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VOL 26. NO. 8
CALDWELL, IDAHO. SATURDAY. JULY 13. 1907
WEEKLY, $2.00 PER YEAR
BUILDINGS GO IP IN FLAMES
FIRE LADDIES DID GOOD WORK
THE GERMANIA KESTURAM A COMPIETE LOSS—PIONEER OFFICE SAVES
NEARBY BUILDINGS—TWO Of THE OCCUPANTS
SLIGHTLY INJURED
Fires usually occur in Caldwell in
groups of three, the one last Wednes
day was followed by another Sunday
morning about 1:30 a. m. The clang,
clang, of the fire bell sounded the
alarm at the hour when people gen
erally are sleeping the soundest of any
heur of the night, many heard the
first tap of the bell, but could not
arouse themselves sufficiently to get
up and dress for several minutes.
The fire was first discovered iu the
Germania restaurant, although some
who were among the first to arrive
say that from the appearance of the
adjoining building that the fire orig
inated in it and not in the restaurant.
Both of the buildings were old-timers,
the restaurant being the one formerly
owned by Swain Beatty, but had been
moved from Main street. The build
ings were both consumed but the loss
was not heavy and were it not. for
the loss sustained by Mrs. Laudebeck
the fire would have been a blessing in
disguise. It was fortunate for the
Caldwell News office and the old city
Base Ball Managers Meet.
The brass collars, the gentlemen
who are supposed to furnish the gray
matter for the ball teams playing in
the state league met in the parlors
of the Saratoga hotel Thursday night.
President Gowen presided; E. K.
Hayes acted as Secretary. The fol
lowing teams were represented:
Boise by Abbott; Weiser by Moulton;
Payette by Driscoll; Emmett by
Hayes; Nampa by Robb; Mt. Home
by Gôddard and Caldwell by Ham
mond. The flsrt order of business as
stated by the president was the read
ing of charges as preferreo oy the
Emmett team against the Weiter
team, the former claimed the game
. *ind also asked that the Weiser team
forfeit the $50.00 stipulated in case
a team fails to play on the regular
date. Moulton of Weiser offered the
following resolution:
"That the Weiser game and the
$50.00 forfeit be not given Emmett."
Abbott of Boise moved to strike
out the game and vote on the $50.00.
The amendment carried. The motion
as amended was then voted on and
carried. The matter as it now stands
is that Weiser keeps her money and
Emmett gets the game. It I b but
fair to state that Weiser paid the
Emmett club's expenses the Sunday
the game was forfeited.
During the time the motion was
being debated there was more hot air
disposed of than ever was at a Popu
list caucas. Moulton of Weiser de
nied that the water had been turned
purposely on the diamond, he wbr
ably seconded in' his remarks by
Driscoll of Payette. Hays of Emmett
contended that his team had been job
bed and thought that they should be
paid for it. Goddard of Mt. Home
was unable for some minutes to de
termine just where he wus at, but Ed
die Hammond was Johunle on the
spot and read base ball law like
Philadelphia lawyer. The matter was
finally disposed of, and the proposi
tion that another series be arranged
for was talked over but nothing defi
nite was arrived at. It was observed
that county lines cut no figure when
It came to deciding the question of
the game and the forfeit. Boise,
Nampa, Emmett and Caldwell voted
as a unit while Weiser, Payette and
Mt. Home stood shoulder to shoulder.
It looked atone time like the fire com
pany would have to be called out
to quell a riot between Weiser and
Emmett but it all passed off.
To Incorporate.
The citizens of Middleton held a
meeting Monday night In the bank
building for the purpose of taking
steps to incorporate the town under
village government. A committee of
three was appointed to first decide
on the lineB for the Incorporation and
then to get the necessary petitioners.
The law requires that there be 200
Inhabitants within the corporate lim
its and that a majority of this num
ber must favor the Incorporation
It was practically decided at the
meeting to «tart at the center of sec
tion 6, which la near the center of
hall, that the brick building owned
by the Pioneer Irrigation District,
stood between these buildings and the
fire, otherwise there would have been
one of the most destructive fires that
ever visited Caldwell. But as "all
is well that ends well," Caldwell
was again fortunate. The restaurant
building and lot are owned by the
A. K. Steunenberg estate while the
other building was owned by Fronian
& Mosby and the lot by E. C. havering
The origin of the fire will always re
gain a mystery, for if it was not of
incendiary origin it must have caught
from the stove and slumbered for sev
eral hours before breaking out. Mr.
Brown a boarder and Mrs. Laudeback
the owenr, were both injured and
came near losing thetr lives.
The fire laddies are to be congrat
ulated on their promptness in getting
the fire under control after getting
the water. It was some minutes be
fore the full pressure was 011 but
when it did come the (lames were
soon subdued.
the town and extend south to the
river and west to J. P. Wilson's Une
and north to a point near the res
idence of Fred Chaney and east to the
residence of P. A. Watkins. There ap
peared to be a unanimous sentiment
favoring the incorporation although
it is said that there will be somè op
position developed later. One of the
reasons stated for the incorporation
was that Mr. Pierce, the electric rail
road magnate, had stated that Middle
ton could not have electric lights un
til she was incorporated. This is
doubtless true and it might be fur
ther stated not then, unless liberal
franchises were granted the Pierce
combiaation. H. E. Wallace has the
legal end and the citizens committee
will do the rest.
Marriage Licences and other Business
in the Clerk's Office.
The following marriage licences
have been issued the past week: El
iner Holversen and Miss Fay Bilder
back, both of Emmett. The bride is
the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs
C. P. Bilderback.
John E. Keith of Wilson, Owyhee
County and Miss Blanch Bailey of
Payette were licenced to wed July
9th. Mr. Keith is one of the promi
nent wool growers of this part of the
state and was the Owyhee represent
ative in the lower house in the last
legislature. He has many friends in
Caldwell who wish him prosperity.
An execution was Issued out of the
clerk's office for $832.40 against a
Mr. Thebo who resides In the Payette
County.
The court cases of E. Pearl Ellis
Vb . W. H. Schenck and that of Fouch
Vs. Bates were to have been tried
In chambers Thursday but after Judge
Bryan arrived he was notified that
the litigants were not ready and ask
ed a continuance until next week.
Judge Bryan is a mild, even tempered
fellow, but there are some things that
rile him and the postponement of
cases Is one of them: the attorneys
tn the above cases could have notified
him as easily at his home In Payette
as to have waited until he cam« to
Caldwell. Don't let. It happen agatu
gentlemen.
Peter Sonna.
The funeral of Peter Sonna took
place Thursday from his residence in
Boise. By the death of Mr. Senna
Boise looses one of her most ener
getic citizens and it will be many
years before the vacancy caused by
his death will be filled. Peter Sonna
.vas a self-made man, coming to Idaho
in the early days, with only- energy
and economy for his capital, he has
by practicing both these qualities
amassed a fortune that Is near the
million mark. He has left, what is
better than gold, a clean name, one
that his children need never apologize
for.
Married.
John Keith of Wilson, Owyhee
County and Miss Blanch Bailey of
Payette were united In marriage at
the home of the bride In Payette. Mr.
played the game and lost, the score
standing 4 to 2 in favor of the Pay
ette-Weiser team. The boys if they
felt so disposed could blame the um
/pire or any old thing, or even say the
Payette team was lucky, but they did
not. take advantage of the chestnuts
in base ball parlance, but just said
they were defeated and let it go at
that.
Wednesday.
The Payette team, that is, the gen
uine article, played a return game in
Caldwell, but the result was quite
Keith is the representative from Owy
hee County in the last legislature and
is also one of the prominent sheep
men of that county. The Tribune
extends congratulations.
The Ball league.
The Caldwell ball team played an
engagement at Payette last Sunday.
The gaine was a dandy, as the Pay
etters had taken the precaution to
strengthen their team by getting the
assistance of five of Weiser's players.
But a little thing like that never dis
couraged the Caldwell boys. They
knew before they left home just what
they would have to contend with, they
different from the Sunday game and
was not nearly so interesting. At the
close of the game the score stood 4
to 0. This game finished the games
so far as Payette and Caldwell are
concerned.
At present writing Caldwell heads
the league for the pennant. But
Weiser has two games to play with
Mt. Home, and if "the Kids" win
both games, then Caldwell and Weis
er will be a tie, otherwise Caldwell
wins.
Women Narrowly Escape Death in
the Boise Waters.
(Capital News Special Service.)
Parma, July 11.—While crossing
>the Boise river from Roswell to Par
ma Tuesday afternoon four women
and two boys had a narrow escape
from death. Mrs. D. E. Sabin, a lady
over 70 years of age, her daughter
Mrs. Carlock, her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. D. C. Sabin, and Mrs. Lee, to
gether with two boys, one a son of
THE HAYWOOD TRIAL
ANALYSIS OF TESTIMONY
IRIBLINF CORRESPONDENT GIVES NEWS FROM ATTOR
NEYS POINT OF VIEW—POINTS GAINED BY
STATE—MOYFR ON THE WITNESS STAND
' the state.
Boise, Idaho, July 10, 1907.
On account of the celebration of
th? Fourth of July there was no court
on Thursday. The Friday forenoon
session was taken up by the defense
with three witnesses who testified to
the conditions existing in Colorado
mining camps during the strike dis
turbances. Owney Barnes, who lived
near the Independence depot denied
Orchard's story about making a bomb.
Jacob Wllff, a former clerk for Pet-j
tlbone, and iu whose name letters
containing money were sent to Harry
Orchard, though he did not know any.
thing about whether there was any
money in the letters he sent,
or not. All he knew of be
ing sent was a Masonic charm
and his union card. John Har
per and son testified and before the
father's tectimony was concluded
court adjourned until 2 o'clock. The
afternoon session only lasted about
three-quarters of an hour, for after
his examination was concluded and
one other witness had been examined
Mr. Darrow arose and said that with
the exception of two or three witness
es, who were not at present here and
the reading of the depositions the de
defense was through; the originals
had not arrived from San Francisco
and there were mistakes tn the script
of the copies, he did not think any
time would be gained by reading
them, but that an adjournment until
Monday would really be time gained.
All were agreeable to this and court
■was adjourned until Monday at 10
o'clock.
All of Monday was taken up read
ing of the testimony offered by the
defense on the subject of the explo
sion at the Fred W. Bradley home In
Washington street. San Francisco.
In 1904. TMtfle was taken by depo
sitions, the witnesses being examin
ed In San Franclsco'Wy Attorney Mil
ler of thq defense add Van Duyn for
The depositions read are
Mrs. Carlock, and a son of Mrs. D. C.
Sabin, were returning home. Mrs.
Lee and one of the boys got out on
the ferry to hold the horses. The
ferry had just left the bank and
struck the swift water when the
horses backed the wagon off the boat.
The wagon box was overturned, with
Grandma Sabin under It. Mrs. D. C.
Sabin managed to get hold of the
wagon box, and caught the boy and
got him on top of the box. Grandma
Sabin then came to the surface, and
j she caught her by the arm and held
j to her and to the wagon box until
] they were rescued about a quarter
°J * m ' le , b ?, 1 ° J W ' ne " ,he br ' dge ' Mr8 '
Carlock failed to £et to the wagon
box after she was precipitated into
the water and was nearly drowned
when she was rescued by James Dix
on, a 1 5-year-old boy who was assist
ing at the ferry, and who, at the risk
of his life, plunged into the water in
an endeavor to save the victims when
the catastrophe occurred. Mrs. Car
lock was unconscious for several
hours after the occurrance, and all
of the victims were subjects for med
ical attendance.
The team, which belonged to Mrs.
Car) ock, was drowned, but the wagon
was recovered after it drifted down
the rlver about a 1 uarter of a mlle .
w ^ ere 't lodged on a sand bar.
The Third One.
T he alarm of fire yesterday about
4:30 p. m. brought out a crowd on
short notice. The fire company re
sponded with their usual promptness.
When the place of the fire was located
it was found to be near New Home.
Some children either set the salt grass
on fire or It caught from some other
source • a ' any rate the flames were
quickly extinguished, before any dam
age was done. This is the third of
the serle8 and U ls hoped that 11 wlU
be the ,ast
A. S. Whiteway was in the city
Thursday looking after his business
interests here. He has not entirely
recovered from the effects of having
been.back stop for six or seven bul
lets recently.
chard's story as to the placing of the
supposed to contradict Harry Or
j bomb on the front porch of the Brad
j ley house as a part of the alleged
I conspiracy against the Western Fed
( eratlon of Miners and of which the
' state asserts the Steunenberg murder
j was an Incident. Clarence S. Darrow
reàd the depositions for the defense,
! While the defense claim the deposi
! tlons have a great deal of bearing
on their case they were of small in
j terest to the crowd as there was only
; very few spectators, in fact the small
j est audience since the trial began,
I Tuesday was taken up by reading
of depositions except the hearing of
a few witnesses who were çompelled
to leave for their homes. During the
morning session, Fred Miller attor
for the defense, who had been ab
sent so long in San Francisco, enter
ed the room and took his seat at the
defense table. Senator Borah was
the only counsel for the prosecution
the others belüg all engaged out
side in working on the rebuttal,
which will probably be taken up the
last of the week, or the first of next
week. The most Important of the
depositions read was that of Mr
Bradley, the most salient points of
which are, viz.: That he had smell
ed no gas In the hall as he walked
down the stairs from his flat. As
he turned the knob and opened the
door to go into the street he said
there was a flash at the end of his
cigar and he was "smashed" to the
floor. Then he smelled gas fumes
and thought he was being asphyxiat
ed. Then came a deafening explo
sion. He was lifted and thrown out
into the street landing on the street
car tracks. He said he noticed no
newspaper, screw-eye, strings or dis
turbed door mat In the vestibule, but
explained that It was not probable
under the clcumstances that he would
have seen them had they been there.
He bad an impression there were
THE S. F. I. & M. R. RE
WORK ON GRADE MONDAY
GRADING OUTFIT NOW ON THE GROUND—MEN AND TEAMS WANTED—
W. P. CARTER IN CHARGE OE CONSTRUCTION WORK
After a long wait, the time has ar
rived when work on the San Fran
cisco and Butte Railway will com
mence or rather that part of the
work that will be visible to the naked
eye. Work has been going on for
over a year and no one knows out
side of a very few people, just how
many difficulties have been over
come and dlappolntments met, by
the promoters of this enterprise that
means so much to Caldwell and Can
yon county. It must cause a feeling
of relief to the men who have been
working so persistently to get the
project to its present stage, so that
they can say, as Mr. E. R. Place ddl
to a representative of the Tribune,
"You can say that the road will be
built, that we will commence throw
ing dirt next Monday." Mr. W. P.
Carter will be In charge of the con
struction work. Eastern people who
are financially Interested will arrive
in Caldwell Saturday for the purpose
of making a personal investigation
two distinct explosions, the first
smashing him down, the second
throwing him into the street. He
testified that pieces of the mosaic
work In the hall and material of
which the door mat was made was
blown into parts of his body by the
force of the explosion. At the be
ginning of Wednesday's session the
balance of the depositions were
read, which consumed about a half
hour, then upon the judge asking
Mr. Darrow to call the next witness,
Mr. Darrow responded by saying call
Mr. Moyer. There was quite a pre
Ceptable stir when the famous pris
oner made his appearance; he en
tered the court room with a quick,
springing step and looked as If his
confinement had greatly agreed with
him, for he had gained at least 40 or
50 pounds since incarceration. One
score gained by the state was the ev
idence of John S. Tierney, special
correspondent to the Denver News
and Times, was objected to by Mr.
Borah and though argued by Mr.
Darrow that it should be admitted.
Judge Wood ruled that It was not
competent and the witness was com
pelled to retire. Mr. Darrow noted
an exception. It was immediately
after this that Mr. Moyer made his
appearance. His evidenfte covered
his connection with the Western eFd
eratlon "of Miners froan the time he
joined in 1897 down to the present.
He denied all charges made by Or
chard In which any criminal connec
tion was alleged, but admitted most
of the things testified to by Orchard
which were in'no wise criminal. He
said that on account of his position
as president of the orgaization it was
necessary for him to be absent from
headquarters most of the time, trav
eling oveir the country visiting the
other smaller organizations, etc.
Stated that he was paid $5 a day be
sides his railroad fare; said he was
an Odd Fellow, had been for 18 years,
was an United Workman, had be
longed to this 8 years, and was in
good standing In both orders. He
told of the numbers of the Western
Federation at the present time, about
40,000, and of the extent of its juris
diction orders were In existence from
Canada to Missouri and from the Pa
cific coast to Michigan; said that
was the custom of the order to de
fend any of their members If they
got into trouble; said he knew Jack
Slmpkins and that he was on the
Board of the organization and attend
ed to his duties In his district; said
he did not know Gov. Steunenberg,
never saw and had no personal hostil
ity toward him, told of his troubles
In the Cripple Creek district and
many other matters that witnesses
for the defense had testified to. He
first met Harry Orchard in June 1904
at the headquarters of the Western
Federation of Miners; said Orchard
was a delegate to a mass meeting
which was called by the president of
of the Colorado State Federation
Labor. He corroborated Orchard's
statement that Moyer asked him
go along as a body guard. Moyer
said Orchard went and that he bought
him a sawed off shotgun to take along
It
of the property. Our full corps of
engineers will start work Monday the
same day the grading commences and
the work will be pushed with as
much speed as good judgment will
permit. Another point I wish to Im
press is that whatever work is done
will be paid for. We are going to
employ as much help as possi
ble from among the farmers In this
country, believing that by so doing,
we will get better results and at the
same time much of the money neces
sary to grade the road will remain at
home."
It ls evident from the above that
Mr. Place and his associates mean
business and It now remains for the
citizens of Caldwell to make good bo
far as their contracts previously en
tered Into are concerned. There ls
not a person In Caldwell but will be
benefitted by the building of this
road, It behooves all to put their
shoulders to the wheel and push the
enterprise to a successful conclusion.
on the trip, besides the revolver Or
chard already had.
At the close of the afternoon Mr.
Moyer told of his trip to Idaho
though he was not permitted by the
court to say how quick the
trip was made or where they
stopped on the way. This end
ed the direct examination and
adjournment was taken until to
morrow, when the cross-examination
will be taken up at 9:30.
Orchard and Psychology.
Boston Transcript.
Prof. Munsterberg's appearance at
the trial of Haywood in Boise City is
not surprising to those who know
that enterprising and intrepid psy
chologist. He could hardly afford to
neglect so brilliant an opportunity for
putting into practice some of the
latest discoveries and inventions of
his department of applied science for
the registering of emotions—the pro
cesses of the mind, that ls to say—
that accompany, or, rather, are pro
duced by, the stress of great excite
ment. Prof. Munsterberg believes
that in the analysis of the truth of
statements made, especially In court,
the discoveries of psychology can be
made great use of. In a recent mag
azine article the professor declared
that psychology now affords a means
of testing even the power of obser
vation of witnesses, to begin with.
To establish deficiency In the capaci
ty of telling things straight, whether
moral obliquity or Intent to deceive
be involved or not, is to contribute
materially to the means of estimat
ing the creditabllity of a given wit
ness. The professor Illustrates by
many common Instances the fallibili
ty of the human senses and the hu
man mind in the effort to state facts
accurately, and he looks actually
toward to the adoption by courts of
justice of scientific tests to determine
the creditabllity of witnesses.
Bridge Bonds.
Clerk Badley is in receipt of a let
ter from Spitzer & Co., of Toledo,
Ohio, who are extensive bond buyers.
The letter states that the firm are wil
ling to let the county have the money
on the Notus and Middleton bridge
bonds at 5 per cent. The previous
bid of Rollens & Sons was 4%. The
letter also stated that it was their
opinion at the time the bonds were
sold that the Denver firm was about
a Vfc cent off.
Fire Near Middleton.
A fire occurred about three miles
north of Middleton Thursday after
noon at the home of John Wllmers,
completely destroying the house. The
fire is supposed to have caught from
sagebrush that was being burnt. The
loss was about $150.00; no Insur
ance.
The examination of Glenn Fuller,
charged with arson, was up before
Judge Hagelln Friday, but was post
poned for want of witnesses. The
prisoner ls still in the custody of the
sheriff.