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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
FIERCE FIRE IN HALIFAX, N. S.
Large Factory Burned-Great Prop
erty Loss.

Halifax, N. S., March "A tremen-
dous fire, famed by a fierce wind,
threatened the business district OF Hal
flax with destruction for several hours.
Property to the value of 100000 was
destroyed and three firemen were seri-
ously injured by the collapse of a lad
der on which they were standing. The
ire started in the biscuit and contec-
tionery works of Moir, Son q Co., OPP
posite the city hall and public library
rhe employees had just left the build
ing. A general alarm was sounded
calling out all the firemen and police,
and the garrisons were turned out as
a fire fighting and patrol force, the
royal engineers manning their own ap-
paratus and preparing for the use OF
dynamite on buildings should the fire
have gotten beyond control
The high wind drove the flames
east and north. All the buildings op-
posite the Moir building on Duke
street were consumed. The west end
of the city hall was, next ignited, but
after a desperate fight with the ad-
vancing flames the firemen won out.
The fire in the city hall was confined
to the upper story of the west end,
where the public library was situated.
The library was considerably damag-
ed. In the meantime, the wind having
shifted, the fire spread south along
Argyle street and before 1t was finally
checked all but two buildings in the
block were consumed. Moir's immense
factory, covering almost block. had
become a roaring furnace and all ap-
proach was prevented. A heavy fall
of rain accompanied the gale and this
rain no doubt prevented the further
spread of the fire.
The insurance carried by the hrms
burned out amounts to $4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
Spokane Market.

notwithstanding, 2@Sc Id; pota-
toes, 45@5Oc per cwt; sweet potatoes
4@5 lbs for 25c; radishes, &c bunch;
uried onions, Ia Q2c Id; green onions
2 lunches sc; parsley. sc bunch; beets.
ID; carrots, liz Q2c Id; parsnips, 2@Sc
I'D; caulihower, 15@25c mead; celery,
lv@12c bunch.
Fruits-Lemons, 10000 per doz; ap-
pies, 21A@4c lb, 6Oc@$1.25 box; ban
anas, 15Q50c dOz; cranberries, 12A@
l5c qt; oranges, 15@50c doz.
Eggs-Local, soc per doz; guaran-
teed fresh, 35c per dOz; eastern, ESQ
SOC per dOz.
Poultry-Chickens dressed, 15@1Sc;
squads, 15c each; spring chickens, 40
Q60c; ducks, 16@1Sc Id; geese, l6Q
loc lib; turkeys, 22Q25c lb.
Dairy PrOducts-Creamery butter, 80
@4Oc per Id; country butter, 10000
per Id; cheese, 2O025c Id.
Meats-Beef, p rterhouse steak, 1870
DC; sirloin steak, 16@1Sc; round steak
l2hc; leg of mutton, 1219@15c; pork
roast, 12h@15c; sausage, 10@12hc;
veal, 10000; Belgian hares, 50Q7Oc
each; beef's liver, sc; calf's liver, 15c;
eastern ham, 15c; breakfast bacon,
l6c; lard, 10 lb pail, S1.25.
Oysters olympia, Use qt; eastern
oysters. selects, 6Oc at; standards, sec
qt.
Grain and Feed-Timothy hay, 900
CSC per cwt, $17Q1S per ton; grain hay
SOC per ewt. SIS per ton; alfalfa, 90c
per cwt, SIS per ton; chicken feed
$1.40 per cwt, SIG per ton; oats. $1.S0
per cwt, S24 per ton; rye, seed, SIPS
per cwt; bran, 90c per cwt; bran and
ihorts, csc per cwt; shorts, 81 per cwt;
rolled barley, S1.25 per cwt; corn, 81
per cwt; timothy seed, &c per lb, 81
per cwt; alfalfa, 15c per lb, SIS pei
cwt; clover. 15c per ID. 1850 per cwt;
lawn mixture. blue grass and white
clover, 25c per lb; red top, tic per ID
s14 per cwt; English rye grass, 12C
per lb, $3.50 per cwt; orchard grass
Ice per lb, S14 per cwt.
Coal Oil-Bulk oil. Csc per gal; pear
s2.SO@9 per case. $3.50 per can; Eoce
ne, $1.65 per can.
Flour-Wholesale, s4@4.2o per Dbl
retail. fancy patents, $120; standard
brands, SLID; common grade, s1.10i
lowest, 81.
Rice-Wholesale Japan No. 1, $3.50,
Japan No. 2, S625; retail. Japan No. 1
10 to 13 lbs for 81.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
TRADE REPORT.

New York;. G. Dun & Co.'s Week
ly Review of Trade last week says:
Milder weather not only accelerated
the demand for many lines Of mer-
chandise, but relieved the pressure for
fuel. which threatened to become Sc
rious matter, and incidentally facil-
itated efforts to reduce the freight
congestion. With no other retarding
feature than the holiday, business full
ly maintains its gratifying position.
Returns Of both domestic and foreign
trade are fully equal to those Of the
same month last year. and in many
cases there are marked gains. The
people are consuming on scale never
before equaled, as evidenced by the
enormous distribution and continual
inquiries for prompt shipment. Firmly
held quotations also bear testimony
to the fact that the demand is often
greater than the supply.
Business in wooden has fallen of
Unexpectedly, some early buyers re-
ducing the size of their initial orders,
while in a few exceptional cases. there
have been complete cancellations.
New England shoe shops have Sc
cured moderate advances in several
grades of footwear, chiefly of fall
style, in demand by western buyers.
Failures numbered 211 in the Unit
ed States and % in Canada.
The truly humble hide their humil-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
Bills Passed

The senate amended Senator Hal
let's high license bill after reconsider
ing the vote by which it was passed
yesterday. The amendment fixed the
minimum liquor license through the
state at $500 and the maximum at
$3.50.
Senate bill No. 70, by Hammer
Amending the law relating to dykes,
ETC.
Senate bill No. 172, by Rands-Pro-
viding for the organization of river
improvement districts. This bill de
signs to permit the people of Van
couver, Wash, to improve the Column
bit river in front of that city.
Senate bill No. 1852, by O'Donnell-
For the replat of the Hoquiam tide
lands.
House bill No. 132-Providing TO
The seizure and destruction of liquo
odd without a license. This bill l.
aimed at blind pigs"
House bill No. IT'S, by Lyons
Amending the law relating to making
justice of the peace judge of a polio,
court.
Senate bill No 176, by Angle-Pro
viding that the list of insurance com
panies authorized to do business in the
state should be published twice q
year in one paper in each county in
the state.
Senate bill No. POP, by Cornwell-
This bill provides that the convicts OF
the state penitentiary may be employ
ed by the state board of control IL
crushing rock for roads. They may
be employed at any place in the state
where the board directs. 1t is furthe,
provided that the board may sell sucf
rock after it is crushed at the mos
advantageous terms which it can sc
cure.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

At Leadhills village, in the noun
tain district of Scotland, less than two
hours ride from Glasgow, may be seen
the curfew bell herewith illustrated.
This bell is not onIy interesting by
reason of tradition, sut because 1t is
still in use. Clocks In the neighbor-
hood are set by it, and when there is
any question about the accuracy of a
timepece the good housewife is apt
to declare with conviction that the
clock is right, for it has been with
the curfew on the minute every night
for q month" The people of Lead
hills would naturally be expected to
hang on to time-wOrn customs, for
they are almost as primitive as their
ancestors of two centuries ago. Their
sole occupation is mining lead for the
benefit of the Earl of Hopetoun and
the Duke of Buccleuch, lords of the
manor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

member OF b VIM. II. Devils.
Massachusetts legislature from
Cambridge district. Mr.. Lewis was
born in 1868 at Berkeley, Va, and was
fitted for college at Petersburg. He
was distinguished for his scholarship
at Amherst, and also for his ability as
a football player. He won the Har-
ward prizes in debate and in oratory,
and in Harvard he was regarded as
one of the best football players the
university ever had. In 1895 he was
admitted to the bar and soon built
up a good practice in Cambridge. He
was induced by his friends to run for
the Legislature, and was elected by a
big majority.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

Sldu style IL Will
house 100 girls, and the girls are to be
educated thoroughly. and are also to
be taught trades-such trades as mil
linery, bookkeeping, dressmaking, ste
biography, cooking, etc.-so that they
may secure lucrative work readily.
Features of the home will be a large
and well-equipped gymnasium in the
basement, two isolated wards for hos
pital purposes and a graded system Of
dormitories-a system whereby the
smaller girls. arranged according to
their ages. will sleep in rooms holding
from eight to twelve persons, while
the older girls will each have a sep
arate room.
Mr.. Elkins has been a Mason for
thirty years and has always been ac-
tive in promoting the well-being Of
the great fraternal order. His bene-
faction will give to Philadelphia the
greatest and best equipped institution
OF its kind in the world.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
Prices Paid at snokane.

Poultry and Eggs-Chickens. roost-
ers. 10@11c; hens. 121ac per live VT;
Young chickens. 1904 per doz; tur-
KEYS. live weight, lac per Id. dressed
10000; eggs. fresh, 30@35c doz;
ducks, live weight, lie Id.
Observation-Disclosures. 100000 per
cwt; onions. 50075c per cwt.
Live Stock-Beef, live steers, $3.50;
dressed, So; COWS, $3.50; dressed,
$3.50; mutton. ewes $3.50 per cwt,
dressed. 80: veal. dressed. S611c;
hogs, live. 51k@5%c; dressed. 81 Qsc.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

II. Lewis. of BOs-
ton. to the position
Sf United States at
t,Prney in the mod
ern Athens. Mr..
Lewis is a gradu-
ate of Amherst
College, and of the
law department of
Harvard Universe
ty. Two years ago
he was elected a
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

At Butte, William Smith, bartend-
er, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded by Ed Carney. an old time
resident here. in a Main street saloon
recently. 1t is stated Carney was an
moving the patrons of the saloon, when
Smith ordered him out. He went. but
soon returned Smith held the doors
to prevent his entrance. when Carney
drew a revolver and fired three shots
through the plate glass door, two "
which took effect upon Smith. Carney
was arrested.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
Carrie Nation Jailed Again.

San Francisco, March Carrie Ma
ton was arrested at the Grand hotel
on a charge of malicious mischief pre-
ferred by a Montgomery street saloon
keeper in whose phase she broke a bot
tie of whisky earlier in the evening.
She will spend the night in the city
prison.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
JEFF AND coRBETT TO FIGHT.
Agree to Fight Twenty Rounds Next
July for $4,000.

New York, March 3.-James ]. JEFF
fries and James ]. COrUett have agreed
to fight ~ rounds next July before the
club that will give them $4,000, or the
largest purse that may be offered
above that sum, the winner to take =,
per cent and the loser 20 per cent. 1t
was agreed that the principals should
meet in Baltimore to sign the articles
Thursday night.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

100000. The donor
is William l.. FL
kins, a wealthy
Philadelphia and
prominent in Ma
sonic circles. The
hnilding, which is
to be erected on
North Broad street,
on a lot 400 feet
square, will be of
red brick and white
marble in the GeOr-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
woenlNeiONs --eleL4iOhG.
MANY Bills Passed and Several Are
kilieo.
Friday.

The most important bill passed by
the mousse was the Jones Uliect prl-
mary bill, winch makes it Imperative
Cnat candidates for all counly ot1ces
and all city offices be nominated in
primaries instead of conventions. The
oil does not apply to state officers.
1t passed by a vote of 81 to %, with
Il absent
The house sat down hard on Linds-
ley's bill making it optional with the
insurance commissioner to designate
what two papers in the state shall
publish the annual statements of in
surance companies.
The house bill making it felony to
conduct any gambling game passed
the senate and, unless it is reconsid-
cred within the next AS hours, every
professional gambler in the state who
continues his vocation will be a public
outlaw.
Saturday.
Senator Hemrichs bill providing for
the arbitration of disputes between
capital and labor passed the house
this morning under suspension OF
rules, without a dissenting vote. The
bill carries an emergency clause, but
the somewhat unusual proceeding was
taken of postponing the vote on the
emergency clause until Tuesday. The
reason given for postponement was
that the two thirds majority necessary
to carry the emergency was not pres
ent The bill has already passed the
senate.
The house considered IA bills all
told, of which two were passed and
two indefinitely postponed. The bills
passed were the Heinrich bill, which
is senate bill No. SO, and senate bill
No 1852, providing for the survey of
Hoquiam tide lands, and senate joint
memorial No. by Van Devanter,
praying congress to provide for the
improvement of channels of Duwam.
ish, White and Black rivers in west
ern Washington.
The two bills indefinitely postponed
were house bill No. by Cole of King
regulating the practice of architect
ure, and house bill No. "a by Wilson
Oh hlIllIdS, ISldJluS W llll6dblOh.
The joint banking committees sub
stitute for the foreign banking bill
was on calendar for second reading il
the house this morning. The senate
has already acted on the bill and in
definitely postponed it. The bill con
sidered in the house this morning is
of course a duplicate of the one killed
in the senate, but the action this morn
;, ing ehG---l tn the fgiends of +h'
bill will endeavor TO send it up to tn
senate again without amendments.
Senator Graves of Spokane is still
seriously ill in the hospital with tn
grip, and will probably return to Spc
kane as soon as he can leave his bed
1t is not thought he can resume hi
duties in the senate this session. H
can not speak above a whisper.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
FOR ORPHANS OF MASONS.

Girls Home to Be Erected in Phi1ade1-
phia at a Cost of $5OO,OOO.
Work is soon to begin in Philadel-
phia on the erection of a home for the
orphan girls of MasOns. at a cost of
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06
HONORED BY ROOSEVELT.

Negro Who Has Been Made Assistant
Federal Attorney in Boston.
Among the recent appointments of
negroes to Federal offices made by
President Roosevelt Is that Of William
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

When people make fools of them
selves, their second mistake is the be-
lief that no oD- IS noticing it.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

The wise Office seeker sticks to his
regular job until he gets the Office.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-09-25
RULING Hits Travelling Men.

The Fargo land Office has made a
ruling that has set the travelling men
on the anxious seat. In the contest
of G. Palmer VS.. w. W. Boyer for land
in Dickey county, the entry was can
celled and Palmer allowed to file a
homestead claim. Boyer travels for
st. Paul house and took up the land
some years ago. He has never resided
on the claim except to make a trip to
it when in that part Of the state. He
has house in which he had not lived
and his meals were taken from the ho-
tel at Monango. Boyer had the land
broken and had secured some crops.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-09-25
BO1'1IlHEAU SUFFERS BIG BLAZE!
Explosion Of a Gasoline Reservoir Causes
Costly Fire Which Destroys Four
Buildings. For Some Time
Seemed Hopeless.
Loss OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
Our Fire Apparatus Inadequate to Cope With the Flames
The sours Company Do Noble Work. Costly Lesson
i May Teach Bottineau Citizens the Need
of Better Fire Protection.
WE MUST HAVE BETTER FIRE PROTECTION At ONCE
Sentiment Strongly in Favor of City Organization
works Likely be Pushed The Only
Seedton is tO>Take Advantage Of Our Natural
Resources Van Have Best in the State

Carpenter, who was knocked down by
the f0ees.of,- the explosion, called to
the force to get out and SO quickly did
the flames spread that some Of them
had q close call Mr. Turner's family,
who occ upied the rooms above the
laundry We're brought out of the build
ing none too soon. The lumber of the
building owing to the constant heat
necessarily incident to the laundry
business was very dry and burno'
fercely. The little chemical engines
were entirely inadequate and the
flames leaped from the laundry to the
livery barn in few moments. This
building also burned rapidly. The
fire company then turned their efforts
to the parsonage and did excellent
work under trying circumstances.
The heat was intense and the house
was on fire in a dozen places but the
fire was kept we'll under control and
when the wind shifted a little to the
east it was extinguished entirely.
Early in the course of the fire a
message was sent to Souris and the
department there promptly responded
with their outfit consisting of a Is horse
power Waterous engine and thous-
and feet of hose. Ten minutes after
their engine was unloaded they had a
stream playing on the fire in the lum-
ber yard and to their credit be it said,
they worked like Trojans The Souris
outfit is vastly superior to ours and
had it been on the ground when the fire
started there might have been a differ
ent tale to tell. There is a pointed les
son in this. When a town two years
old can teach Bottineau, twenty years
her senior, lesson in fire fighting
it is high time for our citizens to
awake to the serious situation which
confronts us. The Courant has urged
time and again the necessity for
immediate action in regard to water
works but the apathy of our citizens
is responsible for our being equipped
with an outfit which in fire like
the one today is about as eficacious as
ten cent squirt gun. We are told the
Souris outfit cost in the neighborhood
of 81, 500. Compare that with the loss
sustained today and the force of our
arguments will appear conclusive
The $40, 900 and over, that went up in
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-09-25

At nine O'Clock q. N. today fire
broke out in j. G.. Turner's steam
laundry Oh north Main street and for
a while things looked p.erty dark for
Bottineau. The wind blew quite
strong from the northwest, the frame
buildings burnt like tinder and the air
was filed with pieces of burning
timber which caught in dozen places
over town and bat for prompt and
effective work the entire town would
have gone up in smoke. AS it was the
loss was serious. The steam laundry,
Stafford's livery barn, the Methodist
church and about three fourths of the
Ballord Trimble Lumber Company IS
yard were consumed. The Methodist
parsonage is badly damaged. The Bal
lord Trimble people estimate their loss
at $40, 1000 with $1,000 insurance. J.
G. Turner's loss is over $1,000 and
includes his household effects, all un-
insured. Chas. West. who owned the
building in which Grant Stafford con-
Quoted his livery, estimates his loss at
$1,000 $1,000 insurance, Stafford s
loss in feed, hay and harness and rent
paid in advance will aggregate about
$1,000. He succeeded in saving all his
horses and rigs. The loss on the Metho-
dist church is placed at $1,000. The
insurance policy had expired two weeks
ago and had not been renewed. The
stone walls are still intact and it is
thought are not damaged to any great
extent. The damage to the parsonage
will not exceled $500. There were a
number of smaller losses. Ole Hagen,
an employe of the Ballord Trimble
company lost $3.50 in clothes and money.
Charles Drew lost $75 in cash and some
clothing Several of the laundry hands
lost clothing r. O. Burgess, of the
Courant foYce, is minus gold watch
which he lost while assisting the fire
company. The fire was caused by the
explosion of a gas generator which was
used to supply the gas for the various
machines used in the laundry. Roy
Carpenter was in the act of filing the
reservoir when a stoppage in the check
valve drove the flame into the gen
orator causing a terrific explosion which
scattered burning oil all over the in
terror of the room and in moment.
the place was sheet of flames. Mr..
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-09-25
way Of providing a water supply.


mountains that would supply water
for city Of ten times the size of ours.
The expense, although quite large, will
be more than offset by the security
afforded and the decreased rate Of in
surance to say nothing Of the necessity
of a supply of water suitable for drink
ing purposes, want now sorely felt
Little BIazes
! There were little blazes all over
town
The bucket brigade deserve credit
for their work.
/ Some of the Bottineau boys worked
like beavers all day.
Ertresvaag says a fire beats all for
getting the water out of cellar.
Some Bottineau men acted lot of
! spring chickens afraid to get wet.
l The stone church did good work
It helped to keep the fire from spread
ing.
| 1t was wonderful how eagerly some
people rushed QUITO see the other
| work.
Say Ye town dads. Why not in
vest in an outfit of rubper coats for the
lfremen.
Those lumber piles were slippery
when wet and it was quite striking
how graceful some of the boys sat
down.
l. Someone jerked the ladder from
under Knute Brother as he was climb
| ing onto the parsonage and he almost
fell Off the roof.
The contents of John Turner's safe
were uninjured although the heat
was intense and the safe was cherry
4 red at one time.
| Several ladies worked hard carrying
water while individuals Of the male
persuasion looked on-and did not
soil their hands.
John Turner has the sympathy Of
the entire community. His is total
loss and it leaves him poor man. He
expected to sell his laundry next week.
Some one remarked during the fire,
"H's a good thing we have not got
that sewer the Courant has been kick
ing about. The water in the cellars
comes in handy
The fire was no respecter of good
clothes, Some of our citizens suffered
considerable loss from having their
clothes ruined by, fire and water.
Others were very careful.
| Some of the boys got ratified and
turned the hose on Chas. Baker and
Bert Colthorp. They thought they
might better have turned it ON some
of the rubber necks who were not
working.
Some fellow with more ambition
than judgement tried to save the
windows in the church and after tax
ing them out very carefully would
carry them to the door and throw them
in heap outside
Things were getting pretty hot
around the Imperial lumber yard fol-
awhile. 1t caught fire several times
and but for prompt and heroic work
it would have gone-and the rest OF
the town with it,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-09-25
Dowie Invades North Dakota.

The announcement that John Alex
ander Dowie, the second Elijah, is to
invade North Dakota, does not bring
much joy. He selected a few town.
ships of land near Dickinson and will
establish some of his followers on a
ranch. It is said he was attracted to
North Dakota by some Of the converts
in this state who have impressed on
him the possibilities of the Northwest.