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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

The doctrine that punishment for
high and mighty crookedness shall not
be retroactive is not alone assuring to
Wall street, but to the Jailed packers,
Standard Oilers, the campaign con-
tributions crowd and a few others.
Even Jimmy Hyde may now hope to
become United States ambassador to
France.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

Last Saturday the annual Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation wa issued by Presi.
dent Roosevelt, naming Thursday, No
vember 28th as the day to be specially
set apart for thanksgiving by the people
of the United States.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

Douglas, the shoe man, finds that
magazines are inferior to newspapers
as advertising mediums. The newspa-
per cad" is always in the limelight,
but it is like hunting a needle in a
haystack' to find the "ad." wanted in
a magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

Stoves! Stoves! We have a mixed car
OF stoves, consisting of Favorite, steel
ranges, steel cook stoves, cast iron cook
stoves, Oak heater stoves; Favorite base
burners. Come and see us for stoves
Mercer & LAWN.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

UNTIL such time as the Osnabrock
Independent, Sarles Advocate and Ne
koma News wake up editorially their
readers are likely to be very much at
sea regarding their attitude on the
senatorial proposition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

No cause for wonder that the revolu-
ton drags in Russia when the cars
loyal subjects outnumber the revolu-
tionists by about 100 to 1. and for
every red there is an armed soldier to
put him down.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

The full dinner pail, which we used
to hear so much about in the last presi-
dental campaign costs a good deal of
money to fill now a-days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

The full dinner pail, which we used
to hear SO much about in the last
presidential campaign costs a good deal
of money to fill nowadays.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

Subscription 81 per annum, or 81. so if paid in
advance. Advertising rates on application.
Communications must be received by Tuesday
noon 10 receive prompt attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31
See John L. Robertson for cheap money

A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man is an unhappy
slave. Burdock Blood Bitters builds up
sound health-keeps you we'll.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-31

The election of 1908 is still a year dis
tant, but just the same there are presl-
dental, senatorial and state ticket candl-
dates in the field galore.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
BANDIT STRONGHOLD FALLS
BUT BIG CHIEF ESCAPES
The Sutan's Troops Capture RaisuIi's
Town After Short and Almost
BloodIess Fight.

Tanger-Zinat, Raisuli's strong
hold, was virtually destroyed by fire,
and fell into the hands of the troops
Of the sultan at noon on Sunday, af-
ter short and almost bloodless fight.
Raisuli and his 700 followers succeed
ed in escaping to the mountains de-
spite the elaborate plans of War Min.
lister Gabbas.
No fatalities in the fighting on Sun.
day We're reported 1t is thought prob
able that the Raisulites carried off
their dead.
Minister of War Gabbas, who has
not left Tangier during the opera
lions, is expected next to move
against the pretender to the throne,
Mulai Mohammed, a brother of the
sultan, from whose followers there
have been many defections recently.
The Spanish officers of the interna-
tional police created by the Algeciras
convention have arrived, here and will
take up their duties at the end of the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
PRUSSIA ALSO HAS A PROBLEM
Would Clip the Wing of Ambitious
RevoIutionists,

Gnesen, Province of Posen, Prussia
The Prussian government, in conse-
quence of the disturbed state of the
public mind in Prussian Poland over
the school strike and the renewal of
the Polish nationalist agitation, con.
tinues to prosecute severely any in
fraction of the political ordinances.
The trial was begun Thursday of a
member of the Prussian house of
lords, Won Koseielski a rich Polish
land owner; Won Cchvzanowski a
member of the lower house of the
Prussian diet, and twenty-one other
persons, who are charged with hay
ing taken part in public meeting in
the park of Won Koscielski's castle
without the consent of the govern
ment.
All the accused belong to the So
called Polish "Socol' association.
numbering several hundred thousand
persons and forming, the prosecution
AYERS, material for mobilizing flu.
ture revolutionary army.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
GALLONS LOOM BEFORE HER.
Mrs. Myers Denied Writ OF Habeas
Corpus by Kansas City Judge.

Kansas City.-Judge John F. Phil
lips, in the United States district
court on Friday morning, denied the ap-
plication of the attorneys for Mrs.
Aggie Myers for writ of habeas cor.
pus. This means that Mrs. Myers, who
Is now in Jail at Liberty under sen.
tence of death for the murder of her
husband, and Frank Hoffman, in jail
at Kansas City for completely in the
crime, will be executed on January
10, unless Governor Folk interferes
The arguments on the application for
the writ in this now famous case were
made earlier in the week. The at
torneys for Mrs. Myers argued that the
Clay county court had no jurisdiction
in the case when the trial was made
basing their contention on techni.
cality They sought to have the case
retired.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
HARTMAN LINES ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
Looking Into the Consolidation of
the Great Railroads.

New York.-Modern methods of com.
binins and consolidating mammoth
railway systems and extending the
principle of community of interest
were investigated here Friday at
great length by the interstate com.
MERGE commission, which began an in.
quiry into the socalled Hartman
lines" The commission goes next
week to Chicago Several other cit.
les may be visited before all the de-
sired testimony is in the hands of
the government representatives, whose
object is to determine whether any
OF the railroads of the country are
consolidated or combined in restraint
of trade.
At Fridays hearing it was brought
out and admitted that the Union Pa.
cific railway company, the Southern
Pacific company, the Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company are practically
under the same administration, Mr..
Hartman appearing as president of
each company, with only slight varia-
lions in the lists of other officers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
TechnicaiitieS Brushed Away
by Judge Lands in United
States District Court
Eight Indictments Allowed to Stand
Against Company, Which Is
Charged With Obtaining
Rates Less Than Those
Named in Public
Schedule.

Chicago.-Judge Lands, in the
United States district court, on Thurs.
day oveTuled the demurrer of the
Standard Oil company to eight indict-
ments pending aginst the corporation,
but sustained the demurrer as to two
other indictments because of techni-
cal defects. "These productions"
said the court, ARE for alleged visla-
tons of Section l of the act approved
February 10, 1903, known as the FL.
kins law. The charge is that the de-
PENDANT obtained the transportation
OF its property by various railway
companies at rates less than those
named in the carriers published
schedules. The offenses are alleged
to have been committed prior to the
enactment of the law approved June
20, 1906, known as the rate law. The
indictments were returned August q,
1906.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
CANNOT ESCAPE AssAssINs.
Sooner or Later Marked Russian OF.
cials Meet Their Doom.

Gals Meet Their Doom.
st. Petersburg.-A general search
of the lodgings of persons under police
observation was made here during Fri.
day night in the hope of discovering
the accomplices of the assassin of Per.
feet of Police Won der Launitz Many
arrests were made, but so far as known
no important terrorists were captured.
The assassination of Won der Laun.
itz has caused a powerful impression
both in the press and among the pub
lie. The newspapers all comment on
the inability Of the perfect of police
to protect his own person against the
attack of single resolute terrorist,
who undertook the task with the firm
determination not to be taken alive
and the papers ask how long a time
will elapse before still more prominent
personages are stricken by terrorist
bullets. The press untes in demand.
ing protection against the regime of
assassination which has been inaugur-
ated by reactonists as well as by ter.
rorists.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
JAPS STIRRING UP TROUBLE.
Attack White Man and Are Placed
Behind the Bars.

Porterville, Gala crowd of Japan
ese laborers working on the tracks of
the Southern Pacific company, neal
this city, assaulted Roy Y. Clark, strik
ing him over the head with shovel
and attacking him with sticks and
clubs. Clark escaped by running, and
came 0 the city to notify the local
officers and swear out warrants for
the arrest of the Japanese, forty in
number. An attempt to arrest the
Japanese was met with resistance. A
message was sent asking for assist
ance, and large number of special
officers were rushed to the scene. At
ter considerable difficulty fifteen Jap.
anese were arrested, taken to Visalia
and placed in the county Jail. 1t was
not considered safe to keep them in
the Porterville jail on account of local
feeling.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
SULLIVAN IN TROUBLE.
Treasurer of Company Says Embar-
rassment is Only Temporary.

San Francisco.-The Examiner says
that the l.. M. Sullivan Trust company
Of Goldfield is financially embarrassed
and that drafts drawn on the company
by San Francisco brokers have been
protested. Peter Grant, the treasurer
of the company, is in this city and
says the embarrassment is only tenn
porary. He says:
81 admit that we are embarrassed,
but 1t is only temporary. By Wednes-
day things will be in good shape and
everybody will be satisfied. The
protesting of the drafts was all mis-
take, and can be easily remedied.
There is rule in our company that
no check can be validated except by
the signature of two of the off.
Gers of the company. Larry Sullivan
went to the fight at Tonopah on New
Years day, and we have not heard
from him since. When he turns up
We will be able to right great many
matters
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
PEABODY WAR WAS EXPENSIVE
Colorado Legislature Asked to Make
Provision for Indebtedness of
Million Dollars,

Denver.-1n his biennial message
to the legislature, on Thursday, Gov.
ernor Jesse F. Mcdonald advised the
members to frame antitrust legisla.
ton along the lines of the Ohio law.
which, he said, has stood the test of
judicial determination. Our presi-
dent" he continued, has already
done much in behalf of antitrust leg
islation and we should sustain him in
his work"
The legislature was urged to insti-
tute the necessary measures for TAX
ing up with bond issues the outstand-
ing certificates of 1887, 1883 and 1889.
amounting, with accrued interest to
over $2,OOO,OO0, and the further in
debtedness of about 100000 in
cured in putting down the "insurrec.
tons of 1904 in mining districts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
WRECKED BANK
WITH A BOMB
Cashier of the Philadelphia
Fourth National Bank and
the Dynamiter Killed
Six Others are Injured, One of Whom
May Die-MssiIe Was Thrown
After Demand for Six Thous.
and Dollars Had Been Re.
fused.

Observation-Disclosures loan OF
$4,000, and failing to get it, a man
who has not yet been identified
dropped bomb in the Fourth Street
National bank, blowing himself to
pieces, instantly killing Cashier w.
z. McLear, and injuring six others,
one or two of whom may die.
The only clue to the identity of the
bomb-thrower was a bunch Of keys
found in portion of the clothing at
tached to which was a plate inscribed
"R. Steele, Garner, Ia"
The Fourth Street National bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city, and occupies the greater portion
of the first floor of the Bullitt build.
ing on Fourth street. between Chest
nut and Walnut streets, in the heart
OF the financial district. The explo-
sion was terrific, and it caused tire.
mendous excitement in the crowded
building and street.
No one saw the unknown man en-;
ter the bank except e. F. Shambacher,
the vice president, who was passing
out of the building on his way to
luncheon. He noticed the man was
poorly dressed, looked like a Russian
and carried a small parcel The man
straight back to the rear of
the bank and asked a clerk to direct
him to the Office of the president,
Richard Pushton.
Not only is the entire interior Of
The bank wrecked, but the large Win
lows looking out on small side
street were blown out. The explosion
scattered all the books and papers of |
he institution which were not in the
vaults at the time Some of them
we're blown out of the windows and |
we're returned by those who found
hem.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
ANOTHER CUBAN PLOT,
Three Palma Adherents Said to be In
the Conspiracy.

New York.-Rumors of a conspiracy
against the peace of Cuba are again
rife in this city. Three persons men
toned in connection with the plan tc
start trouble in the island were office
holders Of the Palma administration
two of whom are now in New York
and the other in Europe. According
to these reports, arms and ammuni
ton have been shipped clandestinely
from this port to Cuba for possible flu
ture use. Some of the contraband ar
ticles, it is said, were buried near
Mariel, not far from Havana. This
fact became known to the American
authorities, and company of soldiers
was sent to search for the rifles and
cartridges, which, however, had been
removed to another hiding place.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
PULLMAN ON LIMITED ABLAzE.
One Passenger Dead and Two Salt
Lakers Have Narrow Escape.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-One passen.
ger was killed and three injured Sun.
day morning on Los Angeles limited
No. 8, when Pullman sleeper caught
fire while the train was running from
Council Bluffs to Missouri Valley, en-
route to Chicago.
pead-Louis Delarlo, Washington, D.
G., clerk of the house committee on
irrigation.
Injured. c. Jensen, Salt Lake
City, slight burns on neck and head.
Henry Catrow, Salt Lake City, right
wrist cut by glass. Mrs B. Higgins,
Carbonate, Pa, Suffered from ex.
exposure
The Northwestern train was within
a mile of Loveland, near Missouri Val.
ley, when passengers in the Pullman
car Redfield were aroused by smoke
The origin of the fire could not be
determined, but it had undoubtedly
been smouldering for some time before
being discovered
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
BOMB OUTRAGE IN NEW YORK.
Giant Powder Bomb Dropped Into
Big Crowd of People.

New York-A bomb of giant powder
and shot was dropped from an ele-
waited railway station into crowd Of
people at the corner of Second avenue
and Forty-second street Saturday
night. In the explosion that followed
three persons were injured seriously
and of these two probably will die.
The outrage was seemingly directed
against the proprietor of fruit
store on the corner, and this man, Sal
"atore Ciniluca, aged 80 years, was
one of the two dangerously injured.
The other was Mary Bailey, 40 years
of age, who was making purchase
at the stand. The 15-year-old son of
Ciniluca was less dangerously in
jured. The bomb throwers escaped.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Man Who Threw Bomb.

Philadelphia.-With the finding OF
the personal effects of the man who
threw bomb in the Fourth National
bank on Saturday, killing Cashier W.
Z. McLear and himself, there is little
doubt left in the minds of the police
officials that he was Rollo Steele of
Garner, Iowa. The bOmb-thrower
Slept Friday night at the Grant House
a hostelry on the outskirts of the ten
deroin, frequented mostly by re-.
spectacle working people. He regis
tered as J. X, Steele of New York
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
One of Ships Crew Killed and Six In
jured in Storm.

New York.-One of her crew was
killed and six others seriously in
jured when the Cunard liner Etruria
was fighting her way through Sc
we're storm on Friday night. The body
of the man killed was buried at sea
The others injured were in her hos.
pital when the steamer arrived Sun.
day from Queenstown. Captain Pot.
ter said that never during his many
years as a seaman had he experienced
such rough weather.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Narrow Escape of Miners.

Ell Paso, Textile magazine con-
tanning $500 pounds of dynamite at
the Denn-Arizona shaft in Lowell,
Ariz., exploded with terrific force.
Every window pane in Lowell was
shattered and the shock was felt at
Douglas, twenty-six miles away. Dis
tressing rumors were current for some
hours Of many killed and others i'm
prisoned in the shaft. but investga-
ton showed all untrue There were
men at work in the shaft
on the 1000 and 1,100-foot levels, all
of whom escaped.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Convicted Congressman Loses Place on
Committees.

shington.--Speaker Cannon on
Friday announced the appointment of
Representative Englebright of Califor.
MIA for a place on the committee on
mines and mining, vice Mr.. Williamson
of Oregon, removed. The speaker
based his action on the ground that
Mr.. Williamson had failed thus far to
attend single session of the Fifty
ninth congress. He has been convicted
of participation in land frauds in
Oregon.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Ponce Sighted En- Route.

New York.--The missing steamer
Ponce of the New York & Porto Rico
Steamship company, which is about a
week overdue at New York, en- route
from Ponce, p. R.. was safe and pro.
ceeding toward New York two day,
after leaving Ponce. The informatioA
was brought into port Sunday by Cap
tain Chapman of the big sailing ship
Shenandoah, which arrived from Port
Blakeley. Captain Chapman reported
that on December 20 he sighted the
Ponce in clear weather
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Senator Clark of Montana Buys Big
Ranch in New Mexico.

Trinidad, Colo--lt is reported in
real estate circles here that Senator
W. A. Clark, of Montana, has pur.
chased Vermejo park of William H..
Bartlett, of Chicago. The tract EN-
braces 100000 acres, located fifty miles
west o. Trinidad, in New Mexico
Senator Clark visited the ranch last
year and is said to have tried to pur,
chase it at that time, The considera.
ton Is said to be 100000.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
LIABILITIES REPUDIATED.
British Insurance Companies Will Re
sist Paying Valparaiso Losses.

London.--All the British insurance
companies have repudiated their liza
bllltles arising from the earthquake
at Valparaiso last year. At a meeting
at Liverpool, on Thursday, the chair
man said the terms of the Valparaiso
policies differed from those of San
francisco. The companies, he added
mad all agreed to resist the Valparaiso
claims and lawsuits have begun,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
INVESTIGATING BLOCK SIGNAL.
Interstate Commerce Commission Max.
ing Inquiries Into System.

Washington.-An inquiry into the
operation Of the block signal systems
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and
Friday by the interstate commerce
commission In making the inquiry
the commission is acting under all.
thorty of resolution of congress
adopted at the last session, calling for
report on the working of the rail.
road block system generally.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
Another Russian General Murderer

ST. Petersburg.-Major General Won
aunlts, perfect of police of st. Pc
tersburg, was shot and killed bv q
young man at the Institute of Experi.
Mental Medicine, Thursday afternoon
Won Launits, at the invitation of
t'rlnce Peter AlnXandrovitch. duke If
\ldenburg, brotner-inlaw of the EN-.
peror, was attending the conservation
Oh the institute chapel. AS the as.
sallant turned to fec one of the off.
GERS drew his sabre rut him down
end killed him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
MORE SUBMARINES ORDERED
French Admiralty Will Have Four
New Type Cruisers Built.

Parls.-The admiralty has ordered
the construction of four submarine
cruisers, which are to be superior to
any existing type of similar vessels
They are to be of 500 tons and to have
speed of fifteen knots on and ten
knots below the surface. The French
naval authorities have laid down
twenty submarines within a wear
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
REBELLION IN SALVADOR.
RevoIutionists Fire on Garrison and
Then Run Away.

San Salvador.--The Salvadorean
government officially declares that a
group of armed revolutiOnists dis.
gused as soldiers have appeared in
Estanquelas. They fired upon the
garrison and Immediately disappeared
Later they continued their disorders
A number of persons connected with
the rebellion have been imprisoned
here and In Honduras.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-22
An Apology.

Walter Rothchild, the richest bachelor
in England, had close call with matri-
mony when he was young man. A
designing mamma had managed TO get
the heir to the Rothchild millions in
terested in her daughter, and the daugh-
ter did all she could to lead the interest
up to the point Of marriage proposal.
One night at watering place, after
Rothschild had retired to his room, he
heard voices under his window which
he recognized as those Of the young
lady and her mamma.
Has he proposed YETI" asked the old
woman.
mot yet" answered the daughter,
"but I'll have him hooked before long,
If only can endure his conversation.
Tonight he bored me almost TO death
talking about his kangaroos."
q am sorry" said Rothschild, putting
his head out Of the window, TO have
bored you with tales Of my animals.
Forgive me. ] shall never do SO again.
And lie never did.--London Echo
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-22
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Masonic charms and pins at 4. r. Aus
tins, the watch and clock man."
Old gold and silver wanted at re.
dners' prices ia exchange for goods at
r. 4. Burrs.
Save money by purchasing that tennis
racket now. Big reduction at Averlll
Music Co.
L. P. Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all kinds and prices from zoe To
$500 per pair.
Stone.cutters' glasses, zoe per pair.
Lenses, per pair, Sc. r. 4. Burr 8 CO.,
50 North Main street.
If you want TO invest in real estate
that will pay II per cent. inquire Of
A. A. Smith, Barre, VT,
For Sale--A 7o.acre farm situated
one mile and half from this city. Will
keep ~ cows and team. Good house
comfortable barns. Hen house suitable
for 100 hens. An ideal home. Price
low Inquire at once at the D. a. Perry
Real Estate agency.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-22
Horse Talk.

Keep the flies out OF the stable,
though It is a pretty hard job.
Annoyance from flies is often more
wearing on the horses than hard work.
Keep the stalls and stable yards
clean. so that insects will not be at
tracted
Sprinkle the floors we'll with land
plaster TO absorb ammonia and odors.
At night the work horses should be
turned into a small field near the barn,
but they should first have a regular
feed Of grain and hay in the stable,
After every days work the horses
should be well brushed and the legs
washed from the knees down.
1t is often the little things that are
overlooked that cause untold suffering
to the patient horse.
Is he tied so short that be cannot lie
DOWN.
Is he given winter the last thing be
fore closing the stable for the nightl--
Farm Journal.