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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE W. FULLER.
cision of similar questions. There We're
ten decisions affecting the right claim
ed by corporations to refuse to furnish
evidence concerning their affairs on the
ground that such evidence might be
used to incriminate them. Two related
to the so called tobacco trust eases.
and the majority opinion in them was
delivered by Associate Justice Henry
b. Brown. 1t declared that the right
Of Il person under the fifth amendment
to the constitution to refuse to incrim-
mate himsel was purely II personal
privilege OF the witness and not in
tended to apply to Il corporation.
Justice Brown was appointed to the
supreme bench from Michigan by Pres.
ident Harrison IN 1890. He was born
in March, 1896. and has therefor.
reached the age Of seventy. In so do
ing he became eligible for retirement.
but that is Il matter n supreme court
justice exercises his discretion about.
Some justices have served until past
eighty. The late Justice Stephen j.
Field served thirty-four years. or until
he was eighty-one. 1t was during the
latter portion Of his service that Jus.
tice Brown took Il seat in the tribunal.
Judge Field vas not able, by reason OF
infirmities, to do his share Of the work.
and the court was somewhat handi-
capped in consequence. The other
judges We're overworked. Talking of
the situation to Il friend. Justice Brown
said II day:
when l get to be seventy, il don't
resign from the bench, l want you to
come to Washington and kick me or"
A few days ago this friend paid a
visit to him.
II have come to remind you of Il con
versati0n we had ten years ago. re-
marked his friend. This is your seven
tieth birthday. and l have come to
comply with the instructions you gave
me them"
Justice Brown remembered the con
%versation and laughed. But he had al
ready notified the president of his in
tentiOn to retire. 1t Is understood that
he will continue to serve for several
months to ZONE. The retirement If
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller is also
expected in the near future. He is now
s~eventy-three years Of age and was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland in 1855.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

Spanish war. when he organized and
assumed command Of tho famous regi-
ment of rough riders IN which PreSi-
dent Roosevelt wlf lieutenant colonel.
General Wood holds a congressional
medal of honor which was awarded
him for bravery in Il %ctulpaign against
tration of the FRANKS of fortune. An
old friend of General Wood once said:
"SOme time in the fall of 1877
don't recall the exact date re-
ceivcd Il letter from General Wood, He
wound up by saying that he was think
ing strongly of making n trip into the
KlOndike country. which was then the
sensation Of the hour. The exact word
ing escapes me. but the Inference was
that the future looked rather blank
in short. that he would have to do
then. if ever. and the KlOn-
dixie seemed to offer a chance. In less
than four months after getting this de-
spondent letter the Maine was destroy
ed. and the circumstances We're in mo-
ton that were destined to put Il gener-
ais stars on the docs shoulder straps,
and surfeit him with glory. If he had
made the necessary arrangements in
1897 l dare say he would he sitting to-
day in Il miners cabin"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
OFFICER AND HElRESS.
Romance Of Lieutenant Scharrar and
Hia YOunE Bride.

Ron nee Of Lieutenant Scharrar and
His YOunx Bride.
Love. bravery and beer formed 4
most unusual combination in the case
of the beautiful Miss Willlelmina
Busch and the gallant Lieutenant Ed
uNrd +. Sclarrar. The lieutenant is
an officer Of the German army. The
girl with whom he fell in love is the
daughter of the millionaire brewer,
Adolphus Busch Of st. Louis. He was
an ardent wooer and it is said had
proposed several times previous to tho
memorable day on which he took the
brewers daughter on Il ride to Belle
vile. II suburb of st. Louis. She had
not said yes before, hut on this day
he was particularly ardent and suy-
gested marriage on the spot. They
went to Il hotel, and the would lie
bridegroom wrote on the register MIR.
and Mrs. Eduard Scharrar." How
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

and lose their efficiency; also, that they
must not be packed away on the cell
ings or other remote parts of the boat
where they are difficult Of access. Both
Of these conditions are met in the pres
ent invention. for the life preservers
are Kept perfectly dry in the recep-
tacles and yet are ready for instant use
in case of emergency.
But the chair offers still another all
vantage-namely. that whether the life
preserver be removed or not the chair
can be Used as a life raft. so that the
sh~ipwrecked passenger need not worry
about the proper adjustment of the life
p%reserver, but may cling to his chair
for support. The chair is made in ac-
c~orlance with the United States steam
boat inspection laws regarding life
rafts of this type. sc that a steamer
provided with these chairs would not
have to be equipped with the usual
bulky life RATS now required. Thus
every chair will be a life raft and every
life raft could be used as a chair i'll
stead of ~uselessly occupying valuable
storage space.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

"eH Ps>N al NHS
respect and esteem of all Americans.
As the court of last resort of the re-
public the nine justices of the supreme
court possess powers which have no
parallel among the courts of other ma
tons. 1t has been said that the con-
stitutional convention of 17S7 scarcely
realized the great powers it conferred
upon the supreme court in creating
that body and that if it had and the
people Of the states had understood the
same the constitution might not have
been adopted. so great was the jeal-
ousy of the states at that time as to
the powers they themselves claimed.
1t is generally recognized today as the
most august body of the kind in exist
nee. 1t is the balance wheel by which
the affairs of the nation in it's relation
to the states are kept in order and is
the final Judge Of the validity Of all
laws passed by congress or by the leg
islatures Of the several states when
brought to the test Of the constitution
of the United States. The lawmakers
at Washington stand in wholesome
fear of its powers. and in the discus
sion now in progress on the railroad
rate bill every effort is being put forth
by friends Of railway rate reform to
frame Il measure which will pass the
inspection of the supreme court.
The court has made several decisions
recently which are considered to
strengthen greatly the interests of the
people when opposed Ivy the power Of
corporations. Some Of these decisions
relate to Interpretation Of the anti
trust law. and one suStains the conten-
tons made by the city of Chicago in
its contest with traction corporations.
thereby creating a precedent for the
guidance OF other judges in the de
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

Irene. They landed at Newport in 1900.
During the reign of terror the younger
son, Eleuthere Irene. was in retirement
ut Essone. where the government pow
der works We're located. and there be-
came Il student under the great chem
list I.avoiSsier and examined the proc
esses by which powder was produced.
This knowledge served him in good
stead Oh arriving in this country. His
attention was called to the bad charac-
ter of the powder in use by the .Ameri-
establish a plant for manufacture of
this much needed article. Thomas def
ferson invited him to locate in Virginia.
but on account of the existence OF slav-
cry in that state and also in Mary
land he chose Delaware instead and in
1902 brought models and machinery
from France II set up the original
plant on the Brandy wine. \ short time
afterward the elder Du Pont. who had
returned to France, assisted in the ne
gotiationS which resulted in the trans
fer Of Louisiana territory to the United
States. He remained in France until
1916, but died in 1917 at the family
home near Wilmington. The great pow
der making industry founded by T.. l..
Du Pont has remained for Il hundred
years in the hands of the nu pont
family, When Il. l. Du ront died in
1854 he WAS succeeded as head of the
business 10y his son. Alfred pu Pon,.
who In turn was succeeded on his
death in 1850 by his brother. General
Henry u. Du Pont. His son, General
Henry \. Du ront. is perhaps the most
distinguished living member of the
family. He was Il Union soldier in the
civil war. was brevcttcd four times for
distinguished services and galluutry
III action and won Il congressional
medal Of honor. He claimed election
to the United States senate from Della
ware in 1890. but was not seated owin-
to the famous factional contest which
tor several years has prevented bella
ware from having more than one repre-
sentative in the upper branch of CON,
kress. He Is one Of the most powerful
OF Edward :. Addicks' opponents. The
present head Of the powder firm is T..
Coleman nu Pont. The late Rear .\d
miral Samuel Francis Du pont. son Of
Victor and grandson Of Pierre Samuel
Du Font de Nemours. WAS II Of the
most conspicuous Of the naval officers
on the Union side in the civil way. aud
another Du Pont. I.ammot. rendered
the Union cause great service.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

ever. no marriage took place ut that
time. While he was trying i arrange
for IL the young lady in the case
called up her father by telephone. and
he put In a protest, as the result of
which they both returned to st. Louis
without being married. Then the
daughter was packed off in haste to
the California home Of the family ut
Pasadena. There followed Il race
half the continent between the
lieutenant and the more or less per-
turbed parent. Papa Busch took a sre-
cial train, but the young officer got
there first and persuaded the fair Will
helmina to permit a second attempt ut
matrimOny to he made. The marriage
"a duly solemnized.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Cheap at the Price.

Old Mrs. Mullins was pretty rich, but
rather parsimOniOus. She attended
church regularly, but what she put into
the collection plate vas hardly worth
mentioning. One Sunday at dinner
after the old lady had returned with
her small grandson from the morning
service her daughter asked the natural
question, "IIow was the sermony"
Poor" said Grandma Mullins en-
phatica!ly. mighty poor"
But, grandma" said the little boy.
what could you expect for a cent?
WOman's Home Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Concerning Platinum.

The worlds supply Of platinum dur
ing the year 1904 was about $500
pounds. $4,000 pounds Of which came
from Russia. The United States pro
duced 200 ounces valued at S4.lG
All Of this came from California and
Oregon. the Wyoming mine having Il $
pended operations. The price Of plat.
mum increased 10 per cent during the
year. According to Dr. David T. Day
Of the United States geological! survey.
the outlook for m increased production
10 good. The present price Of platinum
-$20.5O an o%unce-is the highest which
this metal has reached In recent years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
MAJOR GENERAL WOOD.
His Rapid Rise In the Army and
Bra ve Record.

Major General LeO,;.rl Wool. WHO
has been criticised on account OF ~
attack upon the Moros in the %I:'.i'
of Mount !'ajo. has had Il remarkable
career. and his rapid promotion in Tie
army has made for him many capli"..
His advancement: 70 the rank Of ~.
President Mckinley a.roGsc! much crit
icism, and when President Roosevelt
advanced him to the major generals
rank the hostile comments broke out
afresh. General Wood is rot a grad
uate of West Point and was Il surgeon
In the army at the beginning of The
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Calculating Man.

II don't like young DR.. Oprates." re-
marked the timid young thing.
mo: And WhyY"
"The other evening he called, and by
and by he squeezed my hand and said
something sentimental. and just as l
was trying to look demure and to blush
l discovered that he had his finger on
my pulse to see whether or not l was
really affected by his a~ttentions."-
Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
During the Record R0ce.

The dark goggled, leather jacketed
chauffeur lowered his head like a ram
and chuckled with glee.
I'VE are now going at 100 miles an
hour!" he shrieked.
"Great Hercules!" gasped the novice
at his side. Isn't there a chance Of an
accident?"
Fear not! Don't you see that we
carry emergency tiresT"
IL know, but I'D feel better If
we had a few emergency arms and
heads along"
But the chauffeur laughed demoniac-
ally and turned the curve on one wheel.
Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
The KiCker'S Horse
Editor Gets Even
Tired Of Working For SO Per, He
Takes Advantage Of Helso's Alb
sence and Shows Him Up.

fCopyright, 1906, by E. c. Parcells.l
n Tote to the Public.-We are not
M the editor of the Kicker, the
buffer and blowhard who is
heard from week to week. but
the horse editor, who has been grind
Ing his life out for the princely salary
of 50 per and Is now left in charge
while the other man is sloshing around
the country. 1t is the only chance that
has come to us to get even. and we
promptly take advantage of it. II it
don't take Jim Hellso a whole year to
explain away certain things we are 60
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
A N LIFE RAFT,
Novel Combination OF Deck Chair
and Life P~rexerver.

ana LIE TFe~erVer.
In the picture herewith shown is IL
Illustrated a novel chair adapted for use
on pleasure boats and passenger steam
ers. The chair is Of the ordinary fold
Ing camp chair type. consisting Of two
parts hinged together and on which the
seat is supported. The back Of the
chair is hollow, forming a receptacle
for a life preserver of the common cork
type. The receptacle Is closed by q 'iG.
which provides a water tight covering.
Recent disasters have proved that
cork life p~reservers must not be expos
ed to the weather or they will soon rot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Below the Horizon.

"Jenks seems to he prosperous now.
He says his income just at present is
out Of sight"
Il should think it would be; he lives
so far beyond it.'-Philadelphia Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25


in Giveadam Gulch. We won't give
25 cents. If they manage to get a
church here we shall take great pleas
ure in burning it down and in chewing
the ears off any galoot who comes
around asking questions. Wont the
editor hop when he reads the above!
His mother belongs to the Baptist be-
lief.)
While there are seven so called doc
tors in this town. six of them are such
them to pull a thorn out of a dogs foot.
The only real NJ. ID. in the lot is DR..
Ferguson. The others ought to be rid
den out Of town on a rail. (Dr. Fergu-
son is the biggest Quack of all. The ed
itor will have a circus with the other
six.)
If the postmaster general had the in
terests Of this community at heart he
wouldn't be over fifteen minutes re-
moving the galoot who has held the po-
sition of postmaster for the last three
years and who has been anything but
a credit to the service he represents.
Bounce him out, and the quicker the
better! CAS- the editor is also the post
master, the above will come to him red
hot.)
The Blue Hill Banner asks if there is
a Nero in Arizona. There is, and his
lame is Jim Hellso, editor of this pa
per and mayor of this town. He feels
that he carries the whole territory in
his vest pocket and that no one else has
any rights. Why don't the people rebel
and hang him to the nearest limb?
CHATS plum center. Jim, and how do
you like it3
The editor of this paper announces
the circulation Of the Kicker to be
about 100000 and gaining at the rate
Of 10000 a week. The true figures are
1850, and he hasn't put on seven new
subscribers in a year. Advertisers can
depend upon these figures being posi-
lively correct. Sorry to give the editor
away, but we can't do any lying on -
per week. He should have come up to
u figures when we asked him to, in
stead of saying that the honor alone
was worth $40 per week.
The only theater in this town is q
ramshackle old barn of a place, infest-
ed with rats as big as Jack rabbits, and
any theatrical company that would
play an engagement in it deserves to
no Shnt of Tho ctn~n I0D,,sf lot <L,
willy owner deceive you. (The above
theater is generally referred to by the
editor, who owns it, as Hellso's Opera
House. Everybody else refers to it as
4 Hellso of a place.)
The editor Of the Kicker has always
made Il great ado about his guns and
the way he bluffs this and that one.
We know it to be a fact that his nat
ural weapon is Il club and that when
he meets up with n shooter he Is ready
to take a back seat at once. No one
need be afraid Of him. 1t is true that
he owns two old guns, but they are
entirely for show. There's u full
house, Jim. Dare you call itD
On various occasions the editor of
this paper has referred to his esteemed
contemporary Of the Lop-Horn as a
driveling old idiot who graduated from
a cheese factory and whose weekly
Journal had a circulation Of less than
400. We take this opportunity to say
that Mr.. Titus is a learned man and
has q fine form and an intellectual
hhro In fart <horo e ~ <ho
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
mad For

Hewitt-Do you think women ought
to be allowed to attend prize fights:
Jewett-Well, certainly not marriedt'
women. They'd get too many POINTS
New York Press,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
Coming Changes
In Supreme Court

THE recent deci-
sion OF the
United States
supreme court on
the subject Of the
trusts and the an
ticipated changes
in the membership
Of the body have
drawn especial at
tention to the Judi
cial institution
which occupies so
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

We have been asked to subscribe
$500 toward building a Baptist church
in Giveadam Gulch. We won't give
25 cents. If they manage to get a
church here W. shall take great pleas
ure in burning it down and in chewing
the ears Off any galoot who comes
around asking questions. Wont the
editor hop when he reads the above!
His mother belongs to the Baptist be-
lief.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-07
VISITOR 4 VICTIM
OF APPENDICITIS

William McDougall of Truckee, Cal,
died last evening at the Queens Hos
pital following an opera ton for ap-
rendicitis on Friday, February 1.
The deceased, who was about fifty
years of age, arrived on the steamship
Sierra last week, accompanied by Mr..
Morris Franzini. Two days before
reaching Honolulu Mr.. McDougall was
taken quite i'll. The gentlemen regis
tered at the Hawaiian Hotel, and on
the night of their arrival Mr. McDoug-
ais Illness required consultation of
physicians. who diagnosed his case as
appendicitis. and he was removed to
the hospital, where the operation de-
veloped a very bad case.
The deceased had been a member of
the knights of Pythias, odd Fellows
and Eagles. and, with Mr.. Franzini.
these organizations will probably as
sumo charge of the remains. In all
probability the body will 10 embalmed
and shipped back to the Coast.
Mr.. McDougall and Mr.. Franzfni
were at one time partners in bust
ness. For some years they had been
engaged in business separately, ana
recently they decided to visit the is
ands together for a few weeks out
ng
sE sEsE ~ EaEsEsEsEsEsg
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-07

Ine chair invited any citizen present
to express his views upon any subject
that might occur to him and i'm re-
response George Markham delivered
an address thanking the board for
keeping the police patrol wagon i'm
commission
At 11:O6 p. m. the board adjourned
until the 18th inst
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-07
REFERRED
TO PETERS
Kauai Fruit and Land
Co, Asks for a
Charter.

An application, which was passed UP
To the Attorney General for his opin-
ion, was filed with Deputy Territorial
Treasurer Hapai yesterday for char
ter for the Kauai Fruit and Land Co,
Ltd. The President of the proposed
company is T. c. Davies, the vice
president is w. A. Kinney, the treas
urer is F. NJ. Swanzy, and the secre-
tary Ernest H. Wodehouse. The cap
ital stock is $4,000
1t is stated that the objects of the
incorporation are to raise and prepare
for market fruits and sugar, to erect
canneries, buy or acquire lands and
generally do all the things that a
plantation company or a fruit compa-
ny may find it convenient to do under
it's charter. And the proposed charter
contains this provision:
''All stock of the proposed corpora
ton issued prior to July l, 1908, shall
be subject to the right of the McBryde
Sugar Company, Limited, to acquire
and purchase the same from the orig
inal or any subsequent holder there
of at par, and an additional sum
equivalent to eight per cent. per an
mum, semi-annually, on said stock from
the Incorporation of this company to
the date said stock is taken over as
aforesaid; provided that the McBryde
Sugar Company, Limited, acquires and
pays for said stock on or before July
l, 1908.''
The next section provides that the
stock of the new corporation can be
called in by the directors thereof up
on the demand of the McBryde Sugar
Company and gives the directors pow
er to compel the return of such stock
by suit; and upon it's recovery to de-
liver it all to the McBryde Sugar Com
pany upon the payment of the stipu-
lated price.
There was some doubt in the mind
of the Deputy Treasurer as to his right
to issue a charter to a company thus
within a company, or rather to COM
pany whose charter made it subsidiary
to another corporation, and SO he pass
ed the matter up to the Attorney Cen
eral for his opinion on the law of the
case.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-07
COL, ALIENS
FUNERAL
A Large Attendance OF
Friends at the
Services.

A large concourse of friends attend
/ F. Allen yesterday afternoon at
o'clock at the family residence, corner
| of Victoria and Beretania streets. The
| services We're marked by the impress
/ sive rituals of the church and the Ma
| sonic order, the church taking charge
! at the residence and the latter at the
! cemetery.
| The casket rested in the par1or of
| the home laden and surrounded by
beautiful flowers. The family and in
| innate friends as well as the pallbear-
| ers and the quartet, occupied seats in
the parlor and the friends were ac-
commodated in the reception hall and
! on the lanais. A delegation of pupils
from both the girls and the boys
schools of Kamehameha, of which the
deceased had been a trustee, occupied
seats on the lanai and on the lawn.
Rev. DR.. William Morris Kincaid,
pastor of Central Union Church, read
the service at the house and offered
an impressive prayer The quartet,
consisting of Mrs. A. H Otis. Miss
Gertrude Hall, Mr. H F. Wichman
ana MI. Stanley I4lNlilSSlOI, sang Two
hymns, the final one being Lead Kind
ly Light"
The casket was then borne from the
residence to the waiting hearse by the
pallbearers, who were Messrs. F. A.
Schaefer, c. NJ Cooke. P. c. Jones, J.
o. Carter, S NJ Damon, F.. w. Mac
farlane, E. 1. Spalding and A. S. Cleg-
horn
Hawaii Lodge No. 81, F. and A. NJ,
which had been marshalled at the Ma
sonic Temple at 2:3O and taken to the
Allen residence in a special car, form |
ed the head of the procession to the !
Makiki cemetery. where the Masonic |
services We're held under the direction |
of WorshipfuI Master, Charles S. Hall. |
The remains We're cremated yester-
day and today the ashes will be given
private interment.