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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
WAS A BUSY CONGRESS.
Review Of Work Done by the Las
Session.

0Cooio0s
The last session of congress was a
busy one, but the number of things
done that ought to have been done was
outnumbered by the things that we're
left undone.
The senate. against the advice OF
the president, amended the arbitration
treaties. and this work is now at a
standstill.
District Court Judge Swayne was
acquitted on articles Of impeachment
voted by the house.
The Philippine tariff was revised
and an act passed to encourage rail-
road building and other developments
in the islands.
The laws of Alaska were cOdihed
and the appointment Of an additional
judge authorized.
Two new battleshlps were provided
for in the naval appropriation bill.
Jurisdiction of the forest reserves
was transferred from the interior to
the agricultural department.
BY resolution of the house the de-
partment of commerce was instructed
to begin an investigation of the oil
trust.
The secretary Of war was authoriz-
ed to return union and confederate
battlehags to the states from which
they were originally borne.
The American National Red Cross
society was incorporated.
A mo-
carrying an appropriation of nearly
$31 900, 600.
There was a failure to pass the
measure for the immediate opening of
the south half Of the Colville reserva-
ton.
The bill reducing the membership
of the Panama canal commission and
giving the president larger directory
powers failed.
The ch-Townsend bill for the reg
ulation of freight rates by the inter
state commerce commission was pass
ed by the house, but died in the sen
ate.
The statehood bill which, as II
passed the house, admitted Oklaho-
ma. New Mexico and Arizona as sep
arate states, was amended so as to
admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory
as a single state and New Mexico
leaving Arizona a territory. The house
refused to accept the changes and the
bill died in conference.
There was refusal of the demand
of the DeOnle of Alaska for a delegate
in congress.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

According to estimates which have
been prepared at Toxic the forces un.
der General Kuropatkin between the
Shake river and Tie pass total slight
ly over 100000, composed of 335. 900 in.
fantry, $4,000 cavalry and $4,000 ar.
tillery, with 1904 guns. These esti-
mates do not include the Vladivostok
and other garrisons, the railroad
guards or the civil employees. The
grand total of the Russian strength
east OF Baikal is estimated at 100000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Forty Bombs Found on Them

st. Petersburg -Although Sunday
was reasonably quiet, a number of en-
counters between the police and dis
contented workmen were reported. No
one was killed. However, a detachment
of the secret police arrested two Ar
menian and two Jewish students dis
guised as wOrkmen, who were dist
ributing pamphlets of a revolutionary
nature among the inmates of tea.
houses, in the poorer quarter. When
taken to the fortress and searched 40
bombs small. and made to resemble
oranges, were found hidden in their
clothing. All four were Intercepted
at length by the police, but they de.
clined to state where they got the
bombs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Items Of Farm Products.
They Bid Farewell to Never.

Rome.-At a farewell banquet to
Ambassador Meyer, Foreign Minister
Tittoni, in a speech, expressed his sor-
row at the departure of Mr.. Meyer, and
praised his diplomatic ability.
Mr. Meyer, responding, said he was
deeply moved at the honor shown him
as the representative OF the United
States, and hoped the feeling of friend
ship between the two nations would
continue to increase.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Bribery Charges.

Denver, Col, March. IA commit
tee has been appointeud by the general
assembly of Colorado to investigate
charges of bribery in the contest for
the governorship. Charges have been
made and published in the local papers
to the effect that fund had been rails
ed by the corporations and was being
used to purchase votes for James A.
Peabody, who eeks the office held by
Alva Adams, but no notice of them
was taken by the general assembly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Mob hanas Crazy Negro.

Nicksburg, Miss.-The body of DR..
William B. Oliphant, who was shot to
death by half crazy negro at Helms
station has arrived here. From the
same train the negro was who respon.
sible for the death of Dr. Onphant
was taken from the deputy at Eliza.
beth station by a masked body of men,
and reports that reach here are that
he was promptly hanged.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Big Strike in New York.

New York, March Sat five min
utes to 4 O'Clock this morning the
strike on the elevated and subway of
the Interborough Rapid Trnasit COM
pany began. A train, which reached
the One Hundred and Fifty first street
terminal of the West Side Elevated
line ia the hour, was deserted by its en-
tire crew. Ticket choppers, agents and
other employees at the One Hundred
and Fifty-tifth street station also went
out.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

time in formalities. He descended the
steps which were put in place in front
Of the inaugural stand and took his
carriage without reentering the capt
tol. The inaugural march began at
1:20 o'clock and as the presidents car
rage followed by that of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks and those OF the men,
bers OF the cabinet proceeded through
the capitol grounds, the vast throng
hastily placed itself on either side OF
the line Of march and cheered without
ceasing.
Acknowledges Cheers.
The procession moved slowly and
Mr.. Roosevelt, in acknowledging the
salutations from either side, rose to
his feet repeatedly and with his silk
hat In his hand bowed to right and
left. The buildings facing the capitol
grounds through which the procession
passed were occupied to their full ca
pacity with cheering people who wav-
ed flags and handkerchiefs. No Incl
dent marred in the slightest degree
the inaugural procession as 1t left the
scene of the inaugural address and
proceeded down past the Peace monu-
ment and took its way toward the
White House on the broad avenue.
Presidents Reviewing Stand.
The president, with Chairman Cor
telyou, the members of the cabinet and
congressional committee, with Gen
eral Chaffee and staff and General
Wilson with the same escort that &C.
companied them to the capitol, return.
ed to the White House at 2 o'clock,
and through the northeast gate Joined
the ladies and children of the family
and the invited guests at luncheon
which was served Immediately. Al
PAS the presidential party left the
White House and walked across the
lawn, took their assigned places in
the reviewing stand, where a thousand
or more specially favored ones had
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Northern Securities Won.

The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the circuit court of appeals
for the third circuit in the case of
Hartman versus the Northern Securi-
ties company, involving the distribu-
tion of the shares in the Northern Sc
curities company. The decision is
favorable TO the company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Gorgeous Decorations.

The Inauguration of President Roos-
evelt was made a festal ceremony in
this city. The city is a symphony in
color A blaze of decorations greets
the eye at every turn. From every
staff the national ensign breaks to the
gentle breeze; great buildings are en-
folded in the soft embrace of the stars
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Greece Cabinet Holds.

Athens.-The elections for members
OF the chamber OF deputies resulted in
a considerable government majority.
All the ministers were reelected, and
almost all the Delyannist candidates
were returned.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

hardihood and endurance. and above
all the power OF devotion to a lofty
ideal. which made great the men who
founded this republic in the days Of
Washington. which made great the
men who preserved this republic in
the days Of Abraham Lincoln.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
ELEVEN BILLIONS IN "a YEARS.
Total Value of American Farm Prod
ucts Sent Out of Country.

ucts Sent Out of Country.
The department of agriculture has
issued a report on foreign trade in
farm and forest products in 1904, com
piled by the division of foreign mar
kets. 1t shows that the balance of
trade in farm products in each year
from 1890 to 1904 was in favor of ex-
ports. There was a distinct gain in
1898, when the exports balance in
creased to $685.. 900, 900, a gain of $751;
900 over the preceding year, and for
six successive years beginning with
1898, the annual export balance for
farm products exceeding $4,000
The statement shows that the do
nestle exports of farm or agricultural
products for the year were $19,00O,0OO
less than the preceding year, and &c.
100000 less than the annual average
for 1899 to 1903 The total value of
exports in 1904 was sS59.160.264 The
exports Of forest products in 1904 ag-
gregated $60,50O 430, and was an in
crease of $1,000, 900 over 1903. and
S36, 100000 more Jnan the annual aver
age for 1894 to 1898. For the period,
1890 to 1904. the total value Of do
nestle exports of farm products ag-
gregated $1,000, 100000.
Total imports of farm products in
1904 were $461,535,S51, an Increase OF
$5,OOO,000 over 1903, and of $54 900. 900
over the annual average for 1899 to
1903, and of forest products $79,61O.-
296. The value of imports of forest
products exceeded the previous year
by $S,000,000, and the annual average
of 1899 to 1903, by $4,000 900.
Items Of Farm Products.
The farm imports in 1904 included
S7S,OO0,0O0 of sugar and molasses. ST.
100000 in animal fibers. $40 0O0, 900 in
coffee. s52,O0O,OO0 in hides and skins,
and s46,000,000 in vegetable fbers.
Lumber exports aggregated s39,000,-
600, an increase of $1,000 900 over the
previous year. Naval stores exported
increased from $4,000 900 in 1903. to
over $16,000.000 in 1904. Alcoholic
liquors imported declined $500, 900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
MONTANA COLLISION
PASSENGER and FREIGHT TRAINS
COME TOGETHER ON A CURVE.
Two Men Are Dead and Several Bad
~ lnjured-Engineer on Freight
Read His Orders Wrong-5oth En-
elnes Left Track-Occurred Near
Bearmouth.

Missoula, Mont. March 1.-TWO men
are dead and six people injured as the
result Of collision of a freight and the
westbound Twin Cities express on the
Northern Pacific at Bearmouth, Sun
day afternoon, at 2:30. The express
was 80 minutes behind time, and the
freight had orders to wait at Bear
mouth siding. Mearmouth is 75 miles
west of Helena, and has an unenviable
reputation as the scene Of holdups and
murders on the Northern Pacific.
Engineer Sheehan misunderstood
his orders. He had the impression that
the express was three hours and 80
minutes late. His orders read 30 min
utes late He proceeded east. AS the
freight rounded the curve east of Bear
mouth. scarcely out of the yards, II
crashed head on into the express A
high bank shut off the view of both
engineers. and no attempt had been
made to slow down. Both engines
were thrown from the track and the
mail and express cars telescoped but
the passenger coaches came to a dead
stop and remained on the track.
The Dead.
AS soon as the passengers could
reach the disabled end of the train it
was found that the following were
dead:
w. f. Wilcox of Helena. division
chief clerk of the railway mail service.
on tour of inspection; instantly killed.
J. L. Bellin of Helena, fireman of
the express; crushed and mangled;
died when removed from wreck
Joseph l.. James. engineer Of the
passenger, is a cousin of Frank and
Jesse James, notorious former outlaws.
Bellin came to Helena two years ago
from Minnesota.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

The Kongo is one Of the widest wa
terways on the globe. if not the finest.
It is 25 miles across in parts. so that
vessels may pass one another and yet
be out Of sight.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MADE A
MASTERLY SPEECH.
At the East Front Of the Capitol
Says Our People Have Cause to be
Thankful for Things Of the Past and
No Good Reason Why We Should
Fear the Future-Lauds Lincoln.

MY Fellow Citizens: No people on
earth have more cause to be thankful
than ours, and this is said reverently,
and in no spirit of boastfulness in our
own strength, but with gratitude to
the Giver of good who has blessed us
with the conditions which have enabl-
ed us to achieve so large a measure
Of well-bdfng and of happiness. To
us as a people 1t has been granted to
lay the foundations of our national life
in new continent. We are the heirs
of the ages, and yet we have had to
pay few of the penalties which in old
countries are exacted by the dead hand
of a bygone civilization. We have not
been obliged to fight for our existence
against any alien race; and yet our
life has called for the vigor and effort
without which the manlier and harder
virtues wither away. Under such con-
ditions it would be our own fault if
we failed; and the success which we
have had in the past. the success that
we confidently believe the future will
bring. should cause in us no feeling
of vainglory, but rather a deep and
abiding realization of all which life has
offered us; full acknowledgment OF
responsibility which is ours; and a
fixed determination to show that under
free government a mighty people
can thrive best, alike as regards the
things of the body and the things OF
the soul.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
vledmosti Printers on Strike.

St. Petersburg Russian We'd
mosti did not appear Sunday owing ia
the fact that the printers are on strike
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Duties Must Not Be shirked.

Much has been given to us. and
much will rightfully be expected from
us. We have duties to others, and du-
ties to ourselves; and we can shirk
neither. We have become a great ma
ton, forced by the fact of it's great
ness into relations with the other ma
tions of the earth; and we must be-
have as beseems a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other ma
tons, large and small, our attitude
must be one of cordial and sincere
friendship. We must show not only
in orr words but in our deeds that we
are earnestly DESTROYS of securing
their good will by acting toward them
in a spirit of just and generous recog-
milton of all their rights. But Justice
and generosity in a nation, as in an
individual. count most when shown not
by the weak but by the strong While
ever careful to refrain from wronging
others we must be no less insistent
that we are not wronged ourselves.
We wish peace; but we wish the
peace of justice, the peace of righte-
BUSINESS. We wish it because we
think it is right and not because we
are afraid. No weak nation that acts
manfully and justly should ever have
cause to fear us, and no strong power
should ever be able to single us out
as a subject for insolent aggression.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

Some are wise to guide; some try
TO manage.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11
Foreign Relations.

our relations with the other pow
ers of the world are important: but
still more important are our relations
among ourselves. Such growth in
wealth, in population. and in power
as this nation has seen during the
century and a quarter of its national
life is inevitably accompanied by a
like growth in the problems which are
ever before every nation that rises to
greatness. Power invariably means
both responsibility and danger. Oul
forefathers faced certain perils which
we have outgrown. We now face 9th
er perils the very existence of which
it was impossible that they should
foresee.
Modern life is both complex and in
tense, and the tremendous changes
wrought by the extraordinary indus
trial development of the last half cen
fury are felt in every fibre of our so
cial and political being. Never before
have men tried so vast and formidable
an experiment as that of administering
the affairs of a continent under the
forms of a democratic republic. The
conditions which have told for oui
marvellous material wellbeing, which
have developed to a very high degree
our energy. self reliance and individ
ual initiative. have also brought the
care and anxiety inseparable from the
accumulation of a great wealth in in
dustrial centers. Upon the success OF
our experiment much depends, not on
ly as regards our own welfare, but is
regards the welfare of mankind. Il
we fail, the cause of free self govern
ment throughout the world will rocl
to its foundations; and therefore oui
responsibility is heavy, to ourselves
to the world as it is today and to the
generations yet unborn.
Faith in the Future.
There is no good reason why We
should fear the future, but there is
every reason why we should face il
seriously, neither hiding from our
selves the gravity of the problems be
fore us nor fearing to approach these
problems with the unbending. unflinch
ing purpose to solve them Alright.
yet after all. though the prob
lens are new, though the tasks set be
fore us differ from the tasks set be
fore our fathers who founded and pre-
served this republic, the spirit in
which these tasks must be undertaken
and these problems faced. if our duty
is to be well done, remains essentially
unchanged. We know that self gov.
eminent is diffcult We know that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
Johnny's Welcome.

MY boy! my boy! Oh, has any
body seen my little JOHNNY" cried a
poor mother, distractedly looking in
every direction and inquiring of every
person whom she met if anything had
been seen of her eight-year old boy
on the long strip of sand which lies
between Seaside Park and the ocean
at Coney Island, where at a very mod
est estimate fully $4,000 persons had
congregated.
Just at this moment a kindly-Iook-
ing man in bathing suit hove into
view, leading by the hand a small
boy, convulsively sobbing, but tightly
clutching half-eaten .franhfurter
with a small, grimy hand, literally
sprinkled with sand.
''Oh, there you are. you little william,
you!" the woman shrieked, as she
caught sight of the weeping little chap.
eph Eiseman that he was so bad that
to death?" and she grabbed her long
lost son and gave him an unmerciful
belaboring.
How glad she is to get him again,"
sarcastically remarked the finder of
the boy to bystander.-New York
World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
Star Gazing During September Month
Uranus and the Cluster of Twinklers

around the planet in only two and one
half days, while the outer one requires
only thirteen and one-hah days in
which to make the circuit. 1t will be
remembered that our own moon goes
around the earth in twenty-eight days.
While month on Uranus, reckoning
by its nearest moon, is but two and
one-half days long, the year. on the
contrary, is eighty-four times as long
as ours. for Uranus occupies eighty
four years in passing around the sun
Only an inhabitant who lived to be a
good old cse would therefore be priv
ileged to see the four seasons, spring,
summer, autumn and winter, on this
planet
On figure there are shown a few
of the interesting objects in this part
of the sky Each round dot of this fig
ure represents a star, the size of the
dots showing the comparative bright
ness of the stars, while each triangu-
lar dot shows the position of a star
cluster or nebula- Each double star is
marked d. each triple star T, each red
star r, and each variable star "
Star Clusters.
The clusters will well repay exami-
nation Those at L, S aud 2 are rather
loose clusters. but are fine objects in
a small telescope Those at w, o and
@ are densely crowded clusters of
faint stars. the first being surrounded
by superb field of brighter stars. The
two dots marked p are remarkable
nebulas. The lower is an enormously
extended nebulous cloud which is di-
vided by black lanes into three parts
and mixed up with cluster of stars;
the upper is the horseshoe nebu1a
whose appearance in a large telescope
is as shown in figure 8. In figure 4
are several star clusters as they ap-
pear in a small telescope; the first of
these is the cluster at Q, figure 2.
The little dot marked x shows the
point at which in 1904 a magnificent
new star appeared and grew so rapid
ly in brightness that it soon far out
shone every other star in the sky. 1t
could even be easily seen in full day
light. 1t remained visible for two
years, but it has pow long since entire
ly disappeared.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
AMBITION AS A TONIC.


Is Well, Occasionally, to Depart
from the Beaten Track
The world is full of s-beaten-track.
people who exist exactly after the
fashion of millions of men and women
who have preceded them. New ideas.
new methods, new undertakings are
alien to them, and to move them out
or the beaten track would require lit
tie less than moral or material cy-
clone. Their gait is Flooding, and
their motto, Let well enough alone"
These people have their uses, no
doubt in the general scheme of things
mundane. They are important factors
In making life a severe discipline
They hold in check the enthusiastic,
progressive and original people who
would otherwise run this poor old
world too swiftly.
Granted their usefulness. it might
be possible, and would surely be ad-
vantageous, for a smaller number of
beaten-track people to serve the pur-
poses for which they exist; and some
power evoked to transform the ma
1ority> of them into progressive and
enthusiastic citizens of the world.
fhe1r numbers have far outgrown
the needs, while the ranks of the ad-
vance guard of humanity have grown
thin
Our attitude toward the sluggish
and satisfied people ought to be one
of pity rather than scorn, perhaps, for
they are generally the product of I'M
toward circumstances. Physical or
mental or moral incapacity is respon-
s1ble for their apathy. and has left
them only energy or will sufficient for
the beaten track. They at least are
far above the degenerate and crimi-
nal classes in humanity's scale, for
these are too feeble in intellect and
Will to, keep even in the beaten track,
not to mention the power to blaze a
higher and finer way through the
world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
She Knew His 1emn.r.

s At the close of the late Spanish
American war, and when the troops
were returning home, member of the
Seventy-first Regiment, New York,
was stricken with fever and sent to
ST. GATHERINGS hospital, in Brooklyn,
and upon his wife calling at the hospi-
tai to inquire after her husbands con-
dition she was informed by Mr. JOS
eph Eliseman that he was SO bad that
she would not be allowed to see him.
She was rather insistent, when Mr.
Eiseman said: Madam, 1 am very
sorry I cannot grant your request,
his temperature is very high this
morning and an interview might en-
danger his life''
Pausing a moment, Mrs. German,
the wife, said: Indeed, Mr.. Eiseman,
you cannot tell me anything about
his temper. am not married to him
these twelve years without knowing
full well of his high temper" And
with that she departed.