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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13


There is an old fellow who lives In
dry" New England town who has a
very poor opinion of New York, to
which metropolis he recently made a
visit II may be remarked in passing
that the old gentleman is one of the
pillars of the church in his native vii
lage. Upon his return home he sat for
some time upon a sugar barrel at the
grocery. and then suddenly burst out:
Them fellers down TO New York Is
as bad as thievesi Cheat your eye
teeth out fore you know it,
Gosh. Hiraml You don't mean 10
say you got buncoed al your age" the
storekeeper demanded. dropping the
nail tongs.
Yes. did. too" YVES the angry re-
ply. Il went to sody-Saier fountain
an asked the Teller for his best sassy
prilla. an | give him the regular
wink"
''welig- the storekeeper demanded.
We'll. by Heck, got it, was the
Disguised reply.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
TROUBLE IN HONDURAS
CAUSED BY AMERICANS
Unpleasant cituation Has Developed
az E-suit CT Alleged interference
CT OFFICIALS.

Washington.-An unpleasant situa-
ton has developed between the Unit
ed States and Honduras, growing out
OF the action OF President Davila In
canceling the exequaturs of the for
eign consuls at ceiba. Honduras. be-
cause OF their alleged friendliness to
the revolutionary cause. These Of
hcers include the American consul.
Drew Linard. and Vice Consul Rey-
nolds and the vice consuls Of France
ard Norway.
The reports which have reached the
state department UNFOLD the conten-
tion OF the consuls that they have not
been guilty OF any breach OF pro-
prieiy. that they did not advise the
surrender OF the town when demanded
by the revolutionists M charged by
Honduras. but simply communicated
the demand to the commandment.
The incident has caused consider
able annoyance 10 this government.
which ever since the revolution la
Honduras commenced has exerted ~
best efforts to prevent any breach Of
neutrality In Central Americs. which
might prove adverse To President Da.
villas government.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
4sr ees, Wishes.

Well, ! n5ast go NOS. santie. Dc
take coed care u yourself. ! am 80
uneasy about tina, cold OF yourx,-
Its nothinK. claribel Tgi be over
IL IN daF os twe~
II II sbosid grow any worse you1l
lei NE know. won't yoaF-
Nonsense. child, II I xri,s 10 yoa
I; wili only make yoa NOR. uneasy.
II yoa dont ~; any issiess from me
you wiil understand that I'm well
again. How ain thai dor In case yoa
don'i hsas from me Tn all right
yes. that viii be better. And. Oh.
sunlie I shall be 80 anxious not 10
hear from pea
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
sDis You Write THAR" Demanded
the Judge.

all OF the court officers were on hand.
and even the night janitor had come
In response 10 hasty summons
What has occurred this morning, .
began the Judge, slowly. rs an i'm,
position on this tribunal These ~
gentlemen, pledged 10 secrecy by their
oath, the bailiif In charge Of the jurg.
and the officers who guarded the jury
room are under pail Of suspicion.
In some manner a representative
OF the press has obtained information
from the sacred precipcts OF the jury
room. Some person or persons must
be- guilty Of contempt. n not more
serious charge.
"a point arises here which II has
been my fortune never 20 have en-.
countered personally before There
are limits 10 the latitude which news
papers can demand. Mr. Ferguson
has expressed his willingness 10 an
swer trnthfulIy the questions which
] shall put 10 him"
The silence was oppressive, and the
crowd Surged agains, the rail. leaning
over 10 catch every word thai was
uttered.
MIR Ferguson" the Judge began
again. Il know that you did not Eness
at this verdict"
Il did NOT"
"wiH you read the marked portion
OF this newspaper clipping and tel
Us II these are the words you wrote 2
Ferguson picked np The paper and
read The firE, ballot WAS eight fol-
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

side and have look at the library lot
But roliicking citizens who came from
restaurant drove her back up York
street She started down Pine again
and came down Hancock to n point
near Exchange street. Then she went
back to Pine street. down Pine to
Washington-travel too. like \
Ihadow--to Kepduskeag stream.
II was about half tide. but she
plunged from the end OF the wharf
and swan TO n bar In midstream. For
fully half an hour she fooled around In
the water. being pursued by several
boats. and finally coming ashore at The
city landing at the foot Of Water
street. some kind.hearted citizen hay.
ing opened the gate a, that point
She ran through Water street and
Pickering square 10 Haymarket square.
lodged up Short street TO Union. and
when last seen was going 7s miles an
hour over Union street hill.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
INTERSTATE COMMERCE coMMis-
SION GIVES OUT REPORT.
Statistics Show 122,s55 Persons Killed
or Injured During Year Ending
June so-MiIease Gain
Placed at 1882.

Washington.-The interstate com.
merce commissions report for the
year ending June 80, 1908, shows 1872
sos persons killed or injured by rail.
roads, net income of $449,461, 1SS
available for dividends or surplus,
S73,9O5,l33 passengers carried, i,796,.
336.659 tons OF freight hauled, track
mileage of 327,975, employees number
Ing l,672.074. equipment including 55,-
1888 locomotives, 1878 passenger cars,
and 1,s91,557 freight cars. In these
figures neither cars used In the COM
panies' service nor commercial private
cars are included
The mileage of tracks of all kinds
increased 1882 during the year. Rail.
roads owning 2.S11 miles OF line were
reorganized. merged or consolidated
There were 30 roads In receivership.
Nearly all locomotives and cars in
the passenger service had train brakes,
all but IS passenger locomotives car
rted automatic couplers. only little
more than one per cent. of the pas
senger coaches lacked automatic
couplers, and Of l,s9I,557 freight cars.
1.s0l.sS1 had train brakes. while
1.S72,S04 OF them had automatic
coupIers.
Employees averaged 735 per 100 miles
of line, substantial Increase. The
total wages aud salaries paid was
s.. 072. $50. AIT.
The passenger trafic exceeded the
previous year by almost 10000. 900 per
sons. The freight traffic Increased al.
most 165. zoo. 900 tons, or 69.7ls tons
per mile The passenger revenue per
mile averaged 2.014 cents, and both
passenger and freight train earnings
per train mile showed an increase.
The gross earnings from the opera
ton Of 227. 545 miles of line for which
substantially . complete returns were
rendered we're $2,5S9 .105,57S, being
more than s2e3. 100000 greater than
the previous year. Operating expenses
were $1.74S.5lS,s14. or considerably
more than SILL. 100000 increase. The
income from operation. or the net
earnings Of the railways, aggregated
ss40. 5gs, 764, exceeding the previous
year by $51.7ol.s6s. The total OF
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
bge to Dissolve Quartet Of Belle,

ior speeding very nearly cost her life
ana did sacrifice that of her only
brother. Vinson Walsh.
hatnerine Elkins has never sa,5
'nat sne would not wed the duke and
everybody who has watched deve,on-
inents In the romance confidently no.
iieVe the royal sutton carried her nro,,.
Use 10 become his bride. Every nren.
aration was made to formally an.
nounce the engagement but It leaked
OUT ahead of time, and then the family
OF Miss Elkins sealed their Inns pnt
.he announcement, which will proba.
Oily come very early in the fail viii,
not be surprise.
MISS Mathilde Townsend, who still
hoids sway as Washington's Creates,
beauty, is spending the summer at IA,
HarDor with her mother. where they
VIII entertain the Duke d'Albe soma
time this summer. The young Spanish
hopleman has been In the train of the
young American beauty for several
years, and his coming to America this
year is regarded as proof of his matri
monial intentions toward Miss Town
send.
with Miss Isabel May and the Count
Won Hatzfeldt 1t looks as IL the fancy
OF Miss May more than anything else
is responsible for the DELAY in an an.
nouncement. Miss May was formerly
associated in her social career with the
Countess Cassini, adopted daughter of
the former Russian ambassador. and
is almost too accustomed to having a
good time to think OF matrimony. Miss
Mays family is immensely wealthy
and she has enjoyed undisputed reign
here.
With the threatened dissolution of
this lively young quartette of society
bellies Washington will have to look to
other quarters for its interest before
the next season is over.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
whY nspanl.h am.r.ld. :"

Fine old Spanish emeraida" IL q
phrase which means something quits
different from VIVA, II seems 10 Imply.
There never was an emerald mined In
Spain. but after the conquest Of Peru
the conqserofs brought home great
quantities. OF loot. OF which emeraids
formed an important part In this
way the finest enefalds came into pos
session 81 The old Spanish families.
and as very few had been ssan 10 I'm.
rope previous Go tina, time ali the
best stones soon became eiasasd MS
On. old Spanish emsralds. To-day
the expression siiIl applies TO the best
emeralda Of any source
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
washington Range Riders Expect to
Corral Five Thousand.

spokane. Wzkh---Ffve thousand
range horses are TO be eorraIlea and
several hundred colts branded during
the roundup nov In progress 10 the
Kittitas valley. southwest OF SPOKANE
Biu Taylor .rontisrsman and veteran
ranger. who has been in the saddle Ter
more than 81 years in this part cf The
country. has marshaled the best riders
IA the district and II Is expected 10
corpplete the work before the end oil
June.
Horxemen say there are &c or more
ouflavs In the band. and Of these tSo
stations stand out as being beet and
untanable. One Of the animals broke
out Of a corral nine years ato. sftef
being branded. while the erber has
never been roped They have CAUSED
numerous staEapedes and are nos
afraid Of any horsemsn on the range
The range horses are Of better quail
i,y than In years and there are fewer
cayuses. Many Of the animals cut oat
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
Assoc istions Formed TO Preserve the
Little Timber Remaining.

Fire insurance fer forests IL a nov
city. In the Pacifc northwes, the
WASHINGTON Forrest Fire Associsttoa
has elected officers and begun Sofk
with 5000 600 acres under Its rharEs
The plans include = system Of patrol
by rangers. resembling the work done
By The United s,atss forces, service
In xardInE on and putting out fres.
Oregon and Idaho have similar or
ganiEation for ike work. In Idaho
the state treasury pays oat that part
Of the expense. which n borne By tax
alton. A western railroad company
has large holdings IN timber land and
10 earring out successfully plans for
guarding them against Gre. ~ the
other esd Of the eonflasut Maine own
ers of forests have undertaken similar
plans 20 project the trees from tnsir
great adversary. ere In ether parts
a the country similar need IL felt
for protecting the forests from Gre. a.
IL syidenoed by the establishment Of
like examinations IN dinefent sections.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
iNvENTs cHuRN IN DREAM.
indiana Man Finds slumber Makes
Him $4,000 Richer.

Sullivan. lEd.--Willis Pratt. n farm
er living near Farmersburg. IL to-day
$4,000 richer than he was few days
ago.
Some time ago Pratt dreamed three
nights In succession about the con.
struction OF an improved churn, and
he set to work and modelled one after
the one pictured in his dreams.
AZ soon az the model was com.
pleted he obtained patent. The
other day churn company OF Chicago
asked Pratt to place a price on bis In
vention, which he did. putting the fig
ure so high that he had little hope Of
the company accepting the price. Con.
trary to expectations. he received q
reply that the company would accept
the offer.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

Columbus. o.-Eighteen years after
George Swanston completed his one
year sentence In the penitentiary for
violating the United States pension
laws, having been sent up from Young
stown, full and complete pardon ar
rived at the institution the other day.
signed by benjamin Harrison. then
president OF the United States, and
william r. Whai ION. his acting score
tary OF state. The original letter con-
tanning the pardon was received here
the other day from St. Louis II il
dated at Washington. September 3.
1890. at p. m. II was stamped At
Columbus. September 4. 10 the even
ing. II is probable that the letter has
been lying In some pos, ONCE for
years.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
Refuses to Contest Will for Fortune

reasons of his own for dividing the es-
tate, and / have not inquired into
them. Father had mind of his own.
Il intend to continue my work at the
post office department, where receive
$3.50 year for distributing money or
ders. ! have worked as a government
clerk at this salary for nine years
But few of my associates knew that |
was the daughter of John Cammack,
the millionaire. ! did not tell them
At times l have hoped that l might
receive a promotion, but IL did not
come. Promotions are not rapid under
the civil service.
During this time my father has
never offered me money, and I have
been too independent to ask for it.
worked because had to. have be-
come accustomed to 1t now and will
continue to work"
do you mean to say, Miss Cam
mack. that you will let the desire to
avoid publicity stand between you and
the $1,000. 000?" she was asked.
Il certainly will. If you want to put
1t that way" she replied. laughing.
The late John Cammack was re-
tired florist and occupied a magnifi'
cent home near Brightwood. His death
occurred June Is last. When his will
was filed it was found that he had left
practically all of his fortune to his
wife, Elizabeth Cammack, and minor
son, John Edmund Cammack. Miss
Anna Csmrnack is the only other d.
rect heir Mr. Cammack married about
three years after the death of his first
wife, 90 years ago.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
BEAT
Copyright. by snor,.,ory Pub. Co,
By r. D. BENNETT

Every eye In the courtroom was
liked upon Richard Ferguson, reporter
for the Morning Post. The young
journalist stood facing the judge In
silence.
II was the second time In q single
day that Ferguson had emerged CON
spicuonsly from the ranks of his pro
fession. The first occasion was In the
morning when he scored beat" for
his paper ON the conviction OF an ac-
cused millionaire. the events OF whose
sensational trial had filled columns
OF the press for many days. The jury
had deliberated for three days and
two nights and the defendants fate
had not been decided until the early
hours OF the morning.
The verdict was sealed and the en-
velope containing Il had been left In
the court vault. Yet the judge had
read In his morning paper. two hours
before he appeared In his chambers
the result of the iury's elaboration
the number OF ballots taken and the
way the Jurors stood at each vote.
So positive had been the announce
ment in Ferguson's paper that there
was no room for belief that he had
made lucky guess His report was 81
accurate that II made the reading d
the real verdict farce. The judgs
looked sternly al the reporter. whom
he had known for years.
did you write that articie?" askee
the court.
Il did. your honor"
Il shall demand full explanation
of you. and perhaps Of other persons.
the Judge was severe now--"fol
there is something radically wrons
here, ! cannot cite you for contemp
until | know more OF the case, u,
You object TO replying to my cues
tions?"
Not In the least" replied Ferguson
In the best OF spirits.
Representative OF the other paper
had permitted admiration To take thu
place OF envy and they crowded closer
In anticipation OF hearing something
interesting. The jury was present
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
RAILROAD FIGURES.


$l,I27.l7s,7o6 income OF railways EN-.
braces net earnings and income from
lease, investments and miscellaneous
sources.
Dividends declared aggregated
$ScS.l37,s24. leaving sl4l.323.264 as
surplus from the operations of the
year. as against the previous years
surplus of about 100000 less.
In the fiscal year OF 19o7.0s one pas.
senger was killed for every l.432. 63i
carried. and one injured for every e..
OH carried. little worse showing
than the previous year. One passen.
ger was killed for every 100000 odd
passenger miles travelled, and one In
jured for every 2.l25,4s3 miles
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

parent under the law to
poo; heir, in fact, by her
III to $4,000; refusing to
document and content and
to continue her labors as
Ears heretofore. as a $500 a
nment clerk, the attitude as.
Miss Anna s. Cammack.
the late Washington mil
pm Cammack, is perhaps
failel in the history OF the
or departments.
her modest apartment,
mack. formerly Mrs. Anna
hardesty, until marital trou-
pok her and the courts
divorce and restored her
me, discussed In a most I'M
and unusual manner the pc
q she has taken.
not contest my fathers
sad. Il have never had any
non. He left me $4,000 in
income from which | may
my life, and which reverts
te when l die.
ae that he left TO my step
stepbrother the residue of
estimated at from $1,000
"V'0OO. presume he had
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
MOOSE IN A MAINE TOWN.
erszed on Lawn. strolled Through
Street and Took Morning Plunge.

Bangor. Me.-A COW moose weigh
ing about 700 pounds and resembling a
good -natured donkey made a tour OF
Bangor early one recent morning.
The moose was first disturbed about
four O'Clock while grazing on the lawn
of Patrick H. Giilin, at the corner OF
Pine and Penobseot street A pubhc
carriage man had carried a fare from
an early train. and was driving down
Pine street to Hancock when patrol
man Dan Smith. who thought she was
a mule. shooed her down toward Elk
change street
Reaching that populous thorough
fare she started up toward state
street, thinking to cross to the west
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

~ NORTH Is preparing
,of taking the thirteenth
aough congress has not yet
necessary legislation. He
as all the details and there
Delay in beginning work
~ity is given.
leauire 10000 persons to take
".A census. The approx
VII be $4,000. 900
q making the enumeration
10000 people in the United
AA' Hawaii and Porto Rico,
samoa and the Panama
VA be one of enormous pro
VII be the most gigantic
enumeration that has ever
pied in this OF any other
. II is intended to reach the
['ee'ness and thoroughness.
4 : count and compilation
Z 'ae population alone. II
r census of agriculture,
mines and quarries.
II " The Philippines viii not
Is one was taken in 1908,
0'ed Ii the Philippine gov
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

Mrs. Guinness and Children Given
ssryehnins Before Being
Crsmated.

Ia Porte. ina.---coroner Mack an
nounced on Thursday that DR. wa%
ter Hainea Of Rush Medical college,
Chicago. who analysed the stomach Of
Andrew Helgeien Of Aberdeen. 8, d.
the last yirsim Of Mrs Belle Guinness.
finding ntrychnine and arsenic in a.
tai doaes. has also found IN tbs atom.
achs OF Mrs. Guinness and two Of the
children arsenic and strychnins In
quantities sufficient 70 have nsused
death.
Attorney worfeu. who represents
I.amphere, charged with the Guinness
murders. and with being an accom-
plice OF Mrs. Guinness Ia the Heigelcin
death, declares that the discovery
shows that hia client could have had
nothing 20 do with the death Of this
woman and her children
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

TON.-With the marriage
hi of Miss Evelyn Walsh,
the Colorado millionaire,
Mclean, son of John r.
Cincinnati and Washing
rtet of the most famous
bington has ever known
solved. This quartet in
EDITION to Miss Walsh, Ma.
nsend, whose engagement
d'Albe of Spain is antici-
Katherine Elkins, who, in
non-committal attitude of
is expected to wed the
Abruzzi, and Miss Isabel
society long ago took for
be the fiancee of Count Won
COUNSELLOR and first secre-
German embassy.
ftette of girls have made
hum in the past two sea-
ling has been too gay for
bf their approval, and they
pace that the more con-
hunger element has not
)ollow.
falsh is very young, but she
badly a wider social expert
any one of the quartette.
her fathers millions, she
pie to give any sort of en-
her heart desired. and no
been too steep for her to
per fancy yearned for any
a new touring car to a
ball.
|ears ago Miss Walsh's love
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

of removing the old soft
pc or east front of the
Hiding and replacing 1t with
recalls to several old resi-.
tory told how the site for
was selected.
has it that Andrew Jack.
las then president Of the
ties, appointed a commits
pct suitable ground for the
a United States treasury
hd that after the commits.
fter looking over several
fnd, failed to reach a deci-
hich would be the best, the
imself selected the site.
that one morning in 1888,
dent Jackson was out walk
the chairman of the site
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

Philadelphia Driving their biz
touring car across The Reading rail-
way tracks at Hunting Park avenus
in the northern section ~ the city In
front 81 an Inbound express train
late AZ night. Charles Humphrsys.
chief CLERK In this barcan % police.
and Harry a. Bromley. prominent
dealer In uph0lsterrfs' materials.
~era run aowa ard killed, Portions
Of their manei.d bodies we're srei-
tered along the tracks for 100 yards
and except for the contents Of thssr
pockets. Identification would have
becn almost impossible.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
THREE TOWNS FLOODED.
cloudburst In Colorado Does Damage
Of 100000.

florence. Coio,--A cloudhurst FRI
day afternoon In the headwaters Of
Oak and Coal creeks sent raging
torrent down thoce little streams.
flooding three towns. washing out
bridges and doing damage estimated
to be not iess than 100000.
No loss OF life 10 reported. though
Mrs. ], Burns, an elderly woman. was
taken from her home In this city.
which had been flooded BY the watar.
In a serious condition from exposure.
Hundreds at hogs and chickens On
the truck farms >the south were
drowned and In the towns of Rock
sale and williamsburg hundreds Of
houses we're faedad In Florence,
Coal creek leaped its banks and food,
ed more than 100 homes,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
CONFERENCE ON PANAMA.


Oyster Hay, N. VA conferences on
conditions In the American canal xone
nj Panama and on the relations OF the
canal zone with the republic OF Pan.
ANA. was held at Sycamore Hun Fri.
day night
Secretary OF War Wright and Secra
tafy of the fsthmlan Canal Connie
sion Joseph bishop. who had been
summoned here 10 discuss the Pan
ama matters with the president, ~.
rived Friday eyening. With General
Wright and Secretary bishop the pfes-
ident Friday night went over the sit.
uatian Ia Panama
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
TAKE CARE OF THE FORESTS

Il IL urged that fires have destroyed
more trees thsR Iutnbefmen have
felied while timber was pientiful the
waste wrst annsticed fsut uow thai
wood faminss seam imminent ana
every tree eoaats. owners Of forest
land ARE beginning 20 take precantioa
AIRY measures 40 that the little wooe
remaining may lANs