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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-16
Public Officials.

STATE.
U. s. Senate ,...,..... Henry H e,
~ ~ .... George Il ShOup
Member of Congress. ...... flames Gum
Governor. ........ Frank Steunenberg
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80. George f Moore
Secretary of State. ...... George Lewis
Attorney General .. Robert e Mcfarland
U. 5 Marshal. ..... james Crutcher
u. ). Dist. Attorney ...... j H Fornev
treasurer. ............. George ii Storer
Auditor. ............ James H Anderson
lnspeclorof Mines Benjamin f Hastings
Supt. Public Instruction Louis Anderson
Surveyor-Grneral. ....... j g Straughan
Supt U Assay Office .....F F Church
Supreme Judges w Huston, Chief JUS
tce; Ralph p Quarles, n Sullivan.
Judge 81 Judicial Dist Geo H Stewart
All state officers have their residence at Boise
Auditor and Recorder f Smith. Weiser
Assessor and Tax Collector--W Allison
Wriser
Sheriff-D II Ker'oot, Weiser
Treasurer-C M Hixon. Weiser
Probate Judge-T NJ JefFreys. Weiser
LIST Dist-A b Anderson. Weiser
oo siomeSs 81 Dist-M Hopper. Salubra
Sd Dist-John jackson, Indian
Valley.
Coroner-Dr Brown, Salubna.
Regular meetings of the board of county
comm ssionrrs are On second Monday in
January. April, July aud October.
The next session of the District Court
will open October lst. 1897
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Physicians and Surgeons
DR.. G. B. Shirley.
DR.. j. X. Numbers.
Real Estate, Insurance, Loans
o. NJ. Harvey.
Seloons-
"The Mint" Page d; Roberts.
Timer
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Societies
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INTERPRETATION OF DISPLAYS.
NO 1-Square White Flag Fair Weather.
NO. 2-Square Blue Fling. Rain or Snow.
MO. 3-Square Blue and White Flag. Local
Rain or Snow.
NO 4-Triangular Black Flag, Temper
allure.
NO 6-Square White Flag, with Black
Square in Center, Cold Wave.
EXPLANATION OF FLAG SIGNALS.
No |. alone, indicates fair weather. stationary
temperature.
No. 2, alone, indicates rain or snow, stationary
temperature.
No 3. alone. indicates local rain or snow, station
AIRY temperature
No. !. with No above it, indicates fair weather.
warmer.
No /, with No. below it, indicates fair weather
colder
No 2, with No. above it. indicates rain or snow,
warmer.
No 2, with No. below it, indicates rain or snow
colder ~
No 3, with No. above it, indicates local rain or
snow. warmer.
No. 3, with No. below it, indicates local rain or
snow. colder
No |. with No. 5. indicates fair weather, cold
wave.
No 2, with No. s. indicates wet weather. cold
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Directory and Department Of General Information.


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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

Special correspondence. - reg a'e'
g WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-At4 O'Clock
on the morning aof the 4th of, March.
1889, left the capitol and walked down
pennsylvania avenue in the direction
or the buildings- Locking back,
saw the lights iiA the committee rooms
andsdoffice buildings blinking through
the mist and q sickly yellow CLEAN
came from the great dome where the
statue of Freedom stood looking for the
rising of athe sun to usher an athe day
or benjamin Harrison's inauguration.
- Water stood in pools on the sidewalks.
1t1ran from little streams from broken
tin pipes on the sides of the old build
ings 1t dripped from the struggling
decorations, sail streaked with the wet,
which hung from the buildings and
stands. 1t slanted into the half shell
tered spot under the grand stand, where
vendors of sandwiches and soft drinks
and sausages feebly cried their. wares
to damp and; shiveringa pedestrians. 1t
soaked the homeless for whom there
was no inch Of room at the hotels or the
boarding houses, who spent the night
wandering about the streets waiting
hopefully for the morrow noon and
praying for clearing sky. }2a@gg ~, +
But the sky did not clear, and the
sun did not shine, and when Benjamin
Harrison went out-eon the:Teast front
of the capitol, where the usual stand
had been erected for the delivery of
the Inauguration speech,f the cold rain
still drizzled on the patient thousands
gathered in the plaza. 1t seems curious
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

dinner was over, when we were out In
the smoking room and had about fin
ished our cigar, Mr.. Allison said.
Now, Mr. President, Senator Cullom
is anxious to get away this afternoon.
He told me that he only wanted a
few moments with you, and If you
don't object l will let you get through
with him first. 1 will go into the othef
room and finish my cigar, and you cay
have your conversation here This was
assented to by President Harrison, and
Allison went into the other room.
WELL" continued Senator Cullon1,
after we were alone and had gone
over the general topics of the occa-
sion, directed the conversation to the
cabinet and then said: Gen. Harri-
son, during our trip out here Senator
Allison took me into his confidence. He
told me you had offered him the secre>
taryship of the treasury, and he also
told me that he had decided he could
not accept it. He asked me to say this
to you during our Interview and to tell
you that he thought he could serve you
and your administration better in the
senate than in the cabinet AS I said
this President Harrison pushed his
head to the front and asked me if that
was true. I could see that he was
much disturbed. He said but little fur
Their, however. The conversation
and talked on as though nothing had
happened. / know that Allison did re-
fuse the place then, but have not had
a word with him nor Harrison about 1t
from that day to this" q r.
-s.a
SHERMAN AND THE CABINET.
During call upon Senator Sherman
the other night l asked him about the
talk which was being published about
him as McKinley's prospective. secre-
tary of state. He told me that he had
received no offer Of the state depart
ment as yet, and he had no knowledge
that Mckinley thought OF him in that
connection. He told me that he did
not know. that he would care for the
position. if 1t were offered him, and that
he thought he would like to finish his
career in the United States senate:
I doubt, however, whe Their he yet knows
his own mind on the subject. He
realizes the greatness of the position,
and that he might there have chance
to make his mark on the diplomatic
history of our nation. The place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

The Cabinet. GOSSIP GOSSIP; =, s. story
ministers, Past, Present and Prospective.

end only in the loss of thousands of
lives and millions of property. and that
Cameron as secretary of war would be
cursed from one end of the United
States to the other
After some time Cameron became
alarmed and said: But suppose want
to get out, Mr. Weed How can 1 do
it without seeming to be either a cow
ard or a failure?''
To this Weed replied that he did not
know, but that he would take walk
and think it over and see If some ar
rangement could not be made. AS he
went out he spoke to Mrs. Cameron
again about her husbands health, and
she told him that she wanted Mr.. Cam
eron to leave the cabinet. In an hour
or so Mr.. Weed returned and told Simon
Cameron that he had hit upon a good
plan and that was for him to accept
the mission to Russia. But" replied
Cameron, sit has not been offered to
me- LAS to that said Weed. IT know
that l can fix matters with Secretary
Seward and you will get your appoint
ment This will give you a good ex-
cuse for resigning." To this Cameron
consented. Weed saw Seward and the
president. and the appointment was
made.
GARFIELD'S CABINET.
Gen. Charley Grosvenof told me once
a curious story as to how Garfield
cabinet was; formed. He denies that
Blaine forced himself upon Garfield.
He says Garfield was very friendly to
Blaine, and that he had thought of
him as secretary of state even before
he had written his ;7lettea9 of accept
ance, saying one day: What a splen :
did chieftain of staff Jim Blaine would
make"
Garfield, in fact" said Gen. .Grosve
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that in SO short a time so many things
have changed. Harrison, who stood
there that day with his overcoat but
toned about him and an umbrella over
his head reading his inaugural address,
has been sent into private life. The
Mrs. Harrison who stood just behind
him listening to every word with in
terest is dead, and there is another
Mrs. Harrison at the Indianapolis
home. The man who held the umbrella
over the presidents head on that day
Canaday, the sergeant-at-arms of the
senate-fills a suicides grave. Vice
President Morton, who shared the hon
ors Of the day. :disappointed in the &C
ton Of the convention which renom-
mated Harrison, has just filled out a
term as governor of New York state,
and probably come to the end of his
public service. The brilliant ingalls,,
who surrendered to Morton the presid-
ing officers gavel that day and admin
istered to him the oath of Office, is a
statesman out of a job, but still look
ing hopefully to 1900.
Another crowd will gather there on
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the square. 1t has been the subject of Sc
we're criticism ever since 1t was built, first
because of its unsightliness, and second,
because of it's frailness. No government
building should be made of anything less dur
able than stone The building is an oblong
rectangle, with big entrances on four sides.
l think Gen. Casey must have had the in
augural ball in mind when he built it, for 1t
is better adapted to that use than to any other.
Clevelands first ball was held there before
the building was rooted, a canvass being
spread across it, then Harrisons ball, and
Clevelands again, and now McKinley's. Four
years ago they agitated the question of using
the library building, but they thought the
pension building better, as it is.
To prepare the big building for this use the
clerks will have 10 be cleared out at least
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

copyrighted, 1897 by Frank G. Carpenter)
WASHINGTON, .. c., Jan. H.-Who
are the famous men who are to help
Mckinley run his administration? A
score of we'll known politicians have
been suggested, but only few are as
sured. The states made up are liable to
be broken. There is no more uncertain
thing than a cabinet before the lnaugu-
ration of a president. When Grants
first cabinet was announced five of the
appointments were surprises, and not
a single secretary had been anticipated
with certainty. AS it was, the cabinet
was changed rapidly after he was in
augurated. Alexander T. Stewart, who
had been named for secretary Of the
treasury, could not serve according to
the law, which prevents a merchant
from holding that position under fine
of $4,000. Rawlins, his secretary of
war, died in the September following,
and Borie, who was secretary of the
navy, served three months and then
asked Grant to allow him to resign.
SOME INSIDE HISTORY.
Lincoln's cabinet ministers were not
surely known before he came in, and
they were changed very rapidly there
after. Some of the members of the
cabinet were arranged for at the time
sof the convention by the promises Of
Esome Of Linco1n's friends, and 1 have
heard it said that Penns yvania went
for Lincoln at Chicago in 1850 on con-
dition that Simon Cameron was to go
into the cabinet This deal was made
without the knowledge of Lincoln by
no
coin did not like 1t, and it was long
before he would consent to let Cam
eron have the place He finally gave
him the war department. After the
administration began he did not like
him as secretary of war and wanted
to get rid of him. He succeeded in do
ing this through Leonard SWEET and
Thurlow Weed. Judge Grosscup, who
was partner of SWEET, told me the
story. He says that Weed made Cam
eron think he was going to lose both
his reputation and his health by con-
tinuing in the position Weed came
from New York to see Cameron. AS he
met him he started back and ex-
claimed: My God, senator! are you
sick? You don't look at all we'll"
Old Senator Cameron, who had a
constitution of iron, and who, you
know, was over eighty when he died.
replied that he was in his usual health,
but Weed went on:
We'll you don't look it. You have
lost some weight since 1 saw you last,
and your color is not good. L fear you
are working too hard, Cameron"
Mrs. Cameron was present when this
last re'.ci,.Fk was made and said she
agreed with Mr.. Weed that her hus
land was working too hard. After din
ner that night Mr.. Weed advised Cam
eron to get out of the department. He
told him he thought the war was go
ing to be a failure. He said it would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
wAsTffNGroNs MISTAKE.

Perhaps we can stretch a point and
say that, Washington's Interpretation
being wrong, it is not necessary now
for congress and the country to adopt
a constitutional amendment to bring
the inauguration day forward from
March 4 to April 80. AS the famous
Tim Campbell once said: Whats the
constitution Of the United States be-
tween friends?' 1t has been stretched
before to meet an emergency, and its
chief value is held to be it's elasticity
The whole country will have reason to
bless the man who, with the courage Of
his convictions and the good of his
successor at heart, determines to serve
out those seven weeks which Washing
ton left uncovered and so to move the
day of the presidents Inauguration for
ward to a milder season
The freezing of the cadets was no..
the most interesting incident Of the
second Grant Inauguration. The in
augural ball that year was given in
big temporary structure erected in Ju-
dietary square There was no pension
office building then In fact the pen
sion office building was not completed
till the first term Of Mr.. Cleveland 1t
had been planned that the second Grant
ball should be finer than anything
Washington had ever known, and no
expense had been spared. Only one
thing had been forgotten in the cal
culations Of the managers. They had
not considered the possibility of cold
weather. There was no way to heat
the big barn. 1t was SO cold that night
that you could cut your breath into
chunks. Men went around with their
overcoats on. Women wore furs over
their beautiful ball gowns. The tri-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

the 4th Of March next. William Nc
Kinley, then only a member of the
house Of representatives will stand now
in the place which Benjamin Harrison
occupied. Carrot A. Hobart, an uncon-
sidered political quantity eight years
ago, will be the second in interest. Vice
President Stevenson will stand where
Ingalls, stood before. And the only
figure which occupies it's old place In
the ceremonial will be that Of Grover
Cleveland. 1t was his funeral eight
years ago, and it with be his funeral
next March.
ONLY FEATURES UNCHANGED.
Grover Cleveland and the weather
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

umphs Of the dressmaker's art over
which they had spent so many anxious
hours, were quite obscured. Bright
faces were pinched with the cold, and
nothing could give the faintest sug-
gestion Of gayety to the gathering. Be
fore the ball had been in progress an
hour people began to call for their
carriages. Then 1t was found that
many carriages could not be had. They
had been ordered to return at late
hour, and they could not be found.
Frantic men in dancing slippers
thronged the street and paid fabulous
prices for the use of other mems hacks,
while the other men tore about at the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17

nor wrote out his first cabinet slate
the night he was elected. 1t was at
1890 when he got a telegram from
Chester A Arthur assuring him that
New York had given him 10000 ma
jority Gen. Swain, who was with
Garfield at Mentor at the time said, as
they looked over the telegram, That
settles it, general. You are elected; ;
but before you go to bed sit down here
and make out a cabinet Gen. Garfield
laughed at this, but finally consented,
saying, We'll, Swain, let us see how
near we are together. You sit down
at that table over there and write out
q cabinet. When you have finished
turn your paper face downward upon
the table. I will do the same here and
we will turn the papers over together
and compare them. Both then sat
down and began to write. When they
had finished they found that the sec
rotary Of state on both states was
James G. Blaine, and Allison was upon
both for the secretaryship Of the treas
ury. OF the others all but one were
changed before the inauguration, and
Allison, you know would not accept.
1t was some time after this before
Robert Lincoln was selected as secre-
tary of war, and Levi P. Morton was
on Garfield's slate for the secretary
ship of the navy until almost the eve
of the inauguration"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
Ballot in Idaho.

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 16.-The ballot for SEN
ator today resulted Dubois, 25 Texas Angel
scattering The Populists all voted for Angel.
while the Democrats concentrated on Nelson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
HOW ALLISON REFUSED.

Garfield was the first president under
whom Senator Allison refused cabi-
net place. I understand that he has
been uDpermost in President McKin-
ley's mind as the head of the state de-
partment, but that the preSident-elect
has wanted to know whether he would
refuse or not before he offered the posi-
ton. 1 got this from men very close
to Mckinley. Senator Allison told me
once that he could not take the inter
ior department under Garfield because
he did not want to antagoniZe Cow!
Kirkwood, OF Iowa, who was then a
leading candidate. It was on account
of the ambitions of Garrison, another
Iowa man, that he refused the secre-
taryship of the treasury under Harri-
sen. The story of the manner of this
refusal has never been told. Senator
Cullom. who was one of the actors up
on the occasion, is my authority. Said
he to me the other night
cit WIS just after / had been elected
to the senate and some weeks before
President Harrison had come on from
Indianapolis to Washington to be in
augurated. l had to go West to thank
my legislative friends for their support
and on my way 1 intended to stop and
call upon the prosident-elect. When 1
got on the train [ found Senator ALI
son there. He was also going West,
and we rode together During the
journey he told me that President Har-
risen had asked him to-come out to see
him, and that he wanted him to be his
secretary Of the treasury. Senator
Allison told me that he could not ac-
cept the position, and that he was 60
ing out to refuse it. AS we drew near
Indianapolis I noticed his becoming
mere and more restless. He evidently
did not like the job of having to refuse
Harrison. At last he said:
Now Cullom, I have been thinking
how you can help me in this. We will
call upon Harrison together, and L
will see that he talks to you first. You
can thus prepare his mind for my re-
fusal. You can tell him that | have
come out for this purpose, and he Will
not be surprised when l speak.
GAVE BEN THE COLD HAND.
This [ promised to do" continued
Senator ColIum. when we got to
Indianapolis we went direct to Presi-
dent Harrisons house. 1t was about
dinner was over when we were out in
at once sat down to the table. After
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
TOM CORwIN.

One of the greatest annOyanceS that
Gresham had was the office seekers and
place hunters. These are numbered by
legions about the postOffice department
and also about the treasury. Postmas-
ter General Wilson tells me there are
now 10000 postmasters in the United
States, and 1 doubt not that thousands
Of them will be changed by McKinley's
postmaster general The congressman
will dictate to him, and it is safe to
say that he will probaly earn his sal
airy. The worst thing with Gresham
was that he was so good-hearted that
he had given out many letters COM
mending others for office, and when
men came to him and showed him his
own recommendations, asking that
they be given places 1t was hard to
refuse. / have heard similar stories Of
Tom Corwin. who was, you know, Sec
rotary of the treasury way back in
Fillmore's time. Corwin was so good
natured that he would sign anything.
One day a chronic Office seeker laid
before him an enthusiastic recommen-
dalton for the appointment Of the bear
eli to place in the treasury. 1t was
dated some years back and had been
given while Corwin was in congress. AS
the man asked for office and pointed
to the letter Corwin said: THAT Is u
very good letter. and did that not get
you an appointment
NO." replied the man, at did not"
We'll" returned Secretary Corwin,
"if that letter was not strong enough to
get you a place under Secretary Ew-
ing, 1t certainly is not strong enough
to give you an appointment under me-"
And he thereupon had the man shown
out.
Frank q. Carpenter.
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SCC||||()C;EI||
Three more cars of
APPa- !. IS
For Monday, per barrel,
Is q EnC1 85c.
Strictly fresh Eggs, per dozen,
f5C-
Storage Eggs, per dozen,
100.
1O-Ib. jar Choice Dairy Butter, per pound,
14c.
BIB. jar Creamery Butter, per pound,
Ice.
Breakfast Bacon, by the strip,
Sc.
10 bars White Seal Soap for
CSC.
II bars Washing Soap for
goo.
Salt Pigs Tongue, per pound.
&c.
Salt Pork, per pound,
sc.
Java and Mocha Coffee, per pound.
CSC.
Old Rio Coffee, per pound,
zoe.
California Prunes per pound,
sc.
Brick Cheese per pound,
loo.
Swiss Cheese. per pound,
1870.
Highest quality Baking Powder, per ID. can,
4Oc.
Summer Sausage, per pound
loo.
S-lb. Tomatoes, per can,
re.
Imported Qingon) Swedish Cranberries, per
gallon,
CSC.
xxx Norway Herring, per pail,
S1.OO.
Budded Oranges, per dozen,
12c.
Tangerines, per dozen,
15c.
Lemons, per dozen,
Sc.
Cranberries, per quart,
sc.
BIB. can California Grapes.
1Oc.
Fancy String Beans, per can,
Sc.
Picked Pigs Feet, per pound,
SC.
Picked Tripe, per pound,
Sc.
Lamb Tongues, per pound,
1870.
Best New York Sweet Cider, per gal,
1870.
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Dres ideptiul
Indugurdtions.

Some Cold Receptions Was In During
8 Snovstorn,-Rain Fell ON Harrison.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-17
HARD-WORKED MINISTER'S.

Still the state department and the
treasury promise to be among the hard
working positions of the next admins
tration. Most secretaries of the treas
ury have complained about the work.
Folger and Manning and Window are
popularity supposed to have died from
overwork in the treasury. 1 called the
other day at the state department to
see Secretary Olney, and ask him about
the work of his office. He would not
talk, but L could see that he thought he
had plenty to do Whether overwork
in the state department caused Ores
HAMS death is a question. I am told
that he did not like the hustle of pub
lie affairs, and it is related that when
he was postmaster general he grew
sick of the position and wanted to quit