Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 24, 1900, Page 2

Puma eae ess NG AE RUE Ce ESI MRE he an oe sae ECSU A The Herala--Review. E. C. Kiley. T, J, Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers, GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Last November the United States bought $91,412 worth of Mexican or- anges,the shipments for that month be- ing nearly as heavy as for the entire year 1898. Count Boni Castellane’s reiterated expressions as to the generosity and hospitality of the United States indi- cate that he held New York up for more than is generally suspected. Similar natural advantages to those offered in California fur homes can be found in many parts of Mexico, to- gether with the far-reaching argument that an American dollar goes as far as two of Mexico. For all expenses connected with housekeeping, says Modern Mexico, and all the little inci- dentals in the rural districts this wil) be found true. The Samoan treaty was ratified by the senate with scarcely any opposi- tion—with none, in fact, which in- volved principle. So this country has become possessed of one large island and several small ones, five thousand or more miles distant from the conti- nent of North America,the very names of which few of us know how to pro- nounce. It shows what an excursion into the world we have made in the last three years. The famous Ross case, by which the Supreme court of the United States held that a conductor of a freight train is a vice-principal of the rail- road company in his relation to other trainmen, is overruled in the recent case of New England Railroad com- pany vs. Conroy, Advance Sheets U. S., p. 85, which holds that the conductor is a fellow-servant of the engineer and brakeman, unless special and un- usual powers have been conferred upon him. : Moody’s death brings to mind the fact that he and his collaborator, Mr. Sanrey, exerted the most beneficial in- fluence upon the organ trade for many years. When they were at the height of their success people all wished to be able to sing their hymns at home, and an organ seemed to produce the best effect, so that their tour was al- sure to be followed by substantial orders for small organs suitable for the household. Thousands were sold in consequence. The American workman is declared to be more alert in action ‘and quicker in perception than his foreign com- petitor. The writer asserts, as “a well-known fact,” that in a given amount of work to be accomplished in a given time, by an equal number of foreign and American workmen, with equal appliances and facilities, the GOEBEL’S ASSASSIN GOLDEN TURNS STATE’S EVIDENCE AND REVEALS THE PLOT. Sensational Revelation in the Trial of Goebel Suspects Is Promised— Trial Will Disclose One of the Greatest Sensations in American Political History—Lawyers Claim That Every Detail of the Plot Is in Their Possession and They Can Lay Their Hands on the Assassin Any Time. Lexington, Ky, Ma-+ 2l ~ A sensa- tional revelation in connection with’ the trial of the Goebel suspects is promised. The attorneys in the ease say that the trial will disclose one of the greatest sen- sations of American political history, and much of the startling evidence will be brought out at the hearing before the county court in Frankfort, where Powers and the others will be arraigned. The lawyers say that every detail of the plot is in their possession; that they can lay their hands on the assassin at any time, but that they are looking for those back of the movement rather than the “Hired man.’ The murderer is described as a hired fighter, known as a feud man, and re- tained at certain wages per day. He will go on the stand at Powers’ trial and tell of the plot from the beginning, of the taking of 1,200 mountaineers to Frank- fort on January 5, and the names of those who chartered the special trains. His story is sensational in the extreme, and will reveal a depth of intrigue totally un- looked for. Sergeant Golden will be the principal witness, and was himself concerned in the plot, but upon pledge of immunity from death will reveal the whole plan, even to the window from which the shot was fired, and will bring witnesses to corrobo- rate his story. Causes a Great Surprise. Barboursville, Ky., March 21.—The re- port that F. W. Golden had turned state’s evidence in the Goebel murder case was @ great surprise here. Green Golden, a cousin of Wharton, says it was utterly false. ‘That he was sent by Powers to keep Wharton from going to Frankfort. F. W. Golden was a close friend of Caleb Powers, doing a great deal of work for him during the recent campaign. It is said that he left here cn a telegram from the attorneys for the prosecution to come to Lexington. When the news reached here that he had made a confession friends of the accused parties became very uneasy, and prominent Republicans said that if it should be true “the trees would bear fruit they never bore be- fore.” Golden Closely Watched, Lexington, Ky., March 21.—A telephone message from Winchester, eighteen miles from this city, says that F. W. Golden, alleged to have made an incriminating statement with reference to the Goebel murder, is in Winchester, where he ar- rived Sunday. Late yesterday forenoon he went south on the Kentucky Central railroad and then returned at 2:45 and went to the hotel, where he is now. “He refuses to see any one. The Goebel men are keeping strict watch on his move- ments. He is not registered at the hotel. It is reported that he is in conference with the Goebel men at Winchester. An unconfirmed rumor there last night was American will excel his foreign rival in the proportion of almost two to one. Qualities so essential in the struggle for mercantile supremacy should not be overlooked, he thinks, in estimating the causes which are contributory to this result. Col. Count Georges de Villebois Mareuil is the brains of the Boer army. He recently received the thanks of the Transvaal government, in its official paper, for the victory at Colenso. The count, who is Gen. Joubert’s chief of staff, served in the French army, through the Franco-Prussian war, ris- ing to the command of a regiment in the foreign legion, and was afterward with the French forces in Tunis, Ton- quin and the western Sudan. Two years ago he threw up his commission because he was not promoted to the rank of general. From. Dr. Leyds he procured the rang of lieutenant general in the Boer army. He had said that the Boer country “offered every ad- vantage for a campaign of surprises and a war of ambuscades.” A Yukon mail-carrier writes to the general superintendent at San Francis- co, telling how he has had to sacrifice “celerity,” one of the requirements of the “star” postal service, to “safety” in some recent experiences. On his arrival from the trip up Forty-Mile river, he found the Yukon jammed with huge cakes of ice, which it was unsafe to cross because of the great holes through which a man or mail- pouch might easily fall. Whenever any mail has gone to the bottom in an ice-jam, he says, every man therea- bouts feels certain that at least a dozen of his letters were in that particular pouch. So this carrier waited a favor- able opportunity, which came on Noy. 6, when his party started forth at day- light. They made ten miles before sun- down, having two sleds loaded with 300 pounds each drawn by dogs. The ice was piled so high in some places that they had to chop a_ passage through it rather than attempt to go over. These are some of the difficul- ties that Uncle Sam’s servants in the pos.al service have to surmount. Although charges of wanton cruelty have been made by Boer against Briton and by Briton against Boer, the contest thus far has been marked »y chivalrous humanity on both sides when the fury of battie has left its stricken victims to be succoredgby their foes. In Boer operating camps and hospitals, as in the British, no dis- crimination was shown between friend and foe. Common suffering has ap- pealed to common humanity, enmities have been forgotten, and the same pitying kindness and tender care ex- tended to one as to the other. that he has given the name of the man who he says shot Goebel. SHIFTS TO NATAL. Next News of Fighting Will Come From There . London, March 21.—The war office has had no news up to this hour confirming the report of the relief of Mafeking, but George Wyndham, parliamentary under- secretary for war, replying to a private inquiry in the lobby of the house of com- mons about midnight, smilingly said: “I think it is all right.” The Free Staters seemingly have not quite collapsed. They are in considerable force around Smith- field, though much dispirited. A British spy from Roxville reports that Commandant Olivier and a com- mando are going to Kroonstadt. The agents he left behind are using desperate means to raise recruits, commandeering British Boers under pain of death. Kroonstadt, where the Boers are col'ect- ing, is 187 miles from Bloemfontein. It is surrounded by a country of hills and jungles. Gen. Gatacre is now resting at Spring- fontein, preliminary to joining Lord Rob- erts. Gen. Buller’s hill work before Lady- smith has given him an experience which is about to be used in forcing the Big- garsberg range. It is believed that 25,000 of his 40,000 men are about to engage Gen. Botha’s force, and the next news of fighing will probably come from Natal. The leaders of the Afrikander bund are circulating ‘a petition in Cape Colony asking the imperial government not to take away the independence of the Boers. This evening 2,000 additional troops for South Africa are now at sea. Will Not Be Heeded. London, March 21.—The Times, com- menting editorially upon the report that Germany will ask the belligerents to guarantee the safety of Johannesberg, says: “We doubt that any responsible Ger- man statesman will make such a request. Certainly no agreement will be made at foreign instigation.” Can’t Keep the Field Another Month, London, March 21.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Broemfontein says: “In a speech which he made here a few days before the British entered the town President Kruger admitted that his men would be unane to keep in the field for another month.” Portuguese on the Alert, London, March 21.—The Times’ Lour- enzo Marques correspondent, telegraph- ing Monday, March 19, says: Last evening the Portuguese authori- ties hurriedly dispatched by special train a force of infantry to reinforce the gar- rison on the Transvaal border. Gen. White Is Ill. Cape Town, March 21.—Gen. Sir George Stewart White, the defender of Ladysmith has arrived here, but is too ill to permit of a public reception being given in his honor. Fire at Medicine Hat. Winnipeg, March 21.—There was a $5,000 fire at Medicine Hat. The Cos- mopolitan hotel and BHvans’ store were destroyed. ‘ ‘ADMIRAL ‘WEY’S ILLNESS. Causes a Break in the Programme Savannah, Ga. Savannah, Ga., March 21.—The pro- gramme for the entertainment of Ad- miral and Mrs. Dewey was broken last evening by the illness of the ad- miral. A public reception had been ar- ranged and 5,500 persons gathered at the De Soto hotel to greet the dis- tinguished visitors. But the admiral was too ill to appear and the function had to be called off. he admiral’s at- tack, which is of indigestion, occurred on beard the revenue cutter Hamilton while the party was on a trip down the river. Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, and S..B. J. Graham, who were aboard the cut- ter, administered to the admiral, but his indisposition was so severe that it was deemed best to bring him back to the city. The admiral rested easy last night and it is thought he will be able to go on with the programme of ar- rangements to-day. All the shipping in the harbor, foreign and domestic, was decorated gaily in honor of the admiral. Mrs. Dewey was entertained by a committee of ladies at the yacht club, where she heard plantation songs sung by a chorus of rice field picanin- nies. Gen. Miles will arrive this af- ternoon too late to participate in the military review. SHIP TS A TOTAL LOSS. City of Florence Strikes on a Reef and Sinks. San Francisco, March 21. — Capt. Stone and twenty-six men of the wrecked British ship City of Florence, which struck on a reef ten miles south of Point Pedro Monday night, were picked up by the tug Alert two miles north of Point Pedro late yesterday afterncon and brought to this city. The Florence sailed from Iquiqui for San Francisco on Feb. 5 with 1.800 tons of nitrate. She encountered fine weather to the equator, which was crossed twenty-one days out. Monday night, with the weather hazy and the wind from the northwest, the ship struck twice against a reef. She was full to the scuppers with water ten minutes after striking, compelling the officers and crew to take to the boats, the captain and eighteen men in one boat, and the second officer and seven men in another. The cre wsaved some of their personal effects, but the of- ficers left the sinking ship with noth- ing but the clothes they had on their backs. ‘The City of Florence belongs to the City of MPlorence shipbuilding company, and G. Smith & Co. of Glas- gow, Scotland, are the agents. She is a total loss. KILLED THE EDITOR. Mysterious Tragedy Causes Great Excitement at Troy, Kan. Troy, Kan., March 21. — Frank W. Elliott, editor of the Troy Times, a Democratic weekly newspaper, was shot by an unknown assailant as he alighted from a Grand Island passen- ger train here at 11 o’clock last night. Mr. Elliott had scarcely proceeded a dozen steps on his way from the depot when a man concealed behind a freight car, commenced firing at him at 9. range of only eight or ten fect. He was shot in the arm and side and painfully wounded. Mr. Elliott drew his revolver and fired several shots at his assailant, but could not recognize him in the darkness. ‘The attempted assassination has caused great excite- ment here. Mr. Elliott's friends in- sist that the attempted assassination is traceable to the bitter political war that has been waged in this county for a long time past. Mr. Elliott had been arrested libelling a political opponent, but escaped imprisonment. Mr. Elli- ott is a prominent fusionist, and was executive clerk under Gov. Leedy. ARMOUR’S WILL. Disposing of an Estate Valued at Eight Million Dollars. Chicago, March 21.—The will of P. D. Armour, Jr., has been proved and admitted to probate. As it gave the executors the power to sell the real estate they are required to give bonds of double the amount of the entire es- tate. Each executor filed his personal bond for $16,000,000, and no other se- curity was asked. The estate is esti- mated at $8,000,000. Mrs. May Ar- mour, the widow; J. Ogden Armour and P. Anderson Valentine are the executors. DENIAL BY HU The Bishop Says He Was Misquoted as to the President. Philadelphia, March 21. — Bishop Hurst, who presided over the New Jer- sey Methodist Episcopal conference at Millville, denied the published state- ment that he had announced to the con- ference that President McKinley had accepted the chair of international law in the American university at Wash- ington. The bishop expressed his re- gret that he was misquoted, and direct- ed his secretary to telegraph a denial to the president. Arkansas Republicans. Little Rock, Ark., March 21. — The Republican state convention adjourned late last night after electing delegates to the national convention and declar- ing for the renomination of President McKinley. Gen. Powell Clayten was made permanent chairman. In his speech he contrasted unfavorably the condition of silver standard Mexico with that of the gold standard of the United States. The platform adopted indorsed the administration of Presi- Gent McKinley. M. Postand IN), Paris, March 21.—M. Rostand, the dramatist. is ill with congestion of the lungs. He is Very much run down in consequence of the labors connected with supervising the rehearsals of “T/Aiglon,” produced the other even- ing at Mme. Bernbardt’s theater. Miss Swéet Attempts Suicide. St. Louis, March 21.—Jessaline Sweet, aged nineteen, who had a minor part in a production of “Sapho” and was guyed by some of the audience, took earbolic acid. She was discovered by her sister and a physician arrived in time to save the girl’s life. Japan Starts More Rumors. Yokohama, March 21.—The Japanese navy will begin short maneuvers by the end of March. This gives currency to more rumors that Japan expects a war with Russia in the near future, ANOTHER’FESSES UP BERRY HOWARD FOLLOWS IN GOLDEN’S TRACKS. On a Promise of Immunity From Prosecution They Both Agree to Make a Clean Breast of All They Know of the Goebel Murder— $1,200 the Price Offered to Pat Goebel Out of the Way—Revela- tion Causes a Sensation Through- out the State. Louisville, March 21.—Another man confesses. Col. D. G. Colson, who is still in the hospital at Frankfort as the results of a shooting affray occurring before the Goebel assassination, has induced not only Golden, but Berry Howard to turn state’s evidence on promise of immunity from prosecution. The Goebel attorneys were consulted, and now the two men promise to make a clean breast of the whole affair. Among the men who were present in Frankfort when Goebel was_ killed were Milt Trosber, John Golden and one Ricketts, all of whom reside on farms adjoining that of Caleb Powers’ father, on Brush creek. Golden says that these three men were offered $1,200 if they would put Goebel out of the way. They refused, and will be important witnesses at the trial, as they know who did the shooting. The confessions have aroused intense ex- citement in the mountain districts. Causes a Sensation. The stories growing ‘out of the con- ference between Sergeant F. Wharton Golden, of the Barbourville company of state militia, and the attorneys who are managing the investigation of the assassination of Gov. Goebel, have caused a sensation throughout the state. Golden will be placed on the stand by the prosecution in the trial of the persons already arrested for al- leged complicity in the assassination, but information as to the exact nature of testimony he is expected to give is Jacking. Attorneys Campbell and Polsgrove naturally decline to discuss the matter and Golden himself will say nothing. Specials from Winchester say Golden is still at that place in com- pany with his attorney. The two spend most of the time about the hotel. They see all callers, however, and talk free- ly on all subjects except that of Gol- den’s reported confession. “J will do all I can for my friends all the time,” Golden is reported as saying. “But I must first be true to myself. When the time comes I will tell all I know. Whatever else may be said about me, I don’t think I can be accused of being a liar, a coward or a Democrat, and I want it distinctly understood that I am Not Here Under Guard.” The story is published that Golden shas divulged to the attorneys the name of the man who fired the shots that killed Gov. Goebel. The person men- tioned is a mulatto who formerly lived at Winchester, was prominent in the French-Eversole feud, and is known as a dead shot. This man is now sup- posed to be in the wilds of one of the mountain counties. Evidence that he was in Frankfort at the time of the assassination was found among papers taken from Culton, a clerk in the audi- tor’s office when the latter was arrest- ed a week or two ago on a warrant charging him with being an accessory to the murder. Among these papers are receipts for board bills amounting to about $300 incurred’ by eighteen men who were in Frankfort for some time before and at the time Goebel was shot. In one of these receipts the hame of .the mulatto mentioned is given. The receipt in this case is for meney received from John Perkins by Bettina Pittman for the board of three men. Perkins is a porter about the state house. Both Were Killed. Pine, Ky., March 21. — On Marrow- bone creek, twenty miles from here, John Langley and Moses Sopher had an altercation in which Langley and Sopher were both killed and a man named Johnson was seriously wound- ed. The altercation was over Langley arresting Sopher about two years ago while constable on a charge of obtain- ing goods under false pretenses. Sopher was acquitted and claimed Langley had no authority to arrest him. Johnson claimed he was trying to separate Sopher and Langley when he was shot. Damages for Slander. Chicago, March 21. — Mrs. Clara I. Merrill of Roanoke, Va., was yester- day awarded a verdict of $4,500 dam- ages against C. H. Marshall, former president of the Travelers’ Preferred ‘Accident association for alleged slan- der. Mrs. Merrill is the wife of George E. Merrill, at one time a prominent at- torney of Chicago. She held a policy in the association and sought to re cover for an accident she claimed to have sustained. Marshall is alleged to have stated that she conspired with her husband to defraud. Prominent Farmer Killed. Winnipeg, March 21.—Gavin Ross, a well known farmer and politician of Pmerson district, was instantly killed by his team running away. Ross was a candidate for parliamentary honors at the election of 1896, and was again nominated this year to oppose Hon. Dr. McFadden, the now provincial sec- retary. ‘i Clean Up $1,000,000, Vancouver, B. C., March 21. — R. H. Ennis, just arrived from Dawson, says that Chute & Wills will clean up $1,- 000,000 from Discovery claim, on Gold Run, a comparatively new digging. Revolution in Full Swing. Kingston, Jam., March 21. — The British cruiser Alert has arrived here from Colombian points. She reports the revolution there in full sway and that British subjects are in need of protection. She will return at once. Sultan Yields to Russia. London, March 21.—The Constanti- nople correspondent of the Times an- nounces that the sultan has yielded “in all essential particulars to the Rus- eian demands respecting railway con- cessions in Asia Minor.” TROLLEY LINE TO EVERY TOWN. St. Paul to Be the Center of an Ex- tensive System. St. Paul, March 21.—The plan of the new electric railway company is to give to St. Paul a system of suburban lines such as have been developed within recent years around the large Eastern cities. A beginning will be made by connecting the city with the village of White Bear, and then, as rapidly as the traffic will warrant and the work can be done, to build exten- sions to cities as far north as Tay- lor’s Falls and south to Red Wing. The system would connect St. Paul with every town and village of any sic iede within a radius of seventy miles. RICH TIMBER BELT. To Be Tapped by the Midland Rail- way. Portland, Or.. March 21.—A special to the Oregomun from Ashland says: A contract has been let to Chicago par- ties for grading and laying the rails on seventy-two miles of the proposed Ore- gon Midland railroad. The company has also contracted for five locomotives. The proposed road stops at Klamath Falls, Or., and follows the Klamath river to a point between Klamathon and Hornbrook, Cal., on the Southern Pacific railroad. The road will tap a rich timber belt. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Frank Schad Shot His Wife and Then . Killed Himself. Manitowoc, Wis., March 21.— Frank Schad and wife were found dead at their home, eighteen miles from here. Death was caused by shooting, bullet holes being found in both bodies, The suppesition is that Sehad_ killed his wife and then committed suicide. It is said that domestic trouble exis'ed be- tween the couple for some time, and that yesterday they agreed to separate, A coronor’s inquest will be held, and penne tons developments are looked ‘or. RED LODGE FIRE. Business Property Destroyed and One Man Killed by Falling Walls. Billings, Mont., March 21. — Fire at Red Lodge destroyed Potter’s hardware store, Hall & Larkins’ saloon, the Pick- et printing office and other adjacent property. One man, a juryman in a murder trial, was killed by falling walls. High Price for Land. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 21.—At the sale of school lands yes‘erday a tract near Dell Rapids sold for $37.50, the highest price at which school land has ever been sold in the state. <A tract twenty-five miles from here sold for $23 per acre, while another brought $25.25 per acre. Only a comparatively small amount of school land remains unsold in the county. Narrow Escape From Death. Grand Forks, N. D., March 21.—Fire occurred last night in the residence of E. H. McCormick, Northern Pacific engineer. rs. McCormick, who was sleeping with her child, barely escaped with her life. The room was in flames svhen she awoke. She seized the child and jumped through the window, re- ceiving severe cuts from the glass. Loss, $2,500. Seriously Injured. Aberdeen, 8S. D., March 21.—Ed Will- jams, a young farmer living near here, was seriously, perhaps fatally, injured by being caught in the gearing of a feed mill. One arm was broken twice, and he received several bad cuts on the head, rendering him unconscious. He lay on the ground several hours before his wife discovered him. Hospital Contract. Marquette, Mich., March 21. — Con- tracts were let at Newberry for two new cottages to be occupied there for the Upper Peninsula hospital for the insane. Lipsett & Gregg of Sault Ste. Marie were the lowest bidders on the general contract, while W. A. Powers & Co., Milwaukee, got the heating and ventilating contract. Smallpox in Iowa, Eldora, Iowa, March 21. — Central Iowa is going through a siege of small- pox, and as a result strict quarantine has been established at Story City, Hubbard, Radcliffe and Hampton. At one or two places the public schools have been closed and every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Fireman and Engineer Sealded. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 21. — By the blowing out of the arch pipe of an engine pulling a north-bound freight on the Great Northern Engi- neer Osmundson and Fireman Netha- way, whose homes are at Willmar, were seriously scalded by escaping steam. The injured men were brought here. Mitchell Bonds Sold, Mitchell, 8. D., March 21.—At a meet- ing of the city council the $40,000 re- funding water bonds were sold to O. L. Branson, of the First National Bank of Mitchell at par, and at a rate of 41-2 per cent, payable twenty years from date of bonds. ‘he sale is regarded as a highly satisfactory one. Duluth Normal. Winona, Minn., March 21.—The low- est bid for the Duluth normal school js from MacLeod & Smith, Duluth, $68.200. The normal board building committee recommends its acceptance, which action the board is pretty sure to take. Drowned in Carthage Lake. Burlington, Iowa, March 21. — The body of Ernest Schlapp was found in Carthage lake by searchers. He was soon to have been married to Miss Gertrude Cotsworth of Chicago. Death of a Traveling Man. La Crosse, Wis., March 21.—Charles H. Bunteng, a traveling man in the hardware trade for the past twenty- five years, and widely known through- out Wisconsin and Minnesota, died, aged sixty-seven years. “Legs Cut Off by Cars. Dubuque. Iowa, March 21. — Hattie Edenburg, twenty-four years old, was struck by a Burlington freight train av the crossing in East Dubuque and run over. Both limbs were severed. She cannot recover. THE MORMONS DID IT. WHAT WE OWE TO BRIGHAM YOUNG’S FOLLOWERS. They Were tne First to Put Into Oper ation the Idea of Irrigating Ari@ Regions—Has Grown Into Vast Pro’ portions. (Boise, Idaho, Letter.) Criticise the Mormons as you will, they must be credited with the won- derful system of irrigation by which the wastes of the western states have been redeemed. On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and his little band of pioneers began the construction of the first irrigation canal ever built in the United States. Irrigation made of Utah’s desert wil- derness the garden spot of America. It is doing as much for Idaho, where the mountains are so located that ample valleys, and plains of millions of acres, may be easily and economically watered. On the Nile, in Italy, Spain and elsewhere in Europe, irri- gation has prevailed for centuries. In- deed, 60 per cent of the world’s bread- stuffs and cereals are grown by irriga- tion. Where “the vine-clad hills and citron groves” around Vesuvius in sunny Italy are found, a great population has been sustained for many thousand years—and the land has never worn out—its wonderful vitality being due to underlying strata of lava which by some curious chemistry renders the soil immortal. Idaho’s wonderfully productive soil covers lava strata deposited by volca- noes long ago extinct. The rejuvena- tion of the land results not alone from this lava, but from rich fertilizers an- nually brought to it by the irrigation waters. It is almost an aphorism that land is good where sage brush grows. Marvelous must therefore be the fer- tility of Idaho, for everywhere the green of the sage is seen. Wheat,corn, oats, barley, alfalfa, timothy, rye, flax, tobacco, broom corn, sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes, beets, cabbages, hops, and fruits, such as prunes, ap- ples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, apricots, nectarines, grapes and all of the small bush products, grow profuse- ly. Particularly do the apple, pear and prune attain to perfection in size and flavor. Alex. McPherson of Boise City real- ized $600 per acre from apples. Geo. L. Hall of Mountain Home sold $800 worth of peaches from one acre. T. J. Phifer of Boise City realized $900 from two acres of Italian prunes. Instances like these can be multiplied ad infini- tum. But Idaho does not depend entirely upon agriculture. Its mountains are filled with mining camps which furnish a home market for far more agricul- tural products than the state is now able to produce. Snake River Valley contains about 3,000,000 acres and some of the finest pastoral scenes there presented are in the midst of gold placer mining opera- tions. Many farmers there realize handsomely for work during spare hours—washing shining powdered gold from the river’s bed. Ina state having so many productive portions to select from it is hard to suggest particular locations, but set- tlers will find room for any number of new homes. Different state and private agencies are sending out printed information about Idaho. Perhaps the most con- servatively prepared matter is that now emanating from the general pas senger agent of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake City, Utah. This railroad permeates almost every agricultural region in the state and stands ready to furnish to homeseekers every cour- tesy in the power of its officers. At the present rate Idaho will soon be as thickly populated as Utah. It is in the same latitude as France, Swit- zerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy, and its climate is incomparable. Vast timber areas furnish lumber of excellent quality. Cyclones and de- structive storms never occur. The win- ters are short and people work out doors all the year. The annual death rate is the lowest of any state in the Union. Verily Idaho is a wonderful state and destined to become the home place of many times its present population. “Billy” Brady, Press Club Employe. Twenty years ago William A. Brady, lessee of theaters, manager of trav- ‘eling shows and backer of pug'l sts, was the billiard room boy of the Press club. The club rooms were then at No. 119 Nasseau street, and Brady was known as “Blue Eyed Billy.” He was popular with reporters and often received tips from them for running to newspaper offices with “copy.” While Brady was employed by the Press club his father died and the members subscribed money to pay the funeral expenses. A reporter on & morning newspaper took much interest in young Brady and obtained him a job in the office of a weekly news- paper. Afterwards Brady went West and when he returned to New York he was a wealthy man. The reporter who had helped him had lost his grip and Brady had a chance to show his te as and improved it—New York orld. Editorial! Comment. “Poor old Jones, the grocer, died early this morning,” said the village editor's better half. “Huh!” exclaimed the local op'nion molder, “he’s been dead for years.” “Been dead for year!!” echoed the astonished wife. “Why,, what do you mean?” . “Just what I said,” replied the V. B. “Any man in business who doesn’t ad- vertise is a dead one.”—Buffalo Timea, A sample room is dangerous when too many samples are taken, —_—