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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Congressman Pray Renominated and a List of
Other Winners Named.
pointed leader and his doctrines.

pOIuteu le8Qer anu OlS OOCtTIuee.
II was after 10 o'clock this morning
when the convention resumed its ses.
sion. The work of the day was begun
Immediately. Broadwater yielded to
Deer Lodge and w. B. Rodgers NOM
mated w. r. Allen for lieutenant
governor. Mr.. Rodgers spoke at
length Of the successful career of MIR.
Allen and of his splendid record in
the house, having been twice elected
representative in q county regarded
as strongly democratic. A. j. Galen
of Lewis and clark seconded the nom.
ination. The roll was called and his
nomin alton was unanimous.
William L. Holloway was renomin.
ated by acclamation for associate
justice, Geo. Pease of Gallatin max
ing the nominating speech.
A. N. Ioder OF Silver Bow was re.
nominated for secretary of state, John
Davis of Silver Bow making the nom
mating speech. Hedges Of Fergus
seconded the nomin alton, which was
made by acclamation.
j. G. Browne of Lewis and Clark
nominated A. j. Galen for attorney
general in speech which was we'll re-
ceived by the convention Mr.. Brown
referred at length to Mr.. Galen $
official record The nomin alton was
made by acclamation.
| The first contest since that over the
choice of candidate for governor
last night came over the nOmin alton
for state treasurer. Three candid ates
we're placed in nomin alton as follows:
E. Z. Esselstyn OF Carbon county,
w alter kroeger of Granite county
and George B. Lockhart of Cascade
county. It. required two ballots to
decide it and Es5elstyn captured the
plum.
There were also three candid ates
placed in nOmi Il Il ion for the Office Of
railroad commissioner for the six
year Jerm, they being Z. A, Morley o.
Silver Bow, Dan Boyle Of Park anC
Judge Pomeroy of Flathea1. Boyle
was nomina ated on the first ballot,
which stood as follows: Boyle PIP
Morley 148, Pomeroy 50.
B. 7. Stanton was renomin ated fol
the fOur.year commissioner term and
E. A. Morley was nominated for the
two-year term.
Presidential electors were selected
as follows: w. F. Gullick, Chas. S
Warren and Paul Mccormick. Th'
convention adjourned this afternoon
at CLOCK with cheers for the ma
tional and state ticket.
The keenest rivalry was manifested
over the nomin alton for governor, bu
today's events showed that not trace
of rancor or feeling remained. C. NJ
Webster, one of the aspirants for th
guberna natorial nomin alton, when h
placed in nomination Judge Pomero
OF Kalispell, for railroad commits
sioner, called the attention OF the con
vention to the fact that he regretted
exceedingly in the confusion last nigh
the Cascade deleg alton overlooked it.
intention OF moving for the unanimou
nomination OF Mr.. Donlan for gov
ernor. He spoke enthusiastically Q
the ticket and declared that he an
his friends would work for it wit
might and main.
The convention was one of the larg
est ever held in the history of Mon
tana and the enthusiasm manifesto
was never before equalled.
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declare that they are not alarmed, but
confident that the city will be thor
oughly cleaned up and the plague
situation under complete control.
So far the cholera cases have been
confined almost exclusively to Fill
pinOa
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Republican State Ticket.

Presidential Electors . w f. GULLICK
CHARLES 8. WARREN
PAUL MCCORMICK
Congressman ., CHARLES N. PRAY
Governor EDWARD DONLAN
Lieutenant Governor r. ALLEN
ATTORNEY General al...A. A. J. GALEN
Secretary of State te..,..,.A. N. YODER
Auditor. H. r. CUNNINGHAM
Supt. Public instruction. W. E. HARMON
Treasurer, f. ESSELSTYN
Associate Justice. ...........W. L. HOLLOWAY
Railroad Commissioners
Six years. Dan bO1LE
Four years. 7. STANTON
Two years. E. A. MORLEY
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
Definition of a Box Car.

Not all the instruction given to youns railroad men Is intensely serious. The following definition was recently Of fered to beginner: "A box car be longs to the fowl family. During the spring and summer months 1t can bt found in nearly every part of the coun try, its favorite haunts being railwa! tracks, and 1t Is easy to capture. H. the autumn. however, like certain otl CT fowls, it goes into hibernation ol flies to other climes. Scattered ill stances are known where specimen are captured during the autum months. A lasso or a well grease. switch crew is som etlmes used in snar ing the box car, but main strength :. the best weapon. In any case fh' hunter must be very wary. as aal noise like the huttering of wa! bil will make the quarry disappear. Some railways own large focks of domesti cated box cars. but they are careful,
 guarded during the closed season. IT., wild box car when caught and fairy well loaded becomes perfectly station ary"-San Francisco ArgDnaut.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22

The Jolly yeseera.

Tho Jolly Jesters.
 .Mr Middleman. An desires to pro eound a question"
 Every we'll, Mir Tainbo."
 "Why do dey designate dat oeaut1fui southern vegetable as ah watermelon:
 That's easy. Because it makes your month water"
 "NowAar near de answer. It's called ah watermelon becase yo' cut it in ds spring"
 "Speakin' ob de spring reminds me. broke In the other end man. Ma ole daddy went out to git some water one day an he done fell in ah spring"
 "Was he drowned:" "He warn't zactly drowned. but l. pne killed him."
 'That's strange. He fell in the spring md was killedY' "Yessah."
 "But he wasn't drowned2" "No, sah."
 "Well. did he die in the spr.ng?
 "No. sah; he died in de fall"
 "Our golden voiced tenor. MT. Vtt Lett, will contribute that heart touch Ing ballad entitled, Warden, Brusi Those Locks Away; Yearn for Lii srty.'" '"-Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
A lcsinn Game.

Not long ago Il ne" Turkish bath e> tablshment vas orglai&ed. ani .s - the custom the promoters went out ;0 forn a re-rstt....,li' clientele The aneora+s of what |, Turkish bath would m'co:.i plSh were nlnst s.oWt;.e Among 'tie npn aaproacl!ea w3s German salooG tst His complaint was obesity. as wa> shown by the fact that he was aeiasy the average height and weighed 2f' pounds.
 "Now, 1t is like this" explained the masseur when the German had been invelgled to take look into the bac.l house, "I will guarantee to take oil two pounds at each bath"
 "Vat!" exclaimed the kaiser's former subject. 1.-TWO pounds init each bath Ach, dot means von hundret baths and den no man. Nein, dink I take dem notr'-Columbus Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
Quay and His Letters.

The late Senator M s. Quay of Penn sylvania kept all the letters his constit- uents wrote to him asking for favors He had stacks of them when his last light for the senate came along. Then be sorted out the letters, eliminatine those from people who were dead. anc on the back of each letter wrote:
 Dear John or Bill-Do you remembe, when you wrote me this letter and do yor remember that did what was asked? want your help now in my fight for tn senate Can l have 1t?
 The politicians in Pennsylvania sa, those letters. mailed to the origina senders with Quay's request on the backs of them. had as much as any one thing to do with Quay's winning Ii dght.-Saturday Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
Who Fra Ciavolo Was.

Fra Diavolo was the nickname given Michele PeZza, celebrated renegade monk and Italian brigand, who M. born in 1160 It should be noted th9' the opera of Auber has nothing in coni mon with Fra Diavolo but the name PeZZa was first stocking weay": then a soldier in the Neapolitan ar:,1f then soldier in the pope's service, and finally he became monk, but was eH- pelled. Tn the mountains of Gala bria Pezza took to brigandage, and such was his notoriety and so great were his cruelties that the people nicknamed him Fra Diavolo. It Is consollng .n know that he was eventually executed la 1SO6.-New York American
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
Gettinu Rid of His Cards.

The other day one of the members raw to London, was introduced to a party of ladies in the dining room Of the house of commons. As he left he gravely presented each lady with his card. A friend ventured to hint that this was carrying pollteness too far fa:. London customs. Sure" was the re ply, ''it didn't matter. I had POO Of them printed. And I've changed m, address anyway, so they're no use to me."-I.eeds Mercury
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
 Not to aa Overlooked.

Blobbs does Subbubs hate his next door neighbor so? Slobs-The man built high spite fence. Blobos We'll. I must say that isn't an east thing to overlook.-Philadelp Rec ord
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
lt Cfeen Comes.

In Scotch Sunday school the lad :. teacher, after speaking on the subjec' of death, asked, And what comes ar: or death? Instantly little girl cale, out eagerly. "A fight about the money
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-22
The Perfume of Good Chesr

We were na,.e e to radiate the rc. fume of good heer and happiness [ much as a rose was made to radiate ii weetness {" very passersy .-aacce.f Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
NASSAU HOSPITAL NURSES ANGERED.
Three of Them Dismissed and Others
Threaten to Strike, It Is Said.

The nurses Nassau Hospital, Mineola. Long
Island are up in arms and, according to a report.
general strike may be looked for at any moment
The trouble arose the dismissal OF three OF
the nurses without receiving hearing from the
training school committee, it IS said Those dis
missed were Miss Margaret MacCormack, Of
Flushing: Miss Lillian Touvuguell, Of Hicksville,
and Miss Mabel Hutchinson, of Toronto. Canada
Four nurses have been dismissed from the insti-
tuition in the last month. The reasons given for
their dismissal were incompetency and disobeying
the bospital rules Miss Mccormack and Miss
Touvuguel would have received their diplomas
within a few months.
The young women say they would have made
satisfactory explanation had they been given a
chance.
Nassau Hospital has received much help fnan-
ciaIIv from Mrs Clarence II. Mackay and other
residents of Westbury 1t is now in need OF funds,
and large sign asking for contributions. stands in
front of the institution.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
THE L4BOR DEPARTMENT
Violations Continue IN Inverse Ratio
to Publicity.

Albany Aug e.-In his monthly bulletin hlaue
n,,bc tonight covering the work OF the otd'e
Labor Department during July, Commissioner JOHN
Williams expresses regret that many maIlulac'ui
ers appear to be Indifferent in respect 10 the oO
servance of the factory laws. The statement SHOWS
that the greatest number of violations are In con-
nection with the employment OF children II says
Violations continue be discovered In an inEetSe S
ratio from that which might be expected aLlei IN
wide publicity given periodic sIateIients u u
rroseci1tion We realize that eternal vigilance 10
The nrice of enforcing the labor laws ana we III
tend to continue present course -.
Cases of prosecution begun We're SeVeniF
divided as follows Employing children unoeI lesal
age and employing children without ceruncates e5
more than eight hours day and after p m, o6;
en1nIoyine women than ten hours a Day y
failure to provide lights in halls 2 locking factoIy
working hours, z; allowing uhssililIaI
conditions 10 exist. .; failure to provide WASH ana
driving rooms in foundries, j. OF the cases tried
fines were imposed in five, sentences suspended III
four and dismissals had in pine
The work of the bureau was greatly auginenleo
the last month by many complaints received or
efght-hour violations public contract work
These matters promptly investigated ana
where fnfractions of the statute We're d1scloseo
the required notices served as provided by la"
During the last month, the department mas un-
dertaken the investigation of conditions prevail
ing in the canning industry. Aside from large
force of factory inspectors engaged in this WORK;
number of the special agents of the bureau or
la Dor statistics have been detailed TO render as
sistance. Criminal proceedings are pending
against canning establishments permitting or re,
curing excessive hours of labor or women ana
for employing children in violation Of law
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
LOUD VAIL FROM SIA.
Seuen Reporters Lost IN 1heT
Monster Mass Meeting.

"A monster mass meeting, supposedly OF farh
avenue residents was what they called the cro"o
of six compIafnants and reporters that gain
cred last night at Madison Hail. No l07o Manson
avenue to protest against the allottng OF PARK ave-
nue. between 10th and 10th streets. as market
for pedlers Never before has much excitement
reisned in such small crowd. especially among
the seven reporters who. when the meeting was
over knew nothing about what had aiken place as
all of the protests had been made in Yiddish None
of the six speakers wished to give out his name
After saving things about the reporters in fiodlsh
that in English would have provoked hght, they
left the hall for parts unknown An interpreter
was hastily summoned and one of the mass meet
ers'' was cornered in hallway.
According to this speaker Commissioner Blns-
ham has caused all the trouble by moving the pS"
lers' stands from 10th street. between Park ana
Madison avenues, where the street is Sixty lee'
wide to Park avenue where it is 140 feet wide
and the pedlers protected from the eiefneh's
by the elevated structure of the New York Central
Railroad COMPANY Everybody satisfied by the
change with the exception OF a few whose business
was affected by the removal This minority at
tempted TO have Commissioner Bingham cnahge MS
ruling but in vain. So they attempted to work up
feeling against the removal and advertised the
monster meeting
When the time for the meeting came yesterday
the chairman asked the audience 10 move up INTO
the front row. The six complainants hnalIy du-
iourned TO a small anteroom, and by the souio Vi
the voices some cruel things were said about Gen
eraI Bingham. Dan" Slattery and other ponce
oficials and reporters.
It was found out later that the man oornereo IN
10th was a small merchant n that street "ho'o
business had fallen off recently.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
VICTIM OF SOCIALIST LABOR oRATORY.
Delegate to Denver Convention Brings Party
Wrath Upon His Head.

The Socialist Labor party formally denounced
Theodore A Bell. OF the delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention. yesterday. the
charge that Mr.. Bell when he said at the conven-
ZION that confscat ton was an historic defence Of
1srrpation did not know the meaning of his
preston from its true standpoint The pronuncia-
nento SAYS:
The purse proud bourgeois nobility OF the Italian
princpalities. when the noble priest Savonarola
YnoI,thed the protest of the against the
punder Of the rich. who were betraying the coun.
Irv cried "Conhscation." The feudal cavaliers OF
England. when the storm of popular indignation
rose over the head OF Charles at the arbitrary
courts of royal taxation that stuck its hands
in the peoples pockets cried "Confiscation"
After giving a number OF historical events Of the
same character. 1t ends follows:
Just now the sighted Democratic. or Bryan,
wing of capitalism finds it's account in stealing the
thunder Of the social revolution. The day Is at
ha nd when Theodore A. Bell will rue his having ut
tered and his party's convention having loudly
apulauded. the statement that the cry of conasca-
ton is the historic defence of usurpation
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
ARREST HOTEL PATRON.
Police Sag Prisoner Posed as Repre-
sentatiUe Legare's Secretary.

On the technical charge of trying to Gefraud the
New Grand Hotel out OF IS. young man described
as John Z Messervy, nineteen years old, of
Charleston, S. c. who. the police say, has been
travelling under the OF John d. McMahon,
secretary Representative George S. Lesare
arraigned yesterday morning in the Jefferson
Market court before Magistrate Harris. To allow
the police to communicate with the police OF
Charleston s. c, and Washington. the exafnina-
ton adjourned until Tuesday and MesserVy
held in $1,000 bail.
It is alleged that Messervy tried TO have a check
for SIS cashed at a saloon where. the police say
he showed a telegram purporting to nave Deeii
sent him by the Washington Loan and trust
Company. of Washington to the effect that the
check good. Lieutenant ODorheh told 'he
magistrate that another check made out Tor sSc
and another telegram found in the prisoner
possession. In asking for the adjournment be'ec-
tive O'DonnelI said that he believed the pris-
oner would be wanted b. the police Of both Wash-
ington and Charleston.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
MANY CATHOLICS IN SESSION.
National Convention of American Federation
OPENS at Bostcn-3,0OO Present.

Boston Aug. 9.-With a solemn high mass In the
Cathedral of the Holy Cross the seventh ma
tionaI convention of the American Federation OF
Catholic Societies opened in this city to-day There
were fully three thousand persons in attendance at
the religious services. Monsgnor A j. feeling, or
Lynn, was the celebrant Of the mass.
The sermon was delivered by Archbishop OCon-
nell, and seated in the sanctuary were Bishop Nc
Faul of Trenton, n. j., and Bishop Canevin, of
Pittsburg. besides several rnonsignors and some
fifty visiting priests from all parts Of the country
After passing the day in excursions about the
harbor and to historic spots in the suburbs, the
delegates gathered again tonight at Symphony
Hall in mass meeting receive the official wei
come to the state and city. Judge NJ. ]. Murray
Of Boston, presided. The addresses of welcome
were delivered by Lieutenant Governor Eben S.
Draper for the state and by Mayor George A. Hib-
bard for the city, while Archbishop O'ConneIl spoke
for the Church
Edward Feeney of Brooklyn. the national presi-
dent Of the federation, replied TO the address Of
welcome.
Professor Thomas Dwight, dean of the Harvard
Medical School, spoke THE Church and Sci
ence"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
cHLoRoFoRM, SAYS wIFE's MOTHER
Police Find Only Mucilage Bottle at Home
son-in-Law Tries Suicide

Attempting his own life by shooting, after an
alleged attempt poison his rnother-tn-law with
chloroform, Elmer Hohenthal twenty years old.
who a year ago married Lydia Cramer seventeen
years old was taken from his home, No. 54l
West 153d street, yesterday, TO the j Hood
Wright Hospital with bullet in his head.
Mrs Lydia Cramer Hohenthars mother-in-law,
who lived with the couple, told Patrolman Coo
gan OF the West 1920 street station, that her
son-in-law had tried to chloroform her. Coogan
found Hohenthal trying TO beat his brains out
against the wall and discarded revolver lying
on the bed near him. At the hospital Dr.. Scofeld
easily extracted the bullet from his scalp. He is
suffering from blood clots the brain, resulting
from hurling himself against the wall The
young is prisoner. charged with attempted
suicide and assault
At the house Patrolman Coogan found one
small bottle, which Mrs Cramer said had con-
tained the drug, but the physicians at the hospital
said the phial had contained muclage. In view
of the lack Of substantiation Of the charge of at
tempted chIoroforming Hohenthal was held for
simple assault instead of felonious assault Ho-
henthaI, his wife said. a stenographer for a
firm at No. l Madison avenue.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
ARREST % IN A RAID
ENTER At GUNS POINT.
Detect0e Injured When Plate Glass
IN Door Falls on Him.

,r-,-h both arms sva-hed in bendases, Detective
Daniel Clare Of Police Inspector Stennruch s'ai'
sppeared in Jefferson Market ponce court yes'eiuas
,-,o-ntnr as complainant in an assault chaise
.s,,~- the lookout OF alleged gambling place
in Eighth avenue. near 26th street care coi ,
non was the result Of his having been uilue' W ~
falling fragments Of plate glass door "ii0H
broten while he was trying 10 force his way ii'o
the cigar store. in the rear OF WHICH iie
gambling going on
The place raided. known as Harry rooi
ior" welded twenty-five prisoners heIiS
dev morning Clare, with Detectives Kenny hc
Mullen and Conley. all OF Inspector 0tu I ..z.
STAFF stoned in front Of the store They were us
--,,ses., IN souch hats and flannel shirts. A1'er
looking around Kenny. McMullen ana Cohies '
70 the ward in the rear TO head on ruslu'e''
10 Clare left the task OF uNHis -
through the front entrance ,,o
Tvhe, be saw two men about 10 enter the plaOe
c-. fo,,ov-e6 end was almost through the door
v-ben he was recognized he says. either as Pc
T,caroan or stranger by the man on the ooor- Aii0
man who aftervard gave his name as 9ohii 1oo
Fit- slammed the door in Clares face- me
,,,,s nlaoed a shoulder TO It. as did Goeritz Oh
g. .,- eide Roth were pushing with all theli
strength when the glass in the door orohe in'o
snail nieces which showered down on care
T-l,-e With blood streaming from cut artery III
his left wrist and gashes in his r1ght arm uie
-. o,,,er and commanded the doorkeeper 10
stand still The crash Of the glass sunliioneu ,
ether detectives and they walked into 1h" piSh0o
and arrested the twenty-five men inside
r-,sre though weak from loss of blood walked 10
.l,4 New York Hospital. in 18th street near nun -
avenue where DR. Foote took four stltches III i
-zbt wrist and three in his left. oesioes tsiis uP
the severed artery and dressing minor GUS
-1-e--v NJ the prisoners. arraigned before MaelS-
-. I1-,s IN -be night court at O'Clock yester-
6av morning on charges Of disorderly conoucl'
were fined 81 each Goerlitz was charged III 'i,e
dav court before Magistrate Droege with assau'l
and held in $500 bail for trial Harry MARKS '"e
-e-,,ta6 owner of the store, was discharged
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
OBITUARY..
HENRY MARTYN TAYLOR.

tBy Telegraph to The Tribune i
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, Aug. 9.-Henry Martyr Tay
lor died suddenly his home in this city last
ing His death caused by heart trouble.
Mr. Taylor seventy-nne years of age. He
was graduate of Williams College, and studied
law in the office OF Stephen l. Magoun. promi-
nent Hudson lawyer. He admitted the bar
about 1856 Soon afterward he removed from Hud-
son TO Rhinebeck where he married and practised
law for several years.
In the 60 Mr.. Taylor to Poughkeepsie and
entered into law partnership with Judge James
Emmett. This partnership continued until Judge
Emmett gave up his offices in this city. and
moved TO New York. In 1S1 Mr.. Taylor was
elected Dutchess County Judge. and in 1872 sue
ceeded AIlard Anthony the bench of the county
court Mr.. Taylor leaves five children. They are
Miss Helen G.. Taylor, Miss Emily Taylor Miss
Louise Taylor Mrs. Frederick B. Young and DR..
Ewing Taylor His wife died several years ago.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-10
oREN ROOT HELD UP IN THE PARK.
Must Answer in Court Charge That His
Automobile Was Smoking.

Among four autornobilists who stopped be-
cause their cars emitting smoke in Central
Park yesterday afternoon Oren Root, general
manager OF the Metropolitan Street Railway, who
was brought 70 q halt within a hundred yards Of
the entrance at 5eth street and Fifth
Mr. Root driving a 6o-horsepower touring
car and says that he passed through the en-
trance ne inquired Of Mounted Patrolman Will
Sans II his machine smoking. Williams told
him il was not said Mr.. Root he started of
with his mind at Before he had gone far
Mounted Patrolman Cummings stopped him and
told him he would have go 10 the Arsenal sta
fion. He gave q Jewelled match case. valued at
500 as security for his appearance in YorkviIe
court to-day
Six chaufeurs employed by the New York Taxi
cab Company. who were arrested in Central Park
On Saturday for violating the ordinance which
Iorbds smoky automobiles there were discharged
tv Magistrate Moss in the Yorkvflle police court
yesterday, with warning not to offend again.