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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
STANDARDS SPY SYSTEM.
The Oil Monopoly Uses It to Avert
Strikes.

Although Mr.. Rockefeller states that
absolute fairness in dealing with en-
ployes is the reason that the Standard
Oil company is never annoyed by
strikes. there is another contributory
cause which Mr.. Rockefeller did not
mention. This is the existence of an
organization of which the public hith-
erto knew nothing. 1t is the intelli-
gence bureau of the Standard Oil.
There are 55 men in it, four station
ed in Cleveland and the other 81 scat
tered all over the world, the majority
being in the United States. Among
other things, it is their duty to mix
with the men employed by the Stand
ard Oil company in all of its depart
ments. This they do to keep watch
for labor ag.tators. Whenever a labor
agitator arrives in any of the Stand
ards plants the intelligence men get
his confidence. If found necessary the
labor agitator is discharged.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
IDAHO NEWS.

Rain has smothered the forest fires
and thousands o acres Of timber near
Wallace is saved.
The Clearwater river has reached
a 'Jwer stage than at any time dur
ing the past q years. 1t can be
forded at Lewiston.
Polecats put the entire Murray
school to the rout last week. forcing
it to close down for two days until
the rooms were habitable.
The losses in the recent Grange
vile fire are much heavier than at
first estimated The damage is now
placed at $25O,OOO to 100000.
Joe Dockman was killed at Payette
lake recently by limb Of a tree which
he was cutting striking him on the
head. He was knocked senseless and
never regained consciousness, dying
soon after.
Nez Perez county has joined
Shoshone and Latah counties in a
protest against the tax demands by
the state on the ground that it is
in excess of the 5 mill limit provided
in the constitution.
A man named Wagner, who
runs a threshing outfit, was recently
held up and robbed of $3.50 at Nampa
He offered resistance, but was sub
dued by a shot which passed through
his coat.
Grain shippers on the Lapwai-Cul.
desac branch of the Northern PACING
system report the commencement OF
the annual car shortage that handi
caps the grain shipments from the
Lewiston and Clearwater countries.
Eight years in the state peniten
tary was the punishment melted out
to Harry Schessler at Grangeville fol
the murder of a blacksmith named
Williams at Sites last June. The two
men had trouble over a waitress and
the killing followed.
T. b. West, who has been in the
timber fighting forest fires, has re
turned to Kendrick and reports thai
seven fires were started in township
80, range east, by lightning. The
surface of the ground is marked will
iron outcrops, there being a large
ledge. This seems to attract light
ming.
In reply to the inquiry of the Koote
mai county commissioners concerning
the legality of the state tax levy
Attorney General Guheen has wireC
his opinion stating that the section
in the Idaho constitution limiting thu
levy for state purposes to mills doe
not cover special taxes that the stat
may levy.
A forest fire is raging near Pic
neerville. 1t covers an area fou
miles wide and 10 miles long. Su
perintendent E. B. True of the Man
moth mine has men out fighting tn
fire and a number of miners and pros
pectors have Joined in the work.
is stated that another fire has star
ed east of Pioneerville, and it
thought that unless many men ar
sent at once it will spread widely.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
SPORTING NOTES.

OF 30 men who started Sunday in
the annual endurance swimming
match of the United States volunteer
life saving corps. only one was in the
water at the finish. Alfred Brown Of
the College point crew swan 10 miles,
the entire distance from the Brooklyn
bridge to Steeplechase pier, Coney
Island, and won the gold medal. His
time was 6 hours 81 minutes 20 sec
onds.
The crack semiprofessional team Of
North Yakima captured the pennant in
the Central Washington league, which
was composed Of the towns of Pros
SER Clealum, Ellensburg and North
Yakima.
Frank A. Gotch of Humboldt, Iowa,
who or a year and a half held the
worlds heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship of America. losing 1t final
Iy to Tom Jenkins after the fiercest
kind of a struggle, and A. l.. C'Boom-
err Weeks, the big Spokane fireman,
are to meet in a II round bout before
the Spokane Amateur Athletic club
September 20.
w. II. Lucas was reelected to the
presidency of the Northwest league at
its recent directors meeting.
Goldfeld. Nev.-Monty Attell was
knocked out in the 25th round recently
by Harry Tenny. Both men are from
San Francisco. Tenny was the strong
er and had Attell taking the count II
different times. Larry Sullivan of
Portland was referee.
A. b. Jackson, secretary and treas
urer of the Spokane Kennel club,
which is managing the bench show in
connection with the interstate fair,
announces that he now has 20 sterling
silver cups presented for the various
classes of dogs which will be entered
This is a larger number Of prize tro-
plies than was offered last year.
Never was a decision at Spokane re-
ceived more popularity than that Fri
day evening at the athletic club when
after Duncan Mcmillan had rung the
gong for the last time, Eddie Quinn
called Maurice Thompson and Charley
Neary to the center of the ring. and
stretching out an arm over the head
of each, shouted draw"
Mike (Twin) Sullivan of Boston and
Joe Cans of Baltimore boxed Is rounds
Saturday night Referee O'Hara call
ed it a draw, but it would have been
difficult to find a man in the large au
dience who agreed with him. When
the gong ended the 18th round Cans
was hanging to his opponent trying to
save himself from punishment and the
knockout that seemed not far away
Sullivan showed scarcely a mark
while Cans was badly marked up.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
DEAD TO WORLD FoR IS YEARS.
Alexieff Torogon, Russian Exile, is in
America.

Alexieff Torogoni, Russian Exile, is in
America.
The Empress liner reaching Victoria
from Japan October is expected to
have as a passenger from Yokohama
Professor Alexen Torogoni, at one
time among the most distinguished sa-
wants of eastern Europe, a doctor in
the University of Moscow and a lee
turer on international law, with a con-
tinental reputation. Prof. Torogoni
has been dead to the world for the
past quarter of a century, and his res
direction. due to the japanese occu-
patton of Sakhalin. is one of the dra-
matte minor features of the war. Pro
fessor Torogoni, after his arrival in
Japan after the Japanese occupation
Of Sakhalin, had prepared for the
press a detailed account of the hor-
rors of exiledom. This was suppress
ed by Japanese authority for political
reasons. DR.. Torogoni at the same
time being requested to leave Japan
at the earliest opportunity. Dr. Toro-
goni tells a most remarkable story OF
barbarous cruelties endured during his
quarter of a century's Imprisonment in
various parts of Siberia.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
Fire at Nome, Alaska.

Fire swept the heart of the business
section Of Nome on the night of Sep
tember 10. From the meager informa-
tion it was gathered that from 20 to 20
buildings were burned in the vicinity
of Lsne's way, and that the fire area
covered two to three blocks. No de-
tails are given, andl no loss Of life is
reported. If the fire burned in both
directions from Lanes way it is esti-
mated by persons familiar with the
class of business houses in that vicinity
that the loss will reach $500, 900, and
may exceed that figure, although any
ESTIMATE made at present would be
mere guess.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
Peace Helps American Trade.

The removal of retaliatory duties on
American imports has already proved
great stimulus TO American trade in
st. Petersburg. The agents of the
American houses have wired directions
for the shipment of engines, pumps
and other machinery as soon as the or
der resinding the duties takes effect
The prompt action ont the agents is
necessary in order TO land goods at
Cronstad before the close of navigation,
SO as to avoid the heavy costs of rail-
road transshipment from the ice free
ports in the southern Baltic, and also
IN order to take advantage of the favor
able rates under existing treaties, as
before navigation is reopened the new
est and highest scale of duties based
on the tIaety recently made with Ger
many will be in effect. This treaty
provides increases ranging from 10 to
90 per cent on machinery.
The result of this increase, however,
will be less prejudical TO American
trade than would equivalent retalia-
tory duties, as the increases affect all
nationalities equally, and as Ameri-
cans, since the opening of the peace
negotiations and the favorable recep-
ton received by the Russian members
of the peace mission in the United
States, are rapidly regaining their old
status in commercial and industrial
centers.
The Baku disaster will indirectly
be a benift TO American commerce, as
it will stimulated the trade in Ameri-
can pumps, which are largely used in
the oil district.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
stupendous Stage Spectacle.

General Lew Wallace's stirring dra-
matte romance Ben Hur" with the
same elaborate. costly and massive
scenic equipment used in the staging
of the play at the Drury Lane Thea
tire. London. four years ago will be
presented in Spokane the entire week
of October End When Ben Hur'
was staged in that city two years ago
it created a sensation and many from
this vicinity attended. All Railroads
entering Spokane are to make low
excursion rates while Dan Weaver.
Manager Of the Spokane Theatre, will
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

give his personal attention to all
orders for seats through the mail.
To describe Ben Hur," reference
should be made to it as a series Of
magnificent pictures illustrating the
times of the Messiah on earth. The
most conspicuous scenes in the en-
actment are"The Star of Bethlehem"
The City of Jerusalem" from the
terrace garden Of the Palace of Hur
in Judea. The Interior of a Roman
Galley" The Grove of Daphne" The
Fountain of Castalia," THE Exciting
Roman Chariot Race" THE Vale of
Hinnom,' and The Mount of Olives"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
HUMBERTs MAY TRY AMERICA.
Notorious swinders Of France Seek
Land Of the Free.

Romaine Dourignac, brother Of Their
ese Humbert, who managed to borrow
s12,00O.000 from Paris Money lenders
has arrived in New York. Dourignac
is going to begin life anew in New
York, after having completed his term
of three years Imprisonment for com
plicity in his sisters swindle. 1t is
believed in Paris that Romano goes to
America to select a future home for
the family, and that he will be follow
ed by Therese Humbert and her hus-
band and other members Of the family
on their release from prison.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
EMPEROR TO KoMURA.
Sends Message of Good Wishes and
Hopes for Recovery ef Health.

New York. Sept. IA cablegram
containing a message from the EN-
peror Of Japan was received Sunday
by Baron Komura, the japanese peace
envoy. 1t read:
His majesty. being much concern
ed at your illness, has commanded me
to inform you that he wishes you to
take good care of yourself and hopes
for your speedy recovery.
THE GRAND CHAMBERLAIN"
The peace plenipotentiary replied by
cable to the emperor stating that his
present condition was satisfactory.
The daily bulletin of one of the baron's
physicians announced that all develop
ments in the case during the past "a
hours have been favorable to the pa
tient.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

Sheriff Brown. The Upton post
master had pleaded to a charge OF
wife beating and was sentenced to
be whipped. Since his incarceration
he has told several witnesses that If
he were whipped he would kill her
if he had to hang for it.
This is the second case of whipping
in the state since the law was passed
by the last legislature.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
Got Eight Years.

Baker City, Ore, Sept. 19.-Judge
White has sentenced Duncan and Car
ter, the two range riders who "shot
up" the town of Sumpter and eDdea-
vored to kill Marshal Rand to five
years in the penitentiacry at Salem.
Both young men put on a bold front in
telling their story on the stand, but in
advertently told of other depredations,
which probably accounts for the sever
ity of the sentence.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
komura's Condition Is Fair.

New York, Sept. 1S.-The following
bulletin was issued tonight on the
condition Of Baron Komura, the Jap
anese envoy, who has been i'll in this
city for some time:
"The condition of Baron Komura at
p. m, in the opinion of both physi-
clans in attendance, is satisfactory in
every respect. SATO."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
Yellow Fever Cases.

New Orleans. Sept. 1S.-Oficial re-
port p. m.
New cases "a. total today 2571;
deaths 2, total to date 1886; new foci
6; under treatment 1928; cases dis
charged 1913.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

A firm in Germany has received an
order for 100000 cigars for the Rus
sian army, the cigars to cost S1.2O
per hundred.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
slav Loss Was s11s.ooo.o 900.

The Russian loss in battleships at
vladivostok, Port Arthur and the sea
of Japan, according to statistics pub
lished, amount to $113,000,O00.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
Killed in Wreck.

A fast passenger train from st.
Louis was wrecked near Arcadia, Mo.
Two trainmen were killed and 10 pas
sengers injured.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

at approximately S12.O0O,OOO. This
money will, in a large measure, be ex-
pended in Portland, Tacoma and Spo-
kane.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

A restaurant keeper Of Louvain,
France. was recently fined s25 for
serving rabbit as hare.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23

Horse racing in Italy is dead since
the introduction Of automobile speed
contests.
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
RAISINGER TO HANG
FOR WIFE MURDER
The Jersey Slayer Was Sen
fenced to Die on Feb
ruary IS
HIS NERVE REMAINS UHSHAKEN

Bridgetcn. n. j., Jan. 12.-The jury
IN the case against Frank Raisinger
returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree against the self-confessed
slayer of his young wife, and he was
sentenced to be hanged February Is.
The marvellous nerve of the pris-
oner was not shaken as he listened to
the words OF William c.. Champion, of
Millville, the foreman OF the jury,
sending him to the gallows. Attorney
lrcdell says it IS probable he will either
ask for a new trial or will make an
appeal to the state board Of pardons.
Word that the jury had agreed was
telephoned to the counsel for both
sides, and 1t quickly spread throughout
the town. so that in the course of a
quarter of an hour the court room was
again jammed
Ton minutes before the jury filed In
Raisinger was brought over from the
prison handcuffed to two officers. He
had the same inanimate aspect that
has marked his appearance since the
start of the ordeal. except for a slight
flush that partly Redeemed his cheeks.
He was conducted across the room to
Evening journal., 1905-01-12

his chair, wlere ne again riveted his
eyes on the floor. as has been his GUS
tom during the trial. The suspense
during the few minutes preceding the
arrival of the jury was painful.
For a moment IL seemed that Rails
inger's iron nerve was wavering, but
he took a couple of long breaths, and
his chest heaved and he fought off the
weakness. That was the only sign that
he realized his terrible position. When
the jury came in the prisoner did not
raise his eyes.
After Foreman Champion delivered
the verdict Raisinger was again locked
up. and at the conclusion Of a civil
case which was on trial he was
brought back to the court and SEN
fenced TO be hanged on February Is
The murderer's mother and father were
not present during the afternoon as
they had shown signs Of collapsing
during the judges charge.
Judge Swayze's charge plainly favor
ed first degree murder. He outlined
the various acts of the young husband
in trying to make his wifes murder
look like suicide, and declared that the
question to be decided was not SC
much the condition of the prisoner
mind. but whether he knew what h,
was doing at the time he shot his wife
Great depravity, said the judge. is nc
excuse for crime.
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
SP o. T 5
JACK BENNETT WAS
TOO FAST FOR KRALL
Wilmington Jack DAILY Chal-
lenged the Winner for
a Go

At the Wilmington Athletic Club Ca
siro last night Jack Bennett, Of Nc
Keesport, and George Krall, OF Phila-
delphia, met IN a siX-round wind-up.
Bennett had the Philadelphia boy go
ing from the tap Of the bell and Krall
was Outclassed at every point. For the
first three rounds Bennett hammered
Krall all over the ring, but after that
slowed up and Krall was able 10 stay
the six rounds.
The feature OF last nights show was
the bout between Jack Dorner and
Young simon, both of Philadelphia.
Young Simon was picked up on the
street by Referee Lew Bailey and until
last night was unknown In the prize
ring. In addition to this he was out
weighed by about 20 pounds, but not
withstanding the odds he almost had
Dorner whipped when the gong closed
the last round.
Jack Murphy and George Miller, both
OF Philadelphia. fought preliminary
bout, and while Murphy had the better
OF the argument he found Miller a
tough proposition. Had the fight gone
a few more rounds Miller might have
whipped Murphy.
A burlesque fight between Young
Gregg. of Newark, and Young Logue
OF this city, was pulled off, and it had
the ordinary battle royal beaten sew
eral blocks. Neither fighter evidently
had seen prize ring before, and their
awkward antics kept the sports in an
uprOar.
Jack Daily challenged the winner OF
the Bennett-Krall fight for a so next
Wednesday night
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
LOCAL BOWL EERRlS DEFEAT
GEHMAN'S IMPERIALS
Wilmington Players Won
500 Prize Money From
Quaker City

Philadelphia, Jan. 12.-In the return
bowling match between Gehman's I'M
perials and the Wilmington team
played IN this city yesterday the Phila-
delphians did better than at Whining
ton last week, splitting even with the
Delaware visitors; but for all that the
money up on the series goes to VIII
miugton. the final score being Is games
to - against the local players.
In the fve-man team contests rolled
last evening the Gehmans did particu-
larly well, totalling 1861 against 1910
for Wilmington. In the last game
Charles Gehman rolled 256 and Willie
1856. both being better than any score
made by any one OF the Wilmington
men.
The visitors won the 500 prize money
by securing z out of II games in the
afternoon series. Siegel won five
straight games from Willie Gehman in
the individual contests. Charles Geh-
man and Nick Hayes won two out Of
three games in the doubles from Siegel
and Finn and the local trio also won
two in triples. Finn missed the No. 10
pin in the tenth frame of the last three
man game, tying the score at 5O7.
Philadelphia won the roll-off.
Siegers bowling was excellent. With
the exception of difficult splits he did
not have a miss until the ninth box of
his tenth game, when he failed to make
the 5-pin spare. He rolled his best
score during that game-235. Starting
] with a spare. he made seven strikes,
and wound up with two misses, the last
on n 5-10 pin split in the final frame.
He totaled 2217 pins for eleven games.
averaging POI ell. He beat Willie
IGehman by punching strikes when
they were needed. Bad breaks hurt
Willie's chances all through. His only
miss was In the second frame of the
third game. Willie encountered splits
in the ninth frame Of the second game,
in the last frame Of the third game,
and I'm the first third, fourth and fifth
frames Of the fourth game.
Charles Gehman was in fine shape.
He rolled high single score of 267 in the
last two-man game Beginning with a
spare he followed with eight successive
strikes. made a spare in the tenth
frame and nine pins with the last ball.
He averaged PIG 1-3 for six games.
The scores:
Siegel ........... 215 213 1874 POS 227
w. Gehman ..... POS 1872 $50 172 219
c. Gehman rolled the last game, w.
Gehman giving up.
The result of the twO-man games:
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
NUGGETS OF NEWS

The Tennessee legislature elected
Hon. William B. Bate, Democrat, to
succeed himself as United States SEN
ator.
In a drunken frenzy, John Miller, of
Chicago, shot and killed his wife and
two daughters and then committed
suicide.
The immense plant of the st. Louis
Glass company, near St. Louis, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire. entailins loss
OF s25OO00.
While going to a fire in Philadelphia
a hose cart was struck by a train on
a grade crossing and several firemen
were injured, one fatally.
The boiler of a locomotive on the
Erie railroad blew up at Creston, o.,
killing the engineer and fireman and
fatally injuring another man
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
WILKES BOOTHS FRIEND DEAD
Actor Who Was Under Suspicion For
Assassination Of President Lincoln.

FNSA6l NNINA was OINNI ohoHAlNbH E1N
Assassination Of President Lincoln.
New York, Jan. 12.-John Matthews
an actor who for a time was held as
a suspect in connection with the as
sassination of President Lincoln, died
at his boarding house in this city. Mat
thews was Wilkes Booths roommate
and one Of his closest friends, and was
on the stage in the Washington thea
tire when the fatal shot was fired. AZ
ter the assassination his room wsE
searched and because of papers left in
the CRATE by Booth he was arrested on
suspicion of knowing something of the
plot. His innocence was later estab-
lished, but his friends say he never
recovered from the effects of the ac-
cusation.
Matthews was in the original cast of
the famous drama THE Two Orphans. Z"
He was 60 years old.
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
HomesIek Student Hanas HImseIi

Asheville, N. c.. Jan. 12.-The body
of o. A. Whitaker, Of Paragon. Ind, a
student at Bingham Military Acad-
envy, was found hanging from a tree
in Victoria woods. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict that the deceased
came to his death by suicidal hanging.
Whitaker who was % years old, came
to the Bingham Military Academy 10
days ago. Since his arrival here the
school authorities state Whitaker suf-
fered from inconsistencies, and 1t is
thought that he committed the deed
while under its influence.
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
Farmers discuss Cotton Situation.

Macon, Ga, Jan. II. - Dispatches
from various sections of the state re-
port mass meetings of farmers and
others interested to discuss the pres
ent cotton situation. Generally speak
ing, these meetings have pledged
themselves to an average reduction of
25 per cent. in cotton acreage and a
corresponding reduction in the amount
of fertilizers used. In a few instances
planters have decided to plant no cot
ton at all for next years crop, but in.
stead TO buy up as many bales of the
staple at the prevailing pFces as they
are able to handle.
Evening journal., 1905-01-12
ersys.Oek Team to Play Here.

The Greystock basketball team, Of
Philadelphia, viii play the Old swedes
five in this city tonight. The second
team of Old Swedes will play the Sig
ma Kappa team of Delaware College.
The Greystock was formerly a Phila-
delphia League team and is considered
the equal Of any in the big leagues,
having defeated some Of the best teams
In Philadelphia. Old Swedes is in con-
dition to put up a great game to win.