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GEN. wEsToN's REPORT.
Troops in the Department Of Luzon
in Good Condition.

in Good Condition.
Major General Weston, commanding the
Department of Luzon in his annual report
to the War Department says that the
troops including scouts, in that department
are in good condition as to instruction for
field service. Owing to the scarcity of
horses many men of the cavalry were dis
mounted Many horses were too old, too
them unsuited for cavalry, so that arm of
of the service is not at it's best. The de-
ficiency as stated is in the animals and not
in the men. General Weston says he Is
of the opinion that horses should not ex-
coed 151a hands high, and weigh between
$50 and 11OO pounds.
The abandonment of forty-one stations
and substations and the consequent in
crease in strength of the other posts has
resulted in better medical and sanitary
April and May increased the sick rate the
ratio per thousand of mean strength rising
from 116 in March to 1875 in April, and 17S
in May. Since the partial suspension Of
these marches the sick rate has fallen.
The requirements as to practice marches
and the carrying of the full field kit, are
believed by General Weston to be too Sc
we're for conditions found in Luzon.
1t is recommended that lights and fuel be
made an allowance for officers quarters
their quarters, the greatly increased ex-
pense of living in the Philippines more
than offsetting the 10 per cent increase in
pay for foreign service
it is recommended that the restriction be
removed as to wearing any khaki clothing
except such as is issued by the quarter
master department.
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hand rests upon the shoulder of sturdy. |
bareheaded. barefooted child, who clings
to his hand and looks up into his face with
an inquiring expression. The grouping is !
superb. the attitude of the bowman is full
of spirit strength and dignity, while
the bearded face is full of courage and
confidence At the base is quotation I
from Schillers play.
| Beside the monument is a stand for the
sale of photographs and post cards, at
tended by garrulous old lady, who Will en-
terrain tourists to the best of her ability,
although do not know that she has talked
anybody to death The surrounding build
ings are appropriate in age and appearance.
Altdorf Is just such place as you would
suppose that William Tell would have lived
in, and he is just the kind of character that
you would look for in such surroundings.
1t is easy to believe the truth of the story,
and, indeed 1t would not be safe to express
any skepticism on that subject in the neigh
borhood The people do not accept the tes-
timony of the historians They would exter-
inmate Professor Kopp with even less cere-
mony than he has extermnated Tell and.
Notwithstanding the disclosures, they con-
tinue to show the most profound reverence
for the memory of their national hero, per-
sonally and officially, individually and COLI
lectively. =. - ~ >
Annual Ceremonies.
To vindicate the memory of Tell every
voter in the village turns out twice a year
to give striking proof of his faith. Every
spring. when the Landsgemeinde. or OPEN
air town meeting, of Ur canton takes place
at Altdorf a procession is formed and
marches to the statue. where a wreath il
laid at the feet of the greatest of Swiss
heroes. At the head of the procession are
two archers, known as the two Tells" who
are dressed in medieval costumes of orange
and black and carry on their shoulders
crossbows similar to that which Mr.. ks
ling has represented in bronze. They are
followed by a band of music and men with
banners. The burgomaster and the other4
magistrates and clergy of the canton ride
while town
canton who is able to walk trails along in
the rear.
On the Friday following Ascension day a
religious pilgrimage is made from Altdorf
to the chapel which marks the spot where
Tell is supposed to have made his escape,
and solemn mass is celebrated by the old
est priest in the community.
William Tell may never have existed. He
may be borrowed myth from Norway, but
the principle he represents is immortal I
do not know that any actual chapter in
history has ever done more than this leg
end, If 1t be a legend. in stimulating patri-
otsm and the love of liberty.
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cupied 1t in 1907. Thus every vestige OF
testimony in support of the story is scien-
tifcally disposed of, Notwithstanding Schtl-
ler's historical play and Rossini's opera
Origin Of the Tell Story.
Professor Kopp finds the origin of the
William Tell story in sort of common
place book" kept by a scribbling notary of
Sarnen, a thriving village situated about
half way between Lucerne and 1nterlaken,
ON the Brunig pass. The writer's name Is
unknown. but lie filed the passes of
parchment-bound blank book with extracts
from great writer's, with historical and re-
ligious quotations, folk songs and hymns,
traditions Of the people, legends and fairy
tales. The manuscript Is beautifully writ
ten in old German script without era-
sure or correction and has been well pre-
served. The inscription shows that 1t was
written at various times from 1857 to 1874.
1t is bound with ornamental covers, fas-
tened with an artistic brass clasp. This chef
d'oeuvre of the village of Sarnen is called
1.-The White Book because Of the color of
its binding 1t Is kept in a little iron safe in
the rath-haus. or town hall, a rather pre-
tentious building for so small a place, with
other records and archives.
Upon the thirty-fifth page occurs the
legend of William Tell, which begins, with
the organization of the league between the
three original cantons, Uri. Schwiz and I'm
| ter Walden which the Austrian Emperor
Albrecht declined to sanction, and he sent
Hermann Gesler, a notorious soldier, to the
Lake of Lucerne to keep the people in Or
der Gesler had contempt for the Swiss, and
tormented them and Inundated them in
every way possible. In order to insult them,
one day in 1907, at the town of Altdorf, he
put his hat on pole under a lime tree
where he was accustomed to render judg-
ment and receive petitions from the people,
while he went to a neighboring cafe The
record says that "he issued a command
that every citizen should bow before the
hat as though the lord were there, giving
notice that he would punish all who did it
not"
During the day William Tell. or Tall, as
the name is spelled in THE White Book"
q leader Of the revolt against Austria. and
one of the organizers of the league, came
that way. The sentinel on duty informed
him of Geslers commands. whereupon Tell
smiled and passed on without bowling.
Now, afterward he went rather often to
and fro before It," says the account in THE
White Book" and the servant who
watched by the hat accused him to the
lord. Now, Tall was a good archer: he
also had pretty children. These the lord
sent for and forced Tall with his servants
that Tall must shoot an apple from the
head of one of his children. and the lord
set the apple upon the child's head. Now.
Tall saw well that he was mastered, and
| took an arrow and put it into his culver.
Another arrow he took in his hand and
stretched his crossbow and prayed God that
| he might save his child, and shot the apple
well, and asked him what he meant by 1t
kquiver. Tell me the truth; / will make
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and carriage drivers regard as an invention

and carriage drivers regard as an invention
of the devil.
Tells Chapel, or Tells plaza, as It ap-
pears on the map. is about a mile from
Fluelen, on the bank Of the lake, and the
steamer stops there. Many of the passen-
gers prefer to walk from there to Fluelen
over a beautiful road carved out of the
cliff, you can hire a carriage and enjoy
the drive.
Anywhere you walk or drive in this part
of Switzerland you may be sure of having
good time.
Altdorf is a quaint old town of about
1900 people, with several large mansions
erected in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries town hall which dates back
to 1860, large parish church with a fine
organ and various other buildings of inter-
est Upon hill back of the town Is the
oldest and largest monastery in Switzer-
land, erected in 1881 and occupied by a
community of Capuchin monks, who occupy
the time between their devotions by cult
waiting snails for the Paris markell more
profitable than elevating business. Behind
the monastery Is tract of forest in which
the trees are planted very closely in order
to protect the village from avalanches. An
other interesting institution is the Strang-
ers Hospital, founded In the year 1887 by
Hans Kramer, a rich bachelor. Here the
poor and sick of the canton are taken care
of and strangers can always find shelter
and food. Plain but comfortable accom-
modations. They can accept them gratui-
tiously or pay what they like. AT this hos,
years, soup and bread have been doled out
to the poor of the parish who come with
buckets and baskets to carry it away.
The Tell Monument.
The lime tree, under which Gesler used
to hold court, and where the boy stood
bravely with the apple on his head, fell
down from old age in 1860, and fountain
was erected In it's place. On the spot where
Tell stood when he shot the arrow there
is now noble monument in his honor,
bronze figures of Tell and his son, Walter.
by Richard Kisling of Zurich, erected in
1859. r-.,.----- 1872
Tell is represented as a brawny noun
taineer in the costume that is still worn by
the herdsmen of the forest cantons. 1t is
the peasant garb of the ancient Swiss
bare legs, wooden sandals, wooden stock
ings, breeches that do not reach the knees.
and a short tunic bound around his waist
with a leathern belt. Upon his head is a
hood such as the haymakers in the Alps
wear today to keep the hayseed out of
their hair when they carry their loads
down the mountainside. Over his right
shoulder he carries a crossbow Of the pat
tern of the fourteenth century. His left
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|. THE STORY OF TELL
Sincerely Accepted by the Peo-
pie of Switzerland.
DENIED BY PROF. KOPP
Claims That the Tale is Purely a
Myth,
REAL HERO TO THE SWISS
Annual Visits to His Monument and
the Chapel Erected to His
Memory.
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS
Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald

BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
LUCERNE, Switzerland, August %, 1906
Not long ago, when the Swiss were cele-
brating the six hundredth anniversary of the
foundation Of their republic and the his
torians were all busy hunting up new facts
and overhauling moidy records, a terrible
professor of the University Of Zurich, Jos.
Eutych by name, and iconoclast by
nature, tried to abolish William Tell, the
nero OF boyhoOd the ideal Of nerve and pa
triotism. Kopp tried to take him out of the
aired the Great-George Washington Joan
OF Arc class and put him among the fic-
tlt1ous characters OF the nursery like Little
M:ss~ Moffett, Jack of the Beanstalk and
Old Mother Hubbard.
Kopp lives at Lucerne in the summer,
and has spent many years investigating
what he calls the Tell legend. His verdict
Is that William Tell is myth, purely
imaginary character not even of Swiss
origin, but imported from Norway, where
there is a similar hero, by Scandinavian
em1grants who came to Switzerland in
large numbers during the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries and settled colonies at
Meyringen and vicinity. Prof. Kopp fur
thermOre declares that the story was not
intSoduced into Switzerland, and that Will
liam Tell was never heard of there until
posed ito have shot the apple off the head
of his boy and that the relics which are
generally accepted as authentic are in
no way associated with him; that they date
from a time much later than he Is supposed
to have lived and are connected with total
ly different persons and events.
For example, he asserts that the house
in which Tell lived at Burglen was not
erected until the middle of the seventeenth
century. whereas he is supposed to have oc-
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thy life safe and not kill thee he said
Then spake Tall: Since you promise me
l will tell you the truth. and it is true.
Had the shot failed me, so that had shot
my child, l had shot the other arrow into
you. Then spake the lord: Since now
this is so that 1 have promised thee not to
kill thee, I will have thee bound and put
In place where thou will never more see
sun nor moon.
The story continues in the same quaint
language, that Tell was bound hand and
foot and placed in boat in which Gesler
and his guards started across the lake to-
ward the castle. They were overtaken in
a terrible storm. and, as the soldiers did
not understand sailing; Tell was released
and ordered to take charge of the boat.
He ran 1t close to the shore, and at an OPP
perfume moment seized the bow and arrows
jumped from the stern to a projecting fiat
rock and disappeared into the forest. Skirt
ing the edge of the lake. he. came to the
road where Gesler must pass on his way to
the castle. There he lay in ambush until
the party approached. when he buried the
second arrow in the tyrant's breast. Now
the land was Free" the manuscript con-
tfEues, land every one could 1--we in peace
and freedom in his cottage. Tall lived
many years longer in the bosom of his fam
lily until he found his death accidentally in
the raging torrent of the Schachenbach.
Walter, the elder of the two sons of Tall
from whose head the apple was shot be-
came a monk. Wilhelm, the younger son,
persisted in battle. With these two sons
the family of Tall died out"
Professor Kopp declares that this story
as written in THE White Book Of Sarnen
by the old notary some time during the
seven years previous to 1914 is the only
foundation for the tale that has thrilled the
world.
Visitors to the Tell Country.
A beautiful little chapel has been erected
on the spot where Tell is supposed to have
made his bold leap from the tyrant's boat
Another chapel was built in 1922 upon the
site of the house where he is supposed to
have lived in the village of Burslen. And
a sawmil stands on the banks of the noun
tain torrent in which he is supposed to have
been drowned tr3ng to save little child.
The scenes of the Tel legend can all be
visited in a day from Lucerne, and make a
most interesting excursion. About half
past nine in the morning you can board a
little steamer which skirts the edge of the
lake. stopping at a dozen lovely resorts,
where there are enormous hotels filled with
Americans, Germans, English, French and
other tourists. About lunch time you will
reach the other end of the lake. where is
the little town Of Fluelen, and there find
carriage drawn by stocky, tlhick-necked
and thick-legged horse, which will take
YOU to Altdorf, a mile and half up the
valley of the Schachenbach. 1t is not
tiresome walk for one who Is Used to walk
ing or II you do not mind crowd you can
climb into a big omnibus and make the
round trip for three francs. An electric
tramway is being constructed to1accommo-
date the tourist tratsa, which the omnibus
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Francis NJ. Zimmerman, aged sixty-two
years, a retired farmer, who resided at
Church Hill, Frederick county, Nd, COM
mitted suicide last night by shooting him
self near the right temple. The shooting
was done in q bed room.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-12-07
Moscow. Idaho.

FRIDAY, November l6, 1906.
Board met this day, pursuant to adj
iournment. present as before.
At this time the board proceeded with
The canvas OF votes cast at the general
election held in Lltah county, Idaho, on
Jhe 9Th day of November, 1906, and at
noon adjourned to meet at l 80 O'Clock,
p. m. of this day, at which time the
boart met and the matter OF the canvass
Of votes was again taken under consid-
rratiOn, which canvass was completed
at 4 o'clock, p. m. Whereupon the
board made up and signed abstracts of
the votes cast as prescribed by law. The
following named persons are hereby duly
elected, at said election, to the county
and precinct offices set oppOsitite their
respective names, towit:
AXel z. Ramstedt as Clerk OF the Dis
trict Court and Ex-OfficiO Auditor and
Recorder.
James J. Keane as sheriff.
Pauline Moerder as County Treasurer
and Ex-Oflicio Public Administrator.
Emmett j. Gemmil as County Assessor
and EX-otliciO Tax Collector.
Charles M. Lukrns as Probate Judge.
Catherine Dryden as county superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction.
William +. Sullinger as County At
honey,
Leonidas b. MeCartor, as Coroner.
John Ii. kirkwoOd as Surveyor.
ElwoOd ). Cook as County Commits
aoRer, First District.
Chris. A. Hagan as County Commits
ACnsr, Second District.
lanes e. Lamb, as County Commits
sioneT, Third District.
Alfred LaBolle, Roy p. Drury as JUS
tees of the Peace of Bear Greek Precinct.
Charles King. as Constable of Bear
Greek Precinct.
Steiner IL. Hellerud, S. 7. Dunlap as
Justices of the Peace of Boulder Greek
Precinct.
Filing Gullingsrud as Constable OF
Boulder Greek Precinct.
Geo. G.. Strong, L. G. Kerns as JUS
ices of the Peace of Cora Precinct.
George Hayden as Constable of Cora
Precinct.
w. E. Way, Joe Meek, as Justices Of
the Peace of Cornwall Precinct.
Ed. Mcintyre as Constable of Corn
wall Precinct.
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Moscow, Idaho,
Wednesday. N

Wednesday November "A, l9O6
Board met this day pursuant to adj
journment, present as before.
The board At this time proceeded with
lhe canvas of the ties cast at the gen.
eral election held in Latah county. Idaho,
on the 9th day of November, 1906, and
at noon adjourned to meet at l 80 o'clock
p. m, of this day, at which time the
board met and the matter of the canvas
OF votes was again taken under con-
sideration.
Now at O'Clock, p. M. the board adj
journed to meet tomorrow, Thursday,
Nov. 10 1906, at 0 o'clock, a. m.
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II. A. Thatcher, G. F. Burr as Justices
Of the Peace OF East Genesee Precinct.
d. G. Burr, as Constable of East Gene
see Precinct.
John Moore, E. N. Brown, as Justices
OF the Peace OF East Moscow Precinct.
T. NJ. Brown, as Constable OF East
Moscow Precinct.
G. w. Palmer, Chas. Williams as J us
tees of the Peace of Four Mile Precinct.
Chas, Jenkins, as Constable of Four
Mile Precinct.
L. G. Cone, J. D. Austin, as Justices
of the Peace OF Gold Creek Precinct.
George Hays, as Constable Of Gold
Creek Precinct.
James Fisher, A. w. Longfellow, as
Justices of the Peace uf Gold Hill Pre-.
cinct.
James Garner, as Constable of Gold
Hill Precinct.
X. A. Pickens. j. G. Groseclose, as
Justices OF the Peace of Juliaetta Pre-
cinct.
II. J. Bauer, as Constable of Juliaetta
Precinct.
D. b. Macintosh. H. P. Hull. as JUS
tees of the Peace of Kendrick Precinct.
James Sterling, az Constable of Ken
drlck Precinct.
X. J. Mourning, Calvin Shoop, as JUS
tices of the Peace of Little Potlatch Pre-.
cinct.
George Campbell, as Constable of Lit
tie Potlatch Precinct.
Crom Wells, j. X. Smith, as Justices
of the Peace of Mountain Meadow Pre-
cinct.
Harvey NJ. Call, as Constable of
Mountain Meadow Precinct.
Glenn Grice, Jack McVeigh, as JUS
r. Al. - 4. d..
cinct.
Axel OLSON, Joel S. Cox, as Justices
of the Peace of North Troy Precinct.
Karl w. Woodward, as Constable OF
North Troy Precinct.
j. j. Lynch, f. E. Wolheter, as JUS
tees of the Peace of Palouse Precinct.
Clarence Wolheter, as Constable OF
Palouse Precinct.
S. A. Ross, ] H. Federer, as Justices
of the Peace of Pine Creek Precinct.
Monroe B. Palmer, as Constable OF
Pine Greek Precinct.
John Mcmahon, John A. Starner, as
Justices of the Peace of Potlatch Pie
cinct.
w. A. Fiscus, as Constable of Potlatch
Precinct.
j. Stainer, L. Carter, as Justices OF the
Peace of South East Moscow Precinct.
E. r. wilkins, w. l.. Clancy, as J us.
tees of the Peace of South Troy Precinct
e. r. wilkins, as Constable of So utf
Troy Precinct.
A. G. Russell, w. I. Colt, as Justices
OF the Peace of South West Moscow Pre-
cinct
q. L Williamson, as Constable O
South West Moscow Precinct.
John Hoerdeman, John Jacksha, as
Justices of the Peace of Thorn Creel
Precinct
Knud Olson, as Constable OF Thor
Creek Precinct.
Victor Hasfurther, Pat Ryan, as Jus.
tices of the Peace of West Genesee Pre-
cinct.
Peter Steliz, as Constable of Yves
Genesee Precinct.
Henry Cummings, w. F. Hickman, a
Justices of the Peace of West Moscow
Precinct.
VIM. Carter, as Constable of Yves
Moscow Precinct.
M. S. Perry, A. Fret, as Justices of tn
Peace of White Pine Precinct.
j. q. Liner, as Constable of Whit
Pine Precinct.
Now at o'clock, p. m, the board adj
journed to meet tomorrow, Saturday
November II, 1906, at 9 O'Clock, a. m.
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Moscow, Idaho,

Thursday, November, 10, IJU6.
Board met this day, pursuant TO adj
pnrnment. present as before.
The board at this time proceeded with
the canvass of votes cast at the general
Ell elton held In Latah county, Idaho
on the 9Th day OF November, 1906, and
at noon adjourned to meet at ! sc
O'Clock, p M, of this day, at which time
the board met and the matter of the
canvass of votes was again taken under
consideration.
Now at . O'Clock p. M, the board adj
IOurned to meet tomorrow, Friday, No
yember 16, 1906, at 8 o'clock, a. m.
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Estray Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of Decem her. 1906, there will
be sold at public auction at the j. A.
Arnot place, south of Troy, Idaho, the
following described estray:
One sorrel mare, no brand, weight
900 lbs, 8 years old, wire cuts on left
hind leg and right front leg.
Said sale TO be held at The above time
and place at the hour of o'clock, p. m.
X. w. Woodward, Constable South Troy,
Latah COUNTY, Idaho.
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AXEL 2. RAMSTEDT,
Clerk.
Moscow, Idaho,
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1906.

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1906.
The Board of County Commissioners
IN and for Latah county, Idaho. met this
day, pursuant to adjournment.
Present: George w. Anderson, chair
man, Rees Pickering and James E.
Eamb, commissioners, and Axel 2.
Ramstedt, clerk.
At 2 o'clock p. m. OF this day the
Board OF County Commissioners, acting
as "A Board of Canvassers, proceeded
publicly, at the district court House of
Latah county, to open the returns of,
and canvass the votes cast at the gener-
nj election held in Latah county, Idaho,
on the 9th day of November, 1906
Now at O'Clock p. m. the Board adj
journed to meet tomorrow, Wednesday,
November IA, 1906, at O'Clock a. m.
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Notice of Sale of Estrav Animal.

NOUICe OF OdIe OF ESUIaV Animal.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing described Estray animals will be sold
at Public Auction to the highest and
best bidder, ON the oath day of Decem-
her, 1906, at o'clock p. m to satisfy
the costs of advertising. keeping and
sale of said animals, as allowed by law !:
(one) spotted COW, dehorned, split in
left ear / (one) red cow with red calf,
COW split in left ear and dehorned; no
brand on calf Said animals were taken
up by John Johnson on the 1st day of
November, 1906. Sale will take place at
John Johnson's place on burnt ridge.
X. w. Wood ward, Constable.
Dated this Sd day of December, 1906.