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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fal Trade ls Good.
NOTES..

The sawmill Of Decker & Allen
burned Sunday; loss, $1,000, not in
Guiding l5,vJO feet of lumber. The
mill. which had been in operation only
two weeks, was saving for the It's
dale Manufacturing company.
The p~ostofice department has noti-
fed the postmaster that Kendrick Is
TO have a second rural delivery route
commencing September l.
President Roosevelt in a letter re-
ceived by Senator Dubois has assured
the senior senator from Idaho that he
would send a communication to the
national irrigation congress, which
viii in Boise on September
?. Il is understood that the president
will make irrigation and forestry the
subject of his communication to the
congress.
Alex Mcdonald, an employe of the
St. Joe Boom company, was drowned
in the St. Joe river, between st.
Maries and the sorting gap, near Har-
rison.
In the United States land Office at
Lewiston the services of an additional
clerk have been granted and G. Orr
McMinimy, attorney, has been appoint
ed.
Major Charles NJ. O'Connor of the
Fourteenth cavalry, now at Boise bar
racks. has been promoted to be lieu
tenant colonel of the Ninth infantry
and will leave soon for Jefferson bar
racks, Missouri.
Connection was made by the Wash
ingtOn Water Power company with
its new power plant al Post Falls re-
Gently, and a 1000 horsepower current
was generated and turned on the feed
wires for its electric car and lighting
system. Only one of the three gene
rators, each capable of generating
5000 horse power, was put in opera
ton.
Farmers in the vicinity of Gilbert
have banded together to buy a thresh-
ing machine and will harvest grain
this year on a community Of interest
plan in opposition to what they term a
.threshing trust.
S. d. Boone, a prominent HALEY pro-
moter, has made filings on $4,000 acres
of land in Blaine and Fremont coun-
ties, which he proposes to reclaim un-
der the Carey act. Water will be OBJ
tanned by tapping the Big Wood and
Malad rivers. A big reservoir will be
constructed at the junction of the two
rivers. New York capital is interested
in the project.
Boise barracks is to remain a mill
tary post The sum of $4,000 will
be spent this year in rehabilitating the
p"st.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
KILLED HER
Esther Mitchell Shot Him in Depot at
Seattle.

Seattle.
Esther Mitchell shot and instantly
killed her brother, George Mitchell, at
Seattle last Thursday afternoon in the
waiting room of the Union depot. The
shot was fired just as Mitchell rose to
take the evening train for Oregon. The
brother, who was acuitted only the
Tuesday before Of Staying Franz Ed
mund Crefield, the leader Of the holy
rollers" dropped in his his tracks.
Esther Mitchell was at once arrested.
The Mitchells, George, Perry and
Fred, were sitting with Esther on a
bench in the big waiting room, talking
together and apparently on the best Of
terms. When the Oregon train was
announced, George Mitchell rose and
started forward. His sister stepped to
his side and pressing the revolver close
to his head, pulled the trigger before
anyone had realized what was happen
ing.
Esther Mithcell is the sister to avenge
whose alleged i'll treatment George shot
Crefield. She has refused to have any
thing to do with her brother since the
shooting. Thursday was the first time
time they have been seen together on
good terms.
Esther Mitchell made the following
statement:
Mrs. Creffield and | talked over the
matter of killing George. The ore that
had the best chance was TO do it. Mrs.
Crefield bought the gun.
We were at the room about 4o'clock
during the afternoon and | thought
that | would have a better chance to do
it than Mrs. Crefield gave me the gun
and | was to do it. We agreed that it
was to be done as soon as possible.
Mrs Crefield had been out once or
twice looking for George and if she had
got the chance she would have done it
and | would have done the same. The
first that got a chance was to do it. l
would have done it before if | had got
d chance"
Esterh Mitchell is the IS year old
girl for whom her brother George shed
the blood of Franz Edmund Crefield,
when he shot down the leader of the
SO called holy rollers" in Seattle, May
z. 1t was because of her alleged ruin
by the fanatical leader that Mitchell
too a life and risked his own, ard the
cold blooded murder of George Mitchell
is his reward.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
FyE PERSONS WERE MURDERED.
Fz.-s-. Rot1sr and Three Cniloren
KHIs5 n Their Beds.

Isaac Lyerly his wife and three
v,zs- children we're murdered ID
ths ..-e z nile east Of BARRIERS
J1n y. c. during the night Dy
Who then after lOoting the
bo-zs SCI FIRE 10 the bed q which MI
- Yrs Lyerly lay. Two older
Who were sleeping upstairs
awakened and rushed down just
in --e &C exri1guish the flames Be
fore serious damage had been done
Ir--.r vas z wealthy merchant and
fs--=- and the family was one Of the
uos- respected in that section Two
nero suspects have been arrested.
Or O. these is quoted as saying a few
cs-z 40. after Mr. Lyerly had refused
n z-.-w him 70 cut his wheat:
III old man may cut his grain, but
he. never live &c a il"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
LATEST PITTseURe SENSATION.
Domestic Troubles Of the Hartie Fam
lily Aired in Court.

Mrs and Augustus j. Hartje OF
Pi--s5u-g have startled the scandal
CITY with the most sensational d.
v1-c4 suit up 70 date. Harje, who is a
millionaire paper manufacturer, has
sued his wife for divorce, naming his
Cschnsn. Tom Nadine. as correspond
crt. Al the trial now in progress,
there we're introduced some 40 Susie
WAGNER letters. generally attributed
10 Ms Hartje. but about the author
slip Of which there is some dispute.
Hcr-je has been arrested on a charge
If conspiracy and the court threatens
contempt if the letters prove TO be
forged.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
MONTANA NEWS.

On account of the mysterious death
on July 2 of a woman named Katie
Smith at Superior, Henry Reslip. a
resident and one of the best known
men in western Montana, is confined
in the county Jail here with a charge
OF murder hanging over his head.
Prosperity prevails in the numbering
industry in western Montana this sum
mer.
The estate of James Tuohy. who
died in 1893 at Butte, has been ordered
distributed by Judge Bouruuin of the
district court. The estate is valued at
1881. 700, and amorg the beouests ar,
several large amounts to the Catholic
church.
Several thousand dollars damage
was caused Saturday noon by the hail.
storm that visited a small strip of
country two miles north of Plains.
His Royal Highness, Maharaia
Gaekwar, royal prince of Baroda. In
dia, accompanied by his wife. Princess
Maharina, their eldest daughter a
brother of the prince, Sempatraro who
1AC " III
acts as secretary, a valet and a maid
stopped at Livingston en- route to Vel
lowstone park. The party is on its
way east.
Caught by drift-wood along the bank
OF the river a mile from Dillon the
Dody OF an unknown man was found
by two fishermen recently.
Ernest n CtooI
Los Angeles for the murder of loci
Schreck, with whose wife he had held
Illicit relations before they formulated
a plot to take Schreck's life. is known
to many persons in Montana. He was
raised in Butte.
A deal has been closed for the
transfer of the Gamer ranch in the
valley below Great Falls, to the Ma.
sonic Grand Lodge Charity associa.
ton, and the erection of a Masonic
nome Is to begin Immediately.
Inc sixth annual convention of the
scandinavian Brotherhood of Amarico
Tor Montana began in Helena Thurs.
day. nu
A big crowd from Anaconda want 70
butte 10 attend the annual picnic of
n Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen
lhree serious runaways occurred in
Livingston as the Sells-Floto CHROME
procession passed along the streets
h most serious accident happened
10 the wife and two small children of
Davis. Mrs. Davis was picked
unconscious, and remained in thai
condition. One child had a leg hToI,
en- in two places.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Nicaragua May PartIeIpate.

Salvador adyices report that Hondu.
ids has sent troops into Guatemala.
thus giving the revOlutlonists strong
support. This action Of Honduras has
been expected, and General Toledo is
now counting on aid from Nicaragua.
Confirmation has been received here
Of the execution Of ...Iredo Quinonas.
a Mexican, in Guatemala. II is stated
that this was done because Quinonas
had publicly censured the Guatemalan
government.
The Mexican government is main
taining an attitude Of neutrality. and is
closely watching the southern border
10 prevent it's violation.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Fatal Row at a Big Picnic.

Oakland, Cal, July 16-William b.
Francisco, was shot and instantly kill
ed Sunday evening during a fight with
two special officers at a butchers pic
mic at Shellmound park. A brother of
the dead man vas wounded during
the fight. /. II. Baldwin of San Fran
cisco and George Starr OF Oakland.
two special officers who did the shoot
ing. are In the county Jail charged
with murder.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Food Producta Found pnor

The report Of the New Hampshire
state board Of health Of an examina-
ton Of food products made public re-
Gently shows that OF 408 samples an
alyzed. lGS were found %adulterated.
misbranded or below the standard.
These samples, most OF which came
from other states. include canned
meats milk products, jellies and pre-.
serves, catsups and other articles.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

During 2 doWnpIr n rain a. Den
yer Colorado. Charles HOLingshead.
Jr. aged 10. q killed BY lightning.
and Miss Eliza Ham. aged q. died u
heart failure. due ~ O~yereIertiOu IN
running through the torn ~ her
home Both deaths we're reported ~
the D today. Young HOllings-
head vas returning home. when light
ming struck a telegraph pole near
where the boy was walking and the
flooded sidewalk communicated the
deadly fluid 10 his body.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

One Ders,I was Killed and four on
era ser.o1s.y burned ~ lightning Sun
car While seskl-g shelter from Z rain
storm under Z tree - Iowa street ara
the Lake Shore drive Chicago
The injured. william HauDsrs
george Homa1. Chsr.es stes.1g Jc-
seyh s-eelIng.
Several buildings were struck D.
lightning and sci m FIRE. the most e.
r.ogfly damaged being ne residence
n Archbishop james Z Qulgley a.
gzz North state street. which sustain
Cd = Ioss " about 10000.
The bolt n lightning is thought 70
have struck a cable n the telephone
COMPANY a. nearly every telephone
bell m the north exchange was rung
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Chicago Mail Under Ground.

The underground system for the
transportation Of mail In Chicago was
inaugurated Monday. when the tunnel
connection between the p~ostofice and
the LaSalle street station was put I'm
operation. All the tunnels are part
of the system Of tunnels which under
lie the city's streets and which aggre
gate nearly rs miles Of underground
electric lines for the transportation of
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
sdELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.

Permanent Homes 70 Be Built at San
FrsnciEco.
A corporation composed u the mem
beTs Of the finance committee. to-
gether with Governor Pardee and
Mayor Schmitz, having al It's command
S3.750.ODO Of the relief fund, will i'm
mediately proceed 70 erect permanent
houses for the shelter Of the San Fran
cisco homeless. This course was de-
cIded on In a set u resolutions adopt
cd at a meeting Of the committee. The
step is the first taken TO provide shell
ter that has been made in the 30 days
since the disaster.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

Kaiser Wilhelm has a violent dis.
Ike for cats. and It is believed in Der.
lin that he instigated the ordinance
which puts a tax on felines OF the cap
itaL Unless a cat wear a collar and
medallion showing that the tax has
been paid, 1t will be killed by the po-
lice.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

Tobacco, which used to be the medl.
UNI OF exchange In the early colonial
days Of Virginia. Is today the currency
OF British New Guinea. The British
administrator there reports that the
medium is not the means OF a lively
trade.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
TOUR 7-E
Prominent Newspaper Hsn q TIE east
On 2 Jgrket

T=e.-s newspaper cJr-ezpo1cs-I q
Ess1.1g-.1. Z C. -=Cr=5e--iLg so-=
= re largest LsEspz2s6 = ne
cs-1-ry E.- PASS oser he z-ats IFS
month TIE Party .~1c.--@s Richard
r. C-.srz1. Eez York SUI A1g-s
Mcg-ee- P1.z5e.p--s North Amer.
fcer T.c-ss = Pence. Raleigh News
and C~.se-Ter, EcEs-c . LowE, New
T,-k Evening PCs-s Richard 4 L1c-
cay Kansas Cry S-ar D. Hastings
Ecsts-. s.. Louis Republic y. O.
L...er Scrcp-IcRaa Press assoc-a-
tlo1 Jesse l. Cs-E.c1zz- Detroit
Fr-e press ". & couch Cleveland
pain Dealer Maurice Spla.nL Pits
.--z post. John 7 Miller Baltimore
sun Jackson Eliot Associated
Press
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Tax Collector Shoots Himsslt

To avoid the disgrace Of arrest on
the charge Of defalcation, Albert
O'Brien. tax collector of the borough
of Totowa. N. j., shot and killed him
self while officers were approaching
house. o'Brien's shortage approx
$4,000.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
eryan 70 Sec Historic spots.

William J. Bryan is visiting Oxford.
Stratford on Avon, Edinburgh. Glas-
gov, Belfast, Cork and Dublin. He
will return to London July %, when
he will go to Hawarden.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
Thaw Goes 20 Church

For the first time 81 he has been
IN the Tombs prison. charged with the
murder OF Stanford White. the archl.
tect. Harry Kendall Thaw. the young
Pittsburg millionaire. attended divine
service Sunday in the prison chapel.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
VATICAN is FALLING APART.
Palace Of the Pope Said to Be In Sad
Case Of Decay,

Vase OF decay.
1t has long been known that some
ARTS of the vatican are unsafe, but II
las just been discovered that the pal
ace is practically falling to pieces
Even the corner where the pope's
apartments are situated needs consid.
cradle Strengthening. and the ,ont.T
is moving out. The walls, which are
cracked. bullying and leaning out-ard
viii be temporarily st~rengtbenea i'm
mediately. To make the whole build
ing safe will require more than one
hundred thousand dollars.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
CAR GIVES GOOD ADVICE.
Urges Graduates Of Military School 10
Know Their Men.

Emperor Nicholas in giving 10 the
graduates " the artillery school their
commissions N PeterhOf recently used
some remarkable language. After re-
peatinR the usual injunction to be
faithful TO the throne and fatherland
and trust In God and the future Of
Russia. be instructed thom not TO hold
aloof from the soldiers IN the ranks,
but 10 keep IN close touch Nth them
and TOOK after their needs anl interest,
IN order 10 bring them clJ1er to their
officers.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
NEW HILL ROAD TO SPOKANE.
Portland & Seattle May Be Extended
over a New Route.

President Hill OF the Great North
arn stated the other night that IT was
very likely the Portland & Seattle
would be extended 10 Spokane oyer a
new route.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
AssaaaIn Of chouknln-

A former sailor named Shetonkob
has confessed that he was the muir.
derer Of Vice Admiral Chouknin.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20
OREGON NOTES.

engineer David H. Grow. emploved
on the Grande Ronde Lumber oou
pany's logging railway. was killed At
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

Only 240 newspapers are printed I'm
the whole continent OF Africa.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

The man with money to burn sci.
dom gets up much steam.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

Every workman in Japan wears on
MS cap an inscription stating his busi-
ness and his employers name.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-20

A Russion woman may not enter a
university unless she is married.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-21
VIII Think a Match.

British thinkers, rebelling against
the custom of awarding great prizes to
college ethletes and neglectlng the
thinkers, have proposed and are urging
throughout the kingdom blue ribbon
for bralns," an interuniversity cont st
between the thinkers and students, Cor
an award OF merit.
The neglect OF brains and the con-
slant lauding Of Drawn In the press Of
Britain. as well as In university cir
cles, has called forth the protest and
the demand for recognition and reward
of the brainy men OF the great schools.
Just what form the thinking match
for the championship Is to assume Is
not stated. Those who are urging the
contest plead that nine men from each
OF the great universities meet In the
contests Whether 1t will consist OF
looking wise, or In oratory, N written
examinations In certain subjects, tn y
do not state. The contest may take
the form OF the standing long think, or
the running high think, or the two
minute handicap think, or the long dis.
lance think.
At any rate, the proposition Is to
make the event the blue ribbon think.
ing match Of all England and to show
the thinkers that they are esteemed as
high at least as are the athletes. Who
will be the first champion thinker OF
Great Britain Is question OF vital In
tereSt
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-21
STRAY CAT TO THE RESCUE.
Woke Up His Young Protector and
saves the Boy,s LIE.

s<f g tnt my
Seven-year-old Harry Steinthal Is the
bright particular star around the cor
ner Of Sth avenue and AID street Even
the dogs and cats in the nelghborhood
know him, for be always stops to pet
them. Thereby hangs the tale of how
Spunk, common neighborhood cat
saved the Steinthal family from death.
One night Harry Steinthal saw Spunk
Sinking along between the trucks in
the street and promptly rescued him
for romp in the Steinthal kitchen,
says the New York World.
After supper the cat sneaked under
the gas range and stretched out for. q
warm sleep in dry nook. Little Har-
ry, with sticks in his weary eyes, climb
ed upstairs to bed.
There are eight members Of the fam
lily, six Of them children. Harry is the
baby. Because II was drear night
the gas was left burning In one jet OF
the range to keep the house warm. In
the morning Spunk woke up early and
took turn around the kitchen hop
Ing to find something to eat Just then
the gas went out In the range.
The gas began to flow into the room
and Spunk was frightened at the I'M
canny smell. A moment later little
Harry, cuddled up in his bed upstairs,
with the doors all open into the kltch-
en-, felt something land ON the bed with
a bounce, and a second later the soft,
purring nose Of Spunk was nudging his
chin.
Harry sat up with scream OF fright
that brought his father and mother into
the room In their night clothes.
Spunk was also sitting up In bed,
looking excited.
THE cat pumped on the bed and
frightened me !" said Harry.
Just then Mr.. Stelnthal smelled the
gas pouring up the stairway and ran
down to investigate. The kitchen wal
stiiing with the odor, and the man has
tily threw up the windows.
Patrolman Hembt. of the West 47tf
street station, heard the windows bang
ed up and ran up. suspecting burglars
One look into the kitchen and a sniff
and he ran out to call an ambulance,
from Roosevelt hospital. There wal
nothing for the surgeon to do, how
ever.
"Spunk can stay with us as long AZ
he lives" said Mrs. Stelnthal later.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-21
ODD HOTEL IN HoNekoNa.
Kansas Esitor Abroad Tells of aseer
Features of HssteIry.

Kansas ESffor Abroad Tells of aueer
Features of HssteIry.
The Hongkong Hotel WAS recon-
nended to me In San Francisco by a
very particular friend the hotel seems
to have a very wide reputation, yet
the bed on which | slept had straw pill
lows, four OF them, says K. w. Howe
N the Atchison Globe. The room is very
large and has electric lights; It seems
to be an overlsrge one. Judging from
the lace curtains at the windows. In
the room hangs a blackboard, although
no chalk is supplied with which to do
sums or examples. Now in the name
sf all that's curious what is that black
board forf l have been wondering and
wondering and can make nothing OF 1t.
What Is II for? 1t is the funniest thing
l ever saw In a hotel. Finally Msteel
wandered In, and she couldn't imagins
what the blackboard was for. Then
we sent word for the bell boy and ask.
ed. He told US all about II, but we did
not understand a word he said. He
went away and In little while snoth
or Chinaman came In and, pointing to
the blackboard. told us all about II. We
didn't understand him, either. Sine.
then a new Chlnaman has come In al
regular intervals OF half an hour and
tried to tell us the use OF the black
board, and we are still wondering whai
II is for
We have decided that the court out
side OF my room looks like the Alham
bra. Certainly our portion Of the hote
Is as old As the Alhsmbra, and as odd
This bath tubs are circular, the FIRST o.
that shape l have ever seen. A judg,
let the hotel one evening, not beinI
satisfied with his room. and registered
at another place. He finally concluded
to come back to the Hongkong. TIL,
clerk where he registered charged hin
So for putting his name on the book.
wasn't satisfied. either, with one OF tn
rooms the clerk gave me. an Insid
room that seemed stuny, SO l stsrte<
deWn to the once to register what 20,
Americans call a Kick" but on tn
way l thought OF making Msntee
sleep IN the inside room. and cam.
back satisfied.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-21

A German engineer, Otto Schilck,
has for several years studied the os-
Citation OF vessels most carefully,
and after considerable research and
calculation has reached the conclusion
that the motion can be greatly reduced
through using a gyroscoplc mechan-
Ism. The gyroscope Is well-known
piece OF physical apparatus and re-
sembles top, being a heavy wheel or
disk 80 supported that 1t can revolve
rapidly on any plane. II is found,
however, that such a disk when once
set In motion tends to remain on its
original plane and reslsts force tend
ing to displace II.
Herr Schlick, therefore, proposes to
steady ships at sea by mounting n
gyroscope In the hold and his first ex-
periments on large scale have been
undertaken with an old torpedo boat
In this craft gyroscope with disk
weighing 1895 pounds was mounted
with steam turbine which could ro
tate II at speed OF over 1000 revolu
lions per minute. The oscillations and
pitching Of the vessel were carefully
measured before the steam Was admit
ted to the turbine and then when the
gyroscope was put In revolution the
motion practically ceased. So success
full were these experiments with tn.
sixty-ton torpedo boat that 1t has beer
decided to proceed with a larger craft
-Harper's Weekly.