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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-03-29

Silycr Dick :,hadrick. who sells
NNNN coffee. was in the city last
Friday. Mr. Shadricll has been
mentioned as a candidate for congress
on the democratic ticket in North Da-
kota. but he is too bright n man to
be bated like that in hopeless cause
and in a conversation said that he
could not afford to make the run.
D elk is cute and don't you forget it..
He knows that democrat stands no
show of election in this state. | there
WAS any possible show Of an election
he would afford it easy enough all
right.
Charley Retzlaff returned last Mon
lav from three week 5 visit with
relatives y, Salem. Oregon. Charley
enjoyed the trip very much and tells
some very funny anec Totes OF his trip.
Fruit is very cheap out in that coun-
try and Charley has been in the habi,
of paying SC each for oranges. He
walked up fellow who was peddlin@
oranges one dav and said: ''Give mt
50 cents worth of oranges. 'Oh. 90
along. replied the orange man. YOU
only want l5c worth. BY this time
Charley was getting mad aud said
"Give ire see worth or give me my
money back ''All right. sir. saic
the orange man, and he immediately
counted out eighty fine nava!s TO the
astonished nriggs county FARMER wht
nearly fell dead when he saw the pile
Oranges arc sold forty for ::5c in tina
! country.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
By Mrs. General George
E. Pickett
A True Daughter of Virginia and of the Old
COnfederacy.

forests of this region had sheltered the
hunting ground of the Nansemum In
dams in the days when John Smith
came prospecting for home for his
numerous descendants, and from that
circumstance he had given the county
its name of Nansemond. My home
was diagonally opposite Newport
News, on a neck of land which sepa-
rated the Chuckatuck creek from nhe
Nansemond river. From a point on
the strait witnessed the famous ma
val engagement between the Monitor
and the Merrimac.
Ever since the capture of Roanoke
Island by the Federals and the aban-
Comment of Norfolk and Suffolk by
the Confederates all this part of the
country had been in quiet possession
of the former. The Confederate lines
extended only to the Blackwater river
on the east, where a small force under
General Pryor was stationed to hold
the Federals in check.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
PAGES 9 AND ~

some sho-nuff peppers en- reckits ter
pop, too"
''Nemmine bout dat" said Cyrus,
dem bladders IL mex a noise. any
how, eff dey dom mex no sparkses ner
fizzin's ner light lax peppers does; en-
den Marse Da' says we-alls kin hab dat
empty tar bar'l ter sot fab ter On
dat we kin bun de lime-kil', too, ef
we chooses, en- dey bofe tergedder II
mex light 'nuff fer us. en- de bu'stin'
er de bladders IL make de esplozhuna.
En-. nanny. I LAX ter forgot ter tell
you dat Miss Liz says you mus wide
up all dem good things tween we an
so we kin hab our sheah demorrer
night, stead er Chris'mus mawn1h'
lax we gen'ally does en- rs pow'ful
glad, too, fer I amt nebber ima8-
mated in my memb'unce anything Il
skrumpshus ez de 'pearance er den
perwizshuns."
Christmas Eve had come and gone
cows MIXED. the supper was over. the
Christmas presents were distributed,
the bladders had ben popped, and the
last flicker of light from the burning
lime-kiln and tar barrel had died away.
My little brothers and sisters had been
put to bed to give Old Santa Claus q
chance to come down the chimney
with his reindeer. though they had
all been told not to expect as many
things this war Christmas, because
poor Santa Claus would have to run
the blockade, and could not get
through the Federal lines without
risking his life in passing 1.-The Yankee
sentinels."
Come said my father, @it is
growing late, and time to lock up and
turn in"
''Ebbyt'ing is raidy fer de mawn-
in" said Caesar, as he hung up the
stable and crib keys, zen demorrer
out ez soon; den ag'in, too, dar amt
no 'kashun fer hit, kaze you-alls done
gin us our Christmas gifts ternight, en-
dat, too, TO we chen got de chance
ter kotch you"
"All right" said my father sadly.
and then he called them back and said:
DO you know why I gave you
your Christmas suits and gifts this
evening? Well, it's because you are
all going to leave your old masters
home tonight 1 hoped you would
come and tell me before you went
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
WuzSanty ClausaNiggahDatY Yeah

down en- tuck a intervue er de prem
uses I lowed ter myself dat some
how or nudder hit all 'peared ter me
mo- perzackly lax Good Friday dan
Christmas; en- wen stunt TO de safe
wild de dos open. after I had done
'poz' ted de las bakin' err cakes en- saw
all dem yudder brack cakes en- Chris
mus doin's sottin' dar in rows on de
she'fs. cas'in shadders jes' LAX dey had
gumpshun inuff inside er 'em ter put on
deep mo'nin' fer all or dem yudder
happy Chris'muses OATS done en- gone
ferebber mo-. I said ter myself dat IL
/ didn' know diff 1 'ud bleebe Ole
Santa Claus wuz a niger dis yeah fer
sho'- Den I shet de safe do en- sot
down wild my sperits er swinkin' en-
my kerrege AFT oo1in'."
Since we had no sugar in Virginia,
sorghum. an Asiatic plant with succu-
lent stalks. recently introduced into
this country. from which we made a
syrup. had to serve for the purpose.
We ingeniously managed to concoct a
great many things out of it that tasted
very good to us then, in those war
starving times. With the aid of our
native fruits-dried currants, cherries,
apples. pears, peaches. figs. whortle-
berries and citron-we succeeded in
making a delicious fruit cake.
The shelves in the old tin safe now
were filled with the sorghum puddings.
sorghum pies. sorghum cakes and
sorghum candies. made into all man.
ner of shapes. some plain and others
filled with walnuts. peanuts and hick-
DRY nuts. To me. as 1 remember them
all now in the long distance of time,
they looked very tempting and invit-
ing, in spite of the uncanny sugges-
ton of niger Santa Claus"
The hog-killing" quite an event
on a Virginia plantation) had been
over with for nearly two weeks, and
much of the time since then had been
spent by us in preparing and sending
off the Christmas boxes for our loved
ones across the lines. Besides the many
sorghum made dainties which we put
into these boxes. there were sausages
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22

and spare-ribs and chimes and cheese
souse and pigs'-feet, and cracking
bread and gatherings, and turkey and
picked oysters and baked sweet pota-
toes yellow and white yams). All
had been lovingly packed and snug
gled safely across the Blackwater,
upon the opposite banks of which
'the Johnny Rebs snapped tobacco
for coffee with the Yanks.''
"Lis'en at dem niggers singin',"
frowled Aunt Serena. "Dey amt had
no 'spe'unce, en- fer all dey knows trib-
erlation is waitin' fer 'em 'roun' de
cornder. Dey's bred en- bawn en- mos
riz, but dey amt daid, dough. Sump'n
dretful er diserpfntin' mought ober-
TEX 'em TO de yeah's out, yit.''
"ChriS'mus comes but Oncet a yeah;
En- ebby las Niger has his sheah;
Rum-stag er H-me-ho-me, rinktum er
shay.
Yves put by de Aorg-meat en- de corn
pone,
Ems er greasin' sur moufs wild a tur-
key bone.
Rum-stag er Hi-ne-ho-me, rinktum er
shay.
We bankers all de yeah fer de Chris
mus times,
Wen de niger shezs his cloze en- shed
de dimes.
Rum-stag er Hi-me-ho-me, rinkhum er
shay"
BY this time their singing had
cheered her in spite of herself, and
before they had begun this last verse
she was standing in the doorway pat
ting time to the music of their voices.
May we az look in de safer" said
the twin sisters, Mary Francis and
Arabella, as they ran in, followed by
the others.
You all kin eff you wants ter; but
ez fer me, ole CONAN, amt gwine ter
aggerwate my stummuck wild my eye
balls, en- 1 dom want ter look" said
Uncle Battus, "kaze rs feard 1 'ud
chomp my tools in dem puddin's 'fo'
1 knowed wat 1 wuz doin''
'Dat'n do; dat'H 40. You done
been browzin' 'roun' dat safe long
huff. Come way fun dar TO de
deDll temps you. Den, ag'in, you
better put some er yo'h tennence on
de j'is'," called out Aunt Serena, and
Immediately they all looked around
and then up at the joist, from which
peeping in and out among the ever
green's, were the bladders they had
blown up lat hog-kil1ing" and hung
there to be popped on Christmas Eve.
Stop dat shekin' yo' toes en- cracker
yo' heels togedder; dem hollerberr'es
is drappin' off. i wish you all had
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
A Touching Story Of Virginia Christmas In Civil
War Times.

Though the Emancipation procla-
light of freedom was glimmering like
an aurora borealis in the northern sky.
The negroes knew that they had only
to cross beyond the reach Of the power
of the onfederacy to throw on for
ever the shackles which had been riv-
eted upon them by time, custom and
tradition. Alluring as was radi-
ance, it was dimmed almost to obscura-
ton in their loving, loyal hearts. by
the darkness of leaving their old
homes. Tender memories, ties Of af-
lection formed through many years Of
dependence and protection, trammeled
their reluctant feet as they timidly
crossed their Rubicon. The hand of
Time had unlocked the floodgates and
a river of blood had rolled on and
Master and servitor alike drifted on
ward with the tide.
well, dis is Christmas ebe's ebe.
after demorrer Christmas day in de
mawnin'," overheard Aunt Serena
saying to herself, though with any
thing but the wonted Christmas glee
in her usually CHEEKY voice, as I went
into her kitchen all cleaned and ready
for Christmas. The last finishing
touches had been given to it and cedar
wreaths and bright holly berries pic
turesquely adorned it's whitewashed
ceiling.
Yes, chile, dat's so; Christmas dom
come but woncet a yeah; but / amt
yeah, en- my insides amt linded wild
int'rus ner pleger needer, en- jes' now
wen 7 wuz thoo wild all de wuk en- sot
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
Contributed To the Ell PasO
Daily Herald With Christ
mas WiShtS For Her
Ell PaSO Friends.

The memories of the last olden
time plantation Christmas in my youth
spring into bud in my thought through
the branching shade of the years, and
1 let them blossom into words merely
as an historical sketch of the times
hoping to please those who like me
have passed through such scenes as
we'll as those to whom they are not
even the dimmest of "reminiscences.
The story of that novel Christmas
tide was enacted at my old Virginia
home, near the village of Chuckatuck.
in Nansemond county. The ancestral
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22

Continued on Eleventh Fage.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
WRECKED WITH A BOMB BEGIN POLITICS ON HEX
JUDGE KEPoIKAI LEAVES THIS
a MORNING.
lie VIII Open a Campaign for the Re-
publican Party-Natlves Said to be
Mostly Democrats Now.

Judge A. N. Kepoikai was a passen-
gers on the Mauna LOa this morning
for Maui. The judge intends to begin
work at once to organize the Repulic-
an party on the island. He will work
among the natives all over the island
and thinks that as soon as they are in
formed of the real positions of the two
parties they will come over to Repub-
licanism.
"The natives now are inclined to
vote the Democratic ticket" said Judge
KeDoikei this morning, but I think
that when they are told what it means
they will change. Their liking for the
Democratic party is only a result OF
the old feelings aroused during the
controversy over annexation Many
think that the Democrats are in favor
of the monarchy and do not appreciate
the fact the annexation can never be
undone now.
"If the natives of the islands will
stand in with the better element of the
whites, they can run affairs between
them. Under this plan both would be
properly treated and there need be no
fear of bad government. There ought
not to be any lines drawn between ma
tive and white voters as such.
''As soon as I get'home I shall make
1t my business to explain all I can
about the political situation. I shall
talk to all my friends among the ma
tives and begin preparations for hold
l'ing a meeting, at which we can or
ganize the party for the whole island
of Maui"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Honolulu Station May be Located on
Pacific Heights

Expert T. Bowden. Marconi's right
bower, who is now here, does not want
people to get impatient ana think that
he can connect all OF the Islands in q
day or two.
MY work is not to last only five min
utes," he says. Il came here to give
the people permanent communication
between all the Islands. To do this
must take time to select the best sites
for stations to be found. This is in
the interest of everybody, as you can
see"
Mr.. Bowden has examined various
places for the Honolulu station among
them being Pacific Heights, right above
the city. He is much impressed with
that location. If selected it will be
much more conveninet than Diamond
Head or Koko Head. Either of the lat
ter are all right, but the convenience is
on the side of the former.
The expert is hard at work. He has
been looking over the ground today and
will leave during this afternoon or to-
morrow to select a site for the Oahu
Kauai station. He says that there Is no
doubt but that the system will be a
perfect success 1t may be mentioned
in this connection that Mr.. Bowden
personally conducted Marconfs most
difficult experiments.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
CONFER WITH CABTNET ON PART
OF LINE.
Tram Company withdraws Objection
to Rapid Transit Paralleling at King
and Alapai Streets.

The Rapid Transit and Hawaiian
Tramways people were before the Cabi-
net this morning on the subject of the
former laying a track on Alapai and
South streets. 1t was somewhat of n
case of the lamb and lion lying down
together" for everything resulted sat
isfactorily, the two competing compa-
nies treating each other like two dear
brothers in a common cause.
The Rapid Transit people, in running
their line along 7alapai and South will
have to come down King street about
100 feet, paralleling the track of the
Tramways Company. The Cabinet sec
retary's account of what happened Is as
follows:
Paul Neumann and w. II. Pain, for
the Hawaiian Tramways Company, and
l.. a. Thurston, for the Rapid Transit
Company, came in, and the request Of
the latter company to lay its railway on
Alapai and South streets was discussed.
Mr.. Neumann stated for the Tram
ways Company that it was his under
standing that the Rapid Transi Compa-
nay had the right to lay it's track along
1,I50 feet, or thereabouts, of King street,
and he would make no objection to
that.
The matter Of location was brought
up and Mr. Thurston said that nothing
had been requested in regard to that
as yet.
"The representatives withdrew and
the matter was referred to the survey
department to ascertain if the petition
submitted by the Rapid Transit Com
pany contained a majority of the prop
crty owners along the said Streets
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
SEARCHF()R THE ASSASSIN
FIFTEEN CHINESE ON AMERICA
MARU.
Leung Chi-Tsos Friends on the Look
cout for the Man Supposed to Have
Come to Murder Him.

If an appointed assassin of reformer
Leung Chi-tso arrived this morning on
the steamship America Maru he has
succeeded in hiding his identity. Ac-
cording to the advices received by re-
formers rere the name of the man
whom Ii Hung Chang had commission
ed to put Leung out of the way was
Lum Chung Nee, but there is no Celes-
tial ansWeripE to that name on the
America Maru. There are fifteen Chi
nese passengers for Honolulu on the
vessel and One of them may be the man
who has started out to earn $65,000 and
q good job by numbering one of his
countrymen.
immigration inspector John W. Short
with interpreter Lin Chin Chow, went
to the America Maru in the pilot boat,
and they had finished the work of eX-
amining the new arrivals and looking
at their PAPERS before the steamer got
to the wharf. Both were on the look
out for the expected assassin, but they
found nothing suspicious. The fifteen
Chinese appeared to be ordinary work.
men. They will be sent to quarantine
island and kept there for ten days,
after which they will be allowed to
land.
The friends of Leung Chi-tso will,
take no chances with the new arrivals.
They had definite advices that an as
sassin had been sent by Ii Hung
Chang, and will make careful inquiries
into the records of the men who did
come IF there is a man among them
who appears to be open to suspicion,
he will be watched when he leaves
quarantine. For ten davs, at least,
there is no danger from him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
NASHELOOKINGF(RDOPEl.
CoNDoN LOSES HIS STAR AND is
FINED.
Told by the Court and the Marshal
That Citizens Have Rights That Must
be Respected.

Judge Wilcox sized 1t up as an antici-
pated chance to capture some opium,
and fined r. w. Condor $50 and costs
for assault and battery on j. p. Dias.
Dias testified that he arrived here
about 4 o'clock yesterday morning on
the Lehua from Maui after having been
aboard two nights and day. He start
ed home up Fort street with his clothes
in one of those Japanese baskets that
look like a valise. When he got oppo-
site the fire house on Beretania street
he was stopped by Condor who was
dressed in civilian dress, but who threw
back the lapel of his coat and displayed
a police star. Then Condor asked him
where he came from and where he was
going, to which he replied that he came
from the Lehua and was going home.
Then Condor asked him what he had in
his valise, to which he replied that it
was none of the latter's business. Con-
don then said he would take him to the
police station If Dias did not open his
valise and show him. Das at first
thought he would comply with the de-
mand and started to open the valise,
then he changed his mind and refused
whereupon Condor said he would have
to go to the station. Dias submitted
and started toward the station, walk
ing, while Condor rode along on his
wheel. AT Hotel street Dias said he
was continuing down Fort street when
Condor jumped off his wheel and with
out saying anything, seized him by the
arm, hustled him around and told him
he wanted him to go down Hotel street
to Bethel and thence to the station.
This was the assault complained of.
At the station Condor searched the va
lise and then let Dias go. During these
operations Dias says he demonstrated,
but Condor merely used opprobrious
language to him.
Condor on his own behalf, said he
saw the man come on to Fort street
from the street makai of the new Hack
field buildings, and thinking that, to-
gether with the hour and the valise it
was suspicious, followed him till they
got under the light at the fire station.
| There he thought it his duty as a police
officer to overhaul suspicious charac-
ters. His version of what happened
did not differ much from Dias,' except
that he did not lay hands upon Dias.
He said that he had been employed
for about six months on the Merchants
Patrol. and had a commission as po-
lice officer until 1t was taken away by
the marshal following complaint made
by Dias.
Judge Wilcox asked him if the real
secret of his actions was not that he
suspected the valise contained opium
and he wanted to get the reward for
capturing it. Condor denied this.
Marshal Brown characterized Con-
don's actions as an outrage on the
rights of citizens, as something no po-
lice officer had q right to do. and asked
for heavy penalty. Judge Wilcox said
| he had no doubt the testimony of the
complaining witness was correct that
an illegal arrest had been made. and an
| an assault committed for which there
was no excuse.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
DIR. MAXWELLys OPINION

DR.. Maxwell was asked about the dis
cussion on Chinatown soils, and said
ut is a subject in which I am much
Interested. In fact, Dr. Hoffman came
to my office and we talked over it to-
gether as to what Investigations should
be made. l suggested to him that the
first thing to be done was to make most
thorough microscopic examinations of
the soils and determine If baCilli We're
present; being careful to act as though
the soil We're still infected unless 1t
could actually beyond all doubt be dem
onstrated to the opposite. What meas
ures should be taken for sterillizing the
soils is a second matter, and will be
considered after the clearing up of the
first, and as far as | know, this is just
the course being pursued by DR.. Hoff-
man, and / think he should be support
ed by the Board of Health and public,
and that the public should support the
Board of Health in not having the soils
of the infected locality touched until 1t
is known to be absolutely safe"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
PORTUGUESE INDIGNANT.
Express Regret at the Attempt on Mr.
Canavarro.

Much Indignation is felt in the Por-
tuguese community at the attempt on
the life of Mr.. Canavarro. His fellow
countrymen are loud in their express
sions of disgust and regret, and express
united sympathy for Mr.. Canavarro. a
number of well known members of the
Portuguese community have united in
the following expressions concerning
the matter.
THE entire Portuguese community
agree that If there is a man in the
country who deserves the good wishes
OF the Portuguese that man is Mr.. Can
aVarro, who for seventeen years has
devoted himself to their best interests.
They feel that the cowardly act reflects
In sense on their nationality. At the
same time II must be recollected that
the misguided individual responsible for
the outrage is most probably a weak
minded crank, acting on a solitary inn
pulse.
Every effort will be made to identify
this individual. and 1t is understood
that considerable sum will be raised
by Portuguese as a reward for his APP
pTehension.
There is feeling among the Portu-
guese that measures should be taken to
express their united sympathy with Mr.
CanaVarro."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
POLICE TABU.
Orpheum Refuses to Admit Represents
tiYes of the Marshal.

r. w. Condor, who was fined $50
and costs for assault and battery this
morning, committed on a citizen while
he held a police commission, has an
other charge of assault and battery
pending against him, alleged to have
been committed within a few hours
after he lost his commission as a police
officer. Last night Police Officers Tom
Cox and ]. McKinnon were detailed by
the marshal to attend the Orpheum per-
formance under the duty and authority
imposed by the statute to be present at
any licensed entertainment. Condor,
acting 1t is alleged, under the orders
of the Orpheum management, under
took to prevent them from going in,
and to eject them after they got in,
and in so doing, it is alleged, assaulted
Officer Cox. In the course of the events
which led to the assault, it was given
out by some of the attaches of the place
that no representatives of the police
would hereafter be allowed in the place
policy that has been adopted since
Klemme was fined fer selling liquor
there without a license. The case
against Condor was called up in the
District court this morning and con-
tinued at his request until May 7.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-04
EXCHANGE Of COURESES STREET CAR COMPANIES
MR.. BALLoUs COMPLIMENTS TO
MIR. BROWN.
And Was There Slate?"-Brown's
Compliments to Mr.. Ballou, And
There Was Not"
To Hon. Cecil Brown:

To Hon. Cecil Brown:
Having confidence in your integrity,
/ supported a resolution at the Repub-
lican mass meeting leaving the appoint
ment of temporary organization COM
mittee in your hands.
1t is now publicly charged that this
committee was to represent what Is
called the machine" Under these cir
cumstances you will pardon me if 1
ask you in a public manner and with
out any previous intimation of your
answer the following questions:
!. At the time of the mass meeting
had you selected any, or all, of the
names of the proposed committee of
twenty-one? IF so, will you kindly
make such names public?
.. In selecting such a committee, were
you under any obligations, expressed or
implied, to any person or persons, or to
any faction of the Republican party?
S. NJ. BALLOU.