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ggag a... - = KMTDUI CMJN1Y KftlHiCAM a s&szr - nnf.Toir. ..Mtttff ssd Proprietor _Jl » . I« .« «Im toe se bnirtpUon pries is net paid is ... MAY as. IMS YPtoAY— ■CHUM IMIM PACTS. ■«plying to tbe question as to "flow many republicans filed charges with tb» aaoate committee which reported Id favor of John F. Teat f«r tbe posi tion (ft register of the land office at Onaur d'Alene." asked by the Repub lican 'two weeks ago, tbe Coeur d' Alene Press says: "We must confess our Ignorance of the nupiber, but we understand they wars oameruus. and since the senate in eseeutive session Ignored the re sort of the committee and turned Mr. Volt's nomination down by a unani mous vote, we have yet to bear a re publican disapprove of IU action.'' This reply la here repohilshed be cause It can do us no harm and might posai biy do the Preee some good. The Preas continues: . . . . , u , „ , . am to that l»no> nr. «oo is rep y whtohrefersto JAi. Yost'S nom Ina ttoutoing turned down by a «nani mous vuto, **}*'* J5 1 » lutoljr untrue, and Mi. Scott has no authoritative information tothat ef feet whatever. The Republican lain - rf ,» j! |M | kn(lWfc lT~;~7, t '*■. r. , I* ,, ui , !u ,i *** ,n Ü r „ ' T P . M U Prm la not alone In the scheme Of attempting U* shift Hie responsible It, in »fits matter and to create the Impression that Mr. Yost was "be trayedln the bouse of hla friends," and If that should fall then to rite tJwMMM i.wHi'utloir th« "iKiworfiil use esse M moiutiing in i» n Influence of toe junior aerwtor rrom tola stem at Washington, these sen tlmenU are being Industriously clrcu lated by the fuaionera In this county, and not a few of the fusion state pa pars have offered cumumtUi In line wlth the utterances of tbe Press. The twofold object of this la to drive , h ln .... rsnntill. au imrlv tlte element in ine repu »inan party fron» 'Which tbe fuaionera have moat to fear heck Into the lent In a sulk, ami In C«ae of failure to do this, Mien to cite the Y net case as an object lesson to ambitious young republicans with a view to curbing thMr aggressiveness In uertv work thus crlDiiitng the re tl J! MS tor another isirrunt fusion sf'nilii tatratlon In Idaho. It la needless to aay that tilts «'heme Will RÜI miserably. Mr. Yts»fs illsap ■Htii.tn.pnt. will not in the least im nalr hla^aerTlcea To toe ranksof re Liu le ol îSow lfcinie^ lleanlsm, ami since the blow fill hear-1 "As tbe senate ia largely republican Kr. Teat might justly cry, 'Why am 1 crucified In the camp of friends?' " my teat upon him, other ambit loua young I republleanaare very apt to give him I an audience US» the height of folly for the fu •Ionen» to atto.npt to .dn-elve them wives In tola matter. The Republl- ' torn I« well acquainted with every de- J toll of the campai^« Inauguralc«! agalnat Mr. Yoafa conttrmatb.n aa register. It has full knowledge * I every ok»»* n.ade by hUcmmlcx. who they are, wtmt It «at them and who!'*' wae Mid for all of tab dirty work, of which did not amount to a row uf »a»*. Which tbe drrnirr rexaorf to ! which Du hoi* was «„ally driven proves beyond a praalblllty of «»»»ira I iltctlon j Dubois and hla henchmen In Roots-1 nal ouunty have robbed J.»hn F. Y.*l j out of a prise that was well earned I and fairly woo. It »*» a cold blooded 1 .»a ,, i_ , __ _ ^ that an attempt should HM11 wonder tost an attempt ahouut h» Blade to shift th© responsibility. ... , ntmnAmA 77.,, „„„.a.,,., II waa not Intended to say anything wore about a matter in which the public can not be deeply interested. f h«t a*nee the toalonm have stmwn ■heir band, a brief history of the case will do no harm. Mr. Ytwt had no sooner been recom _ (WnniUMiiiiii iwendr d by hat ntuil Ç-wtim t **ntan Btandnxl and ex-beualor Khoup f*»r toe position of register, wt»en there enase fnnn Washlngu«» a plaintive wall f»»r assistance to prevent the ree ognllkm of Uw ''aggressive" young repubiifttn. whose "dogged persist enee" bad he«»me a h«»u*ch»»ld word . ___ Tl»e wall bore fruit la tits form of assnrsiMw« that .„v ! kH««Ur hf .Sunhti» Hid hr ' ""£. r r^dfil© he fOMoa army Who would not healtale to do anything in their Une. Soon af torward a voice with a peculiar, but •ell known < rising infieclbm was heard to announce in Washington « Ihn» Um in uni nation «>f John F. Y oat «obnoxious to a "large number of prominent people'' from W*bo: "pvoUata" agalnat the nomination •^Trouring" loon toe Idaho aena-! i _ . „ . _ ». interfare In tbe matter, further than I (Vise that all parties be given a fair Java, who bad "no desire whatever to % When these words were ing a character was being rigorously pushed in the fusion camp of Kootenai «junty. At flrst It was decided to call for rolunteers. It was found that even in fusion ranks character annas ■Ins were mighty scarce and it became necessary to rçsort to briber, and cm ploy a fine tooth «»mb to bring to the surface the filth that was afterwards | used. This consisted of three purl- j ■lies. The first made an affidavit and 1 bearing. ottered Freddy Dubois little thought that In order to accomplish bis ptir be would in the end be forced to con vict himself of having gl rien utterance to an untruth. Meanwhile, the work of assassinat » according to reliable Information was | paid »10 for It, but the affidavit was! afterwards retracted. The oilier two ! < parlai tes were W, A. Hart of lUth- ( druntand Joseph T. Scott of Coeur d' Alene, Personal rev©ng© for imagi. nary wrongs prompted these two to ; * assume tbe role of would-be character j * assassins, There are two kinds ofns-|< sasslns, but It Is unnecessary to call ( < anylxdy's attention to wldch is the |, most cowardly and despicable. The "charge*" against, Mr Yost's' „..„„T. * P ter, Obtained at a ««t and through methods tliat would cause «»Id chills In Hie frame of any falr-mitided Individual were duly for warded U» Washington. Thereupon the press dispatches began to teem with reference to the utter worthless nesa of John F. Yn*t, who had been nominated for register at Coeur d' Alene/ What great pleasure It must have given these character assassins wheu they saw tins result of their handiwork, which they felt sure y WOIJ j d effectually dispose of all that a fe||ow Mou character ! What p]aMun , t0 K | OH tover the men tal anguish of an Innocent wife and j am n v ; Hll / »... .... I' P '«sure was Shortlived. The charges were duly Investigated and found to have ni» foundation in fad. Besides, these two lone Charges were refuted by > bun(Jr ,. daor a mduvlta and certMlcales | f .. . . ... . . . ! fc M y , nll _ : , ^ 1 wore qualifiai to *'***' ^ t0 his character and fitness for ^he [visltion of register. In this con-, motion it will do no harm to quote (rom a Ktutf , mo „ t b , a prominent sen a | 0f f r ,,|„ ( »tte of the older states He ^ * i ' * „ I,. j, 1 - 1 ? v'* V» o*i i # .« ï Gonîoi »iiwUriiiH ! UIM | absolutely vlndlcitled on every I charge brought against him by his en emlcs. Not one of the «nnplalnts made was deemed worthy of consider at ion when his name was Indore the 1 sonate. The remarkable thing about It all Is that the senate should see fit to Ignore t lie pet I lions or a largo re L U a Ll,.«fnsZ J 1 " U ' < ' a ' ! N,,w - » f,,w worri * a * h,,w t »Mi came to reject Hie nomination will «UI Of place. There Is In the Until'd Mates senate an unwritten law known as "senatorial ,,,urtesy.'" It dst«. Wk tn th« "bln« of H dut» s hack to the l lu«^ laws or JJ»* N | !W a, " , has n»»thlng In common with the free histltut.ons of fslay, ami by «11 self respecting senators It has long been 4 , H-Ilh41<ll „ tM TUty k 1 I , I 11 fru '»? ' pnt i for more than half a century until on the l»th of this mouth.there has bee., n " '"»» ,n * I ' »maH enoug » t«» Invoke Its »4.1. Nev-I J erlh#,N " 1 ' wh *'" a senator the cheanut U atlll recognl/e.l *»» a«, "unwritten law,'and when a, I »wtor Invoke, lia aid hla «. lengitea »«" lh ? ln * d,,lon ' ,l i who!'*' J n e,Tw:t ' » w,M ' n '* * e,,aU,r i make* „ ,wr«»nal r^ncat that an up ^ ^ '"* l «"»firmed, and that he. ! *"««*»•«'»« 10,1 ''** * hl * «'"ctofirawftl stan.l by I hUn ' l# u " "P™« u ' al j no self-respect Ing senator will make' '• r ^ u « t 1 t ' r u ' at »»«iking of j j " ,»' n " dt * u '\'\ n «'»«»g hta I ^ . - 1 ' r onder «> at , Washington about which the deiiH» cr * Uc t» r *'»" •» nuW harping. Thh smsd advsnUav Uktn hv Du this mean advantage'taken by III Ik>1s ttas reaurrwteil a dtuigemus pre . , .. . . . . , '^»nt, and one which might be not *° f,lnny bom *' ,0 tl«e camp from which It emlnated. fhl „ , U1 r «»e trouble to ttM ^ tw republhan ; '«mid be tound hi Idaho who. as aena u>r ' w " u,d »""'l 1 u ' Uw u ' vp| «haL Dubois has and take th© sam© advan-1 nrtrr A „ Idaho dcm«s>rnt* ^ y not worry on that mvsmnt. H*> J .. . . . . tin»«* l»©f«»re • 11 J ' ""JJ t _ * rata can ever n is r« rcu. rai preo ri nenv, : » «*** * rras aays. hav<* yet I'V h * ar * republkan'S disapproval of Its ÄPt, °»*" referring U» tbe action of th«* ! in rej«-Hi»g the Y«*t nomma ' The editor is in possession ,»( i * frw ^'K'rs which toil n different! iw-s t.« .„»».„r »,««„»« ^ ""*■ ' br ' n j our opinion of him. ami he may carry) peraoniilitlea toany extreme hest*ea fit. The lowest thing that crawls would ! bav* to be regardeil as an angel be « "• w ' 11 lhww that!,, " e dislike very much to spoil the P>«««re of such wolves, but we an* i constrain«! to tntorm the would-be character asaaaaina that In this In I gtepcsi they can not gloat over having taken bread out of tbe mouths of a hungry or dependent-family. We are unlike Dubois in many respecta, but the contrast is greatest when It comes to winning bread away from a federal nl . Wm »... Km „ pie u i , We hare not yet been «impelled to accept a donation of »50 with which to purchase "coffee lunches" on tbe way to Washington To the republicans of Kootenai county and Idaho we will say: John ; F. Yost stood by the party when tl»e ; stakes meant more to him than a land j office when mob violence was threat- i fr.ed aod boycott was resorted to. | fhe "Yost case" is therefore dropped for «II time, and we are ready to go Into Dm light for republican success at 1' 011 * 1,1 *• * a),< . .. - »■# *»■»■»»♦ < ( * * < |, Bliss hadn't exactly turned tramp when he first met with old More jy of Bingham Couuty bnnk, but b< , had becu ont of work for a year or more and whs seedy and discouraged and wondering if he hadn't better go ».».».».»■a . ( < * 1 1 I, ■* Hours ITASLIT < I I TWO MEN AMD » * w A FOOL Copr right. tooa. hr «a* » a. S. MaTlSn Compaay ! * »♦ . a. a - t *ca » a.a» i .a. » . i> and tiarig himself. At the Haltnrsville , depot be pulled old Morel, out of tbe ! we y of n wild engine and saved bis life. The old man looked him over and said: ''Young man, eome up to Grafton to morrow and have n talk with me. You'll find me at tbo bank.'' «1 at the bunk, and old Morel, said bluntly: " ni J«u n place at »15 a week, ro« «'«'» go to work m tbo morning.« Tlmt was tbe old umn'a way. He never required a bond or asked for rrf( , rotlr ^. , r he „©elded to tBkc a ma „ on the bauk or lpl an oW | mon go. It wns all over in five min- ! Ute*. He expected a man to be prompt, ! honest and to work for bis interest *lono. »nd he never find a ,word of j ! praise. In addition to the bank, he : awned a woolen mill, a big Slone qunr r >' ""«* « "ourlng mill. Young Bliss WC nt to work in the woolen mill ss ee a t s tunt to the malinger, uud for six j niontbs he sormed to have dropped | 'out of the old man's sight He bail taken hold with great earnestness end ; more than earned his snlnry. He wrs i hustling around one day when old Morely came In and said: j ! "There seems to bo more in you than I thought for. 1 am sliirtlng Mr. fralg ; the bank, and you cun take bis place end salary. ! Mr. Craig was the offl«-e superintend- | 1 ent. aubordlnnto to tbe general man I ager of the mill, and young Bliss bud tllt«*d the position for several months W hbout criticism when three Incidents I happened In n day. | ! The first wns bis rescuing Joe nover, eu bllot whom a lot of other boys were harassing and annoylug. The Idiot looked at Bliss a long time, as If seek 1«K to Impress the picture on his mind, »»d turned a wa, uttering a quper gab ble of words. Th# Kt)(loud wn| n dlgpilt# wltb James Richards, tbe bank cashier, over - à n,,,,. § .. mTSBJnUBtiri-'S mBr ■ On tbe morrow, having stolen a ride on a freight train, young Bliss appear- j , I i i j a bit of carelessue** some on© else was responsible for. sud tbe third was' Minnie Morely th© old man's M ' UU1 , M , y :, " » daughier, for tbw first time as «h© ne ; ^ , Kll00 , Mrt . Each! jtuddei»t was but « trill© at th© tlm*. but each «>■ i» iur«< i besrimr on his »»* ** 1 » w *» *° * Dwiriu * ou »»• ; future. aicbarda. who was a alngW man of thirty, arrogant and ovvrbeartng by , nature, demanded servility from all his , aubordln*««». H# slvvted to l«x>k upon | J fWUU * ,n tba ' u * h *- " nJ th * trn ; * K> * words that passed between them t made him thirst for revenge. U. Im«l hotHH , , B bl# ow .„ lulllJ for two or thwa : years past to find fsr«vr tn Minnie Morely'* eyes and become the bank er s son In law. tjueerly euongh, he bad tusde an em*my of th© fool by roughly bouncing him off tbs hank , i «top* u » *wo or three «»©©aB'ous. Two i'residence on a matter of business sud j was introduce«! to the daughter. Dur- ; lt)t> m , st fuur w „, ka ht , mPt h „ WV pn\l times, and at leugtb the Jealous ! eye of a third party came to the cou «ustou that It would develop Into a csse of love If not broken up. That thlrvl party was ths bank «.nishier. and . be <lld not hSTS to go far for a plan. | All the hands at the quarry and the mills were pal«) once a month. Tbe monthly pay roll amounted to between »8.000 and »0,0X1. and In his new post Won youfig I'Mss mad© up the roll, i I m § •YA [■* j — i i v » gj "IT'S THK srol.KN HONST r KXCtiSIMBD him »»«»son. placed the east» In envelopes and nano* ed it over to beads of department s» T* 1 ® QO*»t 7 was two miles from town, ?>"• * 1 narter « ' and tbe trip was made In a buggy, as «»ontry was opened and settled the M f TObberi waa abaurd . Tbe mon riding tbe date did not fall on Sunday, ; and Bliss carried it to tbe mill to plans ; it In envelopes. ______ j had g * MI * ***7°?*? . tW * i three tlmra and bad driven out or | the" town of Grafton to it. ^ oun dat!ons. When he opened the at tbe mill to take ont the few*,, be found nothing but newipa *y wst always placed In a satchel at tbe bank on tbe 3d of tbe month, pro per« In It He naturally argued that tbs cashier bad made some blunder foung man had yielded to temptation, and the cashier was particularly bitter against him. Before tbe day of trial came there appeared to be but one per son In Grafton who doubted bis guilt and was not at all nneaay In bla mind si be drove back to have It rectified» To bis amazement however, Richards Insisted that the money bad been in closed as usual, and almost at ones be charged Bliss with trying to work • game. Protestations availed nothing. The money waa not produce«!, and young Bliss was arrested. The conclusion was reached that he most have met ind passed tbe money to a confederate. Old Morel, was satisfied that the , That was old Morely's daughter, ! Their acquaintance had not gone be youd admiration on bla side and esteem on hers, but ehe gave him credit for sterling qualities and was persistent In bia defense. When the trial finally came off, the cashier swore to baring deposited »8,450 In the satchel and banding it to young Bilsa, and the nc | The officers tried to put him out but ! »e resisted vigorously and walked ! straight up to tbe desk of the judge «"«' banded up bis package. j "It'« the stolen money!" exclaimed hi* honor ns he tore off the wrapper. There was instant excitement and a dozen mon began to question the her Joe stood with a smile and pointed j from the money to the cashier, who | * ,n » ,n court to hear the verdict. When prosed to talk, he giggled and beokon ; «d the officers to follow him. He led them into the dnrk alley on one side of H>e bnnk and into a side door open j Ing on a room used for the storage of f«'d. Then, thrusting his hands deep« ; n barr«'l of straw, he made mo th " t (# 'ïtnT^bîr HTmlde"« ! , > ,i ^ k | P 1 « 1 " that he had been looking through I the barred window on the alley side when Janies Richards hid tbe money weeks before. I 11 was all so clenr. fool though he | ">o cashier admitted his fmilt. Of course public opinion whip P™» «1»™ In no time at all and young Bllaa walked out ol Juli with hla cher* »«-ter cleared, but only three or four people could unilerslund why thecas^ ehmd tor* wJ^, o ruh» an Innocent man. Bliss figured it out. old Morely caught on after a bit, nl "' «»>e young Indy In the case blush lngly admitted that she half suspected from the first The Idiot owed one man a debt of gratitude and another man a debt of hnte. and he paid them IxXU at once and caused people for after to shake their heada and j cased could oui, assert that when he opened the satchel after reaching the mill there was no money in It. This was no defense. The Jury waa being charged, and there wns no doubt In any one's mind as to the verdict, when Joe, the Idiot, arrived with a package under his arm. ; 8UCtwd for h © Th > 1 not niT ' ays »uccecu. ror n© ts as full of fight as of mischief, but a »vere «•onfilet teach©* him that they, Uave tlll . lr ri ghts. ami this In , duoM hlu) t0 luend ut . u . aDn#rm . , | n , ol ■CBTFry of D y on mite. ; Alfml X«>»el — far hack as 1848, during a reslilcn«*© ln Krane©, produced the first ultroglycerln p«.wdcr that ws. i tlK>n klM)Wn , t in Hamburg that h 0 «Us.»vcrc«l by chanr© dynnmite gu^r. Some of bis powder had trickled i out of a rM on t«» the «lamp »«>11 and !«,H.ll«*d by tb© infusorial earth, j , This was a happy accident. f#r as soon [as th© m«»!stnrc had en»p«irat«*d I»© f ' mml ,b3t om ' pMr ' of ,his 08 rt " to improved its snlggntwe as nn explo ;, ; aiVP . hut made it safer for handling. N(Vivl d |^dv^l nltrmvll»u»©e I )n n!t-oclyeerln. which p»v© It a uu»re | found that the m«*re gelatinous cellu H,»e ©as m!x«»d I»» the u!trv»*!y«erin tlie 1 . n »«»re solid It became and the more ! | «lowly It burned, both of which were « Important discoveries. Of this sub- j stance he made a fus**, «inly to find ' that u was hardly satisfa«'t«*ry been use | tt had not sufficient strength to act as a ( driving tore©.— Westminster Review. |] years i say: I -yes, Jo©'» a born fool all right enough, but don't you go to believing that he hasn't got brains hidden down the back of his neck!" A Joker Among Birds. j The bluejay Is the most persistent practical Joker In the feathered king dom. He will cone«*al himself In a clump «»f leaves near the spot where •moll birds are accustomed to gather, an«l when they are enjoying them selves In their own fnshiou will snd deuly frighten them almost to death by seresmlng out like a hawk. Of course they sintter In every direction, god when they do so the mischievous rascal gives vent to a cackle that sounds very much like a laugh. If ; he confined his pranks to such Joke» as this, however, he would not be such a bad neighbor to birds smaller than himself, but when he amuses himself i by breaking the eggs In their nests and« i tearing the young to pieces with bla bill hi* becomes a pestilent nuisance, and they often combine their forces to drive him out of th© neighborhood. Aft©? this he geiatln«>tta substance. * t handli Butler POLES, POSTS, PILING, 6 Etc Culver Saadpotat" Also mu Um of General Merchandise I 1 W E Have Just Received a fine Uae of W. L. DOUGLAS tea Celebrated Shoes, I Which we are selling at a very low price. Als» the finest and most complete line of. KRIPPENDORF DITTMAN CD'S LADIES' SHOES Ever shown in this country. These shoes are equal to anything on the market, both as to çost and style. Remember, when you see W. L. 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