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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Medical Fakirs Convicted.

DETROIT, Dec. 22.-Doctors Jas. NJ.
PEBBLES, Walter T. Bobo and Charles
NJ. Green. of the Peoples Institute of
Health, Battle Greek. Mich, were con-
victed by jury in the United States
district court here today of violating
the postal laws. a 3O.day stay Of
proceedings was granted. 1t was
charged that the advertisements of
their ''mental cure" by mail !or all
sorts OF ills, constituted an attempt to
obtain money by fraud.
During the trial Bobo testified that
he believed PEBBLES had healing power
like that of Jesus Christ, only that the
doctors power was not SO potent.
Bobo admitted that if a patient at a
distance managed to secure PEBBLES
signed instructions and followed them
faithfully, the cure would not be effec.
tive i the patient had not paid a fee
OF ST.. It is said that the Peoples
institute had been doing a Aourishipx
business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Charged With High Treason.

LONDON. Dec. l9.-The grand jury
summoned to consider the indictment
of Colonel Arthur Lynch, member of
parliament for Galway. who was ar.
rested June II on the charge of high
treason in connection with the part he
took in the South African war, where
he Is alleged to have comm anded the
Irish brigade, returned true bill to.
day against the defendant. The lord
chief justice, Baron Alverstone, in
charge OF the jury, remarked that it
was sixty.two years since a grand
jury had to deal with such charge,
which was the highest crime known in
law. Colonel Lynch's trial with the
bar Is expected to begin January 20.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
4l'--e-~e
Ruuseyelt May be Arbitrator.

Nv WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-psesitle
i.oosevelt has proposed to the allied
powers that the Venezuelan dispute Be
submitted to the arbitration OF The
Hague tribunal. The powers have re-
piled with i counter proposal that
President Roosevelt himself arbitrate
the issues.
These We're the Developments over
night in the Venezuelan matter and
they seem to justify the prediction
made that the critical point has been
passed. President Roosevelt does not
wish to act as arbitrator in this dis.
pute, for, as It is felt here, he would
be at once Judge, jury and constable
and would be under moral obligation
to execute his own Judgment. The
president feels that q reference to
the Hague tribunal would vastly
strengthen the cause of arbitration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Aged Pioneers NJ urdcred

SPOKANE, Dec. 2l.-Judge j. A.
Lewis, q pioneer Is years old, and his
aged wife were murdered Friday night
in cold blood by unknown robbers
who, after struggle, Drained the old
man with an ak and then murdered the
wife by beating her to death with a
club. The tragedy occurred near AL.
mira, Lincoln county.
The double murder was coolly
planned. The object was doubtless
robbery, as the judge was worth $50.
600 or $4,000, and was supposed to
have money in his safe. The theory
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Want Increase iii Wages.

ST. PAUL. Dec. POW ithin week
all railroad lines doing business
between the twin cities and Chicago
and points ia the southwest will be
formally asked by organized commit
tees for an increase OF 20 per cent in
wages. The request will come from
the railway t:ainmen, which includes
Drakemen, conductors, train lagmen.
etc., OF both the freight aud passen.
get service. The lines leading from
~ Paul to the Pacific coast, or in
ottNr words, the lines commonly
k1saNn Us ''northern lines" 1" will not
figure in the proposition, at least not
for the present.
The rate Of pay for trainmen on the
Pacific coast lines IL already much
higher than that of the western and
southern lines, and this fact will grant
the northern lines immunity from petit
ttons for the time being. The addi-
tlonul cost of living and the reduced
purchasing power OF a dollar under
present high prices is given Us the
reason for the demand for higher wag.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Starvation in New York.

NEw York, Dec. 18.-Jacob Buth.
ren, 81 years old, has been removed to
q hospital in Brooklyn, from his
home, where he was found lying
alongside the dead body OF his brother
Michael, q years old. who 10 sup.
posed to have died of starv alton.
The two men kept q little shoe chop
and did not mix with the neighbors.
For two weeks nothing had been
seen or heard Of the brothers. A
neighbor, becoming alarmed, notified
the police, who made an examination
with the result stated. When Buthren
reached the hospital the doctors said
they had never seen such complete
emaciation. His recovery is doubtful.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Rescued From SnOwdrifts.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 22.-Fifty pas.
sengers on train No. 3O2 on the Bur.
lington, running from Deadwood to
Denver, were buried beneath ten feet
of snow for Il hours. They were res
cued last night after ten hours work,
by q relief force sen: from Sidney,
Neb. The relief force numbered fifty
persons. The little town of Mercer,
Neb., was the home of the snow bound
travellers for ten hours. The place is
only cluster Of about ten houses and
shanties and the train was Obliged to
remain beneath the snow until aid
could be secured from Sidney Is miles
away.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Senator Mason's Plan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. : Senator
Mason, of Illinois, who has been re.
markably quiet since Representative
Hopkins was marked as his successor,
has come to the front again. This
time he has bill which he promises
to Introduce in the senate within day
or two, giving the president of the
United States authority to seize and
operate coal mines. The bill pro.
vides that whenever a coal mine ia
not being operated the attorney gener
al may apply In circuit court in the
district in which the mine is located
for a receiver to operate the mine,
and this receiver may proceed to keep
the public supplied with coal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Boer Settlers for the West.


DENVER, Dec. 18.--Nearly 5000
Beers, it is said. are preparing to
"trek" to America and will settle in
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
The representative of this movement
is General Lamuel Pearson, late quar-
termaster general of the South African
republic, whose headquarters are in
New York. Colorado friends of the
Beers have been in communication
with the general in regard to suitable
lands for settlers and General M. NJ.
De Villiers. who is now looking over
the lands, has expressed himself as
very favorably impressed with this
state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Passes Pure Food Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l9.--The house
today passed the pure food bill by q
vote of - to II. There was not a
quorun present, but that point was
not raised by the opponents of the
measure. The bill prohibits the in
production into ANY state, or the Dis.
trict Of Colum bia, FROM any state or
territory, or from any foreign coun.
try, or any shipment to any foreign
country. OF any article OF food Or drug
which il adu.leia.ea or mishrandcd.
The above prohibition l. made to an
ply 10 anyone shipping, getting or
selliu@ within the regions named, amy
such food that II aduteratcd Arli-
cles 50 shipped are subject 70 conlisca.
tiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
A Mad Rush for Coal.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 2O.-A crowd OF sew.
eral hundred people broke through the
door Of the Northwestern Fuel Com.
pany's Robert street office today after
a remarkably three hours rush for
coal, savagely biting a clerk who
acted a. doorkeeper. and admitted
only one customer at time. The
company had received a few hundred
tons OF coal, which was disposed OF
in single ton cash orders at SS. IS. AT
ter breaking into the Office police had
to be called and order was restored
with difficulty.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Subscribers for the COmmouer.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 22.-The Jeffer.
son J Jackson-Lincoln league, a state
organization, today decided to secure
400 subscribers to Mr.. Bryan's Com.
moner, the money SO raised to be pre-.
sented in lieu OF fee for speech to
be delivered In this city by Mr.. Bryan
early in January. 1t is claimed that
Mr.. Bryan will not accept payment Of
money for any speeches before this
club, but that the subscription scheme
ts entirely satisfactory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
ROOSEVELT As ARBITRATOR.
President Prefers That veuesueleu Die.
pute BE settled By others.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The Unitsd
States government 10 awaiting the 70.
ceipt Of formal answers from the sl.
lied governments 70 the president's
last suggestion that the Venezuelan
dispute be referred TO The Hague trib.
unal. Thus far these responses have
not come. but It 10 pretty we'll under.
stood that they will hold for the arbi.
tration Of President Roosevelt him.
self. Signs point to the presidents
ultimate acceptance ofthe trust, though
nothing positive is yet known on this
point.
The state department has learned
that President Castro would welcome
the selection Of President Roosevelt
as arbitrator and as all the parties
interested are united the pressure will
be hard to resist.
Opinion varies as to the Termination
OF the blockade Of the Venezuelan
ports. In some quarters 1t is assumed
that If President Roosevelt accepts the
duty Of arbitrator, the allies will call
off the blockade at once. On the other
hand, 1t Is pointed out that custom re.
quires the terms of the arbitration to
be accurately defined and this will
consume some time pending which the
blockade will continue.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24

land Gold Mining company, asking
for one.sixth interest in the ore which
has been shipped since the date Of dis.
covery. The mine has produced ap.
proximately $4,000, 900, and at the
ruling market price Of the stocks 10
selling At 5000, SO that the claim
amounts to 81, ,000, 900 against the Port.
land estate. The suit is brought upon
practically the same grounds as those
upon which Jas. Doyle obtained iudg.
ment Of 950O, 900 in the district court
at Council Bluffs, la, several months
ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
CASTRO HAS HAD ENOUGH.
President Of Venezuela seeks Arbitra.
ti0u Through American Minister.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-President
Castro has clothed Minister Bowen
with full powers to effect settlement
with Great Britain, Germany, aud
Italy. Mr.. Bowen simply awaits the
consent OF the state department to as
sumo this task, assuming that the ma.
tions named are willing that he shalt
undertake this work. It is believed
that the critical phase Of the Venezue-
Ian situation !s passed.
Whether the consent of the powers
to arbitration be obtained, it is said,
depends entirely upon the sufficiency
OF any guarantee that can be given
for the faithful discharge by President
Castro Of any obligations he may as.
sumo as the result Of Mr.. Bowen's e:.
forts. The allies feel that they must
be assured against the consequences
of another revolution and the repudi.
alton by the president who may follow
Castro.
The efforts to induce the United
States government to act as q guar.
antee, it Is safe, will not succeed, and
1t is beginning to appear that there is
likely to be mixed commission APP
pointed to receive all Venezuelan cus-
toms and setting apart a certain por.
tion for the maintenance OF the Vene.
zuelan government, disburse the re.
mainder among the powers until their
obligations shall be met.
The government of France has not
entered the field as an active party in
the trouble. The French government
has served notice upon the govern.
ments of Great Britain, Germany and
Italy, and by way of information, has
also told Secretary Hay that any pro-
vision made for the settlement of the
claims against Venezuela must recog.
nize the pre-eminence of the French
claims.
France has received assurances
from the other governments named
that any arrangements made would
provide for the security of the French
interests in the Venezuelan customs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Held lpu Crowd.

CODY, Wyo., Dec. PA great sen.
sation was created here last evening
by hold-up ia one of the principal
saloons. Twenty persons were in
Primm's Cody Exchange when two
masked men suddenly appeared and
commanded ''hands up" and the
crowd was lined up, facing the wall.
Two spectators escaped BY the back
door and this caused them TO work
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Farmers May Combine.

LINCOLN, Dec. % 2222--Representatives
from all the farmers cooperative
grain associations will meet in Lin.
coin next month to organize into a
state body. 1t is likely that within
another year fifty of such organiza.
tlons will be effected. The grain buy
crs over the state, SO it is alleged by
the farmers, have organized them-
selves into u state association which
tends to compel the farmers to accept
weights and prices that do not seem
lust.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Twenty Victims OF Wreck.

MARTINEZ, CAL. Dec. 2l.-As q re.
suit Of the rear end collision between
the Stockton "ayer" and the ''owl''
train on the Southern Pacific at Byron
last night, l6 deaths have already
been recorded and there are indica.
tions that the total will soon be raised
to ~. Most of the wounded passen.
gers who were too severely injured to
be taken to their homes were taken ia
the Southern Pacific hospital at San
Francisco today and on the way to
that place five victims died,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Railroad Irrigation Scheme.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. ia
special from Montreal says: Among
the improvements proposed at the ex.
ecutive meeting of the Canadian Pa.
citic today il a proposition for the ir.
rigation of two and half millions
acres of semi.arid lands between Cal.
gary and Medicine Hat. The expense
will be enormous, water being con.
veyed from the Bow river to the plain
at cost Of $3 an acre. The plan
promises success.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
he Was a Wealthy pauper.

TORONTO, Dec. l8.-Ely Lyman, a
Jew who begged for admission to the
general hospital on Saturday is dead.
An examination OF his clothing result.
ed in finding scrip " nth 83l 90. 9th.
err papers showed him to be worth
probably 100000. For twenty years
he has slept in sheds and stables. He
sold papers and begged. His heirs
are his wife and a daughter, living it
is thought, in San Francisco.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
THEY WANT SECURITY.
Creditors Of Venezuelan Government De,
maud Guarantee Of Payment.

nay mas received partial responses
from Great Britain, Germany and
Italy respecting the proposal to arbi'
trate the Venezuelan difficulties.
Great Britain favors arbitration with
proper safeguards, Germany accepts
In principle but fiuds many small ad.
justments necessary before entering
into the agreement; Italy favors arbi.
tration but probably will be bound by
the action Of the larger powers. To
secure these results the American EN-.
bassies at London, Berlin aud Rome
have been working energstically to
carry out the instructions Of Secre.
tary Hay to ascertain how the pro.
posal would be received.
As far As England IL concerned the
safeguards referred to are believed to
relate to q question of guarantee,
which is full of difficulties. In this
connection some consideration ia
again being given to the feasibility OF
the assumption of responsibility, tor
any award assessed against Venezue.
Ia, by responsible private agencies,
but the United States government is
determined not to allow itself to be
drawn into the position of guarantor.
With this case for precedent once
established, it might require US to be-
come the financial hacker of all South
and Central America.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
A WIRELESS SUCCESS.
After Several Attempts Message II Sent
Across the Atlantic,

HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 2l.-After
eight experiments conducted with
the greatest secrecy, Marconi an.
nounces that he has solved the prob.
lem OF wireless trans.oceanic com.
munication and has successfully trans.
mitted wireless messages from the
shores of Canada to the coast Of Eng.
land. The formal announcement OF
this achievement was made by the In.
ventor today when he stated that wire
less messages had been successfully
transmitted and forwarded from the
governor general Of Canada to King
Edward VII, Of Great Britain and to
the king Of Italy.
DR.. Geo. r. Parkin, principal Of the
Upper Canada college, trustee Of the
Rhodes scholarships, was present
when one of the successful tests was
made.
Prior to December 1901, the greatest
distance covered by wireless telegra.
ply scarcely exceeded 100 miles.
Early in that year Marconi visited
New Foundland aud from Signal hill
commenced experiments with Corn.
wall, England, and on December 18th
and 18th OF that year faint signals of
the letter rs" repeated several times
were caught several times by ear only
with the aid of telephones. Later on
Marconi, on board the steamship
Philadelphia, bound for America, sue.
ceeded in establishing communication
with Cornwall, /; distance of o,1OO
miles. Trans oceanic messages also
were received on board the Italian
warship Carlo Alberto, while the YES.
sci lay at anchor ia Sydney harbor.
on October 3lst, and since then Mar
conf has been perfecting the appara-
tus ~ Table Head He met with in
Vulnerable difficulties there, but at
lait lie succeeded in sending trans.
Q .tn.c wireless messages from Can
ada 10 Cornwall, a distance OF 300
miles.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24

10 that the terrible crime was commit.
ted by some visitor who came on a
pretended business errand, as the safe
was found open and had evidently
bsen unlocked BY Mrs. Lewis, AZ she
alone was able to work the combina.
tton. The hand Of the judge, palsied
with age, was unable to turn the tum.
blers SUCCESSFULLY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24
Sui, for Three Millions.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. Isl. D.
O'aaire, one OF the original locators
Of the Portland mine a. Cripple Creek,
today filed suit in the district court
against James +. Burns and the Port.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1902-12-24

quickly. They plundered the roulette
wheel, but left the bar register un.
touched. They secured several hun.
dred dollars and 90 far have escaped
A deputy sheriff was among the mum.
ber held up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-04
THE SHAME OF THE AGE.

The greatest shame and outrage of
outrages and shames is probably the
pension robbery perpetrated in 1902
upon the tax payers generally, the
south having to shoulder its end of the
log to pay the fellows who invaded and
devastated and robbed, as we'll as the
and never faced a gray coat" 1t is
nearly thirty-seven years since the
cruel, devilish war ended. There are now
some n million of pension seekers
when in honor there could not be over
one-fourth of this number but for the
republican demagogues in the congress
who pass such villainous laws. The
pay now is $14O,O O0, 900 a year. 1t has
been even higher. The New York
World says:
The increase in the number of pen
sioners since 1875, ten years after the
end of the war-when General Garfield
said the high-water mark heen reached
lis 762, 914. And the increase in the cost
within the same time has been s110. 900,
900.
And because Commissioner Evans
sought to enforce the liberal laws in a
name to defeat fraud and to protect
the treasury he is to be promoted: out
Of office:
General Garfield said that in no case
should the pensions yer exceed s31, 900,
600 a year. and General Grant held that
S29.0 900, 900 should be the limit. Mind yor
tina was thirty years ago, soon after
the barbaric war ended. The other day
in two or three hours some Els pensions
were passed by the congress. OF course
they did not now the merits of the
claimants, and probably did not care tc
know.
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nished il shown herein from ofnciai
records TO have been over 23,OoO anu
fun one-hfth of the total force OF the
Confederacy. The losses OF this state
were over 1900 by death on the battle
field or from wounds, being the largest
loss sustained by any southern state
Though North Carolina furnished e
Nfth OF the troops. IL also appears that
instead of one-ffth OF the General off,
GERS being appointed from this state o
oue-thfrd Of the pro rata, which was
here. due received the promotion they
so well deserved"
We state that General Lee more than
once was urgent TO secure promotions
for able North Carolinians. We have
high authority for saying that General
Lee. a day after General Pender's death,
sail TO a personal friend OF this writer.
that General Fender had never held
his proper rank. He should have been
one of my corps commanders Turn
to his report OF Pender's death and YOU
will see terms applied of admiration and
showing his appreciation of the soldier
such as he never applied TO any other
Confederate save only General Stone
wall Jackson. Commodore Maury
said General Pettigrew OF all men was
the best qualified 10 succeed General
Lee in case OF his death occurring. But
General Lee was Urgent bur was over
ruled at Richmond. President Davis
was not partial to North Carolina. But
our space is up. Judge Clark's Conclud-
ing word. are full of pathos and beauty.
They i a not be overlooked here:
The youngest who wore the gray
have crossed the crest of the narrow
ridge that divides two great oceans and
already, like Balboa, they have deserted
from the western slope the wide waste
of waters which reaches beyond the
sunset. Not many years shall pass ere
the last OF those who olloWe ed the for
tunes of Lee and Jackson. of Johnston
and Forrest shall have set sail OF that
shoreless sea, and the last football of
the tread OF the old Confederate regi-
ments whose march shook a Continent
shall be echoing in eternity. Then
these volumes Will preserve to a distant
posterity the memory OF a courage and
a patriotism and a spirit of ~self-Sacra-
flee which our sons should not willing
ly let die.
My comrades, to nave been deemed
worthy of labor for you and with o IS
honor enough for any man. To one and
all i give my thanks for you great pa
tience and your ~unfailing courtesy"
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