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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
BOUND HEAD DOWNWARD IN
PIT, TO BE sTUNG TO DEATH
nv REpTTy .E1


Then he makes believe again Sud-
denly the sword sweeps N wickediy
and one Of the victims eyebrows is
sliced on 10 neatly that It scarcely
draws blood. Now begins wonderful
work
II may be that the condemned man
has been the subject oe great imperial
mercy. In that case hs may have been
blessed beyond compare by having his
sentence commuted 50 that be is to be
killed In only % slicinu, whereas
hardened offenders might have been
sentenced to die only AFTER rs cuts or
even more. II the victim IL very lucky.
the sword will be At him % swiftly
that the eye scarcely can follow It A.
each stroke some part Of the poor
bound body will fall to the ground
Now II may be shoulder. now piece
OF the breast. now an arm Suddenly
the last cut Is made. II u straight at
the heart and the weapon cuts II out
and ends the sufierings OF the wretch
ID man But the spectacle ID not ended
The executioner now has to dismember
the corpse. and this he does with
passes Of the sword. each carefully
studied and done accordingly TO regu-
hriy laid out rules. till there Is ab-
solutely nothing left on the cross and
only a pile Of ssrrible fragments iiss
At Its base.
When Ling-Chee is to be . long ope-
ration, and the victim il TO die only
after long torture. the slicing some
times IL done 20 slowly that half . day
elapses before the condemned man
dies The execuuoner knows Just
what To cut without killing and he
goes to work ~ carefully - would =
surgeon Muscles and tendons and
flesh are stripped from the body with
the razor blade of the sword. until only
. dreadful framework remains that
still has awful life In IT. And at this
terrible spectacle the Chinese gaze
stoiidly. without an expression either
Of pleasure or ioathing.
Another Ingenious torture that IL
much used In to suspend the con-
demned man with his head down In .
pit At the bottom are snakes. toads
and all kinds OF loathsome reptiles.
which wriths within q few inches OF
the victims face Here he is left until
the torture Of the position. hunger.
thirst and reptile bites kill him.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
Regular sss1sy Exesrsssa.

Until further notice regular excur-
sion trains will run between Canon
City and Cripple Creek each Sunday.
The train will leave Canon City at
$50 .. M, arriving in the gold camp
early, giving ample time fo- days
pleasure. Two dollars is the round
trip rate. For q days outing at a
minimum cost NO fairer attraction
could be found. 28tf
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

A rural letter carrier OF Luton. Eng
land. now rct!ring on pension after
twenty-six years of service. Is said to
have walked fu pursuance OF his voca-
tion distance equal to three times
around Ne wsrld. and never to have
n1nnsa ~ froa his raanas threaga
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

2AAs w S4iaCa -
rich, But all
these things are
chiefly accidents OF
birth. The one
thing OF which Mr..
Wendell is proud
is the fact that he
is known all over
New York ms the
"best friend of bad
b o VS.. Every
morning there Is .
long line of more
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

Ysr>ssse cs.sssas CaoVAss Prsasst
Tormosa now controls the camphos
product Of tie world. Ths Japanese
annual production has dvindlsd u
90. 900 pounds. the CAinsss yield hAs
never excesded 4xe.ooo pounds. while
the Formosar supply. insreAsing year.
~. reached 1000. 900 pounds in 1885.
and the yield for the last four years
has ransed over 10000 poundA
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

NlriuuE ucr SISTER,
Lady Curron. vice.
refine OF India But
later he met Miss
Claudine Sharp at
= dinner given by
an American In
India Miss Sharp
10 the daughter O;
N r. a n d Mrs.
James Sharp OF
|Chicago.
Miss Sharp is
now In Paris. They
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

New Motor for Canal Darvsa.
Great interest il being taken in the
application Of benxtns motor for
driving canal barEes in France. tho
nrst vessel Of the type having been sst
to work on one OF the canals connect
Cd with the Rhine. The vessel u Of
the ordinary canal type. built Of lion.
but is fitted with \ motor having two
cylinders of sufncient capacity to give
twelve horse power. These opsrats
twin propellers. both At the stern q
the vessel. and the boat which can
carry 2s5 tons OF cargo on 4 dranght
Of ive feet ten inches. attains q speed
considerably in exeess Of that with .
horse on the towpath drawing the
boat along.-Spare Moments.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

Of the romantic old inns Of court He
has finished . novel out at sunnybank
and IL coming back to London for the
winter, ~ he says. ITO gathsr fresh
ideas in its wonderful streets and req
taurants."
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

where F1ints Ars ea1al naA&
The oldest manufacturing industry
n Great Britain y that Of hints and
niat locks. whieh has besn carried on
sincs ths beginning Of ~ 18th CEN
tury. II not farther back still, at Tie
Linghsath minss. Brandon, on the bor-
dsrs OF Norfolk aud Suffolk. The dints
are stiil made BY hRnt being placed
on the operators knse and chipped
With . hammer 70 the proper shaps.
4 numbsr of thsss nints are ussd fsr
are making. being principally used In
countries like Spain snd Italy. where
~ duties - ordinasy nAtSAss asl
- ~ y - eeavsst 49, into lax-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
THAT CHICAGO orRl.

Another Chicago girl has fascinated
Naharajah Kapurthala. the Indian po-
tentate. who is just now doing Paris
and the rest Of the Continent. Kapur-
thAla has revelled in all the splendors
OF the Orient for lifetime. and has
tasted of the joys and luxuries OF the
more modern civilization that OBTAINS
in the gay European capitals Kapur-
thaia Ii the Prince. he of untold
wealth, who became SO devoted to Miss
Daisy Letter of Chicago while she was
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06


to have done to him with bamboo
silver. he will hit something that the
Chinese are sure TO do. The most sim
pie and merciful deeds are to stick
tiny siivers all over their victims and
to leave them there to tester. Worse
still Is the cheerful practice OF driving
wedge-shspcd pieces of bamboo under
the finger or toe nails Of accused per
sons. This is done slowly with mall
Let.
Crucihxion Is common form Of
punishment. but usually II is only a
mere accompaniment of other horrors.
Of all punishments involving cruci-
flxion, the one that delights the oflcial
Chinese heart the most Is Ling Chez.
Ling -Chee Ia such brilliant result of
ingenious thoughtthat the exccutionern
rarely nail the man who Is to suffer
this form OF punishment to the cross.
They fear that the pain from that
might Interfere with his enjoyment Of
the real performance. which Is moth
ing less than slscing him to death with
diabolical skill. Therefore the man
who IL TO suffer Ling-Chee generally
y bound 10 the cross. Then thers ar
rives the executioner. An sxecutioner
skillfui at Line-chee IL viewed with
high respect In the empire. much - .
snccsaaful bull nEbter 10 viewed in
Spain. 10 bunglc In Ling-Chee and
10 alice too much from the victim early
II the game that he faints. or, worse
still. diee before he has suffered all the
alioin1 that has been ieorecd, woald
blacken the exscuuoncr's name forever.
and might svsn make him the next sub
1set Cor Ling-Ch
Jhe sxeeue1oaer Il received with .
little nurnnr q appreciation. for hls
SeasFd = onNala kast y nin1 = y ~
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

Whites Cream vermifuge is es-
sentially the child's tonic. 1t i'm
proves the digestion and assimilation
of food, Strengthening the nervous
system and restoring them to health,
vigor and elasticity of spirits natural
to childhood. Price, % cents. Sold
by Hunter Palmer.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
FRIEND OF BAD soys.

Evert Jansen Wendell Is blue
blooded Knickerbocker, member OF
one of the oldest New York families.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
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A,ooos.lp6fn0 ssnahoo svoaa
sNossa0 0Groa0 asa sasA
sNosno0 sNoAb


- Az IalsFss IFeoWsrk
The hot. damp atmosphere Of the
country about Durham. South Africa.
10 vsry Injurious 70 ironwoek. and
fsars are expressed for the condition
Of machinery destined for the mines.
which has accumulated At this port on
account Of the war
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
DR.. w. A. SHEPARD
Specialist in Diseases of the
Lungs and Throat and Author of the
SHEPARD TREATMENT FOR CONSUMPTION.

This Treatment is Radical and Permanent Cure for
Consumption. Those cured by it live in any
climate. 1t was developed eleven years ago. Since
that time great many Consumptives have been
cured and now living where they contracted the
Disease, without fear of its return.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

nave apaF tmcutS
In the Avenue Trocadero. Maharajah
Kapurthala Ia there. too. and is sim
ply devoted to the young Chicago girl.
Miss sharp is still in her teens. Last
week he bcwildered all Paris by the
magnificence and sumptuousness of
a dinner he gaze In honor of the girl.
1t was spread at Elysee Palace Hotel.
and the affair was the most elaborate
and costly even Paris could afford.
A rural editor says the lay OF the
hen laws all over that OF the nas.
One car apple boxes, one car pear
crates. one car tomato and plum
crates, one car grape baskets, Call
and get my prices before you buy
N F.HaNny.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
DEvILIsH TORTURES
ARE THE FORMS PRAcTIcED
BY THE CHINESE.

OF An People. rhsy Are the Most
Cruel sad Delight in LDnsdr.-n ous
F.sishnsss = sens Of Their sys-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

Reference the value of this Treatment given in
Canon City, Pueblo Colorado Springs, Denver and
many other places in Colorado also in a
great many places in the Middle
and Eastern States.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06
How .
Gain Iesh

psssoNs haSs been known to
saln q poanH . Aay BY taking
q ounce q ScOTfS EMUi.
SION. kb stsaase. but u often
happssu.
Sosnehow DE ounce produces
The pound, Il seems TO start the
digestive machinery going prop
ely. 70 that the patient b able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which Ne could not DO be-
fore, and that b The way the gain
b made.
A certain amount u hesh Is
necessary ior hsalths u you hive
not got 4 you can 1et 4 BY
taking
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-06

EDWARD EVERETT HALE NURS-
ING A SICK BABY ON THE
FLOATING HOSPITAL
slouch hat A stranger could tell at .
glance that his was no ordinary per-
sonality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

$50 notes struck off were made in May
and June, 1898. and up to March, 1899,
they were secreted in the rafters of
the shop in which Arthur Taylor and
Bredell carried on their work Prior
to their arrest in April, 1899. Arthur
Taylor and Bredell put the notes in a
package and had a friend place them
i'm safe. This friend, whose name
Chief Wilkie would not divulge, knew
nothing of the contents of the pack
age. About a month ago Harry Tay-
lor was drawn into the scheme on the
representation that he could do his
brothers case some good. lie was to
have received IS for every counter
felt 500 note he passed" This he
consented to do, but wanted to cir
culate the notes either in Baltimore
or New York, but his brother and Brc-
dell instructed him to float them here.
After Harry had consented, Arthur
gave him an order on the friend for the
package. There were $50 notes in the
package, 4S or 40 were circulated and
40 of them have been found by the
secret service officers. The notes
Harry did not float were burned by
him, he said, after he discovered that
tne counteGleltS IN ClrCuldtlOn ndO Deen
detected.
Harry Taylor's arrest yesterday
makes eleven persons in custody for
connection with the conspiracy. Two
of the eleven are Ellery p. Ingham.
and Harvey X. hewitt, his assistant,
former United States district attorney,
who were convicted of attempted bri-
berry in connection with the case and
are now undergoing sentence in the
Eastern penitentiary, while the others
are awaiting sentence.
Chief Wlkie now has in his possess
sion three $40 stamp plates; three sets
of rollers; diverse and reverse plates
of the Monroe head $780, Lincoln head
500, Everett head $50, Hamilton head
$50 Manning. head, 500, Sheridan head
$40. three numbering machines and two
plates for seals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
DIR. SWALLOW ENDORSED.
Nominated as President by Lancaster
Prohibitionists.

Lancaster, Pa, May Sat the Pro-
hibition county convention held here
this afternoon resolutions were adopt
ed endorsing the state and national
platforms of the party; favorng a re-
form ballot after the lines of the Keat-
or bill, which passed the house in 1899;
changes in the state constitution to
secure secret ballot and better regis
tration laws: the election of United
States senators by the people; suf-
frage without regard to sex. Congress
is commended for passing the anti
canteen bill, and Attorney General
Griggs denounced for his annulment
of that law. President McKinley's
"pliant subserviency to the liquor in
terests" is deplored, and his admins
tration is scored for planting the sa-
loon system in Manila"
DR.. S. &. Swallow was endorsed for
the presidential nomination. H. D.
Patton, Lancaster and Miss Mariana
Gibbons, of Bird In Hand, were elected
delegates to the national convention
at Chicago on June 27. A full county
ticket was nominated. Tonight a Pro-
hibition mass meeting was addressed
by DR.. c. II. Mead. of New York, and
State Chairman Jones, of Philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
TWE DOCTOR HAD FAITH.

ri have been using Dr. Perces Favorite Prescription" :"
writes Mrs. Victor j. Hadin of Leonardsve Riley Co.,
Kansas; say it just what you advertise be, and
cheerully recommend it, 1 began taking It just
two months before confined and greatly bene-
fted by its The doctor who attended said did
about we'll anyone he had as sick only
about three hours and also that your Favorite Pre-
scription patent medicine which he did have
faith in.
1--WE have darling baby boy, strong and healthy,
who weighed nine pounds when born (July 2Sth) During
this month he has gained three and one-half pounds
Have never given him dose of medicine. l shall
cheerfuy recommend Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription
anyone in need of it. thank you for the benefit have
received from your medicine"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

ri wish to add testimony to hundreds of others
the value of Dr. Pierce's medicines" writes Mrs Ida M
De Ford, of Latona Hubbard Co.. MINI uHave doctored
with great many pysicanssome specialists have twice
been in hospital for treatment My has been regarded
hopeless and they knew not what the trouble was
Heart bad stomach all out of ORDER tired OUT
pains in all parts of the body sinking SPELLS and nearly
of different patent medicines without effect. began
taking Dr. Perces Favote Prescription, and months
afterwards gave birth ten-pound boy. All physicians
had stated fact that could bear child Both
the baby and myself strong and got along senddly
thanks to your medicine. do my work and feel
very much encouraged. wish all suffering women would
thoroughly try your Favorte Prescription"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
Plea for Shorter
Hours OF Labor

Rev. Madison C. Peters in New York Journal.
THE ONLY Just reason for the demand for
shorter hours Of work is to do away with
u enforced idlencss the curse OF civilization
Enforced idleness is the genesis OF the
sweatshop II breeds the strike disease. 1t
called labor unions into being 1t is the parent
ot that doubtful and often discordant cNpedi.
cncy, arbitration. IL nurses that two.edsed
sword, the boycott. 1t is the ghost that haunts
the future Of the workingman who is at the head
of family II has thrust delicate women into
channels of employment which God Almighty
never intended them 10 enter. II has destroyed
the parity Of relations in an exchange without
which there can be no equity or iustice-the ex.
change of capital and labor. II has crowded
jails, multiplied tramps, breeded crime, sweled
human misery and increased suicide. 1t has
curtailed the consumptve capacity of the masses
to the minimum. Enforced idleness is hell. Is
any rational employer opposed TO doing away
with it2 Can any good citizen object to meas.
ure that subseres the general welfare?
-:O:--
What is the cause OF enforced idleness? What
is the remedy for it2 Beyond question: the lack
Of steady employment is due to the machine.
The machine has multiplied the productive ca
pacity Of man more than tenfold Hail to the
machine! But let IL give the blessing 10 ciyili-
zation and the unfailng indication of progress,
leisure and not the curse of modern times en-.
forced idleness. Some wisacres claim that the
machine creates as much labor as II destroys.
The absurdity of this statement can easily he
seen, for IL it were TO require as much labor in
building the machine as it saves after it be built,
no one could afford to use it, II would be so
expensive as TO be worthless But conditions
alone are a glaring refutation Of this absurd
claim, II any he needed. According TO the
census Of 1880, there were Isis, s6j workers un.
employed from one TO three months 3ls AIS I'm.
employed from four to six months and 336, ,4i7
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

Philadelphia, May S.-The latest
chapter in the great counterfeiting
conspiracy unearthed here and in Ian
caster some time ago, which was open
ed yesterday by the arrest of Harry
Taylor, charged with passing spur
our $50 Hamilton head notes, was
closed today, when the plates from
which the notes were made were found
buried in a suburban highway. Ar
thur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell.
the engravcrS of all the cigar stamp
plates. and the 800, $50, 500 and $40
notes. who are now awaiting senten-
ces, gave the clue to the whereabouts
of the plates, but not until the secret
serv ce operatives had them inextri-
cably cornered. The government Of
ficers did not know the existence Of
the $40 Hamilton head notes until they
were put in existence in this city
about ten days ago, and which resulted
in the arrest of Harry Taylor, a
brother of Arthur Taylor.
Arthur Taylor and BredelL admitted
yesterday that they have made the
plates, but told Chief Wilkie and Oper-
ative Burns, of the secret serv ce, that
they had thrown them into the Della
ware river before their arrest in April,
1859 This the secret service men did
not believe, and from clues acCiden-
tally obtained from the mother of
the Taylor brothers, who, by the way.
did not know OF the existence of the
plates, the detectives got valuable in
formal on from Harry to the effect
that tin foil impressions of the plates,
made for the purpose of making cleo
trotypes of the plates were buried in
the Centennial grounds. Fairmount
park. Taylor, Wilkie and Burns went
to the park yesterday and found the
impressions where Harry had buried
them. With this ev dence Chief Will
kie and Burns confronted Arthur Tay-
lor and Bredell in Moyamensing prison
today, and after a six hours confer
ence the men revealed the secret of
the hiding place of the plates. The
spot is on a highway in the suburbs,
ten and one-half miles from the city.
and there the coveted engraving was
found by w like and Burns this even
ing. With the plates were found ad-
ditional impressions on tin foil. The
plates were buried during September,
1898.
Expect Leniency.
Chief Wilkie stated tonight that the
men were using the information they
had for the purpose of securing len
iency from the court when they should
be sentenced. Chief Wilkie says the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
Salary Increase Unconstitutional

Trenton, May s.-Attorncy General Grey today
advised Governor Voorhees, that the acts Of last
winter increasing the salaries of the adiutant
general and quartermaster general from $1,000
TO 81 500 and the law increasing the salary of the
state road commissioner from 81 500 TO 81, 500 are
unconstitutional so far they affect the present
incumbents. The constitution forhids special
legislation changing the salaries OF state officers
during their terms Of office
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
Death from Experiment.

Winsted, Conn, May s.-Dr. Edwin NJ Heath
died here today Of tuberculosis. lie was inotil.
lating a calf with tubercuosne. when the in.
strument slipped and the point penetrated his
own leg. symptoms OF tuberculosis appeared
in his own system in a few days and medical
science was unable to cure him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

today in their apartments in Chauncey street,
Brooklyn. Rubber tubes attached TO gas burns
ers weure found in their mouths On a ohaiI
near the bodies there lay the woman's shroudr
while on another chair were the old gentemanA
death habiliments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
COllNTERFEITERS
ARE CAPTURED
CHIEF WILKIE HAS THE LAST
OF LANCASTER GANG.

Numerous Plates and Impressions
for Which Detectives Have Long
Been Searching Are Discovered
Buried in Suburban Highway.
Eleven of the Gang Are Now in
the Toils-Prisoners Are Working
for Clemency.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

how many more pairs of shoes and coats and
hats and manufactured products of all kinds
would there be used provided there were steady
employment? Let it be plainly understood: The
reduced hours of toll would simply raise the
price of labor as compared with that of other
commodities. 1t would not injure the employer,
for he would then be paying merely the market
price of wages, as he can afford 20 do, and as
he docs now Moreover, steady employment for
all would increase the ConsumptiSc capacity Of
the workers fully onc'quartcr, something needed
markets
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09

So long as the toilers conhne themselves 10
crying out against so-called "capiaistic
greed" they will not advance a step toward their
emancipation, Capital is no more greedy than
labor and no less so. MOI is arbitration any
real remedy for labor troubles. Arbitration does
not enable the employer to afford TO pay a penny
more per day, nor labor to wor; for a penny
less, Most important OF all, it docs not in.
crosac the amount of work to be done TO the cX.
tent of a weight OF a single hair The same
may be justly said of every other remedy that
labor makes most talk about-goycrnment owner.
ship, cheap money, hghpriced money or the la.
Dor organization itself. None of these increase
the sum total Of the work to be done, and thus
none strikes at the root of the eyi-enforced
idleness. Give the workingman plenty of work
aud there will he nc strikes, no riots, no tramps
except those who should be in Jail and far less
need for beneyolence, Take care Of the hours Of
labor and wages will take care of itself
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-09
Turkeys Naval Plans.

Cnostantinope, May s--An imperial trade just
issued orders contracts to be signed with foreign
ship builders for reno,atng eight antiquatcd
ironclads.