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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-05
OTIS SAILS FOR HOME TO-DAY
RELIEVED, BY REQUEST, OF com.
 1rAND IN PHILIPPINES.
War Department Issues the Orders-, Major General MacArthur Succeeds to
 tho Chief Comma and i'm the Islands-
Work.

Washington, May 4.-In accordanc0 with Gen. Otis request to be allowed to return to the United States the war department issued orders to-day reliev- ing him. to take effect tomorrow morn- ing, May 5, the date fixed by General Otis for his sailing. The orders desig- nate Major General MacArthur to suc- ceed General Otis in command of tho division of the Philippines Brevet Major General Wheaton is designated to succeed General Macarthur as coma mander of the department of Southern Luzon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-05

Manila. May 4-The United States transport Meade has been ordered to be ready to sail tomorrow. It is supposed that Major General Otis, with his per- sonal staff, will then start for the United States. The insurgent archives discovered by General Funston include papers duplicating prominent foreign firms at Manila in unlawful dealings It is reported that evidence has been ob- tained that some of them furnished mu- nitions of war to the rebels, and 1t IS also said that the American authorities are in possession from this source Of a detailed plan for attacking the Ameri- can forces, written by Aguinaldo in Tagolog, January 9, 1899, and translate ed into Spanish by Buencemino.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28
LET US CONSIDER.

The Democrats of Nebraska con-
demn the Dingley Tariff as giving
favors to the few and placing bur-
dens on the many. They would
restore the Wilson Tariff Of 1894 or
perhaps favor a law with more Free
Trade in it than that one had.
The year 1892 was the most
prosperous in the history of this
country UP to that time. There
was great development of Ameri-
can industries and labor was we'll
employed and we'll paid. But the
people elected a Democratic Presi-
dent and Congress, and what fol-
lowed? Industrial stagnation,
business depression and idleness
for vast army Of labor. The
New York 7ai6Hne says: "The de
crease in the consumption of iron
during the years of Democratic dis
aster represented id1eness of men
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

tlons the probabilities are that It
would require from two to three
years before the same would be f.
na1ly decided. Russian officials
place no value on time and it re-
quires from to IL weeks to receive
an answer to an official communi-
cation from the various departments
according to the work involved in
the reply. ..,..-
The value of Russian gold mines
has been greatly exaggerated. Sew
eral experienced American mining
engineers who are admitted to be
the best in the world have visited
Siberia in the interests of English
as well as the American capitalists
during the past 3 years and made
extensive examinations of the con-
ditions and I have not heard of a
single company being organized as
a result of their reports. The min
ing is almost all placer, there being
but two small quartz mines iii the
Ural Mts. which are owned by
French capitalists and are said to
be losing money.
There is very little foreign CAPT
tai in Siberia. No advantages are
offered to or determinations made
in favor of Americans engaging in
any kind of business in Russia.
w. R. HOLLOWAY,
Consu1-General.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 13, 1900.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28
Not Enough Left To Fuse With.

Over in Oregon the Democrats
and Populists have formed a fusion.
The Democrats get two presidential
electors, two congressman and the
supreme judge. The Populists get
two presidential electors and the
food and dairy commissioners. The
Silver Republicans were not taken
into the combine. They attempted
to hold a convention of their own
at Portland on Thursday, but there
were SO few delegates present that
the convention was Abandoned
P0catelE0 Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

who would have earned, had the
prosperity Of 1892 continued, more
than $3.50, 900, 900 and the reduc-
ton of wages for those stil1employ-
ed exceeded 100000 600 more.
Thus the votes of thepeop1e in 1892
threw away for the iron workers
alone nearly $500, 900, 900 and for
all wage earners many thousand
millions" -; =. :. -. .~... 81.
After these years of depression
and disaster, as severe as the Amer
lean people ever experienced, the
Republican party, was restored to
power, on a platform demanding
sound money and protection.
There was an immediate. change in
financial and business conditions,
and for the last three years the
prosperity of the country has stead
lily increased. The foreign and do
mestic commerce of the nation in
the last two years was uuprecedent-
ed. Every interest has improved
i'll condition, labor as much or more
than any other. Will any rational
man deny that this was due to Re-
publican financial and economical
policies?. -
The American people made a
costly mistake in 1892. We cannot
think they will repeat it so soon af-
ter that hard experience.-Omaha
Bee.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

citizens. It used to be a little fash
lonable for sons of other lands to
co1nt1lsserate the weakness of the
Republic. It used to be doubted
whether the people of Southern
States, in case of any foreign war,
would stand the Stars and Stripes.
1t used to be impossible to put
through Congress in a day or two,
all parties helping, bills apprcpriat-
ing $50, 900, 900 for defense, or ST.
10000 for charity, or arising $780, :
900, 600 by loan. This nation has
not only been united as it never was
before by events of the last three
years, but it has reached a maturity
and soberness of thought about ma
tlonal interests. and duties utterly
unlike anything in its previous his
tory. The demagogues who expect
ancient tricks to work in the old
way may report the result next
winter. The. prophets who ignore
all the recent past may discover
that they are a whole generation
behind the newborn American ma
tion.-New York Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28
THE RUSSIAN MINES.

Senator Shoup is in receipt of
numerous letters from citizens of
Idaho, making inquiry concerning
gold mining On the coast of Siberia,
for copies of the Russian mining
laws, and. steps necessary to take,
IN order to secure permission to
prospect for gold on the coast of
Siberia. After consulting with the
Russian Minister and the Chief of
the Consular Bureau of the State
Department, he has reached the
conclusion that Americans who
contemplate going to Siberia should
inform themselves regarding. the
conditions there. The following
letter from the y. S. Consul-Gen-
eral Holloway at St. Petersburg,
which has just been made public
by the State Department contains
the latest information available on
this subject:
This consulate is in receipt of
number of letters by each Ameri-
can mail, from all parts Of the
United States, inclosing newspaper
articles which say that Russian
engineer has recently made a report
to his Government, stating that the
same gold belt which has proved
SO rich at Cape Nome, Alaska, ex-
tends across the Bering Sea into
Siberia, and that there are enor-
mously rich quartz lodes in gold
mines all over Russia, which are
easy to work at great profit, are
owned by the Government, and
will be sold to the highest bidder.
It is also stated that the Emperor
has issued all ukase permitting
Americans to prospect for gold on
the west coast of Siberia, and that
preference is given to American
miners and capital to explore the
mineral wealth.
These letters inquire as to the
truth of these statements, for copies
of Russian mining laws, and per
mits to prospect for gold in Russia
as numerous parties are organizing
to take immediate advantage O
this opportunity.
I called on Mr.. N. A. Denlssott
the director of the mining depart
ment, yesterday, stated the Sub
stance of the articles, and he re
piled that although the government
was taking steps to ascertain tn
conditions on the coast Of Siberia
the Emperor had not issued al
: ukase on that subject nor was
probable that he would do so. IL
said that petitions might be mad
to the emperor for permission t
, prospect for minerals i'll any pal
f of Russia, which should be accom-
panied by recommendations as
. character of the applicant, his e1
, perience as mining engineer, cal
ital to be employed, ETC., and
/ would: be, considered; but the beS
| informed people-here do~not bel1e'
? permits could be obtained to pro
1. pect for gold on the, coast OF o1Der
, until after the Russian governmel
Il has fully Investigated its condition
n Were it ready to consider appnc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28
THE INSOLENTS.

On Friday morning we copied |
from a recent letter written by Hon.
Charles A. Towne wherein he stated
his position On the silver question
in almost the exact words that the
Tribune has stated its position over
and over; that the want of four
years. ago has been supplied from
an unexpected source, and that the
question is not this year I'M
portant. We asked our morning
contemporary if that made Mr..
ToWne a traitor. It winces and
snarls under the question. 1t de-
clares that he is not a traitor be-
cause he still believes in remote BIZ
metalism and he ildorses all the
catchWo1ds which the Democratic
party has conjured up to fight this
coming campaign on. So it seems
that man or a newspaper must be
traitor unless it indorses every
vagary that every hungry Demo-
crat who wants an Office from Mr..
Bryan down puts out as a campaign
slogan against the Republican
party. That exactly expresses the
caliber of Our contemporary. Gen.
Warner, who has been a Democrat
all his life and who did more work
for the. silver cause than any other
man in the United States, was an
able advocate of silver and the ne
cessity Of its reconciliation ten
years before Mr.. Bryan ever thought
of it, says it is utter foo1ishness to
pursue the cause now. Hon. Joe
Sibley is another man who taught
the A B Cs of the silver belief to
w. J. Bryan. He says that what
was good argument four years
ago for silver is ridiculous now.
Senators Jones and Stewart of New
ada, the former of, whom may be
called the father of the silver cause,
have both quit. In short, every
man has ceased discussing that
question except some Democrats
and Populists who want to use it in
the hope that some men, who are
not posted, will believe that if they
had the chance they would do
something to help the cause, and
their foul newspapers delight in
rolling the epithets of "traitor"
and "sold out" under their tongues
toward all who see the situation as
it is and how idle it is at present to
press that subject any further.
They do it knowing that right here
in Utah the men who own the sill
yer mines have ceased to talk about
it, and that net $40 could be raised
from the whole batch to agitate the
question any further. And the
meanest featute of all is that not
one OF. these scrubs was ever a sill
yer man until the silver plank was
put in the platform four years ago,
and they would cease to be silver
men in twenty minutes if the plank
should happen to be left out of the
platform this year. That is, they
are narrow, dishonest partisans and
the principle they talk about and
pirate about is no deeper than the
command of the party through the
platform, which they are bound to
obey, no matter where it leads
Salt Lake ZTibnue,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28
FRIGHTENED BY SHADOWS.

A good many Popocratic and
Democratic papers seem to see
ghosts walk when they comment
on the Porto Rico bill and the dread
ful possibilities that this portends
and, as one Of Our exchanges puts
it, they see colonies governed by
the president at his own sweet will,
possessions turned into penal settle
ments, and eventually a despotism
fastened upon this country itself by
some ambitious aud usurping exec
utive. These visions are much like
the apprehended subversion of the
liberties of 75,ooo;ooo people by a
standing army of 1905 men,
chosen from among themselves.
And the only answer needed is that
liberties which could be destroyed
thus would not be worth much.
Their essential virtue would have
departed already from a people so
supine. When 100, 900 people can
Cypress IS, 900, 900, then oppression
is probably the best fate that they
deserve. Similarly, as we have
said, it is not the contents of "a pa
per constitution that are the best
safeguards to popular liberty, but
the genius, character and institu-
tons of a people. They will be
what these make them. The con-
stitution is very like the Sabbath;
it was made for man, not man for
it. We yield to none in reverence
for its wise and great provisions,
but we do not make a fetch of it.
Constitution worship and king wor-
ship are not so far apart. AS tC
our new territory, there is no in
tention that we have heard OF, tC
put it under the arbitrary rule Of
the President. On the contrary
the struggle over the Porto Rice
bill was to assert and establish the
power Of Congress to legislate to1
it with free hand. 1t has given
system of civil government, with
home rule, to Porto Rico. 1t vii
give the same to the Philippines
It has established self-governmen
in Hawaii. In all of these case!
the President has only a hm1tec
power of appointment to certalt
general offices for a term of years
In all of them Congress can repeal
modify or amend the system that /
set up. 1t can revo1utionlze th'
whole of our dealings with the is
land possessions whenever the peo
pie demand it. If this is despotisn
our government has been despoti
from the beginning.--Pocatello 7ri
:, bunc.
The Democratic party has nurse
l a great many boomerangs, but
t never got hold of anything quite s.
. unpleasant as the Idaho riots
= Wood River Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

But the City of Paris implies by or
dinance that on occasion it might
be right to steal.
Today, the students of the Uni
versity of Colorado and the Univer-
sity of Kansas hold a joint debating
contest at Boulder, the subject
chosen being, "Resolved, That
United States Senators should be
elected by popular vote of the
people" This is a new kind of
college athletics, or rather an old
kind revived, and we would like to
see it become more popular or at
least as popular as intercollegiate
foot ball, rowing matches and other
college sports. It is easier to find
orators than ready debaters, and
the young men or women who can
perfect themselves in the graces of
speech and readiness of retort and
quick thought, with command of
facts which are required in a dis
cussion is equipped to become a
power in public life. We hope to
read oftener of these intercollegiate
intellectual contests, and hope to
see. them hereafter given as much
prominence and space in the news
papers as the athletic sports. Della
mar Nugpet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

The Payette Adebemdent says:
A lamb freak with four heads, two
tails and eight legs was brought in
from one of Leighton's camps last
week. The freak will be'preserved
i'll alcohol. Things will be COM
ing altogether too smooth for the
sheep men if that sort of business
should become common. They
wouldn't object to harvesting the
clip from two lambs instead of one,
but when it came to settling with
the assessor on the four-head basis
there would doubtless be a vigor-
GUS kick.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

The Democratic party has nursed
a great many boomerangs, but it
never got hold of anything quite SO
unpleasant as the Idaho riots
Wood River Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-28

The City Council of Paris, Idaho,
has enunciated a new moral prin-
ciple. A recent ordinance of that
body reads: "Any person wrong
fully stealing' etc., is equity of a
misdemeanor." We have always
been under the impression that it
was wrong to steal at all times.
But the City of Paris implies by or
dinance that ON occasion it might
be right to steal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
MUssEL 3 FISHING.

boiled to separate the shells, and the
boiling room always smells like an
oyster stew. Then the shells are
cleaned in a chemical bath to free
them from animal matter. after
which they are run under steel cut
ters that clip out buttons of every
shape and size. These blanks go to
grinders, which take off the black
backs of the shell. and then to the
facer, which cuts and ornaments the
face. A drill puts in the eyes and a
polisher gets the buttons ready to. be
sewed on to cards.
What is left Of the shell is ground
up into a coarse gravel and is used in
making pretty garden walks. Very
often large mussel shells will contain
pearls or "slugs," imperfect pearls
that sell Tor one dollar an ounce. On
a day when he cannot go out, the
owner of q John boat may be seen
opening shells in search Of pearls, be-
fore turning his catch over to the
factory, for the boiling process ruins
the finest pearl. Occasionally his pa
thence is rewarded by finding n
worth $1OO. Then, the owner Of the
John boat, being al other men are, is
spoiled for his ordinary occupation
by good luck, and does not bring in
any button material for a week and
a day.-Little Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24

relations. They both love to creep on
the wet rocks at low tide. Mr.. Star
has five long arms with an eye at the
end of each one. When he feels hun
CRY he searches about in the water
till ,he finds an oyster or scallop,
then clasps it tight with his Eve
arms and sucks the poor oyster out
from his shell.
Mr.. Urchin has five sharp-pointed
teeth to chew up the seaweed that
he loves. He makes a round hole that
just FITS his shell, where he a hide
away and take a nap if he is tired.
Some Of the star-fshes that live in
the warm waters of the south are a
beautiful pink color. They are called
the rosy feather stars.
Very, very many years ago, before
there were any people living on the
earth, great numbers Of lovely star
fishes with long stems lived in the
sea. We find them now by digging
deep down in the earth, but they
have all turned to stone. The man
who first found them thought they
looked so much like flowers that he
called them stone lilies.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
HUMoRoUs.

Gerald-"My only inheritance IS
brains" GERALDINE II take &c that
there was no contest over your fathers
wilL"-Town Topics.
A Better Beason-smith-aWhy 20.
you avoid Brown Do you owe him
money! Jones-aNo; / don't want
him to owe me any. see?"-N. o..
Times-Democrat.
"Gentlemen Of the jury" said ahe.
judge, "the prisoners plea is insanity
That is a question to be settled. Is be.
insane or not? On that point he is to
be judged by a jury Of his peers-An.
swers.
Jones-"What business are you in.
now?" Smith, am in the meat bust.
ness" Jones Observation-Disclosures
is your shop?" Smith, haven't any
shop. I ann the ham in an advertising
sandwich."-Pearson' Weekly.
First Elder-'I hainAt seen Deacon
Speigel aroun' lately. What's the mat
ter with imp" Second Eder-eWhy,
his mule. executed a flank movement on
inn last week, m he's bin in bed ever
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
An Adjunct to Tears.-"Perhaps you
can direct me-" she said, with pompous
c-ondescension to the foorwaIker.
Eve a crying need for "Yes'm,"
interrupted the foorwalker,. in his
quick, nervous way, "han'k'chief d'part-
ment, if counter, mex aisle. -Phila-
delphia Press.
''See here, Willetts, 1 hear a lot of
you young fellows have organized a
suicide club" 'You are the fourth
man to spring that remark on me. I
don't see how it started. All we have
done is to club together to do u own
cooking while our wives are away
Indianapolis Press.
A Complex Argument-"Do you be-
lieve in the saying that a cat has nine
ives?" Eyes, sir" answered the man
who keeps irregular hours. "And bav-
ing observed the nocturnal habits Of
the cat, I am led irresistibly to the con-
clusion that staying out all night is
highly conducive to longevity."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-11-24
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~ ProfeeaionnIs ana Are Avail
able for Amateurs


The following suggestions. for
which the Decorators Gazette is Re.
sponsible, r equally available for
amateur and professional workers in
wood, but If followed at all they
should be followed strictly, inasmuch
as some Of the substances mentioned
are dangerous.
If II is desired to stain n wood
yellow, first coat the timber with 3
hot concentrated solution Of picriO
acid and afterward dry and polish.
Great care must be exercised when
using this stain, al picric acid Is poi
sonous. To procure a gray tint, apply
a solution Of one part nitrate Of silver
to so parts of distilled water; then
coat the wood with a solution Of fer
ric acetate until the requisite shade is
produced. This preparation must
not be allowed to touch the hands.
No matter what may be the stain re-
quired, always take care to use only
the very best ingredients, and then
If the work is not a success the fail.
III is with the workman and not the
tools, and the keynote of successful
staining is to remember that the
agent employed is to color the wood
without spelling or o~bliterating the
natural transparent richness Of the
wood grain.
To obtain a rich purple boil one
ounce of madden and half al, ounce Of
fustic in two gallons Of water, and
when boiling brush over the wood
with the solution until the requisite
degree of intensity has. been obtained,
and then with a weak solution Of
nitric acid, afterward finishing with
the following mixture: Put nine
ounces of dragons blood and two
ounces Of soda, both well bruised, into
six pints Of spirits Of wine. Let the
mixture stand in a warm place and
shake frequently, and when using lay
on with a soft brush, repeating the
coats till a proper color has been OBJ
tanned. Afterward polish with linz
seed oil or finish with varnish.
To obtain a good mahogany stain
dissolve two ounces of dragons blood
in one quart of t~urpentine. To get a
good and cheap walnut stain dissolve
some dry burnt lumber in vinegar, or
mix one pound. of dry Venetian red
with n pint Of asphalt and one
quart of t~urpentine. A fine red brown
can be impaired to maple, or a good
yellow brown to oak and fir by the
application of a solution composed of
so parts of commercial ~alizarine in
1000 parts of water, to which am
monia is gradually added till it's pres
ence can be perceived by the sense Of
smell. 1t must then be brushed over
with a one per cent. solution Of chIor-
ide Of barium, when the maple will
take a dark brown tint, and the oak
and ar a brown hue Of less intensity.
If instead of the barium a two per
cent. solution Of sulphate Of magnesia
be employed, a dark violent brown
will be obtained on the maple and a
dark brown on the oak and fir. Alum
and sulphate Of magnesia will make
the frst-named timber a vivid red and
the other woods a blood red. Chrome
and alum give to maple fir q reddish
brown and to oak a fine Havana
brown.