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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Labor Leader Sued for Damages.

CHICAGO, June 3.-Cornelius +.
Shea, president of the Internationa al
brotherhood of Teamsters, was ar
rested late this afternoon on charge
of criminal libel, preferred by Robert
j. Thorne, assistant general manager
OF Montgomery Ward x Co.
Shea was arrested on a capias is
sued by Judge S. II. Bethea, of the
United States district court, following
the filing Of suit by Thorne, who, in
addition to making the charge of Grim
inal libel, asks for damages to the
amount of So, 1000 from Shea. The
suit is based on interviews given out
by President Shea to the newspapers
and on statements he is said to have
made to the effect that he had been Of
fered $4,000 by MIR. Thorne TO call a
strike against Sears, Roebuck x Co.,
which is a large house in the same
line of business a. Montgomery Ward
x Co. Shea made the assertions
against Thorne before the grand jury
ia addition to making them to news.
paper men. and after making them,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Drowned at Portland Fair.

PORTLAND, June 3.-Guild's lake.
the beautiful sheet OF water within the
Lewis and Clark exposition grounds,
has already been the scene OF drown
ing. Guy Il. Dulin, a young man en-
ployed by a pleasure boat concession
company, was padding about the
with him in deep water. An effort on
the part of the life saving crew on
government island to save the uufOr-
tunate young man was unavalling.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Will Slnclt Alaska Tin.

SEATTLE, June 5.-A tin smelter.
the first ever erected in the United
States, will be built in Seattle this
summer, according to statement
made by John E. Burton, of Milwau.
kee, president OF the United States
Alaskan Tin Mining company. C. b.
Bussell, we'll known local business
man, with offices in the Marion build
ing, has guaranteed the erection of
the smelter, providing the Alaskan
tin men will guarantee to send their
concentrates here, which Mr.. Burton
states they will do, and behind MIR.
Bnssell are several prominent monied
men of this city.
There is absolutely no doubt, &C.
cording to MIR. Burton, that the tin
exists in large paying quantities in
Alaska. His company purchased for
$500, 600 twenty claims, embracing five
miles OF territory, at Cape Prince OF
Wales, or as it is now generally
called, Cape Mountain, and Mr.. Bur.
ton will take in with him mining ma.
chinery worth Sl4 200. including ten.
stamp mill capable of turning out
forty tons of ore a day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Togo Makes Report.

TOXIC, June l.-Admiral Togo's S
supplementary report makes the Rus.
sian defeat staggering disaster un.
eQualed in naval history. Practical
ly every fighting ship of once splen.
did fleet was either sunk or captured
representing loss of tonnage exceed
ing 10000 tons. The remaining units
of the fleet consisting largely of auxil.
iaries and transports have been dis.
persed, some going to Vladivos.ok,
others to the China coast. Admiral
Rojestvensky, gravely wounded, occu.
pies cot in a japanese hospital, a
prisoner of war.
Rough estimates made of the Rus
sian losses in the battle, exclusive of
nearly 1000 prisoners, vary from 1000
to 5000. 1t is feared that the ma iority
persisted. Calculating the compile
meuts of the suuken and captured
ships at upwards of 10000, 1000 re-
main unaccounted for. 1t is possible
that the ships which escaped rescued
some of the members Of the crews Of
the less fortunate ships. Many bodies
have been washed ashore on the
islands and on the shores of the neigh.
boring coasts near the scene of the
battle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
President Urges Peace.

w WASHINGTON, June 2.-The presi.
dent today struck blow for peace in
the far east. In conference at the
White house this afternoon with
Count Cassini, the Russian ambas.
sador. the president expressed the
earnest wish that Russia would forth
with conclude peace with Japan. Pro.
long alton of the war, he believes, will
not result in victory for the Russian
arms, and can only serve to increase
Japan's demands and render more
difficult the drafting OF treaty of
peace which the ear as we'll as the
mikado can sign. The president spoke,
he said, as the friend of Russia, no
less than OF Japan, and on behalf not
only of the Washington government,
but in the interest of humanity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Charged With Rnnning Lottery.

PHILADELPHIA. June 5. - Charles
Albert and Charles May have been
arrested by United States secret ser.
vice operatives. They were large lot.
terry dealers and in arresting them the
officers secured books which they are
using to locate other agents. Evidence
was found which may lead to the ar.
rest OF hackers Of the Montana Mining
aud Loan Investment company of
Butte. This has been forwarded to
Butte and arrests are expected. Secret
service men all over the country have
been notified from Washington that
the lottery must 60. 1t Is said that q
number Of lottery companies have
formed so.called mining companies
aud upon the same plans as the Mon
tana company. 1t is also asserted
that many government employees. es.
pectally those in the postal service,
are selling the stock. Agent Griffin
said that F. Smith, who was arrested
in Reading Friday, was the state
agent of the Montana company, and,
that Albert and May were the princi.
pal agents in this city.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Fatal Wreck on Great Northern.

SPOKANE, June 3.-Engineer Peter
Brokaw, of Spokane. was killed, Fire.
man a. G. Baumaster was hurt and
Mail Clerk Philip Lang was probably
fatally injured in wreck on the Gre at
Northern railway eight miles east of
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, late this after
noon. A rockslide covered the track
and the engine was thrown into the
river aud the mail and two baggage
cars were thrown partly down the
bank.
Fireman Baumaster was rescued
from drowning by boy, John Ross,
who was beating his way on the train.
He saw the fireman confined under the
engine by his clothing and dragged
the unfortunate man from his position
and to safety on shore. Engineer
BrOkaw was washed down the river
when his cab hit the water, He tried
time and again to save himself, but
could make no headway against the
swift current and no help could be
given him by the scores of passengers
who stood upon the bank and were
compelled to see the man drown.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Senator Carter Favors Change.

SEATTLE, May Ex-senator Thos.
H. Carter of Montana will endeavor
at the coming session of congress to
work radical reorganization of the
reclamation service and create for it
new department. In an interview
he said: II do not believe that the
reclaim alton work should be regarded
as division or subsidiary part OF
any department. 1t should be accord.
ed distinct recognition as a feature
of the administrator of this govern
ment. 1t is therefore obviously the
duty of those in charge of the Igov-
ernment and of those whose province
it is to make laws to disregard the
wishes Of bureaus and aspiring sub.
ordinates and place this mighty task
in charge of the best available talent
that the country can produce"
Senator Carter condemns the policy
OF the service in spending vast sums
in Arizona. Nevada and Southern
California while neglecting the north
ern states which have contributed so
heavily to the reclamation fund.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
viii lnd!ct Packers

CHICAGO, June ,. Indictments
against thirty men have been drawn,
1t is said. as u result of the evidence
secured by the federal grand jury in
its two months hearing of witnesses
in connection with the methods of the
meat packing industries. Assistant
Attorney General Pagin, who is now
ia Washington comforting with Attor.
ney General Moody, is working on
the paper-.
Since the adjournment of the federal
grand jury some time ago, District
Attorney Morrison and Attorney Pa.
gin have been in daily conference con.
cerning the form of indictment and it
is said thirty true bills have been
drawn by Attorney Pagin, while at
least ten more are to be drawn as a
result of the trip to Washington.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Russian Press EavOrs Peace.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 5.-Presideut
Roosevelt's tender Of his good offices
to bring peace is received with general
favor in the press and by the public,
aud desire that some steps should be
taken toward securing au honorable
peace is increasingly manifest.
The Russ declares that the presi-
dents offer should be commended as
an act of friendship tending to bring
out Japans terms of peace, and Rus.
sia's acceptance of an offer which
would not mean surrender on humi-
liating terms. The paper maintains
at the same time that negotiations, II
begun, must be direct and that there
must be no intervention by other pow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Amaigamated Company PrOspers.

NEW YORK, June "a financial
statement Of the Amalgamated Copper
company was given out today. The
statement sets forth that on April 80
last the COMPANY had profit and loss
surplus of SS,942, 7l2 and cash assets
OF 81, 80, 75S.
The value of the company's hold.
ings OF securities and investments is
placed at sl94, PSI 1903. Another item
OF assets is a loan of 1880, 900 to the
Washoe Copper company. Exclusive
OF the copper mines, the assets OF the
company, consisting of timber lands,
coal lands, reduction works, saw
mills, railroads, real estate, build.
ings, copper and cash, exceeded, in
the opinion of experts in whom the of.
tcers have every confidence, $4,000.
900 over all liabilities OF the company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
To Commemorate TOgO's Victory

TOXIC, June =. - In response to
thousands of suggestions and inqui-
ries received, the navy department
has decided 70 erect an enormous
lighthouse on Okino island, as q
monument to commemorate Admiral
Togo's great naval victory over the
Russian fleet in the battle of the Sea
of Japan. 1t is planned to have the
light show for distance Of 50 miles,
practically covering the entire scene
of the battle.
This plan has been adopted over
all others because the monument will
be near the scene of battle and stand
constantly in the sight and memory
OF the officers and men of the Japan.
ese navy. and will also be a great
convenience to navigation. If there
should be future war it will prevent
disasters similar to those which over.
took the transports Hitachi and Sado.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
SEEK REFUGE At MANILA.
Three Russian Warships Escaped Guns Of
the Japanese Fleets.

/ MANILA, June 3.-Rear Admiral
EnQutst, who was comm ander of the
heavy cruiser squadron of the Rus.
sian fleet. arrived in the bay at 9
O'Clock this morning on board his
flagship, the protected cruiser Aurora,
accompanied by the protected cruisers
Oleg and Jemtchug. All the vessels
were more or less damaged and there
were many wounded men on board.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-An import
ant conference was held at the White
House late this evening, the partici.
pants, besides the president, being
Secretary Morton and Attorney Gen.
eral Moody. 1t related to the arriv al
today at Manila of the Russian
cruisers Aurora, Oleg and Jemtchug,
and to the disposition to be made OF
them. 1t was determined to avail,
uller information concerning the in.
cident before definite decision was
reached. All three of the cruisers
took part in the naval battle in the
Korean straits week ago. Two oi
them. the Oleg and Jemtchug, were
supposed to have been sunk by the
japanese fleet.
la the present circumstances vessels
OF either of the belligerents would be
permitted to remain at neutral port
only - hours or, If the ships were un.
seaworthy. only long enough to enable
them to make the necess AIRY temporary
repairs, In order that they might reach
their nearest home port. What, il
any, request Admiral Enquist may
make concerning the disposition Of the
vessels is not known here. He may
ask tn a, they be interned Il, Manila
until the close of the war. Such a re.
quest would be granted by this gov.
erument
When a complete report on the ar.
rival OF the ships at Manila will have
been made by the rear admiral it may
be determined by this government that
the ships must be iuterned, as was the
case in the Lena incident. Instruc-
tions were cabled to Rear Admiral
Train this evening to consider what
steps 1t would be necessary for him to
take in case Admiral Enquist should
request that his vessels should be in.
termed. Until full report shall have
been received from him, no further &C.
tion will be taken by this government.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Judge Arrested For Murder.

W~cHEsTER, Ky, Juae | - A
sensation was caused BY :he arrest
OF Jutge James Harsis of Brea,hitt
county Sara A. Har-is aui 7. F..
French uf this city 90 u charge Of
complieity in the murder OF James B.
Marcun several years ago. The war.
rant charges these men and Sheriff
Ed. Callahan of Breathitt county with
conspiracy, and abetting Tom White
and C1r,is Jett, who, it is alleged
did the actual killing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
\ British Army Scandal.

LONDON, June 2.-According to The
Daily Mirror the report of war Office
committee on the improper disposal
OF the military stores at the concu-
sion OF the South African war reveals
huge scandal. The report censures
number of officers, whose names are
given, and who are alleged to have
worked in collision with contr ractors.
The latter bought stores at absurdly
low prices and afterw ards re.sold them
to the military authorities at euor.
nous profits, eutailing a loss to the
government of 5000, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Cauada'S Land Problem.

OTTAWA, June 2.--In the province
OF Quebec there are at least 1900
heads of French Canadian families,
each OF whom possesses q family of
twelve children or more. Under the
provincial enactment these families
are entitled to grant of 100 acres of
land from the provincial public do
main. and this law is now causing
much concern to provincial authori.
ties. French Canadian farmers are q
prolific race, but when the law was
passed providing for this grant of
crown lands to productive married
couples it was never calculated the
number of large families would be SO
great.
1t has turned out that the matter is
proving serious incubus on the loca
gOvernmen. on account of the many
thousands that have applied for the
right OF grant of land and thous
ands more are yet TO be satisfied. The
lands are all held under lease from
the government by lumbermen to cut
timber thereon, but they are bound by
the terms of their leases to reliu.
quish such portion of the lands as
may be claimed for settlement, not.
withstanding that the limited holders
have paid the price of their holdings
to the government
Lumbermen are therefore much ex-
cited over the present situation. APP
plications tor land grants became so
numerous last year that lumber mer
chants were seized with panic and
have waited in body upon the Que.
bee government, demanding relief
from he Wholesale spoila,ion of the
lumbsr holdings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Admirals Exchange Compliments.

TOXIC, June 4.-Vice Admiral Togo
visited Vice Admiral Rojestvensky at
the naval hospital at Sasebo Satur.
day, and expressed his sympathy for
the admiral's wounds. He praised the
desperately courageous fight of the
Russians, and expressed the hope that
Vice Admiral Roiestvensky would
soon be able to return to Russia
Rojestvensky was deeply moved by
the admiral's words and thanked him.
He congratulated Japan on the cour.
age and patriotism OF her sailors, and
at defeat to know the high character
of the victors.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
California Land Frauds.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.-The Elk.
aminer says today: The story of the
land frauds ia Oregon will be dupli.
Gated in California by the discovery
of an elaborate system of robbery un.
der color of law, by which means
great bodies Of the public domain 10
Modoc and other northern counties
have been brought under priv ate own
ership. In many instances the process
has been worked out by means O!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Hunt May Try Land Fraud Cases.

WAsHlNGTON, June 3.-It is stated
on the best OF authority that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is anxious to have
Judge William II. Hunt of Montana
try the land fraud cases in Oregon on
the bench recently left vacant by the
death of Judge Belliuger.
Attorney General Moody is angry
because Judge Gilbert assigned Judge
De Haven to try the land cases. He
claims Gilbert thus usurped presideu'
tial authority.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
TO PROSECUTE LAWBREAkERS.
Chicago Grand jury Has Been Investigat
ing the Teamsters' Strike.

| CHICAGO, June 2.-Indictments con.
nected with the teamsters' strike have
been voted by the grand jury and will
be returned in Judge Barnes court
tomorrow. The names of the men in.
dicted could not be ascertained this
afternoon.
1t is reported, however that no bills
would be voted in connection with the
charge made by President Shea, of
the Teamsters' union, that he was of.
fered go, 900 to call a strike against
Sears, Roebuck Il Co. It was found
that the statue Of limitation barred
any Indictment and the evidence given
was largely Of heresay character. 1t
was rumored that some indictments
would be based on the charge of con.
spiracy to injure the business OF large
concerns, and it was also said that
some indictments would be found for
perjury. There was nothing definite,
however, in any of those statements.
Robert j. Thorne, general manager
for Montgomery Ward Il Co., was be-.
fore the grand jury this afternoon,
and while denying absolutely all
knowledge of the $4,000 said to have
been offered to Shea and other labor
leaders, declared that he did not even
know Shea at the time the alleged Of
fer OF $1,000 was made. He said he
first met Shea in April, 1905, and be-
fore that time had never seen nor
spoken to him. The evidence is in
direct opposition to that offered by
Shea and Albert Young, ex.president
of the teamsters' union.
The jury expressed themselves as
anxious to hear from John G. Dris-
coll, former secretary of the Coal
Team Owners association, who was
declared by Shea aud Young to have
been present at the time of the Offering
of the alleged bribe. Driscoll, how.
ever, could not be found in the city,
although deputy sheriffs have
searched for him the greater part of
two days.
Before the grand jury, which is in.
vestigating allegations OF graft, Pres
ideut Shea today supplemented his
bribery charges by declaring that an
attempt at bribery was made by some
of the big packers during the progress
OF the packing house strike. AS the
statute of limitations has run against
most OF the alleged bribery matters
concerning which Shea and Young
testified, the investigators are pre-
pared to search for later overt ac's
connected with the so.called "out.
lawed" conspiracies. To this end the
grand jury has directed the district
clerk to issue subpoana> for the rec
ords of the coal ard other teams,tr-'
unions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

dictments against the union leaders
and strikers.
Albert Young, president of the local
teamsters' union, told the jury that
himself and two companions were Of
fered $40, 900 two years ago by certain
prominent business men to call q
strike against rival firms. He an.
nounced that he was prepared to give
the jury full details.
This testimony following similar
testimony on the part of President
Shea, created CONSERVATION in bust.
ness circles. The teamsters' joint
council voted to have the peace com.
mittee meet the managers of depart
ment stores ip an effort to effect q
settlement.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Russian Warships Must Move.

of the Navy Morton today issued an
order directing that the Russian war
ships at Manila must be interned or
depart forthwith. President Roose.
Welt felt that 1t would be at least ques-
tionable to allow the ships to be put
into condition for battle. Interna.
tional law only permits belligereut
vessels to be repaired sufficiently to
make them seaworthy. Had the in
iuries to the vessels been received
otherwise than in action a different
course might have been determined
upon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Important Land Office Ruling.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The com.
missioner of the general land Office
has issued instructions to registers
and receivers of land offices through.
out the country directing that in the
future no one person shall be permit
ted to acquire more than 320. acres OF
non-mineral public land uuderl exist.
ing laws. Heretofore applicants.have
been permitted to increase that quaint.
ty under the timber and stone and
soldier additional homestead laws.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

dummy locators, but in some cases.
OF which the Examiner has proofs, the
land thieves, grown old by impunity,
have forged the names of applicants
on the files of the surveyor generals
Office.
Lieu land selections furnish what
lawyers call the "base" for the fraud.
ulent locations in the northern mouu-
tain counties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Race Horse Killed BY Rat.

LEXINGTON, KY, June 1.-As the
result Of swallowing a live rat while
eating oats out of his trough, the
noted trotting horse Corintho, son Of
Orator End, 2:l3, died yesterday in
great agony at his stable in this city
While the horse was partaking of his
feed his groom noticed that he was
acting Queerly, but before medical
aid could be summoned he began
having convulsions and evidently
suffered horrible death.