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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09
HOW SOLDIERS SIZE UP.
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The Yankee is the Tallest, the Jap the
shOrtest-Both Good Fighters.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Yankee is a much bigger man than
the Spaniard, and that is an import
ant advantage for the American In this
war. With all his pride of race the
naughty Don is a little fellow; in stat
ure he is least among the Europeans,
averaging only 81 inches over 5 feet,
The soldier who fights under the stars
and stripes averages 5 feet 71b inches
in his stocking feet, he weighs ten
pounds more than the Spaniard. and
his chest girth is nearly two inches
greater. These are points that count.
or course, size is not everything in a
soldier. Never in history has it count
ed for so little as it does today, mas
much as modern warfare is conducted
chiefly by machinery, battles are
fought at long ranges, and hand-to
hand encounters are rare. The jap
anese are smaller than the Spaniards
yet there are no fiercer fighters: the
American Indians, on the other hand
are superior in stature to the Yankees
But, other things being equal, the big
ger man has an advantage. The Yam
kee is the tallest of civilized men: in
Europe only the Norwegian approach
es him nearly in this respect, and the
English1nan is full inch shorter. Dur
ing the present war much attention
will be paid to the gathering of statis-
tics of all sorts relating to the soldiers
This was done to some extent during
the civil conflict, and some of the most
interesting facts noted had to do with
the varying stature of recruits from
different parts of the country. The
biggest men came from Kentucky. av-
eraging trifie over feet So inches.
Close behind was Kansas, with Mime
sofa, Missouri, California and Nevada
following in the order given. The men
from all these states averaged about
3 feet 8 inches. Maine, Illinois and
Michigan fell two-tenths of an inch he
low that mark, and next came Ohio
and Pennsylvania. Massachusetts, and
Connecticut were at the foot of the list
the volunteers from the latter states
averaging only feet 61a inches.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09
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the aid Of her specially designed rud.
ders, she goes down at an angle Of
about fifteen degrees, and in rising to
the surface comes up again at the same
angle. She carries tubes for launching
Whitehead torpedoes when under wat.
er, and for firing guncotton projectiles
when not submerged. The boat is ii.
gar shaped. The one with which the
experiments have been made is IS feet
long. Another, So feet long, is being
constructed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09
A Submarine warshlp.

Both men of science and officers Of
the navy have been greatly interested
in the successful experiments with the
Holland submarine boat in New York
harbor. The boat is able to run on
the surface at speed of sixteen knots
and when completely submerged at 4
speed of ten knots. A gas engine ii
used to drive her ON the surface, ana
an electric motor, driven by a storage
battery, propels her when she is sub.
merged. She stays on an even keel
and automatic mechanism keeps her ii
a constant depth. When diving. with
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Indians can be sued in the state
courts. is the gist of decision Of the
Wisconsin supreme court in the case Of
W. H. Stacy against Thomas La Belle,
a member of the Menominee tribe, who
had contracted a debt with an Indian
trader. It has always been accepted as
law in Wisconsin that Indians could
not be sued in the state courts for
debts, and in this case the trial court
80 decided, and refused to give Stacy
Judgment. The supreme court holds,
however, that the provisions of the
federal constitution do not give the
federal government exclusive jurisdic-
ton over business agreements between
Indians and white men, and such con-
tracts may be sued on in the state
courts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09
For the Scientific E.nmiDot,on ~,

For the Scientific Examination OF Foo6
Whlle there IS undoubtedly a great
deal OF adulteration in food products
OF all sorts, the Pure Food commission
and the scientific experts who are en-
gagged in this work are doing excellent
service IN exposing the frauds perpe-
t[ateu on an unsuspecting public. In
the report of one Of their examine
lions two hundred samples of Foos
and drink articles were tested Ort
OF this number considerably more than
one-quarter were found to be ~ snoh
poor quality that they were condemned
altogether. Among the articles cyan
ined were -four, butter, lard mill
chocolate, fresh eggs, green tea salad
OIL lemon extracts, and alcohol ond
wines OF various sorts. The most ,h
jectionable article was butter. Ont -,
twenty-five samples twelve had FroO.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

I would soon rejoin them About ore
mile from where left them he de-
tailed five men to waylay me on my
return, get the money and kill me.
During the time those events were TAX
ing place, Mrs. Barnett, who had be-
come very much excited over my sus-
picions, had asked Yves Townsley, a
discharged federal soldier and son of
a respectable and respected farmer, to
go to Hartford and get all the infoTma-
ton possible about Capt. Clark and
his followers. Townsley, willing to do
this kindness for her, mounted his
horse and started. He still had on his
federal uniform. Coming into the
Greensboro road he learned in some
way that he could overtake US more
quickly than to go to Hartford, so,
changing his route, he pressed on and
suddenly came upon the five men de-
tailed to kill me. Thinking they had
secured their man, they took him about
200 yards from the road and demanded
the money. Upon his telling them
that he had no money and was not
the man they wanted, they made him
dismount; and cutting the throat of
his mare, they turned her loose to
bleed slowly to death. They then took
the reins which they had cut loose
from the bride bit and hanged him to
the limb of tree. After a little while
they let him down and, being still
unable to get anything out of him,
they thrust knife into his back, cut
ting and wrenching three of his ribs
loose from the backbone, then cut his
throat from ear to ear and crushed
in his skull over each eye with some
blunt instrument, probably the butt
end of a pistol. They then left their
poor victim on the ground; and later
on, while at the house of a Mr.. Whit
tingill, where they had put up for the
night, and while the good lady Of the
house was preparing a meal for them,
they RECALLED their leader, in an ad-
joining room, with an account Of how
poor Townsley floundered while they
were torturing him. After killing
Townsley they murdered Wat Lawton
Cbrother of Judge Lawton) whom they
had decoyed from his wife and child
at Hartford and, late the same even
ing, they put bullet through the head
of my friend Lieut.. Andrew Barnett.
This is an instance of the way in
which the humane" man fought his
way "inch by inch" up into Kentucky
from Mississippi. Fortunately his ca
reer was rapidly drawing to a close,
for in a subsequent engagement he
was shot through the right lung, taken
a prisoner to Louisville, where he was
lodged in the hospital and finally died.
Before his death he was visited by Col,
Shanks and identified as the man he
had met at Hartford as Capt. William
Clark. He showed the colonel his
commission as a captain in the con-
service signed by Jeff Davis.
have given the names of people who,
with hundreds Of others in Ohio coun-
ty, know that I have stated the facts
Col. Q. G. Shanks still lives at Hart
ford and Andrew Barnett was a broth
er of the Hon. G. M. Barnett, the pres
emit surveyor of the port of Louisville
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Chicago may fall into the line Of
civic progress and go into the electric
light and gas business for itself. The
city council, at recent meeting, in
structed Mayor Harrison to name a
committee of nine aldermen, with him
self as chairman ex of1cio, to agitate
the question Of municipal lighting. The
project was presented in a long resolu-
ton offered by Aid. Bigane. BY the
provisions of the resolution the COM
mittee is instructed fully to investigate
the municipal ownership Of lighting
plants in other cities, and to work for
such legislation as shall permit the city
TO go into the Illuminating business.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Modern medical practice will keep
the soldiers as hearty and well in Cuba
as in any other section of the country
that the exigencies of war might call
them. Cuba is overrated in it's ability
to do harm because the natives there
are not given to exercising the least
sensible care of their health, and even
at that some authorities say the eli
mate is excellent and the general
health good in the Islands.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

The statistics completed by the Unit
ed States fish commission show that
more people earn livelihood from
this industry along Lake Michigan and
Green Bay than on any of the other
great lakes, 2,289 persons being en-
gagged in the business. There are seven
ty-dve vessels engaged in the business
on Lake Michigan, with total valua-
tion of s230,500 The total amount or
money put into the business in Green
Bay and Lake Michigan is $915.3S1.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Mr.. Wanamaker doesn't expect tt
beat the Quay Republicans; but his
proposed regiment will win such glory
in Cuba that he will be as happy as If
he might.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

As compared with a year ago, the
volume of money in circulation shows
an increase of over $4,000, 900, the
aggregate amount on May / being ST.
SOC, 761, 442. Gold coin alone showed
an increase Of over s99, 10000 Stand
ard silver dollars in circulation in
creased by over $4,7O0,OOO and sub
sidlary silver by over $4,400.000. Gold
certificates show a decline OF over 81
100000, while silver certificates show
an increase of over $2S, SOC, 900. Treas
ury notes of 1890 show an increase Of
over $7,300,O0O, while United States
notes exhibit a gain of over s41, $780,
900. Currency certificates exhibit q
decline Of nearly $4,000, 900 and ma
tional bank notes a decrease of a little
over 100000. The circulation per
capita, calculated by the treasury ex-
perts at 1926, 900 on May 1, is put
at $24.33. This represents an increase
of Ga cents per head of population for
the month and of $1.4O as compared
with the corresponding date last year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

On the Mesabi range, in the Lake Su-
perior iron ore region, a steam shovel
and digger is ued to mine the ore,
which is worked lii an open quarry.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

A Washington correspondent states
that the large number Of reflections Of
volunteers. has caused much comment
in the army medical corps. However,
the physicians who have conducted the
examinations say that outside the
ranks of cigarette smokers there are
even fewer reflections than there were
in the days Of the civil war. Among
habitual users Of cigarettes the re-
Jections are about 80 per cent. DR..
Benjamin King of Philadelphia, who
acted as an examining surgeon during
1S61-6S in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, says that the aver
age reflections during those years did
not exceed Is per cent. He attributes
the large increase almost entirely to
the cigarette habit. and says! IL have
been inspecting the papers in a number
Of cases under the present recruiting
act, and I observe the most of the men
who failed to pass the medical exam
nation have weak hearts or lack the
vitality necessary to make good sol
diers. / had expected that the percent
age of reflections would be greater now
than in 1861, but l did not dream II
would be almost three times as great.
The examining physicians with whom
I have talked have generally told me
the excess of reflections Is due to the
large number Of young men applying
for enlistment who have become vie
tins Of the cigarette habit"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Better than "our country, right or
wrong" is this sentiment for the hour:
Our country, righting wrong.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Don't think the umbrella that goes
to the pawnshop is the only one that
gets soaked. rs. ...-.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-09

Inc ore rises along the side of the quar-
ry in face fifty feet in height. The
steam shovel is capable of loading five
hundred tons of ore per hour upon the
cars, whose track run along the face
OF the quarry. The cost of mining nv
this method is said to be about fiftooD.
cents per ton.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31
4 GARBAGE
 WAR BEGINS Private Contractors Fight Mir. Ellert's Com
 pany. Petition Says Sanitary Reduc- ton Works POllute
 the Air. Citizens Say tho Big Chimney Dis tributes Odors Like Burning
 Rubber.

There have lately been so many com plaints against the Sanitary Reduction Works that a petition Is now in cfrcula- tion asking the Board Of Supervisors 10 compel the company to do something to prevent the stench from polluting the neighborhood.
 Scavengers complain they are charged unlawful prices for having their garbage burned, and there are evidences that there will soon be battle between them and the sanitary company.
 '"When the wind Is not blowing out in the vicinity of the works, said A. J. Crawford yesterday, "the stench Is very bad. being something like the smell of burning rubber and old leather. There is a general complaint in the neighborhood that the works are run in such way as to be a detriment to the health of tho people and do great damage to property"
 There will be meeting of private gar- bage gatherers and owners or garbage drays tomorrow for the purpose of devis- ing ways and means to defeat the pro- posed ordinance that compefS all garbage dealers to buy a special wagon, which is owned by the Sanitary Reduction Works and covered by divers patents. Those company are good underground politi- clans, and that they have mastered the art of handling Boards of Supervisors and others in such a way as to get laws passed that benefit their company. It is probable that the circulation or the peu- tfon now being advocated in the Mission is the signal for the beginning of war fight for survivorship on the part of pri- vafa contra ctOrS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31
Passing of the Divine Who Opened the First COnfed-
 crate Congress With Prauer.

 In cifc this afternoon Shepherd to    
  Baltimore 
  a Ken
 
 
 
 
  Ala brealin out va  ed that he chaplain of that he
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31

partook of a hearty meal and then pre- pared for a morning drive. After harnessing his horse he started to re- turn to the house. As he was about to enter the door he discovered the chimney to be on fire. He stopped and without a murmur fell heavily to the floor, dying before assistance could reach him.
 Senator Enos for many years was a prominent politician In San Francisco and received many honors from diff ferent political parties. In 1880 he was elected by the Workingmen's party to represent the Thirteenth District of San Francisco in the State Senate. From 1883 to 1887 he served under Governor Stoneman as Labor Commissioner, and 1t was at the time of his appointment to this office that a great protest went up, his opponents claiming that office was created especially for his benefit. For a number of years he was prose cutting attorney in Judge Campbell's s court, and he was well known in police circles.
 MT. Enos came to California in the early fifties from Fulton County, New York Prior to leaving there he held the office of County Attorney. Ow- ing to domestic troubles his home, which was one of the most beautiful mansions in Sonoma Valley, was bro- ken up about eight years ago and he subsequently, took up his residence at the Snyder place. His wife, Mrs. Susie Ezos, resides in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31
PINK AND WHITE WEDDING.
Miss Blanche Evelyn Baldwin Weeds John McGaw at the First Und-
 tarian Church.

The only large church wedding of the Lenten season took place last evening at the First Unitarian Church, the contract ing parties being Miss Blanche Evelyn Baldwin, daughter of Orville Dwight Baldwin, and John McGaw.
 The edifice was prettily decorated for the occasion, palms and fruit blossoms forming a background for the pair. It was a pink and white wedding, and the color predominated. Miss Emma Sweigert was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Miss Isabel Preston and Miss Clare Sweigert Miss Bernice Wilson and the Misses Gertrude and Ruth Freese were the flower girls. and carried large baskets of La France roses. The best man was Lewis James, and the ushers, four in number, were G. H. N. Sexton, G. T. $. White, F. A l.. Roberts and H. c. Cas- sidy.
 dal march ushered the bridal procession into the church, and during the time or the ceremony, which was perJcrmed hy Rev Horatio Stebbfns, Professor Ii. Bre- therick rendered Dubois Nuptial Bene7 diction Song.
 Alter the ceremony reception was held at the home of the brides parents, on the corner of Washington and Spruce streets; only the relatives and intimate friends OF the newly welded couple being present.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31
Fresno Flyer Crashes Into an Engine Upon a
 SidetraCk.
Care1essness of Fireman in Leaving a Switch Open Respon- sib1e for the Loss of
 a Life.

none were killed Among the several women and children not a limb was broken, but many were cut and bruised.
 Those who are injured were: Fred A. Grim, travelling man from Ohio, cut by glass; J. A. Reynolds, adjuster for the Royal Insurance Company, sta- toned at San Francisco, hurt in the back; A. c. Burnett, fireman on the steamship Mary Garratt, running be- tween Stockton and San Francisco, dis located shoulder. Engineer H. c. Hahn of the Fresno f1ier train, with whom young Huffman was running, was severely cut in the right side, but not seriously injured. c. Cleveland, the Wells-Fargo messenger on the f1ier, was slightly hurt.
 As soon as possible an engine and coach from the Stockton yards went out to bring in the dead and injured So quickly was this done by the rail- road people that it was impossible to get passenger lists.
 The freight locomotive, struck head on, was knocked 200 feet, its front torn out and the tender and fire box mixed. Pieces of wreckage from the passenger engine were strewed for distance of a hundred yards. Boilers. tanks. ten der and cab were one jumbled mass. The smoker, which was the second car in the train, left the track. but stayed on the grade. The crew of this train included Conductor Levi Bardo, Eng1- neer William Hahn, Fireman Huffman, Baggageman Charles Cleveland and Brakeman Ed Hundley.
 While waiting the arrival of help, young Stevens, who threw the switch. lay groveling in the sand, moaning over his unfortunate act. He declared the company at fault, as he had been kept on the road forty-eight hours with no sleep and was half crazed on the run toward Stockton. Stevens is the son of wealthy parents, who lately got his promise to quit railroading, and this was to have been one of his last trips.
 C. H. Huffman, father of the de- ceased fireman, Is the originator of the Crocker- Huffman canal enterprise of Merced County, where he owned vast tracts of land for many years. A few years ago when his son Will expressed @ desire to learn railroading the father urged him to turn his attention to some other business and offered him any necessary capital to engage in any en- terprise which he might choose, and it is said he offered the young man $15, ,000 in cash to give up railroading, but the fireman determined to continue in his calling that was so full of interest to him. He was twenty-three years of age and generally we'll thought of Among his young associates he was favorite and his death Is deeply re- gretted here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-31

STOCKTON, March 30-The Fresno flyer" due at French Camp station, four and a half miles above here, at 4:10 o'clock, was wrecked this after noon. William Huffman, the fireman, lost his life and a number of trainmen and passengers were injured. The dis aSter was the result of gross careless ness. The train was made up of first class coach and smoker, and the first exclamation of one gazing on the mass of wreckage is that it Is remarkable that no more lives were forfeited in the catastrophe.
 This afternoon a large freight engine in charge of Engineer William Hat field and Fireman R. P. Stevens started from Tracy with orders to allow the flyer to pass at French Camp. The run was made on time and the locomotive backed upon a siding, the switch be- ing thrown by Fireman Stevens, who, according to the best information ob- tainable, went down the embankment to attend to something and failed to close the switch. Engineer Hatfield ran the engine back a hundred yards and was oiling 1t, when the whistle of the flyer sounded. AS no flag was out tl luG SldllOu lIle GuSIieSI C6tlIlS OOH II under full headWay.
 As the train neared the switch, Ste vens ran up, evidently remembering his neglect, but he was too late. Engineer Henry Hahn saw the open switch sig nal when nearly upon it. In despera- ton he threw all the emergency brakes. but the train crashed into the big freight locomotive with a report like an artillery volley, and fire, steam and smoke enVelOped the scene.
 People who rushed to the wreck be- held an appalling sight The passen- ger engine had been literally torn to pieces and the first-class coach had rolled down the embankment, lying on its side. The yells and curses of the imprisoned passengers seemed to indi- cate great loss of life. Engineer Hahn fell from his cab and staggered over the grass. William Huffman, the young fireman, was caught between the ten der and the fire box and instantly killed. It was some time before his remains were extricated. Conductor Levi Bardo and Brakeman Ed Hundley were bruised and injured, but with the help of people from the County Hospital near by they set bravely at work rescu- ing the passengers. They climbed upon the coach and began pulling wo- men and children out of the windows.
 In the wrecked coach were about twenty people, but, strange to relate,