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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
RAILROAD TRAFFIC STOPPED.


Helena, Mont. June with the
greatest rainfall in 20 years, Montana
is experiencing the most complete de-
moralization of railroad traffic since
the first train crossed the Rocky
Mountains in this state.
Thousands of passengers are ma
rooned. Six persons are reported
drowned; railroad tracks are washed
out in every direction. Land slides
are reported on the Great Northern
near Kalispell and the rivers are
rapidly rising This is the situation
briefly summed up:
The property damage to railroads
will run into the thousands and many
OF the big mountain trestlcs are en-
dangered There is, as yet, no pros
pect of let-up in the downpour.
Last nights precipitation IS estimated
at more than two inches.
1t is believed that at least six per.
sons have lost their lives as result
of the high water
Nine Northern Pacific trains which
were held up in the eastern part OF
the state since last Sunday arrived
yesterday and left over the Great
Northern tracks These trains are
now stalled at Great Falls, Hayre and
other points in Northern Montana.
On the east of Helena the Great
Northern tracks are washed out near
Basin and both the morning and even
ing trains from Butte are held UP
there
West Of Garrison the tracks were
washed out several days ago and no
trains have been able to get through
for a week This cuts off all means
of transportation to the coast, since
the Great Northern trains cannot get
through from the north
One Of the leading theatrical com
panies is held up in Helena now and
the probabilities are it will have to
remain here a week The company
has cancelled all its dates for several
days ahead.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Bakersfield. Cal. June "a street
car was held up on the outskirts OF
the city about midnight Saturday and
Conductor Frills was robbed of sal.
The deed was committed by two
masked men. one OF whom jumped
aboard the car, pulled 7he conductor
TO the ground and robbed him while
the other stood guard with guns The
car continued on its way. the motor
man and passengers failing 10 see the
attack made on the conductor.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Boycott Is SPREADING

Toxic June 1.-TWO hundred tboY
ans snd yen IS now indicated as the size -
~: = proposed present to Canton gn;lJs
i me boycott is discontinued SI Mus
Mt,Ie advices from north China AMI ami
Manehuria state that. owing 10 Oh tbs ana nU
uvlty OF the Cantonese er9isssri ny s az
movement mo IS rapidly spreading tb ~ me
;n tne north The emissaries are U1si'-
i T,s Systematically and secretly. Thu
~ hl makes no mention eitber 'e ~
@the oogGou or OF Japan, speaking - q
the e . national disgrace with refereneSe ~ ~
ne s 0o u, responsible" which the O.;
"sSe al understand means Tanan LII
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
LINERS EARN BIG SUBSIDY.
Cunard Gets $4,000 a Year on
Mauretania and Lusitania.

New York, June 3.-The gigantic
turbine steamers Lustiania and Maure-
tania have earned for the Cunard
Steamship company an annual subsidy
of $750,000 a year, according to cable
from Liverpool received today by the
New York representative of the line.
The message stated that the British
government announced in parliament
yesterday that the two great steam
ships have fulfilled all conditions of
the subsidy agreement. The conditions
were that the ships should make 241
knots an hour for a transatlantic
round trip.
The Mauretania has averaged 1886
knots an hour westbound, and 24.42
eastbound. The Lustiania has aver
aged 24.s3 westbound and 1862 east
bound
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
READY TO TRY AGAIN.
Peary Is Anxious to Start for North
Pole by July l..

- ~ - ~ $50
| New York. June 9.-Confdent al
his ability to carry the stars and
stripes to the north pole, Commander
Robert L. Peary, who has planted the
American flag nearer the coveted
northern goal than any other living
man, IS in New York making active
preparations for another Arctic dash
IN the hope Of solving the mystery of
the north. which for centuries has
been the aim Of daring explorers.
The stanch steamer Roosevelt which
the Peary Arctic Club built for COM
mander pcary, and which carried him
and his little party on his last north
ward journey, has been overhauIed
and pat IN better condition than ever
tor her expected battles with the ice
barriers of the frozen north. The
ship Is tugging at her hawsers in the
harbor of New York. ready to starr
when her commander gives the word.
feary's present plans contemplate
his departure from New York about
July /. but lack Of sufficient funds fo
finance the expedition may prevent
the start In fact. unless $4,000 is
forthcoming by July the project will
have to be abandoned An auxiliary
ship or collier will accompany the
Roosevelt as far north ais Esah, waere
Peary's coal depot in the last expe-
ditiou was located Etah was the
winter quarters Of DR. Hayes last ex-
petition and il located about no de-
grees north latitude. A small party
of sportsmen and scientists may 20
north as far as Etah on the auxiliary
ship, returning with her about Sep
TENDER 4.
Commander pcary has devoted
nearly 20 years 70 efforts to solve
me great problems Of the north and
already has put into the work All ~
his personal means, amounting 10
$50, 900.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented In a Manner to
Catch this Eye of the Buay Reader
Matters of National. Historical
and Commercial Importance.

Montana floods still tic up all rail
roads except one.
Womcn's objection to bonnefs may
split the Dunkard church.
tornado did much damage in the
vicinity Of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Great Britain is taking stern meas
ores to choke out sedision in India.
Floods In Missouri and Kaw rivers
are causing a stampede to higher
ground.
Women suffraqists viii appeal to
both The Republican and Democratic
conventions
Chicago packers are not worrying
over the beef shortage as they be-
lieve il will not last long.
Many small breweries throughout
the country will have 70 close as a re-
suit OF recent closing Of saloons.
A British steamer struck a rock of
the Chinese coast and 80 natives were
drowned. All European passengers
and officers were saved.
Turkey has sent troops onto Per-
sian soil and annexed a large section
OF the country, A government has
been organized by the invaders.
A federal grand jury. in session at
Portland. has indicted number OF
prominent Eastern Oregon men for
land fraud. Seven true bills have
been returned aud the jury is still in
session.
Great scarcity of beef in Chicago
causes high prices to prevail.
Seventeen of the finest paintings in
Paris have been seriously injured by
vandals.
A life-size bronze statue of presi-
dent Mckinley has been unveiled at
Philadelphia
The Russian douma has refused to
make the necessary appropriation for
new navy.
The death roll from the explosion
on the cruiser Tennessee has now
reached ak.
A Norwood. Mass, boy OF IA years
has confessed TO the killing of three
smaller children.
Gas in mine al Gladstone, Colo
RADIO. killed twenty rescucrs of inn
prisoned miners.
O. III. p Belmont Is some better.
although his physicians hold out small
hope Of his recovery.
A New York actress has secured
damages for the sale OF her photo
graphs without her consent.
A new record for motor bicycles
has been established at Buffalo, N. Y.
ON race track ten miles were made
In Gao 35.
John Brandt Walker, leader Of a
great bear campaign in the New
York stock market, has failed Az
one time he had fortune OF So
900 900
Brewers from all parts OF the coun-
try arc to meet al Chicago to plan a
defense against the ever increasing
wave Of prohibition now sweeping
the United States.
Because of washouts in Montana
the Burlington road has Cancelled all
Pacific Coast trains running in con
nection with the Northern Pacific
until further announcement.
King Edward has started for Russia.
Sir Robert Hart predicts a great fu-
turc for China.
Eight persons were killed in a col
lision on trolley road near Annapolis
Scandinavia. Neb.. has been wrecked
by a cyclone. Franklin also suffered
much damage
Mayor Busse. of Chicago. has been
married month, and his friends have
just found il out.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
General Butler Dead.

London, June s.-Sir Redvers Henry
nuiier aged SO, the English general
VINO won fame in conducting the oper-
atoms Tor the relief of Ladysmith dur
s..s tne Boer war, died here yesterday
S 2 ! Redvers Henry Butler, created q
= = p p. IN 1894; G. C. M. G. in 1eoo. Z
y !, n y :. in 1892; K. C. B. in 1855 and
y. =. IN 1879, was born in 1870 He
, mas a son Of ]. w. Butler and Char
I y US. daughter Of the late Lord H M
Toward los GS He married Lady Audrey
49, IT, 1;nario1te, daughter of the fourth
y argus OF Townsend, in 1889 80 -
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Americans Massacred.

leheran, June 3.-More than 200
Christian Armenians have been massa-
cred by Kurds in renewed depreda-
tons IN the vicinity of Urumiah. and
today that city is being besieged by
the Kurdish tribesmen. Wholesale
massacre and pillaging characterize
me operations of the Kurds through
our large district surrounding Urn
n mlah. While this alarming situation
prevails on the frontier. there IS the
widest excitement in Teheran. On
every hand there is talk of impending
war war with Russia as a result of the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Stockton. Cal, June SACK Frost
mas damaged thousands of acres Of DO
tatoes on the islands west OF Stock
ton, and consequently the price Of the
tnbers will be high this season. Onlv
a lew days ago large acreage was
ruined by. frost, and the growers wara
compelled to replant The loss i
especially heavy because most az the
acreage damaged the first time has
oeen ruined again, and because the
sIoWerS had to purchase seed and
pay for the cost Of replantinS , Ti,e
total yield will be much reduced
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Chicago, June e.-The movement in
augurated by the western railroads
some time ago to increase freight rates
10 per cent in western territory has
practically been abandoned BY the roads
IN the western classification. and ~.
transcontinental lines have agreed ~ ~ =
much smaller increase in rates than tLos
At hrst demanded Water comn r,,s 49,
from New York to San Fran 1ci.,9,'
which has grown very keen az lata Z
saia q be the main cause back of tbs
na,lure q continue the original nro-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Mississippi on Annual Rampage

ST. Louis. June 4.-The Miss Si,, Is
river above Quincy, Ill, IS rapluy AZ
ing, and hundreds of homes n;;,;r;ty.
ready been abandoned in thar Vnrted.
Great damage to property IS rep 'sr 10
but SO far no deaths are Sno" Who
have occurred. The inha bitah.s
have left the homes when pS.t;ons
will be swept from their fo 9us;nc to
if the floods increase, are hcs He'll the
the high elevations 70 remain l'' river
trouble subsidies. The lliiilo.s lated
bottoms are reported TO be ihu''''
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Judge Administers eah..,.

San Francisco, June s.-Judge Corr.,.
ADMINISTERED a rebuke to the ven;rs, ,,,ey
VINO are attempting to evade iury ~ A..
a,l. eus u'al OF Walter J. Bartnett. the
SNll nsg bank wrecker. this -. 'iie
ment VERY man called had SOM 1.g1 .'i l;I
in on INC Most OF them were deaf e;,s All
lev one scar ear or the other. and Tudce e T
The , ra,.;y stated that it see,nsS lon on
6rmar; Sn''s enc were drawn from mar "a
was ,s' ns lss or hospitals. Only one U IN, m
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Charles City, la, June "a tor
nado struck this city Sunday, demol-
lshing about 600 residences and
barns One man. w r. Beck, is
known 70 have been killed and four
children are reported missing. The
path Of the tornado was about ten
rods. wide. II struck the city in the
southwestern part, crossed the river
and lifted the water almost clean
from the river bed 1t passed in
northeasterly direction. just missing
the. Charles City college buildings.
and spent itself a few miles northeast
OF the city
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Washouts in Mon+.n.

ov eJste, Mont, June s.-Seventss,
T ssliand trains on the BurlingtoS.n teell
tod. .nern Pacific railroads are Seid S ,,'l
Say 10y IN this section by the most su AZ; up
N o-.Ls waShouts in the history 80 US .L.
NJ; %.snern Pacific in the Noyth,,, me
este trans are held up az i ;nns4e' T.
6-not here. Five are bIocLsd an ~
~ SNiTl;; ld, west of Butte and ~ AT
, m ndiSsonla, 40 miles west Of D III Sc
iessi' r lrathe has beer tied m hon I'M
since Saturday niqbt P nope
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Mcclellan Gains Five

New York, June s.-A net gain 80
tour votes for Mayor Mcclellan wes
the result of the ballots in the srst
nine boxes opened yesterday in corrt
"a the contested mayoraitv elec,;os
OF 1908. The contents of IS boxes IN
an were examined during the dav and
9l,e,r vote was added to the Nc
nc t9tal, the mayors net gain for
,ne uay oeing 1--WE votes. From 10
boxes so far opened Hearst's net CO.,
IS lis, as against 1913 when vests-'
days counting was hepnn
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
LEAVES JURY TO DECIDE.
Courts Refuse to Dismiss Charge of
Grating on CapitaI.

Harrisburg, Pa, June a.-Judge
Kunkel, in the Dauphin county court,
today refused to take the capitol CON
splracy case from the jury, and all FIVE
defendants will therefore stand trial.
The decision was keen disappoint-
ment to the defense.
Immediately after the ruling the de-
tense opened its case. Ex-Attornev
General Hensel outlined the defense.
lie said he spoke for all the defend
ants, and denied collision or falsity in
measures of the metallic furniture of
the new capitol, as charged by the
state. The defense, he said. would
show that the system of measure
ments was proper one in all respects
and that it worked saving to the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Hearst Has Gained lot

view York. June Sin the recount
i Fo'es OF the Hearst-McC lellan cleo.
non OF 1905 today. seven ballot-boxes
.ioin tne hrst assembly district show
4 3 net gain Of four votes for w;lI;sn
vota lig h When the recountinp Of y
% s mad been concluded for the d, u
sba DoNgs mad been recanvassed whicb'
SSnowed a gain of 20 for Hearst "''i en- y
tbn I'D 70 boxes have been recounted bv
i0S court which give Hearst a gain p ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Claims to be Real no,..,.

DOVES o. june s.-"John Alex,nder
Mpnich 9ss arrived in CHICAGO s fror,
be-s '. IN Germany, and will So. ttonl
TO he me .S. church of Moses He , cio;,,n
and save sne real John Alexander Dew; ss
dead r,I.I mat Dowie, the first III,
brotbsr uier of Zion CITY. was i ms
were boys. ms name when they
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Typhoon of Australia

London. June 5.-A typhoon off n.
west coast of Australia Is hel;., III me nc
have wrecked 40 boats and L;lIsS - =.
least 2T5 sailors. The mesger -
ports received here concerning .L.
supposed sea tragedy saw thst az ~
ooats comprise the great pearl fish
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
CRUISERS BoILERgBuRsTs.
Four Men Killed by Explosion on Ten
nessee at San Pedro.

San Pedro, Cal, June 6.-While the
United States armored cruiser Tennes-
see was steaming at 10 knots per hour
on speed trial off Point Hueneme. Cal
at IL :OS yesterday morning. a steam nine
IN the starboard engine room burst nm
der 2s5-pound pressure, killing four
men and injuring ten others-all Of the
men men IN the compartment at the time
Two of the injured will die.
he explosion, the cause of which is
yet unknown, occurred only few min
utes after Admiral Uriel Sebree Can
tam j. B. Howard and Chief Engineer
Robertson had left the engine room on
tour OF inspection Four of the men
were Killed instantly. and two more are
expected to die at any moment
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

City of Mexico. June e.-Word
has. reached this city that bandits at
tackled a pay train on the way to the
Los Crandes mine near Balzac in the
state OF Guerrero. OF the escort OF
four men, three were killed and one
wounded. -Four thousand dollars was
stolen. Rurales are in pursuit of the
highNaymen The mine belongs TO
an American company.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
Steamer Long Overdue.

Norfolk, Va, June Al ne 5s,,burg,
Europa. which sailed for li NJ n re-
Germany, AS davs ago, poune ;.h fer.
turn for Norfolk. loaded W." NE tnp
tilizer, was expected to maNS been
within 2t days. Nothing. pa a. days
heard from her, however, III
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Occur Citizens canvassine
TO secure signers to petitions to be
presented to the district court. pre-
paratory to county seat removal cam
paign report nearly 1000 signatures.
he law requires that two-thirds OF
the voters at the previous election
must sign this petition. This means
that voters equivalent to nearly three
tourths have signed However. il is
expected to continue the canvass.
The interesting feature of the PC
tition is in the fact that they are vot-
ers Tor the most part outside of Occur
d'Alene, this city only having been
partially canvassed Considerably over
one half of the voters in Rathdrum
precinct have signed the petition:
however, Rathdrum city precinct has
not been canvassed. State Line. Post
Fails, Dalton Gardens, Hayden Lake.
Harrison, St, Maries. St. Joe and the
Occur d'Alene river precincts are prac-
ucally unanimous. As it requires but
a two-thirds vote of the electors 10
change the county seat at the regular
election, the county seat removal
committee is enthusiastic and look
upon the result of the canvass as sig
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
6rlnging Back a..

tod london lon June cit is declar.a
meat , mar 10000 pounds Of Ar ~ mere
Glasgow ' IN. mas been stored in If' on5s
shippsJ T IA ana Liverpool was to ddonaon
to meet meet t ~ last steamer to New VIE re-
in the rl me Continued shortage Of 10TH
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Lewiston-The passing of the COW
camps and the invasion of sheep in
the Salmon river section is told by c.
J. Hail. prominent stockman of the
Lucille section. The ranges that eight
years ago were unknown to the sheep
are now supplying pasturage for at
least 25i 900, and the stockmen who
waged the war against the sheep in
vasion are selling their cattle and in
vesting the money in them.
Year by year the cattle are driven
from the country and more sheep
brought in, and within a few years
It IS believed they will entirely re-
place cattle and horses on the Salmon
river range. Mr.. Hall explains that
sheep are the more profitable because
OF the large areas of the range that
are too steep for cattle. and which re-
suit in the killing of hundreds of
cattle each year from rolling" The
sheep market is more uniform and
the summer range in the high noun
tains better suited to them. He states
that several hundred head of cattle
VIII be driven from that section this
season, and leading stockmen will
change to sheep as rapidly as pos
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Boise.-The meeting of the deputy
mineral surveyors Of Idaho, decided
upon by Surveyor General Utter,
which It was expected would be held
at Wallace, on the urgent request of
some of the deputies will be held in
Boise, a. originally planned, and the
meeting will be on July / and O. Sur
vcyor-General Utter has issued a very
interesting program.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely TO Provo Of
interest to Our Readers.
a Brief Review Of the News of the
Past Week Presented in Shape "a
Appeal to AII-0rovvth and De-
vsiopmens, Mining. Commercial
and Farm.

Wallace.--After a close down of
almost seven months work has been
resumed in the Morning mine, the
big producer of the Federal Mining &
smelling company at Mullan The
mine employs 400 men
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Boisc.-The convention OF the dep
uty mineral surveyors which has been
planned by Surveyor General Utter to
be held in this city July /, may not
be held here. and it is possible It will
be held in Wallace instead The
meeting to be held will be one of con-
siderable Importance, and will bring
the deputies in closer touch with each
other in their WORK
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Cottonwood L. Eckert, a prom
inent stock shipper, will ship a
straight trainload Of fat cattle TO the
Chicago market this week, this being
the first large shipment ever made
from Camas prairie to an eastern
market. The cattle have been win
tered on Camas prairie ranches, and
since spring have been grazing on the
condition, as the spring range has
been unusually good. Beginning with
June cattle shipments from Camas
prairie and the Salmon river ranges
arc expected TO be larger than during
any previous summer month, as a
large number Of herds were not mar
keted last fall because of the slump
IN prices following the furry
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-06-13

Nez Percc.-The Kettenbach Grain
company, one of the pioneer grain
and warehouse concerns in the Clear
water country, has sold its houses to
Kerr Clifford company. one of the
large Pacific Coast exporters. The
kettenbach company, it is reported,
VIII retire from the field 1t owns a
large number of warehouses along
the Clearwater division of the North
ern Pacific. and also on the Vollmer-
Lewiston line. Following the an
nouncement that the Interior Ware
house company has been granted sites
on the prairie division of the North
ern Pacific the statement that the
kerr-Gifford company will also enter
the held assures the farmers competi-
tive buying.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-03
TAFT AND FORAKER
ARE FRIENDS AGAIN

Continued from First Page.)
places. as we'll as all public Offices,
were closed.
The long and wearing delay at the
various points of mobilization while
waiting for the proper place to fall
in discouraged some of the more
feeble veterans and they joined the
spectators. II was we'll towards IL
O'Clock when the van of the parade
marched past the reviewing stand
where they were saluted with a bonn
bardment of flowers, for which sur
prise the women of Toledo had been
preparing for some days. They
emerged from the floral shower to be
greeted by an immense human flag
mad up of nearly 1000 children, who
in their dresses of red, white and
blde, swayed their bodies so that the
emblem seemed TO sway as in a
breeze.
The old soldiers saluted the pic
tire tire with many a. r. - an,
to patriotic songs the children sang.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-03

laws, or have them made, and other
wise to so direct the government
that their special business interests
are looked after, fostered and encour-
aged at the expense of all the rest of
the country, it must be admitted that
the people are not ruling, or if they
are, it is not wisely and intelligently.
But the opportunity is always pre-
sented for them to brace up and re
sumo the direction of public affairs in
their own interests for the good of
the greatest number.
That opportunity is here now;
will the people avail themselves of it,
It will cost something; it will cost
the trouble of going to the polls to
vote; it will cost the trouble of seeing
that their names are properly regis
tered and poll taxes paid in sufficient
time before the election; and it will
cost some money to conduct an edu-
cational campaign that voters may be
brought to see the light and join
themselves with the great toiling
masses of the people
Under the republican administra-
ton of recent years, the people have
not ruled. With the election of Bry-
an and the institution of democratic
principles in the government of the
people, the people viii again rule.