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The evening times., 1899-09-13
King Corn.
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From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.)
II is doubtful IL ti,e happy farmer, is he LOOKS
out over his acres OF splendid Ieoln. realizes how
many new uses science has 'fbtd for the product
of his fertile fields Com so long neglected has,
within the last few years. advanced rapidly in
importance. not only as an article OF food, but
as raw material, fToin Which at least twenty
manufactured compounds are produced. II the
corn crop promises to be- the greatest on record.
il is also true that the demand for corn will be
equally as great. The tuftarinI green penpoi,
on a Thousand Western prairies are the signal
10 all the world that Hing Com has come again
into his own.
One Of the most important recent developments
is the OF corn IN the manufacture OF smoke
less powder. Hundreds Of thousands of gallo
of distilled spirits, made from corn, have a,readg
bten used by the great governments in making
the new explosive, and. until universal disarm-
sment becomes more than z dream, the demand
for corn for This purpose Ttst CONSTANTLY in
crease. In this yiow of TIE case am increase IL
standing armies will be of ralue 10 the farmer,
who may also Hook at the increased military ac-
tirify in the Far Fast aud in Europe without
regret.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
MIR. GORDON's PREDICTION.
He Believes Mclean VIII He Elected
Governor of Ohio.

Governor of Ohio.
Representative R. B. Gordon, Of the
Fourth Ohio district, was ins the city last
night, and made the following prediction to
The Times reporter on the result of the
approaching gubernaforiar election in the
Buckeye State: ;a@s N
John r. Mclean Will be the next gov
ernor of Ohio. l have been over the State
and know whereof speak. The Republican
party was never in such poor shape, and its
leaders are thoroughly frightened They
are already calling McLean4an octopus, but
in doing so they forget Mark Hanna, whom
the majority of the voters of Ohio, ire
spectiye of party, despise John r. Mclean
is an octopus. in the business sense of the
word, for his tentacles extend into every
town and postoffice in the State. Mclean
has mis- agents everywhere. They are the
agents of his newspaper They are the
readers of his newspaper They are the
people who know his good traits and his
faults better than they know those of any
other public man in Ohio. These are the
people that are going 20 eiect@John X. Nc
Lean governor of OHIO, and these are the
like book ss .n
"Ohio is not strongly Republican. State.
Its normal majorityipf 25, 900 or &c. 900 votes
can be easily overcome by such man Of the
people as John r. Mclean, who heard from
every nook and corner of the State through
his employees and friends before he consent
ed to allow his nanle4o bsGplaced in nomi
nation for the govern6gship. l predict that
more than the usual Republican majority
in Ohio will be transferred 10 the Demo-
cratic standard bearer and that John r..
Mclean @@ill be elected governor by 25,0Go
or 80 900 majority"
The evening times., 1899-09-13
PANIC IN A CHURCH.
4 Drunken Maniac Strikes the "Or-
sinners With Terror,

MITCHELL, Ind, Sept. 13.-William
Terrell, of Huron. while intoxicated, went
to church here last night and caused a
panic AS the minister began praying Ter
rell interrupted him. saying: The first
thing on the programme is shooting out
the lights and drawing his revolver fred
three shots in rapid succession. Excite
ment ran high, women and children ran
screaming 10 their homes, Several men
took Terrell out of the house and he prom
ised TO go home il turned loose This was
done. The church bell was rung again. The
congregation returned and services were
resumed when Terrell appeared second
time. BY this time excitement was intense.
Terrell began shooting. swearing. and
kicking over the benches. The people aed
terror stricken from the church. . a.
Fortunately no one was hurt. and, Ter
reIl was overcome and taken to his home
by some of his friends.
The evening times., 1899-09-13

KILLED BY A PRACTICAL JOKE.
Fatal Result of IA Trick Played on IL
Sleeping Man.

Sleeping Man.
NEW YORK, Sept. Il. 3.--Joseph Tetonia.
a bookkeeper of 32S East Twenty-frst
Street was taken from the back room Of
Harry Messener's saloon at 3S2 First Av
enue to Bellevue Hospital On August 81
badly burned about the face and head.
The people in the saloon told the ambu-
lance surgeon that Tetonia after clean
ing a fancy waistcoat with naphtha, had
tried to light a cigarette and that the
naphtha fumes had ignited. They declared
that they had thrown water on the flames
but could not eXtinguish them. Tetonia
died in Bellevue on July last. The police
then investigated the case and the de-
tectives of the East Twenty second Street
station now delare, that Tetonia came TO
his death result of a practical joke.
They say that the man was asleep on
long table in the rear room of the saloon
and that one of the, customers proposed
that it would be a joke to pour some
naphtha ON his wais!eoat and then awaken
him A cigar was then offered to him by
one man. another was to hold out lighted
match and drop it seemingly by accident
on Tetonia's waistcoat as he reached for
it.
The police declare that the joke proved
so serious that the jokers became scared
and told the story about Tetonia clean
ing his waistcoat. Last night the de-
tectives arrested three men as the persons
who had planned and executed the joke.
They are George Dorney, thirty four
years old. George Foster, forty years,
Francis McGovern, thirty-nine years old.
All stuck to the original story last night
but they were locked up as suspicious per-
sons
The evening times., 1899-09-13
West Indian Negro Immigrants
From the Chicago RecordD

tFrom the Chicago Record
JAMAICA, W l., Aug 23--Thc ranks Of Amer
ica's millions of negroes are being daily swollen
10y an exodus from the British West Indies-in a
slight degree from Jamaica. hut principally from
81. Kits. MontscITai. and other Leeward islands
Negro youths save few dollaFs-enough 10 pay
their passage and enable them 10 land in tho
United States-and crowd into the already over
populated cities of The Fast. helping to cut
down the wages of naliyc-boIn Americans Mostly
they are absolutely ignorant Of any trade save
agriculture, knowledge of which is not If the
greatest use in New York or Boston, and con>c.
quently they soon reduced TO the verge OF
starvation. The agricultural depression in The
Leeward Islands is causing an exodus the pro
portions Of which must surely be unknown TO ,h,
American authorities.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
AN APACHE VOLUNTEER.
The Son of One of CrOOke's Indian
scouts Enlists.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Sept 13.-Capt-
John s Fair has enlisted a full-blooded
American Indian for the Forty third Reg
iment United States Volunteer Infantry. He
is Charley Natway. of the Apache tribe.
He was born at Globe City, and is the son
of chief who served as scout under
General Crooke Through the Influence of
General Crooke Charley was sent East as
a pupil of the Carlisle Indian School
For several months he has been in the
employ of the Cambria Iron Company. at
JOhnsTDwD
The evening times., 1899-09-13

II is officially announced in Berlin
that. should the French Government Off
cially ask the German foreign Office for the
documents proving the innocence of Captain
Dreyfus and the guilt of Esterhazy. they
would be promptly and cheerfully produced
President Loubet therefore, has an oppor-
tunity to considerably wipe out the blot
of infamy on the honor of .his nation, by
accepting this suggestion. -sHd exoneratine
a guiIrless victim of the French headquart-
ers conspiracy. II would be well for him
10 act upon il quickly If he wishes 10 save
his country from degradation 10 the plane
OF semi barbarous states by the unanimous
opinion of the civilized world.
The evening times., 1899-09-13

On the whole We are rather glad that Mr..
Mckinley has decided at last not to attend
the Dewey reception in New York. 1t is
much more appropriate that the President
of the United States should first meet the
returning hero of Cavite at the Capital of
the Nation. Only one thing remains 10
make the Homecoming celebration of Ad-
miral Dewey complete. ~Fhe e-eommander-in in
Chief ought TO interpose and insist upon an
arrangement which would spare him the
Zas mule man
The evening times., 1899-09-13
. Champion Egg swaIlower
(From the Hartford tIrilnes.

Over in the mountainous @ouItrN kast of Echo
where sixty sleek Jerseys walk with the regular
iy of clockwork into their stalls at 80 every
afternoon lives Amri Stone who 1tkes raw eggs
with their shells Recently soh bet in
Flneyille he swallowed twenty -Ayd Of these eggs.
This eclipsed all his former resprdst In his lat
est 2test he is said to have sYallgwed the eggs
without difficulty up 10 the tWentieth Ii took
him an hour to get away with the rest. He won
IS by the operation. and his friends expected to
fnd him dead. the next day.Itssqne, however.
was up early and out and piled sasSord of wood
he,ween daylight and dark, taking along with
fif lunch of more raw eggs, loaf of bread,
and few slices of raw pork.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
To Enlarge "a shtpbuilding Plant.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. lat is given
out today that the W. r. Trigg Shipbuild-
ing Company, which is now building six
torpedo boats for the Government, pro-
poses to greatly enlarge its plant. 1t pro-
poses to increase its present acreage here
to twelve acres. Ii is also proposed to
erect dry dock. The Government, it is
counted upon, will deepen the channel
of the James River here, which will en-
able this company, ii is claimed, to con-
struct large. if not the largest Class 0l
war IeSsels afioat.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
A Rectory Destroyed by Fire

CENTREVILLE, Md, Sept, l3.-Wye
Parish rectory, situated at Wye Mills, this
was destroyed by fire Monday
night The rectory is occupied by William
H. Dolby, and all of his household goods
and furniture were destroyed. The fire is
supposed TO be of an incendiary origin, as it
caught from the outside. Mrs. Dolby and
two children were the only ones in the
house at the time. The loss is estimated at
about 81, 500, with s., 600 insurance
The evening times., 1899-09-13

Jiminez has been received with great re-
joicing al Mr.. Weeds capital city of Santo
Domingo. No objection to his taking over
the country seems 10 be made in any quart
er. His formal election will occur in
November. We indulge a faint suspicion
that much of the Jiminez enthusiasm arises
from a belief that the intending dictator
brings good syndicate money in his clothes
As the country is entirely without thai
commodity at present. his cheerful welcoms
is not surprising.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
Frontier outInmry's ..Des-neracy.'
From The Denver Republican,

fIom Inc Deihct htpuhHcaf-)
There are few bandits OF the BLACK Jack" type
remaining in the nted States Like The bad
man Of the mining camps, the OUTLAWS who OPP
crate on am extended scale are being crushed out
by civilizations advance. With them is going
the last trace of romance that found it, source in
Sherwood Forest in the days Of Robin Hood. Rob-
berry is dcgeneTaiing jnto tlse petty tlnlggerl of
the city's slunls. II i less romantic, perhaps,
but in view of. the appalling records ei men like
BLACK Jack il i much more satisfactory Ia
the community.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
CURRENT HUMOR.
4 Fitting job.

(From the Chicago Tribune)
II think you are the LATEST l
Is there any job earth you would take for the
salary?''
..Yes; ! think I'd be willing to hold down the
position of Spanish minister of war"
The evening times., 1899-09-13
Dinner Parties in Ohio

From the Nelisville BccordD
our neiglboring town uf Salem II il - any
Thing. j. progressive. IL has had lis pro-
gIessive euchre and progressive cinch. and now
il comes the iTOnt with Progressive feed The
dinner j. spread on numtaT,sf small tables, and
the guests ''progres> from one layout 10 another
in thtir efforts 20 satisiy The inncr craving.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
puuishine the Pnr.on.,
From Pnck.l.

(From Puck -
Deacon SSinner-Wal. SilIs- our church got
struck by lightning last night, and it'll eost so
to repair the steepe. .-qrc. .s, .--.
Deacon Grinder-Wal, then. by heifer. we'll
take it out NV the parsons salary. | knew slih.
in or other would happen after theH,i-iree and
easy sermons he's been preaching taixy.
The evening times., 1899-09-13
Unexpectcd Honesty.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
a saintIy old farmer came around TO the house
the other day and sold my wife three dozen al
legged fresh eggs" tsfo,.1 4e' ..t-
Il suppose YOU had the laugh on her in great
shape?' ~
No. the eggs were all right
The evening times., 1899-09-13
What they We're For.
0From the Boston .Trayeler. !

tFfom the Boston -UaSelef.)
What are the iolts Tory asztd- -Htte Edna
looking at the porous plaster that 7her mother
was preparing to adjust on EsifHe.s7 sck j.
hts funny you don't know that, sis inter
posed Willie; they're to let the pain out, of
eourse.'
The evening times., 1899-09-13
Not So Generous.sd4
No Chicapo Times.fy.rald.Y y

From the Chicago Times Herald
They say he is generous to fsnie be-.
We'll if he is, that's the only thing went
out to the races with him the other day and he
let me pay his way all around without a pro
test" ., ,, .
The evening times., 1899-09-13

ish suzerainty. II is difficult to believe
that. matter OF such vital Importance to
i'noeiial prestige and influence in South
Africa cuulI lave been ignored 10 the
colonial secretary. If he has thought it
bes. TO suspend contention on that point,
leaving the question an open one, there
is little doubt that such a course would
render present accommodation easier. but
il would also operate TO keep alive an
issue which must, soon or late, involve
the complete surrender of British suZer-
ainty, or war and the political extinction
OF the Bocr state as an alternative.
II would follow asia matter of course,
that the omission of reference TO this ex-
asperating difference between London and
Pretoria, in the negotiations precedent TO
a settlement, would be construed by Kruger
and his people as tacit abandonment of
the British claim to suzerainty. And they
would act upon that theory by accrediting
diplomatic representatives 10 the principal
European states. Then the situation would
at once become as bad as il has ever been.
In view of these considerations we are
not yet prepared TO think that the ultima
tum can have lodged this issue. II recog-
milton OF suzerainty has been made dis
tinct condition We do not see how the
chances for peace are materially improved.
The evening times., 1899-09-13

Secretary Hay has takea-the Unnecessary
trouble to deny the charge, made on the
stump by several moonstruck agita-
tors. that there is secret treaty
Of alliance between the United States
and Great Britain. No American pos
sessed of sufficient sanity TO entitle
him TO be at large has ever believed a
word of the silly allegation. There is an
excellent understanding, and the most fra
ternal trade relations between the people
of the two countries, who. however, are
quite as liable TO have differences, and
possibly 10 fight over them, as they ever
were. The ominous fertilization of Esqui-
mault by the British. and the eousnly ef-
fort of Canada to steal big slice of Alas
ka, ought to wreck the mouth organs OF
the maniaes who prate of esoteric Anglo
American alliances.
The evening times., 1899-09-13


four complete skeletons Of this extinct race are
| known 10 exist and. owing the custom OF
| burning the dead which prevailed among thsin,
| it is very doubtful whether any Others will now
| lie recovered The last male of the died in
| March, 1860. and in June 1876. there died the
last woman Truganina. or Lalla Rookh. az she
was afterwsrd called. She was absolutely the
| last survivor of the race. and this fact lends
| additional interest the possession by the
scum Of authentic busts of her and her husband.
| modelled by Mr.. Murray. Of Hobart Town.
Helen Keller. the deaf dumb. and blind girl.
whose requirements have attracted the attention
| of all students OF educational methods is SPEND
| ing the summer al Wrenthsm. Mass. as the
| guest of Mrs. ]. +. Chamberlain. says the New
| York Tribune She keeps up her study of
! Greek and Arabic. and writes her exercises a
typewTiting machine especially designed for these
| languages. with interchangeable cylinders. BY
| way OF exercise she delights in climbing trees.
/ Every morning She takes swim in the lake.
T., which she vastly enjoys Helen puzzles new Wis
itors by telling the color of the flowers they
bring She distinguish a white and ysl-
! low panSy from purple one. and red from
white Her explanation is that the petals
I Of the darker enOred flowers are thicker than
| those of the lighter ones.
Every visitor TO Paris Las noted those ragged
individuals who steal about among the tables
| and chains of the boulevard cafes in quest Of
cigar and cigarette ends, which they deity har-
| poon by the use of bent pin on the ent .
| stick. says the philadelphia Press" The genus
| i not unknown in Philadelphia. Well. the Paris
| ian ''megotters. they termed have now
| formed a trade union for protection against the
! interfering police. The latter hostile enough
tat all times. but in summer, when things are
dull. both with them and the megottiers. they
! render this peaceful business well-High impossi-
| BILE. The trade gives employment to three sets
tof men, piekers. cleaners. aud sIlesmen. They
first bring their treasures trpve To the second,
| who await them in the low wine shops of the
FaubouTg du Temple. There the tobacco is pull
ed 20 hits and thence taken to the salestnen,
| who get rid of il TO the pines of the laboVins
i class Bat The police have become very ugly
about the whole affair, and of late Lave devsl-
| npcd u habit OF arresting anyone whom they fnS
] engaged ia the uncleanly traffic.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-19
VIII ouslI LawIsssnsss.


The conviction and sentence of
Paul Corcoran meets With geper-
al approval throughout the State
and will greatly simplify matters
in regard to the other trials. The
acts of outlawry committed on
April 29th could not be c, ndoned.
While we do not for one moment
doubt that innocent men have been
confined in the stockade at Ward
ner and that harsh measures have
been resorted to, it is a condition
Of affairs which necessarily follows
the establishment Of martial law
and the arrest and detention of so
many men. The labor unions are
productive of great good where
they are properly managed, and
the members in general are
peaceable, law abiding citizens,
but unfortunately for the Sho-
shone county contingent they have
had as counselors men Of the hot
headed, fire. eating type who have
led their followers to arson and
bloodshed, causing blot on the
fair name of our State that must
be expunged. Although the
measures adopted seem harsh, still
we believe it was the only way to
effectually quell the spirit of evil
in that section for all time.-Idaho
Recorder.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-19
e-ovs dc sehool around.

There is pressing need for inn
provement in the school grounds
of the state. The immediate
surroundings Of too many Of our
school houses are dreary and for
bidding. In scores of instances,
not tree, or flower or spear of
green grass can be seen a good
portion of the year. This should
be remedied, and it could be, if
school directors would see, in the
FIRST instance, that the building
sites were located with reference
to che planting and identifying of
the grounds and then enlist the
cooperation of teachers and pu-
pill. Even a few trees and flower
ing,shrubs would be pleasantre-
lief 10 the eye, to say nothing Of
the protection they afford. But
there should be more than this.
The school grounds should be
made cheerful and attractive.
the planting and care of shade
trees and ornamentals, and the
stematic Identifying Of the
S, a3ol house site should be re-
garded as essentially important,
because the influence of environ
ment is far reaching beyond a
doub,. Desolate surroundings
a,e certainly not calculated to in
tcpire the pupil to excellence in
class work, or to create and fos-
tel a love for school life. But
the "school beautiful, like the
pleasant, cheerful home, creates
impressions for good that are not
easily effaced. Isn't it worth
while then for US to pay more att
tention to this matter of school
ground adornment, and to give
the young the benefits Of attract
i've surroundings while their in
tellects are being trained for the
actiye duties of life? Who will
start movement in this direction
and see that it is given definite
shape? What have our superin-
tendents of public instruction to
say upon the subject7-Gem
State Rural.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-19
A Strong Baby.

There is a physician in West
Philadelphia who has son one
year old, and this baby is proba-
bly, the strongest human being for
its age and weight in the world.
Its father will hold a cane in his
two hands and the baby, grasping
it, will draw itself up to its chin
three times. That is but one of
its numerous feats of strength.
The physician says that his boys
unusual muscular development is
due to a daily massage treatment.
Every morning he lays the little
fellow, naked, on blanket, and
kneads his muscles for thirty
minutes. Once a month he
weighs the baby, and measures
its calves, chest. arms, etc, The
monthly increase of weight and
and girth are remarkable. The
baby has never had shoes or stock
ings on.its feet. or a hat on its
head and in the summer it wears
only little sleeveless dress that
comes to the. knees. 1t gets a
cold. bath every morning. "Ii
nothing goes wrong" the phYsi-
clan often declares, "this child will
be oneo Of the strongest men the
world has ever seen. He viii
never get bald, and he will never
loose a tooth. AS for his muscles
with massage and a course of ex-
ercise that / have laid out, they
will be big and supple all owe.
his body. All his flesh viii be
when tense, as hard as steel, am
when relaxed as soft as the flesl
of a young girl. "-Philadelphi
! Record.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-19
SNAKE RIVER VALLEY.
idaho Man Interviewed BY an Omaha
Newspaper


"The richest agricultural sec
ton in the west is the claim we
make for the Snake river valley
in Idaho," said T. A. Harris inn
migrant agent Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line at Idaho
Falls, Idaho. "The region is sit
uated in the southwestern part of
the state and farming is carried
on extensively and Systematically
because of the possibility to irri-
gate to advantage from the wa
tiers of the Snake river. There
is always an abundance of water,
year in and year out, and with
these conditions existing it is not
strange that / should lay such
great stress on the Snake river
valley as an agricultural region.
"This territory is rapidly being
settled up and for purpose ofpro-
viding facilities for moving the
big crops this fall the Short Line
has just begun the extension of a
line from Idaho Falls to St. An
thony, Idaho, a distance of 40
miles, which will be completed in
time to handle the big freight
traffic expected this fall. Grad
ing has been going on for the
last 10 days. There is big
gang of laborers at work and sew
eral miles of the grade have al
ready been completed. 1t is the
intention to extend this line on
thro from St. Anthony to the
Yellowstone National pa, :, which
is a distance If 90 miles from
Idaho Falls. When completed
this branch will run through an
agricultural district along its en-
tire route, which is unsurpassed
anywhere y
Mr.. Harris says that the land
in the Snake river valley is in
great demand and what yet re-
mains vacant is having ready sale.
He is now on his way to Iowa
and next week will accompany a
party of rs or 20 back to Idaho
who are going out to purchase
farms.-Omaha Bee.