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The river press., 1902-11-12
Investigating Land Frauds.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The al
legged fraudulent homestead entries on
lands in Nebraska made by parties
representing themselves to be soldiers
widows, and who are alleged to have
made the entries at the instance of
cattlemen with the intention of turning
over the land to the latter, are being
investig ated by the department of JUS
tice to which the matter has been re-
ferred by the department.. A number
of special agents have been suspended
in connection with the proceedings.
Many of the so.called widows who
went to Nebraska from Chicago and
the northwest to make entries, are ex-
pected to be summoned as witnesses
before the grand jury, which meets
this month at Omaha.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Cost OF Rural Free Delivery,

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE annual
cost of rural free delivery service
throughout the United States will ap-
proximate S24,000,000, according to
the annual report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne today re-
ceived from August w. Machen, gem
eral superintendent OF the service.
The remaining 100000 square miles
now covered by rural free delivery
service, according to the report, will
require the employment OF $4,000 or
~ 900 carriers, in addition to those
now employed, making the entire
force of carriers, when the extension
Of the service is completed within the
next three years, 10000. To extend
the service $4,000 routes a year until
it becomes universal, the report
says. will require such largely in
creased appropriations that the an.
nual pOstOtfice deficits for the ensuing
two or three years will probably reach
So, 900, 900 or SIC, ,O00,O 900, if not more,
but once the service is completed the
additional revenue will soon reduce
deficits to the present figures, if not
entirely wipe them out.
The river press., 1902-11-12
A DOUkllODOR ROUNDUP,
Religious Fanatics Surrounded BY Police
and Returned to Their Homes.

WINNIPEG, Nov. 8. = The Douk.
1Iobors were imprisoned by the domn-
ion government officials at Minnedosa
today when they attempted to proceed
eastward on their march. Mounted
police were stationed at the doors Of
the skating rink in which they spent
the night. The Doukhobors at first
resisted the attempt to keep them with
in doors, but finally became recon-
cled to their enforced captivity and
spent the time chanting their plaintive
hymns and prayers.
A special train with /; large force OF
mounted police reached Minnedosa to.
night and an attempt was made to
lead the entire band of pilgrims upon
cars and convey them to their former
homes. Some resistance W as made,
but finally, coerced by the police, the
Doukhobors were loaded on special
trains and will be taken back to York.
ton. Some had to be carried to the
cars, but otherwise there was very
little resistance.
The Doukhobors have been living
on wheat and raw oatmeal. Tonight
small quantities of bread were thrown
to them. Many of them are wrecks,
but all protest tn at they will not leave
Yorktown for their homes when the
train reaches there. Only about II
out Of 500 escaped, and they are on
the prairie in the temperature that
means death to them. The action
taken tonight was on instructions of
the dominion government, which said
the pilgrims must be sent home if they
had to be carried.
The river press., 1902-11-12
\ Senatorial Junkcting Trip.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.--Senators Bev.
eridge, of Indiana, Nelson, of Mime.
sofa, Dillingham;, Of Vermont, Bate,
of Tennessee, and Heitfeld, of Idaho,
will leave Chicago tomorrow night
for Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arl.
Zona, to investigate the territories
claims to statehood. The five sena.
tors are members of the senatorial
subcommittee on territories, and it is
likely that their report will have much
weight with the upper house of con-
gress.
Senator Dillingham; arrived here to-
night and is waiting the arrival of the
other members Of the committee.
Sen ator Beveridge is chairman of the
committee and until he arrives the
other senators will remain idle. All
of them are expected tomorrow morn
ing, however, and the first meeting
will be held probably some time to.
morrow afternoon. At this meeting
plans will be discussed and a route
that will cover all important cities of
the three territories will be mapped
The river press., 1902-11-12
Power from Glacial Waters.

Boston, Nov. 6.-Engineers are
being sent from this city to Tacoma
and Seattle, to begin work on a pro-
ject which has for its chief aim the
Harvesting of the waters Of the Puy.
allup glacier on Mount Tacoma, state
OF w ashington, for commercial pur.
poses. It is claimed hat if successful
this will be the first instance where
glacial waters have been used directly
to provide power. Stone g. Webster
OF Boston, who have installed a great
many street railways in all parts Of
the country, are undertaking the work
in order to provide the cities Of Taco.
ma and Seattle with electric light and
power. The plan is to construct from
the glacier a fume II miles long
through which a head of water will
flow, sufficient to generate $4,000 horse
power. The water running through
the hume will drop 600 feet and
through penstocks will be diverted in.
to turbines connected with electric
generators. A three.phase alternat-
ing current will be transmitted at high
voltage to Tacoma and Seattle.
The river press., 1902-11-12
4 Dry Season at Nome.

NOME, Nov. 6.-The summer in
Alaska has been an exception ally dry
one, which has greatly interfered with
operations on the smaller creeks, which
seem to be the most remunerative min.
ing properties in this region. The
miners depend upon rain to work their
claims and in its absence compara-
lively small yield has resulted.
Anvil creek is about six miles long,
Snow gulch not quite mile, Dexter
creek three miles and Ophir, on which
is situated Council City, eight miles.
The owners of properties on these
creeks have begun bitches to facilitate
operations and three, aggregating
thirty-four miles, are now completed
aud ready for spring use. Candle
creek has proved failure, newspaper
reports to the contrary notwithstand-
inc.
The river press., 1902-11-12

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. GA dispatch
from Guadalajara, Mex, says that a
violent eruption of Colima volcano is
threatened and the people living in
the valleys at the base of the noun
tain are fleeing to Manzanillo and
other points OF safety.
A dense volume of smoke has been
pouring from the crater for several
days and during the last forty eight
hours deep rumblings and sharp re-
ports have come from the interior of
the volcano, and at night the dark pail
above the crater has reflected the
brightness OF the caldron below
The wonderful spectacle is striking
terror into the hearts of the people for
many miles around. 1t is reported
that an order has been issued to sus-
pend construction temporarily on the
Colima extension Of the Mexican Gem
trail railroad as the native labOrers
cannot be induced to work so near tbs
volcano.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Must Serve His Sentence.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Nov. 7.-Judye
Munger, of the United States court,
today refused to grant Lesion Ballet.
known as the thinning king new
trial and sentenced him TO pay fine
Of 81 900 and to serve one year in the
county jail. Ballet was convicted
last spring of using the United States
mails for fraudulent purposes.
In 1900 he purch ased what is known
as the White Swan mine in Baker
City, Ore, which had been deserted by
the original owners, aud immediately
began to exploit the same through the
newspapers and sold stock on the
monthly payments plan. Itwa, shown
on the witness stand at the time of the
trial that over SlSO,OO0 was received
by Ballet from investors from all
over the country. 1t was also shown
The river press., 1902-11-12
Addicks May BE Senator.

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 9.-Thc
board of canvassers throughout the
state completed its work today. The
official count gives the Union Repub-
licans Addicks twenty-five votes on
joint ballot in the legislature. AS the
legisl ature now stands, with vacancy
in the ninth district, twenty-six will
be necessary to choice. The legis-
lature convenes Jan. l5. At present
there seems to be no possibility of
keeping Addcks out Of the senate ex-
cept by "a deadlock, as there is no
possibility Of the regulars uniting
solidly with the democrats in the
choice Of United States senator.
The river press., 1902-11-12

MILWAUKEE, Nov. GA we'll known
Milwaukee railroad official, who is
just back from St. Paul, says that j..
j. Hill has organized a company
which will erect one of the largest iron
and steel plants in the world near ST..
Louis. The magnate has secured 20,-
900 acres of coal lands in Illinois and
fuel mined there will be used to pro.
duce coke for the Missouri mills.
The Great Northern controls $1,000
acres of iron lands in Minnesota on
the Mesaba range, from which ore
will be shipped to St. Louis in great
quantities.
The river press., 1902-11-12
\ Big Insurance SWindlc.

FL PAsO, Tex, Nov. S.--T. c.
Richardson and W. Mason, charged
with one Of the bigges, and most
unique insurance swiudles of recent
years, are on trial here. 1t is alleged
that they pl aimed to defraud the New
York Life Insurance company out of
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The general plan of whoever perpe-
trated the swindles was to secure the
assistance Of d healthy man who i'm
peraouated consumptive, whose
nane appeared on the application. the
strong nan being N ade the beneficiary.
III t"o INSTANCES, involving policies
Of 2l0,5Jo and $4,000, the person in
SUM- wysteriously Disappeared.
The river press., 1902-11-12
New Line Across Canada.

QUEBEC, Nov. b.-The great treas
tapped by new railroad that will
span the North American continent
and disch arge its traffic at either the
Atlantic or Pacific seaboard. The
new line is called the TransCanad a
railway and will be extended from
Quebec on the east to Port Simpson
on the west. The line from Quebec to
Port Simpson will be 24S miles short
er than from Quebec to vancouver by
the Canadian Pacific. From Quebec
to Iokohama, via Port Sim pson. the
distance will be about ..2222 miles short
er than from Qleoet TO IoHoham via
Vancouver.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Promoted Il Mining Fraud.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. lO.-Theodore
Stenger of this city, well.known pro-
moter, was today indicted by the
grand jury on a charge of promoting
mining fraud. The case was worked
up by local postoftice inspector, who
presented evidence to the jury tending
to show that Stenger, who had adver-
tised for sale sh ares in copper min.
ing company in Arizona, represented
that the company owned four mines,
where as, it is alleged, it controlled but
one. Stenger has lived in Kansas
City for twenty years.
The river press., 1902-11-12
4 Police Captain in Jail.

New YORK, Nov. lO.-Charged with
receiving money from disorder!y
house, former Police Captain Daniel
c. Moynihan was arrested today and
locked up in police headquarters.
For five hours he was confined in
cell in the building where short time
ago he was a familiar figure in the
uniform of the department.. Taken
before Magistrate Cornell in the
Tombs court, Moynihan was released
on $1,000 bail. The penalty for the
charge against Moynihan is ten years
impris onment or S. 900 fine, or both
The river press., 1902-11-12
Big Storm at Nome.

SEATTLE, Nov. 6.-.No less than
eight men were drowned, three vessels
driven ashore and practically every
lighter on Nome beach was wrecked
in a storm that commenced on Tues
day, Oct. IA, and continued through
the day. The facts are supplied by
Purser Robertson, OF the Ohio, who
arrived today.
A dozen or more people thrown in
the surf were saved by life saving
crews. The schooner Louise, steamer
Elk and launch Eleetwing were among
the larger craft wreck ked on the beach.
In each instance tL4 ,rews were rescued
or managed to reach the shore.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Lost in the Desert.

Ell PAso, Texas, Nov. 7.--After
wandering three days in the desert,
James Williams, Of Ell Paso, a we'll
known sporting man, formerly of
Pueblo, COL, died Of starvation and
exhaustion, and three miles from
Ysieta, Ell Paso county. He had wan
dered for 50 miles, travelling IN a cir
Gle. He strayed from hunting party
seeking antelope on Sunday. His
companions came to Ell Paso thinking
Williams had gone home by rail.
When he failed to return they EN-.
ployed an old chief who trailed on the
lost mans course till his body was
found in the sage brush.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Father Of the Pctrificd Man.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-John j. Samp-
son, the last survivor of the famous
"Carditf Giant humbug, died in this
city today. Mr.. Sampson had no part
in the exhibition of the giant, but as.
sisted in the making of the figure. He
was marble cutter and worked at his
trade in carving the giant. One of
his sons said today that his father
always said that the work was done in
barn located near Lincoln park, in
this city.
The river press., 1902-11-12

each state reservation will be shown
the economic plants produced in the
The corn of Kansas, the wheat of the
middle states, the cotton, tobacco and
sugar cane of the southern states. the
orange and pineapple CT Florida will
all be shown. Those plants which do
not grow in this latitude normally
will be forced under glass hotbeds.
Mr.. Spillman says that two acres
will be sufficient to carry out this
plan, allowing an acre 2OOx40O feet
This would make the state of Illinois
about Is feet long.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Gold Output Of Alaska.

WAsHlNGTON, Nov. 6.-Mr. Rob.
er,s. director Of the mint, tod ay made
nDblic his final statement Of the gold
outn1t of Alaska for the last 10
months. These figures. which are
based on the receipts at San Francis.
go, Seattle and Selby refinery, show a
total of SIS, 500 as follows. klon.
dixie Canadian J, sl3, obl, o9o. Nome.
81, ,00S,9 $50.
This total is something over 81, oO0,.
900 in excess Of the Alaska outpu: for
The river press., 1902-11-12
!. Garden Map Of the Country.

ST. LOUIS, Nov lO.-Space has been
allotted in the western part OF the
w orld's Fair grounds for a great
garden map of the United States. The
allotment was made upon the apple a.
tion Of W. J. SpiI!man. of the govern
ment department of agriculture, expert
in grasses and forage plants. The
map will constitute d part of the ex.
hbt of the bureau of plant industry
and will have a southern exposure
well suited for the purpose.
Two acres will be taken up with
this map. The state lines will be
marked by walks in cinders, red
gravel or some other material. Ia
The river press., 1902-11-12
Nebraska Goes Republican.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 1.-Complete
the state, with estimates on the re.
naming six, show tn at Mickey, repub-
lican, for governor is elected by $500.
The official count will not change this
800 votes either way. Tonight's 5 re-
turns make it positive that Mccarthy
in the Third district and Harris in the
Fifth district are elected to congress.
Both are republicans, giving tn at par
ty five of the six congressman from
Nebraska
The river press., 1902-11-12

the entire calendar year Of 1901, the
figures for hat year being $l4,675, ,675.
In the output for the last 10 months is
included $3.50, 900 expected to arrive
and $3.50, 900 expected from Nome.
The river press., 1902-11-12
To The PnlDlic.

Allow me to say a few words il
praise of Chamberlain s Cough Rene
dy. | had a very severe cough and
cold and feared l would get pneumo.
MIA, but after taking the second dose of
this medicine l felt better. Three bot
ties of it cured my cold and the pains
in my chest disappeared entirely T
am most respectfully yours for health,
Ralph S. Meyers, 64-Thirty- seventh
ST.. Wheeling, w. Va. For sale by
d. G.. Lockwood.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Colorado Legislature in Doubt.

DENVER, November ..-The incom.
ing egislature, according to the latest
returns, will be constituted as follows:
Senate-Democrats, -: repu blicans,
IL.
Rouse-Democrats %; repu blicans,
So.
Total on joint ballot-Democrats,
SO: republicans, A..
OF the democratic representatives II
are from Arapahoe county, and their
seats will be contested by the republic.
cans on the ground of frauds in regis.
tration and at the election. Repu bli.
can leaders declare that the whole
number will be unseated, thus making
the legislature heavily republican on
Joint ballot. 1t is declared by leading
democrats that if this course is adopt
ed by the republicans the democratic
senate will block the election Of a sen.
ator to succeed Senator Teller. Re.
pub.icans, however, say this would be
impossible.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Will Accept their Decision.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Col. Carroll
D. Wright and General John Wilson,
members Of the anthracite coal strike
commission, reported to the president
today that the individual operators in
the anthracite region had agreed to
abide by the findings Of the commits
sion and had so notified Judge Gray,
the chairman. President Roosevelt
was particularly pleased at this in.
form alton, as it tended materially to
simplify the problem which the COM
mission has to remove.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Snit Over Valuable Land,

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Nov. S.
The circuit court of appeals today re-
in the suit of Henry c. King Of New
York against Watkins and 500 other
defend ants, and new trial will be
had. This suit involved a title to
700, 900 acres of land in West Virgin.
ia, Kentucky and Virginia. The land
is valued at $l2 800, 900.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Received Wireless Message.

HALIFAX, N. s., Nov. 7.-Signor
Marconi received this evening brief
dispatch from his station at Poldhu,
COrnw which was entirely distinct.
This is the first full message that has
ever been received, the previous work
having been devoted to the transmits.
sion of a signal, the letter "S.''
The river press., 1902-11-12

that not a dollar was expended upon
the mine, although representation was
m ade to the contrary in his advertis-
ing matter.
The river press., 1902-11-12
Choteau County Election Returns, 1902

Jnot1irjaI. with four small precincts missing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25
Toy Flying Machines.

The newest thing in children's toys
is a flying machine. The fact that it
cannot fly doesn't affect either it's
name or its popularity. when they
can make toy fly" said some one
sagely, 1.-The time will be not far dis
tant when we shall be taking wing"
The little machine is modelled upon
the Santos-Dumont affair that actual
ly did go around the Eiffel tour in
midair, but the diminutive specimen
requires a string of wire to make it
travel. Some shops exhibited earlier
in the season a top flying machine,
which, inflated by gas, really made
an independent aerial fight, but this
was finally given up as unsafe. Make
believe, therefore, must still play
part in the successes of the nursery
flying machine, as it does very large
ly in that of the grown-up affair.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25

H. A. b. Kelly, of the real estate
board of brokers. has'on his hands the
task of writing an up-to-date descrip-
ton of the city of New York for the
benefit of a stranger in Santa Anna,
Cal, who is of an inquiring turn of
mind. The westerner took a some
what unusual method of preferring
this request. Mr.. Kelly was cracking
walnuts at dinner when one of the
nuts, which resisted his efforts for
some time, attracted his attention ON
account of it's peculiar whitish color.
Mr.. Kelly finally broke it open and
found in one-haf of the shell a note
on which was a request for descrip-
ZION of the place the finder lived in.
Mr. Kelly carefully preserves the let
ter, which he intends to answer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25
THE OLDEST MAN AGAIN.
by Noah Raby, Who Claims to
he 100 Years Old.

The claim of Martin Head, of Ma
poleon, O., 10 being the Oldest man in
the United States is not wen founded.
Noah Raby, of New Jersey, who is at
the Piscataway poor farm, located
near New Brunswick, claims to be be-
tween 1919 and $50 years old. The old
man was feeling wen and said that he
expected to live to be $50. In appear
ance Raby bears out his claim to his
great age. His form is bent almost
double and the wrinkles form an in
tricate network on his face. He was
born at Eatontown, n. c., on April l.,
IRE. For several months he worked
for blacksmith. Then he worked as
locktender at Norfolk and Ports
mouth, Va. He served on the old train
ing-ship Constitution for year, fol-
lowed by a term of service on the
Brandywine under Admiral Farragut
and after that worked in the Brooklyn
navy yard for three years.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25
ROMANCE AND MISERY.
Woman Dies In Howell at New York
who Was Once a Countess and
Moved in Highest Circles.

The death of Nine Adele Preveau,
which occurred in a miserable shelter
at New York which she called her
home, ends career of romance and
misery. She was born near Paris ~
years ago, and early in life married
the Count de Doreau, at that time
well known and high in official favor.
A dispute in a famous Paris club
over a gambling debt resulted in a
duel, and the count was killed. The
Young widow married Henri Pre-
veau, who came to this country to
live. The young couple moved in the
highest circles in Washington and
were received in the diplomatic set.
Later Mr.. Preveau came to New
York. 1t was here that Mr.. Preveau
died.
His widow inherited from him con-
siderable property, but the fund dis
appeared and the old lady, driven to
the last resort of poverty, made APP
plication to a poor house. From this
she was taken by a negro woman,
and it was in the house of this wom-
an that she died.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25
THE SPINE HOME OF THE SOUL
Professor mt Ann Arbor University
Declares He Has Proven This
by Experiments.

Prof. Lombard, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, instructor of physiology in the
University of Michigan, believes that
he has located the dwelling place of
the soul in the spinal column He
has arrived at this conclusion after
many months of experiments with
frogs.
Results of the last two days experi-
ments seem to demonstrate that death
through the medium of the brain
does not terminate the control of
the muscles. Thursday the professor
produced before his class live frog,
from which he removed the brain.
1t was then suspended by its under
jaw. An hour later drop of acetic
acid was touched to its foot. In
stantly the frog began to jerk and
twitch to get away from the stings
of the acid. Twenty-four hours later,
tiny bit of filter paper saturated
with the acid was placed against the
body The frog kicked with both
legs and dislodged the paper. Placed
upon is back, the paper was shaken
off. kvery time it was placed on
any part Of the body the legs sent it
flying.
Prof. Lombard calls this activity
reason movements" and win con-
tinue the experiments for the pur-
pose of ascertaining how far the
reasoning instinct may go.