davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21
POLITICS WARM IN D. c.
.Anti-Rooseyelt Forces Said to
be at Work.
FORAKER REMAINS in RING
Reactionaries Claim Control of
National Committee.


Washington. d. G., Feb. Is Poll
tics is the order of the day in Wash
ington and the political kettle keeps
boiling almost over. M sooner did
the news come from Ohio that the
primaries had proved an ovelwhelm-
ing victory for Secretary Taft thai II
was announced in quarters close to
Mr.. Foraker that The Senator pro-
posed to hold a mass-meetiHg conven.
ton, elect himself and Senator Dick
and two Others delegates at large and
also to secure as many Lontesting
district delegates as possible. This
followed Mr.. Forakers announce
ment, when he last returned from
Ohio, that there would he contesting
delegations from most of the Southern
states. and the election of such
delegation 10 Florida. Mr. Foraker's
purpose was not at first clear, but it
is now learned on unimpeachable
authority that the move is part of a
set programme, in which all of the
anti administration forces are partic,
pating.
are united under au anti Roosevelt
! banner is to elect as many contesting
delegations to the Republican Nation
al Convention as possible. The FIRST
Of these To be considered. according
to the 'salles" will be the Ohio dele
cation. The National Committee
will boldly refuse to seat the Ohio
delegates and Foraker and Dick, ct
al, will be turned out into the cold.
This will be heralded abroad as a
complete demonstration OF the fair
ness Of the National Committee.
i Then conLesting delegations from the
Southern states will be seated 10
sufficient numbers to insure the
| nomination of an anti. Roosevelt
I candidate. OF cousre this programme
| relies for its success on the anti
(, Administration forces controlling the
Republican National Committee,
which they claim they will do. The
President, On the other hand, does
not believe they can control the
National Committee and it Is almos,
impossible to foresee which is right
at this time.
1t is already obvious that the anti
administration crowd has '.money to
burn". to use phrase of the day.
They are spending thousands Of dol
lars in the South. they are bu.
newspapers and newspaperm aud
stand ready To pay generously the ex,
penses of anyone who will work To
prevent the nomination Of man
pledged 40 oppose the Roosevelt poll
cies. Perhaps this is not to be won
dered at, when the men back of the
anti-administratian movement are
such capitalists as Henry NJ Flagler,
owner Of the East Coast Railway of
Florida, e. H. Hartman. owner OF
the Union Pacific, the Southern Pa
clflc and the Oregon Short Line, the
notorious owner of the Standard Oil
Company and other men of ike stamp,
who have been rendered terror strck
EN- by the persistent attempts ol
President Roosevelt to place them In
Jail for violating the law, and whose
successful violations # the law hav.
been met with such fines as that ini
posed on the Standard. One fine ol
$40, 900, 900, such as was imposed or
the Standard Oil Company, would pay
the expenses of several campaigns.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

The Culdesac school has rpopened
after having been closed several weeks
on account Of measles.
The socialists of Ko0tenai county
have called u meeting to be held 10
Coear d'Alene on February 20.
q A. Elmer. adjutant general and
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for secretary OF state. has
arranged for the organization Of
militia company at Lewiston.
Two captive bears 10 Lewiston
emerged last Sunday from theii
hibernation since last November un-
der the sidewalk. Their appearance
is hailed as q sign of spring.
Wood is still selling at $3.50 and s6
on the streets OF Moscow, but at Troy
II retails at from So so to $3.50
cord. Ranchers continue to haul /,
to the Moscow woodyards at 81 less
cord than they demand of the other
buyers.
The Diamond Ice and Fuel com
pany Of Spokane, which has five ice
houses located at Westmond with a,
capacity Of 1000 tons each, has a
crew OF 10 men putting up ice from
the Coc0lalla lake. The ice is about
Is inches thick.
After three months idleness work
has been resumed on the Riparia
branch of the O. r. & N. and is
furnishing employment for several
hundred Idle men in Lewiston and
vicinity. 1t will require 90 days to
complete the road.
State Superintendent of Schools S.
Belle Chamberlain has gone to Wash
ingtOn, D. c., TO attend the national
convention OF state superintendents
which couvenes there Feb. %, "a and
IS. Miss Chamberlain will be. gone
several weeks.
The game warden at Grangeville
has found some clue to the parties
who slaughtered band of II elk on
Gospel hill some months ago. The
carcasses were found bleaching 10 tie
sun, the slayers having taken away
only the teeth which were the object
Of their hunt.
Senator Hepburn on Feb. IL Sc
cured from the committee on public
lands authority to make favorable
report on his bill providing for al
additional 100000 acres OF public
lands 10 Idaho to be irrigated under
the Carey act, Idaho having almos'
exhausted It's quote OF 900 900 acres
provided In the original act. Ii this
bill should become a law, It will
enable completion of pumher OF
projects now under way which have
bsen held up.
Judge Fremont Wood OF Ada couD-
ty has rendered decision 10 the case
Ut W. S Bruce, receiver for the Capt.
tai State bank. vs.. Charles Shepherd,
In which he holds that deposits mus,
b. accepted as offsets against notes.
The receiver sued to recover $4O0 on
nOte which Shepherd failed to pa.
when due. Shepherd admitted tn.
note but set up a counterclaim fol
$625 which he had in the bank. Tht
decision sustains Shepherd.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21

In an address at Detroit, Mich,
Feb. u, Secretary Of War w. H.
Taft talked 10 Roosevelt strain,
recommending more regulation for
corporations, and declaring that the
Interstate commerce commission,
win added powers. could correct evils.
lie said strong men are needed.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21

FIX Governor Frederick HnlbrOOk,
who was the war governor nf Yer
mont and is the oldest living ex-
governor in the United States, was
95 years old Feb. Is.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21

The repUbli an state central com
mittee of Colorado has endorsed Taft
for the presidency.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-02-21
Commissioners Proceedings

Feb. l0-The board found the fol-
lowing bids submitted for construc-
tion OF the bridge across the Spokane
river near McGuires: o e Peppard.
S3475; VIM Oliver. $4,000; j Fl Forbes
$4400; M Gilbertson, $3l25; J Bail.
ey, $4,000; Carscallen Bros, $500;
Midland Bridge Co., $3OS7. The con-
tract was awarded to the Midland
Bridge ca.
Danl & Dow were granted license
for saloon at Spirit Lake.
The official bond of Geo McAvoy,
road overseer dist 10, was approved.
Feb 1.-THE board approved the
surety bonds OF the First National
and Exchange National banks Of
Occur .d'Alene, in the penal sums Of
$l2,500 and $40, 900. respectively, for
security Of county funds deposited
therein.
Overseers' reports approved: G H
Reese. dist 81; Hugo Linden, Al; Geo
Wright, 55.
The petition of Stewart Walker
and Others for the levy of special
road TAX for the year 1908 was reject
ed.
Bills rejected: Mckay and Sam
Brown, $4 so each for witness fees
The application of Gust Jackson
for saIoun license at Spirit Lake
was approved.
The sheriff was authorized TO ap-
point deputy sheriff TO be stationed
at Spirit Lake.
The communication fee Ia lieu Of two
days work for road poll tax for the
year Of 1908 was fixed at $4.OO. The
per diem for road overseeTs was fixed
as follows: For working less than
men and for warning out men, 81. SO
per day; for working men or more,
$3 per day.
Bills allowed:
L Roper constable fees 5 6 60
Shaw & Borden supplies 33 Is
= A Christie assisting janitor 75O
II kellner laundry work I so
l. Esch livery 625
L G Sargent justice fees "a
W b Chimney Co supplies to In
dieent person IA S5
w A Baird wood to- - " 4 so
w McCrea livery 6
| Jno Stewart hauling ice %
Shaw & Borden supplies 7 25
Margaret Reed plats for assess'r 40
A w Sprague witness fees 2 25
Chas Robbins juror 225
+, W L Miles special constable 2
Gus Nelson witness fees 2 rs
Carscallen Bros. extras on
Huetter bridge 163 95
Medimont Lum. Co lumber SO 30
| Osmund Knudsun road work 25
C'd'A Lum. Co lumber for road %
J M Elder cancelled certificate 10
Mann & Nelson road scraper %
! Rky Mt Bell Co phones Al l8
! G A Bailor fare to Boise and
expenses assessor 1O2 SO
Car, callpn Bros lumber for road 30 25
For road wnrk.
AL Cooper II so H A Krum 3 s.
e Gordon 2 80 ] Sage 5
!, Chas Gordon Is 2 R Melrose lS
A Busby % VIM Harris 81 so
Geo Stone 27 so w Summers 9
Leroy Steele 52 80 Bluebaugh
A G Noble 8 Is A H Noble IL
M Gordon q
Feb. l2-The Wolfgang road was
ordered resurveyed and viewed out.
An order was made requiring all
| justices of the peace to die with the
board a transcript of their docket IN
all criminal cases with statement
showing who are entitled to consta-
BILE, justice, witness and jury fees.
Henry Viebrook was appointed
road overseer of district 20.
The official bond of M Gordon, road
oyerseer Of district "a, was approved.
A number of tax sale certificates
were ordered cancelled aud sums re-
funded as follows:
j Nj Elder $ll35
Geo Wilkins 1875
ID L Walker IL 35
G B Little 6 Is
|
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
THEATRICAL TRUST
WILL Be PROBED
Attorney General Has Queer
Case Before Him.

Washington, Aug. 15.-And now it's
the theatrical trust that is to come I'M
der the searchlight of the Department
of Justice The national capital hap
pens to be the center of war between
rival amusement interests, and the
Under dog-which of course means
somebody outside the firms whose
names have become famous with the
play and vaudeville going public-has
applied to the usual friend in time of
need The Department of Justice has
promised to look into things.
1t is alleged that the big theatrical
partnerships and corporations-kla
& Erlanger, Frohman, the Keiths and
Proctor and a score more of theatre
cal managers constituting what is
known as the trust-have formed a
working agreement by which competi-
ton from outsiders is to be stifled.
1t is the queerest proposition yet put
up to Attorney General Bonaparte and
his trust-busters. Just how such a
combination may be regarded as In
opposition to the interstate commerce
act or as being in restraint of trade is
a problem fer the lawyers and the
courts yet to determine, but the blind
goddess typified by Uncle Sans judi
cial agencies has been set to the task
of an investigation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
LAKE MYST|F|ES
WASHINGTON PEOPLE
Is Dark as Night TWenty-four
Hours of the Day.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 15.--Robert S.
Fulton, a rancher living near Harring-
ton, Wash, So miles southwest of Spo-
kane, reports one of the most remark
able phenomenon that has ever mysti-
fed the people of Lincoln county in
the discovery Of Swamp Lake, which
is now as dark as night. "a hours of
the day and one day after another.
The air is perfectly dry, but from 10
to 25 degrees cooler than in the sum
shine. Fulton recently travelled with
a two-horse team along the shore of
the lake and was in utter darkness for
more than three-quarters of mile. He
thought it was a fog, and, as the hors-
es did not take fright, he did not be-
come alarmed, but his little daughter
was sover-awed and cried loudly. The
darkness covers the lake which is a
vast swamp and extends from so to
100 feet out from the shore. Many
theories have been advanced by stu
dents Of natural phenomena and ex-
perts, but the majority of people who
visited the lake returned non-plussed
and mystified. All the natural condi-
tions appear to be normal except
that it is dark, when there Is light all
around.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
TO FIGHT PLAGUE
Congress on Tuberculosis
Will Consider Ways
And Means.
TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH,

Washington, Aug. 15.-Widespread
interest is being taken in this country
and abroad in the International Con-
gress on tuberculosis which is to be
held in Washington in September
under the auspices of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton Of tuberculosis. The gathering
will be unique in several respects. 1t
will be the first congress of the sort to
be held in this country, and it will
differ from the earlier Congresses in
giving greater prominence to the nom
medical aspects of the campaign
against the white plague. The out
look win cover the anti-tuberculosis
movement as a whole, and emphasis
will be laid upon the humanitarian and
social factors of the problem as well
as upon the medical, surgical and
pathological aspects of it.
A central committee was appointed
for each State and for each of the
countries abroad at the beginning Of
the preparations for the Congress. A
number of these have organized and
have formulated definite plans for the
representation of their respective
States or countries In the Congress
and in the exhibition that will be held
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
LABORER NARROWLY
ESCAPES INSTANT DEATH
c., c. & L. Workman at Peru
Struck by Engine.

Peru, Ind, Aug. 16-John vinson,
a laborer employed with the section
gang on the c., c. & L. railroad, had
a narrow escape from instant death
Friday morning about 9 O'Clock, when
he was struck by fast moving freight
train and hurled several feet. He was
rendered unconscious, and suffered a
broken collar bone, a sprained hip, a
broken arm and was otherwise badly
injured.
Mr.. Vinson was working with sew
eral other men on the road about fif-
teen feet east CT Broadway
Vinson never moved, and was
struck on the hip and arm by the end
of the pilot. He was thrown several
feet, but, luckily. to the safe side of
the road. The left arm was broken in
two places, above and below the ell
bow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
GERMAN SCIENTISTS
TO ATTEND CONGRESS
tuberculosis Meeting in Wash
ington to Be Noteworthy.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 15.- DR..
Robert Koch, the distinguished Ger
man scientist, the discoverer of the tu-
bercule bacillus and of the cholera
germ, will attend the international
congress to be held in Washington in
September as an official representa-
tive of the German government. DR..
Kock is at present in Japan and will
stop in Washington on his way back
to Germany. About a year ago DR..
Kock went to Uganda under the au-
spices of the German government to
make a special study of the African
disease known as the sleeping sick.
ness"
There will be about thirty-five mem.
bers in the German official delegation
to the congress The leaders will be
DIR. Koch, DR.. Martin Kirchner, medi-
cal adviser and councillor in the Prus.
sian Ministry of Education, and Pro,
fessor of special pathology and thera-
peutics in the Royal university at
Wuerzburg, Bavaria.
The American Minister at Chris.
tiania has informed the Department
of State that the Norwegian govern
ment has appointed as its official del
egate Professor Francis G.. Harbitz OF
the National university.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16

mer evenings he foregathers his clan
of acquaintance before Moores store
and they discuss the weighty questions
of the nation and settle them to their
own satisfaction Bill met Mr.. Taft
when he was at Oyster Bay and was SO
delighted that he held the subject open
for consideration to the exclusion Of
all others for three evenings hand run
ming.
Bill was seated in front of Moore's
store where they have moved heed
quarters of the nation. In the second
floor, in a small room, the questions
of moment are settled, and it neces-
sarily lends an air of importance to
the building which it does not have
under ordinary circumstances. For in
stance no one looking at Mr.. Moore's
general emporium where it is possible
to negotiate anything from a package
of pins to barrel Of molasses, would
think it housed the workings of a
world power. Bill was not at all awed
as he sat on soap box in the cool of
the evening and spar with precision
into the middle of the road.
They shore have changed things and
ways of running things in my time"
he said plaintively. Them canned
conventions and dummy delegates hev
plum got my goat as they say over to
New York. Howsumever, | allus stand
by the old idees and I'm plumb going
to settle this thing before | cast my
ballot who might steer this mighty ma
ton into another planet. No stree,
just leave 1t to Bill and we will all
be prosperous and good times will be
wits us a!lus."
The solemn declaration ended as
they mostly did. In his enthusiasm
Bill neglected to keep wary eye on
Old Man Carr's two young 'uns, and
very soon he was sorry for his over
sight. With dizziness they removed
the box from its position between MI.
Butts and the earth, and he tumbled
into the soft turf, still declaring for
jestice and good times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
FIGHT WILL CENTER
IN LARGE CITIES
Indiana Campaign to Be Mark
ed by Unusual Features
This Year.
THE FARMERS TO ESCAPE.
DEMOCRATS FEEL THAT THEY
CAN ACCOMPLISH NOTHING IN
RURAL DISTRICTS, so MOVE
ELSEWHERE.

Indianapolis, Aug. 15.-The large
cities of the state and not the rural
communities, are to afford the battle
grounds for the campaign.
1t looks now as If the hardest fight
ing would be conducted in Fl. Wayne,
South Bend. Evansville, Terre Haute
and Indianapolis. In these centers
both parties will fight early and late
for control. Taking the fight from the
country districts and forcing it into
the cities is the democratic, not the
republican plan of campaign. The re-
pUblicans are accepting it only be-
cause it is being forced upon them.
They have met attack wherever made.
Preferably they would wage the battle
among the farmers, but the democrats
see no hope of success outside the cit
les. The farmers are we'll satisfied
with conditions. They are well sat
isfied with the administration of state
and national affairs. Questions of
law enforcement and Sunday closing
which have disrupted the cities, have
not disturbed the country districts.
For these reasons the democrates
have abandoned the farms and estab-
lished their war camps in the cities.
The democrats have named John Z.
Hollett as chairman of the finance
committee for the Kern notification
meeting at the state fcir grounds on
August %. Members CT the commit
tee are making a canvass of the city
for funds with which to meet the ex-
penses of the demonstration. The
other committees will be announced
in day or two.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
SAVINGS BANKS ARE
TO Be CONSIDERED
Will Afford important Topic at
Bankers Meeting.

Denver, Aug. 15.-The annual con-
vention of the savings bank section of
the American Bankers Association
will be held in Denver on Sept 2Sth.
Many members of this section are also
members of the trust company sec.
ton and will attend that meeting on
the following day, while all will proba-
bly, participate in the general conven-
ton of the association on Sept. 30th
and Oct. 1-2. An interesting program
has been arranged for the meeting OF
the savings bank section and few pa
pers will be read as the postal savings
bank legislation overshadows at pres
ent all matters pertaining to savings
bank A committee which has been
working on this postal legislation sub
ject, will make its report at this meet
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
MUNC|E FEELS
HAND OF STANDARD
Oil Octupus Hands Out UIti-
matum.

Muncie, Ind. Aug. 15.-For the last
six weeks the streets of this city,
which have been sprinkled with oil,
have gone unsprinkled and the dust in
many places is six inches deep. The
Standard Oil company has refused to
purchase oil of local we'll owners if
the latter continue to sell crude oil
to the Muncie sprinkling contractors.
The Standard has offered to sell the
contractors oil at SLOT a barrel. Lo-
cal owners Of wells have been selling
their oil at 80 cents.
The city authorities have remon-
strated with the well owners who say
the Standard will take all their oil il
they don't sell any to the sprinkling
contractors, and will take none If
they do, and they can't afford to fight
the company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16

in connection with it. The activity
of the local committee has been pre-
ceded in nearly every instance by Of
fetal action by the Governor of the
State authorizing the participation of
the various departments of state gov
eminent in the undertaking. This has
been done by the Governors of forty
four States, and other Executives have
signified their intention of taking up
the matter at an early date. The Fed
eral government is arranging to take
part also, seven of the nine depart
ments having expressed a desire to
be represented.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
WISE HORSE 'BURIES
HIMSELF IN GRAIN
Pulls the Slide in Elevator
With His Teeth.

Washington, Pa, Aug. 15.-"Bob. Q
wise old gray horse belonging to the
Jones G Laughlin Steel company.
freed himself from the halter, walked
over to the grain chute at the end OF
the barn, and with his teeth pulled out
the slide which 300 bushels OF grain
in the granary above. He was practi-
cally buried under the grain. The
stable boss arrived in time to rescue
his steed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
CANADIAN BOUNDARY
LINES TO Be RESTORED
Survey to Be Made by Com
missioners.

Ottawa, Aug. 15.-Announcement
probably, will be made soon of the
appointment Of DR.. W. F. King, astro-
homer and Otto H. Tittman, chief of
the geodetic and coast survey of the
United States, as commissioners to
determine boundary lines from the At
lantic to the Pacific, under the recent
treaty. The international boundary,
in spots where the marks have be-
come obliterated or lost. are to be re-
stored by substantial monuments on
land and by buoys on water.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
PARROT ASSOCIATES
WITH BLACK CROWS
Black Feathered Birds Made
Much Ado Over Him.

Woodbury., N. Y, Aug. 15.-Edward
Dodds, who has a farm on the Salem
pike, noticed great flock Of crows
making a great commotion, and in
their midst somebody he thought was
whistling and talking at a great rate.
He saw a parrot in the center of the
flock apparently enjoying himself i'm
mensely.
When the crows were frightened off
the parrot went along, too, but seemed
to have difficulty in keeping up with
his friends in black.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
TO RECEIVE BIDS.
Trustee Wants Transportation for
School Children.

Greensboro, Ind, Aug. 15.-Trustee
Boyd has decided to let the contracts
for the transportation of pupils from
the rural districts to the Greensboro
township graded school to the lowest
responsible bidder. The bids will be
received not later than next Wednes-
day. August 18th at this offioe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
Mapl-Flake
The Food with the Maple Flavor

We shall always have food fads that last for
little time But wheat in this form is enduring.
There will be better food prepared in a
better way.
Never food more entcing, for we cook Mapl-
Flake in pure maple syrup.
Children will beg for it after they get it once.
Please serve it tomorrow morning. Telephone
your grocer now.
You surely want to serve the food that children
like best when it's the best food for them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16

Orange blossom was adopted for
bridal wreaths because the orange
branch bears fruit and flowers ut once
and Is thus a sign Of plenty.