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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
STORM RACES AROUND CHICAGO.
Blizzard Sweeps Down Upon MiIwau-
kee-Detroit Reports an IN
welcome Wintry Blast.

Chicago Jan. 13.-Chicago and it's
environs were cut off for several hours
Sunday from wire communication with
other points by snow and wind storm
which began before dawn and ragged
without break all day. The warmth
of the atmosphere later caused the
heavy flakes partly to melt and stick
to whatever they touched. AS a conse-
quence overburdened wires and poles
were put out of commission in all d.
rections and wire communication was
at standstill for hours. Electric car
lines to the suburbs were blocked and
even in the downtown quarters trans
portation was slow.
A fierce blizzard swept down on Mil
waukee. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down in all directions and
street railway traffic is paralyzed.
Trolley, train and telegraphic serv.
ice was seriously interrupted at De-
troit by blizzard that swept a large
portion of Michigan.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18

Down in the canyons surrounding
Lewiston dozens OF farmers are plow-
ing, their coats hanging In the house,
and spring weather marking the be-
ginning of work, while on the prairie,
not over 40 miles from Lewiston, the
farmers are feeding their stock, read
ing the papers and planning spring
work, while the stock runs over the
fields on frozen ground.
Forced to raise the prices because
of the competition of independent
buyers, the old grain companies have
lifted the lid on the grain market,
offering top prices ior all unsold grain
on the Nez Perez prairie. Five hun
bred thousand bushels are. still I'M
sold.
Contractor George Stickney has
about so men at work in his lumber
camps on section -, near st. Maries
Surveyor General Eagleson has re-
ceived letter from Secretary James
h. Garneld requesting his resignation
by order of the president. He refuses
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

1t is reported that Raisuli, the ban
dit, has joined Mulai Hated and that
he still persists in his refusal TO give
up Csid Sir Harry MacLesn, except by
order of the new leader.
Waking up in Goldfeld, New. hospi-
tai, and unable to remember how he got
there, Don S. Wright, q Vancouver,
Wash, fuel dealer, who mysteriously
disappeared from home three weeks
ago, has sent word to his wife that he
would soon be home.
Battling Nelson scored clean knock
out over Jack Clifford at Salt Lake
city Monday night, putting Clifford to
the floor for many seconds over the
count in the fifth round.
Stricken by apoplexy Emmett R. Oh
colt, SO years old, one Of the best
known lawyers of New York city is
dead.
The Union station annex at Kansas
city was destroyed by fire last Monday
The war department has not been in
formed as yet of the reported withhold
ing of the contract for the construction
of the Notifications in Hawaii for the
alleged reason that Japanese were real
| ly he lowest bidders.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
OREGON SoUlB5.

By the recent action of the Sumpter
city council, the municipal election
held December has been declared
illegal, and the old council has been
retained in office to serve until it's
successor has been legally elected and
qualified
Mrs. Boyd, wife of Rev. A. p Boyd
of Sellwood NJ. E. church, Portland,
and their son, were killed in South
ern Pacific wreck An unidentified
tramp was also killed, and William
Ferguson probably fatally injured. The
engine and six coaches went into the
ditch
A Portland judge made q young
Portland widow return an engage
ment ring worth s210, which had been
given her as a betrothal token by
frank Bleigh. Sc had changed her
mind.
Forrest Eldridge, years old, was
found recently his his parents, Levi
Eldridge and wife, drowned in pool
of water near the home, on Mckay
creek, 10 miles south of Pendleton.
A record price was reached at Pen
dleton saturday for mill and feed
stuffs. Shorts are bringing $21 ton
bran 500, on board cars. High prices
are due to a demand from dairymen
in the Willamette valley for Umatills
mill products. Local mills can not
supply the demand.
Walter and Louis Carlyle, brothers
who hled Manse Kincaid and Hiram
Shook in rifle battle over the posses
sion of claim in the Yellow creek
country, near Roseburg. have been
discharged from custody. While there
is no doubt that the Carlyles killed the
two unfriendly ranchmen, their dis
charge meets with public approval.
At Baker City, Ben West was con
victed OF murder III the second degree
for killing Willard Donnelly at Cornu
copia in November last
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
KILLED IN A PANIC
SIXTEEN CHILDREN AT BARN
SLEY, ENGLAND.
Forty Others injured in Rush for Bet
ter Seats-Screams and Struggles
of Victims Frightened Rest Of Audi
ence and They Joined Stampede
Dead Numbered Several Babies.

Barnsley England, Jan. 12.-Sixteen
children were trampled to death and
AZ others injured in a mad rush for
better seats at an entertainment given
in the public hall here Saturday aft
ernoon. There was a great crush tc
secure admittance to the entertain
ment and when the doors opened
every seat was taken and the gallery
was literally packed with children,
who filed the aisles and WHO we're
dangerously massed against the lower
railing. With a view to relieving this
growing of the gallery the attendants
decided to transfer some of the chill
dren to the body of the house, and
one usher called some of the children
to come downstairs.
Immediately the rush started and
within a few seconds hundreds CT
children were being trampled under
foot. Even those who had seats in the
gallery, doubtless being panic-stricken
by the screams and struggles of the
crowds fighting to reach the staircase,
joined in the stampede.
The scene was a terrible one, the
cries of the injured and means Of the
dying causing the greatest excitement
among those gathered in the body of
the hall. Police and ushers rushed t.
the head of the staicases, which were
literally strewn with dead and dying
and by lie most desperate efforts
managed to drag scores of the strug
Cling children to the corridors below
It was with the greatest difficulty that
a panic among the children in the
lower part of the house was averted
all of them eventually being taken tC
the street in safety
When the reserve police arrived
they found the narrow stairway prac
tically blocked with bodies, which
were crushed in some instances almost
beyond recognition.
Scores of children were forced by
the pressure from the crowd behinC
them to scramble over those that haC
fallen, whether living or dead, anC
many of the injured children wer,
found later to be suffering from frac
tured bones and severe decorations
caused by the indescribable manner il
which they had been trampled upon
News of the disaster had sprea,
and the theater entrance was sool
packed with hysterical and weeping
parents whose children were inside
Among the dead were several infant
in arms. None were over 10 or l.
years. Four were members of III
same family.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
Secretary Cortelyou
Has Resigned

Washington, Jan. Is. - Secretary
Cortelyou has resigned. This is re-
port that comes, coupled with his re-
turn from New York. One story cur-
rent is that the presidency of the
Knickerbocker Trust company has been
offered to him. The story runs that
Cortelyou resigned at the close of
stormy private session with President
Roosevelt, following cabinet meeting
some time ago, it being alleged that
Cortelyou's tenure of Office in the cabi-
net was made impossible by a quarrel
which he had with PresidentR osevelt,
following representations made to the
president of Mr.. Cortelyou's alleged in
reference with Taft's plan of cam
paign.
Immediately after that Cortelyou
left the treasury department and went
home, explaining that he was sick, of
grip. Since then he has recovered from
the grip, but has not been near the de-
psrtment. He has attended cabinet
meetings, and after each of them has
tried to persuade the president, that he
was as much entitled to the supportAof
the administration for the presidency
as Taft. The result of his failure, the
gossips say, is his resignation.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
EVANS FLEET is AT RIO.
Sixteen 6attIeships Enter Brazips
Famous Port

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 12.-The Ameri-
can fleet of 16 battleships entered the
port OF Rio de Janeiro at 9 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, after a passage
from Port OF Spain, Trinidad, more
than 5000 miles, unmarried by serious
accident, replete with interesting in
cidents and ending with royal well
come from the thousands that had
gathered to greet the visitors.
The fleet weighed anchor at 4 o'clock
on the afternoon of December 20. at
Port OF Spain, and exactly at 4 o'clock
Sunday the vessels were swinging at
their anchors in this beautiful harbor.
All of the battleships are here. but
the supply ships Culgoa and Glacier
are still at sea, not having been able
to keep along with the others. The
heet has now covered about 1900 miles.
about a third of the distance of the
voyage to San Francisco.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
PROTECTION OF PACIFIC COAST
Delegations Call at National Capital
and Give Pointers as to
Neede

The activity of Pacific coast delega-
tons. one Of which called at the White
House and the other at the war depart
ment, puts new and grave phase on
the Japanese question The conclusion
drawn from the conference is that the
Pacific coast states. by concerted
agreement, have decided to force the
government either to shut off the orr
entails through an exclusion law or
would be inopportune at present.
The delegation that conferred with
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver was
made up of Adjutant Generals Lauck
of California, Hamilton of Washington
and FINDER of Oregon. They said
that the Pacific coast states would be
willing to organize companies for
coast defense work if the federal gov
eminent would bear the expense of
equipment, but that the states could
not divert any of the present national
guard for that purpose.
The seriousness of the Pacific coast
situation may be gathered from the
force of the regular army is but 30 per
cent of the quota necessary to man
present defenses.
Congressman Kahn of California,
who called at the White House this
afternoon, is an advocate of heavy
Notifications for Pearl harbor, in the
Hawaiian islands. He expressed the
belief that if any power secured con
troll of the islands as base it would
be able to devastate the whole Pacific
coast at will The weakest spot on the
Pacific is Puget sound. The Taft board
proposed elaborate Notifications there
but it is now open to an enemy's fleet
which can sail by unframed under
cover of fog, because the swift current
makes mining impossible TORPEDO
boats are absolutely necessary to repe
attacks.
The rumor that Admiral Evans
would proceed to Puget sound wher
he reached San Francisco-which car
not be confirmed-gives a basis fol
the assumption that that point vii
not be left in it's present defenseles:
state
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
IDAHO NEWS.

ID. A. Utter, who Is said to be lately
named as surveyor general for Idaho
TO succeed Ernest G. Eagleson, is a
civil engineer who has long been To-
Gated at Weiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Donart cele-
brated their diamond wedding ami
versary on Christmas day at the home
of their son at Occur d'Alene.
The accounts of ]. II. Bruce, post
master at Weiser have been found to
be short and he has rendered his res
ignation. which has been accepted.
The amount of the shortage has not
been give nont.
The idaho assessors will meet at
Boise January 20 with the board of
equalization.
After adopting resolutions vigor-
ously protesting against any change
in the administration of the general
land laws, opposing bitterly the leas
ing of the public domain, severely
criticising the forest policy of the gov
eminent, and demanding the imme
date re-establishment of federal quar-
antine ON Idaho sheep. the Idaho
Woolgrowers' association, in conven
ton at Pocatello, adjourned Saturday
evening to meet next year in Boise
The attendance was close to 200.
Sam SmA.a, a fiunkey at a construc
ton camp at Spirit Lake, was shot
recently ~ L. A Davis, proprietor Of
a saloon, at Pete Rodebeck's place
two wounds being inflicted, one in the
left cheek and the other In the shoul
der.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

AS the result of what is supposed to
have been temporary fit of insanity
Henry Beythan, an employe of lum-
Der company at Lane, Idaho, Monday
afternoon shot and killed his sister-in-
law, Miss Rhoda Norton, and then
turned the revolver on himself and
blwe his brains out. Both died in
stantly. He fired at his wife but miss
ed hitting her..
Governor Hanly of Indiana has is
sued a proclamation declaring martial
law ended at Munice.
AS far as he can, Secretary Taft
has committed the government to a
promise to withdraw completely from
Cuba in the beginniong of spring in
1909.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
MONTANA NOTES.

A Red Lodge surgeon who has per-
formed an operation on Charles Jo-
akinen, young Finnish miner, for
the removed of the cause of pain IN
his chest, found in the cavity left
by a previous operation two pieces
of rubber tubing, four and five inches
long, respectively. To one was attach
ed a safety pin, badly rusted. The
rubber tubing was nearly a half inch
in diameter. The foreign substances
had been left in the wound when New
York surgeon sewed it up, following
an operation several months ago. 10
akinen is recovering.
The Great i,orthern Railroad com
pany, for a consideration of $685.
asa, has purchased the line of the
Montana Central railroad.
While Walter Hetrick, fireman on
the Short Line, had his head under
the engine at Butte, examining the
machinery, Engineer Edward Hughes
backed upon him, instantly killing
him, crushing his head to a pulp
Hughes did not know that his fireman
had descended to the ground, and was
under the impression that he was still
| in the cab.
Suits have been begun in this state
against the Northern PACING for vic
lating the railroad eight hour Law
and other regulations designed for tbs
benefit of trainmen.
| Bank Examiner Collins has made
public summary of the reports o
the AZ state institutions under super
vision of that department, and tn,
showing is remarkable, indeed. Sine
the last call in August the banks have
increased their reserve 100000, ant
now have total resources of $26, AL
08S.90 A gain in cash on hand o
s1,25OOO0 during that time is noted
Eight additional freight crews hav'
been laid off the Rock mountain div
sion of the Northern Pacific. Thi
leaves just enough men to run abou
three freight trains out of Missoul
east and three west
Governor Joseph X. Toole has al
pointed 30 representative citizens d
delegates to the Missouri river nav
cation congress, to be held at Siou
City, Iowa. January 1926 next. TIL
delegation is headed by William Sea
Ion of Butte.
Master in Chancery Crane has file
finulngs in the famous Deed Lodg
valley smoke case in the federal court
and if approved by Judge Hunt it i
likely that a permanent injunction
asked for by farmers residing clos
to the $5,OOO.OOO Washoe smelter a
Anaconda will be granted.
Henry Hammer of Butte, a dredg
employee, let loose of the crank of tn
windlass which he was turning an
the handle, flying back, struck him o.
the head, tearing off a portion of hi
skull and knocking out his eyes, whic
hung down on his breast. He was d
most instantly killed
The body of Hezekiah Roadebush,
pioneer of Butte and one of the bes
known old timers of the camp, wa
found in a cabin at Rochester recently
where he had died unattended and i
extreme poverty.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18

Hundreds of persons surrounded the
burning structure, apparently uncon'
scious of the pending danger from fall
ing walls. Many parents who had
children in the house were almost
maddened by the awful sight.
The night was one of waiting and
anguish. The shrieks of mothers. who
had rushed to the scene as soon as they
learned of the fire. we're pitiful As
the night wore on the crowds surroui
ing the building grew to suoh proper
tions that it almost was impossible fl r
the police force, which had been aug
mented by score of men from Pott =
town and Reading to keep the people
back. One woman, who said she bad
lost her entire family in the theater
was with difficulty restrained from
throwing herself into the roaring
flames.
A few minutes after midnight the
rear wall of the theater collapsed.
The flames broke out anew, and those
who had vainly hoped to he able To find
the remains of some of their loved ones
turned in despair from the scene of the
awful catastrophe.
1t is estimated that at least 10 per-
sons were injured by being trampled
upon on the stairway or by Jumping
from the windows of the burning struc-
ture. OF this number at least score
were fatally injured. 1t is extremely
doubtful if the remains Of the victims
can be distinguished from the debris,
as many of the audience were covered
with burning oil as the lamps exploded.
Later Report.
When nightfall put a stop to the
work of recovery of the dead from the
ruins of the Rhoades opera house,
where the holocaust occurred, the Off
cisl roll of victims numbered 1877.
Whether any more bodies are buried
beneath the ruins can not be positively
stated. but il is the belief of those who
had charge of the grewsome work that
all of the dead have been removed and
that the total list of victims will not
go over 40. The ratio of women and
girls to men and boys is about to /.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
Investigate Brownson's Scrap.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house
has adopted the Gill resolution de
handing that the secretary of the
navy produce all correspondence and
everything in his possession relating
to the assignment of Stokes as com
mander of the hospital ship Relief and
the resignation of Brownson.
This is the first step looking to a
congressional investigation of the
Brownson controversy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
Later Report.
Intoxicate Father; Rob Child.

A municipal court jury in Chicago
found William Tobin and David Nc
Hale, saloonkeepers, guilty OF having
deprived Raphael DeHaven, years
old, of means of support by selling in
toxicants to her father, and imposing
Joint fine of 5000. The suit was
brought by Mrs. Jennie DeHayen in
behalf Of her daughter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18
Receivers for c. G. w.

Ancillary bankruptcy proceedings
against the Chicago Great Western
Railway company were instituted in
the United States circuit court in
Chicago recently.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-18

A successful politician works as
steadily as interest on a note.
Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13

OF the canal. It is the Yankee town
and a set of dredges are steadily
scooping up the sand and hauling it
out to sea and dropping it in deep
! water. The main efforts seem to b.
centered on Culebra division, and
Gatun dam, as they will require
years of steady hard work to COM
plete.
The balance of the canal is of a
secondary consideration, and can be
completed in couple of years or
less. Much of the French work is not
utilized, it not being practical. [
think not one-half of their work is
used.
Here we met Capt. LeMay of VII
mona, a captain of the 18th Mime.
sofa, who is living down here and
anticipates making it his future
home. His wife and daughter were
with him. Many beautiful govern.
ment buildings are located here, one
especially great, a hotel costing over
! a million dollars, 1 was informed.
The rates are high and we did not
put up there. Our old German friend
at Emipre suited us we'll enough.
Leaving by rail in the afternoon we
soon arrived at Empire hungry as
ibears.
Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13
offs holder had to actually do the big
ger salary he grabbed after. 1t amt
righteous. j,

1t really looks like the flagellation
that the lazy, good for-nothin' congress
men were gettin' from Roosevelt and
the newspapers and their constits by
the million was goin' to make 'em wake
up leetle and may be do something
along the line of progressive and need
ed legislation. The miserable congress.
men needn't say thsy don't know for
Roosevelt and the papers hav told 'em
all what's what. It's purely a pig
headed obstinacy and fear to offend
the big interests whose money flows a
mellif1uous stream in to the pockets Of
their retainers in congress. The big
trusts and interests want things let
alone rs they are and the congressman
are of the same standpat opinions but
the people are in rebellion and are Pc
titionin' and demandin' to beat the
cars. But you might as we'll appeal to
lot OF monkeys. can't see how \
single voter in this deestrick outside of
the carpetbagger postmasters with a
collar round their necks can fail to see
with MONDAY sun the folly of keepin'
the same old standpat congressman in
Washington insted of kickin' 'em into
the rubbish pile where they belong so
as to get men in congress who will re-
spoud to the wishes of their constits.
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13
heat is excessive, and we can get
over more ground than on foot. The

heat is excessive, and we can get
over more ground than on foot. The
old city is principally of the old
Spanish type, and several churches
and cathedrals are in partial ruins,
without any attempt to repair them
Some very fine buildings are COM
pleted after the American plan, and
are a great contrast to the odd
shaped Spanish. The tide being out,
there was dry land for half a mile
from town, and boats lying on dry
ground awaiting the tide to return
and let them sail home. At Panama
the tide rises from II to p feet, and
at Colon on the Atlantic side, less
than feet. Hence a sea level canal
could not be built, but lock and
dam would have to be constructed
to offset the tide, or there would be
a strong current washing one way
then the other, gradually filling up
the canal. ~ @l* EE saL-
Besides, should the sea level plan
have been adopted, think that but
few of us would ever have seen the
! completion of the work. With all the
cuts deepened IS feet, the work
would be SO stupendous that it would
j
government We followed along the
shore Of the bay and came to the old
Panama fort, built hundred years
ago or more, and there, standing on
duty several Panamian soldiers, neat,
natty little fellows dressed in kind
of blue cloth uniform, but SO small,
they looked more like toy soldiers
than men. Their guns were Of regu-
lation size, and at least a foot too
long to ht the men. What fun our
Yankee boys would have with them.
But they are just as good as larger
men, as they are no use anyway.
Our good Uncle Samuel has his hand
1 at the back Of their little govern
Iment, or it would not last long. A
couple of miles out near an island,
! we see Columbia gun boat,
sunk there to prevent its falling in
/ to the hands of the Panamian gov
ernment, when she set up business
j for herself, backed by the United
States. LaBoca, the American town,
half a mile away, is the Pacific#end