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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29

acre, reiterating and experimenting
his formed declarations as to quail
ity and quantity Of hay and other
the anticipated impeach-
ment of his testimony not material
izing. though the passage at arms
approached the pyrotechnical at
times. when the attorney sarcastic
ally pressed the witness too close
for comfort.
The witness testified that he had
purchased standing grass at SO cents
per ton In 1906 from lands on which
he had placed value of $25 per
acre. He was asked how his esti-
mate of l IL tons per acre produc-
ing IS cents income per acre could
furnish a basis OF valuation of $25
per acre for poorest land. Hesitat-
ing a moment he said: THE hay
was worth more than that. There. Z
said the attorney. you acknowledge
you cheated the Indian" mo.
didn't. Butler asked that price, |
paid 1t and considered it a good
deal"
Witness Daggett testified that the
soil in places was composed of black
loan, or silt, three to FIVE feet deep
resting upon a broad clay bed. The
raising of the water by the Post
Falls dam had permitted the swells
from passing boats to wash out many
feet of valuable soil.
James Miles TestiRes.
James Miles cut As tons OF wild
hay on the Borsaw (Indian) place
in 1906, but was unable to cut any
hay in 1907 owing to the water
standing over the land from six to
ten inches deep. This witness placed
the value of the land in controversy
at $40 to $125 per acre, based up
on his knowledge of the productive
ness of similar lands along the river
adjoining the reservation. Witness
Miles testified that he had raised
from 225 to $50 bushels of pota.
toes per acre on IL acres and 3 1-2
tons of cat hay to the acre on II
acres
He found three feet of water on
a portion of section in 1907 where
in 1906 he had forund it practically
dry. He had dug holes from IS tC
"a inches deep on section in 1900
and found water for his horses. Two
tons of timothy hay were raised tC
the acre on section 70.
This witness will be further exam
ined by the government at o'clock
George F. Steele, indian agent
for eight years prior to 1901, wa
called by the government. He ties
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29
KAPPA SIGMA FRATERyITY.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Dee ga con
elave of the Kappa Sigma fraternity
has brought many college men to the
Smoky City from many parts of the
country.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29
BIG FOUR PASSENGER
TRAIN REPORTED WRECKED

Particulars Are Lacking But Mum.
Der Are Killed or Injured.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec. ga
passenger train on the Big Four
railroad is reported to have been
wrecked near Cleveland today and
several persons are said to have lost
their lives or been seriously injur-
ed.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29
OVERwoRK MAKES RAIL.
WAY MAN INSANE
Attempted 10 Keep Trains Moving
During Storm.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. 2s.-
b. II. Vail second vice president and
traffic manager OF the Reading road.
suddenly became insane In his Office
here today He was removed to an
asylum. Efforts to keep freight NOV
ing during the recent storm proved
too much OF strain on his strength.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29

Attorney Frank T. Post was in
charge of the cross-examination Of
witness Daggett. one of the govern
ment's experts on land values on and
adjacent to the reservation. The
witness had owned SO acres OF farm
land along the river adjoining the
Indian reservation. lived on ii for
20 years and sold it to the st. Mar
les Land & Improvement company
for s45 an acre. A part of this land
lay on the hills In getting the wit
ness to place a valuation on which
the attorney experienced eonsidera-
BILE trouble. The witness adhered
closely to his former estimation OF
the value of the bottom lands in con-
troversy, namely. s25 to $3.50 per
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29

CcOtinued on Page TwO.l
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-29
JAPAN INVITES AMERI.
CAN BUSINESS MEN
Wants Them TO See Country AMID he.
come Acquainted.

TOXIC. Japan. Dec. 2s.--An Inyi-
tation to 800 business men from
America TO visit Japan and familiar
ize themselves with business and So
cial conditions Ia the mikado's en-
pire will be issued shortly by the To-
kio chamber OF commerce general
meeting is planned at which enter
tainment for the visitors will be dis
cussed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
Why He Did The Washinu.

man came up out of one of the
little roof houses across from the wo-
mans window with a big basket of
clothes. He was followed by two
small boys, carrying more clothes and
clothespins. The man put the basket
OF clothes down and began to sort
them out preparatory TO hanging them
on the line. The boys helped, handing
him the clothespins and some small
pieces, one at time. They were a
long while hanging out the clothes be.
cause of their awkwardness. 1t was
evidently work they swere unaccus-
toned to, but at last ii was finished
and the boys went down into the little
roof house, leaving the man on the
roof. He stood for a moment looking
at the clothes, then going over to a
parapet, sat down between two tall
chimneys. The woman could see him
from the window lean against one of
the chimneys and by and by throw
his arms across his eyes.
She found out afterward that his
wife had died the week before.-New
York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Ex-President Timothy Dwight, OF
Yale, is eighty years old.
Governor Deneen. of Illinois, will
attend a college course to learn some
thing about corn and cattle.
Don Ramon Pima Y Millet, the
Spanish Minister to the United States,
arrived in New York City from Glib
raltar.
Count Johann Won Bernstorff, the
new German Ambassador to the Uni
ted States. arrived in Washington, d.
c., with his wife and daughter.
A panel set of eight Gobelin tapes
tries were sold at the Lord Amherst
auction in London for S65 900, j. p.
Morgan being the reported purchaser.
Rear-Admiral Evans has taken
warning from the case of Admiral
Dewey, and will not allow the people
of Los Angeles to give him home or
anything else.
Sir Walter Hilyer has been APP
pointed expert adviser in the Chinese
Government. Sir Walter was born in
China of English parents and is
learned linguist.
Sir Theodore Martin, the doyen OF
English literature, recently celebrated
the ninety-second anniversary of his
birthday at his Welsh home, Brynti-
silio, Llangollen.
The Sultan's youngest son is Prince
Mehmed Abid Effendi. He is three
years old, having been born in Con-
stantinople in 1905. AS the success
sion now stands he is nineteenth in
order from the throne. He is the
Sultans thirteenth surviving child.
DR.. D. X. Pearson, the philanthro-
pist. of Chicago. whose benefactions
were said to have depleted his for
tune and left him s45O.OOO in DEBT,
declares that the story is all 'bosh.'
DR.. Pearsons says that he has $4,000
600 more TO give to educational insti-
tutions.
Secretary Newberry has been elect
ed president of the Yale Alumni AS
sociation, of Washington, d. c.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
LAS She Is Spoke"

Say, young feller. when can a guy
pike for Cincy?' asked a big, burly
man of the information man at Union
Station. TIE traveller had the appear
ance of a cowboy, wore a wide-brim-
med hat that had once been lighter
in shade and was attired in a woollen
shirt.
"How's that, again, please?' asked
the attendant. Il didn't quite under
stand you"
Then the man yelled in a vibrant.
fog horn voice. as if he believed the
railroad employee deaf and hard Of
understanding:
when can pike for Cincy? Whom
can | get train for Ci-n-c-i-n-n-a-t-i?
Can't you understand plain English?'
Very WE'LL was the reply, when
It is spoken. n."-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
ELECTRIC DANGERS.
The Treatment for injury Received
Lives Wires.

Most OF the injuries resulting from
electric shocks are suffered by line
men, by workers in power houses or
| by brakemen on electric railways who
happen TO touch the third rail, but with
the multiplication of trolley lines in
city and country and with the extern
sion of the system OF transmission OF
/ currents OF enormous voltage over long
! lines by bare wires strung on poles the
danger TO the general public is con-
stantly increasing.
! Most OF the accidents are produced
by alternating currents. This is not
because such currents are more dam
gerous than the direct current, but be-
cause they are usually of higher volt
age. IL is not known how high the
voltage must be to cause death. Much
depends upon the mode of contact,
whether the current passes through
only a small part of the body, as when
the two points of contact are in the
same arm or leg, or whether it passes
from one arm TO the other or from
the hand to the foot
A partial degree of insulation may
also prevent serious consequences, as
when one is standing on perfectly dry
ground Of when the contact is made
through the clothes. An English writ
er on medical electricity says that it
has been proved that a man with dry
clothing can sit on third rail which
carries a direct current Of $50 and
ha - vi N
any shock whatever, but the expert
ment is not recommended 10 the curl
Gus.
When one has received a severe cleo
tric shock which has not been immedi-
ately fatal he presents signs Of great
ly lowered vitality. He is unconscious
or semi-conscious, with almost imper-
ceptible pulse, irregular and feeble in
spiration, cold clammy skin, relaxed
muscles and dilated pupils.
If he is still in contact with the live
wire the muscles may be strongly con-
tracted, and it may be difficult TO re-
lease him. Any one who attempts to
drag him away should have his hands
protected by rubber bloves or by dry
coat folded several times, and he must
see that the place where he stands is
dry and that his foot is not in contact
with a rail.
The treatment consists mainly in
stimulation of the heart and respira-
tion. Aromatic spirits of ammonia or
some other stimulants should be given
if the man can swallow, and artificial
respiration should be practised. This
may be done by placing the person
flat on the ground and COMPRISING the
chest firmly but gently for a few sec
onds and repeating sixteen or eighteen
times minute. The legs should be
raised and the arms and legs rubbed
in the direction toward the body. At
the same time hot bottles may be ap-
piled to the body.-Youth' Compan-
ion
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
None But The Brave.

Charles Litewate with a sigh)-
Say, Algy, I've made UP my mind never
10 marry.
Algernon-Why not, Cholly? Been
disappointed in love?
Charley Litewate-No, 1t isn't that,
Algy: but. you see. the guyls are all
getting so doosid muscular nowadays.
with their golf and basket ball playing
and all that sort of thing. that I'm
afraid II wouldn't be weally safe TO
marry one of EN-. doncher know
New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
J. WILL CARPENTER
Furnishing Undertaken aud Funeral DIrss. q

Oflcs and Warerooms, IS PlainfsSA
ST., Olneyyille. r. l. Residence, 81 PLAIN.
feld St Calls attended day and night
Cofhns and Caskets lined and trimmed -
the best manner and everything Furnished
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08

We have a kindly feeling for the
miserable rich," confesees the At
lanta Constitution, but It is impossi-
BILE to assist them with their burdens
when their exclusiveness plainly says
that their kind Of misery doesn't like
company.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
China's Population,

According TO the latest census Of
poor old China. her population now
numbers only 43s.214,0O0, or something
over FIVE times our own. In the single
province Of Sechuan there are as
many people as there are in the Unit
ed States. And the population Is as
dense as IL is numerous.-Boston Her.
aid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
Representative Davey Dead.

Representative Robert c. Davey,
Democrat, Of the Second District OF
Louisiana, died at New Orleans from
a complication OF diseases. He was
born in New Orleans in 1853.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08

the commonwealth assisting local as
SCISSORS. They also have authority 10
examine records in registries OF deeds,
probate courts, etc, and such informa-
tion as they gather through these
sources is also placed at the disposal
of local assessors.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08

Personal property approXimating
$50, 600 ,0OO in value which has hither-
TO escaped taxation has been placed
on the valuation lists by the state tax
commissioner, working in conjunction
with the local assessors throughout
the commonwealth.
Returns from 210 Of the 354 cities and
towns of the state show total increase
of S26 .495 1886 The assessors Of Bos-
ton have not completed their work, but
II is understood they hate found more
than 100000 worth of taxable prop
erty not assessed.
The property consisting largely in
shares Of stock in business corpora
tions. has been discovered largely
through the workings OF the law passed
at the last session of the legislature,
requiring the state tax commissioner
TO place at the disposal OF the local as
SCISSORS such information as he may Sc
cure through the Inheritance tax law
The law creating supervisors Of asses
sors has also proved very helpful, as
these new officials have a rowing com
mission under which they 80 all over
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08
Accuse Girl Of Firing Churches.

Jennie Brown, a seventeen-year-old
colored girl, was arrested at Chicago.
charged with setting fire TO two South
Side churches recently.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-01-08

The President VS.. Wiley-lt is re-
ported that Or. II. w. Wiley, chief of
the bureau OF chemistry of the agri.
cultural department. who for years
has been carrying on a vigorous cam.
paign against the adulterators or
foods. is slated for dismissal by the
president. owing to a difference of
opinion between him and MIR. Roose-
welt over the use of benzoate of soda
as food preservative. DR.. Wiley
holds that benzoate Of soda is a bad
thing and ought not TO be permitted
under the pure food act. The presi-
dent disagrees with him. Under the
law board exists which has the final
say on what is pure or impure in the
food line. The board is composed Of
DR.. Wiley, who is the chairman. and
Drs. r. l.. Dunlap and George p. Nc.
Cabe. The question OF benzoate of so.
da having been brought before the
board ii was learned by certain manu-
facturers interested in its use that DR..
Wiley would hold that IL was injuri.
Gus TO health. and must not be used.
The manufacturers then appealed TO
the president who. IL is said, sided
with them as against DR.. Wiley. The
pure food board recently issued a bull
letin which is not signed by DIR. Wiley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
RANSEN-R0WLAND NUP TAILS

The Marshfield News had the fol-
lowing item that will be of inter
est to Grand Rapids people:
Last evening at 8 o'clock at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Julius Hansen, occurred the
happy marriage Of their daughter,
Adelaide to Richard Harvey Rowland
Of Chicago. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev M. E. Fraser of the
Methodist church in the presence Of
relatives and few intimate friends.
The bride was handsomely attired in
a white empire gown Of imported
embroidery and carried a shower
boquet of lilies of the valley. Her
bridesmaid, Miss Myrtle Rowland of
Grand Rapids, sister of the groom,
carried pink roses. VintOn Hansen, a
brother Of the bride officiated as best
man The parlor and reception hall
were tastefully decorated in smilax
and pink roses while the tables and
/ u-AIi4S lOOuI WSIS uSSOl clISu Win
smilax and pink sweet peas. The
happy couple left on the 1:25 a. m.
train the same night for two weeks
wedding tour, after which they will
make their home in Chicago.
The bride is among Marshfield's S
fairest daughters, a young lady Of
rare education and high attainments.
After graduating from the Marshfield
high school and the Stevens Point
normal she followed the profession
as teacher and at the time of her
engagement was employed in the Ra-
cine city schools. S is a member
of Everett Chapter o. E. S. this city
her companionable nature and
womanly graces winning her the re-
spect and love of all who shared her
acquaintance. The man of her choice,
although a stranger in our city, was
born and raised at Grand Rapids,
young man Of good reputation and
steady habits. To the happy couple
the News, together with a host of
friends extend its heartiest con-
gratulations.
We join with the many friends Of
the young people of this city in con-
gratulations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
STOCKHOLDERS
HAVE A MEETING

Over one half of the stock hold
ers in the Grand Rapids Amusement
Company met in the law office of d.
D. Conway Saturday afternoon at
which time they discussed the matter
of site and other particulars con-
nected with the establishment Of
an amusement place in this city.
From the fact that the stockholders
were not all present they decided to
appoint q committee of four consist
ing of D. D. Conway, Edward Lynch,
E. w. Ellis and Chas. F. kellogg, to
look up the matter of a suitable site
and be ready to report on the 9th
day OF August to which time they
adjourned and the date fixed for the
selection Of a site. This company
has been organized and everything
is ready for the transaction Of busi-
ness and the election of their Of
ficers. This will all be completed
on Monday, August 9.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
A TERRIBLE
ACCIDENT
Three Men Drown at Merrill in
the Wisconsin River Near
Skaa's Farm About q O'clock
Thursday Afternoon.

AS the forms of the Merrill Herald
were being taken to the press room
Thursday afternoon about 4 O'Clock
news was received at the office that
three men, while engaged in taking
dead heads out of the river, had been
drowned in the Sixth ward
AS soon as the accident became
known, boats were sent up to the
scene and willing hands went to
work searching for the bodies of the
drowned men.
The river at that place is deep.
The river banks on the south or
west side is very steep. The current
is not swift, but the river is filled
with dead-heads, old piers and snags.
While at work this afternoon, be-
tween three and four o'clock, John
Ament, Henry Sabatka and Art Oi1er,
were drowned near what is called the
upper dam.
There were five men on a raft of
dead-neadS, when the raft struck a
whirlpool and sunk.
Fred Zimmerman, who was one Of
the men on the raft swan to shore.
Lawrence Ament, another of the men
on the raft, hung to the float, but
John Ament and Henry Sabatke sank
after struggling in the water a few
minutes.
Arthur Oiler floated down the river
or swan, or treaded water for about
200 yards, and had come within 10
feet of some workmen in a boat, when
he sank AS soon as the accident
to the men on the raft happened
and the raft sank, the men made an
outcry and their fellow workmen,
who were decking the logs, these
men were taken out of the river,
they started for the scene of the
accident, and as stated, had gotten
within ten feet of Oiler when he
sank.-Merrill Daily Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
INITIATE so
MEMBERS

Members of the order of Woodmen
Of the World from Necedah, Bah
cock and Grand Rapids united to-
gether in this city Saturday night
and Sunday in the initiation of
union class of members of these
three orders, at the Eagles Hall in
the Spafford block who were in
itiated into the mysteries of that
order by state deputy Moss, assisted
by the GAINESVILLE team of Is mem
bers, who are experienced in this
work. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the fair grounds speeches were
made and the members given instruc-
ton in drill work until 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon when they repaired to
the lodge rooms and completed the
work inside. About 200 members
from outside the city were present
to witness the work They speak in
the highest terms of their reception
they received and the good time they
enjoyed while in this city. Grand
Rapids is rapidly gaining a reputation
for entertaining visitors OF all kinds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
MANY PEOPLE INFORMED
ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS

The exhibit of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis association closed Sat
urday, after a hard campaign
against the ''White Plague" Mr.
Gloyer, person in charge of the ex-
hibit, said that about 1900 people
were reached by the lectures and
exhibit The exhibit was packed
Saturday night and will be exhibited
next week at Stevens Point.
Friday night Mir. Gloyer gave an il
lustrated lecture at the Methodist
church which was attended by about
$50 people. In opening his lecture
the speaker said that many tubercu-
lar people when told that they are
infected do not believe their family
physician and are the pray of patent
medicine which is supposed to cure
this disease Mr.. GlOyer said that
there is no patent medicine or any
whiskey that will cure this disease.
Natures cure was necessary and this
is made up of sunlight, food, air
and rest. Besides these factors a
we'll poised mind was necessary which
gave the infected person a deter
mination to fight the disease to the
very end.
Mr. Gloyer had some slides which
showed the River Pines Sanitarium
at Stevens Point and some of the
state institutions at Wales. By
means of these slides the life at
these tubercular hospitals was clear
ly demonstrated. In these sani-
tariums there are as many cures as
there are in any of the western camps.
1t is not tile climate, but it is the
fresh air that is The factor neces-
sary for the cure of this disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05
ANOTHER INTERURBAN
RAILROAD TALKED OF

For some time there has been con-
siderable talk and rumor about a
contemplated interurban railway from
Rockford, H., up to Madison and
from Madison to Portage, Portage to
KIbCurn and then up through Adams
county to Grand Rapids. This pro
jected road has been talked of for
long time and it now begins to look
as if it might materialize and be-
come a real project with consider
able probability of its construction.
Such a iiue we believe could be made
% pay and work in conjunction with
the present line now being built in
this city which eventually will con-
meet the entire Wisconsin river val
,ey. We hoDe that everybody in
Grand RapiCs and vicinity will do
everything possible to encourage the
construction of such a line. Adams
county certainly would welcome and
extend substantial support in the
form OF bonds or stock in such a
railway. We know Grand Rapids
would aid we feel positive that Kill
hourr, Portage, Madison and other
intervening cities and villages would
do likewise. It's a good thing, push
it along