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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
For Philippine Currency.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Col. Ed
wards, chief of the bureau of insular
affairs, today issued a circular az.
nouncing action looking to the carry
rying out the Philippine currency act
Itinvites subscriptions for So 900, 900 of
certificates of Indebtedness of the gov
ernmento of the Philippines to be ISSUED
in coupon form, in denominations of
81 ,00O dated May l, 1903, bearing inter-
est at the rate OF per cent, payable
quarterly, and to be redeemable at
New York in one year after the issue
in gold coin of the United States. The
secretary of the treasury authorizes
the statement that these certificates of
Indebtedness will be accepted by the
treasury department as security for
deposits of public money of the United
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Storms in the East.

CHICAGO, April 3.-This city was
almost cut off from telegraphic com
municaton with the outside world as
the result of a storm which prevailed
during the early part of the day, ac-
companied by a high northeast wind,
reaching the velocity OF a gale. A
heavy fall of wet snow, causing the
telegraph wires to go down in all
directions, covered the streets with
two inches of slush, which made foot
progress extremely difficult.
The temper ature was near the freez-
ing point. Danger signals We're dis
played on the lake and vesselmen have
been warned not to venture out. Off
cial weather predictions are for con.
tinuance of the storm throughout the
day and tonight.
TOPEKA, Kas., April 3.-Reports
from over the state report a general
fall of snow, ranging from one to three
inches. "A soaking rain which pre-
ceded the snow, together with mild
Temperature, caused it to melt rapidly.
1t is believed no damage to crops or
livestock will result, telegraphic and
telephone wires being the only suffer.
GrS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Capt. Pershing's Work Approved.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Major Gen
eral Corbin made public today re-
port from General Davis, command
ing in the Philippines, on the situa'
tion in the Moro country. He inclos-
es a letter from Captain Pershing,
Fifteenth cavalry, in which the latter
goes over the grouud covered in re.
cent personal letter to friend in the
war department. General Davis
speaks very highly of Captain Per-
shing in explaining the selection of an
officer of his rank for such an import
ant command. He says that he was
the most available officer at the time
the selection was made. Showing the
Moros that the United States have
ability to protect themselves and over
come their resistance, General Davis
says, has had good effect. He says
Pershing has esta ablished friendly re-
lations with large number of villa
gers. He ascribes considerable i'm
portance to the fact that "Old Pan
dita,' a person of much influence, re-
Gently has recognized United States
authority.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Telegraph Line to Nome.

SEATTLE, April ?. Telegraphic
communication between this city and
Nome, on Behring Sea, is expected to
be opened some time today and sew.
eral messages have already been re-
ceived for transmission. The first
came from Chicago, and is addressed
to the superintendent of a gold mine
about eight miles from Nome and with
in half mile of the telegraph station.
The line from Seattle to Vancouver
is controlled by the Western Union
and Postal, from Vancouver to Ash.
croft by the Canadian Pacific, from
Ashcroft to Eagle, via Dawson, by the
Canadian government.
There is at present telegraph line
between Valdez and Eagle. The new
lines run through the Tanana country,
intersecting the other line. The last
piece forming the connecting link is
200 miles of insulated cable laid on the
ground.
A letter dated Nome, Jan. IA, was
received here March "a. Notwith.
standing the heavy tolls, which will
probably be IS for ten words, the saw
ing in time will be so great that it is
expected the new line will pay from
the start.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08

during the Civil war were not part
of the army of the United States, ac-
cording to a decision which has just
been announced by Secretary Hitch-
cock of the interior department. The
question arose over contested right of
a memb Der of the Missouri home guards
to obtain special privileges of a SOL
dier in entering government land and
the decision will affect many pieces of
property on which proof has been
made. Secretary Hitchcock holds
that members of home guard organi-
cations were never mustered into the
service of the general government and
could not be construed as part of
the military org ganiz alton of the Unit
ed States. The effect of such decis.
ion will be befar-reaching, not only in Du.
luth district, where the question arose,
but in other land Offices over the
country. Considerable script of this
kind is in existence. and all of it will
be invalid ated by the decision. The
ouly recourse left to the holders would
be to 60 into court in an attempt to
have the decision of the secretary
overruled.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Religious Orders Leaving France.

PARIS, April 3.-The church of
English Passionists Fathers, which is
attended by religious Americans, was
among those visited today by the
police, who served the Passionists
with notice to disband. The Pas.
sionist fathers have arranged to turn
over their aft airs to secular priests,
who will continue to conduct the
church. The members of the order
are leaving the country or are retir-
ing to private life. The Dominicans,
Capuchins, Barnabites, Franciscans,
Il sdemptorists, Oratorians and Broth
ers of the Sacred Heart and of Holy
Gross also have been notified to dis
band. Many of the last named order
the Benedictine order at Douai, de-
partment of Nord, has secured "a
hours grace, the head of the order
having left to confer with the British
am mbass ador at Paris, as the members
of the establishment at Douai are
mostly Engiishmen. The deaf and
dumb asylum maintained by the
monks Of the Grande Chartreuse mon
astery has been taken possession of
by receiver appointed by the Gre
noble court. All novices have de-
parted and only a few monks now re-
main in the monastery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Daring Hold Up.

NEW YORK, April 4.-Under the
walls of the Tombs prison, Warren
Smith, IA year-old boy employed as
messenger by Sargent & Co., hard
ware manufacturers, was held up by
two men today and robbed of 81, 400
belonging to his employers. The boy
was returning from the Mercantile
N National bank, where he had checks
cashed, and was carrying the money
in a large leather wallet chained to
his waist.
The boys story as told to the police
is that the robbers, after holding him
up, dragged him into the rear room of
a store near bv, pointed a revolver
at him, took the money from him and
tied his hands with a handkerchief and
his feet with towel. AS soon as
they had left him, he managed to free
himself and notified his employers
office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
A Burglar Killed.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 5.--A spe.
ci al to the Post Standard from Penn
yam, says: A series of burglaries
which has been stirring the country
around Himrods for the past few weeks
was cleared up in tragic manner
early this morning. The night opera.
tor at Himrods thought he heard an
explosion in a store. He gave the
alarm and a crowd of villagers quick
ly surrounded the place. A mans
form was seen in the store and he was
commanded to surrender. For reply he
boldly opened the door, and, drawing
revolver, fired point blank at the
crowd. The bulled failed to reach its
mark, and before he could again fire,
his body was riddled with bullets and
shot. He fell unconscious and died
soon after. The burglar was man of
IS years of age and weighed about l60
pounds. He was a stranger here.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Turkish Troops to Albania.

PARIS, April 2.-The French for
eign Office has been officially advised
that the sultan of Turkey has ordered
a division of troops to the scene Of
the recent outbreaks of Albanians.
Official advices also confirm the re-
ports of the wounding of the Russian
consul at Mitrovitza, during the un-
successful attack which the Alban-
ians made on that town.
The attacking party numbered 2,OC0
men, representing the element oppos-
ing the plan of reforms which the
powers jointly formulated and which
Turkey accepted.
The officials here consider that the
Albanian opposition to the reforms
creates serious complication and
they accept the sultan's action dis
patching the relief reinforcement to
Albania as evidence of the Turkish
government determin alton to carry
out the reform project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
China Surprised.

PEKIN, April 5.-The report received
here that the action of the United
States in increasing her Asiatic squad
ron is on account of "alarmlng re-
ports on the situation in China,' ex-
cites surprise in Pekin. Such reports
were not sent out by the United States
or British legations, which possess
good facilities for Judging the situa-
ton in China. The only disturbances
considered serious are those in kWang
ST province, a southern province of
China, bordering Toukin, where lOO,-
600 rebels are ID TO be under arms,
which were never against foreigners.
The latest reports regarding General
Tung Fuh Slang, the "BoXer' leader,
and Prince Tuan, exiled and anti
foreign, who are at the head of the in
surgent forces in the northwestern
province of kansu, are reassuring.
The government claims to have come
to an understanding with them, where-
by they agree to refrain from LO5tili-
ties. 1t is believed that the govern
ment i, supplying them with funds on
condition that they remain quiet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
American Blue Jackets Landed.

CAPE HAYT1EN, Hayti, April g.
The situation in Santo Damingo City
is extremely critical, the commander
of the United States cruiser Atlanta,
which has arrived at Santo Domingo
from this port, today, landed fifty
bluejackets to guard the United States
consul general in that city. A shell
fired last night by the Dominican
cruiser Presidente, which was on the
side of President Vasquez, fell on the
German consulate. The damage done,
however, was purely nominal as the
projectile did not burst. A battle
lasting three hours took place yester-
day between government troops and
revolutionists on the banks of the
River Ozema, which flows into the
Caribbean sea at Santo Domingo.
One hundred men were killed and
wounded. President Vasquez dem ands
the surrender of Santo Domingo City,
but the revolutionists are disposed to
resist up to the last moment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
A Big Land Slide.

KAL1sPELL, April 2.-The residents
of Helena Flats, five miles north of
Kalispell, were badly frightened We'd
nesday night by what they say was an
earthquake. At a point on Whitefsh
river where the disturbance occurred
more than five acres of bluff land was
carried distance of six hundred feet
and deposited in the channel of the
river.
The dam is 300 feet long and no
trace of the former channel can be
seen. The water is backing up and
flooding the bottom lands. The shock
was felt for a mile, causing houses to
quaver and dishes to rattle and fall
from tables and shelves. The river
being blocked, it is not known how
many millions of feet of timber can
come down, which has been put into the
stream. Whether earthquake, or not,
this disturbance is very peculiar.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Schley in Helena.

HELENA, April 2.--Helena is enter
tanning two distinguished visitors to-.
day. Flags from every public build
ing waved a welcome to Rear Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley and Colonel
Alexander K. Mcclure, who arrived
yesterday, and who are the guests of
the city. Main street was a mass of
color, while many of the residence
and business houses on side streets
are decorated in honor of the capitals 5
guests. On a high staff over the
Grandon hotel floats a blue banner
with two stars in the center-the rear
admiral's flag. 1t is there that the
admiral and his party are quartered.
Tomorrow morning at O'Clock the
members of the party will leave the
city for Fort Harrison, where they
will view the ceremony, escorting the
colors, and the regular parade. After
ward reception will take place in
the Officers club, during which time
the regimental band will render con-
cert in front of the building. The vis-
itors will then leave the fort so as to
arrive in Helena at 30 O'Clock. They
will be entertained at luncheon at the
Montana club
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Coast Steamer in Danger.

BoDEGA, CAL, April 3.-The coast
steamer Albion, enroute from San
Francisco to Albion and other coast
points, ran on the rocks near Bodega
point this morning and is now lying
helpless, though close to shore at a
point near the entrance of BOdega
Bay. The vessel is SO close to shore
that the captain has been able to COM
municate with those gathered there,
but neither the passengers nor the
crew have as yet been able to leave
the ship.
There Is very heavy swell on and
unless help arrives before the tide
comes in, the ill-fated vessel will 20 to
pieces.
There are no life-saving stations
anywhere in the vicinity and efforts
are now being made to rig up some
method of getting the passengers
ashore. The sea is too rough to per-
nit the use of boats at present, but it
is thought they can be used later. In
the meantime the passengers are in no
little danger. They are huddled on
the after part OF the ship, which is the
highest out Of wafer, and they have
plenty of food aud the weather is
pleasant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
severe SnOWstorm In the Park.

LIVINGSTON, April 4.-The heaviest
snow Of the season has fallen here to-
day and the outlook is that the storm
will continue throughout the night.
The storm began early this morning
and has continued steadily through
the day. Advices from several points
indicate that the storm is general in
eastern Montana. Stockmen and
rancucr5 are jubllant and state that
the heavy moisture will have an ex-
cellent effect on the ranges and ranch
eS.
The storm is reported to be very Sc
we're in the Yellowstone park, and the
trails over which the president and
party are expected to travel are COW
cred deeply with snow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
THE BALKAN TROUBLES.
The Sultan Will Use Force il Necessary
To Quel Disturbance.

LONDON, April 5.-There is little
further development in the Balkan
crisis since Saturday. The rumor of
the death of NJ. Stcherbina, the Rus.
rian consult at Mitrovitza, who was
shot by an Albanian sentry, proves to
have been premature, but his condi.
tion is serious and symptoms of peril
tonitis have appeared. 1t is reported
that the Albanian soldier who shot
him has been sentenced TO 10 years at
hard labor.
According to dispatch from Con-
stantinople, the Austrian, Russian
and British ambassadors have had
audiences with the sultan, on whom
they impressed the necessity of sup.
pressing the Albanian agitation. The
sultan informed them that in event of
the failure of a pacifcatory mission
that he had dispatched to Albania, he
would take measures for the military
occupation Of the disturbed region.
The Daily Mails correspondent at
Vienna asserts that Austria has mob
ilized her Agram, Sarajevo and Tenn
asvar army corps in readiness to oc-
cupy Mitrovitza should such a meas
ure become necessary. The cores
pondent further af1irms that danger
Gus agitation exists among the Mo-
hammedan population of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, which is secretly arm
ing itself in spite of all of the official
prec autions, with the intention, it is
Jared, of emigrating into old Servia
to swell the ranks OF the insurgent
Albanans.
A telegram from Belgrade reports
that rioting has taken place there as
the outcome Of demonstration
against an objectlonab police regu-
lation, and many persons We're wound
ed in the course of the disorders.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS.
The Allied Powers Hedging on the Ques-
ton Of Preferential Treatment.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-AIthough
it is stated officially that the changes
made in the Venezuelan protocols by
the allied powers are not of charac-
ter to arouse serious opposition on
Mr.. Bowen's part, at least one is OF
Importance and may require serious
consideration. The original proto-
coils provided for submis ssion to The
Hague tribunal of the simple question
whether the powers that employed
force to secure the payment of inter-
national debts are entitled to payment
before other creditor powers which did
not employ force. The decision of
this question in the affirmative would
involve the payment by Venezuela Of
all debts due the allies before single
cent could be paid out of the customs
revenues to the powers which were
content to arrange for the payment of
their claims by peaceable process.
Now, the allied powers, England,
Germany and Italy, (perhaps in an
ticipation Of an unfavorable verdict
at The Hague, have proposed this
amendment: In event the decision of
the tribunal is against preferential
treatment of the allied powers, the
tribunal then shall take up and con-
slider these questions:
First-Should Venezuela be reQuir-
ed to pay the allies expense of the
blockade of Venezuelan ports main
tanned by them.
Second-If so, what sum of money
should be paid and under what con-
siderations. It is feared that this
proposition will arouse storm of
opposition in Venezuela, where con-
gress Is already becoming very rest
less and can scarcely be kept in line
by the executive to secure the execu-
ton of the protocols drawn here by
Mr.. Bowen.
After meeting at the British EN-
bassy today between Minister Bowen
and the allies representatives it was
learned that Mr.. Bowen absolutely de.
clined to accept the amendments con-
corning the adjudication of the cost of
blockade in the event the decision at
The Hague was adverse to the allies.
Published papers show that the pow.
ers have accepted about nine.tenths OF
the protocol and that the above men.
toned amendments are now the only
su ubstantial point of this agreement.
The allies representatives have ap.
piled to their home governments for
further instructions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO,
The President Begins His Western Tour
in Earnest-A Great Ovation,

CHICAGO, April 2.-President Roose-
velt's tour of the west began in earnest
here today, when he stepped from the
Pennsylvania special at 8:45 o'clock
and was received by Mayor Harrison
and a special reception committee,
not to mention a huge crowd which
made it's unofficial presence known by
cheers which could be heard across
the river.
The program prepared for the presi.
ident's ffteen-hour stay in this city
was repeated to him by Charles S.
Deenan, chairman of the reception
committee, and served to remind the
president of the strenuous nature of
the life he will be called upon to lead
during the next two months.
The program, to which the president
gave his hearty approval, provided
for an immediate run to Evanston,
seventeen miles to the northw ard, and
brief address there to the students
of the Northwestern university; lunch
con at 12:40 at the Auditorium Annex,
a trip in the afternoon to the Univer-
sity of Chicago, where the president
received the degree of LII. D., ban.
quet at $50 at the Auditorium, he be.
ing the guest of ITO citizens, and a
meeting in the evening at which the
president will deliver one of the most
significant addresses on his tour, on
1.-THE Monroe Doctrine.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
The Bulgarian InsurrectlOn.

CONsTANT1NOPLE, April 3.-Official
adsices from Mon astir says the Bul.
garian inhabitants of thirty villages
in the Gkhreida district, totalling
5000 men, and supported by the bish-
op and number of revolutionary
bands, have risen against the Turks,
They surrounded small detachment
of Turkish troops in the mountains
northward of Okhreida, but the troops
succeeded in cutting their way out,
after sustaining severe loss.
Another dynamite outrage at the
town of Mustapho Pasha has led to
the discovery that the revolutionary
committee is supposed to be respon-
slble for the attempt to wreck the
Oriental Express early in the morning
of March 81. when the bridge of the
Turkish Oriental railroad, between
Adrianople and Mustapha Pacha,
was blown up by an Internal machine.
Although affairs at Mitrovitz and
Friesptina are reported to be calmer,
the rising of the Albanians in that
district creates concern at the palace
and among the ministers and at the
embassy. 1t is felt that continu-
alton of the trouble in the vicinity of
Sanjak and Navizar is likely to lead
at any moment to an extension of
Austrian occupation over the entire
Sandjak district and as far as Nitro
vita, although it is believed that
nothing short of absolute necessity will
induce Austria to take advantage of
this right, which was restored to her
by the treaty of Berlin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
AcccctS to Demands.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The long
expected Interview between United
States Minister Leischlnan and the
sultan of Turkey took place at Con-
slantinople today. Minister Leisch.
man cabled the state department that
he had presented the president's letter
to the sultan aud had received salts
factory assurances on all points mem
toned. These relate to the recorni-
lion Of diplomas'issued by the Ameri-
can college ia Turkey to native grad :
uatcs and general admission of
Americans in Turkey to privileges
enjoyed by other nation alities.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
To Be Launched In Skirts.

BRISTOL, r. l., April 2.-Indica-
tions are that the new yacht Reliance
will be launched in skirts, that is,
with sails hanging from the deck over
her sides. If this should be done, it
will be the first time the Herreshoff 5
house has launched a boat in this
fashion. Iachtsmen who expect to
attend the launching week from Sat-
urday are discussing this feature and
see in it desire of the builders to
keep photographers from obtaining
outlines of the yacht.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
LcVee Breaks.

NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-The levee
broke this morning at the upper line
of ex Governor W armounton's mag
nolia plantation on the west side Of
the river and about 60 miles below
this city. AS the river bed at that
point is very steep the break will have
to be closed from the inside. The
Grand Island railway refuses freight
or passengers for points below Mag.
nolia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
ID. q Lock wood Warrants Every
knttlr

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by any other trtatn,rn;. Cuts, burns,
Prostitutes, quin-y. = .ins in the side
and chest, gluiuul1 II aud other SWELL
ings are quickly ru'H", bv applying it.
Every bottle warranted. Price 25 and
so cents
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08

States in national banks whenever
further deposits may be made, and
may at any time be substituted for
United States bonds, now held as se'
curity for deposits on condition that
the government bonds thus released
be used as security for additional ma
tlonal bank note circul alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-04-08
Home Guards Not Soldiers,

DULUTH, April 2. - Members of
home guard organizations formed