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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-02-20
Estray Notice.

Taken up at my ranch, Sand
Springs on February s, 1908. one
sorrel mare about 10 years old
branded : on left thigh, weight
about 900 pounds. Owner can
have same by calling at my place,
proving property and paving all
costs OF advertising and feed.
J. H. ScHooLER,
Hagerman, Idaho.
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were at one time confined when the
island was used az penal colony. Is
finished in mahogany and ebony. over
which has been daubed whitewash, for
ornamental purposes.
Marble quarries. containing fine vari-
cites Of white, green and pink stone
are now being operated, and company
has been organized to build sana-
torium at Santa Fe. in the interior,
where there is the largest Of the many
magnesium springs which has long
made this island health resort for
rich Cubans Naturallsts say that the
island possesses 200 species of birds
and fully 700 Of fish. The most pic.
turesque member of the bird family
is one which walks about on lily pads.
and possesses blue head feathers. with
creamy white body, scarlet breast, legs
of green and bill of orange. In the
everglades in the southern part TEEN
countless forms of insect and am.
phibian life, and after nightfall trav.
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the Gulf Of Mexico. Attention to the
island as a military base has recently
been still more strongly focused by
the Venezuelan fmbroglio.
The circumstances which orphaned
the Isle of Pines grew out Of the recent
SpanIsh-American War. At the end of
the conflict Spain relinquished her an
cient sovereignty to the island, and the
nations wondered as to its fate. Some
said 1t would come into the possession
Of the United States; others seemed to
regard it as geographically part Of
Cuba. inasmuch as Cuba, by reason of
Its concave shape. embraces the Isle Of
Pines in the segment of its arc. Inter
national curiosity, therefore, was great
" aroused when Cuba ratified the P,att
amendment, which, in defining the ter
ritorial bounds Of Cuba, omitted the
Isle of Pines, and referred to it by say
Ing:
"The Isle Of Pines shall be omitted
from the properly constituted bound
aries Of Cuba, the title thereto being
left to future adjustment by treaty."
Leading statesmen in Cuba have all
along taken the view that the de facto
government Of the Isle Of Pines Is only
temporary, and that until its national
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MINOR EIVEN'ITS'.0|1F N |'.|1|F| THE II WEEK
WARRINGTON ITEMS.

An investigation of the Washington
City postoffice was completed. but the
results were not announced at the de-
partment =.
The Government crop report gayo
the average condition Of winter wheat
as 92.6 on May l, against 97.3 on
April 1. q =
Lieutenant Chester. one Of the watch
officers of the monitor Arkansas, Te-
ported to the Navy Department that
the vessel would probably be pris-
oner in the Mississippi until the foods
next spring.
Major. General Baden-Powell wrote
to General Corbin, denying that he had
criticised adversely the American cav
airy.
Delegates to the Red Cross Conven-
tion. which meets in Geneva, Switzcr-
land, in September, were named by
President Roosevelt.
Secretary Root exonerated General
Baldwin from the charge Of criticising
Filipino and negro soldiers
Forty thousand dollars worth Of
good ammunition, erroneously thought
defective, was thrown overheard frem
the United States cruiser Olympia.
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the Isles de Mangles. The priD1
8Srt on il northern shore is
fr distance up th&l

)rr distance up thsoElo ne
Cerro! 2ald a person in Havana
wish to visit the Isle of Pines, he would
cross Cuba by rail, by journey of
thirty miles to Batabano, and take
steamer from there for Nueva Corona.
Though the entire distance would be
only ninety miles, nevertheless, under
present conditions, it would take the
traveller q whole day.
Were it not for a long, projecting
cape. much resembling Cape Cod, at
the western end of the southern shore,
the Isle Of Pines would have the
square outline Of the unpoetic Block
Island. At high tide the island is
practically transformed into two land
areas, for the reason that the sea
mandates chain of lagoons across the
southern part of the isle. The northern
part, facing Cuba, however, is noun
famous, with peaks more than 2O00
feet above the sea. Here dwell nearly
all Of the 5000 inhabitants. and those
who have been stimulated by American
enterprise 10 I'LL Tue sui hiiu" 'ti'' ~
responds with a wonderful fertility.
Potatoes are produced which bring
higher price in the markets of Havana
than those from the United States.
Tobacco grows even too luXuriantly.
Sugar cane Is cultivated successfully,
and the pineapple, which grew Wild in
such abundance that it gave its name
to the island, is being systematically
raised for american tables.
The population of the Isle Of Pines Is
distinct from that Of Cuba, and is a
mixture of the native Indian. the In
vading Spaniard and the negro slave.
Before the advent Of the Spaniard the
aborigines We're divid:i into two
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ity is determined it should pay taxes
to Cuba, as part Of the Province of
Havana. The determination of Cuba to
tax the inhabitants Of the Isle of Pines
brought the situation to a crisis. The
300 Americans who live on the island
became defiant. They went to the AL
cade, or Mayor, of the principal city,
md said they would use force If neces-
sary to prevent a tax levy by Cuba.
They insisted that the country should
belong to the United States, and as
soon as the American flag floated over
them they would pay their taxes to
Uncle Sam, but never to any one else.
= In its independence from govern
mental control, the Isle of Pines has
simply been true to its traditions. For
amore than two centuries after Colum'
bus discovered 1t this piece of the world
Was the home of fleets of pirates, who
preyed on the commerce Of the Allan
J. tic as far north as the Carolinas and
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classes. one owning the lands and cul-
tivating them by means Of negro
slaves, and the other shiftless, totally
savage race, which subsisted on raw
fish and fruits, and wandered naked
up and down the coasts.
Three hundred Americans have set.
tied on tine island. and with an enter
prise chara cteristic Of their race they
are rapidly turning the natural wealth
of the country to commercial ends.
They have found that many woods
abound, such as cedar, oak. pino de tea,
ocuja, sabrina, capeche, fustic, cocoa,
ebony, mahogany, walnut, ceiba, ma
ronon, majugua and the royal palm,
which tree furnishes most Of the neces-
stiles of life, including food, drink,
shelter and rafment. Many rare woods
have long been used prodisally by the
natives, who did not realize their value,
and thus the Spanish prison at Nueva
Corona, in which politically prisoners
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FOREIGN.

The city Of Guyaquil, Ecuador, was
greatly alarmed over the reported ex-
istence Of the bubonic plague in Peru.
1t was announced that King Chris
tian of Denmark would go to Paris
and Berlin to return the visits Of
President Loubet and Emperor
William.
A mosque in which 200 Moslems
were worshiping was dynamited. and
the worshipers were buried in the
ruins; the perpetrator of the outrage
committed suicide by shooting.
The Governor of Kwangsi, China,
reported that the rebellion in that
province had been suppressed.
Infanta Isabella, King Alfonso's
aunt. fell from her horse at Madrid,
Spain, and was kicked. Her lip was
badly cut, but she was not danger
ously injured.
Government troops in Morocco de-
feated the tribesmen.
Mime. Humbert, her husband and
brother were committed for trial on
the charge of forgery by the Paris ex-
amning magistrate.
1t was reported from Panama that
President Marroquin Of Colombia had
resigned, and that General Reyes
would succeed him.
The Turkish Government, in q COM
munication to representatives Of the
powers. denied responsibility for the
massacre at Monastir.
Bulgarlans in Salonica were hiding
from the Turkish troops, and many
were in prison; the city was under
martial law, and further trouble was
feared.
It was announced in England that
negotiations for parcels. post conven-
ton between Great Britain and the
United States We're going OH.
Emperor Williams gifts to Harvard
University arrived in Boston.
The Pope decided to appoint Father
Cotton. Of New York. to be Bishop OF
Buffalo and received his jubilee gift
from President Roosevelt.
The Irish Land bill passed its second
reading in the House Of Commons by
4l3 votes to 26.
America saved The Hague Arbitra-
ton Tribunal when Europe tried to LET
it die, Baron d'Estournelles Constant
said.
An attempt by Bulgarian band to
blow up powder magazine in Mona
stir caused panic in that town.
The airship built for the Lebaudy
brothers and one Of Santos-D -DumoEts
airships had successful trials II
France.
The bubonic plague was discovered
ct Callao. Peru.
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residents there are clamoring for Amer
lean sovereignty, and say that they
have made extensive purchases Of land
with the understanding that the Stars
and Stripes were to float over their
2 houses. The Pine Islanders can appeal
to Congress for relief from the ruling
Of the Secretary Of War.
: About the size of the State of Rhode
Island, and situated sixty miles south
Of the western end of Cuba, the Isle of
Pines would prove valuable accession
to any country interested IN South
American affairs. In the same longi-
tude as Tampa, Fla, and the same lati-
-tude- as Yucatan, Mexico, the bit of
land is regarded as a strategic key to
the Caribbean Sea and the Yucatan
Channel, which connects this sea with
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used for kitchen towels. IN fine OIL.
cloth it will be found useful, too, as 1t
can then be wiped off with a damp
cloth after each meal.
A useful feeding bib is made of a
piece of damask linen or mummy cloth,
with an absorbing pad on the back.
The pad is made Of absorbent cotton,
over which is quilted piece of soft
linen. One Of the incest materials Of
which to make this bib is the perfect
parts of WORKOUT table linen, which
is soft and much more absorbent than
new linen, and is much easier to rinse
out and keep fresh.
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DOMESTIC.

Part of the prison at Flat Top Stock
ade, at Birmingham, Ala, was burned
and nine convicts escaped and commit
ted many daring robberies.
More than 200 Portuguese immf-
grants were rescued from the brig
Vera Cruz H., which stranded or
Portsmouth, N. G. ,.,,
The explosion of the boiler on the
Government tug Cynthia at Whining
Dickey and seriously scalded three
other men. %.
Fourteen girls who said they were
pupils of a seminary were tramping
through Westchester County and Con-
necticut. ...
Four Of the eleven presidents of San
Francisco Highbinder tongs were ar
rested on q charge of conspiracy to
, murder 800 members Of the Chinese
| Society of English Education; the
police were looking for the other seven;
two Of those arrested confessed. ..
Kentucky sued the Southern Pacific
Railway Company for 100000 al-
legged to be due for taxes unpaid for
| FIVE years.
Stumbling against a high-ten sion
wire in a power house at Augusta.
Mich, Ray Harrington received 25,0O0
volts through the body, dying in
| stantly.
The bill granting women the right to
vote was rejected by the Connecticut
House Of Representatives.
President Roosevelt visited Pasadena
and Los Angeles, CAL, and saw the an
nual festival Of flowers in the latter
city. ... ..... ..
/ Judge Mccarthy in court in Philadel-
phia, Pa, said that If Southern negroes
kept on going to Philadelphia I'VE will
have to enlarge the jails."
Ferdinand Schumacher, the "Oat-
meal King" who failed in 1898, paid
the last dollar Of his Indebtedness at
Cleveland, Ohio.
John D. Rockefeller's offer to give
1000 to the University Of Nebraska
for a new building will probably be de-
clined, owing to criticism of the eapi-
| talist.
Robert N. Hartman, professor Of
analytical chemistry in the State
School of Mines at Golden, CAL, was
suffocated in the gas-generating room
He was born in Client, N. Y, in 1872.
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CLEVELAND ON HIS BOOM.
Says He Has Not Desired to Lead tn
Democrats For the Fourth Time.

Democrats For the Fourth Time.
Athens, CAB. F. Holder. Jr.. editor
Of the Athens Banner, recently wrote a
letter to Grover Cleveland. telling him
the result of a poll Of the business
men Of Athens, showing strong senti.
ment for the nomination Of Mr.. Cleve-
land, and asking this question: care
you now considering or would you con-
slider making the race for the Pres!-
dency next year on the Democratic
ticket?" I1r. Cleveland wrote in reply
rs follows:
"Princeton, N. J.
"B. F. Holder, Jr.:
Dear Sir: I thank you for your
letter Of the 4th inst. and for the edi-
torial clipping from your paper which
accompanied it. I cannot fail to be
gratified by the kindly expressions
which frequently come to me in these
days from all parts Of our country,
and I desire to thank you for your
loyal support in the past and for your
exceedingly friendly expressions at this
time. In answer to the question with
which you conclude your letter, I can
say no more than to assure you that
at no time since the close Of my last
Administration have beer desirous Of
carrying the Democratic banner for
the fourth time in q Presidential con-
test. Yours very truly,
"GROVER CLEVELAND"
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as to permit of a free opening under
the flaps. The levers can be made TO
operate q spring balance, as shown III
the illustration, or else an ordinary
steel-yard. In the one case movable
sliding indicator is attached to the
periphery of the dial face. so as to
show the weight which the pointer
should show. In the other, Of course,
the proper weight is put on the STEEL
yard, and the operator observes
whether the lever is up, central o;
down.
The method Of procedure is we'll
shown in the cuts. The sack is hauled
up through the double flaps of the
hatch in the ordinary way. When tn"
flaps have fallen back into place tn"
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sack is lowered onto them, and th,
weight indicated on the dial. 1t will
be seen, therefore, that there are not
two landings of any one sack, and
all the time lost is that involved in low
ering the sack onto the platform, or
trap-door.
A lever will be noticed to the left Of
the pillar carrying the dial. This is
for disconnecting the latter when it is
not desired to weigh the sacks passed
through the trap-door, and to save the
machine from unnecessary wear and
tear.
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PRACTICAL
EATING-APRON

May Be Made Of Percale, Linen or Brown
Crash.
This little apron, says Woman's
Companion, is something entirely new.
1t is q simple, practical eating-apron
for children, cut in one piece, and
buttoning with one button only In the
back. 1t may be made Of percale.
linen or crash, and bound with pretty
colored tape. 1t will be exceedingly
serviceable made of rough brown
crash-just the sort of crash that Is
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as the system is open to trickery and
deception. An ingenious device has re-
:ently been designed by an English firm
whereby aot only every sack can be
weighed, but time and labor are both
saved. This apparatus is shown in
the accompanying cuts. 1t certainly
has the advantage Of being simple.
rhe ordinary double trap-door. such as
ls found over the matches Of any ware
house, Is made to do duty as the plat
form of a weighing machine, the long
and short lever bodies Of the machine
being so arranged round the hatchway
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Ladrone situation in Albay
Province, P. l., was unsatisfactory,
but the other districts, which recently
had been disturbed, were quieter.
Four natives were found guilty Of
the murder of three American marines
ut Olangapo, Subig Bay, P. l., last Sep
tember, and were sentenced to death.
The quarantining Of transports
bound from Manila for San Francisco
was resumed on account of the cholera.
The epidemic was making slight gains
in Luzon.
Albert Roberts. cashier Of the Gov
ernment ice plant at Manila, was ar
rested on the charge Of embezzlement.
His accounts were said to be $4,000
short. 80:
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Sporting Brevit1es.

Dan Patch. 1904, will be exhibited
all over the country this season.
Negotiations are pending for a cable
Franco-American revolver match.
J. Bandermann has lowered the New
York University record for the mile
run to 4m. Al 2-5s.
Two thousand calico bass have been
distributed in Camden. Gloucester,
Monmouth and Hunterdon counties.
New Jersey.
In q short windward trial en- the
Long Island Sound in a light breeze
the Columbia showed to better adcan.
tage than the Reliance.
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RAZED HIS OWN TOMBSTONE.
Man Supposed to Have Been Dead Many
Years Astonishes His Family.

man supposed 20 have Deen Deau many
Years Astonishes His Family.
Rochester, N. Y.-Twenty-eight years
ago this month the body Of a man was
found floating in millrace here. 1t
was identified as that of William H.
Stone The Identification was made
positive by Mrs. Stone, the supposed
widow.
The One Hundred and Fifth New
York Infantry, of which he had been a
member. adopted a memorial resolu-
ton and attended the funeral In a
body. Chief Of Police Cleary, then a
policeman, was one of the pail bearers.
Interment was in the Stone family
plot, in Mount Hope. A few days ago
Stone suddenly appeared, razed the
tombstone, and fully identified himself
to his family and the police. He has
been a wanderer.
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s2loo FOR A POE MANUSCRIPT.
"The Bella," In the Poets Handwr1t In:
Sold Mt Auction In Philadelphia.


Philadelphia, Pa.-The original manu-
script of Edgar Allan Poe's 1.-THE Bells'
was sold at auction for S2100. 1t was
part of the Harold Peirce Library.
The manuscript is little scorched.
It consists Of slips OF blue paper pasted
together, and originally formed q strip
eight inches wide and thirty-seven and
one-half inches long, but it has been d.
uIded into three more or less equal
parts. 1t lacks the last fourteen lines
Of the completed poem, but 1t IS be-
lieved that they never formed a part
Of this sheet.
There were three dealers active IN
the bidding-George D. Smith and
George w. Bowden, Of New York, and
George H. Rigby, Of this city. The
manuscript was bought by Mr.. Rigby.
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John CZolcosZ Set Free.

John Czolgosz, brother of the assassin
Of President Mckinley, was released
by the police at Los Angeles. Cal. The
police are convinced that he Is peace
able, law-abiding young man. For the
sake of avoiding notoriety CzOlgosz
will continue to so under an assumed
n0me
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a short call of q few notes on his
gigantic instrument, whereupon most
exquisite echoes come back from the
surrounding mountains, taking the
form OF distant peals Of church bells
and organs playing. This phenomenon
is q never-failins source Of attraction
to tourists, and the hOrn-blower makes
quite lot of money during the season.
The Wide World Magazine.
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NEGRO CARRIER THREATENED.
Warned on Pain Of Death TO Give Up Mai
Route In Tennessee.

Route In Tennessee.
Washington, D. C.-Another colored
incident is reported in the postal serv-
ice, and as in the Indianola affair the
Postmaster-Gener has ordered the
suspension Of service until the report
Of threatened assault has been fully
investigated. John G. Allgood, a col
ored carrier on a rural delivery route
in Gallatin, Tenn. says he was held up
by masked men and commanded not to
make another trip with the mail under
penalty Of losing his life.
Postmaster General Payne directed
Special Agent Conger in Nashville to
make a thorough investigation, and to
suspend the delivery of mail on that
route until the circumstances have
been learned.
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pcr.h,uz pestroys Moro Forts.

Ten Moro forts We're captured by
Captain Pershing and destroyed. 10
natives were killed, thirteen wounded
and sixty, including the Sultan of Am
parugano, made prisoners. The Amer
lean loss was two killed and seven
voundq1
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protesting. 1t had eagerly expected to
call Uncle Sam padre" and. now that
\ its anticipations have been snubbed. 1t
Phas. in true infantile fashion. ''set up a
howl"
Herbert G. Squiers. the United States
/. Minister to Cuba. who returned to Ha-
gvana recently from a visit to the Isle
OF Pines, reports that the American
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makes THE WILD
ECHOES RING

No doubt many of our readers who
have visited Grindelwald, in Switzer-
land, have seen the man with the big
Alpine horn shown in this snapshot.
For a consideration this person blows
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Prairie Fire Damages a Town.

Fire which spread from the prairie
to Minnedosa, Manitoba. has destroyed
the Canadian Pacific stock yards, Wal.
lace's grain elevator and damaged sew.
eral other buildings. Loss, 100000.
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Japan Sends o Case 10 The Hague.

The question Of the liability Of for
eigners 10 pay the house tax in Japan
will be submitted to the international
Arbitration Court at The Hague in Sep
tember next.
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Many Killed in Railroad Wreck

Twelve men were burned to death
and eight slightly injured in a train
wreck fifty miles west Of Port Arthur,
Ont. A caboose attached to tie train
left the track, the car was overturned
and took fire,
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Chinese Leper Recaptured,

Dong Gong, the Chinese leper, who
escaped from quarantine at st. Louis.
Mo-, was recaptured. He was found in
in Chinese laundry, many customers
Of which burned their linen when they
learned Of the capture.
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Men Wear Combs.

The traveller in India is surprised to
see that men wear combs in their hair
much more than women do. A Gin
calese gentleman wears what we know
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A .SACK.WEICHNC
MACHINE
Platform Scale. and Hatchway Doors
Combined.

A usual way of checking the weight
Of material going into warehouse or
factory In sacks is to take, say. every
third sack and place it separately on a
weigh-bridge. This procedure has sew
eral disadvantages. 1t takes time and
labor to do it, and the exact weight
can never be ascertained absolutely.
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An JsIa of Pines Girl.

elers say the lagoons glow with phos-
phorescent lights, 'the-wlsps and
other unearthly forms of misty fire.
New York Tribune.