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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
N. w. Railway News.

1t Is said that the $10,00O,000 cash
received by the Union Pacific from W.
A. Clark for the southern branch of the
Oregon Short Line is to be spent on
extensions, either in Washington OF
Oregon, or both. This may hasten the
line, which was reported several weeks
ago, that Hartman is surveying west.
ward from Spokane, perhaps connect
ing with the Bellingham Bay road
But nothing definite has developed yet
as to Washington plans.
President Mohler of the o. R. & N
recommends building line east of the
Deschute river into central Oregon
partly following the route of the Co
lumbia Southern and continuing south
and east, meeting the main line al
Boise City. 1t would form a good al
tentative route to the coast for Union
Pacific traffic, and would open up q
territory rich in lumber and grain re-
sources. Surveyors are now in the
field on this line and northeast OF
Boise towards the Butte extension
These two plats alone would add oven
600 miles to the Union Pacific, or 1OC
miles more than sold to Clark. They
would shorten by 200 miles the route
via the Hartman lines from Montana
to Portland and by 100 miles the dis
lance from Salt Lake to Portland.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
Victims Of the Heat.
KILLED HIS soN.lN.LAw.
Shot Him the Second Time While on
Operating Table

Bluffton, Ind, July 14.-John Ter
rill, a farmer living near Petroleum
has killed his son in law, M. Wolfe,
firing the charges of both barrels of
a shotgun into Wolfe's head as he lay
on an operating table. The operation
was compelled by gunshot wound in
fiicted by Terrill a shot time before.
Wolfe had deserted his wife and baby
and a suit was brought to compel him
to support them. Early in the morning
Wolfe drove past the Terrill home,
shouting insulting remarks and shak-
ing his fist at Terrill. When Wolfe
came by again Terrill shot him in the
leg.
Wolfe was hurried to Petroleum,
placed on an operating table and pre-
parations were made to amputate his
leg. While a crowd stood around
watching the surgeon, Terrill broke In
the door. He drove the crowd from
the room at the point OF his gun and
with the remark IT am going to get
him now" fired both barrels into his
son in laws head. Wolfe was terribly
mutilated. At the time Terrill fired
Wolfe was half conscious. After the
shooting Terrill climbed into his
buggy. reloaded his gun and. holding
the crowd that had formed hastily at
bay, drove to the sheriff's residence
and surrendered.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
TRADE REPORT.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review of
Trade says: Business responds to i'm
proved conditions. Distribution of
merchandise is accelerated by more
seasonable weather and fewer labor
controversies, while the wholesale and
jobbing trade, especially at the inter-
ior, shows the encouraging effect of
brighter agricultural prospects. There
is the customary excessive demand for
farm hands. Receipts of holiday traf-
fic and trade in holiday goods indicate
no diminution in purchasing power,
and semiannual inventories show a
more gratifying situation than expect
ed. There is less than the usual mid
summer idleness in manufacturing, ex-
cept in the cotton industry. Commod-
ity prices advanced slightly during
June, Dun's index number on July 1
being $99,456, compared with $9S,9S6
a month earlier. A decline of "a
per cent is recorded in comparison
with July, 1902, chiefly in articles OF
food. Railway earnings for June are
13.1 per cent larger than last year and
25.3 In excess of 1901.
Installation of new conyerters and
other repairs interfere with work at
some prominent steel mills, which ex-
plains in part the quiet condition of
the market.
Raw wool is firmly held, fair prices
being secured at the London American
auction sales.
Failures numbered 1914 in the Unit
ed States.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
MOST HORRIBLE DEATH.
Negro Paid for His Assault on White
Girl

Negro Paid for His Assault on White
Girl.
Wheeling. w. Va.-A special to the
Register from Bluefelds says: The
little town OF Devon, Mingo county,
was the scene recently of the assault
ing Of little IA year old girl by q
negro, followed by his subsequent
lynching by an enraged mob number
ing over 200 men. The little girl was
caught short distance from her home
by the negro and carried to a neigh
boring wood, where her body was tied
to tree, bound and gagged. Her
absence was noticed by the neighbors,
who Immediately formed themselves
into a searching party. She was found
in an almost dying condition, but was
able to tell to the horror stricken
searchers the story. Wild were the
cries for vengeance when the little
girls story was heard, but after con-
sultation It was decided to lay in wait
for the fiend.
In short time he appeared and
was just renewing his assault upon
the helpless child when the entire mob
Of concealed searchers emerged and
made for him. He would have been
torn limb from limb on the spot, but
the horrible crime of the negro de-
manded more cruel death and the
cool heads kept the enraged mob back
and the negro was dragged to the vii
lage common and bound to a tree.
Again the mob gave vent to their wild
desire for revenge and 1t was by the
greatest efforts Of the leaders that
they were kept back.
The clothing of the negro was torn
from his body and pins, tacks, pen
knives and every conceivable weapon
of torture was stuck into the skin of
the negro as he struggled, vainly
pleading for his life. He was allowed
to suffer hundred deaths, with his
body bleeding in a thousand places
The almost lifeless form of his victim
was then placed before the glaring
eyes of the brute, while willing hands
cut the tongue from his swollen mouth
His cries became incoherent and be-
fore the enraged citizens could be
checked the skin was literally cut from
his body and distributed among the
villagers. He died with his eyes on
the little girl whose life he had ruined
His heart was then cut out with jack
knives, his toes and fingers chopped
off and carried away as mementoes
His bloody and mangled form was
then. soaked with kerosene and fired
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
OREGON NOTES.

The Cove Touring mill has finished
the seasons run.
The late rains have proved a great
benefit to grass and grain fields in the
locality of Cove. There will now be
a half crop or better.
A. w. Nye Of Pendleton, at one time
a sheriff Of Umatilla county, has been
appointed as game warden for the dis
trict, which includes the greater por-
ton Of eastern Oregon.
Two thousand one hundred and
eleven dollars is the Indebtedness Of
the Pendleton school district. The
school census. just completed, shows
1890 school children In the district.
Twenty thousand small trout have
been received for the Umatilla river.
Q. B. Brown of Milton was given 1000,
which will be placed in the Milton
streams.
The annual convention of the Prot
estant Episcopal church of the diocese
of Oregon has adopted resolutions ia
voring change Of name. The reso-
lutions favor some name incorporating
the word Catholic.
One million one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds Of wool was dis
posed Of at the second wool sale held
In Heppner last week. The prices
were good. ranging from 10 3-S to
IA "a cents per pound.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17

train. She was trying to get her dog
on the track.
A little girl years old, the daugh-
ter Of w. 9. Boyd, a rancher, living
about fiye miles west Of Weiser. was
killed recently by being kicked by a
colt with which she was playing. Her
neck was broken.
The financial report OF Shoshone
county for the quarter ending June 80
has been completed, and shows that
ON July there were outstanding war
rants amounting to s69.s64.77. while on
April Of this year they amounted to
SIS, 661.27, an increase during the past
quarter Of only s203.50.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
MINES AND MINING NOTES
SUMNER BRINGS ACTIVE WoR'
I'M EVERY SECTION.


Governors of the western states nase
.ooa,vod word from Secretary lr"in
Mahon of the American Mining con
gress formerly known as the Interim
tional Mining congress, that the sixtn
annual session will be held this year
at Deadwood and Leads D., septem-
her to 10 inclusive. Secretary Ma
hon informs them that they wiz pe q,
lowed to name is delegates from l 'ne -
respective states; mayors Oh clues =.
towns, three delegates each; boards %
trade, chambers of commerce Scion
tiac associations, miners Organize
lions and mining bureaus, three eacn
Persons desiring to be appointed az
delegates from the state should SEM
in their name to the governors as carry
as possible.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
Montana Mines.

Martin johnson, one of the owners
OF group Of mining claims in the
Mooselake district, speaks encourag-
ingly Of the prospects Of that section of
Montana.
The st. Julian Gold Mining company
VIII erect a 10 stamp mill on their
property at Emigrant this summer.
The company expects to be able to han
die about 100 tons of ore q day.
Mulvahil & Ely Brothers, who have
leased the DAILY properties at SWicks.
have largely increased their force and
will double the capacity Of their con-
centrator. They are making large ship
ments of first class ore and will con-
centrate the balance.
w. o. Clymo and Conn Finn Of
Butte are making an expert examina-
ton Of the Antelope mines. about 20
miles south Of Philipsburg. It is said
that California men have offered $780,
900 for the Antelope property.
The biggest little camp In the
state,'' is the terse description given
by mining men to Kendall. Fergus
county, Montana. A sister mine to the
famous Kendall is the Barnes-King,
situated about two miles northeast on
the same ridge. The Barnes-King
group comprises Is claims, only one Of
which. however. has been developed.
The deepest shaft is down almost 500
feet. from which q number OF drifts
and crosscuts have been run. Mining
menare Of the opinion that the Barnes
King has an ore body no less extern
sive than that of the Kendall.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
To consoIIdate Religious Workers.

A movement Of signal Importance in
the religious world was launched by
the Christian Endeavor convention in
session at Denver. 1t is a tentative
proposal to work for the amalgama.
ton Of the Christian Endeavor society,
the Epworth league and the Baptist
union, and 1t will be presented in the
form of a petition from the Endeavor.
ers to the other two national bodies.
In taking the initiative in the advoc.
acy OF such union the Christian En-.
deayor society points to its priority
of establishment as justification.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
pIshonorabIx DISCHARGED.

Washington. July 14.-First Lieut.
L. M. Bushfield. Seventeenth infan
try, was tried at Vancouver barracks
Wash, for conduct unbecoming ar
officer and gentleman, making FALSE
statements. conduct to the prejudice
Of good order and military discipline
disobedience Of orders and breach Of
arrest"
He was found guilty Of all the
charges and the specifications laid
hereunder and sentenced to be dis
charged from the service. The presi
dent has approved the sentence.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
Cashier Wrecks the Bank,

Newburg. N Y. July 14.-Joseph w.
Cummins is in jail on a charge of
grand larceny. He was secretary and
treasurer and cashier Of the Cornwall
bank and is alleged to be a defaulter
to the extent Of about $4,000, wreck
ing the bank.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
IDAHO lTEMs.

The old Elmore mine at Rocky Bar
Is to be reopened.
Mrs. Johnlin. an aged Indian woman,
living near Kamiah. was run down and
instantly killed recently by freight
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
Burned in a Haystack.

Perry. Iowa, July 14.-Frightened
because he had set fire to his fathers
barn. Abner Carpenter. Jr, years old,
hid himself in the hay NOW and was
consumed in the flames.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17

In Austria religious instruction is
compulsory In all schools. The head
teacher must belong to the faith Of the
majority.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
MINlNo NorEs

z. Clark has gone to California on
mining business.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17
STORMS FOLLOW IHE heat.
BALTIMORE SUFFERS FROM vio.
LENT WIND AND RAIN STORM.
Three Hundred People Rendered
Homeless for Time Damage
Enormous-Lishtnins strikes Near
Washington and Wrecks Boathouse
on River--shoeks a Dozen Men.

Baltimore, July IA severe wind
and rain storm occurred here, which
was very violent in limited section
of northern Baltimore, where, within
a radius Of about four blocks, so
houses were unroofed, walks demolish-
ed and trees were uprooted. For sew
eral squares the streets were thickly
strewn with debris. Three hundred
people were rendered homeless for the
time being. and were compelled to find
shelter in neighboring houses. The
damage to houses and household goods
is estimated at 100000. The rainfall
here for the day was 1896 inches and
the velocity Of the wind AZ miles an
hour.
Lightning Strikes Boat.
Washington, July 14--During ter
rife thunder storm here lightning
struck boat house near the Potomac
river in which dozen men had taken
refuge. One man was killed, another
SO badly injured that he may die and
still another was severely hurt. The
dead:
Robert B. Smith, aged 80.
Seriously injured: Charles Slaugh.
ter, colored. may die; William Lyons,
will recover.
All IL felt the effects of the thunder
bolt The structure itself was wreck.
ed. G. H. Bannigan, the policeman
on duty at the beach, while hurrying
to the emergency hospital for aid, was
twice rendered temporarily uncon
scious from the effects Of lightning
striking trees near him. Physicians
from the hospital succeeded in restor.
ing most of those who had been hurt
to consciousness and the remainder
were taken to the hospital.
In Nebraska.
Beaver City, Neb, July 14.--A ter.
rife electrical and wind storm pre-
vailed here, doing much damage to
small buildings and windmills. The
wheat crop just ready for harvest was
also damaged. The salvation Army OF
Kansas and Nebraska, now holding q
camp meeting here. suffered much loss
Nine Of their tents were blown down
Victims Of the Heat.
Philadelphia, July 1.-TWO persons
stricken by the heat last week, 10
seph Walsh and Annie Rosener, died
while Mrs. Mary Gibson, aged 33 years
became insane after suffering from
the heat several days. The tempera.
ture today was moderate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
VERMONT WRESTLERS.
No state I'm the Union Has Furnish ed
More Square-HOld and side
Hold Good Ones.

"When 1 was a boy in Vermont"
said Representative Cy. Sulloway, of
New Hampshire, reports the Washing
ton Star, sit was my ambition and that
Of nearly every farmers boy in the
state, as far as | knew, to be consid-
cred a champion wrestler. Probably
no state in the union has furnished as
many good square-hold and side-hold
wrestlers as the Green Mountain state.
Most of us boys learned wrestling at
school, the wrestling bouts usually
taking place at recess. Even the
schoolmaster took hand in the game
and would try his skill against the
larger boys, and if he happened to be
thrown he lost prestige among his
scholars. But it was at town meet
ings that the greatest exhibitions of
skill and strength took place. The
best wrestlers in the townships rallied
at these gatherings, and the people
seemed to take more interest in the
outcome of the bouts than in the re-
suits at the polls. The science of
souare-hold and side-hold wrestling
has almost died out in the state now
adays. Boys and young men seem to
fancy football, golf and baseball, but
there are some fine specimens Of man
hood yet in the state, and il takes n
pretty good man to lay even modern
Vermonter on his back"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
POSSIBILITIES OF ENGLISH.
striking Illustration Given n French
Lecturer by a witty Amer
lean Woman.

NJ. lc Comte Robert de Montesquiou-
Fezensac, here to lecture on French
literature, met with surprise the
other day at reception. He was talk
ing TO dainty little lady, who spoke
very good French, reports the New
York Times. She was telling of the
vast possibilities in the English Ian
guage, and, ncglectful of the fact that
he imperfectly understands the Ian
guage, she gave him the following:
"a flock of girls is called n bevy, a
bevy of wolves is called pack, a pack
Of thieves is called gang, a gang Of
angels is called host, n host of fish
is called shoal, n shoal of cattle is
called herd, herd OF children is
called a troop, a troop of partridges is
called covey, a covey Of beauties Is
called a galaxy, galaxy of rut'ians is
called horde, horde Of coal is called
a heap, heap of oxen is called n drove,
a drove Of backguards is calico q mob,
a mob Of whales is called a school, n
school OF worshipers is called con
grcgation, a congregation of engineers
is called corps, corps OF robbers is
called u band, "A band OF locusts is
called a swarm, and n swarm Of people
is called n crowd"
NJ. le Comte asked the fair one to
please write ii out for him, as he
wished TO use lexicon for purposes of
translation. He tried it later and gave
up in despair.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
ELUSIVE BACILLI.
Scientists Find Much Difficulty In De-
stroying Germs of Typhoid
Tuberculosis.

1t is one Of the disappointments Of
the medical profession since the bac-
terra theory of many diseases has
been fully established that all efforts
to find an antidote for the tubcrculc
typhoid bacillus have failed, says a
special to the St. Louis Globe-Dcmo-
crat. An antitoxin has been provided
for the diphtheria bacillus, because
the person of this bacillus passes out
of it's cell and is soluble. The person
of typhoid tuberculosis is intracel-
lular ana remains there, and cannot
be reached under ordinary cOndi-
tions. Recent experiments by bac-
teriologists, with the assistance Of
Prof. Dewar, Of the effects Of cx-
IRENE cold upon the bacilli show that
they survive at the lowest temper
allure attainable. 1t was discovered.
however, that when frozen in liquid
air the bacilli became extremely brit.
tie, so that they could be trituratcd
into exceedingly fine powder and
their cellular character thus de
stroyed 1t is possible 10 experiment
with antidotes upon their poisonous
contents, and it is hoped before long
that this method will lead to the dis
covery of a treatment which will de
stroy the germs Of typhoid tubercu-
losis in the human body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
BOOK AGENTS RIDE IN CABS.
Some in New York City Make Five
to Ten Thousand Dollars . Year
with Little Effort.

A New Yorker out of work was at
tracted by an alluring advertisement
from a publishing house. The com
pensation mentioned was $50 a week
to commence, and more as sales in
creased. The young man was ambi-
tious and had a good general ac-
quaintance among the sort of men who
buy books, reports the Times. When
he went for his job he was told that
the $40 week proposition meant that
the firm did not care to employ book
agents who had not demonstrated
their ability to earn that sum regu-
larly on commission. There was moth
ing in the nature of a salary guaran-
tee about it. He was told, also, that
there were men book agents in New
York who made their $1,000 to $4,000
year without much trouble. These
agents, he was told, handled only the
highest and most expensive publica-
tons. They had become acquainted
with the individual tastes and pecul-
iarities Of rich men, who never ques-
toned the price of book If 1t was
something they wanted. The trade Of
these men was entirely in editions de
luxe. The agents made appointments
with their customers by telephone,
either at the homes or offices of the
latter, and rode in a hanson cab to
keep the appointment. If they did not
ride they took boy from the publish
ing house to carry the book.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
TRAMP AND CLUBMAN.
Singular Behavior of London He
cluse who Appears In Both
Characters.

A curious story of wealthy old
recluse is told by an English CORE
spondent of Household Words.
Not hundred miles from London,
and about five miles from a railway
station, he says, stands large house
in beautiful grounds. Two rooms
| only in this house are occupied-one
by the owner and the other by his
servitor. The staircase is never used,
and communication between the two
rooms is by hole in the floor and q
rope ladder. The owners meals,
when cooked, are passed up through
this hole.
The chief popularity, however, OF
this eccentric being is that twice
week, late at night, he comes down
his rope ladder dressed as a tramp.
lie then walks five miles to the sta
ton referred to, where he has a pri-
vate room. Here he changes his
clothes, energies in full evening dress
and goes by the last train up to
London.
1t has been ascertained that he
then takes a cab to one of the big
clubs in the neighborhood of Pail
Mall. What he does at the club is
not known, but be returns by the
first (newspaper) train in the morn
ing, when he repairs to his room at
the station, puts on the tramp's
clothes again and returns to his
house, where he resumes his peculiar
mode of life.
He has never been known to speak
to anyone in the village, and no one
can give a reason for his quaint be
havior but local gossip has it that
he was Tilted as a young man and
vowed that ne would never again
speak to woman nor, so far as he
could avoid it, look at one again.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-05
A COLLEGE GIRLS IDEA.
by Dlllgent study to Become an Ex-
pert Dietist, She Secures
Good Position.

The graduate of a woman's college
who recently was engaged by the
New York department of charities as
consulting dietician appears to have
discovered an entirely new field Of
endcavor for members of her sex
who have received a liberal educa-
ton. Moreover, it is one in which
the possibility of male competition
is very slight, says the New York
Times.
While studying at college, the
young woman realized that 1t was
possible for her to become an expert
on matters of diet, and planned her
course to that end. Though not an
executive, she will soon be one of the
most imnnrtant officers Of that
branch Of the city government, be-
cause she is sent upon estigations
on everything concerning foods, their
preparation, their nutriment, and
their serving in the various institu-
tions. She reports directly to and
consults with the commissioner.
She has studied so as to be prac-
tical and scientific, too. She can
cook, from soups to cake, and she
has Prot Atwater's food researches
at her fingers end. Along with old
fashioned housekeeping she took up
biology, physiology, chemistry and
domestic science. A man would have
hard time competing with her I'M
less he was an expert cook and had n
good working knowledge OF house
wifery.