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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
VERDICT AFTER a HOURS
PETTLBONE A FREE MAN
JURY STOOD 10 FOR AcoUITTAL AND TWO CONVICTION
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT-GHAN CAME AT NOON TODAY
NO SURPRISE AT BOISE OVER ANNOUNCEMENT STATES
ATTORNEYS ANNOUNCE NO FURTHER PROSECUTIONS

BOISE, Jan. AFTER IA hours of
deliberation a verdict of "not
guilty" was reached by the jury try
ing George A. Pettibone, charged
with completely in the murder of
Ex-Governor Frank A. Steunenberg.
The verdict was brought in at HIS
this morning.
No demonstration of any kind
marked the reading of the verdict
which made Pettibone a free man,
after two years Imprisonment await
ing trial. The defendant, pale and
emaciated because of his long ILL
ness, smiled as he heard the an
nouncement A moment later he was
surrounded by his attorneys and
friends. His wife wept for Joy.
All night the jury stood 10 for ac-
quittal and two for conviction.
There was no change until the final
ballot.
The verdict caused little surprise
in Boise in view of the verdict in the
Haywood case. Pettibone will re-
turn at once to Denver. Phys'c clans
fear he will never recover from his
illness.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
BANK DIVERTED
STATE Moneys
TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST
OF PORTLAND ALLEGED TO
HAVE MISAPPLIED FUNDS IN
VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTION

PORTLAND, Jan. An a docu-
ment comprising 25 typewritten
pages filed in the United States cir
cult court yesterday, W. G. Bristol,
special attorney for the state and
solicitor for the American Surety
company in insolvency proceedings
of the Title Guarantee and Trust
company, wilful misrepresentation Of
the general and school funds of the
state by officials of the defunct bank
is charged. 1t is alleged that the
state moneys were diverted in flag
rant violation of the provisions OF
the constitution and the code.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
JAPS TOO BUSY
FOR MORE: WAR
ENGLISH OPINION TO EFFECT
THAT YANKEES OF ORIENT
HAVE ALREADY HANDS FULL
IN MANCHURIAN SITUATION

LONDON, Jan. 4.-Charles Dixie,
M. P, in an interview today on
The Worlds Policies in 1905" ex-
pressed the opinion that there will
not be a war between the United
States and Japan.
why should there, be?" asked
Sir Charles. You cannot have war
unless one side wants it. What
possibly could be gained by war?
Japan is supposed to covet the Phil
ippines, but she has not yet digest
ed the slice of Manchuria that the
Russo-Japanese war gave her, nor
has she ever settled with Formosa.
Does she not know that even if
she did defeat the American fleet,
her triumph would not be forever,
since the United States would build
another fleet and Japan's expendi-
ture in blood and treasure might be
for nothing?"
Referring to the cruise of the bat
tlesh'p fleet to the Pacific, Sir
Charles says this is a demonstration
of the power of the American navy
and likely to enhance its prestige.
The only black spot in the foreign
outlook, Sir Charles holds, is in
South America, and this on account
of the unsettled frontiers of Uru-
quay and Paraguay.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
FARMERS FAVOR
COOPERATION
RAISE FUND TO BUILD WARE
HOUSE FOR HANDLING NEXT
YEARS CROP-wILL HAVE
AMPLE WORKING FUND

The farmers of the north end or
the Nezperce prairie have demon
strated their faith in independent
organization by action taken at q
meeting held at the Harbke school,
house Thursday night, when $1,000
was subscribed as fund with which
to commence Independent opera
tions.
The company is COMPOSED ot 80 or
the most prosperous farmers as
charter members, and large NUM-
ber of new names will be added al
the next meeting.
The plans of the company provide
for the erection of a warehouse az
Greer and the handling OF the crop
from the farmers direct into the ex-
porters' hands. 1t is expected the
company will have an ample work
ing fund by next fall to hanslle the
entire grain crop OF its members.
and has received assurances from
outside points that funds can be se-
cured If needed to carry on the in-
dependent operations.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
Meyer Not to Be Tried

BOISE, Jan. 4.-There was no ac-
tion in the Meyer case this morning,
but the! attorneys for the state ad-
NIT that the prosecution of the
Western Federation of Miners lead
ers for the Steunenberg murder is at
an end.
Moyer will be released from jail
probably this afternoon. The indict-
ment against Jack S1mpkins, who is
fugitive from justice, will stand
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
NEED NO help
FROMUNCLE sam
CONFEDERATE VETERANS ARE
OPPOSED TO MOVEMENT FOR
PENsIoNING OF SOUTHERN
TROOPS BY GOVERNMENT

NASHVILLE, jan At a meet
ing last night the Frank Chetham
bivouac of the United Confederate
Veterans adopted a resolution re-
ouesting the Southern representa-
tives in congress, to do everything
in their power to defeat the propos-
ed pensioning of Confederate SOL
diers by the government.
Many Southern states maintain
pension funds for their Confederate
soldiers.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
WILL TRY TO AVOID STRIKES
Employers and Employees Have Sign
ed Agreement

NEW YORK. Jan. S.-There is
little chance of strikes this year
among the building unions. The en-
ployers have signed agreements with
a large number of the men, and IN
cases where agreements have not
been concluded arrangements are
under way. The following are the
trades with which agreements have
been signed and the number of men
in each union:
Amalgamated woodworkers. 5000
members; bricklayers and masons,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04

1000; elevator conductors, 1000;
tile layers, 600; house movers,
1900; hosting engineers, 500; cleo
trical workers, 5000; journeymen
stonesetters, 5000; marble cutters,
$500; marble polishers, 1900; plain
and ornamental operative plaster
ers, 5000; modelers, 500; wood
carvers, 500.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
JOHN MITCHELL EXPECTED IT
Says No Way of Convicting Petit
bone on Orchards Testimony

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4.-John
Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, who is at
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, talked with
the Associated Press by telephone
on the Pettibone verdict. He said:
Il fully expected verdict of not
guilty. l cannot see how it would
have been possible to have convicted
Pettibone on the evidence of Harry
Orchard"
He declined to discuss the verdict
further at this time.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
Election Feuds Cause Death

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan. A.
John Bartram, mayor of Fort Gay,
w. Va, was shot and mortally
wounded last night by Samuel Kin
ser, a prominent democratic politi-
clan, in an election row. Kinser
escaped to Kentucky.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
Satisfaction at Headquarters

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 4.-But few
persons were present in the Office of
the Western Federation of Miners
today when the news of Pettibone's
acquittal was received. There was
no demonstration save expressions
of satisfaction.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04

A woman with dishcloth in one
hand and scrubbing brush in the
other looks so unlike the pictures of
the girl man made love to, show
ing her holding flower. or with
an open book. that it is cause for
divorce on the grounds of misrepre-
sentations.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
MARTIAL LAW
IN Indiana
GOVERNOR HANLY ISSUES PROC.
LAMATI0N AT N00N-STATE
TROOPS ARE FASTENING TO
MUNCIE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. A.
Governor Frank Hanly at noon to-
day issued a martial law proclama-
tion placing Major General Mckee
in complete control at Muncie.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
india Exchange Rising

CALCUTTA, Jan. 4.-The rate of
discount for the Bank of Bengal was
raised from to per cent today.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04

Chicago Wheat Nsrket
CHICAGO. Jan 4.-Wheat close:
Nav, $t,OSss; July, $1.o0A; Sept,
96%c.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-04
ROOSEVELT ASKS FOR
EAGELSONS RESIGNATION
CONTROVERSY THAT HAS RACED AROUND SURVEYOR GEN
ERALS OFFICE AT BOISE IS SETTLED BY A GENERAL
HoUsECLEAN1NG WHEN ALI PRESENT employees WILL BE
ASKED TO HAND IN RESIGN ATOMS OR BE REMOVED

WASHINGTON 4The with Eagleson the administration
OF MS and complaint made
it, 4 rnnos4 roa,oso, s,uovor
- here
eeheiai ioi u'ho ms ~ would
White House
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Seek TO Attract Attention.

There are many ways in which the
average retailer can get up cheap
though effectual advertisement. An
advertisement recently put out by a
local concern was cheap one in so far
as the expense Of preparing and circu-
lating it was concerned. The fact that
1t was novel one, and one which
brought the subject matter to the very
door of the consumer made it good
one. 1t was the advertisement OF a
dye and cleaning concern. The
proprietor of the concern seemed to
be the owner Of very pretty SpitZ
dog. He advertised his buEiness
through the medium of this dog. One
day he would be red dog, another
day he would wear coat Of green,
and so on for the various days Of
the week. The odd colors attracted
the attention Of all at once and in
many cases awakened sympathy. The
dog, as if jealous about his masters
business, had become a. perfect rover,
30 the advertisement was seen about
the town whenever the canine dcnned
new coat. This is somewhat
after the idea employed by the man
agement of large sewing machine
company that uses greyhounds to ad-
vantage.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
z he
General Dem d neg

Of the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; q laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its exc
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark.
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed.
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty centa
per bottle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Loud and Lustv Advertislnc.

There can be seen every once in
while the front of some erstwhile dig
nified store plastered with flaming red
signs, announcing unheard-of bargains,
tremendous reductions, sensational,
disastrous, ruinous cuts in price, and
the rest of the well-worn expressions
so common to the cheapest grade of
stores. It seems that a merchant
is extremely apt to succumb to the
wiles of the man who believes in ad-
vertising through a megaphone and
with a bucket of red paint. What man
has the most inhuence-the man with
the loudest voice? What friend gives
advice which is heeded-the man with
the heaviest tone, who yells in your
ear and enforces it with crazy gegtic
u1ations? Does the man who exag
gerates extravagantly claim faith and
trust the most? Advertising is right
and proper, but advertising with guch
methods is cheapening and harmful
It appeals to the senses in the wrong
way.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputar
tion Was Necessary-6eIieves
Life Saved by cuticura.
ST have been treated by doctors for

'T have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case Of
eczema on my leg. They did their best,
but failed to cure it. My doctor had
advised me to have my leg cut off. At
this time my leg was peeled from the
knee, my foot was like a piece of raw
flesh, and I had to walk on crutches.
bought a set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor was sur
prised and said that he would use
Cuticura for his own patients IhaVe
now been cured over seven years, and
but for the Cuticura Remedies I
might have lost my life. Mrs. J. B.
Renaud, 277 Montana St., Montreal,
Que, Feb. 20, 1907"
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
IIzLlC I'M EZ0NlE N0u7V6
of having attached to its staff young
hnn I,n elf

Of having attached to its staff young
woman who has the requisite knowl-
edge and skill to cover baseball and
football games, horse races and ath-
letic sports of various kinds.
The young woman-she is only "a
years old-who holds down the sport
ing editors desk on the Chronicle
News so well that the applications of
male candidates for the job are never
considered, is Miss Ina Eloise Young.
When she was asked to tell how it
happened she said:
Il have been doing newspaper work
for three years-general reporting, and
covering everything from fire to a
suicide.
1T was by accident that 1 became
sporting editor of my paper two years
ago. At the opening of the baseball
season, which, in the west, is the only
real sporting season of the year, there
was not man on the paper who could
even keep box score or knew prac-
tically anything of the game. do
know baseball, for I learned it about
the time when boys of my age learn
to play ball. My brother taught me
the game because he always needed
somebody to fill a base or some posi-
ton, and could do it.
when grew up he taught me how
to keep score and evolved a method
Of my own of following the players
from home plate around to that sta,
ton again-if they could do it.
Il began covering games to fill in
until man could be secured for the
Dosition, and have been doing it ever
since, the managing editor consider
ing my work sufficiently good to
guarantee keeping me.
Since then I've done football games,
as I learned to understand that game
while I was a high school student and
subsequently during my college work
at the University of Colorado. be-
lieve I've covered all sorts of sporting
events with the exception of prize
fights, which l have never been re-
quired to do.
Understanding baseball and liking
it best, naturally do my best work
with those games. love to do horse
races, however, but as there have been
no races here for more than a year,
have grown q trifle rusty in that
kind of work.
Il ride horseback, but all western
girls do that. In covering events that
happen in the mining camps around
here horse is the quickest method of
transportation"
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
PRlcE-cUTTlNo.
In the End the Consumers Are Not
Ones Who Gain Benefit.

The average merchant is informed
as to the evils of price cutting. He
knows just where to draw the line,
just how far he dares go in lowering
quotations for the sake of drawing
trade. He realizes that even If the
principle of using leaders" to attract
customers is permissible, It is limited
in its usefulness and exceedingly dan.
gerous when overdone. Not only is ii
apt to degenerate into indiscriminate
cutting of prices, to lead to dissatisfae
tion among customers, and has ten.
dency toward giving a store cheap
reputation, but it is inclined to arouse
suspicion among other merchants and
the people as we'll
While the merchant is 30 thorough.
ly grounded in the matter of price-cut'
ting, the public has not been so gen.
orally educated. There are those who
exult when store managers are at war
believing that they may profit by the
losses of the competitors It is just
the old fable of Aesop over again
the lion and the bear fight over the
prey until both are too much exhaust
ed to move, and then the sly fox comes
along and picks up the dainty and
bears it away to eat at his leisure.
The public rejoices over the price
cutting campaigns. It profits by them,
and on account of the fact that II
has been taught to consider prices
only, it feels justified in taking every
advantage offered it.
The store which starts a campaign
Of price reduction and bellows and
roars and screams for the sake of
drawing custom, will either go under,
because it has been foolish or be-
cause it has made up it's mind to de-
fraud its creditors, or else it sells
goods which are far lower in merit
and true value than it pretends.
The public loses, but it does not
realize it. If store fails to pay its
facturers must make their losses good
in some way. If the store seeks to
foist inferior goods upon the public
at lower price, the public gets what
it pays for, no doubt, but believes
that it has been cheated and robbed.
and comes to have a low opinion of
merchants as a whole. The whole
trouble lies in the fact that the pub
lie, instead of being a prey to the
merchant, is really playing into the
hands Of sharpers while seeking, too
often, to get the best Of the mer,
chants.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE,
Pertinent Suggestions to storekeepers
AS to Doing Business Rightly.

Greatest successes in the retail
field, have been made by men who
have employed system in all branches
of their business. Men of antiquated
methods who have made successes
would have made more money had
they been systematic in their bust.
ness. Up-to-date methods of book.
keeping, system for checking over
goods as they arrive and as they go
out when the orders are filled are most
essential. Stock should be kept in
such a way that. the merchant does
not have to waste considerable time
before being able to know whether
he has any need of any line to fill
stocks.
One excellent way in which the
country merchant can keep his ideas
up-to-date is by spending day or
two each year in visiting the large
cities and studying the methods en-
ployed by the firms engaged in his
line of business. A day off occasion
ally in some strange town where a
study of windows and store interiors
and methods may be made is more
than helpful.
In the home town one can never get
away from the practices Of his fellow
tradesmen, unless he benefits by ex-
periences had elsewhere. In a strange
place we are Of the gazing crowd,
and we see things from different
point of view. than when at home.
Some criticism may point out a
fault that we have been guilty Of q
hundred times and never noticed, and
a criticism of stranger sometimes
forces us to realize that we can i'm
prove in our own methods and we
profit by the suggestion.
A country town storekeeper may
learn much in city but much of 1t
may be little suited to rural condi-
tions. The small town merchant needs
some lessons from progressive mem
bers of his own class. Remember
that there are many who can excel
us in some ways. If we fail to keep
alive, some more enterprising COM
petitor will beat US out.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
The "Pivot" Aue.

When is a man "old?" Is it a mat.
ter of looks, or feeling, or age, or pro-
fessional custom? Walters, for in
stance, are held to be 'old" at So
But at that period Of life statesmen,
barristers, actors, bishops and judges
are accounted young. Athletes of all
kinds are deemed "old" after 40 or
thereabouts. The board of trade reg
ulations say that railway men and
others are "old" for their work at SO.
Old age pension scheme makers con-
slider 65 as the pivot age on which to
hang their palms. The point is GER
tainly very debatable one.-Hearts
of Oak Journal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
ALL IN THE FAMILY.
AffIdi's Simple Explanation of Hls
Easy Victory.

Many of the hill tribesmen in India
join the British side and become most
valuable recruits. Some years ago in
a Campaign against the Afridis one
of the columns was much annoyed by
a persistent "sniper" who followed it
daily. Eventually one Of the newly
joined Afridi recruits requested leave
to fall out for couple of hours to
settle the trouble. At the end of the
time he strolled in placidly and flung
down the head of the sniper.
On being congratulated by his of.
ficer and asked how he had managed
to find his enemy so quickly, he re-
piled laconically: Il know his ways,
sahib."
Why" said the officer, was he
friend of yours?"
"My father, sahib!"
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Monotonv of Home Life.

So many wives complain of the mo-
notony of marriage. They envy wom-
en- who write, paint or act, because
they imagine all these callings spell
infinite variety. But any life can be.
come monotonous if people allow it
to be so. Wives who grumble at the
dreary sameness of home routine for.
get that their husbands have to face
the same tiresome monotony at the
Office. The only way ID get out of the
'rut" for wife or bachelor maid alike
is to cultivate interests and hobbies.
Marriage is monotonous only for those
who make 1t so.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Ae,rAa That Cheer.

They are the best comforters and
helpers of their fellow men who go
about with larra hopefulness and
chesrsulness in their own hearts,
trying to put little more hope and
cheer into the life of every one they
meet. What most people really need
in their troubles is not to have the
burden lifted off, but to have their
own hearts strengthened with fresh
hope and cheer, so that they may
overcome in their struggles.-J. r.
Mills@,
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Would Carry Lava to the Sea.

Should the volcanic vent, or chin.
ney, Of Vesuvius become blocked
writes Sig. Coartino, in q recently
published pamphlet-the danger Of an
explosion becomes very great, and, to
afford an outlet for the molten mass
Of rock he proposes to bore a tunnel
at the base of the mountain to carry
the lava into the sea. He also points
out the possibility Of leading the lava
into molds, SO as to form it into
blocks for building quays, breakwa.
tiers, ETC., and smaller slabs for paw.
ing the streets of Naples, such as are
now obtained from the cooled lava.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Or Twenty Years

snFn,, Gail remedies may have
IN N nourished for a brief sea-
,,,s,., 80 passed away-even Slem
rhaass % put for twenty long years
ths s.'. 49,. Chill Tonic has been in
M MI " action. The reason is sim.
rss,,. nas merit. 1t actually cures
Il ..s IT, shd Eevers while the majority
n ha.., g.Assa merely promise to. One
- aafanteed to cure any one case.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
A WOMAN SPORTING EDITOR.
Colorado Girl Has Original Method of
Keeping Scores-How She Started.

Denver, Col.-The Trinidad (Col)
Evening Chronicle-News, is, in one re-
spect, distinguished above all other
newspapers in the United States in
that it has young woman sporting
editor.
There are now few daily newspa-
pers upon which women are not en-
ployed in one capacity or another-as
compositors, linotype operators, re-
porters, fashion writer's and editors of
departments. but only one can boast
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18
Enforcing soIemnitY.

Colored Preacher-Bredren and sis-
tern, dis unseemally levity mus stop.
Dis yeer church amt no circus. Stop
dat laughin' in yo' corner, Brudder
Beeswax Watts it bout?
Brudder Beeswax-I don't know wat
dey is laffin' at.
Colored Preacher-f dis yeer levity
don stop right now, I'll do somefin ter
make you solemn. you trifin niggahs.
I'll pass de hat ag'in.-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer., 1908-07-18

Tha sNtilFg In vain.
be bas 80 I aled without knowing what
guess was the one pest
hi he was in error. Could
dras cooked forward only a hun
sb.s.. sseae Or so, and beheld the cheap
fat ,,.., Ao would then be making a
49, a...a \ writing about him, he must
nv, ssstoOd better. Almost moth.
l0g Y created IN vain.