davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-01-19
CHARLES NELSON
KILLED IN A SNOWSLIDE.

At about two o'clock last Sunday
afternoon, heavy avalanche, cutting
swath 100 yards wide, swept down into
Long gulch from the mountain on the
south side. During the "a hours just
previous almost three feet of fresh
snow had fallen on top of nearly two
feet of heavier snow then on the
ground. Miners going and coming
from the Blaine and Banner had .brok-
en- poor trail up the gulch. Charles
Nelson, a blacksmith at the Black
Jack, unfortunately took this trail, GO
ing to his work by way of the Blaine
tunnel, just in time to be caught in the
swath of the avalanche. Frank st
Clair, watchman at the Blaine mill, saw
the slide and told of it over the phone.
Charles, Kingsley, who had come down
from the Banner short time before,
reported that he had met Nelson going
up. Then inquiry was made over the
phone at the Black Jack if any of the
men were missing, and word came back
that Nelson had not shown up.
The town people at once began or
ganizing searching parry, and it was
not long until nearly all the younger
men in town and from the Blaine were
on the ground with shovels. iron rods
and lanterns, aud systematic search
of probing and shoveling the slide was
begun At few minutes before eight
O'Clock, Fred Crete, Jr., found what re-
mained of poor Nelson, buried under
eight feet of the slide. His body was
dug out aud brought to the home of his
grief stricken wife, whom he had left
such short time before, she not hav-
ing been apprised of her sad loss until
few minutes before the body was
brought home.
Deceased was a member of the Silver
City Miners Union, and less than a
week prior to his death had passed the
third degree in War Eagle Tribe Inn
proved Order of Red Men. These two
organizations jointly conducted the
services held over his remains, his
funeral taking place from lower Ma
sonic hall, Tuesday afternoon. 1t was
the first funeral in Silver City in which
the beautiful and impressive services
of the Improved Order of Red Men
we're ever used
Deceased was 40 years of age. He
left widow bui no children. The be-
reaved lady is sister of Mrs. Hunt
Dye Of this place.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-01-19
Tnsta llation Of Officers
knights Of Pythias S.

The joint installation of officers by
the Silver City and Florida Mountain
lodges of Knights of Pythias, of Silver
City and Dewey, last Tuesday night.
was somewhat disappointing on ac-
count of the storm, preventing many
members of the order from Dewey and
DeLamar, who expected to be present,
from coming. However, the ceremon-
les passed off smoothly aud the ban
quet aud ball we're much enjoyed by
the sixty Knights and ladies present.
The installation of the officers Of the
Silver City lodge was conducted by
John Crete, deputy grand chancellor,
and of the Florida Mountain lodge by
Wynne Smith, also a deputy grand
chancellor. AS the names of the of1ic-
ers elect have heretofore been pub
lished in Nugget, it is not necessary to
repeat them here.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-01-19
Advertised Letters.

Following is the list of letters re-
naming uncalled for in the Silver City
postoffice for the week ending Jan. 20,
1906:
Dillon, Lankey
Hoffman, Herman
Haggerty, George
IinehaD, Dan
Matson, Emel
Letters not called for will be sent to
the dead letter Office.
C. H. CRETE, Postmaster.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-01-19

Eleven years ago two miners, named
McLaney and Nichols, lost their lives
in a snowslide, in this gulch, but at a
point little further up. Since Sun
day another small slide has come down.
There is danger now of much heavier
one from the Trade Dollar side of the
gulch.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

check-rein: we have all seen the poor,
patient horse with his head tied back
ward. standing at the post in the street
or at the fence in the field or straining
up steep hill with a load behind
him. and all the weight of it flung OH
his IOn instead of his shoulder, yet
the owner and driver of that horse
would be indignant if you called him
heartleSS or brutal
Instances of such thOughtless cruel
ty could be multiplied indefinitely, but
surely these are sufficient to show
that we who maybe think ourselves
model horse masters, are in reality
as much to blame as those who practice
the greater barbarities. for we live in
more refined surroundings and ought
to have higher ideals of mans Obliga-
ton to the dumb brutes.
If i'm some future world, there is a
paradise reserved for the hard-wOrked
slaves of shaft and saddle, paradise
in which the green grass grows knee
high in which no saddle gals, no col
lar pinches and no curb frets, and in
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

farms. but it is not at all uncommon
for good farmer to raise a bale to
the acre by good culture and abund-
ant fertilizer. Intensive farming,
which applies the lesson of science and
experience, has achieved some re-
markable results.
The following is the average an
nual product of this farm: 1900
bales of cotton, 10000 gallons of
cUttonseed oil. 5000 tons of fertilizer,
10000 bushels of corn, 10000 bushels
of wheat, 1000 bushels Of rye, 5000
bushels of oats, 5000 of peas, 10000
pounds of butter, 100000 pounds of
fat cattle, 5000 pounds Of bacon and
hams, besides such crops as sweet
and Irish potatoes. watermelons,
ground peas, sorghum, etc.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
The Minor Cruelties of the Horse

The following from the Wisconsin
for all who handle horses and, we
might add, mules as we'll:
bier animal trained to help man in his
labor than the horse If kindly and
considerably treated, and gradually
and intelIigently taught what is eX-
pected of him, he never fails us, and
his strength and courage and endur-
ance are our continual pride and de
light.
But, do we treat him fairly. even
those of us who love him most?
This article is not written for the
brutal. cOld-blOOded criminals who will
beat "A willing horse on the head with
shovel or batter him over hip and
flank with heavy fence-rail; or. re
fined in torture. stand for ten minutes
fiOgging one spot on the inner thigh
with Il whip because some poor, over
loaded slave has at last become too
weak or too heart-brOken to put forth
any effort to continue his hopeless
task.
On such ruffians as these mere words
would be wasted. They are of the ma
terial that flOgs tender infants with
buckIed belts and tramples the life out
of helpless women in moments of bru-
tai madness.
But we who have lived much among
horses and have loved them with the
hOrseman's love can, all of us, recall
certain hours when we have been more
than cruelEless than fair-tO the gal
liant creatures that are obliged to de-
pend upon us for all that makes their
lives worth living.
As horse lovers we have all at one
time or another seen horses abused by
the low scOundreIs who own and drive
them. We have felt our pulse quicken
and our blood boil as we IOnged to
rush forward and deal the one full
armed blow that would avenge the
poor, suffering creature that cannot
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

mornings he feels dull and listless and
quite unfit for the long journey before
] him. \ man may evade his engage
ment on the excuse of feeling unwell,
but the horse is expected to feel fit
and we'll all the year round.
Buster was as lazy as pig today
we SHY when we arrive home after COW
ering thirty miles or more. Lazy!
Think of having to carry through ones
ordinary days work with a racking
headache. severe indigestion, or even
with tight shoe. or a thorn in the
folds of ones shirt! Yet your horse
must, approximately. do this; and we
call him lazy if he flags
There is another sin. or shOrt-cOn-
ing. call it what you Will, that some
of us prOfessed horse lovers have too
frequently shared. That is. the hiring
of leg weary, heart-brOken livery hOrs
es and treating them in somewhat diff
ferent fashion to that in which we
treat our own well-cared-for favOrites.
Hes used to hard work and thrives
on it, we may have said in excuse
for ourselves. ''besdes, we are paying
for him. and may as well have some
work out of him" All true enough;
but if we were il little more thought
full. Il little more human, we would
reflect that. hard and bitter as that
horses life must always be, we can
at least. take care that when he is
hired by us he shall not suffer, but
shall be handled so considerably and
kindly that he will remember always
the day on which we drove him, as
il day without curse or blOw-a rare
and happy holiday.
We have all seen men-gOOd men and
true-jag the bride of their horse vic
iOuly again and again, causing eXquis-
ite pain to the sensitive mouth of the
animal. Possibly most of us have done
this ourselves, at one time or another,
when il hungry horse which we happen
ed to be holding. reached out for Il
tuft of grass and pulled up off our
balance literally and metaphOrically
or maybe when tired horse STUN
bled in harness. or under saddle
have seen Il man not cruel one
either-have his toe trOdden on by
horse, and have seen him in a sudden
fit of pain and anger, kick the innocent
beast savagely on the sensitive bone
of the fore leg.
We have all seen the inexperienced
and ignorant, but not necessarily bru-
tai, driver give hesitating horse a
cut with a whip when it feared to go
up to some object on the road; in this
way hurting the sensitive animal, both
physically and mentally, for all the
time it was eager to do his bidding,
but too timid to obey.
Every one of us has been brought
in daily contact with the abuse of the
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13


braved foul language and personal
violence to interfere between tOrturer
and tortured; and have never. | ven
trre to say. regretted that we did so.
If an outsider accused us of pfacticing
thousand cruelties on the horses in
our own charge we would be SOME
what justly indignant. and yet such a
sweeping assertion would not be with
out some foundation in fact.
Most of us have loved our horses
and have tried always to he fair to
them. Yet when one thinks of the
many different ways one has ill-treated
them in carelessness and thOuglitless-
ness, in indefensible impatience and
fits of temper, the magnitude of ones
cruelty appalls.
We have all of us ridden and driven
horses beyond their strength, some
times in the chase. sometimes for me-
dical aid when sickness was in the
house. sometimes i'm the ordinary work
of farm and ranch. Most of us have
used our sptfs and whip too freely on
occasions
Which of us, if we wanted to get
particularly to some place at Il certain
time. would make any great personal
sacrifice to be fair to our horse if our
own advantage. or even pleasure was
at stake?
Many of us. even those who most
deeply recognize our obligations to-
wards the dependent dumb creatures
which God has given to our care, have
or dinner in the warm lamplight, while
outside in the dark and cold. some
good horse has stood hour after hour.
nibbling hungrily at the hitching-post
or swinging restlessly round at the
length of his bride reins to try and
keep the chilled blood in circulation.
Some of us, too, will be able to re
call having in forgetfulness left Il
horse standing all day in his stall with
dry, dusty feed, but no water, till his
plaintive Whitney and restless manner
reminded us of our neglect. Our old
favOrites. with whom we are i'm close
sympathy, make known their wants
to us almost like human beings, but
those to whom we are partial strangers
Dire more likely to suffer.
n favOrite old horse of mine when
standing in the stable used to save us
much needless carrying of water buck
cts to him. On coming into the stable
we tapped an empty tin bucket with
our fingers. If The Bishop wanted 4
drink he would give a low Whitney:
if not, he simply held his head up and
shook it. Not all horses make them
selves so easily understood
1t is lack of speech that gives the
horse his handicap. He cannot tell us
when his harness pinches. when 4
shOe-nail pricks, or when strained
tendon hurts. He cannot, however he
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
wRIGHTMAN is WRIGHT.

The people have begun to hurrah for
the candidacy Of Hon Frank T, Wright
man for nomination for Secretary Of
State on the Republican ticket. They say
Wrightman Is right They know that he
Is honorable, capable. industrious and
honest. They know too that he Is Pc
culinrly fitted by education and expert
cnce for the efficient performance OF
the duties of that important Office.
Besides having personal advantage
over his opponents Mfr. Wrightmans
geographical situation eommends his
candidacy. That nomination should go
to Marion county--frst, because the po'
litiral geography Of the location and
second because Hon. Frank +. Wright
man lives there and Is the best man yet
named for the ofllccc.
Mr.. Wrightman is an able, thorough
going, practical, popular gentleman. He
Is well known throughout the state and
enjoys the confidence of hosts OF friends
in every county who are working in
dustriously for his success because they
know he deserves IL. He Ia an able at
torney-at.law, a close observer an in.
dustrious. conscientious business man
and has proved himself to be a faith
full public official, worthy Of the hon
or of any position of trust to which he
may aspire. He will undoubtedly re-
ceive the nomination, in which event
will be followed by Rooseveltian ma
jority.--Portland New Age.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
TRIALS COMPLETED.

MONTREAL, April ls.--,rhc trials of
the Empress Of Britain, the frat Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company's
two new steamers have been completed
AZ Liverpool. The vessels are intended
for service between Liverpool and Que
bee and The second ship IL 10 bc called
the Empress Of Ireland, The speed de.
yeloped with deep draught M In actual
service was 10 "a knots. exceeding the
guaranteed speed by II knots, Among
thosa present nj tho trials was Sir
'rbomns Shaugbncssy. president Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
The vessel viii sail for Liverpool on
her maiden voyage 10 Canada on May D,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19

| protection, not for monopoly, and takei
the position that when q particular in.
dustry has become able To take care Of
itself, the tariff should be- modified IL
meet the changed conditions. The
tariff laws, he says, should not be ma
nipulated In the interests Of a monopoly
Of any commodity Of the peoples ncces.
stiles.
A strong stand Ii taken in opposition
10 trusts which Mr.. Cake declares 10 be
menace 10 The liberties Of the people
and contrary to every principle Of pub
lie policy, and he declares in favor Of
the prohibition Of trust combines from
carrying on business, their dissolution,
and the punishment Of violators Of the
law In this respect; besides such addi.
tional legislation as Is necessary TO cor
rect The evil
He strongly fayors giving the Inter.
state Commerce Commission power to
regulate railroads and other corpora.
tions carrying on an interstate bust.
ness.
He fayors national aid for deserving
veterans Of the Civil War, declaring that
those who riskpd life, limb. and prop
erty for their country in times Of ma.
tional danger. are entitled to aid from
the Government. He Is in entire accord
with the policy Of aiding those deserv-
ing veterans.
The primary law, says Mr.. Cake, has
been adopted by an overwhelming vote
Of the people and he favors giving 1t a
full, fair, and complete trial.
He stands for the completion Of the
Panama Canal with all possible dis.
patch In the interests Of American
commerce, and AZ means Of facilitat-
ing the movements OF the American
navy.
He declares the right Of the Ameri-
can workingman to organize for the
protection Of his rights to be an inner.
cnt one and the only means by which
he can compete with organized capital.
Hc IL in favor Of reducing the hours Of
labor and takes the position that the
employment Of children in classes of
labor that iniure them in mind and
body, should be prohibited by law.
The platform takes a strong stand
in opposition TO the modification or
repeal Of the Chinese exclusion act.
The present system Of electing Unit.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19

stability Of the organization, and con-
demns discord factions and unsettled
allegiance to its principles,
He urges the necessity Of strong eff
forts to develop the resources and in
dustries of Oregon and movements to
procure Federal appropriations to aid
in building up the state. In the subject
of improvement of rivers and harbors he
pledges himself, in the event of his
election, to spare no effort to procure
Federal appropriations for the compile
ton of ietty construction at the mouth
of the Columbia opening of the Dalles-
Cello canal, the dredging Of the Will
lamette river, and the deepening of the
harbors of Tillamook, Coos and va.
quina Bays and the Coquille River. He
advocates continuing contracts whereby
the improvement work will be perma-
nent and effective and not more contin-
gent appropriations which result in
little good.
His platform favors a more vigorous
prosecution of the work of reclaiming
arid lands in Oregon than has been the
case heretofore
He takes strong stand for Govern
ment ownership of the Oregon City
locks rs means Of affording relief to
Che people Of the Willamette Valley
from tolls on their traffic.
He declares in favor Of a tariff for
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
@ o o o o o o o o o o o 90 o o o
o PERSONAL MENTION. o
y o o o o o @ @ O o @ o O o o @ q

i, G. lsrandshagcn Of San Francisco
was In the city yesterday on business.
Y. q, pinkcrton arrived IN the city
on the noon express from Portland
II. g. Baker Of San Francisco Il q
business visitor In the city.
Joseph fur~t Of Cincinnati IL IN the
city on business, bayin come In from
Portland on the noon train.
~ u. Jones, the San FmnciAco candy
man, u business visitor IN the city,
lie lett out for Portland on the Gil0
express
7. Il Johnson representing the Can
adinn Pacific Railway, IL In the city on
business for his line
y, Y Hitchcock oi Portland Is IN the
city aud II domicilcd at the Hotel frv-
Ing,
NJ. =, llagon Of San Francisco, ar
rived in The city Yesterday noon,
Mrs, Nettie r. Burlng of Seattle u
In the city aud n guest ni the Hotel
0crilcnt
Mrs. NJ H. Ponleros arrived home
from. Portland IN the IInsaalo yeStrr'
day,
y. r Wttlc of st. Paul IL q business
visitor In the city.
John forsman Of Deep River Is n
VsilHr IN Astoria,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
SOLE BENEFICiARIES.

NEW YORK. April lS~Mr Clara
Goldsmith, widow Of Mr.. N. X. Gold
smith and her thNe children are the
sole bcnefciaiics under the will Of
l.. X. G. Smith of Portland, ore, who
died recently. The estate Is large, and
Smiths reason for so bequcutehing II
as expressed 10 his will, filed for pro-
bate yesterday, wos that Dr. Goldsmith
had bafriendcd him when he was in
need. Mrs. Goldsmith and her children
formerly lived at the Hotel Ashton,
Smiths property consists Of 400 acres
of Oregon land, 2l00 shares Of eontincn.
tN Tobacco preferred stock so $1,000
bonds OF the Consolidated Tobacco Com.
pany, 5570 shares OF Greene Consoli-
dated Copper Company stock, 500 pre-
fcrled aud O20 common shares OF Re-
public Iron & Steel, and 100 preferred
and 700 common shares Of United States
Steel corporation stocks, The sccuri.
ties are estimated TO be worth about
half n million, The deeds and stock are
on deposit with the bank OF Montreal,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
ASSAULTED BY NEGROES.
Italians Are Assaulted and Shot by
Negroes.


Negroes.
LOS ANGELES, April N One man
was fatally and another seriously shot
by three negroes who waylaid them on
Enterprise street shortly after eleven
o'clock last night, Caro- Amato and
Luke Zebclla. both Italians, we're tho
victims. Amato will die, One bullet
entered his breast aud passed through
the lnngs. The other struck him In tho
stomach and came out at the back.
2cbella was shot through the right
arm, Thr two Italians had been max
ing call al the house Of some friends In
Sacramento street. Leaving the house
the men proceeded down the street and
when at the corner Of Enterprise and
Wilson streets three negroes stepped
from behind growth Of large castor
beans and commenced firing at the
Italians with pistols. Amato fell To
the pavement at the first yolley and
Zeheila ran. After firing six shots the
negroes took to their heels and disap'
pcarcd in the darkness. No reason j.
known for the shooting aud robbery
wa. evidently not the motive. II Is be-
lieved 10 be the result of a recent race
war between negroes and Italians in
the colony in the neighborhood of
where the shooting occurred No ar
rests have been made although thd
police nrc searching for the meu who
did the shooting
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
Ballards Horehound Syrup.

Immediately relieves hoarse, croupy
cough; oppressed, mttling, rasping and
difficult breathing, Henry G. Stearns,
Druggist, Shullsburg, Wis.,, writes, May
90, 1902; ''I have. been selling Billiards.
Horehound Syrup for two years, and have
never had a preparation that has given
better satisfaction. / notice that when
| sell q, bottle they come back for more.
| can honestly recommend it." Zoe, SOC
and $l.OO. Sold by Hart's Drug Store,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
ONE MAN POLITICS.

BOSTON, April Is, Representative
Charles A. Townc discussed "The One
Man Power in Politics. before the Mas
sachusetts Reform Club at the Hotel
Brunswick last night. He declared that
in this country the speaker of the Ma
tional House of Representatives instead
of being an officer necessary for the ef-
ficient conduct of legislative business
had become a political officer who could
I've the accumulated power further the
ends of the party which he represented
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19
Hon. n. W. Cake and the Platform
He Stands Upon.
PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS
Republican Principles the Basis Of ALL
Development Of 0regon--Labor In.
terests--0pposition to Trusts
--Railroad Legislation.

II. NJ. Cake, republican candidate for
United States Senator, has announced
tho platform upon which he will 20 be.
fore the people Of Oregon at the pri.
maries. Thr man and the platform will
certainly meet with tile approval Of the
people Loyalty TO Republican prinei.
Piles, devotion to the development of
Oregon improvement Of rivers and har-
bors, q vigorous policy In the reclama.
ton OF arid lands, Government owner.
ship Of the Oregon City locks, tariff for
protection and not for monopoly, op-
position to trusts, equitable railroad
rate legislation aid 10 deserving yeter.
ans, a fair trial OF the primary law,
construction Of the Panama canal, a
strong position on the rights Of labor,
exclusion Of Chinese coolie labor, direct
election of United States Senator's, and
a strong stand with the President for
the people, are some Of the propositions
ipon which Mr. Cake faces the people
of Oregon.
He holds the enforced principles of
the Republican party condition neces-
sary to the prosperity Of the people
and the maintenance Of our institu.
tions, and points to the progress the
nation has made along all lines under
Republican administration. He declares
for harmony in the party and advo-
Gates that consideration be shown those
who have assisted in maintaining the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-19

ed States Senators is unsatisfactory,
says Mr.. Cake, and he fully endorses
the policy Of electing United States
Senators by direct vote Of the people.
He applauds the stand taken by
President Roosevelt in opposition to
trusts and combines of capital, and
pledges himself that in the event of
his election, he will stand with the
President on the side of the people in
the fight against organized greed.