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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
The Oregon,
Extra Session Not Nece...
Fire LOSSES Inerense

New YOrk-The increase in tbo
loss of this country and Canada i
been abnormal. The record show
total loss of $l23,189,9OO for tho !.
six months of the year 1900, as ap.,s
$65, 699,1 $50 for the same period Of II
The great difference between lsoo ]
1899 and 1898 is shown. The losses
the first six months Of 1898 were 3
S77, 100; of 1899. $65.699,750, and
1900, s123.1S9.900.
The heaviest loss this year was
Ottawa-Hull conflagration, amoun,j
to $4,000 900, and the next in poin,i
destruction of value, though tatl
precedence as to loss of life, was \
HobOken disaster of last Saturday
The Standard Oil fire is, of com,
not included in these figures. 4
months of April and June show gree
advances than the others Fires
100000 and over in destructiye,|
which have occurred since Januar]
1900, are presented in this compilat1
Philadelphia several departns
stores, 100000; Lead, s. D., varjS
100000: Dayton, Ohio, tobacco }
tory and others. 100000; st. Id!
department store and others, $975.d
Newark department store and 9TH
100000; Pittsburg, department stsS
$1,200,0O0; Ottawa-Hull conflagrat.
$12,000,00O; Sandon, B. c., varis
$4,000; Fisher, Wis, various, 81
900; Virginia, Mimi, business por}
of town, 100000; Bloomington. I
various, $1,SO0,000; Pierce, Ariz., 4
ing property and mill, 100000; q
enci, Ariz.. mining property, $SOO,3
Hoboken, steamship docks, storehov,
ocean steamers and cargoes and BAN
$5,S50,OOO.
The officers of fire insurance &
panies have mad turbulent experi4
during the past two years. Many s
panies have been forced to the wall
others have had their finalz
strength SO depleted that they q
succumb before the January /, 3
statements are required to be y
From present appearances insuIH
rates will need to be largely incre<
to keep up with the constant, seq
drain on insurance capital.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
lnAlaO.
The Northern Pacific Hospital at Orc
fino has been closed.

The Northern Pacific Hospital at Orc
fino has been closed.
1homa. nireh, one 81 tho p,oaesr and
leading citizen. " wiliori. Is dead
III. re,.,pss far the pas. fseai year AT
the Lewiston po.,eiiiev scfe slo.ado.
W y. kittenhseh has heen ehusan man
Ager II the lewiston Athletic association
hail club
The voiimcr Touring mill IL run.
Ming day and Night. puthie 4 carrin
are building .arxc cold storage ware
house ssxso feet
Lieutenant l. NJ nushy of Warancr.
Who Was an ofhccr OF the First Idaho
volunteers. ha. offered TO raise com.
pany OF is0 men for service in China.
The governor has h~en Informed that
the government has approved the bill of
tis3a - for transportation IT volunteers
60 Bsa-s 81 the time u the mobilization al
the Idaho rrgim,nt.
Tho mystery surrounding tho aisap
pcarane. Of Axnee and Metha Monlken.
thin has been cleared up by the pres.
encc Of the girls at Valley city. n. u.
and tho capture th.rc of Gust John.
son. who had abducted them
Harrison. on Lake Occur d'Aiene
Idaho. Is having quite a boom. Two
largo manufacturing industries. a
mammoth sawmlii and largo plan
ming mill. boz and sash and door fact
DRY. are to be erected there In the I'm
mediate future.
July nth Was miners union day. for
mesly greater day than the Fourth
OF July In the Occur d'Alcnes. but thi,
year IL passed unnoticcd. There wa,
no demonstration of any Kind at Wal
lace. nor ut any other point In tn,
Occur d'Alenes. 80 far a. heard from
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
MINES AND M|N|NG NEWS
items Cleaned From Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Developed
"A Prosperous Year II Predicted
Mining Notes and Pers~ aals.

The initial report Of the United
States assay Office at Seattle. Wash, for
the fiscal year, which ended June 30.
has been issued, and the receipts show
a marvellous gain over those OF the pre-
vious year. During this time 5808
deposits, with an aggregate value OF
$l3.630, 3265s. have been made. This
enormous sum In weight represents
Si9.6l1.10 ounces OF virgin placer gold.
In the previous year the deposits num-
bsrcd 1929, and were valued at $685.
326.6i.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
Army of Forty Thousand.

Washington, July l6.-Plans are
Consideration by the secretary Of war
contemplate keeping military for,
10000 soldiers in the Philippines for
time after the withdrawal OF the VI
teer troops that will have to be mus
out of the service by the first Of July,
1t is estimated that it will require
number of men to properly police
Philippines, as there is no intention 1
linguishing control in any part Of
islands. General Macarthur has
quently recommended holding all
island gar:isons and persistent policl
the territory occupied. General Nj
thur has asked for more cavalry, but
the war department is unable to giyel
and arrangements have been made toi
vide him with sufficient horses to n
at least two infantry regiments. Y
have already been issued for the ship
OF $500 cavalry horses to Manila,
distributed to cavalry regiments al
be used in mounting infantry.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

Grub Gulch, Cal, July l6.-slnce
4 fierce fire has been raging in tn
trlct south of fresno river and up t
territory to the amount of 20 square
has been burned. The fire was star.
the Fourth of July at the Holton
near the Chinese store on the Cearse
road by firecracker set off by a
girl. The flames rapidly spread east
sweeping everything before them
fences have been burned and three
lilies rendered homeless. The fire
ed North Fork Tuesday. The whoa
ulation turned out to fight the III
toon 100 men to keep it from the !
lie flames passed around the tow
are still sweeping eastward. The
" aterloo stamp mil. together With
sands OF dollars worth of MACHINERY
burned Thursday. A terrific exH
Monday announced tnat the powds'
at Quartz mountain had been blow
Hundreds OF cords Of wood have beer'
ed. There is no telling when the u
stop.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

The Missoula land Office has been
granted a new clerk. who will be chos-
en- by the civil service commission.
From reports received at AIissoula and
from what has already been seen, the
potato bug j. playing havoc with vines IN
that portion VI the state.
work is being pushed on the Living
sion Big Timber extension Of the Rocky
Mountain and Bell Telephone company.
uc line viii be run Via Hunters Hot
Springs and follow the county road on
the north side Of the river.
80 lar as heard from all of the pnc-
tical mining men from Montana who went
10 Nome have formed a poor opinion OF
The country as mining proposition.
Old timers who have good memories
say this year Is a counterpart Of that
Of 1879. In that year there WAS an ex-
tremely dry summer, the ranges burning
the winter was mild and the cattle in
ihe spring we're rolling fat.
Tho secretary OF the interior has
appointed j. b. Mclntire. OF Kalispel,
Montana; Jas. II. McNeeley. of Evans
Vile. Ind. and j. III. Hoyt. of Beatrice,
Nebraska. commissioners to deal with
the Crow. Flathead and other Indians
under the act OF June &. 1900,
The jury at Butte In the case OF Ed
gar Marshall. charged with the murder
OF Mrs. Georgia Creech. brought In a
verdict Of acquittal. The verdict has
aroused general indignation. for the
killing was the result OF trying to kill
the husband OF the dead woman.
Superintendent J. Il. Collins, OF the for
eat reserves, has received authority from
the secretary Of the interior to receive
applications for permits to graze sheep
ON the Lewis aud Clarke reserve. The
permits viii be- limited 10 10000 head OF
! sheep and no permits will be issued on
any reserve except the one mentioned.
Frank Batcman, an old resident OF
Butte and balm of the United States
Court. was accidcntly killed last week
while driving on Montana street. A
runaway team colllded with the team
he was driving and knocked him out
on the ground He sustained "A frac.
| ture OF the skull and died within three
| hours.
Apparently there ia no excuse for any
| man 10 remain idle who Is willing t.
work. iaboiers are in great demand, ane
there Is an especial scarcity OF rancl
hands 10 handle the hay crop The hayinl
season IN the ,ig Hole basin il now II
| progress aud unless more men are secure,
The ranch owners will not he able to han
die all 81 this years crop
Some days ago tho Anaconda Com
pany. through It's local representativ,
MIR. Dudley, gave Its answer To the com
mittee Of the Miners union to the mp
plieation for the adoption Of eight hou
shifts for underground men. The ans
wer stated that tho company regrettc,
that 1t could not grant the request. an,
II declined TO aceede thereto. Tina
inslstcnec on "A demand for tho propos
ell change would compel the compan,
To close the mines and smelters.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

Good reports come from Milton re-
garding the fruit crops. One half the
Walla Walia river valley Is within
umatiila county. aud is one solid fruit
belt. Throughout this entire region
the fruit OF all yarie les In first.class In
quality aud the yield Is unusually large
Wheat liz coming To some warehouses
notably In the east end. near and ut
Milton. where threshlng has been In
progress for the past few weeks, Al.
though no iigures are given indicating
what tho Yield per acre Is to be this
fall the quality In every instance Ia
said to be straight No l. All the sam.
pies brought to pcndleton from the
threshers are OF No. grain. One
field of barley has been all threshed
and the yield was 30 bushels to the
acre. the quality being No. 1.
In the territory 10 the northwest OF
Pendleton. where In ordinary years the
wheat aud barley crops are not Deepen
ded on 10 turn out very large. this sea
son the yield runs from 20 TO 30 bush
els Ia tho aero, Elsewhere In IN,
county the yield Is expected TO BE- no,
SO large ~ in some former years, but
will be good. however. and tho quality
excellent. Every farmer In Umattlla
county viii BE- at harvest by next Mon
day aud mos, OF them have already cut
some grain.
Tho explosion % boiler At tho u,
Force OIL Works recently. resulted In
the death OF Jack Shaw aud the fata
injury " Engineer James Moore
Chris II. Rentx. another employee who
was In boat moored 20 the factory
dosk. is missing. and Is believed e
have hccn blown from his boat by tn,
I conenssion and drowned The acci
/ dent Is said to have been due To a do
fectlye boiler. The factory was TO
tally destroyed. Moore came her,
/ from San Francisco. ard was tormer,,
n locomotive engineer. Almost at IN.
same time IA the explosion Mr.. II,
Forces handsome residence. over thru,
miles distant on the shore. caught FIRE
and burned 10 the ground.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

known as any section Of the province.
The situation looks brighter in the
S,ocan than for long time. In the
Boundary the situation is favorable
There is about 5000 tons of ore in the
bunkers Of the Old Ironsides and Knob
Hill and fully 5000 tons broken in the
slopes and workings Of the two mines
ready for the smelter as soon as cars
can be obtained for its shipment.
At Grand Forks the finishing touches
are being put on the CRANKY smelter.
The water will be in the flume about
the last OF the month and sampling will
commence at once. 1t Is probable
that the smelter will be able to blow
In about August Is. There Is now on
hand at the smelter over 1000 tons OF
ore from the Lincoln and City of Paris,
and it will take but a short time to
place there enough to give large re-
serve for the start The smelling
plant, power house and water power
plant seem as nearly perfect as they
can be made. 1t will take only few
weeks to break in the crews at the
smelter and get the machinery running
to best advantage. Then the Boun-
dairy district will be on It's feet for
good as producing camp.
Shipments OF ore to date from the
b. G. mine. Summit camp, to the Trail
smelter. exceed 1900 tons. The total
workings aggregate 1000 feet. The
main shaft has attained depth Of 272
feet. About one-sixth of the develop.
ment has been sinking and raising, the
balance being drifting and prosecuting.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
Prices Paid in Spokane

Poultry and eggs-Chickens.
Gle per ID. live weight; springs
$3.50 per doz; ducks, 81 q S. pc
geese, dressed. 12c per ID; TURKEYS
II q 1Sc; eggs, fresh. $4Q4.5 pc
Vegetables Potatoes, 500 40
cwt; onions. slQ1.50 per cwt.
Live stock-Beef, live steers
dressed. 6la q7hc; live cows. Sc;
sed 5a G5hc; veal, calves, a
199c; mutton. ewes, Sc; wetherS
hogs, live. $4.75 per cwt; dress
per cwt.
Notwithstanding, 10c
short wool pelts, 500 soc each:
wool, 75c0sl.
The local mills pay the fol-
prices for grain. delivered: Civ
4oc bulk, 47c sacked: bluestes
bulk. 4sc sacked; red. 43c ouj
sacked.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
HETsU DLlC.

The record OF mine development for
June shows that but few mines are be-
Ing worked and most Of those that
have continued work do not make
much OF a showing as compared with
June OF last year. The only mine in
the ditrict upon which work was done
during the past month that came up
to the record OF a year ago Is the Noun
tain Lion. 1t Is in the lead, with no
close competitors. There have been
many drawbacks that contributed to
the small amount Of development work
on several claims that have held fairly
good records In the past. The most
prominent cause Is the installation of
machinery. That interfered with
mine development. During the month
machinery was intaled on the Quilp,
Tom Thumb and Morning Glory. These
mines will make some progress dur
Ing the present month and in all prob
ability there will next month be a
line. Work on the Black Tail and
San Poll has been retarded because no
storage room for the ore could be found
In the mine and II 1t were thrown on
the dump 1t would have to be rehand-
led at a cost OF possibly 81 per ton. The
prospect for some increase the present
month Is good. The Tom Thumb Is
equipped with one OF the finest com
pressor plants In the district The
Quilp will undoubtedly make an excel
lent showing and the Chico will doubt
less have many feet to its credit, as ma
chine drills will be used again within
a few days. The Princess Maude,
after long rest, Is again being devel-
Oped. AS all the work Is being done
with machine drills it is probable that
It will make as good a record as during
any month In its history.
The Mountain Lion record for the
month was 275 feet in the north drift
on the lower or 400-foot level, and 1l2
feet south on the same level, total OF
3S1 feet
The San Poll has been worked In a
small way all the past month
Thedouble compartment shaft OF the
Butte 4 Boston was sunk 40 feet last
month. The shaft Is now 225 feet
| deep.
There was 100 feet of drift run on
the 200foot level Of the Knob Hill. one
| OF the properties OF the Eureka Dist
riot Mining and Exploration Company
during the month.
| The work on the Republic consisted
OF sinking n shaft 90 feet
The Quilp shaft was sunk 30 feet In
/ June.
ben Hur made 60 feet OF raise last
month.
The Tom Thumb was idle the great
err part OF last month.
Tho Lone Pine-Surprlse ceased work
before the end Of last month.
One hunded and forty feet OF shaf,
and drift were run on the Chico in the
month of June.
The Golden Harvest run So feet OF
DRIFT and 10 feet OF cross cut last month
The Oversight run 30 feet OF drift IL
June
Tho machinery In tho MornIns
Glory mine. Republic. has been started
aud the well known property is now
being worked once more. No work or
the ore body has been done for the las
seven months. owing to the placing o.
the new machinery In the mine. From
now on the developing work will b,
continued.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

Half the time when a man lies
wife. he does it because he kneI
can get up a story that will soun1
more reasonable to her than the
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

has received from Picking. English !.
boats and cruisers are hoverin. s1
coast Of the province Of Kwsn lung y.
orders to intercept any vessel, no M
what flag, and to secure the vicerov,. y
son. n
The Oregon.
"Noji, July ls.-The Oregon has No.
through simonofeh straits On the wav !
huie' All Is wen. WILDE,
Extra Session Not Nece.sarx
Washington, July lS.-It was dao;,
at the cabinet meeting that the nra.
situation IN emma does not require an !
ira session OF congress. If, however =!
sequent events should demand it. tho =.
ident will call it promptly.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20

Every fear takes something from
life.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
seine IL Hung Chang.

New York, July ls.-A dispatch to the
journal and Advertiser from London saws,
In the lobby of the house of commons
Monday it WAS declared the government
had issued orders for the seizure Of Ii
Hung Chang and for his imprisonment at
Hong kong pending his deportation TO
lndia in the event OF his carrying out his
project OF proceeding northward by sea in
compliance with the summons which he
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-20
Legations Heard From

Washington, judy ls,-The Chinese min.
'sier has received a dispatch from the
chinese minister at London. authenticated
b! Sheng, the imperial inspector Of tele-
grams and posts at Shanghai, and by two
Neereys, declaring that the foreigners at
feking were safe ON July and were re-
eening the protection of the government.
ihls Is two days after the reported massa
ere. Minister WI has laid the message
before Secretary Hay.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-17
Citizens Reused From
Slumbers,
Rushed Into Street and Were
Swept Away.

Coleman, Tex, July 16.-Fifteen lives
were lost in cloud burst here today.
Ten bodies have been recovered but only
two were identified. They are Joseph
Spath, leading merchant of the village
and John Fouleisstein.
10 IS feared that many more lives were
lost In the valley below Coleman. The
cloud burst followed three days rain fall
and caused Fords Greek TO bnrst its
banks and rush through Coleman, vii
lage Of less than one thousand inhabi-
tants
Citizens reused from their slumbers
rushed into the streets and were swept
away. Many We're saved by catching hold
OF pieces Of timber and navigating them.
Spath and Fouleisstein managed to
mount their horses. They dashed into
the water and swami their horses to a
house where four little girls were scream
ing for help. Each rescued two of the
children whom they took up on their
horses. The animals were swept away,
however, in q noble effort to stem the
swift current and all were drowned
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-17
AGAINST POWERS.
incriminating Letters introduced
Against Him.

Georgetown, KY, July 16.-In the trial
of former Secretary Of State Caleb Pow
ers, charged with being accessory to the
Goebel murder, today, a letter alleged to
be signed by Caleb Powers was intro
duced in which this expression appeared:
81 have had hard time getting Taylor
ana others to start, but they are all right
now and this thing VIII soon end
kilograms sent from BarboursvilIe,
Powers home, were put in evidence and
identified by the managements of the
Barboursville telegraph Office. The first
various captains alleged to have been
charged with ge6ting up the excursion Of
mountainmen to Frankfort. Most OF
them readI
How many can you insure from your
community Wire Immediately.
(Signed) 80. Powers"
The defense filed formal objection to
their competency as evidence. The wit
ness, Mrs. Anderson, declared some one
had tampered with many Of the messages
on file in her Office for January and Feb
ruary.
Col. Jack ChiDn, who was with Goebel
when the shooting occurred, said the first
shot seemed to come from a window in
the secretary Of state Office, The others
were mutiled and the witness could not
tell where they came from. He said he
saw a window IN Powers Office slightly
raised. Chinn identified GOebel clothes.
Cross-examination did not reveal any
/ thing new. Finley Anderson was then
} put on the stand, but did not conclude
his testimony.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-17

from the foreign office and start for
China Saturday accompanied by Gen.
Won Der GOltz
With reference to the contradictory
statements as to alleged agreements be-
tween various powers concerning the flu
ture OF China, foreign officer said today
Uhau nothing like definite agreement
either oral or written, existed between
Germany ana Russia, but that such an
agreement does exist between Russia
and Great Britain, assigning to each
other distinct sphere.
The Chinese expeditionary corps will
not leave until Emperor William returns
from Norway as he intends to inspect the
corps personally and to bid them fare
wall A military contributor to the
Berliner Iageblatt computes the Chinese
forces who are well drilled and armed
with Mausers at 80, 900. Lord Cough,
secretary of the British embassy, made
the following statement to the CORES.
pondent OF the Associated Press this af-
ternoon:
"Ihe Pelxin massacre does not render
10 necessary for the powers to abandon
the position that they are not at war
with China. The powers Will continue
to claim that their action there is in be-
half OF the depOsed government and only
against rebels and usurpers.
A member of the Japanese embassy said
today:
Japan has not sought mandate
from the powers and win not accept the
role Of mandatory unless requested to dc
so by all In the event of accepting
Japan would not ask territory as compen-
sation.
The official in question said that he
accepted the report OF the massacre as
well founded and gave his reasons. Re-
ferring to the force Japan now has in
China, he said that the Mikado's troops
there already numbered -, 600, but that
these were insufficient for an effective
advance upon Pekin as no fewer than
100 coo men would be necessary, espec-
tally in view OF the absolute need of keep.
ing open communications with the coast.