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DIED IN THEIR BOOTS
A TERRIBLE DAY IN MEDICINE
LODGE, KANS.
-Four Men Rob u Bank, shooting the
President and Cashier aud Are Them
selves Captured and Lynched- Oo-
Cured Back In ~.

The biggest day We ever had I'm Med
icine Lodge. says Il Cattlcman. was in
1884, when We had six dead men on
our hands, all killed with their boots
on. Medicine Lodge was then an old
town, as towns go in Kansas, and had
a bank of deposits for cattlcmen and
the usual number Of dance halls and
saloons. though the latter had degcn-
Grated into Joints under the prohtoi-
ton reform. Well. on May /. Wiley
Payne, president of the bank. and u
man named Gebhart. cashier, opened
the bank that morning II little earlier
than usual. | was on the way to the
bank myself and was about a block
away when | saw four men ride up and
tie their horses. Three went into the
bank. There was an old m cross
ing the street, and all of n sudden she
yelled bank robbers" AT the top of her
voice and began To run. with that the
shooting began In the bank. Both the
president and cashier were shot TO
death by the robbers. Every man IN
town who had Il gun. and We all ear
rl"d EN-, got ready 10 shool. mere
vas a lot of cowboys at the hotel and
IN the joints. They had ridden their
horses into town and had left them at
the livery stable with saddles Oh.
When the shooting began to get hot
the robbers ran for their horses, climb
ed on and started mp Medicine creek.
The cowboys were right behind them,
riding and shooting. They couldn't
get In range so II would he convenient
to drop. 80 they quit shooting and
made the bronchos climb. They never
once lost sight of them robbers. !
don't know whether they'd have
caught them very soOn II the robbers
hadn't made a blundcr.
Harry Brown, the city marshal OF
Caldwell, and Ben Wheeler, his deputy
were the head robbers. Ben was a biz
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A PERILOUS CALLING.
Grave Danger Always Attends the
Trainers Of wild uee.ts.

When you see an animal ain per-
forming with ferocious beasts you may
he quite right If you imagine the man
as "A fearless master of them; but II
you think for an instant that there Is
no danger. you are wholly wrong. A
trainer never COnfrOnts the beasts ana
cOmpels them to 10 his bidding with
out literally taking his life in his
hands. lie is so used to the danger
that he does not think of II each time,
and he holds his mastery OF them by a
sort of power that becomes habit, sec
II nature. as it were, just as he eats
his meals or performs any other com
mon emplOymcnts. Or, to make the,
case more plain, he fOrgets the dangers
that surround him. just as men in any
other dangerous calling do-a painter,
for instance, who stands upon a mar
row platform hundreds of feet above
the ground. Nevertheless. the danger
Is ever present. and all the more terri
bic because Of the uncertainty OF It. A
trainer must inspire constant fear In
the brutes. What a power for harm
~ ' - III ~ " '''hh'f
One swing of that powerful trunk, and
he could crush out the life of the man:
but he is possessed OF an ungovernable
fear. Some animal trainers live to a
good age n never have al accident.
They are absolutely fearless in their
work, and yet they may be no PRAYER
than you or | when other animals are
in question.
There was one trainer who gave a
wonderful performance with a number
OF animals in one cage. He would take
all manner of liberties with the fero-
cious brutes, compelling them 10 do his
bidding, making them form pyramids
and lying down on them. When you
consider how a cat or dog will some
times turn on you II not handled just
So, you must realize what a tremendous
power the trainer must exert over such
huge, avage beasts. There were al
ways a dozen other keepers about
when this performance was being en-
acted. and they were armed with PTS
tolls, hot irons and rawhide whips. One
OF the lions turned upon his trainer
once. and his arm was badly l~acerated
before he could be rescued. or all ami
mails. keepers say the tiger is the
worst, and the most ~treacherous. 1t
is necessary to keep an eye fixed pretty
constantly upon it, or 1t may revolt at
any moment.
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ROYAL sUPERsTirIoNs.
Fears Of Wilhelm, Fran, Joseph ana
other Nonsrchs.

No sovereign Is more supcrstltlous
OF tho old mythical adagcs than Will
liam II. First. there a. the white lady.
Then the fear OF a seventh son. for
when the present kaiser was quite "a
lad II sorCercss predicted that three
cmperors would occupy the throne of
their ancestors in the course of one
year: that ono of these three. who
should have seven sons, would BRING
bad luck to the German empire and
allow II to slip forever from the Ho-
h%enzollern grasp. The kaiser always
assures himself before going on horse
back that he has a pierced 5%-pfennig
piece in his pocket. surprising 1t will
ward off danger. lie inherits these
scruples from his father. the late En-
pcror Frederick. who rather shocked
the strong minded Princess Royal OF
England by bringing 4 sprig OF white
heather. emblem of good luck, when
he proposed to her.
Remembering all the senseless forms
connected with the Russian court ana
custom, II tx not surprising that Me
olas is superstitious, and very much
so. \ ring which good Muscovites zeal
ously affirm contains n portion OF the
true cross Is handed down from one
autoCrat to the other. and nothing in
the world would induce the car to
perform tho most trivial act without II.
Empress Alex has no patience with
her husbands WhimS of this stamD
The phantom of the Uapsburg dy-
nasty. like that Of the H~ohenzollerns.
is a lady, and her appearance presages
death or other misfortune. Every
tragic overland goodness knows
there have been enough of them
trian court" a well-known archduchcss
declares. has been announced by "A
woman of rare beauty who wanders In
the corridors Of S%chonbrunn castle"
Different Austrian notablcs avow they
saw this inauspicious creature short
before Archduke Rudolph's death, and
again before his mothers assassina-
ton.
The white lady" OF the Tuileries
WAS an ugly dwarf. whose appearance
predicted an unnatural death to some
member OF the royalty. Though the
Italian court has no such visitor. King
Humbert is just n tri6e superstitious.
and no matter where he IL. or under
what circumstances. n" makes " a
point TO change his linen three times a
day.
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couple can be judged by a study of the
expression on their faces.
Feed the Birds.

Thoughtless people have not the
slightest idea of the suffering of wild
birds during frosty weather, or when
the ground is covered with snow. The
little ones of the household should be
encouraged 10 remember the poor
birds, so dependent at this time of year
upon such assistance. Remains Of
cold boiled potatoes, broken small Will
be picked up eagerly; a handful OF
rolled oats will he a perfect feast, and
cooked rice. barley, pease, etc, left
from a meal, and all much appreciated
by them. The pleasure of watching
the birds Is very grcat-especially to
children. whose natural love towards
all dumb creatures is intensified by
the knowledge that they are befriend-
ing them, and, perhaps, saving them
from a cruel death. Those living in a
city fiat have, perhaps, not the same
opportunity of studying the wonder
full variety of birds. but even a town
sparrow would be glad of a few crumbs
and tit-bits put out on the window sill.
Water, too, is a thing which few peo-
pie think of, although | have seen a
sardine tin filled with water and
placed on the window sill of a fiat;
and when | noticed the avidity with
which several "dickies' came and
drank, | knew that the kindness which
promoted the action was not thrown
away,
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fellow, more than six .cct high, ana
weighed 225. lie was too heavy for his
horse, and the horse was losing his
wind. So what do they do but turns
up into one OF the deep canyons, think
Ing they could ride somewhere, !
reckon. Anyhow, they started up the
canyon, with the cowboys after them.
II was a deep one without any outlet
at the upper end. First thing they
knew we had 'em penned in by the
steep banks of the canyon on three
sides and the cowboys on the other.
1t was "A tight place, and II did not take
them long to agree to surrender ana
e. back to Jail. ! guess We did prom
ise 'em protection, leastwise we said II
they would go back with MS we
wouldn't hang them on the way to jail.
But we declined to be responsible for
accidents. That's natural enough.
How could We help IT II something did
happen to them after they got back to
Jail?
Course, something did happen. They
knowed and we knOwed that IL was
goin' TO. They had been caught in the
act of Killing bankers md in them
days bankers were held in great re-
spect, so they had nothing else to eX-
pect. We put 'em in jail safe enough
and put handouts on them. Along
toward evening the boys began to ride
in from all over the county. They had
heard about the killing, and after ma
ture deliberation ii was decided that
the Jail was no safe place nohow, and
the state had expenses enough Of its
own. So, for the good of the COM
munity, IL was thought best to make a
short, sure job of them and relieve our
selves from further anxiety.
Along in the evening some OF the
boys went up to the jail to see how
the prisoners were. As ! told you,
they were all in irons when we left EN-
in the morning, but when we got up
there that night they had got the irons
Off. How they lone IL | never did
know, and they didn't have time to eX-
plain. When the door was opened
they broke to get away. Brown got
such a start that it was necessary TO
perfOrate him then and there. lie died
without a kick, His deputy, Ben
Wheeler, had to be winged. They shot
him SO he couldn't run and held him
for the final ceremonies. The other
two robbers, Billy Smith and John
Wesley, were cowboys, but, being poor
runners, and having been previously
relieved of their Winchesters and side
arms, they was easy To handle. Be
sides, the boys knowed 'em and did moi
want To disfgure them. They rounded
up the prisoners and took 'em to a
lone tree handy to own and near the
river. Then the three were strung up
on the one tree. OF course, as Brown
had already departed this life, there
wasn't no need OF s%tringin' him up. 1t
was a big funeral we had the next day.
six men dead, and all died with their
boots on, 1t was the biggest day we
ever had In Medicine Lodge.
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hope of driving back the Beers who

hope of driving back the Beers who
were threatening the town,
The illustration shows the prison.
ers as they were being marched
through Pretoria to the race course
of the town. which has been made a
military prison.
The picture offers an excellent
chance to study the character of
Tommy Atkins" in adversely. He has
no greatly detected air about him, but
with British complacency has evident
ly decided to make the best of his luck.
AS long as he has his pipe and a little
tobacco he can stand his forced resi-
dence in the enemy's capital. And
"Oom Paul" who, it is said, occasion
ally smokes a pipe himself, will not
let his hatred for the British carry
him so far as to forbid his English
guests this symbol of peace and con-
tentment.
1t is an exceptional honor to be a
member of the Life Guards, with duty
to protect the life OF the sovereign. II
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To Insure Early Rising.

Early risers resort TO all sorts OF
methods to make sure that they Will
be up betimes for business or pleasure,
as the necessity may be. Perhaps the
most unique and novel method ever
employed Is that of a young revenue
clerk. whose duties once or twice a
week require that he shall be at a GER
tain pier at 7 o'clock, which Is about
an hour earlier than he usually gets
up. He tried an alarm clock, but as
often as not he failed to hear 1t. He
asked one of the servants to arouse
him, but the servant frequently over
slept. He was In despair. One night
ne was vending his way home rather
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23

the window space. The fan blows the
air against the inside OF the glass
hard enough SO that there is always
a more or less lively circulation OF air
over the face Of the glass and this pre-
vents the formation Of moisture. The
Importance OF having the windows
clear can be understood when 1t is real
lied that the show window represents
a large percentage of the value OF a
store for business purposes in the
shopping district. A store that rents
for $4,000 a month would not bring
anything like that sum without the
show MISUNDERSTANDING P%laindeaIer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
The Bunker Hin Monument.

The corner stone of the Bunker Hill
monument was laid on the 50th ami
versary of the battle of Bunker Hill,
June II, 1925, by Lafayette, and the
grafton was pronounced by Daniel
Webster. 1t Is n square shaft of Quincy
granite, POI feet high, 81 feet square at
the base and II feet at the top. Inside
the shaft is a round hollow cone, seven
feet wide at the bottom and four feet
two inches at the top, encircled by a
winding staircase containing 224 stone
steps. which leads to a chamber II feet
in diameter, immeditely under the
apex. The chamber has four windows,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
Wants AN Entire Husband.

A wooden leg and a glass eye played
havoc with cupid's arrangements at
Alto, H., recently. A young woman
became engaged TO a man in Iowa
whom she had never seen. The corre-
spondonce had lasted long enough to
convince both that they were "fated
to be mated" The date for the we'd
ding was set and the prospective bride
was at the depot to meet the train
which was to bring her fiance. When
the train rolled in the Iowa man
stepped down on the platform. His
wooden leg thumped, his glass y
wobbled, That settled it. The young
woman threw up her hands and
emitted "A scream that would have
shamed an Apache and ran like q deer.
She reached her home. locked herself
in her room, and refused to see her
lover, who, after a nights rest, discon-
solstely turned his face homeward.
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so serious that the Rcservists have
been called out. and a part of the Life
Guards are no longer directly guard
Ing the Queens person. but have been
hurried to the scene of hostilities. As
a mark of honor to the brave men in
these divisions Of the army. the Queen.
who feels that She is mother to her
soldiers. visited the Victoria Barracks
in Windsor, and there received the
wives and children perhaps in some
cases the widows and ~orphans-of the
Life Guards and ReserNists who are
at the front.
The first illustration on this page
portrays wildly the life on the Trans
vaal frontier. A young Englishman
and his wife have settled in South AZ
rica and built for themselves a little
home. The Boer farmers in the neigh
borhood have been Jealous of the out
lander whose ways were not their
ways. Quarrels have arisen.
But the Boer army is far away, he
thinks. He hoes not know that the
British troops in Natal have concen-
tr:ted in a few towns and left the rest
of the country to the invading Trans
vaal army, who have been reinforced
by his neighbors of Boer blood.
Little Paul Revere, a trooper, rides
through the country giving the alarm
Of the invaders approach. and what
the news means to the young English
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
HOW TO CLEAR WINDOW pANEs
Electric Fan Keeps the Frost From Ac-
cumuiating on the Glass.

II is enough to give one chilly shiv-
ers mp and down his spinal column
and back again to see an electric fan
In the window of a store on Euclid
avenue, whirling away as though the
thermometer indicated Il degree of
heat approaching that Of Kentucky
politics. The fan Is in the big window
of the store and II is kept there all
the time. whirling away as though It
were summer. II Is an ordinary fan
and there Is nothing about II to attract
attention save the fact that 1t is going
and that II is pointed toward the plate
glass window that is. It blows the
air against the inside of the glass. Tho
reason for this odd use OF an electric
fan I'm the dead of winter is the solu-
ton of one of the problems that has
bothered storekcepers for years. ever
since there were stores and winters
probably. There have been inventions
without number to solve the problem
OF how to keep the frost from forming
on the inside OF show windows and
obscuring them so that the things in
the windows cannot be seen from the
street. There have been innumerable
inventions to keep the windows clear
In cold weather, and some of the cX-
pensive ones are fairly successful. This
cheapest. He puts an electric fan In
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the Office. he wrote out a telegram adj
dressed to himself and signed with an
initial. 1t read: Mother is dying.
Come at once Leaving instructions
that II was to- be delivered at > o'clock
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in the morning he went home and went
to bed. Promptly at 5 a messenger
boy was energetically ringing the bell,
having been informed that the mes
sage was an urgent n and that
he was not to come back without de-
livering it. So well did the scheme
work that the young man now resorts
to 1t as a matter of habit.
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late, wondering how he was going TO
get awake in the morning, when he
happened to pass a telegraph office. A
happy though struck him. Entering
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British Prisoners in Pretoria-The Queen With the Wives of
Soldiers at the front-A Trooper Sounding the Alarm.

While 1t Is not exactly n disgrace to
be taken prisoner, especially when It
becomes a choice between captivity
and death, still it Is discouraging to "A
soldier who hopes for a chance to win
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
SCENES FROM TIE TRANSVAAL WAR.

and contains two canuons. named Han
were used in the war. The monument
was completed and dedicated June II,
1913.
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Her Dearest Love,

Grace-"I am going to see Clara to-
day. Have you any MESSAGE" Dora
II wonder how you can visit that
dreadful dowdy. Give her my love"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-23
Every Other Man Knled.

AT the battle Of Hastings "a. ID.
1860, the weapons being swords and
battle axes, 500 fell fatally wounded
out of every 1000 soldiers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

-uassanutten Cemetery. Shortly after
LvarFs h s faithful d 6. which is now neafIy
mind. discovered the last rest nS place OF
his master, and regularly makes yis-5s 10
the grave. which is nearly a mile from
town. ~,
The watermelon senson this year IS .hs
latest in this section that it has been Tor
a number of years Most OF the vines are sts
in bloom now. and a very late crop VIII
On the 18th of August the Brethren
Churches of the Valley will hold an all
dav meeting near Lrntz's Mill
The Board of Trustees Of Massanusten
Academy have postponed the erection or
the new addition to the building until
next spring. They learned that IL would
be imposs BILE to have the building COM
pleted until the last Of the first session
Mr.. Hugh VI EeekIey. of Toms Brook.
and Miss Florence Crab.u OF Shenandoah
county. were married recently by Rev
y. b. Bauman-
The farmers of the southern end OF the
county have organized into body for the
purpose of closer cooperation on their
part to protect themselves, the real OBJ
fect being to avoid paying commissions on
fertilizers used by them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05

WILL. BE ORDAINED.
There will be ordination services OF moro
than usual interest, with holy communion
at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran
Church this morning
Candidate Richard Oehlsclllaeser. son OF
Rev. c. J. Oehlschlaeger, pastor OF the
church. having completed his studies at
Concordia Seminary, st. Louis, Mo, VIII
be ordained to the holy ministry. Rev
T Stienlke, OF Baltimore, Nd, vii! deliver
the sermon and assist in the service OF or
dination and communion
Rev. D. II. Schooff. who was also eN-
oected to assist, will not be able to De pres
emf on account of sickness in his family
The English service, which he was ex-
nactea To hold at night. will therefore
have to be omitted.
Guaranteeing AT WINDDA1E PARK.
The communicating at Windda!e Park VIII
be continued to-day Services at l2;@o
and 40 P. NJ. Excellent preachers VIII
he present. The Richmond Passenger ana
Power Company has promised to send spe-
cfal cars TO return the campers to the
civ. Rev. ]. Edw. Gunby is using every
nnepns TO have a great service for the
benefit of those who attend.
At Leieh-Street Baptist Church the pas
tor. the Rev NJ. Ashby Jones, will preach
this morning at II O'Clock. At Sis 2. NJ.
the pulpit VIII be occupied by his brother,
the Rev Howard Lee Jones, pastor of the
Baptist Church OF the Epiphany. New
York city.
The Rev. Mr. Lane, Of Fayetteville. n.
c., Will occupy the pulpit of the Third
Presbyterian Church this morning.
Rev. r. B. Collier having entirely re-
covered from laryngitis, left Richmond
yesterday for Yorktown, where he
will aid Rev. ". R. Webb in series of
meetings. He goes from there to Chester
field md WestmoreIand counties. Va. then
to North Carolina and West Virginia.
THEY MET AT OLD POINT.
The committee OF leading Baptist min
listers appointed to consider the .'Twen-
tieth Century Movement which has been
adjourned Friday. Those present were
the following:
From Nashville-Rev Drs. j VI Frost,
Lansing Burrows. and E. E. Folk.
From AtIanta-Rev. Drs. w w. Lam
drum, F. H Kearfort. and I. T. Tichenor-
From Richmond-Rev. Drs. R ]. Wiling
ham and C. II. Ryland and Mr.. William
Ellyson.
1t was determined to place the work OF
carrying the Twentieth Century Move
ment' into practical effect in the hands
OF the secretaries OF the three Boards
sunday-schooI. Home Mission. and For
eigu Mission.
A movement was set on foot to obtain
statistics showing the gifts TO the churches
in each State. and to publish the same
This will be a tremendous task. as there
are over 1900 churches.
The committee does not exnect the work
to be completed this year. or even next
but desires to get the movement we'll I'M
der way.
TIE Woman's Missionary societies will
be asked to cooperate with the committee
in the New Century Movement" and 70
endeavor to get woman's society IN eV-
cry church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-05
Sol Haas Resigns,

Sol Haas, president of the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron Company. has retired from
the management Of that corporation. His
health is such that absolute rest has been
demanded by his physicians and he has
been forced to forswear active business.
Mr. Haas himself does not make the
statement that he has resigned the pres.-
dency of the Sheffield Steel and Iron
Company, but it is a fact nevertheless. Mr..
Haas, during his incumbency of that office,
has been uniformly clever to the employees
OF the company, and has won warm
place in the hearts OF the miners and office
men for the consideration ne has uniformly
bestowed upon them. To all manner OF
men he has been polite and courteous,
and he leaves his post with uniform re-
rret that he has been forced to take the
step.
The Board of Directors OF the company
will meet in New York on August OH for
the purpose Of electing Mr.. Haas success
sor. Whom they will name is a matter OF
the greatest uncertainty. 1t is stated that
tn, directors themselves to not know
whom to place in that position.
Mr.. T. H Aldrich. who has been acting
in Mr. Haas place, is said not to De an
applicant for the position. Secretary J. w.
Mcqueen, who is now in New York, is also
said not to be an applicant for the pace
In other words, who will be Mr.. Haas
successor Is not known even to the direc-
tors themselves.
Mr. Haas returns to Arden, N. c., in the
Immediate future to remain until Deem
Der After that date he will go to Califor-
MIA in the hope OF benefitting his health
Birmingham News.