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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-03

the preliminary plans for the merger
were agreed upon, and steps lasss
taken to finance it. The latter meet
ing was attended by G. F. Swift,
Ogden Armour, Edward Morris and
others.
The witness then described the nego-
tiations which led to the purchase BY
the combination of the Fowler Packing
company, q. Fl. Hammond and COM
psny, the Omaha Packing company,
the st. Louis Dressed Meat company,
the Anglo American Provision COM
pauy and the United Dressed Beef
company.
The contr acts covering these tr ans.
actions we're read to the jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-03
Fifty Dead From Poison,

BERLIN, Dec. 28.-More than fifty
deaths from ptomaine poisoning have
occurred since December 26, at the
Municipal Shelter for the homeless In
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-03
Suppress Fake Photographs.

Suppress Fake Photographs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Week.end
tourists who want to go hack to the
folks with photogr raphs-with q real
Washington, D. G. label ON them
showing President Taft in the act Of
shaking them by the hand or in earn
est conversation With them, will be
disappointed, for the]tpresidens has
put the official ban on the "fake"
photographs.
Several days ago aIPennsylvsnia
avenue photographerjswhose window
exhibit contains many pictures of MIR.
Taft in the actsof shaking hands with
various citizens whom he probably
never met, was informed by United
States Attorney Wilson to leave Mr..
Taft out of such pictures In the future.
The photographer tappealed to the
White house, but the president upheld
Mr.. Wilson.
In recent decision the.supreme court
held that photograph was personal
property. and it is not likely that the
present case will go.eto, the courts.
President Roosevelt once appeared in
Q fake photograph, apparently talking
statecraft with q negro coal driver.
He registered an objection Immediate
ly aud the practice was stopped.
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there is a demand for more wagons to
transport grain. There are always a lie"
hundred missing on each line.
How they get away is generally mys-
terry, but on the south Russian line the
police discovered that the station mas
ters sold them to colonists, who now
live in them. Half the travelling public
rides free, claiming some distant connec-
ton with an employe, or simply tipping
the conductors, who march through the
trains in solemn groups of three and eX-
anime the tickets half a dozen times In
the course of tWelVe-hOur journey. The
percentage of paying passengers is 50
small that, though trains are mostly full
only ~ per cent of the tickets available
are sold.
The thieves are a clever lot. Merchan-
disc is stolen in such way that frauds
which have been going on on the Russian
lines for ten years were discovered only
last year. The stealing is done in two
distance transports. A Moscow merchant
sends wares to Tashkend, two weeks
journey by a fast train, and more than
three months by goods train. The bales
are registered in Moscow, and the mer-
chant gets his receipt. They are then
stored in the railway warehouse. There
come railway officials, take out the goods
fill the bales or crates, with sand and
stones, reseai them and send them off
1t is generally half a year before the Mos
cow merchant gets an indignant letter
from his Tashkend customer, who has
looked for silks and found stones. The
Moscow merchant sends in complaint
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"HE Nationals We're making a VAL
liant fight for victory. and the large
crowd of faithful fans gathered in
front of The Star scoreboard was cheer
ing as though the living players We're bat
tling it out before their eyes. Each bril-
liant play as depicted by the twinkling
lights was the signal for an outburst of
yells that made it almost impossible for
the old ragman, doing on the handle OF
his cart at 11th and Il streets. to sleep.
Three times he dozed off and three times
the cheers from the crowd woke him up.
At last, with a feeble grunt of disgust.
he got up and started to push his cart
down toward the yelling crowd.
In front of the board a couple of small
newsboys were endeavoring to discount
the skill of the cowboys in lassoing. One
OF them stood with long coil of rope
in his hand. In true cowboy Fashion he
would swing the rope in circles over MS
head and then let it go in an endeaVor
to encircle the person of his companion.
who stood some feet away. The ice cream
vender leaned against his cart and watch
ed the boys with a wary eye that plainly
indicated he suspected this to be some
new game to defraud him OF his Ice
cream cones.
Down the street came the ragman.
and as he drew near the boys he paused
and glanced up at the little lights dane
ing about on the board. A puzzled look
appeared on his face. After watching
them a few moments he turned to one OF
the boys and inquired the meaning Of the
lights The kid explained the details Of
the game and soon the old man was an
interested spectator. There was a 'whis-
pered conference between the newsboys.
and the cowboy game ended. One of the
lads sauntered over to the ice cream cart
and bought a cents worth of ice cream.
While the Greek was waiting upon him
his companion slipped around to the other
side of the cart and tied one end of the
rope to one of the wheels. Carefully
lodging the crowds. lie walked few
steps to the cart of the ragman and fas-
tened the other end of the rope to the
handle.
The game came to an end at that mo-
ment and, with a smile on his weather.
beaten face, the ragman started to push
his cart toward the Avenue. At the same
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Catholic Church However, the voters
told the priests that they were electlng a
president and not bishop and they pre-
ferred Don Ricardo. The new president
is democratic in his administration. and
am told he has. even sIbeased a part OF
the presidential mansion to private par
ties to increase the government revenues
1t was in the audience room of this house
that he received me. The President is
man of good education and fine address
A lawyer by profession. he speaks sew
eral languages, and it was in good Amer
lean English that orr conversation was
carried on.
But first let me give you some idea or
the government of this little republic
Costa Kica is the quietest and pest
ruled of all Central America. and its
presidents are the choice of the people
and not the result of revolutions. as in
Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras
The country got it's independence about
seventy-three years ago, and II was IN
1S47 that it formally adopted the title or
the Republic of Costa Rica- 1t now has
president and congress. each elected Tor
a term of four years, and that only. Inc
pesident cannot have a second consecutive
term. The manner of the election Is Dy an
electoral college, just as is our custom at
home 1 asked President Jimenez what .ie
thought of this method. He said 1t was
a mistake and that the best way Wouid
he to choose the executive by the dlrect
vote of the people.
The president of Costa Rica has a lit
tie different form of administration than
President Taft. He has cabinet, 1t Is
true sbut he has also government coun-
Gil. which consists of the cabinet and
such other citizens as he may choose TO
appoint The salary of the president is
Just about one-ninth that of President
Taft He gets a little over $1,000 year.
or. in the money of this country, 1S,OOO
colonies.
During our talk the Panama canal was
referred to- and / asked his eXcellency
what effect this would have upon Costa
Rica. He replied that it would benefit it.
Said he:
.It will open up some excellent lands,
which we have not far from the coast on
the western side of the mountains. There
are large tracts there which would raise
the best of coffee. and by the canal We
shall be able to have cheap outlet for
that crop to the markets of Europe. In
the past We have been much hampered
by having only one railroad. l mean
that from here to Port Limon on the
Atlantic coast. That road has been con-
trolled by the United Fruit Company,
whose chief interest is in the shipment of
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cAN SANTA MARIE
ONE Or COSTAR RlcAS HEROES

pupil is estimated at So per year. Al
the same rate we should be spending
something like $9O,OO0.O0O per annum on
our public schools.
The government has a secretary or pub
lie instruction and the whole country is
divided up into circuits and school dis
tricts. Each district has its school board
and every circuit has its inspector, who
goes about and examines the schools ano
the teachers. Some of the high schools
are supported entirely by the national
treasury, but these have normal training
departments to supply teachers for the
graded schools. The normal schools are
for both men and women and they have
many government scholarships. As 1t Is
now the national government buys all the
text books for the normal schools. but
except in the case of the poor the chill
dren have to buy their own books
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II eat five of those sausage sandwiches
out OF that cart. If you lose your to
do the same. Are you game?''
You're on
Several bystaders heard the queer
wager and watched the process of the
game with added interest. Word of the
peculiar bet travelled around from
group 10 group. When the game
ended with the Nationals the victors
there was "A rush to gain good position
around the cart. The two young men
forced their way through the crowd ana
tne older, with a sheepish smile, ordered
five sausage sandwiches. He ate the
t"~t one. with huge bites, and the laugh
ter of the crowd didn't seem to bother
him a bit. The second one followed the
first and the third followed the SECOND
The young fellow began to look as though
he had enough of his job. He ate haif
of the fourth one and tried To beg Off
His companion was willing, but with the
freedom of base ball fans the crowd in
sisted that he continue.
He managed To finish the fourth one
and grabbed the fifth from the old
darkey's hands. He too one bite and.
with a roar of disgust, threw the rest or
it to the ground. He pushed his way
through the laughing groups and started
down the Avenue.
Hey. Come back here and pay me
for those sandwiches" yelled the old
man. And the youth had to face the
laughing crowd apain as he tossed the
sausage man IA quarter.
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duced, and there are New York parties
here who are putting down blocks OF
new streets with view to making
contracts for repaving the capital
Indeed, / find this little republic in
habited by what might be called the most
up-to-date and progressive people Of all the
nations of Central America. 1t is still
overloaded with the debts due to the mis-
takes of the past, but nevertheless it is
struggling along the road of modern civ
ilization. 1t has good school system.
Education is compulsory and it is said
that there are more teachers in the re-
public than soldiers. There are $4,000
schools and there are colleges of one
kind or another in most of the cities.
The government is spending almost a
dollar a head per annum on it's educa-
tional branch and the cost for every
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that make the railways OF TINS COUNTY,
the worst IN the world promises to re-
ueve the Iong-suffering public of at least
some OF the abuses under whlch IL
Groans.
OF the 1880 miles of railways in Rus
sfa. $500 Of them are state-owned.
bcoretically. this state ownership Is
looked lIpon as a valuable national asset
and a potential source OF revenue second
only 20 the notorious vodka monopoly.
gu, whereas the privately owned lines
nav annual dividends that average be-
tween = and per cent the state lines
are operated at d yearly loss of several
million roubes. The explanation OF this
deplorable condition is summoned up in
one word-graft.
The thousands of railway employees,
from the most exalted to the most hum
BILE, live not on their all-too-meager sal
aries. but upon what they can steal, di-
rectly or indirectly. Managers, superin-
tendents, operators. even mere clerks,
have waxed rich through the system OF
looting that makes the railways about
the unsafest way to send goods through
Russia, and II Is estimated that fully Sd
per cent of the shipments never reach
their destination.
).
This delightful state of affairs has
been laid bare by Senator NeuharGt. who
was appointed by the car some time ago
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law, you'd have to throw it away IN
day or two, anyhow.
I'm the best judge of that was the
answer Now you come down here on
the Avenue and buy me a new hat!
There was a yell OF protest from the
workman, but the bareheaded man was
firm. A policeman was WORKING ms way
toward them through the crowd. ana SO
there was nothing to do but give In. Foi-
lowed by crowd of boys, the two made
their way to a hat store. The young man
issued forth a few minutes later with a
black. glossy derby resting on his head.
The big man hurried off down the Avenue
and the young fellow looked after him
with smile.
Say, that was an easy way to get Il
new hat" he exclaimed To one of the by
standers. Il was only waiting to let one
of those smart jokesters get in their good
work. And he sauntered up to the
scoreboard to watch the finish of the
game.
That there's touch of the boy in all
of us was demonstrated under the shade
trees before the board one afternoon
the other week. The Nationals We're
playing in st. Louis and the electric
scoreboard was keeping the fans in
formed of the different plays and the re-
suits of each inning. Over toward the
east side of the street and right up
against the curb an old negro was doing
a rushing business handing out sausage
sandwiches to the newsboys at = cents
each. Two young men stood slightly in
front of the cart and watched the score
board. During the rest between each in
ming they gave their attention to the old
man and his small costumers. 1t was
evident that one Of the young men was
from St. Louis. and he was roofing for
his home team like a loyal fan. He and
his friend got into a friendly little argu-
clubs.
Would you like to make a bet on the
game,' cried the Washington fan. as
they stood looking at the newsboys at
the sausage cart.
other.
We'll. Iii tell you what We'll do; I'll
bet that the Nationals Will lick that bum
ball team in your town, and II l lose,
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clever to charge. for snow in July. though
and stay longer at their lucrative posts.
Not satisfied with mere frauds, Russian
railway officials have gone in for highway
robbery They Systematically raid the
trains that carry large sums of money.
The check system being in it's early in
fancy here, large sums of ready money
are always tempting the bandits who in
fest the country. Railway officials went
into partnership with them some time
ago. Their method is of the simplest.
They attack train which carries the
weeks takings from all stations to the
terminus. be it Moscow, Odessa, Warsaw
or any large center, terroriZe passengers
and staff-the latter of whom are lin the
knOw"-with their masked faces and re-
volvers, help themselves to the money,
which generally amounts to between
100000 and 100000, and make off with
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do if he had s10,O0O,O0O in his treasury.
AS quick as a flash he replied:
81 would build roads. That is the
crying need of this land We have
practically no highways of commerce
crosses the country from one side to
the other. The only roads to the in
terror are trails, and here and there a
wagon road which during part of
the year is a river of mud. What
Costa Rica needs most is cheap trans
portation, but l fear me 1t is long be-
fore we shall have what we should in
that line
During our talk President Jimenez
referred to the great work that has
been done at Panama in what some
one has called pulling the teeth of
the tropics ! mean the sanitation
methods which have turned our Canal
Zone from being the pest hole of the
world to one of the healthiest spots
upon earth. The president says that
our work is being studied by many OF
the Latin American republics, and that
new health methods are being intro
duced everywhere. He referred to our
fight with the hookworm and the dis
coveries made in Porto Rico. saying
that Costa Rica was fighting this para
site in the same way.
\
The country has a medical board.
which gives hookworm medicine free
of charge to all who apply, and it is
sending physicians out to study the
disease and to treat the people. So
far but little impression has been made
upon the health of the country. but the
work is at its beginning, and in time
it will do great good. Costa Rica is
noted for it's live interest in sanitary
matters. 1t is now improving the
waterworks at San Jose, and is bring
ing in mountain water through a pipe
something like eighteen miles long. A
new system of sewers is being intro
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their booty into the forest.
They board the train after it has left
the la st important station before the ter
minus so as to make the haul as large as
possible. They never choose any but
trains with the biggest transport of the
month, and always hold them up with
success. The whole train staff is-appar-
ently-paralyzed with fear. and the pas
sengers, hearing shots fired about out
side, sit as quiet as mice: These raids
often happen in broad daylight; the rob-
bers are rarely, If ever, caught. and their
plumber last year totaled more than
$1,O00OOO.
There are smaller inconvenience.
Often, at certain stations, no tickets are
obtainable, because the booking clerk
fails to turn up in time. On the Peters
burg-Berlin line there is train marked
on the time table to start for various SUD-
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moment one of the newsboys gave yell,
made a grab at the ice cream cart as
though taking some stock, and darted up
the street. With cry, the Greek picked
up his cart and started after the boy
with a rush. There was sudden jerk,
a loud crash of broken bottles, and the
ice cream man sat down in the middle
of the street with the ragman towering
above him in rage. Several laughing by
ISLANDERS came forward and stopped what
threatened to be a battle royal. Matters
were Strengthened out. The Greek shook
his fist at the laughing newsboys, while
the old man gazed on his stock of broken
bottles and mumbled vows that he never
did see anything in base ball nohow!'
A little incident that afforded much
amusement to the fans in front of the
scoreboard one day last week demonstrate
man by his size. Along about the third
inning a small, young man. dressed in a
business suit of dark brown and wearing
a straw hat, set rakishly on his head,
came down the Avenue and stopped on
the edge of the crowd. The fans noticed
the straw hat, but with the exception of
some good-natured badinage thrown mis-
way the young man was not annoyed.
Down from the direction of + street
came two young men, Dullt along the
lines Of Jim Jeffries. 1t was evident from
the working clothes they were wearing
that they had just returned from a day s
toll. They stood a few feet from the
young man with the straw hat. The in
ming ended and there was yell of
laughter from one of them.
Hey, kid, pipe the straw hd!' he ex-
claimed, pointing at the hat.
Gee, amt it a beaut!" agreed his COM
panion. Watch me smash it!'
He shoudered his way through the
crowd, until he stood directly in the rear
of the straw-hat wearer. Here goes
Bangn he cried as he lifted a mighty
hand and brought it down on the straw
hat The next instant the young man
had the jokester up against the tree. He
landed one blow on the large mans chest
and that party began to cry for mercy.
Say. / was only joking he whined.
Cant you take a joke.''
Certainly" replied the young fellow,
but how about my ruined hat?''
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stroyed all traces and it was not till one
of them made a confession on his death
bed that the plan was discovered. But it
is still practiced throughout the Russian
railway system.
various repairs, improvements and work
disappear. Blavgiewicz, the director of
the Siberian railways, grew enormously
rich though his salary was only $4,000
a year One morning clerk in the min
istry of communication discovered that
Blavgiewicz had charged 10000 roubles
for clearing snow from the line in the
middle of July! Now, it does not snow in
July, even in Siberia, where, as a matter
of fact, the heat is terrible. BlavgiewicZ
lost his job but he now shines in War
saw society on the money collected in ST.
IBERIA. His is only one case out of many.
Most of the men of his position are too
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ton are on the lookout and report to the
addressee that part of his consignment
has been stolen on the road. y note to
this effect is put onto the invoice, and an
official report handed in. The consgnee
gets what is left of his transport, and re-
ports his loss to the ministry of commu-
nication who pays up in the end. Some
thousands of railway employees are band
ed together in this kind of fraud, which
has reached such perfection that even
the senatorial investigat ton could not de-
tect il until more than LOCO railway bu-
reaus were overhauled and 800 clerks ar
rested 1t goes on even now, but the
government keeps its eyes open and the
business" of the thieves is not what 1t
was up to the end of 1911.
third plan is to cheat purveyofs in
the name of some rich customer In this
the post office officials in country stations
are adopts. The government of Piortkoff,
for instance, is full of rich landowners,
and Stanislaus KopcZynski, a postal clerk,
headed band at Klonnice station, on the
Petersburg Vienna line, who operated for
years. kopcZynski used to write to large
stores in the name of some rich landown-
er in his postal district, giving u large or
der for goods. He thelf intercepted the
invoice, got the goods, sold them at half
price and shared profits with the rest of
the band. When the landowners got the
bills for goods they had never had there
was trouble. but the defrauders had de-
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urbs after the theaters are over. Do You
think the train exists? OF course il does
not. The controller stuck it down and
forgot all about it. Complaining about
such conditions is dangerous business.
Criticism of postal and railway officials
is viewed as an insult to the government,
and punished accordingly. This sounds
farcical, but it is fact. a short time
ago an unfortunate citizen named Gold
stein dared to write complaint about a
petty official who refused to serve him,
saying that. in his opinion, the man was
not properly instructed as to his duties.
The minister brought an action against
Goldstein for lese majestic. and he was
found guilty and fined 100 roubles He
appealed to a higher court and to the
senate, but the appeal was dismissed with
costs.
Copyright, 1912, 10y Curtis Brown
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The Cut.

ORD GREY DE RUTHYN, who Is q
II simple rancher at Roundup. Mus
selshell county, Mont, is so enamored
of western life that it is doubtful il he
will ever return to claim his proud and
ancient title.
Travelling in Montana" said a New
York editor, II met Lord Grey de
Ruthyn when he was Cecil Clifton. He
expressed then a great scorn for your
aristocrat or snob.
Talking about aristocratic snobs over
a pipe and glass In Musselshell. the
future Lord Grey de Ruthyn gave a
loud laugh and said:
"'Why. the English aristocrat is SD
ridiculously exclusive that in shaving
he will often cut himself"