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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
NoeLEMAN AND FRoNTlERsMAN
The Greatest Hunting Expedition on
Record.

Sir George Gore, a wealthy Irish
sportsman, began in 1855 hunting ex-
petition among the Rocky mountains
which occupied two years and exceeded
anything of the kind ever seen on this
continent The outfit consisted of so
persons, including secretaries, stew
ard, cooks, hymakers, dog tenders, sery-
ants, train of 30 wagons and numer-
Gus saddle horses and dogs.
"Old Jim Bridger" was Sir Georges
guide and interpreter, and no man on
the frontier knew the glens and passes
OF the mountains SO accurately as he
did. Though illiterate and as uncon-
ventonal as an Indian, Bridger was
honest, kind, generous and shrewd-
Just the man TO attract the Irish sports
man.
In his "Old Santa Fe Trail" Col In
man describes the companionship OF
the two men-one rich, educated,
whole-souled Irish nobleman, the other
n man who from boyhood had lived on
the plains, depending on his tact and
rifle for food and life.
Sir George would lie In bed until ten
o'clock in the morning; then he took
n bath, ate his breakfast and set out
generally alone for the days hunt. IL
was not unusual for him to remain out
until ten at night, and he seldom re-
turned without meat" His dinner was
then served, TO which he extended an
invitation to Bridger.
After the meal was over Sir George
was In the habit OF reading from some
book and drawing out from Bridger his
ideas about the author.
The freshman usually rcad from
Shakespeare, which Bridger 'reckin'd
was too highfalutin" for him.
"Thet thar big Dutchmnn, Mr.. Full
stuff" he commented, was a leetle too
fond Of lager beer"
Sir George read the Adventures OF
Baron Munchauscn" 10 Bridger who re-
marked that che be doggoncd Of he
swallowed everything that thar baron
said" He thought he was "a liar" yet
acknowledged that some OF his own nd-
ventures among the Blackfcct would
be equally wonderful ''if writ down in
a book"
Bridger thought Sir George a success
full hunter. an opinion justified by the
records OF the two-years' hunt 40
grizzly bears. $500 buffalo. numerous
antelope and other small game.
Youths Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
ON THE STAGE.

Isabel Irving has been reengaged for
next season as leading lady with John
Drew.
Ellen Terry is the main trouble which
confronts Irving. Despite the fact that
she Is growing old and stout and that
the public wants young heroines, she re-
fuses TO allow Irving TO get younger
leading lady. The result hns been dis
astrous TO the bnronet, and now he has
been forced 20 abandon the Lyceum.
which will be taken In May by Forbes
Robertson and Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
self-adjustment to the public

capable OF establishment to the public
needs.
Can we not learn useful lessons from
others? Is the experience Of the world TO
be despised? Can the stern DEGREES carried
by the laws OF our economic life be sue
cessfully challenged? Can they be rescind-
ed or repealed by the wild impulses OF the
inconsiderate?
"In free social state the individual man
Is clothed with the power and responsibility
OF self-direction. His well-being depends
upon his ability TO comprehend and his
willingness to obey the physical and moral
laws with which nature has environed him.
In a government like our own a similar
power of self-direction exists. IL is a high
privilege and carries with Il great response
blhties. Like the individual man, the ma
tons well-being depends upon its ability
TO discern and obey the economic and moral
laws which environ H."
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
InIonc crnf,ina Fent.

Berkeley, Cal, March -. Supcrin-
tendent j. w. Mills. OF the Pomona agri-
cultural experiment station. has sue
cceded I'm a most unique and interesting
agricultural experiment the grating
OF morning glory on sweet potato
vine. As result both plants attained
MI unusually large growth. The sweet
potato vine produced Fl pounds OF po-
tatoes. the average being from 10 to
IL pounds.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26

Pcrditn-Wc have discovered that we
are rivals, you know.
Tom Bnrrry-Ah, you both love the
same fellow?
"Oh, no--but the same fellow loves
both OF "-Ainslee's Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26

do not the most common prudential
considerations dictate adhesion 10 n money
standard which has been contemporaneous
with this great progress. II not an efficient
factor therein Benton and Jackson. more
than 60 years ago, argued It's superiority
ard by their efforts the gold standard came
into practical use with w. Are we who
seek TO preserve the good they secured 10 be
condemned by their alleged followors7
Second only IN importance 60 a sound
currency Is a banking system adequate or
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
Action Recommended.

The message concludes with recon-
mendatlons az follows:
II recommend that you authorize the ap-
pointment OF a state board OF five. 20 be
non-partisan, IL the constitution permits.
which shall be empowered 90 make a just
and equitable valuation OF the franchises
and other property OF railroad companies.
express companies, telegraph and tele-
phone companies at their true cash value,
and TO ascertain the average rate OF taxes
paid by the other people OF the state for
state, county and municipal purposes, and
20 assess the property OF these companies
at that rate, the moneys collected 10 be
paid directly TO the state treasurer and by
him distributed In the same manner as the
moneys now collected from specific taxes.
I'm conclusion ] desire TO earnestly urge
this duty upon you In the name OF equality
and justice. trust that prejudices for or
against corporations will have no part in
your deliberations. Michigan should be
absolutely just. Natural and artificial per-
sons. whether rich or poor. resident or nom
resident, are entitled TO The same treatment
before the law"
VERY respectfully,
''HAzEN s. PINGREE,
Governor"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE
Proceedings of the Extra Session OF
the Thirty-Ninth Assembly.

Lansing, Mich. March 23.-Both houses
OF the Michigan legislature convened I'm
special session at noon yesterday. and after
the usual committees were appointed and
each house and the governor duly notified
or the organization. recess was taken un-
I'll 2:30 y. m, when the governor read his
message, which occupied nearly two hours
subsequently the Pingree bill was intro
duced In the house by Col. Atkinson. OF De-
troit. who prepared II. and by Senator
Moore In the senate. The leading points In
the governors message were that the
trainers OF the state constitution intended
that all taxes be based on the cash value OF
the property; that the taxes should be
levied upon public franchises as well as
other property; that the present system OF
specific taxes upon railway earnings il I'M
satisfactory and wrong: that the tax upon
Michigan railroads has been less than a quar-
ter or one per cent. upon their own sworn
valuations, and less than one-eleventh OF
the percentage paid by other taxpayers.
The governor recomm ended authorization
or appointment OF a state board TO make
equitable valuations OF the property OF
such corporations OF their cash values and
10 assess them at the average rate OF all
the taxes.
senate.
Lansing. Mich. March 24.-In the senate
yesterday Senator Laurence introduced n
bill asking the governor 10 prepare an
other message covering the general subject
OF taxation so that all property could be
taxed equally. Senator Barnard moved 10
refer the resolution. and a sharp passage
OF words ensued, In which Mr.. Barnard's
motion was lost by vote OF II yeas TO Is
nays. The vote IL considered test OF the
Pingree strength In the senate. and Is re-
garded as a defeat for him.
House.
Lansing. Mich, March 24.-In the house
yesterday Mr.. Adams preoipitated debate
by attempting TO introduce a bill on gem
eral taxation. He was declared out OF
order. Afterward he introduced a resolu-
tlon asking the governor TO send a special
message 10 the legislature on the subject
OF equallzing assessments on all classes
OF property. Several members spoke for
and against the resolution, but II was final
defeated by decisive vote The Pin
gree men count this result decided vic
tory. A petition containing 50. $50 signatures
or citizens who favor the passage OF the
Pingree railroad tax bill was presented.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
COMMISSION FROM GOMEZ.
Direct From the Camp of Gomez
An Exciting Chase.

KEY WEST, Fla, May 1s.-Another
commission from Gen. Maxine Gomez,
the insurgent commander-in-chief, has
arrived at Key West.
Mr.. John +. iowa, the former United
States vice consul at Sagua la Grande,
who was landed by an American gun
boat on the coast of Cuba about ten
days ago, was picked up Monday after
noon after an exciting experience with
a Spanish gunboat, which the Amer
lean gunboat chased into her har.
Dor. Mr.. iowa succeeded in reach
ing the camp of Gen. Gomez,
and has brought back dispatches
from the latter to Commodore Watson.
He reports that Gen. Gomez and sew
eral thousand troops with him are in
the best of spirits, and hopeful of a
speedy ending of the present situation.
Mr.. iowa also reports hat Spanish
troops are moving westward, keeping
in the cities. He made part of the
journey along the coast in a small
boat, and was being chased by a Spanish
gunboat when the American gunboat
hove in sight. The Spaniard, though
several miles off, fired Il number of
shots at the American vessel. The lat
ter proceeded to pick up Mr.. iowa and
two companions of the former consul,
and then chased the Spanish gunboat,
which promptly scudded tor safety into
port.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
THE "GRAND OLD MAN. +"
Public and Private Life Of William
Ewart Gladstone.
Remarkably Long and Brilliant Career
That Marks Him One of the
Greatest Men of the Gem
tury.

William Ewart Gladstone was born
at Liverpool December 90, 1909, his
father being Sir John Gladstone, a
well-known and prosperous merchant
of that city. Mr.. Gladstone had all
the advantages of a thorough training
in youth, being educated at Eton and
Christ church, Oxford, from which he
graduated in 1881. In the following
year he entered parliament and prac-
tically remained a member of that
body as long as he lived. 1t may not
be generally known that the illustrious
Briton had at one time an ambition to
be a lawyer; in fact, in 1888, he entered
Lincoln's Inn, where he studied for six
years before abandoning the idea, to
devote himself to scholarship, literary
work and statecraft, IN all of which he
attained the greatest eminence.
1t is scarcely possible to recapitulate
in a brief sketch the great work per-
formed by this remarkable man, who
was a poet, orator, scholar, statesman,
diplomat, linguist, essayist and his
torian, and whose life forms so close q
part of the development of his country
at home as well as in the colonies. Be
ginning his public career five years beg
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
THE SPANISH FLYING FLEET.
No Doubt Entertained at st. Pierre thai
1t Has Sailed for Cuba or
Porto Rico.

ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May 49,
The Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer
Terror and the hospital ship Alicante
are still at Fort de France. 1t is
rumored hat the repairs to the Terror
are finished and that she will leave the
harbor to-day.
The signal lights continue and last
night a large number were flashed
from the hills.
A Spanish vessel entered the harbor
late Monday night, showed no lights,
rapidly secuted and steamed away
Immediately.
About half-past ten Monday evening
an earthquake shock was distinctly
felt here. This experience, combined
with the excitement caused by the
presence and movements of the Spanish
war ships, keeps up the public strain.
There is no doubt that the Spanish
fleet which has been lying in these
waters, has now left Martinique, going
in the direction of Cuba or Porto Rico.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
Deyasted By A Tornado,

LINCOLN, Neb., May 1s.-A violent
tornado devastated a wide district
along Republican river in south cen-
trail Nebraska early last evening. A
special from Franklin says:
1.-The vicinity of Franklin was Wis
tied this evening by a terrific rain and
bail storm. Shortly afterward the
funnel from a tornado was seen eight
miles southeast of town. 1t swept rap
idly northward devastating the farms,
groves and cattle ranches that lay in
its path. The forest growth along the
Republican river lies PROSTATE and
tangled"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
ADMIRAL CERVERA'SA ADORE SIS
Poor, Innocent Spain was Forced into War,
and VIII Now Fight to
the Death.

MADRID, May 1S.-At the moment of
his departure from the Cape Verde ISL
ands, Admiral Cervera Tin command
of the Spanish squadron in West In
dian waters) sent the following adj
dress to the crews of his ships:
After three years of struggle in Cuba We
were nearing the end of the trouble which Ger
tainly would have been ended three months
ago, but for Americas aid. That nation be-
lieving she had created by underhand means u
tn IuSand endorsements, but that neverthe-
less she would not be able to obtain the object
Of her ambition, at last threw of the mask
and, when the Instruction was on its last
legs, commenced against us the most unjust
war in TIE history of the world.
Spain did not wish for war. Her conduct
proved this. She conceded everything a self
respecting nation could cOncede; but theAmer-
leans, whose ambition is Unsuitable, always
asked for something more and even what be.
lOnged to uS-that land discovered by Span
iards led BY Columbus.
Forward. then, to the war, since we are
forced Ito by the Americans blind ambition.
But, let US enter the combat as did the Span
iards Of old, strong in their rights and truStfuI
in God who will never abandon a Just cause and
who will aid our efforts
Ineed not enjoin discipline upon you, for
curing the past SIX months you nave Oeen IN
der my lint 1 have only had cause for
congratulations. Nor need l call on you to do
your duty conscientIously, especially during
the watches, which will often be most tr, ing.
Still less need 1 urge you to display courage
You are Spaniards, and that is sufficient in
war.
Then. when 1 lead you to battle, have conf
dence in your chiefs and the nation, whose eye
is upon you will see that Spain to-day Is the
Spain OF all time.
Vive Espana! Vive ell Reyi ViVe la Reina
Regente.
TSfrnaa1 nNFTnAT CrDr-rnn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
THE SITUATION AT MANILA.
A Rigid Bl~ockade-The Rebels rs Soldiers
Native Councils Authorized-A
Religious Scarecrow.

Hone KONG, May 1s.-The steamer
Esmeralda, which has just arrived
from Manila with 400 refugees, chiefly
Chinese, report, that the United States
cruisers Concord and Boston are going
to Iloilo, where they expect prompt
capitulation, and to recapture the
American ship Saranac, with a cargo
of coal.
The blockade of Manila is extremely
rigid and several foreign ships have
been refused admittance.
The rebels are useless as allies of
Admiral Dewey. They are utterly dis
united, quite half of them being in IA
vor OF Spain.
The Cavite arsenal was found empty.
Col. MIGUEL of the artillery committed
suicide because he discovered that the
ammunition is nonresident.
Capt. Gen. August is trying to con-
ciliate the rebels and has authorized
the establishment of native councils.
The archbishop of Manila, in a pas
toral issue on the Sth inst, said:
christians, defend your faith
against heretics who raise an insuper-
able barrier to immortal souls, enslave
the people, abolish crosses from ceme-
teries, forbid pastors to perform bap-
tism, matrimony Or funeral rites, or to
administer consolation or grant alb
solution"
Pending the arrival of troops from
the United States the Americans defer
&ostilities ashore.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
A MAY WOOING,

She was always at work in the window
above
When he cantered along on his mettle-
some mare;
Her eyes We're as soft as the throat of a
dove,
And the gold of the daffodil slept in her
hair;
He dwelt in the mansion that frowned m
the hill:
Her cot with the wind and the weather
was gray,
But she flung him a rose from the bush by
the sill,
And he caught it. and kissed it, one morn
ing in May.
His coat was the finest that money could
buy,
And a monarch might covet the ring on
his hand;
Her 5own was a WOODEN Of soberest dye,
And her busy brown fingers were rough
ered and tanned.
Bat he paused to look back by the vine
covered stile,
And he lifted his cap in the courtIiest
way;
60 sweet was her face, and so sunny her
smile,
Framed in by the b~lOssOming branches of
May.
The mettlesome mare in the moonlight
was tied
To a tree, by a little gray house in the
vac,
And her master within had forgotten his
pride
As he kneIt and repeated loves rapturous
tale.
In sunshine or shadow the prints of his feet,
With spurs on the bOot-hecls, were point
cd that way,
For the wooinG was swift, and the winning
was sweet,
II the shade of the dew-laden liIacs of
May.
30 the cottage is left in a tangle OF leaves,
The mice are at play on the carpetiess
floor,
And the sparrows. unstartIed, peer over the
caves,
Or roll in the dust-holIows close to the
door.
Thu maiden has gone to the palace of stone
Where lackeys in yellow and crimson are
gay;
For master and mansion she won for her
own
With a rose and a smile on a morning in
May.
-Minna Irving, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
Old THING DIDN'T WORK.
A Spanish Trap, that None Of Our
Ships Fell Into, Busted by
the Wilmington.
A DERELlCT LOADED WITH OLD IRON.
Hope that Some of the Blockading
Squadron Would Bump Their Noses on
It-Commander Todd, How ever, Sent
1t to the Bottom.

KEY WEST, Fla, May S.-The United
States cruiser Wilmington, Commander
C. c. Todd, when about thirty miles
east of Havana yesterday, fired four
shells into a Spanish trap in the shape
of a d~erelict, sinking it, and thus doing
away with another piece OF Spanish
trickery.
The commander of the Wilmington
had been warned by dispatch boats
that some dangerous wreckage was
drifting about the spot mentioned. and
the cruiser steamed in that direc-
ton to investigate the reports.
An old Spanish schooner with
her deck loaded to the rails
with rusty iron, car-whec!s, etc,
closely packed together. was found
floating in the track of torpedo boats
and dispatch boats. The iron-laden
schooner had evidently been sent ou5
of Havana harbor in the hope that a
torpedo boat or small craft of the block
ing force would crash into it and be SO
damaged as to II her to sink. As
wires were noticed around the iron
rails on the schooner, Commander Todd
believed the Spanish trap might also
contain explosives, and, therefore, lay
ing off Il considera bic distance from
her, his guns promptly sen her to the
bottom
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
LITTLE wINSLOw IN BATTLE.
Report of a Gallant Engagement FougEs
q Day or Two Before h
WAS Disabled.

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-Reports re
ceived here from Key West show that
the condition of the little torpedo boat
Winslow is much worse than supposed.
and it will be necessary, in all proba-
bility, to have her come to Norfolk for
repairs. One shot smashed her low
pressure starboard cylinder and another
.traversed one of her boilers. 1t would
be possible to get along under one
boiler and reduce the starboard engine
from a q~uadruple to a triple expansion,
but the efficiency of the boat would be
very much lowered thereby.
Following, a few days late, upon the
news OF the terrific assault on the
WinSlow and her disablement came
through the mails an official report
from Commander McCalla of an en-
gagement the little boat was in a day
or two before she came to grief. 1t re-
fleets great credit upon the officers and
men of the craft, and was promptly
made public by the navy department.
1t reads as follows:
UNITED STATES II MACHIAS,
OFF CAI:DENAS, MAY IL. 1895.
Inc MachtaS, Wilmington, Hudson and VIM
SLOW proceeded in as far as the distractions
would allow. The Machias took up position
about !, 100 yards northeast OF Diana Cay.
The Wilmington, with the Hudson and VIM
Slow, proceeded to enter the inner harbOr be-
tween Romero and BlalcO GAYS. where 1 felt
quite certain there were no mines, depths Of
water by the chart beng IL fath0ms. The
vessels found no trouble in entering and were
soon ~SteamiuE into CardenaS bay.
L opened fire on Diana City signal station and
sent the launch with EISign willard in charge
to take possession OF the station and find the
wires and explode the mines If possible or cut
them. No mines were found. however, al
though strict search was made for them on
the island and by dredging around. Mr..
Willard accomplished the work in an
excellent way, destroying the station and gov
ernmcnt property which had been abandoned
in IA very hurried manner, and as q signal Of
his success hOiSted the American flag on the
signal station and brought on board the Span
iSh flag, together with the signal apparatus.
At l:iO p. m fire opened from the Hudson
and Winslow and was continued until 3 p. m,
when the vessels returned to the outer anchor
age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
I'M AFRAID HE KISSED ME.

old man just behind us turned round
and went: Ssh"
Mother-No wonder.
Lucy-Then he asked me to walk out
into one of the courts and let him tell
me about the writer. So II had to go,
you see. Pleadingly) Mother, dear.
Mother (taking her hand)-Well,
darling?
Lucy-He said that he admired me so
much, and he knew he was old-he
doesn't look IS really-and-and he
wrote those verses because he loved me.
Mother (sympathetically) - Yes,
dear.
Lucy-He-he asked me to love him,
and (buries her face on her mothers
shoulder) I said 1 would try; and-and
I'm afraid he kissed me
Mother (horrifieG)-In the museum?
Lucy-O, it was in one of the quiet
courts-Egyptian, or Chinese, or He
brew. or something-such a nice court,
mother, dear. There-there wasn't
anyone TO see.
Mother (anxiously)-Who is he?
Lucy (clapping her hands)-Why,
Mr.. Mordaunt. the great novelist.
Mother (delightedly)-Well, 1 never!
Lucy-Fancy his falling in love with
me! He's coming to see you this even
ing. (Knock at the street door, Iex-
pect that's he (entreating)-you will
like him. mother?
Mother kissing her)-I hope so,
dear.
(Servant Mr.. Mordaunt.)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
1t Was A Spanish Victory.

ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
May 16-The British steamer Twick-
tngham, from Scotland, with a cargo
Of coal for Porto Rico, has called here
for orders.
The captain-geperal of Porto Rico
.telegraphed to the Spanish consul here.
Eleven American war ships have
bombarded the forts of the town. A
heroic defense was made. The sol.
diers are prepared to fight to the death.
The Americans r~etreated. Several Of
their ships were damaged and one was
towed away. 1t was a Spanish vio-
tory"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-21
The Spanish Fleet on the Coas of yene-
zueIa or Colombia.

CURACAO, Dutch West Indies, May Is.
The Spanish fleet is now supposed to
be off the the coast of Venezuela or off
the coast of Colombia. Only a portion
of the fleet was allowed to enter this
harbor, for the purpose of obtaining
provisions, cattle and coal, which were
purchased here.
Confirmation was obtained of the re-
port that the Spaniards left one of
their torpedo gun boats at Fort de
France, Island of Martinique, presum-
ably to watch for the Harvard.