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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-25

granted free admission. Il would not be ioug
before similar privilege would hc demanded
in Tho ease Of cuha and tho Philippines, with
The result that the important domestic sugar
and tobacco interests would he irrcuicyebi,
ruined
-.-.4-- e---
For man Of his disposltlon the Hon. ia,
nett Gibbs is keeping mighty quiet these
days.
The New Jersey bureau 81 labor statistics
has gathered somc facts relative TO the az
lsterce Of company stores IN tho state. Fif-
teen such institutions wire found. and the
statistIcian estimates thst on an average the
person Obliged to deal at company store
pays "a cents on the doiilr more than " he
could purchase where he pleased
Tho fmperialist can't fool the cotton planter
NJ the South that is, the cotton planter who
thinks.
The cartoons drawn by Mr.. r. c. Bowman
for the Minneapolis Tribune arc among the
best pictorial arguments presented by any
newspaper in the United States. The Tribune
has collected those II printed during the pas,
year and published them In what is desig-
mated az It's cartoon Book THEY include
pointed pictures portraying in an amusing
and instructive manner the many events
which we're OF vital import during the year
1899.
II is not anticipated that there will be much
trouble in the selection OF an umpire in
the Harry Tracy-Milton Park scrap.
II is claimed by hpoiogists OF the present
city administration that suits for taxes were
Instituted under other mayors. True enough
but did any poor devil have his roof sold
from over his head and bought in by gamblers
and spectators while John r. Browne was
mayor? And did the city have thousands
upon thousands OF dollars in court costs II
pay where suits we're recklessly and wrongly
brought while Mr. Browne WAS mayor?
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The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says 'the
Chicago river will get there in time TO take
In the Mardi Gras at New Orleans" That's
hard, II its fair.
The city administration heelers are goinp
around town claiming that they have an
easy race. that Mr. Browne is weak can
ddate. etc This Is all blum, and for effect
They don't believe what they arc saying
They arc scared out OF their boots. They
arc up against it hard. and ere whstling to
keep their courage up. Just wait and sea-
That drainage convention was the most
important gathering. so far as tho Texas
coast country is concerned. that has been
seen in Houston for many years
While the San Jacinto bridge has been
patched up, the Franklin bridge is nearly
two years overdue. Isn't 1t about timo tc
import some more hired help from St Louis
when we reflect upon the Jay Gould mil
lions sduandcred by Castelane. the law o.
compensation suggests itself. They came
easy and ultimately. went tasy--that IS
some Of them French counts come high
horribly So considering what they are worth
The republicans may put up some othei
man as chairman OF their National commit
tee but Mark Hanna will remain there
or Whereabouts lie is knight Of the "frynl
nam and no man dare say him nay
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The Hopeful Word.
Atlanta Journal

Audnta journal.
The wonderful influence OF hopeful
word is not always fully appreciated. 9th
er~ise there would be more sunshine In
the world
several years ago Mr.. Frank L. Stanton
published a few lines in the Constitution
TO which he attached no special merit.
They were written and committed 10 the
world without a thought that thew would
ever be heard from again.
Within Que week two letters were rs.
ceived by the poet The first was from,
gentleman in Kansas City to the effect
mat he had fully determined upon suicide
put that the piece OF paper which he un-
folded from his package of poison proved
10 be a scrap from the Constitution unon
,hnsi was printed the lines In question,
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can not be good legislator because he
Is possessed OF millions OF money. My
opinion is that Senator Clark will be seat
ed and that he deserves to be.
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opponents o; the measure know full we'll
that. should INC products Of Puerto Rico bc.
granted free admission il woud no, be loug
before a similar privilege would hc demanded
in tbo csse Of cuha and tho Philippines, with
the result that tho important domestic sugar
and tobacco interests wopld he irrcuicyabi,
rninfh q
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Commenting on the prof6sition 10 est.na
free usae 20 the islsrd Of Puerto Rico the
New orleans FieuyuBs (psm9 Gays: The
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GalNestou's latest grievance Is the Port
Arthur diutrenual hut Galveston Nouldn I
be happy Without a grievance Beaumont
Journal .s.
That's about what was said by q rrcmlnent
attorney before he railway commission nc
cently
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For man Of his disposition. the Hon ia,
nett Gibbs IS keeping mighty quiet these
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The san Antonio Express is taking great
comfort In report that Mr., Bryan has SPOKEN
ia favor OF Kind OF expansion which absorhs
desirable territory and Homogeneous people
The lmperialsts are welcome 10 all the cont
fort thew can get out OF that sort OK expansion
which nobody ever did or ever viii oppose
Galveston Tribune,
The Express is not getting near as much
comfort as It would have people believe.
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Clifton has the support OF a majority OF I'll,
county papers OF Texas. which is the hes
evidence that he win win the senatorship.-
Halletsyllle Herald
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The New Jersey bureau 81 labor statistics
has gathered aomc facts relative 70 the OK
Istsree Of company stores In tho state. Fb-
teen such institutions WIRE found. and the
statistIcian estimates thst on an average the
person Obliged to deal at company store
pays 70 rents on the doiiar more than u he
could purrhase where he pleased
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Tho imperialist can't fool tho cotton planter
., tbs South that is, the cotton planter who
th,ota
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That settled the matter aud Payne was
not disturbed in the possession OF his
seat. Now then II the committee should
to vote for Clark by the use OF money in
the hands OF one OF the friends of Sena-
tor Cl@k. which 1t probably will not dc
In the face of all the facts, still 1t would
not affect their decision, because II would
not have changed the result of tho Mon
tana senatorial contest, Clark being elected
by more than one vote.
The senate OF the United States is averst
TO having the dirty linen OF senatorial
contest washed in the presence OF the
senate and think that 1t win promptly
turn down Mr. Days attempt TO make Q
laundry OF the hoor OF the most august
and dignitied legislators IN the world. Aside
from that fact and the further fnct thai
the prosecution has failed utterly TO MAKE
a case against Clark the new senator
from Montana has made most fayorabl,
impression upon senators on both sides q
the chamber. He Is dignined, quiet
gentleman and looks more like student
than man who has been wonderfully
successful as q business man. He is much
liked aud admired on the democratic sid,
OF the chamber, where he is recognized
as q straight democrat and willing TO 90
With his party on all marty questions. H,
has, Of course. been very busy With thi,
contest and has had very little time &c
devote TO the questions that have come
before the senate. but on every occasion
he has come to the front and announced
that ne wanted "a vote With the party or
an ausstions that sftect u or the Welisr,
OF the country, u would sppesr 20 be
lrefatsiicn OF the statement that a man
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s.. AZ. JOHNSTON. ---.-- PRESIDENT
6. J. PALMER. $500 vIcH-pREspsSr'
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Maybe old Jack Frost has simply delayed
his visit until next month.
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Among the theatrical men in 'n' 81
yesterday were Frank E. sowersoy, 49,
for Browns In Town" the Jolly -
which Genes to Sweeney 4 r,ss,
thea.ar next Monday and Mr.. l. . HI.
representing 1.-THE Christian, tne III
matization OF Hall Gaines mover = re,F
name. in which Fife Ellsler VIII 'pfs
on February 6.
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Mr. Harry NJ. McRae. a we'll kn'Ns
travelling man who represents 80
York cigar house. arrived in the city VI.
terday after business trip through Z !
section of the country. MIR. Mehas IL i,
that business is good at praclicai, e
of the points he has visited and tnas
prospects for prosperous spring ssas i
in all lines of trade is very good ivy
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Tho Memphis Commercial Appeal says "the
Chicago river will get there in time TO take
In the Mard Gras at New Orleans" That's
hard IL its fair.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-06-14

hear that big strike has Just been
made in the Yellow Pine district and that
quick silver mine has been discovered
there.
A party of four men from near Cald-
well is camped on the meadow below
town.
And Cavanah is back from a business
trip to Grangeville and the Hump.
Jack Shaffer went out TO the big lake
last week to see his sister who had Just
arrived there.
A party of men from White Bird camp
ed here last week and have gone on to
Thunder Mountain.
Geo. Patterson was on a business trip
to Resort last week.
Cat Patterson has gone to Resort to
look after the post Office while Mr.. Berg
dref goes to Florence.
Mr. and Mrs Frank of South Fork were
doing business in town last week.
Mr.. LOCKWOOD, brother of Editor Lock
wood of the Signal has been in camp for
len days.
Harry Mathews and j. A. Myers have
gone to Loon lake prospecting and fish
ing.
Miss Clara Cook has been quite sick for
a week
Ed Clark is home from business
trip to Florence.
olra Root and Bill Borden started Thurs
day to Thunder Mountain. They expect
to be gone six weeks.
Dan Leach went to the Meadows with
his pack train TO bring in the mail that
has been accommodating there since March
he will be In today.
Last week Mr.. and Mrs George Lowell
and Jim Lowell and bride of Spokane
arrived here and will work their placer
ground on Thomas creek during the
summer.
Saturday a man about forty years old
arrived in camp and applied to Matthias
u Co. for work as they mad all the men
they needed. He was refused work; he went
about two hundred yards up the road to
Rodulph SHUTS cabin and filled flour
sack full OF milk sugar and two new suits
of underclothes then went short lis
lance farther up the road to another
mans camp and took his new pair Of
blankets and several small articles and
started towards the springs. The things
were not missed until dash but early next
morning the men started and overtooE
the thief about six miles from town he
was laying under tree reading they
made him walk and carry the thing!
back to camp and then told him to leave
camp which he did. The next thief may
not get off quite so easy.
| Jess Powell is moving his family to thu
saw mill to- live until he gets his logging
contract finished.
Rumor says that two ladies expected il
| from Baker City to take charge of tn
| Washington hotel
Dan Leach has rented the house of tn
foot of the Reilold grade and will NOV
| his family down this week. June
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Notice O Z Special Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF an or
der of the city council of the city OF Weiser made
on the End day of June, 1900, there will be
special meeting of the council held at its usual
place of meeting, to-wt, at the business office OF
The Weiser Signal on the west side OF Second
street between Eoff and Perrault Streets on Sat
urdar, July 9TH, 1900, at 2o'clock p M, for the
purpose of considering a resolution providing
for the sprinkling of the following described por-
tions of the city of Weiser to-wit;
First street, from Commercial to Perrault
street.
Second street, from R. R. spur to Warrington
street.
street.
Eoh street, from First street to Third street.
And fixing the valuation OF each lot abutting
on said streets either thereof, within said lin
it's, taking into. consideration the benefits de.
rived and injuries sustained in consequence OF
such proposed sprinkling, and the amount to be
assessed against each of said lots
BY order of the city Council.
June 4th., 1900.
Attest: NJ s. PARKER, A. B. ANDERSON,
City Clerk Mayor.
A
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Alias Summons

In the District Court OF the Third Judicial dis
trict, State OF Idaho, in and for Washington
County,
Weiser Valley Fruit Tract Cultivatng Conn
pany, a corporation, plaintiff, VS.. VIM. J.
Clark, defendant.
The State OF Idaho sends greeting to VIM. j.
Clark, defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required to APP
pear in an action brought against you by said
plaintiff, in the said District Court, and to an
swer the complaint of the above-named plain
tiff, filed therein, within ten days exclusive OF
the day OF service) after the service on yon OF
this Summons. if served within this county;
if served out Of this County but within this Ju
d1cial District. within twenty days; if served
elsewhere, within forty days. The said action is
brought to obtain judgment against you in
favor of the plaintiff for the sum of three hum
bred and hfty-nine and ninety one-nundredths
dollars and for its costs and disbursements in
Cured in this action. Said judgment is de-
manded on the ground that during the years 1898
and 1899 the plaintiff at the instance and request
of the defendant, performed and caused to be
performed labor for the use and benefit OF the
planting and irrgating fruit trees on the land of
the defendant, in said County of Washington, to
and seventy dollars part of which has been
paid except the sum OF one hundred and ten and
ten one-hundredths dollars, leaving balance
hundred and Hfty-nine and ninety one-hun-
dredths dollars the particulars more fully ap
pearing in the plaintiffs said complaint,
S aS OF wn''n Is hereto Attached ana served mere
And you are hereby notified that If you fail to
quiped the said plaintiff will take judgment by
default against you for the amount demanded in
and the plaintiffs costs and disbursements in
this action and for interest upon the said 1859 90
from the goth day of September, 1899, at the rate
of seven per cent per annum
Attest my hand and the seal of the District
Court of the Third Judicial district State OF
Idaho, in and for Washington County, this oath
day of April, 1900.
HARRIS FELTHAN, Attorneys for plaintiff.
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stepped ashore. "if l ask the meaning Of
these wreaths. AS this is Memorial day,
suppose your action is inspired by some
sad memory of the civil war"
EYES," lie replied solemnly. The
strange act which you saw me perform
memorializes what was to me one OF the
saddest incidents of the civil war. was
decorating the grave of John Douglas,
private in a Pennsylvania regiment Of
volunteers, brave man and the truest
friend l ever had"
His gravev' / exclaimed. 81 see no
grave-only water"
"And only water covers my hero. His
grave is there somewhere in the river"
'What you say" l remarked, "excites
my curiosity. l served in the campaigns
along this river, and l shall be deeply in
terested if you will tell me the story"
This he did as we sat side by side on the
bank of the river.
1.-The Pennsylvania regiment to which
1 belonged" said he, formed part Of the
force with which General Sherman at
tempted to attack Vicksburg by way Of
the Yazoo river. We assembled the river
on transports on Dec. 25, 1862, and began
operations on the following day. Be
tween us and Vicksburg lay a swampy
region intersected by numerous bayous.
After several skirmishes it was found
impossible to force passage through the
swamps, which were passable only by
narrow causeways, commanded by Con-
federate batteries, and the attempt was
abandoned after a few days.
"In the last of these skirmishes / was
severely wounded and was left unnoticed
by my comrades in a dense canebrake
upon their return to the Yazoo after the
attempt had failed. / lay for some time
in a semiconscious condition, securely
screened from the eyes of my enemies, as
had been, unfortunately, from those OF
my friends. My condition was truly de-
plorable, for / was not only seriously
wounded and weak from the loss OF
blood, but the causeway was now patrol
led by Confederate soldiers, and even
were it otherwise the Federal troops had
probably by that time re-embarked or
| the transport, and should l reach the
| Yaxoo 1t would only be to fall into the
hands of the enemy.
without any definite purpose to guide
| my steps, but impressed by the necessit,
| of leaving a position where / was in dan
ger of being captured, l moved aimlessll
| through the dense thicket in a direction
which led me away from the causeway
| A slight frost had rendered the swamp,
soil more firm, and the chief difficulty en-
countered was in making my wa.
:, through the cane and bushes and inter
lacing vines.
AFTER slowly cropping about In thi
manner for three or four hours ! saw ris
inx xround In trent ct We-snd an open
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HE BORE ME- TO THE BANK OF THE RIVER"
ing to the nearest of the causeways, we
saw the Confederates rapidly approach
ing and in such numbers that there was
no possibility of our coping with them.
So we rushed along at our outmost speed,
our progress being much impeded by in
terlacing vines, which in some places had
fallen across the track and In others
hung from the trees just low enough to
entangle our heads in their meshes.
"As we reached the causeway there
was no indication Of the enemy, and we
began to hope that they had not discov-
cred the route we took. We did not
slacken our speed, however, and when
we had covered most of the distance to
the river we saw them following at full
speed. Henceforth it was a race In
which the stakes were death or captivity
and safety. As our leading files had
reached the bank of the river a Confed-
crate bullet, fred at long range, hit me
in the leg, and fell helpless into the
bushes by the wayside. Our men then
fred volley at the foe, which did some
execution and checked their advance.
"Soon after fell John Douglas was by
my side and raised me to my feet. 1t
was impossible for me to walk or even to
stand alone, and begged him to leave
me to my fate and save himself from
capture or perhaps death. But the noble
hearted fellow, not listening to my re-
monstrances for q moment picked me
up in his powerful arms and bore me to
the bank of the river. Our comrades
who in the hurry of boarding their boat
had not probably missed us, were now
beyond hailing distance. Fruitful In re-
sources, my companion rushed to part
of the bank where he saw plank and,
returning at once, placed me on it In the
water. Attempting to go on 1t himself,
he found it would not bear us both, 30 he
gave the plank vigorous push and said:
TRY to paddle in the direction of the
gunboat. They will soon see you and
come to your rescue. ! can SWIM
Following his advice and using my
hands as paddles, / had made some prog
ress toward the vessel when ! saw row.
boat coming to our rescue. My heroic
self sacrificing friend still kept me com.
pany. The boat approached nearer and
nearer until she was only two lengths
away. Then l turned and looked fol
my friend, and l saw his head disappear
beneath the water. threw myself from
the plank into the water in an agony O.
despair, wishing to share the fate of m!
comrade, but was soon rescued and tax
en- into the boat.
"Can you wonder now" he continued
while tears flowed down his pale cheeks
"that cast q flower wreath on the dar
waters of the Yazoo on Memorial day?"
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Il thought you had gone to the land OF
shades, and here i find you by the side
of beautiful girl in an Arcadian para
disc which seems to have arisen by
magic amid the swamps and bayous
of the Yazoo river. l let your family
know of your disappearance and my
fears as to your safety. Now you can
let them know that my fears were
groundless and that you are still living
and ready to fight for the Union, I'M
less he continued laughing, the beauti-
ful Confederate who just now left your
company has converted you to the cause
Of her people
"While we were absorbed in our greet
ings, Aunt pinah, a domestic Of the
household, came hurriedly toward III
from the opposite side Of the farm See
ing me, she rushed forward and eIclaim-
ed excitedly:
"Massa, Nasal De Confeds are
comm shua-a whole eg'ment Youss
babe time yet to 'scape, II yuah lebs
now
Though doubling the accuracy Of The
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ManninE's Assay Office,
924 Eighth St., Boise, Idaho, All
work in the line of assaying minerals,
quartz or ores carefully and promptly
executed; also retort, melt, refine and
purchase bullion. Students instruct
ed in assaying and treating ores.
t. ~. MANNING
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faithful Creatures account, 50 Tar as the
strength of the enemy was concerned. We
deemed 1t prudent to avoid encounter
with them, il possible as our party num-
bered but Fl.
81 sought Olympia and babe her tear
full, heartbreaking farewell, consoling
her with the promise that would return
to her after the war. This promise
faithfully performed. We were married
and have lived for over 80 years In the
cottage where she nursed me.
"As we were entering a narrow path,
on the verge of the rising ground lead