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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
Story of BIoodshed Recalled in a
Land Contest.
The COMPLAINT OF A WIDOW
Accuses Her Dead Husband of Fraud and
Misrepresentation to Ac-
quiTc Title.

The sequel to p bloody drama, with
Pine City as the principal scene, has
been related to the officials of the Uni
ted States land office at Spokane. One
man shot to death, one dead in jail, one
shot through the arm, one sent to the
penitentiary, with the other partici-
pants still at swords points. is a brief
epitome of the action, covering a period
of six years.
In an affidavit of contest against
James Hunter for homestead in the
Pine City neighborhood, Jane Lewis
states that Hunter, when a newcomer
in the country entered into an agree
ment with her husband. John Lewis, by
the terms of which he was to pre-empt
the tract near their homestead in his
own name, but in reality for Lewis
Lewis agreed to pay him 81 a day for
all the time that he was employed on
the land, furnish the necessary proVis-
ions and lumber for sheds, give him IL
horses, then worth $50 to SIS a piece,
and the use of the improvements, in
Guiding a small house and granary. In
consideration Hunter was to deed the
land to Lewis as soon as he obtained
his final receipt from the land office.
Mrs. Lewis states that she was present
when this agreement was entered into
and heard the conversation. and also
witnessed it's fulhllment, on both sides.
Back of ali this John e. Pearson filed
a homestead entry on the land. He was
driven off by force and threats and his
house was demolished.
Hunter was convicted of shooting one
Cough in the arm and was sentenced tQ<
the penitentiary. Lewis and Hart were
tried for completely in that conflict and
We're acquitted subsequently Cough
shot and killed Hart near Oakesdale.
Lewis was arrested for cattle stealing
and Mrs. Lewis joined him in executing
a trust deed to w NJ. Ridpath, as COM
pensation for his services as attorney
Lewis was convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary, but died of heart dis
ease in the Spokane county Jail.
The purpose of Mrs. Lewis is to break
down Hunters title, carrying with it
the transfer to her husband and their
joint trust deed to Ridpath. She also
seeks to remove the cloud created by
PearsOn's filing, by a contest against
him on the ground of abandonment of
the land. Her plan is to establish the
facts that Pearson did not comply with
the law and that Hunter obtained his
title by fraudulent representation new
er at any time intending to hold the
land in good faith as a homestead This
would restore the land to the public do
main and she could then take it up in
her own name, she being now a widow
and having never exhausted her home
stead right.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

Ashantee when Viscount Wolseley. now
commander-in-chief of the British
army. made his memorable war against
the savage monarch in 1873. In Koffee's
palace We're found several rudely made
hogsheads heaping full of gold dust. It
is hard to estimate the value of a barrel
of solid gold, but it runs away into the
millions.
Prempeh inherited all of these barrels
of gold, and he has added to them.
Whenever any of his 100000 subjects
collect any gold they have to turn over
the best part of it to the king. No one
knows how much Prempeh is worth,
least of all himself. 1t would not be a
rash statement to say that he may be
the richest monarch in the world, for all
his wealth is in gold He may be worth
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
Prempen and His Royal Chair Of
Solid Gold.
ENGLAND'S GREAT CONQUEST
Millions of Subjects and Thousands of
square Miles Added TO Vic
toria's Donna II.

King Prempeh, with his 1888 wives,
his old plug hat, his state umbrella ard
royal chair of solid gold to say nothing
of millions of subjects and thousands of
square miles of land, are all now the
property of her majesty Queen Victoria.
Ashantee has fallen almost without a
struggle and a vast territory believed
to be reeking with gold will soon be COB
bled up by commercial England.
The riches of the land in the Trans
vaal, which the sturdy Beers have kept
under their supervision to the aggra-
walton of the English, will, it is thought
be discounted by the gold of Ashantee
If King Prempeh's country pans out as
expected, England can well afford to
stop her intrigues for the domination of
the Transvaal and concentrate her at
tention upon developing the newest ac-
QUESTION.
There are 100000 subjects of King
Prempeh in the Ashantee country, and
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

$500 900, 900, and he is certainly not worth
less than 500, 900. 900.
If he were financier and knew how
to dispose of his findings to commercial
concerns he could probably sell out for
more than $4,000. 100000. He sits on
chair or stool of solid gold which four
muscular blacks can just carry. The
weight Of this stool is about 500 pounds.
A pound of gold is worth $780, and 500
pounds means $3.50, 900. Therefore Prem
peh owns the most valuable stool in the
world.
How much he will have of all this
year from now when the ravenous
hands of the English have been delving
into his treasures, it is quite easy to
conjecture. In the expressive language
of today, it will probably be Nit"
A GOLDEN VISTA.
If the Ashantee savage, without an
atom of tutored intelligence, blankly
ignorant of the rudiments of gold min
ing, can accumulate all this treasure,
what will the English do. fortified by
science, skill and mechanical appli-
ances? Surely a golden vista is opened
up, which is dazzling to contemplate.
And England won all this with scarce
ly a struggle. But it will be a struggle
to maintain it. To combat the customs
of a people who have lived in savage
freedom for thousands of years. and
who enjoy strength and vigor amid
the deadly miasma which kills the
European like a shot, is no mean task.
Besides, the Ashantee is a fighter. He
is tall, muscular. and knows how to
use the modern rifle. Prempeh, in his
dealings with traders saw that civili-
zation might be copied with advantage
in few things. The white man who
burdened himself with clothes he re-
garded as an imbecile. The white
man who contented himself with a sin
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
Origin of the Loving Cup.

The best account of the origin of the
loving cup says an article quoted in Cur
rent Literature, comes from the late Lord
Lyons, British ambassador at Paris. Ac-'
cording to his narrative, King Henry of
Navarro (who was also Henry ". of
Franco, while hunting became separated
from his companions, and feeling thirsty,
called at a wayside inn for a cup of wine
The serving maid, on handing it to him
as he sat on horseback, neglected to pre-
sent the handle. Some wine was spilled
over, and his majesty's white gauntlets
were soiled. While riding home he be-
thought him that a two-handled cup would
prevent recurrence of this so his majes-
ty had a two-handled cup made at the
royal pottery and sent it to the inn. On
his next visit he called again for wine,
when to his establishment, the maid hav-
ing received instructions from her mis-
tress to be very careful of the kings cup)
presented it to him holding it herself by
each of its handles. At once the happy
idea struck the king of a cup with three
handles, which was promptly acted upon.
as his majesty quantity remarked. Sure
ly out of three handles 1 shall be able 10
get onew Hence the loving cup.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
SeattIe's ARMY POST.

Seattle Times: The Importance of Sc
curing the army post for Seattle is such
that we can not suppose for a moment
that there will be any difficulty in raising
the comparatively small sum Of cash need
ed to secure grounds. The money would
come back to the city in the first month
after the work on the post began. 1t
would pay the farmers of King county to
put up the cash required rather than have
the post located elsewhere. There is no
one matter, nor, for that matter any half
dozen matters, that can be accomplished
for some $4,000 each that will be half so
beneficial to Seattle and vicinity as the
establishment of this post. The outlay d.
rectly and indirectly in connection with
the post will be fully $1,000 a day after it
is once established. Some of this will be
spent elsewhere. but a very large pro-
portion of it will be paid out in Seattle.
Surely this is too good a thing to lose.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

the poorest of them wear ornaments of
the purest gold. The lOwliest Ashantee
woman, whose wardrobe begins and
ends with a small strip of reed grass
worn about the hips. has gold beads on
her ankles, gold chains around her neck,
gold bracelets on her arms. gold rings
on her fingers and gold in her ears. If
she knew enough she could clothe her
self from head to foot in gold and do the
same with her numerous progeny.
No one knows how much of the pre-
cious metal there is in Ashantee. Iron
and copper also abound there, but these
have been practically cast into the
shade by the golden glamour permeat-
ing the savage kingdom. King Koffee,
the predecessor of Prempeh reigned in
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
his Business DuII.

AZ would give you something to eat &"
said an east end housewife to a tattered
tramp, eff 1 were satisfied that you We're
worthy 1t is against my principles to
support idle people, and 1 don't think YOU
ever work"
'I haven't worked lately" replied the
suppliant, but it is not my fault. There
has been nothing to do at my line of bust
ness for a long time. 1t has been impos-
sible for me to get work"
what is your trader
'Pm a snow shoveler. ma Pitts
burg Chronicle-Dispatch
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
NAMES OF MONTANA POST OFFICES 4
Only Twenty Left TO be Spelled as Two


There are now but 20 postoffices
in Montana that have two words in
their names, says the Helena Independ-
emit All the rest have been made one
word, even including Greatfalls. To
the average outsider it may seem that
there is no reason for the change, but
the men of the postOffice department
say that il is not arbitrary and sense
less ruling at ALL but that it really
makes a good deal of difference in the
course of year or so. 1t is the cler-
ical force that is affected by the change.
There are some offices that will prob
ably resist the efforts of the depart
ment to modernize them. These are the
ones still left untouched: Crow Agency,
Columbia Falls, East Helena, Fort AS
sinniboine, Fort Benton, Fort Custer,
Fort Keogh. Fort Logan. Fort Magin-
mis-, Iron Mountain, Jefferson City.
Jefferson Island, Logging Creek, New
Chicago, Saint Ignatius, Sun River.
Twin Bridges, White Sulphur Springs,
Washington Gulch. and Washington
Bar. Not all of them would look well
if the rule We're applied.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

gle wife he looked at with contempt
The white man who could not see the
glory of human sacrifice he deemed a
heather. But the white man
and his magazine rifle he looked
up to with respect How
many pounds of gold he gave for the
fine rifles and ammunition with which
his army of $4,000 men are equipped no
one knows.
But the rifles availed him nothing.
The handful of Englishmen who a few
days ago penetrated to Coomassie, the
capital of Ashantee, dismayed and over
whelmed the royal forces by shooting
skyrockets and harmless pyrotechnics
in the night time. If a million devils
were loosened amid Prempehs warriors
greater CONSERVATION would not have
been caused. They were literally fright
ened to the verge of death.
ROYALTY IN BATTLE.
The English are now in command
at Coomassie. Colonel Sir Francis
Scott, a soldier of experience in African
warfare, is at the head of the English
forces, and will exact many promises
from Prempeh. He is accompanied by
Prince Christian Victor, eldest son of
Frlnce CHRISTIAN OF SchleSWlg-H
who was famous at oxford as a football
and cricket player and general good
fellow. He Joined the Ashantee expe-
dition to win military glory, and has
been successful.
Coomassie is a queer place and the
stories which the English soldiers will
bring back will be worth reading It
has two long streets. Prempeh doesn't
know half Of his wives even by sight
There will be one praiseworthy result
of the English conquest of Ashantee
Human sacrifice will be stopped. The
slaughter of Prempehs subjects on
feast days in the grove near Coomassie
will cease and should Prempeh die 2OOO
men and women will not be killed to ac-
company him to the great unknown, as
was the custom on the deaths of all
his predecessors.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
EGYPTIANS WERE FOND OF BEER
The Egyptians Also Were Acquainted
With the Art OF Brewing

With the Art OF Brewing
James Knapp Reeve in an article on
What Men Drink" that appears in the
February Lippincotts, says that coffee
was first used in Abyssinia in A. d. SIS.
Tea is a much more ancient drink, for,
according to Chinese tradition, the viz
tues Of tea were discovered by the En-
peror Chinnung, 2737 B. c. Pepys mem
tions in 1860 drinking tea for the first
time. Beer is likewise not a modern
beverage. The early Egyptians We're
fond of it and Archilochus, 700 b. c.,
says the Greeks were acquainted with
the art of brewing. Whisky is of more
modern origin, for il was first made
and named by the Celts of Ireland and
Scotland in the middle of the 18th cent
ury. The use or invention of wine is
as old as civilization; it was ascribed
by the Greeks to the gods.
The ancient Britons knew no drinks
except water, milk and mead, a not very
dangerous intoxicant, but the Roman
soldiers introduced them TO their IA
vorite beverages, beer and vinegar. TO
which they soon became attached. The
growth of the ingredients for and the
manufacture of drinks of all kinds give
occupation to so many hundreds of
thousands of human beings that.
viewed in one light, the unquenchable
thirst Of man is a great boon to the in
dustrial world.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Beidelman were the
proud parents of a bouncing girl yester-
day. Mr.. Beidelman says his daughter
takes a most cheerful view Of the differ
ences between the Hypotheek and
Binkley & Taylor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
~ Hurnoo Manure

Davenport Times: The sheriff of Spo-
kane county has been trying to provide
for all of his relatives in and around tb<
court house, and has got himself into
trouble over 1t. Human nature is about
the same whether a man is a populist or
a plutocrat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15

Kanspell Inter Lake: A war would be
a great calamity, but it would make a
great market for Flathead spuds and
grain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24
rnE SILVER TIDAL WAVE.


No Danger of Being Overwheamed with
Money.
The advocates of gold recommendation
never weary of depicting in loud colors
the horrors of the silver flood which
would set in should the United States
declare for the free coinage of silver.
But they never explain to us the exact
modus operandi. They tell Us glibly
enough that there is about s., 500, 600 600
Of silver money in the world, and that il
we adopted free coinage the nations OF
the world would begin pouring their old
coin and bullion in upon US. and that
they would unload eventually all their
white metal upon us. In addition to this
the earth would be scraped for silver
and this, too, would all be dumped upon
our shores.
Now, the silver money of the world
may be divided into two almost equal
parts. One-half of it circulates at its
market value, while the other half cir
culates at nearly twice the market
value. The silver money of the United
States, England. France, Germany and
other European nations is worth about
twice as much as the silver of which it
is composed. 1t is therefore evident
that none of this kind of money would
be dumped on us for the very simple
reason that it wouldn't pay. This
point can be made clearer by illustra-
ton. Suppose that France should
adopt the free coinage of gold and sill
yer at the ratio of sixteen to one, what
profit would there be to anyone to
dump" the money of this country upon
France? Nobody could buy up Amer
lean dollars for less than a dollarapiece.
It will therefore be seen that if We
should adopt free coinage we would
have nothing to fear from the silver
money of Europe, generally speaking.
1t was estimated in 1895 that the then
silver standard countries had the fol-
lowing stock of silver money: Russia,
Al 900, 600; India, $4,000, 900; England
in Asia (Ceylon straits settlements and
Hongkong), 110.000,O00; China, 725 ,000,-
600; Central American states, S.u00, 900;
South American states, 10000, 600; Mex
leo, $4,000, 900, or together 1,91 100000
American gold dollars.
Now, how much of this money would
flow into the United States? Which one
of the silver standard countries could
afford to part with any OF its silver!
Russia has none to spare. The per
capita of India is only 1882, and it
would be of no use to India to invest her
silver in American products, and cut
down her circulating medium stillm
The per capita of China is only $1.s3,
and ostill further contract her currency
by pouring her silver, which is now
scattered all over the land, IN upon the
United States would be a suicidal
policy.
Indeed, there is no reason to antici-
pate that there would be flood at all.
There is not a nation in the world that
would have any interest in such course,
so that all this talk about a silver flood,
when examined critically, is seen to be
mere leather and prunella.-Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24
ON WHICH SIDE. PRAYq
The Goidlts Fear of National DIshonor
Exmmfmass

The tsoidite Fear Of National DIshon0w
Examined.
Some OF the goldite newspapers have
been rejoicing over the fact that GER
tain Clergyman OF note has come out for
the gold standard. Said this reverend
doctor: The issue is not over national
disruption (as in 1861 but over national
dishonor, and patriotism again sum-
mons Us to sink our partisanship in our
love of country"
The hundreds of thousands of good
men, including clergymen of as high
standing as this man, whose belief in
the goldite doctrine is now paramount
will not tamely submit to the imputa-
ton that they favor national dis
honor"
1t was q national dishonor" to de-
monetize silver in the surreptitious
manner in which it was done in 1873
Abraham Lincoln called such a contrae-
ton of the currency "heinous crime"
Instead of its being a national dishonor
to undo that wrong and simply restore
our currency to where it was before, it
is, in the view of millions of voters, a
national dishonor" to continue the OPP
preston to the producing and working
classes Of our people.
When the people did not know what
had been done and were not informed as
20 its far-reeching evil consequences. it
might have been held to be dishonor
to the congress who brought il about
under the influence of the money lend
ers of Great Britain, but that the nation
was not responsible. But now that the
issue is clearly before the nation, If
majority of our voters should decide to
perpetuate this wrong and fasten upon
our country. for years to come. the gold
despotism, it would be consummated
and deliberate national crime. The
'dishonor" would certainly attach to
the nation as a body politic.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To purify the water cooler, either
porcelain or zinc lined, pour little
vinegar ON a clean cloth and wipe it
well once or twice a week.
To clean the silver spoons and forks
in everyday use rub them with q damp
cloth dipped in baking soda, then pol
ish them with little piece of chamois
skin.
Though not as choice as embroidery,
linen is now sometimes marked with in
delible ink in q fashion so artistic that
it looks like etching, as the crests and
letters of any size, in any text, are done
TO order.
In giving medicine in liquid form to
an infant place the point of the spoon
containing the medicine against the
roof of the mouth. Administering 1t in
this way II will be impossible for the
child to choke or eject the medicine.
A new laundry bag for handkerchiefs
and small pieces is of blue linen with
the top lined with white. On the RICH.
side of the bag is worked an empire
torch, held at the base by bow knot
with floating ends. The design is
worked with embroidery floss in chain
gtitchs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24
CHAPTER XIII.
Qua FLIGHT AND HOW IT ENDED.

How came this lady here, Maya. and
wha: does she scelI?" the senior asked.
Il do not know how she came
GaSped his wife. Il had begun to pre-
pare myself for sleep when, looking
into yonder mirror, | saw her behind
r1e having in her hand a naked knife
and searching the room with her eyes.
Presently they fell upon the cradle,
and. lifting the knife. she took a step
toward it. Then | turned and gripped
her. holding ner as well as / was able.
but she was too strong for me and
dragged me forward. so that had it not
been for Ignatio here by now she
would have made an end of our child. -
is this true?" said the senior to
Nahua.
ut is true, white man, she answered
why do you desire to kill one so in
noccnt?" he asked again.
lis il not natural that ! should wish
TO destroy the child who is to supplant
ray child. and to break the heart of the
woman who has broken my hcart?"
Nahua answered sullcnly. Among
many other things / have learned,
white man, of that ceremony which is
70 take place tomorrow, whereat my
husband is to be deposed and my child
dishonored, that they may make room
for you and your child, you. the white
y:,,:t3ercr, and your. son. the heaven
born. the foreorG2ia6d."
What have we to do with these
things. O woman with the heart of a
puEna?" he asked. IF Tilzal is TO be
driven from his place, it is because of
his crimes
And I You and yours are TO tic set
in il. white man, without doubt it Is
because - your virtues: and yet. black
hearted lInave that you ere, tell yoI
that / know all the truth. / know
how you forged the prophecy setting
the false for the true within the holy
symbol of the heart. | know also that
my father helped you to the deed, for,
he is dead, he wrote down
that tale before he died and gave it to
me, together with the true prophecy
that you dared TO steal from the holy
sanctuary
'.Yes, have the proofs. and when
needful | viii show them. did not
come here to do murder. at least upon
the infant. but the sight of il sleeping
in its cradle overcame me. and of a
sudden i determined TO wreak my ven-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-24

There is no indication that free silver
has carried the farmers off their feet.
1t is true that the free silver men have
never claimed that their influence had
become very strong in the east, out
side of Maine, in which the greenbacIk
party was vigorous. But If the result in
Vermont has any significance on the
question, it is the other way. But if
anyone thinks it indicates the general
result at the November election he is
mistaken. 1t is not sufficient. The
fight this fall is to be settled in the west
central portions of the country Even
though the election in Vermont were
more decisive than appears it would
not settle the case in the upper Mis-
souri, valley states. There the fight is
to be made. No man there cares how
Vermont goes. The only interest in it
is the indications it may give of the
spread of the free silver doctrines as a
cult.-MilwaHkee journal.