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y Lewiston Evening Teller TH I RTY-FIRST YEAR-NO. 136. LEWISTON, IDAHO, SATURDAY. JUNE 22, 1907. 0BAZÏ BARBER RUNS AMUCK Shoots Up Chair Car on Rock Island Killing One Wounding Others DENVER, June 22.—There was a «booting ^ffray on the chair car of the west-bound passenger on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad last night between Dresden and Seiden, In which T. B. Topp, A tailor of Minne apolis was killed and Mrs. Morris Oleson and her sister, Mrs. Harry Blakesley, of Arriba. Colorado, were wounded. The shootings was done by an Italian barber named John Bells, of Boston, en route to San Francisco, who ran amuck. After mos\ people were dozing In their chairs they were awakened, from their sjumber by frantic yells and pistol shots. Bells fired five shots In rapid suc cession, taking accurate aim at one passenger after another. People fled from the car In a panic, except Charles A. GUliat, of Denver, an employe of the Griffin Wheel Co., and D. R. Slaw son, of Pueblo, Colo. Gllllat closed In with Bells and In a desperate strug gle succeeded In wrenching the pistol from the Italian's hand, but not before he had fired two shots which did not hit anybody. Bells then drew a razor and made a desperate but Ineffectual effort to use It. A negro porter from the tourist car here Joined in the struggle and succeeded in knocking the razor out of Bells hand, who was then seized and bound by GilliaL The train crew stayed outside the car while the disturbance was in progress. At Goodland the injured women were placed in the hospital, and Bells and his companion, Patsy Loganzbraili, were locked In Jail. Mrs. Bells said the men were drinking all day yester day and Bells went to sleep and awoke with a start, Imagined some one was trying to rob him and rushed up the aisle firing his pistol. WILL CANCEL LAND PATENTS day PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. —The j Oregonian said today that seeking to |i cancel six coal land claims in Lewis county, Washington, 40 miles east of -Chehalis, patented to Portland men, the government yesterday filed suit in the United States circuit court at Ta coma, charging that the patents were secured by fraud. The government alleegs that E. E. Lytle, William Crooks, Joel M. Long and A. L. Mohler and others "entered Into conspiracy to defraud the govern ment out of the tltl£ to the aforesaid lands," and that they, "believing said land to contain large and valuable de posits of coal, procured and obtained certain persons to make filings there on.' The lands In Question were patented In 1903 to stockholders of the Portland Coal and Coke company, composed of nearly 50 men, nearly all of Portland. This company, the government alleges, Is a "subsidiary of the O. R. & N.' meaning that It exists for the purpose of passing the land from the patentees to the O. R. & N. for whom It is char ged the coal projoct has been pro moted. The Oregonian says that the com uregoman says uuu <•*«= -— plaint charges that the defendants had filed on 17 other claims, but these, latter had been held up in the general i I Hyde- McGuire Wedding. WINCHESTER, Va., June 22.— Christ church, this city, was the scene of a society wedding of note today, when Miss Leila Moss McGuire, «laughter of Dr. William F. McGuire, became the bride of Lewis Livingston Hyde of New York. The ceremony was attended by gqests from several states. The bride Is related to many promi nent Virginia families and is a niece oï Henry at George Tucker, president of the Jamestown exposition. Mr. Hyde is a prominent lawyer and club ntan of New York. The couple will •bend the autumn and winter- In Europe, and on their return will Uve Hew York. STRIKERS NOT DEMONSTRATIVE Companies Refuse to Confer Are Bringing In Strike ! Breakers SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.—The ; situation in connection .with the strike j „„i, , , or operators is quiet. A conservative estimate of the num- j P ber of men out is 200. The service is | maintained In the offices of both com- ( * panies by the officials, together with a one or two men and women who re mained loyal. Superintendent Jaynes, of the West ern Union, is accredited with the statement that the company hopes to be running fairly well In another week. It was learned last night that 15 oper ators for the Western Union were on their way from the East and had pass ed Rawlins, Wyoming. It is believed that others will follow. Whether the strike will extend to other cities is undetermined. The com- j panies will not hold conferences with the officials of the union and this may I lead to calling a strike in other cen ters. Superintendent May, of the Western Union, said today the company antici pated a strike and has between 50 and 60 men at work. A speedy increase of the number of men at work is anti cipated. The company refuses to recognize the union in any manner whatever. Superintendent Storer, of the Postal Telegraph company, said today that they were tiding over the trouble very ____I well' considering the circumstances, an.d had nearly one-t'n rd of their former force on duty. Strike Breakers Are En Route. OGDEN, Utah, June 22.—Two car loads of telegraph operators from Baltimore and Philadelphia in charge of fiva. Pinkerton detectives passed through Ogden today for San Francis co to take the places of the strikers. SOMMER SCHOOL FOR I HE FARMER Monday, June 24 —The dairy cow; methods and selecting beef; medicine; testing milk and breeds ; MOSCOW, June 22.—The summer school connected with the College of Agriculture at Moscow opened Tues day of this week. The program for the com tng week of the school is as fol owa; for nursery veterinary cream. Tuesday, J une 25 Dairy planting the orchards; veterinary den tistry; adulteration of milk; stock Judging. Wednesday, June 26—Dairy breed , care of orchard; diseases of alimentary canal; care of milk and cream on the farm; stock judging. Thursday, June 27-Dalry demon stration; no school work. 10 to 12 periods; fungus diseases; pruning bearing trees. Friday. June 28-The hog industry, cultivation, and cover products; dis eases of the respiratory organs; in care of milk and cream in the sects; creamery. All of the creamery done in the fine new plant Just instal - ed in Morrill hall, while Judging will be done on the experl m The School will be of special benefit to farmers who wish to keep in touch with the solution of work will be modern farm wim — their farm pro blems so as o m< returns produce the greatest possible returns i young men who want « I ™ thodS ° f keeP an g d IntelUgent farm so or soil cultivation "" fee " the need j Ts^claf work for entrance Into the Sail Swls of the agricultural depart ment of the unlverslty. Teachers In farming communities who desire to make their classwork more successful by the introduction of nature study and alimentary agriculture. There will be a course of lectures on «SS, »uw . «ourse In veterinary science, which will continue tor __ —ore The creamery will *>• ready tor practical demonstrations and work in actual creamery P«««« L arranged for the farmer who #x make his own butter a. well ÎT uiose who contemplât« operating «reamer!«* NEWS FORECAST COMINC WEEK Peace Conference Will Divide Space with Commence* ment Colleges ; WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22.— I During the coming week the Interna-( , _ , tional Peace congress, having com- j ... , , . . j P leted ltM preliminary work and being ; | ready to lake up the more serious bus ( * ness at hand, will continue to attract a large share of the world's attention j the historic institution Tenn. to The Hague. , The case of Judge Loving, charged with the murder of Theodore Estes, a case that has already attracted much attention, will be called for trial Mon day at Houston, Va. The week will witness the annual commencement exercises at Yale, Har vard and other of the big New Eng land colleges. A similar event of In terest to another section of the coun try will be the semi-centennial cele bration of the University of the South, at Sewanee, President Roosevelt is expected to attend the Intercollegiate boat races at Poughkeepsie next Wednesday, In which the crews of Cornell, Columbia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Syracuse and Annapolis Naval acad emy will take part. Oxford university, on Wednesday, will confer honorary degrees on Mark »«al at the United States G 1 Twain, Ambassador Reid, Rudyard j Kipling and several other notables. j An event of interest to golf players ! throughout the country will be the an- j tournament 1 Golf association, j which will be contested Thursday anB i Friday at the Hinsdale club, near Chi- j °ago. The same day will also witness the j the craw s of j New London, I annual races between Harvard and Yale at new ! C° nn - i A three-days' conference is to open | ) in New Orleans Thursday for the pur- j ! . the . Pro pose of giving definite shape movement inaugurated by the gressivfe union of that city to hold a bi-oceanic exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal in 1915. Important questions are schceduled for discussion at the 10 th annual con vention of the Federation of American Zionists, which is to begin its sessions I Friday at Tannersville, N. Y. Saturday will be. inauguration day In Georgia, when Hoke Smith will for mally assume the governorship in suc cession to Joseph M. Terrell. Montgomery ferry, TELEPHONE PLANS FOR MINIDOKA BOISE, June 22—The government Is planning to put In .on the Minidoka project new telephone lines to the ex tent of 39 miles, a great deal of the material for which is now on the ground, and for the construction of which bids are being called for, says the Rupert Record. It Is the hope of the officials here that by this time next week work on the construction will be actually going on. The design Is to so construct these lines that all the main and principal laterals will be coupled up with central at the offices here, and with this end In view they will be extended out In almost every direction from Rupert, either following or reaching to all the main laterals on the project. On the south side, three stations will be put in; one at the up per end of the canal, one at the lower end and one at a point nearly the cen ter, Just south of and opposite the Of the poles secured from Sand Point, in the north part of the state, ( two carloads have already arrived, leaving two more to come. They are shipped In by way of Montana over the O. R. & N. and Utah Northern to j Pocatello, thence to Rupert. The poles will be set 25 to the mile. Wire for the lines Is now on the way, a portion *>• of the Instruments and the Insulators and brackets are here and the rest of the instruments will be here In due time. When this system Is completed the government will have It« Irrigation works sd completel in hand that the chances for damaging breaks in the canals will be minimized to the low est degree, a condition that all will greet with hearty welcome. Colorado Springs.—Anna FrizzeL aged five years, met a most horrible 4 «ath last night by being bitten by « rattles— 1 rs. SEMI-CENTENNIAL AND JUBILEE University of South Cele* ^ j, ra t es Qolden Anniver* sarv p e t e 22.—Spe New Or , , SEVVANEE ' 1 unn " June clal trains from Atlanta, , , , . „(leans, Memphis and other points are ; large u Qf al t to at _ 16 coming week, in connection with the annual commencement exercises. | The exercises will be formally open- | tend the semi-centennial celebration of the University of the South. The jubilee is to be celebrated during the ed tomorrow when the students, tac ulty and visitors will gather ln SL Augustine's chapel to listen to the semi-centennial sermon, to be preach , ed by Bishap Sessums of Louisiana. In the afternoon memorial exercises will be held at the historic corner stone of the universlay and will be partiel pated in by many notables. The event of Monday will be the laying of the new corner stone for the j new home of the Phi Delta Theta, which is to be the finest fraternity house in the South. Tuesday the : graduating exercises of the senior j class will be held. Wednesday will be observed as alumni day. The semi- j exercises will be held centennial I Thursday, when addreses will be de 1 vered by Governor Patterson, Presi j dent Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins j university. Chancellor Kirkland of ! Vanderbilt university and others, j The Universlty 0 f the South 1 j founded In 1857 by Southern leaders ; of the time, who saw the need for a i great institution of its kind in the j g outb The university was completed at ttie time of the Civil war, when It j became a camp for Soldiers, and before j war ende( j the college was com I ! pietely destroyed. i Immediately after the war a log | ) 10USe w as erected, and, with nine j students, the building of a great col lege for the South was resumed. To day it has many fine stone buildings, situated in the midst of a beautiful park of 8,000 acres. In recent years ! . a I negl ' the college has been the recipient of large donations from several philan thropists, among the donors being J. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Car ASK GRANGEVILLE TO MAKE EXHIBIT The people of Grangeville and Camas prairie will be asked to supply an ex hibit of their products for the Lewis ton Commercial club rooms by Secre tary R. C. Rohrabacher, who left this afternoon for Grangeville. It is believed such an exhibit would be of material value to the sections ! land, ity of vegetable products grown there, i There will also be views of the won- j ( derful water power of the Clearwater j ! j dor j of j whose him and here were I ered sity. represented as many people will view the exhibit and thereby become Inter ested In the country who otherwise would not know of the wonderful re sources of the rich country occupying the highlands between the Clearwater and Snake rivers. It is the purpose of those Interested the In the movement to make the exhibit ! most representative of the entire upper by country. , There will be a complété exhibit of ! the agricultural and horticultural pro- it ducts; showing the excellent grains and grasses; the hardy winter fruits particularly adapted to the Camas prairie country and the excellent qual and Salmon rivers fully shown. The proposition will **> taken up with tha.Grangeville business men with the view of arousing an Interest there in the collection of such an exhibit It is the purpose of Mr._ Rohrabacher to have the display properly labeled, showing the part of the country each product belongs. New York.—Representatives of the big. foreign shipping companies, ac cused of conspiracy In restraint of trade, deny the charges and state no toriety plays a most prominent part In the prosecution. Butte.—A Billings dispatch states that homeseekers by the hundreds are arriving there to participate In the drawing for land In the HuMley irrf « cation project. The opeaii% win fptaM Wm H. - . lrrt takei FARMERS HAUL TO NEW TOWNS ^ ave ^ one ^ ^ Delivery to Warehouses on the Nsw Line Special to Evening Teller. j VOLLMER, June 22.—The work of laying the cement foundations for | the Northern Pacific bridge across ! Lawyer's canyon has been commenced with a large force and will be com- 1 pleted before the railroad Is complet- j ed to this point in the fall. The ex- 1 cavatlons for the p i e rs were complet- j ed ] as t fall, but the cement work was J postponed until after the dry season of summer set In. The grain warehouses of the Voll mer-Clearwater Grain company are re , ceiving last year's wheat at the rate Qf 30 , oada a day Th , s company ha8 completed two large warehouses 250x ^ ^ an(J a terge houae now un . der courae of constructlon for the Kettenbach company. ^11 of work now being perform j ed> from the erec tlon of a freight house for the railroad company to the delivery of grain, points to the early : completlon of the road and the ma j terial relief afforded a country rich in resources, but embarrassed for a pe j r od of years by the absence of trans I portation. . Hai k tor the e 'ory o grain o e Farmers of the prairie section have j paid from 25 cents to 35 cents per railroad at Culdesac, and under these circumstances an average of 50 per cent of the crop remained In the farm i ! ! I ! ; ers * warehouses until the good roads of summer allowed the delivery to be again resumed. It is this part of the crop that is now- being delivered to the Vollmer warehouses, and the delivery expenses for the prairie country will not exceed an average cost of 5 cents per sack. the Hill ' j j WILMINGTON. Del., June 22.-A | No. bronze statue of Thomas F. Bayard, I " States senator, former MEMORIAL TO THOS. F. BAYARD ! land, who i former United secretary of state and first ambasaa dor of the United States to the court of St. James, was unveiled today with interesting but modes* ceremonies. Ex-President Grover Cleveland, in whose first cabinet Mr. Bayard was secretary of state and who appointed him ambassador to Great Britain, de livered the oration. The statue Is located at Woodlawn and Shallcross avenues, at the en trance to Rockford park, and It was here that the ceremonies of the day were held. In the presence of a large gathering that Included state and city officials and other Invited guests. I The absence of ex-President Cleve was 111, was the cause of great regret. He was to have deliv ered the principal address. In his ab sence his address was read by John Bassett Moore, of Columbia univer sity. Judge George Gray, of the United States circuit court, delivered an In teresting address. His widow drew the cord which released the draping. ! The memorial statue was modeled by Miss Effie Stillman (now Mrs. William Ritchie, of London, and was ! cast at a bronze foundry in England, it Is" about seven feet In height, and represents Mr. Bayard in a charac terlstlc pose, with a cloak thrown over one arm and a roll of paper In the other hand. by of MINERS CHANGE CONSTITUTION referepdui before a DENVER, June 22. —The convention of the Western Federation of Miners today practically agreed upon the con stitutional amendment providing a idum vote by any local union strike is called, two-thirds of those voting to answer in the affirm ative. Under the present system a strike may be ordered by any union when three-fourths of its resident members vote fn flavor of It and this action Is ratified by the executive boafcd. era) other minor amendments to th constitution were adopted. PERFECT PLANS FOR CELEBRATION Cottonwood Has Fine Pro= gramme to Offer on 4th of July Special to Evening Teller. COTTONWOOD, Ida., June 21.— Committees on arrangements for Um celebration of the Fourth of July re port excellent programs arranged, a large number of entries of the best horses on Camas and Nezperce prairie for the racing events, and the assur ance that all visitors to Cottonwood during the celebration days will be supplied with accommodations and at j reasonable rates. It Is the purpose of the Cottonwood citizens to entertain the people of both prairies and ln euch a manner that all will be glad of having chosea this place to celebrate. The subscrip tions of the people have been most lib eral. and the distribution of the money has been such that all will find a fea ture of the elaborate program that Is particularly entertaining to them, and the amounts of prizes are sufficient to insure the best events. The music will be supplied by tho two . Cottonwood organizations, tho ! ball teams will contest for a purse of ! $100 each day, all sporting events aro I provided liberal prizes, and the horse ! racing will be the best ever witnessed in the prairie country. BRADLEY WILL SEND DEPOSITION SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 22.— Attorney Samuel M. shortrldge, of thlz city, was engaged yesterday In taking the deposition of F. W. Bradley, the former superintendent of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, who, it Is al leged, was run out of the Couer d'Alenes by members of the Western Federation of Miners, during the labor troubles of several years ago. Mr. Bradley was an occupant of the flat at No. 1404 Washington street in this city " hen Harry orchard made the alleged attempt to blow him up with » l '" mK bomb. Mr,: Bradley's deposition will be used by the defense in the Haywood trial at Boise. Mr. Bradley's version of the ex plosion is that It was caused by gas. Under direct examination by Mr. Shortridge he testified yesterday that his cigar apparently ignited a quantity of escaped Illuminating gas as he de cended to the front hall from his apart ment on the third floor. The explo sion was of such force that It wrecked the front part of the house. Mr. Bradley was hurled Into the street and badly Injured. In his testimony at Boise Harry Orchard has declared the explosion was the result of the setting off of a bomb placed by him under tha front porch with the object of killing Bradley. The cross examination of Mr. B#id ley was conducted by Attorney Van duyn for the state of Idaho. a Is RABOIN ET. AL. ARE UISCHARCEO The case of the State of Idaho vs. Edward Raboln et al., charged with malicious destruction of property, wee dismissed today in Probate Judge Hanlon's court upon motion of County Attorney Needham, who was prose cuting the case. Raboln and associates were arrested for the specific charge of destroying buildings and Improvements upon a piece of property held by Joseph Silver by a patent from the commissioner of the general land office, but claimed by the Indian department as an In dian reserve. The case has Moused much Interest in Lewiston and the reservation coun try on account of the real contention being between the two departments of the government. County Attorney Needham appeared tn court today and asked for a dis missal of the case for cause. the Kiel.—Emperor William won yacht race yesterday by better Hm» three minutes with his'Amsricnn b*l* yacht Metern*. \ '-----