The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
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S~eventy-five years ago Yucatan de-
clared itself independent.
A Northampton firm has made Il pair
Of boots for the I:u ;siaa giant. The size
Is 2411a.
The japanese parliament has passed
q bill denying the right Of mining in
Japan to foreigners.
The ~constabuiary force in the west
Of Ireland is being rapidly reduced and
several stations have been closed.
In St. Louis a servant broke $12
worth Of dishes to obtain satisfaction
for 50 worth Of wages, and the Judge
fined her $25.
Jesse James, only son of the noted
Missouri bandit, is reading law and
taking the three years course in a Kan
sas City school Of law.
A Dublin man sentenced to six
months hard labor for neglecting his
children had done only three and n e
half days work since July, 1000.
The Siamesc navy now has II ships,
and these vessels mount So guns. Tho
largest ship In the feet Is a cruiser Of
5000 tons. and the second ship Of the
first line is a gunboat Of 700 tons.
There are o 2,461 newspapers pub
lished In Great Britain. including 1874
dailies In England. IS each in Scotland
and ireland and Z in Wales, while in
1916 there were only 551 journals of
all sorts published, including 14S dai-
lies.
At a religious revival at Luther, l. T.,
a young nan and a young oma
walked to the mourners' bench and
surprised everybody by asking the
preacher to marry them. The groom
said he was as near heaven as he ever
hoped to be.
A wealthy French manufacturer has
placed at the disposal of President
L.oubct Il fine steam yacht. The owncr
is understood to have done so in order
that NJ. Loubet should no longer be the
only European ruler" without such q
pleasure craft.
A police report from Herschell is
land, in the Arctic ocean, which has
been received at the Canadian mount
ell police headquarters ut Ottawa, was
conveyed 1000 miles by dog sleigh.
1000 miles by water and 5000 mile;
by rail. Its journey took over two
months.
The Swiss government has granted
permission for the building of electric
tramways on the following lines: Cas-
tagnola to Lugano, Menzikcn to EN-
menbrucke, Munster to H%othenburg. Al
to Berneck, Altorf to Fluelen, and Il ca
BILE railroad from 1%nterlaken to Helm
lehtiuh.
DR.. Ami Of the Canadian geological
survey believes that diamonds are hid
den In that part of Canada between the
great lakes and Hudson bay. and he
warns surveying parties and explorers
to be on the lookout for anything that
will show traces of diamonds in that
territory.
Although the present French repub-
lie has been in existence for thirty-ive
years. vet only a single n Of its pres
idents has completed his term of Office.
Theirs, Marshal MacMahOn and Cast
mir Perier resigned more or less vol
unfairly before the expiration of their
terms, finding the position u%ntenable.
William Standifer. Il soldier Of the
~Confederacy and seventy years old, is
a pupil in the Agricultural and Me
chanical college OF S~tarkville, Mass.
He never went to school in his youth,
and now that his ten children have all
married and set W for themselves he
thinks it is time for him to get aH
education.
A Norwe ,ian inventor has discover
ed a way TO sound deep places in the
sea without the use Of q lead. 1t Is
done by electrical waves, and Il mes
sage is sent down through the water
, and rebounds from the bottom in some
: way, the depth being found from the
time it takes the waves to travel dowr
to the bottom and back.
, The regulations for grazing lands IL
Manitoba are published in the Canada
Gazette. The leases are for twenty-one
years, and no single lease shall cover
an area greater than 100000 acres
The lessee shall pay III annual renta
of 2 cents an acre; the lessee can pur
chase a reasonable acreage within his
leasehold for a house, farm and corral.
+ Captain Harry Leonard of the United
= States marine corps has been ordered
p by President Roosevelt to the Chimes,
capital as military attache of the Amer
lean legation. During the flemish
campaign he risked his life by going t.
: the rescue Of a wounded comrade, car
: rying him to safety on his back acros:
a fire swept field and losing his arm Il:
a penalty for his achievement.
General Won Hudde, Prussian minis
ter of state and public works, in
comparison between railway accident
j. in the United States and Prussia show
ed that derailments are three time
more frequent in the United States ant
collisions three and a half times, Will,
the number Of persons killed Is thirty
six times greater. Accidents are grow
ing less frequent on the Prussian roads