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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
EVIDENCE AGAINST MITCHELL.
Law Partner Of oregon Seutor Tells Story
of Land Fraud Matters.

PORTLAND, June %. - Senator
Mitchell today celebrated his 10Th
birthday by listening to damaging
evidence given by his former partner,
A. S. Tanner, in the trial for com.
plicity in land frauds. Tanner testi.
fed to the employment Of the firm OF
Mitchell & Tanner by Frederick
Kribs to expedite timber claims. He
identified checks paid by Frederick A.
Kribs to Tanner and letters passing
between himself and Senator Mitchell
relative to their practice before the
land department. Letters showing
that Mitchell received each month his
share of the firms earnings, which
was one.half of the net receipts, and
that the money paid by Kribs to Tan
ner entered into the funds divided at
the end of each month, were offered in
evidence. A letter from Mitchell to
Tanner, showing he received upon his
own request copy OF the firms books
showing all receipts and how secured
during the senator's stay in Wash
1ngton, was an important exhibit of.
fered today.
When the afternoon had half passed,
District Attorney Heney began to
question Judge Tanner as to his trip
to meet Senator Mitchell in December
last when the senator was returning
to Portland short time prior to his
tirst indictment.
Judge Tanner told of having re.
ceived telegram from the senator
asking him to come as far as Kalama,
WASH, to meet him. The Judge had
taken the trip and had met the senator
on the train with Binger Hermann,
and Frank G. Baker, chairman of the
republican central committee. The
senator, he said, was very eager to
hear the land fraud news, and asked
him if there was any danger of the
goverement agents having had access 9
to the books of the firm. Mr.. Mitch.
ell expressed, said the witness. deep
concern about the entries and trans
actions the firm had had with Kribs,
and wanted to see the books. The
following day, Judge Tanner testified,
the senator went to the Office and in
company with him (Tannerl looked
over the books page by page. Ac.
cording to the testimony of the Judge,
Mitchell expressed surprise at the
way the entries had been made, and
demanded that the old books be de-
stroyed, saying the entries in regard
to the Kribs transactions would moi
only indict but would convict him Il
they fell into the hands of the govern
meut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
LOOKS BAD FOR MITCHELL
His Lawyers Object to Introduction OF
Evidence Tending to Prove Guilt.

PORTLAND, June 23.-The testimony
offered in the trial of United States
Senator John W. Mitchell by the
prosecution's . chief witness, Judge A.
H. Tanner, this morning. was q re.
cital of offenses against the federal
statutes, committed by Sen ator Mitch.
ell.
Judge Tanner told OF agreements
made by himself with Kirbs aud John
A. Benson to expedite timber claims
through the federal land Office, and
the application of the fees received
therefor to the earnings OF the firm
and the division Of the fees at the end
of each month. Mitchell receiving h alf.
The nature of the evidence given to.
day was the same as previously sub.
mitted by the prosecution, and showed
similar trans actions to those already
testified to by Judge Tanner.
In introducing evidence showing
similar otfenses to those charged in
the Kirbs indictment. the prosecution
was besieged with objections from the
defense, but Judge De Haven allowed
the testimony to be given on the
ground that one otfense might be
charged to careiessness, but other of.
fenses of similar nature 60 to prove
that the acts were premeditated.
Judge De Haven seeks for speedy
trial, and has asked the prosecution
to present its evidence as briefly as
possible. Judge Tanner went on the
stand again this afternoon for the
prosecution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
Idaho Sheep King Rctircs.

BOISE, June 24.-Robert Noble, of
Reynolds, the "sheep king of Idaho,
has disposed of his stock Of about
LAG, 900 head to Haley " Saunders of
Salt Lake. The price has not been
made public, but is said to be in the
neighborhood Of So. 40 q head. Noble
came here 30 years ago a poor boy
and herded sheep, afterwards secur.
ing band OF sheep on shares. Be.
sides the flock of sheep disposed OF,
he owns 5000 acre ranch and large
real estate holdings near Boise.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
Exposition Open On sunday

PORTLAND, June 22.-The manage
uent of the Lewis and Clark EXPOSE
ton has endeared itself to the hearts
Of the workingmen of Portland and
vicinity by providing that admission
to the grounds on Sunday shall be
twenty-five cents instead of fifty cents,
as is the rule on other days. The new
rule went into effect June Is, and the
,hrongs of people who visited the fair
ca that day evidenced the popularity
Of the change in the Sunday price.
TIE exposition managers are at.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28

ly being ELECTED. It was shown by
Tanners own evidence that Mitchell
had warned Tanner not to mix him in
any matters before the departments of
the government, and not to receive
any remuneration for any services the
senator might perform in Washing
ton.
Tanner said that there was no uu.
derstanding with Frederick Kribs that
the money paid BY him to Tanner was
In return for services Of Mitchell, aud
that the latter had no direct knowl.
edge OF the resources of his monthly
remittances, his share OF the earnings
of the law drm Of Mitchell & Tan.
ner being forw arded to the sen ator at
w ashiugtou.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
BLACK FRIDAY IN POLAND.
Hundreds Of RiOtous Strikers Shot Down
by Police and Soldiers.

ST. PETERSBURG. June 24.-Accord.
ing to advices received here, the stu.
alton In Poland is again exceedingly
serious. Censored dispatches from
Lodz, though giving few details, in.
dicate that fierce fighting was in pro.
gress IN the streets yesterday between
the military and the striking work.
men. who barricaded the thorough
fares in various quarters of the city
and offered resistance which the troops
met with volleys.
The list OF dead and wounded pre-.
sumably is heavy, but not even an
estimate has been received here,
Russian correspondents telegraphing
that the streets are entirely in the
hands Of the military and the mob,
and that it is unsafe to venture out to
obtain details.
Lodz has been in turmoil for The
past three days. The strike, which
embraces 10000 workers, appears to
have entirely lost Its economic nature,
and is now vast political manifesto
tion. All forms of public business
activity have been suspended, the
peaceful inhabitants remaining in.
doors in fear of their lives.
LODI, Russian Poland, June "a
Yesterday, "Black Friday" in LODI.
surpassed all the horrors of "Red
Sunday" in St. Peters burg. Esti-
mates place the killed and wounded as
high as 1000. The troubles here were
initiated by the social democrats, and
the Jewish bund, who determined to
avenge their comrades killed in the
rioting on Wednesday. Thursday the
feast of Corpus Christi passed off
quietly, but during the night workmen
attacked the patrols. In this fighting
two officers and seven Cossacks were
killed. One of the latter was shot BY
a girl of IL years.
At dawn Friday commenced q day
Of terror. The city was given up to
blood she'd. Anarchy and fierce street
fighting prevailed all day. Bar
ricade> were hurriedly constructed in
the Jewish quarter at dawn. Men
climbed TO the tops OF houses, cutting
telephone and telegraph wires for use
for entauglements in the streets, while
other. cut down telegraph poles and
u-ed them in strengthening their bar.
ricade,. which already had been con.
-tructed, aud III building others.
Early in the day two bombs were
thrown from the crowd into the bar
racks, killing or wounding twenty sol.
ders. This started the shedding of
blood, which continued until after
nishtfall.
Since the arrival of reinforcements
this morning actual fighting in the
city has stopped, but the outbreak is
by no means quelled, and fresh col
lisions are expected momentarily.
The city resembles shambles, and
the terrible scenes of the last two days
will never be wiped out from the mem.
ory OF the Polish people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28

aud vii! continue their retirement
more II less hurriedly in order to
avoid peing tianked and pocketed un.
til the positions at Sipiughai are
reached. The main forces seemingly
are not vet in collision.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
prints All the News.'

If any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommend alton
to friends, the favor will be very high.
ly appreciated by its publishers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
RALEIGH SCHOOLS
Fine Results of Twenty.
Eight Years of Public
Effort.

One hundred years after the De-
claration of independence, the first
graded school in Raleigh was organ
lied in the old Governors Mansion
by Capt. John e. Digger, of Warren
ton, a brave soldier and an able
teacher. The school seems to have
caught from the air the name Cen
tennial," and retains it still
The friends of the new movement,
recognizing the necessity for local
taxation, prepared a bill authorizing
a levy of a special school tax of ten
cents on one hundred dollars of prop
erty. This bill became law in 1877.
After levying this tax for several years
in succession, the people voted that
this tax should be levied annually for
public school purposes.
In 1885 a new charter was obtained,
and permission was given for a vote
upon the issue by the city of twenty
five thousand dollars in bonds for a
school building and grounds and soon
the mansion gave way to the present
school house, new in everything but
it's name. Two years later the grounds
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

services would be held in the State
House. |The academy, therefore, while
not in any sense UNCONVENTIONAL.
seems to have been intended as a reli-
giOus as we'll as educational inStitu-
ton. That was no light employment
expected of the first master of the
new academy, to teach a set of indie
pendent youths. some of whom were
physically men full grown. and -
preach TO an entire community in
which were naturally represented
every denomination.
Following this advertisement. it was
announced on June 25th. 1904. that
the school would be taken by Rev.
Marin Detargny, graduate OF Prince
ton University, with Mr.. Chesley
Daniel Of the State University, as as
sstant. Rev. Detargny was doubtless
a Huguenot, for after few months
in Raleigh, he moved to Charleston,
where he was afterwards ordained by
the Presbytery as pastor of the French
Protestant Church. The real name of
this first principal was doubtless De
Zarney-or Dezarnez, both of those
names being common French appella-
lions.
After the departure of Rev De-
targny, the school was run for a while
by Mr.. Daniel and a Mr.. McGready,
but neither of them was a minister
and in the meantime the city had no
regular pastor. Hence an advertise
ment was inserted for the purpose of
securing a pedagog who could also
preach, and on October the sixth, 1906,
the Register says:
I'VE have pleasure in announcing to
the public that the Rev w. L. Turner,
late Professor Of languages in Wash
lngtOn Academy at Lexington, Va, a
gentleman of high character and at
tainments, is engaged as Superintend-
ent OF our Academy and Pastor Of the
City"
The religious needs OF q community
which Jumped its education and its
worship were satisfied.
This school, which continued appar-
entity under the management of Rev.
Tuner for four years was evidently
very successful for the trustees are re-
ported as discussing an enlargement
of the school building owing to an
Overlooking enrolment Of pupils.
The Rev. William McPheeters.
In 1910, however there came to
preside over the school Rev. William
McPheeters, a younS Presbyterian di-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

ishment in his own mind as it seemed
to fit the case.
l have seen him walk a solemn
measure down an aisle, with an al
most too impassioned appearance of
utter peace on his face, until, within
the proper distance of some offender,
he would spring. At such a moment,
his eyes protruded, the strong tendons
of his wrists stood up like whip cords,
vise-like fingers closed on his prey,
and there was a Renaissance of old
time methods which set everybody ex-
cept one in the room wild with delight.
AT the memory of such occasions,
it almost seems that / have been un-
der as well as seen one of the "old
masters -but | know l haven't.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

gresS of the system has been so rapid
as to seem almost revolutionary. Su-
burban schools have been established
north, south and west of the city A
fine lot, within stones throw of the
Capitol and the Olivia Rane-- Library,
has been purchased, upon which the
school committee has decided to erect
a high school building.
compulsory education law, the
employment of special teachRrs of
domestic science. of vocal music, and
of drawing and the establishment OF
the high school, show that the schools
are destined soon to become much
more efficient instruments than they
have heretofore been in the great
work of popular education.
Twenty years ago, when | came to
Raleigh l saw in my dreams pubic
high school, open to every bright boy
and girl, an incentive to all. To-day
the public high school of Raleigh is
a certainty. Prof. Hugh Morson is
its principal, and, in this particular [
feel that age has more than fulfilled
the promises of youth. A few days
ago l happened to stumble upon the
following in The News and Observer
of November II, 1889: cat the in
termediate examination in Latin at
the University, the class numbering
sixty made a fine record. OF the first
six in the order of the grade, five are
Raleigh boys and were all students of
the Raleigh Male Academy. The first
six were as follows: Hubbard Argo,
Sam Ashe, Crawford Biggs of Oxford,
William Snow, John Stronach, I'D.
Battle. Five of the above are Raleigh
boys and are from the Raleigh Male
Academy, and the honor reflected
upon Raleigh and the institution is
one to be proud of.
EDWARD p. MOSES.
superintendent.
Ra1ai0b N q Aug 10
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

We're enlarged and the Murphey School
was erected.
In 1889, the special tax levy for
schools was increased to twenty cents
on the hundred dollars, a rate some
what below the average of the special
tax levieS on property for public
school purposes in the towns and cities
of North Carolina.
In 1900 q school bond issue of $780,
900 was authorized for permanent i'm
prOvementS. Then the Wiley School
was built, many additions to other
buildings We're made, and all the pub
lie school property of the township
was freed from debt.
During the past two years, the pro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

BY and by, when small Fred had
finished sobbing, he said Mamma, you
told a story
Why, Fred, what do you mean?"
asked his mother.
You said you were going to give
me good Whipping" explained Fred,
but | didn't see anything good about
it."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

what dry abstract passages of great
authors are contained in the Juvenile
readers of old times, and to notice
what polysyllabic words were contain
ed in definitions to be learned by mere
children. Things had improved some
in my boyhood, but l remember that
when eight years old / was forced to
study book in which my duty was,
under penalty of the rod, to spell such
words as druggist, and then give from
memory the so-called definition phar-
macODOIiS."
DR.. McPheeters conducted the Aca-
denny until 1926, when he resigned,
and until the Presbyterian church was
erected in 1917, preached weekly in
the State House. He afterwards went
to Fayetteville, where he conducted a
female school and later returned to
Raleigh, where he established school
of his own in competition with the
Raleigh academy. He died in 1912,
having declined shortly before that
time the presidency of Davidson Col
lege on account of failing health.
St. Mary's a School For Boys.
1t is interesting to note, in connec-
ton with the tracing of the history of
the Raleigh academies, that St. Mary's
School was originally organized and
for time successfully run as an in
stituton for boys. This school was
started in 1892 on subscriptions TO the
amount of $4,000, mostly in notes,
the St Marys tract of 1853 IL acres
was bought and the property mort
gagged to secure the purchase money.
DR.. Joseph c.. Cogswell, afterwards Ii
brarian of the Aston Library in New
York, was the first principal. The
school at one time had 1876 pupils, but
declined with the years and the prop
erty was afterwards sold, being bought
in by Duncan Cameron. 1t was but a
short while after this that the present
school was founded for girls by d..
Albert Smedes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
HARD HITTING WORK

The Passing Of the Academy to Give
Place to The High School. An I'm.
portant and Distinctive Phase of
Education. Old Masters and Methods
Which Out-Lived Their Time, but
Which Formed Character in Straight
MoIds of Mutual Respect. DR.. Nc
Pheeters, Jeff Lovejoy, ]. J.. Fray and
Hugh Morson. st. Marys Once a
Boys School.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

Teacher-''Nellie, name three kinds
Of grain used in making bread.
Nellie Gagged 6)-"Flour, baking
powder and soda"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

81 wonder what's the matter with
my eye," said Elmer. 1T hurts every
time | rub it,
Then don't rub it, said his moth.
er.
But" said Elmer. chow can I tell
whether it hurts if l don't rub it?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
Raleigh, N. c., Aug. IL.

Little Elsie" Mamma, please give
me some more paregoric.'
Mamma-"Why, Elsie, you surely
haven't another pain, have you?"
Little Elsie-'NQt now, but I'm
afraid | might have one tomorrow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
Improvement of Teachers.

Some successful efforts have been
made for the Improvement of the
teachers. Large and successful Sum-
mer schools for teachers with most
efficient faculties. have been conducted
at the University the A. and NJ. Col
lege, Davidson College, Boone and
Edenton. The County Institute has
been strengthened as factor for
teacher training, by allowing a larger
appropriation for it, enabling the State
Superintendent to employ more and
better trained men and women to con
duct it. The work of the County In
Stltute and summer schools has been
further improved by the arrangement
of a systematic, progressive course of
institute work, prepared III pamphlet
form and placed in the hands of all
teachers and institute conductors, thus
giving more defniteness, unity, uni
formity and continuity to the work.
For the professional Improvement of
the teachers carefully prepared bulle-
TINS on the best methods of teaching
the various common school branches,
containing also list OF the best and
most helpful professional books on
these various subjects, have been is
sued from time to time from the office
of the State superintendent of Public
instruction and placed in the hands of
the public school teachers. In many
counties, under the leadership of pro-
greSsiVe and competent County Super
intendents, Teachers Associations have
been formed and through these asso-
Citations has been carried on a valua-
bic study of subjects and methods, and
through them also much has been
done for the cultivation of a profess
Sional spirit and enthusiasm, a sort
of esprit de corps among the teachers
There is growing demand for bet
ter teachers and this demand can be
met only by increasing and improving
the facilities for training teachers. and
by making it possible through an in
crease Of teachers salaries for the
teachers to avail themselves of these
increased facilities for professional
Improvement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
Enrolment and Attendance.

During the tive years, ending June
30th, 1904, there was a reported in
crease in enrolment of 20,207 white
children and 4476 colored children
and a reported increase in average
daily attendance of 1884 white chill
dren and 1926 colored children. Com
pared with the two preceding scholas-
tic years the increase in reported en-
rollment was 47,G52 white children
and 20,332 colored children, and the
increase in average daily attendance
was 35,808 white children and 1G, 631
colored children. In other words
these many more white and cOlOred
children respectively We're enrolled,
and in daily attendance upon the pub
lie school during the two years ending
June 80, 1904, than during the pre-
ceding two years. 1t is noticeable
also that the increase in enrolment
and average daily attendance is large
ly in excess of the reported increase
Of school population during the same
period. There can be no surer evil
dence of the increase and interest in
public confidence and in public senti-
ment for education
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-06-16
Cubou Diorrhoeo.

L. s. soldiers who served in Cuba dur
ing the Spanish war know what this
disease Is, and that ordinary remedies
have little more effect than SO much
water. Cuban diarrhoea is almost a.
severe and dangerous as a mild attack
of cholera. There Ii one remedy, how
ever, that can always be depended upon
as will he seen by the following certifi-
cate from Mrs. Minnie Jacobs OF Houston
Texas: II eieby certify that Chamber
iain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy cured my husband OF severe attack
OF Cuban diarrhoea, which he brought
home from Cuba. We had several doctors
but they did him no good. One bottle
OF this remedy cured him, as our neigh
bors will stiiy. l thank God for SO
valuable a medicine For sale by Ritter
Bros. Dug Store.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-06-16
Dyin 3 of Fomine

is, In It's torments, like dying of cou-
sumption. The progress OF consumption
from the beginning to the very end, Is a
long torture, both to victim and friends.
sWhen I had consumption in It's first
STAGE writes VIM. Myers of Cearfoss,
Nd, latter trying different medicines and
a good doctor, in vain, at last took
DR.. Kings New Discovery which quickly
and perfectly cured me.'' Prompt relief
and sure cure for coughs, coils, sore
throat, bronchitis etc. Positively pre-
vents pneumonia. Guaranteed at Ritter
Bros. Drug Store. Price soc and 81:
Trial bottles free
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-06-16
point of gun to hand over $27O, the
amount of money in the safe.

point of gun to hand over $270, the
amount of money in the safe.
Justice Hansen IF Rock Greek pre-
clnct, Cassia county, has served as JUS
tice of the peace of that precinct contin-
uously for rs years. At present Mr..
Hansen is also chairman of the board
of trustees of the Albion Normal school,
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has begun suit in the United States
circuit court against Kootenai county
and Warren Flint as it's assessor and
George III. Ross as its treasurer to re-
strain them from deciding the road for
delinquent taxes or otherwise interfer-
ing with the business Of the road as a
common carrier. The company has re-
fused to pay its 1903 taxes because Of
the alleged illegality of the assessment
of special taxes in school districts. and
the county has refused to accept the
other taxes without these. In conse-
quence none of the 1908 taxes have been
paid, and last July the road was put up
for sale and bid in by the county, tax
sale certificate being issued.