SLAUQflER HOUSE
SWEET SHELUHG
SAYS A WITNESS
Farmer and Former Em
ploye of Company Contra
dicts Testimony of Dozen
Witnesses for Defense.
The slaughter house of the Central
Dressed Mont company, concerning
v hlch evidence has been given by
nearly a dozen witnesses for the past
week, is as sweet smelling; and as
clean and delightful a place as can be
found up and down the Boise river,
according to evidence produced by the
plaintiff In the libel ease against the
Capital News, In which the Central
Dressed Meat company demands dam
ages to the amount of $10,000.
This is the evidence given by George
Henry Walker, a butcher employed
there for some time, of Arthur G.
Winston, a farmer who passed by the
place and could smell nothing but a
few burning bones and of O. G. Gib
son, a stockholder and director of the
plalntilT company, "ho swore that he
.lid not find the smells emanating
from the place at all objectionable to
him, but who informed the attorney
for the defense that he was not fa
miliar with Kau de Cologne.
George Henry Walker and Arthur G.
AVinston were on the stand yesterday
afternoon and the examination of Gib.
son took up the attention of the court
tills morhlng. Walker is the butcher
employed at the slaughter house up to
'.August 10, on which date he said the
offal pile had been burned and that
there was a Are there nearly all the
time.
He said this pile was about eight
feet square and the bone, feathers
and other matter in the pile would
burn several days. He said he didn't
bave any maggots In the pile on the
Iflth and there were no (lies around
tile Are. He said he knew that this
• Arc pit" or olTal plie was established
In April or May of this year. He said
prior to that date the pile had been
located a. half mile further down
(ground belonging to Goodman. He
said he never slaughtered cows con
taining unborn calves and did not run
cars of calves down the chute into
the' river that he knew of. II«
the screen door did not come
said I
downlnnd
quite to the floor, but the opening liad
been eovered by a hoard to be re
moved for shoveling refuse out onto
the platform. He said that from the
first to the tenth there were no dead
chickens in the yard when he was
there. He said there was a toilet
house just south of the bunk house.
Tlie rendering room, he said, was in
good condition while lie- was there. He
said there were two windows and
both were screened and a door, also
screened. He said there was a ren
dering kettle and some cans with tal
low and lard in, lard coalers, lard pres
to r and a strainer. He said there was
some burnt lard, some tallow and
lard a little off the last time lie ren
dered lard there. He snid it was to
be used for soap grease and some of
it had been there two or three
months.
Saw No Maggots.
They had no odor, he said, and ho
saw no maggots and he had never
seen Aies blow lard. He said that
when they slaughtered they ran the
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throughout the country for their
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same downy, fluffy thickness
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You will like the Maish cover
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The House of Quality '
meat into tho cooling room *and thin
at night run It out Into the slaughter
room to stay alt night and they went
after It about 5 or • o'clock next
morning. He said the blood was run
down the chute to the river back of
the slaughter house. He said that
Deputy M. S. Parker gave permission
to them to slaughter out of hours pre
scribed by law.
Arthur G. Winston wae their next
witness. He lives five miles west ot
Boise. He was at the slaughter house
Aug. ,2 and went through the yard,
lie saw the offal pile which he said was
about 8 by 10 feet and 12 to 18 inches
deep. It was burning and he could not
notice any stench and saw no flies. He
•was within 8 or 19 f et of It on a foot
path. He walked through .he yard and
noticed It was very clean with no dead
chickens or carcasses. There wore no
dead calves there. The branch of the
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river at the slaughter house runs Into
the south channel of the river back of
H. D. Goodman's ranch and then ;
through the ranch of witness and thej
two channels came together Just below a
Pierce park. He never noticed any !
stench at his place and no more g ree h
flies than can be seen along the river j
any where. I
On cross-examination he said there]
ere big green flies all up and down,p(,
the river but none at the offal pile. He,
snid no one asked him to testify hut >
that, he came to listen to the testl
mony and was summoned as he arrived. I,
He first told D. H. Eastman nbout j
what ho knew of the case. He said un'
the offal pile there was nothing but a|
few bones almost entirely burned. He
noticed no different odor In or about
the slaughter house premises than he'
noticed elsewhere along the river out
side the burning bones. It was Just os
sweet and free from odor as any other
place along the river aside from the
burning bones.
Stockholder on Stand.
O. G. Gibson, a stockholder and di
rector of the rentrai Dressed Meat
company, was the first witness this
morning. He said he took charge
tho slaughter house on Auk. 12 and weis
again on Au*. 14 and knew of the kill
there on Aug. 13 and threw out somc'getcr
trash and burned it. He was there
Ing of a cow and a calf. There was an-|any
other cow to be killed, he said, after
he left,
On Aug. 12 he said he found the
place cleaned up Uke It always Is. The
hack door had a screen in a good con
dltlon. He didn't remember whether
tlie door from the killing platform was
open or shut. He sold there was a hole
five or six Inches from the bottom of
the hog vat which made it Impossible
to use it. He snid there was n. little
water In the bottom of the vat but he
didn't notice any bad smell. He said
there ws a plank to close the bottom
of a sc: ■ en door and this board was
I taken up to sweep out offal and refuse
the hoard Is then replaced. He said
there weren't any cracks in tlie «laugh -
house which would admit flies.
There were no ofTal piles in tlie slaugh
ter house and he never saw any barrel
containing water or other substance on
the twelfth but there was one there
on the fourteenth which contained tal
low to be used for soap grease. He said
he saw the butcher throw tallow into it.
The witness took it out on the seven
teenth and burned It up on the trash
pile.
He described the "dark" or "cooling"
room in which the meat was run after
being dressed. He said there were a
number of chickens kept at the place
hut he didn't know where they would
Bet any maggots to eat and he didn't
see any dead chickens.
The offal pile was burning on «hej
fourteenth he said, and was kept burn
ing all the time and he smelled no
stench and he never saw any maggots
but there were always some flies
around.
There was no stench or bad smell In
the lard house and no lard in there at
all, hut there was some soap grease.
There were three hogs in the pen but!
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THE REAL ISSUE
That'the Butte boosters who Invaded
Boise Saturday enjoyed the time of
TRIAL IS HELD ON
THE BUTTE TRAIN
Hennington's Suit Against
the City of Boise Heard
in Mock Oourt.
their lives and were Impressed with
Boise, particularly the Are pressure on
its hydrants, Is evident from the trial
held on the special train Sunday morn
ing immediately after It pulled out of
Boise, when one Henningsen, who was
WBS hed down a Boise curb lino on a
wave mat floated out of the nozz.li- of
a hOHe> , vas f| ne< ) jo.000 gallons of
water. The verdict the Jury returned
.against Henningsen,
wag forwarded to
Hodges, Is as follows
"After a trial before a Jury of bis
copy of which
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Mayor Arthur
return of the boosters from their trip
in the following way:
Prs and townsmen. A. 1*. Henningsen
was found guilty of disturbing 1 lie
peace In railing out the Are department
Rnd making himself a target for the
I, ravc firemen. u c W8 s Aned 10.000
gallons of Boise water and sentenced o
0m p] O y union hens In his egg depart -
m p n t. There will be no appeal,
"BUTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
The Anaconda Standard tells of the
compmi}, woo was ivmiibu uuwm me
curb of Boise's streets with a Are(hose.
Henningsen had by a good bluff ns
of.surod tho Boise officials that would sue!,.
jtlio city. Tho junketers whro called to- ;
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jany apology was due Henningsen or,
Henningsen Tried.
It was 1 o'clock when every man on!
e train was crowded into the observa- |
tlon car to hear the case of A. P. Tlcn
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nings-n of the Henningsen Produce'
company, who was washed down the
curb of Boise's streets with a lire hose. 1
city.
by Lieutenant Governor Allen toi
'decide if tlm case had any status. Tf |
penalties found necessary for the
perpetrators, the trial court would make
the Andlngs. President Charles was
[chosen as "Judge Clancey." A. T.
.Morgan was named clerk of court,
Uharlcs Henderson was designated bat- '
lift and was given four deputies to wake[
up every one on the trnln and bring
them in at all hazard. Members of the'
.mem in ai an nazaro. menmers ot met
banded sounded taps in the Pullmans ;
and If on Arst call there was no re- j
sponse, the sleepers were Jerked out.
John E. Corette was counsel for the
he didn't know how long they had been j
there as they were there when ho took
charge.
On cross-examination he was asked
whether he is a member of the Mer-|lce
chants & Manufacturers' association ofi
Boise and he said lie was not, before)
his attorneys got in a strenuous ob
jection.
Belongs to Association.
He was then as :ed whether his com-j
pany belonged to this organization and
this brought out ..tore strenuous ob - 1
jeetions front both Gibson and Barnes j
and finally after the court had two or;
three times ordered that the question j
be answered and the attorneys still ob- I
jetted, the witness said:
"Ye
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Later it developed that The organ
ization was perfected about the time
th ,„ was started, hut the witness
'grew heated and angry in disclaiming
that it had anything in do with tlie
case.
In answer
hogs confine
had not been
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lo questions he said the'
at the slaughter house
fed from Aug. J2 to Aug.
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Baggage Transfer. Cat; us if in
hurry. Peasley Transfer A Sturagêj
plaintiff and W. B. Ellsworth defended
the city of Boise. The Jurors were J.
K. Heslet, A. H. Currie, Dolph Hell*,
bronner, J. Osenbrug, Charles Beebe
and Dominick Bertogllo.
The oath of the Jurors was "We sol
emnly swear we will render a verdict
for the defendant."
A 10-mlnute adjournment was taken
to forcibly bring all sleepers Into court.
Henningsen was accused of rough
work on the train and the wetting In
Boise was called JustiAable In Corette's
opening statement. He was accused of
every crime on a criminal docket.
"If Hcnningsen recovers $10,000 dam
ages. Gus Rhule gets half because he
f ot f ha, . r "J 6 ,' V ''î l er h .? ld1 "* H * n " i "* Ben
«B trmtot Uu> hos e ''said counsel.
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rom
Pajama-Clad Witnesses.
Witnesses were clad In pajamas.
"Sunshine" Smith IdentlAed a veteri
narian's syringe, holding a pint of
by Henningsen
Butte to Boise In "squirting"
every one. He gave this version of the
affair:
"Henningsen was standing near the
idanha hotel with that syringe. When
< ry ° f Iff was sounded V* fought j
his way to the corner and said, I will
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put out that Arc.' He liad tho syringe,
then Rliulc held Henningsen while
Ing south on a wave.
•'Hennington had It coming," added
Smith.
Lieutenant Governor Allen was called
as a witness. He testlAed' that while
members of the Butte crowd were read
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ilng papers on the train Henningsen
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Rn() drench the reader His expert
oltl|on was tllat Henningsen had
thrown afl nllloh wator us he had re .
e)ve(1 tho flrgt minute of lhe H oise
drem . hin g
Planned by Richards.
Phe defense called one witness, Joe
nif .|, arfls the undertaker, lie admitted
would send a deputy Into the ear and
the newspapers would burst out In
flames. Before the victim could recov
er. "Hennlngsen, the chief of the special
he
fire department," would arrive with tin
, and w|th pa1 | K of wato ,
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ho planned tho uffuir so that Hennlng
sen would be washed into the Boise
river lo drown and he would claim the
right to bury the body. He compli
mented the Boise department in re
' ndlnB t0 the false alarin , H e had a
new embalming nu i d he wanted to try,
j |p testided
TllH eounsel for the plaintiff wrote
; ,| R , j ur y- B verdict, after Judge Charles
j had t tnl , ose d a penallv If the defendant
were found guilty. The verdict: "The
thousand gallons of Boise water shall
be given to Henningsen for damages,
j The plaintiff is to give up the syringe
to the court. Judge Charles Is forever
disqualified. Secretarv Blake, a wit
ness for the plaintiff, is to be given an
bath."
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Provisions of the verdict were carried.
Dentist, Dr. Carpenter, Idaho bldg tf
Michigan Damocratic Convention
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 25.—
Cheered by predictions of success at
the polls In November, Michigan Dem
; ocrats are assembling here in large
! numbers for the slate convention,
j which will be called to order tomor
row. Practically complete delegations
I will be present from every county.
I The business of the convention will be
j to complete the state ticket, adopt a
I platform and plan the state campaign.
) The convention will be addressed by
I Woodbridge N. Ferris, Democratic
j candidate for governor, and other
prominent party leaders.
She Had Decided
Caller-—I suppose, Elsie,
grow up you
like other girls
Elsie—Oh, no; I've decided I will he
a widow.—Boston Transcript.
hen you
ill be getting married
°f justice
GUTHRIE DENOUNCES
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 25.—Theodore
Roosevelt and the policies of the Pro
gressive party marked the address of
William D. Guthrie, temporary chair
man of the Republican state conven
tion today. Roosevelt, he declared,
formed more than any living man, dis
content and class hatred. He Is known
to be a Socialist at heart through pro- {
testing he could sa\ -■ the country from
socialism. Guthrie defended the great
Issues of the national campaign as
rirst: The right and power of congress
to protect American industries and
preserve the present Industrial system;
second: The threatened overthrow of[
tho representative syst.m of govern
ment I nthe state and nation by the
Initiative, referendum and recall;
third: An assault on the administration
In Omerlcan courts.
Making Good.
The guest When I asked you tf you
liad given me a quiet room you said
that after 9 o'clock I could hear a pin
drop, and now I And It's right over a
bowling alley.
Tho night clerk—Well, can't you hear
'em drop?
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
jFOH RENT—4 unfurnished modern
rooms. 418 North 5th St. Ol
Ft >R SALK—Pl:;s and hogs of all kinds.
Frank Nourse, 1523 Main. Ol
WANTED—10 girls, ages 10 to 15.
years old. Holae Tent & Awning
Co., 9th and Grove. S27.
FOR SALE—8000 sacks of potatoes.
Address A. F. Prickelt, Boise, Route
4. tf
COR RENT—Front bedroom In private
home. 309 Washington. Phone 2498
W. Ol
FOR RENT—5-room strictly modern
house; walking distance, $30. 1111 N.
6th. Ol
LOST— Gold watch, Hunting case No.
10735271. Return to Capital News.
Reward. S27c
FOR 8ALB—Almost new high grade
piano at a bargain. Address Plano
care Capital News. tf
CALL PHONE
28 OR 35
Quickest and best messenger service, tf
WANTED—Apple pickers at once.
Higgins Orchard, north of Eichel
berger station. Phone G4 K 6. S25c
WANTED—An experienced woman to
do cooking and general house work
by the day. 604 Franklin St. Phone
917. S26
WANTEDAIIround experienced rook
at one» Apply Thursday morning to
Business Manager St. Luke's Hos
pltal. S25
WANTED—Girl to do general house
work; highest wages. Must give
references. Inquire 103 Warm
Springs Ave. Ole
FOR SALE—Garden seeder, two sets
work harness, spring wagon, good
horse and folding bed. Sell cheap.
Call IS 11 North 19th St. 02
FOR SALE—65 head of Shropshire
sheep, 30 bred ewel, 35 head ewe and
buck Jambs. All registered. Address
A. F. Prlckett, Boise, Route 4. tf
SHEET MUSIC.
LARGEST STOCK OF CLASSICAL
popular and standard sheet music
Ellers Music House, Boise. tf
WANTED—A quiet stopping place as
one of tlie family by practical nurse;
assist with house work when home
for room and board. Call 1545 IV.
S26r
FOR RENT —Elegant Main street
store room. 25x90 feet: also small
store. 10x20, Main street location.
Address, N. C. Larsen, 1110 Main
street. 025
FOR SALE—Equity of $1000 In new
five-room, well built house, elose in.
can be bought at sarrifiee to owner.
Priee $3500. Inquire of clerk at
Capital News. tf
BAND INSTRUMENTS.
LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
stock in the state. Write for cata
logue and prices. Ellers Music
House, Boise. If
EVERYTHING IN MU8IC.
PIANOS; ORGANS. VICTROLAS. Ed
(lison's, records, violins, mandolins,
guitars, string and band Instruments.
Supplies for all Instruments, teach
ers' Hupltes. Write or call Sampson
Music Co.. R15 Main St. tf
8ECOND HAND GOODS.
One double oven Majestic steel range,
cost $150, will sell for $90.
One $18 heater will sell for $8.00.
Other heaters. $5 to $8.
HERFURTH & NICHOLS.
809 Bannock St. 025
EXPERIENCED DIRECTOR OF
band and orchestra, would like to lo
eute In small town. A thorough com
petent teacher and organizer. Will
accept position that will not Inter
fere with music business. Address
Director care Capital News. Ol
FOR SALE
FOUR REAL BARGAINS
$47.00 clarinet, slightly used. $20.00
$35.00 clarinet, slightly used, $10.00.
$22.00 clarinet, slightly used. $5.00.
Baritone, brass, good shape, cost, $40.00,
$15.00.
EILERS MUSIC HOUSE.
Boise. tf
FOR SALE—Three good residences at
15 per cent below value. We need
tho money.
FOR TRADE—40 acres near Engle.
All In cultivation. This is good.
FOR SALE—400 acres, stock, etc. It
will puy you to investigate this.
Equity In residences for stock or
auto.
WARD ELL & MITCHELU
108 X. 10th.
"THE QUALITY STORE."
EST. 1808—EIGHTH AND MAIN.
Unusual Values in
Renaissance Lunch
Cloths , Centers and
Scarfs—
"Third Floor" Art Noedlowork Dept.
—A partial but special showing of these goods
is made in one of our windows and a glance is
sufficient to prove the superiority of the pat
terns.
—Every piece is new—Hand made Japanese
renaissance; the designs are the most attrac
tive we have ever shown—the materials the
very best—and the price most unusually low
for such fine, perfect goods.
—Your particular attention is directed to the 72
inch lunch cloths priced at from .$5 to $25, and
the 54-iuclj lunch cloths at $3.50 to $9.
—Visit our "third floor" store today; wc have
many new things to show you.
—Agents for American beauty floss and package
goods.
Observe Feast of Tabernacles.
New York, Sept. 25.—At sunset this]
evening tho members of tho Jewish)
Cj^ith throughout the world begin the!
observance of tho Feast of Taber
nacles. The day is culled In Hebrew
"Succoth" and falls upon the lath day
of tho month of Tishri in the Hebrew
calendar. The feast lasts eight days
and ends with "the day of solemn as- j
senibly." The festival is sometimes,
called the Feast of tho Harvest, from!
the fact that it comes in tho autumn,)
at u time when the husbandman in i
COLLEGE BRAND CLOTHES
Lato to arrive but new as
they can he, the greatest va
riety to choose from that we|
ever showed in College
BrandfSuits. Just a look
will convince you that they
are the best styles. Import
ed as well as the best Amer
ican materials go into them.
Large lines at
$25 and $30
The new Crofut & Knapp!
Derbies are now here. You
can't find the same styles!
anvwhere else.
$3.50.
a
Palestine liad safely garnered the
produce of his lands.
Prisoners of Fashion.
Lady (at bottom of steps i —I want to
see you just a minute, but this skirt Is
so tight I can't climb the stairs. You
come out, won't you?
Lady (inside)- I would if I could, but
this new hat is too wide to go through
the doorway.
A class ad in the&e columns will
.each 50.000 readers tf
Dentist, Dr. Carpenter, Idaho Bldg, tf
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Come In and let tne take vour meas
ure for your Fall and Winter Suit anil
Overcoat. You save Five Dollars oil
each suit by ordering a Strauss Made
to-Order.
Everybody pleased.
ABE MARTIN.
307 N. 9th. Phone 304.
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YOU CAN BE A
GOOD FISHERMAN
And hava "batter luck"
than tha ether fellow if
you do your fishing here.
You'll not bo dieappoint
ad in tha quality of fish
you "catch."
No cold storage fish here.
We ehip direct and get it
froth.
Campbell's
1 Fruit House
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