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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27

til the legislature repeats the amend
ment in the state law authorizing the
state to deed lands segregated under
the act in large qualities, Mr.. French
is also looking up the matter of bill
to open the Occur d'Alene Indian res
ervation to settlement.
The land Office has withdrawn from
all forms of disposal four sections Of
land in the Boise Qdaho) land district
for use in connection with the Dubois
irrigation project. Thirty sections in
the Blackfoot Qdaho) land district
also have been withdrawn from dis
posal for a reservoir site on Boise
river.
A public meeting of citizens was
held at Nez Perez recently, when a
commercial club was reorganized.
Grain hauling to the tramway at
Nez Perez has resumed. The tram
way officials expect to handle this year
more than a million bushels of grain.
Mrs. Mary Wickersham, Shoshone
county's superintendent of schools, is
in the southern part Of the country,
where she will spend about 10 days
visiting the public schools.
Advices from Payette say that 10000
sheep are reported snowbound and
probably lost in the Seven Devils
range of mountains. east of the Weiser
divide. The recent storm in that Sec
ton of Idaho was severe, resulting in
an extremely heavy snowfall in the
hills and reports Of losses of other
bands of sheep are expected daily.
The case of Timothy Driscoll and
Robert Nyfoam, charged with the
stealing and changing of brands on
sheep belonging to Newton Griffith,
came on for a preliminary hearing be-
fore Probate Judge Jeffreys recently.
Driscoll is wealthy man, a large
sheep and property owner at Payette.
Nyfoam is his herder.
The football game Saturday after
noon at Lewiston was won by the Lew
iston high school from the Colfax high
school by score Of II to s.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Fisherman and Annexation.

st. Johns, N. F., Nov. Ex-senator
Lodges recent declaration respecting
st. Pierre and Miquelon becoming q
part of the American republic has ex.
cited great interest in st. Pierre. That
colony has had the worst fishery sea.
son In its history. Trade there is de-
pressed and the outlook is gloomy.
The people are ready to welcome any
settlement of the fishery dispute that
will insure them prosperity, and the
feeling in favor of annexation to the
United States finds much favor.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27

at least 27 were bdln (( III ana
a score or more were seriously in
jured.
The men were employed by McMen-
amin & Sims on the Pennsylvania rail.
road improvements between Lilly and
Portage. There were 500 on the lob.
all Italians, and in the shanty which
burned were 125 of these.
The shanty was about 100 feet long.
one story in height and built in the
usual style of such quarters. The east
ern end was devoted to the cooking
and eating, while the men slept in
hunks, like sardines in can, in the
western end. There was only one door
at each end and the windows were
few and small.
The building burned like finder and
the flames were upon the men before
any of them were aroused. Then be-
gan struggle for the outside and life.
They fought and scrambled for the
doors and the weaker were crushed
down and trampled. Others were
roasted to death there.
Those who strove for the doors were
in the widest sort, of panic. They
fought and kicked and among those
who escaped there are many who bear
marks of the fierce strife which took
place in this battle for life. A few
got out of the small windows, minus
clothing and with their bodies cut
from broken glass.
Many of those who did manage to
get out had their savings of years in
their trunks, which they left behind
them in the building. Remembering
this fact as soon as they got outside,
they fought just as f1ercely to get back.
A few succeeded but for the sake of
their boarded money they gave up
their lives.
One eye witness says he does not
believe that single man of those who
returned succeeded in getting out
again. In the ruins some of the
corpses were close beside the hoped
bands of their trunks and melted gold
and silver. which had been kept in the
u unhS. 1HlS Indicated tnaC tney mad
fallen and died with their treasure in
their arms. The bodies were all prac-
tically burned to crisps. An italian
who looked at them and who knew ev-
cry man in the shanty was unable to
identify a single one.
Total Death List Is Thirty.
Johnstown, Pa. Nov. 24.-Two of
the Italians burned in the lodging
shanty fire at Lilly, Saturday, died to-
day. This brings the total death list
up to 30. Ten other victims of the
disaster are in serious condition.
Bones and pieces of charred flesh, all
that remain of % men, have been
found and placed in IL caskets.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Summoned. DeIvosky to Russia.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 23.-The czal
has summoned A. P. Delvosky. Rus
sian ambassador at Copenhagen, Den.
mark, to st. Petersburg for a confer
ence. 1t Is generally believed he will
succeed Count M. Lamsdorff as min.
lister of foreign affairs. The latter has
openly expressed his displeasure at
the policy pursued by direction of the
car in connection with the Russian.
Japanese situation, and his resignation
has been reported on several occas.
ions lately.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
]. /. Jerome Is Dear.

Denver, Nov. 22.-John L. Jerome
a prominent capitalist and former
treasurer of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company, was found dead in bed at
his summer home at Buffalo Park. 40
miles from Denver. His death was
caused by an overdose of trianol. a
drug which he had been in the habit
OF taking to induce sleep. Death was
evidently accidental.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
MAKES APPEAL TO zELAYA.
Marroquin Wants Moral Support of
Central Americans,

Central Americans.
Managua, Nov. 24.-President Mar
roquin of the republic of Colombia has
sent circular to President Zelaya of
Nicaragua, asking for his moral sup
port in dealing with the present situa-
ton on the isthmus. President Zelaya
has telegraphed to the presidents of
the Central American countries pro-
posing to them that they combine
with him in an answer to Marroquin.
The idea has been accepted by the
various executives, but it has not yet
been decided what form the combined
answer shall take. President Zelaya
was recently Marroquin's bitterest
enemy, openly aiding the Colombian
liberals in their efforts to overthrow
Marroquin during the last revolution.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Japanese Leave rientsln.

Berlin, Nov. PA dispatch from
Port Arthur says 300 Japanese SOL
diers. with a few officers, have left
Tientsin for japan. The Nagasaki
Shimpo, the dispatch adds, announces
that a japanese squadron of 12 YES
sells has left Jasebo for an unknown
destination.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
China Sees It's Hopeless

London, Nov. 24.-According to the
Iientsin correspondent of the Mail.
China is becoming hopeless of resist
ing Russia. The Pekin government
the correspondent says, is in despair
confronted as it is with the need of
action which the divided opinions of
the ministers renders it impossible to
take.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
IDAHO souIss.

Governor John T. Morrison and At
torney General Bagley were in Wash
ington. d. c., recently. in connection
with the order of the commissioner
of the land office suspending the op-
GRAFTON Of the Carey act In Idaho un-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Mrs. Susan Hayton Is Dead.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 24.-Mrs. Susan
Hayton is head here. aged SO. Three
of her uncles, one general and two
colonies, served in the war of the revo-
luton. and cousin, Daniel D. Tomp-
kins, was vice president during the
Monroe administration.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Fort Gibson burned.

A special telegram from Fort Glib
bon to the Dawson News states that
nre today made clean sweep of the
military quarters there. The loss is
not mentioned, but will probably run
to hundred thousand dollars or more.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Ranqueted coIombians.

Bogota. Nov. 22.-The German min
lister Saturday gave a banquet to the
Colombian ministers for war and for
eign relations, during which he said
that he deplored the occurrences on
the isthmus of Panama.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Invited to Leave Colon.

Colon, Nov. 2S.-A proclamation
published on the streets here invites
all malcontents to leave the country
at the expense Of the republic.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
Chicago Strike Continues

Chicago. Nov. 2S.-The strike on
the Chicago City railway is still un-
settled. Peace negotiations continue.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-11-27
ITALIANS BuHl
Twenty-seven, Asleef J
taken by ~

Johnstown, Pa.-WH
ian railroad laborer
a shanty near Lii
sylvania railroad
fire and before TIL
Or
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26

be, almost devoid of subtlcty in regard
to women. lacking in depth Of intel
! lectuality as distinct from mere brain.
They cannot be blamed. They are the
product of the terrible hustle" and
nevcr-slackening competition of these
crowded centres which cpitolmisc the
more famous conditions of New World,
And they are now making history, the
prosperity of the country, doing each
the work of twenty men of Il calmcr
sphere. But they must be highly un-
interesting as husbands. \ man who
eats his luncheon with the telephone
on his table, whose mental faculties
are on the rack from nine till six, who
looks upon every man as his natural
enemy, whose kccncSt sense is an APP
probation of the value ana the values
of money. must he either stupid or
cross when the days work is done. If
he let's his wife spend half of her year
alone in Europe, it is not likely that
lie misses her, and the signing of do
nestle checks is Il trinr in his mighty
calculations. He is Il martyr to more
than dyspepsia. for he works ctcrnally
for that which he never accomplislcs
and the ultimate of leisure is the one
thing he never cOntcmplatcs. He has
no time to know his wife, nor the other
woman. for that matter, and il he gets
little in return. at least he rarely is
aware of the fact.
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26
A Rowan-Tree Omen.

Accounts from Ircand,-from those
districts comprised within what was
once from it's exceptional fertility,
known as ",rhc Golden Vein, state
that considerable uneasincss has been
excited in that section by the bliglting
this year of the white-thorn bushes,
which already present a withcred ap-
prarance. such "a they would wear in
winter. This is attributed to the bit
ter cold rains that prevailed through
out the past summer; but the older
people recall the fact that similar con-
ditions preceded the great crop-failurcs
of 1S47-4S; and fears are entertained
for this years potato yield. The
"rcwan" was one of the sacred trees
of the Druids Of old; but 1t is to be
hoped that its omcns. in this instance,
shall not prove of prophetic import.
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26
Thel Population of ireland.

The last statistics show Il marked
diminllion in the death rate ana in
the number of cmi2r:lntS from Ireland
during the past year. All other sta
tiSticS, however, show the great de-
crease which has been continuing for
years in the population of ireland. In
1891 there were over 7,OOO.O0O inhab-
itHntS i'm Ireland. in 1919 over 10000
while in 1901 The population was Il
little over .:lOo.nOO In 1902 the p0pu-
lHtiOn was decreased by 1866, show
ing Il diminution in sc years of almost
4.MnOuO persons. Among the other
statistics noted during the past year
were the excess Of births over deaths,
u .So7; the loss by rmigrntioll. 39,Gl3;
the number of illcgitimHtc births.
2.:593. only ~. per cent of a total for
Great Britain. Out Of Il total of 20, 10
deaths only 1.2G; We're attributed to
insanity.
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26
TWO Cod Stories.
Lew Dockstatcr tells this:


The brothers had more. or less tyou-
bic with the boy next door, and didn't
always come out victors. In fact, the
boy next door was so much bigger
that he seemed to have the best of it
invariably.
SO it wasn't an unusual thing when
one of the brothers came into the
house with Il badly bruised eye.
Moreover lie was crying when his
aunt stopped him in the hall.
flush, Willie." she said. "You
mustn't make any noise."
"What-wlat's the ma-mattcr!" lie
asked between his sobs.
You may disturb your new
BROTHER" said his aunt soothingly.
He dried his eyes in a minute.
''Have 1 got a new brothcr?' he
asked.
His aunt nodded
zone besides Jim?''
She nodded again.
DullN. Ht cAcEtlilltu.
"You're glad of it?' she asked.
'You betv' he fairly shouted. eff
Jim and me and the new one can't
lick that fcllcr next door we'd better
move"
Miss Elizabeth Kennedy, who is to
make an elaborate revival of Gas You
Like IT," relates an amusing story Of
Il dramatic criticism that she chanced
to see last season while she was play
ing Madame Trcntoni in Captain
Iinks of the Horse Marines
'Thc most trcnchant dramatic criti-
cism | ever remember reading" says
Miss Kennedy. "was some years ago
when I was travelling in the Far
West. We were to play Carson City,
Nevada, and Oh reaching that place
we learned that a cheap show had
performed there the night before our
arrival. That same afternoon at tho
hotel l picked up the Carson Appeal,
and was glancing through it's columns,
when my attention was attracted to Il
short paragraph headed Current
News Items AS nearly as l rcmcm-
Der the items were as follows.
Rainstorm in Truckcn. lasting
twcnty-siX minutes.
'Hailstorm in Douglas, six min
utcs.
"'Wind storm in Reno, two days.
"'Barn storm in Carson Opera
House, one night
'That," concluded Miss Kennedy,
"was the most concise dramatic criti-
cism it was ever my fortune to meet"
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26
As "She" Sees Us.

One is accustomed to hear and read
so much of the American girl, says
writer in the London Tablet. that an
article in the current Fortnightly upon
'the American husband" sounds like
an invitation to venture into an uneX-
plored country. Happily the writer is
herself an American else we might
hesitate to quote the following de-
scription of the type of husband said
to be produced in the great American
cities:
Naturally. in these great metropolis,
it follows that men are suspicious,
abrupt, irritable. either nervous in
manner or frigid with the effort not to
The Irish standard., 1903-09-26

but what Of the thousands who fail
and go DOWN in disgust and despair.
cursing the day that they ever left
their native land.
Far away COWS wear long horns and
many a fairy story is tod by the lad
who returns with the Yankee twanc.
Il heap of cheap jingling jewellery, and
a bushel of yarns about the wonders
of the great West. However, you may
resolute till the cows come home, as
one of our American poets sings, with
out remedying the evil of emigration;
you may bring over lot of Irish mil
lionaires from America. as a thcorist
suggested the other day, and turn Ire
land into land Of stableboys and
gamekeepers, but neither resolutions,
millionaires, stableboys or gamekeep-
ers will stop the rushing tide. You
must get down to practical work on
the subject, as the patriotic bishop of
Waterford said a few days ago, and
YOU must change the conditions that
now exist (cheers). Remedies can be
applied that will lessen the flow, but
before the evil cam cease to an appre-
ciablc extent Ireland must, in a meas
IRE at least, come into her own again.
Some of us in America may be too
rosy in our hopes, but the belief is fast
spreading that Ireland is on the eve
OF restoration of her rights. God
grant, | say, that these hopes are we'll
founded. and that the machinery pro-
vided for the abolition of landlordism
i'll the new land act will be so worked
as to speedily remove that hideous and
criminal thing that stood so long tile
chief obstacle in the way of Ireland's S
securing the management Of her own
affairs. TO my mind, those who criti-
cize the shortcomings of the land act
supply one Of the best possible argu-
ments in favor of such sturdy. dis
cipliIed organization as in the old days
struck terror into the hearts of the
@rabbers, the rackrcnters, and the
shoneens generally. l am not compe-
tent myself to pass judgment on the
land act, but Nationalsts able to
judge, and in whom have the utmost
confidence, tell me that it contains pro
visions which, if adequately exercised
ard honestly applied, will result in
such condition as will inevitably lead
to home rule. This may be too sangu-
inc. but if Irishmen worked for Ire
vailed, why not get together and get
into action when there is at least Il
gleam of hope, and when the sun long
watched for is beginning to show above
the Irish hills? That Ireland is not
asleep is pleasantly manifest to the
returning rover Davis's dream Of
seeing the soul Of Ireland awake is in-
deed being realized Cloud cheers. Ev-
erywhere one turns he hears the
thrilling stories retold, and the inspir-
ing traditional songs of Ireland sung
again in the heart-stamped language
of the Gael. A nation without soul
is like man without conscience,
ship without rudder. Ireland's 8
soul has been touched into wakeful-
ness by the magic wand Of Irish gen.
ius and Irish patriotism, and let us
hope that this is a promise Of snil-
ing Land. contented people, and free
Hap'' Go1d choor,al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
A T1v for Investors,

isn't Il surprising how rapidly -
f'ies?" said the busy person
That's what" rejoined the man VIE y.
fuses to work between meals. and ~
often wondered why some genius didast
make an airship Of it"-Cincinnad I'm
quirer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

what are you going to do Win tnoss
wild flowers, little boy?"
''rake 'em home an tame 'sznl What
dyer think ?"-July.
Naturally.
HE appears to be thoroughly oowed." ~
marked the Western hero. 40 he turned in
his saddle and watched the herd Of cattle
trampls the villain under foot.-Princeton
Tiger.
Talking Shop.
Dolly: $50 stmpkins, the cashier Of the
bank. proposed to you last nightr'
Polly: Yes: and / promised to marry
him."
Did he ask your fathers permissionr'
Yes; he said he would ask papa to In
dorse my promissory note."-Baitimors
Herald.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
He Knew.

Mrs. Caller Down: You needn't 49,
that I'm going to fx your TROUSERS 1t o.
hour Of the night
Caller Down: tut! tut! It's nsvW -
late to mend."--PhiiadelphiA Inquiries
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Az AlIB1,
Cupid My.,ery Expi.,n.A.

he treadingI; "Of love that never found
his earthly CLOSE"
She Qnterrrpting): Isn't Tennyson grsndf
You can always learn something from him.
Now 1 always understand why Cupdd d
always represented without anything on
But please go on.-Pearron's Weekly,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Her Forte.

Grace: do you not admit that q woman
is the best Judge OF another woman's char
acter?"
Gwcndolyn: ''Tes. . rood Judge; but q
batter northumberland Set.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Gossip.

Casey. the contractor. II gfttin' on very
peaceable wild HIS wife these days" re-
marked Mr.. Rafferty,.
''Peaceabie.'' answered Nj. Dolan. Il
should say 50. They're so peaceable they
amt even Observation-Disclosures Star.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Boys Travels.

world last year with my father
Little Jimmie taged In: That's nodnf.
I've been around the sun twelve times 80
and I'm on NY npi-ta>afh trtn"-ayrssA
Herald
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

Mory; Your copy. sir lacks originality. =
Aspirant: so does your criticism."-
Penn Punch Bowl
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Given ms Choice.

An af4snccfatic papa, On being requested
b. f1oh and vulgar young fellow for per
mission to marry lone Of his girls" gave
thia rather crushing reply;
Certainly. Which would you prefer. the
housesnaid Or the eookr' - Fearson's
Weekly.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

IT am $n..id,- said the commodurss
small son, a. he saw his mother approach
clouds on mas face indicate q spanking
essss. ,.,,.1 ,...s.. q.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
Cause for Alarm.

smacklip: IT didn't hear the burglar un-
til he was leaving the house"
Grennet: you must have been alarmed"
! smacklip: "oh. was; I thought 1t was
our cook Ieaving."-New York Herald
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

Caution.

Raising his hand. the minister SAID: Il
baptizs thee. John Henry
'Thay." the child interrupted. hath thith
water been boiled2"-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
whereupon the Sidewalk craekeA.

There" said the agent pointing to tbs
sidewalk, IS an illustration Of our CO.
mens"
II see; . concrete example. "-Prineeton
Tlger
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-08-01

had forced Barnes in his own cabin, in
the presence Of his wife and children.
TO hold out his foot for measurement
to see if it would fit certain suspicious
tracks.
"Barnes was poor as jobs turkey,
but Ball is sort of heaven-appoint-
ed attorney general or the poor
They are always with him, both in
court and at the polls. Consequent
~, Barnes went to Ball with his
bleeding heart and shattered repu-
tation straight as a bird could fly.
ION the witness stand Boothe
swore that the reason he knew that
Barnes stole the meat was that the
thief entered the smoke house
through a window 10 by 16 inches,
where two by 10 panes had been
broken out, and that Barnes was the
only man in the neighborhood small
enough to get through that hole.
"rhe jury scowled on Barnes and
smiled on Boothe, and Boothe
oeamed oleaginously on everybody.
lie metaphorically patted himself on
the back as a sure winner. But a
change came over the spirit of his
dream very suddenly. Ball'had heard
chat he was going to swear that way,
and was laying for him.
"While Boothe was in the midst OF
ais self-congratulatory grinning Ball
yanled a window sash 10 by 16 from
under the table, and before Boothe,
the court or anybody else knew what
he was up TO, he had slipped that
sash over Boothe's head, and ~
dropped over his broad shoulders ana
rotund abdomen with fat capon
lined to the floor.
"Then he asked juryman, who
was six feet four inches high, 20
stand up, and he passed him through
that sash. The demonstration vas
complete and his triumph assured.
He had furnished the jury what
Othello demanded of Iago-'the oeu-
lar proof The jury caught on fand
transferred their smiles to Barnes
and their scowls to Boothe. All the
sheriffs ever commissioned couldn't
have kept that crowd from cheering,
and Barnes was awarded substantial
damages"