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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Prohibition For Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April "a
constitutional amendment providing
statewide prohibition was engrossed
by the lower branch of the Missouri
legislature this afternoon, after it had
been changed to become effective Jan.
uary /, 1913. The vote was 6S to 81.
All tax riders were defeated, and in
dcations point to the passage of the
amendment through the house next
Wednesday afternoon when it will be
considered under special order. The
fate OF the amendment in the senate is
in doubt. but its chances for passage
are considered good.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
WARM TARIFF DEBATE.
Lumber and Hides Cause Lively Dis
cussion Among Politicians.

@uTnOer ana f1lQeS cause Livery LIS.
cussion Among Politicians.
WASHINGTON, April 6. 6.-Wrangling,
confusion, captious objections, per-
sonalties and language bordering on
vituperation marked the first days
discussion of the Payne tariff bill for
amendment in the house today. With
practically q full attendance, the
members we're wrought up to q high
tension and were prepared to fight to
TIE last ditch for the things their con-
6 'uents demanded.
Yearly the entire day was consumed
in discussion of the lumber and hides
schedules. The advocates Of free lum-
ber went down to defeat by the narrow
margin Of six votes, following the
striking out of the counterv ailing duty
on lumber.
An overwhelming majority was mus.
tered against an amendment by Mr..
Scott of Kansas, taking hides from
the free list and fixing duty upon
them of 10 per cent ad valorem. The
barley schedule came in for a lively
discussion, and when the bill was laid
aside for the day there were pending
two amendments, one raising the rate
in the Payne bill from Is to 20 cents a
bushel, and the other fixing the rate
of 10 per cent ad valorem. The sum
total of the davis work. with the ex.
ception of elimin ating the countervail-
ing duty on lumber, was to leave the
bill in identically the same condition
that the committee reported it. This
grants free hides and duty OF 81 per
thousand on sawed lumber.
Mr.. Clark of Florida, made an ad-
dress denouncing Mr.. Bryan and
Organism, populists and populism,
and declaring that he would support
the Payne bill if it contained what his
constituents wanted-a duty on sea
island cotton aud protection for citrus
fruits, pineapples, etc. His rem arks
led him ito an exciting colloquy with
MIR. Randell of Texas, and other dem
Gratis, but be declared that, having
been instructed by the Legislature of
his state and his constituents as to the
stand he should take on the articles
mentioned, he would not violate his
obligation. His whole attitude was
one of defiance to the democrats of the
house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Filipinos Hate Work.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Alexan.
der Sydney Lancer, assistant attor-
ney general of the Philippines, ar.
rived here today on the steamer Iyo
Maru on his way to Washington to
answer to the charge of admitting
Chinese labor into the islands. He is
alleged to have said the Filipinos are
not inclined to work and asserts that
the Chinese are the only people who
will prove of real assistance in the
development of the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
The Storm Swept East.

DETROIT, April AT least eight
persons lost their lives in the storm
that visited Detroit and Michigan last
night and today. Three men attempted
to cross the Detroit river in a rowboat
and were drowned. At Jennings three
men were killed by being caught under
wall blown down by the wind. The
wind velocity reached over IS miles
an hour.
TOLEDO, April 7.-Hundreds of men
thrown out of work, thousands of dol
lars of damage done and many persons
slightly injured are the results of a
hurricane that visited Toledo and vi.
cinity today.
The wind attained velocity of 60
miles an hour in this city. The roof
of the Massillon Bridge company, $50
by 440 feet, was ripped off and hurled
into a field, and 300 men were thrown
out of employment until the damage
can be repaired. Pedestrians were
injured by falling signs, chimneys and
limbs of trees. Many women were
bowled over by the wind.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
WORKING ON TARIFF.
Senate Preparing To Make Changes
In Payne Bill.

IN F4y0o 6III.
WASHINGTON, April g. Western
senators today started canvass of
the senate to determine the sentiment
in relation to putting hides on
the free list. If q majority of mem.
bers are found to favor free hides, as
desired by the house, the senate com.
mittee on finance will accept this
verdict. BY this method it is argued
that a long debate may be avoided.
It is the intention to discourage gen.
eral debate when the bill is reported
to the senate, and to begin work at
once on the adoption of the committee
amendments.
Indications point to contest in the
senate over the sugar schedule in the
tariff bill not only because of the pro.
posed free admission Of 100000 tons
annually from Philippines, but because
certain democratic senators plan to
open up the whole subject by introduc.
ing an amendment to remove the duty
entirely from refined sugar.
So far as the finance committee ia
concerned the beet sugar producers
have little to fear, as the sugar
schedule las been referred to a sub.
committee of Messrs, Burrows,
Smoot and Flint, representing Michi.
gan, Utah and California. The Am.
erican producers fear most an at
tempt in debate to bring the so.called
sugar trust to the foreground, as the
democratic senators threaten. The
democratic ranks will be broken, how.
ever, as already the cane sugar states
have lined up with the beet sug ar
states.
President Taft told Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota and other
callers today that he believed the new
tariff bill, as finally passed by con.
gress, would fulfill the platform
pledges made at the Chicago conven-
tion last June and would be revision
downward
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

81. English Of this city, who declared
he had contract to act az medical
adviser to Mrs. Dominis for two years
at monthly salary of $500 and q bo-
nus of $1,000. AT the end of two
months, during which he received his
salary, he claimed she made it impos.
sible for him to fulfill hisl contra act.
The former queen made no defence.
The papers will be forw arded to Ron.
olulu.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
WILL ADVERTISE MONTANA,
State Development League Will Begin
Campaign For Settlers.

HELENA, April 1.-The wheels OF
Montana's publicity machinery were
put in motion tonight with the election
of officers of the Montana Develop.
ment league, organized at today 8
convention, and steps were taken to
start things moving Immediately.
At the, meeting of the executive com.
mittee tonight, Governor Norris was
made president of the league; Lieuten.
ant Governor Allen, vice president;
W. G. Buskett, secretary of the state
publicity bureau, secretary; W.
T. Hull, of Helena, treasurer of the
executive committee, and W. B.
Rhoades, of Kalispell, chairman of
the executive committee.
1t was decided by the board to send
Mr.. Buskett to Spokane and Portland
Immediately to learn the most modern
methods of conducting publicity
campaign, and to secure the services
Of Thomas Richardson, of Portland,
secretary of the Oregon Development
association, to come to Montana to
make canvass of the state to secure
funds with which to push the work
with vigor.
The Montana Development league
to exploit the resources and oppor-
tunities OF this state, was launched at
the state capital today by representa-
tives from every county save ten. The
greatest enthusiasm abounded, and
the representatives of the Northern
Pacific, Great Northern and Milwau.
kee, who were present, pledged their
support toward the movement and
agreed to cooperate and assist in
every way.
The affairs of the league were in
trusted to an executive committee,
consisting Of one member from each
county, which will act in conjunction
with the newly established publicity
department of the government. Coun-
ty committees, consisting of five mem.
bers will be named to enlist local in.
terest, and through these committees
every county in the state will have a
fair chance to advertise it's attractions
to the homeseeker and capitalist.
Considerable attention was given to
the dry farming congress, to be held
at Billings next fall, and as many
county commissioners were present,
motion was adopted naming them as
joint committee to act with the exc
cutive board In sending out letters to
all county boards asking them to
make an appropri alton of $3.50, under
the provisions of the publicity law,
for the gathering of an exhibit to be
sent to Billings.
DR.. W. X. Sudduth of Broadview,
Yellowstone county, who is custodian
of the exhibits at Billings, agreed that
if each county made such an appro-
priation he would collect the exhl bit,
prepare it and put it in splendid shape.
He urged upon the delega ations present
the necessity of Montana collecting a
unified exhibit in the state intended to
compete with Wyoming, Colorado,
Canada and other foreign countries
for prizes at the Billings meeting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

meeting was characterized by utmost
cordiality and the king expressed the
gratitude OF himself and the Italian
people for the generous assistance OF
the United States to the earthquake
sufferers. At the close of the inter.
view Mr.. Roosevelt went ashore and
inspected the ruins of the city, the
desol alton of which moved him strong.
ly. He then boarded the steamer
Admiral which, just at sunset, pro-
ceeded on her way to Mombassa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Queen Lii Must Pay Physician.

WASHINGTON, April 8. - Former
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, other
wise Mrs Lydia Dominis, must pay
S1l 800 to her "court ply ysician" under
a judgment rendered by Chief Justice
Calbaugh of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia.
The judgment is in favor of Charles
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14

HELENA, April New rules gov
erning the ventilation and sanitation
of railroad cars will be promulg ated
in the near future as result of a
conference held here today between
the mem bers of the railroad commits.
sion. the state board OF health and the
officials OF the railroads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-04-14
Italian King Greets Roosevelt.

MEss1NA, April 6. - Theodore
Roosevelt and King Victor Enm anuel
met today on the Italian battleship
Reumberto in Messipa harbor. The
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-27
copyright. 1908, by Arthur w. March
mont. Entered at Stationers'
Hall. All rights reserved.


John Petherby discovers that his iS-year-old
daughter, Eva. Is about to elope with DOB
Stuart Petherby, who is a millionaire, frowns
upon, the young mans suit and forces the glri
into a marriage with Lord Broadstone' an
English pronigate. omar
tells the latter that his first wife. an Americah
woman, is still living. and warns a r
against. committing blgamy. Broadstones nrst
wife's name was Sadie, and ne mao trieu ~
poison her. Gilbert, incensed by his COUSIN
treatment. goes to America to get oadie. .r.s
fortune and taken the name or net 9hens
benefactor, Porlock. She goes to Englano ano
gets a position as lady's maid IN 6roaos'one >
Don and. Eva meet, but in reply TO his pas
sionate outbursts she tells him to leave nsI
tivity of his wife's maid. tries 70 discnaLse :
Eva refuses to have Margaret4 dlsenaIseo,
and Instead orders her husband to seno away
porrison and Gertrude Hanyl, the young
woman to whom Broadstone sis makihg i NV
Eva. on a walk to the lake. finds her nus-
hand kissing Miss Hamyl.- Broadstone. aItef
his ciandestine sweetheart Is sent awsy,
nron1ises his wife to REFORM At the same uule
he and Dorrison begin plotting the destrucuo"
n Eva and the child not yet born -. "a.
WIS noisoned candy. but Is foiled by Sadie.
Ter while at a druggists, Sadie snnds tnat
a quantity of poison has been purchaseu III "N'
rorrison recognizes Sadie as Mrs; Poriocs
and a, scene follows. in which sne oisciosFs "
him All his nefarious plans. ,,,raerad AT
sadie. fearing that she VIII De murqeled a. :,
rfShtt nlaces a dummy in her bed. Dorrison
IN the meantime has left Broadstone. -
sedie in hiding, catches Dorrlson m-tue sct
q, attennntinr to murder her. She drives IL"
away and then faints.
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and probably also, at Broadstone, and
at any hazard it must be prevented.
If Eva once left the Towers, az
chance of carrying out their plans in
regard to. her would be at an end.
There was one way to checkmate The
move, and only one that he could see,
That was to tell Eva the truth al one,
that she was not Broadstone's wife. W
B%roadstone would be furious at MS
taking such a course; but his cousin
anger did not count by the side of his
own interests. If Broadstone had not
been a fool n a coward, there would
have been no need now for drastic
measures.
He would tell her; and no sooner
had he made the resolve thar he went
off to carry it out.
The luck was with him in one re-
Espect. He found Eva alone in her
room, Sadie having gone away to give
some instructions in connection with
their departure.
Eva was intensely surprised at his
entrance. ''They told fine you la gone
away, Mr.. Dorrison."
II came back this. morning. / have
something to say to you which cannot
be put off. ! have very rio news,
and you must not go away in ignorance
of it."
Serious news?" Eva had grown to
fear him, and his stern looks now in
creased her alarm and disgust. Der
tram is coming here in a moment; wait
until he comes" She said.
He paused, thinking how to strike the
blow SO that it should do the greatest
harm.
"Oh, Bertram knows all about it. He
has done it all. You have been gross
ly deceived. I am the next heir to
B~roadstone, you know, and held my
tongue until this news of you child
came. You are not Bertram's wife. His
first wife is living, and I can't sur
render my rights to your illegitimate
child"
His cunning had not betrayed him,
1t was a dastardly blow, and he had
chosen the most cruel way of strik-
ing it.
The blood left her face. She reeled
back. leaning against a table for sup
port as she stared at him helpless and
almost fainting
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-27

Miss Florence Austin, a talented
young violinist, will be n of the prin-
cipal soloists at the Lententide concert
of the Schubert Oratorio Society on
program of which will be devoted to
the works of Felix Mendelssohn, COM
memorating the Tooth anniversary of
the composers birth. The other solo
lists will be Frederick Wheeler, baritone,
with Mrs. Jessie Marshall, soprano, and
Miss Alice Van Nalts, contralto, both
members of the society, assisting in
the Elijah" and "Lorelei' numbers. A
small orchestra from the Newark Sym
phony. with Miss Anna $. Burgyes,
pianist, will play.
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very much the worse for wear, at the
head of it."
why did you come back at all?"
ITO look after my own interests:
and. having done that, 1 am going
again. But what are you going to gain
by quarreling with me in this sudden
rush of ~virtuous indignation"
"Ill have no more to do with you as
long as 1 live"
well, that won't be long unless you
get sent to gaol as a higamist. 1 be-
lieve the prison routine is very
healthy"
1T won't be long if you have your
way
Dorrison laughed, You needn't be
in such a hurry to show the white
feather about me. Now LOOK here, I'm
off directly; but before I start 1 want
to put a little common sense into your
head. The best thing that can happen
for you all-especially for you-is that
Eva Should die
Il don't want to hear any more of
tina sort of common sense"
"She is the only one who can punish
you for the first marriage. If she re-
owe you may trust hat she-devil
upstairs, who calls herself Margaret
Hutchinson. to do her worst against
you. She can twist Eva round either
of her little fingers and, if Eva gets
better, you'll stand in the dock and
lose a million and a half sterling into
the bargain"
Go to the devil, Gilbert,"-
you've got a chance the devil him
cole ,aiolnf have Sont 1-nf, Use - aH1
don't be a squeamish fool. She won't
wish to live-help her to realize her
wish"
With that parting counsel of evil
Dorrison went out to the carriage that
was waiting to take him to his train.
He was i'm a quite comfortable, self
congratulatory mood. His return had
been a complete success. The proofs
against him were destroyed. and he
had nothing now to fear.
Gardiner might swear himself black
in the face. and Mrs. Porlock might
tell any tale she pleased to the whole
world. Nothing could touch him. That
night attempt would be laughed away
as a sleepy woman's dream. No motive
for any such attempt could now be
proved, and without a motive there
were not a dozen men in the country.
to say nothing of inside a single jury
box, who would believe such a charge
for an instant.
There might be some gossip on the
score of the ~bluntness with which he
had told Eva the truth. But if she
lived it could be easily explained as
the result of her excitement. 1t was
the news itself that mattered. not the
way of telling it. While if she died,
no one would ever know it.
Moreover, he had made his succession
to Broadstone certain. Bertram would
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"Illegitimate?'" The word came
| faltering through her. livid, trembling
lips, and had he been other than the
callous brute he was, the sight of her
pain would have checked his brutal
words. But it had the opposite effect,
and with coldly calculated cruelty he
turned the sword in the wound.
Eyes, illegitinate,'' he repeated, with
sneering emphasis on the word. "Td
do a lot for B~roadstone, but l won't
give up my birthright to the child of
his-mistress.'
ooh, God!' she cried, shrinking and
~shuddering, as her hands clenched in
agony.
Lord Broadstone came in then.
colbert! You here? Eva! Why.
w~hatever's the natter?',
st have just old her that she is not
your wife, Bertram."
"Bertram, For Gods sake, say it
isn't true"
.rde can't unless he lies" said Dorri-
son, with another sneer. Il warned him
before h committed bigamy in marry
ing you
Sadie, hearing voices, hurried in, inc
ran to Eva. and put her arm around
her. Dearest
"He tells me l am not Bertram's
wife. And that my child-oh, Margaret,
Margaret"
"She knows it, too" declared Dorrison.
But Eva did not hear that. She had
tainted in Sadie's arms.
"You had better send at once for the
doctor. Lord Broadstone: and take that
villain out of the ROOM"
Dorrison shrugged his shoulders,
'sYou forced this he said. you tried
to hurry her away. Now you can see
the result"
ut may kill her. And you will then
have murdered her as. 0 murdered
her brother
Dorrison mades no. reply, but with
another shrug of the shoulders followed
%Broadstone. who had already hurried
away to summon the doctor.
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fainting fit she passed to another, with
only brief intervals of miserable con-
seriousness, during which she lay at
! one time like a child numbed with suf-
fering and at another ~convulsed by a
storm and passion of hysterical grief.
She chung to Sadie at such times,
sobbing and moaning and praying
| yehemently to be allowed to die. In
vain Sadie sought to aim and soothe
her, knowing too we'll that, in her
weakened state of health, a crisis
might come at any moment which
would not only inperil Eva's life, but
that other embryo life, the hope and
prospect of which had alone saved
Eva from despair.
And early in the evening the crisis
came. There will be no heir to Broad
stone" whispered the servants one to
the other; and the great house was
hushed in dispense as the shadow of
death lowered in the big corridor and
paused on the threshold of Eva's sick
room.
Lord Broadstone went often to the
door. and the servants meeting him on
the stairs and near the sick-room
noted his face, white and strained with
agitation, and whispered n to an
other that it evidenced his. remorse for
his past treatment of their beloved
young mistress.
But his agitation and suspense came
from far other causes.
He and Do ison had had a short in
terview after t scene with Eva, and
Broadstone had pegun by reviling his
cousin hotly for what he had done.
But Dorrison laughed. You always
were a fool, Bertram. and you always
will be. She had to know the truth
some time" he aid eallously; "and if
it kills her. so much the better for her.
Better a quick death than a lingering
life with an illegitimate child. To such
a-Woman that would be like hell"
'You arc an internal vllain-noth-
Ling less
VERY we'll. You're not such a saint
that q few curses from YOU will do
me much harm. You don't want her
to live, do you? She'll make it pretty
hot for you if she does"
you'll cave Broadstone at once
"Of course. I'VE no fancy for a sick
house with such a plaster saint as you,
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try 10 more matrimonial ventures even
with Gertrude Hamyx
On the way to town, therefore, he
mapped out his movements. He would
have a little trip to Paris and Vienna
he liked Vienna-as soon as the result
of Eva's illness was known. What
would be the result? Would she die?
Much better for her if she did. And
much better for Bertram. too. And
with a cynical smile he sat back smok-
ing in the corner of his carriage and
specialized as to what Bertram would
do.
If his lordship got a chance the odds
were pretty heavy against Eva's re-
covery. But then he was a coward,
and one never could prophesy what a
coward would do. Anyway. he himself
was safe: and. tossing away the stump
of his cigar. he went to sleep. to make
up for his broken night.
Lord Broadstone was asking himself
the same question as to the chances OF
Eva's recovery; but in place of Dor
rison's comfortable feeling of success
and security, he was profoundly agi-
tated by the consciousness of his own
danger.
Dorrison's common sense" had
moved him to the core. Upon Eva's
life or death his safety depended. He
drank freely to dissipate his fears. but
drink depressed instead of exhilarating
him. He saw himself in the dock; and
in a fit of morbid curiosity he got down
a law book and read the penalty for
bigamy. AS he read he turned chill
and sick with fear.
There was a chance that she might
not prosecute him, of course, but even
then his case was as black as it could
be. He would be a pauper. He had
mortgaged Broadstone up to the last
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The program announced offers a wide
range of classes of composition and
includes the following interesting num-
bers: Part jurisdictions from the
Oratorio, Elijah" solos, trio, quartet
and choruses. Part two-Violin con-
certo. Adagio and Finale, Miss Austin;
(a) "May Song (b) ION the Sea-" part
songs. unaccompanied: (a) aria, "St.
Paul" (b) Songs, on Wings of Song
Spring Song" Mr.. Wheeler: choral ode,
'"To the Sons of Art" male. quartet and
male chorus; violin solos, selected. Miss
Austin; "Lorelei' Diminished opera),
la Ave Maria, soprano solo and ladies
chorus; OBJ Vintage Song. male chorus;
tc) finale, first act (Scena), soprano solc
| and chorus, Mrs. Marshall