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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History-May z.

WS-otho the Great Of Germany died; born DIP
lo7s-Supposed date Of the martyrdom OF ST
stanislaus, bishop OF Cracow, Poland.
H14-"illiam Cambridge American naval hero
born In Princeton, N. j.; died 1888.
iS7o-General Gocura, Cuban insureent Leader
court martaled and shot
iefo-rhe steamer Schiller wrecked Of the sc,IIv
islands and 81 lives lost.
ieos-Thomas Eggleston died near Gridithsville
va aged III years; he smoked Virginia to-
hacco daily for 90 years.
isso-James Nasmyth. inventor Of the steam h. m.
mer, died in London, aged o. The German,
captured Kilwa. east Africa, driving out the
Arabs. ''e
ioSs-rrances Elizabeth Barrow, AUNT Fanny. >,
popular American author and writer for CHI.
dren' died in New York city; born 1912.
issf-henri d'orleans, due d'AumaIe. foprth am
OF King Louis Philippe. died at yucca. Sicily.
born 1922. ''
iSo-Lord Roberts troops crossed the yaaI and
vet rivers; President Kruger called all tha
Transvaal Beers to arms '"'
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
BETTER PASSPORTS.
more Protection For American Citf-
Eens of Foreign Birth.


Inc department of state has adopted
!. new pole, in issuing passports to
American citizens of foreign birth
which, 1t Is believed. will result in pre-
venting some OF the arrests of those
WHO now return to the country of their
origin, says the Washington Star
heretofore it has been the practice TO
grant passports to all Americans who
proved their citizenship and allow
them to go wherever they chose with
out any warning as to the risks thew
might run, but 1t has been found that
many people of foreign birth suppose
mat the mere acquisition of American
citizenship and the security of nm
american passport render them i'm
mune from the operation of the laws or
regulations Of the country of which
they were formerly subjects or citizens
II they return. Such is, however very
Tar from being the case.
In all countries person who secures
naturalization In another country ia
still liable to punishment upon his 70.
turn for an offense committed before
MS emigration, and in some countries
emigration and naturalization without
permission are themselves offenses
The department has taken worry
simple way OF preventing Americans
from unwittngly running into danger
ny preparing series of notices which
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
TO RAISE THE MAINE.
Conerdnm to BE Built Around the
Wreck mt Havana.


Wreck mt Havana.
The steamer Morgan, which recently
arrived at New Orleans from Havana.
brought back five of the American con-
tractors who went down there, accom-
panied by divers and others, to bid on
the contract for raising the wreck of
the American battleship Maine, says
the New York Sun. There were - bids
In all. that of Chicago firm being ac-
cepted. Its offer was to raise the
Maine at its own cost and give the
United States government per cent of
the proceeds.
All the contractors agree that the
Maine could be raised, but that the lob
would be difficult. a cofferdam must
be built entirely around the wreck. 1t
VIII be constructed of long polings and
then embarked with dirt. making il
water tight. Then the water can be
pumped out of the Enclosure, leaving
the wreck exposed in the mud. Der
ricks and powerful lifting machinery
Will then be brought into use and the
hull lifted from its bed of mud. If II
can be patched up so that it will float
that will be done. II it cannot be
raised. it will be torn to pieces while
the coherdam keeps back the water.
The divers found that the wreck had
settled some 40 feet in the soft mud.
the bottom of the ship being 60 feet
below the low tide mark. The cost of
raising the vessel is estimated at from
100000 to 100000. Its value when
raised cannot be estimated. but some of
the contractors thought 1t might be
worth S4OO.0OO One of the contractors
thought that II the vessel could be
noated 1t would be worth $1,000. 900.
Inc general impression was that It
could not be fioated.
The divers found two magazines in
the vessel containing 300 tons of DOW
DER intact and uninjured. All the div.
ers and surveyors agreed that the
Maine had been blown up by a mine |
set Off from land battery.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

vi. H. Hnfchlson gave an exhibition
the other afternoon in New York of
MS instrument to make the deaf hear.
among the physicians present were
Dr. E. Gruening. Dr.. Gorham Bacon
and Dr. Frederick Whiting. Several
GEAR mutes from the New York Instl.
tute For Deaf and Dumb were also
present. and the test was generally
successful. says the New York SIM
All the mutes except one, who was to-
tally deaf. were made to DISTINGUISH
various sounds. The machine intensi.
mes the articulation of sounds, but does
not increase the volume. A whisper
through the machine is heard more dis.
uncuy than a shout. The machines
are easily portable. being attached TO
small dry battery so formed that #
can be worn inside the coat. II has q
'ransmitter and receiver somewhat
similar to those parts of the telenbone
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History-May 5,

17ss-Opening session OF the states general at
Versailles, generally taken as the beginning
OF the French revolution
lel2-The British captured Oswego, N. Y; other
important conquests along the lake border
followed.
ls2l-Napoleon Bonaparte died at St. Helena
ls42-Fearful confagration lasting five days, burst
out IN Hamburg; $50 to 200 lives sacrificed;
property loss, $50, 100000.
ls59-Prince Metternch, celebrated Austrian d.
plomatist died; born 1773.
lsI5-Georg Heinrich August Ewald, ptilologist.
theoogian, historian and reformer, died, aged
70
lS94-John Jay, ex-minister to Austria died in
New York city, born 1918.
ls''-Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, 'The Father Of
the Greenback," died at Buffalo; born 1909.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
Called by
British
Satanic
Agent Of
The Beers

Recently there returned to this coun-
try from South Africa ]. N. King, an
lrish-American. This man. called by
his comrades Dynamite Dick" and re-
ferred to by English newspaper CORE
spondents as the satanic agent of the
Beers" has the reputation Of having
Killed more men than any other one
person who fought OH the Boer side.
SO much was he dreaded that the
British offered $1,000 for his head.
On one occasion King, with six
Americans and POO Beers, was detailed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History May 5

1H2-Manasseh Cutler founder of the Massachu-
sets colony at Marietta, o., born in Killingly,
Conn; died 1923.
lSl4-"First restoration" Louis XVIII, brother
of Louis XVI, made solemn entry into Paris
lsi5-Thomas Hood, English poet, author Of the
Song of the Shirt" died in London; born
1903
1s5l-A fire lasting two days broke out in San
Francisco; $500 buildings destroyed; loss OF
life.
1s52-sara Coleridge, author, died; born 1902
Sara was the only daughter of the poet Cole
ridge. Her husband became the literary ex-
ecutor OF her father and on his death she
completed the important work unaided.
1SS4-Cyrus Mccormick, inventor OF the reaper
died in Chicago born 1902
1S92-Destructive tornadoes in Kansas Oklahoma
Illinois. Missouri and Indiana
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History-May 2.

1493-The famous bull issued by Pope Alexander
VI giving nearly all America to Spain.
l740-Elias Boudnot American soldier and states
man. born in Philadelphia; died 1921.
1sl3-Last battle of Lutzen; Bonaparte defeated
Russians and Prussians.
le57-Alfred de Musset, French poet, died at
Paris; born 1872. French reviewer says of
De Musset, None OF his ilustrous contem-
poraries has surpassed him in spontaneity OF
poetical genius, in the ardent and sincere ex-
preston OF passion. in viyacity. grace and
ecat of SOUL"
1S7l-A tornado swept Baton Rouge, La, destroy
ing many lives and much property.
1S9o-General Henri Francois Xavier Gresly. SOL
der and statesman died in Paris; born 1929.
lS94-Colonel A. B. Steinburger. prominent in
Samoan affairs in the seventies. died in Dor
chester. Mass: born 1910.
1s07-Trnity church, New York city, celebrated
its two hundredth anniversary.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
"Our little girl was unconsciou

"Our little girl was unconscious
from strangulation during sudden
and terrible attack of Group. I
quickly secured bottle of One Min.
ute Cough Cure, giving her three
doses. The Group was mastered
and our little daring speedily recov.
cred. So writes A. L. Stafford
Chester, Mich. Davis Drug Co.
Call at Copper King for laborers
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09


serVatons OF the remarkable natural features
lie reached the United States in lSe, and wa a
received by President jefferson
issl-The Chilean insurgent steamer Itata was
seized at San Diego, Cal, on charge of VIC.
ating the neutrality laws; she escaped with
United States marshal on board.
lss4-DeStructive storms swept over Kentucky
ONO and West Virginia, extending to western
new York. General Theophe Adrien Ferren
french veteran OF the Crimea and OF Algeria
and the Franco-Prussan war, died In paris.
born $780,
-Ex-Goyernor Robert S. Green OF New Jersey
died at Elizabeth, N. j.; born 1881.
leo0-Ex-Secretary OF War William b. Endicot,
died In Boston; born 1927.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

A pennsylvania man paid 81 for an
old safe which was considered worth.
less He found in it $4,000. and he now
considers that 1t was pretty safe IL
vestment
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History May 6.
17os-Francis Xavier de Lavalle

l70S--Francis Xavier de Lavalle
Montmorenci, first Catholic
bishop OF Canada, died at
Quebec; born 1923.
l76S - Andre Massena, Bona
parties marshal, born; died
1877.
lS59-Fon Humboldt died; born
1769. Humboldt passed five
years in American explora-
tions-l799 to 1904. He
landed in South America,
where he made extensive oh
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

poverty after passing several yesrs In d,bt.
ors prison. ueo''
iszs-Louis Aoreau Goteschalk. f,mou. r,,n,..
born in New Orleans died 1859. r''''
io*o-Battle Of Palo Alto. Tex; American. v,.
torious VIC
ioo4-General James s. wadsworth died q, mound.
received on the 9th; born 1907.
i'''-John Stuart Mill. English writer on Ioo;c
90. ana political economy, died; born 1905
chester; born 1927 ~ "~"'
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
Announcements.

To accoi. MEDIATE those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou-
6les, the rroprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is rs cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form embodies the med
icinal properties of the solid preparation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

49,. "a ~ o.-Capable. reliable person in every
n ~, reputation: 1896 salary per yenr IN "
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sva, ~, salary paid each saturday nnd
expenses ss Sc. money advanced each week. SfaSn-
1p HOUSE. sS4 DEARBORN ST.. CHicAeo
T-2g
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History-May 8.

1868 - Alain Rene lie Sage
French novelist, born; died
l147.
l729-Archbishop william Kins
died; born 1850.
l1oS-Pope Benedict XIV died.
i1s-Antoine Lavoisler, the not.
ed French chemist. was gull.
lotined in Paris.
lSo0-Robert Morris, "signer'
and patriot fnancier, died
In Philadelphia in eItrem,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself Druggists
sell the soc. size; Trial size by mail 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
1.-The Royal Cafe.....
Don't Accept a Substitute !

When you ask for Cascarets be
sure you get the genuine Cascarets
candy Cathartic! Don't accept
fraudulent substitutes, limitations or
counterfeits! Genuine tablets stamp
ed Z. c. c. Never sold in bulk
All druggists, 1oc.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

born at Salem. Mass; died Gen. Mcdowell.
1850
l70S-Outbreak Of the last extensive Irish rebel
lion; it cost 10000 English and 100000 Irish
lives.
l19s-The English took Seringapatam India. by
storm Tippoo Sahib, sultan OF Mysore, was
killed.
is6l-President Lincoln called for ~ 900 volun.
teers for three years and informed foreign
powers OF his intention to maintain the Union
by war.
lSSo-lrwin Mcdowell. general died in San Fran.
cisco; born 1878.
lo9'-A charity bazaar in Paris burned; over 100
killed and about 200 injured; several ladies Of
rank among the victims
lS99-General Manning F. Force, Federal war vet
eran and campaign historian. died at Sandus-
KY O.; born 1924
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09
This Date In History-May 4,

147l-Edward, prince OF Wales,
son of Henry VI. died.
l0n-Dr. Isaac Barrow, eminent
English divine. died; born
1880.
l7s2-John James Audubon, ia
nous naturalist, born; died
1851.
l706-Horace Mann. educator and
author. born at Franklin,
Mass. died 1859. william
Hickling Prescott, historian,
horn or Snla.,, H. LII
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-05-09

Cal' at Copper King for laborers.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19
PRESIDENT sSCBURMAN'S VIEW
OF THE SITUATION IN CUBA

New York, April l6.-A dispatcA to
the Herald from Havana sayS:
Jacob G. Schurman, president Of Cor
nell university. has been IN Cuba for
ten days studying the political situa-
tion. He visited four qf til II pruv.
inces Of the island, talked with Chbahn
OF all classes in their own tongue. and
followed closely current opinion - ex-
pressed In the Cuban newspapers, of
which he is an indefatigable reader.
President Schurman says:
1.-THE people of Cuba are less excited
over the menace to Cuban sovereignty
supposed to b. contained in the Plat
amendment than are the politicians of
Havana. Indeed, business men and
owners of property universally favor
an immediate acceptance of the amends
ment. Tough many told me they did
not dare state SO publicly.
1.-The present political uncertainty is
paralyzing to the movements Of capi-
tai, which is indispensable for the re-
covery Of the prosperity Of the island.
So, too, a majority of the educated
men of the country recognize the neces-
sity, from the Cuban point Of view, of
the protection and security guaranteed
by the Platt amendment. The opposi-
ton comes from the poorest and most
ignorant section of the community, al
though how far they have views of
their own and how far they are infiu-
enced by wire pulling politicians it Is
difficult to determine.
Il have talked with both white and
colored men-and third Of the pop
ulation of Cuba is colored. Many of
these have no ideas whatever on the
subject. On the other hand, / have
been surprised by the earnestness with
which both white and colored-colored
perhaps more than the white-have de-
claimed to me against the amendment
as a menace to their liberties and an
insidious scheme for reducing them to
colonial dependence as oppressive as
that from which the war with Spain
delivered them.
"Of course the knowledge of these
people is ill-proportioned to their zeal
The measure they oppose has no ex-
istence. but such is their idea of the
amendment and such their attitude
toward the product of their own inagi-
nation. Nor can you argue them out of
this state of mind-the less SO as they
represent the class that fought both in
surrectiOns against Spain for the inde-
pendence Of Cuba. Nothing but<-the
fact of self-governing Cuba will con-
vince these people that their liberties
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

are not In danger. There is the rub.
Our military government has pre-
served order. established sanitation,
built public works. opened schools and
cooerihated to the restoration Of prop
ark$. but, like every other military gov
ersnent. 1t b Incapable Of generating
confdence, sympathy and affection be-
tween rulers and people.
The greatest desideratum In Cuba is
the Immediate substitution Of eivii gov
eminent Of Cubans, for Cubans, by
Guiana for the military government Of
the United States. But such q govern
ment VIII have no chance 0f success At
home OF abeoad without the guarantees
carried in the PiAtt amendment, which,
I am fully persnaded, u desirpd in
its essential contents BY q majority Of
the people Of Cuba-
"The problem. therefore. IL to get the
convention to accept It - not for
triotism of the delegates, but believe
reconcilable spirit OF the revolutiOA
against Spain, in which many Of them
were participants, but Of which tho
country is tired, knowing that the dan
ger OF tyranny, thanks to the United
States, has now passed away forever.
''The United States must insist on ac-
ceptance Of the Piatt amendment. OPP
position Of the Cuban delegates must
be oyercoiAe. 1 believe both ends can
be attained by conference between .
committee of the convention and Presi-
dent Mckinley. The Cubans will then
state their desires to the highest au-
thority in the Republic, and the very
opportunity to do so will predispose
them to be consiliatory, and the tact and
diplomacy of the President. combined
with the self-interest Of the Cuban
delegates, will discovery way, either
by defining the conditions Of interven-
tion, or abandoning the Isle Of Pines,
or specifying the number of coaling
stations, or by some other formal con-
cessions, to reach an adjustment which
will save the face of the delegates and
enable them to return to their political
parties bringing peace with honor At
the same time the firmness of the Pres
ident may be equally trusted to main
tain the substance of an act Of Con-
gress, the terms of which he Is required
to substantially enforce.
"Then will follow civil government in
Cuba by Cubans and renewal Of cor
dial relations with the United States,
and this consummation is devoutly to
be wished"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19
The same Old swindls.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 14.-A spe-
cial to the Sentinel from Kokomo, In
diana, says:
Nearly 100 descendants Of Andrew
House, reported to have left an un-
claimed estate worth $500. .O00, 900, held
q national convention here yesterday,
several states of the Unisn being rep
resented.
To their surprise their attorney, st.
Paul man, did not appear, and the true
condition Of affairs was not demon
strated. 1t was disappointment to
those who had Travelled hundreds Of
miles.
The disgust of the attendants
reached q climax when 1t was shown
that the United States attorney FOR
Maryland district. in which the estate
is alleged to be located. had repeatedly
stated that no estate existed in Mary
land. The delegates returned to their
homes disillusioned.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19
Irrigation sspsrintendent..

Denver. Colo, April 15.-Governor
Orman has appointed six superintend-
ents Of irrigation for the six districts
OF the state. The former number Of
districts was Ave, but a new district
was created to comprise Routt county.
The superintendents appointed are:
District No. flames J. Armstrong,
Greeley, Weld county.
District No. Pc. r. Chew, Pueblo,
Pueblo county.
District No. 3-wesley staley, Hoop
er, Costilla county.
District No. 4-E. D. semain, Du.
range, La Plata county.
District No. ga. +. Reeves, Mont
rose. Montrose county.
District No. 8-Peter F. Reinhardt,
Steamboat Springs. R0utt county.
Each superintendent receives sal.
nry of IS day for the time he Is ac-
tually employed. In the first two dis
tricts the salaries average $500 .
year.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

A paragraph in an American paper
the other day estimated the number Of
British troops in South Africa at $780,
900. A London newspaper just at hand
furnishes material to correct these fig
ures, for. making careful summary
OF all available forces, it finds that.
with the re-enforcements sent out a
month ago and the new Australian
contingent, the total British armed
strength in South Africa is 400 900.
The forces under Generals De Wet and
Botha being estimated at from 1000 to
1000 men. it appears that the British
are able to surround each fighting
burgher with from 100 to 200 men. i
disparity Of strength probably without
precedent in the history Of warfare.
The end Of the war continues to be in
sight-in London.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19
Hay lozenges are the popular confec-

Hay lozenges are the popular confec-
tionery among army horses in the
Philippines and South Africa The
food, or rather the form of 1t. is a
Yankee invention called into existence
by the circumstances OF war In a coun-
try lacking good roads. Hay put up in
the ordinary bale cannot be trans
ported on horseback because OF its
weight and bulk It Is therefore COM
pressed by'powerfM machinery into
diameter and two inches thick. The
disks are packed in rolls like the
lozenges the train-boys sell. and hung
in slings from the horses back. one
on each side. A single lozenge. when
broken up and opened out, makes q
meal for horse or mule, and Will curs
him Of that hungry feeling as quickly
as manserful Of fresh hay. The
compactness Of the new bale also
means \ great saving In freight
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

Several weeks ago an abscess devel-
oped in the stomach OF William
Thorpe. resident of Quantico Md.
The growth so weakened him that
physicians feared to use the knife and
the patient was slowly dying. A few
days ago he saw Philadelphia paper.
in which there was a certain cartoon
making fun OF Senator Quay Of Penn
sylvania. Thorpe laughed and imme-
diately stream of blood gushed from
his mouth. The doctor happened to
PAIL just then. and, after examining
Thorpe declared that the abscess had
broken and that the patient would now
get well. All of which goes to show
what Philadelphia Cartoons are good
for.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

The defeat OF a bill appropriating
$4,000, 900, by single senator, exer-
cising his right of unlimited debate.
was striking incident OF the closing
hours of the session OF congress. 1t Is
not even without certain amusing
aspect. He will be a wise statesman
who can find way to establish mean
between the system which permits, to
one member, such power of obstruction.
and the unlimited power OF majority
to prohibit all debate under the opera
tion Of the previous question"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19
Le.sneas sassr YAel.u

Longmont, Colo, April "a Denser
Republican Specially Ta moyement
sressiEx a. rapidiY.1s ~ sxjected,
although tie STORMY ve1thes ~ hin.
dered the wuek n securipE i{lse con.
tracts to growshteA OEs54he .A,Q0O
acres neceseafy u. .a6cpss tie factoey,
nearly cne-half has bsen pledged Wn-
liam Dickens, 4 prosDeeous ranch1an,
win xais6 ~ tsssgs fee he pcoposed
factory and Jack OaInar WIN raise
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

The brilliant young novelists. with
their astounding records of 100000 or
2500 900 copies sold. need not be too
confident that they have outstripped
their elders even commercially. That
stanch old 'ayor!te, East Lynne" has
Just passed the 100000 mark for copy
right sales not TO speak Of pirated edi-
tions. and no fewer than four stage
versions are eXtant and popular.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-04-19

1t is quite likely that the most in
tsrsst!ng political contest in the com
ing November will be that over the
mayoTalty Of New York. The city has
4 population OF halt million more
than that OF the thirteen colonies
which fought for independence in 177G:
and the character Of its government
is matter Of concern 10 all Ameri-
cans