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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
IN JUST 27 SECONDS
MAHER WHIPPED STEVE O'DoN-
NELL IN SHORT ORDER.
Three or Four Hard Punches on the
jaw and the Australian
Was Out.

New Yor,., Dec. 25.-It took Just 81 sec.
onds' time for Peter Maher, the Irish pugi-
list, to again demonstrate his superiority
In ring tactics and hard hitting qualities
over Steve O'Donnell, the Australian box
err in the arena of the Greater New York
Athlet4c cl,b ar conav Island Rotb ,,,on
were In excellent condition and trained
to the hour. Each of them was confident.
but Makers hackers made him hot fav-
orIte by laying odds ranging from to s
to l on the Irlshman's chances of win
ming. From the outset Maher never Ieft
the result in doubt. He rushed at O'Don-
nell the moment tba rafarae called inc
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31

In the 90 years that Dr. Pierces Pleasant
Pellets have been sold, hundreds of thou
sands of people have taken them, and have
been cured by them. There is no longer
any possible question of their efficacy.
They are the product of experience, tried
by time. They are intended to cure con-
stipation. They are good Tor men, wo-
men and children. They are tiny, sugar
coated granules, very easy. to take, very
quick in their action. One Pellet " is
gentle laxative, two "Pellets mild
cathartic. A great many people make
the mistake of sandbagging their di-
gestive organs. They take some strong
and violent medicine, which creates
worse troubles than it cures. Strong
purgatives shock the system unnecessar
lily, and they do not cure constipation.
Constipation is thing that makes poo
pie listless and languid; makes their
breath bad; wakes them up with foul
taste in their mouths; puts black spots
before their eyes; makes them dizzy;
causes headache; makes them bilious
produces pimples and blotches-runs into
all sorts of serious consequences. All this
is cured by DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets
cured absolutely, perfectly, permanently.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover cost of
mailing only, and receive absolutely gratis,
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical AID
wiser, and find out how to keep yourself and
family healthy contains 1908 pages, over 3oc
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been sold at 81. so each. The new edition of
500, 900 copies is to be given away ABSOLUTELY
/'ee. Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
Catarrh of the Kidneys and
Bladder.

Catarrh of the kidneys and bladder re-
suits in two ways, first by taking cold;
second, by overworking the kidneys in
that have been absorbed from catarrh
which affects all organs. Please note
whether you have any of the following
symptoms:
Do your hands and feet swell?
Is this more noticeable in the morn
ngs?
Are they cold and clammy?
Is there pain in small of back?
Is the urine dark and cloudy?
Does a deposit form when left stand
ing?
Is there desire to get up at night?
DO you see spots floating before the
eyes?
Are the eyes dull and staring?
Is there bad taste in mouth?
Have you pain in top of head?
Is your hair getting gray?
If so, is it silvery white?
Is the skin dry and harsh?
Is The hair dry and brittle?
is there nausea after eating?
Has the perspiration bad odor?
Is there a puffiness under the eyes?
Are there dark rings around the eyes?
Is the skin pale and dry?
Has the skin waxy look?
Do you see unpleasant things while
asleep?
Have you chilly feelings down the back?
Do the joints pain and ache?
Do the legs feel too heavy?
Should any of these symptoms fit your
case you should either write or call .on
lla.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
THE ANGRY CATTLE men
WAR WITH SHEEP OWNERS ~ =. !
MINENT.
Ranges Claimed to Have Besr -
vnsfated by the Feeding OF N.
Woodworking stock.

Denver, Dec. 25.-Advices received fro-.l
Routt county indicate that war hat,va.-
the cattle men and the sheep men ma.
break out any day. For the past To-,
days the cattle men. ranchmen ana ots'A
ers interested in maintaining the range.
Oh houtt county for the benefit of cat-S
tie, have been congregating In the NORTH
western portion of the county at n nol,,,
on Lower Snake river. The men ca,,os
IN twos and threes and In comnan,o.
numbering as many as 35. Every man ~
well mounted and armed.
Mess wagons accompanied many of tba,
large outfits. and every preparation an.
pears to have boon made for a ]enrthv
campaign There are fully $50 men in two
camps on the Snake river. Military r,,a
mas been adopted and the men are diva
ed into companies. each company havtne
captain, with commander in chiaf n
charge OF the entire force No one n
aioweo 10 come or go without being
satisfactorily accounted for. This pre-
caution Is due to a report which was re-
ceived to the effect that Grit and Jack
towards. the principal sheep owners.
have secured the services of a large force
Oh men to meet the stock men.
Inc present trouble has been growing
Tor some months. and feeling has been
running high, especially in the Brown
Feek country, where the greater portion
OF the sheep are now ranging The
brown Peek men say their cattle range
IS being utterly devastated by the sheep.
Inc stock men will request the sheen
men to remove their sheep across the
boundary line, and IL they refuse, will
assume the task themselves and main
tain a guard to enforce the boundary.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
WEEKLY WHEAT LETTER.

Chicago Dec. 81.
chicago wheat closes for the week
about where 1t did last Saturday. ,,he
bulls feel as If it had been after all, their
week rather than the bears, because a
good deal has occurred to help out the
sellers without their maintaining any
substantial advantage The December
government crop report pronounced II aI-
most perfect with all increased acreage.
There has been large deliveries of cash
grain by Armour That in spite Of these
helps the shorts have no profits at the
close today, was why the bulls felt it had
been their success rather than their op-
pCrents.
The Weeks clearances have been I'D to
average, 3,524,000.
The visible decrease Monday. almost
double what was expected and promises
10 Keep decreasing. Argentine adyices
have been explicit that the first new wear
supply of wheat for Europe. the volume
Oh which has of late been the January
consideration with grain men the world
over, would be scant. An Increased for
eien demand would find very small sea-
board stocks-about 1900 900 bushels
would hnd no Duluth stock to draw from
ana would be compelled to go to Chicago
and pay all rail rates This Is whv new
export buying would make bulls of ali
classes, and is the one thing about which
tpe whole market controversy now cen
ters.. 80
STOCKS or wheat in leading ports No.
vember 18th, were19, 900 900 bushels apainst
zo.ooO,OO0 last year, and stocks in the unit
ea kingdom ports II, 100000 bushels against
2Z'soo'ooO bushels one year ago. making a
total decrease in Russion and English
ports OF l725O,oOO bushels as compared
WIN 1879. Australia has pretty well drain
en- une racine coatss and millers through
out this country were never in as close
quarters for material to run as at pres
ent. Pe'
reports from the growing winter wheat
says 1t Is damaged by fly and the late cold
snap. III this proves true and the people
In the winter wheat belt start In buvins..
with the other strong conditions in This
cereal, we are likely to have lively time.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
WAS A PREACHER FROM OLYMPIA
Michigan Investors Say They Were
Fleeced by Rev. j. II. Chaplin.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 25.-William
Abrams of Alamo, Mich. and Rev NJ D.
Lanphere of Grandvlle, came to this city
this morning to institute criminal pro-
ceedlngs against Rev. John r. Chaplin
Tor obtaining money under false preLenses
out after consulting the prosecuting at
torney found that criminal action would
not hold
Chaplin used to be CONGREGATIONAL
munster at Ostego six miles from Alamo 80
SAID Abrams. He returned from Olym-
pia, Wash, in August 1892. and Represent
ed himself to be the president Of the
west Side Railway Company of OLYMPIA
lie had charter that his company had
obtained under the state law, and said
ne mad money to go right ahead and fix
things up to pay 200 per cent He lee
tured in the churches and worked the
cnurch people hard. His agreement would
call Tor his taking back any OF the stock
arter six months, II the purchaser did
not want 1t, and everything looked safe
enough. l mortgaged my farm for $50
ana bought 10 shares of his railroad stock
He said could not lose and | Thought
ny the terms of my contract that | could
not one man. II. l.. Mortgage. of Allie.
gan. went west, came back and told us
tnat ne round nothing but a lot of brush
On Cnaphn improved property, and three
quarters OF mile of street railroad that
had already been sold on an execution
Tor $500 or S4O0 Lanphere is in the deal
Tor y75, Mortgage had $500 invested: II,
r. Shut g. Co. are out $3.50, and Judson
TOSS or Ostego dropped $1,000. We are
looking for him."
Abrams went to the hotel where he sup
posed chaplin was stopping this after
noon, only to learn that he had left the
city on Saturday TO go to Charlotte and
NASHVILLE. While here he was pushing
.ne interests or the Puget Sound Uni
versity Co.. for which he was endeavor-
Ing to secure investors
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31

feet. Each wing will contain so lockers
There VIII be big reception room and
cafe, which will be elegantly fitted ur
There also will be ladies' parlor, with on
immense open fireplace between the Two
entrance doors. grand promenade
through the wings and main building will
be one of the leading features. The win
dows Will be so arranged that all three
sets Of traps may be seen at once. Over
the large or central building is a pavilion,
so arranged that it may be inclosed with
glass for the winter. The birds will be
stored in a spacious cellar.
The interior walls and ceilings will be
covered with burlap, which will be paint
ed. All woodwork will be painted white
The building will be lighted with cleo
tricity. The arrangement of the traps will
allow three matches to be SHOT at the
same time. The trappers, pullers and
dogs will be secreted near each set of
traps. Speaking tubes and electrical ap-
pliances will be put in. The club house is
a combination of the Ideas of Phil DAILY.
Jr., Walter Murphy and the late John S.
Hoey who decided to erect a club house
where many of the unpleasant features
of pigeon shooting would be happily
missing.
One of these Is the presence of dead and
dying birds lying about the grounds The
growing adherence of cruelty made such
a feature repellant, and it was thought
best to eliminate 1t from the new grounds
The man who pulls the traps and the dogs
with their handler are in sunken cubby-
house. just at the right of the scorer; the
mems heads appear just over the level CT
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
sALMoN's VALUE AS A FOOD FISH.
Interesting Review by the United
states Fish Commission.


Washington, Dec. pam interesting re-
Wow of the salmon fish conditions Of this
country is made In the renort of the Init
ad states esb communicable, on ar,,eo,a,
- 7'''''o'' o'' '"e "o''e
nc So'i''usio' ieacneu Is unat' aiuhoush
nature evidently designed that quinnal
salmon shall not take up its abode on the
American shores of the Atlantic its breed
ing serves legitimate and valuable pur-
pose In maintaining dts supply species In
It's native waters Of the Pacific slope. This
is made especially apparent by the enor-
nous drafts made upon these fish by can
neries and by the yearly increase An con-
sumption of fresh and sailed salmon.
The report further says: when the
government first operated the Clackamas
station In Oregon 1t yielded 100000 sal
mon eggs year, but 1t is too near civil
ization to prosper long as a salmon breed
Ing station, and has been given up as IA
collecting point. Some unsuccessful at
tempts have been made to establish sal
mon-b breeding points In the basin of the
Columbia river, and also to secure auIn-
nal salmon eggs from the smaller Califor-
MIA streams flowing into the Pacific
Salmon are on the increase in the Sacra-
monto and Cloud rivers"
In answering the question of what is
tho result of all this great labor and
expenditure extended over so many years
the report contends that the salmon out
look is encouraging, but 1t makes this
disheartening review of an old scheme
to restock depleted salmon rivers on the
Atlantic coast. When government work
In salmon broodlng was begun ON the
Pacific coast 1t was supposed that that
coast had enough salmon to spare. and
1t was the intention of the commission
to increase the salmon on the Atlantic
coast by restocking its depleted salmon
rivers.
The highest hones wera antartatnaa IN
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
DESERT TO BLOSSOM LIKE A ROSE.
scheme to Turn Arid Lands Into tn a
Richest of Oases

Omaha, Dec. 25.-H w. Campbell. a
prominent soil culturist of Sioux CITY.
has been In Omaha several days on bust
ness connected with his profession. and
has Just signed an important contract
with the Burlington. Mr.. Campbell has
been experimenting the last three years
on process for turning the arid belt
ianos In Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and
the Dakotas into crop producing dis
tricts. The experiments have been of
such successful nature that he has also
induced the Northern Pacific, the $500
line and the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul roads to enter into the scheme.
starting In the spring, the roads have
agreed to each establish five experiment
tai stations in places which may be des
ignated by themselves, and men ac
quainted with Mr. Campbells peeuliar
methods will be placed in charge of
them. The farms will consist of 40-acre
tracts, and the products raised will con-
sist OF corn, oats, wheat. rye and all va
rieties of vegetables.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
TREATY SUITS THEM ALL
LIKES THE AGREEMENT ON DIS
PUTED TERRITORY.
Crespo Is Full of Gratitude for the
Part the United States
Has Taken.

| M, vor,, 0oo DC So~ ro.o Ana
|
iaue' 'e"e~uei"n munster u 'ne on''7u
states, accompanied by James j. Stor-
row, counsel for Venezuela before the
| United States boundary commission ar
rived on the steamer from Caracas and
Loo, fo, xvash,ra.o, ,o,,aht M Ana
| -. -
iaoe was met ny inc Venezueian consul
ana some OIL the attaches OF the ONCE.
| When asked concerning reports which
have been printed IN reference to the
boundary treaty being not acceptable to
| the Venezuelan government, the minister
said:
Il have written and telegraphed all l
have to say, and understand 1t has been
| published in your papers I can not say
anything more on this question"
He was then asked if it was true that
he had come empowered by Presi lent
crespo to signify the acceptance OF the
treaty by Venezuela, and he replied:
THAT is matter l can not discuss"
He also said there was no sign OF dis
turbance in Venezuela; everything was
very peaceable, and he did not anticipate
any trouble when the Venezuelan con-
gress would meet.
When pressed to say something more
about the treaty he showed the reporters
a copy OF Venezuelan paper. which he
said expressed his Views on the matte.
The paper. the Venezuelan Herald, HAD
several articles on the treaty and the
following extracts were taken from enc
of them;
Feeling In Venezuela.
Minister Andgrade is going 10 Wash
ington, and takes with him Il COPY OF
the agreement. 1t Is in all essential par
ticulars the same treaty offered by Ven
ezuela 40 years ago to Great Britain.
which Great Britain refused"
Under the 5O-year clause the Only
territory which Great Britain will have
Is the settlements between the Esseuu'bo
and Pomeroon rivers. The 5O-year clause
Will exclude Great Britain from the Or
inoco country and the Suyuni RIVER
which is the portion of the country that
Venezuela has been epecially DESTROYS
Of keeping"
"Unwarranted attacks have been made
on the government but thew are ,ased
on no solid argument and 1t surprises us
not a little to see such a rumor conoarn-
Ing the boundary question after eve "
thing has been settled
1.-THE United States has been a friend
and representative of yenezueIa or m
put 1t exactly. through its friend the
United States. Venezuela has negot,,tad
the treatv"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
SAVED BY GOVERNOR STONE.
He Dissuades Mob From Lynchinu
II Ravisher.


JEFFERSON City, Mo-, Dec. 26-The pres
ence OF Governor Stone at the county
jail tonight probably saved lobe Lana
man. colored, from being lynched. At $3.50
O'Clock mob of fully 1000 men. whites
and blacks, surrounded the jail, threaten
Ing to avenge the most revolving murder
ever committed in Jefferson City.
early this morning the body of a a.
year-old negro girl, Mile Gray. was
found In yard back of Joseph Stamp-
MS furniture store. The child had been
outraged, her skull crushed and her bodv
mutilated in horrible manner.
suspicion pointed to lobe Lanahan. and
he was arrested. In the basement of the
furniture store discriminating evidence
was found.
Inc news spread over the city. and NV
hight there was great excitement When
iynching was finally threatened. Gov
ernor stone went to the Jail and spoke
10 the mob. He appealed to them to ieave
the punishment of the crime to the citi-
zehs OF the capital city. He implored
them not to allow the mob to CONNIE
violence in the very shadow of the can
itol '"p
When the enraged men were finally in
ouced to withdraw, the prisoner was ra.
moved to the state penitentiary.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
A STUDENTS CHESS BATTLE
'our biE Universities to COmDete
Tor HOnOrs Over the Table

New York. Dec. 25.-The fifth annual inter.
Goiiegiate chess tournament between Columbia
iiarvard, Yale and Princeton will be held n
tne columbia Grammar School here from Mon
uay TO January 2. The contestants and substI.
tutes will be as follows:
Soiumbla contestants Asa W. Parker Jr
Wines, W, and George o. Seward Mines 1873
o., Law w. '''ee
harvard contestants Arthur W. Ryder. 97
aho Elmer 70. Southland. '97: substitutes. w
=. Arnsberg. 1900. and James Hewlns. '9s.
iuie contestants, II. A. Lehlbach '9S and
William M. Murdoch 49, substitutes. 1. A
COOK, 1900 and II. C. Robbins 49,
20 princeton contestants, Edmond b. Seymour
Vs. and William W. Young, 80; substitutes
D. a. ELY 49, and +. w. Jarvis 1900
last year Harvard by half a point over
Columbia In grand finish by Ryder The score
OF the tournament was: Harvard won So
iost az; Columbia won s, lost 4; Princeton
won = lost s; Yale. won 3ls. lost SO. Harvard
aiso won the tournament in 1S94-g5 These
tournaments have created considerable inter.
est since 1892 the score up to the present time
standing; Columbia, 2SIk; Harvard 32: Yale.
10Y. and Princeton 49,
me trophy for which the colleges play is a
peautiiul silver cup, and is now held by Har-
Nuru' IL passes each year into the hands OF
the winning university. The cup is one of the
prettiest emblems that figures as prizes in the
"hole range of competitive events.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-31
INVOLVES GREAT lNrEeEerc
Most Important Lawsuit ON Trial
Mt Chadron, Neb.

Chadron, Neb., Dec. 25.-One of the
most important law suits ever tried IN
western Nebraska is now before tho
court at Chadron. There are lands valued
at hundreds of thousands of dollars. and
canals reservoirs, grist mills, etc. all in
volved
Inc question is of the use of the waters
OF White river for irrigation purposes
Inc legal talent employed represents men
eminent in their profession. The cues
tions are upon the appropriation of water
Tor irrigation, domestic and manufactur.
ing purposes under the laws of 1889 and Of
1895. ''''u Vi