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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
CANYON CITY THE SUFFERER.
The business Portion of the Grant
County Is burned.

Baker City. Ore, Nov. l4.--At II
o'clock Friday night fire was discovered
in the Elkhorn hotel at Canyon City.
Grant county. and within two hours the
entire business portion and 4 number Of
residences We're reduced 10 ashes. Be
cause OF fire in the afternoon the de-
partment was unable to successfully com
bat the flames, owing TO a lack of water
The buildings were mostly frame, and the
fire made rapid progress. The confagra-
ton was due TO the explosion OF a lamp.
The loss will exceed 100000. The in
surance is not obtainable. The following
were the losers: A. Hinch, general mer-
chandise; G. d. Ovel-holts general mer-
chandise; Cunnington and Horsley, gene
raj merchandise; Brown & Simpson, gen
eral merchandise; \. j. Stevens, notions.
etc; Thompson & Co, drugs; DR.. j. w.
Ashford, drugs and residence; f. c. Sells.
CITY brewery and saloon Clark & Guern-
sey, saloon; News printing office; Mrs.
j. Ashford, millinery; Mrs. James Robin
son, millinery; +. c. Sells, old court house,
used as Il lodging house: \. Hinch, shoe
shop; Elkhorn hotel; City hotel; a.
Hinch, restaurant; two blacksmith shops,
two livery stables, harness shop, tin store,
residences of w. IL. Short, ID. c. Overholt,
w. IL. Clark. f. c. Sells. a. Hinch. d.
l. Asbury, Thornton Williams, Mrs. Jas.
Robinson and Mrs. John Smith.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

sausage, coffee. bareback, camp cook
ing utensils and a rife. He kept his
bearings by the sun and compass by
day and the north star and compass by
night AS much of his route was
through territory peopled by hostile
Indians, he often slept in the light and
travelled in the darkness. Sometimes
he lay TO for a few hours in cave dug
by himself in the snow. He supple
mented his packed provisions by what
game he could shoot. When he couldn't
shoot anything he would melt snow in
his camp kettle, make coffee and get
along on coffee, sausage and bareback
Sometimes he would walk, sometimes
ride on his sled hauled by the dogs and
sometimes navigate the streams with
his canoe. He rode horseback over
some stretches. procuring saddle ani-
mails as best he could
The open air and exercise Of that
memorable trip made a new man Of
him, and when it was finished he had
found peerless route for his road
When Hill had his road roughly laid
out he sent civil engineers over the
route. put 10000 men grading and lay
ing track. and built the whole line with
hardly break at rate of not far from
mile day. Such thing was never
done before and never will be done
again.
Hill In politics has always been a
Democrat and is great admirer of
Cleveland. He is said to be worth 500
100000. Besides his railroads he has a
! fine line of lake steamers. His stock
farm contains 1000 acres. He owns
many sections of land in various States.
He is interested In several New York
financial institutions. He has done all
he set out to do and good deal more.
and his career is apparently not yet
closed. by good many years.
Mr.. Hill controls 1900 miles of rail-
road with 10000 employees who receive
in wages annually $15,OO0,OOO.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
C0LORED TROOPS IN TROUBLE.
Fatally DisorderIy in Cubn in
Several other Camps.

Santiago, Nov. l5-,An incident oc-
CURED last night in San Luis, about -
miles north of Santiago, which caused a
great deal OF i'll feeling among the Gu
bans and considerable annoyance among
the United States military officials here.
All the colored regiments are encamped
in the neighborhood of San Luis. The
were sent there virtually TO get them
out of the way, because of the difficulty
experienced in managing them. The
trouble began last evening in an attempt
to arrest two soldiers for abusing a Gu
ban workman and stealing his hog. The
outrage was committed on the Normas
sugar plantation.
Lieutenant Jose Ferrora, chief of Gen
eral Woods gendarmerie in that section,
a Spaniard but Cuban sympathizer,
and man whom General Wood knew TO
be able and courageous, attempted to
make the arrests. The soldiers. who be-
longed to the Ninth immunes. escaped
Soon after, 80 colored men, wearing the
uniform OF the United States army, at
tackled the house where Lieutenant Fer
rora was and kept up a regular fusilade
killing Lieutenant Ferrora, Antonio Ro-
man, an old man, Emilio Betteran. boy
of II, and baby, and wounding several
others. Two soldiers were killed in the
affray.
Wood Went to the Scene.
When the news reached Santiago, Gen
eral Wood was at dinner. He Immediately
went to the signal office, where Chief
Signal Officer Brady took charge of the
key For four hours dispatches were
sent and received The colored officers
all denied that their men were implicated
in the affair. in spite of all the evidence
to the contrary. After an unsatisfactory
attempt to get at the facts OF the case
over the wires. General Wood adjourned
his inquiry until this morning, when he
left on special train for San Luis.
The American officials here passed the
day with no little anxiety. At s o'clock
Wood returned, reporting that after a
long investigation he had come to the
conclusion that all the colored regiments
We're more or less mixed up in the af-
fray. He has Offered $1,000 reward for
the names of the men who did the shoot
ing, and before leaving San Luis he read
the colored officers a severe lecture for
denying last night that their men We're
implicated.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

freight handler 10 shipping clerk. from
shipping clerk 10 agent. and then as a
partner in n freight and transportation
business. he rose like the boys in the
story books until he reached a place
where he was able 10 carry out his
plans for the reorganization Of the 81.
Paul Il Pacific Railroad. which steel
highway now reaches from lake 10
ocean. At the age Of 45 he became the
president of what is now known as the
Great Northern Railway. His success
had been rapid when he once got fairly
started. Even at the age of u he was
agent of the Northwestern Packet
Company and known as one Of the solid
business men of st. Paul. Now lie is
60-and a man cannot be said TO be old
at that age
Mr.. Hill has a house in ST. Paul which
cost him half a million to build. The
house, the grounds, the greenhouses,
etc, and the works of art which the
house contains are said to be altogether
worth nearly two millions. The paint
ings alone in the house are valued at
over 100000. When Mr.. Hill built his
house in st. Paul he gave at the same
time 100000 TO found "A college for
the education of Catholic priests. About
eight miles out of st. Paul Mr.. Hill has
a summer home which is complete in
its equipments, and where he spends
with his family the hot months.
Hill saw more clearly than any one
else in st. Paul that the Northwest
must develop tremendously, and that
the way to win great wealth most rap
idly was to go into the transportation
business. He wasn't yet ready to be-
gin railroading. but he did the next
best thing. He started the famous line
of Red River carts between st. Cloud.
mt the head of Mississippi navigation.
and Pembina. away up to the north
west. on the Red River of the north.
near the Canadian border. For time
he ran line of steamers on the Red
River in connection with the carts, and
thus forced the powerful Hudson Bay
Company TO divide its trade with him
Something that no one else has ever
done unless ii was the first John Jacob
Astor.
When he became manager of the St
Paul & Pacific Railroad he set out to
learn and did learn the entire work
lngs of the business. The strain was
heavy upon his health, but he made the
railroad pay from the start.
Then he set about extending his own
road to the great Western ocean. Hav.
Ing reorganized the st. Paul 4 Pacific
as the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Mani
toba. he set out in the winter by him
self, with three or four dogs as his only
companions. TO explore the route to the
Pacific which he meant to follow. His
outfit included only the dogs. a small
canoe, a sled, two or three boxes OF
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
CYCLING NO LONGER THE FAD.
The wheel win He Left to Those
who Enjoy 1t.

One has been told that wonders never
cease; and now we are informed by those
who know that bicycling is no longer the
popular caprice. For those who are hon
estly fond of it, it makes absolutely nc.
difference what other people do The gen
uine lovers OF the healthful sport ride ami
will continue to ride whenever they get
the chance. But as fashionable amuse-
ment, bicycling is no longer in its heydey.
The many women who laboriously rode D
wheel because it was 'the thing TO do,
or because they did not wish TO feel ''out
of it, when every one else was spinning
along the road, these will sink back with.
a feeling of relief at release from the tax
1t is a tax to go the pace that "scorches,'
and it has been an effort for 'cyclers ir.
spite of themselves to keep up the pace
Many -women rode because their husbands
did, and they didn't want to be left De
hind. Many a girl rode because it was
fashionable and she wished TO be includ-
ed in the numerous bicycling parties.
But now the trend of fashionable amuse-
ment lies in another direction the honest
bicyclers, masculine and feminine, who,
take Joy in the wheel, or do ride on the
recommendation Of the physician, will
have the monopoly of cycling. No one.
can calculate the good cycling is to many
a nervous woman, or to a girl disinclined
to take sufficient fresh-air exercise. BIZ
cycling continues its virtues as AN out
door sport, bringing refreshment from OF
flee or housekeeping cares to many a tired
man or woman. Its good points are num-
erous But unwilling cyclers will now be-
come rarer and rarer. Bicycling is no.
longer the fad.
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ter how efficient the man may be.
Some Great Northern employees say he
would rather discharge a man than
eat, and they have to count noses at
the main office and all along the line
every day to see who's alive"
James ]. Bill began to work for him
self when he was 10 years old. He left
school TO go to work in n country store
in the little Ontario village of Rock
wood, and in the intervals of weigh
ing out groceries he read Caesar, and
dreamed that some day he would be
great soldier or great literary man.
Now, at the age of 60, he finds that IA te
has made him a millionaire railroad
man. His fleets of merchant steamers
have blackened the skies over the great
lakes with their smoke, and his rail
roads have reached out from the in
land seas to the Pacific.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

When he was Is years old Mr.. Hill
took his Caesar and what little money
he had saved and started out to seek
his fortune. He began in New Eng
land and went west until he arrived
at st. Paul, then a town of 5000 in
habitants. There he stopped and there
he has remained and grown rich. He
found not only fortune and power, but
his wife in ST. Paul. When he got his
first job there and was employed about
the docks of the line of Mississippi
steamers known as the diamond 10
Line" he saw an Irish damsel Of
beauty and brains whose sweet and
womanly qualities at once attracted
him. He stil believed that some day
he was to achieve fame, the dreams of
martial glory or literary renown haunt
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

sng him. and never in his direst pow
erty did he cease his self-education. He
got fairly good job as shipping clerk
and at once arranged. for the educa-
ton of the Irish damsel who had won
his heart. When her education was
complete he was in position to marry
her, and he did. and the ending was
like thar of the good old three-volume
novel, They lived happy ever after
ward"
When the civil war broke out Mr..
Hill thought that the day had come
when dreams he had dreamed over
Caesars commentaries We're about 10
become realities. and he actively en-
gagged in raising company Of cavalry.
The State of Minnesota, however, re-
fused to accept the services Of the com
pany, and once more Mr.. Hill returned
10 commercial life.
All the time be went forward. From
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

For many years in the Northwest
they have regarded James J. Hill as the
embodiment of success and a great
railroad king Men who have worked for
Jim Hill say he is a holy terror" His
objurgations (his father had cut him
out out for n Presbyterian minister
are more profuse and horror-inspiring
than those of the most profane pirate
that ever lived. He is tireless and he
expects everyone else to be so also. He
is accuracy itself and he tolerates no
slipshod business whatever. His mem
DRY is all embracing and minute. and
he abhOrs a man who cannot recOllect.
He won't have anyone around him who
4 is not personally to his liking, no mat
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

W. w. Wolverton. on his ranch near
Bozeman. raised this year Al bushels Of
oats to the acre 1t was the Silver Mine.
variety, and the acre was carefully mca-
sured.
Sutherland and Donald, whose ranch Is
on the Missouri. near Culbertson, have.
purchased OF Smith & Libby 1000 ewes
and 700 lambs. The price paid was 1925
and 1925. They want 300 to 500 more.
good ewes.
NJ. S Darling, who has returned to-
Fort Benton from the upper Teton, re-
ports that about three-fo urths of a mile
OF the Conrad irrigating canal near Du-
puyer has been completed 1t is expect
ed TO have the three and half miles
finished by the end of November.
c. w. Cook, sheep inspector for Meagh--
er county, visited the Mussleshe- region.
last week to investigate the report OF
scab, and after a careful examination is
pleased to say that no such thing as scab.
exists in that section. He made a thor
ough examination, spending the whole
week in that region and visiting a mum
Der of foclls
While Fred Draper, rancher living
on Willow creek, four miles below Red
Lodge, was engaged in dehorning cattle.
at the ranch of a neighbOr, he was at
tackled by bull and pinned against the
corral fence, the bull plunging one of Ms
sharp horns into the imprisoned mans
face. He was frightfully gored and dis
figured for life.
Work has begun on the foundation Of
the Montana Pulp and Paper Company
building. All of the necessary capital has
been subscribed by the stockholders, who
are principally Montana men, several
Bozeman people owning shares The best
of barley straw only will be used in the
manufacture of paper and pulp, large
quantities of which straw is to be found
in the vicinity of Manhattan.
John f. Patterson, sheep inspector for
Choteau county. has returned from the
scab infected district near Chinook He
reports that the work of eradication L.
proceeding slowly, owing to unfavorable
wea Their conditions About $4,000 head
have been treated to first dipping, 5000.
of which have had Il second application.
There is an additional 5000 head that
will have to be similarly treated.
T. l.. BlackmanOf Great Falls, general
manager for the Home Land and Cattle
Company, state that a gang of horse
thieves has been spending the summer IN
camp at the mouth of Big Dry creek and.
has been operating from that point. Re-
Gently, Just before the band decamped
they entered the pasture of the company
one night when heavy storm was rag
ing and drove off 80 head OF fine saddle
horses. A reward for the capture of the
thieves and the return of the animals has.
been offered. but yet no clue has been
obtained as to their whereabouts. as the
storm covered up their trail.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
AN ARCHBISHOP rs DEAD.
The Catholic PreInte of Oregon Died
In baltimore.

Baltimore, Md. Nov. l5.-William
Hickey Gross, archbishop Of Oregon Ro-
man Catholic church, died at ST. Joseph's
hospital in this city yesterday of heart
disease
Archbishop Gross came to this city to
attend the celebration at St. Charles col
lege, Elliott City, Md. and was taken sick
November i, since which time he has been
confined to bed. 1t was thought until
this morning he would recover, but sud
den change for the worse resulted in death.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
The Entire Family.

Placerville, Cal, Nov l4.-Saturday ev-
ening near Single Springs, this county,
Jack Nickel shot and killed both his wife.
and mother-in-law with a Winchester RI
file. Afterward he removed his shoe from.
the right foot and with his toes discharg-
ed the rifle at his own breast. killing
himself almost instantly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

Thompson, the father" OF English
watchmakers, died in l7l3, at the age of
70, and was buried in Westminster Abbey
1t is said that he is the only man buried
there who began life as a blacksmith.
Some butterflies lay over 100000 eggs
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
Joe Jefferson Ill.

New York. Nov l6.--Joseph Jeffer-
sons illness has developed into a mild at
tack of pneumonia. He has retired from
the stage temporarily.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE battleships-
Oregon and Iowa arrived at Rio de Ja-
Metro TO participate in the anniversary
celebration of the creation of the Brazil
ian republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

San Francisco, Nov. l4.-General Gree
ly, chief signal officer of the United States
army. is in the city. He will inspect the
electrical work in the harbor. he
strongly favors the establishment of o
line between San Francisco and Honolulu.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

1t is all right for an unmarried WON
an to enlist to fight the Demon Rum,
but when a married woman does 1t 1t
causes suspicion TO perch on her bus
band
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
oIympia Pioneer Dead.

Olympia, Nov. l4.-Joshua Miller. a
pioneer, died Saturday at his home at
Bush prairie His death was the result
of fall while picking fruit
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
WONDERFUL CAREER.
HOW MR.. JAMES. j. HILL ROSE
THROUGH VARIOUS GRADES.

From Freight Handler 20 BE One of
the Nations Railroad Kings and
Twenty-Five Times n Millionaire
Some of His Characteristics.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19

Thunder can be heard nine miles away.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
The 3 lnOn Mines.

A mine car and within arrived
from Butte, MonI.. last Sat uriay for
the Salmon Mining com pany. The
company has several practical miners
at work on their property sinking q
shaft and operations will be vigorous.
ly prosecuted until the water level is
reached. The shat is now down
nearly one hundred feet and ut Last
reports the rock was richer than any
of the surface ores. There is every
reason to believe that a high grade
sulphide ore will be found within the
next two weeks, and HIS soon as 1t is
discovered the smeIter will be put in
operation and run full blast all VIM
ter.
George Judson was in from Salmon
last week and he reported greater
activity and more encouraging proc.
poets throughout the camp than at
any time for several months past
Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
Presbyterian Notices.

Rev. MIR. Mitchell will lecture in
Carlin Saturday night, Sept. Oath.
SEPTEMBER 18th, Sabbath next, at
II A M, he will preach and admins
ter the ordinance Of Commun in
Elko
Sabbath evening at 6:30 o'clock
Christian Endeavor meeting and at
7:3O P. NJ. the 10th Century Rallying
Day exercises viii be held. On
Wednesday night, Sept. 18th, in Elko,
Mr. Mitchell viz preach ON the sub.
iect, "The Wonder Of His Name"
A. lecture will be given at. Mound
Valley Thursdsy. night, Sept. 10Th;
and Friday night, Sept. 30th, at
south Fork, instead Of the Usual
preaching service on the 1st Sabbath
Of October.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
Rich Placer Ciains In the IOWA OF
layton.

..-- layton.
A company of Da,7nn men are
making u success f w,rkin9 the
placer mines situated under thai
town by putting in gasoline pumr-
ing plant and ,ho,sI.
Heetet day. says the News, the new
plant was started. They had con.
tracted for pnwer that wonld empt,
their mine in half a day, but wher.
the engine was started yesterday tlm
mine was as dry as bone in fort,
minutes and the water problem was
solved. The machinery worked to
perfection
Ga. oline is a power that there is
great prejudice against every here
when heing first introduced, but it
will make mining in the old deserted
gravel deposits around Dayton
possible and doub less there will
coon be dUzen at these little engil es
putting on lire Hat there.
In the Bulldog the gravel is first
fund about thirty feet from the sur
face and has been entered ahout
eight or nine feet. 1t was found to
be richer rs the shaft went down, bnt
no one was ever able tai get be low
this depth so the thickness of the
gravel cannot he estimated.
Many pans were taken ont year
ago that went one de- liar to the pan,
but the gravel III winch these four
boys are working now will average
over 81 per ton and they are content
ed with that.
Thee is net well in Dayton but
shows gold prospects in the gravel ut
the bottom and some very impor,al t
mines will be opened there soon with
out doubt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
To Water Cnnsunt ars.

Owing to the continued decrease in
the flow Of water, water for irrigating
purposes will only he turned on from
u NJ. to 7:45 A. NJ. We ask our pat
rOns IL they will please be as saving
with the water IN possible. III the
tank THE morning only showed two
feet Of water. Respectfully,
, ELKo Wa Err Co.
August 20, 1893.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
SALMAGUNDl.

Bay Dawley of Halleck was in town
ay.
harvey Rutherford of North Fork
town.
n unusual amount Of merchan.
was beng loaded Tor, Tuscarora
BY:
Rov. Russell shipped q car loads of
cattle east last week from Bat
Noun ain.
guinaIdos Commissioners to the
Is Peace conference have arrived
Ban Francisco.
lopp & Dunn shipped five car
Of cattle from Halieck a day or
since billed to ST. Joe Mo.
ucle Dick Dorsey took party Of
ton capitalists ont to Lone Noun.
this morning IL a four in hand.
apt. Sanders Of 20. B will remain
Carson until the final discharge. Of,
Battalion which will occur ,aboat
9Oth. : " So ''''@
d the race horse owners now at
o have promised TO send thf m to
%on when the Fair at that place
Is next week.
e Corbett behaves the Corbett-
10y fgh. is cff-that ,McCoy will
come to the scratch. Corbett is
negotiating for a fight with JEFF
dge Talbot has rendered judg-
TN the celebrated Mound Valley
case and the findinRs are now
placed on record by the Clerk.
OuId take an outsider a months
to figure ont just what ca h
PANT gets. The people directly
@ted all appear to be satisfied
tie findings.
alce Morgan was occupied most
sEerday with an assault and bat
ave preferred against A., ".
by his wife. AtteI j prolonged
fence the principals agreed. TO,
ste aud divide property, papers
effect to be signed today at 4
after which the complaint was,
ssed. - -
Douglas ,Cpe Creamery. Co. is
line business aud operates
The most prosperous and cub,
AZ institutions IN the county.
Creamery manufactures over
pounds Of butter, daily and the
Commands the hi Ihest prices
s"n Francisco market, Adopt
"a paid 70 tho fasmega Tor milk
month.
usslan naval officer, sent to OBJ
me operations OF the feet of
0'tpd States in Cuban waters,
"Sde his report. He declares
we quality Of the American
" Superior to all others. He
New rb fore did / rec such
!. ICY Of gun fire, such mar
p'rfectIon OF machinery, such
/ y tho part Of lpflicors ,ensineers
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24

Dave Casper has Just received .
dew lot Of samples Of Fall and
Winter Clothing which will be made
tn order from Sl3.5O uD.