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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
CELEBRATION HAS
HORRIBLE ENDING
Three People Killed as Result Of a
Bomb Explosion at Church CeIe-
bratiOn in Kansas City.
Hundreds Of People Crowded In a
Vacant Lot Where the Accident
Occurred, Panic Ensuing In
Which the Weaker Ones
Were Trampled Upon.

Kansas City.-Three people were
instantly killed by the explosion Of a
bomb during a postponed celebration
Of st. Johns day by the parishionera
of the Holy Rosary Catholic church
here Sunday night Two policemen
we're knocked down and stunned. An.
other man, sitting in a window sey-
eral hundred feet away. was so badly
injured that he is not expected to
rec~"er Many others received minor
injuries from the flying fragments Of
the bomb. The explosion occurred in
vacnt lot opposite the church
where the pyrotechnical part OF tho
celebration was being held Hundreds
Of people We're crowded in the lot.
The dead are: Antonio Grass re. who
was in charge of touching off OF fire
works A negro and negress, who
were bystanders.
The explosion followed day Of
fest.viiv. The fireworks in the early
part Of the programme had been dis
played without mishap, and almost
every Italian in the city was congrn.
gated in and about the lot. Grassifo
had constructed a bomb by filing
section of gas pipe with powder and
plugging up one end He had been
warned to place it on the ground be-
fore firing it, but neglected to do so.
The crowd surged around him as he
knelt to light the fuse, and before
he could regain his feet the explosion
occurred.
A panic followed as the crowd
strove to get awav The policemen
who were stunned and knocked down
had been detailed to the place to pre-
serve order Some one telephond the
police station and ambulances soon
arrived to care for the injured 1t
was considered remarkable that many
others were not killed. The explosion
blew out windows in the church and
in nearby houses.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Meets wIth HorrIbIe nealh.

Ogden.-John Morley, the z1-year-
old son CT Mr.. and Mrs. Willard c.
Morley. a former resident OF Ogden.
met death in a horrible manner in
the Monticello, Nevada railroad yards
Sunday night. Morley was riding on
he pilot of a switch engine, when an
other engine crashed into him. His
cody was pinned between the two en-
gines and mangled in a frightful man
ner. Morley worked in the local rail
road shops until about a month ago
as a bollermaker, when he went to
work in the Monticello shops.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

Los Angeles-The grand lodge OF
Elks on Tuesday selected James A.
Sammis, of Lemars. Iowa, as exalted
ruler Garry Hermann of Cincinnati
receiving 529 votes to Sammis' 592.
The only business transacted by the
grand lodge on Tuesday outside Of the
election Of officers, was the selection
of Detroit as the place for holding the
reunion in 1910. St. Louis. Boston
and Portland, Ore. were mentioned as
rivals of Detroit. but no strength for
any one of these developed and when
St Louis withdrew from the contest
Detroit was named by acclamation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
DRY FARMERS WHEAT
HARVEST BRINGS FORTUNE
Residents Of the State Of Montana
Who Have Proven There is Money
to be Made in Dry Farming.

Bozeman, Montana-That Louie Ac.
cola is a believer in dry laud farm
ing is not surprising in view Of the as
sertion that his wheat crop last year.
all grown on dry land. yielded him
$4,000. Mr. Accola began farming
in the Gallatin valley as a poor man
and. by dint Of hard economizing, ac-
cumuIated land and livestock. Today
he has 1886 acres. and a comfortable
fortune drawing interest
S. J. Wall is another Gallatin val
ley man who has gradually increased
his dry land holdings until he now
has 1920 acres, representing the in
vestment Of part of his profits from
dry farm wheat and oats. In add
ton, it is said. he has close to $780,
600 in cash and other possess ons.
These are examples Of the results
of farming without IRRIGATION in this
favored section of Montana The Gal
latin Valley club, composed Of BUSH
ness men and wealthy farmers and
grain growers of this region, and
local milling interests are carrying
out plans to have this district repre-
scented at the Fourth Dry Farming
congress at Billings. Montana. Octo-
Der 26-2S, with a large delegation. and
win show many samples of Gallatin
valley crops at the International Ex-
position of Dry Farm Products a.
Billings. October 25-2S 1909
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
NATIONALISTS HAVE TAKEN
POSSESSION Of TEHERAN
RoyaIists Are Put to Rout in Persia
and the Protection Of Foreigners
is Now Guaranteed.

Teheran. Persia.-Recent events in
Turkey are being repeated in Persia.
The Constitutionalist forces are now
IN possession Of the greater part of
Teheran which they entered Tuesday
morning without encountering any or
gained resistance.
While Sardarasad and Sipahdar the
leaders in the movement, concentrated
the attention Of the Royalists by dem
onstrations to the west, a strong body
OF Nationalist and Bakhtiaris made
their way unnoticed around TO the
north from which point the capture
OF TIE capital was not difficult. The
Royalists are badly situated to make
further resistance, and the Cossacks
under command of Russian officers
remain outside the city, entirely cut
off from their comrades.
The stuctest discipline is being
maintained by the Nationalists The
Nationalist leader, in a note to the
Russian and British legations. guar
antees surety of life and property to
foreigners, adding that nothing is de-
manded from the shah but real con
stitution. Sipahdar already has sum-
moned the members of the Meiliss to
witness the opening of parliament.
The invaders lost only one man
while making their entry into the
city The loss to the Royalists is I'M
known but can not be heavy, as the
Cossacks were the only defenders to
offer resistance
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Weyerhauser Says the Supply of Tim
Der Will Never be Exhausted.

Seattle, Wash.-Frederick Weyer-
hauser. president of the Weyerhauser
Timber company. largest holder OF
timber lands in the United States.
take issue with Clifford Pinchot head
Of the United States forestry depart.
ment, on the statement that there is
danger of exhausting the timber sup
ply in the next twenty years Mr.,
Weyerhauser says that he believes
that the timber supply Of the United
States will never give out Walk
commonly INDUCED in regarding the
depletion of timber in the east. mid
die west and south, is an exaggera.
ton" says Mr.. Weyerhauser. There
is still an abundance Of timber
throughout the south, and also in
Minnesota and Wisconsin, Michigan
and contiguous territory"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Noted Astronomer pead.

Observation-Disclosures Simon
Newcomb, the famous astronomer.
died at his home in this city at an
early hour, July 10, at the age of "A.
Probably the most noted American as
Economical mathematician since the
days Of Benjamin Franklin, Professor
Newcomb was recognized at the time
of his death as one of the ablest
scientists. In his capacity of pro
lessor Of mathematics he contracted
for and supervised the construction
Of the great telescope which is used
today In the naval observatory at
Washington. He also assisted in
equipping the great Lick observatory
in California.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
DIed Afler seIna sIapped.

Lewistown. Mont.-Upon a report
that Thomas Gear. well-known resi-
scent OF the Stanford country, had
been killed under circumstances indi.
eating murder, the county attorney,
sheriff and coroner made an investi.
CATION The man suspected Of having
caused Gears death. Thomas Wilson,
has disappeared. It seems that Gear,
who was drunk. was abusing his son.
when Wilson interfered and slapped
Gears face with his open hand and
went on. In half an hour Gear sud.
denly COLLAPSED and died.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Pageant That Shows Progress Of the
World.

Geneva Switzerland-An historic
pageant representing the growth of
science and literature in the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, on July II,
brought to a close Geneva's ten-day
celebration Of the four hundredth an
niversary of the birth of John Calvin.
hX-President Roosevelt is the honor
airy president of the international
committee on arrangements. Americas
official delegate, Prof. Willston
Walker Of Yale, contributed two elo-
quent discourses at the anniversary
exercises. The chief features of the
festivities were laying the corner
stone of the Reformation monument
and the observance of the three hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of Geneva university.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

Vancouver. B. CA Canadian Pa
cihc train of eight empty passenger
coaches and the locomotive was
wrecked Friday afternoon at Bear
Creek, near Glacier, and Engineer A.
Dewar and Fireman W. M. Beattie
were killed. The train, which was
running as the second section of the
Seattle-St Paul train. which left
Seattle Wednesday, struck a rock on
the track and went over an embank.
ment. The cars had carried Epworth
League delegates to Seattle and were
being hauled empty.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

New York.-Former United States
Eenator William A. Clark of Montana,
also Of New York, is the latest Access
sion to the rank of life members Of
the Albany Burgesses corps, having
been elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of the Duke Of Veragua
of Spain A special committee deliv-
cred to him on Saturday his certifi-
cate OF. membership. Following his
election the senator was appointed
paymaster of the corps, with the rank
Of captain. His immediate predeces-
sor on the roster is Edward H. Har-
riman
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
R0osevsIt saaa Moe BID eame.

Naivasha British East Africa
The Roosevelt expedition, which has
been hunting for the last five weeks
in the Sotik district. arrived Monday
morning at the farm of Captain Rich
ard Attenborough. on the south shore
Of Lake Naivasha. All the members
of the expedition are we'll In addi-
ton to the big game previously re-
ported as secured in the Sotik dis
trict MT Roosevelt bagged two rhin-
oceroses, each with big horns, a wild
beast and number Of lesser speci-
mems.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
BANDITS SHOOT
RFCnRT MANAGER
ULOUHI UIflIVIuLII
Utah Hot Springs Held up by Three
Masked Men Who RuthIessIy
Fire Upon Guests.
Two Of the Robbers Lost Their Masks
During the Excitement and Can
Easily Be ldentfied..-Got
Away With Between
$500 and $500.

Ogden, Utah.-Exhibiting a recly.
lessness seldom displayed by hieh.
waymen Of experience. three masked
men held up the hotel at the Utah
Hot Springs, ten miles north of Og-
den, at 1890 o'clock Monday night
and after shooting Richard Barnett
the manager of the resort through
the right arm, pried open the safe.
used Jointly by the hotel and tho
United States postohice at that point
and got away with between $500 and
$500 About $500 of this amount was
IN stamps and money belonging to the
government
Six men were standing in the lobby
OF the hotel when the holdups walked
in with their faces partly covered
with handkerchiefs, and with auto
matte revolvers drawn. Seeing that
the place was going to be robbed. the
men standing in the hotel threw up
their hands at the command Of one OF
the robbers. Although Barnett had
his hands up, one of the desperadoes
fred his pistol at him. .45-caliber
ball passing through his right arm be-
tween the elbow and the shoulder.
With hammer and several cold CHS
els, one of the trio quickly pried open
the drawers Of the safe, The door of
which had been left standing open.
About $500 belonging to guests at
the hotel, which had been left in en-
velopes in one of the drawers. was
overlooked by the robbers in their
haste. While the safe was being rifed
the other two robbers kept up an in
cessant firing with their revolvers.
narrowly missing guests and attaches
OF the place, who rushed to the lobby
at the sound of the first shots.
The walls of the hotel office were
literally honeycombed with bullet
holes, about twenty-five shots having
been fired during the excitement.
Two Of the hold-ups lost their
masks during the excitement and can
easily be Identified If they are cap
tured
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
THREE TRA|NMEN KILLED
While 1T POST OF DUTY
Heavy Travel Occosloned by El<s'
Convention Results in Wreck Of
Passenger and Stock Train.

Grand JunctiOn.-A westbOund spe-
cial passenger train carrying about
ninety persons TO the Elks' conven-
ton IN Los Angeles. at 1922 o'clock
Saturday morning, July 10, coll.ded
with an extra stock train, east
bound. one mile east of Whitehead
and about sixty miles west of Grand
Junction. It was a terrific headon col
ision both trains moving at fast
speed Engineer Heldeman and Fire
man Heinze Of the passenger train
were killed and Baggageman
Naughn's mangled remains were found
hours later in the debris of the bag
gage car. The freight engine crew. it
is reported, jumped for their lives.
Freight Brakeman Burke was also in
jured badly, but not fatally. None Of
the passengers was fatally injured
but many Of them suffered cuts and
bruises, the most serious of which
were scalp wounds.
The stock train consisted of five
double-decked cars loaded with sheen
TWO OF these cars We're demolished
and many Of the animals killed. The
passenger engine was totally wrecked
and It's tender was piled partly on top
OF the first sleeper, the baggage car
between being reduced to kindline
wood. The first sleeper was stove i'm
at the front and the Mushroom and
lavatory was demolished
Someone had bungled in reading
their orders, it is claimed. or else the
special had been forgotten, as four
trains preceded it.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Montana Coal Rates Reduced.

Helena-The state board Of rail-
road commissioners on July 10 issued
an order making material reductions
In freight rates on coal shipments
from the eastern and central Mon
tana producing centers to all points
on the Northern Pacific lines. These
reductions vary from 10 cents a ton
at Helena and Butte. where they were
lower because OF Wyoming competi-
ton, to 40 and IS cents to Glehdive
and other points, both in eastern and
western Montana. This is regarded
as the most important action in the
history of the body.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

Pueblo. Colo.-Because the city ia
theirs cannot agree upon the list Of
favored ones who are to receive liquor
licenses for the coming year. Pueblo
on Saturday was dry" for the first
time in its history. Every saloon was
ordered closed at midnight Under
the new city ordinance not more than
100 saloon licenses can be issued
The councilmen have been unable to
agree on the favored ones in their re-
spective wards. and since July all
saloons have been running without
licenses.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
SHAH MAY LOSE CROWN.
Entrance Of Revolutionists Into Te
heran Foregone Conclusion.

entrance OF Revolutionists Into Te-
heran 4 Foregone Conclusion.
st. Petersburg. Russian expe-
dition from Baku which landed at
hnzel a Persian seaport on the Cas-.
pian' Saturday. is made up of 1000
Russians and 500 Cossack cavalry.
with eight field guns and eight ma
chine guns.
Despite the correct attitude main
tanned by the Russians the natives
are demonstrating their unfriendli-
less.
The unopposed advance Of Siphidar.
The leader of the revolutionists. and
Sardarasad the chief of the Balxh-
uari tribesmen, towards Teheran. is
taken here to mean that General
Liakhoff, the governor of Teheran.
considers his force inadequate to en-
gage in a general battle and that he
has decided to employ his Cossack
brigade merely as a guard over the
life of the shah.
Persons well informed here regard
the entrance of the revolutionists into
Teheran as a foregone conclusion.
while the deposition of the shah.
which several times has been mooted.
VIII now cause no surprise.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
: AousE EAvoRs INcoME rAx.
Proposition VIII Now BY Presented to
the States for Approval.

Washington.-By the decisive vote
Of ST to IA, more than the necessary
two-thirds, the house on Monday
passed the senate joint resolution pro-
viding for the submission of the IN
come tax question to the states. The
negative votes we're all cast by Re
publicans. The resolution now goes
to the president for his signature.
The debate lasted about four hours
Chairman Payne, of the committee on
ways and means. voiced the senti-
ment that such tax would make "a
nation Of liars"
J The burden Of the Democratic
speeches was that it was simply a
case Of stealing Democratic thunder,
although some of the remarks on that
side incidentally touched upon the
tariff and the corporation tax, with no
little amount of castigation of the Re
publicans for failing, as was alleged,
to keep party pledges.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

New York.-There will be issued
from the press this week a booklet
by Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw Of Pitts
burg, dealing with the case Of her
son. Harry X Thaw. whose trial on
habeas corpus proceedings is now on
at White Plains Mrs Thaw criti-
cises District Attorney Jerome in
the book bitterly. as well as others. a
number of whom she refers to as per
jurers and hlacllmailers. Her son
Harry she describes as an average
young man with a chivalrous nature.
as shown by his efforts to break up
disreputable places"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
chareed WIth eeIna a spN.

Charges wherein Ed
Hammond Of Loria, Mich, was ac-
cused of being a strike-b breaker and
a spy in the employ of the capitalistic
class, enllvened the deliberations of
the Western Federation Of Miners
convention late Tuesday The charge
was made by j. Valiwalzi of Hancock,
Mich, in an effort to prevent Ham
mond from being seated as a delegate.
After discussion. in which it was also
alleged that Hammond was not in
good standing in his local the report
Of the credentials committee was
adopted giving him a seat.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15

St. Louis.-A series Of windstorms
OF cyelonic proportions struck st.
Louis and vicinity on Monday. caus-
ing considerable property damage. in
1uring a few persons and imperiling
the lives Of 800 passengers Of the ex-
curslon steamer Alton in the Missis-
sipni river. The heaviest storm was
at Alton, III, and it was there that
the passenger steamer was buffeted
BY the wind Finding that his boat
could not make Roadway toward the
regular wharf. the captain headed it
across the river In an attempt to ef-
feet a landing on the Missouri side.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Butte Miners Making a Fight Against
Rule Of Charles n. Mover.

Denver.-An attempt to depose
Charles H. Meyer from the presidency
OF the Western Federation Of Miners
is the stated purpose Of a strong dele
cation Of Butte. Mont. miners. repre-
senting nearly the entire state Of
Montana, which arrived here Sunday
to attend the annual convention Of
The federation. The fight against
Meyer viii take the form of a reso-
luton to abolish the Office OF presi-
dent, and substitute a board OF di,
rectors as the managing head Of the
federation
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Montana Federation Of Labor Is Held
Liable.

Helena, Mont-There was received
here Monday for filing copy Of the
opinion Of United States Judge Bean.
at Portland, in the injunction suit of
the Buttrick Publishing company, Of
New York, against the Anaconda
Typographical union and other Mon
tana labor organizations Judge Bean
holds that the Montana Federation Of
Labor is a party to the unlawful boy
colt" and the complainant is there
fore entitled to injunctive relief
against it,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
RRYAN wRlTgs 10 al.
Advocates Election Of Senators by
Direct Vote of the People.

Lincoln, Neb-William J. Bryan on
Tuesday addressed a letter to Presi-
dent Taft asking him to allow the PEG
pie to vote on popular election of sen.
ators. Mr.. Bryan says.
ITO President Taft: Now that the
states are going to vote on the ratiff-
cation of the amendment specifically
authorizing an income tax, why not
give them a chance to vote on an
amendment providing for the election
of United States senator's by popular
voter In your speech of acceptance
you said that you were personally in
clined to favor such a change in the
constitution. Would this not be an
opporune time to present this subject
to congress? Two constitutional
amendments, one authorizing an In
come tax and the other providing for
the popular election of senators would
make your administration memorable.
and | pledge you whatever assistance
/ can render in securing the ratifca-
ton of these amendments. With
great respect I am, yours truly,
"W, j. BRYAN
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
"I1ome RULE Defeated BY Missourians

Kansas City. Mo.-Unoficial returns
from the election Tuesday Indicate
that the home rule" amendment to-
the city charter failed to carry. Ap-
parently none Of the fourteen bond is
sues, calling for a total expenditure
of $4.125.000, was authorized. Chief
interest conferred around the exercise
amendment which was plan to take
the control of the saloons away from
the police board and give it to a BIZ
partisan board of two Democrats and
two Republicans. The plan grew out
OF recent charges against police
methods.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Esquimaux Lad VIII Organize Expe-
ditIon to Discover North Pole.

New Yorl1.-Mene Wallace. the
homesick Esquimaux lad sailed on
Saturday for North Greenland to re-
join his own people, He issued a
farewell statement" Saturday. IN
which he declared that upon reaching
his destination he will organize an ex-
petition of natives and sail with them
in search of the pole He believes
that he can succeed where white men
have failed. He carried with MIN a
set Of scientific instruments. the gift
OF friends here which he hopes to
use in his expedition
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Denver Ministers and Undertakers
Start Unique Movement.

Denver.-Hereafter no Sunday fu-
nerals win be held in Denver unless
orders are issued by the board Of
health making them necessary. This
was decided on Tuesday when an
agreement signed by forty-three min
listers. twenty-one undertaking firms
and two principal cemeteries OF the
city took effect The movement was
indorsed BY Bishop n. c. Matz Of the
Colorado diocese Of the Catholic
church and by Bishop Olmsted OF the
Episcopal church.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-15
Widening Scope of Chinese lmmigra-
ton.

Vancouver, B. C.-Acting upon the
request of the Chinese of Vancouver,
the Dominion government, by an or
der of the council approved May.
1909, has removed many of the re-
strictions imposed on Chimes immi-
grafton, according to advices received
Saturday from ottawa The scope Of
the exempt class; that is, those Chi
nese who are not called upon to pay
the head tax of $500, has been greatly
widened. The new order, it is claimed,
so widens the scope of the Chinese
immigration act of 1906, with amend
ments of 1908 in regard to the privi-
legged class of Chinese, that it practi.
cally leaves only the Chinese laborcrs
to pay the tax, with the pauper, the
insane and the infectious still pro
hibited