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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
THE MASSIVE PIPE BURST.

Fatal Accident at the Peoria, H., Wa
terworks.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March Yesterday
morning the massive pipe at the water
works, 25 feet in diameter, collapsed
and a million and a half gallons Of
water were precipitated to the ground
and spread in the surrounding streets.
Several workmen were on the tower
when it fell. Frank Hogan, small
boy playing in lot near by, was caught
by the mass of steel and instantly killed.
Frank Caldwell, w. D. Norris, and w.
Kennedy were fatally injured and 10
others more or less injured.
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issued upon these dollars, there is moth
ing in the section to indicate the char
acteristics and functions of these GER
tihcates. If they were to be of the
same character as silver certificates in
circulation under the existing laws they
would at best be receivable only for
customs, taxes and all public dues, and
under the language of this section it is,
to say the least, extremely doubtful
whether the certificates it contemplated
could be lawfully received even for such
purposes. Whatever else may be said
of the uncertainties of the expressions
in this bill, they certainly ought not 10
be found in legislation affecting sub
ject so important and far reaching as
our finances and currency.
am convinced that the scheme of re-
demption proposed is ill-advised and
dangerous. l regard this section of the
bill as embodyIng plan by which the
government will be obliged to pay out
its scanty store of gold for no other
purpose than to force an unnatural ad-
dition of silver money into the hands Of
the people. This is an exact reversal
of the policy which safe finance dictates
If we are to preserve a parity between
! gold and silver and maintain sensible
bimetalism. cannot conceive of
longer step toward silver monometalism
than we take when we spend our gold
to buy silver certificates for circulation,
especially in view of practical Difficult.
ties surrounding the replenishment Of
our gold.
hope way will present itself in the
near future for the adjustment of ouI
monetary affairs in such comprehend
BILE and conservative manner as will af
ford to silver its proper place in ou1
currency. but in the meantime l am ex
tremely solicitous that whatever action
we take on the subject may be such as
to prevent loss and encouragement tc
our people at home and the destruction
Of confidence in our financial manage
ment abroad. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
RANDLE GIVEN TWENTY YEARS.
Texas Man Spepds Fortune in an Effort
to Escape Punishment

Texas Man Spepds a Fortune in an Effort
to Escape Punishment.
DALLAS, Texas, April 2.-The Randle
murder trial terminated by the jury re-
turning a verdict of guilty of murder in
the second degree, and assessing the
penalty at twenty years confinement in
the state penitentiary. In December,
1898, Major Irving G. Randle, one of
Dallas wealthiest men, shot and killed
E. S. Randall in saloon. The widow
of the murdered man was paid S., 900 to
cease prosecuting Randle, and all that
money, legal talent and influence could
do was resorted to. Major Randle has
spent $4,000, and it is said that his
fortune has been frittered away. He is
IS years old and widely known. E. S.
Randall his victim, was a native of
Ohio and federal soldier.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
Boston Unemployed.

BOSTON, April about 800 unem-
ployed gathered on the common yester-
day afternoon in response to a circular
headed: The Unemployed Legisla-
ture. A Parliament of 25, 900 People on
Sunday Will Give the Lawmakers an
Idea" NJ. L. Swift told the crowd what
action the committee of the legislature
had taken on their petition, and then
read a petition which it was unani-
mously voted to present to the legisla-
ture, declaring the people demanded
work.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
GIRL ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
Jury Believes She Killed Her Father to
Save Her Mothers Life.

Jury Believes She Killed Her Father to
Save Her Mothers Life.
HOMER, Ga, April "A l5-year-old
girl who cut her fathers throat and
chopped his head open with an ak CON
fessed the deed and was acquitted in
court here. She is Lillian Willis. The
grand jury found a true bill against
Mrs. Willis and Lillian, charging them
with the murder of the husband and
father, farmer. A little boy, Francis,
IL years old, tells a dramatic story of
the crime. He testified that his father
came home from work about dark, and
setting bottle of whisky upon the cup
board, called for his supper. Lillian
struck him with the AK, cutting a cash
in his skull. Then the mother took the
ak from the girl and cut him across the
throat with it. In a short time Willis
died. The girl says she struck the blow
with the AK after having cut her fathers
throat with a razor, while Willis was
choking her mother to death. After
drawing the razor across the throat Of
her father and seeing that he was not
dead, she picked up the ak and finished
him. Her plea was that she did the
deed 10 save ner mothers life, The
verdict was met WIN demonstrations o.
anpYoval
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.
Judge Coleman Wont Allow for Heads
Broken In Butte Dives.
approval.

BUTTE, March 3O-In the damage case
of Robert Thomas against "Fiskey"
Barnett, one of the proprietors of the
Havm4rket, Judge Coleman made de-
cision against the plaintiff, a decision
that viii probably 60 down through legal
channels as both original and strictly
proper. Thomes claimed that he had
visited the Haymarset on the 9th Of last
December and that Barnett assaulted
him with cane or stick and threw him
down stairs, bruising him and injuring
his head. He also said he was subject
TO epileptic fits and that the injuries
aggravated the sickness so that he had
been unable 10 do any labor since. Mr..
Thomas could not defend himself be-
cause he wears a wooden leg and did the
best he could to get away.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Mrs. w. ]. May was put up by the
populists for school superintendent in
Tillamook county, oregon.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Al Ruhman is tired of leila Nicolaus.
and is said TO have left Wabash, Ind.
with her sister, Mrs. Witherbee.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

The postoffice department has refused
the request for mail route between
Waterville and Coulee City.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Report comes from Weston that three
of the bridges there have been swept
away by high water.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Grant county's bridge across the North
Fork at Canyon City is to be of steel,
and will cost $1,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Insurance men have offered a reward
of $3.50 for the incendiary of Walla
Walla's recent fires,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Cashier Crawford, of the American
National bank, of Springfield, Mo-, has
been arrested on a charge of embebezzl-
ing $4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Reform has struck Port Townsend
and a committee of five is on the high
road to retrenchment suggestions.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Horticultural Commissioner MaxeY
has found the San Jose scale in good
many Yakima orchards, and will en-
force the law.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

The Methodist revival at Dallas, Or,
has resulted in some IT'S conversions.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Gardening is on in full blast in The
Dalles yards.
A potato patch of 300 acres is being
planted near Moxie.
Bandon, Or, puts ball and chain on
all its arrested hobos.
Salem, Or, man has violin he
claims to be 2O4 years old.
The Methodist revival at Dallas, Or,
has resulted in some IT'S conversions.
Insurance men have offered a reward
of $3.50 for the incendiary of Walla
Walla's recent fires,
Grant county's bridge across the North
Fork at Canyon City is to be of steel,
and will cost SO 500.
Report comes from Weston that three
of the bridges there have been swept
away by high water.
Mrs. w. ]. May was put up by the
populists for school superintendent in
Tillamook county, oregon.
The postoffce department has refused
the request for a mail route between
Waterville and Coulee City.
AL Ruhman is tired of leila Nicolaus
and is said TO have left Wabash, Ind.
with her sister, Mrs. Witherbee.
Reform has struck Port Townsend
and committee of five is on the high
road to retrenchment suggestions.
Horticultural Commissioner MaxeY
has found the San Jose scale in good
many Yakima orchards, and will en-
force the law.
The snow on the summit of the Cas-
cades is higher than the tops of the
telegraph poles along the line of the
Great Northern.
Emily Rhodes has been awarded S3,-
600 damages at Mount Vernon against
William Hamilton for seduction under
promise of marriage.
P. j. Cowley was fined $10O for con-
tempt of court at New Whatcom. He
had been talking about Judge VIM,
who imposed the fine.
Walla Walla bemoans the absence of
flowers for Easter, but draws solace
from the fact that the cold spring means
the salvation of the fruit crop.
1t is costing Whatcom $75 to feed the
oxen and watch the logs, which are
covered by the city's blanket attach
ment on the Isensee property.
Comptroller Eckles says If certain
conditions are complied with the
Columbia National bank, Whatcom, will
be permitted to reopen within 80 days.
Three men of the Northern Pacific
Mill company, at Prescott, have been
arrested on charge of destroying the
mill dam at that place. The trouble is
the GU growth of water-power war.
Five Townsend boys have been ar
rested for some unusually bold pranks.
They broke the windows of the new
brick school house and upset things
generally, doing considerable damage
The Northern Pacific has issued a
neat little pamphlet giving valuable
information regarding the Yakima val
ley. 1t is handsomely illustrated and
will be extensively circulated through
out the eastern states.
Ex-Treasurer A. H. Smith, of the
Pullman agricultural college regents
has filed his appeal and supersedas bono
for $4,000 in the suit against him of
w. Stearns, the present treasurer, fot
ST., 500, which Smith refused to turf
over.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

A Salem, Or, man has a violin he
claims to be 204 years old.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

The snow on the summit of the Cas-
cades is higher than the tops of the
telegraph poles along the line of the
Great Northern.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Prosser Falls has unique advertise
ment in the shape of big sign board
thirty feet long by ten feet eigh, stand
ing so that it can be seen from the rail-
road, and upon it the following, in big,
black letters, appears: "Thus saith
the Lord; Make this valley full of
bitches. Ye shall not see rain, neither
shall ye see mud; yet the valley shall
be filed with water, that ye, your ami
mails and your beasts may drink-II
Kings, iii:16.n
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Bandon, Or, puts ball and chain on
all its arrested hobos.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Emily Rhodes has been awarded So,
600 damages at Mount Vernon against
William Hamilton for seduction under
promise of marriage.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Gardening is on in full blast In The
Dalles yards.
potato patch of 300 acres is being
planted near Moxie.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

P. ]. Cowley was fined $1eO for con-
tempt of court at New Whatcom. He
had been talking about Judge VIM,
who imposed the fine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

The preliminary hearing of Ned
Waterman, the Skokomish Indian, for
the murder of Syrian peddler, Nadir,
near Hoodsport, in September, was con-
cluded at Shelton. He was bound over
to the superior court with bail set at
$4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-04-07

Ex-Treasurer A. H. Smith, of the
Pullman agricultural college regents,
has filed his appeal and supersedas bond
for $50, 900 in the suit against him of ].
w. Stearns, the present treasurer, for
ST., 500, which Smith refused to turn
over.
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PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES.
The Pesky Insects POunce on a Steam-
er's Passengers in Swarms.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 2I-Passengers on the
steamer Pocomoke, which has arrived from
the Eastern Shore, report that thousands
of mosquitoes took possession of the town
of Crisfield last Sunday. A heavy rain Sat-
urday raised the tide in the salt water
marshes and drove millions from the feed
ing grounds TO the interior They travel in
swarms. Sunday and Monday in Crlsfield
were days of much swearing and arm-wav-
ing. Out of doors the girls in low-cut sum-
mer dresses had TO twine their shawls
around their necks, and the young men tied
their handkercniefs around their throats
They could not put their hands in their
pockets, as they We're needed TO slap the in
sects off their faces. Some people out driv-
ing wore gloves. Wire screens for house
doors and windows were as necessary as
as the doors and windows themselves. Busy
truckmen on the wharf were seen with from
five to fifteen mosquitoes on their faces and
necks. When one was asked why ne did
not knock them off he said it was useless,
they would be back at him again in a
minute These salt water mosquitoes have
been known to kill cattle in the fields They
attack them in such numbers that the ami
mails life is literally worried out of it, II
near water the animal will wade out, while
the mosquitoes gradually leave him he
goes deeper. They hover over him, how
ever, until he has only his nose above
water. In this position he is sometimes
drowned. Even men sleeping under canvas
hatchway covers have felt their stings.
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found his son, but it was then too late
to escape and both died.
superintendent Ramsey. in speaking OF
the disaster, said: "As soon as the alarm
was sounded the men working at the ian
on top of the hill noticed smoke coming
from the air course, and. not knowing the
cause Immediately shut down the fan.
They did just what they should have done,
and had the miners not fingered so long
at the fire trying TO put II out tney would
rounded them and before they were aware
of it they were overpowered and smothered.
All those who were two hundred or three
hundred feet up in the breast had time TO
climb down to the gangway and some or
them escaped One who stopped with the
was in started TO run for the main slope,
shouting to his companions, Come on, you
will not get out. But they fingered, and
five minutes later thirty-Seven men were
dead. The, few men who escaped were
greeted with great demonstrations of joy
on reaching the surface. Tonight all Is
quiet in the town. Day after tomorrow all
the dead will be buried.
The origin of the fire is supposed to be
due to spontaneous combustion caused by
breast Stacking and catching fire.. 1t Is
suggested that possibly the fire had been
burning for some time and from smolder-
ing blaze it all at once became burning
furnace. The breast is about three hum
dred feet high and is now all on fire. The
and 81 of the same level and the fifth
level is threatened.
About half of the miners were negroes,
having been brought from the East four
years ago to replace the strikers The
mine is owned by the Oregon Improvement
Company, and produces the best coal in
the State Of Washington. Damage TO the
mine is not large.
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TWO KILLED
And Eleven Seriously Injured I'm a
Pennsylvania Pit.

ASHLAND Pa, Aug. 24-Two men were
killed and eleven injured by an explosion of
gas in the Gilberton colliery, this
place, this afternoon. The killed are:
FRANK MCCORMICK, fire boss; leaves
LEWIS BALL. driver.
WILLIAM BIRMINGHAM. fatally. and
CORNELIUS LEAHY, inside superintend-
ent, fatally; has wife and nine children.
GEORGE DAVIS, miner, badly burned.
WILL DAVIS, AVIS, miner; burned
WILLIAM PENN. miner badly burned
WILLIAM SCHULTZ, MINER badly
burned.
HARDY BUCHANAN. miner. badly
burned.
ENOCH FINGLE, badly burned.
JOHN KESTER, seriously burned.
The explosion, which occurred shortly
after noon, was primarily caused by a fall
of coal, which became dislodged by the
mining operations. This released an inn
mense volume of gas and forced IL along
the gangways a distance Of more than 1000
yards, sitting and choking the miners as
it swept along. Finally it reached gang
of miners who were working with naked
lamps and instantly ignited. An explosion
which shook the earth and was heard by
Flames and smoke burst from the mouth OF
the pit and inside and out there were
scenes Of frantic terror. The imprisoned
and burning miners forgot their pain in
their agony of terror, and their wives and
children rushed to the sscene, shrieking
with fear and despair. Rescuing parties
were quickly organized and the men were
brought to the surface as rapidly as posi-
medical attendance procured, the injured
being removed either to their homes or
permanent hospitals as soon as their suf-
allpViate0
superintendent Leahy, who is among
those fatally injured, formerly a war
den in the Schuylkill county prison. He
has been prominent in politics and Is wide
ly known. The mine in which the explo-
sion occurred is the property of and is
Company.
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PNEUMATIC GUN TESTS.
Shells Filled with 500 Pounds of Nitro
Gelatine Successfully Fired.

SANDY HOOK, n. j., Aug A-This aft
pneumatic gun. Heretofore only the dunn
my shells have been used, but this after
noon explosive shells were used. Five hun
dred pounds OF nitro-gelatine were used as
a charge and fired successfully from the
dynamite gun. 1t exploded in two seconds
after the shell struck the water, and
furnished a grand spectacle. The water was
thrown up, mingled with sand and mud,
great distance in the air. and looked like
a number of geysers had suddenly burst
forth. Five OF these shells we're fired and
two smaller ones. Every one of them ex-
ploded The three large shells We're fired
terrific force and sheets OF flame flew up.
while the thunderous noise was heard miles
away. 1t seems TO De the opinion that the
dynamite gun would prove a practical de-
tense against all vessels attempting TO
force entrance into our harbors.
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however will begin to arrive freely in
the course of about three weeks, and VIII
alone be sufficient to supply the Eastern
markets till the next Italian crop begins
to arrive in the latter part of October;
The present abundant crop OF Florida Will
virtually exclude Spanish lemons, mainly
from Malaga, about 10000 boxes OF whlch
have generally been received here annually
between the closing of the Italian season
and the opsning OF another. Last year the
supply of italian lemons, which are as
superior TO the Florida lemons as the
Spanish fruit is inferior TO them, received
at American ports was 259o.yl, against
454 OBS boxes in 1873, twenty years carrier
The receipts this year Will, perhaps, some
what exceed those OF last year. Call0rnla,
whose crop of lemons and other fruits,
like those of Florida, have rapidly IN
creased, produced forty thousand boxes o,
lemons last year and will have ssNeral
times that quantity this year. CalIlorhld
lemons are almost wholly consumed west
of Chicago, but with the increase OF crops
they expected TO find their way Iurther
eastward and with the increasing crops
of Florida lemon importers Will soon en-
counter serious competition from domestic
growers
Present wholesale prices for fancy lem
ons range from 1918 10 81. - box contain
ing 800 lemons; choice, from $2.62l2 to S29
Some fancy lemons Of extra superior quail
ity are selling at S6 a box. Fancy lemons
of regular grade are 80 cents a box less
than at the corresponding date of last
year while other grades are selling at
about the same prices quoted at this time
last season.
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EVERY MAN ARMED.
Two Factions at War Again i'm the
ChOctaw Nation.

PARIS, Tex, Aug. 24-The situation in
the Choctaw nation is growing more serl-
every hour. Every man is armed, and
great uneasiness prevails among them ali.
Last night large body of Indians entered
the house Of Albert Jackson, in Cedar
county, dragged him from a sick bed and
shot him to pieces. This morning they
surrounded two other Indians whose names
have not been learned and deliberately
killed them. Both parties are searching tor
each other, and there is no quarter shown
or asked. Albert Jackson was the man
Governor Jones called out the militia to
arrest last year, on the ground that he
had released a prisoner whom the Light
horse had in custody. Jackson refused TO
surrender to the militia and Locke pro-
tected him. This led to the Jones-L Locke
war. District Attorney Hanney has had
warrants issued for all parties who partc-
ipated in the killing of Eli Baldwin Bald
win was posse man for a deputy sheriff
which gives the federal court Jurisdiction
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PRIZE FIGHT ARRANGED.
Articles of Agreement Signed by Tommy
Ryan and Billy Layton.

CHICAGO Aug A-Tommy Ryan to-
day signed articles of agreement
to fight Billy Layton, the Western
welter-weight champion. before the ST.
Joe Athletic Club, st. Joseph, Mo-. on the
night of Sept IA. The agreement is to go
twenty rounds with small gloves for a
purse of $500 and a side wager of $1,000
If both men their feet at the conclu-
sion of the twentieth round, the referee
must declare a winner on the showing
made. There is no losers end Of the purse
the winner taking all. The men are to
meet at catch weights. though both will
in all likelihood get into the ring in the
neighborhood of IA pounds Ryan after
he signed the articles, left for West Baden
where he will condition himself for the
fight. Layton is a heavy welter weight.
who has won some fifty battles and has
never yet met defeat. ID. G. Mcdonnell
secretary OF the st. Joe Athletic Club. has
been agreed upon as stakeholder
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W0ULD-BE MILlTIAMEN.
A. p. A.. j. O. I. A. NJ. and Catholics Or.
ganizing Military Companies.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24-Steps have
been taken within the past two weeks by
members of the A. p. a. and the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics. a
kindred organization, to form a company
of militia and ask admission to the Third
Regiment. For two weeks paper has
been circulated among members after the
lodge meetings OF the l. o. L. A NJ
binding the signers to form a company and
TO enlist for three years About sixty
young men have signed the paper. a sim
ilar movement mas recently been started
by certain members of Catholic organiza-
tons. and ii is claimed by the A p A
that Catholic company is already an
assured fact.