Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 January 1897 — Page 2

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tiooa to other reforms. If, on the other hand, they foil in their efforts to restore bimetallism after confessing that bimetallism i3 desirable, we may expect the American people to Join with us in the opening of our mints to free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation." "It will be the duty of the Jack•on Olub to point out from time to time the effect of Republican policies so that the work of education will extend over four years instead of being crowded into a few campaign months. The members of the club should not be deterred by the charge that they are agitators. The Democrats were never afraid to agitate against the McKlnley .bill the Republicans were never afraid to agitate against the Wilson bill the bankers are now agitating through the press against our present currency system. Why should those be silent who believe that the gold standard is ruinous to the masses? This club and Similar clubs can also keep before the people the progress which is being made by the trusts. They can secure such state legislation as is possible and bring what influences they can to bear upon those officials who are charged with the enforcement of the law. Let me call Attention to another work which the clubs can do. They can encourage the support, of those newspapers which are opposing the gold standard. No newspaper can long exist without readers and unless the advocates of free silver are willing to support newspapers which represent their ideas they must expect to be without newspapers.

Hie "Stuy at Rome Vote."

*'And I might suggest as another work that the clubs can perform, that they can be prepared 'to make such a canvass of their respective localities that they will know whether a sudden increase 'in the vote means that there is usually a large stay-at-home vote or whatever it means that all the votes cast are nto represented by legal voters. Chicago is the great metropolis of the middle West and you who live in Chicago will exert a large influence upon the politics of the states tributary to this city. I rejoice that the Democracy of Chicago is supporting the principles of Jefferson and Jackson and I rejoice that the Democrats of this city are determined to continue the fight for Democratic principles in the face of all opposition. I bid them God speed in their work and, as I believe, in the ultimate triumph of the right, I can encourage them to believe that their labors will finally be crowned with success."

Governor Altgeld Followed. Following Mr. Bryan came Governor Altgeld to whom had been assigned the subject, "Charater and Mission of a Minority Party.

Then came R. M. Ridgely, late postmaster at Springfield, 111., who was recently removed by President Cleveland for "offensive partisanship." He seemed well in touch with his subject for the reason, as he alleged, that he had lately been up. against it."

John W. Tomlinson, of Alabama, was the last speaker on the regular list and he delivered an eloquent address upon "Memories of Heroic Conduct." After Mr. Tomlinson came a number of the silvr Democracy who®spoke, some briefly, some at considerable length. The banquet was set for a late hour, 9:30, the usual delays incident to an affair of its kind made it 10 o'clock before it was fully underway and by the time the addresses were over it was well along toward morning.

WANTS FEWER DUELS IN ARMY.

Emperor William Issues a New Decree on the Subject. ,T' London, Jan. 7.—The Berlin correspondent of the Times reports that the following is contained in the preamble by Emperor William to a cabinet order on dueling in the army, tli© emperor saysc "It is my will that duels between officers should be more effectually prevented than hitherto. "Their occasion is often trifling and amenable to friendly compromise without prejudice to professional honor."

After then exhorting officers in the army to avoid injuring each other's honor, Emperor William continues: "When they have done so through hastiness of excitement the chivalrous course is to agree to a friendly compromise. "It is equally the duty of the one insulted to accept the compromise as far as honor and propriety of conduct will parmit. "My will, therefore, is that a council of honor shall henceforth, as a matter of principle, co-operate in the settlement of affairs of honor. "The council' must undertake this duty with a conscientious endeavor to arrange an amicable settlement."

A decree follows under nine separate instructions, supplementing the order of May, 1874, which introduced regulations concerning courts of honor for the Prussian army.

It requires that officers shall notify their disputes to the council of honor and shall abstain from further action.

It defines the proceedure of the council, which is empowered to dictate a compromise or to dismiss disputes as insignificant.

It empowers an appeal direct to the emperor from either decision. Should the council fail to arrange a compromise, recourse may be had to a court of honor, which can also intervene should occasion be given by the subsequent conduct of either of the parties.

All evasions or ignoring of the court must be reported to the emperor. Quarrels between officers and civilians are also to be referred to a council of honor.

The Times' correspondent says of the measure: "On the whole, the decree goes to the farthest point .except actual prohibition, and if it is executed in the spirit of Chancellor von Hohenlohe's assurances to the reichstag. It paves the way to complete abolition of duelling if that be the emperor's intention. "It should be explained that a council of honor consists of a captain and first and second lieutenants a court of honor is composed of all of the officers of the regiment sr battalion. "The National Zeitung complains that the flecree does not fulfill Chancellor von Hohenlohe's promise, inasmuch as the court of honor has no power to give the insulted satisfaction or to punish the insulter by a declaration that his conduct is dlshonorible. "The Vossische Zeltung complains of the lnsuffciency of the measure .and says it will require to be supplemented in the domain of criminal law."

The Childhood of JJpnhii.

As far as I havestudied the childhood of genius, it commonly shows itself less in performance than in character, and, alas, not agreeably! The future genius is often riolent, ferocious, focd of solltule, disagreeable in society. The great Du Gueselin, the scourge of the English invaders of France, was a most odious boy. His parents had to make him tline at a table apart. He wsa rude, furious, a bully he beat every boy ha could lay hands on he ran away from home he led companies of peasant children against other companies he was the terror of the neighborhood, and the ugliest page, as he became "the ugliest knight in France." This was the boyhood of a great military genius the boyhood it was of a little savag?.

Scott's childhood Was noisy. He yelled eld poems at the top of his voice. He lovei the lonely hills. He read forever, when he was not wandering alone, and he remembered anything that he read. He was a dreamer, a teller of romances to himself. He delighted in fighting, aa did Keats. Ho

studied everything except Ms books. HU enthusiasm for pdetry made a lady recofnlze him for & genius at the age of 6, but his father thought lie would end as a strolling fiddler.

Napoleon, again, was sullen, lonely, a dreamer, and always "spoiling for a fight," like Du Gueselin. Unluokily, sullen, dreamy, pugnacious boys are not at all uncommon. They do not become Scotts (not that he was sullen), nor Du Gueselins, nor Napoleons, nor Byrons—for Byron, too, was a passionate, lonely, morbid kind of boy, with terrible fits of temper. His early poems were trash.

Shelley's early poems were trash Scott's were as almost any cleverish schoolboy can write, and there is no promise at all in the Tennyson's "Poems by Two Brothers."-— Andrew Lang in North American Review.

ABOUT CHEFCSE AND BREAD?"'

Some Facts Set Forth In the Agrlenltnral Keport. Washington, D. C., Jan. 7.—The agricultural department has issued a bulletin on the history, development and present condition of the cheese Industry in New York state. Under the heading, "The Future of the American Cheese Trade," some causes of discouragement are noted, especially the Canadian and Australian competition, the Immense quantities of Allied cheese manufactured and sold as full c^eam cheese and the effect of the Raines law, which forbids the saloons to offer free lunches, and thus closes an annual market for at least 15,000,000 pounds of cheese. The bulletin adds: "And yet, with all these discouragements, the situation is far from being devoid of hopeful aspects. The first and most obvious thing to be done Is to make better cheese—cheeese which, when brought into competition with the foreign, will possess just as fine flavor and just as long keeping qualities as that product. Our merchants must struggle to retain the markets of the South and West, for the restoration of this home trade will materially help our cheese industry. Another suggestion is the manufacture of a greater variety of fancy cheese. With proper laws to protect the cheese industry against frauds, with greater variety in the styles of cheese made, and with improvement In the quality of our goods, there is no good reason why our cheese dairies should not become as prosperous as they were down to the disastrous season of 1895."

The department's report on the composition and cost of baker's bread in New Jersey cities, based on recent investigations, indicates the necessity of the adoption of a bread standard less variable than the "loaf," so that a definite number of ounces may be found in each loaf. The increased cost of nutriment due to the transformations taking place between the producer and consumer is chargeable to the baker, rather than to the fifthler, for the selling price of the bread iflade from a barrel of flour costing $4, to which was added 96 cents' worth of other ingredients, was ?10.74, or a profit of 116 per cent for the baker's labor and cost of distribution.

GRANTED H[M AN AUDIENCE.

Bishop Satterlee Tellg of His Visit to the Czar In Armenia's Behalf. Washington, January 7.—Bishop Satterlee of this diocese has just delivered to the Churchman's League of Washington an account of his recent journey to St. Petersburg for the purpose of presenting to the Czar a petition asking for the interference of Russia on behalf of the persecuted Christians in the Turkish empire.

On the morning after the Bishop's arrival in St. Petersburg he sought out Minister Breckinridge at the American Legation. Mr. Breckinridge began by introducing him to a young member of the Russian nobility, Prince Andronikoff. The Prince introduced Bishop Satterlee to the metropolitan of Tarsus, and the similarity of views of the two men and the common interest they took in the cause of Armenia brought about more than a passing friendship between this great dignitary of the Greek Church and the head of the diocese of Washington.

Bishop Satterlee said that after considering the matter very carefully, and discussing it with others/he decided that it would be wise to let everybody about the court know about his mission. Bishop Satterlee met Prince Galitzln at Peterhof, the Czar's castle. "Can I see the Dowager Empress?" asked the American Bishop, of the Russian Prince. "Yes, after you have seen the Emperor himself."

Bishop Satterlee then describes at some length his visit to the Czar's summer home, which he spoke of as small and unpretentionus and not unlike thousands of summer home scattered all over the United States. In the small hallway he noticed a couple of baby carriages, and while he was waiting in the library two women passed through the room, one of whom was carrying a little baby in her arms. It was the little baby Princess, who was going out for an airing. In a little while the Bishop was notified that the Emperor was ready to receive him. He was ushered into an adjoining room, where the Emperor and Empress were standing, apparently just through luncheon. The Emperor was in undress uniform and the Empress was clad in a simple muslin gown, and they were no more imposing or remarkable than many another young couple. Both spoke English perfectly.

Bishop Satterlee describes briefly the conversation, which ensued when he presented the petition to the Czar in person. The Emperor was careful not to commit himself in any way, but at the same time he showed no antagonism at all, and throughout the interview the Emperor and his wife treated Bishop Satterlee with the consderation usually regarded as due to an older man and a Christian minister.

Immediately after his return from Peterhof an appointment was made for an audience with the Dowager Empress. This took place a couple of days later, and was longer and in much greater detail.

When Bishop Satterlee left St. Petersburg a large party of Russians attended to the train. The great choir of St. Isaac was at the station, and they sang a parting hymn. Just before the train left Bishop Satterlee was presented with a magnificent gold cross and chain. Bishop Satterlee sajs that his stay among Russians had given him the impression of a kindly, wirm-hear ted Christian people, who would not be slow to answer the crj* of the helpless for aid.

Tells Why She Shot Anderson. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 7— Stirs. Robert Dobson, who shot James Anderson through the heart here yesterday, has made a statement telling why she killed the man. She says' she went to Bay City in May last to be treated by a physician and while there met Anderson, who stopped at the same hotel. She says he gave her some drugged candy.

When she returned home sbe was shunned by her neighbors, and she says she begged Anderson to deny all that was being said of them. This he neglected lo do and she determined to kill him. Sbe expresses no regret for her action.

Anderson evidently expected trouble, as he borrowed a revolver from a friend an3 bought a box of cartridges and they were found on his person. f|g

Wotfaen's Homf Missionary Society. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society has been postponed until next month,

Mrs. Charles Abbott, Secretary. 1

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8,1897.

ANOTHER VANCHANGE

THE OFFICE OF OBIlt BUKGEON IS DONS AWAY WITH*

December Report of tk« Welshing Bmu —The TsMalit stockholders' S ..Meeting.

terday from the office of superintendent of the main line, H. I. Miller, the office ot chief surgeon of the Vandalia 1b abolished. This office has been occupied by Dr. S. M. Rice of tWe city. The reason for the change is simply In line with the general reduction of expenses which has been going on over slnoe the road has been In the hands of Revolver Malott. Dr. Rice, however, Is retained as surgeon for the company at this point. Instead of receiving a. salary as heretofore he will be paid separately for each case which he treats. The following is a complete list of the company's surgeons along the main line:

Dr. J. W. Marsee, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Amos Carter, Plainfield, Ind. Dr. E. B. Evans, Qreencastle, Ind. Dr. J. F. Gillespie, Reelsville, Ind. Dr. J. B. Thornton, Knlghtsville, Ind. Dr. Joseph Gifford, Brazil, Ind® -i Dr. W. H. GiffOitf, Brazil Ind. Dr. P. H. Veach, Staunton, Ind. Dr. S. M. Rice, Terre Haute, Ind. Dr. O. Mitchell, Marshall, 111. Dr. W. W. Bruce, Casey, 111. Dr. J. B. Walker, Effingham, Ifl. Dr. C. W. Durst, St. Elmo, 111. Dr. R. E. Beach, Vandalia, 111. Dr. W. T. fiasley, Greenville, 111. Dr. W. M. Tibbets, Highland, 111. Dr. J. L. R. Wadsworth, Colllnsville, Dr. H. C. Fairbrother, East St. Louis, 111, ilil!

Vandalia Stockholders Meeting:' The forty-fifth annual meeting of the directors and stockholders of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad, or Vandalia Line proper, Tjvill be held January 13th in the office of Superintendent H. I. Miller, ac the Union Station. The financial repert of the road for the year will be rsceived, aad, while no definite figures are obtainable, it is said that the main line has been ope^.-i ated with profit. Its future policy and the^ advisability of retaining its Michigan Peoria branches will be discussed. UnleM there are unexpected developments in .the receivership matter the coming week the' stockholders will be unable to do anything further than to discuss the situation. Estimates go to show that, since Receiver Malott readjusted the salaries and reduced the number of employes and working hours, a saving of from $25,000 to $40,000 a month' has been effected.

At the meeting next Wednesday, which, according to the terms of the road's charter, is held in this city, seven directors will be elected. These will be, with one or two exceptions, Pennsylvania people. The directors of the Terre Haute & Logansport and Indiana & Lake Michigan branches,, constituting the Michigan division, will meet on the same date at the same place, and the meeting of directors of the Terre Haute & Peoria division will be held at Decatur, 111., January 20.

December Report of Inspection Bureau. The report of the joint weighing and inspection bureau for the month of December, 1896, showing gains accruing to the various railroads entering Terre Haute on account of weighing and inspection of freight, has just b.een, made |y Fred .B. Jones, chiet, inspector: It reads as follows: Gain& ^acV' count of weighing of car load freight: Varf* dalia, $2,928.69 Big Four, $1,937.42 S3. & T. H., £l,471.39 C. & E. 1., $775.44. Gains account of "^weighing of platform freight Vandalia, $81.46 Big Four, $128*68 E. & T. H., $40.29 C. & E. I., $33.50i Gains,account of changing of classification and rate Vandalia, $218.79 Big Four,. $59.24 E. & T. H„ $59.40 C. & I., $22.93. Grand total of saving for all the roads, $7,757.23.

DEED OF A MONSTER. ,,

Family Brutally Murdered By a Nepro -V Outlaw. Mayesville, S. C., Jan. 7.—Simon Cooper, the negro outlaw who shot and killed another negro and Wounded several others at Magnolia a few days ago, and for whom there is a reward of $100 offered by the governor, added more murder to his record this morning near Magnolia. Cooper entered the house of Ben Wilson about suri

"bushwhacking"-nearthat «ity and that he defeated a column commanded by General Ljuque yesterday inflicting severe punishment upon the Spaniards.. Ii« also captured ,a: large convoy of arms and ammunition and supplies of various "kinds."

SUSPECTED OF ROBBING A TRAIN

iiail'Cltjr Fireman suspended Pending •a Investigation.

By a general order which was issued yes* Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 1.—"Andy" Ryan,

a hoseman in No. 4 engine company, has been suspended from the Kansas City fire department ae a result of developments since the last Blue Cut train robbery. "Andy" is a brothel oirthe notorious "Bi" I^yan, one ot the leaders in the old James band, who was pardoned only a few years ago from the penitentiary, where he was serving a long Sentence for complicity with the James band in the Blue Cut robbery of 1880.

The Ryans, like Kennedy, the supposed leader In the reoent robberies, were reared in the Cracker Neck district, where the James boys and the Youngers and the Cald~ wells were received as weloome visitors to the farmers' homes and looked upon as heroes of the first magnitude, and where, to this day, train robbery seems to be looked upon more as a fine art than a serious crime. "Andy" Ryan's suspension results from the fact that Kennedy, the engineer now under arrest and charged with being the leader in' the recent robberies, frequently visited him at No. 4 engine house previous to the recent robberies, and the railroad detectives have informed Chief Hale that in Ryan's room they found some of Kennedy's effects, including a satchel, which contained a cloth mask.

On the night of the last Chicago & Alton robbery Ryan was not on duty, it being his day off. Flinn and Bowlln, the Cracktr Neck farmers who are under arrest, and who have confessed, state that they were heavily masked and that they did not know them. The two strangers were taken to the scene of the hold-up by Kennedy, they say. Kennedy still assets his innocence.

HOME OF MRS LEASE SOLD.

THchlta House Bid In at JPorced Sale by the Mortgagee For 8600. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 7.—The home ot Mrs. •Mary E. Lease, the famous lecturer and political agitator, wa« sold under the sheriff's hammer today. The home is located on

TYabash avenue, and in boom times was valued at over $3,000. Mrs. Lease put a $1,400 mortgage on it several years ago, and on account of the great shriukage of vtf$«es in recent years, it only bought $600 at forced sale today. It was bid in by the mortgagee, J. Marsh, an Eastern capitalist.

A large crowd pssembled at the court house w«en the people learned that the home of their famous tovnnswotman. was to be sold by the sheriff. A judgment for $1,100 still hangs over Mrs. Lease, but the local representative of the mortgagee stated that he did not believe that Mr. Marsh would trouble her by attaching her lecture receipts.

Mrs. Lease has made a brave fight for her home and family, and, despite her radicalism, the people here respect her and regret her determination to make her home in the East.

LAWRENCE BROWN HANGED.

A Negro Suspected, But Not Convicted, of Arson. Orangeburg, S. C., January 7.—Lawrence Brown, the negro whoi is generally believed to have been connected with the burning of Robert Wanamaker's stables, at Stilton, last week, wis lynched at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. His body was found hanging from the cross arms of the danger signal at the crossing of the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad. Pinned to it was a placard, on which was inscribed the following: "Judge Lynch is in session to-night. Verdict, guilty. The prisoner must die. Warning: We will protect our homes and property, so help us God. Plo hellish fire fiend shall live. CITIZENS."

Brown had been placed' in jail charged with the crime of arson, but Was released Tuesday, as Mr. Wanamaker said he did not believe the negro was guilty: There have been a number of incendiary fires in the Stilton community recently, and the citizens are determined to stop them. The coroner's inquest developed no material testimony as to the lynching.

tereci tne nouse oi ae wnouu »u«ui, that the Hon. Charles Dougherty, ex»con rise «nd demanded the use ol Mr. Wilsolrt from a. let ot norbuggy, which was refused. This hurLnff ida, has been slain in Cuba.

monster then picked up an axe and split' have been published from Cuba aoout the Mr. Wilson's head open. He attaqfed killing there of one

Wesley Wilson, the son, and murdered him American,citizen.

in a like manner. Cooper then

murdered"

Mrs. Wesley Wilson with the same weapon, person. Mr. Dougherty was after which he struck down a negro who place and grew to man oo er®, had approached on hearing the noise ^d toovedjo Ftenda

left the axe sticking in the nogro head Mr. Ben Wilson was about 80 years of age, his son Wesley about 40 and'Mrs. Wesley 35. Two children have been left orphans by the deed of the monster Cooper. Up to this hour (1 a. m.) Cooper has not been captured, but it is almost impossible for him to escape, as the county is being scoured in every direction. It captured his fate will be a most terrible cne

CORRESPONDENT DELGADO.

How He Kscaped the Spanish Maebette— HIH Sufferings. Havana, Jan. 7.—The escape from Instant death of Harry Delgado, the New York Mail and Express correspondent, now languishing in prison here, was little short of marvelous. He lay for ten weeks in a thatched hut without medical attendance. When his hiding place was discovered he was so weak that he could scarcely move. He had no arms and no ammunition. The commander of the squadron was about to dispatch him with a machette, after asking him his name. One of the Spanish soldiers remembered that there was a reward of 200,000 pesetas for the capture of Ricardo Delgado, or Perido Dei-* gado, suspected of being filibustering agent in Florida. They believed Henry Delgado to be one of these two and carried him off to Havana, where they expected to see him shot after having received the blood money,

Manzanilo reports that General Borchi raised the siege of the town of Guira on December 31st, and afterwards had a seyere fight with Calixto Garcia and his followers at the heights of Sordo, a mention of w*£ ft has already been cabled. It is also reparted that an insurgent, who surrendered with his arms, declared that the insurgent loss irG ithelr last engagement was 257 dead and wounded and that there is widespread disgust among the insurgent leaders.,.,.s«

Insurgents Greatly Rncouraged. Cincinnati, O., January 7.—A special to the Commercial Tribune from Key West,^ says: Reports from Pinar Del Rio are that Weyler's withdrawal has encouraged the insurgents greatly. An attack was made on the trocha Monday near the southern end and four of the forts destroyed, the garrisons deserting upon the approach of the Insurgents in force. In one attack the big dynamite gun was used and its first shot threw the garrison "into such terror that they fled in iponfusion, leaving many of their guns and a large supply of ammunition for the Cubans.

Havana advices sta.t.e that,QuJntin Baa-derai1-theV-^guerilla leader^ te

Dougherty Probably Killed. Dalton, Ga., Jan. 7.—There is little doubt

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gress within three years. At the end of his congressional services he returned to his old home, leaving there laat July, since which time no word has been heard from him. Letters

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The Klnloeh. Telephone Company. St. Louis, Jan. 7.—A great number of canvassers have been engaged by the Kinloch Telephone Co., which was recently Incorporated, with a capital of several million dollars, by prominent local business men. They will solicit telephone subscribers. 'Manager H. J. Hanford says: "We expect to have our plant In operation within eighteen months. The system will be different from the one now in use at St. Iouis. It will be necessary only to take the receiver from the hook and call the jnumber wanted. The mer^ act p( joking the receiver from the hook calls the central office. The rates of the Kinloch Co. will be $60 a year for business houses, $50 for physicians and $36 for private residences.

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Wonderful Ray Test*."

Pittsburg, Pa., January 7.—The powerful ray machine constructed by Professor R. A. Fessenden of the Western University was on exhibition to-night before the Academy of Science and Art at Carnegie Hall. Professor James Keeler, of the Allegheny Observatory, In telling of the wonderful tests which the machine has been put to, said that it had already thrown a ray of light through four-Inches of solid Iron and he thinkB later on, it will be developed so that It will pierce six or eight inches, and ,intimated strbtf£iy*tMt It- may yet be utllfs%B ftf-1$vsp£etiO?i SfiuTBor plaf£.'

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ton and other Florida points have been returned wuh the information that he is not there. When Mr. Dougherty left home in July he had just sw/i a watch with the autograph as indicated. He was an arden. Cuban sympatb'ser, often declaring hi9 purpose to join the 'nsurgent army.

A Proud Kecord.

Who was that 'Squire Huxtable that diet' last week?" as«v** the caller at the newspaper office. "He was a man," »v?ponded the editor or the Perl as Juaction Palladium, "who hal taken this pacer nineteen years, always paid for it in advance, n'-ver expected me to make a local item about it wlien he put a new roof oil his barn or sold his pork, when he came in to ^k me a question never began by saying 'an editor Is suppos-d to know everything,' always sent a $2 bill with the wedding notice whenever any of his family got married, and never had an idea he could run my paper better than I could." Chicago Tribune.

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BRAVE IDAHO WOMEN

HOW THE QBKAT aBVYftAOB flGHT WAS WON.

Colorado Scat Soma mt Her SCIaaloaarle* to Help th« Osue—Tk« MM W«re (jlvea Reminders at the Polls

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 7.—The people of Idaho have signified their desire for equal suffrage In no uncertain manner, and the women who worfted so hak-d to pass the amendment to the constitution have pliicked Success from the very jaws bt defeat.

In speaking of the campaign which was waged under such difficulties Mrs. Marcus J. Whitman, the president ot the' State Suffrage association, says: "Truly, a wonderful campaign has just ended in Idaho in behalf of equal suffrage. I say wonderful because of the difficulties under which It was corried on. Idaho Is a State of magnificent distances and Inaooessible places. Only two lines of railroad traverse the state, and as there are no connecting lines it is necessary to travel through Oregon and Washington or Montana to go from one part of the state to the other, and this necessarily made difficult and expensive to properly work the siate." "Another great difficulty was the short time the asosciation had to-work in after its formation. It was not until July that the state convention was held in Boise, at which time I was eleoted president, Mrs. Kate E. N. Feltham first vioe president, Mrs. Helen YO'ing second rice president, Mrs. D. L. Badley third vice president and MFB. M. C. Atbey seoretary. "We at once made preparations for the state political conventions, opened hearquarters in B6ise and cotnmenced active work in the county conventions. Bear Lake county, the home of the prt.Hent, was the first *.o indorse the amendment, and every delegate from that county went to the state convettlm Instructed to stand finn for equal suftrap-e. The services of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Laura Johns of Kansas were secured, wed. in company with the offlceis ot tfc* asosciation, they attended the state conventions and secured a favorable plank in the platforul of each party. "One of the greatest difficulties that we had to encounkter was the lack of funds. The entire fund raiseu by the association was $460, and with t." sum we sustained head*uai ters, paid Ihe secretary, carired on the Vork of the Btate, pail all debts, and at the close of the campaign had a balance of $16, which required close figuring."

Twelve counties had their own presidents, and so thoroughly w"4S the state organized that, in spite of the

vreat

distances and long

stage rides, there w«e not upw.rd of a dozen counties whore there were not pledged workers for election day. Tho women of the state who efficient spiking'for tin amridment were Mrs. Helen Young, Mrs. Wrignt, Mrs. C. A. Man erf Boise, Mrs. Rebecca Mitchell of Idaho Falls, Mrs. S. B. Turner, Mrs. Dr. Smith and the able preeident of the association.

Mrs. Athey. secretary of the association, is a beautiful ani popular woman of Boise, and proved h«*telf most capable in the discharge of her duties.

As secretary she sent out to the various clubs 7,000 copi98 qf the resolution passed .it the Julv convention, and also wrote and mailed *2,000 letters. To-each club she also sent a copy of an address presented by Mrs. Margaret Cain of Utah, and followed this with the sending ot 100 copies of the Woman's Tribune, 3,000 leaflets sent by Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby of Nebraska, and some 9.000 leaflets purchased of the national association.

Mrs. Athey was also Jn charge of the press notices, supplying them with suffrage matter. Out of sixtv-flve papers .she encountered opposition In but three. As men are sometimes known to forget to vote for an amendment, Mrs. Athey took the precaution to have small dodgers printed as a gentle reminder. Fifty thousand of these were sent out, one being placed in the hands of every voter when he went to the polls to get his ticket.

Apropos of the work of Mrs. Clark Bewick Colby in preparing 3,000 leaflets for the use of the Idaho women in their struggle for political equality comes a little story of her graduation from the Wisconsin State University some time in the '70s. and of her marriage, which followed at once. Even at that early time she was too

stronglv

tinctured

with the doctrine of woman's equality to conSent to any known marriage ceremony, constructing one more to her liking, which, by ranlcs*

Mrs. Kate E. N. Feltham, first vice president of the suffrage asosciation. who did such good work for the cause, is a lawyer, working with her husband, who is also lawyer, and to the work she brought a rtained mind and ability to speak cpearly and acceptably.

Mrs. Helen Young, second vice president of the Idaho association, enjoys the distinction of being the first woman admitted to the bar In Idaho, and is a hard worker, a brilliant speaker and a general favorite.

Immediately after the convention was Held Mrs. Johns was obliged to return to her home, and Mrs. Catt, after making speeches at a few prominent points, left for California, but Colorado women at once filled the vacancy by sending to the aid of Idaho women one of their ablest and most brilliant sisters, Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, who two years ago was a candidate upon the Democratic state t• cket for state superintendent of instruction- in Colorado. For five weeks Mrs. Bradford stumped the state for amendment, delivering Fome thlr-

^WMle^Irs^B^adford assisted the good work with silvery oratory another Tjenver woman, Miss Helen M. Reynolds, from her post as secretary of the national

suffrage

headquarters

in New York, did effective w°rk

work nR

the route for the speakers and in taking ohftree of the preliminary correspondSc. InS S Ke Mrty 01

Reynolds is one of the prominent suf-

or^anllatlon'of

thl stsl. directed every move.

Ing club woman.

'™*5 *"'5

found to be a ^t'®0°Jegrt p'-san B. Anthony At the urpent reouest^ot

went on to

P° Journalist .nd 1..1-

ZIEGFELD TO MARRY ANNA tELD

T.. Chlc«° Wo"' the French Ohanteuse. Philadelphia,

Pa., Jan. 7.-From authori

tative sources it is learned tonight that a betrothal has been enterr-r into by Anna Held the celebrated French singer, and her manager, F. Ziegfc 1 of Chicago. At the close of Monday night's Performance, Mr Ziegfeld brought hi* wooing to a, close, is said and secured Miss Held's prom-* to -. arrv him. The members of the company, SX Pledge of stcrecy were informed vj#erday of the en^agem nt.

Manager Ziegfeld appeared much annoyed over the f»rt that the en: geaient had become public and positively refused to give out any information regarding the date or the

artange»*«ts

for the wedding.

Among the members of the company, however. it is rnd-.rslood that the ceremony wil. be performed at the close of Miss Held .Mwmwnt wltt tie "A Parlor Match" organization, and that Mr. Ziegfeld will accompany her upon her supposed Australian and European tour in the dual capaci' of husband and manager. Mr. Held positively refused to be seen or give out any information concerning engage-

At the matinee at th* chestnut fetreet theater ypsterday Misg Held and Mr. Ziegfceld occupied a box und members of the bdmpanv there presented her with a bouauet of bridal roses as a congratulatory tribute.

HE COULDN'T HIDE IT.

Tried to Deceive People With the 6'suai Result. After years of bachelor life the major married, and he tells of the wedding trip himself, saya the Detroit Free Press. "Of course, I flattered myself that I knew the ropes. I had officiated at weddings by the score. I had times without number felt a sort of contemptuously pity for the insanely happy young husband with 'bridegroom written «U 6ver his face, who made such blundering attempts to carry the airs of an old family man. I knew just how the thing should bo done, and I would do it. -VI badjio trouble in bringing the bag?age-

maater to strip our trunks or love knots and old ahoea, BO that we Were not advertised when we reached the city. This winning of the firat round gave me an assurance ihat must have impaired my caution. Her brother was with us. At the hotel I boldly register& ills name with 'and sister' following it, and- then wrote my own name. When it came to placing us I made some off-handal explanation, but the eyes of the night clerk twinkled and I could have throttled him. "The next morning when I shook out my new umbrella to take a walk alone, just as-well-seasoned husbands do, I rattled rice all over the floor in tile office. Of course, 1 explained to the day clerk that I had been attending, a wedding and must have taken the bridegroom's umbrella by mistake, but he smiled knowingly, the hangers-on laughed and sK»ne urchin in-the corner yelled 'rata!* At dinner my wife said she never knew before that I took wine after meat, and tho raiter grinned a polltft grin. When, In tny rattled condition I tave him a $10 gold piece for half a dollar,I threw off all disguise. At the next stop I told them we were just married, that we wanted every attention and that expense cut no figure." ,, ,r,

THE .MERCILESS SPANIARDS.

Many Unoffending People Silled By Colonel Fondevlola'a Orders. New York, January 7.—Antcnlo AguerW'^ a member of the Havana Produce cb.nge, arived here by the stealer Orizaba from Havana. H« fas a resident of Guanp.bacoa, where, according to recede reports from Havana, .-^roclties were committed by the Spanish troops under Colonel Fondeviola. Senor Aguero, when seen last nlghtj said: 'Jki "The leport which reached th United "i: States of t'ae st&te of atfairs in Guanabacoa are far from telling the whole truth. Colonel Fondevlola his instituted a reign of terror at the place. His name Is well known as that of the most blood-thirsty officer of General Weyler's command. He is a favorite of the Captain General and has been appointed military commander of Guanabacoa just across the bay from Havana.

Eden Mtisee Burned at Fittsbnrg:

Calvin Anti-Trust taw.

Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7.—The Journal this afternoon makes the sensational announcement ti.at every trust operating in the state of Georgia has succumbed to the Calvin anti-trust law enacted by the recent general assembly. As a result of the operation of that measure the American Tobacco Co., the Potash Trust, the Snuff Trust, the Coffee Trust, the Match and other trusts have been operating in Georgia have notified jobbers and merchants throughout the state handling their gooJs that the aud-trust act made their existing contracts unlawful, and. they would therefore no longer be considered by either party. This throws the long closed market wide open to competition.

Hank Ready For Business.

Minneapolis, January 7.—AS expected at the time It closed, the Bankers' Exchanga Bank has opened again for business. Tha bank closed its doors on Wednesday, December 30th, with more than th.- full legal reserve on hand, believing it manifestly un^ fair tj ail concerned to pay out its cath vserve to dcpositon., txclted by the(failure of otb^r dnks. After personally examining the bank's condition, Superintendent of Banks M. D. K-nyin recommended to t"*e court th8 restoration of the banks assets to its proper fleers and t3 a result Judge Seagrave Smith made '.n ^rder this morning discharging the receiver.

IllinoitT Flooded OUtrlot

Qulncy, 111., Jan. 7.—Farmers vl havb been down from Indian Grove district rrprot that thj water in the flooded portion, fifteen miles above here, is subsiding very slowly and that there is much suffering among tha waterbound families and their stock. Last night several men went to the aid of the suflereres, and after working most of Ihs night, cutting their way through the ico. they reached severil families wno had been calling for help for two lays and who h\i lived on parchcd c. for three diys. Th3 Qulncy Humane Pociety Is also tal^'nc? an active part in relieving the *ashedout and waterbound famir. J.

C»«.y Scrttk Guilty.

London, Jan.

7.—When

*sl

Full turee hundred fmllies have -*ft the* town and moved into Havari since his taking office. People are taken from their homes at nigh*, and filled with machetes in the outskirts of the city. The world is made to believe that bach people were leaving their homes to join the rebels who swarm in the neighborhood. I know of thirty-nine persons who have thus bvsn done away with. Even Lonest Spaniards are shocked at 7ondeviola's acts. "One of those honest Spaniards warnuf lae that my mme was in a list with more than two hundred more, kept by Fondevlola, as men marked by him f?r secret execution as rebel sympathizers. lielng a thoroughly neutral man and having good friends among Cubans and Spaniards alii c, I managed to obtain my pissport for the United States. I owe my escape from Fondevlola's clutches to my Spanish friends, for whom I feel the greatest tTatuude." -y\

Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 8.—-At 1 o'clock tbh^ morning fife broke out on the third floor oi Harry Davis' Eden Musee on Fifth avenue^|f|i,» |f a us a os on of at a as nected with the cage in which "Old Rube,"^|J.|' said to be the largest snake in captivity, 'f* confined. The shake, monkeys and otlier^curiosities on that floor were burned. third floor is entirely gutted and the ing is flooded with water throughout. The

I I

1 uiuw. 1. The^ff^ -M

Commercial-Gaiette, which is next door ta?» themusee, was In great ds^er, but the fire-l^^ men finally confined the flames to the orlg-r^--inal building, the only dfl* age to the Coin-' mercial-Gazette being a slight drenching oi"^ the editorial room. No estimate of the 103yj^ can be made tonight but it will pT6bably exceed $15,000.

Two Men Instantly Killed. 'p Woodsfleld, O., Jan. 7.—The news reached here today of a terrible accident which occurred in the Benwood oil field, near this?' place, yesterday, in which two men were instantly killed and three othere badly Injured.

A boiler used for drilling and pumping by the. Fisher Oil Co. got out of order and mechanics were trying to fix it. Suddenly the boiler exploded and one man, whose name cannot be learne-i, who was at work on. top of the boiler, was thrown 100 feet in the air and Instantly killed. Another man who was standing near had a part of liia head uiown off, expiring immediately^. Three other men were badly injured, but their names are not repined. All were employed in the oil fields.

the hearing of th«,

libel suit bro'igtu against Lady Sel'tna Scott and John Coc* «rton, ervineer, and Wiilam Aylott, a valet, by her son-in-law.

greu, 151 miles, 13 laps:

1 lap.

F.arl

Russell, was resumed at the central crim:nal court this morning, counsel for the defensa announced that the plea of justification was withdrawn, and that ihe defense agreed upon a verdict of guilty.

Worn-in"* Six K#c#

Cleveland. Ja 7.—In the

Roman's

six

days bicycle race at the close of tonight rn/irtj th" sho™ s:ootl as follows: Farn&worth and Anderson, 152 nilles, Keys and iSroWn, 152 miles, 5 13P9-

A'Ien-

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