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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
STORM STRUCK CENTRAL STATES
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Mich
H. gan Get Share.

A destructive tornado swept the
county near Wilmathville, blowing
away several farmhouses and killing
two persons.
A damaging storm swept over 1ndi-
ana early Saturday, doing much dam
age to buildings, wires and trees. At
Petersburg roofs were blown off and
stock was killed by falling barns. At
Muncie and vicinity the storm was
the worst in 20 years, many buildings
being blown down.
A tornado destroyed several resi-
dences and barns two miles south of
Monmouth, ILL.,, injuring a half dozen
persons, none seriously.
At Kalamazoo, Mich, the storm did
heavy damage.
Peoria, 1ll.-The storm which swept
this part of the state did most of its
damage at Pekin, where residences
barns, outbuildings and one distillery
were destroyed. The loss will ,aggre
gate $4,000, and many narrow es
capes from death occurred.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
WORLDS
SUMMARY
SHORT ITEMS CLIPPED
FROM DISPATCHES.
NEARLY ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD REPRESENTED
HEREWITH.

Marquis Ito, Japanese resident gen.
eral of Korea. will leave Toxic for that
country ON April 2.
San Francisco citizens, in order to
insure the success of the prosecutions
of graft cases now going on, have ask
ed the board Of supervisors to appro.
pirate $4,000 for expenses to help out
private subscriptions.
President Jordan of Stanford univer-
sity has issued a statement to the ef-
feet that he upholds every act of the
student committee which recently sus-
pended more than 40 students. and that
no protest can be made to the board
of trustees.
A tornado struck New Boston, Iowa,
ecently. demolishing church, dozen
freight cars and injuring a number of
people.
The Aldrich currency bill passed the
senate by vote of AZ to Is, in the
main party vote. The bill has been
before the senate since January 2.
The duke of Abruzzi has left London
for Italy.
The English premier is still gravely
ill.
1t is said the engagement between
the duke of Abruzzi and Miss Elkins
is for the most part imaginary, as the
duke could not decide the matter with
out the consent of the king, which he
has not yet asked.
A shipment of four Orpington chick
ems was billed recently from Missouri
to Nine. Ignace J. Paderewski, at Nor
ges, Switzerland. by Ernest Keller.
Strauss, for $500.
Mrs. Grace Nelson Stensland, daugh.
ter-in-law of Paul o. Stensland of Chi
cago, now serving a term in the peni.
Tertiary at Joliet for wrecking the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank, is going
on the stage as grand opera star.
Admiral Evans, commanding the At
lantic feet, is at San Luis Obispo, Cal.
taking treatmenat at mineral springs
resort
1t has been decided that the Atlantic
fleet shall make a short visit to Auck.
land, N. Ii, on it's way from Samoa to
Sydney, Australia
Openwork hosiery is not "lace wear
ing apparel" The board of United
States general appraisers has so de
cided
King Victor Emmanuel Saturday re
ceived J. P. Morgan in private audience
and conversed with him an American
affairs The king manifested keen in
terest in the approaching campaign in
the United States.
The first through train passed over
he Shanghai-Nankinr railroad Saturday
a distance of 180 miles.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
GEN. WELLS ESCAPED
Attempt Made to Kill Him by Blowina
Up His House.

Telluride, Colo, March 3o.-Former
Adjutant General Buckley Wells mar
rowly escaped death or serious injury
at his home from well planned effort
to assassinate him with dynamite
bomb. stick of dynamite, or a pre-
pared bomb was placed under or near
General Wells bed.
General Wells was sleeping, as was
his habit, on an outer porch of the
house, and he was hurled with the
debris many feet from the wrecked
house. The side of the house was
torn completely out, hardly a stick of
the bed remained, and fragments of
wood were scattered over the neigh
borhood
Though badly shaken up and bruised
to some extend General Wells is said
to have escaped without serious injury.
General Wells took a leading part
IN the suppression of labor troubles in
this state in 1904 and 1905.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
NORTHWEST
.NEWSNOTES
ITEMS CULLED FOR OUR
BUSY READERS.
ABOUT PEOPLE IN MONTANA,
IDAHO, WASHINGTON
AND OREGON.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


May II has been set by the railroad
commission as the date at which the
hearing on the reasonableness of the
grain rates will be taken up at Ritz
vile. This hearing will be made on
what is known as the Cunningham
complaint.
State Treasurer George G. Mills has
made the announcement that the state
was again on a cash paying basis.
Cyrus G. Poyntz, farmer in the
Selah valley, near North Yakima, shot
and killed himself recently in fit OF
dependency.
The $4,000 necessary for the Chill
dren's Home at Spokane has been
raised.
Through eating wheat which had
been treated with solution of for
maldehyde to check the growth OF
smut, two horses owned by Guilford
Miller, a Whitman county farmer, died
recently.
The railroads announced a reduction
in the rates covering the shipment OF
grain bags over their lines from the
Coast, which will go into effect May
After several years of agitation anG
argument it is now believed that North
street stage.
The state Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex
position commission has passed reso
luton appropriating $4,000 to be useG
in constructing building for an ex
hibit of needlework by the State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
The Hartman system lost it's case
in the supreme court Saturday, wher
decision was given in the appeal o.
the Columbia Valley railroad agains
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail
way company. The North Bank roat
commenced construction along the
north bank of the Columbia river il
section 16, township l north, range
west, where the tunnel was bored
| through a slight promontOry. The
Hartman system sought to enjoin the
road from proceeding on the grount
that it is entering on the right of wa!
without legal right.
A horrifying sight greeted the famil.
of ]. d. Miller of Hansens Ferry re
Gently, when his eight year old son wal
lmost instantly killed by work horse
| State Superintendent of instruction
R. B. Bryan lies in critical condition
at his ranch near Wapato, and it il
feared he will not recover. 1t is salt
he has blood clot on the brain.
Willis Ingalls, has sold 5000 acre
of pasture lands in the foothills cas-
of Waitsburg to ]. S. Galloway o
Dayton for 100000
H. F. Grant, for many years man
ager for the Seattle Electric compan.
and district manager for Stone & Web
ster interests in the Pacific northwest
has resigned.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
CONGRESSMAN Shoots Negro.

Washington, D. C.-Congressman
Thomas j. Heflin of Alabama probably
fatally shot a negro named Lumby in
the head and accidentally shot a white
man, Thomas McCarry, in the leg The
trouble occurred on streetcar when
Heflin was going to church to speak
on temperance. The negro was drunk
and the congressman demonstrated
against his drinking in the car in the
presence of ladies.
The negro began using vile language
and Hefiin threw him off the car He
attempted to draw a revolver, but
Heflin was quicker, firing from the
car window. The first bullet hit Nc
Garry, but the second caught the ne
gro near the ear. Heflin was charged
with assault with intent to kill and
was put under $4,000 bonds. He is the
author of the Jim Grow" car bill and
has been frequently threatened by ne
groes.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.

R. o. Wilson, an old-time horse.
trainer, has been ruled off the turf on
the Pacific coast.
The Spokane race track Is beginning
to acquire an air of activity and the
winter boarders at the course are daily
receiving additions to their numbers.
Vienna.-In the chess tournament
Saturday the American player, Mar
shall, defeated the Russian, Rubin
stein, while Jones has good chances to
win his game against Cohn Schlech-
tein is still in the lead.
In one week the Spokane city base
ball league will open its season at
Natatorium park. Everything is in
readiness for a fine season. The play
ers are better than ever before, the
interest taken in the league by the
public seems to be greater, and the
fine showing made by the boys last
season gives assurance that the league
will be well patronized this season.
London.-At the Oxford Cambridge
field sports at the Queens club Satur-
day afternoon l.. o. Hull, Rhodes schOl-
ar from Michigan, disappointed his
friends by failing to capture the 100
yard dash for Oxford. He finished two
feet behind the Cambridge flyer, Nc
Leod, in the slow time of 10 2-5 Sec
onds. A. M. Stevens, Rhodes scholar
at Oxford from Yale university, I'm
ished first in the second event.
| It is reported that Port Townsend,
| Wash, is to remove the lid against
| fights.
Fred Creel is regarded as one of the
headiest and cleverest boxers at Spo-
kane. He made splendid showing re-
Gently against Louis Orsie and re-
ceived the decision after four fast
rounds The two boys will meet again
next month.
Eddie Quinn, manager of the Spo-
kane Indians, says in S. A. Gregg he
has captured phenomenal pitcher.
He comes from Idaho.
In "a innings Willie Hoppe wrested
the worlds championship at 1872 balk
line billiards from George Sutton in
New York.
Tommy Burn, the American heavy
|
land for the United States April 4.
His early departure from England is
due to the illness of his wife.
To make money fo- TIE benefit of
the library fund at the state peniten-
tiary a game of ball was played Sum-
day afternoon between team of pris-
oners and the Gilbert Hunt shop team.
H. F. Hillman of the New York Ath-
letic club broke his own worlds record
for the 600-yard run at an indoor meet
Sunday. Time, 1913 As. The former
record was IA.
Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the
American league last season, has at
last signed a contract to play with the
Detroit American League club this
year, and will join the team at Little
Rock for practice.
The trout season in Washington
opens Wednesday, April 1, and closes
November Is.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
MINISTER COOK REpENTs
Says ~ Realize That No Man, How.
ever Strong, Can Buck the World"

Says ~ Realize That No Man, How.
ever Strong, Can Buck the World"
San Francisco-Jere X. Cooke, the
deposed pastor of the Episcopal
church at Hampstead, L. l., who
eloped with Floretta Whaley about a
year ago, and who it is said has tele-
graphed to Mrs Kzeieh Whaley, the
girls grandmother, for help, and that
he and family were i'll and destitute,
were located in this city. The couple
were found living in suite Of rooms
on Masonic avenue, well to all appear
ances, and with comfortable surround.
ings. The baby alone looked pale and
peaked, but the parents attributed
this to the hot weather.
In an interview the former clergy
man admitted that he had telegraphed
for help, and admitted that the strug.
gle of life had been too much for him,
and that he had made a failure of
everything.
I'VE are different from the Others
said. Cooke. I'VE can not ask friends
to help us, because we threw aside
friends. We laughed at the world
and the world will laugh at us. Late
ly have begun to realize that no man.
however strong he may be or how
ever great may be his incentive, can
buck the world. 1t is older than us
and stronger"
In reply to the question: you are
comfortable and seemingly have all
you want" he said: 1T is not a mat
ter of material comfort. it is the
knowledge that one is an outcast. II
is the understanding that to the kind
hearted you are an object of chart
table curiosity and to the others just
simple cad. These are things which
no man can fight and am just tired.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
MONTANA ITEMS

The body of Erick Hill, a well
known saloon man of Elliston, who
had been missing, was found fright
fully mutilated in the Blackfoot river
There was bullet hole through the
head, the hands were nearly cut off
and the throat had been slashed from
ear to ear. Robbery was the motive
Phil Miller, secretary-treasurer OF
the Butte aerie of Eagles, has been ar
rested on complaint charging hin
with the theft of $3.50 from the lodge
of which he is an official.
The great Shoshone river irrigation
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Another Fleet Ready.

Uncle Sam will soon have eight
brand new fighting ships-a fleet all
by themselves.
The new armored cruiser North Car
DINA, which is to be commanded by
Captain W. A. Marshall, now com
mandant of the Boston navy yard, is
80 per cent completed.
Other ships within few points Of
the 100 mark in the percentage o.
completion are the Idaho, battleship
1925; Newhampshire, battleship
$3.50; Montana, armored cruiser, 1896
Chester, scout cruiser, 9S.3S; Birming
ham, scout cruiser, 1868; Salem
scout cruiser, 94.31; submarine No.
90
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Ends in Tragedy.

st. Paul, Mimi, March 31.-William
D. Trainor, vaudeville actor, shot
and killed Mrs. William Prior, an ac-
tress with whom he was travelling, in
an apartment at the Clarendon hotel
early Sunday morning and then COM
mitted suicide. Mrs. Prior was about
25 years old. An open letter found in
the room after the murder indicated
that Mrs Prior had threatened to
leave Trainor.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Coming Events.

Walla Walla Valley Ministerial as
sociation, Milton, Ore, April Z.
Montana Arbor day, April Fl.
Washington State Camp, M. w. A.,
North Yakima, May 6.
Montana Sunday School association
Butte, May lib.
Livestock show, Corvallis, Ore, May
1916.
Washington State F. o. E., Spokane
May %.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Earthquake in Mexico.

Mexico City.-Chilapa, a town OF
$4,000 Inhabitants, in the state of
Guerrero, has been shaken by an earth
quake.
Latest dispatches from the state OF
Guerrero report that the effect of the
earthquake was exaggerated. No one
was killed, and most of the houses
which collapsed and burned were poor
hutS covered with straw.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
May Get Land Back.

Two million acres of land in Califor'
mia and Oregon vested in the Califor
mia & Oregon Railroad company, own
ed by the Central Pacific and con
trolled by II. H. Hartman, will be sub
jected to suits for recovery of title
by the United States if action taker
by the committee on public lands i:
sustained by the house.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Advocate Women for Police,

Appointment of women policemen is
advocated by the Women's Democratic
club OF New York, who, at a monthly
meeting in the Hoffman house, follow
ed with interest the reading of paper
on the subject by Miss Hattie Miller
and enthusiastically Endorsed her
views.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
President Sits for Picture.

The president Saturday gave his last
sitting for portrait that is being
painted by Philip e. Lazlo, the Hun
garian artist, for Colonel Arthur Lee,
formerly military attache of the Brit
ish embassy. The portrait, which is
life size, is a three-quarter length view
of the president in riding costume.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
johnson Would Not Refuse.

In an open letter Governor Johnson
of Minnesota has announced that he
will not refuse the democratic nomi-
nation for president if 1t is offered him,
but he says he will not be candidate
for the purpose of defeating Bryan.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
OREGON SOUIB3.

A disastrous fire at Silverton de-
stroyed a business block, causing a
loss of $4,000.
Fire broke out in the basemen of the
building occupied by the Queen City
Furniture company at Baker City re-
Gently and ragged for nearly three
hours, causing los sof $4,000 to $751;
900 to the proprietors, c. A. russo &,
Son.
Warren Stephens, who for two years
has been wanted for horse stealing at
Pendleton, has been arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff John Cummings at the Mar
tin Luther ranch, three miles from
Wallula, Wash.
Frank Shonewald, the butcher, OF
Spokane, who was reported as acting
strangely at klamath Falls few days
ago, escaped from his son. who was
taking him to his former home.
Freewater is to be an independent
school district. While located within
mile of the central school at Milton
the people of the place have demanded
better school facilities than have been
provided.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Gets Bio Contract.

A six million dollar contract for 100
miles of railroad construction has been
secured by Patrick Welch. the well
known contractor of Spokane, and his
associates.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03

dam in Wyoming, of which the first
stone was laid Saturday, will throw
$1,000 acres of arabic land open for
settlement. OF this, 1900 acres will
be watered before fall. The water will
be taken through a tunnel, known as
the Corbett tunnel, to the Garland flats
and thence to Prannis and Lowell,
Wyo., rs miles away. The land to be
irrigated is all rich and highly desir-
able. The project is under the aus
pices of the United States government.
The annual meeting of the Montana
Bankers association will be held in
Billings this year, the date being July
q and %. The place and date were
decided by the executive committee a
few days ago.
Horror stricken at the fate he had SO
narrowly escape, William Kinney, a
well known resident of Kendall, be-
came raving maniac, and the fear
of death killed him. Kinney, while
fishing, was seized with an attack OF
epilepsy and fell into the water, where
he was rescued and resuscitated with
great difficulty. Realization of how
close he was to death unbalanced Kin
ney's mind and it took four men to re
strain him.
Articles of incorporation for the
Gallatin Valley Electric railway have
been filed at Bozeman. This is taken
to mean that the road will be built and
that work will be started on it soon
The road as projected will run from
Bozeman to Salesville and south an6
west to Three Forks, passing through
the richest portion of the Gallatir
valley.
Montana residents are the posses
sors of publications I great age-on,
the Bible and the other a copy of /.
Pennsylvania newspaper. The Bibl,
was published in England in 1889, les
than so years after the discovery O
America by Columbus, and was on,
of the largest books on which NOV
able types were first used. George w
Sutliff Is the possessor of Pennsyl
vania Journal of November 8, 1880
1t is yellow and musty, redolent of tn,
days of Washington.
V. T. Tusinger, walking delegate O
the Missoula Cooks and Walters
union, has suddenly disappeared ant
no trace has been found as to hi
whereabouts. A few days before h,
disappeared Tusinger caused the ar
rest of Walter Wilkey, treasurer o
the union, who had left town and gon,
to Helena with the funds of the uniol
in his possession. Wilkey secured tn,
funds to square the account and wa
released from Jail in Missoula and re
turned to Helena. On account of hav
ing expressed himself as being yer.
bitter against the walking delegate, h,
was arrested in Helena again Sunda,
upon request of Missoula officers VIII,
suspect Tusinger met with foul play
Wilkey will be held until the case Cal
be further Investigated.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
Official Northwest Schedule.

The official schedule of the North
western league is announced by Presi-
dent w. H. Lucas. Spokane has -
weeks at home, or 76 games all told,
including doubleheader Labor day,
and eight games in the first series
with Aberdeen. Spokane has three
series with each Aberdeen and Butte
and two with the other three teams.
The Indians will have two trips to
Butte and three to the Coast, playing
at home all the month of June and
from the middle of August till the mid
die of September.
Schedule in full follows:
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03

A new London library has a room
set apart for talk on literary matters.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03
At Spokane.

Spokane with Seattle-June 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, Z; August II, IL, 10, IA, Is, 16.
Spokane with Tacoma-June 8, 10,
II, IL, 10, IA; August IS, 10, 20, 21, %,
20.
Spokane with Butte-May 10, 20, 21,
22 %, "a August 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 8; Sep
TENDER 8, 8, 10, II. ~, 10.
Spokane with Vancouver-June Is,
II, IS, IS, 10, 20, 81; September 1, 2,
3, 4, 8, 6, 7.
Spokane with Aberdeen-April 18,
10, 81, 20, 23, "a, 25, 26; June 23, "a,
%, rs, q, %; August 25, 26, q, 20, 20,
80.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-03

Sugar Is to be found in the sap of
nearly 200 plants and trees.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-11-20

Willow Springs had a pasqu-
Grade roller skate party last Sat
urday night and had the band
engaged to play for them. Young
people from all oyer the country
far and near came and a jolly
good time was had. 1t was con-
Quoted by men who were desir-
GUS of maintaining good order
and establishing a PRECEDENT that
their town was a good place to
come to. Afterward everyone
fe.t better toward one another
and loved each other better from
this gathering of themselves to.
gether for each others welfare,
socially. The town will always
have a crowd to come to it for
the pleasures derived.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-11-20
The Editor Is Sorry

We appUlpgige tor all mistakes made
in former issues Of the News, and say
they were inexcusable, as all an edi-
tor has to do is to hunt news, clean
the rollers. set type, sweep the floor,
pen short items, fold papers, write
wrappers, make the paste, mail the
papers, talk 10 visitors. distribute
type, carry water, saw wood. read
proofs, hunt the shears to write edi-
torials, do Job work, build fires, read
exchanges write letters, wash type,
cut paper, hunt the hyphen die, dodge
the bills, dun delinquents, and take
jawipgs from the whole force.
We say that we have no business to
make mistakes while attending to
these matters and getting our living
on hopper tail soup, favored with inn
imagination. and wearing old shoes
and no collar apd a patch on our pants
while the trusts are absorbing the
earth. -Monon Ind News.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-11-20
q Letter From a SOIdierbOy
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. l3 'uS
Editor Mansfield Press,

Indianapolis, ina, NOV. 10 70
Editor Mansfield Press,
Mansfield. Mo,
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will find money
order for lSl) one dollar for
which you may send me the
Press until paid for, as | have
many acquaintences around
Mansfield. | would like to get
the news from there as l have
lots of hope for old Mansfield and
her people.
l Unlisted in the U. S. army at
Pittsburg, Kansas, June 18th,
was sent to Jefferson Barracks,
st. Louis to be assigned, when
on August 4, was assigned to
the 10th Inf. Co. d. at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind. | can
say | like the Army fine, and l
think 1t is nice place for any
young man, as the training does
him good. we have nice quarters
and plenty TO eat. and only have
one hours drill a day, parade
three times week and go on
guard every two weeks.
This regiment just arrived
from ALASKA last July. we had
one month of field manuvers last
September and a 200 mile prac-
tice march in October which was
a nice trip. We have our regu-
lar target, practice in the spring.
But we will have some shooting
this month.
suppose everybody knows
my parents who live at Beulah,
Kansas, near Pittsburg, my
father is section foreman at that
place on the Frisco system
With best wishes to the peo-
pie at Mansfield, l will close.
Yours Truly,
Private. AARON MORGAN
Indianapolis. Ind.
Fort Benz. Harrison, Co. D. 10
U. S, Inf't