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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
AN INDIAN TERRITORY TRAGEDY
Contractor Kills Relative, His Son
and Himself.

Tulsa, l. T.--w. II, Campbell. one
of the wealthiest oil operators and
capitalists OF Indian Territory. and
whose former home was In Winfield
Kan. was shot and instantly killed by
ID. II. Stoekwelll prominent con
tractor OF Tulsa. late Tuesday night
The two men are related In marriage
Campbell's son having married a
daughter OF Stockwell. Some days
aso Stockwell and his wife mad
trouble, and as result Mrs. stock
we'll went to the home of Campbell
to remain until she departed for Cali
fornia. Tuesday night Stockwell went
10 the home OF Campbell, and, calling
him to tho porch. without the slight,
est warning stuck double-harreled
shotgun In Camphell's face and fired,
blowing his head of. He then went
10 the Stockwell home, and, going TO
the room Of his son. who was sick In
bed, shot and instantly Killed the
boy. His head WAS blown OF, Stock
well then turned the gun upon him.
self and blew his own head on.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Russian General Killed by Woman

st, Petersburg,-General Maximoff.
sky director of the department OF
prisons OF the ministry of the interior
was shot and killed on Monday The
general was the first responsible Of
fetal connected with the Russian
prison and 1t is supposed that this was
the reason he was selected for assas.
sination by the terrorists, A young
woman who has not been identified,
presented herself at the weekly recep-
ton of General Maximoffsky and re-
manned quietly In the crowded ante.
room until II was her turn to enter the
generals private office. When she
was In his presence the woman drew
IA revolver and fired seven shots point
blank into the generals body
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
QUAKE IN ITALY,;
HUNDREDS PERISH
Several Villages Utterly Destroyed
and the Death List Will Exceed
Five Hundred.
Two Hundred Bodies Have Been
Taken From the Ruins OF the
Homes of the Victims-Fiooos
Follow the Earthquake
Shock.

Rome.-Details Of the earthquake IN
Calabria on Wednesday, just recelVeu
here show that the damage was mucn
more extensive than at first reported
while the death list is estimated at
200 TWO hundred bolies have already
been taken from the ruins. Many OF
the villages are still cut of from COM
munication with Rome by the hoods
and the destruction Of the telegraph
lines and roads, and no word from
them can b. had.
The first shock of the earthquake
fortunately brought most OF the pop
ulation Of the villages into the open'
many succeeding in making their es-
cane to the hills or open places, or
the list of fatalities would have been
larger. To add to the desolatlon
eaused by the earthquake, it was ram
ing in torrents, which greatly IN
creased the suffering among the home
less people.
Half the houses at Ferruzamo ana
Brancaleone collapsed and many per-
sons we're buried in the ruins; ana
at Sinopoli and st. Ilario more ives
are said to have been lost. Panic pre-
vailed everywhere. Half the houses
Of the village of Gerace are in ruins,
and similar conditions prevail In a
number of other points in Calabr1a.
During the confusion caused by the
first earthquake the prisoners In the
Iail at Catazaro mutinied, and were
only subdued with great difficulty. Inc
female prisoners were particularly
Harmed screaming, shouting and
beating the doors until the whole
place was in a terrible uproar The
prison officials did everything possible
% calm the inmates, but they broke
,ut afresh every time anotner earth
shock was experienced.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Governor Sparks Comes to the Rescue
of Financial Institutions.

Goldfeld, Nev-A bank holiday
throughout Nevada was declared by
Governor Sparks on Thursday, to last
five days. All the banks of Goldfeld
were closed on Thursday in conse-
quence. The proclamation came as
great relief to local banks. The State
Bank & Trust company had already
closed its doors. At noon Wednesday,
a big run was in progress at the Nye
& Ormsby bank, when banking hours
closed, and the run probably would
have continued had the bank opened.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Negro Lynched for Theft of rs Cents.

Macon, Ga-Passengers on the Cen
trel of Georgia train, coming through
Byron Ga, brought an account of the
lynching of a negro named John
Wilkes, at that place Sunday night.
The negro robbed two small boys of
rs cents. When Marshal Johnson
made an effort to arrest him, the ne
gro attempted to shoot the officer
Quick work prevented this, however,
and a general mix-up followed, with
the result that the negro was arrest
ed and locked up. At late hour.
unknown persons dragged the prisoner
from the jail. and after carrying him
a short distance, the body was riddled
with bullets 1t was then burned upon
a log fire prepared for the occasion.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Jspsn Has No Kick comino,

Washington.-"No such relations ex'
lists between America and Japan as
would make 1t improper to send the
American feet into the Pacific. II
there we're. the relations between
America and Great Britain. and the
relations between America and France
which are the same, would forbid the
maintenance of the battleship fleet in
the Atlantic ocean" This was the
reply returned by Secretary Root as
to whether Japan had entered any
protest against the dispatch of the
fleet TO the Pacific.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
FRENCHMEN NERVOUS.
Think the Whole Fabric of American
Credit Has Been Endangered.

Paris.-The housekeeping in Wall
street" is having sentimental rather
than a practical effect here. The pa
pers are devoting much space to tn
Wall street crash" and "the slaughter
of American millionaires," and opera
tors on the bourse are closely watch
ing the situation. They consider that
American financial conditions are
sound at the base, and regard the New
York crisis as being the inevitable
elimination of an era of intense COM
mercial activities and over specula.
ton, helped along by the revelations
OF improper methods of finance and
the position assumed by the authori
ties at Washington. Some of the
French bankers think President
Roosevelt has gone too far and that
the whole fabric of American credit
has been endangered.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Spy Makes Confession.

Paris,-Ensign Charles B, Ullmo. of
the navy. who was arrested at Toulon,
October "a. on the charge of being a
spy and who confessed to having alb.
stracted secret naval signal book
and the naval cipher code. and Der
ton. the army reserve officer, who was
charged with negotiating with for
eign power for the sale of military Sc
crets. were brought to Paris Satur
day and arraigned. Ullmo confessed
everything, dec airing his object was
to raise uonev
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Bank Cashier in Trouble.

Pittsburg.-Two indictments have
been returned by the grand jury
against J. b. F, Rinehart. former cash
Ter of the Farmers and Drovers Ma
tional bank at Waynesburg. Pa. One
indictment contains ninety counts,
seventy-one of which are upon alleged
false entries in the books of the bank
and in the returns TO the comptroller
of the currency. The failure of the
Farmers and Drovers bank involved
almost 100000. For eight months
efforts have been made to reopen the
institution, but without success.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07

Seattle-Dr. NJ. J. White of the
United States marine service has re
ceived wire from Surgeon General
Wymans at Washington authorizing
DIR, White to carry out his recommen.
dation that all vessels on this sound
be fumlgated at once. This applies to
ferry boats and every vessel large
enough to hold rat. The state board
OF health met and notified all the
county boards of health to take strin.
gent measures to clean up their dis
tricts and keep vigilant watch for
suspicious cases.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Poisoned by Canned corned Beet.

Los Angeles Five employees of
the Berlin dye works are seriously Ill
from ptomaine poisoning fros eating
corned beef for luncheon Tuesday
Five others are also suffering from
tho poison. but are not dangerously
IN. Those most seriously affected are
William Starr. shipping clerk; j, II,
coltle. engineer, Vincent Rice, night
Waterman Thomas + Gray. head dry
cleaner. and Miss Ida Hurley, tinisher
The food Was purchased AZ nearby
grocery store, and came from one OF
the large packing houses,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Spanish King and Queen In London

i.ondon.--The king and queen OF
Spain arrived In London Tuesday
night II was raining hard, but IN
spite Of the depressing weather. their
malesties were met at the station by
members OF the English royal tamil.
and the Spanish ambassador TO Great
britain. Senior villa urrutia, The WIS.,
itors drove at once to Kensington pal
ace. where they will reside until next
Monday. They will then visit King
Edward and Queen Alexandria at
sandringham. The London populace
displayed the greatest interest in the
royal couple.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Uncle joe Cannon In the Race.

Chicago. Speaker Joseph G. Can,
mons official campaign for the presi.
dental nomination was started on
Monday at a meeting ot fourteen III
nots Republican congressman at the
Auditorium, II was decided to place
Speaker Cannon In the race whether
he aequiesced or not. but when the
speaker was called In at the end of
tie three hours conference he said:
Well. boys will be boys. 10 as you
Please Five other Illinois congress.
men who We're unable TO DO present
are also back OF the movement
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
GERMANS ARE CONFIDENT.
Believe Now is the Time to Buy Amer.
lean Stocks.

Berlin--The violent financial squall
in the United States is regarded here
as having passed as quickly as 1t came
up. The great Berlin banks are as
surfing their customers that the crisis
which for week has gripped New
York, is relaxing and that conditions
in America are SO sound that no deep
seated consequences can follow A
representative of powerful Holland
financial interests, who happens to be
here, has sent word to Amsterdam
that now is the time to invest In
American securities, and many Berlin
brokers in their letters to customers
advise them to go in for American
stocks now, while they are under a
pressure that probably Is only tenn
porary. 1t is the large offers made in
Europe by American holders that have
caused American exchange to rise to
426, rate which the Vossische Zei-
lungs financial reviewer says is with
out precedent.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Utes AGAIN Troublesome.

Washington.-The tribe of Ute In
dams, which more than a year ago
wandered away from their reservation
In Utah and created trouble in Colo
RADIO and Wyoming by threatening to
take the war path and raid ranches,
is reported to have again broken out
on the Cheyenne river reservation in
South Dakota, where the tribe was
given temporary quarters. At the re-
guest of the secretary of the interior
the war department on Thursday or
dered troops from Fort Meade, 8. D..
to the scene OF the trouble.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
GRUEsoME EXHIBITS.
Skeleton to be Exhibited in the Steve
Adams Case.

Spokane, Wash-A special to the
Chronicle from Rathdrum, Idaho, says
the exhibits in the Steve Adams case
were on Saturday turned over to j.
A. Foster, clerk Of Kootenal county
by Clerk Fairweather, OF Shoshone
county to be used in the trial.
In the exhibits turned over are the
skeleton, alleged to be that OF Fred
Tyler, the murdered man, letters adj
dressed to him and found in the cloth
ing, also the clothing, sack contain
ing some canned goods and remains
of other edibles, picture OF Iyler,
the hair of the dead man, and
ledger containing a number OF names
that was exhibited at the former trial
at Wallace.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Insurance Man Convicted Of Perjury.

New York.-The first conviction In
The cases based on the disclosures in
the legislative investigation of insur.
lnce affairs in 1866 was obtained by
the district attorneys Office here on
Thursday, when jury In the criminal
branch OF the supreme court found Dr.
Walter r. Gillette. former vice presi-
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, guilty of perjury In the third
degree. The verdict was accompanied
with recommendation for mercy.
The maximum penalty for this degree
of perjury is ten years Imprisonment
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Few Bank Failures.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Salt Lake
has, since 1890. been particularly for.
tunate In the stability of Its banking
institutions, there being but two fall
ures In that time; and not even In
the panic Of 1908. when banks In near.
ly every city OF Importance In the
country went under. did Salt Lake
bank close its doors. Managed by con-
servauve and philosophical men, the
''' AXE banks have weathered every
financial storm for the past seventeen
years, and the recent furry In Wall
erect has not affected any OF them In
the least.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Newiands Wants Conference of Inter
ests Connected with TRANSPORTATION.

Washington.-The summoning by
President Roosevelt of national con
ference of the various interests con-
nected with the transportation ques-
ton. with view to restoring the con.
fidence of investors. was suggested In
a speech before the University club at
Washington by Senator Newlands. of
Nevada. vice chairman of the Inland
Waterways committee Mr. Newlands
has just returned from the trip down
the Mississippi with the president and
the commission.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Plan to Rob Paymaster That Failed to
Work.

Pittsburg four armed men
with Winchesters lying in ambush on
Saturday to hold up the paymaster of
the Crescent Coal Co, of this city
at Pierce station and rob him of the
money, amounting to $4,000, Joseph
Arkwright, the paymaster, frustrated
the attempt by alighting from the
train at a near station and driving
thence to the mines. The plot was
known to the company officials. and
they say this was the second attempt
to carry 1t out
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
President Reesevelt's Birthday.

Sunday. October n.
was President Roosevelt's forty-ninth
brit day. He did not depart FROM his
customary Sunday program OF wor.
ship, work and recreation The day
vas spent at the White House fire.
side In = quiet family rejoicing. Con.
gratulations In large numbers by mail
telesraph and telephone were received
u The White House. President Roose-
welt attended church services in the
morning. In the afternoon, in a down.
rour OF rain. the president. accom-.
anied eakhe usual guard. went out
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Rebuilding San Francisco.

San Francisco.-The cornerstone of
the new San Francisco custom house
was laid Thursday with appropriate
ceremonies, under the auspices of the
chamber Of commerce and the mer.
chants exchange. A detail of marines
acted as escort to a procession OF
prominent business men and other cit.
liens who marched from the Ner
chants Exchange building to the Gus.
toms house site. The cornerstone was
laid by Collector OF the Port STRAIT
ton and actresses were delivered by
United States Senator Perkins and
Mayor Taylor.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Wealthy Man Ole. Of starvation.

jamestown. n, D-Starvation. ex-
posture and exhaustion caused the
death OF John Mooney. wealthy land
owner OF stuttsman county. In hts
clothing when he was found dead on
the side Of an uufrequented road were
$4,000 10 certificates Of bank depos,
it's The body was poorly clad, the
coat and overcoat being threadhare,
Mooney spen, last winter. says the
dispatch. in a room over store. and
hoasted that his food cost him less
slxty-five years OF age.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Two Thousand Men Discharged by tho
New York and New Haven.

New Haven, Conn.-The New York,
New Haven and Hartford company
has announced that Immediately more
than 1000 hands upon the steam sys-
tenn will be laid off. besides several
hundred more in the Rhode Island
trolley service. Work upon large
number of improvements will either
be stopped or largely curtailed. The
curtailment is indefinite and depends
somewhat upon the general financial
situation, 1t is largely a precautions
airy measure.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
BRYAN HAS A PLAN.
Would Tax the Banks to Raise an
Emergency Fund.

New York.--The best way to pre-,
vent a recurrence of present financial
conditions, in the opinion of William
]. Bryan, would be to provide a guar
antee fund, raised by taxing the banks
themselves, which could be used in
emergency to satisfy demands OF de-
positors. But the bankers" said Mr..
Bryan. ARE the very men who hight
such a plan because they object to the
tax" Mr.. Bryan said he thought a
general panic would not result from
the present conditions in New forh
City. He is not inclined to hold Pres
ident Roosevelt responsible for the
present conditions.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Pessimist Believes We Are on the Eve
of a Check to Our Prosperity.

Topeka, Kan.-E. R. Ripley, presi-
dent of the Santa Fe, who was here
on Thursday to attend the roads an
nual meeting gave out an interview in
which he said: Il do not claim to be
a prophet, and | do not think l am by
nature pessimist, but l am in a po-
sition where cannot help seeing some
thing of the conditions which exist
over a considerable portion of this
country. and it has been perfectly evil
dent to me for some months past that
we were on the eve of a check to our
prosperity"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of
Daughter Of Wealthy Californian.

Washinston.-The supreme court OF
the United States on Monday dis
missed the case OF the Blythe com.
pany vs.. Florence BlytEe Moore. in.
NolVing phase OF the controversy
over the estate OF the late Tho,na
H. Blythe OF California. who. dying
interstate, left his property in su-a
condition that It has osea iavo.vei In
litigation ever since .als action
like the ksyious one. was In the in.
terest OF e IL 0 r. Florence. az
AGAINST Ar g.. .,alts.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Several aur, in a Chicago Rio,

Chicago. man was shot and
cut and battered and twelve men
were arrested during riot Tuesday
In which 500 Italians took part. A
fight started between Charles Speet.
lao end Angelo Caporbelll. between
whom teui had existed Spectlan
vas sho' tNlA and viii die. The
tIicnss OF both men Joined In the me.
lee. gnd In 4 short time a free-for-all
night WAS In progress. The street car
lines were blocked until the police re-
stor11 order
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR JAP ANESE
Foreign Miaister Hayashi's Views
as to Refusal to Naturalize
Subjects Of Mikado.
VIII Insist Upon Japanese Being
Granted Rights Equal to Those
Granted Subjects Of the
Other Powers.

Toxic. A delegate from the Japan
ese residents vi San Francisco inter
viewed Forcisn Minister iayashi on
Sunday and fully explained conditions
In that city relative to the prejudice
existing against Japanese. He point
ed oat THAI the feeling for exclusion
was directed against the undesirable
immigrant alone and that American
employers welcomed honest Japanese
laborers. He requested. ON behalf OF
his compatriots, that the foreign Of
fee permit the emigration Of 900 non
est emigrants m0ntlly through Seattle
and San Francisco.
Minister Hayashi replied that at
present it vas advisable to limit emf
grafton to half that number he fur
ther assured the delegate that every
thing will be done to protect japanese
iutc. ssts and nc the same time empha-
sized the importance of stopping any
thing calculated to injure the tradi-
tIonal friendship of both countries.
Tue government would hereafter, he
said, supervise the kind OF emigrants
allowed to go out
When questioned If measures had
been taken to secure the right of nat
uralization for Japanese, Minister
Hayashi replied that as a minister OF
his majesty's government he will
never encourage the alienizing of his
subjects, but will insist on securing
for Japanese rights equal to those
granted subjects of other powers.
Minister Hayashi, continuing, said
that he hoped that after the return Of
NJ. 1shii, the commissioner sent to
America to investigate the subject.
and the receipt of his report, definite
steps would be taken to find a solu.
tion In an amicable and satisfactory
manner
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
MEAT PRICES COMING DOWN.
Reduction OF 10 Per Cent Is Made by
the Omaha Packers.

Omaha. Tho packing houses Of
Omaha ON Monday reduced the prices
on all kinds OF meats 10 per cent, and
expect a stu further reduction. Ed.
ward A. Cndahy, of the Cudahy Pack
Ing company expressed tho belief that
the prices of all commodities would be
reduced and that tho present financial
furry would result in general reduc-
ton of values, although he does not
consider conditions serious.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
Ohio Bank Closed and Cashier Takes
His Own Life.

Akron. o.--The Dollar Savings bank
has been closed by orders of the di.
rectors until after the funeral of Fred
Boron. its cashier. who shot himself
while alone In his home ON Monday.
An investigation OF his accounts is go
Ing on and movement is also ON foot
To have the other banks OF the city
take this institution over. According
to members OF the directorate. a de-
felt OF $4,000 has been discovered.
The siNty-day notice Is enforced on all
savings accounts In the Dollar bank.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
CLOUDS HOVERNG mi
WALL STREET E |
John D. Rockefeller, j. o.
gan and Other finan.l,'
Powerful FInaaeIsI y

New York.-John n o.,
taken an active intere., !
ent financial situation, n!
arranged to loan very ~
a number of New York
buttons.
Il think" said Mr.. Ro,,l
an interview, that the 49,
among investors is not r.
I hope the good comma. u.
American people will eo,,.,
uation; personally | nj.
faith in the future Of NJ
securities and the soupaa...
lying conditions.
Instead of withdrawn, !
money from the banks \
ating with others in he,ui,,
that which l firmly believe
q temporary crisis. Ever
the good Of his COUNTS
should by word and deed /.
now to re-establish conss.,3
propose to DO my part b (
tent of my resources
]. Pierpont Morgan and Z
man, president of the NJ
bank, made a call upon ~
telyou at the Manhattap
Wednesday. Mr.. Morgan
say anything regarding 4
Mr.. Cortelyou or to discsx
cial situation in any way.
A distinctly more law
was evident in Wall srS
day afternoon, follows,
nouncement that Secretsr
of the treasury departmeH
deposits of government M
York banks. The stock
been holding better an IA
been expected, and the n
Trust company of Amers
stood the rush of deposits
draw money for four ID
difficulty was an addition
ing factor.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-07
FAILURE IN PlTIU
Westinghouse Electric
Hands of a Rec

Pittsburgh furry d
cial circles, caused by til
ment of four concerns Of q
house interests, was qa
here on Wednesday by IT'D
ton of the Pittsburg ca
association and the Pita'
exchange. The WestinsS
trio Manufacturing ta1
Westinghouse Machine q
the Security Investmelia
holding company for q
house company, are IN y
a receiver appointed BY y
Of the United States circst
fourth concern, the Nerrsl
pany, was turned oVera
Thursday morning.