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A HARD HEADED FARMER.
The Way He Held Up a Prince With
z PitchfOrE.

~ IltcA1Ofhs
When Edward VII. of England was
an undergraduate at oxford UNIVERSE
ty, he had an adventure which led a
newspaper of that time to describe the
prince as a prisoner. 1t said that
mot very far from Oxford, at a place
called Steeple Barton. there was a
farmer named Hedges, a man of much
independence of character, commonly
Known as Lord Chief Justice Hedges
ION n occasion the prince and his
friends We're out with the South Ok
fordshire hounds. but, meeting with
Indifferent sport, they resolved on rid
ing home across country. This they
die, galloping over the lands of Farm
er Hedges and presently riding into his
farmyard. There they were confront
ed by the farmer himself. armed with
a fork. He closed the gates and in
formed the party bluntly that they
had been trespassing on his ground
and t%rampling on his young wheat and
that he would not allow one of them to
leave his facmyard until he had paid
a fine of a sovereign for the damage
done.
'They whispered that the prince
himself was of the party. Prince or
no prince he replied shortly, TN have
my money There was little glory to
had by fighting q resolute farmer
armed with a fork. They therefore
up their minds to pay, prince and
all. When he had the money in his
pocket, and not till then, Lord Chief
Justice Hedges opened the gates and
let them go."-Philadelphia Times.
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Free medical advice. Men ard
women suffering from chronic
diseases are invited to consult DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y. by letter.
absolutely without fee or charge.
For more than thirty years as chief
consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical institute of
Buffalo, n. Y, Doctor Pierce has
devoted himself to the treatment and
cure Of chronic forms of disease.
Assisted by his staff or nearly a score
of physicians, each man a specialist,
his success has been phenomenal,
ninety. eight persons in every hundred
treated being absolutely and alto
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offer Of free consultation by letter,
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practitioners. Over half a million
women have been treated by DR..
Pierce and his staff for diseases
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strictly private and sacredly con-
6dential. and all answers are sent
in..plain envelopes. bearing no print
ing upon them. Address DR.. R.. Y.
Pierce, Worlds Dispensary Medical
association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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What a Tale 1t Tells,

If that mirror Of yours shows a
wretched sallow complexion, a jaun-
diced look. moth patches and blotches
on the skin, it's liver trouble; but
DR.. Kings New Life Pills regulate
the liver, purify the blood, give
clear skin. rosy cheeks, rich COM
plexion. Only Csc. at S. II. Scallin's
drug store.
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A w. SHAY, Principal.
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Wessington Springs Seminary,
Wessinaton SPRINGS. South Dakota

WeSSiNgtOH springs, $cutb Dakota.
Fall Term Opens Wednesday, September 3, 1902.
The Fifteenth year of successful service in the field NJ
Christian Education.
OUR AIM. 4 thorough, practical Education that fits for
professional OF business life.
I, A faculty composed Of eight well trained experienced and
successful teachers.
:. Five courses Q, study: Classical, Scientific, English, Nor.
NAL and Theological.
3 Special instruction in shorthand, typewriing, book keep.
ing and practical business method. Course in elocution and
voice culture, Carefully graded course in instrumental music,
In the grammar school department thorough drill in the COM
mon branches.
4. Graduates enter college, without examination, upon the
principals certificate. They receive, without examination,
a teachers certificate good for five years.
S. HOME LIFE. Students from abroad mingle with the
teachers in the Seminary family thus securing that home
culture which is at once pleasant and helpful. Rooms com.
tortably furnished and heated by steam. A we'll conducted
boarding department..
6.
For new catalogue address
CLARK W. SHAY, Principal.
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Enough as Good as a Feast.

What real good Goes an addition to a
fortune already sufficient provure: Not
any. Could the great man by having
his fortune increased increase also his
appetites, then precedence might be at
with real amusement. = Gold
smith.
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What to. Do.

Belle-He has money, you know.
Emma-Yes; I appreciate that fact,
but how am I to live happily with a
man who is my inferior?
"Don't let him know it."-Life.
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Makes children eat, sleep and grow
makes mother strong and vigorous.
Makes a healthy family. That's
what Rocky Mountain Tea does, 35c.
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Absentmfnded Rerear.

"Have you really no affection for any
other girl, dear?" she asked Of her
fance.
mo-" replied the drug clerk absent
mindedly, "but I have something just
as good."-Philadelphia Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Statesmen Arc Catherine.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.--Senators
and memb bers Of the house Of represent
tatives are beginning to arrive in
w ashlngton preparatory to the meet
Ing OF congress a week from tomorrow.
Most Of the leaders will be here dur
ing the early part of the week, as the
president desires to confer with them
before putting the finishing touches
on his message.
Speaker Henderson expressed the
opinion in an Interview tonight tha
there would be little Legislation at the
coming session Of congress aside from
the passage of the appropriation bills.
He added, however that the president
would have the first inning. The
speaker to some of his callers cx.
pressed the belief that constitution al
amendment would be the only method
OF dealing with the trust question.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Horse Meat Is Cheaper.

BERLIN, Nov. 22.-Quotations here
for fat 600-pound horses for slaughter
inGa have fallen from S37 80 and $40 to
$25, and for fair to middling aud lean
from $25 to $15.75 to S2O, in conse.
quence of the exposure of the large
quantities of horse meat sold as beef
or used for making sausage. Horse
flesh has long been regular article
OF food, but municipal ordinances in
most cities require that it shall be
sold as such. The extraordinarily
high prices of meat, however, have
caused extensive evasions Of the law
and great increase in the sale of
horse steaks and soup bones as beef.
While the German frontiers are closed
to the importation of live cattle, the
prohibition does not apply to old,
broken down horses, which are
brought by shiploads from England, :,
es pecially to Hamburg and Bremen,
and are fattened for butchering. It is
predicted that a sharper enforcement
of the horsemeat ordinances is likely
to result in a slight increase in the
prices OF meat, and particularly Of
sausages.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Stole Two Sacks Of Mail.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-The Chicago
postot1ice was robbed of probably $40. .
600 today in most daring manner.
The robber made his escape without
leaving any clew to his identity. Two
registered mail sacks containing the
money, which had just been picked up
from two of the down town substations,
were left in an unprotected wagon in
front of the Masonic temple while the
mail carrier went into the building to
gather mail that had accumul ated
there. The carrier was gone only a
moment, but when he returned his
horse and wagon had disappeared. /.
While the carrier had been in the
building the robber, who had evident-
ly been waiting his opportunity, jumped
into the rig and drove away. The
rihed sacks and the horse and rig we're
afterw found where the thief had
abandoned them. The street was full
of people at the time of the robbery,
but no one seems to have noticed the
thief
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Speared by a Splinter.

New LONDON, Conn, Nov. 2l.-
John Leonard, Of Groton, an employe
OF shipbuilding company, has been
speared by lO'foot strip Of wood
that flew from a circular saw. The
lance.like missile struck him in the
throat passing entirely through his
neck and l8 inches OF the wood pro-
jected behind his right ear. Compan-
ions sawed Oft the greater part Of the
stick and Leonard walked to a build.
ing in the yard. Physicians found
that the stick had passed between tie
muscles and the important vessels of
the throat and neck. 1t was impossi-
BILE to withdraw it without danger to
Leonard. All the muscles on one side
OF the neck had to be cut and it was
taken from the side. Leonard will
probably recover.
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REWARD FOR TRAIN ROBBERS.
a Dead One will be Worth Exactly One
Thousand Dollars.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Train robbery
as an industry is to be throttled
through the concerted action of rail-
way and express companies, operat-
ing from headquarters scattered
throughout the middle west.
Local officials of some o. the roads $
directly Interested through incidents
OF this character, which are Of recent
origin, have been spurred to drastic
measures. The Davenport robbery Of
the fast Chicago, Rock Island & Pa.
ciic train was the straw tina broke the
camel's back. Every company, in
con junction with the United States
Express company, issued joint re.
ward today of S. 900 for the arrest and
conviction of the men who robbed
their train early Saturday morning.
In addition, the Burlington officials
announced that a dead train robber
would be worth 81 200 to any one of
its employees.
ave have given all our trainmen to
understands said +. A. Delane, gen.
eraI manager Of the Burlington road, ,
land also the express messengers,
that a dead train rObber is worth
81, 900. All Of our conductors and
trainmen carry revolyers and we arc
encouraging them to do so and learn
to shoot straight. am in favor of a
concerted action on the part of rail-
road Arrangements and express com.
panies, which shall have for its OBJ
ject the bounding Of train robbers to
the ends of the earth.''
Officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul, Illinois Central and the
Chicago & Alton roads, side with Mr.
De!ane' statement, and declared that
they would not hesitate to join in a
concerted movement Of this kind.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Mormon Wants Scnatorship.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 2O.-Once more
the question of Mormonism is attract
ing the attention of the whole country
on account Of its liability of break
ing into politics again with the can
didacy of Apostle Reed Smoot for
United States senator from Zion. The
battle has already begun, and it
promises to be even more dramatic
than the attempt of Brigham H. Rob-
erts to get possession of the seat in
congress to which he was elected from
Utah two years ago.
1t is an open secret tn at Reed Smoot
is the official representative Of the
Mormon church in this campaign for
the sen ate, and the Gentiles of the
Mormon state are waging a hot
though perhaps Ineffective warfare
against the ambitious Latter.da ay
Saint.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
What Indians Have Cost

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Commis.
sioner of Indian Affairs Jones, in his
annual report, estim ates that the gov
erument from its found alton to 1890
has spent SS45, .290 in fighting, sub.
DUNG and controlling the Indians of
the country, and S24O, 900, 900 for the
education and care Of their children
Referring TO the policy of discon-
tinuing ratiOus to able bodied Indians,
the report says the results have been
favorable even beyond expectations
and there is every reason to believe
tha: final success Of the plan, if car
ried out judiciously, is assured. AS
the first result over 1900 have been
dropped from the ration roll, being
wholly self-supporting. As second
result, large number Of Indians
have been put to work, or WORK has
been found for them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Will Eat EInbal1ncd Beef,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-t'rof. w.
H. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry of the agricultural department.,
will begin a series of experiments next
Monday on twelve young men in gov
ernment employ for the purpose of
testing the physiological effects of the
use Of meat preserved with borax, and
other chemicals. The experiments will
be made with a view of finding VIII at
basis there is for the objections of the
German government to American
meats on the ground that borax and
other chemicals used in their preser.
walton are injurious to public health.
The twelve young men selected are
volunteers and all are young and Wig
orous. Each has pledged himself dur.
ing the period the tests are to last, to
abstain from food and drink except as
it may be permitted by Professor
Wiley. They are nearly all employed
in the scientific bureaus of the agricul-
tural department. Six of them will be
fed on ''pure' foods, untreated meats
and vegetables, while the other six
will partake of the same fare submit
ted to chemical reatment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
President Preparing Message.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-President
Roosevelt arrived here this morning
over the Southern railroad. A small
crowd was at the station to welcome
his return. AS he left the train he
shook hands with the engineer and
fireman and thanked them for the safe
run they had made. During the next
four or five days, as opportunity may
offer, the president will put the finish.
ing touches upon his annual message
to congress. 1t is understood that
the message will be sent to congress
on the second day of the pproaching
session, Tuesday December 9. owing
to the fact tn at deaths of members of
both houses have occurred during the
recess which will necessitate an ad-
journment on Monday. The document
is almost completed, but some points
of it are yet to be written finally and
the whole revised. During the early
days Of next week the president will
consult on parts of his message with
republican leaders in congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
KID CURRY CONVICTED.
Northern Montana Train ROhhcr Found
Guilty in Federal Court.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 2l.-The
case of Harry Logan, on trial in the
federal court here, on the charge of
completely in the Great Northern train
robbery in Montana, was given to the
jury today. In his instructions Judge
Clark ordered the jury TO find the
prisoner not guilty upon three counts
of the indictment against him charg-
ing him with having in his possession
about So, 900 in stolen unsigned Mon-
tana y ational bank notes. AS to the
remaining sixteen counts the jurors
were directed to bring ia /; verdict Of
evidence.
The defendant was declared guilty
on ten counts Of the indictment in the
federal court this afternoon. Sentence
was not passed on the prisoner by
Judge Clark, but court was adjourned
to Saturday, Novem Der %, at which
time motion for new trial will be
argued and if overruled sentence will
be pronounced.
Logan, by the Indictment, has been
found guilty of forging names of bank
officials TO Montana bank notes in six
counts. In passing illegal money and
having it in his possession. Three
counts in which he was charged with
concealing bank notes to the amount
of ~, $40, were thrown out at the insti-
CATION Of the prosecution. The low
est punishment on the ten counts is
five years and the maximum fifteen
years. Some Of the counts being vir.
tually the same, Logan stands to re.
ceive from 80 to 80 years.
Logan and his band on July ;. 1901,
held up Great Northern train, near
Wagner, Montana, the notes lacking
the signatures OF the bank officials.
Logan was arrested near this city on
December 13, 1901, after shooting two
policemen and has been in jail since.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
THE ERRATIC CARRIE.
The kansas RcfOrmcr Enjoys Herself a
New York Horse Show.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-Nlrs. Carrie
Natlon created a sensation at the
horse show today. She harangued
the great gathering on the evils OF
overdress, attempted to break bot
tie OF champagne and finally was
elected from the place by the police.
Mrs. Nation entered the garden quiet
~ and took seat in a tier. She had
been there only few minutes when
her gaze rested on the box where some
members OF the Vanderbilt family
We're sitting. She studied her pro-
gram and then descended to the prom
enade. Stationing herself in front of
the Vanderbilt box she delivered a
TRADE on overdress.
'Nou ought to be ashamed of your-
selves, the woman screamed at them.
"Iou ought to be ashamed to wear
such disgraceful clothes. Take them
Oft at once and attire yourselves more
modestly.'
Alfred G. Vanderbilt hastily left his
position at the rail and coming over
to where Mrs. Nation was standing,
wlplng her forehead with a handker-
chief, he whispered something in her
ear and pushed her away.
Mrs. Nation then turned her atten-
ton to the other boxes. Finally she
started for the cafe, where she bore
down on party of men who we're
drinking wine. Mrs. Nation seized a
bottle and glaring at the men shouted: !:
"Young men, don't drink such
filthy stuff You are going straight
to hell. Where is the man who sells
this stuff? Show him to me and will
tell him what think of him.
Mrs. Nations request was speedily
granted by the sudden appearance OF
NJ. Vile Pigue, the caterer at the gar.
den.
sect out of this miserable busi.
ness.' she shouted at him, ''you are
also going to hell and running the
bodies and souls of men. You are
dragging them down with you. Shame
on you, Shame on you!'
The Frenchman, however, ran to
Mrs. Nation and rescued the bottle
which she had repeatedly brandished
in the air to emphasize her remarks.
Then he pushed her out of the door.
Here the police took hold of the Kan.
sas reformer and forced her out of the
building.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Great Gun Maker Dead.

BERLIN, Nov. 23.-Herr Krupp, the
great gun maker and the richest mar
in Germany, died suddenly at Esser
at i o'clock yesterday. His death was
due to an attack of appolexy. Herr
Krupp was 46 years old. His wife
was at one time a member of the
reichstag. The German emperor
would have given them almost any
noble title within his power, but the
krupps refused.
Herr Rrupp was the largest individ.
ual employer of labor in the world
Twenty five thousand men worked for
him and each one was his friend.
The great profits of the business
brought comforts not alone to the
owner. The laborers dwell in "model
houses Schools, baths, libraries,
hospitals and a pension system made
them contented and valuable citizens
of the empire.
Tha plant as it exists today repre-
scn,s the labor of three generations of
krupps. Frederick krupp, the first,
was born in 1877. To his son, Alfred
born in 1872, he left the secrets he h ad
discovered of smelling. The fortune
was Increased by Alfred, and when he
died July H. 1887, he left the greatest t
factory OF its kind to his son, Fred.
erick Alfred.
Moderate estimates of the fortune of
the deceased place it at $l2o 900. 900,
his annual income during his recent
years Of prosperity at $4,000, ,OOOO.
Herr hrupp made a great sum bv
supplying armor plate for the new
navy. Besides his iron works and
sEipyura, he had an interest in many
tinancia enterprises and recently has
acquired extensive coal properties in
connection with the North German
Lloyd steamship company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Curry Hopes for New Trial.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 22.-lnter.
est in the "kid' Curry trial has not
abated by any means, although the
jury has found the man guilty on 10
counts of the indictment and he stands
to serve term of from 80 to 90 years
in the penitentiary. Curry is feeling
hopeful. He is jubilant, in fact, over
his prospects Of receiving new trial.
His attorneys have contended all
through the trial that the Indictment
on which he was convicted was ex.
ceedingly faulty, and they express the
belief that they can present the mat
ter in such light to Judge Clark that
he will! grant Curry the new trial he
seeks.
No trial held in the federal court in
this section Of the state for years has
cost, or rather will cost, the govern
ment so much money as the present
one. At the lowest estimate the cost
was $500 day, and the expenses may
be even greater. Curry seems to be
we'll supplied with money and has
plenty to retain some OF the best leg al
talent in this section. His attorneys
say they have only commenced the
fight for Curry's freedom and are
hopeful! Of the final outcome
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Settlers for Vacant Lands.

" ASIl]SGTOE, Nov. 2+.-The re.
port OF The secretary OF the interior
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1902, has just been made public. 1t
refers to the passage of the law for
the reclamation of arid lands at the
last session of congress, and says:
''On the day following the passage
of the act plans were submitted by the
director of the geological survey for
putting it into effect; and these being
approved by me, survey parties we're
at once put IN the field to obtain all
OF the facts concerning the feasibility
OF various projects. Great care is be.
ing exercised in selecting projects
which will be of the greatest benefit to
the country, which will settle upon the
land the greatest number of people,
and which will return to the treasury
the cost of the undertaking, keeping
intact the fund for new works. No
considerations OF expediency or sen,i.
ment can be tolerated, but only those
Of making the work success from
business standpoint.
The report shows that there were
disposed of during the fiscal year pu b.
lie lands aggregatlng 10, 4S8, ,535. 30
acreage, an increase of 1925, 739 acres
as compared with the aggregate dis.
posals for the preceding fiscal year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
They Want to See Curry.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Nov. 23.-Large
crowds visited the Knox county jai!
today and requested permission to see
"kid' Curry, but in every instance
their requests were refused and the
sheriff and the jailer were kept busy
turning down requests of some of the
most prominent citizens who have be-
come 90 greatly interested in the pris-
oner that they could not resist the
temptation to call to see him. The
sheriff has had high fence built
about the side of the Jail where Curry
Is confined, in order to cut of the
curious, who come and linger in hope
OF getting glimpse of the prisoner.
Curry, it is said, has admitted tha at
he robbed the train, but alleges that
the Witnesses testified falsely against
him and that Smith, the express mes.
senger, was not on duty in his car az
the company requires him to be, and
tn at his face and those of his two asso~
ciates were very black and were
creased.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-11-26
Professor Clark'S New Theory.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.--That no man
has right to bring into the world
more children than he can properly
support, and tha: no parents, however
wealthy, have a right to bring children
into the world and so train them tn at
by any possibility they may become
sitions pronounced by Professor Clark
Of Northwestern university in an ad-
dress at the First Congreg ational
church in Evanston last night.
The chief burden of Prof. Clark's )
address was the possibility of all men
and women becoming financially de-
pendent. The professor declared that
on Ii salary of 5000 per year an un.