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Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

be put at work on the stone walls of
the new prison, where thousand con-
victs are constructing one of the largest
over Bigeow, but he discovered that
bankers and high class clerks We're
given work they could do best If their
services were reeded in the prison
offices, but horse thieves and train rob-
bers are put at work as bricklayers
and stone masohs or given a pick and
shovel in the excavations
On leaving the prison hospital Bige-
low will go on duty in the warden's
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09


try.
More Humiliation
Bigelow was told that If he obeyed
all the rules and behaved himself his
term would expire in six years and
four months under the communication
CT ten days a month. Then his name,
the 1111th, was placed upon the prison
register.
On the following morning he was
awakened in his steel barred cell at
half-past o'clock and found to be
extremely nervous, while the counter
feiter, who had done time" in Allan
ta and New York, was as fresh as
rose. The deepest humiliation for the
by the Bertillon method, have his
hair trimmed, be incased in prison
attire and be photographed.
After a light breakfast, of bread.
oatmeal and coffee he put on prison
gray with his number, All, in red let
ters, branded on each trouser leg and
the back of his blouse. The barber
did not give him the ordinary prison
shave but clipped his hair short
enough and left his mustache. Then
a second visit was made to the Ber-
tillon gallery. Here they stripped
him, then measured his height, both
sitting and standing, then his reach,
and finally the regulation measure
ments, such as length of forearms,
fingers, width and depth of head and
chest. Next they examined him for
scars. Not a blemish was found-not
even mark by which he could be
identified The expert noticed, how
ever, two joints larger than the rest.
II played baseball when I was a
youngster and my fingers were in
jured," said the man with a boyish
smile.
A further ordeal was the taking of
his finger prints, the system of iden-
tification recently adopted by the gov
ernment and bankers for the detection
OF forgeries They linked the banker S
fingers singly and then all of them
together. After five complete impress
sions had been taken of each finger
the prisoner was asked to write his
name on the imprints.
Bigelow was next taken to the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

The corporation which for upward
of half century has been so univer-
sally identified with illustrated period
ical literature under the name of
Frank Leslie Publishing house, has
changed its name to Colver Publishing
house. The personnel of the house,
which takes it's name from the presi-
dent, Frederic L. Colver, who has been
associated with the house for a score
of years, remains unchanged.
Funk & whgnalls company win pub
lish shortly The Preparation of Man
uscrlpts for the Printer" by Frank
II. Vizetelly, associate editor of the
Standard dictionary. Besides giving
directions to authors on how to pre-
pare copy and correct proofs, Mr..
Vizetellys work points out how au-
thors can effectually reduce the cost
of corrections in type and tells them
where and how to make such correc-
tlons. The work also considers the
subject of selecting a publisher and
treats of the methods followed In read
ing manuscripts, OF the usual terms
OF publication and royalties. of the
rights Of translation and dramatiza-
tion, the value of advertising. the law
of libel and infringement of copyright,
methods Of obtaining copyright. selec-
tion OF type. illustrations and bindings
and other practical topics for the guild
ance of all who have any concern with
writing or printing
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

self and can read books from the prison
library and peruse the daily papers.
He also has the freedom of the build
ing and prison yard and can converse
with other convicts.
Because of much unfinished business
il the settling UP of his affairs Bige-
low has been given the special priv
iiege of writing letters while in the
hospital chiefly to Henry F. Coll.
former assistant cashier of the M
waukee National bank, of which Bige-
low was president.
The nightmare fear that he might
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

tain Oberlin M. Garter, Of his arrest,
conviction and Imprisonment. Until
recently he has been the star boarder
of the penitentiary at Leavenworth,
but when Bigelow arrived he was de-
throned. The man who had banqueted
Mckinley and handled many millions
overshadowed the most notorious in
mates.
Until he regains his health Bigelow
will dine in the hospital, where the
food is more substantial and carefully
prepared than in the main prison
kitchen. He will have a room to him
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

The Middlesex hospital in London
has a plant producing three tons of ice
In twenty-four hours, at a cost of 81
ton. against s5.4e ton when pur-
chased.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09
More Humiliation

does of the biggest prison in the coun-
trU
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09
HN101 A0gMzz/'Na/a liz w75zch 5l9aow
R0Y HeeJ
was red letter day for the thiev

*A*AsAN
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
Tributes To Secretary Hay.

LONDON, July 4.-The death of Sec.
rotary Hay continues to bring forth
many expressions OF regret and sym.
patty. A memorial service for the
late secretary will be held in St. Paul's
cathedral tomorrow afternoon, SINH.
lar to that held in memory of Presi-
dent Mckinley. Representatives of
King Edward and other members Of
the roy al family will attend.
Besides Ambassador and Mrs. Reid
the full staff of the American embas-
sy, members of the British foreign
office and the representatives of most
of other countries who are 10 London
will doubtless be present as a mark
of the universal esteem in which the
late secretary was held on the Euro
peau continent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12

would be heard from one of the twelve.
AS one after the other agreed to the
verdict, Mitchell's lips drew closer
and closer together in an effort to steel
himself against his evident disappoint.
ment.
AS the last man answered eyes,
Judge Bennett arose and moved the
defendan be granted a new trial.
Judge DeHaven set the hearing of the
motion for next Monday, aud then
after dismissing the jury adjourned
court. Then and only then Senator
Mitchell showed plainly the mental
torture he was enduring. Tears swelled
to his eyes and his voice shook as he
answered the whispered encourage
ment Of his colleague and old friend,
Senator Thurston.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12

induced the general to retire, thinking
a nights rest would prove beneficial.
Shortly afterward a cry was heard:
'Man overheard the engineer an.
nounced that 1t was the pilots friend.
Although every effort was made to
rescue the general, they proved un-
availing. the night being dark, the
water ten feet deep and running swift.
~. The body was never recovered,
despite the fact that were ex.
ploded and drag nets used as far from
Fort Benton as was deemed safe, the
Indians being camped a short distance
below the city. In later years the
shores and islands of the river we're
searched, but no trace was secured.
A reward Of 81, 200 was offered by the
citizens of Helena for the recovery of
the body, but to no avail.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
MEAGHER STATUE Is UNVEILED.
Memorial to Great Patriot Who Lost Ills
Life In III Missouri River.

HELENA. July A heroic eques,
riau bronze statue of General Thoma:
Francis Meagher, leader OF the Irish
brigade in the civil war and later sec.
rotary and acting governor of the ter
ritory of Montana, was unveiled in
the capitol grounds this afternoon in
the presence of people from all parts
of the state. Governor j. K. Toole,
Lieuteua ant Governor Norris and other
Montanians, participated in the cere-
monies. Col. John F. Finerty, of
Chicago, delivered the principal ad-
dress, paying an eloquent tribute to
Meagher and the Irish soldiers of the
civil war. AS Miss O'Meara of Butte
pulled the cord removing the flags
around the figure a firing squad from
the 24th United States infantry fred a
salute and the audience sang patriotic
airs.
The statue was designed BY Sculptor
Mulligan of Chicago and is pro-
nounced a faithful likeness of the
dead general. July l, 1867. 80 years
ago. General Meagher fell from a
steamboat at Fort Benton in the Mis-
souri, river and was drowned. His
body was never recovered, although
$1,000 reward a offered. His
widow still lives at Rye, N. V, while
a son by a former wife is in the Philip.
pines.
The statue is made of bronze, is
about twice live-size, weighing about
five tons and cos in the vicinity of
SIC. 900. The general sits astride a
charger. which is represented as NOV
ing up a slight grade. Beneath the
horses feet lies a dismantled
with broken carriage wheel and ram.
rod, as though they had been disabled
by a she'll and were being trampled
upon by the horse.
General Meagher sits upon the steed
with reins in left hand, while in the
right hand is an uplifted sword, the
Idea being meant to portray his noble
charge at the battle fredericksburg,
where he led the Irish brigade against
the almost im%pregnable position of
the confederate army.
On the sides Of the granite base are
inscriptions from his noted tribute to
the sword, as we'll as extracts from
other notable addresses delivered by
him in Ireland, New York and Mon
tana. There are also two biographi.
cal tablets, all being done in bronze
and screwed upon the sides OF the
granite rest for the statue proper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
won Ip INCREASE IRRIGATION FUND

According to a press bulletin issued
10y Secretary Mitchell, of the National
Irrigation association. should the rec.
ommend alton of the president be car.
rled out by congress regarding the re.
peal of the timber and stone ac, and
the enactment of a comprehensive for
estry law. the irrigation fund would
be greatly increased. The govern
ment timber sales during the last two
years under the timber and stone act
have been about three million acres
at a uniform price of $50 an acre,
much OF the land densely torested with
the finest Washington spruce and Ore
ron and California fir and redwood,
worth, according to official reports,
from $50 to $50 an acre.
President Eoosevelt's plan is to sell
only the s%tumpage at the market price:
allowing the land to grow up to new
forests for future crops. Every honest
friend OF both irrigation and forestry
will heartily support this splendid idea
which seeks not only to prevent the
wa>teful forest destruction now going
on in the west, but to provide an in
come from stumpage sales At least ten
times the amount received by the
government.
Had the timber lands which the gov.
ernment has disposed of since the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
Pursued BY Torpedo Boats.

ODESSA, July Alt is persistently
reported in army and navy circles
that the kniaz Potemkine is being
stalked and pursued by several tor.
pedo boats, which intend to sink her.
The crews of these boats consist OF
officers who volunteered and stokers,
so there is no danger Of their refusal
to obey orders and destroy the rene.
gade ship. The Kniaz Potemkine's
hours are declared here to be num-
bered. Regret is expressed at the de.
struction OF such a splendid and pow.
erful battieship and at the loss of life,
but this 10 thought to be preferable to
the continued dishonor of her presence
10 the Black sea, commanded by mu.
tineers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
SENATOR MITCHELL CONVICTED
Oregon jury Declares Him Guilty In Land
Fraud Conspiracy.

PORTLAND, July 4.-Amidst a din
and clatter OF fireworks, exploded in
honor of the natal day of the country
he had served as United States sena.
tor during - years of his life, John
H. Mitchell listened to the words pro.
nouncing him guilty of having vio-
lated the law which precluded him as
a United States senator from accept.
ing pay for practicing before the de-.
partments of the federal government.
Those who had witnessed the trial or
who knew Senator Mitchell's great
popularity in this state. was so fully
impressed with the belief that failure
OF the jury to come to an immediate
agreement meant disagreement. that
when it was announced that the Jury
had arrived at a decision, hardly any
but the little group of newspaper men
remained.
With almost electric swiftuess, how
ever, the news had circulated, and
when the bailitfs who had been sent
hurrying to bring to the court Judge
DeHaven, United States District At
torney Heney, Senator Mitchell and
his attorneys, Judge Bennett aud Sem
ator Thurston had notified the inter.
ested parties and had secured their
presence, the room was more than
comfortably filled.
The Judge inquired whether a YER
dict had been agreed upon, and Fore.
man Steiner of the jury replied that it
had. The verdict was handed to him
in u sealed envelope. Judge DeHaveu
tore it open and read over the docu-
ment and passed it to Capt. J. y.
Sladen, clerk of the court, who read it
aloud. While the clerk was reading
the verdict the noise on the outside
had so increased that those in the
room were able to catch but two
phrases: Guilty" and ''Len;ency of
the court
AS the poll proceeded Senator
Mitchell scanned each Juror narrowly
| hoping against hope tina, a negative
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
4 Victory For Good Government.
Spokesman-Reyiew

The conviction of United States SEN
ator John H. Mitchell for his part in
the Oregon land frauds is a victory
for good government The Importance
OF 1t to the northwest, il the jury's ver-
dict is sustained on the appeal that
will doubtless be taken, can hardly be
Overestimated. 1t means the end of
the thieving that has robbed the PEG.
pie OF this country of millions of acres
of valuable public lands. 1t means
the doom of many others even more
guilty than the aged and infirm scna-
tor from Oregon. 1t means u great
advance in the enforcement of law and
in public honesty all over the country.
sympathy for Senator Mitchell will
be abundant and widespread. His
physical condition is reported to be
pitiablc. No one believes that he was
other than the tool of dishonest men,
or that he protited to any great extent
by the services he was persuaded to
render them. But his crime deserved
punishment none the less because he
was not u principal. 1t was indeed of
the first Importance that justice be
viudicated in his case because OF his
high political position, which should
have made him the guardian. not the
betrayer Of his country's interests.
This first conviction in a long series
OF trials 10Y about to open will nerve
the governments arm and make easier
the conviction of the men who have
fattcned on the thefts. Great credit Is
due to the prosecutor chosen by fresi'
dent Roosevelt for the work. Mr..
Heney has shown himself in the Mitch
eli Ease u great lawyer. lie knows
how to conduct a criminal trial with
out belittliug his case by personal
vituperatiOn and rancOr.
Fine Book and Job Printing a spe'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12

Fine Book and Job Printing a spe-
cialtv at the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
lie SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL.

In an age when the spectacular ap.
pears to gain the ascendency over the
sincere. John Hay stood out promin.
emily as q living proof OF the truth
that while merit without display may
rise slowly, it is certain in the end to
achieve distinction and honor. OF all
the men who have held the portfolio
Of state at Washington, probably
none was less self-seeking. He was
not a politician. In the commonly
accepted sense Of the word, he was not
q diplomat. He made himself uni.
versally respected and admired while
ambassador to the court Of St. J ames
by his quiet worth rather than by full
some interchange of empty sentiment.
knowing we'll the dignity Of his posi-.
ton, he also knew that that dignity
lay not in him but in the people he
represented. He was in London to
exploit not John Hay but the United
States of America. He made few
speeches and in those be INDUCED in
no redfire and little adul alton of
any man or thing. He has spent the
better part of his life in the service of
the federal government and he needed
no pOmpOus demeanor to gain his
points. 1t is probable that up to the
day Of his death, of all living Ameri-
cans. he was most respected and most
feared by those who opposed the poll
cy of this country in foreign courts.
Others talked: Hay performed. Others
had theories, he had facts. AS secre.
tary of state, his work placed the pa.
ton under an eternal obligation aud
his successor will hardly be his equal.
For his success there are many rea.
sons. John Hay vas happy in his
younger days to receive his training
from one Of the great men of all time.
How much of his quiet sincerity, his
undertaking determin alton aud in.
domitable purpose, his keen insight
into human nature and farseeing esti.
mate Of politics and diplomacy, he
gained from Abraham Lincoln, while
secretary to him as president, will
never be known; but the secretary has
expressed his deep indebtedness to his
old patron. Beginning his career in
such q circle, Hay became naturally
OF a now neglected school Of diplo.
macy and statecraft. This possibly
kept him in the background in his late
days. Mr.. Hay, while perhaps better
fitted for the position than any con-
temporary, could not have become
president Of the United States because
he lacked the spectacular qualities re.
quired of q candidate for that posi-.
tion today. Like John Sherman,
Senator Hoar, Edmunds, Gresham
and others who passed away in CON-
paratively minor positions or retire.
ments, he was too great to be presi.
dent. His ability was appreciated by
the few. That the people knew his in
tegrity and singleness of heart is un-
questioned. They guessed in a dim
way that he was what is commonly
known as Il great a
With him died a conservative factor
Ia the cabinet, where he might have
remained many years. His age and
discretion, his conscientious consid.
Grafton from every point Of view, his
undoubted clear judgment and vast
experience held in check younger, less
conservative and less able elements.
He acquired Il small fortune. He
served the nation better than himself.
Inter. Mountain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct or all principal American and
European cities, and issues Its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12
HEALY Is STILL on DECK.

According to q recent Chicago dis
patch, an old.time resident of north.
ern Montana is seeking fame and for
tune by proposing to construct a tun
mel under Boring straits in connection
with a railroad enterprise that viii
unite two continents. The project wa.
origin ated by Captain John j. Healy
who was sheriff of Chouteau county
some twenty-five years ago, and i:
said to have solid financial support.
1t is given this advance notice in a
Chicago dispatch of recent date:
Captain John j. Healy arrived
this morning from New York. where
he has been securing endorsements
for the TRANSIT berian railroad
scheme to Alaska. He will depart
for Alaska with j.. A. Wadell, chief
engineer of the project, to lay out a
proposed route. 1t Is reported that
the czar will make a concession of
eight miles on each side of the track
from Irkutsk to the East Cape on con-
ditious having been complied with.
IA company with o quarter of a
billion dollars capital will be formed
in this country before October. Actual
work on the road will be commenced
next year. The plan is to build forty
miles of tunnel under the straits. 1t
will take five years to complete the
road. Dawson City will be the east.
ern terminus"
Those who are interested in this
Russian railroad project may rest a.-
sured that Healy will build it if the
inanciers will foot the bill. He is a
mar who does things. Lack of funds
is the only obstacle that has blocked
the way to success in many great
schemes of which he has been the
originator.
Realy has spent the greater part
OF his life on the frontier, moving
west upon the advance OF civilization.
In the seventies he was a prominent
figure in hunting criminals and fight.
ing Indians in northern Montana, but
as the country became more thickly
settled he left for parts unknown. One
Of his ventures in this locality was
the Benton Record newspaper, for
which he built Q handsome brick
block, but which did not prove a fl.
nancial success.
Some years after leaving here, Mr..
Healy advised his northern Montana
friends that valuable gold discoveries
had been made on the Klondike, in
Alaska, but most of them did not
credit the story. Healy was among
the first stampeders who reached what
Is now Dawson city, and later became
associated with Chicago capitalists in
the Alaska Trading and Transport
tation company, which has made mil.
lions out Of the Alaska gold excite.
ment. The northern Montana pioneer
probably received his share OF the
profits, but is reported to have lost
most of his wealth In subsequent
speculation that was Improbable.
Healy's plan to construct q tunnel
OF forty miles nnder Bering Straits
may not materialize in his life time,
but should he receive the ecess airy
financial support he will undertake TO
make railroad connection between the
A.siatic and American frontiers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-12

passage of the irrigation act-three
years-been sold under President
Roosevelt's plan, they would have
yielded upwards Of 1925, 0O0, 900, which
would have irrigated 5000, 900 acres
of desert and at the same time assured
the reforestation Of 4.0OO,O 600 acres of
our best timber land. Instead, 80 per
Of this has gone into the pockets
Of SPECTATORS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-07-26
FOR A LICENSE TO ENGAGE IN SALOON KEEPER BUSlNE SS.

To she Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Yuma, Yuma county, Territory of Arizona. The undersigned. K. IF. Lee. hereby makes applicatioN to your honorable body for d license to engage in the business of saloon keeper in said Town of Yuma
 The appiieatfon of the said k. H.. Lee shows: that applicants name is R. H. Lee> aged g years: birthplace- Eliza bethtown, Kenturky; occupation, ice-cream and soda water merchant. Applicant proposes to open said sa- block No. IF, on the west side of Main street, at the corner of Second street. known as the Tow Rsend corner lot. in said Town of Yuma: that Applicant has not heretofore con- ducted saloon or other fiSuor busi- ness; that q regular rreeting day of the CemmOw CounciD, applicant will appear before your honorable body the Council. and ask hearing, and ask that license be. granted him.
 R. H.. Lee,
 Applicant. Dated at Yuma this Eth day of July, 1905.
 Territory of Nrizona. Yuma. Yuma Co.,, Arizona. I hereby certify shat the foregoing is correct copy of the original. as filed in my office .#ufy Is, l9O5.
 E. l.. Redondo. Town Clerk of She Town of Yuma,
 Arizona.
 July l9. t2