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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
IDAHO NOTES.

The death of ARKANSAS" whose
badly decomposed remains were found
in her little shack on the outskirts
of Wallace recently, regardless of the
character of the woman, has brought
back to the memory of many of the
old pioneers incidents and scenes OF
the primitive days Of the district that
nothing but the passing of pioneer
can do.
Capitalists from the east, who are
furnishing capital for the Lewiston
& Grangeville electric road, which
must be completed by June Z, 1907,
have finished trip along the line
overland, and letting contracts for
bridge, lumber and grading at differ.
ent points.
Lewiston's $4,000 high school
building and about 20 residences in
the eastern end of the city were
threatened with destruction recently
by grass fire started by a man
dropping lighted match in a vacant
lot.
Moscow is now out for a new court
house.
The Occur d'Alene district is now
universally looked upon as the lead
ing silver-lead mining district in the
world, is rapidly coming into the fore
ground as a copper camp and sensa-
tional strikes of gold have been made,
but it remained for Frank Etzold, q
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
KILLED U. S. OFFICER ON CHIP
Lieut.. England of Cruiser Chattanooga
4, is Victim.

Lieut.. England of Cruiser Chattanooga
+. is Victim.
Cheefo.-Lieutenant Clarence Eng
land, navigating officer of the United
States cruiser Chattanooga, was
wounded recently by a rifle bullet
fired by member of the crew of the
French armored cruiser Du Petit
Thouars and died hours later. The
Chattanooga, with Lieutenant Eng
land on the bridge, was proceeding
from the harbor to the target range,
just outside, and was passing the
French squadron, which was anchored
near the American squadron and was
engaged in small arms practice. The
Chattanooga, after everal bullets had
struck the side of the ship, signalled
to the Frenchmen to cease firing, but
before this was done Lieutenant
England was struck in the back at
the base of the spine, probably by a
ricochet bullet, which left his body
under the arm. The crew of the Du
Petit Thouars later continued their
practice from the deck of the cruiser.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
two YACHTS collide
Eight PERSuNS DROWNED OFF
THE new 4JERsEY.COAsT.
Life Saving Crews at therefore, Inlet
Station Did Great Work in Rescur-
ing Victims of Accident-Rough Sea
Turned Sloop Yacht Nora Complete
Iy Over-32 Persons Into Sea.

Anglesea, N. j., July 30.-Two
yachts coming in from the fishing
banks capsied on therefore, inlet bar
Sunday and eight persons lost their
lives. There were 80 persons on one
yacht, of whom seven were lost. and
IL on the other. That there were not
more victims was due to Captain Hen
ry S. Ludlam of the therefore, Inlet life
saving station and crew of five men
Bodies recovered:
FREDERICK FISCHER, ST., Phila-
delphia.
HERBERT HAMMEL, Lansdale, Pa
WALTER SNYDER, Philadelphia.
JOHN FOGARTY, Haverford, Pa.
]. STARKEY, Philadelphia.
JERRY DONUHUE, Philadelphia.
Unknown man.
Missing - Samuel Londer, Wood
bury. N. j.
Anglesea is one of the favOrite fish
ing places along the New Jersey coast,
and has seldom had a buster day than
today. Every excursion train from
Philadelphia and other nearby points
came crowded with visitors, most OF
them intending to spend the day in
fishing.
The two boats that got into trouble
were the sloop yacht Nora and the
sloop Alvin B. AS the Nora keeled
over she was hit by huge wave and
turned completely over, throwing the
80 occupants into the sea.
A government life boat, commanded
by Captain Ludlam of the Hereford
Inlet life saving station, hove in sight,
and after some manoeuvering manag-
ed to get close to the capsized vessel.
Captain Ludlam's work of rescue
was most propitious, as the rough sea
was constantly pounding the life boat
great tangle Of fishing lines and nets,
and it was no doubt due to this that
so many were unable to reach the cap
sized boat.
When the Alvin B. was seen to cap
tie there were several boats in the
vicinity, and all but one of it's occu-
pants were saved.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
THE WILL OF RUSSELL SAGE
80, 100000 is Latest Estimate o
Fortune.

The will of Russell Sage, which was
filed for probate recently bequeaths
all of his estate to his widow, Mar
garet Olivia Sage, after the payment Of
$4,000 to each of his nephews and
nieces and $4,000 to his sister, Mrs.
Fanny Chaplin of Oneida, N. Y. Mrs.
Chaplin died since the will was made.
The will also provides that in case
of any Of it's beneficiaries contesting
the probate they shall be cut off from
any share in the estate.
There was nothing in the will to
show the value of the estate. The
will was dated February II, 1901, and
was sworn to by Edward Townsend
and r. w. Freedman as witnesses. 1t
consists of about 800 words.
While there was nothing in the will
to show the value of Mr.. Sage's estate
attorneys for Br Sage estimate it at
between $7O,00OOOO and $50 100000, OF
which amount 100000 is outstand.
ing in loans.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Five Million Dollar Fire.

The total loss resulting from the
burning Of Syrian. Russia, recently,
81 $5,00O,O00. The insurance com.
panies lost more than 100000. Dur.
ing the fire Paul Orleneff, who headed
the Russian theatrical troupe which
visited the United States this year and
was stranded in New York, narrowly
ESCAPED death at the hands of mob
He was mistaken for monk who was
suspected of setting fire to the city
and was badly beaten and thrown into
a burning house, but was rescued be
fore the flames reached him.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
DYNAMITE IN A BLAZING CAR
Shunted to Sidetrack and Crew Es.
cape the Explosion.

Salt Lake, Utah.-The crew of a
freight train on the Tintic branch of
the Rio Grande Western road had a
narrow escape from awful desaster
recently, when it was found that a
car loaded with dynamite and in the
middle of their train was on fire
By heroic and quick work the burn.
ing car was cut out of the train and
thrown on a sidetrack near Goshen
and the trainmen had barely with.
drawn to safe distance with the re
mainder of their train when the dyna
mite exploded, blowing the car tc
atoms and tearing up the track for a
considerable distance. No one was
hurt.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
GAEkWAR is VERY CRITICAL
Says Some Americans Were Curious
to Vulqarity.

says some Americans were Curious
to Vulgarity.
Just before leaving Americas kind
ly shores Maharajah Gaekwar OF
Baroda delivered himself of a lengthy
disquisition upon Yankee land in
general and American women in
particular.
The maharajah said: CAS- in any
country as new as this society is
bound to be somewhat crude. What
you call the higher class, as we'll as
the middle class, we found exceeding
ly kind and hospitable. I must
admit, however. very frequently we
met spirit of curiosity which, in my
poor opinion, merged almost2 upon
vulgarity.
81 found American women independ
ent, self possessed and high spirited
but I must own they are not as beau
tiful as 1 had been led to expect
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
SPORTING NEWS.

Battling Nelson won't fight Joe
Cans as the Chicago lightweight says
the black boy has no chance.
George TOwner of Sydney, N. S. W.,
won back the title of world champion
sculler, and won $500 by defeating
James Stanbury on the Paramatta
river course, three miles and $50
yards, which he covered in 10 minutes
SO Is seconds. Towne won by 20
lengths.
The challenge round in the Oregon
state tennis tournament was played
Saturday. Walter A. Goss again Sc
cured the single championship after
gruelling match with Dan Bellinger
lasting nearly three hours, the scores
being 1-6, Ga, 6-3, 1-6, Ga.
The golf team from the Spokane
Country club won the interstate golf
championship on the links of the
Butte Country club Saturday after
noon, taking two events to Butte's
one.
R. P. Brown has resigned as mana
ger of the Grays Harbor league team
and "Scrappy Bill" Hurley has been
given the management by the stock
holders.
The chief event of the N. P. A. A
O. regatta at Nelson, B. c., was the
winning of the junior doubles by the
Portland crew, Nelson coming second,
with Vancouver third. Victoria did
not enter. The junior singles were
won by N. C. Savers of Vancouver,
Harley of Portland rowing second.
The winners time was 9 minutes Is
seconds. The Americans won every
thing. Portland made clean sweep
Of the senior singles, doubles and
tours. The second day of the annual
regatta was even better attended and
the victory of the visitors from Port
land was we'll received by the huge
crowds witnessing the events.
| The Portland club has put up the
money to send it's victorious seniors
east to Worcester, Mass, August II
and II, to the national regatta.
| The Is automobile tourists who
have finished a 1884 mile run through
New York, Canada, Maine and New
Hampshire without penalties during
the 10 days test over great variety
of roads for the second trophy offered
by Charles ]. Glidden of Lowell,
Mass, will probably draw lots for the
prize.
| The Buffalo baseball team was mob
bed at the close of a recent game at
| Toronto, Canada Third BaSeman
Hill and Pitcher Green were injured.
the formers face being terribly cut
by broken pop bottle thrown by a
man in the crowd. Umpire Coma
han, whose decisions started the
trouble, was also beaten badly by the
crowd
| 1t is announced that a tournament
for the American billiard champion
ship IS inch balk line two shots in.
will be held in New York early in
September.
| George M. Schroeder, owner Of the
Tacoma baseball team, has received a
telegram from ]. J. McCloskey, man
ager of the st. Louis Nationals, offer
ing a stiff price for Pitcher Higgin-
botham. He is the star slab artist of
the Northwestern league. Schroeder
will not reply until he has conferred
with Manager Lynch, who will be here
Tuesday.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Storm Killed Two.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 30.-During a
severe rain and wind storm which
swept over this city two people were
killed.
While the funeral of Mrs. J. Crump
was in progress and just as the min.
lister was offering the final prayer, a
bolt of lightning struck John c. Cy-
lisky, driver, killing him. In another
part of the city Frank Mum, also a
driver, was killed by his team, which
was frightened by the storm and ran
over him.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Canada ExpeIs Trainmen.

General Counsel Frederick w. Ste
vens of the Pere Marquette railway
has received word from the Canadian
attorneys of the road that the privy
council of England has sustained the
ruling of the Canadian high court
which ordered the deportation some
time ago, under the Canadian allen
labor act, of several American off
Gals Of the road who were employed
at the division headquarters in St
Thomas, Ont.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Prominent Man Shoots Wife.

William D. Wright, brother OF mo
wife of Senator Charles Shortriuee,
recently attempted to murder ans
probably fatally injured his youne
wife, Alice Wright. After the snoo.
ing Wright turned the pistol upon n -.
self, inhicting a slight wound IN -.
head. At the city prison Wright sal..
IT shot her Intentionally ana a. s;s
willing to hang. am only sorry u'u
not finish the job"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
MINING NOTES.

Four suits for the recovery of TO-.
ed to have been acquired from the
United States by gross frauds have
been filed in the United States court
for Salt Lake, Utah, district. Attor.
ney General Moody and District At
torney Hiram E. Booth appear as com.
Coal company, the Utah Fuel com
pany and their on GERS as defendants
w. H. North and Phil Ebenhardt
have bonded the SnowshOe mine, neaI
Wallace, Idaho, in which the recent
sensational copper strike was made
The property adjoins the SnoWstorm
on the west.
| There is considerable excitement at
Osburn, Idaho, over reports from the
New Hope mine, on Two Mile creek
regarding the recently reported
galena strike Miners say that 13 feet
of ore are now in sight in the cross
cut of the vein. and the opposite wall
of the vein has not yet been encount
ered The ore is of high grade.
Reports from the Duncan mine
Greenwood, B. c., show that consider
able work has been done during the
year, among this being 800 feet OF
open cuts, 1876 feet Of sinking and
800 feet of drifting. The lead is five
feet between walls, with a paystreak
of more than foot. A recent sample
IasSayed $25363 in silver.
Reports of a strike of five feet OF
solid galena in the east drift of the
Bear Top mine near Murray, Idaho
are out.
1t is reported on good authority that
F. A. Heinze has secured control OF
the Rex mine in the Occur d'Alenes
and that he was making a strong eff
fort to secure controlling interests in
other important properties in the dis
| trict.
The British Columbia Copper com
pany has received several cars OF
machinery for it's plant in process OF
reconstruction and enlargement neal
Greenwood.
Development work on the Path
finder mine near Grand Forks, B. C..
has been discontinued and no cause
for the stoppage of the work has been
given, but it is reported that as soon
as Superintendent Hodges returns tc
Grand Forks new development work
will be started, probably in the form
of diamond drilling and in the run
ming of long tunnel in virgin spot
on the property.
Reports are that the Great Northern
| is about to take a hand in the min
ing affairs of Rossland, 3. c., camp
owing lack of ore tonnage for the
Red Mountain railway.
According to w. Clayton Miller
manger of the Federal Mining &
| Smelling company, the recent strike
of ore in the Morning mine, neal
Mullan, Idaho, is of great proportions
At the Trail, B. c., smelter there
were 5491 tons of ore received during
last week.
| Boundary ore shipments and smelt
er treatment now exceed the 100000
ton mark for this year.
1t is said petitions are being circu
lated among the millmen of Wallace
district, to be presented to the mine
managers in due course of time, ask
ing for an eight hour day for al
millmen and surface workers, the
same as has been granted the under
ground men.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
news OF THE WORLD
short TELEGRAPH items FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

John D. Rockefeller has arrived on
the steamer Amerika. Mr.. Rockefeller
was not to be seen on the arrival of
the Amerika at quarantine. In his
party were Mrs. Rockefeller, Miss A..
E. Turner, Miss w. w. Benjamin, DR..
H. F. Bigsar and Charles c. Heyde.
Robert S. Mccormick, American am
bassador at Paris, and Mrs. McCor-
mick and Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald
Vanderbilt were also passengers on
the Amerika.
] Senator La Toilette has announced
that he will spend the month of Au-
er I. L. Lenroot's nomination as re-
publican candidate for governor of
Wisconsin.
Frank Hartwell, who is wanted at
Albany, Ore, to answer charge of
embezzling $500 from Foshay & Ma
son, merchant, four months ago, and
also on charges of forgery and pass
ing bad checks in Seattle, has been
arrested in boarding house at Pasa-
dena, Cal.
ExCOngressman J. A. Louttit, who
has been ill at Pacific Grove, Cal, for
some time, is dead. He was So years
old, and leaves wife, three sons and
two daughters all adults.
DR.. Frank Billings, who attended
Marshal Field in his last illness, has
presented a claim against the estate
for $4,000 for services. There is no
ing collected.
Swapping and snarling like dog,
and rolling and writhing on the
ground while suffering from an acute
attack of hydrophobia, William Gar
rison bit three men recently at
control. He was attacked last week
by a mad dog.
In a street car collision at Los
Angeles recently one man was killed
and seven were injured, at least two
of whom are expected to die.
Fifty thousand dollars damage was
done recently by an electric storm
which swept over the country near
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Churches, ware
houses, factories and large barns were
damaged or destroyed.
Unable to stop his machine or to
steer it out of the course which II
year old Earl Haskell was pursuing in
a playful chase of another automobile,
]. H. Baxter, a lumber dealer, ran
over the lad, crushing him to instant
death, and then struck and seriously
| injured George R. Bluett, a colored
man.
President Nicholas Murray Butler
of Columbia university has been made
an officer of the Legion of Honor.
Through the enforcement of the
immigration laws against a Chinese
student who was one of a party which
arrived in Seattle short time ago,
a young Chinaman of great promise
was forced to return home, and the
case may result in intensifying the
criticism China. offers against the i'm
migration laws this country imposes
on Chinese Of the favored classes.
The student deported was a member
Of party of SO young Cinnamon
whom Charles D. Tenny, Harvard
man and a member Of the faculty of
| the Imperial Chinese university,
brought to this country.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
SEND ARMS TO CHINA.
Declared to Have Been Shipped From
America.

The Chinese government has be-
come alarmed because of the growth
of the clandestine trade in arms and
ammunition, much of which are sur
reptitiously sent from America. Large
quantities are known to have been
struggled from coast points to the
interior of China, the nefarious trade
being carried on by numbers of secret
societies existing at the treaty ports
of China.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
An Oasis IL Burning Up.

On account of the long continued
drouth, the water supply Of the khan
ate Of Bokhara in Central Asia is prac-
tically exhausted. The people are
drinking from thick, stagnant pools.
The cotton plantations are scorched
by the heat, and unless rain falls with
in week the oasis will be swallowed
up by the surrounding desert.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
New Chief for Artillery.

Lieutenant Arthur Murray will sue
coed Brigadier General Samuel Mills
as chief of artillery. Upon his own
application General Mills, who has
been in i'll health for some time and
who is now on sick leave, will go on
the retired list in a short time.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Test New Bullet.

Bullets which are lighter and more
pointed than those now in use are
being tested at the Springfield armory.
The new bullet has much flatter
trajectory than the old type and con-
sequently are much more efficient
against advancing enemies.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Lonoworths' Home Flight.

Beyruth, July 30.-With the eA'. =,
ton of one day, which was tahen
by an automobile excursion to the Au .s
trian baths, Mr.. and Mrs. Nicro w..
Longworth spent the last week n ~
They go by way Of Nuremberg a -
Munich for Paris. They Will saii
Saturday for the United States
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Mining Men Still MISSING,

Ouray, Colo, July Although
search was kept up all day for General
W. L. Thompson and Foreman G. W
Mather Of the Tempest-Apex Mining
company, no trace of the missing men
has been discovered.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Have Leased San Francisco BIocl

Have Leased San Francisco Block.
The old site Of the St. Ingatius
church and college, comprising an
entire block in San Francisco, has
been leased to Wannamaker & Brown.
The transaction is one of the largest
made since the fire. The amount of
rental for five years will aggregate
1921 900. Wannamaker & Brown will
erect a building for a department
store
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Aeronaut Fatally Injured.

Salt Lake City, July 31.-Joseph Nc
Mann. an aeronaut from a small town
near Des Moines, Iowa, will probably
die as a result of fall at the Salt
Lake palace.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03

In Russia an extensive domes'lo ~
iust-y consists of the Manufacture -
wooden spoons, of which as .n1. NAV
&c, O00, 900 are made ANNUALLY
are Yearly all of birch WOOD.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
Germans Defer Trade Agreement.

Chancellor Won Buelow, it is learn
ed, will not take up the subject Of &
fresh trade agreement with the
United States until after the congress
sional elections.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
OREGON NOTES.

Judge Gantenbein in the circuit
court of Oregon, this morning SEN
fenced Charles Book, secretary OF tne
sailors union, to six years IN INC
penitentiary.
A fire broke out in the upper pof-
ton of the north wing OF the state
asylum for the insane near Salem
recently. There was no panic among
the inmates nor any loss of life. Inc
cause of the fire has not been ascer
tanned. The loss amounts to $zS,ovV.
Salvation Army headquarters Io
the states of Oregon, Wasnlngton'
Idaho and Montana, which have Deen
located in Portland until recen'i''
have been moved to Seattle.
The jury in the Hembree mufue.
case at Tillamook, Ore, after oeins
out all night, brought in verdlc' :.
manslaughter as a compromise Vo.
dict. Hembree was tried for the mui
der of his wife and daughter.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
MONTANA NEWS.

Zephaniah White, an employee of the
Gallatin Light and Power company,
at BoZeman, was crushed while pre-
pairing to unload some electric light
poles at the depot this afternoon, and
died early this evening. from his inju-
rieS.
The funeral of R. P. Menefee, one
of Bozeman's pioneers, was held Sat.
urday afternoon.
Owing to the large increase in the
revenues of the Lewistown postofice,
LewistOwn is now entitled to the free
delivery system, and it will be install
ed within a short time.
The county commissioners Of three
counties met in Bozeman recently to
adjust the boundary line in which JEFF
ferson, Madison and Gallatin counties
are interested. The conference achiev-
ed little
Smoldering ruins and twisted mass
es of machinery mark the site Of the
old Alice mill at VAUDEVILLE, for near
ly two years the plant of the Montana
Zinc company.
Rockslides in the mines at Butte
recently claimed the lives Of three
miners-Evan Evans, Winnffred ].
Holt and Ernest ]. Keene. Evans met
his death on the 100 foot level OF the
Gagon mine, a large mass OF rock
catching him while he was engaged
in repairing some pipes.
The state board of equalization has
received the assessment returns from
Valley county and Clerk Ryan has
completed the tabulation of the prop
erty for purposes Of taxation, as re-
turned by the different counties
The returns show that the total val
uation of all property, exclusive Of the
railroads, is $186. S18,785 as against
$173, O37, 729 in 1905.
The Coconino sun., 1906-02-24
Weather for the Week

The following data for the week end. ing at 9 a. m. today, February 24th, are furnished by Observer A. E. Hackett, in charge of the local office of the U. $. Weather Bureau.
 The mean temperature of the week was 36.4 degrees, 4.S degrees above the normal and 2.5 degrees higher than the mean for the corresponding period last year The highest temper ature was 54 degrees. on the 20th, and the lowest, l9 degrees, on the 24th. The highest temperature recorded for the same period during the past s years was 66 degrees on the 23rd, 1904, and the lowest , degrees on the 18th, 1903
 The total precipitation for the week was .0l inch, and the total snowfall f, 1 inches. The prevailing winds have been from the. southwest. The average cloudiness was 54 per cent, apd the mean relative humidity 65 per cent.