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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30

ShOshone, Latah and kootenai
counties twenty cents per folio for
transcribing of records, including
the indexes for same" etc. An e.
mergcncy clause makes the bill
effective in sixty days after passage
In contemplating county division
we must consider first the evil con-
sequences of the project, and sec
ond, the arbitrary, unjust and mi
quitous if not unconstitutional pro
visions of the Reid bill. In the
first place county division is not
needed and in the second place the
efforts to divide it by passing the
Reid bill has no foundation in
right and honesty to the people.
The strogest arguement against
county division is the increased
taxation and indebtedness and the
industrial setback which will ensue;
while the weakest point in the
Reid bill is the fact that it leaves
nothing to the will of the people.
County division will increase tax
alton for many reasons. Two new
sets of officers and buildings, in
Guiding two new court houses, jails
and poor houses, must be set up
and maintained. The debt and
the rate of taxation will be doubled.
The burden will be on the people.
Many of our citizens, unwilling to
bear it, will emigrate, while many
who would come among us under
present conditions, will 60 else
where for the same reason.
While division Of the county will
double expences generally, the dis
trict court expences will be doub-
led without considering mileage,
which will not be lessened. There
are other consequences Of coenty
division not pleasant to contem-
plate. The county will receive an
industrial setback from which it
will take years to recover, and ali
the national prosperity around us
will be but partially mitigation OF
the evil.
Besides all this, we would ask
our readers to think Of the tremen-
dous expence which transcribing
the records would incur. 1t is con.
servatively estimated that from
three fourths to four fifths OF the
records would have to be trans
cribed, a task which would take
one man many years to complete,
and which could be expedited only
by mploying scores of clerks. Al
the legal rate of 20 cents per folio
Goo words), this task would cost
$50, 900. This burden would be
thrust upon the tax payers OF the
new county.
The county is not ripe for divi.
sion; if it were, it would be no
more than justice that the first step
be to ascertain the will of the peo-
pie on the subject in general cleo
ton. The people are the ones in
terested and nothing should be
forced upon them without their
consent. When the people want
county division let them ask for it
with the ballot.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30

County division is again a topic
of absorbing interest at Boise and
in the various counties where the
issue has been raised. The Teller
has from time taken occasion to de-
clare against county division, as a
matter of public policy not only in
Nez Perez but elsewhere as we'll
under conditions as they now OBJ
tain. Idaho is a young state bur
dened with the heavy taxation in.
cident to new territory. Idaho is
building rapidly but as yet it is
sparsely settled and the expense of
maintaining roads and school dis.
tricts, and of building bridges is
still bearing heavily npon the tax.
payers. SO heavy in fact that in
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30
ESTRAY NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that took up the
following described animal: Same can now
be found ut the Clagstone Ranch near Athol,
kootenai county, Idaho, Exi
One roam horse having two white feet
branded on right flank, weight about 1850
IDS. Taken Up GEO. COOK,
Foreman Clagstone ranch,
j30f20 -'
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30
DENTISTRY.
In oil its latest branches by
DR.. D. F. HOLSTER,
EXAMINATION FREE
RATHDRUM IDAHO
800 REWARD

SiOOREWARD
The A. H. T. A. No. 50. will give reward of
ESQ to any person or persons for the arrest
and conviction OF any person or persons
stealing driving away, shooting, poisoning,
or killing any live stock Of any members OF
the association. jun ~ tt
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-30

iginal. The county of Couer DIAL
enc shall pay to the recorders of
Shoshone, Latah and kootenai
counties twenty cents per folio for
transcribing of records, including
the indexes for same" etc. An e.
mergency clause makes the bill
effective in sixty days after passage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
uGEcREDIT THE s'HoID-uPn
Citizens of Gallatin Think Negra
 Carrier Has Lied.

Nashville, Tenn, May 9.-A special from Gallatin. Tenn. to The American asserts that many citizens there discredit the hold-up story today by the negro rus ral route carrier, Allgood.
 The special says the consensus of opins ion is that there was no hold-up at all. The belief Is that Allgood was afraid. He knew the people of the route objeet- ed to a negro carrier and that a number had refused to let him deliver their mails ordering it held at Galltain.
 Capt. W. IT. Dunn. State Live Stock Inspector, William Hall, Clerk of the Sumter County Court; Assistant Cashier of the Firs National Bank, D. F. Barry. ex-ca shier of the First National Bank. and on whose farm the alleged hold-up took place. and number of other prominent farmers of that vicinity re- fuse to believe Allgood's story. B. F. Jamison. a substantial citizen of that neighborhood. declares that the spot where Allgood claims he was held up is in plain view of where D. F. Barry had four negro farmhands at work. all e whom he says, state that the ydid not see or hear any strangers about there at the time of the alleged hold-up. and that none could have passed without at- tlacting their notice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10

the beginning of the struggle. All pas- senzer trains came and departed as usual today, and just before o'clock a banana train arrived from the south, and was manned here with a non-union crew and sent on north.
 General Manager c. s. Clarke wired from Mobile to J. J. Alexander, Superintend- ent of this division, as follows:
 'I understand some of our conductors and brakemen have left the service with out notice as to time or date. We rec ognise their right to do so, and only ask that they turn over such property as is in their possession to their superintend- ents and remain off and away from the company's property and in no way in- terfere with the business of the conn pany or its trains. Time tickets will be turned in, and those leaving the service paid in full. We will proceed to operate the property in a lawful manner. We have no fight to make on any mans or mems social or labor organization. You will proceed in an orderly and lawful manner to operate the property, advis- ing and conferring with the different heads of departments in all matters af- fecting the companys business"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
VIEWED THE PACIFIC
PRESIDENT IS SIGHTSEEING
 ON COAST.
Given an Ovation at Santa Barbara. Rides Over Picturesque and Historic Ground-Visited
 Franciscan Friars.

Santa Barbara, Cal, May s.--President Roosevelt today rode along the hign cliff that oyerhangs the Pacic Ocean be- tween Monterey and Los Angeles. and took several drives along ways lined with semi-tropical plants and nowers' and received cordial welcome from thousands in Santa Barbara and Ventu- fa Counties.
 Sunday will be spent in Monterey. The Presidents special train left Los An Reles over the coast division of the Southern Pacific Railroad early this morning and made its first stop at Ven tura, where the President made a brief speech to the crowd at the station
 At noon the train reached Santa Bar bara. He was greeted with great dem- onstrations. Fully 15,000 persons attended the brief exercises in the Plaza Del Mar, where the President delivered brief ad- dress and witnessed the parade through the main thoroughfares of Santa Bar bara.
 The President and party were met at Montecito Station. south of Santa Bar bara, and escorted to Santa Barbara by a large delegation of citizens, mounted police officers and forest rangers from the Santa Inez and the Pile Mountain Reserves On the way to Santa Bar bara, the party was taken over the drives in one of the most beautiful suburbs, the trip being extended over that portion of Mountain Boulevard that commands a view of the city, the sea and the chan nel islands.
 The President was fin the best of spirits and expressed himself as having enjoy ed the day immensely.
 After the exercises in the plaza, the President was taken for a drive over Santa Barbara, viewing points of histori- cal interest. He spent considerable time at the Old Mission as the guest of Fran ciscan Fathers, and viewed the bprying grounds where hundreds of priests have been buried the past century. and in which no woman has ever entered.
 The President then proceeded directly to his special train at Victoria Street Station. and left for Monterey at z o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
TuLLocH TAuNrs PAYNE.
Intimates Postmaster General Has
 Been Susprised by Bristol.

Been Susprtsed by brtstol.
 Washington. May s.-seymour W. Tul- loch, the former cashier of the Washing ton City postofflce, who, in a newspaper interview, made grave charges against the administration of the postal service at the time of his removal several years ago, was in the city today.
 MT. Tulloch said as a matter of cour- tesy to the postmaster. he would await a reasonable time for that official to act on the request for copies of letters rom former Postmaster General Charles Elm ory Smith. Comptroller Tracewell, Post master Merritt of this city and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow.
 Mir. Tulloch declined to say whether he would then make public the information in his hands to sustain his statements, though insisting that he had ample data to corroborate his charges.
 Tt Is a curious point" said MT. Tulioch, that the suspension of MT. Machen fol- lows so closely the receipt of the replies to the letters the Postmaster General sent regarding my statements. If the truth were told, the information those replies contained must have fully borne out ev- erything that have said.
 MT. Bristow is thorugfly honest and believe. fearless investigator, and his reply must have embodied data of which the Postmaster General had not been pre-. viousiy aware. If the replies already in exonerated the officials accused, the let ters would have been made immediately public. The Department now knows all about the conditions have referred to. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
KENTUCKY PRIMARIES.
Success of Beckham-Young Combine
 Apparent.

Louisville. Ky. May 9.-Fairly complete returns from fifty counties fin the Dem ocratic State primaries today had been received at midnight. These returns in- dicate a victory for what has been termed the Beckham-Y Young combine. The strug- gle turned to the contest for Auditor of State, waged by s. w. Hager and J. B. Chenault. The followers of Chenault claimed that the influence of the party machinery was used by Young in favor of Hager and the fighting was determined.
 The day passed of quietly. and despite good weather. the vote boiled was light. The vote boiled in the fifty counties to- tailed about 32.O00. The returns indicate the nomination of the following principal State officers;
 J. c. Beckham, Governor; Lieutenant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10

middle grounds, the conductors, brake men, baggagemen and yardmen employed by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad voted almost unanimously to leave the service Of the company unless an increase of 10 per cent. in freight service, except local freight, and ' per cent. increase for pas- senger employees were granted.
 This offer was made to the General Manager at Mobile April 2S. with the hope that trouble might be avoided. He re- piled with a proposal amounting to about l-2 per cent. increase for freight men, local freight excepted, and 1-2 per cent Increase for passenger men, and refus- ing to regulate the custom of the running of double headers satisfactorily to the commission. The original request of the men was for an increase of 15 per cent. in freights, local freight excepted 12 per cent. passenger increase and a satisfac- tory adjustment of yardmen's rates.
 The men feel that the company has used every method in order to postpone final settlement, thereby causing unnec- essary expense to them and as a result all members of the Order of Railway Con- ductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and others in train and yard service employed by this company have voted are now instructed to leave the service in a body.
 They will use all honorable means to make the strike effective. but must not permit or allow any act of violence to be committed. They have a right to with draw and may honorably influence others of their craft to do likewise.
 "Employes of other companies, members of these organizations must not violate | their schedules or break faith with their employees or allow sympathy to influence | them to become in volved in the trouble. "G. H. Wilkins, Grand Secretary Conductor, o. R. c. ''W. G. Lee, 6EfrSt ViNa-Grop6 Mastar ID Io H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
AT MERIDIAN MISS.
Both Sides are Prepared for tho
 Struggle.

Meridian. Miss. May 9.-Exactly at F o'clock noon today all the conductors, brakemen and switchmen on the divisions os tha Mobile and Ohio Railroad between here and Mobile and Jackson, Tenn, went on strike, for an increase of wages. It Is understood that all trains in transit before the hour set for the walkout will he taken to the end of the division.
 The strike Is regarded as a fair test between the employees and the road. and ii is expected unless a settlement is soon reached other labor organizations will join in the strike. The strikers demand a raise of F per cent for passenger and 15 per cent for freight service.
 Both sides to the controversy are pre- pared to wage the strike to an end, what ever that end may be. There was little or no demonstration by the men here today They simply left the officials to get along as best they could.
 The railroad has number of non- ~nion men on hand, and was ready for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
ALABAMA CLERK ARRESTED.

F. M. Barnett of Department of
 Ethnology Guilty of Forgery.
 Washington. Mao s.--Frank M. Barnett, a clerk in the United States Bureau of Ethnoiogy was arrested today on a charge of forgery.
 Barnett's offense consisted in opening private mail addressed to officials of the oflce and abstracting therefrom two checks for s175. which he cashed at a local banking house.
 He admitted his guilt and said he used the money to pay off debt of $2oo. He was appointed from Alabama fifteen months ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
TWO KILLED IN grREEr.
Tn a Political Row Lives of Three
 Were Lost in Mississippi.

Yazoo City. Miss. May "A desperate street duel took place here this after noon between s. T. A. and E. M. Kelley on one side and R. F. Birdsall. editor of The Yazoo Sentinel, and his two broth ers-in-law. Gibbs and Doyle Dorsey, on the other.
 s. T. A. Kelley was instantly killed by a bullet through his heart and his brother was dangerously wounded
 Doyle Dorsey was also fatally shot and died later. The trouble grew out of poli- tics. Birdsall was the only participant who escaped without wounds He and Gibbs Dorsey are in jail.
 Owing to the excitement and large number of friends of Kelleys coming into town, Sheriff F. C. Wilson today wired Governor Longino who ordered out the Yazoo Rifles telegraphing Captain E. H Luke to report to the sheriff under arms to protect the prisoners
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
CHARGES SUSTAINED.
Investigation Committee Says Asy-
 lum Attendants Were Cruel.

Louisville. May 9.-The Lakeland Asy- lum Investigating Committee at a meet ing held at noon today completed its re- port on the charges of cruelty of attend ants toward patients.
 The report sustains the charges of cruelty of attendants and makes recom- mendations for the correction of abuses.
 The committees finding is that the case were such as to indicate that the force used was not as a means of restraint, but as a method of punishment.
 As a remedy the committee recommends that the present law be repealed and that the General Assembly pass a law creating a non-partisan board.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
More Blood Spilled.

Constantinopie. May s.-Thirteen Chris tians were killed and nineteen were wounded and three Musselmans were kflE~ ed during the recent outberak at Monas~ tir.
 In an encounter between imperial troops and a force of insurgents in the neigh- boring village of Zaparf, eleven Bulga~l rians were killed and seyenty-four made prisoners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
ALL EMPLoYEs ADMITTED.
International Machinists' Convention
 Let Down Bars.

Milwaukee. Wis. May 9-The Interna- tional Machinists' Convention today passed Section 1, Article I, of the subor- dinate lodge constitution admitting all employees of a machine shop to the union-
 By this step the union expects to ina crease its membership in two years from 75.O0O to 2000O0 and in five years to be equal In number to the Miners Union.
 This action lets down the bars which prevented any except the all-round sklll~ ed mechanic from joining the union.
 Hereafter the helpers and handymen will be admitted. They will be memhers of the same union as the machinlsts. but will probably be divided into separate classes, indicated on the union cards which they carry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
CoLIMA IS ACTIVE.
Mexican Volcano Ferries People of
 Tuxpan.

Mexico City May s.-Colima Volcano continues in violent eruption. People at Tuxpau are in state of great alarm.
 On the evening of the 7th there was a terrific eruption and a violent outpour- ing of lava occurred at g o'clock. The next morning a torrent of lava flowed out of the western slope of the mountain. There was still another eruption on the afternoon of the same day.
 The government has confirmatory tele- grams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10

Cairo, Ill.. May 9.-No attempt was made today to tie up passenger trains on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and they were run without interference. This morning freight trains were dispatched as usual. No effort was made this evening to despatch trains from Cairo, but at the general offices of the company It was stated if possible some would be sent out.
 Not more than tyenty-five men are re- ported out in Cairo and great many are applying for work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
Iessie Morrrison Must Suffer-

Topeka. Kas.. May 9.-The Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of the State vs. Jessie Morrison. Jessie Morrison was de- clared guilty-of killing Mrs, plin Castle three years ago at the Castle home in Eldorado. The decision means twenty years imprisonment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
EMPLOYEES STATEMENT.
Say They Had Tried to Reach {
 Middle Ground.

St. Louis, Mo. May 9.-The statement given out by the employers of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad follows:
 ITO the Public-This is official notice that, failing to agree upon satisfactory wage rates and other matters governing working conditions. after several months spent in an honest endeavor to reach
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10

Governor. William P. Thorne: Auditor. s, w. Hager: Secretary of State. H. B. Mc- Chcsney; Superintendent of Public In. struction. J. H. Fuqua. ST.; Commission CT of Agriculture. Albert vreeland: Treas urer. Henry Bosworth
 The contests for Attorney General be- tween L. B. Hayes and Charles Carroll and for Railroad Commissioner from the First District between w. c. Bell and J. F. Dempsey, the incumbent, seem 10 be in doubt with the chances favoring Hayes and Dempsey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
avoided by needing the postmaster's

avoided by needing the postmaster's s counsil
 It is absurd tc lay the blame upon the civil service. After one negro had re- signed. the department. instead of sanc- tioning the appointment of another tor the place. could have assigned the man elsewhere and given the people white man.
 It happened that the route on which the negro Allgood was serving included de- livery at Castalian Springs. where both Senators Bate and Carmack were born and where Senator Bate has for many years made his summer home. There is no doubt that all the political capital possible will be made out of this case for black and tan agitation in Congress and for next years campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
MUST CHECK OUTBREAK
Sultan of Turkey Has No De-
 sire for Hostinties.
His Pocket is Too Empty and xs Knows He Would Not Bs Psr- mittsd to Acquire Any
 Territory.

Berlin. May s.-The German sovsrn< ment regards the Turko- Bulgarian ,atua- tion as being grave. but responsible oa,4 ciais say that if a collision can be staven on through the summer, more sober oo,,.z els can get hearing in the winter when military action is impossible.
 Regarding the mutual recriminstion .e Turkey and Bulgaria in imputine bel<~ cose purposes the officials here say rs,r> key certainly cannot wish for war. he.l cause she is unable to bear the expsusa and knows beforehand that tho powere would not permit territoriaI expansion se result of victory. 1t is also beIlNveS mat Bulgaria, while showing q depIor~ apiy weak attitude towards the rovolss- uonary elements. does not desire war.
 Bulgaria Can't Have It.
 The powers have made Representations Al sona impressing the impossibiiity of IT. lownng Bulgaria to realize the funaame9s@ tai aim of It's policy, namely the acuufsl~ ton of part of Macedonia. The rovev. Know that the partition of Macedonfa i,, Favor of Bulgaria would cause (yraeca. 5eryia and other countries to raise clairin Tor Turkish territory. Hence the powers untedly are determined not to permit any changes in the status quo.
 On, the other hand, the reforms in Nar- edonta. which have unfortunately been suspended through the outbreak of vio- ienco at Salonica. must be carried ouf and Austria Hungary and Russia. which are immediately concerned. will aa~ through their consuis that they are car- ried out.
 Powers Talk Plainly.
 It Is understood that the powers in their representations at Sofia representing tha Bulgarian cabinet with showing wealr- ness toward the revolutionists. pointed out the necessity for more energetic at- titude. v
 In addition to the Communications ,r,z,3a to the government at Sofia the powers have made representations at Constantf- nopie which have convinced Turkey of the hopelessness of deriving any territo- rial or pecuniary advantage from attack ing Bulgaria.
 Nevertheless danger lies in the fact that Turkish and Bulgarian troops are facing each other on the frontier and in proxini- ity to 1t, rendering more or less accl- cidental collision possible. which could easily grow into uncomfortable dimen- sions. The situation. therefore, is having a depressing effect on the German hourses and is, preventing any operations on q large scale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
BAD HEALTH THE CAUSE.
J. c. Mclaughlin of Helena Kills
 Himself.

Birmingham. Ala. May s-A special to The Age Herald from oaKman; Ala Says; en of Helena Ala while visiting his son at this place, committed suicide at ? m by shooting himself through the heart. cause of the act
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-10
QUOTED LINCOLN; WAS KISSED
Alabamian Hooted Down in Debat'
 on Negro Question.

VII HSBIo QuootAoAs
 Chicago. May s.-A dispatch to The Tribune from New York says:
 The Manhattan Liberal Club discussed the negro question last night and Moncure D. Conway declared that the white people of the world are only reflex leprosy and that the normal and only natural color of human beings is brown or black. Con- way made 1t plain that to his mind in the equality of races the blacks have the best of it.
 Other radical statements were made at the meeting and there was some ex- citement. Horace c. Stanslaw, young man from Alabama, was hissed off the platform because he read the sentiments of Abraham Lincoln on the negro ques- ton expressed in his famous debate with stephen A. Douglas. To add a further insult. Conway got up and denounced Lincoln. Two hunderd persons cheered him to the echo and only one man in the audience made any attempt to refute the utterance.