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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03
WILL DREDGE RIVER
Contract Has Been Let For Work
On The Upper River,
More News Of The River Fleet

c. E. Beckam, of Seattle, who has the
contract for doing the government work
on the Pend Oreille, has written Mana
ger McInnis, of the Navigation Co., that
he will arrive in Newport on Sept. 4,
and that he expects to start work by
Oct. /. The machinery for the dredge
is now being built at Seattle and will
arrive in Newport this month. The
government appropriation amounts to
about $4,000, which is to be expended
in removing bars on the upper river.
The work will be started at the lower
point of Boundary island, and work
continued down river as far as the ap-
priation will extend. Mr.. Beckam has
leased a barge from the Navigation Co.,
on which to place the dredge. and it
will be moved from place to place by
steamboats,.
Work on the steamer Ruth is being
rushed as rapidly as the material is re-
ceived. The rudders are set and the
wheel connections are made and the
materials for the balance of the wheel
are on hand.
The life preservers have been re-
ceived, the smokestack erected and the
painting nearly completed. The davits
for the life boats have been placed in
position and the craft takes on the ap
pearance OF steamer more than ever
Most OF the poles down the river have
been brought up, and the Spokane has
about finished the river business IN the
towing line for the year. There were
but few poles made during the present
year.
The Newport came into the harbor Oh
Saturday. She is at the dock Of the
Navigation Co. and new hues are being
installed
The searchlight for the steamer lone
has arrived and the dynamo is expected
to arrive any day. The searchlight is
fine piece of mechanism and throws a
light of 5000 candle power. The cleo
trical equipment OF the lone will cost
over $4,000
The Navigation Co. is having a shed
constructed over their engine at the
freight hoist. A warehouse is also being
constructed just north of the hoist for
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03
Ask FOR FRANCHISE
Northern Electric Co. Wants
Steam Heating Rights.
Means Better Electric Service.

AT the meeting of the town council,
held Tuesday evening of this week, con-
siderable of the time was taken up by
the electric light controversy. There
were present at roll call Mayor Appel,
Councilmen Bennett, Caldwell and Nc
Donald
After the reading OF the minutes of
the previous meeting and getting down
to new business, communication was
received from Mr.. Beckwith, superin-
tendent Of the Northern Electric Co., in
which he accepted the meter rate for
street lighting, all night service, as spec
flied in Ordinance No. 80, recently
adopted by the council. This action of
the electric company rather took the
council by surprise. They were willing
to make contract on the fiat rate terms
provided in the ordinance, but realized
that to pay meter rate OF Is cents per
thousand for street lighting would be
calculated to put the finances of the
town on the wrong side of the balance
sheet in very short time. Finally it
was agreed to receive and file the peti-
ton.
Mr.. Eeckwith asked for immediate
consideration OF the proposition. He
stated that the company was at present
Installing meters for private consumers
and would do the same for the town.
That they could not accept the fiat rate,
but were willing to do business on the
meter rate according to the ordinance.
Mr.. Sherlock, city attorney, speaking
for the council, said that the passing of
the ordinance did not place the town
under any obligation to make a contract
and that the council would not accept
any but the fiat rate.
Mr.. Winston, of Spokane, one of the
members of the Northern Electric Co.,
desired to be heard. He made state
ment concerning the condition of the
business of the company. That the
plant had never paid cent in dividends,
on the contrary, it has been continual
drain on its owners. That the company
would sell to the town for Is cents on
lhe dollar. That the company would
only ask high enough rate to permit it
to continue business with the hope that
the town would grow to a point where
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03
Schools Open Monday

The Newport public schools will re-
sume operations for the ensuing year on
Monday, Sept. :. 1t is very important
that all pupils desiring to enroll for the
coming school year shall be present on
the opening day.
Few changes have occurred in the roll
of teachers as compared with last year.
Miss Jessie Seeley has been elected to
take charge of the primary department
in place OF Miss Olson, who rendered
her resignation last year. Miss Hall
has made application for the vacancy
occasioned by Miss Lora Lambs resig-
nation and will have charge Of the
fourth and fifth grades. The selection
of teacher for the eighth grade will be
determined. upon Friday. Miss Eliza
beth Moore will take charge Of the sec
ond and third grades, while Miss Fannie
Dunwoodie will instruct the sixth and
seventh grades. The instruction of the
high school classes will be consigned TO
Miss Elsie Child and Prof. King.
The board of educa ton desires to an
nounce that all Idaho pupils below the
seventh grade will not be admitted to
the Newport schools during the coming
year.
John Field, OF Newport, has been en-
gagged to look after lhe school building,
while the contract for transporting the
pupils from the OUTLYING districts has
been allotted TO Ray Rauch, of Penrith.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03

..auur OF new mach ines will be
Installed and the plant made the most
modern in this section of the state. The
new plant will necessitate the employ
ment Of several more men than are at
present given employment, and will
prove a distinct gain for Newport in the
manufacturing line.
In addition to repairing Mr.. Miner
Aill oDen storeroom in the front Of the
building, in which he will keep gen
eral stock OF sawmill supplies, line of
gasoline engines and a general line of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03
Cedar Park means pure water.

Supervisor Fromme, of the Kaniksu
National Forest, has disbursed over
$4,000 Of the governments money for
fighting forest fires. OF this sum about
$4,000 were spent in the Kaniksu forest,
and the remainder in the Pend Oreille
forest.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
FOUND DEAD IN o o
Maid Finds Mistress with Bullet
Wound In Head.

Paris.--Miss Wiifred Parsons, the
daughter of the late Charles
Parsons, president of the Rome, Wa.
tertown & Ogdensbnrg road. New
York, who, died in 1904. was found
dead with a bullet wound in her head
Sunday in her apartment in the Ave.
nue. lena. The police say that the
case is n of suicide. while friends
of the dead girl declare that the
shooting was accidental.
Owing to the desire Of friends and
relatives to give the tragedy as little
publicity as possible, the affair at first
appeared wrapped in mystery.
1t was learned, however, that the
girl had beer suffering from mel
ancholia since the death of her fiance,
a young Frenchman, Emile Mas, who
died four months ago from consump.
ton. Miss Parsons was found dead
by a maid, who entered the room with
her breakfast. The girls right hand
clutched a revolver, a bullet from
which had penetrated the brain.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
COULD HAVE FIRED SHOT.
Physicians Find stein Suicide Wal
Not an lmpossibility.

Des Moines,' Iowa-Morris B. p.
Stein, the young Des Moines mar
who was mysteriously killed at Lou
donville, o., a week ago last Friday,
could have fred the shot which ended
his life, in the opinion of three Des
Moines physicians. who Sunday morn
ing made a ~post-mortem examination
of STEMS body.
Should the autopsy over the body Of
Miss Porter at LoudOnville reveal that
the same caliber bullets caused her
death. it will be settled beyond ques.
ton that the same gun was used in
the killing Of both. Three chambers
of the revolver found neal the bodies
were empty. 1t Is probable that should
Mrs. Stein and Mrs. Mayard be tried
at Loudonville for the murder, the por-
tions OF the dead mans anatomy would
be taken there and used in the case.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Bryan to Work in North.

Macon, Georgia.-James H. Hall,
chairman of the Bibb County Demo.
cratic club, Sunday night received a
telegram from Norman T.. Mack.
chairman Of the national Democratic
committee, Chicago. c%anceling the en-.
gagement of w. j. Bryan, the Demo
cratic nominee for president, to speak
IN this city Sept. IA. The reason CIV
en- is that Mr.. Bryan found he could
not come to Georgia without visiting
other states in this section and 1t was
concluded to confine himself to the
northern states.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
American Held by Hondurans.

Washington, ID. c. The arrest
of Lee Cannon, said to be an Ameri.
a citizen, captured by the Honduran
forces in the department of Vale, is
confirmed in a dispatch from Minister
Dodge at Salvador Thursday. Cannon,
he says, was chief of police at San
Miguel and, being under suspicion
shortly before the outbreak of the
revolutionary movement in Honduras,
was ordered to go to San Salvador on
parole, but instead of doing so he fed
to Honduras.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
GIRL SLABS A BRIDE.
Quarrel Over a Spring Ends in Fight
Among Three Women.

Dexter, Mo.-The preliminary hear
ing OF Miss Maude France. is
years old, for stabbina Mrs. Lille
Hudson, a bride, with a pocketknife
will be held before Justice 8. p. JEFF
fers, Aug. 81.
The stabbing occurred during e
t~hree-cornered fight between Miss
France and her mother and Mrs. Hud
son. Mrs. France was beaten over the
head with a club and IL in a critical
condition.
Recently the Frances bought Il farm
adjoining the Hudsons near here
There was u dispute over Frenchman's
Spring, lear the boundary line. The
newcomers claimed 1t went with theii
purchase. The Hudsons have been
using it for their cattle and refused tc
give It up.
The ome met at the springs yes,
terday and clashed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
ARREST big STEAL
CHICAGO r.tft shfFltn otrtc
rlvts ron oVts a YEAS
SUE. TREASURY losI $4,000
friend Declares ceeras W ft,tp.fsid.
Now In cus'ody, 10 irneesN,-
Formerly an urpioys

Chicago The N, sictS Ut he 'h"ii
OF sl73.ooO from the United NiatrH
.subtrcasury n year aud a half ngo. u
OF the largest losses the ~ "rnm"nt
has ever suffered In this manner "
believed To have bccn solved h> IN"
arrest SUNDAY OF George W FttIgrr'
aid. Others are believed 10 have been
implicated in the crime. which Tot
months completely hatncd government
secret service men,
Fitzgerald VAS an asserting teller
under Assistant United States Treas
urer William Boldenweck. Suspicion
at the time Of the theft. Feb. 20, 1907.
rested on him, but so plausible ~
his story and so intense his apparent
interest in discovering the real culprit
that interest ceased To center In MIN.
Much work was done on the theory
that the crime had been perpetrated
by a negro.
Bills OF Large Denomination.
Meanwhile Fitzgerald was ais
charged from the government employ
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
WHITES AND BLACKS FIGHT.
Chicago Laborers Use Clubs and
e. Bricks Freely.

Chicago.-In a fight between white
AMI black dock laborers employed
On the Western Transit Company's
docks. five men were injured. Some
of the whites declared they would
not work unless the negroes quit.
This the latter refused to do and a
quarrel ensued between Hugh Brady,
white. and Louis Hawkins, colored.
The negro drew a knife and stabbed
Brady in the neck and arm, where
upon the fighting became general.
Bricks and clubs were used freely.
The trouble attracted the attention
OF white and negro laborers employed
a short distance away by the Lehigh
Valley Transportation Co. and they
ran to the scene and took sides with
the combatants. Two patrol wagons
were rushed to the dock.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
TERRORIZED BY
OUTLAW GANG
A PAsriME AND PAYS
NO DEBTS.
YOUNG BAILEY IN COURT
Friends OF Mountain Youths on Trial
Following Girls Charge
Notes OF Warning
secs'

Richland, Mo.-The Bloody Hun.
dred." an organization of II hun.
dred mountaineers. calling themselves
the &C. p. Club whose acts OF law.
Night Riders. and whose revelry often
has been heard, but not molested. in
the abandoned log cabins along the
Wet Auglaize creek. is held RESPONSE.
BILE for the dynamiting of the black
smith shop of Felix G. Hammers az
Wet Auglai2e. Camdeif county. and
previous attempts to blow up the
Hammers residence at night.
David Bailey is on triel here on
q charge brought by Hammers in
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
ENGINEERS TO JOIN STRIKE.
Situation on Canadian Railroads Be
comes More Serious.

Winnipeg. Manitoba-Interest was
focused Wednesday on the report
that the Brotherhood Of Engineers viii
take a hand In the strike situation on
the Canadian Pacific railroad. Repre-
sentatives of the engineers have beer
in secret conference with compan,
men, the results of which are carefully
guarded.
Without the aid Of the engineers. II
is thought the strikers will lose their
fight. The situation has reached a
crisis in the West, where the strikers
are rapidly being replaced by mechan-
les brought In from Eastern states.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Women Held in Murder Case

Des Moines, Iowa-Mrs. Morris
Stein and Mrs. Reuben Bayard
were arrested here Thursday evening.
They are the wife and mother.in-law
OF Morris Stein of Des Moines. who
was one OF the victims in the double
shooting in Lo%udenville. o., Friday.
The Des Moines police were asked by
the Ohio authorities to detain Mrs.
Stein and her mother on a charge of
completely in sthe double murder of
Morris Stein and Miss hester Por-
ter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
AIIsaed pynamIters Indicted.

Oakland, Cal.-Peter C%laudianes,
who was recently arrested in Chi
cage on the charge of an at
tempt to kill former Supervisor Jas.
T. Gallagher, was indicted here by
the Alameda county grand jury, to-
gether with his brother, John Claud-
lanes, and Felix ~Paudevaris, on the
specific charge of placing dynamite
under a building with intent to de-
molish il. Bail was placed at s40,-
900 in the case of each. Paudevaris
has not yet been apprehended.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Wealthy Rec.use Kills sen.

Ventura. Cal.-Herbert Fryer an
Englishman, a recluse and owner OF a
ranch of 5,713 acres as we'll as other
property, was found dead at bis ranch
house Monday, having died by his own
hand, He had been dead several days,
Fryer had taken a large calibre re-
volver and a rife, placed the muzzles
Of both weapons in his mouth. and
pulled the triggers simultaneously,
He left a will %bequeathing all his
large properties to q niece and nephew
In England.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Japan suiIds More Ships.

Berlin--A news bulletin OF the
German Naval league, distributed
Tuesday, makes the following state
ment: 1T has been confirmed that
Japan, in addition to the battleships
already known IL to build two other
vessels OF this type. The keel of one
will be laid in July and the other In
the autumn. Both the ships will be
built in Japan. Their displacement Is
to be Of 20,S00 tons. speed 20 Knots
and main armament IL guns OF TO
inches EACH
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
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fi0,iaE hsfe Fsnias sRa Asiss8sf
ulkhIs pth ths rs,g,nvf hs,tiihs tn
qnstts utrt shc strgims sod ruiiresiea
evidence aEslHsi ihr fiutcts 'ns ne
sraai IuD aud puh iAo sgf.ci ~.
fotcumrnt of lac aud order IN al
pagts ~ the cit, The nfsi i~Fuslt.s have
been soni away
The fttnt Regimen, irn az q" psIark
"Wednesday morning tof rhicaku o,cr
the Chicago q Alton
The Fourth Regiment made up ~
companies from towns south ~ SRfiux
hcdl. WAS Withdrawn Wcdnrrday after
noon
Testimony Taken.
Coroner Woodruff continued taking
testimony In the inquest over Scott
Burton. the nrst negro lynchcd. on
Wednesday. The doors OF the inaucst
room are kept locked aud new spaptr
men ar" excluded Coroner Woodruff
declares he Is acting upon ius,ruc-
'f'NAN w ~ EAsfAh = hAAbN Nv Nv h|NNNlAA
the evidence from the public.
The funeral OF Vim. ~. Donegan. The
~S0ycar-old negro who was lynchCd on
Saturday night. was held from st.
Johns hospital "Wednesday morning.
Now that George Richardson. the ne
gro, has been indicted for attacking
Mrs. Earl Hallam. the states attorney
declares he will make an effort 10 put
him ON trial AT once
Negro Firemen Let Out.
The negro members OF the Spring
field fire department have been dis.
charged by Mayor Reece for the good
OF the service" There has been Sc
we're friction in the Are stations ever
since the rio OF Friday night. and the
mayor thought 1t best TO rid the de.
partment of negroes and avoid all
chances of trouble anon the fremen.
Nineteen persons are being held by
the police for participating in The
riots.
Troops Guard Women.
Two hundred men, women and chill
dren slept in the state arsenal Tues
day night, guarded by state troops
These people have not recovered from
their fright of Friday and Saturday
night, and are afraid to remain at
their " home during the night.
The grand jury convened at $3.50
Wednesday morning and witnesses
were called to furnish evidence
against Abraham Raymer and Elmer
Humphrey, charged with being the
leaders OF the mob that lynched Don
cyan.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Fireman Killed in Wreck.

Atlanta, Georgia.-Train No. 3S
on the Southern railroad, known az
the Southwestern Limited, which lett
Atlanta shortly after noon Sunday,
a wrecked four miles north of SUI
vance, Ga, about 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. The colored fireman, Ma
son Watkins, whose home was in At
lanta, was killed instantly, and the
engineer, b. F. Dewberry, also of At
lanta, was badly scalded, both being
pinned underneath the engine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
ParsevaI Airship Maneuyers.

Berlin-The duke of Sachsen-
Altenberg was alta the helm Of the
Parseval airship Wednesday evening
during half an hour of most intricate
maneuvers. He also undertook a
short trip against the wind and at
tanned a speed of more than 29 miles
an hour. The duke, who is president
of the Aero club, on landing eX.
pressed establishment at the wonderful
east with which the craft was steered
and the balloons rapid response to
the movements of the Pudder.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
KANSAS BANKER DROPS DEAD.
p. c. Ayres Was Spending Summer at
Colorado Resort.

Trinidad, Col.-P. G. Ayres, aged
65, president Of the First National
hank of Coffeyville, Kansas, drop
ped dead Thursday at Stonewall,
a summer resort. 40 miles west OF
here, where he was spending a vaca-
ton with a number OF friends. A
party of eight were fishing and had
walked about eight miles from the
hotel. The exertion and effects of the
high altitude is supposed to have
brought on the attack OF heart failure.
II was Ayers bank that the notorious
Dalton band of outlaws had robbed
before the battle which resulted in
their being wiped out by citizens. Ay-
ers wts shot in the jaw during the
0xhf N td4i
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
Cincinnati Physician browns.

Upper Lake, n. Y.-Dr. Joseph
Eichberg, a prominent physician
of Cincinnati, was drowned Tues
day in Big Topper lake. In trying to
land a large pickerel the boat was
capsized and the four occupants We're
thrown into the water. All escaped
except DR.. Eichberg, who could not
swim.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
AUSTRALIA IS
HOST TO fleet
OF OFFICERS AND MEN
OF WARSIIpS.
MET BY GUARD Of HONOR
Lord N%orthcote Extended Heartiest Of
Greetings and Congratulated the
Bluejaekets on Their Sue
cessful Voyage.

Sydney. y. s. W.-Sydney was
nglow with life and color Thursday
and Aurging thousands filed the
streets as never before, for this was
the day set for the official landing
and for Australia to publicly welcome
the bone and sinew of he visiting
feet officers and men. No more trl-
umphal entry OF gallant vessels into
a BORT was ever witnessed than that
of Yesterday. when the warships
pushed their way through the haze
OF SEA and steamed majestically past
the head lands, crowded with a cheer-
ing multitude.
Australians had an opportunity to
see. the men who brought the ships
safely thus far in their trip around
the world.
Welcome Was Enthusiastic.
Prom farm cove, where the landing
occurred. throughout the lengthy line
of march. the crowds gave enthusiast
ic welcome. Large bodies of men
from all the ships were brought
ashore early. numbering at least g.
GOO. They marched to the domain
bordering the Botanical garden, and
formed in front of the reception pa
vilian, Then came the admirals and
their stats. who land ashore on the
PAST side OF the cove. where a guard
of honor from the British naval forces
waSdrawn up. They were met by
PriaseA Minister Alfred Deakin and
other ministers Of the commonwealth,
the premier of New South Wales and
his ministers. the lord mayor of sgd
ney-and members of the corporation.
Rear Admiral Sperry. commander
of taas feet. inspected the naval guard
and then. with the others, was driven
TO jhe reception pavilion in the do
main, where he was greeted by Lore
Norshcote. governor general of Aus
tralFa: Sir Harry Rawson. the gov
ernorpof New South Wales, and the
military and naval heads of the col
ony.o
The scene was i brilliant and pic
turesque one. The grand pavilion wa
s~urnfounted by a great golden eagle
giittering in the sunlight and TIL
curved balustrades were inscribed
with the names of the American
states. The stands surrounding TIT
pavilion seemed almost buried will
f~ags,- hunting and evergreens. Thes'
w~ereyoccupied by the federal and stat
ministers. the members of the variou
branches of The legislature and gov
ernnfent officials. many of whom wer
ACCOMPANIED by ladies'. whose gay cos
mess furnished vivid patches Q
colon
Masses OF Spectators.
Beyond the official Enclosure. masse
of spectators grouped beneath wide
spreading trees. G,impses could b
had ofzthe harbor in the distance wit
the h@ttleships striking white agains
the lsne Hf the water and sky.
LORD N%orthcote, on behalf of Au'
tralia. extended the heartiest OF we
come Il Admiral Sperry, his officer
and amen and congratulated ther
warmly on the success OF their 70,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-28
plan In function Eiaht.

Washington, ID. C.-Samuel Comp
ers, John Mitchell and Daniel J.
O'Keefe of the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor
held a conference with lawyers Thurs
day night to determine the course OF
action TO be followed in fighting the
injunction proceedings Of the Buck
Stove and Range Co. OF 81. Louis.