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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
FORTY WYOMING MINERS INJURED
Dust Explosion Caused by Runaway
Cars at Rock Springs.

Rock Springs Wyo-Forty men
were injured, twenty of them serious
ly,, by an explosion of coal dust in
mine No. 10 Of the Union Pacific Coal
company Thursday afternoon. The ex-
plosion was caused BY a string of Ave
runaway cars, which dashed down the
slope on the rails for 200 feet, jumped
the track and continued several hun
dred feet farther on the floor Of the
slope, raising dense cloud of coal
dust. At the mouth of entry No. 3
forty miners were waiting to be hauled
to the surface. Their lamps ignited
the dust cloud and terrific explosion
occurred. Every man was burned and
battered and score were seriously
hurt. The mine timbers at the point
were destroyed and number of heavy
doors were blown out. The damage Is
not sufficient to cripple the mine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
WORK OF RAILROADS.
Increase In Earnings and Also In Op-
Grating Expenses Over Previous
Year. ..-,.

r. Washington.-The interstate COM
merce commission has made public
an abstract of it's nineteenth annual
statistical report, covering the year
ending June 30, 1896, showing the
par value of the railroad capital out
standing was $14,570,421,47S, or $67,
1886 per mile of the railways in the
United States. Of this over 80 per
cent paid no dividends. Of the rail-
way stock outstanding $2,257, 175,7O9
was owned by railway corporations,
ana of the railway bonds $641,305, O39
were so reported. The aggregate gross
earnings from the operated mileage.
222,340 miles of lines, were $22 ,325, 1885,
1865, being $243,2S2,761 greater than in
1905. The net earnings aggregated
$7SS,SS7 1896, an increase of $97,007,-
642. The net earnings per mile of line,
averaged $3,548. The income attributJ
able to other sources than operating isl
reported at $256,639,591. 7
The report shows 10,G1S persons
killed and 97,706 injured. There was
total of 1,521,355 persons on the pay
roll.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
PARADE KILLED TWO VETERANS.
Meeting of Old Soldiers at Saratoga
Was Last Gathering For Two
Soldiers,

Saratoga, N. Y.-The first business
session of the forty-first annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic took place on Thursday.
The early hours of the session were
devoted to the annual address and re-
ports of Robert B. Brown, command
er-in-chief; Joseph M. O'Neill, adju-
tant general; William H. Armstrong,
senior vice commander-in-chief; DR.. w.
H. Johnson, surgeon general; Warren
Lee Goss, patriotic instructor, and
other officers. Charles G. Burton, of
Nevada, Mo-, was elected commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. The Woman's Relief corps
elected Miss Kate e. Jones, of New
York City, national president.
As result Of the parade Wednes-
day two of the veterans died on
Thursday. ~. -.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY
OF A NEVADA BROKER
Bookkeeper Says He Was Knocked I'm.
conscious by Stranger, Who Got
Away With Thirteen Hundred
Dollars.

Goldfeld, Nev-Herbert e. Riggs,
bookkeeper for E. H. Newland, broker,
was found unconscious on the floor of
his office last Saturday night. The
door of the safe was open and the
cash, amounting to $1,000, had been
taken. A physician was summoned
and Riggs was revived with consider
able difficulty. Two big Jumps on the
forehead showed where he had been
struck with some blunt instrument
Riggs says he was working over his
books when stranger appeared at the
cashiers window and asked for money.
There was stack of gold on the
desk, in front of the bookkeeper at
the time. Riggs says he knew nothing
more until he recovered conscious
ness. When he was found by Harry
Greve, nephew of Newland, heavy
hammer was picked up from the floor
near where he lay. 1t Is thought that
the robber used the hammer on his
victim.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Unsafe Unless Soon Consumed.

Brussels.-D Henry I.'Colt of New.
ark, N. J., strongly opposed in an ad-
dress on Sunday at the international
Milk congress the compulsory pasteur-
ization of milk as a means of effect
lively improving the supply. of milk
DR.. Colt said that to employ pasteur-
ization as anything more than tenn
porary expedient would be undesirable
because it would remove the incent-
i've to the public to compel the pro-
ducer to accomplish an Improvement.
Pasteurzed milk in bulk is not only
intrinsically less desirable than clean
raw milk, declared DR.. Colt, but is ac-
tually unsafe unless it is consumed
within twenty-four hours and Is kept
at or below 10 degrees centigrade $50
degrees Fahrenheit).
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Investigating Bomb Outrage.

Dublin.-The police report of the at
tempt to blow up the hunting lodge of
Lord Ashtown, August 10, maintains
that the fuse was lighted from outside
the house and that the bomb was pre-
pared from a pot that had once been
In the lodge. The police also say they
were kept in ignorance of the fact that
the dogs had been tied UP and that
no entrance was effected from the out
side. 1t is alleged that Lord Ashtown
is the head of an organization OF the
Anti-Irish Land league. Lord Ash
towns home was partly destroyed by
a bomb.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
JACkIES SAVED THE SHIP.
Another Marine Catastrophe Averted
by Bravery of Sailor Boys.


Washington.-The navy department
has just made public the fact that
through a fire in her coal bunkers on
the morning of September the battle
ship Indiana now undergoing repairs
at the League island navy yard mar
rowly escaped destruction, the ammu-
milton in the adjacent magazines be-
ing safely removed only through the
exhibition of the greatest courage ON
the part of the officers and crew.
No damage resulted from the fire,
which was caused by spontaneous
combustion of coal The work OF re-
moving the ammunition from the ad-
jacent twelve-inch and six-inch guns
was, according to the report, proceed
ed with quietly. The two magazines
and the shell rooms became danger
ously heated and were flooded to a
depth of twenty inches. A number Of
men, who entered the magazines and
prevented another terrible catastro-
phe, have been recommended for BRAY
cry by the commander.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
MINES TO Be OPERATED
ON A LIMITED SCALE
Reported That the Amalganated
Copper Company is to Curtail the
Output From Its Mon
tana Mines.

Butte, neutrality-suspicious. OF
copper and temporary lull in de-
mands for the red metal have caused
the Amalgamated Copper company to
curtal its output. Orders have been
issued by which the output of the
Amagamated properties will be re-
duced to about 40 per cent of the nor
NAL production, or from 100000
pounds to about 100000 pounds per
month, and in the future no work will
be done on Sundays.
Curtailing the production to 40 per
cent of the normal production will
mean a reduction in the working
forces that will throw about 5000
men out of employment. When the
mines will resume with full forces is
problematical. The Diamond mine
will be closed and work at the Bel
mont will be completely suspended.
The Gagnon and Parrot mines are
also shut down.
John Gillie, general superintendent
of the Amalgamated properties, act
ing under Managing Director John D..
Ryan, stated that there would be no
general shut down at the present
time For some time" said Mr..
Gillie, "a gradual curtailment Of the
copper production has been going on.
We shall cease all construction
work"
The shut down of the mines will
avert fuel famine this winter. Re-
ducing the output of the Amalgamat-
ed properties will have far-reaching
effect. With less tonnage to Great
Falls and Anaconda it will be neces-
sary to shut down portions of the
smelters in these cities, thus throw
ing out of employment couple Of
thousand men. The action of the
Amalgamated Copper company in
adopting the Sunday closing rule will
probably be followed by all copper
companies operating in Butte.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
PLAGUE CAUSES APPREHENSION.
Two Deaths Occur in San Francisco in
One Day.

San Francisco.-Chan Mon We,
president of the Chinese Six COM
panies, was found dead on Friday at
742 Sacramento street, in Chinatown.
Death was due to plague. A Greek la
borer who was taken i'll in house
in Greek street, near the water front,
also died. The total number of cases
to date, since May 81, is "a; deaths, 10.
The board of health says: 1871 e '"
'Rumors of an alarming nature hav-
ing reached the board of health in re-
gard to the so-called bubonic plague,
the president of the board, by Its au-
thority, hereby declares that there ex-
lists at present in San Francisco moth
ing that need cause any alarm, much
less the quarantining of the city, and
that there is at present no intention to
make such quarantine"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
KAISER WILHELM HOLDS RECORD
New Cunarder Lusitania Failed to
Maintain Speed of German Liner.

New York-The giant turbine
steamer Lusitania of the Cunard line
came into port on Friday on her maid
en- voyage, with a new record of five
days and fifty-four minutes between
Queenstown and New York. The Lusi-
tania failed to lower the hourly speed
average of 1888 knots made by the
Kaiser Wilhelm H. Of the North Ger
man Lloyd line, though she covered
the distance between ports in average
of 23.O1 knots. which is record for
a maiden voyage. Captain Watts said
that when the time comes for record
breaking after her machinery is in
thorough order, the Lusitania will be
the empress of the SEAS
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Killed by Powder Explosion.

Alton, Ill.--Fifteen thousand pounds
of powder exploded Saturday at the
Equitable Powder works, at East AL
ton, two miles from here, killing Chas.
McGinnis and shocking Chas. McGilser
50 that his mind is gone. The shock
of the explosion was felt throughout
Alton. Houses trembled, windows rat
tied and many people thought there
was an earthquake. McGinnis and his
helper, working in the glazing mill,
was letting powder run from a drum
into key. McGilser was wheeling
truck one hundred yards away.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Machinists Donate $4,000 to the Erie
Strikers Fund.

st. Louis, Mo.-The convention OF
the International Association of Ma.
chinists voted $4,000 on Saturday for
the benefit of the Erie railway strikes.
In discussing the matter, President
James OConnell declared he intended
to fight harder than ever to win the
Erie strike. He also said he resented
the written charge by General Manager
Stewart of the Erie road, that $4,000
had been paid for immunity from
strikes and that no strikes were called
while the money was paid.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Taft Leaves on Friday, the Thirteenth

Seattle, Wash.-When the steamship
Minnesota of the Great Northern
Steamship company pulled out from
the dock Friday morning, the 18th, at
8 o'clock, having aboard Secretary of
War William H. Taft, Ambassador to
Japan Thomas ]. O'Brien, Peter Au-
gustus Jay, first secretary of the en-
bassy to Toxic; Commissioners Thorn
as Burke and M. F. Backus of the Yu-
kon-Pacific exposition, as we'll as other
less important persons, she was exact
ly 6S hours or nearly three days be-
hind her schedule time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Heney Will Soon be Able to Retire

Portland, Ore.-Francis l. Heney.
who is now on his way to San Fran
cisco, announced to friends before
leaving Protland that when he had fin
ished the prosecution of various per.
sons indicted for offenses against the
national government and the municjp.
al government of San Francisco, he
would retire as prosecutor and de-.
vote his attention to private law prac.
tice. Following the close of the prose-
cution In which he is interested, he
will go to Europe with Mrs. Heney for
q pleasure trip
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Blue Laws of PENNSYLVANIA.

Johnstown, Pa.-The Pennsylvania
Railway company disregarded the Or
der served upon 1t by the South Fork
borough to refrain from selling tickets
at that point Sunday as result of the
blue law crusade and the electric light
plant which had also been served, coa-
tinued in operation. The crusaders will
seek to have the law enforced against
these corporations. Aside from these
infractions, the borough was closed up
tight Sunday. ID cream parlors, soda
water fountains pd restaurant, cigar
and drug stores ERE closed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Braw in a Negro Dive Results in
Murder.

Ogden, Utah.-A homicide occurred
Saturday in which one negro shot and
killed another in the Assembly saloon,
managed by negro. In the upstairs
Of the saloon, some negroes were shak-
ing dice for the drinks Sam Clowd-
en- and c. c. Clark had a dispute.
Clark pulled gun and attempted to
strike Clowden over the head. AS he
did SO, the gun went off and the shot,
instead of striking Clowden, went over
his head and struck and killed Louis
Jones, another negro who was not a
participant in the alteration and had
not INDUCED in the game.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Special Session of Nebraska LegsIa
Iature to Settle Rate Middle.

Lincoln, Neb.--The state railway
commission has agreed to postpone in
definitely the further hearing on grain
rate reductions until the federal
court acts on the request of the rail
roads for temporary Injunction. The
restraining order of Tuesday prevented
the commission from plumulgating
AlCrick, attorney for the commission,
has asked the governor to call spe-
cial session of the legislature provid-
ing the new rates are tied I'D indefi.
nitely In the courts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Cost of Panama Canal.

Washington.-The Panama canal
cost America $S4,449,000 up to Dec.
81, 1906, according to statement of
the audited expenditures made as of
that date and just published. The
bulk of this expenditure was the $780,
100000 to the French company and
the Panama government for the can
al property, right of way and fran,
chises, and $3,449,033 went for mater
ial and supplies. For general admins
tration there was expended $1,124,200:
government and sanitation, $4,3S1, 0S9,
and construction and engineering,
$9,729,554.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Eiahty Hebrews Put to Death.

Dralia, Roumania.-Newsh has reached
here of another anti-Jewish outbreak
which occurred Monday at Kishinev.
No less than eighty lost their lives in
encounters. The Jewish quarter was
attacked by organized bands of roughs,
who looted houses and shops and ruth
lessly killed or wounded all who at
tempted to defend their property. The
Jews are fleeing in state of panic.
Many of them who made their way
to banks of the Pruth in the hope of
finding protection in Roumania were
driven back by frontier guards.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Man Engages in Duel With Conductor
and is Killed.

e Sacramento, Cal.-Because Conduc-
tor JEFF Gage of the Southern Pacific
Sacramento, put him off the train on
his refusal to pay his fare, an unknown
man seriously wounded the conductor
and was himself killed in pistol duel
Sunday afternoon just after the train
left Tracy The bullet lodged in
Cages trousers, just beneath the vest.
The fact that the bullet had to pene-
,trate three thickness of clothing Is
probably all that saved Gage from be-
ing killed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
ADULTS BARRED FROM SCHOOL.
chicagoans Object to Foreigners Being
Thrown With School Children.

Chicago.-A recommendation by the
superintendent of the Chicago public
schools, to the effect that certain adult
foreigners be admitted as pupils in
one of the schools, brought out the
fact that proposals to admit any
adults, especially any Orientals, will
meet very strong opposition from
members of the school board. Super
intendent Cooley, in formal commune
cation Thursday night, recommended
that 3 Japanese, l Persian, 3 Hol-
landers, 2 Irishmen and an English
man be admitted to an ungraded room
which had been provided at the Jones
school building. DR.. Guerin, one of
the school trustees, at once objected
to admitting adults and especially any
Oriental adults, to the schools where
they would be thrown into association
with children.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
u
JAPS KEEPING COOL.
Depend Upon Justice, Friendship ana
Fair Play of Canadians. -.

Ottawa, Ont.-A cablegram from
Toxic to Japanese Consul General
Nosse, referring to the Oriental riots
at Vancouver, says: T.
The feeling, in spite of the char
acter of the disturbance being much
graver than that of San Francisco, is
favorable to Canada. While greatly
regretting that this deplorable Incl
dent should occur within dominion
of the British empire, whose ally ia
pan is, the tone of the press is calm
and the public shows no excitement.
All are depending upon the justice,
friendship and fair play of the people
of Canada, fully expecting that meas
ures will be taken to protect Japanese
lives and property"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
TWO ROBBERS
HOLD Up TRAIN
Drive Mail Clerks From the Car and
Carry Away Registered Mail
After Dynamiting Safe.
Montana the Scene of Another Train
Robbery in Which No One is Hurt,
Although Robbers Kept up
Continuous FussiIade to
Terrify Passengers.

St. Paul.-The Great Northern ORR.
entail Limited train No. /, which left
st. Paul Tuesday morning, was held
up by two masked men seven miles
west of Rexford, Mont, early Thurs.
day morning. The robbers crawled
over the tender and, at the point of
their guns, commanded the engineer
to stop the train. They then ordered
him to go back with them to the ex-
press car, and instructed him to tell
the express messenger, mail clerk and
baggageman to go back into the
coaches.
While this was being done, the rob-
bers kept up continuous fusillade
with their guns to terrify the passen-
gers. After the messenger and mail
clerk left their cars the robbers went
through the mail cars and robbed
the sacks of large quantity Of regis
tered mail. Then they went into an
express car, which carried an overflow
of mail, baggage and express, and
which contained a regular through
safe. After exploding three charges,
the safe was opened and found empty.
The robbers did not enter the regular
express car.
On finding the safe empty the high
waymen helped themselves to the reg.
istered mail and after firing parting
volley disappeared.
One Of the robbers is described as
being about SO years of age and about
s feet II inches tall, and the other
considerably shorter. They wore black
clothes and black soft hats.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
COAL SHORT IN THE EAST.
Pennsylvania Operators Regard situa-
ton as Serious.

Philadelphia and btu
minous operators say that the coal sit
uation is growing serious throughout
the state and 1t is freely predicted that
before midwinter there will be fam
inc. The supply Of water has already
become a serious problem in the an
thracite region. The labor supply has
been below normal for several weeks
Both anthracite and bituminous opera
tors are selling coal from stored
stocks to supply the demand.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Mexico Is Troubled With Immigration
Problem.

Ell Paso-Tt seems semi-officially an
nounced that the government Of Next
co purposes to establish a federal dis
trict along the border to occupy the
same territory occupied by the iona
Libre, which was abolished two years
ago. The district will be under con-
troll of the federal authorities and a
governor appointed by President Diaz
immigration difficulties and recent
smuggling scandals are said to have
led Secretary of the Treasury Liman.
tour to recommend this measure.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20
Romance Ends in Shooting ARRAY.

San Francisco.-An ardent courtship
that began in Italy several years ago
eliminated in Los Angeles, Saturday
morning in tragedy when Lorenzo
Isaia, an Italian baker, shot and seri-
ously wounded Maria Isaia an Italian
waitress. Isaia was lodged in Jail. Il
shot her." he said, because she no
longer loved me-" Although the couple
are of the same name they are no re-
lation. They were sweethearts sew.
eral years ago in Italy lsaia went to
the house where Maria was working
as a waitress and began shooting.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-20

A hint will manage a gentleman.
and a club clown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-06
WORK OF MAHOGANY HUNTER.
Practiced Eye Needed to Locate tho
Valuable Timber.

Mahogany trees do not grow in
clusters, but are scattered throughout
the forest and hidden in dense
growth of underbrush, vines and
creepers and require a skillful and
experienced woodsman to find them.
He seeks the highest ground in for
est, climbs to the top of the tallest
tree and surveys the surrounding
country. The mahogany has Pc
culiar foliage and his practiced eye
soon detects the trees within sight.
The axmen follow the hunter and
then come the sawyers and hewers,
large mahogany taking two men full
day to fell it. The tree has large
spurs, which project from the trunk
at its base, and scaffolds must be
erected so that the tree can be cut
off above the spurs. This leaves q
stump ten to fifteen feet high. which
IS sheer waste. as the stump really
contains the best lumber. The hunter
has nothing to do with the work OF
cutting or removing the tree, his duty
being simply to locate it. II he is
clever and energetic his remuneration
may amount to $500 or $1,000 a
month, but he may travel weeks at
time without detecting tree, and as
ne is generally paid by results his
earnings are rather preca,'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-06
PLEA ron sELF.RELlANcE.
Charles 6. Dawes Good Advice TO
Young Men In Business.

~ T. + 4 " y s. L + n.
This is hard world in business. 1t
always has been and always Will BE-
There are many good and generous
men In t.. There are many who VIII
lend helping hand to you in your ad-
versity, but in the time Of need you
will not find them among the men
who tried to get you to embark IN
speculation with your little surplus,
and to sell you something which
would help you to easy money" Be
self.reliant. Make your own investi-
cation into investments. When you
cannot, put your money in good
savings bank Distrust the financial
demagogues as you distrust the po-
litical demagogue. Keep your hand
on your pocketbook as you travel life
first. to give always in proportion
to your means to those who are poor
er; second, to hold from those who
would take through force or fraud
what you need for yourself and yours.
You will then, writes Mr.. Dawes In
the Saturday Evening Post have your
hama where most of the other fellows
have only their eyes. In this alone
you will have the advantage OF them.