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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-09
Five Bad Men Hold Up a Passenger
Train in Alabama.
THE PISTOLS LOOKED big
Took Registered Mail, Wounded Postal
Clerk by Shooting At Him for Fun
Robbers Followed, Their Trail Lost.

Birmingham, Ala, April 4.-Ihe
boldest train robbery ever commit
ted in Alabama occurred near
Weems, on the Georgia Pacific rail.
road, eight miles east of here, at 1
o'clock this morning. A band of
masked men, numbering not less
than five, held up train No. So, east
bound. The train carried no sx-
press and only registered mail COM
posed the booty. The robbery was
skillfully planned and we'll exc
cuted. Weems is nothing but a
telegraph Office, and just as the
train was pulling out several men,
some wearing masks and others
with faces painted, boarded the
forward platform of the mail car.
Once under Roadway, one of the
men climbed over the tender car
rying two cooked revolvers in his
hands.
Fireman Brown was sprinkling
the coal with hose, when he saw
the man with the pistols rise up
out of the tender and order him to
stop. Advancing toward Engineer
William Spinks, the highwayman
said: "Stop your train right he~e
or I'll kill you" The engineer
obeyed. The robber was small
man and had his face painted. AS
the train slowed up near trestle
in a lonely place among the m oun-
tains, two other men with pistols
mounted the cab, taking the place
of the first, who left the engine and
went back to the mail car. Two
men wearing masks began firing
into the mail car, while the first
man kept firing on the outside to
intimidate the passengers, none Of
whom showed themselves. rs
this the express car? Where's
your safe?" said one of the robbers,
who entered the mail car at the
same time firing at Postal Clerk
P. R. Hughes, who resisted their
entrance. "This is the mail car"
said Hughes.
The robbers then fired at Hughes
legs, telling him they just wanted
to see how near they could shoot
at his legs without hitting them.
He received several flesh wounds.
Hughes was then forced to cut
open the pouches and empty their
contents into a bag, which the rob-
bers took and left the car. They
got eighty-five packages, but the
amount of money the packages
contained is not known.
The robbers took to the woods
and were tracked by officers, who
went out in a special three hours
later, as far as Irondale. One of
the registered packages was found
near fence and further on was a
smoldering camp fire. At Irondale
they stole two mules from Smith &
Co. and rode them across the
mountain beyond Gate City, where
the mules were afterwards found
tied to a tree. 1t is believed the
robbers boarded an East Lake
dummy ard came to this city.
The trail was lost at Irondale.
The government has offered a
reward Of 81 900 for their capture.
There is no clew to the identity of
the robbers, but it is believed they
are the same men who attempted
to wreck and rob the Louisville and
Nashville train at Boyles Sunday
night. Clerk Hughes says that one
of the men who robbed his car
looked like a mulatto.
Engineer Spinks says it is the
third time in his life he has been
held up while at the throttle and
everv TINA fho piatols 1ook h;oOor
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-09
BUCKLENS' ARNICA SALVE.

The Best Salve in the world for cuts bruis-
es, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Series
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns
and all Skin Erup,ions, and positively cnres
Piles or no pay required. 1t is guatantee to
give perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price IS cents per box. For sale by H. D.
Blatchley.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-09

Papa" said a talkative little
girl, Fam l made Of dust?" "No,
my child; if you were you would
dry up once in a while.-San Fran.
cisco Wasp.
81 wouldn't marry the best man
in creation" said Estelle. "That
let's let's me out" said Chappie
Farewell forever. New York
Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
pau,ine Lucca,s Training School.

Baroness Won Walhofen, better known
by her stage name of Pauline Lucca,
has established an operate training
school in her beautiful villa at Glnun-.
dan, lin saT,per. Austria. A private; thea
tersis attached to this villa and during:
the summer season, when Gmunden is
thronged with all the great world of
Vienna, the baroness proposes to give
entertainments in behalf of local chari
ties, at which her proteges will make
their debut. As she is exceedingly
wealthy, her Organization of this school
must be regarded rather as prompted
by a love Of art than by any pecuniary
consideration. She has selected the
we'll known Viennese basso, Robert
Muller, as the dramatic teacher and
stage manager. The baroness was a
very warm friend of Emperor Will
liam. who conferred upon her the title
of court cantatrice. Prince Bismarck,
too, was one of her most devoted admir-
ers in days gone by and on one occasion
had himself photographed with her
Copies of this photograph are still ex-
tant.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
The sanrasis of India.

Popular belief in India still credits
Sanyasis and other holy vagabonds with
miraculous powers. Even the native
journals often chronicle marvels like the
instantaneous cure Of incurable diseases,
or the feeding Of thousands out Of a
small measure Of rice. One of these
prints gives description of how saint
ly Sanyasi saved the lives Of certain
raiah and his escort from wild sele-
phant. AS the party was proceeding
through the Lower 'Hinalayas mon
strous tusker broke out Of the jungle
and set to trnmpeting. The rejah and
his followers were considerably scared,
and were giving themselves up for lost
when noble looking Sanyasis appeared,
and, standing in front Of the travellers,
told them to shout certain order to the
elephant This done, the animal bolted
into the jungle, while the savior of the
rajah and his party vanished without
waiting to be thanked.-Ph Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
some Remarkable Pipes.

Mr.. N. G. Barney, a retired New York
banker, has an interesting collection Of
pipes. One Of themFrepresents the trunk
of an old tree, around which are grouped
a party of sporting gentlemen with their
guns and dogs, enjoying hunters meal.
One of the members of the party is clev-
erly shown to be cutting with his jack
knife the name N. G. Barney OH the
trunk of the tree, to commemorate, no
doubt, tho occasion. Each figure is a
correct likeness of an individual mem
Der of the party. The owners name is
also carved on each of the game bags,
and the delicate network around them is
true to nature.
In this collection are also few pipes
that came from Alaska. Fhey were
made of walrrs tusks by the Eskimos.
Another remarkable piece is cigar
holder, on which is carved Gordon set
ter, a favorite dog belonging to the
owner. 1t is perfect image of the dog,
and from smoking the meerschaum had
acquired brownish red color, which is
exactly thecolor of the dog.-Collector.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
way Or this waX.E
HOW TO DODGE THE AIR FIEND.

dOW III OODUG IAb AIN 1ASANDs
From Lieutenant Finley's book.]
shown to be in northwest Missouri and
the adjacent regions. In southeastern
Missouri and the neighboring portion
of Arkansas, on the other hand, such
storms are very rare, even as low an ele-
vation as that Of the Ozarks giving great
protection. 1t is much more to the pur
pose to learn from Lieutenant Finley
land many people had already learned
it by observatory that tornadoes and
hurricanes can generally be foreseen and
to great extent escaped.
The key facts are these: They almost
invariably travel from south Of west to
north of east, their track is generally
very narrow and they are preceded by
signs which any intelligent person can
recognize. First there is a dead and
sultry calm, usually with puffs of hot
wind as if from a furnace. When this
has lasted an hour or SO clouds 'boiling
up like muddy water i.re seen in the
southwest; above them the clouds are
sometimes gray and sometimes like the
smoke from burning building. In
either case the general appearance is SC
unusual as to be alarming.
It is then time to get into your s'stor1n
pitt" if you have one, or into the cellar
and close into its southwest corner. But
generally the open air is best, for if the
coming terror is q funnel shaped hu,-
ricane it is very rarely more than few
rods wide. If you see that it is coming
on like a narrow column of cloud then
run to the northwest or southeast. Never
in any other direction. The funnel
may always be avoided thus, but in the
case of tornado the storm pit" is your
refuge.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
The Growth of Cities.

An English paper, in speaking of the
rapid growth of American towns, says
that England can show some remark
able examples of that kind, too, the most
notable being the town of Crewe, which
has grown from hamlet of fifty-one
souls in 1881 to place of 80. 900 popula-
ton in 1892. In the United States there
is scarcely city which has advanced at
all which cannot boast of a greater
growth than 10000 in sixty years. Be-
sides, there are now scores of places
which were not in existence until Crewe
was quarter of a century old and yet
surpass it in populatloa.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

At this juncture statesman Of emil
nence who owed much to the paper
came to the rescue. He had been pub
lie prosecutor for years, knew the record
of every crook and criminal in the coun-
ty and held in his hands the power to
crush many Of them. He summoned
them one by one to his Office and made
each detail his knowledge of the plaint-
ifs. The result was record which
caused the judge to declare that during
the progress of the trial he had to pinch
himself to be sure he was not dreaming.
The original case was practically ig-
nored. It was shown that the plaintiffs
were of family of professional crimi-
nails, one that had been such for four
generations. Judge and jury agreed
that such people could not be libeled.
And it turned out after all that the orig
inal publication was true, though it was
not proved on the trial.
The last affair to interest the whole
English speaking world was that of Par
nell and the London Times, in which
Parnell won. Other recent and familiar
cases are more amusing than serious.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly sued for $780,
600 and got six cents. At least nine
times out Of ten these suits end in much
the same way. Historically the subject
is of intense interest. In England and
America alike the press has been grow
ing freer for two centuries, and in read
ing the old cases one wonders how men
could have published papers at all.
British law has always laid great
stress upon any feature in a libel calcu-
lated to stir up strife, whether between
individuals or nations, and under this
law the notorious Lord George Gordon,
protestant Champion" was, in 17SS,
sent to Newgate for seven years for an
atrocious libel on the queen of France.
He professed conversion to Judaism
and died in prison Nov. 1, 1898. Sim
ilarly Tom Paine was indicted in Lon
don for publishing his ''Rights of Man,
fled to France and was outlawed. The
only attempt at that sort Of thing in the
United States took form in the famous
eAlien and Sedition Laws" Since they
expired an American can libel foreigners
ad libitum, as witness the "war editori-
ais" and speeches at various public meet
ings. The American press is free in
deed, but where all are free some will
be licentious, and that the whole law of
libel is in an unsatisfactory condition
none are freer to admit than the editors
themselves. J. y. BEApLE.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

heads had done the mischief. In the
text the newly made husband was ae
sc1ibed as s'a very illiterate fellow, but
prosperous grocer in negro settie-
n1ent, to which he has taken his wife"
The managing editor had received the
manuscript at late hour, glanced over
it hastily, got a false impression and the
result was the misleading heads. Worse
followed. West and south the item was
widely COPIED, the retraction apparently
overlooked, and so millions of readers
have it in their minds as an actual and
very bad case of New Jersey miscegena-
ton.
The managing editor of The Mail and
Express was just beginning to breathe
freely when The Evening Telegram was
sued by Anthony Comstock, The Times
by publishing firm, The Herald by
mining firm and The Sun by Fred Geb-
hard and Pierre Lorillard, the last two
asking for $50, 900 each. At the close Of
the week Foster Coates, who, recently
left The Mail and Express for The
Press, declared that there was but one
paper in New York not sued }or other
wise in trouble, and that was The Ban
ner of Zion. The Sun had published
that Pierre Lorillard lost 1925, 900 at
baccarat and had spoken Of Fred Geb-
hard as blackguard. None Of the
suits amounted to much.
The Chicago Times has probably spent
more money on libel suits than any other
American journal. And a strange fea-
ture is that its worst losses were in cases
where it had been artistically deceived.
Several years ago The Times received
an elaborate account of a fearful scan
dal at Rockford, Ills, involving one
prominent politician and the daughter
of another. The editor hesitated, but
the next day several letters came, all in
different hand writings, giving details
as if from different standpoints, and SO
next morning an article appeared. There
was not word of truth in the story. It
was a most ingenious fraud and the
author was never certainly discovered.
Of the many resulting suits some were
tried FIVE times. The final payment Of
damages was very small, but Mr. Storey
admitted that he had paid out many
thousands of dollars in lawyers fees and
hunting evidence.
A still more curious case convulsed an
eastern city some years ago. An even
ing paper gave thrilling account of
four attempts to murder a young mar
ried woman by eonnivance of her hus-
band. When suit was brought and the
reporter was called on for his proof, it
was discovered that his main witness
was in the penitentiary at Joliet, Ills,
the next in Importance in the New York
penitentiary at Auburn, and the third
was police sergeant, who declared he
had told the reporter no such thing.
Ruin to the publishers seemed certain.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
Nd reo,ested him to throw up his

and requested him to throw up his
hands. -
..Did YOU ever hear woman scream
at The s.ght of a mouse? That's lust the
wav this young fellow screamed when
he saw the 1auzsle Of my gun-and l, as
soon "a saw the scared, fearful face
tnrned TO mine, knew as we'll as l know
now that the famous bandit known as
Foxey was only woman.
..Sbe seemed to Trust me, somehow,
and pretty soon had the whole story
from, M her. Then / sat down and talked
to her like brother; and the result was
that next day the road agents missed
their leader, and inside Of fortnight
Miss Jean Wilson was back here in Chi
cago at her studies again.
II need not say that this gentle ban
dit who ruined the business Of the l..
and a. company, took not one cent of
tbe proceeds, and never permitted any
of the hand to interfere with Uncle
SANS mail, The latter fact accounts in
a measure for their success, for Uncle
Sam is bad man to interfere with. The
former fact, I think, had TO do to some
extent with the strong hold which
Foxey had over his subordinates, al
though they must have had good deal
of faith in his demonstrated ability as
an executive. The band was broken up
not long after Foxey's disappearance
and three Of the men were caught, but
they didn't know any more concerning
their mysterious ex-chief than did the
public at large"
"And-and Miss Wilson isl
Hallegan's eyes twinkled: sis waiting
for us. Let us join her," he said.-R. L.
Ketchum in Argonaut.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
A Steamboat Inventor.

James Rumsey was one Of the inventors
of the steamboat. When denied his rights,
as he believed, in his native country he
went abroad and obtained patents in
England, France and Holland. In 1892
he demonstrated to the satisfaction Of
the English that boat could be pro
PEELED in shallow river against rapid
current by the force of the same cur
rent, the power being reversed, SO 10
speak, by means of settling poles
against the bottom. The money was
put up for a series of experiments on the
Thames, when he died suddenly in the
midst of his preparations. He was born
in MARYLAND in 1743.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

Thornton, Professor Montague Bernard
and Lord Alfred Tenterden, commission
ers on the part of the British government,
and Secretary of State Hamilton Fish,
Justice Nelson, General Schenck, Attor-
ney General Il. r. Hoar, Senator Will
hams and Hon. Bancroft Davis. United
States commissioners, who signed the
treaty for the settlement of the Alabama
claims in 1871.
Mrs. Carson's gift to the queen has
been transferred from Buckingham
palace and now hangs on the walls of
ST. Georges hall, which is the official
designation of the banquet room of
Windsor castle. international Arbi-
tration" is, however, worthy of praise
apart from the lesson taught by it. The
execution is said by competent critics
to be remarkably good, and as work
of art alone it is highly commendable.
The artist, fGr. Frank G.. Carpenter, won
fame some years ago as the painter Of
the picture commemorating President
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
This work now hangs in the national
Capitol and is greatly admired by visit
ors. Mrs. Carson's thougtfulness in Sc
curing international Arbitration" for
the purpose of presenting it to the queen
on behalf Of American women has been
commended everywhere.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
THE DEADLY TORNADO.
Some Pointers of Value to Those Living
Where 1t Prevails.

Some Pointers of Value to Those Living
Where 1t Prevails.
The month of April opened, with
storms in the west over a wider area
than has been known for many years,
and from Lake Michigan almost to THE
Rocky mountains there were many lines
of destruction. The people have not
yet learned how to guard against these
destructive phenomena, though scien
lists insist that much may be done in
that direction. They are called cyclones,
but are in fact tornadoes and hurricanes.
as the cyclone occurs only on the ocean.
Their causes are plain enough: vast
stretch of country without mountains
and a climate in which extreme heat
often prevails for several days. Amer.
lea is thus the natural home of the tor.
nado, while Europe is exempt because
mountain chains extend in nearly all
directions from the central upheaval, SO
to speak. In the United States for the
same reason West Virginia is exempt,
and Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky
nearly SO; but as soon as we pass the
southern limit of the higher Alleghanies
we find broad tornado belt from cen
tral Mississippi to North Carolina.
Lieutenant John P. Finley, of the
United States army, has compiled the
results of observations for two centuries
and presented map of storms which is
in the highest degree suggestive. The
storm center of the United States is thus
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

was it mailed when still more savage
letter arrived from him with pointed
references to his lawyer and demand
for his original manuscript. 1t was pro-
duced. and behold there was not word
in If to the effect that any white girl had
married a negro.
Then the printed article was scanned,
and all parties were amazed to find that
in il also there was no such statement.
Yet every one who read it had got the
impression that there was. The scare
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

war. The Incl
dent is also note
worthy from the
fact that it tends
to knit together
more closely the
two great Eng
lish speaking ma
'tions of the
world. The paint
ing contains the
portraits of Earl
Ripon, Sir Stat
ford Northcote,
Sir John Macdon-
aid, Sir Edward
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
ROSAMoND.

In her moire see her sit
Gown of antique sheen,
Great blurred roses over it
Sunk in nossy green.
A rose her dainty corsage holds
4 rose within her hair,
And as she stirs her silken folds
A rose scent in the air.
Der her antique, rose blurred gown
Sec her fingers fit.
While envy, looking down,
Every rose of it.
would I were silllen thread.
That they might weave of me-
Upon an antique Eoire bed,
A gocdly rose to see.
Would ! were rose, art born,
Sunk in fern green frond,
That, 'nong the rest, might adoIn
A gown for Rosafnond.
Nay, would I were living rose
She'd be more soft and fond
That might kiss her bosom close,
Then die for Rosamond-
-Lulah Ragsdale in Detroit FREQ Press.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
Prese u.ed to the Queen.

The presentation to Queen Victoria by
Mrs. Julinah Richards Carson, an Ameri-
can lady, of Frank G. Carpenters his
toric painting, ''International Arbitra.
tion," and its acceptance by her majesty
with every indication of sincere pleas
ure, are straws indicating that the winds
of public opinion are setting in the direc-
ton of arbitration as substitute for
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09
FAMOUS LIBEL SUITS.
How Very Seldom the Plaintiff Gains
Anything.

Editor Godkin's Iishap-Funny Expe.-
rience of George Jones, of the New
York Times-Ignatius Donnelly Gets Six
Cents and Mr.. Mal1oy $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

r. EDWIN L.
GODKIN, of the
New York Even
ing Post, is a
constitutional re-
former and a vig-
orous assailant.
Add that he is a
north of Ireland
man and began
his literary ca
reer by writing a
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

Clean out the currant bushes and
other small fruit plants.-Southern Cul1
tivatoy, - "A
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-09

robbers-I knew him in spite Of his
mask. There were only four Of the road
agents on this occasion.
"They pulled out, leaving us orders
not to touch our arms (Which they had
stacked on the ground) for twenty min
utes, under penalty Of getting shot. But
one Of our party was devil-may-care
chap, and no sooner were the bandits
gono than he walked right over to the
pile of guns and picked his out, remark
ing that he didn't believe there were
any road agents around just then And
there weren't.
"Well. the result Of this fellows fool
hardness was that we concluded it
would be money in our pockets to get
on the trail Of those four road agents, SO
we started after them, separating little
distance from each other. We followed
them all the afternoon, but couldn't find
a trace.
"You know how the old Muleshoe
trail is? Well, the driver had gone on,
agreeing to meet us on the other side of
the shoe-it is only three or four miles
across.
81 was just about making up my mind
to join the other fellows, and had
stopped to think of the best way to cross
the creek, when heard queer sound,
like o woman sobbing. Hooked eau
tiously around, and there, within two
rods Of me, was the young road agent,
crying as if his heart weuld break.
There was nobody else there, it was
nlaip TO he seen. SO I quietly sneaked I'D