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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
BRITISH PARLIAMENT OPENED.
The Queens speech-Meeting of the
Irish Parliamentary Party.

London. Feb. 9-The fourth session of
the fourteenth parliament of Queen Vic
toria and the twenty-sixth of the United
Kingdom, was opened by commission at
? o'clock yesterday afternoon with the
customary ceremonies. Referring to the
uprising of the natives in India the speech
from the throne says:
"On the northwestern border of my In
dian empire there is an organized out
break of fanaicism which spread in the
summer al along the frontier and induced
many tribes to break their engagement
with my government and to attack the
military posts in their vicinity and even
the settled districts of my territory.
was compelled to send expeditions against
the offending tribes for the punishment
of outrages and to insure peace in the fu-
ture A portion of the Afridis tribes have
not yet accepted the terms offered them,
but elsewhere operations have been
brought to a successful close"
Previous to the reassembling of parlia-
ment the usual party of beef eaters, ae-
companied by a number of officials, and
headed by Chief of Police Horley, made
the customary search for imitators of
Guy ravkes, formally ascertaining that
the vaults of the houses of parliament
did not contain anything inimical to the
safety of the members.
The Irish parliamentary party met in
committee room Is. Timothy Healy and
his supporters, who abstained from at
tending the party meetings, previous to
the last session of parliament, were pres
ent. John Dillon was reelected chair
man and the whips and secretary were
also re-elected.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
BURNING OF TWO INDIANS.
official Report of the AtrOcious
Crime In oklahoma.

Washington, Feb. S.-The attorney gen
eIal sent to the senate yesterday letter
written by Assistant United States At
torney McMechan, giving the results of
his investigation into the recent burning
of two Seminole Indians in Oklahoma by
mob He says that the sentiment in the
neighborhood of the crime is all with the
mob, and he was informed that it would
not be we'll for him or any other person
to go into that locality if it was known
that the object was to locate the conspira-
tors.
Mr.. McMechan's letter tells in the main
an old story, but he goves some new de
tails. McCiesey was, he says, the first of
the Indians to move muscle after the
torch was applied and he did not move
until the flesh was beginning to drop
! from his limbs and was beginning TO
touch his ears.
'He then gave loud whoop and bent
over as far as the chain would allow him,
and sucking in the leaping flames, sank
down and expired without showing any
more signs of pain. Not so with Palmer
Sampson; he did not move until after Nc
Giesey had inhaled the flames. Then he
commenced to kick with both feet, throw
ing burning pieces of wood 25 or 30 feet
away. 1t was with difficulty that they
succeeded in getting him burned"
Mr.. McMechan says that Baptist min
lister named Hiram Holt prayed for tho
two Indians before their execution, and
that as he knelt in prayer he held rifle
in his hands.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
IDAHO WANTS TO RAISE FUNDS
sixteen Thousand Dollars Necessary
for Omaha Exposition Expenses.

Boise, Idaho, Feb. l0.-The executive
committee of the recently appointed Ida
no commission of the Omaha exposition
has issued an address to the people of the
state The commission desires to raise
$4,000 Estimates of the expense are sub
mitted as follows: Mining, $1,000; horti
cultural, S24O0; agricultural, $1,000; pho
tographs, $500; forestry, $3.50; Idaho Of
flee expenses, $3.50; salaries of collectors,
clerk, stenographer and men in charge of
the exhibits, $4,000; express and postage,
$780, travelling expenses, $500; $4,000
pamphlets and other advertising matter,
$500; freight and carriage, $500; COM
mission on collections, 500; repairs and
maintenance at exposition $2700; total,
$4,000.
The address says: at is believed that
the legislature of 1899 should, and, if the
business sentiment of the state is at its
back. will reimburse the subscribers to
this fund to the amount above mention
ed. To this end the commission, by its
agents, throughout the state, will, at an
early date, solicit subscriptions. Certifi
Gates signed by its officers will be given
for the same. The total issue of such
certificates not to exceed the above men
toned $4,000"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
DISGUISED MINERS RETURN.
There Are More Men Than Cnn Find
work mt SkRguay.

Victoria, b. c., Feb. l0.-A special
from Nanaimo states the steamer Noyo
has arrived there from Skaguay. She has
% disguised passengers aboard, tired of
the country after their first experience,
and severely denouncing the Klondike
rush. The treasure on board amounts to
$4,000. One of the passengers said 200
men could do all the work offered at
Skaguay and there were at least 500
men there who had nothing to do but
drink and gamble. When the NoyO pass
ed, the position of the Corona was more
critical han heretofore reported. The
Noyo had no communication with the
wrecked passengers on Lewis island.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
LEADER DENOUNCES POLYGAMY
Says 1t Is No Part of the Faith of the
Latter Day Saints.

Chicago, Feb. l0.-A special from Ke-
vance, ILL.,, says
Before the conference of western Hi
nois Latter Day Saints, Joseph Smith, the
president of the church in America and
son of Joseph Smith, who helped to found
Mormonism. gave bitter denunciation of
the practices of the church in Utah. Ac
cording 10 his statement his father had
nothing TO do with the introduction of
polygamy among that sect and the COM
mon belief that the church of Latter Day
Saints recognized that practice in lesser
degree, he emphatically denied Plural
marriage was brought about by the Utah
Mormons eight years after the death of
his father, he said, and there was no war
rant in the scriptures for it. As for the
church of the Latter Day Saints, it would
adhere to the doctrine of monogamy and
resent all charges of polygamous tenden-
cies.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
SLIDE AT QUESNELLE FORKS.
Three Miners Buried In the Cariboo
Country.

Vancouver, B. c.. Feb. S.-News has
been received here of landslide at CUES
nellie Forks, Cariboo. Three miners, Will
lam Allen, Joe Rich and Alexander Nc
Lean, were buried. The slide was 1000
feet wide, 800 feet long and 25 feet high.
The steamer Capilano, which has just
returned from the northern halibut fish
ing grounds, reports the drowning of two
of her fishermen, named Robert Loughead
of Ontario and Michael Driscoll. The cap
tain of the Capilano reports the toughest
weather in his experience.
The steamer Danube, which sailed for
Alaska yesterday, carried full passenger
list The Danube also took up sawmill
to be operated on Lake Lebarge. She had
to refuse 200 tons of freight. including
three carloads of bacon from Omaha foi
the United States relief expedition.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12

New York, Feb. l0.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Buenos Ayres SAYS
Earthquakes have been reported from
various districts in the southern PROV
inces, particularly in Coloma Rica. Many
buildings in the town of Coloma Rica
have been damaged, and Villapamon. in
the same province, has almost entirely
disappeared Two persons were killed and
three wounded. Thousands of the inhab-
itants of the provinces are without shell
ter.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
WHEAT GROWERS VICTORY
GRAIN RATE is SUSTAINED.
Judge Hnnford Upholds the Law Of
the Last Legislature of Washing
ton to the Maximum Charge
for HauIs Within the state.

Tacoma, Feb. 9.-Judge Hanford of the
federal court has rendered Il decision in
the case of the Tacoma Grain Company
against the Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company and the Great Northern railway
of Importance to wheat growers of the
state and shippers of this city. The de-
cision sustains the constitutionality of the
recently enacted railway transportation
law fixing a maximum charge for hauls
within the state. The suit was brought
to compel the o. r. & n. to accept its
coma from the southern portion of the
state when taken in oniunction with tie
Northern Pacific. Heretofore local tar
ifs have prevailed on the O. r. & n to
the junction with the Northern Pacific
which made the haul to Tacoma cost more
than the haul all the way over the O. r.
& N. to Portland. The only question left
open by the decision is the reasonableness
of the nrorata offered the road, which
must be proved or disproved by trial of
the case upon its merits.
The o. n. and n. Was Knocked out.
San Francisco, Feb. 9.-The damage suit
instituted by Peter ID. Peterson against
f. f. OConnor general ticket agent of
the Oregon Railway & Navigation Conf
pany in this city, resulted in a verdict in
favor of The plaintiff in the sum of $500
and costs.
The verdict is of Importance to the
transportation companies, as it involves
the legality of ticket scalping. The facts
of the case are as follows:
In return for certain advertisements.
the o. r. & n. company issued to C. p
Church ticket for transportation
Church disposed of it to Ottinger's ticket
agency in this city, where it was bought
by Peterson. Thereupon Peterson signed
the name of Church to the ticket, but
when it vas presented to the o. r. & n.
Company he was arrested for forgery
After long trial Peterson was acquitted,
the court holding that when Church dis
posed of his ticket he also disposed of his
right to sign his name thereto. Hence
Peterson was guilty of no forgery. Peter
son then sued for damages to the amount
of $4,000 for false imprisonment.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
MISSOURI RIVER DRIED UP.
state of Affairs Never Before known
Exists Near Helena.

Helena, Mont, Feb. l0.nFor the first
time in its history the upper Missouri
river, or that part of it below Canyon
Ferry, is dry. The incompleted portion
of the dam being built by the Helena Wa
ter and Electric Power Company, II
miles north of Helena, was closed yester-
day, and although the river at that point
runs more than 1000 cubic feet per sec
Ond, according to government surveys,
it will take the river two days to rise the
five feet now remaining before it will flow
over the dam. A lake is being formed
by the backwaters of the dam, which ex-
tends seven miles up the river and covers
six square miles of territory. In the
meantime the river below the dam is prac-
tically dry, child being able to ford it
without danger. Men are prospecting in
the river bed for gold. while others have
taken out large catches of trout and
other fish that have been caught in the
pools formed in the river bed The dam
is "a feet high, and has been built at a
cost of $450,000. In few weeks it will
be furnishing electrical power to this city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
Charged with Criminal Neglect.

Geneva, H.. Feb. S.-The grand jury
will be asked to consider the evidence in
the case of Jerome Parce and wife and
Miss Willette McCracken, a healer. all of
Batavia. i'm this state, who are charged
with criminal neglect in allowing the A.
months-od child of the Parces to die with
out medical attendance. All of the ac-
cused are Christian Scientists. and the
whole case hinges on the issue whether a
Christian Science healer is a medical at
tendant within the meaning of the term.
States Attorney Joslin of Elgin believes
that he has strong case.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
Power House Destroyed.

Montreal. Feb. THE transforming
house of the Citizens Power and Light
Company at Cote st. Paul. suburb of
this city. was destroyed by fire last night
Loss, 100000 Tn company derived its
power from the I.achine rapids. the cleo
trio current carried to Montreal through
cables. The plant has been running but
q few weeks.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12

Oregon City, Feb. 9.-About 7 o'clock
yesterday morning a boat containing five
men went over the falls. George Free
man. ST.. his sons George and James, and
l.. j. Shannon were drowned. Harry
Freeman held to the boat and reached
shore The present high water will prob
ably prevent recovery of the bodies.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12

A man in TorringtOn, Conn, who has
become an expert hypnotist, put himself
to sleep the other day, remained uncon-
scious while dentist pulled a tooth, and
woke up when the dentist counted five.
All efforts to obtain anything like corr
rect information regarding the output Of
gold in Siberia have so far proved UNI
availing. No one outside of a few Rus
sian officials is permitted to know.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
nir Fire I'm Missouri.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. 9.-Fire at 2
o'clock yesterday morning destroyed a
block of business buildings at Savannah,
Andrew county. The loss at this hour,
can not be estimated accurately, but it
will not exceed $4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12
Total
Concentrates.
On Hidden Creek.

Messrs. Reisterer and Clements of Mel
son, B. c., have become owners of the Bis
muth, Squire and Leading claims The
claims are located on Hidden Creek, four
and a half miles east of the Nelson g.
Fort Sheppard railway, and one mile from
the Union Jack claim near Salmo The
price was $4,000. The Bismuth shows six
veins varying in width from two to seven
feet. carrying iron pyrites and galena. The
Squire shows four veins, 10 to 20 feet in
width, carrying iron pyrites and galena.
The Leading shows one vein four feet in
width, carrying iron pyrites and arsenic.
The formation of each claim is porphyry
and slate The sellers are we'll known
local parties and the claims give a good
showing so far as developed.
On CIugston Creek.
A. t. Winter, secretary and treasurer
of the Comstock Mining company, receiv-
ed returns from the Tacoma smelter for
their first shipment of ore from their
properties ON Clugston creek, 10 miles
north. The character of the ore is lead
carbonates carrying silver The returns
show net profit of $2330 per ton, OF
S466 to the full carload. The Comstock
is promising silver-lead property on
Clugston creek, and with its present de
velopment has a shipping capacity Of
about three carloads of ore per week witt
force of six men. The ore shipped was
taken from the main shaft at a depth Of
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12

The first street railway in America
started ON the Bowery, New York, and
ran from Prince street to Fourteenth
street, in 1881.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-12

The Payne mine has repaired its ma
chinery and rejoins the list of shippers
for the past week, with record of $50
tons of ore, which brings the total ship
ments for the week over the Kaslo & Slo-
can railway for water transportation from
Kaslo to 1900 tons, as follows:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01


"That l will, thank God, earn Is
guldens week." dictated the Hun
garian laborer.
"Well," asked tho letter writer,
"and what else shall ! sayl"
"What else! Did you ever see
A letter writer, and yet he does not
know what else to say! Who else
shall say! Who else shall knowa II
Am q writerl"
"All right. III say you like
America and that it is a better coun-
try than Hungary"
1.-THE devil it isl" the laborer
shouted. But you can say this
that it is awful big. Write just as
tell you, do you hear, or won't pay
you a cent. America is SO big!
Dear papa and mamma, and delr
wife and all, when I 60 to work l
ride in such a wagOn-car they ca1l
it here-and it runs without horses.
May I sink into the earth if there is
as much as the tail of a horse to
pull it, and it runs awful fast, so I
fly in it more than an hour and there
is still not a bit Of open field in sight
all America, America, and nothing
but America. Forty times forty vii
lagos like ours would not come up to
this great village, America. But il 3
too noisy, and nobody knows any
body else, and I feel 60 lonesome,
and, oh, do wish could go home. "
New York Commercial Advor-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
Lord Russell and the Church.

Lord John Russell and the late
Dowager Lady Russell used to at
tend the ritualistic Church of St.
Barnabas, Pimlioo, of which the
Rev. Mr.. Bennett was pastor.
"Great, therefore, was the excite
ment of the clergy and parishion-
ers," says the London Chronicle,
"when Lord John, in his famous
Durham letter, after denouncing
'Popery, doubly denounced tho in
sidious imitation Of it by clergy.
men of our own church. To Lord
JOHN Mr. Bennett thercupon wrote /,
letter OF rcmonstranco, III the course
OF WINCH Inc quoted all entry from
his private diary: Lord and Lady
Rue. eli 1T holy communion this day.
Oh, ll!it wo couid make them love
tho chgrc'j. II was not argument,
but tie doWager countess used to
say that this genuine eX il cssion Of
fet ing affected her ana htr husband
molc than did all the public attacks
n.,,io upon him i'll his caPacity-por-
trayed ny lunch-'oi Il naughty boy
wno cnalkCu up NO IOpery andran
away"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
TAFTSVILLE,

Mrs. j. II. Coburn Of Lynn, Mass, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. S. M. whitney.
Earl Vaughan of Boston Is visiting his
brother, Harvey Vaughan.
f. M. Leonard Of Hartland and his
cousin, Mrs, Jenney Of Lakeville, Mass,
visited recently at L. j. M. Marcy's.
Mrs. r. O. Hall returned to Austin,
MIMI, Monday. She was accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Geo. w. Harvey,
who is to make an extended visit.
A. q. Hoitt and daughter, Miss Ida,
and A.TG. Morse returned Monday from a
two weeks carriage drive, visiting friends
in New Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
Albert Culver and wife Of Randolph arc
visiting at 1. B. Gilberts.
Mrs. T. L. Squiers of North Fcrrisburg
is with her daughter, Mrs. w. II. Brown.
ell.
Mr.. Hurlbert Of Bennington is stoppin.
in the place.
Mr.. Archer and wife Of Plymouth are
visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo. Morse.
The Ladies' Information Society will
meet with Mrs. A. L. Spauding Wednes.
day afternoon. Oct. 8; Mrs. Darling lead.
er. All ladies cordially invited to be
present.
Frank Young and wife of Lebanon, N.
H., are visiting at Z. c. Emmons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
BETHEL.

b. 4 Davis has bought the milk route
Of w. L. Waldo ( Son and will take pos
session next woek.
+. Wctmorc has bought farm near
Keene, N. H., and is moving there from
Roxbury, where he has been the past year.
John Noonan entered this week the
University of Pennsylvania law school,
and Richard Wilson and ID. Lynn Chad
wick the University Of Vermont. Frank
Everett returned to the Philadelphia
School of Homeopathy, VIM. Stickney to
Dartmouth, William ellison and Perley
Spaulding to the University Of Vermont.
There was good turnout to the Wood
stock fair wednesday.
A new iron bridge is being put IN above
Soper's blacksmith shop in place Of the
old wooden one which has for some time
been considered dangerous.
Mrs. ID. S. Phillips, who has spent sew
eral weeks at her parental home In More
town, Is much improved In health and is
expected here today.
Mrs. David Bean called on fri ends here
Tuesday for the first time In 20 years.
She is member Of the Lillievlllc family
Of Washburns and her home Is in Con-
necticut. She is at James ChamberliTs
in Lilllevllle for week.
M. Sylvester has greatly improved the
Williams & Lincoln blacksmith shop by
new paint and shingles.
The Universalist ladies served their
first supper of the season ut the Harrng-
ton parlors last evening, the Church
street division furnishing the provisions.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Our we'll known and popular townsman,
John Keleher, was married Wednesday
morning in Barre to Miss Mary Arm
strong, who also has many friends here,
having lived in town 4 number Of years.
The happy pair are spendinga few days in
Boston, after which they will live in Mr..
Keleher's house On North Main street.
We offer congratulations.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
Preparing For Their Return.

They were blasting rocks near a
river and dynamite had been placed
in different localities.
The family of a colored fisherman
were curiously inspecting the work,
though they had been warned away
on numerous occasions.
One day the old woman, pipe in
mouth, was standing with her two
children near barrel of dynamite,
when suddenly there was II teri ific
explosion and the family went up
with it.
The head of the family witnessed
the tragedy from distance. The
next morning he approached the
mayor of the town and said:
"Ef you please, sab, wants ter
know what cemetery lots is scllin
fer in do cullud buryin grount"
Have you recovered the-the
bodies2" asked the mayor sympu
thetically.
mo, sub, not yit, was the reply.
"but I'm eXpectin of 'em Ter come
down mos any MISUNDERSTANDING
Constitution
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
NEWS OF THE STATE.

ST. ALBANs HOTELS WILL CLOSE TODAY
The st. Adams papers report an inter
csting fight i'll progress; there between the
clcrgymen and Temperance people on one
side and the hotel keepc $ ana liquor SELL
crs Oh the other. Tho former party is
under the leadership of several local
clergymcn and temperance advocates, who
have inaugurated ali aggressive fight for.
the enforcement Of the prohibltory law {.
A petition is being circulated and finds
many signers. The temperance men are
putting much personal work into the
cause. The other day, according to the
S un, delegation of cIcrgymcn and dca-
cons waited upon the mayor with Il re-
quest that liquor saloons in the city be
closed or prosecuted. They We're bluntly
told by him that he was not elected for
that purpose.
At II meeting held by the hotel aud rcs-
taurant keepers Tuesday morning it was
decided that they should close all their
establishments Mt midnight Saturday, aud
the boarders in these places were notified
to seek now quarters before that time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
Chester Hermit Dies In Solitude.

Charles Bemls, who has lived a
hermit life tor many years in what
is known as Smokeshire, in the
northern part of Chester, was found
dead in his lonely home last Satur-
day afternoon by one of his neigh
bOrs.
The dead man was found on the
floor, having fallen from his chair.
MIR. Bemis was in destitute circum-
stances, as not mOrsel OF food
could be found in the house.
There was no bed nor crockery.
The only furniture he possessed was
an old stove, two broken chairs, a
wooden box and Il tin milk pail.
To all appearances he had been dead
about "a hours. An autopsy was
held, and the board of health pro-
nounced death due to heart disease.
A dog was found at the house in
pitable condition; slss two horses
in the pasture.
Mr.. Bemis was about 60 years
old, and had two well-to-do brother S
who had tried to have him leave his
shanty and reside with them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to
know that the very best medicine
Tor restoring the tired out nervous
system to a healthy vigor is Electric
Bitters. This medicine is purely
vegetable, acts by giving tone to the
nerve centres in the stomach, gently
stimulates the liver and kidneys, and
aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric
Bitters improves the appetite, aids
digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic.
Try it. Sold for SOC or $I.oo pei
bottle at a. b. Morgan's Drug
Store.