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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-16
0 B Peterson, road work
On the Road District No 43 Fura

On the Road District No 43 Fund
w I Austin, road work On =.
Geo Hays, road work % oV
Cecil Mowlds, road work 40 30
Frrnk Stevenson, road work w w
John Pledger, road work w w
The matter of the equalization If - "
es for the year 1907 was continual YAK
At this time the board sdiournad !.
inspec, the County Poor Farm ana 70
meet in session Monday, July 20. loS ~
at 9 o'clock A. NJ. i'o'
Moscow, Idaho, Monday July %, 1897
Board met this day pursuant to al
journment present as before. 'u-
The matter OF the equalization of tax
es for the year 1907 was at this time tak
en- under consideration. van
Report of A Davies, as oyersear :,
road district no % was examined az
approved. A"u
Bond of James Eutsler for liouor !;
cense in the sum of $4,000 90 was era,
ined and approved and license to ra,a;I
Intoxicating liquors at Moscow. Idah"
during the year ending July 1908 =
hereby ordered issued to the said .Ianas
Eutsler. os
Joint Statement of the Auditor and
and Treasurer was examined and apnror
ed and ordered spread upon the Minntss
In the matter of the petition of
Louis Dewitt, ct al, for change of nnh,
lie road in road district no 49, affidsv;to
having been filed herein, setting forth
to the satisfaction of this board Tho,
misrepresentation were made bv soma
OF the petitioners herein, and that ;be
said petition was not signed by 10 res;'
dents of said road district no 35 il i
hereby ordered by this board tb.t oII
orders heretofore made in said road cosn
be set aside and held for naught and thai
the overseer of road district no * ho
and he is hereby ordered to omen I'm
said road and the whole thereof 40 +
was before said petition was filed
In the matter OF the petition of F. T.
Cole, ct al, for public road in road dis.
trict no 30, it is ordered that the same
be rejected and all orders heretofora
made herein are hereby set aside and
held for naught.
1t is further ordered that the costs of
viewing and surveying be assessed
against the bondsmen herein.
Whereas, it appears from the records
OF Latah county, Idaho; that H r Smith
and } r Strong have received and re.
tanned, during their terms of office. Ger.
tain fees which the Supreme court of
the state of Idaho has but recently de.
clded was money properly belonging to
the county,
Now, therefore, the Prosecuting At.
torney is hereby instructed to file writ.
ten opinion as to wether or not an act
ion will now lie to recover said money
and If 80, to Immediately commence act.
ion to recover any and all moneys which
may be found to be due said Latab
Claim of H Kirkwood. on the cur
rent expense Fund, for surveying pri.
vate roads in the sum of $500, was re.
lected on account of not being a legal
claim against the county.
Claims against Latah county were ex-
amined and allowed and the auditor ia
hereby directed to draw warrants in set.
element thereof as follows;
On the Current Expense Fund:
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-16

III matter Of the equalization of tax
es for the year 1907 was continued.
At this time the board adjourned to
meet tomorrow, Friday, July 10, 1907,
at 8 o'clock a m.
Moscow, Idaho, Friday July 10. 1907.
Board met this day pursuant to adj
journment present as before.
The matter of the equalization of taxes
for the year 1907 was at this time taken
under consideration.
Report of Geo Herzog as overseer Of
road district No 20 was examined and
approved.
Affidavit and application of N Clarke
for county aid to Mrs G T Crow was
ordered llced in the Commissioners
files.
Application of Crawford Coats for an
pointment as Justice of the Peace of
Gold rs,k Precinct was ordered placed
In the Commissioners files.
IL is at this time ordered that Geo w
Wilson, overseer of road district No 2e
be directed to move any and all obstruc-
tions from the public highway passing
over the land of @ L Butterfield in road
district No 20
This being the time fixed by the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Twelve Men Declare Labor
Leader is Not Guilty OF
Crime Charged.
Prisoner is Released and Jury Dis.
charged, But Meyer and Pettibone
Must Face Trisl.--Orehsrd
Insists He Told the Truth
and is Ready for
Punishment.

Boise, Idaho William d. Haywood,
defendant In one of the most noted
trials of the age, involving conspiracy
and murder is free man, the jury
having reported an agreement early
Sunday morning, their verdict being
Not guilty"
1t was after being out for twenty
one hours that the jury, which at
first had been divided eight to four,
and then seemed deadlocked at ten
to two, finally came to an agreement
shortly after the first faint streaks of
the coming day showed gray above
the giant hills which wall Boise to
the north and east. Judge Wood was
notified that the jury had reached an
agreement and convened court to re-
ceive the verdict. When the verdict
was read that meant freedom for
Haywood, tears welled to the eyes of
the man who, during the eighty days
OF his trial had sat with stolid indif.
ference written upon his every fea-
ture--at last the icy armor he had
thrown about himself with the first
day of jury selection had been pierced
and whatever OF pent-up feeling had
been contained within was loosed
Haywood's attorneys were fairly lifted
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
ANOTHER RUSSIAN MuTlNY.
seminovsky Regiment Refuses to Par
ticipate In Maneuvers.

st. Petersbura While Emperor
Nicholas was reviewing the troops en-
camped at Krasnoye-Seio on Wednes
day, tie Seminovsky regiment refused
to participate in the maneuvers and
broke up the order of parade. They
demanded the retirement from theil
command of General Reiman, who
with General Min, whom Reiman sue
ceeded as commander of the regiment
when Min was assassinated at Peter
hof in August of last year, ruthlesslJ
put down the Moscow uprising in De
cember, 1905. The regiment was i'm
mediately dismissed from parade ant
its barracks searched. Much illega
literature was found and four soldiers
of the regiment were placed under
arrest. The authorities are trying tc
keep the matter secret because of the
disaffection that exists in the com
panies of the Preobranjensky regiment
quartered here.
Wednesday was the first time that
General Reiman had assumed com
mand of his regiment since his re.
turn from Alexandria, where he fed
after General Min was assassinated
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
DRAWING AWAY
FROM ENGLAND
American Delegates to Peace
Conference Incline Toward
tie Triple Alliance.
General Porter Declares That ne rre'
fers President Roosevelt's more
Modern Policy to Marcy's
Antiquated Arguments.

The Hague.-Speaking on Frlday
hefore the committee which is consids
ering the duties of neutral states our
inc warfare on land, Brigadier Gener-
al George B. Davis of the American
delegation declared that the Ohiteu
states had associated itself with the
French proposal The French propo-
sjti0fi sets forth that a neutral state
is only responsible for the acts OF its
subjects If these acts are commltteu
upon its own territory; that the re-
snonsibility of neutral state is not
involved by the fact that some OF its
subjects take service with being
erent and that a neutral state Is not
bound to prevent its subjects from
exporting arms and ammunition Tor
the use O. a beligerent. General Da-
Wis accepted also the principle OF tue
German proposal that neutral state
is bound to prevent its subjects from
entering ne service of belligerent.
Speaking before the committee on
contraband Rear Admiral Charles >.
Sperry explained the American oppo
sition to the proposal made by Grea'
Britain to abolish contraband.
The discussion of contraband OF war
then occasioned a breeze between
Lord Reay (British) and General Port
er, which, though insignificant, is be-
ing commented upon in the light OF It's
effect on International politics and as
an indication that Anglo-Anerican re
lations are becoming strained. while
the triple alliance in general and
Germany in particular are daily be-
coming more friendly toward the
United States. Lord Reay expressed
profound surprise at the attitude Of
the United States and quoted various
documents, notably a note addressed
by Secretary of State Marcy on July
2S, 1857, to the Russian minister al
Washington, employing practically the
same arguments that Great Britain
employs today in favor of the aboli
ton of contraband. General Porter
somewhat excitedly retorted that he
preferred President Roosevelt's more
modern policy to Marcy's antiquatee
arguments.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01

who, in spite of the fact that he is
wasted to skeleton by consumption,
has almost daily occupied place at
the defense table throughout the trial
was unable to be present at the clos
ing argument or scenes. He is now
dying in a hospital here. Haywood
called on him early Sunday and the
scene between the two is said to have
been most affecting. Haywood lifted
the slight form of the dying man in
his arms and Murphy is quoted as say
ing, between stitied gasps Bill, in
this hour of your great triumph be
humble and thankful" Murphy is not
expected to live many days.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01

from their seats and Judge Wood made
no effort to restrain them as they sur
rounded him to shake hands and shout
aloud their congratulations. James
III. Hawley, leading counsel for the
state, and o. M. Vanduyn, the prose-
cutting attorney of the county in which
former Governor Steunenberg was as
sassinated, sat gloomy and unspeaking
in their places. Senator Borah, who
made the closing plea for conviction,
was not present. OF the prisoners
counsel those in the court room were
Clarence Darrow of Chicago, E. f.
Richardson of Denver, and John f.
Nugent of Boise. The absentees from
the defendants table included Edgar
Wilson. the former law partner of
Judge Wood. who presided at the trial.
No member of the prisoners family,
nor any of his friends among the So
cialist writers and the so-called ia.
bor jury" who have been attending
the trial. was in the court room at
the early hour the verdict was re-
turned. The spectators benches were
empty, but in the doorway stood Gov
ernor Frank Gooding, who has taken
an active part in pressing the pros.
ecutlon of Haywood and his associates.
There was no demonstration other
than that made by the attorneys for
the defense and the court proceedings
were over, the prisoner had been dis.
chargd and the jury dismissed for the
term In less than three minutes
time.
Darrow Says II Was a Fair Trial.
Clarence Darrow of Chicago, who
had made plea describing the
case at issue as struggle of class
against class" who had defiantly told
the jurors that they were hostile to his
client and had had their minds pois.
oned by corrupt and capitalistic
press. had entered the court room with
the mood of his speech still upon
him, but as Haywood was freed and as
the jury was passing out he We'd with
the other members of counsel and with
the prisoners in thanking with many
evidences of sincerity the twelve citi.
zens of Idaho who had heard the eyi.
dence and rendered their unalterable
opinion. Mr. Richardson, too, hast.
ened to dictate a statement in which
he declared that his client had been
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Hung Jury in Glass Trial.

San Francisco.-The jury in the
case of Louis Glass, vice president
and general manager OF the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph com.
pany, accused of having bribed Chas.
A. Boxton, member of the board of
city supervisors, through the agency of
Theodore A. Halsey, to withhold a
franchise from rival corporation, was
unable to agree on a verdict, and was
discharged at 4.Se o'clock Sunday af.
ternoon, after being out forty-eight
hours. The jury stood seven for con.
viction and five for acquittal.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
MAY LEAD SOCIALISTS.
New York Lawyer Suggests Haywood
as Presidential Candidate.

New York. Morris Hillquit, lawyer
and author and one of the most proml-
nent Socialists of the east. expressed
the conviction Sunday night that Will
liam ID. Haywood, who was acquitted
OF the murder of Governor Steunenberg
at Boise, Idaho, might be nominated
for the presidency in 1908. He added
that Mr.. Haywood was expected to be
in this city next week, when a demon
stration in his honor would be held.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Toga for johnson.

Birmingham, Ala.-The successor
TO Senator e. w. Pettus, who died
Saturday in Hot Springs, n. c., will
be former Governor Joseph f. John.
ston of birmingham. At the state pri.
maries last year candidates for the
alternate senatorships were voted on
and Senator j. II. Bankhead received
the highest vote. He was therefore
given the first vacancy upon Senator
Morgan's death. Governor Johnston re.
ceived the next highest vote. and will
therefore be elected by the legislature
to the second vacancy.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Glass Believed to be the Lono os,
Holy Grail.

London The Express prints .
s.ory OF the discovery near Glaston'
oury Abbey Of a glass vessel of hean
uiul workmanship and annarenti,, Tsau ",
s'eal antiquity, which one of the dis
coyerers believes is the Holy Grail ~ %,
,Do 10 n Ar'nullan legend. The Holy Graf,
10 tne cup from which Christ is 70
puled TO have drank at the last sn,,
traditinu Iou according to ancient British
aI,,,on NV Io"ans II was brought to England
cifxion. "iter the cru.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Actor and Hotel Clerk Turn TramD

cleveland, O.-E. r. Buckley, A bo.
te' CLERK and George Elliott, an actor
OF New York City, We're taken from
lhe top OF the Twentieth Century
Limited train when it arrived here
early Friday, unconscious from fright
ana exposure. They say they climbed
TO the top of one of the sleepers as
lne train was pulling out of Buffalo
nol reaIslng the terrible exposure and
peflious nature of the trip.
AFTER being restored to conscious
ness the men We're arrested. Thev
We're both well-dressed. NY
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Says It,s a rrumped.up charae.

El Paso, TeX,-C. G. Lelevier, pub
Usher of the Industrial, an alleged rev.
olutionary periodical, and his son,
Yeves Lelevier were arrested at
Douglas, Ariz., Sunday. under a charge
OF larceny preferred by the Mexican
government, which has asked for his
eXtradition. Lelevier declares that he
is guilty of no wrong and that the
charge is trumped up by Mexican
Consul Maza, who figured in the abduc-
tion of Sarabia and who was severely
criticised by Lelevier. Lelevier and his
son were taken TO Noco and jailed.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Celebration at Butte.

Butte, Mont.-For several hours Sun
day evening the streets were crowded
with a wildly cheering mob of men,
women and children. During the af-
ternoon there was big parade The
Miners union turned out almost to
man and were headed by the b. and
Nj band The national emblem ap-
peared quite frequently and inter
spersed throughout the column of
marching men were banners bearing
such inscriptions as Victory" "Hur.
rah for Haywood and I'VE are the un-
desiable citizens"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
Secret Agreement Between Russia
Japs.

Berlin. The National Heituns "
fishes what purports 10 be tne =.
OF secret agreement between hu'
and Japan. by which each goVernI,,
Is bound to give the other twsns @
four hours notice before Desiup
warlike activity by calling out elI,
naval or army reserves, This uu'', !,
standing is limited to Asa anu u.
plies to warfare undertaken a,oD M
with an ally. The treaty ~ por,
was signed shortly after the -" "a
mouth .reaty was signed ana -
three years.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
NINE MEN DROWNED.
Gasoline Launch Capsized During
Storm at Toronto.

Toronto.-A gasoline launch can
s'2eG in the storm at Sunnyside, the
western suburb of Toronto. Thursday
night, and of the ten men who were
in her only one reached shore. Three
bodies have been washed ashore.
Ihose drowned: Joseph Irvine. Jack
irvine, Walter Dundin, Frank KYLE.
Glen DAILY, Frank DAILY, d. Monaghan
Gordon Loree, Bulge Miller. All we're
OF Toronto Junction.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
cHINAMEN I'M IRONS.
viii Be Sent Back TO China by V''
dian Authorities. ~

Vancouver, B. C.--Nineteen ss In
men we're put in irons at Inc we ve
ton shed Friday night anu pscIi
marched aboard the Canadian Tsrs
Railway company's steamship ,deI a 4
where they were locked IN ~ nd
awaiting deportation. Foufles vd
stowaways. while five otnels ayrss
members of the crew who wele ~
ed for assisting the stoWa"aSy AVER
China. They will be turned -
the authorities for punishin'S"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01

The approach of the first Philippine
general election on July 80, when a
Philippine congress will be chosen,
Is marked by considerable apathy
throughout the islands in spite of the
strenuous efforts made by the party
leaders to bring out the vote. 1t is
estimated that the total registered
vote is less than 10000.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01

have never had any fear and WOMB
have expressed yesterday the same be
lief | expressed when first arrested
that is: That with a fair trial and an
impartial jury the verdict would oe
such as has been given to the coun'
try.
Senator Borah treated me most
fairly and I appreciate IT,
Judge Wood was eminently far 10
me and + have extended to him my
thanks for his treatment of me dur
ing the ordeal OF this trial.
q do not in any way blame Cover
nor Gooding for the position he TOOK
In closing. wish to express appre'
citation of the wonderful support CIV
en- to me by the presence in the court
room during the trial of the represen'
tatiyes of labor, industrial and politi-
cal organizations"
Views Of Counsel.
James II. Hawley, leading counsel
for the state, left Sunday night Tor
the west, under doctors orders. I'M
mediately after the verdict was rem
dered he went to his home. Mr.. Haw'
ley has broken considerably under the
strain of the trial and preferred not
to make a statement as to the out
come.
Senator Borah said 81 have no
comment to make other than that
twelve good men and true to the state
of Idaho have passed upon the case,
and that disposes of it so far as the
state of Idaho and Haywood are CON
cerned. The prosecution of the other
men indicted will be pushed vigorously
and without any reference to the Hay
wood trial"
E. +. Richardson. one OF Haywood s
leading counsel, said: I'VE have had
a fair trial. We have had an impartial
and conscientious jury and impartial
and conscientious judge. We have
had the most vigorous and effective
counsel opposed to us that it has ever
been my fortune to meet. They have
at all times been fair. The defendant
has no complaint to make, nor have his
counsel. Idaho has covered herself
with glory"
Dying Mans Advice.
John Murphy, general counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-20
SMOOT DEFENDS
HIS OWN CAUSE
Lengthy Discourse on Why
lie Should Not BE
UnSeated

. WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb 20
Speaking in his own defense Senator
Reed Smoot addressed the senate yes
terday on the general subject OF
Mormonism. He condemned polyga
my in the strongest terms, and de-
clared that he has taken no oath in
constant with that he has taken as
a senator. Mr.. Smoot spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President In what j shall
say to the senate ] do not intend to
analyze the volunnous testimony
taken before the committee or to make
an argument thereon. The greater
part of this testimony has been before
the senate for more than two years,
and all of it for nearly one year. 1t
has been fully argued by the disuing-
uished senators who have already
spoken on this question
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-20
Punish Recent PoIysamists.


"Of the So memhe rs of the presi.
denotes of the stakes ecclesiastical
sub divisions), in 1890, A. or about
one half We're polygamists. or the
1875 prominent church officials in 1897
the increase In number being because
OF the creation of new stakes only
Is, or les than 10 per cent, were poly
gamists.
But, Mr.. President, it is claimed
that there have been new cases of
polygamous marriages since the mani
festo, and this presents altogether a
different question
Il have no hesitancy. in declaring
to the senate and to the American peo-
pie that in my opinion any man who
has married a polygamous wife since
the manifesto should be prosecuted.
and IL convicted, should suffer the
penalty of the law; and l care not
who the man might be, or what po-
sition he should hold in the church.
he should receive the punishment
pronounced by the law against his
crime.
Recent Plural Marriages Few.
"The testimony taken before the
committee tends to show that there
have been some polygamous marriages
since the manifesto. believe sincere
Nv. Mr.. President, that such Gases have
been rare.
CONTINUED on Page Four.)
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-20

MY own testimony. covering more
than 1875 pages of the record, is before
you, and l do not feel that l should
trespass upon your Indulgence in an
extended discussion Indeed should
have been content to submit the case
upon the record and the speeches made
by Others without saying anything
myself, except that there are certain
matters which can be known only to
myself; and think that the senate is
entitled to a frank statement from me
as to my attitude on these matters.
THE senate is entitled to know my
personal attitude on the subject Of
polygamy and upon the subject of
loyalty to this government. Upon
these two matters I shall express my
self briefly, but with entire candor.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-20
Never Had But One Wife.

First. l desire to state, as 1 have
heretofore stated to the senate and to
the country, that am not and never
have been a polygamist. / have never
had but one wife, and she is my pres
ent wife.
There has been more or less preva-
lent opinion that the doctrine of poly
gamy was obligatory upon the menu
bers of the Mormon church, when in
truth and fact no such obligator doc
trine ever existed. The revelation
concerning polygamy as originally
made, and as always interpreted. ~
permissible and not mandatory.
LAS a matter of fact only a small
percentage of the adherants of that
faith have ever been polygamists. The
vast majority of it's members from its
foundation to the present line have
hoe fc4r
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-20
Manifesto Wildly Circulated.

The manifesto adopted in 1890.
disseminating plural marriages, has
been presented and discussed in church
conferences repeatedly, sent out into
the church book, The Articles of Faith
and in many other publications issued
by the church, such as text books for
the different quorums, manuels for the
mutual Improvement associations,
Sunday schools, primaries, conferen-
ces, ETC., and in that way has been
much more widely circulated than
the original revelation on marriages.
Consequently its text, tenor and
purpose in prohibiting marriages vio-
lative of law are known to every mem
Der of the church in every part of the
world.
'But the practice which had pre-
vailed in the period previous to 1890
had left a heritage for the succeeding
period that was a grave problem.
Many Polysamists in 1890.
There were in 1890 about 2.451 male
members of the Mormon church who
had polygamous families. That theIe
were placed In a position that was
dinacult was recognized by all who
were familiar with the conditions.
The present conditions in reference to
polygamous marriages have grown
out of past conditions. and both mus:
be considered together in order 70 un-
derstand the liberation exercised by