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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-04
w. u. Ballard,s VIII.

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 30.-The will Of
the late w. T. Ballard has been filed for
probate. The entire estate is valued at
$3.50, 900, of which about $150,000 is In
Montana. The estate comprises money
in various California banks, GO shares
of stock in the Spring Valley water
works, fourteen improved and unim-
proved lots in Butte, about $4,000 in
cash In Clark's bank, $4,000 mortgage
on the Cohen building, a $4,000 mort
gage on the Gambetta mine, $4,000 In
United States bonds on deposit in Lara
bie's bank in Deer Lodge, $4,000 in casf
in the same bank and eighty acres o.
land near Great Falls.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Ray Shubert,
the 11-year-old son of the foreman of
the New Orleans & Southern railroad,
was blown to pieces by dynamite at
the -Belair plantation just below the
city in Plaquemis Parish Young Shu-
bert was out hunting with Richard Dy-
mond, son of John Dymond, the presi-
dent of the Louisiana Sugar Planters
association. BY the side of the rail
road were several boxes, the contents
of which were unknown and which had
been left there by mistake by the rail-
road men two weeks ago. Young Shu-
bert seated himself on one of the boxes
to fx his shoes. The next moment
there was an explosion which could be
heard miles around and the boy was
blown to pieces, while young Dymond,
who was a hundred feet away, had his
hat blown from his head aud torn to
pieces, and was himself thrown to the
ground and badly bruised. An investi
cation showed that the boxes contained
a large quantity of dynamite. The
boxes have been lying in the oper
field for two weeks, and no one seems
to have suspected how dangerous they
were
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NO APPEAL ALLOWED.


Must stand.
HELENA, Jan. 1.-The supreme court
has rendered an important decision in
the case appealed from the district
court of Park county by the state
against Charles Northup, convicted of
murder in the second degree.
In another case Northup applied for
writ of habeas corpus, claiming that
he had been granted a speedy trial,
having lain in jail over one term of
court Charles A. Bloom, another Park
county man convicted of murder, also
had a new trial granted, and the state
appealed that, too. The supreme court
passed only on the cases of Northup and
ordered that the same ruling on the
states appeal apply to Bloom.
On the appeal from the order grant
ing a new trial, the court holds that
there is no appeal allowed from an
order of the district court granting
defendant a new trial in a criminal
case. The court further says that the
information in the case is good to so to
trial on again, not having been dis
turbed by the order granting 4 new
trial. On the habeas corpus matter,
the court holds that the facts do not
constitute a denial of speedy trial, as
there was no unnecessary delay, and
Northup is remanded for trial.
The criminal practice act gives the
right of appeal on questions of law re-
served by the state on remitting or re-
iecting Witnesses, or their testimony,
or in deciding any question of law not
a matter of discretion, or in giving or
refusing any instruments to the jury.
This, the court declares, specially de-
fines the matters to which the state
may except, and among them is nothing
about an order granting a new trial to
the defendant. The state can only
have question of law reviewed on an
appeal from judgment, and an order
granting a new trial is not judgment,
but matter of discretion. As to the
information, the opinion says the grant
ing of a new trial sets the case back to
the information for new start at
that point, whereas an arrest of judg-
ment destroys the information, on the
ground that the offense Is not within
jurisdiction of the court, or that the
facts stated do not constitute an offense
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SANTA WAS STUCK.
A Pennsylvania farmers Woeful Expe
rience on Christmas Eve.

A Pennsylvania Farmers Woeful Expe-
rience on Christmas Eve.
PITTsBuRG, Jan. 1.--Samson Gotholtz
a farmer living in Slippery Rock town
ship, near Castle, Pa, met with an ex-
perience Christmas eve tEat Will keep
this festive occasion green in his mem
ory for many years to come. On Mr..
Gotholtz's farm is an old log house built
by his father, who came from Germany
and settled on the land many years ago.
The family now occupy modern resi-
dence, but the old log house has been
preserved, and Christmas is celebrated
there every year. Mr. Gotholtz decided
to treat the children to new sensation
and give them new faith in the existence
of Santa Claus. The little folks were
put to bed as usual in the old homestead.
Mrs. Gotholtz dozed en- a couch and
shortly arter midnight Mr. Gotholtz,
disguised as St. Nicholas, ascended the
roof and prepared to descend the wide
chimney and appear to the children from
out the cavernous depths of the great
fireplace. His body filed the hue and
when about eight feet from the top his
clothing caught on projecting stone
and he stuck fast. Finding that he could
not release himself he began calling for
help, but his wife was sound asleep and
it was O'Clock in the morning before
she awakened. She called to her hus
band and feeble voice from the chin
ney ans wered her. Mrs. Gotholtz i'm
mediately reused the children and sent
them scurrying away to call the neigh
bors. 1t was only after an hours marc
work and the tearing down of the great
er part of the chimney that the pater
nal Santa Claus was rescued, more deaf
than alive from his uncomfortable posi-
tion.
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iHEcANl SET FREE.


Sentence of Death Reversed BY the Su-
preme Court -Nordstrom to Hang.
OLYMPIA, Wash. Dec 30.-The supreme
court today filed opinions in two mur-
der cases that have attracted general
attention of people in this state. One
is the case OF Pecani, an Italian, in
Pierce county, found guilty of murder
In the first degree and the death SEN
tence imposed. Pecani's gallows were
erected when the courts interviewed.
The court today ordered the Judgment
and sentence set aside and appellant
discharged, as in the opinion of the
court the chain of circumstances, If
such they can be called, were reason
ably consistent with the innocence of
the accused, and that the most that was
established by them was the probability
of guilt.
The other case was that of the state
VS.. Nordstrom. This case became noted
for the ings nuity of point raised in
the supreme court by the prisoners
counsel that under the federal constitu-
tion the prisoner was to have the charge
against him presented by an indictment
found by grand jury instead of infor-
nation by the prosecuting attorney.
The court stated that the United States
did not pretend to regulate prosecutions
for offenses against state laws, and the
judges could see no reason for depart
ing from the opinion on this subject ex-
pressed in the former case and there
fore directed afirmance of judgment.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-04

LIVINGSTON, Mont, Jan. 1.-Henry and
George Rockipger, Cook City miners,
spent the holidays in the guard house at
Livingston, for killing an elk in the Ma
tional Park. Their plea was that they
were out of meat and their families were
suffering, but their horses, guns and
bedding were confscated by Captain
Anderson, commander at Fort Yellow
stone and superintendent of the park
On account of his severity the captain
is locally known as "The Car of Won
derland."
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MlDWINTER FAIR OPENING DELAYED.
Failure to Receive Goods From jackson
Park Causes Postponement.

Failure to Receive Goods From jackson
Park Causes n Postponement.
Chicago, Dec. 31.-Private dispatches
were received yesterday from Director
General De Young, of the California
midwinter fair, saying that the opening
of that exposition had been postponed.
The fair was advertised to open Jan.
and continue six months. 1t is under
stood that the buildings will be as nearly
ready as exposition buildings generally
are. and that tho landscape features of
the park will be in creditable condition.
The postponement is said to be due to
tardiness in getting large amount of
stuff started from Jackson Park. Direc-
tor General De Young secured several
hundred carloads of exhibits and mate
rial at the big fair, and some delay has
been experienced in moving the stuff,
particularly foreign goods. Arthur l..
Clark, who represents Director General
De Young here, said yesterday that al
the decorations for the German and
French sections, along with seventy-fvt
carloads of other material, had beer
side-tracked in Chicago. 1--WE supposed
the cars had gone forward" Mr.. Clarl
said.
No date has been fixed for Mr.. d.
Youne's grand opening, but Jan. Is will
probably be named.
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Awakes From a Sleep Of Six DAYS.

BIRMrNGhas, Ala, Dec. 31.-At Leba-
non, Lizzie Everett, the 19-year-old
daughter of Benjamin Everett, has just
awakened from sleep of six days.
Milk was poured down her throat to
This is the second time Miss Everett has
been affected this way. On a previous
occasion she slept two weeks. When
asked to describe her feelings, she re-
piled that she felt she would not want
any more sleep soon, otherwise she was
as usual. She has sister who is affect
exceeds two days. Physicians are puz-
/ zled.
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HAS LOST HER HUSBAND.


Aaron Herschiield.
HELENA, Dec. 31.--Saturday evening,
December 2, Aaron Herschheld, cashier
of the Merchants National bank of this
city, surprised all his friends by getting
off a Great Northern train and introduc-
ing to an acquaintance at the depot his
wife, whom he had married few days
before in Chicago.
The bride was Miss Dell Hogan, a
bright and pretty young woman who
for two years. has been cashier of a
leading dry goods s. ere in Helena.
What made the affair something of a
sensation was the fact that Herschfeld
is Hebrew, aged about 4s, and worth
$500,000 or more, while the bride is a
Jealous Catholic and 4 working girl,
highly respected by everybody who
knew her
Detective Walters has carried around
to the various stores and banks of the
city typewriter notices purporting to
have been signed by Aaron Herschfeld,
notifying them not to trus his wife on
his account. Friday morning Hersch-
field left for the east on the Northern
Pacific and his destination is not known
Mrs. Aaron Hersch6eld had papers fol-
writ of habeas corpus prepared and
intended to ask the district judge for q
writ directed to Mrs. l.. II. Herschheld
wife of her husbands brother, directing
her to produce the body of Aaron
Herschfeld, believing that her husband
was kept from her by the influence o.
the older Mrs. Herschfeld, but learning
positively that her husband had lef
town, she abandoned this purpose. 1
is said she now proposes to sue l.. II
Herschfield and wife for alternating thu
affections of her husband. The town i
agog over rumors of sensational meet
between the two Mesdames Herschiield
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Afraid of Himself.

SEATTLE, Jan. IN. d. Siuardevant,
until recently i fruis merchant at Ia
coma, is in the county jail on charge
of insanity preferred by himself. When
the Merchants National bank of Tacoma
failed he lost every dollar he had in the
world and became deranged. He went
to Olympia and other places and came
here few days ago. He finally went
to the sheriff and said he was afraid oi
himself and Of some evil spirit that
followed him. He could not tell his
name or anything about himself and
was locked up.
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Shot the Fiddler.

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30.-At house
warming and dance given near Taponis
a tragedy occurred which bids fair to
prove fatal to Mr.. Sprague, who acted
as fiddler for the crowd. Some time
during the night an alteration arose
between the brothers, Peter and Martin
Silks, and Sprague, in which Martin
struck Sprague. Peter rushed up be.
hind Sprague, placed revolver close
against his back and fired, the ball rang
ing upwards and coming out at the jaw.
Physicians we're telegraphed for and
came at once from Shoshone, but they
found Sprague in a dying condition
The Silks brothers are in jail.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Joseph Don jam,
the man who has been sending threaten
ing letters to Vice President Stevenson,
Secretary Lamont, Senator Mills and
other prominent public men in this city
for several days past, was arrested by
Detective McDevitt tonight. MeDevitt
recognized DOMAIN from a description
sent out and after his arrest he was also
identified by Detectives Weldon and
Boyd, the two headquarters detectives,
who had been on the lookout for the
fellow since Vice President Stevenson
received the first of the five threatening
letters which have been addressed to
him. This afternoon they received in
formation that the man they wanted had
been seen hanging about tseveral Seventh
street stores, and were on the lookout.
When first seen by Captain McDevitt
DOMAIN was talking to disreputable-
looking stranger. The officers approach
the man, who admitted that his name
was Joseph DOMAIN and that he had
sent the letters, not only TO Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson, Secretary Lamont and
Senator Mills, but had also sent similar
ones to President Cleveland, Senators
Gordon and Sherman, and one to each
of the New Jersey senators. Captain
McDevitt then turned his importast
capture over to the headquarters detec-
tive, who locked him up at the First
Precinct police station, where he was
soon after seen by reporter.
Don Jam was lying on bench smoking
a strong clay pipe. When his name was
called he sprang up and came eagerly
to the bars. At first glance the idea of
his being a crank does not suggest it.
self. His forehead is hign, retreatine
far back and ending in a sparse growth
of crisp, black hair. His eyes are dark
blue, or seemed to be in the dim light OF
the station. They are set wide apart
and it is only after closely watching his
facial movements that one recognizes &
"crank" expression. His upper lip is
very short and he wears short mus
tache and a stubby black beard o.
ten days growth. He is about feet
inches In height, of average build, ant
wore a dark blue striped shirt and darl
vest and trousers. He talks rapidly II
German, and after few moments con
yersation one cannot fail to recognize {
typical crank of considerable shrewd
ness.
When questioned he talked freely un
til by slip he let drop the fact that tn
letters had been written at the instiga
tion of other parties. He was quick t
recognize the mistake made and repeat
ed questioning failed to get him to agai
refer to that portion of his story, e2
cept to say that the parties he had /
mind were powerful and influential an
: would see to it that no harm came
| him no matter how strong a case tn
, government might make out against hin
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FIGHT AT THE ALTAR
AustrianS and Poles Battle Desperate
ly at Wedding.
MANY FATALLY INJURED
TerrIfce Explosion of Dynamite sufiicient
in Quantity to Blow Up Iown
Placed Under the House.

HAzLEToN, Pa, Jan. 1.-The feud
which has existed between the Austrians
and the Poles of Derringer and vicinity
eliminated in a riot, during which blood
flowed freely. Four men were so badly
wounded they could not be carried
away. These were:
Thomas Boba, shot in the head.
Luke Draper, shot in the groin.
Mike Rossaki, stabbed in the head
and body.
Hannibal Linsati, stabbed in the back
and legs.
These men will probably die. Thomas
Boba, a Magyar from Fernglen, was
married to resident of Derringer. The
usual wedding celebration followed,
and this was conducted on an elaborate
scale owing to the groom's prominence
among his countrymen. The esteem in
which they held him was overbalanced,
however, bv the hatred which the
Austrlans had for the young benedict,
and they resolved to break up the we'd
ding festivities.
It was proposed to blow up the house
with dynamite. Acting promptly on
the suggestion, large Quantity of that
explosive, with fuses and caps, was
soon procured and placed under the
foundation of the house, which was
filed with the guests and friends of the
contracting parties. The quantity
placed at the base of the building, 1t
is said, was sufficient TO blow up the
town.
Becoming alarmed at the possible
slaughter, one of the conspirators in
formed the unsuspecting Magyars.
They fled from the place precipitately.
Some of them took away much of the
dynamite. The explosion took place
soon after. The shock electrified the
fleeing Magyars. They turned upon
their assailants and a pitched battle
followed, in which guns, knives, and
weapons of every description were used
with terrible effect. At least 200 shots
were exchanged. Scores of the com
batants were seen to fall during the
conflict. Their friends carried them
away.
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Poisoned by Wine.

Sioux FALLS, S. D., Dec. 31.-"That
last drink you gave me contained poi
son, and am dying" said Mrs. Louise
Armstrong, to her husband at Pierre
Just ten minutes before she died. This
was said in the presence of two wit
nesses who mad been attracted to the
house by Mrs. Armstrong; cries of
agony. Mrs. Armstrong had taken a
glass of wine from her husband short
time before. Armstrong did not deny
the charge until he wrs arrested for
murder. He spent the summer In North
Dakota and aent his wages to his wife.
He claims she squsndered all the
money. Before she died Mrs. Arm
strong said her husband had threatened
to poison her. The stomach will be
sent away for analysis.
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Dedicating a New Road.

BUTTE, Dec. 31.-Butte people mani
tested a great deal of interest in the
formal opening of the B., A. & p. for
passenger business, and there was
quite a crowd at the Great Northern
depot TO see the first train come in from
Anaconda. 1t was the Great Northern
through express and bore a number of
Anaconda people, who came up to Butte
for the sole purpose of taking ride on
the first passenger train on the new
road. They nearly all returned to Ana
conda on the next train. There was
another crowd at the depot when the
evening train pulled out.
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MILLS RESTORED TO A PEACE BASIS.
Son of the Texas Senator Surrenders His
Permit to Carry Arms.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-Chs. H. Mills,
the son of Senator Mills of Texas, to-
day appeared in the police court and
voluntarily surrendered the permit
which he had secured only few days
ago authorizing him to carry pistol.
The publication of the fact that his
fathers life had been threatened by
crank, and that The son was acting as an
armed bodyguard, induced him to give
up his permit. The publicity he said
was unpleasant and was calculated to
defeat his object, and therefore he de-
cided to ''restore himself to a peace
basis.n
Don Jam, the New Jersey crank who
has been writing threatening letters to
the Vice-President and to various sena-
ators, including Mr.. Mills, is still at
large. Nothing has been received from
him for several days and it is supposed
that the secret service agents have been
so close upon his trail that 1t discour-
aged him in his letter-writing. Moth
ing has been heard from the Kansas
cranks who were reported to be plotting
the abduction of Baby Ruth. The i'm
preston at the White House is that the
story from Kansas is hoax, pure and
simple, and that Baby Ruth is in no dan
ger whatever, unless from over-indul-
gence in Christmas candy.
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HAPPY RESULT OF HUMANITY.
A Dark Cloud Lifted From the Lives of
an Indiana Couple.

a
an Indiana Couple.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31.-Several weeks
ago John DeBoye filed habeas corpus
proceedings before Judge Winters to
secure the release of his wife from the
insane hospital the superintendent hav-
ing refused to release her because she
was a dangerous patient. DeBoye had
been married but year and he evlnced
so much solicitude for his young wife
that the court at once took deep inter-
est in him. In answer to Judge Win
ters' questions De Boye admitted that
his wife had tried to do herself harm,
but said that he was able to provide for
her in private sanitarium, where she
would be we'll cared for. The Judge
called the attorneys aside and told them
that he had determined to grant the
writ, saying that so many married peo-
pie came before him asking for divorce
that when a man wanted to have his
wife with him his desire should be graft
fed. The woman was released and TAX
en- to a sanitarium, and Judge Winters
was notified short time afterward that
she was a mother, her mind fully restor-
ed and that her child had been named
Winters De Boye, in remembrance oi
his generous act in restoring the mother
to the care of her husband.
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Idaho.s wagon Roads.

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30.-Thc state wag-
on road commission met and opened bids
for building the roads. There were
some 40 in number. All are greatly in
excess of the appropriation, those on
the Little Salmon branch reaching as
high as $4,000. Colonel Shoupe says
he can and will construct road from
Bonner to the Montana line inside o.
the appropriation of $4,000.
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Colgate Possibly Alive.

A letter was found in the Clearwater
river, containing a note purporting to
have been written by George Colgate,
cook for the Carlin party, who was
abandoned in the Bitter Root mount
aims. The writer says he is alive and
improving. Searching parties started
out Immediately from Kendrick, Idaho,
with a faint hope of finding the old
man alive.
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Mrs. ]. G. Smith of Spokane became
insane on Great Northern train en-
route to Huntley, ILL., She fancied she
had been poisoned for her money and
iewelry.
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Maroun paIp,s rnglIsh Agent.

1t is not generally known that Marcus
DAILY has purchased thoroughbred stock
for several years in England, and that
some of his stock is In charge of the
veteran trainer John Porter, who has
prepared six Derby candidates, which
proved gooL enough to win the great
prize coveted by al English terfites.
Daly's agent in England is James Nc
Caig, who was associated with DAILY in
mining pursuits. McCaig has invested
about 5000, 900 in English thoroughbreds
fer his employer. He attends every sale
of Importance of thoroughbred stock.
Last year he bought some most promis-
ing yearlings and for one paid big
price. This was the colt Hampton, out
of Cherry. He bought also strapping
colt by St. Gatien, out of Glance. A
Hlly by Merry Hampton, out of Mistress
of the Robes, cost him $4, 500, and If she
fulflls the promise of her youth, either
here or in England, she was cheap a;
dirt
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Relerrsa 70 the nIottIng paa.

Isn't it about time to find Tascott, for
a changel The Menage racket is be-
coming monotonous.
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Transcontinental roads have decided
to advance the rates to the Pacific
coast Jan. /.