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The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-25
Washington Chat.

Senator Lodge hints at war to up
hold the Monroe doctrine.
Secretary Root and Adjt. General
Corbin indorse the army canteen.
The State Department is issuing
three times as many passports as last
gear.
Filipino junta claims that 90 Am
srican soldiers were captured during
March.
Roberts will get $1,000 to pay ex-
penses of his fight for a seat i'm con
gress.
The secretary of agriculture has i'm
storm warnings.
Secretary Root says that the aboli-
zion Of the canteen would injure the
army's morals.
The river and harbor committee has
framed a bill appropriating $4,000, 600
For emergency work.
The naval station at Port Royal, S.
c., is to be abandoned as being eX-
travagant and unnecessary.
The senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals presented a report in
favor Of the Nicaragua route.
General Wood says the Cuban mail
service should not be blamed for the
faults of handful of rascals.
The interoceanic canal commission
has reported that the Panama aud
Nicaragua canal routes are both feast
DE-
Secretary Root has directed Major
Willard to investigate the need of gov
srnment control of the Chicago drain
ige canal.
Naval officers believe it will cost
more for the government to make ar
nor plate than the price charged by
private makers.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
.ral Bristow has been placed in charge
If postal affairs in Cuba, Rathbone
being suspended.
The appropriations at this session Of
congress will be 2O0OOO,OOO less than
:Wo years ago, largely due to military
md naval decreases.
Some of the Democratic members if
The house committee on merchant ma
line have presented a report in opposi-
1ion to the shipping subsidy bill.
Lieut.. Commander ]. G. Gilmore.
who was captive in the hands of
the Filipinos for several months, has
been granted a leave Of absence for
TWO months on account Of sickness.
The department of state is officially
Informed that the French govern
ment has decided not to grant permis-
sion to foreign militia to visit Paris in
organized bodies during the expo
sition.
The postmaster general has award
ed to the Western Envelope Com
pany of Chicago the contract for sup
plying official dead letter and regis
tered letter envelopes during the next
fiscal year. The bid of the company
was S97.411. which was $14,743 be-
low the next lowest bid.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-25
Deus * S% MGGR

Richard E. Breed, Jr., of Marion,
Ind. has been elected state moderator
by the Association Of Congregational
Churches and Ministers.
+. AIolsons Thomas, general man
ager of the Merchants Bank of Mon.
treal, and one Of the best known OF
,Canada's bankers, is dead.
DR.. W. J. Weist, aged s1xty-slx
years, a surgeon Of international rep
utation and organizer of the Amerl-
can Surgical society, is dead at Rlch'
mond. Ind.
Judge Horace Biddle died at Logans-
port, Ind, aged ninety. He was an
eminent lawyer and literateur, and mad
served on the bench of circuit and SUI
preme courts of Indiana.
Lieut.. Col. Crosby, commander of the
Forty-eighth Highlanders, died SUD
denly at Toronto, aged sixty years.
Two of his sons, Capt. Lorne Crosby
and Lieut.. Norman Crosby, are with
the troops in South Africa.
Cnsualities.
A coal train went through bridge
at Seattle. Wash.
William Kleeman Of Hampton, Iowa,
was killed by lightning.
Horace Williamson of Chicago was
killed by train at Clinton, Iowa.
The town of Fisher. Mich, was
burned to the ground. Loss, over $2Oo,-
600.
Harry Williams Of Beacon. Iowa.
was killed by Rock Island frelgnt
train.
A fire partially destroyed the Mesta
Machine companys plant at Home
stead. Pa. Loss, $4,000.
Charles Cole Of Mishawaka. Ind,
noted as an atheist, was killed by an
electric car He was eighty years OLD.
May NIcNally aged sixteen years, and
Edna WorGen, aged twenty, were
drowned i'll the Neosho river at Joplin.
Mo-. their boat capsizing.
E. G. Anderson of Nashville. Tenn.
a deaf mute. was killed by the cars at
Davenport, Iowa. Henry Jebens.
painter, was also killed there by fall
ing from q roof.
Fire at the Thomas creek coal mines
in Wise county, Va, destroyed the
disintegra tor, washers and other ma
chinery of the Virginia Coal and Coke
company entailing a loss Of 100000.
An explosion. of natural gas oc.
cured in the capitol building at
Charleston, W. Va, which resulted
in the serious injury of four men and
the smashing Of several doors and
windows.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-25
HURLEY, Publisher.
Fortunately the California man who
has asked the Chicago police to find
Attorney Will u. Blight did not do So

You can always tell the floorwalk-
er in dry goods store from the pro-
prietor by the good clothes the floor
walker wears.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
PERSIMMONS IN MICHIGAN,
from IL Tree Standing Upon
His Farm.

1t is not often that people can harvest
a crop of fruit at this season of the
year, especially in this latitude, but
Henry Ridenour recently gathered the
persimmons from tree standing upon
his farm, northwest of Niles, Mich.
This tree is more than 40 years old +,
having been planted by his father, and
has attained an unusual size. The bark
embes that of the wa aMut, while the
foliage is that of a tropical nature. the
persimmon being native of southern
latitudes; but this particular specimen
seems to have become quite hardy, as it
withstood the blizzard of last February
and came out smiling in the spring of
1899. The fruit natures late in the sea-
son; in fact, cannot be eaten until after
a hard freeze, when i, soon ripens and
is delicious to the taste. There are a
few OF these trees growing herea bouts,
and this one of Mr.. Ridenour's is prob.
ably the largest specimen TO be found
in all this section of the country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
CHECK FOR ATHLETIC GIRLS.
The Female Pur:i- IN C1eveIn I'd High
school Forbidden to Prac-
tice Football.

Central high school girls of Cleve
land, o., will recreate in the gymna-
sium under the watchful eye of a
teacher hereafter. In the past the
girls have enjoyed basket ball in addi
ton to exercises with various muscle
producing paraphernalia, but ii proved
too tame. Some one suggested foot
ball, and the idea was quickly seized
upon as an agreeable diversion.
Several members of the regular
school eleven were pressed into serv-
ice as coaches, and, clad in boomers,
the girls were soon deep in the mys-
terry Of tackling, mass plays, punts and
drop kicks. All went well until a
teacher passing the gym" heard the
earnest injunction of the coaches to
tackle low! You'll never nail her
that way. Get her around the knees"
An investigation followed and a hot
practice at football tactics was inter-
rupted Several of the coaches, it is
said, had cheerfully volunteered to act
rs dummies for the girls to practice
tacltling. All this and other details
of the practice resulted in summary
orders which will suspend the girls
tuteage in gridiron tactics indefinite
ly. Even basket ball may also he
tabOOed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
MOLASSES FOR CAVALRY.
How Horses In Gen. OTIS Army In
Philippines Are Induced to Eat
the Native Hay.

Molasses for cavalry horses will in
future be one of the items of expense for
the maintenance Of the army in the
Philippines. Gen. Otis in a cable to the
war department some months ago OBJ
iected TO the department sending cav
airy regiments because the horses
would not eat the hay grown in the Phil
ippincs and the cost Of shipping forage
from the United States was too great.
Not only did the horses decline 10 eat
hay, but the native grasses were too
much for them. Recently Gen. Otis
said he would like to mount Col. Ken
mons Thirtyfourth volunteer infantry,
and asked the war department to send
him horses for this purpose. Secretary
Root became curious and requested Otis
to send him on explanation as 10 how
he intended feeding the horses. A reply
was received in which Gen Otis said
cararymen had found that by sprin-
king molasses over the native hay and
grasses the horses were fond Of it and
ate il as readily as that grown in the
United States. In future operations in
the Philippines molasses for cavalry
horses will be as much a part Of the
~ation as is tobacco for the men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
HAS A MONTHLY COUNCIL.
Anaconda, Mont, Is Happy with City
Fathers who Meet with the
NewsMOon.

If city council should reach the con-
clusion that all public business could
be cared for at one meeting in a month
the citizens of the favored municipality
would rejoice and be glad. This might
apply with force to Chicago, provided
needed work could be done in the soli-
tary assembly, says the Chronicle. But
the United States contain d town where
councilmen are plenty, but who are
not so anxious to exploit their wares
as to meet more frequently than once
in 30 days.
This city-it is a city--has many
things which go to make up a modern
city in all respects. 1t is Anaconda,
Mont. 1t is in the very middle of the
gold-bearing regions of the upper
Rockies. has fine system of public
utilities and is up to date. But the
members of the council, or the man
who drew up the charter. thought one
meeting a month would do for all prac-
tical purposes. Hence it happens that
the Anaconda papers make mention
thus:
THE December meeting Of the city
council will occur on Tuesday night
That is all there is to it, but it speaks.
1t means that the man who seeks "A
job contirmatory Of the council had
best be on hand Tuesday. Belize, if
he fail, he will be out in the cold for
yet another moon. And it wakes ex-
ceeding cold in the shadow of the Rock
les, even in Anaconda, maugre the sets
Of furnaces which encircle the hills and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED.
The Strange story Told hy New
Jersey Man Who Rad Been Given
Up for Dead.

Banks X. Bastress, a resident of Gran
berry, ten miles from New Brunswick,
n. j., who disappeared nearly two
months ago, has turned up at Hanover,
Pa, with weird tale of being kidnapped
and carried to North Carolina. Bastress
left Cranberry about September to
visit relatives in Mifilin, Pa. He left
there on September 22, and his move
ments were known as far as Philadel-
phia. where all trace of him was lost.
IL was supposed shat he had met with
foul play in that city, as ii was known
that he had $500. Bastress arrived at
Hanover on freight train. and there
met a brother, to whom he had written
of his coming, He was wearing the
remnants of the clothing he had On
when he left Mifflin. He said that while
he was waiting at Camden on Septem-
Der % for train to Cranberry he went
to sleep, and when he woke up he was
In the mountains of North Carolina
among band OF criminals who had
robbed him, and who kept him prisoner.
The kidnapers were counterfeiters.
They kept him in a cave, giving him
nothing to eat but apples and raw po-
tatoes, and nothing to drink but
whisky.
Bastress contrived to escape from his
csptors about ten days ago, and made
his way to Roanoke, Va, and from
thence to Hanover. He will return to
Cranberry as soon as his condition per-
mits
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
THE "D0PPERS.
One of the Most Extraordinary SUPER
stitions In the World Enter
tnined by Beers.


The Boer is deeply r,igious, and,
moreover, 50 supremely egotistical that
he really believes that his people are
superior to any other in the world, says
the London Mail. The "doppers" some
40 years ago somehow conceived the
idea that they were the descendants Of
the lost tribes of Israel.
This was surely daring proposition
to advance, and as the heads Of the
households declared that they were
temporarily sojourning in the wilder
ness and that during their stay they
would be smitten for their iniquities the
young Beers naturally came TO regard
the English as instruments Of yen-
geance.
Even now there are Beers who on the
strength OF the holy words 20 God, the
heathern are come into mine inher-
itance," refuse 10 obey the orders of the
field cornets to fight the English. not
because they are afraid, but because
they believe that the English being the
chosen instruments Of vengeance it
would be an act of impie,y to OPP
pose them.
The land OF promise is thought by
some Beers to be in the neigh hborhood
OF the limpopo river. This is no doubt
one OF the most extraordinary super
stitions that ever took into captivity the
human mind, but there II is, and If the
Beers az the end Of the campaign should
be willing 10 adopt this land rs their fu-
ture home Great Britain, il is thought,
would not refuse them the privilege.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
THE SONG OF HOPE.
iourneyed in a pleasant land

iourneyed in pleasant land
Where fields were green and broad;
The winding streams were limpid and
Sang praises unto God,
And here and there an orchard bloomed
And gladdened every breeze,
And many a graceful gable loomed
Above the nodding trees,
And many q flock and many herd
Grazed there on mead and slope
And from the throat of every bird
Arose song of hope.
! hailed toiler in his field: "Your grain is
high / said,
"And happiness abides with you"-but 10!
he shook his head,
And leaned upon his hoe space and an
swered: mo, for she
That would have to share my lot is not.
alas, for met!
] journeyed down a quiet way and stopped
to rest me where
Red roses bloomed and children played,
but discomfort was there.
MY crops are fair" the master sighed,
"but Browns are better far,
And | would live up in the town where
wealth and splendors are"
/ greeted Brown with words of cheer; he
turned and gazed away:
MY crops are good" he said, but am
not as young as Gray!
My work is hard and / have lost the fair
est hopes | had
There's little left me but to die, and so
make others glad!'
Where Gray abode the fields were broad
and rich with waving grain,
And youth, was in his handsome face, but
in his breast was pain.
"There was a little one, he cried, that
played about my door
All, what are tiocks or crops to me since he
is here no more!'
A snow-whte cottage peeped above the
trees that bloomed AROUND,
And there. they told me, sweet content
ment might, perchance, be found:
But she that dwelt within was sad, and,
weeping, said to me-
That she could not induce her dog and kit
ten to agree!
] jcurneyed in a pleasant land,
Where fields were green and broad:
The winding streams were limpid and
Sang praises unto God;
And here and there an orchard boomed
And gladdened every breeze,
And many a graceful gable loomed
Above the nodding trees
And senseless flocks and thoug4ltless herds
Gazed there on mead and slope,
And only from the brooks and birds
Arose the song of hope
IS. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

She married him this afternoon. Els
name is Yen Shee, Appropriate name,
too. In Chenoo ii means Number Two
He is the wealthy Chenoo banker at
Iloilo. Savey? If Bills white Marga-
rita in the Sammies was ditto girl
too, he surely lost out against the love
game"
just then the guitar across the way
thrummed again, and again deep
chested alto began to chant mournful
song full of tears and means and broken
hearts. Sevenspot leaned far out of the
easement and drew a deep breath His
big chest rose and swelled until the
arch of it touched his chin. Then he
roared and the candle lights of all Jaro
went out as if by the wind of his bel.
lows.
"Shut up! Shut up! caramba Shut
up, before come and pull that epi-shacl
about your ears. Ye female tarantula!"
The alto voice quivered and stopped.
The dimly outlined figures of man and
woman disappeared stealthily and cat
like within the door of the thatched
shack. Across the plaza the bugle
sounded taps rlaintively. The town
was silent and far-winged dreams of
home and white Margarita hovered
over the casas of the soldiers. TO be dis
turbed now and again by the crack of a
Kakiack's remington or the bark of an
Americans krag, as the outposts took
sly pecks at each other through the
night.-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

A PHILIPPINE ROMANCE
, The Brown Woman at Jaro Who
, Married Soldier.
nRIvATE sEYENsPOT, of con
sAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAs

DRiNAl II SEN ENoIol, OF cOn-
pany v. 'Steenth United States in
fantry, sat in a carved mahogany
rocker beneath the portico of the com
pany quarters at Jaro, in the island
of Panay, and honed his razor. His
eyes blinked, dazzled by the glaring
sunlight. when now and again he
paused in his task to stare across the
plaza. The prospect, as viewed by
Sevenspot, was not pleasing, and he
kept up a running mutter OF criti-
cism.
Just luck at tn sun-baked coun-
thry, will yez," said he, gesticulating
with the razor. "Av tn town were n
mess of Philadelphia scrapple it
could not be done browner. Luck at
TIL wades an brush in thot desert av
plaza. An luck at tn toy min, av
yes call thin min. I call thin brown
rats. 'Tis waste av good gunpowder
to shoot at tn loikes av thin. Shure
we should be arrumed with pop-guns.
Faugh!"
And with castor-oil countenance,
Sevenspot spat upon the ground.
a little brown woman-she was a
woman, although she weighed no
more than the average American
schoolgirl of 12-shuffled barefooted
down the street. To unaccustomed
American eyes she was mere carl
cature on womankind. A couple of
yards of bright-red calico were gath
cred tightly about her waist and
reached to her knees. The makeshift
garment was wound snugly about her.
outlining every curve and showing the
motion of every muscle as she moved.
Her brown legs and feet were bare.
A white shirt waist was caught over
one shoulder and had slipped off the
other, exposing barred neck. A
white towel with bright red edging
served as sunbonnet. She walked
or shuffled with knees far advanced
so that she seemed in danger of fall
ing backward. AS She shuffled along
she puffed huge cigar, that in color,
length and circumference matched her
naked forearm. And the lips that
poised the cigar were stained bright
red and green from chewing betel
nuts and leaves. But Margarita was
a shapely little dab of femininity. Her
face was saucy and fascinatinglv i'm
pudent. Her eyes were alluring. And
she chattered igeon-Englsh viva
ciously, with graceful little gestures
of babyish brown hands and pretty
puckerings Of betel-stained lips.
And the poise and movement of her
little head was birdlike.
Now, luck at thot'" exclaimed
Sevenspot, indicating Margarta with
another wave of his razor. Just tell
me phwat does Big Bill want av
brown-skinned pocket-pace loike thot.
Shure, av she wanst got lost in tn
tall grass nv tn plaza there, Bill
couldn't foind hur with a tiliscope.
Av he'd dab her well with -four an
carry hur under his arrum. he'd re-
simble wan nv thin Eyetaians phwat
peddle little statooaries in New York.
Think av six-futter loike Bill snayk-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

The campaign in South Africa is the
first IN which bicycles have been used
by regular troops. Bicycle riders have
already done good service there. espe-
cialIy in conveying dispatches from be-
sieged towns lile Mafeking. Sir Red
yers Butler, the commander IN chief OF
the British forces, has given depart
mental officers NJ bases Of operation the
option of using their bicycles instead
or horses and receiving no allowance in
lien Of rations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
STAG TURNS ON LIBERATORS.
\ Fine Ruck Faund Imprisoned In II
Pit Turns Up0n HuEicr Who
Let Him cat.

A fine buck was captured in the
forest north of Devils Lake, Wis. the
other day under petuliar circun-
stances. Col. G.. Turner. of New Or
leans. and Henry Nehemeyer, of Dew
lis Lake, and c. T. Hopkins, pro-
prietor of the Lake View hotel. trav-
eled into the forest two days journey,
where they came unon a buck impris-
oncd in deep hole that had been dug
by Indian relic hunters. The hole was
nearly II feet deep and had been par
tally overrun by vines. The buck had
hooked and paved the sides of the
excavation in his endeavors TO escape,
but had been unable to eNtricate him
self.
Not wishing to violate the laws of
the chase, the hunters threw sticks
and rubbish into the hole so that fin
ally the stag go' IA footing sufficient
to enable him to leap out of the hole.
The hunters were prepared to give
chase in true sportsman fashion but
the buck, instead of attempting TO
run away, turned upon the hunters
and charged them viciously.
They sprang behind trees and began
a running fre at the maddencd stag.
The fight was lively and several times
one or the other party barely escaped
being caught on the horns of the
buck. At last a shot from Mr., Hop
kins' rifle struck the deer square be-
tween the eyes and he fell dead. The
hunters brought the buck to Devils
Lake, where he was exhibited. He
was one Of the finest specimens taken
in these woods for long time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

a Calcutta paper contains an account
OF the workhouse or asylum for intirm
beasts and birds that was established
some l3 years ago 10y society of in
nucu,ial Hindoos, II is near the Sodc-
cutta, and is under The control OF man
nger, with a staff Of so servants and an
experienced veterinary surgeon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
wanted some Retur-.

She-We must break of our engage
ment. Mr.. Iooper. | find that really
cannot return Your love.
He Wen. anyway, hope ,ou'll re-
turn NY pr-s~nts.- Fun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
Truly grrrIbl..

"Ics," said The miIiiner. the suicide
OF Mrs. Drestokil is terrible affair.
Why. she did it the very day | sent my
bill in and people will think the bill
has something to DO with il, and il will
ruin ."--Tit-l.iis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
SiIserIan Wheat.

Siberia, opened by the Russians may
vet be one Of the greatest wheat-pro-
tucing countries OF the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
Russian Timber Rats.
Quail Eater.

a Dnnville (Ill.) man mas Just won
wager by eating 70 quail in as many
consecutive days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
MAP OF GREATER NEW YORK.
VIII BE In Seven Sections and when
Put Together VIII Cover
space 2Sx21 Feet

Twenty civil engineers and draugbts-
men are at work night and day upon
the most stupendous undertaking in
the history of map-making. The whole
city of New York. including also
Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New ro-
chelle. on the north, Sandy Hook and
our harbor Notifications on the south,
New Hampstead and adjoining proper.
tons of Nassau on the east and the
Highlands of Navesink. Paterson, New
ark, Jersey City, Hoboken and Bayonne
on the west, is being put on paper on
the scale OF 600 feet to the inch. The
work was begun in July last under the
direction Of New York's chief topo-
graphical engineer, Lewis A. Risse, and
for the colossal map the city appropri-
ated the sum Of $4,000. The map is in
seven sections. the whole. when placed
together upon the specially-bu plat
form. covering n spnce Of 2S by "a feet.
Russinn Timber Rats.
The number Of timber rafts on all
the rivers OF European Russia is said
TO be more than $4,000 yearly. with n
total of some 25,oo0,o0O logs.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-25
John PIPER,S CASE.

For several nights there has been COM
plant that man was making IA part of
paint shop on Clark street his head
quarters. The police have been Investigate
ing and at midnight Saturday night,
Officers Condor and Heating found a
young man In the shop. They arrested
him and took him to the police station.
He said that his name was John Piper
and that he was 10 years of age. He
stated that he had formerly worked In
the box factory, but that when he In
jured one of his thumbs he was incapaci-
ated from further employment in that
line. Then he secured work as q paint
er only to have the man for whom he was
working skip town, owing him $40 OF
$50. Then in order not to beat his way
the young fellow says that he decided to
shift for himself as best he could. The
case will be further Investigated today.