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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

According to correspondence issued
by the London foreign Office, SO per
cent OF the slaves OF Zanzibar and
Pemba prefer to remain slaves. Fewer
slaves applied for freedom in 1906 than
In 1899, because. the British commits.
sioner AYERS, most of the slaves know
they are not likely to gain much pres
ent advantage, seeing that those who
We're thrown on their own resources
have a difficult time-to make living
The masters have been kinder since
the slave legislation was enacted. ard
seek TO make their services more az
tractive.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07
nar., r.s,.as Resent. 20. W..

fs"Fat fHNht@bb u
In England the autumoblie -
yet emerged from the period o. 7. !.
yelled federation. So far az cine
towns are concerned. people -"
come accustomed to the Wilkins VI
but there are many country ~
where the appearance OF JAM
DeCauville would excite more ea.
and speculation than trayellas
agerie. The works" are mysss
concealed. and bystanders are ~
for the most part that the go
motor now seen in many 49,
after all, only a slight varian'
ordinary gas engine Of CON- \
Many people apparently resent = ~
pearance OF motor, on tne
that It is challenge to the Ss
of locomotion with which y"
familiar. and which have 80 !" ~
their requirements tolerapp
London Telegraph.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07
Americas Position.

1t is with some pride that we note
that in the number of ships built the
United States stands second on the list
but this feeling of pride is humbled
somewhat by the fact that although
Germany built only ninety-eight ships
their combined tonnage was 10000
tons greater than that of the, 154
launched in our shipyards. The cause
for this disparity between numbers and
tonnage arises from the fact that
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07
Iron ships Begun

doctors consulted. and one day, by
prearranged plan. the patient was in
formed by person supposed to be I'M
Interested in his case that magnetism
NOT electricity, was what he needed,
ana since then he has shown marked
IMPROVEMENT under the constant APP
phcation of wooden magnet painted
10 resemble the genuine article.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

Deans and other garden products have
, oeen added one after another. to the
iist OF greenhouse crops rendering
these delicacies available for winter
use ana giving delight to epicnres
"hiie putting much money into tho
pockets OF the producers. Necess, r lIv
Such products are expensive, and M
s s interest attaches therefore 10 81,
Iorts which the Department Of Agri
culture Is making to find means whsrn
~ -, persons In modest circumstances
may torce some kinds of garden trno,'
~ .nelr own use during the cold
CONGRATULATIONS Telegram
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

LORD hDN ARD OF EFFtNUuAM
Who commanded the British feet ap.
posed to the Spanish admiral
England, for the feet was undcr roy.
al orders to proceed to the Flemish
coast. where another array 81 al 600
men under the Duke ~ Parma was
to Join il, the whole force then nro.
ceedlng to England.
But tho expedition was ill.afarrst
IRON the start Before It waa ready
10 set out its commander. Admiral
5anta-Croce, died. "a did tho vice al.
mirah PalianO. and the command was
then conferred upon me Duke az Mo.
una Sidonia. a man utterly tnexos.
'Fienced In naval Affairs.
while this mighty expedition was
being htted out. the English govern.
ment was not idle The nation raj.
lied around their Queen, Elizabeth ana
strong though still inferior foe, was
paced In readiness to meet the g,,,n
iards. The British fleet numbered tso
vessels Of all kinds. many of tbom
prlyateers, and these were manned bv
i''5oo men. Lord Howard of EH,s.
nam was In supreme command ana ~,
ner MIN served Drake. Hawkins and
rroblsher, the most renowned soa'
men In Europe. Tho fleet was dividad
INTO two squadrons. one To guard ~
enamel the other to cooperate with
the Flemish and prevent tho Dnko j,
Parma from Joining the snanIsh a.
tilla ho-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

The Admiral Of F'lngrars aas one Gg
$50 vessels which kius Phillip II. ~
Spain. sgHt out Tor the invasion aud
conquest Of England This naval ar
mameut mighty for rs time. u hist0r.
ically known as the armada. It's
vessels had total tonnage % 70 sos
tons and carried 2t3i gans They
were manned with s.t5s sailors aud
carried over 1900 s1ldsrra Sor MAS
this the full strength 81 tbs r1p~dl
ton, destined for the tryastgu "
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

sides enormous cargoes OF freight.
a comparison OF the material Of
which ships are built is interesting. In
1920, for instance, the world had 90. 900
tons OF steam vessels and 5,s14 900 tons
OF sailing ships all OF which were built
of wood. In 1860 the carrying power
of steam had risen to $50 600 and OF
sail i4,S90,000, but all but two we're
still of wood. 1t was not until 1859
that the use OF iron just began in
ship-building. In that year was built
La France, an iron-plated frigate, for
the French navy, and in the next year
the Warrior, Of 6.170 tons. was built
in England During the civil war the
Ericsson monitor and other iron clad
war vessels were built in the United
States. The Monitor was the first
iron-clad successfully put to the haz-
ard OF fierce engagement.
Iron Ships Begun
The Gulon line of Transatlantic
ships then began building iron ships
and by 1879 nearly half the steam
vessels built were being constructed of
that metal In 1879 came the first steel
vessels Eighteen thousand tons OF
steel vessels were built in that year.
Soon 1t was shown that steel vessel
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

President John Henry Barrows of
Oberlin College, announces that John
ID. Rockefeller has offered Oberlin
100000 on condition that the college
raise 100000 during the present year.
AS s15O,000 of this is already pledged.
there seems to be no doubt that the
college viii claim the gift before Janu-
AIRY 1. During the two years of the
presidency of DR.. Barrows, the endow-
ment has been increased by s7O0. 900,
not counting the. 100000 expected
from the sources just mentioned.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

The tree planted at the Naval Train
ing Station in Newport an dedicated
to the memory of Admiral Philip, who
commanded the Texas at Santiago, will
typify the vitality and growth of the
hero's fame. His record illustrated at
once the valor and humaneness that
characterize the model officer. He did
not fear lighting enemy. nor fail to
succor a dying foe.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

In electing Henry p Dawson to the
presidency OF the Liberty National
bank in New York last week the
stockholders of that institution placed
In control of their property a man
who is today the youngest bank presi-
dent in the metropolis. Mr.. Dawson.
at the age of thirty-three, ranks not
only as president of national bank in
the financial center of the continent.
but also as the secretary of the New
York clearing house. the organization
of the banking interests.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

The fifth Of an extraordinary series
of weddings has just been celebrated
in Paradise Valley, near oroyille. Cal.
The first was that OF John Weer, a
Cornish widower with four good look
ing daughters. Some years ago he
welded Mrs. Malarin, a French widow
with four sons. The boys and girls
have now been all mated and the five
couples live under the same roof
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

The undergraduate body of Roam
oke College, Salem, Va, includes four
Koreans-one of them son of the
emperor-and five native Porto Ri
cans. A Korean recently won the
prize for English defamation.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

In ADDITION, the British colonies
turned out forty-one ships Of com
bined tonnage OF ll,573, and Sweden,
Holland, Belgium and Denmark each
built over 10000 tons of shipping. OF
the years combined total of ships, the
United Kingdom must be credited with
considerably over half.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07
nsrl..srInr rar.hauahs v'.s =

The earthquake waves uas =. !,
japanese shock OF June TO- ~.
recorded on the self-regls'ess' UNA.
gauges at Honolulu and at ~
In the bay OF San Frans'ts s
Charles Dawson has Fecea" a
pared the calculated veloslu I'M
earthquake waves with tpe ..a,I /
formerly calculated from t in's'. All.
mula. He found that az saa ~ n
example, the first crest q , ~
reached the tidal gauge " ~
~ minutes after the shoVs ,,'.,sts
traversed In this time the ~a,oII
4.7s7 miles at an average
GA feet second.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

tered at 10000 tons,
and Will displace 49,
900 tons OF water as
against $4,000 tons
displaced by the
Deutschland. They
will be $50 feet long.
have five decks. and
accommodations for
LOCO passengers be-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07
Tho Armada'. Tragic r,a,

VI May Zs.@l5eS, the Spanish fiop,
set out from Lisbon for Corunna 81
take on supply of stores. Tho vss.
seis encountered terrific storm ana
eighty-two Of the vessels were amt
FINALLY the remnants Of the span,sh
expeultion got under way and IN Jmtv
81 appeared Off Plymouth. The pr,,1ss
meet put out in It's rear and openad :
destructive fire, and having the wind
IN It's favor was able to InfIct Gov
siderable damage without susta,nln.
any loss In return. All the wav atnns
inc channel the English pursued ne
armada with the same tactics ca,,,,r.
ing TWO or three vessels and vel Keen
ing out Of reach. The English vsssaI.
were easier handled. better manned
ana better served and the ADVANTAGE
vi ~, the lighting remained on their sida
ne spaniards held toward tho coas,
VI FLANDERS and finally anchors waro
. dropped on the port Of Calais tha n.
ent'oh OF the Duke Of Medina s,do.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-07

and wood, sail and steam, the COM
parison stands thus:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

the capture Of an important force OF
their enemies. Kitchener proclaimed
that all found in arms after the day
mentioned would forfeit all claims TO
be treated as prisoners OF war; that
they would be transported for life and
lose forever all their rights i'm the
country. IL was a paper Illumination
ana was treated by the Beers with
such contempt that they invaded Cape
Colony the very day their grace ex-
pired and have incited TO arms many
hundreds, perhaps thousands. OF hith-
erto neutral natives. This is the real
significance OF the invasion OF our col
ony-that the settlers OF Dutch descent,
who are racially in sympathy with the
Beers in arms, Will openly assist them
II they perceive them gaining, as seems
TO be the case at present. They only
want good excuse and TO feel sure OF
immunity from being punished as
traitors TO the government.
When we consider that Kitcheners
large army Of 100000 men has to cover
a vast and in the main barren terrific
~, that he has to practically patrol
1000 miles of railroad and keep his
communication open on every side
from the seacoast TO the far interior
we cannot but admit that he has a diff
ficult problem TO solve. There are
many thousands here who. like myself
believe the Beers will ultimately sue
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

is a radical renovatlng OF the system
an establishment OF the service upon an
entirely new basis.
Three men We're detailed by the Sc
cret service head az Washington" says
eN-Chief HaZen. Ito watch over the
safety OF the chief executive, the lar
gest plain clothes bodyguard that any
president Of this country has ever had
They had their instructions. or should
have had. and were responsible for tho
presidents life. Under the discipline
as IL should have existed they would
have taken their orders from no one
but their chief and never would have
given up their positions OF vantage
where they could command a view of
each person approaching and be near
enough to stop any one that looked
suspicious"
Instead OF being alert and vatchfui
this body OF men seems. on the con-
trary, TO have viewed the matter in
their charge as OF secondary impor.
tance Co the presenting of an aspect of
republican or democratic" simplic-
ity and Indifference.
Much as the Americans ticspise sham
and affect contempt for show, they as
well as the inhabitants Of older coun-
tries are the slaves OF custom one OF
the most pernicious customs that has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

they have notably failed when on de-
tail for the protection of lives lntrust-
ed 10 their care. Their pcrspicacity has
suffered deterioration, IL is declared,
through long sufferance i'm Office with
out personal examination as TO their
fitness for the important duties TO
which they were assigned. IL Is, more
over, stated that there will soon be an
overhauling of the service for the pub
lie good and that the we'll known con-
victions OF President Roosevelt viii
prompt him 20 enforce more rigidIy the
civil service rules. which declare for
men appointed for merit and fitness
only, ascertained so far as possible by
competitive examination" This indeed
would seem to be demanded in view OF
the lamentable happening at Buffalo,
when dangerous anarchist was per-
mitted To approach the president with
his hand concealed I'm a handkerchief
after one of his accomplices had also
successfully run the gantlet which
was supposed to guard the approaches
20 the executive presence. This fact
alone shows an almost criminal laxity
of effort a sense Of security arising
from lack OF discipline and a false de-
pendence upon an unassallable official
position. There Is but one remedy, and
that cannot be applied too soon. That
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

fastened itself like an old man OF the
sea upon the body polite is that Of
shaKing hands with the president 1T
Is senseless and offensive practice de-
scended from the days OF "Jeffersonian
simplicity" when the president knew
almost every one who called and would
have offended his neighbors III he had
refused TO take their hands az his lev
ees. Today. however with $4,000. 900
people scattered over the United States.
the conditions governing presidential
receptions are different Not a thou
sandth part OF the population can take
the president by the hand or even look
upon his face, and instead OF being a
condescension on his part TO allow a
favored few 10 grasp his hand at a
crowded public reception it Is rather a
discrimination against the many mil
lions that are not so circumstanced as
TO do SO. II is 90 be hoped that I'm the
future this dangerous custom OF indis-
criminate receptions and the admission
OF people without credentials of any
sort TO the immediate presence OF the
executive, thus exposing his life 10 the
assaults OF dangerous "cranks" ard
criminals. will be abolished.
Even were the secret service mora
nearly perfect than II is and it's officials
more on the alert than they have
shown themselves hitherto IL would be
next 10 impossible TO protect the presi.
dent from any well planned attempt
upon his life
JAMES l.. wALTINGSON.
~.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11
TIE PRESENT SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

beleaguered garrisons, took some thou
sands OF Beers who were foolish
enough 60 make stand against him in
the open. and then he capered home 10
London TO receive the plaudits of "A
grateful nation. They made "Bobs"
an earl, gave him. a grant of hair a
million dollars and showered all sorts
OF honors upon hm-for what? That is
what We out here are asking each 9TH.
er. Those blooming fools OF cockneys
up In London " no are moving to indict
Dr krause, former special comman-
dant al Johannesburg. for treason. haye
no better knowledge OF what was done
here than The troops OF Tommys who
come out 20 fight the Boers-without
even nalf an idea what a Boer is any
way The latter only know that they
get shilling day and are supposed
90 be lighting for the king That IL all
they know when they set out. but after
they have tramped "a few thousand
miles out on the karroo, have been lam
basted by DE Wet and cut 10 pieces by
Delarcy or Botha they get another half
idea that perhaps things are somewhat
mixed. To tell the naked truth, Tom
my Atkins is both disgusted and puz-
zlcd He hasn't got more than a small
spoonful of brains. TO begin with. OF he
wouldn't be such fool as To enlist in
an army where he is bedeviled and
bulliragged all the time. While the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

by an assassins bullets of one high in
station whom they were supposed to
protect President Mckinley.
The fact that the murderer OF our be-
loved president accomplished his pur-
pose Notwithstanding that three secret
service men had been detailed 20 guard
MIN Is its own commentary upon the
inefiiciency OF that service and opens
the way TO an investigation which
doubtless will be one OF the first things
ordered by the next congress. II is al
legged that the faults and weaknesses
OF the secret service are owing 10 the
fact that IL has not been placed under
civil service rules and that. i'm the Ian
guage of an ex-chief OF prominence who
is supposed TO know whereof he speaks,
the bars have been taken down. and
all sorts and conditions OF men out of a
job have been appointed To places as
detectives. There are men i'm the divi-
sion who would have TO think well be-
fore they put their past history In
black and white-men whose careers
would not look we'll in cold printers
ink"
This statement is a criticism OF the
vaunted secret service which had It's
origin I'm the dark days of the civil war.
forty years ago last June. when Lafa-
yette G. Baker rendered his services to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

Secretary Seward as a sort OF police
scout TO gather information OF anaiIs
IN the Confederacy. The work he in:-
tlated was so successful that IL was
placed under the control Of the war de-
partment which directed Il until after
the death OF President Lincoln. After
the war was over the reorganized force
known as the secret service was dl-
rected TO use it's powers for tho sup.
preston OF counterfeiting and congress
appropriated 100000 for the purpose,
the sum OF Sl50.0O0 being annually de-
voted To that end for many years At
present the amount does not much ex-
ceed $4,000 annually. except for special
appropriations, and probably not more
than nifty men arc carried on the pay
roll And yet these men have worked
hard for the suppression OF counter
feiting and have been "A terror TO evil
doers of certain sorts for many years.
Their deeds OF valor. their determined
still hunts lasting through years until
the quarry was captured, their special
Information transmitted from one TO
another through various administrs-
tions. have won for them a prestige as
wonderful as IL is deserved
But. while the secret service men
have proved excellent watchdogs of
the treasury. 1t is now charged that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11
SECRET SERVICE VERSUS CIVIL SERVICE

1NHE secret service bureau OF the
United States has its Offices
IN the treasury budding at
Washington. with John f..
Wiikie as chief and w. H..
Moran as chief clerk. More
than that does not appear in
the Official congressional directory, ard
the general public is left in the dark
as 20 its further personnel and the
work II performs. except for occasional
newspaper and magazine articles. usu.
ally inspired and the revelations Of
some eN-chief or former employee.
According To a statement recently
published by former expert of the
secret service, this governmental bu-
reau. which has been so often lauded
and has existed so long a. an adjunct
OF the treasury department. lis really
used for only one thing--chasing couu-
terfelters." The custom of drawing upon
the secret service bureau foe men TO
guard the president is OF comparativ,s
~ recent origin and is not sanctioned
by precedent OF long standing.
These remarks were called forth by
the apparent failures OF secret serv-
ice men In affording protection to the
national executives they should have
more effectually guarded and the death
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

front OF them and gave chase. II Is a
standing order In the army TO chase a
Boer whenever you see him. This time
II was a fatal mistake, however, for the
British troopers ran right between two
conVerging lines Of Beers, who merely
closed in OH them and captured the
whole lot. Then there was Kritzngcrs
little dash on Lovats scouts at Orange
river. news OF which has just arrived,
by which we lost Two of our best OFF,
GERS. Colonel Murray and Captain Muir
ray and more men than we care TO ad-
init. AS an offset to these reverses two
small commandos OF some nifty men
each have been captured. together with
wagon loads of ammunition and sever
al thousand head OF cattle.
The most startling news. by the way.
Is the most recent, and that is that the
Beers are overrunning Cape Colony
and have penetrated 10 a point within
forty miles OF Cape Town. No doubt
II the dispatch Is allowed TO be pub
lished, the alarmist papers of England
and the United States are making the
most OF ii and representing our city as
in a state of great agitation, IL not OF
actual terror Well, the news has Gre
ated sort of disturbance in our
midst. The town guard has been or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-11

lighting in the field are the very pick
and cream OF the Boer warriors. They
are seasoned veterans whether old
men. young men or boys. and are un-
haInpered by either women, children or
superfuous baggage. They travel
llsht, with led horses. and make light
ningiike dashes upon the British at
points 80 wide apart that their enemies
are confused and bewildered. They know
every nook and corner OF the vast ter
ritory they traverse, they waste mo
time In foraging from the country. but
when they want food or ammunition
pounce upon some unprotected train
and take it. II is a fact that the Brit
ish are really supporting the Beers in
the Held as well as their own vast
army, numbering all told about 200. 900
men. No wonder the British taxpayer
Is grumbling and that England is split
into almost hostile parties over the
question of continuing the war at this
fearful expense of life and treasure
You know from the reports sent i'm now
and then what il has cost England in
precious lives, and IL is estimated that
she has already spent nearly billion
dollars on this war The Beers say she
viii have "a spend billion more, and
another on top of IL. and as for men,