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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
TRANSPORT DIX
is MISSING NOW
Left United States With $50 Horses
and Mules and is Now Overdue in
the Philippines.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Considerable
alarms felt at the war department
over the fact that the army transport.
Dix, enroute from Seattle to Manila
with a cargo of ESQ horses and mules
is six days overdue 1t is feared here
the Dix was caught in the same
typhoon which disabled the hospital
ship Relief near the Philippine islands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
-Four WERE DROWNED
Panama Line Steamer Is Sunk During
/, Fog Off Sandy Hook.

New York, Nov. 27.--In thick fog
off Sandy Hook yesterday. the steel
freighter Georgie. of the White Star
line, rammed and sank the Panama
line steamer Finance. outward bodEd.
with IS passengers. The Finance went
down within ten minutes after the
collision, carrying to their death three
of Its passengers and one of the crew.
The rest of the passengers, who in
cludsd nineteen women and children.
as we'll as c.hers of the crew. were
rescued by toats of the George. The
freighter was not damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
HITCHCOCK HAS
ACCEPTED A JOB
IN The CABINET

New York, Nov. 27-The Associated
Press is authorized to announce Frank
Hitchcock has been offered and has &C.
cepted the position of postmaster gen
eral in Taft's cabinet. This is the first
cabinet position filled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
FOUND GUILTY OF BIG THEFT
Negro Who Stole $4,000 From Regis
tered Mail Convicted

Kansas City, Nov. 27.--Charles Stew
ems. the negro who stole $4,000 from
a registered mail pouch here several
months ago, was found guilty in. the
federal cour, today. The maximum
penalty is 35 years. He will be sen
fenced later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
AMERICANS HAVE DINNER
Whiteiaw Reid Delivered Address at
Feast in London.

London, England, Nov. 27.-Three
hundred Americans and number of
distinguished Englishmen attended the
American society dinner yesterday.
Ambassador Reid made the principal
speech. He contrasted eloquently last
years business depression in the
United States, the gloom of which, he
said. hung over London as well as
New York, with conditions of today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
Passes New Education Bill,

London, Nov. 27-The house of
commons last night passed on second
reading by vote of 323 to 157 the new
education dill. The Nationalists voted
WITH the minority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
Popular Opinion in De-
Tense is Well Pleased
With Verdict.
IS GUILTY OF ARSON
Mother Comes to Bid Prisoner
Farewell Before He Goes
to Prison.

LaPorte, Ind, Nov. 27.-Before Ray
to 21 years, was today taken to the
state prison in Michigan City to begin
his term, he received visit from his
aged mother, Though not with him
during the trial, she came here from
South Bend this morning in order to
say goodbye and to cheer him up.
The meeting of mother and son was a
pathetic one, the mother breaking
down and crying as she collapsed, her
son in her arms, but the prisoner bore
up well, though there was a mistiness
about the eyes which he could not
keep back.
Talks of Appeal
Attorney Worden announced this
morning he would make a motion
Monday before Judge Richter for a
new trial, and upon the same being
denied, he expected to perfect an ap-
peal. The transcript alone in the case
will cost over $500, and as Lamphere's s
subscription have provided for his de-
fense The general opinion is the ap-
peal will never be perfected.
Guilty of Arson.
LaPorte, Ind, Nov. Give, the
jury, find the defendant guilty of ar
son. and that he is 3s years old"
This was the verdict given last night
by the jury which tried Ray Lamphere
for the murder of the archmurderess,
Mrs. Belle Guinness, and her three
children at Brookside farm last spring
Lamphere was sentenced by Judge
Richter after the verdict had been
read to Imprisonment in the peniten.
tiary at Michigan City for term OF
from to 81 years, fined $4,000 and
disfranchised for five years, which
constitutes the penalty for the crime
OF arson.
Verdict is Compromise.
1t developed after the conclusion oi
the, case that the jury, which deliber
ated on the case for "a hours, reached
its verdict as matter of compromise
two members Of the jury refusing tt
convict Lamphere of murder. Thi:
development aroused considerable ex
citement and resulted in an unusua
proceeding on the part of the member!
of the jury who signed a statement tt
the public, which was as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned jurors, impan
eled and sworn in the case of tht
state of Indiana vs. Ray Lamphere
hereby say that it was our judgmen
in the consideration of this case tina
the adult body found in the ruins o
the fire was that of Belle Guinness
and that the case was decided by u
on an entirely different proposition"
Lamphere is Satisfied.
Lamphere made a statement at tn
Jail after the proceedings in court, dc
claring that he was innocent of tn
crime and that he was confident th
body of the woman taken from tn
murder farm" after the fire was tina
of Mrs Guinness.
Il never set fire to that house" sal
Lamphere. Il was on the road riea
there that morning and saw the fire
1t, - IL r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
RECORDS BROKEN
Louis Wagner in Fiat Car Wins Grand
Prize Auto Race at Sa-
i vannah, Ga.
SPEED 65.l MILES PER HOUR
American Entrants Show Up Poorly
None Finishing But Simplex Be-
ing Given nth Place.

Savannah, Ca, Nov. 27.-All Ameri
,an automobile records were smashed
20 atoms yesterday when Louis Wag
aer, in an Italian Fiat car. won the
$4,000 gold cup offered by the Auto
mobile Club of America, and incident.
ally captured the grand prize race rep
-esenting the international champion
ship of the automobile.
The winner covered the 402-mile
course in $40 minutes and 81 seconds
or at the astonishing rate of 65.1 miles
IN hour, or nearly a mile an hour
faster than the 64.3-mile record made
by George Robertson in a Locomobile
car in the Vanderbilt Cup race this
year. s
Hemery Is Close Second.
Victor Hemery, in German Benz
car. was second, 56 seconds behind the
winner, covering the course in 371:27
or at the rate of 64.9 miles an hour
Felice Nabbaro, driving another Italian
Fiat car, was third in 37S:4S. averaging
Ga miles. Rene Hanrot, in German
Benz car, just managed to roll ovel
the line in fourth place with record
of 3S6:12, averaging GA mics. Lu
clan Hautvast, in a French Clement
car. was fifth. in 394:G, and averaging
1912 miles. Louis Strang. in the French
Renaunt, was sixth. in $403:37 Rigal
in a Clement. was seventh; Fournier
in an italia, vas eighth, and De Palma
in Fiat, ninth.
Nazxar0 Has Had Luck.
1t looked like Nazzaro's race unit
the very finish, but always unlucky II
America, the good-looking Italian hat
tire trouble in the very last lap. Thi.
made Hemery. who was second, the as
Ipiration winner. but Wagner, who wa.
third at the beginning Of the last lap
came in with flash in the final round
and won the greatest race ever held il
this country by the narrow margin o
56 seconds, with Nazzaro in thirt
place.
Americans Far Behind.
| OF the American cars, Seymour, il
the Simplex. who finished eleventh
made the best showing. covering four
teen laps, while the National, driver
!by Harding, finished twelfth. coverin!
twelve laps, and the Lozier eleven laps
| the race vas held on a 25.13 mil
circuit, sixteen times around. or
total distance of 402.0S miles, the long
est automobile race ever held in tn
history of the sport in this country
While there were many fast loni
straight stretches in the course ther
were also many turns and twisting
stretches of the highway, which re
quired the greatest skill on the par
of the drivers TO negotiate at anything
like speed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
ENGINE EXPLOSION is FATAL
Two Dead and Another Expected to
Die as Result Of Accident.

Parsons, Kan. Nov. 27.-Two, men
are dead and another is expected to
die as result of the explosion of a
Missouri. Kansas & Texas freight en-
gine today near Idenbro. Kan, six
miles south of here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27
Progress in Business.

New York. Nov. 27.-Dispatches to
Dnn's Review indicate good progress
in business, despite the interruption
Of a holiday and irregular weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-27

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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
OREGON NEWS.

An army of mosquitoes is inhabiting
the Columbia river basin of Oregon
and Washington. In multitudious
numbers they arrived early this week
and already have wrought no end of
real trouble in addition to the con-
tinual annoyance of their visits.
An Oregon City report says that
Math Jancigaj, an Austrian laborer,
about midnight effected entrance to
the room of 16-year-old Mary Schmark.
er and sat the girl to death. Jancigaj
then made his way out the window
and, jumping to the ground. escaped.
AS the result of the determined cru
SADIE of the city and county medical So
ciety at Portland to stamp out quack-
cry and criminal practice from the
profession, petitions were brought be-
fore the state medical board to revoke
the licenses Of w. T. Nsen and DR..
]. w. Morraw. Both men are charged
with having performed criminal oper-
ations. A number of other cases are
under investigation and may be
brought before the board at any time.
DR.. Eisen was formerly Danish vice
consul.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
SUICIDE
TRIEDBY11
CHINAMEN TIRE OF THE
CAPTAINS TYRANNY.
THEIR LIFE DESCRIBED AS
LIVING HE'LL FOR LAST
EIGHT MONTHS

Death followed mutiny Saturday on
the ship Straphyre Of Glasgow, when
IL Of her Chinese crew, driven to des-
peration by the brutalities of Captain
John Gum, attempted suicide by
drowning in the Erie basin, near New
York, where the ship lies. Two people
persisted.
The Chinese's story of maltreatment
is like yarn of the olden days when
the bosun's "cat" and the captains
marlinspike were more used than now
to keep order before the mast. Shipped
at Shanghai II months ago, the crew
say they have not had a dollar of pay
nothing but blows and abuse since
that day, their eight months contract
having expired, and they sought to
leave the ship they describe as living
hell.
When the Straphyre arrived in New
York and was laid up in Erie basin the
trouble began. One and all of the
Chinese demanded their wages and
they were refused. Then they desert
ed. They leaped the bulwarks and,
trembling with fear, ran down the
wharf amid hail of bullets from the
Waterman. Then the police clubs
came into play and the Chinese were
driven back to the vessel. Then came
the Chinese consular ENJOYS in the
port. They heard their countrymen's
story and they could do nothing be-
yond advising them to remain aboard
until the courts could settle their
claims
But the II months of no pay and
the alleged vengeance of the captain
on their return drove the already des-
perate Chinese to madness.
AS evening fell the Straphyre, with
a cargo of coal for the United States
warship fleet in the Pacific, started
to pull out of the Erie basin for Sa-
moa, the crisis came and from doz-
en- places on the lower decks the mad
dened crew leaped into the sea.
Within minute police patrol boats
and life savers were at the work of
IcoCuS. OIIuSSuuS anu uOduluS, lille
of the Chinese were dragged out of
the water, all trying desperately to
hold their heads beneath the surface
and obtain the relief they sought in
death.
Two of the crew fought the police
like wildcats and, though twice nearly
rescued, tore loose from their cap
tors and persisted.
OF the Chinese saved, some were
nearly exhausted, and as they were
dragged aboard the police launch were
laid out in row, while the water
was worked out of their bodies by
the bluecoats. One and all declared
they would sooner die than take the
same trip aboard the Straphyre, and
that were they forced to do so every
one of the crew would destroy him
self before the vessel was "a hours
at sea.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
Chicago Helps Sick.

Ia save babies lives the city coun-
Gil of Chicago has made special ap-
preparation of $4,000.
Intestinal diseases among infants,
caused chiefly by the hot weather,
have been of such frequent occurrence
in Chicago that according to relative
figures the deaths of babies due to
these complaints this year will reach
the startling total of 31,414. Alarmed
at the prospect of this wholesale
slaughter of the innocents, the council
authorized the transfer of $4,000 to
pay 100 physicians, who will be en-
ployed by the city to disseminate in
formation concerning the causes and
prevention of summer sickness among
babies.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17

grove, near Grangeville, Saturday, and
from every viewpoint the picnic was a
great success, as more than 600 per-
sons attended and spent the day,
either as members of the association
or as their guests.
Robert Roman, the desperate bandit
who attempted single handed to hold
up Great Northern passenger train
near Naples, Idaho, recently, and was
shot by brave passenger, may re-
cover from his wounds. That A. j.
Kent, Boomers Ferry, is the man who
shot him is the version given by Rob-
ert Roman, the wounded bandit, who
is in hospital at Standpoint with a
bullet hole through his lungs. Con-
ductor Al NJ Matthews also opened
fire on the robber, who was evidently
alone. He claims that he had no &C.
completes. The wound will probably
not prove fatal
Deputy Sheriff Sutherland of Wal
lace made return to Judge Boomer on
an order directing him to seize slot
machines. The return shows that the
deputy seized all the slot machines
named in the order, IL in number, and
Judge Boomer issued an order for the
destruction of same.
Some time during July, according
to communication received by Dep
uty Game Warden Ludwig Roper, $780,
900 Bear Lake trout will be brought
to Hayden lake for the purpose of
breeding that species in the Hayden
lake waters to appease the appetite
and satisfy the anxious angler.
Charges of loose administration of
justice, of conducting farcical trials
and of attempting to enter into con-
spiracy with those back of the law
enforcing government to defeat the
ends of justice were made Sunday
night by the Rev. j. D. Nellan and the
Rev. Charles MacCaughey at the union
service of the Congregational, Metho-
dist and Baptist congregations.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
Great Northern Must Paw.

Judge Lewis has filed in the district
court his decision in the case of the
state of Minnesota against the Great
Northern Railroad company, in which
the state sought to compel the COM
pany to pay the 4 per cent gross earn
ings tax under the state law of 1903.
The railway company had paid the
8 per cent gross earnings tax, but
claimed it was exempt from the 4 per
cent tax under an agreement with the
territorial legislature of date of
May %, 1857, by which it was to pay
a 3 per cent tax in lieu of all other
taxes of the kind by the state. The
railroad, in territorial days, was
known as the Minnesota & Pacific.
Since then the road has built many
lines and acquired others.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

John L. Sullivan is suing for divorce
Ralph Frary is scheduled for the big
league next year. From the North.
western circuit he is now slated for
the east, and it is generally conceded
by the managers in this section that
Frary will make good.
Abe Attell and Kid Scaler will fight
a 15-rOund battle at Post Falls, or
rather just this side of Post Falls, in
a specially constructed arena, which
will seat 5000 people, on Sunday, July
10, at $3.50 p. m.
Worcester, England.-The American
cricketers representing the Gentlemen
of Philadelphia won it's match here
Saturday from the Worcestershire
eleven by So runs. This is the second
time the visitors have played since
their arrival. The first match was at
Cardiff, where they were also victori-
Gus.
London--At the stadium recently
H. S. Porter, one of the American
Olympic contestants, cleared feet /
inch in an exhibition high jump.
Judge Cole of Kansas City, one of
the best known judges in bench shows
in the United States and a man with
national reputation in this regard,
has been engaged to judge the bench
show at the Interstate Fair, October
6, Z, s and 9.
Portland and San Francisco recently
played 13 inning scoreless game at
Portland The game was called on &C
count of approaching dusk.
Stanley Ketchell and Hugo Kelly
have been matched to fight in San
Francisco July 81.
London.-At the annual cricket
match at Lords Saturday Harrow beat
Elton by 10 wickets.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17

Ever hear about our little red hen?
Well, sir, she was on the set for keeps.
Couldn't keep her off. Old door knobs,
soda bottles, lamp chimheys, match
safes-anything was good enough for
her. Finally l put her on three mud
turtles, and l hope to die If she didn't
hatch out alligators! Yes, sir; three
of 'em! One of 'em ate her up, and
when we opened him there was the
hen settin' on his back teeth, and
they were swelled up so they choked
him to DEATH"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
MONTANA S0UIBs.

Two large forest fires are burning
fiercely west of Saltese and force of
about so men has been engaged in
fighting the fire. 1t is believed that
a large area of fine timber will be de-
stroyed before the fires can be sub
dued. Supervisor Koch of the forest
service has telegraphed to Washington
force during the summer so that an
adequate force will be on hand to COM
bat the fires that are sure to visit the
forests during this time of year.
The wool sales made in Billings
show conclusively the wisdom of the
growers who refused to accept the
price offered during the beginning of
the season, and by holding their clips
they have profited accordingly. Prices
ranged from 1910 to 1890. The price
last mentioned is said to be the high
est paid for wool this season in Bill
lings. The big clips, those of Herman
Lehfeldt and ohm H. Schroeder, are
not yet disposed of.
The assessed valuation Of Fergus
county, as reported by the assessor, is
over $10,000,O00, gain of $1,OOo,000
over last year. Cattle show falling
off and it is expected that, with the
rapid settlement, due chiefly to the
coming of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and the Billings & Northern,
the gain in this class of property will
be even more marked this year.
Six woolbuyers, representing big
Boston houses, are at Lewistown look
ing for wool; buyers and sellers can
not agree as to prices. The woolgrow-
ers insist that the best of the Judith
basin clip should bring 10 cents a
pound. 1t is estimated that about half
the clip of the state, something like
SIS 100000 pounds, has now been sold.
All wool goes unbaled this season, for
the first time in years.
Sixteen arrests have been made at
Culbertson in connection with the MUIR
der of John A. Hayes and his 11-year-
old daughter, as a result of a quarrel
over squatter's claim which had
been located by Walter Long and later
taken up by Hayes, on the ground that
Long had abandoned the claim. At
the inquest Mrs. Hayes positively
identified Walter Long and his brother
Milo as among the attacking party.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
IDAHO NOTES.


At Wallace recently Charles Burns,
who was arrested on the charge of
shooting Charles Edwards through the
thigh, has been bound over to the
district court for trial. His bail is
fixed at $500.
Knoll from robbing ]. r. Lowry, a
middle-aged sheep herder, Oficer
Thomas Tabor of Lewiston succeeded
in catching a robber in the person of
Lowry who was about to fall into the
clutches of another man. Lowry was
arrested and confessed to robbing G.
w. May Of Oroflno of $3.50.
That the two men found dead by
comrades in the st. Joe district re-
Gently may have died from natural
causes and that no evidences of foul
play were seen in the surrounding cir
cumstances is the story received from
Grand Forks. One was Thomas Dee,
blacksmith, and the other was Matt
Mattson.
The members of the Idaho fish COM
mission were in Spirit Lake recently
on the invitation of the Rod and Gun
club and citizens to look over a site
for the fish hatchery to be established
in northern Idaho 1t was announced
that a supply of small fry should be
put into the lake.
Pioneer settlers of Idaho county
held their annual picnic at Nurss
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
TERRIBLE HEAT IN EAST.
Hottest of Year Last Sunday In New
York.

Hottest Of Year Last Sunday in New
York.
Sunday New York was treated to
the hottest day of the year, the official
thermometer showing 93.3 degrees,
though the mercury climbed several
degrees higher in the thermometers
on the street level.
Sunday at Philadelphia was the hot.
test and most oppressive of the year.
At Boston one death and half a doz.
en- prostrations marked another ex.
ceedingly hot day.
Sunday was the hottest day of the
year in Washington. The weather
bureau thermometer registered 80 de.
grees.
One man died from heat prostration
at Detroit. The maximum tempera-
ture was "a degrees.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
Shoots Brother for Mother.

Denver, Col, July 14.-While abus.
ing his mother and attempting to
strike her with his fist today, Bert
Fisher, aged % years, was shot and
MORALLY wounded by his brother,
James Fisher, aged 20 years. Mrs.
Catherine Fisher, the mother, justifies
the shooting and declares that If her
son Bert RECEIVERS and ever molests the
family again, she will kill him and her
self. The Fisher family is well known
and highly respected. Bert had been
disowned by reason of his reckless liv-
ing.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
To Memory Of UnderhiII.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-To the memory
of Captain John Underhill, who be-
came prominent in the government Of
the colonies and as soldier achieved
a high reputation in the Pequot Indian
war, beautiful monument was dedi-
Gated Saturday before several hundred
of his descehdants at Maitencock,
L. I. President Roosevelt was at the
unwilling Of the monument and made
a speech.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
Will Check Navajo Outbreak.

Flagstaff, Ariz.-Troop L, Fifth cav
airy, U. s. A., equipped for long
campaign, accompanied by special
battery of gatling guns, has passed
through Flagstaff from Fort Whipple.
The troop has been ordered to Fort
Defiance, with the balance of the
squadron from Fort Apache, owing to
disturbances among the Navajo In
dams and stockmen over public land
and water on the adjoining Navajo
reservation.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-17
Changes His Mind,

London.-Dr. William Osler, who,
while professor at Johns Hopkins uni
versity had fame thrust upon him by
his reported declaration that so years
was the limit Of a mans usefulness,
will himself enter upon his sixtieth
year Saturday. 1t is evident, however,
that the eminent physician and in.
structor has no immediate intention of
resorting to the chloroform bottle.