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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
HUNTING TRAIN ROBBERS.
Northern Pacific Offers Reward For
Conviction Of Bandits.

ST. PAUL, May S.-Ohicials of the
Northern Pacific railroad said today
that they had no information from
Butte or elsewhere in that vicinity
that would confirm the story from Hell.
ena last night that the train robbers
had been captured. The Northern
Pacific has issued the following re.
ward notice:
1.-THE Northern Pacific railroad
company will reward, for the arrest
and conviction of the robbers who
held up Northern Pacific train No. 2,
near WEIGH, on Butte mountain,
Montana division, on the morning of
Tuesday, May 7, 1907, as follows:
1.-Two thousand dollars for each
robber convicted
BUTTE. May 8.-Wlth $4,000 re-
ward hanging over their heads, the
sherifs of four counties, the police
department of Butte, the detective
corps of the Northern Pacific, q dozen
expert man hunters and q pack OF
bloodhounds on their trail, the ban.
dts who murdered Engineer Frank
Glow of the North Coast Limited in an
effort to hold up and dynamite the
train yesterday morning, have thus
far given the officers a wild chase over
the rocky ridges OF the continental
divide of the Rockies.
A purse of several hundred dollars
has been made up for Fireman Sulli'
van. who, though wounded, and with
the engineer dead on the cab floor,
saved the train from running wild
down the mountain grade.
c. N. Finch, general superintendent
of the Northern Pacific, with Oar
Boyle, assistant superintendent, ar
rived in Butte tonight. They, with
Chief Detective r. Il. Goddard, of the
Northern Pacific, will have general
charge OF the railroad force which is
looking for the robbers. The rail
road company has at least twenty mer
working on the case.
Robert Mcdonald and A. H. Fisher
arrested at Basin and lodged in the
Boulder Jail, do not answer the de
scription of the robbers. They ar,
believed to be tramps, beating theil
way. One of the men was taken of
freight train near Basin and thu
other was arrested in the yards.
Officers are determined to hold VIM
Crawford, the tramp arrested on tn
train at the time of the holdup. Hi
various contradictions in his stor,
lead the authorities to believe h
knows more about the holdup than h
cares to tell.
This afternoon General Manage
Horn wired Superintendent Finch t.
extend to Mrs. Glow the sympathy Q
the Northern Pacific officials and ad
wise her that the company had maile
her 9 draft for 81, 900 as a recognitio,
OF the faithful service of her husband
The company presented Fireman SUI
Ivan with a draft for . 1000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Anti-Treating Bill Passes.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May s.-The
house today passed a bill prohibiting
agents OF di-t.ller- and brewers from
obtaining dram-hop licenses. The
Garter aut!-treattng bill. prohibiting
the treating OF .i4uer Oh the day OF Il
general election or primary, "a
passed aud vii. 20 to the governor
for his signature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Notice Of Final Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 10, 4

UNITED SrArHs LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALIs, Mont, April 10, 1907.
Notice 10 hereby given that
JAMES L.. STILWELL,
OF Knerville, Montana, has hled notice of his In.
tention to make 6nal 5-year proof In support Of
his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. 1851.
made January 10, 1901, for the VIZ SEN, section
IS. ny NEk section -, township 70 north, range
Chas. H. Boyle, U. $. commissioner. at his Office
in Fort Benton, Montana. on Saturday, May Is,
1901.
he names the following Witnesses to prove his
land, Wig: Joseph vanden Heuvel, Andrew
jose, Eddie Boyd, John q. Stilwell, oil of Kner-
j. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OYYlcs,

UNITED STATES LAM OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 10, 1907.
Notice 10 hereby given that
CORA McADANS,
of Fort Benton, Montana, has filed notice of her
intention to make dnal fve-year proof in support
of her claim, viz: Homestead entry No. ii,119,
made May 8, 1900, for the SWA NEk, NWA
sen and Eh SWA section 3, township "a north,
range 3 east, and that said proof Will be made
before jeremiah Sullivan, U. 3. commissioner
Ct his office in Fort Benton, Montana, on Mon
day, May 70, 1907.
She names the following witnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz: John Neubert, Frederick Early,
Frank Mcclure, Harry Il. Jones, all Of Fort
Benton, Montana.
J. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
GRrAT FAIRS Mont Nsy1 Il

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
GREAT FALLS, Mont, May g, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHNNY WHALEN,
OF Fort Benton Montana. has filed notice of his
intention to make inal five-ye8r proof in support
of his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. 1868,
made November 3, 1899, for the lots 5, q, I and 3,
section 10; lot :, section 8, township IS north,
before Cha. II. Boyle, U. 5. commissioner, at
his office in Fort Benton, Montana, on June IL,
1907.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
eaid land, VIZ: William Collins, William R.
Embleton, Francis Wh2len, Gilbert Embleton,
all of Fort Benton, Montana
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Notice Of tina Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April Is, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN II. BUCKLAND,
of Highwood, Montana, has filed notice of his
intention to make final ~ive-year proof in supper
of his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. l3,lss,
made March y, 1902, for the 81 sen, SEA
SWh4, 10, 4 section 10, township q north, range :
Chas. H. Boyle, U. $. commissioner, at his office
at Fort Benton, Montana, on Saturday, May IS,
1907.
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz: Roland W. auckland, Frank
Adams, Jake Becker, william Sample, all of
Highwood, Montana
j. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Prints All the News

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy Of recommendation
to friends, the favor will De yery high.
~ appreciated By its publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

Range from Bss.
Paw mountains east.
ward to Fort Peck
between the MIX and
Missouri rivers. Also
south of the Mis-
souri river, etwee
Arrow creek and Rel
creek, saonkin =rsa
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aDCe.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27
TWO SICILY SPOUTERS.

side Of the crater slope down to the
sea. and in case of eruption lead the
lava torrent to the sea, preventing it
from spreading over the island.
These natural projections render
the island habitab,e and almost i'm
mune from the effects Of eruptions.
The soil is purely volcanic and com
posed of basalt, lava, scoriae, lapilli
and ashes. The island is very fertile
and covered with vegetation. notwith.
standing the scarcity of water. The
vapors emitted from the volcano are
naturally condensed and converted
into water which runs into spring
known as the Schicciola.
Stromboli is in continual activity
and has been so from time immemo-
rial, SO much so that to the ancients
this volcano served the purpose Of
a natural lighthouse in the naviga.
ton between Sicily and Magma Grecia
and the Campania. During the mid
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27
eTNA's ACTIVITY NOT EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE LONG.
StromboIi In State Of More or Less
Continuous Eruption, as Il
Has Been from Time
lmmemorlaI.

Rome.-Prof. Ricco, director of the
Catania observatory. furnishes the
following Information about the re.
cent eruptive activity of the two vol.
canoes Etna and Stromboli
After the great eruption of 1885
Etna was silent up to 1892 II Is true
That in 1891 the volcano emitted a
dense volume of smoke followed by a
downfall of ashes, but this was due to
landslide extending over 400 meters
on the northwest edge of the central
crater.
In 1892 Etna becam active smoke
and ashes were emitted and in the
bottom of the crater a portion of the
mountain collapsed, with the result
that scoriae. lapilli and stones were
thrown to a great height, but fell
back into the crater, thus producing
what is generally known as an inter.
craterous eruption. Meanwhile sew
eral shocks of earthquake were felt
internationally until scoriae again be-
gan to be erupted in considerable
quantities. The eruption lasted for
over six months, and was continued in
the year following, but on the whole
the lava emitted did not produce
any damage, as 1t fell back inside the
crater.
Inc recent eruption is character
lied by the absence of lava, as well as
by its intermittent nature, and II is
not likely to continue and much less
to Increase. Very probably It will be
limited to partial and small eruptions
inside the crater provoked by the az
pearance of fumaroles.
AS regards Stromboli, Prof. Ricco's
report is more detailed.
Stromboli is on an island belonging
to group of seven volcanic islands
to the north of Sicily, facing the con.
tinent. This island is about three
miles In length and two miles broad
and its highest altitude, a peak which
is probably the crater of an old vol.
cano is about 1000 feet.
The active crater of the volcano Is
about $50 feet below the highest
peak. and It is surrounded to the
south and east by high ledge of
rock which in case of eruption pro.
tects the inhabited part of the island
Two large masses of agglomerated
lava from former eruptions on each
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

die ages the island was used as a
penal settlement where convicts were
sent instead of being executed.
The volcano has been stud ID dill.
gently since 1889 and a record has
been kept of the different phases of
its activity. Generally eruptions hap
pen in the following manner:
The volcano begins to show its &C
tivity by loud detonations and eXplo-
sions. Subsequently sound like
that of steam escaping from boiler
is heard and the crater is covered with
smoke. Lately the explosions accom-
panying eruptions have been very
intense, and resemble the firing of
heavy artillery.
Although the volcano Is continually
active 1t has periods of repose and
the longer these are the more in
tense is the activity that follows
them; still the eruptions have been
called paroxysms of harmless anger
More dangerous than the eruptions
are the earthquakes, but these, fortu-
natetly, are very rare.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

complete the eclipse Of the present
system of railroad construction and
establish the "mono-rail' as pre-em-
inent, still another tremendous ad-
vantage is claimed and this is the
most important Of all-the matter OF
cost.
II Is the cheapness of the cost Of
the system, which, II 1t is what Ia
claimed for 1t, threatens to revolu-
tionize railroad construction.
Means Immense Saving.
According to the estimates made
for ~" New York hackers Of the
prc four-track, elevated line,
sucl 8 is proposed to build be-
TIVE, I ~ City and Newark. can
be con- .ructed for $4,000 per mile.
To build q four.track elevated road,
similar to the present elevated system
in this city, would cost 100000 per
mile. This does not include the cost
of power or equipment-only the
structure and tracks.
The projectors OF the new enter
prise figure upon building the eight
miles of elevated track between Jer-
sey City and Newark for 100000.
To build the ordinary type Of elevated
road, with four tracks, would cost be-
tween $7,OOO.OOO and sS,OOo.0O0. 1t
is this cheapness of cost which in
spires the hackers Of the enterprise
to hope that they will reap tremen-
dous profits. and that the success of
this initial road between the two Jer.
sey cities will be followed quickly by
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

of the present equipment-this, In
brief is the young engineers claim.
That he can do what he says is not
only believed by practical transpor-
tation man OF 40 years experience
like John II. Starin but by big Arm
in Wall street which has agreed to UNI
derwrite all the bonds required to put
through the Jersey City to Newark
"mono-road," and by scores of others
who have investigated the new plant
and are anxious TO become financially
interested In II.
First Practical Test.
Starting on a short half.mile stretch
Of track inside the exposition grounds
at jamestown, the first practical test
OF the new road was made In public,
although for three years the young in.
ventor, Howard Hansel Tunis, has
been experimenting in the suburbs OF
Baltimore.
More than dozen noted engineers.
among them Chief Engineer George s.
Rice, of the Rapid Transit commission
have Investigated the new invention
and have pronounced 1t practical
Some OF them assert that II will rev
olutionize modern railroading because
of the tremendous speed which II
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

the building OF similar roads all owe
the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys
TEN is patented.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

makes possible and because of the
vastly diminished cost of building and
operation.
Negotiations are under way to OBJ.
tain the rights needed before building
of the track can be begun and, al.
though secrecy is maintained on this
point and the precise route selected is
closely guarded IL Is understood that
the hackers of the company are ne
gotiating for franchise rights and ter
minal sites already possessed by an
existing corporation.
Easy to Lay Tracks.
According to an interview printed
I'm the Newark newspapers, the linking
of the new "mono-rair' line with the
McAdoo tunnel is possibility. Bion
l.. Burrows says that 1t would be a
matter of the greatest ease to run the
trains from the "mono-rail' road right
into and through the McAdoo tunnel
without interfering with the operation
of trains over the two rail line. All
that would be necessary would be the
laying of a single rail between the two
rails and the installation of the neces-
sary overhead rails to preserve the
equilibrium of the "mono-rall' trains.
II this Is done, 1t is asserted, pas
sengers can be carried from Newark
to the heart of Manhattan in ten min
utes. sThat he is willing to enter into
an operating agreement with the
"mono-rail" company, William Nc
Adoo, head of the tunnel company, is
quoted as saying.
This new "mono-rail system, in
vented by the young Baltimorian, Is
totally different from the various other
'mono-rail' systems, some of which
are in practical operation in England
Ireland. Germany and Austria.Hun-
gary, and others of which are seeking
foothold II is entirely unlike the
system, for instance, for which f. b.
I3ehr an Englishman, has been seek
ing franchise between Atlantic
Ferry, Brooklyn and Coney island. On
Mr. Behr's road the cars 'straddle" a
single triangular rail. In Germany
the "mono.rail' system which has
been successfully operated is one from
which the cars hang suspended. In
Ireland there is a system In operation
very similar to the Behr system.
The young Baltimore engineers
plan, however, differs radically from
all OF these, and is, according to his
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

claims, safer, faster and cheaper by
far TO build,
Construction Details.
The single track is laid across ties
about three and half feet In length
the same sort Of ties used In the
construction OF the present day two
rail tracks. except that they are short
er. Sixty.pound rails instead of the
standard 100-pound rails are used.
Overhead, 80 inches apart, are sus-
pended two parallel rails, L'shaped
on the inside These overhead rails
are supported by steel pillars placed
at intervals along the side OF the road
and connected by steel beams
stretched across the track.
On top of each car at both ends is
attached an inverted truck. This is
raised from the car by a strong steel
arm, corresponding to a trolley pole,
and the four wheels attached to the
inverted truck fit into the "L"-shaped
inner surface OF the overhead tracks.
The trucks are In the form OF an X.
with wheel at each OF the four
points of the "X." The TX" is flexible.
opening and closing to accommodate
Itself to the curves.
II is this overhead truck arrange
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

the building OF similar roads all over
the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys
TEN Is patented.
Much Interest Aroused.
How active interest in "mono-rail'
railroads is. is shown by the fact that
following the announcement of the
plans to build the New Jersey line
the promoters of the company have
been besieged with inquiries from per
sons who want to introduce the sys
tenn in other places. One inquirer
was a capitalist who holds the con
cession for a 400-mile railroad in
South America much of the route Of
which runs through inaccessible coun
try. The Tunis "mono-rail' Is es
pecially adapted for use in rough
country because of the fact that the
lightness of the cars makes 1t possible
to operate the trains up almost any
reasonable grade.
To all these inquirers the promo
tiers say they have replied that they
art Hol Nit iitlu ioi Nht 'ADloiNh
ton of the new system, or even fol-
money making. Mr.. Starin, the leader
in the enterprise, has announced that
his object is not to make money sc
much as TO put into practical use an
| invention which he believes to be the
coming railroad system of the future
No Stock to Be Sold.
His hope TO have a railroad which
will carry people from this city tc
, Newark In almost an inappreciable
space Of time, and to give an example
to other railroad companies In the
good treatment OF employees, II is an
nounced that no stock OF the new com
pany is TO be put on the market, anG
that all the money that is wanted &c
push the enterprise will be realized by
an issue of bonds at the right time
A big Wall street firm has already
agreed to underwrite them.
Expert system to Be Popular.
That they ultimately expect theil
system to be widely introduced the
promoters OF the new road do not at
tempt to conceal. This, they expect
will speedily follow practical demon
stration of Its success.
Howard Hansel Tunis, the young in
ventor OF the system, is at James
town, where he is experimenting the
running OF trains over the expert
mental half-mile track. Tunis wanted
much longer track, but It is sale
that the trolley companies of Nor
folk were too influential with the ex
position management and he was re
stricted.
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without being steadied by the over
head arrangement.
Cars viii Be Light.
Then, the cars are to be extremely
light as compared with modern rail
road cars-another element contribut.
ing to high speed. They will not weigh
over seven tons.
Right here, in the two points just
referred to, is the great advantage
claimed by the hackers Of Engineer
Tuniss system. Mr. Burrows in de-
scribing its advantages said that en-
gineers had long recognized the fact
that the great sprawling cars of the
present. with their immense weight,
are theoretically wrong.
These big heavy cars are in effect
houses set upon wheels" he said
These wheels are placed four feet
eight and onehalf inches apart, with
the center of gravity between them.
The first and greatest essential to the
whole system Is that the cars must be
heavy In order to remain on the
tracks. Here, then, is the whole key
to railroad inefilciency, that in sys'
TEN whose only excuse for being Is
the ability to make speed the prin-
cipal requisite should be great weight.
In short, having to overcome gravita-
ton, they start out by making II i'm
possible. II requires no great mechan-
ical ability to discover that one-rail
track is greatly superior to two-rail
track, II one goes no further than TO
see that one wheel will only have half
the obstacles 10 overcome that two
have"
Economy In Operation.
Still another claim for the mono-rail
trains is that they can be operated
very much cheaper because of the
economy In power II is possible 10
realize. According to railroad men,
from is 20 80 per cent OF the power
used TO operate trains is lost in the
sidewise, swinging motion OF cars
The Tunis mono-rail trains, 1t is de-
clared, have a straight ahead motion
without any side-swing.
Nothing which ever moved on
wheels can equal the speed claimed
for the Tunis ''mono-rail" trains. One
hundred miles an hour is an easy mat
ter, and the cars can be pushed to loo
miles without any difficulty. And
while the cars are going at this speed
1t is claimed that the motion is sc
gentle that passengers are barely
aware Of the fact thar they are NOV
ing. The jerky, swinging motion OF
tworail trains is declared to be en-
tirely absent
! As II all this were not enough te
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-27

He is the tiptop magnate of the bar
bers OF the world, and can cash his
check any day for 100000 His
wealth is increasing, and there Is no
telling where It will stop, In view of
the fact that his financial advisers
are such well posted parties as Thorn
as f. Ryan, who has piled up $780,
100000, and James Stillman, the
great banker. There are others, but
these are the mainstays,
You see, Bischoff shaves EN-. They
pay him literally, but as further evil
dence OF their appreciation OF his
skillful service they take him along
occasionally on jaunts to the orchard
where the money tree grows. They
let him carry a basket, while, to haul
their shares, they are accompanied by
four-horse trucks
Bischof became a barber in war
times, and in 1878 he hranched out as
the proprietor OF shop In Wall
street. Friendly tips on the market
given him by financiers set him go.
ing on very comfortable tide OF
prosperity, and In time he accumu'
lated several tenement houses. In
these latter years, acting under the
advice of budding billionaires OF the
new school, he has sold the houses
and gone In for real capitalism. He
speculates not at all, but is an in
weston.
Despite his wealth, Bischoff contin-
ues at work, He has a set Of early
morning visits to attend to his ia.
vored cstomers. At 6:45 a. m he is
at the home OF James T. Woodward.
president of the Hanover National
bank. Half an hour later he Is at
the dressing room of James Stillman,
one of the big men of the Standard
OIL company, After Stilman, senior,