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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
VLADIvosToK, RUssIAs IcEBoUND HARBoR IN SIBERIA,
THE SMOOT INVESTIGATION.
Mormon President Gives Testimony AS
TO the Practice of POlygamy.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-President
Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon church
was called to the stand by Senator
Hoar at the opening of today's pro.
ceedings before the senate committee
on privileges and elections in the in.
vestig alton of protests against Sen.
ator Reed Smoot of Utah. Senator
Hoar desired information on the SUBJ
ject Of the rights of women in the
church and whether they hold any
priestly authority.
Mr.. Smith said women are regarded
as equals of the men in all matters of
voting. but in holding ''priestly au-
thority' women are not reg arded on
the same plane. Mr.. Smith said he
had avoided teaching polygamy, but
that the manifesto had not in any
manner changed his convictions on
the questions of plural marriages.
Reference had been made many times
to the revelation commanding plural
marriages, and Senator Foraker said
that, although the ground may have
been covered before, he would like to
have it go onto the record in answer
to this question::
"When, where and how was the in
junction in favor of polygamy received
by the church? What l want to know
is whether the practice is arbitrary or
merely permissive?''
Mr.. Smith explained that the revel-
alton was made to Joseph Smith, Jr.,
at Nauvoo in 1913, but was not public
ly proclaimed on account of the dis
turbance against Smith. The doc
trine, he said, had been taught by
Joseph Smith to Brigham Young and
his associates and preserved by
Young. 1t was taken to the Salt
Lake valley in 1917 and in 1852 was
proclaimed by Young and accepted as
a revelation.
Senator Dubois asked several qucs.
tiOns directed to determine the correct
ness of the statements that not more
than Or per cent. of the Mormons
were polygamists, and said he be-
lieved he could show that greater
per cent. of them had been convicted
of the charge. He asked Mr.. Smith
how many of his predeces ssors had
been monogamists and Mr.. Smith sa
he believed that all of them had plural
wives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
DENOCNCE PACKERS COMBINE.
South Dakota Congressman Says Injunc-
tiOn Does Not Give Relief.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The house
today had under consideration the
Indian appropriation bill. During
the general debate on the bill Mr..
Martin Rep. S. d. addressed the
house on his resolution, the secretary
of commerce and labor to investig ate
the causes of the differences which ex.
ist between the cost of live and dressed
beef.
MIR. Martin said that the western
stockmen had been forced to the con-
clv sion that the great meat markets of
the country were manipulated against
them. The recent meeting of the Stock.
raisers' association had recognized
this fact by resolutions favoring the
establishment of independent packing
houses.
Mr.. Martin turned his attention to
the proceedings Of the attorney gener-
al in 1902 against the "beef trust"
which was now on appeal before the
supreme court of the United States.
"But,' continued Mr.. Martin, $50
far as the rights of the producer and
consumer are concerned they are even
worse than before this injunction was
placed on this so.called trust. think
there is every indication that after the
injunction they changed their methods,
and instead of agreeing and combin.
ing in advance their represent tatives
go into the market every day and
when one buys lot of beef, the others
refrain from bidding against him, and
afterward divide up the purchase
among themselves. - This method,
Mr.. Martin declared, was clear vio-
lation of the terms of the Sherman
antitrust law, which, he believed, was
adequate to remedy the evil. He paid
his compliments to Senator Foraker
for Introducing a bill in the senate to
repeal the forfeiture clause of the
Sherman law and gained democratic
applause by declaring that instead of
removing that clause it should be en-
forced more vigorously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
4 Russian View Of the War

ST. PETERSBURG, March 5.-Al-
though almost four weeks have elapsed
since the Japanese fleet first attacked
Port Arthur, the war is considered
hardly begun. Heavy land fighting,
upon which the fate of the campaign
depends, is not expected much before
the end Of April. BY this time Russia
will have sent forward, exclusive of a
large army of men required to guard
the railroads, four army corps, each
with a cavalry division and an artil-
lery brigade. All that has happened
so far or is going to happen until
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Hawaii Will Not Exhibit.

HONOLULU. March At has been
definitely decided that Hawaii will
make no exhibit at the St. Louis fair.
The sum of $50, 900, which the legisla-
ture appropriated for an exhibit, will
be returned into the treasury and be
used in relieving the stringency caused
by recent decision of the territoria |
supreme court validating the county
government act. Governor Carter
states that an extra session of the leg
islature is probably unavoidable, as
the treasury is unable to cash out
standing warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
discovered a MastOdOn.

SEATTLE, March 4.-The complete
form of mastodon was discovered at
hillside, On Quartz creek, today, ac-
cording to dispatch received by the
Post.lntelligencer from Dawson, Y. Y.
It was imbedded % feet in the earth
when found and it necessitated the use
of a steam thawing plant to unearth
the immense animal. The hair and
the skin of the beast are in perfect
state of preservation, although the
flesh is somewhat decomposed and the
big tusss, which remain fastened to
the skull, are in good condition. 1t
is estimated that the skeleton is worth
$50 COO
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
MORMON SECRETS REVEALED.
President Smith Admits That He Has
Violated Laws Relating to Polygamy.

WASHINGTON, March $50 great
has become the interest in the investi-
CATION of the protests against Reed
Smoot of Utah retaining his seat in
the United States senate that it was
necessa ary to post a policeman at the
door of the room of the committee on
privileges and elections, where the
hearings are proceeding. Attorneys
for the protestants in the investigati
today said they intended to prove that
the defendant is associated with an
organization which practices polye-
amy and connives at violations of the
law and that his every vote as a SEN
ator of the United States is subject %
the wish and command of the Mormon
church.
President Joseph F. Smith confessed
that he himself had continued to CO.
habit with his plural family since the
manifesto Of 1890, and that he realized
fully that be was violating the state
laws. President Smith also testified
that Reed Smoot tried to get the con-
sent OF his associate apostles in the
church before be could become a can.
didate Cor sen ator.
The confession of President Smith
was the sens alton of the proceedings
today before the sen ate committee on
privileges and elections. Mr.. Smith
said that the manifesto of 1890 had
left him and others with plural fam
lilies in the unfortunate situation of
being compelled to defy the law Or
desert their families. For himself he
had preferred to "take chances with
the law" rather than to disgrace him
self and degrade his family by aban-
doning his wives and the children they
had borne him. He admitted that he
had had children by all of his five
wives since the manifesto and said he
had acknowledged them openly with
out interference or disturbance from
the people Of Utah, whom he spoke of
as liberal and broad-minded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Shooting In War Department..

WASHINGTON, March 3. - Armed
with revolver William J. O'Brien,
alias William Duffy, an insane dis
charged soldier, today entered the war
department and going to the mail and
record division, shot Robert j. Man
ming, messenger, and Arthur VIE
ker, clerk. Another bullet narrowly
missed Miss Emma Sexton, another
clerk.
O'Brien is discharged soldier of
the United States army and was under
treatment at St. Elizabeth's insane
asylum. He had been hanging around
the department for over two hours to-
day, when finally he entered the room
of the record Office and announced
that he was dissatisfied with his dis
charge papers. He Immediately open
ed fire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Worlds Fair Accounts Closed.

CHICAGO, March 3.-Accounts of the
Columbia Worlds exposition of 1893
were closed today with a payment of
final dividend of 4.65 per cent to all of
the 1000 stockholders. This payment,
with a dividend Of 10 per cent, which
was paid 1894, makes total of 10 .65
per cent in dividends paid on the cap
ital stock. All told, the total Or
ganization spent $4,000, 900 and the
national government and the differ
ent states S. 900, 900, the total amount
spent on the Chicago Worlds fair
being s33, 900, 600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Three Burned to Death,

NEW YORK, NJ arch 5.-Rev. Father
Ernest and two domestics, Mary aud
Marg garet Brady, were burned to death,
and Fathers kearney and Hennagen
were seriously injured in fire which
destroyed St. Patrick's Roman Catho-
lie church and the adjoining rectory
early this morning at Long Island
City. The fire caught in the church
and spread to the rectory. The escape
Of the victims was cut off by the
flames. The cause Of the fire is uu-
known
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Blizzard Strikes Wyoming.

CHEYENNE, March 3.-After a WIN
ter which has broken all records for
warmth and absence of storms, south.
eastern Wyoming today is in the
grasp OF severe blizzard, which
started after sudden drop in the
temperature of 80 degrees. 1t is al
most impossible to see buildings
across the street, and the weather
bureau predicts continuance of the
storm and severe cold wave,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Must Obey Order of Court.

san FRANCISCO, March 1.-The
United States circuit court of appeals
today decided not to purge of con-
tempt +. Augustus Heinze, Josiah H.
Trerise and Alfred Frank, but to hold
them subject to the orders of the cir
cult court Of Montana.
By this decision the circuit court of
appeals indorses the view of the law
taken BY Judge Knowles, of Montana,
and Judge Beatty, of Idaho, that
Heinze and his associates disobeyed
orders of the United States court in
mining in the Michael Dewitt claim
and in seeking to prevent the ips Dec.
ton of the Mich ael Dewitt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Burglars Captured by Widow

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 5.-Three
burglars were captured last night by
Mrs. Fannie Black burn. a widow of
30, fair and muscular. She used a
large hickory club on the men as they
emerged from the cellar one by one.
The burg ars were daZed and unable
to set away before help came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09

one OF the largest land owners in cen
trail Kentucky, has given birth to
quadruplets. Mr.. Wyman Immediate
ly named them Grover Cleveland Wy
man, Marcus Hanna Wyman. Theo-
dore Roosevelt Wyman and Willie
Bryan Wyman, the last named being
q girl
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1904-03-09
Increasing the Population.

CHICAGO, March 3.-A dispatch to
the Chronicle from Louisville, KY.
says: Mrs. Laura Wyman. wife Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
HIS DOODLE MONEY
CAN BE RECOVERED.
ST. Louis Judge Finds That Nicoaus
Didn't Know How His Money
is to Be Used.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24-Judge Wood,
of the Circuit Court, in the case of
Henry Nico1aus against Charles H.
Turner, formerly President of the
Suburban Railroad Company, the Ger
man Savings Institution, Ellis Vain
wright and others, decided yesterday
the plaintiff was entitled to recover
SIS eco, the ':boodie,' fund placed on
deposit with the Lincoln Trust Com
pany by the Suburban Railroad Com
pany to bride the members of the
House Of Delegates, because Mr.
Nicolaus$ was ignorant of the pur-
poses for which the money was to be
applied"
Judge Wood suspended the decree
until the Circuit Court shall decide
that the Suburban fund is no longer
necessary as testimony in the trial
of the brb cry cases.
The testimony showed that on No
vember %, 1900 Chanes II. Turner,
then President OF the st. Louis &
Suburban Company, borrowed of the
German Savings Institution $4,000,
for which be executed two notes
Nicolaus, as one of the Suburban
company directors, authorized the
loan, endorsing the notes on which
the money was secured
The money thus obtained was pac-
ed in abox in the safety vault OF the
Lincoln Trust Company, to be used
in bribing members Of the House of
Delegates to procure the passage OF
an ordnance for the benefit of the
Suburban Street Railroad Company
one key to the box was held by Philip
Stock as legislative or financial agent
of the Suburban company, and the
other by John X. NIwrell, business
agent of the House of delegates com
bine.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
SNOW STORMS IN ENGLAND,
Trains Stuck In Huge Drifts and
throughout United Kingdom Traf
fic is Affected.

LONDON, Nov. 24.-keen frost and
heavy snow squalls are reported from
all parts of the United Kingdom a
gale ragged all night long over the
coasts, driving vessels to shelter and
seriously d1s1ocating the telegraph
wires, especially in the north OF Eng
land and in Scotland. Binding snow
storms are causing deep drifts and
rendering traffic difficult in the coun-
try districts, and are necessltating
a cessation of outdoor work in many
of the provincial towns
The snow is 50 deep at Chatsworth
that the King Of Portugal and Others
Of the house party there have peen
prevented from shooting Some small
craft have been wrecked In West
noreland, the unusual sight was seen
of trains stuck in snowdrlfts and
blocking Communication on the North
eastern railroad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
KISSED, SHE DRINKS ACID.
Young Girl Attempts Suicide Because
of Young Mans Action.

NEW YORK, Nov. Binary
Cortes, II years old, of Ioboken,
drank carbolic acid because a man man
kissed her She is now dying inst
Mary's Hospital. William Streiben-
ger, 25 years old, was arrested be
cause the police thought there might
have been some concealed reason for
the girls death.
Their Investigations proved that
Streibenger's conduct went no furth-
er than to steal a kiss from the young
girl when they met on the STAIRS
The girl had been taught by her par
ents that it was disgrace to be
kissed by a man unless engaged to
him. She went to her room and took
carbolic acid.
Magnolia -four for pastry purposes. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
TILLMAN DROPS
FIGHT ON cRUM.
Opposition to Negro as
Collector at Charleston, Accord
ing to Report By His Friends:

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. ID
|Senator B. R. Ti1lman, Of South Car
DINA, has finally withdrawn his bitter
Opposition to Dr. Crum as collector
OF Charleston, and he is according to
his friends returning from the South,
engaged in the simple occupation Of
|cultivating his South Carolina flow
|ers. One of the Senator's fads at
home is a flower garden. He has a
fine collection of plants and hot
house flowers, and when at home de-
votes his personal attention to them.
Senator Tillman explains the Re.
publican avalanche by stating that it
was caused by prosperity the person
atty Of President Roosevelt, the use
of money and the inability of Bryan
10 pacify his followers. On the Crum
case he is quoted as saying:
There is practically no good in
continuing the fight against the CON
fir1nation of: Crum. So far as am.
concerned am now disposed to leave
this to the Republican majority in the
Senate. 1 have done all that I can
do and my position is we'll known to
the South.
president Roosevelt may be so
thoroughly gratified with his fattering
vote that he will now let up on the
South. He ought to know that the
South stood out against him only on
the race issue. If he insists on CON
firmation OF Crum think the Repub-
lican majority in the Senate will be
unanimous on this question in defer
ence to his wishes. There is no use
in lighting this any further.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
TEACHERS OUT ON STRIKE.
Mckeesport School Marms viii Not
Attend institute Thanksgiving
Day, and Defy Law.

PITTSBURG. Nov 4.-When the
second days session of the N1ckees-
port School Teachers Institute closed
yesterday evening the gathering
over 100 teachers held an additional
session and transacted business not
scheduled.
The program for the week includes
"a session for Thanksgiving day. This
IS Objectionable to a majority of the
teachers, who in plain words declered
themselves yesterday, and as result
many of them will be absent to-day,
In the teachers protest against a
session to-day many of the school con
trollers agree. Superintendent Riche17
stated that the program had been er'
ranged to hold a session on Thanks
giving day morning as in previous
years, and sd. the Instructors had been
engaged to remain here five days IT
was impossible to change the pro
gram at this time. He said the State
law +equires that a ive-day meeting
he held annually
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
lFlr1Ep FOB GIVING 7}5
Or TO- GIRLS
or Child ren,s Society Crusade
on Coneert Halls in New YorIe.

!.
al oREss oy 2 "a - S tx hun.
doIIarsss one day in the
l#est each dollar not paid,
gnent Of this court stern.
1notlnced Justice Wyatt in the
3 Special Sessions yesterday.
eller and |; 3Hinsdale both nod
approS q. s
are3scrr5 81 & added Justice Wy
We can't convict one Of
defend aats on the charge of i'm
mora1s of young girls, but
an guilty Of either selling
gzaWa q liquor to minors, and
he5 penalty severe enough
warning to others Z
med was Philip Berg.
Bartender an Eighth avenue
taken to the Tombs
minutes previously
1aE1I 0Brfan Of 4133 West. 3F,irty-
tree, had been cquitted on
eng concerned in the
let or@ nanag ementso of a concert
az Which girls We're admitted.
sggSfl4aIn Dodd; assistant manager
lace gota6 60 days in the city
~ cases resulted from a cru
begun the Children's Society
pe1:aons who conduct Sunday
1ances at viii chsthe chief at
presence Of girls from
of age. Five Of these
vi tnesses against Berg
I1add and g, BTien and their tes-
] aade the justices angry. Su-
enkins, OF the Chill
society, got red in the face
eiinehed sshist fists at the stories
Bt1ld court blythe girls,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
FAIR,MON, ,..-I,5
THE CHRISTMAS DELINEAToR.
VIVA

q Ky 3
The December Delnearor with its
message Of good cheer, and helpful
ness, will be welcomed in every home
The fashion pages. are unusuallyg at
tractive, illustrating and describing
the. very latest modes insS assway$Stnt
make their CONSTRUCTION during the
busy festive season pleasure rs IS
stead OF a task, and the literary and
pictorial features are OF rare excel
lence A selection Of Love Songs from
the Wagner operas. rendered into
English by Richard de GaIlienne and
beautifully illustrated inSS colors #bYs.l u
G. Legend ecker, occupies "a prom ON
nent. place, and a chaptersin the Com l5
posers' Series, relating th e Romance
of Wagner and Cosima is an interest
clever paper entitled IT. e Court Cir;
cles of the Republic, cribes# some
unique phases of Washington social
life is from an unnamed contrib utof
who is said to write from the innerf
circles of society. There are short
stories from the pens Of r. Hoplinsons
Smith, Robert Grant Alice Peake, and
such interesting writer's "a $ Julias Ma Ma!
sruder, L. Frank Bau1n, and sAG Grace:
MacGowan& Cooke hold tle attention
of the children. Many Christmas sue
gestions are given in neeil ework# and
the Cookery pages are redo1ents Of the:
Christmas feast IN adGi on, there
are the regular departme Of the: the
magazine, with many sPecia l3sa articles
On topics relating to8woman.s inter a1'
ests within and without he home.
Ask your grocer for Marion our our. 7
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24
sGtR s==TABs NEGRO
w tt! HER HAT PIN
Fos1 iaf5ss RI Fl Assaiiant
TO FLIGHT.

|# pEIIT AEEEPHIA, Nov. 24.-While
b ZONE from work last
Anna nIcHa1e, Of Falls Of
fSiH was held up by a negro,
Israng from behind a fence ct
and ~ ceum avenues. He
ped her purse The plucl1y girl
hat pin. plunged it into his
and then screamed for help,
assailant, bowling with pain, ran
a Iayceunl avenue to the woods
IS zVissahIck Creek a physi-
his carriage heard Miss Nc
sSE4aIeis screams and gave chase to the
negro, no easily eluded his pursuer
SGares searched; but the negro made
I MS escape
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24

the Supreme Court Of Appeaiss of
lest Nirg infa.&&s

SfHeSLssN gsssH
CHARLESTON W: Va NOV. 23::--S
The following decisions have been
rendered by the Supreme Court:
Gilbert Bros. & Co, y. Lawrence
Bros ct al, from Randolph county.
Reversed and remanded. 0ponion by
Miller, judge.
Bartlett V. Armstrong, from Taylor
county. Affirmed. Opinion by Miller,
Judge.
wamsleys " Mill Creek Coal &sLurn-
Der Co, and Yokum p. Stalnaker ct
al, from Randolph county. Reversed
and remanded Opinion by McyVhor-
ter. Judge.
Judges Miller and Brannon dissent.
ed and filed an opinion.
Allen & Co. W Maxwell, from: Tuck
er county. Reversed in part and re-
1nanded Opinion by NIcWhorter.
"A c.: Canton v Jacob Raber and
Sarah .Raber, &c, from Richie couun-
". Reversed. Opinion by Dent
Judge.
John H. Furst v. Geo. j.: Galloway,
from Preston county. Opinion by
Brannon, Judge.
Polling v. Board, from Barbour coun-
ty Judgment affirmed. Opinion by
Judge Brannon.
Weimer, Wright & Watkins v. Tai
bolt, from Barbour county. Revers-
ed and remanded. Opinion by Pof-
Ifenbarger, p.
Rease v. Kittle, from Barbour coun-
ty. Decree reversed, demurrer sus-
tanned and bill dismissed. Opinion
by Poffenbarger, p.
Harvey v. Warner ct al vs.. Hope
Natural Gas Company, from Harri-
son county Writ of errorand super
sedeas refused.
j. L. Falkenstine's Heirs v. John
Liston ct al, from Preston county.
Appeal and supersedeas refused.
Jas. A. Boone ct al. V. John Har-
row ct al. Writ OF prohibition refns-
ed. From Fayette county
Kelley v. Dearman, from Roane|
county. Writ of error and superse-
IDEAS allowed. Bond, $4,000.
Wesley Polling ct al. v. a. ]. Polling
and John Woodford, from Barbour
county. Appeal and supersedeas al
lowed Bind, $4,000.
Barbour, stedman & Herod V.
Thomp1zins ct al, from Kanawha
county. Appeal and supersedeas al
lowed. Bond, $4,000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24

we have Just unloaded our car Of
Novelty Ranges for fall trade. and are
In a position to make you close prices
lJ. L. Halls Hardware Store. K