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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
a PLETHORA OF JACK RABBITS
Solid Train Loads of Them on Western
RAILWAYS.


From the Topeka Capital: Solid
trains of jack rabbits will be novelty
in the traffic of Western railroads dur
ing the coming winter. The trains
will be made up entirely of refrigera-
tor cars, each of which will contain
5000 jack rabbits, thoroughly frozen
before being loaded for shipment. The
freight charges from Idaho to the Mis-
sissippi river will be six cents each,
or $3.50 for the car, which is consid-
cred a very high tariff, even for re-
frigerator car service but as the jacks
will bring SIPS to $3.50 per dozen it is
said there will be good margin for
both shippers and commission men.
The extraordinary rush of this meat
is due to the fact that the state OF
Idaho is now overrun by countless
numbers of jack rabbits, which are
multiplying SO rapidly that the total
destruction of crops in that section Is
threatened. In the hope OF affording
some relief the state legislature passed
n law offering a bounty of two cents
on each jack rabbit scalp brought in,
and the result is that the obnoxious
Dummies are being slaughtered in great
numbers. A prominent merchant OF
Pocatello conceived the idea of en-
couraging the determination of the
nests and shipping the carrcasses to
Eastern game dealers to be sold. He
has concluded arrangements with a
ct. Louis man for disposing Of the
game.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
FACTS OF REAL INTEREST.

The largest wrought-iron pillar Is at
Delhi. in India. 1t is so feet high, and
weighs IL tons.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the
ordinary expense OF the British navy
was only $4,000 year.
Bamboo pens still retain their hold
in India where they have been In use
for more than 1000 years.
The house of Capet has the longest
unbroken succession in the male line
from Hugh Capet, King OF France In
sS7, to Louis Philippe's abdication in
1S4S.
In times of scarcity the South Afri-
can natives sometimes rob the ants
nests, and as many as five bushels of
grain have been taken from q single
nest.
Experiments now show that durisg
profound sleep q noise not sufhcient to
awaken the sleeper produces q percept-
ible rise in the temperature of the
brain.
Bacteria multiply rapidly. and they
do it in a curious way. A single one
breaks itself in two, then each half
grows until it becomes as large as the
original.
Few people are aware of the i'm
mense weight which a diver carries
with him under the water. The div
ing boots alone sometimes weigh 100
| pounds each.
Frederick the Great composed the
"Marche Real" the national anthem Of
Spain, and Pedro !. of Brazil the
Hymn Constitutional" the national
| air of Portugal.
A crusade against American chewing
| gum has set in In London, the health
| authorities issuing a warning against
| its use, and declaring that Il is more
dangerous than the ice cream sold
srom the penny carts.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

"A
~. opening OF tho Cherokee strip.
)p.,,.. escas'on four persons on horses
Pr oe'ore the Bank Of Commerce
e,v .ee and compelled Rav. G. l..
A,ch ~ ,ue cashier. to stand by and
IN. "e'n empty tho vault and take
A.,sa n In the bank. They then
INA S,, ,'ev' Mr.. Berry to mount the
m nm I'm The bandit supposed to have
M -. COX and 20 with them. A
h.m soon organized and follow
!, w.. out as Mr.. Berry was behind
bin, =, AFRAID TO shoot for fear OF
u, nm and the robbers escaped.
' pursul, was given up the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

.r,ye Of Earlsboro. Ok. a few days
ago, =, n.
.o., noted woman outlaw that ever
lived In Oklahoma. She has had many
,hs, names during the years she has
zen living in the territory. Among
A., more recent aliases are Dora
H.sthorn." Darling Neli'' and Buck
,.ln Nell" She at one time assumed
he eognOmen OF Little Eva" She
h.s had at least twenty aliases.
The story OF her life Ia interesting
.ud would almost rival that OF Jesse
I,nes the mos, noted desperate
whose exploits ever laid the foundation
for dime novel. Very little is known
a her early life or OF her parents. as
.As Is very retieent about her history
"A her people. No one who will tell
really knows what her real name is.
Dora Cor Is 20 years old. and for many
rear. has dehsd the laws of God snd
nan. Ia a brief period OF confidence
Dora once said that In her younger
.ays she was a regular attendant al
ssargh And Sunday school. but that be-
.s,s reaching her maturity she wen,
wrong and has ever since Travelled
soruxafi a, a very rapid pace until
fes she /. about as tough ms a woman
ar h.
sss ~as At one time n companion
& Belle Starr. a notorious female out
as sho Gourished In the Indian ter
uiosY fono years ago. Many claim
ia, shs aas also an intimate friend
4 the Dalton boys aud the members
e the Coca gang AZ the opening ol
he cheroEsc strip Dora settled on 1
&c s.a!u on the Arkansas river. neal
hsnibgrh tAlryy miles from Perry. i
b claimed that the claim was soiretet
81 Ser By Bin DOoian. the notorious
sst!ss Gad that she waa often yisitc,
isrs By Doolan and the other mem
I'm Q, the Dalton gang. Who snnl'
s=.iine. stay there for weeks at
tina She subscribed for Dozens o
,~syzpsFs. aud by this means sue
csssi Ia giving tho outlaws much Use
n lHioTraa,ion.
L 10 also charged that Dora dome
IA. ,,,lrc and participated In IN
psu.s hank robbery In 1898. soon af
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
Natural suppos,tion.

"The green corn dancer" interrupted
The listener. Do you mean to tell
me that It is dance OF our native In
dians?"
Exactly" replied the traveller.
Huh! thought, when you men
toned t. that It was another nanAc for
that Turkish dance."-Ex.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
OUR BUDGET OF FUN
! Collection of Choice Witticisms, Original
and Selected.
wou,dn,t Take Chances.

Smith-"One can't always Judge q
mans patriotism by his conversation"
Jones-"No, l suppose not
Smith-"Take Brown, for instance;
would you call him q coward?"
Jones-"Well, er-I might IL l was
| sure he wouldn't fight. baltimore
Life.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

,,cers approached her she leyeiea NJ. 81
r,co AZ them and warned them that 70
annro.eh her meant to die, All eu.
enc man stopped. He walked po .,a,
forward and when the others saw ." a.
sho could not shoot they wen. UP "
s.r and she was once more prisoner
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

The electric current is now applied
to operating horse-grooming machin-
cry. less than three minutes being suf-
ficient for going over an animal.
Horse-clippers can also be operated by
electric power at high speed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
Couldn't Keep Them.

YES" said the first theatrical man
ager. I'm changing my bills weekly"
You're in luck" said the other man
ager. II have to change my bills the
minute get them. New York World.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
u.en Ch,pu,ne One Another.

Visitor-"Ah! well. old chap, l sup
nose there's as many idiots here as
there are in most places"
Native-"There are marin the
yeessiting season"-Ally Sloper.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

II know what keeps mamma SO
fong," said little Frances, by way OF
explaining her mothers continued alb
sence to a caller.
What is 1t, dear?"
"She said she'd be back soon."
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Riggs-"Simkins certainly has
wonderful memory"
Biggs-"Why do you think soE
Diggs-"He never leaves his umbrei-
Ia anywhere"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Hal Counter-"So she did not accept
your"
Sam observation-disclosures down on
my knees to propose-then forgot what
was there for and asked her what
size shoes she wore"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Iohp Kennedy, a 1I-year-oid BOY ".
Knoxville. Tenn, fatally SUI, 10
peck his ls-year-old sweetheart arco,,n .
,h.n committed suicide by shoo,,ns
s,,"s.,, through the head. He called
=, Tho girls house and reprimsnoe'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Speaking of disappointed men," ex-
claimed the cynical person. II never
saw SO complete specimen.
political candidate2"
"No. He got back from the Klon-
dixie lust in time to see where our
baseball club is finishing. "-Washing-
ton Star.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

II must confess" said Willie Wish
ington. that often waste time wor-
rying about nothing"
WELL" said Miss Cayenne. benign
ly, "self-preservation is the hrst law
Of nature"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Dealing with Futures.
And did your daughter make GOOD
match?" asked one lady OF another.
Indeed she did," replied the other.
Her husband is considered the
shrewdest and most unprincipled law
yer In the state, and of course he will
be able to crafty her every wish.'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
As . Walter.

Softleigh-"Bobby, did you-aw-teli
youah sister that l am waiting?"
Bobby-"Sure."
Softleigh-"And what did she-aw-
say?"
Bobby-"She said you ought to get
a Job like that in a restaurant"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

IDING bareback on
a fleet roam horse
whose sides were
covered with foam.
with her bare feet
protruding below
an ABR 9 v | a I G d
skirt which was In
a dilapidated con-
dition. Dora Cox
was captured BY
officers near the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
Spoiled His Aim.

Towne-"While / was travelling in
the West whisky once saved my life"
Browne-"How was that7"
Towne-"The desperate who shot at
me was full."-New York World.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
HANDY WITH A GUN.
. NOTORIOUS WOMAN OUTLAW
is CAPTURED.

os.. Cos. Female D''Psr"ao' As"'a
.....ted--skstch Of Her Career Of
..,u.-wss the Compsnioa of Belle
Starr
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07
Joyleas Existence.

The Cook-"Shure an cooks moosht
hey a har-rud tonne av 1t on board
ships"
The Cop-"Phwy is thot?"
The Cook-"They how thin nom
breakable Dishes"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

willie-'Pa, what is thunder7"
PA weather report. Willie"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

cure not only the necessities, but the
comforts OF life, and where young
children are not brought up to look
upon bare crust OF bread as the only
buffer against starvation"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

Junior Law Partner-''You say 1t
would be useless to appeal that case
Of Easymarks to higher court?"
Senior Law Partner-"Why, OF
course it would-he's busted already"
New York World.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-07

BARONESS" EFFECTIVE FEAT.
a few steps across the stage the while
she throws herself right back in the
saddle until her head almost touches
the beautiful beasts tail
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
ABOVE THE DANGER LINE
The Missouri River Is Nearly
Over It's Banks.
IS A ROARING TORRENT
The Union Pacific Tracks Are TTnder
Water at Omaha-Families Driven
From Their Homes-Bot-
tom Lands Flooded.

Omaha, April 23-The Missouri river
mas continued to rise steadily during
the past "a hours and is now above the
danger line. At the foot of Farnum
street, where the big Omaha and Grant
smelter is located, the water is within
about two inches of the bank, and any
additional rise will inflict great damage
on the smelter property.
The Union Pacific tracks are under
water. The river is a roaring torrent
and filled with all kinds of debris. Be
low the Union Pacific bridge it is three
miles wide and the Burlington tracks
are Tapped by the wave
The current that has set in Florence
lake southwark is very strong and an
additional rise means a probable shift
ing of the river channel
During the night 20 families were
driven from their homes. The bottoms
are completely covered. Reports from
up the river show the river is falling
but the rise is likely to continue an
other "a hours
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and loyal to humanity, they looked for
ward to the coming day.
Noiselessly. the murderer with up
lifted knife. advanced and sank it to
the hilt into the brain Of the unsuspect-
ing father. Tearing the child from the
mother. he threw it into pool of blood
oozins from it's fathers wound
Then came the elimination which
has dethroned the reason of the people
of Western Georgia during the past
week.
AS critics will howl about the lynch
ing, the Constitution will be pardoned
for stating the plain facts.
The wife was seized. choked, thrown
on the floor. where her clothing lay in
the blood of her husband, and ravished.
Remember. the facts. Remember the
dark night in the country. Remember
the slain husband, and, above all, re-
member that shocking degradation
which was inflicted by the black beast,
his victim swimming in her husbands
warm blood, as the brute had her on
the floor Keep the facts in mind.
When the picture is painted of the
ravisher in flames, go back and review
that darker picture # Mrs. Crawford,
outraged in the blood of her murdered
husband
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
Persisted IN THE FLAMES,
A Pupil Lost His Life in the SeIborne
School Fire.

san Rafael. Cal, April 23.-Selborne
school for boys, an Episcopal institu-
tlon, located one and a half miles from
this place, was destroyed by fire to-
day, and one of the pupils, Felix Arm
strong, persisted in the flames The loss
on the property, which was owned by
William Babcock, is $50, 900; Insurance,
$4,000
The origin of the flames is unknown,
The flames We're discovered in the base
ment by the Chinese cook, and, famed
by west wind spread with such ra-
pldlty that within few minutes the
frame structure three stories high, and
the gymnasium adjoining We're reduced
to ashes
There We're only 10 boys and four
teachers in the building at the time the
hre broke out. but as they We're nearly
all in the upper stories great difficulty
was experienced in effecting their es-
cape.
Two sons of Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, the
principal of the school, Were taken from
top window and were lowered safely
to the ground after heroic work by
William and Rudolph Lichtenberg. two
young men who risked their own lives
to save those of the children.
Alfred Schults and William Butler,
two of the scholars, jumped from a
i
as the flames had reached the room in
which they We're. Fortunately they
sustained no serious injury
Felix Armstrong, the boy who lost
his life, was burned to death in his
bed. He was probably overcome by
smoke and persisted before he could
rise. After the fire was extinguished
his body was found in the ruins so bad
ly charred as to be almost unrecogniz-
10 hn 81
Armstrong of Company K, 1st Cali
fornia volunteers, now serving on de-
tached duty in the United States reve-
nue. service at Manila
The Selborne school building was built
by Capitalist Babcock,. who resides
here, primarily that his son might en-
joy educational advantages near home,
but it had scarcely been completed
before the boy died. Since then the
superstitious have regarded it as a
place over which i'll fortune was i'm
pending
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
IRELAND IN EUROPE.
Will Have the Principal Discourse at he
Joan of Arc Celebration,


WASHINGTON. April 22-Tbe nresance
of Archbishop Ireland in Eurona at tbis
time led to efforts among Ieadine marn.
bers of DIPLOMATIC corps to have thp
eminent American divine nrasiae AZ
some notable church occasion Az no
suit it is learned that the archb;shon
will deliver the nrincina1 DISCOURSE a.
the Joan of Arc cplehra tion on M.v 2
at the old French towns of OrIeo,s
which gave the mama Of tho "s1aid oe
Orleans to the girl saint and sol liz
The exercises will have both a. religious
and national chara ctpr bringing nilerin,.
ages from all parts of Euronn and hav
ing the sneciaI benediction Of tbo rove
II was tho,1eht at fret Archbisl,or,
ireland would take This occa sion 70 go
rect the misa nnrehensions which hava
arisen through Eurona &C to "Anoari
canism ), a set forth in E,atber I,,niler,.
hook The errors on this subject ara
ascribed mainly In the n,istrans,a+io,,
of the hook Nv q F,renob ahha 60 49,
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case a democratic supreme court, LED
by fancy, decided that a state could
empower a bank to issue circulating
notes and that they would be protect
ed by the constitution. / leave you tC
wrestle with that judgment and with
the fact that the existing national
banks and their notes are republican
creations.
In the darkest days of the war OF
1872 Jefferson, on Sept. 10, 1874 did
suggest the issue of treasury notes for
large sums based on specific taxes
leaving the door opened for the EN-
trance of metallic money and urged
the states to relinqush the right to
establish banks. but he did not ad-
be made a full legal tender. During
73 years after the constitution was
adopted no democrat, or whig, tolerat-
ed that idea.
Il put to you in my letter two or three
questions easily capable of an affirma-
tive or negative reply.
"One was, DO you deem the money
question as presented in the Chicago
platform as now paramount to all 9TH
ers? You evade.
Another was. DO you insist on the
infallibility of the coinage ratio of 16
to l as a test of democracy You
again evade
Another was. Must all democratic
voters line up in 1900 on a federal stat
ute making every contract illegal which
stipulates for payment in gold?' You
eVade again.
Another was. Will a law preventing
wage earnors and salary earners from
demanding and securing payment in
gold dollars, if they. prefer gold dol
lars. be winning issue in 1900? You
again evade.
You go out of your way as a de-
feated presidential candidate of three
years ago. and an aspirant for renom-
nation. to condemn my democratic
opinions l have no wish to suppress
what l did at Chicago, and have sub
sequently done in that regard, I am
perfectly content with my course I
was present at the conventions of 1876,
1884 1883 and 1892, and on July T. 1896,
l was correctly reported in the New
York Sun as saying that l had no can
didate at Chicago. because the plat
form presented by the free silver and
populistic elements would ruin any
candidate At a meeting of the New
York delegation l remarked that Alt
geld cannot compel me to yield to pop
ulism.' In the New York Herald I re-
piled that the contest has been over
preposterous, agrarian, centralizing,
socialistic Interpretation of the const-
tuition. 1t has been over an effort to
tear down the gold standard in the
interest Of a silver standard The Wig
or of the onslaught was born of the
depression and disaster of the panic
of 1892 and 1899 caused by legislation
enacted by the party of Mckinley. The
platform of 1896 came from the hard
times which disappeared when the
peril of populism and silver monomet-
allism had passed. That powder can
not by you be burned again in a DEM
ocratc national convention"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
REMEMBER THE FACTS,
The Crime of the Black Beast yiyidlv
Painted by the Constitution.

Atlanta, Ga, April 23.-The Constitu-
ton will say tomorrow: The 1errihIe
expiration which Sam Hose was forced
to pay for his crime will arouse a flood
OF discussion, carried on by those who
know the facts on one side and those
who do not care for facts on the other.
But while the form of this criminals
punishment cannot be upheld, let those
VINO are inclined to criticise it look into
the facts, and by these facts temper the
judgment they may render
An unassuming, industrious and
Woodworking farmer, after his days
toll, sat at his evening meal. Around
him sat wife and children, happy in the
presence of the man who was fulfilling
to them every duty imposed by nature
AL peace with the world, serving God
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department also was in the same GUAM
dary until the controversy was adjust

department also was in the same GUAM
Gary until the controversy was adjust
ed.
As explained by leading diplomatic
official, the position of Italy was SINH
lar to that taken when the temporal
power of the pope was denied
In opposing the pope's representation
at the Hague, Italy held that authority
of the vatican related to moral and So
cial affairs and not material or political
questions between nations. In behalf of
the pope, it was urged that Italy al
ready recognized the material and no
lit1cal authority of the pope by admit
ting the appointment of ambassa dors
to the vatican from France, Spain. Rnl-
garia, Portugal and some other coun-
tries.
Pending the settlement of Italy's oh
Jections there was much perplexine
delay in arranging the details of the
congress. 1t was finally determined
that the pope would not be represent
ed, this decision, it is understood. he
ing acquiesced in by the vatican. Since
then there have been intimations that
the French delegates to the Hague
would indirectly represent the
vatican, but it is said in the best post
ed diplomatic quarters that this sur
mise is wholly unwarranted
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
SPANIARDS ANXIOUS.
They Fear American Occupation of Cuba
Will he Cut Short


Havana, April .23-Everv now and
again some prominent Spaniard calls
upon Major General Brooke and en-
beavers to learn in a more or less dip
lomatic way how long the United
States government intends to occupy
Cuba. To such caller he usually says
that his stay will be only as long as
that of the American troops, and that
when they go he will go.
= The same sort of questions are asked
OF the United States Military authori-
Ties at the various provincial capitals
and of such civilian Americans as are
supposed to be cognizant of the pur-
pose of President Mckinley in the
main
The Spaniards are apparently appre-
hensive as to the future, and passage
to Europe by the French and Spanish
lines is being booked three or four
months ahead. Last month 6,46S per-
sons left Cuba for the United States,
many of whom were Spaniards bound
ultimately for Spain. In the interior
the Spaniards are kept in constant dis
comfort by anonymous threats and oc-
casional outrages.
Charges of dishonesty brought
against certain American civilian pur-
chasing agents for the engineering de-
partment of Havana are now under in
quiry The complaints are said to have
originated with Spanish dealers, who
allege that they have been invited to
offer brides.
Sine Coca, foreman of street clean
ers, has been detected in offering pay
roll, containing 80 names, while he had
but 20 men under his direction.
Captain Greble will succeed Captain
Joe Gary Evans as police magistrate
and secretary of the department -
Senior Perez, dealer in second hand
hnN1 -Cs fNI +1,.,&
he and his friends are confident of be-
ing able to enlist regiment in Cuba.
The official returns show that during
the first quarter of the year $5,341 900
was imported and $2,009,259 exported,
all the latter going to Spain except
$1,000, which went to the United States.
In fierce electric storm at Flor de
Sagua yesterday, boy was killed and
two girls were injured by lightning.
The temperature in Havana at 8
o'clock this afternoon was IS degrees
Fahrenheit.