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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-29
COLONEL WILL STUMP THE
STATE FOR HIS CANDIDATE
Old Guard Threw Bulk of Its Vote to Bennett in
Vain Effort to Check Victory of Progress
svesPlatform Adopted as the Latter
Wished It---Taft Is Endorsed.

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Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Roo, doc,do,
to stand by their slate. pnd Mr. Roo.e-
welt agreed to make the nominating
.peech. The meeting bro..e up and short
ly after six O'Clock Roosevelt started
brck for the convention h'll
kinpsbury Foetc" nominated 5onnet and
after the nomination lad been seconded
Roosevelt went TO the platform to make
his last speech or the convention He
! hesaA ny saying ln@' ne Jhe'd nv behhe'
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When Nassau county was reached
Roosevelt took the platform to nominate
| Iionrv T. St'msuu
before proceeding to make the nomi-
ration ;hat have to make" said Col.
Roosevelt II wish TO state that | have
a very real very genuine regard and
respect for CONGRESSMAN Bennot
''I3ut Think that the situation which
We now face calls for the nomination of
another man. I rise to nominate Henry
L. Stin1sou. and It IS perfectly npuro
nriat to that 7 a man of anothcr county
shall nominate him because feel that
at this election where so r,uch =. at stake
1 Il makes rot the slightest oiffercncc from
what county lie comes if he is the riru,
! type of a man. Nov we have taken hi,,h
and advanced ground I'm our pla,forn TO-
day and our words viii reflect credit or
discred,t unon us aocor1inclv nc thoy
are backed I'm ny our dceds ana u,.h
to see. not merely a ,horo,o.,y,,, ,roo1
man named. but wish ,n s,o ~. ,.orv
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'e''""' H'a"e U'"h' ho' merely the
es'''S put '"' trucHIeni integrity
Vi -'he man "a demand made upon his
ability' upon nj; courage, such as
could DE made in hardly any other
position
AT that time We knew that the man
to be appointed would have to be en-
ployed by the government against
some of the most powerful business
combinations in the land who would
employ the ablcst counsel that could
be employed and that we must have
in the Representative Of the State a
man who could meet fairly on their
level the ablest man that these great
corporations could employ. | then
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-29

state whose needs and resources were
adequate to the support of only one, was
a grievous mistake and a deplora BILE
calamity. no one who Is familiar with the
educational history Of the State would
have the hardihood to deny. Think for
moment of what might have been II this
blunder had not been made, II the COM
monwealth having at this early stage
arrived at n maturity of educational con-
sCiousness with which our most progress
sive States are Just catching up. had gone
on to develop its noble plan In conformity
with its initial acts and its manifest in
tention; If all grants and aids and
larEcncss In behalf OF liberal education
had been concentrated and cumulative
instead of being divsve and mutually
neutralizing: II there had been no un-
necessary duplication of educational
energy and no dissipation Of ma erial re-
sources. where might Vermont have been
today in her university rank The un-
fortunate situation of things as thus set
forth has weighed so heavily on the minds
If many Of the most enlightened and
patriotic citizens of the State. that no
generation has passed. hardly any decade
Of years has passed, without more or
less determined effort being made to dis
cover some remedy for what in educa-
tonal as in ecclesiastical affairs are well
termed our unhappy divisions" That
the state in Its corporate capacity is not
unm!ndful of Its obligations in this re-
gard. and not unwilling to undo so far as
| ii may be practicable its former errors,
Is shown by its enactment. in 1865. of a
provision, entirely without inspiration
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Europe partly as the cause and partly the
result Of the revival of learning we're
nothing more or less than scholastic
guilds, corresponding to the many guilds
mercantile, manufacturing, artistic.
which are characteristics OF the period.
The term university was equivalent 70
| corporation, or society. and was IN full
'uriversitas omnium scholariun" tho
auild or CORPORATION of scholars. Like
other guilds this society had Its charter
ID rights and powers. among wrlch was
the right TO prescribe terms Of admission
20 It's ranks. ia establish rrada,ton from,
ncipiency to ful, m.mhershi, and IN do
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Troops to Fight Fire.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-President
Taft has authorized the use of troops
to fight forest fires In Montana, Idaho,
Washington. Oregon and California ..
The war department. has ordered
Major General T. H. Barry, command.
ing the department of c California, head.
quarters at San Francisco; Brig adler
General M. Il. Maus, commanding the
department of Columbia, with head.
quarters Vancouver, Wash, and
Brigadier General Walter Howe, com.
manding the department of Dakota, at
St. Paul, to hold troops at all posts in
their comm ands in readiness to fight
the forest fires.
The troops will be furnished as they
may be requested by the district of.
6cials OF the national forests. Com.
manders of posts will be instructed to
give immediate assistance in case OF
fire in their territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
To the Pole by Airship.

BERLIN, Aug. 4.-Prince Henry Of
Prussia, who is q member OF the Zep-
pelin preliminary Artic exploration
party now headed for Spitzenbergen,
stated today In message from from
soc, Norway, that it was not the in.
tention of the promoters to attempt to
reach the pole before q full prelimin-
ary investigation had been made. No
start BY balloon will be attempted un-
til most complete knowledge OF con.
ditions In the ice world, bearing on
the success Of the explor alton, such as
the nature of the polar air currents,
the possibility of landing on the ice
fields, etc., has been assembled.
1t may be, said the prince, five, ten
or even Is years before the aim of the
Zeppelin expedition, attaining the pole
by the air route. will be reached.
Then, too, the main object of the en-.
terprise is scientific, not a mere pole
hunt
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
A Census of Buffalo,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-There are
now altogether 2,10s buffalo in North
America. These "buff alo" are really
bison, but the term buff alo has been
applied so long and generally to the
American bison that the term conveys
more meaning TO the general reader.
This census of the animals is the work
of the American Bison society, that
has been trying to save the breed
from extinction. In comparison with
former years it shows that the ami.
mails are on the increase and the an.
nual report of the society says tha,
the danger of the animals becoming
extinct seems to have passed.
The figures given include the buff q.
loes in the geological gardens all over
the country, the national herds, the
scattered herds in private ownership
and the few wild bison that still are at
large.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Bryan Roasts Democrats.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. SIN q state
ment published in his paper today in
reference to the meeting recently held
in Lincoln. ILL.,, to protest against leg.
islative corruption, William J. Bry an
declared that the democratic legisla.
tors who voted to elect William Lori.
mer to the United States senate should
be read out of the democratic party.
"Any democrat who voted for Lori.
me for patriotic purposes ought to
be retired to privas life and kept there
long enough to learn what patriotism N
means,' said Mr.. Bryan.
"It is almost as dangerous to have
fool in the legislature as q knave.
A dem ocratic legislator who could be
convinced that he was performing a
patriotic duty in voting for Lorimer
could be persuaded to do anything de-
sired by lobby, providing the same
patriotic arguments were used. He
is not 6t for any representative posi-.
tion-it is hardly safe to allow him to
run at large.
"Turn them out. The party csnno,
pause to defend those who are guilty
or who, II innocent, have aroused sus-
ptcton which cannot be removed"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Valuable Coal Lands.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Accessible
coal of the best Alaskan fields, even
at half cent q ton in the ground, ia
worth more than most of the coal
lands in the eastern states, notwith-
standing their nearness to lines OF
transportation and to market. This
statement, contained in q bulletin is.
sued by the geological survey, estified
that the accessible coal in the Bering
river and Matamuska districts was
worth half cent ton in the ground.
This small figure created the impres.
sion in the minds of many people th st
Alaska coal lands were of small value.
The bulletin Just issued says that
prices at the rate named by MIR.
Brooks the best Alaskan coal lands
are worth from $50 to $500 an acre,
values far above the average price OF
bituminOus coal lands.
The statement says the most serious
handicap has been the laws. Though
laws intended to enable individuals to
obtain title have been on the statute
books for the last dec cade, not an acre
of the land has gone to patent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Warning TO Horse Thieves.

HELENA, Aug. 4.-"Every little bit
helps" cynically observed John Co.
he.I, a. he slipped his wrists into a
pair of handouts this morning after
being sentenced by Judge Carl Rasch
to serve five years in the Fort Leaven.
worth prison and to pay fue OF 800.
'It wasn't as bad as expected" be
concluded.
Aaron Big Beaver, convicted yester.
day of horse stealing, was given one
year in the county Jail and 6ned $3.50.
The Indictment charged Big Beaver
with taking the horses January 2 of
this year, but the jury found they were
taken in December. Consequently the
old maximum of q year only could be
imposed. Judge Rasch remarked in
passing sentence that If the jury had
found he took the horses In January
he would have given him Is months at
Leavenworth. Big Beaver stole six
horses before and sold them at Conrad
for Sl50, it was stated.
Judge Kasch took occasion this
morning to declare that the epidemic
OF horse stealing on the Blackfeet res.
ervation must be stopped, and that
the sentences imposed by the court
will be more and more severe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
TRIED TO ROB BANK.
Dillon Desperate Foiled and Is Now
In Jail.

Dillon Desperate Foiled and Is Now
In Jail.
DILLON, Aug. "A lone robber
tried to rob the State bank of Dillon
here yesterday, but lost his nerve at
a critical time and is now in Jail.
Riding into town about noon, the
bandit left his horse tied on Bannock
street, while be went through an alley
to the barn of 8. S. Patterson. He
fred the barn and himself turned in .
fire alarm. He then mounted bis horse
and as the entire population of the
town was streaming out to the scene
of the fire the bandit rode toward the
bank.
Again he tied his horse Ia Bannock
street, and entered the State bank
where Cashier A. j. Breda was in
charge alone. The bandit walked up
to the cashiers window and laid down
two silver dollars, asking to have
them changed for bills.
Mr.. Breda turned bis back to the
window to get the bills and when he
turned again he found himself look.
ing into the muzzle of a .32 caliber
Colts.
"Throw up your hands," ordered
the bandit.
Mr.. Breda did not obey the com.
mand but lodged under the counter
aud shielding himself as best he could
made dash for the back door.
"I'll fire." shouted the bandit twice
and as the fleeing banker reached the
rear door the bandit fred one shot.
This imbedded itself in the frame of
the door and Mr.. Breda escaped un.
hurt. Other persons were attr acted
by the firing of the shot aud the ban.
dit decided to make getaway without
taking the banks treasure with him.
He united the horse still holding his
revolver in his hand. The crowd was
returning from the scene of the fire
and several were already shouting to
cut of the escape of the bandit who
had been seen by two women firing
the barn.
The robber was attempting to turn
corner to get off Bannock street at
full gallop when the horse slipped
on the cement crossing and went down.
The animal rolled and before the rid
er could extricste himself. he was rem.
dered unconscious. He was quickly
taken In by the authorities. A curly
wig which he had been wearing rolled
of his head when he fell from the
horse.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Discuss Railroad Law,

PORTSMOUTH, N. Y. Aug. 6.-The
conference of attorneys representing
all the important railway systems OF
the United States, called for the pur-
pose of discussing the new railroa ad
law and which has been in progress
here for several days, broke up this
evening. Another meeting will be held
In New York In December.
A statement giving . general outline
of the work Of the conference was is.
sued. As far az could be learned
there appears . general sentiment
among those present in favor OF lib.
ersl Interpretation of the amendments
of the railroad law adopted by the last
congress. This was particularly true
of the so.called long and short haul
clause, in the consideration of which
much time was spent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Plans Of Trainmen.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.-The eight.hour
day for freight conductors and train.
men and the mileage basis for passen-
ger train crews are the two most i'm.
portant propositions which will be
submitted to the Order of Railway
Conductors and the brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen in the next Is days.
The crew will seek the equiv alent OF
q 20 per cent increase in wages, the
concessions to be requested from the
carriers to be in form of improved
rules and conditions of work. This
was stated positively following the ad.
journment of the Western Associate
of Railway Trainmen here. The vote
will be taken under the auspices of
the general committees OF the employees
of the railroad. Ninety.six chairmen
of general committees representing all
the western lines participated In the
discussions.
II the conductors and trainmen. by
their vote at the referendum, render
as they probably will, . verdict fav.
orable to the proposition outlined by
the Western ociation, the m after
will be taken up with the General
Managers association representing
all the western railroads by the grand
officers of both organic ations. The
proposition will be submitted to the
carriers In 80 or 40 days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Preparing Reclamation Bonds.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The trea.
sury department officials are working
over the form of the proposed issue of
$40, 900, 900 worth of bonds to aid in
the complexion of reclaim alton pro.
jects.
Congress at its last session author.
lied this issue and the secretary of the
treasury has notified the interior de-.
partment that it is ready to turn over
the amount or any installment OF it on
call. No date, however, has been fix.
ed for such an issue.
The preparation of the bonds is
likely to require two or three months
and the department is therefore taking
preliminary steps so as to avoid delay
when any issue should be deemed
necessary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
GORE CHARGES BRIBERY.
Oklahoma Senator Says He Wa,
= Offered Money.


MUsKoGEE, Oxla., Aug. 4.-Carry.
Ing out his purpose to disclose all he
knew concerning IN alleged offer of .
bribe of S25, 900 for which be said he
was to promote . $50, ,OO0, 900 Indian
land deal, United States Senator T.
+. Gore today told the special invest.
iRAting committee of the house of re.
presentatives the time and place ct
which the alleged bribe was offered.
Senator Gore named Jacob Hamon,
former national repu blican commiste
man from Oklahoma, a. the man who
offered the bribe. The bribe was offer.
ed at Washington, the senator testi.
fed, on May 6.
Senator Gore declared tha at when he
frowned upon the bribery proffer, Ha.
mon said the amount might be raised
to 5000
"Hamon also told me that Sen ator
Charles Curtis of Kansas and Con.
gressman McG uire Of Oklahoma were
interested 10 the McMurray contracts, u
testified Sen ator Gore. "And while |
am about it might as we'll tell that he
said an official higher up in the gov
ernment was also interested in the
cOntr acts.'
Vice-President Sherman was named
as the man higher up in connection
with the contracts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
INCREASED REVENUE,
The Payne.Alo.-ich Tariff Law Given
Credit Therefor.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The Payne.
Aldrich tariff law has produced In ito
fret year revenue greater by )75,.
600, 900 than the sum collected In any
year In the country's history except
the banner year 1907, according to
treasury statements issued today.
During the 6rst half Of the fiscal
year ending last Saturday night, the
total ordinary receipts, including Gus.
toms. ordinary internal revenue, cor.
poration taxes and miscellaneous, ag-
gregated >678, $50. .816, exceeding dis.
bursements by s20,2l4,029.
These ordinary receipts were greater
by s15, ,0o0, 900 approximately than dur
ing 1907, and the 1907 receipts exceed
ed those Of any other year Of record
by almost 60,000, 900. While there
was deficit of s5S. 773 900 In the ordi-
nary oper rations of the government in
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909,
there was q surplus of more than 60
10000 in the year ending last satur.
day. Corporation tax revenue was
S27 ,090. 300, which is only o207 900 less
than the amount assessed.
Lax methods no longer prevail q,
the New York customs house, 1t IL
said, and to the reh abilitation of the
service and the improved money rate
are attributed an estimated augumen'
tation of $4,000. .O0O in revenues al
New York alone.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Driver Killed in HoIdup.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Aug. o.
For the second time within q week the
Mogollon Silver City stage was held
up and robbed today. murder being
added to the crime in today's affair.
Jose E. Dominguez, the driver, watch
full as result of his experience las,
week, opened fire on the bandits to.
day and brought q volley from their
weapons.
Several of the bullets pierced bis
body killing him instantly.
The robbers hastily gathered up IL
bars OF silver bullion, the property OF
the Ernestine Mining company, being
shipped out from the mines, and left
the scene.
They met no further resistance, az
the stage was making the trip without
passengers.
When the stage failed to arrive aa
Glenwood. Jake Rouse, relief driver,
WAS sent out to ascertain the trouble.
BE came upon the coach, which had
been driven several hundred yards
from the scene of the robbery by the
bandits, and, pursuing his search
farther, found the dead driver lying
In the road where his body had been
tossed by the robbers.
Returning hastily to Glenwood,
Rouse reported the affair, and soon q
posse was on the trail OF the fleeing
bandits. Mounted police also took
the trail. and within q short time
found IL of.the IL silver bars lying q,
the roadside near where the stage was
robbed. Evidently the burden was
too great for the robbers. and they
abandoned all but one bar, which is
valued at Sl.500. .
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Charged Excessive Rates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The inter-
state commerce commission today re-
oeived complaint from the Gamble
Robinson Fruit company OF Miles
City, Mont, against the Northern Pa.
ci6c railway. alleging overcharge on
fruit shipments from Oregon and
Washington to Miles City. The rates
charged were sl.72 and sl.79 per 100
pounds compared with Sl.l5 Helena
and Butte rate and s1.35 which the
railroads offered as compromise re.
duction of the through rate. Repsrs.
ton OF 81, ,409. sc is demanded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Bribery investigation.

MCALEsTER, Aug. 6.-How the con.
tracts were procured, by which accord.
ing to Senator Thomas P. Gore, %,
OO0, 900 in attorneys fees was to be
made out of the sale of land given to
the Indisns by the government. was
related before the special congression'
al investig sting committee today
W. T. HOLMAN, Choctaw Indian,
testified be had been employed by J.
F. McMurray, holder Of the contr acts,
to 90 out among the Oklahoma In
dians and induce them to sign the
documents. At the same time Holl'
man related he was "paid q dollar q
head" for securing contr acts appoint
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10

from Skagwsy to Victoria and was
due at Juueau today. She carried 100
passengers.
The Princess May was of 1900 tons
displacement. She was the fastest
boat In the Alaskan service. The
wireless stations here aud at Tacoma
caught the Mays wireless signals, re-.
layed through several land stations,
saying che was sinking. The signal
10 not verified.
She had left Sksgway aud therefore
u is impossible TO obtain the full pas.
senger list.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
Mexican Frozen To Death.

Ell PAso, Texas, August 2.--Frozen
to death with the Thermometer stsnd.
ing at los in the shade was the fate of
q homeless Mexican at Msrycopa sta.
ton, 300 miles west of here, on the
Arizona desert.
A carload of ice was unloaded on
the depot platform aud covered with
q heavy tarpaulin. The man seeking
sleep and to escape from the terrific
heat, crawled beneath the tarpaulin,
where he was found the next morning
frozen stiff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10

western Iowa, the sections that were
driest, was of great benefit to crops.
Corn has reached q critical stage in
all portions of the state.
TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. 3.-Nearly two
inches Of rain fell in Topeka this
morning, affording an agreeable re-
lief from the hot, dry weather which
had prevailed for two weeks. Heavy
rains are reported from other points
in the state.