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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Fatal Explosion on Warship.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-two years
ago to day after the fatal Missouri
disaster, on Friday aud the 18th Of
the month, six men were done to death
In the forward turret Of the battle
ship Kearsarge by one of those acci
dents which acquire additional terror
for sailors because of their obscure
origin and the almost impossibility
OF prevention.
The Atlantic fleet has been for weeks
engaged in most severe drills in the
waters of the Caribbean sea, culminat.
ing in the quarterly target practice.
This practice was just about conclud-
ing aud it was confidently expected at
the department, upon the basis OF
preliminary reports received, that all
records would be broken in the matter
of rapidity of fire and efficiency of the
gunners.
News of the fatal disaster came in
a1dispatch from Guantanamo, Cuba,
which says:
The United States battleship Kear-
sarge has arrived here. The casu al
ties resulting from the explosion on
board the vessel off Culebra island
Friday reported to be as fallows:
Two officers and five men killed and
fourteen men injured, eight of them
seriously.
The bodies Of the men killed will be
buried in the naval cemetery here to.
morrow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
In Defense Of SmOOt.

WASHINGTON, April l3.-The final
argument to the protests against
Senator Reed Smoot was made today
before the committee on privileges
and elections by S. A. Worthington,
counsel for the Utah senator. For
the first time since the proceedings
were begun three years ago Mrs.
SmOOt attended the session of the
committee. Spectators were fewer
than during the Utah's senator's ar.
raignment.
In opening, Mr.. Worthington took
up the subject of Mr.. Shoots qualii-
cations to serve as q sen atOr and fol.
lowed this by citing authorities in
support OF his contention that it re.
quires two-thirds vote of the senate
to oust Mr.. Smoot. Answering Mr..
Carlisle's argument that Utah might
go so far as to send President Joseph
F. Smith to the senate, Mr.. Worth
ington said that If such ia the case he
would be permitted to serve if he gave
up his plurality wives and lived only
with his legal wife. In the event that
Smith should fail to live in obedience
to the laws, said Mr.. Worthington,
then he should be expelled. Mr..
Worthington pointed out that Mr..
Shoots life had been blameless and
that he is a law -abider in every sense
of the word.
1t was contcnded by Mr.. Worthing.
ton that plural marriages are no
longer performed with the sanction of
the Mormon church. He said that
Utah had been "raked and scraped" !"
and the plural marriages brought to
light since the manifesto would not
amount to one year and that these
offenders are now virtually fugitives
from justice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
4 SCENE OF DESOLATION.
Country Around Vesuvius Is Dust
Covered Desert.

NAPLES, April 13.-Order is being
rapidly restored in this stricken dis.
trict. The government has rushed to
the aid Of the people every facility of
the military organization. Clothes
and food are being hurried into the
district as fast as the still crippled
transportation facilities will permit.
The king is personally directing all
operations.
Conditions at Naples were so much
better today that the people were al.
most incredulous of the tales of terror
told by those who had escaped from
the towns, villages and country far.
ther within the zone of the dev vastation.
The weather was fine aud the wind ad
shifted SO that the clouds of ashes from
the volcano instead of enveloping
Naples were carried in the direction OF
Caserta. The apprehension of the
pOpulace gave place to smiling con.
fidence in which there was no redec.
tion of the terror which had prev allied
AOA VIC P0Ss WCCns ouV Az OluCE 4u0Cs
ters there Is no escaping from the aw.
full evidences of the VOLCANOES fury.
At BOscotrecase the exhumation of
the dead is being carried on by sol.
diers who, owing to the advanced state
Of decomposition of the corpses, are
un able TO work more than an hour at
a time. The work is one of great
financial cost, as we'll as of danger
and righteousness to those engaged in
it. Many of the bodies are merely
shapeless, unrecognizable masses of
flesh and bones, while others are but
little distigured. As quickly as pos.
sible they will be buried in quicklime
to lessen, as far as may be possible,
the danger of epidemic. None of those
engaged in the work of recovering the
c0rpses are permitted in the vicinity
After the great eruption which oc.
CURED In 1872 the land covered BY Gin.
ders did not produce crops for seven
years, and the losses in this respect
alone averaged $2O,OOO,O 900 yearly.
1t Is believed that it will take 10 years
to bring the land under GUILTY. alton
again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
For a Life Saving Station.

WASHING TON, April l2.-As a re-
suit of the wreck of the Valencia. on
the Pacific coast, the house today ap.
propriated $4,000 for life saving
station at Neah bay at the entrance to
Puget sound, and $l70, 900 for the con-
struction OF q sea.going life saving
tug, to be used In connection with the
station.
There were l25 persons drowned
when the Valencia went to pieces off
the coast OF ancouver last January.
There are no life saving stations for
miles on that rocky coast. The action
Of congress will mean safety to life
and property on the coast.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Guilty of Embezzlement.

SAVANNAH, Ca, April l2.-Benja.
min D. Greene and John F. Gaynor
were found guilty of conspiracy
against the government for presenting
false claims and embezzlement, in the
federal court for the south district OF
Georgia, and Judge Speer will pass
sentence on them. The minimum sen.
tence that the court may impose under
the law is an aggregate term of II
years in the penitentiary, and fine OF
$3.50, 900 the amount of embezzlement.
The minimum sentence under the law
is two years Imprisonment and a fine
of 81, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Oregon Sheepmen Protest.

WASHINGTON, April l3.-Sen ator
Fulton. of Oregon, talked with the
president today regarding differences
which have arisen between sheepmen
and Indians OF the Umatilla reserv a.
tion. The Indians, who have the law
and the Indian police on their eide,
demand fee of 81 q head on sheep
driven across the reserv alton. The
sheep number about 250, 900 head and
the owners are compelled to travel a
circuitous route from the winter rem
devious to the summer ranges, avoid.
ing the reserv alton. The president
will examine the subject further.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
thousands OF Immigrants.

New YORK, April l5.-A new high
water mark in the tide OF immigration
will be set when the aliens who ar
rived at this port today on nine Euro.
peau steamships and those due tomor.
row on eight big ships, which are ex.
pected to pass Sandy Hook before
nightfall, have been permitted to land
on United States soil. On the vessels
which arrived today were 1883 i'm.
migrants. The steamers due tomorrow
are expected to add at least a like
nun ber.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Another Pacific Coast Train,

ST. PAUL, April 13. .- Announce.
ment was made from the Northern
Pacific railroad headquarters today
that on May 81 Pacific coast train
will be put in service between St. Paul
and the coast, augmenting the present
coast service on accOut of increasing
tourist business. The equipment Of
the present limited trains will be used
for the new train aud addition al
equipment for the limited is being
gotten ready. The train will have
Seattle as its terminal instead OF
Portland a. at present.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

sion and the notification has been re.
ceived. len days are then allowed for
the taking OF testimony and return Of
papers.
In thirty.tive days all the facts In
any case must be ready for submis.
sion to the court on a motion for q
temporary injunction. Such an
amendment, it is believed by the ad.
vocates Of rate legislation, would in.
sure a speedy determination of any
given case and would prevent the de-
lays which they fear. 1t Is regarded
as likely that such an amendment will
be adopted.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Folk breaches the Square Deal.

KANSAS CITY, April l3.-Five hun.
dred Missouri democrats attended a
banque, at the Midland hotel in this
city tonight, given by the Missouri
State Democratic Press associ alton,
to commemorate the birthday ami
versa:y of Thomas jefferson. OF this
number l5O were editors uf Missouri
newspapers and the remainder were
prom -oent democrats from various
parts of the state.
The principal speakers were Gov
ernor Joseph w. Folk, United States
Senator William J. Stone and Con-
gresham Charles A. Towne. of New
York. Governor Folk, of Missouri,
said:
"The life and teachings of Thorn as
jefferson are an inspiration to the
lovers of representative government
everywhere. Jetfersonian democracy
means the rule of the people, not OF
any class, nor of any clique, nor OF
any special interests. Whenever the
people cease to rule anywhere, and the
gangs of bosses govern instead, then
special privileges and corruption
which springs from special privileges,
as necessary consequence, follow.
Jefferson announced the cardinal doc.
trine of true democracy when he de.
clared for equal rights to all, special
privileges to none.'
"That was one OF the first declara.
tions against what is.known in modern
times as graft. Some special privi.
lege is at the bottom of every graft
No one ever heard of an official being
corrupted in order to give equal rights
to all.
San unprecedented political revival
is going on in the United States to.
day on this subject. The next few
years will be distinguished as the time
in which the reign of the special privi'
lege is brought to an end, and the
doctrine of equal rights fixed in na-
tional policies and in the conscience
of mankind"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
Couldn't Stand Prosperity.

TACOMA, April l3.-''Count" Sill.
bon. who was driven from Tacoms
three years ago as q vagrant, re-
turned yesterday from Paris and was
astonished to find that property held
by him in the then disreputable par,
of the city is now worth $25O,0OO. The
"Count" drank freely on learning OF
his good fortune, fell asleep in the in.
terurban depot and was robbed oi
Jewels worth $4OO.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
MURDERED BY NOR.
Three Negroes Lynehcd by Madden nc d
Crowd OF Missouri Citizens.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, April 14.-To.
night q mob took two negroes from
the county jail and hanged them to
the electric tower in the center OF the
public square and built fire under
the men as they hung. The negroes
were Horace Duncan and lanes Cope.
land, both under q years Of age.
They were in jail charged with as.
saulting Mabel Edmondsou, a white
girl, last night.
Fully 5000 people went to the coun-
ty Jail about 8 o'clock, and with tele.
phone poles and sledge hammers lit.
orally tore the Jail to pieces. Finally
the two negro suspects were dragged
from the Jail and taken to the center
Of the public square and hanged. II
10 fully a mile from the Jail to the
square. and the mob marched down
one OF the principal streets of the
town. shouting and firing pistols.
SPRINGFIELD. April Is. - At 2:lj
this morning, William Allen, q young
negro, was taken from the county Jail
here and lynched In the public square
by the same mob that two hours earl.
Ter had hanged Horace Duncan and
James Copeland. The body OF Allen
later was burned to ashes, as had
been those of the other negroes, be-
meath the spot where they had beer
lynched.
Following the death OF Duncan and
Copeland some one suggested that AL
len and Bus Cain, two other negroes
known to be in the Jail, should alec
be lynched. The mob, now blood.
thirsty and wrought up to the highes,
pitch OF excitement, readily took uE
the cry, and soon the charred body oi
a third victim lay beneath the statue
of the Goddess of Liberty. Cain es.
capped. Allen aud Cain were being
held upon suspicion of having muir.
dered 0. p. Ruark, while Duncan and
Copeland were accused of assaulting
Mabel Edmondson, q white domestic.
Their work finally accomplished,
the mob quietly dispersed. But to-
day crowds tilled the streets, making
threats OF further vengeance, and to.
night several companies of state mill
tia, ordered out by Governor Folk
together with two hundred deput,
sheritfs, patroled the Streets
When the mob left the jail at mid
night with Copeland and Duncan, II
prisoners escaped in the excitement.
Among them was Cain. But Allen
was there yet and the second mob
found him hidden under cot. He
wa. dragged out, his hands we're tied
behind his back. rope was put
around his neck, and he was marched
down the street to the tower in the
square.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

DENVER, April Ii. - Independent
commission houses to be owned and
operated by the growers of livestock,
will be established at Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Joseph and Chicago, as
soon as the preliminary arrangements
can be made. Such was the decision
OF the joint committee appointed by
the National Woolgrowers' associa.
ton and the American National Live.
stock association at their recent meet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18
THE WORST Is OVER.
Eruption of vesuvius Believed To Be
Gradually Subsiding.

NAPLES, April 12.-While the news
from Mount Vesuvius today is reassur.
ing, the conditions are such in Naples
as to make it difficult to realize that
conditions are actually better. The
wind is blowing from the volcano in
the direction Of Naples, carrying the
ashes in this direction. Toward even
ing the fall of ashes and cinders here
was worse than at any time since the
eruption began.
From all quarters come reports that
the stu alton has ameliorated but
ashes from Vesuvius are falling ev.
erywhere, houses are collapsiug and
burying their occupants and roads
near the volcano are no sooner
opened than they are closed again by
falling cinders. The inhabitants Of
this city are enduring the yellow gray
atmosphere OF yesterday which is even
more oppressive than before.
The reports from the towns and vii.
lages about the volcano continue to
show an awful state of affairs. The
lists of dead and wounded are con.
stantly becoming larger, and the
scenes among the maddened survivors
are horrible in the extreme. Wher-
ever the rescurers are able to work
they are clearing the debris of ruined
houses and taking out the dead. i.
Many injured have been rescued in
some districts after having been
pinned down under the wreckage of
their houses for days. In other places
it is plainly seen that the injured sue.
cumbed to the poisonous gases which
they inhaled.
Every day that passes gives new
evidences Of the magnitude of the ca
tastrophe. Today's visit of King Vic
tor Emmanuel to Ottajano revealed
new tragedies. At certain point his
majesty was obliged to abandon his
motor car and went forward on horse
back amid constant danger, his horse
aoundering through four feet of ashes,
stumbling into holes, blinded by the
fall of large cinders and target for
falling has attic masses.
In the presence of the king 129 more
bodies were extricated from the ruins,
and all the while ashes and red sand
kept falling Is though determined not
to relinq their victims. The dead
At Ottajano are said to number 500.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

ings in this city, which convened at
the Born hotel in this city.
Murdock Mackenzie, president of the
American National Livestock sssocia.
tion, was in the chair. The plan Of
action includes the formation OF CO.
operative commission company, with
a capital stock Of S1O0, 900, divided In.
to shares of $40 each. None but bona
hde stockmen will be allowed to pur.
chase stock, and these will be limited
to 80 shares.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

Good health depends mostly upon
the food we eat.
We can't be healthy if we take alum
or other poison daily in our food.
DR.. Prices Baking Powder is abso-
;utely free from alum. 1t is made from
pure cream of tartar and adds to the
healthfulness of the food.
No1E.-Baking powders that sold at
ten to thirty pound.
c.cAao made from alum Avoid
~~ them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

NOTE. Baking powders that are sold at
ten to thirty cents a pound. or cent
an ounce are made from alum. Avoid
them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-18

PaIce BAk!Na POWDER Co.
CHICAGO.
Holbrook argus., 1906-04-07
Mark Smith Makes a Hit

We have at hand a>copy of the Kansas City Times of March 24, which has a column of dispatch es from Washington. among them the following:
 The house was in a bad snarl today over a dinky item in the legislative appropriation bill Mark Smith, the Arizona dele, gate, got on the floor.
 II have a suggestion to make" said Smith. "Why doesn't the committee of whole rise, report it's inability to pass this appro- priation bill, refer it to the com mittee on territories, have q rule brought in prohibiting amend ments, and have it passed with out anybody reading it?"
 A roar of laughter came from all over the house, and the dem- ocrats and insurgents joined in storm of applause.
 Two million people, "continu- ed Smith, wrathfully, coming down the aisle and facing the republican leaders, "can be dis posed of in twenty minutes, and yet here we are fussing over the salary of a single clerk. Tomb stone Epitaph.
Holbrook argus., 1906-04-07

General B,anco, formerly gov ernor general of Cuba, died at Madrid, April 4. He succeeded Weyler in the island and was in office when the war with the United States broke out
 General Blanco did not defend
Holbrook argus., 1906-04-07

the island with much hope of success, and after the war ended
 resigned aud returned to Spain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-16
kauai SUSTA|NS GOOD
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Garden Island: Once the Of Hawaii had
chance signify their satisfaction dsapproal OF the
which their affairs have been managed during the period
opinions indicated by the result of the election
cided approving the of the whose time about
terminate at least as far Kauai is concerned.
The candidates OF the Republican party the controlling
the administration OF public affairs the before the elect
and asked them il they considered their actions waraning
continued trust in the sincerity of the chosen.
The legislative candidates largely who served at the
last session of the Legislature caeake Of Kauai interests
They had helped of selfgovernment and their
constituents appreciated this achievement of the
and thought for sending them back complete the work
The candidates for the Offices also large
who had occupied the position which they sought and
had been instrumental bringing about the change that has taken
place in local conditions during the sixteen months
When the officials started their duties they
supposed to be the Hercules who
stable the fearful which the Territorial
left The Advertiser hardly spoke Kauai
Light Island and the found itself the recipient
OF roads which, while fairly decent
life and limbs in many places and horsekilng whole
The first OF officials work the and have
cleaning up The red light
of the tackled and it but short of decided
quel the evil the money flow
roads attacked grades brought
bc substantial bridges erected old left uncaed for by
absentee administration saved from collapse Efficient
sought and look after the work in the differ
by Territorial
ty rights far possible guarded against.
These the results that the candidates relied
recommendations the favor of their constituents and they
rot disappointed.
The gave the their full approval of the policy main
aned thus far and encouraged its continuance by practically elect
ing recommended by the Republicans Kauai
newly elected officials the trail by
e whether Legislature in county, and they will fulfill what
the constituents expect of them
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-16
WRONG PUNCTUATION ON
HONOLULU'S SIGN BOARDS

trophe may well be used in Manu-
facturers' Shoe Co. or Sailors Home,
though there are a few experienced
sign writer's and ever grammarians
who doubt the propriety of the point
where an institution OF trade or a
corporation is implied. If We were to
take the apostrophe away from Manu-
facturers we would have to do the
same by Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. and that would look queer
indeed shall continue the use of the
apostrophe in Sailors Home till An
drew Carnegie or President Roosevelt
forbids me. Hyphens are disappearing.
even in so-called hyphenated names OF
firms and corporations. The word
Limited is not necessary on any sign.
but II Is seen all over Honolulu from
banks to bakeries. Thousands of limit
ed corporations in the States never use
Limited Ltd or Inc Did you ever
see 1t painted after the Standard Oil
Co.'S name? was highly amused in
Chinatown, but ! must not criticize tho
Chinese and Japanese, who certainly
can make better signs in English than
I in their languages.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-16

to eliminate the "pigeon" element
from the entire assemblage. Progress
by this method is necessarily slow and
certainly most unsatisfactory.
discrimination may not he claimed
in method where the endeavor is to
eliminate the overlapping of pigeon.
English dialects. Take the entry
grades for example, Let there be re-
ceiving rooms or classes for each ma
tionality. For the first year let there
be direct instruction to each nationality.
1t is within the zone of possibilities to
batter down to some extent, the pigeon
English expressions where but one dia'
lect has to be dealt with by teachers
Better grammatical construction and
better ideas of English "as she should
be spoken" may thus be gained, than
where half dozen nationalities are
crowded into one room and permitted
to be grouped in cosmopolitan classes
The second year the pupils may be
tcnded according to progress made, and
4 g c0-uopoliian classes might have their
rginr the second year, if necessary
I Under this system the charge of dis
crimination could hardly be made.
PAX.