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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
WILL. REPAY MONEY.
President Of Insurance Company Prom
ises To Make Good.

New YORK, Nov. 13. John r.
Hegeman, president of the Metropoli.
tan Life, was on the witness stand to.
day before the insurance investiea at.
ing committee. He presented q state.
ment Of rebates paid to himself on in.
terest On loans on his personal &C.
count. The statement showed that Mr..
Hegeman paid vermilye & Co., bank.
ers, at the rate of Al aud received, in
the personal checks Of various indi.
vtdual members Of the firm at different
times. rebates Of this interest at the
rate Of 3 percent.
John A. Mccall, president of the
New York Life company, was recalled
and ordered to demand the return to
this court of Andrew Hamilton and an
account of the moneys which Hamilton
has expended for which the New York
Life company holds no vouchers be.
you'd personal receipts. Hamilton has
represented life insurance companies
before the legislature at Albany and
is believed to be In Europe. Mccall
said that II Hamilton does not repay
to the New York Life company before
December Is the sum of s235 900, which
Hamilton received from the company
and not accounted for, he mccall J
will pay the amount himself to the
New York Life company before De-
cember RI.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Factories Leaving Chicago.

CHICAGO. Nov. l0.-The uncert ain
labor conditions caused by the wreck
less tactics of the labor agitators In
this city have forced several large
manufacturing concerns to leave Chi.
cago for good. The Allis Chalmers
company, one OF the largest N machinery
manufacturing concerns In the coun.
try, has decided to close its Chicago
mills and transfer them to West Allis,
Wis. There the company is building
q $1,000. 900 plant that would have
been constructed In Chicago, had II
not been for the constant interference
by the unions. The West Allis plant
will furnish work for 5000 men. This
company is only one of score of firms
which have Withdrawn from Chicago
for the same reasons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
King Edwards Birthday.

LONDON, Nov. 8. King Edward
celebrated his sixty.fourth birthd ay
today. As usual, he spends the day
quietly with his family at sandring.
ham. The day is treated purely as q
family affair, as officially the birth.
day OF the king is invariably cele.
brated on some day in the early part
OF spring, specifically designs nated for
that purpose by the king. Letters and
kilograms OF congratulations we're re.
ceived by the king from all the crowned
heads of Europe and rulers of foreign
countries all over the world. The king
also received congratulations OF the
members OF his family and of his init.
mate friends and the officials of his
household. AS usual on the kings
birthday, large number of honors
were bestowed upon distinguished men
in England and the colonies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
VIII Build National Theatre,

New YORK, Nov. 9.-With q sub.
scription in all of q. 200. 900 from 30
wealthy New York men, prominent in
finance, patrons OF art, and staunch
supporters OF grand opera; with the
purchase of an entire bleck front
from Sixty-second and Sixty-third
streets facing Central park west; with
plans ordered for superb theatre to
cost 81, ,00O, 900, containing an immense
foyer enriched with treasures making
it the greatest art gallery of New
York with the exception of the Me.
tropolitan museum of art: with com.
mittee Of women who are leaders in
New York society and who are to de-.
eide who shall be accorded boxes in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15

this artistic and social rival to the
''golden horse shoe'' Of the Metropo.
Titan; with these and other details
quietly arranged, Americas national
theatre, long dreamed of, has been
founded in New York with Heinrich
Conreid at ito head.
The plans, aims and general details
Of the establishment of theatre to do
for the drama 10 this country what the
theatre Fraucaise has accomplished
for France, or the Burg theatre for
Germany. were explained yesterd ay
BY we'll known financier whose pat.
ronage Of artistic efforts in America
has caused his name to be widely
known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Fighting Over Right Of Way.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. lO.-Five
hundred men in the employ of the Ca
madam Pacific and V. V. & E. rail.
ways have been engaged today in
fighting for supremacy and right of
way over a disputed section of land
near Midway, B. c., along the route
both roads propose to follow into the
Simalkameen. Picks and shovels were
used as weapons and there were sew.
eral pistol shots, but provincial po-
lice disarmed the ombatants before
anyone was killed. Nine arrests have
been made for shooting. Barricades
have been erected and advices from
the scene OF conflict late this afternoon
are to the effect that further trouble
OF q much more serious nature than
has yet occurred may be expected.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
N0rwegians Are Voting,

CHRlsTIANIA, Nov. ia plebiscite
for and against the choice of Prince
Charles of Denmark, as the new king
OF Norway, began today under favor.
able weather conditions. The people
everywhere are voting in large mum.
bers. In Christiana out of a total
electorate OF 10000, fully $1,000 have
already voted. The polling will be
continued tomorrow. All the public
and many private buildings are dec.
GRATED with aags. Saturday saw the
elimination of fortniRht's agitation
In storm of oratory by party lead.
ers all over the country for and
against republic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15

senator Burton, and should q demur-
rer to this be sustained, it will be i'm.
possible ever to indict him for his al.
legged offense in connection with the
Rialto company, owing to the statute
OF Limitations.
Senator Burton vas indicted and
convicted on a charge Of accepting
money from the Rialto Grain and Sc.
curities company for using his infu.
ence In the compsny's behalf in mat.
ters pending before the postoffice de.
partment At Washington. The trial
took place In November, 1903. The
case was appealed to the supreme
court, which reversed the findings OF
the St. Louis court and the case was
sent back for re.trial.
A new Indictment was found by the
grand jury in March, 1905. Burton
attorneys fled demurrer to this In
dictment and it was sustained. Judge
Vandeventer immediately called the
present grand jury in order that the
Burton case might be considered be.
fore the statute Of limitations became
effective on November l6.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Would Preserve Niagara.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1l.-Presideut
Roosevelt put himself on record today
strongly In favor of the preserv alton
intact Of the wonders OF Niaesrs
Falls. To visitors who called to urge
the president to use his influence
through the combined action of the
American and Canadian governments
for the preservation OF the Niagara
Falls, and to prevent the diversion Of
their waters to commercial and indus.
trial uses, he said he believed Niagara
Falls, the great canyon of the Colora.
do, the big trees OF California and the
buffalo should be preserved for pos.
terity. California, he added, had pre-
sented the nation grove of the big
trees and II the state OF New York
could not preserve Niagara Falls in.
violate, the national government
should take steps to keep them as they
are now, for the American people, a.
one OF the natural wonders Of the
world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Saved BY Fire Escapes.

CHICAGO. Nov. 9.-Fire caused by
an explosion of gasoline today in the
basement of the Furniture Exhibition
company in Michigan avenue resulted
In injuries to four persons, narrow
escapes to dozens of others and $780,.
600 property loss.
The building, which is eight stories
high, is used as a sales department
for 1872 different furniture firms. A
number of girls on upper floors
reached the ground by fire escapes,
the usual exits in the establishment
being choked with smoke.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Feithleys Lover Must PAY.

SEATTLE, Nov. 81 ames E. Zook,
mayor OF Ballard, must pay s10, 900
to Miss Rosena E. Grover, according
to the verdict returned by q special
court jury. Miss Grover sued for
s25. 900 for breach of promise. Mayor
looks defense was that he had broken
his engagement to the plaintiff upon
discovering that she was afflicted with
pulmonary tuberculosis. Testimony
con vinced the jury that Zook knew OF
the girls affliction at the time he be.
came engaged to her.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Government Is After Rcbaters.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. l3.-United
States District Attorney Butterfield
and Assistant Counsel Ch aries Gu aries
today filed complaint In the United
States circuit court against the Mil.
waukee Refrigerator Transit company,
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail.
road company, the St. Louis 4 San
Francisco company, the Wisconsin
Central railroad, the Chicago & Al.
ton railroad. the Erie Railroad com.
pany and the Pabst Brewing company,
charging the various concerns with
iolating the Elkins law prohibiting
rebates, Determinations and couces.
sions.
The complaint charges that large
sums of money under the names and
guise OF "commissions" is paid to
said defendant company. The com.
plant also alleges that call rebates,
concessions and discrimin atious here
In charged have been and are being
exacted from the above railroad com.
panies by force of threats of the said
Pabst and said Milwaukee Refrigera.
tor Transit company, to compel and
divert traffic from said companies
lines. unless said rebates and couces.
sions are granted"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
RUSSIAN TROOPS MUTINY.
City of CrOustadt In Hands Of Mob and
Residents Appeal For Protection.

CRONsTADT, Nov. 9.-The troops
here have mutiued and are pillaging
the city. Firing is going on in the
streets. The inhabitants are panic
stricken and are fleeing from the town.
The British embassy here has re.
quested General Trepof to protect the
British subjects at Cronstadt. The
American charge d'affaires, Spencer
Eddy, has asked OF the governor of
Cr0nstadt protection for Americans
here.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9.-lnteuse
f; excitement prev vails here owing to the
alarming news from Cronstadt. Ac.
cording to the reports, q mutiny of the
sailors occurred during the night and
was followed by a regular battle with
the troops, during which machine
guns were used. The workmen sided
with the sailors and hundreds were
killed or wounded. Later the torch
was used and the town is now in
flames. 1t is reported that the flare
OF the fire can be seen from the win.
dow OF the emperor's palace at Peter.
hot.
The inhabitants of Cronstadt are in
q panic. The boats to St. Petersburg
have stopped running and telephone
and telegraphic Communication has
been severed. A force of Uhlan cav.
airy sent to Cronstadt from Peterhoi
is reported to have joined the insur.
gents. 1t is also reported that the ar.
tillerymen OF the fortress have joined
the insurgents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Painter Stole Jewelry.

NEW York, Nov. lO.-Confession
to the robbery OF 100000 worth OF
gems from fashion able New York
homes in the last two years was made
today by Herold Prescott, q painter.
His profit on pawning the jewelry he
said was but little over 5000. Al.
most by accident the painter was ar
rested in connection with q recent
robbery, and the police we're ignorant
OF the value OF their arrest until his
arraignment today. Immediately
search was made of pawnshops he
named, and the police say they have
recovered go, 900 worth OF the stolen
gems already. Prescott was later
sentenced to five years in Sing Sing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
kansas Senator Advised.

WICHITA, Nov. 1.-THE chamber
OF commerce held special meeting
this evening at which resolution was
passed calling upon United States
Senator Chester l. Long to "get on
the right side OF the freight question
and stand with President Roosevelt in
his endeavor to secure just and equita.
BILE freight rates."
A resolution was also passed in.
structing each director to write q per.
sonal letter to Senator Long urging
his assistance 10 the United States
senate to the presidents policy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Daring New York Robbery.

New YORK, Nov. l2.-During the
absence of private watchman on
guard at Schumann's Sons jewelry
store at Broadway and Twenty.second
street, thieves entered the place tod ay
and carried off $40, 900 worth of silver.
ware. The robbers drove to the store
in q carriage with q coachman in
livery, and having noted the depar.
ture OF the watchman, entered the
front door with false keys. The pres.
ence OF the carriage attracted no at.
tention and half an hour later the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
TOwnsite Sales Poisoned.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l3. - Acting
upon the suggestions of the governor
OF Idaho and many prominent citizeus
OF the state, the secretary of the in.
teriorhas announced the postponement
until next April of sales of lots of the
new townsite of Hepburn and Rupert
on the Minidoka reserv alton plats.
The postp0nement was ordered be.
cause of the possibility of bad wealth.
er at this time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
HEARST ON THE WARpATB.
Defeated Candidate For Mayor Of New
York Will Contest Election.

New YORK, Nov. 9.-Tammany Il
going to have the fight OF its life tc
seat Mayor Mcclellan in the city hall
again. William r. Hearst, the muni.
cipal ownership candidate for the
place, who charges fraud in the elec.
tion, has taken Oh his coat and will
make the Fourteenth street tiger "show
him" who was elected. The fret ster
was taken yesterday when 40 applica.
tion for an order directing the police
to turn over all the ballot boxes ia
the bureau of elections for the official
count Of the votes was granted by Jus
tice William G. Gaynor, OF Brooklyn.
The order WAS granted on afiidavita
alleging fraud prepared by the army
Of attorneys whom Hearst has em.
ployed to make the fight for the Office.
Hearst IL not alone in his move
to upset the election of Mcclellan. q.
The republican candidate, William M.
WINS, has offered his services as an
attorney to help Hearst wrest the may
orally from Tammany. District At.
torney jerome will also take hand
In the fight to purge the returns of the
thousands of illegal votes which it is
claimed were voted by Tammany
henchmen. More than 10000 voters
have been discovered who lost their
votes because their names had been
voted on before they got to the polls.
These voters have offered their ser.
vices to Hearst in his fight to prove
the wholesale frauds perpetrated by
Tammany at the polls.
1t was said this morning that the
sudden move made by Mr.. Hearst last
night followed q report received by
him that q printing company had been
at work Tuesday night printing bal.
lots. The report was further to the
effect that the ballot boxes were to be
opened while in the hands of the po.
lice and stuffed.
Mr.. Hearst decided to act at once.
The order secured from Judge Gay.
nor directed the police commissioner
and all his subordinates. in the five
boroughs to turn over to the board of
elections forthwith all ballot boxes
containing ballots and stubs OF bal
lots, and also to file with the county
clerk, before noon today, all envel.
opes containing tally sheets, inspec.
tors returns, defective ballots and
ballots marked for Identification.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Predicts Third Term For Roosevelt.

GREENv1LLE, Mich, Nov. 10.-Con.
gresham Charles E. Townsend, oi
Jackson, Mich, one Of the authors Oi
the Esch. Townsend railroad rate bill,
delivered spirited address last nigh,
1t the annual banquet of the Green
Vile Republican club. his subject be.
ing railroad rate legislation. Con.
gresham Townsend charged that the
railroad men had misrepresented his
question to the people. He pointed
out existing evils and the necessity for
curing them. and answered some OF
the arguments that have been raised
against comforting rate.m making power
on the Interstate commerce commits.
sion.
Instead OF the government proposing
to dictate to individuals or compa.
nies just how much profit they shall
make in their business, he said, it
simply intends to have them do busi-
ness on fair basis. The purpose of
the proposed reforms, he said, IL to
stop the practice Of charging one man
more than another for the same SER
vice.
Governor Fred Warner, of Michi-
EAn, eulogized President Roosevelt
:.nd predicted that bu ,iutss conditions
Of the country will So develop that the
people will demand Pre.iden, Roose-
velt's election at the euu Ut III, present
[, rim,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Election Frauds In Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.-Two mag
istrates will alternate on the bench in
the disposal of the election cases.
There are 268 defendants charged with
fraud at the polls and beginning to.
day full investig alton will be made
OF every case. Attachments were
served today upon the officers of six.
teen election precincts forefailure to
make returns OF the election as pro.
.vided by law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
CROOKED ELECTION METHODS.
Grand Jury In New York May Iudict
Several Prominent Politicians.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-Ten indict.
ments for violation of election Law
and two for assaults committed at the
polls at the election last Tuesday we're
today drawn up by the grand jury. II
vas said tonight that Attorney Cen
eral Mayer and State Superintendent
OF Elections Morgan had instituted q
searching tnvestig alton Of the alleged
election frauds. which would be con.
tinued until the Legislature meets.
The attorney general and Mr.. Nor.
gan tonight examined q number OF
Witnesses in connection with frauds,
and also conferred with Henry E.
Yonge. special counsel for Mr.. Hearst,
and discussed plans to prosecute per.
sons against whom charges may be
brought.
The evidences of fraud were pre-.
pared for the grand jury by both the
attorney general and the law com.
mtttee which is conducting Mr..
Hearst's contest for the may yoralty
election. The law committee applied
for l6 indictments, and its members
said that the names of some prominent
politicians were among the indictments .
required.
Mr.. Hearst made public o postal
card received today and signed merely
"Truck Driver" which read: "On
Wednesday night five ballot boxes
were taken from boarding stable at
232 Front street."
Two ballot boxes were found tod ay
in barber shop at l56 Third avenue,
one Of them full of half soiled and
torn ballots and the other empty.
This barber shop was the polling
place Of the fret election district Of
the Eighteenth assembly di>tric',
which 10 the district of which Charles
F. Murphy, head of Tammauy hall, is
the leader.
William r. Hearst announced today
an additional reward OF $4,000 for
evidence for the arrest, conviction and
Imprisonment Of the first Ta,nmany
district leader to be convicted Of
frauds against the ballot on Tuesd day's
election. This Ia in addition to the
other rewards, aggreg ating Sl7, 900 for
proof OF crimes against the ballot and
registr alton laws in the election. This
makes the total reward he has offered
S27, 900.
It was announced At Tammauy hall
today that Tammany district chiefs
have evidence showing frauds com.
mitted by Hearst's supporters on cleo
tion day. Several leaders said tn at
while q recount might lessen McClel.
lan's vote, the couu,.r charges of
fraud which they intend to bring
against the Hearst urganiza alton will
likewise bring about the lessening of
Hearst votes that in this way will
equalize matters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15

robbers came out, placed their plunder
In the carriage and drove away. The
robbery was discovered few minutes
later when the watchman returned aud
found the door open.
All the silverware was taken from
the showcases In the store. An attempt
by the robbers to open q safe In the
basement containing several hundred
thousands dollars worth Of jewelry,
was unsuccessful.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe.
cialty at the RIVER PRESS Office.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-06
Farmers Com
plain About
Rural Carriers

Washington, June 5-The Post
office department has recently
ben receiving complaints from pa
irons of it's rural delivery routes
all over the country protesting
Iagaist the refusal of the carriers
to deposit or collect mail from
boxes which the farmers have
made Themselves, and the COM
plant is very general that the
Government is attempting to COM
pei the farmers to buy expensive
mail boxes made by favored con-
tractors. Some of the complain
ants have not hesitated to intimate
their suspicion of graft" of some
kind involved inthe sale of these
letter boxes. AS a mater of fact
the Government is utterly inditf-
erent as to the style or the maker
of the box used by the patrons of
the rural routes, but it insists on
certain specifications. The box
must not be les than Is by 6 in
ches, if it is rectangular, and if
cylindrical, not less than 16 inches
long and six in diameter, and it
must be made of standard guage
sheet iron or of sheet steel. Every
box must be provided with an adj
Unstable, durable, metallic signal,
! which will indicate whether or not
there is mail in the box. These
requirements are all insisted upon
by the Government, simply be-
cause it holds itself responsible
for the mail when deposited in the
box by the carrier or the farmer.
1t was stated at the depart
ment to-day that every farmer is
at entire liberty to manufacture
his own box provided he makes
it along the lines of the specifi-
cations. and after making it sends
it to the postoffice department for
approval. Indeed, to facilitate
the manufacture of homemade
boxes the department will permit
farmers in States at great distan-
ces from Washington, to send the
boxes to the nearest division in
spector, SC that the cost of freight
or expressage may be reduced to
a minimum. 1t has been figured
out that no box made by an in
dividual farmer, or by local tin
smith vii cost less than dollar
or a dollar and a half by the time
it has been sent on to the proper
authorities for approval. AT the
same time the farmer is enabled
to buy a box at any figure that
his purse will warrant. The Gov
eminent will furnish any patron
or prospective patron Of rural
route a list of $50 boxes, together
with a list of the names Of the
makers, the place of manufacture
and the cost, and as the cost of
these boxes range from 65 cents
up to $3.50. it is assumed by the
Government that every farmer will
find it cheaper to buy such box
than to 90 to the trouble of MAX
ing one himself. But, as stated,
there is no objection to home
made box if it comes fully up to
the requirements made by the