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New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
FiRE loss OF $4,000 IN Dgypoyr

Detroit Feb. IA hre. which originated IN Val-
sntine Schloeder's candy factory, al No IS Wood
ward-ave., early to-day, caused $4,000 damage in
thai establis hment and adjoining property hefor a.
Tas extingu'shea. The intense cold made the fire
apparatus difficult 10 handle, and before The FIRE
nIen had conquered the blaze a majority OF item
were sheathed IN ice which formed wherever anv
water feN on them. The losses are as follows. Va Z
entine schloeaer, 300; Nell F!attery, owner OF
building 81 eJ0; GeDhgrd Paper Company which
occupied adjoining building, $1,000 and Hemmeier
Cigar COMPANY SIG
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
WILL CONTESTED BT TWO DAUGHTERS.
THEY ALLEGE THAT THEIR MOTHER WAS IN.
SANE WHEN INSTRUMENT WAS SIGNED.


The will Of Catharine Lane widow Of John L.
Lane, an old shipping merchant. who committed
suicide by cutting her throat with razor and then
jumping from secoaI story window az No i75
Sixtieth-st., Brooklyn. is being contested before
Surrogate Abbott in Kings County. The will is
offered for probate by John l. Lane SON of No
l59 Leiferts Place Brooklyn, and is being
by two daughters. Mrs. Hannah ~ Venners OF
No. las Sixtieth-st and Mrs Edith c. Cozine of
Rockville Centre They declare that Mrs. Lane
insane whe1 she executed the will which is
dated November :, 1900
The interest I'm several ships, which Mrs. Lane
received frora her husband. she leaves 10 her SON
and grandson, John Percy Lane Mrs Venners re-
CeIVvd the house in SiXrieth-St and Mrs CsOZine
cut off without penny.
John LyCl, who drew the WILL said that Mrs
Lane believed that Mrs. Cozine was under the in
huence OF her husband. Irving c Cozine, and for
that reason, lefJ her nothing bur affection. Mrs
Lane told him that she had previously given a
mortgage for s., 100 TO Mrs. Cozine s. sou in monsy
70 Mrs. Nennars and Si50O 10 her son. John Victor
Lane. Tbs hearing was continued.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
TRUST COMPANIES WILL FIGHT.
OFFICERS CHOOSE \ COMMITTEE TO GO To
ALBANY

The principal officials of the various trust compa-
nies met yesterday afternoon in the Offices of the
United States M0rtsase and Trust Company TO
consider the tax measures now pending in Albany
which Impose what the trust officials say are
"onerous conditions" The question was discussed
at length. and il was decided that the bill was un-
Just and menace 70 capital
They decided that it must be opposed and to-
that end appointed committee to so 10 Albany
10 night the measure. Practically the same action
has been taken by the officers of the National banks
of the state, which equally hostile to the pro-
posed legislation
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
HARBOR WORK At MANILA.
RIps FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO cost - ~ ooo
TO BE ADVERTISED

TO II ADN EEIIsLD-
Manila. Feb. l1.-R!ds viii be advertised FOR in
few days for harbor improvements at Manila,
for which Sl,o00ooo OF insular funds has been
appropriated The improvements viii consist
chiefly in an extension OF the hreakwater. which
the Spaniards had nearly completed. and dredg-
ing inside 70 a depth OF thirty feet Major
CraiGhill IS in charge OF the work planned
Ultimately Government wharves will eliminate
the use Of cascus between the shore and the
distant anchoragrS OF ships.
The American forces have captured since Sep
teTnDer eighteen cannon, eighteen hundred rifles
thousands Of bolos AMI ninety thousand car
tridges. Besides this seven hundred rifles have
been surrendered
The orders Of insurCent officers will no longer
be considered a mitigation OF crimes
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
FoR 4 FoNKERs s-WHTrE PLAINS LINE

Albany Feb. 1.-THE Yonkers and White Plains
RailToad Company wcs incorporated to-day. with
9 capital stock II s53VG u construct and operate
street surface railroad line from Yonkers 20
White Plains The directors are Freeman a Mer-
rett and " Jay Wilson Of White Plains; r. J.
BelleW +. y. Riley II u. Lent ". J. Fisher
~ c. MerTetf and J. 2. Lsttimei, OF Tuckahoe
aud Charles Husenberry Of Yonkers.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
NEGROES MAKE VIGOROUS PROTEST.

Albany. Feb. 1.-THE Cities Committee Of the
Senate and Assembly have received an immense
petition from colored people Of the State and
particularly NewYork City. protesting against the
Charter Commissioners report, where it makes
thts recommendation:
The boards Of education shall. in addition 20
other powers herein expressly conferred have
power 10 establish and conduct elementary schools.
kindergartens manual training schools, trade
schools truant schools evening schools vacation
schools and schools for colored pupils
The appeal says:
This section. II adopted with the last FIVE words
included. II not directly, would by assumption and
lmPhcattoE repeal the Els5erg law OF last year,
and would work great harm. The language Of
the section seems TO imply that the coored people
wanted H. II that Is the OF its trainers they
are mistaken. We are opposed 70 IL upon prin-
chile We do not want any legislation for US
that we do not ask for openly and man fashion
We are against the proposition. II is upfrieudIy.
II adopted. it would snircA the State with the
stamp OF disgrace II would be in keeping with
tie efforts practsed in the South 10 disfranchise
the negro.
l. would benefit the promoters Of this ante -belIum
Infamous proposition. y instead Of being the con-
sIituents of the honorable Senators OF this State.
MessTs. Platt and Depew. that they migrate and
take up their abode and afi late with The con-
sttqerts OF the TIRE ter BENJAMIN TiIlman and
his kind In South Carolina
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
PREPARING FoR TIE NOME SEASON.

Tacoma WASH. Feb. u.-Not less than two dozen
sailing vessels will start for Nome and Behring Sea
In April and May The Sawmis on the Yukon
have resumed operations for the season. and every
town between Bennett and Dawson is building
boats and steamers. Nearly eighty vessels will
be engaged in the Alaska traffic in the summer.
Including those on the upper and lower Yukon to-
sether with steamers sailing on regular routes from
Puget Sound. The people OF Southeastern Alaska
have petltiOned Senator Perkins, of California.
aid them in securing a lighthouse and other means
or protection for the inside route between Tacoma
and Skaguay- The petition sets forth that fifteen
thousand passengers. twenty thousand OF
freight and GO00 in treasure are annually trans
ported over this route
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
REcEIvER sENrENcEp FoR coNrEMPr.

San Francisco. Feb. HIN the contempt proceed
inSs against Receiver Alexander McKenzis. Of
Nome City in the United States Circuit Court or
Appeals to-day. Mckenzie was sentenced to serve
one year Imprisonment TWO counts. and Judge
Moves; who appointed Mckenzie to his office.
severely censured by the Court for alleged conn
pliciLy in the scandal.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-12

London. Feb. 1.-THE officials OF the Home Ofce
say there is foundation whatever for the report
that Mrs. Florence Maybrick has been pardoned.
An official &C the United States Embassy said 10
a representative OF The Associated Press:
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
poI~a wal rlsANeI,Ltr

walter Thornton. shu. in tsJs
alteh ai Iwsn,y-Rix consecutive laaixn
~ita0li a run being maze By he y.
posing clubs, has kept himself Ii slag.
lnE condition ever since he qal, he
Chicago club. The above feat Eas pc
formed against Now York. Rroaats
and Boston. and uEuoKlyn Nas retired
without a hit.
Thornton was ono Of tho teen q shs
Chicago rIub Who had TO suffer hecaas
Of his friendship for Mason II IA ~
tory that pahlsu was traded tOr D.
montFrSilis. tbs latter fpr MaEcaa
who later In the same year. waa giIta
his release, Thornton pAa less iogtE.
nate In that he could not get Pres
dent Hart 10 give him hts release ~
consent TO a trade. lilo has bssa ~
served each year by the Chicago elaA
thereby preventing him from plsyisi
with any club which reported % ~
National agreement. The corrsspcaf
sncH which has passed between ThCsr
tho and the Chicago maguais " "
void OF all evidence Of brothssly lore
Thornton has been prevented ifuz
earning livelihood on a club gHas
tho National agreement.
i will please Thornton's friends z
the East TO learn tina, he has aeadiH
improved in batting and fielding. 49,
Ia making more money out Of "
game than he could under a Chieasa
contract
He Ia managing the club at EveftN
at the largest manufacturing point
tho state of Washington. and has css
Of the strongest clubs on the PscN
coast. They have played two 90
three games each week during the ~
aon and have not lost game. VIE
gate. who, Il will DO remembered. Tor
meriy caught McGinnity In the Tens
league. ia playing second base'-O
l.. r..
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
BASE BALL MATTERS.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.
There IL Hardly Any Prospect OF
Sentiment between the Zig LsaEuers
Next Yosr Likely 10 See same Con-
ditIsns as Now Prevail.
orrconr uARp RI roRErELL.

johnson says that MeGraw Is a
| traitor and is trying 10 disrupt the
American league by getting Baltimore
into a new l2-club national organiza-
| ton, McGraw has always made II his
hrst duty 70 look out for McGraw, and
| would no doubt flop in a minute II nc
saw any chance TO better his finances,
aud hence the not uniusJitable worry
OF Johnson Both leagues are watch
ing the scrap sharply, and the out.
come is hard 70 foretell
Manning states that they have been
approached by McGraw. who told them
that he had assurances that the Ma
tional league would be enlarged in
1902 by the addition OF Washington,
and Baltimore in the East and Detroit
and indianapolis in the West, Presi-
dent Johnson was promptly notified OF
the proposition McGraw Is anti-JUhn-
son and has been since he realized that
the American league was So welt gov
crned that It's club-oguers were cOn'
PEELED 10 comply with the legislation
they adopted for thotr government.
The Batllmorean tries 70 bellttle John.
son by referring 10 him as a hired man
with the power Of ear 1, Is note,
worthy thar McGraW is alone in his
opinion and chat the other seven club.
owners stand By the hired man who
engineered the only successful revolt
against the powerful National league
and who made IL possible for Balti,
more 10 have d club in league " ua-
tidnal importance The American
league can get along without McGraw
and Baltimore far better than they can
without il, n i; Is proven that Ne
Graw is a traitor b bis associates HAL.
ttmore will i" dropped al the close ~
The season lbs franchise transferred to
another city and MeGFaws career ~
a magnAte Will comr 10 a close
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21


hitting for 1868. and, on
team, would probably res.s ''aolls
Twenty-seyen men are battIns .w
better. only two Chicagoans ~ o
and Hartsel- being in the bnneh ''ssa
Jack Ryan leads the CATCH.
fielding, Kahoe ranks ninth ana !, =
at tie bottom. Jack Taylor lsssl Mas
pitchers, and Hughes ernamsns ~
foot OF the list. MeGann Leads ~ ~ ~
bassmen, Doyle fifth, and ~ o's
ninth. Mailman tops the seeoDs DsiIv
men. Cupid childs fourth anS - 80
Childs tenth, David leads M n, w
basemen. Raymer eighth, and M. 'alls
leads the shortstops, Mcco,a,'a
ninth. Wagner heads the ou,ss,a. &
s., Louis leads in team batting y,
eago third. Pittsburg leads n Az NJ
ing. Chicago at the bottom ''''
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
DIAMOND nornrrrrAr,oss

Willie Keller. OF the Champions Ply
diets a hot finish down the stretch y
this years race with Brooklyn dolns
most OF the sprintinR.
Iaioie has distanced all competitor
IN the country in doubles, vnls
Crawford leads in triples. Crawio'a
Flick and Freeman have made NOV
home runs.
There IL no denying the fact tas'
Brooklyn feels the loss OF Mcoipnr
ty and Cross. McGinnity Is better y
far than any pitcher Brooklyn ~
while Cross is playing the liveiies
Kind OF game for Philadelphia.
Lajoie. OF the Athletics. hit safely Y
twenty-seven straight games this ~
son and In this respect leads All ~
batters in the country. In forty-ssIe..
games he failed to hit safely IN w
three. A remarkable sticker Is NapV'
leoni
When Hahn Is at his best the MAJ
ewsoms. the Powells. the TannenAsA
the Lssvers, and all the other w.
are not In the same class with DIV,
says q Cincinnati scribe. His ese',
motion Is natural. He has an ss's
swing, and pitches without any appss,
emit effort. Ho Is true. and does ~ '.
waste q great many balls. and nsi'D"
does he waste much time.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

shoes are thought TO have been car
risd have already been found and are
held as part Of the states evidence.
Description Of Biondfn.
Blondin has such a singular look
ing face that he should be easy 10
recognize anywhere He has strong,
protruding jaw. a slight cast In the
right eye; his face is slightly peck
marked and he is very bow-legged.
This latter is perhaps his most marked
characteristic. Were 1t not for these
peculiarities OF face and limbs he
would be hard to pick out, for he Is OF
slightly less than medium size-fye
feet six inches weighs $50 pounds and
usually wears only the conventional
moustache. He is 80 years OF age. He
has tattoo mark of schooner on
his left forearm. He speaks with a
slight French accent
The Massachusetts police announce
that they are upon the trail Of BIon-
din. After the police lost the clue to
Blondin in New York city they took II
up again in Canada, from where
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
40 PEACE IN .tgttr

The settlement OF the war brtWs~n
the National and American leagues
seems TO be rs far on as Il ever 3as
The National league musy determine
its membership Tor another term Of
years before Il can be- PARTY To a
p"ae" treaty II il said that lg.ctub
league 10 Include Washington. HaitI.
more. Detroit and indianapolis IA con
templated This would be- Il Uar meas.
nre that would weaken inayFaA OF
strengthening the old Organization. Il
would bring about tbs conditions
which led 10 reduction two yrara agg
Too much time would As apgny M the
talleud cities Tor many ut the rlubs tp
make money The announcement Ia
made that .,ew York may have club
IN the American league next aSazgn
frank HOuEh who t. In tho inner
councils % the s1pansioulstz. predicts
It. 81 Louis will succeed M!lwaukr.
and PtttsburE is a probability. John.
son IL sponsor for the statement ,ba,
st, Louis will be annexed This Ma.
uonal haS i's emissarics In the field
Offering fabulous salaries to American
league stars. II peace Is no, patched
up. there will be war Of sxtarrptr,
tion In 1902. The players viii 20 10
the club which offers them tho mos,
money and the salary list Of every Ma.
tional and American league cIub VII,
be kings ransom.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

Mr.. Nations suit for divorce bo,
brought the confession from Mrs Ne
ton that her love for David wos |.
Meeting fancy. She only thought abs
loved him when she married him twon
ty-five years ago, and now Hbe san,
that. although he isn't a bad felIon,
he is too slow for her.
The husbands complaint ia that tho
wife has abandoned him and causaS
him worry and humiliation by her AZ
ioon-smasbing crusade. He saws tba,
ne has been patient with her and triad
to persuade her to return home hui
that she has treated his overtures with
contempt 'i
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
The Population of ca,ado

The present population of Canada Ia
100000. There has been a gain OF
100000 In ten years. This is the same
gain as that of Chicago during the last
decade. Ten years ago the population
OF the Dominion was one-thirteenth
that Of the United States. 1t is less
than one-fourteenth now.
1t is natural that there should be
disappointment in Canada over this
slow growth. There is no doubt that
the ease with which land could be had
In the United States for nominal
price drew many emigrants here. Tho
Canadians have hoped that when the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
" BsIied Bu==ard" RcfurnI.

The "balled buzzard" has returned
once more to Boone County. Mo. Such
has been the rumor. and 1t was posi-
lively verified by G. s Bailew ,pf HarE.
Mo-, six miles east OF Columbia, who
saw the great bird at close view. The
belled buzzard has been famous in
Boone County for more years than
men can remember. II has a bell
fastened to its throat. and has a small
iron band also. Sometimes many
years elapse between the parting and
the coming of the bird, but 1t never
fails to return. The buzzard had been
given up for dead this time, and tho
drought-stricken farmers were even
puzzled when they heard tinkllnE in
the sky and saw the grim bird soaring
but when the bell flashed In the gun
light they knew that the oId-tlme via-
itor had come again. This may be
the last visit of the famous bird, 70
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
ourFIELpER annS nom.

John Dobbs, one OF the outns,a..
OF the Cincinnati club. il resids., !,
Chattanooga, Tenn. He became ~.
inent as a minor league player Il n,
while a member of the springaela M
OF the Interstate league. lie h,,.s.
.26s that season. He was trans,s,,.,
along with his team TO WhselIn, !.
1899. and his batting showed ~ /.
proyement of IS points. Las, -.
he played center field for the ehsm,i.'
utiea club OF the New York 49,
Only one player had better bsIs.,
record aud he took part In thirty
games only while Dobbs' ayerar. 4,
800 ia ii3 games. He made III N.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

Blondin originally came. The police
now announce that their man has been
tracked to the wild regions in the ex-
treme northern part of the Province
OF Quebec. No effort will be spared
to catch him. The objective point Of
the fugitive is said to be the town OF
Perce, near Cape Gaspe. From that
point he easily can make his way to
the French settlement of Miquelon.
where he absolutely will be safe among
his old associates. the outlaws and
smugglers OF st. Pierre.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

That baseball is a rest-cure is the
thesis plausibly defended by Western
paper, which suggests that the enthu-
isiasts who support it do not do so be-
cause, as they affirm, they like the
game" II they liked the game they
would want to play IL, just as a fisher
man wants to fish and not to watch
some other fellow. What they really
enjoy Is the opportunity to relax-to
yell, gesticulate, talk nonsense. and act
In way that. IL they duplicated the
performance on the street, would ex-
pose them to suspicion of insanity. or
course. To get away from convention
atty and honestly to act out his emo
lions does man good, sometimes. Bet
ter for him to do 1t at the expense of
a professional, who is paid TO be
yelled at, than to stretch his lungs
against the peace OF his friends or his
family.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

II Is very old. Mr.. Ballew said that
the buzzard had turned gray. n seem.
ed weary and sluggish. and apparently
Indifferent when he approached. and
ala not ny until he had good view
OF the bel. the origin of which IA nm.
known. There is something sinister
In the arrival at this time q, ~.
strange visitor. which, perhaps, has
seen the dawning Of two centuries
and people talk about the bird at times
with touch OF superstition.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
TROUBLE ATPA MANA.

The battleships Iowa and Wisconsin
were ordered from Puget Sound TO
San Diego last week from which the
former will sail for Panarsa, where
disturbances of serious nature have
been taking place. The invasion in
Venezuela by so-called Colombian
troops may bring about an interna-
tional crisis. 1t is believed in vene-
zuela that the troops are not being
paid by the Colombian Republic at all,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

The Moorish girl Is stately, graceful.
palm-like. and plastic; she is robed in
semi-transparent muslin, suggestive of
mystic light, draping and meIlowing
such female loneliness as Phidias and
Praxiteles sought to embody in ancient
art Her features reflect her soul as
mountain lake she bears on its sur
face a picture Of the sunlit sky; her
lithesome limbs are rounded and shape
ly, as II cast in a perfect mold by an
Oiympian artist. Her words are poetic
smiles and proyerbial wisdom, liped in
soft dislect OF Arabic.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

A certain number of peasants in the
wilder and remoter districts Of Ireland
still wear something like a national
costume. About Tough Mask plenty of
the lasses are to be seen In the pictur-
esque red petticoats that artists loved
TO bring into their sketches Of Irish
life A sprinkling of the old high hats
may be seen; the older fishermea and
others wear them, but the younger
school shun such Anticipated headgear
as the English peasant of today does
the smock frock.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

supply OF cultiyable government lands
was exhausted the tide OF emigration
might set their way. But while this
country has no longer free lands to
offer. 1t has work to otYer. usually al
good wages. There are so many more
opportunities to earn money here than
in the Dominion that there were living
in this country In 1890 nearly i.O0O.-
900 men and women who were born In
Canada. The census returns OF ma
tiVities for 1900 have not been made
public yet. When they are II will be-
come apparent, no doubt, that the emil
grafton from the Dominion TO the
United States has not been checked.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

but that they are filibusters from
British Guiana and Honduras who are
paid by those governments. II Is
evident that some such belief also
prevails in the State department at
washington, otherwise the two great
est fighting machines in our navy
would not be ordered to be in readi-
ness.
We already have several small gun
boats close to the scene OF hostilities.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

These could take care of American In
terests In an ordinary emergency They
include the Ranger, which has main
battery of six 4-inch rapid-fire guns
and secondary battery OF four D.
Founders, and a Colt gun, She has a
complement of 81 officers and l27 men
and is in command of Commander
Wells L. Field. She is now at Pana-
ma. The Machias has by this time
arrived at Colon on the Atlantic side,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

oVerburdened people have hitherto
looked upon sea voyage as a sure
escape to days OF rest; but wireless tel
egraphy now opens the terrible posi-
6iiity Of daily papers printed upon
ocean steamships, and receiving news
from both sides. Long ago the apostle
spoke of inventors Of evil things" AL
though wireless telegraphy will have
many worthy uses, the Evil Thing
would be good name for mid-ocean
newspaper.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21
JOHN p0Rns

only seven ~ which 2sgw Zoe szia
bases. and stole forty four bass6 ia
1rlilag Igurun we're pa Maragr
AcPhce decided 10 release DobAs sAs
spring. but recalled the nusics Siss lAa
ennSeai ut Dobbs. ahoac szlsFy vn
saia"d TO the amount the noasoa No.
tlouai League club had offered hsn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

en- ' 3. surkett, tho great stlcEman
Nst,o -, louis Cardinals, now leads ,S "
w,,h Ons, league in batting. Tho TN .no
,ns p ,ha . men. out for nearly 400 d nas
ING ING tne season, and is Justly 80, aur.
EmI s,ory Another ST. LouIs p n,ou OF
Eaa, neN H'ldriclS--is close ' has,,
'n'n comes little Hartaei wh WITH :,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-21

After having enjoyed several
years OF uninterrupted popularity the
russell shoe seems at last to have been
laid upon the shelf. Shoe dealers adj
nit that there is no logical reason for
she decline Of the russell other than
that people want change. This year
the low shoes worn by men are almost
invariably of black leather. In the
windows where russets are displayed
at all they are marked down.