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By Roswell Finch

with 1uxuriant boards. Once more the civilians
began to initiate, and the result the flowing
mustache, the military goatee, the square cut chin
beard and all the rest of the styles so prevalent
thirty years ago. The disappearance of these
facial adornments in latter days has been due to
the wide spread demand for young men. The old
of sixty began to realize that without his
deeply dropping mustache he would look fifty. His
pride, however his respect for the world S opinion,
caused him to fear that to shed it altogether would
have made it too apparent that he was trying to
appear young so he did the next best thing and had
it studied.
History of Whiskers
q N honest history of the beard would lay open
undercurrent of petty vanity in many of the
world greatest figures Henry VIII, for instance,
shaved until he learned that Francis l. of France
beard, and then he laid aside his and
his strops forever. Even the gentle Sir Thomas
More had beard which his joy and his pride.
When he was the scaffold and the headsman
was about to lift the fatal ak, Sir Thomas halted
him, saying, wait till l put aside my beard, for
that has committed no treason" Again there was
the celebrated Bishop of Clermont, who ap-
pointed to that Office shortly after the Council of
Trent and who precpitately fled his bishopric one
Easter Sunday morning rather than suffer the loss
of his beard. What faults of feature in the good
bishop, retreating jaw, fat neck, blubber lips,
or what not, might have been revealed through the
agency of the scissors and we know not but
that the concealment of such facial flaws has always
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far from two hundred men on board the junk,
at the finish only fifteen live unframed men c.
be accounted for.
After an hour or two of rest and bite to eat
sent our Cinnamon back to their respective b
and gathered in all the queues as vouchers;
set to work to clear and wash the decks, for
wanted to use the junk for headquarters hos
for our sick and wounded, and for a prison
the arrival of the tender, when the senior OF
would take charge of everything. So We tr
ferred Our wounded to the junk towed her
sheltered nook and, mooring her, left her in CHI
of one boats crew.
Before the arrival of the tender we had capt.
two more junks, neither one very formidable.
had only sixty men board, and was not
well handled or defended, although before we
had finished they had killed four men of Our
division and wounded several, among them the
commander of my boat, who was obliged to
go on board Our improvised hospital junk
until he could be sent to HongS for sur
g1cal treatment.
No. "a was now in command of the subcom-
mander, who to my amaze.nent selected me
his temporary second in command. 1t was
SURPRISE indeed, for l the only American
in the boat. l was the more gratified because
my shipmateS cheered me heartily when the
appointment was announced. l felt proud of
my promotion, and resolved that l would
not fail to show my shipmates that l was
worthy of the advancement.
Promotion of Fighter
THE day before the tender was expected Our
new commanding officer, in going forward to
inspect the howitzer, made a misstep and,
falling across thwart, broke his right leg
and both arms. l did my best to alleviate
the poor fellows sufferings and Immediately
made sail for our station headquarters and
put him on board the hospital junk with his
superior officer and in charge of the doctor.
On asking the commander as to what should
do with the boat, he said, "Mr. Osbon, you
will have to do the best you can until the
arrival of the tender; then the senior officer
will decide what to do. Now, be careful and
don't run any risks" and calling the of
No. 20 to the side of the deck where ne lay
under the awning, he said, Boys Mr. Osbon
will have charge of No. 20 until the tender
arrives. Obey him as you would me-"
Next morning, when with two of the boats
of the division we seeking shelter for
the day, were surprised by junk that had
sneaked in during the night and lay concealed
in the creek where we often hid. We went
sailing peacefully along, when without the
slightest warning gun report was followed
by a storm of missiles that came tearing
through the air and plowed up the water all
around us. How it that we were not
all killed is still a mystery to me, but only
three men were hit while not man in
my boat touched. To attempt
to retreat under the murderous fire would
have been madness; rushed ahead at
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han hundred men made the final DASH and we
ng we had dealt them such stunning blow they
anne for us, and hand to hand conflict began.
The leader of the band, tall stout fellow seemed
hend incarnate. Like most of his followers, he
vas stripped to the waist. His muscles stood out
ike ropes, and he had face that made one shudder
lie had wounded several of our men before l could
ret him. l did not like to tackle him with
utlass, for l must confess he the only man l
yer in those days with a sword or knife in his
land whom l really feared. At last my oppor-
unity came, and, getting quite near him, without
lis apparently seeing me- put an ounce ball from
one of my pistols in his brain, and he fell prone
the bloody deck. His killing seemed to
the fury of his followers, and they redoubled
their unearthly shouts and rushed wildly about
seeking revenge.
Things were now at the height of the fray
We had driven a large number of the pirates
aft, when of the boats cast off from
the junk, and the three men in charge put
her into position so that howitzer could
be fired into the crowd. We had been
warned, and when the gun belched forth
fame smoke, and the death dealing grape
shot, at least fifty men went down. The
grape went tearing through the woodwork,
and what. the shot did not accomplish the
wood splinters did. That one shot decided
the fate of the pirates, but still they kept
updesultory fighting, and three of them tackled
unawares, and but for the timely inter-
ference of little English boy belonging. to
one OF the other boats who came up behind
one of my opponents and shot him, would
not have lived to tell this tale
End of Pirate Leader
THIS was the toughest fight we had during
my time in the service and the junk
the most valuable prize taken by the
Anglo-Chinese fotilla. Besides it resulted in
the death of the dreaded leader of the best
organized fleet of pirates that infested
the China Seas. 1t glorious triumph.
i, Three little boats had whipped the flag ship
of the pirate fleet, and also it brought the
largest amount of prize money into distribu-
ton ever known in those waters Accident
had made leader that day. Perhaps l
should not say so, but the success of the
conflict credited to the American sailor who
in temporary command of No. 20.
A few days later, to my surprise and joy,
1 was appointed commander of a division of
the flotilla participated in eleven more
counters with pirates, and, strange to say, in
all of these battles, most of them hand to hand
conflicts l not obliged to present
myself to the medical officers for treatment.
On account of that little fotilla the pirates
were thinned Out so rapidly and SO effectually
that they were forced to leave those waters.
AS soon as the lull came and the prospects for
active life became remote. and having
accumulated a neat little in salary and
prize money resigned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Money Wanted For Waterways.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Nearly a
thousand delegates are in Washing.
ton in attendance on today's opening
of the national rivers and harbors
congress. Speaker Cannon and Rep.
resentative Burton, chairman of the
house committee on rivers and har-
bors, are among the speakers.
The object of the congress is to Sc.
cure an annual appropriation of $780,
100000 from congress for system attic
work in the improvements of the ma.
tion's waterways.
Representative Ransdell, of Louisi.
ana, who made tour of 10000 miles
around the country in behalf of the
rivers and harbors movement, will re-
port to the convention that he has
found the sentiment to be strongly in
favor of vigorous prosecution of
water ways improvements as remedy
for the "wholly inadequate transpor-
tation facilities now afforded by the
railroads."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Shot BY Desperate Woman.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. = Former
United States Senator Arthur Brown,
OF Utah, tonight lies in critical con.
dition in the Emergency hospital with
pistol shot wound in the abdomen
inflicted by Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley,
of Salt Lake, who arrived here today
from that city. The shooting occurred
In Senator Browns apartment in the
Raleigh hotel, where Mrs. Bradley
also had registered under the name of
"a. B. Brown" She was arrested.
According to her statement tonight
at the police station, where she talked
freely with the newspaper men, Mrs.
Bradley came to Washington to de.
mand that Senator Brown marry her.
She said that their relations were we'll
known in Salt Lake.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Congressional News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. GA term of
six years for the president and the
vice.president is proposed by Senator
Cullom, in a joint resolution intro.
duced, providing for an amendent of
the constitution. The resolution de-
clares also that the president and vice
president shall not be eligible for re-
election;
Senator Beveridge introduced bill
today to amend the meat inspection
act by requiring that the cost of in
spection shall be paid by the packers.
Another amendment requires that the
date of inspection and packing or can.
ming shall be placed on each package.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce will tomorrow
consider the bill providing for the
sale of mileage books by railways at
2 cents mile. Hearings will prob
ably be granted on this measure.
Senator Kittredge introduced res.
olution, directing an investigation by
the department of commerce and Ia
Dor into the lumber trade of the coun-
try, to ascertain whether there is in
existence trust or agreement among
dealers.
The senate committee has decided to
take up for early consideration the
resolution introduced by Senator Car.
ter, providing for an amendment to
the constitution giving the general
government control of divorce legisla-
tion, and that it should be submitted
to legislatures of the several states
| for ratification or rejection.
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many months. He feels that it has
placed taint upon his administra.
tion, as we'll as upon his public ca.
reer, and he means to have the stain
wiped out.
1t leaked out today for the first time
that the president has already taken
steps to have the money refunded and
that this would have been done long
ago but for the obstinacy of Post.
master General George B. Cortelyou
and Cornelius Bliss of New York.
Cortelyou was chairman of the ma.
tional committee during the campaign
of 1904, and stills holds the position.
Bliss was, and is, treasurer of the re.
publican national committee. 1t Is
known positively that President
Roosevelt sent for both Cortelyou and
Bliss several months ago and directed
them to pay back, with interest, what
ever sums the Mutual, Equitable and
New York Life contributed to his
campaign fund.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Half of Town Damaged.

MORENCI, Ariz., Dec. 1.-THE Gilt.
ton flood was the most disastrous
ever known there, over half the town
being damaged, about II houses and
10 other buildings swept away and be.
tween IL and 20 people drowned, most.
ly Mexicans. The water In the river
is still very high. The high water
mark was two feet higher than ever
before. The people left their homes
and slept on the hillsides around
camptires. The Chase creek district
was almost wiped out. Great damage
was done by the bre aking of the con.
centrator dam in Morenci. The Coro.
nado railroad between Clifton and
Metcalf was almost entirely washed
Out, and it will take four weeks to re-.
pair the damage to the track.
The damage j. estimated close to 81. :.
900 600. The town will probably now
be moved to higher ground
The rain lasted four days, melting
the snow In the mountains. 1t is said
that fifteen houses have been destroyed
il Metcalf but no one drowned. Mo.
reuci was not damaged. The Gila
river now Is booming, aud it is feared
that more damage will be done along
the railroads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Small Bills Are Scarce.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The secre.
tary of the treasury today issued the
following open letter to all banking
institutions of the United States:
"a very marked scarcity of small
bills is noticeable everywhere and the
treasury is powerless to relieve the
situation. In the absence of legisla-
ton allowing national banks 10 issue
a larger proportion of their circula.
tion in denomin ations Of s5, the banks
themselves must be relied upon to al.
leviate the strain as far as possible.
"There are in circulation nearly
Sl5, 900, 900 in silver certificates of the
denomination packed away in the
vaults of the various banking institu.
tions and held as reserve. Permit me
respectfully to ask that each institu-
ton, state and national, search the
money in its vaults and send these
ten-dollar certificates to the treasury.
They will promptly be converted in
ones and twos, to the very great re.
lief of the country. 1t is the only
remedy. Let no bank complain of
conditions until it has literally
searched its own vaults and contrib.
uted as far as possible to the relief OF
the situation"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Want Third Term For Roosevelt.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The Roosevelt
Third Term National league has
been formed in Chicago, and an ap.
plication for charter was made at
Springfield. Edward A. Horner, for.
merly of Leadville, Col, is the or.
ganizer and president of the league.
The national headquarters of the
league will be in Chicago. Clubs will
be org anized in every county and city
in the United States.
"We aim to get five million mem.
bers,' said Mr.. Horner. 1T is not
our purpose to appeal to politicians:
in fact We don't want them. 1t is to
be matter which is to come directly
from the people, and for myself
don't care whether President Roose.
velt likes it or not. To my mind he
has nothing to say about it. The
people have absolute and implicit con-
fidence in him and we're going to see
that they elect him a third term.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Spelling Reform Delayed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Simplifed
spelling received hard blow today
in the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill for 1908, re.
ported to the house by the committee
on appropriations, which says:
thereafter in printing documents
authorized by law or ordered by con-
gress, or either branch thereof, the
government printing officers shall fol.
low the rules of photography estab.
lished by Webster's or other general.
ly accepted dictionaries of the Eng.
lish language"
The bill carrie, an appropriation OF
S3l, ,2l5, ,525.
The resolution of Senator Penrose.
passed Yesterday, calling on the pres
ident for all the facts regarding the
disch harye of the negro troops belong.
ing to the Twenty-tfth infantry. was
received at the White house today
and was at once turned over by the
president to Secretary Taft, who will
furnish the information desired.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Pay Fine OF Half Million.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-AnnOunce.
ment was made today that Corn Pro.
ducts Refining company of New York,
a member of the alleged glucose trust,
had made settlement at a cost of
about half a million dollars of all
cases brought in Pennsylvania by DR..
B. H. Warren, dairy and food com.
missioner. against persons selling
candies containing glucose.
The use of glucose in candy was
held to be illegal because the glucose
contained sulphurous dioxide used
for b.euching purposes in ills manu-,
facture.
\ number of cases were settled by
payment of fines and costs by the
dealers arrested, but Z. Bedford,
president Of the Corn Products com.
pany, in a letter sent to DR.. Warren,
agreed to pay all costs in the rema ain.
ing cases with the understanding tha,
they be dismissed. He said the cru.
sade would cost his company half a
million dollars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Bryan Comments On Message.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 7.-Comment.
ing on President Roosevelt's message
w. j. Bryan says there is much in it
that is good. Mr.. Bryan says:
"The message contains much that is
democratic and for which the general
public may we'll thank him. 1t con.
tains some things that ought to arouse
severe criticism.
"The president boldly appropriates
some doctrines which the democr ats
have been advocating, but on the other
hand he announces doctrines which
are so absurd as to excite amusement
If the suggestion came from o less
prominent source. In some cases he
takes advanced ground: in some cases
he appropriates ground already TAX.
en-
Mr.. Bryan complains that what the
president says on the subject of gov.
ernment by injunction will not be sat-
isfactory to the laboring man or to
those who respect the right of trial by
Jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Women Fight Butchers.

NEW YORK, Dec. THE women OF
the east side are winning their fight
agaist the butchers who recently
raised the price of meat. The packers
it is stated have capitulated to the re.
tailers upon the threat of the latter to
close 5000 shops that cater to the ten.
ements OF the congested districts.
The price of meat was formerly IA
cents a pound. A week or two ago it
was raised to Ii cents because, as the
shopkeepers said, the wholesaler had
increased the price to them. It is the
extra two cents that has caused the
so.called "s:rike" of the women OF
the tenements. The news that the
wholesale meat dealers had lowered
the price cent pound to the re.
tailers came late yesterday and caused
rejoicing among the women.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
For A Btg Game Preserve.

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE SOW
ereignty of state was the subject of an
earnest debate in the house today,
growing out of the consider alton of a
bill to establish preserve in the
Olympia forest reserve In the state of
Washington. The bill was passed
without discussion. Mr.. Mondell, of
Wyoming, insisted that the supreme
court had ruled that state is sovereign
over its birds, game and fish, and tn at
to create such game preserve and
place it under national supervision
was clearly an invasion of the rights
OF a sovereign state. Lacey. of Iowa.
in charge OF the measure, told of the
presidents interest in the matter. and
said that the creation of a game pre-.
serve meant the protection of the last
herd of elk on the Pacific coast. some
300 splendid specimens
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Congressman Must Pay Fare.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The new
railroad rate law is affecting the poll.
ticians as much as any other class of
"shtppers." In the past, members OF
congress have either been able to
secure free transportation to and from
Washington or half rates at least.
They were also able to secure half
rates for their clerks. But it is differ
ent now. Most OF the congressman
are paying full fare and all of their
clerks are. Since the new order of
things has become effective many
clerks who come here simply for the
session OF congress and return home
during the vacation period, threaten
to quit the game on March 4 and en-.
gage in other pursuits. They were
not able to save much money out of
their jobs and the car fare, especially
from western states, now eats up
everything.
Frank privileges have also been cur
tailed. The express companies called
in their franks some time ago. A
western senator, who had been out of
reach since then, didn't know of the
matter and he boxed up q lot of stuff
and sent it to Washington, under his
frank. When his truck reached here
it cost him $50 for express charges.
Another western enatOr ordered his
clerks to send their two typewriting
machines back for the session. They
took them to the express company but
found that the franks were no good.
'There are more ways than one of
skinning a cat,' said one OF the
clerks. Whereupon he pasted postal
frank on each machine and sent it
through the mails. The postoffice de.
partment at this end of the line
wouldn't stand for it, and the senator
was required to pay $50 postage on his
two typewriters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
THE OFFICIAL OCTOPUS HUNTER.
Commissioner Garfield Makes Report In.
on Result Of His Cam paign,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The annual
report of Commissioner of Corpora
tions Jas. II. Garfield. made public to-
day, devotes special attention to the
Investigations Of transportation OF
oil and the operations of the Stan.
dard Oil company.
"During the investig ation," says
the report, ''it was discovered that a
very widespread system of railway
discrimin alton existed, in favor of the
Standard Oil company. affecting q
very large proportion of the country
and resulting substantially in giving
the Standard Oil company an over.
whelming advantage in almost all
sections Of the country. The system
has been in existence for number of
years. and by virtue of it the Stand
ard has been able to restrict or eli.
inmate competition throughout many
parts OF the country, and thereafter
enjoy the benefits of monopoly. These
determinations took various forms,
often different in their nature, and 50
skilfully concealed that their existence
was rarely suspected, even by the &C.
tive competitors Of the Standard, al.
though such competitors knew that, in
general. they were doing business at q
dis adv antage.
"Duri ng the fiscal year indictments,
containing S.l93 counts, were returned
by the various grand juries as the re.
suit of this investigation
"a most striking and important re.
suit of the investigation of the bureau
Is that the roads Cancelled nearly lall
the secret rates or improper discrim.
inations and, in many cases, the dis.
Grimm ations in open rates. The ship.
pers of oil advise the bureau that, for
the first time in many years, they are
now rapidly obtaining equality OF
trade treatment from the ditferen,
transportation companies.
"The work in other phases of the
oil industry and the Investigations OF
the tobacco. steel, sugar and coal in.
dustries are we'll advanced. Special
reports thereon will be made in due
course. An inquiry into canal and
water transportat has beer
started"
Commissioner Garfield urges agair
| the neceS sitv of tho tohlis h,,or% n,
federal inspection and supervision o.
the greater industrial corporations
engaged in interstate and foreign com
merce. He says it will not interfere
with the power and authority of the
state under which the corporations
are created under the state laws, bu
will merely restore individual respon
sibility and prevent the corporations
from being the hiding places of ire
sponsible or corrupt mergers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Millions Need Food.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA serious
famine affecting millions of people
prevails throughout Central China,
according to cablegram received at
the state department today from
Shanghai. This is the first informa.
tion the government here has received
that such a serious condition exists.
The dispatches state that relief CON.
mittees consisting of the various gen.
erals, local Chinese officials and busi-
ness men have been appointed to deal
with the situa alton. The dispatch add 8
that sufferers are on the verge of
starvation.