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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Investigating Private Car Lines.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. G.. B.
Robins, president Of the Armour lines.
was questioned today by the sub.com.
mittee of the house committee on in.
terstate and foreign commerce regard
ing the details of the business of the
company. A query brought out an
answer that the Armour car lines COM
pany is a separate organization from
the Armour Packing company, al
though both are owned by principally
the same people. The company il
capitalized at SIS, 900, 600, a low basis,
and the debt is large.
The company employed a total of
$4,000 persons. The charge to the
roads for these cars is Ste per mile.
The daily average of miles per year,
Mr.. Robins refused to state for publ.
cation. He said that should it appear
that the company a earning 8 per
cent. on its capital it might be used by
the enemies of the company, and at
the same time the uncertainties of the
business would make that showing
less than it would be in a banking
business. Eight thousand of these
cars are fruit cars, the balance being
refrigerator cars for carrying meats,
butter and eggs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Herder Frozen To Death.

LEWIsTOwN, Feb. 13.-Jack White,
OF Utica. was found dead in a sheep.
herder's cabin, about five miles from
that town. He was frozen to death,
evidently having sought the cabin at.
ter having become exhausted by the
exposure to the extreme cold.
The cabin In which be was found
was once occupied by Isaac McCrary,
n of Senator Waite's herders.
There was material for building q fire
in it, and evidently the man had en-.
deavored to do so, but vas too ex.
hausted to get the fuel in place.
White was formerly a miner, but some
years ago became loaded and since
then has worked among the ranchers
around Utica, making his home there.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
TO REGULATE RAILROAD RATES.
Important Measure Passed House By
Almost Unanimous Vote.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-After nearly
four days Of discussion the house TO-.
day, by a vote of 1926 to II, passed the
Esch.Townsend bill, providing for the
regulation of freight rates.
The negative vote was made up of
IL republicans and six democrats.
The closing hours of the debate were
occupied by Messrs. Williams Mis-. },
the minority leader, and Hepburn
Ia. J, chairman of the committee
which reported the bill. Mr.. Will
liams, while supporting the minor.
ity measure, wen though he said
he knew it could not pass, compli-
mented the republicans for bringing
in a bill which was much better than
he expected would come from them.
Addressing himself to the republi-
cane, Mr.. Williams said it might be
true in some things, as MIR. Grosve.
nor stated yesterd ay, that the demo.
Gratis ''camped tonight where we
camped last night, but he loudly
proclaimed, facing the republican
side, that on this question "it 10 un-
derstood who are camping this year
where the democracy camped last
year."
If, he said, the majority in the
house did not follow the presidents
recommend atoms, it proved the neces.
sity OF On autom attic coupler between
the White house and the house of rep.
'resentatives.
Discussing the merits of the bill
Mr.. Williams said the country had
waited and waited for the railroads
themselves to do justice. He agreed
in part with Mr.. Mccall Miss J, who
had said the right to fix rates was a
dangerous power to confer on several
men, but he argued that 1t was a choice
between evils, as only about seven
great railroad magnates, acting in
with one another, were
directing the stream of American com.
merce in the channels they wished 'and
discrimin ating whenever they saw fit.
If the fixing of rates was to be lodged
in some hands, Mr.. Williams said, he
preferred it to be by a government
tribunal, "weak and ineffective as
such tribunals are"
Declaring that he spoke as a con.
as he was not a radical.
Mr.. Williams said the time may come
when all the country except the south
would be advocating government own
of railroads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Unique Exhibit From Australia.

PORTLAND. Feb. l2.-Australia, the
land of gold and the kangaroo, whose
market resources have been little ex.
plotted at worlds fairs, will have at
the Lewis and Clarke exposition the
first exhibit which will do justice to
the country. The exhibit, which will
cost $50, 900, will occupy 1900 feet Of
floor space and will be comprehensive
and interesting.
n feature of the Australian exhibit
will be a display of leather from the
carcass of the gugong. The gugong
is a fish which lives in Australian
waters, whose hide is three inches
thick. The hide is valuable for sad
dlery and other heavy leather goods.
The display will also show the COM
mercial value of the platypus. or
duckbill, an animal with the body of
a mole, and webbcd feet and Il bill of
a Iuck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
MONTANA NEWS BRrEFLETs.
A Budget of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE, Feb. 1O.-Johu Powers, a
miner employed IN one of W. A.
Clark's properties, is believed to have
been murdered and the police are
working hard to obtain a clew which
will either lead to discover the where.
abouts of the man or make conclusive
the fact that he has been foully dealt
with. Powers disappeared Wednes.
day night and has 70 been heard
from since. His brother, B. F. Pow.
crs, believes that he has been killed.
BUTTE, Feb. 1O.-Two thousand dol.
lars and a bag of dice were picked up
by on enterprisiug thief and carried
away from the gambling house of j.
S. Holland this morning as uncere.
moniously as though be was taking
his own. simultaneously with the
disappearance of the coin the porter
is discovered to be missing, and
neither have been captured since.
While q dozen people were in the
room, and the games were in progress
the thief walked to the open safe, took
out the money and quietly walked
away. The porter's name is supposed
to be John Roberts.
MILES CITY, Feb. l3.-Henry L.
Wilson, formerly of this lefty, now
county attorney of Yellowstone coun.
ty, is in the city today comforting with
County Attorney Porter, of this coun.
ty, concerning people who broke
quarantine at Billings and brought
smallpox to Miles City. What,action
will be taken in the matter has not
yet been determined, but anything
that can be done legally to punish
these people will be done.
LEw1sTowN, Feb. l3.-W. B. Nor
rison, bookkeeper for the Montana
Lumber company here, committed
suicide this afternoon by taking a big
dose of cocaine. The cause of his
suicide is supposed to have been des.
%pondency brought about by q recent
spree. Morrison was lately in Hell
n as a witness in the Bridgeman
case. While there he commenced
drinking and kept it up after return
ing home. Previous to that time he
had not drank anything in Lewistown,
although in the past he has been
known to go on periodical sprees.
MIssOULA, Feb. 13.-The frozen
body of VIM. Salisbury, the miner who
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Trapped BY Their Victim.

CHICAGO, Feb. III ames Ozello, a
wine merchant and proprietor of a
small hotel here, who was swindled
out of 5000 on a fake footrace at
Clinton, H.. has retaliated by induc-
ing the "promoters" to visit Chi.
cago, on the pretext that he was
ready to make another wager. They
were arrested and gave their names as
Martin Wiler, James Hall, Robert
Curley and John Cummings. Nearly
$1,000 in currency was found in Cur
ley's possession.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Storm Delays Traffic.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Plowing through
snowdrifts and creeping with hating
gait along the ice covered rails, trains
due in Chicago yesterday were many
hours behind their schedule time, in
some instances arriving ten or twelve
hours late. Many trains due last
night had not arrived early today.
Better conditions r. promised today
as the weather %forecaster announces
that the great snowstorm is over. The
total fall since Saturday last has been
nearly twelve inches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

was missing from Borax, was found
about one mile from his camp. The
man had wandered around during the
blizzard and evidently became ak.
hausted and had lain down to rest.
Chris. Tucker, the cook, who started
alone Thursda y morning to hunt for
his missing friend, became exhausted,
but accidently found a vacant cabin.
There he built a fire and remained
without food until he could stand it no
longer and headed for camp, which he
reached a few hours after the body of
Salisbury had been found.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Coolest In Six Years.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Not during the
last six years has the equal OF the
present cold weather been experienced
in the west, and at many places no
such low temperatures have been re.
corded since the establishment of the
weather bureau. The cold wave ex.
tends from Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico and from the Rocky noun
tains to the Atlantic. In the north
the mercury has registered all the way
from zero to As degrees below, the lat.
ter mark being scored at Richland
Center. Wis.
Trains everywhere from the west and
northwest are anywhere from two to II
hours late, and owing to the packing
of the snow in the cuts it is said that
it will be several days before trains
are able to revive the schedule time.
Several people have lost their lives,
the majority of the fatalities being in
the southwest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Married Thirteen Times.

CHICAGO, Feb. ll.-CoufrOnted by
living witnesses of his alleged dupli.
city at a c%oroner's Investigation into
the death of his last wife. Johann
Hoch. according to to the police, last
night admitted his marriage to Is
women within the last 10 years. Three
OF these women are now dead. With
the exception of the iden,itic alton of
Hoch by several of his alleged vic.
Tins. nothing developed in yester-
days hearing of the coroner's jury
and the inquest will be postponed un.
til Wednesday,.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
CURED FOR SOC.

"After doctoring for three years,
and spending much money, a SOC.
box of Cuticura Ointment ended all
my sufferings. It's been two years
since l used any, and l don't know
what sore hands are now, and Eve
lost a days work while using Cuti.
cura Ointment"
THOMAS A. CLANCY,
$40 N. Montgomery ST., Trenton, NJ.
Sold throughout the world. Cu.icura Resolyent, soc.
lin form oi Chocolate Coated Pills, .'c. per vial Of COY,
Ointment, Soc. Soap, s5c. Potter Drug s Chem. Corp,
Rsron, Sol, Proprietors.
To- send ioS The Grsa: Skin Book"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
In the Grasp Of Blizzard.

DENVER, Feb. 12.-Reports of in.
tense cold, accompanied In sections by
snowfall, were received here tonight
from Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico. In southern Colorado and
northern New Mexico the worst storm
since 1886 is raging. In New Mexico
the storm reached the proportions of
q blizzard and great damage to stock
is reported.
OMAHA, Feb. 12.-Sixteen degrees
below zero was recorded here tonight,
with a prospect for lower temperature
before morning. Reports from over
Nebraska and western Iowa indicate
a severe condition of the temperature.
Railway trains In all directions have
been badly delayed. West bound
Burlington passenger No. ~ was stuck
in the drifts near Seward. Neb., for II
hours. The passengers in many in
stances were without food.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12.--The cold.
est weather in years prevails in this sec.
ton tonight. In Oklahoma and In.
dian Territory the weather is the cold
est since 1889 and there Is much suffer-
ing among the poor who we're caught
u~uprepared. Cattle also are suffer-
Ing. Railroad traffic is impeded in
Kansas by the high wind, which has
piled the snow in the railroad cuts.
Most passenger trains are using
double headers and freight trains are
carrying only non.perishable freight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
The Fashionable Girl
- AS a Wife -
BY Mrs. FRANK LESLIE

F a fashionable girl marries a poor man she has a great deal
both to learn AND TO UNLEARN, and her capacity
for these two lessons will be the measure of her ability to
~ become a good wife.
But suppose such a girl marries a rich man? We all
know, especially in this country, that money alone will not make a
comfortable home; it will hire servants, sometimes at tremendous
wages, but the air of this free country is fatal to servitude, and the
man or maid who while at home in the old country was the very
incarnation of obedience, rcspectfulness and content only requires
s few months in one of our cities, with the advantage of reading the
papers before they reach the hands Of the family and Of listening
to the lessons of their compatriots who have been here a little longer,
before imbibing the principles of liberty and equality to such an
extent that unless the heads of the house m we'll able to hold their
own position they speedily lose it AND BECOME THE SERV-
ANTS rather than the rulers.
OUR SOCIETY GIRL IS NOT BY POSITION AND EDUCATION
FITTED TO BECOME THE WIFE EITHER OF A POOR MAN OR OF
A RICH ONE.
Is she, then, never to be a successful wife? Are both Door men
and rich men warned off from trying to appropriate her delicate
loneliness and dainty grace to the establishment of that home
for which EVERY MAN longs in his Utmost heart?
Nay, the case is not quite as bad as this for our dear society rose
buds and half opened blossoms. There is a teacher who can in quite
a short course of most delightful lessons teach THE MOST IN
EXPERIENCED Girl, whether she be city bred and luxurious
or whether she be country bred and unsophistcatcd, to lay aside all
her previous habits and to acquire a complete new set, to take up the
most tedious and distasteful tasks and find them charming, to like
the things she supposed she should abhor and to grow careless of
what had been her very breath of life.
His terms are high, to be sure, this wonderful teacher of ours.
lie demands even more than Shylock with his pound of flesh, for he
IS not satisfied WITH LESS THAN THE WHOLE BEING of
his puph-her heart, her brain, her hands, her feet, her will and her
obedence-in fact, all that makes her HERSELF.
THE TEACHERS NAME IS LovE-oEAR, OLD, YET EVER
YOUNG DAN CUPID. WHO HAS BEEN At WORK AMONG US FROM
THE DAY WHEN THIS WEARY OLD WORLD WAS As FRESH AND
YOUNG As THE oeeuTANTE OF YESTERDAY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
The Best Method of
Voice Preservation

~ EOPLE who cultivate the voice have widely different ideas
\ on what constitutes the best method of its preservation.
If l gave lessons should cultivate THE MIDDLE
NOTES, and the voice of the singer would be good at the
up and down, i'll trying to add extra notes to its compass.
AS to the length of time to be devoted to study, I myself do not
give moro than fifteen or twenty minutes to it daily, AND THESE
FEW MINUTES ! DEVOTE TO SCALES.
1t was my brother, Ettorc Barili, who laid the foundation of my
singing, and his method today is taught by my nephew, Alfred Barii.
My brotherin-law, Mr. Strakosch, taught me certain embellishments
and cadcnzas. but it was to Ettore Earili that owed the foundation
as well as the finish of my vocal equipment. With him l studied
solfeggi, trils and scales. The chromatic scales a naturally. I
think l was trilling when l came into the world.
My golden rule in singing is to spare myself until tho voice is
needed AND THEN NEVER TO GIVE IT ALL OUT. Put
it in the bank. do not push my voice for the pleasure of the mo-
ment. If you are prodisal of your powers at such times, the next
time you wish to be generous you cannot.
There is al old Italian proverb that hold fast to Is my guide,
"Who goes slowly goes safely; who goes safely goes far" have
always followed that course in the use of my voice. Consequently l
have it at command when l need it. ] never sang when l was not
we'll enough neither did I sing WHEN l WAS DOUBTFUL Of
the condition of my voice. | simply went to bed and said that there
was "no one in" Managers came, b~esought, pleaded and entrcated,
but I was not WE'LL and l would not sing.
HAD BEEN OPERA THEN, THERE WOULD BE- NO OPERA NOW.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
"LaWsOn Is Giving
Us Straight Dope"

By PAT SHEEDY. Gambler n Art connos~cur
AWSON is giving us some straight dope. HE IS TELLING
L. THE EXACT TRUTH as l have seen it all my life. These
men that lawson exposes ar all gorlas, worse gorillas than
men like myself. I've found out that all men with great amounts
of money usually act the same way. They are always READY TO
BUY anything they want. They buy for less and sell for more and
create and fix the markets for their purposes.
They call it business and high finance, but PAT SHEEDY
CALLS IT CHEATING, cheating, cheating. llurrah for Law
son, say l. He is educating the people to some truths they should
know. I have known them all my life, but lots Of folks have not
known them before. The outcome will be that the people will hest,
tate to invest in gold bricks and refuse to be MIXED.
LAWSON Is GOING TO ABSOLUTELY DESTROY THE MARKET
FOR GOLD BRICKS IN THIS COUNTRY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

Even the woman who lays down the
law to her husband is willing TO let
him lay down the carpets.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

F a fashionable girl marries a poor man she has a great dea
both to learn AND TO UNLEARN, and her capacit
for these two lessons will be the measure of her ability t.
become a good wife.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23
JuoTlcE FoR PORTO RICO.

The cries Of the Porto Ricans are
likely at first TO irritate. rather than to
excite the sympathy of, conscientious
Americans, ssuce we are conscious of
the rec;itude 81 our motives and con
fident OF our own efficiency. Eventu-
ally, however. certain hard facts are
sure to make their impressions upon
oar self-satisfaction, and some Of these
facts are already appearing dimIy on
the horizon Of The public conscious
ness. They are very discomfortlng
and II they gain sufficient currency
should bring about a change Of policy
relative TO The immediate problems in
Porto Rico.
The situation in Porto Rico Is salts
factory neither to the people Of the
island nor TO ourselves, and there is
reason to believe the fault lies chiefly
at our own door. SO far as our gen.
eral political ideals are concerned, we
still believe in their applicability to
Porto Rico. but our specific legislation
is opened to serious question.
The Foraker law establishing the
civil government was drawn with the
advice and approval OF representatives
OF the principal interests Of Porto
Rico But the amendments tackled up
on the Foraker resolution seem to
have proved thoroughly mistaken and
Injurious 70 the substantial welfare OF
the island. Conditions are industrlally
worse than they were IA the last years
Of Spanish rule. Large numbers o.
the population have emigrated be
cause work was not TO be obtained
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23
EuRoPE.s uLTIMATuM
TO TURKEY.

~ AOHNL -
The day when the sultan Of Turkey
can play OF one power or group Of
powers against the rest seems likely
10 come to an abrupt close
All Of the leading European nations
have united Ia an ultimatum to the
Sublime Porte requiring the granting
OF reform measures to the Christian
populations 10 Turkey and an interna-
tional fleet is assembling TO enforce
the demands Of the alliance. In add.
ton to the naval force 1t IS understood
that Austria-Hungary has assembled
a considerable army in Bosnia and
Herzegovina and that Bulgaria and
Herzegovina and that Bulgaria and
oreece stSnd ready 70 move troops
into Epirus and Macedonia, If desired
Up 70 the present the sultan has
given 40 evidence Of an intention OF
yielding 10 this external pressure.
Possibly the experience Of previous
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23
TO PROPAGATE BUFFALO
Plan to Establish Another
Government Herd in the
Wichita Preserve.

New York, Nov 2s.-To prevent the
extinction of the buffalo. prominent nat
urallsts and men interested in <oologi-
cal matters have planned % organize an
association to be known as the Ameri-
can Bison society. The society will hold
its first meeting in tbs city next month.
William T. Hornady director Of the
New York Geological park, who is one
Of the promoters OF the new society
recently talked with President Roosevelt
regarding plan to establish another
government herd In the west. He Offer
ed TO give TO the government for the
new herd fifteen specimens of the Amer
ican buffalo from the New York zoolog-
ical societys collection. On behalf OF
the New York society. j. Alden Loring
left for Fort sill, Okla. today. 1t Is
proposed to place the new herd on the
Wichita forest reserve and Mr.. Loring
win meet government officials and con-
fer with them regarding a range for the
animals
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23
CLEARING WEATHER IN RUSSIA.

In calling on the strike in St.
Petersburg, the workmen's council of
Russia have shown a Wise comprehen-
sion OF their duty. They have evinced
a desire to secure certain reforms and
to protect themselves and their friends
in the army and navy against repris-
ais; but they evidently do not intend
to let the more violent members of
society bring on a situation that would
cause the loss of many lives merely
for minor political and social advant-
ages.
When the wcrkmen had to face the
possibility Of court martial of the
Kronstadt mutineers and the probable
execution of a large number of the
men WHO had shown practical sympa-
thy for the strikers cause, they felt
natural responsibility for the lives of
their allies. che assertion OF their de-
termination to resist such a persecu-
tion Of their friends by every means
In their power was therefore similar
to selfpreservation. But the question
Of continuing a highly dangerous STU
alton indefinitely merely for the pur-
pose Of establishing the eight-hour day
as the period OF legal labor was not
urgent nor essential. and they wisely
deferred Its consideration.
Similarly the Abandonment Of the
strike Of the railway employees indi-
Gates that these intelligent men are
willing to cede some Of the advantages
they might have been able to gain for
themselves for the purpose or restor-
ing order and a working condition Of
the national life
Doubtless the agitation throughout
Russia win continue strenuous. and
perhaps in some places bloody scenes
will follow the demands Of the people
for greater and more genuine liberty
than that offered them by either the
government or the extremists; but II
Is a good sign when the most inteln
gent and most strongly intrenched
worldngmen voluntarily forego some
OF their opportunities in the interest
Of the general welfare.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23

William Elliott--let his name be
written in letters of gold-a veteran
Of the civil war. has refused a pension
from the government, the arrears on
which amount to $4,000 This fact
in itself is enough to arrest instant at.
tention. But when we learn 2
ground on which he bases his refusal,
we cal not refrain from maryeling.
Mr.. Elliott does not believe that a man
should receive largess, a gift, pen
sion, for performing his simple duty
Clearly Mr.. William Elliott has quaint
ideas about patriotism. He offered his
life when his country needed it be-
cause he thought it the right thing to
do. And now. forty years after this
supreme test, he clings to the old fash
ioned notion that his country can not
measure his patriotism in dollars and
cents. Doubtless there are patriots
drawing liberal pensions from the gov.
ernment today. But when we consider
the patriotism of William Elliott of
Kokomo, Ind, no doubt exists.