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The Cceur d'Alene Press.
jLUME i, NUMBER 2
THE COEUR D'ALENE PRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EAR LAKERS
AR E UN SEATED
invention Goes on Record Against
the Mormons
The convention was called to order
last
chairman
evening by temporary
enry Heifeld.
The report of the credentials com
ittee recommended the seating of
delegates of each conuty except
oes of Fremont and Bear Lake.
Fremont the contesting gentile
iegtion headed by C. H. Moon,
seated. The Bear Lake delega
was recommended to be seated
there was no contesting delega
The first action of the
entials committee showed
the Bear Lake delegation was
ted by a vote of 11 to 8. After
the committee met and reversed
seating the Bear Lake delega
1 as shown by the majority report,
this question a two hours' discus
Hon pro and con was held on the
oor of the convention. Vote was
hen had resulting in 159 votes for j
he motion unseating and 85 votes
for seating the delegation.
At the hearing before the commit
se on credentials Mr. Jackson de
clared that Mr. Puggmyer of the
3ear Lake delegation was a polyga
list. "1 repeat that one of the dele- j
ation is a polygamist, violating the :
Jaws of God and man; and he don't j
deny that there is a bishop's
court in his church that the members
above the law of man." He re
ated this on the floor of the con
mention.
In the opening skirmish E. E.
[Kelley from Bingham county, got the
I floor. ''This is a question," said
I he, ' 'whether the heirarchy of the
church shall rule us or we shall rule
ourselves.
''I read an opinion by the bishop's
court directing a Mormon to relin
quish his title to 80 acres of land,
and the poor fellow had to do it,
though one lawyer offered to guaran
tee him that he could absolutely pro
tect his title if he would retain the
land. I want to say right here that
as a money getter this bishop's court
beats the tithings system.
''Now, the bishop, as compared
with the head of his church is a con
stable compared to President Roose
velt. If he has the power to make
a man give up 80 acres of land, what
can't his superior do in dictaing how
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a man shall vote? We hold up our
hands in horror because the Sultan of
Turkey has a harem. Are we to
aquiesce in polygamy, which is just
as bad. If you had a brother in the
tentacles of an octopus, would you
,. .. , , ,
give him a stick of candy or an ax?
''I have no franchise in Bingham
county—no gentile has; we have got
SHORT ABOUT $1,000,000
Chicago, Aug. 7.—With a deficit in
its accounts estimated close to a mil
lion dollars and with the whereabouts
of two of its high officials unknown
to the authorities, the Milwaukee Av
enue State bank, one of the largest
outlying banks in the city, was closed
yesterday by state Bank Examiner C.
C. Jones. In the excitement follow
ing the bank's close, J. C. Visser, an
1 official of the Royal league, who had
ion deposit in the bank, funds of that
[order, fell dead of heart failure.
The failure was responsible for the
»th of one of the depositers and led
the suicide of another man who, a
aonth ago, had placed his earnings
lifetime in the institution for
afe keeing. Henry Koepke, a small
on hearing that the bank had
suspended, went to the rear of his
store and shot himself. He died a
w minutes later while being taken
) a hospital.
Riotous scenes followed the an
nouncement of the failure and a large
force of police struggled all day to
keep an excited crowd of depositors—
all of them foreigners and
ny of them womfu—from bursting
the doors of the bank. Another
ensational feature of the affair was
disappearance of the cashier,
lenry W. Herring, and the issuing
a warrant for his arrest on a charge
pf embezzlement. A message order
Ing Jiis apprehension was sent to
^police station in this city. The
st public announcement that the
our only opportunity to exercise our
franchise right here in the state con
vention. We are in the tentacles of
the Mormon octopus. We want you
to give us an ax, and we look to yon
democrats from north Idaho to pro
vide it."
''Yes, and you'll get it," came
from a hunched throats as the speaker
sat down.
A. T. Ryan argued that the dele
gates from Bear Lake had no status
just because they were tabled demo
crats than if they had been sent by
a republican convention thus labeled,
John F. Rice of Canyon county
made an unimpassioned plea for the
rights of the three delegates, saying
that to exclude them would be to dis
franchise the 305 men of Bear Lake
county who voted the democratic tick
et.
James Hart, the leader of the Bear
Lake delegation, who says he
Mormon and proud of it, took the
floor.
''The gentleman from Bingham
who glares so fiercely at me, ' ' he be
gan, ' 'seemed to intimate that I was
a polygamist. Now, I have but one
wife, and I never had any more. I
don't want any more, for it is all I
can do to support one. If they think
we are polygamists, or that there is a
hierarchy that rules us, they have a
way under our constitution to proceed
legally. They can prosecute us for
these offenses. Let them prefer
charges. "
''And try them before your Mor
mon judge, ' ' shouted Kelley.
Mr. Hart concluded, after the con
fusion resulting from the interrup
tion had subsided. Major G. A.
11 illiams w-as then recognized, and
eloquently opposed seating the dele
gation. Other speakers talked for
and against the motion,
The question was the interesting
and exciting event of the evening ses
i sion.
The following committee on reso
lutions was appointed: Ada, M. S.
Parker; Bannock, H. W. Lockhart;
Bingham, E. P. Coltman; Blaine,
Geo. A. Williams; Boise, O. H. Jon
neton; Canyon, J. M. Bennet; Casia,
J. M. Rogers; Custer, W. S. Lamb;
„ , ...
Elmore, E. C. Towne; Fremont, Wm.
Uess; Idaho, L. \ ineyard, Kooten
ai, J. L.McClear; Latah, J. W. Lieu
ellen; Lemhi, W T . C. Whitwell; Lin
coln w S- Coldfork; Nez Perce,
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Frank E. Fogg; Oneida, D. L. Evans;
Owyhee, John F. Nugent, Shoshone,
(Continued on page 2)
bank was in trouble was the posting
of a notice at the beginning of bank
ing hours by Bank Examiner C. C.
Jones, stating that business had been
suspended for the purpose of making
an examination of the bank's affairs
and that the institution was in the
hands of the state auditor.
The news spread rapidly through
out the city. The bank for years had
been a popular depository for funds
saved by working people. Soon a
clamorous crowd gathered before the
doors and demanded admission, only
those having keys to safe deposit
vaults were allowed to enter.
An examination of the bank was
begun quietly last Saturday after re
ceipt of the letters from President
Stensland. Acting upon instructions
contained therein, Vice President
Theodore Stensland opened a deposit
box and discovered proofs that the
bank's funds were in bad shape.
President Potter of tie American
Trust A Savings bank, which acted
as (clearing agent for the defunct in
stitution, was called into consulta
tion. The state auditor was notified
and immediately sent Examiner
Jones to make a full investigation.
The shortage is estimated between
8750,000 and 81,000,000.
Disastrous speculation in real es
tate and in the security market is
said to be responsible. Members of
the clearing house committee were
told that most of this amonut was
wholly unprotected by adequate col
lateral.
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
Photographs of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., are by no means plentiful, despite
the fact that there is a great demand for them among the members of his large
Bible clas-i n New York city. He can tell a snapshot artist at a glance and Is
an artful tl.»lger. Mr. Rockefeller In the years lie has heen a religious instroe
tor has ha- 1 hundreds—perhaps several thousands—of men in his class.
WOMAN GAGGED
AND ROBBED
Two Burglars Enter Room of
Lady Barber
One of the boldest robberies ever
perpetrated in the city, was commit
ted this morning about one o'clock,
when two thugs entered the home of
Mrs. Williams, the lady barber, liv
ing two doors south of the post office
and robbed her. She tells this story
of the holdup:
''I had been working hard all day
and was tired out last night when I
went to bed, and mast have been
sleeping very soundly, for I usually
am a light sleeper. About one
o'clock I was awakened by a slight
noise, raised up in bed and looked
around. Just then a light flashed
in my face and I do not remember
any more until I woke up and found
myself laying on my face on the
aoor, with my hands tied behind me
find a towel over my face so that I
could not make any noise. There
were two men. Neither of them were
very large, and they wore masks. I
don't think I could indentify them.
You see I was asleep, and they must
have chloroformed me or I fainted,
for when I saw the light, it rather
blinded me, and I fell back."
W hen asked how much the robbers j
carried away she said they took al 1
her tools, valued at about 820, and
also 820 in cash. The thieves evi
dently were well acquainted with
the house. They gained enterance by
tearing the screen from a window in
the shed, which is located in the rear
of the building, and passed through
several rooms, to the one in which
Mrs. Williams sleeps. This room is
located just off the front room, where
she has her shop.
The thieves evidently used chloro
form, for Mrs. Williams is suffering
from all of the after effects of the an
aethetic.
She says when she came to she was
lying on the floor, tied and gaged, j
and struggled for a long time before
being able to get on her feet and go
over to Mr. Judson's and wake them.
Judson cut the srings with which her
hands were- tied and took the towel
from her face. Her arms are sore
and show marks from having been
tied.
Judson summoned night watchman
Klappeuberg who made an investiga
tion, but was unable to find any clew.
No one is suspected, for she had no
enemies. Being a Tery elderly
! woman, and in poor circumstances, it
j is strange that any one should make
i an attempt to rob her. The robbery
has left her without money, and with
out means of earning any at her reg
ular trade. She stated that of late,
she bad been annoyed by men who
wanted shaves but had no money, and
who told a hard luck story, and ask
ed her to fix them up so they could
get a job. She thinks that it is some
of these who robbed her.
RUSSIAN STRIKE FAILS
Railroad Men May Save Revolu
tionists.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 7.—In the
light of yesterday's developments the
general strike may almost be regard
ed as a fl asco. The summons to go
out was met with some response in
Moscow, where the printers and the
streetcar men and part of the em
ployes of the gas, water and electric
light plants quiet work, but these
are more than offset by the defections
in St. Petersburg. An enthusiastic
acceptance of the order to strike is
nowhere recorded. Even in the Dou
etz mining district, where practically
all the miners already are out, the
factory hands decline to strike.
The revolution may possibly yet
be saved by the railroad men, but the
central committees of the railroad
men j lave not yet reached a final de
Heavy Forest Fires
Th * report comes from Powder
Horn bay that fierce forest fires are
ra 8 in K iu that doing heavy
damage to the timber holders in the
district.
Russlel A Pew are perhaps the peo
who ar * moat effected by these
' fires, as they have heavy holdings of
cision, and up to the present time,
in spite of the frantic efforts of the
agitators, not a single important line
of the empire is affected. The line
to Irinoff, upon which a train was
stopped last evening, is not import
ant. Fifteen thousand employes of
the government powder mill struck
yesterday, but this was counterbal
anced by the return of the men of the
Westinghouse and other factories,
who have notified their superintend
ents that they will begin work today.
.....
; in that ricimty. They report
j the lose of two logging railroads, iu
eluding serveral bridges, and many
thousand feet of log* which were cut
and on the skids.
The fires at M ica and Loff Bay are
a thing of the past. The recent
heavy rains put them out.
The Swedish Lutheran church will
gi ve an ice cream social at the home
of John Nelson, Coeur d'Alene street,
between Eighth and Ninth street,
Friday evening.
TWO CRIMINALS
TO BE HANGED
Warden of Penitentiary Will Ex
ecute Sentence Friday
Boise, Aug. 7.—Between 6 and 7 '
o'clock in the morning of next Fri
day is the time scheduled for William
Henry Hicks Bond to die. He is to
be hanged at the state penitentiary
for the murder of Charles Daily
in Boise on the night of October 6,
1904.
At the same time it is possible that
Rudolph Wetteer, the convicted mur
derer of John Walm and Chris Long,
will also be called upon to pay the
death penalty by hanging. In Wet
ter'* case the date set for his execu
tion was August 6, but on the date a
petition for commutation of seutence
to life imprisonment on the grounds
that he was temporarily insane when
he committed the murders will be
considered by the state pardon board
and the warden has been instructed
not to hang Wetter until after the
meeting of the board.
However, the ropes have been pre
pared, stretched, and the slacks taken
out so that everything will be in
readiness for a double hanging on
August 10 providing the seutence of
Wetter is not commuted.
Both men are said to be bearing np
wonderfully under the terrible strain.
Wetter expresses hope that his death
sentence will not be curried out. He
has great faith in Attorney Allen
Miller who is presenting the petition
before the pardon board. But he is
exceedingly nervous.
Bond has lost all hope of hi* life
being spared. No hope is with him.
He is very nervous but has made no
religious professions as is common
with convicts in his position. His
attorney, Silas W. Moody, visited
GRADE IS NOT CORRECT
The council held a brief meeting
lust evening, the only business taken
up being the Sherman street grade.
The meeting wus called to order,
the roll called, showing the presence
of Mayor Collins, W. A. Andrew, and
Geo. Williams. Williams made a
motion to the effect that the council
consult with O. Weile, the city eu
gineer for Spokane, on the street
grade proposition, and have him
check up the grade and the curbing
to see if there were as many blunders
practically completed
Therefore, be it re
aa had been reported. Mr. Andrew
stated that he wished to make an
amendment to that moiton, which de
velopcd the following resolutuin:
Whereas, James Edwards, O. E.,
has set the grade stakes for Sher
man street, and whereas, various < on
plaints have l>eeu made to this board
that the grades, being changed are not,
where they were stated to be by the
village engineer, and wherefore. Mr.
Minniek has
his coutract.
solved that the chairman of the hoard
secure the services of Otto Weile, C.
E. of Spokane, to pass on the aceep
tance of Sherman street according to
SEEK WAYWARD GIRLS
Spokane, Aug. 7.—O. J. Brown
and A. Henderson, ranch owners, liv
ing near Coetir d'Alene, called at the
police station late lust night in search
of their two daughters, chums, who
ran away from Coeur d' Alene yester
day morning. The girls were traced |
t<; the trolly line, aud it was found j
they came to Spokane together.
Mr. Brown said his daughter's!
name is Lucy and that she is 15
years of age. but that she looks to I
be about IB or 17 years old. She is
five feet fo ir and a half inches tall
and weighs 140 pounds. The girl
was wearing a tail-colored dress. She
has a fair complexion.
Bcwsie Henderson, the other girl,
is also 15 years of age. and lboked
like the might be 17. She veighed
155 pounds and is five feet five in
ches tall. She is of » dark complex
ion. When she left home- Miaa Hen
demon was dressed entirely in white.
Neither girl took a»*y extra cloth
ing. Neither had more than enough
money to last a day or two. The
girl* told a friend before they left
Coeur d'Alene that they had become
tired of living at home and proposed
' him at the penitentiary and told him
that there was no hope and that be
had better make his preparation* to
pay the death penalty on the day set
for his execution. For a time Bond
appeared very despondent but finally
braced up though exceedingly ner
vous.
In the case of both men everything
possible has been done in a legal way
to prevent the execution of their sen
tences. In the case of each appeals
from the district courts have gone
through the supreme court and both
have been sentenced on two different
occasions.
The murder which they committed
pill go down aa among the most cruel
and atrocious crimes in the history
of Idaho. In the case of Wetter, he
was convicted of shooting down, in
1 cold blood, John Wain and Charles
Long in a sheep camp near Resort, in
Idaho county, in the fall of 1904.
One of the men he shot while the vic
tim was asleep in his cot.
Bond was convicted of killing
Charles Daly at whose home he wa*
living, because of jealousy. It wa*
shown in the trial that Bond and
Jennie Daly, wife of the victim, had
been on intimate terms and they had
conspired to kill the husband. The
woman is now serving time in the
penitentiary for the part she played
in the affair. It wa* her testimony,
supported by other evidence, that
was largely instrumental In convict
ing Bond.
At the execution Friday but few
persons will be present. Wurdeu
Whitney says he will issue not. more
than 15 invitations.
the ordinance establishing the grade
thereof.
This resolution was unanimously
supported, and the board discussed
the grude proposition for some time,
The mistakes in this work are so uum
erous that they cannot be passed over,
In many places the curbing la out
of grade be.ng considerably lower in
some pluces than it is in others,
O. E. Barr was present and asked
about the grade and curbing in front
of the Otterson block, stating that it
was the intention of the owners of the
building to lay a cement side walk,
but tliat they would do nothing until
the grade laid Keen accepted He
stated that he bad been told by En
gineer Edwards, the grade and curb
ing were correct.
W. A. Andrew reported for the spe
cial committee on fire apparatus, stat
ing that he had written to Portland,
ordering the necessary equipment,
and stated that there would be a full
report at the next meeting.
There being no other business be
fore the hoard, the meeting adjourn
ed to Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock
the
The police could give the fathers of
the girls little eucourngemeut last
night, but advised that they remain
over until today, when a systematic
search is being made.
Making history.
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Excursion Of Delegates
I Harrison,
1
While intended only aa a pleasure
trip for the delegates to the derno
emtic state convention, the excur
sion on the steamer Idaho, yesterday,
made history that will be recorded
among the important event* iu the
state's history. It was expected that
the credentials committee, which ac
companied the excursion, would com
bine business with pleasure and com
plete their labors during that trip,
but the importance (f their action
was not fully understood until the
tormal protest of the state chairman,
j da* H. Jackson, against the seat
[ ing of the Bear Lake delegation was
i heurd.