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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

President Roosevelt" said an old
resident of Washington, has many of
the tastes and traits of Gen. Grant. OF
course he is more loquacious, and do
not doubt that he will make better
administrative officer, but, like Gen.
Grant he doesn't wish to have a sort
of halo thrown around him because he
is the President of the United States.
He walks to church and he permits his
children to romp. Gen. Grants chill
dren were not so young as the Roose-
welt heirs, but Just the same they
ruled the unofficial end of the White
House. Gen. Grant walked nearly ev-
erywhere he went, and stranger who
had never seen his portrait would
probably have taken him, on one of
his trips from the White House to the
capitol, for a countryman seeing the
sights. He was the greatest window
gazer ever knew. Anything novel
would attract him. can see him now,
In my mind. with the inevitable cigar
between his teeth. standing In front
of some store on Pennsylvania avenue
looking at baubles designed to attract
women and children. And so demo-
cratic was President Grant In his
habits that the crowd passed him by"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
philadelphia letter.


Demure Philadelphia is greatly agi-
tated over the arrival of Howard
sloan, his half brother, knight Fin
ley, Henry e. Wallace and Oscar s.
dunlop for the abduction of Mabel
Goodrich, a well known woman, who
consorted with the gilded youth of
that city. Miss Goodrich was accus-
toned to dress in the richest of fab
RIGS and wore jewelry Of the most ex-
pensiye kind. She spent money free
~ and 1t was thought she always had
considerable ready cash and was in a
position TO obtain large sums at will.
The Abduction.
The young men arrested for her alb
auction were In pressing need of mon
ey and they resolved on bold meas
ures to obtain II. II was decided by
the quartet that, IL they could get the
woman TO place of concealment and
by cruelty make her disgorge or agree
10 make some of her rich intimates
get the money, the plot could be car
ried out successfully and their identity
unknown. So it begun. Finley dis
guised himself as Mike Gibbinney, a
fashionable coachman, Sloan as attor-
ney OF the Philadelphia Law and Or
der League, bent upon publication of
society, Dunlop as Mr.. Parker, a man
OF millions, and Wallace as a society
man. The last three inveigled Miss
Goodrich, after she had partaken free
ly OF wine, into coach driven by Fin
ley, and then their trip began. First
the drove to an engine house at North
Wayne and kept the woman there for
some time. Later they took her to
the furnished fiat of Sloan, on North
Twelfth street. where the imprison-
ment terminated. The woman surren-
dered all her jeweiry and money to
her abductors sooner than face death,
which was threatened In case she hes
itated. Her captors' demand was for
$4,000. but the best the victim could
do was to let them have pins and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

A well-known band was practically
men short. 1t had its full strength
numerically; but two of the regular
members had not been able to come,
and in their stead had been pressed
couple of followers" who lin the
vernacular) could not play for nuts"
Effectually to prevent their getting out
single sound, the conductor had
jammed cord into their instruments,
or rather, the instruments they car
ried. So that they were players and
yet not players; they counted as two.
but otherwise they were source OF
weakness rather than of strength.
Handicapped though the band thus
was, however. it succeeded in carrying
off the first prize.-Good Words.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
ONLY TWELVE KNEW SONG.

only twelve out OF the 400 enlisted
force on the receiving ship Richmond.
at the League island navy yard. or
dsred 70 learn the words OF the Star
spangled Banner" gave evidence re-
Gently that they knew the song. says
tue Philadelphia Press. Capt. Leary,
OF the Richmond. sent forth the order
that no leaves OF absence ashore would
be granted unless the men showed that
they knew the words OF the national
anthem. To ascertain how many OF
the sailors and lsndsmen really had
memorized the song Capt. Leary de-
cided 70 hold a i examination. In
the morning. after the men had been
lined up At roll call. Chaplain Morri-
son requested all those who knew the
words 10 step forward To the sur
prise and dismay OF the officers only
twelve stepped out from the ranks.
To relieve the nervous tension and
merriment the lieutenant In charge i'm
mediately gave the order TO air beds"
Some OF the sailors say that while the
captain has authority TO compel them
10 learn rules OF ordinance, ne has no
right 20 order them 10 learn The Star
spangled Banner" Az large major
ity OF the men who crave leave of alb
senes declare they viii not learn the
song, the situation promises interest
Ing Developments.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
TO TELL OF TURKEY.
WOMAN KNIGHT ERRANT COMING
TO AMERICA,
The Princess Hairie Ben Ayad, Wife of
Former Diplomat of Ottoman EN-
pire, Is Carrying on Crusade Against
Social Conditions.

The United States is to receive a
visit this winter from Princess Hairie
Ben Ayad, who has created stir in
England by her crusade against So
cial conditions in Turkey. The Prin-
cess, who is daughter of a former
Turkish minister to France, hopes to
eradicate polygamy in Turkey by or
ganizing a movement against it from
the outside. Her lectures in London
have been crowded and sine has be-
come fad with society there. She
has a beautiful and refined face, un-
like the usual heavy type of the East,
and carries herself in regal way.
Her husband, who was sentenced to
prison for espousing the cause Of the
deposed sultan. Murad, but escaped, is
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
A MrspASAo nrLrR.s CANE.

A curious letter. written In long,
haek-handed loops. not wholly unlike
the whole notes In musical notation.
recently passed through the depart
ment, says the Boston Evening Tran
script. !, WAS from wato Mama Da-
toh Baqai. one Of our faithful subjects
In MIndanao. a ruler OF his people, ana
Mohammcdan OF true faith and al
lcgiance. His conduct had been so ex-
emplary at the time when other in
hAbltans OF the Philippine isles were
giving much trouble 10 the United
States. that Gen Macarthur, after
tour through that part OF the arehipel-
ago. decided to send this Dstoh cane.
He accordingly bad one beautifully
headed and engraved, ut an expense
Of about $50. and forwarded TO the
loyal chief with his compliments. The
acknowledgment. translated into Eng
lish, Is as follows: This letter from
your brother wato Mama Datoh Baqui
20 his brother the Captain General OF
the Philippines concerning the appro-
pirate preRent---a cane-which have
received from his Excellency through
the commanding officer nj Malabang. I
wish to express my great gratitude to
him for his thoughtful remembrance.
Ny pleasure at receiving IL reaches the
skies"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

The heroic equestrian statue of Rob-
ert E. Lee, in Richmond, Va, is be-
lieved to have hundreds of pounds OF
honey concealed inside Of it. For
months bees have been going in and
out of the parted lips of both the hui
man and animal figure. The insects
were first seen there last summer, and
doubtless have been making honey
ever since. There is no way to get
inside either figure without doing ir-
reparable damage, but fear is enter
tanned that vandal hands may make
the attempt.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
Monument to Gen. Reed.

The citizens OF Kent county, Mary
land have decided to erect monument
~ ,ha memory of General Philip Reed.
Mo Of Caulk's field. General Reed
-, -, commissioned lieutenant In the
T T regiment of the Maryland line.
~, "a ITS. and served through the
war OF the revolution. He commanded
W. militia which repealed the British
". :. rauik,s field. near the Cecil county
,,na and was made brigadier general.
,Ia vas United States senator from
maryland from 1906 to 1918.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
cur,ou. Condition Governing Arrest

Rear Admiral Terry, commandant at
the Washington navy yard. tells an
amusing story about court martial re-
ouirements in the navy. Admiral Skier
rett was then captain. and an officer
who had been charged with an offense
and ordered under arrest presented
himsel, wearing his full dress uniform.
but having no sword. Il can't arrest
YOU" said Capt. skerrett. looking for
the missing sword. unless you come
prepared to submit your sword to me-"
The officer explained that he had not
received his sword from home. al
though IL had been expressed to him.
well. you'll have to get one." was
the reply. SO the officer skirmished
about in the navy yard for some one
who had a sword TO lend. Finding
one. the offender returned to Capt.
skerrett and was promptly and regu-
Iarly put under arrest according to
regulations,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
WHERE NATURE IS UPSET.
Many Strange Incongruities Found ia
Icelandic Phenomena.

Many Strange Incongruities Found n
Icelandic Phenomena.
Nature is all turned topsy-turyey in
Iceland. Most people regard the island
simply as an out of the way spot OF
no particular consequence to anybody
under the sun, yet it supports a fru-
gal, Industrious and pious people. II
has almost right to be called fire
land, for there frost and fire are
strangely mingled. The lofty noun
tains, towering skyward, are clad will
snow fields and glaciers, yet at tina
same time send forth fire and steam
and molten rock At times the erup-
ton, suddenly bursting forth, melts
the ice and snow on the mountain
sides, and great floods rush down into
the valleys. On the cooled surface of
the lava flow ice and snow accumulate
and then perhaps a new flow of lava
covers up the ice without melting IL.
The ice is thus shut up as in great
natural ice house, and may be so pre-
served for thousands of years. Dr.
Geikie mentions case in which {
layer of ice occurs between two beds
of lava in geological section. The
antiquity of such a bed of ice is to
be measured in thousands and tens of
thousands of years. On a smaller
scale is the famous Eis-hohle, nat
ural ice house not far from Cassel-
burg, in the Eifel There on the hot
test day in the summer ice is to be
found. This ice is famous and was al
ways served at the table of the elector
of Cologne.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

one way and another Gen. Daniel %.
c,c,,les has drawn about 100000 SAL
arv from the government As colonel
n, the Seventeenth New York volunteer
,n,antry and the Forty-second regular
intantry for seven years he received
az zoo a year, or s24,5O0. AS major
',anoral retired, for thirty-flve years
10 has received s5,625 a year, aggre-
Sat,np s1se,s75. As representative In
congress from New York for four years
so received $1,000 a year, or $4,000.
IA "a minister to Spain he received
sto 200 a year Chicago Chronicle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

anu AOANihS " hcA
money she had in the bank.)
the GASES they build their houses be-
meath the palms, which afford much
needed shade from the hot sun. Sum-
dried mud bricks are the chief thing
used in making these houses. Palm
trees provide any timber necessary.
The houses are two stories high.
But for the low doorways one would
think they We're high walls only. All
the internal light is obtained by OPEN
ings on the courtyard round which the
house is built.
The Arab home is somewhat Of a
prison for the women, who are rarely
seen abroad. They take their walks
upon the fiat roofs, which are common
to all eastern lands. But few Arabs
live in houses. They are great wan
derers. Wherever you travel in AL
geria you are always meeting large
caravans on the move. These Bedouins
live in tents, which are simply camel
cloths stretched over boughs. For the
most part they are poor and live on
the produce of few sheep and goats.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

earrings to the value of $1,000 and $50
In money. Then the bandits lowered
the price of freedom to $1,000. FL
nally they agreed to let her so IL
she promised not to inform the au-
thorities OF the kidnapping and would
give them checks bearing her endorse
ment for the sum of 81, 100. The quar-
tet represented themselves as the
worst gang of burglars that ever In
vaded Philadelphia and threatened to
murder her IL she informed on them.
The imprisoned woman was In a
wretched state of mind. fearing her
life might be taken at any moment.
She was let go finally and sent away
in closed carriage so as to confuse
her as to the locality. She said she
suffered tortures while in the power
Of the kidnapers. being bound and
gagged during her four days confine-
ment.
Abductors Arrested.
Upon her release the woman told the
particulars to her lawyer, who engaged
tine sheriff to hunt down the guilty,
and soon the four accused were brought
in. The first was knight. a stenog-
rapher on the Philadelphia North
American; then Dunlop, barber. and
Wallace, a society reporter on the
Philadelphia Press, and lastly sloan.
the leader and bad man generally.
who has been connecting evil schemes
for years with the idea Of getting
rich out OF them. He induced the 9TH
err young men to go into the Goodrich
plot, believing there was big money In
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
CAPTAIN AnrRN.s sAMrLEs.

a, .apt' George p. Ahern, Ninth United
s Ws Infantry. chief OF the forestry
sSesu OF the Philippine archipelago,
!, ~ mas prepared book on the woods
+ .ne Philippines. has been in Wash
!, e ". experimenting the publishing
IN we reports OF his bureau, which VIII
n ~ DO issued by the war department
~ mas also an exhibit Of Philippine
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

George w. Carleton. the New York
publisher, who died recently, opened
book store on Broadway nearly half
q century ago, and II became the lite
rsry rendezvous Of the time. He pub
lished "Artemus Wards" FIRST book.
and also the books OF Bret Harte and
other leading novelists.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

Requests for Mckinley Autographs.
Among the papers of the late Presi-
dent Secretary Cortelyou has found
5000 requests for Mr.. McKinley's auto
graph, the accumulation Of the sum-
mer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

Minnesota is called the Bread and
Butter State" and rightly. too. for last
year her mills turned out 26.63o.50o
barrels OF flour and churned over co.
oo0, 900 pounds OF butter.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
soaE SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.

,,,lu.,e. of tho Navy for the Fiscal
y.ar Ending june so. 1908, show
n, Need OF ses,eio.os4-Savy's In
sr.sssd Cost.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

Byron spent the leisure hours of
nearly four years in the preparation
Of the first two cantos OF Childe
Harold.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18
Clearly Apparent.

He-Yes, l know two men I thor
oughly admire. She-Indeed? Who's
the other one.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

Miss Eleanor Gist has been engaged
for Miss Grace Georges company.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-12-18

nsh Finley Oscar Dunlop Howard Sloan and Henry Wal
iewery 10
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-24

coffin, the narrowest of all prisons. be-
gan TO shrek wildly. His voice and the
Gathering of the coffin awoke the priest
and attendants. who were sleeping in
an adjacent building. They We're terri
fed. but eventually entered the church
and perceiving whence the cries came
rescued the man.
Early next morning the latter went
into a coffin shop. where by strange
coincidence. the first person he met was
the man who had nailed up his coffin
the night before. The latter took him
for A ghost and fed precipitately,
shouting for help the while. The Ar
menian rushed upon him, and Selling
him demanded pecuniary satisfaction
for the damage done to his clothes
in the process of putting him in the
coffin.
= The undertaken took courage on find
ing that the Armenian was not a ghost,
at all, and retorted by demanding pay
ment for the coffin and his trouble the
night before. The dispute was adjudi-
Gated on by the other people in the
coffin shop. apparently not to the Ar
menian's satisfaction. tor having come
to the conclusion that Adana is hardly
a wealthy spot for him. he has re-
moved to another town.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-24
LOOTED AMERICAN STORES.
LIBERALS DO BAD PIECE or
WORK on IsTHMUS.

Company viii Hold Government Re-
ate Tumaco-Gen. Albau Favors
Compulsory Application of Monroe
Doctrine for Arbitration of Dis
putes of south American Repub-
lies with European Nations. but
Saya Nothing About the same
Thing as Regards QuarreIs Near
or Home.
Colon. Columbia, Dec. %, via Calves
ton.-Durng the absence of the gov
eminent soldiers the Liberals returned
to Nombre de Dios and looted the com
missariat of the Manganese Mining
Company, an American concern. They
also threatened the life of the custo-
dian of the stores, who was forced to
surrender his keys. The company is
presenting a claim to the government
for the loss sustained by it. On the ar
rival of the United States gunboat Ma
rietta at Nombre de Dios, and suisse
quently when the Colombian gunboat
General Pinzon reached the same place
with fifty soldiers on board, the Lib
erals again disappeared. After landing
the troops at Nombre de Dios. the Pin
zon proceeded to Savanlla. Capt Foli-
AGO, who was commander of the Pin
zon, and several of his officers return
ed to Colon yesterday on board the Ma
rietta and have since sailed for San
Juan de Porto Rico.
Gen. Alban has received a cable dis
patch announcing the evacuation of
Tumaco. Some of the revolutionists
left there on board the Salvadorian
steamer Ibis, and others left by land,
intending to attack Buena Ventura.
A strong government force has left
Buena Ventura to meet the revolution
lists.
Gen. Alban says that IL the Monroe
doctrine could be made to provide COM
pulsory arbitration to settle all disputes
between South American republics and
European nations, 1t would be accepted
with enthusiasm by all those repub-
lies.
Gen. Alban also said that President
Regaldo of Salvador has not answered
his cable message regarding the
steamer Ibis having assisted the enc
mics of the Colombian government.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-24

to breathe were for the first time man
ifest. In few minutes he sighed, and
became sensible to the impression of
the hartshorn and the fresh air to the
water. He breathed; his eyes. hardly
open, wandered without fixing upon
any object To our great JOY he at last
spoke. My vision is indlstinct,' were
his first words. His sight returned.
Soon after recovering his sight he
happened to cast his eve upon the case
of pistols, and observing the one that he
had held I'm his hand lying on the out
side. he said: Take care of that pistol;
ii is undischarged and still cooked; IL
may go off and do harm. Pendletou
knows attempting to turn his head
toward HIND that l did not intend TO
fire at him Yes said Mr.. Pendleton,
understanding his wish. I have already
made DIR. HOsack acquainted with
your wish as TO that. 4"
This extract should put at rest any
stories as to Col. Burr's pistols. He
may have owned pistols, but he GER
tainly did not own the brace used OH
that day. or they would not have been
taken from the field by the Hamilton
party. They We're later returned to Mr..
Church, who left them to his son
Philip.
Hamilton was buried on July a. the
SSANlCe pelhs nelu at Trinity CHufCht
IN charge of tire Sons of Cincinnati,
the order of which he was the head.
Maj. Church's father. Philip Church,
came to this section of the state in 1895,
and secured tract of 100000 acres in
Allegheny county, the land being six
miles in width by twenty-six in length.
and situated south of Geneseo. On it
he built in 1902 the first white house
constructed in the United States west
of Utica. James Wadworth, father OF
Gen. James Wadworth, of Geneseo,
settled there in 1897. and the two men
were close friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-24
CHICAGO ON THE LIST
SHE HAS A SHOW FOR PAN-AMERI-
CAN BANK.
RAILWAY PROJECT COMPLETE
GENERAL EXTRACTION TREATY
RECOMMENDED.

Pan-American Delegates Getting
Down to Business-A Treaty on
the Line of That Between United
states and Mexico Is FavOred-An-
aTchy Proves n knotty Point, but
Special Section Is Provided for
the Suppression OF the Propaga-
ton of Anarchy.
City of Mexico. Dec. 23.-At this
mornings session of the Pan-American
conference V. w. Foster, United States
delegate, proposed that Chicago be ad-
ded to the list of cities having a claim
to branch of the proposed Pan-Amer-
lean Bank. His motion was accepted.
Bolivia and Ecuador voted against the
motion and Chill abstained from
voting, but Senior Martinez, one of the
CHILEAN delegates, explained that this
was because his country's delegation
had abstained from voting on the main
project and not from any lack of good
will towards Chicago, to which city he
paid a noteworthy tribute. In conse-
quence of the above vote, President
Raigosa ordered that the name of Chi
cago be incorporated in the reso-
luton.
The project of a treaty for pro-
lection against anarchy was read
With slight notifications articles 10
and IL of Senator Davis Pan-American
railway project was approved These
completed the entire railway report,
which is therefore the second subject
definitely disposed of by the confer
ence, the first having been the PAN
American Bank.
The Committee on Extradition and
Suppression of Anarchy presented it's
report to-day. 1t recommends that
the American republics sign a general
treaty OF eXtradition. The proposed
terms of such a treaty are given and
they differ little from the terms of the
extradition treaty now in force between
the United States and Mexico. The
committee says that it experienced diff
fieulty in including any special provi-
sion against anarchy and anarchists
owing, on the one hand, to the neces-
Sity of respecting the liberty of belief
and on the other to the fact that the
crimes of anarchists, such as the muir
der of President Mckinley, come
under the ordinary elassifcations
of penal codes and are sufficient to
justify the extradition without the
need of special provisions. Neverthe-
less, the committee says that it con-
siders the time ripe for some united
action against anarchy on the part of
the nations of America. and that it be-
lieves the best way is to make the
active expression and propagation of
anarchistic ideas an extraditable or
Tense. A provision to this effect is
included in the proposed treaty as fol-
lows:
Article IS. The contracting parties
agree to provide in their respective leg
islation for the punishment of the pro-
pagation of anarchy. The extradtion
Of any individual who may have pro-
pagated anarchy may be in demand
from the date on which said propaga-
ton becomes punishable by the ma
ton making the request. In such cases
At shall be granted although the indi-
vidusl whose extradition is demanded
may be liable to a. penalty of impris-
onment of less than two years.