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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-18

left ear to just back of the neck and
head. The cross beams to which the
rope was tied we're two by six
inches, and made of pine grubs.
He was born at Lorraine, France and
then moved to Germany. From there
he became a sailor and turned up in
Boston. His mother lives in Wash
ington Territory. His father is dead
and he has three brothers. He tele-
graphed to his wife at Corder, Mo.
"Come and see me hang"
She was here yesterday. He was a
blonde, five feet eight inches high and
weighed $50 pounds. The county
gave him a six dollar coffin. He was
Immediately taken to the Catholic
church where his funeral was preach
ed and the body will be buried at 2
o'clock p. m. to-day.
THE CRIME.
The crime was com mitted at Cor
der, Lafayette county, about Ill
o'clock of Dec. II, 1885,, snd the wes pon
used by Young to Kill Ferguson was |
white handled pocket knife with a
three and one half inch blade. Fer
yuson was stabbed in the right side of
The neck, the knife was drawn for
ward and the jugular vein was sever.
ID, producing death by bleeding,
evidently just after the #.
ray occurred. The tragedy grew
,ut Of . trivial matter. Christ Young
md two u three friends were going
'ver the Chicago & Alt,n railway
rossing to Young's house. where a
lance was in progress. They met q
nan named Hare. carrying Q lantern,
nd as the streets down which they
'ere passing were very dark, Young
equested Hare to 60 b ,ck and light
be way. HIRE refused. whereupon,
,oung began to abuse him and an .
ensued which amounted to
othiDg and they were separated.
'tephen Ferguson then appeared and
pbraided Young for his attack upon
Iare, when Young assaulted him and
tabbed him as stated. Ferguson
as eager at the works of the Corder
'al mining company, was about 30
ears of age. single and belonged to
ne OF the most respectable families
the state, residing at Higbee. y
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AN OVERDOSE OF OPIUM.
1t Caused the Death of Norris
Ljppe, q Young Travelling
Salesman. who was
Known to Several
Sedalians.

II Monday afternoon at 6 o'clocl
Morris LiPpe, a young man of 2;
years of age, died very suddenly a
the house Of his father, Jacob Lippe
No 2l09 Clark avenue, St. Louis
Doctors were called in, but arrived tnt
late to be of any assistance to the
young man.
| Yesterday morning, DR.. Dickson,
the family physician, who was in at
tendance when the young man died,
reported to Coroner IRWIN that be
could not issue a certificate of death,
as he had not been called in soon
enough to learn what the cause of
death was, and could not 10 cOnse-
quence make out the certificate. He
would not state what he supposed
caused the young msn's death and
said he would leave the question for
the coroner to settle at the inquest.
The suddenness of the young mans
death lead to the theory at first that
he had committed suicide, but this
was most emphatically denied by the
family and friends of the deceased.
A call was made at the residence on
Clark avenue before the arrival Of
the Coroner. and the father, Mr.. Ja-
cob Lippe. asked to detail the circum.
stances attending the death and ill.
ness Of his son. Mr.. Lippe SAID:
HE came home about 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon very much heated and
took of his coat, and then asked for |
q pitcher of ice water. He Was 90 |
hot and thirsty that he did not wait |
for glass but just drank out of the
PITCHER. He drank the whole pitch.
erful and then went to his room to
rect. In a very short time he was
taken i'll and We sent for the doctors.
There were two Of them, but the
name of one I did not know, the 9TH
u was Dr.. Dickson. They could not
10 anything for him, and that is
about all there is to it,"
A friend of the fami' y said "Mor.
lis had everything in the world he
aud was q very successful
salesman on the road for his father,
Who lie in the wholesale clothing bust.
hess on Lucas avenue. He was all
'eady to 60 out again on another trim,
md, l suppose, went out with his
riends on Sunday and got overheated
md then killed himself by drinking
pitcher Of ice va er while he was
n that overbested condition. He b.
vas young man of steady habits and
Uttered a great deal from the heat, as c
e was very stout and weighed about L.
NO hundred pounds. At | O'Clock
,Oroner Irwin went to the house
I'd, after . consultation with DR..
'ickson, held an inquest over the
smains. Z
Late in the afternoon Coroner IT. !.
in concluded the investigation and b
'ndered verdict to the effect that o
.ath was due to opium poisoning, g.
If administered, Il
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HANGED AT LEXINGTON.
Christopher Young Pays for the
Crime of Murder With His
Life.
The Taking Off" Accomplished
With Neatness and Dispatch
by Sheriff Mitchell at s
O'clock This Morn
ing.

Christopher Yousg who was unde
sentence of death for the murder Q
Stephen Ferguson at Corder, Lafay'
cite county, Missouri, December II
1887, was hanged here this m ,rning.
Young ascended the scif1old at s
o'clock and nine minutes smoking a
cigar. Sheriff Mitchell said to hin
''have you anything to say?' "No,
replied Young, "tell the boys good
bye for me-"
While he stood erect upon the trap
drop, Deputy Sheri6s Hale and
Wade pinioned him BY first strappine
together his ankles, then they strap
ped his thighs close together, next
they strapped his hands in front Of
him with socket strap made by
Sheriff Hornbeck Of Boonville for
burlington and used by Sheriff Matt
Ayers of Saline county, ON Price.
This socket has three circular
straps, one for each wrist and one for
the palm of his hands at thumbs, and
united by parallel heavy leather strips
riveted to circular straps. His arms
just below the shoulder were then
strapped, and at $40 the black cap
was thrown over his head, his body
facing west. "Do the straps hurt
you p asked the sheriff. sit makes
no difference, it " II all soon be over"
said Young. From eight thirteen, to
eight twenty aud five seconds, Father
Lilley read to and advised him,
he making no responses. Att
eight twenty and five seconds
Sheriff Mitchell upon Bonded knee
md with a new common hat Chef
struck the fatal blow which cut the
cord that held up the trap. Young
dropped six feet and four inches and
still until S:22 when his
egs twitched five times and he
hrugged his shoulders seven times.
Pulee at 500 and fifteen seconds,
ixty, 1922, can't count pulse, 1928,
'ulse one-hundred and two, 1923,
ourty-four, S:31, very feeble, 1882, f
Orty-eight, 1884, Dr.. Woods said :
of pulse only thirty.fve, p
t 8.35 he was called dead. u
rom the cutting Of the rope '
ntil death was pronounced, it was I
We seconds and fourteen minutes; \
eight fo.ty-four they lifted and a
nlled him up to the drop hole so as =
unite the hemp rope. In forty il
'ur and one half minutes his BODY al
as laid under the scaffold on the ST
ass, the cap and rope being remov- g
!. Drs. j. H. Straugh, coroner of =,
lafayette county, No., j. E. Tucker, hi
c. Crist, j. f. Wood and j. H. ",
oleman examined MS neck and pro. p.
,unced it broken. n'
On removing The esp his tongue
rs found to be partly out of his
Outh and black at the end. n
|ood from his nose had partly run
'wn to The corner of his mouth.
lood had settled under the eyes.
1t was pronounced a neat and cue. F,
ssful hanging. pc
He was clothed in a gray coat and hr
81, striped wooden pants and blue St
eek shirt. De
He slept we'll from II p. m. to 6 an
is morning. Ill
The rope used to hang Burlington br
Boonville, and Price of Marshall. VII
q used for Young. ~ ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23
INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT.

In ST. Paul a company makes a bust
ness of cleaning and inspecting Chin
neys, and of finding the cause of bad
drafts in chimneyS
MONSTER turtles are SO abundant in
Magdalena bay, Lower California that a
company has gone into the business OF
canning the extract for expectation
MISSOURI is outstripping Kentucky in
the stock-raising business Formerly
the best horses and mules came from
Kentucky, but now the best stock is
raised in Missouri
THE report of the American Iron and
Steel association shows that for the
first time the product of the United
States in iron and steel last year exceed
ed that of the United Kingdom
SIX of the largest marble columns
ever produced in this country have been
made by firm in Rutland, VT, for use
in Wing hall at Princeton They are
over nineteen feet long, and are trifie
more than three feet in diameter.
1t is said that the mining output in
Colorado this year will exceed anything
ever known in the history of the state
The SHOWS on the mountains viii fur
nish plenty of water for the gold placers
this summer, and the silver deposits are
rapidly being developed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23

swing hundreds Of infants hammocks,
while at the shore end are grouped the
necessary offices, reception rooms, all
night wards, kitchens and laundries
and bathrooms. There the poor chill
dren of Chicago, especially infants suf-
fering from summer complaints, are re-
ceived free of charge and given the best
of food, medical attendance and trained
nursing. There are no fees of any
kind, the fund defraying all expenses
The other branch of the fund, the
Country Week. will prove still more
interesting to our readers as it more
nearly concerns them.
The Country Week" sends city chill
dren to the country for a fortnight's
visit the city people giving the money
to pay the car fare and the country peo-
pie offering their homes-the children
furnish themselves.
Few country people have any idea Of
the delights of the country for the aver
age city boy or girl They are pleased
with the simplest things, green grass,
growing crops, trees, cows, pigs and
chickens. Thousands of city boys and
girls don't know what field of wheat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23

has soldier-laddie for an ideal hero.
Now, who is this Major Hopkins, whose
name so often appears in your letters,
and who is evidently so valuable a
friend to you? I ask because 1 once
knew gentleman of that name, who l
heard the other day was serving in Ten
nessee. If his first name is John ask
him if he remembers Mary Carter, for
we were fast friends in my younger
days, and though he may have forgotten
me retain very pleasant remem-
brance of him and should be glad to
hear more about him. And now, my
dear boy, have some strange and start
ling news to tell you concerning James
Lawson, about whom you are so persist
emily silent in your letters Do you re-
member that uncommonly pretty girl,
Jane Murchison, who was for nearly
year in my service and who afterwards
lived with the Richardson's? Well,
nearly twelve months ago he secretly
married her, and on enlisting left her
perfectly destitute-her and her little
baby-boy-and if it had not been for
Mrs. Burrows and myself they really
must have gone to the poor-house. You
must see this man and insist on his re-
hitting them money. But 1 have
something even more startling to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23

or corn looks like, have never seen
meadow with cows and calves feeding
on it, nor even the blue sky itself. ex-
cept through the smoke and haze of q
big city. Imagine what the country is
for these waits. Picture to your
self the sensation of the youngster
who, after being allowed to dig a hill
of potatoes-the first he had ever seen
growing-offered the farmer ten cents,
al the money he had in the world, for
the privilege of digging another hill,
Fancy the bliss of running in green
fields and elm bling real trees for boys
who are used to the keep off the
grass signs of city park. The
Country Week" takes these young
sters and, when invited. their mothers,
too, and gives them taste of the true
country. Its methods are as simple
as the good effects are far-reaching
Anyone having home in the country
may become a Country-Week worker by
observing the following suggestions:
First. - Make a personal canvass
among your n eighbors on farms or in
village homes-that are just as good as
farms for the purpose-aM persuade as
many as you can to inrite
Two little children; or
A mother and infant; or
A couple of working girls
to each home for a two-weelSs' visit.
Second.-Send to the Chicago Daily
News the names and post office adj
dresses of those who invite the Coun-
try-Weekers- particularly
what class and number of guests are to
| go to each home State, also. the date
when the guests are to be sent and to
what railroad station. The date should
| not be less than one week after the list
is sent, so as to allow time for all
necessary arrangements.
On receiving the invitations the
Country Week" management sees
| that proper children are selected.
only those who need the change of
air, and yet are not so sick as to be help
less, are sent A physician guarantees
| them free from contagious disease.
While the limited resources of the fund
make it impossible to send children
further than $50 miles from Chi
cago. Still there is work for all-the
money can come from anywhere and
| in any sums. As some one has happily
put 1.-THE 'tfresh-air fund is a Joint
stock company, unlimited, with no as
| sessments. NO losses, no officers, no
salaries, no anything but big dividends
| of happiness due Immediately after the
Investment +. NJ. j.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Judge Gresham has a pock ct
boom for the presidency, but his pock-
ct will be picked within fifteen min
utes after he goes into the republican
convention--St. Louis Republic.
If the party has lost ground
under this administration it can never
be recovered. If a different line of poll
icy is adopted, the party will cease to
be republican, and it's career will end.
Cincinnati Times-Star Rep.).
"A republican cartoon represents
Maj. Mckinley in the act of touching
off the first gun-a big cannon, marked
''Protection"-in Ohio. Isn't this the
same gun that kicked the male so hard
in the stomach last autumn?-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
-''Calico Charley energies from
his little political dicker with the
Knights of Labor in much the same
spotted condition as that, after ex-
posture to the rain, of the famous fab
ric in which he made the money that
commends him to the good Offices Of
the republican party.-Chicago Times
1t will be gladstone news for tho
McKinleyites to learn that the grain
harvest in Russia threatens to be the
worst on record, and that India will be
in similar plight The farmer will
be told that the demand for his grain is
the direct outcome of the blessed system
of high protection. He will not be so
easily gulled this time.-Albany Argus.
Secretary Foster goes Maj. Nc
Kinley lone better" He says it is to
be a two billion-dollar country. The
Fostoria statesman, confronted with
the ugly specter of a deficit in the
treasury, seems to feel it his bounden
duty to whistle and pretend to be ter
ribly calm and serene. though the po-
litical graveyard Is so near at hand
Boston Globe.
A billion dollars are not too much
for one congress to spend on the coun-
try in the opinion of Secretary of the
Treasury Foster. It is only seventy
five dollars for family ON the average
With an eight-thousand-dollar salary to
draw upon, Mr.. Foster looks at the
matter in different light from that o.
the man who is working for twenty
dollars or less a week or who is trying
to lift farm mortgage Albany Argus
Suppose the voters had known in
1888 that the election of Harrison and
republican congress would not only
wipe out the annual surplus of one
hundred million dollars in two years,
but would also actually increase the
public debt while at the same time
adding to the burden of taxation, how
many states would Harrison have car
ried? And now that it has been
demonstra ted so clearly just what re-
publican victory means. how many
states can that party reasonably hope
to carry in 1S9a?-Saratoga Sun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23
ABOUT MAPLE SUGAR.
The Difference Between the Real and the
Spurious.

The Difference Between the Real and the
Spurious.
In selecting cake of maple sugar to
eat shun the small. square, hard bricks
that look as though they were COM
posed of coarse sand and pounded glass,
and choose from the larger cakes that
have fine smooth grain and delicate
golden brown tint To be fresh and
pure it should cut almost as easily as
cheese, and melt in your mouth with
out leaving any unpleasant taste
Some people have an idea that the dark.
wet. soggy cakes are the purest and
more like the old-fashioned sugar made
by their fathers This is not So 1t is
not natural for maple sugar to be black
any more than for it to be white, and
while the dark sugar shows the pres
ence of dirt and leaves and smoke from
the boiling place, and the addition of
the cheapest cane sugar, SO the almost
white. glistening. coarse-grained maple
sugar shows that 1t was made by melt
ing over some of last years stock and
adding to it the common coffee sugar
of the store Maple strip. to be pure
and just right to eat should weigh
about eleven and one-half pounds to the
gallon When poured out in a glass it
should be clear and amber-hued with
out containing dark streaks. II, after
it has stood in the dish q few hours, a
dark sediment is found in the bottom IL
is not pure maple strip, even though
the man who made it should cut down
the tree from which the sap was drawn
and haul it to your door in proof of his
claim-Utica IN VI Observer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23
DANGEROUS TO BUSINESS.

American Manufacturers Mulcted by the
Mckinley Tariff
McKinleyism is standing menace to
business, as we'll as the embodiment of
wrong ideas in politics. Five millions
of dollars taken out of the pockets of
American dealers is only the first in
stallment of the Mckinley tribute to
the manufacturers of tin plate in
Wales. Even before the new tariff
goes into effect American manufactur-
erS and American consumers find them
selves mulcted in enormous sumS-nOt
for the benefit Of any home market, -
but for the emolument of the very for
eigners whose prosperity the Mckinley
bill was presumably intended to over
throw. Thus early and thus forcibly is
illustrated the utter failure of the
McKinleymaniacs.
Bostons dealers in tin plate, without
regard to party, recognize the existing
evil in their trade, and recognize its
cause: but one man could be found to
defend the Mckinley folly. Mr.. Lewis
appears to be man of very eccentric
views on many subjects: and his opin-
ion may fairly be ranked as the excep-
ton which proves the rule.
when I feel protection affecting
my pockets am incliLed to talk facts, -
says Mr.. L. Pickett, who is at the head
of very large fsh-canning esta blish-
ment- 81 am repub iican in politics,
but think the Mckinley bill an out
rage"
Declarations quite as vigorous and to
the point came from others engaged in
this important business, and be it re-
membered that these men are experts.
They speak as having authority. No
ultra protection doctrinaire can argue
them out of the fact that McKinleyism
means higher prices to them, and as an
inevitable consequence higher prices
| to the consumer.
The head of every household must
help to bear the burden of the increase
in the price of tin plate. Ultimately.
| indeed, the consumer must pay for all
| the folly embodied in the Mckinley
| bill. But the tin-plate duty will be
brought home to him constantly. The
added cost of hundred necessaries
| will serve as a Kind of continual and ir-
| resistibly convincing object lesson OF
the beauties of latter-day republican
| ism.
Protection to American industries, .
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THE FRESH AIR FUND.

Some Account of What Is Being Done fer
the City Poor During the Heated Sea-
SON What VIII You Do to Help Them:
Especial Chicago Correspondence
Almost every big city nowadays has
q fresh-air fund. generally conducted
under the auspices of some daily
newspaper. In 1887 the Chicago Daily
News started its fresh-air fund and
has met with the greatest success with
it. The work of the fund consists of
two branches, the Lincoln Park sani-
tarium and the Country Week"
The Lincoln Park sanitarium is situ-
ated on the lake shore at the foot of
Fullerton avenue, in Lincoln park, the
structure resting on a platform ninety
feet wide and projecting into the lake
over two hundred feet Under the
broad roof with its overhanging caves
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Copyright 1891. by A. NJ Kellogg Newspaper Co.

CHAPTER Xv-CoNTINUED.
s'That reminds me-" began Ropes, "of
a man in the Thirty-ninth Ohio, who"
But the anecdote was interrupted by
the approach Of a corporal who an
nounced that citizen wished to see
Captain Gregory at once on important
business.
''Show him in,' Jack cried, without
hesitation.
He recognized at once in the fat little
man before him German shoemaker
living near, who had soled a pair Of
shoes for him.
''Wen, Hartmann, what is it?''
'I hat to mage reborts of one of your
men, who vas shtole a tog vrom me, sir. :"
"a dog! You don't mean to say that
NANCY Newfoundland cur saw in your
store, with back as bald as billiard
ball?''
''Yah, but he vos one very nice tog