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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
SEVERAL KILLED
IN HELENA WRECK

Helena, Mont, Feb. GA runaway
freight train on the Norothern Pacific
crashed into passenger train Monday
night at 1920 O'Clock about two and a
half miles from here, resulting in the
death of three persons, whose names
are unknown and of two others who
were burned in the wreck and whose
names have not yet been learned. The
known dead are:
J. S. Robinson of Missoula.
Charles Brickle, conductor on pas
senger.
Q. j. Jessup, express messenger.
Edward Brown of this city, brake
man, was SO seriously injured it is
thought he will die.
Other passengers were slightly in
jured.
Every coach in the passenger train
was burned and the freight train,
which was made up of cars loaded
with lumber, was also burned.
The passenger train preceded the
freight out of Austin, about eight miles
west of Helena. At Austin. the engine
was detached from the freight. There
is heavy grade from Austin to Helena
and the freight train got loose. The
passenger train was waiting at CROSS
ing when the freight came laundering
down. Before it could get out of the
way the freight crashed into it, throw
ing all passenger cars into the ditch.
The passenger engine became I'M
coupled and kept on the track ahead of
the freight. After the freight had got
a quarter of mile beyond the passen-
ger wreck, it went into the ditch and
caught fire. A carload of shingles was
dumped on the passenger train wreck
and made terrific fire.
Messenger Jessup was burned a live,
while four people were trying to pull
him out from the wreck. He was cauht
under the wreckage and could not be
moved.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

At recent meeting Of the Mullan
town council 10 years franchise was
granted the Mullan Electric Light &
Power Co. to operate in that camp.
Larger premiums for the live stock
exhibit and better street fair togeth-
er with more entertainment features
at the fair grounds are Improvements
that Secretary c. W. Mount is plan
ming for the interstate fair this fall.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho continues
to rest easy. though he is not gaining
as rapidly as his physicians had hop
ed. The physicians admit his condi-
ton is most serious.
The party of Northern Pacific sur
veyors working on the right bank
of the Snake river between Lewis
ton and Pasco in moving camp from
Windust Ferry to Hoon Bar met with
an accident in shooting the rapids, :"
by which one Of their men was drown
ed
George Davis Of st. Maries, aged
20, had narrow escape from death
recently. He was working in the
Goldridge mine and was at the bottom
of 60 foot shaft when the man at
the windlass let a bucket fall Just
missing Davis head and striking his
leg.
The interesting question as to
whether an Indian can will an anot-
ment or whether it must go to the
heirs according to Indian custom. will
be answered by Judge Hanlon in the
probate court in the matter Of the es-
tate of Polly Thompson, Neg Perez
Indian.
County Tax Collector Daggett re-
Gently turned over to County Treasur.
er Schuldt at Lewiston 63,736.12
and Mr.. Schuldt will within week
or 10 days make the apportionment
among the four banks that have quail
fed as county repositories. The to
tai amount of taxes collected on the
1905 roll is 1928, 169.4S.
Captain A. o. Tonkray, commonly
known as "Huckleberry Finn" OF
which character of Mark Twains he
is reputed in Occur d'Alene district tc
be the original, was found dead in has
room at Murray recently. Heart fail
ure is thought to have been the cause
of death. Cap" Tonkray was a ma
tive of Hannibal, Mo, and was about
65 years old.
In the litigation between Shoshone
and Nez Perez counties both counties
win in a sense, as decided by the SUI
preme court recently. The writ Of
mandate prayed for by Shoshone coun
: ty to compel the authorities of Me-
Perez to issue warrants to the county
of Shoshone to the amount of $50.
655.9S, the sum found by accountants
to be due Shoshone, is ordered issued
The court finds, however, in favor o.
Nez Perez county in its contention
that the portion of Shoshone county
annexed to Nez Perez shall pay the
Indebtedness represented by the war
rants.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
OREGON ITEMS.

The town of Sumpter for some time
has been vexed with an epidemic Of
scarlet rever, especially among chill
dren.
c. F. Davis. ex-deputy sheriff oil
Umatilla county, was convicted of the
larceny of $4,000 of public money. His
bail was fixed at $500.
Captain James Nevins. superinten
dent Of the Pinkerton detective ser
vice in the northwest, has resigned
and will retire to his ranch in Ben.
ton county. Wash.
"Boxcar Casey" a well known char.
acter in the northwest, has been sen.
fenced to 60 days in jail at La Grande
1t is reported in Butte railroad cir.
cles that contracts nave been let for
100 miles of construction work of the
proposed Burlington extension from
Billings to Great Falls. The new i.ne
will traverse the central portion of
Montana and will open up a rich min
ing and agricultural section.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
AT ROYAL FATHERS BIER.
Queen Of England Arrives in copen-
hagen.

Copenhagen, Feb. 5.-Queen Alexan-
dra has arrived here. She was met at
the depot by King Frederick and mem
bers of the royal family and the staff
of the British legation. A large crowd
saluted the queen as the royal car
riage left the station for the palace.
It has been arranged that the body
of King Christian will be conveyed to
Rosldlde by train and accompanied by
the royal personages who are to at
tend the funeral. The funeral train
will be followed by another contain.
ing those invited to the ceremony. II
is announced that there was a prob
ability that the funeral would be post
poned until February 81, owing to the
desire of some foreign royal person
ages to attend who can not arrive
here earlier. 1t is rumored that King
Edward is among these.
The service at Roskilde will be very
simple. The sermon will be preached
by the bishop of Copenhagen The
seating capacity of the cathedral is
only 1900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
MONTANA sOuIBBs.

Charles A. Quinn, a conductor on
the Inflated east bound train in recent
wreck, died of his injuries. The di-
rect cause of death was a crushed
abdomen.
Oscar Normandin, % years of age,
a student in the Butte Business col
lege. and son of a wealthy rancher
near Deer Lodge, was recently found
dead in bed at Butte Death was due
to asphyxiation. Both of the gas jets
in the room were turned on full.
A large slaughtering and packing
establishment is to be built near Butte
soon by a company formed recently.
Montana's ranges yearly afford many
thousands of head of cattle for east
ern packing centers. the dressed beef
in turn being shipped back to the
state.
Though he had confessed to a MUIR
der for which, under the strict con-
structtion of the laws of the, state, the
penalty is death, James Sherman,
aged 20 years, was Monday night, by a
jury in the district court at Lewistown
found guilty of murder in the second
degree, the penalty for which is i'm
prisonment for not less than 10 years,
which may be extended to life. The
sentence is to be fixed by the trial
judge. He murdered Samuel Studzin-
ski on the night of August 23 last, the
motive being robbery, Sherman desir-
ing money for gambling.
At a recent meeting an organization
known as the Montana Racing and
Fair circuit was organized with the
following officers: President, r. d.
Steel of Bozeman, secretary treasurer,
DR.. A. d. Galbraith of Butte; execu-
tive committee, w. b. George of Bill
lings, John w. Pace of Helena and o.
w. Belden of Lewistown. The follow
ing towns and dates form the circuit.
July 30, Butte, 10 days; August 10,
Anaconda, six days; August 20 Lewis
town, four days; September 3, Big
Timber, four days; September 10, Bill
lings, four days; September II, Boze-
man, five days; September "a, Great
Falls, five days; October /, Helena,
five days; October 8, Missoula, four
days; October 10, Kslispell.
The purses and stakes of the circuit
will aggregate $3.50, 900 with about 10
weeks racing.
A complete announcement of early
closing stakse will be annuonced soon.
Every town ON the list has a good
track and first class Accommodations and
Montana expects to not only give first
class racing, but also plenty of oppor-
tunities for the betting element.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
BIG Shoe Company Loses.

st. Louis.-The detailed report Of
the affairs of the Tennent Shoe com
pany, prepared by expert accountants
acting under instructions of a commit
tee of directors in the concern, shows
that in addition to the losses OF the
creditors. the preferred stockholders
amounting to 40 persons. will lose
their entire investment. about $780,
900. Creditors are informed that the
actual discrepancy as shown by the
stock books amounted to s1,133.910.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Report Eavors Lock Canal.

The report Of the isthmian canal
commission recording its decision in
favor of an IS foot level lock canal,
has been submitted to Secretary Taft.
The report is accompanied by the
report Of the board of engineers, the
majority of whom declared for a sea
level canal.
1t will now be for Secretary Taft
to express his own views upon the
great project in an Endorsement when
transmitting the papers to the presi-
dent.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
IDAHO NEWS.

Mrs. Ella A. Wade. postmistress at
Mullan. has resigned.
The Commercial Cream company of
Lewiston is establishing a cream sta
ton at Genesee.
William Campbell. settler living at
Big Creek. 80 miles above st. Joe. ae-
cidentally chopped his foot in two.
It is authoritatively stated that the
Northern Pacific has awarded the con-
tract for building the Lewiston-Grange-
vile line to Porter Bros. & Welch.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
HER WEDDING GIFTS
MISS ALICE R00SEYELT'S TO BE
OF The GREATEST.
Estimates Place the Number at 1000
Agsregating 100000 In Value
viii Come From All over the World
Many Disappointed by Not Receiv-
ing Wedding Cards.

A Washington special says: Miss
Alice Roosevelt will probably receive
a greater number and more varied Sc.
lection of wedding presents than any
other bride in the history Of this coun-
try if not Of the world. Estimates
place the number Of presents at 1000,
aggregating $1,000,000 IN value.
Many Of the gifts are those to be by
various cities Of this country and gifts
Of foreign countries are already
known, but there is no one who will
venture a guess as to the number of
barrels of potatoes, turnips. pumpkins
and other eatables that will ultimate
ly be contributed to the brides lar
der. Even at this early date a clerk
is being kept busy receipting for con-
signments Of vegetables and fruit.
Many packages come from as far west
as California and as far south as Flor
ida. Innumerable cases of choice wine
have been received from vineyards
from the north and from California
and these merely give an inkling OF
what are to come.
The articles are being piled up In a
room set aside for the purpose. The
room is already nearly filled and what
disposition Is to be made Of substan-
tial gifts that are expected is not
known.
Heartaches in Washington.
Washington.-The number of heart
aches and disappointments because OF
the nonarrival of the coveted envelope
from the White House bearing an in
vitation to the greatest wedding ever
known within its walls will probably
never be known. An exodus TO Flor
ida will begin next week for Wash
ington hostesses who can not bear the
chagrin Of owning they are overlook
ed in such matters, have a fashion OF
suddenly departing either for Beunuds
or Florida. They have been even
known to go all the way to Europe or
account of some ones illness just In
order to avoid being found out.
The original number of invitations
70 be struck off for the wedding Of
Miss Roosevelt and Congressman
Longworth was 1900. The number has
grown in small additions to 400. THIS
number including, Of course, invita-
tons which have gone around the
world. Only about 1000 Of these invi
-atons were sent to persons in Wash
ington.
A movement has been started II
Boston by national officers OF the Wo
mans Christian Temperance union tC
obtain Miss Alice Roosevelt's cooper
alton towards barring wine from hei
wedding breakfast.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
CAPTAIN COUSINS TO RESIGN.
For Not Going in Close to the Wrecked
Valencia

That Captain Cousins will be com
PEELED to resign because of criticisms
made upon him by the public for not
going in close to the Valencia wreck
to take passengers off who were cling
ing to the rigging is believed in the
best informed steamship circles. Cap
tain Cousins has been made the tar
get both at Seattle and in San Fran
cisco for obeying the orders OF Assis,
'ant Manager Pharo to take the Queen
back to Victoria and proceed on his
way.
Within a few days Captain Cousins
will have added his resignation to
that of Assistant Manager Pharo.
It is reported that the resignation
Of Captain Cousins has been asked for
the purpose Of showing to the trav-
cling public that the captain should
have stayed by the wreck despite the
orders of the assistant manager.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Miss RooseveIt,s Presents.

The gifts of William Taft to the
presidents daughter are said to be
diamond lockets, one with an emerald
pendant, the other with an emerald
center.
An extremely novel gift is a working
model Of Krag-Jorgenson rife.
wrought entirely in solid % karat gold.
Some enormously large stones make
up a diamond collar for Miss Roose-
welt, and she will also receive the
largest diamond tiara ever fashioned
by Tiffany, one Of diamonds and ru-
bies.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
UnIonist Leaders At Outs.

London. Feb. 5.-The Observer says
that Joseph Chamberlain and former
Premier Balfour parted in disagree.
ment Friday night after the dinner at
which they discussed the question OF
leadership of the unionist party and
that it is to be feared the opposition
will now be split in two and perhaps
three factions.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Sheriff Kept His Man.

Poplar Bluff, Mo, Feb. AIN spite
OF the avowed intention OF a mob to
wreak summary vengeance upon posi-
tive Identification of Bud Jackson. a
negro, as the assailant of Mrs. Daniel
Norman, Sheriff Hogg succeeded in
removing Jackson from the Jail and
started his way to Hendrickson, 16
miles distant, without actual harm be-
ing done the prisoner.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

The Spokane Amateur Athletic club
has announced a more than ordinary
interesting twenty round boxing con-
test between Jack O'Keefe Of Chicago.
and Kid Parker of Denver, for Friday,
February 16. Both men are training
and expect to enter the ring
in the pink OF condition.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
SAVES FIVE; THEN BROWNS.
Father Simon Loses His Life in a
Heroic Endeavor.

La Sale. H.. Feb. Father Gil
bert Simon of st. Bedes college and
three students were drowned while
skating on the Illinois river. Several
boys were standing to have a photo
graph taken. when the ice broke and
all sank. Father Simon plunged into
the water and saved five boys, but on
reentering the icy river for a sixth
student, he became exhausted and he
with three boys were drowned. The
four bodies were recovered shortly af
terward Father Gilbert Simon came
to st. Bedes six months ago from st
Vincent's college. Pennsylvania. The
names of the drowned students are:
Case Bannin. Charles Reuter- and
Frank Christie.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

II. c. Whitney's gorgeous musical
production. direct from its phenomenal
run of eight months at the New York
Casino. is coming to Spokane soon
"Piff, Paff, Pouff" has been termed a
musical cocktail which seems a ben.
efitting description.
Nance O'Neil has travelled entirely
around the world in the past ~
months.
Maude Fealy has been engaged as
leading woman for William Collier.
Beerbohm Tree has again been in
vited by the Germans to visit that
country in, series of Shakesperean
revivals.
Arnold DAILY seems to be about at
the end OF his Bernard Shaw career.
According to reports received from
New York. he has found little save
unappreciative audiences during his
tour of the country.
Richard Mansfield has been playing
THE Scarlet Letter during his en-
gagement in Philadelphia.
Andrew Mack will make his appear
ance in Chicago Sunday. February IL.
Cx-oIx.I c.l-oI ohsIl~o.. 49, A..
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Cut Grain Rate to Europe.

New York, Feb. 4.-The rate on
heavy grain from New York to Ham
burg by direct steamer was cut yes
terday from 171S cents to 1919 cents
for the second half of February load
ing without inducing the engagement
of single bushel.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.

getables-Potatoes Use cwt;
beets, $1.25 cwt; turnips, s110Q1.25
cwt; rutabagas, $1.1OQ125 cwt; sweet
potatoes $2.75Q2.9O cwt; cabbage.
S125Q1.5O cwt; carrots. 81 cwt
MISUNDERSTANDING, $3.50 bsx;
Winesaps, $2.50Q3.5O box; Rome
Beauties, 1925 box; yellow Newtowns,
S2.50Q3.5O box; Baldwins, So box;
Black Twig. $225 box; cooking ap-
pies, tier, $1.25Q1.5O box; 4 tier,
Sl75Q2 box; Ben Davis, s1.5O box;
Wallbridge, 1925 box; Wageners, s2.5
box.
Oranges-s225@s.25 box; lemons,
fancy, S5.2595.5O case; choice, IS
case.
Flour-Local. s4@4.25 Dbl; Mime.
sofa, $5.75 Dbl.
Celery, 7OQ75c doz; honey, $3.50
$50; strained honey. Sc Id; rice, SEQ
$50 cwt.
Butter and eggs-Standard eastern
eggs, $3.50 case; extra select east
ern eggs, 1915 case; best ranch eggs,
$40 case; best creamery butter, 32c
Id; cheese. 16a G1Sc ID.
Sugar-Granulated cane sugar, Sc 20
per 100 lbs; beet sugar, Sc per 1ee
lbs.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIC ton; bran and shorts, SIT
ton; white shorts. $19 ton; corn, $1.35
cwt; cracked corn, s1.55 cwt; timothy
hay, SIG ton; alfalfa, $12013 ton; roll
ed barley. $1.30 cwt; whole OATS s1.45
cwt; chopped oats. $3.50 cwt; wheat,
s1.15 cwt.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef-Steers. dressed, 6Q6hc lb;
cows, dressed, 51s Q6c; mutton, dress
ed. loo lib; pork, &c ID; hams, 13c ID;
bacon, 1870 lb.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stoek-Steers, $2.75@3 cwt;
cows, $2.25 cwt; sheep, IS cwt; hogs.
S5.25&5.50 cwt
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens, 12c;
live spring chickens. 12c; live roost.
ers, &c; live ducks, 12c; live geese,
l2c; live turkeys, 1Sc; dressed hens,
he; dressed ducks, 14c; dressed
geese, 14c; dressed turkeys, 20@22c;
fresh ranch eggs, 35c doz; SO case.
Creamery products. f. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat,
3055c ID.
Feed-Timothy hay, s13@14 ton; al
falfa hay, $1,000 ton; oats, s135 ewt.
Observation-Disclosures, COO cwt; tur-
nips, CSC cwt; beets. 75c cwt; onions.
81 cwt; cabbage, s0c@s1 cwt; apples,
slQ2 box; carrots, Coo cwt.
Northwestern Wheat.
Ritzyille, Wash.-Bluestem, 63e;
club, Gle.
Tacoma. Wash.-Unchanged Ex-
port: Bluestem, 7Sc; club. 71hc; red
67hc.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Major General Fred Grant.

The president has selected Briga-
der General Frederick Dent Grant,
commander of the department OF the
east, to be promoted to the grade OF
major general to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the retirement of Major Cen
eral Sumner February 6.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

The trial trip Of the armored cruiser
Tennessee has been set for February
9 over the course of Rockland, Me.
The trial OF the armored cruiser Wash
ington will follow that OF her sister
ship at an early date.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Mrs. Yerkes Is Married.

After persistently denying her mar.
riage to Wilson Miner for some days,
the widow of Charles T. Yerkes exer.
cised her feminine prerogative and &C.
knowledged her husband in the pres
ence of a mass meeting of reporters.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
Devastated by Prairie Fire.

Cheyenne.-Driven by a high wind a
prairie fire swept over rs miles OF
range east Of here. destroying great
quantities Of hay and otherwise devas-
tating the area over which II passed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
FROM LEWISTON TO PAsco.
The Clearwater Short Line Will
Build Road.

Olympia. Wash.-The Clearwater
Short Line Railway company has filed
with the secretary of state an order
aopted by the company at a meeting
in St. Paul on January 25 authorizing
1t to construct a line of railway from
Lewiston. Idaho, to Pasco Wash The
line is to be lao miles in length, wholly
within Whitman and Frank.-n coun-
ties.
This evidently means that the Nor
--ern Pacific will build a line to con-
meet Lewiston and the interior of Ida
no with the Pasco- Portland short cut.
and is another link in the prospective
cutoff via Lolo pass.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
YOUNG is REPRIMANDED.
Lax in His Duties on the Steamer
Bennington.

Although not sentenced to a pub
lie" reprimand, there was made public
recently the reprimand addressed by
Secretary Bonaparte to Commander
Lucien Young, who was in command
Of the Bennington at the time that
vessel suffered an explosion OF her
boilers last summer. Commander
Young was tried by courtmartial and
convicted of remissness of duty, in
hat he failed to sign the smooth steam
log of the Bennington.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

British Columbia promises to be
come a dangerous rival Of Oregon, as
an apple growing region. During the
last season 100000 trees were planted.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

Stockholm has the largest death
rate from the use of alcohol of any
city In the world. The number Of
deaths from this cause is 90 in 1000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10

LATER-Countess Boni has entered
a plea for divorce. Representatives of
the countess and the count appeared
before Judge Henry Ditto of the court
of first instance, who, in conformity
with the French law, endeavored to
arrange a Cancellation before allowing
a definite suit to proceed 1t is said on
unquestionable authority that Judge
Ditte's efforts were not successful, the
countess absolutely declining to resume
her relations with her husband, and
that afrer repeated, but vain, attempts
by Conut De Castellane's advisors to
arrange a settlement, the representa-
wives of the countess and count left the
court and the suit will proceed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
THREE ARE BURNED TO DEATH

Lamp Exploded and Wisconsin Home
Destroyed.
Prentice. Wis, Feb. 4.-Fire result
ing from the explosion of a lamp in
the home of Grant Stewart today de
stroyed the house and cost four lives
Mrs. Stewart broke through a window
and escaped. Her husband, a babe
born the day before and two other
children were burned to death. Mrs
Stewart suffered severely from expos
ure to the Geld and may die.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-02-10
HUGE SUM RAISED.
To Build the Lewiston Grangeville
Electric Line.

Lewiston. Idaho. Feb &C. -.
Thompson and f. ]. Randolph have
returned from Prairie and report that
S250000 has been raised with which
to start work on building of lewiston
.Grangeville electric line.