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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

If you want to sell, buy, borrow
or beg anything, use our want
column. 1t has been a rousing sue
cess ever since established several
years ago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Those who wear this prominent make Of
Mems Clothing will have no other. YOU
who have not become acquainted with
this Superior Make don't know what you
miss. Not only do they fit elegantly when
you buy them but they retain their shape
and appearance until worn out. They
cost perhaps shade more than common
trash but what difference in satisfaction
to the wearer. We retail splendid suits Of
this make at $1,000 to $4,000
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Sumpter Mines.

The E. & E. Mining company has
just signed a contract with William
]. Robertson for delivery at the mine
of 100000 feet of lumber.
Messrs. Hawley and Weaver have
started piping on the Buck gulch pla-
GERS and expect to make large clean
up before the season is over.
The Oregon Power & Placer COM
pany has commenced operations on its
placer ground between Sumpter and
Granite. These placers produce con-
siderable dust each season.
The Snow Creek group in the Green
horn district, is the scene of extens-
i've operations. Large quantities of
ore have been blocked out and stopping
is going on. The mill is running to
it's full capacity.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
both KILLED IN PISTOL DUEL
Ex-POLICE OFFICERS OF CORvAL-
LIS. ORE, IN A FIGHT.
Chester Ready Is Dead and James
Dunn Fatally Shot-D. A. Osburn
Dangerously Shot-Great Excite
ment Notwithstanding Occurred
in Front of Post Office.

Corvallis, Ore, April 25.-Chester
Ready is dead, James Dunn, ex-chief
Of police of Corvallis, is perhaps fatal
ly shot; David A. Osburn, ex-sheriff Of
Benton county, is dangerously shot, as
the result of a pistol duel that took
place shortly after midnight Sunday
Morning. The trouble began when
Ready, after leaving a restaurant, fired
off his pistol, and ex-Sheriff Osburn,
who is night officer of Corvallis, un-
dertook to arrest him. Ready was I'M
der the influence of liquor, and when
Osburn approached, he drew a gun and
ordered Osburn to halt. There was
some parleying, and when Osburn ad-
vanced Ready fired, and the officer,
shot through the neck, fell in the arms
Of bystanders.
Sheriff Burnett, who had been sum-
moned, soon arrived on the scene in
company with ex-Sheriff Dunn, and,
taking Ready by the arm, ordered him
under arrest. Ready whipped out a
pistol and began to fire. The first
shot went wide of the mark. and
second, also aimed at the sheriff, took
effect in Dunns abdomen.
Then Burnett fred and Ready fell
with a shot in the head. Dunn fell
into the arms of a companion, firing
two shots from his pistol at Ready as
he did so. Burt Turley, aged %, is
in custody as an accessory with Ready.
Ready is about Is years of age and be-
longs to a family locally prominent.
The condition of Dunn and Osburn
is critical. Three surgeons are work.
ing on them. One of Keady's bullets
penetrated Dunn's bowels and most
serious results are feared. 1t is be-
lieved the first bullet fired by Ready
| lodged under Osburns left shoulder
blade, after penetrating his neck and
been able to find it.
The greatest excitement prevailed.
The shooting was made the topic of
several sermons against the liquor traf
fc. Ready was a son Of George B.
Ready, instructor in topography at the
Oregon Agricultural college here. He
was known as a young man of ex-
citable temperament, likely. to be I'M
ruly after drinking. His age was 18
years.
The shooting occurred in front OF
the postoffice. Before that disturb
ance had been made opposite the First
National bank. Occurring as it did
in the center of the usually quiet col
lege town, the shooting awakened sew
eral score of people and the streets
were quickly thronged.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Buffalo Hump News.

At the Del Rio some good ore is
being taken out. The tunnel is now
in $50 feet and prosecuting is being
done.
The Little Giant is still in good
ore, which increases in size and value
as the work progresses.
Will II. Brown, manager, and Geo.
Blaine, foreman of the Concord com
pany, are due in a day or two. The
Ajax drifts north and south continue
to show a large body of ore. Cross.
cutting is being done as well as drift
ing.
The Crackerjack people are figuring
on putting in a cyanide plant.
Myron ]. Church, superintendent
of the Nighthawk mine. Nighthawk
Okanogan county, Wash, reports that
the tunnel on the property which he
is managing is in 1245 feet, and a
great deal of water is coming in al
and near the face.
The Jumbo test plant is modelled
after the Hendryx agitator, except that
it has a centrifugal pump instead OF
using propeller blades in a tube.
Meteor Camp, Washington, will open
up soon. Work on several properties
should commence when snow is of
the ground. 1t is a camp of rich
values.
John Condron, Lou Smith and Franh
Brown have set a price of 100000 OF
four claims of the Union Jack group
in Buffalo Hump, Idaho, and William
A. Nichols has left for the east t.
place the property.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
General Notes.

A wholesale capture of striking min
ers in Carbon county. Utah, is reported
in special dispatches from Price, Utah.
Dividends of $4,000 were paid Mon
day on two mines in the Spokane group
through the Offices of Finch & Camp
bell. The Kendall, gold property in
Fergus county, Montana, will disburse
its monthly divluend of $4,000 at the
rate OF cents per share, and the
Hecla, silver-lead property in the
Occur d'Alenes, will pay its quarterly
dividend of cents per share.
From four to six cars of copper ore
are shipped daily from the Snowstorm
mine near Mullan, Idaho. to the
Tacoma smelter, and 80 cars have been
consigned.
After an idleness Of several years,
due to prolonged litigation, the Six
teen to One silver-lead mine in the
Occur d'Alenes, will resume work this
week. About a dozen men will be en-
ployed on development, but this num-
Der will be gradually increased. De-
velopInent will be in the lower tun-
mel. 400 feet deep. The Sixteen to One
mine had produced over 5000 when
the litigation was commenced in 1899.
Thomas l.. Greenough has closed a
contract with the Washington Water
Power company for 500 horse power
of electricity to operate all the machin'
cry of the Morning mine, three and a
half miles above Wallace, Idaho, on
the Occur d'Alene river. at the mouth
of Grouse gulch. The power will be
used in the compressor plants to com
press air which will be used to run
the drills, the hoists and all the other
apparatus.
It is announced that the last pay
ment on the Werdenhoff mine, in the
Big Greek section, Idaho, has beer
made some time in advance of matu
rity. The amount called for about
$4,000. but it is understood that the
company secured a concession fol
early payment. 1t is said an import
ant strike was made in the property
recently.
Jules L. Prickett of Spokane has
brought a suit against F. Lewis Clarl
and Charles Sweeny to recover $500,
600 damages. Prickett alleges that h
was defrauded out Of his interest II
the Last Chance mine near Wardner
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
British Columbia Notes.

News reaches Nelson, B. G. of two
important strikes on the Happy Four
and the Lardo King claims, near Pop
lar. Richard Roberts, owner of the
Happy Four, has been developing his
property all winter. On Saturday. at
the bottom of his 60 foot shaft. he
struck a three foot shoot of ore, in
which the gold was in nuggets. 1t
was so rich that Roberts and those
working with him could hardly be-
lieve their eyes. The ledge is II feet
wide The other strike was in the
Lardo King, adjoining the Happy Four
on the west. In the 20 foot tunnel a
two and a half foot shoot of ore was
encountered that fairly glistened with
free gold.
N. F. Mcknight of Silverton, B. c.,
in the Boundary district, has announc-
ed the sale of the Kilo group on Lem
on creek. The purchasers are an
American syndicate headed by S. r.
Oldacre of Helena. Mont. The deal
is practically on cash basis, the sum
involved being $4,000 OF this $685.
OUO has bcSu paul uOWils ZIG AOlhnih-
ing $4,000 coming in six months.
Boundary ore shipments now ex-
coed the quarter million figure.
All railroads are now running
through trains, and ore is moving
regularly from Rossland to the smelt-
ers. The lie Roi has resumed partial
shipments, and other mines are pro-
ducing on a normal basis.
The International Coal & Coke com
pany is installing new machinery at
Coleman, Alta, and are to ship two
thousand tons per day. o. G. Laberee
says the new machinery will he in
stalled by July /. S. H. Miner is
president of the company.
The Greenwood townspeople in gen
eral and the Providence mine people
particularly, are jubilant over the sue
cess of the Providence.
Last week one furnace at the Green
wood smelter was blown out for a few
days to make repairs. During March
in addition to shipping over $4,000 tons
of ore, there were 1896 feet of develop
ment work done in the CRANKY
mines.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Idaho. He has been assigned the stock

Idaho. He has been assigned the stock
of a number of other stockholders.
Between 10 and 20 tons of ore from
the Wyoming mine near Wardner, Ida
no, are being run daily through the
Silver King mill, making three tons
of concentrates in a IL hour shift.
H. Smith Wooley, in charge Of the
United States assay Office at Boise
states to the Spokesman-Review that
he is on a tour to secure the gold and
silver output of northern counties that
passes through banks and have 1t di-
verified to the Boise Office instead of
going to Seattle, which is now the case.
S. N. Quesenberry, an employe of
the Federal Mining e. Smelling COM
pany at the Standard mine, sustained
broken leg and injuries to his arm
by falling 10 feet in the mine.
At the Mountain Lion mine there is
but little doing except running out
ore and loading it on the railroad
cars. There are reported to be over
10000 tons broken down in different
ports of the mine. and there will be
no necessity for breaking any more
for some time.
w. S. Rogers is negotiating with
Chicago and Minneapolis people for
the sale of his iron claims near Spring
dale, Wash, for about $4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
NEW STEEL FOUNDRY.
Gigantic Plant to Be Erected Near
Chicago.

A steel foundry plant, to cost be-
tween 100000 and 100000, is soon
to be erected in Chicago by Joseph E.
Schwab, former president of the Amer
lean Steel Foundries company, who
resigned from that Office April 16. The
plant will cover so acres, and it is the
intention to secure a long option upon
so acres more. in which to make ex-
tensions to the plant when required
Plans have been prepared and the pre-
liminary work is we'll in hand.
Mr.. Schwab intimated that at pres
ent he is practically alone in the pro-
ject. The plant will give employment
to from 1900 to 1000 men, and the
capacity will be from 5000 to $500
steel castings a month.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
SOCIETY MAN TURNS ROBBER.
Bert Thorndyke of San Jose, CAL.
Killed


San Jose. Cal, April 25.-A masked
man armed with two revolvers, enter
ed the rooms of the Del Monte social
club at an early hour Sunday morning,
and after lining up against the walls
six men who were in the rooms at the
time, took a diamond ring valued at
5000 from one of the men, grabbed up
$3.50 or $500 from the table, then back
ed out of the room.
After pursuit by citizens and po-
lice lasting over an hour, during which
over 80 shots were exchanged, the rob-
Der was finally killed. Upon investi-
cation the dead man was found to be
Bert Thorndyke, a prominent young
man of this city.
Thorndyke was one of the best
known young men in this city, having
resided here for years.
Formerly Thorndyke was engaged
in business with e. II. Wemple & Co.,
grocers, and for the past year he has
been with the A. G. Leon company, a
large printing establishment.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
TORNADO DOWN IN KANSAS
PROPERTY DEMOLISHED IN TOWN
OF MCPHERSON.
1t Missed ThickIy Settled District
Several Persons Injured, but Not
FataIly-Farm Property Damaged
All Wires Down-Serious Flood at
Fort Scott-Live Stock Loss Heavy.

Mcpherson, Kan, April 25.-A Sc
we're tornado struck Mcpherson Sun
day afternoon, demolishing six resi-
dences and causing more or less other
damage to property. Three persons
were injured, one seriously. Much
damage was done in the county north
of here.
A funnel shaped cloud approached
the town from the south, following
the course Of ravine. The residence
of s. W. Reiff was first struck, and the
house, barn, windmill and outbuild-
ings destroyed. All the members of
the family escaped except a young
man, who was bruised and scratched.
The residence of Mrs. P. S. Fisher was
next struck. The building was pick
ed up and carried a considerable dis
lance and demolished. The family
had seen the approach of the storm
and escaped. The large Fisher apple
orchard was ruined.
The large residence OF Archie
Brown, next in the path of the storm,
was wrecked, and two of Mr.. Browns
daughters injured. One, struck by the
cook stove falling upon her. was seri-
ously hurt. The residence of Peter
Sellberg was next wrecked, the family
escaping. After wrecking the slaugh-
ter house of S. G. Grant. the storm
lifted and passed south, travelling in
the direction of Lindsberg.
Beyond Mcpherson, the tornado fol-
lowed the ground, taking the path of
an old watercourse. The tornado pass
ed four miles east OF Salina, wrecking
telephone and telegraph poles and
farm property. Efforts made to fol
low the course of the storm by tele-
phone were made, but all the wires
were down.
1t is a miracle that great damage
was not done at Mcpherson and many
persons killed. as the tornado barely
missed the thickly settled residence
district.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
TRADE REPORT.

R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says:
Unreasonable weather is still the
chief drawback to improvement in bus
mess, complaints being received from
every section of the country. and slow
collections are also attributed to this
factor.
Not only is current distribution of
merchandise particularly affected, but
future commitments are undertaken
most conservatively on account of the
possible injury to crops. There is
much confidence regarding the future,
despite the fact that at many points
supplies of merchandise are burden
some. Structural work is gradually
resuming normal proportions for the
season. May 1 is usually the date
fixed for many labor controversies, but
this year there is little prospect OF
serious disturbances.
Slightly lower prices prevail for the
leading agricultural staples.
Failures number 241 in the United
States.
Northwestern Wheat Report.
Portland.-Walla Walla, 7S@74c;
bluestem, sic; valley. S1QS3c.
Unchanged; bluestem, SIC;
club, SAC.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
CHICAGO BOYS HUNG.
Carbarn Robbers Pay Penalty for
Their Crimes.


The grewsome sight of man with
ing and twisting in apparent agony
for full six minutes at the end of a
hangman's rope, an atheists dying
statement of wish that he could be-
lieve in an eternity and a God, his
summing up of misspent life, his ar
raignment of the churches. and his ap-
peal for the slum-reared boy, with his
little chance and small hope of being
a good man. all marked the execution
at Chicago of three of the carbarn
murderers, Neidermeier, Marx and Van
Dine.
Ore died condemning the world, its
people and it's institutions. while the
others met death in prayer and be-
lief in a God and a reunion in eter-
nifty
Neidermeier was the first to be hang
ed. The drop fell at 1876. His limp
body wriggled and twisted for fully six
minutes before he was pronounced
dead.
Marx was the next to mount the
scaffold. He was hanged at 11:17
O'Clock.
Finally came Van Dine. The trap
was sprung at 11:55.
Neidermeier's statement prior to be
ing taken to the scaffold and his agony
we're the features of the execution.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
WASHINGTON NEWS.

President Roosevelt has removed
Major A. M. Anderson, Indian agent in
charge Of the Colville reservation in
this state, as the result of an investi-
cation of alleged irregularities in his
administration of agency affairs.
Representative Jones has been mott
fed that the secretary of the interior
has temporarily withdrawn from home
stead entry 100000 acre tract of land
west of the Yakima reservation pend
ing the result of legislation on the bill
these lands and the opening of their
reserve to settlement.
field of barley in head is unique
sight for this season of the year near
Waitsburg.
Seeding in Columbia county has been
delayed several days on account of the
wet weather.
The prospect for a bountiful wheat
crop in the Big Bend is better than it
has been for years.
A jailbreak was prevented at Daven-
port by the watchfulness of Sheriff
Inkster and his deputies.
Spokane building permits for April,
even before the month is past, have
reached the enormous figures of $685..
210.
1t is announced that the bill to clear
title to the big strip Of land along the
Northern Pacific right Of way will be
passed without further trouble.
70 Of
the hand of a masked burglar, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Weixel were Saturday morn
ing forced to submit to robbery in
their home at 312 Harvard avenue
north, Seattle After he had threat
ened death to his victims. the bold
burglar secured only SO for his trouble
The program for the tenth annual
shooting tournament of the Washing
ton State Sportsmen's association, to
be held at Harrington, Wash, May 10
20 and 81. has been announced.
The University of Washington track
team and rowing crew, accompanied
by Coach ]. c. Knight, have sailed
for San Francisco, where they will
meet the University Of California mex
Saturday.
T. S. Griffith, proprietor of the Gler
Tana Stock Farm Collie kennels, a
Spokane, has received word that GleI
Tana collies win - first prizes at the
Portland bench show, held April Il
%, 23 and "a.
The suit brought by the American
Bridge company to compel Whitman
county to pay claim once allowed
but unlawfully collected by its forme
auditor, c. G. Raby has resulted in
victory for the company in the su
preme court.
Ranchers say the country north o
Walla Walla was damaged consider
,, ably greater by the recent rain tha
at first supposed. Wheat, roads, brio
ges and in some places even SINAI
outbuildings we're more or less dan
aged by the storm.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
MINES AND MINING NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
DURING THE PAST WEEK..
Labor Trouble Still Exists Down In
Colorado-Coeur d'AIene Output Is
Greater Than Ever--B. c. Mines
Busy---Acedents and Personals.

Judge j. H. Richards, president of
the American Mining congress, has re-
ceived from President Roosevelt a
response to an invitation sent him to
attend the meeting in Portland this
year. The president expressed regret
at being unable to attend. but states
the government will be represented by
three officials as at the last session
when Secretary Shaw attended on re
quest of the president.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Flood at Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, Kan, April 25.-Fort
Scott is experiencing the most serious
flood in it's history. Marmaton river
and Mill creek, which runs into the
former stream here. have risen 10 feet
in the past "a hours, the result OF
heavy rains. Several hundreds of per-
sons have been rescued in boats. AS
far as known tonight no lives have
been lost. The estimated loss in live
stock drowned and property damaged
is 100000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Lieut.. Col. Stewart Is Dead.

Berkeley, Cal.-Joseph Stewart, lieu
tenant colonel U. S. A., retired, and
the second oldest living graduate of
West Point, is dead at Berkeley. He
was SO years old, native of Kentucky,
a veteran of the Mexican war and of
many Indian campaigns. At one time
he was in charge of Fort Point, San
Francisco harbor. He was a gradu-
ate Of West Point of the class of
1912 with Sherman, Hancock and
Rosecrans. He was retired in 1879.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
LEGAL EXECUTION.
Frank Rose Put to Death at Salt
Lake.

Lake.
Frank Rose, who murdered his wife
last Christmas, was shot to death in
the yard of the state penitentiary Fri
day morning at Salt Lake. Rose was
strapped to the same little wooden
chair in which Peter Mortensen met
his death a few months ago. Five
prison guards, concealed behind blue
curtain in the doorway of the black
smith shop across the area. formed
the executing squad One Of the ri
fies held blank cartridge. Rose went
to the death chair with the same cool
ness that had marked his conduct
since he surrendered to the police
Death was instantaneous, the four bull
lets lodging in or very close to his
heart
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Tribute to Mark Hanna.

Washington.-The house was in ses-
sion for over five hours Sunday Tor
the purpose of paying tribute to the
memory of the late Senator Marcus A.
Hanna and the late Representatives
Thompson of Alabama and Skiles oil
Ohio.
Appropriate resolutions were adopt
ed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29
Wireless telegraph Dangerous.

st. Petersburg, April 26.=Viceroy
Alexieff has issued a notification to the
effect that newspaper correspondents
using wireless telegraphy will be
treated as spies. The notification is
the same as that served on the state
department at Washington on April
Is by Ambassador Cassini.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

The average laborer in Russia gets
one fourth as much wages as in the
United States.
There is a wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image of a
hummingbird. The breast is green,
the throat yellow, the head and beak
almost black.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

Jinks-I tell you what it is, there is
nothing like having lots of friends.
Winks-I presume not.
Jinks-No, stree. Just as quick as
1 lose a job, my friends all rush
around hunting a new place for me,
so as to save me the trouble Of Dor
rowing money from them.-New York
Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

Bradstreet's reports that the pres
ent range of prices is the highest in
four years, and that breadstuffs are
the highest since the Russian crop fail
ure of 1891. The war is partly &C
countable for the boost, but logically
prices can not long remain so high
as at present.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

Tibet pesky Cyclone Pete is hang
in around the station again, waitin'
fur some t turn up"
"Shol Whut's he waitin' fur t turn
up now?"
"Alkali likes toes. Alkali called him
"a hos sthief an he's gunnin' fur i'm. ,"
Baltimore News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

La Montt-Stalewood is coming to
tell one of his jokes. Let us run.
La Moyne-Are his jokes really so
bad?
La Montt-Bad? Why they are jokes
you wouldn't listen to if he was going
to buy the next round of drinks.-Chi-
cago News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

A patent has been granted in Eng
land for a discovery whereby radium
can be used to illuminate gun sights
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-29

In Mexican stores the metric system
of weights and measures is in general
use.