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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Funds for Monument.

Ii Canton, S. D., Oct. 21.-The subscrip-
-tion lists which We're recently started
-out for the purpose of soliciting funds
for a $4,000 monument to be erected in
the court house square in this city to
the memory of the soldiers of the civil
war are being freely signed by all
classes and it is probable that the
necessary amount will be raised with
little difficulty. The monument is to
be completed within the next year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Off With Dowie.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 21.-South
dakota is not without representation
an the Dowie crusade to New York city,
the representatives being M. H. Die
bold and his daughter, Miss Myrtle,
who were formerly well known resi-
dents of Big Stone.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Has a Car Famine.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 21.-According
gto reports which have been received
sfrom some Of the smaller towns in this
spart Of the state, the grain dealers are
Experiencing difficulty in securing cars
sfast enough to keep their elevators
eclear for the receipt of grain brought
Fin by farmers. At Wentworth for sew
seral days grain came in in such guam
Stities that the buyers could not handle
eit. Had they been able to get cars this
would not have been the case. After
aithey had filled all available space they
were compelled to cease buying grain.
About the time the elevators We're full
9TH market began to fall and when grain
had dropped several cents a bushel
they began to receive cars, and, as a
result, We're compelled to ship al low
-pricee grain that had been purchased
sat a high price.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
The Cup Defender Launched.

BRISTOL, r. l., April ll.-With the
American eagle at her bow, the cup
defender Reliance was launched at the
Herreshoff works just before sundown
today. Five hundred persons stood
beside the glistening underbody of the
yacht when at 5:3l o'clock this AFTER
noon, Cora Iselin, daughter of G.
Oliver 1selin, managing owner of the
boat, broke with a sturdy blow of
silver hammer, the traditional bottle
OF champagne, saying at the same
time:
II christen thee Reliance, and may
God bless thee.'
Laurel wreaths and punches of pinks
tied with red and black ribbons, the
racing colors of Mr.. Iselin, were fes.
tooned forward and as the acht slowly
drew out OF the shop, the American
yacht ensign was raised astern with
Mr.. Iselin's private signal amidships,
and colors of the New York Yacht
club at the bow. Three thousand per-
sons in steam yachts, rowboats, on
the two piers and back on the street
behind the shops, greeted the initial
plunge of the Reliance with lusty
cheers. while bugIer on torpedo
boat played the ''Star Spangled Ban
ner.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
British Warships in Collision.

NEW YORK, April l0.-News, which
the British admiralty has seen fit to
suppress, says the London representa-
tive of the Herald, is just reaching
England to the effect that during the
recent maneuvers of the Mediterranean
fleet repetition of the disaster by
which the Victoria was rammed and
sunk by the Camperd own, with terrible
loss OF life. was narrowly averted.
1t appears that during com bined ma
neuvers the Bulwark, Sir Domilles'
flagship, collided with the Formida BILE.
The armor plates of the Formid able
were seriously damaged and the cost
OF dry blocking and repairing the ship
is stated to be $780, 900.
Directly after the collision a notice
was placed upon the lowar deck of the
commander.in-chief's flagship, fol-
lowed by similar intimation on the
Formid able, forbidding all on board
to communicate with any one on the
subject. Mem bers of the crew were
further ordered not to allude to the
collision IN their letters to England.
Both the Bulwark and the Formid able
are the latest type of the British bat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
A Record Breaker.

NEW YORK, April l0.-The heaviest
week tina the immigration bureau at
Ellis island has ever had in April and
the record ten days for the first part
of April ended today, with the land
ing and shipping to other places Of
38,O76 immigrants since April l The
record of last year for the first ten
days of April was 26, 789. Today alone
there are 1918 immigrants in port to
be landed, OF which number it has
been arranged to take away today
1866, leaving 3,2l0. A ship load is
to be landed tomorrow. Commission
er Williams said that there are but
few immigrants being detained and a
very small percentage ordered de-
ported. The class of those arriving
Is above the average regarding educa-
ton. A large majority of them 20 at
oncesto the west and northwest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Will Fight the Packers.

DENVER, April "a meeting of
livestock men has been held in Denver
with representative men present from
a dozen states west of the Mississippi
river, in response to call IN ade by
President John w. Springer of the
National Livestock association of the
United States, who gives the latest
information concerning the opposi-
tion to the packing house combine.
"It was determined,' said Mr..
Springer, "to fight the packers all
along the line and to prevent the pro-
posed merger for $500, 100000. Ar
rangements were made to organize a
new line of packing houses under
pledges from all the big cattle pro-
ducers to stand by the new packing
houses if built, The federal govern
ment only awaits another move to
prosecute criminally the officers of the
combine, as proposed, for disc bed ience
of an injunction of the federal court
at Chicago and all states stand ready
to suppress the unlawful cons piracy
against interstate commerce..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
The MOrOS Defeated.

MANILA, April 10.-Captain Persh-
ing's force captured Bacolod, Island
of Mindanao, Wednesday, killing 100
Moros and wounding many others.
Three Americans were wounded.
Perishing's force consisted of Shaw
battalion of the Twenty ty-seventh in.
fantry, Kilpatrick's troop of the Fiji
teenth cavalry and Chachuair's bat
terry.
Pershing was surveying the West
Shore land when the Bacolodians op-
posed his advance and provoked the
fight. Pershing's force surrounded
and attacked the stronghold, first
shelling them, and rushing his troops
forward, charged gallantly. After
crossing a deep moat and entering the
fort the Americans eng aged the Moros,
bayonets against krisses. A hundred
of the defenders were killed, including
the Datto of Pan anadungan and many
were wounded. Only three Americans
were wounded. After the capture of
the fort it was destroyed.
The Bacolod leaders and the ma
jority of the people of that district
had been hostile to the Americans and
encouraged attacks on American
camps. They rejected the tender of
friendship. 1t is expected that the de-
feat of the Bacolodians will result in
all the Moros acknowledging Ameri.
can sovereignty. Pershing's column
is going to Parahue, which is also
hostile.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Montana Sapphircs the Best.

SPOKANE, WASH, April 9.-The
output Of the English sapphire syndi-
cate from its Yogo, Mont, mines for
the past year was 100000 karats, an
increase of more than oLe-half over
any other year.
This is the statement of George
Stenfel, Of Londun, England, one of
the members of the syndicate, who is
on the coast on a sightseeing trip.
Mr.. Stenfel is returning home after
visiting Yogo and arranging for the
working of the mines to thei. fall ca
pacity this year. He arrived in the
city yesterday and will go to Vancou-
yer, 8. c., where he has friends, and
from there will go to Montreal and
sail for England. Besides being one
OF the heaviest owners in the Montana
sapphire mines, Mr.. Stenfel is also in.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
impossible to see signal lights. Wis.
ker will be a witness. He will tell for
the first time his own story of the dis
aSter
Raising Spanish Warships.

MANILA, April l3.-The warship
Reina Christina, flagship of Admiral
MoDtejo, which was sunk by Admiral
Dewey, was hoated and beached yes.
terday. The skeletons of about 80 of
her crew were found in the hulk. One
skeleton as evidently that of an oficer,,
for it had sword by it's side. There
are 10 shell holes in the hull of the
Relna Christina, one made by an
eight-inch, and others smaller. The
main injecting valve is missing. show
ing that the ship was scuttled when
abandoned. The hull is in fair con-
dition.
Captain Coudert, commanding the
station at Cavite, took charge OF the
remains OF the sailors, expressing q
desire to give them an Americ an naval
funeral. The Spanish residents are
anxious, however, to ship the skele-
tons to Spain, and it is suggested tha
the transport Summer convey them to
Spain by the way of the Suez canal in
June.
A wrecking company is endeavor-
ing to raise all the sunken Spanish
warships.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
1mIni grafton to the Northwest,

ST. JOHNS, N. B., April l2.-The
steamer Lake NJ Manitoba, with the Barr
party of British immigrants on board
docked today. This afternoon the
first trainload OF Immigrants start
ed for Saskatoon, in the north
west, and another followed tonight. 1t
has been stated that in every township
founded a quarter section will be given
by the Canadian government to IA Cam
adlan or American who may be ac.
qualnted with the best methods of
working the land, to serve as instruc-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Disastrous Train Wreck,

HALIFAX, N. S., April l2--Four
persons dead, two fatally hurt, lat least
one missing and several others slight
ly injured, is the record of a head on
collision on the Inter.Colonial rail-
way, which occurred just before mid
night last night near Windsor juno
tion, II miles from Halifax. The
poles and telegraph lines along the
roadside were wrecked and this city
was cut off from communication with
the outside world for hours. The
trains in collision were a Canadian
Pacific railway express from Montreal
and Boston for Halifax and a fast
freight from Halifax for Montreal. i.
The conductor and engineer of the
freight had orders to take the siding
at Windsor Junction and let the ex-
press cross, but for some unknown
reason Engineer Copeland of the
freight ran past the junction on the
main line and met the express two
miles beyond. Itis thought that Cope
land may have lost control of his
train, which was made up Of - cars.
The freight was running % miles an
hour and the express, which was two
hours late, was travelling about forty.
five miles an hour.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Work on CrcVasse Abandoned.

New ORLEANS, La, April lO.-Hope
of repairing the Hymela crevasse was
practically abandoned Yesterday. All
day d terrible current swept around
the broken ends of the cribbing and
through the 700 feet, undermining the
light piling which it had taken thir-
teen days and nights to build \ del
egation of the crevasse committe came
to the city Yesterday and made pur-
chase of polling, which will be sent
forward today. 1t was considered,
however, that not one chance in a
thousand to close the crevasse re-
mains.
The leyee board has practically
reached the and of its resources and
the planters are calling away their
hands in order to build protecting
levees about their places. The wealth
er bureau expressed the belief that
high water will continue in the lower
region for three or four weeks. The
guage here today was pol.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Paid Their Fines.

KANSAS CITY, April l2.-:The five
Missouri packing companies which
were fined SIS, 900 each on Nj arch 20 for
violation Of the antitrust law, through
their attorneys, have mailed to the
state supreme court a draft for $27, =
1876 10 payment of fines and costs Incl
dent to the action against them. The
firms are the Armour Packing com
pany, Cudahy Packing company,
Hammond Packing company, Swift &
Company, aud Schwarzchid & Sulz-
berger. The charge was made that
the defendants had failed to obey the
antitrust law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
MASSACRE AyERTED.
Quick Action by U. S. Naval Commander r
Prevents Wholesale Slaughter,

WASHINGTON, April l3.-The quick
action and common sense reatment of
a critical situation by an American
naval officer in China recently, saved
the foreign residents in the province
Of Kwan Tung, along the east bank of
the Canton river, from falling victims
to plot which, while directed pri-
mariIy against the Manchrian dynas.
ty, inevitably would have culmin ated
in an attack on the foreign population
This attack was averted by precau.
tionary measures taken by Command
er F. J. Drake, commanding the U.
S. steamship Monterey, with the as.
sistance of the English gunboats, Sand
Piper and Britanic, the French gum
boat Avalanche, and the German tug
Shameen.
Hearing that force of rebels at
Hung Chun Fuk, had planned an at
tack on the viceroy and Chinese off,
cials at Canton during the celebration
OF the Chinese new year during the
night Of January %, Commander
Drake prepared to defend the foreign
residents. An armed force of 5000
men had entered Canton surreptitious-
ly several days before he learned the
news, and were hiding with sympa-
thizers. AS most of the foreigners
and official representatives OF the va
rious nations reside in Shameen, Com.
mander Drake first completed his plan
of defense for this section and then to
allay the excitement which prevailed,
he officially informed the consulate
and Chinese officials Of his prepara-
tions and advised the commanders of
the English, German and French gun
boats of the line of action to be pur-
sued in case Shameen Island was at.
tackled. The foreign commanders Of
fered their cooperation and plans
were perfected to meet any trouble
that developed, whether on the island
or on water.
Many arrangements were made that
night, in which some pompradores
were implicated and large amounts OF
stores were seized in houses aud shops
in Fong Chun and Fates, opposite
Shameen. Many indications of the
attack were found, and the officials
egreed tn at the rebels abandoned their
plot only because of Comm mander
Drake's discovery and his prompt
precautionary measures.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Will Dc Tried for Manslnughtcr.

NEW York, April 13.--Jchn II.
Wisker, engine driver of the White
Plains local, which crashed in:o the
New Haven local train in The Park
avenue tunnel in February Of last
year, causing the loss of II lives, will
be called to trial on charge of mau
slaugter in the criminal branch OF the
supreme court on Wednesday.
Counsel for Wisker says the fight on
the case will be one OF the most Stub
born IN a c, criminal conrt. It was
learned that wi ii RS cuui.~,I ~lll TRY
to show that t;,r ayr .tl,rs ., the y "
York Central cun'pau\ oluu:u lave
been indicted.
He will call every one Of the direct
ors. 1t will be shown by experts tn at
trains have been run at full speed in
the tunnel on foggy days, when it was
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Will Appeal to Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Depart.
ment of justice officials, while having
no authoritative information on the
subject, have little doubt tn at an ap-
peal in the Northern Securities case
will be taken to the supreme court
very soon. Under the law the defen-
dants are allowed sixty days in which
to appeal, but in view of the fact that
counsel for the Securities company
have all along worked in harmony
with the government in expediting the
disposition of the case, it is assumed
tn at this policy will be continued and
the matter brought to the supreme
court at the earliest practicable date.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Shamrock III, is Fast.

WEYMOUTH, April 9.--Over 80
mile course, Is miles to the leeward
and 10 miles to the windward, Sham
rock Ill. today defeated Shamrock /.
by II minutes and 25 seconds. Hith-
erto the challenger had shown weak
ness down wind but today it proved
as good on this point of sailing as on
any other, and better on all points
than it had heretofore shown itself
Over ten mintues on the run out from
the turning point at Lulworth Cove
and over seven minutes on the beat
home were the challenger's gain over
the older boat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Immigrants for Montana,

MILES CITY, April l3.-Former Cow
ernor John Lind of Minnesota was in
Miles City today with party of men
who are here to look up tract OF gov
ernment and railroad land to accom-
moda a settlement of 300 families of
Scandinavians, and as these families
average about eight to the family, it
means a community OF about $500
people to BE- added to Custer or Daw.
son county.
The field of inves,ig alton and recon-
naisance is the north side of the Vel.
|owSt"ne, working down stream from
Mil 8 City, and the party, consisting
Of Gov Lind, G. j. Swanson, of Min
neapolis, and NJ. l.. Fox of Aberdeen,
S. D., have started on their tour of
investig alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Against the Merger.

ST. PAUL, April 9.--The United
States circuit court of appeals today
at noon handed down a decision in the
suit OF the United States against the
Northern Securities company. enjoin-
ing the company from voting the Stock
OF the Great Northern or Northern
Pacific railroad companies, but allow
ing the return of such stock as had
been delivered to the holding COM
pany. The opinion was UNANIMOUS,
all four judges concurring, but the
opinion was written by Judge Thay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
"A l2-lnch Gun on the Battleship Iowa
Exploded With Serious Results.

PENSACOLA, Fla, April "a dis.
astrous explosion occurred on the
battleship Iowa while the vessel was
at target practice in the gulf. The
forward port l2-inch gun burst from
the premature explosion Of shell, II
feet OF the piece outside the turret be-
ing demolished. Three men were
killed and five injured, two seriously.
The men killed and injured were on
the second or gun deck at mess. Three
pieces of the exploded gun, each
weighing over ton, passed down
ward through the spar deck, falling
upon the men at mess, instantly kill
ing the three named. All the mcn
were horribly mutilated.
The heavy missiles, after passing
through the gun deck, continued on to
the third deck, where they came in
contact with the armored deck, the
heavy steel bringing them ito a stop,
thus saving the engineer and firemen
who were at work below.
AltnOugh the upper decks were GOV.
cred with men, no one there was seri-
ously injured.
The Iowa was steaming along at a
speed OF II knots an hour, when Lieu
tenant Reid, in charge of the forward
l2-inch turret, gave orders to load
and fire. The time fuse was cut for
the range, the piece charged, the
breech closed and the word given to
fire. Following the report of the gun
there was smothered noise as the
shell exploded midway in the gun and
pieces of the bursted gun and shell
were scattered broadcast. Three great
holes were torn through the deck.
The Mass achusetts, six miles dis
tance, was signalled for aid and one
of the cutters put off with surgeon
and assistant surgeons. The injured
men were taken to the hospital and
their injuries dressed. The dead were
brought to Pens acola.
Some claim the explosion was caus.
ed by defective shell and others
think that the frequent firing of the
pieces at Culebra during the winter,
added to the work done here during
the past three days, so strained the
piece that the force of the eh arge burst
the gun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
pOSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION
Postmaster General Payne Makes State
rnent in Regard to Inquiry.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Postm asst
er General Payne this evening gave
out statement in which he announced
that the Investigate of the postoffice
department will be continued and hat
parties found guilty of wrong doing
will be summarily dealt with. The
statement is as follows:
During the months of January and
FEBRUARY reports reached me, which
deemed it for the public interest to in-
vestigate, and to personally gather
such information and facts as would
enable the postoffice department to
undertake thorough investigation as
to the truth or falsity of these reports.
l directed Fourth Assistant Postmast.
er Brlstow to take prepar atory steps
to investig ate, if necessary using for
that purpose postoffice inspectors and
such other methods as would thorough
ly ascertain the truth or falsity of the
charges or insinuations made, and he
was instructed to proceed promptly
and with vigor during my absence.
Since my return this morning, l have
not seen General Bristow, so that
am not advised of the progress made.
The investigat alton will continue and if
any wrong is disclosed, the parties
guilty of such wrong doing will be
summarily dealt with. If the system
or method OF doing business in the
department is faulty, proper remedies
will be applied without fear or favor.
I inaugurated the investigation with
the determin alton that it should be ex-
haustive. 1t is proper for ne to add
that I laid before the president the in.
form alton which had in my possess
sion and that he fully approved OF the
action proposed by ND -
The whole administ tratiitont OF the
postoffice department is made subject
to investigation under the postmaster
generals direction and every inquiry
will be made as thorough as the de.
partment's most expert inspectors can
make it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
TO DESTROY DEFENDER,
Several Attempts Made to Burn Ameri-
cas- Cup Defender.

BRISTOL, r. l., April 10.-Indica-
tions that twice during the last week
attempts have been made to burn the
Hereshotf boat shops and the new
cup defender, Reliance, have just
come to light. The matter was not re-
ported to the police, but extra pre-
cautions have been taken to guard
the property.
to burn the boat shops and the cup
defender, which was being built and
the would be incendiary was captured
and subsequently was declared to be
insane. 1t is thought that the present
attempts have been due to a similar
cause. Apparently every effort has
been made to keep the facts from be-
coming public. 1t appears, however,
that last Monday evening the watch
man at the Hereshoft works found
some grease saturated garments piled
near the staging about the Reliance,
and on top Of the pile was lighted
candle, which had burned to within
an inch of the refuse. The watchman
acted quickly and prevented a fire.
Steps were taken to guard against the
reoccurrence of such experiences, but
on Tuesday night another pile of re.
fuse was found near the boat. No at
tempt had been made to fire it. Work.
men are Of the opinion that the second
instance at least was only a matter Of
carelessness on the part of some one
about the shop.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-15
Holland Strike Declared orr.

AMSTERDAM, April l2.-The strike
has collapsed. The aged socialist
leader, Domela Niewvonhuis, who
emerged from his retirement in order
to run the strike agitation, was pres.
ent at stormy meeting of the labor
organization, which lasted!during the
whole of last night and until six
O'Clock this morning. He proposed
to terminate the agitation since the
cause of labor had been betrayed.
The meeting acquiesced in this view
and decided not to select a new strike
committee. A similar decision was
at local meeting of the
strikers at Rotterdam.