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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
MINERS RESCUED AT ELY.
Pinned in Alpha Shaft 40 Days-Fed
Through Steel Pipe.

| Through Steel Pipe.
Ely, New. Jan. 20.-After having
been entombed 46 days in the Alpha
shaft of the Giroux mine, A. d. Bailey
II. j. Brown and Fred Mcdonald have
been rescued. Whistles all over the
district blew loudly, while crowds
cheered in the streets of Ely and
every bell in town was ringing.
'Ah," this was the first exclamation
of Bailey when he reached the outer
air. Without another word he tottered
forward into the arms of comrades
who stood ready to assist him and was
led to the change room of the Alpha
shaft, where in a few minutes he re-
cuperated.
rs that you, Arthur" queried Fred
Mcdonald, as his brother stepped for
ward and embraced him after nearly
seven long weeks of separation. "By
George, it certainly seems good to be
out of that hole" he said, as he was
led away telling his rescuers of his
terrible experience.
On the morning of December 4 Nc
Donald, Brown and Bailey and two
Greeks were working in the bottom of
the three compartment shaft, IS feet
below the pump station and 1886 feet
below the surface. The cave oc-
Cured at o'clock. The cable used
to haul the cage from the third com
partment of the shaft snapped and
thousands of tons of rock, debris and
timber fell down into the shaft. From
the bottom of the compartment in
which the men were working to the
pumping station, a distance of So feet
a series of rickety ladders offered the
only means of escape. With falling
rocks and timbers streaming down
upon them the five struggled up these
ladders.
Half way up falling timbers knocked
the two Greeks from the ladder, killing
them. Bailey, Mcdonald and Brown
managed to reach the pump station.
Its well timbered roof had withstood
the rock and timber that came down
the shaft, and offered them shelter
and safety.
Twenty-four hours afterward the
three men who occupied the pumping
station managed to make themselves
heard by tapping upon the six-inch
water pipe that stretched from the
pumping station to the surface. 1t was
this pipe that was the means of saving
the lives of the three men. When
communication was once established
with the world above and the men
had made known the fact that thew
We're still alive, food and drink were
Immediately lowered through the pipe.
This pipe line has been in almost
constant use, friends sending them by
It's means the news of the outside
world and messages of cheer.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
National Guards Given Tim.

fo,r ne mousse committee on military o.
t t,'llS mas decided to report favor.h a.,
INV e +S Soint resolution already adontad
1 IS ene senate, extending to Ian 80, o.
orpani9 ,ae ume allowed the military
ter @.;t,1a'lOns Of the several states any
t ta,ni'oiles to conform their orean i,.u
IONS armament and disc,n, Gaaiz ..
muse Oh the regular army e TO
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
NO IMMUNITY FOR ABE RUFF
Prosecution to Demand Trial on An
other Charge.

San Francisco, Jan. 20.-It is an
nounced that the graft prosecution had
determined to discontinue all negotia-
tons with Abraham Ruef. the, central
hgure in the graft cases, in the mat
ter of granting him immunity. 1t was
further stated that the prosecution
would demand that Ruef be put on
trial before Judge Dunno on one of
the many charges of bribery for which
he has been indicted. This determin.
alton of the prosecution came at the
end of several days of fruitless nego-
tiations with Ruef.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24

Toronto corporation with a capital OF
$4,000. 900. has gone into liquidation
and the association. of United Cana
dian banks have assumed it's liabili-
ties. The depositors in the 76 branch
es of the Sovereign banks are to lose
nothing. The banks branches verb
in Ontario. Quebec. the northwest and
maritime provinces.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
Most Powerful Organ Ever Built

Inc Ocean Grove camp meeting
grounds, New York, is to have the
most powerful organ ever built. Ins
new organ, which will cost $26VVO
VIII nave number of appointment
not 70 be found in any organ in Amer
ica' 1t will be electrically worked az.
ny an electrical device it will be KEY
always in tune, no matter what w
weather may be.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
CHARLES E. SMITH is DEAD.
Former Postmaster General Passes
Away

Philadelphia, Jan. 2O.-Charles EN-
DRY Smith. editor of the Press, former
United States minister to Russia and
FORMER postmaster general, died of
heart trouble at his home in this city.
aged So years.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
Many Are Idle in chieaoo

careful canvass of the labor sit.
uation in Chicago reveals the fact that
there are in the city 1875. $50 idle work.
ing people. There are normally So. 600
men out of work at this season of the
year.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
WALSH
GUILTY
JURY AGAINST NOTED
CHICAGO BANKER.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN CONF
ROOM WHEN JURY WAS
POLLED.

John r. Walsh, former president NJ
the Chicago National bank, which
closed it's doors in December. 19o5
was found guilty at Chicago on "a
counts of the indictments against him
charging misapplication of the banks
funds. The verdict was returned NV
jury in the federal district CONT
here.
Mr.. Walsh was allowed to remain at
liberty on bond furnished by him after
the indictment has been returned
against him, one year ago to a dav
pending the hearing of arguments on
January % on a motion by his counsel
for a new trial.
The sum of approximately 81, 900 600
was involved in the illegal transae-
tons. The maximum penalty of 10
years on each of the 81 counts consti-
tuting this act would make it possible
for Judge Anderson to impose a sen.
tence of $40 years in the penitentiarv
The reading of the verdict was fol-
lowed by a scene intensely dramatic
When the jury was polled at the re-
quest of Attorney John S. Miller of
counsel for the defense, Ebert Palmer
a juror from Harvard, ILL.,, was over.
come by emotion and wept as he signt.
fed his acquiescence in the finding.
He sat with his head bowed upon his
hands during the preliminary proceed.
ings and failed to Iise to his feet as
the others had done to reply to the
interrogation by the clerk, "Was this
and is this now your verdict?" bail.
iff touched his arm when his turn
came to answer. He apparently had
not heard the question, and it was re-
peated. Palmer rose and stood IN
steadily with eyes downcast, and
muttered something unitelligible to
the court and attorneys. Under
prompting by Judge Anderson the
juror then replied with apparent effort
and while the tears course down his
cheeks, Yes, under the instructions
as | understand them"
When the poll was completed Palmer
was questioned further by the court
at the request of Attorney Miller and
in answer to the question previously
put to him replied: IL have to say
yes"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
ON FIRST
BALLOT
MANAGERS OF TAFTS
CAMPAIGN HAPPY.
SECRETARY EXPECTS NOMINA.
TON ON FIRST BALLOT ON
PRESENT OUTLOOK.

Secretary Taft expects to be nomi-
mated for president on the first ballot
in the republican national convention
He expects to get at least 5O2 votes
out of $50. The number necessary to
nominate is 491.
For the first time since the Taft
campaign opened its managers tonight
reduced their general predictions to
concrete form.
This is the way they line up the va
rious states and sections of the coun-
try:
States which have declared for Taft
through central committees: Califor-
mia, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Mich
igan, West Virginia and Ohio; total,
$50 votes.
States which are sure for Taft: The
entire south, with the possible excep-
ton of Kentucky and Oklahoma; total,
240 votes.
States which are reasonably sure for
Taft: Minnesota North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana and Iowa; total, 20.
Territories sure for Taft, 10; grand
total, 500 votes.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
Pity for Aged Offender.


1t developed later that Palmer was
largely responsible for the long DELHI
Grafton of the jury. So insistent was
he that Walsh be acquitted that he
forced his fellow jurors to take sep
arate ballots on every one of the $50
counts in the Indictment.
He is sucn an old man-over 70
years" is said to have been the con.
slant plea of Palmer HE was tech.
nically guilty, but none of his deposi-
tors lost, and what is the use of send
ing an old man to PRISON." he is
quoted sa having urged upon the
other jurors time after time. He is
said to have wept at times in the jury
room as he begged the others to con-
slider the age of the defendant and
nave compassion.
, The verdict was the result of nearly
SO hours elaboration on the part Of
the jurors.
walsh, the subject of his compass
sion, who sat at a table surrounded
by his attorneys, appeared less moved
-NSoA1 VI Tic lOuS IIldl ludh
almost anybody else concerned.
Charge Against Walsh.
The charge against Walsh grew out
OF the closing in 1905 of the Chicago
national bank, of which Walsh was
president, and it's allied institutions,
the Home Savings bank and the
Equitable Trust company. Walsh was
accused of having loaned funds Of
these institutions, aggregating 16,
ooO'OOO, to fictitious and insuficiently
secured struggling enterprises which
ne himself had founded and practical
ly owned.
Inc directors of the bank testified
they were not consulted by Walsh as
10 the making of the loans; that they
knew nothing of them. Twenty-six Of
1ne notes were described as mem
orandum" notes and they formed one
OF the chief features of the trial. They
represented more than S2,OO0.OOO.
The defense took the ground that
all of the Walsh enterprises were
quilt up in order to save and protect
original loans by Walsh in good faith
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
Taft Has Big Lead in Ohio.

statement given out at the Taft
headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, says:
Including the counties which acted
today calls have been issued by the
republican committees in 73 counties
providing for the election, under the
full provisions of the call of the state
central committee, of 716 out of a
total of S15 delegates.
In over nalf the counties, including
most OF the large ones, and represent
ing over 600 delegates, Taft has been
formally Endorsed by county commit
tees. Taft tickets of delegates are in
the field everywhere. Lake county,
where an independent ticket is prom
ised in opposition to the Taft ticket.
furnishes the only opposition known.
Lake county has four delegates"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
In the Pro bable Glass.

To make up for possible deficiencies
among the states classed as reason
ably sure" the Taft folks expect to
draw from the following, classed as
probable: New York, 80 votes out
of a possible rs; Massachusetts, SO;
Connecticut, IA Idaho, 6; Oregon, g.,
and Washington, 10; total, 109.
From this district would also come
enough votes to make up for possible
split delegations from Ohio and Iowa.
Classed as possible" are all the rest
of the states of the Union excepting
Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois,
which the Taft folks graciously con-
cede to Knox, Fairbanks and Uncle
Joe" Cannon, respectively.
These figures are understood to
have been approved by Charles p
Taft, the secretary's brother, who left
Saturday for Cincinnati, after a two
days visit in Washington.
Coincidental with his departure was
that of Senator Foraker, also for Ohio
but they did not take the same train.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

an engagement with you-you are to
be my guest" and without another
word he strode away
1 remained with ALI as long as the
jailer thought it prudent to let me stay,
and then 1 went about the town to
gather it's sentiment And l was griev-
ed to find that every one declared 1t
to be cold -blooded murder. My heart
was heavy as l rode toward home, for
the old people were looking to me for
encouragement. Guinea met me at
the gate She tried to smile, but
failed
Don't try to look pleased at see
ing me-" I said. 1t is too much Of an
effort" And If she could not smile
she could give me look Of gratitude.
She went with me to the stable, saying
not word; and when l had turned
the horse loose she followed me to the
sitting room. At the door I faltered,
but Mrs. Jucklin's voice bade me enter.
She was sitting in a rocking chair,
Ter hand upon the book, she thus spoke
to Inc: Don't hesitate to talk, fol-
His rod and His staff shall comfort
me-"
! had not noticed the old man, so
bent were my eyes upon his wife. h''.
now he arose into view, coming C
me, he whispered: From the stock
that stood at the stake"
/ told them all l knew, which was
not much; and then knelt down and
prayed with them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
NOT RICH EARLY.
Vanderbilt Was Seventy Before He
Made His Fortune.

Vanderbilt Was Seventy Before He
Made His FORTUNE.
The Vanderbilt fortu e, once the
greatest financial power IN the United
States, probably amounts, at the pres
ent moment, to not far from $300,000,-
900, says McClures. OF lhi.. William
Xissam Vanderbilt, who controls the
majority Of the family properties, holds
IN the neighborhood of $100,000,0 900.
while twelve or fifteen descendants Of
the commodore share among them
selves the remaining $200,O00,000.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact in
the whole remarkable career Of Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt is that he
did his really important work and
heaped up his enormous fortune after
he was 70 years old. He was born In
1894, and almost all his energies un-
til the outbreak Of the civil war, had
been absorbed in the management Of
his numerous steamboat and steamship
lines.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, when running
his steamboats, up and down the Hud-
son river, had felt keenly the competi-
ton Of the railroad along its eastern
shore Later developments led him
clearly to perceive, what most Of his
contemporaries saw only family, that
transportation in this country would
follow the line, not Of the canal and the
river but Of the steel rail. AS soon as
he had caught this glimpse Of the fu-
ture, Vanderbilt characteristically act
ed upon it. Fifty years before, fore
seeing the possibilities Of steam travel
w -Aa.er he had sold his whole sailing
qeel AMI purchased steamboats,; act
'ns just - promptly now, he sold all
ls water craft and began purchasing
railroads.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
To be Continued.
AN AMERICAN HERO.
He Used His Own Body to Stop a
Leak In Ferryboat

He Used His Own Body to Stop a
Leak In a Ferryboat.
One morning in January, when the
ice in the Hudson river ran unusually
heavy, a Hoboken ferryboat slowly
crunched her way through the floating
does until the thickness Of the pack
choked her paddles in mid-river. 1t
was an early morning trip, and the
decks were crowded with laboring men
and the driveways choked with teams.
rhe women and children standing in
side the cabins were solid mass up to
the swinging doors. While she was
gathering strength for further ef-
fort an ocean tug sheered to avoid her.
veered a point and crashed int. her
side, cutting her below the water line
n a great V shaped cash. A moment
more and the disabled boat careened
from the shock and fell over on her
beam, helpless. Into the V shapeo
cash the water poured a torrent. 1t
,eemed but a question of minutes be-
fore she would lunge headlong below
Cne ice.
Within 200 yards Of both boats and
free Of the heavy ice, steamed the
wrecking tug Reliance Of the Offshore
Wrecking company, and on her deck
forward stood Captain Scott. When
he ocean tug reversed her engines af-
ter the collision and backed clear of
the shattered wheelhouse Of the ferry
boat he sprang forward, stopped down,
ran his eye along the water line, noted
N d flash every shattered plank, climb
ed into the pilothouse of his own boat
and before the astonished pilot could
catch his breath pushed the nose of
the Reliance along the rail of the fer
ryboat and dropped upon the latter's
4eck like a cat
With threat to throw overheard
any man who stirred he dropped into
.he engine room, met the engineer
halfway up the ladder, compelled him
- return, dragged the mattresses from
the crews hunks, stripped off blankets
Ind snatched up clothes, overalls, cot
,on waste and rags of carpet, cram
ming them into the great rent left by
the tugs cutwater.
Ii was useless. Little by little the
water gained, bursting out first below,
then on one side, only to be calked out
again and only to rush in once more.
Captain Scott stood a moment as If
undecided, ran his eye searchingly
over the engine room, saw that fol
ais needs it was empty, then deliber-
Itely tore down the top wall calking
lie had so carefully built up and be-
fore the engineer could protest forced
his own body into the gap, with his
arm outside level with the drifting ice.
An hour later the disabled ferry
boat, with every soul on board. was
owed into the Hoboken slip.
When they lifted the captain from
the wreck he was unconscious and
barely alive. The water had frozen his
blood, and the floating ice had torn the
esh from his protruding arm from
shoulder to wrist. When the color be-
gan to creep back to his cheeks he
opened his eyes and said to the doc
tor who was winding the bandages:
"Wuz any of them babies hurt?"
4 month passed before he regained
his strength and another week before
he arm had healed SO that he could
ret bic coat on Then he went back to
the Reliance. e.-Evervbody's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

new increase field. Each year the
nreeuns pat, the increase neIu and the
corn he'd will advance one notch, the
product of the breeuIng plat Icing one
year anead OF that of lne increase held
and the increase field year ahead Of
the main crop. Any common sense
method can be adopted for selecting
the best seed eacn year from the in
crease field, such as separating the
most perfect ears as the wagon loads
of corn are unloaded at the cribs, or
letter yet, husklng the best ears from
the best stalks into the wagon in the
held
Corn bred for several years for in
creased production" according to Mr..
Hartley of the department Of agricul-
ture, will produce, with exactly the
same treatment, 10, 20 or even 40
bushels per acre more than unsolicited
seed. Counting the increase at but 10,
bushels per acre (shelled corn) when
corn is worth, say 70 cents per bushel,
which Is less than the bureau Of sta
tistics report for this year, we'll bred
seed produces an increased profit Of 81
on every acre Of corn grown. This es-
innate is very conservative, the rate
or profit often being four times as
great.
Some farmers think it necessary to
obtain new seed every few years,
claiming that their seed has run out
A good strain Of corn, like good
breed Of animals, will assuredly run
from the best individuals. Instead Of
allowing a strain of corn, through neg
iect, to run out 1t can be run up in
producing power by comparatively sim
pie methods.
"Oh, this don't stand to reason" 1t
may be said. "a good, sound, we'll
matured ear of corn Is bound to pro-
duce good corn" Now this is just
what very careful experiments have
disproven in a large number of in
stances. The seeds of some plants can
be depended upon to reproduce very
closely according to the parent; but
not necessarily corn. Carefully select
ed seed ears, alike to all outward ap-
pearances, may have a variation in
yielding capacity almost beyond the
bounds Of belief. At the Nebraska
station, ten seed ears, planted in COM
parison for this purpose, ranged in
yield from 35 to 81 bushels, or diff
ference of IS bushels per acre. The
Wisconsin station found the yields Of
different ears Of the same variety Of
corn to vary from IA to 81 bushels Of
shelled corn per acre, showing that
some ears to all outward appearances
good, were almost worthless for seed.
The difference in productiveness is not
revealed by an examination Of the
ears; that must be ascertained by ac-
tual test
The department of agriculture and
various of the government agricultural
experiment stations are working hard
to induce corn growers to increase
their corn yield. The government Is
publishing detailed information and
instructions along the lines outlined
here. The Enquirer will be glad to
see that any or It's readers desiring to
start breeding plat are supplied with
information on the subject In much
Treater detail than 1t has been possible
TO describe in the limits Of this article.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
VALUE OF INN lGRANTS.
Much of the Progress In Some coun.
tries Due to Them.

"One of the best evidences Of the
value of immigration to country
ike this" remarked DR.. Wilbur L.
-omack of Boston, to a New York
Telegram reporter, "is the fact that
Canada, Australia, South Africa and
other progressive countries are real
zing that much Of our rapid advance
s due to immigration and are bidding
eagerly for a portion of the thousands
who will naturally leave the older
,ountries during the next few years.
THE fact that the number Of desir-
lble immigrants Is small must not be
overlooked, and when a wideawake
country like Australia begins to bid,
as it is bidding, directly to the worthy
Individual it means that we are liable
20 get fewer desirable men and wo-
men and more undesirables.
I'm Australia the government Is
making an appeal to the agricultural
immigrant Not only are homesteads
offered, but the state will finance any
man who wants to till the soil.
I'VE cannot underestimate the
worth of such immigrants as Austria
liza is attracting. These are the men
we need in the United States, and the
sooner we offer them the benefits
which we are now throwing away an
nually on a worthless mob Of idlers
he sooner we will end all Of our
wrangling over the subject Of immi-
grafton"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
OHIO WAR VESSELS.
Built on the Inland River to Clear Gulf
of Pirates.


STRANGE as it may seem, gunboats,
ironclads, war schooners, and light
draught monitors were actually con-
structed and put together on the
banks of these rivers, the boatyards
forming veritable hives Of activity at
such times as the War of 1912, the
Mexican war and the greater conflict
of 1876. Even prior to the war OF
1872 war vessels were built in Pitts
burg, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Roatbuilding is beyond doubt the
oldest industry of Pittsburg. At
time when the country swarmed With
Indians, hundreds of canoes were
turned out here, and later, when the
indian trader and trapper came
20 the forks of the Ohio" he built
rude fatboats TO transport his furs
and peltries down the river. Boat
wards were established as early as the
Revolutionary war, a large number
of barges being constructed in 1777
for army use at a point just above the
mouth of Turtle creek. Boat build
ing for the United States navy began
in this city more than century ago.
When war with France was immi-
nent as the result Of Napoleon's high
handed actions in closing the mouth
Of the Mississippi to American COM
merce and travel, the galley Presi-
dent Adams was built here on May
10, 1898. 1t carried General Wilkin-
son, commander-in-chi of the Unit
ed States army, down the Ohio on June
of that year, being built In record
time. Shortly after this the keel OF
another galley, the Senator Ross, was
laid out, but the galley was not
launched until the spring OF 1850.
AS war with France did not occur,
these vessels did not see any service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11

~ Vegetarian experts assert that one
acre of land will comfortably support
four persons on a vegetable diet.