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BURIAL OF A TRAPPIsr.
Solemn Ceremonies Over the Grave Of
Ono OF tho Order.

bOlemn CeIemOulcb ONeE tno OIhNo u
One OF tho Order.
Rev. Father Medard Of the Trappist
order at Okla died on Wednesday last,
and was buried yesterday, says a Mon
tana dispatch. Father Medard's fam
lily name was Placlde Martin, and he
was a native Of the parish of st. Alexis,
County Of Montcalm. He studied IN
the Toilette college, and after his clas-
steal course entered the novltiate Of the
0blates at Lachine. Having left that
institution, he entered the Trappist
monastery in 1891 and pronounced his
vows In March, 1898.
The burial of a Trappist Is a peculiar
and solemn ceremony. Immediately
after monk is dead the body, dressed
in the monastic robe, Is stretched on
simple board, the head covered with
the cowl, and then taken to the monas-
terry chapel. There the body remains
until the day of interment, four yell
low wax candles burning all the time,
and all the monks in turn reciting the
prayers Of the liturgy, night and day.
On the day Of burial the prayers for
the dead and requiem mass are
chanted, after which all the monks
form in procession to follow their
brother to his last resting place. Dur
ing the funeral procession psalms are
chanted in the mournful tone peculiar
to the Trappist order. When the ceme-
terry is reached more prayers are re-
cited, and then the body is lowered in
to the grave, not in coffin, but sim
ply dressed in the monastic robe worn
during life A monk then goes down
into the grave to cover his dead
brothers. face with the cowl, after
which the officiating priest slowly
throws a shovelful of earth over the
body. Two other monks do the same,
and then the grave is filled up in the
ordinary way. After the burial the
procession returns to the chapel in the
same order.
The Trappist cemetery is always
placed in the interior yard Of the mon
astery so that the dead may always
be in view of the living, and as soon as
one monk Is buried another grave next
to the one just filled is partially dug
up, that each may see the place where
he may possibly be before long.
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SHOOTING THE DANGEROUS RAPIDS

the dollar, and then we'd take a trip
around the world, but they're so small
they wouldn't accept it. Then offered
'em 80 cents and arranged for trip to
Europe, but they wouldn't take that"
"Then what can we do, John?"
"Well, I've made up my mind to Of
fer them so cents tomorrow, and If
they take that We'll try Narragansett
Pier or Bar Harbor for a month"
''Do you think they will accept it?"
81 don't know. When men get so
mean and small that they'll hold poor
unfortunate man for more than 20
cents on the dollar when he has all his
plans made for a tour of the world, you
can't tell what they'll do. These fell
lows are so grinding mean that don't
believe they'd care if they made me pay
100 cents on the dollar and beat me out
of my vacation entirely. There are
some awfully annoying and perverse
men in this world"
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mourned, II they niourned at all, within
their cavern retreat in the mountains.
After Jack Cooley's death the band
Of outlaws seemed to become much
more reckless and careless. They
would often come into Fairchance in
the daytime, always in groups Of four
or five and heavily armed. There were
never officers enough on hand when
they thus appeared to arrest them, and
they returned to the mountains unmo-
Tested. They became so bold and dar-
ing 40 to rob one or two stores In broad
daylight. Soon after this the Mollie
Ross affair happened, and then the
sheriff Of Fayette county renewed his
determination to capture these desper-
ADDE'S, dead or alive.
The Mollie Ross affair was a piece Of
cruelty the gang resorted to in order to
extort money from an old maid Go years
Of age, who lived by herself on the road
two miles from Fairchance. They went
to her house at night and demanded her
money. She said she possessed but IS
cents, which she gave them. They be-
lleved she had a larger sum in the
house, so proceeded to tie her to a
chair and build a fire under her bare
feet. They poured kerosene over her
feet and burned her so terribly that
the flesh literally dropped from the
bones. They left her in this condition
until neighbors found her, half dead,
in the morning. She has never recov-
cred the use Of her feet since the awful
treatment she received at the hands Of
this merclless set of rufllans.
Soon after this one OF the members
Of the gang ventured into Uniontown
one evening, and was recognized by an
officer and was promptly and easily ar
rested. He was very much frightened
by the prospect of severe punishment
and long term in prison, and offered
to take the officers to the rendezvous
Of the outlaws provided his sentence
would be made light. The proposition
was accepted, and this traitor, whose
name was "TeG" Carl, led q score Of
special officers into the mountain path
way that led to the hiding place Of his
comrades, The band was taken by
surprise, but with rifles always in easy
reach they were prepared to make it
hot for the officers. AS the sheriff's
men approached the hiding-place they
were greeted by fusllade Of shotS
from the brush. They answered with a
volley from their own rifles, and the
fight was on. Over a hundred shots
were exchanged, and there were
wounded men on both sides.
One or two Of the Officers we're seri-
ously wounded and Frank Cooley, the
recognized leader of the outlaws, fell
dead with bullet in his right breast.
The officers had completely surrounded
the gang and after the death Of their
leader it was an easy matter to capture
them. They were taken TO Uniontown
and safely lodged in Jail. A special
trial was given them, which was short.
Long sentences were imposed upon
nearly all of the band. They are all
serving out their sentences now, except
Bill Turner, whose term expired in
1898. 1t seemed to be hard to procure
sufficient evidence against Turner and
his sentence was only two years. The
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rents Of the river moved, and they
flowed more swiftly as they retreated
from the shore. 1t was believed that
any one who should venture so far from
the land as to lose control Of his boat
and be thrown on the mercy Of one Of
these currents would surely be carried
on faster and faster, to the edge OF the
precipice and meet a miserable death
by being dashed down through inter
depths. 1t is perhaps need
less to say that the perfect credulity
with which this story was received by
the untutored ancients caused them to
be very cautious mariners. They sell
dom went out of sight Of land, and then
only by accident.
The simple Indian tribes that dwelt
along the walls Zone cannot say
shores) Of the Colorado River, had a
somewhat similar superstition regard
ing the vast gorges and canyons
through which the river winds its way
To them this extraordinary work OF ma
ture was entirely too marvellous to ad-
nit Of a natural explanation. And so
In accordance with a line Of reasoning
which is generally observed all the
world over by savage minds, they i'm
mediately set to work to account FOL
the canyons on supernatural grounds
Among the different tribes differen
traditions prevail, but they are al
agreed in one respect-that any on,
who had any concern whatever for hi
mortal welfare would be acting wisel,
to stay away from the Colorado River
The poor Indian who should ventur
down that awful precipice, 1000, 200
and often 5000 feet in height, and EN-
bark on the fierce, gurgling torrent
whose roar could be heard even a
those great depths, would better tirs
make his peace with the Great Father
His friends would never see him agail
The river never ran backward, an
once down in that narrow crevice, be
tween sheer, smooth walls half q mil
high, there was no possibility OF es
cape.
And it was disobedience to the god
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release Of Turner from the state penG"
Tertiary is the beginning Of the career
Of the prisoners soon to be tried in this
town. It seems that Turner came back
to Fayette county as soon as he was re-
leased. He was not home very long IN
til he had organized another band OK
robbers, of which he was made the
chief. About this time robberies began
to be committed in the neighborhooU
of Dunbar. The Turner band soon be-
came as notorious as the Cooley band
had been. The robbing Of stores, prl-
vate houses, granaries and meat houses
became common again in Fayette and
the people had to appeal to the sheriff
for protection. Several attempts were
made by the sheriff and his deputies to
locate Turner, but without avail. He
had secured a safe hiding place in the
mountains.
This state Of affairs continued up un-
til the list of April of this year. About
that time the band went to Dunbar,
burglarized jewelry store and secured
about $500 worth of valuables. The
people had put up with these crimes
so long that they decided to organize q
posse Of private individuals, without Of
fetal authority, and follow the Turner
band to their retreat. The posse was
organized the day after the looting OF
the Dunbar jewelry store and the trail
of the robbers was not hard to find.
They located the band in an old tumble
down furnace, within the heart OF the
mountain forest. The posse surrounded
the place and opened fire. The
rocks above and not from the
fire. was returned from the
old furnace as they supposed, for the
outlaws had seen the posse in time to
escape to the rocks.
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omuel, makes an interesting story. 1t
Is necessary to refer to the famous
Cooley gang" who from 1887 to 1891
terrorized the people Of Fayette coun-
ty, Pa, and the northern part Of Pres
ton county, w. Va, by their deeds OF
lawlessness and cruelty. The history
Of their depredations would fill many
pages. Much of it was published in the
newspapers at the time of their capture.
They were a cunning, bold and vicious
set of robbers and plunderers who did
not hesitate to add the crimes Of cruel
torture to their list of depredations and
murder if necessary. They were al
ways heavily armed with Winchester
repeating rifles, and would shoot when
in close quarters.
There were about twelve members
of the gang and their recognized lead
ers were three in number, Frank and
Jack Cooley and Bill Turner being the
leaders. The band lived in the noun
tains for four years in caves and little
huts, built at the bottom of deep ra-
vines. They kept their hiding places
stocked with provisions at all times,
and it was impossible for officers or
any one not acquainted with the secret
mountain paths to find the way into
the dens Of these mountain outlaws.
Thus they lived in perfect safety, only
appearing in the world when on mis-
sion of plundering and thieving.
In the summer Of 1891 Jack Cooley
was shot by a trap-gun, fixed in the
door Of a milkhouse by a farmer who
had suspected some one of pilfering
his provisions. The boys were return
ing from trip to Smithfeld, stopped at
the farmers milkhouse for refresh
ments, and Jack Cooley, who led the
way, received the deadly load Of buck
shot from the trap-gun. His comrades
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-26
LOST FOR AGES.
Discovery of Buried City in Turkestan
by Party of Prussians,
ing ears,

Discovery of Buried City in Turkestan
by Party of Prussians.
In Turkestan, on the right bank of
the Amou Diara, in chain Of rocky
hills, near the Bokharan town of Karki,
are a number of large caves which,
upon examination, were found to lead
to an underground city, built appar-
emily long before the Christian era.
According to effigies, inscriptions and
designs upon the gold and silver money
unearthed from among the ruins the
existence of the town dates back to
some two centuries before the birth Of
Christ. The underground Bokharan
city Is about two versts long and is
composed Of an enormous labyrinth Of
corridors, streets and squares, sur
rounded by houses and other buildings
two or three stories high. The edifices
contain all kinds of domestic utensils,
pots, urns, vases and so forth. In some
Of the streets falls of earth and rock
have INSTRUCTED the passages, but gen
orally the visitor can walk about freely
without lowering his head. The high
degree of civilization attained by the
inhabitants of the city is shown by the
fact that they built in several stories,
by the symmetry of the streets and
square, and by he beauty of the clay
and metal utensils and of the orna-
ments and coins.
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&C. El.s.5F5s:lll

first time that such trip was ever
made, Few white men, in fact, have
ever dared to brave the rapids, shoals
and eddies of the treacherous Colorado
even when provided with stanch boats
and all possible conveniences. Major
Powell, when making a United States
survey Of the canyon in 1869, went down
through the canyons from Green River
to Grand Wash. He was accompanied
by several other able-bodied men, and
furnished with boats built especially
for the purpose. Although the party
emerged from the canyon eventually
in safety, they several times narrowly
escaped destruction by being dashed to
pieces on the rocks or overwhelmed In
the rapids.
The Rev. Mr.. Utter began his trip at
point some distance below that at
which the Powell expedition abandoned
the canyons. He came out at place
called the Needles, two hundred and
fifty miles further south, on the border
between Arizona and California.
The Colorado River is formed by the
junction Of the Grand and the Green
rivers, in the southwestern part Of
Utah. The Green River is larger than
the Grand, and is the upper continue
tion Of the Colorado. Including this
river the whole length of the stream Is
about two thousand miles The region
drained by the Colorado and its tribu-
taries is about eight hundred miles in
length, and varies from three hundred
to five hundred miles in width, making
an area of about three hundred thou
sand square miles, which is larger
than all the New England and Middle
States, with Maryland and Virginia
added. The river enters Arizona at a
point on its northern border about
twenty miles east of the middle. Near
ly all Of the remainder Of the course
lies through the remarkable canyons
which have made the Colorado a very
wide and very swift river 1t is eX-
tended outward until it suddenly came
to an end. There was no opposite
shore, the river simply ended by fall
ing over the verge Of tremendous
abyss. Towards this abyss the cur
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to enter the canyon. Years ago there
was great ayN wise chief who
mourned the death of his wife, and
would not be comforted until Ia
vwoats, one of the Indian gods, came
to him and told him she was in a hap
pier land, and offered to take him there
II upon his return he would cease to
mourn. The great chief promised. Then
Ta-vwoats made trail through the
mountains that intervene between that
beautiful land, the balmy, fowery,
understanding region Of the West
California;, and this, the desert home
Of the poor Indian (Arizona).
This trail, Of course, was the canyon
gorge Of the Colorado. Through it he
led him, and when they returned the
deity exacted from the chief a promise
that he would tell no one Of the joys of
that land, lest, through discomfort with
the circumstances Of this world, they
should desire to go to heaven.
Then he rolled a river into the gorge
a mad, raging stream that should en-
gulf any who might attempt to enter
thereby.
This story is valuable to history as
containing the first mention Of pass
age Of the Colorado canyons. There
were other stories told among the
whites, Of parties entering the gorge in
boats and being carried down with fear
full velocity into whirlpools, where all
were overwhelmed in this abyss Of
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waters; Of underground passages for
the great river, into which boats had
passed never to be seen again. 1t was
currently believed that the river was
lost under the rocks for several hun
bred miles. There were other accounts
of great falls whose roaring music could
be heard on the distant mountain sum-
mits, and of parties wandering on the
brink of the canyon, vainly endeavoring
to reach the water below, and perishing
with thirst at last in sight Of the river
which was roaring its mockery into dy'
ing ears.
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carried him away, but trail OF blood
showed the result of the shot. Jack
was one Of the youngest members Of the
gang, but was as desperate and as dar-
ing as his brother Frank. His dead
body was left at his fathers house, in
Fairchance, that night, and when the
officers heard of Jack Cooley's death,
and that his corpse was lying at the
home of his old father in Fairchance,
thew could hardly believe it. The Off
GERS verified the report by going to see
for themselves. Jacks funeral was at
tended by thousands, and the officers
were there in large numbers, hoping
that Jacks brothers would attempt to
attend the funeral in disguise. The
Srothers took no risk IT tA>N SORT and
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Few things are more ludicrous than
bogus dignity.
AS we grow old we become more fool
ish and more wise.-Rochefoucauld.
Petticoat rule has come to be mean
ingless phrase nowadays.-New York
Evening Sun.
The devil loves the man who takes
better care of his mule than he does OF
his wife.-Ram's Horn.
If it hadn't been for the hot winds
Iowa might have had corn to burn this
fall.-Philadelphia Record.
1t is to be noticed that the foreign
policy has net unrolled its pants by
reason of the accession Of olney.-pe-
troit Tribune.
The latest rzust unearthed is the
trust which the President expects the
people to place in ,him.-New York
Mail and Express.
A Wisconsin couple have been di'
vorced on a train of cars. This Is get"
ting to be a rapid world, my TSs'ers.|
Boston Transcript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-26

When the papas and mammas get
back home from spending their gold
and enjoying(?) the discomforts Of
European travel some Of their boys and
girls who have been studying geogra-
ply should open quiz classes and see
whether papa and mamma know half
as much about the beautiful and grand
scenery in their own country as they
do of Europe. The lakes of Killarney
do not surpass in beauty the lakes Of
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Swiss
mountains are nowhere grander than
those seen in Colorado, California,
Idaho, or Washington. There are no
wonders in all Europe to compare wits
the Yellowstone Park. Yet not one in
fifty Of European tourists from Amer
lea ever saw the great west.
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costing the life of the brave sheriff OF
this county, but 1t rids the states OF
West Virginia and Pennsylvania OF a
dangerous band Of horse thieves and
robbers who have terrorized the law
abiding people of certain sections of the
states for several years.
The names Of these prisoners who
will be put on trial here are Bud"
Smiley, Bill" Smiley, "Archy" Pat
terson and Hank" Harvey, each
charged with the shooting Of Sheriff
Leroy Shaw. The way these despera-
does came to be prisoners Of West Vir-
ginia, upon the charge Of shooting an
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From the nature Of the case the En-
gllsh market for wheat, or corn, as
they call it on that side of the Atlantic,
is a bear market. At the very most
the tight little island raises only
small part Of the breadstuffs required
to feed the people who swarm about its
hives Of industry, A few days ago a
London dispatch set forth that there
was a glut Of grain coming from diff
ferent parts Of the world. One would
suppose from the representation made
that our farmers ought to be thankful
If they got half price for their wheat.
Since then there has fallen under OBJ
servation the estimate made by the
Russian minister Of finance of this
years wheat crop. His figures are
these:
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Wyoming is in the front as the para
disc of the fin de steele girl. The
daughter Of the governor Of the state
Is his private secretary, and when he
is away she is to all practical purposes
his representative and fulflls the du-
ties Of his office. And she is only 10
years old. 1t takes a rather bright girl
to run state, even one where woman
suffrage has been in force for twenty"
five years. Now, when she marrles-
but that opens up too wide field for
speculation, and, besides, it is his look
out.
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People who drive horses should be
taught by law, If in no other way, that
bicycle riders have rights even If the
drivers of horses do not like the wheel.
The Brooklyn papers tell of case Of
two men who deliberately turned out
Of their course, whipped up their horse,
and ran down a woman on her bicycle.
Such things are perhaps not common,
but when found should be punished.
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GRINDING CREDITORS.
They Were Mean and porverso Enough

They Were Mean and Perverse Enough
to Spoil the Honest Mans Plans.
eve can't go to Europe this year"
said the progressive business man, de-
cidedly.
"But, John"
"It's no use to argue" he interrupted
"You wanted to go and 1 did my best,
but my scoundrelly creditors won't let
me. They're the most unaccommo-
dating lot ever had dealings with"
"They-they won't have you arrested,
will they?" she asked, anxiously.
Arrested he exclaimed. "Well, l
should say not. But they're mean and
petty. Why, Maria, when failed fig
ured that 1 could pay them 20 cents on
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DOWN THE CANYONS.
THROUGH THE ooRoES OF THE
COLORADO.
Made by n Clergyman and His Son
Exciting Experiences in tho Rapids
and Eddles-Flrst White Person to
Perform tho Foat.

HE Rev. David
Utter, Of Salt Lake
City, accompanied
by his 13-year-
old son, last month
accomplished the
remarkable feat Of
floating down one
Of the most dan
gerous parts Of the
Colorado Canyon
on a raft, 1t Is the
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A paper declares that "Mr. Johnson,
a farmer of our village, on returning to
his house the other day, found in his
ground-hoor bedroom, the door OF
which had been left open, a COW, prob
ably astray." The conjecture expressed
In the last two words may be set down
as, on the whole, fair one.
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Miss Stella Dunlap, member OF
wealthy Peoria family, and Prof. Henry
Albion Molohon, Of the deaf and dumb
institute at Jacksonville, both deaf
mutes, were married the other day.
Was a case Of mutual affection.
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Already the woman's board Of the
Atlanta Exposition has got a row
started. This shows that the Atlanta
Exposition is a real exposition, and no
make believe. The row on the woman's
board is a good test of genuineness.
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Woman's temper has always been
spectacular, but there are possibilities
never dreamed Of when the new woman
discovers that the hired girl has worn
her boomers out.
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FOUR WICKED MEN.
A HARD LOT AND GUILTY OF
MANY CRIMES.
Members Of the Cooley Gang--Tho
Crimes That There Young Despera-
does Have to Answer For Arc Many
VIII BE Tried Soon.
GSingwood, W. Va, correspondence.)

~ u lew udyS VIII
begin the trial of
the four Pennsyl-
vanla outlaws, who
have been confined
In the county jail
at this place since
their capture on the
18th day of last
April. The cap
ture of these GRIM
inals came near