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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
FOLSOM, N. M.,FLOOD|
CL0UDBURST STRUCK TOWN
AWFUL RESULT,
Over 20 People Killed and More Than
100 njured-Thirty-Fo Wall of
Water Rushed Down the Narrow
Canyon on the Town-Large Hail
stones Add to Misery of Sufferers.

East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 81
AS darkness fell on Folsom, ~ NJ, to-
night it marked the end of a day of
intense suffering due to the terrific
hailstorm that has ragged with deadly
effect for IL hours and the beginning,
of night of terror unequaled in the
history of this part of the country
Huddled together on the hillsides,
without food or shelter, and many of
them with scant clothing, the hundreds
of residents of Folsom who were
driven from their homes by the recent
cloudburst spent the sleepless night in
anguish. Many of them having lost
their homes and personal belongings
in the flood, separated from their
friends and relatives, and then at
tackled later by hailstones as large as
mothballs, the refugees are in frame
of mind bordering on insanity. Some
of the refugees have been without
food for 4S hours and there is no tell
ing how much longer they must go
hungry.
The hailstones have done great dam
age in the farming sections. 1t is even
reported that some of them killed
sheep. Following the cloudburst so
closely, the storm completed the work
of destruction, and tonight hundreds
of acres of farm lands are inundated,
creeks are overlooking and thousands
of head of cattle have already been
drowned.
Food and clothing are ready to be
rushed to the suffering people on the
hillsides as soon as there is any pos
sible chance of rescuers reaching them
without losing their lives in the rush
ing waters.
The horror of the Folsom flood
grows with each telegram from the
south The stories of the survivors
are beginning to drift in. The magni-
tude of the disaster is just beginning
to make itself known.
The work of recovering the bodies
goes forward under the greatest diff
culties. There were many strangers in
! Tic lOWn Ou luC VI ZIG uAodobCi
who did not know which way to turn
when the flood swept through the mar
row streets, and there is no means OF
telling how many of these were car
ried away by the 30-foot wall of water
which rushed down the narrow can
yon.
The town of Folsom is built in a
narrow canyon-a death trap if ever
there was one. All Thursday after
noon the rain fell in torrents and the
downfall continued after night settled
DOWN on the doomed town. No such
rainfall had ever been known in the
section, but the residents of Folsom
went to bed as usual unconscious o.
the great wall of water which was
gathering above the town.
Over 20 persons are reported t.
have lost their lives.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. In the
provinces of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan there was a great rush for land
Monday. All the Doukhabor land on
which these foreigners refused to per
form homestead duties. thousands of
acres in extent, was thrown open to
settlement, besides which the new
preemption law passed at the last SEES
sion of parliament went into effect.
This gives the privilege to all settlers
to enter for a second homestead. Bar
ricades have been erected around the
land office to prevent a rush. Already
many applicants are standing in line
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

farther sotith, as contemplated. Grad
ing for station grounds IS now in
progress at Vollmer.
While Mary Types 2 year old son
was playing with matches near
Spaulding he set his clothes on fire
and they burned from his body. Mary
is a full-blood Nez Perez Indian and
can not speak English.
Milton S. Croft, the railway mail
clerk from Pennsylvania, who was
charged with arson for setting the
four woodhouses on fire in the west
ern part of Moscow recently, was or
dered committed to the asylum at
Oro6no.
]. T. Barber and s. G. Moon, lum-
bermen of Winona, Mich, were ar
rested recently under a federal indict
ment charging conspiracy in connec-
ton with the Idaho land cases. The
indictment was returned April IA,
1908. Both men gave bail in $1,000.
The hearing was set for September 8.
James A. Ford, who has been editor
of the Wallace Daily Times since its
first Issue, two years ago, has resigned
and will engage in the mining broker
age business with his father in Spo-
kane. Frank Farrar of Denver, for
merly with the Rocky Mountain News,
will succeed Mr.. Ford on the Times.
p. H. Wall, president and general
manager of the Lane Lumber com
pany, whose mill and lumber were
burned at Lane recently, states that
the work of rebuilding the mill will
be commenced just as soon as the
grounds can be cleaned up and the
lumber brought in. With the lath
mill, office, lumber shed and dry
kilns the property was valued at $50,
900. The lumber burned was worth
in the neighborhood of 100000 The
entire property was insured for $50,
900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
JAPs SHORT or MONEY.
Have Postponed Their Exposition to
1917.

The governments financial policy,
decided upon by the cabinet involves
the curtailment of expenditures by
500, 900, of which 80 per cent will
be taken from the army budget and
10 per cent from that of the navy.
The postponement of the exposition.
Premier Kaysura says, is not purely
due to financial reasons, but is owing
to the fact that the work of prepare
ton has been insufficient and it Will
be quite impossible to make a credit
able exposition within three years ON
an appropriation of five millions.
Therefore, as the necessary appro-
priation would be inconsistent with
the economical plans of the cabinet for
the next five years, it is wiser for the
government to admit that fact than to
fail in making a complete success of
the exposition which it has been de-
cided will be held in 1917, the ami
versary of the accession of the en-
peror.
In this manner Japan admits her
financial stringency, but insists on the
utmost economy and depends on for
eign countries accepting the situation
as an act of wise economy on the part
of the nation.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
GEO. A. p. STEWART DEAD.
One of the Two Last Surviving Gen
erals of the Lost Cause"

Biloxi, Miss, Sept. 1. - General
Alexander P. Stewart, one of the two
last surviving lieutenant generals of
the Confederate army, died at his
home here in his S7th year.
General Stewart was born in Ten
nessee and was appointed to West
Point from that state. After gradual
ing from the academy with high hon
ors in 1912, he resigned three years
later to become a professor at the
Cumberland university in Maryland.
At the opening of the civil war he
was commissioned a brigadier general
in the Confederate army. In 1863 he
was made major general and his ap-
pointment as lieutenant general fol-
lowed one year later. He was in COM
mand of the army of the Tennessee
when the war closed. From 1874 to
1886 General Stewart was chancellor
of the University of Mississippi. He
occupied the last years of his life with
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
New Seattle Firm.

A new agency for the sale of the
standard makes of American watches
has been established in Seattle by the
Seattle Watch Co. The direct sale of
watches through advertising is the
method of this concern. Mr.. A. B.
Jones, manager of the Seattle house,
is a watch specialist. and man of long
experience in the business. He be-
lieves that the development of the
business in the northwest is simply a
matter of letting the people know of
the advantages of buying watches in
tits way. American watches are not
excelled for reliability and time keep
ing qualities.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Park Bandit Under Suspicion.

Advices state that soldiers in the
Yellowstone National park had cap
tured a uspicious-looking character in
the Fire Hole basin, whom they arrest
ed on suspicion of being connected
with the holdup in the park. The man
had considerable money on his person,
but his name or any other facts in
connection with the arrest could not
be learned
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Labor Notes.

England's old age pension bill, en-
failing payments of $SO,OOO,OOO a year,
becomes operative on January 1.
Last year 5000 men lost their lives
in the coal mines of the United States,
an increase of 1900 over the previous.
year.
The recent Scottish trades union
congress passed resolutions in favor of
old age pensions and in favor of COM
pulsory Intervention in labor disputes.
Brockton, Mass, has 35 shoe fac
tories, with total floor area of over
100000 square feet, in which upward
of $4,000 skilled operatives are en-
ployed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
IDAHO NOTES.

Lewis Averill, a 10 year old boy
from Onaway, was committed to the
state industrial school at st. An
thony by Probate Judge Lukens Of
Moscow.
Samuel L. Mcfarland, aged 80, a
prominent attorney of st. Maries, for
merIy Of Lewiston, died Saturday at
Occur d'Alene City, after a lingering
illness. the affiiction being a cancer
of the leg.
The Nez Perez & Idaho electric
line will connect with the Northern
Pacific at Vollmer instead of two miles
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

Figures of the lumber cut in 1907
compiled by the bureau of the census
and the forest service showed the
largest total ever reported in the
United States, exceeding by over Z
per cent the cut reported in 1906, I'M
til then the record year. This does
not necessarily show a larger actual
cut than in 1906, for the returns OBJ
tanned last year were more complete
than ever before.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
JESSE JAMES OUTCOME.
Five Bandits Hold Posse and Rob
Bank of $4,000.

Montreal.-Five masked men rob-
bed the Provincial Bank of Steustache,
10 miles distant, in broad daylight.
Saturday. While two of the robbers
held a posse back with revolvers and
rifles, three robbed the vaults; taking.
$4,000 in gold, and escaped.
The robbers overpowered the
night Waterman and gained an en-
trance. They were tampering with
the vault when they set off a burglar
alarm in the sheriff's office.
The bandits waited for the officers,
told them the first one who made an
attempt to enter would be killed, and
worked calmly at the safe. Then they
rode away. 1t was daylight when
they finished
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Hewitt Leaves s2o,ooo,ooo.

New York, Sept. 2.-Frederick c.
Hewitt, a retired banker and a Yale
graduate of the class of 1858, died of
apoplexy at Oswego, N. Y, aged SO
years. Mr. Hewitt, a bachelor, leaves
an estate valued at S20.O0O.OOO.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Jailed Negroes for Assault.

Shawnee, Okla, Aug. 31.-Seventy-
five negroes are under arrest here,
and a lynching is threatened as the
result of a brutal assault with a re-
volver on Miss Kate Kane here by D
negro, inflicting serious wounds. The
girl was unconscious when found two.
hours later. The police raided the
negro quarter and arrested 70 blacks.
Feeling against the colored men runs
high.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

General Manager Mulcher of the
Rock Island says his embargo on
cigarette smoking applied only to men
on duty and that it had been issued
because some of the men had neg
lected their duty in order to smoke
and that small accidents have re-
suited.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Goes With Roosevelt.

Yielding to a pressing invitation,
Captain w. ]. (BnD Mcdonald, ex-
Texas ranger, more recently famous
for his part in the investigation Of the
shooting up of Brownsville, viii ac-
company President Roosevelt on his
hunting expedition to Africa.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
French XIII Chinese Pirates.

The ministry of colonies has re-
ceived advices that a band of $50
Chinese pirates was caught recently
between two lines of French troops in
Indo-China In the engagement that
followed 80 of the pirates were killed,
while the French. troops lost two men.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
U. S. Marshal Perry Removed.

The department of justice an
nounced that George Perry, United
States marshal at Fairbanks, Alaska,
had been removed by order of the
president. The reasons were not dis
closed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
Atlantic City Closed.

Atlantic City, n. J., Aug. 31.-But
four times in so years has Atlantic
City been so tightly closed and the
liquor laws so closely observed as Sun
day. Even the best known and most
favored patrons of obstetrics and cafes
noted for their wide-open methods
could not secure their coveted liquor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
HONORs FORMER GOVERNOR
Gov. Mead Recommends Flags at Half
Mast During Week.

Governor Mead issued the following
proclamation Saturday:
Whereas, In the death of Eugene
Semple the state of Washington loses
an honored citizen who has been iden-
titled with the history of this state
and territory for more than 20 years
and who served as territorial gov
ernor from 1887 to 1889; and
Whereas, The respect and esteem
in which the name of Governor Sem
pie is held should be fittingly dis
played,
'Now, therefore, I, Albert e. Mead,
governor of the state of Washington,
do hereby recommend that flags be
kept at half mast on all public build
ings in the state for period OF one
week"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
SAY MAY SUPPORT HOLLAND.
British Attitude in Regard to the Ven
czueIan Affair.

London.-"It would not be safe to
say that Great Britain will not take
some action to assist Holland in her
present dispute with President Castro
of Venezuela, as there is as yet no
telling what turn this matter may
take" were the carefully weighed
words of an official of the foreign Of
flee when questioned with regard to
the dispatch from Rome setting forth
that the powers of Europe were in
communication with each other on this
subject, and there had been some in
formal references to Venezuela be-
tween the British and American diplo-
matte representatives.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
100000 RottIes Wine LOST.

Madrid, Aug. 31-Two persons were
killed and several severely hurt in
fire at the Royal Winters stores, in
which $4,000 dozen bottles Of wine
were destroyed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

When a vessel is on her trial trip
she runs four times over a measured
mile, twice with and twice against the
tide. Her average speed is thus ar
rived at.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
WATERS ARE RECEDlNG.
Flood Now Subsiding Rapidly at Fay
ettevilIe, N. c.

Fayetteville, N. CATER reaching
the unprecedented height of II feet
the flood waters of the Cape Fear
river began to recede Saturday, with
a fall of about six inches an hour.
Families we're driven out of 100
houses and at least 200 other houses
were destroyed by water. The land
resembles a vast lake as far as the
eye can see.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

you can't get in here on a half
ticket" exclaimed the doorkeeper at
the circus.
Il thought I could" apologized the
small-town citizen. 81 have a bad
eye, and l only expected to see half
the show"
Then you'll have to get two tick
cts" said the doorkeeper. IF you
only have one good eye it'll take you
twice as long to see the show"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05

A large decrease in the mailing of
illustrated postcards is noted in Italy;
it is probably due to the increased
postal tariff on them.
We've noticed that being tielIled to
death never kills anyone.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
BURNED TO DEATH
BY GASOLINE STOVE
Elderly Woman Meets Pitiable End
and Husband Is Injured Painfully
While Trying to Extinguish
the Flames

Mrs. Anna Bliss, 60 years old, was
fatally burned yesterday by blazing OIL
(which overlooked from a gasoline stove
at her home, 2519 Wabash avenue. She
died at the county hospital at p. m.
Her husband, j. l.. Bliss, 70 years OLD,
was painfully burned While trying TO
save her The accident happened at
noon while Mrs. Bliss was preparing
dinner.
When Mrs. Bliss bought the stove
several months ago she remarked that
she feared it would be the cause OF her
death.
Mrs. Bliss was standing over the
stove when the tank began to leak, al
lowing the oil to run on the floor Be
fore she noticed her danger the liquid
caught fire and the blaze ignited her
clothing. She screamed in terror, ana
her husband, who was sick in bed with
a cold, rushed to her assistance. He
seized her in his arms, carried her 10
chair and attempted to beat out the
flames with his hands. BY this time
the floor was on fire, and he dragged
his wife into an adjoining ROOM
L. S. Francis of 1921 Wabash avenue
and |. d. Hall of 2527 Fairmont street,
heard her screams, saw the house on
fire and rushed to their assistance.
They found Mrs. Bliss enveloped in
flames, which had communicated to the
chair on which she was slttlns' anu
her husband frantically trying to beat
out the fire. They seized some bed
clothes, smothered the flames in the
woman's clothing, removed her from
the chair and turned their attention to
Bliss. He was burned about the hands
and arms, and his hair and whlskers
were singed,
BY this time other neighbors had ar
rived. and the couple were taken from
the burning building and given atten-
ton. Almost all the clothing worn by
Mrs. Bliss was burned off and her en-
| tire body was blistered.
Although suffering greatly from hei
! injuries Mrs Bliss did not lose con-
sciousneess. The police ambulance soor
arrived and the aged couple were taker
| to the county hospital.
Physicians at the county hospital say
Mr.. Bliss will recover He is suffering
from shock and hysteria, but the ex-
tent of his burns is slight
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
ELK OFFICIALS RAVE
OVER ORANGE GROVES
MAKE TRIP AS GUESTS OF
SALT LAKE ROAD
Visit Pomona and Riverside, Days
Festivities Concluding with Ban-
quet Given by Proprietor
of Saddlerock Cafe

The joys of California in winter were
presented to the visiting grand lodge
officials, B. P. O. E., yesterday when
they were the guests of the Salt Lake
route on a tour through the orange
groves. The trip was made through
Pomona and Riverside in a private
car, with F. A. Wann, general traffic
manager of the Salt Lake route, as
host.
portion of the forenoon was passed
in a drive through the Pomona valley
as the guests of Pomona lodge No.
7S9, and on the ride Rush l.. Holland,
the grand exalted ruler, and several
other members of the party enjoyed
for the first time the pleasure of pick
ing oranges. After luncheon at the
Glenwood in Riverside an automobile
drive through the groves and to the
summit of Rubidoux mountain was
taken. Douglas White, advertising
agent of the Salt Lake road, explained
the historic and other points of in
terest.
Southern California is a wonderful
section, simply wonderful" said Grand
Exalted Ruler Holland. 1--WE read and
dream of it back east, but not even
the glowing literature the railroads
send out can portray what it really is.
Think of picking flowers anG oranges
almost at Christmas time When we
get home we shall have a story to tell
about California and her attractions
that will probably get us into trouble
in it's enthusiasm. No wonder people
talk about buying one-Way tickets to
Los Angeles"
In the evening John Brink enter
tanned the party with a banquet at
the Saddlerock cafe. The large ban
ouet room of the cafe was specially
decorated with evergreen arches and
Elks' designs. At IL o'clock the gong
struck and the banquet was closed in
a style characteristic of the order
Those who were entertained We're
Rush l.. Holland, grand exalted ruler;
Fred C. Robinson, grand secretary;
Alfred T. Holly, grand trustee; Thomas
B. Mills, grand trustee; Raymond
Benjamin, grand esquire; c. Fl. Ward
district deputy for Southern California
and the following Los Angeles guests:
M. ]. McGarry, exalted ruler of Los
Angeles lodge No. SO: F. w. Wann
w. ]. Goldsmith, John Brink, Kenneth
c. Kerr, Douglas White, Thomas j
Darmody John G. Mott, Martin Marsh
C. NJ. Benbrook, d. M. Leary, A. e
Slaught. Joseph Grace, M. j. Conway
M. Fl. Flint, Otto C. Schons, B. l.
Roberts, Frank Bryson, Ralph Hagan
VIII stephens, Robert Atkinson, Frank
| r Pitner, Leo Youngworth ano
Charles P. kits.
AS a souvenir of the day each guest
was presented by Traffic Manager
Wann of the Salt Lake route with g
de luxe copy of the itinerary, printed
in colors and describing the leading
features of the journey.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
THREE COUNTIES
ENTERED IN LIST
Teachers Names Forwarded in Con-
testants' Group by Friends Anxious
That They Win The HeraId's
Seattle Trips

Riverside, Ventura and Los Angeles
counties all sent in the names of NOM
inees yesterday for The Herald's con-
test for the trips to and from the Seat
tie exposition.
The coupons are piling up like snow
banks in the east in the office of the
contest department. Evidently the peo-
Pile are becoming interested, especially
the boys and girls anxious that their
teacher be among the favored twelve
to be selected by count of votes:
The newest entries are:
Los Angeles city-Miss Caroline V.
Burgess, Miss Margaret Buell.
Santa Monica-Miss Grace James,
Miss Mary e. Whalers, Miss May Sell
lardo.
Redondo-Miss Adle Hauxhurst.
Jurupa, Riverside county-Miss Cora
Daniels.
Alhambra-Miss Florence ErWlne'
Mrs. o. D. Knight
Ventura-Miss Wilhelmina Kane.
South Pasadena-Miss Edith Newton.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
HEART DISEASE KILLS TWO
AT ABOUT SAME MOMENT

Two cases of sudden death by heart dis
ease were reported to the coroner yesterday
By strange coincidence both persons were
near the same age and died in different parts
of the city at about the same time
Charles A. Anderson, so years old, was
found dead in bed by his son, j. A. Ander-
son. at his home, 424 North Soto street. The
body was taken to the undertaking estab-
lishmeht of Pierce Brothers.
Thomas Laughlin, so years old, proprietor
of a grocery at $50 South Alameda street was
found dead in his buggy in front of 9S6 North
Main street. He had just placed an order
with a wholesale house and was returning to
his store He had fallen from his seat and
was lying in the bottom of the buggy when
found His body was taken to Bresee Broth
ers' morgue.
The coroner probably will sign certificates
Of death without holding inquests
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
ARCHITECTS PURSUE AND
CAPTURE WATCH THIEVES
Coats Hung in Room of House Being
Inspected by Them Are Rifled.
Men Booked on s.
picion

J. r. Bedford and e. l.. Wilkinson were
arrested at Pico and. oxford streets last night
by f.. j. Lack and Edward Kendall archi-
tects. with offices in the Currier building,
and turned over TO the police.
Messrs. Lack and Kendall were inspecting
nue. and had hung their coats In which were
their watches, in front room of the house.
While they were in the rear Bedford and
Wilkinson entered and, it is alleged, stole the
watches. They were and chased from
there to the point of capture, and the police
were notified. Patrolmen Smith, Marden and
Black took the men to central station and
booked them suspicion.
The men are believed to be the burglars who
have committed dozen more jobs in the
University district all Information of which
has been suppressed by the ponce of that
district.