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The River Press. Vol. XXV. Port Benton, Montana, Wednesday, February i, 1905. No. 15. NTANA LAW MAKERS. A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF WORK OF THE NINTH LEGISLA TIVE ASSEMBLY. Some of the Measures that Will be Added to Montana Statutes. Helena , Jan. 24— The bouse thU morning awarded the seat of Repre sentative M. A. Wellman of Lewis and Clarke, to J. W. Richardson, his republican opponent. The action, which did not occasion a word of dis cussion or a ripple of excitement, was taken on the report of the committee on privileges and elections, which was to the effect that a count of the votes had shown that Richardson had received 1,974 votes, while Wellman had received but 1,964. The commit tee accordingly recommended that Richardson be seated. In the senate this afterneon resolu tions on the death of the late Senator Buford of Madison county were adopted.. The following bills were introduced: Senate Bill 25, by Maddox—Author izing officers of corporations to take oath of office. Senate Bill 27, by White—Amend ing the code providing for punishment for making of false reports by state banks. Senate Bill 28, by Brennen— Pro viding for the protection of voters while casting ballots. A resolution was introduced by Mahon providing for a memorial to congress asking for the opening of the Fort Peck Indian reservation. Two bills were passed by the house today. One was Sanden's measure for the reduction of mileage of sheriffs in the transportation of prisoners and insane persons from 10 to 5 cents a mile. There were 15 votes against the bill, several of these being from Silver Bow county. The other bill passed was that of Dempster of Silver Bow, providing for the recommenda tion of street railway cars so as to provide better protection for conduct ors and motormen against inclement weather. The vote for this was prac tically unanimous. A petition signed by a large num ber of stockmen of the state and pre sented by Representative Bennett of Madison, asking for the enactment of a law requiring the strict quarantine of diseased cattle shipped into the state was read and referred to the committee. Bills were introduced as follows: House Bill 91, by Patten—For the establishment of a geological survey of Montana. House Bill 92, by Mumbrue— Pro viding for the making of quarterly re ports by the state treasurer. House Bill 93, by Huntington—Pro viding for the purchase by counties of blank books and stationery. H elena , Jan. 23. —Whipple's Sen ate Joint Memorial No. 2, petitioning congress for the establishment of the parcels post, was killed in the senate this afternoon. The committee on fed eral relations recommended that the memorial do not pass, and the report was adopted. A communication was received from the Montana Federation of Labor, asking for the passage of house bill No. 1, as the ideal initiative and ref erendum measure, as printed. Two new bills were read, as follows: Senate bill No. 29, by Donlan. reg ulating common carriers and creating a railway commission. Referred to committee on corporations other than municipal. The bill provides for three commissioners to be named in the bill who are to receive salaries yet to be fixed and serve until the next general election when their successors will be chosen. The commission is to have a secretary at a salary of $2,000 a year. Senate bill No. 30, by Albright, to amend section 1000 of the civil code, giving electric power companies the same rights as to the erection of pole lines along the public highway as are enjoyed by telegraph and telephone companies. Referred to committee on roads, highways and bridges. The first battle over the initiative auil referendum took place in the hou?e this afternoon. The committee on privileges and elections reported in favor of a substitute for House Bill No. 1. introduced by Lanstrum. The latter bill permits initiative on the petition of "< per cent of the voters, while the substitute makes the percent age 10 per cent and requires that the 10 per cent must be obtained in each of a majority of the counties of the state. A minority of the committee report in favor of the Lanstrum bill. The minority report was adopted by a vote of 39 to 30. i ; ! 1 1 The following bills wer«? introduced in the hojse this afternoon: House Bill No. 94, by Lanstrum, amending the compulsory education law. House bill No. 9<i, by Mulroney, for the appointment of commissioners to measure water. House bill No. 97. by Cone, amend ing the law relating to the close of the fiscal year. House bill No. 98, by Wood amend ing the law relating to the appraise mene of state lands. House bill No. 100, by Quigley, abolishing the office of game warden. Helena , Jan. 26.—The senate this afternoon in committee of the whole recommended for passage bill No. 18, prohibiting the employment of child ren in mines. Senator Whipple was in the chair while the bill was being considered. The following bills were introduced: Senate Bill, by White—Relating to classification of counties. Senate Bill, by McLean—Relating to issuance of licenses to retail liquor dealers. Donlan's railroad commission bill was ordered printed. The bill regulating the liquor traffic introduced a few days ago in the house, came to a sudden end this af ternoon when the report of the commit tee to which it had been referred was adopted. The committee reported ad versely upon the measure, and the re port was adopted. The committee on privileges and elections reported favorably Cole man's bill providing for the use of voting machines at elections. The re port was adopted. In committee of the whole the house killed senate bill No. 6, providing tor the submission of a constitutional amendment changing the time of the election of county superintendents of schools from the fall to the spring. The measure did not develop any friends. The substitute for House bills 1 and 2, the initiative and referendum meas ure which was defeated in the major ity report yesterday, was ordered printed. The bilU introduced were: By Mulroney, relating to the prac* tice of ostepathy. By O'Connor, regulating gambling. By Cone, relating to the bonds of corporations. By Star/,, relating to licenses for professional men. By Williams, relating to the inspec tion of boilers. By Johnston, providing for the pay ment of expenses of district judges called to hold court in other districts. By Wood, appropriating money for the historical library. By Murray, for the appointment of an assistant land agent. By Wilson, relating to the liability of corporations operating mines. By Wilson, relating to the better protection of miners. By Johnson, relating to the distri bution of license money. H elena , Jan. 27.—When the two houses met this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Impression was general that after the transaction of the usual routine business adjournment would be taken until Monday. The usual week end unrest was apparent. it has been agreed that the initiative ami referen dum, Paradise county and semi-an nual payment of taxes bills were to go over until next week. New bills were introduced in the senate today as follows: By Glidden, relating to the creation of county agricultural fair commis sion». Referred to committee on ag riculture and manufactures. By Glidden. relating to examination of applications for certificates to prac tice medicine and surgery in the state. Referred to judiciary committee. By Harper, relating to the estab lishment and maintenance of free pub lic libraries. Referred to libraries committee. Senate joint memorial No. 2, by Mahon, for the opening of the Fort Peck Indian reservation. Referred to federal relations committee. In the house, the following bills were introduced: By Murray, imposing a tax on all male citizens between 21 and ">0 for general school purposes. By Walker, amending the lav.- re lating to the issue of school bonds. By Coleman, compelling the filing of notices of the assignment of wages. By Shannon, providing for the semi-monthly payment of wages in towns of 5,000 or over, and within a radius of three miles of such towns. By Coleman, for the creation of a board of police commissioners in cit ies of 15,000 or over. By Bennett, to amend the law reg ulating deputies in couuty offices. By Leiper, relating to judgments in district and supreme courts. By Buck, repealing the law creating j J , the offices of game warden and deputy game wardens. By Wilson, amending the law rela ting to the printing of instructions for voters. By Johnston, providing for the pro tempore compensation of district judges. By Johnston, to amend the law re lating to special road taxes. By Wilson, amending the road law. Helena , Jan. 30. —In the senate this afternoon a communication from A. B. Keith of the Montana branch of the Fraternal Congress was read, pro testing against placing fraternal in surance societies under operatiog of the insurance laws. Senator Tooley introduced a bill detaching Meagher county from the Ninth and attaching it to the Tenth judicial district, at present constituted of Fergus county. Senator Ralston introduced a pri mary election bill. Senate bill No. 25, by Maddox, al lowing counties to encourage Immi* gration, and Senate bill No. 31, by White, in regard to classification of counties, were recommended for pas sage. Senator Whipple's bill providing for the semi-annual payment of taxes was killed in the house today. The majority of the judiciary committee reported the bill adversely. The mi nority proposed an amendment that the bill be printed. The amendment was lost and the majority report adopted. Women canuot be notaries public in Montana. The judiciary committee reported the bill making legal the ap pointment of women to that office un favorably and the report was adopted. Dempster's measure providing a whip ping post for wife beaters was also reported adversely and the report was adopted. The judiciary committee reported iu favor of printing the womau suffrage bill. The report was adopted, to gether with the bill providing penal ties for false statements of bank offi cials. Berry's measure providing for the punishment of persons interfering with the operation of railway trains was reported favorably. This measure was drawn to'fit such cases as the re cent Gravelle dynamiting case. The following bills were introduced: By Blake—Relating to the duties of the state superintendent of public in struction. By Starz —For the establishment of a geological survey iu Montana. By Wood—Relating to the annual reports of corporations. On motion of MacGinuU tive and referendum bills, made a special order for ternoon, were made tin Wednesday afternooi . The house pa -sed the senate bill providing for the issue of state nor mal school bond-. Notice wa- received fron, the gov j ernor that lie hud signed house bill 22, J authorizing school trustees to repay , borrowed money. I.and For state t'niversity. W ashington , Jan. 2d.—The house ; committee on Indian affairs this after 1 noon took favorable action on the bill ! introduced by Representative Dixon granting the stale university at Mis soula 100 acres of land in the Flat head reservation for a biological sta tion and grauting the Sisters of Char ity and Ursuliues the same amount of land now used by them for hospital and school purposes. Iinpcachincnt Proceedings Commenced -, the initia which were Tuesday af order for W ashington , Jan. 27.— Through his counsel, consisting of former United States Senators Anthony Hig gins and John M. Thurston, Judge Swavne today appeared in the senate to make answer to the summons in connection with the impeachment pro ceedings against him as judge of the United States for the northern district of Florida. They obtained a week's time to make complete response, and the time for the beginning of the real trial was fixed at February 10. The galleries were crowded aud a large number of members of the house were present .n the senate chamber. New Senator From Washington O lympia , Wash., Jan. 27.—Samuel II. Piles was elected United States sen ator to succeed Senator Addison G. Foster on the thirteenth joint ballot today, and Washington's deadlock was broken. There was a stampede i to the Piles band-wagon, both the Foster and Sweeny forces going over en masse. I Senator-Elect Files was given ; ovation by the two houses session when the vote was announced. . . Bl '! ln joint The senator-elect is one of the most prominent citizens of Seattle. DEMOCRATS Sl'PPORT ROOSEVELT House Leader of Minority Promises Votes For Railway Legislation. Washington . Jan. 26.— The agri cultural appropriation bill was con sidered in the house today, but the debate turned principally upon the topic of restricting railroads in the matter of freight rates, the Hepburn bill forming the basis of discussion. Mr. Williams (Miss.) said that the democratic party was committed to views such as were expressed by the president iu his message to congress. As spokesman for his party on the floor, Mr. Williams said that the dem* ocratic party was committed without addition or subtraction to the recom mendations of President Roosevelt in his recent message. The democrats, he said, were glad to have the presi dent's view, "because It was demo cratic doctrine and ought to be Amer ican doctrine." "We will toe the mark of the presi dent's tracks on this subject," de clared Mr. Williams amid general ap plause. "And," he added, facing the repub lican side, "we call on you as Ameri can citizens to help us toe-mark them." Mr. Bell (Cal.), made a vigorous speech in favor of railroad rate re vision. Mr. Bell expressed the hope that Mr. Hepburn, when he came to explain the bill, would prove that there was nothing sinister in its lan guage. At present, however, he as serted, the bill was so worded as to what should constitute a reasonable rate, that it was susceptible of a double meaning Every hint of vague ness and iudefiniteness, he contended, ought to be removed, He defended the interstate commerce commission, which, he said, had been held up to public scorn and ridicule. Mr. Uryan Tells Mr. Parker. N ew Y ork , Jan. 2(i.—A political conference lasting three hours has been held here between Win. J. Bryan and Alton B. Parker. It is said by the Herald that Mr. Bryan made his views quite plain and expressed the belief that the wesi and south must have the dominate voice in the man agement of the democratic national interests. He predicted that within a few yea s t'iere will be great internal changes i I both party organizations and men who now call themselves democrats wnl come out openly as republicans, while professed republicans will de clare themselves democrats: that the Ii \v strength for the democratic parly will come from the western, while the republicans will appear in the eastern states and that the "trust <|uestiou" will overshadow everything else in the next campaign. There was no discussion of any financial questions. Storm Causes Much Suffering. exhaustion, New York , Jan. 2<>. —New York tonight is recovering from the effects of the storm which effectually put a stop to traffic and tied up some lines of business. Although the day was bit ter cold, 15,000 men were sent out to remove the snow from the leadiug thoroughfares. Cars are running on many of the principal lines, the rail roads are sending out trains, ferry boats are running on schedule, aud milk, coal and fuel supplies have be gun to reach the city. Over 250 shov elers were treated at hospitals for frost bites. While nothing like full reports from all sections of the city have been received, it is known that at least eight deaths hail resulted directly from the abnormal weather. All of these victims were persons who fell in the street benumbed by the cold and Defends Senator Smoot. W ashington , .lau. 27.—Attorney Van Cott opened his argument for the defense in the Smoot inquiry this morning, lie stated that his defense would be along the lines of non-inter ference of the church in temporal af fairs and particularly in politics. Attorney Van Colt called attention to the fact that until lS90the Mormons for many years were excluded fron» politics. They naturally were demo crats, but when they realized their b.'st interests could be benefited by protection, there followed a revolu tion of feeling. i lie reviewed at length the Groth constitution, showing that freedom in their religious belief was carefully I safeguarded at every stage. "Sena* tor Iteed Smoot," he said, "is not charged with holding a religious be lief: he has never received a revela ' taion ' but is to 1)0 P uuished for some - thing he may commit in the future." FIGHTING IS RKSl'MEP. Advance of Japanese Northern Army Re pulsed By Counter Attack. Russian Headquarters, Huan Mountain, Manchuria , Jan. 26.— After three months ofquiet,the Japan ese have resumed activity, attempting to force back the Russian right wing. A stubborn fight began Jan. 25, and is continuing today, which may be a curtain raiser for the spring cam paign. According to reports, the Japanese attack was repulsnd and a Russian counter-attack was so enter getically pressed that a village within the former Japanese lines of some strength was taken. It is rumored thai several Japanese guns were tak en. There was no fighting at the cunter or on the left flank. The Japanese advance is believed to have been in spired in part by the news of the Rus sian internal troubles, intelligence of which reached the Russian army at dawn Jan. 25. Following a sudden return of winter weather, cannou began bombarding far westward, and through the morn ing fog and mist the Japanese unex pectedly advanced. The riflemen on the Russian right tlauk were so vigor ously employed in the fighting line that by evening they had met the Jap anese attack by a brilliant counter attack. The Japanese at once began to retire, abandoning and setting fire to the village. Revolutionists Lack Leadership. sm. petershurg, Jan. 27.—It is learned today that nearly half of those wounded iu Sunday's massacre have since died in hospitals. The total dead now exceed 700. Tne official messenger this morning asserts that the strikers iu the city returned to work in considerable numbers yester day . Troops were further withdrawn this morning. This is in line with Gen eral Trepoff's policy to give the city a normal appearance in order to have a quiet effect on the minds of the strikers. The absence of resolute leaders and a powerful Incentive of hunger Is haviug a telliug effect upon the more ignorant workmen. The in telligent classes are, however, de termined to contiuue the fight for lib erty. Japan's War Preparations london, Jan. 27 —The Daily Tele graph's Tokio correspondent says that Japan is making enormous war prepa rations. Besides immediately laying down a battleship of 19,000 tons at Yokusuka and the contemplated build ing in Japan of a 12,000-ton cruiser, large additions to her torpedo aud submarine flotillas and two cruisers have already been started at. Kure. All future ships will be heavily armed. The fifth army is being organized 1 » Cream Baking Powder Used in Millions of Homes. 40 Years the Standard. A Pure Cream of Tartar Pow der. Superior to every other known. Makes finest cake and pastry, light, flaky bis cuit, delicious griddle cakes —palatable and wholesome. P rice B aking P owder Co., C hicago. N ote .—Avoid baking powders made from alum. They look like pure powders, and may raise the cake, but alum is a poison and no one can eat food mixed with it without injury to health» under command of Lieutenant General Kawawura, the correspondent says, who is calling out more reservists. All men under 40 years of age are be* ing drilled. The blockading of Vladi vostok is imminent. A number of cruisers are leaving for the south. Terrible Blizzard In Alaska. Vancouver, B. O., Jan. 26.— The worst blizzard ever known in the Klondike region raged last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This news was brought down today by the steamer Dolphin from Skagway. Not only was the weather bitterly cold, but the snowfall is unprecedented. The gale swept the upper Y ukon as far down as Dawson, and also took in the Tanana and Copper River valleys. All trails are impassable and the snow is drifted in many places to a depth of 20 feet. Miners and prospectors are said to be suffering untold hardships, and ad« vices from the interior are to the ef fect that there is fear that some men will die of cold and starvation. Ten days ago a party started from Fair banks to Valdez, and another from Fairbanks to Dawson. It is feared that both of these have been lost. Re lief parties have been sent out from Dawson, and every effort will be made to locate the missing men. The win ter trail is not a long one, and the men who have come over it since these parties started out say that not a ves tige of life was seen by them. Report On Labor Trouble. W ashington , Jan. 27.—President Roosevelt sent to the senate today the report of Carroll D. Wright, commis sioner of labor, on the strike trouble in Colorado. The report is volumin ous aud gives an entire history of the labor troubles in that state, together with all the correspondence that has passed between the president with the department of justice, the department of commerce and labor, and Governor Peabody of Colorado; also partial re ports made by Commissioner Wright and pamphlets by various parties con nected with the strike. Want Pay for Lost Time. Chicago , Jan. 27.—A new strike weapon has been brought into play by tbe Custom Cutters' Local union No 21, which has made demands on 12 wholesale tailoriug establishments for wages lost during the walkout which has been in progress against the firms siuce November 19. The claims were on the ground that the employers broke contracts with their men. lu the Custom Cutters' union are 700 members, 350 of whom were em» ployed by the 12 firms up to the time the strike was declared. Their claims based on an average weekly salary of *23 would amount to $56,350. Members of several of the firms upon whom the strikers served notices said they would ignore the demands.