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FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1907.
♦ WEATHER REPORT.
Forecast for Lewiston and vicinity
lor tonight and tomorrow:
Fair and warmer.
Following data recorded at local of
fice, United States weather bureau at
>:80 o'clock Oils afternoon:
Maximum temperature, 82; mini
mum temperature, J9; mean tempera
ture, 66 ; precipitation, . 00 .
W. W. THOMAS.
Official in Charge.
WHAT IS ON TRIAL AT BOISE.
Human nature is on trial at Boisa
Haywood is only an incident He is
likely to be acquitted. It is doubtful
if any one will be punished!, unless it
be Orchard—and he probably couldn't
bo convicted o( anything to which he
has "confessed."
But the bigger event Is the conflict
-of men. There was the miners' Union
en the one side! and there was the
-mine owners' organization on the
other. They came in conflict, and each
did a good deal of reprehensible work
against the other. In the progress of
,their quarrel men wenn killed, proper
ty was destroyed, and the laws were
scandalously disregarded. After some
years of conflict, they have been
'brought into the court of public judg
.tnent. And both are likely to be bet
ter for the revelations that have been
-made at Boise.
Out of this trial will come a better
recognition of the rights of men,
whether those men work in the mines
•for a living or invest their money.
More and more the mine owner will
'Widerstand that those who dig In the
. earth for him are human beings, and
rmust be treated as such. And more
and more the men will turn from the
counsels of such men as declare that
there is an irrepressible conflict be
tween employers and employed, and
that the man who works for a living
.must everlastingly flight the man who
»employs him. ,
Both have gone to extremes, and
they will not be so likely to do it agaiii
when they come from the courtroom
at Boise. Colorado has been a dark
and bloody ground for a number of
years. That bitter strife between men
of two opposing organizations has
warped the judgment of many who
had no direct interest In the strife.
And it has made the whole state as
sume an undesirable position before
.the world.
Capital will have to take a kindlier
view of labor than was evident in the
conduct of the mise owners In Colo
rado and northern Idaho. And labor
will ' have to take a more sane and
reasonable view o# its relations with
its employers.
This old world goes forward by In
dustry and in peace. It goes backward
whenever strife Is precipitated.
In the forward movement both cap
ital and labor are necessary and must
walk hand In hand. Some of the old
The Light
That's Bright
«
Under the glittering »
fight of the electric «
4
lamp every thin« hi J
■een at IU hem. i i
4
poorly furnished house
become* bright and J
ctieerfcil In appearance !
with the Introduction of
electric light
The dark and dingy J
•tore once avoided by 4
shopper« quickly chan
gea Its character and
becomes a bney mart of ]
trade ander the radiant j
brilliance of Electric J
ninfl iitlnn J
Cadi at Electric J
Light .Office j
«
•••••MttMeeeMMMu*
asperities will have to be abandoned J
by both of them. Some of the rea
■on and humanity of a better age will
have to be cultivated.
And this trial at Boise, revealing
as it does, the unprofitable anger of
both sides to the controversy, should
make controversies less frequent—
and forever strip them of the fright
fully murderous temper which has
prevailed.—Intermountain Republican,
* THINK IT OVER. ♦
The jingo is always adding fuel to
the flames, but If war Is declared he
will want to send a substitute.
• • •
In the rise and fall of Ruefs ma
chine Mayor Schmitz does not seem to
realize that he was only the ballast.
• • •
From the reports it appears that
automobile and the cannon tracker
run a dead heat.
• • •
Squires' friends are willing to say,
"Goodby Bill take keer o'yourself.''
• • •
Verily—ah, my beloved hearers—ah
the ox—ah knoweth his onah and the
ass—ah his masters' crib—ah.
• • »
Bill Squires says his name should
be pronounced Squeers, but most of
Americans have another name for him
this morning which sounds as It looks.
• • ■
Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis
has acquired the fame of David Crock
ett in hunting down millionaire law
breakers. He doesn't have to shoot,
they Just come down.
• • •
Over In Ocean Grove the lid is down
so tight that they prohibit chewing
gum. Tobacco was shut off some time
ago and now the pitchers can't even
use a spit ball.
• • •
The unwritten law Is getting to cov
er a multitude of sins. The cloth of
the cloak needs shrinking.
• ■ •
On the morning after bright and fair,
A whift of the powder-tainted air,
That dark-brown taste and feelings
glum
Tell us we were a goin' some.
♦ THI8 DATE IN HI8TORY. ♦
♦ July 5. ♦
1758—British embarked on expedition
against Tlconderoga and Crown
Point.
1777—Americans Abandoned Fort Tl
conderoga.
1779—New Haven captured by Ameri
can force under Governor Tyron of
New York.
1814—Americans victorious over Brit
ish at Battle of Chippewa.
1830—French took possession of Al
giers.
1846 —Joseph B. Foraker, United
States senator from Ohio, born.
1849—William T. Stead, English jour
nalist, born.
1900—Democratic national convention
at Kansas City nominated Bryan
and Stevenson.
1904—People's party national conven
tion at Springfield, 111., nominated
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia foç
president.
♦ this is mV 61st Birthday. -*•
♦ Joseph B. Fof'àker. ♦
Joseph Benson Foraker, United
States senator from Oho, was born
July 6 . 1846, .in Highland county,
Ohio. He entered the Union army
as a private when 16 years old, and
came out at the close of the war as
first lieutenant. After the war he pttld
his way through Cornell, and began
the practice of law in Cincinnati In
1869. In 1879 he was elected Judge
of the superior court of Cincinnati,
which position he resigned In 1882. He
was the republican candidate for gov
ernor In 1883, but was defeated; was
again nominated by the republicans
for governor In 1885, and was elected.
He was re-elected in 1887. In 1889 he
was nominated for a third term and
defeated In one of the most exciting
campaigns In the history of Ohio. In
1897 he was elected to the senate, and
in 1903 was re-elected. His most
notable performances as a member of
toe senate consist of the Cuban in
tervention resolutions, which brought
on the war vffth Spain; tne resolu
tion prohibiting corporations from ex
ploiting Cuba after the war, the stat
ute under which Porto Rico is gov
erned and the motion In executive ses
sion of the senate by which the old
Clayton-Bui wer treaty was abrogated
prior to the United States acquiring
the right to construct and control
the Panama canal. As a senator Mr.
Foraker has opposed three of Presi
dent Roosevelt's propositions—.the
original railroad rate bill. Joint state
hood for Arizona and New Mexico
and the summary discharge of three
companies of the Twenty-fifth Infan
try, colored.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier'* Return.
LONDON, July 5.—Among the
noted passengers sailing on the Allan
lner Victorian from Liverpool today la
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier, who came to England some
time ago to attend the colonial con
ference and his been pursuing inves
tigations both here and on the conti
nent In the interest of Canadian af
fairs.
London.—The British admiralty has
drawn the color line by refusing to en
list a youth bom of a negro father
and an English mother.
THE LION AND
THE MOUSE.
_______ By CHARLES KLEIN.
A Story of American Life Stovelixed From the Play by
ARTHUR HORNBLOfV.
COPYRIGHT. 1906, BY C. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.
**The Lion and the Mouse,"
novelized from Charles Klein's
great play, is an American story
of the hour dealing with the
billionaire. Its leading charac
ter is the richest man in the
world. In the thinly veiled John
Ryder the reader will immedi
ately recognize another John of
worldwide fame. John Ryder's
unscrupulous methods are re
vealed in the conspiracy to ruin
an incorruptible judge who rules
adversely to the interests of or
ganized capital. The judge's
daughter determines to save him.
Her heroic struggles in conflict
with the money octopus make a
story of absorbing interest and
great dramatic power. In his
willingness to renounce his fa
ther's fortune for the girl of his
choice, Ryder's son displays a
nobility which wins the reader's
warmest admiration.
CHAPTER II.
A T flfty-slx John Burkett Ryder
was surprisingly well preserv
^ ed. With the exception of
the slight stoop already noted
and the rapidly thinning snow white
hair, his step was as light and elastic
and his brain as vigorous and alert as
In a man of forty. Of old English
stock, his physical makeup presented
all those strongly marked character
istics of our race which sprung from
Anglo-Saxon ancestry , but modified by
nearly 300 years of different climate
and customs has gradually produced
the distinct and true American type,
as easily recognizable among the fam
ily of nations as any other of the
earth's children.
Tall add distinguished looking. Ryder
would have attracted attention any
where. Men who have accomplished
much In life usually bear plainly upon
their persons the indefinable stamp of
achievement, whether of good or *tU,
which renders them conspicuous
among their fellows. We turn after a
man in the street and ask, Who is he?
And nine times out of ten the object of
our curiosity Is a man who has made
his mark--a successful soldier, a fa
mous sailor, a celebrated author, a dis
tinguished lawyer, or even a notorious
crook.
There was certainly nothing in John
Ryder's outward appearance to justify
Lomhroso's sensational description of
him ; *!A social and physiological freak,
ti degenerate and a prodigy of turpi
tude who, In the pursuit of money,
Crushes with the Insensibility of a
Bteel machins every one who stands!
in his way/' On the contrary, Ryder,
outwardly at least, was ft prepossess
ing looking man. His head was well
shaped, and he had an Intellectual
brow, while power was expressed In
every gesture of bis hands and body.
Èvety inch of him suggested strength
and resourcefulness. His face, when
In good humor, frequently expanded
In a pleasant Steile, and he had even
been known to faugh boisterously
usually at his own storing, which he
rightly considered very dWft, and of
which he possessed a goodlÿ Stock.
But In repose his face grew stern and
forbidding, and when his prognathous
Jaw, indicative of will power and bull
dog tenacity, snapped to with a cllck
Hke sound, those who heard It knew
that squafis were coming.
But It was John Ryder's eyes that
were regarded as the most rettabie
barometer of his mental condition.
Wonderful eyes they were, strangely
eloquent and expressiv«, and their most
singular feature was that they pos
sessed the uncanny power of changing
color like a cat's. When the'ir owner
was at peace with the world, and had
temporarily shaken off the aares of
business, bB) eyes were of the most
restful, beautiful blue, like the sky
after sunrise on a spring morning, and
looking Into thetr serene depths It
seemetP absurd to think teat this man
could ever harm a fly. His faee^ while
under the spell 4P\thls kindly mood,
was so benevolent and gentle, so frank
and honest that you felt there waa
nothing In the world—parse, honor,
wife, child—that, if needs be, yon
would not Intrust to his keejflbg.
When the period of trace was ended,
when the plutocrat waa once more ab
sorbed In controlling the political as
well as the commercial machinery of
the nation, then hla eyes took on a
snaklsh, greenish hne, and one conld
plainly read In them the cunning, the
avariciousness, the meanness, the In
satiable thirst for gain that had made
this man the most unscrupulous mon
ey getter of his time, but his eyes had
atill another color, and when this last
transformation took place those de
pendent upon him and even his friends
quaked with fear, for they were his
eyes of anger. On these dreaded occa
sions his eyes grew black as darkest
night and flashed fire at lightning
rends the thundercloud. Almost ungov
ernable fury was Indeed the weakest
spot In John Ryder's armor, for in
these momenta of appalling wrath he
waa reckless of what be Mid or did,
friendship, self Interest, prudence, aD
were sacrificed.
Such was the Colossus on whom all
eyes were turned as he entered. In
stantly the conversation stopped as by
magic. The directors nudged each oth
er and whispered. Instinctively Ryder
singled out his crony, Senator Roberts, j
who advanced with effusive gesture.
"Hello, senator!"
"You're punctual, as usual, Mr. Ry
der. I never knew you to be late."
Ryder passed on and into the direct
ors' room, followed by Senator Roberts
and the other directors, the procession
being brought up by the dapper little
secretary bearing the minutes.
With a nod here and there Ryder
took his place In the chairman's seat
and rapped for order. Then at a sign
from the chair the dapper little secre
tary began In a monotonous voice to
read the minutes of the previous meet
ing.
Quickly they were approved, and the
chairman proceeded as rapidly as pos
sible with the regular business routine.
That disposed of, the meeting was
ready for the chief business of the day.
Ryder then ealmly proceeded to present
the facts in the case.
Some years back the road had ac
quired as an Investment some thou
sands of acres of land located In the
outskirts of Auburadale, on the line
of their road. The land was bought
cheap, and there had been some talk
of laying part of It out as a public
park. This promise had been made at
tbe time In good faith, but It was no
condition of the sale. If afterward,
owing to the rise In the value of real
estate, the road found it Impossible to
carry out the original Idea, surely they
were masters of their own property!
The people of Auburadale thought dif
ferently and, goaded on by the local
newspapers, had begun action In the
courts to restrain the road from divert
ing the land from Its alleged original
purpose. They had succeeded in get
ting the Injunction, but the road had
fought It tooth and nail and finally
carried it to the supreme court, where
Judge Rossmore after reserving his
opinio^ bad finally sustained the In
junction and decided against the rail
road. That waa the situation.
Several directors spoke, the argu
ments of each one being merely a re
iteration of those already heard. Ry
der did not listen to what was being
said. Why should he? Was he not
familiar with every possible pbase of
the game? Better than these men wuo
merely talked, he was planning how
the railroad and all his other Interests
could get rid of the troublesome judge,
Rosstuoru.
He whp controlled legislatures and
dictated to supreme court judges h -, d
found himself powerless wbeu each
turn of the Ugnl machine y had
brought him face to face witl Judge
Rossmore. Suit after suit had been
decided against him and the interests
he represented, and each time It was
(Judge Rossmore who had handed down
tbd decision. 80 for years these two
men bad fought a silent but bitter duel
In which principle 911 the one side and
attempted corruption Où tbe other
were toe gfge pf battle. Judge Ross
more fought SHb the weapeos whldb
his oato and the law directed him to
■s^ Ryder with toe only weapons be
understood—bribery and trickery. And
each time it had been Rossmore who
had emerged triumphant. Despite ev
ery maneuver Ryder's erp**ence OMild
suggest, notwithstanding every card
that could be played to undermine bis
credit ffnd reputation, Judge Rossmore
fiteod higher la the country's confi
dence than When' he* was first appoint
ed.
•o when Ryder found be could not
corrupt this honest judge with
he decided to destroy him with cahdfr
ny. No scruples embarrassed Ryder
in arriving at this determination.
From his point of view he waS fully
justified. "Business Is business. He
hurts n»y interests; therefore I remove
him,," So he argued, and he consid
ered .it no more wrong to wreck toe
happiness of this honoratfo man than
be would to have shot a burglar hi
self defense. So having thus tran
qnllllsed his conaclence he had gone to
work In hia Usually thorough manner,
aad^ his success had surpassed toe
most sanguine expectations.
This is what be had done.
Like many of our public servants
whoap labors are compensated only In
niggardly fashion by an inconsiderate
country, Judge Rossmore was a man
of but moderate means. His Income
as Justice of tbe supreme court was
$ 12,000 a year, bat for a man In his
position, having a certain appearance
to keep up, it little more than kept toe
wolf from the door. He lived quietly,
but comfortably. In New York with his'
wife and his daughter Shirley, an at
tractive young woman who had grad
uated from Vaaaar and had shown a
marked taste for literature. The daugh
ter's education had cost a good deal of
money, and this, together with life in
surance and other incidentals of keep
ing house In New Jfork. had about tak
en all he had. Yet be had managed to
save a little, and those years when he
could put by a fifth of his salary the
judge considered himself lucky. Se
cretly be was proud of his compara
tive poverty. At least the world could
Men 9 s Oxfords at
$3.50 and $4.00
with us. Do not hold your feet in a
pinched and harassed condition. They
make all roads smooth and walking a
pastime. They are so easy you forget
they are with you
Watson Clothing Co.
never ask him "where he got it."
Ryder wa* well acquainted with
Judge Rossmore's private means. The
two men had met at a dinner, and, al
though Ryder had tried to cultivate
the acquaintance, he never received
mach encouragement. Ryder's son
Jefferson, too. had met Miss Shirley
Rossmore and been much attracted to
her, but the father having more am
bitious plans for his heir quickly dis
couraged all attentions In that direc
tion. He himself, however, continued
to meet tbe judge casually, and one
evening he contrived to broach the
subject of profitable Investments. The
judge admitted that by careful hoard
ing and much stinting he had managed
to save a few thousand dollars which
he was Anxious to invest in something
good.
Quick as the keen eyed vulture
swoops down on its prey the wily
financier seized the opportunity thus
presented. And he took so much trou
ble in answering the judge's taexper:
enced questions and generally made
himself so agreeable that toe Judge
found himself regretting that ho and
Ryder bad by force of circumstances
been opposed to each other in public
life so long. Ryder strongly recom
mended the purchase of Alaskan Mill
ing stock, a new and booming enter
prise which had lately toecome very
active In the mnrlset. Ryder said he
had reasons to believe that the stock
would soon advance, and now there
was an opportunity to get it cheap.
A few days after he had made the
Investment the judge was surprised to
receive certificates 6 f stock for double
toe amount he had paid for. At the
same time he received a letter from
the secretary of the company explain
ing that the additional stock was pool
stock and not to be marketed at the
present time. It was In the nature of
a bontls to t^hich he was entitled as
one of toe early shareholders, Thd Jet-'
ter was full of verbiage and technical
details of which the jnjlge understood
nothing, but he thought it very liberal
of toe company and, putting the stoek
away In his safe, soon forgot all about
It Had he been g business; man he
would hat* scented peril., He would
have realized that he bad now In hia
possqjpon $50,000 worth of stock for
which he had not paid a cent and. fur
thermore had deposited It when a reor
ganisation came. . ....
But the Judge was sincerely grateful
for Ryder's apparently disinterested
advice and wrote two letters to him,
one in which he thanked him for the
trouble he' bad taken and another In
which be asked him If he was sure the
company was financially Bound, as toe
Investment 1 » contemplated making
represented all hfs savings. He added
in the second letter that jje had re
ceived stock for double the amount of
his lpvestipeht innd that, being a per
fect .child In business transactions, he
had been unable to account for the ex
tra $50,000 worth until toe secretary of
the company had written him assuring
him that everything was In order
These, letters Ryder kept'.
From that time on the 1 Alaskan Min
ing company underwent" mysterious
changes. New capitalists gained con
trol and the name was alteffed tt>. the
Great Northwestern Mining Company
Then It became Involved in litigation;
and one suit, toe outcome of which
meant millions to the company, waa
carried to the supreme court, where
Judge Rossmore was sitting. The
judge had by this tone forgotten all
U £ t îïï Wn /' ,n wh,eh owned
■tock. He did not even recall its
He only knew vaguely that It waa Y
mina and that it was situated in AlaE
ka. Could he dream that the Greaf
Northwestern Mining company and
the company to which be had intrust
ed his few thousands were one and toe
Mme? In deciding on toe merits of
toe case presented to him right
to him to be plainly with the North
western, and he rendered a decision to
toat effect. It was an important de
cision. involving a large sum, and for
a day or two It was talked about But
as it was toe opinion of tbe most learn
ed and honest judge on the bench no
one dreamed of questioning It.
But very soon ugly paragraphs be
gan to appear In toe newspapers. One
paper asked if it were true that Judge
Roèsmore owned stock in the Great
Northwestern Mining company which
had recently benefited so signally by
his decision. Interviewed by a report
er, Judge Rossmore indignantly denied
being Interested in any way in toe
company. Thereupon the same paper
returned to the attack, stating that toe
judge must surely be mistaken, as the
records showed a sale of stock to him
at toe time the company was known
as tbe Alaskan Mining company.'
When he read this the judge was pvgr
whelmed. It was true the«! They
had not slandered hi m -. h was he who
had lied, but how innocently—bow tto
nocently! __ ...........
■4 r (To Be Continued.)
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