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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
SHOT FIRST, ROBBED AFTER
OVER $4,000 STOLEN FROM STREET
CAR OFFICE IN CHICAGO.
Clerk and Motorman Were Killed and
Two Others Wounded by Hold-Up
Men-Brcke Open Safe Door With
Sledge Hammer-Thugs Made Their
Escape-Suspects Arrested.

Chicago Aug. 31.-WithOut a word
of warning two men were killed and
two others wounded by holdup men at
the barns of the Chicago City Railway
company, Sixty-first and State streets,
at an early morning hour. The shoot
ing was done by three men who escap-
ed after securing $4,000. Three of the
men who were shot were working in
the cashiers Office and the other was
a motOrman asleep in the outer Office.
The men in the office were shot before
they were aware of the robbers pres
ence and the motorman was killed as
he was rising from a bench where he
had been sleeping. The dead:
Frank Stewart, assistant clerk in the
cashiers Office, shot through body;
died half an hour later.
John b. Johnson, motorman, shot
through head died instantly
The injured: William B. Edmond, re-
ewing clerk, shot in left thigh, will re-
cover; Henry Biehl, shot in head, will
recover.
The robbers took no chances but dis
posed of all the opposition of the en-
ployes before they entered the Office
| Choosing the time when employees were
busily engaged in balancing up the re-
ceipts of the night just after the last
conductor had turned in his money and
left the barns, the robbers suddenly
\ appeared at the receiving window and
began shooting without warning. The
first bullet struck Stewart and he fell
to the floor without a word. Biehl and
Edmond, who were sitting near Stew
art, turned to see what was the matter,
but before they could leave their chairs
they were rendered helpless by bullets
of the robbers.
Johnson, the mOtOrman, who had
been asleep on a bench in the outer
Office, started up to go to the assist
ance of MS companions, but was shot
and killed before he could get on his
feet.
Making sure that all opposition had
! been removed, the robbers then broke
, open the door of the cashiers Office
with a sledge hammer and took from
the desk $4,000. They then made theii
! escape. Four men were arrested three
hours later on suspicion of being i'm
'"9ted in the crime. They as We
, have not been identified
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04

Constantinople, Aug. est trans
pires that the report that Vice Consul
Magelssen was killed is incorrect. An
unknown individual fred at him, and
the bullet passed close to the vice
consul, but did not touch him.
The vail of Beirut visited Vice Con-
sui Magelssen, expressing his regrets
for the outrage, and ordered measures
for the arrest of the person who fired
the shot. The error in stating that
Vice Consul Magelssen had been killed
arose from a mistake in a cipher tele-
gram.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
The Humberts Go to Jail.

Paris, Aug. 31.-Frederick Humbert
and Emile and Roman d'Aurignac,
who were sentenced respectively to
five years Imprisonment, were re
moved to the prison of Fresnes. Nine.
Humbert who was also sentenced to
five years Imprisonment, remains at
the Consierge prison. All thhe con-
demned members OF the Humbert fam
lily are undergoing the regulations of
convicts, but penal work of NJ. and
Nine. Humbert will not begin until a
decision has been rendered in their
appeal against their sentences.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
MINING NOTES.

It is reported that Howard j. Kress-
ly, self-confessed forger of Lucille
Dreyfus stock in Spokane, will plead
guilty and throw himself on the mercy
of the court.
Unless a compromise is reached
soon, the miners and millworkers of
Telluride, Silverton and Durango,
Colo, will go on strike.
So far this year there has been more
work done in Thunder mountain than
in the entire previous history of the
camp.
Idaho and Utah have decided upon
the features for their mining displays
at the ST. Louis exposition in the Pal
ace of Mines and Metallurgy. Both of
the displays are expected to attract
great attention.
A monster nugget of silver, weigh
ing more than ton, the largest single
piece of silver ore ever taken from
the ground. will be one of the features
Idaho will display. Another display
will be shown in the mining gulch.
This will reveal the Importance of the
wonderful opal mines of Idaho. These
precious stones are found in the north
central and southwestern sections OF
the state.
A feature of Utah's showing will be
a miniature concentration. This ma
chine, built of FURNISHED steel, copper
and silver, occupying a space 14xSC
feet, and entirely covered with a glass
case, will be the center of the Utah
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
VICE CONSUL ALIVE.
Magelssen Was Not Murdered at
Beirut.

Oyster Bay.-President Roosevelt
has received through the state depart
ment at Washington confirmation of
the Associated Press dispatches from
Constantinople and Beirut, which
show that the report of the assassina-
ton of Vice Consul Magelssen at Bel
rut is an error
The president will not countermand
the order to Rear Admiral Cotton to
proceed with the cruisers Brooklyn
and San Francisco and the gunboat
Machias to Turkish waters. The at
tack on Mr. Magelssen is regarded as
an incident which points to the neces-
sity of a demonstration, which will
have the effect of insuring the protec-
ton of Americans in Turkey.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04

San Francisco, Aug. 3O.-A fire,
which at one time threatened to be
most disastrous, broke out on the
south side of Brannan street, between
Third and Fourth. Owing to the work
of the fire department, which arrived
early on the scene, the conhagration
was promptly checked and the dam
age confined to that portion of the
block intersected by Bluxome street.
AS it was, eight twO-story frame struc-
lures, occupied by manufacturers of
furniture, woOdenware and metal
work, were destroyed the loss being
estimated at $4,000. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Two firemen were
injured during the fire.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
Won $4,000 Purse.

New York, Aug. 30.-Hamburg Belle,
worthy daughter of the famous Ham
burg, won the great Futurity race in
footing not to her liking, but in a race
marred only by her swerve near the
finish. For this the splendid filly made
ample amends by the tremendous burst
of speed she showed when straight
ened out again, carrying her to the
wire in front. The race was worth
$4,000 to the winner.
Her performance, the full six fur
longs in 1:13, is the record for the race
at that distance.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04

Frank Jones, an old time prospector
from the Moose Lake country ldaho'
tells of a heavy forest fire which Is
sweeping one of the heaviest timDered
sections of Idaho. Jones and several
other prospectors have had their CAP
ms burned and supplies destroyed.
The sweep of the flames, he says, Is
something terrific, and millions OF teet
of timber have been consumed and the
damage will amount to thousands OF
dollars. A unique spectacle is the sight
Of hundreds of deer, elk and bear
driven from their lairs by advancing
flames. fleeing for their lives. Mum
berless flocks of grouse can be seen
flying before the fire.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04

Or. Krause, the former governor of
johannesburg, who was sentenced in
London. January Is, 1902, to two years
Imprisonment, after having been con-
victed on the charge of melting Cor
nelius BrOecksmann, the former public
prosecutor Of johannesburg. to murder
John Douglas Foster, an English law
yer who was on the staff of Lord Rob
erts. has been released from Benton
vile prison. He expects to return to
South Africa, practice law and eschew
politics.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
last communication to the war office
has been made public through unofEi-
cial sources in the war department.
1t is in the form of a letter to Secre-
tary Root. In it are recommendations
for the improvement of the army SER
vice. The general regards the cavalry
as obsolete, saying the automobile
will take the place of the horse in the
next war. For that reason he advises
reducing the cavalry branch to the
minimum and the building of military
roads of strategic Importance through
out the country in time of peace.
The steamer North Star. which has
come back from Alaska, reports the
pack of the principal salmon canneries
at Bristol Bay, Alaska, to be as fol
lows: Alaska Packers association
PSI 900 cases; Pacific Packing & Nav
igation company, $4,000; Alaska Fish
ermen's Packing company, $4,000
Portland-Alaska Packing company
$4,000; Columbia River Packers asso
citation, 2S,7OO Wood River Packing
company, $4,000; North Alaska Sal
mon company, $4,000 Total, 494 ,70'
cases. The season was stormy anC
nine men were drowned at Bristo
Bay.
The Union Veterans union, com
posed of soldiers of the civil war. ia
vors the use of old Fort Sherman
Idaho, for use as a national soldiers
home. The uLiOn held it's annual en-
campment at San Francisco at tn
same time the recent G.. A. r. gather
ing took place. r. B. Scott of SpC
kane offered the following resolution
which was adopted: "That this Ell
campment indorse the bill now befOr
+ congress for giving the abandOne
= Fort Sherman, Idaho. for nations
soldiers home, and that we ask Pres
: dent Roosevelt and members of bot
houses of congress to use their utmOs
endeavors to pass this bill" Mr.. ScOt
/, also presented a resolution indOrsin
!. Roosevelt for president in 1904, whic
o was unanimously adopted by the unioi
n What is supposed to have been a
attempt to hold up the westboun
n flyer on the Great Northern by HI
o Curry and his gang occurred recent,
n soon after the train had left the Malt
q water tank, and was only Illustrate
o by detectives riding on the engin
!. Three suspicious looking character
boarded the train and two started
climb over the tender. when they wei
>, discovered by officers, who covere
j.. them with guns and ordered them oil
They promptly slid off the tender, di
- appearing under cover of the night.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES.

Messrs. Wolfe and Dawault. who
have the Gold Cup group near fmlr
under bond, have now sufficiently de-
veloped the property and have enough
ore in sight to warrant the erection Oh
a stamp mil The mill machinery mas
already been purchased and is eX-
pected to arrive very shortly. Inc
Gold Cup mill will be the seventh mill
within a 10 mile radius of Ymir, while
the Pilot Ymir company, operating the
Pilot mine, will shortly install another
making the eighth.
The British Columbia Standard com
pany has recently been formed IN Mel
son to take over and operate the well
known Hunter mine, four miles from
Ymir.
A strike of some Importance has
been made at the Ymir mine on the
400 foot level. In the east drift of this
level a body of high grade ore, which
is reported to run over 500 per ton
has been encountered and is now being
developed.
The serious condition of the lie Ro
hOSSldllu
nouncement of Manager Parrish thai
during the month of July shipments OF
13.44O tons, or over 400 tons day, re
suited in a net loss of $1,000.
While trying to save his younger
brothers life recently, Laughlin Ho
der aged 10 years, was drowned il
Lake Kootenay. The brother, Harry
aged II, had been padding around OF
an old drift log, on which the children
were fond of playing while bathing
He got beyond his depth and acct
dentally fell into the water. His bro
Their bravely plunged in and tried u
rescue Harry, but was unable to reacl
the shore, and the boys sank together
The boys were sons of w. T. Holder o
KaslO.
The International Coal & Coke com
pany. controlled by the CRANKY Min
ing interests and the Jay p. Graves In
terests. and owning extensive bituml
nous coal lands i'll Alberta, on the linz
of the Crows Nest Pass railway, ha
entrusted George S. Baton, Pittsbur
coal mining expert with the task o
designing a plant capable of produC
ing an output of 1000 tons daily. TIL
report of Mr. Baton is now in the hand
of the directors. 1t is quite eXhaustiv
outlining a comprehensive plan of dc
velopment to be carried out in yeal
Boundary ore shipments are nov
getting close to the 100000 ton mari
and last week the total of ore sent on
is only a few tons less than the ne'
record for the previous week.
The CRANKY smelter is now engage
in the work of coupling up the tw
new furnaces.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
frustrated Bank Robbery.

ST Louis, Sept. AFTER a struggle
with two alleged bank robbers now be-
hind the bars at East st. Louis, Chief
of Police Purdy and his men nipped in
the bud what is believed to have been
an attempt to blow the safe of the East
st. Louis trust and Savings bank. A
third man escaped.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
St. Paul PEOPLE Drowned.

St Paul, Sept. AT White Bear
Lake by the overturning of rowboat,
Wilbur Carlson and wife and Seth
John, all Of st. Paul, were drowned.
They were attempting to knock off
each others hat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
Eruption of VesuVius.

Rome Sept 1.-The eruption of
Vesuvius continues in all it's grandeur,
but without apparent danger to the
neighboring population. The lava is
of an unusually liquid form and has
covered a large area.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
Cotton and Corn the Center.

New York, Sept. Cotton and corn
now occupy the center of the business
stage and fnanciers are waiting to see
what the developments of the next
month will be before making many
commitments.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-04
Worlds Shooting Record Broke.

Sacramento, Aug. 31.-Jacob Grub
Ter of the Sacramento Helvetia shoot
ing club broke the worlds record at
200 yards, German 25 ring target, by
making 463 out of a possible 500.
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
DIAMONDS THAT EXPLODE.

It has long been known that ia
uonds. especially the class known as
rose diamonds" are likely to explode
II subjected only to what would seem a
very ordinary degree OF heat. It is now
believed that the explosions are the re-
suit Of the rapid expansion Of certain
volatile liquids inclosed in cavities near
the center Of these precious stones A
great many diamonds, even though Cut,
mounted and worn as gems Of pertec-
tiOn. are still in an unfinished C0ndi-
tion: that is. the liquid drop from
which the stone is being formed has
not as yet deposited all OF its pure
crystals Of carbon" These movable
drops may occasionally be seen with
the naked eye, When this is the case
q strong microscope will give the drop
the appearance Of bubble in the fuid
in carpenters s level. 1t is also highly
probable that besides the liquid men
toned these cavities may contain gases
under great tension. This being the
case, one may readily comprehend how
a very small amount Of heat would
cause the liquid and the gas to expand
to such a degree that the diamond
would give way with an explosion
LOnodOl Answers
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
WOMEN At POKER

spend the evening with US wrote
Mrs V society swell, and wound mp
with this. We indulge in q little game
OF draw after supper. so bring your
check book along" The guesrt is a we'll
known soldier. blunt and straightfoT-
ward The next day he told me ali about
it. Z supposed that in such a distin-
gui5hed company we would have q ten
cent limit at the utmost. so imagine my
astonishment when the hostess an
HoUnced ten dollars! There were six al
my tabIe-three Of either sex ThsIE
names are very often in the papers and
they drive in carriages One woman Won
everything. Never saw such luck OF
skill. She had a curious way of throw
iag her cards. face down, in the deck
when raking in the pot. and I just
thought IT my duty TO investigate. After
she had raised me about a dozen times
I called her. The rest laid down right
at the start She threw her hand in
the deck. as usual. saying -Four queens.
and started for the pot. One moment
madam. l ventUred It is impossible.
unless there are five queens in this
deck. for I happen to have one myself
Besides. I had four kings. She nearly
tainted She had been cheating all
night. Ny pot contained over 500. !
put it in my pocket and went home. -
New York Press.
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
TIE FIRST WHEEL CLOCK.

Some say that ATChimedes made the
first wheel clock so early as 200 B. C.
Others give credit to WaIlingford, who
lived so late as the beginning Of the
fourteenth century. But the more per
feet water clocks We're. long before The
latter period furnished with wheels, sc
that the only Improvement was the sub
stitutiOR Of q solid body 10 act as a
moving weight. instead OF water Il is
not 10 be wondered al that the appli-
cation Of weight TO clocks as a moving
power should attract so little attention.
as water and sand were undoubtedly
thought more convenient by cOntempOr-
AIRY writer's The oldest complete clock
moved by weights is probably that sent
by the Sultan OF Turkey 10 Frederick II.
in 1882. In the thirteenth century many
or the church sJeepIes in ItaIy were fur
nished with clocks moved by weights
which struck the hours. HeIe Of Nurem-
berg Is supposed to have constructed the
first watch in 1900: and 10 him must also
be given the credit OF the spring clock.
The fusee was probably invented in Eng
land about the end Of the sixteenth cen
tury- But It was not until the midulc
Of the seventeenth century that the pen
dulum was first applied TO clocks BY
Huyghens.-LOndon Electrical age
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
REAL ESTATE TRANS FERS.

Connecticut Avenue northwest. be
tween Q and r Streets-GertTUde Moore
to Mary J. Baldwin. part lors l6 and Il.
square III $40.
Connecticut Avenue northwest. be
tween Q and r StTeets-Iary J. Said
win to Fulton Lewis; part lots l6 and H..
square III, $40.
o Street northwest. between Twenty
first and TweuJy-secoud Strects-Lizzie
Has E-oUek OF aI. 10 Martin T. Dryden,
lot IG5. square 50. sic.
O Street northwest. between Twenty
first and Twentv-secOnd StIeels-MaTtln
T Dryden to Howard ". Baker lot l57,
square 60. $40
No. SIG Sixth Street northwest-Henry
Il. Jacobs ct al 20 James n NesnIi h.
part original lots 6 and I. square aHN-
SIC
New Jersey Avenue southeast. between
& and c Emma Brenner to So
phie b Rakemau ct al, part lot ii.
square $50. $40.
Nos 227. 22g. and 231 II Street north
east-Robcrt K. MaboTney to John
O'Rourke: part original lot II, square
754; $40.
c Street southwest. between Third and
Four-and -a-haIf Streets-WiItOn J. Lam
s -
part original lot 13, square 555, $3.50
Thirteenth Street northwest. between
W Street and Florida Avenue-Auuie l.
Ford to Herbert W T. Jenuer. lot Il.
square 234: SO
Fifth Street southeast, between G and
= Streets-Henry \. Wallace TO George
Z. ETb. lot IS, square $50; SIC.
y Street northeast. between Second
and Third Streets-1Iyron NJ. Parker. et
al. executors. to Mary E. NcCallum.
part original lots 10 and II. square
752. SO.
NJ Street southeast. between Sixth and
Seventh Streets-John L Warren ct UN-
to William ". Riley. lot 70. square $50,
21G
Nos. 225. 227. 22o. 281. 287 H Street
mort hcast-AIary s. McCailum to Robert
r. Nahorney. part original lots 20 and II.
. square 7J2. $l5.90o.
22T II Street northeast-RObeTt r Ma
hOrney TO Theodore Livings, part original
lot II. square 1872. $40
Giles Dyer estate-William W. Easiey
+ ct ux. to Thomas J. Giles. part lot -. SO.
Urfoutowu-John n. Burgess ct uN. to
Margaret Flaherty- lot $50, so.
Columbia HciEhts-JOhn L. Warren ct
AK. to William W. Riley, lot IS, bloch
/ %. $40
Washington Heights-Bates Warren ct
/ uN- 10 William ". Riley lot y, block g
SO.
Howard University subdivtsion-Jaco5
C. Hutchins 10 Mary N Hutchins, lot
I described by metes and bounds. $40
{ Sixteenth and Grant Streets north
! west-Annie Hardon to William Fed
haUs, part lot 2, block 3, Pleasant Plains
so
Clark Mills estate-Ira J. Baker ct ux.
TO Edith L. Roberts. part lot 10, so.
American University Park-JOfn y.
! Croissant ct ux. to George W. and Eva
! Whish, lot s. block 6. $500.
American University Park. first adii-
|tion-John D. Croissant ct al. trustees.
to E S Stackhouse. lots q and -
block %, ST. 200
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
AN EXPERIMENT WHICH FAILED

Albert GueIla has just met an extra
ordinary death at Meudon, a pretty Par
isian suburb. Believing that it was pos
sible for The soul 10 be separated from
the body and afteTward for them to be
reunited, he invented an apparatus to
keep the body in a perfectly rigid con-
dirion- After fixing himself in position
be sucked q mixture OF cbIoroform and
ether through q rubber tube. and be-
came unconscious Before proceeding
with his experiment which he had twice
previously attempted he had written a
letter 10 Paris doctor. who vas a
friend of his. describing what he was
about TO do. and leaving instructions for
the doctor 10 try TO wake him at the end
bf ten days. He added that he knew he
was making a dangerous experiment
When the doctor arrived, with GueIla' 8
mother GuVlla had been dead for some
hours. He had smeaTed his body with
antiseptics 10 prevent decomposition
London Express
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
Full Point Gained on Large
TransaCtions-N No EXpja-
nation Of Rise Other Than
LOng-DisCussed Improve
ment of Conditions.
In the Railroad List, Erie
Active, WithPennsylvania
and B, & 0. Heavy-Lon-
don Market for Americans
Irregular.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2S-AmaIgamatsd
Copper was a notable feature of the
stock market at the opening of business
this morning. the stocks rising nearly
one point in the early dealing on very
large transactions.
Apart from the discussion which has
been in progress for some time Of bet
Jertng conditions in the copper trade,
there was no particular explanation ot
the course of Amalgamated stock. The
Improvement IN the copper shares at
other points. and particularly in Rio
Tintos at London. was pointed to in yer
iication Of the bettering conditions il
the trade.
In the railway list the dealings result
ed in very small and Irregular price
changes. Erie was again the active fea-
ture and was firm. while Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio were heavy. st.
Paul was only moderately active around
yesterdays final prices.
There was HttIe evs over night bear
ing upon the market either in respect OF
the Venezuelan situation or Of any other
sort American stocks were shown at
small and irregular changes in London.
and the operations here for foreign ac-
count were upon an inconsiderable scale.
Following were The stock quotations a.
: O'Clock f0dav-
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
PRODUCE DEALERS AT BANQUET

The Produce Dealers Collection and
Credit Association of the District Of
Columbia, an association formed for the
purpose Of protecting its members in
The collecting OF debts and in promoting
otherwise their individual and collective
interests. entertained a number Of in
vited guests at dinner at the Hotel Bar
ton Monday night The president, ". s.
Hoge, talked about the work Of the as
sociauon. and other addresses were made
by AIbin Price, A. H Gregory, 0. o..
SDicer. A. ". Kelley. William G. Carter,
and others.