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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27
Gov. Willov and A3iuta

Gov. Wiley and Adjutant
Genera! Curtis have gone north to
personally investigate the miners
union troubles. Perhaps i. is just as
well that they have done SO. We pre-.
diet that they will not find the si,ua-
ton as serious as it is painted by the
versatile and Imaginative newspaper
correspondent. The story of stopping
trains is pure fabrication. In all
probability committee from the
unions boarded trains for the purpose
Of inducing ''scabs" to desist frou,
their purpose Of going to work at less
than union rates. Beyond that there
has been 10 interference with the
Northern Pacific road.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27
THE BATTLE FOR SILVER,

The organization OF the silver men
into clubs and State leagues goes
steadily on. a meeting has been
held at Virginia City, Nevada. on the
old Cemssock lode where silver
mining had its birth in the United
States. 1t was largely attended by
men of both parties. Addresses we're
made Ivy Democrats and Republicans,
and long series of resolutions
adopted. The third resolution is a
follows:
Resolved, That we regard the id
vancement and prosperity of Nevad.
paramount to any partisan interes,
and we sacredly pledge ourselves no,
to vote for any candidate for Office whit
is not IN favor Of the free aud unlim
tied coinage of silver.
The sixth resolution goes . ste,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27

Unsuitable. At all events, both
creatures combined have devoured
the subsistence Of the miner and the
farmer, and cut down tho earnings Of
the railroad company.
The company places the value Of
the road At "a, 453 per mile, and here
again fault can DO found with the
statement; for while the company is
careful to give the value of the old
rails aud ties and spikes and monkey
wrenches, ETC., they fail to include
water tanks, water rights, and depot
buildings.
As an exhibit showing the actual
value Of the property, the statement
cannot be regarded as very reliable.
Certainly not by the people along the
line Of the road. It was originally
prepared for the State Board Of
Equalization, aud WAS the foundation
for the conclusions reached by that
body last summer, and which called
for the Intervention Of the Supreme
Court.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27
are indebted to Mr.. Jarna

We are indebted to Mr.. Jarna.
gin for copy o! the Weekly Repub-
lican, published at Montezuma, Iowa.
The Republican publishes the call for
the Silver meeting at HALEY, and
comments on the same. The TINES
welcomes a discussion OF this issue
with an Iowa paper. Especially as
we have reason to believe that there
is strong sentiment in favor of silver
in that State. We will reply to the
Republicans comments in to. morrow 3
issue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27

farther. We regret we cannot indorse
it At this time; but let the resolution
speak for itself:
Resolved, That in order to be
armed and equipped for emergency
we call upon tho various Leagues in
this State to meet US in Convention
on this, the mother lode 81 silver, on 4
date to be hereafter named, to nom-
mate three Presidential Electors to
represent Nevada in the Electoral
College and cooperate with.such other
silver delegates as may be elected
from other States.
In our judgment the time has not
come when so revolutionary q course
is demanded. Wait until the convsn-
tions OF tho two great parties have
spoken; then, if no relief is promised
ii it becomes evident that Wall
Street has its collar round the neck Of
both of these great political organiza-
tions-it will be time enough to take
such action as will break our shackles.
The general tenor of the news from
Nevada is encouraging in the extreme.
In every camp silver clubs have been
formed and all breathe that healthy,
manly spirit which says the silver.
producing States will demand justice
for their great industry.
The men of Colorado, who had the
honor to lead of, are standing un.
swervingly by the principles embraced
in the words, Stree and unlimited
coinage Of silver" The Republican
State Convention has boldly declared
for silver-6rst, last, and all the time
while the Democratic Convention,
which has just closed its labors, has
elected q delegation with Hon. Tom
Patterson, one of the most aggressive
champions Of silver in the State, at its
head.
So, men OF Idaho, while our friends
in the surrounding States are up
and dong, let Us be not either
towards or laggards in this great
battle. Let there be no elimination
or recrimination, but men Of both
parties standing shoulder to shoulder
turn faces to the common foe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27
UNION PACIFIC STATEMENT,

The U. P. Railroad company has
furnished County Assessor and Col.
lector Frank P~ed with a statement
showing earnings, operating expenses
and value of the Wood River Branch
Of the Oregon Short Line, for the year
1891. As the information contained
is OF undoubted interest to our readers,
We submit liberal extracts from the
document.
The receipts for freight forwarded
from all stations on the Branch line
amounted to s112,309.41; receipts
for freight received amounted to s102,-
765 81, making a total of s2l5,O7S.1S.
Of this sum there was received at the
HALEY Office s121,l55.2l, or nearly
60 per cent. OF the entire freight re-
ceipts of the road.
The passenger traffic amounted to
$26,642.14. OF this sum the HALEY
Office received tl3,OlS. "a, or so per
cent.
From these figures we can deduce
this important lesson, that while we,
in common with our neighborina
towns, feel the pressure OF the hard
times, yet of all shipping points in the
Wood River country we make the
best showing.
The railroad officials allow 10 per
cent. of these receipts for the Wood
River Branch; the remainder IS
assigned to the main line. BY follow.
ing this system Of computation they
figure the earnings as follows:
From freight traff,c. ...............$ So, 5o7 s:
| from passenger trafhc. ............... 266i q
Gross earnings for year .......... s2s,7ss 6.
This statement is defective in this
that it fails to show earnings between
stations on the Branch line, either fol
freight or passenger business. The
operating expenses are figured at t32,'
1854, thus showing that the com
pany lost during the year in operating
their road $3,543.2O, exclusive o.
taxes. At this point the query viii
J suggest itself to the inquiring mind
if a road that transacts . business
amounting to nearly . quarter of /.
million dollars yearly, 1t . cost o
$32,l0 does not pay operating OK
, penses, will rsilreading pay any plao,
on earth, or under any condition
whatever?
? Taking oil things into considerable,
. the showing is good one for tho 2,
miles Of road reaching from shoshon,
to Ketchum. 1t must be bourne il
mind that for the last four years tn,
n farmers along tho line of the road hsv,
been scourged with . grasshoppe
plague. and both the miner and tn,
farmer have been oontendins
d with worse chronological specimen
. than the grasshopp.r-sn anima
Known As the gold bug. There i.
limit to the ravages of the gra.shoppe
= but the nav of the gold bug i
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-27

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20

Hayre, after Marseilles, the greatest
seaport of France, is far better pre-
pared than Hamburg and Antwerp to do
successful battle with the cholera. The
city stretches over broad territory; its
streets ere wide and clean, there is no
crowdlng of its population into cramped
and unwholesome quarters, and its SAM
tary condition is almost perfect. Bavre
Is in every sense q modern city and one
Of the cleanest in the world. The chol-
era was kept we'll in hand by the medi-
cal authorities at Havre. The most
serious menace which this city presents
10 America lies in the fact that 1t is the
seaport OF Paris, and that travellers
coming from Paris to this country must
pass through Havre, and also that the
greater part OF Havre's immense trade
Is with American ports.
Cholera in the Harbor.
Wednesday, Aug. 81, 1892, the chol-
era entered New York harbor and
knocked loudly for admission. 1t came
by the steamer Moravia OF the Hamburg
Lima twantv-two--o of -whose- steera2e
passengers died OF the plague en- route.
The coming of the cholera was not unex-
pected, and it found the health officers
of New York and port fully prepared to
cope with its advance. Healtn Olncer
jenkins at once ordered the Moravia to
lower quarantine, the President issued
proclamation declaring that all ships
sailing from infected ports should be
kept in quarantine for twenty days
after their arrival in any port in this
country, and the New York Board oil
Health issued rules for the prevention
Of the cholera.
The Moravia was followed in quick
succession by the Normannia, the
Rugia, the Scandal. and the Bohemia
from Hamburg, and the Wyoming from
Liverpool, all of which brought the
plague with them, and it was seen thai
only an aggressive and unnagging cam
paign could prevent the disease from
gaining a firm foothold here. Prepare
| lions Tor such campaign were at once
begun. These pl operations present de
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20
A DRUNKEN ELEPHANT.
Raises a Big Rumpus in n Circus In In
diana.

Raises a Big Rumpus In Circus In IN
diana.
The mistake of careless keeper in
the menagerie of Ringing Brothers
circus, while exhibiting in Frankfort,
Ind, recently, almost resulted in the
killing of one Of the attendants and
the breaking loose of the wild AMI
mails OF the menagerie. Babe, the
biggest elephant Of the circus, was
taken with cramps, and the veter-
mary surgeon of the show prescribed
tablespoonful Of peppermint In a
pint Of whisky once in half an hour.
Ryan, the elephant keeper, procured
a Jug containing a gallon of whisky,
and Babe was given dose. Ryan had
occasion to leave the tent, and care
lessly left the jug within reach of the
elephant, who had had taste or the
contents. When Ryan returned he
was surprised to find the jug un-
corked and empty. Fearing discharge,
should his carelessness be discovered,
and knowing full well where the con-
| tents OF the Jug had gone, he fastened
to a nearby saloon to have 1t refilled
before the mistake should be found
out.
But 1t was not long before the ele-
phant began to develop symptoms oil
intoxication. The attention OF other
keepers was attracted by peculiar
noises, the like OF which they had
never heard before. They FASTENED
to the tent to find the huge brute
rocking from side to side with 9
peculiar light in its little eyes. One
OF the men took an elephant hook
and endeavored to calm the excited
beast, but the medicine was not OF
soothing nature, and Babe became
very angry. With remarkably quicl
mosion the keeper was seized by TIT
elephants trunk, and after beinI
held aloft fully minute was VIC
lently thrown about twenty-five feet
fortunately, striking against the sid
of the tent and narrowly missing
, pole.
With a single mighty effort th
I chains yerea broken and Babe wa
e free. Staggering from side to side
2 the animal commenced Wild ram
page through the menagerie. IN
other elephants we're panic-stricken
and the Gagged animals made ma
z efforts TO free themselves. The tan
& OF the hippopotamus was in the pat
e of the Keeling elephant, and wit
g loud trumpetings 1t commenced a
|. attack which would have shortly d.
K molished the cage had not the keeI
Ie ers succeeded in entangling the les
y OF the elephant In ropes In such
l. manner that 1t was rendered hell
less. In two hours the effects OF III
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20

strengthen its foothold. In August q
number of Russian Jews, driven from
home by the relentless prosecutions OF
the Cars government, arrived at Ham
burg to take passage for America. They
brought the cholera with them, and were
isolated In camp above the city and
on the banks OF the Elbe. The drainage
of the camp emptled into the Elbe, from
which Hamburg draws its water supply,
and before the people of the endangered
city knew even OF its presence the chol-
era was epidemic among them
Unprepared 20 Resist II.
The coming OF the plague found the
municipal authorities of Hamburg
wholly. unpropared to stay It's progress.
There were, says correspondent, no
hospitals, no medical service, no ambu-
lances, no nurses, no dead houses, no
facilities for burying the dead, and the
grizzly and repellant scenes since en-
acted there beggar description. In six
weeks fully II, 100 people fell victims to
the plague In Hamburg. or this num-
Der nearly half died.
From Hamburg the cholera spread tc
Antwerp, Havre, Paris, Bremen, Am.
eterdam. BRUSSELS, and Rotterdam anc
gained a firm foothold in each OF the
cities named, but Antwerp and Havr'
are the ones which, after Hamburg
presented the gravest menace TO th'
welfare Of the United States. Amt
werp Is the chief seaport OF Belgium
and In It's harbor are always to b
found vessels from every country on tn
globe. Its streets, however, are mar
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20
Curlou. Kailwax Rellc.

Among various trophies secured by
Chief Smith of the Transportation
department, during his recent visit
to Europe, is small brass pocket
piece resembling an ordinary baggage
check, which is worth a great deal
more than its weight in gold. 1t is
of octagon shape and on one side Is
stamped the inscription AZ. and s.
Railway" "Bagworth No. 29." On
the opposite side the number Is re-
peated. This fortunately preserved
relic represents the kind and form OF
ticket in use in 1892 for ~open car
rage passengers" on the Leicester and
Swannington Railway"
The distance covered by the main
line was a trifie over sixteen miles,
and the passenger fares charged were
one and one-quarter pence per mile.
There was one class only, and passen-
gers stood up In an open carriage,
generally known as tub, which was
nothing better than high-sided
goods wagon, having no top, no seats,
no spring buffers. These brass tick
cts were used to the various stations,
the guard of the train carrying a
leather bag something in the style of
a collection box, having eight sepa-
rate divisions, one for each station.
At the end of each passengers jour
ney his ticket was taken up and
placed In the bag by the guard, to be
returned, recorded on the books, and
! agaia used. Chicago Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20

fully inspected and compelled 70 show .
clean bin OF health. Each Storage
passenger IL critically examined and his
or her temperature taken.
The State OF Now York owns two
islands In the lower bay, Hoffman and
Swinburne, which are used for quaran-
tine purposes. II suspicious symptoms
are developed the patients showing
them are at once taken to Hoffman
Island, named after the late Gov. Hon-
man. covers several acres, and can ac-
commodate about 900 people. 1t con-
tains several germ-proof disinfectlng
dorinitorities, operated by the sulphur
and steam system, and with these the
baggage and clothing OF infected imi-
migrants are thoroughly disinfected.
The cargo OF the steamer by which they
arrive is also fumigated with great care.
Suspected immigrants, as soon as they
reach Hoffman Island. are carefully
washed and scrubbed, and supplied
with fresh clothing. The water IN
which they battle Is disinfected before
1t is discharged into the bay. All OF
their food Is cooked by steam. The
hospital on Swinburne Island con-
tains accommodations for large num-
Der, and its appointments are very
complete. The bodies OF those who die
are at once burned In crematory that
has been built on the island.
To accommodate the overflow from
Hoffman Island large quarantine
camp was established on the Govern
ment reservation at Sandy Hook. This
camp was completed in less than week.
and could accommodate IL, 900 people.
The cabin passengers Of vessels ar
irving from infected ports were de-
tanned on the vessels themselves, the
old war ship New Hampshire, ana al
Fire Island. The New Hampshire,
hastily fitted up for the purpose, had
accommodations for several hundred
people. Fire Island. which is not an
island at all, but the end OF long, mar
row strip of land between the ocean
and the Great South Bay, about forty
miles from New York, contains large
splendid Accommodations for seHviccffS q
hundred people, and has just been pur-
chased by the State of New York FOL
| the sum of S310, 900. Following the
purchase OF Fire Island, the baymen
who live thereabouts objected TO the
landing of passengers, on the plea thai
It would ruin their trade in fish and oys-
ters; the militia were called out to OPP
pose them. and for time blOodshed was
feared, but in the end the laymen ceased
their opposition.
There is q life-saving station on the
| island and Western Union sigma
tower, from which the arrival OF al
European vessels Is telegraphed TO thu
city. Our illustrations show health
officer in the act of boarding newl,
| arrived vessel, the quarantine station a
Hoffman Island. and the fleet OF quaran
tined greyhounds lying at anchor in thu
lower bay.
Precautions within tho City.
Aside feom the stringent quarantine
maintained in the harbor extra precau
tions were taken in the city prope
against the spread OF the cholera. Tn
New York Board OF Health exercised al
the resources at it's command. Sus
pected cases were taken at once to tn
willard Parker Hospital, where the,
were carefully isolated, while thei
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20
K.ntuokx Mountaineer..

In Mr.. James Lane Aliens inter
esting book, "The BLUEGRASS Region
of Kentucky" one chapter is devoted
to the inhabitants OF the Cumberland
Mountains. They are abjectly poor,
for the most part. AS the author
expresses it, "They appear to have no
sense of accumulation. an some
regions the great problem of life is to
raise two dollars and half during
the year for county taxes" Agri-
cultural methods are primitive. The
plow is a "bull-tongue"-little more
than sharpened stick with metal
rim. Formerly the digging of sang"
ginseng, was one Of the principal oc-
equations. Much of it was shipped
to China. The crop is now nearly
exhausted, although in some of the
wilder regions whole families may
still be seen out sangin'."
The people took IL into town in
bags, selling 1t at dollar and ten
cents-perhaps dollar and a half
a pound. This was mainly the labor
of the women and children, who
went to work barefooted, amid bril-
ers and chestnut burrs, copperheads
and rattlesnakes. Indeed, the wom-
an prefer to go barefooted, finding
shoes trouble and constraint.
1t was sad day for the people
when the Sang" grew scarce. A few
years ago one Of the counties was
nearly depopulated in consequence of
the exodus into Arkansas, whence
had come the news that sang" was
plentiful
The dwellings-often mere cabins
with a single room-are built OF
rough-hewn logs, chinked or daubed,
though not always. One mountain
eer, called into court to testify
as to the household goods OF a
defendant neighbor, gave in as the
| inventory: A string OF pumpkins, a
skillet without handle, and wild
Bill" A wild Bill" is a bed made
by boring auger-holes in a log, driv'
ing sticks into these, and OVERLAPPING
them with hickory bark and sedge.
grass-a favorite couch.
The low chimneys, made usually Of
laths daubed, are so low that the
saying, inelegant but true, is current
that you may sit by the fire inside
and spit out over the top. The
cracks in the walls are often large
enough to give ingress and egress t.
child or dog.
Naturally there is little desire TO
education. The mountain schools
have sometimes less than half doz
en- pupils for the few months the,
are in session. A gentleman VIII
wanted a coal bank opened engaged
for the work man passing along tn
road. Some days later he Learned
that his workman was school teach
er who, in consideration of the seven
ty-Ave cents day, had dismissed hi
academy.
Many of the people, allured by RI
mors from the West, have migrate
thither, but nearly all come BAG
from love of the mountains and IL
disposition to cope with the rush an
vigor and enterprise OF frontier life
, Theirs, they say, is a good iaz
/ mans home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20
s,rnnr. Condolences.

Whenever condolences are under
discussion Captain A. Z. Anderson,
of the Hudson River steamer Mary
Powell, tells OF two odd cases which
he "ran up against" one day during
the summer of 1889. His steamer
was Lying at the foot Of Vestry street,
Poughkeepsie, when a man boarded
her and said to the Captain:
Il have lost my trunk, and cannot
tell if it was taken off the boat or
not"
Captain Anderson quite naturally
asked:
what is your name?"
"A. f. Anderson" was the reply.
"My initials and surname exactly,
returned the Captain.
"My full name is Ambrose Eltingt
Anderson" was the strangers next
retOrt.
Almost dumfounded, he found
that the Captains name was thu
same, letter for letter.
The same afternoon an elderly lad,
boarded the Mary Powell at New
berg, remarking to the Captain, al
she handed in her ticket, that he
name was Mary Powell also. UpoI
carefully inspecting the ticket will
the Captains name upon 1T, she con
tinued:
a see your name is A. e. Ander
son. My maiden name was Ander
son, and my fathers full name wa
Ambrose Eltinge Anderson"
The Mary Powel's captain fled Il
terror, declaring that his boat wa
bewitched.-St Louis Republic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20

homes were quarantined and disinfected
without delay. A large floating hospital
was also fully equipped and stationed in
the East River ready for an emergency.
At Portland, Boston. Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and other Atlantic ports a
rigid quarantine was instituted, and the
same Is true of the Pacific coast, where
there was q possibility OF the cholera
entering the country from Siberia. On
both coasts the life-saving crews were
instructed TO be on the watch, and to
report any vessel that attempted to land
passengers without proper permit. In
Canada all passengers from injected
ports were held at Crosse Island, forty
miles from Quebec, for inspection and
disinfection, and immigrants coming
from Canada into the United States
were subjected to a sect nd inspection
at different points on the frontier.
Mexico also declared q quarantine
against vessels from infected European
ports, so there was little prospect OF the
cholera creeping into the United States
from that quarter.
According TO the best authorities the
various cities Of the country were never
better equipped to resist an invasion o.
the cholera. The greatest danger OF Q
spread OF the plague, should it ever sue
coed in securing footing here, lies II
the foul and overcrowded slums, OF ou
great cities, where thousandsof human
beings-ignorant. vicious and depravet
swarm like rats in hole, and by thei
habits and modes Of life daily invite
disease. New York City has 3OO,O0
such people. and Boston, Chicago an
other large cities have them in equa
proportion. They are the darkest an
most menacing cloud in a threatenin
horizons cloud that must make eve
the most hopeful pause and tremble
Cholera once epidemic among this ele
ment. the wisest and most enlightene
precaution would not prevent them fror
dying in swarms, like vermin by tn
roadside.