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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
occur D ALENE
HAS Big FIRE
IDAHO MERCANTILE COMP ANY
SUFFERS A $l25,OO0 LOSS
EARLY SUNDAY.
Flames Broke Out on Second Floor
Origin Mystery-U. S. Land Office
Records Desh oyed-Larger Building
to Replace Burned one-Business
Was Established in 1883 By Sanders.

Occur d 'Alene, Idaho.-Half the pop
ulation of Occur d'Alene saw the larg-
est fire in the history of the city de-
stroy $4,000 worth of property in the
new Idaho Mercantile company build
ing, Sunday morning, and toiled three
hours to save the postoffice just across
the alley and adjoining buildings from
destruction.
Firemen had every line of hose in
the city in service shortly after the
fire broke out, but were unable to check
the progress of the flames. The fire
loss was confined to the second floor of
the building, the main floor and base
ment goods being damaged by smoke
and water.
Shortly after the fire broke out, own
ers of all nearby buildings were called
to the scene, and volunteers were plac-
ed on the tops of adjoining structures
with water buckets and hose lines to
prevent spread of the fire. The en-
orgies of the fremen were directed
largely to saving the postofice.
General Manager W. E. Sanders says
that the firm will begin rebuilding at
once, will add the third story to the
structure, and have it completed by
the first of the new year.
Flames broke out in an office on the
second floor, vacated 10 days ago by an
sttory. The origin is a mystery.
Save Land Office Records
Through the Leroism of Deputy Will
liam Ashley and Clerk viii T. Somer-
vile, who entered the United States
land office on the second floor of the
building and saved the tract and serial
records, with several vouchers in the
safe, many legal tangles will be avert
ed, although the valuable papers lost
in the flames will place the land office
records in middle for months.
Correspondence form the land com
missioner, applications for filing, all
proofs for homesteads during the cur
rent month, all plat books showing the
townships, and all old record books
containing valuable data, were destroy
ed.
President Sanders started for Cali
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
IDAHO ODD FELLOWS
PICK OFFICERS
Next Years Meeting to Be Held
at Wallace.

at wallace.
Twin Falls, Idaho.-At the meeting
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows held
here the following officers for the en-
suing year were elected: o. NJ. Har-
vey, Weiser, grand master; S. D. Tay-
lor, Boise, deputy grand master;
James F. Ailshie, Boise, grand warden
and home trustee, four-year term;
George H. Handy, Caldwell, grand sec
rotary, and w. E. Heard, Moscow,
grand representative. The officers sue
ceeded were Heard as grand master,
Harvey as deputy, Taylor as grand
warden, and E. K. Phelps as grand rep
reseptative, the first three merely be-
ing advanced one office, and the last
being supplemented by the new grand
master according to the usual custom
of the lodge.
The Rebekah assembly elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Sarah P. Driscoll, Payette,
president; Retta J. Holman, Moscow,
vice president; Anna Hite, Rupert, war
den; Frances Crosson, Boise, secretary;
May Gilbert, Harrison, treasurer; Sarah
Jane Handy, home trustee, three-year
term.
Wallace was chosen for the annual
meeting of the grand lodge, grand
encampment, I. o. o. F., and the Re
bekah assembly next year.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Biplanes for War Use.

San Diego, Cal.-Lieutenant J. W.
McClaskey, U. S. M. c., seven students
and five biplanes have arrived here and
Immediately went into camp on the avi-
alton field. These constitute the van
guard of army and navy students who
will take up the study of aviation at
the school opened by Glenn Curtiss.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
To Coniscate Unripe Fruit.

The department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. c., has prepared for confis-
cation of any shipments of unripe
oranges or other unripe fruit from
Florida.
Secretary Wilson, who has been in
communication with the Florida agri-
that any attempt to ship artifcially
ripened fruit out of Florida or to fpro-
cess unripe fruit on its journey to the
north would be the signal for govern
ment activity.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS.


Mansfeld's second big fire occurred
last week.
The supreme court of Idaho is in SEES
sion at Lewiston.
A third drydock at the Puget Sound
navy yard is virtually assured.
The Oregon apple show will be held
in Portland November IS to November
Is.
The new flag of the Chinese republic
has been flung to the breeze in Port
land.
All the cattle in Lake and Klamath
counties, Oregon, are being dipped to
eradicate scab.
The Lewiston boost fund now is $17,-
GAS and the committees are endeavoring
to-raise $4,000 for publicity.
The recent death at Eugene, Ore,
of John Gilbert Powers is reported
He was an early settler in the Palouse
country.
The steamship Victoria arrived in
Seattle Saturday from Nome, Alaska,
with 100000 in gold bullion and Sal
passengers.
George Dyer, who was acquitted of
burglary at Pasco, was sentenced to
from one to Is years on charge of
jail-breaking.
r. B. Buchanan, a well-known local
citizen of Colville, was instantly killed
at the city gravel pit when the horses
lunged forward.
So far as the Hartman railroad sys-
tenn is concerned, the strike in the
northwest on that system, according to
officials of the company, is over.
Sergeant Floyd McNett of the rifle
team of Company E, national guard of
Idaho, at Rathdrum, won the governor s
medal for the best rifleman in the regi-
ment.
Vancouver, B C.-B. F. O'Neil,
president of the defunct Stat Bank of
Commerce at Wallace, Idaho, has re-
ceived two weeks respite in his extra
dition.
Percy Short, alias Campbell, who
was found guilty of assaulting Harry
Holland, 81, with an ak, was sentenced
at Wenatchee to one to 10 years in
the penitentiary.
The Rev. Eugene A. Walker of Rear
dan has a pitcher that was once owned
by George Washington, who presented
it to Mr.. Jamison, the grandfather of
Mr.. Walkers grandmother.
The second Of the eight subcon-
tractors who will build the Bluestem-
Columbia branch of the Great North
ern railway has started actual grading
of the roadbed north of Davenport.
Three weeks have passed since the
federated shopmen employed by the
Hartman lines walked out and the sit
uation is practically the same as it was
at the time the walkout was ordered.
At Portland Chris Lewis was found
guilty in the U. S. court on a white
slavery charge. Lewis was convicted
of importing a 17-year-old girl from
Walla Walla to La Grande, Ore, for
Illicit purposes.
Ralph Dimick, a young lawyer of
Portland, and well known in the Pa
cifc northwest and in the middle west
as an athlete, met death, recently while
delirious, by jumping from the second
story fire escape of q local hOsDital
DR.. COOK GOT HIS
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Aviator Robinson Quits.

Rock Island, Ill.-Aviator Hugh Rob
inson announced he had given up his
attempt to fly with hydro aeroplane
from Minneapolis to New Orleans along
the Mississippi river. He gave as a
reason the failure of the river cities to
furnish sufficient financial support.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

Freight representatives of the Ore
gon- Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co. announce another reduction in wood
rates to Spokane. They have reduced
rates from Idaho and some points in
Washington this season, and now an
nounce that, effective November s, the
rate on cordwood from Rockford, Wash
and vicinity will be 81 per cord, in
stead of $1.20, as at present.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

Deadwood, S. DIN this city Sat
urday President Taft was presented
with small gold brick worth more
than 5000.
cit is a great pleasure to gold
brick the president" Representative
E. w. Martin said in presenting the
brick.
"A great pleasure to be gold-bricked
in this way" he replied.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Cruisers at San Diego.

Four big cruisers of the Pacific feet
are anchored in San Diego bay. The
flagship of the fleet, the California,
entered the harbor unexpectedly at a
speed of 16 knots an hour and thus
broke the theoretical blockade of the
port established by the torpedo fotilla,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
GOOD ROADS GET
fine Send OFF
washington STATE ASS0ClA-
ton Reid 3-DAY SESSION
AT WENATCHEE.
Summary of Work Done at Meeting at
Wenatchee Set Forth in Following
Paragraphs-Most All Parts of State
Had Delegates-S B. Perkins of Ia
coma Elected President.

Summary of things done by the con
vention at Wenatchee of the Washing
ton State Good Roads association:
Recommended four state roads to be
built by state bonds.
Ordered the codifeation of existing
state road laws.
Endorsed convict labor on roads in
city, county and state penal institu-
tions.
Recommended that where a convict
without funds he should be permitted
to work on roads to gain money to
face the world.
Sustained congress in proposal to
build "Lincoln memorial highway"
from Washington, d. c., to Gettys-
burg.
Endorsed the fundamental principles
of the present state road law.
Recommended that instead of one
payment for road assessment it be
made in not less than five payments
and at per cent interest.
AohtQ bHt bldlC highway COumlo-
sioner to prepare map, showing system
or existing and proposed roads, for
distribution.
Endorsed a memorial to congress ask
ing relief for western Washington in
the Olympic reserve and asking that
the national government build roads
to the SUBMITS of the national parks.
Recommended to county commission
ers that good county roads be con-
structed from trade centers and that
branch roads be improved in proper
ton to their Importance.
Resolved that no permanent road
should be built on more than a per
cent grade.
Endorsed the country life propaganda.
Appointed q committee to investi-
gate the new pavement in Scioto
county, Ohio.
Elected a committee, Samuel Hill,
w. J. Roberts and Samuel B. Perkins,
as delegates to the American road
builders convention in Rochester, N.
Y, in November.
Formally made Samuel Hill honorary
life president.
Asked the Great Northern railway
company to provide special cars for
carrying autos through the Cascades.
Limited the number of delegates
from the engineering schools to one.
Declared Samuel B. Perkins presi-
dent and chose Tacoma as the next
meeting place.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Reduction Works Burns.

Butte Mont-Fire in the dry room
of the Butte Reduction works destroy.
ed the concentration. The loss, to a
large extent being expensive machinery,
is estimated at from $25O,OO0 to $780,
600.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
U. S. "arace Darling, Dead.

Newport, r. death now claims
Ida Lewis; keeper of Lime Rock light
for more than half a century, heroine
of numerous thrilling rescues and fire.
quently alluded to as the "Grace Oar
ling of America. -
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Canada to Have New Railroad.

Vancouver, B. CO Announcement
that J. d. Macarthur, a wealthy rail-
road contractor of Winnipeg, and sew
eral associates had acquired charter
for railway extending from Edmon-
ton to Fort George and south to st.
Paul, has become known.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

fornia Thursday and is on his way to
San Francisco on a steamer.
The Idaho Mercantile company was
established in 1888 by V. W. Sanders
who is now president of the company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Officers.

The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: S. A. Perkins,
Tacoma, president; John P. Hartman,
Seattle, first vice president; w. II.
Clark, Wenatchee, second vice presi-
dent; L. L. Bush, Pacific, third vice
president; w. F. Marble, Yakima,
fourth vice president; D. B. Hilltop,
Klickitat, fifth vice president; w. L.
Steinmeg, North Yakima, treasurer;
executive committee, F. w. Guilbert,
Spokane, chairman; Frank Terrace,
King county; M. E. Olsen. Yakima; C.
b. Kegley, Whitman; L. L. Titus,
Grant; f. A. McGuin, Okanogan; E. c.
Burlingame, Walla Walla; Fred w
Lewis, Thurston; James McNeeley
Pierce; H. c. Martin and P. II. Webb
of Pierce; M. J. Carrigan, King;
George Colburn, Spokane; H. W. Petit
john, Adams; J. L. Thayer, Lincoln
J. w. Bowerman, King, and H. J. Coffin
San Juan.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

Michael Sullivan, who has begged on
the streets of San Francisco for 35
years, was found dead recently in a
howell. Bank books found in a mat
tress showed deposits of more than
$4,000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Flames Wipe Out 200 Homes.

Constantinople.-Th fire in STAN
boul destroyed more than 200 houses
and mosque.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

Does a man have horse sense if he
knows when to say "nay"f
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
SAVAGE WAR AT BENeHAzI
Turks and Italians Fight Day and
Night-Many Slain.

Tripoli.-The fighting at Benghazi
between the Italians and the Turks has
been of the fiercest character. Aftor
the engagement which lasted all day
October 10, the Turks returned to the
charge during the night. They made
savage onslaught upon the Italian
camp, but were repulsed. In the morn
ing the Italian forces occupied the city.
The Turkish losses were heavy and the
Italian dead number not less than 100
There are good ground for believing
that the Italian forces at Benghazi
have been severely handled by the
Turks and their Arab auxiliaries. II
is understood the Italian losses are
much heavier than officially reported
Color is given to this belief by the
hurried departure for Benghazi of -four
warships and the hospital ship Reina
Margherita.
Steamer passengers who went to
Benghazi, but were unable to land, say
the Turks and Arabs have displayed
reckless bravery in making furious at
tacks on the Italians entranched there
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28

Bad memory has its root in bad at
tention.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-28
Turks Defeat 5000 italians.

Rerlin.-Special dispatches from Con
stantinople say the Turkish ministry
of the interior has news that the Turks
and Arabs have defeated 5000 Italians
near Barka. The Italians lost 800 and
the Turks 115 men. The Italians left
large quantities of arms and ammuni-
tion on the field. The Berlin newspaper
print the dispatches doubtingly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Tonight at the Playhouse Bought and
Paid For" George Broadhurst's new play
viii be presented for the first time in New
York
Eugene O'Brien viii play the part Of
Ramon Andrade the sculptor. the lead in
Leo Ditrichstein's adaptation OF "A Mill
ion" Mr.. O'Brien has supported Ethel
Barrymore. Kyrle Bellew and FIRTH schen
during the last three seasons.
salHe Fisher will play the principal part
I'm Modest Suzanne" a musical comedy,
which IS now being sung in Berlin. Vienna
and Paris The piece will start in Chi
cago. and come 70 New York about Janu-
airy.
Herbert NJ Horkheimer and Lucille saw
Yer will produce their new play or West
ern lie. The Strugglers." early In octo-
Der Alberta Galatin will head the cast
Two hundred Librarians. from different
parts Of the country, belonging to the New
York Library Association. now In conven-
ton In New York. Will attend the per-
Torrance az the Hippodrome tonight
Douglas g. Wood. whose last appearance
In New York was with AIRS. Ftske' IN MRS.
Bumpstead-Leigh," has written three-a't
modern comedy In collaboration with the
maya zine writer. Guy r. Boulton. The
play will probably be produced IN the
spring. -----
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
OBITUARY..
TIMOTHY j. DoNoHUE.

Timothy J. Donohue. the veteran sleuth
Of the United States customs service. who
was for forty-three years an inspector at
the New York Custom House, died yester-
day az HIS home. No 151 Harrison street
Brooklyn from diabetes. His death came
at the end Of period of enfeebled health
that began early last spring, but Mr. Dono-
hue kept up his work until last June, when
illness compelled him 70 resign.
Mr.. Donohue was born in County Kerry,
Ireland, in 1876. and came to this country
when he was eighteen years old He be
gan as a marble cutter and poisher. but
IN January a. 1859. became a member Of the
customs squad. His first big seizure was
in 1882 when he uncovered the hiding
places Of one hundred thousand cigars that
we're sliding into port behind the panels
and woodwork Of a cuban steamer. From
that time until he left the service he was
the most feared sleuth IN port and an
nually turned over hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars worth Of dutiable articles.
When the Customs Department was put
UPON a civil service basis few years ago
the government waived the right OF exam
nation. and passed Donohue on his record.
He was a plainclothes man. dressed fault
lessly, wore a neatly trimmed Van Dyke
beard, and always carried a cane. With
this cane he was able 10 go through a
mans pockets or locate suspicious pack
ages in an open trunk az accurately as If
he had used his hands.
Mr.. Donohue leaves a wife and daughter.
The funeral viii be held on Thursday with
a mass at st. Peters Church. The burial
will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
NEED INDEPENDENT CHINESE
Oriental Educator Praises the
Home Grown Product.

Professor Chung Wing Kwong, OF the
Canton Christian College, in China, arrived
here yesterday from the West on tour
Of insnectlon Of American schools. On the
way from the Hotel Aston 70 Chinatown 20
address the merchants and students az
the Chinese public school he especially
admired the uniform smartness OF the dress
Of American men and women. How do
YOU distinguish between the shop clerk
and the gentleman OF leisure7" he asked.
In China" said the professor, the
middle classes dress almost Ike the coolies.
Even the scholars are Indifferent OF their
personal appearance; they recall the monks
of medleval EurOpe-the dirtier and more
careless they are the more devoted they
are supposed 70 be" He remarked at the
happy faces ne saw on the Americans. 1T
is because you Americans are so busy and
accomplish so much that you are happy"
After a Chinese lunch OF birds nest soup,
sharks fms and other delicacies OF the
East, served in the Western style, Pro
fessor Chung said he much admired
American table etiquette. adding that the
Americans dressed we'll, ate well and en-
ioyed well.
y THO liltiNll%llL-s nNA'N'lAN' anu 49,
ers gathered at the Chinese public school
Professor Chung said:
Our railroads are being built by for
eign capital and foreign engineers Amer
leans bore our tunnels; Englishmen ex-
plot our mines. Why Because our peo-
pie lack trained men in the engineering
sciences. Under foreign control our in
dustries flourish, vet upon their passing
into Chinese hands they fail These In
dustrial failures are not necessarily due
10 political manipulation. II IS not a
question OF reform or no reform OF our
system Of government The root OF these
evils IS in the dearth Of thoroughly
trained directors We need the Harri-
mans, the Carnegies and the Hills 70
build up our country.
The Chinese college has the advantage
over the foreign college in many ways. In
the first place, we are 10 train men for
service in china. They must learn our own
language, our conditions, our needs and
how 10 solve our national problems.
"Our government has committed a serious
error IN sending 70 this country so many
boys hardly ont Of their teens. Some years
ago a Chinese minister brought over a
batch Of stripings-to be distributed in the
American schools and colleges. They were
AZ what We Chinese call still a tender age
% enter college. The result was that many
did not get along at all. We do not want
these spoiled fellows home"
Asked as to how the returned students
stand in China. Professor Chung said that
az a rule they make good. but IN support
OF hts position 10 keep the boys at home
TIN they have n Chinese education he cited
two cases. zone man went home with two
degrees and AT a reception IN honor OF his
Joining one ~ the faculties he had to make
his speech IN English-to be interpreted by
one Of his pupils. The other returned stu
dent failed utterly 10 grasp the meaning
Of an official dispatch from Peking which
he was asked 10 translate into English.
People like those cannot help China very
much"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
EUsTAcE DE coRDoVA.

Eustace de Cordova. a member Of the
New York Stock Exchange firm Of Ballard
& De Cordova, Of No. % Broad street, died
yesterday at the Hotel AnsOnia from heart
disease Mr.. de Cordova had been sd for
about six months He was born in King
ston, Jamaica. in 1s49, and was engaged in
the mercantile business there until 1881.
when he came 70 this country and Joined
the Stock Exchange firm Of Alfred de Cor
dova & Co.. which was established by his
brother Alfred in 1891. This firm was dis
solved on September So 1901 following the
death II Alfred de Cordova, and the pres
ent firm Of Ballard & De Cordova was or
sanized by Eustace de Cordova and Fred
erick z Ballard who had been member
of the original firm, Mr.. Ballard being the
Stock Exchange member.
Mr.. de Cordova's wife died several years
ago. He leaves four children, Cyril de Cor
dova, who IS a member Of the New York
Stock Exchange: Arthur and Ethel de Cor
dova and Mrs. z. 5. Brickner The funeral
will be held at the Hotel Ansonia at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning and the burial
will be at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
CLARENCE E. ERIN.

Clarence e. Sherin, president Of c. f.
Sherin & Co.. advertising agents. Of No
4s2 Fifth avenue died on Saturday in St
EIizabeth's Hospital, in West 55th street
following an operation for appendicitis. He
had been 81 only a few days.
Mr.. sherin was born in Emily, Ontario
forty-seven years ago and came 70 this
city from St Paul, MINI. seventeen years
ago. After working as n newspaper cor
respondent for three years he started the
advertising company bearing his name. He
was also president Of a candy manufactur-
ing company and was interested I'm several
other enterprises Ills home was IN Bound
Brook. ~ j.. where he owned large
country estate. lie Is survived by his wife
and two daughters Mrs. Arthur F. Hether-
fretor. OF Bound Brook and Miss O.. Eloise
shorfn. Tho funeral will be held IN the
Bound Brook Presbyterian Church this
afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
OBITUARY NOTES.

MRS FRANCES ALMEDA GESNER.
widow Of DR. Brewer Gesnor. died at her
home. No. 6c6 sd street, Brooklyn. on Sep
ter,ber 70. She was the youngest daughter
Of George Field. who was a cousin Of
cyrus Field Mrs Gcsnor married Or
Rroovar Gesner while he was chief Of the
ambulance corps on General Hancocks
staff. and spent her honeymoon with the
ARMY OF the Potomac.
MRS NELLIE V. MACRAT. wife Of
Churchill G.. Macray, president Of the Con-
grees club. the Republican organization
club In the 4th Assembly District. died on
Sunday Al her home. No. 1i2 Hooper street.
Rroofl,n. She was thirty-four years old.
The funeral will be held this evening ar
her home.
MRS. SARAH JEFFREY, sixty-one
years old. a great granddaughter Of Jacob
Foerum. for whom Boerum Place. In
Brooklyn. was named, died from bloo1
poisoning at her home. No. s53 Lafayette
avenue Brooklyn. on Saturday.