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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

CECAGO,, JEly 1S:-AssisSaot Cn5,ed
States District Attorney Macston to.
day fled a,.bil. COR the. Interstate com.
mscce commission against the Chicago
Great Weatero and 17.other railroads
in the United States circuit SQUIRT, ask.
ing that the railroads. be prevented
from charging excessive yates for
shipment of livestock. The commits.
sion holds that the live stock rate
shocl6 not be more tn On. thak. charged
tor dressed msass FROM. Missouri river
points.
LOrIsAILLA~ KY, .Enly l5.-Eyi-
Gsence of q sensational nature. was of.
sared At the hearing .hich Is being
aondutced by the. interstate sonamsrce
commission to investigate charges OF
irregularities in the freight rates on
grain originating west of tie. M;ssis-
sippi and north Of ths-Ohio ,ivers and
shipped to southeastern posaas.
The evidence presented consisted OF
.61 "expense BILLS taken from the TO-
ca Offices Of the Southeastern Missis'
sippi Valley association, some OF
which have been altered and the res,
duplicated and rel tripaicated, with
the result that the louisville shippe.
Was given IN illegal adv antage of 81
yer 100 pounds. over competitors sell.
ing grain in souths aste,n territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

states senate. the postofice depart.
ment, the agricultural bureau, nearly
every state, and also every city, testify
that there is.
Is it an incurable disease: Perhaps
so, so long as John D.. Rockefeller is
hated because he has money. II be
were despised because of the way be
got it. it would be different, but the
envy of his having is an evidence .ha.
we all have the same disease as he
has, the money disease, and we would
be no better than he is in the same
stu ation.
Perhaps we make too much of the
strenuous life in this country. There
is too much adherence to the pagan
doctrine Of the survival o. the fttest.
We are Spartans in secret, while open.
ly protesting to be Christian. We
are worse than the Spartars because
they made no secret of the tact that
inferior children were to be destroyed.
We pretend to be followers of q higher
code, but really we believe in the eur.
vival Of the strongest and we aes on
that assumption. The result is, that
the weakest are being pushed into .
corner, where It is either crime or su;.
eide.
The weakest have the same ideal az
the strongest: that OF getting and hav.
ing for old age. None Of US lives TO-.
day. We all are going to live tomor.
row or some other time, when we have.
made our ''pile." Mere lucre lures
one man away from a Job which meant
fame and a place in history. The love
OF money makes a smiling hypocrite
Of the erudite and popular Chauncey
N, Depew. The greed for gold causes
Mitchell and Burton to drag the
ermine OF the senate through the barn.
yard.
The graft exposures 10 this country
have been such as to make people
afraid and ashamed, but they Go no.
appea- to have lessened the evil ma
teria.ly. The gangs which are wait.
ing to plumber cities are only waiting.
They are ready TO form g, cheroical
combination for plumber whenever the
wave Of reform shall have spent its
force. Low are they to be kept down.
only by eternal vigilance on. the part
of the prsss and pulpit and by the &C.
tive cooperation Of all good man.
Above al, there needs to De some
cruel and savage punishment :or men
in high places who have forgotten
themselves. Examples are nssded--
Minneapolis Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Want Tons of Insect powder.

WASHINGTON, July 2c.-The sup.
ply of issect powder in this country
has been exhausted by an emergency
call from the sanitary officers on the
isthmus. \ requisition sent by Col.
y. {. Gorgas Of the army medical de-
par,ment called for IS tons OF that
substance. and i, was found by pur.
chasing officers of the medical depart.
meut, who now have charge OF such
supplies, tina, there We're only 70 tons
Of insect powder in New iort City.
1t is believed by the medical officers
that the quantity desired on the 18TH
mus exhausted the supply in this couu'
try. There was purchased at the same
time - tons OF sulphur and 100 Iron
pots in which 10 burn it, together with
Il IONS Of newspapers. most OF when
were picked up IN New York, Il are
needed in the tuniga,iou OF me hul!d'
ings on the i>,hmu-,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
EaasA Trains Of the Futures.
Lee.ie > Weekly.

LR>LN weekly.
The New Yorker can ride to- Chic1-
90 as, quickly in 1905 as he could. TO
Albany a little over . half a, century
ago. He can go 10 Salt Lake n
quickly today - he could to Chicago
in 1854, Just after through.rail eoo'
nection between New York. aud the
Lake City was first opened. Yet the
work Of annihilasing time Aas, iast
started. From the speed attained BY
electricity recently in experimental
trips there is a prospect thar l2.heur
trains. from New York to Chicago will
be commoner by 1sl5 than g. Or 10.
hour trains are in 1905. When We get
up to .ae lsV.mile-an.hour gait which
some Of our railway experts predict
for a, quarter of q century hence, if mot
earlisr, 7-Aour trips from New York
to Chicago and 2i.hour trips between
New York and San Francisco, will be-
familiar.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Many Illegal Marriages.

SPOKANE, tlly lS:-In the superior
cc<art this afternoon Judge P~oindexter
ruled that marriages contracted with.
ia six months a.fter a l.vorCs has been
granted by the courts Of Washington
are void, even .::t!le ceremony is per-
formed IL another state. The decision
IS in the divorce salt o. Ollie Boyett
rs. James A. BCvett. SucL. weddings
have been common here. arc those so
married are in subject to criminal
prosecution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers 20 depositors absolute security.
prcmpe and careful attention, and the
n,ost liberal treatment consistent with
ssie and profitable Banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and -ssue= ITS own
Letters OF Credit.
Interest paid ON time deposits. TIE
highest cash price paid Tor approved
state; county, city ana school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
SEVEN BurUe1 TO Deatls-

ST. PAUL, July Is.-At Wabasha,.
MINI, seven persons burned to.
death 10 D fire that destroyed the depot
hotel early today. There may be other
bodies in the ruins. watch are ,,eing
searched. The Gre was caused by the
explosion Of q gas tank in the ho5el's-
illuminating plans.. Mrs. Hoffman
was the pro prietress Of the hotel. She
and her baby aud the other victims
were burned &c death in their rooms,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

1.-The trouble is that we ca, too fast
said the mar who worries about
health. "That's right ewere the
man who worries about money. some
of us eat SO fast that our Incomes
can't keep up with our grocery bills.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
WHY 1t Is Called the hub

New York Mau-Why do they call
Boston 1.-THE Hub:'
san Francisco Mau-Because the
>w;ftest part of the country Is the fur
tAest from it, ! guess.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Montana Day,Is Post2Cnsa.

PORTLAND, July W.-Gwing to the
liability OF Governor TOcla Of Mon.
tana to be present 1t the. Lewis and
Clark exposition this. wee!k, Montana
week Al the exposition has been post
poned. The celebration may occur
le1ar in the season..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Is TNERE \ GRAFT DISEASE
Graft aft,
Graft ahatt,
Graft above, graft below,
Gratter- reign whare'r We 60
Graft in stocks,
Craft II blocks,
Drop good man in the slot,

N.oAbt - " +'s ! w ~
Graft in stocks,
Craft IL blocks,
Drop u good man in the slot,
Pull out \ CRATER, fierce and hot.
l. there Il graft disease; Has Amer.
lea los, the art Of producing honest,
men: Ha, the hunger for money
drawn Us into Il common maelstrom Of
loot and grab:
Many men who are not naturally
optimistic are inclined TO throw up
their hands IN despair when they see
about them 50 many evidences of the
surrender to greed: United States SEN
atore using their offices to swinule:
great officers Of great insurance com
pauies, men with millions already,
using their trusteeship TO rob widows
and orphans of the benefits OF family
sacrifices: ministers of state reproveC
for ''iudiscretious' abroad: trustee
employees Of the government at home
going smiling to the peuitentiary
They know where the >wag is hidden
1t will be there when they come out
/, it u wonder that such spectacle
make mems hearts sick:
l. there a graf. disease: The Uri.e'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

The above figures by DO e
resent the sum of human suffering to-
day, q. an endless number of victims.
who collapsed n home, in The Office or
workshop. were privately attended.
Today ali records fer the summer
we're broken in point OF h;g. tempe-a.'
ture, but mercifusly the humidity was.
correspo1ding!y less. Only for this.
the total pro~strat.ons, and deaths muss.
have bee. doubled.
To add , the unavoidsabie2phy sica.
suffering, Brooklyn was threatened
with a wafer famin, ,, while the whole
city was startled by the prospect of a
strike of the icemen,. The wafer sup.
ply in Brooxln was-7epor.ed a. near.
ing the danger point and the water
department took. Immediate rrecau.
tions. asking tn at street ~spriuki.ng be
temporarily suspeneed. and warning
hcuseholdera to be more economical.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
HEAT CAUSES MANY DEATHS.
Residents Of Eastern Cities Become Vic.
tins Of Sultry Temperature.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-An era OF
oppressive heat that brings to mind
with unpleasant vividness the record
bre aking summer Of 1901 has settled
down over the eastern and New Eng
land states already numbering hun
dreds among its victims, and caus.
ing indescribable suffering to thous.
ands in this and other cities.
From all points tonight came the
story Of the hottest day of the sun.
aer, attended with frequent prostrs.
tons and not a few deaths. Phila~
de!phia reported q maximum tempera~
ture OF 1913, the highest figure OIL.
ciaiiy noted. In this city the weather
buresu's high mark vas 96, while in
Boston 81 was recorded.
The official Thermometers, located
in exposed places above the street,
did not, however, indicate the tenn
peraturs 10 which the orainary mortal
moved, aud street thermometers to-
dicated q temperature Of 700 or high
err, some yeliabis instrumen.s- register
ing 104 ard los.
Following are the maximum tsn-
p~eratures officially record ri in the
larger cities with she known cases Of
pr%OstratiOnr and deaths:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD,
Vice.Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGE-v
Asst Cashier
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

PAID UP CAPITAL. 100. OOJ'
ISDsv1DTAL RESPONSIBILITIES 600, OOU
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
7RMSACTS 4 GENERAL
EENKING BUSINESS.

Local Securities Especially.
Interest AiIowed on Time Deposits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
JAPs EXPECTED TO STRIKE
Battle Is Looked For Next Week at
Si-pin- ghai.

St. Petersburg, March 30.-Another
in Manchuria may be on the program
for the coming week. The russians,
according to the Associated Press Har.
bin correspondent, now are strongly
terrifying their positions at Si-pin-ghai,
against which the Japanese are RS
ported to be gathering in force.
Equally important news is that a
column Of Japanese is moving against
Kirin, perhaps with the intention of
turning the position eastward ant
striking at the Vladivostok line of
communication, with the double pur-
pose Of isolating the fortress and sep,
arating General Linevitch' IS army from
a valuable base of supplies.
. The bands of Chinese bandits are
constantly augmenting. The Chinese
continue to report that Field Marsh.,i
Oyama has issued proclamations fixing
the date for the occupation Of Hardin
as April 10, but this prediction, if act
ual, is apparently improbable Of full
fllment.
Membership Of the commission to In
vestigate the circumstances Of the sur
render Of Port Arthur, under the prssi-
dency Of General Roop, has bee1 an
nounced. It consists of General Reu.
berg Of the engineers, Generals Gieben-
chikoff and Kamaroff of the infantry,
Generals Denionnekoff, Krijanorsky
Nand Bogaievsky of the artillery and
Admirals Dikoff and Doubassoff Sit.
tings will begin the middle of May.
The commission g report will determine
whether any one shall be tried by mill
tary tribunal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30

CARNEGIE's WEALTH
FOR SMALL COLLEGES

Following ~ q LIST of colleges
which Mr. Carnegie. has assisted
since Decembsr, 1900. and the
amounts for which, he has made
himself responsibIas ] in each IN
STANCE e e ooo -lr.n,,..,,,,., s, s+,4.
college, Syracuse university.
$125, 900 berlin college.
$1OO,Q00-Tufts college,
O0O-Iowa college, Beloit col
lege, Cornell college, Mount Hol-
yoke college, Lawrence university,
University az Maine, washington
and Lee university, De PAW uni
.versitv. University az North Caro-
lima. Drake university.
SID. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS college. MARI
etta college Fairmon1it coifera. Po-
mona college, University Of Tennes-
see. ~ Il
(. $50, OO-oklahonna university,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
FINNISH CONSUMPTION OFF
Gear Makes Partial Concessions t,
Finns' Demands.

St. Petersburg, March 3O.-The en-
peroT has given an answer to the petit
tlon of the Finnish diet asking that all
imperial DEGREES since the diet Of 1899,
which it Is said are in contravention
Of the organic law of Finland, be with
drawn or submitted for the approval of
the diet: The emperor comedies two
points-the suspension of the conscrip-
tion act until 1908, when the whole
question will, be submitted to the diet,
and in lieu Of military service Finland
will have to pay 100000.
Helsingfors, Finland, March 3O.-The
czar 9 decision is regarded by the con
stituionalists as makeshift to relieve
the present tension. 1t will un-
doubtedly remove the possibility of a
serious disturbance next month when
the CONSUMPTION levies are scheduled.
Altho only 100 men were to be taken
for the Finnish battalion, the. law re-
quires that $4,000 youths submit them
selves, from whom the 100 were to be
chosen by lot, the Russians thereby
compelling gene ral recognition Of the
right of transcription. This year there
has been an extensive agitation
against the edict, the young men being
everywhere advised to resist the con-
scription, and it is believed that not
more than 10 per cent would have re-
sponded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
QUEEN
SAFE ON THE SEA
Sophie Beck and Loot of a Get
Rich-Quick Concern on
.r Palatial Yacht.
New York Sun Special Service,

New York Sun Special Service.
Philadelphia, March 30.--A dispatch
from Liverpool states that Sophia Beck
and her fellow conspirators in the Storey
Cotton company and the Provident In
vestment bureau were on yacht that
was lodging about in the outer; Liver
pool harbor. A woman and several men
are on board" Chief Dickson at once
notified Washington and a description of
the missing financiers was sent to the
Liverpool police.
It was learned that several weeks be-
fore Sophia Beck and her confederates
disappeared the woman purchased a
yacht In New York, provisioned it for
three weeks and then hired a crew.
Before leaving for Europe Sophia
Beck sat in her Office next to the rooms
Of the Storey Cotton company and
planned every detail Of her flight. She
made all the arrangements for gather
ing negotiable bonds and converting
real estate into cash; planned her
method Of eluding the secret service
men, who were guarding the piers Of
all outgoing steamers, and finally out
lined for her alleged conf derates a
complete campaign against prosecution.
According to the federal officer who
gave out this information, mortgages
were ~falseu upon nearly all '1Ine real
estate possessed by the men who were
associated with the woman. Upon one
property alone, it was stated; nearly
$4,000 was raised. The plan also in
cluded the hasty flight to Europe Of
Sophia Beck and the meeting there with
her of Storey and Francis, with a
probable division of the spoils.
When she left this country she is
said to have taken at least 81 900 900
in cash and bonds with her. This money
was part ef the earnings of the Storey
Cotton company. '3~
Frank G. Marin, alias "Judge''
Franklin Stone, is believed to be in
hiding near his home in Brooklyn and
to be awaiting chance to slip thru
Others ' of f. the he financial CLIQUE - are said
to be in New York waiting until the
present storm blows over SO they can
escape the service of the warrants.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
LEADING BISHOP
AWAKENS ALARM
Issues Call for Humiliation of Ma
ton for Its Gross
Impiety. -.
PRESS TAKES FRIGHT
AND WARNS OFFICIALS
Metropolitan and Holy Synod Are
Urged to Counterfeit the
%.t Bishops Address.

st. Petersburg, March 30.-In view
of the peasant agitation thruout the
country, some Of the newspapers are
seriously alarmed at the effect Of the
recent pastoral address of the metro
politan of St. Petersburg, M. Antonius,
as being direct incftement to the
ignorant peasants to begin war Of
determination against the entire edu-
Gated class, and the papers are de-
handing that the metropolitan, amt
the holy synod whose mouthpiece it is
assumed Antonius is, take Immediate
measures to counterfeit the effect of his
statements.
Prince Mistchersky, editor Of the
the most dangerous utterance of the
century, and pictures the inevitable i'm
preston produced on the ignorant re-
lgious-minded peasants of a damnation
from the altar of the intellectually as
being the foes Of Russia, "bloody
wolves and followers of the antichrist
Of the west, who would destroy holy
temples, place sacred bones in anatomf-
cal museums and wean the people from
their chance Of entering the kingdom
of heaven.'
M. Onereshkovski, the famous Rus
sian author, declares that to call on the
soA1AA VI " uSuL WIFI me cross TO the
last drop Of their blood for the saliva
ton Of Russia, as the home Of Christ,
and to cut of the rotten branch is
nothing short Of a toosin for a. religious
uprising-an appeal to the most fan
atieal, and the most uncontrollable Of
human passions. 49, 80
The fire once started" he says,
would produce world Of historic CON
fagrations, which neither the the govern 20 e
ment nor the intellectuals could stop. y
In effect, he affirms that Antonius
address was an APP cal to the peasants
to tear out from Russia all European
culture, and put the country back to the
state In which it was in the middle
ages and that from that standpoint it
was more radical than the doctrines Of
the most radical revolutionaries.
The Metropolitan Antonius issued his
remarkable pastoral address, March 90,
arraigning. the Russia Of today FOR van
tty, frivolity, dissipation and impiety,
the just punishment Of which, he said,
was the humiliation Of the nation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
BATH AS CURE FOR
FRENZY OF DRINK
Water Treatment, Long Con-
tinued, Said to Be Remedy
for Delirium..
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, March 3O.-By the syste-
matte use of various forms Of hot and
cold baths, jets and douches, vapor and
hot-air baths, the Manhattan State hos
pital on Ward IS island, has done away
entirely with sedatives or mechanical
restraint for the patients, even when
violently demented or in strong deli
rum. The hospital is the first in the
country to adopt the use of water as
part of it's course of treatment.
One form of "water treatment is
the continuous BATH for patients in
violent de]irium: The patient is kept
in bathtub Of water at blood heat,
under observation by experienced
nurses and the physicians, for hours
for days, if necessary-until the deli
rum has abated. In one case the pa
tient was in the water fourteen days.
She came out Of the delirium and, un-
der other branches of the treatment,
recover from her dementia.
The physicians believe their treat.
under delirium unless some other form
Of insanity or physical disease sets in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-30
SAYS SP00kS CAST J;
SPELL OF LUNACY
Chicago Physician Declares Spook
Hypnotism Is a Cause Of Mad
ness-Claims to Cure.
New York Sun Special Service.

New YORK Sun special ser71oe'
New York, March 30.-Supporting
the old evil-spirit idea of centuries long
past-the theory that spook may cast
a spell upon helpless human and pro-
duce insanity-Dr. I. K. Funk, the pub,
Usher Of this city, who has attracted
much attention thru his devotion to the
Investigation Of psychic subjects, has
addressed a letter to the press and
public urging cooperation IN such IN
designations. He cites the case OF a
Chicago physician Of high repute, who,
eral cases Of hopeless insanity by work
ING upon the theory that a large per
cent Of insanity is caused by obsession
by evil discarnate intelligences. DR..
Funk says:
A few weeks ago in Chicago, DR.. Carl
A. wiclzland. an Intelligent and respect
able physician Of that city, residing at
GIG North Wells street, gave me a number
Of personal experiences which have con-
WINGED him that obsession by evil d1scar-
nate intelligences is the cause Of a large
per cent Of insanity-over one-half, he
thinks Thru his wife, who is nonpro-
fessional 'sensitive' OF medium he
has made hundreds Of Investigations, and
has applied many ingenious tests to
prove the Identity Of these so-called for
eign intelligences. He claims to have
| cured many cases Of insanity by working
| along this theory-some who we're pro-
| nounced hopelessly insane We may
! laugh at this, but is there solid ground
| for an a priori dogmat1c conclusion that
hypnotism may not be fact between a
| spirit out of the flesh and one in the
| flesh as it is a fact between two persons
in the flesh. A few years ago we nearly
all ridiculed hypnotism as wholly charla-
| mon enough in Christ's time. Many ar
insane one Christ and his disciples cured
by casting out DEVILS" There are other
| practitioners thruout the world who be-
lieve and practice as does DR.. Wickland
| DR.. Funk, in the same letter, reports
the following case Of "telepathy':
| BY an arrangement with DR.. M. A
| Veeder Of Lyons, N. Y, medical sci.
enlist Of wide repute, in Brooklyn drew
| the figure of a fish and then pointed tt
| the zenith. Sensitives whom DR.. Veede1
had at his office told him at that moment
that I drew a fish and pointed to the
zenith. No one but myself, 400 miles
distant, could have known either fact by
any scientifically recognized method O
communication. This seems to point tt
long distance telepathy. Similar fact.
are> occurring in many places.
Such cases as those related, says DR.
Funk, are frequently reported. H,
urges that the press and the publ,
should be hospitable to such reports
and investigate, on the ground tina
"a single Scientifically demonstrated
! fact of the existence Of even an evi
discarnate spirit will do more to prov,
the continuance of life after death thai
all the sermons on Immortality tina
have been preached in the last tel
years. That single demonstration woult
be the death knell Of materialism -