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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01

Grape nuts, Wheatine, Quaker
Oats, Shredded Wheat Biscuit are
all good breakfast foods. Chas. r.
Kelsey e. Co.
Our Rio roasted coffee at 16 cents
per pound is a bargain with the re-
cent advance all around on coffees,
Chas. R. Kelsey & Co.
w. D. Reynolds, the jeweler, was
confined to his home for several
days this week by a very sore arm
caused by northumberland little
Charlie, son of w. A. Reynolds is
sick from the same cause.
ROCK SPRINGS PEACOCK
COAL at Galloway & Wassom's
livery stable.
Mrs. Chattin a few days ago re-
ceived a couple of 'possums from
Tennessee, forwarded by express by
Mr.. Chattin, who, we presume in
tends to set out a persimmon or,
chard and start 'possum ranch ir
this vicinity. Mr.. Chattin is ex.
pected home tonight.
Johnny Wilkins informs us that
there is wild man" in Bruneau
canyon. He has been seen at in
tervals during the past six months
but allows no one to get in clos,
proximity to him if he can avoid it
by heetness of foot. During the alb
sence of the horsemen of the can.
yon from their camps the wild mar
enters the premises and obtainl
food. His abode is unknown ane
the stockmen of that section our
pose organizing a posse with the
view of capturing the fellow, who
some think, is a fugitive from JUS
tice.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
School Entertainment.

The two public School literary
societies-the Athenian and the
Grammar-will render the follow
ing program at the opera house
next Saturday night, beginning at
8 O'Clock sharp. No reserved seats.
Admission-adult so cents; child
rem, % cents.
PART I.
l. Chorus "The Farmer Boy d
jolly Lad"
2. Pantomime-"The Old Maids
and Old Bachelors Dream"
3. Duet-"Meet Me by the Run
ming Brook"
4. Recitation, "The Widows Light"
Miss Elvira Sullaway.
5. New Tambourine Drill-Sixteen
Young Ladies.
6. Character Recitation, "The Vag.
abond-Edward Mason.
PART II.
THE GREAT CATASTROPHE.
A COMEDY IN TWO ACTS
Caste of Characters:
Dennis Milliken (who caused the
great catastrophe) = Clarence
Manion.
Jack Kennard Ca valiant lover
Walter Tanner.
Ben Trap English coachman with
expectations-Pratt Damron.
Robert Drew The old gentleman
himself)-Thomas Brady.
Violet Drew His daughter Miss
Katie Brady.
Dorothea Primrose a governess with
nerves Miss Nellie Wayte.
Title Craig "a stage-struck maid)
Miss Ruth Hyde.
Quartette-Good Night.
Tickets on sale at the various
business houses in town.
Proceeds for benefit of the public
school library.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01

throws sulphurous halo of tainted
beef about the devoted head Of that
party.
The speaker closed and a sponta-
neous burst OF applause was given
that made the building shake from
hoor to roof. A rising vote of
thanks was rendered the speaker
and the choir sung "When Bryan
reigns in Washington"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween ]. M. Cowen & r. +. Whitney,
in the furniture business, was on this
10th day of February, 1900, dissolved
by mutual CONSENT J. NJ. Cowen hav-
ing bought the entire interest of r. f.
Whitney 10 said business. j. NJ. Cow
en- will pay all outstanding claims
against the late firm of Cowen & Whit
ney and collect all bills due the same.
]. M. CowEN.
fe2lw4 r. f. WHITNLY.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01

Boston Baked Beans in pound
cans at 10 cents per can-try it..
Chas. r. Kelsey & Co.
Do you want eggs? If 80, feed
your chickens with cracked corn, to
be had at Galloway & Wassom. 1t
is also splendid horse feed.
A letter from Engineer Pat Mad
den, another victim of the physical
condition test" of the O. S. L. Co j.,
informs his friends that he is now
in the gents furnishing goods bus
mess in Barraboo, Wis, and doing
we'll.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01
FOR SALE.
Good Summer Business at Neal.

will sell my saloon building including small stock
of liquors, cigars, canned goods, tobacco. etc.
Also the postofiice building and. quartz claim In a
good location.
to $500. Reason for wanting TO seli-Aiaska fever
1m Address, l. A. ROHRER, Neal, Idaho.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QuININE TAB
LET'S. All druggists refund the n. oney
if it fails to cure. f. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. Csc.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

China is an absolute monarchy, but
the emperor spends his life inside the
sealed walls of the Forbidden City, and
not one Chinaman in hundred thou
sand ever looks upon the imperial face.
Again, in spite of the absolute char
acter OF the monarchy, there Is, ac-
cording to the Chinese law, body
called the Tu-ch-a-yuen, or board of
public censors, which is Independent
Of the supreme government and, theo-
1etically at least, higher in authority.
Theoretically, again, the supreme di-
rection of the affairs of the empire Is
vested in the Chun Chi Ch'u, other
wise known as the privy or grand
council. The practical administra-
tion of the laws is under the charge
of the Nei-ko. or cabinet, body which
consists of four members, two China
men and two Tartars, with the assist
ance of two members of the Great Col
iege of Confucius, whose duty 1t is to
see that nothing is done by the cab
met which is not in strict accordance
with the sacred books. Under the
cabinet. again. are seven boards Of
administrators, each OF which is pre-
sided over by Chinaman and Tartar
Jointly. These boards have the work
of government divided among them as
follows: 1. The board of civil ap-
pointments, which has charge Of all
the civil officers in the empire. 2. The
board of revenues, which has charge OF
all financial matters. 8. The board of
rites and ceremonies. VIII has charge
of enforcing the laws and customs of
the empire. 4. The military board. s.
The board of public works. 6. The
board of criminal jurisdiction. Z. The
admiralty board, which makes it's head
quarters at Tien Tsin. Equal in au
thority with these is the board Of for
eign affairs. or Tsung-li-Yamen, which
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
Savage and venomons Guards.

The Paris exposition is producing
some strange scenes in the drama OF
life and incidentally giving the Paris.
ian policemen some novel situations tc
deal with. Some time ago the police
spent five days besieging the house OF
Mile. Maina,th beautiful Indian snake
charmer and shoplifter, who defied ar.
rest. thanks to the protection OF several
cobras and other poisonous pets. Now
1t is Abdulah, an Arab connected with
the exposition side show, who resists
the authorities. Abdulah possesses o
semi-tame panther, with whom. he
shares his apartment. The other ten.
ants in the same house object to the
presence OF the animal which spends
every night In roaring dismally be-
cause OF her homesickness. The Arab
having refused to vacate. the proprie-
tor invoked the aid OF the police. but
every attempt to enter has been check.
ed by the presence of the snarline
beast.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

Y Colonel Boykin arose and apologized
for question he was about to ask 1t
was painful question, but it was
made necessary by the character of the
testimony OF Sheriff Edwards. The
girl answered it vigorously. sitting
erect. her eyes flashing. Then she
bowed her head and sobbed. and the
shame of Gilligan was complete. His
face expressed no emotion, nor did he
raise his eyes from the floor when his
attorney arose to cross-examine his
former sweetheart
The cross-examination was brutally
searching. but 1t did not shake the
testimony of the girl particle. She
said that she had loved Gilligan. but
that for eighteen months previous to the
murder she had been Indifferent to-
ward him. When the cross-examina-
tion had closed Isabelle Turner was
strong in the affection of the people
who heard her. while the murderer was
branded with something more than the
mark of Cain.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
Killed The Father and Shamed
the Daughter.

Public opinion in the Old Dominion
swung heavily against Andrew c. Gill
ligan, recently on trial at Windsor for
the murder of Beverly Turner, on
whose plantation the young man was
brought up as a farm hand, when it
became evident that in order to escape
the gallows Gilligan stood ready to
blacken the character of Isabelle Tur-
ner, his employers daughter, who had
been his sweetheart. The jury prompt
ly convicted him. The murder of Mr..
Turner grew out OF his driving Gilligan
off the plantation when the father dis
covered the attachment between the
farm hand and his daughter Gilligan
planned to introduce in his defense love
letters written to him by Miss Turner,
and Virginia chivalry revolted at the
Idea. In the beginning the trial had
every element to make 1t most interest
ing, for 1t was understood that the girl,
Isabelle Turner, was in possession of
facts that would tend to clear Gilligan
or to convict him of the murder of her
father. There was romance mingled
with the tragedy, and people focked
from miles around to see the tangle un-
raveled.
But with the progress of the hearing
the romance gradually wore away, and
the testimony of the girl on the stand
swept all vestiges of it from the face
OF the affair. The shadow Of love that
had somewhat hidden the hideous as
pect of murder dissolved in the burning
eloquence with which Isabelle Turner
performed two-fold duty-the aiding
Of justice in the avengement Of the
murder of her father and the defense OF
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

in a magnificent sedan chair. Only
once In number OF years. when the
emperor goes out into the country,
where II is practically impossible to
barricade all the roads, does the aver
age Chinaman have an opportunity to
get even glimpse of his imperial
master.
There is no law OF hereditary cue.
cession to the Chinese throne. It being
left to each emperor to appoint his own
successor from among the younger
generation OF the imperial family. AS
the emperor commonly has number OF
wives and children the practice opens
opportunity for an endless amount OF
intrigue and chicanery. The manner
in which the present emperor.
Tsait'ien, came to the throne Is an ex-
ample in point.
The whole Chinese empire is divided
iIx.o eighteen provinces. each ruled by
II governor general. who is responsible
6directly to the emperor for the entire
administration. political, judicial, mill
tary. and financial. Each governor
general is assisted by a council and by
q number Of minor ofiicials. such as the
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
The SpeUbinder.

"Fellow citizens" he said, Il don't
intend to keep you long. TCheers.
| have only few words to add to
those that have already been said.
lCries OF "Hurrah!"l know you do
not care to listen to any further
speechmaking after the eloquence that
you have heard here this evening.
Tremendous applause.l You are tired.
lCheers and cries of Good" "Good!"1
1t is unnecessary for me to go back
over the glorious history OF our party.
Enthusiastic outburst lasting eleven
minutes.l ! will not weary you with
n repetition of the arguments that you
have heard before. Hats tossed In
the air; handkerchiefs nuttered and
wild yells from all parts of the hall ]
But. my fellow citizens. the principles
for which we are fighting today are
those for which our fathers fought be-
fore them. Who among us can calmly
analyze this matter without arising
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

has as members all the members q the
grand or privy council.
AS for the mysterious emperor, he
spends his life in the Forbidden City,
into the central portion of which no
man may enter. There he lives, sur
rounded by the members of his harem
and by the enormous number of from
5000 to 10000 slaves. Massive walls
and the even more formidable barriers
Of Oriental etiquette shut him of en-
tirely from the rest of the world. When
on rare occasions he goes out to wor-
ship at one Of the temples or to visit
one of the palaces in the vicinity the
streets along which he and his retinue
will pass are cleared and freshly paved.
while the houses and other buildings
along the line are barricaded and the
fronts covered with huge mats, SO that
no vulgar eye may look upon the great
lord Of the sun as he is carried along
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
cat Had u Long Fast.

A cat belonging to fire company in
Cincinnati recently disappeared and
was not found for thirteen days. great
ly to the amazement and grief of its
owners, who searched for 1t through.
out the entire neighborhood OF the en-
gine house. Their efforts were finally
rewarded when he was discovered bur
led under n ton of hay that had re-
Gently been deposited in the establish
ment. He had been there for all that
time and when taken out. though very
thin and sick, gave evidence that hs
was yet able to purr under caresses
and renew his natural avocatlon as q
rat catcher.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
HE PROVED UNWORTHY

Gilligan had tried to intercept her as
she entered the house.
He took hold Of my cape and wanted
to talk to me-" said the girl, as she shot
a glance at Gilligan. Il told him it was
too cold to talk, that had no time and
that did not desire to talk to him.
He kept hold of my cape, but
wrenched it from his hand and ran to
the house." Then she gave Gilligan the
lie. Sheriff Edwards swore that GILL;
gan told him that Mr.. Turner had
found his daughter in the embrace OF
Gilligan The girl swore that she was
in the house when her father was shot;
that she heard the report OF the gun
and paid no attention to it, as the
shooting of firearms in the neighbor-
hood was not unusual ddring the holi
days. She told in detail of her actions
in the house that evening, of preparing
supper. of conversations with her
mother, Of seeing skulking form at
the back gate and Of going for ANDY"
Cotton, a negro boy, to come to the
house.
while on our way to the cabin for
Andy Cotton" said the girl, my
mother and l passed Mr.. Gilligan on
the road. He was whistling and passed
us without speaking. We thought that
papa was at Mr.. Crocker's. but when he
did not come in at o'clock we sent
Andy Cotton for him with a note. He
was not there and Mr.. Crocker came
over. We searched for papa and Mr..
Crocker found his body. 1t was lying
in the snow near the fence and he was
dead"
This testimony was given in low.
clear voice. The girl looked steadily
at Gilligan, and Gilligan. with impas-
sive countenance twirled a cigarette
and gazed at the floor. Up to this time
Isabelle Turner had been composed.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

treasurer, the subcommissioner, and
the literary chancellor. Each province
is divided into departments, ruled by
tricts, with a district ruler over each.
Each town and village has also it's
separate government, with a complete
set of officials, so that the officeholding
class in China is large and extremely
influential.
The gradations of rank among
Chinese officials are clearly defined,
only to his immediate superior. Thus
the village governor reports to the dis
trict ruler, and he in turn to the gov
ernor of the department. The de-
partmental governor reports to the
governor general of the province, who
may remove him at will or even cut
of his head. The whole administra-
ton. therefore. hinges on the eighteen
provincial governor generals, or vice
roys, and those positions are in the
greatest demand. A village official
who wishes to keep his place finds 1t a
good plan to make large gifts to the
district ruler. and therefore levies large
taxes on the people. The district rul-
er finds it good policy to hand over
most of what he gets in this way to the
departmental chief, and the latter pass
es 1t on to the governor general of the
province. To be appointed governor
general of Chinese province is there
fore equivalent to gift Of a large
. fortune, the amount depending only on
the avarice of the viceroy In power. A
wise Chinaman greatly prefers to serve
his country as a provincial governor
general or viceroy than as member of
the grand or privy council, the per
quisites" of which positions are small
This form of administration makes 1t
clear why the body Of Chinese officials
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

erful prince, and seems to be friend
of the whites. He Is now in Peking at
the head of the Manchu garrison in
that city. These forces number about
10000, and numerous Chinese are flock
ing to the standard Of the new leader.
Ching Is the uncle Of the late en-
peror. Tsai-Tien, who was the poisoned
the other day by the order Of Tuan.
He is the greatuncle Of the heir ap-
parent, who was chosen last winter by
the empress dowager. He was presi-
dent of the tsung-ll-yamen before the
government was sundered by the revolt
of Tuan and his followers.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

was realized that the life of idleness
led by the unemployed prisoners was of
advantage neither to the state nor to
the men themselves, and in fact work.
ed serious harm to both. The idea
was hit upon OF employing them in the
manufacture OF binding twine, that in
dustry being in the grasp OF trust
that charged the farmers OF Kansas ex-
orbitant prices for the necessary arti-
Gle. .
At the beginning the twine was put
on the market at three cents pound
below the trust price and then both
sides cut their prices until the Kansas
farmers saved five cents pound.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

her good name A. C. Gilligan, who had
entered the trial as one half excusable
in the eyes of the people, came out of it
with more than the stain of murder on
him.
Gilligan is the son of the overseer on
the Turner plantation. AS boy he
was Isabelle Turner's playmate and
grew up almost as one OF the Turner
household. AS the girl budded into
womanhood and Gilligan grew to be a
tall, strapping youth, of handsome face
and graceful bearing, the brotherly and
sisterly affection gave way to love.
Eventually, of course. Mr. Turner
learned of the infatuation Of his daugh-
ter for Gilligan. There was the usual
stormy scene; the young girl was sent
off to school and the young man was
ordered from the plantation. This was
over two years ago. when the girl was
not quite IS and Gilligan was little past
his majority.
1t appears that Gilligan from this
time went to the bad. He took to drink
in order to forget. and only made men,
ory more poignant. When Mr.. Turner
Thought tHut tut lpNt Vi tHc blIl hdu
grown cold he brought her back from
school and commanded that she should
see no more of young Gillisan. She
promised and that was the end of 1t in
the mind of the father. who was an
aristocrat OF the old school, accustomed
to obedience and unable to realize that
his will was not sufficient to thwart
the designs of Cupid. t-
Mr.. Turner was murdered on the
night OF December 81. Gilligan had
borrowed gun that day. and after the
murder he disappeared. Soon ne came
back gave himself up and confessed to
the. sheriff. He said that the girl was
with him when he murdered her father;
that Mr.. Turner had caught him with
his arm around her and had threatened
to kill him.
''"I shot in self-defense," said Gilligan.
"It was mis- life or mine" o..
This aspect Of the case put Isabelle
Turner in cruel position. Accepting
the truth OF Gllligan's story. she was
the sole witness Of the crime. Upon her
testimony hung the life OF her lover.
Would she so distort what happened as
to clear him? Would she tell just what
happened and be fair to the murderer
and the lover? Or would she allow n
spirit Of revenge to actuate her and
give testimony that would send Gill
gan to the gallows? When Isabelle Tur-
ner took the stand for the first time
since the murder OF her father her fea
lures were first seen in public.
In her testimony the girl told OF COM
ing home from Hollins Institute on De-
cember q to spend the Christmas holi-
days. She told of n trip to Ferguson's
Wharf on the snowy day OF the crime.
and said that Gilligan had attempted to
speak to her, and that she had repelled
his advances. She swore that when she
reached her home that night. after n
drive to SmithAeld with her mother.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
The
PiI7khan1


10 q proud and pees5ess
record. II Is q record Of
0ureI Of constant con-
quest over obstinate Ills
Of women; Ills that deal
out despair; suffering
that many women think
Is W0n,an,S natural hos'j.
fa90s disorders and dis
placements that drive out
hope.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
WIsdom In Wives.

David Starr Jordan does not think
that college training units woman
for the severer discipline and humber
duties OF matrimony, and he says that
the half-educated woman is exposed to
more dangers and is more susceptible
to the higher foolishness" than Is hei
better balanced and more brainy -,
ter.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
"A Trust Solution.

The manufacture of binding twine
by the inmates of the Kansas peni-
tentiary, it is said, has been success.
In Kansas, as in other states. the
trades unions were opposed to the en-
ployment of the convicts in labor that
would come into competition with that
outside of the prison walls. Yet 1t
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19
Prince CbinS.

Prince Ching, leader Of the counter
revolution in North China and poll
tical rival of the monstrous Prince Tu-
an, is now looked upon as the hope of
the foreigners in Peking, or of such of
them as have survived the atrocities Of
the Boxers. He is great and pow
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

with the conviction that we are right,
and that those who oppose US are
wrong? When Washington stepped
forth at Yorktown to receive"
But no matter. The hall was empty
when he wiped his brow and sat down,
two hours and twenty minues later.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

cures fkbes0 troubles Of
women, and T06s s,ser-
sfs,uafi0n of its fes's-0s.s.
No woman need be With
out the safest and Suresf
advice, for Mrs. PInklka1s
00unS0I8 women free Of
charge. Her address Is
Lynn Mass.
Gan any woman afford
to Ignore the medicine and
the advice that has CURED
q million WOns0n2
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

No. Maude, dear. people who are re-
sarded as the salt OF the earth are not
to be found In the cellars.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-19

Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-02
PLANS OF MISSIONARIES At PEKIN
Advices Received by American Board--.
To Reopen Schools.

Boston, Oct. 1.-THE American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
has received a message from the Rev.
f. M, Chaplin, one of it's missionaries
in Pekin, disclosing the plans Of the
group of missionaries there. 1t is pro-
posed to reopen the Bridgemafi School
for Girls in Pekin, either in the city or
in Tien Tsin. The Nopth China college,
which was destroyed in Tung Cho, will
probably be reopened in Pekin. Minis
ter Conger has given assurances that
he will try to secure the use of two or
more large compounds which have been
used by the Boxers and hence are LA
BILE to confiscation, for the use Of the
American Board missionaries. Eight of
the missionaries, chiefly women, feel
that they need furlough and sixteen
are prepared to remain.