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Lewiston Evening Teller
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 10
LEWISTON, IDAHO; SATURDAY, JANUARY 11. 1908
SPOKANE SHAKEN
BY EXPLOSION
TWO POWDER HOUSES AT CHE
NEY BLOWN UP AND SHOCK
JARS THE METROPOLIS, 18
MILES DISTANT
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SPOKANE, Jan. 11.—So great
was the force of the explosion ôf two
powder houses of P. Welch & Co.,
near Cheney, last night, that houses
In all parts of Spokane, 18 miles
from the Beene, were shaken by the
blasts and many of the occupants
thought that there was an earth
quake. There were two distinct
shocks, following one another in
close succession. The first vibration
occurred about 9:30 o'clock and
lasted about 10 seconds. The sec
ond was of less duration but of
greater violence.
The following is the Cheney re
port of the accident:
"About 10 o'clock this evening
two powder houses at P. Welch &
Co. 's camp No. 3 were blown to
atoms by a dynamite explosion. The
explosion was caused by the thaw
ing of powder. As far as known no
one was Injured.
"The force of the explosion tore a
large hole in the earth and broke
nearly all the windows in the busi
ness houses on the north side of
Main street and a number of resi
dences had windows broken. The
camp is located about a mile from
the city, but the shock was severe
here. Citizens came rushing to the
street, thinking that the bank
vaults had been blown by burglars.
Men working on the night shift at
the camp were thrown to the ground
and badly shaken up. There were
two explosions at an interval of
about one minute.''
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BANKER WALSH
PASSED ORDEAL
CASE AGAINST HIM CONCLUDED
AS TO EVIDENCE AND ARGU
MENTS OF COUNSEL WILL BE
GIN NEXT MONDAY
GIN NEXT MONDAY
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—With I
conclusion yesterday afternoon
the cross-examination of John
Walsh the taking of testimony in
the long-drawn-out case against the I
former bank president was practi
cally completed. Arguments on the
evidence will be begun Monday
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morning, Judge Anderson having 1
announced that he would be engag
ed with other matters today, and it
is thought that the case will be giv
en to the jury before the close of
next week.
Reaffirming and reiterating that
his first concern in all of the trans
actions between himself, his banks
and his various enterprises had al
ways been the welfare of the Chi
^ cago National bank, the aged wit
ness came through the ordeal of the
examination without retracting a ;
word of his initial declaration. He j
made admissions which were regard-1
ed by the prosecution as compro-j
mising to his plea of innocence, but !
he maintained to the last that the j
Interests of the bank were always;
protected to the best of his judg
ment. One of the admissions forced
from him by the searching Interro
gation of Assistant District Attor
ney Dobyn8 was that the memoran
dum notes, -the Importance of which
had been emphasized by the prose
cution, were not on the record of
loans to the persons whose names
appeared on the notes. On the other
hand, he declared that the unsecured
l^ans which had been produced In
evidence of alleged bad faith were
recorded by him as his personal lia
bilities to the bank, even when ad
vanced to others, and that in the
event of his death his estate would
have been held for their payment.
HnVg'-o Wheet M«rVet
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Wheat close:
S^,' ,105,fc: Ju,y> 98 %c; Sept..
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FLEET'S TRIP TO PUGET SOUND
Trip May Follow Visit to San Fran
cisco This Summer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Admi
ral Evans' fleet may make the trip
to Puget Sound after leaving San
Francisco this summer is the official
announcement today.
THAW JURY
IS COMPLETE
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CASE WILL BEGIN MONDAY, AND
IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FAR
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LESS TIME THAN WAS OCCU
PIED AT FORMER TRIAL
I paase( j temporarily Into the
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The sec
ond jury to try Harry K. Thaw for
the killing of Stanford White was
completed late yesterday ana on
Monday morning the prosecution
will present its direct case against
the defendant. Five jurors in all
were accepted and sworn at the
morning and afternoon sessions. As
a whole the jury is made up of a
most intelligent body of men, most
of whom are at middle age or over.
When the panel had finally been
completed, after many vexatious de
lays and after the exercise of 23 per
emptory challenges by the défasse
and 20 by the prosecution, Thaw an
nounced that he was entirely satis
fied and in fact well pleased with
the 12 men chosen. Young Mrs.
Thaw, who has watched the selec
tion of the Jury with the keenest
interest, also declared that she was
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The jury as finally completed now
stands as follows:
1— Charles F. Gremmels, ship bro-'
ker, foreman.
2— Arthur R. Naething, employing
baker.
3— George W. Cary, dry goods.
4— George C. Rupprecht, salesman.
6— John H. Holbert, mineral wa
ters.
5— David C. Arrowsmith, manager.
7— Wm. F. Doolittle, auditor's
çlerk.
8— William H. McHugh, clerk.
9 : —Frank J. Howell, manufacturer.
10— William Burck. assistant secre
tary Y. M. C. A.
11— Francis Dovdale, real estate.
12— James A. Hooper, meats and
provisions.
The last jurors selected were Mc
Hugh, Howell, Burck, Dovale and
j Hooper. The last two seats In the
I jury box were especially hard to fill,
and a number of talesmen were
places.
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only to be excused in a few minutes
paase(
only to be excused in a few minutes
by the prosecution.
Judge Dow lip g announced today
that beginning with Monday the
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court hours will be from 10 a. m. to
1 p. m. and from 2 p. m. to 6p. m.
• Assistant District Attorney Fran
cis P. Garvin will make the opening
statement for the prosecution, as he
did at the first trial. He 'will not
consume more than 10 minutes, and
it is said that the state's direct wit
nesses will not occupy more than
two hours. The defense will open
Monday afternoon, Martin W. Lit
tleton, Thaw's new chief counsel,
making the opening statement.
BANKS SHOW
RESERVESURPLUS
OVER SIX MILLION ABOVE 25
PER CENT RULE— SHOWS RE
COVERY OF THE FINANCIAL
MARKET
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NEW YORK, Qan. H—The j
weekly bank statement of the clear- j
Ing house banks showed a surplus j
of reserves under the requirements!
of the 25 per cent rule today for
the first time since the financial
stringency began in October,
surplus was $6,084,505.
A. C. Eitzen is
in the city from Nezperce
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business visitor
BURNED TO DEATH
IN NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER
FIRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR GUTTED A 12-STORY BUILDING
FIREMEN CAUGHT BY THE SINKING FLOORS AND FALLING
WALLS—MANY THRILLING ESCAPES AND HEROIC RESCUES
BY BRAVE FIREMEN
Parker buildlng at Nineteenth street
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—A
early today completely gutted
fire)
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and Fourth avenue. The building
was a 13-story structure, and owing
!to poor water pressure the fire could J
not be controlled until it was in
ruins. The loss is estimated vari
ously up to 16,000,000. Although
accounted fireproof, the great build
ing burned like tinder.
Three firemen and a printer are
reported missing. Search for the
bodies is progressing under dlfficul
ties. There were many thrilling
rescued. Five firemen caught on the
roof must certainly have perished
had not a rocket carrying a stout
rope been sent up from the roof of
an adjoining building. Down this
rope they slid to safety, t
Three men were caught on the
sixth floor when it collapsed. They
were forced to climb to the eighth,
and were rescued by ^helr fellows,
who ascended the precipitous and
tottering walls by scalipg ladders, 4
A score of firemen were injured
during the conflagration. Robert
Boyer, a printer, employed on the
fifth floor, Is mlBslng. I
The fire Originated In the fifth
story of, the Parker building, a
twelve story business structure oc
cupying the block between East
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
on Fourth avenue. Fqught by half
the firemen of Manhattan and appa
ratus that blocked the streets, the
flames were never controlled and
only with dlflculty were they con
fined to the bulldoing l|n which they
originated. Floor aftpr floor gave
way and dropped to the basement,
and beneath these apd crumbling
walls no less than thirty firemen
were caught and either killed out
right or seriously Injured. The
monetary loss Is fixed Pt 15.000,000.
monetary loss Is fixed Pt 15.000,000.
lapsed.
FULTON WILL BE SHOWN,
SAYS FRANCIS J. HENEY
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ALSO SAYS THAT DECISION IN WILLIAM
SON CASE DOES NOT OFFECT OTHER CASES FENDING AND
THEY WILL BE PUSHED TO TRIAL—HE WELL OPEN ON THE
'HALL CASE MONDAY MORNING
PORTLAND, Jan.
11 .—Francis J. i
Heney, foe of wrongdoers, arrived in |
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the ctly today from San Francisco
to renew the prosecution of the al-,
leged land frauds in this state. He j
will begin work on Monday, when
ithe case of former United States
j District Attorney John H. Hall will.
j be called for trial.
Heney is emphatic in his state-J
I ment that the decislcin in the Will-j
llamson case does not affect the other
land fraud cases pending in Oregon,
and says they will be pushed to
trial.
Heney will not conduct the cases
SCHMITZ SEEKS
RELEASE ON BAIL
SAN FRANCISCO,
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application for release on ball
(Eugene E. ......
Schmitz,
I confined in the county Jail for eight
months, was made to Superior Judge
Dunne this morning by the counsel
(for the mayor. Action was postpon
ed until Monday.
Jan. in
former
The fire was one of the most spec
t acu * ar as we ll as disastrous in re
cent years. From start to finish its
'course was marked by heartrending
8en8atkmal escapes and
fl a8 hes of heroism.
J Seven firemen of engine company
number 72, which first arrived, ran
up to the fifth floor of the burning
building after the 55 foot extension
ladders had been raised to the win -1
Ydows of that story to make possible
the fireman's retreat. After a fruit
less effort to stay the flames at the
place of origin, the firemen were
driven to the windows only to find
that the tops of the ladders had i
been burned, cutting off their only j
retreat. Three of the seven made a ;
desperate effort to reach the roof.
They were not seen again and are
t supposed to be dead in the ruins.
The other four were rescued by men
of hook and ladder company num
her seven, who at the risk of their
lives ran up scaling ladders and
dragged the more or less burned
4 men from the windows. These men
had barely reached the ground when
the great masses of cement whjch
formed a pillar of the steel frame
I work gave way and crashed through
to the ground, carrying with it
everything below the seventh floor.
John Fallon, Tim Hutchinson and
Sergeant Kelley went down In the
wreckage. Fallon was not seen
again. Hutchinson and Kelley,
fighting desperately against the
plaster and cement which threat
ened to bury them alive, managed jo
reach the street, 'though frightfully
Injured. Hutchinson was only able
to say that his partner, Fallon, was
In the debris when he collapsed and
was removed In a dying condition.
More than a score of firemen were
working within the walls or near
enough to be struck when It col
lapsed.
i after he Is finished with the Hall
| matter. The prosecution of future
leases will be largely in the hands or
^ c Becker> whQ hag beeQ appolnt _
a gsigt a nt to Heney.
j Regarding the Fulton episode,
'Heney says: "We will show Mr. Ful
ton before we get through," but be
yond that he would say little affect
j ing this case.
Speaking of the déposai of W. C.
Bristol as United States attorney,
Heney says he recommended Bristol
to Bonaparte as the best men in the
' county to carry on the prosecution
I of land frauds, and still sticks to his
opinion.
CZAR HONORS
FATHER JOHN
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 11.—
The emperor has manifested his
confidence In Father John Cron
stadt by appointing him to partici
pate in the sittings of the synod of
this year. This is a rare honor for
a nonmonkish clergyman and has
been enjoyed by but two other men.
Mrs. Basil Gordon a Bride
BALTIMORE, Aid., Jan. 11.—A
wedding of note here today was that
of Mrs. Basil Gordon, belonging to |
one of Baltimore's leading families, i
and Lieutenant Colonel George Bar- S
nett of the United States marine
corps.
ROOSEVELT IS
AN OVER-IDEALIST
JUDGE PETER GR0SSCUP SAYS
PRESIDENT MAY HAVE GONE
TOO FAR FOR CONDITIONS OF
THIS PRACTICAL AGE
CHICAGO. Jan. 11
S. Grosscup thinks Roosevelt
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Judge Peter
is an
"overldeal." In an address at the !
banquet of the Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity last night Judge Grosscup
said:
T may not be
"X ma y n °t X* e Bure but what
Roosevelt is an overideal. We must
i not KO tod far in Ideals. We must
j n °t emphasize them at the expense j
; o£ the practical side of life. They
8° hand in hand and accomplish
something more than dreams.
"Ideals are often overdrawn,
an, Y I
we may carry them too far. It is in
this respect I refer to the president.
We should not devote ourselves in
this commercial age to mere Ideals,
but should look further."
Commercial Men Meet
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 11.—The Illi
nois Commercial Men's association,
In annual convention In this city to
day, discussed a plan to make the
organization the largest of Its kind
in the country. The essential fea
ture of the plan is an offer of cash
premiums for each new member se
cured.
The proposed payment is 25 cents
for each new member. The associa
tion at present has a membership of
44,126 members. It Is expected that
this number will be doubled by the
scheme of making every member, an
agent for the obtaining of new
members.
South Atlantic League Meet
SAVANNAH, Ga„ Jan. 11.—The
club owners of the South Atlantic
league assembled for their winter
meeting in this city today. The re
election of President Charles W.
Boyer is expected to go through
without opposition, and the other
business of the meeting will be of
a more or less perfunctory charac
ter.
of a schedule and other arrange
ments In connection with the com
ing season, which the owners be
lieve will be the most successful In
the history of the league.
Railroad Sold to James Hill
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This will Include the dlscnjjislon \
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 11.—The
Great Northern Railroad company,
for a consideration of $6,135,454,
has purchased the line of the Mon
tana Central railroad. The an
nouncement of the transfer was
made late yesterday, when a deed '
was filed in the office of the clerk 1
and recorder of Lewis and Clarke
county. The deed was signed by
Robert I. Farrington, vice president,
and Edward Sawyer, secretary, on
behalf of the Montana Central, and
Inouïs Hill, president, on behalf of
the Great Northern.
The transfer includes the com
pany's main line, branch lines, spur
tracks, telegraph and express serv
his
of
for
has
ice, shops, grain elevators and the
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revenues and earnings since July 1,
last. The Montana Central line runs
from Great Falls to Butte and has
been controlled by the Great North
ern for a number of years.
Butler Stole Family Jewels
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—The po
lice have arrested Frank Riva, his
wife and his brother, Carlo, for the
theft of jewels valued at $25,000
from the home of Charles F. Brook
er at Ansonla, Conn.
Rlva was formerly a butler at
Brooker's home. Jewels have been
found in an East side tenement to
the value of $17,000.
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WILL RUSH
DERRICK CARS AND EQUIP
MENT HAVE ARRIVED AT CUL
DESAC—WILL REACH LAW
YERS CANYON NEXT WEEK
Special to Evening Teller.
CULDESAC, Ida., Jan, 11.—Tho
derrick cars and other equipment ta
be used in the construction of tho
steel bridge across Lawyer's canyon
have been delivered here, and a
forman with 50 experienced men h*
expected to reach here early next
week to commence the construction
j work.
The force will be enlarged as tha
wor k advances, and every effort will
b e ma j e to complete the bridge at
! the e a.rliest possible date. The trac-c
is now completed to the north bridge
approach and a surfacing crew is at
work on the track between Reubens
and Vollmer. This work is prog
ressing very satisfactorily and it Is
stated the road can be placed In
j readiness for regular operation
within a short time.
The roadway Is still In the hands
of the construction department, and
I there has been no intldiation when
the transfer to the operating depart»
ment will be made. The people
here and at all points of the line
from here to Vollmer are anxious
to have the road commence operat
ing, as large quantities of wood is
stored at sidings on this top of the
mountain and the imtnense grain
and hay crop will be available to the
the market as soon as regular traf
fic 1 b inaugurated.
PRECIPITATE
OFFICIAL CLASH
STATE BOARD OF
TURNS DOWN Al
GAW'S FAMILY
WIDENS BREACH
EXAMINERS
DIT0R BEA
Ibills and
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 11.— The
state board of examiners, with all
members present, finally passed on
the bills for the month of December.
By unanimous action of the board
two bills for clerk hire, recom
mended for payment by State Audi
tor Robert Bragaw, oiie to his son,
Robert B. Bragaw. and the other to
\ his wife, C. H. Braga^v, were acted
upon unfavorably.
At the session for reviewing tha
bills for the month of November, a
bill was presented on behalf of tho
younger Bragaw for fjt 135 for ordi
nary clerical work In his father's
office, which the boarld deemed ex
cessive, and a reduction to $76 was
made. This action precipitated a
tirade against the slate board by
the state auditor, who in an inter
view In the evening paper attempt
ed to justify $135 as the proper sal
ary for his boy. In presenting the
bill for his son for December serv
ices $136 was asked, together with
$60 as balance due (for November,
a total of $190. The board, as be
fore. allowed but $75; on this claim.
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There has been
about whether or not
mme question
the auditor
can employ several members of hfs
familv as his clerical
Auditor Bragaw contends
much is appropriated
hire and he can disp
force, while
that so
for his clerk
iose of that »1
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lowance as he sees fir, and takes ex
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étions that the
leems advisable
es paid In other
at
to
ceptlon to any regul
hoard of examiners
on the basis of sa lari
state departments.
The monthly salary of Mrs Bra
gaw of $100 was disallowed by
unanimous action oi the board and
it is exoerted that this will preelpt
tate a test of the question involved.
Drouth Broken in India
LAHORE, India,
drouth which has prevailed for six
months was broken
ous rains through*
district, and a disastrous famine I*
averted. P
Jan. 11.—Tha
today by copi
ait the Punjab