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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21
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A Osi0n
of Death. (
Strange Story of a Won,an's Dream
Which Proved to Be True
to Life.

90 ~ PEAkiSt; Of dreams and
II prenonitians." said Cen ID.
J. Cook who for thirsy-fiva
NJ years has been chief Of the
w Rocky Mountain Detective
Association. and for two
terms Was sheriff at Denver during the
"patmy asys'' 90 tho Western city
"epeaking ~ dreams ansE pfsmorltions re-
minds IN. OF n ssrang. psychological hap"
peninx that came under my own personal
observation detective. where start
ling nightmare ~ terrible and complicated
death and murder proved true IN every
single detail"
Detectives as raj. are not sapersti-
tious and the idea OF working out the
cIew 10 a crime a mere dream Is widely
81 variance with detective mot aois. They
generally depend neon material facts As
they find them With their own eyes and
ears. but the following remtni&eonce. re-
lated hy Gen. Cook. " strange that even
the Willy detective has "a admit that there
Il something Isl dreams" IL is tae story
OF fi.s Milling of feiles detective, ana ~
the killing 81 tao horse th3aye&-the story
Of womans dream thrilling IN tac *
treme and y"t faithfully tgae IN every par
tteular a. aftcstod bs the criminal reCoTtt
OF The Nest The story deals principally
with Alex Ramsey ami his wife. AMI Is
Ing the fst, NJ -lS,A. Ramsey, a; taat time
was about = years az age. ant as fiae a
specimen % manhood N nart la a dty's
tourney. HE was thoroughly Il WsSfs.ra
manffans. genial ard liberal to a fault
as brave mar ever pat spurs u 4
horse Nitsn duty cail.sS him TO action
He was sa,ea detective. sxcslung 80
pc~,tsny in bis 3e4l:nEA with desperate
characters \ few wears hefare Ire bate
ssa.
.npre~sions1}s little woman t.awn in ghs,
Missouri valley, wao loves him aevotesiis
she sivqcnsssa HpNn han Implicitly. ~
leVei ii bis agowess iu nj matters, and
really ~orshlges h{fu SeoE after thess
marriage they renewed ~ Hayes cay.
nesr the Colorado sfts and ssssa fh@ see-
uynes NJ The Kansas Pacific ralirvAf a
tive, t8~iitng avn. stssl II life and abound
tag IN the ro~sga characters. AZ = a.
casapsay sae hs ding o& railroads IA thn
West
Ramsey had ac't iagsg hesa IN Hayes Citv
when Ids courage. w~i3 as Ass many
c;Asr nsanis eaalSsiss. hs<Ana. known -
t.se people ef ne p4see. fas he ffsausr .iy
had s~ccaStan % sE3 ~ fAp rs a.sIlsats ~ the
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

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IA aa an~&~rs Nth z}scgl:y 90 10 name =
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fellow siui~x er she t77rsfea fne picture
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sse 51& Ba~ Stkrc .o tAr haste @3}ra
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

On, BEAUTIFUL tribute to Admiral
A\ George Dewey has been projected
q by the citizens OF Vermont
Dewey memorial hall of Norwich univer-
sity. at Northtieid. will be the Green
Mountain states own monument TO ITS Ia
nous son.
Plans for the proposed building have
been prepared. II will consist of a CEN
trail hall and two wings. The hall Is hex
agonai rising one story above the wings
and supporting A circular dome.
The entrance will be framed In Ionic
columns. Above the entrance design
emhiematic of the navy viii be carved,
and on either side are tablets OF aouro-
pirate inscriptions. In style the building
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

= the fail Of ises SAs waiting In .
small soxu IN Western Nebraska
fer nay partner. 90 &c on hunting
and irspsssng trip Oar destination
wax tire Nsobrzra river. IN the north
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21
DEWEY G0EGl0RIAL E]6[LL

Is a simple adaptation OF the classic. the
details being Greek.
The main feature OF the design is the
central hall 1t is open to the dome. OPP
posite the entrance a grand staircase leads
10 a gallery on a level with the second
floor. On the wall spaces are provided FOR
memorial tablets and historical docu-
mentS.
In The center Of this hall. In front OF
the staircase. bronze statue OF Admiral
Dewey will he placed.
The cost OF the memorial hall will be
800. go, which sum will be raised by con-
tributions which are being solicited from
all Vermontefs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21
SKELETON ~ HIS CLOSET.
Revenge Of Californian whose
Friend Was Murdered In
War Times.

kkHr ORNTNG, colonel
I'M Morning sir" replied the man
who was leaning over the fence
He was a short thick-set man. with
clear and piercing eye. his face shaved
smooth. with not the suggestion OF VIM
k,e; yet his hair was as white a. snow.
He had a slight Southern accent. and MS
hearty manner Of inviting the visitors in
and his cordial hospitality were wnoiiy
Southern. One of the visitors knew MIN.
and had told the other that here was a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

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NO Rocky Mountain Detective
Association and for TWO
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

The rarest of all birds in Cuba is the
ara-triclor, commonly known as the
Cuban macaw. It's habitat is the
swamps, and the following general de-
scription will illustrate its beauty:
Forehead, red, becoming ~yellowish on
top and shading into bright yellow on
the neck; back feathers, cinnamon
edged with green; under parts scarlet
with a dash of orange on the throat;
secondary feathers bright blue on the
upper surface, pale brown underneath;
legs brown and eyes yellow. Seen in
the dusk resting on the lily pads of a
swamp, the ara-tricolor is one of the
handsomest specimens of the bird life
to be found in any land or any cline.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

pallins, but he came out without a
scratch. He told me once of an ex-
perience in the Lynchburg campaign
which l shall never forget. The I'm
ionists had been outnumbered and
probably out-maneuvered, and were
falling back, pursued by the Confed-
crates. Hayes was ordered to hold
he enemy in check in a narrow valley
until the artillery and supply wagons
were safe. He promptly e%ntrenched
himself and erected b~arricades of logs
and stone fences. He had Gen. Hast
lngs to hold one side of the gorge and
Major William Mckinley, now presi-
dent, to hold the other, while he took
personal charge Of the center. The
night wore on and soon the firing be-
gan. Suddenly Gen. Hayes saw men
wounded and staggering in front of
one of his barricades, and in the dark
ness took them for his own soldiers.
He ordered the firing to cease. and ran
himself out Of the lines to save them
as far as he could. A few feet from
a cannon he heard a man moaning. He
picked him up and carried him within
the lines and said gently in the dark:
My boy, what regiment do you be-
long tor The man gasped, I'm one
OF Early's brigade The general had
run into a body of Confederate troops,
and had he been known the history
of the republic might have been
changed"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25
Especial letter.

Especial Letter.
Imagine yourself in a country where
the Marlin and Krag-Jorgensen tife,
the shotgun and the horse piston are
so plentiful that they seem to line the
hillside. Try to conceive yourself
placed in a position where you go to
death or, fighting from time to time
like a wildcat, you win a victory with
out the faintest hope of applause. If
as you read this, protected by the law
81 civilization, you can transport
yourself to such a realm as the one
Just outlined, then you may begin to
have a vague idea of the strenuous life
that the United States revenue agents
lead when they are assigned to lid
Illicit stills in the heart of the Caro-
linas or Tennessee.
Jim Redmond is one of these
agents, and a few days ago he told a
reporter a few of the things that he
had seen II done-told the story of
the mar hunt where the hunter is at
the same time the hunted. Redmond
is a splendid type of the Kentucky
gentleman, tall, strong, 1.-the, quick to
see and act, and fearless.
The first story he told was of Rev.
enue Agent Bouldin, whose name is a
terror to the sinners wherever he has
been, and who is impatient of city life
n the comparative ease in which the
city revenue agen,s find themselves.
Bouldin got information from a North
C~arolinian, whose name will remain
forever unknown. 1t is death to be
found out as an informer of the gov
eminent against the operators of lille
it stills. The mar told Bouldin where
a certain still was situated. Bou1din
knew the man in charge and went at
once to arrest him. He found the
man at the door.
Il wan you" said Bouldin.
All right" vas the answer. wait
till | get my coat"
He went in and came out with his
coat and with a shotgun charged with
buckshot. AS he got to the door he
let fly. Bouldin saw what he was do
ing. He himself was armed with a
pistol, whose caliber was in the ~forties,
but the man had the first shot. So
Bouldin lifted his arm across his heart
or he would have been a dead man in
stead of living to tell the tale, with
a body full of shot. AS it was his
arm received fearful laceration and his
breast was riddled. After the first
shot lin fact the sinner had discharged
both barrels at once), the mountaineeT
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

Philadelphia Record: A Conshohoc-
ken saloonkeeper had a silver horse
shoe hanging in his barroom which he
bought for good luck, ~regaruless of the
tradition" that the horseshoe should
be found, and that to buy one is con
sidered the worst kind of luck. A
few nights ago several men entered
his saloon and drank at the expense
of the easy-looking youth who ac-
co1npanied them. In payment for the
drinks the young man rendered a
brand new ten-dollar bill, which he
laid fiat upon the bar. Unfortunately
the proprietor couldn't change it, so
the liberal youth said that he and his
friends would drink it out. They
had drunk about Sc worth when the
saloonkeeper remembered that he had
some change upstairs and asked for the
note again. 1t was laid down on the
bar again in a lump, and as the pro-
prietor Strengthened it out he saw that
it was a fraud, for on one side was an
advertisement of a Philadelphia de-
partment store. The disguised man
was so intent on relieving his feelings
that the merry jokers went out with
out interrupting him. Next day he
had another run of bad luck, and the
silver horseshoe has now disappeared.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

S., all she could spare. 1t was not
enough to take her to the faraway In
diana town. But others came to help
her and now she has gone. Her
health is shattered. Her brilliancy is
gone, 1t is not likely she will ever be
heard from again.
Material for another sermon on the
same text could easily be found in the
life story of Lady Yarde-Buller, daugh-
ter of the millionaire California pio-
neer, Gen. Kirkham, who has just been
adjudged insane after an extravagant
career that has startled two CONT
nents. A guardian has been appointed
for her and her estate, the latter hav-
ing deprecated to a great extent
through her recent extravaganza. All
that was left to her was an income of
$500 q month, but the accounts show
she has been spending 5000 in excess
OF this. She did moi realize that her
income was o as large as in years
gone by, before her properties became
encountered by mortgages. In her de-
lusions she would talk of her large es-
tates and had even cast money into
the streets of San Francisco. believ-
ing she still had unlimited wealth.
Lady Yarde-Buller was the petted
daughter of Gen. Kirkham, once com
mandant at the Preside. She had
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

while her aged husband contented him
self at his home in Scotland. But
even the cup could not induce him to
overlook the matter, and in the end
he obtained a divorce. Once more free
the young woman continued her affair
with Gadsden, to the scandal Of all the
capitals of Europe. One day Gads-
den, who was an accomplished pianist,
fell dead at her feet while playing to
her. For a time all trace of her was
lost, and when she returned to
California she retained only a trace
of her former beauty, although none
of her imperiousness was gone. She
continued the mode of life she had
chosen, and was cut by all her old &C.
quaintances. They knew the wages OF
sin and their sure coming. They were
content to let the former beauty go on
her way alone, and it was only by the
Intervention of her lawyers that she
was consigned to a m%adhouse, where
she will spend the rest of her days.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25
Deadly

Chambersburg PENN special Balti-
more American: Dr.. John j. Smith died
recently of anthrax, after hard suffer-
ing. He was a veterinary surgeon.
graduate of the university of Pennsyl-
vania, and had been called to investi-
gate the deaths of live stock on Ber-
Inns farm, near town. On Aug. 25 he
performed an autopsy on some of the
animals, and sent portions OF their
bodies to State Veterinary Pearson,
VINO afterwards pronounced the disease
anthrax. Smith attended other live
stock, and took sanitary precautions,
fully aware of the horrible nature of
the malady to man and beast. An
eruption appeared IN his hands, n
he said at once it was anthrax, and
that he feared death. Physicians OPP
Grated and gave careful attention. His
body became badly swollen. and he
grew worse, unconscious and died.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25
A Generals "IsIuf."

Bravery in a military officer is a
commonplace virtue, since no man is
fit to be an officer unless he possesses
it. But presence of mind in great
danger is a rarer quality, and the Off
Ger who possesses it needs only oppor-
tunity to bring him distinction. Gen.
de Gallifet, the French minister of war
and the most eminent living French
general, possesses presence of mind in
a high degree. During the war Of the
commune, Gallifet once found himself
at the Bergeries bridge, Paris, sur
rounded on three sides by the insur-
gent National Guard. He was accom-
panied by a lieutenant only, Bernard
d'Harcourt by name. Escape was i'm
possible. Three thousand national
guards had their guns aimed at the
two officers. Eve shall never get out
of this alive" said the lieutenant.
We'll" said Galifet, perhaps not, but
I think we shall. Follow mel" Cali
fet proceeded to ride at a slow trot di-
rectly toward the insurgents. Pres.
emily. the Communist commander, a
nan in a white beard, evidently not a
soldier by occupation, stepped out and
called: What do you want?" Then
Gallifet proceeded to make a speech in
a somewhat grandiloquent manner. He
pretended that he had come from Pres
ident Theirs. "Frenchmen,' he said,
listen! Shall it be peace or war be-
tween Paris and Versailles? Shall we
not have peace? Lay down your arms
and all will be well. If you persist, it
is wal to the death! Frenchmen,
choose!" A great clamor rose among
the insurgents. The Communist com
mander spoke up. go back to Presi-
dent Thiers," he shouted, land tell him
it is WARP 81 go!" said Gallifet. He
wanted nothing better, as his mis-
sion" was a pure accident, and he was
as good as a prisoner. He and the
lieutenant rode away. The li~eutenant's
horse struck into a gallop. HOLD
on!" called Gallifet. Don't let then
think we are in a hurry-they'll know
what's up!" So the two officers walked
their horses out of range of the insur-
gent rifles, and rejoined their com
mand. Two months later the gray.
bearded communist commander fell in.
to the hands of Gallifet, who gave him
his liberty in agreeable remembrance
of the incident.
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ly got his hands up when Banner Jor,
dan, who was concealed there, let &c
with a revolver and tore Davis rign.
arm from the finger to the elbow.
Nevertheless Davis kept on trying to
get up, and Smith had at last to pull
him down by main force. Just then
Banner Jordan tried to shift his posi-
ton, and in doing so he broke through
the plastering and crashed down to
the floor feet foremost and he landed
shooting from pistols in both his
hands. Davis pulled his pistol and
shot back. He put six bullets into
Jordan through and through.
Smith wac busy keeping out Of thu
range of both the contestants. At last
he found an opening, and, stealing
around Jordan, he put the seventh
bullet through him and finished him.
Then he put his left arm around Da-
Wis and started with him down stairs.
In his right hand was his trusty re-
volver. AS they got down, the door
opened and the elder Jordan emptied
a shotgun at them. The charge
struck and disabled Smiths right
hand, in which he held his pistol.
Swift as thought he whipped the
weapon into his left hand, which he
never removed from around his part
ner, and shot the elder Jordan dead.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

everything that great wealth could
command. When she went to Paris
to complete her education her beauty
attracted widespread attention. While
in the French capital she undertook
an elopement with young MAORI
banks, who afterward became Lord
Tweedmouth, but her father learned of
the scheme in time to prevent it. He
had no presentiment then of what was
to come. Still, he thought it wise to
hasten her settlement in life, and when
David Boyle Blair, a Californian, pro-
posed for her hand he was promptly
accepted, and the marriage followed
speedily. The young couple went to
Oakland, Cal, where they lived in the
Kirkham mansion. 1t is never known
what came between them, but Blair
went to South America, where he took
sides in one of the many revolutions
there, and was killed on the field of
battle. Freed from her matrimonial
bonds, the young woman began to
look around in the world, and it was
not long before she became the wife
of Yarde-Buller, a Scotchman. It could
not have been a love marriage, for he
was twice her age at the time. He was
excessively fond of the wine cup, and
his wife soon learned to keep pace
with him. 1t was swift going after
that. There was an affair with Val
entine Gadsden, with whom Lady
Yarde-Buller was seen in Germany,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25

fled. Bouldin, however, was not done.
He knew that the man would come
back. So he went a little distance
down the hillside and lay down behind
a fallen tree. He vas too weak from
loss of blood to sit. However, he
raised his left hand to the top of the
log and waited six hours. He was
almost fainting when, through the haze
that had gathered in front of his eyes,
he saw the Sinner returning. Bouldin
almost with his last strength pulled
the trigger. The bullet sped a little
wider of the mark than Bouldin usu-
ally shot. The man tumbled oyer and
Topped like a decapitated pigeon.
Bouldin was too weak to pursue and
the mountaineer is still at large.
The next story that Redmond told
was about a raid in which Jim Smith,
the terror of the Stokes county North
Cardinal sinners, was the leader, with
Walter Davis as his aid. Charley
Tate, a fearless man. was also to be
along, but he mistook the place, and
did not arrive in time. In Kerners-
vile, N. c., there was a man named
Jordan, and he had a son, Banner Jor-
dan, who was killed in the fight that
followed. The elder Jordan was not
suspected, but the son was. When the
officers arrived they met the elder Jor-
dan. They told him that they had
come to examine the premises. He
said it was agreeable to him. On the
second floor they found a half dozen
barrels of Illicit whisky. They rolled
these out on the ground and destroyed
them. But the largest store was sup
posed to be on the third floor, which
in these country houses is an attic,
with the only entrance through a man
hole in the ceiling, and there are no
steps. A man has to remove the cover
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
\ Boy In Battle, Boots" the zenith
Pennsylvania Mascot, Who Went to
Manila-Maior Hayes Inherited Luck
In War-A Generals Bluff.


o, l will walk with you, my lad. which
ever way you fare,
hou II nave me, too, the side of you, with
heart as light as air;
NO care for where the road you takes
a-leading-anywhere-
IL can but be a joyful jaunt the whilst
you journey there,
The road you takes the path of love. an
that's the bridth of two
ana L VIII walk with you, my lad-O, 1
will walk with you.
Ho! 1 Will walk with you, my lad,
Be weather black or blue,
Or roadsides frost or dew, my lad
o, l will walk with you.
Aye, glad, my lad, I'll walk with you,
Whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, or
binding drifts of snow;
Inc way that you set face and foot's the
way that 1 will go,
And brave I'll be, abreast of you, the
saints and angels know,
with loyal hand in loyal hand, and one
heart made of two,
through summers gold, or winters cold,
It's l will walk with you.
Sure, l will walk with you, my lad,
AS love ordains me to-
To heavens door, and through, my lad,
o, l will walk with you.
James Whitcomb Riley in Lippincott's.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-11-25
FIGHT FOR A r
While She Looks On Until the Winner
Escorts Her Home.

Escorts Her Home.
W~ilkesbarre (Pa.) special to the New
York Herald: After two lively fights
it has been settled that Michael Burns
of Luzerne can pay court to handsome
Miss Mary Campbell, II years old, Of
Edwardsville. OF her many admirers
she favored most Charles Stanford,
Michael Burns and Thomas Murphy.
Murphy saw Stanford leave her home
the other night. They went to a field
and Stanford was knocked out in the
first round.
Murphy and Burns met Miss Camp
bell in Luzerne. Each wanted to walk
home with her. The men quarreled,
and she said: why don't you fight it
out?" They promptly did so in a field
adjoining Union street, where an arc
lamp made it bright as day, overlooked
by a railroad bridge, on which Miss
Campbell was seated, so that she could
see all the fight. Stripped to the waist,
the men fought with bare knuckles.
Murphy's second was Councilman John
Monahan. Cornelius Boyle looked after
Burns, and Thomas Cawley, an old
fighter, was referee. There was more
force than science in the combat. At
the end of the third round Murphy had
had enough. He was badly battered.
Burns bore several scars, but was hap
by, as he escorted Miss Campbell home,
although most of her shouts of en-
enlargement had been for Murphy.
Murphy wants to try again, Inc says
he will train.