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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
SPOKANE'S BO0DLERS
TWO couNcILMEN IN TROUBLE
Peter Steep and Peter Graham, Members
From the Second Ward, Accused of
Accepting a Bride.

SPOKANE, Aug. 3O.-There were two
arrests yesterday of more than ordi-
nary Importance, in that they were
members of Spokane's city council. The
men were Peter Graham and Peter
Steep, both members from the Second
ward. Messrs. Graham and Steep are
charged with receiving brides for their
votes in the council in the matter of a
claim for extra work by a contractor
for the building of street sewer.
There was no great surprise over the
arrests, as rumors had been circulating
all day of very sensational character
duplicating as possible prisoners other
officials besides members of the council.
These rumors had prepared the general
public for the news that two arrests
had been made. The only sensation
created, was when the names of the
councilmen taken before Justice Wood
were made known.
The rumors that other members of
the city government were to be ar
rested were without authority, APP
parently, as no further steps were taken
during the afternoon or evening, and
no one could be found last night who
had any knowledge of any more intend
ed arrests.
The movement leading up to the ar
rest is traced back to a sewer contract
between the city and Thomas Olson.
Olson turned in a bill-of $3,7OO for ex-
tras. 1t was rejected, and he got judg
ment in the coprts. The allegation is
that some of the members of the coun-
Gil kept up the fight, threatening to
carry an appeal to the supreme court;
that Olson was hard pressed for money,
and that to get his claim allowed he
agreed to pay several councilmen sums
ranging from S100 to $500
The prisoners were taken before JUS
tice Wood, who continued the case until
next Tuesday, the councilmen giving
bonds for their appearance in the
amount of $1,000 each.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
EX-SENATOR ALLEN NOW.
Mantle and Allen Are Excluded From a
seat in the Senate.

NfNN III the cch"ics
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-There was a
small attendance in the senate at the
opening, the other end of the capital
being the chief point of interest.
Senator Sherman gave notice that he
would address the senate on the silver
question on Wednesday, and Senator
Wolcott gave the same notice for Tues
day
Senator Plat reported from the COM
mittee on Indian affairs bill to allow
certain Cherokees having equities in
the Cherokee strip to purchase their
holdings at the same price as white
settlers; passed.
Senator Hill reported from the ju-
dietary committee a bill to repeal the
federal election law; PLACED on the cal
endar.
Senator PETER made personal state.
ment of the cause of his change of atti-
tude ia the Lee Mantle case.
The Lee Mantle case was lad before
the senate at o'clock, the question
being on Senator vance's motion to lay
on the table Senator Manderson's mo
ton to reconsider the vote whereby
the senate decided last week that Man
tie was not entitled to seat The vote
resulted-ayes 81 noes %, so the mo-
tion TO lay on the table was agreed to.
A vote was then taken on the original
resolution as amended and it was
agreed to-ayes 80, noes 20. The effect
of the vote is the declaration that Man
tie is not entitled to his seat.
A vote was then taken on the right
Of John B. Allen to seat from the state
of Washington claimed under similar
circumstances and it was also decided
in the negative by exactly the same
vote. No action was taken on the third
case, from the state of Wyoming, Beck
with having resigned.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
DEATH OF GEORGE M,ELRoY.
He Fell Under Moving Engine and Was
Killed.

He Fell Under Moving Engine and Was
Killed.
George McElroy, yardmaster in the
Great Northern railway yards at Hill
yard, met with fatal accident last
Thursday. Yard engine 1873 was NOV
of about two miles an hour. McElroy
attempted to step onto the front foot
board but missed his hold and slipped
off, falling under the front trucks of
the engine. His right foot was crushed
to a pulp and he received internal in
juries by the shock.
The injured man was at once taken
to the Sacred Heart hospital in Spo-
kane, and the foot was amputated by
Doctors Johnson and Russell. Besides
the internal injuries and the crushed
foot, the great loss of blood so weakened
the injured man that he could not
rally, and he died at 1880 o'clock Fri
day morning.
George McElroy was an excellent
trainman, gentleman in all his actions,
and was general favorite, highly re-
spected by all his fellow employees on
the Great Northern as well as among
railwavmen on other roads, and his
sudden and untimely death is deeply
lamenteG by all who knew him.
The funeral of George McElroy was
largely attended Sunday, and was an
indication of the esteem in which he
was held by his co-workers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
Defunot Portland Rnnl,s.

PORTLAND, Aug. 2s.-The chamber of
commerce, before indorsing the report
of Bank Examiner Wightman as to the
solvencY OF the four national banks
which suspended over mouth ago, APP
pointed committee to examine the
affairs and securities of the banks.
This committee reported at a special
meeting of the chamber this evening,
fully indorsing the solvency of all four
banks, and the chamber recommended
dePositors to grant extension of time
for payment of their claims and that
debtors pay their indebtedness as fast as
is practicable. All four banks will re-
sumo very shortly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
MINES ARE ALL CLOSED.
n Pitiful state of Affairs in the Ceur
dAlenes.

n Pitiful state of Affairs in the C@ur
d'Alenes.
WALLACE, Aug. s6.-Mines and con-
centrators shut down, business places
boarded up, trails over the hills almost
oobliterated, many families forced to re-
main here almost destitute-this is the
condition of affairs in the Occur
d 'Alenes.
1t is alleged that a week ago the
Poorman Mining Company made the
miners an offer which might have
changed the complexion of affairs.
The proposition was that they would
pay a sliding scale of wages according
to the market price of silver and lead,
starting in at SO per day, and if silver
and lead reached the price quoted in
1873 the miner would receive his 81 per
day, but the miners wanted So so, the
price paid before the shutting down of
the mines. The consequence is the com
pany have taken out the pumps on the
lower levels and are allowing the mine
RI dood
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
Labor Day Proclamation.

SPOKANE, Aug. 27.-Mayor Powell
has issued the following proclamation;
Whereas, The first Monday in Sep
TENDER has been designated as Labor
Day and declared to be a legal holiday
by the national and state government;
ami
whereas, The perpetuity and pros
peritY of this government, and also the
happiness and attachments of this peo-
pie depend largely upon the intellectual,
educational and moral standard attain
ed by her laboring classes,
Therefore, most earnestly recon-
mend that all business be suspended
within this city on Monday, September
4, 1898, and that the day be observed
in an appropriate and fitting manner.
E. L. POWELL, Mayor"
The board of police yesterday grant
ed the request of the Labor Day com
mittee for guard of honor of twelve
policemen in the procession. Inspector
Cough will command the guard.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
Nay Abandon the Post.

FoRT SHERMAN, Idaho, Aug. rs
Orders have been received here direct
ing companies B and E, Fourth infan-
try, now stationed at Fort Spokane, to
take station at this post after the en-
campment at Spokane. This movement
probably means the abandonment of
Fort Spokane. 1t is expected that the
cavalry troop at this post will be sent
to Fort Walla Walla. The garrison
here will then consist of headquarters
band and six companies of the Fourth
infantry. A new barracks will have to
be built to accommodate the increased
number of troops.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
HE SAW THE SIGHTS.
A BaekwOodeman Who Knew Too Much
for His Good.

A BaekwOOdsm Who Knew Too Much
for His Good.
SPOKANE, Aug. 29.-Mark Hopkins had
never seen an electric light, never rode
on an electric car until he arrived in
Spokane last Sunday morning from the
backwo9ds near Lewiston, Idaho. He
said that he was on his way to the
Worlds Fair, but wanted to see Spokane
before he went to Chicago. Mark is an
old man about 65 years of age and was
advised at police headquarters to leave
his money in safe, as there were lot
more other things which he had not
seen, whereby he could lose his money.
But friend Hopkins did not take kindly
to the advice given him, as he consid-
cred he was quite old enough to take
care of himself, and so he started out to
see the sights.
On monday morning the old man turn
ed up at the police headquarters again,
drugged and robbed of $500. He stated
tina. he had been out with the barkeeper
of he Horseshoe saloon and had also
visited several disreputable places, and
did not know where he had been robbed.
The old man will not go to Chicago as
he originally intended, but has sent for
more money and will return home a
poorer but a wiser man.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
DEARER GRAIN BAGS.
Every Prospect for Higher Instead of
Lower Prices.

Lower Prices.
PORTLAND, Aug. 29.-There is every
prospect for higher prices in the grain
bag market, and not lower, as was sup
posed. OF the recent arrival of 3,OOO,-
900 sacks at San Francisco four-hfths
are owned by two Arms who are operat-
ing jointly. By persistent bear tactics
they forced. down the prices, and the
remaining fifth is being contracted for
rapidly. When they are disposed of
the market will be advanced, as the
supply in sight is inadequate for the
demand The Portland market is bare
of bags, and dealers are unable to get
any except at greatly enhanced figures.
No more Calcutta bags are known to
be en- route to this coast.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
WHEAT WILL co UP.
England, France and Germany Must Draw
Us for Supplies.


LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Times, in an
article on the dismal agricultural pros
poets of Great Britain says foreign COM
petition depresses the price of cattle
and corn. Imports of animals and meat
will swamp the markets this year.
Great Britain will be more than ever
dependent on foreign supplies and will
require at least 2s,OOO,OOO quarters of
wheat from abroad. Frunce must i'm
port more than twice as much as she
usually does. Germany has already
begun to draw on the American markets
for supplies. When nations thus bid
against each other, the article says
there is fair chance that prices will
advance.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
TERRIBLE COLLISION
FOURTEEN WERE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Eighteen Others Injured in "a Long Island
Railroad Wreck at Bushwick
junction.

LONG ISLAND CITY, Aug 27. = Last
nights awful accident, when a Rock
away train ran into the head of Man
haitian Beach train about midnight and
telescoped several cars, resulted in
killing IA and wounding IS others, sew
eral of whom may not recover. The
dead are:
COLONEL. F. A. BUCK, editor of the
SP rit of the Times.
OSCAR DIETZEL.
MRS MAGGIE DIETZEL.
MRS BERTHA WEINSTEIN.
THOMAS FINN.
Two unknown young women and six
unknown men.
The injured are:
JOHN HAHN.
JAMES BARON.
THEODORE CRAVEN
ELENoR F. CRAVEN.
Mrs. CLARA HASKELL.
HORACE j. KIMBALL.
AARON WEINsTEIN.
MORRIS FLosHEI
]. B. THOMPSON.
A. JACOBSON.
EUGENE WEISS.
WILLIAM LYNCH.
FRANK LARKIN.
KATE DURKEN.
J. j. BRADY.
w. LIVINGSTON.
GEORGE HANFETT.
j. CoUGHLAN.
OF these Craven, Weinstein and
jacobson will die.
Word of the wreck was not received
here for an hour after it occurred and
when a relief train with physicians
reached the scene they found an APP
palling state of affairs. The Rockaway
Beach train had crashed into the rear
end of the Manhattan Beach train and
plowed its way completely through the
two rear cars and partly wrecked the
third. The passengers in the three
cars were manned and mangled hor-
ribly and the shrieks Of terror and pain
were dWIul.
AS fast as the wounded could be
taken from the wreck they were car
ried to the relief train and cared for
Adjoining buildings were also turned
into temporary hospitals and every
effort was made to alleviate the suffer
ings of the unfortunate people. None
of the passengers or crew on the Rock
away Beach train were seriously hurt.
An eyewitness of the accident says
the Rockaway Beach train was going
at top speed, as if, being the last train,
the engineer was trying to get home as
soon as possible. At the scene of the
accident wrecking trains and a big
force of railroad employees worked all
day to obliterate the CHASTITY evidence
of the disaster.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
.Kiiied In a Runaway Accident.

BOISE CITY, Aug. % Nelson Freeland,
Q years old, son of Nelson Freeland, a
farmer, was killed today in runaway.
He was driving a team on Main street
attached to the running gear of wagon.
The horses ran and collided with tele-
graph pole. The lad was thrown on his
head and his skull was crushed
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
wyoming NAV Elect.

CHEYENNE, Aug. 2s.-Although Gov
ernor Osborne has declared several
times that he would not call a special
session to elect a senator, it is believed
such pressure will be brought to bear
upon him that he will change his mind
on the question and call a session at
once.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
Washington win Not Elect.

SEATTLE, Aug. Ex-Governor McGraw
said II will not call a special session
to fill the vacancy in the senate unless
some great emergency arises or unless
a majority of the people of the state de-
maud it,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
President RYAN received.

PULLMAN, Aug. 29.-President Bryan
of the Agricultural College arrived here
today aud was met at the depot by citi-
zens and band and rendered recep-
tion at the public school building, at
tended by hundreds of citizens.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02
Yield of wheat.

WALLA WALLA, Aug. 29.-The harvest
is sufficiently advanced to estimate the
yield at two hundred thousand tons, be-
ing 40 per cent greater tina ever be-
fore.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20
F TO CHICAGO.
Six Tanks OF Ocean Inhabitants from
Morehead for the Worlds Fair.

The United States Fish Commis.
sion car which went down to
Morehead a week ago after live
salt water fish for the Columbian
Exposition passed through y~ester-
day morning with its six tanks
filed with the specimens secured.
MI. j. Frank Ellis, superintendent
of the Commissions car and Mes
senger service and Capt. M. Glea-
son were along with the exhibits.
Hon. Marshall Mcdonald, Fish
Commissioner will join them in
Virginia and accompany them to
Chicago.
The gentlemen express thems
selves well pleased with the result
of the trip, having been more sue
ceasful such as they desired than
they anticipated.
OF edible fish in the tanks there
were spotted trout, gray trout, hog
fish, whiting, spots, croakers, tau>
togs, blue fish and founders.
Non-edible fish were represented
by specimens of nurse fish, skates,
stingarees, burr fish, toad1ish and
CARS.
In the line of crustaceans there
were king crabs, stone crabs, sea
urchine, fddlers, conchs, and
welks.
Specimens of green and red alges
and other sea fora attached to
rocks aud shells were also being
taken along.
This is the fret experimental
trip of the car. The distance
Q200 miles) from Morehead to
Chicago, lie the longest that an at.
tempt has ever Teen made to trans
port live salt water fish and new
methods have been brought into
use for the occasion and it remains
to be cen what the result will
be.
The water is kept III commotior
as we stated in a former article BY
means of an engine at the centre
VI AK Sot oo0 NCpU CT q tOA ROAo
ture of from IS to 81 degrees BY
passing through a cooler-that be-
ing considered the desirable tenn
perature.
The seven car 5ads of salt waite
taken up from Morehead to Chi
cago a short time ago is considered
a perfect success. After beins
filtered it is clearer even than whel
taken from the "briny Deep" Al
aquarium at the Worlds Fair will
hold 25 carloads of fish and the,
can be e with perfect clearnes
by all visitors.
Members of the service will err
long make another trip to More
head seeking specially for kinds 0
fish that are not well known
There are four cars in the servic
work. Two of them are now en-
gagged in getting fresh water fsl
from the Mississippi river.-Nev
bern Journal.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20
WHAT SHE WANTS.

She wants her right pro ratty-whatever
that may be,
An the meanin' o. that same amt plain
as cotton is ter me;
But when they talk o. offices-ier Georgy
you kin say;
She didn't wait tel wash her face, but
voted long fore day!
She wants her right pro ratty; she didn't
take no notes
Fer what she did; but jes' piled up the
Democratic votes!
An when it comes ter offices. she kinde
wants ter know
If she kin stop an praise the Lord, from
whom ali blessin's flow!
Atlanta Constitution
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20
He's All Right.

The man who is not selfish.
Tie man who always is cour-
teous.
The man who promptly pays his
debts.
The man who would not stop to
do a little thing.
The man who strives to promo.e
the interests of his town.
The man who continually takes
his stand on the moral side.
The man who is true to his wife
and family, and finds his chief
pleasure in his own home.
The man who gives his own
business his exclusive attention and
don't interfere with others dong
likewise.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20

public funds to all sorts of private
plunderers, it ran up Government
expenditures to an unprecedented
and appalling figure, and committed
succeeding Congresses to the same
obligations.
1t threw down the pension bars
and let in o pensioners than
were eve in active service at any
time during the war, entailing upon
the taxpayers an annual assessment
of nearly $780, 0o, 900,
1t passed through the House of
Representatives, and did all it could
TO pass through the Senate. the in
famous Force bill.
1t left a sacked Treasury, with a
deficiency staring it's successors in
the face; and left the finances Of the
country in a precarious and menac-
ing condition, due to its cowardly
policy of attempting to run with the
| gold hare and hold with the silver
hounds.
These are a few of the things
which "the party that did things"
did. There is a story of a little
girl who, being reproved by he1
mother for come of her misdoings.
pcutingly exclaimed Z: oh pshaw,
everything I do is blamed on me-
This seems to be the case of the
"party that did things" 1t is not
strange that "the people were tired
and wanted a rest" and that they
are taking a rest-such a rest al
the badgered citizen had in mino
when he threw poison to the vic
ious dog. with the remark, "yor
touch the button and I'll do tn
rest."-Louisville Courier J0urna'
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20

to the stopping places Of the trains
and a s'happy medium" of approach
for the business houses and residen-
tial abodes of the city. T wospecial
postoffice inspectors, sent out at diff
ferent times, one a Republican the
other a Democrat, both-after SUR
veying the situation carefully,-re-
ported IN .,Eof of the Arlington
corner. Besides their reports.
nearly every bust less house
in this city signed a petition
for the reno val of the Office to the
Arlington; so that Gen'l Evans. VINO,
to his credit be it said, gave every
conidera lion to each Individual OPP
position that asEed a hearing of him
has acted in keeping with the desire
of the vast majority of people,
and We commend him for the ae-
ton he has thus taken. The order
~equires the Office to be moved
within the next ten days. And now
Go'dsboro is at last to have a rea
citylike post Office in all its appoint
ments and appearances. We go for
ward.
SUPERIOR court convened in this
city Monday, with Judge Brown
presiding and Solicitor Pou at his
post. His Honor's charge to the
grand jury, was explicit and CONS
%prehensive and left nc l%oop-hole for
them to escape their duties
through Ignorance. It was i'm.
pressiye, too, and it impressed.
There were 80 cases on the criminal
docket at the opening of court Mon
day morning with the Grand jury
to hear from, which is composed as
follows: John Holloman. Thos Ed
mundson, Jno E Davis, W D yell
v%erton. foreman, W B Baker, col. d
A MCGEE, F F Flowers, j NJ Swar-
ingen, NJ t Pike, D G Lancaster, T
I Sutton, Troy Hastings, COL; W Fl
Jackson, B t Smith, D W Smith,
VIM Casey, E G Edgerton, Major
UzZell.
| MRS. L. H. Castex, of the firm Of
M. E. Castex & Co., left Monday
for New York, to make purchases Of
millinery and dress goods for their
long established and always reliable
house in this city, whose trade has
been so unprecededently large thus
early in the season that they have
found it necessary for Mrs. Castex
to make a second trip North in order
to supply the increasing demands of
their trade, which extends, to the
credit Of Goldsboro, throughout all
of eastern North Carolina. The fact
that they always give their personal
al en- ion to the selection of goods,
in which they are thoroughly ex-
p~erienced, and to the filling of ms
dividual orders with promptness and
accuracy makes their place of bust
ness sought by customers from
near and f. who, through the
course Of the years, have learned
from experience that M. E. Cas-
tex & Co.. strive ever to give the
highest satisfaction.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20

Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves
Weldon, 3 40 p m, Halifax 4 0O p m; arrives
Scotland Neck at 4.4S p m, Greenv1lle D 2e
p. NJ. Kinston 500 p. "a. Returning leaves
Kinston 7. 80 q. m, Greenville 8 ~ a m. Arrive
Halifax at II 90 a M, Weldon 112e a m. daily
Trains on Washington Branch leave Wash
ington 100 a, NJ, arrives 1'armele 8 40 a. M,
Tarboro 9.5Oa m, returning leaves Tarboro
4.40 p. m. Parmele 600 p M; arrives Washine-
with tfains on Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., via AlbemarI
e Raleigh railroad, daily except sunday, D Y
pm, Sunday 3 90 pm, arrives Plymouth ~
mouth daily. except Sunday. 8 80 a m. Sun.
day. 10 90 a m, arri We Tarbcro 1O 30 d m and
Il 90 q m.
Trainon Midland, N. c., branchleaves Colds
boro, daily except Sunday, 6 90 a. M, arrive
Smithield, 7 80 a. M. Returning leaves Smith
Train on Nashville branch lea yes Rocky MI.
at S Is p. H., arrives Nashville6 50 p. M, SPr1nt
Hope ills p. IN. Returning leaves Spring Hol e
8 90 a. m, Nashville : IS a. M, arrive Rocky
Trains on Lattd Branch Florence r. R,leave
Latta $50 p. m, arrive Dunbar s 40 p. m. he
turninS leave Dunbar = % a m. arrive Lltta
7 Is a, m. Daily except sunday.
Train on Clinton branch leaves Warsaw fof
Clinton, daily; except Sunday, 6 20 ?; M q a 3 !
Nos. Il, 40. % and rs.
Train No. IS makes close connection at We,
don for all points North, daily. Al rail wa
Line, also at Rocky Mount daily except Sun
day. with Norfolk and Carolina Railroad for
JOHN T. DIVINE, Genl supt
]. R. KENLY, Gen1 Manager.
T. NJ. ExERsoN. Traffic Manager.