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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09

other refuse in their back yards.
About six cases sprang up in the
neighborhood of a we'll used by
neighbors on Kalispel street, ON the
North side, but closed up the we'll
several months ago.
Another indication to my mind
of the effect of doorway cleanliness
in stamping out the disease is fur
nished by the fact that the disease at
present in the city have been scatter
ed over a wide territory. For this
reason, excepting the we'll have re-
ferred to, no entire neighborhood was
affected. The rule has been for the
cases to be isolated.
t'There are but 10 cases of the dis
ease in the city at present and four Of
these came from outside points.
About month ago there we're % OF
80 cases in the city.
( 1.-THE health department has bee Z
delayed in perfectinR plans to search
carefully for typhoid by means of an
aIysis. The equipment for making
the analytical tests has been slow te
arrive from New York and the first OF
these tests will not be completed be-
fore 10 days or two weeks. We shall
make tests of we'll water, Of river
water, Of the underground flow Of
water up the valley and of any watel
that may be suspected of containing
germs of the disease.
1.-THE movement stated by the med
ical society TO employ an expert san
itary engineer to report on system O
getting pure water for the city has
been delayed. have written a mum
Der of letters to engineers of nationa
reputation, but so far have been un
able to get the men desired. hops
to secure a competent engineer in th'
near future. -
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Standpoint News Notes.

Standpoint, Idaho, Oct. IA new
wagon road Is being laid out to great
ly shorten the distance between Priest
river and Laclede. County surveyor
Edlehlute has completed a survey 20
reduce the distance about III miles,
The new road passes close TO Valley
ON this side Of the rive requiring all
who come this way 10 take the ferry
att aclede and recross above sand.
point.
J, X. Boyd has returned from his
ranch near Eimira on the Great
Northern and reports that the deer Ia
that section have eaten much Of his
garden truck. The same complaint
comes from Granite creek. Mr.
Schroeder, who has a ranch there has
lost much vegetables.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09

days, but he failed 10 recover the re-
mains OF the Que remaining victim.
For the past four days another diver
has been working there aud he met
with greater success.
1t was definitely settled that Nun.
son stuck to his post until the last,
aud IL is thought that when all the
trucks and debris are brought to The
surface further light will be thrown
on the cause Of the wreck.
SIR, Munson belonged 10 the Mas
onic lodge Of Hillyard. the brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers and 10
the A. o. y. w.
Smith Go. went after the body
Sunday.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
TESTIMONY OF Nm.
Publisher of Idaho Statesman in
SmOOt Case

again until the last session of the
legislature, early in january, when
Price, of Latah county, presented a
similar resolution, and we opposed
that and it was allowed to die. -
ut did not come up again for six
weeks. ''Price of Latah county
presented resolution, he is member
of legislature, probably a republican,
not Mormon. This resolution car
ried by almost unanimous vote: and
prior to that-two weeks-Apostle
Smith came to Boise-John Henry
Smith of Utah. He met the editor of
the Statesman, in the lobby of the
Idanha hotel, and he said, "Do you
think it would be advisablesto ask for
resolution for an amendment to
the constitution to take out those
clauses which are so Objectionable to
our peopleF" page 765, Vol. 1.)
In reply to the question by Senator
Dubois "What is the opposition to a
constitutional convention? What is
it based on?" Mr.. Cobb replied: 'It
is based on the theory that the new
constitution will have these clauses
the antipolygamy eliminated. Page
1877, Vol. ID
Here follows portions of constitu-
ton, being the clauses referred to.
Sec. of Art. 1. 1.-THE exercises
and enjoyment of religious faith and
worship shall forever be guaranteed
and no person shall be denied AMI
civil or political privilege, or capa
city on account of his religious opin
ions; but the liberty of conscience
hereby secured shall not be construct
ed to dispense with oaths or aftirma-
tions, or excuse acts of licentiousnes'
or justify polygamy or other PERM
cious practices, inconsistent will
morality OF the peace or safety of th'
state; nor TO permit any person, or
ganization, or association to directl,
or indirectly aid or abet, counsel o
advise, any person to commit tn
crime of bigmy, or polygamy, or an
other crime. No person shall be re
quired to attend or support any min
Continued on page A.
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The Passing of Partlsanship,

Fort Scott, KAN, Oct. 9.-w. ].
Bryan made his first Kansas speech of
this campaign here yesterday. He
said in part:
81 am glad 70 come 10 Kansas, and
am glad TO find a spirit here that
we have not always found in politics.
In fact unless ] am very much mis-
taken, we are approaching q time
when we can consider public mea.
sures with less partizanship than we
have been able to In former years. !
can remember when first entered
that there was such strong feeling
in regard TO the parties It was almost
impossible for one belonging 90 any
party Il find anything good in anoth-
er party. This state has done much
TO break down the old feeling.
President Roosevelt has done a
great deal to convince the public
that there is something good In tbs
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09

Publisher of the Idaho Daily
statesman, taken before the senate
committee, in giving his testimony
Mr. Cobb says:
Twenty per cent of population Of
Idaho is Mormon.
"My knowledge referring to poly.
gamy) is by heresay. l hear that
certain men live inspolygamy, and it
is generally understood that there are
men living in polygamy. l do not
know it myself"
In reply to question, els there a
statute in Idaho against polygamous
cohabitation'' Mr.. Cobb replied,
81 believe not. There have been
several bills introduced in the differ.
ent legislatures, and they have all
died as they say. We have no such
law" pages 1923, Vol. ID. What
we call the Mormon counties would
have possibly third" (referring to
legislature) ''It is the general feel
ing among both political parties that
the Mormon church is to be dealt
with as a political quantity. !"
pages, 1853, Vol. 1.)
Every political leader, when the
Mormon church wants anything, OF
he thinks it wants anything, is will
ing to grant it. So the great mas:
of our people are perfectly powerlesc
in that condition of affairs. f" page
\ TEA, Vol. 1.)
Senator Joe Rich of Bear Lake
county, a Mormon democrat, intro
duced resolution asking to have (
vote taken on a constitutional con
ventoin. He was a member of thu
senate. And the paper of which
am publisher opposed it vigorously
and a good many of his politica
friends advised him against it and i
was finally abandoned, and he stated
at that time, so am informed, tina
the object of that would be, il
drafting a new constitution, that Ger
tain clauses of our constitution
which we call the antipolygam!
clauses, could be omitted, unde
the plea that they are now obsolete
think this question did not appea
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OF SCOTT
POLITICAL MOVE
County Attorney Whitla Admits
Ii Is Politics

charge of criminal libel. IL is based
on an article which appeared in the
Daily Press stating that Sinclair, who
has been appointed deputy county at
torney, when there is not business in
the office for one man, was dismissed
from government service in the Phil
ippine islands for the alleged crime
of embezzling public funds while
acting as treasurer of Rigal province.
! have no fear of the outcome Of the
case. i will prove all statements
made in the Press II the case ever
comes to trial. The arrest is politi.
cal persecution and nothing else. -
Ezra X. Whitla, county attorney,
made the following statement: al
may be called upon to prosecute the
case, as am county attorney.
have nothing to say about il other
than that the most of the article re-
ferred to is false, and that / have NO
doubt but that it was published by
Scott, as chairman OF the democratic
central committee, for political
effect. A."
Mr.. Whitla also stated that Sim
clair was not deputy attorney so far
as he knew.
Mayor Collins was asked what ef-
feet the arrest would have upon the
political outcome. He stated
1.-The arrest OF Scott 10 merely a SLAP
at the democratIc party in this ooun-
ty. II will prove a very destructive
boomerang TO the persons at the bot.
tom Of 1t. Sinclair Is too old fox
in the political game TO be bothered
by newspaper attacks. He has at
tackled too many people in his Own
numerous newspaper articles TO be-
come discounted by any attack on
himself. He is generally considered
here as tool OF the Hoffman fac,
ton.
ARREST OCCASIONS SURPRISE.
The arrest Of Editor Scott was q
great surprise 10 Occur d'Alene PEG.
! pie. He has lived here for over Is
years, during which time be has been
continuously editor Of the Press.
As a rule residents sre divided
along political lines over the arrest
however, the Morgan republicans
with the democrats are very indig
nant. Many prominent republican,
we're interviewed. but they usually
stated they desided mot 20 be mikes
up" In the case.
Hoffman republicans usually CLAIM
the arrest will hurt the democratic
ticket. while their opponents, both II
the party and among the democrat
claim it has already acted as boom
/ erang and assures the election Of ia
entire democratic county and legisla
: tive ticket.
Bartlett Sinclair was formerly
! democrat and first came into promi
Continued 0n page 81
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democratic blftforms. He had the
courage to 49, up some OF the re-
forms the iocmts advocated before
his party bad advocated them.
"'The president has done much
good. | don't know what be might
have done had he had an environment
favorable to reform. He has done
remarkable things for man who had
TO fight his leaders all the way
through. / don't know what he
might have accomplished bad be not
been so handicapped. ="
On the subject OF government own.
ership Of railroads, Mr.. Bryan said
that several years ago the democrats
and populists we're ridiculed for sug-
costing such a thing, and that ho has
been denounced as dangerous because
he had mentioned It.
"But now we find President Roose-
welt daring Co hold club over the
railroads that idea In terms more
radical than had suggested. =
In his last two messages "a con-
gress, Mr. Bryan said, President
Roosevelt had emphasized that II tho
railroads did not get out Of politics
and let the people run the govern
ment. public ownership OF railroads
would be inevitable.
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The following account of the arrest
of the publisher of the Press for Il
bel appears in this mornings Spokes-
man Review:
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Oct. s.
The sensation of the day is the arrest
of ]. T. Scott, chairman of the dem
ocratic county central committee and
editor of the Occur d Alene Press,
charging criminal libel. Sheriff
Doust was in town this afternoon and
served the warrant. Mr. Scott gave
a $500 bond for his appearance be
fore Justice Wilson of Rathdrum to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock, where
a hearing will be had.
The arrest is based ON the follow
ing article which appeared in the
weekly Press dated October 6, 1906.
Here is bit of political history
that is interesting at the present
time.
Bartlett Sinclair, he of unenvia-
BILE notoriety as treasurer of Regal
province, having been dismissed by
Secretary TAFT, then governor of the
Philippine islands, on the barge Of
being an embezzler of public funds,
was doing too much talking against
the republican ticket and it becomes
necessary to close his mouth. This
was done at the expense Of the tax
payers. Sinclair is an alleged lawyer
and Ezra r. Whitla, county attor-
ney, wrote the county commissioners
strong letter asking for assistance
in his office. At its meeting Tues
day, September 25, the board author.
lied Whitla to appoint his assistant
and Sinclair is now acting as deputy
county attorney. As there is not
business enough in the Office TO en-
ploy one attorney half the time the
appointment is simply graft for the
purpose of keeping him still. Re
publican officials must be hard push
ed when they will appoint a man &c
office who was dismissed from the
government service for alleged EN-
bezzlement of public funds, by offi.
cials of their own party. What do
the voters. regardless Of party, think
Of this transaction?''
| POLITICAL MOVE, SAYS SCOTT
Mr.. Scott was seen in regard to the
matter and made the following state
ment:
my arrest is simply 4 politiea
move on the part of republicans, anC
Sinclair is the tool being used fol
that purpose. ] am chairman Of thu
democratic county central committee
and have been waging a war agains
Mormonism, for economical count.
government and the adjustment o
ring rule. which has iT eensed Sin
clair and some Of his followers. The,
are now attempting to discredit m
work for the people and for lowe
taxation by causing my arrest on
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NEW BOAT E0B
. HAYDEDAKE
j. Boughton Will BGAd 5000
Steamer IVL
!. BOughtOn
Steamer

Joseph Boughton, Of j, Boughton 4
Company, Is having plans prepared
for a fac new excursion steamer
which will ply the waters Of Hayden
lake during the coming summer.
The boat will be built after the Mis-
sissippi river steamer style, having
the stern wheel, two smokestacks,
and all the old fashioned equipments
with up 10 date machinery. 1t will
be 90 feet long with an Is foot beam
and will be equipped with engines
capable Of driving her at the rate Of
IA miles an hour. The cost Of the
boat when complete will be in the
neighborhood of s5, 900.
Mr.. Bougthon stated today that the
boat would be used for the pleasure
seekers only, who will be able to
charter the boat for day or mum
her of days at moderate cost. This
viii make II possible for parties from
this city to tour the shores Of the
lake and enjoy the scenery and hol
iday. IL will be the largest boat ON
the lake and also one of the taatest,
no doubt II 'Eill become popular 10
the extreme.
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SHELTER TO START
Ore VIII Be Furnished Next
Week.

Standpoint, Idaho, Oct. Geo.
Heaton, president OF the Panhandle
smelter. has returned from 4 trip 90
st. Paul where be went Ia the interest
Of the smelter and several PROPOSE
tions in connection with IL.
4 meeting was held Friday Of the
directors Of the newly Incorporated
Standpoint Water, Power A Light
company here, Of which Mr.. Heaton
Is at the head. and officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year. Mr. Heaton
Was elected president; b. s. Dofen-
bach. Of the Northern Mercantile
company. vice president. aud Lee L.
Partner, secretary. The Office Of
treasurer and manager will be filled
al an ele ction 10 be held soon. At
this meeting nothing further than the
election Of officers WAS done. bat Il Is
understood the company sill com
rnence TO work on the water proposi-
tion soon.
While in the east, Mr. Hoatun or
gAnized what will be known a. 1hs
+ Panhandle Ore Purchasing company.
+ This company will buy and sell ore
and will be part Of the smelter
here. Stock IN the company Is being
subscribed in the east.
The ore that has been ordered for
the smelter Is expected 20 arrive the
coming week.
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At the Baptist Church.

The services at the Baptist church
are growing in interest with each ser
vice. DIR. Palmer is preaching with
acceptance and power. The subject
for this evening is Jobs sorrow for
sin" or THE Royal road to Hea-
ven. Special music each evening.
Solo. "Tell Mother I'll be there,
by Rev. W. W. Davis, also quar-
tete. Everybody welcome.
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RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD
Body Of Neil Eunson Is Re-
covered.

Spokane, Wash. Oct. 9.-The
body of Neil Edward Munson, engin-
Ger Of the train that was wrecked at
Camden tunnel two months ago, was
recovered Sunday. Ii Was found in
the cab Of his engine IN the bottom
Of the lake. and the only reason il
was not found before was that the cab
Was underneath the tank and other
debris.
After the wreck the Great Northern
had a diver working Tor nine or 10
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
POWDER BLOWS
MAN TO ATOMS
Mistake in Counting Blasts
Leads to Death of Contrac-
tor and Injury to Employe
ACCIDENT NEAR ANGELS
Second Victim of Explo-
sion Loses Nose and Part
of His Left Shoulder

ANGELS, April s.-Joseph Woodsides, a
Calaveras County contractor, was blown
into atoms and an employe named George
Rushton was probably also killed by the
explosion Of a blast this morning in max
ing a roadway from Vallecito up the
Stanslaus River to a power plant to be
established by the Stanislaus Electric
Power Company. The men put in eleven
blasts 10 throw out the rock and ten of
them exploded. The eleventh blast failed
TO explode, but Woodsides and Rushton
evidently made a miscount and thought
all of them were fired. They went back
TO the road, and just as they reached it
the missing blast went off.
Woodsides was literally blown to atoms.
Rushton's nose and the top of his left
shoulder wcre blown off and his body
filled with bits of rock. 1t is believed he
cannot live.
Woodsides leaves a wife and several
children, who live a mile from Murphys
Rushton is single man and came recent
ly from Flint, Mich.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
Ticket Headed by Temperance Advo-
cate Is Defeated at the Polls.

RED BLUFF. April 9.-One' OF the
bitterest elections Red Bluff has ever
known resulted this evening IN
sweeping victory for the saloon men,
who elected all three of~their candl-
dates for City Trustees; losing only
one office, that of Marshal The re
cent liquor agitation here caused the
city TO be divided into two factions
which have been known as the saloon
and. anti saloon leagues The saloon
men stood behind Jacob Landis,
Thomas R. Walton and Carl: G. Lange
for Trustees, while the Anti-Saloon'
League backed Rev. William Clark
and F.sA. Weast.- P. N. Bonnard ap-,
peared as an independent candidate.
For Marshal the saloon element pro-
posed O. Pate. Sam Slater was the
candidate of the antis. Slater was
elected by small ajority.
Rev. Mr.. Clark was looked upon as
a sure winner as he was an avowed
enemy of the saloons and disorder,
and the church people backed him
heavily The vote as shown by COM
pIete returns tonight is as follows:
For Trustees-Landis, 800; Lange,
4o4 Walton, i4oS; Clark, 2s4; -Bonnard.s
256; Weast, 153.
For Marshal-Slater. 376; Pate, 3l7..
w. B. Cahoone and F. w. Decker re-
spectively were reelected Treasurer
and City Clerk, neither having any op-
position.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
Came to California in
the Famed Ship
Mantle.

Washington Meeks, one Of the best
known and most respected pioneers of
this State, died yesterday at his home
2541 Washington street. He had Ion z
passed the allotted three score and
ten, and death ended peacefully a
career adventurous in its youth and
filled with sterling service in its calm
er period. He was almost eighty-eight
years old, and the widow ne leaves
had been married TO him forty eight
years
Washington Meeks was born in New
York OF good old revolutionary stock.
on June IS 1918, six years after the
second war with Great Britain. He
came 10 California with the first gold
seekers in 1s4s. He came around the
Horn, on the ship Mantle, the same
ship which later, being sunk and
stranded in the bay, became the
foundation for the Mantle Hotel
which is now the Mantle Block, on the
corner OF Sansome and Clay streets
He engaged in mining and later prac-
ticed law. Several times in his long
life he was very wealthy, but the lure
Of gold, remaining with him from his
pioneer days, led him into ventures
which made him lose much, so that he
leaves behind him only a moderate
competency. It was Meeks who. when
Leland Stanford announced, at a pub
lie meeting in Sacramento, his decision
90 build the Central Pacific transcon-
tinental road, introduced him 10 the
assembly.
The funeral viii take place wednes-
day from the hall of the Pioneer So
ciety Of California at ? p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
CLARKE is DEFEATED.
Good Government Party Carries the
Day in Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ. April 9.-The Good Govern
ment League elected majority of the mem
bers of the Council at today's election. which
was one of the hardest fought municipal bat
ties this city has ever seen. DR.. T. w Drul-
lard independent and Good Government can
didate, was elected Mayor by 379 For Coun-
Gilman Philip Hynes GOOD Government de-
feated Councilman Waltz by 10 votes. Coun-
Gilman Wiley defeated Parsons Good Govern
ment) by A Harrington Good GovernmenD
defeated Councilman Robert by and Council
man John Maher defeated Seymour Johnson
Good Government by votes. Mayor Clarke
ran away behind the rest OF the administra-
ton ticket. The Good Government party has
the Mayor and two of the four Councilmen.
The recently annexed territory of East Santa
Cruz voted for the first time and was an un-
known quantity until today.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
SPREADING RAILS
CAUSE WRECK
Engineer Pinned Beneath
Cab and Fireman Scalded
in Accident Near Las Flores

SAN DIEGO, April s.-Spreading
rails caused the wreck of freight train
No. SS, southbound on the Southern
California road near Las Flores. a few
miles north of Oceanside this after
noon. The train was a double-header
and both engines and most of che cars
left the tracks The engines were piied
up together in the wreck. Engineer j.
b. Neal was pinioned in the ruins and
it was some time before he was extri-
Gated At first 1T was supposed that
he had been fatally injured, put later
reports say that he is doing we'll
Fireman C. A. Roman was scalded py
escaping steam. He will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
RESULTS IN SANTA CLARA.
Anti-Liquor License Forces VictOrs In
Los Gatos and Mayfield.

SAN JOSE April 9.-Municipal elections
were held today in Mountain View. Los Gatos
Mayfield and Palo Alto In Mayield and Los
Gatos the closing of the saloons was the
issue and in each case the anti-liquor license
forces were victorious. Following are the
names of the men elected:
Los Gatos-Trustees John W. Lyndon F.
NJ Derrickson and d. P Smons; Marshal. h.
F. Springer: Clerk. Winning; Treasurer, +.
f Watkins.
Mountain Niew-Trusteess George ;. Wall,
Julius Weilheiner and j S. S.aMockbee; Marshal
r. c. Waits: Clerk w. ]. Van Doren; Treas
urer A. P. Rogers .s-s,.
Palo Alto-Trustees George J. Cary, Edwin
Duryea and ]. F. Parkinson; Clerk John d.
Boyd; Marshal. E. f. Weisshaar; Treasurer
G. r. Parkinson.
Mayfeld-rrustees A B. Clark, ]. p.
Schaefer. Joseph Mesa and Peter Towne;
Treasurer, ]. P. Schaefer; Marshal Frank
Fourshay Clerk w. Myrick
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-10
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH
OF AN AGED INDIAN WOMAN

BAKERSFIELD. April 9.-Marie Veriel. an
Indian woman was found dead at the door OF
her hut in the lower TETON Valley ranch to-
day Her throat was cut from ear to ear.
Late this afternoon Under Sheriff Baker tele-
picked up an aged Mexican named Augustine
Lugo whose strange actions attracted his at
tention Investigation revealed that the aged
Mexican had made threats against the woman
on numerous occasions. There were fresh
blood stains on his shirt The Mexican viii
be held pending further investigation. II Is
thought the murder was committed Saturday
night The woman lived all of her life on the
ranch and well known throughout that
region. She was married, her husband being n
sheep shearcr. He was away at the time of
the murder.