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The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
FAIR TRIAL BY a MOB.
Mississippi Negroes Tried BY Judge Lynef
and Acquitted.

Hazelhurst, Miss, Dec. 12.-In an
open field, without house in sight, on
high hillside, with a crowd of eager
men waiting to ayenge the terrible
murder that has taken place In Law
renee county In case a conviction was
reached by the impromptu court, the
scene lighted by fiaring pine-knot
torches, held alOft in the hands of the
waiting mob, the three negroes, Giles
Berry, VIII Powell and Tom Wallen
were standing trial for their life last
night at Bankstonc Ferry. According
to reports received at this place from
the scene about l O'Clock this after
noon the quickly constituted court did
not arrive at conclusion last night
The negroes were arrested with
Lewis. who was lynched Friday at the
time of the original crime, but were
released on their promising to appear
next morning as witnesses. They did
not put in an appearance when the
trial was ready to begin, and search
was made for them by the mob The
search was successful and the negroes
when caught We're brought back. Then
the suspicion that they were impli-
Gated with Lewis in the original crime
arose. According to their own story
they were with Lewis the night before.
The three men testified that they slept
in a cotton house about mile and a
half from the Smith house, where the
horrible butchery took place, and that
Lewis was with them all night, at
least he was there when they went to
sleep and was there when they awoke
the next morning.
There are about 200 men in the mob,
constituting committee of the whole
for the trial. Reliable reports received
here to-day from a messenger who left
the scene Of the trial state that the
mob is very moderate in Its action and
has cooled down considerably. The
negroes. though badly scared, maintain
their denial of any completely in the
crime. A telephone message from
Hon. Walter Catchings Of Georgetown
states that two other negroes have
been arrested on suspicion.
wesson, Miss. Dec. 12.-The three
negroes arrested In the Monticello
neighborhood in conjunction with
Charles Lewis, the negro lynched for
the quIntuplc butchery of the Smith
family. were. after a long trial. de-
ciared not guilty, but given until Mon
day to leave the country.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
In the House . Fight win Ne AGsAs Upss
the Civil Service Law.

In the House . Fight VIII Bs AsAs Upsa
the Civil Service Law.
Washington, Dec. 13.-If the present
program is carried out Congress will
adjouFn for the holiday recess next
Saturday.
The week In the House promises to
be made memorable by the formal In
auguration of the war against the civil
service law. The Legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
which will be taken up Tuesday, CON
talns the regular appropriations for
the civil service commission. and
whether or not all the members who
favor the repeal or modification Of the
law unite to strike down the pfovi
sion for its maintenance as the quick
est and most direct method OF Grip
pling It's operation, undoubtedly ssme
will advocate this course and the
whole civil service question will be
dragged into the arena of debate
How long the debate will last II is i'm
possible to predict. but as this 10 the
only item in the bill which will at
tract much of n contest, Chairman
Cannon hopes and believes the bill
can be passed before Saturday. This
latter day. under an order made on
Thursday. has been set aside for pay
ing tribute to the memory Of the late
Representative Cooke of Illinois.
Chairman Hit of the foreign af-
fairs committee will again seek to Sc
cure the passage of the bill to pro-
hibit pelagic sealing by citizens of the
United States. There is some very
strong opposition TO the passage Of
this measure in its present form and
the whole question OF the Bering sea
negotiations may be precipitated
when it is called up. Mr.. Hopkins Of
Illinois and other members favor a
limitation of the period OF the opera
tion of the act, II II is to be passed,
so that in case Great Britain refuses
to restrict similarly her citizens our
citizens may not be placed at disad-
vantage. Others like Mr.. Johnson Of
North Dakota think the extinguish-
ment OF the seal herds in the near fu-
ture is certain and are not disposed
to favor any legislation looking to
their preservation.
The work of the Senate, so far as II
has been mapped out for the week,
includes the consideration of the i'm
migration bill. which stands on the
calendar as the unfinished business,
the probable debate of the census bill
and the pronOuncing of eulogies upon
the late Representative Holman of In
diana. The general opinion among
friends OF the measure Is that there
Will be no very strenuous opposition
to the immigration bill, and that 1t
may be passed after brief debate.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
MICHAEL sPANoLER DEAD.
Could Not Survive the Eject. of . Terrible
Accident.

Could Not Survive the Effects of Terrible
Accident.
Denver, Dec. 13.-Michael Spangler.
who was injured while ascending the
shaft of the Crown Point and Virginia
mine at Central City last Tuesday.
died at st. Joseph's hospital yesterday
afternoon fifteen minutes after 5
o'clock, exactly five days, within few
minutes, from the time of the acci-
dent
With that wonderful endurance
which he has displayed since he re-
ceived the injury that resulted In his
death, Mr.. Spangler began the last
days battle for life. and afthouEh
weak almost to the point Of pros.ra-
tion, he recognized his wife and child
rem as they gathered at his bedside yes
terday morning. The surgeons who
have been attending the injured man
were on hand and to them 1t was plain
ly seen that the end was fast approach
ing. 1t was only the robust physique
and the strong will power of the suf-
ferer that has kept the spark of life in
his body during these five days and
while every hope was held out that he
might rally sufficiently to give his in
Jury a chance to repair. nothing could
stay the gradual failing of strength thar
brought an end to his pain.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
LUCKY TO GET OUT Al,x.
Rstss.ss 1. . Chinese Ho.v,,., ....
Little Chance to Reeov...

Psttsats In Chinese Ho,v,t., u.
Little Chance to Recover.
From the London Mail: II ever the
surroundings were conducive tn ~
health or = prolongation of di....e
those Of Chinese hospital are Ger.
tanly meant to be productive of rom
tinued revenue TO the owner. For na
1t known, the Chinese hospital !.
private institution run by the under.
taker. He is always on the safe side
II the patient keeps alive, he gets
money for caring for him. II his
friends tire of paying for his keep he
Is placed In the Chamber Of tranouil-
hty." After he dies the undertaker
that pooh bah who has three oficex
only. buries him and makes money out
OF hm to the last. Imagine a room
about ten feet wide and twelve feet
long. filled with the odds and ends of
junk shop. Let this room be 30 dark
that 1t takes two candles to make a
light. and 30 filled with the malodor-
ous smells that are usually met with
in Chinatown dens that strong man
hesitates before he enters and sasps
for breath after he gets inside. Place
a half dozen hunks round the walls
and cauldron in which some witches
broth is boiling in the corner. Let the
walls be so full of ratho1es that the
three cats which make themselves
at home on the hunks with the sick
Cinnamon are insufficient to watch
them all. Imagine all this. and you
may have some slight conception Of
what the interior of Chinese hos
pital looks like. II your imagination
is very vivid. and you have seen
Chinese opium dens. you may get prot-
ty close to the real thing. Otherwise
1t is beyond Imagination. But the
front room above described is elysium
in comparison with the one It the
back. There are grades Of darkness,
the scientists tell us, and these grades
may be found in Chinese hospital.
Some darkness can be seen, some can
be felt. That in the back room can
be felt palpably. In fact, 1t is present
to all human senses at once. It can
be tasted. 1t can be heard. 1t can be
seen. 1t can be felt. That It can be
smelled goes without saying. You
stand just within the opening. which
by courtesy is called a door. and you
hear breathing. as II someone were ex-
hausted after a long run. You are
not mistaken. 1t is a man breathing
heavily in his race with death. He ID
still alive, and you wonder why.
Cropping your way, you reach some
stationary object and light q match.
1t Just gives enough light to enable
You to see candle on bench and you
light that. Then you feel that an cleo
trio arc light would scarcely be sum
cient to enable you to pierce thai
Stygian darkness. 1t is well, perhaps
that you have an obscured vision. l,
is possible that If you could see Ill
that is in the room at once you, too
would be sick man. 1t is = nolsomS
den, where vermin abound; wher,
rats mxae their home: where IL M
ing and the dead humanity lie side b,
side-the enc waiting for its conn IN
the other for the cessation Il Il,
struggle for breath,
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
BICYCLE RACE ENDS.
MILLER or CHICAGO v
Aas.iaesss Eshibatssa Of Esd.r.aos BY
Siftsss Aea-fhs Score Was s,oSS Ahss
The Old Record W.a 80 Miiss-

New York, Dec. 12.-One Of the
greatest crowds that ever filled Madi-
son Square Garden was collected with
in its walls last night. 1t had surged
into the vast ring to see Miller OF chi
cago cross the tape winner Of the great
six-day bicycle race. From start 10
finish the race has been the most In
teresting ever witnessed.
Thousands upon thousands have
poured into the place day after day
and night after night, until 1t is safe
to say that 100000 people have seen
the remarkable contest. The race has
been a success from every point of
view, from the sportsman's standpoint
and from the business mans stand
point. The gate receipts will easily
reach SEQ, COO leaving the management
a good profit.
The final score, 142 hours. in the
great bicycle race WAS as follows:
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

The fund started by IEnatius Don
Leases house is the. most absurd yet.
Mrs. Leases failure to pay up the
mortgage is not matter OF poverty
but of principle. She doesn't think 1t
would be right to pay the money,
and besides she needs 1t. as her Kan
sas friends think, to crafty her love
Of extravagant dress. OF course there
must be funas; but. as we have al
ready suggested, why not get up one
for the amelioration OF the suferings
Of the Vanderbilts?
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
COLORADO LEADS CALIFORNIA.
This state Will Take Front Position N
. Gold Producer

This State Will Take = Front Position ~
aGoId Producers
Washington. Dec. 12.-According to
the figures that have 80 far reached
the bureau Of the mint. the race be-
tween Colorado and California for the
lead in gold production during the
year ending January 1st next, will be
very close. OF course, full returns
from the smelters and refineries may
change their relative positions very
materially, but Mt this time Colorado is
slightly in the lead.
Director Preston, in speaking of the
matter to-day, said that COlorado's
slight lead might or nigh, not be over
come, but IT was his present Judgment
that at the finish the difference between
them would be less than $3.50, 900. Cali
fornia is undoubtedly doing her utmos,
to maintain her lead. but 1t now seems
probable that II Colorado producers
make 1t point to get their output in a
position to be counted before Decem-
ber 31st they will land the state ahend
of all competitors as a gold producer.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Consolation.

There is no greater waste of time,"
said the philosopher, than complain
ing about the weather."
"But 1t is variablev' protested the
hypochondriac.
There's just the point. Even IL you
don't happen to like what you are get
ting you can be certain that 1t will
change in the next few hours."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Yum. Convict. Need No a...s.


From the San Francisco Call: The
anomalous spectacle of large gang Of
penitentiary convicts working In the
open with no officers or armed force to
guard them is presented every day at
Yuma, Ariz. They are camped on the
Colorado river, a little above Yuma, to
be exact. and they are engaged in cut
ting wood for the territory. None Of
them escapes. None tries to escape.
Why do they stay? Because each man
guards the other. Each man IL. .
''short.termer," none Of them having
more than a year yet to serve. All IRE
allowed rebate for the work they Do.
When . convict has cut two cords Of
woods he has earned days rebate on
his term. But should one escape all
lose rebates. Thus each man becomes
his brothers keeper.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
EXACT PLEDGE OF FAIR TRIAL
Governor Of Montana Let Missouri Have
johnson Only on Firm Promises

Governor Of Montana Let Missouri Have
johnson Only on Firm Promises
Helena, Mont. Dec. 11.-Acting Gov
ernor Spriggs today, after receiving as
surances from Lon V. Stephens. COVER
nor Of Missouri, and from the sheriff
of Saline county. that Joseph C. John
son, the negro who. It is charged, kid
mapped Miss Kate Neal of Sweet
Springs, Missouri, would be protected
from mob violence, II returned. grant
ed requisition. and John Fristoe,
agent Of the Missouri authorities, will
leave here tomorrow for Missoula,
where johnson is confined.
Johnson's case has taken q new turn.
Hoping to thwart the missouri off,
GERS. his lawyers brought him before a
Justice of the peace on a charge Of
adultery. to which he pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to the county jail
for thirty days. Under the laws Of the
state. he cannot be removed while serv-
fhg out sentence, unless \ higher court
intervenes. An effort will probably be
made to have his sentence diminished
by the governor. In which event no long
delay would ensue.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
A riparian landowner has only 8

A riparian landowner has only Q
right to use water from a stream pass
ing his land for domestic purposes and
for the needs of the land. and II he
uses 1t for other purposes to the dam
age of riparian landowners below him
he is liable for such damage, accord
ing to the decision Of the supreme
court Of Pennsylvania In the case Of
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company VS.. Pottsville Water Con-
pany.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

just before election there was a
parade in Brooklyn Of nine thousand
a1tf-swearers. The sufSerings of this
band of reformers, in view Of the ex-
element of the canvass, must have
been intense.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

A report from Anderson. Indiana.
says: The eastern part of the county
has been overrun with rats during the
Rst six months. Thousands of them
have colonixed over a radius OF six
or seven miles. The farmers have
been fighting them in every way pos
sible but they continue to multiply
and are taking everything in sight.
The stories of the numbers that go in
droves have been dlscredited by An
derson and Muncie people and, in os-
der to prove their assertions, the
farmers took several out to one Of
their rat drives recently. Ono Of
the records that was made was TWEEN
ty-four rats by Superintendent Heaggy
Of the poor farm, who only discharged
his gun four times. Several other
records have been made At other times.
They are costing the farmers many
hundred dollars BY underminsing
wheat bins and burrowing into build
hGs of all kinds. No theory has been
advanced which will s&tisfActorily ex-
plain where they came from, a. this
section has besn remarkably fres ffo0
rats IN previouS ysars.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Divide and conquer" 1t is an old
Military maxim. but 3 quarter OF
milhoa New Workers. just had hne
opportunity to learn that it falls In
politics.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Street-cleaning and improved sani-
tation are allies of temperance work
ers. You come and live In our
court" said drunkard in a wretched
London quarter. "and you'll soon take
to the GIN" A better environment. a
larger moral hope.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

At the election In the Chickasaw ma
tion, the ratification of the Dawes
Choctnw treaty was overwhelmingly
defeated. The adopted and inter-mar-
ried citizens were not permitted to
participate in the election.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

A report from Vienna. Austria, says
tAat the Hungarian government has
purchased the race horse Galtes More
Sor 'f3o. 900 (S10o. .oo0). Galtes More ID .
tArss-ysar-old. bred BY Kr. John Cub
Tins, . wsll-known Irish sportAaA.
The animal wes The Afst Irish horsa
70 win the Derby. and IL one Of the
ssvso horses that have won TIE 20
called triple classic crown oe IL 1ns-
Nh turf-vis.. IL 4eee guinsas q
Newnafkst, IL EDso0 Dsrby a1d IL
DeoeAsGr 81. Laeee. H = fe0Aree4
~ ~ bsst 5aAees = 80 & ~ ~
1esues q ~ esDensy.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

One college has forbidden football
becauss . student was killed In
game Of that kind Recently q young
man Was drowned. Shall there, accord
ingly, b. NO more fishing?
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

When you sec a man and his wife on the
streets together on week day they are
tive or are on their way to have their pic
lures taken.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Best previous record, 1,J1U miles,
laps. by Hale, in 1895.
The great endurance OF the men is
indicated by the following table. show
ing how long they have slept since the
beginning Of the 142 hours race.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

s.what has become of the bearded lady
"She had her beard made over into WIZ
and has gone In for foot ball"
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
family medicine with us since lSS-J. H.
Madison 2419 I2d Ave. Chicago. Ill.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
When Mr.. Platt puts his hand ON
New York state 1t is hardly ever there.

A paper has a long article ON the
necessity Of buying Plat. Well, now.
when did Thomas dig himself out?
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Should you chance TO WOO dansei
Keep your wits alert and handy
Do not send her just your picture
When she wants box Of canoy.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

.what is the difference between violin
ist and "A hddlert' "A fiddler always KNOWS
how TO play Money Musk.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Mrs. Winslow'M Soothing syrup
FOR children feething. .softens the gums
nation allAys pain cures wind collie Is cents bots
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Polar Fox Changes Its Color.
Tho summer coat Of the polar fox IL
dark. almost black. In winter II il 20
white that the animal can hardly b
seen as it runs over the snow.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

FITS Cured .,ohts or ornervousnes ettei
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The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

ututk- ne lTuhc 40 DoAA
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The manufacturers of Five Drops have
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The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

.'Dausiiter do you think yonng Tompkins
means business!" "Df course, papa, nave
lust received his sealed proposal"
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Educate Your Bowels with Casearets.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever
1Oc a5c IfC c. c. fail druggists refund money.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
nee.rw -, Ctvsl ssrv,Ce.

Washlngton. Dec. IA largely at
tended meeting Of Republican represen-
tatives In Congrses was held last night
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Moods pills are the favorite cathartic. @e.

-"Hobbs has quit the harness , ousiness y ~
since bicycles are SO popular; n'. ma. Ne 10 savs
ha dnaSn.t think ANYTHING can be inventor
that will run the COW out OF her job.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
MRS. M'KINLEY DEAD.
PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORN
IN0.

rAs PrsssAs.s san Pr.ss.s-F..sr.ls 70 BE
nssA rsssAAy Aftsrsooa I. the HastAo-
AAss CAaFeh 1t Cnstoa.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Important Notice.

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The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
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