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The state herald., 1901-02-01

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sff.ir u. "a ariits % FH. H.r. d ad.
ich. nett o. cih Aa piDu OH. human NJ,
chine Ia make repairs. II W.. .inn,rl,
cam diar.' spnueh T. I'd io keep the
hoiv strung, nuch ptsp'ra',on "a r..
dol D,spetsla TUE sh"uia h. rsej. T.
Dis~s's vha, you en' and I, slmpl, cant
help but do you good City Drug s,ofe
The state herald., 1901-02-01
New Dry Goods at Stamps.
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Los Rats, West and North west.

A. hms Of year when thousands vil
take advantage Of them the Burlingtou
Routs mshss sweeping reductions iu iis
'st~s to the wss, and Northwsst-te
Utah. Montana, Warrington, Ors9os
and British Colombia.
Dates: February l., 10 And ~.
March o. ~, 10 aud 70.
April 2. o. 10, y and 10.
Rates are shown bsiow:
To Ogden. salt t.h-. Butte. Hsisns. eoa
Arseovda. and MissovIa. vIS
To Az Points on the northern eseI.1
nc Ry vest of Missevis. including
SPOKANE. Seattle. Tacoma. Port. S28
land. as we'll as Vancouver. and
Victoria, o. Q.
To Az Points or the Spokane Falls \
. hosshssn ~. and the washing. S28
ton 4 Columbia River n, v.
Never has the Pacific Northvs bssn
~ prosperous ~ nov. Labor is IN con
s'sbt demand md wages are high. The
money making opportunities are beyond
number IN minss, lumber. fnsfchsnd,s
inR. farming, fruit raising. dshisR, and
oil the other Industries Of . great and
crossing country.
Literature on rrqn~s,
\. FMAscm. G.p'l Passenger Arsot
Omaha, N-ni
The state herald., 1901-02-01

To trade, quarter VI land nsur Hol
yoke q. X. ELLIS,
1893 Sherman ST., Springfield, Mo.
The state herald., 1901-02-01
All k,ud. of Patterns a. Stamps.

All kiuds Of Patterns at Shsmps.
Corn for sale at the Lumber Yard.
Buy your dry Roods VI W. r. Shamp
Good he,fers for sale.y-Irwin Bros.
The q. D. Correct Is the best. For aale
by W. r. Shsmp.
Fitst class accommodations at the
Commercial Hotel.
". j.. Kelsey maize y business trip 10
Denver last week.
Brady and Ms'cslf shoes are the best
tor sale by W. r. Shamp.
The Commercial Hotel sets first class
table at reasonable rates.
Editor Ray Of the Republican made q
trip to Denver this wssk.
Ladies Cloaks, Capes and Collsrettes
at cost at W. Il. 5hamps.
--
Buy your windmlls, pumps, pipe,
wagons and buggiee Of S. j. McCar'y.
~
We viii pay 30 cts. for corn.
IRWIN Bros.
Warren Elmore Of LosmI, ILL.,. is visit.
ing bis cousin Clyde Colburn OF Hoi.
yoks.
The state herald., 1901-02-01

Hou. G. D. T'mooriaks Of Sterling WIS
in Holyoks on political business
Wednesday.
The state herald., 1901-02-01
NOTICE.
Ssoooo FOR LETTERS ABOUT NEB.
RAskA.

ooonno FOR LETTERS ABOUT NEB.
RASKA.
The Burlisgtoa Reuts o6srs twenty
ts,sss, asGrsGAt,uR e5lO for issssrs which
en- b. used in suceurssing immigration
= Nsbrsska.
4 The first priss " rouai trip ticket
bo@ sny Burlipgtea Route station 10
Dlsbssska 10 Yellowstone Park, and .
eemplsts trip through the Park includ
~ Staes transportation snd i've and a
bait dsy' soeomodstisns At The hotsls Of
Ysliovstops Park Assecistiou-valus
oioo
TIE second priss b . ticket to Denver,
thence 10 she Blsck aiils, ssd e26 In
easb-vsius eI6.
PsrtieaIars can bs obtained by addrss-
sIns J. Frsnc,s. q. p. A., Burliegtop
Route, Omaha, Nsb.
The state herald., 1901-02-01

Warren Elmore Of Loam,, ILL.,, is visit
ing bis cousin Clyde Colburn OF Hoi
yoke.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
YenezueIans in Distress.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Oct. a.
(via Haytien cable) .-Advices received to-
day from Maracaibo under date of Octo-
Der 10 say the Venezuelan troops are en-
trenched at various points on the PENN
sula. A majority of them are in the vi
entity of Maracaibo. The Venezuelan sol
ders, being practically without commits
siarat are compelled to live on the coun-
try. The result is lack of food supplies
of any kind, and a consequent increase
of hunger, distress and suffering among
the soldiers who have no shelter. Sick
ness is spreading rapidly among them and
they have no medical attendance or medi-
cine.
The Guajari Indians are becoming more
incensed against the Venezuealans on ac-
count of the outrages committed by the
latter and have mutilated over a score of
Nenezuelans who have fallen into their
hands. These advices concluded by saying
that fighting there seems improbable.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Bold Thugs at Spokane.

Spokane, Oct 1.-two thugs tried at
7:l5 o'clock in the evening to murder j..
H. Gudaa, teamster, on the upper Olive
street bridge. They had robbed him OF
$57, when they found revolver in his
pocket. Enraged at the discovery, they
attempted to shoot him and to throw him
into the river.
The ball of the second shot that was
fired by the assassins passed through the
first Joint of the little finger of Gudaa's
left hand, with which he had gnsped the
revolver. While holding the revolver with
his left hand he struck the thug such a
blow with his right that he knocked him
against the railing of the bridge and then
escaped by running.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Tracy Won Race.

Philadelphia, Oct. l4.-The six day go
as you please race came to an end at %
minutes past 10 o'clock, the II survivors
having raced l42 hours. George Tracy of
Undertook, n. Y, finished first, covering
500 miles.
During the week 81 900 persons wit
messed the contest and $500 was divided
among the first eight pedestrians. The
prize winners finished as follows: George
Tracy 500 miles, Peter Hegelman 492,
John Click 4S7, Patrick Cavanaugh 1872
George Cartwright, England, 455 Peter
Golden, New York, 45l; Gus Guerrero
Mexico, AL.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Big Elk Gored Him.

Helena, Mont, Oct. l4.-To prove an
oft repeated boast that the bull elk con-
fined in an enclosure at Central park was
afraid of him, Joseph Coufal of Helena
entered the gate armed only with a four
pronged pitchfork. The elk Immediately
charged him, and his pitchfork proved
ineffective as a weapon of defense. The
elk knocked him down and gored him
again and again in the thigh and all over
the body. Samuel Billiard, who had gone
to watch the feat, tore off a fence rail,
twisted it in the elk's horns and drove
him off, but not until he had received a
wound in the leg which will lay him up
for several days.
Coufal was dragged away and doctors
summoned, but before they reached the
park he had died of conclusion of the
brain.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18

$4,000 was destroyed. A number of
men were injured, but none seriously.
Black damp caused the death of John
Gilleland. a miner, aged so years, and
his two sons, James and Winifred,
aged II and Is, at the mines of the
Juanita Coke company, near Juanita-
Vile. The bodies were rescued, but in
the effort John Nicholson, mine fire.
man, and John Baker, a fire boss, were
overcome by black damp and in a pre-
carious condition.
Lorenzo Snow, fifth president Of the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter
Day Saints, better known as the Nor
mon church. died rather Unexpectedly
at his private resident at Salt Lake.
The immediate cause of his death was
hypostatic congestion superintendent
by aggravated bronchitis. Several
weeks ago President Snow contracted
cold, which was accompanied by a
hacking cough. He was buried last
Sunday.
Leadville, Col, is wild with excite
ment over the killing of one boy and
the fatal wounding of two others this
afternoon by Jesse Sherman, a promin-
ent ranchman, residing near Leadville,
and who, with his family, are among
the most respected residents of the
place. He caught crowd Of boys sup
posedly poaching on his rabbit pre-
serve, and, jumping from his buggy, he
started after them with heavily load
ed shotgun in his hand. Sherman
claims it was accidentally discharged
while he was running. Ed Darlington,
16 years of age, was instantly killed !;
Earl King, aged II, is shot through the
right lung and is dying, and James
Considine, IA years, is shot through the
back and hips.
within nine days that fine mare will
die, the colt that you value will die
your lasting hunting dog will disap
pear, then you will die" This was the
prophesy made by an unknown, mys
terious woman to DR.. Alfred G. Lem
berger, and it came true to the letter
for DR.. Lemberger fell over dead from
heart failure on the evening of the
ninth day. Other conditions of thu
prophesy had already been fulfilled
Now every detective on the Louisville
force and every police officer and ever.
newspaper reporter are looking for thu
strange woman who made that predic
ton. Physicians say that she prob
ably caused the mans death by tn
: psychic effect upon him.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Terrorized the Towns.

Saginaw, Mich, Oct. l4.-Burglars who
had previously blown open the safe in
the office of the United States Graphite
company here and secured $50 in cash
terrorized the inhabitants of the village
of Fosters, near here. They captured
Night Waterman Jones and bound and
gagged him. Then they took him to Har-
den's hardware store, where they blew
open the safe. Unable to open the strong
box, they made the Waterman conduct
them to Harden's home, expecting to COM
pei Harden to go to his store and open
the cash drawer of the safe. Harden was
prepared for them and opened fire. The
burglars used the captive Waterman as a
shield to Harden's fire. Jones was shot
in the hand, but none of the burglars
were hit. The shooting aroused the vii
layers and the burglars fled.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Rhodes Denies 1t.

Cape Town, Oct. l3.-Sensational de-
velopments are expected from a case
which was heard in the supreme court to-
day, in which Thomas Louw obtained
judgment for ll50 pounds against Prin-
cess Radziwill. The money was advanced
on a promissory note for 1000 pounds
drawn by the princess and purporting to
have been Endorsed by Cecil Rhodes. Mr..
Rhodes repudiated the Endorsement and
all knowledge of the affair. The court
allowed the case as against Mr.. Rhodes
to stand over until November, pending the
arrival of Mr.. Rhodes affidavits. Princess
Radnwill who was present in court, has
been frequent visitor to South Africa,
and the case has aroused all the greater
interest because the princess has, appar-
emily, always been on friendly terms with
Mr.. Rhodes and the circle of which he
was the leader.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Champion Woman Golfer.

New York, Oct. l4.-Miss Genevieve
Hecker of the Essex Country club,
Orange, n. j., champion woman golfer of
the Metropolitan Golf association on the
Baltusrol Golf club links near Short Hills,
n. j., defeated Miss Lucy Heron of Gin
cinnati by five up and three to play, and
won the much coveted title of champion
woman golfer of the United States Golf
association.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
DISASTROUS STORM At NOME
STORM CONTINUED THREE DAYS
Reign of Terror Prevails on Account
Men sandbagEed i'm Broad Day
light and ynIuabies Tnken-Busi-
ness Houses Entered.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. IL
Nome has again been visited by a
storm. according to advices received
here today by the steamer John S.
Kimball. The storm commenced on
the night of September 26 and con-
tinued for three days with increased
fury, and as a result every lighter
that was anchored off Nome is ashore
and the government tug. Captain War
den, is on the beach. While the storm
was almost as severe as the mem
orable storm of last year, the damage
was slight, owing to there being but
little shipping in the harbor and the
waterfront was better protected. The
most serious damage will result from
the delay in getting lighters afloat so
they can be used in discharging the
| large number of steamers due at
Nome, and some fears are entertained
: that they can not be repaired in time
so that cargoes can be discharged in
time for vessels to get out before navi-
cation has closed. The only loss as
a result of the storm thus far reported
occurred after the storm was abating.
The schooner Abbie Deering sailed
in and Captain Stevens of the schoon-
err Prosper, which was wrecked at
Cape Lisburne on August 26, and
Tracy Robertson attempted to go
ashore in a ships boat. Before they
had got a great distance the boat
capsized and both men were drowned
A reign of terror prevails at Nome
holdups and robberies being of night
~ occurrence. Men are being sand
bagged and robbed in broad daylight
when caught in lonely places and
sluice box robberies are frequent ant
several mines have been robbed Of
from $500 to $4,000.
Business houses have been entered
and even women walking the street;
are made victims. On September 20
two men entered the store of Mrs. S
NJ Hovey, and at the point of pisto
forced her to give up $780,
The Discovery claim on Anvil creel
has again distinguished itself. OF
September IA. 1852 in nuggets wa
picked up and on the 29th it yielded
nuggets weighing 1892.
Nome Will nave WlHlSI COl1ulullSd
ton with the outside world by mean
of a stage line Norman B. Smitl
! is at the head of the company and h
? recently arrived at Nome, bringing
: with him so head of horses and
large number of dogs, and propose
| during the winter to run stages from
Nome to Illiauma bay. a distance o
500 miles, carrying passengers, maj
2 and express. Along the route ther
will be So relay stations. Illauma ba
e can be reached by steamers during tn
f entire winter.
r The Kimball brought down 955 pas
z sengers and 100000 in treasure. TIL
passengers report that all steamer
from Nome until the close of navigf
ton will be taxed to their utmost ca
4 pacity in bringing out passengers an
= that many will be unable to secur
5 transportation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Detail Census Rcport.

The final census report on the popu
lation by sex, general nativity and col
or of the several states and territories
has been issued. The last bulletin of
the series covers the entire country. 1t
shows that males number SO, 500, PAP
and constitute 51.2 per cent Of the to-
tai population in 1900, while the fe-
males number 37,244,145. or ass per
cent There is a slightly larger pro
portion of females now than 10 years
ago. There is a difference in favor of
males of 1,s15,S07, as compared with
an excess of males for the equivalent
era of 1890 of 1.560.37
There has been an increase in total
population of IL, 233,361, or 81 per cent.
since 1890, made up of 6.744,179 males
e,4S9,454 females; an increase in
males of 20.9 per cent and an increase
in females of oil per cent. There are
65, 1874, 800 native persons and 10.460,-
0S5 foreign born persons, the latter ele-
ment constituting 1871 per cent of the
total population in 1900, against 14.S
per cent 10 years ago. The foreign
born show an absolute increase during
the decade of 1,151 1894, while the ma
tive born hav eincreased in 10 years
/ 12,081 ,637.
AS to color and race. the population
in 1900 is made up of 66990,S0 white
persons and 9,312,5S5 colored persons
the latter figure comprising 8,S40,SS9
persons of negro descent, 119,050 Chi
nese, S5,9S6 Japanese and 266760 In
dams. The corresponding figures for
1890 show total of 55,166,1S4 white
persons, 7,4Ss,7SS persons of negro de
scent, 126,77s Chinese, 1889 Japan
csc and 27S,6O7 Indians.
The colored element constitutes 12.l
per cent of the total population in 1900
against 1875 per cent in 1890. The
white population shows an increase
since 1890 of II, S24,6lS, or 21.4 per cent
and the colored element as whole 10,
400, 103, or II. 8 per cent.
There has been an increase during
the past ten years in persons Of negro
descent OF 1,352,001, or 1871 per cent
and in the Japanese of 1887, or 497.
per cent. The Chinese, on the othe
hand, show a loss of 7,72S, or 81 pc
cent, while the Indians have decreased
from 273, 607 in 1890 to 1885, in 1900
or a loss of 2. 8 per cent
Of the total white people, 56,740,73
are native whites, constituting 74.4 pc
cent of of the total population, an
1O,250,063 foreign whites, or 1874 pc
cent of the total population. Nativ
white persons are in turn subdivide
into Al ,053,41 of native parentage an
! 1858 of foreign parentage, const
tuting respectively 1913 and 2O.6 pc
| cent of the total population.
The native white element has il
creased 2S.3 per cent and the foreig
5 white only 122 per cent in 1901.
l The native white element of foreig
g parentage has increased relative twiC
: as fast as the native white of nativ
a parentage.
5 Washington-Males, 304,17S; f
4 males, 213,925; foreign, 11,346; tot
f white, 496,S04; native white, 394,17s
! total colored, 1899.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18

Anaconda, Mont, Oct. l4.-Passenger
train No. ! the North Coast Limited, was
wrecked at switch near Dempsey, about
five miles south of Deer Lodge. The train
was in charge of Conductor j. Hinnen,
with Engineer w. b. Bell.
No one was hurt, fact that is almost
miraculous, as the main track and siding
are torn up for about six car lengths.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
sympathy With the Beers.

Berlin, Oct. l4.-Most of the newspa-
pers here referred feelingly to Mr. Kru-
gers birthday. The papers also comment
with sympathy on the two years war,
pointing out that the remarks of the Brit
ish war secretary, Mr.. Broderick, and
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach. furnish proof of the dee-
perate straits of the British.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Rode over Rapids mt niagara.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Oct. l4.-Peter
Niessen of Chicago successfully navigted
the whirlpool rapids in a 81 foot cigar
shaped boat called the Fool Killer. To-
days trip through the whirlpool rapids
was witnessed by $4,000 persons. The
Fool Killer passed through the rapids in
four minutes.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Deficit In Budget of France.

Paris. Oct. IA final estimate fixes
the deficit in the budget at 500000O0
francs, a part of which the secretary pro-
poses to meet by an issue of short term
bonds, the remainder to be met by cup
pressing payment by the public debt sink
ing fund.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
Chinese Rebels stiu Active.

Canton, Oct 1.-the vieeroy of Can
ton has received an intimation from the
Chinese minister in London to the effect
that large quantities of dynamite. arme
and ammunition have been shipped te
China, presumably for the use of the re
formers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18
rorpedo Boat Buckled.

London, Oct. l4.-Another torpedo boat
destroyer, the Vulture, has buckled in
heavy seas. While on her way from
Portsmouth to Portland she had to re-
turn to Portsmouth, where it was found
that several plates were broken in
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18

Countess Tolstoi, Sophia Anderone
rs mild seeming woman who since he
marriage has devoted her whole tim
to her husband and her three children
For the latter abe made all the clotns
until they were tan years Old.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18

Several months ago a prominent at
torney Of this city, who had formerly
been employed by Pat Grove, received
a draft from Grove from South Africa
for legal services rendered.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-18

Electrical apparatus used in mining
10 estimated TO be worth 500, 900 900.
The sun., 1901-02-03
Situations Wan;Ctl- it'alcs.

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wanted. stsAdN WOfk - gHuu man ttate eIprfeLyr
aud sAlAfy expected. OPERATOR. boi .oi sun
once.
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PLIESI, boa lN Sun once
The sun., 1901-02-03

Nmlrd- trmAls,.
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class rose makers and Hover makers,
best prices paid appl, all week.
|. PRAGeR, 90 10 9G eleeCkef St.
Artificial Flowers Cool rose makers
wanted; steady work, good pay; apply
all week. S'M1R9S Z LEVINE,
S. teeCker Street
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New Ulm review., 1901-10-02
FIRST silver wedding.

According tosa historian, this is the
way the first silver wedding came
about. It was in the time Of Hughes
Caput. Two of his most faithful serv-
ants. man and woman, had grown
gray in his employ. How could he re-
ward them?
Calling the woman, he said: "Your
service is great, greater than the mans,
whose service is great enough, for the
woman always finds work harder than
a man, and therefore will give you a
reward. At your age know Of none
better than a dowry and a husband.
The dowry is here. This farm from
this time forth belongs to you. If this
man who has worked with you for five
and twenty years is willing to marry
you, then the husband is ready
Your majesty said the old peasant,
chow is it possible that we should mar
ry, having already silver hairs?''
''Then it shall be silver wedding
And the king gave the couple silver
enough to keep them in plenty.
Such was the origin Of the silver
's,.dding, a custom which, spreading all
through France, subsequently became
known to the world.
New Ulm review., 1901-10-02
Care In Making Area.

An ak is subject to rigid tests before
1t Is pronounced perfect. The steel must
be Of the required temper, the weight
Of all axes Of the same size must be
uniform, all must be ground alike and
in various other ways conform to an es-
tablished standard. The inspector who
tests the quality Of the steel does SO by
hammering the blade and striking the
edge to ascertain whether 1t be too
brittle or not. An ak that breaks dur
ing the test Is thrown aside to be made
over. Before the material Of an ak is in
the proper shape it has been heated five
times, including the tempering process,
and the ak when completed has passed
through the hands Of about 40 work
men. each Of whom has done something
toward perfecting it. After passing in
spection the axes go to the grinding de
partment and from that to the polish
ers, who finish them upon emery
wheels.
New Ulm review., 1901-10-02
Value of Diamonds.

As to the value Of diamonds, per-
fectly white stones or decided tints Of
red. rose, green or blue are most high
" priced Fine cinnamon and salm-
on or brown, black or yellow stones
also are esteemed If fawless and
without tint of any kind, they are
termed first water. If they possess a
steely blue color, at times almost
opalescent they are called blue white.
Such are usually Brazilian stones. Ex-
ceptionally perfect stones are termed
gems, and for such there is no fixed
value, the price depending on the puri-
ty and the brilliancy Of the stone. The
term first water varies In meaning, ac-
cording to the class Of goods carried by
the dealer using 1t.
It is impossible to estimate the value
Of diamond by it's weight. Color.
brilliancy, cut and general perfection
Of the stone all are to be ta..en into
account. or two stones, both fawless
and weighing ten carats, one may be
worth 5000 and the other $4,000. Ex-
ceptional stones often bring special
prices. OF color or imperfect stones
sell at an average price per carat re-
gardless of size.