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(utt 'IAA-ovIl NW. THE RIVER PRESS. Vol. XV. Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, _April 3, 1895. No. ‘,.2 1. THE WALLER OUTRAGE. Nto Itifortination Received at the State Department. WAsiliNoTos. March 27.—It was said at the White house this afternoon that the telegram from Gov. Morrill of Kan - asking the president to take active measures at on,* for the protection and release of ex -Consul Waller, reported to have been unjustly imprisoned by the French government in Madagascar, un- d er the sentence of a court martial, had not yet been received by the president. The state department has no confirma- tion of the report from the United States consnl at Tamatave, nor from Campbell, .our consul at the Mauritius, which is the nearest cable point to Madagascar. It is probable the governor's message w ay cause the state department to cable to one of these consuls for an account of the affair instead of waiting until a re- port comes to hand through the mails from this remote point, which might be sufficient in an ordinary case, but would hardly meet the requirements of a case i nvolving the imprisonment of an Amer- ican citizen. A CONFERENCE MAN. Gov. McKinley Does Not Wish to Be Called a Goldbug. WAsaistiToN, March 28.—There, has been of late a good deal of comment and speculation concerning the position of Gov. McKinley upon the silver question, but it can be stated authoritatively that Governor McKinley's attitude is accur ately expressed by the latest pronuncia- tnecto of the republican party. Its plan in the platform adopted in Min- neapolis, June 10, 1892, said: \The American people from tradition and in- terest favor birnetallisni, and the republi- can party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation. as will secure the maintenance of the parity of the values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt -paying power of the dollar, whether gold, silver or paper, shall be at all times equal. The inter- ests of the producers of the country, its farmers and workingmen, demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the government, shall be as good as any other. We commend the wise and pat- riotic steps already taken by our gov- ernment to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the world.\ NOTHING HEARD YET. Government Has No Information About Waller's Case. W ASH I NGTON, March 28.—Hon. John 1 Langston, who for some years past as been counsel for ex -Consul John L. Waller of Kansas, was at the state de- - darttnent to -day to ascertain if any news ',ad been received officially of the re- ported sentence of his client to 20 years imprisonment in Madagascar. Up to coon nothing had come to the depart- nent. Certain documents and letters from Mr. Waller bearing on the conces- sion made to him by the Hove govern :pent which will necessarily figure in the :Batter if it is taken up by the state de- partment, have been tiled in the depart- ment by Mr. Langston. As the result of his visit to the state department Mr. Langston expressed the conviction that the officials will act promptly in investi- gating the matter and that they will by all means refuse to submit to the dispo- sition of his case by a court martial and insist upon a civil trial. NAKED AND CRAZY. A lontataa Democrat Creates rs Scene in Chicago. CHICAGO March 28.—Peter Neidorf. said to be from Montana, created con- siderable excitement at the City Hotel, less composition, has been discovered to have been substituted for a bar of gold bullion to cover up the mint shortage. This is one of the bars received by the present smelter and refiner, Harris, from the previous administration at the esti- mated value. Rumors are current that arrests will shortly be made. PRICES ADVANCING. Beef and Pork Now Up and Will Prob- ably Go Higher. CHICAGO, March 27. --The Post says: The prices of all kinds of meats will be higher this summer than they have been for ten years past. Even the high prices which were made by some dealers dur- ing the world's fair period will be ex- ceeded by the figures asked for roasts, steaks and chops from now on. It is not probable that much relief will come before next fall. Prices have already advanced about 25 per cent. and an ad- ditional advance of about the same pro- portion is almost certain. The cause of this is the short supply ot cattle fol- lowed by the necessary increase in value which forced dealers to raise prices to consumers. All kinds of beef from porterhouse to hash meats are being sold now from 2 to 5 cents a pound higher than a month ago, and pork products of all qualities, from pigs' feet to head cheese are worth considerable more than they could be bought for on the first of the month. There is little likelihood that a reaction will come because the conditions which enhanced the values will not change for several months. IN JESSE JAMES' REGION. More About the Successful Train Rob- bery in Missouri. Sr. Lours, March 28.—The California express on the Iron Mountain railroad, which was held up by two masked rob- bers one mile this side of Williamsville, Mo., at midnight last night, reached here this forenoon several hours late. According to the trainmen the hold-up was one of the most daring since the time of the Jesse James gang. Two men took complete possession of the train. Their arms consisted of Win- chesters and Colt's revolvers. Conduct- or Webb said: - 0oe of the men covered me with a gun and ordered me to throw up my hands. He grabbed my watch, ran his hands down my pockets and got about $7 1 bad collected in fares. They forced the engineer to run up the track about half a mile with the express car after uncoupling it from the train. The messenger was compelled to open the small safe at the point of a pistol, and when he could not open the larger safe they threatened to kill him. They ran- sacked the local packages, but Messen- ger Early thinks they got nothing of value, as all the money was locked in the larger safe at Poplar Bluff. Their work done, the highwaymen got over a fence and made for the woods.\ TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED. Three Out of Six Killed in Old Ken- tucky. GREENWOOD, Ky., March 27.—A most daring but unsuccessful attempt at train robbery occurred at 2:30. a. m. to -day in the southern part of Kentucky. Six men undertook to rob the south -bound train No. 3 on the Queen and Crescent. One of the six was killed outright, one died at 4 this morning, and the third, giving his name as lies here se- verely wounded. The other three es- caped. The train reached Chattanooga to day on time. The reason for this summary disposal of the train robbers is found in the fact that some tidings of their purpose had been given to the railroad or express authorites, and T. R. Griffin, superintendent of police on the Southern road, had with him on the train two trusty assistants. State and Sixteenth streets, at 4 o'clock The train had just reached the south end of tunnel No. 9, a mile north of yesterday afternoon. He appeared in the office of the hotel naked and pro- ceeeded to make a political speech, pro- claiming in clarion tones that he was a democrat. Several attaches of the hotel overpowered Neidorf after a struggle and carried him to his room, where he dressed himself. Then breaking away from the men who had him in charge he dashed out of the hotel bare headed and ran north on State street and disap- peared. Officers of the Cottage Grove avenue and the Twenty second street • stations made a searchfor Ilan, but were unable to locate him. It was said at the hotel that the man came there two weeks ago and left a valise. He disappeared yesterday morning. He did not appear intoxicated, and is sup p3sed to have become suddenly insane. A Bar of Bogus Bullion. CARSON, Nev.. March 28.—The Tribune last evening contained a statement, claiming to be authorative, that a bogus bar of bullion, composed of some value - eery steps for putting into effect the re- cent legislation raising all pensions be - 1 0 -, v zii; to that rating, live been taken by the pension bureau. Low rate pen- sioners whose names are borne on the rolls of the Buffalo, Chicago, Concord, Des Moines, Milwaukee and Pittsburg agencies, will receive the $6 rating on April 4, and all like pensions in other jurisdictions will be advanced at the next payment in their district. The change will add about $1,500,000 to the pension expenditures, and the cases of about 40,000 pensioners will be affected, Greenwood, when the robbers signaled it to stop. They had scarcely disclosed their purpose until Griflia and assistants began offensive operation. In ten min- utes three robbers had bitten the dust, the other three had flown and the train was speeding on the way. No injury was suffered by any one on the train. No Pensions Below $6. INJUNCTION DENIED. ern Pacific and Burlington railroads view of the decreuged price of wool Judge Henry Views the HetTerlin Case general depression in business. Seventy -Six Families Are There and Have Come to Stay. from a Business Standpoint. LIVINGSTON, March 30.—Arguments were heard today by Judge Henry in the injunction proceedings instituted by George 'Gordon restraining County Treasurer Holliday from paying certain county warrants issued by the commis- sioners to C. S. Hefferlin in payment of rent of county offices, the plaietiff's con- tention being that the warrants were void on the ground that $10.000, the maximum amount allowed by the state constitution to be expended for any sin- gle purpose. had already been paid Hef- ferlin for rent prior to the issuance of the last warrants. It was sought to be shown that if, as Judge Henry recently held, an injunc- tion should issue restraining county commissioners from proceeding with the erection of a court house costing over $10,000 the same rule would apply in the case of rent. Judge Henry, however, could see no similarity in the two cases. The law, he said, enjoined the commis- sioners to provide suitable quarters for county officials and if they failed to do so then the district judge had authority to provide county quarters. If the con- stitutional provision forbidding the ex- penditure of over $10,000 was to be con- strued as denying the right of the com- missioners to expend over $10,000 for rent then no more money could bees- pended for salaries, highways, improve- ments, etc. Judge Henry denied the in- junction. TEN YEARS FOR BRETT. His Plea for Mercy Did Not Count for Very Much. HELENA, March 30. --Henry Brett, who while working in the office of the city clerk obtained $4.;,800 or more by raising and forging city warrants, was today sentenced by Judge Blake to ten years in the penitentiary. Attorney Wiley. in making a plea for leniency, referred to the prisoner's previous good character, and ascribed his downfall to temptation thrown in his way at the city clerk's of- fice and his passion for gambling. \The mayor of the city was signing warrants in blank and leaving them on the clerk's desk,\ said the lawyer. \The clerk oc- casionally looked into the office, and that's all. Ile had a rubber autograph stamp on the desk. It was in fact an in- vitation to the man to steal.\ The judge in passing sentence said it was not only gambling that brought Brett down, but he kept a big establishment going full of women. Brett's true name is Herbert Bonsor. He is a member of a wealthy family of brewers in London. THE BELT MOUNTAINS. Notes From the Rich Mining District in Central Montana. GREAT FALLS, March 30.— From Nei - hart comes the rumor that the Queen of the Hills and the Galt mines are about to be consolidated, thus being placed under one management. John McAssey, at present superintendent of the Galt, will then manage both prop- erties. The two properties lie in such shape that they can be handled more advantageously under the one manage- ment, and together, would make a large and cheaply managed mining property. If the deal is a go the force at the Galt will be largely increased and men will be put to work on some of the Queen properties. A private letter from Gilt Edge. Fer- gus county, dated 25th inst., states that the Gilt Edge mill is shipping gold bul- lion twice a week, and the previous week shipped $3,326. The mill was cleaning up that night to add to the previous week's run. The ore was averaging $30 a ton and the company was putting through 40 tone a day, at the same time adding more tank. The tailings are run down to almost nothing, 10 to 60 cents a ton. MEETING OF WOOL GROWERS. Certain Days of the Week Set Apart as Sale Days. BILLINGS, Mont., March 30.—A meet- ing of wool growers was held - at the court house this afternoon to consider various matters relating to their inter- ests. George W. Ash was elected chair- man and J. D. Matheson secretary. It was resolved to make two market days in the week for the sale of wool, so as to WASHINGTON, March 28. --All nacos- I induce the presence of buyers by the assurance of large quantities of wool on those days, and Monday and Tuesday of every week during the season were selected as the market days. It is be- lieved that all the wool growers in the territory about Billings will conform - to this decision. Most of the growers have determined to sell their wool rather than consign on commission if fair prices can be obtained. A committee consisting of G. W. Ash, C. M. Bair and I. D. O'Donnell was ap- pointed to endeavor to obtain conces- sions as to freight rates from the North - THE TETON COLONY. in and The New Clothing Emporium, GREAT FALLS, March 27.—E. A. Gibbs, a hotel man of St. James, Minn., who has interested himself with Z. T. Bur- ton in colonizing a tract of land in Te ton county, came in from the north last night on the Great Falls & Canada rail- road and left to -day for the east. Mr. Will Gibbs has been connected with the en- ; terprise almost from its inception. Hei has thoroughly familiarized hirnsel with the methods of farming in Montana, be- ing well informed as to what crops are the best and knowing when the same should be planted. Mr. Gibbs said that there are at present about 76 families on the Burton tract. They have all come to etay. Many are building nice homes. The men are all practical farmers. As a rule, they are from the older states like Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa. Tney have become discouraged with the ter- rible drouths that have prevailed in these states for several seasons, and are anxious to settle in a country where the farmer will not have to wait on nature for moisture for his crops. NEARING BED ROCK. much Depends Upon the Cotistitut* ality of the Income Tax. WASHINGTON, March 30.—Contrary to expectations of the officials of the treasury, receipts for the month of March will again fall below the expendi- tures. The amount, however, is only about $2.34,000. The excess of expendi- tures for the nine months of the pres- ent fiscal year are $36,500,000, and this amount will certainly be increased by $5,000,000 or more during April, which will leave a deficit of about $42,000,000 on May 1. During May and June, how- ever, great things are expected from the income tax, but the most conservative estimates now place the deficit for the fiscal year at $25,000,000. The outlook for heavy receipts from the two great sources of income, customs and internal revenue, are not encouraging, particu- larly from the latter. All things considered much depends upon the decision of the supreme court on the question of the validity of the in- come tax. Should the law be upheld, which seems altogether probable, the treasury officials will look for fair sail- ing from this time on, but should the law be declared unconstitutional an extra session of congress should be called to provide for revenues sufficient to meet the needs of the government. Gets a Permanent Job. SE I MON ESK I, March 31.—Koyama Ko- ktinseki, the young Japanese who at- tempted to assassinate Li Hung Chang, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. Nervous People And those who are all tired out and have that tired feeling or sick headache can be relieved of all these sytnptons by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives nerve, mental and bodily strength and thoroughly purifies the blood. It also creates a good appetite, cures indiges- tion, heartburn and dyspepsia. Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy in action and sure in effect. 25c. 222 CENTRAL AlEN[E, , Great Falls, Mont.. be open on or about APRIL 1st. This store has been entirely remodeled and newly painted and papered on both floors. The general appearance of the whole store has been changed by dividing it into departments. The Children's Department Ilepartment. and Shoe Department are entirely independent of the Clothing THE NEW STOCK IS ARRIVING DAILY, And a complete, new and carefully selected stock can be found in every department AT STRICTLY EASTERN PRICE\. rir When you are in Creat Falls you will fin it to your interest to inspect the different lines of New Coods carried at s A. NATHAN'S NEW CLOTHING EMPORIUM. One Price. Plain Figures. Square Dealin RISE IN SILVER. --- Various Reasons Assigned for the Up- ward Tendency in Values. NEW YORK. March 29.—The advance in silver in the open market in London to -day has been followed by a corre- sponding rise in bar silver here, which has led to an increased strength and ac- tivity in silver certificates. To day's ad- vance is attributed to the growing belief that England will consent to join the bi- metallic conference, which now has the assurance of representation from the United States, France and Germany. It is said that Spain is in the market as a buyer of bullion in connection with the Cuban insurrection. NEW YORK, March 30. ---Bar silver is quoted at 65U today. The rise in silver to -day is due to the granting of the armistice and a renewed hope of a declaration of peace by China and Japan on terms which will compel China to pay heavy indemnity, thereby requiring her to come into the market a silver buyer. It is expected also that, with the close of the war, a revival of trade in the east will take place which will make increased demand for silver. Will Step Fighting. WASHINGTON, March 30.—News that an unconditional armistice had been declared by the Emperor of Japan, was confirmed at the Japanese legation, where it was stated a cablegram to this effect had been received from the home government. China made the offer of an armistice, and the peace plenipoten- tiaries of Japan were empowered by the emperor to accept without condition. This was done in view of the attempted assassination of Li Hung Chang. Cleveland Will Act. WASHINGTON, March 30.—It is impos- sible to secure confirmation here of the report from London that the United States has consented to enter the pro- posed international conference, but the best information obtainable is to the ef- fect that in case the call is issued the president will by authority of the law enacted during the last session, appoint the three delegates necessary to com- plete the commission on behalf of this country. Fine Book and Job Printing a special ty at the RIVER PRESS office. FIE Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest baking pow= der made. It has received the highest award at the U. S. Gov't official inves= tigation, and at all the Great Inter= national Expositions and World's Fairs wherever exhibited in competition with others. It makes the finest, lightest, sweetest, most wholesome bread, cake and pastry. More economical than any other leaven= ing agent. ROYAL BAKiNG POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW -YORK. 1111‘. 4 1 • ar ria •I
