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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
GREAT CHESS PLAYER INSANE.
Champion Harry PilIsbury Tries Sui
eide.

Champion Harry PilIsbury Tries Sui
eide.
When Harry Nelson Pillsbury. the
American champion chess player, one
time champion of the world and prob
ably the most marvellous trick chess
player that ever lived, tried to commit
suicide in Philadelphia during a fit of
insanity a few days ago he only full
filled the fate which has been that of
nearly all Of the great masters of the
game, says the Chicago Chronicle. The
tremendous mental strain which they
undergo in the great tournaments, aid
ed and abetted by excessive use of
stimulants to keep them keyed up to
the proper pitch. Is too much for the
human brain. no matter how abnormal
ly brilliant
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
LARGE CARGO FOR JAPAN.
Steamship Minnesota Clears for the
Orient With Railroad Supplies.

''''''' 0"U OuPPIISss
Seattle, Wash.-Carrying a cargo of
$4,000 tons of freight and 81 locomo-
ives for Japan, IN addition to a large
passenger list, the steamship Mime
sofa cleared this port Monday for the
orient. The locomotives are from the
Baldwin works in Philadelphia. They
are consigned to Yokohama and are to
be used on the railroads of Japan and
Manchuria. They are of the Japanese
standard gauge, three feet, six in
cnes.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05

me snake has one great protection
"sainst assailants. He appears to be
a, awake and on his guard This
Is explained by the fact that the ewes
81 sios SNAKES never close. Night and day.
sleeping and waking wide open. A
snakes eyes are not protected with
nus put with strong scale. This ia
as ss clear as glass, and, of course. af-
.olus not the least impeachment to
sight.-London Globe
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
st. Paul Globe is No Mo-.

81 Paul, May latter a life .,
nearly 80 years the st. Paul Globe
cation. publ
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05

Professor John c. Olsen OF the
Brooklyn Polytechnic institute reports
100000 bacteria in one sample OF
milk bought in Brooklyn
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
SPOKANE MARKETS.
Wholesale Produce pric..


Potatoes, 81 cwt; onions 81 Ok QUIT
cabbage. $2@2.50 cwt; onions, 25c doz
spinach, 75c box; asparagus. 12Hc6
i5c ID; rhubarb, sc Id; oranges 81
case; Winesap apples, $3.50 box; New
ton Pippins, $1.40 box; best annles
s1.5O box; cabbage, $1.75; Davis 5ON
75c box; radishes, 4Oc doz lunches
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, $19 ton; bran and shorts so1
ton; oats, $1.45 cwt; wheat. s14O cwt
chopped corn, $1.S5 cwt; whole corn
Sl'z5 cwt; timothy hay, $14 ton: alfal.
Ia hay, s12 ton; oil meal. So cwt: grain
hay, S1S ton. - o a."
Prices Paid to Producers.
Vegetables and Fruits-Root vooo
laoies' Toe cwt; potatoes, 75@SOc cwt:
common apples, 5OQ75c box; second
grade, 75c@$1 box; best apples 81 5o
box; cabbage. $1.75 cwt.
POULTRY and Eggs-Chickens hens
lz1sc Id live weight; ROSTERS. 8@1oc
10; geese, 12c lb live weight; turkevs
lSc Id live weight. zoe dressed; ducks
6 case. 0' To'oV@
Live Stock-Steers, s3.75@4 cwt.
sheep' S4Q4.5O cwt; hogs. s5@5 so
cwt; veal, 5000 cwt. '''O
hay-Timothy, s12@13 ton; alfalfa
Tll ton; oats, $115@1.2O cwt.
creamery Products, (. o. b. spolkane
First grade creamery butter fat no.
Id 2S5sc. -"'' per
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05

American agricultural implements
sold In every civilized foreign country.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05

Weak faith makes weak men.-Bax-
endale.
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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
His Family.

A widow and five children survive
General Lee. Two of the boys are
army officers and two of the girls are
wives of army officers, while the re-
naming child is young woman still
in her teens.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
AFFECTS $4,000 employees
FALL RIVER (MAss.) MANuFAc
TURERs ANNOUNCE PROFIT
SHARING PLAN.

T
Fall River, Mass, Oct. 18.-The
Manufacturers association has an
nounced q 5 per cent increase In wages
of cotton mill operatives and profit
sharing plan to take effect Oct. rs.
Under the present market conditions
the profit sharing plan should net an
additional 8 per cent In July, 1904, a
reduction Of 1211s per cent in wages
was made and nine months strike
followed. The present proposal of
manufacturers not only restores the
old scale of wages as requested, but it
makes q slight advance.
The new plan affects directly some
$4,000 employees, but it Is believed that,
if adopted, it ultimately will be taken
up in every cotton mill center in New
England, as Fall Rivers influence in
this section Is paramount.
The plan as proposed by the manu-
facturers is, with slight notifications,
that suggested by Governor William
i. Douglas last April when, acting as
arbitrator, he brought about the settle
ment of the strike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
NEARBY
NEWS
NUBs
Turtle Lake Wave.

The last building was moved
from the old townsite Of Turtle
Lake last Monday Old cellars,
wells, and a few split up dry goods
boxes is all that marks the old
town from the surrounding prairie.
Dan Mccoy left today for Ana
moose, where he has taken a con-
tract to move a house 24x28 to
Turtle Lake, a distance Of about IS
miles. Dan would bea good fellow
to have around in case the court
house should need moving. He
brings everything this way.
Wednesday morning, in the alb
sence Of the fireman, the water
hauler took upon himself the re-
sponsibility of firing up Billows &
Delger's threshing rig. He got
the fire going in good shape, but
owing to the absence Of water in
the boiler, steam raised very slowly.
More fire was built up, and the
main inner fue burst. This means
an expense Of several hundred dol
lars and much valuable time. The
water hauler had not been author
lied to meddle with the engine.
Swan Hanson, who has been a
successful.farmer near Turtle Lake
for the last twenty years, bought a
half section Of raw prairie land last
year at $19 an acre. Is itanywon-
der that Iowa renters keep buying
homes here when old, experienced
lsettlers set such bod example ?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
HEAD OF MUTUAL LIFE REFUSES
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF
INVESTIGATORS.
lEclAREs AFFAIR An lAqulsI1loN
ADMITS MAINTAINING AN AGENT
AT ALBANY DURING LEels.
LATlvE SESSIONS.

New York, Oct. 1s.-It developed
ct the days session Of the insurance
Investigation that the Mutual Life
company paid house rent at Albany for
A. G. Fields, an employe Of the COM
pany, during the legislative session.
Richard A.. cCurdy, president of the
company, testified that Fields was in
Albany on legislative matters. Mr..
NcCurdy said he did not know An
drew Hamilton of Albany and was sur
prised to learn that the Mutual Life
Insurance company had paid money to
Hamilton.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Nc
Curdy was questioned concerning q
payment Of $4,000 to William A.
Fricke, former insurance commission
er of Wisconsin. Mr.. McCurdy testi-
fed that this payment was made after
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
The Garrison Times.

Robert Owens, the former station
agent, left the latter part of the
week for his home in Lidgerwood.
Auditor Poncelet, of the 500,
spent several days last week in
Garrison Strengthening up the sta
tion accounts.
County Auditor Wing and Com
missioner Solenberger were taking
in the sights Of Garrison yesterday.
They pronounced it the busiest
place on the map.
Arlington Dowd came in from his
home on the claim Friday, and has
excepted a position in the Citizens
State Bank. Mr.. Dowd recently
made some valuable improvements
on his claim.
Chas. Boltz left last Friday for
his home in Cramer, after having
spent a month in Garrison looking
after the townsite business. Mr..
Boltz made many friends here dur
ing his brief stay.
Manager Stewart, of the board
ing cars, made a trip east last week
in search Of men to finish surfac-
ing. He succeeded in locating
quite a handful. Now if they will
only stay.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
LARGEST OF ORE DOCKS.
Missabs Road Plan. Big Structure fol
Duluth.

sWsSo0US sNV0A ssOssc gSs8 SssSSs~sSi ~
Duluth.
Duluth, Oct. 18.-The Duluth, Mis-
sabe and Northern road, one of the big
ore roads of the Steel corporation, is
to build in Duluth what will be the
largest ore dock in the world this win
ter.
1t will cost in the neighborhood Of
100000 and will be the fourth dock OF
the company's present ore shipping
system here. The dock will have 384
pockets and will be 72 feet high. The
structure will be ready to go into com
mission May, 1, 1906. A year hence
No. / dock of the Missabe system will
be rebuilt.
The present largest individual ore
dock In the world is Great Northern
No. 2 on Allouez bay, but the Missabe
ore shipping system, comprising three
docks, is the largest system in the
world and will be further enlarged by
the new dock described.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
MARRIED..

A quiet and pretty wedding oc.
CURED in the First Presbyterian
church Wednesday, Oct. 11th, al
ll:3O A.. NJ, Rev. A. r. Carrick Of.
fciating.
The contracting parties were Mr.
Edward Schmid Of Oberon, N. D..
and Miss Sophie Hoffman of Wilton
Miss Hoffman is sister Of Mrs
j. j. Sehweizer, and has resided in
Wilton during the past year The
groom is one Of the thrifty and sub
stantial merchants Of Oberon.
The happy couple were attended
by Mr.. Jacob Schmid, brother OF
the groom, one Of our prosperous
and rising business men, and Miss
Minnie SWEET, Of Bismarck.
The bride wore q beautiful white
costume, typical Of that worn by
the Swiss bride in the Fatherland.
The bridesmaid was becomingly
attired in pale blue chiffon.
At 2:3O ?. NJ, the bridal party
sat down toasumptuous to and daint-
lily served feast at Hotel Wilton.
The newly welded couple took
the train Thursday for their future
home at Oberon. The News joins
in wishing them j happy and pros
porous journey through life. Will
ton News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20

ure Of the committee to compel the
witness to answer was also the sub
tect of much comment and Chairman
Armstrong was asked for statement.
He said Mr.. McCurdy's attitude has
not escaped the observation Of the
committee.
eve can get the information we de-
sired from him from another source =
said Chairman Armstrong. "When it
comes to point that witness can
but will not supply information we
desire then it will be necessary for us
to direct the witness to answer"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
no TRAcE oF cUNLIFFE.

Army Of Detectives Fails to Locats
Missing Messenger.
.Pittsburg, Oct. 1s.-Over = week
has elapsed since the discovery Of the
SOL 900 Adams Express company rob.
berry and the disappearance Of Edward
@. Cunliffe, the money clerk. charged
with the theft. Notwithstanding the
large force Of detectives working on
the case It is apparent that not q
tangible clue has been brought to light
concerning Cunliffe's whereabouts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
Railway Gasoline Cars.

The devil wagon, after running
lover eyekg body and everything else
in its path, is now about to run
over the railway tracks, or, more
correctly speaking, to run on them.
IF the experiment proves success
full, it will mean the greatest revo-
luton in passenger travel since
railways were invented.
Last Friday, the Union Pacific
made an official test Of motor car
driven by gasoline, and the test
was pronounced a complete sue
cess. In "trip of sixty-two miles,
an average speed Of fifty miles an
hour was easily maintained, and
for several miles the speed exceeded
63 miles an hour. The car is IS
feet long, and is constructed to
carry fifty passengers. 1t is said
that the car, or q. train of them, can
operate at an expense much less
than that of a steam railway or an
electric trolley. A large number Of
these motor cars are in the course
|of construction, and they will be
SO arranged as to provide for mail
and baggage. The branches or the
entire system will be equipped by
them as fast as they can be built.
This is the answer of the rail-
roads to the electric men who are
planning a comprehensive system
|of electric roads in the west. Elec-
trio roads on the trolley system, are
being projected out Of Kansas City
like a huge fan spreading in every
direction. They are designed tol
carry passengers and freight for
distances up to $50 miles. Indeed,
one such road plarned to run across
the state Of Missouri, 275 miles,
from St. Louis to Kansas City. az
number Of others are intended to
crisscross Missouri and Kansas.
The steam railways have, Of course
been alive to this threatened inva-
sion Of their local traffic, and this
gasoline motor car of the Union
Pacific is the first step to meet it.
The Union Pacific's example will,
of course, be followed by the other
roads as fast as they can, if il turns
out TO bel satisfactory solution Of
the passenger problem for short
distances.
4 The public will look with approx
ing smiles at this merry war which
premises lat to make Is greatly for
comfort and sanlines', ia travel
Sioux City journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20

the receipt of a letter from Charlton
T. Lewis saying that Mr.. Fricke would
accept retainer TO see that the in
sterests of the Mutual Life should come
to no harm" in that state. Mr.. Nc
Curdy authorized the payment of the
money.
Mr.. McCurdy was questioned at
great length concerning Steady re-
duction in the dividends paid to policy
holders by the Mutual Life, but he de-
clined to discuss the question, saying
the company's actuary was the proper
person to give information on that SUBJ
5ect.
Shows Ignorance on Many Points.
Mr.. McCurdy was first asked regard.
ing advertising. but he declared he had
no more knowledge Of what advertis-
ing his company puts out than the
casual reader. This was the business
OF the advertising department. he said.
He was then asked concerning the
continued decrease In dividends on
certain policies Of the Mutual Life and
again declared he knew nothing about
the. matter, referring Mr.. Hughes.
counsel for the committee, to the com.
pany's actuary.
Mr.. McCurdy then complained that
this investigation Was going outside Of
what was contemplated when the COM
mittee was appointed by the legisla-
ture. He said he understood this was
to be an examination Of its methods.
not an inquisition.
Mr.. Hughes replied that 1t was. I'M
deed, an inquisition.
s'We will have occasion to call your
actuary. but you have been In the In
surance business for forty years and +
want to learn what you know about
your company" !" said Mr.. Hughes. !. You
are It's president and receive $50. 900.
n salary. want to learn for what
you are responsible. 2sfs
You are trying to prove me = foo. q 4
the witness retorted. II.
without commenting on that which
obviously acquires no comment let me
ask. you to tell us to the best Of your
/ ability some of the lines on which
your company Is conducted" said MT.
Hughes. &; IN 5ss
Vartous letters from policyholders
+ we're read to M. McC Curdy showing .
& gradual reduction Of dividends and he
replied that probably the decrease was
! $dueato the approach 4of the maturity Of
the poliey Qne1ti toned further to ok
plain what he meant he again refused
! O. discuss The uestion. e
Chairtna I'M Arms trone then asked the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
HALF a DOZEN DEAD.

Mother and Five Children Perish in
Burning Home.
st. Louis, Oct. 1S.-Mrs. Alice Hart
man and her five children were burned
to death and their home was destroyed
by fire at Port Royal. village in
Franklin county.
The husband, William Hartman, es.
capped from the burning dwelling but
was unable to save any members of his
70 .,oilsy ~ 49,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
JERRY SIMPSON DYING.

Hope Of Recovery Of Former Congress.
man Abandonsd.t s..s
Wichita, Kan, Oct. 1S.-Ex-C Con-
gresham Jerry Simpson. who is III ,at
local hospital, is at deaths door. ac-
cording to q statement issued early in
the day by his physicians The end
may come at khy hour, they say. At
hest thcy consider 1t hardly probable
that the patient can survive another
twenty -four hours. 1ss.s Il,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-10-20
Experts syyiIl. ao over sooks.

Peoria I'LL, Oct. IL. The arst steps
looking 70 N investigation into the &C.
counts sof Newton G. Dougherty since
he first became city superintendent Of
schools TWENTY-FIVE years $50 was
taken during the day. a committee
representing the school board let; the
contract to- On auditing company to 50
over the books Of the school board for
sa quarter OF q century Il
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-04-01
IDAHO SQUlBBS.

The drawing for lands at Twin Falls
occurred last week.
The Elks of Moscow have accepted
their new building from the contractor
Ed Skelly, a miner at the Standard
mine at Mace. was struck by falling
rock in the mine and sustained a
broken leg.
Congressman Burton l.. French has
recommended the establishment of a
rural free delivery route out of Athol,
in Kootenai county.
The condition of L. N. ODer, the
aeronaut who was severely injured by
falling $50 feet from a balloon, when
at the same time his partner. V. Mid
dlekauf, met death, continues to i'm
prove.
r. S. Mathews. a wealthy farmer,
owning several valuable ranches in
the Moscow vicinity, has received no
tice that he had been appointed Stats
tical agent of the department of agri-
culture for Idaho.
Conrad Layer 80 years of age, a
prosperous farmer living one mile
south of Mohler, was found lying face
down upon the floor in his home with
a bullet wound in his forehead. The
theory advanced is that Layer killed
himself by accident.
| In a wreck of the Great Northern
westbound limited train at APO in the
morning, 10 miles east of Boomers
Ferry, o. j. Jones, one of the best
known engineers of Spokane, was
knhed and his fireman, J. L. Horsley
miraculously escaped death. The
wreck was caused by the train strik
ing a landslide in the canyon of the
Kootenai river
The business portion Of Whitebird
situated on the Salmon river. 20 miles
from Grangeville, was almost com
pletely destroyed by fire recently. The
fire started in the rear of the Stai
hotel about 1880 p. m. A heavy vino
was blowing from the south.
The general land Office has ordered
the withdrawal from all disposal ex
lcept under mineral laws of all vacan
lunappropriated public lands in town
ships 80 and 40 east, of range six
township Al east, of range three
township AZ east, of range two; town
ship SO east, of ranges eight and nine
The land is located in the Lewiston
land district. near Orofno creek. TIT
office also ordered the withdrawal il
the Occur d'Alene district of town
ships %, 43, 46, AZ east, of range two
township A east, of range three
township 81 east, of range four.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-04-01
Gar May Sue for Peace.

The reverses sustained by Russian
arms in the last few weeks have forced
most observers to conclude that the
car must soon negotiate for peace.
There has been much peace talk in all
of the European capitals, sovereigns
and ministers are sad to have urged
it, and now it is announced from a
high authority that the views of
Nicholas have undergone a change;
that, instead of showing a determina-
ton to continue hostilities, he now
looks with some favor upon the idea
of making a pacific proposal to Japan,
and that it would not be surprising if
terms were agreed upon within the
next six weeks.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-04-01
Pensioner 1906 Years Old.

William Welch, a resident Of Ac-
worth, n. H., is 1O5 years old. having
been born during the administration
of John Adams, the second president
of the United States. He holds the
record Of being the oldest pensioner
of the civil war; and is just a month
younger than Hiram Cronk. who holds
the same record for the war of 1872
WEIGH was over 60 years old when he
enlisted in Company I, Fourteenth
New Hampshire volunteers. At the
last session of congress a bill was
passed increasing Welch's pension
from $12 to S24 a month.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-04-01
OREGON NEWS.

James H. Gwinn of Pendleton, has
accepted the secretaryship of the va
tiOnal Live Stock association.
DR.. Andrew C. Smith of Portland
has been chosen grain president of the
Oregon state board of health.
1t is proposed to endow Willamette
university with 100000 and make ex
tensive Improvements in the property
A gigantic Doodle is reported in
Portland. The city is said to have
been bled by men of prominence in
contracts with the city.
At a recent meeting of the Citizens
association of Echo and vicinity, the
campaign for the big May Day picnic
to be held here Saturday, May 6. was
outlined.
Between so and 60 of Portland's au
tomobile enthusiasts are organizing al
automobile club. one of the chief pur
poses of the club being to stop reck
less driving.
The number of prisoners in the Ore
gon penitentiary has increased from
800 to 1872 in the last six months. Fo
short time in 1897 there were All
convicts at Salem.
R. e. Thorn, who resides sever
miles west of Echo, this week sold
ton of honey, one third of his las
years crop, to Pendleton merchant
for u cents a pound, wholesale. MI
Thorn has 200 stands of bees.
George Moore. "A years of age,
pioneer Of the Huntington section o
the country and a prominent odd Fe
low of 80 years standing, was on
bridge, and hearing the passenger al
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-04-01

preaching around the curve. started to
run across. tripped and fell. the en-
CINE cutting him in two.
Drain. Ore.-Herman Shocks shot
and killed +. V. Cooper. who had &C
cused him OF attempting to poison
him. and also shot and killed Paul
Howse. who was In Cooper's house,
the scene OF the tragedy. His bloody
work was completed by Shocks turn
ing the gun on himself. dying almost
instantly from the effects of the
charge
Because he knew he was destined
to die within a few days Of tuberculo-
sis, the disease which has carried on
~ of his IA brothers and sisters. E. f.
Caps Sunday shot himself to death
in Portland. Caps is the son of Israel
Caps, a well known pioneer. A pc
culiar feature of the case is that
neither Israel Caps nor his wife were
afflicted with consumption, both hay
ing lived to be over so years Of age