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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

~ n view of the fact that 1t is likely
to prove a rival to the Panama
canal. the ~Tehuantepec railroad in
Mexico has received surprisingly
little attention from the public of the
United States. When it was opened
with imposing ceremonies the other
day. President Diaz starting the first
freight train across the isthmus of
T~ehuantepec, a great many people
heard of the enterprise for the first
time. Perhaps it is its rivalry to the
Panama canal as a system Of trans
p%ortation from ocean to ocean that
gives the Mexican undertaking its
chief interest on this side of the in
ternational boundary line. 1t is the
opinion of some who have studied the
question that when President Diaz
pressed the button at Salina Cruz. thus
putting the new road in operation. he
started a competition that will never
end. 1t is maintained, however, that
neither enterprise will put the other
out of business. as there Is room for
both. and each route from sea to sea
has its W. special advantages. The
competition between the two will. it is
thought. prove beneficial to the inter-
ests of trade. The Tehuantepec route
Is on an average about 1850 miles
shorter than the Panama voyage be-
tween New York and San Francisco
or Honolulu or Japan.
For certain classes of freight this is a
very important advantage for a saving
Of n few days time in delivery and
may make considerable difference in
the value Of Il cargo. On other classes
Of freight the saving In time is not
Of SO much account, and it is a great
advantage in favor of the Panama
canal that vessels taking this route
can carry unbroken cargoes.
The ~Tehuantepec railway was really
originated by American enterprise.
More than fifty years ago there was
talk of n canal under the supervision
Of the United States which should
cross from ocean to ocean on about
the line of the railway just opened.
Later the Nicaragua and Panama
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
FROZEN IN HIS. OWN BLOOD.
Rich Hermit Found Murdered In Hut
at Mudlake, Mich.

Daniel Heaston, a hermit, was found
frozen in his own blood in a small hut
near the house where Heaston had
been living alone, near Mudlake, Mich.
The shocking mutilation of the body and
other evidences about the place led to
the conclusion that the old man had
been brutally tortured to make him re-
veal the hiding place Of his money.
Amputated fingers and toes lay scat
tered about. and the appearance of a
heavy rope and Of a beam v which
1t hung. coupled with marks on the
victims neck, indicated that he had
been strung up to the rafter for a time.
Apparently a blow in the head with a
Ratchet had finally ended his suffer
ings.
It Is thought that the murderers Sc
cured the booty they sought, as no
money vas found in the place. Heas-
ton inherited a considerable fortune
several years ago and had recently been
displaying and spending his money
quite freely.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Halls FROM NOME.
Frank IL. WNskey, First Alaskan
Delegate In Congress-.

Frank II. Wnskey. First Alaskan
Delegate In Congress-.
The growing Importance Of the ter
ritory of Alaska makes the first Alas
kan delegate in congress-. Frank ii
Waskey, an interesting figure. Dele
gate Waskey from Nome. which
Is a long way from Washington. and
he cannot run home every few days
to look after political fences. lie says
that, though his district is a cold one.
political contests get as warm there as
elsewhere. lie is pointed out to Wis
itors as one of the latest curiosities of
the capital, partly because he is the
first delegate for Alaska and partly
because Of the impression that a MAI
who from Nome must have gold
dust bullying from every pocket.
Delegate Waskey was born ut Lake
City, Wabasha county, Mimi, In 1878.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
NJ. AND II r OF
KEY WEST.

HENRY NJ AND II r OF
KEY WEST.
Flagler married for Il third time Il year
or two after reaching threescOre and
ten he gave Il present of S4.OOO,Ou to
his bride and 100000 each to her father
and mother. Some people put him in
the $1OO.OUO, OT3 class. He has been
building railroads and otherwise devel
oping Florida for Il good many years.
He and the late IL. Il. Plant have link
ed their m with the states prog
ress.
a story Is told of the days when
these two men We're friendly rivals. To
FlNgler fell the east coast, with Miami
as his southernmost point. from which
a line of steamers ran to Cuba. Plants
southern terminus was Tampa. from
which Il similar line ran ito Havana.
To Plant II day-So story has it
Flagler sent the following invitation by
wire:
Henry Il. Plant. New York City:
Can't you pay me 4 visit at Miami
II. NJ. FLAGLER.
And straightway came the reply:
H. NJ. Flaglrr, St. Augustine. Fla:
Accept with much pleasure. but where
on earth is Miami? II. b. PLANT.
In answer to this Flaglcr sent the
following directions to his friend:
To Henry Il. Plant, New York City:
Follow the crowd.
IL. NJ. FLAGlER.
When the Key West extension of the
Florida East Coast railway, Mr.. Flag,
ler'S road. is completed the sea VOYAGE
on the trip from New York to Havana
will be reduced by taking this route Il
about three hours. The new develop
ment will mean much for the future o,
key West, the nearest port OF the Unit
ed States to the coming Panama canal
The key West extension will he l.G
miles i'll length. and, while this is NOT
long rs modern railways 90. the con.
struction of the line promises to ran
as an engineering achievement of i'm,
portance, us much of the distance is
over h open sea and part is through
the deep mud of the Everglades. Only
about sixty-tive miles Of the extension
Is to be built on natural foundation
The rest of the line must depend fo,
support on bridges. viaducts. drcd-ed
entertainments and filed in wamps
About thirty islands are made use OF
In the building of the line. and abau,
i've miles of it run over grea, con
srete arches resting on piers risin
out of water from ten to thirty feet i,
depth. On this part of the Route tn,
future traveller may well imagine tina,
he is going to Cuba by railroad acros.
me ocean.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Died From Standing On Head.

Standing OH his head to amuse his
father and brother caused the death of
Walter Higgins. eight years old. OF
Pittsburg. The little fellow. who was
In high spirits on Sunday morning ca
pered about the house and stood on his
head several times. Late in the after,
noon he complained that his head ach
ed. and the pain continued all night. On
Monday a doctor was called In, but the
pain grew worse instead Of better. and
at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon Of the
same day he became unconscious. dy'
ing three hours later.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

physicians there 1t was while anus
ing herself with an ordinary tin tube
pea shooter, or "blower." that little
Miss Lavoie invented the scheme Of
using Il round headed hatpin instead
Of peas. as the hatpin when blown
from the tube served as a dart and
would stick in the target.
The sport became exciting. and each
time the little girl blew harder. Final
" she put the shooter to her mouth.
drew an unusually deep breath and
sucked the pin. head first. into her
throat. She coughed violently, but the
next moment she had swallowed it.
Physicians were powerless to remove
the pin without performing a most
serious operation. She was in nc pain.
but coughed almost continuously. She
was submitted to the X ray, and the
black headed hatpin could be seen in
her stomach.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
B0WSER THE GENIUS,
Designs improvements That He
Thinks Will Bring Him Millions.
ONE A TWO HEADED MATCH,

Another Is a Device to Keep Pedes.
TRANS From Slipping on the Ice, and
Still Another Is the interchangeable
Shoe Heel.
copyright, 1907, by P. c. Eastment.l
That Mr.. Bowser was laboring under
great mental exhilaration and excite
ment was plain to Mrs. Bowser the
minute he entered the hall the other
evening as be reached home from the
office. After a look at him she asked:
Has anything unexpectedly good
happened you today?"
Not unexpectedly" he replied. "l've
always known that it would come
sooner or later"
what is ity'
"1ll explain after dinner. Let's go
right down now as I'm as hungry as Il
WOLF"
At the dinner table she tried to ex-
tract some information, but he would
only chuckle in reply. He was in such
high spirits that the cat dared to come
and rub himself against his leg, and.
although the cook Was trembling over
the tough steak, he worried it down
without a word Of fault. Mrs. Bowser
gave him up after awhile and groaned
as she thought that he might have got
chicken farming on the brain again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

MRS. BOwsER, ACROSS THE FOREHEAD OF
YOUR HUSBAND YOU CAN WRITE THE
WORD GENIUS"
When dinner had been finished and
they had reached the sitting room he
was ready to explain.
Mrs. Bowser," he began, do you
telephone has made millions of dollars
out of it,
Il presume he has
"And that the man who invented the
monograph has an income of $4,000 a
day from it,
ut may be So"
Fortune In Inventions.
ut is 50. Invent a good thing-some-
thing that the public wants-and your
fortune is made. l have had that idea
to the front for the last ten years.
Many and many Il night when you
thought l was asleep l have been
working my brain over an invention to
make us millonaires."
But you never said anything about
it," she replied.
mo, l never did. There are lots Of
things Il husband never says anything
about to his wife. l have kept quiet all
these long years thinking to give you a
glad surprise some day"
"And has the time finally Gomez
1T has. Mrs. Bowser, across the
forehead Of your husband you can
write the word Genius You can
write it three times if you like, for !
have invented three articles that are
bound to put my name alongside Of
Edison's and to bring in money by the
barrel"
"You don't tell me! Why, you quite
take my breath away. Let us hear
what you have done. AS your wife l
want to be the first to congratulate
you"
Mr.. Rowser crossed his hands behind
him and swellei out his chest and
~promenaded up and down the room for
a little and then asked:
"MrS. Rowser. how many matches
are used in the United States alone in
year,"
millions and millions"
"Yes. and you can make it billions
and billions while you are about it.
How many are used. take the whole
world together?'
THE number can hardly be com
puted."
Designs Double Headed Match.
you are right. It's Quadrillions ten
times over. Look here. l scratch this
match to light my cigar. 1t accom-
plishes the purpose, burns halfway
down. and l throw the other half
away. Do you see the point?"
I'm afraid not"
Easy AS falling downstairs. Make
h double headed match. and YOU have
two for one. In other words, the
world uses just half as many matche,
as now. Saves timber. ave work
saves money. 4. child can see the
economy of it. There will be Il saw
ing Of a hundred million dollars 6
year by using the Rowser double head
ed match. What do YOU think Of it,"
"Why. the idea looks all right" she
answered in dubious tones.
"And it is all right. Now for No. .
Why do we wear rubbers ove oul
shoes in the winter:"
ITO keep us from slipping down."
Exactly. Over 100000 pairs Of
rubbers are sold in the United States
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20


to whether or no the political
tie between Cuba and the Unit
el States should be made
closer. But. whatever the outcome of
this discussion. the island will soon be
connected with this country very close
" in n physical sense. This will come
about through the completion of the
railroad now building from Miami.
Fla, to Key West. With the finishing
Of this remarkable piece of railway
construction it will be possible to travel
from New York to Havana without
leaving the Pullman. and the Cuban
capital will be to all intents and pur-
poses as neal to the boundaries Of our
republic as if an earthquake like that
which recently shook up the neighbor-
ing island Of jamaica had struck Cuba,
too. and showed it northward and west
ward a few leagues toward the coast
Of Florida. When the new road is com
pleted there will be a continuous all
the most southerly port Of the United
States. and as the distance from Key
West to Havana is only ninety miles,
the water part of the trip will be ac-
complished by train boats.
This important development In trans
p~ortation facilities is due to the energy
and enterprise of the Standard Oil mul-
timillionaire Henry NJ. Flagler. who
has been said to own half of Florida.
This statement may be an exaggera-
ton, but he certainly owns n great
deal Of the state and has spent mil
lion after million in building railroads.
hotels. palatial residences, etc. n in
developing the state in numerous ways.
AT se~venty-siX he Is still vigorous and
ambitious, and as he ONE of n long
lived family he looks forward to some
years of activity yet before acknowl-
edging himself 0 old to work. His
father, n Presbyterian minister, who
brought up n good sized family on a
salary of $500 n year, lived to his
eighty eighth year, and all the clergy
mans twelve brothers and sisters sur
vived to a good old age. When Mr..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20

He graduated from the Minneapolis
high school and engaged in mining in
Alaska in 1898, The position of dele.
gate in congress from Alaska was ere
Hted by an act of May s. 1906. Was
keys popularity with the miners led to
his nomination on the so called Alas.
ka ticket and his election. Waskey is
Il Democrat. but party lines were not
strictly observed in the voting. The
Alaska ticket received the Endorsement
of Republicans and Democrats in the
Third judicial division and Of the Dem
ocrats in the Second division. In 9th
or judicial divisions both Republican
and Democratic candidates were in the
field.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
POLAR ICE.
Anthony Eia1H and His Description
of Arctic adventures

Ass
of Arctic Adventures
Exploration usually leads to author
ship. 4 few years ago Anthony Fiala
was pursuing the comparatively hum
BILE calling Of photographer and en-
graver. Now he is counted among the
figures of the literary world. Double
day. Page n Co. have just brought out
4 book entitled "Figh,ing the Polar
lee in which he tells the story Of his
adventures within the arctic circle.
Eiala looks very young. and he Is
Young for Il man who has achieved SO
much. He is perhaps the youngest Of
all the men who have made the hunt
for the polar prize. He was born thir-
ty-five years near Jersey City.
When the Spanish war broke out ne
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
Immune.

Immune.
Elsie-Oh. you better leave those pre-
serves alone. Ma said if she caught
tou at 'em again she'd dust your
Jacket.
TOMMY know. bat l amt wearin'
any jacket. l took it of on purpose
J Catholic Standard and Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
HATPIN IN HER STOMACH.
X Rays Show Where It 10, but Doctors
Can't Get Il Out.

+. Suffering no pain and daily at play
with her schoolmates. little Lucele La
vote, the seven-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elizear Lavoie of 135
Oxford street, Lewiston. Me-, who has
a large hatpin lodged in her stomach,
IL attracting the attention Of leading
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
~-1
In a Sleeper
to Cuba's Coast
~~

THERE is considerable talk as
to whether or no the political
tic between Cuba and the Unit
- N%o%>, .1,n,,IJ h> p,nla
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-20
>-x~1 @T
Panama Canals I
Isthmian Rival. 1
@%w ~~

~ n view of the fact that it is likely
to prove a rival to the Panama
canal. the T~ehuantepec railroad in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
LAKES mot OPEN
Tho Fishing Season in Mime.
sofa Has Been Declared,
the Waters Are Frozen.

The fishing season is open in Min
nesota. However this may be, the
lakes have refused to open up. There
Is still ice on most of them, and in
some places the ice is firm enough to
bear up teams.
Not for period of thirteen years,
perhaps longer. have the small lakes
in northern Minnesota been frozen
over to such a depth at this time in
the spring. as in the present year.
A. ]. Shea, who resides on Ely lake,
has kept record for the past thirteen
years of the date that the ice went
out of the lake, and in that length of
time the latest date was May 2.
This is May 4, 1907, and the ice
covering on the lake is so firm that it
will bear up team. The ice. in fact,
shows hardly any sign of going out,
although continued warm, windy
weather with plenty of sunshine would
make great difference within a short
time
What is true of Ely lake is true of
all the other interior lakes, so far as
Information can be had Of the settlers
and others who have visited the lakes
within the past few days.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
1850 MISSIONARIES.
Working in China for Conversion Of
Pa9ans to Professionalism.

ASsOclate0 Press 10 tne EVe1lD8 V1MeA
New York, May 4.-The Christian
churches throughout the world will
hold tomorrow Morrison ,cemmemo-
rative service in celebration of the
centennial Of the beginning OF Chris
tian missionary work in China. The
service takes its name from Robert
Morrison, who was the first Protes-
tapt Christian missionary to the Chi
nese empire. Morrison was born in
England in 1882, and was sent to
Canton, China. in 1907 by the London
Missionary society. He founded
college, prepared Chinese grammar
and dictionary, and translated the
whole Bible into Chinese.
At the time of his arrival in China
the Chinese we're forbidden to teach
the language of foreigners under pen
atty of death, and no foreigner was
permitted to reside in the empire ex-
cept for the purpose of trade. Morri-
son was obliged to accept the position
OF translator to the East India COM
pany's factory in Canton in order to
remain in the city. He received his
first Christian convert seven years
after his arrival. When Morrison
died in 1884 there were only two other
Protestant missionaries : in China.
Now there are about $500 Protestant
missionaries in the Chinese empire
and the one convert of 1914 has null
tiplied to more than 10000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
FAMOUS CASE SUBMITTED
Four Cclebrants Will Have Something
to DO For the Next Few Days
Blood Thirsty Female. I
heelock in the Minneapolis


Ralph Wheelock in the Minneapolis
Tribune: =
A bloodthirsty female writes the
Grand Forks Times in this fierce
strain:
suppose every woman is entitled
to shoot man. l would have shot
mine long ago. but for the fact that
that there are two hate. and can
not decide which one l hate most.
! write to ask If woman with Great
Wrongs is entitled to two?
The Times editor answers in non
committal tone Of voice. as though he
wasn't sure he might not be one of
: her possible victims. We have re-
ferred this query to joint council
of Beatrice Fairfax. Louise Chapelle,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Dorothy Dix
and sincerely hope that this wild-eyed
Dakota female will not begin shoot
ing until their decision is rendered.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
DULUTH UN[UCKY
Weather Man Has Given Them
Worst of Deal All Through
Training Trip.

Fond du Lac, Wis, May 4.-The
villainous hoodoo in the shape of bad
weather still pursues the Duluth base
ball club. After making the trip from
Madison here: Smith and his men were
unable to get into action yesterday,
the rain of the past few days having
made the diamond a veritable mud
hole. The White Sox will be unable
to play the local state league team to-
day, either, by the appearance of
things.
Mccormick has not yet reported,
but is expected any day. He has been
detained at home by the illness of his
father. There is no danger of his
jumping the team, and he will certain
ly join it before it reaches Duluth for
the preseason games there.
After leaving here the White Sox
will go to La Crosse, Green Bay and
Eau Claire, playing two games in each
place, If the weather permits. They
will then leave for Duluth, arriving
there next Thursday. The men with
the team pronounce themselves in
fine shape. Despite the fact that the
weather has been anything but suita-
BILE for training, the boys have work.
ed all stiffness out of their Joints and,
with the absentees in the lineup, they
would be willing to go into the league
race tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
4 sWINDLER WITH BRAINS.
Hotel Clerk Is Victim Of he Latest
GagC. Q. n. Plans Works 4,

Hotel clerks are made the victims
OF the latest gag. This Ia the, way 1t
was worked last time:
stylishly dressed man entered q.
store and asked one of the clerks for
shipping tags, saying that he wanted
to send a package to a friend. "a
He was given a bunch Of stickers
bearing the name Of the firm. and aft
err thanking the clerk walked out.
He xt went. to another store,
where 3 asked for a vest box. He
found what he wanted, and, after hav-
ing the empty box carefully wrapped
and tied up. he pasted on one of the
stickers and addressed to W
x, hotel.
A messenger boy was the next step
in the clever game. The empty box
was given to the box with instruc-
tons to take 1t to the hotel. G. o. ID.
The unsuspecting clerk readily
handed out the $4Nto the youngster,
who returned to the man who had
sent him.
Mr. K was absent at the time,
but when he returned to the hotel
and opened the package, in the pres
ence Of the clerk, who wore very
"lemonish" expression, and finally
admitted that the laugh was on him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
BULL rFIeHT FOR .DRUAHERs.

Times wants win supply your wants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
GATES WILL STAY
Famous Plunger Sticks to the
Game, Though Far Behind
Last Year.

New York, May 4.-John W. Gates
will stick to racing as diversion and
as a means Of the exploitation Of his
life dominating passion Of taking
chance" Despite all the furry over
the passing out of Charles G. Gates &
Co., the big plunger's trackside agent
found time yesterday to engage box
at Belmont park for the Westchester
Racing associations meeting. which
opens there next week. THIS will be
Gates last racing experience on this
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-04
NORTH DAk0TAN GETS his
Native of This State Out Some Cash
As Result of Visit in
Minneapolis.

William Morris of North Dakota
lost $72 last night on az "con" game
many years older than he is, says the
Minneapolis Journal. A newly made
friend said he. was headed for the
same town and he and Morris would
ride together. Lacking change to get
his baggage, he borrowed $72 from
Morris, giving him as security bogus
check for $3.50.
The stranger came back and the
two started on the trip. The friend,
however, apparently had no baggage,
and left the train at Hopkins. The
police of Hopkins reported the matter
to the Minneapolis force last night.