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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-14
just as They Coma.

cIlct Aei thN *'N NAefN NAAAN NAAhN N@th
Our editor left Sunday afternoon
on q business trip TO Boise City.
@. b. Wheeler has rented aud will
occupy the brick residence lately va.
Gated by Attorney Reeves.
The remfi ins Of Dutch John were
Inferred In the Odd Fellows cemetery
Wednesday evening.
The first snow Of the season in tins
part OF the country fell "wednesday
night and Thursday morning.
Senator J. NJ Wells, ~ Koo,"nai
county, spent several day. in Black
foot this week.
Deputy Clerk Gagon's new resi-
deEce sill he ready to orcupanc, 10
about one week.
Boise politicians are very pat with
the question: What arr the mormon.
going to do at the next election2
Fred yogler went down 10 Ogden
Saturday, to attend the Gilmore con.
certs.
l. W. West has resigned his posi-.
siSu al DeI.amar and can now he
found behind the counter at ~. II
Danilsons,
As the matter now stands, the men
10 Germany who eat American pork
will par the duties, unless lhey heai
the landlord out ~ their board.
Mn Holhrook received this week
sne assortment Of Christmas gon.ls
See her nes ad calling attention TO
same.
The town has been full % stranger
this week attending the preliminary
examination ~ the parties charged
with the murder of Dutch john
The Baptist SUNDAY school viii
have public exercises week fn,m
next Sunday evening There will hr
some novel features.
Albert Watson who hns been llck
90 long with typhoid fever. j. agaiu
able 70 attend to his duties at tue
warehouse.
We yield most OF our local space
this week to the proceedings in the
uial Of the n.en implicated in ID"
murder of Dutch John.
Arrangements arr being made for
agrand Thanksgiving bali aud sup
per Invitations for same will be oul
IN few days.
Quite number % Blackfoot people
vent over SUNDAY evening to attenu
the entertainment given at the parsor
school house.
W. c. KiIliugsworth returned Fri
day from the Arangee ranch, NORTH
FORK Snake river. whittier he went 4,
deliver the 800 head of sheep sold by
Attorney Orr 10 Mr. Hopf.
Now all look forward to the nationa
holiday, Thanksgiving o / which occa
s'on the turkey routs she eagle as th,
national bird, and peace and goot
viii prevail among men
Boise City lays claim to femal,
faro dealer The ladies of Idaho VI
be shocked at this Intelligence a
greatly as IL a Japan earthquake wa
on duty
Attorney Reeves has shipped hi
household goods to Boise City, AM
bis family will leave Saturday 70
the same place, wh,re they will resid
Ia the future.
Miss Alice namill of Chicago, CAV
an excellent entertainment Of selre
readings ut the Hall, last Tuesda
evening, under the auspices O
The Rlsckfout W C Il III Mis-
hamill rendered varied programm
with much grace and elocutionar
skill. The GIee Club has the thank
OF the union for music furnished.
Notice TO Stockholders Of East, q,
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Ladies' trimmed hats, the model of
fashion both in style and color at
Mrs. Barnhart's.
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MIR. pOik'E Denial.

WASuINGToN. Sept. 22--Col. l.. L.
Polk, the high priest OF the Alliance
order, is back in Washington from his
Western trip. TO the inquiry as to
what foundation there was to the re-
port thai he was threatened with tar
and feathers by Kansas vc,crans. ne
said there was nothing whatever IN the
story as to the dispatches charging
that he apolOgiZed in his speech Tor
having gone into the Confederate ser
vice and spoke. approvingly of a strike
among the cotton pickers OF the South,
Polk said: 1T is absolutely and un-
qualiiiedly false IN every particular. /
uttered no sentiment in I[aLS;lS or else
where. which by any forced construc-
ton could have been cOnLorteu Into
any such expression. 1t is Il Iir out of
whole cloth. / have never uttered Il
sentiment in Northern state would
not willingly repeat In any Southern
state. AS to the strike of the cotton
pickers | had heard nothing about it
until my return To this oilice.--Augus-
ta Chronicle.
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they Didn't Lick LiuaCon,b.

HAMPTON, Va, Sept. 18.-Immedi.
ately after the adjournment of the
Hams Hanntgan Indignation meeting
here last night, mother meeting was
held. 1t was called hy the jury who
had BEEN so severely denounced. They
declared that Prosecuting Attorney
Ltpscomb was the insligatOr of the
meeting, and should be- punished; sc
they started at once for Old Point to
give him u sound thrashing. Lipsc0mb
was found at the Hygria House, but he
mad prepared warm reception for
them. just as the men walked in the
corridor Mrs. LipscOmh called for and
obtained a gun, saying she was a better
shot than her husband. Her action
was loudly applarded, and she forced
tho crowd OF jurors to retire to the
street. More trouble is expected.
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IncendinrY Miller.

CHICAGO, Sept %. Emancipation
day was celebrated today by the colored
people with a mass meeting and picnic
at Osgood grove. Thomas f.. Miller, of
Beaufort county, South Carolina, was
the orator of the day. He eulogized
Abraham Lincoln. and speaking of the
south said "rhe new South is a fact
The child, is however, iill-formed It's
bloO' Is tainted; 1t is strong, but lacks
endurance. 1t is as much your duty O.
day TO assist the nation in training and
developing this partly spoiled youth
as IL WAS your duty late In the itties to
educate through your patron saint, the
nation up to the point of the emanci-
patton OF the slave and thu preserva-
tiOh of the Union. Omit it, and the
work will have TO be done over again
In the same way as it was finished at
|ADDOmattOX
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FOREST FIRES.
Reports of Towns and Camps DESTROYED
Continue 20 Come In.


ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept ga great
cool wave swept over the state this af-
ternoOn from the west, bringing relief
from the terrible heat of the past ten
days; but it has no effect on the forest
and prairie fires near here. The forest
at VermillOn and across the Wisconsin
border towards Ashland are still raging
Tires, without hope OF change until Il
drenching rain shall come.
Hon. j. "A. Westby, who has contracts
for government surveying, has just
come from the upper Mississippi and
reports terrible devastation along the
line. lie says hundreds of cattle are
burned and many homesteads de-
strOyed. The train OH which he came
down on stopped and took in seventeen
men, women and children, settlers who
barely escaped with their lives. Unless
heavy rains fall at once, all the little
villages and homeSteadS along the ST.
Paul and Duluth for sixty miles will
certainly be burned.
There is no apparent diminution in
the terrible heat; rain still holds off and
the forest fires in Northern Minnesota
and Northwestern Wisconsin continue
to rage with unahated fury. Lammer's
lumber camps, near Hinckley, have
besn destroyed, and Louis Mo and
wife, living in the camp, were forced
to lie in the river all night TO escape
cremation, while Daniel Sullivan aud
Thomas Johnson fell prey to the tire
All along the Eastern Minnesota roads
blackened ruins mark spots where set
tiers have lost their all.
The town of Finlayson escaped de-
struction by heroic labor of citizens
uninterruptedly for thirty six hours.
From Duluth to Ashland vast stretches
OF pine forests are continuous sea OF
flames. Two school houses near Pine
City were burned yesterday, the pupils
escaping with difficulty. The villages
OF Perry and ComstOck have been
burned. Lumbermen are The heaviest
losers. but the amount is us yet incal-
culable, rei.ching far into the hundreds
of thousands.
PINE CITY, Mimi, Sept. 24.-At last
the fierce forest fires have resulted in il
fatality. This morning five farm hands
engaged in fighting the flames several
miles from here were surrounded by
fire and before they could escape, were
burned to death.
CUMBERLAND. Wis, Sept. 24.-Forest
fires have been raging throughout
! Barron, Polk, Washburn and Burnett
counties for the past seven days, ell
dangering all kinds Of property, and in
several cases endangering lives. The
villages of Comstock and Perley have
been burned; also the saw mill. shops,
barns, lumber, ETC., of o. A. Ritan 81 Co.,
of this city, located in Burnett county;
loss $4,000.
st, PETER, Mimi, Sept. 24.--The
Union depot, hotel, the American Elk
press Office and three small buildings
were burned this afternoon. Loss
| $4,000,
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- - -
Suicide of AN Ex-Governor,

MARlsvILLE, Mo-, Sept. 23.-Ex-
Gov. Albert u. Morehouse committed
suicide at his residence at 8 O'Clock this
morning. Several weeks ago the Gov
ernOr was violently overheatet while
driving cattle and has been in very
nervous condition ever since. At times
ne has been delirious and very much
depressed. He was taken out for a
drive by a friend last night and became
so much excited that he was brought
home and II physician called. He be-
came quieter and this morning was
sleeping quietly. Two watchmen were
in another room. They heard noise
IN the Governors room and OH enter.
ing found him lying Oh the floor, blood
squirting from his throat. He had cut
Il cash In the left side OF his throat
about four inches long. The weapon
WAS common pocket knife. which he
still held in his right hand He had
folded up his coat and vest and placed
them under his head.
Governor Morehouse was born in
Delaware County, Ohio, July 10, 1885
and came to Missouri in 1856. Ilo was
Il lawyer by profession and had always
taken prominent part in Missouri
politics. lie was elected Lieutonant-
Governor OH the Democratic ticket in
1881 with j. :. Marmaduke as Governor,
and upon the death of the latter sue.
ceeded him and took the oath as Gov
ernor in 1887. His wife and two chill
drtn are in st. Joseph.
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PROTEST OF THE PEOPLE.
The Verdict In the Hain. Case Repnd,at-
cd an Mass Meeting.

UAMpEON, Va, Sept. l8.-The court
house at Hampton was crowded tonight
| with representatives OF Hampton and
Elizabeth city and county. who had met
to express their disapproval of the YER
dict rendered In the IIains case TUESDAY.
The Hon. Ii. I.eger, TX common wralth's
attorney, WAS chosen chairman and
made all address, setting forth the pur-
pose Of the meeting and appointed a
committee on resolutions. Joseph lief,
fling, ID. +. Cooke and W. J. Weymouth
were appointed.
While these resolutions were being
prepared Marion Colbert, "a prosperous
business man, WAS called on and stated
his views with no uncertain voice.
The committee then reported the fol.
lowing resolutions:
I'VE, the citizens of EliZaUeth h city, in
mass meeting assembled, brought into
solemn council tv the startling verdict
brought In the case of Thornton Uains,
charged with the murder of Edward A -.
Ilanneaan in Hampton Roads on June
9TH, 1891, contrary to the hitherto good
name of our people for lov:.i!y and JUS
tice, resenting that thC same Sha be
llaSneu 10 Cne WOTlo dS IrprcSelila atlVe OF
our community. do hereby proclaim
with all the emphasis which moderate
and temperate language can convey:
"First, that while we do not assail
the fidelity of any individual juror to
his conscience, we believe said verdict
was contrary to the law and evidence,
and we do hereby condemn the same as
tending to license murder, SuUvert the
peace Of society and threaten our fire
sides and the business OF our people.
"2. We call on the officers to enforce
impartially the criminal laws of the
commonwealth and to punish all often
ders without fear, favor or affection and
without distinction rs to class, condi.
tion, race or color.
"We emphatically declare hereby our
grief at the ending OF this trial; that we
the people are thrown on our defense be-
fore all right thinking people; sorrow
that the bulwarks of our peace and hap
piness, the sanctity of life and law, have
been assailed ut their very foundation"
After the resolutions were adopted
Lipscomb, of Washington, who was
present, was loudly called for and made
Il stirring address in which he deuonnc-
ed the jury in good round terms The
meeting then quietly adjourned. AT
least 1000 people were present and hun
were unable to get III the building.
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CLOSING UP THE COOSAW CASE.
The Company Forever Enjoined rom
Mining In Coosaw River.

CHARLESTON, S. c.. Sept. l8.-The
following order in the Coosaw litiga-
ton was liledin the United States court
to-day by Judge Simonton:
"That the grant or privilege of dig
ging, mining and removing phosphate
rocks and phosphate deposits from the
navigable streams Of the State of South
Carolina, given to the defendant under
the act of assembly of 1870, mentioned
In the pleadings. for the period of
twenty.one years from the passage of
the said act, at a royalty of 81 per ton,
became, and was, under the provisions
OF the ACT or 1876, au exclusive grant
or privilege Of digging, mining and re-
moving such deposits from the bed Of
the Coosaw River, at the royalty afore-
said, upon the conditions and within
the limits mentioned in said last named
act, Tor the remainder of said period of
twenty-one years. and no longer. That
said grant or privilege in said defend
ants has now ceased and determined.
That the defendants. the Coosaw
Mining Company.and all persons claim
ing under them, and the servants, agents
and employees Of them, be, and each of
them are, forever restrained and en-
joined from, In any way, claiming, or
attempting to claim. any right. title,
interest, estate or grant under or by
virtue Of said act or acts in or to the
phosphate rock of phosphate deposits
in the beds of CoOsaw River, in the
State of South Carolina, and from dig
ging, mining or removing. or attempt
ing to dig, mine or remove the same, or
any part thereof
That nothing in this decree contain
ed Shall be construed to enjoin the said
defendants, the Coosaw Mining Com
pany, from hereafter mining in the bed
of said Coosaw River, when thereunto
duly authorized under any law of the
State of South Carolina.
THAT U. r.. Brooks, the receiver, here
tofore appointed under the order of the
State court, be discharged from his re-
ceiyership, and that the plaintiffs pay
him the sum of 9125, hereby adjudged
to be a reasonable compensation to him
as such receiver.
"That the defendants pay the costs of
the marshal and clerk, and. with this
exception, each party pay their own
costs"
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| Admitting that it never has been
formally decided that the doctrine OF
Lolley's case is the law of the COur.s
of South Carolina, the question is pres.
enteG, shall our Courts follow the COM
mon law AS declared in the case, or
| Westbury, Penzance and others?
have no hesitation in saying that the
public policy of the State demands that
the Courts should be influenced by the
! views Of our own Judges to adopt AS TO
the settled law of this State the doctrine
of Lolley's case, as declared by the
twelve Judges of England. In Duke
vs. Fulmer. Q852) Chancellor Ward
law said: "The common law as declared
by the Judges OF England is clear
against the recognition of foreign Ii-
vorceS as dissolving marriages con-
tracted in England.
therefore hold, in the language of
Judge O'Neall in Boyce VS.. Ovens,
that "the marriage contract in this
State is regarded as indissoluble by any
human means. Nothing short of the
actual or presumed death of one of the
parties can have the effect of tiischarg-
ing its obligations or preventing its
legal effects" The decree of diSorce
pronounced by the Circuit Court of
Florida does not. in my opinion, effect
the status of Caroline. who, ut all times,
had been an inhabit of South Carolina,
and when Thomas M. Peopes returned
TO this State permanently to reside the
shield which the decree of divorce threw
around him in the State Of Florida was
withdrawn, and he became subject to
the laws of South Carolina, by which
neither his matrimonial status in
Florida nor his subsequent marriage
can be recognized. Under the laws OF
South Carolina the Florida divorce did
not operate to dissolve the South Caro-
lima marriage; therefore, the second
marriage must be held invalid and the
children OF said marriage illegitimate
in South Carolina.
The law of this Court is, as we have
seen, that no foreign tribunal is COM
petent to pronounce decree of divorce
Vlnculo of Il South Carolina marriage
or pronounce any other decree than
such as would be allowed by the lex
loci contractuS. In this connection
would call special attention to an article
10 be found in the Carolina Law .Journ-
al entitled Foreign Divorces of Caro-
lima Marriages." page 377. l am fully
aware that in the United States, out
side of South Carolina. the Courts in
matters of divorce are governed gen.
orally by the lex domocilii, and not by
lex loci contractus, but South Carolina
occupies a unique position in respect
to marriage and divorce. Here the lex
loci contractus governs. Here the
marriage contract Is regarded rs indis-
soluble: either by consent of the par
ties or by the judgment or statute of
any foreign tribunal or Legislature.
1T is therefore ordered adjudged that
the decree of the l'rOhate Court in this
case be, and the same is hereby, revers-
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FULLY THREE THOUSAND PERISH.
Appalling L"ss OF Life by The Flood,
in Spain.

MADRID, Sept. lG.-News slowly
coming in from the South OF Spain re-
ports the damage by reason OF the ex-
traordinary floods in that section as be-
in2 general. The loss OF property is
something enormous, and everywhere
railway trains have been dcrailed and
the roads blocked. The meaure details
thus lar received from the Province OF
Toledo give narrowing accounts of the
cXtcut and phenomena oithe overwhelnl-
ny catastrophe which has belallen the
province, So sudden was the breaking
forth of the waters that in numb.'rluss
liistan -es the unfortunate people were
drowned before they could leave their
beds.
Strou@ bodies OF laborers, assisted by
troops, are working night aud day to re-
cover the bodies OF those drowned or
crushed TO death. but up ~ the present
time only 400 Oi The bodies OF the MISS
itiy thousands have 5cru secured. TIE
vintage and the corn crops of the dis
tres>cd district have been totally de.
suoyrd. 81 that poverty aud hunger
must follow III the wake Of this lrlshtiul
visitation. Tmo-thiids OF the town O.
Cousuegra, in Toledo. with population
OF 1000, has bcuu ucstrowcd by the
Hoods. Five hundred houses have been
destroyed at Almera. il is certain that
iully 1000 people have lost their lives
by the floods. Hosts of corpses remain
unburlcd, and, because OF the great heat,
an epidemic is feared. Famine is caus-
ing many To engage i'll plunder. The
government is striving to iced the dcs-
titute.
The town of Consuc.ra is ruined and
the police arc prever ting pillage. Tho
burials OF the victims are proceeding
amid scenes or mourning and misery.
IL is thought that 5000 head OF horses
aud cattle were drowned. The town oil
Almera is in absolute darkness. the
hoods having covered The clectr; light
and gas works. Throughout the whole
Hooded region there are reports of in
creasing misery, dcstituliOn and waste. b.
The mayor Of Copsuegra estimates the
number of people destroyed there at
5000. In many places limbs were found
separated from bodies. The officers have
telegraphed for lime 10 prevent disease.
The Queen Regent has started IL sub
scriptl0n on a large scale for the benefit
OF the sufferers, and many subscribers,
including the Bank ofSpain, have joined
her Ill large donations. The scenes dur
nG the flood at Consucgra were awful
Pl,cous cries came from the drowning,
Tor "hOm there was no assistance. Sixty
corpscs were found in Il public hall,
where the victims, in the midst of Il
wedding feast had been ovcrtaken by
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Condition of theCropr.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The weekly
weather crop bulletin, issued this even
ing. says:
South Carolina-rhe high tempera-
ture and excessive sunshine scaideu
and rusted cotton, and caused immature
bolls to open. The damage is believed
to be more than formerly reported.
Alabama-rhe rains of last week
greatly benefited all crops. There is no
material change in the condition of
cotton since last reported.
MISUNDERSTANDING crops are suf-
feTing from the dry, hOt weather. Cot
ton harvesting is in progress. The
staple IS good, but the sunshine is open
ing immature bolls. Rain could not
materially benefit cotton.
LOuiSianna-The weather was gener-
ally favorable, and there is a slight i'm
prOvement in prospects, though all
especially cane, need rain. Excellent
harvest weather prevails. Cotton is
opening rapidly, and picking is well
Texas.The weather was favorable
for cotton picking. which has pro-
gressed rapidly, the staple is unusually
long and clean. Showers have I'M
proved late cotton, and the top crop IN
Central and Eastern Texas. The pros.
poets continue fair over North Texas.
Tennessee crops are suffering
from drought, and plowing has been
suspended. Hay making and fodder
have progressed finely. Cotton picking
is under way. The crop is short
Warmth and sunshine are required to
mature late corn
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AnInnooent Man Convicted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.---Sidney
Bell, recently convicted of the murder of
Samuel Jacobson, a merchant of this
city, who was mysteriOusly shot on the
night of August lG, 1890, is probably
Innocent. Charles Schmidt. one Of the
principal witnesses against Bell, has
made confession admitting that all
his testimony at the trial was false.
Bells attorneys say they have a witness
who will swear that the murder was
committed by II gambler named Max
Schwartz, who had been visiting Jacob
sons sister. jacobson forbade him the
house, and finding him there ON the
night of the murder, tried to eject him
and was shot by Schwartz
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a Peculiarly Sad Funeral

CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-- Two Thousand
persons cr0wed into the great ST.
Michaei5 Catholic Church this after
noon to hear the solemn burial service
over the remains of Gottleib Shalk, his
wife and four children, who were suifo-
Gated in their home on Sedwick street
Friday night The assembly was indi.
cative of the deep bereavement which
the whole community feels, and there
were few dry eyes while the ceremony
was being celebrated.
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Holding Up a Train.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia dispatch from
Nluskogee, |. H., says: The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas s0uth-bound passon.
ger train was held up and the express
car robbed at 9 30 last night four miles
north of Wagner. The robbers Gov
cred the train officials with pistols, and
two OF them entered the express Car.
they ordered the eXpressman to open
the large steel safe, which he WAS una
bic to do, and it took considerable ar
guing before he could convince the rob-
bers of his utter inability to comply.
They, therefore, dumped the small iron
chest, which contained 81, 500, out of tho
car door and, breaking it open, took the
entire amount. They made no attempt
to rob the passengers and there WAS but
one shot fired. The robbers wore masks
OF red flannel, and after completing the
JOB took to the woods with their booty.
Officers have left Muskogee IN pursuit
of the robbers
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No Third Party In Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 23.-This morn.
ing the Georgia Legislature the much.
mooted Ocala resolutions as endorsed
by the Alliance and demanded by them
OF the next Congress were introduced
by Parrett of Pike County, for the ap.
prOval and endorsement Of that body
The resolutions were defeated by vote
of 81 TO AZ. This is somewhat of a
triumph over the third party move.
ment IN this State, as 1T clearly indi-
Gates that any Alliancemen OF the Leg.
islatuie who are In majority In that
body are not in sympathy with any
measure that is directly opposite ia
their views as Democratic members.