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The CcEur d'Alene Press.
VOLUME i, NUMBER 7
THE COEUR D'ALENE PRESS. MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 13, 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE BOLTING
REPUBLICANS
Many Grievances Cause Split in
in the Party
That an insurrection among north
Idaho republicans is imminent was
indicated by a conference at the Spo
kane hotel last night between Judge
R. T. Morgan and A. A. Crane, wheel
horses of the' party in Kootenai coun
ty, and Senator Fred T. Dubois, says
the Spokesman Review.
Judge Morgan and Mr. Crane pre
ferred that nothing be said about
their visit at thia time other than
that they were making a social call.
Senator Dubois was urged to explain
the nature of the conference.
"The fact is," said be, "there is
a serious revolt among the republi
cans of Kootenai and Shoshone coun
ties against the dictation of O. L.
Heitman the political boss of that
judical district, and much dissatis
faction because of the compromise
between Boarh and Gooding through
which the delegates from those coun
ties had to support Borah after hav
ing declared strongly against him in
the county convention. ' '
None of the conferees was willing
to be quoted to any greater extent.
Dilligent inquiry among others versed
in Idaho politicos resulted in the
practical unanimous interpretation
that Morgan and Crane are preparing
to lead the "antimachine" faction of
Kootenai county republicans in open
revolt and that a formal statement
will soon be issued declaring their al
legiance to Dubois and Stockslager as
the only means of remedying condi
tions that they deem intolerable.
If Kootenai and Shoshone counties
are carried by Dubois his adherents
declare he will be reelected. The
disaffection is expected by them to do
to the republicans of north Idaho
what the anti-Mormon issue is ex
pected to effect in the southern coun
ties. They explain that Borah and
Dubois have heretofore been closely
identified on most issues, having
stumped the state on the ticket in
1896 and in 1898. and that their
strength is remarkably similar. The
Dubois followers claim Custer and
Lemhi counties without doubt, and
say the fight will be in Elmore,
Blaine, Boise, Washington, Lincoln
and Owyhee counties, with condi
tions favoring Dubois.
It has been learned that some time
prior to the state convention of the
two parties, Borah and Dubois held a
conference anent the senatorship in
which Borah's chanoes of securing
the nomination were discussed, as
was also prospects of victory in the
ensuing election. Neither seemed to
think it would be possible for Borah
to secure the nomination at the time,
as he was opposed by what was known
as the "machine" element of his par-'
ty. It was also, according to the
current report, their joint opinion
NO LEAD IN THE WATER
(ty "I have never been able in any in
stance to detect any trace of lead,
zinc, ccpper cr arsenic in solution in
any cf the waters of the Spokane,
Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe rivers,"
says Chas. M. Fassett, analytic and
consulting chemist, in a letter to Dr.
Henry Power in reply to his question
as to whether there was any lead in
the city's water supply. He WTites:
"At the time the city government
contemplated the removal of the
water works from the old station on
the island, in the spring of 1893, I
made several analyses of the water of
the Spokane river, the Coeur d'Alene
river Coear d'Alene and Hayden lakes
and several other sources.
"Since that time I have made many
analyses of the water of the Spokane,
Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe riven.
Within the past year the waters of the
Coeur d'Alene river have been very
exhaustively analyzed with special
reference to the possibility of their
being contaminted by the refuse from
the concentrating mills located on
the south fork.
"I have never in any instance been
able to detect any trace of lead, zinc,
copper or arsenic in solution in any
of these waters even In wneples tak
en at the discharge of the mills, al
though the test need would indicate
one part of lead in 100,000,000 parts
of water. On the upper and rapid
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that Borah could more easily defeat
Heyburn, two years hence, than Du
bois at this time, even were he nom
inated.
The contest for the nomination
found Borah opposed by Brady and
Bettay, with the "machine" backing
Brady for senator and Gooding for
governor. Kootenai county delegates
were instructed to support Gooding
and oppose Borah at all turns, the
opposition of the latter taking the
form of opposing any action by the
convention towards the nomination
of senator. Borah suoceded in get'
ting the support of three of the big
Mormon counties in the southern part
of the state and was thus enabled to
effect a compromise with Gooding
and Brady, whereby the latter retired
This left many sore spots among the
Heitman wing in Kooten li county,
many of whom argued tha. Borah was
as much of a democrat as Dubois,
having written a tariff reform plank
at the 1902 state convention, and
that if a democrat must be nominat
ed, Dubois would be preferable, ow
ing to his established influence. Two
elements are thus working for Dubois
and Stockslager in that county.
COUNTY DIVISION IS A FACT.
The proposals to separate Shoshone
and Kootenai counties into different
judicial districts, and to make two
counties out of Kootenai, is another
factor in the fight. The Heitman
factor has secured the enmity of the
Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint repub
licans, who fear that Heitman Keeks
to block their plans to establish a
county seat at Sandpoint. The fact
that the two republican judges held
the act of the last legislature, provid
ing for the division of Kootenai
county, unconstitutional, and that
Judge C. O. Stockslager, the demo
cratic nominee for governor, upheld
the act, is another element that is
counted upon to lend strength to the
democratic ticket in these counties.
Judge Morgan has been disappoint
ed in seeking a renomination in his
district, and the Heitman faction is
charged with the responsibility for
it. He explained last night, how
ever, that the occasion for his pilgri
mage to Spokane to visit Senator Du
bois was merley a desire to renew
old friendships, having known him
for 20 years. His father was on the
supreme bench and Senator Dubois
was United States marshal when the
Edmunds act, under which many po
lygamous Mormons were sent to the
penitentiary, was given its first test,
Judge Morgan's father having ren
j dered the first decision upholding its
constitutionality,
Clem King of Hayden Lake is an
other prominent republican who is
said to be working for Dubois.
portions of the south fork of the
Coeur d'Alene river, for some miles
below the concentrators, the waters
is clouded with finely pulverized tail
ings from the mills, and here in some
stages of the water, slight traces of
lead in suspension fcave been found.
"From the head of slack water
near the old mission to Coeur d'Alc ne
a distance cf about 40 mlies, there
is very little fall—perhaps four or
five feet—ana it would be impossible
for any particle of a heavy mineral to
be carried so far even as the lake.
"In my opinion of contamination
to the water of the Spokane river by
the lead mines of the Coeur d'Alene
district. I believe it to be impos
sible. Sewage is another story.
Yoors truly,
C. M. FASSETT.-'
■any Picnic Parties.
The young people of this city ap
pear to be paying some attention to
tbe rumor that winter is coming, and
are crowding in all tbe boat rides
and picnic parties available. To
night a party will visit Beanty Bay
and hold an informal dance at tbe
pavilion, if it does not rain, and
should it do so, they will repair to
Blackwell pavilion. Special music
has bean engaged, and the party
Dromiaea to be a nleaaant one.
POPE PIUS X., WHO IS ILL
Alarm has been caused throughout the world by the reported Ulneea of
Pope .Hus X, The physicians at the Vatican, however, deny that It Is serious
and hope that if the pope can be persuaded to take suflldent rest he will
speedily recover. His duties as head of the Roman Catholic church are very
arduous, and he permits himself little relaxation. The above picture Is re
produced from bis latest photograph.
DEATH ON
THE RAIL
Number of Sunday Accidents
Cause Loss of Life
Chicago, Aug. 13.—One person
was instantly killed, another was
probably fatally injured and two)
other persons were slightly hurt when
an automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a Chicago A
Milwaukee electric car in Evenon
last night. The dead:
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Slaughter, 35
years of age.
The injured:
Mrs. H. B. Slaughter, 45 years of
age. right arm broken, jaw bone
broken and skull fractured; probably
will die.
G. H. Slaughter husband cf Mrs.
H. B. Slaughter, slightly bruised.
Mrs. Christine Daubly, nurse, em
ployed by Slaughter; slightly injur
ed.
The automobile, which was moving
slowly, was crossing the track when
the heavy electric car traveling at a
high speed, darted out from behind
some freight cars standing on a side
track about 40 feet against telegraph
poles. (The crew of the trolly car
wa3 arrested.
ACCIDENT IN OHIO.
Cleveand, Aug. 13—A car contain
ing 50 persons on the Cleveand A
Eastern Traction line jumped the
track last night eight miles southeast
of Chardon, Ohio, injuring eight per
sons, some of them seriously, and
nearly drowning a dozen others in a
large stagnant pool, into which the
REVOLUTION SPREADS
j St. Peteerburg, Aug. 13—Although
| ou the surface the revolutionary agi
tation seems to have subsided during
the week, the rebel leader? are san
guine a great popular uprising will
i not be delayed long. The "red
guard," an armed and fighting body
of Finnish socialists, is making dyn
amite grenades with feverish baste.
Arms are being smuggeld into Fin
land constantly and the leaden cal
culate that within a month there will
be in Finland, a rebel army 60,000
strong and well eqiupped.
Only blind and deaf men can truly
deny that the revolutionary spirit is
spreading among the troops in St.
Peteerburg and rebel leaden now de
clare they can ooont on a majority of
the mea who, of coarse, from the last
wall behind which autocracy stands.
The revolution plan is to first seise
the greet fortress at Bt. Peter and St.
Paul hare.
GRAND DUKE DECLINES.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 13—Grand
j car plunged. The passengers and
! crow of a car followed close behind
went quickly to the rescue and saved
a dozen or moio from death.
TROLLEY HITS CARRIAGE.
Tomaqua, Pa., Aug. 13.—Milton
Whetstone, aged 33, cashier cf the
Citizens' National Bank of Lands
ford, was killed and Daniel McGee
han, aged 27, assistant cashier of the
same institution, was fatally injured
last night by their carriage being
struck by a trolly car.
FOREST FIRES
Cause Loss of $12,000 Near
Sandpoint.
Sandpoint, Idaho, Aug. 13.—Mrs.
D. McDonald, cf Colburn, reports
; a serious forest fire in what is known
I as Berry conyc n near there. Tbe
1 fire received its start Saturday and
is burning valuable timber. She
Gays that another fire near Colburn
caused an untold damage to many
homesteaders, burning cabins and
household goods, as well as timber
on claims. Two burned out were
Mr. Hcffman end Mr. Boiler. A. E.
Seeps, who was down from Ida, Kays
that his loss and that of Mr. Ander
son will reach 112,000 each, caused
by the forest fires destroying timber.
Duke Nicholas Nicolaieviu-h. has de
clined to accept tbe post of command
er in chief of all the troops of tbe
empire "where martial law exists,"
which was tendered to him August 4.
Whether this was decided before or
after the attempt on the life of tbe
grand duke at Krsonye-Beol ou Au
gus 10, is not known; but tbe osten
sible reason is thatGrsnd Duke Nich
olas believes such a post should not
be given ts a grand duke, but merely
s military man. He advocates tbe
appointment of General Linevitch,
formally commander In chief of the
Manchurian army, but the emperor has
not finally decided tbe matter.
James Graham, an old pioneer and
resident of this city, who has been
suffering with paralyser for the past
fear years, is in s critical condition
and it la thought that ha can live but
a abort time. Father Purcell was
called in last evening and adminis
tered tbe rites of tbe Catholic church.
SHUT OUT ONE
DEFEATED ONE
Local Ball Team Takes Two Games
Sunday
The doable header ph yed yester-I
day by the local ball team with the j
Jones A Dillingham aggregation of j
Spokane and the Wallace team draw
large orowds of tans and rooters, and
resulted in a double victory for the
home boys.
The first game waa played with the
Spokane lies and was interesting, much
as they were defeated by a score of 13
to 0, Hoeieman, the new south paw
twirling the sphere in an approved
manner, completely tooling the visi
tors. The locals netted 13 hits in
cluding six two baggers, and walked
to first eight times on Leneans' balls.
The visitors netted only two hits and
walked to first but twioe on Hoelc
man. The score by innings was:
Coeur d'Alene—5 0001007 0,
total 13,
For Jones A Dillingham—0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0, total 0.
After a short intermiaison during
which the Wallace team warmed up
with a little practice, the miners and
locals looked horns and played bail,
while the rooters kept thinsg lively
in the grandstand. With Plummer
and Stanley as battery for this city
and Mackenzie and F. Smith for the
miners, the fans were treated to a
much better game than the first.
Both batteries were there for business
and each team was determined to win,
hut the visitors were simply outclass
ed by the local aggregation, and at
no stage of the game was their out
look a bright one.
In the second inning the home
team started to score and made 3
tallies, another in the third inning
and three more in the seventh wink
ing a total of seven. They netted
thirteen hits from the Wulluco pitch
er, who allowed three men buses on
balls.
For the first three innings the vis
itors went down, one, two, throe.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
The Presbyterian church will give
a picnic for the members of tbo Bun
dy n bool tomorrow at Hayden lake.
A Ffccial train has been chartered
and the members of the Bunduy
school will bo furnished with free
transportation others can procure tic
kets at a reduced rate of 20 ceuta
for tbo round trip for children, and
35 cents for adults. The {tarents of
the members of the Sunday school
and all others are cordially invited
FIRES NEAR WALLACE
Wallace, Idubo, Aug. 13.—Al
though the lire brigade composed
princi|«lly of the employes of the
Black Cloud mine and mill were kuc
ccesful in saving the coinpauy'*
preprety, the two tire*.menacing it
ure still far from being extinguished,
and are uncomfortably near tbo dan -
ger line. A high w ind would lead to
considerable di.n.a,"e.
Reports from other section* this
morning differ little from those of:
yesterday. A dead ralm has pro
viaied for many days, and the pro
grese of tbe lire* has l>een slow.
The lire near the summit of theI
Hitter Roots, which threatens the Bil-j
ver Cliff and Lookout points is still
burning in the heavy timber, but ha*
to date done no damage wive to tbe*!
forest.
Considerable fine timber has been
devoured during the last week in the
Ticinity of Murray. For days fire ha«
been consuming timber across tbe
divide from Dream gulch, and is now
in the "Buckskin draw,"and with a
strong breeze," says a Murray report,
"would menace the entire Alder
guich water's bed, covered by a forest
unsurpassed anywhere."
STORM HITS LEWISTON.
Damages in That City Reaches
About $10,000.
Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 13.—An
electrical storm of unusual severity
peesad over Lewiston shortly before
7 o'clock last evening doing almost
enoe to hear Wackier, the umpire,
cell "Batter out" The visitors net
ted five hits from Plummer, who al
lowed four men bases on bells. Un
til the eighth inning the visitors Hell
ed to score in which they managed to
secure one tally, and in the ninth
they made two more on a two bagger
by Gibbs, their second basemen.
The locals will play the Warwicks,
of Spokane, Wednesday, and on
Thursday they will meet the S. A. A.
C. in this city.
either on short hits to the infield or
were struck out by the wily Plum
mer, and it was a common
HAYDBN LAKE LINE.
Will Formally Open For Baal
nest Wednesday.
Daily service to Hayden lake will
be opened by the Coeur A'dlene A
Spokane railway Wednesday morn
ing. Four trains a day each way
will be run at first, each one connect
ing at Coeur d'Alene with the regu
lar train to and from Spokane.
Beween Hayden lake and the pres
ent terminal of Coeur d'Alene A Spo
kane, there will be four new stations,
Woodlawn, Johnson's, Dolan and
Monaghan.
At Hayden lake the line makes a
loop 200 feet in diameter, upon
which a depot will be erected. The
loop is just west of King's pavilion,
euubliug the cars to uppr< ecli to
within a stone's throw of (he camps
that liavo been established there.
Traiiw leave Coeur d'Aieuo for
Hayden Lake, 7 .00 and 9 :05 a. am.
and 2:15 niul 5:10 p. in. Train*
leave Hayden Lake for Cccur d'
Alene, 7:35 and 10:40 a. m. et:d
3:10 and 0:30. Trains leaving Spo
kane Electric Terminal at 7:60 a,
m., 1:00 und 4:20 p . ru. make direct
connection* for Hayden Lake.
to attend. Each person will furnish
their own lunch, und impromptu
sporta and games will be colled in to
pom the tinis. There will be usual
boating und awiming, for the lovers
there will Ik- Itammocks. The mem
bers of the Sunday school will meet
at the church at 9:30 o'clock in tbe
morning and the train will leate the
Electric depot at 10 o'clock. Re
turning to this city the picnicer* will
leave Hayden Lake at the o'clock In
the afternoon.
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!>aiiie<l by a high wind and heavy
downpour of rain.
Owing to poor flood water drainage
systems in the bus intro section if tbo
city many cellars were flooded, among
them being the |«ptr tt» irgo room
and prees room of tlo Ltwisttu Tri
bune, which lost alt t:t ?4Ct'0 v/erth
of pujK-r. The pmircitn t.t ite tlmo
was a foot and alalf under vaftr,
which will have to 1 <_■ li.ihd < ct be
fore the morning edition cm Le run
oil.
Eelctric bolts put *<'. rrs of tele
phone* out of cotaniiroion. At
both offices the operators were jortly
stunned m viral tinu-s by bolt-. Ike
Pacific Staff* Teh phono c« tany r *
basement is flooded.
Will Answer Gompcrs.
Washington, D. C., Aug. Un
published announcement is made hen
that Speaker Cannon at tbe Illinois
republican state convention this
month will take occasion to define
his position and that of the republi
can party towards organised labor.
It is further declared that the speak
er will bodily accept the "dell" as
laid down by Pert.ident Gotnpers of
tbe American Federation of Labor,
and that be will keep to the face in
tbe congressional campaign tbe labor
leader's charge that the speaker and
republican leaders of tbe bouse ban
opposed labor's interest In p as sin g
upon legislation.
J. L. Me Clear Ixft for Santa, Ida
ho, on a business trip this morning.