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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23


On aaothsr occasion the bandit ~
arrested on the streets Of HuntinO1aQ
Ind. He accompanied the marsAa
without any show Of resistancs. but q
the door Of the jail he threw OF tha
mask of nsekneas. Whipping out 70.
volver he made the omcer back ~
against the wall and hold up his banda
Tho desperate backed away some Dis
lance and took to his heels. The mar
shall started in pursuit, firing his 70
volver q he ran, but the daring Grim.
inal escaped the bullets and fed Il
safety.
It was Kuhns' lot to be In jail II
southern Michigan at one time, but h
broke out and started for Indiana. Or
the way he turned burglar, entered
farmhouse and stole the wedding suit
OF a young man who was to be mar.
ried the next day. The disconSolats
swain and his friends started in pur'
suit. overlook the thief on the high
way and surrounded him. When ths
came uncomfortably close the fugitive
displayed his ever-ready weapon and
shouted:
Better make gap In that circle un-
less some Of you want TO get hurt"
The gap was made, and the THIEF
went his way without further moles'
tation. He occasionally visited I'M
father and did little work on the pa
ternal farm.
E7As Last KHeauA.
About ten years ago he was convictet
OF the murder of William Campu nea'
Fostoria, O., and sentenced to the pen
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
THE RUSSIAN cossAcks.


The Only way to Become One of rSen
L. by Inheritance
The Cossacks form a branch of the
Russian service which has no parallel
in any other army in the world. They
are irregular cavalry. The son OF
Cossack is Cossack as soon as he Is
born, and is taught the use Of arms
and the traditions OF his warrior race
all through his boyhood. So exclusive
is this hereditary military caste that
it is almost impossible for an oficer
of the regular army, no matter how
high his rank. to secure commission
in a Cossack regiment unless he has
inherited the right to such command.
Several hundred years ago the Cos
sacks were lawless bands OF free
hooters living on the banks Of the
Don and the Dneiper in Russia. When
this territory was absorbed into the
Russian dominions the Cars were
confronted with the problem Of turn
ing these turbulent people into good
citizens. They had always been trained
to martial life and the use of arms.
so the most natural and the best solu-
ton of the problem seemed to be to
turn them all into soldiers. The ex-
| pertinent proved a great success.
They are organized into regiments.
but only certain of the ofi1cers are on
duty all the time. Each man gets his
horse and a small pay from the gov
eminent when not on active duty, and
IL allowed to settle down and to rear
a family. When the government call
comes, however. the Cossack must
give immediate obedience, and some
times there is the necessity OF his be-
ing kept many years In the held
There are many OF these regiments In
Siberia. They came in with the Ars'
Adventures and settlers, and did much
to wrest these lands from the primitive
inhabitants.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
A Missionary 90 Years

Rev. DR.. Elias Riggs, the Oldest mis-
sionary Of the American board. died
IN Constantinople few days ago. he
had been in the service Of the Ameri-
can board sixty-nine years. DR.. Riggs
was born in New Providence, N. j.. In
1910. His prediction for linguistic
studies was shown very early, for ne
was studying Greek and Latin when ne
was nine years of age, and Hebrew at
thirteen. Entering Amherst college IN
1895. before he was fifteen years OLD.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
As The WORLD
r EVOLVES
General Evslyn WOOD

Cen. Evelyn Wood, who. It IL ~
ported, Will soon 30 to South Africa
empowered to treat for peace With tia
boer generals, is the adjutant general
OF the British army. 1t is understeod
That this movement Of the governments
looking toward an end OF the war has
been inspired by the king. II 10 no<
believed to mean that Gen. Wood WI
20 In a military capacity, but rather
In diplomatic one. He would, thAre-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

kuhns, who was captured the other
day In Indiana and returned to the
Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, from
which he had Unexpectedly made his
departure. may properly be called the
Modern Dick Turpin. Horse thief, jail
bird, bandit, murderer, and outlaw, he
has had a career of crime and escapes
that puts the dime novelist to shame.
Every crime from the taking Of an
Others property to the killing Of hu-
man being, can be properly charged
against him. He has escaped again and
again. He has attacked an officer with
his manacled hands and driven away
with his captor's wagon. He has been
surrounded and by his cool bravado
forced his pursuers to open free
passage. He has stood OF sherin's
posses and shot them down. He has
| driven Judge. officers and witnesses
from court room and walked out un-
molested. In short, his daring has
equaled his wickedness. He Is only 30
years old, and his desperate. lawless
career in highly civilized communities
has few parallels. He was bad boy,
and since his seventeenth year there
has been no time In which he has not
been a prisoner or hunted by the ON
GERS OF the law. He has served ten
years on a life sentence.
Criminal Environment In Youth.
Noble county was the rendezvous
sixty years ago of horse thieves and
counterfeiters. Traditions Of their ex-
ploits linger to this day and are cal
culated to influence wild, imaginative
novel-reading boys. In his youth
Kuhns became thief and bully, and
band Of other turbulent spirits gathered
about him as their leader. The town
ship In which he lived is dotted witt
small lakes, which are surrounded b.
forests, and these furnished his SAT-
hiding places when pursued. When n
was seventeen years old he stole
horse. Lodged in jail, he plotted witt
another criminal to escape. They at
, tackled the sheriff, beat him into sense
lessness, took his keys and escaped
Three officers cornered him, but b
knocked down two and eluded tn
. third. Ultimately he was captured an
sent to the prison at Michigan City TO
|, two years. After serving this term
! went to Ohio, stole and sold horses
was caught after a while and brough
Deiore a justice. The bandit listene
to the evidence quietly for an hou
. At an opportune moment he SLOW
: " rose from his seat and drew n
volver from each bootleg. At the poll
Of these weapons he commanded Jul
tice, constables. witnesses and spect'
tors to move into an adjoining roof
; they went pell-mell. He then locke
Z them in, concealed his revolvers ar
: strolled out. making good his escap
Kuhns was once captured by tv
q officers near Columbus, and one of b
: captors named Mahoney, undertot
u the duty of driving him to that city
be lodged in Jail. Mahoney had b
I prisoner handcuffed. but did not kno
r his man. They rode side by side in
. buggy. The desperate waited quiet
r until the offcer's attention was I
+ verted. Then he sprang to his fe
y and struck Mahoney terrific blow
- the head. The officer was stunned. q
ID Kuhns, after dumping his captor In
se the road, took his horse and carrta
" and drove of. making good his escal
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

them 70 cook bread. SO the Arab vom-
~ make up the dough and the chill
urea Jake 1t on large boards carried
on their heads to the public haze
ovens calling for II after It is baked.
a, about O'Clock every evening you
WIZ near a gres, knocking Of big brass
snockers. which are On every Moorish
aoo' ana great racket they make
This Is done by the mothers to remind
'hs children that IL is time to 90 and
get the bread. children in Morocco, a,
wen as here. being often forgetful il
their play.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
woidsct- RousSeou.

nrrv AAris wsldeck Rousseau.
vs1 var on monasue orders In
ias. 10 srou.lnK the k~en~ss inter
IL a Eafop-. ~as made premier In
~ shsr several years retirement
sn a political life. ~hIeh, was never
~ toasp.euoas His korcrnmcas IL
M='Y supported By a majority Of the
E1la,aFs In its attempt To dissolve
! \ xssrs. The struggle 10 oae of shs
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

r.. &OVtHVt
1'oll d. Wright. commissioner OF
-, delivered an address the other
!, .ak before the American Statisd-
isolation. in which he cited hs-
" show that the condition OF
.o'kinsman In the United States
(, u@siy improved during the last
century. He proved by four diff
NJ NY sets OF statistics that the real
VI wages at present Is greater
- mat OF the wages Of fifty years
A. me money received for a days
NJ siil now buy more in the way OF
h,,,. s"'hing and shelter than at any
~ time. But the wage-sarnei
IN. inc same time advanced his
a.su OF living. He wants more
.han did the mechanic or farm.
my years ago. He achieves more
nays work than his grandfather
an 'a ne needs better food and
Ar,.s 10 Mt him for this more pro
"'s work.-Ex.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
CONTROLs SPEED OF DDSOENf.

y,ded into two parts, which are pivoeeo
together in such manner that = wis
=, tho hand decreases the size Of tina
ronc massage until the cable is tsghtH
gr,nned between the two sections A.
the device will At almost any size On
rons n is always ready for use, and n
,asa q, Are can in short space Of TIM
M taken from the trunk and attacnso
~ the rope provided, when 1t 10 reao
" ,ana ,,s owner safely on the ground
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

he graduated before he was nineteen.
After the three years at the Andover
Theological seminary he received AZ
once. In 1882. appointment as a mis-
sionary OF the American board, ana
his twenty-second birthday was passed
while crossing the Atlantic, on his way
frst to Manta and then to Greece. Dur
Ing his long and laborious life he has
wrought principally for four distinct
races, the Greeks, Armenians, Bulgari-
ans and Turks. The three works which
viii remain as his special monument
are the translations of the bible into
Armenian, Bulgarian and Turkish. In
which he bore a principal part.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
!. Alarm IN cooe Uoa,o.

N.as ired Miner. British high COM
M sr OF Cape Colony. in reviewing
kc.n. OF the new volunteer force
M lown last Saturday. made an
M. 70 The officers which indicates
N ... AZ ieast does not underestimate
M BUSINESS OF British affairs In
m.a n'rlca. After compllmenting
ior excellent work already
MA ,a'emming the Bocr invasion. /"
.n. - part; 1T has been said that
IN h, would never come to Cape
' any one who in the face OF
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
wALDgCK-ROussEAU.


~ rsnarkshis In the religious his
~ q The French republic. The gov
sasnts bill, which. It Ia argued. will
=" religious associations from
mar. Is couched tn general terms.
es third section. II enforced.
~ Be mortal TO the orders which
ss'ah mos;, I, provides Oh that no
station between Frenohmcn and
~sSnsrs can be formed withou, a
.s sasrter; t2l that associations
80 directors are foreigners or live
a01 and associations whoee mem
I'VE In common cannot exist
'saoo' special ae,s Of parliament per-
.suAs them. This Ia the most I'M
ma'' law proposed by the third re-
rsis. and one OF the most important
'1opments OF French political life
~s the revolution.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

r,o ,ats Gen. Leonard A. Dickinson
Of Hartford, Conn, oeouea ..a - st.
~ S.,t n his rsslduary estate 20 ~ ~.
ma, church in Hartford. ana one g.
. ,no,a" .och to the Hartford hosp''A'
. :, ,ns Hartford orphan asylum
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

sYenss OF the las, few months VIII say
a thing is impossible because II seems
improbable is too silly 10 be argued
with. am svare that risk being
called an alarmlsi. but II is better to
be called an alarms, than to run any
rlsk.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

The total number of students at the
universities of Germany Is 1899
gain of 5000 in ten years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23
Bread Marker Of 6on6ier.

-. h,.ad market OF TanGisr. which
~, IN the picture. u Just outside
vsll. the picturesque safe be-
=. AZ the entrances Of the town.
.,.ad market 10 in ono corner Of
Y -, outer or general market The
Z sold mostly TO Arabs. who
!, from the desert and from the
~. of Morocco with the caravans
-.,. and donkeys. There 10 very
-. - Inc bread sold TO the people Of
avn As they have here large pub
....s. The houses are 30 small
.o.pset that there is not room 10
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

The combined receipts OF cattle Il
the four western markets. Chicago.
Kansas City, st. Louis and Omaha, for
the week ending January - were tAe
largest since 1897, and the second
largest since 1924.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

Wash the burners Of your lamps. II
you will land they should be waAhed
often), but do not boil the wicks; Get
new ones. They are Inexpensive and
much more safe and wholesome than
the shrunken ones you get BY puttins
them In boiling water.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-23

now b. interesting to know , ~n~t
mink, r Of Judge WATERWAYS onara ',n,ns
, haitian Of the ethics of the FEMININE
world.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02

Senate. The principal aim Of this in
stituti, ia lu provide a horne fnr
homeless boys yuyag BOYS under tnv
age of IL years. They have erected au
institution there AT an expense of;.rout
$4,000. ANA have been receiving $4,000
q Year from the State iii ala. The in-
stitutjon has been q growing one like
all or our state institutions. urtil thry
have a large number Of boys therc:
and move you. sir. that This bin .aky
its second reading ANA pass a. Ic en-
crossed.
The motion prevailed and the bin
took its second rcadinE ana VAS PASSED
to be engroSsed.
House Document, No. -, an act 10
provide in part tor the expenditures NJ
government for the year 1901.
The motion to rcCommtt this bill
came VI today, b. special assignment
Mr.. BURNS of Cumberland Mr
President inasmuch as nearly every
item in House Document. No ~. is
provided for by Statute or by contract.
and furthermore that this bill. after
being carefully considered by the fl
nance committee, voted unanimously
that it ought to pass. ! think that il
requires very little defense from me.
will, however take NJ few points
touched upon hy the senator from
Knox.
one Of the first items that have
marked. on page 3, is the expenses of
the insurance commissioner, $1,000. Af-
ter looking over the books carefully.
there, find that this $1,000 is used to
pay clerk hire. postage, telegraph. tele-
phone and other incidental expenses
1t seemed to me- that there was moth
ing cXorhtant in the charge. This is
entirely independent of the money that
IL now apportioncd for the invcstiga-
ton Of fires.
On page 4. we find the SUM Of $500
referred to, 10 tie bureau Of industrial
ana labor statistics. This is provided
for by statute. So that no further ref
"rcnCe need be made to that.
The State Board Of Health was also
referred 70 calling for an appropria
tion oC $5Dto The committee on finance
have carefully inves ti&atcd this depart
mont. and We tind that t.is depart
ncnt is Vv.y efficiently ana erpnrmi-
c1liy managed. We cculi see L1 chance
for any les amount a. BE- appropriated
fu' Lhat departments with ln.,fiye ti it.
we wish tE"t iii thr deplrtuirlt4 or
tie St2te Ws"o rs cnpomoHi.aI.E and
a@ wen MANAGED aa this.
CN thc %amo gt&r. WC finj S--oe for
t." US" of trustee. Tli, is an addi-
tl"h "A $l0Go oven t:e amourt "rpro-
rri2t'i i'll pH,t years. tuis i4 cr,iaa t9
t." second hcspttal bin. established
al i.iilAur, which Will lvuitirD Of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02

more travel than enc hospital. So that
Wr think th.l that amount cannot ~.
reduced.
ON page I We Gud an increase of
S"ooo for tho iusan- h-n, firiarice Inas-
much wv this i7 owing to tht Increased
number ct patients and the amount
paid finn each js fixed hy Law. ! scc uu
chance ior a change there.
NOW. turning to page =. We find.
water for STATE prison. also for the
lights of thr SJate prison. criticised IN
the senator from Knox. These arr. fixed
IN contract. 50 that really the finance
committe has nothing u AZ witA that.
or thc members of the Legislature ur-
til the contract expires
On page : Wv hnd y matter Nj S4o7. .10
from tile board oi asricuiturc This il
also fixed by statute. as Well rs the
thousand dollars. ~ that | need not re-
fer further tu that.
pn page 6. $4,000 for the University
~ Maine. As this resolve carried this
appropriation for q period Of 10 years.
ami several years are Yet To run. un-
less that LAM IL repealed. nf course
there is nothing for us to 10 there. The
University Of Maine was endowed by
the United States government by a
grant Of land which. if ii had been
properly cared for, the institution need
not call for any money from the State.
That land would today bc worth one ~
tW" million dollars. 1t was disposed of
by the State for $4,000. Now if the
state viii allow its funds To be squand-
cred. | believe il is morally bound to
help the institution at this time.
ON the Same page, page 6. | find tho
sum of $35.0ou for printing This is al
50 fixed hy Law. If we wish to reduce
the expense Cf printing. that can be
done by reducing the size Of the VOL
umc& from the several departments.
ana BY having smaller number. The
heads OF the departments regulate the
size Of the volume; and the Governor
and Council regulate the nu;nbcr: 50
that tho committee Cn finance have
NOTHING t. DO VITA that The senator
from i\lluv recommended that the
state printing ~ done ~ bids. BY con
tract This was the method Of doing
the State printing prior to 1898. Dur
in" tn" .cSaiGn of lSlJ Il committees
spent great del of tjlaa on this sub
j"ot. The oil .n"ttud was Ia advertise
for BIAS throughout tha St4to II Maine.
having t&o ScN"cal printc~a ard bind
ere rut in bids. Tren It was alway
deemed in@,.pa lieut to have the print
Continued on page 8
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02

tion is under Il great religious denutn-
ination. that if they get some assist
ance in maintaining IL. they can, some
how or other, manage To build ii and
furnish il, or get 50 near il that they
can use the building: and | think the
appropriation OF $4,000 is all that we
can stand at present.
Mr.. FERNALD of Androscoggln:
listened yesterday. with a great deal Of
pleasure To the distinguished senator
from Knox. on the extravaganza Of
certain appropriations, ana | must say.
il is 4 very generous ana noble senti-
ment. after most of the senators have
their appropriations there from their
different localities, To get up here and
say 10 us that the appropriations are
far in excess Of what they should be. |
am thankful that | am tied To no creed
and no religion, as the distinguished
senator has just said. this is controlled
by the Catholics of our country. The
finance committee. composed of thrt"
as conscientious, honest ana business
like men as We have in this Senate.
have investigated this matter thor
oughly. have visited the institution and
made unanimous report that the On
,.,-.. spI;..
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whatever creed. religion. SIX on ma
- 1
"i ~ -" -
tuition 10 the best of their ability. Pa
TENTS are taken from all over the state
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02
FATALITIES WILL NUMBEk THREE.
S5O.CO0 Fire in the Lea'y DE Works 4
Rochester k Y.

Rochester. y. Y. March In q fire
ihis noon. which deS StruycG the Loary
Dye works. "A iiYc-stury brick stru,,urp
an The corner of PlItt and Mill streets.
TIVE lives We're lost. one man fatally
injured ana ten other persons NOR. u!.
less seriously hurt.
The dead: Two identified bodies. n
man ana H box. both burned beyond
recognition.
Injured: Edward Theie. back injured.
arm broken Mill recover: Frank TIeli.
hrother-in-llW Of the vice rrcsidcn- of
the Seneca Camera CO.. probably ia
tally injured. jumped from the fourth
story: VIM. Boeyenk back injured ana
badly bruised. will recover: David NJ
Allen. face burned. right arm broken.
viii recover; +. Conrad. face burned.
body bruised. not seriously injured
Lieut.. Kelley Martin Hose Co. III. ,lr-
kle broken: Mary Vincent, burned
about face and arms: Raymond Bal.
com, burned about the head ANA face.
Frederick Ease. bruised hy iumriny
from third story to blanket.
The upper floor Of tho building was
occunicd by the Seneca Camera Co..
who employed a force OF about - merr
and women. The fire started i'll the
third floor and j. supposed to have Been
caused 10y a slight explosion of chem
iCalS.
In the room in which the FIRE started
there We're between two ana three loz-
en- persons. So suddenly did the flames
I'LL the room that il was not possible
for all to escape by way Of the doors
There was q wild rush for the FIRE cs-
capcs and q persons are said to have
made their escape in that way. Thc
fire loss is about S500oo.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-02

Lord Cranborne. secretary Of the Cor
eign office, when questioned in the
House of Commons. Friday. regarding
TIE claims originating from the dislur-
Dances in Samoa IN 1899, said that non"
had been settled. the arguments of the
American ana British governments rc-
lating to the military operations in
Samoa not having been presented to
the arbitrator. The government y,u4
communicating with Germany ~ re-
Spect 70 the non-military claims.