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, 1897-11-13
lat BLUE GUT AGAIN.
A MISSOURI PACIFIC PASSENGER
TRAIN HELD UP BY FIVE
MASKED ROBBERS.
Two Disguised as Women Swung a
Lantern Across the Track-Mis-
taken In Their Train-Pounced Up
on the Express Messenger, but
Secured Only $2.85.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 12.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train known as
the st. Louis fast mail, which leaves
Kansas City at 9 p. m. was held up
by five masked robbers at $50 o'clock
tonight at the Chicago and Alton
crossing, Just east Of Independence.
Mo-, and less than a mile from the IA
nous Blue Cut, in which three train
robberies occurred within the past
year. Two Of the robbers were dis
guised as women, and when the en-
gineer saw them swinging a lantern
across the tracks, an apparent signal of
danger. he did not hesitate to stop.
The robbers quickly jumped aboard
and took the engine and express car
about two miles further east, where
they stopped and compelled the ex-
press messenger, Williams, to open his
car. He offered no resistance. as he
carried no treasure.
The robbers evidently intended to
stop the st. Louis limited night ex-
press which leaves Kansas City at a
late hour and were greatly surprised
to discover that the cars which they
had captured contained nothing of
value. In a rage they bounced upon
the messenger and went through his
pockets. but $2.s5 was all they secured.
After this they quickly left the train
and disappeared in the darkness. After
a delay of over an hour the train got
together again and was started on its
journey. The county marshal and his
men were at the scene very soon after,
but there is every probability that the
robbers will be safely in Independence
or Kansas City before any organized
effort can be made to capture them.
All reports agree that the robbers
were deliberate in their movements
and that they were no new hands at the
business. Several Of them were armed
with Winchesters. Three other train
robberies have occurred in that vicini-
ty within the last 10 months. The
theory Of the county officers Is the gang
has headquarters in the Cracker
Neck" district. just east OF Independ-
ence. The Blue Cut district was first
made famous by the notorious James
gang. who committed the first robbery
that vicinity at Glendale in 1870, Sc
curing $4,000. The hold-up tonight is
the seventh committed within a radius
Of four or five miles
, 1897-11-13
NOT a TIE CAMP.

We have reliable information that
the activity on Brush creek does not
mean a tie camp after all, but a placer
mining scheme on a very extensive
scale. Patents for 500 acres are being
now obtained and patents for 1000
acres more applied for under placer
mining laws. What gives this report
a reliable foundation is the fact that
old tie men say that instead of timber
in that region for $50. 900 ties. not to
exceed $1,000 can be had. There can
be no question but what the ground
now being patented was worked ages
ago. by whom no one knows. but the
relics of their labor stand as testimony
of the fact Some of this land was To-
Gated as far back as 1S6S.-Saratoga
Sun.
, 1897-11-13

her feet. 1t was in the same house
that young DR.. Harry Thomas lived in
1880, using the upper story as a doctor
shop" and dissecting room. and who
died a horrible death within its pre-,
cincts in 1892.
But to return to the Yocum family.
They moved into the place two years
ago. One day as heretofore related,
the father and two sons were shocking
corn near the house. n something
like a large red comfort came through
the Notwithstanding and tapped in
in the air, and would then go back
through the planks. This happened
several times, and always In daylight,
and on the side of the house where
there was no windows or even a crack
in the planks. While the blood-red
object could be seen by the men at
work in the field and by %neighbors,
no one at the house was ever able tc
see anything unusual. About the sam:
time, but at night, chairs began to
bump or walk across the floor. The
"''''' '" "as .hnI Ine ioeuLi
'''"''s iio'eo OUT anu got as tar away
as possible. going to the extreme end
end of the county. Then uncle Billy"
o'erstreet' VINO liVed IN the nelghbor-
n"''' oousnt the log or Kltchen part
vi 'he Ola taVerh' 'ore II down. n
OUT oi the timoer oulit himsel1 a DOM
''''e' ahd from una Jay MS troubles
''n'n'ehceu.
'he hieht uncle Billy left this
''''' 70 80 nome. oh the way out ne
'"'' i'o' cattie oeihs orl'en by a
n''Ehpor VINO a iong peen dead. He
""'i"ae" 10 him' Dut no attention was
'"'" % 'ne call except nat the
s""a'is heruer rode "ltnln three feet
VI "'n' slareo lnto MS lace' and pass
wi OIL ohcie billy salo that this dld
''' STARE hin "uch' out ADMITS that
ne IL" keep d sharp lookout to V
'"'"s '"''oon"e" ny the CATTLE. For
Two A"oh'hs alter tnls the old mar
"'M"Ss hiahasea 10 get INTO the mouse
'''''e s"iuo"h' but one night ne
was again delayed IN town. and cached
me s''e as ciock' ana was raising
~ 'a''"' "heh so"ethlne grlpped MN
VII II shou'oers from peh1nd. FOR
i""r hours ne was walked about the
I"r" ny the invisible force that acid
, 1897-11-13
SOVEREIGN RET|RES,
RELIEVED OF HIS OFFICE BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT
LOUISVILLE.
His Term Had Not Expired and Ordi-
narily He Would Have Held Until
Next Spring-Three Other Officers
Go With Him-Sovereign Approx
ed Of the Step.

Louisville, Ky, Nov. flames r.
ter workman of the knights of Labor
for the past four years or more. was
this afternoon relieved of his office by
the general assembly, which had been
in session in this city since Monday
last. Under ordinary conditions Sow
ereigns term OF Office would not expire
until the next melting. This, however,
1t is said, makes no difference with the
order, whose general officers, during a
meeting, are always in the hands of the
assembly and can be chosen and de-
posed at the will of the majority.
Along with Sovereign there were
three other officers retired, viz: T. B.
MCGUIRE, general worthy foreman, of
Amsterdam, N. Y, and Daniel Bown
of Montana and H. b. Martin of Min
neapolis of the executive committee.
Henry A. Hicks of District 253, New
York city, was chosen to fill Sover-
place and |. D. Chamberlain of
Pueblo. Colo, selected as general wor-
thy foreman. On good authority it is
1t was with Sovereign's most
hearty approval he steps down and out.
stated today that he wished
He wanted rest from the
labor which the Office entailed upon
him.
All business transacted at today's
meeting went through in the most
amicable manner possible. In the
morning session the remnant of rou-
tine business which had been left. was
disposed of. The afternoon session
was principally taken up with the de-
livery Of Sovereign's annual address.
was listened to by the delegates
with the greatest attention and was
with applause.
THANKSGIVING.
, 1897-11-13
THE HAUNTED TAVERN.
Queer Franks of the Ghosts Which In
habit a Kentucky Hosiery.

Readers Of this paper will remember
that about a year ago we published
the bloodcurdling experience of the
Yocum family at the haunted tavern
on the Mack Cecil farm. three miles
from this place. The house was built
in 1898 and has a bloody history. If
its walls could talk they would give a
fiendish account of the murder of a
traveller for his gold along about 1915.
Here it was in 1920 a little slave ran
upon the roof to escape the chastise-
ment at the hands of his young mist
ress. She went into the house and,
returning with a rifle. babe the little
imp to descend. He refused and she
shot him through the head, and he
rolled from the steep roof a corpse at
, 1897-11-13
A NEW JURY.
The Sickness of Magnus Larson Makes
This Necessary.

New York, Nov. 12.-When the
Queens county court OF oyer and ter.
miner opened at Long Island City to.
day it was represented to Judge Smith
that Magnus Larson. one of the jurors
sitting in the case of Martin Thorn, ac-
cused of the murder Of William Gulden-
supper. had been obliged to submit to
a surgical operation for appendicitis.
and that under the most favorable CON
ditions he would not be able to resume
his sea in the jury box in less than
three weeks. 1t, therefore, became a
question as to how the case should pro-
coed.
Mr.. Howe. counsel for Thorn, sug-
gested the retention of the rest of the
jurors who had set on the trial thus
far, and impaneling a twelfth juror, to
whom the proceedings be read from the
court reporters notes.
District Attorney Youngs asked for
time in which to look up authorities
before deciding to accept or reject the
proposition of counsel for the defense.
and Judge Smith adjourned further
consideration of the case until I O'Clock
this afternoon.
After an hours consultation between
the district attorney and Mr.. Howe,t the
latter. emerging from an ante-room,
said to the waiting reporters:
Gentlemen, I can now tell you posi-
lively that there viii be an entirely new
jury selected. l have just spoken to
Mr., Youngs and found that he and his
associates are not in favor of adopting
the plan which I proposed this morn
ing.
MIR. Youngs will have a new panel
OF talesmen made up and the sub
poenas will be served Immediately"
District Attorney Youngs a few mo-
ments later confirmed the
ment of Mr.. Howe.
MY reason for not accepting Mr..
Howe's suggestion" said he. ARE that
the interests Of the people will be bet
ter served by the ~empaneling Of a new
jury and beginning the case anew"
The court agreed to the plan of the
district attorney. and the jury was for
mally discharged. Mr.. Youngs asked
that the new trial be proceeded with
next Monday. but Mr.. Howe asked for
a longer adjournment.
In Difference to Mr.. Howe's request.
Judge Smith set the case for trial on
Monday. November 20.
, 1897-11-13
IN 4 ~QUANDARY.

The Cheyenne Tribune publishes a
lengthy interview with J. c. Teller Of
Denver. who denies that a tie camp is
to be opened on Brush creek. Il miles
from Saratoga. He says it is true that
cabins are being built there but for the
purpose of working the old pIacers-
that he doesn't know how the tie camp
story originated. This takes The whole
bakery. Won't some one who knows
please tell us which tale is rue? Both
come to us from good authority and
something is certainly under way on
Brush creek. Right here VIZ cannot
but remark that the location of the new
cabins. up in the green timber. is rath-
err a peculiar n for placer mining pur-
poses. We give up the riddle.-Sarato-
ga Sun.
, 1897-11-13
DURRANT'S CASE.

San Francisco, Nov. 12.-In view of
the fact that the supreme court, which
is now in session at Sacramento will
adjourn on Tuesday next, until the Sec
ond Monday in January, 1t is not con-
sidered probable that w. H. T. Dur
rant, the condemned murderer Of
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams,
will expiate the crime for which he
was sentenced to be hanged in De-
cember. 1895. during the current year.
In the ordinary course Of events the
matter cannot come up for a hearing
upon the points involved in the order
of granting certificates of probable
cause. to which the murderer owes his
second lease of life. until the middle Of
January. After the case has been de-
cided another 80 days, at least, must
intervene before a remittiture from the
supreme court a reach the trial court
and the condemned man be resentenced
for the second time This course would
not allow the execution to take place
before the latter part Of February or
beginning Of March next.
, 1897-11-13

a number OF letters have been writ
ten from the Grand Encampmcnt coun-
try of late booming that camp and maxi
ing for its richness the most preposter-
Gus claims.
The Salt Lake Tribune is the latest
paper to be taken in by the man who
is doing that nefariOus work, and in
that letter the writer out-Herods Herod
in his attempts to boom the camp.
Among the mary false and misleading
statements he made therein was one to
the effect that 1924 ,5S5 in gold had been
taken from a ~seven-ton boulder in
Purgatcry gulch. There was about a
ton boulder in the gulch from which
rich gold specimens had been taken
by prOspectors. but that is the extent
or the facts in the case. He says also
that until the new strike not 30 people
lived within an area of 800 square miles
OF the camp. This valley has been in
habited for 20 years and as Jar back as
1890 had no less than 1.5OO inhabitants
in it. His talk of gold nuggets taken
out by placer miners weighing one and
one-half ounces is the merest moon
shine.
There is no doubt but the Grand En-
campment country will eventually,
when depth is reached on the claims
and the permanent leads found prove
n of the richest and largest camps in
the west and second to none in number
of leads and quantity of paying ores,
but to write such fabulous stories con-
corning its wealth is to injure the camp
for years to ONE. 1t is the genera be
lief here that the letters are written
for the purpose of selling lots in a GER
tain townsite situated near the new
camp, and if such is the fact they an
not be too severely condemned.-Sara-
toga Sun.
, 1897-11-13
BUD A LYNCHED.
Another Rapist Given the Extreme
Penalty Of Mot Law.

St. Louis. Nov. IA special to the
Post Dispatch from Birmingham. Ala.
says:
A late report from Eutaw says that
the rapist, Bud Beard, has beer lynch.
ed at Carrollton. The mob succeeded
in breaking into the court house and
getting Beard out before the arrival of
the state troops from Tuscaloosa.
Beard outraged the 7-year-old damgh-
ter Of Farmer Croker at Reform. \
mob has been after him for a week
and has followed him from place to
place in a most determined manner.
Beard was finally captured and the
sheriff Of Pickens county took him to
Carrollton for trial
Late yesterday afternoon a bowling
mob had the court house surrounded
and prevented the sheriff fror, carry
ing the prisoner back to Jail. as the
mob would have torn the negro to
pieces. The sheriff. assisted by several
deputies. guarded him in the court
house. Meanwhile a messenger was
sent across the country to Tuscaloosa
and from that point Governor johnson
was notified Of the situation. He at
once ordered Col. Foster Of the Second
regiment to send a troop to the scene.
The order was executed and the COM
pany started for Carrollton last night,
but did not reach there until this morn
ing, after the lynching had occurred.
, 1897-11-13
THANKSGIVING.
Some Observations Upon This EXciu-
sive American Holiday.

Thanksgiving will soon be here, and
from now on the question of how it
shall be c%elebated will be an important
one in many households. c. G. Cou-
tant, speaking of this coming event,
said that too many people seem to mis-
understand the real object Of Thanks
giving. and only a few understand its
origin. Said he: The first Thanks
under peculiar circumstances. and | am
reminded of it when l hear people say
they haven't any thing to be thankful
for. The surroundings of the Pilgrims
at that time were these: The previous
winter had been one of great severity
and suffering; the damp, chilling frosts
had come out of the sea and settled
upon the land. Lung fever and pneu-
monia had carried off half the settlers.
The little burial plot just northwest
Of Plymouth Rock was hidden away
from the savages, that these enemies
from without might not know of the
weakened condition of the settlement.
At last that terrible winter was over
and the springtime came with its sun
shine and quickly the growing season
followed. Then came the abundant
harvest. Sickness disappeared in the
spring. the Pilgrims having become ac-
climated. Is it any wonder that the
little remnant of the Maytlower band
felt like returning thanks? The ques-
ton in their minds was not what they
should eat or what they should drink,
but how they should be thankful to the
Oliver of all good for having preserved
their lives in this new country and
blessed them with health and an album
dant harvest. The pioneers of Wyo-
ming can even at this late day real
ize the condition Of mind that prevailed
in that other pioneer settlement on
Cape Cod nearly three hundred years
ago. Every household had a turkey
dinner. but hat was not because the
dinner cut any figure on that occasion.
They had Just come to a new country,
they could not afford to kill their do
nestle animals, for these must be left
to increase and multiply. The forests
were full of wild turkeys and so the
hunters were sent out and they brought
back an abundant supply for the whole
town; and so they returned their
thanks to God and partook of a turkey
dinner; but 1t must be understood that
the observance of Thanksgiving Day
was only local for a time. then as rep
resentatives from the Plymouth colony
settled in other portions Of Massachu-
sets they carried with them the Gus
tom, and after a time Thanksgiving
Day was observed all over New Eng
land. 1t did not go beyond the con-
fines OF those states until after the
war Of the Rebellion was well under
way. President Lincoln In the fall of
1862 issued a proclamation appointing
a national day of thanksgiving. From
that time on the Thanksgiving proc
lamation has been issued each recur-
ring year. For myself, l believe in
Thanksgiving Day; we have all some
thing to be thankful for. Those who
may feel that fate has been against
, 1897-11-13

them in their undertakings can feel
thankful that they are alive and will
have another opportunity. Those who
have been blessed with good fortune or
health should of course feel thankful
on this great national day. Wyoming
people can on this occasion feel thank
full that this has been the most pros
year in the history of the state
and that the outlook for the future is
all that could be desired"
, 1897-11-13
A LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofuious Humors Hcw a Cure
Was Effected.
"When five years old my little boy had
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. 1t
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his cheeks and hands were very bad.
1t appeared in the form of red pimples
which would tester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the little sufferer had
TO I've watched continually to keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at his condition. My
wife's mother had had scrofula and the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hoods Sarsaparilla. We decided to give
1t to our boy and we noted an improve
ment in his cas- e very soon. After giving
him four bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out of his
blood and it has never since returned"
WILLIAM BARTZ, 416 South Williams st.,
South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hoods Sarsa parilla of all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
ntIrn ttAr ILL.,. ana. . ~ fa la
, 1897-11-13
S2OOOomo

You might as we'll save
money on baking powder ID
on anything else.
The way to do it is: buy ii"
best. 1t goes farthest and
makes better cake. SchWI ys
Best.
. schiliiny & Company
San fr4urisrn yl>
, 1897-11-13

We live in a country of which the
principal scourge is stomach-trouble
1t is more widespread than any
other disease, and, very nearly, more
dangerous.
One thing that makes 1t so danger
IL is that it is SO little understood.
II it were better understood, it
would be more feared, more easily cur
ed, less universal than 1t is now.
So, those who wish to be cured, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial. because 1t
goes to the DOT Of the trouble as no
other medicine does. The pure, harm
less, curative herbs and plants, of
which it is composed. are what rem
der it SO certain and. at the same time.
so gentle a cure.
1t helps and strengthens the stomach.
p%urifies and tones the up the system.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
500 per bottle.
, 1897-11-13
THE FAKE ARTIST.
HE HAS BEEN DRAWING THE
LONG BOW ON TIE ENCAMP-
MENT DISTRICT.

a Recent Article in tn" Salt Lake Tri-
bune Branded as a Pure Fabrica-
ton Written for the PURPOSE of
Selling Town Lots-The Riddle OF
the Brush Creek Camp-State News
, 1897-11-13

|. Mary Bamforth. want to be notified il
FredBamforth sells any more cat ~
tie or horseswith such brands x VIZ
, 1897-11-13

Old papers rs cents per 100 at The
Republican once.
, 1897-11-13
HAWAII TO BE ANNEXED.

Washington. D. c. Nov. 12.-The rati-
fcation Of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty by the senate is assured. The
administration has made a poll Of the
body and President Mckinley is salts
ned that more than two-thirds Of the
senators will vote for ratification.
The treaty Is in excellent shape for
prompt action. It was fully consider
ed by the senate committee on foreign
relations. reported to the senate and
placed on the calendar with practically
the unanimous Endorsement Of the COM
mittee.
It il the purpose Of Chairman Davis
in the first executive session to ask
that a day be set for taking up the
treaty and that it, consideration be
continued until disposed Of, believing
its ratification can be reached before
adjournment for the holidays.
In his message to congress the presi-
dent viii set the bill in motioa. BY pre-
ssnting - stroagiy - possible the
|argu0snt foe aAAsxat1na.
, 1897-11-13
k1oNDIKE WALL PAPER.

10000 rolls. For 30 days It will pay you
to buy for next years hanging. Seven
ty-fve-cent paper for 40 cents. Am
closing out At cost. Large lots below
cost.
LVNTT, Second street.
, 1897-11-13

Furnishsd h~oasskssptng rooms for
ssat- 0aysr HaAoea. III Seh street
, 1897-11-13
NOW THE G. P.
William J. Coombs Believes 1t Will
Bring Its Full Commercial Value.

washington u u, NOV lz.-Hon.
"i''.anh D. coothos OF ne" YORK. VINO
ac'eu IN an ADVISORY capacit to the
soserhment IN connection with the sale
oi tne Union racine railroad, Is In the
Guy lor the purpose OF concerning with
tue attorney general respecting the az
lairs OF the central Pacific. The con-
ference ID 10 lake place tomorrow. Mr..
coomps says he Is not aware Of what
steps the administration will take to
, 1897-11-13

Hoods Pills eass ,,s ops l..s; easy IS s TO take
, 1897-11-13

Trahsacta q General Banking Bust
ness and represents the Consolidated
business Of the Wyoming National and
the Laramie National Banks Of Lars
mt.
All business intrusted to our car
will receive prompt and careful stten.
ton. Accounts solicited.
, 1897-11-13
INTEREST ALLOWED on TIM DEPOSITS

DIRECTORS.
H.G BALCH. Pres. d. G. BACON. Vice Pre~.
A. g. JONES. Cashier.
OTTO 0RAMM. A. Z. PEABODY
, 1897-11-13

LOvNTT. Second street.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

In the bargain
base msnt. good.
heavy o tin &
flannel 3rc g yard
full pieces, no
remnants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-10
SEVENTEEN PERSONS ARE MISSING.
OF Those Who Were in the Hotel at Knox.
ville-Loss, 1,611,OOO.

OF Those Who Were in the Hotel Mt Knox
vil1e-LOss, 1,611,OO
Knoxville, Tenn, April 1O.-Of the
fifty-two guests who were sleeping In
the Hotel Knox Thursday morning when
the fire broke out only thirty-flve have
been accounted for. The hotel register
was destroyed and it will perhaps never
be known how many lives were lost.
Those known to have perished in tha
flames are: G. w. Roberts, of Pulaski,
Tenn, lightning rod agent; Z.
y. Williams. Springfield, Mass, retired
merchant. kilograms have been pour
ing In all day from different cities in
quiring about people supposed to have
been at Knoxville. The work Of search
ing for the remains in the ruins was
begun late yesterday afternoon, and
the Developments already indicate that
the list of dead may be much larger
than at first thought.
Charred remains were found in Diff
ferent localities of the ruins, but the
oaly cases of Identification were those
given above. OF the injured perhaps
only one will die will die. J. c. NJ Boble,
Of Tennessee. a civil engineer who lies
In a very critical condition at the city
hospital. He inhaled flames and his
limbs are burned badly. The total loss
sustained will foot up $1,611. 900: total
insurance. sGl4.209.7O. A. Z. Weeks,
who was reported dead, Is alive.