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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
FOR A s7s,ooo.ooo CANAL.

Project to Pierce the Florida PenIR-
suIa Now Under Consideration.
Florida, long behind her neighbors
in respect TO material development, has
increased her railroad mileage and has
added to her steamboat trade recently.
Florida has q coast line of 1000 miles,
and the area of water surface is 4,440,
to $4,000 square miles of land surface,
says the New York Sun. For a state
having SO much water area Florida has
very inferior canal service, the chief
canal of the state being the Santa Fe,
ten miles long, completed in 1880, and
costing $4,000, between Waldo and
Melrose. With the increase of the
railroad business of Florida there has
been like increase in the demand for
canal communication. and recently
there has appeared a project for the
cutting Of a waterway through Florida
to connect the Atlantic ocean with the
Gulf and to be of sufficient capacity for
the passage of ocean going vessels. The
articles of Incorporation have been filed
in this city. The capital is $4,000, 600.
The projectors say that the canal will
be Of the greatest Importance to the
commercial interests of this country.
The width Of the waterway will be 200
feet through it's entire length, and it
will be five years or more before the
canal can be completed, provided that
there are no serious difficulties in the
way. A $75,OOO,OO canal would be an
ambitious enterprise for Florida, es-
pecially when the fact is taken into
consideration that the great Cuez canal
represents in all total expenditure OF
SOL 100000 and the Erie canal, which
has contributed so largely to the pros
perity of New York city, only $751;
100000. 1t is believed by the project
ors Of the Florida canal project that
no insurmountable obstacles will be
met. The assent of the Tallahassee
legislature has been secured.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

but restfully ornamental toward the
top. It's interior decoration is rich,
chaste and harmonious all through.
Built for use, it is practical and COM
modious in all it's parts.
With the library is combined me-
mortal hall and sundry smaller rooms
for the use of the various Grand Army
Posts of Chicago and Cook county.
These occupy the Randolph street sec
ton of the building above the first
floor. The entrance that will be used
for reaching the library will be that
in Washington street, probably. Here
Is found a most magnificent staircase
of pure Carrara marble leading direct
w TO the various departments of the
library, while over it is a magnificent
dome.
The f,rst room off the staircase is the
circulating room, magnificent in its
proportions. Above that are the read
ing and reference rooms, also commo-
dious in every respect. The rooms are
all abundantly lighted by numerous
windows from fourteen to twenty-three
Xeet in length. Provision for keeping
it open at night has been made, and It
will be flooded with light from thou
sands of electric lamps.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

q matter of ease, as the game could be
traced by the most modern of methods.
There are many small deer parks In
the United States, but OF the large pre-
serves in which deer are the principal
game animals, the most important is
undoubtedly located in the Adiron-
dacks, and vac mentioned in a recent
article in the Free Press describing
deer hunting In the Adirondack for
ests. 1t comprises some 90 goo acres Of
woodland In the heart of tae noun,
tains, and belongs to DR.. Seward Webb
and H. Walter Webb. The establish.
ment Of this preserve was a simple
matter once the land had been obtain
ed. 1t consisted simply in running
barbed wire fence about the domain
and adjoining 1t with occasional signs
announcing the fact that the Enclosure
was private property. The ardor of an
Adirondack sportsman in pursuit of a.
deer will hardly balk at a barbed wire
fence, and it is likely that more than
one fat buck has been slain in these
private grounds. The owners have not
attempted to stock their estates as 1t
was already supplied with deer, rab-
bits, cartridges and an oceasionaA-bear.
The land has been simply left to lie
in it's original state.
So long as there is plenty OF good
sport to be had in other parts of the
Adirondacks. it is not likely that the
hunters will deliberately intrude on
the Webb estate. When the deer have
been exterminated in the open grounds,
the owners Of this princely shooting
preserve may find it necessary to en-
ploy gamekeepers. but as yet the men
employed on the estate have little to do
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
a SCENE ON THE WHITNEY PRE
SERVE.


except to warn off camping parties and
keep the thirty or forty miles of wire
fencing in repair.
At present the Webb lands are very
little hunted. DR.. Seward Webb has a
fine camp there, and usually spends a
short time each autumn there with a
party of friends, but for the most part
the game feeds and thrives and in
creases undisturbed. It Is doubtful II
the Webbs have or ever will set foot
on more than q small fraction OF their
Adirondack holdings. They are not en-
thusiastic hunters and are interested
in preserving the natural wild game
rather than in shooting 1t.
If the state of New York adopts thu
plan proposed by Gov. Black and Gre
ates a great state park in the Adiron-
dacks along the same line as the yell
lowstone, the empire state viii have
along its northern border one of the
finest game preserves in the world,
partly state property and partly belong
ing to wealthy private citizens, like
the Webbs. OF course there are very
few places where preserves can be es-
tablishd by simply fencing in a portion
of the aboriginal forest, but in some
OF the more settled parts OF the coun-
try scarcely less pretentiOus game res
ervations are being built up. The mag
nificent estate which George Wander
bilt is laying out at Biltmore will con-
tain game park. There is an extern
sive and well-stocked game farm in
E1inrfHo bo1pnptna ta ~
interested in the Plant system, and in
many other parts of the country there
are less elaborate preserves where ma
tive wild game is to be found. Some
of the sport-loving fasteners who own
ranches in the west have made them
partial game preserves. On Mr.. Theo-
dore Roosevelt's cattle ranch, for in
stance, every precaution Is taken to
prevent antelope from being scared
away, and when the assistant secretary
of the navy visits this western domain
he can have the satisfaction of occa-
sionally bringing down one of these
fleet-footed animals on his own land.
The preserving of smaller game is
largely in the hands of various hunt
clubs. The method is illustrated by
the Genesee Valley Hunt club, perhaps
the most famous fox-hunting organiza-
ton in he country. The section of
country covered by the huntsmen of
this club is about twenty miles long
by six or seven miles wide, and lies
along the Genesee river in western
New York 1t is a country of rich
farms, but so thoroughly is the fox
hunting spirit engrafted on the region
that the farmers seldom make objec-
ton to having their fields trampled
over and their fences knocked down.
In fact, many Of the tillers Of the soil
like to join in the hunt themselves.
Accordingly Reynard is carefully pro-
tected until October comes, and then
he is mercilessly pursued up hill and
down dale by the members of the hunt
club, who reside in Buffalo, Rochester
and o.her New York cities.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

any other in the
world. 1t was opened to the public for
Inc first time last Monday.
II took ten years to build Chicago's
library, and the westerners feel sure
That they will have that long in which
to gloat over the "slow going" New
Workers.
Ch1cago's new library is the first
really artistic building Of permanence
that the city has ever owned. Archi-
tects who have seen it declare that it
will rank with the finest public build
lngs in this Or any other country. 1t
is better in some respects than the Ii
brary in Boston: and. while not so
large or important as the new one in
Washington, Chicago folk point out sew
eral features in which their structure
surpasses that of the National Libra
~.
The Chicago library has been built
at a cost of about 100000. Even at
that enormous price it has been built
more economically than are most big
buildings. The cost of it was AZ cents
an inclosed cubic foot. Most public
buildings cost not far from 65 cents an
inclosed cubic foot, while purely bust
ness structures cost from 40 to So cents
on that basis.
One phase of the structure-its dura-
bility and freedom from sham work
excites a degree of admiration in Chi
cago that could not be felt in any city
that has not had worlds fair. Chi
cago people grew inexpressibly tired
of the worlds fair buildings before
they fell to pieces, and they determined
then that the next time that they had
anything really artistic it must be dur
able and lasting as well as artistic.
It is no reflection on any other city to
admit that Chicago at last has one
building among its scores of sky-scrap-
ing eye-sores that would be worthy
place 10 any city of the world.
The building has splendid location
on the famous lake front. 1t occupies
an entire city block. Properly speak
ing, it fronts Michigan avenue, al
though there is no entrance on that
street. 1t has two entrances, one from
Washington street, the other on Ran
dolph street. 1t is convenient to the
business portion Of the city:
1t is a massive marble palace, Sc
verely plain about the lower stories,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

attention among our English cousins
and furnishes so much material to the
British artist. In fact, It may be said
Of the American game preserve that it
has arrived, for beginnings have been
made in several quarters on pretentious
estates that promise in time to rival
the great game reservations Of Europe,
Game preserving is a pastime that
seems likely to supplant horse racing
and palace building in the affections
Of the American millionaire, and it is
probable that within the next twenty
five years the United States will have
the most magnificent and best stocked
game preserves in the world.
During the past summer Mr.. William
G. Whitney has started a big private
game preserve of the European model,
and he is rapidly stocking it with
American game, large and small. Mr..
Whitney is renowned for doing things
on large SCALE and when he decided
to establish game preserve he began
by buying a mountain-October noun
tain, 1t Is called-four miles from fash
ions famous summer place at Lenox.
The mountain, with the surrounding
holdings in Mr.. Whitney's hands, in
cludes 5000 acres. Part of this is made
up OF woodland, part of 1t consisted OF
abandoned farms and part of it was
occupied by titled fields down to the
time 1t came into the possession Of the
Standard oil and street railway mag
hates.
At present Mr.. Whitney plans to give
up about one-half of his Berkshire es-
tate to the game he is bringing from
different parts of the country His first
acquisition was herd of thirteen buff
faloes from the northern Rockies The
chief Of the herd has been named Nc
Kinley. He weighs nearly 5000 pounds
and has a disposition that is not at all
cheerful. The first thing that McKin-
ley did when he was turned into his
SOO-acre run along with his twelve COM
panions was to rush against the 91b-
foot steel wire fence that had been
built to restrict them AS the fence had
previously been tested by running a
small engine against it, Mckinley made
but slight impression on it and he set
tied down to Craze contentedly on his
big range.
Another rough and rocky thousand
acre Enclosure is given over to a small
herd Of antelope. They are exceeding
ly shy and have been seen only once
or twice even by the gamekeepers since
they were turned into their new play
ground, but it is supposed that they
are well and happy. Mr. Whitney has
also a herd of twenty-five elk on his
estate, and another season will add
some deer and possibly moose to his
geological aggregation. Within a few
years he will probably have the finest
collection of big game to be found on
any private range in the country. Half
a dozen gamekeepers are employed on
his big game farm to look after the
animals and keep the fences in repair.
Mr.. Whitney Is interested in preserving
game, but not in shooting it, and it is
not likely that his game farm will be
hunted unless it becomes necessary to
shoot a too obstreperous bison or in
case he wishes to treat his friends to
the delight of antelope steak.
On the hunting estate of the late
Austin Corbin the arrangements for
preservation of animals were very
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

wsa perfectly unusAnagsable, ana hen
last barrel Of powder had been ex-
pended. Greynville, seeing the futility
OF further fighting, ordered the Re-
Yenge to be sunk; but to this the sur
viving officers would not agree, and
terms were at ZENITH made with the
Spaniards upon the understanding that
the lives and liberties OF the gallant
ships company should be spared.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

when the Revenge surrendered she
had six feet of water in her hold, not a
mast standing and but about sixty men,
nearly all OF whom were wounded,
alive, out of crew that which, at the
outset, may have numbered ESQ, If all
were ON board. But sickness had been
rife in the feet, and no matter what
may have been the number Of men VIC
tualled in the Revenge on the day of
the action, only about a hundred Of
them went into the fight At for duty.
"Greynville, with every mark of adj
miration and respect, was carried ON
board the Spanish admiral Two days
later he died. His ship, overtaken five
days after the battle by a storm, found
cred off ST. Michaers with 200 Span
iards in her, and in the same storm
there persisted fifteen or sixteen Span
ish men-Of-war."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

and in hot and close action. AS one
Spaniard withdrew disabled, another,
with fresh men, cool guns and new
supplies of ammunition, took her place.
Fifteen ships engaged her. OF these
she sank at least two, including the
Ascuncion. Early in the fight one of
the victuallers, the George Noble of
London, at great peril to herself drew
near and, falling under the lee of the
Revenge, asked Sir Richard if he had
any commands. Greynville bid her
shift for herself and leave him to his
fortune.
"The fight had begun at about 3
o'clock in the afternoon. Soon after
ward Greynville had been wounded, but
he refused, until II p. M, to quit the
deck, and then, receiving a wound in
the body from musket bullet, went
unwilling below to get it dressed. The
surgeon who attended him was killed
at his side, and for third time, Greyn-
vile was wounded, on this occasion in
the head.
"In the small hours the situation Of
the devoted ship was deplorable. All
her best men lay killed or wounded; she
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Praise for an Artist.

Visitor contemplating picture Of
country residence)-"Let me congratu-
late you, old fellow! You've struck
your gait at last" Artist (proudly)-
do you really think so?" Visitor
Eyes; l always said you would make
a success as a house painter"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

An interesting fact in the building
Of the library is that 80 much marble
OF one quality was required that the
quarries in Ita.y could not keep pace
with the demand of the builders, and
several times york on it was stopped
for periods Of months to wait for ma
terial.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

Four hundred carloads of Norway
pine logs from the upper peninsula OF
Michigan will be used as piles for the
new postofiice in Chicago. There win
be 5000 pile
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Especial Letter.)

- =
is new to America,
but it is coming.
Every recurring
hunting so n
gives evidence Of
that fact, as it does
of the fact that this
country is evolving
a hunting set SINH
lar to that which
occupies so much
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
THE REvENoE.s SEA FIGHT.

In the newly published work, THE
Royal Navy" the following account is
given OF the fight of the Revenge,
which suggested to Tennyson one of his
most stirring ballads:
In 1881, OF Flores, in the Azores,
Lord Tomas Howard was lying in
wait with his squadron to capture the
treasure ships of Spain: "He narrowly
escaped being surprised there by Don
Alonzo de Bazan, who had been sent
out with a feet of ffty-three ships to
meet and convoy home the expected
carracks. The Earl of Cumberland, as
has been mentioned above, had happen
ed to learn of the fitting out of this
feet at Corunna, and had, with much
foresight, ordered Mr.. Middleton, mas
ter of the Moonshine pinnace, to dis
cover its force and object, and then, if
necessary, to proceed with all speed and
warn Lord Thomas. Middleton kept
the Spaniards in sight until there was
no longer any doubt Of their intentions,
and thereupon set all sail for Flores, ar
irving very little ahead of the enemy.
his was ON August 81.
Howard at once weighed. His sec
ond in command, Sir Richard Greyn-
vile, of the Revenge, had a number of
men ashore, and, according to some
accounts waited for them. Camden
ana others have it that he refused to
turn his back upon the enemy, and SO
allowed himself to be hemmed in be-
tween the Spaniards and the island
Some also suppose that he mistook the
squadron of Don Alonzo for the expect
ed treasure ships; and, therefore, dis
obeyed the orders of his commander-in-
chief. But be this as it may, he was
presently surrounded and attacked by
practically the whole OF the best part
of the Spanish fleet Howard, with the
remaining six men-of-war, seems to
have been engaged for a considerable
time with the enemy, but not in such
position as to afford any support to
Greynville. The Foresight made a
serious effort to assist the Revenge,
but owing to the wind could not get
very near her.
THE Revenge fought against these
overwhelming odds for fifteen hours
and Greynville, no matter whether he
wes, as has often been asserted, or was
not, blameworthy as being rash. stub
born and disobedient, immortalized
himself by a defense such as has never
either before or since, been witnessed
upon the sea.
cat one time his ship was simultane-
ously laid aboard by five large vessels,
including the San Felipe, of 1900 tons
and seventy-eight guns. At no time
had she less than two vessels alongside,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
C1OY rein,


oY reigns in Chi
cago these days.
Once more that city
has beaten nearly
all OF the other
cities in the coun-
try. 1t possesses
a library building
that is considered
to be, in many re-
spects, finer than
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

cat one time his ship was simultane-
ously laid aboard by five large vessels,
including the San Felipe, of 1900 tons
and seventy eight guns. At no time
had she less than two vessels alongside,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
THE GAME PRESERVES
AMERICANS ADOPT
ING A EUROPEAN IDEA.

william c. whitney Stocking His Berk-
shire Estate-Ths webb Deer Park
Southern and Western Preserves-An
Irish Idea.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
CHICAGO'S LIBRARY.
BUILT OF MARBLE AT A COST
OF 100000.

Et Is Not sky-seraper-Art1st.o and
Useful In Every Way. and It win
Last-oentrally Located on the Lake
Trent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-09
SPANISH DETACHMENT LURED IN
TO A COUNTER AMBUSCADE
BY THE INSURGENTS.
THEY RAN FOR THEIR LIVES.
TAKEN PRISONERS DURING
THE ROUT.
Intrigue Being Engineered by the
Same Men Who Forced the Re-
call of CampOs.

KEY WEST, Fla, Jan. 8.-RepOrts
from points near Matanzas confirm the
news received yesterday of a defeat
suffered by the Spanish at the hands
of one of Gomez's captains on Tues
day. The Spaniards had an idea that
another expedition was to be landed at
some point west of Matanzas, on the
coast. Two detachments were sent off
to ambuscade the escort that they
thought the Cubans would send. This
the Cubans heard Of and organized a.
counter ambuscade. Four hundred Gu
the Spaniards would take After the
Spaniards had passed certain point, a
strong barbed wire was stretched across
the road at two points to impede their
retreat. The Cubans then began a
rapid tlre, while men stationed above
a cut through which the Spanish had
to pass hurled hand grenades among
them. In a short time over thirty
Spanish soldiers and officers were dis
abled. They rallied and returned the
hre, but could do little as the Cubans
were almost invisible and their own COL
umns were badly demoralized.
The Spanish column finally retreated.
orderly at first, the Cubans pursuing
them and firing all the while. When
the wires in their rear were struck a.
panic ensued, the soldiers forgetting
all discipline and running for their
lives, throwing away guns and equip
ments. The 'Cubans pursued for some
miles, and then suddenly vanished as a
Spanish detachment was seen ap-
preaching. Over forty-five Spaniards
were buried by the Cubans and 100
taken prisoners. The latter. except
i've nativeborn Cubans acting as
guides, were liberated. The renegades.
as the guides were called, had a short
trial and speedier death, being cut
ooWn With machetes. The Spanish re
port has not been made public yet
'Adv1ces received from Havana show
thfat on Jan. the insurgent force com
manded by Juan Delgado opened fire
or the forts at Calabazar, province of
havana, but were repulsed. On the
folloW1ng morning the insurgents re-
neWed their attack simultaneously on
several forts. The bullets flew thiclxlv
many of the missiles penetrating dwell
1ngs. The troops finally compelled the
rebels to retreat.
Advices received today confirm the
report of Calixto Garcia's force of <. O00
men holding Jiguani in a state Of siege
for five days, Gen. Bosch raising the
siege at the end Of that time and the
rebels being compelled to retreat to-
wards Santiago de Cuba, but afterward
countermarching in the direction of
Holguin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-09
WATTERSON'S WARNING
Addressed to Both the Extremes of
Partisan BigOtry

If Old Hickory were alive, and could look
in upon US at this moment, l have an impress
sion that he would conclude that the Democ-
Iacy, of which he was the embodiment is not
only not dead, nor sleeping, but that it lives
and moves and has it's being, and is sched-
uled to stay. Let US assume that he is
here; that his spirit hovers over us, and
likewise the spirits of all the Democratic
sages, from Jefferson and Tilden to that brav-
est of the brave, that Incompatible cavalier
of the old Bay State, who gave up his young
life that Democracy might live, on the
very threshold of the last battle for honor
country ard truth During one night at
least let us consecrate this noble theater as
a temGlo of Democracy, Of Democracy un-
terrified and undefled; the only kind of
Democracy which Jefferson taught and Jack
son practiced.
1t was said during the political campaign
which closed the Sd of last November that
what we call American institutions were on
trial; and, in a sense, it may be said that
what we call government u.s. more or less,
always on trial. If, in the creation Of the
world. God had meant TO make anything
perfect, He would have begun with man.
whom we are assured He designed after His
own image CGt man, at~ once the source
and resource of government, is, among living
things, most fallible. and, as nothing can
rise above its own level head-except Popu-