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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

on the American flag. And he VOL lid
have done it.
What the lawyers and diplomatiDts
will do about Benham it were in vain
to predicate. 1t is clear that Benham's
prompt defense of our flag has struck
the peoples heart. No American but
will feel prouder as he realizes the
power of his country in these far south
ern seas, as he feels that brave men
are ever on watch and ward to give
the American in honest pursuits the
protection of his country. In this we
have the prestige, the true grandeur
of a nation. And as well as we can
understand the proceedings of Admiral
Benham, they are in keeping with his
character. We note the absence of
bluster or menace; the patient, careful
way in which he studied the ease-his
warnings to the insurgents; his efforts
to avoid controversy by keeping them
out of trouble, and all else failing,
courtesy, persuasion, reason, argu-
ment, friendly good will-that final
appeal to his guns, and the memorable
declaration that he would treat as a
pirate whoever fred on his flag.
JOHN RUSSELL IoUSG.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

The rcviyals 81 today are conducted
very differently from those Of ten
wears ago. The old way was TO Brighten
sinners with terrible stories of an
everlasting hell until they were driven
from sheer sense Of fear into the in
auiry room. where experience meet
inrs" were depended on 20 do the rest.
All is now changed The all powerful
love 81 Jesus Chris, is the appeal.
Gods love and forgiveness the theme,
Personal solicitation has superseded
the experience meeting, where each
hardened wretch tried TO Guido his
peighbor IN realistic story OF sin and
repentaucc. Services are held daily
in forty Brooklyn churches. They
differ only as the characteristics O.
the cyangclists differ The songs with
which the meetings are opened lead
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

and the man who Is being sued by Col.
lngersoil for libel. is at the head and
front of the Brooklyn movement lie
Is chairman of the central committee.
body made up of seventeen clergy
men Of all denominations, which sup
plies the money. This committee a
few weeks ago engaged eyangelists Of
international reputation To come TO
Brooklyn and help in the work. George
c. Needham, the colaborer OF Moody;
Henry A. Marley Of London, w. T..
Needham and Thomas Needham, Arthur
Crane, Edward J. Parker of London,
Fred Schiverea, the noted tent worker
of Chicago. and score Of other evan
gelists are working day and night.
| Great attention has been given 10
I the music. Many of the best sOlOists
in the city choirs have given their
voices for this work.
Last week the central committee de-
cided that the movement had assumed
such proportions that the body could
not adequately take care Of il, SO the
responsibility was delegated 10 the
rightful authorities, and notice was
given that every pastor in the city
must attend 10 those nearest his own
doors. For three weeks meetings have
been held in thirteen churches every
evening During the day two meet
ings have been kept up. This week
more churches will be opened every
night and the day meetings will be
continued The attendances at all OF
these meetings have been phenomenal
Every church Is crowded People
; willingly stand for hours After
meetings draw more people thanTver
They seem loath 20 leave the church.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

In France, the bulk of the revenue
comes, as in England and the United
States, from indirect taxes; but the
French have a much greater range
and variety of imposts. In round
figures, the total annual revenue of
France for the past two or three years
has averaged about 300, 600, 600
francs, or $500, 900, 900 five francs
equaling one dollar. OF this amount,
., 600, 600, 900 francs accrue from indi-
rect taxes, of which 100000, 600 come
from customs dues on imports and the
rest from a great variety of internal
taxes. including a registration tax
which yields more than the custom
houses. a sugar tax that gives nearly
200. 600, 600 francs of revenue, a lucra-
tive group of stamp taxes on legal
papers and transactions, and various
imposts on liquor, etc. The direct
taxes are upon Land and buildings,
personal property, doors and windows,
trade licenses, etc, and amount alto
gether TO nearly 500 600, 900 of revenue.
The state monopolies Of tobacco and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

intercourse and in the closest intimacy,
and it is within my personal knowl-
edge that no one was more esteemed
bv the ex-Prcsident than the gallant
gentleman who has added new glories
to the American flag in Rio Janeiro.
Admiral Benham, as | know him, has
unique qualities He is pre-eminenuy
courteous, with supreme common sense.
viii not call him sailor of the old
school. because from what ] read Of
these departed heroes either in history
or fiction. they lacked many qualities
which modern taste eNacts from gen
tleman
The illustrious Nelson could not as
| have read. speak a sentence without
the Disagreement Of an oath. And
these types of the naval hero as drawn
by Cooper and Marryat are grewsome
characters TO whom authority meant
arrogance and injustice, and who
spent their time between the punch
bowl and the boatswain's cat The
eat with the nine tails was then the
tutelar naval deity. That degrading
and soul-deshoying custom OF hog
pinp with its ever present brutality
and frequent injustice, had a sad effect
not alone upon those who suffered
but those who caused the suffering
Bcnham has talent for silence;
rather reticent than otherwise; mod
est, with flashes of pleasantry' never
in n hurry nor Mt n loss as to what
should be done; firm, determined and
like most of the really brave men l
have known. ruling without ostenta.
ton or exhibition of temper lie mad
fathomed the profound thought thai
temper is either a weakness of intel
lect or disease of the nerves To out
ward showing the mildest of men, car
ing nothing FOR the rattle and noise OF
mower; indifferent to tritles ready to
overlook. forget or forgive venial
shortcomings, but like steel when an
essential thing came before him
can see those firm lips come together
aud those keen, earnest eyes flash, n
with courtesy of manner worthy q
Lord Chesterfield he informed th'
brazilian admiral in soft, gentle, hal
hesitating tones that he meant to pro
tect the humble Yankee skipper anC
that he would sink any ship that fire,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

tian religion. by eNery ono IliIs = az.
cepted as a direct result Of the hard
times In the past periods Of great
financial depression have been accom-
panied or closely followed by seasons
OF great religious citation. In 1851 this
was particularly TRUE; but all who are
watching the course Of present events
predict even more enormous gains 10
christianity IN 1894 than occurred then.
What that means may be guessed by
this
In tile winter Of is57-os John Mana-
maker was buying the land ON which
i'll, enormous dry goods store now
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

:, % tbc subject on which the evan
,rslist Il 10 speak The prayers Dear
H. 49, sono way. The remarks OF the
introductory speaker are but pre,'h u,
mary 20 the grand appeal when Is
made at the very last. -
when person rises for prayers ne
!, onrht ont after the meeting ana
= q card TO fill out with his name
residence and church preference,
r,saso cards are collected and turned
avcr 10 the pastor of the denomination
nrcfcrrcd by the penitent one
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

~ ~ q
PORTRAITS OF HART AND HIS VICTIMS
doubtedly the result of trouble in the
family over the division Of the estate
left by John Hart the father of the
defendant, who committed suicide two
years ago, leaving much valuable
property. The family consisted of
Mrs. Hart, two daughters and six
sons John, who was the oldest boy,
wanted the estate divided, while the
mother and sisters would not consent
to break up the homestead. Up to the
time Of the double murder the counsel
of Mrs. Hart and her daughters pre-
vailed, and the family lived together
on the farm. which prospered under
the management of the boys. The
day of the tragedy John was at home
alone with his mother and sisters.
During the afternoon Mrs. Hart left
| the house for a short time. 1t was
during her absence that Hart attacked
/ the two girls. killing Mary instantly
and fatally injuring Nellie. She died
! the following day, but made an ante
norton statement fixing the crime
upon her brother, John Hart. Harris
crime was most deliberate and fiendish.
No sooner had Mrs Hart left
the house than he called Nellie to the
barn and induced her to go with him
to the basement, where he nearly
pounded the life out of her and then
compelled her to drink a mixture Of
Paris green Not satisfied that the in
iuries ne had inflicted would prove
fatal, Hart completed his murderous
attack with two pistol shots. Leaving
the dying girl in the barn, the muir.
derer went to the front yard and at
tackled Mary. The girl was almost as
strong as her brother and made des-
perate fight for her life. The porch
where she had been sitting was stained
with blood and the surroundings
showed that terrible struggle had
taken place. The design of the aur-
derer was successfully executed, for
he left his sister dying upon the grass
As Mrs. Hart was returning to the
farmhouse she saw John gallop out of
the barnyard gate on an unsaddled
horse. Near the porch she was horri-
fed to find the dead body Of Mary.
The alarm was given. and search for
Nellie led to the discovery Of her
senseless body under the barn. She
was cared for and every effort made to
save her life. There was no hope,
however and to Attorney r. g. Me
Evoy. a partner Of states Attorney
Arthur H. Frost, she made her state
ment She was in terrible agony al
the time and her utterances were in
complete and disconnected, but left nc
doubt as to the guilt of John Hart
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

gunpowder and the postal and tele
graphic services yield a large revenue,
exceeding 6Oo 600, 600 francs. The pub
lie forests and various minor sources
make up the rest of the sum total
TO meet charges ON the public debt
the great sum of about 1900, 900, 600
francs is required. The army requires
an outlay of about 65o,o00, 600. The
maintenance of the navy costs about
es5. OOO, 600. Prom National Budgets,
American and European, in the Feb
ruarv Review of Reviews.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
Fnrlapd.s Fiscal system.

Great Britain has a wider range of
sources of national income than the
United States, Instead of two main
sources the British government has
four. The two largest are like our
own-import duties and internal
revenue tcxcise) on spirits. The other
two are the income tax and series of
imposts known as stamp taxes These
stamp taxes are collected on all kinds
of legal transactions, and the great
bulk OF them pertain to the settling OF
estates and are known as death duties.
i. e., taxes upon the probating Of
estates, upon legacies and upon sue
cessions Stamps upon deeds, receipts,
insurance policies. patent medicine
packages, and various papers and
transactions make up the rest. There
is small national land tax and q
house duty that yield some revenue,
and the operation of the postofice is
somewhat profitable. The elastic Gle
ment in the English system is the in
come tax, which is made higher o.
lower to meet the situation The con-
densed cxchequer receipts and ex-
psnditures for the British fiscal year
isQa-93 IN pounds sterling estimate
about s. to sd are as follows;
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

The house of keys, as the legislature
Of the Isle of Man is called, has just
passed a measure, duly sanctioned by
the governor, removing the civil disa-
bilities to which Roman Catholics have
until now been subjected in the island
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
l,alatlal Place OF Worship.

The new First Baptist church recent
ly dedicated at Galesburg, Ill. cost $50
o0n The building is li6xlO9 feet and
is a departure from the ordinary
structure, having neither steeple nor
basement and having the heating APP
paratus outside the church. The ma
terial is sandstone. The audience
room is sixty feet square and opening
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

FlanuelS and blankets may ba soaked
In a pail Of water containing one table
spocnful II ammonia and little suds,
Rub rs little Us 70 ,si5le and they will
he " lite and clean and viii uotshrink.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

into it is the Sunday school room. The
parlors, dining hall, kitchen and pas
tors study are on the second door
The woodwork is all in oak the cur
tains are of velour silk and the floors
are carpeted. The church was organ
lied in lS47, and its first little rude
edifce was the pioneer one in that
country
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
Popularity Of Certain Christian Names

According to statistics, Mary is the
most popular OF Christian names, fol-
lowed in order by William, John. Eliza
beth. Thomas, George, Sarah, James,
Charles. Henry. Alice, Joseph, Ann,
Jane. Ellen, Emily, Frederick. Annie.
Margaret, Emma, Eliza, Robert Arthur
Alfred. Edward.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
A royat Author

The crown prince Of Siam is among
the boy authors OF the world: he has
written several stories Tor English
childreus magazines and can write
ilaeatlv in three European languages.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

word, courteous, conservative gem
tleman who looks well into whatever
he does. Admiral Benham has written
his name on the list of naval heroes.
There has been no finer bit of work on
the part of naval commander in time
OF peace since 1853, when Commodore
lngraham. in Smyrna haFbor, sent
word TO an Austrian man-of-war, who
had kidnapped the Hungarian Koszta,
that unless Koszta was returned by 4
o'clock in the afternoon, he would
take him. The government gave In
graham medal, and Marcy, then sec
rotary of state, justified the com
manders action in letter 10 Chevalier
Hulsemann, the Austrian minister.
which stands as a masterpiece in dip
lomatic literature, and justifies Mr..
Marcy's fame as among our greatest
statesmen.
While reading this news from Brazil
recall Gen. Grants saying that he
thought Benham an ideal officer, and
that he did not believe there was q
clearer head and at the same time z
kinder heart in the service. Gen. Grant
spoke with unusual opportunities O
knowledge Benham was captain il
command Of the Richmond, which con
veyed Grant over the China seas. They
lived for months upon terms of daily
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

The idea Of an ancient tropical con-
tinent at the south pole uniting South
America, Madagascar and Australia Is
arousing considerable interest and dis
euSsiou in scientific circles.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

on account of their religion. 1t was
until n week or two ago the only spot
IN ;he British empire where Catholic
was debarred by reason of his religion
from exercising his full right of citizen
ship and from holding any office from
that of membership in the Legislature
10 that OF attorney or constable,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
Especial Correspondence /

4 lDAlA w \ ' II vi
religious enthus-
iasm is sweeping
over the United
States. Enormous
revival meetings
are being held IN
all parts Of the
country, and con
yerts by the thou
sand are processing
faith In the Chris
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
cnn,nmnllnn Sol ContngIon..

The Philadelphia board of health has
refused TO declare consumption TO oe y
contagious disease
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05

Since 1910 the worlds production of
meat has increased 81 PEE cent, that Of
grain 400 per cent
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
RECEIPTS

Including gross income from post
office, and various miscellaneous items
of revenue, the total income is 500,
395. 600.
Including expenses of postal and
telegraph service, and other INSECT
laneous outgoes, the total expenditure
is $50. 3t5, 600
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
LIKE AN AWAKENING.
HARD TIMES FILLS THE PLACES
OF WORSHIP.

good Help Me In MY Misery" seems TO
Bs the Cry OF impoverished Man
kind Scenes from the city Of
Churches.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
is THE HERO OF RIO.
ADMIRAL RENHAM TO HAVE y
PLACE IN HISTORY.
Cool, Courageous and Gentleman,
Every Inch of Him-HIs Name Has
Been Written In Glory by the Force
of that Gunshot.

HE NEWS FROM
Brazil comes upon
the country like the
flush of spring af-
ter a stern, black
W inte n As an
American naval of
ficer, ready to pro-
tect his flag, ready
with a word and a
blow, the blow
swift upon the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
SOON TO HANG.
The Crime for Which John Hart VIII
PAY the Death Penalty.

The crime for which John Hart. the
Rockford. Ill, murderer is soon to
hang, was the murder CT his two
sisters, Mary and Nellie. on the after
noon of Sept last His act was un-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27
VOL. III. NO. g.. WHOLE NO. 81

And then see the Democratic fraud,
we hold to the use Of both gold
anu silver as the sta ndard money of
Ine country; and to the coinage of
oo1h gold and silver acihhoM discfinin-
mintage."
This is bimetallism, pure and sim.
pie. But here comes their rascally
proviso:
But the dollar unit of coinage OF
Doth metals must be of equal intrinsic
ana exchangeable value, or be adjusted
Wrouqh international agreement, or bT
such legislation" etc.
That is to say,-they are in favor of
bi-meta1lism if John Bull and the
Rothschilds have no objection.
And this is the huge, colossal,
dOuble-barreled fraud which was per-
petrated in 1892, on the American peo-
pie, and has resulted in the collapse of
all prosperity and the posi- BILE destruc-
tions of free institutions on this con-
tinent.
And now this scamp Of Chicago
Tribune boasts that it was nothing
but trick.
And this is sample of our daily pa
pers, and their teachings:-mere
messes of fraud, falsehood, rottenness,
corruption and deceit. Nothing inside
or outside of He'll can parallel them.
They are unique in the history of
mankind. I'D
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27

in nine years, out of the farmers
pockets to protect the wheat buyers;
but whenever anything is asked to
protect the farmers the heavens ring
with howls about the erpensel If the
farmer takes his butter or his meat or
his cord-wood into the city he finds
himself face to face with inspectors
appointed to prevent the agricultur-
lists cheating the city population. But
when he sells his crop of 5O,OOO,OOO
bushels OF wheat, the chief source of
income Of the whole state, he is utter
ly powerless. He has no one to protect
him from the thieves of the cities. A
ring fixes his price; there is no compe-
tltion; no appeal: and the local buyer
can pull his back teeth out, with false
weights, false grades, false dockage,
etc., and he is as powerless as a Rus
sian serf. And when he is robbed of
five cents on each bushel of the 0,0OO,-
600 bushels, that is equal to tax of
81, 100000 levied on the taxpayers,
without their consent and against
their wishes.
l broached these ideas year after
year in the State Senate, but 1 could
not get even the farmers to sustain
me. They lacked the pluck to stand
up and defend their own rights. They
were as submissive as peasants.
l hope the farmers all over the state
will take up this question and discuss
it in their Alliances, and in this paper,
and everywhere else; and so get ready
to do something next winter when the
Legislature meets. do not pretend
that my scheme is perfect in it's de-
tails; but do insist that the poor
man, the small farmer, who markets
his crop by the wagon-load, should
have some protection against the
rapacity of the man he sells to. In
no other civilized country but this, (if
this is civilized), is the seller left at
the absolute mercy of the buyer, in
closed market without freedom or
competition. 1t is a shocking and
shameful state of things; and the only
wonder is that it has not long ago
bred an armed revolution. The men
of 1776, would not have endured the
conditions, the farmers of this state
are under, for forty-eight hours.
1t might be we'll if some expression
of opinion could be had on this subject
at the Grain Growers Convention,
July 18th. Come prepared, brethren,
to agitate the question.
And all this is simply another
proof of the necessity for an organ
ization Of the Grain Growers of the
Northwest, with some central author
ity possessing power to speak and act
for them, I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27
), MIMI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894.

vised; but that is ne answer to the
fact that knaves have perverted them
until they are in danger of destruc-
tion. You cannot defend Judas by ut
tering platitudes about the nobility
of Christianity.
But the old parties have to put up
with such shallow, tricky, dishonest
advocates as Gov. Crounse; because all
men of honesty and depths of thought
have left them.
Brethren, the hope of the world is in
the Peoples Party. We say "of the
world" advisedly, for if liberty dies
on the continent it dies over all the
world; not from this generation only
but for many generations. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27
The Crop Report.

On the first day of the week the
wheat trade was face to face with the
government crop report, issued late
the previous Saturday. 1t was gener-
ally considered that the report was
bearish, being almost too flattering
when describing the conditions
throughout the country. Private ad
vices for at least two weeks since the
report was compiled have shown seri-
Gus droughts and a lowering of the
average condition, but that has cut no
figure. The report had got in its
deadly work on the weak and debili-
tated mind Of the speculator. Values
gradully declined and from Wednesday
up to Saturday night all advices from
abroad helped to intensity the weak
ness.-Minneapolis Tribune
The first thing the Peoples Party
should do, when it gets control of Con-
gress, as it will soon, is. to abolish that
government crop report. 1t is fraud
and fake, run in the interest of
wheat spectators. Month after
month. just as wheat shows tendency
to rise, the villainous scamps in Wash
ington let loose a report, showing
more wheat on hand than the people
can consume in two years; and down
goes the price with rush, and the
"bears," who probably got up the re-
port, ill their pockets.
Tie tendency to exaggerate the
crops is natural one enough, without
being re- enforced by the general gov
ernment. The retail merchants re-
port big crops to hold up their credit
with the wholesale merchants: and
the farmers falsify the facts to keep
the sheriff off for a month or two
longer: and so it goes. Tell the truth,
brethren, no matter whom it hurts or
helps. I. D.