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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

BODY or the suicide was a photograph
Of the woman he had slain and the fol-
lowing note:
"Friends-You may think me
strange, but it is all my fault that this
has happened tonight. 1t is my
unworthiness that causes his rash act.
With a parting good-by to my friends
/ will close with a request that my
brother Odd Fellows bury me by the
rites of that sacred fraternity. Good
by to all,and especially my home folks,
for l expect l shall go to hell for this
deed, as it makes two lives unhappy,
and l will end this world of misery for
us both"
Walker was a young and industrious
farmer and Miss Maude Goshort, his
bride, was the daughter of w. S. Co.
short, a prominent farmer living near
~Bellefiower, a small town near Mont
gomery. They came to Montgomery
in the afternoon and were married
at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. B.
d. Sipple. They then returned to the
home of Mr.. Cook, an intimate friend
Of the groom, where they were rendered
a reception. At the supper hour, while
the wedding party was in progress, a
shotgun was fired through the window
of the dining room. The shot took eff
feet in the heads of both Mr.. Walker
and his bride. Neither uttered a sound
nor moved a muscle. Their hands
dropped on their breasts and their
bodies remained rigidly upright in
their chairs until removed. Blood
flowed in a stream from the head of the
bride and filed her coffee cup before
her body could be taken away. Neither
regained consciousness. Both died al
most Immediately.
Mr.. Cooks child was only slightly
injured. Mr.. Cook look his gun and
went in search of the assassin, but nc
trace of him could be found. Soon after
Cook returned to the house the report
Of a shot was heard. 1t sounded as il
it was a quarter of a mile away. Short
ly afterward angry and excited farmers
arrived and organized a posse. An.
other shot was heard, apparently com.
ing from near the gate, but in the eX-
element of the moment no attention
was paid to it.
AS Bailey Ball, a neighbor, rode tc
the house his horse stumbled over g
dark object which the man took to be
hog. Upon dismounting he discovered
that it was the body of Charles F. Ran.
kin and that the whole top of his heat
vas blown off. He had killed himself
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

with cunning ingenuity. He removed
the shoe and stocking from his left
foot, tore the rim from his hat, hooked
one end over his great toe, fastened the
other to the trigger of his shotgun,
placed the muzzle Of the gun to his
forehead and pulled the trigger by
moving his feet.
Rankin was a former suffer of Mrs.
Walker and it is surmised that he was
actuated by his insane love and jeal-
ousy. After committing the murder
he wandered away apparently unde-
cided as to where he should kill him
self. Finally he returned to the scene
Of his crime. All of the victims came
from prominent and highly respected
families.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
LOVED BY SOLDIERS.
MRS. JOHN F. MERRILL'S WORK
IN LATE WAR.
Visited the Camps In Person to See
What h Might Do-Has Just Been
IGNORED by the Convention of Mill
tary Surgeons.
(San Francisco Letter.O

NOdh iIoINIoNO LtlLCl.D
One of the last acts of the convention
Of military surgeons, recently held at
Kansas City, was to gracefully ac-
knowledge the work OF the women who
rave aid to the surgeons in the Span
~ish-American a II elected to hon
orary membership in the association
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American Red Cross association; Dr..
Anita Newcomb MCGEE, late director in
the y. A. r. hospital corps, Washing
ton, .. c.; Miss Helen Gould of New
York, and Mrs. John F. Merrill, presi-
dent of the Red Cross society OF San
Francisco.
hrs. John f. Merrill of San Fran
cisco, upon whom has been conferred
the honor Of membership in the Asso-
citation of Military Surgeons, is the
wife of John f. Merrill Of the firm of
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson. She was
among the first TO respond to the call
for Red Cross workers in California.
Within a few weeks the calls were so
u lgent and SO many that San Francisco
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
AT WEDDING SUPPER
ASSASSINATED BY BRIDES RE-
I. JECTED SUITOR.
One Charge from a Shotgun Kills
Frank Walker and His Bride, Then
the Murderer, Charles Rankin, Takes
His Own Life.

Frank Walker and his bride of a few
hours were sssassinated by Charles
Rankin, a rejected sutton for the young
Woman's hand, while they were feast
ing and making merry at their we'd
ding supper at Montgomery, Mo-, the
other evening. A child sitting next to
the couple was injured by the fatal
shot. Rankin fired the contents Of a
shotgun through a window opening
from the dining room into the yard. He
then committed suicide with the
weapon which he had used with such
terrible effect. 1t was we'll that the
posse Of men found Rankin dead. A
more determined Inc angry crowd
never gathered in hat section. On the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
COST OF A CHURCH CARPET.
The Pastor Does Some Figuring and
CyDhers Out n Grand Total,

The Pastor Does Some Figuring and
Cyphers Out a Grand Total.
Following is the estimate Of the di.
rect and collateral cost of a church car
pet. The price was $500, but as the
women of the church raised the money
by giving entertainments, the pastors
estimate was that when all the items
of cost were figured in the carpet had
cost fully $4,000. He reached this as
tonishing total by estimating the worry
and heartaches of one hundred women;
the heroic efforts Of men, women and
children to eat the things which were
to be eaten and hear, see OF buy things
which had been provided to extract
money from them; the colds, fevers
and other ailments contracted while at
tending the entertainments, and the
consequent doctors bills: the money
spent in other churches, for if they
come to your entertainments you must
go to theirs; and worst and most cost
ly of all, the Generalization Of the
church and the curtailment of the legi-
innate giving which follow in the train
of such methods of raising money. But
they got their carpet.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
ENGLISH IRON AND COAL TRUST

Sir Christopher Furness, one of the
greatest m~illionaires in Great Britain,
is believed to have on foot a scheme
for the control of the iron and coal of
the united kingdom. He has just pur-
chased the Weardale Iron and Coal
company outright, paying $40, 0O0, 900
for the plant. The mills at Tudhoe
turn out $4,000 OF of steel yearly. and
the company owns iron works at Tow
Law, iron mines, limestone quarries,
coke ovens, gas plants and street upon
street of houses, besides a dozen col
~lieries. 1t is said that Sir Christopher
has succeeded in interesting Lord Lon
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
His

The authC sites of a South Wallet
railway were or the scene of accident.
investigating the cause of a collision
between two coal trains. How do you
account for this?" said the superin-
tendent to one of the drivers. well
SIR" replied the driver, I've been
thinkin' a good deal about it, and j
can only come to the conclusion thai
two trains can't pass on a single
1ine."-Stray Stories.
JASON CROW, OSCARVILLE, GA.
Writes us, May 81, 1899: Il feel it my
duty to write and let you know what
your medicine. Is Drops has done for
me. I have had rheumatism about
eighteen years, but was able to be up
most Of the time until a year ago last
May, when l was taken down and not
able to nov about. About six weeks
ago l saw your advertisement and
wrote for a sample bottle. After TAX
ing a few doses it did me SO much
good that l ordered some more for
myself and friends. and in every case
1t has done wonders and given perfect
satisfaction.
"Dr. Woodliff, my family physician,
who has had rheumatism for fifteen
years, is taking the IS Drops and says
it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he has ever used"
IS Drops" is the most powerful spe-
ciic known. Free from opiates and
perfectly harmless. 1t is a perfect cure
for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia,
Dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma, Catarrh,
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II you or any of your friends are suf-
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RHEUMATIC CURE CO., 100 to 1854 E.
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

mo-" said her father, you are not
the man l want for a son-in-law. Why,
I'll bet you never earned a shilling in
your life by your own efforts"
"Ah!" exclaimed the young man,
Frightening up, that's where you have
underestimate me. Mabel bet me a
shilling that l wouldn't dare to come
here and ask you for her, and, as you
know, l have done it."-Stray Stories.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Saloons in the PHILIPPINES.

Bishop Thoburn, writing to the In
dian Witness concerning the Philip
pines, says: Every alternate place of
business seems to be a liquor shop of
some kind, and the soldier has tempta-
ton before his eyes whichever way he
may turn. Drunken soldiers meet me
everywhere, and it is painful in the ex-
treme to remember that many of them
have come from Christian homes
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Would Apply to Either

"Ah," she would exclaim, as she laid
aside the little volume with the crazy
quilt cover, sit is SO full of hidden
meaning. 1t is written in such seem
ing mystery and yet is SO clear and
simple once you understand it," Her
brother looked at her for a minute and
then asked: What are you talking
about? A piece of poetry or a doctors
prescription ?"-Washington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
An Artistic ApnatIta-

From he Boston Transcript: Ros-
SIM and Paganini were one day ban
tering each other about eating, and
Hossin1 made a wager Of a large sum
that he would eat six full-grown lob
sters at one meal. Paganini accepted
the wager. and Rossini actually won.
but came very near dying from the
effects.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

By increasing the price of window
glass 10 per cent the jobbers will reach
an additional profit of S903, 700 annual
ly-that being one-tenth the value of
the production according to the last
census. The production of window
glass by eighty-four establishments
was 3.76S, 1874 boxes of fifty square feet.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
The Old Man Causht,

The Father-Young man, 1 think I
heard you kissing my daughter in the
parlor a short while ago.
The Young Man-Oh! then you are
not as deaf as people think you are,
after all?-Yonkers Statesman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

More Truth Than Poetry,
Many a family closet does
A skeleton contain;
Many a loss turks beneath
Great prospective gain;
Many a bland smile covers
Hearts black as coal;
Many a gay bit of ribbon
Conceals an ugly mole;
Many a cheerful countenance
Adorns a man forlorn;
Many a patent leather shoe
Hides an aching corn.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
A Denial.

SOL" exclaimed Senator Sorhum, in
dignantly, that man told you my vote
was for sale"
He said so in so many words"
well, you can go to him and refute
the calumny. It's for rent once in
awhile, but never for sale."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
The Righ Time,

Jones-"That new preacher knows
his business"
Mrs. Jones-"What makes you think
500"
Mr.. Jones--"He waited until Bobby
got whipped before he tried to convince
him that fighting was wrong."-Kan-
sas City Independent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Mans RrnfRlitY.

Young Lady vocalist-"Do you ad-
mire a song with a r~efrain?"
Crusty. Old Baohelor-"Yes; provid-
ing the refrain Is applied to the sing
ing"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

did you ever see a finer field of rye
than that?" asked the owner, proudly.
NO" replied the prohibitionist
visitor, sadly shaking his head. THAT
crop will average forty DRINKS to the
acre"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
American Hridges Abroad.

The American bridge is flinging it's
majestic spans and arches across the
rivers of many iands-Egypt, Siberia,
Japan, China, Peru and others-and a
group of twenty-six skilled American
builders has departed for Rangoon,
British India. where an American COM
pany has one of it's constructions in
progress.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Close Resemblance,

From the Chicago Post: you say
the two girls look alike?"
Look alike! Why, sir, when they
were married their husbands moved to
different cities for fear they'd get EN-
mixed"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

SIR CHRISTOPHER FURNESS.
donderry and other capitalists, and
that they will form an iron and coal
trust whose ultimate aim will be to
control these great industries in the
united kingdom. Sir Christopher is
now best known as a ship and engine
builder. Inheriting a small fortune,
he has made it one of the greatest in
his nation. and his wealth is now esti-
mated at SIPS, 900 900.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Possibly.

Space-"Have you seen Dash's new
book?"
Quads-"No; what's the title of it,"
Space-"The 'Unmasking of a Hum
bug"
Quads-"Huh! 1t must be his auto.
biography"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

ut must be expensive to dress a girl
who grows as fast as Bella does"
mot at all. She uses her last years
dresses as walking skirts. They're
right in style"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

Papa said little Harry, when two
people marry are they made one?'
Eyes, my son." was the reply. (Which
one, papa?" asked Harry.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
STRIKER
Hundred of Thousands
Are Involved.
Trouble In 40 Important Part Of the 0rganfza-
ton Affects ALI The Rest-A Perfectly
HARMONIOUS System Easily
Thrown Out of Gear.

Organized labor has reached such q
stage that anything affecting a particular
branch of 1t draws all the rest into the
difficulty.
1t is exactly the same way with differ
ent organs of the human body. Work too
hard, eat too much, drink too much, ex-
ercise but little, be a little irregular in
any way, and the liver quits work.
Then the bowels become constipated and
the stomach goes on strike. The heart is
part in the body is dragged into the
trouble.
The only way out of it is to go at the
source of all thistle liver. Square your
self with the liver and all will get back to
regular natural work.
C~ascsrets Candy Cathartic make things
right with the liver. They perfume the
breath, prevent food from souring on this
stomach, give tone to the bowels strength
en- the intestinal muscles, while they are
cleaning and stirring up the liver to re-
newed activity.
No matter how long a case has been In
durable, Cascarets are guaranteed to put
thinEs right as they should be, and set
the whole machinery a-going. And YOU
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for price-10c, DC, or Soc. Address Sterling
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- This is the CASCARET tab
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GS n genuine Cascarets bears the
u W magic letters &C c c." Look
~ at the tablet before you buy,
Nv and beware of frauds, imita-
lions and substitutes.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
The Difficulty.

1.-THE trouble with the modern hired
girl is that she doesn't know her
place.
And no wonder. She doesn't stay
in one place long enough to get ac-
quainted with t."-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

Hard luck tales from the Philippines
have not had the effect of dampening
the ardor of American youths for war.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
NEW PRESIDENT OF WELLESLEY

Miss Caroline Hazard, who was re-
Gently inaugurated as president of
Wellesley college, is not a college grad
uate. She has, however, had many ad-
vantages. Her father, Rowland Haz-
ard, the wealthy mill owner of Peace
dale, r. l., is II of the men who have
led in working for the higher educa-
ton of women, and his daughter was
not neglected. While living in Provi-
dence she enjoyed semi-collegiate priv
ileges at Brown university, and she has
attended lectures at other institutions.
Miss Hazard has won a reputation as
an author of papers on historical top
les, in which she has shown traces
Of the gifts of her grandfather, Row.
land Green Hazard, the philosophical
writer. Miss Hazard is young for her
important post, being only 40 years of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

:shern will always be plenty of room
Al me Top just as long as people can
avoid living in attics.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
A Good Beginning.

Young Snapper first day out with a
gun)-Look! Look what I've shot!
Amt e a beauty?
Farmer Turmuts-Why, you burned,
blithering jackass, that's our tame pea
cock!-Ally Sloper.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16
Not Pedal Extremities.

She-"This paper tells of a man
who stepped off a cliff and dropped 300
feet
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-16

He-"Huh! That fellow must be
a regular human centipede Chicago
News.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
Rough Riders Reunion.

On the occasion of the Rough Riders reunion at Las Vegas, N. M., June "A, :::5 and 26, the Santa Fe Route will sell tickets from Flagstaff to Las Vegas and return at rate of $l4. Tickets will be on sale June P and g. Return limit, June 2s. No stop-over allowed
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
Late Literary News.

The Beecher family is one whose branches are very many and whose lines of work are as varied as the indi- viduals. It is grandniece of Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, who is at present very much to the fore in relation to the economic emancipation of women. In the July number of The Cosmopolitan Mrs. Stetson will wage pen warfare with Prof. Harry ThurstOn Peck over an article in the June number of The Cosmopolitan, 1.-The Woman of Today and Tomorrow. Mrs. StetsoD has something in the June number--a four-line poem on ''Queer People," The illustrations bv Oliver Herford are themselves queer.
 Ladies' calling cards, in the correct styles, printed in the latest copper-plate script at this office.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
THE COCONINO SUN.

tinuing to rule on the points of play. Many are under the impression that the real bone of contention was the particular decision on long hit of Sliker's close to the left field foul line, in the fifth inning, which is not the fact. The umpire ruled that the ball fell in foul territory, and as this de- cisiOn, following so closely upon others that were clearly erroneous, seemed suspicious to Captain Flynn, of the Flagstaffs, he demanded the removal of the umpire before the game should be allowed to proceed. Had another umpire been substituted the decision would have been accepted and play would have continued. The game was delayed so as to give the visitors an opportunity to secure another umpire, but instead of making an effort to find substitute the Ash Forks left the field, and thereby forfeited the game to the home team by score of 9 too.
 There can be no doubt that the Flag staff boys were justified in their Ob- jections to the visiting umpire, as many of his decisions we.e unjust be- yOnd question, and he positively re- fused to offer any explanation for his rulings. Noticeable among his objec- tionable decisions were his rulings that Chambers was out on strikes when in reality the batter had but two strikes, and his refusal to call Anderson out after the latter had been fairly retired for cutting third base.
 The score stood to in favor of the visitors at the end of the fourth inning.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-06
RIOTOUS SAILORS.
A Bloody Encounter Between Seamen
of SIMPSONS Fleet

Kingston, jamaica, March 29.-The
crews of the American fleet ashore on
leave started rioting among themselves
Monday night over an old feud about
the flagship New York's absence from
the fighting at the battle of Santiago.
The trouble lasted over two hours be-
fore the officers and police succeeded
in suppressing it. Several men were
slightly wounded and Green and Arm
stead, of the Texas, were seriously IN
jured. The former had his bowels
ripped and the latter was twice stabbed
in the side. Both men are in The hos
pital, where they are in a dangerous
condition. The wounds were intiict-
ed by a colored man named Johnson,
also of the Texas, who is Jamaican
born. He was surrendered by the po-
lice and is now in double irons on board
his ship.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-06
PRESS OPINIONS.

EEThe corporations that are advanc-
ing wages must be inspired by vim
dicitive hatred of William Jennings
Bryan.-Syracuse Herald.
IMessrs. Pingree, Altgeld, Dcbs,
and "Coin'' Harvey have indicated in a
circular that they want to be put off at
Buffalo next June.-ChicagO Tribune.
GE"You shall not cruelty mankind
upon a cross of gold" said Bryan. What
a funny man to call plenty of work and
higher wages a crucitiXion.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The increase of wages will con-
vince wage-earners that the gold stand
ard does not impoverish them, as Col.
Bryan told them so many times in 1896.
indianapolis Journal.
gySilver men complain of the Wall
street boom" Perhaps they would
prefer a Wall street panic. The people
at large would not. Panics have. habit
of spreading.-Sound Money.
rEThe talk of adding an anti-eXpan-
sion plank to the Chicago platform is
not helping the democratic party, even
with its own supporters. In the recent
election at Philadelphia the democrats
did not even carry one precinct.--Rock-
ford Republican-Re Register.
UAccording to the latest published
letter of Mr.. Bryan he sticks to the old
issues because he doesn't want to read
up on the new ones. He wouldn't go
through such another intellectual
struggle as his first tussel with Coins
Financial School'-no, not for the
presidency Times-Herald.
UGeneral prosperity? Take a look
at Bradstreet's statement that the
wages of 10000 operatives in fac
tories were substantially advanced last
week. Bradstreet's is enc of Uncle
| Horare's great commercial agencies" ,"
and it generally knows what it is talk
! ing about in its weekly commercial re-
| ports.-Iowa State Register.
rTThe pacifcation of the Philippines
| under American rule is going on all
right. When the natives on the island
| of Negros. one of the largest and most
! important of the group, voluntarily
| raise the stars and stripes, ii shows that
! they have learned thing or two. 1t is
a good example, and likely to be imi
! tated, now that the pretensions oil
! Aguinaldo, with his gold collar and
whistle, have been SO thoroughly e1
! oded.-Troy Times.