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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
Third NEGRO IYNCHED.
John Rolla Hanged by Rockport
Moi at Bonneville, Ind.
PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.
Reputable Townspeop1e In the Crowd,
None NIasked--Last of the Culprits Inn
plicated In Killing of simons Taken from
Jail and Strung Up In Court Yard.

None MaSked--Last of the CulprltS I'M [
plicated In Killing of Simons Taken from
Jail and Strung Up In Court Yard.
Bonneville, Ind. Dec. 1S.-John Rolla,
the third of the colored men implicated
in the murder of Hollie SimoDs, was
hanged to tree in the court house
yard by mob of about 100 men from
Rockport last evening. Not a shot
was fired ard everything was conduct
ed as quietly as if the execution had
been one under the sanction of the
law. Rolla was brought to this place
about 8 o'clock in charge of Sheriff
Anderson of Rockport. Upon his al
rival he was placed in a cell in the sac
ond floor of the Jail, and his presence
was known only to few citizens. A
few minutes after o'clock body of
100 men marched through the pcinG-
pal street of the town to the Jail and
demanded that the prisoner be turn id
over to it. Sheriff Benjamin Hudson
was out of town and his deputy, Ray
mond Cherry, declined to give up the
keys to the Jail and the members of
the mob at once began to batter in the
wall of the Jail with telegraph pole,
which was handled by a dozen or more
men. AS soon as a hole large enough
| to admit the body of man was bat
tered through the wall six members
of the mob crawled through with
sledge hammers and broke down the
door of Rollas cell. Inside the Jail
the negro could hear the sounds of the
battering ram as it pounded down the
wall and he lay on the floor of his cell
in an agony of fear. When the men
reached his cell he protested his inno'
sence in loud tones, begging piteously
/ to be spared. The men working at the
door of the cell might have been deaf,
judging by the attention they paid to
the wailing of the negro. Little tine
! was used in breaking into the cell and
very soon the thoroughly terrorizsd
d negro was in the hands of his execu-
TONERS, who placed a rope around his
neck. All left, crawling again through
the hole by which they had entered
dragging the negro after them. a
. few minutes time was consumed il
) the march to the Jail yard, where the
rope was thrown over the limb of {
tree and 100 willing hands pulled tht
rope and sent the negros body hyins
into the air. The loose end of the
rope was tied to a tree and as soon a!
the members of the mob were sure tina
their work had been completed the,
left in as quiet manner as they hat
entered the town None of the mol
wore masks. To all appearances mel
of every station in life took part il
the lynching.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
Reeds Condition is Critical.

New York, Dec. 1S.-Roland Reed
who has been for some time at st.
Luke's hospital, is worse. At the hos
pital it was said his condition has be-
come critical. Mr.. Reed passed a very
uncomfortable night resting but little
and suffering great pain
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
CHARTER OAK CHATS.

& Miss Ida Nepper Of Mapleton is Wis
iting friends here for few days
w. A. Antrim went to Ida Grove to
dispose of a lot of horses the last of the
week.
Mrs. L. Perry is visiting this week
with her sister at Omaha.
John Healy transacted business a:
Mapleton Saturday.
Broder Jacobsen was in Omaha on
business last week.
o. NJ. Criswell of Denison was an
Oak caller Saturday.
John Vogel who has been working
in the cigar factory for the past year
took his departure on Saturday for his
home near San Francisco.
Mesdames johnson and LOOMS en-
tertained party of friends very pleas
antly Friday evening at the home OF
the former. An elaborate luncheon
was served aud the evening was spent
with music and games.
"A. d. Jones of Sioux City, agent for
the German American Land Co. was
here Monday.
Henry Hoefer was a passenger for
Sioux City Monday.
Walter Hulick was Manila viritor
Monday.
Mrs. M. Riddle of Ute was an over
Sunday visitor with her parents
Miss Marion Mile returned from
Perry Monday.
G. II. Weed transacted business al
Sioux City Monday.
Charlie Robertson was thoroughly
surprised Friday evening when par
ty of friends took possession of his
home, in honor of his fiftieth birthday
A very pleasant evening was spent
refreshments were served after which
Mr.. Drake in a pretty little speech
presented him in behalf of the compan.
with handsome leather covered
chair.
Saturday afternoon a number OF lad
les called on Mrs. Arff to assist in cele
brating her birthday.
Harry Jones of Ute is SO far recover
ed as to be able to visit friends here o
Monday.
Mrs. Seagrave and Mrs. DR.. McWi
hams have been on the sick list tn
past week.
Supt. Myers read a paper at tn
teachers meeting held here Saturday
NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES.
Christmas services will be held i
the church next Monday evenin
beginning promptly at 7:3O. A goo
program is being prepared and all al
cordially invited.
The Epworth League will give
literary program in the church Tue
day evening.
Watch night services at the churc
last night of the old year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

Grinnell, Ia, Dec. 1.-THE private
detectives of the Northwestern rail-
way believe that they have discovered
a gigantic thieving plot. The scheme,
which has been in successful operation
for number OF years, they say, ex-
tended over large portion of Iowa
along the line of its road.
Thefts have occurred for a number of
years in systematic manner, goods
being taken from cars in trains and in
various railway yards and from stations
and warehouses. They believe that
two men recently sent to the peniten-
tiary from State Center for burglary
are members of the gang.
Another u.an, who is believed to have
been the fence through whose means
the stolen property was DISPOSED of,
has been arrested and is being held fo1
examination. The detectives feel col.
ident that tney are on the verge of UNI
earthing one of the biggest schemes Of
thieving operation in the criminal his
tory of Iowa. -Ft. Dodge Evening Mes
senger.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
His Heart on Right Side.

Fargo, n d.. Dec. 1S.-Lornie Tim
minis fell dead last night while skat-
ing He was a 1o-year-old boy and
heart failure was assigned as the cause.
His physical condition is said to have
been remarkable in that his heart was
on the right instead of the left side
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
LIS SECRETARY ARRESTED
tvaldersee Takes Him for Com
nuning With Boxers.
GIVING HsIANG FREE KAND.
Emperor Said to Have Been Making Inn
portant Changes In Positions British
War Office Issues Chinese Blue Book.
Preparing for Return of Emperor.

London, Dec. a. special dispatch
from Shanghai announces that Lii
Hung Changes Manchu secretary, Yiko
has been arrested by order OF Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee, on the
charge OF communicating with the
Boxers.
London, Dec. 11.-"An imperial
edict," says the Shanghai correspond
ent of the Morning Post, orders an
exchange of offices between the vice
roy of the provinces of Shen 81 and
Kan Su and the viceroy of the prov
object being to get the yiceroy out of
Kan Su, together With his Nunanese
troops, so as to give General TIng Flu
Hsiang u free hand in Kan Su.''
Count Won Waldersee is forming an
International commission under u Ger
man president, says the Picking CORE
spondent of the Morning Post, to estab-
lish harmonious civil administration
and for the collection of taxes and
customs with other duties.
This action is intended to prevent
friction and to prepare the way for
the transfer of the administration of
the city ON the return of the Chinese
| court.
| A Chinese bluebook has been issued
devoted exclusively to the dispatches
of Sir Claude Mcdonald, former Brit
| ish minister to Picking, from May Is
to Sept. 20, and consisting largely OF
! the history of the siege of the legations
'.The Chinese government became
SO Influenced by the pretensions of the
Boxers supernatural powers" says
Sir Claude. las to actually believe thai
it could safely defy the rest of the
world In fact. the government be
4 came mad.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
Fatal Accident on Electric Line.

East Liverpool. o., Dec. 1S.-A car
on the Riverview suburban line com
ing into the city yesterday jumped the
track on the incline at Castor bend.
The car crashed into house at the
head, of Walnut street. James Christie,
the motorman, was killed and the CON
ductor, James Morgan, was perhaps
fatally injured. Mrs. M. r. McKin-
on. Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs. Charles
Mckee, passengers on the car, We're
severely bruised. The car was wrecked
and the house which it struck partially
demolished
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
TO EXTEND RURAL DELIVERY.

That is very taking proposition of
Postmaster.G General Smith touching
the subject OF free rural delivery of the
mails. According to his calculation to
extend this service to every door in the
land would require an additional outlay
of only sl2,OOO,00O annually, while the
abuses in second-class Y all matter cost
the government s2O,OOO,O0O. TO cut off
even a part of those abuses would meet
the entire cost of extending free deliv-
cry everywhere. 1t would mean the
cutting off of favor to a limited number
of publishers and increasing postal re-
ceipts, raising the value of rural homes
and checking migration from country
to town 1t looks like a good swap
Boston Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

Eldorado, Kan, Dec. 1S.-Jessie Nor
rison's attorneys last night filed mo-
ton before Judge Shinn asking that
the accused be released on bond pend
ing a new trial of her case. The mo-
ton was argued at length by the attor-
neys on both sides. Judge Shinn will
render his decision on the motion to-
day. Miss Morrison, attended by her
father, was in the court room during
the proceedings Her appearance has
improved since the strain of the recent
trial was taken from her mind.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Western Town Lot Co. TO Mrs VIM. Erlewiu
lot blk 10 Schleswig $54
Western Town Lot Co to Herman Schmidt lot
blk Boyer 81
Western Town Lot Co to Herman Schmidt lot
blk Boyer $50
Dec IL
Thomas Quinn and wife to r A Romans nh ne
& n and ne nw14 26- S3 38 $4,000
@ @ Howard and wife to Elmer Laughry lot |
blk w l. Cos 1st add to Deloit. $500.
Elmer Laughery to G A Laughery lott blk 5
w Il l. Cos LIST add to Deloit $500
Dec ID
Dist twp of East Boyer to A Fl Willis com IA +
n of Sc ne Sc 26 S3-3S thence var l0d Som e "
13r n 1l37.r e IA L S II 81 i to beg u S35
Dec II
b Sachra to Mary Sachra lots and 2 blk IL
Manila 5000
L Seemann and wife to Alfred Murrill lot and
n of lot 4 blk Denison 500
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

Tacoma, Dec. ..-Tne rlcnesr golc
discovery since the Klondike was
found is reported from Yellow river
a tributary of the Kuskokwim. 300
miles from Holy Cross mission, on the
Yukon. The discovery was made last
summer by bunch of daring prospect
ors. The details regarding it were
told at st. Michaels in November to
r. M. Morrissey, who had reached
Skagway, EN- route to Dawson. On ar
irving there he will leave at once for
the new diggings, having before him
a journey of 2,10O miles from Skagway
over the ice. Morrissey says his news
was received from two Swedes who
came to st. Michaels for citizenship
papers, bringing with them $4,000
in gold, which came from q piece of
ground only 16 feet square, with a
depth of two feet to bed rock. They
prospected three miles of the river and
found rich prospects everywhere.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15
FEW FRIENDS FOR GRAZING BILL

There Is every indication that political
lines will be drawn In the grazing bin, and
the representative who espouses &. as
against the people, whatever his party af-
fiiiation may be, win be remembered and
his career win be terminated with his vote
for the MISUNDERSTANDING Capital
We understand that many sheepmen per-
sonally do not favor IL; the cattlemen as
rule do not: the farmers do not In
Oregon several public meetings have been
held to protest against II. The opposition
IL so general that we presume Senator
Foster will not push the bil--Yakima Re-
public.
In this country petitions are being circu-
lated and signatures obtained readily, pro-
testing strongly against any leasing CT the
public domain whatever. In county like
this. wnere irrigation and mining are in
their infancy, to lease any par. OF the
lands would be detrimental to the future
growth and development OF the county
Even on some of the highest plateaus Of
kittitas county there are thousands OF
acres of fine land that only need water to
make them valuable for farming --Erens-
burg Localizer.
A more unpopular bill among westerners
was never formulated, and we cannot I'm
agine what possessed Senator Foster to
father 1t. We would urge our representa-
uves In congress to work and vote against
II. The bill should never have been intro
duced. Now that 1t has been the next thing
is TO kill it.-Lincoln County Times
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LIVING QUESTIONS FOR OREGON.
People Seem Not to Realize the De-
cadence of Commerce.


Again the Historian calls the attention
OF the press and business men of oregon
TO the significant omission OF any refer
ence to the Columbia river--called by
Thomas Benton the gateway TO the Orient
lin these published utterances Of public
men concerning the increased trade which
viii soon come TO this country from Asia
Why is IL that Oregon is completely and
uniformly overlooked in these calculationsP
Why Is 1t our people are not alarmed by
these strange determinations? When win
the business men OF Portland Salem, The
Dalles and other points in Oregon begin
to realize the extent OF Oregun's decline
In commerce? When VIII they come to
understand that Portland has totally
ceased TO figure as a Pacific coast seaport /?
When VIII they be made to understand
that oregon win lose all share In the grand
opportunities for future extension OF trade
unless n change Is made In the existing
condition OF Columbia river commerceY
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terests of the country are OF vast I'M
portance and the government should
stand ready to do all In its power for
their advancement. Some may doubt.
however, whether IL is absolutely neccs-
sary TO create a new executive de-
partment which shall give its atten-
ton wholly to these interests. There is
reason to believe that II might be a
waste OF public money. Perhaps the
better course would bs to establish a
minor department under The supervision
OF a commissioner. IL its business in
creased and the Importance of the work
performed warranted it, then the COM
missioner might he raised to the rank
of cabinet officer with a salary and q
subordinate force in keeping with the
magnitude OF the business transacted.
Until the scope OF the work to be per-
formed by mining department is
clearly understood, and until 1t can be
shown that it would have something OF
Importance to do which properly falls
within the jurisdiction Of federal auth
GRITTY, it might be well not to branch
out too extensively In creating new cab
met officers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15

The house committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce has reported fav-
orably a bill for a Pacific cable under
private ownership. A contract for the
payment to the cable company Of not
more than 100000 year for twenty
years is to be entered into in return for
which government messages are to be
transmitted free. In twenty years this
annual payment would aggregate S.
900 Ooo-iust the amount required for the
government to build its own cable.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15

The statement Of ex-Consul Macrum
seems to be In the nature OF much ado
about nothing. He may have meant
well. but evidently didn't know For
some reason or other. which is not
quite clear, he wanted to come home,
but Secretary Hay told him TO stay
there. That should have ended the
matter. Mr.. Macrum seems to have
labored under the mistaken idea that
he was a plenipotentiary instead of a
consul. II his official mail was tam
pered with. that was an offense against
his government rather than against
himself. and satisfaction for the breach
is something which his government
could have looked after in its own time.
The ex-consul has lost an opportunity
to make a good record. Evidently he
was not cut out for the diplomatic SER
vice.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15

Omaha IL paying dearly for the folly o,
its founders who desired 10 lay OUT a city
that would enable them % sell the largest
number OF corner lots The wide streets
and short blocks have eutslled an enormous
outlay for street paving which already AK
wTegateS over 10000. with ons-shird N
the area % the city yet unpaved and fifteen
miles Of rotten paving blocks 20 be re-
placed The annual interest chaTge for tho
paving already laid exceeds szacco and
the most Of maintenance and repairs Will
run up the amount 20 At least $780, 90 per
year more. which makes II altogether slso d
90 annually.
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Summer Herald.


III man believes In the Democrats faith
he will be proud TO fight under the Demo-
cratic banner. If he only seeks association
with us for selfish interests, better were we
without him. We have once made the mis-.
take OF pandering 10 such: Il must not be
repeated. Though thousands OF Democrats
supported the ticket in dissatisfaction and
objectionable "a the platform was in many
respeets-on grounds OF regularity, expedi-
ency. OF other tenable grounds satisfactory
TO themselves and their consciences, they
do not desire the experiment repeated or
their loyalty again so severely and unneces
sarily tested. And while hundreds were
not. thousands were willing to pardon or
excuse tho errors OF their party ia one
campaign. but no true Democrat viii toler-
ate them in another.
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at least as great as that OF any other
state in the Union. Our commerce is
reaching proportions equal to that Of
some of the greatest seaports on the
Atlantic, and our harbors are so easy Of
access, through the absence Of natural
dangers to navigation, that they are
peculiarly susceptible of attack. in case
Of war No pilots would be necessary to
carry the greatest battleships of the
world into any of our harbors. neither
would any weather ever close them TO
like entry Our defenses against hos
tile attack are the mounted guns of the
coast artillery. for the depth of our
harbors and of the entrances 20 them
precludes any serious reliance upon
fixed torpedoes or mines as a means OF
defense. But artillery. without COM
petent men TO handle it, Is of practically
little value. Good gunners are as essen
tial as good guns, and neither can be
improvised to meet a sudden emergency.
Both take years to perfect.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15
The Funeral OF seattle Heroes.

On Thursday Seattle took official note
OF the death Of Capt Fortson and Private
Royal Fletcher. killed I'm battle in the
Philippines. Their teilow-townsmen TN
large numbers stopped their ayoeatlons
Tor short time 10 pay their respects 20
the dead heroes OF thu nation. because OF
patriotism that CLOVIS In every true
heart. There were those who loved and
liked the deceased. who stood beside the
biers and shed the sympathetic tear. but
it was those who knew them not in life
and through motives OF the heart attend
cd the obsequles because they feel the
interest that acsustes loyal Americans
that made a man feel pride ia his citi.
renEhip.
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or once more subscribe to all the vagar-
les which are represented in the cause
of fusion? Is he to be a man or is he to
be a mouse?
1t Is possible that the old Democratic
ruggedness may assert itself and gain
the day, but with a state OF party NOR
ais brought low by the dickering and
incorporating OF the past, a regenerat-
ing is possible only through heroic ef-
fort and Spartan-like resistance to
temptation. The plea Of expediency will
be urged for the withdrawal OF candi-
dates who are to be replaced by hum
CRY applicants from the nondescript ele-
ments waiting nigh with watering
mouths. 1t has been urged before, but
has the surrender TO II been a paying
Investment? Is this captulation to be
a regular thing? Is the Democracy to
remain moribund and inert, or is it to
rise above something better than a poll
teal nonentity? These are the ques-
tons which are troubling straight-out
Democrats of the sturdier type. and
their distressing condition, like that Of
any other good men gone wrong. may
well call forth expressions OF solicitude
IL it does not merit prayerful consider
alton
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-15
SHIPPING GOODS IN BOND.
Treasury Regulations ms to Passage
of Merchandise Through Canada

Seattle, FEB. Il, 1900.
To the Editor; Would you kindly inform
me through the columns Of your valuable
paper the ruling of the United States
treasury department concerning American
merchandise shipped from Seattle IN bond
to Vancouver, 3. G., there 70 be shipped
to Nome City, Alaska. VIII the said mer-
chandise be subject to a customs tax or
not? BY giving this matter your consid-
ing the same you will be comforting very
great favor on several interested parties.
GEO. NJ MILLZNER.
The law on the subject, taken from
|. Revised Statutes. sections 1905 and S0oS
is that transportation between domestic
ports is restricted to American vessels.
To quote from the customs regulations:
Merchandise, the growth, produce or
manufacture of the United States, osten-
sibly exported TO ports in Canada in for
eign vessels, but really shipped from one
place in the United States to another by
routes part water and part rail. and pass
Ing through foreign territory, are not bona
fide expectations, and the merchandise Is
not entitled TO free entry on importation"
During the month of May, 1899, the oe
partment issued instructions allowing mer-
chandise to be shipped under seal in cars
to Vancouver, there to be loaded on Brit
ish vessels for ST. Michael the shipper from
the United States TO receive a certificate
of expectation TO permit free entry in
Alaska On November "a, 1899, the de-
partment revoked the previous instructions
regarding the issuance of certificates of
expectation of merchandise from Seattle
by rail from Vancouver. b. c.. to be
transported thence to points in Alaska by
foreign bottoms. The department called
attention to the paragraph above quoted
from the customs regulations, and to sec
ton So0s, Revised Statutes.
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The mayors annual message contains
nothing OF unusual Importance. Refer
ence il made to the work performed by
the city during the year. and attention
is called to the recommendations made
by the heads of the several departments
with view Of improving the municipal
service. What has been done is set
forth in detail. and it Is the record of
growing city doing its best to keep
UP with demands ever increasing.
There are no suggestions out of the or
binary and few which attract attention
because they are new. The city has had
a prosperous year, and municipal busi-
ness seems to have been transacted in
an orderly fashion and with all due
regard to the wants and wishes of the
general public. The reports of depart
ments are deserving of special attention
as outlines of very important municipal
WORK performed and proposed.