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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
RUFF READS BIBLE
TO PRISON MATES
New Role Taken by Man Convicted of
Graft in San Francisco.

Abraham Ruef, former political boss
of San Francisco, and who was con-
victed on charges of bribery and graft,
since his incarceration in San Quentin
penitentiary has adopted the tone of
an optimist and the methods of a phil
anthropist, and has turned himself to
uplifting his cellmates and raising them
to a higher plane by instructing them
nightly in the Bible.
After he had been incarcerated a few
days he noted that his cellmates, one a
murderer, the other robber, read moth
ing but yellow scent magazine of
crime and of mock heroics. He deter
mined to raise their standards of liter
ature and to teach them the lessons of
holy writ.
Procuring a Bible, he began to read
to them at night and since he has been
in the penitentiary he has gone through
part of the New Testament, explaining
carefully the passages and giving the
idea of the Savior as taught by Chris
tians, because his auditors are of that
belief. Ruef, himself Jew, is more
familiar with the Old Testament
"They enjoy the Bible immensely,
said Ruef, when speaking of his work
"and have told me that they did not
believe there was so much in it. 1t is
astonishing how these men drink in the
words"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
GRAND JURY 1ND1cTs
True Bills Returned Against Financiers
Behind Idaho Hardwood Company.

The federal grand jury at Spokane
Saturday afternoon returned indict-
ments against d. W.. Stanrod of Poca-
tella, Idaho; A. b. Moss of Payette,
Idaho; L. b. Perrine of Twin Falls,
Idaho; p. S. A. Bickel of Jerome, Idaho;
James A. Murray of Butte, Mont, and
Don Davenport of Spokane, charging
them with fraudulent use of the mails
on three counts each.
Immediately following the return of
the true bills attorneys representing the
defendants made arrangements for the
securing of ball. which will be covered
by surety bond approved by District
Attorney Oscar Cain. Arrangements
were completed at once for the release
of Moss, Stanrod and Don Davenport
Stanrod and Moss, listed as president
and vice president of the Idaho Hard
wood company, appeared before the
grand jury in person and gave testi-
mony. Judge Rudkin instructed the
grand jury to consider only the case as
presented by the government.
The case of the government is based
upon the alleged fraudulent use of the
mail in selling stock in the Idaho
Hardwood company, presumably formed
for the raising of eucalyptus trees in
Kern county, Cal The indictments
charge that false representations were
made regarding the value of the land
that the circulars of the company
claimed its holdings to be irrigated
when they were not; that the name of
the American Hardwood company was
used to make the project attractive to
investors, and that it was represented
that trees had been planted and were
growing on the land.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
HINTS FOR THE HOSTESS
Attractive Way to Serve Banana les
Cream-How to Combine April
cots With Curacao.

Banana ice cream has quite a fes
tive appearance when served in sher-
bet glasses and decorated with frosted
slices of bananas and preserved cher
ries, which should be stoned and en-
tirely freed from superfuous juice.
To frost the bananas, dip the slices
into a thin white icing similar to
cake frosting. The slices should be
merely glazed and not heavily coated.
If it is inconvenient to frost the ban
anas the slices may be used plain
Snowballs of ice cream are very at
tractive when served with snowballs
of cake on. a wintry night when real
snow is flying out of doors To pre-
pare the cake, cut out rounds of white
lady cake, free it from crust and dip
It into cocoanut frosting If a little
cocoanut is sprinkled over the ice
cream balls the two will look so much
alike that one can hardly tell The DIFF
ference.
a famous chef served anricots with
Curacao Remove the juice from a
pint can of apricots Ada table
spoonful of sugar and the rind of an
o. erga to the juice Let it boil ten
minutes; then remove the rind. Stir
u TWO iao!ssroonfuls OF Curacao and
Ionr it over The fruit Serve when
cola.
a few spoonfuls CT Curacao add a
delicate favor to sliced and srgared
orar gos.
hlDoud nayoring is very nice with
hoiied dumTiir IS and batter puddings
n which cherries or peaches are used
DO not. however. have more than s
sNgge st.on Of this favor.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
SHORT ITEMS CLIPPED FROM
LATE DISPATCHES In
The DAlLIES.
Review of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-National Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told in
Short Paragraphs.


Maiden, Wash, has 79s Citizens.
Tom Johnson, former mayor of Cleve
land, is dying.
\ coroner IS jury recently empanneled
to inquire into the death of Craige Lip
pincott, president of the J. B. Lippin-
colt company, publishers, rendered a
verdict of suicide.
President Taft will wait until con-
gress acts before he decides whether
he viii approve or disapprove the con
stitution adopted by the Arizont consti-
tutional convention.
At Everett, Wash, Mack Gennta Sat
urday night shot and instantly killed
Victor Wilter following quarrel.
Gennto admitted his guilt, but says he
committed the crime in self defense.
l.. f. Hanchett of San Jose, Cal, has
sold his entire electric traction hold
ings in the Santa Clara valley to the
Southern Pacific railway for sum in
excess of $4,OOO,OOO.
Rabbi Samuel Goldstein of Montreal,
against whom the federal grand jury
found an Indictment for smuggling 101
rough diamonds into the United States,
paid fine of $500 and was discharged.
1t is announced that the kaiser has
conferred the crown order of the second
class on Henry William Welch, profess
sor of pathology at Johns Hopkins uni
ID .14 L. . l,o
"nestor of modern American medi-
cine
Preceded by a slight earthquake, a
assure opened in the yard of Mrs. Freda
Klegg's property in Wheeling, w. Va,
Saturday, and as Mrs. Klegg ran into
the yard she stepped into quicksand and
in the chasm she sank to her throat be
fore she could be taken out.
Premier Katsura says that the re-
demption of japanese government loan
bonds to the amount of $60,000,000
would take place this year. Of the
total, 49,, 500 goo would be released May
25, in time to meet the demand for CAPT
tai with which to move the crops.
conference between the Canadian
Pacific railway and its mechanics to
discuss wages and working conditions
was broken off Saturday and indica-
lions point to a strike. The points af-
fected are from Port Arthur to Van
couver. About 10000 men are involved
An investigation will undoubtedly be
made by congress of the shooting tc
pieces of the old battleship Texas. Sec
rotary Meyer S letter, in answer to Sen
ator Perkins query as to the wisdom
of destroying a craft in target practice
that 20 years ago cost 100000, has
not allayed criticism.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
SPEND MILLION ON
RAILROAD WORK
acquisitions Placed by Engineering De
partment of Oregon-Wash-
ington Road.

acquisitions have been placed by the
engineering department of the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation com
pany on the eastern Offices of the road
for track material required for the new
Spokane Portland short line of that
company, the total amount of the requi-
sition amounting to $1,1O0,O00.
This requisition is divided into two
portions-one for delivery at Hooper,
where large material yards are being
built and the other portion at Aver
Junction, where like yards are being
built
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
- Then. scoteh Reolre

Three quarters pound of cheese
four eggs. TWO ounces of butter. -four
slices of bread, cayenne. sa t: meltthe
cheese with half the butter and some
seasoning in stew paa. Make -four
slices of toast, cut off the crusts and
butter them. Poach the eggs as neat
iy and evenly as possible, pour over
The toast the cheese, then on each
slice lay an egg. putting tiny piece
of butter and a dust of cayenne and
salt over each. Serve very hot, sui
ficient for four persons.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20

Seattle, April 11.-Charles tombstone,
65 years old, and an unidentified man
apparently about 80 years old were
burned to death in fire which des-
troyed shack near the Great North
ern dock, in Smith Cove. Little is
known of tombstone, except that he
was of English descent and born in
Bristol He had been water front
character for IS years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
COLLEGE BOYS CONFESS.
Pullman College Episode Is Now
Cleared Up.

The mystery surrounding the dump
ing of seven pajama clad co-eds from
their downy beds on the night of March
27 at the Washington State college at
Pullman, Wash, has been solved by the
confession of John f. Foran, captain of
the football team, a sophomore in the
mining school, whose home is in Seattle;
Horace E. Smith, senior in the mining
department, from Spokane, and Stan
ford H. Knapp, of Seattle, junior in the
veterinary Science department. They
have been suspended from college.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
The NOTORIOUS l0SHiWARI
DISTRICT (VICE), FOUR
SQUARE MILES BURNS.
This Restricted District Was Under
Government Licenses-5,0OO Houses
in Ruins and 5000 Women Are Home
1ess-Whole Quarter Well Governed,
and Perfect Order Prevailed

Toxic, April 1O.-The notorious yoshi-
wari, the principal quarter of Toxic,
inhabited by the licensed hetairae, was
destroyed by fire, Saturday. Many of
these houses were almost palatial in
appearance, and a thousand of them
were burned in little more than three
hours. Six thousand women were rem
dered homeless.
The Yeshiwari is conducted under
government licenses, which provide for
the establishment of hospitals, and sew
eral of these institutions also were
burned. The fire, which began at 11:3O
0 clock in the morning. spread over a
vast area. 1t was famed by a strong
southern wind, and the flames were
swept to the surrounding sections to the
north.
Altogether it is estimated 5000 houses
are in ruins, covering an area approx
mately four square miles. A large
number of women were severely injur-
ed, but so far as known no deaths have
occurred.
The world famed yoshiwari was locat-
ed about one mile to the north of Asa
gush park. The district presented a
spectacle probably unparalleled in any
country, but was reproduced on a small
er scale in the provincial japanese cit
les, and was remarkable for its gor-
geous structure, guarded by iron bars,
directly on the street line, sand its
thousands of gaily bedecked residents.
The whole quarter was under special
municipal surveillance, with the result
that at all times perfect order prevail
ed, enabling strangers to observe, while
walking through the street, the manner
in which the japanese solved, in their
own way, one of the vexed questions
of all ages.
The district to the north was occupied
mostly by small and fimsy dwelling
places and many tea houses.
Recent Serious Fires.
In recent years several serious fires
have occurred in Japan. In August,
1907, confagration at Hakodate de-
stroyed 1900 houses, with an estimated
loss of $15,OOO,Ooo. In March of the
following year, fire at Noda Soy, near
Toxic, destroyed 400 houses, the dam
age being $2,5Oo,Oo and a few days
later 1000 houses were burned at Mi
gaia.
In August, 1909, a fire reduced to ash
es large part of Osaka. The official
report placed the number of houses
destroyed at more than 1000. These
included 10 business blocks and &c
temples.
The most disastrous fire last year was
at Kajimi, 1906 buildings burning
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20

to Diaz from the time of the receipt
of the message orally from Wilson, in
which to abrogate the treaty.
If positive assurance that com
plance had been made within this period
were not given at the end of six days,
the United States government would
take whatever action it might see fit
to defend itself against the unwarrant-
ed action of both Mexico and Japan.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
To Battle SQUIRRELS.

An investigation of the squirrel prob
lem, with close study of the history
of these animals as a basis, is being
carried on by Professor William T..
Shaw, professor of zoology and curator
Of the museum college at Pullman,
which, if it proves successful, will be
of untold value to the Washington
farmer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
COAL MINE FIRE KILLED 70.
List of Dead in Scranton, Pa, Disaster
April z Reaches That Number.

Scranton, PA revised list of dead
shows that 70 men and boys met death
in the fire in the Pancoast colliery at
Throop, near here, last Friday. A can
vass of the victims families shows AS
widows and 1877 orphans. 1t is said
that every corner of the workings which
a fleeing victim might have reached in
his search for pure air has been entered
and that every body has been removed.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
REFRIGERATOR FOR COUNTRY
Scheme for Keeping Things Cool In
tho Well When Ice is Not
Procurabe.

A country place is not always stu
ated where ice can be procured during
the summer months and a substitute
refrigerator must be provided. res
ident of country place devised
cooling apparatus which he placed In
his well. The device consisted of a
box about one foot square made OF
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
Release convicts from "Pen. -

Walla Walla.-According to report
the board of control recently recon-
mended one pardon, five conditional
pardons, IA paroles, IL final releases
from parole, II final releases from
prison, 81 final releases from road
camps and rock crushers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
Buys Fine Library.

The private library of the late E.
Dwight Church, Brooklyn manufac-
turer, was sold recently for $1,25O,OOO
to Henry Edward Huntington of Los
Angeles, a nephew of the late Coils P.
Huntington.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
corn aena Nc wilhont Enns-

One and one-half cups Indian meal
one and one-haf cups flour, one-half
cup sugar, two table spoons melted
butter, one heaping teaspoon saleratus
in sour milk to make the batter quite
thin (about two cups). Beat vigorous
iy, the longer the lighter. Bake in hot
oven.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
women Police for Seattle.

Seattle.-Two bills from the public
safety committee were presented to the
city council Monday, each providing for
the appointment of women on the police
force.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20

When boiling rice or beans two
things which will boil over, put in
lump of butter size of a walnut and
this will stop the trouble at once
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
Tom L. Johnson Is Dying.

Cleveland, Ohio, April 1O.-At 2
o'clock this morning, word came from
the sickroom to the effect that Tom L.
johnson was dying.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
t. v. Davis Is Pasco Police Chief.

Announcement has been made that T..
v. Davis, for several years sheriff of
Franklin county, has received the APP
pointment of chief of police of Pasco.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20

Don It hit man when he's down.
You may not be able to keep him down.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20
Ewart Postmaster at Colfax.

James Ewart viii be reappointed post
master at Colfax, Wash.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-20

boards having length to reach al
most to the water level and to extend
about four feet above the platform OF
the we'll. short box containing sew
eral shelves is made to slip easily
into the long one similar to a dumb
waiter. This smaller box is lowered
and raised with an old-fashioned wind
lass. The smaller box containing the
shelves is filed with things to be
kept cool.-Popular Mechanics.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK

The national monetary commission
fixed Tuesday as the day for the
hearing of the currency committee OF
the American Bankers Association.
The Official census shows Hungary
to have. population OF 20,S50. TOO
This is an increase in 10 years of
l,6s6, 600. .-s.....-s.
It is rumored that Japan has pro-
tested to the United States against
impending anti-Japanese legislation in
California.
"a full days work for every FUN
days pay" is the order which has
been flashed to every custom-house
in the United States by direction of
Secretary MacVeagh.
By vote of one to nine the New
Hampshire Senate defeated for the
second time at this session a resolu-
ton passed by. the House of Repre-
sentatives ratifying the income tax
amendment to the national constitu-
ton.
Is The woman's suffrage bill with the
referendum amendment was passed in
the Illinois Senate by vote of 81 to
10. The bill has not yet been consid-
cred by the House.
Every person on board the small
wooden steamer Sechelt when she
was capsized off Beacheyhead, Van
!. couver Island, during a gale. persisted
and apparently the, sea gulped down
every morsel of the vessel.
/. Senators and representatives, vete-
rams and newcomers. will flock to
Washington this week in anticipation
OF the assembling of Congress in ex-
ira session to consider and act upon
the proposed reciprocity agreement
with Canada. President Taft, fresh
from his outing at Augusta, will put
the finishing touches to his message
after talking it over with his close
political advisers. The Democratic
caucus will be held Saturday to COM
plete' the House organization and
everything will then be in readiness
for the call to order.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Stanley Robson. owner of the st
Louis National League baseball club,
is dead
AID Wolgast's broken left arm is as
good as ever, according to a report
made after a thorough examination
and the X-ray had been applied.
Premier Stolypin, OF Russia, who
sent in his resignation, has agreed to
remain in office, The cabinet crisis,
therefore, isat an end.
Reports that David Lloyd-George
will be- forced within few days to
resign as chancellor of the exchequer
because of i'll health are in circula-
ton in English political circles.
State Senator John Broderick was
found not guilty of bribing Holtzlaw
to vote for Senator Lorimer.
Although timid about making his
candidacy known, it is generally UNI
derstood that former Speaker Cannon
is a candidate for the leadership of
the Republican minority in the House.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
141 ARE KILLED IN
new YORK BLAZE
Workers In ShirtWaist factory
Trapped by Flames on Top
Floors of Building,

New York.-One hundred and forty
eight persons, nine-tenths OF them girls
from the East Side, were crushed to
death on the pavements, smothered
by smoke or burned to crisp In the
worst fire known since the steamer
slocum was burned to the waters
edge off North Brother Island in 1904.
Nearly all, If not all. of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
Company on the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors of a 10-story building at
% Washington place, on the western
fringe of the downtown wholesale
district.
Seven hundred hands, 500 OF them
women, were employed by the shirt
waist company. They sat in rows at
their whtrring machines, the tables
before them piled with flimsy clotn,
the floor Uttered with lint, the air
itself full of flying, infammable dust.
The first rust of flame was almost an
explosion, catching operators in their
chairs, their lungs scared by inhaling
flames.
In such a horrible stream did the
bodies overflow from the windows
that the fire.nets stretched by the first
company to arrive were soon gorged
beyond capacity. Twelve bodies
weighted one net to the bursting point,
but the bodies kept on tumbling to
the pavement through meshes that
could no longer sustain them.
Among the bodies are more than
80 beyond all semblance OF human
form and they will have to share a
common grave as unidentified dead.
Loss to property will not exceed
100000.
Revised counts show 141 dead, with
IL women and girls at deaths door
in the hospitals. One hundred and
fifty, all told, will perhaps conserva-
lively cover the casualties when those
whose horrible hurts and burns are
fatal shall have joined their fellow
workers in pine collins at the morgue.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30

& f 81
Who 10 In. command Of the troops
mobiIized by Uncle Sam along the
Mexican frontier.
Disposing Of an estate valued at
upwards of 5000, 900. the will of the
late David Halliday Moffat, Denver's
multi-millionaire empire builder"
was filed for probate.
Following Admiral Dewey's declina,
ton to serve because of the length OF
the journey, President Taft appointed
Rear Admiral Charles r. Vreeland to
represent the navy at the coronation
of King George.
The extra session of Congress
means a loss Of nearly $4,000 to
Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
bouri. Mr.. Clark had signed contracts
for 10 weeks on the Chautauqua lee
tare circuit at 5000 a week and ex-
penses. The extra session forced him
to cancel his agreement.
Without ever permitting his oppo-
nent to assume the offensive for a
moment, Frank Gotch defeated Tom
Jenkins. ex-champion. in two straight
falls at the Auditorium in Denver.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
ROOSEVELT TALKS ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE

San Francisco.-In his second lee.
ture, delivered before 10000 people,
Roosevelt asserted that he was not
particularly favorable to woman suf-
frage, and declared that the United
States Is beginning to travel the path
of France, as far as the raising Of
children is concerned. In part he said:
II am not strongly in favor of wo-
man suffrage. 1t is infinitely less i'm
portant than many other questions
which affect women. A woman is un-
worthy of her position unless she
thinks and feels more deeply of her
duties than her rights Census re.
ports show that America is importing
not only art and literature, but babies
also. Today the immigrants produce
more babies than native Americans
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
.LIMANTOUR POLICIES
PREVAIL IN MEXICO
Resignation Of Diaz' Cabinet
Will be Followed by Many
Reform

Mexico City.-The resignation of
the cabinet is taken as an indication
that Finance Minister Limantouf's
policies are prevailing with President
Diaz.
Included in the designations was
that of Ramon Corral as minister Of
the interior, but not as vice-president,
Though minister of the interior Cor
raj retains the Office of vice-president,
1t is believed his resignation will be
rendered at the opening of Congress
in April. and that the post of vice.
president, which was created for him,
will be abolished.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
Oregon Case Is Delayed.

Washington to the rear
by the advancement and rehearing Of
many Federal cases. including the
dissolution suits against the Standard
Oil and the tobacco corporations, the
Oregon case. involving the constitu-
tionality Of laws adopted by the inf-
tiative and referendum method, may
not be passed upon by the Federal
Supreme Court until next year.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
COAL RATES OPEN TO ALL
Forbids Railroads to
Make Private Rates.

Washington.-In decision handed
down by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, involving the shipment
of coal, 1t was held that rates restrict
ed to the use of certain shippers, and
not open to all, are unlawful within
the meaning Of the Interstate Com
MERGE Act.
The parties to the proceedings,
which was initiated by the commits
sion, included practically all of the
coalproducing railroads In the east.