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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
All OF With Drug Combine.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 9. - The so.
called "drug trust was perpetually
enjoined today from continuing its
operations. The injunction came in
the form of a decree of the United
States court, district of Indiana, upon
the complaint of the United States
government, filed by Joseph B. keat.
ing, United States attorney.
The defendants, 90 in number, who
are the members, officers, directors,
agents and attorneys of the National
Associa iation Of Retail Druggists, the
National Wholesale Druggists asso.
citation and Chas c.. Baumbaugh are
perpetually enjoined from combining
and conspiring to restrain the sale of
drugs, fix prices by agreement, black
list retailers who cut prices or to re-
fuse to sell to any retailer on equal
terms. All publications of black lists
are forbidden and all contracts and
agreements by such dealers are void.
Chas. c. Baumbaugh was charged
in the bill of complaint with being en-
gagged in printing and circulating lists
called "black lists." which contain
the names of druggists throughout the
country who sold proprietary articles
and medicines at prices less than those
which the alleged combination or
dered. AS charged, he would send
each month to every retail and whole
sale druggist in the United States,
who belonged to the association list
of those accused of cutting prices and
as result of this, these aggressive
cutters,' as they were called, could
not buy drugs.
Itwas further charged that those
accused OF cutting prices on proprie
tary medicines were unable to pur.
chase any kind of drugs from the
mem bers of the several associations
All such practices are perpetually en-.
| Joined.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Spanish Queen Has a Baby.

MADRID, May l0.-Spain is ahame
with emblems Of 10y this afternoon.
The Prince of Austrias, heir to the
throne of Spain, was born shortly be.
fore o'clock this morning. The baby
weighs eight pounds. Within five min
utes the announcement was flashed to
every point in the kingdom where
wires were strung.
As the royal flag was flung to the
masthead at the top of the palace,
guns in the fortress began to boom a
salute to the new monarch. Every
person in Madrid stopped at the first
shot and counted breathlessly. Would
the gunner fire - times and stop, an
nouncing a girl, or would he proceed
TO 2l, announcing boy. AT the end
of the fifteenth shot the great city was
as quiet as the grave. Would the
sixteenth come:
\ moment of silence was broken by
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Will Fight Wool Combine.

CHEYENNE, May l2.-The Wyoming
Wool Growers association has issued
a circular advising sheepmen through
out the state that conspiracy is be.
ing planned by eastern wool buyers to
force down the price of WOO! in spite
OF manufacturers demands.
Producers are advised mot TO sell
their wool under any circumstances at
les. than the 1906 market, and the as
soci alton offers to buy the wool at
last years prices if eastern buyers
will not pay Is much. Should the
growers take advantage of the offer
the association will be incorporated
and capitalized, becoming practically
an independent exchange controlling
the Wyoming output.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
A Gospel Wire Service.

ALBANY, Ore, May l0.-Beginning
Sunday morning, Albany people may
hear the gospel preached either lying
abed, at the breakfast table, or in the
parlor, if they are connected with the
telephone exchange and do not want
to go to church. Newly invented ap-
paratus is being placed in the United
Presbyterian church by the telephone
company, and the Rev. w. p. White,
the pastor, is preparing sermon for
the inauguration of the gospel wire
service. It will mark the first use N ade
of the invention in Pacific coast city.
The instrument, while it has been
tried in several places ia the United
States, is still ia an experimental
state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Historical Society

dropped like bomb among the socia-
lists, who for weeks have been raising
money and creating public sympathy
in the interests of Meyer and Hey
wood.
The story of Meyers alleged GRIM
inal record. as told by the police files,
was shock to HE followers, and
many refused to believe it, declaring
it is sprung At this time to injure him,
the same as President Roosevelt's
classification Of him as an "undesir-
able Citizen" According to the re-
cords, Meyer was holdup man in
Chicago, arrested in 1885 in the Lake
street police district and sentenced to
one year, which he served. The rob-
berries for which this Meyer was con-
victed startled the entire west side.
With him was arrestedsJohn Keating.
who later died in the penitenti ary.
Meyer confessed to numerous robber.
les and holdups. Meyer gave the
ame of Fred Baker, but later gave
the right name. He was known at the
time as the "Cowboy,' having come
to Chicago with cattle from his home
in Iowa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Will Assist In Building..Fences.

WASHINGTON, May 1l.-Hereafter
in all cases where boundary and drift
fences are needed for the proper con.
troll of grazing on national forests and
the stockmen are willing to build the
fences and keep them in repair, the
service will cooperate with them by
furnishing all the forest material
needed in the construction. including
wire and staples.
Posts and poles may be taken from
the national forests and in some cases
the wire and staples will also be fur
nished and delivered at the nearest
railroad point. All that the stockmen
are required to do is to haul and set
the posts and bring the!wire from the
railroad point to the place of con-
struction. 1t is estimated that the
cost Of wire for such fences Will be
about $50 per mile, delivered at the
nearest railroad point.
Fences on the grazing land of the
forests will prevent stock overgrazing
bringing about an improved condi-
ton of the ranges and making it pos.
sible to keep stock under proper con-
troll. This improved condition OF the
ranges which will thus be brought
about will result in great benefits to
the stockmen IVY enabling them TO i'm.
prove the quality and condition Of
their stock, which means increased
nrOtits to their huainess
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
THE BLACkFEET RESERVE.
Will Not Be Ready For Opening Un-
til Summer Of 1909.

WASHINGTON, May l9.-Pursuant
with the provision contained in former
Sen ator Clark's amendment to the In
dain appropriation bill At the last ses.
sion, Commissioner Ballinger Of the
general land Office makes announce.
ment as follows that the Blackfeet In.
dian reservation will not be opened
for settlement prior to the summer Of
1909:
Congress recently authorized the
survey and sale of lands in the Black
feet Indian reservation. This reser.
vation contains more than one million
and a half acres, and embraces the
northwestern portion of the state of
Montana. 1t lies along the eastern
slope of the continental divide and
embrac the source Of the great Milk
river. 1t is partly wooded and Is in-
terspersed with lakes and sire ans,
and in its western portion is rugged
and picturesque. It is traversed by
the Great Northern railway.
The surveying and subdivision of
these lands will require the establish
ment of more than five thousand miles
of public land lines and will employ q
large number of expert surveyors,
probably fifty or more working sim.
ultaneously throughout the ensuing
summer.
Upon the recommend alton of Com
missioner Balliuger of the general
land Office, the secretary of the interior
has directed that the survey be made
by experienced engineers detailed from
the geological survey to service in the
general land Office.
The lands will be classified as agri'
cultural lands of the first class. agri.
cultural lands, of the second class,
grazing lands, timber lands and min
eral lands. After the lands have beer
classified and appraised they will be-
come subject to disposal under the
general provisions of the homestead
mineral and townsite laws at not less
than their appraised value, but the
lands classified as timber lands mus
be sold to the highest bidder at MOI
less than s. an acre.
Such portions of these lands as may
be found under practical able irrig atiol
projects may be reserved and disposed
of under the provisions OF the reel am a
tion act, and preferred right to us,
available water for irrigation pur
poses is reserved by the statute to tn,
Indians and others.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Chicago Swindlers Sentenced.

CHICAGO, May 9.-One of the most
perfectly organized ''confidence'
gangs that ever operated in Chicago
was broken up yesterday when Pat.
rick L. Touhy, Philip Buffer, Lee
Burnett and J. G. Daubach were found
guilty of obtaining money under false
pretenses by jury in Judge Balls
court.
These men were organized and were
members of the Chicago Mercantile
and Reporting agency, with Offices at
Ill Washington street. It was a
stake" employment agency, with a
side line of swindling by means Of
getting contr acts on the carbon paper
game. Buffer and Touhy were sem
fenced to the penitentiary, while Dau.
bach, who was only clerk, was fined
$3.50. The sentence in prison is from
one to five years.
The victims were all men and women
of the poorer class, mostly small
shopkeepers. Burnett's method was
to call on storekeeper in the outer
parts of the city and ask it the Chi.
cago Mercantile and Reporting agency
could not take over few uncollected
bills on shopkeepers at email COM
mission. With the storekeeper's con.
sent, Burnett presented blank and
asked the shopkeeper to sligo his name
to one OF the pages to complete the
"contr act
The next the storekeeper heard was
to receive bill for $40 from the Chi.
cago Mercantile and Reporting
agency. Asking what it was for. he
was shown a contract, with the vic.
TINS signature attached, in which
contract the shopkeeper had agreed to
pay the company $50 for the services
performed.
Occasionally Touhy and Butler
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
ANOTHER BAD WRECK.
Shriners Returning From Los Ange-
les Meet Terrible Fate.

SANTA BARBARA, May 12.-While
hurryiug northwsrd over the coast
line Of the Southern Pacific railroad
yesterday afternoon, on their way
home. after week of fraternizing and
fiesta in Los Angeles, 155 shriners of
Ishmalis temple Of Buff alo and Rajah
temple of Reading, with their families
and friends, were hurled into the midst
of death, when the special train,
running 50 miles an hour, struck
defective switch at Honda. q lonely
station on the sand wastes OF the Pa
ciic beach, derailing the train, smash.
ing the coaches into flinders, killing
35 almost instantly aud injuring more
than score of others.
The bodies Of Is lay in the morgues
OF Santa Barbara this afternoon and
10 more are at San Luis Obispo. The
injured, many of whom are terribly
hurt and will probably die, are in two
sanitariums at San Luis Obispo.
The train was making terrific speed
when 1t struck the defective track, as
is borne out by the fact that it covered
the 81 miles of curves and crooked
track between here and Honda in ex.
actly 100 minutes. There was no
warning of the impending. calamity.
The special plunged upon the defec-
| tive switch and in an instant the big
locomotive, baggage car, diner and
Pullman coupled with it were hurled
together in huge heap;o of wreckage.
The engine shot forward on the
broeken track, tearing up the rails
and ties and twistingl the huge iron
spans into fish hooks. The baggage
car half buried itself in tibet sand on
the right side of the locomotive. 1t
was smashed almost into1 kindling
wood. The dining car, in which were
81 people, eating their MONDAY re.
past. leaped into the air and was
thrown directly on top of the demol
i>hed locomotive. Nearly every per.
son ia the coach was instantly killed
Scores were scaided by steam escap'
ing from the disconnected pipes.
The terror and turmoil were indes.
cribable. Many OF thoselwho escaped
instant death by the first impact were
crushed by the rear coaches hurled up
on the wreckage. Others, piniOned ir
the debris, were roasted alive. Tn,
wreckage caught fire from the Goals o.
the engine, but was extiuguished in 8
few minutes by the passengers who es
capped injury.
Engineer Frank Champlain wa:
pitched, with his cab, p feet beyond
the engine and got up and ran three
quarters of a mile, seeking help, be
fore he discovered that his arm was
broken and that he was severel!
sCalied
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
HEYWOOD TRIAL BEGINS.
Selection Of a Jury Proves To Be
Very Difficult Problem.

BOISE, May 9.-William D. Hey
wood, secretary and treasurer OF the
Western FEEDER alton of Miners, was
today placed on trial for completely |
in the murder at Caldwell, Idaho, on
December 30. 1905. of former Cover.
nor Frank Steunenberg. Haywood Is
one of the four defendants charged
with the murder.
The others are Charles II. Meyer,
president of the feder ation; George A.
Pettibone, former member OF the ex.
ecutive committee of the feder alton,
and Harry Orchard. The last named
in expected to be the most important
witness for the state against Hey.
wood, Moyer and Pettibone. He is
said to have made q confession and
will assist the prosecution to corrobo.
rate this confession wherever possible.
The fact that Heywood's case is the
first called for trial is egarded as in.
dicating that the prosecution attor-
neys believe their strongest evidence
is against the secretary of the fedora.
ton. The outcome of his case will
determine the action to be taken with
regard to Meyer and Pettibone.
Should there be conviction of hey
wood, Meyer and Pettibone will be
called for trial in the order named.
On the other hand, an acquittal OF
Haywood undoubtedly would mean an
abandonment of the cases against the
other accused officers OF the miners
organic alton.
Orcha ard will not be tried until all of
the other cases are disposed of. 1t is
said that the evidence against him is
80 strong that be cannot hope for
other than q conviction of murder in
the first degree, regardless of the YER.
diets upon the indictments against
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone. Or
chard, it Is said, has been promised
no degree OF clemency whatever, in
giving evidence for the state.
The presiding Judge is Judge Fre'
mont Wood, native of Maine, a for
mer practitioner at the bar in this
city, and presiding now over his first
important criminal case. Judge Wood
is regarded as careful, deliberate
man, and both the prosecution and
defense in the present trials believe he
will leave no stone unturned to see
that justice is done.
The opening day Of the trial went
through to its conclusion in quiet b lar.
mony, unmarked by unusual incidents.
It was earnest and businesslike. Its
striking feature was the entire absence
OF crowd or demonstration in any
form. At no time, morning or after.
noon, was the court room more than
half filled and the streets forming the
court house square contained not a
single loiterer.
The case was halted shortly before
5p. m. by the exhausting of the jury
panel and an adjournment was taken
until Monday morning. Meantime the
sheriff will summon a special venire
of 100 men.
The IL men under examination, bu,
not yet finally accepted or rejected
were locked up and will be closely
guarded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

the canuon's 5 roar and a shout like the
roar Of all oceans rolled into one
breaking on Gibraltar, rose from the
city. People did not wait to count q.
They knew the child was q boy as
soon as the sixteenth gun was fred.
Immediately all Spain broke into rev.
elry with all the abandon Of the Latin
race. Victoria's future happiness
seems assured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15

would start suit without presenting
any bill. If the victim was not fast
enough in his payments. q levy would
be made. The ''employmeut' part of
the agency was q fantasy. Men and
women who applied for jobs were re.
quired to deposit S2 or % and sent to
places where no help was needed, day
after day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-15
Wintry Weather In East.

NEW YORK, May ll.-Snow aud
unseasonably low temper atures were
reported today from points in New
York state and New England. At
Boston and vicinity, following a
night of heavy rain, there was snow
early in the day, sufficient to cover
the ground. In the Adirondacks from
three to six inches of snow have fallen
in the past "a, hours, and at Rome,
N. y, there was fall of three inches
of snow and the temperature was 81
degrees. At Rochester the ground
was white with snow. In this city
there was drop in temperature in Is
hours of 32 degrees.
Glasgow News: The Larson Bros.
expect to purchase a steam plow in
the near future. They have contracted
over one Thousand acres to pillow in the
immediate neighborhood of Scobey.
They will have 37.horse power en-.
gine and use ten plows. Poplar VAL
ley will soon be farming community.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

his race and country So fine was the action. We
are told, that the House thrilled with excitement
only remembering afterward thas the great shade
whose wrath he deprecated was worked 10y nee
upon the
The passion for acting could go no further
in a Duke of the great French house of Rohan
being told that he had only a half-hour 70
caused himself 20 be taken up, dressed in Cour-
tune with all his orders and Jewels and seated
the banqueting room, where he received his t-i.-
with grace and dignity. Finding himself ST..
blind he rose, cXclaImIng, Nh. the King Is here
saluted and tell dead
Napoleon according to his biographers possessed
dramatic talent of no low grade Indeed it has esr
been asserted that he took lessons of the celebrate
player Talma. At any rate the COrsicau
occasion lost sight of the dramatic possih.l.-
of a word action. How the devoted leg
must have thrilled, when, under the shadow
the Pyramids he delivered to them his isolde
from these Pyramids forty centuries look
upon you,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 10. 1907

s snow diet I'd do it, and do it cheerful
could
Purlv thinks that over for a minute or Then
he raps his cafe the rubber mat, straightens up
his shoulders, and says, By Jove, Ill do 1t! I'll
That want 50 easy, though, as I'd thought.
Lefty White says he's sorry, but he runs mighty
small stock of snakes in winter. He's got fine line
of spring goods on the way though, and II we just
leave our order
All. saw, Leftyr' says l. You give me shootin'
pains Here | goes and cracks up your Joint as
first class snakery, and all you show IS a few
angleworms in bottles and a prospectus OF what
You'll have next month.
Stuffed ones wouldn't do Ell: says he.
" WhV nOtI saws L.
pnrd iy Want sure, but he thought he'd take
chance on EN-; picked three OF the biggest
aud spottedest ones IN the shop, and makes Lefty
promise TO get EN- up there early next forenoon tor
Valentine due to show up by dinner time next
night.
On the way back we talks it over some more and
| tries to chrk Purdy up all l could; for every time
he thinks OF Bombazoula he has a shlrerln mt that
nearly knocks HIM out.
Il could never stand it to go there" says he
never"
Here. here" saws l. That's no way TO meet
thing like this What You want to do is to chuck
blum Jump right into tins reception business with
both feet and let you're ticled To- death with the
prospect Aunty won't take hall the satisfaction
in shuntng you of TO the monkey woods II she
thinks YOU want 10 60
Beats all what a little encouragement viii do for
some folks BY the time Purdy drops me At the
studio he feelin whole lot better and IS prepared
to give Vally the long lost brother grip when he
comes
But was sorry for Purdy just the same | could
see him. over there at Bombazoua, in a suit Of
lavender paJamas tryin' 20 organize cothon with
lot of heavy weight bvunettes, wearin brass rings
in their noses and not much else And all next day l
kept wonderin if Aunt Isabella S scheme was really
goin' to pan. So, when Purdy rushes in about four
O'Clock and wants me 70 come up and take a look
Al the layout, was just about ripe for goin TO see
the show.
But | hope can shy aunty," says l. Some
t.-c- get along with these old battle first rate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

''There!" says Purdy Isn't that tropical
took a long look Well" saws |. I've never
been farther south than Old Point, but I've seen
such things pictured out before now. and If m any
Judge this throws up a section OF the cannbal belt
to the life"
1t did too They had the dark shades pulled down,
and the light was kind of DIM but YOU could see
that the place chock full of ferns and palms and
such. The parrots was hoppln around and YOU
could hear water runnn SomewhereS, and they
trained them spotted snakes around the rubber
trees Just natural II they'd Crawed up there by
themselves
While we was lookin' Aunt Isabella comes putin
up the stairs.
Isn't it Just charming, Mr. McCabe:' says she,
holdin a hand up behind one ear i can hardly
wait for dear Valentine 10 come, I'm 50 anxious TO
see how pleased he'll be He Just dotes Jungle
life. The dear boyl You must come up and take
tea with him some afternoon He's very shy, diitl-
dent little chap; but
At that the door bell starts rngin' like the house
atre. and bang, bang goes some ones fist on
the outside panel Course We all Chases down stairs
10 see what's broke loose; but before gets 20 the
front hall the butler has the door open, and III
pushes a husky, red whskered party, wcariu
cloth cap a belted ulster with four checks 70 the
about the size of small trunk, with labels pasted
all over il.
It's blawSted shyme. that's W at it -" says
he me p'vln' ali q bob for two shillin drivei
These cabbcs OF yours Is a set of bloomlnk Nv Y
mem
What name sir" SAYS the butler
Nine roars the Whiskered gent I'm Val
entine that's who l am! Tykc the luggage, You
shverin PIE face
oh, Naleutine" sques.ls Aunt Isabella, maxim
a rush at him with her arms out.
Sheer off, aunty!' says he Cut out the bally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

and then again l
don't, and what
little reputation
YOU got LETT AT
home | don t want
90 queer
oh, that VIII
bc all right says
iurdv She has
heard Of YOU from
I.nckney, and She
knows about how
you helped me %
get the snakes
Did they fit
IN SAYS /
Come up and
see, SAYS Purdy.
Anditwasw worth
the trip, just 70
get q view of
them rooms. No
body but u batty
old woman would
have ever thought
up 50 many Jun
gle stunts for the
second floor Of a
brownstone front.