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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

London Mail: A correspondent
sends to the Daily Mail the following
story of an incident which happened
some twenty years ago in Toronto:
Colonel Ingersoll, the celebrated inf
del orator, was delivering a lecture in
the theater on a Sunday night. The
house, of course, was crammed, and he
went on with his clever and humorous
speech till he gave utterance to some
particularly blasphemous comments,
which proved too offensive for his au-
dience. In the midst of his brilliant
speech a fine voice in the gallery rang
out in the well-known hymn, Hold
the Fort, for l Am Coming" Instantly
the words were taken up by others I'M
til the whole concourse Joined in, and
Colonel Ingersoll had to retreat tg-
ANONYMOUSLY, without being allowed to
utter another word.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

break when subjected to great cold is
contradicted by the results of expert
ments made at Cornell university. 1t
has been shown there that the strength
of steel and wrought iron is least at
a temperature of 70 degrees Fahren-
heit, and that it increases when the
temperature either rises or falls from
that point. At 500 degrees above zero
and 60 degrees below zero the strength
is increased about 20 per cent. The
elastic limit also rises slightly with
increase. of cold.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
So Father Says.

l wish that I'd been grandpa's child,
That l could had the joy
OF fshing in the good old days
When father was a boy.
For then the fish grew bigger far
Than they do nowadays,
And literally packed the streams
At least so father says.
They never caught a sucker then
That didn't weigh a ton,
And pickerel were longer thar
A modern Armstrong gun.
They used to yank out halibut
In hundreds from our bays,
And shad ran up the banks to bite
AT least, SO father says.
They never thought of using bait
To lure the willy trout,
They reached a bushel basket down
And simply dipped them OUT;
and in about an hour or two
They'd fill up several drays,
And SOW them through the neighbour
hood
At least, so father says.
In short, they caught so many fish
That fore their sport was through
The stream where they were fishing
would
Go down a yard or two;
And not an angler failed to come
Home loaded in those days
A habit father still pursues,
AT least so mother says.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
CONTRADICTIONS
That Mark the Strange Career of the
Filipino Leader.

Harper's Magazine: His career
contains a reasonable number Of con-
tradictions. Thus his first act in con-
nection with the revolution was to re-
buke and threaten the rebel leaders in
the neXt town for the cruel slaughter
of the natives loyal to Spain. The next
day he compelled the men of several
sluggish villages to rally for the storm
ing of the convent and hacienda at
linus. He levied taxes and paid his
way as far as possible, so that current
prices remained unchanged in the
rebel provinces. He restrained plum
derers and repressed cruelty with a
strong hand. His popularity was large
ly due to the fact that he was simple in
his ANN and always accessible. He
took his place in the foremost rank in
the contests of 1896 and 1897, and saw
his brother slain when L~achambre's
division stormed linus. Since his re-
turn in 1898 he has not been under fire,
his staff restraining him from risking a
life invaluable to the cause. While
the brief record of his. public life seems
to show hat he was moderate, simple
and humane in the midst of revolution,
there is much in his career that puzzles
the observer-more perhaps, that puz-
zles A~guinaldo himself. Does he owe
his great power to the fact that he is
the representative of his race, or to
his personal qualities? Up to May,
1898, his personality seemed the chief
factor. Since then he has been swept
along in the tide of revolution, owning
himself ~astonished at the mighty i'm
pulse which rallied his c~ountrymen.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
Power Of the Mann1icher Rife.

The power of the Mannlicher rifle
was recently demonstrated in an acct
dent near Prague, the Bohemian capt.
tai. Two gendarmes entered a room
in an inn and closed the door, putting
their rifles in the corner. One rife
fell and discharged itself, the bullet
going through the door into the next
room, where a party was dancing,
passed through the body of a musician,
killing him, and then through the
bodies of five other men, all of whom
were dangerously wounded.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

city. The number of instances in
which the culprit dies a slow death
from strangulation are we'll known and
the device, a cut of which is here pub
lished, has worked admirably on dolls
and manakins. The contrivance does
away with the hangman's knot and
cannot slip. A bar of steel, curved to
the shape Of a human neck, has ropes
leading to the center of the inside OF
the curve, which pass through a hole
in the middle of the bar. By pulling
the ropes out a few inches and crossing
them one over the other a perfect
moose is made, easy in slip, but when
once attached rigid in action. The in
ventor would have the condemned
stand on a low platform, with no drop,
and the other end of the rope attached
to a weight heavier than the criminal.
When all is ready the weight is
dropped from a shelf and plunges
heavily to the ground, jerking the
criminal in the air with such force as
to surely break his neck with the doc
tors device. Having reached the
zenith of it's fight the body would as
speedily descend, the neck being thus
| given another killing wrench, which
would certainly cause a fracture If the
first movement failed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
Paper at the Telephone.

A desk or table convenient for jot-
ting down memoranda is regarded as
a telephone essential. In the wall
telephone the battery box is made with
an inclined top suitable for this pur-
pose, and a recently patented device,
the invention of Daniel H. Moore of
st. Louis, Mo-, combines with the bat
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
In Hard T,uck.

Chicago Tribune: Whats the mat
ter, old fellow?"
I'm afraid I've got to the end of my
rope, dear boy. Two years ago =
traded my riding nag for a bicycleE
last year I had no trouble in trading
the bicycle for a golf outfit, and now
I'd like to trade the golfing outfit for
an automobile, and 1 cawn't."
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
Presentation.

Boston Traveller: DR.. Ends-There
is nothing serious the matter with
Frederic, Mrs. Blakly. l think a little
soap and water will do him as much
good as anything. Mrs. Blakly-Yes.
doctor; an will I give 1t to him befort
or after his meals?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
An Inference,

Washington Star: whats the new
boarder's business?" inquired the
neighbor.
81 dunno" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "He keeps sayin' that the
folks in town love him fur the enemies
he's made. l guess mebbe he's a base,
ball umpire"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
Disagreement ON One Head.

Chicago Tribune: This climate."
casually observed the bald-headed man.
agrees with me perfectly. I have
lived here thirty-seven years, and
never had the slightest falling out
with it."
But I notice your hair has," said
the other man.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
The Real Omense.

Philadelphia North American: "Isn'e
it pretty tough to give a man a year for
stealing a few cigarettes?" asked the
culprit.
1.-THE sentence" said the court, els
not for stealing, but for smoking
them" :
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
OUR BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety of Jokes, Gibes and I~ronies,l
Original and Selected-F1otsam and
Jetsam from the Tide of Humor-
Witty Sayings.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
SIZE NO H%INDRANCE.
BIG THINGS THAT LOSE THEM
SELVES.

Railroad That Lost a aston Steel
Bridge - Boiler Disappeared from
Twenty Men-An Absent-Minded Train
Disuatchers a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

Cold Does Not Make Metal Brittle.
The common belief that steel and
iron become brittle and more liable to
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

Scene - Country police station.
Young countryman, aspiring to become
a member of the force, is being exam,
ined.
Inspector-"Of course you are aware
you'll have a lot of night work to doc
You are not afraid of being out late, I
suppose?"
Countryman's Mother (breaking my
-"That'll be all right, sir. His old
grandmother's going round with him
the first two or three nights, until hs
gets used to it!"-Punch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
To Bring Death Quickly.

A doctor of Baltimore is the inven-
tor of a continuance for hanging Grim
inals, which he claims will not fail to
break the neck, says the News of that
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

terry box desk a roll of paper, which is
always convenient for the purpose of
making notes. The top consists of
two parts, hinged, and one folding
over the other. The top one forms the
ordinary desk top, but being lifted re-
veals a sheet of paper. This sheet
forms the end of a reel, which is held
in the top of the battery box, and the
necessary notes being made the sheet
is drawn along by means of two rollers
and the used part severed by means of
a convenient knife edge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
SOLDIERS TERRORIZE THE TOWN
NEGRO TROOPERS PROPOSED TO
RUN TEXARKANA.
Resisted the Officers and Angry Cit
izens Threatened To Blow Up
Their Train With Dynamite.

Little Rock. Ark. Jan. S1.-A special
to the Gazette from Texarkana, Ari--,
says: There passed through Texar-
kama today eight trainloads of negro
soldiers. 1.20O in number, composing the
Tenth United States cavalry, en- route
TO San Antonio. When they arrived
here they were a drunken mob, and
an effort was made by them to tear up
the town. A number of colored soldiers
kicked in 4 door and entered a resort
and started to run the place at the
point Of loaded rifles. Constable James
Rochelle was called to the place after
they had broken up the furniture :
chase for the cars resulted. and jus, as
they reached them Rochelle captured
the leader Of the gang. As s0Cn as h
did so hundred rifles were leYelsd al
him and every negro loaded his gun.
Every car window held q drunken ne
gro with a cooked rifle. and after the
guns had been stuck in the officers
face the negro escaped into the cars.
The news spread, and every officer in
Texarkana and hundreds of citizens
flOcked around the neSro soldiers. who
seemed anxious for trouble. County At
tOrney Horace Vaughan placed himself
in communication with the governor
and as a result the trains We're held
here for seven hours. The negroes
wanted were kept in a car with an
armed guard outside. The trains We're
surrounded by irate TeXarkanans, who
were supplied with dynamite. ready 10
send the entire horde TO destruction.
The negroes learned of this and finally
agreed to hand over the guilty ones
upon Identification. but as this was i'm
possible no arrests were made. Cool
heads prevented more serious trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
PANIC ON MINING EXCHANGE
COLLAPSE OF ISABELLA BOOM
AT DENVER.
Stock Dropped From S1.S0 to S1.3o
and 127,Ooo Shares Were Un-
loaded-May Go Up Today.

Denver. Colo. Jan. 31.-The recent
discovery of wonderfully rich ore in
the property of the Isabella Gold Min
ing company at Cripple Creek has
caused the greatest excitement on the
mining stock exchanges of this city,
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek
that has been seen for a number OF
years. The stock of this company,
which six weeks ago was quoted at p
cents a share, sold on the exchanges
yesterday at $50, having jumped 80
cents in two days. This morning signs
of a reaction were apparent when the
exchange opened. The first sale of Isa-
bella was at $780, and at once the pan
ic began. There We're many buyers,
but offerings were too heavy for them,
and the price gradually sunk to $l.49
share at the close of the first call.
When the second call opened there
was q further decline and the panic
continued, the last sales being at $l.2912
G7.5O. The sales today were 12l, l,OOO
shares.
Tonight here is a great diversity of
opinion rs to the action of the stock
tomorrow, many declaring that the bear
has done its worst, and II is
predicted that the next upward turn
will carry the stock to $500. This IS
based on the claim that the mine has
s., ,OO0, 600 worth OF ore, running $1,000 in
gold to the ton, now in sight. The
company is capitalized at S2,25O,O0Q
The excitement on change, which
has been entirely due to the Isabella
strike, has been largely confined TO that
stock, though several other gold stocks
have been influenced sympathetically.
The fluctuations were, for the most
part within narrow limits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
UTAH MAN BRUT TALL MURDERED
JOHN BLAKE'S BODY FOUND
NEAR KINGMAN, ARIz.
He and Companion Killed BY Mexi-
cans-Blalze's Body Mutilated and
Head Nearly Severed From Body.

Kingman, Ariz., Jan. 31.-The bodies
of two men have been found murdered
near blackberry. a small town east Of
here. The bodies had been exposed
three days The throats were cut and
the heads beaten to jelly with stones.
The remains have been identified as
those of James Dowd, miner, and
John Blake, a Mormon teamster from
Utah. Blake leaves a wife and chill
dren.
Both men had been drinking for sew
eral days, and on Thursday night dis
appeared. Three Mexicans. who We're
in town that night drinking and gamb-
ling, also disappeared and it is sup
posed that they murdered the men,
The murderers built a fire near the
bodies and burned the bloody clothing
Part of a letter. written in Span Sh, was
found in the ashes. The MeXicans have
been caught and are here in jail. There
is talk of lynchings. The bodies were
brutally mutilated after death. Blakes
head was nearly severed from the
body. He was robbed of a watch and
q small amount of money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
CONVICTION OF ROBERTS.
Denver Preachers Resolve That Utah
Congressman Is Guilty.

Especial to The Herald.)
Denver, Colo, Jan. 31.-The report Of
Rev. ]. B. McCuish, who recently re-
turned from Utah. where he went to
investigate the official records in the
case of Brigham H. Roberts, congress
man-elect, was made today to " Den
yer Presbytcry. After denunciatory
speeches, resolutions and memorials to
congress were framed by McCuish and
passed unanimously. They call for his
rejection by the house, because he is
polygamist, in proof of which they de-
clare:
'First-In violation of the laws of the
state of Utah, Brigham II. Roberts has
lived and associated with Louisa Rob-
erts. with Celia Dibble, called Roberts
Cbelieved to be his plural wife), and
that within the last eighteen months
aug. II. 1890. the said Celia Dibble
(called Roberts), has become the moth
er of twin children, said Brigham II.
Roberts being their reputed father
Besides living rs man and WIFE with
said Louisa Roberts and said Celia Dib-
bic (called Roberts,, the said Brigham
H. Roberts. to all outward appear
ances. also lives and associates with
DR.. Maggie C. Shipp in the habit and
repute of marriage. said DR.. Maggie
c. Shipp having since 1895 registered
herself in the Salt Lake City directory
and announced herself on her profess
sional cards as DR.. Margaret {. Rob
erts.
'Second-That the said Brigham II.
Roberts is not only polygamist, but
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
TWO BANKS FAIL,
One In California and Another In
Kansas.


San Jose, Cal, Jan. 31.-The Union
Savings bank of this city suspended
payment today. The cashier, Anton
Friant. stated that the trouble was due
TO the inability of the concern TO realize
at once on asSe-s, and further stated
that in closing its doors the bank was
following the advice Of. counsel
The bank was organized a number OF
years ago, under the laws of this state,
and has done d general banking bust
ness The authorized capital IS Sl,O00,-
co., and the paid UP capital IS 5000
The reserve fund is placed at $4,000
There has been no public statement Of
deposits for some time, but it is y l0Wn
that they were large 1t IS salu that
one immediate cause of the trouble IS
due TO advances made to customer.
President Wright is in san Francisco,
and until his return nothing can be
done
Washington, Jan. 31.-The comptroller
of the currency has received teloA
gram announcing the failure OF the
First National bank of Russell, Kan.
Following is a statement of the cOndi-
ton Of the bank, as shown by the re-
port made to the comptroller OF the cur
rency for December. 1898: Capital $780,
600: surplus and undivided profits, SILL
795: circulation. $4,000; due to deposit
ors. s59. $50: total resources, S169, ,146. The
bank was placed in the hands o. John
3. Cunningham, national bank exam
iner. as temporary receiver.
Russell. Kans.. Jan. 31.-Charles A
Wolcott, president OF the First National
bank. which closed its doors this morn
ing. has disappeared. He is said to
have left a letter. advising the direct
ors of the bank that his accounts were
so badly involved that he could not stay
and face the consequences. 1t is known
that there is a shortage in his accounts,
and rumor places the amount all the
way from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
DEFEATED THE TERRIBLE TURK
DAN M'LEOD TOO MUCH FOR
HALL ADALI.
Turkish Wrestler Bet $1,000 That
He Would Throw Mcleod Twice
in an Hour-Crowd Went Wild.

St. Paul. Mimi, Jan. 31.-Danny Nc
Leod. champion tch-as-catch-can
wrestler of America, won his match to-
night with Hall Adali, the Turkish
wrestler and gave him sixty minutes
Of as hot Wrestling as has ever been
seen
The match was before the st. Paul
Athletic club, the conditions being that
Hall Adali should throw Mcleod twice
in an hour, or forfeit $1,000.
The men came on the mat at 10
o'clock, and Mcleod started on the Of
fensive. The Turk, however. soon had
his man on the floor, and then enSUed
d desperate struggle for fall Mcleod
was as quick as d cat and as slippery
as an eel, and broke away from the
Turk a number Of times. once breaking
a hold which it seemed must floor him.
He got on his feet and made a dive ~
his adversary. and, amid the cheers of
the crowd, was on the Turks back But
the Turk was too WeiShty for him, and
soon Mcleod was again underneath
Finally, after tWerty-SeVen minutes
and fourteen seconds. the Turk secured
a half-NelsOn and forced NcLeOd's
shoulders down by sheer weight.
In the second bout Mcleod assumed
the defensive. and by his superior agil-
twenty minutes Of the time, although
there was an occasional miX-up. In the
last ten minutes Mcleod again assumed
the offensive. and kept the Turk busy
all the time. not only in his endeavor
TO throw Mcleod, but in keeping him.
self from the ignominy of fall. The
crowd went wild as the referee c--llee!
time, while the men were in terrific
struggle on the mat. The Turk either
Z =ros. f.nE sa6 nrs
temper, for he gave Mcleod a terrible
fling against the ropes. Danny jumped
up and made a pass at Adali, but the
referee and seconds ran between them,
and trouble was averted.
1t is said Mcleod is the first man who
ever succeeded in getting on the Turks
back. as he did in the first bout.
Captain WhittemOre acted as referee.
About 1900 persons witnessed the
m a. +ph
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
COWARDICE OF NEW WORKERS.
Captains Fined for Exposing Off
GERS of Seventy-frst.

Albany, y. y, Jan. 31--As a result
OF the courtmartial in the cases of Cap
tain Anthony J. Blocker of the Sew
enty-first New York regiment, charged
with q violation of the regulations in
discussing publicly the action Of the
ether officers and conduct prejudicial
to military discipline, and OF Captain
W r Meeks Of the same regiment on
the same charges, the men were found
guilty and sentenced each of them to
be reprimanded in general orders and
fined 500 each.
Major General Roe, upon receiving
the courts dicision, Immediately re-
mitted the fines.
Captains Becker and Meel1s charged
Lieutenant Colonel a. Downs. Major c.
H. Smith and Captain J. F. Whittle
with cowardice at the battle of San
Juan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
Southern Congressman Not I'm
pressed By Rising Storm.
EXPULSION IS IMPOSSIBLE
UTAH CONGRESSMAN WILL NOT
BE MoLESTED.
Clark's Ridiculous Proposition Will
Slumber in the Committees Pig
eon-hole-Iowa Members Efforts
to Gain Temporary Glory-Den-
yer Preachers Resolve.
Cspecial Corresnondencel

Washington. Jan. 2S-The most sig
nificant thing that has occurred in con-
nection with the ever-recurring Rob-
erts case is the action of the Arkansas
assembly. In that body resolutions re-
questing the Arkansas delegation in
congress to vote against Roberts went
on the table with a dull thud This is
significant of the attitude of the south
ern Democracy on this subject, and is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01

he also publicly justiies his unlawful
and polygamous relation, and defends
the righteousness of polygamy in an
article written and signed by him and
published in the Improvement Era,
May, 1888
''Third-That the records of the Third
judicial district court of the state Of
Utah show that on Feb. Il, 1887, the
said Brigham II. Roberts was indicted
for unlawfully living and cohabiting
with more than one woman as wives,
these being one Louisa Roberts and one
Celia Dibble (called Roberts.)
Having on the 2sth of April, 1889,
appeared before the court and having
plead guilty to the Indictment, he was.
on the 1st day of May. 1889. sentenced
to pay q fine of two hundred $4,000 and
costs, and to serve four months in the
Utah penitentiary"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
Judges Exchange Places.
Especial 10 The HeraId.)

Price, Utah, Jan. 31-Judge Henry
H. Rolapp of ogden will preside over
the district court, which convenes here
on the 18th of February. in place of
Jacob Johnson, who is sitting at Og-
den for the former. Judge Johnson ex-
poets to sit in one case, that of the
Mariette Irrigation company VS.. the
Bear River Waterworks company, for
three months
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
Duchesne Soldier Hurt.
(speeial to The Heraldl

Price, Utah, Jan. S1.-Wiiliam Ham
ilton, a soldier of the Ninth cavalry,
was run over by a wagon and his left
arm broken this morning, while en-
route here from Fort Duchesne. In COM
ing down q hill his overcoat caught in
q wheel, throwing him TO the g4 ound.
With a detail from the fo~t he was
coming here to receive a carload OF
mules from Denver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-01
CANADIANS WILL SUFFER.
British Columbia Mining Law Will
Prove q Boomerang.


Chicago. Jan. GA special TO the
Record from ottawa, Ont, says: The
adoption by the legislature Of British
columbia Of a bill designated specially
70 shut American miners out Of the At
lin country, is likely 10 prove boom
arang. The Alaska homestead law,
passed by congress last session, ac-
lid 10 native born Canadians the
same mining rights and privileges as
.,,.e nossessed by citizens Of the United
states, provided the laws of the Do
Union or any Of the local laws of the
9onoinion accorded similar rights to
Americans, either in British Columbia
or the northwest territories. Many
So.,,,,aliars are to be found mining in
SIael-a and the news that their rights
80 been legislated away by the Brit
sci, Columbian assembly will not be
+-ory. encourag ging to them