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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
CATE FACING JURY ON
CHARGE or ASSAULT.
AssaiIant of Joe Cramer in Local Cafe
Few Days Ago on Trial in
District Court

The trial of the case against Oscar
Gate former manager of Epton5 bill
lard parlor in the Samuels hotel build
ing. accused of assault with intent to
commit murder was commenced in
district court Wednesday. a jury was
secured and several witnesses for the
state had been examined up to noon
today. These told of witnessing the
assault, which took place at IL local
cafe, and was the outgrowth of an al
tercation between Cate and a waiter
named Joe Cramer. The latter has
been in a hospital since the stabbing
and for several days was not expected
to recover, His Improvement has been
rapid, however, and he is able to he
out.
During the trial Samuel Jones, one
of the jurors, was fined for being late
In attendance after a five minutes re-
cess misunderstanding the court, he
took a walk and did not return for Is
minutes. When he took his place he
was notified that bench warrant had
been issued for him and that a baiir
was trying to locate him. He was
fined a days pay as juror and the
costs of issuing and serving the war
rant
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
DR.. LEO QUiGLEY AND
MISS SAVAGE ARE WE'D.
Popular Wallace Physician and Nurse
Married Monday and Leave for
Honeymoon in the East.

The marriage of DR.. Leo +. Quigley
to Miss Viola Louise Savage, both OF
Wallace was solemni2ed at st. Al
phonsus Catholic church Monday NOR
ming, the Rev. Father Becker oiliciat-
ing. The church was filled with the
invited friends of bride and groom. llh-
mediately after the ceremony the we'd
ding party repaired to the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Q. d. Jones on Pine
street where a breakfast was served.
The friends of the newlyweds. made
the occasion more enjoyable even than
such affairs usually are. and with the
aid of a bointiful supply of rice and
old shoes left many evidences of the
fact that the couple had just been mar
ried to mark their departure on the
Northern Pacific train at $3.50.
Mr. and Mrs. Quigley will visit in
Atchison, Kan, and Chicago, the for
mer being DR.. Quigley's old home, and
will be at home in Wallace after jan
uary Is.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
TWENTY.F|RST ANNUAL
BALL BY HREMEN TO
Be BEST EVER GIVEN
TO BE HELD IN ACADEMY HALL,
HHiCH MILL BE SPLENDiDLY
DECORATED.
Proceeds, as in Former Years, Will 6s
Added to Fund for Relief Of Sick or
Disabled Members and Those De.
pendent Upon Them.

The firemen's annual ball will be
given this year on the evening of Tues
day, December 81, and arrangements
being made for the event Indicate that
the boast of the department members
that it will eclipse any ball given un-
der the firemens auspices in recent
years seems likely to be made good.
The ball will be held In Academy hall,
which will be made Respondent with
the decorations which all the members
of the department will assist In plan
ming and placing. The music will be
supplied by the Boyd -Cummins or
chestra and the program Is to include
a long list of the latest favorites AL
together. the tiremens bah promises
to be one of the most enjoyable occa-
sions offered the public during the sea-
SON
The coming event Is the tWenty-first
annual social affair given under the
auspices of the men who devote time
and energy, often risking limb and life.
for the protection of Wallace homes
and business houses. Every business
man welcomes the opportunity to show
his appreciation of the faithfllness and
efficiency of the iremen by patronizing
the yearly grand ball. The pleasure Is
greater in view of the object of giving
the ball, which Is to increase the bene-
fit fund maintained by the department
out of which sick or disabled members
are cared for, or assistance given to
those dependent upon them. In times
past as high as $500 has been realized
from a single event and with the
money thus provided great deal Of
sickness and suffering have been re-
the part of the citizens this year will
be as liberal as in the years past
In view of the fact that there are
always a large number who desire
spectators privileges, arrangements
have been made for the accommoda-
ton Of about 500 Of these Tickets are
now being sold, those admitting to the
dance at $3.50 each and spectators
tickets at so cents each. The COM
mittees selected are as follows:
Executive--Fred Kelly, John Boyd,
William Volkman.
Tickets-John Boyd
Door-Messrs White, Evans and
Volkman
Floor-Messrs. Volkman, Griffe, Cur
ran, Kelly, Cox and O'Leary.
Decorations-The entire department.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
LABORER LOSES LIFE IN.
ST. REGIS HOTEL FIRE.
Two Buildings Destroyed Last Friday
Morning EntaiIing Loss
of $4,000.

In fire that originated in myster-
ious manner and totally destroyed the
ST Regis and Riverside hotels at st.
Regis last Friday morning, an UNI
known guest. presumably laborer
from numbering camp, lost his life
While his body was burned, it is be-
lieved death was due to suffiocation
He was sleeping in room near where
the flames were discovered by the
clerk Of the Riverside.
The clerk aroused the sleeping
guests, dozen or more in number
and by the time they were awake tn"
flames had made such progress that
most of them escaped with nothing
but their sleeping garments. 1t is
thought the stranger was overcome by
the smoke before the alarm was given.
The loss to the Riverside Is placed
at $4,000. with insurance of $4,000
The St Regis claims loss of $4,000
with $4,000 insurance.
The Missoul1n gives the following
additional facts. gained from an inter-
view with visitor at the scene
Ira Mullen came to Missoula on the
afternoon Coeur d'Alene train. He ar
rived at the scene of the fire shortly
after 1t started. ut was fierce blaze
and there was no stopping it, said
Mr.. Mullen. Il don't believe that the
lumberiack who lost his life in the fire
was intoxicated He had had few
drinks, but I saw him Just before he
went to his room and he did not seem
to be drunk. 1t is thought that he got
up in the night to get a drink Of water
and dropped the match where 1t could
get at some inflammable material. ]
was the first man to find his body. We
were polsing around in the ruins and
found him with the water pitcher right
beside him. AS the pitcher had been on
the other side of the room 1t is thought
that he must have gotten up to get q
drink His head. arms and legs were
burned from his body"
The man who lost his life in the fire
bad been in the employ of Donlan &
Modrie as a driver. He intended tn
start for Riberdy's lumber camp in the
morning and go work there. He gave
his name to no one around the juno
ton.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
TAKEN UNDER AMUSEMENT.

The taking of evidence in the case
against the bondsmen of former Sher-
iff John j. Nicholson. brought by H
T. Samuels, was concluded Monday
and at it's conclusion the attorneys
submitted their arguments in brief
form, the court taking the matter un-
der advisement.
The action Is one resting on an in
depreciation of the law. Mr.. Samuels
seeks to recover $4,000 the alleged
value of stock Of merchandise on
which 1t Is claimed Mr.. Nicholson as
sheriff refused to foreclose a mortgage.
The claim of the bondsmen. the Ma
tional Surety company, is that a
mortgage on stock of merchandise
becomes invalid when the holders OF
the mortgage permit the business to
continue to operate.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
SSiONERS TO TEST
coNSTiTUTIONALIT OF LAW.
Penalty for % Men Employed
by Corporation.

John M. Carey, who conducted on
Lost creek a lumber camp in. which
% men were employed. and who posi-
lively declined to act as collector Of
road tax when notified to do SO in
compliance with the statute of Idaho.
has been made defendant i'm suit in
stituted by the county commissioners
to compel Carey to make the amount
good and also to compel him to pay the
penalty, the total tax and penalty
I'm each case to Sc. Carey,
it is understood will resist the pay
ment demanded and the case will be
fought out in district court.
Interest in the case Is marked. ow-
ing to the fact that this will be the
first test made of the statute In this
distric.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19

Judgment of dismissal The iudglncn,
is affirmed"
No less than 10 northern Idaho at
torneNS were interested in the case
The list of counsel included A. G.
kerns for McTammany; c. w Beale
John H. Wourms, James Il. Babb. ]
r. GNdc, Walter H. Hanson and Fea
therstone X Fox for the directors; and
James A. Wayne and John p. Gray as
friends of the court
Serious Charges Are Made.
The serious charges made by Nc
TamlnanN are given in the complaint
and set out as follows.
THAT between April IS. 1906 and
July "a, 1910, the directors. did unlaw
fully declare and pay from the funds
of the bank, dividends amounting TO
900. that the bank did not at the
time of declaring the dividends, have
sufficient net profits or surplus to pay
them and that 100000 of the dlvi-
dends were paid from the capital stock
OF the bank; that each of the defend
ants shared in the distribution of the
dividends aud that they could have
known that the bank did not have net
profits or surplus sufficient to pay
such dividends, or any part of them
On July "a. 1910. the board of dir
ectors of the bank, by resolution, or
dered paid Il dividend of 10 per cent
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton. amounting to $4,000, and the
dividend was not paid from the sur
plus profits of the bank
THE defendants, ONeiI, E. r. Day.
Anderson, Wyman. Nord1uist and
Easton We're present as directors and
did not cause their dissent from the
proceedings to be entered on the
minutes of the meeting of the board.
"On April ~. 1870 the bank filed
with tho bank commissioner of the
state a false and fraudulent report Of
its resources and liabilities, and on
November 2, 1910, made another false
aud fraudulent report in writing to the
pdiiN commissioner, anu mat the NIX
caused an abstract of said false and
fraudulent reports to be published in
newspaper in the county of Shoshone
and that, each of the defendants had
full notice and knowledge of the maxi
ing, films and publishing of these
false and fraudulent reports,
"The defendants during the period
Of their incumbency as such direct
ors. did unlawfully consent to the
loaning of money of the bank to the
officers and directors thereof and to
owned and controlled bv
them i'll an excessive and dishonest
manner and in a manner incurrng
great risk of loss to the bank and its
creditors, which loans actually caused
the insolvency of the bank: that the
directors knowingly violated provi-
sions of the banking laws of the state
and thereby caused McTammany to
deposit the money in the bank which
was subsequently lost"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
IMPENDING TARIFF CHANGES
(From Engineer and Mining JouI'naD

Business is undoubtedly uneasy in
fear of coming tariff legislation Re-
cognizing that reductions are going to
be made, we fancy mat the adverse
effect upon any particular industry is
going to be much less than is dreaded
In the manufacturing Industries The
owners of modern plants have little to
fear The laggards will be inspired to
improve their processes and equip
lnent, and by increased efficiency
maintain their place in competition
The producers of raw material will be
least able to do this, and it is from
them that most opposition to tariff
reduction will come. although econom-
most indefensible,
"The reaction against protection, If
it should come" says Professor Will
son. Ought to proceed by gradual and
tentative steps. This sort of consider
alton. however. need not be shown
with regard to many raw materials, In
producing which no considerable plant
Is needed"
Yet we expect that 1t will be with
respect to raw materials that the most
serious opposition to tariff reduction
will be experienced because therein
will vested interests be most irremed.
ially hurt. The manufactures may
modernizc his mills The producer of
lumber and lead may not alter the adj
verse conditions of geography or the
lean bounty of nature. II 1t were only
the original cXploitcrs of such re-
sources that were affected the case
would be more simple. 1t might be
said to them. you have been assisted
long enough. Be content" But their
property has been capitalized under
artificial terms, and upon such bases
has eben to more or less extent
transferred to investors and to detract
from the earning power Of
their principal is not a matter for care
less legislation.
In the mining industry the subjects
of most concern are zinc, lead, iron
and their respective ores. In none Of
these cases, however do we think that
realization will be so bar as the fore
bodings. The average prices for spell
ter at st. Louis and London during the
IN years ending with 1911, were about
5.a5c and SC, respectively; for the 20
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19

years ending with 1911 they wer,
about Alb and 4.51c. respectively. Tc
Pittsburgh, the great spelter consum.
ing center the freight from St Louis
and from Atlantic ports is about tn.
same and foreign spelter must, more
over. stand the ocean carriage Mani.
fcstly an abolition Of the duty on spcl.
ter would make no great difference in
tho long run II would, however. Ger
tainly tend to equalize market condi
tions and prevent such cxtravacancef
as have been experienced in the dom
estic market in bile.
In lead the respective 10 year aver
ages have been about 456c and 2.91c.
he 2o-year, 4.17c and 277c Here we
have much greater differences than ir
the case Of spelter. An abolition u"
the tariff on lead would unduestion-
ably reduce the American price but
certainly not to the previous European
level, because the latter would be rails
ed by American buying. The worlds
supply of lead and the demand for if
,re too nearly in balance to permit any
leluge from any source if the tariff
Sarrier were removed
The present tariff on iron ore is 15c
Ter ton which corresponds to the rail-
way freight for about 80 miles. 1t is
nconceivable that the removal of this
'ow tariff would have a disastrous cf
feet upon our iron mining As to the
ariff on steel products. Mr. Carnegie
has expressed himself with cIearnese
md emphasis.
There is not the slightest probability
hat the duties on lead and spcltrr viii
he entirely removed The chances are
hat the reductions will be but moder.
ate. Important Establishments in com
mercial operations WILL no doubt, be-
come necessary, and the uncertainty
abont these will naturally create nerv-
BUSINESS, but In the end we fancy that
no one will find himself hurt so badly
as he now thinks.
The copper producers of the United
States exploit lower grades of ore than
anywhere else, in places remote from
the markets for copper consumption
pay the highest rates of wages. ex-
port nearly so per cent of their pro-
duct, command the worlds market and
do all this without the enjoyment Of
any tariff.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
SUPREME COURT SAYS RECEIVER IS PROPER
PERSON TO BRING SUIT AGAINST DIRECTORS

The supreme court Of Idaho holds
that the receiver of the defunct State
Bank of Commerce of Wallace, of
which Il. +. O'Neil, recently tried on
a criminal charge, was president, is
the proper person to bring suit against
the directors of the banking house TO
recover for funds lost by depostors,
and not the depositers. The ruling
ward McTammany versus II. L. Day
ct al, directors of the bank in which
the Judgment entered in the district
court for Shoshone county is affirmed
| McTammany. one of the depositors.
brought action against the directors to
recover the amount of his deposit
s1605. He charged in his complaint
the directors had looted the tnstitu-
ton, paying dividends to themselves
during period of years prior to its
failure, to the amount of the capital
stock, 100000 and had thereby vir-
tnally taken over all the deposits In
the bank. Seeking to make the direct
ors liable for the amount of the de-
posits, McTammany instituted action
and the litigation was viewed as a
test case to ascertain if the depositors
could recover from the directors direct.
The supreme court holds that the
law places in the hands of the receiver
the power To hold directors RESPONSE
bic aud it is his duly to direct and in
stltute suits against them. The opinion
is written by Justice Sullivan and con-
CURED in by Chief Justice Stewart and
Justice Ailshie. Tho district court
jurist affirmed is Judge W. w Woods
Courts Conclusions.
The courts ruling Is given in the
following conclusion reached in the
opinion:
IF the bank has suffered loss on
account of the directors having de
N'uItu ulNlucDuS cDItIdI! 10 IllC pro-
visions of section 29S1. revised codes.
or has suffered loss in consequence of
the directors fraud gross negligence
or wilfull breach of duty. after such
is placed in the hands of a
receiver it is tho duty of the receiver
as the representative of all concerned
to proceed and collect such illegal div |
idends and all other claims of such
due tho bank by contract
or caused by the fraud, gross negIi-
gence or wlfull breach of duty of the
officers thereof SO that whatever may
be recovered may be properly distrib-
uted among all of the creditors of the
bank as the law or court may direct |
IF the receiver fails or refuses to
do his duty in this regard. that mat
ter ought to be called to the attention
Of the court and the court ought to
compel him to do so or remove him.
"The trial court did not err in sus-
tanning the demurrers and entering
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
SECURES BIG CONTRACT.

The st Maries firm of logging con-
tractors, Mann & Hayes, have signed
contract with the Milwaukee Land
company, subsidiary Of the Milwau-
keT Railway company, to cut and de-
liver AT Santa, small station on the
Chicago, Milwaukee d Puget Sound
railway, 40,000,0o0 feet of logs, delivery
to be made within the next two years
This is the biggest contract undertake
en- in northern Idaho since logging be-
gan and viii provide employment for
a large force of men.
J Mann, the active partner in the
company, expects to set 800 men to
work as soon as they can be employed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
INCOMING SHERIFF
NAMES ASSISTANTS
HAS CHOSEN ALL EXCEPT OFFICE
DEPUTlES--D. l.. HOPKINS IN
CHARGE or JAIL.

Sheriff. elect McCabe. whose term OF
office begins Monday, January 6, after
carefully considering the qualifications
of many candidates for the positions
of deputy. announcer his force, with
the exception of undersheriff, as fol-
lows
Burke and canyon-Luther Freeman.
Kellogg and Avery--Josiah Hill and
James Fl. Collins.
Jailer-D. l.. Hopkins
This fills the list of appointments to
be made by the incoming sheriff. cx-
cept for the position of undersheriff
or office deputy Several names are
being considered in connection with
this appointment and it is not likely
that a decision will be reached before
next week.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19,-Coppcr~-DulI
standard spot and December $3.50
bid. January and February. $4,000
II Electrolytic, s17e2@178E lake
s11scM11s7; casting, $1125@1737.
Tin--Quiet: spot. s49.S7m50.35; De-
cember. $49S5m50.25; January, si9.75
M5015.
Lead-Quiet. s425M 4S5
Epelter-Quiet, $7.20d74o
Antimony-Puiet, Cookson's $lo.oo.
Iron---Barely steady and unchanged.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
JOHN BERG ACCIDENT VICTIM.

John Berg. we'll known in Wallace.
Chance mine at Wardner. yesterday.
when he was caught by failing rock
His right farm was broken and the
hand badly lacerated. nearly all the
flesh being torn off. He is being car
ed for in the Kellogg hospital.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
ST. MAR|ES MURDER
CORONER'S JURY SAYS SLAYER
JACK IS BEING SOUGHT.

ST, MARIES, Dec. l9.-That Albert
Stelnbach and Grace Norman, alias
Foy, shot to death about L. Is a. m.
Tuesday morning in a disorderly re-
sort here, met death at the hands of
an unknown slayer. was the verdict of
a coroner's jury yesterday.
Officials are now seeking Joseph
Gary, lumberjack, who claimed the
Foy woman had robbed him of $50.
Andrew Foy, husband of the woman,
arrived this morning from Spokane
and consulted with the officials. Foy
spoke of man who is alleged to have
broken up Foy's home In Spokane.
Fifteen Witnesses Heard.
About Is Witnesses were heard at
the inquest, including nine inmates of
the resort where the shooting occur
red
About the only testimony calculated
to shed light on TIE case was that
Gary had been to the resort about 10
o'clock Monday night and had been
looking for a gun. Bartenders at the
Olympia bar which adioins the re-
sort, and inmates of the latter place.
testified that Gary had sought to hor-
row a revolver.
Testimony was given that the Foy
woman was without money when she
reached st. Maries last week aud That
on Monday afternoon she was seen
with $50 in bills in her hand.
~ Powers, who was arrested after
the shooting, was taken tonight to
Occur d'Alene.
After the shooting two men were
seen running through swamp back
of the resort. Powers shoes were
taken oft today and exactly fitted the
imprint of a footstcp in the swamp.
Coroner Wenz, Sheriff Mcfarland
and Prosecutor Black are working on
the case.
Woman Had Police Record
Andrew Foy, the father of Grace
FoY's two children. is employed at |
he North Side baths on Monroe street.
lie left Spokane for ST Maries yester- |
lay morning after comforting with the |
police, The children are at Chewelah.
According TO records kept by the
police, Grace Norman WAS arrested !
With four men mt the Richmond hotel,
2S Sprague avenue, on December 10,
harged with vagrancy When ar
aligned IN police court before Judge
icorge w Stockcr Grace Norman was
ined S32 80, The husband later paying
portion of the fine and securing her
eleaso on the promise that she would
cave the city and reform.
when Grace Norman left the sta
ion | gave her q severe lecture and
With tears streaming down her face
he promised to begin new life and
o give up everything Of disorderly
ature." said Desk Sergeant Fred
carson last night. II warned her
hat unless she did reform that she
'ould lose her children, but she beg
ed that do all that could to help
or keep them" ,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19

Charles II. Rose, miner, diedslast
Sunday at local hospital, death be-
ing caused by cancer Of the stomach,
He had been conducting restaurant
at Enaville for some time prior to his
death. Burial was had In Greenmount
cemetery Monday, Rev. Chamberlaine
conducting the services.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-19

Arthur Leaf, miner employed In
the canyon mines for several years,
left Wallace Tuesday morning over the
Northern Pacific for Denver. where he
intends to remain.