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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G.-The in
quiry Of the sen ate committee on mill
itary affairs into the opposition to
the confirmation of General Leonard
Wood to be major-gener in the army
was begun yesterday and the hearing
so far as it has gone was behind
closed doors.
Senator Teller said he objected to
General Wood because of the inius-
tice that was being done to the army
by his promotion. He took up the
question of the promotion of General
Wood and went into details to show
that he had been pressed forward in
ian unprecedented manner.'' He said
that from the time of the beginning of
the Cuban war, when General Wood
was a surgeon with the rank of cap
tain, he had been lifted over the head
of almost 500 other officers, of which
half had seen service in the civil war.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Will Ratify Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-It has been
decided that the Panama canal treaty
shall be ratified at Panama. The COM
mission which arrived here last night
will sail December for that state ar
irving there on the 7th. 1t is expected
that between that date and December
10 the treaty will be ratified.
From various sources additional in
form alton in regard to the terms and
provisions of the treaty have been OBJ
tanned. Under it the United States
guarantees and agrees to maintain
the independence of Panama. 1t is
understood that this clause was in
serted in order to set at rest all ques-
tions as to the recognition of Panam q
as an independent nation by other
governments. Panama grants to the
United States the perpetual use and
absolute control of zone of territory
10 miles wide across the isthmus for
the canal, with the right to acquire by
purchase Or by exercise of eminent do
main any other lands in Panama
wherever situated, which in the judg-
ment of the United States may be
neces ary for the construction of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Thirty Killed In Wreck.

PEORIA, Ill.,, Nov. 19.-Thirty -one
were killed and at least Is injured in a
head.on collision between a westbound
freight and work train on the Big
Four railroad between Mackinak and
fremont this afternoon. Up to the
present time the bodies of 26 victime
of the wreck have been taken from the
mass of debris, which is piled thirty
feet high on the tracks, while five yet
remain under huge pile of broken
timbers, twisted and distorted iron
and steel.
On the bank at the side of the track
lie the bodies of the victims, cut,
bruised and mangled in horrible man
ner. So far twelve only have been
identified, the remainder being un-
recognizable even by those who knew
them and are aware of the fact that
are among the dead. All the dead
and most of the injured were members
of the work train, the crews on both
engines Jumping in time to save their
lives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Oregon Legislature Will Meet.

SALEM, Ore, Nov. Ex-Governor
Chamberlain today issued a call to
the members of the legislative assem-.
bly, OF the state of Oregon command
ing them to meet at the capitol build.
ing in this city on Monday, December
2l, 1908, for the purpose of converting
an extraordinary session of the legis-
lature to enact laws to provide for
levy of taxes on assessment rolls for
the year 1908.
This call was made necess ary from
the fact that defect existed in the act
passed by the legislative assembly of
1908, providing the manner of assess.
ment and the levy and collection of
taxes, known as the Phelps law. The
Phelps law repealed the old laws. but
did not provide for a tax levy for 1908,
thus leaving the state and counties
without revenue from taxation for an
entire year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
TOM HORN EXECUTED.
The Friends Of Wyoming Murderer Failed
to Secure Reprieve.

CHEYENNE, Nov. 20.-Tom Horn,
scout, Indian fighter and cattle detec.
tive, went smiling today to the gal
lows, where he expiated the murder OF
Willie Nickel, aged IA, who was shot
and killed on July is, 1901, at Iron
Mountain. With almost his last
words, spoken to his intimat friend,
Charles Irwin, a spectator at the exc.
cution, Horn denied that he had con.
fess7d to the murder for which he was
to die. He made no speech on the
scaffold.
Governor Chatterton was aroused
before 6 O'Clock this morning by
friends of Tom Horn. who again
sought reprieve for the condemned
cattle detective. The governor listen.
ed to the arguments of Horns friends s
for some time and then said, emphati
cally:
"There is no use, gentlemen. This
execution will take place at the time
set by the law. will not interfere in
the case. This is tinal.' i
No less than a dozen attempts were
made during the afternoon of yester'
day and last night to have the gov
ernor delay the execution for even a
few days. He had but one answer fo1
all, and that was that the law must
take its course.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Utah Murderer Shot.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 2O.-Peter Nor
tensen, the slayer OF j ames Il. Hay,
was shot to death in the southeast
passage of the state penitentiary yard
this morning. Maintaining his inno-
cence to the last, he walked to the
chair placed against the heavy stone
wall of the prison yard without weak
ening and bid the guards and deputy
sheriffs goodbye with no tremor in
his voice. Mortensen was killed in.
stantly, the four bullets from the rifles
of the execution squad, concealed be-
hind a thick curtain in the door OF
the blacksmith shop, II yards dis
tant, piercing the white target pinned
over his heart.
When Mortensen was convicted he
was given a choice of death by shoot.
ing or hanging. Being a Mormon, he
chose the former. In no other state
in the Union does a condemned man
have this option. The Utah law is
due principally to a peculiar phase OF
the Mormon religion which requires
blood atonement. 1t is the belief tn a,
the crime of murder can be expiate
only by the shedding of the blood OF
the murderer. This law was put on
the statute books in the early terri
torial days by Brigham Young, and
it rem aimed after Utah became a state
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Chicago Strike Will Continue.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.--All efforts of
the mayor to secure arbitr alton of the
differences between the Chicago City
railway and its striking employees
have failed. This announcement was
made today following a series of con-
ferences between Mayor Harrison and
his mediation committee of aldermen
and committees representing the COM
pany and the strikers. 1t was stated
that today's meeting developed no
common meeting ground for the op.
posing sides, and that for the present
there was no sign of an amicablc set
Element.
Renewal of hostiities between the
city railway company and the en-
ployes of that corporation began
promptly today following the failure
of attempts at arbitration. The first
development in the warfare was a
strike Of all the teamsters in the en-
ploy Of the company. The strike OF
the teamsters was in obedience to the
command of the teamsters joint coun-
Gil. 1t is the intention of the team
sters union, if possible, to prevent the
delivery of coal and supplies to the
railway company and the operations
of it's repair wagons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
carrie NATION ELECTED.
The Kansas Crusader Appears at Nation
al Capitol and Gets Into Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Mrs. Car
rie Nation appeared in the principal
role of a sensational scene at the
White House today. Her request to
see the president being refused she
became violent and had to be taken
from the executive Offices by two po-
lice officers. AS she was being es-
corted from the building she shouted
at the top of her voice, gesticulating
violently:
II am going to pray for prohibi.
ton president and we will have one
one who will represent the people and
not the distillers and the brewers.
You may put me out of the building,
but if brewer or liquor dealer were
here, he would have been admitted at
once.'
Mrs. Nation went direct to the capi'
tol after leaving the White house and
appeared in the senate gallery few
minutes before the senate was called
to order at noon. She took a seat
we'll to the front in the ladies' pub
lie gallery, and announced her inten'
tion of making speech to the sen ate,
but when told that she would not be
allowed to do so she acquiesced read
lily and took her departure.
She had been absent from the gal
lery about 10 minutes when she reap
peared at one of the doors of the
ladies gallery, and raising her righ
hand above her head, shouted in {
loud and clear tone:
"Saloons are anarchy! Saloons are
treason and conspiracy."
She was preparing to go on, when ;
doorkeeper caught her and pushed hel
out of the door. The senate was en-
gagged at the time in receiving bills
but Mrs. Nations voice was mucl
more enetrating than the reading
clerks, and it was distinctly hear(
throughout the senate chamber ant
even in the corridors.
Mrs. Nation was taken from tn
cspitol to the police court, where sh'
was arraigned on charge of disor
derly conduct. She was found guilt,
and sentenced to pay fine of S25
This she promptly paid. Mrs. Ma
tion acted as her own attorney.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
May Settle the Strike.

CHICAGO, Nov. pa new step to-
ward peace in the street railway strike
was taken today. An armistice has
been declared by representatives, Of
both sides pending its result. Attor.
ney Clarence Darrow called upon Col
onel E. +. Bliss, general counsel for
the company. Mr.. Darrow sand he
was empowered by the men to negoti
ate settlement for them. The com.
pany agrees not to hire any more men
TO take the places Of the strikers, in
return for which concession the union,
active strike measures for the present
time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
INTERNAL MACHINE IN MINE
4 DiabOlical Scheme Causes Death In a
Cripple Greek Property.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Nov. 21.-
Charles McCorm ack, uperintendent,
and Melvin S. Beck, miner, were
killed shortly after noon today by an
explosion in the Vindicator mine.
Officers of the Vindicator Mining COM
pany assert that the explosion was
caused by an internal machine and
400 militiamen have been placed on
guard around the company's proper
ties. Superintendent Mccormack and
Miner Beck were descending into the
mine in the cage. They were the only
passengers. When it reached the
sixth level an explosion occurred, j,
wrecking the cage and shaft and in
stantly killing both men.
The Internal machine, containing
many pounds of dynamite, was placed
in the sixth level, which is part of the
abandoned workings of the mine, with
in few inches of the shaft. Then a
loaded revolver was fixed in the shaft
with its muzzle pointing directly to-
ward the Internal machine. To the
trigger of the revolver was attached a
string. which was thrown across the
shaft in such manner that when the
cage came down and encountered the
string the revolver would explode, the
bullet striking the Internal machine.
Pieces of this revolver have been re-
covered from the bottom of the shaft,
but not vestige of the Internal ma.
chine can be found.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Nov. 22.-Sherift
Robertson, after investig ating condi'
tions in the sixth level OF the Vindica.
tor mine, where Superintendent Nc.
Cormack and Shaft Boss Beck were
killed yesterday by an explosion,
comedies with the statement Of the of.
ticials of the company that q deliber'
ate attempt had been made to wreck
the shaft with dynamite. The execu'
tive committee of the Mine Owners
& Operators association has offered
reward of 81, 900 for evidence leading
to the arrest and conviction of the
| perpetrat
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the bill for the protection of the presi-
dent. The bill provides the death
penalty for killing or causing the
death Of the president or any person
design ated by law to act as president,
or any ambassado Or any minister of
foreign country connected with the
United States. For attempts to com.
nit crimes mentioned, a penalty of ten
years Imprisonment is provided. Per-
sons advising or conspiring to commit
said crimes shall be held as principal
offenders. Aiding or abbetting the
offenders under this law are to be tried
as principals. A 20-year imprison-
ment penalty is prescribed persons
teaching anarchistic doctrines.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
May Dissolve Railroad Merger.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.-Presi ident
j. J. Hill, of the Northern Securities
company, was in the city today and
spent the greater part of the day in
consultation with his attorney, John
G. Johnson. In connection with Mr..
Hills visit the Philadelphia Record
tomorrow will print the following:
'From authority close to Mr.. Hill it
was learned that, on the advice OF
counsel, it had been decided to sur
render every right granted under the
New Jersey corporation law to the
Northern Securities company, except.
ing that of purchasing such securities
as the management may see fit to OBJ
tain from an investment view point.
"The right to vote stock IN the Gre at
Northern, Northern Pacific, and Chi.
cago, Burlington & Quincy railways
is TO be renounced as is also the right
of the securities concern to have any
voice in the management Of those rail
roads. The securities company ia to
declare before the federal supreme
court that each OF these large rail
roads is to be continued under the
separate Arrangements and there is to
be no community of interests between
| tham -
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Wyoming Outlaw Arrested.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. 222.-Sheritf
Webb and Deputies Greenwood and
Haines of Natrona county captured
Tom O'Day, the notorious survivor
of the Curry gang of outlaws, on the
summit of the Big Horn mountains at
day break today. O'Day had "a head
of stolen horses in a narrow ravine,
out his companions had deserted him.
The officers started with their capture
for Casper, 100 miles east, but cannot
reach the settlement before Tuesday
evening. The party must cross the
Leslie mountains enroute and there
O'Day's friends, who are gathering in
large numbers, will attempt to deliver
their leader. A posse under Jim
Hart left Casper today and a posse in
a stage coach have started out to aid
the sheriff and hope to reach the
Leslie mountains before the despera-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Death Penalty for Train Wrcckers.

DENVER, Nov. 19.-Should Charles
Mckinney, Patrick Mullanev and
Thomas Foster be convicted on the
charge of attempted train wrecking,
on which they have been arrested at
Cripple Creek, they will be liable to
the death penalty under the Colorado
statutes. Adjutant General Sherman
Bell says that these men, with others,
were shadowed by soldiers in citizens,
clothes, who saw them in the act of
removing spikes and fishplates from a
rail on the Florence & Cripple Creek
railroad, the apparent object being to
wreck a train carrying hundreds OF
miners home from work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Charged " ith Accepting Bribcs.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. Ia
Warrants were issued today for seven
teen former city officials charging
them with accepting bribe in con-
nection with the famous German.Cam-
eron scheme for supplying the city
with water from Lake Michigan. All
of the warrants are the result of the
confession made by former City At.
torney Salisbury on his return last
week from serving a two years. term
in the Detroit house of correction for
breaking the federal banking law in
connection with the scheme. The
amounts the respondents are charged
with having received out of the alleged
Doodle fund range from 5000 to 50, 1888.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Cuban Bill In Senate.

! WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-The demo-
cratic senators at a caucus held this
afternoon decided to consider the
Cuban bill on its merits and contine
the discussion to the bill itself without
bringing in collateral questions. This
means that no tariff amendments will
be offered and that the tariff question
will not be discussed.
When the senate met today the bill
passed by the house yesterday to car
ry into effect the Cuban reciprocity
treaty was received and laid before
the senate. The Cuban bill was refer.
red to the committee on foreign rela.
tionS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Will Not Send Troops.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.-President
Roosevelt has received a dispatch
from Governor Peabody asking that
General Baldwin, commanding the de-
supply such troops as may be neces"
sary TO preserve order in the Telluride
mining district. After consultation
between the president and secretary Of
war, Governor Peabody was advised
that it did not appear that the re-
sources of the state to keep the
peace had been exhausted, aud there
fore the request for troops was denied.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Sheriff Appeals for Troops.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 22.-Sheriff Viii.
COX, of Carbon county, has appealed
to Governor Wells to call out the
state troops to protect coal mine dis
tricts of his county, which are includ-
ed in the recent strike order issued by
the Mine Workers. Union of America.
Sheriff Wilcox says he has already
arrested several parties who were dis
charging firearms for the purpose of
intimid ating men who wished to work,
and reports are that at Scofeld men
have been assaulted and threatened
with death if they persisted in work
ing against the strike agitators.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Cuban Reciprocity Bill Passed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The house
today by rising vote of 335 to p
passed the bill to make effective Gu.
ban reciprocity. Dissenting votes
were about equally divided between
republicans and democrats, but there
were no record votes, the minority
having too few votes to order yeas
and nays. Democrats under the lead
ership of Mr.. Williams, sought to the
last to secure amendments to the bill
in accord ance with the action of the
democratic caucus, but were defeated
steadily.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Wyoming Governor Threatened.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. l9.-Gov-
written on stationery of the Albany
hotel in Denver. threatening him with
death unless he commutes the sentence
here tomorrow for the murder OF
Willie Nickel. The letter declares in
substance that if Horn is permitted to
hang Governor Chatterton will not be
permitted to live 24 hours. The gov
ernor does not regard the threat SER
iously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Utah C0nvicts arc Rewarded.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 22.-The state
board of pardons has commuted to
life Imprisonment the sentence of death
passed on Nathan F. Haworth for the
murder of Thomas Sandell in 1899.
Haworth was to have been shot to
death December IL. The board also
granted pardons to or commuted the
sentences OF a number Of other prison
ers who rendered material assistance
to the penitentiary guards in prevent'
ing wholesale delivery of prisoners
during a recent outbreak.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Montana Man Wants Il Wife.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-A brusque west.
erner with the characteristics of the
plainsman caused q futter of hearts
today among the young women and
nearly started Il riot in the fitting de.
partment OF Rothschlld & Co.'s store
by the bold announcement that be
wanted a wife, and that any girl in
the store was eligible. His name is
Harry Dingle, and he owns cattle
ranch one hundred miles from Billings,
Mont.
Mr.. Dingle set out for the west to-
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night alone, but it is said his novel
way of proposing was successful, and
that as soon as the rancher has his
house in shape to receive mistress,
Miss Stella King of 129 North avenue
will journey westward to take charge.
On this trip to Chicago Mr.. Dingle
was accompanied by two friends, John
Rowley of Lewistown, Mont, and N.
M. McCauley, of Grass Range, Mont.
The two friends are married and de-
sired to see Dingle in the same condi-
tiOn
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Big Fire In minneapolis.

MINNEAPOL1S, Nov. 2O.-The Leo
nard Paulle Show Case company's
factory. together with warehouse
and four dwelling houses, were total
ly destroyed by fire at an early hour
fhis evening" incurring total loss OF
100000 Aside from this loss was
damage to the windows of the S., 900,
900 city hall, which was situated di.
rectly across the street from the con.
flagration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Fighting in the Philippines.

MANILA, Nov. 22.-Three hundred
Moros are known to have been killed
aud many others were carried off dead
or wounded as a result of five d days'
severe fighting in Jolo between Amer
lean troops under General Leonard
Wood and Insurgents.
Major II. L. Scott of the Fourteenth
cavalry and five American privates
were wounded. General Wood landed
near Siet lake in Jolo November -.
The Moros were soon located and
lighting began Immediately and con-
tinucd until Novem Der Il.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Stepped Against u Hot stove.

A child Of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson,
when getting his usual Saturday night
bath, stepped back against hot stove
which burned him severely. The child
was in great agony and his mother
could do nothing to pacify him. Re-
mem bering that she had a bottle of
amberlain' 3 Pain Balm in the house,
she thought she would try it. In less
than half an hour after applying it
the child was quiet and asleep, and in
less than two weeks was we'll. Mrs.
Benson is a we'll known resident of
Kellar. Va. Pain Balm is an anti
septic liniment and especially valuable
for burns, cuts, bruises and sprains.
For sale by D. G. Lockwood, drug.
riSt
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DOWie Wants Two Millions.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-John Alexander
Dow1e, general overseer Of the Chris.
tian Catholic church, has issued a
call for s. 100000. The general over.
seer says that the need of capital is
not due to a depression of the busi-
ness of the Zion industries, but be-
cause the demand for Zion products is
greater than the producing power OF
its limited capital.
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To Protect Forest Reserves.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Secretary
Hitchcock has transmitted to Speaker
Cannon the draft of a bill to control
grazing in forest reserves. The bill
provides a maximum fine Of 81, 900 or
Imprisonment not to exceed one year
for pasturing livestock on public
lands included within forest reserves
without permit from the secretary of
the interior.
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MARsHALLTOWN, Iowa, Nov. 2O.-
Compelled to rem ain in their homes
under threat of being shot. the resi-
dents of the village of Green Noun
tain, ten miles north of here, heard
three explosions before daybreak this
morning. The explosions wrecked the
Green Mountain bank building. Three
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
For Protection of President.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.-Represen-
ta,ive Overstreet Of Indiana introd uced
bill Yesterday embodying the con-
ference report Of the last congress on
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robbers ran through the streets warn
ing the people to keep indoors and
shooting wherever light appeared.
The robbers escaped after securing
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