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LINCOLN COUNTY TIMES
L. T. Alexander, Publisher
. . IDAHO
JEROME . .
IDAHO STATE NEWS
The people of Goo.rrnp have got to
get her on tine ticket and a quie; elec
tion is predicted.
Dan McWilliams, who was Injured
in a runaway at Weiser, is dead, his
death having resulted front internal
Injuries.
The body of J. O. Vermillion, who
was drowned in the Snake river at j
Augur Falls, on Sunday, December -t.
was found in the river near Buhl j
on March 2,'«.
Property in Idaho will be assessed
as its actual cash value this year re
gardless of all consequent
is the dictum of the state board ol
equalization.
This
The survey has been made for the
new town of Lowell Park. The new
town is located at the junction of the
Oregon Short Line railroad with the
Rupert-Bliss cut-off.
All indications point to a bannet
The heavy
year on Gamas prairie,
snow of the past winter is a sure in
dication and a guarantee that the
grain yield will be tar above the av
orage.
The fame of Camas prairie as »
health resort is rapidly spreading j
over southern Idaho, and many inquir \
ies have been received by local physi
After losing five bear dogs and
coming within a decidedly close mar
gin of death in a bear light hiiusel:.
H. C. Armstrong, living fifteen miles
into town with the pelt of the animal
Work has been started on the inter
clans asking regarding aceomoda
tions.
?ho sued
his wife for divorce, charging cruel
ty. was denied a degree of divorce,
but the court ordered the wife tc i
pay $10 a month in support of her I
husband.
A blind man of Boise,
back in the hills from Boise, cam.3
urban line east of Idaho Kalis, it \
will be 33 miles In length and will
cost approximately $750,000. Tiu
line will branch, one terminus being j
at Popular and the other at Goshen, j
oi j
cut-oi T ' !
Authorization for the building
the long-planned Raft River
destines! eventually to connect the |
Lucin cut-off with the main line ol
the Oregon Short Line at Burley, has |
been made at the Harriman offices in 1
New York.
The federal grand jury which foi
two weeks had been probing charges
here, Thursday night returned eight
secret indictments directed, it is re
liably stated, against the night riders \
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who terrorized settlers in the Camas
Prairie country.
To wrestle with
she succeeded in
burglar whom
frightening away, ■
and then fire three revolver shots at
his fleeing figure, is the exciting ex
Slonehouse, a
Weiser, went
a
perience Mrs. J. H.
prominent lady of
through one night last week.
There is a great deal ot activity in
Nampa relative to the good roads
proposition within the city limits.
The thoroughfares leading into Nam
pa from the various communities
have been improved by dragging the
work being done by farmers.
One year ago the assessors in the
various counties of Idaho placed a
valuation of $42.000.00ÿ on the farms
of this state. This was done for the
purpose of taxation. This year the
farmers will pay taxes on the same !
farms at a valuation of $4h0.00h,000
The work of relaying all that, paît
of the Idaho division of the Oregon
Short Line with 90 pound steel, not
already equipped, was commenced
Monday hnd will be completed in
about ninety days The new rails will
replace the 70-pound rails now in use.
For the purpose of forming a com
pany to take whitefish from the lakes
in the northern part of the state |
eastern capitalists are now in Bci;e
While scores of individual fishermen
have been making a living in this
manner, this is the first company tc
Invade the field.
After coming trom Argyle, Fla., to
Moscow, arriving March 14. and be-j
ing arrested the uext day loitering
about the University of Idaho by
Sheriff Brown, who charged her with
M. Hunt,
insanity. Miss Augusta
whose mysterious actions created a
censation, has been discharged.
There are hundreds of stopover
tickets being deposited at the Nampa
passenger depot every day and since
the special rate began on the 10th of
this month there have been not less
than 500 tickets deposited for layover
privileges. As high as 30 In one day
have been deposited.
The president has issued an order
postponing until 1912 all advance pay
ments due from settlers on the South
Side Minidoka irrigation project be
cause of hardships they endured last
season, and the Oregon Short Line
has agreed to furnlsn seed to these
farmers upto the value ot $20.000.
A colony of cougars infesting the
North Fork region in the vicinity ot
Big island, 40 miles above Ahsahka
Idaho, is decimating the deer in that
locality, according to R. B, Hibbs, u(
Lewiston, who has been bunting and
trapping in that section.
A dispatch from Wallace says; Uu
mors to the effect that north Idah !
assessors, while meeting in Spokane,
laid plans for a percentage valuation
in the face of the governor's Ins true
tions to the contrary, are denied by
John Dolan, county assessor ot Sho
shone county.
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FIRST STEPS TAKEN
MEETING OF PROMINENT MEXI
CANS AT EL PASO MAY RE
SULT IN PEACE.
Insurrectos Still Hold to Declaration
That President Diaz Must Resign
and Make Way for Free
Election Before They
Will be Satisfied.
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first steps
El Paso. Texas —The
looking to the restoration of peace in
Mexico are proceeding with all pos
sible speed.
Francisco I. Madero. Sr.,
Madero, Estrada and Hernandez Gon
zales arrived at El Paso Sunday night.
Gonzales, it was stated by Juan
Sanchez Azcona. a member of the in
surrecto junta here, is the represen
tative of Minister Limantour. Senor
Azcona emphasized the statement that
the El Paso program is of a necessity
Informal, designed to result in a real
and binding conference if the prelim
inaries succeed. Estrada is a .aw y er
His
Alfonso
and a member ot the junta,
home is in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Senor Azcona said that the delega
FI p-iso
1 Members of the junta have reiter
ated in a general way their comments
on President Diaz's message to con
gresa as being unsatisfactory. It
makes no direct reference to any real
move on the governtnent's part to se
j cure peace. In fact. It is held rather
j to minim.ze the imfiortance o. the re
\ volt, important reforms are advocal
ed, but the pressure of the revolution
tion named will w ait at El I aso, if j
they go into Mexico at all, for passpoit
giving them the fullest assurance oi
It may not be necessary for !
them to leave American soil in case
Francisco I.
safety,
Madero. the younger.
tentative
bad digested Limantour s
proposals and as hoped, has already
dispatched a messenger from his camp
ists in securing them is not recogniz
ed. The insurrectos Hold that Diaz
must do more ..an his message prom
ises. He must resign and ma«e way
Idr -•*« election.
REBELS ROUT FEDERALS.
Regular Troops Surprised by Insurrec
tos Whi e Engaged in Celebration.
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Chihuahua, Mexico. Ï hirtj four
rebels were killed and scores were
wounded in a clash between a detach
nient of 350 federal soldiers and 150
insurrectors at Aldama Friday night.
The insurrectos are said to have
been shot down in a running fight
following a surprise attack by the
fédérais. Diaz soldiers say they lost
only four men killed, two of whom
were lieutenants who led the charge.
The route followed an orgy which
the insurrecios star.ed after they had
marched into Aldama without resist
ante.
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FEAR JAPAN.
Newspapers of the Antipodes Evi
dently Suspicious of Brown
Men.
Victoria, B. C.—Fears of invasion
by the Japanese are maintained by
the newspapers of the antipodes, ac
cording to advices received by the
Makura. W, J. Watrams, king of the
Loyalty islands, has addressed peti
tions both to Great Britain and French
officials asking that a protectorate
be declared over the islands to pre
ven t them being secured hy Japan
e se. The king writes that Japanese
gse crowding into New Caledonia and j
bave Installed a wireless station In
jbe Loyalty islands. He says he fears j
the Japanese are preparing a base
that could be used for an attack on
Australia.
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Race Riot in Delaware.
lüaurel. Del.—About 10 o'clock Sat
urday night a mob of armed negroes
swooped down upon a crowd of spec- (
j tators in the main thoroughfare of the I
town and fired a volley of buckshot
I *nto the throng.
[ years old. son of a farmer living near
[ l-aurel. fell to the ground shot through
the head. He was taken to a hospital
orme Stockley, 18
in Salisbury, Md., where he died Sun
J day. Officers were unable to cope
with the mob and there was a fierce
struggle between the two races until
.
3 o'clock Sunday morning.
Bush Succeeds Gould.
New York.— B. F. Bush, president
of the Western Maryland railway, has
been selected to succeed George J.
Gould as president of the Missouri
Pacific, according to information
printed by the American. It is ex
pected a meeting of directors will be
held in New York this week. The
selection of Mr. Bush as president
Involves the rumor that a salary as
high as $100,000 a yt-ar is to be paid
him.
Steamer Breaks Record.
Victoria, B. C.—Breaking all rec
ords, the steamer Mikura aniv^d
Sunday from Australia three days i
advanc of her schedule. She beat the
record made by the turbine steane.
Mobano In 1906 by one day.
Control of Colorado River.
Yuma, Ariz.—Levees for the con
trol , of the Colorado river in Lower
California have been completed an 1 '
the grading stock and equipment tak
en into Mexico from the United
States has been withdrawn.
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WHEN THAT SPECIAL SESSION ALARM GOES OFF.
-rat of New York Cltv was elected
United States senator''Friday night
O'GORMAN SUCCEEDS DEPEW
Insurgent Democrats Capitulate and
the Dead-lock in New York Legis
lature is Broken.
Albany, N. Y.—Supreme Court Jus
tice James Aloysius O'Gorman, Demo
by the legislature, after the most pro
traded struggle over this position
ever held in the Kmpire state.
On the final ballot, the sixty-fourth
he received 112 votes to 28 cast for
chauncey Depew. whose term expired
March 4 last.
At the close of a day of almost con
tinuous negotiations the Insurgents
capitulated and Justice O Gorman was
Selected. A few minutes before the
ballot was cast. Justice O'Gorman's
resignation from the bench was filed
it the office of the secretary of state
a constitutional provision would
have prohibited his election while
holding the office of justice of the
iS
supreme court.
Wild applause marked the end of
[h e long contest and the legislature,
driven from the state capitol by Wed
icsday's fire, quickly adopted a reso
i u tion adjourning until April 17.
BANDITS KIDNAP BABE.
Compel Parents to Pay $12,000 for the
Return of Their Child.
Las Vegas. N. M.—Two masked
men f orce d an entrance to the home
0 f a. T. Rogers, and at the point of
revolvers, compelled Mrs. Rogers to
parents wanted their baby back,
her two-year-old
i surrender to them
j baby. The kidnapers left a note for
Mr. Rogers, who was absent from the
city, demanding $12.000 in cash if
the
alive, and directing that the money
be paid at midnight Friday night, i
The money was paid and the child i
recovered. A posse is now in Pur- j
suit ot the kidnappers, who are head
ed for tho bad lands.
Denver.—To prove the supremacy
Q{ the wes tern cow pony, three Colo
rado CO wboys. J. A. Mors, George Har
j ris and j Q h n Gobin. will ride from
Denver to New York City, starting
1 April 8. They will have only six
j horses in their string, each day rld
ing three and using the others as
j pack animals. They hope to reach
New York in eight weeks, thereby es
lablishing a record for long distance
riding. They will carry a message
To Prove Supremacy of West.
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from Mayor Speer
Mayor Gaynor of New York. The six
horses tchy have selected for tho trip
are the best cow ponies th>T could
find in Colorado and Wyoming.
of Denver to
Limitation of Armaments.
Against
Berlin.—The reichstag by a large
majority on Friday rejected the So
cialist motion calling on the govern
ment to take, immediate steps leading
to an international agreement con
cern'ng universal limitation or arma
monta and the abolishment of rights
of capture at sea. Earlier the reich
gtag adopted a resolution "to request
the chancellor to declare his willing
mutual negotiations
ness to enter
with other great powers If proposl
tion concerning a simultaneous and
equal limitation of armaments are
made by any one power."
De La Barra Reaches Mexico.
Mexico City—With the arrival here
Friday night of Francisco Leon de la
Barra, the new minister for foreign
affairs. President Diaz' cabinet lacks
but one member of being complete.
The one vacancy is that of the de
partment of the Interior.
Addition to Utah Forest Reserve.
Washington.—President Taft has
issued a proclamation adding to tho
Fish Lake national forest, Utah, 141,
123 acres a a being valuable mostly
for forestry purposes, and eliminating
1,276 acres regarded agricultural.
Overall Factory Burned.
Danville, Ill.—Fire, which for sev
eral hours threatened the retail dis
trict of this city, destroyed the Stahl
Urban overall factory on North Hazel
street, valued ax $175,000. The fac
tory employs 150 men and girls.
State is Enjoined from Enforcing the
Two-Cent Passenger Fare Law and
OPPOSE 2-CEHT FftRE
COURT UPHOLDS INJUNCTION
GRANTED AGAINST OKLAHOMA
CORPORATION COMMISSION.
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a Reduction in the Fre.ght
Rates on Ground That Law
is Confiscatory.
St Uo„is._The I'nited Stales clr
cult court of appeals, sluing In St.
on Wednesday, upheld the tem
porary injunction granted against the
corporation commission of Oklahoma
hy United States Circuit Judge Hook
nearly a year ago. by which the slate
D f Oklahoma Is enjoined from enforc
the 2-cent passenger fare law.
and a reduction in freight rates,
The court, passing on the temporary
injunction, holds the law to be con
fiscatory and holds that that section
of the Oklahoma constitution estate
fishing the corporation commission is
invalid tinder the constitution of the
United States.
The decision does not end the rate
case, which wifi now proceed on the
pleadings and evidence. No testi
mony has been placed before the
court.
RECLAIMING LANDS IN UTAH.
More Than 1C0.0C0 Additional Acres
to Be Placed Under Irrigation.
Salt Lake City.—According to a
statement compiled by the st ile land
board on Wednesday, there are n .w
ten great irrigation projects either
rt|al| completcdi llmler way or be
(ng ront(!mp | aleiJ b> private com
|e< and lwo statp
flnanced a „ of whlrh wl „ fh „
scene! , of lar|p . a( . tlvlty d „ rlnK th „
prcsent year when mor „ than «00.000
acres of land will bo placed under sc-;
tual irrigation and several million dol
lars spent conserving water for all
time to come.
These undertakings have all been
started under the Carey act, by'whlch
congress authorized the secretary of
the interior to turn over not
than 1,000,000 acres of the publie do
,-estern slaf's
under the provision that all tracts
designated from such a grant he re
claimed, cultivated and occupied.
mon
main to the several
McDowell
Guilty
Wash.—John
Spokane.
was found guilty by a Jury at Coeur
d'Alene, Ida., on Wednesday, of mur
der in tho first degree for Hie kill
Ing of his wife in their lonely cabin
near Harrison, Ida. last November
The penalty may be either hanging
or life imprisonment.
Love letters of McDowell to
Lulu Trainer, with whom ho was It.
fatuated. formed one of the strongest
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finks In the chain of circumstantial.,.
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evidence that convicted hin.
Would Disbar Attorney General.
Elerre, 8. I).—Proceedings to dis
bar Attorney General R. C. Johnson
were begun In the supreme court, on
Wednesday. Johnson declares the ac
linn is an echo of the late political
campaign.
Henry C. Peabody of the Maine su
preme court dropped dead In tho
Cumberland county courthouse, on
Wednesday, where he was holding a
Jurist Drops Dead in Court Room.
Me.—Associate
Portland,
Justice
special session In chambers.
Six Thousand at Luncheon.
Now York.—Six thousand women
attending the women's national for
eign mission Jubilee sat down simul
taneously to 750 tables at three ho
tels Wednesday for what probably is
the largest luncheon ever held.
yvould Mean War.
St. Petersburg.—A^rumor was cur
rent Wednesday night that the Chin
ese bad surrounded and were attack
ing Dlagovlescbtenck, capital of the
Amur province, on the Amur
in ,Ai latlc Russia.
A HOTBED OF GRAFT
OFFICIALS OF BUTTE SCORED
FOR THEIR LAXITY IN THE
MATTER OF FINANCES.
Showing
Auditors Present Report
That Vast Sums Collected by Dif
ferent Official Have Never
Been Credited to the City.
highly sensa
Butte, Mont.—In a
tional report made public Thursday
evening hy the Butte Business Men's
association, an audit of
finances dating back for ten years is
given. Many discrepancies In the ac
counts of the various officials are re
city's
the
be cleiT
hlch may
ported, some of
cal, hut in the expressed opinion ot
Pogson. I'elou
the auditors. Messrs,
1 he auditors make no attempt to
concisely sum up the possible shott
ages, stating in connection therewith
that many receipt hooks are missing.
polltax receipts and cash hooks gone
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celpls appears to he In the polltax do
partment. and until some check can)
be had on these. It is dlltlcult to es
liniale the amount due the city treus
bet & Go.. In some Instances "we are
amount
this
satisfied that cash to
was abstracted."
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urer
The officials ar*> scored for their
finances and it Is stated that to meet
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$400.000 bond Issue of 190... maturing
in ten years, only 11.900 was found
set aside.
The city of Butte has exceeded its
* gal oT wddch'Ts three' per" con.
'r '.h. assessed valuaMon of « it v
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debtet ness u » . ,J •. " • „
r i c u '^minL" fmm "w™to' lJni the
. .. , h ' h w .... _,. vs
.. ... lh » n„ n u f lm( ,i rooms of
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city's :
iaxness in the matter of the
from which
n . .... ... w ,, r ,, collected were
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Mimed
Into the city.
During the administration ol
Mayors W. II. Davey, 1903 1903. that
of Mullins and the present incumbent
Gharles P, Nevln. May. 1910, to No
vember 30. 1910, the books of til'
city showed that no telephone license
returns were made to the city.
TWO DAYS' BATTLE IN SONORA
Rebels Forced to Retreat, as Their
Ammunition Wa» Exhausted
El Paso. Texas.—The bloodiest and
most Important battle of the Mexican
insurrection fought so far in tho state
of Sonora has ended after two days
of stubborn fighting which began
Monday near the towns of Un s and
San Rafael. Although the Insurree
tos outnumbered the federal forces.
ihelr ammunition became exhausted
ln 'be continued engagement, while
fédérais were able to obtain rein
I f'*reeme n i» and additional amrnunl
! " on from Hermoalllo, and the insur
rectos were compelled to abandon the
"''W A,,hou K»i I"»* on both »Ides
' heavy, reports of the killed and
wounded have ... greatly exagge
a'"d and It is now known that no
more than 100 were killed on both
sides.
FOOD FOR THE STARVING.
American Relief Ship Reaches Shang
hai With Precious Czrgo.
Washington.—The United Sta'e
transport Buford, bearing
relief sup
piles to the starving people In China
whlch wer ,. collected In this country
. under the auspices of the American
: Nwlona | n,. d c rt)SR and q,,. Seattle
Commercial club, arrived In Shang
hai Thursday, according to a cible
gram received hy the officials of the
American Red Cross. The vessel will
proceed immediately to Nanking and
Chinkiang to unload lier cargo.
Revising Wool Schedule.
Washington Democratic members
' va > H an< I means un i the nil s
«»mmltlm-a are rushing their wink
" Ib p,obi * bl '' ,hiU n '"'
Mra.',"®»" , ormni ' U; ';' aft " r l' r "*
ll f H recommendations on organization
of 8Ubml ' ° n,y , ° n "
revised tariff schedule. this being
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the wool schedule, a tough draft of
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which, framed by Chairman Under
wood, has been under considérai ion
! by his colelagues for several days.
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Power Companies Under Scrutiny,
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Denver.—A federal grand Jury has
been called to meet In Denver May
1. 1911, primarily, It I» »aid, for tho
purpose of probing water companies
of Colorado and Utah. The call was
Issued Thursday hy the United Slates
district attorney, Thomas Ward, Jr.
It Is charged that big power roui
panles in Colorado and Utah have
gobbled up water rights on the pub
lie domain, charging exorbitant rales
to settlers.
Charged With Murdering Wife
Cincinnati, O.—A charge of murder
in tho second degree was contained
in an Indictment returned Thursday
against Oliver P. Smith. His wife
was found murdered In their home
here early In February.
which covered 2,118 tnllca. Tu
American learn was second.
Rutt and Stol Win.
Berlin.—Tho International six-day
bicycle race, which endud here Thurs
day night, was won by Waller Rutt
and Johan Stol, the German Dutch
CHANGE
IN WOMAN'S
LIFE
Made Safe by Lydia E. PinLham's
Vegetable Compound.
Granitevtlle, Vt. — "T was passing
through the Chang e of Life and sutlered
from imrvoiisiifs#
and other aiiimving
symptoms, ami Î
can truly say that
l.ydia K. i*inkliaw's
Vegotahle tom.
pound lias proved
worth mountains of
gold to me, us it
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restored my health
and strength. I
never forget to tell
what
y e( , P t a i de Compound lias done for nis
( |unng this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
lug women 1 am willing to make ,,iy
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ulceration, fibroid tumors, irreg
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to try Sloan's Liniment. The first
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