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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Pcdd!ers Get Relief Supplies.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.-Sup-
plies for the homeless and hungry sent
in by philanthropic and charitable
communities throughout the country
are being sold on the city streets by
licensed peddlers--licensed in the
sense that they hold permits to sell
which were issued by the municipal
license department before the great
fire.
This startling condition of affairs
was reported TO Chief Of Police Dinan
this morning by the department COM
manders from the various police dis.
tricts. To meet the emergency, Chief
Dinan directed that patrolmen be de.
tailed, mounted If necessary, with in.
struction to arrest every man found to
be engaged In such traffic.
The offenders will be turned over to
the military authorities until the civil
courts are prepared to take up their
cases, their ill.gotten supplies will be
confscated and turned into the nearest
commissary department and their
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
4 Deadly Texas Tornado.

FORT WORTH, April 27.-Thirteen
people were killed and a number SER
iously injured by q tornado which last
night swept over the little town OF
Bellevue, Texas. The place is practi.
cally destroyed. After the storm had
razed every building fire completed
the work of destruction. Only four
houses in the place are reported to
have escaped uninjured. The torna ado
covered an area eight miles wide and
destroyed farm houses and crops.
A carload of provisions has been
sent from Fort Worth and tents were
forwarded from Wichita Falls. The
property loss will probably reach
5000, 600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Hitchcock Prevents Land Steal.

WASHINGTON, April pa bold at
tempt on the part of band OF specula-
tors to obtain possession of the school
lands in Oklahoma. which have an ex.
tremely valuable deposit OF oil, has
been thwarted by the vigilance of Sec.
retary Hitchcock, backed by the house
conferees on the statehood bill. Sen.
ator Warren of Wyoming, it is al
legged, permitted himself to be used as
the instrument by which it had been
hoped to accomplish their spoliation.
In the last stages of the discussion
of the statehood bill in the senate,
Senator Warren introduced an amend
ment providing that where any part
of the sections of the land granted by
the act for school purposes had been
duly tried and claimed under the
United States mining laws, and where
the land so located was found to be
valuable for miners, such claims
might be perfected under the mining
laws and the state could select for
school purposes an equal quantity of
other land. The senate did not know
anything about the effect of the
amendmen. and it slipped through
with an ease which probably aston.
ished its author.
When Secretary Hitchcock read the
bill as it had passed the senate he saw
at once the effect of the Warren
amendment. Secretary Hitchcock is
of the opinion that the amendment is
the result of SYSTEM attic attempt by
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Children May Rebuild schools.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2,.--H. &.
mberlain, state director of the edu-
cational association of California,
has sent the following telegram to
Hon. Nathan c. Shafer, president of
the National Educational associ alton:
Galveston suggests that the school
children of America rebuild the San
Francisco schools, destroyed BY fire.
After the 1900 flood at Galveston the
schools of that city were so recon.
structed and for a time maint aimed
Nearly ~ of the school buildings OF
San Francisco were destroyed and
some $4,000 children are affected (.
Suggest you make direct appeal to all
school interests of the Uuited States,
asking school children for assistance
in reconstruction. TIE world sym.
pathizes with our sister city and she
is appreciative.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Troops For Police Duty.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The war
department has decided to send Gen.
eral Greeley at San Francisco the ad.
ditional $500 troops that he has asked
for to police the city. The troops, he
says, have maintained the highest
standing Of the American army but q
continuance of mental and physica
stress is not advisable in the presen,
high tension of the people. Accepting
an estimate OF 200, 900 destitute, there
is but one soldier for every hundred
people and the additional troops
asked for would give but two soldiers
per hundred.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Earthquake shocks Continue.

Los ANGELES, April PA long
distance telephone to this city from a
correspondent of the Associated Press
at Salinas, l2O miles south of San
Francisco, at 1890 o'clock this morn.
ing states that three heavy earth.
quake shocks were felt there last night,
one at s, another at $3.50 and the third
at O'Clock this morning. The shocks
lasted about four seconds each, but
so far as known did 40 damage.
The news could not be reported from
Salinas earlier because Of the lack Of
all communication. The damage at
Salinas from the earthquake OF last
week is in excess of $l,OOO,O 900. The
Saliua river is reported to have sunk
teu or twelve feet all along its course
for miles. Nearly all of the bridges
across the river have been condemned
and will have to be rebuilt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Idaho Wool Sales.

Boise, April 27.-Thc estimate has
been made by Governor Gooding of
Idaho that fully two thirds of the wool
in Idaho has been contracted for on
,he sheep'- back. The price has
ranged from - to 233 cents per pound.
No wool is now being sold for less
than % cents. The wool ging the
highest prices is from sheep in the
SODA Springs country. The governor
stated that the wool is of an excellent
grade this year and that he thought
there would be a large clip.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
WILL BUILD MODEL CITY.
The New san Francisco Will Re Built
Along Modern Lines.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-This
city Is being constructed along new
lines. A large corps OF engineers
have been placed at work preparing
plans which will make this city a
model one for the entire world. Many
streets will be widened, and parks and
boulevards will be provided which
will make a repetition of the disas.
trous fire impossible.
Assistance has come to the people
from all over the United States, and
it is expected that capital will come
when needed. Within a month Market
street will be lined with temporary
structures. The Chronicle building,
the spreckels building. the shreve
building, the San Francisco Stock Elk.
change. Crocker building aud the
Union Trust company's building can
all be repaired, and work has already
been begun on several of them. These
buildings mentioned are among the
finest in the city.
OF the 30, 200 who crowded the Gold.
en- Gate park Immediately after the
fire only about 5000 remain. All o1
these are being provided for. The
work Of housing people camped iu the
parks is going OF rapidly, but many
will be forced to live out of doors for
months to come. The hundred. oi
polling booths which the city has stored
away are being set up as shelters in
the parks.
A phen Omenal advance iu reuts has
occurred in the Fillmore street dis.
trict. Flats which formerly rented fol
S2o a month are now eagerly taken a,
Sl5O.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
teams will be placed At the disposal Of
the general relief committee.
AN ARMY OF LOOTERS.
San Francisco Ruins Being Searched For
Articles Of Value.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2S.-Greater
in number than the military forces
guarding the lives and property in
this city, is the army of looters that
has taken possession Of San Fran
cisco. From early in the morning
until late at night every boat from
across the bay brings hundreds Of
people whose sole purpose in visiting
the city Is to dig among the ruins and
carry of such articles OF value 80
they are able to fnd, with q small
amount OF exercise. Laden with suit
cases. bags and satchels, they come,
eager to grab from the streets and
houses anything that may have possi-
BILE historical or pecuniary value.
Toward nightfall they went their way
across the bay. carrying the heavy
profits of their days labor.
Although strict orders were given at
the beginning Of the military rule that
all persons detected in the act of loot.
ing should be shot, the rigor of these
regulations has been relaxed and now
the army Of looters is in full posses
sion of the blackened ruins. Through
out old Chinatown and along Kearny
street, where bazaars filed with orien.
tai wares once stood, I! the harvest Of
loot has been particularly rich. Men,
women and children, fearing neither
the presence OF theS military nor the
danger or tumbling walls, sw arm about
the ruins with great profit to them.
selves. In many OF thu. Chinese and
Japanese stores, when the fire ap.
preached the proprietors buried
large part Of their stock in the base
ments, intending to return after the
fire had passed and recover what they
could. They never came back. The
terrors Of rocking earth and the sweep
of flames were too much for their orr
entail minds.
But the looters came, and every
thing Of any use or value has been
carried away.
The merchants who hoped 10 cave
something out Of which they could re.
establish themselves, will never find
any of the stock they left, except by
searching through the homes where
the looters dwell. The work. of the
looters has not been confined1alone to
the ruins of stores and houses. Many
residences have been "worked over"
and articles Of gold, silver and china
carried away. The banks have es.
tablished guards upon their premises,
but very few of the owners of homes
have taken this precautiou.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
WILL NEED MILLIONS.
san Francisco Authorities Consider Plans
For Securing Necessary Funds.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.--The
second Sabbath since the fateful April
lS has served as a clearing house in
the affairs o: this ruined city. While
the oldtime quietude is missing, the
day has witnessed less of the excite.
ment, confusion and clamor of its i'm.
mediate predecessors, and the com.
munity at large has been enabled to
make q clamer survey of the stu alton
and to enter into more intelligent
and rational preparation for the fu.
ture.
At meeting today, at which were
present James D. Phelan. chairman OF
the finance committee and some promi.
neut lawyers and bankers, q plan was
broached for financing the city, which,
it Is hoped, will meet with the indorse.
ment of the general committee. 1t
being estimated that the city has suf-
fered a loss Of at least S2OO, ,OOO, 600 by
fire, it is conceded that there is no,
sufficient money in San Francisco to
reconstruct the city, aud that the peo'
pie here must look elsewhere for funds
to rehabilitate their destroyed for.
tunes. Mr.. Phelan said that If the
money is borrowed through ordinary
channels the rate of interest will add
burden to necessarily increased tax.
alton that will be too heavy to bear.
The plan of Mr.. Phelan is to frame
legislation to present to congress ask
ing the United States to indorse the
proposed bonds of San Francisco.
With this guarantee of the movement
the city will be able to 20 into the fl
nancial markets of the world and
borrow the needed money at ? or q
per cent, the bonds to run for so years,
and constitute q mortgage on the best
portion of the city. Mr.. Phelan as.
serted that such legislation would not
be new in congress. 1t was by vir.
tually such measures that the Central
Pacific and Union Pacific railro ads
were built, aud more recently by like
legislation that railroads in the Phil.
ippines became assured to the people
of the islands.
The work of furnishing the neces.
saries Of life to the homeless aud needy
continues with more system and with
unabated energy. but, despite the care
OF the officials at the head of the bu.
reaus, complaints are received fire..
quently of oversights in supplying
stations. However, these errors are
quickly rectified. Tomorrow the Red
Cross people expect to have their in.
dividual ticket system in operation,
and this will facilitate the plans of the
army in preventing abuses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
THE TEXAS ANTITRUST LAW.
May he Enforced Against Meat Packer.
ana Other Combines.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 26.-As q re-.
suit OF an antitrust investig alton
made by Judge j. H. Lightfoot, as.
sistant to the attorney general, q
antitrust suits have been filed:in the
Twenty-sixth district court by the
state involving penalties OF S17,0O0,.
600. 1t is sought by the state to for.
felt the charters and permits of the
Forth Worth Livestock exchange and
all its members: the Fort Worth
Stocky ards company, Armour 4 Co.,
and Swift & Co. These corporations
are charged with maintaining mo-
nopoly and conspiracy in restraint Of
trade.
CHICAGO, April 26.-Prosecution of
the suit against the Armour and Swift
interests in Texas for the purpose of
securing q ST., ,OOO, 900 penalty for vic.
lation of the antitrust laws may re-
suit in the closing of all packing
plants in Texas and the withdrawal of
Chicago packing concerns from that
state, says the Chronicle.
This was the announcement made
last night bp officials of the Swift and
Armour companies in discussing the
effect OF the suits brought against
them yesterday by the attorney gen.
eral of Texas. The officials declared
last night the packing business in
Texas was just being put upon pro.
per business basis and that it was still
in an experimental stage. The Off.
cials declare the effect of the with.
drawing of business in Texas has been
considered several times when the
Chicago concerns have been harassed
by multiplicity of suits and that the
litig alton for sl2,000.000, ii pushed,
will be followed by the execution of
the plans which have been in con.
temptation.
The withdrawal of the Chicago com.
panies from Texas would mean the
loss of work to five thousand employees
and the removal OF an investment OF
81, ,000, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Canal Contracts Awarded

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The sec.
retary of the interior has aw arded the
contract for division No. 2 on the
main canal OF the lower Yellowstone
irrigation project in Montana and Da-
kota, to D. H. Freeman 4 Co. OF ST.
Cloud. The contract calls for 10, 600
cubic yards of earth, l5O, 900 yards of
overhaul, and 500 feet of terra Gotta
pipe. The contract price is s25l $40.
Division No. 4 of the same project
was awarded to II. c. Delaney of Will.
liston, North Dakota, for the sum Of
$88,O9l. This contract calls for the
excavation OF $4,000 cubic yards of
earth and $1,000 yards of overhaul.
The contr acts were let once before,
but were not carried out by the con.
tractors. In the present instance
everything is satisfactory and it is ex.
pected that the work will be rushed
ah cad as fast as possible.
Fine Book and Job Printing O spe.
cialtv at the RIVER Press office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02

committee and Red Cross funds, as
the disbursing BODY is now known,
voted 800. 600 this afternoon to Oak.
land. Rev. +. c. Yorke was author
lied to draw S25. 900 for the relief
work he is doing across the bay. At
previous meeting $4,000 had been
voted to Berkeley. This is in line
with the announced policy of allotting
a part OF the relief fund to the cities
that are housing and feeding the peo.
pie of San Francisco.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
MILES OF RUINS.
Sixty Thousand Buildings Were Destroys d
In San Francisco Fire.

SAN FRANCISCO, April pa map
just published here of the burnt dis.
trict shows an area covering 453 city
blocks. Ill of which are south of
Market street and 342 at the north
end: 1t is estimate tn at the buildings
destroyed will be in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
a we'll known engineer states that
the area destroyed by the fire in San
Francisco approximates 10000 acres,
or about fifteen square miles. With
in this fifteen square miles we're nearly
one hundred banks, some OF the finest
in the world, thousands ofimercantile,
manufacturing and other establish.
ments, and more than 250,000 inhabi.
tants, besides several thousa and tran.
sients.
The aggregate of fatalities will
probably not exceed 700 and will Ger.
tainly not exceed 1000. Notwith-
standing the enormous and widespread
destruction, the homes of 10000 peo.
pie are still standing, practically un-
injured. There still remain the ship
yards at the Potrero, the Pacific Mail
docks, the stockyards at South San
Francisco, the docks, manufacturers
along the water front from Mission
Creek to Hunters Point, the mint, the
postottice and large retail district on
nd oIo
1t was roughly estimated yesterday
that rations for 349,44 had been dis.
tributed during the day. The estimate
was based on an average of the dis.
tribution of several of the centers of
food supply. At the Grant school
provisions were given out to 672 peo.
pie an hour for ten hours, and from
those figures and others compiled from
other stations, the general total was
deduced.
Representatives of the Western Meat
company have made report to the
relief committee that they are in q
position at once to go ahead at their
normal output to supply San Francis.
CO with fresh meat. Damage to
slaughter houses has been repaired
and killing and dressing of beef is
progressing rapidly. There are now
in the yards of the company 1,50O head
of cattle, 5000 sheep and 500 hogs.
More than 200 head of cattle are being
killed and dressed daily. The full
complement of the plant is at work.
All cattle cars are being rushed to the
city by the Southern Pacific on special
orders.
Three of the handsomest buildings
in the business district of the city are
to be restored as soon as men and
material can be secured. The first oi
these buildings is the St. Francis
hotel, the second Is the Crocker build
ing and the third Is the Shrieve build.
ing. All these structures were Quilted
from cellar to root by fire, but un.
harmed by the earthquake. Their re-
construction will consist of practically y
nothing but q replacing OF floors.
partitions and fittings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02
Cigarette Law Is Invalid.

ISDlANAPOLIs, April y. - The
Parus cigarette law has been declared
invalid by the supreme court. The
court Interpreted the law as meaning
that it is illegal to sell cigarettes or
keep them for sale, but it is not illegal
to smoke them and it is not illegal to
bring them into the state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02

az organization of land-grabbers to
secure possession OF pieces of school
land which contain these valuable dc.
pOsits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-02

Fine Book and Job Printing o spe.
cia]tv at the RIVER Press office
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-02-01

mo; he hadn't the honesty. But he
which was tantamount TO confessingl
Every one will cut him now. I'm glad
beast that he isI'
Miss Winthrop in her indignation was
pacing the room. Mrs. Sedden put out
her hand TO stop her.
Connie, dCsl'tl Between u and / MI
Brinton was with me-"
Mss Winthrop stood, one sDeechless
question.
james came in at T." Mrs. Seddln
said. 'He was drunk-Oh, quite drunk.
1 was asleep, and he woke me. II. ac-
cused ne of-of talking too much with
young Stanford, of-Of flirting, o--af Z
don't know what. He struck me Then
he turned me ont OF my room and chased
me down the steps and out Of The house,
Just as 7 vas. Mr.. Brlnton had been
smoking in tae verauda. lie caught NO
with me as I ran ana saw That ] got safe
~ to AIRS. Martin at the lodge. / was g.
all night, a-d he fetched things from Che
village drug store. Mrs. Giartiu--I should
have died had it not been for Mrs. Mar
tin dear old Mrs. Martin, Of whom / have
made such fun And then. when -..-
better, he came back aud-climaai into tic
ho-se by q window and opened the door
to me SO that no one should know. he
promised he would not tell So did 1Irs.
Martin. IF James heard, ] t.:iuk he would
XIII me-"
When after 81 long silence Mrs. EeIzau
looked I'D, 1Li'5 Winthrop was gone.
For a moment she stood i'm the passage
outside the door her heart thra'alu..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-02-01
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
l offer for sale

FARM OF 147 ACRES, 5 miles from Oakland; good
Groom House; plenty of water over 50 acres cleared;
about IS of grass Orchards, bearing; over Is
acres of White Oak Timber; R. F. D. mail service
COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS for sale at Mt Lake Park
HOUSE AND LOT Oak Street. Oakland for sale or
rent. House of rooms-Lot 5oxI5o feet, with
Stable and all necessary Outbuidings
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also 3 DWELLING
HOUSES on Liberty Street. with good water and all
necessary outbuildings.
HOUSE LOT on Wilson Street. House of 10 rooms;
good water. Lot 50 feet front. Best Outbuildngs
i'll Oakland.
A VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakland-alI under
fence containing 81 acres; about rs under cultiva-
ton; fine Orchards and about II acres in small
Fruit Houses very good Well and never failing
Spring. very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming. Can be bought at low price just now
have for sale IS of the very best Building Lots in the
which l will sell for cash-or S. down and SIS
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than miles of Oakland which can be bought at
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is well watered with stream and
several good springs.
II MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at S. down and
S. per month.
If you want cash for your Real Estate Real Estate
for your cash. let me hear from you.
Dsg-For further particulars call on or address
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-02-01


some day
Then I shall never get married"
ooh, 1 think girls ought to marry.
But I do think" added Mrs. Soldcn,
"lhat mothers ought to tell girls a 1t
tie more what men aye like It's very
difficult for a girI at first a mans
standard is SO different from what she's
accustomed to-"
We'll, I'm not Door, AMI I'm also
good looking. or SO 1 have been told, 50
I've had al good many offers. but /
never met the man yet for whom Ia
sell my liberty"
Miss Constance Winthrop paused be
fore the mirror. with her back to Mrs.
Sedden, and smoothed "a coil of her
glossy hair.
You know, she went on, Mr.. Brin-
ton asked me last fail, when he came
up to New York for the horse show
the brute. SO I don't see how I can
stay. Can Il"
Docs it matter 50 much: You can
Keep out Of his way, and ! don't see
how ever l shall manage for all these
men without YOU You did promise
you'd help me-
s J 5 VIZ -. l'' , MSS W ~ 'itLo pat
- i,,''iJ an ,'' '-'ii'' 'ei9
put Up with him for weeks at time
''''' Us, ~ i''''' loi d ie" ''''S' ne ;
go" u''h worse 'i''h you lnillh'
Lnousn' Nary Aou say ne mas only
Detn Il H''Ie via ! c,'II MN l"St-
poSl.lNeE uli!'efeS'InSI| 50.
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,o,,.so,f I r,, g ,a. l,'ol,o '''e( t ~,
fo ba,.,, f. o., ~. ,,o,,,. I,,,sI,a,,d ro,. ~.
o,,' Tor,,,, Tn, arrai1 ~ T,f',iI ,-,Ia+
We tb,u do If ,y.in,,r,,t ,1oo',,,,+ WV,
tha Ciuh sf,I-os Tfr,,,,,. cav, ,,o.s sara
IN bn+ if en,,tI,i,,,, WOW, r., fan,o,, lin,
Wish If were All over.
Saddon camn into tba roam, viii,
Brinton and into,runtod
we arc about to ipenact tha ,.,cino
stud" he said loudly. win either Of
Won cnn,a aIone or bofbq"
ScddoD owned = racing sind but if
was characteristic of the man that he
shoI1Il ALWAYS tan; 1oudIr ol,.o,.. folk
money and the cost of things and al
ways give the highest sounding name
he could to any of his possessions.
Constance would 90 anywhere at any