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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
II Club at Pdyeffe.

A member of the club contributes the following
account of an important womens organization to
the Payette (Idaho) Independent of the 10th inst:
The Portia Club of Payette was organized in 1898.
It's object, like many other women's clubs in their
primary state, was for self culture and social enjoy
ment This was commendable and first step to-
ward wider aims and accomplishments. They have
in the past been instrumental in getting prizes offered
in the school as an incentive to good work They
have placed beautiful picture in each of the
school in Payette. Their cemetery committee has
done some needed work along that line. They now
have under consideration some plans for work to be
done this year in identifying and improving town,
among which the establishment of public drink
ing fountain for the city, providing receptacles in
venent places to hold litter that is too often
thrown the street. taking steps toward securing
city park etc. In all of which hope to have the
support and cooperation of the authorities and all
progressive citizens.
The club work also includes social and literary
features which are enjoyed by all members
We desire to correct the impression that some
have received that Porta is card club and that its
membership is limited in the bylaws to thirty
bers.
1t is not card club It's membership IS rot linz
tied Any is eligible to membership who is
interested in the work and aims of the club vino is
willing to lend her aid and influence mentally, and
morally in the accomplishments of its purposes
The Portia club joined the Second District Fed
Grafton in 1904. This organization has legislative
committee who will consider ideas of reform, Oh
propositions sent in by any of the clubs in its jur
isdicton and frame bills to be presented to our Leg
isature
Most of us, perhaps, think, feel and do only i'll
own immediate, personal interests. Some Of see
that these personal interests though feel them
separately, are really to be advanced by ac-
tion 1t is only by wise and just laws, city ordl
nances as to building, to sewage to the char
acter of the milk the water the food, sold in that
city that the home and its interests are best safe
guarded.
The woman of today finds that she, too is MEM
Der of society and has responsibilities. That she can
best fulfill her duty to her children by helping to
make clean, hea1thful beautiful safe city for them
to live in.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

are the specially invited who assist the family III
entertaining; or in other words form tront1spece
for the receiving lne located back and just across
a narrow hall. The procession winds past the ma
rine band into the private office OF the Presidents
wife on into the serving room through the spacious
dining room and back past the receiving line. AS
the guests approach the President the line OF narch
is reduced to single file, and each one announces his
name to the master of ceremonies, who IN turn re-
peats it loudly it be understood by each one
in the receiving line The guest then approaches the
President and is received with hearty handshake
and repetition of the name AS the guests proceed
they pass the line of women, usually the PRESIDENTS
wife and the wives of the members of his cabinet,
and from thence on through the red, gold and blue
rooms to the spacious east room, which takes up the
entire east end of the second floor of the White
House This room soon fills with the voices OF
the invited guests and there so many at all OF
these events that this stage of the proceedings
one is at liberty to go or remain may suit his
convenience.
In departing from the White House from these
entertainments an unique plan has been adopted TOR
the calling of ones carriage. After the guests re-
ceive their wraps they emerge to the lower END OF
the hall of the long annex to the White House. and
announce the numbers of their carriages to an at
tendant who Immediately touches the corresponding
numbers on electric buttons. This flashes the NUM-
Der of the carriage signal board in large figures,
placed over the top of the building and the driver
Immediately repeats his number and takes his place
under the large porch at the end of the hall emery
ing from the White House.
1t is fair to estimate that there from two to
three thousand invitations sent out to every Congress
siona reception this being the largest one in point OF
attendance To each of the others there is much
less number ranging possibly from six hundred to
seven hundred in attendance at the Diplomatic recep
ton; nine or ten hundred at the Army and Navy
reception and ten or twelve hundred at the Supreme
Court reception
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT T.To SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WE ESTERN NEWS.

Chancellor T. Benjamin Andrews Of
the University Of Nebraska has ten
der4d his resignation 70 take effect
January Ist,,
NJ. Bryan wrote a graceful letter to
Judge TAFT, conEratulatins him on his
election aad wishing hin success in
his lminlstratioH.
A slight earthquake shock is re
porter from the country around sa-
betha. Kas. at midnight OF the 7th
inst. go damage was done.
Fore7- fires which have been rag
ing between Evansville Indiana. and
Cairo. illinois, for the last week, have
already caused loss Of 100000.
Engineers OF the Wisconsin State
Geological Survey are making surveys
aud other arrangements for the pro
posed mod. highway in Milwaukee.
At banquet of the Cincinnati Com
ruelcial Club given in his honor two
days after lis election, William II.
Taft made an optimistic speech which
was hailed as sounding the keynote Of
prosperity for the next four years. lie
declared that he would streuuously en-
force the law against dishonest busi-
ness methods
The petition of william b. Hearst
for transfer of the 5000 .00U damage
suit Of Governor Haskell OF Oklahoma
against him to the Federal Court was
granted by Judg Estel Of the District
Court Of Douglas county at Omaha,
and the papers were filed Saturday
with the clerk Of the United States
Circuit Court.
Rome G. Brown of Minneapolis.
president of the Harvard CLUBS OF
America. l907-l9os. says President
Roosevelt cannot succeed DR.. Eliot at
Harvard for two reasons: First, he
does not want the presidency; second,
couldn't get it. Not consers atiye
enough for Harvard presidency; could
not get one vote Harvard Board of
OvCrsecrs."
Ralph Blaisdeil, auditor for the Har-
riman system Of railroads in the North
west, has, for the good Of the ser
vice." issued an order forbidding en-
ployes in his department visiting sa-
looms or liquor houses for any purpose
whatsoever The order effects about
500 employees. Several months ago
Blaisdell discharged all the women
clerks and stenographers in his de
partment and replaced them with men
The women were dismissed on the
ground that meh are more efficient.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Separate race Schools Sustained.

Washington.-In deciding the case
Of Hersa college VS.. the state of Ken
tucky favorably to the state, the SUI
preme Court of the United States Mon
day decided that the states of the
union may constitutionally legislate to
prevent the co-education of the white
and black races. The case was insti-
tuted to test the validity of the state
law Of 1904 prohibiting white and black
children from attending the same
schools. The higher state court took
the position that the white and black
races are naturally antagonistic, and
that the forced separation of the chill
dren Of the two is in the line of preser-
walton of peace.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was handed down by Justice Brewer
and affirmed the finding of both the
Kentucky Circuit Court and the Court
of Appeals. Justice Harlan and Day
dissented
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
COUNCIL ENDORSES PRESIDENT
GoMPERs' POSITION IN BUCK
STOVE AND RANGE FIGHT.
LINCOLN centennial
REPORTS OF SECRETARY AND
TREASURER SHOW FLOURISH
ING CONDITION..

Denver.-The entire morning session
Of the American Federation of Labor
convention Tuesday was devoted to
the reading of the annual report OF the
executive council. This body is COM
posed OF all the officers Of the fedora
ton, including a large number of vice
presidents.
The report is almost replica OF
President Gompers' annual statement
The history of the fight between the
Buck Stove & Range Company anu
the federation was gone over carefully
and the position taken by President
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison was indorsed IN
the report. 1t was shown that the CON
tempt proceedings against the three
offivers of the federation cost the of
ganization little more than $4,000.
If the plans of the executive coun-
ell carry to completion the hundredtn
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln will be celebrated in most fit
ting style. The celebration will be par
ticipated in by wage earners only. The
centenary of Lincoln's birth will occur
February II, 1909.
An office building for the federation
is also another important measure
urged by the executive council. AS
outlined. the building will cost $4,000
and will be located in Washington, D.
c., the headquarters city of the fedora
ton The money necessary for the
erection of the building will be bor-
rowed from the defense fund.
Secretary Frank Morrison's annual
report shows that 234 local unions have
affiliated with the A. F. of L. and that
6,645 charters have been issued in the
last twelve months There were SCI
strikes called during the year which
cost total of s., ,549, 1894 OF the men
affected 1881 were benefited and 35,-
322 were not benefited. The voting
strength of the federation is given at
1882. The receipts of the secretary
during the year were $685., ,565.25 and
the expenses $196,93736, leaving bal
ance on hand OF s13S,627.s9. The re-
ship.
The report of Treasurer John B.
Lennon shows a total income with
balance on hand October l, 1907 of
1898 3,565.25 and total expenses of 1885,
e37.36 In the hands of the treasurer
October 1, 1908. there were s136,627.S9.
The total funds handled during the in
cumbency of the treasurer, period of
eighteen years, amount to s1,7S2, ,94319.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
ATTEMPT TO ExToRT MONEY
FROM MRS. PHiPPs CAUSES
SENSATION IN DENVER.
IT FAILED TO EXPLODE
DESPERATE WOMAN'S ACT MIGHT
HAVE CAUSED MANY
DEATHS.

Denver-Only the failure OF two
sticks OF dynamite to explode when
hurled against the floor of an automo-
bile by a desperate woman extortion-
ist, saved Mrs. Geneyieve Chandler
Phipps. her nine-year-old daughter
Helen, her maid and chauffeur from
horrible death, and untold loss OF
pedestrians lives, countless damage
and general havoc in front of the In
ternatioaal Trust Company in the
Equitable building shortly before 3
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
Under the threat of being blown to
atoms by an unknown woman OF mys-
terry who demanded 100000. Mrs.
Phipps was forced TO accompany the
woman TO her bank, with her little
daughter as hostage. The woman, ap-
parently cultured, well educated and
possessed of refinement. halted Mrs.
Phipps' electric runa bout in City park,
jumped in and then with threats com
PEELED obedience. The child, maid,
chauffeur and a larger auto were OBJ
tanned. A. the bank Mrs. Phipps
rushed frantically inside. and informed
Vice President Smith. Detective J. r.
Mcdonald of the First National bank
was called. Taking in the situation at
glance, he notified police headquar-
ters. The patrol wagon with Officers
Mcdonald and Dorsey was rushed to
the bank They had been warned that
any suspicious movement would mean
death to the loaded car. Leaving the
wagon. the policemen in plain clothes,
went toward the automobile.
The mysterious woman with a
shrewdness born of desperation real
lied her position. Rising from her
seat she hurled both sticks of the dy
Mantle against the car. People
shrleked and Mrs. Phipps rushed to
her daughters aid. The dynamite did
not explode Instantly the woman was
seized and hurried away to Jail.
The woman refused to give any in
formation regarding herself even as
serting that she did not know her
name, Her room was traced to the
American house On a sterling silver
tolset set were the initials +. c. r.
There was likewise secret tele-
graphic code. Nothing was found to
give any clue to her identity.
Following an attempt Monday after
noon to extort 100000 from Mrs.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps under
threat of death by dynamite. the des-
perate woman who played the game
tried TO take her life next morning in
the city jail.
With a penitentiary sentence staring
her in the face and with her hopes of
sudden wealth crushed. she picked up
a bottle containing morphine and was
about to swallow it when an attache
knocked it out of her hands
The would-be dynamiter and eXtor-
tionist was identified Tuesday as Mrs.
Allen F Read, wife of a retired and
wealthy Denver druggist She was
permitted to go to the Shirley hotel,
but afterward taken back to the ma
irons quarters in the city Jail. An
examination into her mental condition
will be made.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Wounds New York Postmaster,

New York.-Edward NJ Morgan,
postmaster of New York City, was seri-
ously wounded in the abdomen Mon
day morning by bullet fired by E. H.
b. Mackey, an eccentric English stem
ographer, who then committed suicide
Mr.. Morgan probably owes his life to
the quick wit and bravery of his four
teen-year-old daughter, Dorothy, who
saw Mackey draw his revolver and
struck 1t with her hand. This defect
ed the bullet, otherwise the postmaster
would have been fatally wounded, for
his assailant was at close range and
fired four shots
The shooting occurred at One Hun.
dred and Forty-sixth street, only a
short distance from Mr.. Morgan's
home. He was on his way down town
at the time.
An investigation of the life and rec
ord OF Mackey reveals that he was
OF a morbid nature and a former in.
mate of an asylum in Worcester, Mass.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
GENE RAJ NEWS.

All grades of refined sugar we-e re-
duced 20 cents a hundred pounds in
New York November 9Th
New York City is now spending S2j.-
000 a month or s3uu. COO a year for the
maintenance of its Departmental au.
tomobiles.
The British battleship InrincibIe, at
her full power trial on Saturday,
steamed twenty-eieht knots an hour
over a period Of eight hours.
The United States Court in New
York has upheld the contention that
the American Tobacco Company is a
trust operating in restraint OF trade.
The Outlook confirms the published
report that President Roosevelt will
be associated with its editorial staff
after March 5th as special coatribut-
ing editor.
The ice automobiles which have
been taken by DR.. Jean Charcot on his
expedition to the south pole for use
over Antarctic ice. were tried out
amid the snow and ice OF the Alps
The japanese steamer Taish Maru
was HliHh ublIhS Il SOU III OIL ItDiO
island aud lis persons were drowned.
The vessel was crowded with fisher
men and passengers and of those
aboard only twenty nine were saved.
Colonel Goethals who is chairman
of the Isthman Canal Commission, lie.
elared that the report OF the discov-
cry of a subterranean lake under the
site of the canal locks at Gatum is
absolute rot"
4 Paris journal states that Wilbur
Wright has received a letter from En-
peror William congratulating him on
his achievements and inviting him to
go to Germany and continue his ex.
pcriments there.
The American fleet has carried our
national games to Chiaa At Annoy an
eleven from the battleship Virginia de-
feated the Louisiana football team Il
to 0. and baseball nine from the Ken
iuckey defeated nine from the Louis
lana.
The railroads OF the United States
have released orders for equipment
and supplies aggregating $240, ,OO0, 900
since election day. These orders are
said to have bevn placed prior to No
vember 3rd, contingent OF the out
come of the campaign.
There have been several manifesto
tions OF rejoicing over the election to
the presidency of the United States of
William H. Taft in the southern prov
inces of Italy, particularly by Italians
who have been In America or who
have relatives there.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

November 10th four additional letter
carriers will be appointed at Denver.
The Treasury on the 9Th inst. pur-
chased 10 Goo ounces of silver for de
livery at New Orleans and 10000
ounces for delivery at Denver at So
3C5 cents a fine ounce
W. r. Harr of tne Department of
investigate charges made hy Rev DR.
Thwing of that place against District
Attorney Robert w. Breckons. who
was appointed from Wyoming.
Vice President Fairbanks has ap-
pointed Senator Albert J. Hopkins of
Illinois a member of the national mon
etary commission to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Sen
ator William y. Allison Of Iowa.
Continued reports Of successful
treatment of pulmonary and other
cures of tuberculosis by the mercury
cure, discovered by Surgeon B. l..
Wright. U. s. ~, are being reported
to the bureau of medicine and surgery
After December 1st the money de-
rived by the government from timber
sales. permits for stock grazing and
for special uses Of various resources
in the national forest reserves, will
be deposited with national banks in
stead of being forwarded to Washing
ton 10 be locked in the treasury.
Among these repositories are the Den
yer National and the First National
of Albuquerque.
That President Roosevelt may be
the successor of Senator Platt in the
Senate is considered by many in
Washington as not at all improbable.
He has said within the past year that
with Mr. Taft as President he would
not feel the same hesitancy about en-
tering the Senate that he would feel
with some one in the White House
with whom his relations were not as
intimate as they are with Mr.. Taft
1t is the general opinion in Washing
ton that as result of a conference at
the White House between President
Roosevelt, James Wadsworth, Jr..
speaker of the New York assembly,
and William l.. Ward, Republican ma
tional committeeman, The man who
will be supported by them next Janu
ary to succeed Thomas c. Platt March
4, 1908, as United States senator, will
be Elihu Root. secretary of state.
The worlds production of cotton for
mill consumption during the year end
ing August 81, 1908, exceeded by
2,340.000 bales the production of the
previous year, according to the CEN
sus bureaus report on the supply and
distribution OF cotton.
President Roosevelt has made pub
lice letter in reply to questions in re-
gard to Mr.. Taft's religious views in
which he declares that a mans re-
ligion is his own personal affair and,
SO long as he is good man, has moth
ing to do with his fitness for Office
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
SEEMED A TRiFLE PERSONAL,
cIergyman's Particular Reason for
Omitting the Fifth Verse.

A clergyman in an interior town
married a woman from whom he re-
ceived a dowry of 100000 and pros
pect of more. Shortly afterwards,
while occupying the pulpit, he gave
out a hymn, read the first verse and
proceeded to read the fifth. com.
mencing:
then he hesitated and exclaimed:
"The choir will omit the fifth verse
Some OF the congregation read the
verse for themselves and smiled as
they read:
Forever let my grateful heart
His boundless grace adore.
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope for more.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
War Legacy Tax Valid.

st. Louis.-The United States Court
OF Appeals of st. Louis handed down
an opinion Saturday in the case of the
Union Trust Company VS.. Edmund B.
Allen. collector Of internal revenue. in
which 1t Is held that the five per cent
spanish or war tax on all legacies and
distributed shares Of estates, in excess
OF $1,000, that come within the pro-
VISIONS OF the act must be paid to the
government. All estates in the coun-
try where the testator died between
March 2, 1901, and April 2, 1902. are
affected by the decision
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer, R. Ed. !.
Box 90, Kernersville, n. c., writes:
81 suffered with stomach trouble and
indigestion for some time, and nothinr
that | ate agreed with me. l was verv
nervous and experienced a continual
feeling of HneasinesS and fear. Itool,
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
no good.
Il found in one Of your Peruna books
description of my symptoms. then
wrote to DR.. Hartman for advice lie
said l had catarrh of the stomach.
took Peruna and Manalin and followed
his directions and can now say that |
feel as well as l ever did.
81 hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna
as it has certainly cured me-"
The above is only one of hundreds
who have written similar letters to DR..
Hartman. just one such case as this
entities Peruna to the candid consider
alton of every one similarly afflicted II
this be true of the testimony of one per
son what ought to be the TESTIMONY y Of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest SIN
cere people. We have in our files
great IL my other testimonials.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
President Charles ". Eliot Of Har

President Charles W Eliot Of Ear
ward University has made no expiana'
tion of his resignation. but it is under
stood that having served forty years
and arrived at the age of seventy six,
he feels that he is entitled to a rest
II IS rumored Al Piusburg that oer-
side concerns have agreed with the
United States steel corporation TO re
duce the standard price of steel rails
somewhat perhaps from SIS TO s24
ton-and that railroads have agreed
TO place heavy orders.
Since election. reports come OF fac
tories reopened and increased forces
set at work at Palmer Falls, y. Y, Or
ono. Me, New Hartford. Conn, Fail
River, Mass, Pawtncket, r. l.. New
ark. \. J., Toledo. O., Taunton and
Ware, Mass, and other cities.
II has been said that. following the
successful rnaneuyers of the American
navy. the British government is pIar
ming to send a fleet OF war hips around
the world. Officials OF the admiralty.
when questioned declined 10 give any
information in regard to the report
long list Of the Kings birthday
honors was issued sunday. These are
mainly As rewards for political and
public service at home and in the col
onies Sir Edward Clarke the former
solicitor general. is made priyy coun-
ciilo-. Alfred Russell Wallace is given
the order Of merit, while George J.
Frampton, the sculptor. is knighted-
At Nashville, Tenn. on the 9th inst.
former United States Senator Edward
Ward Carmack was shot and billed in
a street duel with Robin Cooper, son
of Col. Duncan B. Cooper. Carmack
hsi, since be became editor OF the
Tennesseean. been quite caustic in
crltieising what he called the Demo
cratic machine and had printed sew
eral editorials about Colonel Cooper
AS a result OF feudaI war at Cam
pom Junction about 20 miles west OF
Jackson. Ky. Islow Allen. aged 20
years. was shot and killed Monday
night; Alvin Grayer. aged %. was
badly injured and Clarence Sherman.
who did the shooting. was shot in the
mead. but managed to escape to the
mountains. Eight barrels OF whisky
shipped into town for the election
brought on the trouble.
American Rhodes scholars got two
firsts and two seconds in the varsity
frt shmen sports at oxford November
Gth. K. L. Blake OF Tennessee won
the long jump with 10 feet inches.
and c. S. Spaulcing Of Arizona was
second with Is feet sla inches. G.
E Putnam OF Kansas won the ham
mer throw with 1i3 feet inches,
breaking all freshmen records r. T.
Blake was second in this event.
Manila is reported by the health au-
thorities to be practically free of chol-
era. Since November LIST in poputa-
ton Of nearly one-quarter of a million
one case daily has occurred. These
cases were found In outlying districts
unusually visited by whites The late
visitation proved to be Of light char
acter since its beginning. and in the
month of July only twenty-five cases
appeared among the white population.