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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-03

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-03

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-03

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-03
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The last treadmill has disappeN
from English prisons.
Five million women are engaged IN
paid occupations in the British islands.
An order eXpelling Asiatic traders
from the Transvaal will be put in force
shortly.
Rochester has been admitted 10 the
Eastern Baseball league, completing
the circuit
Miss Helen Gould has read law ex-
tensiyely and did she so desire could
practice in the courts Of New York.
a telegraph line across Africa will
soon be built, regardless Of the success
OF the Cape-to-Cairo railway scheme.
England is the only one Of the great
European states in which a career and
fair treatment are open TO a Hebrew.
Ore assaying 20 to s0per cent. copper
and $50 ounces OF silver to the ton is re-
ported 10 have been found in Montrose
county. Col.
John w. Price. al the age OF s3years,
walked out Of the penitentiary in Balti-
more free man. Price has spent al
together 33 years behind prison bars.
Consul McCook reports from Dawson
City the discovery Of platinum in large
quantities in the black sand that forms
the beds OF the streams in the Yukon
district.
Lord Dufferin recently stated in a
public address in London that excessive
drinking and the use of stimulants to
make toll easier had become the great
est curse of the age
The Nebraska house adopted a resolu-
ton indorsing the votes OF Senators
Allen and Thurston on the peace treaty
and declaring Mckinley the greatest
president since Lincoln.
Jesse H. Bunnell. who was in the
United States military telegraph sery-
ice during the civil war and who was
widely known at that time as a light
ming" sender, died al his home In Brook
Ign. n. Y.
The report that the Carnegie Steel
company had purchased the railway
and vessel interests az John ID. Rookie
feller on the great lakes, and that Mr..
Rockefeller would retire entirely from
the lake business. is denied.
Trolley cars are to invade the land OF
the Pharaohs Negotiations have been
closed by the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company I'm Pitts
burgh Cor the equipment of IA cars Of
the ordinary trolley type for use in the
city of Cairo.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
LATER.

Bills were passed i'm the United States
senate on the 18th providing for adj
hitting 10 the naval academy Oscar
w. Deignan, one of the Meprimac he
roes, and extending the cordial appre-
citation" of congress 10 Miss Helen Mil
Ter Gould for her patriotic services dur
ing the recent war and providing that
the president should present TO her a
gold medal. The post office appropria-
ton bill was reported. In the house
the decision of Speaker Reed that the
Nicaragua canal bill could not be at
tached to the sundFy civil bill was sus-
tanned.
BY the breaking Of ice on river lead
ing TO Tsin Tsin, China, 100 persons
were drowned
The wreck OF the United States bat
tleship Maine, destroyed in Havana har-
Dor on the evening of February Is, 1898,
was decorated with n large American
flag.
President Zelaya has issued a decree
declaring the republic of Nicaragua 10
be in a state Of siege.
Flags were placed az half mast in the
principal cities of the country on the
first anniversary of the blowing up Of
the Maine in Havana harbor.
Sewer Forcier. 100 years Of age and
the pioneer settler of northern Wiscon-
sin. died in Chippewa Falls
The president has nominated Repre-
sentative Samuel j. Burrows, Of Bos-
ton, Mass, for librarian of the congress
sional library.
A Yaqui Indian named Parito died in
Salinas, Cal, aged los years.
The keel plate of the new first-class
battleship Maine, which is 10 be the
equal Of any fighting vessel in the
world. was laid al Cramps shipyard in
Philadelphia.
Fire in Akron, o.. destroyed the inn
mense plants Of the Thomas Building
& Lumber company. Loss. 100000.
Fire destroyed the great machine
shops in the Brooklyn navy yard, caus-
ing loss to the government OF over
S1oO0.o0o.
Letter Carrier Fred Marty and his
wife and child lost their lives in a fire
that destroyed the Arlington building
In Chicago.
Rosa Washington, aged 1875 years,
and Harriet Hutchinson, 100 years old,
died in Louisville, Ky.
Adyices from Manila say that firing
Is heard almost continually in the out
lying portions OF the city and II was
feared that the natives were planning
an uprising and massacre OF the Ameri-
cans.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
ninine CInims ElIed.

Washington, Feb. ia statement
prepared by the auditor for the navy
department Wednesday (the anniver-
sary OF the destruction Of the United
States ship Maine) shows that the totaJ
number OF claims filed TO date on ac-
count OF that disaster, under the act of
March 30, 1898, is 1926, amounting 10
S123, 342. or these % are claims for in
dcmnity by survivors, amounting 10
S35 ,G36; 204 are gratuity claims,
aggregnting Ss7 ,7o6. Twenty-nine
claims are now on hand awaiting evil
dence, and 30 cases are yet 10 be heard
from. The records show that the total
number OF persons on board the Maine
at the time Of the explosion was 1856.
or these POI were killed and "a survived.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
IEc ABOVE THE FALLS.
Frozen MASSES i'm Niagara River
Packed Into Hills 90 TO
100 Feet High.

Niagara Falls, y, T., Feb. 16.--Above
the falls in many places the ice is
packed in the river in high piles and
extends many feet from the shore.
Much dynamite has been exploded to
drive il from the inlets leading TO the
different power plants. The jam in
the gorge at the foot OF the falls grows
with the days, Some Of the hills are
nearly so feet high. One OF them is
called a mountain, and is said TO be over
100 feet high. Such a large quantity Of
ice has not been known in the Niagara
river for years, and the situation is a
decidedly serious one and makes own
ers Of property close 10 the banks Of
the river apprehensiye for the result
when the river begins 10 free itself
Should mild weather set in and the ice
move il would undoubtedly sweep ey-
crything before it,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18

Flags OF Truce Fly from Houses In
which Are Concealed Filipinos
Who Fire ON Americans

| Manila. Feb. 16. - Several rebels
Tuesday afternoon having fired from
houses bearing white flags on the
American outposts, Col. Smith, with
companies l.. ID and NJ, of the California
volunteers, proceeded 10 clean out the
enemy along his front. The rebels OPP
posed him from the brush and several
skirmishes occurred, during which nine
of the Californians were slightly
wounded before the rebels were driven
out. The work proceeded Wednesday
in systematic manner, gunboat
Smelling the villages and working her
rapid-fre guns very effectively on the
jungle. The entire California regi-
ment, with the exception of two COM
panies, four companies of the Wash
ington regiment, two companies Of the
Idaho regiment and a battery OF the
Sixth artillery, were engaged The
rebels were driven towards Lake La
guna de Bayo. The rebels held thor
fire, apparently being short of ammu-
milton, but they fought desperately
The American outposts in this vicin-
| ity are now fully IL miles out. All is
quiet along the rest Of the line, with
the exception of an occasional exchange
OF shots between the sharpshooters to
break the monotony OF the day.
Manila, Feb. i6.--Four companies OF
volunteers, which had been clearing the
country in the vicinity Of Pateros, ten
miles southeast of Manila and which
had been recalled, were followed by
the enemy Wednesday as they retired.
On reaching San Pedro Macati the
Americans made a stand near the
church yard and the rebels were driven
back. The Californians again advanced,
and are now occupying the same ridge,
commanding the valley OF the river,
which they held Tuesday. A gunboat
near the Pasig river is clearing the
jungle.
Montreal, Feb. 16.-Senor Agoncillo,
the Filipino commissioner, in an inter-
view Wednesday said there would be no
let up in the efforts of the Filipinos to
force the Americans from their coun-
try He said he was not al all surprised
that Iloio had fallen, as the Americans
had the advantage OF feet but wait
till they get in tho interior" he sale,
"and then they will have more than
their work cut out. lie announced
that the purpose Of Senior Luna's de-
parture was TO interview the different
courts Of Europe and ask for their as
sistance for the Filipinos.
Washington. Feb. 16.--The president
has nominated Col, Marcus +. Miller,
Third artillery, 10 be brigadier general.
ICoi Marcus y Miller OF the Third reGi-
ment OF artillery, who Is nominated to be
brigadier general In the regular army. COM
manded the military forces which captured
the city OF Iloilo without the loss OF a man,
and his promotion s. IN recognition OF his
mcritorious services on that occasion. The
new brigadler general ia native OF Massa-
chusetts and was graduated from West
Point In lS5S lie served throughout the
civil war with conspicuous gallantry and
was brcvetted three times Later he served
CALAMITY on the frontier lighting Indians.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
Forest aires in Spain destroyed sew.

: Forest fires In Spain destroyed sew
eral villages and hamlets.
The United States forces under Brig.
Gen. Miller captured Iloilo, capital OF
the Island OF Panay and seat Of the So
called governments of the yisayas fed
GRAFTON. The rebels set the town on fire
before evacuating il, but the American
troops extinguished the flames. There
were no casualties on the American
side.
The business portion OF Digby, a
watering place in Nova Scotia, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The Carlist and republican members
have announced that they will abstain
from participation in the proceedings
OF the Spanish sortes.
The village OF Jaro, an insurgent
stronghold near Iloilo, was captured
by the American forces.
Many fishing boats and coasters have
been lost along the French coast near
Brcst and 20 fishermen have been
drowned.
Official inquiries made at Hong-Kong
establish the fact that there has been
no expectation OF German weapons to
the Philippines.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
prnsoNAL AND poIrTrcAL.

Nine. Candelara. the only survivor
OF tho Alamo massacre. died in San An
tonic Tex, aged 1l5 years.
Mark W. Durham, millionaire and
owner Of one OF the largest and best
known stock farms in the world, died
in Chicago, aged 81 years.
George T.. Fisher, a member OF con
gress from Delaware in 1861. died in
Washington, aged 81 years.
After GO years OF welded life Michael
0'Regan. aged 80. and his wife. aged rs,
died within a few hours Of each other at
Ottawa. Wis.
~ w. Campbell, OF Wheeling. w. Va.
one Of the proprictors Of the Wheeling
lntelligencer, died at Webster Grove,
No.
Michael Nolan, 81 years old; John
Durrens. SO years old, and Matthias
Caas. so years old. who had lived to-
gether all their lives, died within a few
hours of each other in Chicago.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

The entire session of the senate on the
10th was devoted to the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill. A
house bill 10 establish n national military
park at Vlcksburg was passed In the
house general debate on the sundry civil
appropriation bill was concluded. At the
night session 81 pension bills were passed,
among them being bills 10 pension Letitia
Tyler Semple, the daughter OF President
Tyler. at $50 n month. and ex-senator
John NJ. Palmer OF Illinois, az the rate Of
$50 per month.
The senate passed a resolution on the
18th TO reimburse the states for expendi-
lures incurred TO raise the volunteer army
in the war with Spain. The legislative APP
preparation bill was passed and II was de-
cided TO vote on the McEnery resolution
concerning the policy OF the United States
IN the Philippines on the 1ith...In tho
house, after tho passage OF few bills OF
minor Importance. tributes were paid 10
the late Nelson Dingley. of Maine
On the 18th the senate passed n bill ere
ating the Office or admiral OF the navy.
The agricultural appropriation bill and a
bill removing the disabilities Of certain per-
sons engaged In the civil war were also
passed. In the house the time was occu-
pied In considering the sundry civil bill
and 20 pages were completed.
The senate on the l4th adopted the resolu-
tion or Senator McEnery dem, Lao de-
clarng the policy OF this government In the
Philippines by a vote OF &c TO 22....In the
house n bill was passed 10 grant to the
state OF Wisconsin certain landG for use as
part OF the present military reservation,
The Nicaragua canal bill was offered as an
amendment to the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill, but no action was taken.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
FOREIGN.

Malnbon, one Of the insurgent strong
holds In the Philippines, was captured
by the American troops after a hard
fight. in which the American loss was
two killed and nine wounded. The in
surgent loss was heavy.
BY the loss Of the British steamer
Arno. which foundered in gale Off
Nab lightship. - men were drowned.
julius Kossak. recognized as the
greatest Austrian painter in water coll
ors. died in Cracow at the age Of "a.
Minister OF Foreign Affairs Won Bue-
low in speech in the reichstag in Ber-
lin declared that Germany and America
were the best Of friends. despite articles
in German and American papers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
Cold Wave In Mexico.

Mexico City, Feb. 16.--The cold wave
has struck the gulf coast of the state
Of Vera Cruz, innicting much loss to
planters. Much damage has been done
TO coffee, tobacco and vanilla plants.
IL Is not believed that coffee plantations
arc seriously injured. except the young
or trees, as coffee will bear occasional
cold. One estimate made by large
planter is that the loss TO fruit growers,
cattle raisers, coffee and tobacco plant.
ers will amount TO S9.O00,OO0. President
Diaz has been confined TO his bed two
days with the grippe.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
DOMESTIC.


There were PIT business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, aganst224 the week
previous and 295 in the corresponding
period OF 1898.
The business portion Of the village Of
Pleasant Mills, Ind, was almost totally
destroyed by fire.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
81 ,s26, O52, $50. against S2,03G.0i3,734 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1905
was 3s.i.
The United States warship Nashville.
having on board the body OF Gen.
Calixto Garcia. who died in Washing
ton, arrived in Havana.
A series of earthquake shocks oc-
Cured at Belen, \. NJ. and many peo-
pie have betaken themselves TO prayer
and fasting.
The president has appointed Brig.
Gen. Wade, Brig. Gen. Davis ana Col.
Gillespie n court of inquiry TO examine
into charges made by Gen. Miles
against the administration OF war af-
fairs.
All Boynton and wife (colored), liv-
ing near Fort Gaines, Ga, were assas-
slnated by unknown parties.
An explosion in the Baxter stove
works at Mansfield, o., caused fire
loss OF 100000.
The business portion of Herington,
Kan, was burned, the loss being $780,
OcO
An earthquake with pronounced
vibrations occurred at Maysville. Ky.
The governors mansion at Frank
fort, Ky, was totally destroyed by fire.
President Mckinley has signed the
peace treaty.
With the thermometer 90 below zero
one lady and two men were baptized by
Rev. Wharton, OF the Christian church,
In the river at Coal Run. o., hole be-
ing cut in the ice for the baptism.
The Kelly block In Cleveland, o., was
burned, the loss being Si5o,OOO.
Arrangements for combining nll the
leading wooden manufacturers in the
United States have been nearly COM
pleted.
Earthquake shocks were felt at Coral
and Greenville, Mich, houses being
rocked violently.
Chesterton, Ind, was visited by an
earthquake that shook every house in
the village.
One OF the cottages at the insane
asylum near Yankton, S. d., was
burned, and II women lost their lives.
The home Of Anton Bader. near Paris,
Mich, was burned and his wife and two
year-old son persisted in the flames.
Gen. Maxine Gomez, commander in
chief of the Cuban army, arrived in
Havana and grand reception and ban
quet was given in his honor.
The establishment of A. c. McClurg
e. Co., booksellers, stationers and pub
fishers. was burned in Chicago, the loss
being s65o,0oo.
In a snowslidc at Silver Plume, Col,
- Italian miners lost their lives.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18

The variety OF pretty silk and wooden un-
derwelr TO be had at such reasonable prices,
Is very tempting TO dainty women, yet many
refrain from purchasing such on account OF
their liability to iniure in laundrying. II the
work Is properly done, this trouble may be
avoided. When ready 10 begin fiji tub half
full OF warm water, in which dissolve a
fourth Of bar Of Ivory Soap. and wash the
articles through il with the hands, rinse in
warm water, and squeeze, but do not wiring.
Hang on the line and press while still damp.
ELIZA r. PARKER
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
ANOTHER CITY TAKEN
Iloilo, Capital of Island of Panay,
Captured by Gen. Miller.
Rebels Fire the Town Before Evac-
uating It-No Losses Among
Our Troops Fall OF
MnInbon.

Manila, Feb. 1.-THE United States
forces under Brig. Gen. Miller cap.
tured Iloilo, capital of the island OF
Panay, and the seat of the so-called gov
eminent OF the Visayas federation, on
Saturday last after bombardment.
The rebels set the town on fire before
evacuating IL, but the American troops
extinguished the flames. There were
no casualties on the American side.
Qloilo is the chief city OF the island Of
Panay. and next TO Manila the largest city
in the Philippines. II Is 335 miles south OF
Manila. and 1t situated on a fiat. sandy
point OF land which juts out into the water
The fortihcations OF the town are prac-
tically worthless. The old fort which for
merly commanded the harbor has only a
few guns, which were hastily mounted up
on II by the insurgents The stone breast
works extending along the beaches around
the city are of little value for defensive
purposes. The island OF Panay has an
area OF 1910 square miles. IL Is divided Into
three provinces-Capiz TO the north Ilollo
TO the southwest and Antique TO the
southwest In general the island IS wild
with very high coasts. except in the north
western part. which is somewhat marshy.
mountain chain crosses the island)
PIeases the President.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE dispatch
announcing the capture by the Ameri-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18

Galveston, Tex, Feb. IA special
from Huntsville, Tex, says: The east
and west wings OF the state peniten-
tiary, containing prison cells and Of
fieers' quarters, burned Monday. There
were no casualties, the inmates being
quartered in shops and other buildings.
The burned buildings cost originally
So7 OO0
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
Gift 10 n CoIIeue.

Galesburg,' H., Feb. l6.--At the close
OF Founders day exercises AZ Knox col
lege Wednesday night President Fin
ley announced the contribution OF an
additional endowment OF 100000 by
friends Of the college. Among the con-
tributors are ID. X. Pearson, OF Chica-
30, $4,000, and $. S. Mcclure, OF New
York, $4,000.