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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Railroad Work Has stopped.

Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. ll.-Word re-
ceived here from Almota states that all
forces on the Snake River Valley road
quit work Saturday evening. Many OF
the men will leave on the boat tomorrow.
1t is not known yet from headquarters
what will be done, and whether the work
will cease for any great length OF time.
The Snake River Valley road is the
line being constructed by the o. +. & y.
between Riparia and Lewiston. About
5000 men were employed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16

New York, Sept. IA special to the
Herald from Washington, says:
Considerable progress has been made by
Major General Otis upon the plan OF cam
paign he will inaugurate Immediately up
on the beginning of the dry season. To
prevent similar preparations being made
by the insurgents and perhaps forerun-
ner to the comprehensive operations to
occur when the conditions permit, and Of
fensive movement by the commands of
Major General Lawton and Macarthur
will begin at once.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Out in One Round.

Tuckahoe, n. y, Sept l3.-Glorious
sunshine greeted the thousands of visitors
who thronged the big stocxade enclosure
in which Terry McGovem, the American
pugilist, and Pedlar Palmer, of England,
fought for the worlds bantam champion
ship.
Each of the fighters weighed in at 5
o'clock yesterday morning, both scaling
less than the limit of ll6 pounds. The
lads, however, practically meeting at
catch weights, it was expected that both
would weigh over 100 pounds.
The fight lasted but one round and Nc
Govern won.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
MINES and MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES
Items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Developed-A
Prosperous Year Ii Predict ed Mining
Notes and Personals.

One of the most important mining
enterprises in Idaho is soon to be start
ed in Owyhee county. 1t is what is
known as the Sinker creek tunnel pro-
ject This tunel is to be cut through
War Eagle mountain from point on
Sinker creek. The project has long
been looked upon as the most promis-
ing one in the west, but difficulties ir
making arrangements with the owners
of the mines have always stood in tne
way.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16

The Journeymen Stonecutters' Asso-
citation of New York city is over 70
years old. At its meeting place at Bre-
WORT hall, is a banner which was car
ried in the parades in 1882. 1t was
the first trades union in America to
make a fight for the eight-hour work
day in 1869, which it won after strike
Of over four months and has main
tanned ii ever since.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Millinm McNIicI.en L. Dead.

Olympia, Wash, Sept. ll.-William
NcNlicken, surveyor general Of Washing
ton, is dead Mr.. McMicken was mem
Der of the G. A. r. and stood high in
Masonry. He leaves two sons, one men,
Der of the Seattle law firm of Strive,
Allen, Hughes & McMieken, and another
who is engaged in the street railway bust
ness in that city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
wouIa Fight Esterhazy.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. ll.-Captain
Thomas Phelan, broadswordsman and
crack pistol shot, has issued challenge
to Count Esterhazy to fight a duel.
Phelan has engaged in several personal
encounters, and is a man of fearless char
acter. He is said to be backed by several
prominent local Jews, who have guaran-
teed his passage to England to meet Es-
terhazy. He is a veteran of the civil war
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Hon. james b. Eustis Is Dead.

Newport, R. l., Sept. Thames h.
Eustis, ambassador to France during the
second Cleveland administration, and for
merly a senator from Louisiana, is dead.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16

The new Independent Labor party OF
New York has begun to enroll voters in
ali of the sixty assembly districts of
that city. Several large ratification
mass meetings are slated.
In County Limerick, Ireland, the
farm laborers are organizing and strix-
ing for a shorter workday.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Carnegie to Build Oakland Library

Oakland, Cal, Sept. l3.-The city coun-
ell, at a special meeting, has accepted the
offer of Andrew Carnegie to give $4,000
for public library, providing that at least
$4,000 a year is guaranteed for its sup
port, and have taken measures to provide
the necessary amount by slight increase
in the tax rate
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Schooner Wrecked.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. l3.-The bark
Theobald reports the wreck of the schoon-
er Woodbury. on Wood Island, near the
Alaska coast. No lives were lost.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Yellow Fever at Key West.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 1.-THE state
board of health has received reports to
the effect that there are nine new cases
of yellow fever in Key West and one
death.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Condition of the Crops.

Washington, Sept. l2.-Crop reports
Condition of wheat is 100 as compared
with S6.7 on August /. Corn $50.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Republic Notes.

The Republic company has secured n
rate for hauling ore of So per ton to
Grand Forks.
From time to time favorable reports
have come to the city from the Captain
mine, 10 miles northwest of Republic,
ON the reservation.
1t is said that the great ore values
which made the Republic famous in its
early days when Spokane men owned
it are undiminished. Recently body
of ore between the second and first lev
els which averages $696.S0 per ton was
opened up.
The body of quartz in Princess Maud
is four feet wide, and appears to pc
widening. There is one foot of high
grade ore which will average 1925 per
ton. 1t lies next to the footwall. Syl-
vanite permeates all the rest of the
ledge in patches, something that has
not occurred before.
Good progress is being made in the
preparations for the construction of the
Mountain Lion mill. The work is be-
ing pushed with all possible speed and
it is expected to have the mill running,
even under the most unfavorable cir
cumstances, by the first part of Decem-
Der.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
Great Excitement at Rome.

London, Sept ia special dispatch
from Rome says that the sentence pro
nounced against Dreyfus has produced
enormous excitement there, and thous-
ands of kilograms of sympathy have been
sent to Dreyfus and to Nj. Demange and
NJ. Labor. According to the same dis
patch the pope last evening sent long
telegram to President Lollbet.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16

London, Sept. ia special dispatch
from Berlin says:
1t is now permitted to be known that
the war office holds documents conclusive
ly proving that Esterhazy and Henry be-
trayed their trusts, and only the permits
sion of Emperor William is awaited for
the publication of documents showing the
sentence of Dreyfus to be a brutal act OF
Injustice.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
MINING NOTES.

Marble is reported to have been dis
covered near Sank City, in Skagit coun-
ty, Wash.
At the Spokane Industrial Exposi-
tion this year the mineral exhibit will
be given the place of honor.
Everything seems to promise an ac-
tive winter for Dixie and with its excel
lent showings will surely enjoy lis
share Of prosperity.
The recent rich strike of high-graGe
galena ore in the tunnel on the Gold
Mountain group on Nine Mile, near
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
British Column bia.


Work is to be commenced on the
Mollie Hughes in the SLOGAN.
All the ore has been cleaned up from
the Enterprise workings in the SLOGAN.
Work on the Copper Bell at Index is
being pushed with four shifts of men.
Very rich sulphide ore has been en-
countered of late on the Mabou in the
SLOGAN.
The War Eagle is sending an 500
pound sample of ore to the worlds eX-
position at Paris.
The Marion has one of the best
showings ever seen on Silver noun
tain, in the SLOGAN.
1t is reported the drift from the main
shaft on the Arlington, in the SLOGAN,
has broken into large body of high
grade shipping ore.
Development on the Arden group,
above the Mountain Chief, in the Slo-
can, has uncovered a strong lead, with
a sprinkling of ore.
Golfer dams to aid in the construc.
tion of the dam for the smelter now
building at Grand Forks have been laid
two-thirds of the distance across the
North Fork of the Kettle river.
A party of C. P. r. Engineers this
week will begin the preliminary survey
of a spur from a point on Browns
creek, north fork of the Kettle river,
to Pathfinder mountain on the east sid
of the river.
Through the efforts of William Dunn
there will be an excellent collection OF
samples of Rossland's ores at the Paris
exposition. The collection embraces AZ
samples, including ore from all the
principal properties in the camp.
The first discovery of coal in the
/ Boundary country has been made ~
Robert Clark, a well known ranchel
and prospector. The seam is said tC
average 25 feet in width. 1t is locat
ed on the Laurier mineral claim on The
north fork of Kettle river
The most important happening o
past week among the mines of Resistant
camp was the finding of a rich olt
shoot in the Mascot. The shoot is frcn
six to seven feet in width and assays
of a carefully made sample shows tina
it runs 1864 81 to the ton. A RENAL X
able feature of the find is the fact tina
the ore carries over 200 ounces in sll
yer.
Scottish capital, in a quiet way, i
going into the Kootenays and pickin:
up some of the good things that are t
be had The latest deal is one jus
completed on behalf of capitalists il
Scotland by John McKane. and involve
the purchase of the Lavina group o
four claims on Hamill creek. in th'
Lardeau district, for a consideration
said to be in the neighborhood of $50
600. The Lavina group is situated OIL
Hamill creek, eight and one-half mile
from the Kaslo & SLOGAN railway, whicl
is now being extended into that dis
trict.
MINING NOTES.
Marble is reported to have been dis
covered near Sank City, in Skagit coun
ty, Wash.
At the Spokane Industrial Exposi
ton this year the mineral exhibit will
be given the place of honor.
F,Vervthinp seems to DrOmise an az
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-16
DREYFUS WAS FOUND GUILTY
A SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS.
Text OF the Judge ment-He Was Con-
demned by "a Vote of two to rive he
Vote Taken epeOstely-lhe Counsel
for Defense Was Horror-Stricken.

Rennes, Sept. 1.-THE text Of the iudg-
INIT in the Dreyfus case 70 as follows;
To-day, the ninth OF September, 1899,
the court martial of the Tenth Legion
army corps, celebrating behind closed
DOORS the president put the following
question: "ls Alfred Dreyfus, brevet cap
tain, Fourteenth regiment of artillery,
probationer on the general staff guilty OF
having in 1894 entered into Vaccinations
or relations with foreign power or somc
of its agents to induce it to commit hos
tility or undertake war against France
or procure it the means therefor by de-
lvering the notes and documents men
toned in the document called the bor-
dereau, according to the decision of the
court of cessation of June 3, 1892 The
votes were taken separately, beginning
by the inferior grade and youngest in
the last grade, the president having given
his opinion last The court declares on
the question by a majority OF five votes
to two, yes, the accused Is guilty. The
majority agreed that there are eXtenuat-
ing circumstances, in consequence of
which and on the request of the commits
sary of the government, the president put
the question and received again the votes
in the above mentioned form.
LAS a result, the court condemns, by a
majority of five votes to two, Alfred Drey-
fus to the punishment OF ten years de-
tention."
The pent-up feelings of the audience
were expressed in long, deep drawn
"Oh" when Colonel Jouaust reached the
word guilty" The word was pronounced
under his breath. Owing to the threat
of vigorous punishment for uttering any
cry there was no outburst, but the faces
of the majority of the spectators reflected
an expression of surprise. NJ. Labor
heard the verdict with pallid visage,
while NJ. Demange fell back in a chair
as though horror-stricken. Colonel Jou-
aust read the judgment without tremor
OF his voice and apparently unnoved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
COMMISSION is RETURNING.
TRIP AND sTERNBEnG ARE COM
ING on THE BADGER.

They Were at Honolulu on July %.
scheme for the Government O:
samoa by white Governor Was
Agreed Upon-Decision of Chief
Justice VIII BE Finai-rIan APP
proved by Native Leaders-Sa
Residents Filed Large Claims.
San Francisco, Aug. The steamer
Hong Kong Maru brings the following ad-
vices from Honolulu under date of July
%:
The United States shin Badger, bearing
two of The three Samoan commissioners,
arrived OF this port Wednesday afternoon,
July %, eight days from Apia on her way
TO San Francisco. on board were Hon.
Bartlett Trip, United states commission
err and Baron Won sternberg, represen-
tative of Germany. Mr G.. y. Eliot, com
missioner for Great britain, sailed by way
of New Zealand and Australia for Lon
don 10 rerort directly to his government.
The latter days Of the commissions
stay in Samoa were devoted to evolving
a political organism that would be salts
factory to the Samoaus aud would work
ca tiSld olci ny 10 al HlIlfN tpiitGilitd Nli-
der the tripartite treaty \ scheme was
adopted. The members Of the commission
declfne to state its particulars until it has
been referred to their respective govern
ments, but they have given out that Sa-
moa will in future be rued by a white
Governor appointed by the three powers,
much as the chief justice is at present.
There viii be a native council or legisla-
ture, but the Governor viii have the veto
power and the chief justice will be the
final authority in the land, from whom
there will be no appeal.
This arrangement met the approval of
the Samoans. The day before the com
mission sailed delegations of thirteen men
from each faction met on the Badger and
signed the articles, thus odic ally approx
ing the arrangements in The name of their
respective chiefs, Mataafa and MalietOa.
When the commission sailed all was
quiet and seemed likely to remain 50.
Residents of Samoa have filed with the
commissioners claims aggregating $i40.
900 for property DESTROYED dur ng The re
cent temporary occupation of Mulinuu by
Americans and British sa lors. The larg-
est claim is from the Catholic Maret mis-
sion, $22 600, and is for the footing of the
premises by natives. upon instructions, 1t
is said, of the British commander. An
other Is from a German firm, $4,000, for
much the same reasons Other claims are
from settlers, whose property was dam
aged in various ways.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
STONE coRREcTs ERRORS.
Did Not Say Democratic Party OPP
posed Any Alliance.

St Louis. Aug. LAST week the New
York Herald published purported syn
opsis Of Gov. stones vi,ws on party or
ganzation. The Herald credited the eX-
Governor with saying at Chicago that the
Democratic party should in 1909 make no
alliances with other organizations
To-day Gov Stone, to answer at once
a great number of inquiries from all over
the country, gave out this statement:
THE Herald article of July 81 is mac
curate. Senator TlHman and I are cred
tied with having declared in speeches be
fore the national committee that We OPP
posed any alliance between the Demo-
cratic party and other political organiza-
tons and it is stated in the Herald that
this pronunciamento encountered opposl-
ton but was finally carried. / do not
know Senator Tinman's opinion on the
subject mentioned. but l do know that
neither ne nor | made reference to the
subject before The committee nor was 1t
discussed in the committee by any one.
The Herald article is altogether inaccur-
ate in that particular.
THE statement in The Herald that the
designations of Gov. Algeld and Sena ors
Teller ana Allen as members OF the advts-
DRY committee, were rendered and accepted
is also inaccurate. No such designations
We're rendered or accepted.
II do not object to saying In reply to the
HeralGs request that | believe that the
subcommittee which the national COM
mittee has authorized the chairman to up
point. should be composed of members
chosen by and representing the party or
ganizathn in the several states. In this
believe | voice the sentiment of the
whole committee including the chairman.
This does not mean that we do not appre-
ciatc the good preliminary work which has
been done by the auxiliary committees
which nave existed heretofore. But we
are now come to that point where the work
of the party organization must be taken on
a large and more active scale and every
member of the national committee must be
put into harness. Possibly special occa
sions may arise in future for special aux
iiiary committees, but the regular and
controlling committees, I have no doubt,
will be made up of the members of the
national committee
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
suns PRINTERS QUIr WORK.
Force of Non-Union Men said TO Have
Been Sent For.

New York Aug Representatives Of
Typographical. Union No. waited upon
Assistant Business Manager Paddock Of
the New York Sun tonight to ask him il
he would ABIDE by the rules and regula-
lions Of the Typographical Union as at
present in vogue.
This action was the result, it was said
al the headquarters of The typographical
union. of rumors which reached the mem
bers on Friday that Charles w. Edward,
who is said 10 be in charge OF the mechani-
cal arrangements of the Sun office. was
about 20 replace the union compost ors
and stereotypers with non-union men.
About the lime that this conference was
going on 135 compositors eight boys and
ten stereo Jypers stopped work, but re-
NAMED about The premises. They were or
derby and made no demonstration. MOI
Wthstanding this, the police Of the Oak
stree, station were notified and number
OF police were sent to guard the Sun CT
fee
At the headquarters of topographic
Union No g. it was said that force of
nou-union men was On IS way here from
Philadelphia in a boat and that the men
would probably arr We tere Sunday morn
ing. All Information con, ernirg The mat
ter was refused at he editor al rooms and
business office Of The Sun tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
ARE NOT LIVING IN LUXURY.
La Discussion COrrects Report About
Ludlow and Brooke.

Havana, Aug. 5.-Refcrriug to the dis
patch recently published in a New York
paper regarding the expenditures of Amer
lean officials in Havana La Discussion
says:
Nobody had thought considering their
position, that they led sumptuous lives,
and the dispatch produced much surprise"
The paper says ii ought to know as much
about the matter as the paper publishing
the article, and feels certain that not
cent of Cuban money has been spent on
the officials named in the dispatch, who
enjoy honorable regulations in Havana.
La Lucha has an article in its Spanish
column similar 10 that of La Discussion
Seniors CarvantOs and Arnauto former
editors of El Reconcentrado, recently sup
pressed by order of Gen Ludlow are
about to leave for Honduras
The release from custody of L. L.
Sloane, recently arrested on his arrival
AT the request of the Havana authorities
on a charge OF. robbery, on the ground
that there is no extradiion treaty be-
tween the United States and Cuba, has
astonished the lawyers and judges of Ha-
vana, as well as Gen. Ludlow, military
governor.
Gen. Ludlow is reported to have said
that as the country is under military occu-
patton by the United States with the
American flag flying and American gov
errors in charge under the direct control
of the President and Congress, he could
not understand the action of the magis-
trate by whose order the prisoner was
discharged.
The Sloane case is comparatively unim-
portant. but something may occur in the
future that will prove serious matter. 1t
seems impossible for the United States to
SO
Don Gonzales Mendoza, president of the
Supreme Court of Cuba, thinks the ques-
ton should be settled Immediately and
Capt. William Pitcher, president of the Ha-
vana Police Court. asserts that there are
a number o. advCnt urers in Havana who
are liable to take advantage of the deci-
sion and leave suddenly with what they are
able to lay their hands on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06
MARINE DIED FROM FEVER.
Capote Spoke of Absolute Indepen"-
ence for Cuba.

Havana, Aug. 5.-Duucan Mari, the hla-
rine previously reported to be suffering
from yellow fever, died to-day. The ma
rines are still in the barracks, where OUT
of forty, two have died.
Out of 2O00 soldiers here there has NOT
been a single case of yellow fever Wlthll
the last two or three months Gen. Luz
low has repea tedly urged the removal OF
the marines and now that Gov Gen.
Brooke is in command Of naval matter,
Gen. Ludlow has requested him to order
their removal.
Senior Mendez Capote, secretary OF stare
in Gov. Gen. Brooke's cabinet in r.
cent speech at Cardenas, declared that ms
position as member of the cabinet oL
the intervening government was compau-
Bile with the principles which led MIN 10
fight for liberty, adding:
''These principles will soon take the FORM
of a definite constitution for Cuban gov
eminent As the true ideal of the CuDans
ia the absolute independence of the couh-
try. Il is the duffy of all to unite. Some
individuals have suggested a protectora'e
nv the United Safes and are trying to con
stttute a new party in opposition TO the
Cuban national party
Al a meeting last night of the commit
tee appointed TO arrange for demonstfr
ton In Moro, in honor of the wife or Gen;
Gomez. Senior de la Tore said the proposed
demonstration had no political significance
hut was an expression of gratitude TO
noble Cuban lady. The programme for the
demonstration was arranged
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06

acres of pasture, which is rendered almost
useless.
The damage done by these ntt.e pests
consists In killing Out the grass in their
town And as that part of the country
in which they exist is used almost entire
ly for grazing purposes, 81 IS necessary
that the land be saved against their raw
ages.
For the purpose of exterminating the
prairie dog various methods have been
tried, some with compete success, whole
towns having been completely killed out
But what has been successful in one case
mas not been in another and the dogs"
continue to thrive.
The most important and practical meth
DDS of determination consist in the use Of
poisonous gases, and different diseases and
poisons.
Among the poisonous gases used. car
bon bisulphbde is the most efficient: In
fact, it is the surest method SO far dis
covered. But on account of the price Of
material and the labor required to apply It
this method has not been generally
adopted.
In obtaining a virus to spread a con-
tasious disease among the prairie dogs the
great difficulty is to find one that will nor
aHect domestic animals or humans beings
Another difficulty met with is in feeding
the virus to the animals, as ii is Liable IN
be exposed on the bait long enough TO be-
come weakened before being eaten. Thus
far no success has been attained along this
line.
Great difficulty Is met with in the appl-
cation of poison, as it is often almost i'm
possible 10 get the little animals TO eat il.
In this experiment much time mas been
spent in the endeavor 10 discover how best
to prepare the bait, so as to get them to
take the poison. Some ~valuabl9 results
along this line have been found.