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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
PosTMAsTERoENERAL EXPLAINS
Has Been No Robhing or Defrauding
Of Department.

l ssNo 0SVut INV bNOUUlUA OV 18IT0OOIUH
| Of Department.
Postmaster General Payne has made
an extended statement of the Tulloch
charges. He said as to the charge that
| physicians were carried on the rolls
Of the postoffice without authority, that
there had been Is Or 20 such cases in
the United States. This was a matter
of administration policy he said. and
entirely within the province Of the
postmaster general, but that he him.
self last autumn restricted the en-
ployment of physicians to postoffices
whose revenues aggregated 81, 200, 900
year.
Il want to say here that any irreg-
ularities complained of in the Wash
ington postoff1ce were investigated at
the time by postoffice inspectors, who
made report to the postmaster gen.
eral. They found some irregularities.
but no robbery or defrauding Of the
government. Ex-Postmaster General
Smith and Postmaster Merritt of this
city state in their letters to me that
they corrected the evils complained of
as soon as their attention was called
to them. All that indicates any wrong
doing In the department or the Wash
ington postofice involving loss to the
government or the integrity of an off,
ciai will be investigated by Mr.. Bris-
Tow, but | am not going to investigate
a stump speech or the question wheth.
er the postmaster nf Washington
should be Washingtonian or wheth.
er Mr.. Tulloch should have been re-
moved. The postmaster had perfect
right to remove Mr.. Tulloch.
Much has been said Of the state,
ment that Comptroller Tracewell
called off one Of the men from an in.
spection of the Washington postofice
accounts because it. was alleged that
ne was everything that might be called
pay dirt" Comptroller Tracewell in
his letters to me says that the inspec-
ton had been fully completed before
the man was taken off, and that his
report was already in, and all the in.
formation wanted had been gotten
Mr.. Tracewell says he himself inspect.
ed the New York postoffice accounts
No flushing Up.
NOW, once for all, want to say that
this investigation of the affairs of the
postohce department will 60 on, to the
end, and will reach into every place
and In every direction where there is
reason to believe anything wrong NAV
ne found The investigation will be
pursued relentlessly. Any tall Of the
newspapers to the contrary is a pure
sratulty. Any thought Of hushing I'M
the investigation is pure gratuity on
the part of the person who furnishes
such information. am not the man
who is disposed to turn tail in such a
matter."
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
.SAOAIN MOATANAAND IDAHO
HEAVIEST ON RECORD IN MON
TANA--5 INCHES At MOSCOW.
Was General Throughout the Stock
State--lambs Suffer Most-Farmers
Greatly enefited--Lewiston Valley
Farmers Are JuhiIant7tSay Snow
and Rain Assure Big Crops.

Helena, Mont, May 20.-Records Of
the Helena weather Office show that
the present snow 49, the heaviest on
record for May in Montana. At 6
O'Clock Monday morning six inches Of
snow had fallen IN "a hours. The storm
is general throughout the state. 1t is
showing in the western portion and
heavily on the eastern slope and rain
ing in the eastern part of the state.
Woolgrowers who are not provided
with sheds are sustaining losses OF
lambs. The storm is of great benefit
to Montana cattlemen and farmers.
Snow on Neg Perez Prairie.
Lewiston. Idaho, May 2O.-Over an
inch of rain fell Sunday night and this
forenoon. This is the heaviest rain
experienced in the Lewiston valley for
several years. Farmers and fruit rails
ers are jubilant and report that crops
will be benefited immensely. The
same storm was general throughout
Nee Perez, Idaho and Lauah counties.
On the rimrock north of Lewiston snow
fell this morning to a depth of two
inches and still lies on the ground
At Moscow the snow was five inches
deep. There is over an inch of snow
all over Nez Perez prairie. Fruitmen
say the cold wave Of Saturday and
Sunday and the rain today will retard
the ripening of strawberries and cher
ries several days.
Troy, Idaho-Snow fell here to
depth of about three inches, and at
this writing is still falling. It is feared
that the heavy snow will cause con-
siderable damage to the fruit trees.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
PRESIDENT COMING NORTH.
In Spokane May 26 For About Four
Aours

In Spokane May 26 For About Four
Hours.
President Roosevelt will be in Spo
kane three hours and a half Tuesday
May 26. Sunday he was in the Yosem.
lite valley and the big tree region OF
California. Monday he left Raymond
CAL, bound north. He visited Nevada
cities and then returned to Sacramento
Wednesday,. whence he started north
over thesShasta route, arriving at Port.
land at 2:15 p. m. Thursday. From
then his itinerary will be as follows:
Friday, May 22-Leave Portland at
5 a. m. Stop at Chehalis from 11.30
to 11:45, at Centralia from 11:55 to
noon; at Olympia from 1920 to $3.50,
and reach Tacoma at p. m.
Saturday, May 23-Boat trip on Pu-
get sound, touching at Bremerton, Se-
attic and Everett, ending at Seattle
about p. m. Train to be run empty
from Tacoma to Seattle within that
time.
Sunday, May 24-In Seattle.
Monday. May Is, via Northern Pa
cific-Leave Seattle a. M; stop at
Ellensburg from $40 to 9:25; at North
Yakima~from 10:30 to II, and reach
Pasco at Up. m. Change to Washing
ton & Columbia River railway, and
leave Pasco at 2:05 p. m. and arrive at
Wallula at $3.50 p. M; change to Ore
gon Railway & Navigation company
tracks and leave Waiiula at p. m.
Stop at Walla Walla from 1870 to $50
p. m.
Tuesday. May 26-At Wallace, Idaho,
from 1880 a. m. to ga % a. m. Stop at
Harrison from 11:2O to 1925 and at
Tekoa from 12:40 to 12:45.
At Spokane.
Arrive at Spokane via o. r. e. N.
at Hamilton street crossing at 2:35 o.
l., and leave Spokane via the Northern
Pacific at 6:o5 p. m.
Wednesday, May 27-Arrive at Hell
ena at $3.50 a. m; change to Great
Northern and leave Helena at 1O:3O
a. ma. Arrive at Butte at 2 p. m.
Change to Oregon Short Line and leave
Butte at p. M
Thursday the president will visit Po-
catello, Boise, Nampa, Mountain Home,
Shoshone and Pocatello Idaho, and
thence will continue his homeward
journey.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Suicides at Vancouver, q. c.

vancouver, B. c.. May 1.-Two sui
cides were reporte here. One was
that OF A. N. Smith Wen connected
Englishman, in receipt of large re-
mittance. He jumped into Beaver
river. Just above the falls at Beaver
mouth, and was dashed to death on the
rocks in the foaming waters below the
tails. The motive for his suicide is
unknown.
me other case was that Of a Japan-
ese named Yuchida, who, at the con-
clusion of a family reunion, smiled at
ms relatives and then put bullet in
his ear.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
keerI on Trial.

Helena, Mont. May 20-John s.
Keerl, one of the best known mining
and civil engineers in the west, was
placed on trial here for the murder of
Thomas Cryxal, bartender. While
on a spree Keerl made disturbance
in the place where Crystal was en-
ployed. Crystal put him out. He got
Va gun and returned and shot Crystal.
The defense will be insanity. The trial
will last several days.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Montana Cits Burned.

East Helena, Mont, May 21.-Mon-
tana City, four miles south of here,
at one time one OF the most famous
placer camps in Montana, from which
more nuggets Of size have been taken
than any district in the state, was to-
tally destroyed by fire recently. The
camp has been deserted for a long
time, and it's loss was discovered only
today
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Three Were Drowned.

Seattle, Wash, May 20.-A special
dispatch from Dawson says:
Bud Harkin, aged 20, and Miss Leila
wallace, aged 20, were drowned in the
Whirlpool at White Horse rapids, while
attempting to shoot the rapids in a
canoe for pleasure. Harkin was form.
erly of Colfax, Wash.
William B. Coppicg was drowned by
falling through the ice near Stewart
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Wheat Raisers Gloomy.

Walla Walla, Wash, May 21.-Cold,
showery weather has prevailed in the
Walla Walla valley for several days,
and wheat raisers are Quite discomfort.
ed with conditions. Showers come al
most daily The rain is certainly wei.
come. but the prolonged chilly atmos-
phere is retarding wheat and making
the already late development still
later.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Conductors to Portland in ions

flttsDurg, "a, May Il With three
rouslng cneers and tiger for Pitts
purg' from the Threats of more than
ooo delegates, the 18th biennial con-
ventlon OF the Order Of Railway Con-
auctors came to a close in Old City
nan. All OF the visitors have praised
FlttsDurg and her people, and now
leave In the anticipation of having as
great a reception at Portland, Ore, in
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Montana Forest Fires

Havre, Mont, May 21.-Forest fires
IN the Bear Paw mountains have burn.
ed over tract eight miles long and
SIX miles wide. One big sawmill and
number of cabins and barns have
been swept away. So far as can he
learned there was no loss of life.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Dynamjted .he Safe.

Tacoma, Wash, May 21.-The post
ofiice at Tenino, 40 miles from this
city, was entered by burglars at 1
o'clock in the moralng Postmaster
Campbell was bound and gagged and
the safe was blown open with dyna-
mite. Four hundred dollars in cash
and checks was secured by the robbers.
There is no clue.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
In La Grande Reserve.

Tacoma, Wash, May Ex-senator
Addison G. Foster has just been adj
vised by the commissioner of the gem
eral land Office at Washington. n q
tnat further examination will be
maze OF the proposed La Grande forest
reserve in the southeastern part of this
state and northeastern Oregon before
the reserve is definitely established
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Midshipman browns.

Annapolis. Md, May 21.-Midship-
man A. o. Barber OF the fourth class
of the naval academy, son of C. H.
Barber of Kent. Ohio, was drowned in
the Severn river here.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
TlGER-PooRMAN FIRE.
Crusher and Hoist BUILDINGS Are
DESTROYED.

~s"e' ana 7oist Buildings Are
Destroyed.
Burke, Idaho. May 21.-The crusher
ana hoist buildings of the Tiger-Ppor-
man mine were destroyed here by fire.
One hundred and seventy miners work.
ing IN the 100 foot level were forced
to make their way out by means OF
ladders. Three hundred men are
thrown out of work by the destruction
n the buildings. ~
The fire broke out about o'clock
IN the evening. It is supposed to have
started from a defectively insulated
electric light wire. The buildings were
IT timber, old and dry as finder, and
the flames were som beyond the ef-
orts of the volunteer firemen to con-
troll.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Killed His lJneIe

Portland, Ore. May PA special
from Independence says:
Alexander Kerr was shot and killed
four miles south of here by his nephew,
William Peacock. Peacock came here
and surrendered. IIe gave no reason
for killing his uncle.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Suicide at KameIa, Or.

Kamela, Or, May 21.-Elmer Swan
ger, Sr., probably the leading citizen
of Kamela, drank aarbolic acid with
fatal results. Brooding over disease
was the supposed cause.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-22
Suicide Of Oregon Lady.

Joseph, Ore, May 21-Mrs. Anna
Shaw, who lives four miles from this
place, took carbolic acid with suicidal
intent. She was about so years old.
No reason is assigned. Her daughter
found her in bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Gas Baths For Trees

In California the business of waging war on insects destructive to vegetation has been regularly organized. They now have profes- sional fumigators, whose outfit is scientific ally complete in every particular, and whose services may be engaged, not by the day, but by the night for the process of extermina- ton by gas must take place at night, as sun light or heat makes the gas used destructive to foliage as well as to insect.
 The fumes of prussic acid -hydrocyanic acid gas-are deadly, and the tree must be enclosed in a gas tight receptacle during it's application. The method used is to drop q tent over the tree, to generate the gas in q dish of chemicals under the tent and to allow the tree to remain in it's gas bath for some time. While one tree is being medicated others are being tented and so the work pro cecds.
 A number of men and tents are required in q single gang" usually a half dozen workers and fifty tents, and there are about thirty professional outfits In Southern Cali fornia Each outfit costs about S1 500, in- cluding teams and wagons. One Los Angeles firm has SIG, 900 invested in the fumigating or "gassng" business. The cost of treatment depends upon the size of the tree and con tracts are made with growers at agreed ntes-usnally about twenty five cents a tree. Operators have found it not only expedient, but profitable to secure the best machinery and materials, and the highest expert knowl- edge as well, in this merry and effective war fare upon the common enemy to the season s prosperity, the caterpillar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Maypole Survivor.

Like most old English and American GUS toms. which are gradually becoming extinct, the rearing and painting of the village May tom has been abandoned almost altogether, and its observance Is now so rare in Eng land that the few exceptions excite remark
 Naburn, small village in the county of Yorkshire, England, still cllngs to its May ican tourists. This tall shart was last raised In 1S47. Formerly it was taken down on the first of May in each year and repainted. Then, upon the twelfth of the month-the feast day-the young women of the village paraded the streets, dressed in white and adorned with flowers, singing songs appro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
APOLLO AS A MAIDSTONE

In West Point cemetery for colored per sons in Norfolk. Va. is simple grave, nn- marked by inscription, yet conspicuous above all other graves in the cemetery. It at once arrests the attention of the passerby. for in place of the usual stone at the head is colossal bust of the Apollo Belvedere.
 How happened such an incongruous deco ration has oft been questioned. Several years ago a young artist of Norfolk, having occasion to dispose of studio effects. ordered the destruction of a much soiled plaster cast of the Apollo. An old family servant was appointed executloner. Apollo was placed in position the uplifted axe about to de- scend, when it was suddenly arrested The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Electric Freak.

This is not puzzle picture, though It bears every indication of being one. and, indeed. some sharp wittod person might work if to reasonable solution. It Is no more than the photograph of an electric arc light. and 1t is freak at that.
 Ordinarily, If the camera is pointed at such point of radiance the plate will show only white. 1t would seem from tho pho tograph that the cnrrent does not travel in one direction, as has already been demon started in the wireless messages sent across
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and it's young m Arctic owl and an Eskimo loiter well out of the way of the track of the rife.
 Desiring 10 round ont the beauty and sym metry that became so prominent as he worked on in the Arctic midnight MT. Roth introduced scene in which two miners are washing out gold from the sands Of Nome Bench. The perspective Is without flnw. On the shores of Snake River, close by,
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old man said, with emphasis: "Missus, I'll do most anything, but l ain { gwine ter kill dat ere man. It'll gimme bad luck
 With less computation, however, he placed the Apollo i'll an ignoble ash bin, whence in course of time, along with the ashes, it was carted away and relegated to forgetfulness. Two years after this event another colored attache of the family, in annual call, volun teered the surprising information that ere MT. Apollo who used to sit in Miss Els studio was now headstone in de culled cine. tery."
 And so he was, and is today while his majestic pose and lofty mien seem strangely undisturbed either by time, storm or cir cumstance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Odd WOman's Dress.

Though lacking in plcturesqueness, the costume portrayed in the accompanying pie ture is decidedly useful Take a trip to Bano, that little known island which be longs to Denmark and can be reached In q few hours from Hamburg. and you will see almost any day many women attired in this unusua. manner.
 Young women they are as rule, though you cannot tel it from their faces. since they are covered with black cloth masks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
lie Ties Knots Quickly.

Nj. Duchemin. the assistant of the Mayor of Havre, has acquired the happy reputation of being able to perform the marriage cere- mony more quickly than any other man In France. Recently he joined ifty-one couples Is said that such feat has never been per formed before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
ONE WAY OF PRAYING FOR RAIN.

No country subject to drouth is without its own peculiar method of supplicating for rain. That in kumaon, Northern India Is not the least curious of them. although our own Kansas. at times. furnishes some sensa- tlonal novelties in this line
 In n country where the population Is al- most entirely dependent upon grain ns a means of subsistence drouth means famine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Extraordinary Hive.

Here is one of the most remarkable bee hives erected innodern times. Itrepresents an elephant carrying q castle on hls back, and is the work of two young men who are employed in a stone quarry. This singular hive Is made of stone, the elephant nlone weighing five tons The castle, also of stone, and nearly as heavy as tho elephant Is fitted with glass windows, with small entrance holes at the bottom of each for the honey makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

Recently the editor of Chouo- Koron. n journal published at Tokio, determined to find out why the Japanese, as rule are of lower stature than the natives of other coun- tries. and after spending considerable time at the task he arrived at the conclusion that the reason is because from time immemorial they have been accustomed to squat on mats in Turkish fashion, instead of sitting down on chairs, as Americans and Europeans do. The Japanese method of sitting, he says, ,nterferes with the free circulation of the blood and naturally prevents the limbs from becoming thoroughly developed.
 As q proof that he is right he draws at .ention to the fact that the boys in Japan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
CARVED TO WHILE AWAY THE ARCTIC NIGHT.

The most wonderful specimens of Ivory carving In existence have recently been exc euted by Max Roth, a Klondike miner, com prising q chess set made from q monster mammoth's tooth and crib board fashioned out of the tusk of huge walrus. Life at the Alaskan mining camp and throughout the Far North Is yivdly portrayed on the crib board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

The reason is because they have beautiful comp,exions, of which they are naturally proud, and this Is the only way in which they can protect them from the storms which constantly sweep over the island. During these storms great masses of sand are swept in every direction. and. as the women work good deal in the open air. 1t will readily be seen that their fine, delicate skin would soon become rough and hard If 1t were not shielded against the indictment weather. Masks of this kind have been worn for ions time on the island. but not until recently was photograph taken of one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
AUTOMOBILE HOUSE ON A JOURNEY.

has been used as q substitute The houses are placed upon wooden trucks and some times are moved mile or more in day The motor shown in the photograph repre- sents the power'of over one hundred horses. It moved the house to, which it is attached 2 distance of fifteen miles in all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

This novel photograph depicts q scene which is quite common in California. where steam tractors are used for variety of pur- poses. In many portions the surface of the ground Is so level that buildings of large size can be moved without injuring them. Horses are sometimes employed, but such q large number are required that the tractor
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and starvation. During q recent drouth in Kumaon q H'ndoo faklr imposed penance on himself, and was suspended by his feet from a wooden beam. In this position he was swung hack and forth for considerable time by means of q rope attached to his body and pulled by fellow fakir. Both men were hesprinkled with ashes and mud and were minus all clothing, except for q
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priate to the season and occasion. The chill dren, too, came in for much attention They received gifts of money and theu adjourned to the Maypole's vicinity to sing the follow ing verse:
 The Maypole is up,
 Now give me the cup,
 III drink to the garlands around it;
 But first unto those
 Whose hands did compose
 The glory of flowers that crowned it. Probably the custom of rearing the May
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WHY LAPS ARE SHALL

at the present day are taller by five or six centimeters than their ancestors were at similar age, aud he maintains that the req son is because the former, when they at tend school, are obliged to sit on benches, whereas the latter squatted while they learned their lessons. That the Japanese ought 10 be taller than they are is the ed- tors opinion, and he has appealed to the government to prohibit the use of mats, pointing out that until that is done the sol diers of Japan will neither be as tall nor as vigorous as the soldiers of other countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

Standing on one of the ancient side streets of Manchester k q tavern where the visitor can go in and get glass of bitter or stout, and the barmaid will tell him that thls was the room in which Guy Hawkes. and his com rades drank toast to the success of the Gunpowder Plot. The Seven stars. as the inn is called, has the reputation of being the oldest house of entertainment 10 the travel CT, in Great Britain, and perhaps is the old est in the world As indicated ly the photo graph. It bears sign saying that 1t has been licensed 10 sell liquors for moro than five hundred years. The records of Manchester show that customers were served around its quaint oak tables more than two hundred years ago, and the building has been but
 little changed since that time, with the cx
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the Atlantic, for It Is well known now that the Herzian waves travel equally in all dl- rcctlons, becoming less and less the further they recede from the center. or the point of impulse. This, 1t would seem, is Illustrated in the picture, for the center Is the white spot but It is not the purpose to go into scientife explanation, especially as there is quite difference between electric lighting and wireless tclegraphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

Germany has 21 universities Italy 2i, Aus tria 10, Russia 5 and Great Britain Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

When the Shah of Persia visited Drury Lane Theater London, in 1873, he paid the record price of f500 for his box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

Thls photograph shows the method of de capitation of criminals in China It was taken by Captain Harold Hammond, Nine teenth Infantry, [. s. A. during the execu- tlon of nine members of q band of robbers. tgr pf fsie'' during the foreign occu- patton of the city in 19001o01.
 The headsman is shown pushing the vic tins head as close to the ground as possible.