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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

OF warfare that were successful three
centuries ago Is In perfect keeping with
SPANS anachronlsm In civilization.
The town. as has already been said,
70 unique. 1t Is not Spanish. 1t Is not
Oriental. 1t is not European. nor does
It at all resemble anything In the Uni
ted States. 1t Is Cuban. The bay,
ordinarily. IL one OF the most wildly
beautiful sights to he seen anywhere.
Humboldts description OF the ap-
proaches to Havana fails to do 1t jus
tice. and that distinguished traveller
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20
Slaves to Precedent.

slaves To Ireceuent.
Havana Is a mystery to the European
and the American. The question. why
do you this and do you that?' Is always
answered with. I'VE have always done
so; what else would you have us dor"
Why the farmers use crooked stick
to plow with. why ladies' sit in their
carriages while the dry goods clerks
bring out rolls of cloth for them to in
spect; why dark women and even
black women powder their faces until
they look as il they had been daubed
with -four: why houses are built to q
line within two feet of the curhing. So
that pedestrians cannot walk two
abreast; why the houses are all painted
In whatever vivid color pleaSes the
owner most: why an unearthly clangor
of bells drives sleep from the city at
daybreak; why no one ever keeps an
appointment land never apologies for
the Offense>, are questions that Havan-
csc and Cubans do not explain or at
tempt to explain.
The almost equatorial sun beats down
upon the streets with terrific heat dur
ing the day, and none but business PEG,
pie and low people" are seen during
the early and middle day. When the
sun sinks. however. the lazy inhablt,
ants turn out. and the life Of the nigh,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20
HAVANA.
Gay and Picturesque Cuban Capital Has
Famous History.

is the lively life of Havana. The city
has not been very buslnesslike under
Spanish rule Most of the men are
worthless and dissipated They lounge
in cafes and look only TO pleasure sucl
as the Spa niard delights in-gambling.
cock fighting. bull batting. No Thought
of the morrow is taken, and the result
is that a more improvident population
can be found nowhere. Sunday is Ha.
vana's holiday.
AS for the churches. thouSan ds OF
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uay
wish l could think OF some many
10 los say ,a no; i that an positively he
men ia'ely .na ~ tho old way Of de-
coming w .,,as u wouldn't worry about
tha4 S.o 1 The fello rvs probably en-.
Joy the joke just as much a. time
said something original e'D
Chica 90 News.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

captains launch" He Is the sou "
Captain Picking. and Is $ years GU
"Sherd," as he says his short name 3D.
goes to school every day and returns on
board with great dignity every after.
noon. Resides being dignihed and
popular ships mascot he IS oo''
naval fighter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

Col Hawkins-Uncle Nose, hear
you and your wife had little dispute
again last night. Which came out
ahead this time? Uncle Nose dubious
~ feeling a lump on the back of his
headD-I's powerful glad to say dat l
kim out ahead. boss; but she mighty
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

which appeared in Use. In 1883 the
Jesuits We're expelled from the city,
and their church was converted into
the cathedral Of the diocese. This is
the church in which it Is said the ashes
of Columbus were deposited In the year
1906. In 1918 Havana was opened to
the commerce of the world.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20
HIS MINE BLEW UP THE Ma
English Electrician Wbon
Sold Engine of Death o., ares He

Sold Engine of Death q, ares He
This is ]. p. Gibbins tho
electrical and mining enoinoon English
clares he sold a submarine NJ oe'
death to Spain. He saws Sn.in h OF
no submarine mines since 1890 .as nad
os YEP, ',,us. ,n ,aan"'aseured under his pat.
eminent ordered a fresh srn,,, Wv
Mr.. Gibbins also saws: "'ni'
j." u'l rec, coi'rad'c'ion of the asser.
legation at Washington and Con W,
Ter that there are no submarine
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

We want 1t understood right now
that We never count ourselves among
1.-The friends of the family who want
to see the remains"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

He-DOes your father SUI" ',.+la9 She
of-ah-helping us alo d ..nas in bis
He sends us his Dest Sro,ve got
letter. He-Great SEQ LING else
more wishes now than Any
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

c,a. 70 .his .nnexing and ANU
grabbing keeps on, the maps depar.
ture will show some s'rans Slnrp.
lures from those n OF ths sre will be in the
oerson- .,r - an pu ,H England. New
world viii be KuSs "a Louis pispatch'
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20
MASCOT OF THE WABASH.
Eight. fear'Old Sherwood Picking Of
the Recruiting Ship.

the Recruiting Ship.
Eight-year-old Sherwood Picking ia
the mascot Of the United States recruit.
ing ship Wabash. anchored off the
navy yard, says the Boston Herald He
has never received any certified com.
mission from the Navy Department.
yet he says he Is the captain of the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

Cuba and Havana have ways and
wards that are all their own.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-20

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
EXPRESS COMPANIES AND THE
LAW,

At a recent NEE ing OF the executive
committee of the National Association
OF Loci Ere ght Commissioners in De-
trolt there was strong expression of
opinion in favor Of making the laws
including the interstate commerce law
Operative in regulating the express
companies. Especial attention was
given to the refusal of the express com
panies to pay for the war tax stamps
ON their receipts for packages.
1t Is understood that the express
companies have receded from their pos.
ition OF refusing to pay for the stamps
used In the transaction of the business
But 1t Is a late reform. From the first
the railroad and steamboat companies
paid the stamp tax on their bills Of
lading and receipts. The express COM
panles have saved thousands OF dollars
by their recalcitrancy. While prom!s.
Ing to "be good" In the future they do
not propose to refund the money which
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
4 GREAT PUBLIC loss.

Not since the days Of Eugene Field
have the newspaper readers Of Chicago
sustained such a loss as the death of
Carl Smith Of the Chicago Record. He
was the successor OF Eugene Field and
an altogether worthy one, and his sud
den taking OF IL a public calamity.
Mr.. Smith possessed an original wit,
but he had something better than that
"a sincere, strong American humOr
that promised with time to develop into
something quite as fine as Mark
Twain's. He was exceedingly resource
full ana pol fic, never initiated, never
repta ted, and the column he filed each
day under the title "Fired at Random"
was source Of delight to thOusa nds.
Mr.. Smith was travelling on the St.
Lawrence with Mr.. Sass, also of the
Records stan, when their canoe was
wrecked. The sentences he wrote
about this canoe trip before 1t began,
In which he joklngly discussed the pos
sill titles of disaster. and which ap.
peared In the same issue OF his paper
with the announcement of his death
viii EN- TO many weirdly prophetic.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
REPUBLICAN, LEADERS ON DECK.

The Republican leaders aud managers
Will station themselves ut headquarters
this week In the Real Estate Board
Building nnd remain on duty there con-
stnntly throughout the campaign. The
Committee on Finance. Of which
Graeme Stewart IL the head. the Com.
mlttecs on Organization and Registra.
ton. on Naturalization. Halls. Speakers
ana Printing, and the Committee on De.
lection AMI Prevention of Fraud will
gtt down to active work at once. so
there may be no hitch when the cam.
paign begins.
Congressman LOrlmcr IL chairman Of
the Committee on Organization and
Registration. but II fight of his own to
make for reelection probably will dele.
gate the management to Fred Busse.
Every member OF the committee OK.
cept Joseph Il. BIdwill II a candidate.
ana he has not recovered sufficiently
from his Illness to perform much labor.
". j. Magerstadt will he kept busy
watching his interests In the race for
Sheriff, and william Weber. nominee
for Assessor In the country towns. has
undertaken to help Senator Humphrey
along as we'll as win votes for himself.
Therefore Mr.. Busse. as candidate for
State Senator In a district cOncetletily
safe. IL the only one who can give close
attention to the work.
Organization and registration will
require close attention. Then a. Sheriff
Pease In chairman OF the Committee on
Detection and Prevention Of Fraud. It
" understood he will put Henry l..
Hertz In charge. John a. Cook said
he was prepared to conduct the bureau
OF halls. speakers and printing. 10 that
all the voters shall have IN opportunity
to hear the best orators and get all the
printed matter they want. Senator
Daniel A. Campbell says he will not
overlook anything In the business Of
naturalization.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
MARQUETTE IS ron LORIMER.

George l.. Douglass, chairman OF the
political action committee of the Mar
quette Club, stated this week that the
story published in the Record about
opposition in the club to the Reelection
of Congressman Lorlmer Is "a product
of the reporters imagination.
II Is alleged that LOrlmer's Democrat
ic opponent last year made applica,
ton for membership in the Marquette
Club, and that the evidence Of this
fact had been suppressed because If
made public 1t would help TO elect Lor-
liner, and that this was due to the
enmity OF the "Orlginal Mckinley
men, in the club. Mr.. Douglass, when
interrogated on the subject, said:
"Mr. Lorlmer has not made any re-
quest for the G. Porter Johnson appll-
cation, and the paper has not been sup.
pressed. In this connection, | wish to
say that the Marquette Club is sup
porting every Republican candidate for
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
RANNELLS PREDICTS Wc1ORy,

Charles =. Rannclls. chairman of the
Republican State Committee. II hard nj
work mt his office ut the Great North.
ern Hotel laying the plans that will
bring success to the state ticket In the
fall campaign. Mr.. Knnnells. who
spent u short vacation with Secretary
Van Cleave at Lake Miltona, Minncso-
tn. visited his home In Jacksonville and
learned something Of the sentiment
throughout the state before taking up
his work In Chicago. According TO
Chairman Rannells the outlook for the
Republican ticket this fall II bright
with promise. He said:
"The signs all point one way. and thar
Is In favor Of Il big Republican victory
In Illinois. and. In fact, all over the
country. We are now completing as
rapidly rs possible our arrangements
for tho fall campaign. Details, such
rs meetings ana speakers. We cannot
yet announce. Our plans are working
smoothly. ana harmony and enthusiasm
prevail. The organization Is In good
condition. ana We will he ready to carry
the war Into the encmy's country when
we start. The people Of the state are
more than satisfied with the way the
Republican party has managed the af.
fairs OF the country, and especially the
c0pduct OF the war. The state was Re.
publican In 1904 and 1906, and the
opinion OF the majority has not chnnged
since. While We believe the people
are all right, We are leaving no stone
unturned to make the Victory dOubly
sure. Whatever good work. we'll III.
rected. and good organization will ac-
compllsh will be done. There IL no
question rs to the result; the. only
question Is rs to the size Of the ma.
jOrity.
AN element that IL a strong one
In our favor IL the position of the gold
Democrats. They bolted the Demo.
cratic ticket on the silver question In
1896, aud they hate free silver lust as
much now rs they did In 1890. The
evils of free silver would be lntensi.
fled In a crisis like the present. when
the expenditures of n costly war have
10 be provided for"
Cicero j. Lindley, who was Mt the
headquarters, was likewise hopeful Of
Republican success.
The return Of Ben Gable to the Demo-
cratic fold, Republican leaders say, Is
not a matter of great consequence.
They do not believe that event will in
fiuence many gold Democrats to go
mi do likewise. With the best possible
men nominated on the Republican side,
many Of them men of long and eminent
service. like Congressman Hit and Can
non. and snch other stalwarts as Foss,
Mann and Lorimer, 1t Is claimed the
Democrats stand a poor chance of sue
,ess.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
COUNTRY JUSTICES OFFICES IN
me CVy,

The country justice shop as admins
tered in many cases is Il double headed
evil and fraud. Under the statute Il
Justice of the peace has jurisdiction
throughout the county In which he
holds his office. This gives the Justices
Of the peace in Evanston. Calumet. Bar.
ringtOn and Troviso--all the country
justices in Cook MISREPRESENTATION
over cases originating In the city of
Chicago.
The system affords to the shyster
practice of the city an immense adj.
vantage. A resident of Chicago may
I've sued and halel to appear at town
In the rcmOtest part of Cook county II
country Justice lives and has his nj.
legged courtroom there. In some cases
ride of thirty or forty miles may be
required to reach the office of the Jus.
tice. The ride may be not only by steam
ear or a trolley. but a longer or shorter
ride 10y wagon may be involved. An
early hour In the morning. before the
person sued can reach the place. may
be fixed for the tr.a'. II the defendan n;
Is on hand he may be met by an order
Tor postponement on account of the
absence of the plaintiff. the justice r..
cciving private word to that effect,
by these and other shyster methods
1t Is made cheaper for u defendant TO
pay an unjust and fraudulent account
for n moderate sum than It would be-
to enter a defense even II successful.
To promote this unjust ana shameful
practice several country Justices hire
desk room In the city and call IL their
ofiice-not the office where they try
cases. but the office where they issue
s,immonses and subpOenas. The sum.
moiises are returnablc--that Is. the trial
Will be held-at their home office In the
country anywhere from ten to forty
miles away.
This Is for the advantage of shystcr
lawyers who do not have to visit the
Justices country courtroom for his
papers, but can compel the defendant
to 30 there for trial. Then the plaintiff
Is entitled to one adjournment. which
he can obtain by applying privately at
the country Justices city office. while
the defendant goes to the country Jus.
tice shop on the day appointed and
tinds that he had his Journey for moth.
Ing: he must go again In u week or
Judgment will be- given against him
through his default.
The country Justice shop evil Is the
worst OF all the civil justice shop evils.
II needs a radical remedy In the law.
The courts of record will fail In their
duty IL they do not recommend suitable
legislation on the subject.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
ley have exorted from their custom.

they have exorted from their custom.
els.
1t Is probable that the express com.
panies do not pay a cent of tax i'm apy
state above what they are assessed for
mir tangible property. such as real es.
tate where they have any and their
horses and delivery wagons. They do
not pay a corporation tax in Illinois ~
required by law. They are chronic md
&C ntimat iOus tax dodgers by every
! ne and outlet which the ingenuity OF
their at orneys can dew s.. The prin.
cp ! study of an express company's
lawyer is to devise ways for cvadipg
a tax.
III the Interstate commerce law IL
q cd for anything. which Is not alto.
pether Gear. 1t should he manifested
by Bringing the express companies
within .ts rrov siOns. II the antitrust
laws. state and federal. are OF any &C.
count their forms Of discipline should
he applied to the express compa MES.
1t Il prepC sterOrs that a class of incor.
pOrated outlaws should he tolerated In
country OF law and order.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17

Congress in Cook County. At recent
meeting of tie club a resolution was
III an mously adopted pledging loyal
SUI port to the Republican COMPRESSION.
al. state. county and legislative nom.
inets in the coming campaign Mr..
Lorim,r was d, ly notified of this reso.
luton several weeks ago. and he
knows that whenever the Marquette
Club can serve the cause of Repub.
licanism in his canvass 1t stands ready
to do so.
"'rhe idea that Mr.. Lorimer or any
other candidate should be opposed be.
cause he was not an original Mcliin-
ley nan Is nonsense. which the Mr..
quette Club would not tolerate for an
Instant The Marquette Club Is a Re.
publican club. 1t Is for the election
of Mr.. LCrimer and every other Repub-
lican candidate for Congress whose
vote may be needed in the next House
CT II representatives. to sustain a Re.
publican administration and to save the
country from Organism and free sill.
ver.'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17

Antl'machine Republicans beat Sam
Raymond In 1880. when he ran for City
treasurer. They will beat him for
County Treasurer In 1903. The same
figures are In the year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
HENRY [. HERTZ.

a courteous and clever Republican
General who Is loyal to his party and
his friends Is Hon. Henry Lamartine
Hertz. OF Chicago, man with a brain
to plan ana the hand to execute, Il nat
ural success In politics ana q genial
whoie-souled citizen. Henry Hertz IL u
man whose word Is as good as u bond
with u golden seal. He stands by his
friends, even to the humblest of the
rank anu file In the rganizatiOn. There
Is scarcely Il Republican convention
held In Chicago that Mr.. Hertz cannot
control delegates from five wards with
the ease of master In the science of
politics. In any new reappOrtiOnment
don't worry about Henry l.. Hertz.
"They can gerrymander and re-distrlct
the wards II they will, but the good
luck OF Hertz will cling to him STILL"
There may be others like him, but they
are not In town. Henry l.. Hertz, whose
generalship has so often made Repub-
llcan success possible, was born In
Copenhagen, November ID. 1S47. He
has been In politics, locally, since 1872,
when he was Recorder of Cook County.
Since then he has been West Town
Clerk, In 1876; record writer In the
Criminal Court, In 1878; Coroner, In
1884 and 1888; Chief Clerk In the
County Clerks office In 1896, and now
State Treasurer. No Republican Cen
trail Committee would be complete
without Henry Hertz. He Ia adroit In
practical politics, a strong organization
man and true to his friends 1876 days
IN every year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17
the SIXTEENTH SENAIORiAL DiS.
TRICr.

The Democrats Of the Sixteenth
Senator al Dis rict have nominae,l
Freeman +. Morris for another term In
the lower house of the Legislature.
This distr ct IL compos ed of the coun.
tbs OF Kankakee and 1roquois. with
n Republican majority on the total vote
OF 5000 or 1000. Under the minority
system the Republicans elect two mem.
bers aud the Democrats one member
Ct he House. Yet. If two Democratic
candidates and only two Republican
ca candidates should run the Democrat
+. c,ivlng the highest vote should he
elacte'.
F.eeman +. Morris has served many
yefrs In the Legislature. As n Dem.
o;ritic leader 1t has ben his good for.
lune to receive the Democratic nOmina.
ten for member Of the House. and as
the Democrats generally pumped" for
him ach voter casting three votes,
he was ,lec ell. In 1896. however. there
was Democratic opposition to Morris.
Dav d Slavery. a second Democratic
candidate. was In tn, iallot ny and re-.
ce'ved 8 500 votes. nearly dividing with
Morris the Democratic vote.
In the L ,lislntuie Of 1907 Mr.. Morris
voted for the best legislation and was
always on the right side Of every prop.
Cst.On.
The Sixtcenth-Or. MS It Is known. the
Observation-Disclosures was represented IN
tie late Legislature by Speaker Ed G.
Crrtls Of ''gumboil" fame and another
Republican. Free" Morris being the
Democratic minority member. Curtis
Is candidate for reelection and prob.
ably Will not be defeated. He will be
candica'e for reelection as Speaker.
But IL Is una .rstood that the Tanner
admins ration has no further use for
him n that capacity. A man Of greater
ability. VI indOmltablc flrmness and
the courage enough to pass a bill or to
adjourn the House under the gavei isl
demn nded. "GumbOi," Curtis does not
Ill the bill.