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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27

works, the Pennsylvania steel company
and the Maryland steel company. Its
maximum monthly output is 10000
tons. SibOney is the shipping port of
the Juragua Iron company's mines.
The Spanish American company, of
which Chas. T. Band of New York is
president, acquired its propertyIn 1889.
Its shipments so far have been 100000
tons, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Eng
land, Scotland, Wales, Belgium and
Germany, where it has been sold in the
open market. It's maximum monthly
output is 10000 tons, Baiquiri is the
shipping port of the Spanish American
Iron company. Both these mining
companies shut down, owing to the
war, on April 2l, 1898. they viii re-
sumo work at once.
The Sigua Iron company, which
started with big boom in 1890, built
broad gauge railroad nine miles long
and extensive buildings and sheds,
shipped four cargoes in 1894 aggregat-
ing 1900 tons, and have not been
heard from since, abandoning their
property and closing down their mines.
Sigua, about seven miles east of Bal
quiri, was their port of shipment. All
their buildings, sheds and wharves,
valued at 100000 were burned down
by the insurgents, and their railroad
beds and trestles, evidently very badly
built, have all been washed away in
the last three years by heavy rains.
Their machine shops have all been
destroyed and were at one time used
as salt works by the Cubans.
One thing must be said in favor of
the Spanish Government in this re-
spect. Their mining laws have been
exceedingly liberal, encouraging and
offering every facility to the opening
up of this new field. All the machinery
received by the mining companies was
exempted from duty and all the coal
imported and used by them was enter.
ed free.
Baiquiri deserves special mention
and recollection as being the great
slave emporium of eastern Cuba in the
days of slavery.
AS is we'll known, the Santiago ore,
with its low percentage of phosphorus,
ranks together with the Swedish and
Spanish Demarara mineral, as the
"crack ore" of the world.
The entire iron district is parceled
off clear up to the "Granpiedra," the
highest peak of the Sierra Maestro,
and owned by private individuals
Most of the titles are held by Span
iards, some small parcels by French
men.
A curious feature is that the land fee
is separate from the mining rights,
both titles rarely being held by the
same individual.
AS its name indicates, "El CObro,"
about fifteen miles from Santiago, is
the heart of the copper fields of Cuba.
These copper mines are extremely val.
uable and have been worked since
early In the century. This rich and
fertile soil, with its wealth of agricul-
tural and mineral resources, where
drouths, floods and frosts are unknown,
is practically undeVelopsd, owing to
the total absence of transportation
facilities, either by rail or by roads.
Industrial Santiago is woefully behind
the times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27
They Meet and Fight and
Fight and Meet.
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED YET
Hsyn4 Done Thing But Try 70 Sew Up the
Splits in the Parties-Anothar Instance
Of Not Enough Pic to Go
Around.

The Demo-Popo-Repu bo-Bob-
tailed Sons of Silverbugs, or in
other words the Big 4, are meet
inc in Boise this week for the ex-
press purpose of concentrating a
fusion, so that a solid front can be
showed up to the goldbugs and
octopuses. The offices are so
few and the candidates so num-
erous, however, that so far fusion
has been a failure.
The Democrats opened up the
ball with a red hot scrap. The
Steunenberg faction and the an
ties had a free for-al which re-
suited in the antics being com :
pletely annihiliated. There was
a contesting delegation in this
convention from Bingham county
and the delegation who were
in line with the governor were
seated. 1t is claimed that Steun-
enberg has 90 votes in the con-
vention, Is more than is necessary
to give him the nomination, pro-
viding the governorship is allotted
to the Democrats. The Silver
Republicans as a whole are
against his being nominated and
the Populists are divided.
The Pops are split square up
the back. Two conventions are
being held. The fusees under
the Taylor and the fusee -nits { p
under the Blake call. Neither
faction will show the white feather
and the split is getting wider
every moment. Thursday some
80 of the Taylor element bolted
and went over to the other side.
Indications all point to a straight
Populist ticket, in the event the
Pops are not permitted to dictate
The terms of fusion.
The Duboisites, or Silver Re-
pubEcans, were so few in numbers
that they couldn't even get up
a scrap. They simply met and
perfected their organization, pass
ed a stock resolution and adjourn
ed to meet when the pie was
ready to be cut.
It is the largest gathering of
office chasers and wind TANNERS
that ever got together. All the
boys, from Honest John to Fred
rick Tamolie are there waiting a
grab at the pie counter. All are
4nequivocally for union and office.
II Is truly a grand spectacle! and
should be appreciated by the vot-
erS-tor whose edifcation the cir
Gus is gotten up. Such a gather
ing OF disgruntled and chronic
oi1lce-chasers never got together
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27

"The blight of free trade-The bless
iucs of protection" is the title of a
document just issued by the American
Protective Tariff League. This docu-
ment clearly demonstrates the effect OF
the system of free trade under the Viii
son Tariff, and of protection under the
Dinpley Tariff. 1t is based on the re-
suit of the Tariff Leagues Industrial
census, and should be in the hands OF
every voter. Seven copies to any ad-
dress for six cents. Address W. F.
Wakeman, General Secretary, No lSa
West 23d St., New York.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27

About one month ago my cL lid which
is fifteen months old, had an attack #
diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting, ]
gave it such remedies as are usually
given in such cases, but as nothing
gave relief, we sent for physician and
it was under his care for a week. At
this time the child had been sick for
about ten days and was having about
twenty-five operations of the bowels
every twelve hours, and we were con
WINGED that unless it soon obtained re-
lief it would not live. Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was recommended, and l decided to
try it. l soon noticed change for the
better; by its continued use complete
cure was brought about and it is now
perfectly healthy.-C. l.. BoGGS,
Stumptown, Gilmer Co., W. Va. For
sale by all druggists,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27
Card of Thanks.

To our many friends and neighbors
who SO kindly lent their aid during the
sickness and death of our baby boy, we
extend our most heartfelt thanks, and
assure them their kindness in our great
trouble will meyer be forgotten.
Mr.. and Mrs. ELLIS AsKEY.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27
The Best Remedy For Flnx.

Mr.. John Matthias, a well known
stock dealer of Pulaski, KY, says:
"Afttr suffering for over a Week, Win
flux, and my physician having faiieo 70
relieve me, l was advised to Try Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea
Remedy, and have the pleasure OF stat,
Ing that the half of one Dottle curea
nsV For sale by all druggists.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-27

y
plantations would be scenes of feasting
and merrymaking, neighboring gran
dees coming for miles around in their
"volantes" and OH horseback, staying in
one "fnka" fortnight at time, then
pushing on to the next plantation, car
rying their last host with them until
the complete round of the "cafetales"
was made.
The Spanish owners, therefore, spent
their lives in gayety and debauch, pay
ing little attention to the management
of their eststes while they yielded
handsome living But gradually their
plantations ceased to yield these kingly
incomes and their fortunes began to
dwindle.
Thrifty and shrewd Frenchmen,
driven from IIayG, formed strong
colony in Santiago in those early days
and they took advantage of the lax
and short-sighted hdalgos. They loan,
ed their money on the plantations, had
themselves appointed overseers, fore
closed their mortgages and became the
owners of the rich cafetales, most of
which to this day are owned by their
defendants. Of fifty cafetales it will
be found that forty are owned by
Frenchmen.
A very common pharasite creeper
which clings to the rough and sturdy
mahogany trees, choking and killing
them inch by inch until after twenty
years the trees are dead and decayed, is
still called the French ovcrseeE. :"
Maize, yams, sweet potatoes and
other vegetables grow everywhere with
little care or supervision. Coffee shrubs
need the shade and these plants offer
it. The result is that on most coffee
plantations vegetables are grown which
amply feed and sustain the planter,
who after six months is on self-sus-
tanning basis, with good coffee crop
ahead as a clean profit.
Tobacco is grown extensively at Pal.
ma SOriano, San Luis, Daire, Jiguany
and Guica most of which has hitherto
been shipped to Germany, Guica pro-
duces the best leaf, although, of course,
of an inferior grade as compared with
Vuelta and Partidos tobacco.
Baracoa, on the north coast, is the
home of the banana and plantain in its
wild luxuriant state. The shipments
Of these fruits to the north has for
two years warranted two steamship
lines, exclusively engaged in the fruit
trade, to run between BaracOa and New
York. The plantains and bananas are
extensively used in the mBnusaeture of
vinegar.
The woods and forests of eastern
Cuba abound in every variety of hard.
woods, the principal being mahogany,
cedar, rosewood and majugua, wood
known the world over as the strongest
and most durable of all woods, of a
greenish ashy hue, and an exceedingly
close grain. Most of them, in fact nine
tenths Of the woodlands are virgin for
ests which it would take years and
years to decimate, and which have so
far escaned the destructive hand of man
owing 70 the lack of transnortation fa-
cilities 70 tho soacoast
The "yauan or Iancetsnar crows nv
the thousand acres ana So does the
lipnnm vitae so much sought after for
the manufacture of blocksheaves and
heavy balls used in bowling alleys.
Palm leaf in great quantities is ex-
ported 70 Earoye and the United States
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE.

It is useless to base opinion upon the reports from Quebec as to what the |Anglo-American commission has ac- complished in settlement of the vari- oIs disputes between the United States and Canada. These reports differ so widely from day to day that no rs- iiance can be placed upon them. Fresh proof of this is afforded by dispatches to the effect that an agreement has been reached in which, it is evident, ali the important concessions have been made by the United States. It would be waste of time to submit such treaty to the United States sen ate, for it would be rejected without de- Late. This the American commission CTS fully understand. The proceedings of the Quebec conference have been en- tirely secret, and Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the American commission, declares, in a public interview that any statement pretending to say what conclusion has been reached on any of the questions under consideration is absolutely unreliable and without off, cal warrant" Until definite and off cial information is at hand, therefore, public judgment on the work of the joint high commission must be sus- pended.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
FOES IN THE CAMP.

A paper published in California called the Glass Struggle" comes out with an article in defense of murder Murder seems to be all right if only it is committed by an anarchist. The editcr calls the murderer of the en- press of Austria a starving anarchist The article ends as follows:
 When a starved victim Of society strikes at enc of the upper class, g howl fer revenge goes up, for it is feared that the blow was struck at the system which sustains the ruling class
 A paper which even squints toward excusing or coEdoning such a crime as that committed by the murderer of that aged, feeble woman should be sup pressed. We believe in the liberty of the press, but not in it's unbridied 1i- eenss to defame the dead and endanger the living. The spirit of such articles as that from which we have quoted is as opposed to by the spirit of our fires institutions as is light to darkness. Its influence is to e1gender hatred, alisn- ation, strife and civil war. Such pa pers are mere dangerous than Spanish mines or Indians on the warpath.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
CALL TIME.

Is 1t not time to call time on some of OUT good friends who control the cor porations which give us so many varie- ties Of time that in order to keep up with the procession each man needs three watches and each household three clocks? Santa Fe time is a half hour faster than city time, and Southern Pa cific time half an hour slower than city time. So we have to struggle with three different sorts of time in order to be always; right, and then are often wrong One of the veteran city ex- pressmen says that he himself often hesitates when asked suddenly by a stranger when a certain train will leave by city time Either let us have a change, or else let us all enroll our selves as students in the city schools and take a thirty days course in men, tai arithmetic.
 Why can we not have Phoenix time for our Phoenix railroads? People travelling through cur territory care little what time is used, but it would be very great convenience to our own citizens to have one standard instead Of three.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
THIS BUSY WORLD.

There died last week at Philadelphia Colonel Joseph M Bennett, said to be the originator of the ready-made cloth ing business. This he began in 1S42, and continued it with great success un- til 1879. He retired with large for tllre, estimated at from S1,o00,G00 to sic, ,000 ,O00. His benefao,ions during life to charitable and educational insti- tuticns were large, and Philadelphia pointed to him as a type CT modest and benevolent citizenship.
 They all persist in over-estimating Roosevelt's wealth. remarked a well posted New York man the other day as his eyes caught an item in the news paper he was devouring. Millionaire? No; he's far from it. Teddy's a long way off from the road that leads over the hills to the poor house, but S250,- 900 is a fair estimate of his wealth. That's what his fathsr left him. and, as his expenses have been heavy, this rather decreased than increased"
 The Rev Dr. Charles A. Briggs, he of heresy fame, will deliver his first sermons to Brooklyn congregation as m Episcopal clergyman Sunday morn ing and evening. Dr. Briggs now pre- sents the somswhat unusual spectacle of an Episcopal divine who is at the same time a trainer of future Presby- terian ministers.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
NO LACK OF PER GATHER. l"

What has become of the honest, old fashioned porulist who used to com plain Of the hack of per capitcr? The farms Of Kansas have been so busy pro duo:ng ger capiter that i1he banks have been unable to dispose Of it and ale leaning it out to eastern manufdctIr CTS. There is of ac,nal money today ill Kansas $50 per capita, which is all that the populists thought they wanted eight years ago. The honest republicans who drifted off into populism have come back again, as reports prove from every township in the state of Kansas, for two reasons; they have lost faith in populist platforms and leaders, and they have regained faith iii republican, ism There ars pcpulists ii Kansas who would rather have 25-cent and i0- cent corn with pcpulisln than 75-cent wheat and 25-cent corn and republi- can government; but these incorrig- ibles are the minority. The rank and file of the poplists simply want gooc government and good times and will be this year and in future years sup porters of the party whose theories of government are best calculated to bring about these desirable conditions.-To- peka Capital.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
-eF CURRENT INTEREST.

H. France and Russia the assistance which the singing Of some swinging song is to men On the march is recog- nized to a far greater extent than with us. In the French navy there is an in spectcr of singing, who spends his life n going from pCra to port teaching the men how to sing Dibdin-like ditties of his own composition. The experi- meTt has proved so much of a success that this FrenehmaE now takss naval cadets at Brest in hand and teaches them how to use their voices. In a few years time, consequently, every officer and sailor in the French navy will be able to sing and when they go into ac- ton, ashore or afloat, they will keep their courage up by singing over the old patriotic and other songs taught them in times of peace.
 According to statistical returns the suicide rates per annum a million of population have risen during the past thirty years from siXty-seven to eighty six ill England, and from forty to fifty four in Scotland. But the senior conl- missioner of lunacy for Scotland as- serts that the tendency to conceal the occurrence Of death by suicide has di- unfinished since insanity has become ElCre recognized as a disease; and this, combined with other reasons, leads him to believe that suicides as a whole are rot increasing. as statistics apparently lead one to believe.
 The Roosevelt campaign button is larger than a silver dollar, with Rough Rider Teddy's hat, eyeglasses, mus tache, neck and collar thereon, all un- der the flag, and the inscription, For Governor, Theodore Roosevelt" Pen dent is genuine rabbit foot, described on the back of the button as follows: '-You can't stop Teddy's luck. The rab- bits foot charm. This rabbit was killed at midnight, in the dark Of the moon, on the grave of a crOSS-eyed Spaniard, on San Juan hill, Cuba
 Tug beats are the draught horses of the sea. New York harbor has some 40C of them, and the average run is about $30 a day. This makes 6 daily business of s12,000, or s72,000 a week, Or S3,744 GOO year, which gives an idea of the amount of shipping that is han died there annually. As many as 306 ships have entered the harbor in g day. The price of a tug ranges between S5,000 and $12,000
 TOlStoi leaves all practical matters 1elating to his publications to his wife. She supervises the printing, attends to the correspondence and reads the proofs. She has brought out two com plete editions of his works, one in sumptuous form, the other cheap edi- t1on for the public.
 When ex-Comptroller of the Treas u1y James H. Eckels delivered an ad dress before a meeting of old settlers at Ottawa, H., recently, one of his hearers was Q Mrs. Prentice, who was born in 1797.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

It is to be hoped that every republi' can in Arizona wilt contribute some thing to the campaign fund. It takes money to pay the expenses of speakers and hire brass bands and halls, and if the territorial and county committees are plentifully supplied with cash they will be able to put up much stronger fgnt than will be the case if the re- sponses to their requests for "the sin ews of war" are unsatisfactory. The republicans of Arizona will never have g better chance to win than is now presented; it would be a pity if that chance were to be impsrilled by lean war bags" Pungle up, republicans and make the committees feel that the territory is with them.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Colonel Brodie will open his cam- paign tomorrow at Holbrook, and from that day until election time he will re- main on the stump and give cogent req soEs why the people Of the territory should send him as their delegate to congress Colonel Brodie is full of en- thusiasm and he will give the voters wEc go to hear him plenty to think about. The election of Colonel Brodie means statehood, and this point should rot be lost sight of by the people who are interested in seeing Arizona forge to the front.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
SPIRIT OF NATURE.

o Earth! thou hast not any wind that
 blows Which is not music; every weed of
 thine, Pressed rightly, flows in aromatic
 wine; And eVsry humble hedge-row flower
 that grows, And every little brown bird that. doth
 sing, Hath something greater than itself,
 and bears 4 living word to every living thing, Albeit it holds the message unawares All shapes and sounds havel something
 which is not Of them; a spirit broods amid the
 grass, Vague, outlines Of the everlasting
 thought Lie in the melting shadows as they
 p2ss, And touch of an eternal presence thrills The fringes of the sunssts and the hills. : - Richard Realf.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
BEST FOR ADVERTISERS.

The Arizona Republican is the only newspaper in Arizona that covers the territory every day in the year. It is the largest daily newspaper in the territory, the best laid out newspaper for ad- vertisers, and the most popular medium in the southwest outside Of Los Angeles. To reach the reading public of Arizona it is only necessary to use The Re publican.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

The democrats who are talking about frost in connection with the man sgement of the republican campaign had better not pack away all their summer clothing. The campaign viii te warm enough to suit them before many days have passed.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Pictures Of Jim Bark are being cir culated in Phoenix and vicinity. They show live man-one who is a credit to ths community. Mir. Bark is mak- ing an effective canvass. It will be a lasting disgrace to Mariccpa county if Jim Bark is not elected sheriR.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

It is noticeable that in the i'm rromptu encounters which sometime occur among pugu1ists mons ever hits the other On the mouth. Possibly there is, after all, such a thing as pro- fessicnal etiquette among them.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

The Spaniards are said to be fairly staggered by the American demands with reference to the Philippines. The Spaniards should have learned by this time to anticipate solar plexus blow from the Americans cn any or all oc- casionS.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Chaplain Scott will make an ideal member Of the assembly. He has had much experiences in public affairs, is devoted to the interests of the terri tcsy, and will be on the alert to ad vance the welfare of his party and of Arizona. He should have a rousing majority on November 8.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

The war investigation commission is calling tine easy witnesses frst-the gentlemen whc heard little and saw less.-HouSton Post.
 This is rough on Fighting Joe'' Wheeler, but it illustrates the nendac- ity of the democratic press.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

The christening Of the Illinois was effected in the old-fashioned way, with a bottle of champagne. After all, it is not this method of applying the beverage which creates the disturb ance
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

The FiiiDinos, It is said, have asked the Cuban junta to assist them The Cuban junta, TO doubt, feels like fully reciprocating this peculiar mark oi confidence.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Information coming from the differ ent counties is to the effect that the republicans are joyful and positive of a sweeping victory in November.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

General Wheeler has had too much experience to allow his ideas to be stampeded by sensationalism.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

For tie wife of troubled which drug preparations lad Finally she induced Tabuies with the directions taking that medicines fail Tabul be doing something and this strengthened resolve continue their 
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Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

For Delegate to Congress: COLONEL ALEXANDER O. ERODE
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Publication onlce: s6-N East Adams street Telephone Eo. fl.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13

Entered at the postonice at Phoenix. Arizona, as mail matter of the second class.
Arizona republican., 1898-10-13
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

For CouncIfr1an- CAPT. JAMES H. McCLINTOCK.