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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
Fatal Explosion in a Powder Mil.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. r., Jan. s.-The
Latin & Rand powder mill at Rifton, -
miles away, blew up this morning Four
men were killed and several badly hurt.
The dead are: Jarder Friendenburg,
Solomon Friendenburg, Joseph Sanders
and man named Kipp. The explosion
took place in the glazing department,
where the powder is dried after having
gone through other processes of manu-
facture. The shock was distinctly felt
in this city. In Rosedale, two miles off,
many panes Of glass were shattered.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
THE FIRST ORE TRAIN MOVES.
The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Rail-
way Ships Seventy five Cars.


way Ships Seventy five Cars.
BUTTE, Mont. Jan. 6.-Work has been
resumed in earnest on the Anaconda
Hill. The Green Mountain, High Ore,
Anaconda, St. Lawrence and Mountain
Consolidated mines are at work again.
At the latter mine the full force has
not been put on yet, but Larry Manning
in charge there says they will be rails
ing ore Immediately.
Some repair work on the ore chutes
and in the mine are going on. This
mine had 400 men at work during No
vember. The first train load of ore
over the new B. A. s. P. railway was
made up at O'Clock from the Green
Mountain and Anaconda mines. 1t con-
sisted of rs carloads.
All is life on the hill. Business men
say hundreds of miners have been buy
ing boots and coats, etc., for under
ground work. 1t is expected before to-
morrow morning IT'S carloads of ore
will have been shipped over the new
line.
o. L. Chapman is the manager of the
Anaconda hill yard, which is situated
east of the Montana Union water tank
A telegraph operator will be stationed
there as the ore trains will receive or
ders from that point. When running
from the junction of the B. A. g. p. or
the Montana Central, these trains will
be under orders from the dispatcher al
Great Falls, but on the hill Mr.
Chapman will have control of them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
Recruitlng once Resieged.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9-The United States
army recruiting office is daily besieged
by large numbers of unemployed men
wishing to enlist in the army. There
are no vacancies in the army now, a
condition that has not existed in con-
siderable time. Previous to the last
two months hardly fifteen men a day
applied for enlistment, but the number
now reaches about so daily. The ma
jority of the applicants seem to be men
who are used to work, but who are now
unable to obtain employment.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
EDWARDS SAYS He WAS IN UTAH.
Denies That He Had Any Connection
With Alice Martins Murder.

SHERMAN, Texas, Jan. dick Ed
wards, when shown a dispatch from
Chicago saying that B. M. Dawson,
Henry Snyder and Richard Roe, all of
Chicago, had identified him from his
photograph as the man who had quar-
relied with alice Martin short time
before she was murdered, said 81 was
in Salt Lake, Utah, when Alice Martin
was murdered, and whenever they at
tempted to prove that I killed Alice
Martin will be able to show that / was
in Utah" Edwards said Painters at
torneys were trying to save Painters
neck by attempting to fasten the crime
on him and that the sensational news
paper reports were, in his opinion,
started for no other purpose.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
Wants Work Day of Two Hours.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan, s.-Secretary
of State Osborn, Of Kansas, has pre-
pared circular in which he advocates
laws making two hours per day the
limit of work of each man. He holds
that labor-saving machinery has made
such progress that one man is now able
to do as much work as twenty rs years
ago, and believes that over-production
is responsible for the idleness of mil
lions today. This, he holds, would be
done away with If two hours should be
made the days work limit.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
Candldate for DIstrIet Attorney.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 6-F. r. Fogg of
Grangeville is here. He is a candidate
for the position of district attorney OF
the second dietrict, which will be made
vacant when J. H. Forney shall resign
to accept the office of United States at
torneY for Idaho. The governor states
he has yet no official knowledge of any
vacancy. 1t is believed Fogg will get
the place.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
To Go to an Asvlnm.

MEDIA, Pa, Jan. s.-Coroner QuinbY
last night held an inquest over the body
of Mrs. Marie Shortlidge, who was shot
and killed by her husband, principal of
the Media Academy for Young Men.
The jury, after hearing the testimony,
found that Professor Shortlidge killed
his wife while insane. Professor Short
lidge's friends win apply to Judge Clay
ton for a commission in lunacy, and he
will be sent to the Norristown insane
asylum.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
A SlipperY Indian.

NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 6.-Quetnet, the
Indian who escaped from Deputy
United States Marshal Vinson while en-
route to McNeil's island, for whose APP
prehension $50 was offered, was brought
to this city this morning by N. H. Lille,
merchant of Toppenish. Lille re-
ports quite lively time in capturing
him. He was arrested Thursday after
noon at Satas and placed on handcar
to be brought to Toppenish, but when
about half way jumped off and took to
his heels. He was arrested the next
morning, however, and is now incar-
cerated. Quetnet was convicted of
stealing cattle from the reservation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13

WEST PLAINS, Mo, Jan. s.-A terrible
accident happened Yesterday at the
home of Sol Collins, on Spring Creek,
news of which has just reached here.
Collins sat by an open fireplace with a
key of blasting powder beside him, He
threw some of the powder into the fire,
thinking it too damp to burn. An ex-
plosion followed, tearing the roof from
the house and burning more or less eight
persons. The only way any of their
lives was saved was by jumping into a
creek which runs close to the house.
The doctors think Collins and his wife
and four children will die.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
sad Accident.

NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. S.-News of a
most deplorable accident at Zillah, in
the Sunnyside, has been received. While
engaged in digging a well on his faith
er's ranch near that place and after
reaching a depth of As feet, Golard
Card was buried by cave-in of earth,
and the most strenuous efforts
was asphyxiated before he could be res.
cued. In fact the body was not recov-
cred until two days after the accident.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
Tried to Shanghai Him.

TACOMA, Jan: 6.-Jacob Goetz, known
as Dutch jake" of Spokane, arrived
here yesterday. 1t being his first visit
to the sound country, he was much en-
Unused in seeing the steamers and
shipping. During his perambulations
around the city last night he fell into
the hands of some bunco sharps who,
after relieving him of his money, under
took to shanghai him and put hlm
aboard China steamer. His struggles
and outcries attracted the attention OF
passers bv, and on their coming to his
rescue his assailants disappeared in
the darkness. Mr.. Goetz has secured
the services of J. p. Chapman as a
bodyguard and will continue his trip
around the sound wiser man,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13

At Paris, Texas, Manning Davis, a
white man, Ed Gonzales, Mexican, and
Jim Upkins, negro, were sentenced to
be hanged on March 30. Davis and Con-
zales were convicted of murder and
Upkins of assault.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13
out of work.

BURKE, Jan. 6.-About 60 men were
thrown out of employment by the clos
ing down of the Tiger mine, which re-
tains only twelve men. The only mine
now working full force of men is the
Standard.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-01-13

Judge Bailey, of Canon City, Colo,
sentenced William E. Roberts, banker,
charged with receiving deposits when
he knew the institution was insolvent,
to three years in the penitentiary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN.
Japanese Capture the Navel Strong
hold of China-The Route Now
Open to Pekin.

Che Foo, Nov. 24.-Dispatches have
been received here stating that the jap
anese captured Port Arthur on Wednes-
day last, after eighteen hours fighting.
This naturally makes Japan the master
ST the situation, as it opens up the way
fer an advance upon Pekin. The Japan
csc warships are now free to enter the
gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, in which the Chinese
squadron has been shut up, and as such
action would be the natural outcome OF
the Port Arthur victory, another naval
engagement is likely. The result of the
fight could go no other way than against
China, as her fleet is in a crippled condi-
ton and much weaker than the Japanese
squadron, which has been cruising just
outside the entrance to the gulf for the
past few weeks, awaiting a favorable
chance to give battle to the enemy.
The second japanese army under the
command of Field Marshal Count Oyama,
minister of war, consisted of about $4,000
men. and when this force arrived off the
Regents Sword promontory it was divid-
ed into two detachments, one of which,
aided by the japanese fleet, operated
against Talienwan, while the other di-
rected it's movements against Kin Chow,
on the western side Of the promontory,
some miles north of Port Arthur. Talien-
wan and Kin Chow were both captured,
after which the army again combined and
the march on Port Arthur was COM
,oaDco6
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
PAT DIVER ON THE RACK.
Another Tammany Sote'lite Cited to
Show Cause Why He Should
Not be Removed.

New York, Nov. Fitzpatrick Diver
police justice of the city of New York
may be compelled to show cause why he
should not be deprived of his judicial
function. A petition with that end in
view has been lodged with Joseph r
DAILY, chief judge of the court of com.
mon pleas.
The petition alleged on information and
belief that Diver is habitually careless
negligent and inefficient in the Discharge
of the duties of his office; that he has
been guilty of malfeasance in office; that
he has scandalously and disgracefuy Of
fered brides to secure the classification of
election returns; that he has been in
conspiracy and collision with green goods
swindlers and that he has engaged in pub
lie brawls, to the degradation of his office
and his own personal Disagreement.
The petition is signed by five taxpay-
ers Of this city, of whom one is Isaac
Funk, the publisher and another Charles
ID. Sprague, president of the Union Dime
Savings bank The petitioners do NOT
represent any organization, but are act
ing in their individual capacity.
The law provides that charges against
a police justice may be tried publicly be-
fore the judges of the court of common
pleas. Diver was appointed police JUS.
tice by Mayor Hugh J. Grant 1t is not
of record that he had practced or read
law, being at the time of his appointment
the keeper of saloon on Park row. The
pay of police justice is $1,000 a year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
PITZEL IN ST. LOUIS.
Chicago Police Think the Supposed
Murdered Man is in the Land
Of the Living.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 23.-The Cb;o,
police have obtained clue REGARDING D.
jamin F. Pitzel. the accomplice of n N1 r
Holmes, alias Howard, who is non, ,
tanned at Philadelphia on charges Of b. ae'
ing swindled an insurance comnanv ".
of $4,000. This amount was placed o ut
Pitzel's life, and on September Isot On
body supposed to have been his was fous =
in Philadelphia. 10una
It was found that Pitzel had v,co..,
his flat apartments on May 1, and tbSt
the furniture had been stored at ' tHI
Sixty third street. On or about Arrows 10,
last he was in the city, ostensbr :. l
make arrangements regarding the roy,o ~
al of his household effects to ST I Lowry
where he intended to make his homo 4 as,
the winter. The st. Louis address W.T. lor
given as 23O6 Michigan street. was
A letter was received from Pitzel fro,,
St. Louis in which he promised to Soal
clear the standing Indebtedness On 'I S;l
furniture and effect it's removal Ea nis
letters have been written to Pitzel 'o at
ST Louis ana none have been returned d
despite the fact that the precaution wos
taken to place the writer's address wi fS
the usual request for return on the ont
side of each envelope. This the no; I.,
think, shows that if Pitzel is NOT f al;ro
and living at st. Louis, someone is renro
senting him there who knows every dato;,
connected with his business transactona.i
The handwriting of the St Louis Iatto.
corresponds with that of the one ma;Ioi
at Philadelphia by Pitzel. e0
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
MISHAP TO A FERRYBOAT.
The Netherlands Snashes Her Cabin
and Injuries Four People at
New York.

New York, Nov 23.-The ferryboat
Netherlands, from Hoboken, in making
her slip at the foot Of Berkeley street to-
day, struck the bulkhead, tearing out the
latter part of the mems cabin and in
juring four passengers. The boat had
come safely through the fog which over
hung the North river until close to the
entrance to the company's slip, when
tugboat doomed up ahead and in order
to avoid a collision the wheelman changed
his course
Police Officer Quirk, who was on duty
at the entrance to the ferry heard the
crash and the cries of the panic-stricken
passengers. He jumped into a boat and
roWed alongside, where he saw a number
of persons clinging to the broken wooden
work and rails. The aftercabin was bad.
ly wrecked, but fortunately only four of
the passengers needed medical aid. Their
names are: l.. III. Robelats, manager OF
the Equitable Insurance company scalp
wound; Frank Olthaus, laborer, Hoboken,
cut on right hand; J. G. SaXton, East
Orange, cut on right hand: Fred Rein
hold, New York. right knee injured
The damaged boat steamed back to
Hoboken, where she laid up at the COM
pany'S slim
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
PLAYED A BOLD GAME
Detectives Run Down Trio OF
Life Insurance
SWindlers.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 20.-The grand
iury Yesterday afternoon found true blli
against Herman Midget, alias IL. II.
Holmes. now a prisoner in Boston; Jep-
tba y Howe. the st. Louis lawyer VINO
collected the insurance money on .. 4 :;
Pitzel,s policy for the latter's widow, ana
the widow herself The indictment reads
for conspiracy to cheat and de1ra4o!.i
but officials of the Fidelity Mutual l1lls
out of $4,000 by the game, belle!e 'hal
Pitzel was murdered and that ms body
was the burned body found at 1910 Cai,
low Hill street on September last ana
identified as that of B.. +. Perry. Inc
detectives, however, nave pra nd nnly
abandoned the murder theory; ana no y,
think they are on the track, OF Iitz e II ~
the person of man calling himself =: Il.
Iyman. whose whereabouts they re!use
to divulge. They state that Mrs. PltZel
has made a confession substantially the
same as that of Holmes. except that she
believes her husband to be IN oouth - Ane q
lea. She has not seen him since me az
legged crime was committed Homes
when arrested claimed that the pody
found by the firemen had been secured ny
himself and Pitzel from st. Louis meu-
ical student and shipped in O trunk. 1Iel;
as the confession runs, IL was sucM M
away in the real estate agents Ded' sup,
iected to a treatment of benzlne ana
fired. The Philadelphia officers who IN
yestgated the case could hnd no trace VI
the trunk and professed to believe tnae
Holmes had really caused the deapn Oh
his old colleague. Holmes is credited
with being a systematic swindier, MS VIC
tins being scattered all over the country.
indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 2O.-LaWyer
Albert w. Wishard was instructed by tele-
graph from Philadelphia today to ME suits
for the recovery of the money obtained py
II. NJ. Howard, now under arrest at Dos 81
ton, part of which is now on deposit III u
bank in this city. The title OF the COM
plant filed is the Fidelity Mutual Lite as
sociation against II. M. Howard alias II;
M. Holmes, alias Herman Mudgett ana
Georgiana Howard. The plaintiff alleges
that he is engaged in the business or lie
insurance and that he issued policy on
the the life of one 8. r. Pitzel for $1,000; that
hy a mistake on the part Of the plaintiffs
the deception and fraudulent representa-,
ton on the part of the defendant ,the SAD
Howard received the sum OF SlO,OoO; tnat
afterward the plaintiff discovered that r.
r.. Pitzel was till alive; that the .proefS OF
the claim were spurious and fraudulent
and made for the express purpose OF cneat-
ing the plaintiff out of theA insurance money;
that he defendant fled the country turning
over and paying to his codefendant
Georeiana Howard, large portion OF the
$40, 1000, which the defendant deposited III
the bank nthis city. An affidavit TOR s
writ of attachment is also filed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
MUDGETT'S HOME.
The Wife of the Alleged Insurance SWind-
Ter Resides at Ti1ton, N. Y.

The Wife OF the Alleged insurance SWlHu-
Ter Resides at Tilton, N. Y.
Tilton, n. Y. Nov. 21.-The identity of
H. H. Howard, alias Holmes, who is I'M
der arrest at Boston, charged with defraud-
ing the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
company out of $4,000, has been clearly
established here as a native of this state,
Herman w. Mudgett. His wife, in an
interview during which she was first made
acquainted with the true character OF her
husband, gives much interesting informal
ton regarding his early life. She is living
here quietly with the 15-year-old son and
is supporting herself by dressmaking. She
says she married Mudgett in LOudon,
this state, more than sixteen years ago.
and that for long time he taught school
in Gimanton and Alton. Afterwards he
studied medicine at Burlington, VT, and
later at the Michigan university, during
which time she resided with her father at
Arbor, but returned to CINNAMON Then
she lost all trace of the man after he visit
ed her in 1888 and told her he was going
to Chicago on business until he came to
her home about two weeks ago. He only
remained but few hours, when he left
for Boston, promising to come again soon.
Philadelphia, Nov. 21.-The PitZel
mystery deepens as time wears on. To
day many theories in regard to the mys
terry were knocked in the head by the an
nouncement that B. E. Pitzel, the sup
posed murdered man was seen in Chicago
less than two weeks ago by Mr.. Ryan,
a business man of Chicago. Pinkerton
detectives have taken up the clue and it
is believed that Pitzel will be produced
within a few DAYS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29

duck hunting in small boat on Coles
river, Mass, are believed to be drowned.
Their capsized boat was found.
Joseph Dreyfus q Co., corn mer-
chants of London and Paris, who have
called a meeting of their creditors, with
liabilities estimated at 100000, are not
connected with Louis Drefuss or Drey-
fus Freres.
George Sweringer, who is under ar
res. at Buchanan, Mich, for committing
a deadly assault upon his father-in-law,
August Vetter, is also wanted in North
years ago. He will probably be surren-
dered to the Dakota authorities and stand
a chance of suffering the death penalty.
An attempt was made to wreck the
fast east-bound mail on the Lake Shore
road near Conneaut, 0. The would-be
train wreckers placed a pile of ties across
the track. Fortunately trackwalker dis
covered the obstruction and removed the
ties before the train came along.
Coke Brothers & Co., the largest indi-
vidual operators in the anthracite coal
| regions in Pennsylvania, have made re-
duction of 40 cents a ton at the mines.
Pauline Hall will sue Rev. DR.. Jenk-
ms of the First Presbyterian church at
Sioux City, Ia, because he characterized
her show as of the BLACK Crook order.
Mrs. w. II. Robinson, a wealthy wom-
an OIL Mics, MlcH., was afIeSleu Oh d
charge of receiving stolen goods. She sur
rendered several hundred dollars worth of
jewelry.
DIR. G. A. Lindsey, secretary of the
Massachusetts state board of health,
thinks that the typhoid fever cases at
Wesleyan college were caused by diseased
oysters.
-Rev. Thomas Ducey of St. Leo's
formally forbidden, it is said, by Archbish,
op Corrigan to appear at LeXoW committee
meetings.
The Compagnie Des Assurances Gen
erales is suing the American Life Assur-
ance company in Paris for damages for
unfair competition by means of pamphlets
and circulars.
The change in the insurance law of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will
permit members to take out policies for
either $500, $1,000 or $500, instead of
being compelled to carry a $500 policy, as
under the present law.
"A Vienna dispatch says that Gar
Nicholas, in consultation with the grand
dukes, declared it to be his intention to
abolish the secret court police and the state
of siege, and said that he was in favor of
the freedom of the press.
The Missouri Pacific has withdrawn
from the Western Passenger association,
which will probably go to pieces as re-
suit
The amount of gold withdrawn by the
subscribers to the new bond issue will
probably be from $S,OOO.0OO to $4,000
900.
The Thames river overfowed the
grounds of Eaton and Oxford colleges
and did much damage to other parts of
London.
United States Attorney Jackson at
Muskogee, /. T., has received a letter
from Bill Cook threatening to kill him if
he makes any further attempt to exter-
inmate the gang.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-29
ATTEMPT AT BLACKMA1L.
Young Man Arrested at Clinton, n. Y, 1of
Intimidating a Widow.


Utica, N Y, Nov. 23-Mrs:, Mary
Dwight, wife Of the late Judge Theodore
W. Dwight of Clinton, went to New YORK
city about two weeks ago intending u
spend the winter there. A few days later
she received an unsigned letter demandlns
that she leave $1,000 in certain spot near
her house in Clinton on the night OF NO.
yember 20, or her property would d
burned. The writer warned her that II
she attempted to ascertain who it W. was
that made the demand she would be killed.
Mrs. Dwight handed the letter to >I hel
brother, Dwight III. Olmstead OF New New
York, and detective was employed, lnS
detective went to Clinton, and as the IT.
suit of his Investigations, Peter Kelly, d
student at the Clinton Union school, gar
ence Kellogg, Lawrence Fitzpatrick, IAN r
lei e. Mcintyre, Bert Jones and GAVIN
Barber were arrested. Kelly made a cor
fession duplicating the others. All eXc t;s
Mcintyre pleaded not guilty and were dis
charged by the local justice.
Mcintyre, who is a member of the clasf
OF '96, Hamilton college, and son ol
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre Re- r,
fgused to plead until the arrival OF t hl'
father, who has been telegraphed 10, lOL'
Kelly. says he wrote the letter to ME-. Nls'
Dwight at the suggestion of his ASSOCIATE les
Mcintyre denies participation III 'n'
scheme