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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-08-31
School House Burned,

Last Sunday night the school house
in district No. 20, Ramsey, was
burned to the ground together with
all the books and school furniture be-
longing to the district. 1t caught
from the forest fires which have pre-
vailed in that vicinity for the past
two or three weeks. The building
and contents were insured with the
State Insurance Co., of Salem, Ore,
at $4OO, which is believed to fully
cover the loss. Prof. Hydorn, the
teacher, is trying to make arrange
ments for some building in the dis
trict where he can finish teaching his
uneXpired term. We understand that
considerable loss has already been sus-
tainee through forest dres in that
neighborhood by the burning of cord
wood, but have not learned the names
of the sufferers.
This loss of wood as we'll thousands
of dollars worth of timber IS all due
to carelessness, not exactly on the
part of those who reside in the vicini-
ty, but those who do not thoroughly
extinguish camp fires and others who
do not use proper care in clearing.
There is law in this state which
provides for the punishment Of such
wanton carelessness, but apparently
it might as we'll be strickened off the
statutes, as there SCENE to be no one
in particular to look after it's enforce
ment. This state loses annually
millions of dollars worth Of timber in
this manner.
New Telephone I'm Operation.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone Co. have completed their line
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-08-31
Notice..
To whom it may concern:

To whom 1t may concern:
Take notice that the undersigned
will apply to the next regular sitting
of the State Board of Pardons, at
Boise City Idaho, in October, 1895,
for pardon from sentence to the
state penitentiary for the term OF fif-
teen G5) years for murder in the sec
ond degree, received at the December
term, 1892, of the District Court, in
and for the County Of Kootenai. State
Of Idaho. MAJOR DARNOLD.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-08-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Messrs. Pike, Richards and Mckay
OF Spokane, friends of the Travis boys
spent Wednesday in this vicinity
hunting prairie. chickens. In the
forenoon they bagged only chickens,
but n the afternoon they were more
successful, bringing home 25.
Fred Melder has returned from a
weeks sojourn with his brother at
Spirit Valley. He says pitching hay
is very nice, but prefers setting type,
and is trying the nmbleness of his
fingers by handling the leaden mis-
les for THE SILVER BLADE this week.
The great futurity race at New
York last Saturday was won by RE
quittal," owned by David Gideon.
The stake was $53,750 and it is the
third won by Mr.. Gideon. Last year
his horse 'Butterfy" won the race
and ellis Hlghness" in 1891.
Photographer Sloan has returned to
Rathdrum after an absence of 10 days
at his ranch and is again ready for
business. His work is excellent and
if you have anything to do in his line
he will give you full satisfaction at
very reasonable prices.
Capt. Paul Webb, alias John w.
Stewart, who eight weeks ago made
the daring and foolhardy attempt to
ride down the long log chute near
Occur d'Alene City in his patent bar
rel. is no more.
County Auditor Robert S. Bragaw
and family returned from the coast
Monday evening where they had been
visiting friends for ten days. Mr..
Bragaw says times are very quiet on
the coast at present.
Miss Klzzie Bellamy, who taught
in the primary department. of our
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-08-31

The precincts yet to hear from are
the smallest and most isolated, and it
is not expected they will change the
result materially. 1t is safe to state
that the proposition to bond carried.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-08-31
Everywhere We Go

We find some one who has been cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and people on all hands
are pralsng this great medicine for what 1T
has done for them and their friends. Taken
in time Hoods Sarsaparilla prevents serious
illness by keeping the blood pure and all the
organs in a healthy condition. 1t is a great
blood purifier.
HOo&'s Pills become the favOrite cathartic
with every one who tries them. 25c. per box
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
FRUITFUL AND FaUlTLess BIDS.
Edge Moor Company w@re Unsuccessful
for the New East RIxer Bridne.

Edge Moor Company wsre unsucoessful
for the New East River Bridge.
While the Edge Moor Bridge Company
has been very successful OF late In it's com
petition with some Of the biggest bridge
building corporations In the country, II
was a little too high IN It's proposals for
large New York contract yesterday.
This was for the bridge which Is TO be
built across East river at Blackwell's Is
Island by the New York & Long Island
Bridge Commission The Delaware com
pany's bid was only trihe below that OF
A 4 P Roberts & Co. Of the Pencoyd
Bridge Company, who got the contract
The work calls for 1000 tons of metal
and the new bridge is 10 be commenced
within eight months and finished within
three years
But the Edge Moor Company did get
the contract for building a bridge 10C
feet long for the Washington Southern
railroad upon which work will bagin Al
once
Seven carloads Of bridge work, all
ready to be placed In position, we're
shipped FROM Edge Moor this morning
to Indiana, whore the Delaware bridge
builders are Just completing q large
contract
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
THE VERDICT ACCIDENTAL DEATH

The BODY OF the Man killed ON the II. 4
o. wednesday Identified as That of
DomIniciS O'Donnell.
Deputy Coroner Chandler held an in
qaest yesterday afternoon on the body
OF the man found on Wednesday night at
the Eighth street crossing of the b. q 0.
r R., badly mangled. After hearing
the testimony the jury returned
verdict Of accidental death
Last evening ths body was identified as
that Of Dominick O'Donnell, unmarried
residing With two maiden sisters, at No.
1906 King street He left his home on
Wednesday afternoon for a walk and did
not return. An hour later the accident
occurred
O'Donnell WAS native Of Ireland, but
for over half century has lived in this
city, where he was weli-known. he
was laborer. and q few years ago
was grave digger in the old Catholic
cemetery He was q brother OF John
O'Donnell, who became we'll known by
winning prize Of g. 800 or more from
the old Delaware lottery, A nephew,
John L oDonnell, and two sisters sur
vive him.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
cITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A game Of basket ball between the Central
branch of the ~. Nj. C. A. lof Philadelphia.
aud the local association will be played At
Association Hall this evening.
Mrs. -Dunham, the Salvation Army
leader, lwill speak in Brandywine NJ. e.
Church this evening.
The door OF Hope Mission will hold its
ini ial meeting this evening At 730 O'Clock At
the mis- ion, Front and jefferson streets, In
charge OF the president.
"A handsome and lifelike crRyon portrait
Of Officer John mclaughlin, Of the police
force, is on exhibition In Rudolph's show
window.
Mrs. j. L. Morrow. formerly Of this city.
but now Of Bro klyn, died In that city on
Thursday evening.
Edward 4. Brattan, OF this city. has re-
ceived reissue OF pension.
"A soup and coffee house, 10 compete with
the saloons will be opened under w. q. T. y,
management at 1.-THE corner Of Decatur and
Buttonwood streets, on Monday morning.
High tides lin the Christiana yesterday
afternoon Overhowed all the marshes and
lowlands Of the Hollingsworth and Lobden
estates.
-sheriff Gillis this morning sold the prop
erty of ia ee r. McClintock, in Christians
village, Co Harry EmmoDs for SiOo
The scholars Of Yorklyn public school
| ture by Professor II :. Goldey. on NSucces !
Assured TO the Trained" A number OF
guests were present.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
THg SUN AGREED UPON,

Ihs Law Committee OF Oity Council and
the Park oommiasion Decide on the
Amount OF the Dasirsd Appropriation.
A Joint meeting Was held last evening
between the members OF the Law Com
mittee OF City Council. Messrs. Vain
wright. Ratledge. Dannenbere, stsAts
and O'Neill and Mayor Shortlldge,
Msssrs. Bush, Bancroft and Candy, rep
resenting the Park Commission, the
thems being the amount of money needed
for improvements on the parks, and the
direct purpose being the securing
Of the sanstion of the bill TO be
presented to ths Legislature, q draft OF
which was given In the EvENIEo
JOURNAL
There was considerable discussion over
the amount, the ooncenaus Of opinion
being In favor or the bill It was de-
cldsd to ask for $3.50, 600, of which 800.
600 is to be used Ia improving the park
aud $50, 600 to be devoted to The pur
chase OF moro land. Ia addition TO thil
an annual appropriation Of $40, fol
two years and $4,000 year after thai
i will bo asked
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
Competition in Fast RaiIrond Time.

The luxuriant Florida special" express
train which began running over the
PennsylvaniA's lines through this section
recently will have to compete, now, with
another fine and improved train. The
time Of the limited train over the New
York snd Florida Short Line (the South
ern railway has been shortened so that.
leaving New York at 30 p. M, 1t is due
in Jacksonville at o'clock the following
evening. This has been arranged to beat
the Atlantic Coast Line whose Winter
train. which began running this week,
was scheduled faster.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
Tho Gang stlll At work.

The police were notified last evening
that burglars bad broken into ths resi-
dence of A. @. Wivel, Sixth and Broome
streets. sometime during the afternoon,
BY forcing one Of the rear doors Ths
family were away at the time and on their
return found everything In confusion
A quantity Of clothing and iswelry
valued in all at about $3.50 was taken.
A long cold ohisel. used In opening the
door, and cap were left behind by the
burglars. 1t is thought they are unex-
perienced hands although the frequency
with which these thefts occur, point 10
their energy, or the existence Of gang
of them
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE.
is WHAT THE HucKsTER CLAIMED
FOR HIS TEN DOLLAR ERROR.

1t Looked Very Much Like a Case of
Film FIAmming, But Nc Settled BY Pay
ing the Dinersncs-nfTs. Weber Recov-
ers Her Money.
Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
three hucksters, driving q peddlera
wagon, stopped In front Of the residence
of Mrs Elizabeth Weber, No 90l
Vandever avenue, and offered to cell her
some rabbits, of which they had a great
number. She told one OF the men that
she had no small change in the house,
but II he could change q $40 bill for her
she would take pair of the cotton tails
She WAS assured that there was plenty OF
change in ths firm.
Mrs Weber then went up stairs re
turning with two $40 bills, which she
carried in one hand and $40 bill In the
other The man cleaned a pair OF the
rabbits for her, and was given, by
mistake, one Of the SEQ bills He
returned her only the change for q $40
bill She took the rabbits In the house,
and then discovered the mistake She
ran out but the fellows had driven of,
as she was informed by way Of the
Philadelphia pike
The transaction was reported to the
police at once, and officers were directed
to look after the parties This morning
the officers found one Of the men at
Twenty third and Market streets and
brought him and his wagon to the
police station, where Mrs Weber identi-
fed him as one Of the trio. he claimed
that he was simply the driver of the
wagon which was owned BY Alexander
Teas. and had not changed the bill He
expressed his willingness to reotify the
error, however He had looked for bis
boss, he said, but had been unable to find
him, but would act for him and pay tbs
difference. This was pronounced satis
factory, aud he handed over $40 bill tc
Mrs. Weber. whereupon he was released.
The case looks like one of pure film
hsmmlng, yet one which would be
almost impossible to prove. The poles
are to be given credit for the promptnesG
with which the arrest was made, and th'
hucksters are TO be congratulated or
th-ir narrow Escape from arrest and
imprisonment. Parties should be very
careful In dealing with this class o.
merchants. as the facility with which
some Of them make mistakes. wher
benefit acoruss TO them, Is wonderful.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
GEN. HART'S LAST ACT.
Makes a Final Request in a
Circular to the Men.
PLANS COMPLETE FOR TUESDAY,

First Roglm snt and Drum Corps to Leave
WILMINGTON on Second Section of SIS
Train--Band OF Music WIN Meet Them
at Dovsr-LuAcheon WIN he Provided
atOompany d Armory.
All the general orders for the First
Regiment have been issued by Colonel
Marshall for next Tuesday, when the
soldiers win participate Ia the inaugural
parade at Dover The men will wear full
dress uniforms and overooata The
Wilmington troops, 175 in number, will
assemble at the armory. Twelfth aud
Orange streets, at 80 o'clock Tuesday
morning. After formation they will be
given In command Of the senior captain,
William Condor, of Company F The
First Regiment Fife and Drum Corps
will then head the troops on parade TO
the station
Companies, A., Q. and + will leave the
armory In time TO board the second section
of the Delaware train leaving Whining
ton at 3 10 q. m. Company H New
CASTLE, will leave Its armory In time TO
DIN A., O and T, on the above named
section and proceed 10 Dover.
The troops south Of Dover will leave
their armories In time to take the train
leaving as follows: Company | Troop
A. Laurel, ct 8 10 a m ; Company b,
Milford, Al m, Company f, Wyom
ing, 0 8s a m
They will be joined at Dover By Conn
pauy d, which will be IN waiting at the
station, together with band OF music
Immediately upon arrival company
commanders will report In person TO
Colonel Marshal. Lieutenant A. d
Chaytor, assistant adiutgnt quarter
master general, will furnish Transports
tlon and lunch at Company ID armory
and provide mounts for officers.
Troops returning north viii take the
train leaving 10 p. m, and eouth on
the train leaving 5 so p. m All
troops will be at their respective stations
Rfteen minutes before train time.
In addition to the general orders from
the colonel, circular has been issued to
all the captains by Adjutant General
Hart, as follows;
ADJUTkNT GENERALS OFFICE
WILMINoTOH, Del, Jan 10, 1898
| "CIRcULAR-- is desired that com
psny commanders exercise the greatest
care In carrying out all orders relative tC
| the inaugural ceremonies at Dover OF
the 10th inst and that each enlisted
man will so deport himself as to reflect
credit both upon the state and tn,
organization that he may represent
As this is likely my laas
official request Of the guards trust thai
every letter OF the foregoing may be re.
| spected GARRETT ]. BART,
"Ohicial. "Adjutant General.
LIEUT. A d. CHAYToR,
Act Asst Q. Nj Gen.
Lieutenant Frler, U A.. command
ant Of the Delaware College cadets, will
probably ride at the head OF the column
with the stsh and reglmental orders, th,
Adjutant general having ordered al
extra mount and equipments for
representative Of the college LieutenAn
Frier WAS In this city TO day, but sAiI
| that be had received no orders to ride.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
INDOOR ATHLETICS FOR PRIZES
7. M. @. A. Gymnasts About to Open .
Season bf AlI-r0und Contests.

Y. M. @. A. GymRasts About to Open q
Season bf AlI-rOund Contests.
Every fourth Saturday in the month
there will be indoor contests In the gym.
nssium at Association Hall, beginning
with Saturday evening, January 49,
The Y. NJ. officials have offered medals
Of gold and silver for all-round chsm.
pionship and special success In the
individual line OF sport.
The season will consist Of three
months-Janusry, February and March
and at the close Of the quarter the
prizes will be awarded at an entertain
ment. The contest for these prizes is
open to members only and the athletes
who intend to enter are already In
training for the opening night
The events for these indoor sports are
novel and will be exceedingly interest
ing. Here are some of them.
Pole vault, high Jump, pull up, Indian
club race, (this run is made to take the
place Of the field 100 yards dash
The one mile run, which will be
another feature, is made with a skipping
rope, the man to be in place and the rope
having to pass 900 times under feet to
make the mile.
There will be no admission charged for
the 6rst and second contests but there
will probably be a small fee charged foI
the third or final. which will occur Satur
day evening, March 30.
The contests will be conducted under
a schedule Of points.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
raylor.a storv 81 Hla raII.

PIERRE. S. d., Jan. l2.--The Taylor
defalcation still absorbs ell interest at the
capital. Elk Governor Mellette Is here. He
Is one OF the heaviest bondsmen, and bo-
fore the flight Of Taylor was known even
TO the state officials he wired from I.afay-
cite, Ind, that he would come here and
not to begin suit on the bonds as no would
turn everything over to the state.
As Lafayette Is tho homo OF Taylor's
father. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Mellette
would have a proposition from the bonds
men for some sort Of settlement. This ls
not true. He comes simply as an indiyid-
ual and is unable to throw any direct light
upon the situation. Ho gives some ipfor-
nation, however, which has changed the
theory on which tho people here have been
proceedlng-namely, that Taylor hos been
collecting every cent OF available cash In
order TO pinch the state and force a COM
promise.
The ex-governor has had some intimate
business relations with Taylor and ON
Thursday last went to Chicago to meet
him and straighten them. Taylor had left
the day before and although Mellette
searched for him for two days he could get
no trace Of him. He then went to Lafay-
ette and discovered that Taylor was short;
that his friends were unable to help him,
/ and that the default was inevitable.
Mellette was in Chicago on Dec. l2 and
met Taylor thare. The latter was appar-
emily I'm conference with a number OF his
\ friends and bondsmen and with Loppel-
man, whose bank at Gettysburg failed
throe months ago and who through that
| dragged Taylor down to his ruin. The
governor knew Mr.. Taylor intimately and
trusted him thoroughly.
He states that Taylor told him a short
time ago the history of the hank at Get
| tysburg and the way in which he was
caught During the panic OF Is months
ago the bank got into close quarters and
| appealed TO Taylor for help. After con-
sultinR with various bankers he loaned
$40, 600 Of the states money, all agreeing
that 60 let the bank fail at that time would
l endanger every bank in the state and
would probably bring ruin on oil the peo-
l plo As he had helped out several other
institutions, he helped this. Ho soon
found, however, that the condition Of the
institution was much worse than he had
suspected, and having placed so great a
sum there he sent good money after bad
until he had sunk 500. 600. Then came
his other losses, amounting to fully half
as much, and no was unable to borrow OF
sell.
a great amount Of property oame into
| his possession from this bank--real estate,
merchandise. stock, cattle and other arti-
olcs-and he made strenuous efforts to
sell. In this he failed and for a time his
friends helped him out They reached
their limit, however, and he was thrown
on his own resources. He could not get
money from the cast and was caught
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
A SERIOUS RUNAWAY.

Barlow a Weer's Delivery Wagon Coliides
with Nara. John M. Kogers's Carriage
and Her Ponies Run Away-A Narrow
Escape-ons Pony Fatally Injured.
The careIessness of the driver OF one
OF the delivery wagons of Barlow and
Weer, produce merchants In the Eighth
street market, was the cause OF a runa
way yesterday afternoon which, for q
time, looked rs though 1t would result 10
the killing or injuring Of the occupants
Of the runaway and did result in the
fatal injuring of at least one OF the
team.
About 4 80 o'clock Noah Brian, coach
man for Mrs John Al Rogers. Of No
1901 Delaware avenue, was driving his
team OF handsome black ponies east on
the avenue on the right hand track, as
provided by custom and law. In the
carriage were Mrs Rogers aud her z.
years old niece Belle Sturgeon, OF
Kingston, N. Y. When In front OF
the New-Century Club the team
of Barlow Il Weer was mat
going west on the same track. The boy,
who was driving, did not turn ont at ali,
and, as consequences, the wheel OF the
heavy wagon struck the hub OF the car
rlsge. swerving 1t to one side and snap
ping the tongue near the cross bar and
throwing the broken end OF the pole on
to the heels Of the ponies, which At once
started TO run
kCoachmRn Brian held bravely to his
lines and kept the frightened animals in
the middle OF the street, until Eleventh
street was reached, when he succeeded In
stopping them IN front OF Job Il Jack
sons residence Mrs. Rogers nlightsd
from the carriage with her niece and the
injured ponies were taken to Browns
stables az Eleventh and West streets.
where Drs Ewes, Jefferlss and Dickinson
we're called in. The leaders 10 both the
hind legs OF the of pony we're completsly
severed and 1t was decided best 20 shoot
1t. The other had been badly cut around
the legs but will recover.
Eye witnesses OF the accident which
led to the runaway, place the blame on
Barlow & Weers driver aud state that be
made no attempt TO turn out OF the track.
Mrs Rogers has thrown the team on
Barlow & Weer's hands aud will lsok to
them for naturalization.
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
PROFESSOR OWEN B. CAUSE DEAD.

A Native of Wilmington and Professor OF
Obstetrics for at Least Thirty Years.
DIR. owen B. Cause, who for thirty
years past has been professor OF
obstetrics at Hahnemann College, died
yesterday In his rooms, at Hahnemann
Hospital, Philadelphia, OF heart disease.
DR. Cause was born In Wilmington,
June 20, 1926. and came of an old
Delaware family. He received his early
education In this city OF his birth, and
chose medicine AS the profession he
intended to follow He spent several
terms In an allopathio college. afterward
going to the Hahnemann, from which
he graduated with honor.
While still young men-vsry young,
considering the success he achieved--hs
began the practice OF his profession IN
Trenton, and In four or q years Of hard
werk succeeded In building up large
clientele
He was summoned to the chair OF
obstetrics In Hahnemann College, ane
responded Since then, hs, for the
greater part Of the time, was registrar
OF the institution
esides bis hospital work, Dr. Cause
had also very large practice In Phila-
delphia. In 1887 he went TO Aiken, 8
O and returned to that town ever,
subsequent Winter His Summers were
spent regularly at Asbury Park
He was a member Of the American In
stitute OF Homeopathy and the Homeo-
pathlo Society, and beld cffce In both
having been president OF the latter FOL
several years
de went to Philadelphia from the soutl
last 0stober TO attend the annual dinner
Of the State Society, aud the heat ant
strain laid the foundation OF the illnesI
which resulted In death.
DR. Cause WAS married twIce-hrst II
Miss Hattie Powell OF this city, early ii
his career, and latter to Miss Sarah A
Miller, OF Philadelphia. Four daughter
and one son, DR.. Percy B Cause, survivt
him
Evening journal., 1895-01-12
TAYLOR IN THE TOLLS.
The South Dakota Defaulting
State Treasurer Caught.
THE MEMPHIS POLICE MYSTERIOUS.

rhe Authorities There Say That Taylor was
In Custody and Was Released. but wul
ne Produced When He Is Called FOR.
story Of His Fall.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 12.--william Walter
Taylor, the absoonding South Dakota
treasurer, was under arrest here yestsr-
day. but late last evening, according to
Chief Of Police Davis. he was released.
The letters on tho prisoners person from
Pierre, Chicago and New York leave no
room for doubt says Chief Davis, that he
Is the man wanted, but as no replies we're
received from kilograms sent to those cities
Taylor was turned loose.
An air Of mystery hangs over the case.
as Taylor was not locked up and the fact
Of his arrest carefully kept, even from the
policemen. until after 1t was claimed he
was given his liberty
Chief Davis was loath to speak but says
Taylor is under surveillance and will he
rearrested II wanted. The opinion prevails
that Taylor is still in custody and viii be
produced when wanted.