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The silver lance., 1898-05-20
LATE WAR NEWS.
recovered. They were placed aboard

recovered. They were placed aboard
the Window.
1--WE avenged them," said Captain
Mcclure. 1--WE sent fully 1000 shells
into the city, and really believe there
must be as many dead Spaniards"
The Window arrived here this morn
ing with the wounded, all of whom
are doing nicely. The dead will be
buried on Cuban soil.
Captain Maynard of the Nashville
was struck over the head by a shot,
but the missile glanced and only in
f1icted slight injury.
Lieutenant Winslow lost three fin
gers of his left hand. The dead are
two unknown seamen of the Marble
head.
The wounded are: Captain Maynard
Of the Nashville, slightly; Lieutenant
Cameron Winslow of the Nashville;
Gunners Robert BoltZ, John Davis,
John Doran, Ernest Sunezench, Her
man w. Kochmaister and 1. Hen
Erickson.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

W. s. Gilbert wanted five thousand
dollars as damages because London
paper said he was given to pomposity.
envy and ingratitude, and the jury
disagreed. Mr.. Gilbert satirizes men,
women and ideas rather more than any
other man, and it Is not reasonable
that he should be sensitive to that sort
of thing as applied to himself. It re-
minds one of the generous lad who
said to his companion, Let US play.
1 will hit you with a club and you will
back up against the fence and cry"
Tho suggestion that those who give
should be willing to take would evil
IDENTITY come to Mr.. Gilbert as a new
proposition.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
VIEW OF cABANNAs FORTRESS.

does, Grenada, Trinidad and British
Guinea. This will prevent communica-
tions from reaching the Oregon.
Governor General Blanco Is to be cut
off entirely from cable communication
with Madrid and all the world outside
of Cuba. This was the object of cut
ting the cables at Cienfuegos Wednes-
day, which resulted in the hot little
fight. The purpose of the government
is to cut all the cables leading out of
Cuba to the South, leaving the only
running cable into Key West, which
Of course, is valualess to General Blan-
CO, as any dispatches he might send
over it would come into the United
States.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
COLORADO OLUNTEERS,
The Infantry Starts at Once for San Fran
cisco-The Cavalry for Chicka mauga.

Tho Infantry Starts at Once for San Fran
cisco-The Cavalry for ChicI<a mauga.
Denver, May 16-The First regiment
of Colorado volunteers will leave this
city en- route to San Francisco and
Manila via the Denver & Rio Grande
road.
Major Hooper stated yesterday aft
ernoon that the specifications COM
PEELED him to have the equipment for
the moving of the troops at the dis
posal of Colonel Hale at noon Tues
day; that at that hour he must be
ready to pull out for Ogden, where
the troops will be turned over to the
Southern Pacific, which will take them
to San Francisco. He said he would
have the cars and engines at the depot
at that hour.
The men will be placed in regular
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
Volunteers Moving to Chicka mauga.

Chickamauga National Park, May 15
The First Ohio cavalry, the advance
guard of the volunteer army ordered
by the War Department to rendezvous
at Camp Thomas. arrived to-day. The
regiment is composed of eight troops,
600 officers and men.
Railroad officials here report that
their lines have received twenty trains
from various other lines, loaded with
troops from the western states They
are unable to designate the regiments,
but say that by tomorrow evening they
will bring to Chickamauga ten regi-
ments.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

At the recent celebration of his
eighty-third birthday Prince Bismarck
walked with the help of a gold-handled
cane that was given him by the pres
emit emperor. Those who saw him thus
supported may we'll have thought Of
the fateful days when the first En-
peror William leaned on Bismarck as
on . strong star. and by that aid was
enabled to walk sturdily along untried
and perilous paths to the imperial
throne.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

The frequent difficulty in balancing
account books has been solved, accord
ing to the Chicago Post. by the treas
urer Of a woman's club. who explains
her system thus: II just add up what
have received. and substract from
that what I have paid out, to show
what Is due the club, and then I make
my husband give me check for the
amount" Unfortunately many expa-
triated cashiers have no husbands.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

A correspondent of the New York
Press believes that II the clergy united
In prayer to that end God would sink
every Spanish war vessel. 1t Ia well
to have faith, but 1t is safer to keep
your powder dry. Suppose. for in
stance, the Spanish should pray the
Almighty to sink all of our navy?
Why would not the efficacy Of suppli-
cation be as great in one case as In the
other?
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Mr.. Croker will do his part of the
lighting with Spain on the racing
grounds Of England; but as to his
struggle with Hill he will leave orders
and hght by substitute.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Five thousand machetes have been
ordered of a Connecticut cutlery fac
tory, which will be used by the regu-
lars in Cuba both as weapons and as
implements to clear pathways through
the sWamps and jupgles,
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
Cutting Cables.

Washington, May 16.-The cable
from San Juan, Porto Rico, has been
cut.
The cable between st. Lucia and st.
Vincent in the West Indies is inter
rupted, cutting off telegraphic com
munication with st. Vincent, Barba-
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

The value Of the instruments and
machinery exported from the United
States during 1897 for scientific pur-
poses was S3.064. .453, which WAS an in
crease OF $500. 900 as compared with
~ experts u 1eee,
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Our small gunboats which are block
aiding the southern ports of Cuba have
been warned to keep out of the way
Of the Spanish fleet.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

England can never be considered an
ally OF ours while her army continues
to blow African savages from the
mouths of her cannons.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

1t IL confidently asserted that during
this little scufiie tea, coffee and breath
will be untaxed.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
You cannot Judge a mans religion
by the condition of his front yard.

Again has Spain demonstrated her
pre-eminence in diplomacy. She drop
ped 1t first
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

No North or South, no East or West.
no parties or half parties; but the un-
ion . unit for free Cuba and the Mon
roe doctrine In its broadest sense. No
more Wholesale starvation, no more
white slavery, NO more foreign govern
ment control Of anything or anybody
On this continent
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Muncie and Richmond, Indiana, are
preparing to try the Pingree lot-garden
scheme this year on a more extensive
scale and systematic basis than any
city In Indiana has yet attempted.
Richmond has been experimenting
along these lines for the last three
years-not individually, but as city.
and under city management. The re-
suits have been wonderful. The poor
Of the city have thus been employed
and have raised enough each year to
take them through the winter with
plenty OF food. The city council has
Just voted an appropriation Of several
hundred dollars to carry on the early
spring preliminary work, and citizens
are pledging their vacant lots to the
city-not to individuals. More than
$50 lots will be given over to that pur-
pose this spring and the city superin-
tendent, who is appointed by the mayor
and paid by the city. is now entering
the names OF those who want the gar
dens and assigning them to certain
lots. Only the poor need apply and the
amount of ground given Is regulated by
the size OF the family. The ground is
broken and prepared by the city, and
the city, through the government, pro-
vides all Of the seed. All that Is re-
Quifed Of the poor is to plant, till and
care for the ground and harvest the
crops. The city superintendent super
vises all Of this work, and II he finds
that q man is negligent he will appoint
others to attend to the work and reap
the reward. This system costs the
city something. but the cost IL slight
when compared with savings In the
long winter months when such de-
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Adtutant General Corbin stated on
the 18th that thirty regiments of in
fantry and five batteries of artillery.
comprising lab officers and 29.OS7
men, had been ordered to move to
Chickamauga.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20

Forty-lwo horses were bought In
Denver for the army.
The silver lance., 1898-05-20
DEAD.

WORTH BAGLEY, ensign q. s. N.
JOHN VARVERES, oiler
GEORGE B. MEEK, fireman.
J. DENFEE, fireman. first class.
ELIJAH B. TUNNELL, cabin cook.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
MILES EXPLAINS HIS BILL.
Head of the Army Before the House
Military Committee.

Washington, Dec. l3.-General Miles
appeared yesterday before the house COM
mittee on military affairs for hearing
relative TO the proposed reorganization
and increase of the army.
Two bills for this purpose are pending,
one drawn by Miles and introduced in
the senate as the Hawley bill, and anoth-
er introduced in the house by Chairman
Hull of the military committee.
1t is necessary now to consider both our
military requirements at home, those in
the new colonial possessions and also
those raised by the increasing demands
for our seacoast Notifications, says Miles.
When the entire increase in coast defenses
is completed 365 batteries would be re-
quired. These considerations, said Miles,
had led him TO recommend a standard of
one soldier for one thousand of the popu-
lation at home, with native troops on the
basis of two native soldiers for every 1000
of the population.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

lation for the permanent adoption of the
gold standard.
w. p Lynn, a brother-in-la% of Presi-
dent Iglesias, of Costa Rico, is under ar
rest in New York, charged with failing
TO account for the profits on the Costa
Rican railroad scheme.
A coroner's jury at Detroit has return
ed a verdict declaring the architects John
Scott & Co., responsible for the collapse
of a theatre in that city November 9Th,
in which twelve persons were killed.
Hereward Hoyte, the actor, whose name
off the stage was Mcdonald. is desd. He
expired of pulmonary congestion at his
home in San Francisco, at the aye of 80
years.
Former Chief of Police John McCul-
Tough, of New York, leaves for Havana to
advise Gen. Greene in regard to the estab-
lishment of a police force in the Cuban
capital.
Several mysterious fires and an attempt
to poison the water used by railroad sec
ton men have caused much excitement in
the little town of Delman, twenty miles
north of San Diego, Cal.
John c. Chase, the yor-elect of Hav-
erhill, Mass, is the first socialist to hold a
similar position in the United States. He
announces that he will carry out the prin
ciples of the party platform.
Willard A. Smith, of Chicago, has beer
named for the position of director of the
department of transportation and civil
engineering of the United States commits
sion to the Paris exposition, by Commits
sioner General Peck.
President Mckinley is in favor of open
ing negotiations with Great Britain fol
the purpose of modifying the Clayton
Bulwer treaty so as to permit the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal by th'
United States.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
FLAG UNFURLED AT MARIANA
American Troops Have Taken For
NAL Possession.

Havana, Dec 1.-THE United States
flag was unfurled over the hall of Mari
anao at 1890 o'clock Saturday by Colonel
Young, commanding the battalion of en-
gineers at Playa del Marianao. The de-
tachment of engineers drawn up in the
square presented arms, and the Americans
and municipal officers present stood with
barred heads during the ceremony. A
crowd of townspeople which had gathered
greeted the raising of the nag with cries
of "Viva Americanos." The Spanish troops
withdrew on Thursday, and for two days
the Marquis de Cervera, late military COM
mander of the department, was the sole
Spanish authority in the town and sur
rounding districts, which embrace 5000
persons, but perfect order was maintained
during the interim. Late last night the
Marquis de Cervera turned over the mu-
nicipal government to Alcalde Gomez, and
the latter at once called upon Colonel
Young, who will be the commandant tenn
porarily. A small guard is needed in the
town.
This was a lively day on the bourse
with large speculative dealings for future
deliveries. AS the time for American con-
troll of the island approaches, shares in
various insular corporations have risen to
near par. Street railroad stocks, which
were six months ago quoted at "a, sold at
81 IA, and today at 80, and United rail
way shares advanced points to SO, while
municipal per cents, issued at 80, sold
today at lO2.
A committee representing the officers
and men of the guerilhs and the modified
troops today waited upon Governor Gene
raj Castellanos and proposed that the mel
represented by the committee be giver
so per cent of the pay due them before
the end of this month, offering to present
the other half to the Spanish government
for the benefit of the navy. General Cas-
tellanos will forward the proposition tt
Madrid.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
News of Congress.

Washington, Dec. lO.-The house COM
mittee on military affairs today began
consideration of important measures for
reorganization and increase Of ,hc amy
to meet the needs arising out of the war
Such progress was made that Chairman
Hull expected not only to report the bill
to the house before the holidays, but also
to pass it by that time.
Mr.. Hull explained the plan of hi;
measure in so shaping the arms of the
service as to bring the total effective
force up to 100000 and led to a genera
discussion. No decisions were reached
nor votes taken on any of the feature.
Of the bill, the whole subject going over
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
Coal Mine Explosion.

Poteau, 1. T., Dec. ia few minutes
after o'clock last night in mine No. 2
of the Indianola and Pathway Coal Com
pany, three miles from this place, ter
rife explosion took place. Two men are
known to have lost their lives from the
immediate effects, and about 10 more are
buried in the shaft.
The explosion was caused by the igni-
ton of coal dust after a blast had been
fired. Over 100 men were at work in the
mine at the time of the explosion and
more than half of these have been account
ed for
There seems to be little hope of rescu-
ing the entombed miners. One hundred
men are working valiantly to rescue COM
rades. 1t is probable that the interior
of the mine is burning, although at the
present time this can not be determined.
1t is almost impossible to ascertain the
names of those who have been killed and
are buried in the mine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
SENATOR VESTS OPINION.
He Opposes "a Colonial Policy by the
United States.

Washington, Dec. l3.-Discussion of
two questions, each of Importance and i'll
terest at this session, was begun by the
senate at its session yesterday. Terrific
rial expansion and the construction Of
the Nicaraguan canal occupied the atten-
ton of the body during the greater part
of the afternoon.
As soon as the routine morning bust
ness had been disposed of, Senator Vest
called up his resolution offered last week,
declaring it to be unconstitutional for this
government to acquire foreign territory
except for coaing stations or some like
purpose, unless its intention was to confer
statehood upon the territory and citizen
ship upon its inhabitants.
Senator Vest declared it was a basic
principle of this government that the
powers of the government were derived
from the consent of the governed"
and maintained that the federal govern
ment had no authority, either in morals
or in the constitution, to go beyond that
principle. He held that the principle had
been sustained by the supreme court in
various decisions. and that no public
man of prominence and no recognized
tribunal had ever been reckless enough
to controvert it.
Senator Morgan opened the debate on
the canal bill with three hours appeal
for action at this session. The whole
country, he said, would be disappointed if
congress did not act. He was willing to
take any measure which would result in
the building of the canal.
In the course of his remarks he agreed
to accept an amendment specifically ex-
cepting the canal from neutrality with re-
gard to any country with which the Unit
ed States might be at war.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
MONTE CRIsTO" NOWHERE.
ale Is Far OutdOne by Many Million
aires of the Present.

The increase of wealth has been pro
digious since the time of our civil war, es-
pecially in America. When l was u boy
Ony one who had 100000 to his name was
considered fairly rich, but at present peo-
pie think little Of trihe like that. Even
in Europe, where fortunes are gained much
less rapidly than with us, a property
must now be many times larger than IN
the first half of the century before it be-
gins to dazzle society. l suppose some OF
you have read "Monte Cristo," and you
know that few things were too extrava-
giant for the Imagination of Alexander
Dumas. He meant that his romantic hero
should lead the whole world in magnih-
cence, and probably thought OF giving him
the biggest bank account ever heard of.
But Monte CristO was worth only frac-
ton of what several real men now living
can show. This was not the sort of mis-
take you would have expected from Du-
mas. 1t would have cost him only a
stroke of the pen to multiply the hoard
in the Mediterranean island a hundred
times; but, although his novel was writ
ten when he was 40 years old, he could
not foresee that his fiction would be utter
ly distanced by solid facts before he died,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Paris. Dec. I2.-Spain and the United
States are at peace, and the armistice
which has been in existence since the first
negotiations at Washington is made per-
manent. The joint peace commission met
at $3.50 p. IN. Saturday, and at took a
recess until p. M, to await the engross-
ing of the treaty. The treaty was signed
at S;45.
This finished. two copies were passed
around the table, the commissioners sign
ing them in the order of their rank, as fol
lows William X. Day, Senator Cushman
X. Davis, Senator William p. Frye, White
law Reid and Senator George Gray; Senior
Montero Rios, Senior Abarzuza, Senior Car
inca, Senior Villaurutia and General Correo
Saons, each commission signing its op-
ponents treaty. Both were tied with the
Spanish and American colors. When the
seals were prepared to be affixed attend
ants were sent scurrying for ribbons of
the French tri-color, with which the doc
uments were sealed as compliment to
the French hosts of the commissions.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
RIGHTS IN SAMOA MAINTAINED.
Our Government Not n Party to Any
Scheme of Germany's.

Washington, Dec. l3.-The United
States government is not aware that any
arrangement has been made for transfer
of the title of the Samoan islands to Ger
many, and being one of the parties to the
tripartite agreement under which Samoa
is now governed, it is not conceivable that
any change in the status of the islands
can be made without the knowledge Of
this government.
The publication intimating Germany
has acquired sole rights in the Samoan
group is recognized as a diplomatic feeler
The Importance of the islands as a port of
call for American shipping promising to
become very great in the event of the
opening of an isthmian canal, the gov
eminent of the United States will not
consent to relinquish any of its rights.
The German ambassador, Won Holle-
ben, called at the state department today
and had an interview with Mr.. Hay.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
A HINT FOR COLD WEATHER.
A Few suggestions In Regard 10
Winter Clothing.

"Now that cold weather is beginning"
Harper's Bazaar says, lit is well to re-
member that if the wrists and the ankles
are warm, the rest of the body is not likely
to suffer WOrsted wristlets have gone
out of fashion, but the multi and the long
sleeved coat serve quite as good purpose
Few things, however, have been found to
take the place of leggings, which, If they
are of wOrsted, are apt to be awkward
and if they are buttoned are sure to tear
the skirts. The lOng-Initted tights were
found trouble TO put on when one was
in a hurry to go out Yet to have some
thing which can be easily slipped on and
oil has become a necessity. Women in the
Overheated houses of the present day have
discovered that it is impossible to dress,
as their grandmothers did, in warm, UNI
wieldy flannels, or even in the same warm
clothes in which they must dress for the
streets. They claim, too, that If one
dresses in light clothes for the house and
in something warmer for the street the
dangers of taking cold are minimized
The ingenious young woman of the present
day buys golf stockings without feet and
these she slips on over her cotton stock
ings when she goes out of doors. They
are snug enough not to slip and slide, and
having no hooks or catchable places about
them, answer purpose in cold weather
which nothing else has done"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
spaniards Ask Protection.

Havana, Dec. GA petition purporting
to represent the sentiments of 500 Span
iards remaining in Cuba, which is address
ed to the queen regent, is published in
the local papers here, asserting that the
entry of the United States has been at
tended in Puerto Rico by acts of violence
which may be repeated in Cuba. The pc
titioners ask that the Spanish govern
ment demand with firmness a solid and
responsible guarantee from the United
States, or make an alliance with some Eu-
ropean power to insure our protection"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
To auench the Flames.

Cleveland, o., Dec. l3.-While the
steamer Aurora was towing the barge Au-
rama through a big field of ice near Bar
Point, Lake Erie, fire broke out on the
Aurora and she had to be scuttled to pre-
vent total destruction. She was the finest
wooden boat on the lakes, and was val
ued at SI25,OOO. The fate of the crew is
unknown, but it is supposed they es-
capped on the ice.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
NIcarngua CannI Discussed.

San Francisco, Dec. l3.-Francis L
Stuart and Thaddeus Merriman, who have
had charge of one of the surveying par
ties of the Nicaraguan Canal commission
since Dec. ], 1897, have arrived here en-
route to Washington.
MIR. Stuart says: Personally, am a
strong advocate of the Lake Nicaragua
and San Juan river route There is an
other scheme on foot to follow the San
Juan river from Lake Nicaragua east for
80 miles to Cachucha rapids and then cut
ditch lO2 miles long to Greytown The
latter is an ambitious scheme and while
it would be good route l prefer the lake
and river line
"The people of Nicaragua want the
United States to construct the canal. |
found them particularly friendly about
the matter"