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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
AHO. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1901
MONTANA BOY KIDNAPS
Slx-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
Demanded a Ransom of 1900 - Child
Escaped and Returned Home and
kidnapper 10 Arrested.

Late Thursday afternoon g. w.
Ryan, prominent grocer of Great
Falls, Mont, received note directing
him to leave 81, 500 at a certain point
as a ransom for his six-year-old SON.
Unless the demand was complied with
by e:3o the threat was made that fine
pieces of glass would be rammed into
the childs eyes and his hands cut off.
The police were notified and a search
made for the boy and the kidnaper.
About o'clock the missing child
walked into his fathers store, gagged
and crying, but otherwise unharmed.
he said he had been kidnapped shortly
after school by boy named South
wick, who had first taken him to his
home, and afterward to spot he could
not locate.
The Southwick boy was soon found
and arrested. He is about 12 years old
and at first declared that he had been
told to steal the Ryan boy and write
and deliver the note by two men.
Afterward he confessed that he did
the deed of his own volition, and that
he had no accomplices. He expressed
no repentance, and said: 81 would
have hit the old man for ss, 900 IL [
thought he would have stood for it."
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
sI4a.n0o. COO for Pensions.

The estimates for the expenditures
OF the interioE department during the
fiscal year beginning next July aggre-
gate S170, 900, 900, of which S142, 16l, zoe
is asked for pensions and the admins
trative work of the pension bureau.
In addition to the S13,5le, 200 already
appropriated for the twelfth census,
1879, 100 for the next year is asked.
OF the amount heretofore appropriated
for the census, SO, ,64a, ,332 had been dis.
bursed up to Aug. 81 last, leaving a
balance of appropriations unexpended
on that date of S4, ,092, 57s
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Estimated Cost of Postal Service for 1908
IL s&I35,SS5,5g6

The estimates for the entire postal
service for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1908, aggregate Sl35, ss5, 500. This
is inclusive of 81 .o37, $40 for depart.
mental salaries and s9l6, $50 contingent
expenses.
The total for rural free delivery is
sc, ,250, 900, an increase OF So, $50, 600 over
the current year
The compensation for postmasters
amounts to $50, 900, 900; letter-carriers
and substitute and temporary carriers,
S17,430, 900; star route service, S6,sl5.
900; railroad transportation. railway
postoffice car service, and railway mai
service, $50, 463, 456. The grand total
for inland mail transportation is 500,
ol9,956, and for foreign mails, So, sac,
900.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Lord Roberts Hoo.ed by Buller,. Friends.

The one discordant note in the gen.
eral rejoicing over the safe return o!
the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York to England was the greeting ac-
corded Lord Roberts after the official
reception of the Duke and Duchess.
Lord Roberts had been cheered in the
company of other officers, but while be
was returning from st. James palace
alone in his carriage much hootlpg
was heard from the sidewalks, indicat-
ing that Buffers ghost is by no means
completely laid out
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Glasgow Alarmed over Plague Outbreak.

Another case of bubonic plague has
developed at Glasgow. Large numbers
of people who have been in contact
with plague cases, or suspects, have
been isolated. The authorities are re-
fusing to grant clean bills of health.
A barmaid who was recently trans
ferred from the Central Station hotel
(which belongs to the Caledonian rail-
way) to the station at Airdrie, is pro-
nounced to be suffering from the
plague. Two hundred employees of
the Central Station hotel are confined
to the hotel precincts for observation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07

Walter Baker & Co., Ltd, Dorches-
ter. Mass, are the largest manufactur-
ers Of cocoa and chocolate in the
world. They received a gold medal
from the Paris exposition of last year.
This year they have received three
gold medals from the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are
the standard for purity and excellence.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Malvar Appoints Himself Commander of
Filipino Army.

Malvar has issued new proclamation
appointing himself captain general and
recognizing the Filipino army under
two lieutenant-generals and four gen.
erals of division. Every guide caught
aiding the Americans will be treated
Immediately as a traitor. Those who
surrender to the Americans will be
treated in the same manner
Malvar considers his own appoint
ment to be temporary. He congratu-
lates the soldiers on the good work
they are doing in the field, and also
those who are working for the cause of
freedom in the cities.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Spectators Corner Market and gau.,
Bread Riot In Maxico

feau RIOT In Mexico.
News was received at San Antonio
Tex, Wednesday, that at Puruandiro.
Mexico, October 2sth, bread riot oc.
Cured, in which twenty people were
wounded, many of them fatally. The
cause of the riot is said to have been
the action of spectators in corneripp
the supply of corn.
A corn famine has existed in that
section of Mexico for months, and the
government recently removed the inn.
port duty on corn from the United
States as measure of relief.
1t is said that speculators cornered
the shipments to Puruandiro and raised
the price 100 per cent. The starving
people, driven to desperation, attacked
the warehouses, women and children
leading the assault They were shot
down by the guards. Those who es.
caped the bullets tled appalled, at what
had happened.
The condition in that section of the
republic south of the City of Mexico
are described as terrible. The govern.
ment has sent troops to the scene.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Board of Naval Constructors Wants Forty
More Vessels Built.

Over and above the four warships for
which congress directed him last ses-
sion to prepare plans as basis for ap-
preparation at the next session, Secre-
tary Long has before him the recon-
mendations of the board of ma val con-
struction looking to authorization by
congress of the building of forty more
vessels of classes from battleships
down to tugboats. The plans for the
two armored cruisers and two battle
ships projected by congress last ses-
sion have been already prepared, and
look TO the construction of 16,O0o-ton
battleships and 14,00O-ton cruisers
The battleships and cruisers additional
to those which the construction board
proposed probably will be Of the same
size and general type.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Public Land Sales 70, 1000 Passes All
Rae.rdSs

The annual report of Commissioner
Hermann of the land office says that
1862, 7o6 acres of public land were dis
posed of during the last fiscal year, an
increase of 2,l0s. DOS acres over the
previous year, which was the banner
year in public land sales. The net
surplus from the entire land and forest
administration is S3,547,443. The re-
port refers to the large number of
prosecutions begun in Idaho and Mon
tana for perjury and subornation of
perjury in entries of land under the
timber and stone act, which entries, it
says, apparently were made for specu-
lative purposes.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07

Ihe physicians present used the stetho.
scope and other tests to determine II
any life remained, and at 7:l7 the war.
den, raising his hand announced:
"Gentlemen the prisoner is dead"
The witnesses filed from the chamber,
many of them yisibly affected.
In an interview with Superintendent
Collins Monday night Czolgosz made
another explanation of his visit to
Chicago just before he went to Buffalo
but later admitted that he had lied
He said that when he reached Chicago
boy whom he did not know ap-
preached him at the depot and handed
him packet of money. lie said the
money was for use on the Buffalo trip,
but he never knew who sent it to him
or the identity of the lad who deliv-
cred it.
He then explained that most of the
meetings of anarchists that he attended
at Cleveland were held in saloons des.
ignated by an anarchist newspaper.
Half an hour later. when the superin.
tendent called in the brother-in-law OF
the prisoner, he brought the subject
up again and said:
How about the money you got at
Chicago?n
What money! asked the prisoner.
why the money you told me about
here earlier in the evening"" said the
superintendent
did tell yon that2 | have forgot
ten If did. l did not get any money.
Ii L said so it was not true"
autopsy was held, which showed
the brain to be in normal condition.
Upon completion of the autopsy the
body was placed in black stained
pine coffin, every portion of the anato-
my being replaced under the super
vision OF DR. Gerlin and Warden Mead.
Shortly afterward it was taken to the
prison cemetery and an extraordinary
precaution taken to completely destroy
1t by pouring gallon of acid upon ii
after 1T was lowered into the grave.
Experiments with quicklime were un-
satisfactory, and the acid was substi-
tuted upon the suggestion of physi.
clans, as the object was to destroy the
BODY as soon as possible. 1t was esti-
mated that the acid would do this in
twenty-four hours. Loose straw was
placed in the corners of the grave and
over the coffin to absorb the gases
that would generate.
The body was buried in the prison
cemetery and will be guarded until all
danger of it's being molested is passed.
Buffalo Bihs Wild West Show Wrecked.
One hundred and two of the ring
horses of Buffalo Bills Wild West
Show were crushed to death in rail-
road wreck near Lexington, N. c., at
3 o'clock Tuesday morning. Among
the horses killed was Old Pap. Colonel
Cody's favorite saddle horse; Old
Eagle, the star ring horse, was killed,
and his mangled body fell on top of
one of the wrecked engines. The
mules that drew the Deadwood coach
were also killed. Only two or three
horses escaped death.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Implement Dealers to Aid irrigation As.
ISOLATION.

George H. Maxwell, manager of the
National Irrigation association of Chi.
cago, in an address before the AQri.
cultural Implement Dealers conven ton
at Kansas City, Thursday, explained
the object of his organization and urged
the delegates to join the association
and to encourage the work OF develop.
ing home markets in the west and to
aid in securing sound national legisla.
tion that will result in the so-called
arid lands being reclaimed, in order
that men seeking homes in the west
might obtain them without difficulty.
Congressman w. A. Reeder Of Kansas
supported Mr.. Maxwell's argument
with vigorous speech.
The president of the association was
appointed to act as member of the
advisory council of the National Irri.
CATION congress, and the secretary was
instructed to communicate with the
members of the session and request
them to identify themselves with the
irrigation movement.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Great Britain Sends Rsinforosmsnts to
South Africa.

1t is understood that the British war
office has decided to send every avail
able man TO the front in South Africa
between now and Christmas. The de-
parture of the cavalry brigade from
Aldershot, orders for which were is
sued Thursday, will leave only single
regiment of cavalry, the Thirty-first
Lancers, in the United Kingdom.
Prince Arthur Of Connaught, who is a
second lieutenant in the Seventieth,
goes with his reg iment to South Africa
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Battleshlp oregon Undergoing Rep.,r,.

The battleship Oregon is now on the
government dry dock at Puget Sound
navy yard, where she was taken last
Friday to undergo repairs to her keel,
which was severely strained when she
ran on the rocks some months ago.
Later, she will be given general over
hauling and painting.
More than ordinary care was nec-
essary on account of the strained keel.
and for many days prior to the dock.
ing extraordinary preparations were
made for the reception of the big war
vessel.
In order that she might rest gently
on the blocks, instead of pumping all
the water from the dock, as is usually
the case, only about six feet were
taken out. Sheres were then placed
In position and two divers entered the
water to adjust the wedges and blocks
carefully about the keel before apv
great part of the weight of the battle.
ship was allowed to rest. The remain.
der of the water has since been pumped
from the dock and the damaged part of
the hull exposed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
E1-secretary of State Powers Again Con.
victed.

Ex-Secretary of State of Kentucky
Caleb Powers was Saturday again con-
vlcted as accessory before the fact to
the murder of Governor William f.
Goeoel in January, 1900, and the Sec
ond time sentenced TO Imprisonment
for life.
The second trial began October sth,
and has continued with three sessions
daily, court ad Journing late each night
Arguments were limited SO that the
case went to the Jury at o'clock Sat
urday afternoon aud verdict of guilty
soon followed,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
severe Punishment for Naval Electrician
Who Abused President McKinIax.

TO be confined one year in such
place as the secretary of the navy may
direct, to do extra police duty during
that time; to lose all pay except So a
month for prison expenses and the
further sum of $50 to be paid him at
the expiration of this confinement, and
to be dishonorably discharged from the
service of the United States" is the
sentence imposed by court-martial
upon John w. Stoll, third-class cleo
trician of the receiving ship Columbia,
lying at the New York navy yard. for
foul abuse of the late President Nc
Kinlav
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07

The anarchist clubs of London cele.
brated the electrocution of Czolgosz.
Tuesday night. by dances in honor of
his noble death" Various groups met
at their respective headquarters at a
late hour, and most of the gatherings
only dispersed at o'clock Wednesday
morning after singing the "Carmag.
MOLE All the meetings Justify cheered
every mention of Czolgosz, whose por.
trait, draped with black and red, occu-
pied the place of honor on the plat.
form.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Indiana Governor Declines to Surrender
Kentucky Political Refugees.

Governor Durbin of Indiana has an
nounced his decision refusing to grant
the requisitioD for the return to Ken
tucky of Ex-Governor Taylor and
Charles w. Finley, who were indicted
by Kentucky courts for completely in
the murder of Governor William
Goebel.
Governor Durbin's decision is embod-
led in a long letter addressed to Gov
ernor Beckham of Kentucky. Gov
ernor Durbin recites the fact that this
is the second requisition made for the
return of the fugitive, and states that
he must decline to honor the requisi-
tion for the same reason that prompted
his predecessor, the late Governor
Mount, that the time has not yet ar
rived when an unprejudiced and nom
partisan hearing of the charges against
the fugitives can be held in Kentucky.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07


The people of the island of Samar
nave been notified to concentrate in
the towns on pain of being considered
public enemies and outlaws and treated
accordingly. If the troops meet the
enemy in the open there will be great
retaliation. Many of them have seen
and the others have heard of the bar
oarous treatment to which the dead
American soldiers were subjected by
the Filipinos recently.
Francisco-de Jesus, LUX bans chief OF
commissary, was recently captured and
taken to Cebu. Papers which he had
In his possession have resulted in the
arrest of many of the best known pres
'dents and other civil officials of the
island of Leyte.
1t develops that Biliran island, north
Of tile island of Leyte, has been hot
ped OF insurrection. Every civil official
there has been aiding the insurgents
OF samar in every way, They have
landed several cargoes of rice and have
received hemp in exchange. Several
thousand dollars also fell into the
hands OF the Americans when De Jesus
was made prisoner. His capture is
thought to be a great disaster to the
revolutionary cause.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
FRENCH SQUADRON SAILS
FOR TURKISH PORT
ADMIRAL Cailiard's Orders Are to Force
turkey to Pay French Claims or Seize
Customs House and Collect Them.

Turkey to Pay French Claims or Seize
aCustoms House and Collect Them.
The entire French Mediterranean
squadron sailed from Toulon, France,
tuesday, with destination for some
port In the Turkish empire.
While one division put in at Salins
dHteres, another, composed of three
battleships and two cruisers, under the
command of Admiral Caillard, pro-
ceeded to the Levant. Two thousand
troops will be added to this force.
Admiral Caillard's orders are that II
complete satisfaction is not given by
the Ottoman government to all the
claims of France, he will seize the GUS
tom house of the port nearest the
squadron.
1t is believed his destination is the
island OF Mitylene or Salonica. The
island commands the entrance to the
Dardanelles and the Gulf of Smyrna.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
Boers Lose 500 Mem ChargIng BrltIsh Llnes

strong Boer force under General
Botha attacked Colonel Benson's CON-
mand near Brakenlaagte Thursday,
capturing two guns. The attack was
made during a heavy fog which
enabled the Beers to surprise the Brit
ish and infiict heavy losses before the
latter recovered from the surprise.
The Beers, who outnumbered the Brit
ish, attempted to annihilate the latter,
keeping up fierce fight for twenty
four hours, during which they made
several attempts to rush the British
defenses, but were repulsed, sustaining
loss of 300. Reinforcements drove
the Beers away or the British COM
mand would have eventually been ta-
ken. The British lost seven officers,
including Colonel Benson, and fifty
four enlisted men killed, and thirteen
officers and 106 men wounded.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-07
NINE CALIFORNIA PEOPLE
CARRIED AWAY IN BALLOON
narrowly Escaped Being Dumped Into the
ses' and Finally Landed Fifty Miles
From Starting Point. Unin iured.

Il
Sea- and Finally Landed Fifty Miles
| From Starting Point. Unin jured.
A captive balloon, containing one
woman and eight men, broke from it's
fastening at Eleventh and Folsom
streets, San Francisco. Saturday even
Ing, and two hours later was landed
near Pescadero, fifty miles from San
Francisco and but a short distance
from the ocean. The balloon ut one
time was out at sea, but was blown
back over the land.
The balloon had been sent up several
times during the afternoon with pas
sengers. 1t was fastened to the ground
by a 1,000-foot rope cable, one and a
quarter inches in diameter. While
descending on the fifth trip, about 500
feet from the ground, the rope broke,
| fifty feet from the balloon. To the
horror of the spectators the balloon
rapidly shot up in the air to height
OF 1000 feet or more, and floated away
in southerly direction. Those who
made the involuntary trip were: Ed
Z. Dudley, the aeronaut; A. L. Dodge,
Ed Foster, jr., Walter Leon, c. P. Viii
decoq, j. F. Leonard, NJ. l.. Howarth,
John A. M. Swift, Mrs j. P. Gun
saulus.
Nine miles from LaHonda and about
six miles from Pescadero lies Beatty
Thompson's place. Thompson was up
and out when the balloon came along
by Wurrs mill, the graphing hook
slipping through the trees, and raking
along brushy patches of ground By
this time much of the gas had been let
out of the balloon and the power was
weak. The rope that had snapped and
caused the captive to become a runa-
way was sweeping along the ground,
and when it came within Thompson's
reach he grasped and bore down with
all his weight. This stopped the fight.
Soon the balloon was brought to the
ground, and eight overjoyed passen-
gers and the aeronaut alighted and
took supper with Thompson. Twice
the balloon dipped close to the ocean,
but rose each time. The passengers
were badly frightened.
The sun., 1901-11-04
EDWARD STOKES DEAD.
Daring Fnancier Expires at the Home
of His Sister In New York.
MOST ROMANTIC LIFE STORY.
First Attained Notoriety by Shooting
James FisiSe, the Erie RaiIrond
kinR-His Early Days and
the Mansfield Affair.

New York, Nov. 3.-Edward s. Stokes
Is dead after n career that almost
eclipsed the widest vagares of 70.
nance. He expired at T31 st. Nicholas
avenue. Only his sister, doctor, nurse
and valet were present.
Stokes had been seriously i'll for sew
cral weeks, and when that fact became
noiscd among his friends 1t was known
that the anticipated end was near. His
physicians called 1t complication Of
heart disease and kidney trouble nnd
found symptoms of Brights disease TO-
ward the last, but all the time those
who knew him swell knew that the
Stokes fires had been burned out and
that he would never rise from his bed.
He had been unconscious for three
days, with only recurring intervals OF
feeble recovery. His nurse ana valet
just before his death attempted to turn
him in bed. They saw something in
the face Of Stokes the valet had not
seen before, but the trained nurse
Fnrw its significance She hastily call.
ed Mrs. McNutt, the sister Of the diving
man. Mrs. McNutt ran to her broth
er's bedside and then asked that DIR.
Billings, who had been attending Mr.,
Stokes, he summoned. This was done
The sun., 1901-11-04
COSTLY PHILIPPINE STATION.
laval Boards Report Calls For
Heavy Expenditures.

Washington, NOV. 3.-The main re-
port Of the naval board headed by Rear
Admiral Taylor, which has prepared
plans for the proposed new naval sta
ton ut Olongapo, Philippine Islands,
shows that the station will cost this
government $19,3J9,5O0, exclusive of
defensive works, signal stations, wa
ter supply, coaling station, magazines,
hospital, encampment grounds and Il
native village under the control of the
naval authorities. which it is proposed
TO provide for the worlimen who will
be employed regularly at the Olongapo
1uckyard.
The board recommends that in addi-
tion to the four prominent points Sc
lected for defensive works by Admiral
Remey's board - Salinguin island, at
the entrance Of Port Silanguin; the
point on the west side of the entrance
to Subig bay; Grande island, at the
midentrance. and Point Ilinan, on the
east side of Subig bay entrance-an'
other fort be located to protect the
landing in Calaguapuin bay, on the
west coast of Xamhclps province, ant
that the mountain passes leading to the
naval reservation on the north ant
east be fortified.