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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06
Marriage Licenses.
have been granted licenses

The following have been granted licenses
10 marry:
Name and Address. Age.
Henning W. Peters, Lincoln. Is
Katie Abel, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70
John Mccormick Tekamah. ............... q
Elsie Henklet, Blair. ......................... n
Charles Coons, Carson, Ia.................. %
Viola Dement,, Carson, Ia.........,......... IS
James G. Johnson, Omaha. q
Bell Cox, Omaha. ................. p
Samuel A. Netsell, Stromsberg ............. 80
Mrs. Lille M. Merritt, acknowledgement 80
German Adsit Sarpy county ................ &c
Henrietta Armstrong. Sarpy county. AZ
James II. Ward, Omaha .................... q
Emma NJ. Sorenson Omaha. .............. 20
Thomas W Mitchell, Omaha.............. 2s
Lillian Nelson, Omaha ...................... 20
Clifford w. Russell Omaha. ............... q
Kathryn NJ. Major. Omaha................. "a
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06

The "Klties" are coming.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06

Smith will be at the head of the depart
ment this year and especial attention will
be given to Industrial features
The year book Of the club will not be
out for another week and the secretary
has requested that all members who expect
to be included in 1t will send in their cor
rect addresses at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06

E. D. Keck. voice teacher. Davidse Bldg.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06
RuiIdInE Permits.

Harry 3 Davis, unoerIaAer. re.. ia
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-06
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

2-K wedding rings. EdhOlm. jsweler
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
Bryan COmmcnds Roosevelt.

KANSAS CITY, May 12.-William j .
Bryan was the guest of honor and
principal speaker at dinner given
by the Knife and Fork club of this
city at the Midland hotel tonight.
In an interview Mr.. Bryan said that
he admired the position of President
Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft upon the
question of railroad rate legislation.
In regard to the recent lroquois ban.
quet in Chicago at which President
Roosevelt was the guest of honor,
Mr.. Bryan:
81 was gratitied at the recent ex.
preston Of good will and the demon
stration in Chicago toward the presi-
dent and | am glad the democrats of
the nation are supporting President
Roosevelt in his position on railroad
legislation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
StOskrnen Select Committees.

DENVER. May l2.-rne executive
committee uf the American Stock.
growers association has select a
board Of control anu ..islative com.
mittee. The board ut rO tr.l will
have entire managemet.l of :I~ affairs
Of the association dur;uy tte iu,er-
mission between meetings vi the ex-
ecutive committee. which will be held
in Denver in April, September aud
January.
Col. w. Z. Hughes was elected
treasurer and Fred f. Johnson. of
Denver, temporary secretary. s. H.
Cowan of Texas, was appointed legal
counsel and instructed to proceed to
Washington and attend the hearings
before the senate committee on the
railroad rate question.
The cattle growers interstate execu.
tive committee has decided to coop.
crate with the American Stockgrowers
executive committee and place all its
funds at the disposal of the latter
committee for the prosecution of its
purpose. The next annual convention
of the new association will be held ia
Denver January 8. 1906.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
President At Home.

WAsHlNGToN, May ll.-President
Roosevelt reached home tonight at
midnight from his western trip, which
he regards as one of the most en- Joy.
able journeys he has taken since he
has been president. He travelled 6,OO6
miles, and passed through twelve
states and three erritories-Mary-
land, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Indian Territory, Texas. Oklahoma,
New Mexico. Colorado. Nebraska and
Iowa.
Every state and territory in the
United States, except Florida and Ar.
kansas, has been visited by President
Roosevelt since he has become presi.
dent, and it is his intention to accept
the hospitality of these states before
his term is finished. 1t is probable
he will make tour of the south be.
fore the convening of congress in the
fall of this year.
The president left the train immedi.
ately after it rolled into the station.
He shook hands with the train EN-.
ployes, newspapermen and others who
greeted him. Then with DR.. Lambert,
he stepped into his carriage and was
driven to the White house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
\ Miscarriage Of Justice.

NEW YORK, May l2.-Nan Patter-
son the one-time Florodora!s show girl,
wa relca sed from the Tombs prison
today after almost a year within the
wall, awaiting determin alton OF the
chargc that she had murdered her
protector, Caesar Young, racetrack
boOkmaker.
Her release wa, made at the in.
stalce of District Attorney jerome,
who said he did not believe another
trial would result other than in dis
agreement. AT the same time he de.
clared that there had been serious
miscarriage OF justice. He said many
Of the newspapers had labored to
create sympathy for the girl and this
had "caused one more step towards
trial by newspaper rather than trial
by Jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
school Children On Strike.

CHICAGO. May ll.-A break in the
ranks of the strikers today is alleged
to have occurred in the refusal of the
hay and feed drivers to observe the
boycott. Deliveries are being made
by union drivers to all the "struck
firms" The excuse on which this &C.
ton is being taken is that humanity
demands it. The feed drivers claim
they do not wish to stand by and see
the horses starve to death. 1t Is de.
clared by others, however, that this is
merely subterfuge tocover the real at.
titude Of the drivers, who do not favor
the strike and are anxious to go on
with their work.
A severe rain and windstorm today
reduced TO minimum opportunities
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17

for rioting. At times the streets were
swept by binding sheets of water,
making traffic OF all kinds impossible.
Police protection was ordered sent
today to the Hendricks public school,
West 43rd street and Shields avenue,
on account of strike Of 200 pupils,
who refused TO so 10 school because
non.union drivers had taken coal to
the building.
The pupils OF the Hendricks public
school went on strike because col
ored teamster Of the Peabody Coal
company delivered load Of coal at
the building. Many teamsters stopped
near the school and prompted :te ru.
pills in the strike. Police sent to the
school are alleged to have used clubs
OF more than one pupil.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
MANY TORNADO VICTIMS.
The List of killed and Injured Reaches
Into the Hundreds.

SNYDER, Okla, May l.--At mid.
night all estimates OF the number Of
persons killed by last nights tornado
exceed 100, and $50 persons were in.
jured, more than 40 seriously. Nine.
ty.iive persons are known to be dead,
or missing and number are in a
critical condition. The wounded
found shelter in an improvised hos.
pi,al until tonight, when they were
taken to hospitals in Guthrie and
Oklahoma City. The financial loss is
estimated at s35O,OOO.
The havoc wrought by the tornado
is complete. Out of town of l,l0O
people not more than score OF houses
are intact, while two.thirds of the
buildings are totally wrecked. The
storm formed south of Olustee, near
the Texas line, and took northeast.
erly course through well.settled Sec
ton. At o'clock it was observed by
the people OF Snyder, but the usual
funnel Snapped formation was lack
ing. aud although the roar was plain.
" hsard for some time before the
storm broke, many were of the opinion
III at it was a hail storm. Within a
few minutes the sky became suddenly
q ark and terrific downpour of rain
began, lasting for several minutes,
when it stopped almost as suddenly
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
STOCkMEN THANK ROOSEVELT.
President Commended For His Efforts To
Secure a Square Deal.

DENVER, May l1.-By a resolution
adopted today the American Stock
growers association pledged itself
ITO work in harmony with all live.
stock associations, whether local,
state or national"
President F. j. Hagenbarth of the
National Livestock association,
sought to have the committee on reso.
lutions report a resolution pledging
the American association to "heartily
cooperate in the work projected by
the National association. This was
opposed by the Texas committeeman
and compromise was finally reached
by striking out the name OF the Ma.
tional Livestock association and max.
ing the resolution apply to all live
stock associations.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
President Roosevelt "for his fight for
equal rights to all at the hands of the
railroads." declaring that the present
railroad laws are inadequate land
should be strengthened by giving to
the interstate commerce commission
power to substitute just, fair and
reasonable rates for those which it
may find to be unjust or unreasona-
ble:" condemning the priv ate car line
systems controlled by the packers;
opposing the tonnage system in trans.
portation of livestock, and asking for
minimum speed of twenty miles an
hour for stock trains: demanding
"that the senate of the United States
shall cease obstructing the applica-
tion of that great principle, reciproc-
ity, which we regard as essential to
extend our foreign markets for asri.
cultural and livestock products" and
asking the cooperation of all live
stock organic ations ito bring about
the reforms so essential to the pros
perity of the agricultural and live.
stock interests"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
Canal Is A. Gigantic Enterprise.

CHICAGO. May I2.-Theo. P: Shonts,
president OF the Panama canal com.
mission. declared today that in the
few weeks he had been at work on the
affairs of the canal he had disco vered,
that while the immensitylof the project
Is likely to stagger even an enthusiast.
tic supporter Of it, the obstacles pre-.
sented are by no means insuperable.
MIR. Shonts said:
II have found out that while the
building OF the canal Is a stupendous
project, it is by no means one which
cannot be conquered and :put through
to q successful finish. As matter of
fact. there are just three principal
propositions. and enumerate them in
this way:
"Clim attic conditions-The solution
for that is sanitation. We will have
the greatest sanitary. experts in the
world associated with JUS, and 1 am
sure that we will overcome the cli-
mate.
"Labor-The solution for the diff.
culties involved in securing,enough of
the right kind of labor lies in fair
treatment, fair wages andientire sani.
tation.
"The engineering problem is not
perhaps more difficult than others that
have been put through successfully.
Its immensity is the only staggering
thing about it. The same organiza.
ton and the same forces Iapplied to
this project that are used in less gi.
gantic enterprises of the same kind,
but on similarly large scale, will, in
my opinion, make q successful iob."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
FavOrs Rate Making Power.

WASHINGTON, May ". - A. B.
Stickney, president OF the Chicago.
Great Western railroad, has fled
with the senate committee on inter.
state commerce, scheme In favor of
giving the interstate commerce com.
mission power to fix rates. He says
that the commission will be the most
satisfactory arbitra ator possible.
Speaking of rebates, he says that
"since the injunction the traffic di.
rectors have stopped paying rebates
on grain shipments, but in lieu there
Of, have paid elevator fees, which is
another way of giving rebates" A
government commission would be un.
trammeled by competition for any
particular line.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
NEARLY A HUNDRED FUNERALS.
Victims of Oklahoma Tornado Exceeds
Number First Reported.

SNYDER, May 12.-One hundred and
twenty lives were lost in the tornado
that wrecked the town of Snyder Wed.
nesday night. Reports brought in
from the country that was Gu, off for
two days say % persons We're kill "a
outside of Snyder. The news Of the
loss in the country was brought in by
farmers, who come to town by wagon.
and veriication will naturally be sl.w.
The counted dead at Snyder today il
81, while 35 are still missing and it is
believed that nearly all of the injured
will die.
Nearly 100 corpses were buried here
last night and today, removing the
most gruesome evidence of the lorna
do which nearly destroyed the town
Wednesday night. None of the in.
jured died during the night. Some of
them have been kept alive only by the
skillful efforts of physicians and
nurses working in the emergency
hospital. AS soon as daylight came
people were at work getting ready 20
perform the last rites for the dead
A carload of cottins arrived during
the night from Okl ahoma Guy, TO
gether with dozen under: alers from
the convention of uuderiak.rs in ses.
sion there. Wurkm-n also came in
on a special train furnished by the
Frisco, and the work of burial was
carried on with the utmost dispatch.
Pitiable scenes IF want aud suffer.
ing We're seen here today on all sides.
Much confusion still exists despite
the efforts OF hundreds OF outsiders
to aid the Victims of Wednesday 5
tornado. Last night many who had
lost everything they possessed went
hungry aud practically unprotected
from the cold.
The immense solid stone Frisco
roundhouse was completely demol-
i>hed and not a stone that was in the
structure has yet been located. Not
, an engine was in the roundhouse at
the time. The two cotton gins of the
town were demolished. One Of the
! boilers left standing had all the steam
| filings blown off and the iron door OF
this boiler was found two miles to the
northeast.
AS an instance of the suction force
of the wind. substantial stone build.
ing in the southwest portion of the
place, just east of where the tornado
struck the town, had its entire front
literally pulled out. This building is
fully 20 yards from the path of the
tornado.
Twenty people were rescued from a
storm cellar, having been imprisoned
by light debris. None of them were
| injured.
Less than 40 yards away in another
storm cellar three people were found
dead. The roof had been carried
away and wreckage was sent crushing
into the hole.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17

as it had commenced. A few moments
of ominous calm followed, and then
the tornado struck, tearing buildings
to pieces as though they were made OF
paper. Many people who had thought
to take adv vantage of the calm to seek
refuge in the cellars, were caught in
the streets and between buildings,
where some were lifted high in the air
and dashed to the ground as though
hurled from catapult, while others
were struck by flying debris and
crushed almost beyond recognition.
Those who remained in their houses,
except in q few blocks in the south.
eastern corner of the town, Jared no
better. The frame structures collapsed
like eggshells, burying many in the
wreckage. North of the railroad
track, where many cottages stood,
not one is left, and the wreckage is
mostly carried away.
In few moments it was all over,
and the air was filled with the shrieks
OF the injured, mingled with the cries
of those who had escaped and were
seeking lost ones. Within q short
time messengers were dispatched to
Montain Park, two and a half miles
away, where the news was sent by
telephone to Hobart. Physicians and
nurses wore called for, and relief
trains were made up at Mangun, Ho.
bart, Chickasha and Lawton, aud
hurried to the scene.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17

engineer Of the United States recla-
nation service, has been sent to Mon.
tana for the purpose of examining the
conditions and studying the water re.
sources provided by the Milk river
and the St. Mary's river and lakes.
After completing this work, be 10
credited with the intention of crossing
into Canada to see what has been
done. Finally, he will visit Ottawa
to resume negotiations, based upon
his observations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17

LEwIsTowN. May Ill. G. Lieper,
a rock creek rancher, was today fined
$50 by Justice Mcfarland for obtain.
ing money under false pretenses. The
evidence showed that some time ago
Lieper went to the Basin Milling com.
pany and coutr acted to sell his crop
of wheat. He then secured an advnnce
OF $50 on the deal. Later it developed
that he had no crop.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17
CANADIANS WANT THE WATER.
International Complications In the
Great MIX River Irrigation Project.

WINN1PEG, May l3.-The an.
announced determin alton of the w ash.
ington reclamation to push to compile.
tion at the earliest possible date the
Milk River irrig alton scheme bids
fair to lead to another controversy
with Canada not less exciting than
the Alaska boundary question. The
Canadians have interests at stake the
immediate Importance of which far
outweighs anything they had on the
Alaskan frontier. The Montana
proposition involves intercepting the
waters Of both the St. Mary's and the
Milk river before they enter Canada.
The Canadian Northwest Irrigation
compauy's scheme of irrigation in
Southern Alberta Is dependent for wa.
ter upon both these rivers. The big
ditch which is now in use to irrigate
the lands around Spring Coulee, Ray.
mond, Magrath and Lethbridge has
its intake on the St. Mary's river,
not far from the boundary line. An.
other canal, which is now nearing
completion. taps the Milk river not
far from the point where it enters Can.
ada and runs northwest some 20 miles
to Raymond. 1t is clear that any
plan which would diminish the flow of
water in either the St. Mary's or the
Milk river where they cross into Can.
ada will damage the Canadian enter.
prise. 1t is estimated that the Mon
tana scheme would reduce its water
supply by at least 30 per cent. The
St. Mary's river rises in the Rockies
50 miles south of the boundary line
and, flowing northeas!ward, enters
Canada to join the waters which fall
into Hudson's bay. The Milk river
rises only few miles from the source
of the St. Mary's river, and some so
miles down meanders into Canada q,
flowing eastward through Alberta and
Assiniboia for about 100 miles, short
distance from the boundary, until
1t again turns southwark to join the
Missouri.
The American scheme is, first, to-
throw the waters Of St. Mary's lake
and river into the Milk river before
they enter Can ada by means of q short
connecting canal, and then to tap the
swollen Milk river with irrigation
bitches before it also crosses the from
tier.
The American authorities some time
ago sent Director w alcott of the rec.
lamation service to discuss the scheme
with the dominion government at OF.
tawa, but the negotiations fell through.
Considering, first OF all. the interests
of the 10000 settlers who have been
induced to come to Alberta, mostly
from the United States, by the prom.
ise OF irrigation, the Ottawa ministers
intimated pretty plainly that If the
Americans should go ahead with their
Milk river project, 1t would be regard-
ed as most unfriendly act by Canada.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock $
reply to this was to set aside 81 ,OOO,.
600 from the irrigation fund for the
Milk river project in Montana and to
direct that the work of construct ion
proceed as rapidly possible. How
ever, it has been found that there are
engineering difficulties in the way,
and C. +. Gunsky, the new consulting
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-05-17

HELENA, May l2.-John Wallman
and Lewis X. Megarden, who were in
dirted by the recent federal grand
jury, were arraigned before w. H.
Hunt today and pleaded not guilty.
Their bal was fixed at $500, but later
reduced to $3.50 and was furnished.
They were charged with uulawfully
cutting timber on government lands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Economy of Space.

When Henry Ward Beecher was on
a trip to the far West many years ago,
he was visited at his hotel in little
mining town by a local celebrity, a
man noted as hunter and scout, and
the great preacher was especially cor
dial to him. After the caller had gone
away one of Mr.. Beecher's travelling
companions took him to task.
II marvel at the warmth of your
greeting to that man." he said.
"WhyT
Didn't you notice his eyes-how re.
markably close together they werei
That Is a bad sign"
"Not in his case," said Mr.. Beecher.
Didn't you notice his nose 1t is
high and thin-the nose of a great
man. With a nose like that, why
should his eyes waste space by sprawl.
ing wide apart? The man is all right "
Mr. Beecher's judgment Of his caller
was correct, as subsequent history at
tested.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

marmots or ground squirrels, Of whose
burrows they take possession. At one
time 1t was supposed that friendly re-
lations existed between the two. It is
now known, however, that the owls are
unlimited and unwelcome guests who
quarter themselves upon the marmots
not merely for the sake Of the burrows
they find ready made, but also for the
purpose Of feeding upon the young of
their prolific hosts. Rattlesnakes, with
the same sinister object sometimes
make third party to the community;
but for obvious reasons this venomous
reptile has been excluded from the en-
closure in the particular gardens,
where the owls and marmots, as de-
picted in the illustration, are to be
seen living side by side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
CHARMS FROM THE JORDAN.
Greek Priests Do Thriving Business
in Selling Them to Pilgrims.

Greek Priests Do Thriving Business
in Selling Them to Pilgrims.
Few sights that strike the traveller
in the Holy Land are more striking
than the arrival of Russian pilgrims
at the River Jordan to attend the an
nual Epiphany ceremonies on the banks
Of that stream. A week before the
festival itself crowds of these Slav
peasants are seen trudging along the
Jericho road with every imaginable
kind OF hayersack and carry-all on
their backs. Some Of the pilgrims are
old and weather-worn, others young
and cheerful, while few, overcome by
sleep and fatigue, are lying prone
along the roadside. But somehow the
whole lot, young and old, manage to
reach the banks Of the river In good
time for the ceremony. They spend
the night, perhaps, in the Russian
hospics at Jericho where they simply
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
On Reading Newspapers.

Every man should read one good
newspaper each day. l do not mean,
of course, that he should read every
thing in it; but he should go over the
entire contents, carefully making his
selections and reading attentively the
articles which give promise of being
helpful or instructive. The weekly,
and, more particularly, the monthly
reviews are also Of great value, from
the fact that they familiarize their
readers with current history-which,
after all, is the most important his
tory-while at the same time possess
ing some advantages over the daily
newspapers, because the editors are
not compelled to accept first reports,
and also have an opportunity to cor
rect any inaccuracies which may
creep into hurriedly prepared discus
SONS Of subjects. Nevertheless, these
reviews must ever but supplement the
daily newspapers, for we are not con-
tent, in this age, to wait until the end
of the month for our news.-Success.