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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31
Keeping Faith with Cuba.

These were the generals concluding
words:
"You want liberty for ali and for no
particular party The United States in
sists that YOU shall have il. This H. pos
sible and easily possible. We have .aid IL
10 the world IL lies with YOU % help us
make our word good Your oncmies pre-
dict failure. The people of the United
States and their representatives hope To-
see YOU defeat these predictions. Ii We
were not your friends We would not seek
the best men you have. but would seek the
disturbed ana the malCOntents 70 represent
YOU in the convention. We seek and de-
mand the best YOU have. Again ! say, send
people TO the convention who Will here
after make your political system workable
and permanent"
Gen. Woods speech is considered by
Cubans here TO be the most impor-
tant declaration made since the Amer
lean occupation began.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Tables Showing the standing of the
Clubs of Leading Organizn-
lions Up to Date.

The standing of the leading base.
ball clubs is shown in the following
table. National league:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31

One can't always tell what a woman
is gUilg TO do by what sic says.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31

and Michigan avenue when suddenly
Charles Bcckyith, c5 years old. bowed
and bent, fell to the cobble stones.
dead. He was with sheridan post No.
4, department of Michigan.
The start
The white banner of peace and the
stars and stripes led the column, as.
heralded 10y T. trumpeters, II marched
south through the army arch and into
the court OF honor. First there was
the Pageant Of Patriotism." Gen.
Daniel +. Sicklcs. of New York. com
handing. E>corting him was the ia
nous Lafayette post of New York.
and then came the O.o Guard post of
Washington. whose members lost
limbs in the civil war.
Guests of Honor.
The guests of honor were next.
among them being Gen. Nelson A..
Miles. the duke and duchess of ARGOS
and the presidents of the Woman's
Relief Corps. the ladies of the G. \. L.
and the Army Nurses association.
Thus the column approached the re-
viewing stand. Opposite Hubbard
court there was a brief stop 20 allow
the noted guests TO take their seats.
Then the flag OF the G.. \. Il. was hung
out. the stars and stripes and the ban
ner OF peace moved forward again. and
the long, tedious march was fairly un-
q
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31
GIVES HOPE 70 CUBAAS.
Gen. Wood Speaks to Islanders at
an Official Banquet rendered
Him in Santiago de Cuba.
HIS ADDRESS INDICATES INDEPENDENCE.
Tells Them the United states Is Proud
of Their Advnncement-says Their
Future and Early Liberty IL IA Mat
ter That Is Entirely In Their
own Hands.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 27.-Goy.
Gen. Wood was officially banqueted
Saturday night by the republican and
democratic parties. The civil gov
ernor, the archbishop of Cuba, the
principal judicial and civil dignitaries
and "A hundred representative mer-
chants were present.
The archbishop, in the course of his
remarks, said the time had arrived
for peace and that he believed a con-
solidation of political parties would
be of greater benefit 10 Cuba in the
future than house divided against
itself. He said he was happy TO greet
the people of the United States in the
person of Gen. Wood.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31
Erect of Recent Elections.
Good Men Needed.

again l say. send the best men. The
work before your representatives, Is large
~ legal work / care not what your party
politics is; but whatever IL is Tor the pres
ent party considerations must be suspended
for the sake OF the great end I'm view the
end that Will make history and affect the
welfare OF an the cuban people.
"Your delegates must be competent TO
draft constitution. and IL is duty you
owe yourselves and your follow-patriots To
see that your representation is without par
~ prejudice. Bear iu mind that no Cousti-
tuition which doe, not provide for a stable
government viii Doe accepted boy the United
States wish To avoid making cuba into
a SECOND Hayti, although / do not think that
possible,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-31
Gov. woods speech.

The governor generals banquet
speech was the feature of the evening,
He spoke in part as follows:
81 am here as your friend and in no other
capacity only those who remember the
ten years war can have as full knowledge
of the conditions OF this province as l have
myself When l first saw FL Caney mat
tiers were In a most deplorable condition
The road 20 Santiago was marked with dead
and dying. In the improvement one sees
everywhere we have proof of the friend
~ interests shown by the American peo-
V.Ia
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02
Notice to Creditors,

In the matter of the estate of Richard c. Hem
broff, late Of the City Of Tacoma, County of
Pierce, State Of Washington. deceased.
Richard c. Hembroff, deceased, are required to
exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers
to the undersigned duly. appointed and quail
the office of VIM. H. Brown & Co., in the City of
Devils Lake, County of Ramsey, State of North
Dakota, and that four months after the first
publication of this notice has been limited as
the time for creditors to present and prove
their claims against said estate.
Dated the 18th day of January, 1900.
L. N. WALKER,
Administrator of the estate of Richard Hem.
broff, deceased.
E. A. ,Maglone, Attorney for Administrator,
Devils Lake, N. d. 46-49
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02
Contractors NOtiC6

Proposals will be received at the office of
County Auditor at Devils Lake, North Dakota,
until 2 p. m, Feb: 5, 1900, for furnishing all
labor and materials required to construct a
roadway and bridge across Devils Lake, at
Pelican Point, in Ramsey County, North
filling; stone rip-rap, pile %trestle, and timber
piers filled with stone: To be completed on or
before April Is, 1900. Plans and Specifications
can be seen at the office of County Auditor at
Devils Lake, North Dakota. Each proposal
must be accompanied by an unconditional GER
tilted check, made payable to r. w: Cockburn,
Chairman City Bridge Committee, for the sum
of $3Oin payment of damages incurred in case
of acceptance of proposal by the committee and
contract with the committee within three days
after said acceptance.
Proposals to be sealed and addressed to F. w.
Cockburn. Devils Lake, North Dakota, and
marked Proposal for Bridge"
The committee reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals.
Chairman.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02
WASHINGTON, D. g.

Tu the Editur:
In mi larst lettur l promist tn rite
about the conclsoshun Nv the confab we
he'd at St. Louis with Col. Bryan, the
members Nv the Dimicratic National
Committee, and uther inharmonius ele-
ments Nv the Dimicratic party. Col.
Bryan's CLOWN picter Nv our party in
control Nv the Trusts, with SO mulch
addishunal patronage at our disposal,
wrought us up tn a hi pitch Nv exsite-
ment, and we almost forgot that we wuz
opposed tn EN-. We wuz so mulch elated
over SIGH a glorious prospeck tibet WI all
ajurned tn the bar fer mutual congratoo-
lashun and enkurrijment. We all under
stood, however, what Col. Bryan he'd
meant bi the little glimmer wv hope he
he'd given us. 1t wuz~ exclusively fer the
managers-the KNOWN wuns hoo pull the
ropes INT la out the plans tn fool the
people. On the stump and in the nooZe-
papers we air tn fife the Trusts more
f~eercely than ever befoar, but if we win
we air tn grab EN- and wurk EN- fer '
tina air with in the interests Nv the Dimi-
cratic party. 1t IL a CRATE scheme and it
orter wurk we'll in every part wv the
kountry. We hev always bin trubbled hi
not hevin enuff Offices tn go round. Mr..
Cleveland run up agin no end Nv diffikil-
ties in thet wa, but if we kin git hold Nv
the Trusts, and reorganize en-, and turn
EN- our wa, we kin du wunders fer the
hungry and thirsty Dimicrats hoo will be
on hand wen the spiles air ready tn be
distribooted. "Tu the victors belong the
spiles," hez always bin the motto Nv e4-
cry troo Dimicrat except doorin Mr..
Cleveland's ADMINISTRATORS wen we he'd
to shout fer civil servis reform and-hold
on tn the spiles. With such a mitey in
CINE Nv reform ez the Trusts r%eorganized
under Dimicratic manijment, we Good
give neerly e~verybuddy a place and not
hev to resort tn desepshun ez we did onct,
under Mr.. Cleveland, wen hiz Secretary
Nv the Treasury promist tn make q good
Moo Gersey Dimicrat an Inspector Nv
Pork at Jeroosalem. 1t wuz a low-down
joke and it lost us votes wen we found
out thet pork wasn't yoosed in Jeroosa-
lem. All SIGH bad breaks Good be avoided
if we he'd offices enuff to 60 round, and
no luther plan seems so eaZy eZ Col. Bry.
ans. But, Nv course, it must be held and
treated ez strickly con6denshal. He Good
not afford tn 60 befoar the kountry and
hev it understood that he wood tolerate
ennything like a Trust under emmy cir
kumstances-and we Good not afford tn
hev him, but privately we kin asshoo1
ourselves that everything kin be made tn
Gun our wa if we kin land him in the
White House. This inplize tibet Col. Bry.
an il tn be the Dimicratic candidate fel
President next yeer, and l foresee trubble
ahed fer me wen l am obliged to break
the awful nooze to Mr.. Cleveland. Bu1
we kinnot let emmy man stand in thu
pathwa tn victory and let him biloxi W
the road. If Mr.. Bryan il nominated
shell hev tn support him provided tibet he
gives ME satisfactory asshoorances the
I shell be properly taken care Wv" if he
IL elected. l kin safely sa the same wv
emmy. uther man hoo NAV ho ""rc;ca+a1-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02
Order to Show Cause on Filing Petit
ton to Sell Land.

Order to Show Cause on Filing Petit
ton to Sell Land.
State of North Dakota, County of Ramsey, ss.-
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Francis LeDuc,
deceased. =
Stevens, administrator of said estate, setting
forth the amount of personal estate that has
come to his hands, and the disposition thereof;
the amount of debts outstanding against said
estate Of which said deceased died seized, and
the condition and value of the respective por-
tions thereof; and praying. that license be to
him granted to sell the NWA, SECTION q, town
ship 155, range 62 west, and the 81 of the SEA,
appearing, by said petition, that there is not
sufficient personal estate in the hands of said
F. R. Stevens to pay said debts, and that it is
necessary in order to pay the same to sell some
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons in
terested in said estate, appear before the judge
Of this court, on Monday the 4th day of March,
A. D. 1900. at o'clock. p. M, at the court house
to show cause (if any there be- why license
should not be granted to said F. r. Stevens to
sell said real estate according to the prayer of
said petition. ..
order shall be published for four successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, the last of
which publications shall be at least fourteen
days before said day of hearing, in the Devils
and published at Devils Lake, in said county.
and personally served on all persons interested
in said estate, residing in said county, at least
fourteen days before said day of hearing, AND
upon all other persons Interested, according te
law. .
Dated at Devils Lake the % day of January
1900.
By the Court: D. G. DUELL,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-02

Land Office at Grand Forks, Nd, January II,
1~9OO.-Notice is hereby given that the following
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before D. G.. Duell,
County Judge. Ramsey County, \; D., at Devils
KALOV, for the NEA Sec. %, I. Isl.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Abram Calof, Charley Calof,
Ole Mandt, Robert Wallace, all of lola, N. D.
$3.50 E. H. KENT, Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01
GAS AND BELL BUOY.
few Combination Safeguard That
VIII Burn Three Months and
Can Be Seen six Miles.

Remarkably effective as an aid to
navigation is gas buoy which at the
same time is bell buoy. 1t is like
y to play an important part in the
protection of the shipping of this
port, as well as being most inn
oortant factor in increasing and de-
feloping the commerce of New York.
This is SO because through the proper
use of these buoys this harbor could
De made nayigable at any hour, at low
tide as well as when the tide is full,
while fogs and thick and stormy wea tn
sr would no longer be bar to the
Tree and expeditions entry of ships
If all tonnage.
The height of the buoy over all is 10
feet. From the water line to the focal
plane it measures ten feet six inches,
md the diameter of the body of the
ouoy is seven feet, the total weight
being 6,s60 pounds. The body of the
buoy forms the receiver for the COM
pressed gas, and is of sufficient size
to give proper buoyancy for hotatioa
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01

peoples as much as by civilized races,
and the Apaches and Paiutis, of Ne
vada and Arizona, were. at this time,
under that dreadful pressure. The
arid wastes, sage brush deserts and
aIkali plains failed to afford them
even the most meager sustenance, and
they sought a new country where
food could more surely be obtained.
Hitherto they had deemed the
mighty barrier raised by the majes-
tic Sierra Nevada sufficient to deter
them from encroaching upon the ter
ritory of the happy and thriving Cali
fornias, but now. urged on by that
dread demon. hunger, and whipped
by the reckless spirit of despair, they
sought the passes north and south.
and soon gained entrance to what was
to them. as much as to the pioneers
of 20, a yeritab1e land of promise.
flowing with milk and honey" Pour
ing in through Walkers and other
passes near Mount Whitney, they
gradually gained a secure footing, and
won for themselves Kings river, Kern
river, Kern lake, Poso creek and other
favored spots in the heart Of Yokut
territory. Thus. in q few years. was
found the singular spectacle Of the
two portions of this once-powerfnI
yokut race. kept apart by the pres
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01
KOCH INVESTIGATES MALARIA
Noted BactertoIogist Says Total Ex-
tirpation OF Disease L.
Possible.

Prot. Robert Koch, the Berlin bacte-
riologist, who has been conducting sci
entifc Investigations in German coli
onies for year past, has arrived at
Hong Kong on his way home He an
nouneed to physicians there that he
had discovered means of preventing
the spread of malaria in malarial dis
tricts. and even stamping out the dis
ease itself. His experiments in this
line were conducted in New Guinea,
where large number of natives die
yearly of malaria
DIR. Koch's treatment consists in Civ
ing the patient medicine he has dis
covered, the chief ingredient of which
is quinine. This is for both curative
and preventive purposes. He also
found it necessary to expel the nalari-
al parasites as well, chief among which
were mosquitoes. To accomplish this
most stringent efforts were necessary,
but reports received here do not give
details as to how it was accomplished.
DR.. Kock stated, however, that in his
opinion total estirpation of malaria Is
possible.
BY adoption of his methods DR. Koch
believes that every malarial district
may be absolutely purged Of malaria.
In temperate climates it will be much
easier than in tropical. His investiga-
tions will be completed in his Berlin
Iaborato
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01

and of adequate strength to safely
hold pressure of $50 to 1s0 pounds
per square inch.
On top of the body is wrought iron
tower, about six feet high, surmount-
ing which is lantern. Surrounding
the lantern is cage for protecting it,
and the tower is provided with plat
form on which to stand to light or adj
just the fame.
Just below the platform is suspend
ed bell weighing 185 pounds. The
bell is sounded automatically every 20
or 80 seconds, or indeed at regular in
teryals of any duration, all of which
may be predetermined The flow of
the gas from the receiver to the lam
tern furnishes the means of operating
the bell Thus reliable sounding of
the bell warning is secured without
any dependence upon the action of the
waters, as is the case with the old
fashioned bell buoys.
The advantages of these buoys can
be easily understood, for they not only
furnish a fixed or flashing light, that
can be seen distance of between six
and eight miles, but operate in COM
bination, and most successfully, a bell,
thus affording a double protection 10
mariners. These buoys will burn con-
tinuously day and night, from shree
months to one year, with one charge
of gas. and may be rented for about
so cents day, including the cost of
gas. Buoys of this type without the
bell attachment are used very largely
by all the civilized nations of the
world, and are officially recommended.
England has 236 in service; France,
22s; the United States, 134; Germany,
9s; Holland. 60; Denmark, 21; Egypt,
liz; Canada, 46, and Italy, 15.-N. Y.
World
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01

tanned enables the census office statis-
ficians to ascertain how many people
own and occupy their houses and
farms; how many are in debt for their
homes, and to what amount. Just whv
this sort of information is collected
does not appear on the surface, but it
may prove to be of general interest and
of national value.
Some writer's on social economy claim
that indebtedness on home or farm
property is due to the poverty of the
people, and that in spite of rich soil.
and apparent prosperity, people are
growing poorer instead OF richer. On
the other hand. it is claimed by emf
nent people, like Senator Pettigrew.
that debt is an indication of prosperity
and that people borrow in order TO en-
large their business. In the absence
of detailed facts one of these arguments
is as good as another. In the countries
of the old world no effort has been
made to ascertain the causes of indebt-
edness.
Inasmuch as this collection of facts
is somewhat novel, the method may
prove TO be interesting. A large force.
of special agents is engaged in taking
1fle records of counties and cities, show
ing the mortgages OF citizens and cor
porations. The names and addresses
of mort gers are obtained by special
Inquiries, and then letters are sent 70
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01
THE YOKUT INDIANS.
Once They Were A1l-Powerful or
the Pacific Coast.
Eoyv only Few OF the Race Are Left,
and These Are Being Cared For
ON the Tule River Res
ervation.
Especial Los Angelo Letter.l

TTAHE recent census has already
shown that California has made
u marvellous advances in popula-
ton during the last decade. But no
census that can ever be taken at this
day can reveal the numbers of the abo-
riginal population that once owned the
Sierras and other mountain ranges, the
foothills, the banks Of the many rivers,
the fertile valleys. the seashore and the
Islands of the Land of the Setting Sun.
The figures that the most conservative
estimates afford OF this population SO or
IS years ago are simply astounding to
those who are familiar only with the
aboriginal population of the cold and
bleak eastern regions, or the wide
stretches of arid desert in the heart of
the continent. There can be no ques-
ton but that at one time California had
an Indian population of upwards of a
million souls, and they were abundant
~ provided for in the fertile valleys, the
well-stoeked rivers and lakes, and the
forests and plains where roamed deer,
antelope, rabbits, "coons," and the
sage hen. quail dove, wild turkey and
other game birds abounded.
BIT as civilization advanced the In
dian was driven backwards. The Cali
fornia Indian has nothing to thank the
white man for. The latter has given
the former no new virtues. but has ed
ucated him in many vices which have
demoraliZed and slain him. OF the
teeming thousands of happy Indians
which the white man found here in the
days of 40" none but few scattered
remnants exist, and many Of these are
degraded, drunken, besotted Wretches,
who, thank God, will soon be unable to
perpetuate their species.
The major portion of the remain
ing Indians are gathered together on
reservations set apart for them by ex-
ecutive order. and during the past
summer I have been visiting those
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01
snce of an alien and foreign tribe

ence of an alien and foreign tribe
the Paiutis-who from that day. uR-
til they suecumbed to the vices of the
whites, held securely to the territory
they had gained. So that now. as
one wanders from Fort TETON on the
south to Fresno river on the north,
he finds Yokuts and Paiutis. now liv-
ing in peace and concord, occasionally
interma1a.ied, the days of former COM
fict between them almost entirely
forgotten.
Strange and peculiar people are the
remnants Of these two tribes as found
to-day on the Tule river reservations
still chinging to many of their old hab-
is. customs and superstitions. Walking
up the creek the other day / found a
number of their bird traps, left over
from lost year, and, therefore, in
dilapidated condition. But enough re-
mained to show how the birds Were
shared. I got one of the Indians to
come to show me. A small level spot
is made. by building it up, if necessary,
by the side of an attractive piece of
water where doves. quail and such like
birds are in the habit Of coming. Just
in the rear of this level spot of ground
willows are arehed over so that man
can crawl underneath them and be per-
fecfly hidden from view. Then, scat
tering a quantity of grain on the level
spot, the hidden Indian thrusts out
from his lair stick, on the end Of
which a string of gut or sinew is tied.
This string is 1ooped and so fastened
to the stick that its other end is in
the hand of the Indian. Now he waits,
as silently as only an Indian can. By
and by the birds. seeing the seed,
alight and begin to feed. One of them
places his foot in the loop. In mos
ment the watehful Indian draws the
string tight. The foot is imprisoned.
The bird futters, but cannot escape.
Soon it settles down. The other birds,
frightened away for moment, see
ing their companion still at the feed
ing place, return. Another stick is
put out and another bird caught, and
once well started, the hunter draws
them in one by one at satisfactory
rate of speed, and soon secures enough
for his family's table for week.
Their burying ground is the stran-
gest have seen in the state. The
graves are marked with crosses, but
each cross is perehed mp high on =
stick, so that they seem to be on
stills. Each year-on All Souls day