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bank would be wound UP. The liqui.
dation of its assets will commence as
coon as receiver is appointed.
Hearing On Cattle Rates.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 14.-Judge Sanboru,
Vandeventer and Adams of the United
States circuit court are today hearing
the cattle rate case. This action is
participated in by nearly all of the
western railroads except the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific in an
attempt to set aside an order issued
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion about two years ago making
sweeping reductions In the cattle car.
rying rates from all points west of St.
Louis.
i'ne order is In effect now and gov
erns schedules in about 5000 hauling
rates from the west.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Fast Airship Flight.

LONDON, Oct. 16.-Another chapter
was added to the history of aviation
today when the French dirigible bal
loon Clement. Bayard made the voy-
age from Compieene to London In the
remarks able time of six hours, a jour.
ney requiring seven hours by the fast.
est express trains and boats. Com.
piegne is As miles northeast OF Paris
and about 155 miles by air route to
London. 1t was the first occasion on
which dirigible balloon had crossed
the English channel. The over. W ater
Journey required Is minutes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Death Of Senator Doliiver.

FORT DODGE, Iowa, Oct. l5.-Sena.
tor Jon athan p. Dolliver died at bis
residence here tonight, while his At
tending physician, DR.. E. M. Van
Patten, was examining his heart with
q stethoscope. His death followed an
acute attack OF stom sch trouble, which
affected his heart. His physician
announced tonight that his death was
directly due to dilation of the heart.
In 1888 MIR. Dolliver was elected to
congress from the Tenth Iowa district
and was renomin ated six times by &C.
clamation. In August. 1900. he was
appointed to the upper house upon
the death of Senator John H. Gear,
and was elected by the next Legislature
to fill the unexpired term. He was
reelected in 1902 and 1908.
In 1900 Mr.. Dolliver was favored
for the nomination as vice president
by President Mckinley and Senator
Hanna, but was not an active candi.
date and Theodore Roosevelt We
nominated Again in 1908 he was
practically agreed upon as a candi.
date for second place with William
H. Taft, but factional differences in
the party in lava Influenced the state
deleg alton to oppose the movement.
After the death of William B. Alli-
son, the senior senator from Iowa,
Senator Dolliver became estranged
from the old party leaders at Wash.
ington and was among the most prom.
inent of the insurgents in the two ses.
sions of the present congress-.
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BIG CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
Federal Officers Seize Contents of
Swell Art Store.

NEW YORK, October 14.-The entire
Fifth avenue establishment of the four
Duyeen Brothers, known the world
over as dealers in rare art objects
and antiquities, was seized by federal
officers yesterday and B. j. Duveen,
one of the firm, was placed under ar.
rest charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the government out of customs
dues.
Henry A. Wise, United States dis
trict attorney, in asking for extraor.
dinarily heavy bail. .sl00, 900, said he
had evidence that the frauds would
reach more than 81 900, 900 and that
all four brothers and an uncle who
make up the firm were implicated.
Bail was finally fixed at $50, 900,
which was given and Duveen was re
leased.
A search for undervalued articles
began and more than q van load OF
"suspicious goods" was found. 1t was
decided to place the entire establish.
mont under surveillance and leave the
customs inspectors 10 charge for the
night. Duveen was granted permis.
sion to send wireless message to his
brother, H. ]. Duveen, then aboard
the Lusitania.
When the prisoner was taken before
United States Commissioners Shields.
District Attorney Wise said the case
was the most important the govern.
ment has had to deal with thus far in
connection with importing frauds. He
said that inform alton was recently
placed in his possession tending to
show that the Duveens for years had
been defrauding the government ou,
of customs duties on imported works
of art and antique furniture by means
of consular invoices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Negro Peonage In Alabama.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Believing
that hundreds Of southern negroes are
being deprived of their liberty by big
planters under forms Of law, the fed
eral government this week will ask the
supreme court of the United States to
declare unconstitutional the so-called
Alabama "labor contra act" law. The
treatment Of negro farm hands under
this law is interpreted by the depart
ment of justice as a reduction of those
laborers to state Of peonage. Com.
pulsory service in satisfaction OF debt
is taken by Attorney General Wicker.
cham as the object to be accomplished
by the legislation. The state of Ala.
bama will appear in court to defend
its enactment,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Alaskan Coal Land Frauds.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-After months
of secret effort and patient waiting, OF.
ticials OF the general land Office were
able to announce today the indictment
of q number of claiman to valuab BILE
land in Alaska. The value of coal
lands, which it is alleged the claim
ants conspired to obtain fraudulent
possession of is placed by the govern.
ment at 800, 0,000,O0
The entries involved number l54 and
cover almost II, 900 acres of land, all
OF which lies in the Bering Strait dis.
trict, in which the Cunningham claims
are located. They are what are known
as the English, or Stracey and the
Christopher Simmonds groups, the
former containing eighty and the lat.
ter "A claims of 100 acres each. The
deposits covered by these claims are
believed to be as rich as those of the
Cunningham mines, which cut con-
spicuous figure in the Ballinger.P Pin.
chot controversy.
The charge ag ainst the indicted men
is that the entries were made in the
names OF dummies. Most OF the en-.
trymen we're residents of the state o1
Washington and their claims are said
to have been located with an agree
ment that the claims should be assign.
ed or decided to third Dartiea as anon
ss persons willing to become interest
ed could be found by the locator
There is said to have been q furthe,
understanding that the locator should
receive large percentage OF the Gales
prices,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
immense Water Power Resources

SEATTLE, Oct. 13.-The states OF
Oregon and Washington contain one
third OF the available water power en-.
ergy in the United States and between
six and seven million horsepower can
be generated in the two states. accord.
iug to Fred F. Henshaw, hydrograph.
er Of the United States geological sur.
vey, who has been measuring the aow
of Pacific northwest rivers during the
last two years. Two years more will
be required to complete the survey OF
the state of Washington, but the result
will be known December l,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
A Peculiar Court Decision,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. l2.-Fred Warner,
former member of the ST. Louis house
OF deleg rates. charged with accepting
. bribe in connection with the passage
OF . bill permitting the establishment
OF . garage, was acquitted in Judge
Httchcock's court today In his third
trial. At his first trial Warner was
convicted and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. This sentence
was set aside by the supreme court,
which held that the indictment was
defective because the definite article
"the" was omitted in the phrase
Estate Of Missouri" At the second
trial the jury disagreed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Billings Bank 10 Closed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. '14.-The First
National bank of Billings will be clos.
ed permanently. This much was de.
cided by the comptroller of the cur.
rency today and permanent receiver
will be named within few days.
The plans for the reorg aniz alton oi
the institution proposed by the stock.
holders have utterly failed and the
definite announcement came from the
comptroller that the affairs of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
BIG CENSUS FRAUDS.
Federal Authorities Discover Crook
ed Work BY Enumerators.

GU "OTk 0y GnumeTdtOrS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Staggered
by the enormous returns shown by the
new census by number of western
cities, Director Durand of the census
bureau ordered an investig alton, the
result of which appeared in the an
nouncement tonight that gross frauds
had been perpetrated.
Mr.. Durand gave out also a letter
from President Taft directing th at per.
sons implicated In the alleged frauds
be prosecuted. ...
Cities specifically mentioned as be-
ing affected by the frauds are Tacoma,
Seattle and Aberdeen, Wash; Port.
land, Ore; Minneapolis, Minn.; Boise,
Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark, but it is
said that there are many others.
The result of q second enumeration
OF Tacoma was announced tonight.
The city shows population of 81, ,972,
an increase of 45, ,25S. or 12O per cen.
over the population of 1900. The fret
figures turned in for Tacoma were ll6,.
243.
In other words, the actual popula.
ton was padded to the extent of 49,.
296, which would have meant q further
addition of 40 per cent.
The director declares that more or
less extensive attempts ut "padding''
the census have been discovered in
other cities mentioned and he adds
that investig ations are in progress
with reference to q number of still 9TH
er cities. In many instances, be states,
this "padding" consisted in the re.
peated Visits by the enumer ator to
hotels, boarding and lodging houses.
In this manner people who came to the
city during the census taking, perh aps
merely for stay OF few days, we're
added to the enumer alton as residents.
Many names were assigned to vacant
lots.
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PASSES ARE ILLEGAL.
Decision Of Supreme Court Inter.
prets Constitutional Provision.

Decision Of Supreme Court Inter.
prets Constitutional Provision.
HELENA, OCT. 1l.-By q majority
opinion the supreme court OF Montana
literally construed the state constitu-
tton today and holds that org snic act
makes illegal and void the classifica-
ton of public Office holding and non-
public Office holding persons or OF free
passholding and non.iree passh olding
persons; that It prohibits the giving of
passes; and that the classi sification
which shall be made by either the leg.
tslsture or the railroads themselves,
must be reasonsb and not arbitr ary.
This opinion was signed by Chief jus
tice Theodore Brantley aud Justice
Henry G.. Smith. Justice Holloway
dissents. and in minority opinion
declares there Is no legislation In this
state on the subject of passes, and that
their issuance is not prohibited by the
constitution.
This ruling, which means the abo.
lishment Of passes in Montana, was
rendered in the case of Terry A. John
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
company an action begun and tried In
Butte. in which the plaintiff was
awarded damages in the sum of s25, 900
for personal injuries sustained while
be was q passenger riding on q free
pass over the lines OF the defend ant
company. The court holds that "the
giving of pass being prohibited by law,
1t, including the exemption contract
on the back thereof, was a nullity."
But the supreme court places it's de-.
cision on higher grounds; that "the
duty which carrier owes to it's pas.
sengers is founded, not in contr actural
relation, but in public policy. John
was in situation, created not by him
self. but by the law"
1t is said that today's decision
means the abolishment of passes to all
persons save railroad employees, al.
though if the legislature or the rail.
roads themselves see fit. q different
classification can be put into effect.
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lumbus, and In all the cities of these
states the anniversary OF the discovery
OF America by Christopher Columbus
is being observed as holiday.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Thous auds OF
Italians and other members of Catho-
lie orders Joined today in q great Co.
lumbus day parade. The feature Of
the day was the exercises of the
Brownson memorial national commit.
tee, formed to erect q monument to the
memory OF DR.. Orcestes A. Brownsou,
called the most distinguished lay man
aud profoundest scholar of the Ameri-
can Catholic church.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Tacoma People Are Indignant.

TACOMA, Oct. 16.-Protests against
Census Director Durand's allowance
Of s2.972 Is the population of Tacoma
and demands for q recount will be
wired to w Wsshington tomorrow by the
chamber of commerce and the CONNER
cisl club.
A direct appeal to Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor Nagel or Presi.
dent Taft is being urged by many
civic bodies.
General indignation was expressed
against Special Agent Mckenzie be.
cause of the hurried manner in which
the recount check was made and the
smaller number of men employed to
do the work. Numerous claims of in.
justice are made.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Women We're Burglars.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Four well.to.do
Chicago women were arrested here
yesterday in connection with q series
of burglaries at homes of farmers
about Grown Point, Ind. The women
were taken to Crown Point late In the
day and we're arraigned before Mich
olson in bis parlor at 10 o'clock last
night. Each pleaded guilty and was
fined $40. The fines were paid and the
four women given their liberty.
The formal charge against the Chi
cago women we're trespsssing on the
property OF Charles Bailey. The farm
owners refused to make any charges
of larceny.
According to Sheriff Grant OF Grown
Point, the women have made several
trips into the Crown Point neighbor.
hood during the last three weeks in sn
automobile. Approaching . farm
house. sheriff said, the women would
tell the farmers and their wives that
they we're motoring to witness the
flight of an aviator in the vicinity.
Almost invariably the whole house.
hold would Immediately set of to see
the landing of the mythical man bird.
The sheriff declared that various
larders would be robbed Of butter,
eggs, cold meats and in some cases OF
the dishess.
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GLEND1vE, October l5.-The record
yield OF fax 80 far reported is fifteen
bushels per acre. Dan Livingston,
engaged In dry farming about five
miles below the headgate dam, says
he had fifteen acres in golden lax that
went fifteen bushels per acre under dry
farming guilty alton. Mr.. Livingston
sold at % per bushel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

LIBBY, Oct. 12.-Hundreds of deer
are being killed by hunters in Lincoln
county, the slaughter having started
at the opening OF the season on Oct. /,
The deer seem to be unusually plentt-
full this year, largely due, no doubt,
to the forest fires OF the past summer,
which burned over thous ands of acres,
driving the deer from their usual
hAuuts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Sheepmen's Annual Convention.

CHEYENNE, Oct. 1.-THE forty.sev.
enth annual convention of the Nation.
al Woolgrowers' association will be
held at Portland, January to II, 1911.
President Gooding and Secretary
Walker returned yesterday from the
coast, for the meeting, as we'll as the
midwinter sheep show which will be
held in con onnection with the convention.
Various subjects of pertinent inter.
est will be discussed by the sheepmen,
including those of range conditions,
tariff, feeding, breeding aud forest re.
serves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Crazy Man From Great Falls,

RosEBURG, Ore, Oct. IA mid.
die aged man believed to be William
Booth, was taken of Q northbound
train here today and placed in jail
because of complaint of the trsinmen
that he had made repeated attempts to
jump from the car window. he was
travelling from Sacramento to Port.
land. In his pockets Was found $500
worth Of travellers drafts issued by
the First National bank of Great
Falls, Montana. A long manuscript
describing the different holds in
wrestling was found in bis pockets.
and 1t is thought the arrangement OF
his mind is due to this subject, ss be
proudly told one of the officers that he
knew no less than It's different holds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
cut out by flying fragments of kero.

cut out by flying fragments of kero.
sene can.
Waldo had been told by some of his
playmates about their putting calcium
carbide in cane, putting water on the
carbide to cause 1t to generate acety.
lene gas and then applying matches
to cause an explosion. The other
boys In their operations, however,
had thrown matches at the can from q
distance and had thus escaped disfig.
uremeut or death. Waldo, II seems,
stood close to the can when he applied
the ignition. The can was blown to
atoms and the youngster was injured
In the painful manner stated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19

Hinsda ale Homestead: Charles Ash.
ford reports that he has lost about
forty head of horses and colts during
the summer and fall from being killed
by the grey wolves. There is q large
pack Of the wolves ranging on the
bench south and west of Rinsd ale.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Foolish Trick With Explosive.

MILES CITY, Oct. 17.-An accident
happened yesterday afternoon to WAL
do Northcup, son of Ed. Northcup, in
which the boy lost his left eye and
about half of his nose, which were
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-10-19
Observed Columbus Day.

WASHINGTON, October l2.-Fifteen
states have passed the Columbus day
bills fathered by the Knights of Co.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
NOT SUBJECT FOR cRITIcISiC
Man Who Made UnthIn<ing comms n
on Little Teacher Made Haste
to Change the Subject.

Two men were seated at a table il
a downtown restaurant, when a liz Ia.
thin woman, wearing an "N E. -
ribbon, took place opposite tn NJ
She ordered some buttered toast aA
conee. In Is minutes she a.
through. She paid dime to the n h
Ter and went out. One of the eH
looked at the other and smiled.
She didn't eat very much" .i6
the other.
She'll never die OF extravagant -
came from the first. "Ten cents on
dinner. Say, she's worse than RlR
sell Sage ever was"
The other man was quiet a moment.
Then he said: Il know who she is, al
though I'm not acquainted with her.
She teaches school in a little town in
Kansas. In all, she works seven
months year, and gets S35 a month.
She probably saved all year to take
this trip to Denver"
The man who had made fun of The
little thin school teacher coughed.
4 wonder" he said, why it is Dem
ver's baseball team can't win more
games" Denver Post.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
THROUGH COMBAT TO VICTORY
Strong, Vigorous Character Arrives at
Fruition by Wrestling With and
Overcoming Obstacles.

1t is the wrestling with obstacles
and the overcoming of difficulties that
have made man a giant Of achieve
ment
If we could analyze a strong, vigor.
Gus character, we should find it made
up largely Of the COnquering habit,
the habit of overcoming, says Orison
SWEET MaTden in Success.
On the other hand, If we should
analyze a weak character we should
find just the reVerse-the habit OF fall
ure, the habit of letting things slide,
of yielding instead of conquering-
the lack Of courage, of persistency or
grit.
There is the same difference be-
tween a self-made young man, who
has fought his way up to his own loaf,
and the pampered youth who has
never been confronted by great re-
sponsibilities that would exercise his
powers and call out his reserves, that
there is between the stalwart oak
which has struggled for it's existence
with a thousand storms, with all the
extremities of the elements, and the
hothouse plant which has never been
allowed to feel a breath Of frost or
rough wind
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
Kicking of the Ace.

(FrOm the New York Age.)
The ColOred people will not be de-
ceived, either, by the Administration
bringing few Colored people from
the South and giving them positions
in Washington. When a negro takes
office IN Washington he ceases to have
political influence and power in the
South. The Hon. John c. Dansey was
a great political force as long as he
lived in North Carolina. He influenced
the votes Of delegates in State con-
ventions and N National conventions,
but the very minute Mr.. Dancey left
North Carolina and became an office
holder in Washington, he ceased to
have influence IN that State. The re-
suit IS that to-day by carrying out Mr.
HltchCOCk's policy, practically no ne
groes attend State conventions in
North Carolina, and no negro ap-
peared in Chicago from North Caro-
lima at the last National convention
This IS what Mr. Hitchcock seems to
be aiming at in all the Southern
States. If Mr., Rucker, to illustrate, IS
given position in Washington, he
will cease to have political power and
influence in Georgia, and the same
thing Is likely to take place in Georgia
that took place in North Carolina.
In word, the whole policy seems
to be to do that which will make the
negro a nonenity in State and Ma
tiOnal conventions. How is this policy
to be thwarted? Within a few weeks
the cOlOred people will be called upon
in every Congressional district in the
North and West to help elect Repub-
liCan Congressman. Before pledging
themselves to support any Republican
Congressman, the cOlOred people
should make known their grievances
to these Congressman and see whether
or not they endorse the present policy
and see whether or not they are stand
ing by Mr., Hitchcock in his policy Of
unshlrting the negro
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

fatherly talks he gives, makes the
child feel that a kind father is talking.
At present, Judge De Lacy is at his
beautiful home in Chevy Chase. He
IS surrounded by sweet wife and FIVE
happy little children. He knows what
1t IS to be a father. He knows chill
dren and knows how to talk to them.
His home IS all sunshiny because his
surroundings bring sunshine to him
and his home.
The report of December 10. 1000.
was transmitted to Congress by Presi-
dent Taft. Judge De Lacy, in that re-
port, stated to the President that dur
ing that year 2,546 juveniles passed
through his court There were 4,z2c
cases in the Court during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1900, constituting
over 80 different Offenses Judge De
Lacy, IN this report, advocated strong
ly the establishment of play grounds,
etc. 1t IS most interesting docu-
mcnt, and 1t IS stated that his report
next December will be more interest
ing and more valuable than all pre-
vious reports. The Chief Clerk of the
Court is Mr.. Joseph Harper, the son
OF the late Judge Harper, who first de-
cided that the Edmunds law was Oper-
ative in the District OF Columbia. The
Harper brothers are two of the most
reliable men in the Courts service.
Mr.. Lum Harper, the brother of Mr..
Joseph Harper, Is assistant clerk in
the Police Court. These two men are
invaluable assets to the local judiciary
Judge De Lacy is in need of add
tlOnal help in his Court There is al
most as much business done in the
juvenile Court at times as there IS
done in either branch of the Police
Court. Judge De Lacy is preparing to
make some new improvements in his
Court which are greatly needed, and
the outlook Is that the Juvenile Court
Will be in a building in a short time
that will be a credit to the National
Capital.