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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-12-16

Farmers say they cannot sell fancy
live stock at home; the neighbors pre-
fer to send 10 another State. and pay
moro money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Will Prosecute Whitccappcrs.

DENVER, Aug. ia News special
from Cripple Creek, Colo, says Sher-
itf Bell, who returueu to that city yes-
terday from Wyoming, attended a
meeting of the county commissioners
at which the mayors of Victor and
Cripple Creek, County Attorney Ash.
ton and Deputy District Attorney
Butler were also present.
The recent acts Of whitecapping
were discussed and it was decided to
vigorouly prosecute the guilty par.
ties and to afford every protection to
citizens threatened by the masked
band. Guards are stationed at the
houses and business places of several
residents of Cripple Creek and Victor
who have been warned by the white
cappers to leave the district.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
The Grand Army Encampment.

BOSTON, Aug. 14.-The national en-
cutnpnent OF the Grand Army of the
Republic, which will open in this city
tomorrow, is expected to be one of
the largest in recent years. The city
is extensively and hand somely decora.
ted and the Boston Common and pub.
lie gardens bear electrical illumina.
tions of unusual brilliancy.
Commanderin.Chief Black, accom-.
panied from w Washington by members
of his family, arrived at the encamp-
ment headquarters this afternoon and
was given a rousing reception. The
feature of the week will be a parade
on Tuesday, when it is expected that
from 900 to 10000 of the veterans
will be in line.
Other features will be the launching
of the steamer Cumberland at Charles.
town, in the presence of distinguished
officials, including Secretary Morton,
and the carnival illumin alton of the
Charles river at Waltham on Wed.
nesday evening.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
VIII Attack Port Arthur.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 14.-A dis
patch from Mukden states that the
Japanese force at Port Artuhr has
been largely reinforced, and has ta-
ken up positions in two large bodies,
one on the heights between Lung
Wung Tao and Pigeon bay and the
other on the hill near Louisa bay.
Guns also have been tplaced on the
heights east of VOLTS hill.
There is a general belief, which is
borne nul by the --latest dispatches.
that tue situation at Port Arthur is Il
desperate one. Apparently the Jap
ancse are concentrating all their ener.
gles towards the reduction of the
fortress in order to release heavy re-
inforcements for the oper ations
against General Kuropatkin, and it is
thought that until this has been ac-
complished the advance on Lao Yang
will be suspended.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Champ Clark Becomes Excited.

NEW ALBANY, Ind, Aug. 13.-"If
the man who called me a liar will meet
me outside the park | will cut his
throat from ear to ear,' exclaimed
Congressman Champ Clark Of Mis-
souri,, during a joint debate with
Charles B. Lands of Indiana, before
the Chautauqua assembly here today.
During the speech of Mr.. Landis
some one in the audience shouted
"Where's Bill Taylor:"
Mir. Landis replied: He is in In.
diana and will stay there until he gets
Justice.
When Mr.. Clark took the platform
he referred to Ex-Governor Tavlor as
an assassin, charging that the repub-
llcans were protecting a man who
should be hanged. Continuing, he
said: ''Ihe republicans want to rule
the country by assassin a:ion.'
Some one in the audience cried ont:
THAT ; not true: you are a liar
Immediately Congressman Clark
shouted his challenge, which vas
greeted with hisSes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17

the national associations of horse
breeders have provided cash prizes to
the amount of $780, for horses
alone, sum largely in excess of all
cash prizes to be offered this year for
exhibits of horses by all the state and
provincial fairs Of America combined.
The final edition of the prize list of
the livestock department OF the exposi-
tlon is ready for distribution to in
tending exhibitors and can be had
upon application. 1t is the most com.
plete classitic alton ever prepared for
an exhibit Of live stock and includes
all breeds of domestic animals that
are of utility to man.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Another Body Recovered.

PUEBLO, Colo, Aug. l2.-One
more body was recovered today by
the searching parties seeking the MISS
ing victims of the Eden disaster. The
remains were found about six miles
from the Arkansas river and were
identified by the father as those of
T. c. Page, of Denver. The body
was somewhat decomposed.
Bloodhounds were used in the hope
OF locating bodies yesterday, but were
called off after one came near drown
ing in the quicksands. The exper.
ience of the wrecking crews at the
scene of the disaster yesterday caused
the officers to express the opinion
that many bodies were drawn into the
sand at that point so deep that they
would never be recovered.
More impetus was given the search
today by offers Of $50 reward for each
body found, and in some cases much
larger sum is promised. The coron.
er's jury hopes to complete its work
today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
The Gar Has q Son

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. l2.-Thc
czarina today gave birth to a boy.
The heir to the throne will be named
Alexis. When the ncws spread this
afternoon the grand dukes, mobiles
and officials of all classes FASTENED to
congratulate the czar. His majesty
received the Fluctuations excitedly and
almost overcome with joy, he eX.
claimed: ''Praise God. At last | see
the accomplishment of my dearest
wish.'
An imperial salute of lOl guns was
subsequently, fired, first from Peterhof,
and it was then repeated from all the
forts around St. Peters burg. The
christening of the heir will take place
in fortnight. 1t will be a ceremony
OF the most elaborate sort. In ac-
cordance with Russian imperial GUS
toms, it will be performed in the I'M
perial chapel of the Peterhof palace,
credited with being the most magnifi.
cent chapel in Russian
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Ten Drowned In. Potomac.

AsHINGToN. Aug. 13.-Ten per-
sons were drowned as a result of the
capsizing of a naphtha launch on the
Potomac river off Georgetown during
the annual Potomac regatta this af.
ternoon. Four others who we're on
the launch escaped. All but one
lived in this city.
Many of the spectators, including
officials of the district government,
protested against the continuance of
the racing in view of the tragedy, but
the officials in charge declined to stop
the sport, saying it was inexpedient,
as many had come from other cities to
take part and that the regatta was the
result of long laid plans in which
many outside interests were con.
cerned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Efforts to Settle the Strike,

CHICAGO, Aug. l5.-Mayor Har.
rlson will attempt to settle the stock
yards strike. A large committee of
the retail dealers called upon him this
afternoon and asked him to use his
good offices in ending the strike. The
mayor said that he would gladly DO
all that lay in his power to put an end
to the trouble, and a meeting between
him and the labor leaders was at once
arranged.
The mayor then set about arrang.
ing meeting with the packers, and
they promptly sent him word tn at they
would meet him. There were mum.
Der OF conferences during the day, all
having the settlement of the strike in
view, but none of them resulted in any.
thing. 1t is asserted that the alleged
secret meeting between the packers
and the strikers was arranged for by
w. E. Skinner, assistant general man.
ager OF the Union Stock Yards &
Transfer company, but that it came to
naught.
The numerous assaults that have
been taking place every day, and in
the neighborhood of the stock yards,
have stirred the police to more en-.
ergetic action.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Labor Troubles In Gotham.

NEW York, Aug. 15.-Today began
the third and possibly decisive week
in the controversy which threatens to
put stop to the building operations
in this city for months to come. It is
declared by the leaders of both sides
that everything points to fight to a
finish between the labor unions and
the Building Trades Employers as.
sociation over the question of the
open shop.
There are now about 80, COO men out
OF work, including skilled mecha anics
and laborers, as a result of the pres
ent difficulty. There are about 10000
skilled workmen in the building trades
in this city who would be affected bv a
general strike or lockout. Ia addi.
tlon to these, 1t is estimated that 45,-
900 cIpers and laborers and Is 900
employees of material men would be
thrown out of work, making a total of
2O,UUO
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Short Stories of the War.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. l2.-Every-
thing else, from military standpoint.
seems to be forgotten in the general
anxiety concerning the fate Of the Port
Arthur squadron. The future plans
OF the admiralty hang upon the pre-
servation of the bulk Of the squadron,
and it is not too much to say that the
present is regarded as being the most
critical moment of the war. A dis.
patch from Viceroy Alexieii says:
''t'or four days Port Arthur has been
subjected to BON bardment by siege
guns"
LONDON, Aug. PA 1inkow cor.
respondent of the Gazette reports nat
five Japanese divisions commenced a
fresh assault on Port Arthur Thurs
day. The inhabitants are furiously
demanding capitulation. ''Anarchy
reigns in Port Arthur" the dispatch
concludes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
PACKERS REFUSE CONFERENCE.
Strikers at Stockyards Propose to Ap-
peal to Federal Courts.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE stocky ards
strike seems no nearer a settlement
than it did the day the struggle began.
Efforts of committee, composed of
retail butchers and grocers, to bring
about a conference between the pack.
ers and the strike leaders was of no
avail today.
When the strike leaders were in
formed of the determination of the
packers to refuse to enter into further
conferences with the unionists they be-
gan to form plans to force the hand
of the legal department of the United
States government in an endeavor to
bring about settlement. This move
was decided upon by the legal advis.
ers of the strikers after they had re-
ceived what they considered reliable
information that the attorney general
would not make move to bring into
operation the perpetual Injunction
now held by the government against
combinations among the packing firms,
unless ordered to do so by President
Roosevelt. The plan in effect is this:
An action will be started*in the fed
eral court in the name of striker
who holds stock in one of the biggest
of the packing concerns, demanding
that the injunction be put into opera
tion on the ground that the illegal
combin alton still exists and through
it the shareholders are suffering losses.
This it is expected by strike leaders
will induce President Roosevelt to
take up the fight and force the packers
to produce their books, contracts and
agreements in open court. Such a
step, it is believed by the strikers,
will bring the packers to terms and
end the struggle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS DISABLED.
Great Naval Battle In Which Port Ar
thur Squadron Is Smashed.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 14.-Not
since the beginning of the war between
Japan and Russia has anything so
obviously affected the Russian spirit
as the gradual revelation of the ex-
tent OF the Port Arthur squadron's re.
verse. Rear Admiral Withoeft, who
was in command of the Russian
squadron at Port Arthur, was killed
during the engagement Wednesday.
The emperor has received telegram
reporting that Withoeft met his death
aboard the flagship Czarvitch. Both
his legs were blown off. Captain Ma.
tousevitch, the late Rear Admiral
Withoeft's chief of staff, who was
wounded during the japanese attack
on the Czarvitch, has died of his
wounds.
TOXIC, Aug. LIT is believed here
that the Russians will not be able to
repair the five battleships reported by
Admiral Togo TO have been damaged
in the recent sea fighting at Port Ar.
thur. The Japanese land batteries
now command the entrance to the har-
Dor and could render this work i'm.
possible.
Before the Russian fleet emerged
from Port Arthur on August 10. the
Japanese batteries could reach the
warships there with shells aud the
docks were exposed to fire, the se-
verify of which was increasing con.
stantly. 1t is doubted if these ships
will be able to go to sea again without
first undergoing repairs and it is ex-
pected that the Russians themselves
will destroy them before Port Arthur
falls.
CHE Foo, Aug. 14.-Details of the
naval battle of August 10 show that
the Russian battleship Czarvitch made
a rem arkable struggle. When the
battle opened six battleships on each
side opposed each other, in almost
parallel lines, in the vicinity of Round
island. The cruisers and torpedo
ooat 0estrOyerS on both sides were
ordered out of range. When the fight
had been under way for some time. the
cruisers and smaller craft became en-
gagged. Finally the Czarvitch was
surrounded by FOUR battleships and
two cruisers. She endured four hours
of terrible fighting, pluckily. The
shell which killed Admiral Withoeft
rebounded from a turret.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
WILL. FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Leader Of Stockyards Strike Declares
There Will BE No Surrender.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-President Don
nelly declared this morning that the
refusal of the packers to listen to any
plan for mediation means that the
strike will be fought out to the last
ditch. He ssys the men will make no
recession from the stand taken. but
that the strike will be extended to
| cover every class of labor handling
packing house products, not only in
Chicago but all over the United States.
Threats are made that boycotts will
be ordered and every possible meas
ure will be taken to hinder the pack
ers from running their plants on a
non.union basis.
Mayor Harrison will be asked to do
what he can toward settling the stock
yards strike. With all prospects Of
peace Or peace conference gone, the
retail meat dealers and grocers to-.
night decided to ask the city's execu-
tive to take a position in the present
conflict, similar to that assumed BY
him in the street car strike last fall.
Previous to d decision to request
Mayor Harrison to intercede for
peace, Cornelius Shea, president of
the International brotherhood of
Teamsters. declared in an interview
th at there would be no more sympa-
thetic strikes of the members of his
union. He declared that all the pack
ing house teamsters now on strike
would "stand pat,' meaning that they
would remain on strike.
There was considerable rioting ac-
companying the delivery Of meat in
the downtown district today. Large
crowds of strikers and sympathizers
surrounded nOn-uniOn wagons and
hurled missiles at the drivers. A Sc.
rious assault was averted by large
detachment Of police. The police are
dispensing crowds which gather in the
N arkets. The temper of the crowd is
ugly since the decision of the pack.
ers not to accept mediation. Dis
turbances are becoming more general.
A crowd of 400 strikers attacked a
Lake Shore train carrying 90 non
union negroes from Pitts burg. They
threw stones at the cars and broke
many windows. A negro drew re-
volver and fired several shots and the
crowd scattered. The police failed to
find the man who fired the shot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Counterfeiters Are pardoned.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1l.-The presi-
dent has pardoned David Henry Ohm
son and Edward Johnson, brothers,
who were sentenced to a term of nine
years in the penitentiary at Detroit
and who had served seven years of
their term. The Johnson brothers
made the famous s. Window bill and
established a record as the most skill
full counterfeitres of their time. At
the time of the trial of David and Ed.
ward Johnson the promise was given
to them if they would give up the plates
printed two years would be deducted
from their sentence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
S1ill Searching EOr.Bodics.

PUEBLO, CoLO., Aug. 13.-Three
more bodies Of the victims of the Eden
disaster were recovered by the search
ing parties today, and all were identi-
fed soon after being brought to the
morgue. With the Identification of
Mrs. Belle Ste1ey early this morning
the list OF Identified dead now num-
bers 50. The additional reward off
cred to individual searching parties
of 500 has greatly stimulated the
search, with the result that tomorrow
it is expected that nearly 500 men will
patrol the river and explore the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Betting Favors Roosevelt.

NEW YORK, Aug. l2.-Since Judge
A. b. Parker's notification consider
able betting is going on in W all
street. Theodore Roosevelt is the
favorite at 10 to 6 and 10 to !. Was.
serman Bros. offer today $1,000 to
$500 on Roosevelt.
ESOPUs, Aug. l2.-J udge Parker is
inceuscd at newspaper stories that
he devated from his printed speech
of acceptance and put stress on his
gold views for the purpose of gaining
the support of Wall street. He en-
pha,ically denies that he extempor-
aneou=ly revised his speech, but is
willing to lose any vote turned from
him because Of his stand on the fnan-
cial question.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Estimating Sage's Millions

New YORK, Aug. n.-An estimate
was made in Wall street today as to
the wealth of Russell Sage which
placed the total of his accumulat
possessions at approximately twice
his age in millions of dollars. AS
Mr.. Sage was IS years old on Thurs.
day last, that would make his fortune
$4,000, 900.
Granted this estimate is correct it
means that by industry and frugality,
with a careful lending at interest of
money already garnered, MIR. Sage
of So 1000, 900 year. What Wall street
would particularly like to know is
what is to become of his enormous
pile of capital when Mr.. Sage dies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Electric Power for Railroads.

BUFFALO,, N. Y, Aug. 1l.-The
Vanderbilts are said to be planning
to equip the entire West Shore rail-
road with electricity and to adopt this
motive power for the Niagara Falls
& Lewistown branch, the Rome. Wa
tertown & Ogdensburg and the Oswego
branch Of the New York Central The
plan as outlined calls for the cOnstruc.
tion of power house at Niagara
Falls to cost $24 ,0OO,O0O
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Montana Man Is Missing

ST. LOUIS, Aug. l3.-The police to-
day began a search for Joseph c Sat
terlee, a worlds fair visitor from
Darby, Mont, who has been missing
from his boarding house since last
Monday morning. His friends, who
fear foul play, describe him as 10
y' 'ars old, ) feet y inches tall, los
pounds: light blue eyes, fair COM
plexon, and wearing brown suit,
black fedora hat and fireman.. badge
marked Bate. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Bodies Lost In Quicksand.

PUEBLO Colo, Aug. 11.-After
working all day the 220 men compos-
ing the various searching parties that
are looking for the missing bodies of
the Eden wreck returned to the city to-
night without having had any success.
There is no change in the list of iden-
titled dead and but few changes in the
reported missing list.
Developments indicate that the bod
les of the missing victims have been
sucked in the quicksand and will
never be recovered. 1t was shown by
the hoisting of the wrecked engine
that immense deposits of quicksand
lay under the piers of the wrecked
bridge, and it is also understood there
is an underflow, which has und btedly
carried the bodies down in the sand !,
entirely out of sight, where they can
never be recovered. Further investi-
cation reveals the fact that quicks and
exists everywhere along the river aud
this is taken to explain the failure to
find a number of bodies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17

that by attending this affair, which
they call the ''modern feast of Bel.
shazzar," Sen ator Fairbanks proved
that he was in sympathy with the attl.
tude of Colorado's chief executive to.
ward organized labor. Eugene V.
Debs, socialist candidate for presi-
dent, joined in the chorus of criticism.
A copy of Fairbanks letter has been
seat to Debs, with the suggestion that
II Debs desired to do the fair thing he
Will correct his former statement
about Senator Fairbanks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17

have made individual agreements
with the employers, but all on an open
shop basis, though in many cases all
the men taken back will remain union
men. 1t is estimated that the strikers
lost between 10000 and $1,000, 900
in wages.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Big Livestock Show at the Fair.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. l2.-During the
last week in August there will be the
greatest livestock exhibit at the St.
Louis world fair that the world has
ever seen. Stockmen from all over
the country will be in the city to par
ticipate in the competition for the
grand prizes.
The managers of the exposition and
national and state commissions and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
POpuliStS Have 4 New Scheme.

LINCOLN, NEB. Aug 11.--The popu-
list leaders of the west are Matching a
scheme for a political alliance of their
party and the various labor organiza-
tlons Of the country. Tom Watson,
candidate for president, today ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
striking packinghouse employees at
Kansas City on Labor Day. Mr..
W atson left this morning for Chicago
and he will be notified of his nomna.
tion in New York, August IS, at Mad
ison Square Garden.
Thomas H. Tibbles, candidate for
vice-president on the populist ticket,
heads a bolt against the fusion agree
ment entered into by the democrats
and populists of this state, and today
attended a bolters' convention, held
for the purpose of repudiating the ac-
ton, and a committee was appointed
to take steps toward organizing clubs
reviving the old peoples party and
working against the fusion ticket in
Nebraska.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
TailOrs' Strike Has Failed.

NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-The strike of
the United Garment Workers agains st
the opeu shop, which began about two
months ago, has been declared OFF.
It is said by the employers that the
ranks of the strikers had dwindIed
from $4,000 to 5000. The strikers
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Campaign ROOrhack Exposed.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. Ex-senator
Fairbanks denied today that he was a
guest at the dinner given in Chicago
during the national convention by
Thomas f. W Wulsh, the Colorado mill
ionalre, III honor of Gov. Peabody of
that state.
Democrats here have tried to show
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Railroad Will Use Telephones.

ST. PAUL, Aug. l5.-~It is stated
that within the next few weeks the
Northern Pacific will let contracts
which will practically revolutionize
the present system of train dispatch
ing, substituting the telephone system
for The telegraph on long and import
ant stretches of the St. Paul-Portland
route.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-08-17
Bryan Loses Bequest.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.,, Aug. l2.-The
supreme court, which has been consid-
ering w. j. Bryan's appeal from the
lower court decision which excluded
the "sealed letter. in the Bennett will
case, adjourned tonight, having found
no error. By this decision Mr.. Bryan
loses the $5O,O beQuesl.