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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29
WHO CAN TELL7

Does capital punishment stay crime!
This old question comes up again In
connection with the recent death Of
Judge Parker Of Fort Smith. His ca
reer on the bench does not answer the
question afirmatively.
In 1875 this judge began his work,
succeeding a judge who had been re-
moved for bribery, for whom the Grim
inal classes of tine wild Indian Terri
tory had no dread He started in with
a vigor he never relaxed. There were
eighteen criminal cases on his frst
docket. From this came thirteen con-
victions. and from that time on the SEN
tences o1 death and long Imprisonment
followed on ceaselessly. The judge
worked tirelessly, holding court i'll a
way which has become a tradition in
Fort Smith ''from $50 o'clock in the
morning until dark"
And during his reign there were en-
tered upon his docket nearly 14,O0O
criminal cases. from which there were
9GOO convictions. There were 34S per-
sons tried for capital offenses and Of
these 152 were convicted. OF this last
number eighty-nine have paid the death
penalty upon the gallows, four died in
Jail before the fatal day, two were par
doned. one was shot while attempting
to escape on the morning Of the day on
which he was to have been hanged.
Sentences Of the others were commuted
to various terms Of Imprisonment.
Among the number Of those upon
whom the death penalty has been in
flicted are: John Childers, Edmund
Campbell, David Evans. John Whiting
ton. Edmund Campbell, James Moore.
Smoker Mankeller, Sam Foy, Aaron
Wilson, Isom Seeley. Gibson Ishtonbee,
Office MCGEE, Otey Sanders, William
Leach. John Nalley. Sinker Wilson, Sam
Peters, John Postoak, James Diggs,
William Elliott. Henry Stewart, George
W. Padgett, William Brown, Patrick
MCGOWAN, Amos Manley, Edward Fol-
som, Robert Massey. William II. Finch.
Tualisto, Martin Joseph, Thomas l..
Thompson, John Davis. Jack Woman
killer. James Arcene. William Pavcho-
neal. Joseph Jackson. James Wasson,
Calvin James. Kit Ross. Lincoln Sprole,
James Lamb, Albert O'Dell. John L.
Tchols. Patrick McCarty, John Stevens,
Silas Hampton. Searborn Kelijah. Geo.
Moss, Jack Crow. Owen .. Hill, Gus
Boyle. Richard Smith. Henry W. Mil
Ter, James Mills. Malachi Allen. William
Walker. Jack Spanisrd, George Tcbler,
Harris Austin. John Billy. Thomas VII
lis. Sam Coins, Iim,nisOn Burris. JEFF
ferson Jones, John Stansberry, Bood
Crumpton- Shepard Busby. John Point
er, Lewis Holder. Cherokee Bill. John
Pierce, George Pierce, Webber Isaacs.
Rufus Buck. Louie Davis, Lucky Davis.
Naomi July and Sam Sampson
Ii was not until about -sven years ago
that these criminals, convicted of cspi-
tai offenses. were given the right Of ap-
peal. and in accordance with his idea
that technicalities should he thrust aside
in the event that they should tend 10
impede the wheels OF justice. Judge
Parker rarely If ever granted new trial
His was court OF last resort and IL be-
came feared by the Iawless element.
When. therefore, serious charges were
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29
THE BATH TUB SHALL REMAIN

A great load has been taken off Kan
Sas' mind by the announcement that
Governor Leedy has reconsidered his
original intention of yanking out of the
executive chambers of the state capital
the fine bath tub which has been placed
there.
Before the election II was commonly
understood that upon entering the Office
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

| be candidate for governor In 1873 II ne nae
the chance.
| Ieedy will begin next month TO point out
the reasons to the people why he should De
| a one-terIn man.
| The cnIy man who Is today actually
| candidate for the sovernorship in Lass Is
| Farmer Funston
| Bent Murdock says with two leads rnixes
\ M in the idea that Kansas doesn't ract
sympathy or deserve abuse"
| Your Uncle Riddle OF Minneapolis was
quietly shown the Republican poH before
| the election and bet OF f. he Is now In
rebellion.
| John p. st. John has written letter 20
| the editor OF the Arkansas City Traveller
thanking him for his kindly sentiments 20
his dead son.
| The weIls-Fargo company In the Wieh-
TIA division gave its employees each a u
key. One hundred Butter county BIRDS were
doled out Thanksgiving Day.
Nate Barnes Of Kansas city should ter
| TIE crowd what he wants. lie vent TO Sc
Ne6.nlev and "a nov travelling about the
i state visiting al t0s ieiioNS-
! Tha I,savenzo,tl u, Tines is today better
Republican paper than It has besn for
years. sIr. Daniel Anthony is enjoying a
CAIN that re has never fslt before.
A Young man az Burden sri.5 Ire scheme
Of SEEING how aesr re could drop a sharp
knife 70 his toes and not s1eh- Ths result
| Is that ne 4. carrying his foot around Z
sing
| II l. strongly sus3eeted iha; th- Herr
EicAier now running sor The reiehs;zg IA
! Germany used 20 I've IL Morris county.
Kansas Al any rate. tast f. H<TFsJ f.es'-
Ins's guess IA ths K2asss CRY Journal
The-s Is a Eco1 d-zi mar. responsibility
/ n rsinz p-fsste secretary 70 L~~1y fn.n
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Those fellows who are after federal
appointments would like 10 know if the
newspapers think they believe all that
trash about the president having lost all
bis patronage through civil service.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

1t develops that Mckinley ran ahead
Of Morrill, in Kansas, but it should be
said for Morrill, that Mckinley never
tried 10 rock Leavenworth and Wichita
asleep in different cradles.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Weyler may conclude TO do a little
6sbting even before Christmas if the
thought should come to him that per-
aaps the insurgents are planning to slip
nto Havana and down the chimney
With Santa Claus.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Mr.. Lewelling should not be too hard
on Governor Leedy if the latter fails to
give Wichita a railroad commissioner
Governor Lewelling once overlooked it
himself.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Hang up the baby'S stockings, be sure
you don't forget. and then put the pres
ents ali on chair just under il. A man
who can get ali the gifts for baby into
its stocking should be ashamed of him
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Weyler occupied the town of Cacara-
jacara without difficulty. This brings
to mind the thought that if the man who
named the town had been educated a
little mere he would have discovered
otiler yOwels
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

'.Skate out there On the thin ice. little
boy" said the man on the edge of Kau
sas pend, 'and see if it will hold you. .
A cry of horror arose from the crowd.
The man who had spoken was the only
undertaken in the place.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Civil service is a wonderful thing. but
L doesn't always work, particularly
when a rank Democrat tries to hold ON
20 an Office too hard under a Republi-
can administration.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE

o-s a, the beiIes os r Dorzao is repsts4
70 rlezn he sal. cellar Si,s azirpsn-
wm whf,e's -"Tne Eszi Issse'' ss eosaa n
v..,ox. p.d re Cks-4so pabzsa-rs 80 i
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Before Breidenthsf gets through he
will discover mat there is more sky
rockets behind that child-like, bland
manner of Pet er's than he ever dream
nd of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

As Senator PETER lies in bed these
mornings and strokes the ends of his
beard with his toes, he wonders il. in all
The long speeches ne has made. he ever
hold the Kansas people ne only wanted
pne term.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

There are indications that after cary
Ing his turkey Mr.. Lewelling wiped off
the carver, slipped it up his sleeve and
started out to find Governor-elect Leedy
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Major Mckinley and wife we're enter
tanned 10 dinner Thanksgiving by a
Canton lady whose name did not get in
the papers-think of it-whose name did
not get into the papers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

At midnight the sheriff could no long
er Withstand the mob and surrendered
the man who had remarked that discre-
ton is the better part of Weyler.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Maine is a very small state, but the
chances are that Dingley, Boutelle and
Tom Reed will be able to reside there
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Weyler will not fight until after Christ
mas. If Mr.. War comes around Ha-
yana with his wrinkled front, Weyler
will iron him out smooth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

II the Cubans ever do set up a govern
merit, Weyler in revenge should take the
field as brigand and defy The govern
ment to find him. 1t couldn't.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Thomas Bracket Reed doesn't want
to throw down the gauntlet to William
Mckinley if he doesn't want to lose MS
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Answer to correspondent: Confidence
is returning. The big iron mit at Tive
dee, Stevens county, Kansas, mas not
started up. There is no such mill there"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

1t is reported that in dining Bayard
bn Thanksgiving the queen was most
gracious, kindly omitting any reference
whatever to America.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

That English libel suit wherein it az
pears that a young man wrote love let
iers to his mother-in-law is another in
stance Of the increasing effemiuacy Of
the EngliShman
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

The French viii do well to stop abus-
ing Madagascars queen or Uonn Waller
will go down there and swat somebody
In the eye. Mckinley has been elected.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Geronimo. the secretary Of war reas-
suringly reports. is leading a pastoral
life down in oklahoma, attacking moth
Ing heavier than the government beef
SfpaEc
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

"You say you are going to work" said
the Nebraska woman to the tramp; but
wben?" "WhenT' echoed the tramp;
"why. in 1900, of course"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Thousands of Kansans now writing
to Mckinley and thanking him IN ad-
vance are going to be panied later.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

That mine which Weyler walked into
was either a magnificent engineering
feat ora marvellous bit Of imaginative
writing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

AS a senatorial possibility Dennison
has the advantage of thinking more
than PETER and talking less than Brei-
iienthal.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

While Edison is working hard to make
she blind see. no one offers to make the
deaf hear and thus do Edison a service.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

Mr.. Hanna says that fully 10000
Dhioans will attend the Inauguration.
But up to date only one Ohioan is sure
of a Job.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29
Daily Easle
NJ Nj. MURDOCH, Editor.

Indoor football has proved success.
Before the century is out we may De
having indoor tiger hunts.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-29

As the governors Office has bath-tub
Governor Leedy will add a side-board,
and get wet inside and out.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
Strand Items.

Reimert Syverson who is attending
the Watertown school is home during
vacation.
Christ Thompson left for Watertown
last week to attend the Winslow Bust
ness College.
Mrs. Goddard of Neb. a sister OF Mrs.
w. III. Jones is here visiting her numer-
GUS relatives and friends.
Mrs. Hermanson who isin WATERFOWL
being treated for a tumor is reported
some better, yet her case is still very
serious.
Mrs. Bond drove the two school ma'ams
Gertie q. and Marymack, up TO Webster
to attend the theater on Friday last.
We haven't hear any thing about the
time.
Miss Pothea Peterson closed a success
full term OF school in the Palmer district
last week. Miss Peterson is acknow-
lodged as one of the very best teachers
In the county.
Paul Thompson says the boys can all
go to Watertown that see fit, but he
thinks thai the .Grangers' are all right.
He think a change in the name might be
very agreeable TO some of the young
farmers.
1t is acknowledged by all that sBilr'
Jones is the cranklest man in the town
ship. Not that he was reelected or be-
cause his wife lately presented him with
his seventh daughter, but because he
has a quarter section of fax to thrash,
and poorly stacked too. Bill knew that
this state was going pop, but didn't
know that winter was going to set in IN
October.
Mrs. Jones OF Portland, Oregon is
visiting her son Frank. When asked
how times were on the coast, she said,
"they have been awful duh, but are
picking up since elect on" Frank says,
"gol, / dasn't dispute mother
" W "
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
The Kelley Wall.
Mllbank ~Herald.Advance.

Milbank Her~ald-Advance.
When the state canvassing board
adjourned and sent after correct re-
turns from the Black Hills counties
that had failed to perfect their re-
turns, the pops raised a great howl
that the republicans were about to
steal the state. The decision of the
supreme court is hal the action oil
the state board was proper and legal.
Your average populist would be a
poor miserable creature indeed if he
was not all the time under the GER
tainty that he was about to be robbed
and beaten and left for dead. 1t is
. great disappointment to him not to
have an Reuse for moaning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
ALPINE ~HeRDSWOMEN.
They Wore Trousers Before Bloomers
Were Heard OF.


They Wore Trousers Before Boomers
Were Heard OF.
Long before the days of boomers
women on the higher level of the Alps
wore trousers, and no n thought any
thing about it. The Alpine women wear
the bifurcate6 garment for utility and
not for beauty, as one may judge if he
or she has seen one of these girls. Come
illness and the Alpine herdswomen are
far apart, but the style of the garments
they wear and the hard life that is theirs
are at the root of The trouble.
These women have little of the grace
and agility seen in the maidens Of Nor
way. They will leap across ohasms with
nonchalance, but there is nothing wild
and free about their movements. While
she is talking to you the Alpine herds
woman is quite apt to thrust out an un-
calmly leg, plant a heavy boot on the
neck Of a goat and stand thus while she
%converses.
With the exception Of the blacks who
endure a life of hunger in the interior
Of Africa there is hardly any one in the
world who fares so badly as the herds
men and women of Switzerland. They
cannot affort to eat the berries they find
on the mountain side, aud they cannot
afford to drink the milk supplied by
their hocks. Their fare is meat that has
been dried, salted and turned into un-
savory leather, rye bread that is like
~blackened cinders and cabbage stalks in
pickle, that contain about as much nutri-
ment as a walking stick. Hungry as the
herdswoman may be On her return home,
she must eat but sparingly Of these
dainties, for fear they s~houldeome to an
end before another trip to the valley can
be made.
These women breakfast at Q in the
morning and Zen answer the response
of the cattle lowing at the door of the
chalet, begging to be attended to and
driven up TO some favorite Alp. They
eat again some IL or IA hours later,
when the weary tramp back TO the
chalet is about to begin. Between times,
with sickles, they reap the long, coarse
Alpine grasses, which are to serve AS
food for the cattle during the winter.
This grass is bound into bundles as
large as the women themselves and car
ried on their backs down to the home
steads. The winter tirewood is brought
the same way. The chalet. the home Of
n of these women, is the most pictur-
esque of any peasants dwelling place,
but inside it is not desirable. IL is usu-
ally perched on the crags of the Ober-
land aud is dark, for the windows are
constructed not so much to admit light
as to keep ont the heavy SHOWS Of the
winter. In one corner is a low, broad
platform with sacks of hay and a cou-
pie of blankets upon it. the less luxuri-
GUS dispense with the blankets and the
h~erdswoman usually goes TO rest in the
same attire she wore during the day. In
the autumn, when the cattle are driven
down for the last time, a dance is given
by the herdsmen and the women, and ON
these occasions the girls exchange their
trousers for the usual skirt. Kansas
City Times
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
Pops Wouldn't Steal Oh! No!

Conklins Dakotan.
Candidates for the Legislature in
Sphinx county on the populist ticket,
beaten by seventy majority, are con-
testing the election. Dowdell, in
Sanborn county, is contesting his re-
publican opponent; the populist can
didates in a dozen other counties are
doing the same thing, and all with
out a shadow Of foundation for such
action. They have a majority of the
members elect, and evidently the
contestants expect to be voted in
right or wrong; the populists did
that kind work six years ago much
to their disgrace and to the subse-
quent injury of their party; honest
men in the populist party will not
endorse stealing of Offices, any more
than they would stealing of horses,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24

A Dispatch from Washington
brings news that has been known in
the state for some time-that Major
Picker has by no means abandoned
his fight for a sea in the United
States senate, bat on the contrary
has high hopes Of being elected by
a combination of Republicans and
free silverites. So far 50 good. but
the question naturally arises, in view
of his recent financial u~tterances and
the declarations of the party at St.
Louis, why does the major expect to
be SO much more satisfactory to the
free silverites than any other re-
Observation-Disclosures News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
South Dakota's Vote.

1t is a strange fact, but neverths-
less true that South Dakota cast
82,024 votes at the last election
mor votes than were cast in Dele
ware or Florida, or Idaho, or Miss
issippi, or Montana, or North Dakota,
or Nevada, or New Hampshire, or
Rhode Island, or South Carolina, or
Utah, OF Vermont, or Wyoming.
And while South Dakota did so she
had one half the representation in
the electoral college possessed by
Florida, Mississippi, or South Car
oiina. This is neither fair or just.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
Railroad Needed.
Parkston Advance.


The gold output for the Black
Hills for 1896 amounts to over &c.
100000, an increase of over one
million over last year. Very little
of this vast amount of money is left
in this part of the state, but nearly
all goes to other states, where the
supplies for that country are secured.
A railroad is needed and needed
badly, to connect this part of the
state with the Hills in order that the
people may reap some of the benefit
of this vast amonn Of money
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
We Editor Apologies.
Redfeld Press.

hcuHelu TtSS.
Our old friend Arthur Lawrence
seems to object to our calling him
an honorable and upright man. Now,
Arthur, we meant every word we
said for honest truth. Ordinarily
we would make no apology for our
Ian guage. We called him an "hon-
orable man." and he says Il feel it
obligatory to correct these false i'm
pressions," and "the editors owe an
apology for misrepresenting me-"
Nov, Arthur, you know better than
we do and under the circumstances
we beg your pardon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24

No tariff bill will be passed. at this
session of congress. This was settled
by the declarations of Senator Cor.
man, representing the Democrats
and Senator Teller, the free silver
faction. The democrats oppose it as
a matter OF party principle, but it is
the old story with the fr~eesilverites
mo free silver, no tariff. The
fact that the revenue derived from
the present tariff law is Inadequate
to pay the expenses of tho Cover n
ment does not deter the obstruct ion
lists from carrying out their famous
threat. Senator Sherman, in tn.
course Of debate, denounced as Al.
most a crime the failure to provide
against the increasing deficiency and
severely scored the silver Senators
for the position they assume in the
matter, The republicans cannot be
held accountable for the state Of affairs
and the blame should oe laid where
it properly belOngs--at the door Of
the free silver faction.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24

Senator Cameron has introduced a
resolution in the United States SEN
ate recognizing tho independence of
the republic of Cuba which Secretary
Olney regards as an usurpation of
the executive power by the legisla-
tive branch of the government. As
the Secretary is President Cleve-
lands mouthpiece a struggle be-
tween Congress and the President is
imminent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
1ne rrovencal snaIIs, wnlcn Ieeo

1ne rrovencaI snalls, wnlcn Ieeo \
o gourmet fashion upon vine leaves az
peculiarly delicious, and there was
murmur Of delight frcr csS c'splsr|
as the four women brought to the tab
four big dishes full Of them, and fer
while there was only the sound OF cage
mupching, naked with the CHATTER q
china of the empty shells. TO extrau
them we had the strong thcrns, three !
four inches long. of the wild acacia' a1
on these the little brown morseis wel
carried to the avid mouths and cave
with a bit of bread sopped in the saucS
and then the shell was subjected W
vigorous sucking, that not q drop J
sauce lingering within it should Do iO''
Thomas A. Janvier IN Century
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
High School Notes.

A Merry Christmas and A Happy New
Year.
l.. G. Ochsenreiter was a visitor Mon
day.
The 4th series OF essays were read
Wednesday.
Miss Eva Warner was a caller Wednes-
day.
School closed today for a two weeks
vacation.
Examination in all departments Wed.
nesday and Thursday.
Ky
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24
One of Franks Curves.
Iroquois Chief.

IFUQuUIs OHItIs
Senator Pettigrew formally joined
the populist party last spring at the
Huron convention, but when east
among the nabobs he is ashamed of
the party and has his name listed as
"independent.' Ii the party is good
enough for him to boss it ought to
be good enough for him to acknow-
ledge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24

The Webster Cigar Factory will occu-
Ply rooms in the rear OF the Pioneer
Barber Shop on or about January 18th,
1897. Dir. Brooks will make consider
able Improvement OF the property for
The new occupants who will have a retail
case in the barber shop, The Deputy
Internal Revenue Collector was here
Tuesday but as the building was not
ready the papers could not be made out.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-24

Watch night service at the Methodist
church New Years eve from s to IL pm.
The enjoyed time OF last year will be
excelled this. The first hour viii be de-
voted to a war service, under the direc-
ton OF Colonel Abbott, followed by
refreshments and social entertainment.
The evening win close with New Years
contemplation. Special singing. All
are invited.