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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30

1ef entered .the world he was = moral
dSgsnefate and 81 no time responsible to
the law for any overt act he might COM
NIT. The peculiarities of Soper were ex-
plated on at length. his devotion to his
:eaed Pleas ssr. vas aSe ~s 10 his Gs beRsK sns
advanced with cold. facts, succinctly ex.
pressed. and.she jury returned verdict Of
On. December Il soper was sentenced to
be hanged February 4. 1898. and an appeal
FeDruary 4. isss, and % the defendant @ ss was y Fe
sentenced to be hanged March u. to-rnor-
row.
Fathers Murdef Described.
Prosecutor Barnett credits Professor
Grafton. .Soper's brother-in-law. with
clearing up the mystery OF John sopers
death. Grafton visited Soper in the Cass
county jail shortly after his return from
Oregon: The murderer was in q melan-
choiy mood, and during . recital Of fam
ily anairs by Grafton he suddenly and ap-
parentiy unconsciously began humming q
tune. Grafton recognised It. He had heard
It before. He exclaimed:
That tune! You hummed it on the day
Of your fathers funeral!'
Then the truth came out. Soper, accord
for his treatment Of the mother when be
VIZ D y0t4 Olo. Tne Gay OF the murder
mis- evil spirit prompted him. He purchased
pistol and ammunition and secreted them
In the wood pasture. He had announced his
inteutiQ OF attending the literary society
and LETT home with that object In view.
But, instead he went to the wood pasture.
secured his weapon and sought his father.
They talked cheerfuiiy and as they walked
towards the house 9erer stepped behind
his father and shot him In the head. The
old man tottefed forward and two more
bullets sped on their mission Of death: Dy-
Ing the father turned and with arms up
lifted, ga1ed 1t his son and tried to speak.
A merctful bullet entered his face. severed
the 5ugular, and before the murderer had
leaped the fence his victim was dead. The
debating society was thought Of IT. advance
in case an alih was needed. ,a..,r
Noose DaDSles Before Hi0.-..
For twenty-five months soper has been
confined in the narrow quarters Of the jail.
His cell IL Of the regulation size and opens
onto q corridor about fifteen feet long and
six feet In width. In one corner stands
the scaffold. Its building was supervised
by the man for whose death 1t was erected.
The stairway leading to the platform hugs
the bars Of his cell. The moose Of the rope
which Ii to put q deserved end to his life
bangles before him. The scaffold suits him.
He has tested the stairway and platform
tWtce. He has fondled the rope and viewed
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL.

Editor and Pahlish0R 81 Edueational
Review Proseestea for Al.
tacking Tannany.
NEW YORK. March 29.-On the COM
plant Of Joseph J. Little. president Of the
board OF education Of New York city.
Charles. and Henry Holt. OF Holt & Co.
publishers. and Nicholas Murray Butler.
professor of Columbia university, were to-
day arraigned before Judge blanchard in
general sessions on the charge OF criminal
libel The Holts are the publishers of the
Educational Review. Of which Professor
alleged libelous article on President Little
appeared in the February humber Of the
Review, which was entitled 'fAmmany IN
Friday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
WYm0RE's HUGE DEBT.

ThFiving Little NEBRASKA City owes
Mere Thaa 1l00 fer Each
Ha1ily.
wYMORE, NEB.. March 3.-tSpecial) 4
statement Of wymore's Indebtedness. q
shown by the report made by City Treas
urer Reuling. this week, dscioses the
startling facts that the city II indebted over
S0.eOo. which means an indebtedness Of
over "A for every man. woman and child IN
the city. or over Sise for each Of the -
familtea In the city. These facts wsss
known By very few people and viii b .
great surprise to most Of the citissns here
when published. The present intefest paid
fSnt expenses, more than exhlusss The a.
nSal revenue, and the psobIsh cf Nv -
sdk1ucs this Indebtedness = fhat = -
h&ee tkIs spring h 61lne
t1ksO 0ounds than - r.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30

kindly. i 'rsmenbes aA ysw hind words s.a g.
suranes Of sympathy. i.a,.
To those who worked against me want to ssy tha,
while you have erred and done vrQnx. while. you
have allowed your minds to become prejudced with
q wrong motive, yet forgive you all. I cherish nc
bad thoughts. shall say unk1nd words. sin
cerey pity you. and now am shout to leave thil
world pray God to have mercy and forgive you:
that he may lead you to know the truth and heip
you to be more merciful TO your fellow beings
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
KIRBY CASE DISMISSED.


SPRINGFIELD, MO-. March 9-tspe-
'cial) The proceedings in the J. n. Kirby
murder case came to a sudden Termination
to-day In Judge XcAfee's court.when Pros
scutinE Attorney Lovan entersd . ncale
prosequi. Kirby h . wholesale hauof DEAL
e.. and In quite wealthy. He 10 charged
with having killed Russell Campbell In this
city last fall. "A Agkt. occurred In KtFby's
saloon and canphslt vas killed, ~ Kirby
alleges. tn se1-dsesaDs. At . Hegu1 tx1a2
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
EX-SENATOR GRAY MADE JUDGE
ocFat to the FEDERAL Beach
am nela~aRe.

wAsHlN'3ToN. March 9.-President
Mckinley to-day appointed ex-senator
George Gray. OF Delaware. to be United
States Judge for the Third judicial district.
Senator Gray's term expired at the close
of the last congress. His service in that
body began March II. 1886. when he was
appointed to NIL the vacancy caused by
the appointment OF Thomas F. Bayard as
secretary OF state.
Senator Gray was recognized as ona Of
the leading Democrats OF that body and
was recently q member Of the commission
which met at Paris to prepare the treaty
Of peace with Spain and was also mem
Der Of the United States and Canadian
Joint high coMn1ssion..
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
Fatal I.sia..poli. Quarrel.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, March 8.-Adoaph
Fischer and Edgar z. Van Cleave. cabinet
watch. Fischer struck Van Cleave with bis
fist and the latter hurled q chisel At Fisch-
er, which struck the carotid artery, caus-
minutes. Van Cleaye was arrested.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
CONSTABLE SHOT WELL.


nus Their Lives.
DALLAS, TEX. March 2s.-Robert Lynch
and Robert Finch. two prominent citizens
at Brandon. small town near here on the
Cotton Belt railroad. have been shot and
killed while trying to run the town." They
were drunk and proceeded to shoot out the
rest the men. They resisted and the shoot
ing became general. After the smoke
cleared away. Lynch and Finch were found
dead,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30

tory. for. despite the successful conduct of
the war by the present administration. the
present policy OF Imperialism II each day
making new enemies for the. Republican
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
QUAY COMING NORTH.
will RetsPs Frsn Florida 70 NassSe
His Senat0Pial Campaign
q RA1aAa

HARRISBURG. PA. March 1.-etate
Treasurer Beacon, who il assisting In the
management Of Senator Quay's campaign
for reelection to the United States senate.
said to-day that the senator was comins
north from Florida 10 direct his campaign
in person. Mr.. Beacon says 1t II Mr.. Quay's
purpose to stand as q candidate for dele
gate to the next state Republican conyen-
ton from Beaver county. and to lead his
forces on the floor OF the convention.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30
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The Republican journal., 1899-03-16

cloSeu WatcrS wherein the same are cult
waited and maintained, as and when he peascs,
and may at all times sell them for cultivation
and propa cation; but he shall not sell them for
food at seasons when the taking thereof is
prohibited ,iunder penalty of not less than ten
nor more than one hundred dollars, and a fur
Their penalty Of not. less than one dollar for
each fish so sold. Amy person engaged in the
artificial propagation of trout, fresh and
salt water salmon, when the parent fish are
taken from public waters in the state shall re-
tain not less than twenty-five per cent of all
eggs taken from said parent fish, and shall
cause the same to be properly cared for and
Matched, and when Matched and in proper con-
dition, to be returned to place suitable for
such young fish in the original waters from
which the parent fish Wero taken, and shall
cause said parent fish to be returned to safe To-
cations in such waters, under penalty of not
less than fifty nor moro than five hundred dol
lars for each offense. But this section does
not apply to cases in which the parent;fish are
taken in the manner and at the time and place
permitted for the capture of such fish for food;
nor to operations in fish culture conducted for
public purposes by permission of the commits
sioners of fisheries, who may afix such condi
tions to their permits as they sec fiji, requiring
in no case, however, less than twenty-five per
cent of the young fish to be returned, as pro-
yided in this section.
Section 40. No person without permission
of the proprietor, shall fish in that portion Of
pond or other water in which FISH are artifciaIlv
cultivated or maintained by written permission
of the fish commissioners, under penalty Of
not less than ten more than one hundred
dollars, besides two dollars for each fish so
taken or killed. and, in default of payment,
such offender shall be imprisoned at the ex-
pensc OF the prosecutor, until said forfeiture
is paid or otherwise discharged by due process
Of law
Section &C. Whoever kills destroys any
sea salmon or land-locked salmon less than
nine inches in length. or any trout less than
five inches in length forfeits five dollars for
the oifease and fifty cents for every land-loclcd
| salmon or trout so killed or destroyed. Who
ever bias III possession any salmon or tro1lt
Of less than the above dimensions shall 10
deemed to have taken It in violation OF this
section.
Section At. Tho governor with the advice
and consent of the council, upon the recon-
mcndation Of tho commissioners of inland
fisheries and game. may appoint suitable per
sons as fish and game wardens, who shall hold
Office for a term of three years unless sooner
removed, and who shall enforce all laws relat-
ing to INLAND fisheries and game, and all rules
and regulations in relation thereto, arrest all
violators thereof, and prosecute all ofenses
against the same; said wardens shall have the
same power to serve Grim inal processes against
such offenders, and shall! be allowed the same
fees IS she.iGs, for like services, and they
shall have the sumo right as sherihs to require
The Republican journal., 1899-03-16

1aiut beiore any tiidi iuatice oi municipal
r.i5,s Cont, be hned not less Than twenty
5.l,.r- NOT more than nifty dollars
.-4e5ion -. Whoever between the hrsG cay
Nav ala HE fifteenth DAY OF OCTOBER, de-
'r-.cs auy mini, sable, hia'kIat' or hshef' Tor
.,tsa.n dollars for eaeh animal so destroyed;
.,spt.ug, u1we}eT' tAac II shali De lawful 10
..,.1 .usal Is IN Lily Poi1 III the towns OF
-,.,aa. -, 'maen ana also such mushrafs
r.e.s 4CJn! time WIN the operation anu
,..i-i.1-. rl any e@lil' olteh' i@"iNl CAM
,-saasua mE' Whoever al any TIME Ell's
.r.s.aass aer beaver except upon written
- li>...A d. .e commissioners oil inland
-.a.s..- a.0 s'We sh2-i DC Ahe4 enc hundred
-.r.fsaHl aos,, ana twenty-five collars adol-
...fnr to t'~Net Killed or destroyed
.-..-.A I7. j. bounty OF hFe collars Tor
q, n. ~ w" UoAars lor every wiz
aH5 town. sh&ii 90 Iaio by 'Ae
tl.lsoi 70 lhv person Ai4ilHS H. upon
'.H .Ae Ioli'"lHs cohol'iol'9' 40
-' ''''r'' WV 49, ',-'i-,
,.'.,+i,,l.i, ,,1.rr, ~ l-;,,o,,
-.
'.D 49,, avs .n1 ,,.,- +,,ora-n
,.,s,, INV, ,>.N...,,,t
st.,' an, ,,al'a. ~ ~ '.,1', ta'
.l- eb ,atA said treasurer may ad |
.-.. Han0u b he shail STATE that he killed |
....l .u. tAe TINS and place, showing !
ut'1 he state; aG1 the treasurer |
. .u.. cat az the WAoie OF the ears |
.... la,a sueh skin. and entirely |
.,,7-.ju... then l,a sinai, INV the |
..as t,.e the claimants receipt there |
... ..tI- iaoa. with such certificate. |
.--- ,-.s1el shall immediately make |
H-.-.ae rspeg a certificate under oath /
- t.e treasuger OF state, that he first !
..r-. zaf.ald nose from the skin of such !
...... DESTROYED them by burning, and |
u hauuty to the claimant said |
.. . receipts shall annually III De |
..: aiatod the treasurer of state, |
...... Itli Aeto-e ghe governor allI coun-
l.uvenelt and when allowed |
paid by the treasurer II state |
.s..- ile certificates shall be in the |
...,.t.,,. rrrrlt,,c.r,
...r..5t Ibe,ab> certify, +,,o+ ~, /
i, H. a. in 40 sta+a i
....I A.. t,o s,.t, [,e ,,.,t.I'
. ,..,,. s,,, ,,air, +i,a 1,,,,,,4,,
.f.,t.. .,1i-,,, thu. sans.
tti. d,,- Of an -
rIo;n,.+r
..... ..,, s.s,,.c f., l,ofor, mo 90 ',;a..
.......5d
t.,,..s,,ro,..,e
> l.l'' llII'
"L''-''A' ~ T. received Of |
'.''uol!atS' nelhs the |
H.i Df IuN loI kllIDE Ilc--.. tie /
The Republican journal., 1899-03-16

This authorizes the keeping Of carcass for fool
purposes only in the locality where taken, anC
trlnspol tation Of hide, head and horas Of the
! same.
Signature of licensee, ................
! ...,.... ....... ... Commissioners
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Signature Of registered guide, No........
| Whoever Shall take, catch or kin any deer, or
enter upon the wild lands in this state with in.
tent to camp and kindle fires thereon while
engaged in hunting or fishing, without being
III charge OF registered guide, during the
! months OF June, July, August, September and
! october, IN violation of the provisions herein
contalned snail be fined forty dollars and costs
| or prosecution. for each ofrense and be subject
| to Imprisonment thirty days. 1t shall be I'M
! lawful, however, to take, catch, Kill, chase OF
| il" any deer in either of the counties O!
| A.t"i Cumberland, -Antroscoegin or Sagada.
hoe, Tor four years from October first. in the
year OF ourLord eighteen hundred and nine
tA-iInc; and il siall be unlawful to hunt chase
tA4t
Lincoln, and waldo. except during the month
OF october OF each year, or in Kennebec, eX-
cept during the months of October and Noyenl-
Der ri each Year, and 10 person shall, during
| the respective open seasons in these counties
Lake, eaten, kiil or have in possession more
| than two deer. Whoever shah violate any OF
| the provisions Of this section relating to deer
III the counties Of York, Cumberland, andre
scc4gtn Sasadahoc, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo,
and l<ennebec shall be subject to a penalty. Of
iorty collars and costs f0g each oAense.
section -. Whoever has IL possession more
than one bull moose or more I'll m two deer, in
open season, or any of the aforesaid animals
OF larJs thereof, in elose season, y-ceps As is
provided in this CHAPTER, shall be deemed t.
haNe Killed, taken and DESTROYED the same IN
violation Of law. The words close season and
! close time, whore used in this aat shall mean
the time or period luriny which 0v tui4 act it
, is made unlawful 70 hunt shoot w0und tran
The Republican journal., 1899-03-16

case it is desired to preserve either the hide,
head or horns, the coupon shall be kept at
tached to such parts, so long as they are pre-
served, and shall then be destroyed. The cou-
pom, when so dated, signed and attached to a
deer lawfully taken or killed, and lawfully in
possession shall authorize possession, use, tax
idermy. or consumption of the same Such
license and coupons shall be in the following
form:
State of Maine. No.
Department Of Inland Fisheries and Came
License to take one deer for food purposes.
Augusta. .................1S9 .
This certi1ies that. ....................w whose
signature appears hercon, and who is..........
years OF age and resides at............ is emit
tied to take one deer only, in either of the
counties of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset Pts
cataquis, Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington or
hancock, during the month of September,
ls9'., iii conformity with the law.
Void, unless signed by the licensee and in his
actual possession. This does not authorize
transportation or sale.
Signature Of licensee, .................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Commissioners.
.''r-.-.-,,.--...--.
Signature of registered guide, No........
State OF Maine.
Department of Inland FISHERIES and Game.
Coupon MOL.
License to take one deer for food purposes.
No...... o.. One deer.
Data whom taI-o, go,
This authorizes the keeping of carcass for food
Purposes only in the locality where taken, and
transportation Of hide head and horus Of the
same.
signature of lieensee, ...............
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18
FEDERAL COURT.
A Heavy Damage Suit Against The
Southern Pacific r. r.

Court convened at 9 O'Clock this
morning aud the case of LlvningstOne
VS.. the S. p. railroad was called, the
plaintiff claiming S25, 900 for personal
injuries.
In order to understand how the plain
tiff met with the accident Judge Max
ey, with the consent Of IL e council, al
lowed the jury, the plaintiff and The
lawyers in the case to visit the 5. 2.
yards in order to have explained to
car where the plaintiff had his hand
injured in coupling.
Judge Maxey cautioned the jary and
the lawyers that he wanted no testi-
mOny taken at the place which they
would visit and if any of those inter-
ested in the case violated his instruc-
tons he wanted them reported to- him.
He was very emphatic on the matter,
as he said lit was an exceedingly rare
prOceeding.'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18

of getting the mail :s due to q certain
extent to the restriction of the free
delivery service, and also to the
immense floating population, especially
the winter, when such large quantities
of mail matter is received at this Of
fee. Another point where the Ell
Paso office is at disadvantage Is the
fact that she is so far away at the ex-
IRENE western part of the division that
an inspector can not get her more than
once year."
1.-THE receipts of the Ell Paso office
have increased about IA per cent dur
ing the past year. For the IL months
ending June 80, 1898, the total receipts
were S22, 43S 53 and the total receipts
to June 80, 1899, were S25, $50. "a. Most
of the increase is from the sale of
other sources, also about a thousand
dollars from box rent. The money or
der department is not included.
'The general delivery here is almost
as large as Dallas, where the receipts
foot up $3.50, 600, and considerably larger
than&San Antonio Ssand Galveston,
where the receipts are about So, ZOO.
Il have heard great many com
plants about the FL Paso Office and l
will try and do away with the causes
of these complaints. In the future
try windows will remain open longer
than heretofore, also the money order
window.
'If patrons fail to receive mail on
time is always charged up to the post
master at whose Office said mail is to
be delivered. Criticisms of this kind
sometimes come as results of natural
but In other instances
they are spiced with partisan ginger
or made bitter by the harsh words of
personal enemies or rivals. In many
cases the delays or failures mplained
of are chargeable to the party posting
che mail, to the Office at which it is
posted, to the men, teams or
trains by which it was carried, even to
the act of God or public enemies 1t is
certainly not fair to lay it ali at the
door of the postmaster who finds him
self unable to deliver that which has
never come to him. That there is with
many general disposition to do this
there can be no doubt. Sometimes the
postmaster is at fault, but in a great
many instances he gets cursings for
W hat some one else has done or failed
to do.
If additional carriers are provided
it will be necessary to change routes
and every house and street will have
to be numbered and named.
There are districts in the city
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Appointments to the Various Pas.
torateS We're Made.

The annual conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, which has just
closed at Ration, made the following
appointments.
Ration to be supplied; Johnson IS
Mesa, w. F. Wright, returned:
Springer, B. F. Baker. new appointee:
Las Vegas, J. F. Kellogg. returned,
Santa Fe, A. A. Hyde, transferred
from Alamogordo; Albuquerque, w.
Jaggard, returDed; Silver CT
ty, j. Ruoff, transferred from
Pinos Altos; Pinos Altos,
J. Mussell, transferred from Hillsboro;
HillsborO and Kingston, J. Van VAL
kenburg, new appOintee; Ell Paso, Rev.
Lumpkin. returned; Alamogordo, A.
Hoffman, transferred from Ration;
Bland, Oh. Madden, transferred from
Santa Fee.
The next meeting of the conference
will be held in Ell Paso.
Reverend Mr.. Madden closes five
year term at Santa Fe, with fine new
work organized at Bland, where rumor
says he may himself go as pastor for
the next year.
Reverend Mr.. Hoffman led the
mission in the matter of missionary
money collected, having raised 1922.
Las Vegas holds place at the head in
Sunday School work, none going ahead
OF Its average attendance of 12l.
Ell Paso reports the burdensome
church debt all subscribed and so near
ly paid that Bro. Lumpkin felt justified
in announcing mo debt on our church
property"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18

where there are as many ss 46 houses
that have not the benefit of the free
delivery service.'
Mr.. Bell will make this city his
headquarters for the winter.
Postmaster Campbell when seen to
day relative to the matter said: 81
will make a strong effort to carry out
the recommendations of Inspector Bell,
and tomorrow 1 will go personally be-
fore the council and present the true
state of affairs, and asked that the
houses be numbered and the streets
named as suggested by Mr.. Bell.
81 will explain to the council the i'm
portance of prompt action and show tn
necessity of carrying out the recon-
mendaticns of Mr.. Bell.
ut behooves oil those who are inter-
esteo to come before the council and
urge that body TO act promptly for q
benefit they have long sought
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18
CHERRY, ARIZ.
$25,OOO:Refused For Mining Proper
ty-Heavy Cattle Shipments.

Special Correspondence of the HERALD
CHERRY, Oct. lathe Gem COM
pany still continues to run their steam
stamp mill and cyanide plant very sue
cessfully. They have now been RUIZ
niog steadily two months.
Mr.. Burk, the new mail contractor
from Dewey to Verde, gives good SER
vice and every body is satisfied.
Several mining sales are reported to
be M sturing.
The Eclipse company. Rose. DeKuhn
& Martin, refused 1925, 200 for their
mines aud five stamp mill. These
gentlemen know how to hold. on to q
good thing when they have it.
We are having very heavy and con-
tinuous rains for the last four days,
something unusual for this dry eli
mate. First ice of the season last
night.
A great many cattle are being ship
ped from this section, the MARI Bros.
shipping as much as 1900 head.