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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-30
Daring Chicago Robbery.

CHICAGO. Aug. 26.-Three robbers,
one OF whom was afterward captured
committed daring robbery this after
noon in the iewelry store Of G. W.
Johnson, go Wells street. They Sc.
cured jewelry and uncut diamonds
valued at several thousand dollars.
The three men, on entering the store,
asked the clerk in charge to allow
them to look at some diamonds.
He laid the tray on the counter and
as soon as he did so three revolvers
were pointed at his head and he was
ordered to put up his hands. Linah,
the clerk, complied with the demand, ,
bat edged over to an electric bell
placed in the floor for exactly such an
emergency. Mrs. Mary Nelson heard
the alarm but instead of informing
anybody of the fact that there was
trouble in the store, she ran in to
make q personal investigation. A re-
volver was promptly placed at her
head and she and the clerk were
ordered to keep still on pain of In.
stant death. The thieves then rushed
from the store taking with them the
the tray of rings and diamonds and
ran to a buggy which they had sta.
toned two squares distant. With
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Indicted For Land Frauds.

PORTLAND, Aug. 25.-The federal
grand jury investig ating the Oregon
land frauds today returned true bills
against Claude F. Thayer. the Tilla.
nook capitalist. son of former Gov.
ernOr Thayer of this state, together
with several other operators indicted
with him. The Significance Of this
action is emph asized by the fac, that
when the indictment was returned
there remained out six hours until the
law would have been powerless to
reach the crime.
After six years of delay the no,ori-
GUS Tillamook land frauds are AT last
to be brought before the courts. In
September. 1899, approximately 100
persons made filings at the Oregon
City land Office TO enter timber lands
In Ti'lamook county, the lands being
situated in the famous Nehalem val.
ley. 1t is claimed that when Claude
Thayer and his assistants had secured
. purch aser the net profits were to be
divided.
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Big Order For Lumber,

SEATTLE. Aug. 25.-Great Northern
railway officials in this district are on
the still hunt for fat cars to fill one of
the biggest rush orders received on the
west end for many months. Porter
Bros, railway contractors, have or
dered POO fiat cars to be loaded with
coast timber to be delivered on the
Sioux City & Western railway, ordi.
narily known as the Ashland extern
sion, the new connecting link between
the Burlington and Great Northern
systems.
A Spokane firm has secured the con-
tract for the bridging and track laying
of the entire l25 miles of the Ashland
extension. Approximately 5000, 600
feet of dimension timber will be used
and 200, 900 lineal feet of piling. The
material must be delivered in 81 DAYS
and orders for the entire quantity have
been distributed among the Puget sound
mills wherever plant could be found
to handle rush order. Under the
conditions attending the delivery the
contract is among the most notable of
its kind in recent western railrO aiding.
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President Hopes For Peace.

PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 24.-President
Roosevelt's moves to save the peace
conference are following each other in
quick succession. He is now believed
to have taken new step, possibly the
final one, in the shape of last appeal
to both sides to leave the question OF
the purchase price of the northern part
of the Island of Sakhalin to the arbi.
tration of a board of commiss toner's.
Arbitration has been in the mind of
the president from the beginning.
This, however, is no inference from
what is actually known to have taken
place last night and this morning.
He sent to Mr.. Witte during the night
a message without doubt outlining the
new step he had resolved upon. Pre-.
sumably this message was prepared
after the president had received the
account of Ambassador Meyers audi
euce with the emperor OF Russia yes.
terday. 1t would seem to follow logi.
cally that Mr.. Meyers reply was not
satisfactory, and therefore necessitat-
ed another appeal not to allow mere
question of money to stand in the way
OF peace, and to suggest new form
OF compromise for the point still at
issue
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HOch Escapes Execution.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Johanu Hoch,
the man of many wives, convicted for
the murder of one Of them, and under
sentence of death, has escaped the
gallows a third time. He was to have
been hanged here tomorrow, but a
supersedeas was issued today on an
order OF Justice Magruder OF the su.
preme court.
The justice said that he had care.
fully examined the record presented
by Hoch's attorneys and his study of
1t satided him there was enough doubt
to justify review Of the entire case
by the supreme court. The case will
come up at the October term of court
at Springfield.
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To Recover State Funds

TOPEKA, Aug. 25.-Three suits az.
gregating $3.50, 900 were commenced in
the district court here today by At.
torney General C. c. Coleman, repre-.
senting the State Of Kansas, against
the bondsmen of State Treasurer Il. T.
Kelley, To recover state funds which
were in the hands of the First National
Bank of Topeka. at the time of it,
failure.
In speaking about the suits today.
Governor Hoch said: "We tried to
collect the bond in every way before
we decided to bring suit. The state
has to recover the lost funds, and the
only way in which we can make the
bonding companies pay is to sue
them.'
The First National bank, ia which
the state funds were lost, is the insti.
tuition which was carried down by the
failure of c. j. Devlin, the million aire
coal operator.
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Land Prizes Are Disappointing.

SALT LAKE, Aug. 27.-Many pros.
pective settlers on government lands
in the Uintah reservation are reported
to be returning, having become dis.
couraged by the scarcity of good
lands available. VIM. S. Gray, of
Lehi, Utah, is one of these. Mr.. Gray
drew No. II in the allotment and ex-
pected to secure a good farm. After
looking carefully over the land he has
returned determined not to file upon
any land. Mr.. Gray says all that is
left for settlement after the Indians
have taken their allotments Is hills
and alkali flats. He reports that men
with low numbers who went out to get
farms are returning by the hundreds.
Similar conditions are reported by
Daniel S. Burch, Of Odgen, who drew
No. 10, and who has returned without
filing after inspecting the
lands on the reservation.
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Airship Under Control.

PORTLAND, Aug. 25.-Cap:ain Bald
wins airship, "City Of Portland. TO-.
day made wonderful flight of II or Is
miles, being completely under control
OF Lincoln Beechey, the navigator, for
the whole distance. The big machine
was up AZ minutes, sailed in every di.
rection, and finally landed on the
same trestles ~ it started from. Ris.
ing to height OF about 800 feet, the
ship first went to the government
building, circled the towers and then
sailed between them, paid visit to
North Albina, then went to East Port.
land and St. Johns, and finally head.
ed directly for the Trail, its starting
point.
The wind was blowing about three
miles an hour, and there was no ad.
verse currents in the upper air. These
perfect weather conditions are thought
to have had much to do with the sue.
cess Of the flight.
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Montana Man Missed Bride.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Aug. 24.-W al.
lace Y. Smith, of Bozeman. is a keen
ly disappointed man as a result OF q
sudden change in the attitude of his
fiancee, Miss Matte Smith, of Lebo,
Kansas, to whom he was engaged to
be married. Smith went to Lebo, and,
becoming suspicious of his intended
bride, requested her to proceed at once
with him to minister's residence and
be married.
This she agreed to do, requesting
an hour in which to prepare for the
event. In this hour, she telephoned to
her lover. DR.. Joseph F. Nelson, who,
hitching up his horse and buggy, met
her and they departed overland for
Kansas City, where they were married
yesterday. Smith has started for
Montana minus a bride.
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Government Officials Dismissed

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The secre-
retary of the interior today dismissed
from the service of that department
Inspector George F. Wilson, on &C.
count of disclosures made in connec.
tion with hthe investigation OF the ch arges
against United States Sena ator Mitch.
ell OF Oregon. 1t was stated by some of
the witnesses in that case that Wilson
had promised favorable recommends
tion in some of the cases in which wit.
nesses were interested and it was
claimed that in one case he had &C.
cepted 5000.
When called upon for an explana.
tion he admitted having received
the money, but said that It had been
to entrap the man from whom
It was taken and that he had intended
TO return the money. This explanation
was unsatisfactory and Wilson was
removed. Wilson was appointed from
RHODE Island.
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A Great shooting Tournament.

SEA G1RT, N. j., August 24.-The
greatest military shooting tournament
ever held in the United States was
opened here today. Without q mo.
ment's delay the national individual
match was begun. The conditions re-.
qutred that there should be at least SO
entries for the event. To the aston
ishment of every body, 637 competitors
reported at the firing line.
The number of men competing in
the national individual match is an
indication of the magnitude of the
tournament. Each competitor fires 10
shots each at POO, 300, 500 and 900
yards, slow fire, and a similar mum.
Der at POO and 600, rapid fire, and
participates In two skirmish runs.
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drawn revolvers they drove through
the street at a high rate OF speed and
fired several shots at pedestrians a.
they passed them.
Big Gold Output From Nome.

SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-United States
Assayer Fred Wing, in charge Of the
local assay Office, made the statement
today that his estimate of the gold
output Of Nome for the season of 1905
was elO, 10000 This amount will be
the record for Nome and will exceed
the output Of last year by about g..
OOO, 900.
Mr.. Wing bases his estimate on the
amount of gold which has been sent
out OF Nome 90 far, this year and on
the private advices which he has re.
ceived from assayers and other OH.
ctals whose business it is to keep tab
on the results Of mining in that part
OF the country. MIR. Wing states that
in his opinion it Is the large amount
OF machinery and ditching material
which has been placed!in operation at
Nome and other localities on the Sc.
ward peninsula this year which is re-
sponsible for the increase in the gold
output OF that country.
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Will Prosecute Packers.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.--Simultaneously
with President Roosevelt statement
at Chautaugua regarding the prosecu.
tion of the indicted packers the serv.
ing subpoenas began, and the date of
their return show that the trials of the
n packers and lawyers and of the FIVE
corporations charged with combining
in restraint of trade, accepting rebates
and interfering with government wit.
nesses will be started Octo ber2. Twen.
ty subpoenas have been served secret.
ly. and the work continues with the
government officials observing the Ut.
most secrecy. They would not even
admit that the work was going on.
The issuance Of the papers was a
complete surprise to the packers, who
had been ignorant of the movements
Of the government prosecutors. The
resumption Of activity in the beef
cases followed a recent conference in
Washington between President Roose.
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Shah Causes Much MerrilNent.

LONDON. Aug. 23-The Shah OF
Persia is now AT Liege. His hotel bill
for a week at Ostend was $50, 200. His
performances at Ostend created end
less merriment. Some of them might
have been devised by the leading ac-
tor in an Oriental burlesque. Every
time he descended from his apart
ments to go for a drive his suite lined
up in the vestibule, the hotel marsh al
came forward, raped on the door
with stout gold.topped cane, and
called out in solemn voice, "Bow
down, for the president of the uni.
verse comes"
Frequently before he went out the
shah would call for a glass of iced
water: a dozen attendants would rush
Oft Immediately, but when they re.
turned, each carrying glass, the
shah would decline to drink, but would
order his grand vizier to swallow the
contents OF half dozen glasses,
Always suspicious, the shah iuvari.
ably commands his grand vizier to
taste dishes and tell him what they
are like. While in Paris he was made
the recipient of large quantities of
pills and patent medicines which he
was assured would cure him of his
ailments. These he commanded vari.
Gus members Of his suit to take aud
he was strict about being informed as
to their effects in full detail.
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AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS.
Question Of Peace Will He Determined Il,
the Japanese Emperor.

PORTSMOUTH,, Aug 27.-The life of
the peace conference today seems to
hang by thread, but the thread will
not be broken tomorrow. At 10
O'Clock tonight, after q two hours
conference between Mr.. TAX ahira and
NJ. Witte, in the latter's room in the
hotel annex, the announcement of q
postponement was made. NJ. Witte
explained to the Associated Press tn at
Mr.. Takahira had told him that no
new instructions had reached him
from Toxic, and, fearing none might
be received before the meeting sched.
uled for tomorrow afternoon, he had
suggested the propriety of postponing
the meeting until Tuesday. To this
Nj. Witte said he had readily as.
sented.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27.-The
curtain has been rung down on the
St. Petersburg stage but the center OF
interest in the peace negoti ations be.
tween Russia and Japan has been
transferred to Portsmouth. Emperor
Nicholas, after carefully weighing the
consequences Of his act, has said his
last word. Russia will make no tinan.
cial contribution to Japan in any
form whatsoever and unless Japan &C.
cedes to President Roosevelt's efforts
to effect compromise between Russia
and Japan his efforts will have proved
unavailing.
Mr.. Meyer, the American ambass a.
dor, yesterday informed President
Roosevelt of Russia's ultimatum.
She agrees to cede half of the island
OF Sakhalin and to pay Japan for the
mainten ance of prisoners Of war, but
nothing more. Russia declares that
she has met Japan more than halt
way and has proved to the world the
sincerity OF her desire for peace, but
that she had rather fight than pay an
Indemnity. On this point Russia has
not changed her opinion one hairs
breadth.
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Orinondalc Wins Euturitv

NEW YORK, Aug. 2G.--Ormonda ale, a
real blue ribboner OF the turf, his an.
cestry extending back nearly a century
and a half to that creates, of race
horses. Eclipse, in 1864, won the eigh.
teenth running of the Futurity stakes
for two.ycar olds at Sheepshead Bay
today. Sired by the English bred
Ormoude, for whom Mr.. McDouough.
few years ago, paid $4,000, Or.
mondale was the class of the race.
The futurity purse this year amounted
to total of s42, $50, several thous and
shor, OF early estimates. The win.
uer's share was S33, $50.
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Many Perish In ClOudhurst,

TRINIDAD, Colo, Aug. 25.-Accord.
ing to information from Hastings this
morning, possibly IA persons were
drowned in the food at Tabasco, l6
miles north of Trinidad, yesterd ay
evening. Seven houses occupied by
Austrians and Italian laborers and
their families were swept away.
Tabasco aud Berwind, coal mining
camps, having about 1000 population,
are located in Rhode canyon, a us.
ually dry arroyo. Yesterdays cloud
burst Is the first that has occurred
there since the towns were established
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velt and District Attorney Morrison,
when the president directed that the
cases should be pushed.
Fire Caused BY Lightning.

New YORK, Aug. 25.-A loss oil
more than a million dollars was
caused by fires in stores Nos. 80, 40
and Al OF the extensive plant of the
Bush Terminal Warehouse company
at the foot of Forty.fourth street,
Brooklyn. Started by lightning dur.
ing q storm just before midnight, the
fire was still burning at an early hour
this morning. The firemen then ex-
pected to confine the flames in the one
building in the Forty.fourth street
block. When lightning struck the
stores. the shock was felt for q dis
tance OF several blocks. Almost i'm.
mediately flames leaped from the low.
lying structures.
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WORKING FOR PEACE.
President Roosevelt Communicates With
EmperOrs Of Warning Nations.

OYSTER BAY, Aug. 25.-Two em-
perors, one at St. Petersb burg and the
other at Toxic, are the determining
factors In the peace negotiations. Al.
though the negoti ations are suspended
temporarily at Portsmouth, they are
proceeding actively through President
Roosevelt. He is in constant com.
munication with the St. Peters burg
and Toxic governments. BY both Of
the warning nations his good ofiices
have been sought, and his efforts to
bring their plenipotentiaries into &C.
cord and thus prevent failure Of the
peace conference are unremittiug.
Early in the day the president had
an extended conference with Baron
Kaneko, the recognized confidential
agent of the Japanese government in
this country. Neither the president
nor Baron Kaueko would discuss the
nature of the interview. While the
Baron's expressed views of the peace
negotiations are not optimistic, he left
a distinct impression that the last
word by no means had been spoken.
He protested that Japan had no wish
to humiliate Russia, but expressed
the belief that the japanese terms
were quite reasonable and that no
further concessions would be made.
After the departure of Barren Ka.
neko, President Roosevelt was en-.
gagged with Acting Secretary Barnes
for two hours in the consideration of
dispatches received, and in the prepa-
ration for those to be sent.
The disclaimer of the Russian for
eign Office Of the statement purporting
to have been made yesterday by
Count Lamsdortf, minister of foreign
affairs. declaring that Russia would
pay no indemnity to Japan under any
guise or make any concession of terri.
tory. was received by the president
with satisfaction. 1t indicated no
willingness on the part of Russia to
accede to Japan's terms as to indem.
nifty, but the disclaimer ia regarded
as leaving the way open for further
of the terms that may lead
to q satisfactory conclusion of the
conference. 1
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Stockholders Get Small Returns.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-After twelve
years of tedious and painstaklng
work, the officials of the Werld's Co.
lumbar exposition have succeeded in
closing up the affairs of the great
worlds fair. President Harlow n.
HigginbotLam and Secretary f. O.
Edmunds must still remain officers of
the company, however, as $4,000 is
on hand belonging to the stockhold.
ers, who cannot be found. OF the S5,-
SOC, 900 subscribed for the purpose Of
the exposition, one half per cent. has
been returned to the stockholders.
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Largest Family In America.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, August 25.-Mr.
and Mrs. c. Depp OF Hltaory Run,
with the appearance of twins ye.ter-
day, became the parents of 23 children.
The parents are only 10 years of age
and claim to have the largest family
In America. They were married -
years ago. Six pairs of twins are
numbered in the family circle. Depp
Is employed as section foreman on q
railroad.
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Big Damage By Storm.

PORTLAND, Aug. 27.-A special dis.
patch to the Oregonian from Pendle.
ton, Ore, says: A heavy wind and
dust storm this afternoon did q large
amount OF damage. The city was
shrouded In darkness and for 10 min.
utes it was impossible to distinguish
objects five feet distant. For over an
hour the storm ragged, leaving q trail
OF devastation. Plate glass windows
were shattered, and awnings torn from
buildings. Nearly all merch ants will
lose heavily, Is dust collected o quar-.
ter ut an inch thick in stores, damag-
ing the goods. Unharvested wheat
which was in the trail of the storm has
been almost totally destroyed.
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IRRIGATION CONGRESS ENDS.
declares In Favor of Reserving Benefits
For Small Land Owners.

PORTLAND, Aug. 24.-After an in.
teresttng session, which consumed the
entire day, the thirteenth annual meet.
ing OF the National Irriga alton con.
gress came to an end late this after.
noon. This session of the congress is
important for the pronounced stand
assumed on three subjects.
1t declared emphatically that its
sympathy is with the small land own.
ers against the landed proprietors
who seek to have the national irriga.
ton law 50 amended as to permit the
retention of more than 16O acres of ir.
rigated land.
The congress also expressed the
opinion that government enterprise in
the work of reclaiming arid lands
should not unnecess arlly interfere with
previous private enterprise. nor priv.
ate enterprise with prior government
projects.
Finally it vigorously expressed dis.
approval of the repeated attempts to
inject the subject of undesirable for.
eign immigration into its delibera-
tions, contending that this subject is
one in which the congress as body is
not interested.
No stone was left unturned by the
supporters of this move to secure from
the congress a declaration on the sub.
ject. Il was the first resolution of.
fered of the opening: day and while
President Pardee's gavel was in the
air, in the act Of adjourning the con.
gress today, final unsuccessful eff.
fort was made to get the subject be.
fore the congress.
Owing to the impr acticability of Sc.
curing the attendance of the delega ates
in sectional meetings without first
gathering them in general session
each day. the congress today changed
its constitution so as to provide that
at future assemblages, a general ses.
sion shall be held each day OF the
convention period.
The day was otherwise marked by
the reading of letter from President
J. j. Hill, Of the Great Northern rail.
way. The unanimous choice of Boise,
Ida, as the next meeting place of the
congress and the reelection of Gov
ernor George G. Pardee to the presi.
dency.
Before the consider alton OF the bust.
ness from the congress, the discussion
of reports, election of officers and Sc.
lecting next years meeting place,
William E. Curtis of Chicago, made
an address on the subject of "Irriga.
tion in India" Mr.. Curtis paper
was a highly interesting description
of the irrig alton projects instituted by
the British government in order to do
away with famincs arising from
droughts in India and elsewhere.
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Sold to junk Dealers.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24.-The United
States government building at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, erect
ed at a cost Of $500. 600, has been sold
to a wrecking company for $40, 800.
The steel truses in the structure alone
cost 100000
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LEWlsToWN, Aug. 26.-Lewistown
Is closed town. The county attorney
this evening ordered all of the five
gambling houses to close permanently
aud the command was obeyed at once.
Action was taken on account of the
murder of Pawnbroker Studzinski
Wednesday night and gives great sat-
i.fae,ion to the better class of citizens.