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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
'CREMATED IN
HIS own HOUSE
George Mox xox Accidently
Sets Fire to His House
While Intoxicated
Special to Evening Teller.

Special to Evening Teller.
JULIAETTA. Idaho, Jan. 2s.-
George Mox Mox, the well known Nez
PIERCE Indian, was cremated in his own
home q few miles south Of here on
Big Lapwai creek, at an early hour
yesterday morning. Portions OF his
charred body were found in the de-
bris of the house after the embers had
sufficiently cooled to permit of
search.
Mox Mox went to Juliaetta and
Kendrick yesterday. and returned
home in an intoxicated condition. He
brought with him two bottles of pure
alcohol.
| When intoxicated Mox Mox was a
quarrelsome man. About the first
thing he did after he reached home,
was to drive his wife and children out
of the house. They went to the home
of neighbors to stay.
Well Known in Washington.
4 About o'clock in the morning the
Mox Mox house was discovered to be
in flames. 1t was in them that the
old Indian came to his terrible end.
i The superstition is that about that
hour the man, in attempting to take
drink of the alcohol. spilled some Of
it. or it exploded from match or
lamp. setting fire to everything, and
Mox Mox was unable to get out.
Mox Mox was about So years Of age
, nephew of PEG PEG Mox Mox. the
o11ef of the Nez Perez tribe. 1t /.
| claimed for him that he was a Gloss
relative to Chief Joseph.
Mox Mox was graduate of thu
, Carlyle Indiana school, an educated
man. and had an excellent command
Of the English language. On severa
, occasions when the Nez Perez sen
l resolutions or complaints to presi
: dents in Washington. Mox Mox head
. ed the delegation, and because of hi
/ commanding figure, fine features an
!, suave manner, became quite noted i
t the national capitol.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
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. CHIT CHAT ABOUT OUR LEG =
. ISlATORS. <
Representative Smith an Author.

Representative Smith of Nee PIERCE
county Is one Of the literary members
or the present session. He has at var
ious times had published books Of
poems and other matters relating
more closely to school work, some of
them very successfully. He has for
the past five years been at work on a
volume Of synonyms and antonyms.
for use in the public schools, which
has been passed upon very favorably
by publishers. and which he expects
to have issued for the market in the
near future. Mr. Smith says the worl
is especially adapted for the public
schools, though 1t would be a good
handy volume for any one to have.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
new JUDICIAL
DISTRICT TALK
Creation Of New Counties
Will vitality Effect
North Idaho

BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 23-Judge w.
w. Woods and John p. Gray OF Wal
lace, representing the bar association
OF Shoshone county, are in Boise for
the purpose Of looking into the mat
ter Of the proposed creation OF an
other judicial district IN the northern
end Of the state.
When Vthe association heard that the
division Of Kootenai county was prob
able and that the division Is expected
to result In the laying out of another
judicial district meeting was held
and 1t was decided that IL change
was to be made in the judicial districts
Shoshone desired to be placed IN
district by itself.
1t was the rumor that in the pro-
jected redistricting Shoshone county
was to be combined with Latah, the
two to make new district.
This the Shoshone County Bar as
ISOLATION is opposed to- II any new
boundaries are laid out Shoshone
wants to be in district by itself
Suggestion From Waldrip.
Judge Woods said that the Shoshone
Bar association is In favor Of con-
stltutional amendment 10 do away
with the probate court as 1t at present
exists and place It's affairs under the
jurisdiction Of the district courts.
This would have the effect Of put
ting each first class county in a dis
frict by itself which Judge Woods be-
lieves would be the most desirable and
least expensive method of conducting
the business of the courts.
with regard to the talk about Gre
afing another judicial district in thu
northern part of the state Senator
Waldrip of Nez Perez county says
that If his county is divided on lines
that would cut IL into three parts, al
may probably be suggested by bill
10 be introduced later. two of thes'
parts could be taken with the whole o
Idaho county into one district Will
The remaining part to be known a
the original county of Nez Perez
could be joined to Latah, making an
other district.
The Second judicial district as 1t ex
lists at present, including Idaho. Ne
Perce and Latah counties has such a
amount OF business as to make
hard for one Judge to attend to It,
Latah County UrfavorabIe.
senator Truitt who represents La
sah county in the senate. stated yes
terday that the proposition to crea'
a new judicial district in the norther
part of the state by which Lata
county would be taken out of II
second judicial district and put VIII
Shoshone in a new district Is n
looked upon with favor by the either
Of his county
n Kootenai county is divided
proposed, the supporters of the pls
to create a new judicial district wa
Kootenai as 1t now exists to compri
one district instead of what Is nc
comprised in all of Kootenai al
Shoshone In separate district, lea
ing Idaho e~H Neg PArne 90 i've Sc
ond district IN another 6'vas'n".
ID
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
Horne Missionary Convention

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.--The Congre-
gationaR Home Missionary Workers
convention opened in this city Today
with an attendance OF several scnrJ
delegates from every state in tht
Union, The meeting as intended tc
mark a new era in missionary zeal IL
the Congregational church.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
CHIT CHAT ABOUT OUR LEG
ISLATURE.

WhitweIi Favors Local Option.


In speaking of the local option
question Senator Whitwell of Lemhi
said that he had heard of no report
split among the democrats on the
issue. He said that while 1t was
agreed in caucus that the democrats
would stand by local option the de-
cision of the caucus was not binding
in any way upon any member of the
far as he himself was concerned, he
had always stood for local option,
had always voted for il and always
expected To.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23

The news while II 10 nsws-reIIsr.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23

The largest siass OF beer N town n
shs Tacoma.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-23
Was Once in the Army.

Some 20 years ago when the gov
eminent attempted to make soldiers
out of the Indians. Mox Mox enlisted,
and served for some time at North
Yakima, Wash. He was made a corr
poral but lost his schevrons because
he spent too much of his time in the
guard house for excessive indulgence
in liquor
Drinking was Mox Mox's besettine
sin. When in his cups he had the
habit Of taking whatever he saw thai
took his fancy. For such tricks and
for "bootlegging." he had served many
sentences in the penitentiary and less
err penal places.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
ARREST SOON
EXPECTED IN CASE OF SLAIN
NEGRESS.
Negro Detained May Throw Light on
Mystery-Strangle After At
tempted Assault.

An arrest which may clear up the
mysterious murder of Louisa Liggins.
the negress whose body was found in
a dump in the Down Neck section early
last week, is hourly expected, but the
police refuse to divulge the name of
the suspect.
That the suspected person knows
much about Louisa Liggins the police
feel certain, and the fact that he dis
appeared just as the body was identi-
fled strengthens the belief that he
either slew the girl or knows who did.
Detective Sergeants Tuite, Horter and
Templeton arrested Arthur Burrell, a
negro. 80 years old, Saturday night.
Burrell was quite interested in the woman.
He is still detained at headquarters. Cap
tain Carroll thinks that he knows much
about the woman's whereabouts on Sat-
urday although he stoutly maintains his
innocence of any part in the death of the
woman. He will be held pending further
investigation.
Captain Carroll now thinks that the
woman was strangled to death In n fight
for her honor, and that the one who slew
her made similar attempt at an assault
before.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
NEBRASKA MOB
STRINGS UP
MURDERER

OMAHA, Aug. 26.-Loris Higgins,
who murdered W. L. Copple and wife,
farmers, near Rosalie, Neb., May 12,
was lynched at Bancroft today. Sheriff
Young, of Thurston County came TO
Omaha Sunday night to get his pris-
oner, who had been in the Douglas
County Jail here since his capture, and
took him to Bancroft on train which
arrived there about o'clock in the
morning,
Twenty men took Higgins from the
sheriff, hauled him off in dray, and
hung him to q tree. When the sheriff
left for Omaha Sunday he was accosted
by citizens at Bancroft, who asked him
what he would do If they attempted to
lynch Higgins.
"Shoot the first man who tries it." he
said.
"Well, we just wanted to know;
chances are you will have some shoot
ing to do
Higgins's crime was a wanton one
He had worked on the Copple farm ano
had some trivial dispute with Mr.. Cop.
pie. Anger over this is the only sug-
gestion of a reason for the murder. He
killed both in the barnyard with a gun.
He was a young man, and after his ar
rest became radically religious, partici-
pating in every service held at the jail.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
TOO DILATORY
LATE CORTLANDT PARKER
ONE OF APPLICANTS.
Keasbey and Goerke Also Did Not Ask
for Assessment Review Soon
Enough.

Because they had delayed too long
in making their applications for writs
of certiorari reviewing the action of
the assessing bodies, Chief Justice
Gurnmere in the Supreme Court circuit
today denied the writs prayed for
some time ago on behalf of the late
Cortlandt Parker and Edward @.
Keasbey and Rudolph j. Goerke.
Parker and Keasbey had been as
sessed S1,161 for the paving of Ave-
nue. in connection with a tract
owned by them, and Georke claimed
that he had been made an award of
$24O for property owned by him on
Grove terrace. Irvington, when the
East Speedwady was opened, while he
paid $500 for the land and 1t was now
worth $4,000 He became its owner ON
October %. 1904.
The certiorari proceedings first
named were brought by former Judge
Alfred r. Skinner against the Mayor
and Common Council while the other
was brought by Lehlbach & Johnson
against the Irffigton authorities.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
GRUDdE DID NOT DIE
SECOND VISIT OF A FORM IER
PATRON WHO SHOT TWO.
Hungarian Baker Gets Ninety Days for
Appearing at East Kinney Street
House with Revolver.

Carl Antoni, 3S years old, Hunga-
rian and baker by trade. whose recent
address was IFS East Kinney street,
who went to the home of Mrs. Gussie
Schoenenweisser, of GIL Bergen street,
his former iandlady. late Saturday
night. it is alleged, armed with loaded
revolver was arraigned in the Fourth
Precinct Police Court yesterday and
committed to the county jail for ninety
days.
About two years ago the defendant
left the apartments of the complainant
and shortly afterward he returned,
claiming that he had left some of his
belongings. This Mrs. Schoenenweisser
denied, and Antoni drew a revolver and
shot the woman in the hip, and Sec
ond bullet aimed at her struck her
daughter, years old. He then shot
himself. The girls wound was but a
slight one, but Antoni and the woman
spent some time in hospital
When she recovered Mrs. Schoenen-
welsser charged her assailant with as
sault and battery with intent to kill
and he was sentenced to prison for
eighteen months. Antoni was released
about three weeks ago and reappeared
at the complainant's home under the
influence of liquor. The woman lost no
time in informing Policeman Pasko, Of
the Fourth Precinct station, who was
nearby, and Pasko rushed to the house
and placed Antoni under arrest. The
prisoner attempted to put up fight,
but was overpowered by the policeman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
POLICEMAN SHOOTS IN
CHASE AFTER QUINTET.
Two Who Halt Say They Were Simply
Skylarking, Not Burglars, as
First Supposed.

Some one telephoned the Second
Precinct police at midnight Saturday
that burglars were trying to get into
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor at
115 Montclair avenue. Desk Sergeant
Ebert was on duty and he sent
Roundsman Jones and Policemen
Todd, Glennon and Rosenfeld to the
house Arriving there they saw FIVE
young men run off the front porch
and down the street toward Washing
ton avenue. Todd gave chase and was
obliged to fire off nis revolver twice
before the fleeing men paid any at
tention to him.
Then two OF them stopped. They
were Ira M. Jackson, of S1S Washing
ton avenue, and Harold Ring, of IL
Halleck street. They were taken back
to the house, where they were con-
fronted with Mrs. Taylor. They in
formed her that they lived in the vicin-
ity and were only skylarking at the
time. She then agreed to overlook the
matter and told the police she would
not make a camplaint against the men.
They were then let go.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
BOY FELL % FEET
NEWARK LAD Is HURT IN
MOUNTAIN. TUMBLE.
Carl Bettinger, of Lafayette Street, Made
Misstep When Millburn Watchman
Called to Him.

Carl Bettinger, 13 years old. son of
Charles Bettinger, an engraver. of 400
Lafayette street, fell down the noun
tain at Lighthipe's quarry, Millburn,
yesterday afternoon, sustaining severe
bruises about the body and a scalp
wound. Bettinger fell sixty feet and Is
now confined to his bed as a result. In
his descent he struck John Hoban, of
423 Lafayette street, one of his COM
panions breaking his fall. Hoban was
standing on the ledge of a rock at the
time.
Bettinger, with Hoban, Harry Doyle,
of 421 Lafayette street, and William
Welles, left this city yesterday for a
stroll through Millburn. They left their
homes about noon and reached the
quarry at about 3 o'clock They imme-
diately started to climb the mountain
and were half way to the top when the
watchman at the quarry shouted to
them to go no further. Bettinger turned
to see who had issued the command,
made misstep and fell.
His companions were near him at the
time, and. becoming frightened and
thinking Bettinger would be dashed to
pieces at the bottom, they hurried
down. They ran to the aid of their
companion, finding him in a semi-con-
scious condition. They carried him to
the house of William Flemming. brother
of the watchman, who lives nearby, and
DIR. d. e. English, of Millburn, was
summoned
He dressed the lads wounds and at 6
O'Clock last night he was taken to his
home in this city. Arriving here, DR..
George Corrigan, the family physician,
took him in charge. The Hoban boy
escaped with slight injuries.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
FIVE REPORTED LOST
CAPTAIN AND MEMBERS OF
CREW. OF A DREDGE.
Were on Tug That Was Run Down by
an Ocean Steamship-Happened
Near Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Aug 26.--Tbe tug
collision with the British steamer Barn.
stable last night in the Patapsco River
off Sparrows Point. Five men are be-
lieved to have lost their lives out OF
twenty-five who were on the tugboat
Six of the survivors clambered up the
| side of the steamer by means of the
anchor chain. The remainder were
picked up by the steamers boat or
swan to dredge moored nearby. The
names of the missing men follow:
w. A. Boyd, of Baltimore, pilot; T. J.
Ehbert, of Brooklyn, cook, and Charles
Cherry, of Baltimore, messboy of the
tug, and J. B. Johnson, of Wilmington,
Del, captain, and Charles White, adj
dress unknown deckhand of the
dredge.
Confusion of signals seems to have
caused the accident, each side claiming
that the other was at fault. Captain
Davidson, of the Barnstable, said that
when the vessels were within about a
hundred feet Of each other the tug sud
denly changd its course and attempted
to cross the steamers bows. Before
the latter craft could be stopped 1t
struck the tug, sending it to the bottom
in a few minutes. The Barnstable was
not damaged.
On the part of the tugboat it was
claimed that her course was changed in
compliance with a second signal from
the Barnstable. The Gerry was on her
way to the dredge Standard, which is
engaged in widening and deepening the
channel at Seven-foot Knoll The Barn
stable was bound to this port from
Jamaica, with passengers and a cargo
of fruit.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
WANTS BAIL OF
DEU T SCH
LOWERED
Argument Before Chief JUS
tice on Case Of Perth
AmbOy Banker.

Chief Justice Gummere in the Su-
preme, Court circuit today reserved
decision on an application to reduce
the bail of Joseph Deutsch. of Perth
Amboy, the banker. now confined in
the Middlesex County Jail on a charge
of embezzlement. His bank was a
private institution and the specific
charge is that he emblezzled 5000 of its
funds belonging to depositors. He is
alleged, however, to have misappro-
priated more than that and the matter
came up today in connection with an
application for writ of habeas cor
pus issued by the chief justice direct
ing that Deutsch be produced by the
Middlesex authorities.
1t was agreed between Charles 7.
Cowenhoven. Deutschs counsel, end
George Berdine, Prosecutor of Middle
sex County, who appeared for the
State. that the defendants presence
was not necessary, and the statement
was simply made to the court that the
former bail of $4,000 fixed by tho Court
of Quarter Sessions of Middlesex Coun-
ty had been reduced to $4,000. The
counsel asked that the bail be reduced
to some amount between $4,000 and
$4,000
1t was further set forth that Deutsch.
who was caught in Holland and
Drought TO this country on extradition
papers, had been in Jail for about eigh-
Teen weeks and had merely been plead
I'D, no trial having yet been held in his
case. Mr.. Cowenhoven said the amount
for by Deutsch did not
exceed $1,000.
Mr.. Cowenhoven insisted that Deutsch
was being deprived of his constitutional
rights, as he was unable to furnish the
large amount of bail In default of which
he was now held.
In reply Prosecutor Berdine stated to
the court that Deutsch had done busl-
ness in violation of the law and de-
cafnped from the county when creditors
pressed him hard.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
HOT WORK AT FIRE
BLAZE IN NEW YORK SYRIAN
QUARTER TODAY.
Warehouse Filled with Oil, Turpentine
and other Infammable Material
That Caused Explosions.

NEW YORK, Aug ga fire that tried
the mettle of the hre fighters and caused
great excitement along the water front
near the Battery here started at 7:bo
O'Clock this morning In the five-story
storage warehouse of Hagan g. Co, at 90
and "a Washington street, and extending
through to 80 West street The cracking
OF the flames were accentuated at frequent
intervals by loud explosions, and the fire.
men were compelled to use extreme eau
tion The explosions were caused by oils,
turpentines and other combustibles stored
in the building.
Deputy Chief Binns. who had charge of
the force of tiremen, attacked the flames
vigorously, and despite the combustiblo
nature OF the. material managed to con-
fine them to the building in which they
started
The repeated explosions alarmed the oc-
cupants of adjoining tenements, who rush
ed to the streets, adding to the confusion.
The police ordered the tenants of one big
building to get out till the danger was
past.
An unexpected accident after it was
thought the fire was under control gave it
a new start on the firemen. The fireboat
New Yorker came to the pier nearest to
the blaze and was working in connection
with engine 40. when suddenly hose
burst, and this caused cessation of the
stream at a very critical time.
The fire-fighters managed to confine the
flames to the fourth and fifth floors,
where the principal damage was done, but
the other floors were pretty well soaked
with water.
The fremen were handicapped by the
iron shutters on the building, which had
not been opened and which made It diff
cult to get a stream through to the flames.
Chief Binns was compelled several times
to order his men to move to safer po-
sitions and once a number of men were
caught in a back draught on the third
floor and compelled to drop their line and
retire.
The neighborhood in which the fire took
place is the Syrian quarters of the city,
and the windows of all the tenements In
that district were peopled with wide-eyed
foreigners excitedly watching the spec
tacular blaze.
The loss is estimated to be confined to
about $4,000.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-26
TO
MEET THIS
EVENING
County Committee Unde-
cided About Chairman.
CuSaCk'S Successor.

When the Democratic County Com
mittee meets tonight in Lyric Hall, in
Plane street, Judge David T.. Howell
will call the assemblage to order for
the last time. as his resignation was
placed in the hands of the secretary of
the committee. James e. Reilly, several
days ago. 1t is possible that one of the
vice-presidents will take Judge How
ellis place temporarily. The new COM
mittee is elected at the primaries or
September 10, and officially organized
| in January .&s
| Although the resignation of Judge
Howell has not yet been accepted it Il
| thought that he cannot, be- HerauRdeG
10 serve longer, for in Hish4eft6N' t6 Sec
retary James e. Reilly he gave as his
reasons for resigning that police mag
istrate should not be the chairman of a
party organization.
A number of candidates for the posi-
tion have already been mentioned to
serve until the new committee is or
ganized, for the leaders seem to think
that man chosen permanently at this
time might not meet with the approval
of the new committee. The leaders
are proceeding carefully.
Walter |. Mccoy, of South Orange;
John J. Bolan, of Orange, and Tyler
Parmley, of this city, are the vice.
presidents of the committee, one of
whom will probably fill the vacancy
caused by Judge Howell's resignation,
although William Hoffman, treasurer
of the committee, and Lewis Lewis,
an executive committeeman, have been
mentioned.
Previous TO the committee meeting
the executive committee of the Six
teenth Ward will hold meeting at the
hall to decide on ward candidates. 1t is
said that School Commissioner j. Ed
ward Smith, who has signifled his in
tention of seeking the nomination for
the Board of Works, has changed his
mind and will be indorsed for Alderman
from the Sixteenth Ward.
1t was said today that the situation
created In the Board of Freeholders by
the removal of Freeholder John Cusack,
of the Twelfth Ward, to an asylum may
be discussed at the meeting, although
the committee will not take any definite
action on the matter, as 1t is in the
hands of Common Council to appoint
his successor or let the place remain
vacant until the fall election. 1t is said
that School Commissioner Dennis Toye,
of the Twelfth Ward, is favored by
many as a successor to the Freeholder.