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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

A.
= the EveaG of War.
Last month an aged negro Of
Richmond, Va, Phil Tayler by
name, who was : driver in the com.
missary department under General
Fitxhugh Lee in the war, wrote him
the following letter:
Mister 0inl Lee, Havana, Cuba: Ny
Dear 0ineral-I hyar you - gwine ter to
fte . war in Cuba. You remember l
dr,v wagon fer you in the JEFF Osvis
war, and ct your i gwins to light war
down thar wants to come and drive Ter
YOU again. lee now living Wild Mr.. Doc
tor Davis on Wss Grace street. Richmond.
90 you kin I'm me sho when you wants
me. You remember shuk hands with
YOU at the last parade you had on Shockoc
Slip. 0inl, if you wants me, please rite
1t once to yer old servant"
The old man received the follow
ing reply:
II write, Phil Tay lor, to say that l was
glad 90 receive your note and find that
YOU still remember me. You will ind
driving 4 wagon in = Cuban war, if there
10 to be one, very different thing from
driving one, ~ you did so we'll, 10 what
you call the JEFF Davis war You are
over the conscript's age, and, therefore
You will find driving = war wagon more
difficult to do than in your younger days
Should you and 60 soldering agsin,
would put you in the inside Of wagon
and it shall be the band wagon, too"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
Mckinley Hauled Over the Ceals.

"Mr. President. permit me to say
that the Republican party IN this
country will support you juae g
long al il believes that you intend
to carry out . vigorous American
policy in the Cuban question: said
Representative Sulloway (Rep. Of
New Hampshire to the President in
an interview last Saturday.
1.-The people of this country at
this iuncture will not consent to
any weakening, but will insist upon
prompt punishment for the miscre.
ants responsible for the Maine dis
aster, and . prompt abatement OF
the wretched Cuban conditions.
1.-THE people have been studying
the general Cuban question for three
years, and the Maine disaster for
one month, and it has made up its
mind that Spain must relinquish
the island of Cuba and that the
Maine must be avenged.
"If the Republican administration
docs not prove equal to this emer-
gency, and if you, Mr.. President,
do not respect the trust con6ded in
you by Democrats as we'll as Repub-
licans, when they gave you $5O,OOO.-
600 for national defense fund, you
need not expect no further recogni-
ton at the hands Of the United
States.
"The blowing up of the Maine, +"
said he, in parting. "was an act Of
war, and the treatment Of it should
be prompt and vigorous. Any other
policy would be worse than suicide ;
suicide would mean an end of it,
but worse than that, it would haunt
US forever"
Then, touching on the subject OF
the Maine disaster, he said that no
one doubted the battleship Maine
had been destroyed by the Span
iards, and that her brave soldiers
had been destroyed in cold blood.
Moreover, he added that he believed
Captain Sigsbee had communicated
such on opinion to the Secretary OF
the Navy on the night of the dis.
aster.
As the conversation turned upon
the question of indemnity, Repre-
sentative Sulloway said sternly that
this was a most serious matter,
which bad other considerations
than those of dollars and cents.
e"Why," said he, passionately, sit
is suggested that the question OF
indemnity for tho killing Of those
brave Americans shall be submitted
to q court Of arbitration. That is
the way farmers settle for sheep
when their dogs have broken into
the flock at night, but / tell you,
Mr.. President, the American people
will not accept for q moment any
such policy in treating of the Maine
disaster"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Senator Gallinger Of New Hamp-
shire, who has recently returned
from tour of inspection through
Cuba, gives narrowing account Of
the condition of affairs in that un-
happy island. The Senator was in
terviewed last Saturday and asked
to make q statement of facts. He
said: -.
..YOu can sign MY name to any picture
you may draw Of utter wretchedness, des.
titution and hellishness iu that country.
The condition of affairs 10 simply indie.
scribable.
1.-THE reconccntrados are wedged into
all available places in the fortified cities,
aud are perishing By the thousands for
want Of the commonest necessaries Of life.
The best information obtaiuable leads to
the conclusion that there have been be.
yond doubt 100000 deaths ~ . result
Of SPANS brutal policy, and the tragedy
goes on from day to day. The society Of
the Red Cross is furnishing some relief
by its efforts, but most Of the people are
beyond the reach Of aid, either through
medicipe or food" 6
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

1t is confidently asserted that in
case of trouble with Spain that most
brilliant of English lords-Charles
Beresford-will set sail for this
country to join the American legions
in their demand for the independ-
ence of a rightful cause. Lord
Beresford is member Of the House
Of Commons and junior Lord of
the Admiralty. He fought in India
and distinguished himself At the
.bombardment of Alexandria. He
commanded the gunboat Condor
during the campaign, and fought
for her majesty on three continents.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Spain was once the greatest ma.
ton on the face of The globe. First
rs center of learning and science
under the Saracenic rule, when the
city of Cordova had . mile of gas
lit streets and fountains OF quick.
silver played in the palace yard of
the caliph.: Second, when she was
the greatest military power in Eu.
rope. But Spain could not stand
the march of modern invention.
She has steadily shrunk and shriv.
eled and lost her possessions, until
now all she has left worth speaking
OF is Caba. The Philippines are
magnificent possessions.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
UNCLE RICaARD BLAND


SAYS the Democrats In Congress Wi0 Force
Representative Richard P. Bland
of Missouri recently dictated the
following statement concerning the
Cuban-Spanish situation to Wash
ington correspondent OF the New
York World:
ave are waiting for the report of this
committee of inquiry, which Is supposed
to be hard at work probing for the facts
in the Maine disaster. When say we,
mean the democrats in the house. We
are not pressing matters because We want
to hear what this board has to say. We
want to know whether 1t is going to find
the Spanisrds guilty or blameless and
we want to know other things in this
connection.
.'What the administration propose to
do, of course do not know; but unless
it drives the Spaniards out of Cuba the
people Of this country are going to ask
the reason why and their demands will be
strong aud emphatic. / do not believe
congress will adjourn until it knows what
the president Is going to do for CUBA. l
believe: these sentiments are those Of the
house Of representatives"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The body of the late Mrs. John
M. Thurston arrived at Omaba from
Washington Sunday morning, the
funeral taking place in the after.
noon. In his sermon the minister
referred feelingly to the mission Of
Mrs. Thurston to Cuba, which cost
her life. He.paid a high tribute to
her character 40 q woman aud to
the intense patriotism and human
inspiration that led her to accom-.
pany her husband on the trip from
which be returned TO bury her. Mrs.
Thurston was an active member Of
the Red Gross Society, Of which
Mise Clara Barton 10 president, and
tookza great interest in the work oi
relieving the poor and suffering re.
oopcentsados. "a
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

A thousand men are working in
three shifts night and day in the
great shops at Bethlehem, Pa, get
ting ready guns for coast defense
and for our ships.
The two new battleships pur-
chased from the Brazilian Govern
ment will be rechristened New Or
leans. in honor of the principal
city of Louisiana, and Albany, in
honor of the capital of the Empire
State.
War Sure to Follow.
Hon. Jefferson Coolige, ex- Minis
ter to France, In an interview at
Boston Thursday on the Spain Gu
ban situation, said: II believe we
are going to have war, and that
Spain will declare it when We inter
fere with Cuba. / do not think
that the Spanish dynasty could
keep its place if it did not declare
war when the United States under
take to free Cuba"
Heavy Orders for Powder.
The California Powder Works at
Santa Cruz received orders from
the navy department on the 10th
inst, tor 5000, 900 pound Of brown
prismatic powder. The following
day the same concern received an
order for 100000 pounds of the
same kind of powder for immediate
use. 1t 10 said that these together
make tho largest single order for
powder ever given by the govern
ment on the Pacific coast. About
six months will be required to fill
these orders, even with the addition.
al machinery now in course of con-
stFuction by the company. Previous
orders for smokeless powder will
keep the works running at their
full capacity for year. -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

If the United States paid $500.
600, as is now stated, for the two
unarmored Brazilian cruisers, the
English shipbuilders must be laugh
ing in their sleeves at getting such
a big haul out of Uncle Sam. Sim
liar vessels can be built in this
country, where there is no hurry
about it, for about 100000 apiece,
il is claimed,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

1t is estimated that there are fully
$4,000, 900 spurious coins in circu-
lation in the United States. The
treasurer ofethe Denver mint has
sent communication to Congress
regarding the propristy Of adopting
new device for the coin. All the
spurious money that has been de-
tected, bears tbs mark Of the New
Orleans mint, q lower case 70" inn
mediately under the esgle and dat
ed 1898.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Come to Hallway house, bstwesn Hal
10y and Bellevue, about February 10,
1898, one rcd rosa horse; weight about
! 200 pounds; branded o with dot In
center Of eircle) 90 left stids.. y -
Also one hay pony; weight about 100
saddle marked. No brands vis-
ibie. "a, lcpHETERA
Kstchum, Idaho, Feb. d, 1893.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Senator Shoup of Idaho. voted
for the confirmation Of Powderly,
the traitor to workingmen, and the
following dispatch from Shoup's
home in Lemhi county appears in
the Salt Lake Herald: IA large
number of republicans here, who
heretofore have been held in line
by Senator Shoup, have left him,
taking their stand for silver"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

General Weyler has expressed a
hope ITO lead triumphant Spanish
army across America" That 10 q
great ambition, and 40 exchange
advises the general to slip over
quietly and try it ut the Isthmus Of
Panama when nobody is looking.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The news comes from Washing
ton that President Mckinley has
decided to recognize Cuban indie
pendence. His information regard.
ing the starving condition of tho
women and children on the island
being of such positive nature that
he has determined to bring the Gu
ban revolution to an end regardless
of Spanish objection.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The Queen Regent OF Spain, who
Is the mother of the infant King, is
q daughter of Austria, and the Em.
peror of Austria naturally feels a
very great solicitude in the welfare
of the Spanish side of the contro-
versy between that country and the
United States, and it is among the
possibilities that we will have to
fight Austria as we'll as Spain.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The issue of 90, 900 patents last
year shows that the inventive in.
dustry of our people is not dimin-
ishing, and the Connecticut Yankees
still lead the van. The genius
which could produce wooden nut
megs it seems is irrepressible.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

President Mckinley wrote to tho
Governor of North Carolina, this
week, asking how many troops he
could furnish 10 case Of war with
Spain. The governor replied quick.
ly: 1.-TWO hundred and forty-6ve
thousand brave men,"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Of course Spain is not going to
send supplies to the starving Gu
bans. Starving the revolutionists
out is one plan they have to subdue
them. The Federal Government
didn't send supplies over the line
to the secessionists either during
the "late unpleasantness."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Senior Du bose, the Spanish Charge
d'Affaires at Washington, has been
given the cross of Isabella the
Catholic, by his Government. Prob
ably he would rather have had his
back salary,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Rev. Sam Jones was candidate
for Governor Of Georgia one week
and then retired. Nothing was
''pstheticer" he said. than "just be-
ing . candidate. After this you
.must address me and write of me
- sx-Candidase Jones, limited"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

A London paper is making big
to do because one of the reporters
around town has discovered horse
that wears glasses. That's nothing,
there's plenty of donkeys in this
country wearing them.
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NOTICE.

/. A regular annual meeting of the Stock.
holders Of tho "Ketchum 3 Challis Toll
Road Co." will be held at the Office of
the company in tho building Of the .'Fitst
Bank Of Ketchum," town Of Ketchum.
State Of Idaho, on Thursday afternoon,
March II, 1898. ct 4 o'clock. at which
time Board Of Trustees will b elected
for the ensuing year.
l. I. LEWIS, President.
Ketchan, Ida, Fsb'y 81, le06.
The above regular atockholders' meet
ing 10 postponed to April 10, 1898.
6s IS !. 1. LEWIS, President.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Some of the Southern Senators
are making a fight against making
Miles acknowledgement because he
pus Jefferson Davis in irons in
Fortress Monroe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The official report of tho court OF
inquiry was scheduled to reach
Washington Thursday night and
will probably be in the dispatches
to-day.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

We would suggest to New York's
seventy-five that pussy willows
would be . suitable garniture for
ladies' gowns at q cat bali.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

: General Longstreet has written
letter declaring bis readiness to
lead hie old followers to Cuba or 70
the defense offthe coast,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

President Mckinley says: "Rath-
er than be responsible for an unholy
war would see my administration
wrecked.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

The President will send the Maine
report and 2 special message to
Congress Monday.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26

Prince Bismarck says Cuban in
dependence is assured. We should
remark, Bizzy, that it was.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
WE9TERN LODE

beginning at the discovery st.k. ,h.,,.
~ W Il l2OO feet to Scenter end th ."es
$40 + 5Oo feet to corner Is, ideniic,iI I'm, .'s
corner IL of the Eastern lode Of ,t;s YIN
tey; Y. 3. Mineral Monument No hss..
, ~ 10 T. 2a39S feet; thence 5 SO u V.s 40
teet to corner IL; thence n 10 n, " ,s "a
ieet to corner II; thence N $40 2 m, i..,,s
corner lS; thence 5 SO 49, 4 s5s tss,,
corner -; thence s l7o 80 L ION fss, -
corner 10. the place of beginning Cn.
tanning all area of 1859 acres.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
COPPER RUILlnNln.n

beginning at the initial point wb.r. II.
Gallon Eouce was originally posted them.
n e2o Z 800 feet To corner ~; thence 40
W 1OO ieet to corner Il. identical With r,r.
ner - Ut the Western lode of this survey.
thence $50 AS w 45s feet to corner I.
U: $ Mineral Monument No bear,S 10
~ 4O' + 1878 feet; thence N 43o low Sas
feet to corner %; thence n $50 L GOO fee, Ia
corner "a thence s i6o ~ L 1872 lee, IA
corner 20, the place of beginning. Cvu.
tanning an area of Ii 439 acyes
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
MID WINTER IOne

Beginning at the discovery stake. thence
n 45c So w Ito feet to n C. inter eud: thence
5 $40 W $40 feet To corner Is; thence n 40
go feet to corner 70; thence s $50 81 4
GOA feet to corner u, identical with coz.
ner % of the Copper Bullion lode Of .hi,
survey; thence ) $50 TO- 4 s235 fee. 10 cor.
ner ~. U. =. Mineral Monument No 1
bears S l2o A. ~" L 1918 feet; theme, )
$40 W $40 feet to corner %; thence n 40
IS w l442.l feet to corner Is. the place Of
beginning. Containing All area Of lala.
acres.
Total area of survey 1872, "A" l0.Ne
acres.
No conflicts.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-26
ATLANTIC MILL SIZE

Beginning at corner l. corner 8 Of tie
Atlantic lode of this survey bears n 80 81
lool a feet, and U. s. Mineral Monument
NO l bears N 500 AZ h ll426 feet; theSes
5 40 so L 1856 feet to corner 2; thence
45o S0' W SO feet to corner 8; thence n
40 30 w 1856 feet to corner 1; thence \
$50 30' + 500 feet to corner /, the place o.
beginning. Containing Nm area Of scrs,.
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-14
once been acted on that plateau, when

once been acted on that plateau, when
that ungodly buccaneer with the blue
face-he who had died at Savannah,
singing and shouting for drink-had
there, with his own hand, cut down
his six accomplices. This grove, that was
now SO peaceful, must then have rung
with cries, I thought; and even with
the thought I could believe heard it
ringing still.
We were now at the margin of the
thicket.
''Huzza, mates, altogether" shouted
Merry; and the foremost broke into a
run.
And suddenly, not ten yards further,
we beheld them stop. A low cry arose.
Silver doubled his pace, digging away
with the foot of his crutch like one
possessed, and next moment he and I
had come also to dead halt.
Before us was great excavation,
not very recent, for the sides had fallen
in and grass had sprouted on the bot
tom. In this were the shaft of a pick
broken in two and the boards of sew
eral packing cases strewn around. On
one Of these boards saw, branded with
hot iron, the name ''Walrus'-the
name of Flint's ship.
All was clear to probation. The
cache had been found and rifled-the
6 100000 were gone!
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-14
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN.

THE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN.
There never was such an overturn in
this world. Each of these six men was
as though he had been struck. But
with Silver the blow passed almost in
stantly.. Every thought of his soul
had been set full-stretch, like racer,
on that money; we'll, he was brought up
in single second, dead; and he kept his
head, found his temper, and changed
his plan before the others had had time
to realize the disappointment.
"Jim,'' he whispered, take that, and
stand by for trouble.''
And he passed me a double-barreled
pistol.
At the same time he began quietly
moving northward, and in few steps
had put the hollow between us two
and the other five. Then he looked at me
and nodded, as much as to say: ''Here
is a narrow corner" as, indeed, I
thought it was. His looks were now
quite friendly; and was so revolted
at these constant changes that could
not forbear whispering: $50 you've
changed sides again.
There was no time left for him to
answer in. The buccaneers, with oaths
and cries, began to leap, one after an
other, into the pit, and to dig with
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-14

their fingers, throwing the boards aside
as they did so. Morgan found piece of
gold. He held it up with a perfect
spout of oaths. It was a two-guinea
piece, and it went from hand to hand
among them for quarter of min
| ute.
1.-Two guineas!" roared Merry, shak-
| ing it at Silver. ''That's your 100000,
is it? You're the man for bargains,
! amt you? You're him that never bun
gled nothing, you wooden-headed lub-
| ber!"
dig away, boys" said Silver, with
| the coolest insolence; you'll find some
pig-nuts, and shouldn't wonder.'
"Pig-nuts?" repeated Merry, in a
scream. ''Mates, do you hear that?
| tell you, now, that man there knew it
all along. Look in the face of him, and
! you'll see it wrote there
"Ah, Merry" remarked Silver, "stand-
! ing for cap'n again? You're a pushing
! lad, to be sure"
But this time everyone was entirely
in Merry's favor. They began to scram-
! bic out of the excavation, darting fu~
| rious looks behind them. One thing I
! observed, which looked we'll for us;
! they all got out upon the opposite side
from Silver.
| Well, there we stood, two on one
side, five on the other, the pit between
us, and nobody screwed up high enough
to offer the first blow. Silver never
moved; he watched them, very upright
on his crutch, and looked as cool as ever
I saw him. He was brave, and no mis-
take.
At last, Merry seemed to think a
speech might help matters.
"Mates," says he, "there's two of
them alone there; ones the old cripple
that brought us all here and blundered
us down to this; the others that cub
that mean to have the heart of. Now,
mates"
He was raising his arm and his voice,
and plainly meant to lead a charge.
But just then-crac]1! crack! crack!-
three musket shots flashed out of the
thicket. Merry tumbled head foremost
into the excavations; the man with the
bandage spun round like teetotum,
and fell all his length upon his side,
where he lay dead, but still twitching:
and the other three turned and ran
for itwith all their might. ~ 70:
Before you could wink Long John had
fired three barrels Of q pistol into the
struggling Merry; and as the man rolled
up his eyes at him in the last agony,
George" said he, = reckon settled
you. B. S=... s.. 4 #..5 II. :s
at the same moment the doctor, Cray,
land Ben Gum Joined US, with smoking
muskets, from among the nutmeg trees.
Forward! = cried the doctor.
Willmar tribune., 1898-06-14
WHEN I GO HOME.
When go home-a simple spell,

When go home-a simple spell.
These words, to cheer a toilsome way!
Like some faint, sweet and far-oH hell.
hear their echoes day by day.
Some dear, far time when shall bid
Farewell to faces strange and cold.
And turn my feet to paths of old,
In distant homeland valleys hid.
When go home dear loving eyes
Will smile a welcome into mine,
Dear voices ring with glad surprise,
And mother arms around me twine.
True hearts will hail me back once more
To share the old-time peace and rest,
And hopes and dreamings, long represt.
Will bud and blossom as Of yore.
When go home my pines will moan
A plaintive greeting on the hills,
And there will ring welcoming tone
In every Groom of meadow rills:
And from it's rocky shore the sea
Will send the murmur, vast and deep,
That lulled my childish eyes to sleep
With echoings from eternity.
When go home the glens of fir
VIII whisper DER me as Of old.
And wheaton meadows, all astir.
Will CLEAN again with harvest gold.
The fields loved, the hills I trod,
Will call in mothers tongue to me,
. And our renewed fraternity
Will draw me near to truth and God.
Il. M. Montgomery, in Congregational
iSt.