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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24
MATTERS.

mo rclu ys''
Bring q ysur JOB wsrk.
Pay up your subscription.
| The bridge is done-practically.
Circulating library At The TRIBUNE
onics. >
No papers from Oregon or NortE
rdshs all the week.
j. s. Hickey is the new master rs'
cbsuic of the Idaho division.
1t is feared tho frost Saturday night
settled the fruit business in Boise.
All tho standard novels are in the
,,rculsting library at THE TRIBUNE Of
fee.
Two press associations are coming
this way this summsr-Colorado and
Iswa.
Uncle John Asstellar will be down
again Friday or Saturday with load OF
apples.
Five cars of Oregon horses were on
wednesdays freight, bound for eastern
markets.
-Bsird's Mammoth minrtrsls passed
through for Portland on Wednesday in
special car.
Sewing Machine Needles Of all kinds
isr sale by c. AcVIcAR'
Matchmaker and Jeweler.
ALI kinds of wooden goods st great
" reduced prices.
Howard SEBkEE Co.
"A dance for the bsnefit of the pub
lie school will DO given in the old G~inn
store next Friday night. Tickets, $3.50.
He wins At last who builds his trust
In loving words and actions Just;
Whose head, whose walk, whose very mien,
rroclaims the use of ODOReLxNE.
An obstrspsrous stranger was jailsd
yesterday and last night tried to Gre
mate himself and jail. He succeeded
in burning the bedding emily.
1t was reported here the other day
| that sixteen conductors on tho Utah 81
| Northerohad been "asked to resign
including all passenger conductors.
Mr.. n. Harrisen's tailor systsA
= "ItisE and fitting ladies' and chill
\ tt.is drsssss taught BY Mrs. Geo. Y.
HAaA. Prizes, including chart, $3.50.
Caldwell market prises: Oats, in
rate, CLIO per cwt.; barley, IA trade,
30 per swt.; wheat, delivered At tho
nil, 100 psr bu. Ylosr. $3.50 per Dbl.
vlslsaals.
Tho streets present . beautiful ap-
pearancSand the sprinkling-carts will
not DO called on tor . week yet. Tho
high wind early in the week has taken
off ali the dust.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24

Job Lot Of Mems and Boys Boots
and Shoes.
a." Ladies', Misses and chill
dren's shoes.
Mons Hats.
. b sold 1t retail ut cost.
HOWARD SEBREE Co.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24

The following account was drawn on
the school fund:
G. n. Davis, salary and stationery as school
The following accounts were allowed
and ordered drawn on the rabbit-sar
fund:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24

s, 8. p. Clancy.
g. II. X. Hartley.
10, G. ID. Stafford.
IL, 1. Tucker.
u. G W. Paul.
IS, ID. Knox.
IA, J. b. McIler.
Is, ". w. Paine.
16, M. H. Gill.
II, Frank Nesbitt.
1S. John NJ Cobb.
10, l. P. Gill.
20. Jamss Mullaney.
81 r. L. Short.
-, D. P. Dodd.
20, w. A. Barr.
The following accounts usrs allowed
and warrants ordered drawn ON the
current expense fund,
T. T. Danil,on, experimenting
Caldwell bridge .......$ 1886 90
Nj 3. Gvinn, do. ........... SO 90
S. M. Coffin, do. .... &c 90
j. Z. Mescham, drawing plan. 65 90
The report OF John Buckley was re-
ceived and approved.
Adjourned until 8 o'clock a. m, April
II.
Friday, April H.
Tbs commissioners mot pursuant to
adjournment.
All tho members of the board wore
present.
On the request of the grand jury the
sheriff and district attorney wore III
structrd to bring the sections uhsrs the
people ara party before the Prob-te
judge.
Tho sheriff CT Ada county vss
authorized to make arrangements with
tho prison commission according to tho
provisions of house bill No. IS, section
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The following accounts were allowed
and warrants ordered drawn on the ter
ritorial fund:
C. S. McCosnsl, percentages. "..$7 A
E. B. Tage, do. ................ w
n Heron do 70
s. II. Walker. .................. 20
The report of d. Knox as road super
wiser WAS received and accepted.
The report of c. A. Webster as road
supsryisor WAS read axd accepted
The report of Geo. d. Ellis was read
and accepted.
The petition of II c. Clawson to keep
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24
Commissioners PROCEEDINGS
From the Statesman.


Tho board Of county commissioners
mot in regular session on Monday,
April IS, at the court house in Boise
City.
Present.. d. Peter and d. Eur-
ray, and c. S. Mcconnell clerk. Alb
SENT. P. Tharp.
Report of directors of poor farm re-
ocived, examined and approved.
The resignation Of A. Rossi as county
surveyor was accepted.
The petition Of Thomas Healy to keep
and maintain toll road was granted
upon condition of fling bond in tho sum
of 81 900 to keep and maintain said
road according to law and pay $3.50
for license for one year from April 1,
1885. Healy was authorized to charge
wagon and single span or yoke, 60c;
each additional span or yoke, 25c; each
additional wagon, 25c; each single horse
or vehicle, 25c.
The auditors and treasuror's TO-
ports were examined, found correct snd
placed on file.
B. S. Prickstt is hereby authorized to
make the necessary indsxing Of the
United States patent and assignment OF
mortgage books, the expense not to ex-
csad $50.
Adjourned.
On Tuesday the board met pursuant
to adjournment st o'clock q. M.
Present-L. D. Potter, D. Murray, J.
P. Thsrp, and G. S. Mcconnell clerk.
Tho following accounts were exam
insd and allo wed and warrants ordered
drawn on the current eXponse fund:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-01

with him early In 1858 approved the project.
and On LKssKPs 10 now one OF It's chief pro-
motors. I'VE have no mountains To tunnel
or level" he said few weeks ago. THE
project is perfectly feasible. and we will turn
the desert into garden
Those who oppose the project doubt that
the inland ocean would revolutlonize the ell
mate Of that part Of the Sahara, and believe
the sea would be likely to silt up with saline
deposits on account OF tho rapid evaporation
in so dry a climate All seem to agree. how
ever. that 1t would give fertility to hundreds
OF thousands OF acres. The promoters OF the
enterprise ask no assistance from the treas
ury OF France, but wish only to receive a con-
cession Of the bordering tracts. now sandy
waste, which they expect to reclaim.
Commander LANDAs will first take sound
ings In tho Gulf Of Gabes and select tho most
favorable place for harbor. He then expects
to sink an artesian woll for the purpose OF
supplying the workmen on the proposed
canal with water.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-The wait OF thirty
hve minutes hen the procession renched the Capitol
Saturday at the Dedication OF the Washington Monu.
nen has resulted in OF OF severe Illness
and two nenber Of the Governors Foot Guard OF
ford Conn., lie very low with congestion OF the lungs
Providence Hospital The sudden death OF Mr. Francis
s Drake OF Boston IL attributed in great part
posure saturday The President aud members II the
Cabinet LETT the procession Seventh street drove
ahead TO the Capitol entering at the the
east side of the building lunch OF turkey sAndw ches
oysters and coffee. with panimsnts ordered
from the Senate restaurant aud served in the
the Committee on Enrolled Bills where Senate. Sewell
Chairman .: the committee, acted host. This interval
OF rereshnent aud recovery from the cold
at the expense OF several thousand men who stood in
line on Pennsl lvania holding heir icecod
kets or sitting upon horses exposed TO the biting wind
Gen. Sheridan. who could not understand the delay
sent three Orderes to inquire when the
he ready TO review the procession before word finally
came to move forward. When. thrcequarters of an
hour later the last troop had been reviewed and Gen
sheridan entered the rntuna with his staff he
benumbed he could not Enfss,en his cloak. The mem
bers Of his stan in better condition Here and
there a man who had been able to slip Task into his
hat and take nip now and then less cold.
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An Inland Sea in Africa.

Commander LANDAs left Paris for Africa
last month to carry on the work OF the late
Col. ROUDAIRE whose project OF forming Il
sea in the desert of Sahara by admitting the
waters Of the Mediterranean has attracted
considerable attention for three years past.
There seems to be some prospect that the
enterprise may really be- carried out.
This is not scheme for turning the vnst Sa-
haran waste into an ocean, as many have sup
posed. That idea is impracticable, for there
are more elevated pluteaus than low-lying
plains in the Sahara. The lowest level DR..
LEM found in his recent journey across the
western desert was 1902 feet above the sea,
and he had reason to think that the lowest
levels of the western Sahara do not fall I'M
der $50 feet above the sea.
There exists however. south Of the fertile
portions Of Tunis and Algeria q chain OF
dcsiccatcd lake basins, whose sandy or
muddy bottoms, considerably lower than
the Mediterranean. stretch away southwark
to the oasis Of Tozcur. 1t was Col. RoU-
DAIRE's plan to flood these lake basins or
Cho'ts by digging canal 80 miles long from
the Gulf Of Gabes, on the east coast of Tunis.
By this means he expected to turn about
5000 square miles Of the Sahara into navi-
gable sea, convert wide belt OF territory
around the sea into fertile lands, open wa
terway for French commerce far into tho
country. improve the climate OF Tunis and
Algeria, aud create a barrier against wild
tribes from the Sahara.
There is little doubt that Col. RoUpAIREs
scheme is perfectly feasible. though opinions
differ as toits utility. A committee appointed
by the French Government reported that the
plan WAS practicable, and could be advnn-
tageously executed, The late NJ. TIssoT the
explorer Of Tunis, fully agrees with RoU-
DAIRE's views. The Count DE LFssEPs and
the engineers who went over the ground
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: A para
graph in Tux Sun OF tho 18th inst charges with In
ndver;ence for stating in the March Century that Sell
naIr and Koriotuu the southern provinces OF
Egyptian SoudAn and also with forgetting "popuous
Dnrtour," and ignoring the Bahr el GhazAl well
sighting" the equatorial provinces from the Sohnt
Uganda. Had the writer read my article with more care
he would have that In its first paragraph state
that the west the Souisn embraces kordorHn and
DAffour. Also that when Gordon was Governor.G-
-rhl achan OF Egyptian garrsons reached far the
great lakes
In point Of fact Darfour Ia the weseru province
of the Egyptian souian and extends no further south
than korrOtxn Sui SEMINAR The limits Of al three
vaguely defined southwark. Tie khriSe's author.
tv. under the strong hand of lsnsil Pa-hN.
always limited To small portion of the geographical
~ kUtdOan and DarfouT. A. to the south
Of the Bahr e Gh.zs especially III. s"card provinces
other heather negro tribes aw time OF
peace, to massacre small parties of Egyptians they
did i.inhnt And his detachment, It only nv
eXtravasAnt rcurr OF speech that they could be
termed Egyptian provinces. II BATTERED the KhrdyeA
10 10 imagine that his empire extended tho lakes
bu;, in fact hi, power wns limited thRt OF tho
French GENERA, mo on assuming command ~ his
i'll Algeria. ordered plec" pf artillery 10 hn nrei
maximum angle pf elevation. Marking the spot where
hall the ground, he exclaimed:
frontier of prONincc''
neither forgot nor ignored DSrfour and the other
regions. article being limited space deem.
ri est 10 conhne my description 10 thu nctpal theatre
of operations. II. f. CoLsros
WASHINGTON. Feb. ~.
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At bottom . British Ministry 10 simply an
Executive Committee Of Q House of
Commons majority. deputed TO interpret
and carry out It's will. But In this
case the members composing the major
ity have no common convictions and
united aims; on the contrary, they differ on
tho Soudan question more widely among
themselves than their own WhiR contingent
differs from the Opposition. or the 800 votes
east against the motion OF ccnsurc, l12 cnmc
from tho Peace Radicals, who had just be-
fore upheld Mr.. JOHN MoRLEY's proposal for
the immediate and summary evacuation OF
the Soudan. OF tho 500 members voting, only
1872. or less than onc-thlrd, were OF the opin-
Ion both that Khartoum should be retaken
and that the present Government was flt to
be intrusted with the work. The 2ss members
who made up the Opposition also declared
that Khartoum must DO recovered, but In
sisted that another Ministry must execute
the task Nothing could moro cogently
demonstrate than these figures the sound
ness OF Lord SALIsBURY's position that
the existing Cabinet is disqualified by ire
mediable internal disagreement upon funda-
mental points to carry on the war In the
Soudan. For 1t would have been broken up
on Friday but for the help OF the Peace Rad
icals which was given under protest, and
which can only be purchased hereafter by
concessions inconsistent with the purpose OF
the campaign against tho MAHDI and detri-
mental to tho vigor Of military operations.
II this Parliamentary battle proves any
thing, 1t Is the ncurablity OF the troubles
brought on England by the Soudan rebellion
SO long as the present Cabinet remains in
Office Apparently the one solution Of the
difficulty is the formation OF q coalition
Ministry, In which Conservatives and Wings
could meet upon the common ground OF an
energetic course in Egypt. This will per-
haps be- the outcome OF the present compli-
cations should the GLADSTONE Ministry in
whole or in part resign, step which they
are said to be contemplating, and which, as
they must recognize. is merely deferred. not
averted. by Fridays reprieve.
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Gladstone's Reprieve.

The majority OF nearly a hundred over
Conservatives (some $50 and Parnellites
(some 9O) combined. by which the GLAD
STONE Ministry were borne to power five
years ago, dwindled to fourteen in the di-
vision Of Friday night on Sir STAFFORD
EoRTHcoTE's motion to censure. The re-
Duke implied in such shrinkage OF the
Ministerial following was CALLING enough.
but the probable effect OF an escape SO mar
row on the future stability OF the Cabinet can
only be determined by noting the diverse
opinions represented in tho body which by
. hairs breadth rescued the Government
from defeat.
On the face OF things, OF course. position
DO precarious that a loss Of eight votes would
mean ruin seems Incompatible with resolute
and useful action, and would justify the Cabi-
net In its rumored intention to resign Yet
the present crisis is one in which the Govern
ment majority, chad it been homogeneous
and unanimous, might reasonably consider
. miss as good as a mile. For the worst has
happened so far as the Soudan is concerned
and no disaster comparable to the capture OF
Khartoum 10 likely to aggrnvate tho dis
credit Of the Ministry during the six months
which, they maintain, must elapse before
the arrival OF GRAHAMS army at Berbcr.
Meanwhile Gen. BUTLER. having reached
GaGdul In safety, is likely to finish his re-
treat TO Korti unmolested. and Gen. BRAcK-
GNBURY, having transferred his column to
the north bank Of the Nile. has placed the
river between him and tho forces OF the
MAHD1, which wero perhaps too hastily
assumed to be advancing. Thus. except
the fall of kasSala, which looks probable
enough, unless that town is soon relieved by
the English or the Italians the Ministers
have no cause to apprehend any fresh out
break OF public evaporation at the consc-
Quences OF their Soudun policy. II they could
themselves agree upon definite pro-
grammc, or, in other words. II the majority
behind them We're OF one mind. they might
retain Office with some confidence that their
Parliamentary status would improve. Dis
couraRed by failure. some OF the twenty
Wing deserters who followed Mr.. GoscHEN
and Mr.. FORSTER into the Opposition lobby,
would be likely to come back to their old
friends; and some moderate concessions
might secure the countenance, or ut least
the neutrality. OF Mr.. PARNELLs friends.
But the fatal weakness OF the Ministerial
position lies IN tho fact. disclosed by an anal
ysis Of the votes given on Friday evening,
that the Cabinet has not and never can have
q consistent, thoroughgoing policy. because
their supporters are krsoonoilably divided.
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Gle veland ON the Silver Dollar.

President CLEVELAND has declared himself
fairly and squnrely against the continued
coinage Of the silver dollar and In favor of
maintaining the present gold standard OF
monetary values. His letter to the Hon. A.
J. WARNER and others, published yesterday,
shows that both his reasons and his opinions
on the subject arc those Of the most extreme
gold mono metallists. He even agrees with
alarmists like Senator SHERMAN, the Hon.
EDWARDS PIERREPoNT. and the Hon. ADRIAN
B. HEWITT In predicting a speedy boarding
Of guild and an unprecedented contraction OF
the currency. involving the country In pro-
longed and disastrous trouble Like them.
too, he ls much concerned lest wages should
be depressed and workinQmen be made to
suffer In consequence.
We have already several times explained
that all this alarm about the results OF sill.
yer coinage L. unfounded. The boarding OF
gold cannot cause contraction Of the cur
rency. because gold is not In circulation now
to any considerable extent Those who want
It would have to draw it from the banks and
from the United States Treasury; and IL
they attempted this, they would undoubtedly
be met with the offer OF silver dollars. Ger
tainly, neither the banks nor the officers Of
the Treasury are going to pay out gold to be-
boarded when they are under no obligation
to do 1t. Some gold might possibly be inter-
cepted on its way from the mines to the
mint, but this quantity would be compare
lively small AS to wages, we need only
repeat that American workingmen are intel
llgent enough to take care Of themselves,
and will get the worth OF their work. no mat
ter In what coin 1t Is measured.
The fundamental blunder Of Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND. and OF those who agree with him, is the
assumption that because the silver dollar is
worth only eighty-five one hundredths Of a
gold dollar 1t Ia deprecated and dis
honest coin. 1t does not seem to occur to
them that perhaps the silver dollar is
still worth one hundred cents, but that the
gold dollar has grown to be worth one hum
dred and fifteen cents Yet we have only to
look at the prices Of all kinds Of staple COM
modities to see that the so-called eighty-five-
cent silver dollar will buy as much as the
gold dollar bought ten years ago, and that
the maintenance Of the gold standard means
. lowering Of the prices Of everything that Is
bought and sold by it.
So far from panic and depression being
the result OF passing from the gold to the sill
yer standard. all experience proves that the
reverse would take place. Such a continual
fall in prices as we have had for ten years
past kills enterprise and restricts trade to
the limits Of absolute necessity. A rise in
price,, such as would follow their measure
ment in silver. would revive confidence and
encourage trade. Men would see a pros
pective profit in purchases where they now
see only loss; and they would buy freely
where they now buy stingily. II active
trade is desirable at all. the way to create it
10 by adopting the silver standard and Civ
Ing up all efforts to maintain that Of gold.
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THE CONGO CONFERENCE
Tho Part Our Gov-rnment Took Disapprsvsd
by the Foreign Affairs Committee.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-eThc House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs to-day adopted this
resolution relative to the Congo Conference. by
q vote OF 6 to A.
Resoired, That prospect OF commercial advantage
warrants departure from the traditional policy Uf tins
Government which forhs al eniangling alliances with
the nations of the Dd World aud that the
of the Delegates OF the United states in the
Congo Conference, while carefully guarded, as your
committee IL informed the purpose c"ninr their
powers A. the consideration OF commercial interests
clusivcly IL unfortunate, in far II departure
from the policy which forJds the Government OF the
United Ststes to participate in political cnlnbna.
ton movement outside of the Anne ric
A resolution prepared by Mr.. Belmont will
he reported by the minority. Il declares that
tho House OF Representatives, do hereby ex-
picitly record their dissent from the act Of the
President of tho United States in accepting the
invitation OF Germany and France to partici-
pate in the international Conference nj Berlin
instead Of declining the same. rs tending to a
reversal OF our traditional, established. and
approved foreign policy"