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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
ADDRESS TO CHRISTIAN CITIZENS
Appointing Thursday, Oct. \. "A Day
OF Prayer for the Country.

Chicago, Sept. 21.-At a mass meeting
called by d. L. Moody today in the Y.
III. c. A. auditorium, composed OF min
listers, laymen and Christian people, the
following resolutions were adopted:
TO the Christian Citizens of the Unit
ed States: In common with large num-
Der of our fellow citizens of every religi-
Gus and political creed, we believe our
nation is In the throes of a great con-
hict, portending the most serious conse-
quences, unless there be a merciful IN
terposition of the divine hand. We believe
this to be true Independently of any set
Element of the presidential contest. one
way or another. On the one hand that
mysterious factor known as public con-
fidence, is declining, as illustrated by
the depression in both financial and in
dustrial circles, while on the other, the
political class. and even sectional feeling,
Is running unusually high, and likely
to become intenser as the day of cleo
ton draws near.
Not only is it true that questions re-
curing the most careful and dispassion-
ate consideration are very likely to be
determined in many instances by the heat
OF passion, but after their determination
the results may prove baneful over a wide
surface and for a heightened period. We
would not view the situation, perplexed
and foreboding as it is outside of its
relation to mind Of God. We believe in
His presence and agency among us. He
Is governor among the nations and Will
be entreated of his people. But we be-
lieve this to be ia time for Christian
patriots TO follow he example of our
10, efathers in the earlier crises which
have confronted us, and pray unitedly to
Him that keepeth covenant and mercy
for them that love Him and keep His
commandants,' that He should visit us
with His especial grace.
we therefore affectionately invite and
earnestly urge our Christian fellow citi-
zens throughout the length and breadth
OF our land, irrespective of denomination
al or political utilization, to join with us
in observing Thursday, October s, as
day of fasting, confession and prayer to
Almighty God, that He will allay passion
and restrain evil among us; that He will
strengthen faith and inspire hope; that
He will impart wisdom and bestow patti
ence and that He will forgive our in
EQUITIES as a nation and grant us His sal
Vation.
I'VE would further respectfully recon-
mend that in addition to gatherings held
ar the usual places of worship on that
day, union meetings be arranged for in
the afternoon or evening, where all may
come together to unite their hearts and
voices in what we are persuaded is
common cause -
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
MET WITH A CRASH
UNION PACIFIC AND MONTANA
UNION TRAINS COLLIDE.
Accident Attributed to Mistake OF
the Train Dispatcher-Engin
and Firemen Jumped.

Butte Mont, Sept 20.-By a collision
between the Union Pacific express from
Salt Lake and the west. due here at IL Is
a m, and train on the Montana Union,
bound for Anaconda. near Rocker. four
miles west of here, at 11;l0 this morning,
the engines of both trains and express
and smoker of the Union Pacific train
were wrecked, and the following were
hurt:
John Murray of Leadville. Col, both
legs badly bruised Dan Green of Lead
Vile, Col, leg slightly hurt; Quinn Muir
ply of Red Cliff, COL slight bruises on
the legs; Joseph O'Brien of Butte, in
Jured internally in the lower part OF the
abdoman; Charles J. Justice of San
Francisco, both feet badly bruised; J. II.
Elliott of Baker City, Or. right leg
bruised left side confusion; julius ia
cobs of Butte, legs slightly lacerated.
The above are all passengers. M NJ.
Burdick, a news agent, received a slight
confusion of the left cheek and several
bruises on the legs. II. F. Fisher, bag
gageman, slight bruises; A. Il. Jones.
mail clerk, fractured forearm and head
bruised.
All the injured were on the Union Pa
cihc express, which uses the Montana
track from Silver Bow Junction into
Butte The passengers hurt were all IN
the smoker which was telescoDed for
third OF its length by the express car.
The accident is attributed to conflict
ing orders. The trains were to have
passed at Silver Bow Junction. 1t Is
said that the dispatcher subsequently
released the Union Pacific train, and
failed to change the orders to the Mon
tana Central train. The trains met
straight piece of track. the express
going % miles an hour and the mixed
train Is miles,
The engineers of both trains reversed.
put on the air brakes and then jumped.
with their firemen. None of them were
hurt. The trains came together a mo-
ment later. Both engines were demOl-
ished. The express car of the Union Pa
cifc train jumped the track and tele-'
scoped into the smoker The passengers
and news agent injured were all in the
forward part of the smoker. The passen-
gers of the mixed train were in the car
at the rear of the train and escaped
with a shaking up. The injured were
brought to this city and taken TO the
hospitals.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
DETAILS OF CAPTURE OF DoNGOLA
Commander Beatty Makes an Onic-
inI Report.

FL Hafr via Kerma on the Nile), Sun
day, Sept 20.-The following official de-
tails of the capture of Dongola, the Der
wish stronghold, have been obtained. The
gunboats engaged in the capture of Don
gCla were the Tamai. commanded by
ROugemont after Commander Colville
was wounded; the Aboukeler, command
ed by Beatty, and the Matenmeh com
manded 10y Oldway. They arrived mere
late in the afternoon. Commander Beat
~, who assumed command of the three
gunboats, reported as follows
I'VE arrived at Dongola early in the
morning and made fast to the east bank.
BY this time Colville was able to resume
command, and the operations against
Dongola began with bombardng at go
yards range. We Immediately perceived
that Dongola was not defended. and
force was landed, which captured guam
tity of treasure, all the Dervish books
and also seven grain-laden boats l was
now able to see the effect of the Dervish
fire ON the gunboats. The Matenmeh
was struck by one shell which injured
her gun fittings and her boilers. break
ing the safety valve. The Dervish rifle
fire was essentially good
The wooden parts of the upper decks
were simply riddled and the sides of all
the gunboats showed hundreds of hits
Beatty received a bullet through his he'll
met and armOr. Richardson was woun1-
ed in the body. He has since died. On
board the Tamai five men were wounded
On the Aboukeler six men were wounded.
and one man was wounded on the Ma
tenmeh. Commander Colvlle is recOv-
eTng rapidly"
At the time Wad Bishara was wounded
he had just received a letter from the
khalafa, and ordered out of his tent ev-
erybody except the messenger who had
brought it and two blacks Shortly after
wards a shell from one of the gunboats
burst in the tent. killing the messenger
and the two blacks and wounding the
Dervish leader in the chest and head.
The main body of Anglo Egyptian
troops. under Sir Herbert Kitchener
started for Dongola on Monday night.
El Hafir (via Kerman-on-the-Ni le).
Sept. Alt is reported that Wad Bishara.
the commander of the Dervish forces.
has reached the vicinity of Dongola, on
his retreat from this place. and is pre-
pairing to oppose the Egyptian advance.
Wad Bishara's wounds are severe, but
not mortal.
The Dervish troops are deserving in
large numbers to the Egyptians.
Queen Victoria has telegraphed her
congratulations to Sir Herbert IIitch-
ener.
Major Jackson's battalion has found in
the desert an enormous quantity of am
muniuon, including a number Of boxes
of Nordenfelt ammunition, which are
known to have belonged to Hicks Pasha's
Inflated force, which was annihilated in
the interior Of the Soudan in the former
war with the AIahdi.
Wnd Is in DOngOIa Again.
London, Sept N.-Ihe Standards El
Hahr dispatch says that Wad Bshara
has reoccupied Dougola.
A Rome dispatch to the Standard saws
that i'm consequence of the occupation OF
Dongola by Wad Bishara the governor
Of Massowah has ordered the garrison at
kassala to be reinforced.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
EUGENE V. DEBs ExoNERATED
Railway Men Hear His Story at Gal
weston.

Galveston. Tex. Sept. 21.-Eugene "
Debs, president of the American Railway
Union. and formerly secretary and treas
urer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen. today addressed a note to the
biennial convention asking that he be ac-
corded an audience at the pleasure of the
convention. This note was received and
acted upon in executive session. Word
was sent to Mr. Debs that he would be
heard this afternoon.
Mr.. Debs made his talk. and was fol-
lowed by Editor W. S. Carter of the To-
connective Fireman's Magazine Grand
Master Sargent. Secretary Arnold and
Chairman Haynes of the board of trust
ees.
Mr.. Debs invited interrogations from
the delegates, and he was subjected 20
running fire of questions. The Debs mat
ter occupied from 4:3O until p. m. About
6:45 o'clock a resolution was offered ex
onerating Mr.. Debs and 1t was passed
unanimously.
Mr.. Debs then thanked the convention,
and his closing remarks. which betokened
fellowship and good feeling, were received
with applause
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
HISTORY OF THE GREAT STRIKE
Three Thousand Wage Farmers
Were Involved.

Leadville. Sept. 2l.-The miners strike
OF which tonight's lawlessness is the out
come. began three months ago yesterday
when at II o'clock at night the men IN
two or three of the leading mines walk
ed out. The union scale of wages in
Leadville was s. for everybody, but in
1893, when the price of silver dropped
below GO cents an ounce. an agreement
was made that $3.50 should be accepted
for some classes of work until silver
should return to SO cents. This agree
ment the miners afterward declared was
unfair as many of the mines paid large
dividends. II was to enforce the orig
inal scale of 50 that the men struck
About 5000 men were involved
Within the last two weeks several
mines have resumed work. and this week
the output has been 1900 tons daily
against 1000 tons before the strike
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
MURPHY's NEW PENSION REPORT
Gnin of Only 154 over the Previous
Year.

Washington, Sept. H.-Dominic l. Muir
ply, commissioner Of pensions. has made
his annual report for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1896. to Secretary Francis
He says: There were added to the
rolls during the year 1854 new pensioners
and there were restored 1878 who had
been previously dropped, total of a.
24L During the same period the losses
were 1888 by deaths and l14l by remar-
riage Cwidows), 1854 by legal limitation
(minors), 1852 because Of failure to claim
pension for three years and 1923 for other
causes, an aggregate of A O93."
The net gain over the previous year
was only 154, and it may safely be IS
sumed that the roll will show a marked
and steady diminution unless congress
should enact stin more liberal provisions
than are now upon the statute books.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
sILvERrrEs IN NEW YORK CITY
You'd Like to Have John Boyd
Thacher Decline.

New York Sept. 2l.-The meeting of
the democratic state committee called for
tomorrow night is causing much discus
sion and speculation tonight. Chairman
Danforth said the meeting would simply
be to elect successor to w. +. Sheehan
as national committeeman and to attend
to the details of the campaign. 1t is ru-
mored, however. that Senator Coffey of
Kings county will voice the sentiments of
the silver men on the ticket, and ask thc
committee to use the power delegated to
il by the state convention and name a
new candidate for governor
John Boyd Thacher has not yet declined
or accepted the nomination, but it is un-
derstOod he will act in the matter as the
committee desires. 1t is because of this
situation that Senator Hill is expected in
the city tomorrow to take charge of al
fairs and watch the meeting. 1t is gen
orally believed the state organization rep
resented by Hill and Murphy hold a ma
jority in their grasp, and therefore the
sllverites will be defeated.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
ENGINEERS MEEr AT DnNvEr


Denver, Colo, Sept. a.-The list semi
annual session Of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers commenced i'm this
T.. G. Salisbury Of Trenton. n j.. II. S.
Chamberlain of Chattanooga, Tenn. pre-
sided. Papers We're read by f. G. Smith
of South Dakota and L. S. Austin and I.
A. Richard of Colorado. After adjourn
mcnt the delegates were rendered a &c
ception mt the residence of Rich ard
Pearce, the British vice consul, who is
also general manager of the Boston
Smeltlng CompanY.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
CARRY EVERY WESTERN STATE
That Is the Opinion of Hartman of
Montana.

Chicago. Sept. 22-Chairman Jones Of
the democratic national committee, SEN
ator Cannon of Utah, and Congressman
Hartman of Montana and Shahroth of
Colorado held a conference today. 1t is
stated on good authority that the CON
test i'm Idaho between the silver repub-
leans, led by Dubois, and the democrats
and populists seeking to defeat Dubois
for reelection, was under discussion. Re
garding the campaign in the west, Hart
man said:
IL think Bryan will carry every west
ern state, excepting possibly Wyoming
] do not think there is any waning Of the
silver sentiment"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
FUSION TICKET IN LEWIS COUNTY
Convention Puts UD Full List of
Candidates.

Chehalis, Sept 22.-Lewis county fusion
ists nominated the following ticket: For
senator. Joseph Hin: for Representatives.
Fhn Smith and G. b. Richmond; auditor.
Albert SchOOley. treasurer, II. j. SPOON
er; sheriff. J. L Baker; surveyor. IT. r.
Henry; attorney. A. T. Tugwell; clerk
W. d. Langhorne; assessor. Z. NJ. Boyles:
superintendent of schools, T. G.. Tucker
Elliott, for superior judge, was Endorsed
by the fusionists. The democrats got the
clerk. sheriff and one representative.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
THE GRAIN IS NEARLY ALL CUT
POtIntch Warehouses Are Holding
the Wheat

Kendrick, Idaao. Sept. 19.-Threshing is
pretty we'll advanced in the Potlatch, and
the favorable weather of the week has
proven a blessing. Nearly all the grain
is cut and another week Of good weather
will about complete the threshing. The
roads are in excellent shape and the va
rious grades are lined with loads Of
grain going to the warehouses. which are
rapidly filling up. Scarcely any grain is
being shipped The tendency seems TO
be for storage. which promises to over
tax the capacity OF the local warehouses
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
Great Fusion plan at Tacom.

Tacoma. Sept. 22.-The populist-demo-
cratic-silver republican and national pro
hibitionist party held a convention today.
Conference committees were appointed
but no fusion had been effected by mid
night. There Is no doubt that this will
be accomplished by morning.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
Sir Michael Was First.

London, Sept. 21.-Six horses started In
the race for the Regulation plate at
Kempton Park today. Enoch Wishard's
mare Damsell II. was one of the starters
and ran third W. w. Fulton's Sir Men
ael was first. and Theo Canon's Chrisoma
was second.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26

indianapolis, Sept. N.-Grancas A.
Coffin was found guilty Of completely in
wrecking the indianapolis National bank,
and who was refused a new trial by the
United States supreme court, was this
morning taken to the penitentiary at
Michigan City, to serve out the sentence
OF eight years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26
Fitzsimmonn Arrcstch-

New York. Sept. H.-Robert Fitzsim-
mons, pugilist has been arrested on an
Indictment accusing him Of agreeing to
engage in a prize fight with James ]
Corbett.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-26

am here tonight in The attitude of q
candidate Tor tne presidency of the Unit
I'd States. L undertook TO enter into this
contest and do what i could to insure efo-
cess TO the cause Of the party. I did not
believe then there was "a single delegate
to the convention that expected 1 would
or could be elected to the presidency. The
indianapolis convention was not com
posed of democrats who would first vote
the ticket and then read the platform
nor was it composed of that particular
class of democrats who flourish with so
much vigOr in this noble state of New
York. It would not be possible for any
delegate to that convention to vote for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
Prizes with baking powders mean they
are inferior. DR.. Prices is the best.
AMERICA TO RETALIATE.
German Insurance Companies in This
Country Will Suffer.

Official information from Washington
has been received in Berlin that the
United States government will close out
all German insurance companies doing
business in the United States unless
Prussia rescinds her measures against
American insurance companies prevent
ing them from doing business in there.
The difficulty referred to in the fore
going paragraph originated last year
when the New York Life, the Equitable
and the Mutual Life insurance compa-
MES received formal notification from
the Prussian government demanding an
immense quantity of statistical informa-
ton. Moreover the Prussian govern
ment desired to have the system of book
keeping altered to suit its convenience,
so that the companies had either to adopt
Prussian forms for their head Office work
in that country. or of mourning the ex-
pense of retabulating the matter in a
fashion satisfactory to the Prussian
officials.
The Equitable, rather than submit to
these conditions, returned its concession
to the Prussian government. The Mu-
tual Life and the New York Life en-
deavored to meet the demands made of
them, but fresh difficulties arose and
their concessions were cancelled during
the last few months. The impression
prevails that the true reason why the
American companies were harassed in
this way was because their enterprise
was thrusting the German companies to
the wall.-New York Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09

was his custom while away to entirely
avoid all mention of current events, partic-
ularly of political nature, but now on
returning from his walk he carefully
scans the newspapers"
New Years day brought the anniversary
of the proclamation of Queen Victoria as
empress of India. That day is always
observed with considerable ceremony.
The tribute of Indian shawls arrived op-
portnnely on Wednesday,. The Prince
of Wales ON Monday next is to visit Low
made magnificent preparations to receive
him. The party will go out shooting
daily.
The New Year honor list contained two
surprises, Sir Frederick Leighton, Bart,
president of the Royal Academy, being
elevated to the peerage and Alfred Austin
being made poet laureate of England.
But both were well received.
The new act for the protection of mar
ried women went into effect on Wednes-
day last and on Thursday following there
The justice to whom the applications
were made explained that wives could
leave their husbands and claim alimony,
but he added, the act afforded no remedy
for women living with their husbands.
Among the applicants was married
man seeking relief from dissipated wife
The magistrate explained that the act was
not passed for the purpose of relieving
| husbands.
There We're two special novelties at the
theaters during the week. Sidney Grun.
dy's THE Late Mr.. CASTILLO" at the Com
| edy and "a Woman's Reason" by Chas
Brookfeld and e. G. Phillips at the
| Shaftesbury. The critics praise the lat
ter and Truth pronounces it the best play
| produced in 1895.
The duke of York's theater is closed
Tommy Atkins" having proven com.
plete failure.
Realm, the weekly newspaper of which
Lady Colin Campbell was editor, is dead
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
A BIG MEETING YESTERDAY.
A LARGE COMMITTEE OF CITI-
zENs IN SESSION YES
TERDAY,
LOOKING 70 THE STATE CONVENTION
A Movement to Secure the First State
Democratic Convention for This
City-A Committee of Ar
rangements Appointed.

Yesterday, per previous arrangement,
large committee of representative citi-
zens met at the Office of Mr.. A. s.
Walker, Jr., to take some steps looking
to the securing of the State Democratic
convention to elect delegates to the Ma
tional convention, to meet in this city.
For some time now, Mr.. Walker, who is
member of the executive committee,
and a number of prominent Austinites
have been interesting themselves in Sc
curing this convention for Austin. Those
interested in securing the convention
a suitable meeting place, and if the exec
utive committee sees fit to choose Austin
for this convention they may rest as
sured that all Corners will be well enter
tanned. At yesterdays meeting COM
mittee was appointed to take Immediate
steps looking to the securing of a suitable
hall for the meeting, in case Austin should
be the fortunate winner in the race.
In this connection it is well to state
that Austin's chances are exceedingly
good for this convention, and with the
slightest possible effort we can win the
prize. Most of the committee are favo-
ably inclined toward Austin for this first
convention, and it is the general belief
that we are winners, but of course we
will have to do little hustling on the
side.
The people of Austin and the State of
Texas should awaken to the fact that
this convention will be one of the most
important ever held, and this year may
even exceed the State convention in its
general Importance. The fact that upon
this occasion the silver and sound money
wings of Democracy will clash will be
the cause of the disturbance and it is
safe to say that 5000 people will be in
attendance upon the convention, where
ever it meets. The meeting itself will
in all probability witness a lively scrim
mage for supremacy as between the two
factions and the struggle will be both
bitter and long. There could be no
better battle grounds than Austin for
such q convention, and here is where
the factions should meet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09
VENEZUELAN GOLD MINES.
Account of the Natives and the Mineral
Wealth Craved by England.

The region which is attracting the at
tentiOn in Venezuela, owing to the disput-
ed boundary question between that coun-
try and England, involving the principle
of the Monroe doctrine, is, with the excep-
ton of the Yuruan river country, almost
unknown, owing to the difficulty of COM
munication. The districts of the Yuruan,
SupamO, Akreka, Cuyuni and Mazaruni
are inhabited by Indian tribes, in their
primitive and savage condition.
Count de Mombello, who knows the
country well, says great natural riches
abound. Gold is found in quartz veins
and mixed with sand in the beds of the
streams; also on their banks, few feet
below the soil.
The famous El Callao mine, in this dis
trict was discovered by washerwoman.
On the Yuruan she found lump of quartz
containing gold. The mine gave to its
stockholders an annual dividend of $780,
600 per share. There were SO shares of
stock, two of which were bought by the
Rothschilds at 100000 share.
There are many other mines near these,
but on account of the expense and the
difficulty of communication they have not
been developed.
What is required is a railroad, which,
as there are no engineering difficulties,
could be constructed for $15,000,00
Twenty mining companies would at once
go to work, which would insure an annual
profit of not less than $3,000,000.
The Venezuelan government has given
a concession for railroads to several Flu
ropean bankers, but the English govern
ment has always interposed in some way.