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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

constituted one Of the most interest
ing features of the works, for. being
fifty-tive feet in diameter, they were
the largest constructed in connection
with harbor works.
1t is recalled by the London Times
that Berkeley, who wrote westward
the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"
landed at Newport on Jan. %, 1929.
and that he left Greenwich, England,
in a pretty large ship" as the New
England Weekly Courier called it. ear
ly In September, 1928. So that he took
nearly five months to make a trip
which the Archbishop of Canterbury
made in week and might have made
in less.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

He was a brisk and energetic sort
of man with voice that reached To
every part Of the deck OF the lake eA-
cursion boat. At his first bark the pas
sengers we're aroused to instant atteh'
ton. there was a quality in 1t tnat
compelled a respectful hearing-some-
thing magnetic-hypnot1c.
"Popcorn!" shouted the man. Heres
your popcorn at last Now, ladles anu
gentlemen, don't all speak at once anu
confuse me. One at a time and no
rush. Here's your fresh roasted pop
corn.
Five cents bag, ladies and gentle
men-the same price exactly that
you've always paid for the ordinary
common variety Of popcorn. Snow
white. light, creamy buttered popcorn
just out Of the pepper. FIVE Genus
only. Children cry for it. Once tasted
never forgotten Buy bag and next
time you see me youth be fighting for
a chance to get near enough to me TO
buy more. Five cents and no extra
charge for the pretty blue bag. Here's
your popcorn"
Four or five bags were disposed of ut
this point in about as many seconds,
the vender passing out his wares much
as a man might deal the cards for
whist and making change like a
sleight-of hand performer.
Ladies and gentlemen" he went
on. for nineteen years I've been study
IN to find out what you wanted and
now I've got 1t. l eat this popcorn
myself. II there was a bag to spare
I'd start on it right now to show you.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

Once q year make trip through az
popcorn CROWN districts and univ an
very best and choicest Of the cror =
selected. One bag? Thank Won IL, :
New buttered popcorn? Five BAGS ~
a quarter, or three for is cents
Popcorn! Popcorn! Butter ~
every kernelgilt-edge creamery hnt
ter made by a gentleman Won i,
know. When I mention the name ~
Alderney A. Bovine, mention nanaa
familiar to you all and one that puan
antees the excellence of the buttor
The fact that I am permitted to mo-
Alderney A. Bovine's name shows tbat
he has confidence in the popcorn ~
selling. Only cents a bag, and onlv
thirty more bags left. Those that
don't buy now will have to wait until
I go down and pop out another batcb
Any more at this end of the hoatg
Think of the poor popcorn-hungrv
folks waiting for me up in front and
don't keep me longer than you have
to. Fresh creamery buttered Don.
corn!'
Having satisfied himself that the de.
mand was supplied the popcorn man
hurried away. A young man who had
purchased bag for the girl he was
with watched her anxiously as she
took the first mouthful. How ia itp,
he asked. ..s. s..-
"same's any," replied the girl, hand.
ing the young man the bag. "a little
salty"
'Gee!' said the young man with eyi.
dent disappointment 81 thought that
popcorn'd be sometbin' extry good
Chicago Daily News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19
FRIGHTENED BY PARROTS.
Veteran of Spanish War Thought They
3. Were Hostile Cubaus.

Veteran of Spanish War Thought They
ii Were Hostile Cubans.
Speaking of being frightened re-
minds me Of an experience had in
Cuba" said veteran of the lat war
with Spain In the New Orleans Times
Democrat, land it was the one and only
time In my life when I felt that the
time for the final reckoning had come.
/ had been commissioned to go across
the island In order to work out road
way for provision cars and to get q
general survey Of the situation from IA
transportation standpoint. At that time
the Cubans were not feeling very kind
ly toward the American soldier, and l
felt that my trip across the island was
not without danger. But / made it,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

Fashion Notes,
Glazed kid is considered smart on o,4
ing hats. vi OUT
Wide plated ruching is very unbacom
ing to many. Oecom-
With a knockabout coat a woman :.
ready for anything. "n Is
Make up your mind to the waistoo0.o
they have come to stay.
Gilt bEaid and buttons still give ev,
dence that the war is not ended
Zibelines are coming in strong for hale
silky. N @Ao
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19
STYLE TIPS.
PlcTUREsQueNESs IS TO BE THE
r. WATCHWORD.
Old Fashions Are to Be Ralked Up and
Adapted to Modern Use Velvet
Named as Favorite Material for
Nodish Gowns. II.
New York correspondence:

~ L EN- IhSulO1kS
are to be strong in
the element of pic
turesqueness. The
period from which
d e $ / gn ers are
choosing Is hardly
more marked in
this quality than
were those from
which the styles of
spring and summer
were taken. but
that Is a point cas-
lily gotten over.
The fashions just
passing were, for
the most part, the
,o,,,lf ~ %ha frooSt
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

adaptation. Rarely was there more left
of the original than it's look Of quaint
ness, SO many and so thorough were the
changes. Often the relation to old-time
styles was not recognizable until after
close consideration of the model. There
is to be change in this respect. Gowns
from the beginning Of the nineteenth cen
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

When it rains hard at night, and the
sun beats down next day, we know
how potato feels when it is steamed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

Horses may become extinct but the
donkey will remain with US until ~
ciety has ceased to be.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

Ignorance is far less odious than
false affectation. - Chicago Daily
News,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

A pinch of salt added to the white
OF an egg will facilitate the whipping.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-19

youthful faces, perhaps some NOT so
youthful. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
LETTER NO. I.
AT Foot Of San Juan Hill.

July /, lS3S
This has been 4 day OF terror and
yet this evening finds me singularly
cool and calm. The fighting
started about daybreak with an artil-
lcry duel. in which our artillery seems
to have got the worst of It, hear that
Grimes has been shelled ont of his p0-
Sition on FL Pozo and that Capron's
artillery was worse than useless. You
see, our artillery was using black pow
der. while the Spanish used smokeless
powder. So, while we were perfect
mark for them, we could not locate
their batteries at all. The casualties
have been pretty heavy. l hear to-
night that our division has lost about
$50 killed and 1000 wounded. Our
regiment lost something over 100
killed and wounded, but don't know
just how many. l thought we would
be the whole thing on account of hav.
ing taken this hill, but the adjutant
(who is now Lieutenant Koehler) says
the Rough Riders will get all the credit
because they have their press agents
along. And. what do you think, they
were not even in the fight. They left
the main advance column early in the
morning, and going off to the right
got lost somewhere in the chaparral
and did not get out again until to-
night. | just got back from walk
along the line and find the army strung
ont like this: Letter contains n map
not thought necessary to reproduce. i
Ed.
1t is a pretty thin line. but l guess
we will be able to hold our position.
The regulars are simply wonderful as
fighters. They go at it just as if it was
sport instead of tragedy, and the fact
that men are killed and wounded con-
tinually don't seem to bother them at
all. They take it as matter of course.
I'm glad I'm regular. They
go ahead and do their business without
any fuss or feathers. But I'm sorry
that we will not get any credit for our
work. They say our charge will make
Roosevelt President some day. and that
that is the only thing he went into the
war for-just politics. Well. l suppose
l shouldn't kick, as l am looking for q
laurel wreath myself. The adjutant
says I'll never be heard Of unless |
should chance to get killed, when !
will occupy one line in the papers in
the list of dead and wounded. y
When / was over OH the right flank
about an hour ago the Rough Riders
were just getting up TO the line in the
position assigned them. Where they had
been all day I don't know, but the talk
is that they were having sport on a hill
somewhere in the rear. l will proba.
bly, know more about this tomorrow
or next day. 1t is rumored that we
will advance again tomorrow and
drive the Spanish into the harb0r. They
retired in pretty good order today, as
they only left eight dead on the hill
and no wounded, so far as know.
Just how many are in the op.
posing army / do not know, but it is
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03

val forces Of the Province Of Santa.
go, in his history, which has been
translated in part by the Navy Depart.
ment, gives only 5000 effective Span.
ish soldiers in and about Santiago
on July 1. Escario and his column
did not break in until the Sd, and there
were about 2100 sick in hospital. Their
food consisted exclusively of rice and
water; their ammunition was scarce;
their artillery consisted of thirteen
pieces Of antique patterns some of
which they did not dare discharge.
Santiago had not been prepared for a
siege. These 5000 men had over ten
miles to cover, and were attacked at
five different points simultaneously:
~ The feet menaced Moro Castle
and the Socapa battery at the mouth
of the bay. ~ Five thousand Cubans,
whose losses were heavy-Bonsal says
(p.444) their perennial, of loss was fif.
ty per cent. greater than the Ameri-
cans'-were active, and harassed them
on the west. 81 Aquadores was men,
aced by demonstration of Michigan
troops just landed. "a, FL Caney was
attacked by about 5000 men; and %
San Juan by abou. 1900.
According to Lieutenant Muller, the
San Juan hills were occupied by a
mere skirmish line Of $50 Spaniards.
Captain Nunez says, in his history, al
so translated In part by the Navy 10.
113), shat the advance echelon of San
Juan, consisting Of two companies un.
der the command Of Colonel vaquiero,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
MOST HUMILIATING FRAUD
Col. GaGan's Review Of The Events Of July |, 1893
Daring Capture Of an UHdsfsndel Field Attended
With Imaginary Slaughter.
ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN OUT FOR
GLORY, HAVING BEFORE HIS EYES
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

We now come to the most humiliat-
Ing fraud in recent history-the cele-
hrated battle of San Juan. In the SPAN
ish War Of 1898, which has given
scores of brevets for every dead Span.
lard.
The first act In the drama was to re-
move every West Pointer from heads
of departments excepting the engi'
neers and ordnance, which contain
graduates only, because West Point
ers and contractors are natural born
enemies. The next act was 10 put In
command Of the army Of invasion an
officer who was wholly incompetent
to serve in tropical climate, weigh.
ing $40 pounds and having permanent
physical disabilities.
The facts Of the battle are briefly as
follows: General Skaters plan of bat
tie seems to have been all right, but
was not carried out. General Lawton
was expected TO capture FL Caney by
: o'clock in the morning; then turn to
his left and form the right wing of the
attack on the San Juan hills; the CEN
tire to be occupied by Wheeler and his
cavalry; the left by Kent and the in
fantry. FL Caney was not captured
until 4.30 in the afternoon. In the
meantime the Wheeler and Kent divis.
ions simply drifted toward San Juan,
through dense jungle, of which there
had been no reconnaissance, and the
Spanish skirmish line on San Juan ex.
ercised itself at target practice from
& o'clock in the morning until 1870 in
the afternoon, simply shooting at the
roads and trails where the American
troops were helpless, in column.
Is it not high tim, that some Of the
m!sts surrounding the battle of San
Juan were raised? The War Depart
ment, when asked how many Span.
iards We're IN Santiago when II sur
rendered, and how many Spanards
were killed and wounded ut San Juan
and FL Caney, states in letter that
they have no records that throw any
light on the subject. Prominent Of
licers, who have knowledge, give eva.
Sive replies. Lieutenant Jose Muller
y Tejeiro, second In command Of ma
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03


sunken road and captured the block.
house, Colonel Roosevelt and the
Rough Riders marched from the millet
field, behind this hill and Purgatoric
Creek, and frantically charged up Ket.
tie Hill! 1t was attended with little
more danger than an attack on the
City Hall in New York. The San Juan
hills directly beyond 1t had no in
trenchments, and had already been
abandoned by the Spaniards.
His Staying the fleeing Spaniard less
than thirty feet away sounds much
ike murder. No regular officer found
1t necessary to establish his reputa-
ton by an account of exultant blood
thirstiness. They accepted the painful
duty OF lighting the enemy as one Of
the sad necessities of war and sought
to win no glory by gloating over the
WIDOWS and orphans they were forced
to make. Colonel Roosevelt stands out
against the lurid horizon of war as the
solitary autobiographer from the days
of Caesar till now to write himself
down boastingly as a slayer of his fell
bowman, and that, too, at such close
range.
Having examined under oath about
100 participants in the San Juan en-
gagement, and having in my possess
sion the stenographer's transcript Of
their testimony, am prepared to state
that Colonel Roosevelt did not SO much
as see Spaniard on July 1, 1898, and
was not in q position where he could
see one. .--- -~->
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03

was reinforced by another company"
The artillery on San Juan consisted or
two old pieces that looked as IL they
were a hundred years old, mounted on
rlckety old carriages. They were eft
behind. This echelon of San Juan was
attacked by 1900 Americans with light
batteries aud Calling battery-thir-
ty TO one. The American loss at San
Juan, in killed and wounded, was more
than thousand by the official figures.
The Spanish loss was substantially
nothing. Every Spaniard killed or
wounded four Americans. The per.
centage Of American loss at San Juan
was twice that Of the British at tho
"bloody" battles of Tugela River. The
Spanish loss Is unknown, but was
practically nothing.
One of the regular officers, who was
one Of the first TO ascend the San Juan
hill and occupy the blockhouse, when
asked, before the Seventy-iirst Regi-
ment Court Of Inquiry, "WhNt did you
see on arriving at the top Of the hilli"
replied Nothing" q. Nothing at
allp A. Nothing but scenery" Q.
NJ NpuTlUTuSs a. W ell, Lew
might be seen in the distance retiring
to their trenches~ The fact is that as
soon as the Americans formed line OF
battle and proceeded up the hill at
about 1870 p. m, the Spanish skirmlsh
line retired TO their breastworks around
Santiago, which were never captured.
but were surrendered with the city on
July II.
About 500 yards In front Of the San
Juan hills was small stream called
Purgatorio Creek, with densely wood.
ed banks. 1t flowed close by slight
rise called Kettle Hill, which was also
far In front of the San Juan hills. As
far as known. Kettle Hill had never
concealed Spanish soldier in the his.
tory of the world, and its only forti.
fication consisted Of an old iron kettle
that gave its name to the Americans.
For hours the infantry had been lying
in sunken road, in advance Of Kettle
Hill. No one thought Of going on top
of it because there was nothing to 60
after. But when the infantry left the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03

some time after | reached the crest.
reported that the Sixth and SiXteeuth
Infantry had captured the hill, which
now consider incorrect. Credit is
almost equally due the Sixth, Ninth,
Thirteenth. Sixteenth and Twenty
fourth regiments Cf Infantry"
General Miles Otlicia, report contains
tEe reports Of scores OF officers on the
battle of san Juan, not one of which
bears out Colonel EoOSevclt's absolute
~ false report of the battle contained
in his Rough Riders" There Is not any
Official report of the battle from any
source eorrohorating Colonel Roose.
velt'S official report of the battle. |
therefore repeat the charge that
Colonel Roosevelt has obtained promo
lion TO the Presidency of the United
States by report Of his own alleged
heroic acts at San Juan Hill, which re-
ports were knowingly false. I repeat
there was but one blockhOuSe, and one
entrenchment OH the San Juan Hills.
These were captured by the infantry.
This infantry had lain for hours in
and around the sunken road In advance
Of Kettle Hill, and AFTER the infan-
try had captured San Juan. Roosevelt
and his Rough Riders came out of the
tall grass, where they had been con-
ccaled for hours, and went up Kettle
Hill, which had never had upon it an
entrenehment or Spanish soldier.
Colonel Roosevelt had had no milf
tary experience. He left position in
the navy, where he might have been
of some service. in order TO take q
spectacular position in the army, where
he was the laughing stock of regulars
and volunteers alike. All the world
honors brave soldier, but all the
world despises false pretences.
"Roosevclt's Military Record" pub
lshed by the Republican Campaign
Committee, is mere collection of
platltudes, and the recommendations
of Roosevelt for brevet and a medal
of honor met with no serious conSid-
GRAFTON. They We're rejected. The let
tiers of recommendation are very guard
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03

ed, and no one of them was written
by any man who saw the alleged he
role charge against the san Juan ket-
lie. Roosevelt says, in his Rough
Riders" page 10, that he tried TO ind
General Sumner and General Wood
and could not. Colonel Mills was
wounded aud out Of action long be
fore the charge. Recommendations.
in general terms, 10y subOrdinateS
amount TO nothing. such unofficial
recommendations may be had for tue
asking.
The charges contained in the bro
chure, published in l9Co, remain unan-
swered: the charges of the August
Army and Navy Critic remain unaG-
swered. And | repeat. and defy any
man with knowledge TO refute
them.
General Macarthur obtained his pro-
motion as Major-General by making
report about his mancuvres in the
capture of the city Of Manila, which
we now know TO have been a sham
battle, and Admiral Dewey swore be-
fore a committee of Congress that the
city had practically surrendered TO him
n week before and ii was arranged
that the Spaniards were not 10 fire
back.
Colonel Funston obtained his promo
ton as brlgadier-general upon his own
report of his own heroic deeds n-the
capture of Aguinaldo, which We now
know TO have been put up by Aguln'
aldo himself. who says, in.Everybody's
Magazine of August, 1901, that the Ia
dies had come over the day before
from Caslguan TO Pallnan TO have a
dance, thus traverslng the very road
over which Funston passed in his hor'
rlble prlyations.
Colonel Roosevelt has obtained pro-
motions 10y a false report in his Trough
Riders" of his own heroic deeds in an
imaginary charge OH an imaginary
horse up an imaginary hill against I'M
aglnary Spanlards.
ALEXANDER s, RAC0N,
81 Liberty street, New York City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
I VIII Give Ore Tiigsali lalas 10 ARJ Person Eh) VIII
Pr!B Il.t One Line Of That LIi33 is
Fol Strictly TrIe.'
WAS UTENANT=CCLONEL ROOSEVELT
a GOOD SOLDIER, OR DID lie HAVE
A GOOD PRESS AGENT?
-coI. AtNNNDEE :. BACON. 81 LiGrrt, street n. Y.

The Republican pamphlet
Military which a
br the Riders
Spanish
Nl ana abused
This pamphlet probably
number of the ARMY AND NAVY CRITIC. II needless
charge contained in that article
In brochure THE Regiment
Sn most of the cargrs set forth No ONE OF THEM HAS EVER
BEEN ANSWERED. The Critic has
months and no has attempted will
dollars TO any person who viii that lite of that article strictly
repeat
The boeK N,
suy l. 1898 by the Infantry, by the Cavalry.
2Coonc Roosevelt did
a position where he could
2-Coonel
San Jusn Hill is absolutely false.
4keue Hill, small Of yards Of
san hills never contained Spanish soldier Spanish
Infantry lain
They did not take possession Of Kettle H for
they kettle.
6earer in the day the Rough Riders had
read to Santiago for halt mile
LATTER the infantry had left the
Rough Riders cut Of the tall
sThc entertainments
with rpo-t
his and absolutely untruthu.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
PARTING OF The WAYS.
Tie People Must Decide Whether
the Nation Shall BE q Republic
or an Empire.

We are now at the parting Of the
ways-one Democracy carries us for
ward in the grand avenue traced out
for us by the founders of our nation,
a path of dignity, honor, peaceful, hap
Ply advancement, which marks US as
the hope of mankind in all that makes
for wisdom and good government;
while the other (Republican) road takes
us into the great arena where ancient
peoples, full of ambitions, civil hat
reds, religious feuds, feudal miseries,
trailing their slime across the centur.
les, are facing each other, burdened
with armor, to fight out questions Of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
LETTERS FROM A PRIVATE.
Pm Glad I'm ReyuarTy Go Ahai and Do Their Business Without Any
Fuss eahrBut I'm Sorry That We Win Not Get Any Gre For
Cur WOrk."They Say Oar Charge Will Make Roosevelt Prsdn
Sem, Day and Thai is What We Went TO Var For"

said that there Is between 10000 and
mo0o. We have only 1900 men on
the island, of which 1000 or 5000 are
ToluntecrS. so YOU see what kind Of
stuff we are made OF.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-11-10

SO doz. Mems Fancy and Solid Color,
Lysle Finish Half Hose, regular 2oc
value, for 64c
Ladies Lysle Finish Bi; lck Hose, cheap
at zoe, during this sale 7c
Ladies Sunday She ,es from SOC per
pair up.
We still have few pair Of the ia
nous Edwin Clapp Shoes, in odd
sizes, that we a re closing out, $500
value, at $2.45
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-11-10
CLOTHING.

This line is our pride We think it
would be impossible for you to find
anywhere in this section of the state
stock of Clothing that is more up to
date or is composed of garments that
fit and wear like ours. lnthis line, as
in all others, we are determined to
name such low prices that it will be
impossible for us to keep any of this
line in stock.
We will offer one lot Of 81 assorted
styles, colors, ETC., well made and
good fitting Suits for Men, worth
$500, at $3.50
One lot of 81 Suits, our regular $3.50
sellers, at $4.9o
One lot of A. Suits, well finished and
magnflcentfltting garments, guar
anteed the best value on earth,
always sold for $40, during
sale $6.84
Overcoats from the finest down to
the cheapest. We have them to suit
every one. Every Coat Bargain.
Boys Suits we have in profusion.
We can fit your boy whether he is
slim or fat, and our sale price on Boys
Suits runs from
49c to as high as $500.