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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
ANARCHY IN PERSIA.
State Apparently Helpless to Cope
With Situation.

Berlin May 26.-Advices received
here are to the effect that anarchy
prevails throughout Persia. AS an ex.
ample of the Shah's helplessness to
cope with the situation libel action
is cited which has been brought
against the Persian newspaper Mus
sowad, as an article stating that parts
Of Persian territory are in the control
of brigands and revolutionists, and
concluding with the following:
The governors are tyrannical, the
administration is corrupt and inef-
cient, the taxes are in arrears. the ex-
chequer is empty, the soldiers wages
are unpaid and the army is helpless
What is the Shah going to do in these
melancholy circumstances? He de-
votes himself to orgies night after
night until daybreak."
The newspaper proceeds to give
proof of its allegations and concludes
by demanding the dethronement Of
the Shah and the establishment OF
republic.
The Shah brought a libel action,
but withdrew it when the editor Of
Tered to prove the charges in detail
Following this, the walls of Teheran
were covered with placards calling
upon the people to assassinate the
monarch.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
DYNAMITE USED
BY RUEf'S GANG
BLOW Up Houses Owned by fs-Super-
visor Gallagher.
Supposed to be Move to lntlmidate
Star Witness Against Grafters-
Ex-President of Board OF Super
visors Had Just Closed $4,000
Real Estate Deal.

Oakland Call May 2s.-Three large
dwelling houses, built by James L. Gal
lagher, ex-president of the board OF
supervisors and the prosecutions star
witness in the bribery graft cases, at
Perkins and Belmont streets, this city,
we're wrecked by dynamite tonight
shortly before midnight. The houses
were not yet occupied.
A heavy charge of dynamite, placed
in the kitchen of the largest of the
three houses, threw the building off the
foundations and almost completely
wrecked it. The houses were shat
tered, while many windows in the
neighborhood were broken by the
shock
John Rollins, Waterman employed
by the contractor building the houses
for Gallagher, was sitting in small
shack near the houses at the time, and
was thrown to the ground. He said
to Captain Of Detectives Peterson that
he was through the three buildings
shortly before the explosion occurred.
1t is said that Gallagher was negotiat-
ing a deal today for the sale Of the
houses for $4,000 Several weeks ago
Gallagher's home in Oakland was blown
up and badly wrecked at night while he
and his wife and several friends were
in the house and narrowly escaped Sc
rious injury.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
FLIES WITH OWN WINGS.
Frenchman Beats All Records With
Aeroplane in Italy.


Rome, June LEO de la Grange
the French aeroplanist, made a ne"
experiment with his aeroplane here
this morning, which was so successful
that 1t filled the spectators with ad-
miration. He surpassed his own rec
ord by flying for 10 minutes and 80
seconds, only then coming down be-
cause he received signal to do so,
and also because the motor of his ma
chine cannot hold sufficient gasoline
to operate it much longer than that.
During that space of time M. de la
Grange made nine ard three-fourths
rounds of an established course in the
military field, namely fix kilometers, a
little over nine and inne-tenths of a
mile, at velocity of so kilometers, or
37.2 miles an hour.
The aeroplane was first pushed for
ward by M. de la Oranges associates,
and as soon as the motor was put into
action the machine rose without diff
6culty, keeping from seven to ten feet
above the ground. 1t moved smooth
~ and turned easily, the rounds OF
the course following each other with
out interruption. and not once did the
acroplanc touch the ground II was
marvellous exhibition. which would
have won De La Grange prize Of
$4,000 had it occurred in France 1t at
least confirms his possession OF the
Archdeacon cup.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat Club, soc per bushel: red
Russian, SIC; bluestem. e2e; Valley
soc.
Barley-Feed. $3.50 per ton; rolled
s2I. 50M2s so; brewing, 500.
Oats-No. 1 white, $275o per ton;
gray. ser.
Hay--Timothy. Willamette Valley.
ST. per ton; Willamette Valley, or
binary, SIS; Eastern Oregon. $3.50;
mixed, si6i clover, 81; alfalfa, SIS;
alfalfa meal SEQ.
Dressed Meats-HoRs, fancy, Sc per
pound; ordinary, &c; large. &C; veal.
extra, 7e; ordinary, &C; heavy, Sc; NUT
ton. fancy, s6oc
Butter-Extras. csc per pound:
fancy 24ci choice. 20c; store, Ice.
Eggs Candled. 10000 per dozen;
uncandied, Isle per dozen.
Poultry Mixed chickens, f2I61t3c
per pound; fancy hens, f3aMf4c;
ROSTERS, SCI flyers, e2}025c3 broilers.
20(ae23c; ducks, old, 167iTc; spring.
22tm25c; geese, s6foc; turkeys. alive
i,6@'isc for hens. 14916c for gobblers:
dressed, f7Gtse.
Apples-Seieet, s2 so per box; fancy.
": choice. $3.50: ordinary, SIPS.
Potatoes-Old Oregons, choice. 20
9soc per hundred; sweet. Sac per
pound
Strawberries-Oregon. 1o@17ac per
pound.
Vegetables-Turnips, 81. so per sack
carrots, $f50Gf75; beets' st25.
parsnips. si.2s; cabbage. si.7sas per
cwt.; beans, wax, 76sc per pound
head lettuce, 12l@15c per dozen; eel
cry, .s5c per dozen; asparagus, 81. so
per box; egg plant. zoe per pound;
parsley, CSC per dozen; peas. 5e66sc
per pound; peppers, zoe per pound
radishes. BE per dozen; rhubarb. &c
per pound; spinach, &c per pound;
cauliflower. $3.50 per crate.
Hops--is07. prime and choice. 56a
osc per pound; olds. 2dac per pound.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, average
best, 1fMf5c per pound, according TO
shrinksge; Valley. 10Nf2ac.
Mohair--Choice. 1sO1s4c per pound
Cascara Bark-s5@4c per pound.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
FORT WORTH FEARS WORST.
Trinity River Rises Again and Condi-
tions Are Serious.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 2s.-With the
waters of the Trinity river still near
the summit of the banks another great
volume of water began pouring from
the west fork of that stream toward
this city late last night. Early today
the river is rising at rate of six inches
an hour, and with such conditions as
already prevail, the outcome when the
crest of this second rush of waters
reaches this city cannot be foretold
That considerable additional property
loss and suffering will result is consid-
cred certain.
A serious situation has developed
here III regard to the city water supply.
The mains are filled with black. muddy
water, unfit for drinking even after
being boiled. The city authorities de-
clare 1t may be week before they can
restore the normal water supply. Mean
while, those who can afford it are buv-
ing. water from private artesian wells
and those who cannot are drinking the
water that comes out of the mains.
thirteen men, women and children
were caught in the overflow in the Den
ton river. Their condition became 50
precarlous that they were forced "a
mold the children upon their shoulders
70 keep them from drowning. Thev
stood in water almost up to their necLs
lot ten hours until rescued
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

A farmer residing near Center
Vilie' desires to know the best meth
Cd OF raising peas. and the most de-
sirable variety; also, with regard to
combining peas with oats. The sta
uon supplied him with the follow
ing information:
The experience OF the Exner,
iient Station staff, leads Ms r. he
neye that almost any of The coro
mon field variety of peas will sror,
Wen In your region. we advise tba
black-Eyed Marrow Fat as ne hue .ne
general variety. Ordinarily We S oes
.ne peas at the rate of one ~ SUm s
am, ana one-half bushels per acre y d, eIe
ms inS OF drilling them at least fonr
, meme. deep. Sow the oats ahont
~ Ieek after the peas are sown &c
ene latter grow so much strnnu as
s ana consequently, the oats viii hs
n out unless they are givsn
ene advantage. We do not con siSen
mat oats and peas are as good Ger
horses as for COWS. The mixtr ,oa
makes very rich. nutritious hayn
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
GOvERNMENTxMAY SUE.
Great Area in Montana is Stripped
Bare of Timber.

Butte, Mont, June IA federal sur
vey corps is engaged in running sur
vey lines in the mountains near Phil
ipsburg, Mont, to determine the
amount of cordwood cut for the mines
of Granite county, and the location of
the ground from which the timber
was taken This wood was cut it is
claimed, from land belonging to the
government, and it is intimated that
suits may be begun to recover for
about 100000 cords of wood cut. an
proximating in value about s1,ooo.O 600
The bulk of this wood was cut about
10 or ~ years ago, during the boom
days OF silver, and was used at the
Bimetallic and Granite Mountain
mines, owned by Charles D. Mcclure
and his associates, of St. Louis. to-
gether with few Montanans. The
area of timber land stripped clean Is
10 miles wide and 10 long,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

Another inquiry from Seattle re-
lates to the culture of chestnuts. The
correspondent was advised as fol-
lows:
The American chestnut 1.-THE reg
ular, tall-growing Variety should be
pruned the same as any other shade
tree, leaving, however, a permanent.
or constant leader, through the CEN
Ter OF the tree. This is the practice
OF the Experiment Station, and one
tnat Is used upon all forms of the
tail, or upright, growing trees. 1t Is
also used upon the sweet cherries.
put not upon the sour ones.
The tendency of this chestnut is
TO produce a thin, open top. and If is
ADVISABLE to cut back the outer limbs
and occasionally the leader. to thick.
en- the foliage. The Dwarf, or Ian
anese, chestnuts should be pruned
10 small, compact trees, branching
tnem from foot to three feet from
the ground. They will practically
take care of themselves after the
nrst year or two of pruning. This
pruning may be done at anv time
whlle the tree is dormant, or after
the sap has ceased to flow. which
VIII be Immediately after It comes
Into full leaf"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Saves Bat Is Arrested.

Pittsburg. May s6.-For trying 70
save half-drowned rat from beng
tortured to death, Thomas MOTE
was arrested yesterday after ne Ia a
been badly beaten by Joseph -,
Smith. Morris saw crowd OIL l,Sn
around the rat, and Smith was pokissS
it with a stick. Morris struck SInlts
and fight followed, in which aot d.
received several cuts on his head. IN IN
liceman Renwick Ewart arrested uGsd
men. Magistrate Brady Commences
Morris and sentenced Smith 10 pS he
hne of SIS, or serve 20 days III ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

J Z. Stubs says our Oriental trad
Is threatened Il the ruling of the inter
state commerce commission regarding
freight rates on western roads holds.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has been arrested
at Pittsburg.
Chester. Pa, is having trouble with
street car men.
Two cruisers and hve torpedo boats
nave lett San Francisco for Portland.
a company of militia is to be organ
ned at Honolulu, the first for the ISL
ands.
Senator Bailey, of Texas. will 60 10
the democratic national convention as
a delegate. -
Two Utah mining companies are
lighting. over silver mine said to be
worth Sl,45oooo
Senator Foraker is favorinr Eoose-
selt for another term. as he dislikes
him less than Taft.
A man has just been arrested in
Michigan for a murder committed in
Colorado is years age.
An ex-member of the United States
secret service is in trouble at Flagstaff
Arizona, for trying to extort money.
The trooas of the pretender to the
Morocco throne have looted all the gov
eminent buildings and houses of the
sultan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
STORM SWEEPS
TWO STATES
Northern Teas and OkIah0mass,,..
of Devastation. y"
Seven Thousand People Estir.,.,
be HomeIess-Loss of rs s0 10
be Heavy-Much Lives,o.,, WI
People Are Dumbfoundsd -'''~
tent of Damage. = ss'

Dallas, Tex, Nav 2sc.
sang i s persons are practically VINO, .G0u
shelter now as a result Of the VINO" y;al
storm which broke over No violent
!, Texas and Oklahoma SUNDAY l .li;n
Today alone fully 1000 nenni night
driven from their homes bv Were
ing of the Trinity river Inc rs
barns and everything in tbe houses
the terrible flood is swept dopp pain O
carried away. Trinity river 1 J. and
ing, surging torrent and notS y rag
parentiy stands before it. Biz 4, p
torres tar removed from the lac
proper are flooded, bridges have i ha
swept away like kindling wood e I Oeen
stock by the thousands have 49,. I've.
and fear is now entertainedp e .ld
meat famine will follow in tbs '',at :
OF the storms fury. e wake
80 tar no arrangements of i
acter calculated to relieve ths ;n .,l4F
suffering of the inhabitants h., n't ts
attempted. 1t is really too Soon n U', :.
give any real estimate Of tbs 'o A., .
With the abatement Of the leu Ieau
waters steps will be taken Al on '..'as
help those in dire distress AZ N.Y. "
IN such cases, the poor of the y. rsusl
cities and towns in the path ~ qi'V .ls
elements are suffering the worst vac
The present storm is nv a. a.
most violent of the present wear a n'i
Tor that matter perhaps the worst 1rs
storm that has visited Northern Ter,.
IN several years. 1t was excention,a's
severe at Fort Worth, Dallas. W;cb;.s,
Falls. Denton and Abilene ''N'''s
The property loss will run extrer.
ly high, but so far not even a + rou
sentative estimate can be placed IN
the whole. At Fort Worth aIo1. u 1,
is figured out that the storm viii
cause close onto 100000 damage
When suburban points are fnaIIv
heard from the loss will run muc5
higher. in that vicinity.
Reports from Mineral Wells stat.
that Wade Owens and Ernest St.tsIs.
were drowned there. Persons are ai,o
reported drowned near Wichita Fall
and Childress. At Denton an nm.
known man lost his life in attemntino
to save some household effects
All over the storm-swept district
railroads and crops have suffered
heavily. Railroad traffic is practi.
cally at standstill, as at most point,
bridges have been torn from their
foundations by the surging flood wa.
ter. AS quickly as possible the rail.
road people will repair the damsg,
done. In any event, it will be many
days before anything like schedule
time can be maintained on any Of the
roads.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
WORK OF BOYS.
Youthful Robbers Confess to Holding
Up Great Northern.

Great Falls. Mont. June 2.-The
hold-up Of the uorthbound Great
Northern train at the stockyards
about mile and half from this
city, was the work OF three boys, who
now occupy cells ins the city jail. A
fourth yorth, who admits having as
sisted IN planning the hold-up, but
VINO took no active part, il also a
prisoner. The quarrel have made a
complete confession TO the police The
names OF the four boys are: Albert
hatch, aged Is; William Randall.
aged III; Harry Rheams. aged is, and
George Cressweli, aged 16
According to the story told by Ran
dali, Rheams and CressweIl, the hold
up was planned and carried out under
the geDeralship Of Hatch, the young
est OF the Jour who is said TO have
turned the switch. ordered the enQi
neer to back up and to have gone
through the passenger coaches with
the conductor, forcing the latter at
the point Of gun to collect from the
passengers. According to the other
boys It was also Hatch who shot
William Dempsey and narrowly
missed shooting Conductor lack
Hayes.
Rhcams stated that Hatch. after
they had left the scene of the hold
up, proposed that they cross sun
river to the Montana Central line and
hold up passenger train No. 236 from
Butte, which was due in two or three
hours. Because he demurred. Rheams
states, Hatch drew his revolver and
TO kill him.
He was dissuadcd from the second
attempt at train robbery by the two
youths who were with him.
The stories told by the boys. with
ne exception Of Hatch, agreed in the
main details They state that the
nold-up was planned two nights be-
lore, It being decided 10 rob the train
he first dark night.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
ROBBERS GET CASH.
Great Northern Passenger Train Held
Up at Great Falls.

Butte, Mont, June ia Miner spe-
cial from Great Falls, Mont, says:
The north bound Great Northern
passenger train was held up this even
ing about one mile and half from
this city by seven masked men at IL 80
o'clock, the train being run onto sid
ing by the robbers, who fired a fusil-
lade of shopts up and down the train
Vim. Dempsey. an Augusta rancher.
was shot through the leg in attempt
ing to escape from the train after it
had stopped, and Conductor Hayes
was compelled by the robbers to pre-
cede them in passing through the cars
he carrying hat in which the passen-
gers were invited to dump what cash
they had about them. Most of them
deposited from 81 to $40, and the
booty of the desperadoes is not be-
lieved to be greater than several hun
dred dollars.
While the passengers were being
robbed. several of the highwaymen
stood guard at the doors of the cars
to prevent the passengers from leav.
ing.
The robbers finally jumped off the
coaches and disappeared in the dark
ness. Rain is falling heavily, and the
night is SO dark that no trace of the
robbers could be found, although
posses were in pursuit within 20 min.
utes after the outlaws had left the
train.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Refugees Swent A,...u

Oklahoma City, Okla, May ss.-A
special s. from Collier, Okla. near tbs
, eSas line says that Ia persons who
haa taken refuge on an island formed
p u the new and old channels -
neg river, were drowned late TODAY
when the flood waters covered tbe nlasa
wnere they had taken refuge Altbouat
" weighted a, down with a train Of ballast
the Katy" railroad bridge went ort !,
y J, o'clock last night. The river ! - =
chree miles wide and is cutting . o ,o
around the town s new
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

Lakewood, N J., June a.-Ex- Presi.
dent Grover Cleveland, who has been
confined to the Lakewood Hotel for
two months with an attack of rheu-
matte govt and acute Indigestion. has
sufficiently recovered from his illness
TO leave here today for his home in
Princeton. The trap was made in
John Hays Hammond's large touring
car Mr. Cleveland was accompanied
BY Mrs. Cleveland and DR.. G. Rowe
lockwood, who has been alternating
with pr Joseph T. Bryant. the family
physician, in caring for the patient.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

Los Angeles. june 2.-The two
days auto meet held in this city was
IN unprecedented success. several
thousand people being in attendance
AZ todays races The Coast record
tor SO miles on a circular track.
broken Yesterday, was equaled today
by Ralph Hamlin. who drove a AZ
horsepower, six-cylinder car 50 miles
IN 81 minutes and AZ seconds. Ham
"a made this record yesterday during
The last so miles OF the l00-mile race.
and made the same time today
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06

Constantinople. June ACCORDING
70 an Official telegram received here
from Athens, mail steamer with 1so
women and children refugees from
the island of Samos has arrived AZ
Syra, one of the islands Of the cv.
GRADES group, and reports the contin-
gation OF a serious situation there
ne refugees say that a battalion of
iurkish troops recently arrived ~
Nathy. capital OF the island. and ~
once commenced to FIRE indiscr;r,;'
nateiy; Many people were killed or
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Still Vigorous al Lea

st. Petersburg, June IA veteran
soldier, with the record of so vears,
military service, and whose age is de.
9iared to be 1913, has been visiting ST.
Petersburg from the Tver district
his wonderful old man. Michael Bud.
nikov, Travelled to the capital TO draw
a prize Of $4,000 in the lottery. and the
ezar had him at Czarskoe Selo as =
feature Of the festivities for the Swe-
dish royal wedding. W
budnlkov. whose breast is adorned
with many medals for bravery and dis
tineuished service. joined the Russian
army in 1897. '''i
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Funeral Services for Governor.

Reno, New, May 26,-In response
TO call issued by Acting Governor
D. S. Dickerson and Mayor kerman'
all business was suspended here yes,
terday on account of the funeral q
Governor John Sparks. The tunefal
services were held at the Elks. homs'
where the funeral procession formed
All the bells in the city tolled. lgs
body was escorted by the governor
staff and a body of police. BESIDES
the governors friends, members o.
the secret orders to which he pe-
longed and state and city otleiasl
many marched on foot.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Kin Women and chilaus.

Athens, June IA body ~ o,n;.
stricken refugees from Samos who
have arrived here, report that e;pbtv
women and children were slain ~,
urklsh troops during the first dav;s
nghting at Vathy, capital Of the ;s I"S ;
they declare also that the troops srea
2E,,s,rs'stently on the foreign cons,,l,t A. 81
Inc refugees are all Greeks and w. 30
they have Unborn hatred of the T,r 4
tne,r statements are accented hs-S
with considerable reserve mere
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-06
Collide in Channel

Dover, June 2--A heavy fog in the
channel tonight, which has lasted for
~ hours, has been responsible for
several collisions The British steamer
Queenswood was towed into the har-
bor having been seriously damaged
IN collision with the Spanish steamer
Bermeo Before she could be got to
her moorirgs, the Queenswood sank
IN the harbor The Bermeo began
leaking badly. A portion OF the crew
OF the steamer Loanda. from Ham
burg for West Africa, who landed
here tonight, report being in collision
with an unknown steamer.