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Fails to Explain.
Meeting Of the Maine Association.

The meeting of the Maine Association
was held in the parlors of 522 9th street
northwest Saturday evening. with the pres
ident. Mr. George W. Hall, in the chair.
Sixty-eight members and visitors were
present.
The president appointed Mr., Pu.sifer,
Capt. de Coster and Capt. c. H. Ellis a
committee on applications for membership,
and Mrs. Briggs. Capt. de Coster, Mr.. Rich.
Mrs. Mclaughlin and Mrs Metcaif com
mittee to welcome and Introduce all mem
bers.
After a recess of ten minutes for social
intercourse. the program committee. Miss
Patten and Miss Baoson presented the fol-
lowing entertainment for the evening: Rec
itation. Aunt Jemima's Pants" Miss Edna
BarroWs: baritone solo, Loves Old Sweet
Song. Mr.. Morrison. accompanies, Miss
Morrison; recitation, My Mother-in- law. -
Mr.. George SpeIdel. and upon recall. The
Hero Of Gettysburg: a paper entitled My
plea for more ventilation-fresfi air-eyery-
where; vocal duet. Il know Bank Whe- e.
on the Wild Thyme Blows" Misses Scriy-
ner and McDade. accompanies, Miss Aldrich.
for recall Fair Janet was given; recitation
Beware of the Widows" Mr. SpeIdel. and
upon recall. Zachary settin. the Hem
solo, THE Dream OF the Old Home" Mrs
Chase. who accompanied herself on the
guitar. and for recall she gave freddy
ONeti;" short stories. Mr.. Pitman Pulsffer;
reading, ''Motherland." Mrs. Patten
II was announced that at the next meet
ing the program for the evening will be n
address by Mr. Joseph Burchard, who will
give a short account OF his travels on the
Nile and other interesting places he has
seen.
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shipwrecked Crews Brought to Port.

Saturday the crew OF the wrecked British
schooner James W. was brought into Bal
timore on steamer and Sunday another
steamer came into that port bringing Capt.
w. r. Wyman and six men, comprising the
crew of the British schooner Josie hailing
from Weymouth. y. s., which sank at sea
February Is last. The Josie sailed from the
Meteghsn river for the Barbodoes, with
timber and potatoes. Monday. February Is.
Soon after clearing the land she ran into a
series OF heavy gales from the northeast
and northwest
For twenty-four hours she was kept run
n3ng before the gale. but the seas finally
became 80 heavy that She had to heaye to-
TIE heavy seas boarding the vessel caused
her III spring a leak. and to add to the dan
ger her deck load of heavy logs became
Ioosened. and at great risk had to be
thrown into the water. This was of no
avail and throughout the night OF the 18Th
and all day of the 18th the water continued
10 gain. until the cabins were flooded and
all provisions spoiled.
The schooner became water-logged and
unmansgeable and in grave danger of sink
ing under her crew. In this plight the men
remained for twenty-four hours, when the
steamship Ulstermere, Captain Richardson
came in sight, and in response to the Sig
nsls of distress went 10 the aid of the i'm
periied crew. With much difficulty and
danger the men We're taken from the
schooner and conveyed to the Uistermere.
where they were made as comfortable as
possible.
Captain Wyman and his men were frost
bitten and injured by The, logs which they
had to throw overheard from the schooner
iscklOad. -'
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have put thousands of dollars in his pocket
by saying the word, if this much heralded
'divvy' had been fact. And L want 10
tell you one other thing-that the govern
ment is now using sf3 800 worth of these
fasteners for which it has not paid a cent.
1t is hold-up, pure and simple
Mr.. Douglass spent some time IN an en-
deayor to show that Machen displayed ne.
unusual interest in the fastener or the
payments made by the government to the
Groffs Court adjourned at 1926 for noon
recess. to reconvene at I'D PM, with Mr.
Douglass still addressing the jury.
Denies the Charge Of Fraud.
In resuming his argument after recess
Mr.. Douglass said no more fasteners had
been recommended by Machen than enough
to equip the letter boxes existing at that
time He denied that the government had
ever been defrauded, because 1T had only
purchased what fasteners it needed and at
the lowest lrice which it could obtain. He
said one of the greatest evidences of inno-
cence which has arisen n the case Is that
MacheH voluntarily reduced the pricv OF the
fastener from $i.50 to $l.2o
mo one above Maehen ordered this re-
duction; no one below him suggested 1t. and
yet the government would have You look
upon Machen as Judas iscariot, faithiess
to his charge. Is this the sort of action
you would expect from CRATER traiter
or crook?
Another great evidence of Innocence is
the absolute absence OF cOnce3imenl III All
the transactions between the defendants
He said the .divyy' could just as well have
been accomplished by remittances of coin or
paper money BY express or registered mail.
Instead of this. he said everything had
been done openly and above board, and that
instead of trying to cover up their tracks
as criminals do. they had made dozen
tracks each one of which demonstrated
innocence.
INDUCES in Personalities.
In concluding his eight-hour address. Mr..
Z ID v,arenro1 at r1rs Iu-
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spector Mayer. calling him the INCARNATION
of persecution" He declared Mayer and
This understrappers. the Post Office detec-
lives" We're working for corrupt purpose
He said 1t was at least possible that Sam
Groff's signature had been obtained by
gross fraud by getting Croft to read one
statement and sign another.
1.-THE Groffs and George F. Lorenz are
but incidents in this great trial" said Mr.
Douglass finally. They have been used as
mere tools to enable the government con-
spirators to tomahawk Maehen and have
his scalp dangling from their chariot
wheels. | admit there has been con-
spiracy to defraud the government, but the
wrong defendants have been placed on trial.
The conspirators are Bristow, Fosnes
and Mayer. and like the Brutus who as
sassinated his Caesar. they were moved by
envy
Mr.. Douglass concluded at 2:45. and
Major Conrad followed Immediately. with
the understanding that adjournment be
taken at O'Clock until 10 an tomorrow.
Major Conrad opened his argument by re-
ferring to the closing picture painted by
Mr. Douglass. where the innocent wives
and children of the defendants were shown
to suffer because of conviction. Mr.. Con-
rad said If this picture had been hung be-
fore the defendants prior TO the commission
of the crime the crime never. would have
been committed.
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Severe on Oyster Dredrers.

The oyster dredgers along the Potomac
have lost many thousands of dollars by the
protracted freeze OF this winter, which VIII
go down In history as being the most severe
weather that has been experienced on the
oyster beds of the Potomac for many a
year.
Ordinarily the tlredger looks for two or
three weeks OF idleness. and is prepared for
IL. This winter. however. they have been
idle since early. in December. Not only
has the ice prevented their working, but
when the beds We're free OF ice the We lther
was SO bitterly cold that the dredgers could
not work, and could not reach market for
AS consequence there has been consider
able suffering among those dependent on
the oyster industry for living. and the
outlook for them for several months to
come is not very bright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24
NEW HAMPsHIRE,s CHILDREN.
The Local Association Holds Attractive
Social Session

A social session of the New Hampshire
Association of the District of Columbia was
held last evening at 4l9 10th street north
west, at which an attractive musical pro-
gram was presented The membership OF
this society has grown rapidly under the
system of social meetings which have been
inaugurated, and gives promise of even
greater strides.
Those participating in the entertainment
last evening were Mrs Clara Baker Smith
the Misses Nellie OHare and Mabel Lati-
mer, ana Nj. John A. F,nnegan Miss Lans
dale and Miss. Leeds accompanied the sing
ers.
TYPES of a Past Generation was the
subject OF sketch read by Mrs. Charles
II turner, In which she presented many of
the characteristic New England types that
are rapidly becoming memories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24
Contributions to Charity.

Through Mr. John F. wilkins treasurer.
the following contributions have been re-
ceived for the relief work of the Citizens
Reifef Association: DR. j. o. Skinner. So;
Mr. W. p Stems, PhD., So; w. NJ. Gait &
CO. S25
The Associated Charities. has received
through Mr. John Joy Edison. treasurer
the following contributions to its work
{. J. A.. 81; p. o. order. So; W. p. Storms,
PhD.. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24

A false alarm of fire was turned In about
1890 o'clock last night from box 5{3 at
18th and r streets northwest The police
OF the eighth precinct also responded and
made an investigation, but the violator of
law had disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-24

The subcommittee will also provide set
of rules for the holding of the primaries.
They have already considered various fea-
lures of plans for conducting such prima-
ries
In connection with the rules and regula-
items governing the primaries the convic-
ton seems to be well settled among demo-
cists that il is practical lmpossiblity to
secure a registration Of voters for very
many rpaSpQSes
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In concluding his eight-hour address, Mr..
douglass made personal attack on In
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
HARVESTING HAS BEGUN.
Music Of the Headers heard IN many
FieIds-Fan Grain will yield well.

The warm weather OF the paet
two weeks has ripened the grain on
the prairie wonderfully and several
headers commenced work Monday
and many more will begin work
next week. Most of the fall grain
on the prairie is now ripe enough
to cut,and contrary to early expec-
tations the crop is very heavy. In
the Greencreek section the crop
this year is said to be better than
that of last year while around Fer
dinand it is fully equal to last
years crop, which was a record
breaker. By the time the fall
grain is harvested the spring grain
will be ripe enough to cut and this
crop will be pretty good although
a trifie lighter than usual. Alto
gether the crop on the prairie this
season is considerably above the
average and the farmers can be
justly proud of their residence in a
country where crops never fail.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
Electric Railway project now to be
placed before Eastern Capitalists.
FINANCING WILL DE EASY
Country where the line will operute Is
one Of the Richest in the World.

Colonel Spofford will leave this
morning for Craig Mountain. He
will return here Friday and will
.eave for the east on Saturday in
connection with the important elec-
trio line project. The great value
of the proposed electric road, the
fine route secured and the rich
country that will be. served now
seem to assure no difficulty i'll ad
equately financing the big enter
prise in the east"
The above article, copied from
yesterdays Lewiston Tribune, will
no doubt interest many people on
the prairie who had begun to think
the electric line had been aban-
doned. Now that the project is at
last in shape to be taken east there
is little doubt that it will be easily
financed and the work rushed to
completion. An electric road il
eminently the road for this coun.
try and the richness of the country
this road will TRIP will appeal a,
once to the eastern capitalists wher
the project is placed properly be.
fore them. Even should a steam
road build in here it would hav.
little effect on the electric line as
the resources of this country would
furnish both roads with more bus
ness than they could handle. We
are still strong believer in the
electric road as the only feasible
means of transportation for this
country and confidently expect tc
see the line in operation here with
in the next two years.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05

The bride is the charming daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wise and has host Of
friends in this section who wish her
a life of unalloyed hymenial bliss.
The groom is a prosperous young
farmer and one Of the most substantial
young men in this vicinity.
The young couple will reside on the
groom's fine farm south of town. The
CHRoNIcLE joins their many friends in
wishing them long and happy matri-
monial voyage.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05

DIR. Turner was called out to Ferdi-
nand Sunday to attend Otto Ries who
was quite sick.
If you want papers drawn that will
stand the test call upon Geo. w. Coutts
at Cottonwood. His law practice is
rapidly increasing. He is making farm
loans on best of terms, writes insurance
on farm and city property, and is now
listing farms for sale in eastern journals.
Collections forced to speedy settlement.
A class in dress-making and designing
will be organized and taught by Miss
Perry, by the celebrated One Principal
Tailor and Infallible Skirt Systems.
Miss Perry was formerly interested in
the public schools Of this and six other
states and has been with her company
for eight years as general agent for the
Pacific and Inter-Paciie states. She
will begin her class on or about Aug. 20.
See systems in front window of Gold
stones store.
Charlie Black returned Wednes-
day from his trip to the Palouse country,
the other boys having gone on to Oregon
to work in the hop fields. Charlie says
he was pretty well over the Palouse
country but was about two weeks too
early for harvest SO returned home. He
says laborsrs are very plentiful down
there.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
wtsTLAkE NEWS.


j. A. Crom leaves in few days
for St. Louis.
DIR. La Paid, of Dublin, was "a
visitor Wednesday.
l.. w. Kettenbach, of Lewiston,
was in town Friday.
Geo. Yates is having a brick flue
put in his new building.
Henry johnson has two hay
balers in operation this year.
Mr.. Murray, an N. P. official,
was in town Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. liners, with the Grangeville
Implement Co., was i'll town Sat-
urday last.
The barber has the pool table in
running order now and the boys
take advantage of the fact.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
MsE-HoLLANDswoR1n.

A very pretty wedding occurred Sun,
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ
Wise, up at the foot of the mountain,
when their daughter, Anna, was united
in marriage to Mr.. James Hollands.
worth, Rev. L. E. Henderson perform.
ing the ceremony. The wedding occur.
red st high noon and was witnessed by
a number of friends and relatives O. the
contracting parties, after which sump.
tuous wedding feast was partaken of.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

LOIM UVtktLUW.
| Werner Dixon was up from White
Bird the first of the week.
Several strips Of new sidewalk were
put in this week on First and Third
South streets.
w. w. Blackburn has opened the old
Cottonwood livery stable and will give
the best of service.
Van Robertson and Sy Leitch were
over from Grangeville Monday after
noon on short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Schiller returned
last night from their trip to St. Louis
and other eastern cities.
George Stuber intends leaving tomor-
row for Kooskia with another shipment
of four carloads of fat hogs.
Pete Bies is papering the interior of
Funke's saloon this week and greatly
improving the appearance Of the same.
Lewis Eller, of Keuterville, and VIM.
Trautman, of Greencreek, remembered
us yesterday with cash on subscription.
Before you buy that new summer
dress call in at Goldstone's and look
over his line Of dainty lawns. They are
superb.
/ hn nAA 40 E..~ al a,
Briley's implement house is almost COM
pleted and is already filed with ma
chinery.
Robert Nugent came in yesterday y
from White Bird where he has been for
the past month. He will remain for
some time.
| Goldstone's line of fne summer lawns
and shirt waistings is now arriving and
is the finest ever shown on the prairie.
Call in and see them.
Try the H. & S. Special, the La Perla
and Plains Monarch, made by the Cam
as Prairie Cigar Factory, Grangeville,
and sold at the Bon Ton.
|
The Bon Bon candy store at Grange
vile is now manufacturing line of can
dies equal to any made. Give them a
trial order and be convinced.
Little Clifton Creelman was taken
quite sick Saturday night with stomach
trouble and was i'll for several days but
is able to be around again now.
Bottled soda water, any flavor, any
quantity. For sale by
WEsTLAKE RcrTLrNG Works,
WEsrLAKE, IDA
Fine cedar shingles for sale cheap
Best grade at IS per thousand and I'd
grade at $2.l5.
JOHN AIcHLMAYR.
1. d. Lyons, formerly engaged in bus
mess in Cottonwood, was an arrival in
the city yesterday and will probably To-
cate in Kendrick. Wednesday Tribune.
Paul Hof, of Fletcher, was in town
Sunday on his way to southern Idaho to
look up location. He recently sold
his farm near Fletcher and expects to
locate in the southern part of the state.
Miss Laura Coutts, student of the
University of Idaho, will give lessons on
piano or organ, at Cottonwood or at
homes of students. Term lessons with
in reach Of all. Address her at Cotton
wood.
Miss Eunice Turner severed her con-
nection with Goldstone's store the first
of the week and is now taking a short
vacation before leaving with her sister
the last OF the month to attend college
in Seattle.
The shelving in the new hardware
store is now completed and all the
stock in place that the building win ac-
commodate. The new store now makes
quite an attractive appearance and will
doubtless enjoy an excellent trade.
You need clean. healthy bowels just
as much as pnre, wholesome food; with
out either you cannot keep well. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea eliminates
all impurities. Tea or tablets. s5 cents.
FARNswoKrH & Bailey.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
News Around
The Stale
items Of laterest Reproduced for the
Beneiit Of car Readers.
4 sToRY or THE WEEK
4 few iacideats thas hsve eccsrred IN
the State since esr Inst sssae.

Juliaetta is being mentioned as a
possible location for Idaho's second
insane asylum.
DR.. Busey has moved from Harp
ster to Lowe where he will in fu-
ture follow his profession.
The steamer Mountain Gem is
now practically completed and q
run to Cave Gulch on the upper
Snake will be made next Saturday,
August 13.
M. F. Fuchs, OF Ferdinand, has
arranged with the Nezperce Co
Operative Telephone company to
build branch line to Ferdinand
from the main line near Dublin.
Nat Morris, rancher living
near Grangeville, dropped dead at
his home Tuesday from heart fail
ure. He was 80 years old and
leaves six sons and two daughters.
An election of officers OF the Wa
ha Irrigation company was held at
Lewiston Thursday. 1t is under
stood that the work of financing
and forwarding the project will
soon be taken up.
The Winslow flying machine was
tried Saturday at Lewiston but ow-
ing to the puncturing Of a tire on
the bicycle the attempt proved q
failure. A second test will be
made on August 13, after the ma
chine is repaired and strengthened.
Dode Reynolds. Of Nezperce and
we'll known here, who was arrested
at Mohler last week on a charge of
introducing liquor on the reserva-
ton and confined in the Jail at
Nezperce, was released by friends
Tuesday night and escaped. The
hinges on the lail door were re-
moved.
Rudolph Wetter, who killed L.
d. VAIN and Chris Long near
Warren two weeks ago, was given
his preliminary exapination at
Grangeville Monday and held to
the district court without bail.
The examination was conducted
behind closed doors to prevent the
arousing of too strong feeling.
Roy Eastburn, a Lewiston boy
who has been working at saw
mill up on the mountain for some
time, was arrested the first of the
week on charge Of grand larceny
and confined in the village Jail.
He will be tried today before Judge
Wolbert. Eastburn is said to have
taken one Of Bill Rockies horses TO
Lewiston where he sold it. We
understand there is another charge
for him to meet after he is tried on
the above.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
Call for the Primaries and Convention
for Idaho County.
CONVENTION MEETS SEpT. 5
Apportionment Of Delegates sad Polling
Place of each Precinct.

Notice is hereby given that
meeting of the democratic county
central committee of Idaho county,
Idaho, held at Grangeville, Idaho,
on July 9th. 1904, a county con-
vention OF the democratic party of
said county was called to meet at
the court house of said county, in
Grangeville, Idaho, on Saturday,
September 3, 1904, at the hour of
IL o'clock M, for the nomination
of one state senator, three state
representatives. one county attor-
ney, one county assessor and ex-
officio tax collector, one county
sheriff, one county treasurer, one
county probate judge, one county
superintendent OF public instruc-
tion, one county surveyor, one
county coroner, and three county
commissioners, two justices of the
peace and one constable for each
precinct in said county, and a
connty central COMMITTEES.
Primaries for the election of del
egates to said county convention
shall be held in the several pre-
cincts on Monday, August 22nd,
1904, at the following hours and
places towit:
Commencing in country pre-
cincts at three o'clack p. M, and
continuing until six o'clock p. M.
and in city or town precincts it
must commence at two o'clock and
continue until seven o'clock o. m
The representation of the several
precincts is based upon the follow
ing apportionment, towit:
One delegate for each 20 votes
or fraction thereof cast for the dem
ocratic nominee for governor at the
last general election, together with
one delegate at large for each pre-
cinct. The place OF voting and the
number of delegatea to be elected
in each precinct is as follows;
North Grangeville. Vineyards law
oIlce .... .......... III
South Grangeville, Fulton's law Of
noc -'..-.t.-;. ~
Mt. Idaho, old court house 3
Denver, Pulse building 3
Fairview, school house (Sunny
side) ..................3 81
Lake, school house. 3
Cottonwood, school house. g
Westlake, R:ce's store. Q
Keutervjlle, school house. 8
Ferdinand, school house. e
Big Butte, McBoyle's store (Lowe)
.'''--. .-..... ......... 8
Greencreek, Barney Stubber's store
''''.-.'-'.... ....... :. D
Sites, Packers hall. ...4 a
Kooskia, K. o. T. NJ. hall A
kamiah, Gregg's office. g
Woodland, school house. 2
Glover, Hollingshead school house
'''... ....s. ..... %
Lorena, school house. q
Taho, school house 8
Clearwater, school house. g
Harpster, school house. 81
Newsome, Newsome Hense. q
Elk City, l. o. o. F. hall 6
Orc Grande, hotel .......2 q
Dixie, hotel ...........2
Hump, hotel 3
Calendar, store. 8.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-05
'Tis said a bottle and a glass
Will make q person mellow,

us SAID oottIe and glass
Will make person mellow,
But Rocky Mountain Teas the drink
That livens up fellow.
FARNswoRTH & BRILEY.
A. w. Maris, the pump man, pur-
chased two lots Monday from Sam Gold
stone on Third South street opposite A.
L. Creelman's residence and we UNDER
stand viii soon commence the erection
Of 9 handsome residence there previous
to moving bis family up from Lewiston
to take up their future residence here.