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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
City Convention.

Notice is hereby given that there
will be convention held at the
Opera House in Weiser on Thursday
evening, March 10th, at 7 80 O'Clock
for the purpose of nominating can
didate for mayor, a candidate for
city clerk, a candidate for city treas
urer, candidate for city engineer
and candidate for councilman in
each ward of the city.
All citizens of the city who are
interested in the success of our mu-
nicipal institutions and the continued
Improvement thereof, are urgently
requested to be in attendance.
o4-oo MANY CITIZENS.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
OREGON EDITOR
IS IN TROUBLE
Arrested by Detectives for
Blowing Up Competitors
Plant at Canyon
City.

Word comes from Canyon City
that two men have been arrested on
suspicion of completely in the blow
ing up of the Office of the Long
Greek Ranger on Feb. 7. They are
w. o. Hartman, editor of the Long
Creek Light, and W. B. Wyatt, a
barber at Long creek. The charges
against Hartman are both under
state and federal law, one being de-
struction of property and the other
being violence to United States
commissioners office.
The other prisoner is charged with
sending threatening letter through
the mail. His arrest was made under
the state law, but the postoffice de-
partment is investigating the case
and federal charge may be made.
The investigation was begun a
week ago by Officer B. s. Sewage, of
the National Detective agency, at
Portland, and has progressed SO far
that other arrests will follow, rumor
connecting many prominent persons
with the crime.
The hearing was set before Justice
Lewis, but was postponed, on ac-
count of the absence of Hartman,
who is very i'll. Some of the witnesses
say they can identify the hand
writing of the letter in question. L.
B. Reeder, OF Pendleton, Is attorney
for the prosecution.
Dr. Henry W. Coe, Of Portland, is
assisting his brother, Charles A. Coe,
editor OF the Ranger, and reward
aggregating $3.50 has been offered
for the arrest and conviction of the
dynamiters.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
Tragedy Averted.

"Just in the nick of time our little
boy WAS saved" writes Mrs. w. Wat
klns, OF Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu-
ztonls had played sad havoc with
him and : terrible cough set in be-
Hilsa. Doctors treated him, but he
grew worse every day. At length
We tried DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling
was saved. He's now sound, and
we'll" Everybody ought to know, its
the only sure cure for Coughs. Colds
and all Lung diseases. Guaranteed
by ali druggists. Price SOC and
81 90. Trial bottles free.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05

bunal was his idea, and he is strongly
In favor of peace so long as 1t does not
prove barrier in the path of his en-
pire's growth.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
$40 Reward.

l will give 50 for Inform
leading to the recovery of eltbsI
the following:
One light bay horse, white spq
forehead, weight 100 or 1900
about z years old, little lame
right hind leg, no visible brand
One horse colt, 2 years old
spring, dark bay or brown, i
spot in forehead, OF on left 81
der. Q. J. Thorns,
44tf Cambridge, ID
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05

send us rs cents for the Semi Weekly
one month on trial.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
JAPAN's wAR MINISTER.

General Terauchi, who has been ia
pans minister of war since 1898, was
educated in Germany and Japan and
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless little workers. DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are
always at work, night and day, cur
ing Indigestion, Biliousness, Consti-
patton, Sick Headache and all Stom-
ach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy
pleasant, safe, sure. Only Zoe at all
drug stores. s
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
Country Notes.

A SIGNAL representative started
up the country last week and found
that the mud in the streets of Weiser
did not extend far out, The snow
commenced looming up just beyond
Lyman Perkins place and lay three
or four inches deep in the fields.
The river was out all over the
valley and as the continued increase
of snow, which still covered the hills,
was observed, it looked as though
we might have the highest water for
years if the rain continued.
The remnants of the big ice gorge
were seen in the canyon. The river
had cleared pathway through the
middle, but the great ice cakes lay
piled to the depth of IL feet along
the shore. The snow was melting on
the hillsides and the banks along the
P. & l. n looked mucky and ready
to come in.
W. j. Windes was on the train
and saw some samples of Weiser-
made brooms and ordered some for
his store at Cambridge; other mer-
chants there will soon have them and
the people of Salubria valley will un-
doubtedly stand by the principle. of
supporting home industry. The peo-
pie Of Council and Meadows will
have the same opportunity. Haworth
& Co., and Richardson & Co., or
dered supply of the Weiser brooms,
which are equal to any, and Smith &
Webb, Of Meadows, did likewise.
Other merchants expressed their in
tention to handle the product of the
Weiser factory.
The snow was 20 inches deep at
Council and 5 feet at Price valley,
and soft nearly all the way. The
stage horses constantly broke through
and foundered helpless at times.
Freight is piled up at Council and
freighters have been unable to move
it all through February. The soft
spell came unusually early, and on
that account a freeze-up is looked
for, If this does not occur, it will
be June before much freight can be
hauled in.
At Meadows leap year dance was
in progress, the expense being borne
by the ladies. Miss Lelah Hubbard
was caller and put the best male ex-
perts in the shade, but while she was
calling the boys were backward about
calling as they all wanted to hang
around the music platform. The
party was in the upper story of
Meyers new hall, which is fine
structure and an indispensable adj
junct to the present town of Mead
ows, which is one of the most i'm
portant in the county.
Moss & Syms have removed their
store into the lower part of the
Meyer building VIM. War; has en-
tered into partnership with John
Lyons in the hardware business and
the new firm will move into the Nc
Mahan building vacated by Moss &
Syms. Jim Loe and Dan Yoakum
have purchased the Lyon building
and will open up "a saloon.
AT the stage station five miles be-
low Round valley one gets out of the
snow and gets down into the land of
summer On Lissie Salmon, where the
grass is green and the buttercups are
in bloom.
In places, big rocks and dirt slides
have fallen into the road and Esten
Freeman's stages have trouble in
getting around.
There is work for the road super
visors to do, if they would do It,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05

Try the semi-weekly Signal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
For Sale.

Paid up scholarship in Metal NJ
Course of International Corresd
ence Schools, Scranton, Pa.
j. NJ. FELrHoUsE,
ID Welser, Idsbd
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
THE MIkApo.

Mutsuhito, Japan's progressive ruler.
ascended the throne in 1868, at the age
OF sixteen, and since then has trans
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
If You Want

A lot or lots in Watlington's Adj
dltlon to Weiser, see Geo. s. Good
ing, agent Weiser Land & Improve
ment 70. Office in Waterhouse- An
derson Bldg. ATT
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05

Found-Friday evening on J
street, mans purse conhl'
money. Owner can have SANE
calling at this Office and paying
this notice. 53u|
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-03-05
The CAR OE RUSSIA.

The emperor of all the Russias Is in
his thirty sixth. year and has ruled Rus
STA nine years. The Hague peace trt-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
PANIC IN A SKYSCRAPER
Exciting Fire and Miraculous Escapes
in Masonic Temple.
MANY prisons INJURED IN RUSH.
All Occupants Of the Blk Building Eseap:
Without Serions Injury Through ths Brav.
cry Of the Elevator Men, Who Remained at
Their Posts, Operating the Cars While
Dense Clouds Of Smoke Filled the Building.

Chicago, ILL., Especially Fire in the
Masonic Temple here caused a panic
among the 1000 occupants of the build
ing and damaged the stock and fixtures
OF tenants to the extent of $4,000.
All occupants Of the building escaped
without serious injury through the brav
cry of the elevator men, who remained
at their posts, operating their cars while
dense clouds of smoke filed the building
The fire broke out in the suite of five
rooms. on the fifth floor occupied by Rob
ert Fricdlander & Co. manufacturers OF
H-ray apparatus
A lighted match carelcssly thrown by
all cnploye into pile of excelsior lying
in a corner of the packing room is be-
ieved to have stared the fire.
There was a large number OF H-ray
vacuum tubes stored i'll the company 8
rooms and these exploded the moment
the heat reached them. Robert Fried
lander. senior member Of the firm, real.
lied the danger from these tnbes and
worked until overcome by smor;c throw.
ing them out Of the window The fire
spread rapidly from the packing room
to the other rooms and in a few MN.
uteS the entire suite was III flames and
the light snaft OF the building was filled
with flames.
The occupants of the building, with
the memory of the lroquois Theater
holocaust. which occurred but onc-half
square away, fresh in their minds, were
alarmed when clouds Of smoke filled
every floor and rushed to the elevators
Many women tainted in the scramble to
get into the elevators, but none were
seriously injured The large building
was emptied within half an hour after
the fire was discovered. Hundreds OF
mcn and women CROPPED their way
through the smoke and came down the
stairs
That the damage to property and IN
Jury to individuals was not greater was
probably due largely to the efficiency of
the fire drill of the employees. When the
great bell at the top of the rotunda
sounded the alarm of fire every janitor
engineer and fireman in the building re-
sponded. and long before the fire de-
partmcnt had reached the scene the
temple Fire Brigade had attached hose
to the standpipes, which extend from the
basement to the roof of the structure,
and eight streams of water were turned
upon the conhagraton by the volunteer
hremcn.
The fire department used but Little OF
its hose, the building equipment being
called into use.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
KILLED IN HOTEL WRECK.
Natural Gas Causes Explosion ant Death OF
Three People.

Marion. Ind. (SpcciaD.-In an explo,
sion which wrecked the Scitz Hotel
three people were killed. two fatally hurt
aud ten seriously injured.
The injured were all guests OF the
hotel. The explosion is credited to la
tural gas. which escaped into the base,
mcnt from a pipe line running near the
hotel.
The building was a two-Story brick
having five business rooms on the hrst
floor, the hotel occupying the second
floor and having about 80 guests,
The outer walls were blown out, the
second floor falling on the first with the
roof on it. The guests were under tho
wreck. which at once ignited. They were
asleep in their rooms when the cXplo
sion occurred.
Rcscuers had great difficulty in taking
the injured from the wreck. The gas
could not be shut off and fed the fire.
which continued to gain headway.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
BoodIers to the Bar.

Kansas City (SpeciaD.--1he grand
Jury which for the past month has been
investigating charges of boodling in
Kansas City, Kan, in connection with
he Board OF Education in the appoint
nent OF teachers and the awarding OF
school contracts. and the city officials
in the protection oi gambling and illicit
saloons. practically finished its work
and, it is said, has decided to return II
indictments. Although the citizens
committee which was formed some
.ime ago to push the investigation urg
ed the grand Jury to continue its work,
Attorney General Coleman, vino has
had charge OF the Jury, declined.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
VEWASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Significant Action OF Or. Herran Colon.
bian Charge.
Dirty Money May BE Abolished.

To abolish dirty money hearing will
be given by the House Banking Com
mittcc this week. No longer able to
resist the demand Of bankers through
ont the country for clean bills. members
OF the House will make a strong en-
deavor to secure legislation at this ses
sion abolishing the Use OF dirty money.
A bill has been introduced provid-
ing that when bank has accumulated
$1,000 in bills it can forward such bills
to the Treasury for redemption. The
Government is to pay the charges for
shipment both ways.
Some time ago a bill was received
from Cuba which was found full OF mi
crobes. Instances are numerous where
the Treasury has received filthy money
to be dlsiniectcd and later the Office
had to be disiniectcd
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28

MRS. BEcHTEl ACQUITTED.
Mother Of Murdered Girl Freed BY Allentown
Jury.

Allentown, Pa. Especially Mrs. Cath
crime Bcchtel, the aged mother of Mabel
Bechtcl, who was found murdered last
October, was acquitted Of being an &C
ccssory to the crime.
Her trial occupied nine days and the
jury dclibcrated an hour before render
ing the verdict. The gray-haircd woman
received the news of her acquittal with
tears and expressions of JOY. She was
Immediately released from custody and
went to her home. accompanied by her
sons and daughters.
Martha, her youngest daughter, and
her sons, John and Charles, are under
indictment on similar charge, but their
trials have been postponed until the
April term of court.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
In III. iieJartment;.

The United States Supreme Court
adv anced the hearing OF the habeas
corpus cases OF George w. Beavers and
Maurice Runkle, assigning them for
March I.
A largely attended meeting of the
national legislative committee OF the
National Good Roads Association was
held in Washington.
Preparations are making at the War
Department for the transfer of the sec
retary's office from Secretary Root to
Secretary Taft
President Roosevelt appointed H.
Smith Woolley to be assayer Of the
mint at Boise City.
The House passed the Army Appro-
priation Bill carrying, approximately,
$75,ooo,ooo
The commission has selected the tri
angle at the junction of Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth streets, North
west, for the statue OF Pulaski, and one
OF the corners of Lafayette Square for
that of Won Steuben.
The Democratic senator's at con-
ference decided TO introduce resolu-
ton asking for the correspondence with
Colombia.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
AFFAIRS JUST DRIFTING
Japanese Government Awaits Russia's
Reply With Intense Anxiety.
WILL BE WAR OR PEACE VERY SOON.
No Dispatches Have Been Received In WASH
ington in ,h. Last Few Days Either from
the Fore:g6 Office or the American I'm.
bassy at London Throw .ng Much Additional
Light on the Situation.

Washington, D. c. (SpcciaD.-Unit-
ed States Minister Griscom reports to
the State Department from Tokyo that
there has been no change i'll the situa-
ton there relative to the Russian ne
gotations. Intense interest is exhibited,
but the Japanese are awaiting with pa
ticnce for the decision OF Russia.
Although he called for another pur-
pose, Sir Mortimer Durand, the British
ambassador, had an informal talk with
Mr.. Loomis, the acting secretary ot
State, about affairs in the far East. No
dispatches have been received here III
the last few days either from the foreign
office or the American embassy at Lon
don throwing much additional light on
the situation, but it is known that the
japanese government is awaiting the ar
rival OF the Russian reply with intense
anxiety
. The British ambassadors throughout
the far Eastern negotiations has been
closely advised on both sides OF the
question.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Field Maneuyers COSBY.

a request for an appropriation of
$I.245,366 for field mancuvcrs for 1905
and OF SI,255,446 for tho same purpose
for tho fiscal year 1000 was transmitted
to the House from the War Depart
mcnt
A communication from General Chat
lee accompanies the request, III which
he declares field maneuvcrs to be OF
great professional value. 1t is the gen.
cral scheme he says, to hold the ma
ncuvers in two OF the four military di-
visions OF the country each year. Dur
ing the present year they are to be held
III the Atlantic and Pacific divisions and
in 1905 i'll the Northern and Southern
divisions. 1t is also proposed to in
crease the number Of troops participat-
ing to 10000, from 10000, and the time
Likewise to be heightened
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Happenings Condensed fcr
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.

Judge Kirkpatrick ordered the dis,
tributon among the creditors OF the
Asphalt Company of the $4,000 paid
into court by II. C. Spinks, being the
assessment OF the stock owned by hin
The FIRST institute and conference OF
the Field Workers Department OF the
Middle Eastern District Of the Inter
national Sunday School Convention be.
gan at Philadelphia
Ex-Aldeiman Daniel +. Lozicr o.
Grand Rapids, pleaded guilty OF accept
ing a bribe to aid the Lake Michigan
water deal.
Judge Grosscup held that the State
of Illinois did not delegate to the City
of Chicago the power to regulate the
price OF gas.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Rock Island Company
the outgoing directors were reelected
Major Ioyt Sherman, brother oi
General Sherman and oi Secretary John
Sherman, died at Des MoncS, Iowa.
+. Nc KEGS & Co., the oldest window-
glass manufacturers i'll Fi.tsburg, tiled
petition in bankruptcy.
John p. Gogg,n. treasurer ot the
Nashua Trust Company, was arrested
charged with cmbczzcment.
Lewis Radiord, negro. was lynchcd
at Guthrie, Kau.. by mob OF his own
race.
Dr. Ashbel T. Grinncll, OF the Uni
versity oi Vermont, secured verdict
for Sl2,5oo damages against Edwin
Weston III New York, who had him
arrested as swindler.
Seventeen indictments were found by
the grand Jury that Investigated the
charges OF boodl,ng i'll Kansas City.
Charles Bonicr was sentenced in But
falo to be elcctrocuted during the week
beginning February go
Ned H. Fowler. leading man OF the
Empire Thcatcr Stock Company, COM
mi,tcd suicide in Columbus, O.
Harry .andon. arrested i'll South
Norwalk, Ct, for passing counterfeit
coin, committed suicide.
Nmcenzo Roccho, all Italian contrac-
tor, was shot aud killed in New York
by Marco Iseb.
Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley,
OF Louisville, died oi heart disease.
\ fine specimen OF lcthyosaurue was
iou1d in South America.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
SMALL BIRTH RATE; hi0H LIVING.
Ch'cago Professor Biames love Of Luxury
for Many Sm iii Families.

Chicago (SpeciaD. TO the high
standard of living today is the alarming
decrease in the birth rate in the United
States was the declaration of Prof. II.
|. Davenport, professor of sociology at
the University of Chicago.
In speaking to a class Professor
Davenport said the American birth rate
would soon be almost nothing as COM
pared with that OF European nations,
if the present luxury OF home life is kept
up or increased
Americans will not have children II
they cannot afford to support them IN
luxury said the Professor They have
to follow every fashion and spend their
money foolishly. Many men with sal,
aries or incomes of $1,000 year will
not marry. Women today must have
everything they want
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Beating the Death Trust.

Chicago (SpeciaD,-Ihe cnd Of the
death trust is in sight, according to
statement made by Secretary Pritch-
ard, of the City Health Department.
Mr.. Prtcfard announced that within 4S
hours the medical profession of Chicago
will be supplied with antitoxn serum
at premium far below that OF the al
eyed trusts prices, What the sources
arc from which the Health Department
expects to secure the supply Secretary
Prtchard was not prepared to say, but
every effort is being made to frustrate
The attempt of the three antitoxin man
dfacturins firms to form monopoly at
the expense OF human life
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Five Men Injured.

Sharon, Pa. (Spccial). - Reports
which have just reached here state that
the Sharpsvillc bridge has been swept
away and that four men went down with
the bridge to death in the swirling
waters. Victor Dunbam and three for
eieners arc said to nave been on the
bridge when it fell. The current is very
swift at that point and the four men
struggled desperately for time to reach
the shore. but finally sank.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
School Teacher Murdered.

Bedford. Ind. (SpeciaD, The body
of Miss Sarah Schacfer, teacher Of
Latin i'll the Bedford High School, was
found in a carriage house She had
been assaulted and robbed and the body
badly mutilated. The appearance OF the
shed indicated a terrific struggle. Miss
Schaefer came here from Elkhart, Ind,
year ago and was much admired,
There was much excitement over the
murder and bloodhounds will be put
on the scent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Bade II, m XIII the President.

New York Especially e. A. Erier.
a baker, who claimed tnat mystic inhu
ences were at work on him through the
agency OF his stomach. bidding him kill
the President, was committed to Belle
vue Hospital for examination as to his
sanity. Erier, who was arrested aftet
writing long rambling letter to Police
Commissioner McAdoo. greeted the off
GERS as "deliverers from his bondage
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
A New CounteretCer iiicate

The Treasury Department has fur
nished description OF a new counter
felt s. silver certificate, as follows;
Series, 1900. check letter d; plate
number undccipherablc either 200 or
23o; J. W. Lyons, Register OF the Treas
ury: Ellis II. Roberts, Treasurer OF the
United States; number 5I7624o6 This
counterfeit is probably printed from
zinc etched plates OF poor workman
ship, on fair quality OF paper, in which
there has been distributed a few red
silk threads. The lines OF the engrav-
ing are broken and botchy. The lathe
work and small lettering are particu-
larIy poor A rubber stamp has been
used in printing the Treasury number.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Postoffic. and Store Robbed.

Dubois. Pa. (SpccaD The large
store of r. B. Dick. at Walston. min
ing town about 10 miles south of here,
and the Delaney postoftice, in the same
building, was robbed Of goods and
stamps to the amount of $T.soo The
Lurgl;rs dynamited the postofice safe,
secured $500 worth OF stamps and car
ried away from the store jewclry and
merchandise valued at $1,000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-28
Ran Down a Schooner.

New York (SpeciaD Captain Mel.
son, of the supervisors tug Lamont, re,
ports at 7.,3o the steamer Waccamaw
from Georgetown, S. c., while coming
no the swash channel abreast the Ro
mer ran down the fishing schooner Julis
Graham, carrying away part of the
rigging and did other damage. The
schooner was picked up and towed tc
New York by the tug Ariosa.