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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
WAS ASSASSINATED
A Rancher Near Medica Lake
Foully Dealt With
ROBBERY THE SUPPOSED CAUSE
The Deed Was Evident Done by Some
One Familiar with the Unfortunate
Mau's Affairs.

SPOKANE, June 23.-Jacob Breiden-
berg, farmer living near Medical Lake
was foully assassinated several days
ago. His body lay in the cabin until
yesterday morning, when neighbors
burst in the door and discovered the
man. At full length on the floor and
fully dressed, lay the body, with vest
thrown over the face. The assassin had
put three bullets through tho brain of
his victim, laid out the corpse, conceal
ing the evidence OF his work by the
garment mentioned, and calmly pro-
ceeded to search the apartment for
money supposed to be concealed there
In. When he had finished his search he
carefully locked the door, took the key
with him and disappeared. The muir
dered man was known to h.ve pistol
In his poss ession and the callbre of the
bullets found at the inquest correspond
with those of this weapon. The weap-
on has also disappeared, and 1t is pos
sible that 1t was turned against its
owner.
The murder was evidently committed
by some one we'll acquainted with the
dead man. He was known to have
money In his possession and was always
alone, being a bachelor. None of the
contents of the room was disturbed,
and the theory advanced by the coro-
nei's jury is that the assassin visited
the house and at an opportune moment
fred the fatal shot, following 1t up with
then took whatever his fancy dictated.
A trunk In his room was undisturbed,
and the furniture gave no evidence of a
struggle. Breidenberg was thrifty
and weil-to-do farmer, 40 years of age,
who came here from Iowa. He was
American born, but of German descent.
His place Is well cultivated and he had
collected a number of fine live stock.
His reputation was that Of an inoffen'
sive and good-natured man. The only
motive for the crime could have been
TODDcIy. III. NcW udu III pduSieu Soi
oncI's jury. Investigation brought Z
verdict of "murdered by person or
persons unknown"
Sheriff Pugh sent Deputy w. j. Sha
ncr to the scene of the murder. Mr.
Shaner returned last evening. ct wal
cowardly crime" he said. 1.-THE vic
tim was lying on his cot, with his heat
toward the door. The murderer evi
IDENTIFY fired from an open door, all o
the bullets going in at the top of tn.
skull and coming out at the back of thu
neck.
"The murdered man was not know
to have an enemy In the world. Every
body speaks we'll of him. He was pleas
Y ant, Industrious, honest and owed n
man a dollar. We found a letter fror
q his father in Iowa, dated last Novembel
4 saying he had sent 500 and would ser
( more. 1t is possible that this additions
E money was sent and that the assassl
a knew of it and committed the crime
e secure it.v
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
CRIME ON THE INCREASE.
President of the Prison Congress at s
Paul Creates n Surprlse.

ST. PAIL, June 25 AT the national
prison congress in session here Presi-
dent Brinkerhc Fl made the startling
statement, "The tide of criminahis is
not growing quiet; it is rising with
continuing swell" Continuing with an
able and comprehensive address, Gen
cral Brinkerhoff read facts and figures
which startled even those familiar
with the work of prison reform. The
hall of the house of representatives.,
where the session was held, was hand
somely decorated with flags and flowers.
The attendance was much larger than
was expected, the hail being nearly
filed. Fully $50 ladies and gentlemen
occupied seats as delegates.
Governor Nelson welcomed the dele
gates to the state in i hospita bic
speech. He gave them an Invitation to
inspect the prison at Saltwater. He
commented on the severity of sentences
as shown il the records of many states
and talked about the good work the as
ISOLATION was doing.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
ISLANDER HIS HOBBY
A Titled German, High in Author
ity, Now in Jail.
HIS WORK WAS A CRUEL ONE
Anonymous Letters Sent Broadcast to the
Artstocracy OF the Empire That Bred
Widespread Distrust.

BERLIN, Juue 23.-Thc Cologne Ga
zette has caused a sensation In court
and other circles by announcing yester-
day that Count Won Kotz, one of the
masters of ceremonies of the imperial
court, was arrested Sunday last on
most extraordinary charge. The ar
rest of Coun. Won Kotz is the result of
four years patient police investigation.
During all that period the members of
the highest aristocracy of Germany
have been In receipt of anonymous let
ters and postal cards. These missives,
in most instances, were used by the
anonymous writer to make most indie
cent personal accusations, either
gainst the persons to whom they were
addressed or against their intimate
friends or relatives. Nothing seemed
to prevent the anonymous letter writer
from in.imating the object of his ven
omous attacks and the result was that
very bitter feelings were caused In
many worthy families. Husbands were
led to suspect their wives, fathers
learned to doubt their sons, daughters
began to look with suspicion upon their
mothers, lifelong friends were separ-
ated, and, in brief, irreparable wrong
was done in a great number of noble
| families.
In some instances, the persons who
received those scandalous communica
tions placed them in the hands of the
police. After long and patient work
they discovered the source of these
despicable missives. On Sunday last
Count Won Kotz, upon returning from Z
visit to Schrelbershan, Prussia, was ar
rested in this city by General Vor
Hankc, chief of the emperor's military
cabinet, charged with being the author
of these ISLANDERS. 1t Is believed The
| man Is the victim of mania.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
CONDEMNS PROF. HEBRON
Speech at Nebraska University Delivered
at a Bad Time.

LINCOLN, Neb., June 25.-The sensa-
tlon occasioned by the address at the
commencement day exercises at the
University of Nebraska will not die out
In Lincoln for many days to come. Mem
bers of the college faculty and patrons
of the institution agree that 1t was an
unfortunate occurrence, but one that
could net well be guarded against. Prof.
Heron, of Grinnell, who delivered the
address SO strongly tinged with social
ism, If not actually anarchistic, is a
scholarly man and pleasing speaker, who
came here we'll recommended and with
a record of having contributed some
widely read articles In leading publica-
lions Of the country. The opinion of
the majority who heard his speech, how
ever, is that he selected a peculiarly
Inappropriate time to advance theories
on what constitutes ideal government
and perfect politics. Among partisans
Governor Crounse is the hero of the
hour for the part he took, but, while
none actually condemn him, the more
conservative think he made bad mat
ter worse by feeling compelled to pay
attention to the professor IS remarks.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
TREATED LIKE DOGS.
stories of Inhuman EvIctIons OF Arkan
sas White Miners.

Stories OF Inhuman EvIctIons of Arkan-
sas White Miners.
FoRT SMITH, Ark, June 2l.-Details
of horrible state of affairs which ex-
lists in the mining region of Indian Ter
ritory have been brought to this city
by evicted miners. The stories they
tell of oppression, hardship and cruelty
TO themselves, their wives and children
by deputy marshals and federal troops
are similar to those which come some
times from Siberia. Many of the men
were thrown bodily from their homes,
their wives and children beaten and
bruised, and their furniture and house
hold effects destroyed, after which they
were loaded into boxcars like cattle
and shipped out of the territory.
The stories of brutality told by the
men from Hartshorne district are re.
voting in the extreme. August Smith,
one of the Hartshorne miners, says the
troops came to the house and arrested
him. They would not allow him to put
on HIS SnOto duu (odh anu iSAboSh ~ ~
the family eat breakfast. The soldiers
threw his furniture into wagon ant
then asked Smiths wife II she wanted
to co. "No," she said, 81 have WORKED
for this home and If l leave yol
will have to shoot me-" "Thc hous'
was built by me and belongs to me,
said Smith, Though / have no lega
title to It."
Smith continued 1.-THE commando
ordered the privates to put my wife an
{ five children out. They jumped at hel
one of them pulling knife, and too
the babe from her breast. Then fou
or Eve took her and dragged her to
r wagon and threw her headforemost Int
e 1t. We were then carted to static
a and put into a boxcar with dozens {
q others"
Most of the miners and families wei
e thrown out In driving rain and hi
- no time to dress or get breakfast.
one instance family of four we
. evicted near Anderson. The wife
Ii the miner was struck over the he;
IS with Winchester and severely m'
treated by the soldiers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
NEARLY A HANGING.
A Montana Sheriff Who Objected
to Respite.
VERY CLOSE CALL FOR FIELDS
Fears Are Entertained That Both Fields
and Mortimer Will BE Taken From
the Livingston Jail.

HELENA, Mont, June est looked
very much for awhile yesterday as though
Robert Anderson, alias Fields, would
be hanged at Livingston, despite the
fact that the governor decided to res
pitc him until July 8. When the gov
ernor wired Sheriff Conrow of Living
ston that he had respited the con-
demned murderer, the officer wired
back that he would postpone the exc
cution until the arrival of the papers.
An hour later he wired that he would
walt until o'clock yesterday, and II
the respite was not In his hands he
would hang Anderson.
As the only train that could carry the
respite was several hours late and
would not reach Livingston until after
4 O'Clock, there was CONSERVATION.
Some lively correspondence by wire &C.
Cured, the governor telling tie sheriff
that If he persisted In hanging Ander-
son he would be held for murder him
self. The attorney general wired the
judge who presided at the trial OF An
derson, asking him to stay the sheriff
until the arrival of the papers. The
judge, In reply, teld the attorney gem
eral to mind his own business. Finally,
upon advice Of his attorneys, thc-aerifi
decided not to hang Anderson yester.
day, though he may be taken from the
jail tonight and lynched, and his &C.
complete, William Mortimer, who
turned states evidence, Will be strung
up with him. They murdered an inof
fenaIve raucher who lived In the edge
of the town, few weeks ago, for hi'
money.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
FISH IN OHIO ARE DYING.
Some Unknown Agency Destroying All
Life In the River.

Some Unknown Agency Destroying All
Life In the River-.
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 25 Some mys-
terious cause Is resulting In the death
of the fish In many of the rivers of
northwestern Ohio. Complaint comes
from the villages and towns on the
Sandusky that the banks on that stream
are lined with dead fish from mlnnows
in size to pike and pickcrcl two feet
long. The stencil Is terrible, aud the
attention of State Health Officer Probst
has been called to the matter. In POr-
tage River there have been very few
fish OF late years, because in the early
development of the oil fields petroleum
was permitted to eseape into them,
killing of all life and animal vegeta-
tion In the river and all its branches
Numerous small streams are afflicted as
the Sandusky is, and there Is general
feeling of indignation that the proper
state officials have done nothing to find
what is the matter. There was a
plague of dead fish In the liver last
year, but not SO serious as now.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
CARNOT AssAssINATED.
A Knife Driven to the Hit In The French
President's Breast.

LYONS, France, June 25.-The most
intense excitement has been caused
everywhere in France by the assassina-
ton of President Carnot.
The president was visiting Lyons in
connection with the International ex-
hibition. Upon his arrival he was ter
dared reception at the prefecture,
after which he visited the exhibition.
After spending some time at the exhi'
billion he proceeded to the Palais dc
Com m cree, where banquet was given
In lis honor.
1t was here where the president was
murdered by beardless young Italian
by thrusting knife into President
Carnots breast.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
A Mnmmoth Singing Fs..IyAl..

New YoRK, June ga vast army OF
German singers took possession of the
town last night The seventh national
meeting of the Sangerfest societies of
the United States brought the members
of the different organizations to the
city. All day long they came from all
points of the compass. The members
were met b. different reception COM
mittees and made comfortable for the
parade of the evening. Over 1000 men
were In line, the whole coming to an
end with great float representing the
apothcsis of music and song.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28

CRIPPLE CREEK, June 23.-The Cripple
Creek district is suffering from cat
crpillar plague. In the vicinity of
Four Mile they have eaten all the
leaves off the aspen trees. The cuts In
the wagon roads are filed up level with
worms, which are of the common gray
variety. At the bottom of the aban-
doned prospect holes they lie two feet
deep. Spring Creek has in places been
turned out of its course by caterpillars,
at points where they are crossing OF
logs. The army is slowly making its
| Way east
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
w. E. DELANEY MURDERED.
Shot Down In His Room by George A.
Bartholomy.

Bartholomy.
BUFFALO, June 25.-Ex-City Clerk
William e. Delaney, prominent law
yer and democratic politician, was shot
dead in his apartments over the Gold
Dollar saloon by George A. Bartholomy.
The building where the murder &C.
Cured Is in the most promii ent part
of Main street and the street was
crowded at the time. Delaney's room
was on the fourth floor and at the
rear of the building, SO the shot was
not heard on the street. George Alex
ander, bartender in the saloon, heard
the report family and ran to the foot
of the stairway, the only one leading
10 the rom. AS he reached 1t a man
with revolver In his right hand came
flying down the stairs. He struck the
bartender blow that knocked him
back into the saloon, put the revolver
into his pocket and walked into the
street. He disappeared and the police
were unable to find any one who saw
him after he stepped into the street.
1t is known that two women were
with Delaney at the time, for they had
been seen enter the room with him a
few minutes before. No alarm was
given to the police, but an ambulance
was sent for. 1t was found that oul
let had entered the right side and pas
sed almost completely through his body
Death occurred within ten minute.
after the shooting. When the police
entered the room they found the gar
ments Of two women, who had evil
IDENTIFY departed in haste. No one saw
the women leave and no one noticed
them particularly when they went In
so that their identity was uncertain
At midnight George A. Bartholom.
walked into police headquarters ant
surrendered himself as the murderer o
Delaney. He said TO Superlpte nden
Bull: II am a married man and 20
may draw your own conclusions"
few moments before this a dispatc
was received from Washington Stain
that Rush, the suspected man, was a
home in that city. Bartholomy Is
: years old and lives Just across tn
American border. Bartholomy's wifi
was in the room with Delaney at tn
: time of shooting. The other woma
: has fed the city.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
GREAT COMBINATION.
The A. X. U. Leaders Propose FOrmid
able Alliance.

=
able Alliance.
CHICAGO, June 2l.-President Debs of
the American Railway Union says steps
will soon be taken to form a triple al
lance, which will control about $780,
600 men. A convention under the
auspices Of the Illinois State Fedora
ton of Labor will be held at Spring.
field July 2, 3, and 4, at which the
union will probably be affected. The
platform which win probably be
adopted will contain the following
planks: Compulsory education; direct
legislation for the laborer; a legal
eight hour workdsy; sanitary inspec-
tion of workshops, mine and home
liability of employers for injury tc
health, body or life; abolition of the
sweating system; municipal owner
ship of cars, gas and electric plants fol
public distribution of heat, light ant
power; municipal ownership of tele
graph, telephone and railroads, ant
collective ownership by the people o
all means of production and distribu
tion; the principal of referendum
| all legislation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
TO PREACH AGAINST PAPERS
Pittsburg Ministers DO Not Indorse Il
Sunday Movement.

DNHNd1 movement
PiTTsBuRG, June 25.-Some time ago
some members OF the ministerial asso-
citation dc ;ided to move for more
proper observance of Sunday according
TO their ideas Accordingly strcnu'
Gus call was issued to all ministers OF
all denominations in this district to
preach on "The Sunday Newspaper" on
the third Sunday in June, and also to
ascertain by vote how many favor and
how many oppose Sunday paper. Out
of total of $40 churches in all demon
nations in Pittsburg and Allegheny
less than onetenth of the ministers re-
sponded to the call to preach on the
Sunday paper, while more than nine
tenths utterly ignored the appeal. OF
these few who did talk on the subject
all were not opposed to the Sunday
paper; a couple favored it, and one
roundly denounced the methods of the
law and order society.
Only three churches voted on the
question. One, the Sixth Presbyterian,
in the east end, had ballots printed
only one way, and that was against,
and lGs were cast. The Mount Wash
ington Presbyterian church voted by a
yea and nay vote, and no voices in
favor of the Sunday paper were heard
The Fourth Methodist voted by show
of hands, and none raised their hand,
| in favor
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STRIKERS FOUND NOT GUILTY



Hollow Acquitted.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, June % The jury
in the Sickle Hollow riot cases, after
being out ten hours, returned a verdict
of not guilty, but placed the COSTS on
defendants. The costs amounts to
about ~ each for the fifty defendants.
The verdict was not surprise to the
public after the testimony had been
heard. Many farmers and good citizens
Of the neighborhood testified to the
peaceable conduct of the strikers until
the deputies precipitated the riot. The
prosecution is much chagrined at the
verdict, and the coke operators in gem
eral have been surprised at the sym
pathy existing for the strikers, espe-
cially among the farmers. They will
not allow farmer to sit on the cases
in court if others can be secured The
rest of the Davidson defendants for the
murder of Paddock, es in number, will
probably be tried together this week
although Thomas M. Marshall, of Pitts
burg, is opposed to allowing his client
Simskoski TO be tried in this way ani
will insist on separate trial, claiming
to be able TO prove an alibi.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
want o,ad.tone 10 visit America.

New YORK, June 25.-Representative
men of this country are going to invite
the grand old man of England to visit
America. 1t cannot be said with GER
tainty that Mr.. Gladstone will accept
the invitation, but some of the gentle
men who compose what they term "the
American invitation 8ommittee" be
lleye that the prospect is not a hope
less one. Or. Depew said last night
"a number of gentlemen, mostly New
Workers., have been talking over the
matter of inviting Mr.. Gladstone t.
visit us during the last few weeks
When they came to me said woult
be very glad to be one Of the signevs 0
the invitation, provided that the list &
made up of only representative men,"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28

LEXINGTON, Ky, June 24.-It is said
that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
of which Breckenridge and Shelby have
been the attorneys for years, has be-
come dissatisfied with BreckinrIdge, as
they believe he lost his usefulness and
is now a positive disadvantage to the
road. The talk here is that his services
will be dispensed with as soon as 1t can
be done without undue haste. Presi.
dent M. L. Ingalls,, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, is said TO have determined
upon TIL, matter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
rhe Ezeta Case a rest ono.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-There arc in
dlcations that the Ezeta case will cause
position in the matter of rights of
asylum. Although the Salvadorian
refugees, with one exception, are safe
on the United States ship Bennington,
the Salvadorlau provisional govern
ment is determined to press its de-
mznds for the surrender of General
Antonio Ezeta, vice president of the
late government. 1t is likely the other
refugees will not be included in the
demand
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28

BOISE CIrY, juno 80 "A series Of sen.
sational cattle stealing cases are on
trial at Bellevue, Logan county. About
the frst of the year seven citizens Of
Shoshone were arrested on charges of
stealing cattle from o. p. Johnson. At
the last term of court one of them was
convicted and sent to the penitentlary.
At the present term Late Gelfiin and
IL. Z. Smith have just been convicted.
The latter Is prominent citizen of
Logan county aud was at one time q
county commissioner. The other cases
arc TO be tried at once.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28
THE CRAFTY BANKERS.
They Offer to Furnish all the Gold Re-
quired Tor Export.

They Offer to Furnish all the Gold Re
quired Tor Export.
New YORK, June 20.-The action
taken by New York city banks yes
terday ip deciding to furnish gold
for export as may be needed, without
recourse to the United States treasury,
will undoubtedly Rave a beneficial ef-
feet upon the stock exchange markets.
1t will, however, be largely senti-
mental influence, for the fact is that
the gold export business has about
reached an end and any further drain
upon the treasury, had the banks con-
tinued boarding specie, would neces-
sarily have been light.
1t is probable that yesterdays action
was based upon the conclusion that the
banks would not be. called upon for
gold to any large amount. But per
haps the most potent reason for the re-
vcrsal of this policy by the city banks
was the fear that the country at large
would look with disfavor upon the
spectacle of the heaping up of ar
unnecessary large gold reserve II
metropolitan banks while the United
States Treasury surplus was being de
pleated and had reached an unusually
low point. But whatever the motive
the decision of the banks to pupply the
gold needed for the immediate futur'
will undoubtedly have the effect of In
spring confidence In speculative val
ues and is likely to be reflected in al
increase of delivers on the stock ex
change.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-06-28

CHEwELAu, June 22.-The one and one
half story saloon building belonging to
Joe Robinson was destroyed by fire last
night at 2 o'clock. Mr.. Robinson was
sleeping in the building at the time OF
the fire and barely escaped before the
building caved In. There was no in
surance. The loss is estimated at 81. soc
exclusive of the stock and fixtures.