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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05

Mr.. Terrell continued: III want
to aay that am not d calamity
bowler and that / am not an an
aFehist. 1 want ID bring the peo-
Pies attention and realization to this
fact. that the Washington Water
Power company here today are max
ing anarchists and are making the
best people In the world consider
propositions that ought not to be
considered by honarble men. !. want
to bring the attention OF the people
OF Spokane to the fact that every
day OF the world you can go into
the ST. Joe country and the st. Martes
country and you can hear people
talk about taking dynamite and blow
ing out the dam at Post Falls.
want to say that / do not uphold
nor ! do not believe In action or
that kind myself. The people who
are making this talk do not realize
the results. The results would be
that II that dam was blown out with
dynamite the Johnstown food would
be small calamity in comparison to
what would happen to the great city
lot Spokane and the Spokane valley
There IL dam at Post Falls today
that holds a 40-foot head OF water.
The water Ia backed up over so miles
OF territory. II is backed up through
Occur d'Alene lake. which covers
hundreds OF miles Of area OF water.
Imagine for one minute what the re-
suit would be In the case that some
poor ranchman that after being brow
beaten, after having his ranch
drowned, after being forced to leave
the home that he had spent years Of
a life OF toll to make 1t cultivatable:
to fix 1t so he could make a living on
1t. You can imagine the feeling OF
some Of these people and / want to
say that there are some OF those
people that have nerve enough ia
go individually in the night with dy.
Mantle and blow out that dam.
for one. do not want to see that done
do not want to see the people OF
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
LOVER TAKES
HIS OWN LIFE
FIRED FOUR SHOTS AT SWEET.
HEART WITH INTENT TO
KILL, BUT MISSES.
Accused Girl of Giving Too Much At
tentiOn to Other Men.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Jan. s.
The body of James Allen Roberts,
aged 81 years. and street car con-
ductor, lies at the morgue today.
having taken his own life after an
attempt to XIII his sweetheart. Miss
Tinnie Tenneson. aged IS. The story
of the girl gives the facts that the
lover was OF insane and jealous dis
position, and after little quarrel
with her produced q revolver and
fred four shots. after which he Inn
mediately took his o~n life by shoot
ing. He opened FIRE while the girl
was putting on her wraps.
The shots which were fred at Miss
Tenneson were made very reeklessly,
three OF them missing and the fourth
struck a heavy snell comb and
bounded, thus saving her life. The
young man had accused his sweet
heart OF giving too much Of her at.
tention to other gentleman friends
and In a mind OF insane madness com.
mitted the act.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
ACT ON TAFT'S
SPECIAL MESSAGE
BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS TO
TAKE UP RECOAGNHENDA
TTONS Ar ONCE.
Message win Go 20 Congress at Noon
Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, d. G.. Jan. s.
Last night after conference with
Senators Aldrich and Root and At
torney General Wiekersham. Presi-
dent Taft decided to revert to his
original plan Of combining his views
as to amendments to the interstate
commerce and anti-trst laws in one
message. which he will send to con-
gress Thursday noon.
This decision on the part Of the
president is said tc be Anal. The
combined message will be about
5000 words.
The president has been urged by
some senators to treat the two sub
jects in separate papers and an
nouncement was made yesterday that
this would be done. The time that
the message should go to congress
has been subjected to frequent
changes because of the various con
situations that the president desired
to have. These conferences have
been completed and SO have the
messages, which, combined in the
one document, will be sent to the
printing Office tonight.
At the conclusion of the confer
ence between the president and Sen
ators Aldrich and Loot, it was an
nounced that the presidents pro
posed railroad legislation would be
given the right of way in both sen.
ate and house. The further assur.
ance was given that the proposed
changes in the railroad laws would
be written in the statute books dur.
ing the session.
There will be some opposition t.
the rather drastic legislation, which
the president win recommend, but i
will be overcome. it is said. and thu
president will be supported in boil
branches OF congress.
Senator's Root and Aldrich wen
over various features of the tentativ.
program for the present session a
we'll as the special messages.
The discussion az 10 the railroad
legislation being gwen precedence
over all other administration meas
ures was the only definite conclusion
reached AS to the ship subsidy, pos
tai savings banks, changes in con
servation laws and the proposed fed
eral Incorporation act. neither sen
ator would say as to when the
would be given consideration.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
BODIES OF MIN
ING MEN FOUND
Elliott and Greer Who Met Death
by SnOWslide in Alaska Recovered

CORDOvA, Alaska. Jan. 5.--The
bodies of Harry Curtis Elliott Of
Chicago and H. H. Grees OF Seattle.
who met their dea.h by the snow
slide 100 miles from this place on De
80. have been recovered, they
being found January ,. according
TO the word received here today.
Elliott. who is the president of
the Eiiiott-Hubbard Copper company
of Chicago. left Cordoya with the
Greer party and otder mining men
on December IL. their object being
to examine the mining property Of
Elliott and the creek In which his
company has extensive interests.
No further details of the accident
is forthcoming from the messenger
who first brought the news yester-
day from Ticket. II il not known
whether or not the remains win b.
brought to their homes. The reia'
lives have been notified OF the recos.
cry of the bodies.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
Ferren's speech.

After detailing the beauty of the
ST. Joe country and the inducements
that led him to locate there and plae-
ing a value Of $500 to $500 per acre
on the land, Mr.. Terrell said. adj
dressing the irrigation congress on
August IL. 1908:
II want to say that the people Of
that country have been bulldozed
and that they have been driven to
desperation.
with the expenditure of $4,000
to lower the level of Occur d'Aiene
lake that there could have been util-
ICED at least 100000 acres of land
on the st. Joe. St. Maries and Occur
d'Alene rivers.
During the session OF congress
Of 1908, Mr.. French. our Fepresen-
tatiye in congress. introduced a bill
in congress on the recommendation
OF the Indian commissioner. TO grant
this great Washington Water Power
company an easement ON 5000 acres
of this land. and to allow them t.
make a mill pond on those 5000
acres OF land. Today this 5000 acre.
Of land is included in this reserya
ton that has Just been thrown open.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
FUNERAL Of LATE NIL.
LI0NAGRE ON FRIDAY
Remains Of D. o. mills wm he In.

Remains Of D. o. AalIis wM he In.
TERED a. TaFFytown, y. y.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Jan. o.
The funeral Of the late d. o. Mills,
the millionaire philanthropist, will
be held from the family home at Mill-
breA, next Friday afternoon. accord
ing TO the arrangements announced
today.
The remains will probably be ship
ped 10 Tarrytown. 4. r.. where In
terment will be made beside the BODY
OF his wife At the Sleepy Hollow
cemetery. II Is given out here that
the value OF the Nils will estimate
between $50, 100000 and si00. 900
900. Eastern estimates place tho
value OF bis fortune al $50. 600. goo
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
MATTER BE
FORE LEGISLATURE
Fate of the Voting Machine win BE
Decided.


BOSTON. Mass. Jan. 5.-one o.
the important matters to be decided
|Oy the Massachusetts, Legislature. con-
|Fened today, will he the fate of the
Noting machine. The constitutional
amendment which viii permit their
ese in this state was adopted By the
last legislature. end II il can be
passed by the new one. ii will be sub
mitted to the voters at the election
aext fall.
Work for the anne adment has been
going on for the last two years. and
The committee on constitutional
Amendments last winter found prac-
Really no opposition. Neither did
any develop in the legislature. The
same conditions are expected to pre-
vail this year. 30 fer a. indications
Pr present show.
The secretary of states depart
ment has anticipated the possibility
ot the machines becoming popular
% some time. and ever since the
supreme court decided that theiI
ase was unconstitutional the studs
The various types OF voting mech
Aism has been continuous.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
DANROsCH on TouR.

new YORK. \. T.. Jan. wal
ter DamFoseh viii celebrate his
tWenty-afth year As conductor Of the
New York Symphony orchestra by
taking on 4 tour with him the entire
orchestra OF lee players through
the east and middle vest. The tour
ia 20 begin today ana will last two
weeks.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05


mnnity or the country | live In take
the law into their own hands. be-
cause realize the results.
Building Dam Higher.
We have been fxhting this prop
osition for the past ito or lis years.
They kept building this dam little
higher every year until some ranches
in that country todIg have from sin
inches to a foot OF water standing
on their hay meadows. They have
been forced to sell their cattle; they
have been forced 70 leave their
homes in order to make living for
their families. Nov. want 70 say
this. that there are some Of these
people that / honestly believe win
rise up and take the Law In their own
hands. | do not want to nee 1t.
want to see the citizens Of Idaho lend
their assistance TO these people and
help to get redress from this great
Washington Water Power company,
| II that dam should be blown out II
would start so much water down the
Spokane river that II would DO "a
feet high and would sweep every
bridge In the town OF Spokane today
ssoR the face of the earth.
n am not In favor. as | say. oil
anything OF that kind. ! want q
use every legal means on earth "a
try to get relief. Bat there are PEG
pie In that country who do not real
ize the conditions and who will take
the law into their own hands az SURF
as am standing on this platform. Il
they do not get relief. There IN al
the least calculation 5000 acres oil
land in the st. Joe country thai
would be the finest land In tht
world / have lived there 2s year.
myself, have a hay ranch that hal
cut on the average two tons OF has
to the acre and very often three. 10
about 25 years. ! have land ther'
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
FATHER AND LITTLE
DAUGHTER DIE
Eleven Of the Valdez Family saecumb
After Great sagerIng.

sAwTELLE. Cal. Jan. 5.-B. Per-
caIdo and s-year-oll daughter VIZ
GINA died today. bringing the num-
Der Of deaths in the Valdez family
from ptomain poisoning to II. Mrs.
preeaido e. said to Ne in q very pre-
.carious condition, but viii recover !.
Is believed. The father and eAild
were great sufferers prior TO breath
ing their last.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
TERRELL SPEECH
IN OVERFLOW CASE
Register Rules Against it as Evi-
denCe but it Stays in Record

Yesterday afternoon w. w. Fer
rell Of Terrell. Idaho. At the head OF
navigation on the 81. Joe river. was
placed on the stand to testify for
the government In the overflow case.
The witness testified to seeing hay
cut on sections Ia. III. 3, 4 and s2.
Saw cattle and horses grazing on the
lands in controversy Had ridden
over the land all along the north
side of the river horseback and that
two-thirds Of the land was cut for
hay. Had been acquainted with the
lands In controversy for rs years,
since March, 1884.
Hay on lands ranged in quality
from finest timothy to slough grass.
In 1899 he sold the government 40
tons OF timothy hay cut on lands In
controversy for SIS per ton.
Lively Cross-E Examination
AS soon as the witness was turned
over to Attorney Post for cross-ex-
animation the dreary. dragging, mo-
notony OF the days proceedings was
broken and remained broken for the
remainder OF the afternoon session.
Everybody was awake in an instant
and sat or stood at attention.
Witness and counsel had instanta-
neously recognized in each other a
foeman worthy OF his steel and a
Willingness to use 1t. Attorney Post
sincerely believed he had before him
the head and front of this bitter war
fare on the Washing IN Water Power
company. Witness Ferrell recognized
in Attorney Post a bona fide repre-
sentative of the Washington Water
Power company. popularity ascribed
as the cause of all the liquid In
EQUITIES that have fallen with heavy
hand upon the farms along the St.
Joe river for several years.
They had evidently been looking
for each other and each was prepar-
ed. Two knights of old never went
forth to battle with greater zest MOI
with more appreciative audience
Greek Met Greek.
Greek met Greek and the IRE few
for upwards of an hour, as Attorney
Post moved forward and presented
a yoluminous ribbon bedecked instru.
ment and offered 1t as defendant.
exhibit No. o. with the avowed pur
pose of impeaching the entire testi
mony of the witness. Counsel fol
the government objected on tn,
lgrounds that 1T Is irrelevant. incom
petent and immaterial."
Being in doubt, Register Batting
Temporarily stopped proceedings ant
ordered the record typewriter tt
that minute. When the record wa
finished the register, still in doubt a
to the advisability of the instrumen
in evidence, took It under ad
visement until this morning. Tn
instrument with which Attorney Pos
sought to impeach the witness testi
mony proved TO be q speech deliyere
by Mr.. Terrell at the irrigation con
gress in Spokane on August IL. 1905
the principal features of which fol
: low:
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
ORIGINAL NOTES MAKE
COOKS CASE No STRONGER
WIN Not Change Verdict Of Gopen-
hagen Committee.

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. Jan. 5.
DR.. Frederick A Cooks original
notebook arrived today and slll be
examined By = eomr-ittse immediate
~. Rector salomo7sen says. how
ever. that the Investigation viii not
alter the committees judgment. He
has seen the notebooks and Is still
convinced that the explorers claim
to the discovery Of the pole b not
bona hde.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
TAFT TO TURN
DOWNINSURGENTS
Opponents of Administration Poll
cies Will Lose Patronage

WASHINGTON u. O., Jan. So
War without quarter win be- waged
between the Taft administration and
republican ''insurgents'' In congress
who are opposing and who oppose
In the future the Taft legislative pro-
gram. The battle 10 not with those
tariff insurgents who quietly sheath
ed their bladea after defeat. but with
those who have nLfsed disappoint-
ment and are whettIng their knives
publicly In anticipation Of continued
conflict.
The battle broke suddenly. At
frat 1t was q single shot; then scat
tered firing; swiftly the battle line
spread, until Il has taken on the as
poets Of q general engagement. the
consequences OF which can not be
foretold.
10 Hold UP Patronage.
The substance Or 1t Ii that sena-
tors and Representatives who have
taken q stand against the present adj
ministration and wac continue to
align themselves with the opposition
20 the pFeaident's policies. are to re-
eelye no consideration In matters OF
patronage.
| Utterances such s,s that made BY
Senator cummins At recent dinner
In Dea Molnes; BY Senator Bristow
In previous speeches and anti-Taft
articles In Senator La Follette's mag
azine. and q recent Interview BY SEN
ator Clapp on the price Of food
stuigs are said to have started thu
president to action.
1t has been reported further that
some republican insurgents In the
house have tried to obtain the APP
polntment Oh men more or less open.
Ily out Of harmony with the Taft re-.
gime, Mr.. Taft's closest friends ad.
ylsed him 10 not give sinews OF war "a
those who. they warned him. mIghi
even cooperate with the democrats IN
congress against the Taft Legislative
program and In the country al large
by creating anti-Taft sentiment "a
advance OF the 1912 convention.
Taft Accepts Their Advice.
It is stated without reserve tina
the president has listened to such ad
vice and has decided to follow Il.
In support OF the position taken
by certain leaders, OF the adminIstra
tIon the battle Is not with the tar
ln insurgents t was pointed GU
that Senators Nelson, Brown. Burk
EFT and Borah, all OF whom vote,
against the Payne-Aldrich tarin bill
appear to be persona grata at tn
White House. state department AM
! Offices of the internal revenue bu
reau, where federal pie" II served
No politician who would discus
the situation at all dared hazard al
opinion Of the contest. Some inslste
that Il would arouse bitter opposition
: TO President Taft. while others Dc
: clared that the eectR would be /
> make all republicans line up t
. smoke out those who kept a neu
: trial position.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05

Continues on second pare.l
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05

the state OF Idaho or In the com-I
mnnity or the country | live In take
the law into their own hands. be-
cause / realize the results.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
MONEY TRUST
CAPITAL GROWS
y. PIERPONT MORGAN AND Assoc.
GATES TAKE FIRAaRR GRIP
ON FINANCES.
Locking About for Other CosnpamAea
10 Absorb.

Nav YORK, n. n. Jan S.-J.
PIerpont Morgan and associates may
control. through further trust com
pany mergers In New York. the enor-
NOUS sum OF e2l0. 00o. 200 Ia depoa-
liz alone. This ~ approximately
s2B, 100000 more than the deposits
of the National City bank or this city.
the largest financial Institution Id the
United States.
Reports OF additional trust COM
pany consolidation are given credenca
In View Of yesterdays announcement
Of the merger by J, Pierpont Morgan
a Co. Of the Guaranty Trust. MoFton
Trust and Firth Avenue Trust com
panies. with combihed deposits 81
about $4,000. 900. This brought
revival In the financial district
OF FumoFs embracing the BANKERS
Trust and the Manhattan Trust COM
panles III the same combination.
There we're definite reports that the
Mercantile Trust company and the
Equitable Trust company eventually
would be taken Into some sort OF a
powerful alliance.
Related 10 aaakers' TRUSS.
In point OF fact. the Bankers Trust
company Is closely afEiliated with
the so-callea Morgan interests IN that
two partners Ia the Morgan banking
house George w. Perkins and Hem
~ r. Davison---sit In the directorate
Of the former. Other directors Of
the Bankers Trust company. Inciad-
Ing A. b. Hepburn and A. II. Wig
gin. president OF the Chase National
bank. aud william II. Porter. preaA-
dent of the Chemical National bank.
are active In affairs OF the Guaranty
Trust company, which Is to be made
the titular head Of the Guaranty
Morton-Flfth Avenue consolidation.
Relations between the Morgan In
terests and the Manhattan Trust
company always have been intimate.
though the latter Ii not regarded ~
a Morgan appendage. Ii Il perhaps
Significant that the building nov oc-
lcupied by the Manhattan T'rata com
lpany Is to be RACED soon 70 make
way for = s0-story building to be
erected by the Bankers Trust com
pany.
Deposits aaO0. 600. 600.
Deposits OF the Bankers Trust as.
gregate s4s.50O. 900. and those OF
the Manhattan trust company 3t3.-
400. 900, 50 that the two companies.
II combined with those now In pro-
cess OF absorption BY -. p. Morgan
and associates, would total. In de-
posits. more than szo0. 00O. 200.
National banking interests do not
look with uniform favor on the In
crease in trust company power. II
was pointed out today that. Inasmueh
rs the law makes Il possible for the
trust companies to hold stocks and
TO enjoy other advantages forbiddsn
: to national banks. Il would easily
be possible for the 'argar trust COM
panies 10 take up many undePwrit-
ing propositions VII .eh large banks
of Wall street found it lnexpedient
: to handle.
1 Il
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
WAS PROSPEROUS YEAR
FOR TELEPHONE COMPANY
Concern Made Nearly $4,000 Dar-
ing Twelve Months.

NEW YORK. y. r. Jan. Sin
the annual report of the American
Telegraph and Telephone company.
which recently purchased the West
ern Union. shows today that the con-
Germ made nearly s1.500.00o last
year. Il was the most prosperous
year in the history OF the Bell In
terests.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-22
Mr. harrlao1 Jaeohs Dead.

Nj. Harrison Jacobs. one of CIIn-
ton districts most highly respected
and Influential citizens, died at his
home near Halleck last evening at
$3.50 O'Clock Of typhoid pneumonia.
He was aged twenty-one years and
resided at the old Jacobs homestead.
He is survived by his wife who was
Miss Margaret Haldeman. before her
marriage, four sisters and two broth
ers, viz: Mrs. Hannah Summers. Mrs.
Mary Bennett, Mrs. James Williams,
Mrs. Foster Williams, all OF whom
reside near Halleck; Mr.. Elijah ia
cobs, OF Morgantown, and Jacob ia.
cobs, OF near Little Falls. Mr.. ia.
cobs was a member OF the NJ. E
Church for many years. He was a
man OF sterling qualities and will be
greatly missed In the community
where he lived. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow at Paramount
Church at 1890 O'Clock and inter
ment at the cemetery nearby.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-22

Miss Corrine Bartlett, OF Booths.
vile, spent Saturday and Sunday with
Miss Genevieve Cordray, Of Diamond
street.
Misses Grace and Nora Merrificld
will 20 to Mt. Lake Park Wednesday
TO spend few days.
Mrs. Martha Carpenter, OF Glover's
Gap, was In this city yesterday en-
route to Pittsburg. While here she
was the guest OF her sister, Mrs. F. H.
Brummage.
Miss Beulah Pickenpaugh, Of Nor
gantown, has spent the past few days
with her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Swindler, OF
Pittsburg avenue.
Miss Carrie Boyd, Of Diamond
street, who has been real sick, Is I'M
proving.
Miss Nello Harden has returned
from Benton's Ferry where she spent
several days the guest of Rev. and
Mrs. !. A. Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Colbert expect to
move September list from East Park
avenue to Parkersburg.
Mrs. F. D. McCloy has returned
from Colfax where she was the guest
OF Miss Mabel Barnes. ..--.
Mr.. Frank Dicble have moved from
Plerpont avenue to Mrs. Eliza Bog
CESS property on Stevens street.
Mrs. Mary Cameron. of Warren. Pa.
| is the guest OF her sisters, the Misses
Boyd, OF Diamond street.
Mrs. Fred Rice and two children, Of
Watson, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. D. McCloy.
Mr.. Harry Wilson spent Sunday a
Morgantown. He was accompanied
home last night by his sister. Miss
Nellie, who has spent the past weei
there.
Miss Cook, OF Cameron. is the CUES
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Diebel. OF Stew
ems street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Snider ant
children. Misses Grace Keener ant
May Glasscock. Messrs. Perry Floyd
Junior Arnett. have returned from tht
Dean farm where they spent the pas
two weeks.
Mr.. Charles Leonard, OF Temple
Texas, is the guest OF his sister. Mrs
IL. B. Levelle. OF Merchant street.
Miss Lenore Gaskins has returned
j from weeks visit at Cameron.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-22
M9NgNGAH WINS
MoNEssE STEEL MILL TEAM
LOSES no UP RIVER PLAY.
ERs:AT TRACTION PARK.
Falrmont, .W.AYa

The Mopongah Independents won
yesterdays game fro. mthe Monessen
Steel MIL team at Traction Park.
Hunt was on the mound for Monongah
and pitched splendid game. His
curves were responsible for eleven
men tanning. The down river team
had only four hits to their credit al
though they made five runs. The
fMonongah team had ten hits and
scored six runs. Ryan, an old Fair
mont pitcher. had five strike outs tc
Ills crndlt Tho scnrn.