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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-09-04

NOBLE u Sevenson's irrigating ditch, in
Lower Payette valley, is nearing compile
Noh VIII be finished the latter part of
.nis week 1t has been great undertak-
'ns and will undoubtedly soon repay the
propr'etors. Water has been running in
"e ditch for distance of ten miles, and
VIII oeput through the entire length, TWEEN,
y miles, as soon as completed
BURNS u Chapman are taking out ditci,
i''1e above Hunts Ferry. A short dis
'ance from their ditch the Colorado COM
p"ny IN which Ogilvie and Rev. Ballard s
Dunh are interested, will soon commence
ne construction of an irrigating canal
"n'ch Will run from Payettc to the Weiser
D. ANDERSON bought the Buffalo and
,h ,,ah.a mines for the creditors, by bidding
IN, hen N IN at S29, 72S.41, the other day, says
Sh 81" Laws e. !, Miner Paulding sold them for
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wINDOM EVER ALERT.
Preparing 10 Lead Iiis StraggIing Forces
in the Senatorial CONTEXT.

ST. PAUL, MINI, January 23.-There is
an ominous lull in the Senatorial battle
preparatory to new trial phase which is
expected the contest will take this week,
probably some effort will be made to con-
centrate the element OF opposition to Win.
dom. This effort is likely to be precipitat-
ed by the expected advent OF Mr.. Window
in person upon the scene tomorrow morn
ing for the understood purpose Of en-.
deavoring to reorganize his scattered
forces. 1t is believed by his friends
that he reached bedrock yesterday when
his vote was reduced to As, and that
many OF his friends who have scattered to
the right and left, hunting for some trail
out OF the woods, will be only too glad to
return at the sound Of his bugle horn.
But, so far as It appears on the surface, the
opposition elements are. as remote rs ever
from being able to unite their forces. There
are indications OF active efforts in that di.
rection, aud by Tuesday or Wednesday
next it is probable that the movement will
take some definite form. This being Sun
day there is not much stir among politi.
cians and members who have not gone
home, but there Is talk OF starting boom
for State Senator D. NJ. Sabin, OF Still.
water, which may be expected within one
or two days. Sabin is strong Wisconsin
man, only 81 years old, and one OF the
wealthiest men and most extensive manu-
iacturers In the State.
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CONDENSED TELEcRAMs.

The Legislature OF Maine Is In favor Of
bill re.estabisbing the.death penalty for
murder.
Nathan Armstrong; planning mill at
Anderson, Ind, burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000.
Spaulding's four story brick block, at
Nashua, n. H., burned after midnight.
Total loss over S5O, ,O0O insured for $4,000.
The Massachusetts, Legislature, 81 to 9j,
rejected the resolution 10 print 10000
copies OF Governor Buffers inaugural ad-
dress.
John G. weaver's villa, at Newport, R.
/, burned yesterday. Loss, S35,0OO, ex-
elusive OF sIlverware and diamonds. In.
surance, $4,000.
DR.. Edward H. knight, author Of Knights
American Mechanical Dictionary, and
other literary works, died last night at
Bellfontaine, Ohio.
The eighth ballot OF the Nebraska Legis.
ture yesterday resulted as follows: Boyd
80, Conner %, Millard l6, Thayer il,
Saunders IS. Manderson s, Morton 4,
Grouse 9, Lake 2, Dorsey 9, Stickel !, scat.
tering5.
Celia Goetze, a Chicago domestic, was
killed yesterday morning by the explosion
OF stove. She built a fire in the kitchen
range. The pipe leading TO the water tank
was frozen, and the water 10 the front be.
ing converted into steam, the explosion
followed,
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ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a. 1852.
HOLDING FOR A RIsr.
Farmers Borrowing Money TO Live on
Rather Than nell Their Corn.

LINCOLN, NEE, January 93.-There is
considerable interest among grain dealers
in this section over the increasing efforts OF
farmers to hold their corn and wait for a
rise. Farmers around Lancaster county
say they are determined not to sell, and are
doing all they can to force the market up.
Last year early sales had the effect Of rails.
ing prices, and as the very few who held
their corn made considerable more than
the others, this year everybody is going to
the opposite extreme, and immense bins
all over the South Platte country are loaded
with corn, while farmers are mort
gaging everything they have to obtain
money for living and to bridge over the
months until they can sell. The number
OF mortgages being recorded every week in
the office OF the County Clerk OF Lancaster
county is alarming, and the rate Of interest
paid and taken out in advance, often
thirty cents is enormous. A member Of
the Legislature from Franklin county says
that the farmers OF the Republican valley
are holding as much as possible, but few
can borrow at the three and four cents a
month rate charged there on money. The
Eastern slope OF Franklin county has q
heavy crop, only about one-fourth OF which
has been moved. The rests being held until
February and March. A correspondent
also inquired OF several other members
OF the Legislature from South Platte. A
member from Adams thought that there
was not as much borrowing there this
year as last, though many were renewing
their paper. In Sanders county money
cannot be borrowed, owing to scarcity, but
farmers are getting their time extended on
old debts and holding their corn. The crop
ia not so heavy there this year, owing to
hail stones. Some OF these representatives
said that they thought corn would BE-
thrown ON the market when it reached
thirty cents. In Saline, for in
stance, where there was an immense
yield, fifty bushels to the acre,
corn was twenty-six cents, and farmers
still holding and 0even mortgaging their
crops, though more generally their houses
and personal property. In Thayer county
different story is told. Farmers bave
been selling for some time. There were
10000 bushels shelled before December
lst. There is considerable borrowing, but
for other purposes. Mr.. Hall, OF Cass,
gave quite gloomy account OF Cass
county, where only the poorer farmers
are selling, and the wealthy class,
which predominates, will hold, and with
out necessity OF borrowing, as the farmers
there, he says, have more money on de-
posit in the banks than any other class.
The representative from Clay says that
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CAPITAL CuLLINos.

r, +. Scanned, Of Boston rs representa-
tive OF the National Bottler's Association,
lately in session at Pittsburgh, has submit.
ted an argument for an I'D valorem duty OF
twenty-five per cent. upon all waters, ex'
elusive OF duty upon bottlers.
The District Attorney Of Utah explained
to the House Judiciary Committee yester.
day morning, the necessity Of the law pro:
yided for by Mr.. Edmunds' bill, to compel
the first wife to testify in order to prove a
marriage in cases Of plurality OF wives.
When the Senate was called to order
yesterday Senator Butler, Of South Caro-.
lima, was the only Senator present, The
Vice President said, "the Senator from
South Carolina will come to order" After
prayer Butler moved call OF the Senate.
The Mississippi River Committee yester.
day morning completed the hearing Of
Captain Iennox, oi st. Louis, also that of
Mr.. Cowden. The former did not endorse
all the work OF the River Commission,
though he was in favor ot much that was
being done under It's direction. The testi.
mony will be closed by Thursday,
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The Bureau OF Statistics makes sugges-
tion which will at least hatter our local
pride. Last year there were exported $685.
149 tons OF anthracite coal out Of twenty
eight millions and a half mined. The
mining Of bituminous coal exceeded this
by twenty millions, and only 4Sl tons were
sent out OF the country. The Bureau is OF
the opinion that large market could be
found for coal in the West Indies and
South America, now supplied from the
English mines, and Pittsburgh is suggested
rs the great shipping port. schooners
drawing ten ieet OF water could load
at Pittsburgh, be towed to New Orleans,
and sail ior their destination. They would
bring back the products OF those countries
coffee, fruits and the like, and come up
the Ohio river loaded, practically doing
away with "empties" II this trade would
pay Pittsburgh, Wheeling, which is ninety
six miles nearer the seaboard, might
bid for fair share. With increased rail-
road facilities We might take profitable
hand in this business. This is an age OF
progress, and it is difficult to tell what the
next day may bring forth.
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washInrton Gn, Inyos,igatIon.

WASHINGTON, January 23.-There were
some rich developments before the Senate
Committee investigating the charge that
Chief Clerk Bailey, Of the House, is using
his position to lobby for the Washington
Gas Light Company. John Harmon, a
hali.breed Indian, and veteran journalist
and lobbyist, testified that B. H. Bartol, OF
Philadelphia, President Of the Washington
Gas Light Company, paid him $1,000 at
BaiIey's house Tor one transaction, and
that 6e received in all from the company
between fifteen and twenty thousand dol
lars for his services. 1t appeared that tortv-
two bills had been before Congress for
chartering new companies, &C., and that
one was passed, and that was TO increase
the capital stock Of the present monopoly.
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VOLUME xxx1.-.NUMBER 13l.
nANK orrlcERs1Np1crEp.
The Documents ON which the Indict.
ments We're Pound.

BosroN. January 2S.-The United States
Grand Jury has indicted A. ]. Benyon,
President, and Edward NJ. Fowle, Director
Of the deiunct Pacific Bank, and George
B. Eager, for wilful misappropriation Of
the banks funds. Eager and Fowle have
been arrested, but Benyon has not been
seen for months. The evidence was
a document dated January %, 1880, and
the terms called for the purchase OF
800 shares OF the Chrisolite Consolidated
Mining Company stock at so per share to
pay for the same. Benyan and Fowle dis
counted four notes, three Of which were
made by Eager and endorsed by H. T.
Miller, and one by John Lathrop. The
notes were for 5000, and blythe terms Of
the agreement the three were TO share
equally in the profits and speculation.
Eager Is a brother.in.law OF Fowle, and is
now Treasurer Of the Bay Of Fundy Quar-
rying Company. In court this morning
Eager was held In 5000 each on three in.
dictments and Fowle in 5000 each for
two.
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Apo.tmnsler,. FnlIInE.

WASHINGTON, January 2S.-Representa-
tive Barr attributes the fall Of Postmaster
Nebinger, Of steelton, Pa, to women and
wine. He says that Nebinger was a Grip
pied soldier working in the mill, and he
recommended him to oblige the superin-
tendent, who afterwards opposed his re-
election. Mr.. Barr says Nebingcr Is
attempting 10 cover deialcation Of SO by
alleging that he spent so for political pur-
poses. The ofTense is penitentiary on",
and while Mr. Barr says he has not heard
from the Department he does not think
that It Is one that can be compromised.
The threat OF Nebinger to make disclosures
Is for the purpose ot'compelling some one
TO make up bis shortage,
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FROM THE CAPITAL.
NATIONAL NOTES OF INTEREST.
The Reductions and Increase Ia the TArIras Shown
by a Comparative Statement-PrOsreSs Of
the Senate bIlI-The Treaty with hsxieo.
General Capital Notes and Gossip.


From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, January pa prominent
member Of the House says statement to
be prepared by the Treasury department
for the Ways and Means Committee shows
some reduction on raw wool and Il moder.
ate reduction in duty on blankets, hats
and all woolen goods, but not as much as
expected when the Tariff Commission
made their report. There is, be says, q
reduction Of five cents per pound on ready
made clothing. The reduction in carpets
is considerable, and on silk less. There il
quite reduction on cotton goods
except on cotton laces, velvets and
curtains. Flax and jute remains as
at present. There is decided increase in
duties on fine porcelain glassware. Cut
glass, now 80 per cent, is raised to G5 pei
cent; china porcelain is raised from so tc
Us per cent. Bar iron is reduced one.tenth
OF cent per pound; T rails from one and
eguarter cent to seven.tenths and eight
tenths of one cent per pound. Cotton ties
are increased from 35 per cent to 70 per
cent. Cut nails and spikes from one and
one-half cents TO one and one.quarter cents
per pound. Horseshoe nails from five
cents and,twO and one.half cents, TO four
cents per pound. The duty on steel and
iron will be somewhat reduced. Copper ore
is reduced. Rice the same. Sumatra to-
hacco is raised from 35 to 70 per cent.
Tobacco and liquors remain about the
same.
There was a great deal OF debate in the
Senate to-day on the tariff, including a
strong speech from Mr.. Bayard, on iron
ore, which was well received, but little real
progress was made. Several Intellectual
efforts were made to largely augment the
duty on iron ore.
The important fact remains that the bill
is very little nearer to final vote. Several
Democratic Senators are preparing to speak,
among them Lamar, Jones, Slater and
Coke, but the majority are taking this
question very easily. The President ex-
presses personally great desire to have
tariff legislation at this session, but declines
to say whether be will call an extra session
ifnone be passed. 1t is reasonably certain
that he will not do so.
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Miners Convention "A sliding ScnIo for
the Price OF Mining.

Miners Convention "A sliding Scnlo for
the Price OF Mining.
PITTSBURGH, January ga delegate
convention OF the railroad miners OF this
district Is being held in the Knights Of
Labor Hall, on Penn avenue, near Elev-
enth street, to-day. In the absence Of
President Schaming, Of the Miners AsSoCi.
alton, the meeting was called to order ut 10
o'clock this morning by one of the Vice
Presidents. Thirty delegates were present,
representing about forty pits. Each pit
is entitled to one delegate, but in order TO
save expense in some instances one man
represents two pits. The morning was
taken up in examining the credentials Of
the delegates.
At the afternoon session sliding scale
OF prices for mining was adopted without
discussion. It is based on the selling price
OF coal in the Union yard in this city.
When the operators receive five dollars for
100 bushels, the miners will get 81 so. For
every twenty-five cents advance the miners
will receive fifteen cents. The scale was
placed in the hands Of the officers OF the
Miners Association, who will submit 1t to
the operators.
twas decided to hold convention in q
few weeks OF the river and railroad diggers,
when the question Of appointing commit.
tee on arbitration, with full power TO settle
all disputes, the price Of mining and any
other business will be brought before them.
The committee will consist OF five coal
digcers and like number Of operators.
Each pit will be instructed to select five
men to be voted for by their representative
at the convention.
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TUE last Legislature was confronted by n
deficiency in the revenues, with certain
ty Of more to come. The Constitution
made By our Democratic friends provides
what shall bc done in such case. 1t is so
plain that wayiaring man, though Dem
ocratic legislator, can not err therein.
whenever any deficiency in the revenue
shall exist in any year, it (the Legislature)
shall, ut the regular session held
next after the deficiency occurs,
levy Il tax for the ensuing year, sufficient,
with the other sources OF income, to meet
such deficiency, as well as the estimated
expensts OF such year" An election was
coming on and the Democratic Legislature
was afraid to face the music ot a levy.
Therefore itprovided for n new assessment.
There are two objections to this method OF
not doing 1t. First, it is not what the
Constitution plainly and expressly pro-
vides. Second, it is not certain way OF
meeting q deficiency. II ny the Legislature
may defy one pro vision OF the Constitution
it may defy any or all, and 50 far as Or
ganic law is concerned the Constitution.
becomes OF no more value than it would
bring us waste paper. How (2I did the
Legislature know-how could it know
that the new assessment would show a
sufficient gain in taxable property to meet,
at the present tax rate, the deficiency
and current expenditures? How could it
know there would be any increase? Sup
poae the re.asSessment were to show
decrease instead OF an increase-what was
il the intention Of our Legislators to do
about it then? There is belief that
under their instructions from headquarters
the Assessors were certain to put up the as
sessment so that the move might not be an
utter failure. But such scheme is always
liable to failure, and against such mishap
the "leyy" OF the Constitution provides
Another possible hitch in the programme
occurs to lis. Tho Constitution provides
that Assessors shall be elected "the voters
of each county shall elect one,
and not moro than two Assessors
who shall hold their respective
offices for term Of four years." The as
SCISSORS for the recent job were appointed
II the Constitution is worth anything 1t Is
worth obeying, Now let us suppose that
some stubborn farmer, who has an idea
that everything should be done decenly
and in order, should take 1t into his head
that he has not been ConStitutionally
assessed, and therefore, refuse to pay the
tax based on that assessment. This
would raise very interesting question,
Pending the suit that would follow other
stubborn farmers might hold back, and
tho State would be embarrassed still fur
ther until the question should be decided
We do not know what the decision would
be, but 1t might add considerably to the
embarrassment. Then what would hap
penH Beyond doubt we have here an in
teresting question.
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
LATEST NEWS BY THE CABLE.
No More Intelligence of Importance from the
Wreck OF the Camhrla-Ths Number Saved.
France Frightened by NspOlsons Man.
Ifesto-General Foreign Notes.

HAMBURG, January 23.-According to
the statement OF another survivor OF the
disaster to the Cimbria, as late as o'clock
Friday morning Capt. Hansen received
report that the Cimbria's lights were all
burning properly. The breach made by
the collision was so great that the Cimbria
Immediately lay right over with a portion
OF her deck under water. The thirty.nine
persons brought in to Cuxhaven had been
occupants OF the two boats. The other
seventeen persons saved were brought in
by the Theta. No moro persons have been
landed from the Cimbria. The sailing
vessels crossing westward may have picked
up some. The four steamers have not yet
returned.
Two sisters among the passengers saved
have written relatives in village near Ber-
lin, lamentiug they lost everything even to
their shoes but in spite of their suflerings,
they added, they mean to try their luck in
the next vessel, and hope soon to be able
to send their photographs from Omaha.
The most searching official inspection Of
the steamer Sultan shows the damage 10
be far more serious than first believed.
According 10 the testimony OF competent
seaiaring people the crew Of the Sultan dis
played marvellous cleverness and rapidity
in stopping the leak, and it is scarcely con-
ceivable how the vessel ever reached Ham
burg Besides the smashed bow and holes
in both sides her keel for twelve or fifteen
feet was completely split.
LONDON, January 23-Proofs Of the
Hamburg papers received here show that
the Cimbria was struck forty feet from her
bow. After making the breach the Sultan
scraped along the Cimbria and completely
rolled up her iron plates. II Is evident that
the blow must have been tremendous
one. The papers also print brief report
OF what has transpired, Of the statement
made by the Captain OF the Sultan before
the British consul, giving the part laying
the blame on the Cimbria in large type,
with notes Of exclamation. One OF the
boats rescued by the Theta contained thir-
ty persons, the other only nine. The latter
had been tossing about nine hours and
was waterloeged. All the occupants could
do was to keep themselves from being
washed away by grasping the thwarts.
The statement concerning the death oil
Captain Hansen, who was seen on the
bridge TO the last, and Of the first officer
who was seen swimming after the Cimbria
had sunk, concluded with the words
"Treu bis zum tode." faithful. unto
death
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QUITE COOL.
Reports from Points Experiencing
Touches ofihe Cold Wave.


Touches ofihc Cold Wave.
CHICAGO, January 29.-The weather
shows no signs OF moderation. The tenn
porature ut o'clock was 20' below zero.
The area OF cold seems to have its centre
over Lake Michigan, its western edge
rests on the Missouri river and its western
boundary is unknown. Throughout this
region the temperature has for two days
been OF extraordinary severity, the thermo-
meter ranging from ten at Chicago to sixty
below zero later at Winnepeg, last night. No
loss OF life from freezing is reported,
but great suffering is experienced by those
necessarily exposed. The railroad embargo
is general. Trains are running hours
behind schedule time. Dispatches at 1
o'clock this A. N. from points, in the west
ern extremity OF the cold wave, indicate a
rising temperature accompanied by snow.
Cattle on ranges, with the exception OF
sickly calves, have stood the storm well,
and the loss among them is not great.
New YoRE, January 23.-The weather is
bright and very cold. The thermometer
is at zero. Reports from various places in
Long Island say the mercury is from % to
10 below zero. The bays are frozen over,
and teams are crossing
ADAMS, n. Y, January 23-The seyercst
snow storm in this locality for years pre-.
vailed since Saturday night. Iteis still
showing furiously. The highways and
railroads are abandoned.
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Tariff PETITIONS.

WASHINGTON, D. G., January Ex-senator
Cameron to-day presented further petitions
praying that Congress will adopt no lower
rates ofduties on any foreign manufactured
products than are recommended by the
Tariff Commission. They were from S92
workingmen employed by the Pottsyille
Iron and Steel Companyn.sof Pottsville,
Robert Reid and other workingmen, EN-
ployes OF tho Crane Iron Works, OF Cat
asaqua, John 0'Brien and other employees,
OF fairmont Steel Works, Philadelphia,
and George Francis and other employees, Of
the Temple Furnace, Berks county.Senators
Sherman and Miller, OF New York, pre-.
sented petitions Of similar purport.
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PAYING orr THE DEBT.
The AmaIgnmated Assoeiation Lodges
ketIIIng Bene!lt CInims.

PITTSBURGH, January 23.-Speaking OF
the reports which have been in circulation
for several days in regard to the financial
condition OF the Amalgamated Association,
prominent member Of the Association
said to. day: There are few men in the
Association who are chronic growlers.
They want to be. at the head Of
affairs, but they have neither the
characteristics TO lead to their se-
lection as officers nor the ability to
manage affairs il they should be chosen.
These are the men who give these cock
and-bull stories to the newspapers. 1don't
think the debt Of the Association is S50,-
600. The National lodges do not owe the
local lodges anything, but it is the latter
who are in debt to their members. AS the
Association had to carry 10000 men dur
ing the great strike, it naturally ran in
debt. This debt is now being reduced
every week as money comes into the
treasury from dues, and before very long
the Association lodges will not owe their
members anything"