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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
TRAGIC DEATH Of
HEROIC miners
Four Men Are Overcome by Gas
in Utah Mine, Being Dead
Before Help Came.
Three Meet Death In Heroic Attempt
to Save Life of an Italian Who
Had Become Overcome by Foul
Air In Mine.

Salt Lake City-Four men met
death, while forty others were over
come by the fumes of gas in the
workings of the Utah Copper com.
pany at Bingham, on Saturday.
The deadly fumes that proved fatal
to four of the mining men were in
what is known as a gopher, small
working below the tunnel OF the mine.
An Italian miner was the first.
victim of the fumes. His body was
found lying across the ladder half
way up from the gopher Believing
that there was another Italian work
ing in the gopher, a rescue party of
FIVE men, consisting of Kent Smith,
assistant superintendent of the Utah
Copper company; Hugh Burns and
George Wilson, steam shovel men,
and Oscar Mann, brakeman, and
another brakeman known as Ruby"
The first three named went into the
gopher to search for the. body of the
second italian which they expected to
find in the working. The two brake
men lowered them into the hole by a
winch and were prepared to haul
them out in case they were overcome.
The men, however, were unable to
get back to the rope.
The two brakemen at the entrance
to the gopher were also overcome
but they revived after they had been
carried out into the air The air was
so foul that the bodies of the three
men in the gopher could not be
reached until II o'clock at night, and
then only after the foul air had been
pumped out of the working to large
extent. Efforts to revive the men
| proved futile.
For hours almost every one who
ventured near the opening into the
working was overcome. The mines
| of the Boston Consolidated and the
Utah Consolidated companies were
closed and the men sent to assist In
the work of rescue. Forty or fifty
minters who assisted in the rescue
work had to be carried out of the tun
nels, suffering from the deadly effect:
of the fumes.
1t seems that the Italian laborel
had become overcome. and was de
serted by two companions, who
reached the mouth of the tunnel com
pletely overcome by the fumes OF the
foul air. Kent Smith, the genera
foreman of the plant. headed a party
to go to the Italians assistance. 1
was in endeavoring to rescue the Ital
ian that the other men lost thei
lives.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Montana Pioneer Shot in Back.

Butte, Mont-A Miner dispatch
from Red Lodge, Mont, says that
Rasmus Hetland, an old-time resident
OF Joliet, a coal mining camp near Red
Lodge. and owner of coal property
near Joliet. is lying at the point of
death as the result of being shot
twice by a man named Byrd, former
partner of Hetland. The two men
had had trouble. and Byrd, II is al
legged. lay in wait for Het and, and as
the latter emerged from q saloon fred
three times at him, one of the bullets
striking Hetland In the stomach and
another In the back.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
COST OF CAMPAIGN
Democrats Spent over 100000, Ac-
cordng to Statement Made Public.

Chicago.-The Democratic national
committee received in all s620,644.77,
and spent 1913, 41006 during the re-
cent presidential campaign, leaving a
balance on hand of $1,234.71.
So reads statement made public
Sunday night by the officers of the
committee. and the items will be iled
for record in the office of the secre-
tary of state of New York in com.
pliance with the resolution adopted by
the national committee at Lincoln,
Neb., last July. The statement made
public by the committee Saturday
night includes a certificate OF audit
by Myron d. King, auditor Of the ma
tional committee.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26

Butte, Mont.-Col. NJ. II. De Hora,
president of the British-Butte Mining
company. has informed the authori.
ties that four attempts had been made
on his life during the month, the last
occurring Saturday night On each
occasion De Hora was on his way to
the properties of the company near
Rocker, to pay off the hands, and had
large sums of money with him. On
each occasion the would-be assassin
fred with a rifle from the dumps OF
the old Bluebird smelter, half mile
across the valley.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
ALLEGED Leader of Springfield Rioters
Found Not Guilty.

Springfield. Ill.-After four hours
deliberation the jury in the case OF
Abe Raymer, alleged leader of the
mob in the race riots last August, on
Saturday night returned verdict OF
not guilty He was tried on charge
of malicious destruction of property.
When tried several weeks ago for
murder in connection with the lynch
ing of w. X. Donnigan, an aged
negro. Raymer was also found not
guilty. The verdict is taken to mean
a collapse of the riot cases.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Independent Wireless Problem Solve,

Paris.-Bellini and Tosi. two Ital
ian scientists, who, with the sanction
OF the French government. have been
conducting experiments in wireless
telegraphy for the past eighteen
months on the coast of Normandy,
announce that they have solved the
problem of independent wireless com
munication This result. they say,
has been secured by means of two
rectangular. aerials fixed at right an
gles, and 81 attached to the apparatus
permit the transmission of up
b currents.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
TERRIBLE TORNADO
SWEEPS ARKANSAS
Half a Dozen Towns Almost Com
pleteIy Destroyed and Score of
Lives Wiped Out.
Path of Storm Said to Have Been
Two Miles Wide and Seventy
Miles Long-Heavy Property
Loss, as Well as Long
Death List.

Little Rock, Ark.-More than a
score of lives were lost and many
other persons were injured in a tor
nado which swept the northwestern
section of this state late Monday, de-
molishing several towns and razing
vast tracts of timber.
The tornado. approaching from the
southwest, crossed the Arkansas river
several miles south of the settlement
of Piney and proceeded in a northeast
.erly direction. II swept through the
towns of London, Wellerville, Jeshro,
Louisville, Patterson and Berryville
and outlying portions of Mulberry,
either completely wrecking or laying
waste the larger part of these places
and destroying timber and crops
throughout the intermediate country.
AT Piney it is said that twelve per
sons were killed ana number in
jured. Practically the entire settle
ment was demolished
AT London three lost their lives.
Wellerville and Jeshro were prac-
tica.ly destroyed. several fatalities oc-
curing In each place.
In the vicinity of Mulberry the
death list is placed at seven.
AT Berryville, one woman, Mrs. ].
O. Hoskins, was seriously injured and
several other persons sustained lesser
injuries. A path 100 yards wide was
cut through the town, six bull dings
being completely wrecked and a mum
Der of others damaged, either being
torn from their foundations or un
rooted. Here the property loss is es
timated at about $25 900
From the outlying districts consid
cradle damage to property is also re
ported, but no loss of life.
At Lodi three buildings were de
stroyed and one woman was serious
~ hurt.
Advices from Lewisviile, from the
western part of Lafayette county. re
port the destruction of several build
ings at that place. and at Palmes
considerable damage to property, al
well as injury to number of persons
is reported.
The tornado swept through a sec
tion of country two miles wide ant
seventy miles long. The force of thu
storm was greatest in the vicinity o
Ozark, Ark, the small town of GRAY
ems, four miles west, being complete
ly wiped out. Four persons were
killed and three fatally injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill, an aged couple
who were caught In the collapse o
their house and crushed
A grocery store in which severa
people had taken refuge was blown t
pieces and all the occupants wer'
more or less injured. DR.. Croker. o
Lenall. Ark was slightly hurt.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
carneqie Urges Tariff Revision.

New York.-A notable article from
Andrew Carnegie, dealing with the
tariff, will appear in the forthcoming
December number of the Century
magazine. The iron master takes the
position that infant industries" no
longer need protection; that the steel
and other industries have now grown
beyond the need of tariff protection;
that duties on luxuries used by the
rich should be maintained, but that
those on manufactured articles should
be reduced greatly or abolished en-
tirely when no longer needed.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
.REPUTED WORDS OF EMPEROR
AN EXHIBITION OF EGOT|SM
New York World Prints Sensational
Story Of the Alleged Interview
With German War Lord.

New York-What purports' to be
an absolutely accurate and authen-
tic synopsis OF the interview OBJ
tanned from Emperor William of Ger
many by DIR. William Bayard Hale
and subsequently Withdrawn just as
II was about to appear in the Century
Magazine, has been printed by the
World The World declares that the
article as originally written was sub
mitted to DR.. Hale and that it appears
"as changed by DR.. Hale"
The interview is said to have taken
place on the imperial yacht Hohen-
zoIlern off Bergen, Norway, while DR..
Hale was the emperor's guest. The
World summarizes the main points
OF the emperor's interview as fol
lows:
THAT King Edward of Great Brit
pin had been humiliating him for
more than two years and that he was
exasperated; that Germany was the
paramount power in all Europe and
England was trying to neutralize that
power.
THAT he held France in the hollow
of his hand, and that Russia was of
no account since the disastrous war
she had with Japan.
THAT if the Pan-European war
which had been so much talked of
was inevitable, the sooner it came the
better it would be for him. but he was
ready and was tired of the suspense.
THAT Great Britain had been de-
cadent nation every since. her victory
over the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State, because hers was an I'M
righteous, ungodly cause, and Divine
Judgment was bound eventually to
pvertake the powerful nation that
waged such war.
THAT the Anglo-Japanese alliance
was an UBIQUITOUS alliance against al
the white races England proving alb
solutely her faithless case as a Chris
tan nation; that Japan was honey
combing India with sedition and food
} ing 1t with spies. while professins
openly to be England's friend ant
ally.
"That the only way to counterac
this alliance was for Germany ant
America to act together at an earl,
date or America would have to figh
!, the Japanese in ten months.
, "That in the event of a great wa
, England would lose many of her colo
, MES, especially in the Pacific, an'
, that what he would take for GERMANY
, would be Egypt, though he would lib
, crate the Holy Land from the yolx
of the infidel, presumably meaning
, the sultan.
THAT the perfecting of the Zeppe
lin dirigible ballon would give Gel
many a power advantage in war AM
, she was ready to make use of it t
the fullest extent"
> The World declares that Empero
! William knew when he made thes
statements that DR.. Hale was al
I American newspaper man and mage
(. zine writer, but that nevertheless tn
: statements were made without resel
walton and that no secrecy was In
posed.
DIR. William Bayard Hale has Issue
81 statement absolutely repudiatin
: the story published by the World
declaring 1t to be a nure fabricatio
from beginning to end.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Robbers Ransack Slaoon After Beat
ing Bartender.

Butte, Mont-Two masked men ear
ly Sunday morning held up the sa-
loon of John Michailoff, 223 South
Main street, robbing the bartender,
Matte Memoir, of nearly $3.50. The
bandits entered the saloon at a time
when no one was in the place but
Memoir. He saw one of the masked
men enter the front door and surmis-
ing that holdup was to be attempted
made a dash for the rear door, only
to meet the second outlaw, who dealt
him a stunning blow with gun and
laid him out.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Smuggling Opium Into Manila From
China.

Evidences of an extensive
plot to smuggle opium here from
China have been discovered. A fort
night ago workmen employed on the
military buildings at Camp Stotzen-
berg discovered a quantity of opium
concealed in cement which had been
shipped from Hongkong. Workmen
engaged on the Manila forts opened
a supposed barrel of cement and found
II to be half filed with opium. The
opium has been turned over to the Gus
tom officials and the government is
now investigating.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Republicans Spent Million and Half

Albany. N. Y.-George B. shelton,
treasurer eff the Republican national
committee, has filed the list of contri-
buttons for the recent national cam
Iaign 1t shows 1888 contributors.
many of them covering a number of
lesser contributions. The total
amount contributed was s1,655.51S.27
Among the big individual contributors
We're: c. p. Taft Cincinnati, $4,000;
United League. New York. $37.777;
Union League. Philadelphia S22, 500;
Andrew Carnegie and j. p. Morgap
each gave 100000. Whitelaw Reid
contributed $4,000.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Fighting Bob" Evans to Manage
Steamship Line.

Los Notwithstanding to a story
published in an afternoon paper. line
of steamships will be established ear
ly next spring between San Pedro and
by the Los angeles Harbor company
The line probably will be under the
management of Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans, retired. who was elected
chairman of the board of directors of
the company late Thursday, and who
viii come to Los Angeles ln March to
make thia city his home
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
American Baseball Team Plays First
Game With Japanese.

Tokio.-In the presence Of an en-
thusiastic crowd of more than 5000
people, the American baseball team,
which came to Japan to play some OF
the university teams. opened the sea
son Sunday afternoon and defeated the
Waseda university by score of to
0. The Waseda team played snappy
ball. but did not succeed in getting a
man as far as second base. Count
Okuma. the sage of the Waseda uni
versity. wearing the cap and coat OF
the american team, pitched the first
ball across the plate.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
Gar viii Follow Remains of Uncle
Through Streets on Foot.

st. Petersburg.-Th funeral In. St.
Petersburg of Grand Duke Alexis will
be attended by Emperor Nicholas In
person. His majesty will follow the
casket on foot through the streets of
the city This will be the first time
the emperor has been seen on the
streets of st. Petersburg since 1904,
and the fact is striking testimonial
oT the progress made in appeasing the
people. The funeral of Alexis has as
sumed additional Importance since the
decision of the emperor to follow the
casket of his uncle on foot. Spectators
will be allowed along the entire route
except on the bridges and at few
other points where large gatherings
might be dangerous.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
TURKEY FOR ROOSEVELT.
Horace Vose Makes President a Pres
ent of 26-Pounder.

Westerly, r. 1.-The Rhode Island
turkey which Horace vose will send
TO the president, according to his an
nual custom. to grace the table of the
White house on Thanksgiving day.
went on the execution block on Sun
day and was shipped to Washington
on Monday II is the best of a lot of
chestnut-fed birds which have been
selected and especially reared ns can
didates for the distinction, and
weighs &c pounds.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Presbyterian Ministers Oppose View
of President Roosevelt.

New York.-In a resolution adopted
ON Monday the Presbyterian Minis
ters' association of this city expressed
disagreement with President Roose-
Velt's statement in recent letter
that refusal to vote for candidate
for high Office because he is Roman
Catholic is narrow, unwarranted big
otry." The ministers Endorsed the
letter sent recently by the. New York
Lutheran ministers to the president,
dissenting from his view of the mat
ter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10

MILWAUKEE Wis. Sept ., 1908.
According to latest returns received
by the Evening Wisconsin this afternoon
Samuel A, Cook made remarkable gains
FOR the senatorship. The latest results
show the following vote on the four
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
MYSTERY IS UNSOLVED.
Murder of Omaha Physician Is Unex-
planned, but Developments May
Be Sensational.

OMAHA, Neb, Sept. 3.-Devclop-
ments in the DR.. Rustin murder case
were not made public by the police to-
day, but there is an undercurrent feeling
that something of a startling nature will
develop within a day or two. 1t is nov
known that Rustin reached his home
about midnight Tuesday night and that
the shooting occurred at 3 O'clocii
Wednesday morning. What occurred OF
the Rustn home during the three hours
interval between his reaching there and
the shooting has not developed and No
person is permitted to interview Mrs.
RuStin.
1t was learned this afternoon that
Chief Donahuc secured a written state
mcnt from Miss IOona Bonnell in which
she admitted accompanying DIR. Rustin
to a point near his home Tuesday night.
The statement also says that by APP
pointment She waited an hour for him to
return, and that She three times called
his home by telephone to inquire about
him. Each time she was told the doctor
had not yet reached home.
The evidence in the hands of the po-
lice however. indicate that he WAS ut
his home at the time and it is said there
was domestic troubles following his ar
rival there. The police did not believe
the BonneI woman did the shooting
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
MANDEL'S BODY ON WAY
Remains of Chicago Merchant Prince
Will Probably Be Inferred at
Chicago.

BASEE, Switzerland, Sept. 5.-The
body of Emanuel Mandel of Chicago left
here today on a special train for Havrc
whence it will be shipped to the United
States.
While alighting from a train Mr..
Mandel's foot slipped and he fell heav-
ily. his head striking the tlagstoLes. By
ISLANDERS rushed to his assistance but
found that he had been rendered uncon-
sciouS and physician was summoned
hastily. After an examination, the ply
stefan said that Mr.. Mandel'S leg was
broken and that he was suffering from n
severe conclusion of the brain. He was
then conveyed to Il hospital in an ambu-
lance.
At first it was thought that Mr.. Man
del's injuries would not prove serious,
but he grew suddenly worse and died
despite the efforts of the surgeons.
Mr.. Mandel was accompanied by his
wife. his daughter, son-n-law, and
grandchildren. He had just completed
a tour of the Black forest and was on
the eve of departing for Paris when the
accident occurred.
The cause of death is declared to have
been hemorrhage of the brain. following
conclusion. Mr. Mandel died without
having rcgained consciousness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE
MRS MARIAN F. COLFELT SHOOTS
SELF IN PARIS.
Is Taken to Hospital, Where 1t Is Be-
lieved That She Will Recover
from Wounds.

PARIS, Sept. 3.-An American wom-
an known at the hotel whore she lived
as Marian +. Colfet of New York made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
eide by shooting today. She fired two
bullets from a revolver into her breast.
She was at once removed to the Beaujon
hospital where the bullets were cx-
tractcd. 1t is believed that she will
recover.
According TO the officials of the hotel
which is situated in the Avenue kleher,
near the American embassy, Mrs. Collect
arrived in June with her husband, /. H.
Colfelt and n 6-ycaroId son, Within a
few Gays the husband and son left Tor
Dinard and have not since returned.
Mrs. COlfelt. who is IS years OF age
spent most of the rmc in her ROOM
only coming down for her luncheon and
dinner. The hotel clerk TINS morning
heard n double report from Mrs. Col,
felt's room. He r}-hcd in and found
her lying unConsciou> ON the bed.
Information indicates that ut. AMI
Mrs. Colfclt had quarrel after the ar
rival of the wife in Paris Mrs. CoIt"lt
appeared to be greatly troubled and
made the attempt u-eu her lie IN ut ol
depression. At the hospital this after
noon her wounds were declared TO be not
serious and her rapid recovery Is expect
ed Mr.. Colfelt has not yet been located.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
STATE NEWS NOTES.

ALGeMA-The question of high or low
saloon license Will be submitted to the
voters of Algoma September 10. The IL
cense rate is $500 and the attempt is to
raise it to $500
MADISON-Gov. Davidson appointed j.
w stone, state fish and game warden, to
represent Wisconsin at the international
fisheries congress to be held in Washing
ton, u. c., September % to 20.
KENOSTA-Miss Julia Carney, aged %
this county, and formerly teacher In the
state school for the deaf at Deavah, be
came violently insane and was committed
to the hospital at Mendoza.
ApPLETON-Mr. and Mrs Il. II. Graves
celebrated their diamond or siXtieth we'd
daughters The bride of sixty years ago
is now 81 years Of age. Mr.. Graves Is
also 50 years old.
GRAND RAPIDS-Dr. Byron Robinson
of Chicago a former resident of this city,
has donated to the people tract OF twenty
heavily wooded and Mr. Robinson In max
ing the gift suggested that so far as prac-
ticablc the natural growth be preserved
MADISON-The state railroad commits
sion held Il hearing on complaint of d
NJ Reinardy and other residents OF Bur
company. the charge being an unlawful in
crease In rates. The company contended
that the increase was necessary and not
In contraventon OF the law.
MADISON-The famous Duke murder
case of Ashland will be one OF the inter
Legislature. William French, formerly or
Ashland, but now Of Chicago, who killed
James Duke in that city after quarrel
will present claim to the wisconsin Leg
state inflicted on him by illegal contne-
mpnt