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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

New \ ork, Sept. THE following
statement has been issued by Treasurer
St. John, from democratic headquarters
1t is reported that an hour or so after
the departure of Secretary Carlisle from
his visit to the custom house yesterday
the following notice was posted by order
of the collector:
"All employees connected with this
district are hereby notified that they are
under no obligations whatever to make
subscriptions for political or other pur-
poses, and that they will rot be modest.
ed or in any way Disseminated against
for failure to subscribe"
This act of nominally democratic
secretary is a gratuitous threat Of official
displeasure awaiting any contributor
among democratic employees TO The dem
ocratic campaign funds. I say at the
outset that no solicitation of contribu-
lions from the public employees has been
made. I therefore attribute the secre-
tary's act to his discovery of some con-
templated voluntary action on their
part. Such voluntary contributions
from those dependent for their employ
ment upon the continuance of demo-
cratic control is entirely natural. 1t
would be strange. indeed, if it were not
volunteered and in liberal amounts. Nc
Kinley's election will cost them offices
and they know it. AS against the threat
of the secretary, l take pains to assure
all such voluntary contributors that the
names of all contributors will be held in
strict confidence.
"(signed.) WM. P. ST. JOHN"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
secretary smith Re tires

Washington, Sept. Secretary Smith
closed his administration of the interior
department today and retired from the
cabinet. Today the secretary devoted
Almost the entire time 10 taking leave
ofhis associates and employees. When
Ex-Governor Francis will arrive is not
Known, though it is thought he will be
here before the end of the week. Sec
retary Smith will leave for Atlanta this
evening or tomorrow night, leaving AS
sistant Secretary Reynolds in charge.
All important matters have been dis
posed of, so Francis will have a clear
field to begin with. The record for vol
ume work performed the past three and
halt years is probably ahead of any
period in the history of the department.
SECRETARY Smith has enforced the strict
est civil service rules, making merit the
sole ground of promotion. He unhesi-
tain gly discharged his own apPointees
iftheir work was not well done, and the
force of the department all over the
sountry has been brought to high
itatf of proficiency.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
An Occasion OF Reioicing.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. TIE Mike
MARI, the first steamer of the new Sc
attic Oriental line, the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, arrived last night The arrival
of the steamer was made the occasion of
great celebration in which all of the
commercial interests of the city joined
The new steamship line will work in
conjunction with the Great Northern
and when fully equipped it is believed
that it will prove formidable factor in
the Pacific CARRYING trade.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Getting Ready.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug 3o.-Although
the delegates have not put in an appear
ance in any considerable numbers, the
list of delegates is being made up by
Secretary Wilson and will be ready for
the approval of the national committee
which meets on Tuesday. There will
be representatives in the convention
from nearly every state, the exceptions
being Idaho Wyoming, Nevada and one
or two territories
The delegations will probably arrive
in considerable numbers tomorrow, but
tie majority of them are not expected
until Tuesday. That they are coming
there can be no doubt, as all the rooms
in the leading hotels have been engaged.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
a HORRIBLE STORY.
Details of the Work of Turkish
Butchers.

Constantinople, Sept. 1.-The police
have begun to clear the Armenians
out from their hiding places. The
work is proceeding in the presence of
the foreign consuls and their deputies,
who have stipulated that the evacuation
of their quarters by Armenians shall
De only temporary; that all arms and
explosives found by the police shall De
turned over to the authorities, and that
no Armenian shall be arrested without
the consent of the consuls The work
of searching the city will probably be
irritating to foreigners, but the various
representatives regard it as necessary
to insure the restoration of order. The
dragomans of the several embassies
have presented to the government a
note protesting profound regret at the
events which have marked the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of the beginning of
the reign Of the sultan. This note
and those previously presented are
,rarities in the way of communications
from ambassadors to a foreign sover
eign for the directness af the language
made use of; nevertheless the powers
were unanimously agreed upon the
subject matter and the wording of the
notes.
The details of the massacre from the
Kassim and Haskoi quarters form a
horrible story.
In the first named quarter forty-five
women and children, who had taken
refuge upon the roof of a house, were
discovered by mob who made their
way to the roof and butchered the help
less refugees and finished their bloody
work by throwing the bodies of their
victims into the street. All of the
Mussulmans arrested thus far have been
found to have been concerned in the
agitation Of the young Turkish party
against the government.
The authorities, in the course of |
quieting the demonstration of the Sof-
tas on August %. arrested many per
sons and are nov endeavoring % per
suade the various foreign representa-
tives that these persons were the ones
who slaughtered the Armenians.
The directors of the Ottoman bank
have decided to send all the Armenian
of the institution abroad.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Banks will RetaIiate.

Seattle. Wash, Sept. 2-The Seattle
banks will retaliate on Canadian banks
for discounting the money of the
United States. The matter has been
discussed informally by the clearing
house and final action will be taken at
once. The Canadians have been max
ing discount of 10 per cent on Ameri-
lean money and the proposed action Of
the local banks which will undoubtedly
be taken will be a discount of per cent
on paper, while 50 cent pieces will be
received for 10 cents and IS cent pieces
for 20 cents. The banks will give ten
days notice to their customers of the
new rule
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
TEN ACRES or PEOPLE.
Ohioans Want to See Silver's
Champion.
The Crowd so Large that Bryan Al
ernately Addressed 1t From the
EOur sides of the PIatfOrm-Esti.
mated at Thirty Thousand.

Columbus, o., Sept. THE free sill
yer campaign in Ohio touched its high
water mark in Cleveland last night, bu
the outpouring of people to see anc
hear the democratic presidential candi
date at the state capital tonight was
greater in proportion to the size of the
CITY than that in the northern metropo-
lis had been. Mr.. Bryan had the state
capitol grounds for his forum, and the
memory of the local politicians con-
tains no such demonstration as the one
in which ne played the star part. The
inhabitants say that no other attraction
has ever drawn so strongly in Colum-
bus except display of fireworks in
connection with the state fair on the
same grounds two years ago, when 40
per cent more people were gathered. A
rooted and fag-draped platform faced
the eastern front OF the capitol build
ing, and as Mr.. Bryan looked down
from It's height, twenty feet above the
street, he saw the steps and terrace
packed In solid rows, with the gloomy
stone wall for the background, while
about the other three sides OF the stage,
across a lawn of several acres to the
street beyond, stood regiments of which
an accurate estimate was an impossi-
bility and which a careful guess would
place at 10000. Looking down from
the roof of the capitol building an hour
before the candidate arrived one saw
the whole place, on all sides, swarming
with men, women and children, large
part of the city's population, reinforced
by visitors to the state fair, now in
progress.
From the Chiffon hotel half mile
away, Mr.. Bryan came to the capitol in
a barouche, drawn by tour white horses,
and under the escort of several free sill
yer clubs of Columbus and neighborins
towns, enl!vened by bands and unique
campaign devices, in which silver dol
lars shared conspicuously.
On account of the size of his audience
|Mr. Bryan adopted a novel method of
speaking, talking to sections of t. vast
crowd alternately from each OF the four
sides Of the platform and even then not
more a tenth of the people could hear
him He was introduced by Hon. AL
len G. Thurman, son of the "old Ro-
han" who has been fighting for free
silver in Ohio for several years, and
after the candidates speech the demo-
{ ratic nominee for congress in the Col
umbus district, Hon. J. L. Lentz, ad
dressed the remainder of the crowd.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Tae Bryan Party.

Cleveland, O., Sept. THE Bryan
Party started for Columbus over the
Big Four road at Io:45 this morning,
escorted by delegation of politicians
who came here yesterday to attend the
meeting Before leaving the city Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan held short reception
at Hollenden. The first persons re.
ceived were thirty or forty members of
the Bryan club of republicans. In the
party were Judge S. {. Parks, delegate
to the republican national convention
in 1896. life long friend of Lincoln
who appointed him to the supreme
bench of Illinois in 1862. Judge J. H.
MacMath, appointed minister to moroc-
co by President Lincoln; Col. J. F..
Herrick and ex-senator w. H. Hackney.
A big crowd followed the party to the
station.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Miss Barton TO Remain.

Liverpool, Sept. 1.-The United As
ISOLATED Presses learned yesterday that
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American Red Cross society, decided on
the eve of the sailing of the steamer
Servia, by which she and her party
were to return home, that she would
not leave Europe so long as there re-
NAMED the slightest chance that her
presence would be needed in Turkey.
In view of the present trouble Miss Bar
ton has telegraphed intimating her will
ingness to return to Turkey If she can
be of any service to the Americans and
Armenians, and has received answers
stating, upon the highest authority
that there is apparently no immediate
danger of further trouble, but no one
knows what may happen from day to
day. Owing to the tenor of tie tele-
grams received Miss Barton has decided
to remain for the present in England
within a short call of the field of danger.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
KumOred Recall.

New York, Sept. "A Herald special
from Washington says: a well
known Italian of his city yesterday
received a letter fr m home stating that
Baron Fava, Italian ambassador from
Italy, had been recalled. The letter
was written by an Italian clerk in the
foreign office who states that the recall
of the ambassador was decided upon at
a meeting of the Rudini cabinet on Au-
gust s. The cause, the writer states,
was a general dissatisfaction on the
part of the Italians Of the United States
with the baron's actions.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

Bailey, Ida, Sept. Probate Judge
this morning announced his
iecision In the William Seldom murder
ass Intense interest was manifest in
ne preliminary hearing, which con-
unsd the greater part of last week,
nd 5Nvas concluded Friday, the Judge
aking the matter under Amusement
ntil to-day. George Hardy, who used
ae &nife, was defended by his brother
'honlas of Pendleton, Or, who made
brilliant effort in the lower court for
Is brother's discharge, on the ground
I sell defense.
The court held the prisoner to answer
p bis life to the higher court, and it
sing an exceptional case, has given
M the priveledge of his liberty on
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

London, Sept. Pin official circles it
is believed that Marquis Salisbury has
determined to pursue his own course
at Constantinople in the future and
given the British ambassador, Sir Phillip
Currie, precise and significant instruct
ions with greater powers to command
naval aid in enforcing the demands of
Great Britain.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
All Ends Serene
"(signed

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept 1.-The demo
cratic. populist and silver party state
conventions in session here during the
day concluded their afternoon session
by adopting resolutions substantially
Identical in the endorsement of free sill
yer and William J. Bryan, in the strong
est words the endorsement could be put.
Each convention also appointed confer
ence committees to complete fusion
ticket. During the early evening the
conference committee had series of
meetings, which finally resulted in an
agreement upon the state ticket, on
which the populists and silver men were
given lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, and insurance commissioner. The
democrats got the governor, treasurer,
attorney general, railroad commissioner
ard perintendent of schools. On the
electoral ticket the populists are to be
iven two and the democrats eight.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

New York, Sept. Right Hon Jo-
seph Chamberlain, secretary Of state for
the colonies of Great Braltain, and Mrs.
Chamberlain. were passengers on the
Teutonic. Chamberlain said that he
came here TO visit Mr. and Mrs. Endi-
colt, the parents Of his wife at Danvers,
Mass He expects TO return to England
IN a fortnight.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Mount Hood in Eruption.

Portland, Ore. Sept. IA party of
tourists report that Mount Hood was in
eruption for few minutes last We'd
nesday. The tourists were descending
the mountain when they were suddenly
submerged in a shower of rocks and
ashes. No one was seriously injured.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

San Francisco, Sept. 2.-The chamber
of commerce, boaad of trade and Mayor
Sutro have sent an official invitation 20
Ii Hung Chang through the Chinese
consul genenal here, 70 a reception at
the hall of the chamber of commerce,
should he pass through San Francisco.
The Southern Pacific company has
placed at the disposal of Ii Hung Chang
4 special train from New York to this
city and hence to Portland, Ore, if re-
CURED.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

Indianapolis, Sept. THE Florida
elegation held an enthusiastic meeting
Dnight, at which they decided to sup
brit Mr.. Cleveland. J. E Hartride, who
considered one of the most forcible
peakers in the Palmetto state, was Sc
scted to present Mr.. Cleveland's name
j the convention.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

Salt Lake City. Utah, Sept. 3-Po-
iceman Johnson was shot in the side
last night while pursuing burglar. The
wound is not serious and the officer
walked home after the wound was
dressed Officer Hilton. who was with
Johnson, pursued the fleeing burglar,
firing two shots at him, but he escaped.
The scene of his operations was the
Conway house, just below the Coniinen-
tai hall The intruder was frightened
away and ran almost into the arms of
the policeman. An order to stop was
answered BY a shot.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Thrown Ont of Employment.

Madison, ILL.,, Sept by the closing
of the Madison car works half of the
workingmen in this city have been
thrown out of employment.
Merchants declined to cash the checks
with which the men were paid Saturday.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
= powder plnnt Exnloaes.

Alton, H., Sept. I.-Part Of the
Equitable Powder plant three and a
half miles east of Alton, blew up shortly
before 3 o'clock this morning. Three
persons lost their lives. The shock was
felt for 20 miles. In Alton buildings
were damaged.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04
Carriage Manufacturers Assign.

Amesbury, Mass, Aug 2I.-Miller
Brothers, carriage manufacturers, have
made an assignment. No statements
are vet given out.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

furnishing $500 bonds. The bond will
be given.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-09-04

A Polish republican bureau has been
opened at Chicago.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23

fight, during which the launch was in
imminent danger of being capsized,
the prize was brought alongside and
towed with the other two to the Aloha
boathouse, where it was found to be
II feet inches from head to tip Of
tail, and 531a inches around it's largest
part. The largest of the remaining
two measured feet inches.
Upon being cut open the large shark
proved to have a stomach exception
ally void, which in some degree ac-
counted for the tug given the line.
The stomach of a smaller shark was
found to contain two hats, one towel
and half of the top Of barrel, which
one of the soldiers construed as mean
ing that two native women had gone
out in a canoe with a key of beer, and
had been met by the shark, which
had devoured one woman, the head of
another and tapped the key in pc
culiar manner.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23

trician. however, who not only thougnt
the plan of electrocuting whales feast
BILE. but built the dynamo and outlined
a plan by which it may be done. AS to
the method of application, the cap n ex-
planned it as follows: II am going to
place the dynamo on the whaler and
not put it in operation until the Whal-
ing grounds are reached. On board l
will have a big reel Of heavily lnsu-
lated wire. The reel will be placed IN
the smaller boat, in which we go out TO
meet the whale. We shall have several
thousand feet of wire on the reel. One
end will be connected with the dynamo.
At the other end, which will be in the
smaller boat. will be a hard rubber
stick about four feet in length. The
wire will run through that stick, so that
it may be handled easily and safely.
At the end of the stick will be attached
a niece of metal "a inches long and
inch in diameter The point of that
needle will be sharp, so as to penetrate
the flesh of the whale easily. The hard
rubber stick and the big needle will be
used lust as we use the harpoon to-
day. Well sight whale and lower the
boat. The reel will be swung into the
boat and the dynamo started. The small
boat will go out to the whale, the har-
noon thrower in his usual position in the
how. When near the big fish-as near
as we get in the old way-the harpoon-
err will throw the electric barb. At the
time there will be a current of 10000
volts running through the wire. When
the point of the needle strikes the
whale a current connection will be
formed with the dynamo, and the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23
ENGLISH PLANT NAMES.
They Recall One Rather Curious Habit

They NeCau one Ratn6E CufAOuS heUAs
OF Our Ancestors.
Our ancestors had a curious habit OF
connecting the names Of plants with
those of various well-known animals,
says Notes and Queries. Our present
habits are so different that many
moderns are wholly unable to under
stand this. To them such names as
foxglove and harebell seem entirely
senseless, and many efforts, more in
genious than well directed, have been
made to evade the evidence. Yet it is
easily understood. The names are
simply childish and such as children
would be pleased with. A child only
wants pretty name, and is glad to
connect a plant with a more or less
familiar animal. This explains the
whole matter, and it is the reverse of
scientific to deny fact merely be-
cause we dislike or contemn it. This
is not the way to understand the
workings of the human mind, on
which true etymology often throws
much unexpected light. 1t will be un-
derstood that | can produce my evil
dence, but it is tedious from its guam
tity I therefore refer readers to the
glossary in the third volume of Cock
ayne's "Anglo-Saxon Leechdoms,"
where the plant names and refer
ences are given in full. Cock
ayne includes some names, such
as cranes bill, which are not found in
Anglo-Saxon or middle English but ap-
pear in early printed herbals. These
I pass over and mention only such as
are actually found in Anglo-Saxon or
early English. The following are ex-
amples: Brides nest, birds nest, wild
carrot; bridde-tunge, stellaria holostea;
kattesminte, cat-mint; cicena mete,
chicken meat, chick-weed; cookies fot,
cocks foot columbine; cocks hedys.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23
OFFICIAL CALL

st. Paul. June %. Chairman Nc
Dermott has issued the call for the
Democratic state convention, to be
held Aug. 4, in Minneapolis. The call
provides for the nomination of the fol-
lowing state officials: Governor, lieu
tenant governor, secretary Of state,
state treasurer, attorney general. Also
for the purpose of selecting nine cleo
tors for president and vice president
of the United States. The basis of
representation will be two delegates-at-
large from each county and one dele
gate for each $50 votes cast for Cleye-
land at the last presidential election,
and one delegate for each fractional
part thereof of seyenty-six or more.
This call authorizes a representation
of S31 in the convention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23

cocks head, melilot; colts foot, colts
foot; cow-rattle; cuslyppe, cu-sloppe
cowslip; cronesanke, cranes shank
(polygonum persicaria); crowe-pil
crow-bill (erodium moschatum); crow
sope, crows hope, latherWort; dog
fennel; efor-fearn, ever-fern; ever
boar, poly-pody; eofor-throtu, ever
throat, boar-throat, carline thistle;
foxes clate, fox-clote, bur-dock; foxes
fot, fox foot (sparganium simplex
foxes glofa, fox glove; fugeles leac,
fowls leek; fugeles bean, fowls bean,
yetch; fugeles wise, larkspur; gauk-
pintel, cuckoo-pintle (arum macula-
tum); geaces sure, cuckoo-sorrel; gate
treow, goat-tree, cornell; haran hyge,
hare's foot trefoil.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23

coat, short skirt reaching to the
knees, knickerbockers and leather leg
gings reaching to the skirt.
N w. Helm, of Burdickville, who
has recently timed her over a 100-yard
course, says she does the distance in
91a seconds with utmost ease, ard he
is confident that on fast track she
can reduce this by at least half a sec
ond She does the quarter, half, mile.
five and ten-mile distances in proper
tionately fast time, and as there is
nothing in the Amateur Athletic Union
rules to bar women it may be that the
crack amateur sprinters of the world
will be compelled to bow before a
woman shortly before the records of
another year are made up.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23

faith in his scheme that he
engaged an electrician to build
dynamo that would generate
an alternating current of 10000
volts. That dynamo he will have
rugged up in his ship, and then he will
sail away to the north to capture the
whale in a fin-de-siecle manner. Capt.
Charles W. Hershell, of Halifax, who
is owner and commander of the Whal-
ing ship Rosalie, is the man who in
tends to wipe out the customs and ira
ditions of the whaling industry with
a small wire and large dynamo. So,
the captain said, when he came to New
York this time it was with the deter
mination that he would consult an cleo
trician and get the opinion of an expert
on the feasibility of the scheme he had
in mind. Capt. Hershell thought of in
terviewing Tesla, but could not find
that gentleman. He did find an cleo