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Murder OF a Japanese Dip.omatlst.

A correspondent of The London
STANDARD gives the following particu-
lars of the assassination at Rotterdam
of Sakurada, the japanese charge
d'atfalrcs for the Netherlands:
While residing in Brussels, Sakurada
had made the acquaintance of a young
Belgian woman, Jeanne Marie Lorette.
living in the suburb of Molenbeek st.
Jean. On his removal to the Hague
last December she followed him hither,
apparently in the e%xpentation of Marri-
age. Her hopes in this direction
were. however. destined disappoint-
ment, as she ultimately to succeeded in
ascertainins that Sakuraaa already
had a lawful wife in Japan. On Friday
last, after 4 violent quarrel between
Mile. Jeanne and S%akurada, the lat
ter left her and went to Gouda.
Ihither the following day the lady fol-
lowed him and ultimately they pro-
ceeded together to Rotterdam, alight-
ing at the Hotel de Hoilande. There
a fresh quarrel took place on Sunday
morning, in the course of which the
lady drew a revollcr from her pocket
and fired at her paramouer. The ball
penetrated the right temple of Sakura-
da, who was at one conveyed to the
Rotterdam hospital, where he expired
at half past 10 the same night. Mile.
Jeane, after shooting Sakurada, at
tempted to commit suicide by cutting
open the veins of her wrists but the
wounds she inflicted on herself were
not dangerous. The murderess. who
is only p years of age, has been
placed under arrest.
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~" - az FL. #"aH-L r..-.H .E--
Bismarck's face, when he begins to
speak, changes from pale to red, and
gradually assumes a light bronze shade,
which gives his powerful skull the ap.
pearance of polished metal. It is asur-
prise to hear Bismarck speak for the
first time. The soft, almost weak. voice.
is out of proportion with his gigantic
frame. It sometimes becomes go soft
that we are afraid it will die out alto
gether, aud when he has spoken for a
while it grows hoarse. The chancellor
sometimes speaks very fast, sometimes
veay slow, but in aloud tone. He
has no pathos whatever. Some of his
most remarkable words, which in print
look as if they had been spoken with
full sorce as if they must have had the
effect of a sudden thunderbolt on the
audience, are in reality emitted in an
ordinary tone Of we'll bred converse
ton. ".
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Outdoor Worshiping to Keep Warm.

Outdoor WOrshiping to Keep Warm.
The Rev. G. G. n. Mcdonnell, pre-
siding elder of tho district in which
Americus is situated, held a meeting
at a church east of Americas, about
seven or eight miles, known as Salem.
on the 9Th inst. 1t was q bitter cold
day and no stove. After taking the
surroundings, the preacher proposed
holding the service outside on the sun
ny side of the church, The brethren
were agreeable, and seats enough to
accommodate the worshipers were
soon arranged on that side Of the
house. The minister secured a plank
to stand on and used a table for 4 desk.
He still felt that there was much con
fort in reach by keeping on his hat.
and proposed that the congregation
should wear hats, which was also
agreed upon. remarking that our He
brew brethren w~orshiped with their
hats on, and that it was h~onoring duty
to make themselves q comfortable as
circumstances would allow when in
tho act of worship.-Ataanta Constr
tuition.
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Rich Men and Colleges.

1t may interest some to know what
a few rich men have done for the cause
of education. Johns Hopkins gave
So, l48. 200 to the university which he
founded. His gifts for benevolent
purposes amounted to 49, DOC. 900.
Judge Packer gave 50. OD0.O 900 to
Lehigh university. Cornelius Wander.
bilt gave 81, 1000, 900 to the Vanderbilt
university. Stephen Girard gave S.
100000 to Glrard college. John G.
Green and his residuary legatees gave
$780, 900 to Princeton college. Ezra
Cornell gave $1,000. 900 to Cornell
university. Isaac Rich b~equeathed
the greater part Of his estate, which
was appraised at 81, zoo, 900, to Boston
university. On account of the great
fire and shrinkage in value, and other
unfortunate circumstances, the uni
versity will realize less than 800, 900
from this magnificent bequest. Amasa
Stone gave $780, 900 to Adelbert col
lege by direct gift and by bcquest.
w. w. Corcoran gave $4,000 to
Columbian university i'll money
and land. Benjamin Busy gave
real estate worth $4,000 to
Harvard university. Standardization,
William S. Walker, and Samuel q.
Hitchcock gave between 100000 and
100000 each to Amherst college.
Whitmer PhenlS gave the bulk of his
property, amounting to about $780,
900, to Columbia college. j. B. Trevor
gave $500 0 to Rochester Theologic-
al seminary. Matthew Vassar gave
100000 TO Vassar college. Gardner
Colby gave S170,00O to Colby univer-
sity and $4,000 to Newton Theo-
logical seminary. j. B. Colgate gave
100000 to Madison university.
George /. Seney gave $3.50, 900 to Wes-
leyan university. The Grocer family
gave 100000 to Grocer Theogical
seminary. 1t would be easy to add to
this list. There are hundreds of me
and women whose splendid gifts n
title them to be held in everlasting
remembrance. Such gifts are SO
common now they are expected. If a
rich mar should live and die without
doing something for the cause of edu-
cation he would at once become the
subject of adverse criticism.-Penn-
sylvanid College MOnthLg.
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The Art of Oiling Shoes,

A one-armed bootblack having tax.
en- the contract to oil the shoes of a
reporter, after the preliminary brush
ing began by rubbing the leather with
a wet cloth. ''\Vhen asked what it was
for, he explained. s.When | began
this business" said the operator,
pausing a moment to cast an admiring
glance at the high. aristocratic arch of
keep on rubbing the oil into the
leather until a man told me to stop.
l thought they'd know when they had
enough, and | wanted to give salts
faction. Some of my customers COM
planned that the oil soaked through
their boots and saturated their socks.
I thought perhaps l had been putting
on too much oil, but the same fault
was found in several cases where I
had been more careful. Finally an
old shoemaker whom | knew came
along, and asked him what l ought
to do to save my trade. He told me
never to oil a shoe until l had wet it
flrst. The reason was that water
would penetrate the leather and. re-
naming their, keep the oil from soak
ing through. Besides, the water
would soften the leather and open it
SO that the oil would do the leather
o good. My trade has prospered
ever since.
81 was oiling a man up one day and
he asked the same question YOU did.
When l explained the reason, he said
that 1t was on tho same principle as
of painting kerosene oil barrels. I
told him thought they were painted
just to look nice. He said it was to
prevent the barrels from LEAKING.
During long voyage or a long Jour
ney by rail, sometimes half Il barrel
Of oil would leak through the pores of
the wood and e%vaporate. So some
sharp fellow began to study some way
OF preventing such loss. He first
painted the barrel blue on the outside
and then filled it with water and al
lowed it to stand until it had soaked
up all it would. Then the oil was put
in. The water kept the oil from soak
ing into the wood. and the paint on
the outside kept the water from COM
ing out. He got a patent on his dis.
covery. and now he sits in his Office
and draws his royalty of l per cent on
every barrel made to- hold kerosene
oil for shipment. He's got a mighty
soft thing on oil barrels."-New York
NAL and ErDress.
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DR.. Coakley recently said at a meeting o,
inc Buffalo Medical association that during
inc war opium, Quintne, colonel, and whisky
constituted the surgeons nnateria medica.
"Ihe soldiers would tolerate opium largely.n
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The substitution Of glass flooring for
boards continues to increase in Paris,
this being especially the case in those
business s%tructuresin which the cell
lars are used rs offices. At the head
quarters of the Credit Lyonnais, on
the Boulevard DIES Italians, the whole
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
The Alaskan Expedition.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.-Lieuten-
ant Purcell, who went with Lieutenant
Stoney to Alaska to explore the great Pull
nam river, returned here yesterday on the
whaling tender Thomas Pope. Purcell
reports that before proceeding up the riv-
er, the party visited the newly formed Bo-
goslaW volcano. They noticed little
change in it, except that there was less
smoke and sand pit was forming to the
westward of it. On July 8th Stoney
reached Hotham inlet, into which the
Putnam river empties. He intended to
ascend the river as far as his large steam
launch would carry him, and then go into
winter quarters. The party would then
divide up into Staying parties for the pur-
pose of exploring northern Alaska. AS
soon as navigation reopened he intended
to come down the Putnam river and ex-
plore the No TAX river, which ernpties in
to the inlet north Of the Putnam. Purcell
reports the party all well at the time he
left. The expedition intended returning
here next fall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02

President Stickney of the Minnesota &
Northwestern, to sell his road for him has
now engaged in the enterprise of building
imaginary railroads for President Hill, of
the Manitoba. 1t seizes upon the incident
of party of surveyors arriving at Crook
ston, to survey line east of that point, to
build up vast system of speculative ex-
tensions for the Manitoba, extending from
Duluth to Crookston, and thence west
ward to the upper falls of the Missouri.
1t has been a subject of speculation for
years chat the Manitoba would eventually
extend its line from DEVILS lake to the
falls of the Missouri, in which Mr.. Hill
owns controlling interest; but how n uch
probability there is that Mr.. Hill has any
present purpose TO extend his railroad in
that direction may be inferred, said lead
ing Manitoba official yesterday, from the
fact that for two-thirds of the distance the
road would run through conceded Indian
territory, where no white man can settle,
and that except few scattering settlers
on Mouse river, and between it and Dew
lis lake, there is no settlement on the
ceded territory which such a line would
traverse, to Justify its construction. AS
this official expressed it: ''If some one
should build road to the falls of the Mis-
souri, and present it TO us, we could not af-
ford to operate it, Whatever views Mr.
Hill may entertain for the future, these
facts would indicate that he has no present
purpose of pushing his line through that
region. The only basis of fact for these
speculations, according to the same high
authority, is that the Manitoba company
has detailed party of surveyors to survey
a line eastward from Crookston to Leeeh
Lake. Whether the line will be built de-
pends largely upon the reports Of the sur
veyors as to the rracticability of the route
and the character of the country. Its pri-
mary object is to give the pine region a
direct outlet upon the Red river valley.
Speculation is premature as to where the
road will run then. Mr.. Hill himself has
formed no definite plans.-Pioneer Press
26th
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Frontier Soc1abi1lty.

Time was, and not long ago, when the
frontier posts in the department Of Dakota
were noted for social geod-felloWship,
hearty courtesy among the dwellers and
to chance visitants, and a careful obser-
vance of the amenities which go to make
life anywhere endurable. Sad is it to
learn, and on indisputable authority, that
at several of the posts in, Montana and
Dakota the pleasant state of things
outlined exists olly ii memory. In it's
place have come social cliques, personal
chickering's and ill-willed gossip, carried
20 far In some instances that charges have
been preferred and court martial asked
for. At one post on the Missouri river
this non-brotherly feeling has gone SO far
as to be ridiculous-the soldiers of one
company, following the lead of their Off
GERS and their officers wives, do not speak
to each other, but pass each other with a
naughty glare and frowning brow.-Pio-
neer Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
The Puritan and Priscilla.

NEW YORK, August 25.-In the third
trial in the race between the yachts Puri-
tan aud Priscilla TO determine which shall
defend the American cup against the En-
glish cutter Genesta, the Puritan crossed
the home line Al seconds ahead of the
Priscilla. Of the three trial races
the Puritan won the first in d
strong breeze by ten minutes; the Pris-
ella won the second in extremely light
weather by six and half minutes, and
the Puritan won the deciding one to-day
in moderate breeze. While it is not ac-
tually decided that she is the yacht that
will be selected to defend the American
cup, it is almost certain that she will be
chosen at meeting of the New York
Yacht Club to be held during this week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Rising sunbeams.


Mr.. A. C. Warner arrived in Sun River
from the east last week. Mr.. Warner is
an old-time resident of northern Montana,
having been clerk at the Blackfeet agency
several years.
Born at Choteau-To the wife of George
Richards, a democratic boy, to the wife
of Sol Cohen, democratic boy; to the
wife of John Kennedy, democratic girl.
Choteau county invincibly democratic for
ever!
John Jackson. Jr., and Jack FaWcett
arrived at Choteau from tlae Sweet Grass
mines, for fresh supply Of food and tools.
Both gentlemen are experienced miners,
and are sanguine of success in the new
diggings. They report seventy men in
the new gold fields. The only drawback
is the scarcity of water. The dirt is rich
enough to haul three miles to water, and
pay ten dollars day to the man. Several
small lots OF coarse dust have been brought
to Choteau by prospectors. The gold is
washed but little. One lot sent to the
Helena assay office manifests 942 parts
fineness of gold in 1000, and .052 parts
silver in 1000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Minister Kelley in Washington.

WASHINGTON, August 27.-Hon. A. M.
Kelley arrived in this city this evening,
and will have an interview with Secretary
Bayard tomorrow. When asked by re-
porter tonight If Mr. Kelley had made a
report to the state department. Secretary
Bayard said: 'No; Mr.. Kelley has no
report to make. He has not been recalled.
He is still United States minister to Aus
tria. His return from Europe is entirely
on his own motion. We have not asked
him TO come back here. The government,
since making the appointment, has been
entirely passive in the matter. Mr.. Kei-
ley's position as United States minister to
Austria remOins unaltered.o
''And the United States government re-
mains passiye?"
Entirely passive
And you have not arranged to replace
Mr.. Kelley by any other man to represent
this government at Vienna?''
s'We have not thought of such a thing.
The matter remains entirely unchanged
since Mr.. Kelley received his appoint
ment. !" 1888
M. Kelley is stopping with the secre-
tary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Ready to Enforce the Law.

KANSAS CITY, August 27.-The Jour-
nal's New Kiowa, Kansas, special says :
Four companies of United States infantry
arrived here yesterday and three troops of
the Fifth cavalry to-day. They have gone
into camp one mile from town, and will
remain through autumn. They have been
stationed here TO guard the border on ac-
count of the recent Cheyenne troubles,
though perhaps also in consequence of the
presidents determination to remove cattle
men from the Indian territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
The Value of a Steamboat.

Papers in an action in equity, in which
Thomas G. Power, J. I'll. Mcknight, Jo-
seph Leighton of Montana, w. M. Rees of
Pennsylvania, James McGarrY Of Iowa,
and p. Ell. Kelly of Minnesota are COM
plainants, and Isaac G. Baker, John T..
Massie of Wisconsin, and W. q. and G. E.
Conrad of Montana are respondents, were
filed in the United States court yesterday.
In 1881 the complainants owned the
steamer Butte, which navigated the Mis-
souri, river. The respondents also owned
and operated steamboat called the Col.
Mcleod. In the fall of the year both boats
were turned over to G. 5. Weaver & Co
of Bismarck, to be cared for during the
winter. Owing, as it is claimed to the
carelessness of Weaver & Co. the steamer
Butte slipped her moorngs and stove in
the side of the Mcleod, which went to the
bottom. The respondents in the case
commenced yesterday brought action in
admiralty against the complainants and
secured judgements for $17, ,24O.55. The
action brought yesterday asks that the
judgements be set aside on the ground
that the amount of damages claimed have
already been collected by the respondents
from other parties.-Pioneer Press, Goth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
The Ugly Reds.

CHAMBERLAIN, Oak, August 23.-Maj.
Gregory, the sub-agent at lower Brule
agency, about three miles below here, on
the opposite side of the Missouri liver,
has for some time been trying to take the
census of the Indians entitled TO draw ra-
tions at that agency. The Indians stab
bornly refuse to be counted, and their rea-
son for so doing is that the head men of
bands are regularly drawing rations for
Indians that have been dead for over
year, and their number of summer rations
would consequently be CUT down. The
agent received instructions from the in
terror department 10 stop the rations until
the Indians would submit to the count.
Yesterday was issue day, and several hum
dred Indians were IN and around the
council room when Maj. Gregory made
known his Intention 10 have their number
or stop their rations. A general grunt OF
dissatisfaction arose, audi in the twinkle
of an eye, half-dozen burly bucks col
Jared the agent, dragged MIN out OF the
council room and threw him ever the
fence, followed by the entire mob who
were striking at him with clubs, hatchets'
tomahawks, rifles, and gave q Warwhoop
that raised the hats on the heads of the
white visitors. The Ig,iians were in from
all directions, everyon" armed to the teeth
with rifles cooked and blood in their eyes.
The squaWs gathered in groups at u r
spectful distance, and looked us if they
thought they were about to enjoy scalp
ing bee. The agent has lots of pluck, and
after he freed himself from them held
them at bay with his hand in his hip
pocket. The Indians, after few minutes
hideous bowling, withdrew to hold a coun-
Gil, and the white visitors made for the
boat and returned TO Chamberlain. There
is liable to be more serious trouble, as the
agent is determined to carry out his in
structions, and hungry Indian is bad
man TO deal with.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02

WASHINGTON, August 25.-Aceording
to prominent official of the interior de-
partment Secretary Lamar is once more
relapsing into his old habits of forgetful-
ness and Observation-Disclosures which so dis
tinguishes his days In the United States
senate. When Mr.. LaTuar was appointed
there was general feeling that he was
not enough of practical worker TO attend
20 the great mass of business in the inter
ior department. At first the secretary
took hold with a vim and surprised his
critics. Lately, however, he has gone
back to his old habits with a vengeance,
and the bureau officials are greatly con-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
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Shooting Stock.
neer Press

We have been informed that on the
ranges there are several fields of grain not
fenced in and that stock going into these
fields have been shot by the owners of the
grain. They are not shot to kill, bird shot
being used. Several animals have been
quite seriously wounded and it is the in
tention Of stock owners TO take some ac-
ton to prevent the mutilation of their an
imals. We should not be surprised to
hear of some action at law to compel the
owners of unfenced fields to erect fences
or to stop shooting animals.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02

cerned about the work. They say that in
the midst of his duties, the secretary will
walk to his office, stroll down the hall to
the room of one of his subordinates and
talk for hours about the south, the mistake
of the secession movement, etc. At other
times Mr.. Lamar will go out for few
minutes walk and forget to come back all
day. He has made no arrangement to go
away for summers visit, but just takes
things easy here, alternately working and
dreaming.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Shonkln Shots.

Paradise on the Shonkin.
Magnificent scenery on the upper Shon-
kin.
Now and then bear on the upper Shon-
kin.
Harvesting is nearly over on the shon-
kin.
Fine ranches for blooded stock on the
Shonkin.
Splendid trout fishing on the upper
Shonkin.
Threshing will soon commence on the
Shonkin.
Clover and alfalfa are in full bloom on
the Shonkin.
Wheat, oats and barley were never bet
ter on the Shonkin.
The recent hail threshed little oats and
wheat on the Shonkin.
Three hundred acres of timothy grow
ing beautifully on the Shonkin.
The most fertile and productive lands in
the county are along the Shonkin.
Four tons of timothy to the acre was cut
on Mcclellan G Leaming's ranch on the
Shonkin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
Fighting IN Ireland.

DUBLIN, August ~ Magistrate Bodkin
and LOO police went to Bally Farrissey,
county Killarney, to-day to. eyict some
tenants. When they arrived the chapel
bell was tolled and 1000 persons assem-
bIed and attacked the officers, preventing
them from accomplishing the eyictions.
The police were compelled to charge the
mob with bayonets and fierce encounter
ensued, many on both sides being stabbed
and stoned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-09-02
The Dredge Boat.

The dredge boat was completed on
Monday last and public exhibition CIV
Ell on Tuesday. The boat is one of the
most powerful in the United States, there
being but nine Of equal power. There
have been twenty-nine of the size of this
built. Nine of them are in use on the
Panama canal, eleven in Europe and nine
iii the United States. The ones in use on
the Erie canal are manufactured by Osgood
& Co., but are of lesser power. The ex-
hibition on Tuesday will be well worth
seeing. The boat has been built under
the most discouraging circumstances and
at a personal loss to the contractor, but it
has been well constructed and too much
praise cannot be bestowed upon Mr..
Lynch, who, under all his discourage
ments, has gone ahead and completed the
craft when most men would have thrown
up the contract in disgust. Capt. Durage
will remain with the boat during its work
ings in the upper river.