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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

Miss Fisher has been instrumental in
the establishment of home in Brooklyn
for work-weary authors, writers and
newspaper people broken in spirit and
health. Substantial aid has been re-
ceived from Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew
Mrs Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. Russell Sage
and Mrs. Mary E. Bryan. Among the
patrons of the Home hotel, as it is to be
called, are Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. Mrs.
Saadi tombstone, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
Mrs. John M. Sherwood, Mrs. V. Batta,
Mrs. Martha j. Lamb Kate Sanborn,
Rev. Morgan Dix, Rev. Drs. Eaton and
Rainsford. The Home hotel is intended
to be a refuge for brain workers, who
once admitted will have the same free
dom they would in hotel. 1t is expect
ed by Miss Fisher that regular contribu-
tons will be made by the Press club and
the various associations of authors, writ
ers and literary people.-New York Let
ter
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

The managers of the company brought
suit in the United States circuit court at
Trenton to recover 100000 from Mr.. Hoey,
and got their lien fixed on his valuable
property at Long Branch just two hours
before the gentlemen TO whom Hoey had
mortgaged it arrived to put their mort
cages on record. As the principal property
is the famous Hollywood hotel, lawyers
iocularly call this the Race for the Holly
wood Stakes"
Mr.. Hoey has been noted in express and
financial circles for many years, and his
wife, Josephine, while on the stage was the
leading lady at Wallack's theater.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
An Old Time society Queen.

In the midst of our enjoyment some
one called. and who should it be but
Mrs. Kate Chase, late Mrs. Sprague, who
was visiting the general. After the
usual salutations took her by the hand
and asked her if she remembered me.
Certainly" she said. Thirty odd
years ago you dined with my. father in
Washington, on which occasion you
were placed alongside Of me- Though !
have not seen you since remember
you we'll" Happy, happy woman! Old
Time has broken his scythe and famed
her with zephyr. She is today the
same beautiful woman she was then
Cor Louisville Courier ournal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
Providing for a Faithful Employe.

The York Manufacturing company,
of Saco, has shown its appreciation Of a
faithful employee in pleasing manner
recently. Fannie Hutchins, now So
years old, has been in the employ Of the
company for little more than forty
years, and the corporation have now
made provisions for herin her old age by
securing her admission to the Wardwell
Old Ladies' home. The company paid
the 800 entrance fee, furnished her room
and provided her with some new cloth
ing.-Lewiston Journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

died July 3. 1881. SOLOMON HEYDENFELDT.
and soon after very handsome woman of
about thirty-ive years appeared TO take
possession, calling herself Mrs. Heyden-
feldt. And she had five children-all Hey
denfeldts.
There was a mystery, but it was kept in
side the family. San Francisco folks don't
trouble themselves much about their
neighbors' private affairs, and in some way
the judge reconciled his other children to
their five half brothers and sisters. Re
Gently he died, and behold this last wom-
an was recognized in the will as his wife,
and her children provided for equally with
the others, besides liberal legacy to her.
OF course Il suit was begun-the five older
heirs against the widow" and her five
and then came the browning sensation.
The widow" declared positively that
the so called second wife was never mar
ried to the judge, so he was at liberty to
marry her and did, and she was content to
make no trouble while the second lived
And it turns out that there is no record
whatever, clerical or official, Of that second
marriage; but, after long search, the heirs
have found one James j. Barry, who says
he saw the marriage in a Catholic church.
He is a reliable old man, but cannot pos
sibly remember what year it was orr I'm
what church. So there is room for gu $ri-
Gus and prolonged suit.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
chambermaids at Chautauqua.

The chambermaids here are a feature
that find peculiarly embarrassing
Every one is an educated young woman,
who works for wages merely as sum.
mer snap. The one who takes charge Of
my room is as pretty as picture, and
so ladylike that | want to offer her a
chair and entertain her when she comes
to do up my room. She said: II find
the work somewhat arduous. There are
twenty-five rooms in my charge, but,
even so, it is a relief from the strain Of
constant study at the high school My
sister is with me, and she is really ben
Gifted by the exercise. She has just fin
ished her college course-graduated last
spring. "-Chautauqua Letter.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
selectlnc chnirs for a Home.

Not one woman in ten, given the privi-
lege Of selecting the chairs for a house,
will make a sensible purchase. Watch
a man enter a room, and nine times out
of ten he'll scan it in u jiffy and pick out
a comfortable chair, if it's there; but a
woman, never! The first thing at hand
she drops on, and there's an end of it.
A man wants place to put himself
and plenty of it. Over eight hundred
patents have been got outupon reclining
chairs, and yet a woman everlastingly
buys a spindle legged rocker. Exchange.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
THE EXPRESS CONTROVERSY.

A Race to Secure Control of the Holly.
wood Property.
The removal of Mr.. John Hoey from the
presidency of the Adams Express company
after some forty years service in various
capacities, the appointment of Mr. Henry
Sanford in his stead, and the hot fire Of
charges and crosscharges are among the
sensations of the day. When the company
gave out that Mr.. Hoey had used his posi-.
ton to make deals with smaller express
companies bought by the Adams, and in
such a way as to realize heavily, they seem
to have taken it for granted that he would
surrender at once He makes fight, how
ever, and now the case must 60 through
The court.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

During the reign of Nero an expedi-
ton was sent from Rome to explore
the amber producing country, and so
successful was the party that a present
of 10, 900 pounds of amber was brought
back to the emperor, including piece
weighing thirteen pounds. -Philadel-
phia Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

startled many old
readers. 1t seemed
like a message
from early days in
Ohio and on the
western border.
But this man,
though noted in
his time, was the
granddaughter of
the noted Return
Jonathan Meigs,
who was once gov
ernor of Ohio, of
whose father the
pleasant love story
is told. He was a
Nnfnrnn nf the
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

A gratifying indication that women Of
wealth and position are interested in Sc.
curing equal opportunities for their sex
is the movement on the part of women
to secure $3.50, 900 to be given to the
trustees of the Johns Hopkins university
on condition that women be admitted as
students to the medical school which
opens this fall, on the same terms and
with the same privileges as men. Among
those interested in this movement are
Mrs. Henry Winter Davis and Miss
Mary Garrett, of Baltimore, Mrs. Dun.
das Lippincott and Mrs. Anthony Drexel.
of Philadelphia, and Miss Marian Hovey.
of Boston. A large part of the proposed
sum has already been subscribed, while
the trustees have signified their willing.
ness to accept the conditions when $780,.
600 shall have been secured. Good
Housekeeping.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

Here is beautiful lesson in humility
that beautiful princess has given the
world. The Princess Helen Couza, who
has been left property of $150,000 by
her late husband, Prince Alexander
Couza, has decided to devote the whole
of her yearly income to charities. She
has entered the children's hospital "Car-
itatea," Jassy, as nurse. She goes
through all the duties and follows the
same regime as the ordinary nurses.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

GRATTAN DALTON-W. b. SMITH.
engaged in, but he is accused of so many
that Wells Fargo & Co., and the South
ern Pacific company have offered 900 re-
ward for his delivery to Sheriff Kay, of
Tulare county, Cal. The crime for which
he was last arrested was only an attempt,
but is fresh in tl%s public mind. The rob
bers captured the engine, but Haswell, the
express messenger, knew something was
wrong and refused to open his door; the
robbers fired through the door and wound
ed him slightly. He returned the fire and
wounded one of them badly, and some
body, it is not certain who, shot and NOR
tally wounded Fireman Radcliffe.
The hunt was long and expensive, but
Grattan Dalton was run down, tried and
convicted His brother William was in
cell above Grattan's. On a quiet Sunday
Grattan Dalton, W. b. Beck and William
Barton Smith, the two latter ordinary rob-
bers, sawed through the rear of the cage
in which they were confined opened two
outer doors with keys furnished by some
body and were soon off in the hills. Will
liam Dalton remains and is tckled half to
death over the escape Bob and Emmett
are running at large in Oklahoma and
Frank, according to report, was slain In a
general street fight in which four men and
one woman was killed. William says hiss
older brotheSs robbed train when they
were but sixteen and eighteen years of
age, and don't forget" he adds, "that
they are dead game" He is a free talker
and great singer, and when Sheriff Kay
is about his favorite song is:
Oh, there may be flies on Sheriff Kay,
But there's none on the Dalton bows.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
married first in Alabama in 1874

That wife died on
the journey to
California, and of
her three children
but one, Solomon
o., survives. In
1868 he, as sup
pos e d, married
Miss Catharine
Collins, who be-
came the mother
of several chill
dren, of whom
four survive. She
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

When grasshoppers are very album
dant and in prime condition the Indians
dig hole, build fire in the bottom of
it and drive the swarms Of insects into
it from all directions. Then they cover
the opening with blankets. The hop
pers thus killed are taken out and put
into bags with salt. Afterward they are
spread out to dry in the sun. The wings
and legs are removed before eating
Washington Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

Coffee was introduced into CONSTANT
nople in the early part of the Seventeenth
century, and writers of that time inforxl
us that the inhabitants of that city draak
1t as hot as could be endured, the decoc-
ton being as black as SCOT, as Purchos
puts it. mot much unlike it,"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
How Li.le Thrend Is Made.

Lisle thread is made of superior cot
ton treated in peculiar manner. The
waxy surface of the cotton fiber is i'm
paired by carding, but preserved by
combing. The spinning of Lisle thread
is done under moisture, forming a com
pact and solid yarn, Exchange.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
Would Resume Specie Payments.

Virgins who has obliged his friend
with five)-What would you do, Jack,
if you had fortune left to you?
Borrowit--Why, l wouldn't have to
''do" anybody then!-Texas Siftings.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
JUDGE soLoMoN's WIVES.

Matrimonial Complications That Figure
in win Case.
Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt, of San Fran
cisco, was marrying man. In his seventy
five years of life he had three wives, which
would have been all right if he had ranged
them tandem, but unfortunately the last
two were contemporaries, and hence a big
twill case"
He married first in Alabama in 1874
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
'APRETTY oUAKERess OF LONG Aeo.

How Her Relenting to a Lover Originate
ed Name.
The brief announcement in the papers
that Return Jonathan Meigs had died in
Washington city in his ninety-lirst yeaI
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
Pointed.

He-Do cigarettes make you ill9
She-No; but the people who smoke them
do.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18
a FAMILY or CRIMINALS.
The Dalton Boys Apparently Successors
to the James Brothers.


The Dalton boys now occupy the place IN
border interest once held by the james
boys but stir around much more, as there
are five of them Three of them are in
Oklahoma or thereabout. as supposed, one
remains i'm jail at Visalia, Cal, and the
fifth and most daring of the lot has just
vacated that structure with two compan-
ions.
Nobody pretends to know how many
train robberies Grattan Dalton has been
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-03-18

She-He talks like book
He-What pity he doesn't shut up as
slsilyl-Life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-13
VENEZUELA REVOLUTION.
Cro,po Eob' Up iGnin-prc sident Paiact
yrrn,rsI f,,, GIiuAt

u
Cro,po Bob Up i Gnin-rrc .ident Palace.
Prepared for Flight.
New YoRK, April 12.-The NcralGs
Caracas, Venezuela, correspondent says:
General Crcspo has reappcared at;the
head Of a strong force OF enthusiastic
followers. Crespo's headquarters arc
at Valencia and he Is said to be strongly
intrenched, There are 1000 mon under
his command.
1t is rumorei that another engar e.
mcnt has taken place between the gov
ernmcnt forces and the revolutionists,
but tho result is unknown. Nearly ali
OF Palacca's men arc now in the field,
Caracas is virtually deienseless. People
here are hourly expecting to hear that
Crespo is sweeping down upon tho cap
ital. Palaccas is said to be fully pre-.
pared for any such emergency. and it
is common belief that at the first intelli-
Sencc OF the serious rout OF his army
ho will try to leave the country. He
could do so at q moments notice, for he
has transferred the bulk OF his wealth
to place OF safety, and his family is
out of danger. The press, cablc and
mail censorship here continues rigid.
1t is exceedingly difficult to get news
away. Eumors Of plots are rife in Car
acaS Everybody is expecting another
resort to dynamite. 4 strong force of
soldiers and police still guard the yell
low house.
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NOW HE WILL HANG.
a Lover Murders Ills Botrothcd's Unclo
.L M hnN n pollconlnn.

.
LONDON, April PA man named
Hamilton, residing at Atelkphall. in
Wiltshire.on.tle.Avon, ten aud one
half miles southeast Of Bath, was on.
gagged to be married to a young lady Of
this place. Withou. cause hc became
convinced that tho unclo Of his tlnncee
was seeking TO influence his. niece to
break the engagement Hamilton
broodcd over the matter ior some timo
and finally determined TO kill lhp
uncle. llc procured revolver mud
went in searcha of tho man whom ho
thonglit was trying to separate him
and bis intended wife Hamilton soon
found him and accused him Of taking
advantage OF his relation to the girl TO
prejudice her against him. HIT iew
words were exchanged, when Hamilton
drew his revolver mud shot aud killed.
the uncle. Hamilton inatle his escape.
As soon rs, the police learned OF tho.
crime Il description oi the murderer
was telcgraphch in all directions. The
police OF Warnster leurhed that llamil-
ton was there and he was to-day ar
rested. A policeman attempted to take
himinto custody, but Hamilton na,le
q most desperate resistance. Findin.
that the policeman was getting the bet
ter OF the struggle Hamilton drew his
revolver and shot him dead. Other
officers seized him before le could fro
again aud overpowcred him,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-13

WASHINGTON, D. c., April l2.-AIr.
Cooper, OF Indiana, rose to personal
explanation in tho house to-day rola.
tive 10 tho testimony taken by the
Raum investigating committee. lie was
proceeding to criticisc the action Of the
pension Office, when lio was interrupted
BY Mr.. Lind, OF Minnesota, with point
Of order. 1t was, he said, not only bad
taste, bu. against every rule OF courtesy
aad dcccncy, and against the rules OF
tic house, to discuss an issue which
was now being investigated by spe-
tial committee. ItwaI out OF order for
the gentleman to take and review ex
partc letters rejecting on the action OF
the bureau.
After some little discussion, Mr..
Cooper was allowed to proceed, but had
not gone farwhcn ho entered upon Il
criticism of Commissioner Raum, and
was called to order by Mr.. Hopkins, Of
Illinois. lie spoke Il few more SEN
fences, and made an allusiop TO "spies
and creatures" and was again called to
order by Dir. Burrows, OF Michigan, and
again by Mr.. johnson, Of Indiana.
Mr. Cooper proceeded with his state.
mcnt, however. At each step he On.
countercd opposition, and tho speaker
finally said that the gentlcman's re-
marks were moro largely addressed to
aasailing Commissioner Rauin than to
answering any charge made against
himself.
Mr.. Cooper was then permitted to
conclude his remarks without further
interruption.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-13
LIQUOR MEN LOSE.
Temperance People In Grafton Win tho
First Legal Hnttlc.


Temperance People In Grafton Win tho
First Legal hattie. I.
Special Dipd'ea 10 he inte'ltgenee.
GRAFTON, w. Va, April l2,-The first
legal battle or skirmish was fought yes.
tcrday between tho temperance citizens
and tho Illicit sellers Of Intoxicating
liquors.
The trials wero conducted before
Squire Guard in Brinlsman's hail.
which was we'll filled ali day and far
into the night blythe friends Of both
sidos. 4
Tho liquor mon were defended by
Capt. i. 3. Dovencr, OF Wheeling, and
Attorney Dent, OF this city. Lawyers
Holt and Wilson. OF this city, appeared
in behalf OF the State. n
The light was most stubborn ono,
and when tho smoke OF battle had
cleared away. twas found that the at.
torncys for the state had won every case
that had been tried.
At n late hour Mr.. Dovencr waived
the remaining triala before the justice,
and the liquor men gave bond for their
appearance Mt court and also q heavy
bond to not sell any intoxicants until
the adjournment of the circuit court
which opened its session hero Yesterday,
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HE MAKES A STATEMENT
Eeforr tho Investigating Committee, But
Is lIildcr In Ills Tone.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April l2.-Repro.
sentative Cooper, OF Indiana, to-day
made a statement before the house
pension office investigation committee
in denial and explanation OF tho charges
made against him by Commissioner
Eaum. Mr.. Cooper said he would
neither excuse nor justify Hersey's con-
duct, but{rom the facts it would be seen
that he (Mr. Cooper had infinitely more
cause to complain than any one else
aud that he had not tn, slightest res.
possibility therefor.
lie has no excuse to make for any one
who abused the confidence OF q con-
gresham to supply for pay the demand
lor information about cases, but the
policy pursued by Commissioner Raunl
10 bank up all this business in the
hands OF Washington attorneys, among
whom are his son and the endorsers Of
his notes, he submitted, is much more
OF crime and more harmful dcbauch-
cry OF the public service.
Whatever Mr.. Hersey had done in
me way Of selling pension information
had been done without his (Mr. Coop
crs knowledge or consent, as had al
ready been testified.
The first information witness had that
Mr.. Hersey was receiving pay for work
done over his signature was when he
received the letter from Morgan enclos-
ing S95, which witness returned in n
letter, telling Morgan that Hersey could
not take pay for work done as part OF
~!tYess' congressional duties.
The recklcssncss OF General Raum,
Nj Cooper said, was shown in his sub
mitting an affidavit OF David L. Gitt
mat Commissioner Black had thrown
1900 OF witness congressional call slips
IN the waste basket, when the record
showed witness did not become a con-
gFessman until General Black went out.
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REPUBLICAN, CLUB LEAGUE.
Tho Convention to bn Hold tho Last of
June-1he Greatest In ita History.

1loT SPRINGS, ARK, April III! s.
Clarkson, Of tho Republican National
League, said to-day that tho Republi-
can National League convention would
probably bo held at Buffalo, N. y, tho
last week in June, bringing 1t in session
at tho same time as tho Democratic
national convention at Chicago. He
said that tho convention would have
been held in March or April, as hereto.
fore, except that tho last national con.
vention pcremptorily directed that it
should not be called earlier than two
weeks after tho holding OF the ltcpubli,'
can national convention. Therefore
tho League clubs will meet In tho En-
pire state, the battle ground Of lS09, the
last OF June, to hold ratification meet.
ing and to make their programme OF
action for tho campaign. Mr., Clarkson
added:
Tho number Of league clubs has in.
creased nearly 200 in tho last year and
nearly four hundred thousand in mem.
bcrship! There arc now about 1900
clubs with membership OF one million
and threcquarters, a compact, organized
and active force ready for tho campaign,
made up largely Of tho young blood Of
the party. These clubs have done cdu.
cational and recruiting work all winter
and now aro ready to turn into march,
ing clubs for tho campaign. The attend
ance Mt Buffalo will be the largest in the
history Of tho league. Many marching
clubs will attend in uniform. We con-
tidently expect 10 have Blaine, Fred
Douglass. Mckinley, Reid, Fassett, Bur-
rows, Dollivcr, Thurston, and others as
speakers at Buffalo, as well as many OF
the young orators OF the league itself.
Byt time, too, VIC intend to have
seventeen or eighteen thousand clubs
and two million members.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-13
MACHINE VOTING


In Every Respect.
LccKronT. N. y, April 12.-The town
Of Lockport used the Myers voting
machine in voting its annual election
to-day. There were three tickets in the
field besides ballots for and against
several appropriations. The voting pro-
crossed rapidly from the start and moth
ing but praise has been heard from any
voter, the time occupied by each
voter ranging from eight to twelve
seconds in tho early voting, while the
general average throughout tho day
was probably twenty seconds.
The polls closed at $3.50 p. m, and the
actual votes pollcd ard the number
which each candidate received werc in
stantly exposed by opening tho locked
and sealed sliding doors. Five minutes
later tho result was transcribed to the
return tally sheets. All arc satisfied it
affords absolute secrecy, and that it is
practically impossible to falsify tho re.
turns. rf -