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MITCHELL,
Leader of
The Miners

IN be an important factor III de-
Gliding such Il question as to
>trike or not to strike means
much responsibility and much
nerve racking anxiety when great in
dustries like that Of coal mining are
involved. TO ON the position of John
Mitchell. president of the United Mine
Workers of America. may seem an
easy one. To some it may seem that
all he has to DO is to travel around and
make speeches to gatherings of work
ingrnen and to hohnob with coal baro,s
and railway magnates when there is
strike talk in the air. as ut present. but
that is a very erroneous view of the
case. Ia bear upon ones shoulders re-
sponsihility for the welfare Of 800 900
workmrn and the wives and c!lildre.!
dependent on their labor Is no small
thing.
The wti-Mt of S;.ci, q burden has
pressed sorcly upon Mr.. Mitchell since
the negotiations between the coal op-
orators and miners began. and his faa-.
tulNS II'l'' SIN'l tN lNl'ilNt vi tlc SllIIIl
he has heen under. From his home in
Indiana his wife iourleyed to New
York in order 20 he lear him and give
him such support as only Il wife can
when Il husband is under severe men
tai stress. Not long 40 Mr.. Mitchell
was offered Il nomination for congress-.
but he would not take il. He said he
had resolved To devote himself to au-
VallcinC the cause OF labor and did not
propose to turn aside from that task.
There have been rNnlors from time to
time that this or thai federal Office wnt
to he rendered Mr.. Mitchell as IL ~, re-
sentative OF the Wagv Garner. but all
Such rllmor~ have proved %unfoundcl.
and the labor iaaipr las conc alone in
his chosen FAITH. working for the bet
terincnt Of conditions IN the world Of
labor ana especially in that part under
his jurisdiction as head of Il great
workin@n"r'S organization.
President Mitchell has Il smooth shay
on face AID has such Il look of s~eriolS
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ness, If not of solemnity, that it Is
often said he ought to have been Il
priest. For Il time he wore Il mus
tache, which changed materially the
aspect Of his features, but he has re-
turned to the shaven upper lip.
Though he is II man very much in ear
nest. he can see the humorous side of
things. He was once discussing Il GER
tain English tinancier whose views. he
said. reminded him Of Marshall Saun-
ders of Brailwood.
"BraidwOod is an Illinois town. and
l passed my boyhood there" said Mr..
Mitchell. "Marshall Saunders had Il
ane apiary. He raised good bees ami
good honey. 1t was II pleasure to visit
his neat, well painted city Of hives.
Marshall had an inquiring mind. and
he would sometimes ask himself
strange questions. One of the Ques-
tons lie continually asked himself was
! this:
"'llave amy right to rob these bees
Of their honey
And for Il long time he could o
answer that question to his own salts
faction. Finally, though, he found an
answer. | heard him tell it to his
friends with pride.
81 1897 to feel mean he said.
about robbing the beehives. but after
thinking the matter over | see now I'm
in the right. II it wasn't for me talk
ing the honey. all them bees would b,
out OF work the whole of next sum-
mer.'"
MIR. Mitchell added that it did not re-
Quilr, Il great stretch of the lnla.ina-
ton to apply the story to the nhilan-
thropy of some capitalists and political
economists.
President Mitchell has several chill
dren himself, and he is much interest
ed in giving the boys who work in the
mines Il better chance to get Il start
In life. He toiled in the mines as Il
boy of thirteen and knows what It
means for Il lad who ought to be at
school to be so employed. Once he al
dressed Il meeting where many of the
breaker boys were present. and he said
afterWarh:
II was shocked and almost lost my
grip ut times as | saw those eager eyes
peering ut me from pale little faces.
and well. there are some things Il
man cannot forget. That fight had Il
new meaning to me. | felt that | was
fighting for the boys: fighting Il battle
for innocent childhood: battling to get
!or those brave little follows n chance
In life. felt that II | might he weak
In .>,,, :.- ~ - o.
those little lads"
The labor leader can he very elo-
Quent from fitting occasions. He has
a strong SWAY over the men who look
| to him for guidance.
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B0WSerS Spends
Sad Evening
The Death of His Old Friend
Joe Birdsal Affects Him
Very Much.
WERE BOYS TOGETHER
sarts to Make 1t Unpleasant For Other
Folh-TacNe' a Neiehbor For
?la-, a Banjo.

Copyright, 1896, by Mcclure, Phillips & Col
N RS. BOWSER was hiding be-
I\v bind the hall door when Mr..
~ Bowser arrived home the other
evening. and as he entered she
gave him Il start by clapping a hand
on his shoulder. She laughed merrily
at his surprise. but he looked at her in
a solemn way and said:
1--WE will have no joking this evening.
l do not feel in the mood"
HAS anything bad happened today!'
she queriel.
every bad. indeed"
"What is it,"
Mr.. Rowser shook his head in a
mournful way and heaved Il long sigh,
and there was Il break in his voice as
he said:
ALIAS. my old friend Joe Rirdsall is
no more: | got word this afternoon
that he died III Texas Il month ago"
And who in the lands name Is Joe
Hir1sall: ! don't think l ever heard
you mention his namc."
Mr.. Howsor led the way down to the
dining room without answering. He
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GTosvenOr and. becoming convinced
that the doughty warrior and states
man was in no haste to asst it from
him. decided on taking it by force.
He carried the day ut the nominating
convention by Il vote OF Is to 20. The
char2" was a.terward made that Gen
erll GruSEnnor'S ~liclrtenants tried to
bride those Of Mr.. Douglas ana that
the sum OF $1,000 was passed over to Il
certain delegate upon the expectation
that he would bring to the Erosvenor
standard 4 stated number of votes.
According to the story, this man took
the money. swung the delegation to
Douglas and then handed back the
bride. On the other hand, General
GroSvcuor has declared that it was IA
SNAP" convention. packed by his enc
mics. Mr.. Douglas in his address to
the nominating convention declared
for tariff revision, control of railway
rates and reform In party organiza-
ton. He is II native Of Chillicothe. is
lfty-four years old. graduate Of
Kenyon college and the Harvard law
school and has been prosecuting attor-
ney of his county.
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AoONNS 0Hol A]hA@
CITY.
present prays the Almighty to avenge
the blood of the prophet Joseph Smith
upon the nations. 1t is argued that a
Man who takes such an oath as this
cannot consistently serve in a position
Of high responsibility in the national
government. 80.
Testimony has been given against
the Mormons of Utah during the pres
ent session of congress not only by
gentiles and former Mormons. but by
members of the sect which claims to be
the original and true Mormon church.
The headquarters Of the sect Is IMmo-
nj. Ia. and it is there that it's presi-
dent. Joseph Smith. resides. He is said
to be the eldest son Of the Joseph Smith
who originated Mormonism and claims
to be the lattcr's Legitimate ecclcsiastic-
al successor. He is now seventy-twO
years old. The quarrel between these
two branches of MormoniSm dates
back many years and has to do with
Incidents connected with the stormy
experiences of h Latter Day Saints
In Illinois in the early part Of the last
century. The sect which has it's head
quarters in Iowa terms itself 18th"
ReOrganiZed Church Of Jesus Christ Of
Latter Day Saints" and its members
do not call themselves Mormons. They
do not practice %polygamy and have
sent missionaries to Utah to preach
against the doctrine. According to the
testimony OF II of these men. Elder
e. G. Briggs. he had to call for tho
laws protection against Salt Lake City
MOrmons when he undertook to dc
nOunce the institution of polygamy, Il
circumstance which. it Is alleged, inui-
Gated approval of the doctrine by the
Mormon leaders in Utah. President
Smith and other officers of the so called
"Original" or reformed branch Of the
Latter Day Saints gave important tes-
tlmony against the Utah Mormons be-
fore the senate COMMITTEES.
Other important witnesses were
Charles 4. Smurthwaite of Ogden,
Utah. 4 director of the Beck Salt
works. who became an apostate be-
cause he was driven II Of business by
the apostles trust and Professor
Walter n. Wolfe. former teacher OF
geology in Brigham Young's college ut
Logan, who was communicated be-
cause he did no pay his tithes and
also, rs the witness claimed. because
he opposed polygamy. Mr.. Smurth-
waite alleged that an additional cause
for his apostasy was n falling out he.
had with President Joseph +. Smith.
This was due to the fact that he sus-
pected that "grafting' was going on
among thea apostles and asked them to
make an accounting Of funds in their
possession, a request which Was re-
fused.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
MOrmOn(Sm
lind the Case Of
Reed Smoot

T is just three years since the SEN
ate committee OIL privileges and
elections took up the question of
the right of Reed Smoot of Utah
to occupy Il seat in the upper branch
Of congress. All this time the inquiry
has been in progress at intervals. and
the country is expecting a report Oh
the subject before the close of the pres
ent session. The chairman of the COM
mittee, Senator Burrows of Michigan,
says he will insist that a report lie
made before the members of congress
again go to their homes and the wheels
of legislation again cease to grind. In
the course of the investigation many
interesting and startling facts have
been elected about MormOnism and the
practices of it's adhercnts. Huge petit
tons have been presented to the senate
against the retention of Mr.. Smoot as
q member of that body. Only tn" other
day Senator Perkins of California pre-
sented n signed by several thousand
women of the state from which he
halls, and simultaneously Senator Pat
tersOn of Colorado offered one signed
by thousands of members of the @e.l-
tie sex who reside in the Centennial
State.
The testimony before the ~couunittn"
has brought out Il great many th.a-+
which throw light on the operations f
the Mormon hierarchy. bat The CUE
ton upon which the proceedings turn
is that Of whether Mr.. Sm"yt can 'r
loyal TO both IL" Mormon religion AMI
his oath rs Il senator ut one and tilu
BaMe time. Those who oppose hi; re-
tentiOn of his seat urge that lhr Mo-
mon hierarchy upholds still ,ir pr.,c-
tice Of poly-alny and thereby lrtics tie
laws of the land which Smop1 in his
oath as senator SWearS to sustain. They
also urge that in the endowment house
ceremony. through which Siioot has
gone Il number of times. each member
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
LADY LAWSON
English Woman Journalist and Her
Visit In the Orient.

English Woman Journalist and Her
Visit In the Orient.
Lady X. Lawson. the distinguished
English woman journalist. has been
passing through the United States on
her way home from Il prolonged stay In
the orient. Her tour included Japan,
where she had II photograph taken
while in tho picturesque costume of the
mikado's country. but her longest visit
was to India. where she was greatly in
terested In the study medical scientists
have been giving to the subject Of
cures for the cobra bite and for the
plague. So many thousands of persons
perish annually in India from these
causes that the matter possesses the
greatest Importance. At last the inves-
tigators have discovered an antitoxin
which is said to be Il sure cure for the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH.
R0ckefeller's Gift to Ala Fight
AgnfnSt Disease.

Medical ANA scicll,.!ic i..rl the world
over are eXppctin. .:ai GRANT results
from the re rarcleS 10 be undertaken
In a lar-c ;,ld i'm, oSin- structure
which may low b. scan in New York
city uion ~ site IA tie u.,nar part Of
Manhattan ir..... ctllLlai.uil!- Il fine
view of the I.ayt river. 1t is Il site
u,loE which once stood The colonial
mansion OF Governor De Witt Clinton.
hut thu historic Gruuld is now 10 afford
an abiding place for the Rockefeller In
stitute For Medical Research. Eventu-
ally there will be Il group Of buildings
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
we SAT ON THE SAME BENCH"

sat down with a sigh. carved the steak
with a grOan, and it was only after he
had taken a bite Of mashed potatoes
that he replied:
Joe Birdsall was the playmate of
my boyhood days. We sat on the same
bench together in school. We loved the
same girl. We padded in the same
brook. We were like brothers. There
was never a more loyal friend. and now
he's-he's dead"
ITS funny that you have never men
toned him since we were married.
observed Mrs. BOwser after puzzling
over it.
Some things are too sacred to men
tion,' was the reply. accompanied by
a sorrowful shake Of the head.
Il think l have heard mother men
ton the mans name. When he was a
boy he was red headed and freckled
faced. wasn't hey"
NO. ma'ain. he wasn't! Ii your
mother says he was. she ought to have
her ears boxed"
But he was cross eyed and had n
wArt on his chin"
Joe Was II Reader Of Character.
Not by Il blamed sight: Look here,
woman. | don't propose to sit here and
hear Il dead man insulted. About the
time l proposed for your hand Joe saw
| you for the first time. He was a great
band to read character"
And he read mine. l suppose"
"He did. He said YOU We're flippant
and heartless and that If married you
l would regret it to my dying day"
I'm sorry he's dead. l should like
to thank him for his words. No won.
der he passed away. 1t was too much
of Il strain on him to read character"
Mr.. Bowser glared across the table
at her, but made no reply. The next
ten minutes passed In silence. and then
they roSe and went up to the sitting
room. He did not mean to speak to
her again that evening, but after Il few
minutes n sigh escaped him, and he
said:
"Joe's last thoughts We're of me.
Half an hour before he died he said
he wished we We're boys together again
and sliding downhill."
How did it happen that he never
visited us?" asked Mrs. BOwser.
Because he felt grieved that l mar.
ried and left him alone In the world,
We had pledged our solemn word to
remain old bachelors"
How romantic. should think you
wOull feel conscience stricken over II
and bring his body up here where you
could weep over his tombstone"
Mr.. Rowser flushed mp and was about
to say something red hot in reply when
| the words were arrested on his lips by
| the sounds of a banjo next door. The
player played Il few bars Of a topical
song and shuttled his feet in time.
by the nineteen lophornel cows Of
Wisconsin. 10 you hear that? My
friend Joe Rirdsall is lying in his lone
" Texas grave. and some villain next
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tended to represent IN idea. suggest
something in the history or character
Of the nation or remind of the great
ness Of other races and civilizations.
Over the arch of the main entrance is Il
head Of columbia" by Vincenzo Alamo.
To the right and left Of it are heads Of
panthers. to represent the most i'm
portant of the wild beasts found by
the colonists. Above the attic over the
main entrance is Il sculptural shield
representing the arms Of the United
States by Karl Bitter. Another dis
tinguished American sculptor. Daniel
c. French. has modelled for the adorn-
ment Of the building four groups. typi-
flying Europe. Asia. Africa and .Ameri-
ca. The sculptures above the cornice
Of the main front portray in artistic
form countries and cities Of Europe.
One Of these statues is that If Den
mark" the work Of Johannes Gelert.
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AHp1 LN"SSN IN JAtANtSE NNSIt ME.
bite OF the cobra and Il serum or vac
cine for the prevention of the plague.
Lady Lawson secured snapshots of
several conras while the fauyS of the
huge snakes We're being extracted for
the purpose of making the autiloNin.
The venom is injected II small doses
into Il horse ut different times during
two years. and at the end of that time
he Is immune and cobras cannot hurt
him. He is bled. and from this blood
the serum Is made. 1t is used in the
form Of powder. The anti plague vac
cine is prepared 10y taking plague
germs from the bodies OF victims and
putting them through II process of Il
somewhat complicated nature, While
II Is used in the main as Il preventive
1t Is said to have the power Of modify
ing the disease in the event of an moe
ulated person being attacked.
Lady Lawson Is a person Of many
accomplishments and Is a contributor
to the leading British publications.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
RICH in STATUARY.

New Works. New Custom House and
Its Sculptural Decorations.
The New York custom house. which
has been erected on Il historic site be-
tween Bowling Green and the Battery,
Is Of the most notable Of the struc-
lures built in recent years by the fed
eral government. 1t shows the intlu-
enc Of the new movements in art and
architecture. and it's profuse decora-
tons Of a sculptural character give
proof Of the advance made in this coun-
try in appreciation Of the sculptor's art.
An elaborate s%culptural scheme has
been carried out under the supervision
Of the architect of the structure, Cass
Gilbert. The decorations are all in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
ALBERT DOUGLAS.
The Man Who Woa a finn
Away From Did Ffxxers."

When Albeit Douglas of (hillicothe
won the l.eiu ,ican nomination for
III the Eleventh district of
Ohio AWAY from the veteran legislator
Charles Henry GrOsvenor. popularity
known as "Old Fi-gers." the event at
tracted wide attention. Mr.. Grosvenor
has been in public Office thirty-five
years and was first elected to congress
twenty years ago.
DOUGLAS had been waiting for some
years to inherit the mantle of General
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
Kept His Word.

Biggs-Old Brown died last night.
Diggs-Well. he was a man of his
word anyway.
Riggs-What do you mean by that?
D!ggs-Forty years ago he proposed
to an aun Of mine and declared he
couldn't live ii she refused him.
Riggs-And did she refuse him?
Diggs-Yes. and now, true to his
word. Brown has ceased to live.-Chi-
cago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-28
4 Doubtful Advantage.

4 Doubtful Advan tage.
"DO you think that sarcasm is q val
liable gift:"
sometimes" answered Miss Cay
enne.
ut occasionally enables you to po-
Ntely offend people who might other
wise insist on boring you."-Washing.
ton Star.
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iFAL RESEARCH.
on the site. which cXtcaus along Ave
nuc y from S~iXty-fourth t. SiXty-Scy-
enll street. hut tn" structure recently
completed anl shown in the accOInpa-
nyin@ engraving is I'll" main lui!din,
and contains laboratories. offices. Ice
tur" ro"l9%. library and apartments for
the ronlUri OF al! kinds of expert
mentS 'iHln main building is II, feet
lone. ~ l''.t deep ara iiv" stories Al2li.
Close by is Il uilIin@ for llou,iu. The
animals which will hc experimental ol
for T." tal IA Of medical seir.,r.
This tl-ti.1tr is t. outcome Of John
y. Eockrfrii"r'H ~riri ovrr the loss OF Il
littl" grandson from ch,!".l iufuAttlm.
He determined to use a part OF his
great forum" ia aiding medical invnS-
tigatorS ny discover eff rtiyr treatment
for this and other Diseases which 50
often 'm.,l" the most skilled physicians.
He has 1""llyeI IN" cost OF TIL? build
in.S thus Gar erected. Il sun exceeding
S:i'-1,OtNt and has endowed the institu-
ton to the extent of %l.oIo.WNO. Most
elaborate provisions hay" been made
for experiments on animals. and it is
ANTICIPATED that much more may be ac-
cOmpliS!ed in the future with such ia
cilitieS than under conditions existing
In the past. when the investigator
found himself greatly hampered often
times by lack of the right opportunities
for prosecution of his research.
Amador ledger., 1906-06-29
A SELFISH MAN.
The Prayer He Addressed to ths
Throne of Mercy.

The Prayer He Addressed to ths
Throne of Mercy.
The following example of a quaint
and selfish prayer does not come from
the liturgy; it is from 'Glimpses OF
Ancient Hackney" 80 Lord, thou
knowest that have nine estates in the
city of London and likewise that l
have lately purchased an estate in fec
simple in the county of Essex. I be-
seech thee to preserve the two coun.
ties of MiddleseX and Essex from fire
and earthquake, and, as I have a
mortgage in Hertfordshire, I beg of
thee likewise to have an eye of COM
passion on that county, and for the
rest of the counties thou mayest deal
with them as thou art pleased. o
Lord, enable the bank to answer all
their bills and make all my debtors
good men. Give prosperous voyage
and return to the Mermaid sloop, be-
cause 1 have insured it, and, as thou
hast said the days of the wicked are
but short, l trust in thee that thou
wilt not forget thy promise, as 1 have
purchased an estate in reversion which
will be mine on the death of that
profigate young man, Sir ]. L. Keep
my friends from sinking and preserve
me from thieves and housebreakers
and make all my servants so honest
and faithful that they may attend to
my interest and never cheat me out
of my property night or day"
Amador ledger., 1906-06-29
ORIENTAL COURTESY,
Ana Incident IN Which Miss Anna
Dickinson Figured.

Dickinson Figured.
Miss Anna Dickinson Travelled every
where Independently and saw human
nature in all OF it's }airs. Writing to g.
woman friend once, she described re-
seption given by wealthy Cinnamon in
] restaurant kept by Chi Lung in San
Francisco, and she was the guest Of
honor. She said that she saw serv.
ant coming toward her with a box di-
vided into many compartments, with
different kinds of nuts and candies in
the smaller trays. She picked out half
a dozen or more and laid them on the
arm of the chair, which served as a ta-
bic. AS the attendant passed on to
others she saw that each took only one
bonbon, and she was much embar-
rassed.
But when the servant approached the
chief Chfnaman, the one who had orig
mated the reception, he took a large
handful, and those after him did the
same, and then Miss Dickinson felt re-
lieved. She wrote:
after I learned that 1 must have
shocked all Of those educated, cultured
Cinnamon as much as you or 1 should
have been shocked if we had invited a
Chinaman whom we respected to dine
with us and he had taken whole fried
chicken and torn it limb from limb at
our table. In such an event would you
or 1 have had the tact and courtesy to
have taken. other chickens and thus
dismembered them?"
Amador ledger., 1906-06-29
An Example of Daring.

During the hottest fighting in the
Shipka pass the leading battalion of
the Russian General Dragomirof's di-
vision recoiled before a hailstorm of
Turkish bullets. The general was a
very stout person and had the ap-
pearance of a peaceful German pro
fessor. But when he saw his men re-
coil he dismounted and walked slow
ly to and fro along ridge swept by
the enemy's bullets. He was hun
dred yards in advance of the men, oc-
cupying the position they had abandon
ed. After staying there for awhile
without being touched he shouted back
to the battalion: "What are you doing
you geese? Did you think there was
danger here? 1 don't find anyl" The
men responded with roar of cheers,
doubled up to him and charged SO
fiercely that the Turks were forced to
retreat