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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
The Price of silence.


A well known business man in a
town not far from Cincinnati discover
ed one morning on entering his Office
that his safe was out of order. He i'm
mediately telegraphed to Philadelphia
for an expert.
When the latter arrived he found
that the safe, an old fashioned affair
locked with key, could not be opened.
After a hasty examination the expert,
taking piece Of wire, dug out from
the key mass Of dust and lint. He
then opened the safe in the twlnkling
Of an eye. The business man wore a
sickly smile as he asked meekly:
How much%
Twenty dollars"
do any of your firms patrons here
know OF your visitT'
Not a soul but yourself"
"Then," added the business man
heres $40 I'll take 1t to be a great
favor If you'll hustle out by the first
train. II any one In this town knew
that paid a man 500 to dig dirt out OF
key for me I'd never do another dol
lars worth Of business In the whole
state. New York Times.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
VOTING CONTEST
A Library of 100 Volumes Will Be Given
Away

This elegant library including 100 volumes and hand
will be given by vote to the Lodge, Society,"
Church School in Occur dAlene securing the largest
number of votes in the following The merchants
listed below will give with each 0c cash purchase one vote
The contest began jan Is, 1907 and will close June III
1907, at o'clock P ballot box is placed in the City
Drug store, where votes to be deposited
At close of contest, the Lodge, Society, Church OF
School having received the largest number of votes will
be awarded the library.
Current accounts when promptly paid, are entitled
votes.
Remember votes can be secured by trading with firms
listed below. Hugh Whitaker will count the votes.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
DOUGLAS sMYTHH.
III, Enthuslasm Was contaolous.

his EnkuuHbAN" We SS"s~N'N~N
Whitefield, whose dramatic appeals to
his listeners were always a noteworthy
part of his sermons, once preached to
body of seamen in New York. In the
course Of his sermon he introduced the
following words:
"Well, my boys, we have a clear sky
and are making fine Roadway over
smooth sea before light breeze, and
we shall soon lose sight Of land. But
what means this sudden lowering OF
the heavens and that dark cloud rising
from the western horizon? Hark!
Don't you hear the distant thunder?
Don't you see those Hastings Of light
ming? There is a storm gathering!
Every man to his duty! How the
waves rise and dash against the ship!
The air is dark The tempest ragesl
Our masts are gone! The ship Is on
her beam endsi What nextT
The hands Of every sailor were grip
ping the pews in front Of them, and a
wild excitement was in their eyes.
And when the preacher reached the
climax of his dramatic speech they
sprang to their feet in a body and
shouted, Take to the longboatp
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
A Cigar a.ors secret.

Every tObacconist has ON his counter
. machine for cutting on the ends Of
cigars, These machines are popular
for the reason that they pay for them
selves many times over every year
The ends that smokers cut or are
carefully gathered from the counter.
and Il takes but a few hundred OF
them 10 make pound OF good tobacco.
This can BE- sold for 20 or 80 cents.
Some cigar store clerks are very So
licitous 70 ues that the patron does not
overlook the cutting machine They
push Il toward him, and he IL much
impressed with their pollteneaa. These
clerks have for a perQulslte the ma
chimes cuttings This adds several dol
lars weekly to their salaries.--New Or
leans Times Democrat,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
A REIGN OF
DARK TERROR
The Kind of Life They Lead in
Baku, Russia

Henry NJ. Nevinson. British news
paper correspondent. writes as follows
OF present day events In Baku, south
ern Russia "'YOu parasitev When
You open q letter at breakfast and ind
that written at the top instead OF
Dear sir or My darling love your at
tenti0n Il Immediately drawn 70 the
contents. But here In Baku, II you
happen to be the Woodworking man
ager OF q rich neld with lots Of wells
yielding some 100000 pounds Of oil
apiece every twenty-four hours. you
viii not DO 20 much surprised. You
will know at once what Is coming. and
your FIRST thought will be Il visit to
your bankers. Our agents. the letter
goes on, will call on you tomorrow
afternoon az O'Clock and you will
give them the sum Of $3.50. Should
you refuse you will be killed tomorrow
or next day. Should you betray our
agents or give the smallest hint TO the
police the whole of your family will
share your fate. Signed and sealed on
behalf Of the committee The seal IL
q rubber stamp In red, sometimes bear
ing the words, Social Democratic Fed
Grafton. sometimes Anarchist Com
mune.' The sum demanded varies con-
siderably. think II Is seldom over
$1,000, for one must be reasonable in
these matters. and usually 1t IL less.
have known q popular and capable
English manager 70 get or with $25,
which IL = ludierous exchange for life.
But when the agents ring Ut the door
and ask the servant II you are at home
and disengaged. the only thing to do
Il to pay.
'For there Ii no pretense about the
threats. Refusal or betrayal means
death without pause, probably within
the day II has been proved over and
over again. II was proved last week
IN the case Of q well known and pow
erful manager who was murdered
with FeYolvers. II was proved the day
before yesterday when Russian man
ager was disemboweIed with knives
and lived q horrible time. Anyhow, II
you think Il worth while to live a little
longer here below, you must pay and
Whether the company win ever got
anything by reclaIming from the Rus.
sian government heaven knows. The
government ls too busy with the trou.
blosomo and expensive task OF shoot.
ing liz political opponents or sending
them 20 siberia TO undertake the pro.
lection Of commonplace citizens who
have no perilous notions about free
dom.
"Mogt conspicuous men employ arm
ed Fetainers to protect them or avengs
their death. Some publish from time
% time in the local papers a list Of thu
men who win be- az once aasaaslnated
u anything happens TO themselves
This n thought very efIieacioua ana
certainly helps to preserve the peace
know enc manager who boasts h
has 200 men In bis pay. each pledRet
10 kin some one n the manager 10 muir
dared. Pride may have exaggerated
the number. but there IL no doub
about the system"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
Auaaralla,. Vealth IN sheen.

The greatest industry of Australia
10 sheep raising, mainly for the sake
az the wool. but also In part OF course
for the meat. Australia now ranks
second among tho great sheep raising
countries. Argentina being tirst with
02.O0O000 sheep. Australia second with
T2.000.O00 and Russia third with TO-.
100000. But 4 few years ago Aus
tralla was hrst. possessing no less
than t0a200Oo0 head OF sheep. That
was In 1891. Prolonged drOughts were
The cause oe he destruction Of many
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
Ao.d Coli pIay.rs.

One OF the great advantages Of golf
is It's suitability as a recreation for the
middle aged and the old. A -four
some" was played lately on an English
golf course in which the aggregate age
Of the four players was 1881 years.
The competitors on one side were
eighty-six and eighty years old and on
the other side eighty-four and eighty
one. The putting green makes q green
old aR@.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

new made friends at me place ap-
painted for the game, he left them 70
go to supper.
Meanwhile it was reported that La
noroux, the French champion, who nao
been expected to arrive in the clts
during the day, had been detained
Those who had been amusing the farm
er from the "Richelieu riviere" went
to the hall, fearing that they might be
deprived Of the expected treat But
ON reaching It they were informed mat
Lanoroux had arrived, though only In
time for supper. When a side door
opened and the contestants appeared
those who had met the farmer were as
tonIshed to see him in the person OF
the French champion.
He won the match, and it was an
nounced that he would give $1,000 %
TIE Montreal poor.
DOUGLAS SMYTHM
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
New York's Flrat oravovard.

The first graveyard In New York city
was established In the year 1888. II
was situated on the west side Of what
Is now broadway above Morris street.
Tho oldest grave Of which there Ii a
record ID that Of child, marked with
sandstone slab. with a skull. cross
bones aud winged hour glass and the
following inscription:
VIC.
Here Lyea the Body
OF Richard Church.
Er Son OF VILLA
NJ Chureher Who
Died The OF April
1854 OF Age Years
And MonthR@
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28
Platinum VanIshIna.

A prominent French writer deplores
the Vanishing stock Of the worlds plat
mum, says the London Globe. AL the
known deposits are becoming exhaust
ed, and the price Ii going up to pro
hibltIve extent. In 1915 the metal
could be bought for 500 the kilogram.
Four years later It had doubled. In
1901 1t had quadrupled. and today the
price Is $500 per kilogram, or twice
the price OF gold. Even that IL for
crude platinum. The worked metal IL
twice as dear again. Considering how
many Industries are now absolutely
dependent on platinum, the question Of
replacing II by some really efficient al
10y or combination ls acquiring vital
Importance.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

A native of the Emerald Isle CHANGED
to meet fellow workman who was
once his boon companion in a powder
factory where a terrible explosion had
occurred.
Are you glad you left the arsenal.
PatT'
"nedad. am, Mleky. II had been
working there now. would have been
dead year agor-LOndon ntBlts.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

Of Australian sheep. but since
1902 there has been an annual gain.
Yet these sheep were not indigenous
to Australia. They were first intro
ducsd in 1897, being of the Spanish
merino species.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

Helne tat the village barber'sl-I say.
do you know why this mans shop Is
hung all over with sacred picturesl
Beine-oh, yes; that IL for the conven-
lence of his customers. so that they
may call on all the saints when he
shaves them. --Meggcndorfer Blatter.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

She tsuperstitiousl-I should never
propose TO a girl on Friday. It's un.
lucky. He (cynicaD-Not always
once knew fellow who did Il, and
the girl refused him.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-28

Herr Huber. come home Immediate
y. Your wife has sufRocated herself
with gas" Huber Heavensi TherO'll
Be a nice gas lin - Dayl-wtensr sa-
lonwltahlak1
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20
House Committees

Washington, Dec. 19.-Speak- CT Cannon announced his com mittee assignments today and assigned Arkansas members as follows; Reed, judiciary, Crav- ems, Indian affairs; Brundridge, appropriations; Macon, levees and improvement of the Missis- sippi river, pensions revision of the laws; Wallace, coinage, weights and measures and priv ate land claims; Floyd, levees and improvements of the Mississippi river, expenditures in the De partment of Agriculture; Robin son, public lands, census.
 By these assignments Arkan- sas gains a voice in all legisla tion relating to the disposition of public lands, the great projects for the betterment of inland wa terways and especially the Mis- sissippi, proposals to change the laws controlling federal courts and relating to all appropria.. tions and pensions.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20
About Town.

One of the most original and unique show windows displayed in Prescott this week greeted Our people this morning as they passed City's store. At a glance one would imagine that the win dow had been carelessly dressed in fact almost as careless as the supposed bachelor had undress- ed-but on studying the situation you see much in the display. In fact, the more you look at it, the more intensely interesting it be- comes. On tables and chairs are to be seen the loosely lying garments of a gentleman who had been taking Christmas. His collar, tie, cuffs, hose, shirt, coat, vest, pants, hat, shoes and undergarm ents are laying in careless profusion, while the butt of a half smoked cigar, and the remains of a bottle of wine are in evidence on the table. The idea is prevalent that the gentle man is sleeping in the next room, and evidently has his glass of water close to the bed for early morning use.
 City's idea of window dress ing is quite original, and he seems to have lost none of his old time cunning. There is no question but what he is there with the goods.
 It has been suggested to us that we ask the marshal of Pres
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20

If a pupil IS a second late he is counted tardy. If he leaves the room for anything he makes a mark against the whole room.
 We consider this a very fine report. We ask the hearty CO., operation in making our school second to none. Most of the pupils are doing good work. We were glad to have several visitors during the month. We urge the parents to visit the school as of ten as you can. Cooperate with us in the noble work of training your children for future useful nesr. Wishing all a merry Christmas, 1 am
 Yours truly,
 D. l.. DUNAWAY, Supt.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20

colt to station for the next few days, a special deputy at the Elm Street crossing, to see that the railroad company keeps open that thorough fare. Of course Sunday is not included in this re- quest, but on tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, there is no mistake but what hundreds of people will be crossing at this point, and it is almost imperative to business demands ofthe town that there be no delay. Of course matter of a few minutes wouldn't t break any body, but the fear is that during that time some fool might try to cross the train, and lose his life, and there isn't a life in Nevada county that isn't worth more than the whole Iron Mountain Railroad Co.
 GOO
 A HEARTLESS THRUST,
 Picayune; Miss Thompson, who has been with Mrs. Moncrief for several months, left for her home in Missouri last Monday night. We opine that one of our Journalistic friends looks wist. fully across the street now.
 The endowment rank, Knights of Pythias, will meet tonight at the Nevada County Bank at 7:3O o'clock.
 And we'll bet horse we've got it right this time.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20
School Report

The following is the report of the Prescott Public School end ing Friday, December 2Oth:
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-20
TELEPHONE ZAZ
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Any erroneous reflection upon the charac- CT, standing or reputation of any person. firm or corporation which may appear in the col umnS of The News will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention of the publishers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
Evidence of Wholesale lmporta-
tion of Yellow Men From
British Columbia
OPERATIONS ARE EXTENSIVE
smussers Not Only Bring Japs, But
Many contrsband Articles - Use
Pack Dogs and Work Way Thru tho
HiIls-Efforts to Break Up Gang
Meeting With Success.

Spokane, Dec. 6.-Smuggling of cost
ly wines, silks, opium and Japanese
from British Columbia into Washing
ton has been reduced to such SCI
ence by organized gangs working along
the boundary, that immigration OFF,
GERS and secret service men admit they
are baffled, and until they can obtain
more tangible proof to fixe tn iden-
tification of the persons implicated the
passing of the contraband without the
payment Of customs duty is likely to
continue indefinitely.
Thousands of dollars worth OF I'M
ports and several hundred japanese
have been brought into the country III
the last few months by gangs working
In the foothills along the international
line. Trained dogs are used by the
opium and silk smugglers, While those
handling liquors employ wood wagons
the aliens being piloted across the Dor
der by armed men, who would not hes
itate to shoot If interrupted in their
work. Most Of the contraband is dis
posed of in eastern and southern
states.
Secret service men believe these
gangs were organized before his ar
rest last April, by Larry" Kelly
STYLED king OF the Smugglers OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07

the license was returned to Clerk Sal
monsoon, with this notation upon 1t:
Just before the eve Of prospective
marriage the bride left for parts UNI,
known to evade marriage" The no.
tation was signed by the Rev. e. Zaph.
Melrose Park.
When Helms purchased the license
he requested the clerk to insert the
name of Hazel Dell Hickok: In the
proper place He did so under the Inn
preston that the paper 80 inscribed
would be of use in the ceremony which
was contemplated. He had gathered
the impression from various CONVEX
sations OF specific nature which he
had held with the young woman.
The impression had gained such q
hold upon him that he not only went
to the trouble and expense of getting
the license, but he also telephoned to
the Rev. M. Zaph, asking him to set
apart the hour Of 1880 of Oct. for
the purpose Of using the license. TX
But at 1880 o'clock of that night
friend Of Helms appeared and informed
the minister that it was all of.
1.-THE bride has skipped" he said.
And that seems to be about all
that is known of the circumstances.
The bride is gone, and the license is
spoiled, because the name cannot be
changed Wherefore Helms is with
out a bride, and without a certain 81
bill of which he was once possessed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
MURDERS HIS WIFE ON TRAIN.
Nebraska Trap Shooter Then Leaves
Car and Ends Own Life.

Norfolk Neb., Dec. Elm the pres
ence Of a coachful Of horror stricken
passengers, v. B. NethaWay, a well
known trap shooter, shot and killed
his wife on an outgoing train late
yesterday afternoon. Then he jumped
from the car and took his own life
few minutes later. Mrs. NethaWay
had boarded the train to go to the
county seat, where her application for
divorce was to have been heard last
evening.
Nethaway appeared in the car door
armed with shotgun. He called to his
wife at the opposite end of the coach
to prepare to diet" and then fired
both barrels at her with fatal precis-
ion
He next addressed the frightened
passengers, mostly men, some Of whom
had scrambled under the seats and
others tried to escape thru the win
dows:
"Good-by, boys" he said. Il am sor.
ry that I had to do this, but I will do
the same thing for myself"
Leaving the car, Nethaway went to
local grain office, drawing revolt
yer to keep the gathering crowd at
safe distance. In the office he kept the
grain dealer, Clarence Salter, and a
companion. under cover while he
stepped to telephone to call up his
mother. Over the telephone he told
her of the double tragedy he was car
rying' out, gave her a few instructions,
and begged kind treatment for his lit
tie daughter, who is in convent at
West Point Neb.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
ginrs- 7,e1mhIrar Observation-Disclosures, souo lrramuer 1897

| ing were mysteries which the officials
at once began to ferret out.
The officers took coon dog with
them to the boundary line where the
| first canine was seen. They waited
three days before another dog came
along with pack saddle on it's back.
This time there were three dogs loaded
with the drug. The men let them
pass. and then with the aid of the coon
dog they traced the animals ITO a
shack near Blaine, where the officers
| afterwards arrested Smith on a charge
| of smuggling
Another plan that has been worked
successfully by operators along the
| boundary was using wood and logging
wagons. The men erected shack OF
cedar on the boundary line, and with
this as their headquarters and an old
man in charge, who was supposed to
be wood cutter, members or the
| gang were enabled to elude the Off
GERS for long time.
Secret service men from Washing
ton, ID. c., recently made an impor-
tant find in the Puget Sound country.
Disguised as hunters they went TO
Vashon island. where in what is known
as "the haunted house" they seized a
lot OF contraband. With small sound
ing hammers they located a panel be-
hind u large picture, and from the
aperture they took a quantity of wines,
! tobacco, expensive pipes and meats.
They searched the island and found
traces where heavy bundles had been
dragged over the ground. From sever
al fishermen the officers secured the
story Of boat that visited Big Har-
Dor a short time ago and changed its
name over night. The officers have the
name of the captain. who has been
called upon to explain his movements.
Large quantities of opium have been
struggled in at that point, and 1T IS
believed that the information gained
from the pilot of the b. will result IN
wholesale arrests in short time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
5 Oddly in the Mems
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Kill 1000 sparrows.

Carleton, Mich,-A sparrow hunt
that has been on at New Boston,
Wayne county, for several weeks under
the auspices of the local lodge, M. w.
Of A., has just closed, fully 1000 spar
rows being killed in the contest.
Samuel Adams. a merchant Of the
village. and one of the Wayne county
poor commissioners, and Harry Burn
ham were the leaders in the contest,
with twenty-five additional men to
the side.
Adams band defeated it's opponents
by 500 birds. The result is that the
losing side must give banquet to the
winning side from the bounty received
from the slaughter Of birds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
MAURITANIA SETS NEW RECORD
Makes Eastbound Trip in Better Time
Than the Lusitania.

Queenstown, Dec. 6.-The Cunard
liner Mauretania passed Daunt's Rock
at $40 p. m. yesterday, establishing
new eastbound trans Atlantic record.
Her time for the voyage from Sandy
Hook, days % hours and 20 minutes,
beats the best time of her sister ship,
the Lusitania, by twenty-one minutes.
The difference between the old and the
new record is not great, but consider
ing the weather conditions, the officers
Of the Mauretania are greatly pleased
with her performance. The distance
covered was 2,S07 nautical miles. The
Mauretania passed Sandy Hook light
ship at 2:25 p. M Saturday, running
400 knots up to noon on Sunday. The
days runs thereafter were as follows:
54S, 535, 556, $50, and from noon today
until the passing of Daunt's Rock 124
knots, the average for the voyage be-
ing 1859.