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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

In sunny Tennessee there is class
of people rustic and simple, who are
known as Moonshiners and who TO
each other are as true as blue steel
and it is from this class Of people
that Hal Reid has styled and written
that beautiful and touching story
"Knobs o. Tennessee, his only
companion play to "Human Hearts. y
Before doing this Mr.. Reid spent
several months with these rustic and
simple but warm hearted natives
In doing this he was able to in
terpret properly and correctly theil
exactness in every manner and ha
drawn clearly and pointedly SOM
most interesting characters that will
live forever. The "Knobs O. Ten
nessee will be seen at the Oper
House, Monday Feb. 18th.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Academy Notes.

The Philomathia Literary Society
met in final session last Friday even
ing. 1t was dissolved and two new
societies were organized. 1t is hop
ed that the friendly rivalry of two
societies will inspire the members
to do better litrary work.
Miss May Kelsey has returned tc
her home at Mt. Home.
Mr.. Adamson went to Payette
Saturday, returning Monday.
The building used for the Business
College has been repapered and now
presents quite neat appearance.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Pensions.

All soldiers who wish their pen
sion claims to receive prompt and
faithful attention, should place their
claims at once in the hands of JOS
eph H. Hunter, pension attorney,
Washington, D. c., as l know from
experience he is the proper party to
handle such cases.
$40 HORACE A. HITcHCoCK.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Teachers Examination.

The next quarterly examination Of
teachers OF Washington county will be
held February 2S, March and 2, in the
court room at Weiser.
Questions in school law will be taken
from Chapter Xxx and questions in state
constitution from Article Xxx.
Examination for state certificate and
life diploma will be held March and ,
ut Wallace, Lewiston, Pocstello and
Boise. MARY z. HARPER,
8-4 County Supt
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

The BOISE Capital has been sold
by Geo. j. Lewis to Fisher & Sheri-
dan of Oregon, who took charge
Monday. The daily will be continu-
ed and increased in sige. 1t is to be
democratic and will fill long felt
need. The new proprietors are
hustlers and will no doubt meet with
a full measure Of success. Messrs.
Fisher & Sheridan are old newspaper
men and we'll known 10 the fra
ternity of the northwest. W. N.
Donaldson, who was with the former
management, will continue with the
paper in the capacity of city editor
Fred Floed, former partner of Mr.
Fisher in Oregon, will have charge
of the editorial department of the
paper. Our best wishes are will
the new firm. Mr.. Lewis retire'
from the business with the assurance
that he has mauy warm friends among
the newspaper men of the state.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
New System Proposed for Cities.

The bill presented Tuesday by
Representative Yates will prove a
matter of interest to all incorporated
cities and independent school dis
tricts. The measure provides that
the county assessor shall assess the
property therein and collect the
taxes. He is required to furnish a
surety company bond, for which the
county must pay, being reimbursed
therefor and for any other additional
expense by the cities and independent
school districts coming under the
provisions of the bill. The measure
also makes the equalization of the
county commissioners applicable to
the cities and districts. Statesman.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Personal Property Taxes.

All holders of personal property
in Washington county will take no
tice that in accordance with the
statutes of the state, will collect
taxes on all personal property, no,
secured by real estate, at the time ol
making assessment. No deviation
from this rule.
8-4 M. A. DAILY,
Assessor and Tax Collector
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
THE MINERAL SHOOTING.
A Correspondent Gives Version Diff
fering from That Recently in
The Signal
Editor Signal:

lINttOl ~ RiShoi
Knowing the Signal desires to be
correct in news it publishes, your
correspondent hastens to correct a
mistake in regard 10 the shooting
affrav here The true statement of1
the facts taken from the evidence
given at the preliminary hearing are
as follows: During quarrel which
Mathews had in the morning with
Mrs. Louder, sister Of Mrs. Hubbard
who runs the. boarding house, he
made insulting remarks about a
number Of the men who boarded
there and named Sterling Tucker as
one Mrs. Louder repeated the re-
mark to Mr.. Tucker. When the men
met just before supper in the hotel
office, Tucker asked Mathews what
he meant by calling him such name.
Mathews replied 81 said it and you
may take it as you please" Tucker
was standing beside Mathews who
was lying on bench AS he stopped
down to take hold of Mathews the
bench tipped over, both men going
to the floor Mr.. Tucker not wish
ing to take advantage waited until
Mathews had arisen to his feet.
Tucker was then standing in the
corner. Mathews quickly turned his
back to Tucker, using the well
known gun play of firing under his
arm, thereby preventing Tucker
from striking the gun from his hand.
When Tucker fell to the floor, Mat
hews said "How do yon like that,
Tuck?" He then walked the floor,
waving the gNn for several minutes
to prevent the men present from
picking Tucker up. A crowd quick
ly gathered and Mathews cody walk
ed across the street to saloon and
gave himself up to the Justice of the
Peace. Mathews greatly feared
lynching as feeling ran high and
since coming into camp Mathews had
shown mean disposition having
picked q quarrel with every man he
had worked with The evidence
brought out the fact that he had
premeditated something of the kind
as all afternoon he seemed restless
and made repeated movements as il
to leave the smelter, which he finally
did about four o'clock. The day be
was taken to Weiser and he found ht
was safe from a mob, he told on,
of his guards to tell the people o.
Mineral that the report they ha(
heard was true, that he did chop
man up and make him a cripple fo
life and he was proud oft
Mr.. Tucker, the injured man, i
/ the only son of Mrs. Laura Tucke
who has been for years editor of tn
Ketchum Keystone and is now on
of the most noted newspaper wome
in the state and is a talented, cult
ured woman. When she arrived, sh
desired to take her son to Boise t
the hospital. Fifteen men volunteer
ed to carry him the "a miles t
Huntington on stretcher. 1t wa
brave undertaking as the cold wa
! intense and the roads bad, but the
nobly accomplished it. Mr.. Tucke
was very popular among the men fc
I his good nature and manly bearing
: When he was shot a paper wer
around and one hundred dollars wer
quickly donated to have medics
assistance.
Mineral, Jan %, 1901.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

A powerful engine can not be run with weak
tive life with weak stomach; neither can we
stop the human machine to make repairs. II the
stolnseh csEnot digest enough food to keep the
body strong, such preparation as Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure should BE- cured II digests what
you eat and 1t simply can'thslp but do you good.
DAVIS DRUe Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Tucker Dead.

Subsequent to the operation per-
formed at the Boise Hospital blood
poisoning set in and Tucker died
from his wound last Friday.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
A Missouri editor saws:

A Missouri editor says: "Don't
stop your paper because you don't
agree with the editor. The last cab
bage you brought US didn't agree
with the editor but we didn't drop
you from our list"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
postoffice at Weiser. Idaho, for the week
ending Feb. 2, 1901:
Lewis f Lancaster, Sam
Parry Fred Stiles, Geo e
Uhr, Seward
In calling for the above please say
advertised.
W. W. PRITCETT, P. NJ.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

There is always danger in using counterfeits
OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The original il 9
safe aud certain cure for piles. It Is Q soothing
-DAYu DRua Co IL
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Up to Date Carpet Weaver.

Up 10 DHC6 CHrptC W6HVtf.
Bring your rags to-day and take a
first class carpet home tomorrow.
MRS. EMMA BATTIN,
Commercial St., Old Town 1912
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

C7 HE GREAT TIMBER RESOURCES n Wash
Boise counties have of attaining
The slow
the p & Railway that this industry fully
important will dormant very
mills located timber
building railway lumber
his will mbering
we'll developing Mr.. Hall has completed
mill which probably the largest the world having
He has completed that
delivering lumber
Atlantic
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Woman Holds Three Offices.

A Ratbdrum special says: Mrs. NJ
D. Thibodeau of Clark's Fork enjoys
the distinction Of being the only lady
to serve Kootenai county in the Ca
pacity OF justice of the peace. She
was elected to that Office two years
ago and has filled it with great credit,
having discharged her duties faith
fully and impartlally Mrs. Thibo-
deau has been postmistress at Clark 3
Fork for number of years and
serves in that capacity at the present
time She is also notary public
for the precinct in which she lives.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

Petitions from various parts of
the state have been sent to the state
Legislature, praying that the present
anli-gambling law be not repealed, q
bill for its repeal having been intro
duced.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

Farmers, you can get fence posts
cheap at J. B. O'Toole's.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

W. W. PRIToETT, P. NJ.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

attendance of 1858 persons, showing
that over million and quarter per-
sons visited the grounds The effect
upon foreign visitors and through them
is dwclt upon in this report of the
director. Another. not less important,
was widely spoken of in the American
prcss reports at the time. That was
the education of the American manu
facturers and exporters who visited the
exposition and the great museums in
knowledge at what they had to COM
pete with. uf where their best pppur-
tunities lay. of what changes I'm meth
ods of production and of packing for
sea transportation they needed to
make.
The present Pln-Nmcrican cXpusi-
lion in Bunalo has among its exhibits
u very large proportion uf those from
Central and South America that were
originally sent for the export cXposi-
tion. Thus they viii he seen by multi
tudcS who had not the opportunity 10
see them when in Philadelphia. Doubt
less one other result will he an increase
Of public sentiment in favor of r"ci-
nrocitN treaties.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

position held under the in
n itiatiNc anh direction of
the international commercial
Museums in the city of phi!adelphia
during the autumn of 1899, has just
heen issued. In closing up the tiuan-
cinl affairs of the exposition it appears
that Il dividend of ~ per cent. accrucs
tn the subscribers.
or even greater interest In the coun-
try than the exposition exhibits We're
tn" fun reports sent out through the
prcsS Of the Commercial congress that
held it's sessions for three weeks dur
ing the time of the exposition. The
Philadolphia Times SAYS that Mr. w
i. Wilson, director Of the Commercial
Museums and of the export exposition
which owed its inception and its sue
veNSful carving out t" the business
men Who organized the museums
issued with his report memoranda sup
plc.nonting il. From these we quote
statements of some of the actual re-
suits achieved by the exhibition in the
increase of uur foreign trade. DR.. Will
son says, in part:
This exposition was the only one
ever held in this country devoted en-
clusvcly to the promotion of export
phases of the work accomplished in
connection with ii was the organizing
Of the great Commercial congress.
which WAS in session for three weeks.
This congress was composed of dele
gates from nearly forty foreign gov
elnments' and from every leading for
olSn chamber of commerce.
These delegates were business men
of exceptional intelligence. who came
10 study American trade capabilities
and the best means for fostering inter-
national commerce, The result has
been not only a clearer understanding
OF The way in which reciprocal trade
may be ;best brought about, but the
actual forming of trade relations, which
have had material effect in aiding
our foreign commerce. The combined
annual purchase of American products
resulting from such newly formed as
SociationS amounts To millions of dol
lars"
This he illustrates by the results that
have followed in Austria. He writes:
'Sone tweiriy-ti tive delegates from there
attended the congress. Although the
larger portion of Australian trade has
hitherto been with Great Britain, the
visitors discovered that they could buy
to greater advantage in this market
and that the transportation facilities
offered by the great railroad and
steamship lines enabled them to count
upon prompt delivery. The result was
the formation in Australia through
these delegates of more than thirty
agencies for American goods. One Wis
itor alone stated that while he had
hitherto bought from England, his
future purchases in the United States
would amount TO 100000 annually"
Dr. Wilson says that during the
siNty-aine days in which the exposition
kept open tlhele MAS an average daily
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
OUTLINE STUDIES
OF HUMAN NATURE
Legislative Wheels We're Blocked.

senator uudgcr. cf tho Notili Carolina legls'
ht1rc. found hiwsoli IN IN interesting prcdl'a'
mcnt the other d,,. whi,h shows that accidents
will happen in the best regulated legislatures,
writes William 4. curtis in the Chicago Record
When the senate assembled and the journal nat
been read. senator Gndecr was recognized and
said:
'Nlr President, I have an urgent matter to
present. Yesterday - 4 member NJ tho com
mittcc I had two hills which passed the house
N my keeping Tlr were both in reference to
the city ui Charlotte. one oi them brlng 10
poNitc lcgalizcd primary. These hills wrr"
IN my otcrcuat, and man named Hudson
who lives fifteen mlcs from Sn,ithhcld. madc
mistake and carried my ov,rcnat on, leaving
his. Those bills were not cngrcsscd and there
is no copy at them, 50 ! ask that the senate
~ point special messenger with proper process
10 he dispatched on the train that leaves in ~
minutes. now, to bring my ovclcoat and those
bills"
un the motion Of Scmtor Henderson this was
ordered, and Sergeant AT. Arms Saith sent spe
ciIl messenger to Smthtcld.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
A Sympathetic Memory.

In western Massachusetts, town lives yonS
woman Who is blessed with both discrimination
and tact.
The first Of these admirable qualities she has
displayed by her two marriages Her first htIs.
band was minister most delightful man:
he died, and after lapse nj five or six years
She united to lis only brother, who was a
successful lawyer in New York.
On her library desk stands a picture OF the
first partner Of her Joys and sorrows. and one
day curious caller asked whom the photograph
represented
''rhat." said the hostess, with evident emo.
tion, ''s picture OF my husbands brother,
who died eight years ago, and who was very
dear to lis both. "-Nuuh's Companion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

The laying of the cornerstone of
tn" new home of Scrantons Young
Mems Christian association, while
somewhat marred by inclcmcnt
weather, nevertheless denotes pro-
grcss toward the realization of long
cherished plans and gives opportu-
nifty for u congratulatorE word to he
said to the management of this grand
cst and most nccdfu of local civiiz-
ing Institutions. When dedication
day comes. Scranton will be incOm-
parahlN richer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

the totcms NJ the Western coast tribes. the ''ada
pole Is carved with conventional rcprcsentations
" mcm. birds and beasts. tho whole hcing SYM
bolcal Of ono OF tho legends of the tribe. origin
ally, tho totem was painted roughly in rcd.
green, yellow and other bright colors. but thc
action of wcathcring through the past decades
has washed of practically all trace vt color from
tho soft cedar. Tho pole has been placed prom
incntly near the entrance to the Museums.
w. H. r..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
Novel Features OF
Old Penn's Museum

~prGiIl t. -nuti,ur a The rTIIuInr
r,.n,,,,i u,-
nh'fEN>''k MNNLhL soNNEkNlii'i. OF
III" University oi fcmISyNah'n' after com
- pIri'hg tn" ih\aa"ic COLLECTION nj antique
gems which constitute the most imr"r'in'
single display III the University Museum, nus
been d@otins himself i"r several wears past
4" travel IN the Fast Tor the purpose "f en-
Ia'@lng his collection oi ia'i-manc objects
The professor has Just returned from his extended
travels, bringing with him store OF fresh facts
and many objects of the utmost chronological
value. This new information is to he embodied
in series of lectures which Professor sommcl
Vile will deliver before the students in The
roursc "l a lew months. In this narration of
hi, travel, Ic will describe his Journey through
hitherto muNrorrd regions Of Siam and india
and win tell Of his trip from Algicrs across the
hot sands of the sahara and lar into the interior
ic>,ur. to which i, added tho breadth of view ni
4 cosmopolitan and the zeal Of a collector. VIII
in~lrc these Lectures wide attention and an
unusual personal interest and favor.
D.
4 rev and uuiu,ic collection of ten Thousand
r,rc coins has lust been put on exhibition at tic
University Museum. THE collection consists If
sp,ciincus from nearly every country in tho
world and some Of tho COINS Of c,rcrial rarity
had their or.n way hpck in the midlc al..s
rLcrc are coins from the South African rcpuhlic
the African Gold coast. Egypt, Persia, Greece
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
FINLEY s
Summer Sale OF
Table Linens,
Napkins, Towels etc
Scotch, Irish
and German Linens

For the past year we have been
telling You that linens were advance
ing In price. advising the rcplcnishing
OF your stock by purchasing a supply
in anticipation of this advance. The
increase in price has como. Linens
nave Sou" up The rise In prices
amounts To about twenty per cent.
above those formerly asked We
bought heavy before the advance be-
gan and are in position to sell you
linens at the old prices. as long az
present stock lasts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
Towel Special at 25G

Huck Back Towels. extra largo
size, extra heavy weight, grand va!ue.
Fine DamaSk and IIuck IA Back
Towels, in a great assortment from
10 cents upward. Also Il full line of
fine embroidered Bcd Spreads, Lunch
Cloths, Doylics, Center Pieces, Scarfs,
Etc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

~ NJ. passage in the opinion of
( a. tn" r%''s" %"s.,:* *'''.+ .. s,,,.:, Supreme
,innal status If thc instllar
possessions Is cspeciail noteworthy. In
D"wncs ". collector Of the port Of
New York. The COURT through Justice
Brown. said:
'Patiin,ic ana Intelligent men may
differ widely as to the dosirabl"ncss Of
this NJ that acquisition but this is sole.
~ political pucstion. \ false step at
this time might be fatal tn the develop
men, "r what chief Justice Marshall
called the American empire. Choice in
some cases. the Sravitation of small
bodies toward larger ones in others. the
result OF II successful war in still others.
may bring about conditions which
would render The annexation of dis
tant possessions desirable. If those
possessions arc inhabited by alien
races, different irum us in religion. GUS
toms. laws. methods of taxation and
modes of thought. the administration
of government and Justice. according
To Anglo Saxon principles, may for a
time hc imnoSsihlc. #nd the question
At once arises whether large conccS-
slunS ought not to be made for a time
That ultimately ou" OWE theories may
he carried out and the blessings of a.
free government under the tonSttu-
tiOn extended To them. We decline to
hold that there is anything in the Con.
ion, i,,rl a
This constitutes a complete vindica-
ton of the substantial contention Of
the administration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

MIR. Iicglcr. the New Yorker who is
the sole financial backcr of Evelyn II.
IialdWn's polar expedition. rose on
saturday last to remark, mo difficulty.
however great, but can be overcome. !
believe, AZ sure as | stand here. that
Mr. Baldwin viii set up the stars and
stripes on the North Pole and claim it
in tn" name of the United States. If
h" dUVsn't | never want to sec him
again" MIR. Baldwin himself. in addi-
tion to proposing u nacraisino at the
Pole. SAYS that he shall continue his
study of the Aurora Borcalis. begun
when with pcary in Greenland. hoping
to learn some great truth respecting
the carth's electrical currents which
viii hasten the time when men can
convert them to their own uses At
the same time he protests against "thc
grossly exaggerated statements as To
'harnossing the Aurora" which have
been made in reporting IL previous. in
tervcw.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

February, "has faded to the onc-hun-
lrcd and fifticth of it's original bril-
liancy" and will soon be less than even
a vanishing point. "lts spectrum
was that Of an electric spark produced
under water" and that. say the scicn-
lists, tells the combustion, the dcstruc-
ton of n far away sun. probably of
whole solar system who's. existence
we became aware Of only by Its end
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
At 81, 10 Instead OF Si.35

German Silver BlcaChcd, - inches
wide. very heavy weight ana durable
linen, without the slightest dressing.
We can recommend this linen with
greatest confidence for hard general
SCrNiCC.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
AZ Sl.OD Instead OF Si.2j

Fine irish Damask, - inches wide;
grass bloachcd very fine linen and
extra heavy quality; shown in a large
range of floral and other pretty de-
signs; napkins to match
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
Us Napkins, ST. b Instead OfSI,5O

German silver Bleachcd. soft and
heavy to the hand; Just the Napkin
for every day use. Complete line of
fine y Napkins in great variety OF
patterns, from $I1O to $1,000
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29
AT soc. Instead Of 65r

irish Linen DamHsk bG inches wide,
run hlcachod. heavy weight and very
slightly cloth; also German silver
hlchchcd Damask AZ this same price
6' inches wide soft finish: splendid
value for the money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-29

The new comet, THE twentieth cen-
tury comet" is reported to he travel
telescopic vision, "and will probably
never reappcar as it's orbit Is appar-
entity a parabola.' The brilliant ~, "
star" in Perseus, whiun famed ou. in