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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
Whisky Explosion.

indianapolis, April "a Big Four
freight was annihilated by an explo-
sion at Belt Junction today. The trou-
BILE probably originated in a car loaded
with whisky. The car had hot box.
The entire train of fourteen ears caught
fire and was destroyed. The trainmen
escaped injury, but Otto Grenseaw,
sleeping in one of the cars, was pinned
to the burning floors. He is in a seri-
Gus condition.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16


Washington, April 9.-The bureau of
American republics is to. enter upon
an aggressive effort to improve the
commercial relations of the countries
on this continent. This morning Sec
rotary Sherman and the Venezuelan,
Mexican, Brazilian and Argentine min
listers, constituting the executive board
of the bureau, had a protractea confer
ence, at which the new director,
Joseph P. Smith, was present, and the
policy of vigorously carrying out the
original objects of the bureau was
adopted. The staff will be increased
and the scope of the work will be
promptly broadened.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
The Seal Question.

Washington, April 9.-The admins
tration proposes to lose no timeT TAX
ing up the fur seal controversy. At
the cabinet meeting on Tuesday it W.
decided to invite John W. Foster to
take charge of the conduct of these
matters, under the direction of the
secretary of state, and C. S. Hamlin,
retiring assistant secretary Of the treas
ury, who has given the question care
full study for the past four years, will
be asked to cooperate on behalf of the
treasury department,
1t is known that the president has
taken the llvliest interest in this mat
ter, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that there viii now be, what Rus
STA has long desired, hearty co-opera-
ton between herself and the United
States on this question.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
Damage From Gazing Banks.

Sioux City, Ia, April thousands
of dollars worth of damage ha5 already
been done by caving banks on the Mis-
souri,, few miles above Sioux City
The cutting still continues. The stream
is falling and the removal of pressure
against the banks is increasing the
trouble, In several cases the cutting
has progressed so fast that occupants
of houses near the banks have had mar
row escapes. Ice from the Yellowstone
Is due soon. 1t is gorging above and
may make similar trouble here.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16

Mount Vernon, April 10. Boys pass
ing through some wood land five miles
from this city, found woman's head
lying near the public road leading TO
Richview. a searching party found
the body about 200 yards distant, with
the flesh stripped from the bones
Identification was impossible. 1t is
believed To be the body of woman
who was here last November, who re-
fused TO divulge her name, but said
she lived in Carmi, Ill.
The theory is that another Pearl
Bryan murder has been committed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
Rumor Confirmed.

New York, April 9.-The Mail and
Express this evening says official con-
firmation is given today to the report
that Colonel Daniel Lamont, secretary
of war under President Cleveland, is to
be placed at the head of the Northern
Pacific within sixty days. The title
of Colonel Lamont is to be president.
and it is thought his headquarters villa
be in this city.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
THE REORGANIZED CHURCH.
An Inspired Member Prophecies in An
Unknown Tongue.

Lamont, Ia, April AT the confer
ence of the Latter-day Saints today
the morning hour was devoted to quo
rum prayer and preaching services.
There was preaching last evening by
Rev. Kelley of Ohio. The Sunday schApl
work still occupies prominent place
n the conference proceedings. Arriv-
ais are still the order by every train.
There are now five quorums of elders,
two quorums of seventies. President
Smith and Elder Lambert of the twelve
are both on the sick list.
At the morning prayer service, one
member, who claimed to be inspired,
spoke in a foreign tongue, which was
interpreted by another. He gaveprom-
Use of healing certain sick members of
the church who had asked for prayers,
and that Gods presence would be with
the people ere long.
A communication from the Mormon
English mission suggesting a course
Of self-sacrifces in order to aid the
crippled publishing houses was read.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16

The West Union Canal company,
Utah county, has fled articles of in
corporation with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is $4,000, in IS
shares.
The state of Utah has loaned si9,o
to the Bear River Land and Stock COM
pany of Rich county. The money is
from the University laud fund, and the
loan was made by the state board of
land commissioners. The loan runs
for ten years and draws Z per cent in
terest, payable semi-annually. 1t is
secured by first mortgage on the ex-
tensive real estate possessions of the
company in Rich county,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
BOARD OF noRrIc ULrURE.
Regulations Adopted for the Government
OF Fruit rree Inspectors and Owners.

Regulations Adopted FOR the Government
OF Fruit Tree Inspectors and Owners.
The Utah state board Of horticulture,
at meeting help in Salt Lake last
week, adopted regulations for the gov
eminent of fruit tree inspectors and
owners in the care and destruction Of
infected trees. They also inveighed
against the purchase Of patent RENE.
dies for the determination of pests
when cheaper and better preparations
can be made. and adopted formues
for treatment OF varions infections:
Rules were adopted as follows:
Rule - Diseased or decayed branches
harboring insects shall be destroyed
/ by burning; dccayed fruit shall be re-
moved from orchards once week.
Rule 2-Trees affected with coddle
moth, tent caterpillar or any other
leaf biting insect shall be spra yed with
formnlie No. /.
Rule 3-Trees effected with fungus
growth or blight shall be disinfected
by spraying with formula ?.
Rule 4-Trees infected with any form
Of suctorial insects, woody aphis,
red spider, etc, shall be treated with
formulas No 3.
Rule s. Trees infested with scale
insect shall be treated with formula
No. 4,
Rule G-Any trees, in nursery or or
chard, infested with peach yellow or
peach rosette, shall be burned.
SPRAYING FoRMULE.
The formule above referred to are
as follows:
No /. Paris green-Mix pound of
Paris green with an equal amount of
-four; add sufficient water to form
thick paste, stirring until all Jumps are
mixed; dilute TO 200 gallons of water;
add pounds of lime, Stacked to thin
paste; stir thoroughly and strain be-
fore using.
No. 2. Bordeaux mixture - Finely |
pulverize pounds of copper sulphate
and dissolve itin gallons of hot water;
add to this IA gallons of water. Stake
4 pounds of fresh lime into a thin
paste; stir until cool and then thor
oughly mix the copper sulphate solu-
ton with the lime; to the mixture add /
water to make 40 gallons. Strain the
carefully. Double the above
of this solution may be used
without injury to the foliage, and the
of copper and lime in the form
of thin paste makes an effective wash
for the trunks of old trees.
No. 3. Kerosene emulsion-Dissolve
one-half pound of hard soap lido not use
resin soap) in one gallon of hot water;
while still hot add , gallons of kero-
sene; stir violently until the mixture
takes ON the appearance of whipped
cream. Dilute with ten times as much
water. SKINNED milk may be used as
a substitute for the soap in making
this emulsion, using gallon of hot
milk to gallons of kerosene, stirring
the same as when soap is used; add
water as above.
No. 4, resin wash-Resin, 20pounds;
crude caustic soda as per cent?, 5
pounds; fish oil, "a pounds, water to
make 100 gallons.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
Missouri Horse breeders Bin.

St. Louis, Mo-, April Ex-Governor
Stephens today signed the horse-breed-
ers bill. The bill prohibits more than
ninety days racing during the year at
any one track, and provides that pool
selling shall be carried on only at the
race tracks.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
MEXICO TO RETALIATE.
TariR on Hogs In Exchange for Tarin
ON Cattle.

Chicago, April l2.-The Times Her
AIDS Washington special says: The
trainers of the Dinqley bill are much
interested in an official report from the
City of Mexico 90 the effect that II re-
taliatory tariff bill is TO be introduced
in the Mexican congress- this week 1t
is stated that in view of the practic-
ally prohibitive duty on Mexican cat
tie provided by the Dingley bill, the
Mexicans win place "a prohibitive duty
on American hogs and pacSing-house
products, which comprise one of our
most important article Of export TO
MeNico.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
A Clever swindier.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April TO-
jim Filter of Salt Lake is in trouble.
His original methods of making a liv-
ing is one cause, and another is his al
legged connection with an ugly bomb
found in his brother-in-law's yard.
Filter bought wolf scalps in Utah and
shipped them to Montana, where he
obtained So apiece for them, realizing,
it is said, from S., 900 to So 900 thereby.
He is indicted and Montana officers
are only waiting requisition papers to
take him back He denies all know
ledge of the bomb, but the officers are
inclined to connect him with it. 1t
was made of gas pipe and contained
five sticks of giant, half a pound of
black powder, dynamite caps, piece
of sand-paper, and some parlor
matches studded in wood. To the
wood was fastened strong cord, the
cord being fastened to the door of
James Pine. Filters brother-iu-law.
The. expectation was that the string
of the door would ignite the matches
by friction against the sand-paper, and
explode the bomb. John M. Brown
ing unpaclSed the bomb and stated it
would have blown up the entire
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
BRYAN sLIG HrLY INJURED.
Caused by the Gazing In OF the Piazza on
Which He was Spealing.

St Augustine, Fla, April 9.-Hon.
William Jennings Bryan was injured
here this afternoon by the caving in of
the piazza on which he was speaking
Nearly 400 men and women were pre-
cipitated about twenty feet to the
ground, and many of them were in
jured but none fatally. Mr.. Bryan
was picked up unconscious and re
moved to physicians office, where an
examination revealed that he had re-
ceived no injuries of a serious nature.
1t was deemed best, however, to aban-
don the reception which was to have
been given him this evening.
Mr.. Bryan arrived here at $50 p. IN.
and was greeted at the station by sew
eral hundred people. At $50 p. m. he
addressed fully $4,000 people from the
piazza of the San Marco hotel. At the
close of his speech hundreds of people
flocl1ed about him, and it was then,
so great was the strain, that one sec
ton of the piazza, forty feet square,
fell through,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-04-16
rernIs.lan Kefn.ed to lieeo,er Crc.hr.

New York, April ia special To
the World from Havana says: General
Weyler replies 10 General Lee that he
cannot grant permission TO Mr.. Mar
riott to go beyond the lines TO secure
the body ofhis colleague, Mr. Crosby
OF the Chicago Record.
Weyler says he would like 20 oblige
in the matter, but he is not willing TO
assume the responsibility Of protecting
Mr. Marriott where he cannot do SO.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
Hrs Dt ABLY w ORE<

lowered and the music is played in minor
chords.
1t is we'll that this Is so. Did not these
other emotions serve as safety valve the
soul OF the gallery god would soon be
scared by his burning hatred of the bad
man OF de piece"
But what the gallery cherubs love better
than anything else that can be presented
on the stage IS scrap between the good
young man and the villain. The play
that embraces such an incident is sure to
be success from the point of view of the
gallery. Of course the villain must be in
gloriously whipped. That's necessity.
At such a time the gallery becomes
wildly excited and all kinds OF gratuitous
advice and encouragement is shouted to
the good young man.
He's got i'm now!' an excited gamip
will cry, as the good young man seems on
the point of finishing the villain.
mo, he aint!" another will yell.
Eyes, he hasI" will come from another,
while from all parts of the house will
ascend shouts directing the good young
man ''to hold on to i'm" or to smash I'm
in de chaw,' while some of the gods
thirst so for the blood of the bad man that
they advise their favorite to ''chew his
ear"
When the hero with rattle of pistol
shots lays the villain low the gallery
heaves a satisfied "Ah!' and prepares to
leave the nearest place to heaven they
know. This 'Ah," sighed forth from the
very heart of the gallery god, signifies his
greatest satisfaction.
1t is always thus with the gallery gods
They have never-failing word of cheer
for the hero; an ever ready hiss for the
villain.
For some reason the gods and goddesses
of the gallery do not seem to entertain the
same degree of hatred for the female vii
lain of the play that they do for the viii
lain, and in this a condition that prevails
in the ordinary walks of life in potter
society is reversed.
To the gallery people the bad woman
OF a play is more a creature of their
contempt than of their hatred She
is merely an adjunct necessary to the
Vaccinations of the villain, and, in their
contemplation of the chief monster, she
fades into insigniicance from their point
of view.
Even at the matinees for children, with
many of those in attendance so young
that they have to climb into the seats, the
villain OF the play is an ogre, bu bear
creature to be despised. They know him
when he first enters into the play; they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

worms which adorn and illuminate the
June nights in that neighborhood sug-
gested to the professor that they might be
made to yield X rays. As a matter of fact,
they yielled something altogether new in
the way of light. Three hundred glow
worms were shut up in box with a
sensitive plate, covered with cardboard
and metal. An impression was pro-
duced where the card board lay or the
sensitive plate, but not where it was
cut away. When the metal plates
were removed and only perforated card
board used, an impression was produced
only through the perforations. The card
board seemed TO exert suction effect
on the rays. The most striking property
of these rays seems 10 be that their
penetrative power is impaired to them
by filtration through paper, card board or
metallic plates. The unfiltered glow
worm light exerts no Photographic effect
whatever II behaves like ordinary light,
and may be easily reflected, refracted and
polarized. The glow-worm rays show
regular reflection, and so far as can at
present be ascertained also refraction and
polarization, but no action upon fuores-
cent screens or upon electric discharges.
The active light comes from all parts of
the body of the worm and penetrates its
wings.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

particular class that the villain must be
yillainous and that he must be Kissed and
leered; yea, and sometimes stoned. He
must be so unequivocally vile as to stir
demon hatred within the bosoms of the
gods of the gallery; he must, to be a sue
cess, make them hate him almost with
the hatred that infuriates q mob TO the
degree when hundreds of men infamed
by passion Will beat down one poor, de-
fenseIess creature-and the man that does
all this earns, if ne does not receive, a
princely income.
The enjoyment ofthe people of the CALLER
les is not confined to the mere sense of vi
o sion, as they not only see play, but feel ii
as well. They drink in draughts of human
passion during the two and half hours
they spend in those packed lofts; as in
toxlcaung to them as the charms of
Syrin1 TO Pan, the wine-cup to the drunk
ard or ttattery to woman. For the insig-
nihcant sum of 10 cents these men and
women enjoy thrills OF emotion that many
blase men of millions would squander
their fortunes to experience.
Desire, Fear, Hope, Joy, Grief, Love and
Hatred come to these occupants of 1O-cent
seats in the opera house on Mission street
during the little while they sit upon the
uncushioned benches and look down upon
the mimic stage below. All the emotions
which the players essay to portray are
real to them, and so 1t comes about that
the villain of the play is the most despic-
able parsonage on earth to these queer
folk of the playhouse Iofts-the men, the
women and the children.
Monday night is q great one at the
Grand, when one views the house from
the upper gallery and allows himself to
be swept along, so nearly as may be. with
the rushing current of sentiment on
which the habitues of the lofts are borne
The appetites of these gourmands of tina
melodrama have been whetted for davs
by the hashy posters, over whose de-
picted scenes they have gloated for hours.
and as early as half-past o'clock on Mon.
day night they gather in hundreds before
the gallery entrance and clamor for adj
mittance. Men, women and children
crowd and iostle each other in their
efforts to get near the big doors; but,
while every one in the homogeneous
throng is there ready and willing to PRO
tect" his or her rights with physical
force. If necessary, there is generally a
od-natured crowd on the whole.
The scene when the gallery doors are
thrown open is almost indescri ba BILE.
There is q mad rush for the box Office and
great artist of the stage has ever been fat
tered by such a mad rush for tickets oil
admission TO their entertainment The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
ilains WoefuI Lot-Hsses, Hoots and Jeers Are
Some MeIodramatc Realism Not on the Boards
His Deserts at Morosco's

is enhanced. not alone by his own acts,
but by the good deeds of the hero and the
heroine as we'll. When the good young
man clasps his long lost sister in his arms
and exclaims, 81 will find the man who
wronged you or II die! !" the gallery ex-
claims, "Huily gee, OATS bully!' but an
additional moiety of hatred goes out to the
villain. Every little heroic act of the
players adds to the unpopuIarity of the
villain. The gallery judges not of play
er's ability; it judges him according to his
role.
For the actor who plays the villain here
there is no glory in the eyes OF the people
OF the lofts, no matter what may be his
histrionic talent. If the text of the play
writes him villain, villain in all things
he must be, and that is all there is about
it. The heroic deeds of the hero and
heroine, the faultlessness of the good
young man, the queerness of the hay seed
and the comicalities of the comedian all
serve to increase the enmity of the top
lofters for the bad man of the melodrama.
When villain takes a climax with I'M
usual force and thereby displays unusual
talent, his only reward is a storm of
Kisses. The greater his force, the more
vociferous his denunciation from the gal
leries. Hated, despised, Kissed at, without
an encouraging word or handicap the
villain must stalk through the play alone,
an Ishmaelite.
When the gallery starts to hiss villain
the bounCers may as we'll keep quiet and
let the gods have it out. There is no
stopping the storm of condemnation and
no effort is now made to do so. In the
old days, when Morosco's was on Howard
street, there would be times when the
audience would put a temporary stop to
the play by calling down de villyen,"
but the gallery of the present house is not
quite so rude.
Intensity prevails, however, from the
rising Of the curtain to its final drop, save
during the intervals between the acts As
soon as the gods and goddesses reach their
coveted seats they are all attention, and
nothing can divert them from the scene
being enacted down below them.
With their heads between their hands
they sit and stare steadily upon the stage,
except when they straig hten up in order
to give free vent to their whistles or Kisses.
They are free in their running comments
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

has brought about the downfall of the one
they so much despise. Great placards on
the wall announce that such loud mani
festations of disapproval or appreciation
are prohibited, bit the regular patrons of
the house have no respect for these, and
hiss the villain and cheer the hero in su-
preme disregard OF the printed rule.
These people fairly revel in the m elo-
drama. To them it Is all true, ali real, all
intense. They believe it all. The actors
to them are appearing in their true char
acters and all the scenes and incide nJs to
them are genuine. Here is no place for
the scoffer Woe betide the luckless inGi-
viduaI who here essays to show his supe-
rior worldliness by laughing when the
heroine is in peril or at any other mop
perfume moment II he escapes without
being done personal violence he will be
fortunate.
With some OF the younger portion of
the audience the belief in the genuineness
of the creations of the melodrama is very
strong, almost fierce. The other night
two newsboys were discussing the private
character of the villain of the play.
"Ah 1 tell yer, he's mean, jest nacherly
mean" said one who was ploning
the genuineness of the play.
Nav, he amt. He's all rite on the
outside. Didn't he give me nickel onct ?
Guess know" retorted the other.
Oats all rite about his givin' yer de
nickel. He was jest up to some of his
foxy tricks an he'll trun ye down yet
if he gets de chanst. Ye'd better give him
de marble heart. Do yer think any man
can do tings as mean as he does down
dere an bi all rite! Not in her life. He's
mean"
The gallery gods have carried this feel
ing of intense bitterness toward the villain
of the play to such point that it becomes
frenzy with them and drives them to i'm
passioned deeds. More than one actor.
forced to play in this INSCRIPTIONS role,
has aroused the enmity of the people of
the galleries to such an extent that they
have laid in wait for him outside the thea
ter and thrown stones and mud at him.
1t is only little while ago that a crowd
of these queer theater- goers chased par
ticularly hated william for block or more
after he left the theater, pelting him with
missiles.
This feeling of nimosity for the villain