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LINCOLN COUNTY TIMES U T. Alexander, Publisher î J CHOME IDAHO IDAHO STATE NEWS It waa a safe and sane Fourth at Boise, there being not even a parade or a Fourth of July oration. Crop conditions in the Buhl country never have looked more favorable ! than at the present time, erop is unusually heavy. On July 3rd, Idaho celebrated the *wenty-first anniversary of her ad mission into the sisterhood of states. I The state was admitted July 3, 1S9D. Two additional postoffices in Idaho ' have been designated as depositories ! for postal savings funds. SL Anthony The alfalfa «in K^win j - 1 i win begin to receive deposits on July : on July 2,. | Thieves entered a clothing store i U Buhl, taking fifteen mens suits, a number of shoes and other wearing ■ apparel. They cut out the glass In the front door, slipping the lock. I Depositors In the defunct Stale ! Bank of Commerce of Wallace, which closed its doors May 12, will realize their first dividend in the next two ! weeks, according to Receiver W. O j Pierce. | in eastern Washington and northern Idaho are sending an average of 90 cars of rough dimen Î slon lumber monthly to British Co That northern Idaho is having one ol the most prosperous years in Its his tory is the opinion of State Immigra Hon Commissioner Rich, who has returned from a trip through portions of that section. Becoming entagled in the harness while unhitching a horse. Jacob Schleetes. aged 35. was killed near Sawmills Inmbla and other provinces in west ern Canada. Mountain Home, the horse dragging him over a large field, tramping and v , The deal between the Bell and In | companies kicking him to death. dependent whereby the Bell company takes over tn its entirety the plant, business and good will of the independent concern at Boise, has been formally ratified. The first hill climb to be given in the state of Idaho will be held July 21 at Shoshone falls, five miles from the city of Twin Falls. The climb will be under the auspices of the Twin Falls County Automobile club. Convicted of murder in the first de gree at Coeur d'Alene for the mur der of John Billings, Fred Gruber, whose execution was stayed by an appeal to the supreme court, has just been resentenced, to be hanged on August 25. It Is said that the vast holdings of the Washington Power company af Spokane in Kootenla county, rai ned at from $800,000 to $5 000,000, could be sold at public auction by the officials of that county because Telephone of delinquent taxes. only among nurserymen, but among orchardists. irrigation project settlers : and the general public a. well, in e annual convention °f the Idaho Nurserymen s association to he held 1 The grading equipment for building U 1 CTUlomät »aï ÏÏÂUTÆK poller. H. J. Bartel. living near American Sü ïrsrs s i r*;u: zrszirsrsxTxz State Inspectors caused a stampede st Boise among dairymen w-hen they raided nine dairies, under the direc tion of State Pure Food Commission er Wallis, arrested A 8 many dairy men. and Immediately afterward con victed seven of them. Considerable interest prevails, not Inly 18 at Emmett. to the dry farm section that gives promise of yielding about 35 bushels The dry farmers around Cambridge •ro exceedingly Jubilant over the pros pecks for a bumper crop. The rains throughout May and June assures the biggest yield since this land was set-; tied. In many instances the yield ou to the acre. R. L. Maya, recently connected with the railway station of the Oregon dry farms will surpass that on Irri gated land. Short Line at Gooding, in the capacity of a clerk, and Miss Billy Brown, also of Gooding, are under arrest at the Salt Lake county Jail, charged with the larceny of railway tickets of the Oregon „sort Line. The body of Dan Miller, a natural Uen Austrian, who was drowned in a peculiar manner while taking antisep tics from Boise to a construction I camp up the Boise river in order to j save the life of his employer, was found July 3, Just two weeks after bis tragic death. Orading' for the government rail road from Barberton to Arrow Rook, for the Boise irrigation project, will be finished as far where a bridge is to be be built across the river, by the end of July, and the galls will be laid in August. as Gooseneck, Following the announcement that tho Idaho Northern railroad was to be extended half a hundred miles north from Emmett toward Payette lakes In northwestern Idaho, there is a report that the line will also be built southwest from Its present southern end at Murphy. « THREATENED WITH A REBELLION PERSISTENT RUMORS OF UPRIS ING IN PROVINCES THE CAUSE OF MUCH ANXIETY. President Gomez Declares He Will Take the Field at the Head of the Rural Guard at First Sign 0 » an Uprising. Havana,—Attacks recently made on President Gomez by a newspaper ha« shown much opposition to ^ administration, are apparently be- 1 gI „ n i ng to assume Importance. Con gressman Andreas, director of the uewpaper El Dla. charged the presl dent with accumulation of a large for- I tune during the two years of his ad - 1 ministration. The president has issu ed a statement giving an Inventory of his estate, which shows it to be only of moderate dimensions, acquired prior to his assuming office. This action is deplored by his friends weak and undignified and denounced by his enemies as an attempt to er culpability. troversy was shown on Friday in a host of disquieting rumors. The executive committee of the zonservatlves, discussed the matter Wednesday night and decided that it did not present legal grounds for ac tlon against the president. It is now rumored that evidence has been dis covered of projected uprisings in the provinces; of Orient and Pinar del Rio. The president is represented as much perturbed. He Is said to have de dared that at the first sign of d s order he would take the field at the ! head of the rural guard and crush th f rev °lj 1 Lionary movement. I It was learned Thursday that there Is much uneasiness among the rurales ! on account of the possibility of their ] being suddenly called into active ser- j ! ; . cov The result of the con vice. Reports from the various country j provinces do not show definite indica ions of an immediate uprising, but he rumors continue persistent, result mg in a strong undercurrent of anx- ! lety. j ; ! I I _ . ^ „ ree Gr T 3 AdV ° Cated In^on «n F ? T ake , Sh ? P gr f Z ~ S next tew years TZ obtect of a bill introduced hv Rucker of Colorado. The measure am ^^nTaUgrÏÏlng tee^ "T" '° n '"Xte "J J/Z l congress Bv* aUt . h ° r ' [TZ/ZZll TorZjy 'o permits and the running of sheep - Gave Life for Her Brothers. Grants Pass, Or.—A family auto mobile party, louring from Portland to San Francisco, ended near Cres cent City. Or., Thursday, when the machine s fuel tank exploded, fatally burning one young woman and In- i Aiding serious injuries upon her sis ter, father and the two little brothers for whose protection she gave her life. The dead : The Injured: J. B. Kelly. Myrna's father. Miss Angela Kelly, Hobart Kelly, Homer Kelly, all of San Fran cisco. Mrs. Kelly and an infant daugh ter were left behind in Portland. ; Miss Myrna Kelly. 4 ""'" Ch '' 1 "' "> «"•" i i Now York.—Anotbar a... o, A.„ Uc cholera brought Into this port on an ocean Iiner wa8 discovered Thurs : ^ %z s z j 8 ® ngei T the M °>t k ® will be re'eas ed and the steerage passengers and 1 crew will be detained for further ob I serration. . -- Ca,tro Said b « i" VcnezuCa. Caracas—Reports, apparently of an authentic nature are in circulation . 'hat former President Castro landed j from a motorboat Thursday at a port near the western end of Venezuela 1 He is said to be without munitions ! The **™*™*t .hows no alarm, but i* ma King arrangement to prevent his getting a foothold and to capture him If possible. Money Returned to Leaders. Mexico City.—Following a confer ence of President De la Barra and Minister of Finance Madero, an order wa8 issued to the national treasury ° n Thursday to pay to Gustavo Ma j dero *320.000 gold to reimburse him t° r expenses incurred during the rev olutlon. Gustavo Madero, a brother of Francisco I. Madero, contributed lib erally to the revolutionary fund Taft a Member of Rough Riders. Washington.—Although he prefers the automobile to the horse. President Taft on Thursday was notified that he had been elected an honorary mem ber of the grand camp of Rough Rid ers of California. Made Deaf by Giant Firecracker. Glosgow. Mont.—The young child of William A reason on the night of the Fourth of July by the expiosion of a giant firecrack er thrown under the buggy in which the child was seated with its was rendered deaf parents. IN THE HEAT OF THE FLY CAMPAIGN 33 j; y -c ■V 10% m Z v> A i. 'Copyright. 1S1L) Twlxt Love and Duty, surf CaL—Second Officer E Heu son and three seamen of the steamer Santa Rosa, of the steamship ashore at Point ArguelIo earIy Fri . day were dr0W ned when a lifeboat capsized while the passengers of the wrecked vessel were being taken ashore by the crew There were 275 persons on board when the accident occurred. The Santa Rosa went ashoro jum before dawn, at the bar at the mouth ot Honda creek . It , 8 8uppo8ed ^ a p0 w erfui searchlight used by a gang of railroad laborers working near a wreck was the cause of the CAPTAIN FAILED IN HIS DUTY Steamer Goes Ashore on Coast of California, Four Being Drowned When Lifeboat Capsized. Pacific Coast company, which went ve88e1 , eaving lt8 co the tenuaster mi8tRking u for the Ught of tbe Arguello lighthouse. . The ves sel lay about 200 yards from shore near Saddle Rock, where the Yankee ' Blade was wrecked several years j When the boat struck the injury did not appear to be serious and Captain Faria, believing he would be able again to float the Santa Rosa, made no attempt to land the passengers. ! A sharp wind, rising soon after 4 j ago. o'clock, threatened to rack the boat | to pieces and hasty preparations were made to take the passengers i and crew ashore. At 5:30 o'clock a heavy swell cracked the vessel amid-1 ships and at 6 o'clock it split in two. i Cost of Briquets Reduced by Use of Powerful Machine. Washington.—In briquets of lignite the ^'ernment bureau of mines be | lieTes u baa developed a fuel supply! ' be ^ mease vaIae 10 lbe ° btained only ÏÏ A powerful machine brought from Germany has solved the difficulty ^ '—tofore ha, limited the ZZlTZX Z uZ "" >" "1 S»«'" »akola, "*,<«• "« «*r • 5tate8 - Its tendency to slack soon after be, ' Jg " lned makes il trouble ~ «ä; s r.r 1 48 Castro Is In Venezuela. GIVES LIGNIT c VALUE. — . . . , Washington. Clpriano Castro, the ; etod^ed tîTe vidian cl 1 r . 1 ° ^ a f d landPd hl f naÜvfi i th ë Goiiia nenlnsL La8 ^ lletas ' on ; !!! ? Bt i acc ° rdlns t0 a 1 ' department from Caracas, confirming a rumor from that j capital. Tho Venezuelan government 1 ! ls l ," iakIng strenuous efforts to cope ^luUon^y''des^pf 'to^termeî president Dream Cause* Confession, Colorado Springs.—George King, ex-convict, accused by John Fields, nineteen years old, of being the in stigator of the murder of Felix Jack son, shot to death by Fields for the purpose of robbery, at midnight Thursday night, called Sheriff Jones of Eibert county, to hia ceil and substantiated the nrevlous con fession of Fields, prompted to make Che confession by a dream he had. Paul King S'Jfl he was Fisher Will Visit Alaska. Chicago—Walter L. F,.,her, secre tary of the interior, will make a trip to Alaska this summer to Investigate the coal lands, the alleged grab of Controller bay and other disputed situations. John D. Is Seventy-two. Cleveland, Ohio.—John D. Rocke feller was seventy-two years old Sat urday. The world's richest spent the day in his usual way—golf In the morning and a drive In the afternoon I FROM THE INSIDE LOSS OF BATTLESHIP CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF HER THREE MAGAZINES, SAYS BIXBY. Chief of Engineers Declares There Are Numerous Conditions of the Hulk ■ î®,'" 8 * 0 "' The loss ot the bat ' Sion 0 P f her n fhr'ep S ma!!«tfn hy effect as that nmdnrpH !!1 * r »° * * sei could have been caused hv 'ni "«ton iom without Such is the opinion of Geeneral WII Which Prove That Explosions Occurred Inside the Ship. Ham H. Bixby, chief of engineers, U. S. A., who has returned from a per 6onaI inspection of the work of rals-j tbe Maine. The caisson built around the wreck in Havana harbor has met every ex pectatl ° a of its designers, in the opln l ° B of General Bixby. He explained that delays In the work were because was necessary that the wreck be exposed by easy stages. More time tban bad been expected was expended after 'be first pumping in clearing a * ay debr * a a ® d mud. ® neral Bixb >' 8aid »bat a portion of the deck over 'be magazine was blown upward aBd '-aid backward and there were numerous conditions of the hulg which proved that no expiosion from i the outside said General Bixby could have caused the same result "What the primary cause of the ex p ' osion was " * a "> General Bixby, | ^ be learned." General Bixby does not believe the wdlT'b*e teuÎdTn Ze ZZuZ ''lie sïvs the - v ar ® p '® bab 'y buried 200 feet or more from the wreck in the mud, While inspecting tho work. General "2, ^ "T"" th< * ^ ° f thS *11 u lea'st two third^of'th^how »■»"»•i'alv t»a. t«e wreak of -"■ÄST"' " "*** 'thin the vessel, Bu|| Fi htl jf> utah ^ ******* .bulls is to be held at^itair for ft d at hw.>...r ,oi fighting . , , , a « hole week leginning July 22. Felix ' B T" ,n ^ Î ! Zu^uZ bU " ZZlZZ sp|pptlng ,he bu " 8 from h The^. h J h v *" Jf" 8 ® h J p POdrom® at Saltalr has been remodeled and now resem ble ® the bull rings in the City of Mex !co - The resort will he decorated ini fP»"«»«» ®°'ors and there will be "" band * Mw,can dançlng a The festival will begin Juiv ^ 2,11 Turks Invading Balkans. London.—Europe is again on the verge of a volcano. The YoungTurks, long King Nicholas of "Montenegro ha« called ont his reserves and will fight lbe invaders to the last ditch! The campaign of devastation and nacre now started is bound tn result in horrors which made the great of 1877 a shock to the civilized world. restless, are advancing kans. mas war Band Leader Drops Dead. Chicago.—While his band was play ing the ''Star Spangled Banner," c. Frederick Kellogg the leader, was prominent in Chicago musical cir cles, dropped dead at Hacidile. from heat prostration. who Four Killed in Collision. Superior, Wis. — Four men were killed and three seriously Injured in a collision between an extra gravel train on the Soo line miles from this city Wednesday dead and injured are all railroad and a a tew The men. (»0 RAISING DEPOSED PRESIDENT PREPARING . TO START ANOTHER REVO LUTION IN VENEZUELA. Health and Completely Restored to Provided With Liberal Funds. For Dictator Expects Soon to Overthrow Present Regime. mer Caracas.—Clprlano Castro, tho exiled president of Venezuela, has returned to the country and has already mus lered an army of 3.00» men, accord Ing to well-founded reports that have The news has reached the capital, caused Intense excitement, tho sov ernment is recruiting troops as rapid iy as possible, and well-informed men inly foreign intervention ran prevent the success ot the former dictator. Castro, according to the best Infor mation obtainable. Is at an inaccessible point near the Colombian boundary, where he can escape to Colombia In he event of unexpected reversals. 1 This, however, is not thought prob- | able, as there are many persons well I Informed who boast openly that tho that tho opinion are firm in present administration will be over thrown in two weeks. Castro, it Is asserted, has been com pletely restored to health, is ready for a fight and has almost unlimited funds. the Credit Lyonnaise In It is understood that in one institu tion alone, France, he has $ 7 , 000 , 1)00 to his credit. | A Cuban banker of the name of Silvern is reported to be backing the révolu ! tion. , Ruler Declares His interest in Ireland's i Welfare Is Deep and Abiding, : Dublin.—King George and Queen Mary received an cnthvislastlc wcl C0lue when they landed in the slate 1 ba >5® at Kingstown and touched I.tab i soil f0r lhe firf!t ,irnp ou Sat,,rday ' j \ast crowds thronged the wharves j and cheer after cheer went up as Vi ceroy and Lady Aberdeen greeted the royalties, while the fleet thundered IRELAND WELCOMES KING. r* * ?!!' ™ U ' e "" 1 "ales. Lhe iTmcos. Mary, heD " L ° f , C °on"-<-gh- and a br.I llaBt staK ' As th . eil majesties_®tep I ped ashore the chairman of t.ie Kings t° wn town council presented an ad dye88 ' to which the king replied in, 1 1 f 8 ° w ° rd8, , land the queen hastened our vlsi. to ,be lnsb People, in whose wel.are 0U _ r . i , nt ® rC: ' t , is dcpp aild ab ' d 'ng. 1 hbr ' ef 8 «**"h «** reeved with great cheering and was taken ns an of the king's good will ,, * a >d Ireland. '-r.r Loses in Fight With Death. Salt Lake City-After battling for bis life for e.ghty-five and a half hours, In which he displayed fortitude and ZTb 1 Henry Johnston, who was shot in the abdomen in a room at the Alberti hotel by Elmer L, Dewey, a private Agreement Should Be Modified. P™» «' '• >n OPPOO ——" *» ncgolUtiona with Japan with a view ,„ r "* , th " Anglo-.Japanese its welcame from the bay. «ää: rr* " •" ~^ Mexico City—Ellmlo Vasques Go mez will resign in a few days as sec retery of the Interior, according to r™ nclsco *• « ad ®">. Upon him has fall ® n 'he responsibility of restoring normal conditions in the states and 1 h ' 8 fa ' 1Ur * t0 d ° tl,Î8 Promptly has given a faction of the Maderista, an i opportunity to demand his removal. _ _. Autolsts May Run Away New York.—The state law that ® S U a fe . ,ony r ° r an automob ilst ! isrs» : i r■ z ss ■ court, us It compels a person to he I -ome a witness against himself. Use of Bloodhound, I, Legal. ! -JZZ: Ka "'T. The Ka,lsa, ®uprenw t # U f^ bloodhound 1 " ^t of J«®«ee. " as ug the If the hound had oecn proven accurate in follow; trail of humau footsteps, that dence was enough, zonvict. ovl s->ld the court, to Government Owned Steame Washington— A bill 16.000,000 for r Line appropriating .. a a eovernm ®nt owned and Yontrollod steamship line alon Pacific coast and through ,he Panama .anal wag Introduced Saturday by Representatlv Stephens of Calltoroi the ..î Lightning Strikes Carryall Barboursvlllo. Ky-One ma „ was »ltd and one probably fatally In lured here when lightning « ruck a jarryall filled with persona goin^ to zaseball game. Several other " 5 bruised and shocked a were POLITICAL RIOT IN MEXICO Eight Men Killed and Many Wounded aa Reeul« of Fight Between Par tlaana of Candidates Oaxaca, Mexico.—Eight killed and more thin fifteen men were wounded In a political riot in Ocolian Saturday night Partisans of Benito Juarez. one or 'll® two candidates for governor, in augurated the riot by lending tack on mercantile establishments the Diaz brothers. 1 latives of General Felix Diaz, the opposition candidate for governor. an ui Of Armed resistance on the part of Up. occupants increased the fury of tin mob, which ran amuck through the principal streets, breaking windows of private residences and houses. business Diaz rallied and tlu r leaders led them in a counter mob. Few of either far uous were armed with anything bet In a short time the partisans of 'er lhan revolvers clubs, stones and knives being weapons most frequently tacked, posted themselves cases on top of their buildings ami «hot Into the attpckng mob. the deaths are ascribed to them. wielded. Merchants, owners of the stores at in many Most ot FORESTS SAFE FOR A TIME Recent Rains In Northwest and British Columbia Will Prevent Spread of Fires. Spokane, Wash.—Timber and Rangers in Washington, Oregon, Montana and the province of British Columbia declare that the for owner« Idaho. ®*t* are safe from fires for at leant thirty days, us a result of the recent rains, and announce that plans have been completed to prevent a repet I tlon of last year's destruction of life and property in tho government re serves and private holdings. Judge Albert L. Flewelling. president of the Northwestern Forest and Con scrvatlon association, which takes in tho Btatos of Washington, Idaho, Ort* Ron - California and Montana, reports ,hat the associations In Idaho ZZ* ,0KPther and 'hat private holders nr» with the fed ® ra ' government and slate forces to Protect government and other proper l l ® 8 throughout the season, ns well as assisting in enforcing the fire iaww u. the letter In the wealths wial ' bs CATTLE DYING IN TEXAS - Thousands Succumb to Heat. Hunger and Thriat Broughton by Drouqht on the Ranges Galveston Texas—Thousands he# ., of ca|t|p hay# ™° U " hunger flm , th|r „ t on , he , western Texas and i n the Pecos villev ftnd , hp loMM * nre es lma ed fro n «g 00nftft , n •'.mated '^ra 'ns fa i' w hi n " n , "h , , . , , *" n d,,> " " *** ** rou,! * < ' 01 m *'Hon The^rsln few days havJ'nn h "l" 1 '' lu* r'"' montîs drought h ,ha°. sc.- ten Z grass on the ron». "on and and ® a ttle travel for mil." In'fruttles, heVt" W " ter - dy ' nK Assembling of War Vessels Province,own' Mar,.-The "tmm „ Am * r,can war , vessel, ever several common o' e«s UÎ largest raao, ao.n, rla-, thirlv 0 ,i ..ore submalnes. colliers and dispatch boil, and In a few days will |, e joined hr Kr. h K,.ïr's„'z vessel« Gom P«rs Says It Wn Infamoua. , Washington—'''Infamous" and "third !,PKr, " e '"ethod." were terms nsed by , PrP,,ldeB ' Oompers of the American of Labor, in denouncing ' he ftrrPKt of 'he men charged with ,ho I ' OB Angelos Times bulldinR "t a hearing Saturday before be 8Pnat « committee for the Investigation of police methods of fer feting crime. 8h °t In the Back. Victoria. Ter.-Ocorge Gosnell « 'stsdsT. bad deposited ^ Z b^kî T u L t have arrested Mr,. Gosnell Peter Jl» ng ter ä? 0 ard M " ler and ar ® look Pointer. 19 - yPar " ,ld ^ named EL Horses Killed by Heat. have'dleJte'hT 81 * hundrcd horses « harnp " 8 six days. Th. ml rTr has hpPn """'> 1 ® to , tb0 bodl ®H bom the promptly, so thick have they Police Find Bomb Factory. Buenos Ayre,—What is believed p b r 0 an K anarChiSt p,ot ha " been archlsts ha ° h° ll< '° Two Ual,an of th * r * * iaV0 bpp, ' arr ®»tcd. A search Ular SLv rPVeal8 >t to be u,ar bomb factory. streets lain to uncov an a reg Fought Against Great Portland, Ore tween Odds. ~A revolver battle be thirty Z niRn "° d a " art >- " f Wk i„ ZZ Z l ,l<!k hlokcr* i„ « i wo rn te* C ', ty rPSUlted the fa. MelZ f ° f the Serv,a t> 'lexsoff who died later Peter at a hospital