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Paid ru,, Price for Coal Lands.

PUEBLO, COL, July 17.-By the com.
promise Of the largest land contest
ever IN the United States land Office
In the city, the United States govern.
ment will be paid many thousands Of
dollars for several thousand acres Of
valuable coal land in Las Animas
county that had been entered as tim.
ber and stone locations and under
other acts.
Although nominally the contests
were between priv rate parties, 1t was in
reality fight between the Colorado
Fuel 4 Iron company and the Victor
Coal company on one side and the
Utah Fuel & Iron company on the
other.
All proceedings that have been In.
stituted have been discontinued aud
representatives OF both corporations
are buying from the government at
coal land rates, $40 an acre. Most OF
the land in question has been entered
at $3.50 an ecre.
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Waiting TOR the End.

ROME, July l9.-The pope lies to.
night in state of coma and there are
grave doubts in the minds of his doc.
tors whether he will completely
emerge. His immediate dissolution
seems to be only averted by the reli.
ability OF the action Of his heart.
Now that the supreme last moment
in the memorable life and reign Of
Pope Leo is expected hourly, the con.
trast between the quiet within and the
excitement without the vatican is most
striking. In the vast palace there is a
hushed calm OF expectation, the only
apparent wakeful souls being the
Swiss guards. The doctors and at.
tendants of the dying poutitf speak in
whispers aud move noiselessly about,
so that from the sick room no sound
comes except the heavy breathing of
the unconscious pope or his occasion.
al cries for Pho Ceutra and DR.. Lap.
poni. His tone is one of fear, as
though he felt himself abandoned.
WASHINGTON. July 2O.-Charge
d'aifairs lddings, al Rome. has mott.
fed the state department that the pope
died this afternoon a, 4:O4 O'Clock.
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Five Killed By Tornado.

STREAToR, Ill.,, July ia lorna.
do this afternoon killed fve persons,
injured score OF others and caused q
property loss OF s2,0oo,00o. A score
or more are reported to have sus.
tanned broken bones.
The first damage reported was the
stripping of the covering OF G. f..
Schurman's ice plant about two miles
west Of the city. The wiud tore away
the roof and sides. The Western Vul.
can works, erected at cost of $780,.
600. was torn to pieces, not wall ,e.
standing. About SO men are
employed here, but had quit work for
the day about an hour before. Only
one man, Rich ard Purcell. night watch.
man, was in the factory and he was
killed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Fugitive Bank Thief Surrenders.

NEW YORK. July 16.--Before Judge
Mcmahon. in the court OF general ses.
sions, appeared for sentence Charles
Stern, who in 1896, while engaged in
the banking business in this city dis.
appeared with $4,000 Of the banks
money. He told the court today that
he had travelled all over the world,
but misfortune had followed him every.
where and he could stand disgrace no
longer. He had been arrested in Hal.
ifax six years ago, but never tried.
At this time the funds he had stolen
were placed in the hands of trustees
aud later some Of the claims against
him We're paid.
Only five of the original complain.
ants who could be found appeared in
court and asked for clemency for
Stern. The court granted the request,
and paroled Stern, in the custody Of
an agent OF the Prison Aid associa.
tiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
The Oldest Man In Montana.

BIG TIMBER, July 2O.-G. W. Han.
ley, who was buried Ia Mountain View
cemetery yesterday afternoon, died
Saturday, In his l0Sth year. The old
man was born in St. Louis 10 l705.
His wife Is living at IS, aud 10 chill.
dren and 43 grand children suvive.
Hanley served In the Black Hawk
war and the Mexican war. He was
IS year. OF aye when the civil war
broke uu, aud wa. refused atmittance
to the ranks, although he clamored
for musket. The OLD mau had had
an eyentful life. He went overland
from Arkansas to California iu 1851.
fighting Indians on the plains and
lawless miners on the coast. He re-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Boston Wool Market.

BosToS, July 1.-THE Commercial
Bulletin will say OF the wool market in
tomorrow's issue: The demand for
wool is active. All classes of con.
sumers have been operating. 1t is es.
timated that in the hborhood of
lO,OoO,OO pounds have been bought
within the week. Medium and low lots
still have the best Values are ex.
ceedingly strong with tendency up.
wards. Reports from goods markets
are encouraging. The western wool.
growing sections are pretty vel! clean.
ed up, except in Montana where large
trans actions are reported at ! to lsc
higher prices than last year.
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Another Mining stampede.

SEATTLE, WASH, July ia spe.
cial telegram from Dawson says l5O
men left there by steamer today on q
stampede to the big gold fields on
a river 100 miles south of Whitehorse.
Commissioner Congdon has sent Min
ing Recorder Burward to the new fud
and the latter will record claims on
the spot. Mounted police have al
ready been sent to the new fields.
Whitehorse Is said to be almost de.
serted in consequence OF the stampede
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
The Tastes, RailroadlRun.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July l6.-Ohlcials of
the Lake Shore Railroad give out fig.
ures which disprove the claims Of the
Great Western Railroad company of
England to the worlds record for a
long distance run. On May q last,
the Twentieth Century Limited cover.
cred 246.l2 miles between Cleveland
and Etkhart. Indiana. in o2l minutes.
The record made BY the English road
was o46 miles in o33 l.3 minutes.
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TO SUCCEED GENERAL MILES.
Deserved Promotion for one Who Has
seen Service in the West.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE presi-
dent has given directions for the prep.
aration Of commissions for the follow.
ing promotions in the army:
Major General Young, to be lieuten.
ant general, vice Lieutenant General
Miles, who retires August 8.
Brigadier General s. Sumner, to be
major general. vice Major General
Davis, to be retired July g.
Brigadier General Leonard s..
Wood, to b. major general, vice Gem
eral Young, to be promoted.
The appointment OF Major General
8. NJ. B. Young to the position Of
lieutenant general, to succeed Lieutva.
ant General Miles, who retires next
month, will interest many Montau !.
people, as he Is we'll known in this
state.
Prior to the breaking out OF the
Spanish-American war Gen. Young,
then major, had charge Of troops at
Fort Yellowstone, In the park, and
frequently went to Helena and other
points Of the state on business.
He 10 larger man physically than
General Miles and ia very approach
able on all occasions.
He won honors in the war with
Spain and was rapidly promoted.
he 10 popular with the army and the
promotion the president today gave
him, the highest within the gift Of the
army, will meet with general approba.
ton.
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known Of the states pioneers and once
governor Of the territory, 10 to stand
at some point on the state capital
grounds: the exact location to be de.
cided upon later, when the committee
shalt have the funds necessary 70: the
building OF the monument In hand.
This conclusion was reached yester.
day when committee representing
the Thomas Francis Meagher Memori.
al association called on Governor J..
X. Toole for the purpose OF comforting
on the matter Of location for the mon.
ument.
The various Iriah and Irish.Ameri-
can societies Of Butte and Anaconda
are to give . picnic 1t Deer Lodge on
the 26th for the benefit OF the fund. and
It 10 confidently expected that this will
add materially to the amount now In
hand, which aggregates about @, 500.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
POPE LEO Is DEAD.
The Aged poutiff Joius the Majority IN the
Great Beyond.

Rome, July 20.-The pope died
shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon.
His last moments were peaceful and
painless and were preceded BY period
Of tnsensibility.
Around the bedside q the anal mo.
ment were the cardinals, the relatives
and the members Of the papal court.
Before lapsing into Inconsistencies
the dying pontif feebly moved hts
lips, his last articulate words being
those used in bestowiug benedictiou.
Gradually the shadow Of death
spread over the pontid, his extremitiss
became cold, his features assumed the
fixed rigidity Of death and Dr.. Lap.
poni noted his last fluttering heart
beats, which gradually became slower
aud slower until they finally stopped.
While dying, the pope opened his
eyes. which tell On Cardinal Oreglia,
who was at his side, and said solemn-
ly: ITO your eminence, who will soon
seize the reins Of supreme power, I
confide the church in these difficult
times."
The words tie pope addressed to
Cardinal Oreglia, and which were his
last utterance, are much commented
on, aud 1t 10 wondered whether the In
tention Of the pope was to Indicate
Cardinal Oreglia as his successor.
They certainly will have considerable
weight with the cardinals who take
part in the conclave.
Leo XIII, . years pope, 50 years Z
cardinal, 60 years an archbishop, 6d
years q priest, on March 2 completed
his 93rd year. At that advanced age
he gave audiences to hundreds oi
thousan Of people from differen,
parts OF the world, the lowly 80 we'll
IS the mighty, President Roosevelt'a
delegates a. we'll ~ Edward, King oi
England and Ireland, Emperor oi
India, aud William, Kaiser OF the
German empire.
Ever since he received the tiara, for
the sake Of principle, he rem aimed, a.
II were = prisoner within the wallis oi
the vatican. This was the only place
OF sovereignty granted TO him by the
Italians. Aud still, to the civilized
man, as we'll % to the barbarian, te
the polished Partisan 40 we'll a. to the
American Indian, to the negro Of the
dark continent as we'll a. to the pagan
Chinese, he gave, through his minis.
trations, true liberty, equality and
fraternity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Great pipe Line Is u Success.

POINT RICHMOND, Cal, July 20
The Standard Oil compauy's pipe line.
between Bakersfield and Point Rich.
mond, is now in operation flowing into
the refining tanks at the rate OF 800
barrels an hour. The pipe line Is $50
miles long, $50 miles on the main run
and 20 miles in branches. On the
main line the pumping stations are 10
mi.esvapart. The success of this line
l. complete according to officials, who
announced thei: confidence that the
tiow would continue uninterrupted now
tha. the oil has run through the entire
line.
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toast and repeated the words: ut
may be my parting words to many OF
you," when he fell backward and ex.
pired.
Fugitive Horse Thief Arrested.

CINCINNATI, July IA chase
across the country from far of Mon.
tana after = horse thief found . nu.
cleus in this city, with the result that
the much.wanted man has been landed
in jail In Nevada.
About six months ago man named
John Mcfarland secured carload OF
fine horses In Great Falls, Mont, by
representing himself - the agent for
. firm Of horse dealers at Memphis.
Tenn. He shipped the animals and
sold them and then made for parts un.
known. Through the efforts Of sher.
III H. Z. Benner Of Great Falls it was
learned that McFarland's wife and
family had come to this city. He at
once hurried here and enlisted the aid
Of Sheriff Salmon Jones.
A watch was at once set upon her
home, and her mail vas also placed
under the supervision OF the authors
ties. Recently Mrs. Mcfarland moved
to Reading, Ohio, and Deputy Sheriff
Louis Hcine was detailed to watch her.
It was expected that Mcfarland was
on his way here to visit his family,
and the house was watched constantly.
In order to make sure that this was
the case q close watch was also kept
upon the mails. A few days ago q
letter arrived for Mrs. Mcfarland,
bearing the postmark Of Elko, New,
and it was at once certain that Nc.
Farland was there.
Sheriff Benner wired the sheriff At
Elko to arrest the man and hold him
for the Montana authorities. Yester.
day Sheriff Jones received telegram
from Sheriff Benner announcing the
capture Of the man 1t Elko, and thank.
ing Sheriff Jones and his deputies,
through whose work the capture OF the
horse thief Was made possible.
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lie Surprised the Undertaken.

ROCHESTER, n. y, July 2o.-Geo.
Wilson, an old resident, who was pro.
nounced dead by hi. attendants Sun.
day night, has come to life. When
the undertaken arrived Wilson's body
was stiff and cold. Preparations
were being made for embalming him
when the supposed corpse suddenly
jumped up aud swore at the under.
taker for handling him SO roughly.
The coroner has issued an order for.
bidding embalmiug until II hours af.
ter certified death.
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KILLED By A MOB.
Wyoming Lynchers Break Into Jail snd
shoot Down Two PrisOuers.

BUTTE, July 19.--Advices received
here from Red Lodge, Mont, tell Of
the lynching Of two murderers under
sentence OF death and the killing Of :
deputy sheriff At Basin, Wyo., just
across the Wyoming line from Red
Lodge.
A mob, after q desperate battle with
the officers. IN which Deputy Sheriff
G. E. Pierce was instantly killed, bat-
tered down the doors Of the county
Jail with telegraph poles and riddled
Jim Gormans and . prisoner named
Walters with bullets. About 30 mask.
ed men did the work. The murderers
crouched In their cells and their pit.
eous appeals for mercy were cut short
by hail Of bullets in their faces aud
bodies. Walters face was nearly
shot off. German fingered few NON.
ents, and after making request to
see his girl, died. After killing Cor
man and Walters, the mob quietly
mounted their horses and disap.
peared.
Sheriff Fenton first received word OF
the purpose Of the mob last Wednes-
day, and as measure Of protection
took German and Walters and a
horse thief out Of Jail and secrsted
them in a gully under the guard Of
two deputy sheriffs. German man.
aged to clip his handouts and made
his escape. Yesterday morning he
was recaptured in the mountains in q
iamished condition By q posse and re.
turned to jail. From Wednesday un.
til yesterday morning he had not eats
en- u,outhful Of food and was exceed
ingly weak. He had no hrearms and
offered no resistance.
In the meantime Sheriff Fsnton had
replaced Walters and the horse thief
in the Basin Jail. Last evening Cor.
man was also placed in Jail and q
force Of Is deputies was sworn in.
Feeling had been running high
among the people for a long time.
Gorman's crime was considered q par.
ticularly inhuman one. He shot biz
brother, Tom, At the latter's ranch on
Shell creek, near Thermopolis, 10
cold blood, and then, running OF with
Toms wife, Maggie, who 10 also held
as an accessory In the crime, but IL
out on bail. German has had two
trials, each resulting in sentence ot
death by hanging. But his attorney
fought the case hard and took an ap.
peal to the supreme court. The
ranchers believed justice would be de.
feated.
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turned before the opening Of the civil
war apd settled In Illinois. For the
past Is years he has resided with HE
son, DR.. Hanlsy Of this city.
wYOMrN0 RANGE WAR.
sheriff Appeals FOR Help 70 stand or
Mob Of Armed Men.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 19.-Jtm
Mcleod, = notorious outlaw, wss o..
rested at Thsrmopolis, Big Horu
county, yesterday, and % attempt wae
made to take him 70 the county jail g
Basin City. but mob appeared and
the sheriff returned 70 Thsrmopolis.
This evening Deputy Sheriff Mead,
who was wounded by the mob that
lynched Walters and German, ap.s
pealed to Governor Chattsrton for
troops to oct - an Escort for Mcleod
and not only protect him from the
lyuchers, but prevent . party Of bic
friends from rescuing him.
Mcleod 10 charged with murderiug
Ben Minnicl, . sheepman, who was
shot down At his camp on Black noun.
tain last October. He 10 also charged
With robbing the Buffalo postofflce,
blowing . safe At Thermopolis and
holding up the sherid an. Buffalo mail
stage. It is alleged that Mcleod was
the hired assassin Of the cattlemen
when Minnick Was murdered, and that
they will rescue him II possible, fear.
ing exposure II he is ever tried. The
sheepmen, who are at war with the
cattlemen, will do everything possibls
to have Mcleod make . confession
and then lynch him.
BUTTE, July 20.-Word from There
mopolis, Wyoming, tonight says that
Captain Blake and his command Of 10
mounted artillerymen arrived thers
late this afternoon, after . forced
march from Basin, and tonight are
camped about the jail containing Jim
Mcleod, the alleged murderer Of Ben.
jamin Minnick, wealthy sheepmsu.
The call for volunteers to re.enforce
Sheriff Fenton in ~ expected battle
with cattlemen, who vow they will kill
the sheriff and release Mcleod, was
responded to by scores Of heavily
armed sheepmen from Ill psrts at this
section, and tonight 60 mounted sheep.
men are assisting the soldiers 10 guard.
ing the jsal.=- ThreaeSsss soaas1nsasd
eattlsmen declare the sheriff and his
prisoner will be ambushed Ia mountain
ded.es when he attempts to remove the
prisoner to Basin, where they declare
Mcleod will surely be lynched by the
same gang that killed German and
Walters the other night.
Al! IL quiet tonight and no attack
on the Jail will be made, It IL believed,
iu the face Of the number OF guns
brist!ing from the prison windows and
with the sheepmen present, anxious 70
get at their bitter enemies.
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BRYAN RoAsrs GROVER.
Nebraska Man Says Cleveland Was the
Cause Ut Democratic Defeat.

CHICAGO, July Is. - William j..
Bryan addressed several thousand en-.
thusiastic democrats at the Chicago
democracy picnic at Brands park to-
day. He was received with cheers and
the waving Of hats when he stepped
upon the platform. After short IN.
troductory speech BY Mayor Harrison,
Mr.. Bryan spoke aud was frequently
interrupted by applause.
In his address he made special re.
ference to the possible candidacy OF
Grover Cleveland IN 1904 and the lat.
ter and his supporters we're excoriat-
ed BY the speaker. Mr.. Bryan said
in part:
eve are handicapped just now BY
the fact that the last democratic ad-
ministration that we had was more
subservient to corporation dictation
than any republican administrati
that had preceded II, and the record
OF that administratio has been mill
stone about the party's neck ever
since. The Influence exerted by Wall
street over the administratiou's policy,
the use Of patronage to reward those
who betrayed their constituents, and
the employ yment Of the most reprsheu.
sible of republican methods, made the
administration stencil In the nostrill
Of the people, and kept in the repub bli'
can party many who were dlsgusted
.: that party's course.
''The odium which Mr.. Cleveland 4
second administr alton brought upon
the party, which elected him, did more
to defeat the party than any one plank
OF the Chicago platform or, even. than
ell the plank. that were most severely
criticised. But for the repudiatiou Of
the administration 1t would have been
impossible to make any campaign a
all, and even the reputation, thorough
and complete a. 1t was, could not com.
pletely disihfect the party"
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Searching for Buried Treasure. :

NEW YORK, July 16.-Excavations
are being made at present in the eel.
lar Of the Arbuckle Coffee Mills At the
foot Of Bridge street, Brooklyn, for
the purpose Of uuearthing e65, ,0oo, 900
In treasure supposed to have been
buried in that spot years ago by the
notorious pirate, Captain Kidd.
Men are working day and night by
candle light In the old cellar, delv,ng
into the earth, digging industriously,
that the treasure might be disclosed.
The excavations are being supervised
by Henry Endum, and permission to
dig up the cellar has been obtained
from w. A. Jamison, the head Of the
great Arbuckle Coffee Mills. Promise
has been made to him by Endum that
one-half Of the immense treasure shall
b HE when found.
That there is treasure in great ban.
titles reposing in the iron.bound
chests and hogsheads many feet be.
meath the buildings foundation En-.
dunn 10 confident. Spirits, he says,
revealed to him the location OF the
enormous wealth. Far down in the
earth he says are buried jewels, gold
and silver coin and bullion and jewel.
ry OF antique pattern. Where now
stands the Arbuckle mtlls, on the site
of which excavations are being made,
once flowed river, old residents OF
Brooklyn say. It was on the banks
Of this stream, Endum declares, that
the pirate cached his enormous wealth.
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Tragic Death Of Labor Leader.

WINNIPEG. July l6.-P. NJ. Arthur.
grand chief engineer OF the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers. drop.
ped dead at midnight while speaking
al a banquet closing the annual union
convention Of the Brotherhood of Lo.
como.ive Engineers. which has been IN
session for the las, few days. Mr..
Arthur had jus. risen to respond to q
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Glasgow Review: A tall sheep
shearer by the name of Patsy O. Brown
got little funny on the streets Wed.
nesday evening and proceeded to iu-
suit few ladies that happened to be
walking by. Marshal Mcfarland al.
80 happened along about that time
aud Pa,sy's Irritation COS, him $50 the
next morning. This loye.makins in a
crowd is not what it is cracked up to
be.
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The Submarine Boats.

WASHINGTON, July l6.-Secretary
Moody intends that exhaustive exper.
iments shall be made with all the sub.
marine boats that the government has
on It's hands as soon as the summer
maneuyers are over. II not found
satisfactory he will recommend to
congress that no more money be ap.
propriated for this class of craft.
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New Use for the wireless system.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, July Is.
A wireless telegraph station will be
established here at once by the United
States government Stations will al.
so be established at Forts Casey aud
Flaglec aud GU several of the islands.
/, is thought tha. the wireless stations
will greatly assi>, tie customs officials
in apprehend!ug smuggling crafts.
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The Beef Trust Cases.

CHICAGO. July 1s.-The Chicago
packing firms, the ''big six" made
defendants in the beef trust cases, to.
day appealed the suit to the supreme
court OF the United States. This is
the case In which the packers were en-.
Joined from continuing the operation
of an agreement which the court held
to be in restraint Of trade.
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Monument, to General Measher,

HELENA, July l9.-Montaua's mou.
umeu1 to the memory OF General Thom.
as Francis Meagher, Que of the best
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Cholera Iafaatuua.

of the most dangerous and fatal dis.
ease. to which infants are subject. II
eau BE- cured, however, when properly
give chamberlaiu's Collie, Cholera
and narrGosa S Rs%sdy asay and S.,s castor sgS OIL
cure /. certain. For sale by D. G.
Lockwood, Druggist.
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