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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
Forest Fires Destroy Several Towns
and Cause Much Suffering.

WINNIPEG, Aug. 3. - The latest
estimate Of the dead in the Elk River
district by bush fires, which have been
raging from Michel to Fernie, is $50
persons. The property loss 10 q, ,000,.
600 in Fernie, and 5000 persons are
homeless and destitute. Thousands
Of dollars have been sent by western
Canadian cities this morning to the
relief OF the destitute. Medical sup
plies are greatly needed.
Fernie, with its lumber mills aud
railway terminals, is wiped out, The
fire is still raging around Hosmer and
Sharpwood, but Michel is safe. the
wind dying out At midnight. Na gale
springs up, that city will be again in
danger soon. Seventy men in Elk
River camps perished.
p Forty miles q tremendous bush
fire has burned everything before it.
1t has held full and terrible sway
since 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Estimates are that $50 people have
met death in the flames.
The following places have been de-
stroyed: Fernie, with a population
Of $500; Coal Creek, with popula-
tion of 1900: Hosmer, with popula-
tion of SO.
The fatalities are growing hourly.
In one case five families at Fernie
were hemmed in and every soul perish
ed. At least 10 lives were lost in
E'ernie
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05

bound with ropes and deep cash in
her throa at, the body of young WON.
an was found burning in fire today
in an unfrequented part of Williams.
burg. The body is at the morgue
pending an autopsy. Jas. Ruddick,
q watchman who discovered the body,
and his son Joe, q peddler, have been
arrested. The girl is supposedly
about 20 years old and was evidently
mistreated
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
To Enjoin Lumber Trust.

st. LOUIS, July 30.-A suit to en-
join merger OF the lumber compan.
les throughout the United States into
q $500, ,000, 900 combine to control the
yellow pine industry, was brought to.
day in the circuit court here by At
torney. General Hadley. Judge Kin.
sey granted temporary Injunction
restraining the organization OF the
combine. The hearing is set for Aug
ust II.
The complaint charges that the lum'
Der interests of the country are plan.
ming to fix prices and regulate the
outpu: of lumber and finally to create
a monopoly. Thirty.one defend ants
are named.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Walked Across Continent.

New York, July 3l.-Completing a
walk from San Francisco to New
York in SO days and % hours he said
was record, Sergeant Walsh of the
United States army on furlough
from his station at the Presidio,
walked into the mayors Office in this
city. He carried a pole from which
the American flag flew.
Walsh lost 80 pounds during the
trip and decl ared be would not make
it again for s. At one point OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Inspecting irrigation Projects.

SALT LAKE, July 30.-Secretary OF
the Interior James r. Garfield spent
yesterday studying the progress that
has been made on the Strawberry
valley reclamation project, which in
cludes the diverting of the waters of
Spanish Fork canyon into the govern.
ment canal. About 10000 acres of
land will be reclaimed.
The secretary is on his annual tour
of inspection and review of the gov
ernment reclamation work in the west.
Late last night he left for Montrose,
Colo, to look at the reclamation
work being done there.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Resist Colorado Rate Law.

DENVER, Aug. 3.-Fourteen rail.
ways of Colorado have asked the
federal court for an injunction res
training the members of the Color ado
railroad commission from enforcing
the law as to rate and railway regula-
tion against them. The railroads
will attempt to show that the Law
creating the commission is class
legislation, because it exempts q score
of railroads of the state less then 70
miles in length.
The case Is brought in the United
States court because 1t is alleged
that the law Is direct violation OF
the federal constitution, In that 1t
denies equal protection and gives
special privileges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
AN AIRSHIP THAT FLIES.
Machine From France Makes Sus.
cessful Exhibition Of Its Merits.

NEW YORK, July 3l.-Rising from
the ground like giant bird and dart.
ing through the air at express train
speed, Henri Fsrman's aeroplane,
or heavier than-air flying machine,
brought here from France, made its
initial flight in this country late this
afternoon at Brighton Beach. 1t rose
from an especially prepared "dock"
at the will of the inventor and, after
attaining q height Of Is feet, hew
straight ahead on q direct line, finally
alighting with exquisite grace when
the air ship pilot diminished the
motive power.
During the brief space of time in
which the aeroplane was skimming
over the center field of the race track
the few hundred spectators, most of
whom were friends of the inventor or
rival aviators, watched the flight with
intense interest.
AS q rival attraction to Farm an to.
day Frank Hamilton, an American
aeron aut, sailed his dirgible balloon
into the race course, while Farman
was preparing to make his flights.
Hamilton's balloon scared over the
track grandstand and circled the field
When he was coming back a blade
of the propeller broke, and the balloon
was banged up against the grandstand
throwing Hamilton out. Farman was
the first person to go to his assistance.
and he shook his rival aeronaut
warmly by the hand when he learned
that he had not been injured. Hamil-
ito secured new propeller and sail
ed aWay
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Race Track Men Indicted.

New YORK, July %. - Thirty-six
men were indicted by the Kings coun.
ty grand jury today on charges of
violating the snti.gambling laws of
the race tracks. Those indicted in.
clude some of the most prominent men
who TO rmerly occupied stools in the
betting rings. They are all charged
with misdemeanor under the new laws,
for which the penalty is one years
imprisonment, without alternative Of
fine
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Will Enforce Liquor Law.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-Following his
declaration of yesterday that he
would send the q national guard to St.
Louis county to enforce the Sunday
liquor law and to preserve order, Gov.
eruor Folk tonight issued orders to
Brigadier General Clark to assemble
in St. Louis county next Saturday
and Sunday practically the entire
membership of the First regiment and
Battery A, the states best military
organizations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Gompers Makes Denial.

WASHINGTON, July 3l-''The re.
port that have ever said that I
would or would not deliver the labor
vote to any political party is an in.
famous lie," said Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
OF Labor. "Organized labor is not
only honest, but intelligent enough to
choose the party for its support which
will best represent it, interests"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Would Collect Big Fine.

CHICAGO, July 3O.-District Attor.
ney Edwin Sims and his first assist
ant, James H. Wilkerson, returned
today from their conference with At.
torney General BOnaparte on the gov
ernment case against the Stand ard
Oil company of Indiana, and began
prepar alton of a motion for rehear-
ing by the court of appeals, which set
aside Judge Lands fine of s29, ,240,-
600.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
They Want Harvest Hands.

WINNIPEG, July 29.-The Manitoba
government announced today that
80, 900 men are needed to harvest the
wheat crop in western Canada, and
recommended to the governors Of jails
that all men In prison for vagrancy
and other minor offeuses be released
early next month on condition th at
they would work IN the harvest fields.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Chinese Smuggling Scandal.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l.-Starsl-
ing revelations which It is intim ated
may involve immigration officials at
Pacific coast ports and along the
Mexican border. are expected as the
outcome Of an investig alton now be.
ing carried on by the federal govern
ment Of the illegal entry of Chinese
and japanese coolies into this coun.
try.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Commission Will Investigate.

WASHINGTON, July 29.--The inter.
state commerce commission today is.
sued a statement to the effect that
without waiting for filing of com.
plants it will institute an investiga.
ton on its own motion for the pur-
pose of determining whether advances
in freight rates are justified.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Heat Fatalities In Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Today was the
hottest of the recent torrid wave, the
thermometer at 10 O'Clock this morn.
ing registered 81 degrees. Up to that
hour one death and several prostra-
tions had been reported. Two died OF
heat yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05

HELENA, Aug. 3.-The forest fire
near Elliston continues unchecked,
despite the efforts of gang of 10 men
Supervisor Bushnell said this morn
ing over the phone that it will be i'm.
possible to check it until the fire dies
out. Thousa ands Of dollars worth OF
timber have been destroyed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05

his walk, he said. be crawled along a
trail nine inches wide aud 1000 feet
high, where q burro would not go.
He declared he was blinded from the
reflection Of the snow on the noun.
tain tops. He had the signatures Of
many mayors and town officials on
HE route,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05

MIsSOULA, July 3.-An attempt to
burn down the business portion of St.
Regis last night was frustrated when
officers arrested Jos. Godogner in the
act of setting fire to a saloon building.
Godogner, who is Frenchman, was
given preliminary hearing and held
to the district court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-05
Discover Fiendish Murder.

NEW YORK, July 29-With her face
eaten away by acid, her hands and feet
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
POLICEMAN DRAGS
TWO WOMEN FROM
BURNING HOUSE
Defective FIue Causes Early
Morning Blaze and Endangers
Liyes-Damage, $1,000.

A defective flue caused the wrecking
Of Mrs. william Lands's home at "a
Broad street this morning, and came
near causing the deaths Of Mrs. Lands
and her daughter-in-l Mrs. Frank
Lands.
They were rescued from their danger
by Policeman William A. Morton, of
the Second Precinct, who discovered
the fire, and after turning in an alarm
rushed back to the house and broke
open the doors. His shouts of fire
aroused tho occupants.
Mrs. Lands and her daughter-in-law
were bewilderod by the noise and
smoke which was filing the house.
Norton got them out before the fire
men arrived. and also saved some OF
the household effects.
It was nearly two hours before the
fire was gotten under control The
damage will amount to more than
81, 600 ono OF the horses attached 10
the hose wagon of Engine Company
No. 4 fell on the ley pavement as tho
company was about to return to quar-
ters. An examination Of the animal
showed that it was badly Injured but
not seriously 80. II had to be sent 10
the reserve stable, however, for treat
ment
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
SUICIDE DRINKS
ENOUGH ACID To
KILL THREE MEN
DeSpondent Over Lack of Work
and WOman's Death, Victor
E1innen Takes His Life.
| WAS HALTER IN ORANGE
VALLEY FOR MANY YEARS
Leaves Wife and Children in
Germany Who Had Refused
to Gene to America.

Draining the contents OF two bottles
containing carbolic acid, to make death
sure. Victor IIinnen, who boarded at
20 Union street, Orange Valley. ended
his life there early this morning He
took enough to kill three men.
Loss Of work and sorrow over the
death Of Mrs. Gottleib Hunzerker, with
whom he had boarded, and who was
buried Thursday, are given as the
causes leading him to end his life.
Hinnen was Ga years old and was
halter,
The suicide had been making prepa-
rations to end his life since last Fri
day, when he started to burn all his
belongings. When asked what was the
trouble, he declared that he wanted
ito end it all" He then purchased
two bottles of the acid. He carried an
insurance policy on his life, and went
in search of the agent who made col
lections when he learned that he was
three weeks in arrears with his pay
ments He made sure the amounts
were paid UP, and then seemed CON
tented.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this morning
Hinnen dressed and went to the back
yard. where he swallowed the poison
and staggered into the kitchen. when
the dog started barking. lie had time
to cxclaim ut is all over now," when
he fell over.
Herman Sperllng, who is employed
nearby was told of the affair, and he
Immediately notified the police and hos
pitai authorities. The acid had done
its work before the ambulance arrived,
however. and Or. S. A. Muta. deputy
county physician, was notified. He
granted a burial permit and the body
was taken to Kunz's morgue.
Hnncn came to this country many
years ago from Germany. In that
country he was Il foreman in a nat
shop, but lost work one day and also
the love of his wife when no money
was coming In. He scraped enough to-
gether to sail for America, and when
he got enough money, after working
in the Valley hat shops, sent letter
to his wife, offering her money enough
to bring her and the children to this
country. All of the letters. however
were returned mot delivered" and
Hinnen never knew what became Of his
family
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
SADLY DUPED BY
HER LOVER, SAYS
WRATHFUL WIDOW
Pretty Mrs. Matilda Smith Tells
How She Lost Her Cold,
Hard Cash.
GAVE $3.50 TO MAN SHE
WAS GOING TO MARRY
But She Asserts in Orange Po-
lice Court That Her
iFiance Skipped.

Mrs. Matilda Smith, pretty widow,
was in anything but a merry mood
When she visited Police Judge Joseph
y. Bray in the Orange police station
today and told a story of alleged du-
plicity on the part of an Orange man
whom she had picked out as successor
to her late lamentcd spouse. The object
of the Widows wrath formerly boarded
i'll Canlield street, Orange, and she
wanted warrant sworn out Tor his
arrest on a charge OF appropriating
S550 of cold, hard cash, as well as the
priceless affections of the widow. Judge
Bray learned that the alleged taking of
the money from Mrs. Smith was ac-
complished in Montclan, and he di-
rected the Tilted one to that town for
redress, giving her a note to Chief
of Police Gallagher explaining The cir
rumstances.
MY faith in men is certainly shaken
after this experience, said Mrs
Smith, as she conhdentially explained
TO the court her troubles.
you see, this man and / had ar
ranged to get married, and he seemed
anxious to start in business, so we
watched the advertisements in the
newspapers anu sim All Az Olltillib
IA saloon in Hobolen for $3.50. Now,
you khG Hoboken is just a lovely
place for q saloon, so j went to the
Montclair Sayings Bank and drew out
$3.50. This was on hFiday, February
IA, Valentines da", and we went tc
Hoboken and saw the place end decid.
ed TO buy it. So | took 500 and
bought my trousseau and had beau-
tiful dress for the Wedding, which was
to have taken place on Tuesday last.
Il thought everything was going
along all right, but became suspicious
when two letters l sent him were not
answered. Tuesday came, and no
bridegroom. So ] looked him up, and
now ! want you to take a complaint
against him."
The man was formerly employed at
the Edison works, the woman told the
court, but was probably laid off when
the employment of some of the men
ceased. She gave his name to the
judge.
Mrs Smith Is a buXom woman of
pleasing appearance. and seemed very
wrathy over her deception. She left
for Montclair. promising warm and
lively time for the recreant admirer
who got out of reach with. her money.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
WEBER GETSQUICk
BAIL WHEN HELD
FOR |DES'S DEATH
Friends Crowd Court and Con-
graduate Policeman Who Shot
Young Desperate in Street.

Policeman John r Weber, the young
policeman of the First Precinct, who
shot and killed the notorious Frank
Ides, alias the New Jersey Jesse James,
Saturday was arraigned before Judge
Ten Eyck in the court of Quarter
Sessions today. He was held in $1,000
bail to await the action of the Grand
Jury on a technical charge of man
slaughter.
Weber appeared before the court in
the custody of Captain Ryan of the
First Precinct. He was accompanied
by former Senator Michael r. Barrett,
who had volunteered his services rs
counsel. In addressing the court SEN
ator Barrett said:
Your Honor, this defendant Weber
has been brought into court in the case
of the shooting of Frank ldes alias
Dutch Ides. who has turned out to be
a notorious burglar. | ask that the
bail be fixed at $1,000, and / viii go
bail for this amount
County Prosecutor Young then stated
to the court that he considered bail OF
thdt amount sufficient.
II think so, too" said Judge Ten
Eyck
Weber soon afterward left the court,
after his counsel had signed the bail
bonds He received many congratula-
tions from police and friends. and 1t
was freely predicted that he would
never be indicted.
Mr.. Young said at the conclusion Of
the hearing that hs had not yet made
up his mind whether he would 60 be-
fore the Grand Jurv to ask for an in
dicthent It is highly probable that If
the county prosecutor does go before
that body. he will do so in a purely
perfunctory manner and that the
Grand Jury will refuse 10 hand down
an Indictment Weber declined to dis
euss his case today.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
LEAPS FROM TIER
OF COUNTY JAIL
TO END HIS LIFE
John Shea Only Breaks Ankles
in Spectacular Plunge of
Twenty Feet.

John Shea, u ten-day prisoner at the
county Jail. attempted suicide at 7:lj
o'clock this morning in the presence ol
fifty prisoners who We're in line for
breakfast and the fun corps of keepers.
He leaped from the walk surrounding
the upper tier OF tho west wing. In
his descent he narrowly escaped hit
ting the steel casing projecting from
the lower tier. He fell on his stomach
when he struck the floor pavement
twenty feet below, and at first 1t was
believed he was seriously injured
Warden Charles A. Steadman. who
was in his Office in another part of the
institution, was Immediately notified
and teephoned TO the City Hospital for
an ambulance. There 1t was learned
that except injury TO both ankles Shed
was uninjdred.
Shea was arrested in Market street
by Policeman Goldingay and committed
to Jail from the First Precinct Police
Court February IL on a charge of
vagrancy.
When me was admitted II appeared
as though he had been drinking and
since being confined appeared some
what demented. lie gave his age as
3S years, and said he was clerk, and
that his home was at 80 Hoyt street
New York city. After he made the at
tempt 10 end his life today, however
the warden ordered thorough search
Of his belongings. and on piece OF
blue paper hidden under the band OF
his hat was the following: 81 live at
tS4 West Tenth street, n. y. care OF
- y. Lawrence.
Apparently Shea contemplated the
act, for he selected a time when efforts
to prevent it were impossible. In the
west wing there are three tiers, and it
is the only one in which the walk SUR
rounding the cells are not Gagged in. and
it WAS an easy matter for Shea to drop.
lie waited until all the other prisoners
on his tier were downstairs.
AS his body descended the others
stood aghast. for Raphael Savaro 80
years old. who at one time lived at
2011a Fourteenth avenue, Who was to be
sentenced July ! last, committed sui
eide by jumping from the same walk
He landed on his head. He occupied
cell No. Us. Shea viii be able to leave
the hospital very soon.
"Iho old wing is not caged in like the
others said Warden Steadman TO an
.IsVENiNG STAR reporter, soon after
Shea descent.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
Young Farmer SCOTS Charge
That Spouse Murdered
His Mother.
COMES TO AID OF WOMAN
WHOM HE HAD DESERTED
Former Sussex County Law
maker Brands Alleged Comics
sion of Prisoner as False.
Ispeelal to the tvenIns star.1

NEWTON, Feb. 24.-Frederick Cas-
sidy, the young farmer whose wife is
Jailed here charged with chopping his
old mother to pieces, today came out in
her defense, seoffed at the idea that she
was insane and declared with the ut
most conviction that he, too, believes
"a big black Indian" committed the
heinous crime.
Cassidy has engaged Former Assem-
blyman Levi H. Norris to defend his
wife. Today he informed him that the
reported statement that his wife had
confessed that she had slain her moth
er-in-law was absolutely false and that
he proposed TO see to ii that she was
properly defended.
Meanwhile Mrs. Cassidy, little and
powerful as an Amazon, thewed and
sinewed, yet with a face singalarly
beautiful in negative fashion. sits
grooming love songs to the baby to
whom she denies maternity and bab-
bling denials that she slew Granny
Cassidy, her aged mother-in-law.
Hour by hour she sits in her cell in
the county Jail, fearfully awaiting the
approach Of Indians and other phan-
tasmagoria Of her tired and disordered
brain.
Since her incarceration last Friday
the accused murderess of her husband s
mother has constantly bewailed the
loss of her real baby, "stolen by In
dians." and repeated her countless
iterations that she never made way
with old Mrs. Phoebe Cassidy The
authorities here profess a certain sym
patly for the young woman, as there
is every reason 20 believe that she is
hopelessly deranged and has not the
slightest recollection of having chopped
her mothcr-in- law to pieces.
Former Assenblyman Levi T. Nor
ris. who has been retained to defend
Mrs. Cassidy, said today that he would
probably ask for u commission in
lunaey and have the accused commit
ted to an insane asylum at once. Tile
sheriff is so fearful Of what the mother
may 40 to her baby that he will make
an effort to take the four-months-old
child from her.
"Oh, / never killed Granny Cassidy,
moaned the young woman today.
"They can't prove that on me. But ]
can prove that my husband deserted
scontinucJ on second Paec1