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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

l/NIGIIrs OF TIE MACCABEEs-
n ko0tnnHi Tent, Nc. 20, X. y. I. N, meets
every alternate Wednesday evening at SO'cluck.
Visiting SIR Knights always invited &c
CAUsrOS. Commander Il, H. WALkkR, k. X
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

z NCAMPMENT |. o. @, =.
! Kootenai Camp No. p, I. Q. o. F., meets
list and 3rd Mondays OF the month at O'Clock.
Visiting patriarchs cordially iuvilCo. II. l..
Medbury g, Z. ". ). Curtis, scribe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
"A Scotch Trades Unionist

John Weir, fraternal delegate from
the British Trade Union congress to
the American Federation of Labor
convention. which was held in Louis
vile recently, was born in 1851, in a
mining village in the Scottish lowlands
called Parkneuk. situated in the county
Of Fife Both his parents were mine
workers. in a mine which was then the
property OF Lord Elgin, and having
attended school until he was II years
Of age, he also went to work in the
same mine, to help support his wild
owed mother. In 1872 he was chosen
TO represent the Eigin coiiiery on the
executive boardSof the Fife and Kin
ross Miners Union, and in 1876 he was
appointed permanent president Of tnat
body. Two years later he resigned in
order to accept position In large
paper mill in England. His stay In
that part OF the country was destined
to be brief. for the Fife miners in the
death of their old secretary invited Mr.
Weir to accept the vacant Office. This
he consented TO do and since Septe.r-
Der. 1880, he has performed that duty
with credit to himself and great ad-
vantage to the cause. In 1884 he was
elected member Of the Dumferline
school board, and at the general e;ec-
ton OF 1892 was requested to stand
election to represent western Fife in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

The allied column marched to the at
tack of the walled city of Tientsin on
the morning Of July 13, and after a
very hard days fighting, the brunt Of
which fell on the Japanese, the latter
found themselves in the evening at a
distance Of about 200 yards from the
walls and without any hope Of captur-
ing the place that night. AIaj.-Gen.
Fuhshima then issued orders that the
men We're to ho'd their position. neither
retiring nor advancing yard. His
belief, derived from his knowledge Of
the Chinese, was that after the losses
they had suffered during the day they
would probably abandon their posts
under cover of darkness, provided that
they did not detect any sign Of retreat
on the part Of the assailants. The
ground then held by the Japanese
troops was almost wholly under water.
Only a narrow causeway leading to the
gate of the city stood above the level
Of the water, which covered the area
on either side to depth of some two
feet. In that water the Japanese had
to stand the whole highland thew
stood. Chicago News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

In days to come the world will
crowd to see Nine PATHS autograph
fan. Though comparatively plain. it
is one of those few objects that gather
value as time rolls on. Even now
many Of the signatures written across
this dainty piece Of chicken skin could
not again be repeated. The late en-
press of Austria. Alexander II of Rus
sia, the old German emperor William
Ito these three signatures now attach
a pathetic interest, the rnore SO when
It Is remembered that the first two died
Dy the hands of assassins. Nine
Patti was even fortunate enough to OBJ
tain not only the signature, but long
sentence in Queen victoria's hand
writing; IF King Lear spoke the
truth when he said that a sweet voice
was the most precious gift woman
can possess. you, my dear Adelina.
must be the richest woman In the
world. ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
4 MODEL NEW YORK CHURCH.

The Judson Memorial Baptist church
on South Washington square. New York
city, is the pioneer institutional organ
ization and is accomplishing great
work. 1t was founded. organized and
is carried on by Rev. Dr. Edward Jud-
son, the son Of Adoniram Judson, the
great missionary, as memorial to his
father, 1t is a free pew church and is
open every day and active along varied
lines Of helpful practical work. Chris
tians of various denominations and of
many nationalities contributed to the
erection of the buildings, which cost
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
An
EIec1ricion'I
WOnderuI
Inx,enFiOn

Honolulu to Manila 1t is about 1000
miles. II that is too great a distance
over which to operate the wireless sys-
tenn then way station might be es-
tablished on Wake island, little piece
of property something more than half
way over to Manila from Hawaii,
which the United States owns.
Work OF the Government.
In fact the possibilities of the sys-
TEN, if Marconi keeps his promise, are
almost infinite. The war department
Of the United States has been for some
time experimenting with wireless tel
egraphy Independent of Marconi, whose
system, the officials thought, did not
meet the requirements Of the service
So successful has the signal corps been
that now all the forts around New
York are connected with each other by
wireless system, which is constantly
being experimental with and improv-
ed. The weather bureau, also recog-
nizing the advantages which would re-
suit to navigation by the establishment
Of a wireless electric communication
between vessels at sea and exposed
points on our lakes and sea coasts,
and also between islands along the
coasts and the mainland, has made a
systematic investigation of the various
systems of wireless telegraphy The
progress made has been eminently sat
isfactory. New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for the
transmission of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are Prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made Messages have already been
sent and received over so miles of land
which presented a rough and hilly sur
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tribal governments. While the old red
skin statesman wants none of the
white mans laws, he is too shrewd to
oppose them by force of arms, and he
is now using his influence in quelling
a disturbance which he knows would
only prove fatal in the end for his
countrymen. I'VE have been driven
back farther and farther our game
taken from US and our children sent
away to the federal schools, and now
our laws and tribal rule, SO dear to us,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
BRITISH NAVY.
Actual Fleets at Sea Are Not on Sub.
s'antia War Footing.

sthntial war Footing.
An efficient navy is essential above
all else for England. owing to her in
sular position, the adoption of free
trade, the extinction of British agricul-
ture and the vital necessity of free
access for our ships when going to and
fro on the wide common of the sea.
says a London correspondent in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. The first
element of efficiency in a fleet is it's
readiness to fight. Naval war is diff
erentiated from tide war on land by
quality and suddenness. When the
next maritime war breaks out between
two maritime powers the world win
get a surprise One OF the other of
them will strike blow similar In kind
to the blow struck by Admiral Dewey
against the ships of the Spaniards in
Manila bay. In spite, however, of the
lessons recorded on the page of Eng
lish history, our principal British fleets
are not ready for action. They are
deficient in essentials. No addition to
the building programme, no increase
to the nunber of men, no voting of
millions by legislature bewildered by
the complexity and number of the prob
lens with which it has to deal, will
have any beneficial effect on the next
maritime war until the fleets actually
at sea are made ready for action. Com
mon sense, therefore, requires that our
Mediterranean feet and the channel
squadron should be placed on a war
footing without loss of time. whatever
economy may be necessary in other d.
rections.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

PQntdrif. nfser a ih-e9 Days hattie!
Tho BCe- tgccp5 Aad withdrawn, anal
one of tno ycu5s oGicavs looking
through his faid glasses. cav three of
his wounded ccnradc0 lying Within fheI
British lines, From rise OF ground
the officer watched the hospital corps
at work among the Briiisn soldiers,
He noticed that the Boers were le1tl
unattended When this fact reached
the cars Of Dynamite Dick" 10 asked
for volunteers TO form q rescning par,
ty. Several soldiers offAred to accom-
pany him and at nigi.s SIX Of these
men were stationed in ditch IN order
to cover the retreat in case the exDedi-
tion was successful. Taking with him
Vivian Cogill. Boer boy II years old.
Dynamite Dick" went in search Of tho
wounded men. Trey crept past tho
first British picket without being dis
covered. Cautiously they proceeded
until they had gone by the inside pick.
ct. and could see the British soldisr5l
lying asleep in their blankets. While
they were making across an open
stretch Of ground the moon came out
from behind a cloud and the nearess
picket challenged them. Then he frsd.
His shot went w'dc OF the mark. and
in an instant there was confusion in
the camp
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OIer Ocean
WGx)e

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi, the au-
thor Of wireless telegraphy, says the
New York Press. Before the first
Christmas in the goth century he Will,
he declares, have England and Amer
lea on speaking terms without the aid
Of submarine cables. One big pole
erected at Southampton and another at
Montauk Point will, he says, be all
that is needed. The cables which now
connee. Europe with America will If
Marconi fulflls his promise, become as
obsolete as the stage coach became
when the railroad came in.
Confidence Ia tho Work.
The optimistic electrician is confident
that he can establish telegraphic com
munication between the eastern and
western worlds by his system at a hun
dred-thousandth part Of the cost Of
laying cable and maintaining it.
Marconi says he has discovered a meth
cd of controlling the sound waves so
that the messages from continent to
continent will be flashed back and forth
close to the surface Of the ocean over
tie whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature Of the earth
has presented a dreaded difficulty to be
overcome in the transmission of wire
less messages over long distances.
Marconis new control Of the sound
waves, II Is asserted has obyiated the
difficulty How 1t is done Marconi
does not explain-that is his secret
bug he says that he is confident he has
found a method OF doing it. He con-
tends that the masts erected at Mon
tauk Point and at Southampton need
not oe higher than a New York sky
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

A little later King was assigned to
Gen. Bothas staff as scout.
King with six Americans and 200
Beers was detailed to wreck the train
carrying a British relief expedition to
Pretoria. A little bridge not far from
Colenso was selected as the place for
the first big dynamite experiment Of
the war. With 40 pounds Of dynamite,
King laid the trap most cleverly, his
knowledge o. engineering enabling him
to estimate the probable damage that
would be done and TO minimize the loss
of life The Beers were placed On guard
at good distance from the bridge and
two electric wires were arranged for
the explosion Of the big charge. The
train came in sight about o'clock in
the afternoon. AT a signal from a scout
King exploded the dynamite. The train
was wrecked and Is persons were
killed. The Beers rushed from ambush
and the British hoisted a white flag.
One hundred and seventy prisoners
were taken. Among them was Win
ston Churchill, now lecturing in the
United States.
After that day King seldom heard his
own name. He was Dynamite Dick"
for all time in South Africa. The fame
of his daring deed spread everywhere.
but It was looked upon by the young
engineer as quite an ordinary incident.
But it was only the beginning Of his
exploits. The contempt for danger that
he had shown in various ways now
became his chief characteristic. If
there was a perilous mission, it was
the American scout to whom it was
entrusted. He passed under showers
Of bullets and escaped unharmed Time
and again he crept past the enemy's
pickets and wandered at will within
the British lines. There was not
week that he did not add to the long
list Of the almost impossible feats that
he accomplished.
Daring Exploit.
Of all Dynamite Dicks" exploits
none was more wonderful than that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

AMERICAN SCOUT IN SERVICE
or BoER5.
Whose Wonderful Exploits WIN live
Forever in south African History
How He Destroyed $40, 900 900 worth
of stores.

One OF the characters whose exploits
in the Boer war will be forever mem
orable is Dynamite Dick who is now
taking rest in Chicago. His mill
tary career extends over a period OF
only one year, but 1t is probably one
of the most eventful on record in the
history of any war. Previous to his en-
listment in the Boer army Dynamite
Dick was known as ]. N. King, an
American, who had been in the Trans
yaal for five years King was born in
pennsylvania. He was educated as a
civil engineer. He was sent first to
Mount St. Mary's College, at Emmets-
burg, Nd, and later attended college
at Georgetown, D. c. 1t is said that
he was always boy Of reckless daring.
and that the neighbors were accus-
toned to prophesy that he would be
hanged before he was twenty, because
his wonderful talent for organization
made him ringieader in all sorts Of
mischief, He was only % when he
left home to 60 to the Transvaal in
search Of fortune and adventure.
Joined the Farmer Army.
When the war broke out Kings sym
pathies were with the Beers, and with
IS other young fellows he enlisted as
Gen. Joubert's bodyguard. OF this
number he is the only survivor today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

Capt Holmes, 70 years old, has ar
rived at San Francisco from New
York, having completed his eighty
first trip around Cape Horn. His first
trip was made in 1857, and his latest
breaks all records in the number Of
individual voyages around the stormy
point.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
Mark HdnDd'S YOUNGEST DduQntor

was exquisitely decorated and brilliant.
ly --sn,ed. 1t was a scene Of beauty
seldom equaled in this country.
Miss Ruth Hanna is the third child
OF Senator Hanna the others being a
son and a daughter. She wac educated
at a private school in Boston and at
Vassar college.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

Isparhecher, the only pure-blooded
Indian statesman alive today, at 70
years of age finds himself with the
greatest task of his life on hand. His
people-the Creeks-threaten open re-
bellion against the United States Off
GERS who have been sent to the Indian
territory to close up the affairs of the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

The coming out the other evening OF
Miss Ruth Hanna. youngest daughter
of the great Republican leader and
senator, was one OF the most notable
society events of the season. The spa
cious mansion of the Hanna family at
Cleveland was not large enough to ac-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

the imperial parliament. This inv. ta-
tion, however, he felt cons aimed to
decline in the best interests OF his
union. AS speaker Mr.. Weir is very;
effective, and as a mediator in inaus-
TRIAL disputes he has always received
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

We are living under a government
that demands the attention OF all the
people Rev DR.. Jefferson, Presbyteri-
an, New York City.
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fist Church)
over a quarter of a million dollars.
The different lines Of work conducted
there include; A free kindergarten; !;
one of Frank Damrosch's peoples
singing classes" having 100 students.
hall and teacher being provided by the
church free Of charge; free lectures to
the people once a week: gymnastics
twice week for girls, the same for
boys and men; free sewing schools:
free dispensary, which receives from
20 to 80 visits day; daily interviews
with the poor, relief to those out of
work being jpdiciously given; penny
provldent fund; apartment and board
ing house having 145 rooms; a fres
public ice water fountain and filtered
water six months Of the year; flower
mission and fresh air work.
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Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea will be able by the
use Of his system to communicate with
the shore. Nayies are now experiment
ing with his SYSTEM and considerable
success has been obtained. Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use OF wire from Dover TO
Belgium. 1t looks as If In short time
message might be sent around the
world without the use of wires and that
an the parts Of the earth and the sea
would be in telegraphic communication
with each other. Deserts. mountains.
oceans, time and space all seem to be
dissolving before the advance Of sci
ence. The world could not desire a
better Christmas present for 1901 than
the fulfillment Of Marconis promise.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27
A NOTABLE INDIAN.
HE is NOW MUCH IN THE PUB
Lie EYE.

Former Chief of the Creeks Has n Re-
naarkabIe Life story--He Has the Task
OF His Life on His Hands at the Age
of Seventy.
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are being crushed under foot, but we
cannot fight" says the old man, sor-
Towfully. Fighting means death. /
cling to life though we lose all" With
out doubt Isparhecher IS the most re-
markable pure-blooded Indian alive.
He has been warrior. chieftain ana
statesman. He has filed all Of these
places with honor. Born in the old
Creek nation in Alabama 70 years ago,
he has passed through some trying
times with his people. During the civil
war he enlisted In the Indian Tome
Guards and served through tie war
on the Confederate side. Since that
time his people elected him to several
places Of honor, and finally in 1895 he
was chosen chief, which place he held
four years.
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A Reformer in Politics.

While chief he unearthed a number
Of frauds in the Creek government and
was the cause Of sending a number of
the Creek officials to prison. For this
he incurred the wrath Of the Creek po-
litical ring and was defeated in the
last election. The old statesman has
no children. His wife is white wom-
an whom he married in Washington.
A number Of years ago he was sent as
delegate to see the "great white
father" While there he was in need
Of laundry. The interpreter sent the
old mans shirts to a poor woman in
the suburbs who did family washings
When they were returned and he went
to put one of them on he exclaimed:
Who washed these clothes?" The in
terpreter, fearing the old man was dis
pleased, was not eager to disclose the
washerwoman's name lest he should
make trouble for her But Isparhecher
insisted He made a note of her ad-
dress and after his conference with the
president he engaged the interpreter to
accompany him to the home Of the
woman. He complimented her on her
fine laundry work and said any one
who could wash to please him deserved
to become his wife. She accepted his
proposal, and the next train took
strangely mated couple back to the
Creek reservation. She learned the
language, and their life has been sin
gularly happy.
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Unless you have faith in your ability
you can never win battle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

Secretary Of the Fife ard Klnross
Miners fTeternol deler te to the A.
F. Of II. convention 1900
the greatest attention and respect of
both employers and workers.
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scaper'' in order 70 make the working
Of the system effective He has in
vented new appliance by which he
says ne can lengthen the air waves
% an almost unlimited extent.
A Commercial Proposition.
II Mr. Malconi can fulfill his prom
ises, what revolution there will be
in the commercial world The mill
lions invested in cables would become
lost capital. for no one would use a
cable at the rates charged for mes
sages when for a fraction OF the ccst
he colld telegraph by the wireless sys-
TEN.
il not only costs millions to manu-
facture and lay cables across the At
lantic. but keeping them in repair
costs hundreds OF thousands of dol
lars. Gable ships are kept in cclnmis-
sion all the time. and they find con-
tinually something to do in the way of
repairs on the great oceanic telegraph
lines Repairing a cable is a work of
skill, science and money A defect in
the cable having been located by means
known to the telegraph experts, the
cable ship steams away to the part of
the ocean where the difficulty Is and
drags for the cable with its graphing
irons. When finally the cable is picked
up the repairs are made and 1t is again
deposited upon the oozy bed Of the
sea. The initial expense and the cost
Of maintenance make it expensive to
talk with Europe, bit it does not cost
much to erect two poles and buy
Marconi outfit. 1t is obvious that if
the great Italian keeps his promise the
cost OF talking with the old world
will be trihing compared with what it
is now
California to Manila.
The United States is now preparing
to lay cable across the Pacific ocean
from the California coast 10 Manila.
II Marconi can make his promise good |
Of telegraphing without wire across
The Atlantic then there would be no
need for laying the cable. The wire
less system could be used and all the
tremendous cost Of establishing cable
communication obviated. The distance
from Montauk to Southampton is over
5000 miles. From San Francisco to
Honolulu Is only 1900 miles. From
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commodate the throng of guests pres
ent at the reception New Years day
and the senator therefore rented the
Chamber Of Commerce building which
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face--conditions most unfavorable to
the transmission Of electromagnetic
waves.
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Of all Dynamite Dicks" exploit
none was more wonderful than that a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-27

sciaper'' in order 70 make the working
Of the system effective. He has in
vented a new appliance by which he
says ne can lengthen the air waves
% an almost unlimited extent.