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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Thos. Spiers Meets Instant Death
from a Blast In Phosphate
Mine on Thomas Fork
Last Sunday Night.

Thomas Spiers, one of Bear Lake
county's well known and highly
respected young men, met instant
death at FIVE minutes past eleven
o'clock last Sunday night while At
york on the Montpelier Phosphate
Company'a holdings ON Thomas
Fork, -four miles northeast Of Bord.
er. For some time past the com
pany has been doing its annual
assessment work On its claims Al
that point and last week put ON two
shifts. Thos. Spiers, Lyle Davis
and Walter Jones composed the
shift that was working Sunday
night.
The facts concerning the manner
by which Mr.. Spiets met his death
are about ~ follows: shortly be.
fore h o'clock be and Davis went
into the tunnel for the purpose Of
firing three blasts, intending 10 lei
the smoke clear away while they ats
their midnight meal. Spiers aud
DAVIS each lie fuse and the formei
, attempted 20 light the third fuse
but ID didn't work properly. Davis
seeing that the other fuses wer'
aspltting" rapidly. said TO sPisrs
I'VE bad hetter get out Of here, ~
getting dangerous. sPiers replies
e that he wanted 70 get the fuse b
: waa working with to burn. Dayi
!, again urged SPiers TO come aud le
Is the fuse alone. Realizing th
danger Of longer remaining in IL
tunnel, Davis started out and fO
The third time urged sPisr. 10 com
= on. lie Just reached the moa;h {
:. The tunnel when the two blasts vel
a of in quick succession.
70 Seeing that spiers had not f.
=. lowed him out, Davis called
il Jones, who was close by. and q
A. Two rushed back into the tunnel, !
Of gardless OF the fact thai they kns
IN the third shot VA liable - 10 I
ed II any second. The tunnsl, VIII
re il in about IS feet. makes = cur
on about 20 feet from the mouth .
i right - the curve they eame up
IN. The body Of sPieEs, lying face Go'
dIAgonailY across the tuanei, ahe
by 20 feet from where the shots W.
ted fred. They carried him out >
a. upon reaching the open air. , huFr
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
Rsmarkosls Rescue.

TAaE truth y stfsnxss than heelaa.
has oaes more ta4n asmoaasraGesa - saa
Igtle tawn - Fesi0vm. Temn.s sh@ Esd.
arnes % &. =. FsppsF. lie writes -
uas + bSsi saslssly dlaahssd wttk Assa-
OFxhaMss - sAs laa8M al EhFu@e ua<-
tOrs s#ElAa 90 h@lp Ma. an mll h@pa haaA
neea wAan he@mn takimg I1r. kimMa Naw
f4aeosssy. Tksa iasssss Fuiiuf eaass.
ne eeazaia9 eean eea@sa: Ghn hleeszlnw
silssslaaaaaeal Fapasaly asa = shfe@ waahm I
~ ~ ataAs % - - work. ts0MmFmA aamsG
ours IoF eoagha and cotsfa. sne mnaH1 90
as nllsT HFos. bFs9 Go. Trial hotEse sEee-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07

acquired the enmlty of the fedora
tion officials. He told how he first
to poison Bradley by
putting strychnine in milk delivered
at his home and later constructed =
bomb and hung it on the door, the
explosion of which blew the entire
front Of the house in and severely
injured Bradley.
Orchard continued his story yes
terday, which included the details
of the assassination of GoYelnor
Steunenberg.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
Do No. 4 saIee. the Children.

At this season ~ the year the hrat nn-
natural IooaeueHs Of a ehild's bowels
-houid have Immediate attention. The
brst hing that can Re given Is Chamber
IaIn's Collie, Cholera and DiaFFhOea Rem
rsly followed by castor OH as sliFvcted
y itb zach hottie Oi the remedy. For sale
By Ritter Bfsts. Drug sasFe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
He FIRED tbe stkk

Il hA4s aFsd ths Waikiax stiek -
emsFssa over 40 ysarM, oa mseVant " .
core that resisted every kfsa ~ tssat-
Hssat, antil tKisd fsBskIsa's AsnIea
salys. that h@s ksaasa IT, sssFe and ss.aas
ms q happy man. wsste~ 4oha siaFFwtt,
20 S0fth Mills y. y. asafnnEesa fDs
piles. tlssFus, ste. lg EiSss tsFos. Drux 60.
2se.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07

a rich ors.bearius vein VS.
struck lass week 10 the croesas nine
~ llAiley on ths 7OO.foos lesei.
whieh eagrrea foHr feet III #clid tai
era ore. assayIug between so md
90 per cent lsad The Ilatley 'Ttmes
says he CFoesua promises 90 ae q
far richer mine tbsa she faa0as old
Mianie Moore.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
CHARACTER STUDY OF THE MEN
A N. Y. Correspondent Writes His
Impressions OF Defendants In
the Big Murder Trial.

the Big Murder Trial.
OF the three officials of the West
ern Federation of Miners now on
trial at Boise, Idaho, for their lives
on the charge of having conspired
TO cause the murder of ex Governor
Frank Steunenberg Of Idaho, w. ID.
Haywood, secretary and treasurer
of the miners organization, makes
the best impression on irst acquaint- |
ance, says Oscar King Davis, the
Boise correspondent of the NeS
York Times. He Is q big, sturdy
fellow, with a square head and solid
jaw. lie has lost the sight Of his
right eve and has developed cur
ious trick of turning his face away
as If to conceal his misfortune and
rolling his left eye around TO keep
track of what is going on. 1t gives
him a queer, unnaturally furtive
expression, not at all in keeping
with his straight forward manner
when personally addressed.
Haywood ID socialist and an
idealist. He is fond of reading and
devotes much of his time to 1t, max.
ing it both recreation and study.
His friends say that although he il
l deeply concerned in making the
most vigorous fight possible TO es
cape conviction, he has not lost
y sight of the fact that the deatt
# penalty in this case would make
is him a martyr Of organized labor.
!. But Charles II. Meyer, presiden
ID of the federation and George A
n Pettibone find no such compensa
< ton in their situation. They ar
RS both more practical men, desperate
le ly intent on making a winning dc
70 fense. Meyer was the brains of th
le Western Federation of Miners an
Dr it's chief organizer. lie is of th
labor leader type and always e.
nd tremely popular with the regala
of labor union man. lie makes fer
n. speech and carries his audience vii
re- him. He has the reputation Of beln
ill the best man on his feet in u
en- ranks of organized labor toda'
Petubone IN appearance fits the d
be scriptlon reported to have be-
10 given of him by Harry Orchar
IN He is slight man. below The ave
Gu. age height, with a weak chin a.
ire the good natured grin that 60
hat with il.
ey, When | saw the three defenda
as IN the county jail The other d
the Haywood had just eome domn fr'
mill the court room, where he had
ted tened TO the adverse ruling of Jad
hat Fremont Wood. In court he y
Of very nervous and had difficulty
ntil maintaining an outward show
sted composure He seldom faced
lied Judge. but continually rolled
, al left eye toward the bench, WI
to seeming to look the other way.
,ood in his cell he is different m
!, he lie had nothing 10 say about
fix case of course, bat manifested
Gov. lively interest in what was going
Job outside and particularly N the Ct
hree OF the undesirable citizen exp
ecute sion of the president.
,nity Pettibone was busy at his IA
was tie amusement, typography.
them had a lot of specimens Of h,s
. de- and one which afforded no !
Asso- amusement. II vas big Piec'
night leather on which he had burned
Den motto, $50 live that every day
sent can look every man IN the face
!. G.. tell him 10 90 70 h"
anker The signature Prttiboae
, had adopted for hIs artistic effects II
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
NEWS OF THE STATE
Review Of the Weeks Happenings
In Idaho
As CLEANED FROM EXCHANGES
Talks from Nountain and Yak Briefly
Told for Benefit Of tho Exandn
er's Readers.

~ ST~~~@~%~
American Palla will soon have .
water system.
The CocaE dAIeae coanOil has
raised the saloon license from ss00
10 el. 900 year
Ata sAla % state land In HALEY
last week isao acres were dlsposcd
Of for tio,oso.
Ton ears of wheat we're loaded IN
Twin Falls last week for shipment
To Chicago,
The new county of Homer viii
have an assessed valuation this year
II oyer a.. 900, 600.
The interes, oH the public money
Of the state earned during the month
Of May amounted TO ttssvs5.
A branch cI The Wcatevn Fedora
ton Of Miners vas oEgan.sed al
Ilailcy last week with q membership
10 50,
The eleventh annual convention
Of tho Idaho State sunday school
Association will H. held ~ Nampa
June ls 10 20.
The rnratello Ioo plant II now
shipping icc 20 outside points, BE-.
sides supplying : large amount for
home consumption.
| The IIall fruit ranch. situated NJ
. the snake river canyon. - miles
. wcal oI Mountain Home. vas sold
! last wceA for esa. 600,
seven men wete drowned Ia the
payctte river last Friday by the
capsrIng 10 a boat 10 which they
i, wcrr attempting 20 cFosa the river.
4 While IN IIallsy with The salt
!. Lake sscnrmon. J. ~. Mcdonald.
}. lions eeAndy king. " purchased swo
;. hear cubs for whleh he paid tio0.
A corporation has hcCn capitalized
for t9oo. 900 for the pnrpose Of
erecting brewery a. Coear 4 'Alene
city. with q rapaeiiy oF 100 barrels
II Of beer = day.
= The new city ADMINISTRATION II
!" Pocalello has raised the license fos
theatres 20 high that the Auditorium
= aud Lyric have bath closed lkeIl
doors. The license haa besn hAes
~ At tss = month.
Ill Although there have bssn full
- 100 nes residences balls IN Aana
as point aimee January ist. The Nesl
:. says that Il is nest 10 iinpoaslhls ;
~ rent : hause IN ths tesn ~ i
IN present time.
The Lockwood group Of claIni
= III The seven Devils district. -
'e' been taken ssdsr bond ri lease Il
sa s7s. 600 by 81 Oregon mlal0g MAJ
- some of the highest gyasl% ore 80
,eH found Ii the seven Devils haa Lee
ha taken from one Of the claims % Il
group.
II a rich -beaFiug vein ~
By .irHek last week 10 tle croesas MI
b. % llallsy on ths 7O0.foos iese
II. whieh earVrea four fect ii solid III
era ore. asaayIpg b~tusen 50 II
rllo 90 per cent Lead The IlatIey 'rIsa
ster aaya shs creesna promises 20 ~
ing Tar richer mine than sbe fam0as .
Mianie Moore
-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-06-07
THE JURY SECURED
The Twelfth Man Accepted Last
Monday Morning.
ORCHARD ON WITNESS STAND
He Tells Of Long Series Of Revolving
Crimes and Charges Federation Of
fioialS with the DaStardly
Deeds.

Shortly before noon last Monday |
tte last juror was securet in the
Haywood case, after which the
jury was sworn and court adjourned
for noon. Al the afternoon session
the Indictment was read, the bail
ifs given strict instructions as TO
the care of the jury and all prelim-
mary matters for the beginning of
the trial were made.
1t required just 20 days to Sc
cure the jury and some $50 citizens
of Ada county were summoned as
jurors, though there were 40 Of the
last venire left when the jury was
finally secured, making in all some
21o examined as to their qualih-
cations to sit as jurors.
Following are the names of the
Jurors, their ages and occupations:
Thos B. Cess, 65, real estate
business.
Finley Mclean, SO, farmer.
Samuel ID. Gilman, so, farmer.
Daniel Clark, Al, farmer.
George Powell, SO, farmer.
0. V. Sebern, 81, farmer.
II. F. Messecar, SO, farmer.
Lee Schrivener, so, farmer.
: ]. A. Robertson, ~, contractor.
Levi Smith, So, formerly q far
mer but now an employe of th'
Boise & Interurban Ry. Go.
A. P. Burns, SO, not in business
now but formerly a grocer an
by trade carpenter.
Samuel Russell, SO, farmer.
AT the opening of court Tuesda
morning, james H. Hawley, chic
counsel for the state, made hi
statement Of the case to the jury
After reviewing briefly the event
preceding the killing of Steune'
berg, Mr.. Hawley said the state O.
pected to prove that the Officer
and executive committee Of Il
Western Federation of Mine
were responsible, not only for Il
the death of Steunenbefg, but +
scores of others.
Hawley spoke for an hour 81
twenty minutes and at the close
his address, Attorney Darrow a
nounced that the defence would
serve its opening statement nn
after the states case had be
closed.
The taking of testimony then
gan and up to last night some
witnesses had been examined,
cludrng Harry Orchard, who oc
pied the chair during the ent
day, Wednesday. He declared .
b;s real name is Albert K. Horsl
but that he had been known
Orchard for II years. lie told
story of the blowing mp of the
a, Wardner in 1899 and admit
that he lighted one of the fuses
did the terrible work. lie told
his wanderlngs from that time u
November, 1908. when he assn
in placing the bomb which \
two men in the Vindlcator mine
Cr;Dple Creek. Coming down
1904. he told of meeting Hayw
and Pettibone in Denver who
saws. asked him if he could not
mn some scheme to assasslhate
ernor Peabody. Plans for thl'
were agreed upon and for !
woaks he endeavored to exe
them but the proper oPport'
not presenting itself, the job
.handoued. Orchard told of
"laying for" Lyte Gregory, .
teetiye for the Mine Owners :
citation, and killing him one
as he was passing IN alley IN
yer. Orchard said be was ther
70 San Francisco to kill l
Bradley, president of the b
Hill & Sullivan company, vhe
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
KEATS ON MARRIAGE.
Barrier Against Matrimony In Which
the Poet Rejoiced.

notwithstanding your happiness and
your recommends ton, | hope | shall
never marry. Though the most beau
tiful creature were waiting for me at
the end OF a journey or a walk. though
the carpet were of silk. the curtains of
the morning clouds. the chairs and sofa
stuffed with cygnets' down, the food
mama, the wine beyond claret. the
window opening on Winander mere.
should not feel. or, rather, my happi-
ness would not be so fine. as my soil
tude is sublime. Then, instead OF
what / have described. there is a sub
Unity to welcome me home. The roar
ing of the wind is my wife and the
stars through the window pane are
my children. The mighty abstract idea
| have OF beauty in all things stiles
the more divided and minute domestic
happineSS-an amiable wife and sweet
children | contemplate as a part of
that beauty, but must have a thou
sand of those beautiful particles to fill
up my heart.
| feel more and more every day as
my imagination strengthens that | do
not live in this world alone, but in
thousand worlds. No sooner am l
alone than shapes of epic greatness
are stationed around me and serve my
spirit the office which is equivalent to
q kings bodyguard-the tragedy with
sceptered pail comes sweeping by"
According to my state of mind | am
with Achilles shouting in the trenches
or with Theocritus in the wales of Sici-
ly or / throw nv whole being into
Troilus, and, repeating those lines, Il
wander like lost soul upon the Sty
gian banks, staying for waftage," |
melt into the air with a voluptuousness
so delicate that l am content to be
alone. These things, combined with
the opinion have of the generality OF
women. who appear to me as children
to whom would rather give sugar
plum than. my time. form a barrier
against matrimony which l rejoice in.
Poems of John Keats" by Walter
Raleigh.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
Discipline.

A Frenchman was teaching in a
large school. where he had a reputa-
ton for making some queer mistakes.
One day he was taking class which
was rather disorderly. What with the
heat and troublesome boys he was
very snappish. Having punished sew
eral boys and sent one to the bottom
of the form. he at last shouted out In
a passion, 'Ze whole class go to re bot
tom"-London Scraps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
DECAY OF STONE.
Even the Densest Siliceous Rocks Sue
cunb to Time.

Even the Densest Siliceous Rocks Sue
cumb to Time.
Whoever expects to find stone that
will stand from century TO century. de
riding alike the frigid rains and scorch-
ing solar rays. without need of repara-
tion will indeed search for the phi
losopher's stone" There is scarcely Il
substance which after having been ex-
posed to the action OF the atmosphere
for a considerable time does not eX-
hibit proofs of weathering, 1t may
even be observed on the most densely
contracted siliceous rocks. The fullest
extent of this inquiry can only be to
elucidate relative duration and COM
parative labor of appropriation TO use
full or ornamental purposes.
BY examining the various produc-
tons of nature we find evident proofs
of her industry in all ages. Changes
have been going on from the remotest
antiquity to the present time on every
substance that comes within our OBJ
servatiOn. All the actual combinations
OF matter have had former existence
in some other state. Nothing exists in
nature but what is likely to change its
condition and manner of being. No
material is so durable as always TO re-
tain its present appearance. for the
most solid and compact bodies have not
such a degree of impenetra bility and SO
close union of the parts which com
pose them as to be exempted from ulti-
mate dissolution.
Even in the great globe which we in
habit nothing is more evident TO geolo-
gists than perpetual series of altera-
tons. There can be discovered no
vestige OF a beginning. no prospect of
an end. In some bodies these changes
are not SO frequent aud remarkable as
in others. though equally certain at a
more distant period. The venerable re-
mains Of Egyptian splendor. many OF
them executed in the hardest granite
between 1900 aud 1000 years since.
exhibit large portions Of exfoliation
and gradual decay. thereby following
the primitive. immutabIe and universal
order of causes and effects-namely,
that all objects possess the materials
of which they are composed only for a
limited time. during which some pow
erful agent effects their decomposition
and sets the elementary particles at
liberty again to form other equally per
feet combinations Thus by divine and
unerring laws order is restored amid
apparent onfusion.-Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
EAST INDIAN SERVANTS.
An Amusing Complication Over Dose
of Medicine.

OF Medicine.
The experiences OF an English house
holder in India are often amusing. An
instance of one OF the amusing expert
ences is given.
The old gray bearded butler an
nounced at luncheon one day that the
dishwasher was III with fever. but
that if would give him some medi-
cine he would soon be able to resume
his work. l happened to have none by
me, but the matter was urgent, clean
dishes being important.
Can he go TO the chemists, do you
think, for some physic If | give him
letter." | asked. Il don't know what
to write for"
"Oh. yes" he said: "he is quite able
to go that short distance"
/ thought that was much the best
way, and then the chemist could give
him what was proper. So l wrote:
please give the bearer dose of med
icine. He says he has fever"
forgot to inquire about him till two
days after.
How is the dish.asherF' / said.
He is much better. your honor"
"Ah, then be took the physic:"
"No, your highness. The bazaar
cody took the physic."
The bazaar coolyw 1 exclaimed.
what for:"
The dislwasher said: Cody goes
errands. He may fetch me the physic-'
So the cody took the letter. Shop
master prepared physic. then told ba-
i.
Not for me is the medicine, but for
another man. l take 1t to him. Not
so,' said the shop master. The mis-
tress has written, Give to bearer"
and she means you must drink 1t here
Many times the cody said he was not
the man, but they would not listen,
and they made him drink it."-Ex-
change
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
Opium From Lettuce.

A sort OF opium is obtained from the
common lettuce. The scientists give it
a long name, which no doubt means
something very learned and profound.
and declare that they find important
differences between the opium OF the
lettuce and the opium of the poppy.
but for all practical purposes the one
is identical with the other. Many a
man who has eaten lettuce knows how
sleepy it causes him to become an hour
or so after dinner. and the older the
lettuce the greater the sleepiness, for
in mature lettuce the milk juice is we'll
developed and all the properties of the
opium are present-London News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
The Pathetic Sequel to Tragedy Of
the Alps.


Many years ago | read a pathetic
story, which is constantly recalled TO
mind as the duties of this compilation
compel me to read the records of past
years and reperuse the long closed let
ters OF my beloved and live over again
the happy days when we We're all In
all to each other. l do not remember
all the details of the incident which So
impressed ne, but the chief facts were
these:
A married couple were crossing one
of the great glaciers of the Alpine re-
gions when fatal accident occurred.
The husband fell down Que OF the huge
crevasses which abound on all glaciers.
The rope broke, and the depth OF the
chasm was so great that no help could
be rendered, nor could the body be re-
covered. Over the wife's anguish at
her loss we must draw the veil of ST.
lence. Forty years afterward saw her.
with the guide who had accompanied
them at the time of the accident, stay
ing at the nearest hotel at the foot of
the glacier, waiting for the sea OF Ice
to give up it's dead, for by the well
known law of glacier progression the
form of her long lost husband might
be expected to appear. expelled from
the mouth of the torrent about that
date. Patiently aud with unfaiiug
constancy they watched and waited,
and their hopes were at last rewarded.
One day the body was released from
its prison in the ice. and the wife
looked again on the features OF him
who had been SO long parted from her.
But the pathos OF the story lay in the
fact that she was then an old woman,
while the newly rescued body was that
of quite young and robust man. SO
faithfully had the crystal casket pre-
served the jewel which 1t held so long.
The forty years had left no wrinkles
on that marble brow. Times wither-
ing fingers could not touch him In that
tomb. and so for few brief moments
the aged lady saw the husband of her
youth as he was in the days which
were gone forever.-C. III. Surgeons
Autobiography.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-26
FIRE LADIES PROVE
THEMSELVES HEROES
Carried Five Seriously Injured
From Apartment House.
THREE OF THEM WILL DIE.

New York. Dee 26-Five persons
We're seriously injured, and it ia
thought three will die as the result OF
4 fire in an apartment house at One
Hundred Thirty-Fourth street today.
Two fremeu. McKinna and Russell oe
q hook and ladder company, No. 30,
carried all of the injured out through
the flames from the top of the build
ing. The injured are Jeremiah Col
Iins, wife and son, Emma Distler and
Rhinehart Graf. Collins and Graf
may recover.
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In kar1cIess Graves.

Not far from Hamburg, on the island
of Westerland. is a small graveyard to
which pathetic interest attaches. Here
the bodies of those washed up by the
sea-bodies unrecognized and unelaim-
ed-arc buried. The cemetery was
dedicated to this use in 1855. and from
then up to now over sixty nameless
ones hare found their rest In 1883
stone was raised bearing the dedication
The Home of the Homeless" and
each little mound is further marked by
a simple black cross.