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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Fierce Fight With Outlaws.

SALT LAKE, June ll.-A special to
the Tribune from Blackfoot, Idaho,
says that information has been re.
ceived there Of sanguinary battle
near the edge OF Jackson's Hole,
Wyoming. A number cattle rustlers
1t Is stated, rounded up about 80 head
OF fine steers and started toward the
most favorable railroad point, the in.
tentiop being to gather more cattle en-
route.
The rauchers to whom the cattle be-
longed organized posse and pursued
the outlaws, and there was a running
fight for six miles. Two OF the rust.
lers were killed and also one of the
settlers, and numerous wounds were
sustained. The names of the killed
outlaws are given as Robinson and
Lewis. The name of the raucher was
not learned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Gold Arrives From Alaska.

SEATTLE, June lO.-The steamer
Dolphin arrived from Alaska this
morning, bringing 100000 in dust,
the first cleanup of Klondike gold
this season. The boat also brought
news OF record cleanup in the great
Tanana country, 100000 being taken
out Of discovery claim on Glory
creek.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 10. -
Forced to concerted self defense by
the horde of thugs and murderous
hiShwaymen who have overrun the
district since the cleanup began, the
banks have agreed to cooperate with
the express company, and from now
on squad of six armed guards will
90 into the creeks twice each week to
act as escort out to the shipping of.
fees for the treasure caravans.
In addition to the armed guards,
the bank and express company will
furnish a strong box for the trans.
portation OF treasure. This added
precaution is taken for the reason
that it is by no means certain that the
armed guard OF six will be immune
from attack.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
lnterncd mt Manila.

WAsHINGTON, June 9.-Secret ary
Taft has received the following cable.
gram from Governor Wright at Ma.
Mia:
"Russian warships did not leave the
harbor within the required ~ hours,
and as a result are now in custody OF
Admin al Train, who informs me he
has taken the necessary steps to in.
tern them.
"They are now behind breakw ater
under the guns Of the Ohio and Mon.
adnoci.. He will disable their machin.
cry and remove breechlocks of guns.
He ha- doubtlessly reported full de.
tails to the navy department"
The text OF the dispatch from Ad-
miral Train is as follows:
"Secretary of the Navy, Washing.
ton: The Russian admiral has been
notified that the force under his COM
mand must be considered as interned
after June s noon. Disarmament go.
ing or by removing breech plugs.
Engine disabled sufficiently for the
purpose OF internment. The Russian
admiral, in accorance with the in-
structions of the government, ex.
pressed his willingness to give his
parole and the parole of his officers
and men not to engage in further op.
eration- during the war;
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
American Gunners Break Record.

NEW YORK, June 1O.-All records
for shooting with 5-inch guns were
broken by four gunncrs of the first.
class battleship kentucky on the
northern drilling grounds, twenty
miles outside Of Sandy Hook, last
Thursday. Que gunner with IA shots
minute hit the target l3 times. The
second gunner fired l3 times per
minute and hit the target l3 times
Two other men had each II hits out
OF Is shots minute. The range was
1000 yards, and the target was q
feet by II feet, consisting of a painted
muslin screen and hoated on q raft.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
British Submarine Goes Down.

PLYMOUTH, June While the sub.
boat "a s. was Vancouver.
ing off this port this morning three
very loud explosions were heard. The
boat sank Immediately. Of the eigh.
teen men aboard only four were
rescued. Five of the men aboard the
ship were officers who were studying
the submarine in action. A number
of divers in the naval service are now
at work on the sunken vessel, which
went to the bottom in comparatively
shallow water. This boat is almost
the same pattern as that which went to
the bottom week ago iu the Mediter.
raueau.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
An Object Lesson In irrigation.

Los ANGELES, June ll.--The Joint
committee on irrigation of the house
and senate and the accompanying
California delegation, arrived in this
city tonight after speuding the day in
Redlands and vicinity. The remarka.
BILE contrast between conditions in the
Imperial valley, where irrigation Is
in its beginning, and the country
around Redlands and Riverside, where
irrigation has been developed to
degree exceeded nowhere in the world,
impressed the visitors perhaps more
than any other feature with the fact
that the irrigation problem in Cali.
fornia offers supreme possibilities for
attention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Deported Miners Want $500, 900.

DENVER, June S.-Claims for dam.
ages amounting to 100000 were filed
today with State Auditor Bent by At.
torney John Fl. Murphy, counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners, on
behalf of g. men who were deported
last year from the Cripple Creek, Tel
luriae aud Las Animas mining dis
tricts. Each claim is accompanied by
an affidavit, reciting the great suffer.
ing undergone by the men, who were
taken from their homes and run out of
the state by troops under the com.
mand of Adjutaut General Bell.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
PEACE Is IN SIGHT.
President Roosevelt Succeeds In Efforts
To Secure Friendly Conference.

WASHINGTON, June lO.-Japan's 3
acceptance of the presidents offer of
good will has reached the state de.
partment in q cablegram from Mr..
Griscom. Russia's reply followed
later.
An interesting fact regarding the
negotiations Of the last week Is the
powerful influence brought to bear
upon Russia by France to accept the
offer OF the president and appoint
plenipotentiaries to discuss peace with
representatives Of Japan. NJ. Jusser.
aud, the French ambass ador, was in.
formed BY the president OF every move,
and has kept Paris thoroughly in
touch with the presidents activity.
Loyal support from Paris has been
given to the presidents efforts from
the first.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 1l.-Russis
Is waiting for Japan to fix; the time
and the place when andkwhere the
Japanese terms will be placed in the
hands OF Russia's representatives
The foreign Office expects that the de.
lay will be brief
The emperor's government would
prefer that Paris should. be the scene
OF the initial step, but it is explained
that neither the place nor the person.
a!ity OF the Russian representative
matters greatly. The Russian jrepre.
sentative will not be a plenipoten,iary
with full power to negotiate. His
duty will probably be confined to the
reception and transmission to his gov.
ernment OF the Japanese terms, for de.
clsion as to whether they afford a
basis for actual peace negotiations.
He will be clothed with power to effect
an agreement for the suspension of
hostilities, which suspension will
probably be for a very limited period.
during which Russia must decide the
momentous question of peace or a
prolongation Of the war.
PARIS. June Il.-President Koose.
velt's success in opening way for
peace negotiations between Russia
and Japan is the absorbing theme
here. and France has forgotten her
own troubles with Germany over INC
rocco to join in euthusiasticIapproval
OF the American initiative. Portraits
OF President Roosevelt, Ambass ador
Meyer, Minister Takahira and Am.
oassador Cassinl appear in all the
journals, with pictures of the White
house as the scene of the historic for.
e'gn peace movement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
NORWEGIAN REPUBLIC.
Will Result From Inability to Secure a
King for Its Throne.

COPENHAGEN, June 9.-All hope
that King Oscar or Crown Price Gus.
tave will yield to the request of the
Norwegian storthing to place prince
OF the house of Bernadot,e on the
throne of Norway has now disap.
peared. according to high authority.
The Danish royal family has also set
the stamp of disapproval on the &C
ceptauce Of the throne by a Danish
prince.
1t Is understood that arrangements
are actually being made FOR a nation al
convention, and this will inevitably
result in the declaration Of a republic.
According 10 we'll informed persons
here Russia and Germany will refuse
to recognize the Norwegian govern
ment until King Oscar consents to the
disru plion OF the union. Strong ef.
forts are being made to secure similar
action by other governments, iuclud.
ing that of Denmark, and it Is said
that these efforts are meeting with en-
cOuragemeut.
CHHIST1ANA, June 9.-The Nor.
wegian tri color was hoisted today
over Akhrshus fort and throughout
the country in place of the union dag.
The substitution was attended with
great ceremony a, the fort, where the
men, bars OF the s.cv.hing and 10000
OF the public were Assem- 5ied. The
garrison was para1cu il front Of the
quarters OF the comman,! ant. of the
fort and the commanduul read the
resolution OF the storthing dis>olviug
the union with Sweden.
The department of commerce has
furnished all the consul generals with
copies of the storthiug resolution aud
has invited them to notify their res.
pective governments OF the dissolu.
ton of the union.
Minister OF State Loevland's ap.
poiu,ment as foreign minister of Nor.
way becomes effective June Is.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
PEACE PROSPECTS.
kOOsevelt's Effort For Peace Seem to Be
Crowned With Success.

LONDON, June 9.-Much satisfaction
is expressed in official and diplom attic
circles here at the apparent success OF
President Roosevelt in bringing Rus.
sia and Japan together for the pur.
pose of ending the war. Since his ar.
rival here Whitelaw Reid, the Ameri-
can ambassador, has been in close
and frequent communication with the
foreign Office. The ambassador is not
willing at the present iuncture to dis
close the result of his visits, but ap.
parently he 10 we'll pleased with the
progress Of the negotiations.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 9.--Ambas.
sador Meyer was in constant com.
munication with Washington this
morning. He received q long cipher
dispatch and soon afterwards hurried
to the foreign Office, where be had half
an hours earnest conversation with
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff concern
ing the inform alton transmitted to
him.
Extreme reticence continues to be
manifested, but it is apparent that the
great announcement for which the
world is waiting will not be made from
here or at Toxic, but from Washing
ton. 1t is not likely to be delayed be-
yond Monday at the latest. No hitch
has occurred and the outlook con.
tinues favorable to peace.
The government is plainly prepar.
Ing the public for the announcement
that the emperor has decided to con-
clude peace, and that the negotiations
have begun, BY permitting the publ.
cation OF all the foreign dispatches
bearing on the subject.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-An Identical
note, the text of which, by authority
OF the president, was made public late
tonight at the White House by Secre.
tary Loeb, has been forwarded to the
governments of Russia and Japan by
President Roosevelt. In the interest
OF humanity the president urges the
warning nations to conclude peace. II
is suggested by the president that the
negotiations for peace be conducted
"directly and exclusively" between
the belligerent nations. The note in.
dicates the presidents belief that an
Intermediary may not be necessary to
effect conclusive negotiations, but
likewise expresses the presidents will
ingness to do all that he properly may
do to promote the preliminary ar.
rangements for q time au. place for
the meeting of representatives of the
Russian and japanese governments.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
NORWAY WANTS:A KING.
Candidates Must BE Of Royal Blo0d-No
Others Need Apply.

CHR1sTIANA, Norway, June s.
The council of state,' following the
action Of the storthing is dissolving
the union Of Norway and Sweden,
proclaimine that King Oscar is no
longer king Of Norway, and placing
the reins Of government in the hands
of the council of state, is proceeding
with the reorganization of the gov.
ernment in the manner indicated in
the program which had been prepared
before the final step was taken, by
which yesterdays peaceful revolution
was accomplished.
The department OF national defense
has issued q decree to the army, &C.
Quainting it with the resolution Of the
storthing and the assumption of the
government by the council Of state,
and intimating that the army must
comply with the new conditions, rem
dering all allegiance to those now
conducting the government.
COPENHAGEN, June SIT is report.
ed that the Norwegian government,
in view King Oscars apparently defin.
ite refusal to consider the offer Of the
storthing to place prince of the
house of Bernadotte on the throne,
has positively approached the Danish
royal family to ascertain IT an offer
of the throne would be received by
member it, preferably Prince Charles,
son of Grown Prince Frederick. The
general opinion expressed here is that
such an offer would be refused.
According to reports froml Stock.
holm, King Oscar may be induced to
reverse his decision, and to favorably
regard the offer of the throne for a
member of his house. 1t is stated
that If King Oscar should definitely
refuse the throne for member OF his
family, and that If the Danish royal
house should likewise refuse to place
one Of its princes on II, Norway will
become q republic, and this is fav.
ored by the mass of the population.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Wrote Letters to Miss Alice

BLOOMINGTON, H., June S.-Secret
service men from " ashington have
arrested John Johnson, Swede, for
writing letters to Alice Roosevelt.
johnson said he was sent here from
Sweden to marry Miss Roosevelt, and
communicated his mission in letters
to the presidents daughter. Johnson
was at once taken to Jacksonville.
He was a former INN ate of an asylum,
but has been out for two years. He
is regarded as harmless.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Eight Hours For Canal Labor.

WASHINGTON, June S.-The opin.
ion of Attorney General Moody re-
uardiug the application OF the eight.
hour law on the isthmus Of Panama
wa. made public today. He holds
ii. a, the act of August l, 1892, which
limits and restricts 10 eight hours the
daily services of laborers and me-
chanics employed by the government
of the United States, or by any con.
tractor or sub.contractor upon the
works of the United States, applies to
the employment of the Panama canal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
No Change in Chicago Strike.

CHICAGO, June 9.-Aside from one
or two feeble efforts to open peace
negotiations there were no develop.
ments today in the teamsters strike.
The attempt at peace failed utterly.
The chief effort toward a settlement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Wool Prices Arc Soaring.

TACOMA, June lO.-The Woolgrow.
ers' association OF Pierce county sold
Its clip yesterday to Theodore Bern.
helm at Portland for 27f cents
pound, the highest price received in
many years. Six bidders competed,
all figuring at about p cents. The
clip will be about 100000 pounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Charged With Land Frauds,

ST. PAUL, June lO.-William uT.
Horsenell of ST. Paul, and Royal Il.
Stearns, of Pierre, S. D., were ar
raigued before the United States cir
cui. court and charged with conspi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14
Cigarette Fiends Are Happy.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 5. - Judge
lanes Leathers of the Marion county
superior court today decided in the
case of the state versus W. W. Lowry,
indicted for smoking cigarette, that
tie auti.cigarette law passed by the
last legislature is constitutional ex'
cep, wherein it may conflict with the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14

racy to defraud the United States out
OF homestead lands. Both pleaded
not guilty. Indictments against them
were returned by the federal grand
jury, charging them with having con-
spired to defraud the government out
of $4,000 acres OF homestead land in
North Dakota.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-14

interstate commerce law. Smokers
may import cigarettes from other
states and smoke them, but it is held
unlawful to sell or give them away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
INVESTIGATING LAWS
 LON MILK ADULTERATION

County Health Officer J. M. Mason. City Health Officer R. B. Hardness, and City Milk and Meat Inspector Duncan are making careful investigation of fhe national and state laws in regard to the adulteration of milk.
 Alabama is practically without pure food laws and for this reason the com mittee on sanitation and police introduced resolutions at the meeting of the board of aldermen Wednesday night instruct- ing the milk inspector to report the names of all dairymen who are found putting any foreign substance whatever in their milk. It is thought that the board will take steps looking toward re- volsing the licenses of all dairymen so reported.
 The milk laws of Minnesota prohibit the adulteration of milk with any for eign substance, or depriving milk either wholly or in part of any of it's nat ural or normal constituents. The same section goes on further and declares that such preservatives as borax or boraeic acid are harmful to the health and it shall be illegal for any person to use them in milk This section of the Min nesota law formed the basis for the reso- luton adopted by the city council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18

Several local physicians are in receipt of a pamphlet from the United States de- partment of agriculture, bureau of chem istry, explaining at length the conclu- sions reached by that department in re- gard to the effects of borax and boracic acid on digestion and health. The treatise deals at great length with the harmful effect of borax when administered for continued length of time. even in small doses. When used In food for the pur- pose of preservation or other reasons the observations of pr. Wiley, chief of tho bureau and his assistants, show that if will render the digestion of the food much more difficult and will njure the whole system.
 The treatise concludes with the follow ing paragraph:
 Tt appears. therefore, that both boracic acid and borax, when continuously ad- ministered in small doses for a long period or when given in large quantities for short period. create disturbances of appe- tite of digestion and Of health."
 The findings of the local physicians In regard to the use of borax and other adulterants for preserving milk, and also the laws on the question in other states, will be used as testimony against dairy men charged with adulterating their milk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
INSPECTOR WANTS
 TO COLLECT FEES
NEGRO REFUSED TO PAY TO HAVE HIS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INSPECTED BY A. J. HALL, THE OFFICIAL INSPECTOR.

Cap Stanler, a negro, who sells vege- tables and other garden truck in the city, but who lives in the country, pre- scented an interesting case for Judge Feagins consideration in police court yes terday. The negro had been brought to court by A. J. Hall weight and measure inspector on the charge of refusing to pay for the inspection of his measures.
 staner testified that before the city inspector had examined his measures they had been inspected and pronounced correct by Probate Judge Green, who acted for the state and county under the act of Congress providing for a uniform standard of weights and measures. Stan Ter said Judge Greene, or one of his clerks, had said it was the duty of the probate judge to put his seal on the measures found to be correct, but that the office was not prepared at the time to carry out this section of the law
 MT. Hall stated that he had examined Stanler's measures and that Stanler had refused to pay him his fee. to which he was justly entitled under the city ordinance. The witness said that he had had considerable trouble of this sort anS because he was getting tired of going to men who owed him a trifling fee three or four times he had decided to make an example of the man he had brought into court.
 Judge Feagin stated after the evidence was heard that he would hear the city attorney argue the case before deciding it. The argument will be heard either Saturday or Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
NEGRO MAY RECOVER.
Many Shot By Policeman Ray Has a
 Chance for His Life.

Dan Howard. the negro who was shot by Policeman Ray late Wednesday night, has a chance to recover from his wound. according to the physicians at the Hill man hospital.
 The negro rested we'll yesterday and had little fever. Howard has a strong constitution and may pull through, 1t is said.
 A charge with assault with a pistol with intent to commit murder is docket ed against Howard, who, 1t is said, shot at his sister on Eleventh street and Fourth avenue just before he was ar- rested. He was trying to escape from Policemen Ray and Elledge when he was shot.
 The ball with which the negro was wounded was of .3S calibre and passed entirely through the negro's body, enter ing the right side of the lower abdomen and coming out several inches lower in the back part of the hip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
CITY ITEMS.


 BOARD TO MEET.-The board of trus- tees of St. Pauls church will meet to- night at the residence of the Rev. Father Coyle.
 TO GIVE BALL-Lady Croy Hive No. ?. Ladies of the Maccabees. will give a ball in the Eagles hall at 2131s Nineteenth street tomorrow night.
 CAMP MEETS SATURDAY.--Camp Hardee, U. c. ", will hold an interesting meeting Saturday afternoon at its hall on Twenty-first street, between Second and Third avenues.
 COURT AT HUNTSVILLE L. Steele, assistant district attorney, went to Huntsville yesterday to attend the session of the federal court which is to be held in that city next week.
 HERRING IN THE CITY-Dr. N. B. Herring of Wilson, N C., is visiting various places throughout the south looking at the various industrial plants He was in Birmingham yesterday
 WOULD NOT PAY.-A. Ecalco, an Italian, was fined s10 by Judge Feagin in the police court yesterday because he refused to pay City Weights and Meas ures Inspector Hall the fee for examining his scales and measuring utensils.
 NEW INDUSTRY.-The Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing company. a whole sale furniture concern, has opened an of- flee in Birmingham at 1s09h First avenue. It is a new industry in Birmingham. which is the only city in the south with such an agency. J. D. Adams is in charge of the agency.
 HAD NO LICENSE.-Charlie Hancock, a negro charged with selling liquor with out a license. was given a hearing before United States Commissioner II. A. Will son yesterday morning, and was held to await the action of the federal grand jury. His bond was fixed at $l00 In de- fault of that amount he was sent to jail Hancock was charged with selling beer at his house. He was tried in the police court and fined for violating the Sunday laws
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-18
ITALIAN KILLED
 BY FALLING ROCK
TONY THOMAS MET DEATH IN SAYREToN MlNES-HIs HEAD, WAS ALMOST SEVERED FROM HIS BODY.

Tony Thomas, an Italian. was instant ly killed in Sayreton mines Wednesday, afternoon by falling rock Thomas was some little distance from anyone else at the time of the accident, and no one knows exactly how the accident occur red.
 The remains were brought to Birming- ham and carried to the undertal<ir. parlors of Green & Co.,, from which pla ' the funeral services were conducted yes- terday afternoon. The interment was in the Catholic cemetery.
 Thomas head was crushed and almost severed from his body. Tony Thomas was the son of Beggis Thomas, and was 24 years old.