the es-
tablishment of the Glacier national
park in Montana and for the creation
of "A commission of fine arts
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-25
Conceived in Corruption"

Characterizing the McMurray claims
as having been conceived in corrup-
tion and brought forth in corruption" q"
Mr.. Gore said he hHd\been approached
by an outsider who desired to interest
him in the McMurray claims Later.
Mr. Gore examined ths provision as
agreed upon in conference. He lost
no time In returning 10 the senate
chamber where hc moved To rccunsid-
or the vote by which the conference
report has passed ont of the possessiou
of the senate Mr.. Gore then moved
To recall the report but MIR Hallingcr
moved-to lay this motion upon the
table. which was done.
Addressing the senate on a question
of personal privilege. the oklahoma
senator amplified his charges that cor