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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-09-07

ttiiV ia't tfOt'hE Vbsh S"''''"
lamp ri Mulloy's saloon fell and ex
ploded 1t was only by the prompt
est effort that the town WAS saved
When will we awake 10 the need
of fire protection
Rev Father Verhasg, Of Baker
City. went to Ontario this week where
he has colony of twenty families
who will locate near Arcadia The
Rev Father will 90 at once to Mil
waukee, where he has 100 more fam
lies waiting to join the colony
Z. NJ. bnrris 4 Co certainly in
tend to agitate the langnid nerves OF
progress and up to-da,eivness in This
old town They have started in by
putting in tue big and bright oid
fashioned street lamp When one of
our prominent men saunlered out OF
the hackuess into the ring OF light.
he .drawled, "Well, had forgotten
that those things ever existed
The academy is under very great
obligations to Mrs Mary Galloway
Butterfield. who will very generously
give her services to the school the
coming year. taking charge of the
work in physical culture and rhetoric
ais Mrs Burtcried has been one
of the most popular teachers in the
Lewiston Normal and she will be
delightful addition to the faculty and
the school
Dan Cotter. who has been at work
for the Bay City Mining company Mt
Lardo. was in the city Tuesday and
Wednesday and made us call. He
says that this company and the Clara
Faltz company are doing big husi-
noes in placer mining He informed
us that the people who had heretofore
oone to Boise and other places Tor
supplies. will come to Weisrr, owing
IN the building of the new railroad
/. Snyder is again in the bosom OF
his familv-shootmg irons, clubs ana
axes are laid away. and the man who
late was chased day and night by The
minion of the law and not fuand, now
peddles apples about town accompan-
led by the LADY, and now that he Is
, found. no one wants him, ana nc
broken statutes cry out for ven
geance. Under this happy reunion
and freedom OF action the SIGNAL
t believes Mr. SNYDER must surely
a have been much maligned "n'
= abused gentleman, and as the law take
a quiet sneak, we must Also and
$ without being asked. hasten u
4 apologize to the gentleman for pub
ljsninu what could not possibly hay
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-09-07

uul''iHG II S'ttu iWd' iVi w 'C
lake The people IN that vicinity
are pleased to learn that a boat is
being built for the lake
Ladies'. you are greatly interested
in good sidewalks in all parts OF
Weser You are invited to be- pres
ent at the sidewalk meeting al the
opera house Friday night, September
Sth.
Frank Holbrook. The expert dis
sector at Mace's meat emporium, is
considering the matter of departing
for the Philippines with friend who
has abundant capital to engage in
business there.
7 A. Merritt and n b Merritt
have leased The Walton house and
moved therein. Eugene Merritt and
family have moved into the Newman
place, though improvements are not
quite complete.
Henry Goeck, son and two daught-
crs, both business Young ladies', nave
arrived from La Grand and will open
a restaurant in the kur,z bnlld'ng,
inst finished Their announcement
appears in this issue.
School opened promptly Monday
morning with all the new teachers ON
hand to assume their duties over
400 students are enrolled FRO
fessor Foresman. with his wife and
child have located al The DAVIS resi-
deuce
Dan Needs furnished rooms are
Ia x He is ready for business at
his place ON Eoff street, and he hopes
the people will see fil to give MN "
share of their patronage. he mas
everything very nicely arranged
New subscribers: John Meyer,
Dan Needs. W W Speaks. Louisville,
IN sent by H 5 jackson; Mrs
Laura Hendricks, Port Ang'',ls'
Wash the latter is sent IVY u N
King Renewal. j Fl Reavis' M'd-
die valley
The Summercamp building is oeins
: rooted and is one of the most com
: modulus rooms in town, but VIII ut
none to large for the glg'h''c S'''o'
If fall and winter goods now on 'n'
wav from the east. Fred Kirgis vii
he home on FRIDAYS tram
Judge Paxton. the Portland law
yer, passed through We'ser tue nrS
If the week on his return ir"'n
business Trip to Seven Devils I'D
Judge went in from Baker c''y, VII
the Pine Valley route tie co"s'''
T ,he Weiser Seven Devils wagon roa'
far the better Of the two
The great catastrophe the SIGMA
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

A very plain, apt and excellent H.,
lustration of the popular expression,
''the fortunes of war, is the singular
fact that Major General Leonard
Wood, tine present military governor
of Santiago province, IS now in com
mand of his former commanding Of
ticer.
This strange state of affairs is ex,
planned thuswise:
just a little more than two years ago
General Wood was surgeon of the
Fifth Regular infantry with the rank
of captain, and after he had left the
service to practice medicine in civil
life at Washin ytqn he was remembered
fondly by the entire regiment as an
officer who was fond of athletics, es-
pecially football and wrestling,
At the opening of the late war lie
was appointed colonel of the Rough
Riders, and for gallant and efficient
services rendered he earned his pres
ent rank and appointment.
During the entire Wal the Fifth
was the only regular regiment that
did not have a chance to see service,
but after the protocol had been signed
and the fighting troops were being
sent home, the Fifth was detailed to
do guard duty at Santiago under Gen.
eral Wood.
So it now happens that GenerSl
Woods old colonel is under his com
mand, as are also other officers who
ranked him when he was only n cap
tain. New York Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

The liquor trahle will never commit sui
eide.
A grog shop is the DEVILS sign that he is
still doing business in the neighborhood.
The liquor shop will go in a hurry whom
The chureh goes for it in real earnest.
Necessity was not the mother OF inven-
hon when the process of Misunderstanding
strong drink was invented.
The drink bill OF Great Britain, just pub
lished, shows that the Englishman drinks
RAJ gallons of alcohol a year. Next to
him comes the ScotchmRn with an appe-
lite Stacked with 1865 gallons.
To countenauce a wrong is to do a
wrong. He who shelters Il criminal be-
comes himself a criminal, He who legal
ICES q crime Is morally a criminal and
wrong cannot be rishttully legalized,
Some people are showing a great concern
lest the liquor traffic be established in our
new possessions. Well, that is all right,
but how about u own country? Is II
more important TO protect tue biacS
children Of the Philippines than American
boys at home?
The National Temperance Federation has
prepared a memorial to the Canadian Gov
eminent urging precauliou against multi
plying incentives to drunkenness and law
Iessness Ia the northwestern parts OF Brit
ish North America.
A saloon keeper discharged n clerk for
getting drunk. A dtsttuer advertised Tor
two teetotaiers orun his still. Adrunkard
is at a discount with AL people. Even the
devil wants Il more respectable man than a
drunkard to work for hin.
Havana says a recent writer, "is get.
ting Americauized very rapidly. American
business men are pushing to front. One
of the first OF these to offer his waresto the
~ 4 a. .-L.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

A whisky drummer, who has sold the
liquid damnation for twenty-five years
past, stood in the Globe Hotel the other
day II made a speech that ought to make
every temperance man shake hands with
himself. He said:
"In this section of the country the sale
Of whisky is decreasing very rapidly. We
eell less and less of it with each succeeding
year. People have quit drinking. 1t is no
longer considered in good form to swlll it.
A drunken man is "A disgrace. A tippler
pannot hold a job anywhere that is respect
able and progressive. The railroads won't
have him, neither will anybody else. The
sentiment is getting stronger against it
all the time. The teacher, the preacher
and the paper are all creating sentiment
against hard drinking. In twenty years
from now the whisky problem will have
solved itself. Then soda water, lemonade
and other light beverages will have crowd
3D. 1t out of the saloon and the drug store
into the medicine chest OF the DOCTOR
Centralla (Kan.) Courier.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Drunkard's Lainent-An Appeal For
tho Reform of n Custom That Is Toe
preyaIent amonc peonle Of Wealth
ana anu Drlhh'
(Bv the late Richard LYLE. n member OIL
the New Orleans har. The pathetic story
Of his ruined lffe.)
hava hsan 10 tbe f,nernI NJ my bones
hNu NJ a m pTa tmo,n soiS ~ 'H''
~ o 80 We g.
whon ~ -, a. a. toei, -ro, 1o-
"" 'H0 A VS."
sIowIv and andlv Ttrrned mo round
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

The German battleship Oldenburg broke
her anchor and went aground near ktel,
Germany, a few days ago, during a heavy
snowstorm.
The v~orwaeris, at Berlin. says that the
admiralty has issued al order saying that
.he Emperor is opposed to naval oulcers or
men wearing mustaches only, ana IN con-
sequence they must either be clean shaVen
Or grow full boards,
The death is announced at Mentone,
France, of Countess Dzialynski, formerly
Princess Czartorlska, who once refused the
nand OF Napoleon Ill,
Llewellyn W. LoncstaN. a member of the
Royal Geographical Society, London, has
contributed sl25 900 toward the tund being
raised by the British Association N the
Royal Society for the British Antarctic Ex-
petition, which will cooperate with the
German Antarctic Expedition ~ eSplora-
ton mex year, though each VIII TAKE a dif-
terent route.
The sealing steamer Aurora, Captain
Abraham Keene, arrived at n. Jonas, N.
r., from the icelelds with 2i.OJO seals, a
full load. The sealers Leopard an1.AtSer-
Inc followed her with full loads.
The Spanish Premier has inf rnel the
Queen Regent that her RATIFICATION II tho
peace treaty has improved the comtn9rclai
outlook for Spain, and that there Is nothing
whatever to fear from the Carllsts.
The application Of Nine. preyfus Tor the
exclusion OF certain Judges RON the re-
vision inquiry has been rejected py The
French Court of Cessation. A formal ine
Of $40 was imposed upon the applicant
A Germau-Amerlcan named o, w. H.
Reif, has been sentenced at brNadal, Ger
many, to forty-two months imPris utaent
tor obtaining jewelry from a e2urt lewsler
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
KANSAS MURDERER LYNcHED.


VI SO q AhF
HoLToN, Kan, (Special).-Harry Sander
son. the young farmer who shot and killed
Mrs. John Fleischer at Magette, in Jackson
County, while she was attempting to pro-
tect her niece, Media, from his attack. was
lynched by o mob of thirty men. Sander
sons object was TO kill the niece, of whom
he was Jealous.
They went directly to Horr's Hotel, where
Sanderson was in bed guarded by Deputy
Sheriff Riggs. Accusing the landlord and
his wife, the o demanded the location
of Sanderson's room. Horn refused to tell,
but his wife told them to save her husband,
who was threatened with death Rushing
upstairs, the mob forced the door of the
room, ~overpowered the Deputy and bound
the wounded prisoner, whose arm had
been shattered by the accidental discharge
of his shotgun after the death Of Mrs.
Fleischer.
Sanderson was taken to a bridge in the
outskirts of the town, the ROPE with which
he had been bound being used as n moose.
The other end was securely fastened to the
railing of the bridge.
He was picked up by a dozen men and
thrown over the railing, where he slowly
strangled. The body was found swinging
from the bridge by Sheriff Haas and his de-
puties. 1t was cut down and brought to
the city, where an inquest was held, the
verdict being death at the hands of un-
known persons.
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Getting Ready for the Dash.

A vigorous denial comes from st.
Petersburg Of the recent report that
Russia had made a secret bergain with
the Amir of ~Afghanistan for extending
Russian railway communication 10
Herat. The story appears to have
originated in the recent opening of the
line to Kushk, a point two or three
hundred miles off. The arrival Of the
first locomotive scared the natives 50
badly that the amir caused n procla-
nation to be made that the Russians
had no other object han the improve.
ment of the country. 1t is reported
also that the proclamation declared
that Aifghanistan could depend upon
her allies in the event of any agrees
sive movement on the part Of Russia.
The real truth appears to be that the
new Russian line is a strategic couu-
terpart of railroad which the English
have just constructed on their side OF
the Afghan frontier. 1t il now said
in Indie that the Russians are ecumu.
lating at the Kushk all the material
necessary for the construction of n
light railroad to Kat, in the case of
an emergency, whihe tersburg
the English are accuse ng eX-
artly the same thing. y y both
sides are preparing for a los. ID dash
when the time comes.-NAi York
Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
60 TO-
s. R. Le0D SOM
-:FOR:-
CARPETS,
FURNITURE,
II
BEDDING,
BLANkETs
QUILTS.
EARMERS'
MUTUAL FIRE ms. co. OF
SALEM COUNTY.

OFFIcE-IIEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM.
TIIIS old and reliable Company of 30 years
l. standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, in town or conn
try for any length of time not exceeding five
years at as low rates as will pay losses and ex-
penses. 1t inSureS against tire or lightning OF
damage by either. Its losses are promptly adj
justed and paid. Its funds ON hand are ample
TO meet all probable loss, being larger than al
any previous time of its existence and steadily
increasing, while its reserve assets are OF a
character and amount to surely meeta all losses
however extraordinary, and cannot be i~rittered
way by unfortunate investment or defaulting
officers.
Dlrect0rs-Jos X. W~addingtOn, Wm.B II. Car
pcuter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, David f.
clay Griseom, Quinton r. Harris, Charles W.
Casper, j. Howard SinnickSon, John S. Elwell,
Richard Bassett,
Executive CommIttee-W. r. Carpenter,
Petit, q. P. harris, O. w, Casper, who meet
weekly, on seventh day, at 3 4. NJ.
Secretary and Treasurer Woodruff rettit,
to whom applicants may be made in relation
ct the office the Company. lS3 Broadway,
(head OF Market street, or at his residence,
$50 L, Broadway, salem.
In addition to the above the following per-
s,ns have been elected Agents and surveyors
Il. NJ. Hitclner, Elmer.
George b. Grier, W0odstown.
Josiah Slmmerill, Upper Penn's Neck.
Asa G, Turner. Penn'S Grove.
Daniel D.. Hitchner. COhanscy.
j. Forman Sinnicksor, l.. T. Neck.
John Hitchner, AllOway.
Joseph u. Livezey, Berkeley.
David d. Griscoln, Marlton, Nj.
George X. Morrison, salem.
l.. o. Acton,
T.. b Sickler,
VIM. D. CARPENTER. President.
WOODRUFF PETIT, See'y and Treasurer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
THE NEWS ER1oNlzso.


Au'ht
The State Department has granted pro-
v~isional recognition to several foreign Con-
suls in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philip.
pines.
Attorney-GeneralGrigg has decided that
the application of the Commercial Cable
Company to land cables in Cuba and Porto
Rico could not be granted.
In answer to q letter from the Paymaster
General Of the Army, requesting a de-
cisiOn as to the class OF enlisted men OF the
regular army entitled to the benefits of ex-
ira pay on discharge from the army, Comp
troller Traceweil of'the Treasury has de-
cided that the men who enlisted "fcr the
war only" and are entitled to extra pay,
are those who went in after the Act of
April 26, 1898, which authorized the in
crease OF the regular army
Arrangements have been completed by
the Postoflce Department for the dispatch
Of mail by steamer from New York to San
tiago every Thursday. instead Of alternate
Thursdays, as at present. Mail for Santi-
ago is also forwarded by rail to Miami or
Tampa, to connect at Havana every Thurs
day with the matter dispatched from the
latter point.
The President has authorized Major
General Brooke. the Military Governor of
Cuba, to issue exe4uaturs to Consuls of
foreign Governments in Cuba for the period
of the exercise Of American authority in
the island.
Brigadier-Genera Royal T. Frank,
United States Volunteers, has been placed
In temporary command Of the Department
of the Gulf, headquarters at Atlanta, Ga,
as the relief of Brigadier- General A. C. NJ.
Pennington, United States Volunteers.
The Dolphin has sailed from Washington
for Norfolk and thence to sea to destroy a
wreck on the Carolina coast, which has
been a danger to navigation.
While in Cuba Secretary Alger will act
upon the proposition to divide Cuba into
four military departments. This has been
under consideration In the department for
some time.
The Ordnance Bureau ofthe War Depart
ment has sent a circular to the Governor of
each State in the Union stating that the
arms and ordnance stores furnished the
volunteers during the Spanish war will be
-Nturned to the State in kind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

As Mataafa and his chiefs, constituting
the provisional Government, continued to
defy the treaty after the arrival of the
Philadelphia Admiral Kautz summoned
the various Consuls and the senior naval
officers to a conference on board the Phil
adelphia, when the whole situation was
carefully ~canvassed. The upshot was n
resolution to dismiss the provisional Gov
eminent, and Admiral Kautz issued a
proclamation calling upon Mataafa and
his chiefs to return to their homes,
Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu, the town he
had made his headquarters, and went into
the Interior.
Herr Rose, the German Consul at Apia.
Issued a proclamation, supplementing the
one he had Issued several weeks before, up
holding the provisional Government. As a
. result OF this the Matuatans assembled in
large force and hemmed in the town.
The British cruiser Royalist brought the
Malietoa prisoners from the islands to
which they had been transferred by the
provisional Government. The Americans
then fortified Muiinuu, where 1000 Malieto-
ans took refuge. The rebeis-the ad-
herents Of Mataafa-barrleaded the roads
within the municipality and seized the
British houses.
An ultimatum was then sent to them
ordering them to evaeuate and threaten
ing them, in the event OF refusal, Wit a
bonbardment.
This was ignored, and the rebels COM
meneed an attack in the direction of the
United States and British Consulates about
half an nom before the time fixed for the
bombardment. The Philadelphia, Porpolse,
and Royalist opened fire upon the distant
villages. There was great difficulty in To-
eating the enemy, owing to the dense for
est, but several shore villages were soon in
flames.
A defective shell from the Philadelphia
exploded near the American Consulate and
the marines outside narrowly escaped. A
fragment struck the leg Of Private Ridge,
SCATTERING it SO badly as to necessitate
amputation. Another fragment trayersed
the German Consulate, smashing the
crockery. The Germans then went on
board the German cruiser Fake.
During the night the rebels made a hot
attack on the town, killing three British
sailors. A British marine was shot in the
leg by a sentry of his own party; another
was shot In the feet, while az American
sentry was killed at his post. The bonn
bardment continuing, the Inhabitants OF
the town took refuge on board the Royalist,
greatly crowding the vessel.
Many people are leaving Samoa, the Cap
tain OF the Royelist urging them to go, so
as not to interfere with the military opera
lions. The Porpoise has shelled the viii
lagos east and west Of Apia and captured
many boats.
The Americans and British are fighting
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
HUMOROUS.

80 YOU want to be my son-in llw,
do you?' moo, sir-I-I-only want
to marry your daughter -
Bill-What is a piano recital? Jill
I guess it's one of those sittings
where the artist makes the piano talk.
Doctor-Yes, you're a pretty sick
man, but l think [ can straighten You
out all right. Patient don't doubt
it, doctor.
isn't Maud a rather uncertain
.riend?" ''Not at all; whenever she
comes to see me l know she wants
something"
Emma-Papa, what makes the clock
strike one so often? Her Pa-That's
the half-hour. Emma We'll, papa, a
half isn't one, is it?
Cast the beam from him w eyes,
10 herself quoth the gentle maid,
And the beams She cast from those eyes Of
hers
Threw her rival in the shade.
He-To be candid, darling, I feel
that before we are married l must pay
up my debts. She-And so you have
pCOH OuiN tIAIIHb viii mt
''Pa," said little Willie, "whv is a
bad actor called a ham 2" per
haps," his father replied, "because
he's so often served with eggs"
Mamma-There, Willie. you've had
enough. You don't appear very
thankful. Willie-I am, mamma; but
l wish the minister would come every
day.
whenever I look at my wife,, "
said the husband of the celebrated
Fattest Woman on Earth, II feel hat
/ have a great deal to be thankful
for"
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved, they say,
And he that loves and wins. alas
Oft mourns because love came his way.
Jack-Why did you kiss Mamie so
fervently? Are Won engaged to her?
Charlie-No, but | was, and she has
consented to break off the engage
ment.
Jones After all, what a lot of
trouble money makes in this world.
Jaynes-I suppose that is why you
never trouble troub'a till trouble trou-
bles you.
The Bright Little Boy of Larrabee
street laid his hand upon the tugs of
the harness by which the goat was
hitched to his cart. ''These is the
things, grandma" he said, ''that
pushes the goat along"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
scHLey GETS HIS PROMOTION.
All the Onicers Advanced to the Rank of
Rear-Admiral Qualify.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (special).-The Naval
Board OF Promotion, consisting of Rear
Admirals McNair, Howell and Howison,
has completed its work and submitted its
report. The board was convened to deter
mine the qualifications of those officers re-
Gently advanced to the rank of Rear-Ad-
miral, under the terms of the Naval Per-
sonnet bill. The report passes favorably
on all the officers appointed, SO that all
question of their advancement is removed.
The list is as follows: Rear-Admirals
George G. Remey, Norman H. Farquhar,
John c. Watson, Henry B. Robson, Win:
field S. Schley, Silas Casey, William 7.
Sampson, Bartlett j. Cromwell, John W.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

Beer hottlers at Kansas City, NO., have
formed a union.
A branch of the National Building
Trades Council has been formed at Colora-
do Springs, Col.
Unions of the various building crafts OF
Memphis, Tenn, are agitating the forma-
ton OF a building trades council.
The striking miners in Arkansas and In
dian Territory are still out and are firm
for their demand for a restoration OF
wages.
During 1898 the Labor Commissioner OF
Seattle, Wash, found employment for 49,
I54 people, iu addition TO II large lumber
sent to the hop fields to pick hops
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31

Coroner Trlehler, at Bowling Green Ohio,
has completed the inquest in the Hoyts-
Vile tragedy and holds John and Paul
Zeltner for murder in the first dlsgree,
finding them Jointly guilty OF the murder
of both Z. H. Westenhaver and Clarence
Wittenmeyer. The brothers were taken be-
fore Mayor Campbell Inc bound over with
ont hail
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
KOREAN sovEREIcNs REFORMS.


According to advices, which have been re-
ceIved from the Orient, the Emperor OF
Korea has caused a sensation by appearing
il a full uniform cut in American fashion.
His attendants nave also been attired In
American style. The Emperor. it is stated,
has cut off the short cue which, from time
immemorlal, has adorned the top of the
Korean Emperor's head.
The riots which recently occurred be-
tween the reform and conservative elements
OF Korea have subsidized. The reformists
were victorious il Il large measure. The
new budget will make a liberal provision
for schools.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-31
Mataafa'S Followers Rise in a
Rebellion FOStered by
the Germans.
REBELS ATTACKED APIA.
British and American Warships Then
ShelIe1 the Town.

EIany Rebels Killed by the Ships Fire Into
the Jungle-YIllages Along the Coast
Burned-German Consul Upholds Ma
taafa, Despite the British and Ameri-
can Admirals' Order DisbandiDg His
Goyernment-Teeling Against the Ger
mans Bitter-Foreigners Leaving sa-
moa-Natives Kill an American Sem
try and Three British seamen.