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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of ITEMS
From the Four Northwest States
of Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
IDA6O.

IDAhO.
Ex-Congressman James Gum has
taken charge of the Soldiers home.
The Snake river is nearly as high
now as it was at any time last sum-
mer.
Farmers and merchants of Nez
Perez have joined hands to build tel
ephone.
The senate has passed the general
deficiency bond bill for an issue Of
$4,000.
The premium list for the state fair
is being made up and shows increased
offerings in all departments.
The Shoshone canal that furnishes
water for the farms around Parma has
been sold to a Utah company.
p. T. Brown, commonly known as
Tommy Brown" committed suicide at
Wardner recently, by shooting.
The westbound Great Northern pas
senger train was wrecked last week
near Bear creek. in the Rockies.
The house bill for bounty Of cent
a pound on sugar manufactured from
Idaho beets has passed the senate.
A memorial has been introduced in
the house asking for the vacation of
the Bitter Root and Priest River forest
reserves.
The fight between Madden and
King, two featherweights pulled off at
Wallace, was won by Madden in two
rounds.
The farmers on Nez Perez Prairie
are expressing an intention of putting
in still larger acreage of flax this
year than ever before.
A fatal accident occurred at Spirit
Lake last week by which Marcellus
Herring of State Line met an untimely
death by falling tree striking him on
the head.
Mart Kennedy, we'll known about
HALEY and other mining camps a few
years ago, died at Florence, Col, last
week of heart failure, after long
spell of sickness.
The body of Thomas Langon was
found recently near the head of the
old fiume grade on the trail from Muir
ray up to where Barry Hillard has a
force of men at work on Bear gulch.
lie Is SuppOSeu 10 nave DtCOlne CA
hausted or been overtaken by heart
failure.
The house passed the bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for a bridge across the
Salmon river in Custer county; appro-
priating $500 for construction of
wagon road over Packer John noun
tain; appropriating $500 for a bridge
the Payette river, near Banner, in
Boise county; appropriating $4,000
for construction of the wagon road
from the mouth of Logging gulch to
Atlanta. Gilmore county; appropriating
$500 TO construct wagon road from
the bridge crossing the Payette river,
near Emmett, to the Boise county line;
appropriating $4,000 for bridge across
Snake river. in Cassia county; appro-
priating $4,000 for a wagon road in
Bannock county; appropriating $4,000
for wagon bridge across Snake river,
at Warm Springs ferry.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15

Chicago, March IA special from Dali
las, Tex, says: w. j. Stevenson of Dallas
has received information from Denver that
his son, w. l. H. Stevenson, has been killed
in duel in Colorado. Mr.. Stevenson says
1t was duel with pistols between his son
and a Denver man named Frederick Le-
brecht. The latter was not hit, but killed
young Stevenson at the first shot Steven
son, before going to Colorado, was in the
service of Texas railway company
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15
A MODERN MIRACLE.
CASE OF L0C0AOTOR ATAXIA CURED
NEAR CHICAGO.
Victim Lost the Sight of One Eye and was
Unable to Wslk--yision Restored
and the Use ofLinbs Regained
A Sworn Statement.


and the Use ofLinbs Regained
"A Sworn Statement.
A recent cure that seems almost
miracle was that of Samuel Curnock,
of 81 Twenty-second avenue, Melrose
Park, Ill. The story is best told in
his own words. He says:
Early in 1898 l began to expe-
rience a WORKOUT feeling and noticed
that l became tired after very slight
exertion. | continued at my work in
the machine shop until July 2, 1898,
when l suffered from fall, and after
that time grew rapidly worse. A ply
sician was called and pronounced my
trouble locomoter ataxia. He treated
me for four months and there was no
improvement in my condition. | was
tald that my case was incurable, and
that l would continue to grow worse
until death relieved me. | was not
confined to my bed, although l spent
much of my time lying down, and
was entirely unable to work. l could
hardly stand; 1t seemed as if my legs
would give out from under me, and
my movements were like those of a
drunken man. A cold numbness came
in my right side, and l lost the
strength of my right arm. Then my
eyes began to blur so that could see
nothing distinctly, and in short
time l became totally blind In my
right eye.
Last December l began taking DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and within a month l was so much
improved that l determined to persist
In the treatment. At the end of the
second month was able to return to
my work and have not lost a day on
account of illness since that time.
Since l began taking the pills / have
gained 80 pounds in weight, can walk
almost as we'll as ever. and my sight
is fully restored. l firmly believe that
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie saved my life and enabled me to
again earn my livelihood.
SAMUEL CURNOCK."
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of August, 1900.
ADAM DAWSON,
(SeaD Police Magistrate.
At all druggists or direct from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y. Price, so cents per box;
boxes, $3.50.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15

Senator Wolcott of Colorado is heav-
lily interested in a recent rich strike
in the Cripple Creek district. 1t is in
the Last Dollar vein and runs 1000 to
1900 ounces to the ton. This is said
to be by far the richest vein in the dis
trict.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15
BattIeship Oregon to Return.

Washington, March l2.-Orders have
gone forward from the navy department
for the return of the battleship Oregon.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15

Be not intolerant, agree to differ in
opinion, and refuse to turn loud in dis
cussion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15

Addie Schott, a sixteen-year-old girl,
left her home in Dillon over two
months ago and has not been heard
from since.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15

Switzerland has over LOO hotels.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
5eaten at Their Own Game.

New Orl ans Times Democrat
THE stranSest ana most exciting in
cid5nt 1 ever Witnessed in al. the nigh
play ! had seen on the river SAIL an
old steamboat captain. occurred orc
night curing a TT p we wer- making 70
st. Louis, shortly before the breaking It
of the war. We al ON board tn usual
crowd of planters, merchants gamblers
and miscellaneous travellers from the city
ana every night the social hal was pretty
well filed with poker tables. | was ch eff
clerk Of our beat at the time aid on
the evening ! have in mind / had take n
a scat near the Office TO have q qu.ct
smoke, when my att nton was ut racted
by three men at an aljoining table. Two
of them I knew very wen. They were
prof ssiCnal gamblers who trave.ei reGl-
larIy up and down tle river and nod
the reputation Of being as smooth pair
OF pastebOard manipulators as could he
found in the business. The third man
was a stranger to me, and / put him
down mentally as the dupa. I never saw
him after that night, but I remember him
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

cuse for his paying such an extravagant
sum as 9S0O. Bennett almost prayed that
a gale would come. at would save my
bacon, If anything could" he mumbled.
But the weather obstinately kent fine
He went to Jameson for sympathy, and
confided to him his thoughts. The en-
gineer became quite hearty. Friends in
distress maize sorrow TIE less he said.
He even grinningly asked Bonnet for the
promise of a chief job In the Miltiades
when he should take her over and tried
to bargain for4 ELS month wages. IN
deed, he s. eu1ed to take heart induced
perhaps by the motto, and worked so
spiritedly at his engines that the shaft
was fitted and had taken a haf dozen
turns to his complete satisfaction the
day after the Miitiades took the Tudor
in hands Bennett received this piece of
news very glocmily: he saw in it an
other nail in his half sealed coffin. Again
he cursed the steamer thas hal pickle /
him out of the frying pan and hove him
at his own request into the fire lie
demonstrated with Jameson.
Look here" he said heatejly, why
didn't you tell me the job could have
been patched 80 quickly? Surely you
must have known?
Jameson smiled gently, While the
greasy wrinkles in his face shone in SYM
pathy and dirt.
Didn't" he replied! 'and it's no mat
ter-is it? The owner can't Blame you for
doing the best in his interest. Yol have
my word | Couldn't promise"
Full well he knew that the Tudor's
owner was not the man to take abstract
cOnclusicts, however good, into account
in Bennets defense, while the gross re-
suits of the voyage came dangerously
near comparative loss instead of afiiI-
ent profit He was not d being Of that
sort He would rate his employees worth
net according TO his moral or intellectual
ability. but solely in consonance with his
capacity for increasing, ard on occasion
muitiplyin the TudOr's eXchequer. The
GenOuement Of the affairs de Tudor came
Unpleasantly before Benncts mind, ana
he produced the effect III words.
''Well, it's all up" said the latter
modify, "and the Tudor ana I'll part
company after this-my first voyage"
They were talking the matter over in
the CABIN, AMI it was while the SKIP
per pondered further or his fogSy future
that he was suddenly reused from his
apathetic state by a loud and violent
blast on a Steam whistle. lie rushed on
deck to see what the matter was, fol-
lowed by JAMESON.
Right abeam, moving slowly and los
ing way. was the great and unshapely
tramp Miltiades; alongside the Tudor her
own hawsers trailed Ike white and
cleaning snakes. Bennett gazed at her
for a minute, looking curioUsly at her
still propeller. Then he turned to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

children cut Of the house AMI beat them
to dea.h with sticks of stove wood.
"All of this time | was botl speech
less and fearless; but, now left alone, 1
begged them to Kill me 1t seemed as
though l could not wait for them to
finish their worl: of death. Oae Of them
approaching me and roughly Selling mo
by the arm, said something l could not
understand, but I knew from their ac-
tons that l was to be made captive.
Then ali of the tortures and indignities
| had ever heard or read of being in
hicted upon their captiyes arose in horrid
Vividness before me.
after the bloody scalping knife had
done its work upon the dead, / was
dragged from the never to be forgotten
scene Behind me l left my heroic father,
murdered in a cowardly manner in the
very act of hospitality. Just outside
the door lay the three children, bruls ID.
mangled and bleeding; while their means
and groans pierced my ears and called
in vain for one loving caress which l
was prevented from giving them. A little
farther on lay my Christ-like mother.
who to the last raj pleaded the cause
of her british murderers, literally well
ter,ng in her own blood. Still farther on
at the southwest corner of the house. lay
my eldest sister, Mrs. Luce. Amid these
scenes of unutterable horror. I took my
farewell look upon father, mother, sister
and brother, ard my sisters little ones
'FiIled with the loathing for these
wretches whose hands We're still wet with
the blood of those dearest to me, and at
one Of whose belts still hung the drip
ping scalp of my mother; with even the
much coveted boon of death denied me-
we plunged into the gloom of the forest
and the coming night. However. neither
the gloom of the forest nor the blaclIness
of the night, or both combined, could
begin to symbolic the darkness of my
terror-stricken heart"
Mrs Sharp was taken to South Dakota.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

Five children, of whom I was the young
est, were born In July, 1886, my father
removed his family to Lake Okoboji and
erected the house in which he was after
wards murdered, During the summer and
fall a number Of families settled in the
vicinity ana by winter we had quite
community along the shores Of the lake.
Probably forty persons, men, women and
children were dispersed among the pic
turesCue groves bluffs, and along the
lakes Of Dickinson county
ON the fall of 1876, Inkpadutas band Of
Sioux appeared upon the scene This IN
dian chief, as 1 remember him, was prob
ably fifty or sixty years of age, about SIX
feet in height and strongly built. He was
deeply pitted by smallpox. giving him a
revolving appearance and distinguishing
him from the other members Of the
band. His family consisted of himself, his
squaW, -FOUR SGGs ana daughter. HIS
natural cnmty 20 the white nan; his des-
pe-ately bold and reyenseful disposition;
his hatred of his enemies, even Of his
own race his matehiess Success on the
Warpath, won for him honoc from his
people, distinguished rim az hero, and
made him o leader Of his race.
The caIses leading up TO the massacre
wc-C said to have besn these. One day
wAiIe the Indians were in pursuit of elk
they had some difficulty with ttlers in
the lower portion Of the Little Sioux val
ley. The indians conten3ed that the
WAites intercepted the chase. There was
another story 10 the effect that a dog
owned by white man had bitten an In
dian, that the indian killed the cog. and
that the white nan gave the Indian
beating. It was also said that the settlers
whipped g number Of squaws who were
carrying roasting ears from the field: AT
any rate the hearts OF the Indians be-
came filed with revenge, and starting
north the redskins commenced commit
ting depredadons along the route. Hav-
ing killed a number of settlers, these In
dams reached the vicinity of OlIob9jl the
evening of March T. The settlers had no
knowl edge of what had transpired down
the valley; nor through the long hours
of that night, wrapped in peaceful repose.
cid they dream of the foul conspiracy
that was brewing.
VISITORS START TROUBLE.
MY father was intending to start for
Fort Dodge on the following morning to
secure a load Of supplies AS We We're
about to sit down to breakfast an Indian
entered the house wearing the guse OF
friendship and claiming the sacred pre-
rogatiVe of hospitality. A place was pre-
pared for him at the table and he par
took of the frugal meal with the family.
This Indian was soon followed by others.
until Inkpaouta and fourteen warriors.
with their squaws ard papooses. had en-
tered the house After eating the men
of the tribe became sullen insolent and
demanded ammunition and other things.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
The Two. Jranlps.

per as he cast q comical look fore and
aft the ship. Where from, cap'In?'
"Jaffa, with a cargo of oranges my
owners picked. up for Liverpool."S
"S'pose you're in a big 'urry to get EN-
'ome-eh? Oranges soon goes bad"
I'm wanting a tow" said Bennett.
1.-THE engineer told me ne may be a coC-
pie Of days mending her up below"
"Rotten?" queried the newcomer. '"Um
The Miltiades-my own barge here-ain t
up to much-my own bit o. property.
Pretty good looking, though. and able
to drag that ramshackle affair of yours.
What do you offer For tow?'' o. .'.A1
1.-TWO hundred and fifty pounds to Liv-
erpool," answered Bennett modestly
In answer to the TudOr's demand, the
Miltiades' skipper raised a big hand in
depreciation.
"Phew!" he said; land who's to pay
for the coal what's used III steaming.
the grubbipg of two days, and pay for
all hands, I'd like to know; and wear
and tear CT my steamer? Besides" ne
added with a grin and chuckie, do unto
others as others nd do unto you if they
got half a chance
isn't $3.50 suficient?" cried Bennett,
with some Indignation.
Don't leave scarce no margin for
profit" answered the other man co0lly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

that and the weather Cod br{ass .,
It's an i'll wind though it pipes sou oi1t of Of
the n9 q blows nobody any
Cant help it, he bawled IF Won
get broke an over fhe job, you may can in
castle-and tell him that I can recorn-
mend you as thorough business, cap
tain. He wants people who can coin
bagged eS0O for towing one Of his list'i sfiips
So' distance a3s S %o 700 c5 mics I'm look bad
time-takc my offer or leave it," CO.,
There was q hasty consultation on the
bridge of the Miluades, while Bennett sud
denly became anxious. What was mat
in the south ard? The other captain co ilf1
not have seen 1t. He made answer. :
Yes III take youdat that" he cried;
Fnlne hufdred. D
Very well, captain. I'll send nv haw-
sers aboard again. and you may hitch on
yours"
Il could not resist it,'' muttered Bennett
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

now as freeze out BY that time nv in
terest was strongly excited. for I knew
or course. that some scheme was afoot
to fleece the stranger. and from prior OK
per.euce, | even had a general idea OF
what was coming.
Both players bet heavily" continued
the captain land one Of them who sat
directly in front Of the dark man was
presently more than 500 loser A moment
later two brg bands were apparently dealt
At any rate there was a swift lnterchaup,.
OF betting and raising before the draw
that put perhaps $50 on the table when
the sharper on the opposite side sud
denly hoisted the pot 500 more At that
MS companion made a gesture Of chagrin
ia see your hundred with pleasure he
sald, III a tone Of bitter annoyance but
/ have less than so IN my pocket
Hold! he added, as If struck by am ar
terthought perhaps you VIII allow me 10
show my hand to our friend You may
II you like said the other iudncrsutIv
ana he passed the cards to ~ straut'
CT, who was leaning forward. evidently
deeply interested. The hand. as could
see, contained four aces and a six Of clubs.
The dark man passed them back without
disarraEs.ng them and the gambler i'm
mediately laid them face down ON the
table. How would you like to back me
your friend is willing said the stranger
deliberately. i have no objection sal.
the other man. and the stranger counted
out and handed over 800 in bills Tine
gambler 20 whom the loan was mao,
threw 500 In the pot Il see your bat ana
raise you $50 he said. u see it, saIG
tho other and now suppose we stop tins
fcoling and draw cards The big hano
still lay face down on the table and.
without looking at IT, the gambler push
ed aside the card on the extreme right
where he had apparently placed the Six Of
clubs.
at was an old. cheap trick and [ knew
perfectly wei he was discarding one Of
his aces 50 as TO lose TO his cJufersdate,
and would claim later that he did IL by
accident. His companion dealt him one
card and took one himself Now / raise
you $500 said the one who held the aces.
In the pot i call you replied the
other counting out the cash. Then an
astonishing thing happened.
i have four aces. said the first gam
bier, and began TO turn over his cards,
one by one. BY the eternal that WAS eN-
actly what ne had! lie was confident
Of course. that he had discarded one OF
them, and was all prepared To- yell.
'Mercful heavens. ! threw away one OF
four staring him in the facet The othe-
blacklcg who had four kings. almost
fell out of his chair. and before they
could recover from their amaZemenr the
dark man was on his feet we So III 10
have won, he said cOolly 70 the glmbie-
he had staked: let us divide the spells
With that he counted over his SlOD. put
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
Tale Of a Terrible Tragedy.

Nesting among the sturdy oaks ard
the stately eirs that skirt the high lands
along the west shore of Lake Okos oil in
the northern portion of iowa stands the
Little Log CABIN where more than forty
Tour years ago Rowland CarGner, his
wife. and three children were cruelty
murdered by the Inkpaiuta band of
Sioux. Today the little cabin s in prac-
ticaliy the same concition as when en-
teced b. the In1ians upon that spring
incoming. Near by is the monument,
tall s. ante shaft, erected by the st t.
TO- The ms mory Of the dead, and beside it
stands The memorial pie II at M S. Abbie
GaEdneT-Sharp, the only survive, OF the
Gardner family, mas caused u be Illced
thlre 20 mark the last rss,i5g plale OF
re- rents AID other memb rs OF the
Household.
The spot where the Gardner dead lie
buried is one Of tie most beautiful and
slightly along the lake shore 1t is less
than oue-haIf mile from the depot OF the
Chicago. Milwaukee a. St f'aul roal,
Which is the only line reaching the lake
Going from the depot to the Gardner
cottage, the wagon road winds around
the hills and dales; up through glcns
denseIy shaded by the huge trees ana
suddenly terminates on a little plateau
that overlooks tie beautiful lake that
seems like a huge blue gem in an i'm
mense setting or emerald green
At the present time the Gar ner cot
tage is occupied by a sweet-faced Little
woman, over whose head the SHOWS of
tifty-seven winters have passed The Wis
itor IS welcomed at the door and once in
side is shown a collection of Indian rel
les that brings TO mind the days when the
redskins held undisputed sway over the
entire West Although not disposed to
talk of the terrible massacre of 1851, Mrs.
Sharp Will OCCASIONALLY do So and to the
listener the details seldom fail to be of
great interest.
STORY OF THE MASSACRE.
Tho other day when her cottage was
visited by representative of the Omaha
World Herald. Mrs. sharp said:
It is not my custom to. relate the in
cidents of what has gone down into his
tory as the Spirit Lake Massacre" but
if the Word-HeraId desires the facts
briefly, l will review them.
MY father Oscar Gardner, was horn
in Connecticut in 1915, where he resided
for a number Of years. REMOVING to New
York he married and lived there a num-
Der of years, coming to Iowa in 1854
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

where she was kept a prisoner for sew
erai months. finally being rescued
through the efforts of friendly Indians.
assisted by Col G. e. 'laadrau. now re-
siding in st. Pail. Eventually she return
ed to Okoboji, where she secured posses
sion Of the Lana left by he" father A
m numeHt thrl ugh Re. cffo:t wa 3 ected
TO tho memory OF tae forty or more per-
sons KILLED in the vicinity Of the lake
Over the graves Of her own relatives a
monument was erected of small boulders,
brought from the shores of the la<e.
Each summer she remains at the - le
log cabin where her relatives were 20
cruelty murdered and in winter returns
to her home in Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07

with perfect distinctness. He was about
six feet high, slender, with broad should
ers, and had a dark, lean, snoCth-ShaVen
face of rather attractive expression. 1
was a little puzzled to size him up. but
finally concluded ne was a merchant from
some small town in the interior. From
where l sat 1 could easily overaear the
conversation Of the group, and. knowing
it was against OUT policy to interf re. the
gamblers paid no attention 10 me After
a little general talk they proposed a
game Of poker. but the dark man begged
to be excused. He said he seldom played
the game and did not feel in the mood.
and in spite Of all their pressing lie
politely but firmly declined
Perhaps. then. you wouldn't mind look
ing on said one of the gamblers at last
while 1 entertain my friend here for hall
an hour or so? I would enjoy IT, hi
replied. courteously. and the two sharp,
ers began to play what would be known