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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

A LITTLE sheet of note paper, con-
tanning less than half square foot OF
surface, has a marvellous capacity.
BY means of such a sheet young men
have succeeded frequently in sending
ten thousand or more kisses safely
through the mails, sometimes con
siderable distance, to persons who were
waiting for them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

AT the congress Of the advocates OF
cremation, recently held In Vienna, the
statement was brought out that there
exist at present throughout the world
fifty crematorics. most of which are in
the United States, twenty in Italy, and
one each in Germany, England, France
and Switzerland
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
THE EAST.

MRS. ANGIE r. NEWMAN spoke before
the National w. c. 7. u. ut New York on
the 23d on the condition of Mormon wom-
en- IN Utah. She told of two sisters, six
teen and fourteen years old, with babes in
their arms, who were the wives of their
father; and cited the case Of q man who,
besides his regular spouse, had married
his mother, his grandmother, his daughter
and his granddaughter, all Of whom were
now living.
The death of Mary Ann Weidler, aged
about forty-five years. occurred at Lam
caster, Pa, on the I'D of consumption.
fastened by fast extending owe, a period
of forty seven days.
THE total registration OF Boston, Mass,
is Il, SS1, against 65.SSl in 1884. The total
registration Of Brooklyn, N. Y, is 56,3S5
against 13O, 09O in 1854.
GEORGE GORDON, who had registered
illegally at New York, was sentenced on
the 23d to Sing Sing prison for two and
one-half years.
By . falling scaffold at the French
spring works in Pittsburgh, Pa, three per-
sons were fatally injured on the cath.
A. X. RUTAN, an undertaken at Pater-
son, N. j., lost his stable by fire on the
Ath and twenty y-sevcn horses were cre-
mated.
Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN, wife of the late
General John A. Logan, sailed from New
York on the 24th for Europe on the steam
ship Trave.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
on the 24th as follows: New York, Second
district Thomas Seward tRcp), Felix
Campbell (Dem.) Fourth, William E. Rob-
inson (Rcp); Fifth, Thomas +. Wagner
lDem): Tenth, Francis d. Spino.a (Dcm.
rcnominated.
THE residence Of Charles Nigabower, In
llion, N. ", was burned on the a4th, and
| Mr. Nigabowcr and daughter, aged
| twelve, perished in the flames.
| OK the 25th q base metal bar purportine
to be gold was received at the Philadelphia
mint from the West A bar Of gold OF the
| same size would be worth s35, 600.
ALVIN ScHERMERHoRN, aged seventy
eight years. was burned to death in his
home at Fall River, Mass, on the 25th by
| the explosion Of lamp.
DANIEL HAND, of New Haven, Conn,
gave to the American Missionary Associa-
| tion Of New York, as.trustee the sum OF
| q. .OOO. 600 on the 25th to be expended for the
education Of INDECENT, worthy colored peo-
| pie Of the South.
On the Goth in New York City over d6,
O4l names were added to the registration
| list, making the total 253 532
AT Lowell, Mass. Mrs. Myra Beals was
| on the Goth awarded . verdict of <3O, ,OOC
| against DIR. Augustin Thompson for having
! alienated her husbands IS affections.
ALFRED Fl. LOVE declined on the a6th to
| be candidate for Vice President on the
| National Equal Rights (Belva Lockwood)
cket
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

Ir is said a Boston barber, after
sixty years OF steady work at his trade,
has retired from business. In his long
and useful career he has shaved about
500, 900 men, cut the hair of over 2OO,-
900, and has probably made 1927, ,OOO,-
600. .OOO, 600, 100000 statements per-
tanning to the weather, prize-fghts and
hasa hull
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

New York and the st. Louis browns was
played in st. Louis Score: New York,
IL; ST. Louis, 3. This gives the champion.
ship to the New York players.
1T had up to the 25th rained continuous
ly for four weeks at New Philadelphia,
O., and vicinity, and fears were expressed
that the corn and potato crops would be
ruined.
CoYoTEs and wolves were doing great
damage in the northern part Of Montana
Territory on the 25th. Several hundred
sheep aud other stock had been killed by
them.
p. M. ARTHUR was reelected chief at
the meeting Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers ut Richmond, Va, on the
18th.
TnE Brotherhood OF Railroad Brakemen
in session at Columbus, O., on the 25th
elected w. G. Edens, of Bucyrus. O., first
vice grand master.
AT st. Louis on the 2Gth the ninth OF the
worlds base championship games be-
tween New York and the St Louis Browns
was played with the following result:
st. Louis, IA; New York, II.
DAVID YATES. a barkeeper at Colfax, w.
T., on the Goth killed his wife, Of whom he
was jealous, and committed suicide.
Mrs. Martha Beckett, aged sixty five
years, anu MIS-. denTleIla bplel, aRcQ
seventy five years, inmates Of the German
Home for the Aged at Baltimore, Nd,
were suffocated by gas on the a6th.
The following executions took place on
the 26th: Benjamin Carter at Rawlins,
Wy. T., for the murder of John Jeffry Oc-
tober T. 1886; Ephraim Mayes at Edge
field, s. C.. for the murder of deaf mute
year ago, and Hugh Blackman (colored)
at Toledo, Ark, for killing negro.
The death OF William I. Hamilton,
formerly Governor and United States Sem
ator, occurred on the 26th at his homo in
Hagerstown, Md.
OK the 26th the peanut trust, with head
quarters at Norfolk, Va, aud controlling
ninety per cent of the country's product,
was dissolved.
WHILE driving across the track Mrs.
James Ditworth and Henry Pond were
killed and Mr.. Larken fatally injured by .
train at West Liberty, Ia, on the 26th.
THE house of David Sellers, wealthy
farmer near Mount Gilead. O., was fired
by robbers on the 26th after they had mur-
dered Sellers and his wife.
DAN BoLIN was instantly killed and
County Judge John Goodin received
wounds from which he died in row at a
circus at Barbourville. Ky. on the Goth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

ACCORDING to the JeU,sh Gazette, OF
the 241 clothing manufacturers in the
city Of New York 234 are Hebrew
firms. The Jews of that city are also
largely engaged in cigar-making. en-
ploying over 5000 hands and produc-
ing over 6OO. 600, 600 cigars annually.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

A BACHELORS club at Bentonville,
Ark, imposes very heavy financial
penalty upon all members unmarried
at the end Of 1889, excepting those who
can present satisfactory evidence that
they have proposed and been rejected
three times during the year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

The dearest little birds in the world
arc the English sparrows. 1t is assert
ed that these birds cause loss to ag-
ricultural England of from forty to
fifty million dollars per year. This is
what makes them SO dear"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

MIR. AND Mrs. ACTON, six children,
the oldest twelve and the youngest one
year old in a perambuiator, and two
maids, recently finished a pleasure
walk from London to Glasgow Give
hundred miles), where they 60 regu-
larly every year. They carried no
umbrellas, only mackintoshes. The
daily distance covered was from twelve
to twenty miles, with no journey on
Sundays, the whole trip being done
in five weeks and two days. The party
enjoyed the best OF health through it
all, one nurse having wheeled the
preameulaiDv the entire distance.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

In view Of the sensational story
about the poisoning of Laura Schir-
nier. the Boston singer, in the Sultan q
harem, it is allowable to ask when the
lady intends to begin her tour of this
country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

Ar the last drawing Of the Prussian
State lottery the grand prize of e75,-
600 went to a well-known Silesian.
Curiously enough, his father won the
grand prize just forty years ago, and
fifteen years ago his uncle won hall
the prize in the same lottery. But the
most startling coincidence in the
whole matter is that in every instance
it was the same number that captured
the prize. That number ought to be
one of the most popular heirlooms oi
the family.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

Nix. STANLEY's last words on leaving
Cairo on his presen4mission were: ut
must not be supposed that I am lost
because can not communicate with
the outer world"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

SENATOR STANFORD, just returned
from Europe, says he thinks that he has
picked up abroad art treasures that will
make his new university's museum the
finest in the country. ut was my in
tention," says the Senator, "to have
the university opened next May on the
twenty-first anniversary of my sons
birth. As this seems impossible, can
not say when it will be opened. The
more see of life abroad, the more /
am convinced that such a seat of learn
ing as l hope to establish in Cali
fornia will prove a great blessing to
this free country"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

GENERAL GREELY, Of the Signal Serv-
ice, says that January 25 will be the
coolest day this winter. Make note
of this prediction.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

AMERICANS have been awarded fif-
teen diplomas, twenty-six gold, six sil-
yer and three bronze medals at the In
tcrnational exposition at Brussels.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

Our OF five hundred toilets and seven
hundred and fifty hats surveyed on a
recent afternoon on Broadway, New
York, no two were alike, and all were
fashionable
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

AFTER a recent hurricane a coral
reef fifty feet long, thirty feet wide and
i've feet high appeared in the harbor
of Vera Cruz.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

GEORGIA refused, at the recent clec-
tion, by a majority vote OF between
5000 and 10000, to increase her SUI
premc Court bench from three to five.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

PUND1TI RAMABAI. the Hindoo wom-
az. has raised fifty thousand dollars in
the United States to build school for
widows in India.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

CAPTAIN Brooks. of the Guion line,
has made six hundred round trips
across the Atlantic, sailing two mill
ion miles.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

LAND in Wall street, New York
City, is worth $l4,3OO. 900 an acre.
They are not buying it by the acre
hnwavar
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01

The recent death OF Mrs. Patten, OF
Washington. makes four girls orphans
with fortune Of one million dollars
each.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
LATER.


The cast bound passenger train on tho
Iron Mountain railroad was stopped by
train robbers two mi cs west of Newport,
Ark, on the afternoon OF the 2Ssh. The
passengers were robbed OF about 500
SECRETARY OF STATE BAYARD, on the
of London sxing him to notify the British
Government that their Minister at WASH
ington, Sackville West. had broken the rules
OF diplomats courtesy and asked that he be
Withdrawn from the country. The offense
of Mr. West was the writing of letters to a
supposed Englishman in Los Angeles, CAL.
which it was stated that, in his tWes.'s)
opinion. the recent retalitory message Of
President Cleveland was q paper issued
for campaign effort
Two passenger trains on the Milwaukee
road collided near Randolph, Iowa ON the
9th Charles Baldwin, Of Racine, Wia,
was instantly killed and three. train men
seriously injured
MISS EDITH ANNIs. one Of the teachers at
cended TO the tower OF the new court house
on the eth. At the highest point Miss
Annis became dizzy and fell down the
stairs distance Of 10 feet sustaining seri-
GUS injury:
ANDREW CRoGAN, brakeman at Nora
Springs, Iowa, was killed on the 18th. He
was found with his head complet. .ly sever
ed from his body.
The engine, mail and two baggage cars
Of the Northern Pacific road were thrown
from the track by o misplaced switch near
Motley, Mimi, ON the .ssh Alex Brown,
tirem IN, was killed and three mail agents
badly hurt
THERE were Ii new cases of yellow fever
at Jacksonville, Fla. ON the 2sth, with
three deaths Total cAses 1853; total
deaths. 3Is Appeals have been sent out
from Decatur. Ala, and Enterprise, Fla,
asking Tor additional pecuniary assistance
Two ladies and boy were killed by the
Cars at West Liberty, Iowa, on the 9th.
Their death was tho result of the stubborn
ness of the boy, who persisted in driving
across the track when the engine was al
most upon them
MINNIE NlBsoN,o young Aauy Va soou Aoiu-
lily at Potosi, TO-, shot herself in the head
on the 9th. She had been seduced and
could not bear the shame.
PASSENGER train No. ]. chesp cake 4 Ohio
road jumped the track on the 9th near
Charlestown, Va. The train which con-
sisted of four cars including sleeper to-
gether with mail aud baggage was burned.
Joseph Elkins. fireman and w, A. Nethsr~
land conductor were both burned to death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

OFFICIAL reports on the 23d Of the re-
cent railway disaster near Poterza, Italy,
limit the number Of persons killed to nine
teen and the injured to fifty five.
A FIRE on the 23d burned out Samuel
Benjamin & Co., Wholesale hardware deal
ers in Toronto, Ont Loss, 500. 00
AT Dublin on the 23d twelve men were
sentenced to six months with hard labor in
Jail for conspiring to compel q farmer to
leave his farm.
The threatened rise OF the Mexican ele-
ment at Rio Grande City, which caused so
much anxiety, eliminated on the I'D in
the arrest Of twcnty-one of the rioters.
A SYSTEM Of wholesale freight robbery
was discovered on the 23d on the Mexican
Central railroad at Eagle Pass, and it was
believed that the total loss to the company
would be $4,000
The colliers' strike in England was
spreading on the cath. Fifteen thousand
men in Yorkshire were out.
The Metropolitan Of Servia published
pastoral on the oath in which he dissolved
the marriage of King Milan and Queen
Natalie.
In the recent revolution in Port au
Prince, Hayti, three hundred persons were
killed and over five hundred were
wounded, including many women and
children.
In London on the cath Mary Ann Suther-
land was sentenced to five years. penal
servitude for representing herself as a
wealthy land-ow and thereby collecting
money.
In Moscow q club house collapsed on the
o5th and large number of the inmates
were buried beneath the ruins. Sixteen
dead bodies and twenty four injured had
been recovered.
ON the 25th the fiftieth anniversary Of
the entrance of M. de Giers. the Russian
foreign minister, into the public service,
was celebrated at St. Petersburg.
Two WEALTHY foreign ladies drowned
themselves III the lake in which King Lud-
wig, of Bavaria, committed suicide.
ON the aith a man and his wife were
murdered and terribly mutilated at Mag.
var Szakos, Hungary.
ADyIcEs Of the 3fth say that if the
Chinese Exclusion bill is carried into effect
the Chinese Government will expel all
Americans from China.
KING MILAN on the 36th settled one
million francs on ex-Queen Natalie. The
Crown Prince would be permitted to
write to his mother three times weekly.
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flying through the air most Of the day Only
one or two men we're seriously injured.
The latter part OF the day the enemy either
TO economize their projeetilss or to attract at
tention,
FIRED BARS OF RAILROAD IRON
Of various lengths which would 20 swinging
around in the air witha terrible. rushing noise.
Occasionally 3 charge Of cable chains wouId
come sereeching along as though the lower
regions were opening up 20 have a hand in tha
affair. The variety Of noises was very exciting
the whole day. in fact the Confederates seemed
to be exercising all Of their inventive faculties
in that one direction. We remained inactive
the greater part Of the day
On the morning Of the 9th Of May the ss-
pearance OF mounted e0urieTs and the dashfnz
around Of stat officers, intimated very plainly
that some movement was being arranged A
detail was soon made from our regiment for the
support of battery Of light artillery at a farm
house on the edge Of an open field leading al
rectly uD 20 the Qualifications and abouta half
mile ormore distant The C0nfederates began 20
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fact, he never recovered from the shock Of the
wound.
Our advance was quiekened, but the nearer
we approached the less chance we saw of saving
any of our lives, the cir was so full of destruc-
ton. The
GRAPE WAS SUCCEEDED BY CANISTER
and shrapnel. Such canister never whirred and
whistled around human ears before much less
plowed the flesh, for large share Of the cases
were filed with blank nuts and cut scraps Of
iron. We continued our quickstep. but our
numbers were fast decreasing. Already one
half of the advance fOTlorn hope had melted
away. and we who were right at their heels
were little better of As we approached nearer
an enflading FIRE from the bastiOn in front Of
the sallypOrt on our left and from the high
ground across the ravine on our right poured
into rs with merciless severity. Gen. Dow
and Col. Bacon had by this time disappeared,
both disabled. We had now reached near mus
ket range.
How yividly memory recalls the continuous
line OF dust cut up before us by the first vOlley
of smaIl-aTms, so we'll aimed-iust short Of its
mark 1t seemed impossible for human beings
to cross that limit and live, but onward We
continued without waver, the ranks closing in
as the bullet did its deadly work, until tho
advance reached the ditch. The enflading with
the direct fire had severely thinned our ranks,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-03
A Good Advertisement.

Milwaukee lady who had long been a suf-
ferer from lung troubles and nervous prostra-
ton writes thus:
Husband thinks am as good an advertise
ment as you could wish for; he says that I
preach Compound Oxygen all the time, and in
my improved personal appearance its virtues
are very fully tested. Ii certainly is doing
moro for me than | eoald expect, and more than
you promised in my case"
There is large force of ladies who are thus
setting forth the merits of Compound Oxygen.
Renewed lungs, strengthened nerves, restful
nights. restored digestion, and other CORE
spending blessings cannot be kept from the
knowledge of those who see invalids restored.
Everybody ought to know about this best of
remedies for chronic sufferers note to Drs.
Starkey & Palen, 1929 Arch street, Phiadel-
phia, Pa, viii bring you free an important and
readable little treatise about it.
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The Drummer Was Well Fixed.

"Do you know that man over there2" asked
one Detroiter of another on the Lansing train
the other day.
mo"
"Well, he's a drummer for a Jefferson ave-
house, and I've known him by sight for 10
years. His employer told me the other day
that he hadn't lost a day for II years.
He looks the picture of health"
So he does, but / want to make a bet with
you. I'll bet you a silk hat he carries rem
edies with him for no less than six different
ailments"
"Pll do it,"
They went over and the case was explained
to the drummer, who laughed and replied;
Well, dunno. | carry some troohes to
avoid hoarseness. / carry bottle of cough
medicine to ward OFF pneumonia l have a
porous plaster in my grip to put on if / get a
lame back. have some corn salye, a bottle
of Jamaica ginger, some quinine capsules, a
phial of peppermint essence, box Of man
drake pills. liver medicine, garle for sore
throat and a"
Good lands!" cried both gentlemen in
chorus.
!" Oh, WELL what did you expect he inquired
with an injured air. "a man on 81, 200 a year
can't carry around whole drug store, can
hep
Leading medical authorities indorse Ayers
SarsaDarilla MS the hest blood mediciue
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BRAIN-RACKERS.

ITO Contributors: In sending answers name
No. of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in which the puzzle
Is found. Answers Of guessers may be forwarded
within week after receiving this TRIBUNE. do not
make numerical enigmas of your own names
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.I
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE APRIL IL.
Conundrums-l Noise. O. Because it would be
an emanation Emma nation).
Weird Cllarade-Love.
Anagran-SpaTll park, ark.
G. G. Hero-CIen. Reed.
Arithmorem-Addison, Milton, Goldsmith, VOL
colt, Dickens.
Tangle-
OF all sad words Of tongue or pen
The saddest of these 1t might have been.
cRYPToGRAM.
To Leonard HdrtinI
Tuspohfu njoet bsf pgufo uiptf pg xipn uif
xpsnle ifbst Infbtu. wilt II. Sheahan, Denny
vile, Me.
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.
Eht eunj CUB ash het dolgne nigw,
Het gjlhtning bRu eht alfne;
Teh dbe gbu sha gnsiw Ia lal
Tub eli tges eetrh tsiu chit mase.
Geo. ). HOLDEN, Six Lakes, Mich.
WORD TANGLE.
I was aues nigsski teak
Dan hes was ] was ause
] was aues ell was EN-
Dan os was ew lal ebert was.
John II. Written, Charlestown, Mass.
BEHEADIEGs.
Behead OF one mind and leave love of gain.
Behead legal aud leave terrible
Behead cowardly and leave a large bird.
Behead fruit and leave TO rove.
Behead kind OF broadsword and leave wrath.
Behead To recite by tongue and leave To assemble.
Rehead kind of steps and leave viper.
Place words under each other and the beheaded
letters will spell the worst foe 10 temperance
Ruth G. Pollard, Bridgeton, Mo
EASY cHARADE.
had my birth at the creation,
And now am found in every nation;
With lightning speed fly through space,
A blessing to the human race;
The good all greet me with delight,
While evil hideth from my sight
IN on the sea as well as on the land;
Once took the form of man
Christians often for me pray
To guide them in the way;
They sing of me in sacred verse,
Ny praise resonnds DER all the earth
Now have told you all so plain,
That everyone can guess my name.
-Estella Hilmau Wnnebago City, MINI.
AMERICAN ENIGMA.
My J. 2. 3 is TO rend;
T. ), Is ii conveyance;
Z. g. Q is to gain;
IL, g. 10 u is to admire
My whole is the title Of book.
Anna V. DE Lun Mddesprite, n. Y.
PRIZE ENIGMA.
I am composed of II letters
My l, 10 II, 8, 5 is the edge of precipice;
10, 6, 3, g. II is the earth;
-, AZ, is n boat.
Ny whole is public structure.
Name printed on pack of visiting cards for first
correct answer.-John NJ. Perkins, 90 South street
Boston.
A UNION GENERAL.
am composed OF II letters
Ny 5, 10, ~ is a small bed;
g. 8, II called the Lords of Creation;
G,2. 7 is propositions;
3, 8, 4 is domestic fowl;
is q consonant.
BY whole a General Of the late war.
"A, J. Moorbund, New Wilmington, Pa
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Red Black and Washita, with their tributaries,
as well as eastern Texas, covered vast terri.
tory of rich alluyial soil that was limitless in
production. In connection with this the vast
wilds of central and western Texas furnished a
ceaseless supply Of cattle and mustangs. The
principal supply of salt after the capture of
New Orleans was also derived from Petite Anse
Island, south of New Iberia, on the Teche,
some II or Is miles in the gulf swamp
By holding this portion of the Mississippi
River and using every means in their power to