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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

He was imprisoned in Moro castle Deem
Der 2 last, under death sentence. He was
pardoned through the instrumentality of
Consul General Lee and taken on the
Maine, where he received his first medical
and surgical treatment. He afterwards
reached New Orleans and from there went
to Hot Springs. He is now suffering from
the effects of his wounds and completely
broken down in health
The Wellman polar expedition has Sc
cured the Arctic steamer Fridtjof for its
trip to Franz Josef land. The Fridtjof is
considered the best ice steamer i'll the
world.
Furniture and all portable property is
being removed from New England coast
residences in fear that Spanish plivateers
will loot summer resorts.
The Little Rock, Ark, board of health
reports five cases of smallpox in the city.
All the sufferers are negroes, who are
confined in the pest house
Out of 80 counties in Colorado, 81 have
women superintendent of schools, and
every school board has one or two women
members.
A large quantity of rejected tea was re-
Gently returned to China from New York
as the result of examinations by officials
of the treasury department.
/ 1t is said that a combination has been
formed at Pittsburg, Pa, by big river coal
operators to corner the southern coal mar
ket in anticipation of war prices.
The original copy of the declaration of
independence in Jefferson's own hand
writing has just been found among the
archives of the American Philosophical
Society in Philadelphia.
A Michigan man has in his posses
sion a piece of hard tack biscuit, issued
to him as a part of ration during the
late war. Though 80 years old, the bis
cult is in an excellent state of preserva-
ton
Hudson Maxim, brother of Hiram, the
inventor of the famous Maxim gun, has
invented a cannon to throw torpedoes
into the air 1t promises to be even more
deadly than his brothers death dealing
invention.
The authorities of the Missouri expert
ment station have determined to continue
experiments with sugar beets at least
another year, as their work has not def
initely settled whether the cultivation of
the beet will be profitable.
Near Frankfort, Del, w. S. Long killed
blacksnake that had gold finger ring
around its body. The ring had undoubt-
eddy been around the snakes body long
time, as it was deeply imbedded and could
not be removed until the snake had been
cut in two.
a. w. Tilton, a young farmer, living
near Belle Plaine, Kan, was killed in an
unusual manner the other day. His
windmill being out of order, he had gone
up to fix it, when strong gust of wind
set the wheel to revolving, catching his
coat and choking him to death.
Evidences of the prehistoric peoples
who inhabited the valleys of the ella and
Salt rivers in Arizona have recently been
discovered, and enough testimony has
been found to reveal the fact that in
these valleys once dwelt mighty and
prosperous people numbering not less
than 100000, and probably 100000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16
GENERAL ROSECRANS.
Was One of This Country's Most Pic.
turesque Soldiers


General William Stark ROsecrans.
who died recently at his home, near
los Angeles. Cal. was one of the most
picturesque soldiers ever produced by
the United States. He will be known
in history as soldier only. although
as "A citizen he deserved highly of his
cOuntrymen. As a man and citizen
it may be said that few Americans
lived Il more useful life or were less
selfish in taking their part of the public
burden. Born and reared in the East.
the General became fascinated with
the climate of California and decided
that he would spend the last years Of
his life in the golden State. Its peo-
pie often besOught him to help them
administer their affairs. But he al
ways declined these hOnors. which he
regarded as the rewards of past ser
vices. He might have been Governor
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16
LII and the Woman doctor.

Ii Hung Chang's visit to England is
said to have had the most beneficial
effect on the destinieS of women i'm
China. Since his return he has ap-
pointed the first Chinese lady practic-
ing medicine in her own land to be
physician to the women of his house
hold Two delegates. Miss Wang and
DR. Eng, are TO represent the Celestial
empire at the women's congress in
London in 1898. The latter is the
daughter of mandarin who was con-
verted to Christianity and graduated
in an American university; and she OBJ
tanned the degree of doctor of medi-
cine at the Womens Medical College,
Philadelphia. She has been so sue
cessful in the healing art that she is
now known as the miracle lady.-St,
James Gazette.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

back. Blake died in the penitentiary
A few years after his death Stephen
Lection, on his deathbed. confessed the
crime. His motives were purely those
of revenge. He had never forgiven
Blake for supplanting him in tne af-
fections of the woman he loved. Then
Mrs. Blake went into the wilderness To
live. She has lived in her lonely cabin
in the forest for the last fifty years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

One remedy for the lodging of taxes
on personal property suggested by Cen
eral Harrison is entitled to something
more than casual consideration. 1t is
that a meeting of the tax commissions
erS of a considerable number of States
he held to consult as to some plan for
the taxation of personal property that
will secure IA uniform system. one OF
the embarrassmeStS at the present time
is that when State undertakes to
adopt a plan which will increase the
taxation of certain classes of property.
ii becomes a serious loser by the re-
moval of those who are taxed under
such a system New Jersey is said to
be the paradise of New York tax dodg-
ers. Ohio is said to have lost a mum
Der of wealthy citizens because the
State undertook to tax them. One was
so incensed. not long ago, that he dis
posed of all his property i'm Ohio and
left the State in something of a huff
Tax commissioners. like insurance ana
labor commissioners, could meet, con-
slider plans and finally adopt some one
Of them. This plan they could recon-
mend to the Legislatures of the States
represented. and thereby a uniform sys
TEN for more adequate taxation could
be secured Taxation is not one of the
topics which the people generally dig
cuss. They complain of local taXatioA q,
but when the topic is discussed it j.
Federal taxation, usually the taxation
of the poor to pay for bonds. This may
be important, but compared with local
taxation, it is incOnsequential. The
agitation of the topics which General
Harrison has brought to the front in
neighborhoods, in village or township
meetings for the purpose would call
public attention to the injustice in
manner which could not fail to be gen
orally beneficial.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

The Introduction of bills for the re-
moval of the charge of desertion from
men who enlisted in the armies of the
Union i'm our great war. and who called
10 put i'm an appearance when their
commands We're mustered out. has been
going on for a third of a century. ii
is the general opinion of honorably dis
charged soldiers that this thing has
gone far enough. They assert. and
they know something about the mat
ter. that most of these deSerters are
men who enlisted for bounties and cot
out at the first opportunity.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

that her machinery may be broken. but
experience has taught them that her
chances are good for making port. des-
pite the handicap. Our great warships
founder about in calm harbors. strike
a sandbar or an insignificant tug and
promptly go into dry dock for repairs
costing thousands of dollars. There is
a lesson in this for somebody. possibly
the builder of modern battle-Ships.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

The course taken by the French min
istry in arbitrarily forbidding discus
sion of its acts was foreseen. 1t is The
course that has been taken shortly be-
fore Its fall by each Of the French gov
ernments that has been overthrow by
revolution during the past seventy
years. The precedents do not warrant
the Inference that a change is at hand.
The second empire and the citizen king
both went on for several years after
the policy of suppressing criticism had
been adopted. But this sort Of VIC
lence reveals a weakness that had been
yelled, and by that disclosure invites
and encourages assault.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

The Pail Mall Gazette seeks to agi-
tate us by disclosing the fact that a
genuine prince is waiter in a New
York hotel. 1t would really agitate New
York to learn that any of our palace
hotel walters is less than a prince. for
that is what their manners have i'm
pressed upon us.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

The great isothermal line of baked
beans includes Dawson City in British
Alaska. Outftters in Seattle and San
Francisco complain bitterly of the in.
creasing scarcity of the most succulent
of intellect-nourlshing vegetables
There has not yet been any rumor Of
organization in Boston of a society FOR
the promotion of canned beans in Alas
Ia. but it would be good neighboriy
act Every family in Boston could give
a pot of beans and never feel ii.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

1t has been propheSied that the high
price of wheat would result i'm causing
the farmers of the Northwestern
States to put in an increased acreage.
which would mean larger production
and consequent reduction In price. But
the high price of wheat has melted the
farmers to sell every bushel of wheat
they had, and there is said to be n
scarcity, especially in Minnesota and
North Dakota. of wheat for seeding
purposes. Those two States require
about 1S.000,000 bushels for seeding.
and it does not appear to he in the
hands of the farmers. The quality of
the wheat in both those States has
been deteriorating for several years,
and If the farmers are this year oblig-
ed to import their seed from Manitoba
there is a prospect that it will result
in better grain than they have recent
ly produced. 1t may he, therefore.
that the avidity Of the farmers to get
the highest price for their wheat may
result to their advantage in the end.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

A curious fact has been noted by the
Arctic travelers-snow when at a very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
Joseph jefferson will not withdraw
from the stage this year On the con-
trary, he is already forming plans for
next season.
The wren often makes dozen nests,
leaving all but one unfinished and unused.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

New York, April lO.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Rio Janeiro says; The news
papers announce that the government has
sold the cruiser Nictheroy to the United
States. 1t is stated that the price paid
for this warship was $4,000
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Mrs. WI, wife of the Chinese minis
ter at Washington. has the laugh on
American women. Whenever anybody
says anything to her about Chinese
girls binding their feet she retorts that
no Chinese woman is barbarOuS
enough to wear corsets.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

4 million bObOlinkS killed last yearl
-Four million other birds slaughtered in
the same year-and for what? That
their torn and distorted bodies might he
Haunted in the headgear of American
WOmankind! There are no gueSS-work
figures, but the official report of the Au-
dubon Society of Massachusetts. And
what does it mean? II means five mill
ion voices Stilled in Natures avian
choir. Five million flashes of cheeri-
ness and gladnesS taken from human
life; and millions of other young lives
doomed to starvation or prey i'm order
that the plumaged corpse of the muir
dered mother bird may he rent by a
nilliner and damned in hideOuS shape
lcssness in milady's hat. All. miladN.
IS there no efficacy in these desOlaiing
figures? Is there no mercy in your
heart no conscience in your makeup.
no sentiment in your soul? Can YOU
enjoy the finest opera when YOU think
that the killing of the birds with which
you and your sisters are browning your
beauty is gradually Silencing the grand
oratoro of the forest and the fields: 4
birdlesS country, A vOiceleSS forest
What desOlatiOn it would be. And
yet that is just what this country is
coming to if the song birds of our land
are to be killed off at the rate of five
millions year in order to crafty fem
mime vanity and keep woman lin
style What grewsome. hidcous.
constituencies style" it is that muir
ders melody and slenceS the lark that
sings from Heavens gate
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

pleasing incident of the cotton
mills strike in New Bedford was the
idle hours" recreation furnished to
strikers through the efforts of one Of
the city pastors. Reading. games, mu-
sic and other forms of wholesome en-
tertainment were provided in two
halls, and all were welcome who would
refrain from discussing the strike or
other labor matters while present.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

An exchange says: THE hair on the
head of most of the hundreds of thou
sands of dolls exhibited in shop win
dOws is made from the hair of the An
CORA goat" That's probably why the
kids all like dolls.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

The conclusion is forced upon us that
the builders of warships might collab.
crate with the architects Of the great
commerce carriers and combine speed
with safety. The agents of the Atlantic
liners never lose much sleep when one
of the ships is overdue. They admit
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Slang is quite ancient, but it's still to
be proved that when the wooden steed
was dragged into old Troy. the Trojans
said: This is a horse on us.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Susan b. Anthony says that "the
grievances women have against the
common enemy-man-tO-da are as
many as the cOlOnists had against
King George Then why not follow
the example of the coonsts-fght for
independence first and for the union
afterWard.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

A gun tested near Washington re
Gently threw "A shell over ten miles.
which means that hostile ship would
be under fire for twenty miles in pass
ing battery. Such target practice
will make 1t interesting for the ship.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

A desperate arrested in Boston had
a copy of Browning in his pocket OF
course his lawyer will plead a certain
intellectual disturbance, due to pro-
longed struggle with obscurities.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Thieves are said to be almost I'M
known in Finland. Curiously enough,
there are many thieves in this country
who contrive to remain entirely un-
known
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

In spite of the unfavorable year the
Italian budget for ls97-S shows surplus
Of between 100000 and 100000 lire.
THE value of the Ira is 10 $40 cents.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Philadelphia has developed a beggar
who goes about soliciting aims on BIZ
cycle. Perhaps he wants to raise
enough money to buy a 9S wheel.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

of the State and have occupied other
lofty offices that were freely offered
him. No American in California had
more honOrs than "old Rosy" in his
last days.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

lola goes 10 prison. Well, he can at
least emulate John Bunyan. History
at all events, will give the novelist "A
fairer trial.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Ever since Nellie Ely was made col
onel the Tennessee militia has been
ready to spring to arms a a moments
notice.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

A good many people make hay while
the sun shines. and then let 1t spoil.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16

Reform is used for almost as many
purposes, nowadays, as electricity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-27

Notice is hereby given that .
petition for the incorporation Of
the city OF Ardm0re as u city OF
the secpnd class has this day
been presented to the Hon.
United States court for the
southern district Of the Indian
Territory ar Ardmore, and that
by order OF said court said ped-
ton aud a plat of the proposed
townsite has been fled with the
clerk Of said court at Ardmore
and that Saturday, the 10th day
Of April 1898. has been by said
court fixed for the hearing Of
said petition at the court house
in the said town Of Ardmore.
This, the 14th day Of March,
1893. w. +. BOWMAN,
w. A. LEDBRTTER,
! a A. EDDLEMAN,
lJh Agents for Petitioners.
5Wks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-27
RxcuRsIoN RArRs

To points in the East and Southeast
via the \, Cotton Belt route" for the
following occasion:
To st. Louis, account Interstate
Merchants association Feb. 10th.
27th, March 9Th. 18th, April 2nd and
10th, rate of one and one Nth fnres,
ON the certificate plan. One way
tickets will be sold AZ regular rates,
and passengers given certificate,
which, II presented within three days
after adjournment of the meeting,
properly signed by Mr.. Q. A. Singer,
and stamped by ID. Wisharts win
entitle holder to return the ticket At
one-fith fare. Nk
For the following events reduced
round trip rates win Be announced
in due time:
To Baltimore, Md, for the General
Conference Of the NJ. 3. church
south, May 9Th. .|.. It
To Norfolk, Va, for the American
Baptist Educational society, May 5th /;
Southern Baptist Convention May
6th-12th, and Woman's Baptist Mis-
sionary Union, May 6th-1o.
To Washington, ID. c.. for the
annual meeting of the National Edu-
cational Association, July 7th-l2th.
To Nashville, Tenn, for the Inter
national United Society Of Christian
Endeavor. July 5th-l2.
To Atlanta, Ga, for Ex-Confeder-
ate reunion, July 21th-24th.
To Columbia, s. c., for the Gen.
erAl Conference Of the (colored NJ.
E. church, May Srd.
For further information please call
on or address any Cotton Belt ticket
agent, OF 8. G. WARMER,
Genl. Pass. Agt. Tyler, Texas.
A. A. Gibson,
7. +. A., e.. Worth, Texas.
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American Baptist Educational sOci'

American Baptist Educational socie-
ty, May 81; Southern Convention,
May to u; WomRn's Missionary
Union, May to 10.
For the above occasion the Santa
Fe viii sell excursion tickets to Nor
folk, Va, and return at rate of one
first class limited fare. Tickets sold
via either Memphis, New Orleans or
st. Louis. Date of sale May 2 or 8,
1898. Tickets limited for re-
turn IS days from date of
sale. An arrangement has been
made whereby II ticxets are deposit
ed with the agent of the terminal line
at Norfolk on or before May 16 an
addition IS days limit can be secured.
A. LUCAS, Agent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-27

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stin Destroyed by Offlcers.

South McAlester, /. T..
March 26.-An illicit distillery
has been discovered by deputy
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mountains. near here. The
distillery was destroyed by the
officers.
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