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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06

representatives in congress and presi-
Dental candidates for November 3.
The terms of 81 United States sena-
tors-l2 democrats and 10 republicans
expire March 3, 1909. In a number
OF the states the senatorial choice al
ready has been made by primary. A
national house of Representatives was
elected--the 61st congress. The present
house is composed of 1923 republicans
and 166 democrats, with two vacancies
caused by death, one republican and one
democrat. Maine earlier elected four
republicans, Vermont two and Oregon
two. The congressional situation at
large is very mixed.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
CHECK CASH IN U. s. TREASURY.
Task Follows the Resignation of the
Assistant Treasurer,

Following the resignation of Hamilton
Fish as assistant treasurer of the United
States in charge of the subtreasury in
New York city, a corps of bookkeepers
under the direction of United States
Treasurer Treat began checking over
the books of the office.
While this task is big one, it does
not compare with the work required
to count the cash in the vault, which
work will be taken up as soon as the
checking of the books has been com
pleted.
There is in the vaults, approximately,
$173, 100000 in gold coin, $17 900, 900 in
currency and $So,OoOooO in silver coin,
and all of this must be counted and
verified, piece by piece. The money is
in sealed bags and packages, but the
mark on each of these must be veri-
| fed.
The work will probably require a.
least month. The counting is only
done when an assistant treasurer leaves
the Office Mr. Fish resigned as assist
ant treasurer in order to accept nomi
nation for congress-
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Won Buelow Stays.

notwithstanding to the Nord
Deutsche Algemeine Zeitung, Prince
Won Buelow, the imperial chancellor, Of
fered his resignation to Emperor Will
liam in consequence of the publication
in London Of the interview with his
majesty. for which the prince took the
responsibility.
The emperor would not accept the
chancellor's resignation and at the
same time permitted Prince Won Buelow
70 publish full explanation so as to
meet the uniustifable attacks that have
been made upon his majesty
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
SPENDS MILLION IN FOUR YEARS
young St. Louis Sport at Last Finds AL
His Effects Seized for
Debt.

st. Louis, Mo-" Jimmy" O'Neil,-
clubman, bestower of big tips and prlce
of ST. Louis entertainers, in four years
has so reduced his fortune of half
million dollars that attachments and
levies on his property are hamperinR
his intended removal to New York city
The O'Neil fortune of 100000 or
more. when Jimmy" shared it with
his sister, Mrs. Elenor O'Neil Nolker,
was made by their late father, Peter
O'Neil, in the lumber trade, after it's
foundations had been laid in the res
taurant business at the old union depot
on Twelfth street.
"Jimmy" O'Neil IS hospitality is ia
nous in the downtown cafes and elite
bars of st. Louis Every ones money
but his was counterfeit" when he
was in a spending mood, and the
stranger and chair warmer was as sure
Of drink as an old college friend.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
CHAMPION WOOD CHOPPER.
Vermont Wood Chopper Performs Great
Feat of Endurance.

Windsor, Vt.-Vermont has proved it
still holds the wood chopping champion
ship of the world. Edward Moot re-
Gently cut down, chopped up, split and
piled five and onehalf cords of wood
in 10 hours and SIS minutes.
The feat was the result of boast of |
Maxwell Evarts, son of the late w. M.
Evarts, at dinner in Washington last
winter, that the Green Mountain state |
possessed the huskiest chopper in the |
world. Following his boast wagers to
the amount of $4,000 were made by
Evarts. Charles II. Treat, treasurer
of the United States, took $4,000 of this
wager and several senators agreed to
cover the other half.
The original wager was that Moot
could handle five cords in a day. He
did it in an hour and half less than
the required time and had an extra
eighth of cord in his pile and an
extra half cord of chopped and split
wood on the ground
Mr. Moot besides receiving 800 for
his day 3 work from Mr.. Evarts is said
to have won considerable more than
that by backing himself.
The contest was watched by a num-
Der of distinguished men whom Mr..
Evarts had brought from Washington,
New York, Boston, and by some 1000
residents of the state, who had gath
cred to encourage the state champion
Most conspicuous among the guests
> were L. f. Lores, president of the Della
+ ware & Hudson railroad; l.. A. Coolidge
\ assistant secretary of the United State
e treasury; Samuel G. Blythe of New
York, and A. b. Kittredge of South Da
r kota.
h Woodchopper Moot laid out a row o
d axes, all sharpened to keen edge
l. shortly before the rise of the sun, l
,, the edge of Eastwood growth. Re
is freshing himself with drink of brand
d and milk, he made ready for the cor
test. His son, Frank, stood close b,
e. read yto hand the chopper his axes an
10 wedges as needed.
IF AT $3.50 Mr.. Moot drove his axe mi
al the first tree. At $3.50 he had inishe
at chopping and splitting the five core
Ill stipulated, and the piling was ab9
in one-third completed.
e Moot stopped twice to eat during q
ne morning, taking two lunches, losing
We minutes each. After O'Clock, rel
= izing that he would easily win,
" worked more slowly, but at 4:22,
~ hour and % minutes before sunset,
ne laid the last stick in place, amid t
cheers Of the crowd.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
PRESIDENT RO0SIVELT SETS
Ii NOVEMBER 20
Recommends People to Cease Labor and
Devote the Day to Thanksgiving to
the Almighty for the Many and Great
Blessings They Have Received Dur
ing the Past Year.

President Roosevelt has issued the
annual Thanksgiving proclamation.
After detailing the wonderful growth
of the United States Gin strength and
worldly power, the president says:
"With a nation, as with the indi-
viduals who make up nation, material
well-being is an indispensable founda-
ton. But the foundation avails moth
ing by itself. That life is wasted, and
worse than wasted, which is spent in
piling, heap upon heap, those things
which minister merely to the pleasure
of the body and to the power that rests
only on wealth Upon material we'll
bling as foundation must be raised
the structure of the lofty life of the
spirit, if this nation is properly to fulfill
its great mission and to accomplish all
that we so ardently hope and desire
The things of the body are good; the
things of the intellect better, but best
of all are the things of the soul; for II
the nation, as in the individual, in the
long run it is character that counts.
"Let us therefore as people set ou'
faces resolutely against evil, and witt
broad charity, with kindliness and goo'
will toward all men, but with unhinch
ing determination to smite down wrong
strive with all the strength that l
given us for righteousness in public an
in private life.
99Now, therefore, l, Theodore Roost
welt, president of the United States, d
set apart Thursday, the Goth day G
November next, as day of gener'
Thanksgiving and prayer, and on thu
day | recommend that the people sha
cease from their daily work, and
homes or in their churches meet d
voutly to thank the Almighty for Il
many and great blessings they ha'
received in the past and to pray tn
they may be given the strength SO
order their lives as to deserve co
tinuation of these blessings in t
! future. =
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
DIVORCES BABY IN LUCK.
Child of May Yohe's Husband in Line
for Rich Dukedom.

The little son of Lord and LadT
Francis Hope is the heir presumptive
CATER his father) to the dukedom of
Newcastle. Both his father and his
mother had divorce suits before they
found happiness together.
Lord Francis Hope, whose first wife
was May Yohe, an American actress,
is now a sedate country squire, and
both he and his wife have been re-
ceived into the bosom of the ducal
family after undergoing a moral quar-
antine for some considerable time. The
duke of Newcastle is interested in
photography as much as in anything,
while the duchess cares only for dogs,
even abandoning horsefesh for fox
terrier breeding.
She was a Miss Candy, and her father
owing to the sweetness of his manners
was known as "Sugar Candy"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06

Washington.-A Hallowe ZEN prank
had tragic ending in the death here
at Georgetown hospital of Frank Kretz-
mer, young merchant of Rockville,
Md. as the result of wounds said to
have been inflicted by Nicholas Offut,
also of Rockville. Offut claimed, it is
said. that Kretzmer had insulted his
little sister by pulling her mask from
her face when she entered his store
with other youngsters in Hallowe 'en
garb and played childish pranks.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Judge Gordon
Short In Accounts

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 3.-M. j. Cor
don, for five years justice OF the SUI
preme court of the State Of Washington
and for three years chief justice, and
who after leaving the bench was up TO
two months ago counsel for the Great
Northern Railway company IN the Spo
kane district, is said to be short In his
accounts with the Great Northern to
an amount in excess Of $4,000.
Unfortunate speculation in stocks, IL
is alleged, led him to divert to his own
use money entrusted to him to settle
judgements. Judge Gordon two months
ago made a statement of his affairs 70
w. r. Begg. general solicitor for the
Great Northern, and he was accorded
a chance to make restitution to the best
of his ability.
In his capacity as attorney for the
company Judge Gordon had authority
to draw money to settle claims, taking
vouchers for the money dlsbursed,
which were forwarded to the office OF
the general solicitro, w. r. Begg.
Last spring Judge Gordon drew sum-
cient mony TO settle several judgements
which were pending in his district
Information that the claims had moi
been paid reached the office OF the gen
eraI solicitor, who came west two
months ago to make an investigation.
Judge Gordon has taken up his resi-
depce in Tacoma and has opened Law
offices. He says there is nothing t'
the story of the shortage.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
ELK1Ns WEDDING A DIsTURBER
Changes English Court Arrangements in
Turin Connaught Alliance.

The publicity given to the reported
objection of King Edward to the
Abruzzi- Elkins match because OF con
current project to establish a match be-
tween the count of Turin, who is the
duke's brother, and Princess Patricia
of Connaught, who is the kings niece,
has put the court agents in an explana-
tory attitude.
No attempt is made to deny the report
that because of the insistent character
of the Abruzzi suit the proposed Turn
Connaught alliance has been declared
off. but roundabout publicity IS gwen
to other reasons for the dissertation
says a London cable.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
AFTER CASTROAGAIN
NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT
GETS BUSY.
Venezuela Fails to Revoke the Decree
Prohibiting the Use Of Ports at Cura~
cao-One Week More Will Decide
Blockade is Probable-Both Sides
Make Preparations.
Make Preparations.

The Netherlands government fixed
November / as the limit of time for
Venezuela to revoke the decree of Pres
ident Castro issued on May IA prohibit
ing the transshipment of goods for
Venezuelan ports at Curacao. President
Castro has refused to revoke this decree,
but as yet, so far as is known here at
Willemstad, the Netherlands govern
ment has not decided upon definite ac-
ton. There has been much activity OF
late, but in an interview the governor
of Curacao says that Holland ought 10
have assurances that Venezuela had not
revoked the decree at the last hour OF
the day fixed according to the ulti-
matum before taking any active meas
ures. lie believed that his government
had made ample preparations for any
eventuality.
The opinion is held among naval Of
fieers that no direct steps will be taken
within week.
There is no question, however, that
Venezuelans believe that the Neither
lands government is preparing to block
| due lntlF puibs huN'S'o 'NS''' 49, -
! the steamer Zulia from Maracaibo state
that on October "a President Castro had
/ ordered the mobilization of $4,000
troops to be ready November 2. Two
' DAYS later there were rumors in Mara
Z eaibo that Nicholas Rolando, who had
Z, been charged with leading revolution
4 ary movement in Venezuela, was cross
ing the frontier with 10000 men from
o Curacao, Colombia. No further account
d of this movement could be learned, be
IS cause mail and telegraphic communica'
it tion with Curacao was suspended 10
days ago.
q Large shipments of powder and shells
n have been received at Fort San Carlos
! ut Maracaibo lake, and there is mucl
! activity around the frontier.
- Other advices reaching Willemstat
u again report the serious illness OF Presl
i dent Castro, who, according to the re
port, was compelled to take to his be'
on Thursday last. There was some talk
too. of a trace of poison having bee
found in his food.
The residents Of Curacao and othe
III Venezuelan cities look for the blockad
to be inaugurated this week.
cd At Willemstad wireless system ma
~ heen established so that uninterrupte
IN. service can now be secured.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Linnid or Dry Spray.

Experiments to determine the relative
value of dust spray and liquid spray
for the prevention of apple scab ana
coddling moth have been carried on TINS
summer by Professor Shinn of the UNI
versity Of Idaho on series Of 1o-acre
tracts of orchard. The results will be
published by this paper for the farmers
benefit by them during the next spray
ing season.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
SPOKANE MARKET REPORT.
Prices to Producers.

The following list may be taken as a
fair standard of prices paid to local
producers outside of the city market
for the commodities named:
Poultry-Iive hens, 12c; dressed, 15c;
old roosters, 1Oc; dressed, lie; live
geese, Zoe; dressed 14c; live ducks, 13c;
dressed, 15c; fancy live turkeys, 1Sc;
dressed, 22c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, $3.50 per
crate; eastern, $4,000.
Mutton-Dressed wethers, Sc; ewes,
SC.
veal-Fancy small, $4,000 lb; large,
715@sc lb; steers, live, $4.50@5 cwt
up; dressed, 7e.
Fruits and Vegetables-New potatoes,
$125@1.5O cwt; apples, use to $1.25
box; carrots, s5c@$1 cwt; beets, Nc
lb dry onions, 1Ac Id; horseradish
root, zoe lb; tomatoes, 75c box.
Cheese-Wisconsi and Hazelwood,
151bc; domestic Swiss, Tic; Swiss, tic
Id.
Hay, Baled-oot hay, $11@12 ton;
wheat hay, $1O@12 ton up; alfalfa, $1s
ton up; timothy, $14@15 per ton.
Grain-Oats, $1.25 per cwt; barley,
$1@115 per ewt.
Buying Prices.
The following retail prices are quoted
on butter, eggs and cheese:
Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs, soc per doz;
stamped eggs, soc; eastern packed eggs
35@40c.
Butter-Hazelwood 45c; Yakima
Jersey, 45c lb; Edgewood, 45e Id; Ma
pleleaf. 4oc lb; Rosalia, 4oc ID; Richie
$ lieu. 45c lib; Rosebud, 45c lb; Tyee, 4o'
t lb: Home brand, 45c lb; Jersey Belle
" 40c.
+ Cheese-New York cream, 25c Id
o Wisconsin, 25c lb; imported Swiss, 40
e lb; imported Roquefort, soc Id; Hazel
+ wood, use 10.
n Straight bran, $1.15 per 100 lbs; rex
}. shorts, $1.25; bran and shorts mixed
e $1.25 per sack, 90 lbs; oats, per cw'
it Al 80: loose timothy, ST. ton; oat hay
J. ooc per 100 lbs; bundled wheat hay
e $13m14 per ton, bundled oat hay, STAG
s. Is per ton.
re Tamarack and Fir-Four-foot singl
o cord. Sc cord; in lots of cords, $5.4
e cord in ricks, 1925 per rick.
le Pine Wood-Four-foot, single cor,
e, $3.50; in lots of cords, 1925 per cQrd
g in ricks, 1926 per rick. !.
Portland--Club, $50; bluestem, $40
y turkey red, 9Oc; red Russian, SOC; va
=" Available Grain Supplies.
an Special cable and telegraph commun
! cations to Bradstreet s show the follow
- inc changes in available supplies
en- e l~9 with last account:
IT, Wheat-United States, east Rookie
increased 2,O5O,O0O bushels.
"a 20 Canada increased 100000 bushel
o. Total United States and Canada
SO creased 100000 bushels. zoo q,
of Afoat for and in Europe l'ooO'O'
IN. bushels. r,ronoon su
no NV increased 100000 bushels.
ne p'2 Corn-United States and Canada
OF creased $4,000 bushels. cao i;
On 'i9 0ats6TJnited States and Canada
of creased 1,756, 900 bushels.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Police pisnerse the Crowds.

Berlin.-A massrneeting of socfs'
democrats held Sunday to protest
against the treatment Of the socialist
minority in the Prussian diet resulted
IN numerous conflicts with the police,
who forcibly dispersed 10000 persons
who had been unable to gain admittance
to the meeting. A large number OF ar
rests were made.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Dying, but Calls for His Pipe.

With his neck broken from falling
downstairs Herman Haedke, aged a.,
lived 90 hours. Shortly before he died
Haedke called for a pipe and tobacco,
saving that he wished to take one last
smoke before the end.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06

Three Germans were sitting at
luncheon recently, and were overheard
discussing the second marriage OF a
mutual friend, when one of them re-
marked: 81 tell you What. A man What
marries de second dime don't deserve
to have lost his first Wife"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06

When a man fails to make a sue
.oss as fakir, he says that the great
trouble is that he is honest. co..
The railroads of the United states a's5
used 1s,s55,691 barrels OF OIL n loa h taT
in 1907, an increase Of 3,Ooo'Ooo OS'
rels over 1906.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Kills Man in Political Row.

Foraker, Ohio.-In political quarrel
here Frank 8. Seward, prominent mer-
chant and local democratic committee
man. shot and killed John A. Milan,
well,known farmer Of Pawhuska. The
shooting occurred in Stewards store
Milan was republican.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-06
Ha,lowe, ZEN Trick Costs $25o,ooo.

Belton. Vt.-Fire started by Hal
lowe ZEN roysterers totally destroyed the
Bolton company's and ten other build
inps of the city. Loss $25o,o0o.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-25
Brevities
The HALL OF FAME.


Enos @. Hunt of Dover, N. H., on
his ninety-second birthday recently
climbed a cherry tree and gathered the
fruit.
The kaiser advocntes a tax on bache-
lors and thus joins President Roose-
welt in a movement primarily intended
TO encourage matrimony and family
homes.
Morton Il. Converse, philanthroplc
citizen of Winchendon, Mass, has CIV
EN- $4,000 for soldiers memorial
building in Rindge, n. H.. where he
was born.
Mrs. Brown Potter is going to leave
the stage and become a suffragette.
I'VE women are no longer puppets on
the stage OF life" she says. "We are
living; we are free. At last We are true
cltizenesses of the world"
/ Sonora de Costa, who caused the
great peace monument, the Christ of
the Andes, to be erected on the bound
airy between Argentina and Chile, has
finally completed the organization of
the South American Universal Peace
association.
Algernon Sartoris, the grandson of
President Grant, has entered the diplo.
matte service through appointment by
President Roosevelt to be secretary OF
the legation at Guatemala I'm place OF
William T.. Sands. who was transferred
to the City of Mexico
| AIts NJ
have returned from a ten months trip
around the world. They were sent out
| by the board of commissioners foI
foreign missions Congregational and
during their trip visited fortyseven OF
! the 104 mission stations of the Ameri
can board and Travelled IN all 10000
miles.
George Hough, the oldest railroad
! man In the west In active service. has
the remarkable record of fifty five
\ years of life on the rail. Hough has
| probably travelled more miles than any
other human being 1t is estimated
J that he has exceeded million and q
half miles, more than sixty times
around the earth.
Domingo de Obaldia, the newly elect
ed president of Panama, is n popular
man. A group of native women, garbet
in the quaint "pollera," the nationa
dress Of Panama, marched to the resi-
dence of Senor Obaldia and presented
him with a presidential SASH" The
occasion was made into great mani
festation by thousands of enthusiastic
citizens.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-25
An Eeesntrie Genius.

Among the geniuses none perhaps
was stranger than the poet Baudcaire,
who dyed his hafr green. tried to stran-
gle his father-in-law, used opium, TO
bncco and wine TO excess and enjoyed
perverted olfactory sensations My
soul scars upon perfumes as the souls
of other men soar upon music" he
wrote. But what pleased him. strange.
ly, were odors of putrefaction, vile
smells which other men abbOrred aud
the stenche5 of diseuse which made
others sick. And yet his poetry is
among the most passIonatcly musical
OF the literature OF France lie was
exceedingly superstltious, believing he
would not succeed in an undertaking
unless he left house 1rst with the
left foot, and would count the number
Of gas Jets along the streets, the mum.
bers of cabs and numbers Of doors
Adding these figures IN his mind, he
would consider the result an omen
multiples of three good. muitiple8 OF
seven recssuring, while his bad mum.
ber was seventeen. Curlously, once he
was thrown out OF a cab, the figures Of
which he added and found amounted
to seventeen
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-25
III umor
1T LOOKED LIKE 1T.

Mining Deal Out In Colorado Upset by
Providence.
"Sir," he said to the man on his
right in the street car, "may / ask If
you believe in Providence?"
"Why-why, there is such thing as
Providence. of course"
ut seems to take care of certain
people at certain tines"
"It does"
"Well, think have case of ".
Just before the hard times set in the
people were crazy after mining stocks
Gud oil wells. You could dig hole In
the ground anywhere, Issue prospec-
tus and sell stock like hot cakes"
81 know"
"A friend and | dubbed together and
discovered II silver mine In Colorado.
We raised $4,000 between us to adver-
tise and pay Office rent. and we were
just about 60 begin business when the
crash came and things went a-klting
If we'd gone ahead we should have lost
every dollar we put In. Would you call
that case of Providence"
"Um! Hardly"
"Then what would you term IT."
81 should say 1t was miscarriage of
Providence. II you had gone into the
thing and swindled about 5000 people
and raked In a couple of hundred thou.
sand dollars and got away with 1t TO the
last cent that would have been more
like Providence-thnt Is. Providence
might have stepped in to aid your elec.
tlon to the senate as an honest, lncor
ruptlble man. No, | wouldn't say that
Providence was on your side. should
rather say that 1t was looking out
, for the suckers just about that time
Perhaps you ought to have tried q
Texas oil well."-Chicago News
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-25
AnoIent Enshion larnnn.

The language of the fashion plate
and the woman's paper is sufficiently
appalling to the mere man even In
these days of emancipated and, we
may presume, more grammatical WON.
anhood; brt. according TO an extract
from fashion Journal of 1877, the jar.
gon of those days was even more as.
founding. This is how the paper de-
scribed the dress OF certain Mile. ID,
at the opera:
"She appeared In n dress of 'stified
slghs,' ornamented with 'superhuous
regrets the bodice cut In perfect
candor point and trimmed with in.
discreet complaints. Her hair was
dressed in sustained sentiments, witt
headdress of sustained conquest,
ornamented with several 'nyaways
and downcast eye ribbons, and heT
collar was 'beggar on horseback color
No doubt all these marvellous terms
conveyed some meaning to the fash
ionable woman Of the days wher
French society danced on the edge OF
the volcano of 1889, but to their de
scendants of today they have abso
lutely no meaning.