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Lewiston Evening Teller
LEWI8TON, IDAHO, TUESDAY. APRIL 16, 1 907.
CÔÔlËWÂRÔ
FOR WOKE LEE
lysterionsly Disappears
(rom Pogue Ranch, and
Friends A* Worried
< „ T'oilpr i
Special to El en n
ORANGEVILLE. Idaho, Apr., i*— ,
A rew'ard of 1200 has been offered for
formation leading to the recovery
" - man named Wong Lee, who
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Appeared from the Pogue ranch
wriy In December, 1906.
The reward Is offered by Wong Woo,
a cousin of the missing celestial, who
conducts a laundry In Orangeville, and
the terms of the offer are for the pay- ,
ment of the money upon information
leading to the recovery of the missing j
man, dead or alive.
The Chinese settlement has been
considerably agitated concerning the
dieappearanec of Wong Let for tue !
oast four months and Investigations
have been quietly made during that
time. _ ,
Had Trouble on Pogue Ranch.
It is alleged that Wong Lee had
trouble with some white man at tne )
Pogue ranch, where he was engaged as
cook, and at that time asked to be
paid off and relieved from further
duty. It ls further alleged that when
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ther employment, that men about the
ranch told Wong Lee that if he qu a
that time they would have him e
ported on the grounds of not posses
sing the required registration papers
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It is also alleged that a fr'en s o
Wong Lee visited the Pcigue ratio .
where he found all of the effects^ !>•>
longing to Wong
y. It is further alleged that wnen
demanded to be relie\ed from ur
It is said that Wong Lee wrote of hts
troubles to friends residing In Grange
ville and Lewiston and the allegations
now made are based upon statements
contained in the letters.
) Wong, such as clothing,
aluables and articles that would have
been taken had the Chinaman conclud
ed to suddenly lea^'e that part of the
country
Chinese Fear Foul Play.
It was also learned at the Pogue
ranch that Wong had prepared next
morning's breakfast and was last seen
about the house at 7 o'clock in the
evening.
The Chinese claim they have made
a careful inquiry In all Chinese set
tlements in the entire Northwest and
are now convinced that Wong Lee
never left the country and the reward
is offered for the purpose of ascertain
ing his whereabouts.
Prohibitionists Against Fuaion.
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 16 .—In
response to the call of Chairman Mc
Callmont the members of the prohlbl
tion state executive committee gather
ed heer ctday to decide upon the time
end place of holding the atate con
vention and otherwise planning for
the approaching campaign. Some city
to the western part of the state, prob
ably Greensburg, will be chosen for
the convention. The sentiment of the
committee ls plainly against fusion
with any other party In the nomina
tion for state treasurer.
Oklahoma's Constitution Ready
GUTHRIE, Okla., April 16 .—Te
ronstltutlonal convention reassembled
ioday to go through the formality of
Ramlnlng the document In Its com
pleted state and affixing the signa
tures of the members to the parchment
soples. When this has been done
everything will be In readiness for t'.ie
election this summer when the people
gion this summer when the people
the new state will vote upon the
firption of the constitution.
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Big Montreal Fire. ;
MONTREAL, April 16.—The m«d
cal building of the McGill unlvsrsLy !
>as been destroyed by fire. The loss I
*111 exceed $500,000. j
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Dr. Pf mips, who la attending Her
**ft Cole, who was lnjuied Sunday
*Mle trap shooting at Clarkston, eays
*at Mr. Cole will not lost the use of
il* right eye.
FIVE DONTADTS
TO ELEOTROUUTE
AUBURN, N. Y„ April 16c—Ski ward
'«»ton was electrocuted her« ioda y
° T the murder of Thomaa Mahan* y
1v * d l*Unct contacta war* necessary
«lore Sexton was daelaiad dead
WOMAN meets
TRAGIC death
Falls Through A Window
in Apopletic Fit, Glass
Cutting Throat
CHICAGO, 111., April 16.—Mrs. Sarah
A. Albaugh, a widow 73 years of age,
on West Madison street, a a*
f oun j (jead in her bedroom today with
her throat cut.
She was stricken with apoplexy
while standing near a window an I
fell headlong through the glass, sev
ering the jugular vein.
KEEPING CITY
BEFORE PUBLIC
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ant g ecre t ary Robert Dougan, who has
succee( je<i getting the Lew'iston date
jj n6j heading a news Item, printed in
paperg throughout the United States
whose corn b!ned circulation exceeds
j 150,000 copies.
Mr. Dougan has personally conduct
ed the publicity campaign, and after
securing the consent of newspaptrs,
has mailed them news articles of in
teregtj bearing the Lewiston date line.
These storles of thrift in the Lewis
ton-Clarkston valley have been an
Dougan Puts Boom Articles
About Lewiston In
Many Papers
The feature of the "21" committee
meetJng held at the Bo i lin ger hote i a t
noon was the report of Assist
, other va j uab i e piece of advertising to
Mmm nnitv
the community.
The class of paper and their aggre
gate circulation In which the articles
have been printed are: Mining, 3±,
400; religious, 30,900; daily, 25,530;
stock, 41,350; farm, 12,000; railway, 7,
000; labor, 5,000; law, 2,200.
A vote of thanks was extended Mr.
Dougan by the committee.
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Clay Deposits Valuable.
The report of the committee dele
gated to investigate the clay deposits
east of town declares them to be as
reported. It was decided that no ap
propriation could be made to any pri
vate enterprise, but that Individual
members of the committee would sub- |
scribe amounts to $100. A vote of j
thanks was tendered the committee j
composed of Messrs. Kjos, Beach and
Kettenbach, for their work.
An appropriation of $50 was made
for the use of Messrs. Gay and Golds
worthy of the Washington State col
lege, who will deliver an illustrated
lecture In the eastern states on the
varied resources of Its Immediate
vlellty. Views will be furnished by
the club. Four dollars was then ap
propriated for the use of the same
men for securing a page In a booklet
of 5,060 circulation, advertising the
Lewiston country.
LAMP EXPLODES, CAU8ING FIRE
Destroys Office Deputy Mining
corder Simpaon at Lucile.
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g clal t0 Evening Teller
qraNGEVILLE, Idaho, April 16.—
la9t n jght caused by the explo
sion of a lamp, destroyed the office
; fixtU res of Deputy Mining Record
er slmpson a t Lucile on Salmon river,
! The logs l9 estimated at $300 with no
I j„ 9uranC e.
j The Orangeville High school base-
ball team defeated the city team Sun
| day afternoon by a score of 17 to 14.
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ANOTHER FIRE IN
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 16 —
a which started in a grill at 640
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morning destroyed five Me build
in—. The building were all of wood
of temporary
pled as stores and offloes. It is _
lleved the first was of Incendiai y
origin.
EVELYN'S MOTHER SAYS
SHE'D HAVE SHOT WHITE
Mrs. Holman Declares Daughter Never Told
Her What She Related to the Jury .
During Progress of Trial
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PITTSBURG, Pa., April 16.—(Copy
right by Leader Publishing Company.)
—The Leader this afternoon Faints a
4 ix-column statement of Mrs. Hol
man, mother of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, in which she defends herself
against the accusations expressed and
Implied against her during the Thaw
trial.
She says that two nights after the
night upon which Thaw shot While,
she received this telegram from her
daughter:
"It is most important for you to say
absolutely nothing."
Until now she has remained silent,
and has been forced to take the de
fensive because of the attack made
upon her by Attorney Delmas In h,s
closing address to the jury.
Mrs. Holman denies she aided Dis
trict Attorney Jerome in any way, or
that she had been seen by District A ! -
torney Jerome, Mr. Garvan or Mi.
Hartrldge.
Mrs. Holman then details her strug
gle following the death of her first
husband in her efforts to properly rear
her two children, and says her daugh
er first posed for an artist named
Storm of Philadelphia, who met Eve
lyn at a summer resort when she was
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ADMITS KILLING
DR. D. R. GOX
LEXINGTON, Ky„ April 16.—John
Smith, charged with the assasinatlon
of Dr. B. D. Cox, went upon the wit
ness stand today and fully confessed
to the assassination of Jim Cockrlll,
saying that he; Curt Jett and John
Abner, killed Cockrlll.
Smith said he fired once, Jett four
times and Abner three times. Smith
exonerated a man named Britton, who
was suspected of some knowledge of
the crime.
PEAGE ADVODATES
HAVE HARD DAY
NEW YORK. April 16.—The advo
cates of peace, who have come her*
from al sections of the United States
and many foreign countries to par
ticipate In the national peace confer
ence today, found a hard and long row
before them.
There are five different meetings
which will practically fill In all of to
iftay and until midnight
STRAUSS 18 FINALLY LYNCHED
Negro'» Body Riddled With Bullets
After Being Hung to Tree.
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 16 —
Charles Strauss, the negro charged
with the criminal assault of a white
woman near Bunkie, was taken from
the officers by a mob and hanged to
_ tree six miles from Bunkie tod..y.
The body was riddled with bullets
This Is the same negro who caus'd
five members of a mob yesterday to
be shot by negroes who managed to
get Strauss away from the mob.
John W. Cummings, a prominent
lawyer of Fall River, Is mentioned aa
a possible candidate for the democrats
nomination for governor of Massa
chusetts.
a little girl.
"Florence," she said, "wm in love
with the stage,"
She did everything to discourage
her, but It was useless. The story of
Florence's first meeting with Stanford
White, she says, ls substantially as
told by her upon witnes stand.
When Florence returned she told htr
mother she had met "the grande.-1
man," and later, when White sent for
her, she went to his office. Wb c
she says, warned her specifically
against seevral young men with wnoin
Florence had become acquainted, htr
did not refer to Thaw.
White's words and action were the
personification of whole hearten and
disinterested generosity, Mrs. Holman
says, and if ever a woman Imposed j
implicit confidence In a man, she "ays
she did In him.
Mrs Holtnan then says if Florence
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underwent the experience th£.t ls said i
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to have befallen her, she did not taxe j
her Into hr confidnce. Continuing, sn !
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says: j
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"Had she told me *hat
Thaw jury, it would not have been
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necessary for Harry Thaw to kui
Stanford White. I would have don<
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It myself'
FAIL TO SECURE
VIRGINIA LANDS
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MANKING, Ky„ April 16. The ^
celebrated Old V irginla ,and grant j
suit, in which possession is given to
millions of dollars' worth of eastern
Kentucky coal lands, and was sued for
by eastern parties, met its second de
feat In the circuit court at Whit s
burg yesterday when Judge Lewis dis
missed the case.
Hundreds of armed mountain land
owners were present, but good order
prevailed. The case will be carried to
the federal court
White May Get Job.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 16.—
Colonel Pearl White of New Orleans
was a guest of the president at lunch
eon. It Is understod the president ha#
tendered him the position of commis
sioner of international revenue to suc
ceed John W. Yerkes, resigned. It is
believed he will accept
Arrested for Old Murder.
JONESBORO, \Tenn„ April 16.—.
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Roy Hale reported arrested at Med
ford. Ore., is wanted In this county for;™*
teh aleged murder of Irby Davis last .
December. Roy has a brother C Ur
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ence, who whent to Medford several i
weeks ago. It is believed the boys j
have met there.
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The proposition to accept $750,000
from Andrew Carnegie for a library ;
was voted down by the citizens of D i- I
troit at the recent election. j
Gerrit J. Diekema, the republican j
candidate for William Alden Smltii'fc j
seat In the house of representatives
has long been prominent in Michigan
politics. He served four terms In thi
state legislature and has been chair
man of the republican state committee
since 1900.
John W. Terkes, commissioner of
internal revenue, has made It known
that he will not accept the republican
nomination for governor of Kentucky.
Those now mentioned for the nom na
tlon are ex-Oovemor William O
Bradley, Augustus J8. Wilson of Louis
vile and E. T. Franks, collector In
ternal revenue of on* of the district.
RIG SNOW IN
MIDDLE WEST
Blinding Storm In Nebraska,
Freezing Weather at
Kansas City
TOPEKA, Kans., April 16.—A
blinding snow storm Is raging in this
state.
Snow at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 16 -
There has been a ligh- fall of snow
here. Freezing weather ls predict-d
for tonight.
QUAKER CITY
FAVORS TRUSTS
Wants No Legislation That
Is Going to Hurt the
Railroads
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PHILADELPHIA, Pat, April 16 — j
The board of trade of Philadelphia j
yesterday unanimously adopted ç. re- j
yesieraay unanimously auuiueu « re- i
pork opposing legislation imln'jnlcal !
to the railroads. The report u part ]
says: v
"Whlle the questionable TnancUl j
methods of some of the railroad man- ;
agers have Invoked merited criticism, |
yet there is no justification for a pol- j
^ prompting antagonism merely for j
retaliation, either by the people or the ,
government, as the universal railway i
system of the country must now be re- j
gnrded as the great public carrier and
Absolutely necessary for the general !
husines prosperity. !
"While there were and perhaps are
matters the corp orate j
nf ej an d In what are popularly terme«
trusts, that have cried loud for a |
remedy, It must be remembered that
[without corporations and klndied coin
j b'natlons or capital, it ls Imposaih'e
to conduct most of the business of the
country."
COURT SESSION WAS NOT LONG
Judge Steele Hears Arguments on
Legal Points in Two Cases.
j Proceedings in the district court this
^ morn ] ng w-ere confined to the hearing
j ar(?um ents on legal points In two
In the case of W. G. Mohundro vs.
Thomas Cubertson and others, on mo
tion of the plaintiff to put the case on
the court calendar, an order whlcn
was made to submit the case for de
cision during the last term, was set
aside and the plaintiff admitted 'o
file an amended complaint before Sat
urday morning, April 20.
D. E. LAKIN CA8E THIS WEEK
Witnesses Summoned to Appear
Against Peck Sawmill Man.
McH. Harbaugh returned to the city
this morning from Peck, where he
summoned witnesses to appear for the
state In the Laktn case.
D. E. Laktn., the mill man at Peck,
was arrested last January by Deputy
Game Warden Harbaugh for violat
ing the game law by maintaining a
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dam without providing a fishway. He
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for;™* tried before JuslLice Colburn and
. WÜty ""djined *£ »*«*
P«» 1 «* the case to the district court
and the matter will come up for heat
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j Bad Blaze in Boston.
J BOSTON, April 16,—Fire In a ware
hou»e on Central wharf today resulted
; in damage estimated to $100.000.
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j 8pain to Increase Navy.
j MADRID. April 16.—The m'nlster of
j marine In an Interview declared the
[naval program to be presented at the
onen'nv of the eortes comprises fresh
expenditures amounting to $10,000,000
annually for several years.
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Morqan After More Art.
FLORENCE, Italy, April 16.—It 'a
reported that J. Plerpont Morgan has
paid $200,000 to Prince St. Boss! In
order to have his refusal whenever the
prince wishes to sell his art objects.
A republican club of Kansas City
Is raising a fund of 6166,060 to secure
the republican national convention af
1668 tor that city.
GEORGE MEYERS
GALLED BEYOND
Well Known Clarkston Boy
Succombs to Peculiar
Case Poisoning
Clarkston Bureau Evening Teller,
CLARKSTON, Wash., April 16.—
News of the death of George Meyer«,
a well known Clarkston young man
who was at Clearwater, was received
at 10 o'clock this morning by tne
parents, who reside In South Vine
land.
Meyers had been employed In the
Cracker Jack mine. While there he
bcame poisoned. He failed st adily
and returned to his home in this city.
Doctors here were unable to diagnose
the case, and upon the advise of U s
parents, George went to Clearwater, &
little town 20 miles from Kooskla,
where he has been attended by Dr.
Busey.
The remains will be interred In ,he
Fair View cemetery, ten miles frjm
Clearwater. The father, mother and
several relatives of the young man left
this afternoon for Clearwater to attend
the funeral.
Packers Use 200,000 boxes.
At a meeting of the» Asotin Fruit
Growers' association last evening the
crop prospects and the matter of tne
orup piuojjci ^ .
proper handling of the anticipate*
fruit crop expected this year was dis
cussed It is estimated that the asso
elation nljjne will handle close to 20
carloads of fruit or about 200,000 box
es, aggregating a selling price of near
$15,000.
A committee of trustees of the asso
elation was appointed to confer with
B J. Roper relative to the manufac
ture of a sufficient number of fruit
boxes for the yeaf's output, Mr. Roper
to get the contract for their munu
facture providing a nominal price wa*
named-,
A new board of trustees will be
elected at the next meeting of the aa
soclntlon, which will be held ln^ th
Burnett building Saturday, Anrll 27.
To Celebrate on Fourth.
A committee of merchants are visit
ing the husines men today for the
purpose of securing their support for
the holding of a grand celebration on
Junly 4th. Clarkston has had no cele
bration for three years, and the mov '
taken up has thus far met with favor
In the eyes of those desirous of keep
ing money at home. Pel»'orations have
been held at little tows ihroughout the
country for seveial years past, anl
all Clarkston attended these demon
strations. The chamber of commerce
will take up the movement.
Clarkston Newt Notes.
C. A. Hannan, who recently pur
chased the tailor shop supplies ot
Hugo Kelgreen, has moved to Lewis
ton, where he has accepted a position
in the Berg tailoring parlors. Mr.
Hannan has disposed oY his furniture
to Mr. Kelgreen.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Bremer, Mrs. Simpson
and relatives assembled at the home
of Philip Simpeon this morning to hold
farewell party In honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Bremer, who are preparing »
leave for Seattle, where they have pur
chased property.
C. P. Cook left this afternoon for
Orangeville, Mr. Cook spent the win
ter In California
Mr. and Mrs. J. HÄ Cayou have gone
to Spokane, where they expect to re
side permanently.
NO EVIDENCE
AGAINST BLAKE
Goode Withdraws Connlaint
and Says He Wil Let
Matter Drop
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COTTONWOOD, Idaho. A •i ll 16 —
The charges against Harr> Blake,
charged with the attempted ,i»sassliAa
tion of Attorney George w Goode,
have been withdrawn by Attorney
Goode.
Attorney Goode today stated that hs
has been unable to secure suffidsiit
evidence against Mr. Blake and pre
fers to let the matter drap.

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