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The times., 1899-11-06

When ven ask for 'dark" or Eight heer
YOU will have TO expect an inferior grade .i h.rr
20 be served yCu huy when You lsk .7r llcu.eb
Mlerzeu, senate, or Lager You viii get tha h.-t
beer hrewed from malt and hops. For linUirh
in bottles, 'phore J3l. Arlington Buttlius CO.
The times., 1899-11-06

On TWO routes there are girl carriers. who
do good work. Boxes must be furnished by
the persons receiving the mail and placed
on posts on the route and in easy access Of
the carrier. so that he does not have to
alight from his vehicle
Uniform Boxes Desirable
Regarding the boxes the report says:
4 respectfully suggest that it would be
good policy Tor the department to adopt
after advertising for proposals, some uni
form style of mail box for the rural free
delivery service with two compartments.
one for collection and one for delivery
with one master key for the carrier to
open the collection compartments of all
the boxes and a separate key for the de-
livery compartment to be furnished to each
patron Of the delivery; these boxes to be
put up and kept in repair BY the Postofice
Department, and to be rented to the patrons
OF the rural free delivery service at some
moderate price, which would not only pay
the Government interest on its investment
but yield a revenue"
The free delivery route at Westchester.
Chester county Pa, is cited as showing how
the system can be made to pay. The re-
port says,
This service was instituted January
1899 No postofiiCes or star routes were dis
continued. Two fourth-class gostofIices
nave ceased to exist in consequence Of their
patrons being supplied By rural delivery.
The cost of the service for the nine months
it has been in existence has been 81. 500
fair estimate of the value Of the postage
on matter collected is 2 cents per piece.
amounting on the ll9 GGS pieces collected
TO $2,39336. thus not only paying for the
service, bur leaving q balance Of S5g336
.lff FLOR rlTvrCF . he
ciated free delivery aIi collection service
which they had not heretofore possessed.
II ii had rot been for the rural collection
service, practically all the above sum woulo
have been absorbed by fourth-class post
masters and the people would have been
compelled to send TO Westchestar or soGle
other Office for the 155,SO5 pieces Of mail de-
liyered without charge almost at their
doors
Many fourth class postma5ters have been
hostile TO the system, and many comrlai9ts
have been received from them. but on can
vassing the districts in which the postmas-
ters lived the people have always be n
found in favor Of the rural delivery. star
route contractors have also opposed the
system, and the report suggests that as far
as practicable postmasters and star-routers
injured by he innovation be given posi-
tions under the rural delivery system.
4 Maryland Route
Edwin W. Shriver, a postal clerk OF
Westminster. Md. constructed travelling
postofiice. OF which the report says:
This vehicle is feet long, with slid NJ
door in the center, Handsomely painted in
blue and gold ana lettered L. S. Posta
Wagon. It's interior is fitted up with coun-
ter drawers, and letter boxes sixteen
large letter boxes in front, forty-two be-
hind, all zinc lined. 1t carries a driver
| and a postal clerk. the latter Of whom is
authorized to receive, cancel col ect and
deliver all mails; TO receipt for applications
| for money orders and registered le -ters.
and. IN short, to perform al the functions
postoffice. drawn by a pair of strong
The times., 1899-11-06
THIS PAPER is PRINTED
l,nrged with Making Bogus Checks

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The times., 1899-11-06

rrIrif font Marine Accident and Plate f.a-s lrs
ID. O. D. Earr As-nL. 1901 Q Street
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
The Order Revoked.

The city board of health at a meeting
held Yesterday afternoon revoked the
order closing the schools and preventing
any public gatherings for fear of the con-
tagion that prevailed in the city. Last
Saturday the original thirty-day order
was modified and Monday November 20
placed as the limit of dissolving the or
der. But recent developments have
shown that all fear of any further spread
of the contagion is at an end and society
may resume its usual course with perfect
safety.
Having carefully put the disease under
ban for three weeks the health board are
now fully convinced that all danger of
an epidemic is at an end. The few
cases that remain in the city under quar-
antine and i'll the pest house are improv-
ing rapidly. No serious results have
anywhere occurred. If the disease was
smallpox at all, which all our physicians
now doubt, ii is very mild form Of that
malady and Lewiston by careful
handling will soon be free from it en-
tirely.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
Federal Court Adjorns.

Federal court at Moscow adjourned for
the term after the longest session held
for several years, having many cases Of
unusual interest. The principal criminal
case was the trial Of the Occur d'Aiene
rioters for conspiracy to stop the United
States mails. Ten Of the thirteen tried
were convicted and are now in the
United States penitentiary at San
Quentin, California serving out the
sentences passed upon them.
The civil docket contained some very
important mining cases. One Of these
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan vs.. the
Empire State involved the title to some
of the richest ground in the Occur
d'Alencs The trial just concluded oc-
cupied the attention Of the court for
nearly two weeks. Mining experts from
over the world were called as witnesses
and great mass Of evidence was pre-
sented. The Court reserved hts decision
and took the matter under advisement.
By agreement some Of the cases went
over for trial at Boise next week. Court
adjourned Thursday and yesterday Judge
Beatty and the various court officials left
for Boise. The next term OF the Federal
court for the Northern district Of Idaho
will be held at Moscow in May next.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
Courthouse News.

The following deeds have been fled
for recording since our last issue:
]. p. Vollmer Ct al. to Edwin d.
Thomas. Deed to Lot q, block b. voll-
mer & Kroutinger tract. city. Consider
alton $3.50.
] p. volliner ct al. to Frank Cole.
Deed to lots 8 and 4, block B, city. Con-
sideration $76o.
Geo. w. Sutherland to Dan w. Green
burg. Deed to lots in Kendrick. Con-
sideration f2oo.
Vim. r. Kettcnback and wife to Geo.
Kester. Deed to property in Thomp-
sons field, Ioox46o feet on Main street.
Consideration $4,000.
Geo. II. Kester to Mary Jane Ketten-
bach. Deed to property in Thompson's
field. Ioox46o feet on Main street. Con-
sideration f2ooo.
Grace X. Pfefflin and husband to
Mary Jane Ketteubach. Deed to property
in Thompson's field, Ioox46o feet on
Main street. Consideration f7ooo.
]. II. Shook, Quitclaim deed to an un-
divided one-sixth interest in II claims
situated on John Day creek. considera-
ton $Ioo.
A marriage license was issned on the
10Th to Andrew S. Smith and Idaho M.
Plank.
]. w. Poe and wife TO Veda Terteling.
Deed to lot S, block II, in Poe's tract.
5oxIoo.
In Judge Langford's Court the follow
ing business has been transacted The
hearing Of the final report in the estate
Of Baptiste Rscude was heard and decree
Of final distribution entered. The case
of q. N. Mccall VS.. B ID. Donaldson
came on for hearing Friday and default
entered for non-appesrance. The final
hearing in the estate Of Chas Piunkett
came up Friday for final hearing aud
plea for distribution was granted.
Assessor Speaker will make visit to
the Potlatch Sunday on business con.
nected with the duties Of his Office.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
COURT AT MT. IDAHO.
Conviction of Bert Rigley Young
aud Arley Beck.

The district court at Mt Idaho disposed
of two criminal cases this week. Bert
Rigley Young was convicted of assault
upon J. N. Rice with intent to do great
bodily injury. This is the case that grew
out of the grub stake suit Rice instituted
against the locators of the Buffalo Hump
mine. Young assaulted Rice in the
Jersey House at Grangeville and attempt
ed his life with revolver. Judge Steele
will fix the time for giving his sentence
today.
Arley Beck was convicted yesterday of
cattle stealing and will today receive his
time of hearing sentence pronounced.
The case of William Rookie charged with
cattle stealing will come on for trial
Monday.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
SETTLING An OLD FEUD
Killing of Charles Maughmor by
Clifford Riggs.
TROUBLE OVER THE RANGE
Riggs Gives Himself TO the Sher-
itf-SayS He Acted in
Self Defense.
TROUBLE OVER THE RANGE

Word was received in the city yester-
day about noon to the effect that Clifford
Riggs had shot and killed prominent
stockman on the range near Keuterville
and that he was riding to town to give
himself up. Further communication
with Cottonwood confirmed the report
that Riggs had shot Charles Maughmor
obout miles southwest from Keuterville,
and that he was riding to Mt Idaho to
give himself into the custody of the
sheriff.
The incidents that led to the killing
are IN main that the shooting grew out
OF trouble over the ranges on the govern
ment land along the breaks of Salmon
river. 1t is ascertained that trouble has
, been brewing for sometime between the
Maughmor Brothers who have cattle on
the ranges and the Riggs Brothers who
own large bands of sheep that Craze in
that vicinity. Maughmor and the Riggs
sheep herders had had several tilts during
the past few days and the sheep men had
been ordered from the ranges lying near
the Maughmor ranch.
Refusal to remove the sheep led to the
trouble of yesterday morning. Maughmor
and his brother rode over to the camp
where Riggs and a man named Roberts
were at work. Angry words led to
threats and ended in the shooting. Riggs
killing his man with rifle ball directly
over the heart. Maughmor was on his
horse at the time and pitched from the
animal, dying instantly. There are re-
ports to the effect that Maughmor was
attempting to draw pistol when Riggs
fired. Riggs rode Immediately to Cote H.
wood and wired the sheriff that he was
coming to give himself up. He is now
i'll custody of Sheriff Mclean and has
employed J. w. Reid and J.. F. Ailshie to
defend him. His preliminary trial .is
set for Monday.
News of the killing created consterna-
ton among the citizens here where Mr..
Riggs is well known. The details were
asked for with interest and general re-
lief expressed when there was evidence
that the act was considered by the eye
witnesses as purely one of self defense.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

c. A. Hastings, is confined to his home
with a severe cold.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

A. Vinson OF the 6rra OF Niles & Vim
son is in the city. Mr.. Vinson is here
to make arrangements if possible with
the o. r. * N. company tor the future
transportation of granite from their
quarry by the company. During high
water the boats could land in the vicinity
Of the quarryland thus make transporta-
tion easy. They have large quantity of
marble ready for transportation on the
scows at present. This will be transferred
here to steamers and shipped to Walla
Walla.
Asotin will hold a city election in De-
cember.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

Mr.. Moore, father of Miss Nett lie Moore,
of Waha, left on this mornings train to
visit with his daughter Mrs. Ector IN
Butte, Montana
At the me citing of the city council in
Asotin last Monday it was decided to
gravel Second street from the bridge to
the courthouse also Cleveland street,
from the irrigation ditch to Second street.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18
In the Land Office.

The local land Office handed down
decision today in the case of Shirley
Gharrett VS.. Jas. ?. Shattuck, recon-
mending that the entry be cancelled.
The land involved is 100 acres on the
head of the Potlatch.
G. w. Riley filed contest yesterday
in the la nd Office against David 5.
Speegle to determine the right Of entry
OH 100 acres near Lapwai in township
IS, range west.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

J. II. Warren, the pioneer fruit farmer
of Capt. Johns creek, was in town this
morning for supplies. He reports great
activity in mining along Capt. Johns
since the copper strikes on Imnaha. He
says every rancher will be forced into
the mining business to save his ground
from being located as copper mine.
Mrs. Ed. l.. Wiggin left this morning
for epald,ng where she will spend Sun
day -. -. Iss ..Viit..
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

Iusa. ie = work of the new residence
|m,ls. sweet on Normal hill is about
structn.an ana the work of closing in
'e is rapidly going forward.
/ repor,sisssrvh' was in the city TODAY
section .all sown grain doing fine in
|SAes in height. one heid over SIX
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-18

Both Justice Sweet aud Justice Thomp-
son had case of drunk and disorderiy
this mornir" nd fined the d6 fenlants
III each / b
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
Palmerston's Joke.

In 1861 the repeal of the paper duty
was moving the political world. The
budget speech was preceded by. rumor
that the basis of the scheme would be
the repeal of the tea duty and that this
would upset the government. Just be-
fore Mr.. Gladstone rose to make his
statement there was handed to Lord
Palmerston on the treasury bench the
following note from Lord Derby: "My
dear Pam-What is to be the great pro-
posal tonight: Is it to be tea and turn
out:'' My dear Derby" wrote the
premier in reply, cit is not tea and
turn ont. 1t is to be paper and station
cry. ''-Gesta Topographic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
Cats of Other DAYS.

The lot of the average nineteenth
century cat does not compare favOrably
with that of its ancestors. Everybody
knows that the early Egyptians held
the cat sacred, and any one injuring a
sacred animal was liable to severe pun
ishment. Among the ancient laws of
Wales was statute which prohibited
the slaughter of cat under IA curious
penalty. The owner of the slaughtered
animal held it by the tip of the tail,
with its nose touching the floor, and the
slayer had to give him, by way of COM
pensation, as much wheat as would
bury the entire animal out of sight.
The grain was supposed to represent
the amount that the owner would lose
through the depredations of vermin by
being deprived of the cat
Saxony, Switzerland and other Eu-
ropean countries also had laws enacted
for the protection of cats, which were
regarded of economic value. Now, how.
ever, pussy is simply decorative do
mestic adjunct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
A ReaIIv HIstoricaI NoveI.

To produce so called historical novel
has been attempted by many, but with
Indifferent success by the majority, so
far as history is concerned. Alike the
best known and the most successful
authors of this class are Scott, Kings
ley and Lytton. In grouping books of
this type in an order of merit based on
their historical worth, it cannot be de-
MED that 1.-The Last of the Barons''
should be awarded the first place, with
Henry Esmond" and "Hereward the
Wake" bracketed as second. Victor
HugO's Ell Historic d 'un Crime, which
has been called 1.-THE apotheosis of the
special correspondent, - is notable ex-
ample of a contemporary history writ
ten under thin disguise of fiction. -
Parsons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
THE ENGLISH NOT PROFANE.
Little Bad Language In London Outside
of Petticoat Lane.

Little Bad Language In London Outside
of Petticoat Lane.
Little rough or rude language is used
by the English. They even fight with
out swearing and get very drunk and
noisy without employing strong Ian
guage. They love to chaff and guy each
other, and the crowds and the street
people who drive horses and peddle
goods and hang about the corners are n
great deal wittier than most of us give
them credit for being, but they seldom
resort to bad language. l never heard
much of it until l went to Petticoat
lane, and l know woman who has
lived here two years and been constant
" about town who tells me that III that
time she has only heard one oath from
an EngliShman'S lips. The worst word
l heard in Petticoat lane was bloody
That, however, is the worst word /
could have heard-in English opinion
it is the foulest word there is. l have
only heard one man use it and he did
not speak it. He was very angry, and
he spelled it.
am telling you this because know
that at home in America we associate
it with the English and put it in Eng
lishmen's mouths i'll our anecdotes, as
if it We're a matter of course that it
should be used to give a local color to
an English story. Americans come here
and make use of the word for the comic
value that they attach to it, and yet
assure my readers that if they tried to
think of any really disgusting term they
had ever heard and made use of instead
they could not more startle or shock
these English ears.
English sailors have brought the
word "blOody' to our shorcs-sailors
and prizefghters and stablemen, and
only such persons cling to it here.
What we consider a very much fouler
word has vastly wider circulation,
but is not considered as bad as
"bloody." All this is very strange and
requires native to explain it, especial
ly as bloody is merely the contrac-
ton of the oath "by our Lady, :" which
was more or less commonly used in the
ancient days when this was a Roman
Catholic country.
The people who try to swear without
swearing-who in our country say
"hully Chez and ''by cripes,'' all use
the word blooming over here. 81
can t very bloomin we'll make you buy
this bloomin thing, but I'll ave a
bloomin try at it, is what 1 heard a
street fakir say to a crowd the other
day. There is no harm in that at all,
and it is much more typically English
than the word "bloody, besides being
decent.
1t is funny what mistakes nations
make about one another. Over here the
very smart thing i'll reporting the speech
of US Americans is to make us all and
always call ourselves "Amurricans. 1t
may be true of us. This whole nation
believes it. But never heard an Amer
lean so pronounce the name of our coun-
try, and yet I've got quick linguistic
ear, which is a thing the English utter
~ lack.-Julian Ralph in Providence
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
SACRIFICE.

It seems dream-I cannot make it clear
That twas but yesterday, dear love, that thou
vert here,
But one brief day ago Ifelt thy pulsing breath
And this Is death.
The world is changed; no. nothing, nothing's
right.
My soul Is bathed in deepest, darkest night,
a few short hours, and yet the suns bright ray
Cannot transform my darkness into day.
For fTeedoIn All, will Cuba ever know
How her redemption fills my life with woes
BE brave, o heart, like unto him who save,
As thou, his all, those suffering souls 10 save
Rose Van B. Specie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
4 Talented House Agent.

Mrs. Homeseeker-You certainly
don't expect anybody to take this house:
Why, the floors all run down hill.
Agent Ga smart man)-It was built
in that way on purpose, mum, to keep
peace in the family. Greatest invention
of the age, mum.
Mrs. HOmeseeker-Keep peace in the
family? What do you mean?
Agent-It's all right, mum; nothing
like it. Whenever your husband drops
his collar button, they'll roll down to
that wall, and he'll always know where
to find 'em.-London Tit Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
HORSES ACTIONS IN BATTLE
Some Keep Their Heads In the Mad Rush:
Some Lose Them.

A man seldom cries out when hit in
the turmoil of battle. It is the same
with horse. Five troopers out of six,
when struck by 4 bullet, are out of their
saddles within minute. If hit in the
breast or shoulder, up go their hands
and they get Il heavy fall; if in the leg
or foot or arm, they fall forward and
roll off. But even with foot cut off
by jagged piece of shell horse viii
not drop. 1t is only when shot through
the head or heart that he comes down.
He may be fatally wounded, but he
hobbies ont of the fight to right or left
and stands with dropping head until
loss of blood brings him down. The
horse that loses his rider and is I'M
wounded himself will continue to run
with his set of tours until some move
ment throws him out. Then he goes
galloping here and there, neighing with
fear and alarm, but will not leave the
field. In his racing about he may get
among the dead and wounded, but he
will dodge them, if possible, and in
any case leap over them. When he has
come upon three or four other riderleSS
steeds, they fall in'' and keep together,
as if for mutual protection, and the
rally" on the bugle may bring the
whole Of them into the ranks in body.
y horse which has passed through a
battle unwounded is fretful, sulky and
nervous-the same as man-for the
next three or four days. His first battle
IS also the making or unmaking of him
as warhorse. If the nervous tension
has been too great, he will become a
bolter in the face of danger, and there
by become danger in himself. If the
test has not been beyond him, he will
go into the next fight with head held
high and fiecIls of foam blowing from
his mouth as he thunders over the
earth. -Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
HE SOUANDERED MILLIONS.
The Wildly Reckless Financial Career of
Baron Albert Grant.

One of the most dramatic if not ac-
tually one of the largest failures, so far
| as the liabilities were concerned, was
that of Baron Albert Grant of Emma
| mine notoriety. Grant was the un-
crowned king of the financial world of
his day and generation. He made mil
lions almost as deity as the late Mr.
Barney Barnato, and he spent them
right royalty. He bought Leicester
square and presented ii, a free gift, to
the people of London. He gave din
ner to nearly thousand city magnates
at cost which was popularity reputed
at the time to have exceeded 100 guineaS
head, and which, in any event, IN
doubtedly established record i'll eX-
travagant dinner giving which has yet
to be beaten.
And he started out TO build a palace
in Kensington which should "knock
spots off, all other private residences,
past, present or to come. Everything
was got up regardless of expense. Tho
ballroom walls We're inset with panels
of pink italian marble, costing 500
guineas each. In the entrance hall were
four pillars of porphyry, worth 81, 600.
The building was scarcely finished
when the crash came, and it remained
for long IA brick and mortar white ele
plant on the hands of the trustees in
bankruptcy. Eventually most of the in
terror fittings and decorations We're dis
posed of piecemeal. The grand staircase,
which had cost to build some $40, 600,
being acquired by the representatives
of the late Nine. Tussaud for a trifie
over fourth of that sum. Itnow forms
the main approach to the upper and
principal suit of rooms of the new ex-
hibition buildings in the Marylebone
road London Mail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
Chinese Taxes VERY Lieht.

The Chinese are perhaps the most
lightly taxed people in the world. In
China all the land belongs to the state,
and trifiing sum per acre-never alter
ed through long centuries-is paid as
rent. This is the only tax in the coun-
try, and it amounts to about half crown
per head yearly. London News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30
A Mean Trick.

Smith-You say you write dunning
letters to yourself and sign them with
fictitious names What do you do that
for?
Jones-You see, my wife is always
after me for money, and when she reads
those letters she becomes discouraged.
London Fun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-30

Glow do you do, Miss Leslie? So
awfully glad to see you again. So very
sorry you weren't at Lady Browns
dance last night There positively was
not one pretty girl in the ROOM"
81 am not Miss Leslie, but was at
Lady Browns dance last might. Lon
don Punch.