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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
REWARD OF THF FAITHFUL.

Major E. S. Rathbone, the Havans
post Office thief, has been properly
convicted by the Cuban courts, being
unable to avail himself of technicali
ties not yet adopted in that embryonic
republic. Senator Mark Hanna has
taken the case in hand with velw tc
securing his pardon or new trial to
be held in the United States As there
is some question as to the existence
of law that will insure his release,
Mark Hanna is working the line to
accomplish the passage of one, war
rented to accomplish the desired re-
suit. and no doubt will succeed and
convert a convicted thief in Cuba in
to an honest prosecuted Office holder
in America. Republican politicians
OF influence are never ungrateful, at
least hardly ever; and then, generally
speaking, such law will be handy
to have in the house. AL the poor
and prosecuted fly to Marks bosom
like doves to the window.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
JERUSALEM, A. D. ONE.

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Manila, April 7.-General Jacob H.
Smith, commanding the American forces
in the island of Samar, was the only wit
ness today at the trial by courtmartial of
Major Waller. of the marine corps.
General Smith denied that he ever gave
Major Waller power of life and death ex-
ceeding general order No. 100 He said
he received the first news of the killings
at Bashay. where Major Waller and
Lieutenant Day of the marine corps are
charged with killing three natives.
And read this:
Manila, April 8.-Major Waller testi-
fed again Today in the court martial
which is trying him for executing natives
in Samar. His testimony was TO rebuilt
that of General Smith, given yesterday.
Waller testified that Smith ordered him
to kill and burn, and that he was to make
Samar a wilderness. Waller asked
Smith, he said, to define the age limit
for killing. Smith, he alleged, replied:
xiii everything over ten"
And this
Jerusalem, Judea, April 25, year /
''Then Herod when he saw that he was
Knocked of the wise men WAS exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the
children that were in Bethlehem, and in
all the coasts thereof
A. D. / to A d. 1902, covers an
important period in the little that
we are permitted to know of the his
tory of the world and it's people,
but comparison of the events re-
lated on the dates above mentioned,
demonstrate clearly that human ma
ture remains the same and no doubt,
if we could trace the records back
ward from the year l, for two thou
sand years, we would find ourselves
face to face with similar evidences
of mans inhumanity to man. Here
we have record, commencing with
the first beam from the new light,
struggling through the mists of ig.
norance and bigotry up to the pre-
sent, when we are taught to believe
that it now Eliminates the worlt
''from Greenland's icy mountains tt
India's coral strand" and that thu
mild light of the star of Bethlehem
has become intensified into the blaz
ing sun of righteousness. AS ma
ton we present to the peoples of the
world the cross as the emblem of thu
highest type Of religious though
prom 'lgating the doctrines of truth
justice, mercy and charity, and tina
mans highest duty is to ''do untt
Others even as you would have other,
do unto you. We float flag tina
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

On the 9Th inst. heavy snowfall
is reported from Pittsbnrg, Penn.
The dispatches say inches fell and
it is the heaviest April snowfall in
II years. Trolley, telegraph and
telephone service service has been
much impeded and at the same date
terrific blizzard prevailed furiously
over central Wisconsin showing,
blowing and very cold, the wors,
storm of the winter. Compared tC
these reports Idaho weather here
about is all right, somewhat cold and
backward but no storms. In fact,
we could profitably absorb portion
OF Portland's surplus moisture, which
like national prosperity, ought to be
more equally distributed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

The United States Supreme court
decided to hear arguments next
Monday upon the application of the
state of Washington 10 take juris-
diction in the case of the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern mer-
ger, or in other words the railway
attorneys will give the court official
information as to the requirements OF
the oppressed corporations mentioned
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
RAIN AND RFMINIsCENCE.

Portland, Oregon reports continued
rainy weather. Something to the
contrary would be more remarkable
as news item. Speaking of Port
land weather brings to mind Jim
Bromleys experience, dim was the
Superintendent of Ben Holiday g
Overland line.) His story related by
himself was: 81 never saw it rain AS
it did in Portland the first time | was
there, even the steamboats, had to tie
up, and to test the rain fall, we took
a whiskey barrel, knocked out both
heads and set it out doors, bung up
and it actually rained in the bung
hole faster than it could run out of
both ends. Truthful James was
we'll known to many old timers in
Idaho. He sleeps now under the
green sod of the Weber valley, al
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

poRTArIoN, regardless of cost Of pro-
duction. or of supply and demand.
This is practically the present condi-
ton. The present attempt by the
leaders Of the majority party to loot
the national treasury under the pre-
tense Of rendering national aid to q
suffering American marine industry,
is only beggarly means of adding to
corporate profits already extortonate.
The question is, how much longer lie
senile sentiment to occupy the place
of common sense in the minds of 8
people whose partnership is limited
to the bearing of burdens and contri-
button of funds.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
MENDICANT MONOPOLIES.

4AAIA'DA IN Az l. III OANOA " A1AA<O'
Late reports from London state
that some uueasiness has been aroused
by the announcement that an Ameri-
can combination is stopping cattle
shipments. The Liverpool Post says:
'sWhen the Chicago beef trusts plans
are fully developed, Brltisher will
have>t to face considerable increase in
price of meat as Americans propose
to control the dispatch of meat car
goes,
The Post declares this has already
commenced and that for the first time
on record cattle ships have sailed for
Liverpool without having live stock
on board
So it seems that American COM
MERGE is some what dependent on the
humor of tariff protected trusts.
A subsidized ship could sal without
cargo as well as any other and the
next cargo or consignment advanced
in price, according to trust dictation,
sufficient to pay transportation on two
shipments. In the mean time, the
market is reported dull, no English
demand the American st ok
grower is offered less for his product,
| Che has nothing to say about the price,
and the unfortunate consumer over
there, on account of the reported
scarcity here, must pay an advanced
price or 60 hungry to church, while
these protected robbers who control
the foo( supply, needed by the laborer
to give him muscular force to perform
the duties required of him, are clam
oring in the halls of the national con-
gress for ship subsidy bill. Land
Grants to Railways was the starter
for the control of land transportation
that under~present methods will soon
centralize the wealth of the world in
the hands of the original mendicants
or their offsprings But,
The sea, the sea, the open sea.
The blue, the fresh, the ever free.
was never thought of except as ar
independent domain over which coulC
float the commerce of all countries
untrammeled and unvexed except by
laws common to all, or by pirates
who placed their lives as forfie
for their crimes But the protected
pirates of today take no chance ant
make obsolete the old sentiment tina
Man marks the earth with ruin,
His control stops with the shore"
Traffic over subsidized railways viii
be transferred to docks owned b,
subsidized combinations and theme,
to subsidized ships. The ocear
tramp, the regulator and adjusler O
honest ocean rates will vanish from
the sea or float the flag of servitude
The price Of every commodity pro
duced In this country will be TRANS
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

quantity of results, good or bad.
This eruption might have been start
ed in the hope of enlisting the active
sympathy of the practical Beers in
the cause of free Ireland, and as q
result enable some patriotic son OF
the Isle to write the epitah of the
noble Emmett. But the shortest cut
to Irish liberty would have been 8
live and active sympathy in the
cause Of free Africa-too late now.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
The proper announcement TO,

The proper announcement for the
Boise papers to make would be
''The roads from Boise to Thunder
Mt. are impossible, and no travel is
possible from this point. We make
this announcement for the benefit OF
those who have been deceived by our
previous statements; and we further
state that the only route possible at
the present time is from Weiser, and
via Council, Meadows and Warren,
in fact, with the exception OF few
days, this route has been travelled
all winter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

The obvious violation of neutrality
laws by our government, in allowing
British officers to establish camps
and transact business on American
soil, has begun to attract public at
tention and will be taken up and
promptly considered by the U. S.
authorities as soon as possible after
the surrender Of the South African
patriots is authenticity announced.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

carries the Evolutionary idea OF what
we allepe is the highest possible type
of political thought. Equality be-
fore the law, and that life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness are IN
herent rights Yet as a nation we
falsify these lofty assumptions by
the wanton invasion of foreign do
main. for no sufficient cause, and
hold it by superior force Of arms,
subjecting a people, when, in view OF
our high professions, we should use
all our efforts to elevate them by
precept and example. 1t must be a
queer combination Of religion and
fanatlcism, that would attempt to
condone the errors committed, with
the argument of last resort-that the
end justifies the means, the only
one possible. Our form OF gov
eminent is, in our opinion, SUI
perior to any other, and yet
it is difficult to conjecture
how strange people can harmonic
our professions with our methods.
Murder, cruelty, deception and a
general rule of violence, is not in any
way consistent with the conduct of a
government founded on the princi-
Piles of the American republic, and
have no place in the structure OF any
that as a nation we assume to estab-
| fish. The atrocities committed are
in manner excusable so far as the
actual perpetrators are concerned,
they are in direct contact with
horrors that can change the natures
of the most humane men; aud their
acts may be considered almost in the
line of self defence The criminality
consists in the dictatorial policy of
the government, and party in power,
that subjects the men in the field to
such cruel conditions. That an
American general should be called
upon to refute such charges has all
the flavor of Roman despotism, and
the browning disgrace to the nation
is that all this accumulation of ills
is due to the efforts of class who
seek new fields of operation, where,
by most unjust methods and under
protection of laws passed in theil
special interest, they can develope 8
system wholly un- American-a sy.
stem that will change the status OF
American industries, and other ills
to follow Dearly acquired is. any
territory, if at the price of an Ameri
can officers honor, which is the case
if the charges against Gen. Smith
are true as alleged, to s'kill all ovel
10" The endorsement of his action
would be equally an Endorsement o
the acts of Herod, as both were &C
tuated by the same motive, only
Smith is 1900 and Herod is the year
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

On the 9Th inst. at performance
in Cork, Ireland, theater, crowd
of students broke up the play and
then paraded through the town,
headed by Boer flag. They were
challenged by loyalist crowd,
which tried to capture the flag. A
fight then ensued, in which the po-
lice interfered with their batons, and
many persons were injured.
Diplomacy signifies, according to
the Indian definition, cheap talk, NO
say much" Irish instructions, by
the same token, are notable for a
large amount of talk and a minus
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

Rollins & Sons, bond buyers of
Denver, offered to take the 80, 900
dollar-5 Ter cent water bonds of the
city Of Lewiston at premium OF
5000. The offer was refused by the
city.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

The recent vote in Chicago elections
show an overwhelming majority in
favor municipal ownership of street
railways and city lightings, average
majorities in vote approximately
125, 600 was 100, 900.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND
SATURDAY BY
r.. E. LOCKWOOD.

The latest estimates Of the total
Boer force in the field is $500, and
We remark they are the most numer-
Gus people according to their size in
the known world.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

Two perfectly gentle horses for
sale, we'll broke to ride or drive. will
make excellent saddle or pack horses.
Enquire at the Signal office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

most in the shadow of the giant walls
of Echo Canyon, close to his old home,
and memory softly whispers in re-
spouse to kindest thoughts. peace to
to his ashes.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Washington. October 2o-It develop.
ed to-day tLor Senior Concha. The CO.
iomhian Minister. is growing rest.-t
under the delay OF his government o. .-
ing his further Instructions in ansv z
10 his dispatch REGARDING the cOnC.-
tions which have olsen since the for
warding OF the letter directing him q
proceed with the negotiations for q
treaty with the United states affectine
the right of way for the Panama car ~
He has sent several requests for tr'a
Information withC1t avail The leg
ton officials, however. ere moved 90 4 e
belief that the dispatch of Secretly
Hay 90 Minister Hart, seut on Tuesdev
VIII have the effect Of aCcelerating mat
ters. and that an early adjustment ai
the pending questions which are delay
Ing final action on the treaty may Be
looked FOR.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
LONG JOURNEY FOR NOTHING.
Minister Wilson is isnorant Of tiis
Transfer to Greece

Washington, October Y.-Ignorant OF
the fact that he has oeen transferred
from the post OF Minister 10 Chile 70
the same post at Athens. Greece
change involving sacrifice Of $500 for
the advantage OF European residence
Henry l. Wilson, os Washington. IL
speeding southwark through The Pacific
bound for his old post
Mr.. Wilson has long been desirous of
the European billet. but just before the
changes We're made the other day
which resulted in his being shifted tc
Areece and John B. Jackson. secretary
or embassy az Berlin. being sent IL
Chile. he boarded steamer at Seattle
20 return 70 Chile.
incidentally Mr. Wilson's new posi-
Will be a delicate one. FOR in addition
60 being United States Minister %
Greece he viii be assigned 70 Rou-
mania The treatment accorded the
Jews of Roumania by that Government
was recently the subject of note ad-
dressed by Secretary Hay 20 the powers
signafOry 10 the Treaty OF Berlin sug-
sesting ia no uncertain terms that they
protect the Hebrews from religious per
secutlon. This has awakened IN ROu-
mania a feeling OF resentment toward
the United States.-Baltimore Sun.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
THE CAST POSTPONED.

Bristol. Tenn. October y-.-FcderAI
Court adjourned at Abingdon. Va, to-
day The case OF William Webber and
John Haddow, union labor organizers
who were arrested on a charge of tres
passing in violation OF an injunction %
the court in connection with their wor X
An the Southwest Virginia coal fielcs.
was continued until next May. These
men were tried on a similar charge a
year ago and Judge Mcdowell then
sentepced them TO serve six months
easa IN tat, but they we're laysr pardon
81 ~ Prezsdsat Roosevelt
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Washington, October 2.--Acceptanccs
nave oeen received by the President
from all the members OF the coal strike
arbitration commission. Each one has
Indicated his intention OF being present
at the preliminary session OF the COM
mission TO be held here on Friday
morning.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
I'll r CzAf ~

London. oct -. --~'.a -. PefeT@-
ourg CORRESPONDENT of the Daily Ex-
press says that AR. Morse Jews lsi.
one or the foremost SPECIALISTS IN Rus
sia. has been summc ed by telegraph 70
Ltvadia 70 attend ne Car. who IS
snnsrins fg2n q pe. yous corap,atnt.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

bloomsbury. ore OF the Oldest houses
r. Orange county. Is stiil used - a
residence. The timhers of the original
building are sound crd IN good condi-
ton The house was built in 1870 nv
Tanes TAYLOR. an ancestor OF President
Zachary Taylor. The wainscotinC was
brought from ENGLAND. The house -
now occupied by Mr.. Frank Jerdono
and family. During the Civil war Con-
tederate President jefferson Davis and
General Robert r. Lee were entertained
IN this house.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

New York. October c0 Counsel FOR
the defense in tro ,ro'in.ux trial uovet
to-day that th. Cntrt direct the jur,
20 acouit tae ren.ant on the ground
that the evidence ul- insufficient. Jus
tice Lambert denied the motion
Former Governor Black in moving
NoiineuV's acquitted sefl che evidence
given was NOT sufficient to warrant q
conviction, that here was no evilcnc.
that the defendant haa ever had in hif
possession cyanf.e ~ mercury. or tn.
bottle-hoIler in which thc poison v.i
sent. that he old not mail the poieo.
package ani that there was uo pron
Whatevrr cnnncctinE the dci.ulln.
with tho crime charged.
40 the close of Nr. Blacks argument
Justice Lambert said.
"I VIII deny che motion for the pres.
ent and wIi hear af the evidence"
Mr. Black rnnn asked The court ft
permit him to r. $50 bis opening n1.
dress to the jury ro-morrow and Jus.
tCc Lambert f.. uIreced. leciar-nr
court adjourned urf D tomorrow.
MT Black said fs opening addrcs,
would hc very short
After thr aiiour0r ert Mr. Black wa.
asked if No'lrDuN HIl taNe The stand In
his own behalf
There is strorr ll-e hood th1f v.
shall cali Mr. Nolir ls he said. "lu
nothing has been 1...ir I"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
DEATH OF WALTER FORBES.

Salem. Mass. October 30.-WaIter r.
Forbes, Of Atlanta. Ca, an inventor
and promoter OF patents. IS dead here
a the age OF 80. Nr Forbes had been
In the city FOR six months on business
Yesterday be Sustained q stroke II
paralysis from which. because or other
compile tiOns. he faued 70 rally.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
sENTENCE coAIMuTEn-

Washington. Octc Der 3 0.-The Prrsi-
dent has commute 4 70 life impri-.~
ment the death sentence pronounced
upon solomon EIOte na. convicted in the
eastern district OF Texas OF rnu~ z
committed in the Indian Territory on
November gs. 1901.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Former Governor Black in Moving Ne
Ineux's AcquIttaI said the Evi
dence Given Was Not Sufficient e.
Warrant a Conviction and Ths'
There Was No Proof Connecting
the Oefencart With tie Crime.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

the johnson foundry and hearing the
whistle of n locomotive behind him. step
ped from tho track he was on TO another
and was run down by fast moving
shifting engine. which was hauling sew
erai cars
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01
THE M0LINEUX TRIAL

PRISONERS COUNSEL ASKS For
AcoUiT-AL CT DEFENDANT.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Iafnes IaNlor. an ancestor OF President
Zachary Taylor. The wainscotinr wa.
brought from England. The house IS
now occupied by Mr.. Frank Jerdono
and family. During the Civil war Con-
'ederate President jefferson Davis ana
General Robert r. Lee were entertained
IN this house.
DEATHS Near Ro1 noke. ared % Mr.
Ernest Vest; at Niddlebrook. Augusta
county. aged 50. Mr.. James McAfana-
way. an Confederate. az Kennoth's
store franSiin county a-ed l6. Miss
Carrie Simmons. daughter OF A1r. @. ~
simmons. at Gordonsvilie. AGED o. a'r
Thomas Buckley. the pioneer citizen ni
I that place who was found paroiyzed n
the woods near there a few days ago.
There are wou founded rumors 20 the
I effect that n big corporation. OF wh CD
I Mr.. James B. cobb is the head. viii carr
I ~ out a scheme which will mean the
I establishment of string 0f tobacco fac-
4 tories extending from this city to Jack
| sonviue. Fla. The idea is 70 develop the
I cigar industry in the South. a section 81
/ the country whore 80 has not nosrishel
/ on an extensive scale.
President Blackwell. OF Randolph
I Macon College. and Mrs. BlaCkeN rec
/ reived their friends Wednesday evening
twenty-ffth anniversary OF their mar
! riage The rooms wore brilliantly deco
| rated and illumincd. Mrs. Blackwell
wore her wedding gown. which was o
beautiful one of white silk and lace.
The Lynchburg Traction and Light
/ Company has awarded q contract &C
/ the General Electric Company. Of
/ schenectady. y. Y. for eQuippinE the
/ plant which the Lynchburg company
/ proposes 20 establish at Rcusons on the
James river. The amount involved Is
$4,000.
The remains OF Mile. Marie a. sibour
daughter OF the late Viscount Gabriel df
| Sibour. for many years French consul ir
this city. reached here this afternoon and
were Inferred On Hollywood. beside the
grave of her father Mile. DC Sibour died
Monday in Washington. where she had
resided for some years.
There r. much interest manifested ir
the contest for tho District Attorncyshir
In whiCh the Incumbent. General Edgar
Allen. -cosnsressman r. T. Thorp. and
others. are engaged.
There r. practically no change In the
roal situation here to-day. one hundred
laborers LETT Richmond last nigRt FOR IN,
mines IN the Kanawha region.
Harilton sutton about 36 years old
young man or A lgusta county and
son OF Joshua sutton. "a prominent
farmer. committed suicide at the home
Of his father near Verona.
J. =. Eastman. Cf Louisa county. who
Few days ago was convicted OF AN at
tempt se ahtuct "a coiored girl IS years
ed, viii take an appeal HE defence
VIII be temporary insanity
There IS considerable talk of Hon Hsr
! ~ c Stuart. OF Russell as a candidat,
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor in lGO5.
b News reaches here of the burning o.
the home OF Mr. u n Bcattie. in Nev
Kent county. last night Mr. ard AIRS
Reattio and theiF infant barely escaped.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Ninnca polls. MINI. October 81 --
Fire threatens busincss center. En.
tire department lighting flames.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

The Battle 70 be Wased for a Clean
Energetic and Progressive CITY
Cover ment-sa saioon Men WIT
Test the High License Question
Before the Counoil-The Mac
Iaehlan concerts-To Develop the
City lrdustry-other Interesting
Virginia News
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-11-01

Washington. October 20.--Presid n
Roosevelt and Q sr all party viii lsa