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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-01-21

solute unconsciousness of the existence
Of any such disturbing affairs us cy-
clones. AS result of his injuries at
the time, Joe was "club-footed" through
the whole of his life, and his right
forearm had big knot on 1t, and n
crook that made his right hand turn
out when 1t should have turned in. 1t
Is said that Joe was proud of his de-
formities rather than otherwise, pre-
sumably because they had been incur
red In the defense of his baby brother
and that Bill was, for the most part,
tenderly regardful of the brother who
had sacrificed health and almost life
for him.
Naturally enough, Bill was the more
prosperous of the two, Before he was
30 he owned considerable "bunch" of
cattle, and leased quite body OF land
In the eastern part of Baylor County
as ranch. Joe was his line rider, and
In that capacity was able to do great
deal of such work as did not REQUIRE
any very great amount of mere muscu.
lar strength. Everything worked
smoothly with them until May Conley
came to live with a marrlea brother
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-01-21

plow descended upon the arm-the Grip
pied, knotted arm-which Joe had inter-
posed to ward 1t off. Some say 1t de.
scended upon the very knot itself. He
tell from his pony as if he had been
shot, and lay for several moments on
the turf where he had fallen.
which way did you send herw
asked Bill, in the same awful tones he
had used before.
Il won't tell" gasped Joe.
Then get Off that groundw
Joe meekly obeyed.
Get on your pony-no, see it's pot
away from you. Then saddle up mine
yonder and so after May and bring her
back at once, sirl Do you hearY,
Joe meekly took the huge Texas sad.
die In his left hand and carried II 70
where the pony was grazing, tied bv q
long rope to tree. His right arm hung
limp by his side. After some inafraot'
uai efforts to throw on the saddle With
MS ieft arm he gave up the attempt
Il can't get the thing on" he said,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-01-21

the time when the Indians were in the
country, although that time is by no
means so far distant as to be beyond
the memory OF living man; nor does 1t
imply anything especially wild and fe-
rOciOus about the character of the men
in question. 1t merely goes back to the
first half of the sos, when two brothers
of that name were among the promi-
nent inhabitants of that sparsely set
tied district. In some countries events
of that period would be considered
comparatively modern, but in Western
Texas they are ranked as strictly an
cent history.
1t seems, from careful survey of the
facts in the case, that neither of the
brothers was really bad man at heart
Notwithstanding the fact that a great
many people who ought to know are
strongly inclined to think otherwise.
1t is certain that one Of them is as true
a man as ever trod the soil of Texas, or
any other State, for that matter. All
who knew him agree that the final year
of his life, at any rate, was a year of
such courage and self-sacrificing hero
Ism as one reads of in books, but sell
dom looks for in real life The people
of West Texas are not much prone to
hero worship, and whenever they agree
that n man of their acquaintance is
above the average of mortality there is
very likely to be some basis for the be-
lief. Judging merely from physical ap-
pearances, one would have had little
trouble in deciding which of the two
men would be more likely to prove of
heroic mold. Bill, the younger, was a
man of magnificent physique, not un-
duly large, but with muscles of such
herculean strength as perfect air and
the free life of a Western cowboy are
apt to impart. He was light-complex-
loned and is said to have possessed a
vigorous, manly countenance, such as
ought to have made him more success
ful in his love affairs than he really
was. Joe, on the other hand, was ms
much a picture of weakness and de-
Tormity as his brother was of health
and strength. He was not only peak
ed-faced, slender slip of man. but he
was cripple as well. When he was 5
years old and Bill was only 3, cyclone
had struck the log house in which the
boys and their parents were living. The
mother and father were killed, but
when the neighbors came to look
through the ruins of the cabin they
found Joe crouched on the bed with his
limbs spread out in such a manner as
TO protect his baby brother. A heavy
log had fallen across his right foot and
right wrist, crushing them both very
badly, but Bill was still sleeping in alb
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0y4E7ER. 3 q. sSESRjJSs 5

An American company Is making e
Inmates Of the cost of cable road liV~
the City of Mexico TO the sulphur w
posits in the crater of Popocatepeu'
A doctor says that in society one ma!
always tell the girls whose paren's
have risen from the humber ciass y
wealth by the superior quality Oh 'n'D
hair.
Some people in the South are preu... .
ing that the current trend IN ' co'Ds
manufacture will flood the Nortn VIZ ,.S
negro operatives and the soutn "'
Yankee white girls.
Several cases of boomers We
among the booty taken by tralnps irw1 rnn
a freight car at Chillicothe, ONO lns ~.
police are puzzled to know wla' Wv
marauders intend to do with tne 3"
ments. Tan
A quaint INSCRIPTION has lately pen
noted upon tombstone, without nn~ mS.
and without date, in a cemetery NV
dead man or woman, as the case lu1,
be. had ordered the following ~V.S. U.s,
should be placed over the grave: -. aS IN
ON. oh. reader! Waste not thy time =, u
reading vain prose and still less use," ~.
words. My tomb tells thee wnat ,1,anl. ar.
what I was concerns thee not. ~ -.
tas vanitatum" was evidently ID Wv
thoughts of this philosophically reS'
ed person.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-01-21

Among the many curious ,nv.,..
IN which electricity plays the Drlns'
role Is mentioned pen, provISaa S,I' !
the point with a minute incanTl.a' u
lamp, intended to illuminate su'
space on the paper, and prevent, ' u
shining into the eyes of the writo,s
little reflector placed just above +
In concert hall of Paris sl.,.
energy has been put to the novI M
OF moving the ceiling. This Il IN T.
parts, which are drawn back on t,,,. 4
ing cranes, opening the hall to tba a.,
roof by day. The opening or clOsiS.
the ceiling is effected in one mjDusS
two electric motors.
A wealthy lady who possesses ,.
Maltese cat found recently tbat I,
cats eyesight began to fail. so sbA M
him to an oculist. By means Of M
ture Of a mouse the oculist OuIcllI
learned what was the matter, and w,
able to fit the cat with glasses I'M
lenses were set in gold frames esDech
ly made, and now the cats eyesIpbt
as good as ever.
DR.. G. X. Gilbert, of the Geologic
Survey, says that comparison Of gsg
records for a period of twenty year|
shows that the land surrounding IN
Great Lakes Is being gradually tINei
from northeast to southwest at such \
rate that, of two points 100 miles oDar
the northern rises five inches with rtl
erence to the southern in 100 years. Aa
Chicago the lake level rises about Op5
inch in ten years. DR.. Gilbert predlctj
that, If this movement continues ID
about 5000 years all the upper hkei
will discharge into the Illinois Riyer|
the Detroit and st. Clair Rivers wifi
flow backward, carrying the water d
Lake Erie into Lake Huron, and I'D
Niagara River will run dry.
A new fireproof paper, made In Ber,
lin, Is reported to be capable Of resist.
ing even the direct influence of fame
while 1t may be placed in a white heat
without harm. 1t consists Of o. part'
of the best asbestos fibre, which
washed in a solution of permanganatC
Of calcium, and then treated with sui
phuric acid and 5 parts of ground WOO
pulp, the entire mass being placed Il
the agitating box, with the addition 0
some lime water and borax. After thor
ough mixing, the material Is pumps
into a regulating box, and allowed
flow out of a gate into an endless wiz
cloth, where 1t enters the usual papel
making machinery.
The electric trolley has been sourc
of great injury to metallic pipes IN II
vicinity, causing their corrOsion by ele'
trolysis. Recently it has been fOun
that the operation of the syphOn re
corder of the submarine telegraph ca
bic at Cape Town, South Africa wa
interfered with by the new trolley Id
The shore end of the submarine caO
for the length of a mile was at mea
distance of one-half a mile from u
trolley line. AS a remedy, secOna
dummy cable, with an earth plate VI
laid as nearly as possible over tne
one, and this effectually cancelled u
disturbances. Observations maze
London have shown that the ear'l
magnetic field is disturbed over
whole neighborhood of the Clty u
South London Electric Railroad u
in the United States the utility OF
magnetic observatory in the new na'
observatory is threatened by tne II
ley.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-01-21

Inc dance they sit out Is the most
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southern part of
Baylor County,
Texas, still make
occasional refer
ence to the Say
ICES, or the Say
age brothers, as
they sometimes
call them. This
does not refer to
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
LYNCHINGS,

Jan 2O-At Amite City, La, Gus Williams,
John johnson and Archie Joiner; murder
or Cotton family, S members.
Feb 4-Near Rockfeld, KY, Robert Nor
ton (coloredD; for writing insulting letters
to popular white woman.
Feb linear Webb City. Miss, 2 negroes;
Mar Sat Rock Springs. KY. negroes
shot and whipped by white caps.
Mar 151At Juliette, Fla, negroes; had
murdered John Barfield and John R. Tur-
ner.
Apr 24-Near o'Neill. Neb.. Frank Cole;
murder, rape and incendiarism.
May Pat Jeff, Ala, Nellie Smith and
Nancy sII6 White WHIT (negresses); had poisoned
May Eat Jefr. Ala, Jim Nance (negro);
implicated IN poisoning Of Kelly family.
May nINear Rosebud. Tex. negroes;
May 1s-Near Mountain Grove. Mo-, white
caps shot John Mitchell and Jack Coff-
mann.
Jun AT Urbana, O., Chas. Mitchell
(negro); 2 lives lost, 10 citizens wounded in
riot preceding lynching.
Jun Sat Princess Anne Md. VIM. An
drews (colored; had Just been legally sem
fenced to death for assault
Jul l6-Near Elba, Ala, Major Terrell (ne-
gro); had assaulted white woman and
burned her and her baby to death.
Jul 19-At Columbus Ca, DR.. W. L.
Ryder: had murdered young woman who
had rejected him.
- "a Ef-ANCdi JdChSOu Hole, NyO., JOnD
D; Sargent; for abuse which resulted in
wife's death. AT Pittsboro, Miss, Jim
Sellers negro); murder.
Jul Z7-Near Little Rock, Ark. white men
named CrownoVer and Beach; horse steal
ng.
Aug 6--Near Barbersville, KY, Jack Will
iia arnsi had M;loi ragged deaf mute girl
sault.
Aug 12-Near Chamberine, N. NJ, Harold
MOSler IA ped Ky Of 10 q
visiting with family who had trouble with
neighbors over ranch boundaries
Aug 19-Near Franklin Park, ILL.,, Chi
cage suburb, a tramp for murderous as
sault on woman.
Aug 21-At Williamsburg, KY, Elcany
Sullivan; sentenced to 20-yrs for assault.
Aug A-At Abbeyville, Ala, Frank Smith
(colored); had threatened to divulge names
of white cappers to grand jury.
Sep Eat Versailles, Ind. Lyle Levi,
ms and Hiney shuler; charged with bur
glary.
Sep 1s-At head of Moreau river. S. D..
Oct 15--Near Kendall KY, Tom Parker
(negro); had killed white cap who attacked
his home. On Bayou Borataria, La,
Douglass Bolte (coloreO; for running quar-
Oct 16-Near wilmot. Ark, white man
named Cole; murder of constable.
Oct 2S-At Morenci, A. T., Juan MADEIRA
Nov Pat Carrollton. Ala, Bud Beard;
assault.
Nov 13-At Wiliamsport, N. D., Indians:
murder Spicer family in February. AT
Osceola, Ark Henry Phillips (colored)
confessed murderer.
Dec TAT Gardnerville, New, Adam Uber;
murder. -
Dec 10-Near Wesson, Miss, Chas Jones
(negro); murder Mrs. Brown Smith and her
children.
Dec lS-At ST. Gabriel, La, negroes;
charged with murder
Dec 16-At Bankston Ferry Miss, Tom
Waller (colored); implicated in murder OF
Brown family
Dec 23-At Pennington, Wash, Chadwick
Marshall and John Mcdonald; charged
with murder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
BUSINESS FAILURES.
GzrxTsr Commercial Concerns, Involv-
xnr Liabilities of $500, 900, or over.

u.HENSr Co m IN rctal Concerns, IAvOiv-
snsr Liabilities of 100000, or Over.
Ian-I6-In Cincinnati Wheeling, Lake
Erie & Pittsburgh Coal Co., sl.O56, 900, and
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., 1920.
0kO
Feb 7-Pennsylvania Lead Co., Pitts
burgfI. 81, 100000; Keystone Co. ,(makers
OF agricultural implements), Sterling. Ill,
$sI0.0Ga
Feb 2s-United States Building and Loan
association, Louisville, Ky. l$59S0Oo.
ssociation. Milwaukee.
Mar asmUJnited Press association. New
Apc 5~E. S. Dean & Co.. New York, ST.
App Io-Cooperatlve Town Co.. Elizabeth
coor Tenn, $1,OOOOOO.
ra aef c. o sssR5S5SS wis' Consolidated
NAY e.Mut1ai Life Insurance Co.. In
iaEzapoiis, $4.000,OO0.
May n-William Brown & Co., commits
stou merchants, San Francisco, $500 900
May 2z-William Tarr. distiller. Licking
aisE ai-Hubbard Milling Co.. Mankato.
Tea 4-Dolese & Shepard, stone con-
TRACTORS. Chicago, $4,000.
FUN % Commercial Building Trust.
Alsg H-Massachusetts Benefit Life as
socfaIiou. Boston, $l,00000O.
Aa< sLLE d Z, oo Cuthbert 6 Co.. brokers.
Sep IsIseymooorGe eo Bros. stock brokers.
Oct 22-W: G. Hitchcock & Co., silk deal
Co. Chicago, $500.000
Of1 @-Werner Co., publishers, Chicago.
Nov I7-At Oshkosh, Wis, Henry Sherry.
lumber operator and manufacturer. $1,000.
Dee IS-At greensboro, KY. r. Monarch,
6iistiller. $3.50. 600.
Dec ?7-overman Wheel Co.. Chicopee
Falls, Mass; $539, 000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

Sep 20-U. s. court at Wheeling, w. Va,
makes perpetual its Injunction issued dur
ers from speaking in the state.
Sep 22-Sheriff Martin and rs deputies in
dicted at Wilkesbarre. Pa, for murder of
miners at Latimer Sep TO-
Sep 27-At Girardsville, Pa, men wound
ed in riot over mining troubles.
Oct 2-Troops withdraw from Hazelton,
Pa, quiet having been restored; nearly ali
the miners had returned to work
Nov 26-In Wilmington Qll.) coal field,
5000 miners resume work. Wages of II, 900
employees increased 10 per cent. by Missouri
Pacific Ry.
Nov 3O-At Olneyville, r. l., 25,OOO mill
cent.
Dec lat Youngstown, o.. 1000 men in
limestone and iron trades received wage
advance of from 10 to 20 per cent.
Dec local miners strike in northern
Illinois fields declared off
Dec 1S-Wages of 10000 window glass
workers In Pittsburgh district raised Is per
cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
CRIMES.
Few of the More Shocking Trage-
dies, Especially Domestic.


Jan Sat GAINESVILLE, Wis, Herman Slimm
Jan 2S-Near Wayne, Neb, c. K. Rash
Drained Wife and 8 children; insanity.
Feb 6-MTs; Robert Cort drowned her
Feb 4-At Lexington. KY. John w.
Mars, ex-city treasurer. killed 6-year-old
son. shot daughter and sister and commit
Mar 20-Near Orrick, Mo-, Bee Rainwater
killed his Wife. daughter. mother-in-law
May TAT Leadvllle, Col, Geo. Ratliffe
killed Belle Walker (sweethearO and self
May 31-At San Antonio, Tex, Bud
Franks wound up drunken spree by killing
wife and self
Jun AT Urbana, O.. soldiers guarding
Jail fired into mob bent on lynching coli
ored prisoner. killing 2.
Jun Sat Mishicott, wis, Peter Fucker
man killed wife and self.
Jun 1SNear Davenport, Ia. John Gugel-
Jun 25-At Key West, Fla, white man
lynehing ~ syiyanus JACKSON (col oreGeh'
Black shot brothers wife and self; jeal-
ousy.
Sep Cat Toledo; O.. s, R, Ashwell killed
wife and fatally shot self
Sep TAT Victor. Col, Henry H. Tillotson
killed Ella Taylor (sweethearD and self;
jealousy.
SEP Sat IA Park City. Utah. James Quinn
Sep 25-At Whiteside, Mich, Victor An
derson killed mother and SELF AT Sham
okin, Pa, A. w. May killed Cora Caseman
and self; her parents refused consent to
their marrying.
Sep N.Near Carroll. Ia. John Blocker
Oct TAT Flint, Mich, Lester L. Burton
killed wife and self
Oct 117At Leominster, Mass. John F.
Boynton killed wife and self
Oct 19-At Gallup, N. NJ, Clemente Rivera
killed Mrs. Victor Barrela and self.
Oct 20-Near Blue Earth City, Miss, Geo
Young killed wife, 2 children and self: in
sane over business troubles.
Oct 2lIAt Chicago jury in Luetgert muir
Nov PAT Worcester, Mass, Edward
Hamilton killed wife and daughter and
Nov -4-At Dallas, Tex, Jas. Boswell
killed Mrs. Emma Smith. Jas. Barton and
self; jealousy.
Nov Near Unadilla, Neb., Ralph Van
Horn killed 5-year-old son and self: in
NOV 16--At Gushing. Ia. L. D. spickler
killed wife and self.
Nov 1S-Near Benton Harbor, Mich.
Henry Kammerer killed his father in quar-
rel over money matters, also himself
Nov 2S-At Mason, Mich, Scott BoWdish
shot 9-year-old daughter and killed himself
Dec 2.At Milwaukee Albert Kruger
killed wife and self.
Dec Sat Kansas City, Mo-, Chas. Den.
heller while drunk shot wife and self
Dec PIN Chicago, Mrs. Mary Anderson
asphyxiated self and step-children 49,, In
St. Louis Marcus Nassauar shot Katie
Dosenback (sweethearD, and killed him
self....At Manchester, Ky Will Burdy
Jas. Philpot and Bob Gregory killed in sa.
/ loon row.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

Mar 15-In st. Louis, Ely. Walker & Co. s
wholesale dry goods house; 81. $780, 900.
Apr SIN business section Of Knoxville,
Tenn, lives lost; $l,200.000.
Apr I5-In New Orleans. Moresque build
Apr PIN Newport News, va, G. Is o.
Ry. Co.'S pier; $1,000, 000... vicinity of
Grantsburg, Wis, forest fires.
May Pin Pittsburgh. Pa, several big
business buildings: s4.000.000
May 6-At New York, Merchants Rekrig-
Grating Co.'S cold storage warehouse5t500. :
May 2O-In Hoboken. N. j.. $50 hSAes;
$3.50, 900.
Jun BIN Alexandria, Va. Bryan's Ter
tilizing mill; $500, 900.
immigrant buildings; 100000.
Jul 23-Peoria Ql&) Grape Sugar TO- s
Jul Pin Yonkers. N. Y. iarge| fac
tories; 100000.
Aug 15-In Baltimore, Tunis Lumber Co. 8
saw and planning mills; 100000
Sep 16-Great Dismal swamp of Virginia
and North Carolina. covering 400 50. M, ON
fire from end to end.
Sep 29-In Washington, power house of
Central Traction Co; 100000.
Oct Elm Detroit, Mich. opera house and
business buildings; 100000.
Oct H-In st. Louis. building containing
Wabash railway offices: s500,0
retail salesrooms of carpet manufacturing
firm OF John e. Jas. Dobson.
Dec 23-In Cleveland, block in business
center; 100000.
Dec 25-In Chicago. Coliseum building;
$4,000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06

Oct 25-Delaware coast swept by worst
storm IN II years; damage, 100000
Oct 26-BliZzard in eastern Colorado, Ne
braska and South Dakota.
Nov 10-Destructive tornado at Boulder
and other Colorado towns
Dec 3-Violent earthquake felt at GaIena.
Ill.
Dec 13-Tornado at Point La Hache, La,
wrecked buildings and took life... Earth
quake at Lebanon. Ill
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
CASUALTIES.

Supporting CatastrOphes in Which
Five or More Lives Are Lost.
fan E-NeIson. Neb., s in mine explosion
Jan ij-Pottsville, Pa, miners in falling
cage
Ian I-Dallas, Tex, Is children by fire.
Ian H-Near Quogne, L. l. 9 in wreck AT
seH-
Ian zf-Perry o. T.. 25 children severely
injured by collapse of school building.
Ian E-Six In wreck OF boat between
Evansville. Ind, and Hartford, KY. East
Nucsaik. Conn, In railway wreck.
I&n 1-Near Mt. Ida. Ark, frozen to
ktssdIfn.
tan 5I-Hoboken, N. j.. mother and {
c.iuidren by fire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-06
FIRES.
Involving n Loss of Half n Million
Dollars or More

Jan 26-In Philadelphia, several business
Bros big grocery; $4,000 0OO.. In Chicago.
Williams block; $780, 000
Feb Fin Harrisburg, Pa, state CAPT
toll: 31.50O.000
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Outlying Islands.

In the preliminary draft of the official
reply TO Spain regarding the peace over
lures as part of the American demand men,
tion is made of the cession to the United
States of certain small islands off the Gu
ban and Porto Rican coast. 1t is interest
ing, even though the exact terms of this
item are not yet disclosed, to note certain
facts concerning these islands. Those
doubtless meant to be included are the Isle
of Pines, off the southwestern coast OF
Cuba. used principally as a sort of penal
colony by the Spanish colonial government;
Mona Island. situated in the middle of the
Mona passage, between Porto Rico and
San Domingo. and Yieques or Crab Island,
about fifteen miles east of Porto Rico.
These places and perhaps others would be
chiefly valuable to the United States for
strategic purposes. especially Mona Island,
which in fashion commands the much
used Passage to the Caribbean sea. Not
far from Crab Island Is q smaller uprising
from me sea. Culebra Island. probably
Of httl consequence. yet distinctly a part
OF the Porto Rican territory. 1t remains
for the future to disclose whether the gov
ernme;t has in mind for this purpose any
Of the chain of practically uninhabited Is.
lands stretching along the northern shore
OF Cuba, forming an elongated archipelago
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Wood Stfrs the Spaniards.

The Spanish civil governor of Santiago
pre- tests that Military Governor Wood is
riding rough-shod over the traditions and
regulations of municipal admnistra ton,
and instances as one of the American s
oppressive measures a new rule requiring
householders to report deaths to the au-
thorities. 1t is to be suspected that Senor
Ros' complaints in general will have little
weight in Washington if all are based upon
similar grounds. The regulation referred
to is one of the first steps toward a decent
sanitary management of the city which
evidently needs a thorough overhauling.
The Spanish custom doubtless is to permit
the people to hide the fact OF death. and in
this they are very like the Hindoos, whose
surerstitions and prejudices against official
hygienic measures have greatly embar-
rassed the government in its efforts to
check the plaques that periodically sweep
through India. Santiago must be made
habitabIe for civilized people. and the first
efforts to this end will be along the line of
introducing American methods and pro-
cesses, Drastic measures win be necessary
for time. first to cure desperately filthy
situation and then to teach the people the
ways of cleanliness and health. Without
regard for the political future, whether il
leads to Cuban government or to American
annexation, Santiago first and Havana
next, with other cities as well, must be
brought out of the mud. Governor Ros
probably smarts under the lash of General
Skaters rebuke and seeks to vent his
spleen upon General Wood. who is a skilled
physician and doubtless knows exactly
what to do.