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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
CANAL COST UP TO DATE.
Panama Expenses $84 ,449, 900 to Dc
cember, 1906.

Tanama Expenses $S4,449,OOO to De-
cember. 1906.
The Panama canal cost the Ameri-
can government $S4.449,000 up to De
cember' 81, 1906, according to a state
ment of the audited expenditures made
as of that date and just published.
The bulk of this expenditure was the
$so,0OO,000 to the French company
and the Panama government for canal
property, right of way, and franchise,
and $3,449,022 went for material and
supplies.
For general administration there
was expended $1,124,226; government
and sanitation, $4,3S1,O S9; and con-
sfruction and engineering, $9,792,554.
Other expenses include $12,138,S52 ur.
der the head of plant, which includes
rciling stock. machinery, second main
tracks on isthmus. building and zone
vaterworks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
BALLOON
PROBLEM
GERMANS ADMIT THEY
HAVE FAILED.
COUNT zeppelin ABLE TO SPEED
"a MILES AN HOUR THROUGH
THE AIR.

Berlin, Oct. 8.-The science OF
aerial navigation-at least in Germany
has reached a point where many OF
the most prominent investigators are
asking themselves in which direction
they shall pursue their experiments.
The problem of steering is satisfacto.
rily solved, but there remains the i'm
portant question of the conquest OF
the contrary currents Of the air, and
this raises the issue between the ad-
vocates of lighter than the air" and
heavier than the air."
Balloons inflated with gas are gen.
orally regarded here as having nearly,
if not quite, attained the final stage OF
their possibilities, which, as is con-
tended, although marvellous in com
parison with the position of only five
years ago, still leaves much to be
achieved before the air can be said to
be mastered.
semi-rigid and the flexible, represent
ing, respectively, the Siderable bal
loon of Count Zeppelin, the German
aeronaut; the military balloon and
that of Major Won Parseval-have
been, and still are being, tested. All
have given evidence of the fact that
in light winds and otherwise favorable
weather they may be steered and man
euvered with great facility. Not one
of them, however, has on any occa-
sion ventured into the air when a
strong wind was blowing, for the
good reason that their steersman are
aware that their weak motive power
would not permit progression.
The greatest speed attained by any
of them-and this applies also to
French balloons-has not exceeded in
round figures % miles an hour, and
at that rate in such wind they
would be driven backward Even the
Zeppelin, which is credited with a
speed of 33 or "a miles an hour,
would do little more than hold its
own.
AS to form, the cigar shape main
tains its favor, but the manner of con-
struction, on which, it is argued, de-
ponds the capacity Of the balloon to
remain in the air, is varied. In Yep
pelin's balloon the envelope is of metal
covered with silk and rubber, the ends
and the upper portion being of Or
binary balloon material, while Parse
vals balloon is entirely composed Of
flexible material similar to that used
in spherical balloons.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Bertha Claiche Soon Free,

New York. Oct ga f,,rd ~ GOV.
Graz thousand dollars has been raised
for Bertha Claiche who :. .or,,,,o n
two-year term in tho podforJ reform.
atory for killing Emil corgon her
,ermer sweetheart. who. she declared,
"au en- shaved her in this city.
me monev will he used in fixing
up little dressmakinp establishment
for the Young woman Che Mill he
free in a few weeks
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Captain Suspended,

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 6-Evidence
was heard here in the case of Clarence
Nichols of Cairo, Ill.,, pilot of the
steamer Fred Harweg, whose suspen-
sion was ordered by President Roose-
welt because he endangered the boat
the president was on. The hearing
was behind closed doors and the ma
ture of the testimony was not given
out.
Captain Waltz suspended the license
or Pilot Nichols for six months.
The president had requested that
the license be suspended for only
three months.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
NEED BE WIDOWS NO MORE
Husbands Furnished by a Topeka,
kan., Bureau.

There ought to be no trouble for a
Kansas widow to secure a husband
these days, since company has been
established at the Kansas state cap
iial. the purpose of which is to fur
pish husbands to those widowed ones
who are DESTROYS of taking another
chance in the matrimonial field. The
widow doesn't have to be young. It's
not necessary that she be extremely
fair to look upon. Her bank account
riust not necessarily be large, al
though that would help. All that is
required is that she express a desire
to marry again and indicate whether
or not she would consider an offer of
marriage from a respectable, good,
honest man"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Washjnuton Notes.

Assistant Chief Engineer IRA c. Otis
and a corps of Great Northern rail.
road engineers have arrived in River.
side, and selected a camp nearby.
They are running out the lines of
the legal subdivisions Of land which
the Wenatchee-Oroville or Columbia
& Oknogan Valley branch of their
road will cross, preparatory to the
purchase of the right of way.
Edward G.. Gardner, a we'll known
carpenter of HoQuiam, has murdered
his wife in cold blood by shooting her
twice with a 38 caliber revolver and
then committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head, death be-
ing instantaneous. The tragedy Is the
end of a long drawn out quarrel be-
tween husband and wife.
DR.. G. J. Hill. member Of the
state fair commission. has sent his
resignation to Governor Mead. He
says that there Is no friction among
the commissioners.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Falls Like Meteor to Death

Olean, N. Y. Oct. Shocking like
a little black speck that dropped like
some somber meteor within the vision
OF 10000 persons congregated at the
oiean Fair on the racing associations
grounds. Miss Carrie Myers, the dar.
ing aeronaut met insctant death.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Jap Question Not Settled

Well informed persons in Toxic
agree that while Secretary Taft's
visit did great deal toward foster
ing good understanding between
America and Japan, 1t did not result
in any concrete agreement respecting
pending questions between the two
countries. Matters in dispute are to
he permitted to die down, both sides
considering definite settlement at this
time inconvenient.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
APPROVE WATERWAY PLAN.
Convention at Memphis Favors Gov
eminent Scheme.

eminent Scheme.
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 5.-The Deer
Waterways association convention adj
!ourned sine die after passing resolu-
lions calling upon congress for an ap.
preparation sufficient to secure a IA
foot channel from the lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, through the route al.
ready selected by the government en-.
gineers.
J. I. Vance of Columbus, Ohio, pres
ident of the Ohio River improvement
association, collapsed as a result OF
an attack of vertigo shortly after fir.-
ishing a speech before the waterway
convention. Governor Broward of
Florida spoke on FLORIDA and the
Deep Waterways" Speeches were al
so made by Governor Pindall of Ar
kansas, Burke of North Dakota and
Chamberlain of Oregon.
1t was decided to hold the next
meeting in Chicago in 1908.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Debts to Wife Never Outlaw.

Judge Owen P. Thompson, in the
Green county, ILL.,, circuit court, has
rendered decision to the effect that
~hen married man borrows money
Arom MS wife he must pay it back.
and that the statute of limitations,
which invalidates an ordinary debt
after a certain number of years. does
not affect claim of this kind.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
VOTE FOR ARBITRATION.

Obligatory, Vote the Nations at The
Hague.
After listening to Is speeches the
arbitration committee of the peace
conference voted in favor of obligatory
arbitration, the vote standing 80 to 8,
the nays including Germany, Austria
Hungary, Rumania, China and Bel
GUM. Five countries abstained from
voting and there were two absentees.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Montana Items.

A banquet was given at Helena by
the Commercial club in honor of the
visiting newspaper men who were at
tending the annual convention of the
Montana Press association.
The completion of the school census
of the Billings district shows con-
siderable increase over that of last
year, there being 1921 children of
school age at present.
The next session Of the Montana
State union Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners will be held at Helena
October 3. 1908.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Encountered Awful Atlantic Storms

Cherbourg, Oct. THE American
line steamer st. Paul arrived here to-
day seven hours late. She encounter.
ed terrific storms. during which heavy
seas swept her decks clean. The fun.
nels of the st. Paul were thickly
crusted with salt.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Dr.. and Mrs. Rowland Freed.

Raleigh, N. c., Oct S.-The jury
In the Rowland murder trial returned
verdict of acQuittal. DR.. and Mrs.
David Rowland were charged with
poisoning the woman's former hus.
band, Charles R. Strange.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
FORD JURY DISAGREES.
Jurors, Fearing Adverse Criticism,
Refuse to Tell How Voted,

~~'oo, TSdTH9 HoVSTSe CTitlCiSm,
Refuse to Tell How Voted.
San Francisco, Oct. THE jury
which tried former Attorney General
TREY L. Ford, general counsel for the
United Railroads, on the felony charge
of bribing Supervisor Thomas F..
Lonergan in the sum of $4,000 to vote
for the trolley franchise in June, 1906,
voted eight for acquittal and four
for conviction, and was dismissed by
Judge Lawler, after been out 10 hours.
About 40 ballots we're cast. The
jurors refuse to tell the names of
those who voted for acquittal. They
intimated that the eight who voted
were unwilling to make their names
known for fear of newspaper and 9TH
er attacks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
secy. Root at City of Mexico.

Mexico City, Ovt. 6.-United States
ambassador thompson entertained
me secretary OF state. Mr.. Root. and
many American residents of Me xico
at the Ohapultepec hotel Saturda y.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
EXPLOSION KILLS "a.
Metal Pot in Standard Steel Works
at Butler, Pa.


Butler, "a, Oct. IAN explosion
caused by the upsetting of the metal
pot in the No. 1 cupola of the Stand
ard Steel company Sunday caused the
death Of four men, fatally injured 20
and seriously hurt 20 others. Nearly
all the men were foreigners. The large
wheel plant was demolished, causing
loss estimated at 100000.
The dead:
Nick D. Orna.
Nicholas Blotar
John Verreck.
An unidentified man.
The condition of the 40 men injured
is pitiable. Although still alive, the
features of majority are mutilated
beyond recognition. The hot metal
was showered over them, causing hor-
rible injuries. Arms, fingers and ears
were torn off and a number of men
lost eyes, burned out. Several men
are in the hospital with their legs
burned to a crisp.
Caused by Break Of Span.
The explosion was, caused by the
upsettins of metal pot in the cupola
which contained 5000 pounds of mol
ten metal, ready for casting. A span
IN the pot broke, allowing the liquid
iron to spill over the wet sand. An
explosion followed so quickly that not
one of tho workmen in the building
mad chance to escape. Streams Of
the burning metal poured out on the
worKmen, some of whom were en-
gulfed and literally cooked. Twenty
men near the cupola had every shred
OF clothing blown OF by the explosion.
Many were buried under the wreckage
and were not rescued for an hour aft
or the catastrophe. Buildings in tho
city. from the force of the explosion,
shivered as If shaken by an earth
quake, and people rushed from their
homes panic stricken,
When flames shot from the burn
ing car works, thousands of peo-
pie rushed to the scene, blocking
streets and interfering with fire COM
panies and ambulances. Through lack
Of room, many Of the injured were
compelled to lie naked for an hour on
cots in the street cars before reaching
The hospital. At the gate Of the car
plant, men and women struggled fran
tically to gain admission and we're
kept out only bv the assistance of
lorce or policemen. In the crush, many
women were injured and their cries of
pain and anguish cou,d no hoard
blocks away. The oar wboe, n1ant
was finished last wear .t cost of
100000 The wrecked cuno,a alone
lost $4,000. The car worLs nroner
costing $4,000 600 were in danger of
but the fro .1en.rtment
'oon had the blaze under con+roI
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11

The police have rescued 60 bodies
have a good time without getting in.
to trouble.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11

Too many men imagine they cant
and MANY others are said to have
been lost
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
o RECON Items.

John Hughes, a Freewater ranch
er, reports splendid apple crop this
year. He is the owner of but 300 Ben
Davis and Rome Beauty apple trees,
combined, from which he has realized
100 boxes Of apples or about six
boxes to the tree. These he has
contract for at 81 box.
A sturgeon weighing 210 pounds
was caught near the Dalles recently
by Peter Jackson, an Indian. The
big fish was more than seven feet in
length, not including the head, which
was fully Is inches long.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
Idaho Notes.

The Lewiston-C Charleston fair open
ed this week under the most favor
able conditions that have ever greet
ed the fair management.
A new townsite has been plated for
the town Of Heller, to be located be-
tween Wallace and Wardner, six miles
from the former place.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11

The better You behave the better
you get along. It's old but it's tru.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28
POWERS LOOKS FOR FREEDOM
Thinks Jury VIII Acquit Him Of
Goebel Murder.
Defense Closes Case. and PrOsecu-
ton Takes Up RebuttaI
Testimony.

Georgetown. Ky. Dec. with the
ushering in of the new year. Caleb Pow
ers will probably know his fate. He be-
lieves this jury will set him free. because
it is nearer nonpartisan than any Of those
that have heretofore sat in his case.
The defense completed its side of the
case to-day. with some contradictions Of
the testimony of the star witnesses.
Henry f. Youtsey, Robert Noakes. and
Wharton Golden. II was shown by the
stenographic notes that at former trials
both Noakes and Youtscy had failed 10
testify to matters they dwelled upon at
this trial and that Golden had boasted
that he got immunity for swearing against
his former associates.
Caleb Powers took an active part In his
trial again. and watching the progress OF
the trial were number Of prominent at
torneys from different parts of the cOun-
try including Judge Thurman. bf Boston.
The rebuttal testimony OF the prosecution
this afternoon was FOR the purpose OF
c0ntradictiug witnesses who declared jim
Howard was at the Board Of Trade Hotel
The proprietor said Howard was not
there. Youtsey claims Howard fired the
shot. and Howard claimed that he was az
the Board OF Trade Hotel when Goebers
body was taken by the place.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
City Express in Rear-end Col
IiSIOn During Heavy Fog.

Camden. y. J., Dec. g7.-Three persons
were killed and eighteen injured in a col
lisiOn on the elevated tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. just outside the sta
ton, here to-day when a Pemberton ac-
commodation train ran into the rear of
an Atlantic City express. A heavy fog
was the principal contributOry cause of
the accident The dead are: c. p. Lont-
jen, Stanwick n J.; J. L. Garbarini.
Mount Holly, y. J., and T. L. Webster,
Merchantville. y. J.
All those killed or injured were pas
saSgers in the first car Of the accommoda-
ton. Both trains were due in the Cam
den station at SCI the Atlantic City ex-
press having precedence. The fog was
SO thick that the engineers of the two
trains were running cautiously. and Just
outside the station the Atlantic City train
was sgnaled to stop. The engineer Of
the Pemberton train failed 10 see the At
lantic City train in time TO avoid a col
lision.
Hot Goals from the wrecked locomotive
of the PembertOn train set the wreckage
on fire. The efficient rescue work Of the
uninjured passengers undoubtedly saved
many lives. Several or the injured may
die
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28
Her DEATH STILL A MYSTERY
Morbid Crowd Views Body Taken
from Swamp.
Newark Man Says He Talked with
Her on Christmas Night Before
She Lost Her Life.

New York. Dec. 27.-Among the hun
dreds OF people who fled into the back
room OF the undertaker's shop in Har-
rison. y. J., to-day to look at the body
which was found on Thursday morn
ing in Lamp Black swamp. there was
not one who could identify the woman
They came from a dozen towns in
that part of Jersey, husbands in search
Of runaway wives: mothers. who hest
tqted to glance under the white sheet
for fear that the face Of a daughter
might be disclosed; brothers looking
for a sister; detectives. and swarms CT
the morbidly curious
One person. only, had ever seen her
before. so he said He was Winiam
Snider who lives IN Newark He was
standing IN front OF a restaurant in
Market Street, Newark. when a stoutly
built. rather good looking woman, who
wore a tailor-made. cIaret-colored suit
OF military cut. STEPPED up TO him and
asked him where she could find a
cheap restaurant
It's got to be pretty cheap. too
she said, because I'm pretty nearly
broke"
Snider showed her 10 a lunch room.
When he looked at the body to-day.
and the clothing that had been fished
out of the river and picked UP along
the edge Of the swamp, he was posi-
tive that the dead woman was the
same who spoke to him on Christmas
night.
The mystery OF this wOmar's death
is an complete as Il was the morning
she was found.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28
TAWDRY ROYALTY IN COURT
Queen Dora Charges Gypsies with
Theft of $4,000.
Beguiled from Camp to Inspect q
Prospective Daughter-In-Iasv
of Another Tribe.

New York. Dec. 27.-HaIf a dozen
royalties-very tawdry. very grimy.
but very real-including two queens.
were Up before Magistrate Walsh in
the West Chester police court this
morning to tell all they knew about
the theft of $4,000 in gold coins and
ornaments.
Queen Dora Cruse. OF the Cruise tribe
Of gypsies. charged that the Stanley
tribe offered to sell TO her young Bessie
Stanley. to be given in marriage to her
son. Tom.
The price was to be $500. and see
ing that she was going to take her
tribe down to Buenos Ayres pretty
soon. anyway. Queen Dora drew out
her whole hoard from conceaIment. 1t
consisted of $500 in English coins:
$4,000 in United States coins: S1eO In
French: SIG in Mexican; $50 in Turk
ish; $50 in Costa Rican, and $500 in
that of various other countries. and
represented the bands pickings during
its war derings.
After seing Queen Dora could de-
liver the goods, the Stanleys invited
Queen Dora and her whole tribe over
to look at Bessie. Bud and Dick Stan
ley were left as guards over the gold
IN the Cruise camp When the Cruises
came back. Bud and Dick had van
ished; so had the $4,000 marriage and
wedding fund, together with a couple
of silver chains worth $500.
The police arres ted nine members OF
the Stanley camp, whose police blotter
pedigree shows they were born all
over the globe. from Mexico TO Costa
Rica, to Austria and Egypt. on the
charge Of being suspicious persons.
Magistrate Walsh remanded the
whole lot for examination tomorrow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28
FLEETS MEN FETED
Officers Entertained by Off
Gals Of Trinidad.
SAILORS HAVE SHORE LEAVE
Enjoy Liberty, but All Are BehRv-
ing in an Orderly Manner-Prepara-
lions New Under Way for 3,1OO-
mile sail to Rio-YanitOn Starts
Ahead of the Others.

Port of Spain. Trinidad, Dec. 1.-THE
officers and crews Of the American bat
tle-ship fleet continue TO have very en-
joyable time here. The commanders are
giving the men as much shore leave as
possible. and the latter are taking advan-
tage of it TO explore every part OF the
city and vicinity
This evening Sir Henry Moore Jackson.
governor OF Trinidad, entertained the
fleet captains at dinner at Government
House. The race meeting was continued
to-day, and it was largely attended by
the members Of Port Of Spain society and
a large number Of the American officers
sailors Behave Admirably.
The town is filed with liberty men from
the fleet. who are behaving themselves in
a most orderly manner. It is a matter
for congratulation that hitherto there has
been no complaint whatever against the
conduct of the men while ashore.
The tender YanktOn, conveyed by the
auxiliary cruiser Panther. sailed this
morning for Rio de Janeiro. The Yank-
ton. which was not able 70 keep up with
the remainder Of the fleet on the passage
here from Hampton Roads, was Dispatch
ed to-day in order that she might arrive
az Rio AT about the same time IS the bat
tie ships. which viii sail Sunday on the
5,100-mile run 60 that port.
The Virginia. Minnesota, Rhode Island
New Jersey, Louisiana. Vermont. and
Maine spent several hours this morning
correcting variations in their compasses
In the Gulf OF Para.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28

tectives then invited MF. Potter to take
a ride with them in 4 real hack 10 the
place Indicated.
other assets Gone.
On the way home Mr.. Potter recalled
a number-of other assets that the strange
gentlemen had carried away.
If the. ride had been one block longer
Potter would have been at least a million
10 the bad.
The detectives found that Mrs. Hannah
Ryan managed clearinghouse at the
l2lst street address. and that Potter was.
indeed. one of the dodgers To Mrs Ryan
the detectives related the story OF Pot
ter's misfOrtunes.
''IIUh," said Mrs. Ryan; when he left
here he had about so cents and a ver-ee
large package. and to my certain knOwi-
edge there was no money nor jewelry In
it. neither
This afternoon Detective Newman called
on Mr.. Potter He says that Mr.. Potter
told him he hadn't lost anything but con-
siderable yuietide spirit. and that SO far
as he knew nobody had assaulted him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-28

The police are not relying on the YER
sion OF the shooting thus Ear obtained
But they are looking for the young lover
10 learn what he has To say Of the affair.
Meanwhile they are OBTAINING the father
and stepmother and also friend of the
lovers. at whose house the young miner
stayed on Christmas night.
From testimony brought out before
Magistrate Butts il the Essex Market
court this afternoon, il seems that there
We're no witnesses to the tragedy. leaving
doubt IL the minds Of the police as 10
whether they are facing a murder mys-
terry or whether the girl killed herself
The girls father. Vincent Maraski: the
mother. Antoinette. and Stephen Graska.
who is a friend Of the missing man whom
the police want 10 question, were mucn
perturbed when arraigned. The mother
was in tears.
The mother related to Magistrate Butts
the story. as already told, of her daugh-
tcr's love affair with the missing young
man. of her leaving the room in search
Of the man and the girl; of hearing the
shot when returning to the house, and Of
the escape of the miner. breathIess and
excited.
Magistrate Butts remanded the three
prisoners to Coroner Hamburger. The slain
girls body IS at the morgue.