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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
By Easy Stages.
Patriot.

A Spokaneite who had moved
from place to place and at last
landed in Northern Idaho, was
asked if he liked the place. He
answeded.
There was once a man who
moved from Spokane to Sand
point, from Standpoint to Scotia,
and from Scotia to Rathdrum,
after which he died and went to
hell; but the change was so grad
ual that he never noticed it,
Newport Pilot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06

proved by the governor and this
act specifically repeals Title III of
the Revised Statutes, and Title III
contains the section, 623, upon
which rests the decision Of the
supreme court. Then comes along
the act Of March II, 1893, which
repeals the act of March 6, 1891,
and also providing that tax-col-
lectors shall receive per cent
commission for the collection of
special school and bond taxes.
The present state of the law
would then seem to be that sec
ton Gag which prohibits tax-col-
lectors from receiving commission
for the collection Of general school
monies, was followed by section
2I56 Of the Revised Statutes pro-
viding that tax collectors should
receive not less than S nor more
than 7 per centum of all taxes
except per capita tax. Then
comes the act of March 6, 1891,
repeating section Gag of the Re-
vised Stotutes, but not touching
section 2I56. The act of March
II, 1893, repeats the act of March
6, 1891, but says nothing about
section 21s6. Therefore it seems
that section 2I56 is operative and
specifically provides that tax COLI
lectors shall receive not less than
IL nor more than IS per centum
of all per capita tax and not less
than 5,nor more than 7 per cent
um of all other taxes. The per
centum here mentioned refers to
counties of the sth class, but the
general provision is alike for all
counties. In the absence Of other
light on the subject, it appears
that the supreme court overlook :
ed the act of March 6, 1891, and
so did the attorneys for Brandon.
However, other light may be
forthcoming to upset the theory
here advanced. If the court
overlooked the fact that section
Gag is repealed, then there would
seem TO be occasion for a rehear :
ing in the Brandon case. The
ex-tak-collectors may come out
all right yet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
"lioeh. ltoch. De, ooofnsr."

Register West of the Lewis
ton land Office has had about sixty
appeals taken from his rulings
and in not one of them has he
been reversed. And still "our
governor dosn't like West as a
public oficial.-Moscow Star.
The governor doesn't like any
thing that he can't "reverse" SO
as to benefit himself and his
chances for the senatorial toga.
Like the Kaiser of Germany, he
softly HUNS:
In fact, humOr every within,
With aspect dark and VIsRge grlht
G0tt pUIIiS nit me and nit him,
MySelf-and Cot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
THAT DECISION
Looks A Though Supreme Court
Overlooked Something.
INTERESTING 10 COLLECTORS
b Ssetlsa S73 Rapssisd1 = bS.IsE coaoetoss
Ny YEA coas CT ~ BlSAt-"Ayssli-
ed estt"-A eVu6sal Ctssvo.

Last February, the supreme
court Of Idaho handed down a
decision which has caused many
ex-tax collectors considerable sol
ID suffering. In was in the case
OF Fremont county against Bran
don. The court held that tax
collectors were not entitled to any
commission on taxes levied and
collected for general school pur.
passes. It also held that the stat
ute Of limitations did not run
against counties where illegal fees
had been paid. The effect Of the
decision was to make all tax-col.
lectOrs who had received COM
missions for collecting general
school taxes liable and
Oblige them to ref und the
amounts received. 1t seems that
in most if not all the counties this
commission had been received.
AT the last meeting of the COM
missioners in this county, Attor-
ney Smith looked the matter up
with special reference to the case
of ex-Assessor and Collector
Huff. He has ascertained in this
particular case, at least, the deci-
sion did not effect, because Mr..
Huff had turned back money in
excess Of his maximum compen-
sation. which would amount to
mere than the per centum on the
general school taxes. It also APP
pears that, acting in his official
capacity as county attorney, Mr.
Smith made what seems to be
some discoveries of general inn
portance, and Of sufficient conse-
quence toLustify him in advising
the commissioners that he did not
think it would be wise to COM
mence action against any of the
ex-assessOrs Of this county. Mr.
Smith has kindly provided TIKI
TRIBUNE with the following ref
erepces: Section Gag of Title III
Of the Revised Statutes provides
that tax-colleCtors shall receive
NO fee nor reward for collecting
general school taxes, and it il
upon this section that the supreme
court rested It's decision. Sector
aIS6 of the Revised Statutes pro
vides that tax-collectors shall re-
ceive not less than IL nor more
than IS per cent on all per capita
tax (poll tax), and not less thar
S per cent nor more than 7 PEI
cent on Ell ether taxes. 1t seems
that the attorneys for Brandon
Bagley Of Bear Lake and Haw.
ley & Pickett of Boise, argueC
that section 2IS6 repealed Gag
The court held otherwise anC
that the two sections must b,
construed together, which wa
no doubt correct. Now comes
the strange feature of the bust
ness. On March 6, 1891, "Al
act to establish and maintain
systenn Of free Rchoois'' was An.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
Miners Union Blow Up he Bun.
keF Till and Sullivan Mills.
ONE MAN WAS SHOT DOWN
Is'rib's DsSsFuetIou q Pseposty-Eisht MuaAroa
1sakOd saS AEaoA RlsteSs-ssouos e tss7
Re-oaseted-Two EOa-saios Ma WeuaSsd.

Wardner, Idaho, April 2o.--
Wardner today has been the
scene of the worst riots since the
deadly labor war Of 1899. One
man is dead, another is thought
to be MORALLY wounded, and
property valued at $2so,oOo has
been destroyed by giant powder
and fire. The damage was done
by union men and sympathizers
from Canyon creek, about TWEEN
ty miles from Wardner.
This morning a mob of from
500 to 1000 men, all Of them
armed and many of them masked,
seized a train at Burke, the head
of Canyon creek. There were
nine box cars and passenger
coach, and they were black with
the mob. The visitors brought
with them 5000 pounds of giant
powder.
After a parley of two hours,
T4o masked men armed with
Winchesters, started with yelIs
for the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill. They sent pickets ahead,
and one of these pickets fired a
signal shot that the mill was
abandoned.
This was misunderstood by the
main body of the mob, who inn
agined that non-union miners in
the hills had opened on them, and
they began firing on their own
pickets. About 1000 shots were
thus exchanged between the riot
ers and their pickets, and Jack
Smith, one of their pickets, for
merly of British Columbia was
shot dead.
By this time the strikers had
taken possession of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill, which they
found deserted, the manager hav-
ing directed his employees not to
risk their lives by battling with
the mob.
Powder was called for, and
sixty 5o-pound boxes were car
ried from the depot to the mill.
The heaviest charge was placed
among the machinery of the mill.
Another charge was placed
around the mill. Then the
boarding house, a frame struct-
ure; was fired.
AT ago p. m. the first blast
went off. 1t shook the ground
for miles, and buildings in Ward
ner, two miles away, trembled.
AT intervals of about thirty sec
onds four other charges went off,
the fifth being the largest, and
completely demolished the mill.
The loss to the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan company is estimated
from $2so,Ooo to 100000.
In a few minutes the strikers
went back to the station, the
whistle was blown for stragglers
the mob soon climbed aboard
and at 8 o'clock, just three hours
after its arrival, the train pulled
out for Canyon creek.
During the fusilade from the
guns of the mob, Jim Chayne, /
Bunker Hilland Sullivan millman
was severely shot through tn,
hips. 1t is reported that he wa
carried off by strikers, and hi
wound is probably fatal. ]. ]
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
III. Doinss Of a Week In the
Gem State Briefly Told.
NOTHING IMPORTANT OMITTED
shoopmsU Dissssard Tie eovsrasrs Prsclsna.
UOa-GssSSSvills Bsoa-Dis Iaaaol Thsoush
ths Huup-GSs LsmssFsss u TFOSblo.

MaIad City is going to have a
creamery, built on the co-opera-
tive plan.
The Nampa San, a semi
weekly paper, has been absorbed
by the Idaho Leader.
Idaho Falls is suffering from a
dog poisoning epidemic. No
auster reported in the sausage
market.
W. M. Headington, a well
known Moscow citizen, died sud-
denly, after 20 hours sickness,
April IS.
L. o. johnson, an employee of
H. o. Geiger & Co., was
drowned on the upper Clearwater
10 a. m. April 20.
Genesee, Idaho, is to have a
75-barrel, modern grist mill.
Work is rapidly progressing and
the mill will soon be running.
Burglars recently looted several
Preston business places, getting
away with several good dollars.
That is what comes from living
in a red hot town.
BlackfOOt, Idaho, is to have a
Republican paper, published by
W. E. Smith, formerly of Ameri-
can Fork, Utah. That is one
thing which BlaCkfOot needs.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports
that steel rails for 100 miles of
the Weiser railroad have been
contracted for, and that extensive
operations are about to begin.
Reports are coming in every
day from the Buffalo Hump
country, indicating that it is one
of the richest end most extensive
discoveries made in recent years.
Emil Berg, convicted at Al
bion, Cassia, September 1895, of
the crime of voluntary manslaugh-
ter, will apply for pardon at the
meeting of the board of pardons,
July S.
The people of St. Anthony are
lubilating over the fair prospects
OF railroad to be built to their
town from Idaho Falls, by the
Oregon Short Line company this
summer.
Upon the return home of Mr..
Fred T. Dubois and his wife, the
BlackfOot News naturally fell into
the most elegant poetic mood, and
sang of birds and flowers and
grassy slopes. Bully.
George Jones, for stealing a
suit of clothes, and James Kelly
for burgling a freight car, were
last week conveyed from the
Kathdrum county jail and placed
in the state penitentlary.
Last week three prisoners con-
fined in the county Jail at Moscow
escaped. One was accused Of
rObbing the post Office at Lane,
KoOtenai Co., the other two oil
selling whisky to Indians.
Mr.. A. D. Morrison, well
known in eastern Idaho on ac-
count of his connection with many
successful irrigation and COLOMBIA.
ton enterprises, has returned to
Chicago. He is well spoken Of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06
BY the people Of Idaho Falls
where he resided.

AAsAAAASA WIS, Tow
ers, and who resided in Lewiston,
Idaho, short time, jumped off
a steamer and was drown She
was bound for Alaska, but evil
IDENTITY changed her mind and
committed suicide.
Preliminary steps have been
taken by Boise attorneys looking
to testing the validity of the Code
Commission law. Attorney Gem
eral Hayes has been requested to
bring suit. If he refuse, the law
yers will do it themselves.
The govoner was rejoiced to
learn that the white pine lands Sc
lected by the Mcconnell admins
tration were safe, and he would
appropriate credit to himself for
the fact that the lapse of yeare had
made this land safe from contests.
Lewiston Teller.
Bear Lake county commits
sioners have made an order di-
recting the county attorney to
bring suit against ex-assessors
and collectors to recover the COM
missions on school moneys which,
under the decision Of the supreme
court, they were not entitled to.
Idaho Fails mas a Village I'm
provement society which is doing
much towards improving and
identifying that flourishing town.
Here is hint for other commun-
lies. Fewer literary and high
five societies and more village
improvement societies might not
be amiss.
The Grangeville Standard an
nounces that Grangeville is en-
joying an unexampled growth,
and speaks of the town as one
which will soon take rank among
the foremost of IdahO's munich
palities. 1t is most gratifying to
note the prosperity of Idaho COM
munities. Long may they wave.
According to the commercial
reports, fully 100000 wage work.
ers have been benefited by the
industrial activity that has follow
ed the inauguration of a Republi-
can administration and the enact
ment of a protective tariff law.
Increases in wages never have
followed the induction into Office
of a Democratic president.-Ida-
no Falls Register.
Judge Stockslager missed an
opportunity to sentence Frank
Williams and Ed. Walker con-
victed of burglary at Haley April
27. The conviction had just been
obtained and the Judge promised
to pass sentence the next morning,
but the culprits couldn't seem to
wait. They broke Jail and went
away without notifying the judge.
The sheriff and posse is after
them.
Recently Idaho Falls. voted to
issue bonds for the construction
Of water works. Now comes
w. H. B. Grow, through his at
torney, asking the court for a
writ of prohibition to prevent the
building of said waterworks. He
alleges that Idaho Falls is not a
town, only a village. If w. H.
B. doesn't look out somebody
down there will jerk him for ma :
licious libel.
A number of sheepmen have
been arrested in ONEIDA county
for failing and refusing to respect
Governor Steunenberg's procla-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-05-06

MONEY TO LoAN-Inquirs Of
Frank J. Smith, Caldwell, Idaho.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09

shooting, but swore he never saw the
horse until his attention was called to
him by his agitation. The weak
points in the evidence were the fail
ure to show that the boy even shot in
the direction of the horse and that the
horse had been shot at all. The hole
in the jaw and the blood issuing from
1t proved nothing. That might have
been caused in a thousand ways. A
kissing bug might have done it or the
horse might have stabbed himself with
a sharp icicle. The manifestation of
excitement Immediately following the
shooting might have been coincidental.
Nobody saw a bullet going toward
him and none was found and produced
in court as an exhibit. Justice is too
blind to safely jump from one con-
clusion to another. So the boy was
turned loose. AS he had told Mr.. Nc
Keone, that gentleman couldn't
DrOYe it.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09
ARRIETTA DISCHARGED
Not Closely Connected with The
Painted Rock Murder.

District Attorney Flanagan returned
yesterday morning from ella Bend,
where he went to attend the prelimi-
nary examination of Arrietta, accused
OF the brutal murder a week ago of
Juan Martinez in the course of a game
OF cards at Painted Rock. Notwith-
standing there had been supposed to
be dead case against Arrietta, he was
discharged for want of evidence. The
testimony was all furnished by Mexi-
can witnesses, who, however voluble
they may have been Immediately after
the killing, had grown reticent and
unsatisfactory What little they had
to say was calculated to embarrass
the territory
While District Attorney Flanagan
was examining one of them through
an interpreter, Justice Kaltenbach.
who is an accomplished Spanish
scholar, grew disguised with the wit
ness manner, and when Justice Kali
tenbach gets disguised he has a way
OF communicating the state of his
feelings.
'FHold on, Mr. District Attorney
said he; ''hCId on. This is
swearing to : lie. Mr.. Deputy sher-
iff remove the - to Jail
Then turning to the Interpreter and
pointing toward a row of witnesses
waiting to be called, he said: Now,
Mr. Interpreter, tell those - - -
to be careful how they testify. Tell
them if I catch them swearing to a lie
I'll send them to Jail to keep company
with that other fellow.
These blanks are supposed to repre-.
sent f5rceful combinations of the Eng
lish language, which u foolish preju-
dice has decreed shall not appear in
public prints and shall not be heard
in Sunday schools and churches. They
are required, though, to give clearness
to meaning. az ella Bend.
Then the examination proceeded.
The witnesses, profiting by Justice
admonition, restrained
themselves from trying to prove that
Arrietta was a saint, yet they said
nothing to damage his case.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09

lively that the suicide at least was pre-
meditated. The will and codicil were
found with Mrs. Rowa's papers. The
cOdicil is as follows:
Il wish to be taken to the undertake
er's Immediately. l do not wish to be
left in the house and under no con-
sideration do L wish to be buried from
the house. E. S. ROWE"
Later developments prove that the
murder and suicide were not commit
ted until Monday night. Both Mrs.
Rowe and her child were seen on the
streets Monday. Mrs. Rowes letter to
Mr.. DOnau was dated Monday. The
Citizen was mistaken in stating that
Mr.. Donau did not receive the letter
until yesterday. He received it from
the postoffice Tuesday morning, but
was extremely busy and laid it aside
with other mail which he did not then
have time to attend to. Yesterday
morning he opened the letter and the
discovery of the tragedy followed.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09
EMERY WAS CONVICTED
The Case TO Be Fought Out In the
District Court.

The trial of J. F. Emery and his two
sons, Willard and Oliver, aged re
spectivaly thirteen. and eleven,
charged with peddling within the city
limits without license, occupied all of
yesterday in police court. The
younger son was discharged. but Mr.
Emery and the elder were convicted.
Tie fine of the former was fixed at SIS
and that of the latter at S..
Mr.. Emery has for a long time been
cherishing belief that the city ordi-
nance requiring a 81 monthly license
for selling home grown products was
III cOntraventiCn of the constitution of
the United States. This belief ripened
into a conviction on August last
when his last license expired. He re-
fused to take out another, but contin-
ued to keep up a desultory foray upon
the corporation with his watermelon
wagon. Last Wednesday his little
boys came to town with load of sixty
melons. They effected one sale on
East Adams street, when they were ar
rested by Officer Thoman. None of
these facts were disputed and judg-
ment was rendered on them.
Notice of appeal was given and bond
was fixed at $500. The question of dis
posing of the defendants pending the
perfecting of the appeal came up and
was finally settled by the court con-
senting to accept cash bond of $50,
the judgment in the case of his son
having been suspended.
Then Mr.. Emery was put on trial
for interfering with an officer. The
interference consisted in having re-
peatedly ordered his boys to take the
wagon and proceed with the sale of the
melons after the officer had stopped
them and caused the team to be tied
up. He was also found guilty on this
charge and at the request of his at
torney the passing of sentence was
deferred for twenty-four hours in or
der that he might have time to ar
range for another appeal without go
ing to Jail. An unexpected difficulty
arose-Mr Emery could not be pres
ent to hear his sentence. He belongs
to a church. one of whose fundamental
doctrines is that Saturday is the Sab
bath. He had religious scruples
against breaking the Sabbath by be-
ing sentenced by fine OF to the Jail
on that day. Sentence cannot be
passed on a man in his absence, neither
can the passing of it be postponed be-
yond twenty-four hours. The original
order therefore had to be set aside and
the sentence was announced later in
he daV
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09
DIED ALONE
the Station at Desert Wells Found
DeSoIafe Yesterday.

When the Florence and Globe stage
reached Desert Wells, fifteen miles
out of Mesa, yesterday the relay sta
ton was found in disorder. There was
nobody in sight and the horses were
not harnessed. Locking around, the
driver found the cause of the negli-
gence-death. I he man in charge lay
stiff. The driver went on, but sent
word back to Mesa by some one with
information of his discovery. The
messenger was not able to give very
clear account of the case. There was
a man dead, but he did not know who.
The word got around that it was an
old man, probably a Mexican. The
cause CT death might be too much wine
or too much heart disease. A cor
oner's jury was impaneled and went
out to the wells, but at late hour
last night had not returned.
1t was reported in Mesa yesterday
afternoon, though how the report
reached there is not known, that the
dead man was Tom Buchanan, the
keeper Of the station. He has had
charge of the station for many years
and is one of the pioneers of Arizona.
He was in Phoenix few days ago.
He usually kept a man employed at
the station whether he himself was
there or not He was frequently abb
sent and it is therefore thought that
the dead man is the employe and that
Buchanan is somewhere en- the other
end of the line.
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09
HE COULDN'T PROVE 1T
Thera Are Many Ways for Horse 10
Get Hurt.

The case of Eugene Williams, a
small colored boy, charged with shoot
ing a horse belonging to H. Ne
Keone on Labor Day, was tried in JUS
tice Gray's court yesterday. The de-
PENDANT was discharged. There were
circumstances against the boy, but
they were only disconnected links, not
constituting a chain of evidence. 1t
was proved that young Williams was
with lot of other boys in the vicinity
of the horse at the time alleged in the
indictment; that he was armed with
one Of those little % guns which fire
cartridges made up of bullets and at
mosphere; that he discharged the
gun twice and that at the second dis
charge the horse snortsd, stood on his
hind legs and otherwise manifested
emotions Ct surprise and pain; that
when he was restored to a nervous
calmness a stream of blood was OBJ
served to be running from a hole in
his Jaw. The next day when Mr.. Nc
Keone met the boy and asked him what
he shot the horse for, he replied:
"You can't prove it,"
The boy admitted the rife and the
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09

Three of a kind beat two of a pair.
This scriptural truth is recalled by the
circumstance that Scoville has just
secured Charles o. YCungstrOm to take
charge of the timing department of
his establishment There are gotten
together the three best men to be
found in the southwest, in one bust
ness. Mr.. Youngstown is without an
equal in tin and metal working. There
is no more skillful electrician than w.
]. Ellicott, who Is in charge OF the
electrical department. And ScovilIe,
who particularly looks after the
plumbing and generally superlntenaS
the business. There is no need to
say anything about him. He and MS
business are already so we'll and
favcrabIy known that it is waste OF
time and type to describe them FUR
Their. Allusion Is only made TO the
business now to mention the latest
change, the securing of Youngstrom
to round out the capabilities
of the growing and prosper
out establishment at ia West Ad-
Arizona republican., 1899-09-09

the minds OF either local attorneys as
to the genuineness of the letters
Previous correspondence had made
them familiar with the Fresno mans
writing and they raised no question as
to it.
THAT the fellow proposed to make a
big cleanup is evidenced by the
fact that H. r.. McNoble, another
Stockton attorney, received a similar
letter purporting to come from A. G.
Williams, another attorney in Fresno.
planning for a similar coup. There
seemed TO be something out of the way
in the deed sent to [Mr. Noble, and
when he proposed to telephone to Will
1iams about it Winders excused him
self from the office and said he would
not sell any way"