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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-21
WEATHER RECORD.

Washington. D. C., May 20, p. m. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday For Eastern New York: Fair Satur- day and Sunday; fresh west winds.
 For New England: Fair Saturday and Sunday; fresh west winds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-21

bowl Nearly all the men had two cuts on each cheek and on the forehead, like the Soudanese. Their women had a regular pattern scored on the body. and the head partly or wholly shaved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Thirteen Killed by Explosion.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 26.--Thir-
teen persons We're killed, three fatally
injured and five hurt by an explosion
of boilers which totally demolished
the towboat Fred Wilson today. The
Wilson was the property of the Mon.
ongahela Coal Il Coke company, and
left Pittsb burg last Friday with six
barges, twelve coal boats and four
flats bound for Louisville. She ar
rived here about midnight, had pro-
ceeded down the river and was about
to tie up when the explosion occurred.
The Wilson was literally blown to
pieces and her hull sank in is feet of
water. Two heavy pieces of wrecka age
were found almost 800 feet from the
bank and her flag in the top CT tree
where it was blown with a piece of
wreckage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
matter. This was practically the first
shipment OF ne~2pap pcrs and mer-
chaudise to that section since last
NUvem ber
Orcgan Nhtl: Growers Combine.

PENDLETON. Orc. May PA move
meut ha. been inuugura,ed here for
the formation OF wheu, growers as
sOci alton for the purpose of pooling
the entire harvest Of Ulnat,lia county
this year. The deal will be one of the
most gigantic in the history of the
northwest, if it is carried out.
E. L. Smith. one of the heaviest
growers in The county, is formulating
the plan, aud already has other farm.
ers working with him. The idea was
taken from the success Of the sheep.
men in pooling their wool clips and
selling to the highest bidder. The
plan is for all mem bers of the associa.
tion to pool warehouse receipts for
wheat after it has been graded, and
then offer the entire lot TO the highest
bidder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
AGRICULTURE BUILDING.
MOVING AGAINST PORT ARTHUR
Japanese Drive Back the Enemy and
Capture Fortified Position.

LONDON. Ma; 26.-A dispatch to
the Central News from Toxic says the
Japan 81 have stOymed and captured
the town ut Kin Chou. about - miles
north Of Port Arthur. After the oc-
cupation q! Kin Chou the Russians
retired in good order To the heights
farther sou h. which were attacked by
the full Japunrsn force ard carried
after a stubborn resistance.
Ia an earlier message the Toxic cor
respondent Of ,he Central News cabled
that the japanese spies had ascer-
tanned that the Russians had 80 guns
at Kin Chou and numerous mines and
wire entanglements at all the points
where japanese attack was expected.
The Toxic correspondent OF the
Daily Chronicle, under date of May
26, sends the following: The Japan
ese have already constructed 80 miles
of light railroad for the transporta-
tion of the siege guns toward Port
Arthur. Around Kin Chou, the j ap-
anese have been fighting for the past
eight days, but are making little pro.
gress against the Russians, who Oc-
cupy strong positions on the heights.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Thayer Appointed Manager.

NEW YORK, May 25.-BenJamin b.
Thayer has been appointed assistant
general manager of the Amalgama ated
company. H. H. Rogers continues in
general charge of the properties as
president and general manager. The
Herald announcing the news says:
'Mr. Thayer, who is an expert min
ing man, with a practical experience
of many years, becomes assistant to
the president. In that capacity he
will have charge OF many sub-depart-
,nents of the company's affairs. He
will have his headquarters in New
York and Butte. Mr.. Thayer is a
Harvard graduate"
In addition to being in charge under
President Rogers, of the copper prop
critics and the smelters, Mr.. Thayer
will be assistant manager of the lum-
Der interests, hotels, newspaper,
stores, banks, street cars, electric
lighting and power plants and other
interests of the malgamated in Mon.
tana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Miles Is An Anti-Impcrialist.

Boston, Mass, May 26.-Leuten-
and General Miles was the principal
speaker at the dinner of the Massa-
chusetts Reform club at Young's hotel
last night. General Miles advocated
emphatically the independence of the
Filipinos and reciprocity with Canad
Referring to the so.called anti-imper-
ialists, the general said:
"a small body of Intelligent, pa"
triotic men have been in this vicinity
for number of years, advocating a
principle of humanity and justice con.
cerning our relations with people
living on the other side of the Clio be
They have endured the jecrs and
criticisms of those who were in au-
thority Or differed with them and vet
within few years they have seen a
radical change in public opinion in
this country concerning the status of
5000, 900 Malays. All honor to those
men and God grant that speedily we
may witness the establishment of the
first republic in the Orient.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
RumOr Denied By Heinze.

NEW YORK, May 26.-"There is no
truth in the story. You can state tn at
automatically and send my regards to
my friends in Montana" With these
words F. Aug. Heinze disposed of the
rumor, origin rating in the fertile brain
of Thomas w. Lawson of Boston, to
the effect that Mr.. Heinze had dis
posed of his Montana properties to
the Anal a]gamated Copper company.
The story was given no credence
here. Neither the Associated Press.
the Scripps Service, nor any of the
reputable press associations consid-
cred it reliable and it was treated in the
New y IOrh papers as one of Tom Law.
sons fairy stories. manufactured for
purposes known only to Mr.. lawson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
RUSSIANS ON THE RUN.
japanese Storm Fortified Position and
VIII March Against Port Arthur.

TOXIC, May 27.-The japanese army
swept the Russians from Kin Chou
last evening, and in a desperate fight
stormed the almost impregn able pos
ition of the Russians on Nan Shan
hill, west of Talien Wan. The battle
ragged in the hills all through the
night, and fragmentary kilograms
from the japanese headquarters re-
port that the engagement is still in
progress and that the japanese are
pursuing the Russians south from
Nan Shang and the head of Talien
Wan bay.
The Russians had been making elab-
| crate preparations to check the Jap
anese IN march south on the Liao Tung
peninsula toward Port Arthur. They
had fortified the high ground on the
south shore of Talien Wan bay. This
hill was the strongest part OF the line.
A series OF batteries, strongly en-
placed, crowned its crest, while rifle
pits extended around its sides. Mines
had been placed lower down on this
hill and around the base, on the nor.
| thern and eastern sides was stretched
we'll made wire entanglements.
In storming the hill the japanese
first centered their fire on the Russian
batteries, in which work they were
aided by four gunboats from Kin
Chou bay. They succeeded in silenc.
ing many of the enemy's guns. The
Russians had constructed series OF
trenches around the hill on terrace
protected by wire entanglements and
other such devices. The Japanese
made series of rushes, but they were
in vain. The deadly rifle and cannon
fire of the enemy checked them repeat.
edly. Finally, at 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon, the Japanese reformed and
stormed the crest of the hill. The
Russians held to their position dog.
gedly and it was O'Clock in the even.
ing before the japanese finally gained
possession of the ridge.
LONDON, May PA dispatch to
the Central News from Harbin says
the japanese losses during the fight
ing at Kin Chou are said to be 1900
killed. 1t is said these figures have
been confirmed by an official dispatch
A Toxic correspondent of the Tele
graph says he learns that the Japan.
ese troops are now within II miles OF
Port Arthur. and that the Russians
suffered heavier casualties than the
Japanese, who have taken guns and
other m aterial and few prisoners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Brings Suit for Fifty Millions.

BOSTON, May 27.-Fifty million dol.
lars is the amount claimed by Eliza
beth II. Greenbough of New York,
widow OF the famous inventor, Ben ia.
min p. Green bough, ia suit against
Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil
company, and the executors of the
estate of Charles Pratt, once Mr..
Roger~' partner. Mrs. Green bough's 8
claim for this big sum is based on the
invention by her hu band of /; process
OF Oil refining which renders kerosene
none-xplOsive, aud she alleges she is
entitled to a royalty of one-quarter of
cent a gallon on all oil 50 treated
by the Standa ard Oil company. In
1874 when Rogers and Pratt were
young and poor in the oil business,
Green bough invented his process and
sold it to them under contract guar
anteeing him the royalty mentioned. .
Within few years Green bough had
received more than $500, 600 in roy al
ties from the Standard Oil company,
to which Rogers and Pratt transfer
red the invention.
Then Greenbough was lost at sea,
and his widow having no knowledge
of the contract with her hus band,
made no claim for roy yalties. The
Stand ard Oil company also apparent
ly forgot it. A short time ago Mrs.
Greenbough found among her hus-
bands papers copy of the contract
aud her suit is the result. Though
begun against Rogers and the Pratt
executors, the Standard Oil company
is the real defenda ant in the suit
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Mississippi Town Destroyed.

JACKSON, Miss May 25.-Fire in
Yazoo City today destroyed every
business house of any Importance to-
gether with a large number of priv ate
residences, the principal hotel and the
passenger station. The burned dis
trict is three blocks wide and II
blocks long. The estimates of the
loss are between l,600, 900 and 50 ,O0O,.
600. The water supply was inadequate
and efforts to stay the flames were
futile. A citizen named Chambless
was killed by falling walls and Mayor
Holmes was severely hurt, his condi-
ton tonight being reported as pre-
carious. Yazoo City is 40 miles from
Jackson and has 5000 inha bitants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
War Correspondents Barred

ST. PETERSBURG, May 26.-Viceroy
Alexi=tf has decided not to allow any
more foreign newspaper correspon-
dents to join the Manchurian army, at
least for the present. None of those at
Mukden have yet been allowed to 60
to Lao Yang, much less to the front,
and when permission is granted it is
pro bable that some sort Of pledge will
be exacted that will require them to
remain until the end of this years
campaign, on the ground that if they
should depart at will they would take
away information concerning the
Russian dispositions, equipments,
guns and transportation facilities
which would be published beyond the
jurisdiction of the Russian military
censors and might prove of great
value to the enemy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
The Smoot Investigation.

SALT LAKE, May 27.-According to
Senator Dubois of Idaho, who reached
Salt Lake from Washington yester-
day enroute to his home in Blackfoot,
the senate committee on privileges
and elections will meet in Utah some
time before congress assemblies for
the purpose of hearing further testi-
mony in the Smoot case and will have
its report before the senate soon after
that body meets. Senate Dubois,
owing to his position as member Of
the senate committee, refused to dis.
cuss the merits of the case or give an
opinion as to the possibility of Sena.
tor Smoot being unseated as a result
of the investigations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Expensive Mail Service in Alaska.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The post.
office has received bids for carrying
the mail from Valdes to Tanana,
Alaska, via Fairbanks and China, a
distance of 62O miles and return, from
October to May 3 each year from
next October to May 3, 1906. The
contract doubtless will be let to Oscar
Foote and Joseph Grant of Alaska,
whose bid, $40, ,945 year, or 1872 a
round trip, was the lowest. The only
other bio was $50. 400 per annum, or
S., 800 per round trip, submitted by
the Northern Commercial company OF
San Francisco. The contrac. is one
of the largest undertakings of its kind.
The schedule calls for 50 days running
time each way, with maximum
weight Of mail Of 400 pounds each
single trip.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
IazOO City Uno.r Martial Law.

YAzOO CITY, Miss, NJ ay 26.-Yazou,
City Is under martial law as a result
negroes who were caught in an at.
tempt TO steal salvage have been ar.
rested. Two military companies pa.
trolled the burned district. The loss
is estimated at 81, 500, 900 to S2,O0O,O 600
and the insurance probably will ap-
proximately reach 50 per cent. Of the
loss. Twenty EIGHT blocks were swept
clean by the flames. Of the POO build.
ings destroyed, fifty were splendid
residences, occupied by some of the
wealthiest citizens Of the south.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Eastern Farmers Are Alarmed.

W WASHINGTON, M ay 27.-Of the four.
teen great irrigation projects, for
which the secretary of the interior re-
Gently set apart S27, ,00O,OOO of the re.
clamation fund, seven will, according
to the estimates of the engineers in
charge OF the work, reclaim l, ,1O3, 900
acres OF land at a..total cost of Sl2,-
$50, 900, an average of Sl1.37 Der acre.
When the immense increase in the
value of the land effected by irriga-
tlon is considered, the cost is by no
means great, much similar land sell.
ing at $40 and upward per acre.
Agriculturists in the east are al.
ready beginning to wonder what will
be the effect on the farming industry
OF the vast acreage which it is expect
ed to render fertile by irrigation
They say that the opening up of the
west, the cultivation of the great wheat
fields of the northwest and the large
area in the corn belt has already
driven the eastern farmer to intensive
farming. Those interested in irriga-
tlon, however. maintain that the re-
clamation Of the arid sections will no
more than keep pace with the increas.
ed pulation, and consequent de.
mand Of the country, and that eastern
farmers will ''never know the differ.
anca -
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
SuffOcated in Tunnel.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, May 25.-Ten
miners were sutfocated by gas and sui
phur fumes from a locomotive this
afternoon in the workings of the Sum-
nit Branch Coal company at Viii.
Jamestown, Dauphin county. The tun
mel in which the accident occurred is
one mile in length and is used by the
coal company to convey the coal mined
in the workings in the Bear valley to
the breaker in the Williams valley.
The men employed in the Bear valley
who reside in Williamstown, have
made a practice for years of riding to
and from their work on the trips OF
ears that are hauled between the two
valleys by small locomotives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Russia Has Trouble at Home.

LONDON, May 26.-The Standard
publishes a dispatch from Russian
correspondent containing most sensa-
tional statements regarding the alarm
ing condition of Russia as a result of
the war. The correspondent asserts
that disturbances in various cities
have been followed by wholesale exc
cutions without any civil trial. 1t is
said that 600 persons have been hang
ed in Warsaw alone, and that many
others have been hanged in Cronstadt
and Moscow. At the latter place, the
troops buried so collins, containing
the bodies of those who had been
hanged. The bodies were buried
secretly in the night, presumably in
the woods.
This correspondent asserts that the
war has resulted in the utter paraly-
sis of all business, and says that even
the most sober-minded are drawing
ominious conclusions from the sig.
nidcant fact that regiments stationed
in European Russia have been re-
tanned in their places and that only
reserves have been mobilized for the
front.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
The Brooklyn Handicap

NEW YORK, May 26.-Amid the
rousing cheers of $4,000 people, The
Picket won the rich Brooklyn handl-
cap, one and quarter miles, at
Gravesend today, by head from the
favorite, Irish Lad. Proper was third,
two lengths back: Hermis was fourth,
a head away.
Even before the horses had been
called to the paddock for the first
race the grand stands and lawns were
crowded to their fullest capacity. 1t
was typical May day gathering from
every walk of life. About 300 book.
makers drew in line and it is roughly
estimated that more than million
dollars changed hands on the after
Moons result.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
VIII Investigate Freight Rates.

DENVER, May 27.-The cattle grow.
ers' interstate executive committee re-
ceived word today that the interstate
commerce commission has issued an
order to proceed Of its own motion to
investiga ate the freight rate stu alton
and the service of railroads in live.
stock shipments in the west and north.
west. The hearing will be held in
Denver, but the exact d ate has not vet
been fixed.
The investig alton will be confined
to the lines west of :the Mississippi,
but will not include the rates east from
Texas, Indian Territory, New Mexico
and Arizona. 1t will include the
rates and service from those states
and territories to northern ranges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
Russian Commander Said to Be Making
Important Movement.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 25.-There
are indications that General kuro-
patkin is preparing to make a very
important movement against the
enemy. One of the reasons for this
belief is the sudden increased restric-
tions upon the war correspondents at
the front. The prevailing belief here
is that General Kuroki's army is in
difficulties.
According to the latest information
obtainable the Japanese have resumed
their forward movement. Several
columns are advancing though the
bulk of the invading army is still near
Feng Wang Cheng. There are per-
sistent rumors of bloody battle hav-
Ing taken place resulting in the de-
feat Of the Japanese with great loss.
Small parties of Japanese scouts have
been seen northeast OF Mukden at a
considerable distance, but no impor-
tant body of the enemy has been To-
Gated in this vicinity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Treasure In Old Coat

New YORK. May 25.-F'ive $1,000
treasury notes have been found in an
old moth .eateu coat purchased by
Elmer Eckerson Of Bogota. n j., at
an auction sale of unclaimed baggage
in railroad station. Neither the
trunk nor the coat it contained bore
any marks of identification. Ecker
son was about to throw the garment
away, when he discovered the treasure
carefully wrapped in oil silk. The
lucky buyer is 63 years old and will
at once take vacation in Europe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Government Officials Acquitted,

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Within %
minutes of the retirement of the jury
in the case OF James N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Barrett, tried on the
charges of conspiracy in connection
with their duties as law officers of the
postottice department, verdict of not
guilty was returned. General Tyner,
expecting longer wait, had been
wheeled from the room, and his neph.
ew and co-defend ant hastened to give
an order which caused him to return.
General Tyner appeared greatly ex-
cited as he attempted to face the jury,
and when the verdict was read, he
broke down completely.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Warship Named Montana.

WASHINGTON, May Pit was de-
cided today to name for the Treasure
state one of the new armored cruisers
provided for in the last naval con-
struction act. The cruiser Montana.
when completed, will be one of the
finest ships in the navy. Early in the
session Representative Dixon urged
President Roosevelt TO name one of
the new warships Montana, and today
the president announced that he would
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
May Work Without Paw.

CHICAGO, May PA dispatch to
the Tribune from Emporia, Kan,
says that William Allan White,
editor of the Emporia Daily Gazette,
has been offered the position of state
accountant without pay under Cow
ernor Bailey. Mr.. White has not yet
accepted. The offer made by Govern
or Bailey Is the result OF an editorial
written by Mr.. White last week, in
which he declared that he would glad
ly accept the place Of state accountant
without a salary.
He expressed belief that a state ac-
countant could find plenty of work to
do in checking up the expenditures of
the state officers. The place of state
accountant was created by the legis-
lature of 1903 and pays salary of
$1,000 a year. but has never been
filed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Yukon Navigation Opened.

WASHINGTON, May 2G.-The post
Office department has announced that
navigation on the Yukon river in
Alaska is reopened and that mail m at
ter may be accepted by postoftices for
transmission 10 any destination in
Alaskan territory. This also includes
mails for Dawson and all other places
in Canadian Yukon territory. The
first trip was made with an ice plow
which carried l4,0OO pounds Of mail
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Made Bonfire OF Pianos.

NEW YORK, May 25.-While $50
delegates to the national piano deal
ers' convention in Atlantic City waved
red lights and danced in a circle. 200
venerable square pianos have been
emated to mark what the dealers
term the passing of the Old make of
instruments. The bonfire, which was
built in an open place on high ground =,
blazed like burning house and was
not eXtinguished for several hours
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
From Poverty to Affluence.

NEW YORK, May 25.-After having
toiled more than 25 years at s. a lay
as a custom house weigher in a sugar
refinery here, Patrick G. Hennessey
of Brooklyn has suddenly found him
self to be the heir of s400, 600.
Hennessey became cognizant of his
good fortune through an ADVERTISE
ment inserted in a daily paper by a
firm of London solicitors, who has
cha arge Of an estate left by Hennes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Dog Eaters A1nuse Miss Roosevelt.

ST. LOUIS, May 21.--Miss Alice
Roosevelt was entertained at O'Clock
luncheon by Mrs. George D. Mark
ham, at the Directors club on the
fair grounds today, after which she
visited the Philippine reservation in
honor OF the occasion. The Iggor.
rotes donned their brightest clothing,
killed their fattest dogs, three PIGS
and 20 chickens and executed their
fanciest dances.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
An Alaskan Murder Mystery.

VANCOUVER, s. c., May PA
dispatch from Dawson today says:
w. S. Evans, miner. was murdered
some time last week just below Eagle
City, Alaska. His body, horribly
mutilaled with the blows of an ak,
was found this morning on the river
bank, The man had evidently been
camping beside the river. He had a
considerable amount of money and
robbery was proba bly, the prize which
the murderer had in view.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Big Loss to Cuclc sam.
do so.

BALTIMORE, May 21.-The decision
of the New York federal court in sus-
tanning the appeal Of Honolulu i'm
porters from the ruling Of Collector of
Customs Stackable Of this district and
upholding their contention that saki
is beer, aad not wine, also sustainS a