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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30

The father of President Porfirio Diaz
was native of Podocomo and stood
high in the little country community
because of his mental ability. HA
took an active interest in the Iony
pending suit, and during his lifetime
made every effort to get final deci-
sion of the case. He was unsuccess-
ful and the years dragged by. Presi-
dent Diaz gave the matter his per
sonal attention not long ago, and the
ancient records relating to the land
grants and the conflicting boundaries
were carefully examined. The mat
ter was then laid before the people of
the two towns. and after many con.
ferences a settlement of the case was
reached and the suit in court was for
mally dismissed 1t is said to have
held a place upon the court docket
longer than any suit in the worlds
history.
The new boundary line between the
two towns is to be marked by the erec-
| tion of stone monuments. A great Gel
ebration to be held by the people IF
Yodocome and Num- to commemorate e
the settlement Of the dispute is to X
called the feast of peace"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30
A coMicALLY OLD LAWSUIT.


A final settlement has just been
made in lawsuit which had been
pending in the courts of the state of
Oaxaca. Mexico, for $40 years. The
dispute arose between the local au.
thorities of the towns of Yodocome
and Num- over the question of the
legal boundary line between the two
villages. Both towns held titles to the
same land, the conflicting grants be
ing made by the colonial government.
The titles held by private parties were
also involved, and each town brought
suit against the other for the land
claimed to be justly due it.
The suit dragged along for the first
100 years, one legal step after another
being taken by the contending towns
Another century passed and then an.
other, and still the suit was undecided.
During all this time the people of the
respective towns were arrayed against
each other in bitter enmity. and many
have been the armed conflicts that
have taken place between the opposing
factions. .r
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30
10 upsetting of things.

no upsetting OF things.
Hyde park and Trafalgar square
are always open to any people who
wish to assemble. They do assemble
in very large crowds, and they listen
to inflammatory speeches, then they
go home to their beer and cheese and
are more or less glad that they live
in a country. where the police protect
them.
Yesterday a crowd of hunger
marehers," as they call themselves,
walked in front of Dorchester house,
which is the home OF the American
ambassador here, Whitelaw Reid.
Two of these hunger marchers drew
little cart, four walked behind; on
each side OF them were six policemen !;
there were also three policemen in
front and three policemen at the rear
Nobdy interrupted them. Nobody an
noyed them. The hunger marchers had
their own way up through Park lane
the most aristocratic street in Lon
| don. Had there been 10000 of these
hunger marchersithe result would have
been the same. They would have been
protected, carefully guarded and al
lowed to say what they pleased. That
is the difference between London and
New York. That Is why riot is i'm
possible here. The police are "on the
| job all the time.
The London bobby" has no chance
for a graft; he does not carry re
volver, his job is his own self, hi.
| personality and his good nature. Hi'
only weapon of defense is littlt
stick, something like New York po
licemen carry in daytime for show pur
poses, but his authority is respected Ii
every kind of way. All a policeman
has to do here is to hold up his hand
Everything is then stopped.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30
COLORADO NEWS.

Trinidad is to have new $4,000 ho
tel building.
Fort Collins has Y. M. C. A. mem
bership of 500.
Denver drug clerks have organized
and will ask increase in wages.
Snow fell to depth of ten inches
in northern Colorado Wednesday.
General Palmer says he prefers Col
orado to tho fogs o London Who
wouldn't.
December dividends and interest
payments are expected to exceed $685.
100000.
The Colorado Southern is figuring
on building line between Greeley and
Cheyenne.
The entire state came In for gen.
uine snow storm-the same as visited
upon Durango.
Grand Junction real estate holding
companies have advanced property al,
most 80 per cent.
Denver reports snow fall of 81
inches since Sept. /. the greatest fall
recorded since 1891.
Denver Gas company is planning to
spend one million dollars in enlarging
and improving It's service.
Greeley's new library. costing s17.-
500. donated by the citizens Of the
town, has been completed.
A Colorado Springs alderman is ar.
rested for selling ''booss" and = Gen
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30
IDLE FLOOD LoNDoN; .-......,
CITY FEARS TROUBLE

LONDON, Nov. 27.-As winter
comes on the unemployed increase
about 10 per cent week. They come
from all the big cities to London
Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool,
Leeds and SO on. London is the dump
ing ground for people who have no
jobs, and SO the philanthropists in Lon,
don feel very much excited about 1t
London is going through the same
spasm that New York has been
through for many years when all the
hoboes and tramps flocked In there
London fears revolution. is look
Ing for trouble, keeps the overworked
policemen on the job all the time, but
there will be no trouble In London.
There viii BE- NO riots; there Will be
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30
THE WORK OF REPUBLICANS.
Leslie's Weekly.

The Republican party. ever since it
attained power nearly half century
ago, has been working in the inter
est of the farmers as well as of the
rest OF the workers The farms and
farm property of the country, which
amounted to $3.50 900 900 In 1860, the
year Immediately preceding the Re
pubicans' entrance into office, reach
ed $25 900, 100000 in 1907. The value
of the farm animals of the country,
which was $1,000 100000 in the for
mer year. was S4,424, ,000, 900 in the
latter The cotton proGlction of 1860,
which at the time was considered won
derfully charge. was 4,S6l, 900 bales.
but il was 100000 bales in 1907.
And the prices which the planter OBJ.
tains for his cotton now are much
greater than they were then. In met
OF those items the grows has been far
greater than it has been in population.
Half century ago, when Hammond,
Toombs, Clingman and other south
ern statesmen were proclaiming that
cotton was king, the average annual
value of the crop was about 100000
600. In 1907 it amounted to $685.
100000 When, in 1860. the value of
the corn crop was about $250,000,000i
who would have dreamed that it would
reach a sum more than five times as
great in fortyseven years? Yet the
farm value of the corn yield of 1907
was 1887 100000. The aggregate
value of the country's farm products
which was $1,000.000,000 in the year
of Lincoln's first election, will reach
fully $4,000, 100000 in this Taft cam
paign year. More persons are engaged
in farming than in any other occupa-
ton. As compared with third or a
half century ago, there are fewer mort.
cages on American farms, and the
farmer has more money in the saw
ings bank and in railway bonds, he
wears better clothes, eats better bod,
gives his sons and daughters better
education, is housed better, has more
books and newspapers In his home,
has luxuries which were formerly &C.
yond the reach of the agriculturists of
the country and has a mastery in fields
which in the old days he never dream
ed of entering. For this transforma,
ton in the American farmers condi-
ton he is largely indebted to the wise
legislation of the Republican party.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30

The arrangements which are being
ference in Shanghai on Jan. /, 1909,
to consider the best means of checking
the spread OF the use of opium and
other similar drugs make 1t apparent
that the nations of the world are thor
oughly alive to the menace of this In
sidious vice. The United States issin
course, on account of her island pos
sessions in the Pacific, but also on
account of the amount of domestic
consumption. China is particularly
concerned. The gravity of the ques-
tion and the appointments which her
government has made to the commits
sion show the earnestness with which
she is attempting to stamp out the
drug habit. One of these commission
ers is the consul general at Singapore,
a second is physician of European
education, and the third is director In
chief of Chinese railroad construction,
China herself has taken the initiative
in fighting the extension of the drug
habit among her people, and the opium
joints in Peking have been closed
since May OF last year. Shanghai fol-
lowed the example of Peking. and
these resorts are now found in Shang.
hal only on the ground which comes
under the jurisdiction of the interna-
tional concession. Here the thrush OF
lointkeepers compelled an aeon on
the part of the powers closing one
fourth of the places on Marcb 90 lasr
and providing for the abolition Of The
traffic within two years. Vith0fng-
land pursuing rather dilatory policy
in India so far as the growing of the
drug is concerned, the Ceylon COM
mission alone has seemed able to for-$
mulate any effective plan for the
checking of the habit. 1t recomma y
that all licenses to sell the drug lapse
when their time expires and that the
government take over the business as
a monopoly. The sale of the drug
adults, who would receive fixed guam
tity at regular intervals. ur %
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-30

The entire nation rejoiced Thursday
over the election of Taft and conse
quent business activity already in evt
denos. seef rf r--lrl e-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

Three hair rats laid across her head
under a luxuriant growth Of golden
brown hair saved the life Of Miss
Laura Wind, seventeen years old. Of
Dixon. NO. in the Planters hotel at St
Louis The rats served as a buffer
against a heavy wire cable which came
down in the wreck Of an elevator. The
cable crashed through the top Of the
car and struck the girl on the head.
She was knocked insensible, and at
first 1t was believed she was dead.
The physicians in the City hospital
said that undoubtedly Miss Wind owed
her life to the rats. She sustained a
scalp wound and was taken. still I'M
conscious. to the operating room in the
hospital. The doctors thought her skull
was fractured. but examination re-
yealed that little injury had been done.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Crucified Wife and Lover.
CHASTITY Find In Chinese River Reveals Husbands Horrible
Act of Vengeance.

French naval officers recently found
floating in the Claire river, in China,
the bodies of man and woman cru
Gifted on q cross. An Investigation is
under way to find the persons who
caused the death of these two.
The officers were standing on board
their boat when they noticed something
floating. They soon recognized the
bodies Of human beings. When they
had drawn the bodies from the water
they saw that woman and a man
had been crucifled on the same cross,
the woman's body being nailed over
that Of the man. The woman's lips
were sewed together, so as to make
speaking impossible. She was attired
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Chased by Dream Bandits.
Girl Who Read Novel Just Before Retiring Runs Three Miles
In Her NighgoWn

Miss Minnie Houtsman, the seven
teen-year-old daughter Of Josiah Houts-
man. stock raiser living near House
vile, Ind, was found in critical con-
dition by Scott NARROW near his home.
The young woman had left her bed
and, slipping out of the house. had
travelled almost three miles in the cold,
with nothing about her except her
night clothes and a light jacket. When
found she had sunk down at the side
Of the road and would soon have been
frozen had not NARROW found her at an
opportune time. She was still asleep,
and the farmer carried her to his
home, where he and his wife worked
over her for some time before she was
revived.
The young woman said that she had
been readiro novel with q western
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
.Jere knode Cookies Own Story
Long Island Clergyman Who Eoped With Foretta Whay Baes
His Heart to the World In Remarka-
BILE Confession.

7 Jere Knode Cooke. former rector Of
= fashionable church at Hampstead, N.
T., who left his pulpit and his wife to
run away with seventeen-year-old
OH, has been located in San Francisco.
He Ia working as painter and decora-
TOR to win a livelihood for his COM
eanion and their baby. He was visited
recently in his little fat by newspa-
Der man, who induced him to write the
story of his life. Here 1t is in his own
words:
To write the story of my shame and
Wrongdoing, to lay bare all the secrets
which, though of sin, are sacred and,
sometimes believe, more than those
OF holiness and virtue; to tear aside
the curtain of silence which has shield
ed the love of Floretta Whaley and
myself for one happy year, is to me
utterly abhorrent. Unwilling is the
pen; difficult Is the undertaking.
attempt no justification of my act,
I walked to mine own damnation with
my eyes open. The church has damned
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

Vanderbilt to Count Szechenyi. Ac-
cording to some accounts of the affair,
one Hungarian count wooed the daugh-
ter in Europe last summer while the
other Hungarian nobleman tried to get
into the good graces of the mother.
Mrs. Vanderbilt inherited from her
late husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt I'd.
$20O0,OOO, the town house on Fifth
avenue, New York and the use Of the
Vanderbilt Newport residence. known
as The Breakers The Fifth avenue
house cost the late Cornelius Wander
bilt $4.000,0C0 ard was at the time con-
adhered the most costly and magnificent
private residence in America. 1t has
been reports ed that Mrs. Vanderbilt Is
making efforts TO sell this property.
She was Alice Gwynne of Philadelphia
Count Hadik is one Of five brothers
and inherited 100000. but is said t.
nave lost It, He is member Of thu
hungarian parliament
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Notice to Creditors.


In the Probate Court of Nez Pea
County Idaho.
In the matter of the estate 4
Charles Hoffman, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the w.
dersigned Administrative Of the w
and estate of Charles Hoffman, -
ceased, to the creditors Of, and Y
persons having claims against y
said deceased to exhibit them, W.
the necessary vouchers, within =
months after the first publicatioas
this notice, to the said adminlR
trix at Leland, Idaho, the same =
ing the place for the TRANSACTION =
the business of said estate, 10 oou'S
of Nez Perce, state Of Idaho.
Signed and dated at Lew"''
Idaho, this the first day Oh Ar~
A. D., 1908.
LUCY HOFFMAN
d 80 d April 2 to May J.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

wedding, she coldly informed me that
she had married me simply as a step
ping stone to social success and that
she saw in me one who was going to
rise l recognized the bitterness Of my
lot.
Only Ill mated couples can under
stand my position as husband.
From Baltimore l was appointed rec
tor of st. Georges church In Hemp
stead, N. Y. The position was a good
one and one that highly pleased my
wife. She had there an opportunity to
further her social aims. reorganized
the church; bishops dined at my house;
1 spoke on the same platform with the
president Of the United States, and l
was promised the degree of doctor OF
divinity. Such things are alluring even
to a minister, and the man who says he
is not captivated by them Is either a
lofty soul or a common liar.
AS rector OF st. Georges l met
Floretta Whaley. She was mere
child then and grew up under my eyes.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Three Rats Save Woman's Life
They Were Her Hair When Hotel Elevator Fell and Broke tho
Force of the Shock.

1t is expected that the girl will be dis
charged from the hospital soon. She
was seen there the night Of the acct
dent. sitting up in cot with the three
rats on the coverlet.
"They saved my life. and I'll never
part with Them" she said. "Only the
other day mother asked me to discard
two Of them. If l had, what would
have happened today? will never &c
without rats again. They're protec'
ton against sudden DEATH"
The elevator dropped when descend
ing from an upper floor. The safety
clutches brought it to a stop. with q
terrific shock. at the third floor, and an
instant later the cable crashed through
the roof. Miss Wind and the elevator
man were the only persons in the car
The man escaped unhurt.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

setting in which the beautiful heroine
was pursued through dense forest by
desperate band Of brigands. She re-
tired in the full tide of excitement
aroused by the thrilling tale. and as
soon as she went to sleep she began to
dream the story. with herself as the
central figure. The dream bandits
chased her until they became to her
subconscous mind SO real that she got
out Of bed and ran to escape them
The cold air and the hard road failed
to awaken her.
She said that she finally seemed to
become exhausted and sank down to
accept her fate which was being car
ried away by -, bandits. .
The latter part of the dream Is
thought to have been caused by Mr..
NARROW picking her up and carrying
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Notice Of Sale Of School Bond,

Notice Is hereby given that ~
board of School District No. a "
Nez Perez county, Idaho, will RESIN
bids for coupon bonds amounting i
eight hundred dollars ($S0o oo) =
be payable July LIST, 1918, III
bonds to be in denomination Of inf
hundred dollars each and to ben, h,
terest at not to exceed s per cent ~
annum, interest to be paid senta,
nually. Sealed bids will be received
by said school board at the omu d,
the clerk at Chesley, Idaho, on q ",
fore the 14th day of May, 1908.
The board reserves the riglt b
reject any and all bids. The NOM
received from the sale Of said bah
Is to be used for the purpose 4
building and furnishing a SAnl
house in said District No. "A.
THOMAS WEBB
ID sod Apr IA to May 1l)
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Notice to Credito,,
IN the Probate Court =, :,

In the Probate Court ., ".
County, Idaho. wa Psu.
IN the matter Of the .....
James A. Conner. deceased
Notice is hereby given b. y.
dersigned administrator Of =.
tate OF James A. Conner dec...s ~
the creditors of, and all M \
having claims against thu .s 49,
ceased to exhibit them wiz
necessary vouchers, within
months after the first publIcat,. =. !.
this notice, to the said adm,,,s'
tor at the court house, the sam. !.
ing the place for the transacto, !.
the business of said estate in ~.
ton, county of Nez Perez. st,,. !.
idaho.
Signed and dated at Lev,,,,
Idaho. this 9th day Of AprI, :
1908. :
A. E. H1NCKLEY, Admininntr
D sod Apr 10 to May IL
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
California Fruit Growers.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, April rs
There was large and representa-
tive attendance of fruit growers.
packers, commission men and others
at the opening here today of the
convention arranged by the state
horticultural commission.
A number of noted experts are to
address the convention during the
three days it will remain in session,
speaking on the prevention and
cure of diseases of citrus trees, fer
tilizing, the construction and opera
ton of packing houses, soil analy-
sis, date culture in Southern Cali
fornia and Arizona and kindred
subjects.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28
Neu p1ats Filed.

AVV" = As~V na{tM
Department of the Interior, 0I ,a..
States Land Office. Lewiston "
no, April 20, 1908. 49,. ,,..
Notice is hereby given tna' = \
tional plat of township 81, nor. s,I,I
range 4 west, Boise merriam "a.
be oficially filed in TINS QUIZ ,.aA
nesday, the 10th day OF Jun'' ,,.,,t.
The state of Idaho mas .,r mn
ence right of selection wl.u .r Az,
township for a period OF slAu ., s
as against all persons ea. .,ar 10
bona fide settlers of date pitt ..,tl,rs
said last named date. su0n .s,lpst
have a preference right a. a,.o., for
the state, and all other pe ..om tho
a period of ninety days ii0
date of filing of said plat, p.eiasr.
T. II. BARTLETT, IT,, ss ths
Dated at Lewiston, loaD'
goth day of April, 1898.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

In an elegant silk dress and seemed to
come of good family.
The man seemed to be a little over
twenty and was clothed in the uniform
of an interpreter Nailed to the cross
was placard proclaiming that the
woman had been faithless to her hus-
band and as punishment had been nail
ell to the cross with her lover. The
proclama ton also invoked the most
savage curses upon any one trying to
rescue the two.
1t is believed that the social offend
ers lived in torture several days, a.
the wood Of the cross kept the bodies
of the unfortunate lovers above water
so they would not drown.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-28

me. the worlds has damned me, and
damned I stand on the isolated peak
OF my love-happy. When I stopped to
the mlre of this pit rose to the glory
OF the heights. am not weak enough
10 attempt to justify myself in the eyes
OF the world, knowing the impossibility
Of such procedure. The world has set
out its path, which 1t declares must be
frodden, and those who step from 1t as
sflasrantly and openly as l have done
can never hope to regain the place in
the line. That is lost. The ranks closed
IN and the world moved on.
In bitterness and passion seek the
solution of the eternal and unanswer-
able query. Why? Why should give
mp my happiness? Why should she
give up her happiness? The primal
laws of love and life gave us to each
other. Are life and happiness nothing
more than one long sacrifice? think
not.
It Is only the weakling who tacitly
1urTenders and by sacrifice obtains a
mild Joy and calmness which he indo-
1ently accepts as happiness. The man
sOf flesh and blood and heart takes for
himself and fights back, and II what he
fakes Is worth the combat he will fight
yfhe whole world.
The question, however. Is whether
happiness lies in the beaten path which
the millions follow or In the forbidden
land on either side. Each must an
1wer the question for himself. have
answered mine by my act. On my
Aeathbed shall discover who ia right
and who Is wrong-the millions or my
self.
There II no question in my mind as
Il write now and glance at Floretta
fWhalcy sitting by me softly singing
THE song of motherhood to our child at
her breast. Time might, as time has
done. make many differences. OF the
future no man can speak.
In telling the story of my life write
as a sinner to sinners. Those who are
IN position to cast the first stone will
md my position illogical. but my
sknOwledge Of the world has convinced
me that by the majority l will be un-
-derstoOd.
my RilCutS ulSu WHICH was very
young, but young as was remember
distinctly my mother making me prom-
disc to enter the ministry. AS ! grew
older the calling appealed to me more
and more, and decided to enter the
church. l was adopted by man
named Cooke, whom looked upon as
an uncle and attended the public
schools. When l was sixteen years of
age was apprenriced to painter and
decorator, and there learned the trade
(which am now following. The little
I earned l saved and eventually had
enough to allow me to enter Yale.
Life was an uphill struggle then. 1
had to work my way through college
and on graduating was appointed Gu
rate Of a church in Baltimore.
While there l met and married the
woman whom the law calls my wife.
There made my first big mistake.
Physical reasons forbade her marry
1ng. apd when. three days after our
Try Teller Want Ads,
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Notice to E]ecto..

ces anur a. attention sn.io. is called T. \.
t pee0m nr,n eligible as a voter ord. =,
Ae' T,e during rnn;. the calendar ~. s,'ets
the city clerk. - me once Z
JNO. E. NICKERsor