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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
THE PENSIONERS TOOK CURRENCY
Little Attention Paid to a Circular Tell
ing Them 10 Demand Gold.

Topeka, Kan. Aug. 5.-The following
circular was distributed among the old
soldiers of Topeka and Shawnee county,
who today visited the United States pen
sion office to draw their quarterly allow
ance from the government:
Comrades, halt! You are entitled to
gold in payment of your checks. Demand
it. DO not accept deprecated currency"
The pensioners are paid by checks,
which are cashed at the Topeka banks.
This circular was evidently prepared by
a bimetalist, who wants to show that
there is not enough gold in the banks to
pay the pensioners alone, aside from doing
the other business of the country. 1t has
also been suggested that this may be part
of the Sovereign boycott of national bank
notes. 1t is not known who delivered the
circular.
over 800 pension checks were paid at
the Bank of Topeka today, only two men
asking for gold. One was a customer and
was given the yellow metal. The other
was somewhat insolent and was told to
get out OF the bank.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
OMAHA HAD AN ORDERLY SUNDAY
The Special Policemen Guarding the Jai
Dismissed and sent Home.

The Special Policemen Guarding the Jail
Dismissed and sent Home.
Omaha, Aug. fittings have been
quiet in the city today. The fire and
police board last night decided that it
was not necessary to maintain an ar
my of policemen at the police station
to defend them from an attack of a
mob. Accordingly the rs special police
men that had been on duty for the pre-
ceding 80 hours were ordered to turn
in their stars and go home, but to be
prepared to answer a call at any time.
Chicago, Aug. "A local paper says:
The crop of corn this year will be the
largest that has ever been known. 1t is
estimated at the present time that it will
exceed by 200,OOO,O0O bushels the record
of any previous year. This condition did
not exist a month ago. At that time
continued drouth in nearly all the corn
states made the outlook dubious for an
average yield. But the rains came, heavy
and continued showers, just at the time
most needed, and today prosperity hovers
closer over millions of homes than foi
many a year. How much depends on the
corn crop is realized by few The CROP
win bring more money, if marketed, than
all other grain products combined. The
estimated yield of corn for this year is
from $3.50, 600 to 2,5OO0 900 bushels. Al
the present price, which is 80 cents fol-
December or May delivery, the crop viii
be worth 100000, 600.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
AN eLEcTRocu1loN AT SING SING
Richard Leach Legally KILLED for the
Murder OF Ills MISTRESS.

Murder OF Ills MISTRESS.
Sing Sing. N. Y, Aug. 5.-Richard
Leach was electrocuted at 11:1O. Leach
tress, after frequent quarrels. on &C
count of the attentions paid the woman
by her uncle. S. II. Moore. The crime
was committed November Is. 1894. AT
ter cutting the woman's jugular vein.
Leach tried to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with the same knife.
Seventeen hundred volts were turned
into the body. and the current was re-
duced to 300. after which 1t was again
raised TO 1900 and reduced to 300. The
current was turned on one minute 81 sec
onds before he was pronounced dead.
Leach tainted before the current was
turned on.
The witnesses entered the death
chamber at HOS. Electrician Davis
then made the usual test of the electric
apparatus, by placing 25 incandescent
lamps on the chair. lie explained that
this was the amount of the current
which would be sent through the con-
demned mans body Warden Sage went
to Leach's cell at II 10 and told him
tlldl MS Nllllc udQ Cutie LSeitH ~
ly responded: II am glad of it. warden;
l am ready to go"
Before he started for the execution
chamber, he asked Warden Sage to give
him the lock of hair of his dead wife,
which he had among his effects when he
was first brought to prison. He told
the warden that he wanted to die hold
ing this lock Of hair in his hand. The
request was granted.
Leach, leaning on the arm Of the
chaplain, DIR. We'll, entered the chair
at 1115. He was very weak and al
most Immediately after he sat down
in the chair. he tainted. He was in this
condition when the fatal shock was
turned on. After the current had been
on one minute and 81 seconds, it was
turned off and the doctors gathered
about the chair and began to eXamin
the body. There was no sign Of pulsa'
ton or heartbeat and the doctors at
ter comforting for a minute or two de
cided that a second shock was unneces
sary and pronounced the man dead. Tn,
body was then removed from the chair
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
PETER MAKES A BAD MISTAKE
Says the Silver Agitation Is dying Out
in The W est.

Says the Silver Agitation Is Dying Out
in the west.
New York, Aug. 4.-Senator PETER of
Kansas lectured today at Prohibition
Park, Staten Island, on THE Labor
Question, a Moral Question"
To an interviewer the senator said:
1.-THE silver question is the leading
question of the hour, but at present the
agitation is dying out in the west.
This is strongly marked during the
last six or eight weeks. I think it but
a temporary SHOCK however, and that
the sentiment is strong with the peo-
pie. Still there are no more public
meetings now and the discussion that
continues is kept up by the newspapers
alone.
Il think" he said, that the silver
men in the democratic and republican
parties will be swamped when it comes
to elections. They will talk silver, pro-
test their allegiance to silver and all
that, but when the time comes they will
grit their teeth and stand their medi-
cine. They will vote with their par
ties"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
THE CAPITALISTS BECOME ALARMED
a Recent Decision of Judge Ross Ma!
InValidate Other bonds.


San Francisco, Aug. 5.-Holders of
California bonds of all classes are
alarmed at the recent decision of Judge
Ross of Los Angeles, declaring the
Wright irrigation law unconstitutional.
Bankers believe that the decision, if it
stands, will not only invalidate out
standing irrigation bonds, but that it
will have the like disastrous effect up
on all sorts of securities of the same
character. The most serious phase Of
the case is that it may nullify the mil
lion of dollars worth of municipal
bonds which have been issued by the
various cities of the state to cover the
cost of municipal Improvements. The
capitalists of this city will probably
combine to appeal from Judge Ross
decision. OF $3,00O,000 in irrigation
bonds located by local capitalists 3d.
100000 were owned in San Francisco.
The remaining 81 ,OOO,O 900 is held by Ger
man and Swiss capitalists.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
A skRMlsH WITH CUBAN REBELS
Auxiliary Troops Said to Have Scattered
Matagas Band.

Auxiliary Troops Said to Have Scattered
Matagas Band.
Havana, Aug. 5.-Lieutenant Colonel
Molina, at the head of a force Of auxil-
larry troops, in skirmish today with
the insurgents commanded by the
well known leader Matagas, at Sabana
Torres, near Rosario Veja, province Of
Santa Clara, dispersed them. The in
surgents left five dead and had many
wounded. Among the killed was Cap
tain Jose Reyes Cabrera, whose body
was fully identified. On the side Of the
troops one corporal and one guerilla
were seriously wounded.
Lieutenant Ruiz, at the head of a
squadron of cavalry, has had a brush
with the insurgents commanded by
Botonos at Seborucal, province of San
ia Clara. The insurgents lost three
killed and eight wounded. Captain Ca
nadas exchanged shots with the insur-
gents commanded by Bermudez and
Numez. The insurgents had five
wounded.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
THESE MUROERERs ARE DOOMED
Zeph Wyatt Dying and Cherokee Bill
VIII surely lang.

South Enid, O. T., Aug 5.-Zeph Wyatt,
alias Dick Yeager, the notorious bandit
is still alive but fast siuking. He has
three 45-calibre Winchester bullets in his
body, two of which are lodged in his in
testines. When told that he was sure to
die he made a partial statement, admit
ting his identity and requesting that his
father be sent for His father William
Wyatt, lives near Guthrie, this territory,
and is known as "Six-ShOoter Bill" A
deputy United States marshal stated that
the pursuit and capture Of Zeph Wyatt
had cost the government 10 or u brave Of
ficers and private citizens and not less
than $4,000.
Fort Smith. Ark, Aug. 5.-"Cherokee
Bill" will meet swift and speedy justice
for his last crime. The United States
court convened today and within 80 min
utes the grand jury returned an indict-
ment for murder against him for killing
Jail Guard Heating. He pleaded not gull
ty and his case is set for trial Thursday
morning.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
TERRIBLE FATE OF AN ANARCHIST
After WOuudiug a Victim. His own Boml
Tears Him TO Pieces.


Tears Him TO Pieces.
Douai, France, Aug. 4.-During the
fetes in the mining districts of Anyche
to celebrate the jubilee of NJ. Vuille-
min. manager of the Anyche Colliery
Company, an anarchist named De-
coux in the crowd fired five revolver
shots at NJ. Vuillemin while he was
leaving the church. Three of them took
effect, though the wounds inflicted were
not serious. Directly afterward a tire
mendous explosion was heard and De-
couX's body was hurled several yards,
while 10 of the bystanders were thrown
to the floor and injured by the explO-
sion. The father of Decoux rushed
upon the PROSTATE body of his son and
kicked him, exclaiming: "Canaille, as
sassin." Decoux had been carrying a
bomb beneath his coat and it was pre-
maturely exploded. Decoux was dis
emboweled and terribly mutilated and
expired Immediately. He was dismissed
from the colliery after the strike in
1898.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
BREAD RIOTS OCCUR IN TABREz
Troops Dispersed the Mob. killing 20
Trouble Continues.

Teheran. Aug. 4.-The scarcity of
bread and the closing of the bazars
to prevent disorder has led to serious
rioting in Tabrez. The troops dis
persed the rioters. 20 of them being
killed. A mob carried the corpses to
the Russian consulate and demanded
protection against the soldiers. The
consul thereupon visited the governor,
who promised a reduction in the price
of bread. Nothing has been done in
the matter and troops were still firing
on the mob when this dispatch was
sent.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
TRIED TO DO HARM TO DURRANT
A Crank Made a Rush for the Alleged
Murderer, but Was Restrained.

MuIuGIeII DuI W ds INSsII dIHCu'
San Francisco, Aug. 5.-The first at
tempt to do violence to Theodore Durrant,
on trial for the murder of Blanche Lee
mont in the Emanuel church, since his
incarceration was made today as the de-
PENDANT was leaving the court room. The
prisoner was in the custody of the chief
jailor when a wild looking man rushed
from the crowd toward Durrant with the
evident intention of assaulting him. The
Tailor threw him off before he could reach
Durrant and the assailant tried to draw
a pistol. He was seized by two deputy
sheriffs before he could aim his weapon.
1t is believed that the assailant is insane.
A seventh juror to try Durrant was Sc
cured at the morning session of the court
in the person of II. J. Smythe, a retired
farmer.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
TENTS FOR SMALLPOX PATIENTS
Negro CoIonists Returning From Mexico
Certain of Care and Attention.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Surgeon General
Wyman of the marine hospital service
has ordered that a number of tents be
sent from Detention camp at Waynesville,
Ga, and TO Eagle Pass, Tex, for use of
the colored smallpox patients in refuge
at the quarantine at the latter place. The
federal authorities are also supplying
guards through the customs service to
keep the negroes from scattering and
spreading the disease.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
AN ENDlcoTT DRUG STORE ROBBED
Rough Characters hanging About Town
Suspected of the Burglary.

Endicott, Wash, Aug. 4.-Robbers
broke into T. H. Logsdon's drug store
last night prying open the front door.
About $40 worth of jewelry, cutlery and
other articles was taken. The postof-
flee in the same room was undisturbed.
An attempt was also made on the En-
dicott Mercantile Company's store, but
it failed. Numerous hobos have been
seen in town during the last few days
The robbery is supposed to be by some
of them. No further clew.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
ACCIDENT TO A YACHTING PARTY
Boat Overturned and Two Pleasure Seek
ers Were Drowned

Brooklyn. Aug. A sudden squan
this afternoon capsized the sloop yacht
Ella S., of the Excelsior Boat Club, off
the foot of Ninety-third street. The
yachting party, composed of John
Strand, his three sons and Arthur Hem
mingway. were thrown into the water,
but Strand and two OF his sons man.
aged to seize the boat and were res
cued. His eldest son, John, and young
Hemingway were drowned.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
YOUNG NOT WORKING FOR OFFICE
The PopuIist Leader Denies a Statement
Recently Made.

Recently Made.
Pullman. Aug. 5.-To the Editor: In The
Spokesman-Review of July % there ap-
peared an article headed, "Populist Cam
didates for Governor; st. Lawrence, the
Blind Orator, Doomed in Parts Of This
Section" In this article it was stated that
&C. w. Young is reported as being in the
race and working hard for the nominal
ton" While I do not object to anyone
blowing his gubernatorial horn or having
it blown, I do object to these misstate-
ments. In regard to myself, the state
ment in regard to my working for Office
contains no truth whatever.
c. w. YOUNG.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10

San Francisco, Aug. 5.-United States
Judges McKenna and Morrow today fixed
the date for the hearing of the appeal in
the Stanford case at September 10. The
appeal is on the demurrer of the Stanford
estate to the suit of the United States in
the action for s20,OOO.O0O.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
VICTIM OF CABLE CAR ACCIDENT
Charles Dunlap. a Railroad Man Died il
Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Charles Dunlap,
general superintendent and assistant
manager of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railroad, died in this city this
morning. Mr.. Dunlap was one Of those
injured in the accident in Berinston
chute Thursday night, but at that time
it was not thought he had been serious
~ injured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
Mountnin CIimbers sntter.

Tacoma, Aug. 5.-Homing pigeons sent
out by the Union with mountain climbers
have returned with messages stating that
Fred r. Cowden, Walter M. Bosworth
and Fred Evans have been badly frozen
in attempting to reach the summit Of
Mount Rainier. The messages state that
the wind is blowing a gale. The pigeons
were released at the height OF 1900 feet.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
bread Riots Continue.

Teheran, Persia, Aug. 5.-The bread
riots in Tabrez continue. The mob has
wrecked the house of the governor, who
resigned his authority and promises a
reduction in the price OF bread.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
Church struek py lightning.

QuakertoWn, Pa, Aug. 5.-Ihe Method
list church was struck by lightning yester-
day and 20 persons Frustrated. Minnie
France is in a critical condition. DR..
Bowman had just pronounced the benedic-
ton when the bolt struck the belfry,
Wrecklng the building
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
TEXAS PoPOusT CAMP MEETING
Movement on Foot for a Fusion With
Free Silver Democrats.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 1.-The proceed
ings at the state camp meeting of the peo-
ple's party of Texas opened in the heat of
the day with an attendance of several
thousand, which increased rapidly as the
evening approached, and the grounds of
Sportsman's Park were thronged when
Judge Nugent spoke tonight. There is
movement on foot for a fusion with the
free silver democrats, who are in session
here at the same time.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
Mnshing1nn Yisit postnoned.

London, Aug. s-The international ge-
ographical congress today adopted the
committees recommendation TO hold the
next meeting in Berlin in 1896 and post
pone the proposed visit to Washington.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10

Yokohama, Aug. 5.-Continuous rains
have ruined the crops in many parts Of
Japan and famine is feared. Many lives
have already been lost and the damage is
enormous.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
A WONDERFUL MACHINE OPERATOR
Denver Linotype CompOsitOr Challenges
the World for a Contest.

Denver, Aug. 4-Eugene Taylor, who
recently broke the worlds record in
agate composition, has now made rec
ord of 76,30O ems, minion, in eight hours
on a linotype machine. He challenges
any operator in the world for match
in tYnesetting.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-08-10
Massacre of NIissionaries.

Shanghai, Aug. 3.-Advices from Foo
Chow say a telegram received there on
the third says a fearful massacre of
Christians occurred at Ku Chong. Five
foreign ladies were murdered.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
ABE TAYLOR EXECUTED.
Paid the Death Penalty for the
Deliberate Murder of a
Rancher.
Calmly Awaited His Doom in th
Darkened Room of the Colorado
Penitentiary.

CANON CITY, Colo, Dec. 13.-Abe
Taylor was executed in the State peniten
tiary at 7: 40 o'clock tonight, the hanging
being witnessed only by the officials desig-
mated by the State law. The execution
was done in the execution-house and was
without special incident.
Taylor was calm in demeanor and re
signed to his fate. He took his place on
the platform in dark room and the auto
matte mechanism to spring the drop was
set in motion.
There alone he waited the few moments
until the platform fell away, leaving him
suspended in the air. The physician, the
Warden and the Sheriff OF Rio Grande
County were in an adjoining compart-
ment and at the proper time the physician,
having pronounced life extinct, the body
was cut down and laid out for burial.
Abe Taylor murdered ranchman
named Marshal Emerson of Alamosa in a
most cold -blooded manner. He had no
sympathy from acquaiptances, and a
speedy trial resulted in conviction. A
new trial was refused, the Supreme Court
declined to review the case and the Board
of Pardons unanimously voted not to in
terfere.
Taylor and his partner had stolen lot
of oats, Loaded them up in a wagon and
taken them to Alamosa TO sell. The Mar
shall had been notified to watch for the
men. On locating them he told them he
would have to arrest them, but they could
get bond and go on about their business.
In the meantime he would hold the oats.
Taylor agreed, and the Marshal climbed
on the wagon seat with them and they set
off for livery stable, in which to leave
the oats. The horses baked and the two
thieves got off, the Marshal taking the
reins. After an unsuccessful tussle with
the horses Taylor pretended he was trying
to regain his seat on the wagon, but drew
a revolver. A duel ensued IN which Tay-
lor killed the Marshal and was himself
shot through the shoulder. The motive
for the killing was so slight and the Mar
shall so popular that it was only by the
utmost tact that Taylor was not lynched
after he had been captured
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
DID NOT LOVE STILL WELL,
That Is What the Wife Told the
Son Of the Wealthy
Packer.
Some Interesting Testimony Given
During the Trial of DR.. Hearne
for Murder.

BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, Dec. BIN
the trial this morning of DIR. J. C. Hearne
for the alleged murder of Amos ]. Stlllwell
IN 1888, r. II. Stillwell, son of the muir
dered man, was placed on the witness
stand. He told substantially the same
story as related in his dispositions in the
suit against NJ, III. de Young. He said
that while the domestic relations between
the wealthy packer and his wife were
seemingly pleasant she had told him (the
witness) that she did not love her husband
and wished that she had married younger
man.
Mrs. Hearne sat directly in front of the
witness, eying him closely as he testified.
Undisturbed by her gaze the witness was
subjected to a severe cross-examination by
Attorney Dryden for the defense, but his
testimony was not materially shaken.
Young Stillwell was on the stand until
$50 O'clock when a question arose as to
the advisability of admitting as evidence
certa n documents, when he was excused
with the understanding that either side
could recall him tomorrow.
The documents are the reports by the
Pinkerton Agency regarding the murder
of Amos Stillwell. Young Stillwelrs
cross-examination was ruinous to the State.
Harry Nickol of Litchfield, ILL.,, followed
Stillwell. His testimony amounts to moth
ing. Susie Hayward will probably tell her
story tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
SPREAD OF A BIG BOOM,
Rush of Fortune-Seekers to the
Mining Camps of
Colorado.
Steady Sale for Dividend.Payers
Among the Higher-Priced
Stocks.

DENVER, CoLo., Dec. 13.-Local hold
ers OF stocks are attempting to realize,
with the result that majority of the list
of gold stocks show slight decline in
price. Orders for the dividend-payers
seem to increase and purchases of the
high-priced stocks increase in volume.
Application blanks from the New York
Consolidated Exchange were received by
the Golden Fleece Company to-day, evil
IDENTIFY showing determination of that
body TO take hold of mining stocks from
Colorado.
The sawmills at West Creek cannot sup
ply the demand for lumber. Two busi-
ness lots were sold yesterday for $500 each.
The new arrivals number from thirty to
fifty daily. Several companies have begun
to sink shafts to explore the formation
and seek the veins supposed to be similar
to those of Cripple Greek. A town-site
company has been organized to sell lots at
Cottonwood. New gold bearing veins are
reported from the mountains above George
town, near the Humboldt mine and Dead
Man s Lake.
An assay of amazing gold values is
unauthentically reported from that dis
trict. Georgetown and Silver Plume
miners are wading the SHOWS up Magnet
trail to the scene of the latest gold dis
covery.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec. 13-
The bear element seemed to be In posses
sion of the stock market to-day and
succeeded in hammering down several
stocks, though no systematic attacks were
made. Consolidated dropped four points
from yesterdays close on rumors of un-
favorable smelter returns, but at the after
noon call it advanced three points, and
closed firm. The general list was weaker,
but the holders as a rule refuse to part
with their stock. Total sales for the day
at the three local exchanges were 81, 140,-
675.