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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Murder suspect Returns.

VANCOUVER, 3. c., Oct. 20.-Waiv.
ing cXtraditiop, Camille Frederic
Remy, who was arrested here on Mon.
day and who is wanted in Montana for
the murder OF W. J. Oliver, a young
rancher, left here by the Great North.
cru train for Helena in charge of Sher.
if Sharren broich.
Detective Waddell induced Remy
to place price on the fancy bride
which belonged to the murdered man
and which was found among the pris-
oner's effects. Remy wrote out a
memorandum agreeing to sell the bri.
die for S. cash. He signed the agree.
ment. The handwriting is apparently
identical with the writing on a card
Remy gave rancher named Reid.
to whom it i, alleged he sold the
wheels OF the wagon of the murdered
man. The card given Reid, however.
did not bear the prisoners name. but
that OF young Oliver's father. 1t was
the stupid blunder of Remy in giving
the card that cost him his liberty. All
the effects found in Remy's possession
were expressed TO Helena today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
SOUTH wELCOMEs;ROOsEvELT.
The Presidential Party Receives Warm
Greeting In North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Oct. 19.-The
ovation which President Roosevelt re-
ceived during his journey through q
portion of Virginia yesterday morn.
ing. was continued today as he trav.
eled through North Carolina. Begin
ming with his arrival at Raleigh at 9
O'Clock this morning, he was greeted
by cheeringlcrowdsa at Durh am, Greens.
boro, High Point, Lexington, Sails.
bury and Charlotte, the. e.demonstr alton
in this city beingla fitting farewell Of
the citizens Ut the old Tarheel state.
The feature of the day was his visit
to the fair which Is in progress at
Raleigh. Here he delivered an ad-
dress which dealt with the important
questions of railroad ownership and
the organizations OF capital and
labor. His speech was given close
attention and he frequently was in.
terrupted by hearty:applause. He was
accompanied to the fair grounds by
Mrs. Roosevelt, and;she, too, was the
recipient of much attention.
There were nearly 40,O00.in the fair
grounds when the president arrived.
The president was introduced by Lieu
tenant Governor Winston and began
his remarks with pleasant reference
to the occasion and noted that he had
been met at the station by an officer
in confederate uniform Major Henry
A. London of Pittsburg who said:
II am glad to meet my president.
l fought in the confederate army for
four years wearing the gray but now
my son is in the United States navy
fighting for our flag
A bit of sentiment was responsible
for the short stop at Lexington, where
the president was greeted by several
hundred people to whom he spoke
briefly. Lexington is the.county seat
OF Davidson county, the only county
in North Carolina that gave Presi.
dent Roosevelt majority at the last
national election. The president was
required to stop for q few minutes to
extend greetings to the!Ipeople, and
receive greetings from the 300 orphan
children cared forsin anIasylum there.
The little ones made pretty sight
waving tiny American flags as the
train came to stop.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
McCurdys Had Soft Snaps.

New YORK, Oct. 19.-Richard Nc.
Curdy, president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company, made the state.
ment today that he had no intention
of resigning, that he was elected to
serve until June 7, next, and tha moth
ing can or will drive him out.
Closing one of the most sens ational
and strenuous weeks OF the insurance
investigation the committee just before
adjournment today concluded the ex.
animation of Richard McCurdy. with
the exception OF few details he is to
supply next week. MIR. McCurdy has
been on the stand the greater part of
three days of this weeks session, and
some Of his testimony has been the
most startling of any that has been
adduced before the committee.
When Mr.. McCurdy was excused his
son, Robert H. McCurdy was called
to explain some charges for travelling
expenses in 1904. He said one of his
duties as general manager was to vis-
it the agencies about the country.
Three such trips were made, the ex.
pense of which aggregated about 49,.
600. Mr.. McCurdy said that while on
the trip he was accompanied by his
father, mother, wife and the latter's
maid, but that the expense accounts
were for himself individually, and did
not include those of any other mem.
bers of the party. He had private
car on one of these trips. He could
not tell why the expenses on these were
so large, but said he would furnish
the details later.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Millions Are Wasted.

WASHINGTON. October 2O.-Supple-
menting his statement regarding ex.
travagance and waste in public print
ing, Representative Chas. B. Lands,
chairman of the subcommittee of the
congressional printing investigating
committe, charged with an inquiry
into the alleged extravaganza in the
public printing, today insisted that
the statement he made to congress be.
fore its adjournment, that the govern
ment could save million dollars q
year on its printing, was not at all
overestimated.
Mr.. Lands declared today that a
"printing contagion seems to have
swept over and taken possession Of
things, and ali departments of the
government. to such an extent that an
ordinary reduction in the printing ap.
propriations of from 20 to % per cent,
could be made without doing violence
to the public welfare.
There are tons upon tons Of docu.
ments for which there will never be
any demand piled up in the committee
rooms and the various departments
about Washington and in the garrets
and woodsheds of senator's and repre-.
sentatives throughout the country. 1t
all represents waste and extravaganza
aud improvidence and the situation
fairly shrieks for correction
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Cattle Interests To Form Mercer.

DENVER, Oct. 2l.-At q conference
here today between committees repre-.
senting the American Stockgrowers'
association and the National Live.
stock associate an agreement was
reached practically merging the two
bodies. although separate organiza.
tions will be maintained until the two
org anizations hold a convention in
this city January 30.
The agreement is practically to the
effect that the National Livestock as.
ASSOCIATION be changed to the National
Livestock committee, whose member.
ship shall be entirely made up of pro-
ducing interests and which shall be q
general central assembly or clearing
house for all national livestock, and
breeding associations, these bodies to
be coordinate with each other, but
under the central body.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
President Roosevelt Visits Points of In.
tcrcst In Cracker state.

ROSWELL. Ga, Oct. 20.-President
Roosevelt today carried out a long
cherished plan of visiting the home Of
his mother at Roswell, Ga. One Of
his reasons for coming south was til at
he might see the old homestead where
his mother spent her girlhood and
which she left happy bride. The
visit was fraught with many tender
recol!ections as he drove away from
the old Bulloch mansion, where his
mother lived and married.
ATLANTA, Oct. 2O.-The president
arrived here on schedule time 1T 10
O'Clock this morning. He was escort.
ed by the regulars to the fair grounds.
This afternoon the president reviewed
the Seventeenth infantry, U. S. A.,
now stationed at Fort MePher.on: the
Fifth regiment, Georgia state troops,
and several companies from other
parts of the state.
After the review President Ruose.
velt was escorted to the speakers
stand which had been erected opposite
the grand stand of the race course
and delivered an address Z, the euor-
nous crowd Assem- bled GA and in trout
Of the grand stand. Mayor Wood.
ward presented The pl esident with q
block OF Georgia marble, memento
from Georgia's organized labor, pre-.
pared by united labor. AS the presi-
dent arose to spe ak he was greeted by
the immense throng rising aud cheer.
ing.
President Roosevelt began by say.
ing that the problems Americans have
to face today are serious but after all
they are only part Of the price they
have to pay for the triumphs they
have wou, for the high position they
have attained. He cautioned them
against displaying any foolish opti.
mism but warned them also to beware
of drifting into blind pessimism in
view of the future. In this connection
the president said.
"Undoubtedly, the growth of wealth
in this country has had some very un.
fortunate accomplishments but it seems
to me that much the worst damage tn at
people of wealth can do the rest of US
is not any actual physical harm, but
the awakening in our breasts OF either
the mean vice of worshiping mere
wealth and the man of mere wealth.
for wealths sake, or the equally mean
vice OF viewing with rancorous envy
and hatred the men of wealth merely
because they are men of wealth."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Many Wrecks On the Lakes.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 2l. - From the
best inform alton obtainable today II
lives and nearly score of ships were
lost on the great lakes as the result of
the terrific gale which ragged for 50
hours ending at daybreak today.
These are the minimum figures, and
will probably be increased by later
reports. Word has been received here
that wreckage coming ashore near the
southeast shoal lightship is supposed
to be from the tow barge Tasmania.
The boat carriea.a crew OF eight men.
The steamer Bulgaria came into
port this afternoon bringing news of
the loss OF the barge Tasmania of
Pelee island ialalre Erie during Fri.
days storm. The Tasmania sank at
5 a. m. Friday with her entire crew Of
eight men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
awful STORM ON LAKES.
Many Vessels Wrecked and Death List
May BE Serious.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2O.-The storm which
last night and today swept over north.
ern Lake Michigan. Lake Huron and
Lake Erie, was one of the mOstsevere
10 recent years. A. far as returns are
nbtaiuabie tonight, III vessels have
been completely wrecked, and II 70 Is
others Were more or less seriously
damaged. Twelve lives are known to
have been lost and as the gale on
southern Lake Huron and Lake Erie
is s:ill blowing liercely tonight, it is
feared that other losses, both of life
and property. will be reported within
the n~N! twenty four hours.
CLEVELAND, Ocl. 20.--As the result
OF the wildes. storm that has swept
Lake Erie in years, wrecks have
strewn the shore the eut re distance
from Buffalo to Detroit. The storm
came with abrupt sudd' nn,s-, a, an
early hour Friday mu.uing. aud con
:iuued without interruption through.
out the day. At midnight tonight the
winds velocity, which reached "a
miles an hour at its highest point to-
day, had decreased little in force, and
fears were felt that the report of nu.
merous wrecks received during the day
did not entirely cover the extent OF the
disaster.
MARINETTE, Wis, Oct, 2O.-The
stort" last night did $4,000 damage
along the north shore OF the Menomi.
nee river.
Docks have been washed away,
boat houses torn to pieces and thous-
ands of tons of coal washed into the
bays. Many boats, tugs and gasoline
launches were destroyed and quanti-
ties OF logs in the storage rooms we're
washed away. The seas ran up on the
streets Of Marinette and Menominee.
Fishermen along the shores of Green
Bay lost heavily in nets and boats.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Fare Charged BY Measure.

NEW YoKK, Oct. 19.-The Swiss
railroad booking clerks have just been
provided with machines for measuring
the height of children travelling over
their roads, and have been told that
all children over three feet tall must
pay full fare, says the Times.
In the summer months, Switzerland
is full of Americans who are often ac-
compauied by tall children, who are
never over 10 years OF age. This is
the Swiss limit for half fare. This
has led to so many heated arguments
in German and English that the gov.
ernment has decided to introduce the
measure system.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Express Company Is Fined.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 2l.-Judge Phillips,
In the United States circuit court Of
appeals, in affirming the decision OF
the federal court for North Dakota in
the case of the government against the
Western Express company, decided
that the express company, in furnish.
ing beer to customers, was acting not
as a common carrier, but as a whole.
sale and retail dealer in liquors. The
lower court assessed the express com.
pany 50, 500 for violation of the ma.
tiopal excise law in selling beer at 26
stations on the 500 road In North
Dakota, which is prohibition state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Will Move Chicago PostOffice.

CHICAGO, Oct. 10. - The Chicago
postoffice will be transferred to the fed.
eral building at noon on Saturda ay, Oct.
tober %, ten years after work was
begun on the found alton of the struc.
ture.
The moving involves the continuous
handling without q moments delay OF
1,S00, 900 pieces OF first class mail and
POO tons OF second, third and fourth
class: hundreds of thousands of regis.
tered packages and large amount of
money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Bank IusOlvent, Cashier Dead.

PITTsBCRG, Oct. 19.-After an in.
yestigation of the books Of the Enter
prise National bank, Allegheney,
which disclosed that the bank was in.
solvent, 7. Lee Clarke, cashier Of the
institution for years, went to his home
at midnight, spent a sleepless, nerv-
ous night, then he shot himself
through the head this morning. He
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

States Railway Age tomorrow will
say: Contracts reported this week
show that while records of 1901 and
1902 for freight equipment and loco.
motives will easily be surpassed be.
fore the close OF 1905, although the
volume of orders in those years was
exceptionally large and notwithstand.
ing the present high price and the dit.
ficulty in securing prompt deliveries,
orders placed by the Penns Wv ania
this month for 800 cars in addition
to the l63. lib ordered in August made
new record placed by single com.
pany, and practically pre.empts all
steel car building facilities during the
entire year of 1906.
1t Is stated that all car manufac.
turers are crowded with orders aud
that one company alone has untitled
contracts aggreg ating over 10000
cars, while no company:can promise
delivery before the middle Of next
year. unless the order is for wooden
cars.
Orders for freight cars for the first
Al weeks Of the current year are in ex.
cess OF any previous year, while the
contract for passenger cars and loco.
motives. If continued at their present
rate, will also exceed any previous
record,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
a Million Acres Withdrawn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-The commits
ssioner of the general land Office has
ordered the withdrawal from entry of
all the lands in area one, covering
100000 acres in the Bozeman and
Lewistown, Mont, land districts, on
account of an irrigation project in at
state.
The land lies between the Yellow.
stone and the Musselshell, north of
Billings. and is what is known as the
Lake Basin project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
PRESIDENT IN FLORIDA.
lie Gives Public Assurance That Panama
Canal Will he Built.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 2l.-The
reception to President Roosevelt to.
day was q hearty one. Thousands
througed the streets on his line OF
march, and the president bowed his
appreciation Of the good will tha
was manifest on every side. So far
rs comfort was concerned the day was
ideal. A cool wind had begun to
blow the night before his arrival, and
it gave temperature that no one
could call to warm or too cold.
1t prevented, however, the delivery
Of his principal speech in the open air
before the Seminole club, as It was
thought that the wind would make II
impossible for his voice to reach the
assembled crowds. The speech was
delivered at the Board Of Trade audi.
torium, where it was listened to with
great enthusiasm and frequent ap.
plause. He said in part:
"Here In Florida, the first of the
gulf states which l have visited on
this trip, l wish to cay a special word
about the Panama canal. l believe
that the canal will be of great benefit
to all our people, but most OF all to
the states Of the south Atlantic, the
gulf and the Pacific slope. When com.
pleled the canal will stand as q mouu.
ment TO this nation; for it will be the
greatest engineering feat ever accom-.
plished in the world. 1t will be good
thing for the world as whole, and
for the people OF the isthmus and of
the northern portions of South Amori-
ca in particular. Because of our es.
pectal interest in it, and because of
the position we occupy on this hemi.
sphere, 1t is matter of special pride
to Us that our nation, the American
nation, should have undertaken the
performance of this world duty. A
boay Of the most eminent engineers in
the world, both Americans and for.
eigners, has been summoned to ad.
wise Us to the exact type Of canal
which should be built. At no distant
date hope to be able to announce
what their advice Is, aud also the &C.
tiOn taken upon their advice. Mean.
while, the work is already we'll under
way, and has advanced sufficiently
far to enable me to announce swith
certainty that it can surely he accom-.
plished, and probably at rather less
expense than was anticipated. But
upon the last point, as we'll as upon
the question of time, no positive state.
ment can be made until the report of
the commission Of engineers as to the
exact type Of canal has been received.
The work Is as difficult as it is i'm.
portant, and 1t ia of course inevitable
that from TING to time difficulties will
occur and checks be encountered.
Whenever such Is the case, the men of
little faith, and the critics who con.
found hysteria with emphasis will act
after their kind.
"But our people, as whole, pos.
sess not only faith, but resolution,
and are of too virile iber to be swept
one way or the other by mere sensa-
tionallsm. No check that may come
will be OF more than trivial and pass.
ing consequence, will intlict no per-
manent damage, or cause any serious
delay. The work can be done, and
will be done. What has already been
accomplished is guaranty as to the
future"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

fingered until 2:l2 O'Clock this after.
noon. when death came. An hour be-
fore the announcement of his death
was received a, the bank a telegra am
came from the comptroller of the cur.
rency at Washington. closing the
doors and appointing Bank Examiner
John j. Cunningham the receiver.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Car Factories Are Busy,

CHICAGO. Oct. 2O.-Under the cap.
tion "Record Bre aking Orders for
Railway Equipment,' the United
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

Water right blanks-only correct
form publi-hed-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE
ny RENNErr HARRIS.


 IcopyrIsht 1905, by Daily Story, Pub. Co.)
 we ali wondered what Mrs. Outage could pos,ibly keep in that little silver caAket of hers. don't you know. All of us chaps were interested in the little widow and anything that belonged to her. We were interested in the color of her eyes, and the length of their iashes e goodish bit don't you know; and the size of her shoes and the fit of her stockings around the ankles. and the blooms on her cheeks We talked about all of these things. Not that we could say anything about them but to praise them Her eyes were the color Of a bunch Of vio- let's with the dew on 'em-Tenyoort said that Tenvoort's one of these practical duffers. don't you know. Some of hIs baI.y poetry has been printed in The Top Crust Journal Gazette. He was gone no end on Mrs DuPags As to the shoes. Cinderella would have got corns if she had tried to wear Mrs. DuPage's. and she had better taste in the selection and display of hosiery than any woman know of And if that bloom of hers ever saw the inside of drug store We were all mistaken.
 But we talked more about that silver casket than anything else. because it was such a devilish odd-loOking thing. don't you know. It had four panels One was decorated with a heart that was spnt right up the middle. another had something that looked like tin horn turned upside down. the third had a monogram and the fourth a motto; Memoria in Asternia, surreunued by 6 wreath ot forget On the lid there was a bally little cupid standing tip- toe on grinning skull and pointing up in
 wsm wherever Mrs. puPaEs was that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14

easket was sure to be somewhere around. It was generally in her boudoir. but some times I saw it in her parlor and once when she gave a little luncheon it was standing on the sideboard Knickerboeker Cuyver asked her what she had in 1t once and she sighed and said that 1t was her little al She told me when I asked that she would prefer not to speak of 1t and the Violets m her eyes became dewier than ever. So or course I dried up. It's horrid bad form to be inquisitive and ain't a boundeF' hope' whatever I am.
 "Jinpiey said he believed she kept love letters in 1t. curEon guessed diAmonoa She ain't sentimental said curzon. bsa it's something practical
 Love letters might be practfeal. sald JimpIey T knew a girl had bunch once and they brought her in an income of $lO'OOO a year She kept 'em in Q safety deposit vault. She was 8 practical girl all right and know it. ,..-., -,-., .....-
 T spoke up then and told them didn't want to hear any more insinuations of that sort felt like punching all their heads. Some fellows think that if woman Is bit lively when she aint got anybody to look after her but an old aunt they can say any thing they like I knew all about Mrs Du- Page. She came from Alabama and her husband belonged to one of the good tam- flies there A fellow told me so-rellow by
 
 DuPage's one evening. He said her huS- hand was simply devoted to her, don't you know, and that she was devoted to him. though he was a. lot older than she. Some of my people-the women-said that she was nothing but O chorus girl before Wllhe Outage met her. I know some ripping nice chorus girls you know. SO didn't think any the worse of her for that, if 1t was true They told me that they didn't believe that ahe had a cent to her name and that her giving out the impression that she had a iot of Government bonds locked up In thai silver casket was nothing but bluff. The Government bond idea was something that
 got mt after a little while. but feel sure mat she never was to blame for it
 T think they had got 1t into their heads that I wanted to marry her. Well. didn't not then. went around to her ptaee. don't you know. because she was a Jolly clover little woman and ripping good locker Sometimes she made me feel likN A fool because she was so jolly clever, but she always gave me good time and brought her flowers and candy and all that sort of thing, don't you know.
 "And then the secret of the casket came out A woman who knew the DuPages down South was visiting the Kerners and she told them that the easket held the last mortal remains of Willie Outage. He was a ere nation crank and he had the easket made before he died to hold his ashes, and he made Eulalie promise to keep 1t with her wherever she went That We took for a tan horn on one of the panels was a funeral toreh-elassic, don't you know. and the