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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
MONTANA DEMOCRATS MEET
State Convention At Anaconda Will
Be Interesting Affair.

ANACONDA, Sept. - The demo.
cratic leaders are slow in reaching
Anaconda, most of them stopping In
Butte to mix dope with the Silver Bow
deleg alton before coming to the actual
scene of activity. They will arrive
tonight, however, aud the state cen.
trail committee will hold q meeting in
the red room at the Montana, to ar.
range the temporary organizatio of
the convention. 1t is reported that
T. j. Walsh will be selected as the
chairman to open the bali.
Perhaps the only certain thing about
the convention, aside from its endorse.
ment Of Bryan is the nomination by
reclamation of Governor Norris.
Because of the great flow of oratory
that is expected, more than a day will
be required to finish the work. No
candidates have developed since the
last review of the situation, and there
Is nothing to indicate q fight, except
over the nomination for certain of the
offices, notably that of representative
to congress and lieutenant governor.
Anaconda has experienced no diff.
ficulty in caring for the visitors, all
Of whom have been assigned to rooms
As the reserve rooms in the priv ate
houses have not yet been needed it is
certain that there is ample accommo.
dation for all who come.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
BRYAN DENOUNCES TRUSTS.
Democratic Candidate Poses as The
Only Genuine Reformer.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. Sept. g. Ad.
dressing q monster democratic rally
here last night, William j. Bryan in
the course OF speech on the tariff
guaranty Of bank deposits, the labor
and trust questions and governmental
reforms, denounced T. Coleman
Dupont of Delaware and Sen ator
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania. men,
bers of the repu blicsn executive com.
mittee. as not being expected to be-
come reformers, because, as he charg-
ed, of their ahiliation with the trusts.
Especial attention was given to the
reform and trust questions.
The so.called Intern ational Harvest.
er trust was scored by the democratic
candidate, who charged that the re-
publican party has not yet attempted
to free the county from its alleged ex-
tortions.
On the trust question, said Mr..
Bryan, the people have no hope of
relief with Mr.. Taft as president,
"for,' he said, 'he not only does not
promise you relief, but criticizes me
severely because do promise relief
He declared that every private
monopoly ought to be dissolved aud
that competition ought to be restored
in order that the people may have the
benefit Of that competition. Continu
ing, the democratic candidate said
that "Mr. Taft not only does not say
that his party will destroy the private
monopoly, but he does say that te
destroy it would destroy and extirpatt
business. He says that what the
country needs is not determination o
trusts but regulation. He has triec
regulation in his party for II year:
and the result is that the trusts hav.
regulated the republicans but the
party has failed to regulate the
trusts
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
To Recover Valuable Lands.

PORTLAND, Sept. 4.-Suit to recover
lands granted the Oregon and Cal.
ifornia Railroad company, now con.
trolled by the Southern Pacific COM
pany and valued at over $4,000, 600,
was begun today by Special Assistant
Attorney General B. D. Townsend, on
behalf of the United States govern
nent. The suit is based on the alleged
failure of the railroad company to
live up to the terms of the grant in
disposing of the lands in question.
The case will be bitterly fought by
the railroads as the lands involved
represent some of the best tim Der
tracts on the Pacific coast, If not in
the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Drouth Causes Suffering.

PrTsBUG, Sept. "A long contin-
ued drouth in western Pennsylvania
and West Virginia is gradually
reaching serious proportions and the
lack Of rain is causing the suspension
of many industries. Farmers are
hauling water for miles. Creeks
which have never before been known
to 60 dry are SO shallow that only
here and there q stagnant pool is to
be found. This water is scooped up,
boiled and used for domestic pur.
poses.
At Morgantown, w. Va, the large
plant of the American Sheet and Tin
Plate company has suspended opera.
tions on account of the drouth. Many
lumber, coal and coking industries
along Decker's creek are also idle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Retaliation.

When Bernard S. Rodey, now .
Judge In Porto Rico. was the delegate
In congress from New Mexico, he used
to get furious because members would
introduce bills relating to New Mex
leo without consulting him. He de.
clared 1t brought him into the contempt
of his constituents.
One day "Chsrlie" Curtis of Kan.
sas, now Senator Charles Curtis, in.
troduced bill setting aside 100000
acres of land In New Mexico IS Q
ranch for the breeding of buffalo.
A couple of days later Curtis was
amazed to find in his batch Of printed
bills one providing that 100, 900 acres
should be set aside in Atchison coun.
ty, Kan, which was in Curtis district,
as ranch for the breeding of prairie
dogs. Rodey had introduced It.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Bryan In North Dakota.

FARGO, N. D., Sept. 1.-William j.
Bryan said at the fair grounds today
that he promised personally to see
that the platform pledges of the demo.
cratic party are fulfilled. He declared,
if elected, he would call special ses.
sion of congress to consider the tariff
question. he arrived at 7 o'clock this
morning and was greeted by the Bry an
and Kern democratic club. He joined
in a parade and held q two-hour re.
ception at the fair grounds. He was
given q dinner at noon by the demo.
cratic leaders.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
WAR HEROES PARADE.
Grand Army Veterans Honored BY
Their Fellow Citizens.

TOLEDO, Sept. 2.-Vetersns of the
Grand Army of the Republic, for the
forty second time, marched through
the streets of an encampment city to.
day. Over route two miles long,
guarded by q younger generation of
soldiers-the Seventh regiment, Ohio
National Guard, who restrained the
throngs of sightseers at the ropes
the old campaigners of Grant and
Sherman moved to the blare OF bands
and pipe and roll of fife and drum.
Opposite the reviewing stand, where
stood w. H. Taft, republican can.
didate for president, and many other
notables, the colors were dipped and
each department commander joined
Commander in Chief Burton in the
stand.
Long before the parade started, the
streets were packed with humanity to
q degree that made it almost impos-
sible to move along the sidew alks.
Local newspapers estimate that in
cluding the veterans and their women
folks there were 10000 visitors in
the city.
Probably no detachment of the
marching body attracted more atten-
tion that the 700 mem bers of the ma.
tional association OF ex-prisoners of
the war. Their thrilling stories of
prison life and daring escapes had
been we'll circulated about the city
and added interest to their appear.
ance. They came in for a special
bombardment of flowers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Alaska Wheat IL. Poor Stuff.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Secretary
Wilson Of the department Of agrical.
ture today announced that an agent,
who had been sent to Julliatte, Idaho,
made the following report on Alaska
wheat:
"Alaska wheat yielded 25 bushels of
wheat to the acre. 1t is badly mixed.
The grain is inferior In quality to the
soft white wheat. The ordinary wheat
Is yielding fully as much and the best
varieties more" An analysis re.
Gently made by the department shows
that Alaska wheat contains only lit.
tie over nine per cent protein, while
the soft winter wheat averages ten per
cent and the hard winter wheat twelve
per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Would Purify National Capital.

SPOKANE, Sept. 1.-Eugene Chain,
prohibition candidate for president,
in a speech here last night said: Zone
of the first things that will do after
I am inaugurated will be to clean out
the District of Columbia. There are
fewer cities with a viler lot of gam
bling dens and bawdy houses than the
nations capital, some of them almost
in sight of the white house and the
capitol. The last one will have to go,
even the one almost exclusively pat.
ronized by members OF congress. All
are run in violation OF law and the
president has ample power to act.''
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Death Cancels Big Fine.

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 3.-Contend-
ing that the United States district at.
torney was not warranted by law in
attempting to collect the $4,000 fine
imposed upon the late United States
Senator Mitchell in connection with
the land fraud cases, from his estate,
United States Judge Weaverton to.
day handed down decision vacating
the fine imposed on the senator July
25, 1905.
After Mitchell's sentence an appeal
was taken to the United States Gu.
preme court, but before q decision
was announced the senator died. As
a result of today's decision, the estate
of Senat Mitchell will now be settled
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Squirrel Whisky In Maine.

One Of England's prominent whisky
distillers said the other day of some
liquor which he sampled in the prohi-
bition state of Maine: "When asked
the component parts I was informed
by the blender that he took q gallon
of wood alcohol and put wineglass
of glycerin in it to mellow It, then
ground down some plug tobacco and
strained 1t through q cheese cloth to
give it flavor, and then united the
whole with q gallon iof water. He
added that it was called squirrel
whisky because one swho drank 1t
talked nutty and climbed trees"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Politicians Appeal To Court.

BOISE, Sept. 4.-The tickets nomin.
ated by the Dubois and anti-Dubois
factions of the democratic party in
Idaho at the recent state convention
at Wallace were filed today with the
secretary of state. The anti.Dubois
ticket was accepted by Secretary of
State Landson as the regular demo.
cratic ticket, and when the Dubois
ticket was presented he refused to file
it. Mandamus proceedings against
the secretary of state will be insti-
tuted at once in the supreme court by
the Dubois faction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Forest Fires Are Checked.

DULUTH, Sept. THE fires which
threatened to devastate the entire
range district have been checked. and
Buhl, 900 people, and Nashwauk, L..
900 inhabitants, which were surround
ed by flames, are safe. Wrenschall,
35 miles northwest of Duluth, is still
threatened and the entire population
is fighting it. The flames are with
in mile of the city. Small fires are
burning all through the 535 miles
of district between Hibbing and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
NEVADA TOWN DESTROYED.
Stores We're Burned and Homeless
Victims Gould Not Get Food.

RAWHIDE, New, Sept. 4.-Three
thousand people homeless, a score or
more injured and property loss of
over $780, 900 is the result of a dis
astrous fire which started this morn.
ing 10 the Rawhide Drug company's
building. Over a ton and q half of
dynamite was used in the demolition
OF buildings, which in measure
stayed the flames progress. The
volunteer fire departman worked
heroically, but on account of the in
tammable construction of the build.
ings they were swept away like tinder.
At II O'Clock the business portion of
Rawhide was a smo!dering mass Of
ruins. the flame, being finally checked
south If Balloon avenue.
A famine threatens now as all the
grocery and supply houses We're des-
trOyed. A suh.rrlp'lnu list has been
started and over 10, OOO already has
bean subscribed and by nightfall IL is
exis c,ed $50, 600 viii; br in the hands
OF the committee. lie re.lef com.
mittee is headed By E. w. King, Of
the Coalition Queen Mining company.
A relief train started from Reno at
1 O'Clock containing thousands of
pounds Of goods and bedding. The
train will arrive in few hours and
relieve the seriousness of the situa.
tion. All of the mining towns of the
state came nobly to the assistance of
Rawhide sufferers with cash contrib.
utiOns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Arkansas Rate Law Suspended.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 3.-Judge Vande.
venter, in the United States supreme
court, granted the injunction request
ed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern, and three other railro ads
operating in Arkansas, against the
Arkansas state railway commission.
The injunction restrains the commits.
sion from enforcing the new 2.cent law
and from interfering with the railroads
in raising their freight rates on inter.
state traffic. The railroads claim the
lower rates are Improbable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Big Rush Of Homeseekers.

WINNIPEG, Sept. 2.-The dominion
land Offices in every district in the
west where odd numbered sections are
thrown open for homesteading prom.
ise to be very busy for the next few
days. In their reports received today
from IA points where applications may
be made, it is stated that hundreds of
men waited outside the land Offices in
line throughout the night.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Grand Army Veterans Meet.

TOLEDO, o., Sept.-1. - The two
main attractions of the G. A. r.
encampment today were the dedica.
tion of the Fort Meigs monument and
the civic parade. The significant fea.
ture of the days exercises occurred at
the village of Perrysburg, twelve miles
from Toledo, where great granite
shaft, eighty feet in height, was dedi-
Gated in honor of the dead OF Ohio.
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Will Increase Park Garrison.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Provision
is being made at the war department.
to increase the garrison at Yellow.
stone national park. 1t is proposed
to double the force. The recent holdup
by lone highwayman OF several
tourist coaches with 12O passengers
calls attention to the necessity of q
more thorough supervision OF the park
precincts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Montana Pioneer islDead.

SPOKANE, Sept. 7.-W. f. Cullen,
Sr., attorney general of Montana un.
der Governors Leslie and Hauser, and
q pioneer Of that state, died at his
home in this city Saturday night.
Judge Cullen for years resided in
Helena, where he was q law partner
of the late Senator F. Sanders, and
former Governor ToOle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Bonanza Wheat Farmer Dead.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 4.-Word was re.
ceived here last night that Oliver
Dalrymple, who was known as the
"bonanza wheat farmer" OF North
Dakota. died at his ranch home at
Cassellton, n. D. The cause of death
was given as heart disease superin.
duced by old age. The Dalrymple
farm consisted of II sections, mbr ac-
ing l0,6S0 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09

MIssoULA, Sept. 5.-As result of
a head.on collision between west
bound passenger train No. 5 and .
freight train near Paradise, 70 miles
west OF here, about 3 O'Clock this
morning, both engineers, both firemen
and five hoboes are dead and Head
Brakeman Dickinson of the freight
train and one tramp are seriously il
not dangerously injured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09

who fell in the battle around Fort
Meigs during the war Of 1928.
It was at Fort Meigs that General
Harrison checked the British advance
under Proctor after the general had
profted by General Hull's surrender
of Detroit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
Colderain, but no further damage 10

Colderain, but no further damage 10
anticipated.
Chisholm. with q population of 1000
is almost entirely destroyed. There
are many destitute persons. Many
men, who were rated as well.to do,
were without funds to buy q meal to-
day. In most instances these misfor.
tunes are only temporary as many will
soon receive their insurance money.
However, some merchants lost every.
thing they had except the clothes on
their backs and there will be much
suffering and financial emb arrass.
ment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09
NOME MURDER MYSTERY.
Butte Woman Alleged To Be Victim
Of Fiendish Crime.

SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-Charged with
the murder of his young wife, whose
body he buried in the basement of his
cabin at Nome, distinterring it in
the sprine. when he cut it in three
parts, Grated and later cremated it.
Lee H. Johnston, q well.to-do mining
man of Nome, Alaska, was arrested
In Seattle yesterday Johnston admits
having dismembered the body and
later having burned it, but steadfast.
ly persists that his wife committed
suicide, and in q note requested q
secret burial and gave him all her
property.
The facts directly leading up to and
suggesting the alleged crime date
back over q space OF three years,
when Johnston, q well.to.do miner,
married Belle Gilchrist, q young
society woman. of Butte, Mont. In the
spring of 1905 he took her to Nome.
On October of the same year she
mysteriously disappeared from Nome.
Johnston said she had left for Seattle.
Johnston came out from Nome on
three different occasions, and each
time told relatives in Butte, it is
charged, that his wife was we'll and
happy in Nome, and that having her
power of attorney he had come to
Butte to dispose of the property and
get the money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-09

property Of the officers. 1t was also
reported that usury was being prac.
ticed at Fort Wayne. not only among
the officers, but among the enlisted
men.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
LOSS Is $t,5OO,OOO
Fire in Chicago Threatens to
Repeat 1871 Disaster.
STARTS IN a FREIGHT HOUSE
Forty Fire Engines and six Fire
boats Necessary TO Overcome the
Flames which Sweep Through
Yards as in Lumber kfIn-BurnfnE
Boards Carried Across River.

Chicago, Aug 3.-Fire which started in
the out-freight house Of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy. Railroad. at Six
teenth street and the river. this after
noon, spread through and destroyed more
than S1.500.Oo0 worth OF property within a
short space Of time.
Two big grain elevators. freight sheds.
freight cars. and buildings were swept
away Ike chaff- Stored in the elevators
were hundreds Of thousands Of bushels OF
grain
It was reported at one tine that six
fremen had been killed in the FIRE. but
this proved erroneous. Several, however,
were more or less injured and many were
overcome by the intense heat.
It was the dercest and hottest fire the
Chicago fremen have fought in years, and
at one time threatened TO give Chicago a
repetition Of the eonfagraton Of 1S71.
Brand Carried Far.
Burning boards and shingles were car
RED across the river. brands being car
ried as far as the lake. and in many
places on the docks on the east side Of the
stream and on roofs near there small
fires started. These were extingUished
before they became dangerous; otherwise.
with the strong southwest wind between
them. the flames might have spread into
the downtown district
The flames spread with great rapidity
and not until six fire boats, stationed at
various points along the river near the
scene, as well as forty engines and truck
companies had worked hard for several
hours, was the FIRE finally controlled
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
GIVES SPACE TO OPPONENT
Wisconsin Candidate for Senate Of
fers Newspaper.
Editor Tells Brown He Can Reply
to What Publication
VIII Say.

Milwaukee. Wis, Aug. 3-In an
nouncing his candidacy for the nomina-
ton Of United States Senator on the
Democratic ticket. Mel A Hoyt. editor
Of the Milwaukee Daily News. tonight
offered TO his opponent, Neal Brown. Of
Wausau. one column Of space a night
IN the News. in which Brown can repIS
to what Hoyt IS going, TO say about
him.
In his statement Hoyt tells where
he stands on leading questions. and
says the voters must accept hin as he
is OF else let him alone. He says he is
going to say many things about Brown.
but wants a fair fight. and. therefore
opens the columns of his paper to his
opponent
Brown may accept the offer
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
VENEZUELA STILL ANGRY.
Does Not Want Dutch Friends Until
They Apologize.

The Hague. Aug. 3.-The government
has received dispatches from the gov
ernor Of Curacao conveying VenezGela's
declaration that she does not wish the
friendship of Holland until the latter has
atoned for the insults she has offered
Venezuela
The dispatches state that the exequatur
of the Dutch consul at Caracas has not
been withdrawn. which leaves him the
only official Of the Netherlands who is
recognized by the Venezuelan govern
ment in that country.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
LOCAL.

1-BaldWin's s Dirigible Is Moved.
TAFT Denounced by Labor Union.
Rev Mr. Maple to Hold Revival
Truck sunk by Treasury Pillar.
RAILROAD Rates Are Probed.
2-Dr. McKim May Be Made Bishop.
Republicans Form a Taft Club.
Negroes DenOunce Taft in Meeting.
Miss Smiths Case Is a Puzzle.
shepherd Dummy Is Taken Away.
+Guardsmen Smell Powder To-day.
S-Boy Accused Of Firing Hay Load.
lo-WilsOn The Object OF Crusade
12-AIilk Publication Conference.
2-ChHdren StH Seek Work Badges.
l2-Heat Affects Capital Horses.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
Longworths in Chicago.

Chicago III. Aug Representative
Nicholas LOngwOrth and wife arrived
in Chicago to-day on their way from
the West to Cincinnati The Repre-
sentative said that he had enjoyed his
vacation immensely. and would be glad
waen he got back to work He re-
fused absolutely 70 talk politics. The
couple left for Cincinnati to-rizht-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
REV. B. F. DIMMICK DEAD.
Pastor of the Church Where Ep-
worth League Began.

Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 3.-Rev. 2. F.
Dimmick- in whose church in Cleveland
the Epworth League was organized years
ago died to-day at Delaware he was
ffty-eight years old
The Washington herald., 1908-08-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District OF Columbia
and Maryland-Fair; continued
warm to-day and tomorrow;
light sOutherly winds