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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Water Power Sites Withdrawn.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Secretary
Ballinger today issued an order for
the conserv alton of " ater power rights
on public lands. Without waiting for
Legislation to learn what evntually
will be done with many lands valua able
for water power, the secretary with.
drew from disposition more than 5000
acres OF such lands located in Mon.
tana, Idaho. Colorado, Washington,
Wyoming and New Mexico.
This land how being in the public
domain will probably be affected by
legislation to be en' cted during the
next congress. Until congress de-
cides just what is to be done with the
land and the terms upon which it is to
be utilized, the secretary will keep q
tight hold upon it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Will Build Capitol Wings.

HELENA, Nov. 12.-The state board
OF examiners this afternoon awarded
the contract for the construction OF the
new capitol wings provided for by the
last legislative assembly, to Gagnon
& Co. OF Billings. The wings are to
be constructed of Bedford sandstone,
it having been found impossible to
use the Montana product because of
the large difference in price.
The successful contr actor, in con.
ference with the board members, stat.
ed th at in figuring the contract he had
made an actual deduction of $58, 1872
as difference in the cost of the two
stones: that is, that in the construc.
tion were Columbus stone used, it
would cost much more. This infor.
nation was ELECTED from him in an.
swer to q question by q member of the
board as to why other contractors b ad
figured a reduction in favor of the
Bedford stone as high as $4,000.
where he had made an allowance of
only $4,000. Mr.. Gagnon explained
this by saying that he had been moved
by ''home pride" In favor of the Mon.
tana product and had made other es.
Inmates higher, but that In the grand
total his figures were the same.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
TAFT COMPLETES TRIP.
President Outlines Important Fea-
tures Of His Next Message.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-After an
absence of more than three months,
during which he has made 13, ,000.mile
trip through the west and south, Presi.
dent Taft tonight sleeps in the White
house. He left the capital August 6,
with the cheers of the crowds ringing
in his ears. He returned tonight to
the tune of the same cheers, but he
tarried only a moment with the vel.
coming parties. His objective point
was the White house and Mrs. Taft,
and as quickly as he could get uway
from the brief speeches of welcome,
he climbed into his big automobile.
The chauffeur broke all the speed rec
ords of the district.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 10.-"During
my sixty days of travel there has been
q moment or two of deliber alton and
during that time have been studying
what it is the duty of the executive to
recommend to an incoming congress
in respect to further legislation and
when I think of the number of, things
congress ought to do I am staggered
lest it may not find time to do them" !"
In the final speech of his 13,000-mile
trip before an immense audience this
afternoon, President Taft thus pre-
faced preliminary statement of some
recommend ations his first annual mes.
sage to congress would contain.
''In the first place, there is conser-
vation of our resources and reclama-
tion of arid lands," said the presi-
dent. 1--WE have reached time now
where great many people in the west
are counting on immediate supply of
water for the land on which they have
settled, which is not forthcoming be.
cause the money applied to the recla-
nation fund does not come in as
quickly as expected, or at least quick
ly enough to meet the exigency of the
occasion, and | am strongly in favor
of anticipating that fund, which is q
fund realized solely by the sale of
public lands, by the issuing of bonds,
the payment of which will be charged
to the same source of revenue"
He added that the demand for the
products of the soil is greater than
the supply because of the growing
popul lation, and we must enlarge our
acreage and the reclaim alton of the
arid swamps.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER,
Nearly Three Hundred Men Caught
In Burning Mine.

CHERRY, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-At least 25O
miners were killed here today in one
OF the worst mine horrors in years.
Twelve bodies tonight had been taken
from the mine of the St. Paul Coal
company, which was set on fire this
afternoon by burning bale of hay
In the mule stable.
The men entombed number at least
25O, according to the estimate of the
mine officials and that many can be
rescued Is beyond all possibility. To.
night the shaft of the burning mine
was sealed after efforts to extinguish
the flames had proved futile.
The fire which may prove one of the
greatest tragedies in the list of mine
horrors, had an origin almost trivial.
A bale of hay, allowed to smolder too
long, finally ignited the timbers of the
mine, and when the workers realized
their danger the mine was filled with
smoke, gases and flames and all exits
were impossible.
Great heroism was shown by off.
cials and residents of Cherry. These
men, who were outside the mine when
the fire started, contributed i've to the
list of II known dead by rushing into
the mine, trying to save the doomed
men.
No similar accident has been record.
ed in the history of mine disasters
in Illinois.
The greatest loss of life in any mine
accident in this state occurred at
Braidwood in 1879, when 80 men lost
their lives. At Zeigler, Ill.,, so men
have been killed in successive mine
accidents. There are $50, 900 men EN-.
ployed in Illinois mines, and for the
last fiscal year 181 were killed in acci.
dents and 800 injured. The greatest
tragedy of mining history is believed
to have occurred in Toxic, Japan, in
1907, when 40 persons were killed.
The maximum loss of life in mine
disaster in the United States was re.
corded at Monangah, W. Va, in 1907,
when 1893 miners were killed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

that be was being paid by the Peary
faction. has made all arrangements TO
head party of guides, explorers,
photographers and newspaper men to
the top OF the summit climbed by him
self and DR.. Cook on the memorable
ascent Of Mt. Mckinley in 1895. Bar.
rill declares that the expedition will
start for Alaska as soon in the com.
ing year 90 the weather will permit.
BILLINGS, Nov. lis. J. Dunlap,
. capitalist of Mandan, N. D., was
the purchaser today Of 1000 acres Of
land lying near the townsite of Co.
lumbus. The land was bought of Ed.
ward Cardwell of Billings, and will
be divided into small tracts and die.
posed of to actual settlers. A tract
of 5000 acres was sold by Herman
Witt to John Quincy Adams of the
Milwaukee Land company Of Miles
City, and this tract will likewise be
colonized.
HELENA, Nov. 13.-Joe Pare of
Great Falls and Auguste Cornette Of
Butte, two alleged procurers, were
bought yesterday afternoon by Dep.
uty United States Marshal Mckay to
Helena and confined in the county
jail, where they will be kept pending .
trial in the federal court. Both men
were arrested on complaint of How.
ard D. Ebby, United States immigra-
tion inspector.
ANACONDA. Nov. 13.-Joseph Doug
lass was found dead in his bed in the
Kelliher house on East Third street
last night. A bottle of carbolic acid
told the story of his end. There was
no note or word of any kind left, but
it was known that Douglass had
grieved over the estr angement and di-
vorce OF his wife and his separation
from his children. He was formerly
a dairyman living west of the city.
BUTTE, Nov. 1.-Two highway.
men, unmarked, held up the United
States mail wagon as it was leaving
the Northern Pacific station at 7:2O
O'Clock this evening. Ole Gabrielson,
driver, was compelled to drive into q
dark alley. w. J. Foster, of the
railway mail service, was riding with
the driver. The only booty secured
by the robbers was an Anaconda m all
pouch. containing no registered mail,
about S. of Fosters money and about
SO from Gabrielson, together with
the mems watches. The robbers ap.
parently had planned to steal the
North Coast Limited registered mail
but held up the wrong wagon.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

and looted the registered mail.
Stumps quickly picked out Howell
from among four prisoners as the
man who locked Mail Clerk B. W.
Nysteun In . closet, tied Stumps 70 .
chair, with q mail sack over his head,
and acted as clerk himself until the
train reached Spokane, where he
jumped of, taking with him the regis.
tered mail.
Howell, who was formerly post.
master at Hsvre, Montana. and was
proprietor of the Kneeland hotel at
Olympia, Wash, is still in jail here
in default of e20, 900 bail to answer the
charge of holding up the Great North.
ern express here last month, obtain
ing $4,000 in cash. HE connection
with the Idaho robbery was estab-
lished last week when Nysteun identi.
fed him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Cost Of River improvement.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-General
Marshall, chief of engineers, in his
annual report to the war department
today, recommends appropriation Of
$3.50, 900 for the general improvement
of Missouri river, including work on
the upper Missouri river between
Sioux City and Fort Benton. He
says commerce on the river shows
healthy signs Of reviving and he esti.
IN ates it will take $40. .0O0, 900 and ten
years time to system atically improve
the entire river.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
MOB LAW IN ILLINOIS,
Two Men Are Lynched BY Mob Of
Frenzied People.

Two Men Are lynched BY Mob of
Frenxied People.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Nov. IL. - With two
men lynched by an angry mob, an
other in imminent danger and the
streets filed with wild.eyed men,
thirsting for more blood, Cairo, after
. sleepless night of murder and riot,
waited anxiously today for the hund.
reds of soldiers that are on the way
to quell the mob at the orders of Gov
ernor Deneen.
"Frog" Will James, a negro, con-
fessed murderer Of Annie Pelley, was
hanged, riddled with bullets and
burned early last night after q de-
termined mob had chased Sheriff
Davis and the negro for "a hours and
seized the prisoner.
Henry Salzner, white, held for wife
murder. was later taken from q cell
in the Jail and hanged and shot by the
infuriated mob, who up to that time
were unsuccessful in capturing Arthur
Alexander, a negro implicated by
James as an accomplice in the killing
of Miss Pelley.
James was lynched in the most
prominent square of the city and hung
to the arch at Eighth and Commercial
streets.
Women present were the first to pull
the rope. When it broke the frenzy
of the mob was uncontrollab able and
members of it fired volley after volley
into the body, shooting him to pieces.
The mob then dragged the body over
the streets for more than mile to the
scene of the murder, where it was
burned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Boy Bandit Killed Himself.

EuDoRA, Kan, Nov. 12.-Driven to
bay by an armed mob, Earl Bullock,
the l7-year-old bandit of Lawrence,
Kan, who twice within the last month
has robbed the Eudora State bank
and murdered policeman and shot
another man, fatally wounded himself
and died tonight in a hospital at
Lawrence.
Accompanied by William Mckay,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Suffering From Drouth.

READING, Pa, Nov. 1.-Two hum
dred tank cars were ordered by the
Reading Railroad company today to
haul water to the collieries and towns
that are now practically without wa
ter because of prolonged drouth.
A number of mines have been forced
to suspend operations because of q
lack of water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
SHOULD OWN PENITENTIARY
Committee Makes Valuation Of Prison
Property At Deer Lodge.


HELENA, Nov. 1O.-The special com.
mittee appointed by the last legisla.
ture to appraise the property belonging
to Conley & McTagle and needed in
the operati of the state penitentiary,
has made its report to Governor Nor.
ris. The committee consisted of VIM.
Lindsay, Herbert Str ain. M artin Ma
ginnis, Louis Heitman and T. D.
Lockman.
1t recommends that the prison be
conducted by the state and not by the
contract system. It appraises the
furnishings needed to run the institu.
tion at S29 ,8l6.S3; and some buildings
exclusive of the land, at s14, 755.46.
1t recommends the purchase of all
land facing the prisoa grounds but on
the opposite side Of, the street aud Of
from 100 to 200 acres near the prison
to be used as vegetable farm. Wa
ter for the institution should be se~
cured under contract, the report rec.
ommends.
Another recommend alton is that the
state should at once double the pres.
ent capacity of the prison, and, as Q
means of temporary employment, con-
victs should be worked quarrying
stone for the newsbuilding. About
one-fourth of the convicts, the report
states, are now housed outside of the
prison walls. The committee sug-
gests that the question should be early
considered of furnishing the convicts
with some means of employment.
Warden Frank Conley Is praised
for the manner in which he conducts
the affairs of the institution, combin.
ing as he does, rigidisnd humane
treatment for the convicts with an ex-
cellent business administr alton of the
states interests.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Wyoming Stockmen Plead Guilty.

BASIN, Nov. 13.-Herbert Brink,
who on Thursday was found guilty of
murder In the fret degree in connec.
tion with the killing of Joe Allen and
and two other sheepherders, in the
Tensieep country last April. was to-
day sentenced to death by Judge c. q
Psrmalee. His sentence, however,
will be commu9ed to life Imprisonment
by Governor Brooks upon presenta-
tfon of petition which later will be
presented by attorneys for the state.
George Saban, accused of being the
captain of the cattle'nen's raid which
destroyed the sheep camp and muir.
dered three of it's force. and Alexan-
der. another member of the party,
we're sentenced to 20 years in the peni-
tentiary on pleas of guilty of man.
slaughter.
The pleas of guilty and thel com =.
muting OF Brink's sentence are the
result OF an agreement between attor.
neys for the state and defense, by
which Brink's life was to be spared,
provided the other members of the
party pleaded guilty to minor ch argos
and saved the long and expensive
trials.
All OF the convicted men, even while
pleading guilty, insisted in court to-
day that they were innocent aud we're
sacrificing themselves TO save the life
Of Rrink
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
A Youthful Criminal.

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 11.-Cyril St.
Armand of Thurso, 10 years old was
sentenced to six years for horse steal
Ing. When eight years old he was con.
victed of an attempt to wreck q Cana.
dian Pacific railway train. His youth
enabled him to escape sentence for
this and q number of burglaries which
followed,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

10 years old, of Jacksonville, Fla,
Bullock held up the bank. Although
Starr offered no resistance to the
holdup Bullock shot him through the
jaw. Snatching more than $500, Bull.
lock fed, followed by his companion.
Each youth had two revolvers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
BALLINGER SCORES CLAWS.
Secretary Of Interior Defends Action
On Coal Claims.


On Coal Claims.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Under the
heading, 1.-THE Whitew ashing Of Bal.
linger; Are the Guggenheims in Charge
of the Department of the Interior?"
Golfers Weekly will, In its Issue Of
November 13, print statement from
L. r. Glavis, the deposed chief of the
field division of the general land of.
fee at Seattle, reg arding the position
of Secretary Ballinger respecting the
Alaska coal claims, and the facts in
relation to the latter. The statement
has been given publication through
advance copies sent out by Golfers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-secretary
Ballinger of the department of the in
terror, has issued the following state.
ment:
1.-THE CLAWS story is tissue of
falsehoods or insinuations utterly un.
warranted in view of the facts easily
obtained by anybody who wants them.
1T is not surprising that publica.
tion which could, in pursuit OF this
same propaganda, recklessly, under
date of October 30, reproduce q view
appearing on familiar railroad
folder of the Grand river canyon in
Colorado as a picture of an available
power cite which was in danger of un-
lawful acquisition on the South Platte
river, 200 miles away and across the
continental divide, should be willing,
without the slightest efforts to ascer-
tain the facts, to give wings to story
which had heretofore been submitted
to so great and just a man as the
president of the United States, who,
after a most careful consideration
thereof, in which he had before him
the files of the general land office and
OF the secretary of the interior relat-
ing to each and every one of the mat
ters presented, pronounced those
charges without justification"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Howell Identified BY Mail Clerk.

SEATTLE, Nov. 10. - Mail Clerk
Bepjami L, Stumps positively iden.
titled Charles D. Howell today as the
man who boarded Great Northern
mail car at Bonners Ferry, Idaho,
March Is, impersonated an inspector
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
New Senator From North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. O.-F. L.
Thompson of Cando, N. D., was today
appointed United States senator by
Governor Burke to fill the unexpired
term of Senator Johnson, who died
three weeks ago.
The appintment Of Mr.. Thompson,
q democrat, was something of q sur
prise, as he was "dark" horse in
the race. The announcement was
made after a long conference, in
which the leading democrats of the
state participated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-fcr sale at the River
PRESS office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
AFTER JUDGE KIMBALL's JOB.
Several Hustling Candidates 10
Vacancy on January /.

President Taft will have another i'm
portant vacancy to All in the District
soon. The term of Ivory G. kimball as
Judge of the Police Court will become
vacant by reason of the expiration or
his term the LIST of January. Already
there are several hustling candidates for
the place in the field. Two Of these are
said to be James l.. Pugh. assistant dis
trict attorney. at the Police Court, and
Judge Jesse w. Tull, a lawyer. formerly
of Illinois. There said to be other
candidates under cover who will bob up
when the proper time arrives.
Mr.. Pugh has long been connected with
the local Police Courts and is said to
know the ropes
Judge Tull was horn I'm Illinois in 1860.
After graduating in his native state as
LII. f.. and LII. NJ, he came to this
city many years ago and took post
graduate course in law in the Column
bian Law School. He is said to be popu-
lar with the senators and representatives
from Illinois. including Speaker Cannon.
He has for long time been engaged in
temperance work i'm the District, having
served one term grand chief templar
OF the Good Templars.
1t is said that Judge kimball desires
to succeed himself. and that many prom
inent business and professional men have
Endorsed him for reappointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
WILL Of JUDGE LEWIS PAYSON
LEFT ESTATE VALUED AT
ABOUT 5000, 900.
Property in This City and Else
where Divided Among Relatives,
Widow Chief Beneficiary.

The late Judge Lewis +. Payson. for
mer representative from Illinois. left an
estate valued at about $500. 900, according
filed by his widow. Mrs. Louise G. Pay
son. The largest item is his personal
holdings of securities. of which $685.
117.4O is located in Pontiac, Mich, and
$4,000 in the territory of Arizona. His
real estate includes 1229 Massachusetts
avenue worth $4,000. and land in I'LL
nois and Arizona.
Besides his widow. Judge Payson left
his heirs, a sister, Mrs. Alma nj.
Simmons OF Askum, Ill, and a brother.
Charles Ii. Payson of Watseka, IL.
The will is dated December %. 1891.
and leaves to the widow premises 1229
Massachusetts avenue, all the household
effects. carriages and horses. and S125. 900
in cash. This is to be in addition to her
share in the residuary estate. which Is
devised according TO the law.
BY a codicil dated September 10 1902.
Judge Payson leaves 5000 to Dorinda
McGuise, who. he says. was faithful TO
him and his wife for many years. Should
any of this fund be unexpended at her
death il is to be divided between Sidney
Kent and Mabel Kent. The following
nephew, $4,000: Mabel Kent niece. $lV.
OCO: Lewis Kent, nephew, $1,000. The
remaining estate is left to his sister
Alma NJ. Summars and his nephew Victor
Payson.
The testator explains that he names
the nephew as beneficiary instead of
Charles Payson. the brother of the de-
ceased, because the latter had heretofore
been aided.
The widow Is named as execptriX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Funeral of Prescott S. Lazenby.

The funeral Of the late Prescott Smith
I.azenby took place Yesterday from
Geiers chapel and the interment was
IN the Congressional cemetery. Mr. Laz-
enby was a native Of this city. a son Of
Thomas a. l>azenby and grandson of I.
a Lazenby. a dealer in china and glass
ware in Georgetown in ai.te-Dellum days
and clerk o. the board OF metropolitan
police, established September, ISL. The
deceased was thlrty-seven years OF age
and unmarried and was expert
humber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
EXCURSIONS.

Many business people as well as those
active in social affairs now deem an au-
tumn soiourn as essential as summer
outing. Because of It's many attractions
and the convenience with which 1t is
ton Steamboat Company's boats. Old
Point Comfort is popular fall rendez-
vous with residents of this city.
These steamers sail daily at 6:4j
o'clock pm. and complete the sail down
the Potomac and through the lower Chesa-
peake to Old Point Comfort over night
The staterooms. are models of comfort
and convenience and the cafes are ue-
clared to meet all requirements. Daily
connections are made at Norfolk with
steamers for New York and Boston and
also with trains for all points south
The Norfolk and Washington boats
were built expressly for this service anC
their schedule is never affected by wealth
er conditions. The Southland, the newest
steamer among other features, has
staterooms with private baths.
The special reduced rate excursions OF
the steamer St. Johns to Old Point and
Norfolk every Saturday are proving pop
ular, and many are taking advantage Of
the low rate Of fare offered. The steamer
leaves here every Saturday evening at
O'Clock, arrives at Old Point at q am,
and Norfolk am. Sunday. On the re-
turn trip she leaves Norfolk at pm,
and Old Point at >. pm. Sunday. and
arrives here at u am, Monday. Those
who make this trip lose no time from
business. On her other trips the ST.
Johns leaves here Tuesday and THURSDAY
evenings at o'clock and returning leaves
Norfolk Wednesday and Friday evenings
at o'clock