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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
CAPITAL BRIEFS.

Senator Henderson had a conference with
Secretary Manning, TO hasten the arrange
ments for making Omaha full port of entry
IKE St Louis.
The secretary of the treasury has detailed
three clerks to the second comptrolcr's Office
TO assist in the settlement of accounts. partic.
uiarly those OF pension agents, which are in
arrears Arrangements have also been m ade
Tor more prompt examination of these &C.
counts in the third auditors office.
The secretary of the treasury has given or.
ders for the immediate repairs of the revenue
steamer Manhattan" now at Baltimore. with
view to utilizing it as a quarantine boat at
Cape Charles station.
President Cleveland refused to pardon Gem
eral Swain, judge advocate genera. of tho
army.
The president has signed the commissions of
the collectors of internal revenue appointed
since the adjournment of congress- including
that OF Eben F. Pilsbury as collector of the
Third district of Massachusetts, over which
there was said to be some dispute Nofurther
action has been taken in the case of Collector
Craig, of Virginia. who declined to resign at |
tho request of the secretary of the treasury. |
1t has been referred to the president and it is |
understood that he will order the suspension |
of Mr.. Cruig.
The secretary of the treasury has appointed
Hon. George H. Parker, of Iowa. special agent
of the treasury department. The president
has appointed the following postmasters:
Silas X. Montgomery, Bristol, Conn.,; H. c.
Rust, Dougherty, Ca; s. U. Edwards, Water
loo. Ia; s. w. Lynn, Grundy Center, Ia;
Charles E. Brason, Manchester. Ia The pres
ident also appointed James F. Mcclellan, of
Florida, to be surveyor general of the state of
Florida, vice VIM. NJ Micks, whose nomina-
ton to that office was not confirmed at the
regular session of the senate.
The president has signif1ed his intention of
selecting successor for John Russell Young.
minister to China, from California. Both fac.
tons of the democratic party of that state
have endorsed Drank McCofin, ex-state sena-
tor and ex-mayor of San Franciico, for the DO
sition.
Judge Upton, second comptroller OF the
treasury, has made ruling that officers Of
he army who held brevet rank at the time of
service in the Mexican war are entitled to the
hree months extra pay allowed by congress ,
or such service, according to the brevet rank
leld by them at the close of their service.
The marine hospital bureau is informed
hat cholera is prevailing in Calcutta to m
farming extent.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
"HOLD UP FOUR HANDS.
Mike Young, Noted Desperate and Bo,,
Thief Killed by a Sheriff.

MIKE Young, a Noted Desperate and Ho...
Thief, Killed by a Sheriff:
| Mcpherson (Kansas) dispatch: Mike yo,..
anoted desperate and horse thief from No.
tana. was wanted for long time by the on
thorities of Mitchell, Rice, Ellsworth ons
Reno counties. for numerous crimes Fjnsnn
areward OF 500 was offered by the author
ues' and Sheriff Frank McGrath. of Mitchen
county, took the case in hand. He foll&ea
the desperate for two weeks until he bos /.
cateu MN near the farm OF Frank Waufb
respectable farmer, to whose daughter III
young outlaw was engaged. The sheriff en-"
ceeded IN getting letter addresses 10 fbs
young ,aoy IN question, announcing the des.
peradO's arrival and making arraneements
Tor an elopement. Mr.. McGrath then entered
the house of Mr.. Wauth under an assnmeS
name. pretending to be a Missouri farmsr
game, -'i n'
On the evening of the second day. April u
boy entered the house bringing a message
th forne that he wished to SEC
the girl. The sheriff remarked: "Why DOM
ne come himself like gentleman" tn ms.
senger departed and a few minutes ISZsr A.
desperate rode up to the house on one of bis
se eoeen IN horses As soon as the desperate en-.
golding in his left hand a 44-calibre Colts and
IN DIS right an American bulldog revolver
Al ne exclaimed. Mike Young. have awar-
ado tried to each his pistol pocket. The sbor.
III called once more to him to hold IN hIs
n7Dds and RS he did not obey the second time
ne ne nreu with his left hand, hitting the aSlsw
on the forehead. right above the eyebEnws
as the man fell he dropped l3oalihre
Colts revolver.
The dead outlaw stood six feet two in his
boots. His last crime was the theft If Ave
horses. stolen within two weeks. and amongst
them we're pair of fine mares belonging 10
he father of his sweetheart
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
Europeans in China.

An Englishman residing at Pekin
writes to the London Times that the
position of Europeans in China is not
materially altered by the war with
France. because the people are ignor-
ant of the affairs of State and have no
interest whatever in matters which
concern their country. With the ex-
ceptlon of the absence of the French
Legation. European society in China
presents the usual features. Skating
has been the chief amusement of the
winter and receptions and balls have
been common. Ignorance of the state
OF the war is tie only vexation to
Europeans. who 49, more concerned
than the natives s>~p 10 rs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
SWALLOWED UP IN SNOU.
a Colorado Aralanche Resulting in the DsatA
of Eleven Hen.

of Eleven Hen.
special from Tennessee Pass, Colorado
says news reached there of snowslide near
that place, in which eleven miners are SUD-
posed to have persisted. The men had been.s
working in the Homestake mine, and nothig
having been heard from them for fortnight
a man named Frank Sanderson started out TO
ascertain If any harm had come to them. On
arriving at the fiat where the two cabins had
stood in which the miners lived, Sanderson
found everything buried by the deep snow
snowsllde that evidently come down in the
dead of the night Not sign of life was to
be seen In any direction, and there is no doubt
the whole party were buried alive. Ayge
rescuing party are now leaving for the seine.
Leadviile dispatch: At 2 O'Clock this after
noon news reached the city that eleven men
working in Homestake mine on Homestake
mountain, on the Eagle river were buried in
snow slide. A special train from here carry
ing relief party left within an hour for the
scene of the disaster. Arriving at point
nearest the mine, the party was met by CIV
OF excited miners, who informed them that 1t
was useless to attempt TO reach the mine
through the wilderness of soft snow, even with
snow shoes, at that time of the day. The par
ty returned to Leadville and will repeat the
trip early in the morning, when it is hoped the
snow will bear the weight of the men,. Inc
missing men are Martha Borden and his broth
er Sylvester, of Nova Scotia; Horace W.
Matthews and his brother Joses, OF l2a;
John Lock and John Burns of England; CEs'
Nova Scotia; Chris Harvey, Lead
vile; Robert Campbell, Red Cliff; John Burns
San Francisco, and one unknown.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

ALTHOUGH the Chinese had gunpowde,
many centuries before it was known j,
Europe, they did not employ it in war
but used it only in fireworks.
The leaning tower of Pisa was bull
IN the twelfth century. 1t is 100 fee
high and leans thirteen feet from the
perpendicular. The inclination was
caused by the settling of one side of the
foundation.
The thread for the glass cloth, now
made at Pittsburgh, is drawn OUT of q
molten bar by means of a rapidly-re-
volving wheel at the rate of 1900 yards
minute. The weaving is done on
looms, about the same as with silk.
The coloring is done with minerals when
the glass is originally melted.
IT is the opinion of the Rev. j. G.
Wood, popular English writer on nat
ural history, that the cockroach and red
ant, which abound in England as in this
country, are not indigenous there, but
were imported in merchandise from
America. The numbers of ants are so
great In some houses as to render the
buildings uninhabitable. The houses
have had the floors relaid, cement and
porcelain tiles used wherever possible,
but the house ants have retained pos.
session of the premises. The passages
to their nests are so small that boiling
water loses its heat long before the few
drops which can trickle through them
can touch the nest. Insect powders are
equally useless, and sulphur smoke has
no terror for these insects.
The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the feet.
Whether the form is slender or plump,
the rule holds good any deviation from
1t Is a departure from the highest beauty
In proportion. The Greeks made all
their statues according to this rule. The
face, from the highest point of the fore
head, where the hair begins, to the chin,
Is one-tenth of the whole stature. The
hand, from the wrist to the middle fin
ger, is the same. From the top of the
chest to the highest point of the fore
head is seventh. If the face, from the
roots of the hair to the chin, be divided |
INTO three equal parts, the first division
determines the place where the eyebrows
meet. and the second the place of the
lostrils. The height, from the feet to
he top of the head, is the distance from
he extremity of the fingers when the
rms are extended.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

M. DE QUATREFAGEs stated recently
at a meeting of the Academic des
Sciences that in Senegambia the inoc-
ulation of cattle against pleuro-pneu-
monia and smallpox had been prac-
ticed for centuries.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINs lives
in curious house near Cambridge.
The hall is taken from an old family
mansion In Portsmouth, and many of
the old features of the building are
from ancient New England dwellings.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

The Bulletin de rAsSociation Sc,e,a.
hjfque reports 1900 deaths from light
ming stroke in France between the
years 1885 and 1864. About twice the
number were seriously wounded, and
five times as many were struck. The
hot years were the most fatal. Since
1864 there has been no death from
lightning in the department of the
Seine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

The inhabitants of st. Petersburg
consider themselves fortunate in hav-
ing had an average winter death rate
OF only 30 per 1000 of population. In
London, where the rate has been re-
Gently 1915, this would be thought cpl
demic. The usual rate for the Russian
capital is 40 to As.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

SEVERAL years ago Gen. Grant ut
tered these earnest words about the
bible: "Hold fast to the bible as the
sheet-anchor of your liberties; write
its precepts on your heart. and prac-
tice them in your lives. To the influ-
ence of this book we are indebted for
the progress made in the true civili-
cation, and to this we look as our
guide in the FUTURE
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

Mrs. BLAINE has taken the entire
charge of her daughters child since
its birth. He is now in short dresses
and has overcome the ailments of his
first year. Lieut.. and Mrs Coppinger
are located at Fort Assinaboine, in
Montana, and Mrs. Blaine, while de.
voting herself to the child. is much
worried concerning its parents in the
far-away west.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

The Gen. Gordon memorial fund
now reaches $4,000, most of which
has been subscribed by liberals. 1.-The
conservatives" says The London Truth,
''explain in numerous letters to the
public prints that they must decline
to give anything as long as Mr..
Gladstone is on the committee-the
humbugs!"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

HERE is quaint bit of the Carlylean
humor which Sir Henry Taylor has
treasured up. sit is true," he said,
after recounting Cromwells successes,
.'they got him out of his grave at the
restoration and they stuck his head
up over the gate at Tyburn, but not
till he had quite done with it,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

REPRESENTATIVE HIsCoCK, of New
York, is going to California for a six
weeks visit, to attend the marriage of
his eldest son to young lady of San
Francisco.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

The son of Edwin Cowles, editor of
The Cleveland Leader, has become in
sane. The young man is a graduate
of Cornell university, and has latterly
been doing reportorial work for The
Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

GEORGE PELxoTTo, son OF the United
States consul at Lyons, has con-
tributed portrait of Cardinal Manning
to Paris art exhibition, which is very
higly praised
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

Mr.. HENRY JAMES has written a let
ter, in which he says he is grieved
that any one should suppose that his
Miss Birdseye IN the sBostonians"
was a portrait of Miss Peabody. as
that lady is one of his oldest and
deare st friends.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

SIR HENRY PoNsoNBY, private secre-
tary to Queen Victoria, has written a
letter authoritively denying that men,
bers of the royal family are believers
in Spirltualism.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

CHRISTINE NILSSON has received
fom King Alfonso a cross of the Order
of Beneficence. founded by his mother.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

A CLUBHOUSE to be known as 1.-THE
Ship" owned and controlled by Paul
Boynton, the nautical expert, will soon
be opened in New York.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

DR.. KoEBERLE, of Strasburg, is said
to have received fee of 500, 900 francs
from Spanish princess whom he pro-
fessionally attended.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
The date Of the earliest eclinse of The

The date OF the earliest eclipse of the
sun recorded in the annals of the Chi
nese, when ION the first day of the last
month of autumn the sun and moon did
not meet tremendously in Fang" or in
that part of the heavens defined by two
stars in the constellation of the Scorpion,
has been determined by Prof. Won OPP
poiser, OF Vienna, to have been the
morning of Oct g, zl37 b. @.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

The Empress Eugene has written
book upon the various recollections
of her life, which will be issued almost
Immediately.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

THE Rothschild family history is
being written by Paris author upon
the request of the English branch of
the house.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
CURRENT TOPICS.

Mr.. w. ID. HowELLs has taken the
"Old Manse" at Concord for the sum-
mer
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

THE empress of Austria, visiting
Heidelberg, is attended by suite of
sixty persons.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08
FOREIGN NOTES.

Dispatches from Cabul state that the ameeY
OF Afghanistan has reiterated the statement
that he is competent to defend Herat against
the Russians without the aid OF the English.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

STANLEY HUNTER, author of the
humorous "Spoopendyk Papers," is
dying of Bright's disease.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
Territorial Governors.

ALASKA NOT SO BAD COUNTRY AS REPRE-
sENTED.-Gov. A. u. Swineford OF Alaska in
his first annual report, says n careful estimate
of the population OF Southeastern Alaska places
the number of whites Mt 1900, and natives at
1000 The native Alaskans are said by him to
be educated 70 some extent in the elementary
branches, and TO be members of the Greek,
Presbyterian and Catholic Churches. They are
not Indians, and differ in appearance, habits,
language and other respects from the Indians
OF the United States. The Governor dwells at
length upon the great natural resources Of
Alaska and severely arraigns those Government
agents who have represented the country in
clement to degree that precludes the cultiva-
ton Of crops or keeping of domestic animals.
Nowhere, he says, in his home travels from
Lake Superior 20 the Gulf OF Mexico has he
seen more luxuriant vegetation than in South
eastern Alaska- The harder vegetables all
cattle are sleek and in tho best possible condi-
ton. The gold mines on Douglas Island, oppo-
site juneau, are in full operation. The deposit
is represented to be truly phenomenal, and the
Governor says the mine promises to figure moro
largely in the mining history OF the world than
any other ON record.
The law prohibiting liquor traffic, Gov. SWINE
ford says, has been disregarded.
NEW MExIco.-Gov Edmund G. Ross Of New
Mexico, i'm his annual report dwells upon the
fact that immigration into the Territory Is re-
there. He recites how Spanish and Mexican
grants have been made to cover tracts vastly
larger than was originally intended, and says
that great quantities OF land have been fraud
ulently entered through forgery and perjury.
He recommends that Congress appoint n COM
mission to quiet titles. The Indian troubles of
the Territory are treated at length.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
What the Militia Wants.

Adjutant General Drum, in his annual report
to the Secretary of War, invites attention TO the
subject of the obsolete arms and ammunition in
the handssof the State militia stored in the
several State armories. 1t would, he says, seem
n most wise measure it, at the approaching ses-
sion OF Congress, general act were passed pro-
viding for immediate exchange when requested
OF all obsolete arms now in the hands of the
militia of the several States for improved
Springfield rifles, caliber As, and appropriate
ammunition therefor. He recommends that
proof be required with the application
for the detail of military professor at
any military school that at least $50 male
pupils above the age of fifteen years are
usually present. He finds that in sbme cases
the number was low sixty. He recon-
mends that non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates on the retired list be paid gross sum in
money in lieu of their present pay and commu-
tation Of allowances, and he submits table
embodying n proposition TO pay them at rates
varying from LAO per month for chief must
clans TO $3.50 for artihcers. He recommends
the publication of new edition of army regu-
lations to conform with laws enacted since the
present code was promulgated, and calls atten-
ton TO the inadequacy in size Of the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth. He CANS special
attention TO the value of work done by the pris-
oners. He also calls attention to the difficulty
of securing clerks acquainted with army forms
and recommends remedies.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
The Signal Seryine.

The annual report of the Chief Signal Officer
is made public by the Secretary of War
The report states that the course of instruction
at Fort Myer has been improved and enlarged,
and now provides for the full education OF the
officers and men OF the signal corps in duties re-
quired of them in time of war. The report ex-
presses regret at the fact that it has been i'm
possible TO drill the men in handling field tele-
graph trains owing to n lack OF horses. A desire
is expressed that provision be made for a sup
ply OF horses so that the corps may be put in
condition to handle field trains in time of war
stations about fifteen miles apart, TO be used for
the purpose Of perfecting the men in the art of
visual military signals The work of the Signal
Office during the last year is fully reviewed
and number Of suggestions made to
its further improvement. 1t dwells es-
of warning regarding the approach of
cold waves, with n view TO the protection of
crops, and ask that the appropriation for this
purpose be increased. With s., 900 it is estimat-
ed that the United States can be practically
served with these warnings. General Hazen
reviews at great length the report of Lieutenant
Greedy and comments upon it, He warmly COM
mends Lieutenant Greedy, his officers and the
men for the skill and bravery with which they
discharged their duties and bore their suffer
ings, and pronounces the results of the expedi-
ton highly valuable TO science. Whatever" he
says inexperienced critics may characterize as
errors, IL none the less follows that Lieutenant
Greedy brought in health and strength his en-
tire party, and I'm safety all the records and i'm
portant scientific instruments connected with
his two years work, to the appointed place at
Cape Sabine and but for the rashness with
which the Proteus was forced into the ice the
entire party would have returned in health" He
makes strong appeal for the Government re-
cognition of Lieutenant Greelys services and
those of his surviving comrades.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

SOME ingeniously romantic CORE
spondent has evolved the theory that
Mary Anderson's changed manner and
indifferent performances are due to the
fact that she is grieving for McCul-
Tough, the actor, whom she met before
her visit to London, and greatly adj
mired, being then under the impress
sion that he was an unmarried man. If
this interesting surmise be true, what
becomes of that other oft-quoted theory,
that no actress can rise to the heights
of tragic passion on the stage until her
heart has been touched, if not actually
broken? Mary's talents ought to be
improving instead of deteriorating
under the experience of sntimental
grief.